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    THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor.
nvJ Temperatures: Ba. m., 51; 10
, r,,., 60; 12 noon, 64: 2 p. m., 66.
VOL. XI. NO. 95.
SHOPKEEPER
slugged
HE SERVES
BANDIT
Decatur Street Merchant's Life
Is Saved by Passerby Who
Heard Him Fall.
NEGRO ROBBER FORCED
TO FLEE WITHOUT LOOT
Rescuers Find Assailant Ready
to Give His Unconscious
Victim Death Blow.
fl r \ Starnes, a merchant of 536 De
fl catur stn-et, turned to a shelf in Jiis
fl sl ,, r . moav io get down for
fl : : pr,five buyer. When he faced
fl u t; . was knocked unconscious by a
H blow of a billy on his head.
fl llail-ead men, on their way home
fl r..:. work, heard Starnes fall as they
fl p ;i <s ~' i ••• store, and dashed in to find
fl a P . jr - -rniinpr over the prostrate nier
fl rMtit. ji apparently was about to de
flliv-r n alier blow, which might have
H killed his victim.
fl <•: arrival saved Starnes' life and
fl - ■ -m.-ntx of his cash register. As
fl rohbei saw them enter, he fled
.ugh a back door into the alley.
■ Slugger Escapes
fl In Maze of Alleys.
fl f; ;■'■>■<-tiers gave chase, and were
' Police c aptain Curry and Pa-
tnderson and Watson. The
flittiTl-'. however, escaped them in a
of alleys.
BB s- . wa.s hurried to Grady hos-
' .■■.•• the wound on his head was
in-ssed. He was able to return to his
fl d":'" lat-r in the day.
■■ opened the store and had
i.wn.-fi rnd my cash from the safe to
■■ I- • •gister," ho said. "The rob
® have seen tills, for he en-
just at that time.
fl "H ■ v. is a well dressed, seemingly
|fl ■' ■ i< negro. He gave his order
fl 'i' 1 turned to till it. I had to walk
to where the cash register was,
' ■’• ■ v<- lie was figuring on that
vlien lie named his purchase.
■ Street Nearly Is
■Deserted at Early Hours.
to show him the goods, 1
fl| tie roof had fallen in. I felt
BB i" nie'i mi my face, and then I be
unc.mscious.’’
fl| Furry said. that, according to
■fl 1 men, the street virtually
fl| • '•••'! at. that hour, and had it
fl|'"‘ r ai busy time they never would
Bfl ■' drop, one looked inside and
fl" ■' bending over the mer-
: -ii’. a blackjack still in his hand,
■fl 'i in, but the negro was ton
|fl I' l is out through a back door,
1 and in a few seconds lost,
|fl them had pistols, and when
‘ lived, ail trace.of the tob-
was gone.
■SUFFRAGISTS plan
B BALLOT for every
fl WOMAN IN 4 YEARS
fl > i 'ill. I ’ll I A, Nov. 32. ....predict
|fl aux made at the present
fl •on.! give the women of every
' " I'nion the right to vote be
|fl \t presidential election, the
' the National American
s iffr.-ig,.. association eonven-
Sfl down to business today.
'a a a for today's session in
fl a hall consisted of the fol-
a reports:
' committee, legal adviser,
a ' ups committee, and from
iin-nt of the "cause:”
jfl| .bir-obs. Alabama: Frances W.
fl Vizonu; Mary McH. Keith,
fl ■ Har, let G. R. Wright, Co»<>-
Sfl l ,; a. Huncks. Connecticut; Leo
■l „ ‘"'i'. District of Columbia;
fl linois; Anna I>. Nolard. In-
-gates were today pledged to
mning debate on the "Best
fl ’ Forcing Congress to Grant
|fl| : Suffrage.”
fl Lu BWOMAN MAKES
I DOUBLY SURE TO DIE
fl Ml< H™Nov. 22. Mrs.
'• \\ illiams, a society leader
'""an, killed herself here to
■fl swallowed a large quantity of
and then shot het self
fll body. Despondency over
caused her net.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
'Your Presence Is Not
Wanted/ Hot Springs
Mayor Wires Schepps
Arkansans Resent Gangster’s In
tention of Taking Up Resi
dence With Them.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK., Nov. 22.
