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KPHALT TRUST’S
DOUBLE-PRICE
810 PROBED
Charged Barber Company's
Quotation on County Paving
Is sl6 Ton Too High.
; Charges that the Barber Asphalt
fpmpany. "f Philadelphia, the asphalt
trust is quoting double prices to the
PultQn , ounty commission for the pro
posed paving in Peachtree mad from
Buckhead to Ihe county line, are being
jpvesticated by members of tne public
corks committer today.
Assertions have been made to Tull C.
Waters, chairman of the committee,
that the asphalt trust gets sl3 a ton in
Philadelphia as against S3B per ton. the
price quoted the commission for the
Peachtree road job. The freight from
Philadelphia to Atlanta on asphalt is
jpproximately $7 per ton. The factory
price to Atlanta,' according to allega
tions made to the commission, should
be not over $22 per tpji.
While no action has been taken by
( ommisslon. nor final action by the
committee, it is understood that mem
bors of the committee, meeting sudden
ly on Tuesday, September 17. practi
cally agreed to let the Peachtree con
tract to the Barber company at S3B
against the prices quoted by the Inter
national Asphalt Company of $25.50 pet
ton.
Cheaper Product Called as Good.
Tull C. Waters, chairman of the com
mittee. in making an investigation, has
received expert information from Dow
A Smith, chemical engineers in New
York, that the Cubanal asphalt fur
nished by the International stands all
■knotvn tests as well as the Bermudas
MphaJt sold by the trust.
A meeting had bee a i- Cled for the
committee this morning discuss the
(JtuMion. but Commis = i •> ■ .- s Smith and
Anderson were unable to attend. It
line been decided by the committee to
u»e the mixing process on the Peach
tree paving, but the kind of asphalt to
be used will come up for further con
sideration.
Th» bid submitted to the comtnis
slmi by the Standard Oil Company for
artificial asphalt -oil products---was
J 21.50 a ton.
Just why the committee verbally
agreed to accept the bid of the Bar ber
conipany Is not clear, but it wias be
lieved that Bermudas asphalt was su
perior to other kinds to be used in the
macadam-asphalt process.
•S9BOO Hlsher Than Lowest Bidder.
Toll C. Waters, in discussing the
matter, said today:
"Chemical experts are of the opinion
that one asphalt Is about as good as
another for thia kind of work, both
artificial as well as natural. This kind
of paving is new. There is not a road
In the county of this kind that has had
more than a six-year test. Dow &
Smith, considered experts on the sub-
Jwt, say that one will stand the wear
and tear about as well as the other If
put down at the proper melting point.
)tt fact, they wrote me that artificial
•sphalt, manufactured from oil prod
ucts. will resist water longer than
natural asphalt.”
The proposed Peachtree paving job is
th extend from Buckhead to the county
’lne. a distance of two and one-half
wile?. It has in it 69,000 square yards
nf paving. The cost to the county for
material from the Barber company
’auld he about $22,400; for the Inter
national about $14,500; for the stand
ard Oil product about $12,600.
Strangely enough, the Barber cotn-
Pany bld Is only for the penetration
s. whereas the committee had de
«ide.j m use Warren mixing proc
*" rhe International company and
Standard Oil bid on both the pene
l!On and mixing processes.
THREE generations
attend funeral of
PIONEER GEORGIAN
generations, including relatives
Atlanta, were present today at the
of Raymond R. Hutchinson. 96
’ of age, which took place in Merf
'rther county, near Warm Springs.
■ Hutchinson was a pioneer in that
■ etton of the state and was widely
Hawn and beloved.
H ' M. E. Jarrell, 539 Woodward
•'rnitt, a daughter; W. A. Jarrell, a
known real estate man. a grand
>or‘ and his son, W. A. Jarrell. Jr., left
for Warm Springs to attend
n ' ’nneral.
Ikwpite his advanced age. Mr. Hutch
.was hale and hearty until a week
K’ He was a veteran of two wars
n i ~ ri" of the most prominent planters
I no' ' Sf ‘ ( ’t'on. He was the owner of
negroes at the time of the eman
ipiition. /
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cousin. Theodore Roosevelt, will
’ n town today.
Irvine Mann, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Mann. 29 Egleston
• street. If all other folks were as joyful and healthy as she is her
i father would go out of business.
ORPHANS APPEAL TO
WORKERS FOR FUNDS;
STATE HOME IN NEED
While most of the orphans homes In
this section will ask that their friends
observe next Saturday as “work day”
for them, the Georgia Industrial Home,
of Macon, has chosen today as the time
when the 140 little children there ask
that men and women of the state give
them the wages of their one day's la
bor.
The Georgia Industrial Home is
overflowing with the 140 children with
in its walls, and it has seven applica
tions for admission of other children.
In addition to this, the management
says the treasury funds are low and the
grocery bills are in arrears.
