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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 " Xx. vyWWx ~ Ww, illy™/ / 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 I ~ / 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 i 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. || I Up and Down Peachtree I 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. 3