Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
ANT SMOKE
WAR PLOT
CHARGED
HarweII Urges People to Rally to
Support of Crusade on BelIig--
erent Property Owners.

Declaring that the attitude OF some
members of the Council Finance
Committee threatened TO block the
smoke abatement crusade. Chairman
r. NJ. Harwell, OF the Smoke and Gas
Commission, said Thursday that the
people of Atlanta should rally to the
cause.
Chairman Harwell said he knew
some members of the Finance Com
mittee realized the need of Kidding
Atlanta of its useless CRIME and SCOT
but that with the work at its pres
lived unless more money wewre pro-
vided.
81 am fearful OF the opposition to
the smoke abatement fight by GER
tain members of the Finance Com
mittee," he said.
Calls Farlinger Lawbreaker.
There is Councilman A w. Far
inger. of the Fourth Ward. He has
been spreading sanderous falsehoods
about this department and blocking
the movement in every way he could
even telling some people that the
whole thing would be stopped as soon
as he got into Council.
"The trouble with him is that he is
violating the smoke law with two
apartment houses at present, and is
liable to be called before Recorder
Broyles almost any day"
Chairman Harwell said he did not
care to name any other members OF
the Finance Committee because he
was more suspicious than certain
about their attitudes.
I'VE have not done all we wanted to
toward abating the smoke nuisance,
he said, ''for we have been badly ham
dicapped for lack of funds.
Assistant 10 Needed.
Last year the appropriation was
left absolutely as it was before.
The area of our operations has
grown so large that we must have an
assistant. We have not asked for any
frills for the department, simply ne
cessities to give the people of At
lanta what they demand"
In answer to a recent statement by
Councilman Farlinger that the en-
forcement of the smoke ordinance
would close down all the factories ir
the city, Smoke Inspector Cecil Poole
said he would like to know why the
factories that have complied have no,
closed down, but are furnishing pow
er cheaper and more satisfactorily
than before
Majority Of Factories Obey.
The majority of the manufacture
ing plants are complying with the
law" he said. They are with US in
the fight. We simply need sufficient
funds to keep a close watch on the
firemen and persuade, II possible, the
recalcitrants to get on the ban1
wagon.
At an invitation from a committee
representing the Atlanta Federation
of Women's Clubs Inspector Poole
and Chairman Harwell met them a;
the Hotel Ansley Thursday morning
The women were Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, Mrs. w. II. Wigs, Mrs. Jo-
seph Moody and Mrs. w b. Smith.
Women Aid Crusade.
They declared a hearty sympathy
with the movement and wanted &c
know what they could do to help
stating that IL the matter was left tc
the women of Atlanta, they being the
ones who suffer the real nuisa nee
from the smoke and SCOT, there wouli
be no trouble in getting sufficient la ws
and funds to enforce them.
The committee called on the
Finance Committee to urge a propei
appropriation for the Smoke Commis
sion, but that body had already gone
into executive session and the wome r
did not get TO see them.