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SECONDNEWS'
VOL. XVII.
Full International News Service.
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By R. H. McCAW.
NEW YORK, March 13.—The first
of Atlanta’s own to return from the
great war got home yesterday. Bring
ing a detachment of the imory Unit,
listed by Uncle SBam as base hospital
unit, No. 43, the Cartago, 21 days out |
of St. Nazaire, wallowed up the Hud- |
son just as the grand old girl at the
entrance of the harbor was lighting
her torch and landed a patient and
happy human cargo at Hoboken, or
ag the returning heroes and heroines
themselves called it “God’'s Country,”
a term never heard applied to the
town until the boys began to disem
bark there from overseas.
The Emory detachment consisted
of 41 nurses, most of them Atl:mmns.i
Following the plicy of secretive
ness that has marked all the opera
tions of the jovernment at the port
of embarkation and disembarkation,
the officials kept =mecret the pier at
which the Cartago would dock and
welcomers, if there were any, nlnln't'
have a chance in the world of greet
ing their loved ones among the Em
ory Unit. The men were hustled
aboard waiting ferry boats to be taken
to a nearby camp for the night at
least, and the nurses were promptly
ferried over to New York, where they
were lodged at one of the big hotels,
taken over by the Gavernment to care
for its young women workers,
They're Jubilant Lot.
But lacking as the welcome was, the
returning Georgians were a jubilant
lot. They were so glad Lo be back in|
the good old United States. Take it
from them, that a greeting toot from
a passing garbage scow was the
sweetest muslc they had heard in!
moons. ]
Adding to the joy of getting their
feet on American soil once more, was |
the fact that they hadn't set foot on
any soil since February 19, when the
("artago started out from St. Nazaire.
There may have been a boat that
took longer to bring home a bunch of
Yanks and Yankeesses, but no marin
er around this port can recall its!
name,
The usual time of the ordinary
troop ship from France to the United
States rarely is more than ten or
twelve days, and the big liners like
the Leviathan make it in from six to
eight, Naturally the speed, or rather
the lack of it, of the Cartago got
somewhat on the nerves of the At
lantans.
See Rough Weather. |
In case the home folks have wnn-\
dered what in the dickens was Keep- |
ing the Emory Unit so long at sea, it
might be explained that it encoun
tered some of the roughest \v".nhf-r‘
the untamed Atlantic ever offered. }
But every mother's son and daugh- |
ter 'of them arrived in good condition; |
in fact, about the first thing that
worried them on landing was, “When
do we eat?” |
In addition to the Emory outfit ”li“
Cartago brought 60 nurses and two]
women civilian clerks of base hospi
tal No., 41, from the University utJ
Virginia.
Miss Lena Fox, of Atlanta, was in
charge of all nurses on board, and
Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Schneller, of |
Neenah, Wis, as ranking officer, had
command of both the men and nurses,
Among the few casuals the Cartago
brought was Private John D. Stone,
of Noreross, Ga.. who saw service
with the 307th Engineers. Stone was
in some real fighting, but, us he mod
estly put it, “there was a hell of a lot
more work than anything else with
the engineers.”
State Health Board Has
.
Large Stock of Vaccines
The laboratory of the State Board of
Health is manufacturing typhoid and
mixed typhoid vaccine, which, is being
distributed free to applicants It 18]
he desgire of the board that every pe :
son in the State between 10 and 40, who
were not vaccinated in 1918, order, or|
ave his physician order the full treat
ment and have it administered im- ‘
mediately upon receipt, No applic .:nt)
will experience difficulty in getting the |
vaceine, as the laboratory has in stock |
about 35,000 doses of typhoid and 15,000
doses of the mixed typhoid vaccine '
“This is a good reserve stock,” the
board reports, “but in about sixty du\sl
there probably will be several communi
ties with outbreaks of typhoid. The d(‘—‘
partment may receive more orders than
this surplus stock will supply, and some
persons in order to get the vaccine wllll
have to buy it through druggists, paying
the commercial price of $450 for each |
complete treatment of three doses. Ac ‘
cording to reports received by us, sev- |
eral cases of typhoid fever already have
developed, ten new cases being reported
during the week ending March 1. Why |
not order vour vaccine now, and have
yvour local health officer or family phy- |
sician administer it?" i
Parent-Teachers Will |
Boost for School Tax
The proposed special school tax, on
which the voters of Atlanta were ex
pected to be given anosher chance to
vote, will have a boost at the guarterly
Meeting of the Atlanta council of Hn-‘
Parent-Teachers' Assoclation, to be held |
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock In|
the auditorium of the Chamber of (‘nm»i
merce
Mrs, Harry Hermance, a member of |
the council, gave out a statement urg
ing that all Atlantans interested in the
upouilding of the schools attend !ln.«’
meeting
Mrs. E. H. Ginn «iN preside, and|
speeches will be made by Fred E
Winburn, school commissioner, and Kd I
gar Neely and Murphy M, Holloway, |
officials of the Atlanta School Ime
provement Associution, C E. Phillps.
