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( <> llir. A1 LAM A GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ? what Furniture you | need and save money. j We will store your purchases ^ if not ready to have them de livered. f siifa: PEI IS SEEN IN m mm TALLIM FALLS PDWEfiS TO HALT fllT\/ ni IIITP' jr« Gretfctf SAar/JKyt/ ^ , ,-r- ln inmirn lirill Him ■ lAlir Eli! PLANTS DEFEAT Tk SCARLET PLAQUt £>c.gi/,i rji iAzs' TRIE MAGAZINE <5 IVIN WITH NIXT Councilmen Declare Atlanta Faces Grave Problem Without Incin erator—Mayor Is Jubilant. The action of the Supreme Court in I declaring the crematory rontract il- , l»gal Thursday revived the old figlil between Mayor Woodward and the Council in all its fury. Mayor Woodward was Jubilant over th** decision and declared that he would take the stump in opposition to the approving: the contract by the people. He taid the court action jus tified all hi« oppoaition to Council’* businetn* method* and that he wa* join* to break the moral obligation for the $106,000 fire alarm xyftern which system is now about half com pleted. Impressing the temper of the oppo sition, Councilman Claude L Ashley. ;chairman of the Sanitary Committee, declared that the city was confronted with a tragedy. Predict* Epidemic*. 1 * “It is no longer a question of busi ness methods.” said Councilman Ash- lev “It is a question of life and death If that < remator.' i* not put into operation ao we can burn the garbage of this town the people will fee dying like flie* b\ fall I am a poor man. but I will make Ane of 276 to put tip the $276,000 to pa for the plant and bide our time for repayment- I had rather donate th^ money than to have Atlanta be Without a crematory this summer. ■ It is ail very well to talk about fine distinctions In business methods at th* rigid time As regards a crema tory that time is past. If Mayor Woodward would take my place for s few days and hear the complaint* about garbage being dumped all around the city he would want a cre matory as quick as possible av any cost. Face New Conditions. “I opposed this contract. I voted against tearing down the old crema tory. But we are facing new condi tions to-ihty. We used to dump all the garbage in one place outside the city. We were enjoined from that. Since the old crematory was torn down we have been forced to dump It around inside the city. The town is festering with decaying matter. There are more tiles right now thun J ever saw before. We are threaten ed with hundreds of injunctions. “That crematory will be ready to burn garbage in about 30 days. There is Are in two of the furnaces now, drying them out. It is one of the finest garbage destructor plants in this country. Can‘the question of Its relation to the health of this city be compared to any difference over busi ness methods? “Let* follow the court urdei and submit the contract to the people. They will approve it five to one.” Work May Continue. Work may not be stopped at ail on the plant, which Is being erected on the city’s property back of the Ter minal Station b> th** Destructor Company. of New York Though the contract is void. Coun cil is determined to pay for the* plant. T\ D. Canhiun. in charge of the work, said he would continue unless slopped by a court order On account of the vital health ques tion involved an effort will be made to effect a compromise that will al low the plant to be completed, inde pendent of the controversy. June Budget Friday. The Council finance committee will meet Friday to make up the June budget. There is $125,000 already in the budget fee- a payment on the plant. It li is suggested that nn emer gency might be declared and the tax rrv;e increased temporarily so as to pay th<' whole amount this year. At t*ant tb * making up of the budget v.ill be held up until the garbage dis position question Is decided. ‘'ouncil and the Board of Health sr* determined that some arrange ment must bo re tched mo the garbage < an b A burned this summer. Samuel Evins. of Evins. Spence A. Moore, attorney*, tor the Desiruetor I'cmpany. said be did not know what attitude hi? elient would assume until hr had thoroughly studied the decision of the Supreme Court. Also City At tpeney James L. Mayson said he would not express any opinion until he had cart fully toad the ruling. Victory for Mayor. Regardless of its other significance the decision of the court i< a great victory for Mayor Woodward. l>o- f or» lie went into office he attacked .he plant as costing too much and. after he had been oi turn by Council, soi friends led by Attorney < asked for an injunction conn art. This Injunction i»y Judg > Gcorgr Hdi. oi •lor Co in. The decision preme Court on tin ‘his case. Estimates for payment of $13o,000 worth of work have been approved by tiie city engineer*, but Mayor Jroodward has firmly refused to sign Sivy checks to the Destructor Com pany . When he heal'd the new- of the 5 •ourt s Mall W i numb' had be* whom li t ‘tion he iiiirrh d Inesd iy afternooi