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SECONDNEWS
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VOL. XVII.
Full International News Service.
" By R. H. McCAW. !
NEW YORK, March 13.-<The first |
of Atlanta’s own to return from thel
great war got home yesterday. Bring
ing a detachment of the £mory l‘nit.'
listed by Uncle Sam as base l\ospitul{
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
as the returning heroes and heroines
themselves called it “God’s Country,”|
a term never heard applied to thv}
town until the boys began to disem- |
bark there from overseas. 1
The Emory detachment consisted
of 41 nurses, most of them Aflamanxl
Following the policy of sr~crptive~!
ness that has marked all the npera.-l
tions of the Government at the port
of embarkation and disembarkation,
the officials kept secret the pier at
which the Cartago would dock zmdl
welcomers, if there were any, didn'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 nizht at
least, and the nurses were promptly
ferried over to New York, where they
were lodged at one of the big hot(\ls,l
taken over by the Government to care
for its young women workers.
They're Jubilan!‘ Lot.
But lacking as the welcome was, the
returning Georgians were a jubilant
lot. They were so glad to be back in
the good old United States. Take it
from them, that a greeting toot from
a passing garbage scow was the
#weetest music they had heard in
moors.
Adading 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
Cartago 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
Btates 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 won
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 weather
the untamed Atlantic ever offered.
But every mother's son and daugh
fer 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, the
Cartago brought 60 nurses and two
women ecivilian clerks of base hospi
tal No. 41, from the University of
Virginia.
Miss Leéna Fox, of Atlanta, was in
charge of all nurses on board, and
Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Schneller, of
Neenah, Wis, as ranking officer, h:lrll
command of both the men and nurses,
Among the few casuals the Cartago
brought was Private John D, a‘rmwr{
of Noreross, Ga. who saw sm'vi:-P|
with the 307th Engineers. Stone was
in some real fighting, but, as he mod
estly put it, “there was a hell of a lot
more work than anything else with
the engineers”
\
State Health Board Has
p: ‘
Large Stock of Vaccines
The laboratory of the State Board of
Health is manufacturing typhoid and
mixed typhoid vaccine, which is being
digiributed free (o applicants. It is
the desire of the board that every per
son in the State between 10 and 40, who
were not vaccinated in 1918, order, or
have his physician order the full treat
ment and have it administered im
mediately upon receipt, No applicant
will experience difficulty in getting the
vaccine, as the laboratory has in stock
abglit 35,000 doses of (yghold and 15,000
doses of the mixed typhold vaccine,
“This is a good reserve stock,”” the
hoard reports, “but in about sixty days
there probably will be several communi
ties with ovutbreaks of typhoid. The de
partment may receive more orders thun
this surplus stock will supply, and some
persons in order to get the vaccine will
have to buy it through druggists, paying
the commercial price of $4.50 for each
complete treatment of three doses, Ac
cording to reports received by us, sev
eral cares of typhoid fever already have
developed, ten new cases being reported
during the week ending March 1. Why
not order {our vaccine now, and have
your local health officer or family phy
sician administer it?"
Wager on Building of
N
Destroyers Paid to Men
(By International News Service.)
QUINCY, MASS, Dec, 13.—The
£IO,OOO bet won by the Fore River
Shipbuilding Company employces
from the Union Iron Works men of
SBan Francisco was paid Thorsday,
The bet was that the Fore River
men could turn out more destroyers
in the year 1918 than the Pacific
plant, and the Fore River beat the
coast men 18 to 6.
The money arrived Thursday and
is be'ng divided under the direction
of General Manager ¥, W, Wakeman
.
Negress, Convicted of
.
Murder, Seeks Retrial
\norne?' Harvey Hill prepared Thurs
day to file motion for a new trial for
Mabel Lemmons, the ne‘frn woman con
victed Tuesday in Judge Humphries'
court of voluntary manslaughter and
sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary., ‘The woman stabbed and killed
4 negro man. She protested that she
acted in self defense,
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‘With Victory Wons
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‘Haig Gives Up Post.
. (
‘As Chief of Army
- (Exclusive Cable by the [lnterna
~ tional News Service and The
| London Daily Express.) |
I ONDON, March 13.—Field |
IJ Marshal Haig is retiring as |
: + commander-in-chief of the
| British army, The Daily Express
stated today. He is expected to '
be succeeded by General Sir Wil
liam Robertson, of the general
- staff. Sir John Cowan will retire
§Sunday as quartermaster general
of the British army, it is said.