president of the Atlanta Teachers' As
sociation, also was expected to be pres.
ent
y .
Negress, Convicted of
.
Murder, Seeks Retrial
Attorney Harvey Hill prepared Thurs
dav to file motion for a new trial for
Mabel Lemmons, the negro woman con- |
vieted Tuesday in Judge Humphries'|
court of voluntary manslaughter and |
(sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tlary, The woman stabbed and Kiiled
'R negro man She protested that s-m-l
acted in eself defense.
TAN it
With Victory W |
i ictory Won!
Haig Gives Up Post ||
'As Chief of Army l
(Exclusive Cable by the Interna
tional News Service and The
London -Daily Express.)
ONDON, March 13.—Field
Marshal Haig is retiring as
commander-in-chief of the
British army, The Daily Express |
3 stated today. He is expected toi
) be succeeded by Genera! Sir Wil- |
) liam Robertson, of the general |
. staff. Sir John Cowan will retire ¢
Sunday as quartermaster general |
of the British army, it is said. g
eAAN AN tamtamn
The rural sanitation department of
the State Board of Health is plan
ning a campaign to organize a board |
of health in every county in Genrgia.’
Dr, M. ¥. Haygood, in charge of the!
rural sanitation department, stated
| Thursday that since the epidemic of
influenza and the alarming preva
lence ‘)f contagious and mental dis
eases 'revealed through the draft
boards, counties all over the State
|have manifesied more interest in
heaith work than ever before.
Proof of this is evidenced in the re
cent action of six counties which have
undertaken the work, under provi
sions of the Ellis health law, enacted
by the Legislature in 1914. In Bar
tow, Harris, Baldwin, Dooly, Turner
and Irwin Counties, recommendations
for organizing a county board of
healith have been made by two grand
juries. Thus official approval is nec
essary before the work can be under
taken
Eight Counties Organize.
{ Up to the present time eight coun
| ties —Floyd, Thomas, Sumter, Hart,
]'l‘rnup, Lowndes, Colquitt and Glynn
{ —nave already organized: Worth and
Il,aun’ns are ready to begin immedi
lately, and four counties, Crisp, Spald
ing, Walton and Gordon, have had
one recommendation from the Grand
Jury.
! The Ellis law provides that a coun
ty shall have a board of health upon
two Grand Jury recommendations;
that the chairman of the County Com
missioners and the superintendent of
schools shall be members cf the
board, and the third member, who
shall be a physician, shall be ap
pointed by the Grand Jury. When
this has been done the State board
lsuhmils a list of physicians who are
eligible to be permarent county health
luffi:»c-rx, and the county hoard elects a’
Lealth officer from the list submitted. |
The salary of this officer is paid, and |
the board maintained by county funds, |
Tift and Dougherty Counties hu\'e'
organized boards; but the work was|
held up on account of the absence u(}
their health officers in toe mxlnar,\‘l
service
The duties of the county health of
ficer are the control of contagious and
infectious diseases, the administration
of vaccines against typhoid fever and |
smalipox, the inspection annually of
all public buildings, the inspeetion of
public water supplies and analyses of !
water, examination of all school chil- |
dren at least once a year, a lecture to
the school children at least once a
I_\aar and the direction of sanitary
work in all counties,
“In counties where this work has
been in operation for any period of
time the results have been marvel
ous,” declared Dir., Haygood. “This is
one of the most impertant works be
mg carried on, and is absolutely vw‘
sential to the health and wv]i-ln-mgi
of any community
“The different counties have begun
to recognize the value and importance
of the work and are voluntarily ap
proving and undertaking to carry out
the Ellis law We have a splendid
start and do not intend to let up until
every county in Georgia has been
organized.”
| Tollowing are the counties that
:h.x\«‘ the work weill under way, and
{ their health officers: Floyd, Dr, M, M. |
| MeCord; Thomas, Dr. John Schreiber;
| Sumter, Dr. B. F. Bond;, Hart, Dr.