Mayor W. W. Waters sent the follow
ing telegram to Sam Schepps. New
York, in care of District Attorney
Whitman:
"Having read In the newspaper dis
patches from New York that you con
template returning- to Hot Springs im
mediately after your release from jail
in New York, I desire to notify you, as
mayor of Hot Springs, representing the
best of the city, your presence here is
not desired.”
Mayor Waters stated he did not want
Schepps to make Hot Springs his home
and that he had been requested by
many citizens to warn Schepps to keep
away.
NO EXCUSE FOR T, R.
TO CONTINUE MOOSE
PARTY, SAYS BRYAN
SAVANNAH, GA„ Nov. 22.—“1f the
Democrats are faithful to the trust that
has been imposed in them,” declared
Colonel William Jennings Bryan, who
delivered a lecture In this city last night
under the auspices of the First Pres
byterian church, “there will be no ex
cuse for a continuation of Mr. Roose
velt’s Progressive party.” And he add
ed his confident belief that the Demo
crats would satisfactorily adjust the
tariff, trust and currency problems
which now beset the nation.
Colonel Bryan is on his way to his
winter home in Florida, where, he says,
he means to’take a long rest. He re
ceived a batch of letters and telegrams
here and scarcely had a moment to
spare while he was in the city. One of
the first things the Nebras"kan did aft
er his arrival was to deny the cable re
port that he had been invited to join
President-elect Wilson for a jiolltical
conference in' Bermuda. He said he
had not been invited to visit Governor
Wilson and that he had no idea of do
ing so.
BRIDEGROOM WITHIN
HIS RIGHTS TO DRINK
BEFORE TAKING WIFE
MACON, GA.. Nov. 22.—1 n the opin
ion of Judge Gus Daly, recorder- of this
city, a man is warranted in taking a
few drinks just prior to a wedding cer
emony. An aged negro was arraigned
before the judge, charged with having
been drunk. He pleaded that he had
imbibed some “ni-beer” in anticipation
of his marriage, which had been pre
vented by his arrest.
“Where’s your license?” asked the
judge. “Here it is,” said the old negro,
“and yonder's my gal.”
‘Well, if you two will marry right
now. I’ll perform the ceremony and dis
miss the case,” said the recorder, and he
was as good as his word.
However, there being some doubt in
their minds as to the legality of a mar
riage performed by him. the two ne
groes went to the ordinary and heard
the fateful words all over again.
SON OF JOHN W. GATES
IS WRITING MEMOIRS OF
“MISUNDERSTOOD MAN”
«
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., Nov.
22. —Charles G. Gates is here writing
the life story of John W. Gates, his
father. Probably it will be montlis be
fore the volume of memoirs is ready
for the printer.
“There never was a. prominent man
more misunderstood than my father,”
said Gates. “He was not the big
plunger that people pictured him. He
had none of the small arts that char
acterize many of the financial mag
nates. His methods were direct. They
puzzled Wall Street because he made a
habit of telling the truth or else say
ing- nothing.”
TYPEWRITER AGENT
WHO STABBED CLERK
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
Oscar Bowers, a typewriter salesman,
who recently stabbed J. S. Dunaway in'
an affray in the offices of the Hecht
Piano Company, Temple Court build
ing, pleaded guilty to assault in crimi
nal division of superior court today and
was sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary.
Bowers was indicted for assault with
intent to murder, on evidence given to
the grand jury by Miss Emily Nelson, a
'stenographer in the employ of the piano
company, who witnessed the light. This
charge was reduced to assault when
Bowers' attorneys agreed to submit a
plea of guilty.
9 QUARANTINED ON
PULLMAN CAR WHEN
SMALLPOX APPEARS
1 (ENVER, COLO , Nbv. 22.—Eight pas
sengers who arrived in Castle Rock on a
Santa Fe Pullman car are in quarantine
today, and. with the negro porter of thq
car. will be held for two weeks, as a
result of the discovery of a case of small
pox on the ear.
The patient. R. C. Jones, boarded the
ear at Lajunta. Colo. The disease de
veloped after he was aboard. State health
officials ordered the ear cut from the
train and fumigated. Jones was hurried
by automobile to a pest house here.