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The rural sanitation department of |
the State Board, of Heaith is plan-|
ning a campaign to organize a board |
of health in every county in Georgia.|
Dr. M. F. Haygood, in churge of lhel
rural sanitation department, slmed!
Thursday that since the epidemic of}|
influenza and the -alarming preva
lence of contagious and mental dis
eases revealed through the draft
boards, counties all over the State
'have manifested more interest in
‘health work than ever before. c
} 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
[lol‘ organizing a county board of'
health 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,
Troup, Lowndes, Colquitt and Glynn/
—have already organized: Worth and |
Laurens are ready to begin immedi-i
ately, and four counties, Crisp, Spald
ing, Walton and Gordon, have had
one recommendation from the Grand
Jury. 1
The Ellis law provides that a coun
ty shall have a board of health up(ml
two Grand Jury recommendations;
that the chairman of the County Com
missioners and the suverintendent of
schools shall be members of the
board, and the third member, wlo
shall be a physician, shall be ap
pointed by the Grand Jury. When
this has been done the State board|
submits a list of physicians who are'
eligible to be permanent county health'
officers, and the county board elects at
health officer from the list submitted. |
The salary of this officer is paid, and
the board maintained by county funds,!
Tift and Dougherty Counties have|
organized boards, but the work was|
held up on account of the absence of |
their health officers in tne military
service
The duties of the county health of-!
ficer are the control of contagious andl
infectious diseases, the administration |
of vaccines against typhoid fever mm!
smallpox, the inspection annually of
all public buildings, the inspectien 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
vear 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 Dr. Haygood. “This is
one of the most important works be
ing carried on, and is absolutely es
sential to the health and well-being
of any community.
“The different counties have begun
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 unti!
every county in Georgia has been
organized.”
Following are the countles that
have the work well under way, andl
their health officers: Floyd, Dr. M, M. |
| MeCord; Thomas, Dr. John Schreiber; |
Sumter, Dr. B. F. Bond; Hart, Dr.
fl-: B. Poole; Troup, Dr. B. D. n|a.-k<|
' welder; T.owndes, Dr. Marcus Mash
burn; Colquitt, Dr. G. M. Anderson;
{(;lynn. Dr. R, W. Todd; Laurens, Dr,
R. 8. O’'Neal, and Worth, Dr. T. A.
l Taylor, »
Carranza Calls Extra
.
Session of His Congress
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, March 13- President
Carranza has called an extra session of
the Mexican congress for April 1, aec
cording to advices Fp.'whin;? the BState
Department this afternoon, for the pur
pose of “considering petrolenm legisia
tion,” the sole bank of issue and an or
ganic law for the enforcement of article
123 of the constituiion
Article 128 relates to labor and soecial
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
Ed Gladden, the negro shot by Moses
Taylor while robbing a home on Capitol
avenue early Wednesday, died at mid
night at Grady Hospital,
Gladden, who lived in Rondeau alley,
was robbing the apartment of . Tay
lor, No. 807 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 l(x;‘mr. n nwfim from Athens,
died at Grady Hospital early Thursday,
without recovering from his wounds suf -
ficiently to explain how he received
them
Hn{mr was found Wednesday at dawn
on Marietta street near the packing
house, unconscious from brulses It
wis apparent that he had been terribly
bheaten .
WOMAN INHMALES GAS.
CHICAGO March 13.-—<Eluding, a
trained nurse wlo has been attending
her for severs! weeks, Mrs, Edna T.
Kurrie, 37, vide of Harry Kurrie, pregi
dent of the Chicago, Indianapolis &
Louiswtlie Rallroad, committed suleids
early today by inhaling gas in her home
here,
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There was cne Atlantan gazing at
the seven Curtiss DH-4's in battle
formation over the city Thursday
whose memories were not exactly
pieasant. The planes reminded him
of the oceasion when seven similar
planes in the same formation bombed
Conflans, in France, and were at
tacked by twice their number of Fok
kera. Then followed recollections of
two serious wounds, a drop from the
clouds, an awakening on damp, cold
boards 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 (olonel W. A, Bishop, and w;isl
fascinated by the visit of the bombing
planes, the type used on the western!