An appeal for money has been made
to all friends of the orphans, whether
they be connected with a church or not.
DR. CALEB RIDLEY TO
DISCUSS WAR ON VICE
IN SUNDAY SERMON
A series of character studies will be
given as Sunday night sermons by Rev.
Caleb A. Ridley, pastor of the Central
Baptist church. Tomorrow night he will
take up “Saul, the Politician." He also
will discuss the action of Police Chief
Beavers m ordering the segregated dis
trict closed up, and will speak, too, on
“The Policeman's Pistol.”
A triple chorus of 100 voices will sing
at these services, and it is believed that
every seat will be taken. Organ musie
will start at 7:30 o'clock. \
GOOD NIGHT. MRS. HEN;
EGGS FROM ATMOSPHERE
CHICAGO. Sept. 28.—Dr. Pau) Wal
den, of Riga, Russia, predicted here that
the next great feat of chemistry will be
the making of eggs from air. Dr. Wal
den. who is president-elect of the Ninth
International Congress of Applied
Chemistry, to be held in St. Petersburg
in 1915, further predicted that a va
riety of nitrogenous foods will be made
from the air some day.
"I consider it practically certain that
at no distant day we will be drawing
food supplies from the air.” he said.
REFUSE ACTOR'S REQUEST
TO MAKE FLIGHT IN AIR
NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Robert Lor
aine. actor-aviator, has been refused
permission to fly. His managets, l.ieb
ler & Co., do not want box office re
ceipts knocked sky-high by a drop
from the clouds.
SPECIAL PRIMARY DECIDES TIE.
BRUNSWICK. GA., Sept. 28.—1 n the
special primary so county treasurer of
Camden county I. F. Arnow defeated .1.
R. I'achlott by 30 votes. In tin regu
lar primary tngist 21 they polled
a lie vole of 2"2 each.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1912.
HOME FOR WAYWARD
GIRLS WILL BE READY
FOR USE CHRISTMAS
The first building of the Harriet
Hawkes Home for Girls will be ready
for occupancy by Christmas, according
to the trustees, who expect to begin at
that time to provide homes for the
wayward young girls of the city and
state who now have no place to go.
Work on the structure will soon be
gin and when started will be rushed to
completion. The trustees have issued a
statement in which they say that the
first payments on subscriptions to the
home are now due and that many of
them have already been paid.
The home is intended to be industrial
and educational and a place where an
attractive and uplifting environment
can be thrown around girls whose lives
have not been supplied with means and
opportunities to cultivate the best prin
ciples. Another chance to try to live
right is the stated purpose of the home.
CASCADE INN TO BE
MADE A RESORT FOR
PHYSICAL CULTURE
Cascade inn, five and one-half miles
from the city, known to many Atlan
tans for the beneficial qualities of the
Cascade springs, is to be converted into
a physical culture home.
Professor F. B. Magee, former physi
cal culture director of the Atlanta Y. M.
C. A., has leased the inn and will ar
range It for a health resort. Gymna
sium equipment will be installed, and
the attractive physical features of the
location will be utilized.
BRIDE, SHOT BY HUBBY,
BEGS FOR FORMER SUITOR
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 28. —Mrs. Bernice
Mohana's* first appeal after she was
shot and wounded seriously by her hus
band of a few months, was that a for
mer sweetheart be bi ought to her side.
“If I don't see him I know I’ll die," she
told her sister, Mrs. Catherine Collins.
That she had been forced to marry
Mohana at the point of a revolver was
the statement made by Mrs. Mohana at
the City hospital. "He always carried
a revolver, and he told me he would kill
me if I did not marry him,” she said.
"1 lived in terror of him and intend to
gel a divorce if I recover.”
OXEN THAT DREW BODY
OF MIKADO PENSIONED
TOKIO. Sept. 28. —Pensions have been
provided from the mikados private
pulse for the oxen w hich drew* the fu
neral ear at the late mikados burial.
With a special attendant each, they will
spend the rest of their lives in luxury
in the imperial pastures. The old cus
•om of giving them the Junior fifth
grade of court rank was disregarded.
Flore is little L. D. Collins, Jr.,
who lets his folks know he's
around at 68 Lucile avenue.
EilW
DIESMENLF
Well Known Minister and Ed
itor, Who Fought in the Civil
War, Drops Dead.
Rev. M. J. Cofer, business manager
and assistant editor of The Wesleyan
Christian Advocate, dropped dead to
day in the offices of that publication on
the third floor of the Wesley Memorial
church building. His death is believed
to be due to heart failure, which had
got worse w ith his approaching years.
He was 76 years old a few months ago.
Mrs. Cofer is visiting relatives near
Gainesville and will be reached by wire
as soon as possible to notify her of the
sudden death of her husband. Besides
his wife, Mr. Cofer leaves two daugh
ters —Misses Janie and Ruth Cofer.