DDT mo
RENEWEDON
STUBBORN
TURKS
■OWI I ■■ II ■ W
Peace Terms Rejected—Bul
gar Cannon Resume Shelling
Constantinople Defense.
MOSLEMS REINFORCED
DURING 24-HOUR TRUCE
Pestilence Among the Enemy
Leads Gen. Savoff to Shift
Point of Onslaught.
SOFIA, Nov. 22.—A communication
from the European powers was pre
sented to the Bulgarian government
this aftermnoon urging the Balkan al
lies to modify their armistice demands
upon Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—The
greatest battle of the Balkan war is
raging today along the Chatalja lines
between Bulgarian and Turkish artil
lery with savage fury, following the
rejection by the Porte of the allies’
armistice terms. Taking advantage of
the 24-hour lull in the lighting, brought
about by the tentative negotiations be
tween General Savoff, the. Bulgarian
commander-in-chief, and Nazim Pa
sha. the Turkish minister of war, all
the Ottoman reserve forces had been
moved to the front and the Turkish
positions were said by the government
to be swagger jus®. ttaji -aX aux Umt
previous.
Biyuk Chekmeja. at the extreme
southern end of the Chatalja lines, is
the center of the battle and there the
heaviest fighting is going on.
Five batterips of the Bulgarians’
heaviest siege guns, waich were for
merly used in bombarding the Otto
man defenses at Adrianople, have at
last reached the front and are concen
trated upon the Turkish works between
Chatalja and Biyuk Chekmeje.
• General Savoff is evidently attempt
ing to weaken the Turkish left wing for
a flank movement.
Artillery Roar
Starts Before Day.
Beginning an hour before daybreak,
the roar of artillery fire west of this
city gave evidence that a terrific en
gagement was in progress. Military
experts here believe that one of the
Compelling motives which led General
Savoff tot concentrate his attack upon
the Turkish left was the prevalence of
cholera in the camp opposite the Turk
ish center.
Reports by Turkish scouts who made
a reconnoissance of the twenty-mile
front of the Bulgarian army from
neighboring heights indicated that the
Bulgarians did not withdraw from the
offensive as had been reported, but the
movement of troops to the wings only
made it appear so.
It is indicated by all accounts from
the front that only a few regiments of
infantry and artillery have been left to
guard the Bulgarian artillery at the
center, General Savoff not fearing an
infantry attack from the Turks in this
quarter.
Witnesses of conditions in the Turk
ish line say that the greatest hardships
are not caused by Bulgarian bullets
Cold rains haVe been falling at inter
vals for a week and many of the re
servists who are used to the warm cli
mate of Asia Minor are suffering in
tensely from illness thus brought on.
Soldier Shoots
Down Commander.
There is also a lack of discipline
among the Turkish soldiers which
strikes observers as a most untoward
factor in military affairs. A war cor
respondent told of seeing a soldier
shoot down an officer because he was
angered at a command. Instead of be
ing punished, the soldier was allowed
to go free.
Breastworks have been erected all
along the eastern banks of the Lake of
Biyuk Chekmeje by the Ottoman
troops and'a telephftne line has been
installed connecting the headquarters
there with the private railway ear *>f
Nazim Pasha, which stands upon the
tracks of the Orient railway at Hadem
keul.
Two Turkish ironclads have been or
dered to Kalikratia, west of Biyuk
Chekmeje, to join in the cannonade on
the Bulgarian camp there.
Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha an
nounced today that he had received
from tlie front word that the Turks
were In a very favorable position and
that all was going well with them.
With the water pouring into her hold
from several big holes beneath the wa
ter line, the Turkish battleship Meslu
idy -ii was towed in a .sinking condition,
stern first, into the Golden Horn to
| day.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912.
RISKS DEATH
IN FIRE FOR
BRIDE’S
DOWN
Hilliard Spalding and Wife
Have Narrow Escape From
Blaze in New Home.
NEGRO JANITOR ROUSES
SLEEPING OCCUPANTS
Trousseau Consumed by the
Flames and Wedding Pres
ents Are Destroyed.
