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5 A-N ATLANTA BELLE COUNTIES AT WAR OVER POWER TAX State Comptroller to Settle the Claims of Jasper and Butts at Hearing Wednesday. Statements made Thursday to Comptroller General William A. Wright by the Solicitor General of Jasper County disclosed a hot rivalry on between Jasper and Butts Coun ties for the bulk of the Central Geor gia Power Company’s taxes. Comptroller Wright set Wednesday for a hearing, when representatives of both counties will be heard. The hear ing will be held in Mr. Wright’s of fice in the Capitol. One hundred thousand dollars of th? power company's taxes is returned in Jasper County and $620,000 in Butts County. This is rankly disproportion ate, according.to the Jasper County attorney. He told Mr. Wright tha* five-eighths of the power company's property was in Jasper County and only three-eighths in Butts County. The tax returns, he argued, should h. in this proportion. It will be determined at the hearing exactly where, the county line is sit uated* that divides the property an 1 the value of the property on each side of the line, after which the Comp troller will make a decision as to th * proiK)i tion of the tax returns to which each county is entitled. The Coffee Crutch Never pels folks very far a Ion {r the road to Wellville. Coffee deludes many (because it contains a poisonous drug, caffeine,) and the more it is leaned upon file more it cripples its users. If eoffee makes the <roing difficult, suppose you leave it off for a while and try Instant Postum This pure food-drink, made from choice, whole wheat and the juice of Southern sugar-cane, contains no drug whatever, but is genuine nourishment. A level teaspoonful of Instant PoRtum in an ordinary eup of hot water dissolves instantly and makes it right for most persons. A big eup requites more and some people who like strong things put in a heaping spoonful and temper it with a large supply of cream. Experiment until you know the amount Ihat pleases your palate and have it served that way in the future. Postum comes in two forms. Regular (must he boiled.) Instant .Postum doesn’t require boiling hut is prepared instantly by stirring a level teaspoonful in a cup of hot water. ’ a Reason” for Postum Sold by grocers everywhere 21 PULPITS Ott LICK APPLICANTS From A-B-C To D—! and School Closes SOUTH NORWALK. CONN., May IB.—Wlnnlpauk'a public school had to close down for the most peculiar ENGRAVING 100 Calling Cards, Including Plate, $1.75. Church Programs. Engagement. An- - -ncements, Initial Stationery. Bust -=3S Cards, Calling Cards, Letter K ads and Envelopes. , WEDDING Invitations fur nished on short notice. Best Paper — Work Guaranteed. Special Rates on Large Orders. R. E. EASTERLIN Ptg. & Engraving Co. When You Want Our Solic itor to Call With Samples and Price List Kindly Phone * Ivy 4797 ,9y g Peschtree St. Atlsnts, <3* LYNCH OPENS WAR E Councilman Characterizes Feed ing at Police Station as “Inhuman Treatment." Criticism of the food served pris- | oners in Atlanta's pollcp station was made Thursday by Thomas I. Lynch, I chairman of the Council Prison (’om- mlttee. He said he had just discov- ered that only two meals a day were ' served to persons detained at the sta tion, and that they were poor mea's, ■ too. "Such treatment is inhuman," he declared. "It is the worst sort of tyrannical persecution, with the atti tude of the police being to arrest any and everybody on slight pretext. I want every member of Council to go down and look at the food and then imagine himself confined and forced to eat it. I am already at work 'o bring about reforms.” As chairman of the Prison Commit tee, Councilman Lynch has the active supervision of the city stockade. VfeaU are sent from there to the po lice station. He first criticised the peas, fat meat, turnip greens and the like as too coarse food, but did not decide to make a fight until he dis covered it always got cold in the two- mile haul to the *police station, and ^hat no supper ever was sent. It has always been the custom it the police station to serve only two meals a day. the argument being that the prisoners need no more during confinement. Councilman Lynch’s fight will be for an increased fund for food for prisoners. Omission of Tariff Hearings Justified WASHINGTON. May 15.—More j than 1,500 briefs have been filed with the Senate Finance Committee on i items affected by the Underwood : tariff bills since that measure has reached the Senate. Personal in terviews have been granted to more than 500 persons interested in man ufacturing and importing during the \ last ten days and countless letters i and messages received. This is the answer of the members | of the Finance Committee to the criticism directed againsj, them by | Representatives because they have | not granted public hearings. Women of Mexico Boycott U. S. Goods Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO CITY. May 15.