of member* of I actlv found to the City and joked Council who in overriding him. attending a commit- meeting. “If I nave the authority I intend to nake th • men who voted to tear down th»- old cremator) pay for it.” he laid. “I warned you at the time that tills contract wa* illegal, and if the *ld crematory was torn down there would be no wh> to burn garhug*- this summer." THE PLAYS THIS WEEK Verdict in Power Company Land Servia Remobilizes Troops Case Expected Thursday Aft ernoon at Clayton. in “St. Elmo" at the Atlanta. “St Elmo" has made tt hit through the excellence of its presentation at the Atlanta Theater thin week, it will re main every night with another matinee on Saturday. The play has pleased as nothing else has in the past and is show ing Its popularity by attracting big crowd* to the playhouse Miss Long and Mr Vail*are very convincing in their parts and easily surpass their pre vious effort* in the play “St. Elmo” was produced at the request of th* ma jority of patron* and is proving its worth Excellent Bill at Forsyth. Patrons of the co*> Forsyth Theater are pleased with the excellent hill of Keith vaudeville which the management Is presenting this week. Maggie Cline, “the Irlah yueen." is th* headliner ami has scored a pronounced hit. The Great Howard, the ventriloquist, is also a great favorite. Caesare Nesi. the singer, and Madden and Fitzpatrick. in a comedy sketch, have scored successfully It is a bill of real variety. Tabloid Blit Is Popular. Tabloid musical comedy a* presented at the Bijou this week bus found greai favor at the hands of patrons of that plu\ house The hill I* .Joseph h How ard’s “Th*' District 1-leader," and the of fering is given in . splendid fashion. There arc pretty girls, tuneful mush- and delightful dunces Th* bill next week will be "The (’allege Girls.“ <’LAYTON. QA.. .May 29.— 1 The Mult of the State of Georgia against the Georgia Railway and Power Company to determine ownership of the gorge at Tallulah Falls will reach the jury early this afternoon and a verdict is expected before night. Argument, which began yesterday afternoon and continued for 3 1-2 hours until court adjourned for the • lav. was resumed when court recon vened this morning, with 4 1-2 hours of time allotted the lawyer* to be con sumed. Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, opened for the State, being followed by Alex King, of Atlanta, for the power com pany. who in turn was followed by \\ S. Pari*, of Clayton, for the Htat'\ II. wa* the last speaker yesterday. This morning H. H. Dean, of Gaines ville, was the first speaker, represent ing th* power company. The other* in turn were R. C. Ellis, of Tifton, ior the State: Luther Z. Ro?«er, of At lanta. for the,power company, and At torney General T. S. Felder, closing for the State. Mr. King brought a trunk full of law book* from Atlanta and he quoted at length from these in support of the power company’s contention* that it has char titles to the Tallulah Falls gorge lands. Lawyers for both side* referred frequently and in detail to the surveys and plats filed as exhibits t*> ihc testimony of Professors Strong i rid Korn. of the University of Geor gia. who made survey’s of the gorge for the Stute. The documentary evi dence of deeds, land grants and other old papers hearing on the titles to these lands were stressed by the at torneys in support of their respective contentions. , Judge J. B: Jones, in his charge to the jury, will review much of this evi dence an*; instruct the Jurors on the law involved. It is thought the jury will remain out but a short time. Preparation for Clash With Bulgaria. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. SALONIKA. May 29.—The en tire Turkish population in the vil lage of Hadji was massacred by Bulgarian troops, according to a dispatch received here to-day. LONDON. Mav 29. -The powers of Europe have begun to bring pressur upon Bulgaria. Servia and Greece to prevent a fresh vonfllct in the Bal kans. The Ambassadors believe that if the Balkan states and Greece can be held in accord until the protocol of a peace treaty w ith Turkey is signed | that tiie issues causing dissension among the states of the Balkan (’on- federation can be settled by arbitra tion to the satisfaction of all. Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Minister, said to-day that he expects all tin* Balkan peace envoys to sign the preliminary draft of a Turco-Bal kan treaty to-morrow. Servia Prepares To Fight Bulgaria. VIENNA, May 29.—Servia has be gun the remobilisation of her reserv ist* on ac count ul the critical rela tions witn Bulgaria. A telegram from Sofia says that Bulgaria is on the point of breaking off all diplomatic relations with Sil via because of^the unsatisfactory character of a statement made yes terday by Premier Pastich of Servia setting forth Servia’* attitude in tht Balkan * risis. * Premier Venizelos of Greece is ex pected to arrive In Sofia either to- rlght or to-morrow and will at once enter into negotiations with (Tzar Fer dinand in an effort to effect a con ciliatory settlement. A wonderful magazine given FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. France to Cut Duty , Ou Horses for Food! I’ARLS. May 29.