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TECH'BRUSHED
OF FOR OPENING
Shops and Study Rooms Over
hauled for Beginning of the
School Year, Sept. 18.
\ ring <if hammers and the buzz of
Saws al Tech give the casual visitor
the idea that school is on and that
tiie wood shops and machine shops are
1 ‘<>wded with college boys learning how
’ 1 drive a nail, ,-aw along a straight
“ ,lf ‘ and do the other tilings taught
tiiem in four years at the state insti
tution.
familiar as is the noise at Tech,
it is noi caused today by amateurs, but
hy professionals who are making re
pairs and getting all ready for the com
ing of the students.
lech opens September IS and there
is jet much to be done to prepare for
that day. The shop rooms are being
" or ked on and various changes are be
ing made in the offices of the regis
trars room Tile walks have been laid
between some of the buildings and the
tanipus view has been brightened by a
fiesh coat of paint applied to the wood
en steps which connect the various
tri races on which the buildings stand.
Four Additional Teachers.
I' our additional professors have been
added to aid the 56 already employed
to instruct the 700 students, and from
September 9 until opening day they will
be busy giving entrance examinations.
The new men on the faculty are Ed
uard Joseph Ducey, B. S., of Rose Poly,
technic institute, and Benjamin B.
Sirang, it. s.. of Columbia university, I
n the mathematics department; John
1-. Daniel, ,\. m., o f Washington-Lee]
university, who will teach chemistry, |
and W. F. Kernan, A, 8., of Tulane, in
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ACTRESS. FIGURE IN
PLATT MATRIMONIAL
TANGLE, DIES IN JAIL
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Carrie Meyers,
companion of Lillian Thompson Jane
way Platt and a factor in the matri
monial tangles of the late New York
senator, is dead in the Bridewell here.
Twenty-five years ago the girl ap
peared in the chorus of “The Black
Crook” company at McVicker’s theater
in Chicago. She shortly afterwards be
came intimate with Miss Thompson,
then also on the stage. Recently the
girl became an habitue of the red light
district, where she was known as
"Beauty Carrie.”
Her death, physicians say. resulted
from refusal to give her drugs to
which she was addicted when she was
sentenced a few days ago to the Bride
well.
the department of modern languages.
The faculty of Tech announces a new
plan for this year by which deserving
students may work their way through
college. This is known as the co-op
erative engineering course and 30 boys
will be admitted to it this year.
Needy Students Aided.
The requirements for entrance are
the same as for the freshman class
and the students will work half of
their time in some of the manufactur
ing plants in Atlanta and devote the
remaining time to theoretical work un
der instructors at Tech. A man will
work one week and study the next and
in this course he will take six years to
graduate in place of four.
The plan has been adopted in many
of the leading technical schools of the
North and has met with much success.
The most careful supervision is given
to the records of an applicant before he
Is allowed this privilege, as the faculty
| wishes to get men who will be credits
to the school at the plant at which they
l work and also to get men who really
jan in need of this method of help in
getting a college education.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1912.
|CHILD IS BORN WITH
INITIALS OF NAME
WRITTEN IN EYES
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7.—Doctors ;
are puzzled today by the presence of j
initials in a boy’s eyes. The initials!
are those of the name decided upon by j
the parents before he was born.
His name is John Dugan. in the j
middle of John's right eye, as if im- '
bedded in the iris by the hand of a i
fantastic master surgeon, is the print I
of the type "J." In the left eye is sim. i
ilarly set his other initial. "D."
The child’s eyesight is; perfect and
his health robust. His mind and con- j
duct are normal. His parents live at I
No. 1622 'North Sixteenth street.
GIRLS AGAINST FULL SKIRT;
WON’TACCENTUATE CURVES
MORGANTOWN. W. VA„ Sept. 7
Declaring “nature's handiwork” is
given its full due in the rounded curves
and lines that the present style of
gowns worn by women accentuate, 40
of the most prominent young society
girls in the city have banded them
selves not to wear any gow n modeled
after the new plaited full-skirt pattern.
In the pledge which they are now cir
culating among the women of the city '
the new creation of fashion which the
modistes have decreed shall be the
style for the coming season are de
nounced as “hideous and tending to
ward artificiality."
The petition already has several hun
dred signatures. It is hoped that ev
ery woman in tow n will bind herself
by the provisions.
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION.
CORDELE, GA.. Sept. 7.—Delegates
to the Cordele Methodist District Ep
worth League convention in 'jession at
the Methodist church in Cordele today, I
and tomorrow have been ar
riving on all trains today and the full
attendance, including the pastors of all
the Methodist churches in the district,
it is anticipated, will approximate not
'less than 100 visitors.
Albert Sidney (lowan. Hie life of the hnnie .if Mr. and Mrs.
i M. A. Gowan. 354 Capitol avenin
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MUNICIPALLY OWNED
ELECTRIC PLANT FOR
CORDELE IS PROPOSED
CORDELE. GA., Sept. 7. — Municip,
[ownership of city electric lighting sys
tem and its construction and operation
in connection with the already munici
pally owned waterworks system, on
Which $40,000 is soon to be spent, was
discussed at length at the regular bi
weekly session of the city council ano
action on the matter deferred to the
next regular' meeting for definite ac
tion.
Cordele voted bonds in June in the
aggregate of $95,000 for public im
provements. These bonds have been
regularly advertised and a number of
bids have been filed, but so far all
have been rejected by the aldermanic
body on the grounds that the premiums
offered were not sufficiently large.
TELLS FISHERMEN THEY
SHOULD WET THEIR HANDS
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DENVER. COLO., Sept 7. Humani
tarian fishermen who, without first
wetting their hands, return to the wa
ter undersize fish, are as cruel as those
who add them alive to their string, ac
cording to C. H. Thomas, superintend
ent of the fish hatcheries at Estes Park.