—A boy cott of United States goods was de clared here to-day by leading socie ty women because of the refusal of the American Government to recog nize the Huerta administration. The Woman's Club has undertaken the movement and declares it will try to extend it to all classes throughout the republic. It is reported that the Mexican Government has been able to nego tiate a loan of $75,000,000 from a Brit ish firm. “Hello!” "Hello!” Appetite and Digestion Busy? Then you possess the real secret of good health. Guard it carefully and at the first sign of distress or weakness take HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS It promotes and maintains health. Get a bottle. It will help you. DR, E.G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 24; Whitehall Street (Over Brown A Allen's) Gold Crowns $4—Bridge Work S4 All Work Guaranteed Phone M. 1708 Sundays 9-1 ’ to 3to . Price Sale of Royal Society Finished and Unfinished Pieces, . RICH & BROS. CO. 110c to 25c VaS Laces at -H5* 79 A Suit Sa!e at The kind of suits you have reason to exjieot to pay double for— and earlier in the season you would. Some are of soft French serge; some of the widewale storm serge; some of Bedford cord. Not a great many in all; there will be less after people see this an nouncement. Staple blues and blacks, coats messalinc silk lined and fitted with silk shields. Every Other Suit In Stock Reduced 10c to 25c laces for 6c. The statement is Trite. We feel it. We know that 3 and 4 yards of wanted laces for the usual price of 1 yard if! a merchandising scoop—an achievement that calls for all the red ink in the bottle and all the large type in the print er's ease. But why indulge in hysteria? The mere state ment over Rich’s name is sufficient. Von know it is true. The laces are in the window for you to see; at -our counters for you to handle -we know you will appreciate the BAR GAIN just as much as if >ve had shrieked it in a page of box car letters. The laces are an importer’s close-out lot. Iden tical laces from the same importer have sold over onr coun ters for 15c and 20c; not, a yard is worth less Ilian 10c; some are worth 25c. Variously in white and real tints, edges and in,sortings to match, are— French Vais Normandy Vais Shadow Vais Round Thread Vais Calais Vais Matched Sets $1.25 & $1.50 Muslinwear, Kimonos, Etc. Enthusiasm will run riot here to-morrow. For we offer just the very kimonos, house dresses and muslinwear for which you would'gladly pay $L25 and $1.50, at 98c. Lavish quantities, too, ami fresh attractive assortments. Not soiled, mussed gar ments, but spick, span new merchandise. The muslinwear includes every style gar ment. Look here : Combinations—Many styles; regulation or slashed leg drawer. Lace, em broideries and ribbons. 98c. Drawers—All extra sizes, more than a dozen styles. Fine cambrics and nain sooks. Lace, embroidery and ribbons. 98e. Corset Covers—Seven styles; sheer nainsooks with lace medallions, scal loped embroideries, etc. 98c. Teddy Bear -The new chemise snd $].25 & $1.50 Chemise -Soft nainsooks, many styles, drawer combination. Envelope style. lace, embroidery and ribbon-trimmed. Fine nainsook, daintily trimmed. 98c. 98c. Long Kimonos Lawns, Plisse Crepe and Serpentine Crepes, Floral and character istic kimono patterns. All colors. Loose and Empire styles; some trimmed in satin bands. Styles and sizes for all, 98c. House Dresses Soft English Percales, plaids and small cheeks. Clear, inviting . grounds, 98c. (Second Floor.) Gowns—White crepe, plain or embroid ered, striped crepes, linen, lace-trim med, nainsooks in many styles. 98c. Petticoats Nainsook, I styles; scalloped, embroidered, net ruffle, lace ruffle 98c. Princess Slips—Three styles; nainsook, lace, embroidered and ribbon-trimmed Some w,ith medallions let in. 98c. 98c Values Widths from FT to inches. There Four “Plums” to Make a“ Peck” of 29c for 59c Siisv Foulards, etc. I imi’t know where you could get as pretty cottons for 29c-‘~antl these are pure silk. The leading foulard patterns in dark and medium colors. Plenty of the wanted blues in many choice de signs. Also a few solid messallnes at 29c. Silk Bargains 49c for $1 Silk Taffeta Soft chiffon taffetas, full plump weight, lively plain weaves, that drape.with class ic grace. Solid col ors and changeable^ in about every want ed shade save black or white. 2fi inches wide. Fine for pet ticoats, dresses, waists. etc. 59c for $1 & $1.25 Fancy Silks About half-price and less for some of the prettiest silks of the season. Soft, free flowing taffetas and messalines in pretty floral prints, Dresden patterns, Pekin stripes, and various fancies. Leading col ors, 24 and 27 inches wide. 79c for $1.50 Tussah Crepe de Chine With all kinds of crepe. Crepe silk crepes are the scarcest silk In the market, yet here • is a soft Tussah erepe de chine in all the leading colors at about half price. Yard wide, too, little is required for a dress. Pure silk, erepey and crinkly. Solid colors. (Silk Annex—Main Floor, Left) M. RICH & BROS. CO, MRMMM jl- RICH & BROS. CO. “Too Many of Our Pastors Are Guilty,” Declares Famous Sun day School Worker. "Too many are guilty for the Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian ^Church, U. S. A., to ever bar the use ft of tobacco among its ministers.” This statement was made Thurs day by William H. Ridgeway, a wealthy manufacturer of Coatesvilte, Pa., a commissioner to the meeting of the Northern Presbyterian As sembly, anent the agitation of the question as to whether the church would require absolute abstinence by ministers from use of the weed. ) Mr. Ridgeway is known to every Sunday school student in America. He writes the International Sunday School lessons for the Sunday School T mes, published in Philadelphia, and is editor of the "Buyy