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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, CUSH BASIS FOR f Council Accepts Crematory Rul ing of Supreme Court—Street Work Will Suffer. Public business in Atlanta hereafter will be done on a cash basis. It mat ters not whether the project involves the purchase of a new administration building, the remodelling of an old one or the repairing of a street—it must be paid for within the year. The crematory controversy resulted in a ruling to this effect by the Su preme Court and Council has taken the edict as final. The only exception to the cash pro gram is found in the issuance of bonds and bond issues are so hedged about with constitutional limitations that they will be few. Except cases of bond issue, every contract Atlanta makes for purchasing or improving must be paid for out of the revenues of the year in which the contract and appropriation? are made. Recognition of this principle actu ated members of Council in contract ing for the crematory and appropriat ing the whole of the $260,000 purchase money out of the revenues of 1913. Alderman John S. Candler, once a member of the Supreme Court, said to Council: “The question has been put square ly up to the courts, and the courts have decided that public improve ments must be paid for out of the revenues of the current year. A bond issue is almost impossible, and we might as well make up our minds right now' that hereafter Atlanta will do business on a cash basis.” Mayor Well Pleased. Mayor Woodw’ard was jubilant over Council’s realization of the cash rule necessity. “I hope this will be the la?t of purchasing by moral obligation,” he said. “With the income she has, At lanta can live on a cash basis, just like other business institutions, and not stand still.” Judge Candler expressed doubt about the ability of the city to pro ceed with public improvements indefi nitely on money actually in hand. “Few business houses operate on cash alone,” he skid. “But we’ve got to do it, and we might as well make up our minds.” Despite the difficulty of getting a bond issue approved, leaders are pre paring to raise money by that meth od. Judge Candler himself, fully cog nizant of the legal difficulties to be encountered, is one of the advocates of a bond issue. The crematory will cost $260,000, and contemplated improvements will have to be neglected to make the pur chase. It is the only jray to get the money. The last budget of the Gen eral Council appropriated $125,000 for the crematory. The new' budget, it is expected, will show a surplus reve nue of approximately $75,000. This will help some toward the crematory purchase, but even then there are other improvements dependent on this estimated surplus, and these undoubt edly will have to go by the board. The remaining $60,000 for the cre matory, every bit of it, must be with held from various city departments. Roads and streets will suffer in the opinion of many. The street commit tee had perfected plans with Fulton County to break all records for road work. The city was to furnish the material and the county do the work. Orville H. Hall, chairman of the Street Committee, announced that the purchase of the crematory would ob struct this program, because the city could not buy the materials and the county therefore could not do the work. Atlanta’s most ambitious street and road improvement project must go by the boards. Other Projects Abandoned. Small amounts will be withheld from the following projects: White hall Street regrading, calling for $30,- 00($; Dargan Place Rark, $7,500; widening Peachtree, $5,000; three new schools, $125,000; repairing Ninth Ward schools, $10,000; Forsyth and Hunter streets grading, $6,500. Some of these contemplated public w’orks -will be entirely abandoned; estimates for practically all the others will be cut. “But,” said Chairman Hall, of the Streets Committee, “we must get the crematory. I opposed it, and I op posed tearing down the old one; but now the lives of our people must be safeguarded. Some of the w'ork I ex pected last year was passed over, and I know I must give up hope for other work this year. But it can’t be helped. We must have the crematory, and it must be paid for, and this Ls the only way to get it.” COLLEGE MEN RAISE TENT. ANNISTON, ALA., June 3.—College men drove stakes and stretched can vas for the big tent under which the Anniston Chautauqua will be given this week. All those employed were graduates from Yale, Harvard, Prince- ton, Cornell and other big universi- White City Park Now Open LOW RATE RICH MOND AND RETURN VIA SEABOARD. $16.70 from Atlanta, proportion - ite rates frosn other points. On lale June t 8. Steel Pullman and lining care, through Wain*, com pete service. City TJoket Office. IS Peaohtree ■oardmeelstfor [he cannot sup- :he MARVEL, >t no other, but stamp forbook. !l Co., 44 E. 23d St.. R.T. Every Woman Is Interested and should know about the wonderful Marvel s r f Douche Hotel Men Seeking 1914 Bankers' Meet A campaign to secure the 1914 con vention of the American Bankers’ As sociation for Atlanta was inaugurated at the monthly meeting of the Atlanta Hotel Men’s Association Monday night at the Georgian Terrace. Present were a number of bankers who will attend thfc bankers’ conven tion In Boston In October. A guar antee of 2,000 rooms, necessary should the 1914 convention come to the Gate City, was declared an easy arrange ment by the hotel men, and a com mittee was appointed to find these ac commodations. King George Is 48 Years Old To-day Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, June 3.