For the past ten years Mr. Cofer had
held his present position with the
church paper. Previous to that he had
been connected with the North Geor
gia conference of the Methodist church
as an active minister. He was born in
Greene county and served throughout
the Civil war in the Confederate army.
Shortly after the close of hostilities he
became a Methodist preacher Hardly
any man was more widely known In
the North Georgia conference.
MAN’S EYEBALL PIERCED
BY A WOMAN’S HAT PIN
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 28. —Entering a
crowded Page avenue car, William J.
McFarland, aged 38, attempted to work
his way forward, and in doing so touch
ed a woman on the arm. She wheeled
about and a long hatpin she wore
caught McFarland squarely In the eye.
Several women giggled as the wound
ed man. a handkerchief pressed to his
face, made his way to the front of the
ear and leaped off He went to the of
fice of the nearest doctor and there
was informed that the sight of the eye
had escaped permanent injury by a
narrow margin.
SILK HOSE AS SYMBOL OF
TARIFF AND PROSPERITY
NEW YORK. Sept. 28.—The wom
an's department. National Republican
league, has asked ail members to wea
silk stocking-. The idea is to show
that high tariff and prosperity are as
one silk-encased toot to another.
TENDER NURSING OF
SWEETHEART FAILS TO
SAVE JILTED SUITOR
ATHENS. GA., Sept. 28.—Preston
Arthur, who shot himself Wednesday
night, after the girl'he loved had re
jected him and promised to marry his
rival, died today at the home of the
girl, Miss Grace McKinnon. He was
carried into his sweetheart’s home just
after the shooting, which took place in
front of the house.
From then until he died Miss Mc-
Kinnon nursed him, hoping against
hope that he would recover. She prom
ised him that if he lived she would
break the engagement with his rival
and wed him. The wound, just an inch
from the heart, however, was fatal. To
day Miss McKinnon Is broken-hearted.
JUDGEirRTPOTTLE’S
NAME MISPLACED IN
PREPARING BALLOT
Through inadvertence in preparing
the form of ticket to be voted in the
general October state election, the
name, of Judge John Robert Pottle ap
pears as a candidate for a full term on
the bench of the court of appeals,
whereas It should appear as a candi
date for the unexpired term of Judge
Arthur Powell, whom he succeeded by
appointment of Acting Governor Slaton
last February.
Hardy Ulm, secretary to the state
Democratic executive committee, has
sent out a request to the various coun
ties that particular pains be taken to
get Judge Pottle’s name on the ballots
actually voted, in proper shape.
JUDGE ALLEN RESIGNS;
VINSON TO BE NAMED
The resignation of Judge John Allen,
of the county court of Baldwin, senator
elect of the Twentieth district, has
been received by the governor.
Carl Vinson, the well known Mil
ledgeville attorney and former speaker
pro tern, of the house of representa
tives. will be appointed to succeed
Judge Allen.
SNEAD REFUSED BAIL;
. IS REMANDED TO JAIL
AMA'RILLO, TEXAS. Sept. 28.—Bail
was today refused for John B. Snead,
the wealthy Amarillo banker who shot
and killed A. G. Boyce, Jr., in front of
the First Methodist church because of
Boyce's relations with Mrs. Snead. Aft
er bond was refused Spend was re
manded to Jail.
Uncle Ezra Says
"It don't take more'n a gill uv effort
to git folks into a peck of trouble" and
a little neglect of constipation, bilious
ness, indigestion or other liver de
rangement will do the same. If ailing,
take Dr. King's New Life Pills for quick
results. Easy. safe, sure, and only 25
cents at all druggists (Advt.)
See Nat Goodwin in Oliver
Twist at the Forsyth.
ROOSEVELT IS ASKED
TO HEAR SERMON ON
BIBLE AT TABERNACLE
“Is the Bible divinely inspired?" will
be the question asked by Dr. Robert
Stuart MacArthur in his sermon to
morrow morning at the Sunday school
session of the Baptist Tabernacle. He
will answer the question with .several
similar queries often made.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, an old
friend of Dr. MacArthur, has been in
vited to attend the morning service at
the Tabernacle, but It is not known
whether he will be able to accept. Dr.
MacArthur has accepted an invitation
to Introduce Colonel Roosevelt to his
Auditorium audience tonight.
JAPAN TO GIVE $5,000,000
TO VICTIMS OF TYPHOON
IOKIO, Sept 28. The” Japanese diet
will be convened in extra session to ap
propriate $5,000,000 for the victims of
the typhoon, according to announcement
today. Relief measures will continue to
he < arried out by soldiers. Appeals for
food are corning In from all along the
.southern coast.
CAMDEN TAX RATE RAISED.
