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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
COUNCIL DECIDES UNANIMOUSLY IU ME
OVER MIA6EMEIT OF CITY HOSPITALS
Passes Mr. T. W. Pilcher’s .Resolution, But Refuses to In
sinuate in Regard to Manner of Which Hospituals Have
Been Conducted. Committee of Five Named to Plan for
New System to go Into Effect.
Although changed so that the criti
cisms of the alleged existing condi
tions at the city hospital are not in
cluded, the resolution by Councilman
T. W. Pilcher of the Third ward, for
the city council of Augusta to have
direct charge of the expenditures for
the hospitals instead of turning over
a lump sum to the medical faculty
each year to spend as it sees fit,
passed council Monday night without
a dissenting vote. However, the reso
lution did not pass before there was
considerable discussion. It was con
sidered a big victory by Mr. Pilcher.
The matter came up when the clerk
of council read an opinion from the
city attorney in which the latter stated
that the city had no contract with the
medical faculty which would prevent
city council supervising the expendi
tures of money appropriated for the
maintenance of the hospitals. Mr.
Cohen, in his opinion, mentioned three
contracts which the city had entered
into with the medical faculty, In noie
Of which was to be found any objec
tion to the city having charge of the
expehditures.
It will be recalled that at the last
meeting of council, when Mr. Pilch
er’s resolution was read for the first
time, it was referred to the city at
torney for an opinion.
Wants to Relieve doctors.
As soon as Mr. Cohen's opinion was
read Mr. Pilcher launched into a dis
cussion of his resolution. He said
that he did not reply to the recent
card of the superintendent of the city
hospital because the superintendent
/ was not an employe of the city of Au
gusta, but of the medical faculty. He
said that he wanted to relieve the su
-1 perintendent of some of the onerous
duties performed by her, and that if
she was Overworked he thought it
would be a‘ splendid idea to remove
the burden of finances from her mind.
Mention was also made by Mr. Pilcher
of the hard-worked doctors, and ha
said he thought because of the hard
work they were compelled to do they
should have the finances taken from
their overworked shoulders. Mr. Pilch
er said that if the medical faculty was
to continue to be handed over a lump
sum of money each year to spend as
it sees fit in maintaining the hospitals,
why not turn over a lump sum to ev
er;- other department in the city and
tell the head of that department ta
run it as he sees fit, report to no one
and when that money is gone, come
back and get some more.
When Mr. Pilcher had finished.
Councilman Haworth of the Second
ward stated that he was not at the
first meeting of council which consid
ered the resolution and would like to
hear it read. The clerk then read the
resolution and Mr. Raworth moved
that it be referred to a special com
mute*. to report back. Mr. Raworth
snid that the matter was a very seri
juW one and he thought council should
go slow before taking definite action.
Work in Ha-riony With Faculty.
In seconding the Raworth resolution
Councilman Allen, also of the Second,
stated that he thought this committee
should work in harmony with the med
ical faculty. Mr. Allen said that in
the administration of Mayor Phinizy
m attempt was made to have council
supervise the expenditures of the med
ical faculty for the hospitals and that
It proved to be a very unwise plan.
Mr. Pilcher retorted that when May
or Phinizy took over the hospitals for
the city he neglected to provide against
the physicians making the purchases
and that ne physician had boasted,
“As soon as we found out Mr. Phinizv
tvould let us do the buying we knew
ne had him.”
Mr. Pilcher said that money had
been appropriated for the hospitals (n
the past that had been squandered by
bad management, and also that he had
It on authority from some of the most
prominent physicians in Augusta that
they would not send their patients to
the city hospital because they couldn t
get fair treatment. He said that this
ivas not treating the taxpayers right.
Mr. Pilcher said he didn’t want any
city job and indignantly denied state
ments made by a member of the gov
erning board of the city hospital to
the e-'fect that he was after a job
of supervising the hospital’s expendi
tures now bis term in council is
nearly o- er.
Wants No Job.
“I wouldn't have any job the cheap
politician, of Augusta could give me,”
said Mr. Pilcher. "Now, as to the
manner in which the city’s money has
been expended, I would be glad to be
subpoenaed before the governing board
Df the city hospital and tell them how
the money has been squandered, but
they don’t dare subpoena me.”