—King George celebrated his forty-eigrfth birthday to-day. To-morrow he will go to Epsom Downs to see the derby. He will be accompanied by Queen Mary. AUGUSTA TO VOTE AUGUSTA, GA., June 3.—Augusta will have a commission government election within the next three weeks, put on by the city white primary committee. The charter will be prac tically the same as the one which was defeated last year, with the recall added. It Is recognized that It would be impossible to win without the re call being In the charter and last year It lost primarily because the recall was not In It. Last year the people who supported Hayne for Mayor were glmost a unit In favor of commission government, and those voting for Littleton were largely again** it. This year the con ditions are reversed. The Hayne people are on the inside looking out and do not want commis sion government, while the Littleton people are on the outside looking in and wish to apply, in effect, the recall to Mr. Hayne. If commission government wins it will go into effect July 1. 1914. Macon Again Ready For Capital Fight MACON, (>A., Juno 8.—The capital removul campaign will be rrfnewed shortly by the people of Macon, under the auspices of the Chamber of Com merce and the Mayor and Council. Both will this week appropriate $500 to defray the expenses of a lobby In the Legislature. Colonel C. R. Pen dleton, editor of The Telegraph, la chairman. The lobby will seek to have the Question submitted to voters of the State. Prefers Old South To ‘Commercial Era’ CHATTANOOGA, June 3.—Eulo gizing the old South with Its chivalry and, gentility as a stage of Its devel opment preferable to the commer cialized era of to-day, Dr» W. E. Thompson. D. D., of Tampa, Fla., de livered the principal address at the Memorial Day exercises at the Con federate cemetery this afternoon. Dr. Thompson told of the Inception and workings of the Kuklux Klan. and paid tribute to its members. Noted Franciscan to Preach at Novena The public novena In honor of St. Anthony will open Wednesday In St. Anthony’s Church, West End, under the direction of Father Flavian Lar- bee, of Cincinnati, a distinguished Franciscan. Father Flavian will preach twice u day during the novena, which con tinues for two weeks. His first ser mon will be at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, to be followed by another at 8 o'clock that evening. These hours will be followed throughout the no vena. Father Flavian is the guest of Father Jackson, of the parish. KEELYS * KEELYS KEELYS % Here s a Sale on Time; Just YVdien Wanted Graduation Week Commencement Week Ciass Day W eek « School Closing W eek All call for Fans and Rihhons. Wednesday, Thursd ay and Friday Great Days for Rihhons It is quite natural that the attention of our rihhon people should he concentrated upon THIS WEEK as pre-eminently the RIBBON occasion of the year. The girl graduate, the fond mother and the budding helle all think of the indispensable rihhons. The child on these festival occasions is bedecked with rihhons. Rihhons on the hat; rihhons for the hair; rihhons for the sash; rihhons to ornament the dress; in fact, no one item is of such prime importance as —R I B B O N S— Here they are in o rientals; Brocades; Persians; Stripes; Polka Dots; Taffetas; Messalines and Satins. In trimming shades, in evening colors in millinery effects, including every conceivable style and color suitable for hair how rihhons. These are fresh, stylish and wonderful in value. You 11 he astonished when you see this ONE PRICE offering of fash lonable rib bons. This is an event in the RIBBON MARKET •• 251 They'll All Need Fans We have a collection of Viennese Fans, spangled; gauze, hand-painted and lace trimmed Fans. $ at ea All in a good Sale at one price To miu this Sale is to lose a wonderful Opportunity of Saving D on t miss the f ans an d nhh ons. Comes 13,000 Miles To Buy Trousseau HAN FRANCISCO, June 3.—On a Journey of 13,000 miles that she may purchase a wedding trousseau to her liking, Miss Margaret Restarlek, daughter of Bishop H. B. Restariek, of Honolulu, has arrived here en route to Boston. The wedding will take place in Honolulu. Fix Balkan War Claims. PARIS, June 3.—M. Plchon, French Foreign Minister, was to-day chosen chairman of the international com mission which will settle financial is sues arising from the Balkan war. The sessions of the commission will open here to-morrow with M. Plchon pre siding. Jackson Court Ends Curtis Slaying Case JACKSON, MISS., June 3.—Saying there was no possibility of conviction. Acting District Attorney Ellzey, in the Circuit Court, entered a nol- pros oTder in the case of W. H. Curtis, the traveling man who shot and killed J. H. Helton, a stationer, here last August. The attorney's ac tion was sustained by the court. Curtis said Helton had insulted his wife. Serious Floods in Spain. PAMPLONA, SPAIN, June 3.— Heavy destruction Is being done by floods throughout the province of Na varre At Elizondo four persons were drowned and deaths from drowning or exposure were reported to-day from other districts. Bill Framed to Give Filipinos Freedom WASHINGTON. June 3.—Chairmfin of House committees to-day an nounced their intention to hold hear ings on pending legislation so as to be ready to report bills to the House as soon as it meets in December. Chairman Burnett, of the Immigra tion Committee, plans to have an Im migration bill with an Illiteracy test ready for action early in December. The Insular Affairs Committee will meet shortly to consider a bill to give . the Filipinos immediate independ ence. Landslide Razes 200 Houses. Saratov, Russia, June 3.