Hilliard Spalding, prominent young
lawyer of 113 West Peachtree street,
and his bride of a few weeks are today
receiving the second congratulations of
their honeymoon. This time they are
being felicitated on the fact that they
were not burned to death in their home
—a big apartment bouse owned by the
bridegroom—which was partially de
stroy dat 11:30 o’clock last night. Mr.
and Mrs. Spalding escaped partly clad,
while other occupants of the house had
narrow escapes from death.
Julius Jones, a negro Janitor of a
nearby apartment house, gave the
alarm, and not satisfied with this re
mained in the smoke-tilled halls pound
ing on doors until the occupants, who
had refused to be alarmed, had risen
and he was assured of their safety.
Braves Fire For
Wife's Clothes.
Mr. Spalding, wuen he hau iearned,
wife was wearing in the cold night air,
ran back in the burning building and
did not come out until he had com
fortable clothing for her. They then
entered an automobile and were taken
to the home of Mr. Spalding’s grand
father, Rev. A. T. Spalding, in Court
land street.
The apartment was occupied by three
families. A. P. Davis, employed by
John J. Woodside, on the first floor, and
the family of Glover C. Else, a traveling
man, on the second floor, were awak
ened in time to dress, but the Spaldings
on the third floor had the narrow es
capes.
Mrs. Spalding, who was Miss Stew
art, of Athens, lost her wedding pres
ents and her trousseau.
The fire originated in the furnace
room and the entire rear of the build
ing was burned. The damage was
heavy. The apartment building was
the property of Mr. Spalding.
SOCIETY GIRLS PLAN
THANKSGIVING FEAST
FOR MEN IN STRIPES
DALTON. GA., Nov. 22.—The two
young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. N.
Peeples, prominent in Dalton society,
have taken it upon themselves to fur
nish Whitfield county convicts the deli
cacies-of a Thanksgiving dinner.
The appeals made to local people to
assist in making the day one of pleas
ure to the "men in stripes” have met
with a generous response, and the fund
solicited by them has grown to large
proportions—enough to insure a real
Thanksgiving dinner for the men of the
county chaihgang.
A thorough canvass of the city has
been made by them unassisted. With
the. money secured, the delicacies to go
with the two “porkers” promised by
Warden Forrester will be purchased,
anji the convicts will be given a genu
ine feast.
CALL 225 TALESMEN
IN LYNCHING CASES
TO SECURE JURORS
COLUMBUS. GA., Nov. 22.—Never in
the history of Myscogee county has there
been so much difficulty experienced in se
lecting a Jury as in the trial of the cases
against It E. L. land, W. L. l and, A.
B. Land and Lee Lynn, charged with mur
der in connection with the lynching of T.
Z. McElhaney, a negro youth.
Two entire days were consumed in get
ting the jury, during which time 476
veniremen were drawn. Os the 176 drawn,
225 answered before the twelve jurors
were secured. The majority of those
who failed to qualify did so for cause.
The hearing of evidence did not begin
until this morning, when many witnesses
were present, both for the state and the
defense.
SIDNA ALLEN GUILTY:
GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
WYTHEVILLE, VA„ Nov. 22.—The
jury in the case of Sldna Allen, the
Carroll county outlaw, today returned a
verdict of guilty and fixed the punish
ment at fifteen years in the peniten
tiary.
Sidna Allen was tried for the murder
of Judge Massie, and will be tried for
| other murders at once.
GOVERNOR REGRETS NEW
EXILING OF ADAM AND EVE
Governor Joseph M. Brown does not take kindly to certain
proposed changes in the text of the old King James version of
> swill
flflflt
Governor Brown woman,” to tone down the
ancient suggestiveness of “hell” and call it more politely the
“underworld,” and to replace, in the wonderful tale of Jonah,
“whale” with “great fish,” the governor was not thrilled with
that sentiment of approval some people may have felt.
Discussing these proposed changes today, Governor Brown
said:
By GOVERNOR JOSEPH M. BROWN.
I love the dear old Bible, the Bible my sainted parents
and grandparents loved to read. The simplicity of its language,
the sacredness of its.truths, the comfort in its promises and the
reverential fear resulting from its warnings h— -these and all the
other wholesome effects to the soul make me each day thankful
that such a treasure has been given to us.
And, yet, I know that certain words have not found
the translation which conveys their real meaning in the King
•lames version. These errors, however, are few and should not
affect the standing of The Book in our minds. The Book is
divine, but the translators were human. Hence the corrections
in the translation are not corrections of the Bible, but are the
true translation of the Bible.
