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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
CITY TAX REFORM
PLAN Of COUNCIL
Urge Increase in Rate and Cut
in Assessment to Provide
Needed Revenue.

An increase in Atlanta's tax rate
from 1.25 per cent to 2 per cent and
cut in the assessments from so per cent
of the real value to 40 per cent was the
reform urged today by number Of city
officials. The agitation was precipi-
tated by the proposal for a special
school tax and viii be formally con-
sidered at a meeting Of the council
committee on charter amendments dur
ing the week.
Officials declared that while the city
will get a large increase in revenue the
taxpayer will pay less in the aggregate
than he now pays to the city, county
and state. Fulton county now pays one
seventh of the states taxes, and city
officials declare this is too large.
Effect of System illustrated.
How the new system would work was
explained as follows:
At present if citizen has $1,000 of
taxable property he pays 1.25 per cent
on so per cent assessment to the city
and Ito per cent on three -fourths of
the city assessment to the county and
state. The total is SEAS, of which the
city gets $3.50 and S4.95 goes to the
county and state.
But if the assessment was 40 per cent
and the city tax rate ? per cent, he
would pay IS to the city and $3.50 to
the county and state, total OF only
$11.3O.
1t is estimated that this change in
the tax system would increase Allan
ta's revenue more than 100000 and
equalize the tax imposed by the state
upon Atlanta.
Council No Doubt Favors Plan.
Councilman Aldine Chambers said
this was the one practical thing for the
city to do The members of the COM
mittee on charter amendments are also
favorable to it, II is expected that
council will urge that such plan he
passed by the legislature.
1t is also proposed that instead of a
special school tax a certain per cent
of the two per cent shall be set aside
for schools.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
YOUTH ACCUSED
Of LOVE Thief
T. L. Maddox Must Explain His
Friendship With Wife of
C. C. Downs.

T l.. Maddox, a young man 20 years of
age, II Hampton street, will appear in
police court Tuesday afternoon to explain
his friendship with the pretty wife of C.
c. Downs a safe expert.
Downs declares he intercepted a mes
sage intended for Mrs Downs, while the
Young woman was absent from the city a
few days ago.
According to the husband, Maddox
wanted Mrs Downs to meet him. AS the
young wife was not here. Downs kept the
appointment for her He says he went
to the designated place, but Maddox
sighting him. SHE'D and refused to meet
him.
Turns Him over to Police,
The next incident came when Downs
CHANGED to meet Maddox near the Bijou
theater Selling him by the collar. he
turned the young man over to the police
Maddox requested that case be made
against Downs. and as result both men
will answer the charge of disorderly con
duct. Downs has engaged counsel, Attor-
ney Sam Boorstn, to prosecute Maddox
Mrs. Downs. who returned today from
Birmingham where she had been on a
visit. is expected to be star witness.
Mrs Downs. several months ago, is
said TO have shot at her husband in
downtown building but the bullet failed
TO hit Downs For this, she was heavily
fined. Both husband and wife appeared
in court a short time ago, following a
misunderstanding, and both were fned.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
SEARCHING PROBE OF
BEEF TRUST, PLEDGE
OF SENATOR H. SMITH
BY HoKE SMITH,
United States Senator From Georgia.

OHtNS0 states OGHdlOf iOUl 0COi Sids
WASHINGTON, June 10.-The coun-
try may anticipate q fair just and
searching probe of the beef trust at the
hands of the house members on the
judiciary committee. The country may
also rely upon the committee to adopt
measures which will permanently end
manipulation Of prices and other
wrongful acts by the trust.
The beef trust has long enjoyed an
uninterrupted tenure of prosperity in
violation of both the spirit and letter of
the Sherman antitrust law. 1t has
thrived at the expense of all classes.
The burden, however has fallen upon
the great and worthy class Of poor peo-
pie.
This burden, if not checked will
eventually lead to a serious social dis
content.
That the beef trust is one of the most
if not the most-vicious of all com
mercial combinations in this country
there is little doubt There is some
thing truly ominous in the gradual rise
in the price of meat.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
Up and Down
Peachtree
Polling Epidemic
Peeves Bill Blevins.