—Two hundred houses were buried and thou sands of families were made home less by a landslide on the slopes of Mount Sokul to-day. linen sale ends in 6 more days WVWWWWWMWWWWWfc . RICH & BROS CO. $2.50 to $3.50 Babylrish27-InchFlouncings 98c A rare occasion in beautiful embroideries ! Women who appreciate the bewitching beautv of Irish Bouncings will be the first to respond. They realize how prettily these flouncings work in for the new double skirts. Six (6) yards make au en tire dress, and at to-morrow’s price the cost, in stead of the usual $15 to $21, will be only $5.98. 27 inches heretofore $2.50 to $3.50 a yard, now 98c. (Main Floor, Right) Cool Inviting Summer Dresses at Clipped Prices The makers—not Rich’s-—clipped the prices. Otherwise we would not have bought such quantities. There are more than five hun dred dresses—including every wanted style and fabric. Ratines Linens Linenes Voiles Lingeries Lawns Crepes Marquisettes Novelties These are merely the materials; the styles are equally diverse. Chiefly white; though there’s a sprinkling of colors. Too lavish an assortment to permit description, but you can surely find what you want, and pay such little prices as $3.85 $5.85 $9.85 for $5 to $8 Dresses for $8 to $12 I for $15 to$23 Dresses Dresses These White Pique Skirts at are selling like ice cream. Every woman /R <a seems to want one—the skirts are so I neat and trim. Gracefully tailored, but- T* * toning on side with five large white pearl buttons. In plain or dotted pique. Other white skirts in clude White bed ford cords at $1. White pique skirts, $1 to $4.50. White linen skirts. $2 to $6. White ratine, $2.98 to$5.95. (Ready-to-Wear- $1.25 Kimonos & House Dresses Light & Summery, Fresh & Cool 98c -Second Floor) Solid 10-kt Gold $1.98 to $3.98 Brooches at $i Just one of the items in the Jewelry Clearance wherein we have beauty pins, tie clasps, cuff links, scarf pins, brooches, lavallieres, lockets, etc. All solid 10- karat gold jewelry highly appropriate for graduation and confirmation gifts. Savings range about half throughout: For example, pay 50c for 98c beauty pins or $1.48 brooches up to $7.98 for $12.50 to $15 laval lieres. ■ (Jewelry—Main Floor, Center) These cool, attractive kimonos arc made of lawns or crepes; floral and conventional patterns. Light and medium colors. jThe house dresses are of soft English per cale or fresh summery lawns. Choice of various styles. Usual $1.25 garments for 98c. (House Dresses, Second Floor) Half-Price Sale of Fine Brass Goods A clearaway of many fine brass pieces including book raeks, desk sets, candle sticks, etc. Variously silver plated, oxi dized, brass and spun brasses. Medium sizes. 25e to $3 candlesticks, 13c to $1.50. $3 to $12 desk sets, $1.50 to $6. $2 to $5 book racks, $1 to $2.50. (Main Floor, Center) 19,200 Napkins at Wholesale Prices Just six more shopping* days of the 30th Semi-Anpual Linen Sale. If you don’t share now; you can’t share later. Not another' sale'until January. Get your Napkins to morrow. 50c Stamped Waists 25c Wonderful waist values at 25c. Stamped linens, lawns, crepes and ratines. The linens are worth 75c; the others 25c and 50c. Stamped for French, solid or eyelet embroid ery. Style for long or short sleeves. 50c Stamped Pillow Cases, a pair 39c Made of host quality Atlantic tubing, stamped for French, solid or eyelet embroidery. Full size, 45x86 inches. 50c Night Gowns 39c Stamped on fine quality nainsook: slightly soiled. 19c corset covers to mutch, also slightly soiled, at 12e. (Art Needlework—Main Floor) 3rd Annual June Trunk & Leather Goods Sale The sale started to-day with prospects for the biggest day in our history. To-morrow will be as good, and the days after. For the values encourage every prospective traveler to buy. And quantities afford the widest choice. In one item alone, we have a Solid Carload of Mendel Trunks to sell at a third below the usual prices. All kinds of other luggage, too, including the Famous Indestructo Trunks M r'j.q;. Off $25.00 Round Edge Never- break Trunks at $16.75 Made of the best selected three- ply veneer basswood, fiber bound, steel trimmed, strongly riveted throughout. Has double hinges, extra strong lock and straps that go all around. Linen lined; contain deep tray conveniently divided for large hat: extra skirt tray underneath. Finished in a rich black. Style for men or women. Sizes 34 to 40 inches. $15 Sturdy Neverbreak Trunks at A firm up-standing rigid shock- proof and knock-proof trunk, steel trim med and strongly riveted. Everlasting sole leather straps; durable lock; strong double bottom. Linen lined with deep tray divided for large hat, etc. Extra skirt tray underneath. Some have self- lifting trays. Suitable for men or women. All sizes from 34 to 40 inches. any of which you can buy in this sale at a fourth less than the regular prices. In addition to the other items advertised yesterday we speak of $12 to $15 Traveling Bags only Genuine sole leather and walrus traveling bags for men or women. Sturdy steel frame covered with best grade leath er. Sewed edges: reinforced corners. Best of mountings throughout. Leather- lined with one or two pockets. Traveling bags of quality that will live up to their character for all time. mmMtm m. rich & bros. co. m. rich & bros. co. eeiy Company Read Georgian Want Ads