2. B. Poole; Troup, Dr. B. D. Black
welder; Lowndes, Dr, Marcus Mash
{ burn; Colquitt, Dr. G. M. Anderson;
| Glynn, Dr. R. W. Todd; Laurens, Dr.
R. 8. O'Neal, and Worth, Dr. T. A,
Taylor,
Carranza Calls Extra
. .
Session of His Congress
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 13 —President
‘Vurranzn has called an extra session of
the Mexican congress for April 1, ac
| cording to advices rvm'mm; the State
i Department this afternoon, for the pur
| pose of “considering petroleum legisia
{ tion,” the sole bank of issue and an or
|ganic law for the enforcement of article
11238 of the constitujion
; Article 123 relates to labor and social
welfare according to the needs of each
region of the republic The *“sole bank
of issue' is!the government bank, it
was explained.
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Negro Shot in Robbing
. . »
House Dies in Hospital
Kd Gladden, the negro shot by Moses
| Taylor while robhing a home on Capitol
avenue early Wednesday, died at mid
‘muh' at Grady Hospital
(iladden, who lived in Rondeau alley,
luna robbing the apartment of ¢ 'l‘l\iw
Ilor, No. 307 Capitol avenue, when he
| was discovered by Moses Taylor, broth
er of the vietim, and shot as he at
tempted to escape
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| Negro Dies Without
. . . .
[ Explaining His Injuries
! Henry Roper, a negro from Athens,
died at Grady Hospital early Thursday,
| without recovering from his wounds suf
ficiently to explain how he received
them
l(n{wr was found Wednesday at dawn
on Marietta street near the packing
house, unconscious from bruises It
was apparent that he had been terribly
beaten.
WOMAN INHALES GAS.
CHICAGO March 13 Filuding a
| trained nurge who has been sttending
| her for several weeks, Mrs, Fdna T,
| Kurrie, 87, wife of Harry Kurrie, presi
tdent of the Chilcago, Indianapolis &
Louisville Raiiroad, committed suicide
early today by inhaling gas in her home
here
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There was one Atlantan gazing at
the seven Curtiss DH-4's in battle
formation over the city Thursday
whose memories were not exactly
pleasant. The planes reminded him
of the occasion when seven similar
planes in the same formation bombed
Conflans, in France, and were - at
tacked by twice their number of Fok
kers. Then followed recollections of
two serious wounds, a drop from the
clouds, an awakening on damp, cold
boairds in a coal mine dungeon behind
the German lines, weeks of subsist
ence on thin soup and black bread,
and many other things Lieutenant
Van Burgin is trying to forget.
Lieutenant Burgin, Atlanta aviator,
was most active in the reception ten
dered Colonel W. A. Bishop, and was
fascinated by the visit of the bombing
jplanes. the type used on the western
front by the American and “Allied |
aviators. However, he felt like he’
ought to be sailing above the bombers
in one of the “baby"” single smnf-rs,’
used for protecting the slower l!_\f-rs.‘
Was Bombing Conilans.
“The formation is exactly like the
one I accompanied the last time 1 was
in action,” stated Lieutenant Burgin,
watching the . airplanes circle over|
Atlanta. “We were bombing l‘un-]
flans. There were seven bombing
planes in the squadron, and they
formed a perfect V. The scout planes
were 1,000 feet above the bombers,
from where we kept an eye upon th"‘
slower planes, like hens watching
young chickens.
“A major led the party. His ma
chine formed the erux in the V, and!
the dropping of his bombs was a sig
nal for the remainder of ihe squadron
to do likewise. The major was in ad
vance and slightly below the level of‘
the other members of the squadron,
hence all were able to watch him for
signals.