Men’s Column” of that paper. Immediately upon his arrived here he was oecleged with in vitations, without number, to teach Sunday school classes next Sunday. Dr. Hull was the fortunate one. and the students of this progressive Methodist Sunday school will have the pleasure of hearing Mr. Ridge way next Sunday morning Too Many Enjoy Smoke. “Oh. no.” said Mr. Ridgeway, to a Georgian reporter, "there is no dan ger of the Northern Presbyterian As- > sembly invading the personal rights r of its preachers; too many of them arp guilty. Just look around the ho tel lobby here some night and you will s«ee some of the foremost men of the church serenely enjoying con verse with Lady Nisotin® or Indug Ing in the even more talked-of habit of chewing tobacco.” Mr. Ridgeway Is a “teetoatler" him self, but he says that preachers ar human beings, just as other folks, and that their personal habits ire not subjects for legislation by the General Assembly of the chinch. And- yet.” said he, "if I were minister. I would not use tobacco in ■nv form. I sometimes think, when I hi standing before a class of young iu*ui, that if they know T do not use '< icco at all, th.ey ar saying to t hi niseives, ‘There is a man who can <on:rol his desires; he is a good man (cr me to emulate.’ I think it is an deed link in a man’s strength if he can show the world that he is above his inclinations. And certainly the use of tobacco is a human weakness. But. then, you know these Presby terians have got to ‘scrap’ about something. They have that old Scotch spirit which forbids the amicable set tlement of any question. If It is not one thing it is another. That is one of the beauties of this great church of ours. Every man has a voice, an equal voice, and he can raise as much disturbance as he pleases. If you want to start something just propose it in a Presbyterian meeting. Thl9 question of conservatism and radicalism, or, as it is often called, progressivism, is just another of our little family ‘scraps.’ Why, when the election is over this afternoon these fellows will have their arms about# each other and you would never know that there had been a hot fight for the moderatorship. The whole Pres byterian Church is progressive: ’t would not take a step back for any thing. It is in the very center of the fight for Christianity, and there is no thought further from their minds than to return to the ways of yesterday. Will Continue to Expand. “No matter who 1s elected moder ator, the church will continue to branch out in new fleids. •"Progressive and liberal? Why, the church always-has been liberal, ready to concede individual rights and keen to adopt every idea that opens a new field for work. You can bank on it— there is no such individual as a re actionary Presbyterian." Report Shows Need for Ministers in Southern Field—Funds Ready, Men Scarce. Assertion that there are 250 more ministerial positions in the Southern Presbyterian field than there are men to fill them is made in the report of the executive committee on Christian education and ministerial relief, filed Thursday with the Assembly of the Southern Church. The report declares there Is urgent need for 250 ministers in the home field, and funds for the salaries of these recruits are ready as soon as the men can be obtained. An addi tional 200, the report sets forth, will be needed in the foreign field shortly. The report shows that the maxi mum amount of aid the committee is able to give annually to each candi date for the ministry to aid in the completion of college and seminary course is $100, and it has been neces- I sary to decrease this slightly during the past three years. One out of every six or seven stu dents in the State Institutions of ! learning in the South comes from a i Presbyterian home, and this commit - | tee is using special effort to see that the best pastoral oversight Is given \ these students. During the year aid has been given to 61 ministers, 150 widows and 18 orphans in 229 needy homes. The oldest minister who is a beneficiary is 87 years of age ami has given 64 years of service to the church; cause on record. James McGraw was ploughing In a neighboring field and the force and character of his utterances were such that the ear drums. nerves and sensibilities of teachers and pupils were sadly shocked. “You must stop such talk" cried the schoolmistress, and as she remov ed her fingers from her ears, she got this: "If you don’t like my plough talk, 1 reckon you better move the school! Nothin’ else will make the horse move, and I kinder think he likes my style o’ talk. His name’s Sa tan.” And as McGraw persisted in think ing his flow of language was far su perior to anything in the books, school had to be let out for the day. Miss Margaret Traylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Traylor, one of the popular members of the younger social set. The photograph was taken at the Driving Club reception. youngest minister on the roll of bene ficiaries is 41 years old and an in valid. No One Like Garden, Declares Campanini NEW YORK. May 15—Oleofonte Campanini, director of the Chicago Opera Company, sailed for Europe to day to get new talent for the Chicago troupe. “I can’t get along without Mary Garden,” he said "You know I must have her to sing for me next season. There is no bne like her." "Caruso? Ah, there is only one, was his reply. the