BRUNSWICK. GA., Sept. 28.—The
Camden county tax rate has been
raised from sevent to eight and one
half mills. This increase for 1912 was
found necessary to meet the current
expenses of the county. The increase
in assessed valuations for 1912 was
$118,224 over 1911.
Biscuits, Cakes and Pastry made with
remain fresh and palatable;—they do not dry out. or leave
the bad taste so commonly noticed when some other
Baking Powders are used. 1 lb. 20c.~X lb. 10c.—lb. Sc.
All good Grocers sell it or will get it for you.
SOME REASONS FOR FALL PAINTING
1 l,l > the surface Is dry.
" * l ' ll **’e wood is dry, the paint penetrates deep
into ll,e l ,0!, s ’getting a firmer hold on the surface.
■' bouse weds a protecting coat more in the winter
than any other season.
IWlWLljrafWw •*■ A house in need of paint should never be allowed to
IkTTOwiijgiithljM weather the winter without this protection.
« h. it is easier to keep out the winter's moisture by
painting in fall than to get the moisture out of
the wood foi spring painting, i
Atlanta l> Sterling Paint Is Sure Protection
TO SPIRIT NEGRO
TO ATLANTA Jill
Floyd County Sheriff Holding
Black Accused of Attacking
White Girl.
ROME. GA., Sept. 28.—John Orr, a
negro, will be spirited away from Rome
to Atlanta on the first train this after
noon to avert a possible lynching. He
is accused of attacking a 12-year-old
white girl near the city today, and has
been identified by the girl and her
brother.
Sheriff Donehoo caught the negro
after a chase across the railroad tracks
in East Rome to Thirteenth street. He
was hurried down town and lodged in
the Floyd county jail.
Sheriff Donehoo says that he will ask
that the Eindale militia company be.
called out. if necessary, to protect the
prisoner until he can be sent to At
lanta. There is considerable excite
ment. especially in East Rome. The
sheriff and deputies are now on guard
at the jail.
The girl and her brother were gath
ering walnuts near their home when
the negro came up and grabbed her.
She attempted to break away, but was
dragged to a nearby shack. Later she
returned to her home and notified her
father. He gave the alarm and the
sheriff and four deputies rushed to the
scene. I hey saw a suspicious looking
negro dart out of a house and run.
They gave chase and captured him.
rhe gill is in a critical condition
from the rough treatment she received
from the negro.
~AT THE THEATERS -
LARGE audience laughs at
ANTICS OF "MUTT AND JEFF’’
“Mutt and Jeff.” on their second vis
it to Atlanta, were greeted by a large
audience at the Atlanta last night. The
admirers of the two gave due appre
ciation to their stage (Torts, and while
there was no great applause for any
special member of the cast or number,
except in one instance when dainty
Miss Hazel Tupper came near stopping
the show with her pretty song and
dance, the hilarity over the sallies of
“Mutt and Jeff” were pronounced. The
show Is not especially strong in other
particulars, but Ed West, as Mutt, and
Jerry Sullivan, as Jeff, are very like the
creations of Bud Fisher’s pen, and their
part of the performance is splendid.
And it is “Mutt and Jeff” that the audi
ence goes to see.
The work of little Miss Tupper comes
as a big surprise. She is pretty, grace
ful and charming, sings well and dances
beautifully. Her one song, “Tale of the
Mermaid,” far surpasses the genera!
average of the show, and would not be
out of place In a high-grade musical
comedy.
The principals of the cast are some
what better than those of last year’s
production, and the play has been
trimmed down in Instances, which in
creases its power of amusing. To those
who like “Mutt and Jeff” in the funny
papers the play will prove all satis
factorily, for “Mutt and Jeff” come to
life with irresistible humor and they
are in the spotlight the most of the
time. There will be two more per
formances, matinee and evening today.
NAT GOODWIN IS SEEN
AT FORSYTH BY CROWDS
You can’t always believe the doctors,
as for instance in the cases of Charles
W. Morse. Eugene Grace et al. Look
at Nat Goodwin.
The doctors said the famous actor
would never appear In public agalr
after his accident out West a few weeks
ago. But Goodwin is at the Forsyth
this week and will spend Sunday in
Atlanta. To look at him one would not
say anything was wrong. To be sure,
his voice Is missing. He hasn't uttered
a word since he arrived Thursday. But
he Is there with the signs. And Marie
Doro. one of the prettiest and most fa
mous of Broadway stars, is playing
with him.
Nat Goodwin and Marie Doro are
playing Fagin and Oliver,, respectively
in "Oliver Twist." a motion picture,
presentation of Dickens' famous story.
The engagement at the Forsyth closes
tonight. The complete play, five long
reels, Is given, and ft is really a mas
terpiece of motion picture drama. The
famous stars and their supporting com
pany have never presented the play on
a real stage, but only for the pictures.
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