“The bombs from all the machines
had hardly dropped before nine Fok
kers popped out of the clouds right on
the bombers. We dived, and more
came from above. Then it developed
into every man for himseil. [ started
into a loop to gain altitude for an ad
vantageous position. But 1 feund
four of the Huns on my tail. In the
melee which followed 1 got lost from
the squadron, and only the major and
‘myself were left. There were three
of the Huns after the major and 1
badn’t succeeded in losing my four.
‘ Home in a Hurry.
\ “T started for home with all four
| shooting away at me. 1 got 2 miles
and was forced to drop to an altitude,
of 75 feet. Then I started (-liml»infl'
again, but I couldn’'t shake them. 1
reached about 2,000 feet ugain, when
an explosive bullet hit me in the left|
leg, shattering it. It bled profusely|
and I began to feel slightly weak.{
Then another explosive shell struck|
my wrist and my right arm was us&nl
less. I was hoping now to get back
to our lines, but kept losing a great|
ceal of blood |
“Finally things hegan to grow
‘black and I realized I was fainting. Il
glanced at my altimeter and saw ‘that
it registered 2,000 feet, |
“*Good-bye, old world,” 1 thought
for a last time, and made up my mindl
to die. But I woke up in a German!
field hospital. I had landed in nome]
woods, and by a miracle had escaped
anything more serious than severe|
Lruises, added to the two wounds, |
“But that's how a . squadron nf‘
bombing planes goes out to perform
its duty--seven strong and In V-I
shape. They fly at a medium altitude,
and carry from five to nine bombs
each. 'The leader picks out the ob-
Jjective, drops his bombs, and as the
others reach the point, turn theirs|
loose also. Lots of times the bomb- |
ers don't come back, the same as the |
scouts. But the DH-4's, similar tn!
the bombers, can't fly as fast as the|
small scouts, and the mortality rate
is so high they ‘all them the ‘flam. |
ing coffins.’ !
“The bombing planes carry four
machine guns—two lLewis in the rear
and two Marlins forward. The scouts
carry only one-—-synchornized with |
the motor So that it fires between the |
blades of the propeller while it is re.
volving at a rate of 2,200 revolutions
a minute.”
.
Harry Lauder Coming
To Atlanta Theater
The practice Inaugurated by Harry
Lauder during his last visit to the United |
Btates of briefly addressing the audience !
at the close of his diversified song pro
gram, is still adhered to Lauder, who
will be heard In a number of new songs
as well as the most popular of his old |
ones, at the Atianta Monday and Tuesday,
March 17 and 18, matinee and night per
formances heing given each day, has only
recently rettirned from France, where he
entertained the Tommies, Yanks and “La
dies from Hell,” often in the face of
shell fire He saw many tragic things
and the death of his own son at the hands
of a Hun sniper brought more than a
touch of pathos Into his own life; but
with his natural sense of humor he alse
#aw the comedy side of the soldier's life,
and many of the stories he tells of his ex- |
periences and theirs, are deseribed as jr. |
resistibly funny. The seat sale opens Fri. |
day morning |
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Fire Truck Hits Auto |
And Buggy on Pryor St.|
J. T. Dunlap, of the Ivy garage, and !
A. 1. Diseritina, a eity salesman for the |
Fugazzl Prodnes Company, had a nare !
row cgcape from Injury Wednesday as- |
ternoon at Pryor mni Mitchell streets,
when an auto, driven'by Dunlap, and a
buggy driven by Diseritina, were struck |
by a fire department truck
The buggy was hit, it was sald, In
efforts of the truck driver to avoid
striking the auto, The auto, according |
to officinls, passed around a trolley car!
in front of the truck. The damage to
the vehicler was slight I
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Soldier Wants His Arm |
}
Taken From Hun Grave
Private Henry FEstes, of Plainfleld, |
Miss., now in the general hospital at!