u seen in the paper las night that
measles has broke out and there's
moren a little bit of cucumber collie,
and some Teller has took straw vote
on a train to see whether Joe Hill Hall
or Jack Slaton kin round up the mos
drummers in the comm primary. l
disremembers which way the news
butcher voted, but anyway hit don't
matter none. But hits funny how all
these infantile diseases busts out along
in June"
Mr. Blevins had a crouch The bell
hop in the Kimball had requested him
TO move his feet so an accumulation Of
cigar ashes and other souvenirs of the
chair warmers convention might be
removed, and Bill dislikes extra exer-
ton.
That fellers done started somethin'
he can't finish" continued Mr.. Bievins,
viciously FUN now on. clean through
till the rabbit season opens you cant
read nothin' in the papers but straw
votes. They'll take 'em in smokin'
cyars, in barber shops, at prayer meet
in and funerals. recolleck that fust
race between Hoke Smith an my
frien' Clark Howell. They was so many
straw votes in the papers hit didn't
leave no room fur floods and yearth-
quakes, an a niger lynchin was jes'
showed down at the foot of the column
under Sudden Deaths
q lister go down the road and borry
Jedge Tompkins' paper, and the fust
thing I'd light on was an ar-tickkle like
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY
I'M HOT WEATHER is TOLD
BY STATE HEALTH BOARD

should be given less food and more
water
AS a general rule, with the approach
of hot weather, a baby on the breast
should be nursed less often and given
more water between; if on the bottle.
pour out about one-fourth of the milk,
replace with water and make feelings
further apart, giving water between.
The clothing should be light; give reg
ular daily bath. and If excessively hot,
it is more comfortable to sponge with
little cool water two or three times
day
When baby has a single loose or
green movement, or an offensive one,
1t may be regarded as a danger signal.
At this first sign the child's food should
be reduced decidedly at once. If symp-
toms are marked, all cows milk, or any
preparation containing it, should be
stopped Immediately; dose Of oil
should be given and bowels washed out
with a solution of two level teaspoon
fuls of salt to a quart of tepid water
This should be given with fountain
syringe.
Lots of Fresh Air Needed.
Where vomiting occurs give as much
water as possible; it will wash out re-
naming undigested food from the
stomach. After this, for eight or ten
hours give only one or two teaspoon
fuls of boiled water every ten or fifteen
minutes, If wanted A larger amount
would be vomited. Give no food for at
least six hours after vomiting has
stopped; then barley water or rice wa
ter may be given in gradually increas-
ing quantities, or broth, or white of an
egg. and later, when the child is entire
ly well. it may be worked back to it's
original food.
No matter how high the fever. in
pleasant summer weather a baby with
bowel trouble always does better out
doors than in hot, stuffy room
Great care must be exercised in
treating for fever. There are two
principal kinds. With outer or sur
face fever, where hands and feet are
warm and skin hot. place cold appli-
cations to the head, hot water bottle to
the feet and battle in cool water In
case of inward fever, where hands and
feet and cold and skin cool and pale or
notified, place cold applications to the
head, hot water bottle to the feet and
battle in hot mustard bath or wrap in
towel wrung out of hot mustard water
to bring the blood to the surface.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10

The state board of health, in a state
ment issued today, gives valuable hints
to mothers on how to care for babies
during the summer months.
The boards bulletin reads:
1t can not be questioned that nun
dreds of infant lives would be saved
annually if the mothers of Georgia I'M
derstood more about what is necessary
TO do to prevent summer diseases of
children, particularly infantile diar-
rhea, and would act accordingly.
If babies are properly fed and the
proper hygienic rules are carried out,
very few of them will have any bowel
trouble during the first or second sum
mer. regardless of whether teeth are
coming or not.
Don't Give Infants Solid Food.
AS matter of fact it is not in the
second summer. but in the first sum
mer, where the child has other food
than breast milk, that the danger lies.
Artificial feeding is. necessarily per-
haps, much more frequent now than
formerly; but mothers should remem-
Der this: Always nurse your baby if
possible, for good breast feeding is de-
cdedly the best food for infants up to
the age of nine or ten months.
Where babies are not gaining weight
regularly they may need some other
liquid food, but under no circumstances
should solid food be given to babies
under twelve to thirteen months old
Without teeth. it can not be chewed
and is bound to act as an intestinal
irritant, nearly always causing trouble
The vast majority of cases of sum-
mer diarrhea are caused by improper
feeding or overlooking. The child may
be given too much; the milk may be
too strong for its age; it may be dirty
and insanitary. Food should be given
at regular and not too frequent inter
walls; avoid giving solid food too soon ;
don't give candy. sugar, cakes or like
sweets
Symptoms Of Teething.
Many attribute all diarrheal trouble
in summer to teething This is mis-
take, symptoms of teething, and which
are present only in the harder cases,
are fever, restlessness, sleeplessness,
often loss of appetite, thirst also caused
by fever, and. locally, swollen tender
gums child with these symptoms
should be given less and not more food.
The result of overlooking in such cases
is intestinal irritation then diarrhea.
When a child's teeth begin to come it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
CHINESE GIRL WILL
STUDY TO BE DOCTOR