front by the American and Allied|
aviators, However, he felt like he|
ought to be sailing above the humln-rsf
in cne of the “baby” single seaters, |
used for protecting the slower flyers.|
Was Bombing Coniflans. {
“The formation is exactly like the
one | accompanied the last time [ \\zxs!
in action,” stated Lieutenant l;ur;.:in.]
wiatching the airplanes circle over|
Atlanta. “We were bombing l‘nn-[
flans. There were seven lmmhllll‘:\
planes in the squadron, and mvy'
formed a perfect V. The scout planes
were 1,000 feet above the :mmlwrs.'
from where we kept an eye upon lh!‘!
slower planes, like hens watching
young chickens :
“A major led the party.# His ma- |
chine formed the crux in the V, andl
the dropping of his bombs was a sig
nal for the remainder of the 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 ciouds right on
the bombers. We dived, and more
came from above. Then it developed
into every man for himseif. I started
into a loop to gain altitude for an ad
vantageous position., But I found]
four of the Huns on my tail. In thel
melee which followed ] got lost from
the squadron, and only the major and
myself were left. There were three
of the Huns after the major and I
kFadn't succeeded in losing my four.
‘ Home in a Hurry.
"1 started for home with all four
' shooting away at me. 1 got 2 miles
and was forced to drop so an altitude,
of 75 feet. Then I started climbing,
again, but I couldn’'t shake them I
reached about 2,000 feet again, when
an explosive bujlet 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 use
less 1 was hoping now to get back
to our lines, but kept losing a great
ceal of blood !
“¥Finally things began to grow
| black and I realized 1 was fainting. I
’gl.mwul at my altimeter and saw that'
it registered 2,000 feet, \
j “*Good-bye, old world,” I thought'
for a last time, and made up my mind
to die. But I woke up in a German
fleld hospital. 1 had landed in some
'woods, and by a miracle had escaped |
anything more serious than severe|
bruises, added to the two wounds !
“But that’'s how a squadron of
bombing planes goes out to perform
its duty—-seven strong and In V.
shape. They fly at a medium altitude,
and carry from' five to nine bombs
each. The leader picks out the ob
jective, 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 to!
the bombers, can't fly as fast as the
small scouts, and the mortality rate
is 80 high they -all them the ‘flam- |
ing coffins.’ 1
“The bombing planes carry four
machine guns--two Lewis in the rear
and two Marlins thrward. The scouts
carry only one—syvnchornized with
the moteyr so that it fires between the
blades of the propeller while it is re
volving at a rate of 2,200 revolutions |
a 4 minute.” |
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Harry Lauder Coming
To Atlanta Theater
The practice inaugurated hy Harry
Tauder during his last visit te the United
States of briefly addressing the audience
at the close of his diversified song pro
gram, s still adhered to. Lauder, who
will be heard in & number of new songe
as well ag the most popular of hix old
ones, at the Atlanta Monday and Tuesday,
March 17 and 18, matinee and night pers
formances being given each day, has only
recently returned from France, where he
entertained the Tommies, Yanks and “lLa
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 nlse
saw the comedy side of the soldier's life,
and many of the stories he tells of his ex
periences and theirs, are deseribed ag ir
resistibly funny. The seat sale opens Fri.
day morning.
Fire Truck Hits Auto
And Buggy on Pryor St.
J. T. Dunlap, of the Ivy garage, and
A. J. Diseritina, a eity salesman for the
Fugazzi Prodvce Company, had a nar
row escape from injury Wednesday af
teinoon at Pryor and Mitchell streets,
when an auto, driven by Dunlap, and a
buggysdriven by Diseritina, were struck
by a fire department truck,
The bugky was hit, it was sald, in
efforts of the truck driver to avoid
striking the auto, The auto, according
to officinls, passged around a trolley car
in front of the trueck. The damage to
the vehicles was slight
Soldier Wants His Arm
Taken From Hun Grave
Private Henry Estes, of Plainfield,
Miss,, now in the general hospital at
Fort McPherson, has made the unkjue
request of military authorities that his
arm, lost in the battle of Bt. Quentin,
be removed from a German grave and
reburied. This request was sent to the
authorities formally by the yvoung soi
aler. He explained that his arm was
pickeg up by the first aid corps and wus
\lvur’l—*g_ in & grave with German soldiers
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919
After hearing representatives of the
three labor organizations whose mem
bers are employed in the United
States mail, telegraph and telephone
service under the direction of Post
master General A. S, 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, “regardless of poli
tics, will give assurance of dealing
fairly with the workers and the pub
e
The resolution, signed by the entire
delegation from the Commercial Tel
egraphers’ District Council, the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers and indorgsed 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 ythe local federation followed
similar action on the part of numer
ous city federations throughout the
ountry, including New York, Chicago,
Denver and San Francisco.