Fort McPherson, has made the unique
request of military authorities that his
arm, lost 1n the battle of St. Quentin
be removed from a German grave and
roburied. This request was sent to the |
authorities formally by the young sol- |
aler. gle explained that his arm was!
pleked up by the first ald corps and was
buried in a grave with German loldlerl.l
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919,
After hearing representatives of the
threé labor organizations whose mem
bers are employed in the United
States mail, telegraph and teiephone
service under the direction of Post.
master General A. 8. Burleson, the
Atlanta Federation of Trades Wed
nesday night adopted resoiutions de
manding the removal from oftice of
Mr. Burleson and the appointment of
some person, who, “regardiess of poli
ties, will give assurance of dealing
fairly with the workers and the pub
io.” 1
The resolution, signed by the entire
delegation from the Tommercial Tel
egraphers’ District Council, the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers and indorced by the repre
sentatives of the mail clerks’ organi
zation, will be sent to President Wil
son with the indorsement of the At
lanta Federation of Trades. The ac
tion of the local federation followed
similar action on the part of numer
ous city federations throughout the
country, including New York, Chicago,
Denver and San Francisco ‘
Oppose Beer Strike.
Two other important actions of the
federation were the adoption of a
resolution presented by the Commer
cial Telegraphers' District Council de
nouncing the employment of the gen
eral strike weapon as a means of pre
venting the enforcement of national
prohibition and a resolution presented
by representatives of the Carpenters’
District Council to memorialize Con
gressmen and Senators urging that
immigrants to the United States be
barred for a period of ten vears to
prevent the flooding of the country
with alien workers during the de
mobilization and readjustment period.
The constitutional amendment pro
posed last month for the increase of
the per diem expense ullowance of
Mays Badgett, maker of violins, at work on his prize—the eurly maple of an ancient bedstead, which provided material
for the instrument of a Paganini—or a Heifetz, if your taste is modern,
delegates to the Georgia Federation
of Labor from $7 to $lO a day was
unanimously adopted.
~ Included in the reports on “state of
trades” by the various delegates, it
was brought out that stationary engi
neers, iron melders, electricians and
pressmen are out as a result of differ
ences with employers, Stress was
laid on the claim that all four organ
izations were suffering from lock
outs and that no strike was in effect,
The Burleson Resolution.
The resolution calling upon Presi
dent Wilson to remove Postmaster
General Burleson from office, which
brought out the information from rep
resentatives of labor organizations
working under the Postmaster Gen
eral that a gtrike of half a million
worlers i{s imminent because of his
antagonism toward union labor, fol
lows:
“Wherenas it has become apparent
that Fostraaster General A, S. Burle
son is thoroughly out of sympathy
with the policies of the Democratio
national Government in his attitude
of unremitting opposition to organ
ized labor, and ‘
“Whereas in the management of the
Postoffice Department and the various
wire systems placed under his control|
by the President, the Postmaster Gen
eral has promulgated arbitrary rules
and regulations tending to suppress
American Federation of Labor afili
ated organizations in the Postoffice
Department, the telegraph and tele
phone systems, digcharging employees
who become active in the labor move- |
ment and otherwise persecuting the
members of the various organizations
and refusing to deal with representa.
tiv;.q of these organized nmplnyaou,;
an
“Whereas the sald Postmaster Gen
eral has in many other ways demon
strated his unfitness to hold responsi
ble position in a democratle republi
can Government, particularly in his
efforts to hinder public education hy
hampering in many ways the distei
bution of popular-priced newspapers
and magazines, therefore be it |
“Resolved, by the Atlanta Federa
tion of Trades, in regular session lu-‘
sembled, that the secretary be in
ut:&:tnd to write to the President of
the United States, inclosing a copy of
this resolution, urging the removal of
A. 8, Burleson from the office of l’nnt-‘
magter General, and appointing in his
place some person who, regardless of;
personal politics, will give assurance
of dealing fairly with the workers and
the publie, recognizing and dealing
with the regular Amerlcan Federation
of Labor affiliated unions In the mafl
telegraph amnd telephone service and
placing service to the public aheand of
false economy in the management of
the malils, telegraphs and telephones
of the nation
MRS, HEARD SERIOUSLY ILL.
ELBERTON, March 13- Mrs. Kugene
Heard I 8 seriously 11l as the result of
an attack of influenza,
ARTIST'S TOUCH CONVERTS
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By HARVEY E. WESTGATE,
A violin, made by Mays Badgett, of
Atlanta, from pieces of a South Car
olina bedstead estimated to be 200
vears old, was snapped up by G. W.