SAN FRANCISCO June lO.-Jose
phine chan a Chinese student Of the
Berkeley High school, will be the first
woman of her race to take up the study
of medicine at the University Of Cali
fornia.
Miss chan is eighteen years old. She
is familiar with half dozen languages,
has knowledge Of shorthand and
typevriting and is a sHllfuI pianist.
In order to make herself really useful,
She says she has decided to be doctor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
CHRISTIANS HELD AS
HOSTAGES BY TURKS
TO PUNISH ITALIANS

PARIS. June 1o.-The Havas news
agency reports that the Turks have
seized all the Christians between the
ages of 10 and As on the island of
Mitylene in the archipelago to be held
as hostages II is intimated that Tur-
key win kill the prisoners unless the
powers bring pressure to bear upon
Italy to release Turkish territory seized
in the Aegean sea. Two French news
pa pers at Beirut Syria, have been sup
pressed nv the Turks
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
THREATENS MANDAMUS
IF WATER RATE STANDS

MACON. GA. June lO-That 1900"
900 gallons Of city water are sold every
month for Two cents per thousand gal
Ions less than it cost is the charge
made by W. A. Huff, water commits
sioner. who has announced that unless
the board increases the rate at its meet
ing next Monday night he will on the
following day apply. to the courts for a
nandamus
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
ATLANTA MEN HEAD
GEORGIA 0STE0PATHS

Atlanta men received the two highest
offices in the Georgia Osteopaths associa
ton when the state convention Of
osteopaths elected officers at the Pied
mont DR. w H. Bowdoin. of Atlanta,
was elected president, and Dr e. r.
Bragg, also of Atlanta, was named as
vice president Dr. James CORN, Of Sa
vannah, was elected secretary and treas
urer, and Miss Frances Saunders Of Al
bany. received the place as assistant.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
HOkE SMITH WINS
BY BIG MAJORITY.

CAMILLA. GA, June IA poll
taken by an impartial observer,
Colonel Beverly Bolts, at the death
bed of Major j. A. Crimes, gave
Howell ., Smith l, the Smith vote
bein cast by the doctor, who it is
alleged, voted against Bryan twice
and is not believed to be registered
anyway Major Grimes was re-
vived by stimulants only long
enough 30 say "Hurrah for How
ell" when he expired. No blame
attached to the physician.
"NoW, if the Georgia public has go
o suffer another epidemic of the poll
ng plague, I'm a good mind to git m
/ Jug Of forty rod and fish pole an,
pen the time 'twixt now and Octobe
Town on Sandy creek, They tell m
he FISH is bitin' right peart this sea
son, anyhow"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
DIVORCE IN Is MINUTES
FOR ARMY CAPTAINS WIFE

LEAVENWORTH, KANS June 10.
Fifteen minutes after she had filed her
petition in the district court here Mrs.
Mary Land Watson got divorce from
Captain James r. Watson Seventh In
fantry United States army, whom She
charged with knocking her down.
gown during the social season and had
to borrow money to pay for that Cap
tain Watson served in the Philippines
and Cuba He filed an entry Of APP
pearance, but did not contest the suit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
$4,000 AWARD GIVEN IN
SEA ISLAND COTTON CASE