Mr. Moore of the Sixth seconded the
resolution of Mr. Raworth for a com
mittee to be appointed to consider the
matter.
Mr Smith of the Fifth stated that
Jnd <£’ll eher w as right In his conten
| . e ,« and that an institution which
I am as much of the city’s money each
Fiear as the hospitals should be run
right.
Mr. Pilcher then stated that he want
ed to wash his hands of the entire
affair; that council should act on his
resolution; that he had introduced it
because he deemed It his duty to do
so, and he wanted action one way or
another. (This was In answer to the
suggestions to refer the matter to a
committee to report back.) '
Mr. Cuthbert of the Sixth said
he was inclined to agree with Mr.
Pilcher, and yet he did not wish to
enter into any criticism of the manner
In which the hospitals have been con
ducted in the past.
Mr. Smith of the Fifth then moved
that the Pilcher resolution pass with
out any criticisms of the faculty or
governing board with regard to how
the money had been spent in the
past.
Mr. Raworth stated at this Juncture
that he was not opposed to Mr. Pilch
er’s plan for a better supervision over
the city hospitals, as he thought some
one ought to check up the bills.
Mr. Smith urged the passage of the
Pilcher resolution, with the Insinua
tions stricken out and providing for
the appointment of a committee of five
to take up the matter of expenditures
and work out a plan between now and
the first of the year.
Mr. Martin of the Sixth suggested
that this committee report back to a
j pedal meeting to be held prior to
■he first of January.
F The Pilcher resolution was unani
mously passed, minus the insinuations,
end the mayor appointed the following
committee: Messrs. Raworth, Allen,
Smith, Martin and Moore.
Mr. Martin’s reeolution to have the
report to a special meet
ing before the first of the new year
*as also unanimously passed.
ROUTINE EUSINESS
IN CITY COUNCIL
Reports of Committess, Etc.
Submitted to City Fathers
Last Night.
Th; following routine business was
transacted last night by city council:
The finance committee reported hav
ing examined and destroyed coupons
redeemed by the collector and treas
urer, amounting to $28,353.60.
The accounts committee reported
having examined and ordered paid bills
and pay rolls, in general account,
amounting to *148222 27. unrt on ac
count of flood protection bonds, $843.46.
The health committee reported that
in pursuance to the instructions of
council it advertised for bids for ex
cavating drainage sewer south of the
VVrightsboro road for construct
ing sewer along Camille street, and
that it has, subject to the approval
of council, awarded the former con
tract to A. J. Twiggs & Son on a basis
of 25 cents per cubic yard for mate
rial excavated and the latter to T. O.
Brown & Son for a lump sum of $9,-
395, and asked confirmation of same.
The report was confirmed by council.
The mayor reported having remitted
fines amounting to $677.41 and sus
pended sentences aggregating 93 days.
The mayor also reported having issued
and turned over to the city attorney
notices of certiorari in the cases of A.
M. Holland and Mrs. Effie Johnson.
The report of the auditor showed
totals as follows: Total appropriations,
$927,941.79; total expenditures, $981,-
746.18; overdrafts, bills payable, $36,-
000; bridges, rivers and wharves,
$94.84; business licenses, $3.23; city
bonds redeemed, $35,293; discount and
interest, $4,766.04; dog tar, $8.25; flood
protection bonds of 1914, $11,855.44;
health, $2,463.10; plumbing, $1,761.39;
scavenger, $3,058.28; street cleaning,
$720.94; street sprinkling, $1,482.55;
tree and park commission, $165.32;
university hospitals, $136,756.35; wa
terworks, $3,231.13; fire alarm and po
lice telegraph, $618.66; waterworks er
tension, $840.47. Total, $239,118.99.
Amounts appropriated but not expend
ed, $185,314.60. Net excess of expendi
tures over appropriations, $53,804.39.
The report of the collector apd treas
urer showed a cash balance on hand
November 30, 1914, of $7,673.24.
Reports of other fiscal officers show
ed collections as follows: Chief of
police, $897.50; bridge keeper, scale
fees, $20.85; inspector of waterworks,
$406; inspector of plumbing, $45; su
perintendent of City cemetery, $75;
keeper of West View cemetery, $108;
keeper of colored cemetery, $lO5.
Inspector of weights and measures
reported having made 134 inspections,
of which 79 were ice inspections and
55 coal inspections. The weights of
two cartloads of coal were found short.