The recent revised version of the Sacred Book, however,
seems to me to have developed some unnecessary changes of
verbiage, if the press dispatch of November 20 correctly repre-»
scats it. For exampJ*. it seems to me like a straining at the
literal when we find the names of the first human pair discarded
and that they are presented merely as “man” and “woman.”
We are taught that “Adam” gave names to “every beast of
the field and every fowl of the air.” Why, then, should the
great name-giver be deprived of a name? I beg to be excused
from indorsing this change. The genealogical table shown in
the first chapter of First Chronicles, gives to the first man a
name just as it does to every other man in that table.
I have never condemned him too intolerantly for eating the
forbidden fruit, for I have realized that I might have done as
he did if I had stood in his place—l can not correctly say, in his
shoes. If the most beautiful woman in the world had have
“temped me,” I fear that I. too. would have eaten, and risked
the consequences. 5
And “Eve!” There is something poetic in the name; but
mere “woman,” applied to her, appears really prosaic, if not, in
fact, ordinary. Let us keep her in remembrance as “Mother
Eve.”
And then, the “great fish” instead of “whale.” I believe
the revised version is correct in that case, although Jonah doubt
less would have had difficulty jn drawing the distinction. And
“underworld” instead of “hell.” Well, so I keep clear of it I
will not bother about the designation of it.
Seriously speaking, 1 think that great conservatism should
be exercised in revising the King James version, and that only
such words should be changed as convey a palpably erroneous
meaning of the Hebrew and Greek originals. Our sainted an
cestors have read that version with comfort of spirit and
pious joy.
I confess that the old Bible is very dear to my heart, and
am reluctant to see it unduly tampered with.
STRANGULATION NOT
CAUSE OF COUNTESS’
DEATH, SAYS EXPERT
GOSHEN, N. Y„ Nov. 22. —Dr. Hen
ry W. Cattell, of Philadelphia, a med
ical expert, who testified that he had
performed 2.500 autopsies, most of
them upon strangulations, swore this
afternoon at the trial of Burton W.
Gibson, accused of the murder of
Countess Rosa Menschlk Szabo, that
the appafbnt evidences of strangula
tion on the body of the countess were
due to post mortem causes.
This was the defense's trump card,
and they hoped by Dr. Catteli’s testi
mony to offset all the damaging ex
pert evidence of the prosecution.
JACK ROSE AND TWO
PALS HIDE EN ROUTE
TO ‘TIMBER’ IN TEXAS'
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Nov. 22.—Harry
Vallon, "Bridgie” Webber and Jack Hose,
three of the four Informers in the gun
men's trials growing out of the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, in New York, passed
through here today en route to Chicago.
Their ultimate destination, it was as
serted. is Texas. They were aboard a
New York Central train
The. three men were in a parlor car.
They would not show themselves. The
conductor of the train was positive in
Ids statement that the four passengers
were the quartet of Uiformers.
the Holy Bible.
The governor views
these proposed changes
more in sorrow than in an
ger, but he makes very plain
his objections, nevertheless.
He is one of the leading
Baptists of Georgia, and
when the news reached him
recently that it was propos
ed in a new Baptist transla
tion of the Bible to dismiss
such old favorites as “Adam
and Eve,” and substitute
therefor merely “man and
RESISTING ARREST,
NEGRO FIRES INTO
POSSE; 1 WOUNDED
FORSYTH, GA„ Nov. 22.—Millie Mac
Maynard, one of the best known young
men of Monroe county, was shot in the
shoulder here last night by J. L. Mitch
ell, a negro photographer. The wound
is not serious, say the attending physi
cians. The negro is in jail.
J. M. Cox, a local constable, attempt
ed to serve a legal paper on Mitchell,
who. cursing the officer, refused to take
the paper. Cox called on some one te.
assist him in arresting the negro, when
Mitchell ran to his house. Officer Cox,
Mr. Maynard and several other young
men followed.
As the party enterd the house, Mitch
ell drew a big ,44-caliber Colts and
threatened to kill the first man who
came toward him. Several of the men
made a rush upon Mitchell, and he vyas
overpowered, but not until he had fired
several times into the crowd. Mem
bers of the posse returned the fire. Both
Mr. Maynard and the negro were
wounded.