Colo., before the convention of the
American Fisheries society.
He declared that in Hinging tht fish
back few fishermen knew enough to
wet their hands. As a result, water
fungus attacked the sides of the fish
left bare by tin fish’s slime left stick
ing to the hands The speak, r advo- I
eated a printed warning be sent to all |
sportsmen.
FRAUD CHARGED TO
PREACHER WHO GOT
| $250 ON MORTGAGE
I>l ’IS VI LI. E. KY., Sept. 7. —The
Re',. John B. Morris, president of the
State Baptist College at Jackson. La..
i« being brought to Kentucky on a
requisition to answer the charge of ob-
' laining money by false pretenses.
lie was formerly pastor of the Bap
tist church at Brandenburg. Ky. He
induced three citizens to go security
for him on a note for $250. and gave a
mortgage on an extensive library lie
claimed he owned. When the note was
not paid the three tried to foreclose on
the library and claim they found the I
preacher did not own it.
MAGISTRATE FINES SELF
AND ALSO PAYS AMOUNT
BA I ,TI M ORE, Sept. 7.—Just ie Levin -
[ son fined himself $1.45 in the Southern
police court this morning, and paid it.
too. That i-. the magistrate paid the
fine that he had assessed upon a pris
oner brought before him.
Nathaniel Sober was charged will,
violating the traffic law by driving on
the wrong side i f the street. As the
i man does not understand English well.
Justice Levinson let him off with the
cost, $1.45. Sober did not have it and
asked that his employer be notified, giv
ing his name
"Oh, I know him,” said the magis
trate. “I’ll pay for you myself and
make your boss settle later.” He went
I down in liis pocket and collected $1.45
I from him«elf and sent the man awai
rejoicing.
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Up and Down
Peachtree
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J
Otuside of That He
May Have Been 0 K.
A happy choice of words is a pearl
of great price. Even the giddy girls
are learning that “perfectly grand”
doesn't always fit the occasion. But
r would-be client of a lawyer in Tem
ple Court takrs the palm for discard
ing the dictionary. She was describing
her husband’s treatment of her as
■.rounds for a divorce.
'Yes, sir. he knocked me down with
a table leg, run the children out in the
rain without no supper, smashed up
all the crockery ware, tore every rag
otf my back and locked me up in lhe
coal house. That's what he did,” she
said.
"Awful!' remarked the lawyer.
“Well I should say so," agreed the
client. "It was plumb ridiculous."
Conscience Not
Required On This Job.
“J know a restaurant in this town
where economy is carried almost to an
extreme," said the thin man at the lunch
counter, poking his fork disdainfully at
the tiny portion of roast beef which had
just been placed before him. “This re
minds me of it.
“The proprietor of this place I’m talk
ing about looked up one morning to face
: i thin, haggard man who asked for work.
" ‘Can I W'ash dishes or something, to
get a meal'.” asked the stranger.
“ ‘Nothing doing.' returned the restau
rant man.
“ 'Mister, I’m just out of the Federal
prison and up aga.nst it,’ insisted the
stranger. T've just got to eat.’
" 'No job here,’ repeated the restaurant
man 'What wore you in prison for."
’’ ‘Titey got me for counterfeiting.' ex
plained the ex-convict. 'I used to take
ten-dollar bills and split them in two
I with a razor, and then split a one-dollar
bill the same way, paste the pieces to
gether and have two tens, if you'd look
at but one side.'
" 'Come right back to the kitchen.' said
the proprietor, with enthusiasm. 'l've got!
a steady job for you .slicing ham for sand
wiches. ”
BIBLE STUDENTS MEET.
The Blbl lecture class, a part of
the special work of the First Methodist
church, will meet at 9:45 o'clock to
morrow morning in the main audito
lium of the church. A cordial invi
tation to all visitors and strangers has
been extended by lhe leaders.
BISHOP CANDLER
TODPEWOfiCH
Druid Hills Methodist Will Be
Dedicated Tomorrow Dr.
J. E. Dickey to Preach.
The handsome church building re
cently completed by the congregation
of Druid Hills Methodist church will
be dedicated Sunday morning by Bish
op W. A. Candler Dr. Janies E.
Dickey, president of Emory college, will
conduct the services Sunday night.
The structure, which was complet
ed and furnished at a cost of $25,000,
is modelled after the colonial school
and is of imposing appearance. A
classic portico at the front supported
by Corinthian columns lends a grace
and dignity to the building, which is
of soft red brick with white terra
cotta trimmings and a granite foun
dation.
The organ, which cost $2,000, was
partly paid for by Andrew Carnegie a'
the solicitation of the pastor. Rev. S.
E. Wasson. On top of the church wili
be found the old bell which so: passing
generations has called Atlantans to
worship at old Trinity church.
The new church is the outgrowth of
a movement which began when Copen
hill mission was started in 1899 and
was glided by Grace church and by lhe
First church. In the spring of 1910 the
church was formally organized, and
Edward G. Mackay, a student of Emory
college, preached there each Sunday,
returning to Oxford on Monday morn
ings for college duties. Mr. Mackay,
after his graduation in 1910, remain
ed pastor until the North Georgia con
ference last fall transferred him to
Calhoun. Ga
The present pastor was assigned here
i from the North Alabama conference by
Bishop Wilson.
There is room in the auditorium of
the church for 450 persons, and the
membership al present numbers about
300.
/V scries of special sermons will be
preached this fall by Bishop Candle:
and Rev. W. R. Hendrix, pastor of Wes
ley Memorial church. Bishop Candle)
will preach in the morning and Mr
Hendrix at night.
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