This shortage, upon notice, was made
good to the purchaser.
Anderson Fendall’s
House Plundered
Well Known Negro Tailor
Victim of Burglars on Friday
Night.
Last Friday night between 8:30 and
10:30 burglars entered Anderson Ken
dall’s house at 1106 13th street and
not only stole all the jewelry and arti
cles of value available, but cut up and
ruined all the clothes in the house.
Anderson Fendall is a well known
colored tailor who owns an establish
ment at the corner of Greene and
.Tacksoh streets under the Grand Opera
house.
He knocked off work Friday night
when his wife came by the shop and
they went together to the theatre. It
was while they were watching the per
formance of "The Trail of the Lone
some Pine’’ that a message reached
them from relations to the effect that
their house had been entered and all
their belongings plundered.
Rushing immediately home. Ander
son discovered the house in the utmost
confusion. Things were strewn from
garret to cellar. His wife’s clothes
were lying in strips and tatters about
the floor, mingled with mutilated gar
ments of his own. Scissors and a
knife seemed to have been used In the
work of desolation. He missed a
watch, his pistol, and several articles
of Jewelry.
Altogether the clothing destroyed
was of a value of some S2OO. Ander
son had been married only a few
months and both he and his wife had
a lot of new clothes In consequence.
Widespread sympathy Is felt for
hlrti In this stroke of misfortune, but
it is to be hoped that the detectives
working on the case may be able to
run the guilty parties to earth and re
cover the jewelry at least.
Acute Distress
Rotterdam, (vis London, 4:10 p. m.)
—At a meeting here today of The
Netherlands cabinet attended by
Charge Danghorne at Captain T. F.
X<ucey. of the Relgian Relief Commis
sion, the government consented to loan
and to deliver Immediately 10,000 tons
of wheat valued at $1,000,000 to be used
at once in Relgium at points where
the danger of starvation is most acute.
The commission has been faced with
a desperate situation. It Is impossi
ble for sufficient food to come in from
America to prevent actual starvation
in many places in Belgium.
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Tw® Wnj® ®i Sp©nnd!noa| Oasrikiftmiii
Out of which does he get more happiness? Do yourself a good turn and cheer up
•me of our own people this Christmas.
WONDERFUL PROGRAM
BEING PRESENTED TO
MODJESKAITES TODAY
There are many good and thrilling
reels being shown at the Modjesk.t
theater today. A short account :n
story form follows of two of the fea
tures for today.
‘‘Butterflies and Orange Blossoms.”
A young bachelor, hunting butterflies
in the South, is informed by his mother
that a beautiful girl will visit his ho
tel soon. He moves elsewhere. The
girl, seeking diversion, goes to the
cabin of an old mammy who has done
some laundry work for her, and in a
spirit of fun takes home washing for
the old woman. On the way she falls in
with the hachelm - and the acquaint
ance thus fronted ripens into a love
affair which progresses through many
whimsifcal adventures. A charming
picture, admirably acted.
“Old Enough to be Her Grandpa.”
Rollie, the youthful heir to the busi
ness of Stephen Barnard, a merchant
prince of 70 years, is distracted by a
love affair with an actress, Ivllyan De
Voe. Old Mr. Barnard finds in Lora
White, one of the young women em
ployed in the millinery department, a
confidante who appreciates his anx
iety for his grandson and together they
devise a plot to break off the infat
uation. Madam Brock and others
watch what they suppose to be a ro
mance developing between Lora and
Mr. Barnard, who is old enough to he
her grandfather. It is suggested to
Rollie that the girl may be his grand
mother yet and her looks upon his
elderly guardian's actions with dis
gust. Believing that to oppose Rol
lie’s love affair will only’ aggravate It,
Mr. Barnard pretends that he approves
it, declaring that he too has a right
WHAT DYSPEPTICS
SHOULD EAT
A PHYSICIAN’S ADVICE.