Gwinn of this city at SSOO, and inci
dentally it brought an order for two
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violins from members of the Mero
politan Grand Opera Company of New
York, who happened to have an oppor
tunitq to hear and play on the instru.
ment. Mr. Badgett is at work on the
two violins now, and his latest triumph
ildded to his well known reputation as
a violin maker, has swamped him with
orders. He hasn't a single instrument
‘on hand, merely books orders for fu
ture delivery.
~ Two hundred years ago the bed
stead was the property of a New Kng
land family. It was handed down from
generation to geperation, and finally
was shipped to South Carolina. There
it was used for at least a century, but
‘eventually it found its way to Atlanta.
The last owner here was a dealer in
second hand goods, from whom Mr,
Badgett purchased the wood. The bed
stead was made of curly maple and
after a careful examination of the
wood Mr. Badgett knew he had scored
a find indeed.
The Divine of Art.
80 Mays Badgett set to work -set
to work as a poet does when he feels
that he MUST work-—and there was no
such thing as rest until the violin was
completed. Tools and two hands-—-
guided by the heart and brain of an
artist—-beagn sawing and chiseling,
scraping and rubbing, sand-papering
and varnishing, to transform the aged
wood into a wonderful instrument.
Friends called, as they do daily at
Badgett's shop, but nhe handly looked
gr from his work, He didn't have time
ays Badgett, the man who finds his
keenest delight in making violing and
treating his friends to possum dinners,
was throwing his very soul into that
violin. Far into the night he worked,
only to‘ro to bed and dream of the 200-
rul old curly murla and the unfin
shed ingtrument. Daylight found him
at his shop on Peachtree street, and as
soon as he could unlock the safe and
tenderly remove the pieces of wood, the
work went on,
The Great Day.
Then came the day when it was fin
ished—and the strings woere added-—und
Mays made the first sweep of the bow.
Ah, that was a moment never to be
forgotten. The violin had the tone of
a genuine Btrad--deep, sweet, singing
tones, tones which stir musie lovers
as only the tones of a violin can, The
work was finished--and every bit of ft
was well done—as befits the work of
a real artist who works not for dollars
alone,
David Love, well.known Atlanta vio
linist, was the first to play and ar
preciate the ilnstrument (aside from the
maker), and he promptly obtained per
mission to take it with him and play
it, on a three months' vaudeville tour,
He used 1t too, in preference to a $2,000
instrument placed at his disposal ‘
Bo don’t throw away your old bed.
stead, providing it happens to be made
of curly maple, and you ean trace itsi
history buck two centuries or more, It
m:{ be worth a 'r,:‘t deal of money to
violin makers like "Mays Badgett, who
fashion bits of old wood into wnderful
instruments, and ghe to them a soul.
Full discussion of the mik problem
in Atlanta will be had at the meeting
to be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the
City Hall, it was announced Thurs
day by Mrs. Newton (. Wing, chair
man of the milk investigation com
mittee of the City Federation of
Women's Clubs It is expected that
representatives of each of the organ
izations interested will be present.
The meeting is to give the produ
cers of mlik opportunity to lay their
contentions before the consumers,
Invitations to attend the meeting
have been sent every producer listed
by the board of health,
No persons other than representa
tives of the milk producers, the Clty
Federation of Women's Clubs, the At.
lanta Federation of Trades, and rep
resentatives of various bodies ap
pointed by Mayor Key will be permit
ted to address the meeting
Mayor Key will speak on the pro
posed milk ordinance, outlining and
explaining its provisions James 1.
Mayson, City Attorney, has ruled that
the ordinance as drawn by Alderman
Hatcher is valid It provides for the
creation of a commission of five, to
be appointed by the Mayor, to have
general control over the entire milk
situation
C. K. Gramling will speak for the
Federation of Trades, of which he is
president. Mrs. A, MeD, Wilson will
represent the womens’ clubs, and
Charles E. Robertson, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, will speak
for that organization
No Reserve Seats for
Dr. Armor’s Lecture
Mrs, Lella A. Dillard, president of the
Georgla Woman's Christian Temperance
U'nton, urges every person who wants
to hear Dr. Mary Harris Armor, fleld
socretary of the Natlonal W, C. T, U
deliver her address on “A Safe De.