Oppose Beer Strike.
Two other important actions of the
federation were the adoption of a
resoiution 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’
Distriet Council to memorialize Con
gressmen and Senators urging that
mmigrants 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
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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,
Inclvded 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 resuit 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 orvganizatiuns
working under the Postmaster Gen
eral that a strike of half a million
workers is imminent because of his
antagonism toward union labor, fol«
lows:
“Whereas it has bhecome apparent
that Postraaster General A. 8, Burle
son is thoroughly out of sympathy
with the policies of the Democratic
national Government in his attitude
of unremitting opposition to organ
ized labor, and
“Whereas in the management of the
Postoflice 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 affili
ated organizations in the Postoffice
Department, the telegraph and tele.
phone systems, discharging employees
who become active in the iabor move- |
ment and otherwise persecuting the
members of the various organizations
and refusing to deal with representa.
tives of these organized employees,
and
“Whereas the snid Postmaster Gen
eral has in many other ways demon
strated his unfitness to hold responsi.
ble position in a democratle repubi
can Government, particularly in his
efforts to hinder public education by
hampering in many ways the distri
bution of popular-priced newspapers
and magazines, therefore be it
“Resolved, by the Atlanta Federa
tion of Trades, in regular session as.
sembled, that the secretary be in
structed to write to the President of
the United States, Inclosing a copy :#
this resolution, urging the removal
A. 8, Burleson from the office of Post.
master General, and appointing in hls
place some person who. regardless of
personal polities, will give assurance
of dealing fairly with the workers and
the publie, recognizing and dealing
with the regular American Fodern.llonl
of Labor afiliated unions in the mail
telegraph and telephone service lnd
placing servce to the public nhead of
falge economy in the management of
the malils, telegraphs and, telephones
of the nation'
MRS. HEARD SERIOUSLY ILL.
ELBERTON, March 15 --Mrs. Eugene |
Heard is seriously ill as the resuit of '
an attack of influenza,
ARTIST'S TOUCH CONVERTS
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By HARVEY E. WESTGATE.
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Atlanta, from pieces of a South Car
olina bedstead estimated to be 200
years 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
added to his well known reputation as
a violin maker, has swamped him with
orders. He hasn’t a single énatrulnent
on hand, merely books orders for fu
ture delivery.
Two hundred years ago the hed
stead was the property of a New Eng
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 whomm 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.
So 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 untll the vioiin was
compieted, Tools and two hands
guided by the heart and brain of an
artist—beagn sawing and (~him~ung,[
seraping and rubbing, sand-pupering !
and varnishing, to transiorm the aged
wood into a wonderful instrument,
Friends called, as they do dally at
Bnd',en‘- shop, but he hardly looked
flr rom his work, He didn't have time
ays Badget!, the man who finds his
keenest dolight in making violing and
treating his friends to possum dinners,
wus mrowlnf his very soul into that
violin. Far into the night he worked,
only to‘fo to bed and dream of the 200-
{mr old curly murle angd the unfin
shed instrument. Daylight found him
ant 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 eame the day when it was fin
ished--and the strings were added-—and
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
a 8 oniy the tones of a violin can. The
work was finished—and every bit of It
was well doneas befits the work qu
a real artist who works not for dollars
alone,
David Love, well.known Atlanta vio
linist. was the first to play and ap
preciate the instrument (aside from the
makery, and he promptly obtained per
mission to take it with him and play
it, on a three months' vaudeville tour,
He used it too, in preference to a $2,000
Instrument placed at hix disposal,
Bo don't throw away your old hmh‘
stend, providing it happens to be made |
of curly maple, and you ean trace s
history baek two centuries or more. [t/
may be worth a great desl of money w‘
violin makers like Mays Badgett, who
fashion bits of oldiwood Into wnderful
Instruments, and g r to them a soul.
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Full discussion of the mik problem
in Atlanta will be had at the meeting
to be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the
li‘;l)‘ Hall, it was announced Thurs
{ day by Mrs. Newton (. Wing, chair
inmn of the milk investigation vnm-!
mittee of the City Federation of
Women's Clubs. It is expected thnl‘
‘rx presentatives of each of the organ
lu.muum interested will be present.