“Indigestion and practically all forms
of stomach trouble arc, nine times out of
ten, due to acidity; therefore stomach
sufferers should, whenever possible,
avoid eating food that is acid in its na
ture. or which by chemical action In tbe
stomach develops acidity. Unfortunately,
such a rule eliminates most foods which
are pleasant to the taste as well as those
which are rich In blood, flesh and nerve
building properties. This Is the reason
why dyspeptics and stomach sufferers
are usually so thin, emnclated and lark
ing In that vital energy which can only
come from a well fed body. For the
benefit of those sufferers who have been
obliged to exclude Prom their diet all
starchy, sweet or fatty food, and are
trying to keep up a miserable existence
on gluten products, I would suggest
that you should try a meal of any food
or foods which you may like, In moder
ate amount, taking Immediately after
warda a teaspoonful of disunited magne
sia In a little hot or cold watte-. This
will neutralise any add which tmiy be
present, or which may be formed, and
instead of the usual feeling of uneasiness
and fullness, you will find that vour
food agrees with you perfectly. Disu
nited magnesia Is doubtless the best
food corrective and antacid known. It
has no direct action on the stomach; but
by neutralising tbe acidity of the food
contents, and thus removing the source
of the acid Irritation which inflames the
delicate stomach lining, It does more
than could possibly be done by any
drug or m«dlclne. As a physician, I be.
fleve Iri the use of medicine whenever
necessary, but I must admit that I can
not see the sense of dosing an Inflamed
end irritated stomach with drugs Instead
of getting rid of the acid—the cause of
all the trouble. Get a little hlsurated
magnesia Prom your druggist, eat what
you want at your next meal, take some
of the hlsurated magnesia as directed
above, and see if I’m not right.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
to declare his affections. He gives a
luncheon at his home, suggesting that
each Invite the lady of his choice. On
tiiis occasion the natural grace, beauty
and modesty of Lora appear In forcible
contrast to tlie actresses’ artificiality
and commonness. Rollie begins to en
vy his grandfather. Soon after the
old man goes off on a business trip,
charging his grandson to look after
Lora during Ids absence. On his re
turn he finds that just what he has
been conspiring for has happened—
they are engaged.
Besides these two features "The Lit
tle Country Mouse,” a Majestic play;
“Our Mutual Girl,” series No. 26, and
“No Wedding Bells for Her,” a Sells
production, also take prominent parts.
See this show today and remember
that tomorrow is Zudora day the
seoond episode of this great master
piece, the most thrilling and wonder
ful serial ever put on the movie mar
ket —Wednesday is the day. and it's at
the Modjeska. “Nough sed.”
NO FIREWORKS THIS
XMAS, SAYS COUNCIL
Asked By Ladies of City Not to
Raise Ban, as Heretofore.
Said Too Dangerous.
City council, at Its regular monthly
meeting Monday night, failed to rairie
the ban on the shooting of fireworks In
the city limits this Christmas. And
thus the small boy will be deprived of
the principal sport of the holidays, but,
as council agreed, it will be for the
safety and benefit of the town.
The action by council In the matter
was taken at the earnest solicitation
of the women’s clubs of Augusta,
which bad Mrs. Frank Fleming, one
of their leaders, to appear before coun
cil Monday night and state their case.
Mrs. Fleming spoke briefly and to
the point and declared that all they
were asking was that council stick to
Its pledge made last July that this
would be a "sane Christmas.” Mrs.
Fleming, for the ladles, won her case
and at the conclusion of her remarks
practically every councilman present
wan ready to grant the reuest of the
ladles.
Several petitions were presented op
posing the shooting of any fireworks
here Christmas Day, as has been the
custom for years In the past, and not
a single request or petition favoring
the shooting of fireworks. One of the
petitions was signed by the cotton in
terests of Augusta, and another by the
banking interests, tbe latter declaring
that It Is they who are carrying the
cotton which at the present lines both
sides of the street on "Cotton Row.”
These were only supplementary peti
tions, for the ladles lost no time be
fore the meeting of council In having
framed u number of petitions and pre
senting them to council.
It is well known that there Is an or
dinance already In force prohibiting
the shooting offlreworks any time In
Augusta, but heretofore council has
suspended the ordlnare and the kid
dles, and many of the grown-ups, have
had their fun shooting fireworks
Christmas. It has not been allowed
on the Fourth of July, however.
By council's action Monday It does
not mean that next year the fire
works will be disallowed. It will, of
course, depend entirely on the council
In office next year.
NO “EATS” FOR WEEK IF
AUBURN WON; FORCED TO
Atlanta, Ga. A. T. Graydon, manager
of the Auburn football team, has been
rescued from starvation at tho expense
of a broken pledge.