— With a view to reducing the cost of living the Cham ber voted to-day to reduce the im port duty on horses intended for slaughter from $30 to $10. A rebate will be granted on the production of a certificate that they have been kiII- **d for food. There are in France 700 place* where horses are slaughtered. Paris consumed 60,000 in 1911. valued at $40 to $50. Horse meat sells at 3 1-2 cents a pound. Settle Quarrel With Duel by Avalanche GENEVA, May 29. A duel by ava lanche was the method chosen by two rivals for the hand of an Italian girl. To settle their claims tiie men. who live below Mont Blanc, -decided to stand for several hours every day in the path usually followed by ava lanches on the mountain side until one of them was swept to death. One of the men was struck but re ceived only slight injuries. Makes Will, Then Fights Fatal Duel BLOOMINGTON. ILL.. May 29.— Joseph Stoughton, a hotel proprietor of Lexington. Ill., is dying to-day following a revolver duel with Grant Preble, an automobile dealer, of the same town. Preble is severely wounded and physicians to-day said he might die. ' • The duel occurred on the streets a few minutea after Stoughton had made a will leaving his property to his wife. Mutes Would Move Cave Spring School Revival for Monroe. MONR'iK Charlie D. Tlllriiun. ot Atlanta. .-lmtlnK evangelist, has inade arrangement!! for tho Tillniun-Hi iott- rr« rovlval to be held here next month. A wonderful magazine given FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. MACON, GA.. May li — When the , Georgia Association for the Deaf ant ^ Dumb meets In Macon in annual con- ' vention on June 5 and 6 a formal de mand will be put on record for the j location of the State School for the ) Deaf and Dumb at some place other than Cave Spring. Ross Johnson, a celebrated cartoon- •st. will deliver a lecture, in the finger language, illustrated by drawing*, on “Why We Want a New School, or Where U Cave Spring?" Governor Brown and Mayor Moore are to make the addresses of welcom . I. H. Marehman, of Atlanta, is presi dent of the association. Beggar, With $1,000 Jewels, Arrested MACON. GA., May 29.—Although lie was arrestee^ for begging on the streets. J. W. Hill, alias J. W. Greer, who says Fort Worth, Texas, is hia home, had diamonds worth $750, two watches, each valued at $50, other Jewelry worth $100. and $80 in money on his person when searched at police headquarters. He paid a nominal fine for violating a citv ordinance in soliciting alms-. It'S “Good-night to all such ailments as POOR APPETITE SOUR STOMACH SICK HEADACHE INDIGESTION CONSTIPATION if you will only begin your meals with HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS Ha: It tones the stomach and assists digestion in every wav. Trv it to-dav SPECIAL SALE SA TIN PUMPS We have just received a special lot of Satin Pumps that we usually sell for S4.G0 a pair that we are going to put on sale to-morrow and Saturday at $2.45 a pair. Saturday week we start to closing at one o’clock on Saturdays lor the three summer months, and we intend to carry out our old cus tom of giving you special values on Friday and Saturday during the closing months. J. P. ALLEN & CO. 51-53 WHITEHALL ST. Great Cut-Price Sale FINE UNDERMUSLINS : Save money NOW on j Furniture at High’s. White City Park Now Open REDUCTION SALE FURNITURE ' FRIDAY and SATURDAY The last two days of this m/ month we shall cut Furniture prices almost in half. We want to do a certain amount of Furniture business during the next two days, hence this great price-reduction event. We will include Furniture of every kind for Dining Room, Living Room, Bed Room, Summer Pordiesand Par- ors. Your purchases will not appear in your state ments until July first. - Come at once and buy GET A KODAK. $65 Brownie* $1 ; Eastman Aim and s I Kodak*. $a t I to $12. Fresh j amatoui supplies. The best finish- . j ing that can be produced. Send l for catfktoB and price list A K. ; Hawke* Co.. Kodak Dept.. 14 < “Tbiteha 1: Street. J.M1IIGB CfflffiftfT. • J.Mitel COMHNY. $2.00, $2.50, $3.50 to $4.00 | Combination Suits, Gowns | Drawers, Corset Covers and j Fine Skirts | Scores of the most exquisitely fine nainsook garments trimmed in just the styles you like of genuinely fine linen and round thread laces, fine em broideries, beading and ribbon. Very- elaborate and elegant garments, but because they are slightly soiled, we have put them all into one lot to close quickly. Realize how beautiful they will be when they come home to you fresh from the laundry? You’ll be glad you took advantage of this cut pi’ice sale, $2.C0 to $4.00 garments— Only one price for choice while they last, $1.45. None taken back or exchanged. None sent C. O. D. or on approval. • > t I