mocracy' at the Baptist Tabernacle
next Sunday night, to come early as
thera will be no reserved seats and ‘an
over-flow house I 8 expected
“Dr. Armor Is doln o wonderful
work o the r,w‘h,' of ’1 000,00, which
the National oman's Christian Tem
perance Unlon hax pledged itself to
this year” sald Mre. Dillard, “ang It
will be gratifying to Georgin women to
know that before the drive hegnn March
20, more than $6.000 of the 512,000 Geor
Kin quota had been pledged
Dy Armor was Anwn rly president of
the Georgia Woman's Chrigtian Tem
perance Unlon, and women from all
parts of the State are expected here
Sunday evening to hear her lecture 1
Insued Dafly and Entered as Second-Class Matter at
.4 PostofMoe ot Atlanta Tnder Act of Mareh 8, 1879
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The rules committee of the Board of
Edueation has approved the Applh'utlon'
of the Atlanta High Schools for Reserve
Officer Training Corps privileges, and
the school boara will be asked to in
dorse the recommendation of the com
mittee at a meeting Friday afternoon.
There is little doubt that the board's ac«
tion will be favorable, as the R, O. T
C. offers many advantages to the stu- |
dents, '
The High Schoo! eadets will be incor
porated as a junior unit of the R. O. T ‘
Ees the government's representative
having approved the papers and Inr-‘
warded them through regular channels.
The First Brigade of cadets, under the
administration of Colonel Willlam W.
Crane, already has been formed and di
vided into two regiments of eight com
panies each.
Clothing and squipment will be sup
plied by 5\9 government absolutely free
of eost. This includes woolen olive drab
blouse and breeches, hat, hat cord, wool
shirt, leggins, shoos, rifle and full fleld |
equipment, and means a saving to Hw,
parents of a cadet of about $lB for |
clothing. In addition, summer wu-umu-'
ments will be provided, the entire ex
pense of which, Including Irnnflpnrm-'
tion, will be borne by I'ncle Sam I
Charles 8, Culver, superintendent of
schools, has accepted the post of Hri- |
gadier General commanding the First
Brigade, and has%stablished hv'utlnmur!-l
ors in the Board of Education office. He |
has announced the following staff ’
Brigadier General Wm. W, Crane,
commandant of cadets, to be ehief u'l
staff and Inspector general; Lieutenant
Colonel J H. Smith, assistant adjutant
general; Major H. B Troutman, Judge
advocate general: Major H. 8. Hilley,
quartermaster; Major A. A, Jameson,
ordnance officer: Major Walter B Kln-'
ery, surgeon goneral; Major J. Edwin
Hemphill, chaplain; Major Paul Wem
ing, personnel officer; Major Fred B
Winburn, chief signal officer; Major 'W,
H. Terrell, Inspector of small arms prac
tice; Major 8. B. Turman, payvmaster;
Major A. J. Orme, liaison officer, l
State Taxes Are Held '
To Be Unevenly Shared |
That the State taxes are divided un- |
evenly, placing the brunt of the burden
upon certain classes of property, is the
conclusion reached by the special tax |
commission of the Legislature, in ses- |
slon at the State Capitol, |
Heal estate and tangible property are
found to he hn-mlnf practically the bur
den of taxation t Is shown that the
uusessed value of money and solvent
debts hears a lower percentage to the to- I
tal assessed value of all property in the
State now than since 1875 '
A table has been prepared that shows
money and wmolvent debts n»m»nmnlnl.
14 1.5 per cent of the State's total tax |
in 18756, and n steady decrease since |
then, to 6% per cent at the Apresent
time The session of the cormenission
probably will be continued tnrough
Thureday.
'SECONDNEWS
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Short term Government notes, mas
turing not more than five years, will
be the “Victory bonds” of the ap
proaching campaign, it was announe=
ed Thursday by Carter (lass, Sec
retary of the Treasury, in dispatches
from Washington, The eampaign will
open April 21 and close May 10, cov=
ering three weeks.
Secretary Glass did not disclose
the amount of the bond or note issue,
but it is understood it will be for not
less than $5,000,000,000. The interest
rate and tax exemptions are to be
determined later.
The statement of Secretary Glass
follows:
After studying financial condi
tions in all parts of the country, I
have determined that the interests
of the United States will best be
served at this time by the issuance of
short term notes rather than of
longer term honds which would have
to bear the limited rate of interest of
4 1-4 per cent.