The meeting is to give the prédu
cers of mlik opportunity to lay their
contentions before the consumers,
Invitations to attend the meeting
have been sent every producer lsted
by the board of health.
No persons other than representa
lhw'n of the milk producers, the City
Federation of Women's Clubs, the At
‘lnnm Federation of Trades, and rep
resentatives of various bodies ap
I pointed by Mayor Key will be permit
ted to address the meeting,
E Mayor Key will speak on the pro
posed milk ordinanee, outlining and
L explaining its provisions James 1.,
E 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,
| . K. Gramling will speak for the
Federation of Trades, of which he is
president,. Mre, A, MceD, Wilson will
| represent the womens' elubs, and
Charles K. Robertson, mecretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, will speak
for that organizgtion,
INn Reserve Seats for
Dr. Armor’s Lecture
I Mrs. Leila A. Dillard, president of the
Georgla Woman's Christian Temperance
Il‘m«vu Urges every person who wants
{to hear Dr. Mary 'l}\”‘}( Armor, field
| kecretary of the National W, . T U
| deliver her address on "A Rafe De
mocracy’” at the Baptist Tabernacle
!m«' Sunday night, to come early as
| there will be no reserved scats and an
| over-flow house 18 t'x,n ctoed ‘
| " Armor s doin a wonderful
| work in the raising of fl 000, 000, whivh}
| the National Woman's Christian Tem
I;n—lunlu Union has pledgod itself lu|
| this year,” sald Mrs. Dillard, “and it |
| will he gratifying to Georgian women to |
| know that hefore the drive began M nh]
20, more than $6,000 of the $12,000 Geor
gia quota had been pledged
LD, Armor was formerly president of
| the Georgla Woman's Christian Tem
i,um..mo« Unfon, and women from all
parte of the State are expected here
l;q.mtlu) evening to hear her lecture
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter at
& PostoMoee st Atlanta Thder Act of March 3, 1879
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Hl fll Tl E’ FflH
The rules committee of the Board of
Edueation has approved the application
of the Atlanta High Schools for Reserve
Officer Training Corps privileges, and
the school board will be asked to in
dors¢ 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
€. offers many advantages to the stu
dents
‘The High School eadets will be incor
porated as a junior unit of the R. O. T,
oo the government's representative
having approved the papers and for
warded them through regular channels.
The First Brigade of cadets, under the
administration of Colonel William W,
Crane, already has been formed and di
vided into two regiments of eight com
panies each,
Clothing and equipment will be sup
plied by s’:« government absolutely free
of cost. This includes woolen olive drab
blouse and breeches, hat, hat cord, wool
shirt, legging, shoes, rifle and full fleld
equipment, and means a saving to the
parents of a cadet of about $lB for
clothing, In addition, summer encamp
ments will be provided, the entire ex
pense of which, including transporta
tion, will be horne by Uncle Sam
Charles 8. Culver, superintendent of
schools, has accepted the post of Bri
gadier General commanding the First
Brigade, and has established headquart
ers in the Hoard of Education office. He
has announced the following staff:
Brigadier General Wm. W. Crane,
commandant of cadets, to be chief of
staff and inspector general; Lieutenant
Colonel . H. Smith, assistant adjutant
general; Major H, B Troutman, Judge
advoente general; Major H. 8. Hilley,
quartermaster; Major A. A Jameson,
ordnance officer,; Mn[lv)r Walter B. Em
ery, surgeon general; Major J. Fdwin
Hemphlll, ehaplain; Major Paul Flem-~
ing, personnel officer; Major Fred R
Winburn, chief signal officer; sMajor W,
H. Terrell, inspector of small arms pracs
tice, Major 8. B, Turman, paymaster;
Major A. J. Orme, liaison officer.