SAVANNAH. GA. June 1o.-The ia
nous sea island cotton case Of the A..
p. Brantey Company of Savannah
against William Heaton & Sons, Of
Manchester. England, has been settled
in favor of the plaintiff The verdict
carries an award Of 10000 pounds. or
$4,000 The result has been made
known to ". W Mackal who was
Joint counsel in the ease with William
6. Brantley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
AGED LEXINGTON WOMAN DEAD

ATHENS, GA, june T0.-Mrs. Q. n.
Arnold, ST., a prominent woman Of Lex
ington, died here after an illness of
several months She was 73 years old.
She was buried at Lexington Yesterday.
She leaves five children, Mrs. i. f. Ed
wards and o. II. Arnold, Jr., Of Ath-
ems. \. b. Arnold, of Lexington: Dr. r,
j. Arnold. Of Hampton. and Or. w. Ar
mold, of Madison.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
SOCIALISTS no Met.

MACON. GA. June THE annual
state convention of the Georgia Social
lists will be held in Macon on July 1.
when delegates will be elected to the
national convention.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10
His Wonderful Triumph.

While still 'on the battleheld, as ne
puts it, General Booth is all but ready
to relinquish the results of his many
years of work to others. The work has
been colossal. and the fate that is over
taking its designer and executive seems
a singularly pathetic one to the men
and women gathered beneath the Sal
walton banner. Sadness is in their
hearts, put they view the great afflic-
ton of their leader with the resignation
that he himself displays.
Forty years ago General Booth was
unheard of Thirty years ago he was
regarded as a mountebank, vulgar
lzer of religion, even as nuisance.
Today there is no man more honored or
respected throughout the whole world.
The Dowager Queen Alexandra of Eng
land has personally assured him of the
value she sets uNon his work, the city
of London has presented him with its
freedom" and wherever he has trav-
eled he has been received by monarchs
and statesmen who are proud to shake
his tremulous old hand.
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley has
called General Booth the greatest or
ganizer in the world" Robert Buchan-
an the poet has called him the awak-
ener of the sleeping conscience of the
world" and Cardinal Manning has de-
clared him to have IAN abiding sense of
the presence of Cod
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-10

his eyes from the greatest specialists
in Europe For a time they gave hope
of saving his sight. but now they have
declared that blindness can not be
averted During all this trying time
the general has been tendery cared for
by his daughter, Commander Eva
Booth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12

Representative William Brown Nc.
Kinley Of Illinois, manager Of Presi-
dent Tafts campaign for denomination,
is also chairman of the Republican
congressional committee in charge of
the general fight for the election of
Republicans to both houses. From his
headquarters at Washington Mr.. Nc
Kinley will direct the preconvention
contest. After the convention he will
probably relinQuish his temporary du-
ties and again take up the work of
the congressional committee, although
there is a possibility that he may be-
come national chairman to handle the
fight against the Democratic nominee.
Four years ago Mr.. Mckinley was
considered for the position Of national
chairman to conduct Mr.. Taft's cam
paign for the presidency. but Mr..
Hitchcock was finally agreed upon.
The new Taft manager is politician
of wide experience. Already he has
handled two congressional campaigns,
in one Of which. four years ago, he was
successful and in the other, two years
ago. he was swamped. losing the house
to the Democrats. Mr.. Mckinley be-
sides being an aggressive politician is
business man of uncommon ability.
He is a native of Illinois, fifty six years
old, and by occupation is a farmer and
banker. In business he has been very
successful and owns a network of troll
ley lines that gridiron the middle sec
ton Of Illinois. He is serving his
fourth term as congressman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12
NEW STAR DISCOVERED.
Professor Errebo of Norway Reports II
Verified at Harvard.

Professor Errebo of Norway Reports IL
Verified at Harvard.
Professor Errebo Of the astronom-
ical observatory at Dombaas, Norway,
has given the heavens new star.
His discovery was announced in a ca
blegram from Professor Kobold Of the
observatory at Kiel, Germany, to Pro
fessor Edward c. Pickering. director
Of the Harvard observatory. On the
receipt of the news the photographing
force at Harvard went over the mega
tives of the skies made and came
upon two plates taken recently which
confirmed the finding of Professor Err.
rebo.
The plates show the star to be of
the fifth magnitude. while its discov-
erer found it only of the fourth mag
nitude. The position of the star for
1855 is r. A. 6 hours 45.5 minutes and
its declination 80 degrees II minutes.
This position places 1t In the constel-
lation Gemini, and 1t Is about l degree
81 minutes south of the Theta Gemi-
norum.
In the last twenty years about fif-
teen new stars have been seen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12
BROKEN A0RTA TIED.
Surgeon Performs Rare Operation at
New York Hospital.