NO LETTER WRITTEN BY
MRS. FLADGER PRODUCED
Examination of the evidence In the
alienation suit of B. B. Fladger against
L. Jackson Hood shows that no letter
from Mrs. Fladger to Hood was intro
duced.
The Georgian was in error in mak
ing the statement that such a letter was
produced or anything relating to it in
trqjlueed in the court evidence.
HOME
IDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
MB TO HILT
tBEMITOm
FLINS IS
GIVENUP
Woodward Declares He Can
Do Nothing More Until He
Takes Mayor’s Chair.
RAZING OF OLD PLANT
IS BEGUN BY GILBERT
Health Board to Insist That
Demolition Be Completed
Within One Week.
With the order to destroy the old
crematory signed by Acting Mayor
Candler and work begun, James G.
Woodward remarked with resignation
as he sat in his office today that ha
could do nothing else until he became
mayor.
“I .think it Is an outrage that they
have literally dumped thousands of tons
of gaibage into the laps of the people
of Atlanta by ordering that old plant
destroyed,” he said. “But. I have dona
all I could as a citizen. I am nothing
more. After I am elected mayor, on
December 4, I can assume a different
attitude.”
Aiderman John E. McClelland, who
fought hard for Mr. Woodward's prop
osition to save the old crematory at
the meeting of the aldermanic board
yesterday afternoon, intimated today
that he would resort to the courts to
block the rasing of the plant. He said
he was not yet ready to announce his
plan.
Gilbert Says the
Work Has Been Begun.
Dr. W. L. Gilbert said today that
work had begun to raze the old plant
and that it would be completed as soon
as possible. The contract was let to
L. B. Storey. He is to receive the
wreckage as compensation. His bld
provide that he shall have 40 days to
do the work.
By noon today the interior of the
crematory was wrecked beyond repair.
Early this morning the workmen began
gutting the furnaces from end to end.
The board of health will insist that
he complete the work within a week, at
least.
After a session of more than two
hours, during which some of the
speeches were spiritedly bitter, the al
dermanic board yesterday afternoon
voted six to four against a reconsider
ation of the resolution ordering the
plant torn down. ImmedlatfTy offer the
session Acting Mayor Candler signed
the order. '
The vote was:
To destroy the plant—Candler, Mad
dox, Nutting, Spratling, Ragsdale and
Warren.
To save the plant—McClelland. Van
Dyke, Everett and Johntson.
The speakers reviewed every phase
of the crematory wrangle since it be
gan more than two years ago. But the
members of the aldermanic board were
familiar with all the details and they
appeared little interested except during
some of the' statements of Mr. Wood
ward and when there were clashes be
twen speakers.
“Pledging the city’s moral obligation
for a $276,000 crematory is the same
thing as issuing bonds,” declared Mr.
Woodward. “Let’s refer this whole
matter to the people on December 4.
I will pay the cost of the tickets, and
it won’t cost the, city a cent.”
Mr. Woodward interpreted a reference
of Dr. Gilbert to his (Woodward’s) “ten
day inspection tour of garbage plants”
as sarcastic.
“I think I learned more about cre
matories in those ten days than he
has learned in all of his,” Mr. Wood
ward jumped to his feet and declared.
George Spence, attorney for the De
structor Company, which has the con
tract for the new plant, said the fight
to save the old plant was all a bluff.
He said the real motive was to break
the contract for the new plant.
Why Candler Voted
To Tear Down Plant.
When the vote was taken, Acting
Mayor Candler said he had written out
an explanation of his vote, to be sure
he would not be misunderstood. He said
he would vote to tear down the plant
because the city council had entered
into a solemn contract with the De
structor Company to do it.
Aiderman Johnston explained his vote
with the statement that he had not had
to write out an explanation, but that
the contract with Mr. Story was vague
and indefinite; that it gave him forty
days in which to do the work, and that
the board of health ought to have pro
ceeded in a more businesslike way to
get the plant torn down.
He said he was satisfied that the city
had contracted to pay SIOO,OOO too much
for a new crematory, but he did not
care to discuss that matter now, as it
was not the question before the boanl.