State Taxes Are Held
y
~T'o Be Unevenly Shared
That the State tuxes are divided un
evenly, placing the brunt of the burden
upon certain clusses of property, is the
conclusion reached by the special tax
commission of the Leglslature, in ses
slon at the State Capitol J
Hoal estate and tangible property are
found to be bearing practicdlly the burs |
den of taxation. It {8 shown that the
ansensed value of money and solvent
debis hears a lower percentage to the to
thl mumessed value of all property in the
Stute now than since 1875
A table has been prepared that shows
money and solvent debts representing
14 156 per cont of the Btate's total tax
In 18756, and a steady decrease sinece
then, to Y% per cent at the present
thme The session of the comgission
probably will be continued hrough
Thursday :
'SECONDNEWS
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Short term Government notes, ma
turing not more than five years, will
be the “Vietory bonds” of the ap
proaching campaign, it was announc=
ed Thursday by Carter Glass, Sec
retary of the Treasury, in dispatches
from Washington. The campaign 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 finaneial 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 bonds which would have
to bear the limited rate of interest of
4 1-4 per cent,
Take Form of Notes.
“The Victory Liberty Loan . wist
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 direct 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. lam hope
ful that the notes in final engraved
form will be ready for delivery by the
opening of the campaign on April 21,
“1 am led to adopt the plan of is
suing short term notes rather than
long term bonds largely because of
the fact that 1 believe that a short
term issue will maintain a price at
about par after the campalign ig con
cluded far more readily than would
a longer term issue,
“l have not vet reached a decizion
as to the rate of interest and ex
emptions from taxation which those
notes wiil bear because this decision
must be based on existing conditions
immediately prior to the opening of
the campafgn A
Plan Intensive Campaign.
“T take this oppertunity te repeat
what 1 have already stated, that it
is the intention of the Treasury De
partment to carry on the same kind
of intensive campaign for distribu
tion as heretofore It would he a
)mnst 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
the banking system for credit where
with to carry on its operations, and
it this credit is absorbed to a large
extent by the purchase of Govern -
ment securities, there will be many
limitations placed upon the supply
of credit for business purposes,
. “Our merchants and manufacturers
need ample credit for setting the
wheels of industry in motion for
peace-time production and distribu
tion, and the wage earner is directly
interested in seeing that these wheels
are kept moving at a normai rate in
order that full employment at good
wages may continue, and where re
adjustment conditions have necessi
tated a slowing down of industry, it
is vitally important that activity be
resumed and labor re-employed at
the earliest possible moment.
“I therefore ask the American Peo
ple once again to give their support
to their Government in order that
this great loan may he made an bver
whelming success by the widest pos
athba At ulbicad e M
Navy Department Wants
.
Amateur Radio Operators
Opportunity for development inte m
class radio operators Is being off
radio amateurs by the United States
Navy Department, free of cost for tul
tion, clothing, food and quarters, aec
cording to an announcement from h
navy r«rrumnT station, room Neo. .
postoffice bullding, 'l"huradly. 6
course I 8 open at the United Statos
naval radio school, at Cambridge, Ulm
but applicants for admission Qo
achool must apply to the local n‘ui.n’l
recruiting station for examination. -
quirements for admission are that ap
plicants must bhe between the nges of
18 and 256, be able to send and receive
In the Morse code, at least ten words
a minute and stand a creditable exami.
nation in elementary arithmetle, #pell
ing and penmanship, :
fi'he course covers a perlod of six
months, the subjects coversd lnclnd{
magnetiam, static electricity, direct sg!
alternating currents, generators, stor-
Age batteries, motors and motor control.
radio power circuits, oscillatory cireulits,
spar transmitters, detectors, sorvice
receivers, audions, high fmquonr{ meas.
urements, review and examination for
specialization. The eourse ig offered
to provide a sufficlent number of men
to meet the demand for Government a 1
rivate radlo operators, Positions w'fil
Ym offered graduntes who qualify on
Bhips salling under direction of the
Hnnetl States thnrlv»x Board or on
land where especially desired, at good
pay.
Express Service Shows
Improvement Every Week
A marked improvement in ex: ress
sorvice is reported by l)nm'raL %m
R. H. May In a bulletin Thurs ({ ot
only are ;mvkufim« being received hers
in *le‘r condition, but there has been
an appreciable falling off in the number
of packuges sent to the “no mark' bu
reaus
Efforts for the hotterment of the
servics, hitherto confined chiefly to sees
ing that packages recelved were ;rrmt»
erly wrapped and correetly marked, are
to be extended moon inte n nndonnl
campalgn among the employees for the
standardization and improvement of re
colpting methods The loeal “‘hetier
service” committee which met Wednes«
day and listened to & number of ““fours
minute” specches on bettey sarvice,
conslets of 41 representalive meinbery
from all branches of the service,
NO. 191