The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-25
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
WIDOWS WILL GET. SURPLUS.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HART DE-
CIDES IN THEIR FAVOR.

Atlanta City Council ApprOpriates
$1,000 for the Georgia Building
at st. LOuis-New Text Books to Be
Used in Common Schools Tuesday.
COunt c. Won MartincNek, an Ar
fist, MysteriOusly Disappears-A
Movement to Allow Georgia Mer-
chants to Bid on Army stores
Atlanta, Feb 24.-Attorney General
John C. Hart decided to-day that the
resolution of the General Assembly of
Aug. Is, 1908, permitting the use of a
surplus in any particular pension fund
to supply a de1cit in another pension
fund, was in. effect, only an appropri-
alton of such surplus and did not in
any wise contravene the general law
relating to appropriations. Under this
opinion some 800 INDECENT widows will
be paid their pensions from the sur-
plus left from other funds, though the
fund for INDECENT widows has been ex-
hausted.
Money for the Georgia Building.
The Finance Committee of the City
Council of Atlanta, at a meeting this
morning, recommended an appropria-
ton of 81 500 to the Georgia building
at st. Louis. This action was taken
upon the promise from the County
Commissioners, who were present, that
they would in some way reimburse the
city for a portion of the fund so ex-
pended.
Text Books to he Used Tuesday.
The new books adopted by the State
School Book Commission under the
state uniformity text book law ~vill
be put into use in the schools -ext
Tuesday. According to the provisions
Of the law the books must be used in
all schools of the state that are in OPP
Grafton on March l.. This, of course,
does not include city systems, but only
the common schools which are support
ed exclusively by the state. Common
schools are now in session in at least
eighty-five counties. according to
statement of State School Commission
er W.,B. Merritt, and the books will be
used by all those counties beginning
next Tuesday.
Count Martinczek Disappears.
Count C. Won Martinczek of Poland,
Washington and Lynchburg. came to
Atlanta last December and registered
at Houston. street hotel. he said he
had a wife and child in Lynchburg,
Va, and q studio in that city and in
Washington. Count Won Martinczek Is
an artist. Shortly after reaching At
lanta Count Martinczek obtained nu-'
merous orders. Saturday and sunday
he was at his hotel and early Monday
morning he is said to have taken what
wearing apparel he could conveniently
carry and departed from Atlanta. Some
suppose he is in Augusta, while others
think he has gone to San Francisco Tor
the purpose of sailing for Japan TO rep
resent the London Graphic during the
Japan War. A mysterious part
OF the disappearance of Count Won Mar
linPzek is that a young lady is said to
nave disappeared at the same time ne
did. The mother and sister OF the
Young lady, whose name has been men
toned in connection with that of the
count deny that she has left Atlanta
with the man.
In Behalf of Georgia Merchants.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
mas tahen up the matter Of. securing for
Georgla merchants the privilege of bid
dlhg on commissary and quartermas-
ters' stores for the United States army,
amounting to a total Of about $4,000, 900
a year. The matter has been placed in
the hands of Congressman Livingston
ana the Georgia senators.
AtIanta's Population 140,5s2.
According to a census taken of At
lanta in connection with the new city
directory soon to be published, pop
uiation of 14O.5S2 is shown for Atlanta
and Immediate suburbs