Surgeon Performs Rare Operation at
New York Hospital.
One of the rarest operations in sur
gerry was performed at Bellevue hospi
tai. New York, by DR.. William c. Lusk
who inserted a twelve foot coil of plati
mum coated gold wire into the extend
ed aorta of conscious patient.
Henry Griffin, ffty-three years old. a
stationary fireman. was suffering from
aneurism OF the aorta, the large artery
close to the heart. Even the slightest
mistake of the surgeon would have
caused almost instant death of the pa
tient. The operation was pronounced
a success. A thin needle, several inch
es long, was employed. A spool Of fine
gold wire specially manufactured for
the occasion was fed into the needle
until it almost reached the point. Then
a puncture was made in the wall of
the aorta with the needle. barely suf-
hcient to admit the gold wire. The
puncture was true, the wall of the aorta
held, and no blood was lost. An end
of the wire was coiled about the out
side wall and made fast.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12
Deserves Another Term.

Representative J. Hampton Moore,
who is well known in many different
sections of the country on account Of
his active interest in waterway i'm
provements, in discussing the admins.
tration of President Taft has this to
say:
President Taft ought to be renom
mated and elected because he stands
for stability. He rhould be nominated
because it has been generally conceded
by Republicans since the first day he
entered the office that the same treat
ment would be accorded him with re-
spect to second term that is usually
accorded to Republican presidents who
have done well, There is no good
party excuse for not nominating him.
He should be elected because. while
not political president in the sense
that he has played politics to the salts
faction of all elements of his party. he
has in fact been a broad gauge presi-
dent. conservative in all matters ar
fecting the dignity of the office and the
obligations assumed by him to sustain
and uphold the constitution and the
laws of this country"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12
nlITERACY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Statistics Issued by Director Durand Of
the Census Bureau.

A preliminary statement Of the re-
suits of the thirteenth census enumera.
Non regarding illiteracy in the United
States has been made by Director Du-
yand of the bureau Of the census, de-
partment of commerce and labor. 1t
shows that In 1910 there were 1880
s70 persons ten years of age or over In
the United States, OF whom 5,51T,6 COS
were unable to read or write, consttut-
ing TT per cent of the population.
The native whites. who constituted
nearly 75 per cent of the entire popu-
Ation. had the smallest number of IL
hterates-1 ,535, $50, or per cent The
foreign born whites had 1,650,519 Hit
crates, or 1913 per cent of their num-
Der. The colored had 2,331.559 litter
ates. or 30.5 per cent.
Comparing 1910 with 1900, there
was n gain of 1880, ,456 In the popu-
tation of ten years of age and over. but
the number of illiterates fell Off 6G3.-
461. There was consequently q decline
I'm the percentage Of illiteracy from
l0.T to ~ per cent for the aggregate
p0pulauOn.
Among native whites the number of
Illiterates diminished 37s,OS1, and az
the population increased the percent
age fell from 4.6 per cent in 1900 TO
. per cent in 1910. Among the colored
there was a decrease of 647. 1854 illit-
crates and a diminution Of the per.
eentage of illiteracy from AS per cent
30 30.5 per cent.
Among the foreign whites there was
the slight increase of 363.3S4 in the
humber of illiterate persons; but. az the
whole number of foreign whites had
largely increased. the percentage of il.
hteracy remains practically the same
as ten years ago. being 1913 per cent in
1910 and 1873 per cent In 1900.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-12
Taft's Efforts For Peace.

Honesty of intention, stability Of
purpose and firm faith in the prin-
ciples Of the party Of Lincoln, Grant
and Mckinley are some of the charac-
teristics OF President Taft Familiar
with the horrors of war. as well as
the enormous expense that it always
entails, independent OF the vast ex-
pendltures required to keep great
nation upon a constant war footing,
the president has persistently sought
to promote worldwide peace Of ma
tlons by international agreement. Any
failure Of accomplishment in further
ing this worthy cause cannot be charg-
ed to the president.