Graydon was so enthusiastic over the
nppToaching Auburn-Carllsle game Sat
urday that ho promised the player* that
If they won he wouldn’t eat for a week.
Then tho boys, having trimmed the In
dians easily, made him make good on
Ills promise.
Gmydon went two days and a hit
more with nothing hut water and chew
ing gum to stay the pangs of hunger.
Then some of tlie fellows had mercy on
him, rounded him up, auiJ forced him to
break his hunger strike. The head
waiter at the hotel says he never did
see one man consume such a men] as
Graydon put away when he got started.
Greater / h
Than Krupp’s
Sixty-five thousand mon arc now working day and night in tho big
Kmpp gun works in Germany, turning out guns to dost n>y tho greatest
number of hunrnan lives. * /
Greater and better by far is tbe work of tbe thousand employes of
tbe big Postum Cereal Pure Food Factories— 4
Now making the sturdy wheat and barley food—* / |/
%
Grape=Nuts
For building human
« 11
Strength and Energy
Since tbe war started shipments of Grape-Nuts food to Europe have
increased by leaps and bounds, but in spite of the extra demand the price
has not advanced.
This famous food is concentrated, easy to digest, delicious, economical
—a good food to fight on in business or war !
* . Anyone can prove by trial
“There’s a Reason” lor GRAPE NUTS
Sold by Grocers Everywhere
City Council Thanks Dr. Thos. R.
Wright For Able Manner in Which
Cost Hospital Equipment Was Cut
Passes Resolution Thanking Him After Dr. Wright Had Made
Report Showing Cost to be $42,500 Against $75,000 to
SIOO,OOO That Had at One Time Been Estimated.
Hr. Thomas It. Wright, chairman of
the sub-committee of the special hos
pital committee of city council, sub
mitted a very able report to council
Monday night showing that he and his
committee have cut down the cost of
equipping the new City hospitals from
$75,000 to SIOO,OOO as originally esti
mated, to $43,500. Council, immediate
ly after Hr. Wright’s report, by a unan
imous vote, gave the hospital conmilt
te authority to proceed witti the pur
chases necessary to equip the hospi
tals, the payments to
On motion of Comicgnan Allen, of
tlie second, council unanimously pass
ed a resolution thanking Hr. Wright
for the very able manner in which ho
has handled the matter, thus saving
BE NO ATHLETICS AT ALL
THIS YEAR, CAMBRIDGE
London. lt is officially announced
that there will be no athletics of any
kind at Cambridge university this year.
The principal reason for th" cancella
tion even of the minor sporting events
is that ttie men have no time to train
or practice, five afternoons a week be
ing occupied by work in the officers’
training corps.
The official notice applies to all
freshmen’s sports and to the intercol
legiate games. c
SENDS WOOLEN GARMENTS.
Washington. Mrs. Helen Morton
has organized a collection of woolen
"C waft •* Vypßt m-fr k
Al. H. Wilson in “When Old York Was Dutch,” at Tha
Grand Saturday, Matinee and Evening,
the city a great deal of money. I>£
Wright worked for weeks on the mat
ter. getting the very lowest bids on all
Items and he announces that the com
mittee will favor Augusta dealers in
every instance where there is not too
great a disparity in price between
them and out of town dealers.
The following are among the item,
submitted and the cost of each:
Xray equipment $ 2,500
Two Ford, ambulances .... 2,000
Furniture 6,000
Instruments 1,000
Steel enamel furniture and
operating room equipment 13,479.
Enamel ware and rubber
sheets 1,000
Mattresses and pillows .... 1,983
Beds 2,855
garments for the wounded allies 1n
France. The Princess De Polx has
cabled Mi.. Morton she will undertake
to have the clothing in the hands ol
the men within 48 hours after it ar
rives in Paris. Mrs. Morton is under
taking to receive woolen socks, cardi
gan jackets, mufflers and the like and
send tin m to France at her own ex*
pt nse.
CANAL ZONE'S STATUS.
San Francisco.- Whether American
ships alone, or both American and
foreign ships shall carry cargo be
tween the Panama Canal zone and
ports of the TTnited Slates is the ques
tion bringing E. A. Brand, an official
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tic Coißrnerce, to San Francisco, 1*
was learned today.
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