Take Form of Notes.
“The Victory Liberty Loan will
therefore take the form of notes of
the United States maturing in not
over five years from the date of is
sue. Those notes will be, as were the
Liberty Loan bonds, the direet prom
ise to pay of the United States, will
be issued both in registered and cou
pon form, and the coupon notes will
be in final form and will have attach=
ed the interest coupon covering the
entire life of the notes. T am hope
ful that the notes in final engraved
form will be ready for delivery by the
opening of the campaign on April 21,
“I am led to adopt the plan of is
suing short term notes rather than
long term bonds largely because of
the fact that I believe that a short
term issue will maintain a price at
about par after the campaign is con
cluded far more readily than would
a longer term issue,
“l have not yat reached a decision
as to the rate of interest and ex
emptions from taxalion which those
notes will bear bhecause this decision
must be based on existing conditions
immediately prior to the opening of
the campaign.
Plan Intensive Campaign.
' “I take this opportunity to repeat
j what I have already stated, that it
!n the intention of the Treasury De
partment to carry on the same kind
In!’ Intensive campalgn for distribus«
| tion as heretofore It would be a
| most unfortunate occurrence if the
| people of the United States failed
| to take these notes, thus plaving the
| burden of absorption on the banks,
| The business of the country looks te
|Hu- banking system for credit where
with to carry on its operations, and
if this credit is absorbed to a large
extent by the purchase of Governs
ment securities, there will be many
limitations placed upon the supply
of credit for business purposes,
“Our merchants @4 manufacturers’
need ample ecredit for setting the
wheels of industry in motion for
peace-time production and llis(rfl)uf
tion, and the wage earner is directly
interested In seeing that these wheels
| are kept moving at a normai rate in
L order that full employment at good
Wages may continue, and where re
| adjustment conditions have necessi«
tated a slowing down of industry, it
lln vitally important that activity be
resumed and labor re-employed at
‘xh:- earliest possible moment.
, “I therefore ask the American peo .
ple once again to give their support
’m their Government in order that
| this great loan may be made an over
whelming success by the widest pos
#ible distribution.”
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Navy Department Wants
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Amateur Radio Operators
Opportunity for development into first
class radio operators I 8 being offered
radio amateurs by the United States
Navy Department, free of cost for tuje
tion, clothing, food and quarters, ae
cording to an announcement from the
navy recrulting station, room No, 604,
postoffice building, Thursday, The
course i 8 open at the United States
naval radio school, at Cambridge, Mass.,
but applicants for admission to the
school must apply to the loeal naval
recruitineg station for examination. Re
quirements for admission are that ap
plicants must he between the ugos of
18 and 25, be able to send and recelve
in the Morse code, at least ten words
a minute and stand a creditable exami
nation In elementary arithmetle, spell+
ing and penmanship
The course covers a period of six
months, the subjects covered ineludin
magnetiam, statie electricity, direct uni
alternating currents generntors, stor
age batteries, motors and motor control,
radio power cireuits, oscillatory cire uits,
Spar transmitters, detoctors, service
receivers, audions, high frequency meas
urements, review and examination for
specialization The course is offered
to provide a sufficient number of men
to meet the demand for Government and
private radio operators. Positions will
be offered graduntes who qualify on
ships sailing under direction of the
United States Shipping Hoard or on
land where espec Ll|f\ desired, at good
pay
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Express Service Shows
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Improvement Every Week
A marked Improvement in express
garvice s reported by General Agent
R H May In a bulletin Thursday, Not
only are packnges being rocelved here
in better condition, but thers has been
an appreciable fulling off in the number
of packages sent to the “no mark” bu
repus
Efforts for the hbetts'ment of the
servics, hitherto econfined chiefly to sees
Ing that packages recelved wese IFOp
erly wrepped and correctly murkmt are
to be extended soon into a nationn}
campaign among the employees for the
standardization and Improvement of re
ceipting methods. The loeal ‘thettas
ervice” committes which met Wiiness
day and listened to a number of “rour
minute"” apeaches on hetter sarvies,
conniste of 41 representative members
from all branches of the serviee
NO. 190