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•lHE ATLANTA (GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, NOVEMRKH 25.
South Georgia Con
ference Will Con
vene Tuesday.
By HANSELL BAKER.
Brunswick, fla., Nov. 25.—Probably
the busiest man In Brunswick today Is
Bev. Robert Kerr, pastor ot the First
Methodist church of this city, host of
the South Georgia Conference. Scarce.'
ly less busy, however, arc the gentle
men composing the citizens' entertain
ment committee and the local reception
committee. The membership of the
former of these committees Is made up
from prominent citizens and business
men of Brunswick, without regard to
denomination. The reception commit
tee is made u|i of members of the Meth
odist churches and Is composed of the
following gentlemen: L. R. Akins,
chairman; Colonel D. W. Krause, Cap
tain Frank Dunn, Messrs. R. E. Sher
man, J. J. Lott, B. F. Mann and W. H.
Wood.
Members of these committees are at
every Incoming train, meeting the min
isters, delegates and visitors to the
South Georgia Conference, and escort
ing them to' the Brunswick homes
which are to bo their homes for the
next ten days. Three hundred and
fifty or four hundred delegates are ex
pected to attend the conference, And
already many of them are beginning to
arrive In this hospitable City by the
Sea. The weather Is Ideal—cool and
bracing, without being cold enough for
heavy wraps.
At the First Methodist church Dr. J.
B. McGehee preached a strong ser
mon yesterday morning, and at 7:30
o'clock last evening a largo congrega
tion listened to an Interesting and In
structive lecture from Miss Ella Lev-
erett, a missionary recently returned
from the field in China. After this an
old-fashioned Methodist "love feast"
was held.
At Home Building.
The big new pipe organ, just put In
place, pealed .forth its deep inspiring
tones, while the audience sang old fa
miliar hymns with real Methodist en
thusiasm, A large building on New
castle street, the principal business
street of the city, has been engaged,
and will be used as a reception room
and general "at home” place of gath
ering while the conference Is in ses
sion. This room will be open at all
hours and'ha* been fitted up for the
use of the delegates and visitors and
provided with chairs, desks, tables, sta
tionery and reading matter for their
use and entertainment.
The citizens' committee has perfect
ed Its organization and appointed sub
committees, each with Its special work
and duties. Dr. W. B. Burroughs Is at
pointed to secure funds, and ample
means will be secured to provide any
thing and everything which will con
tribute to the comfort and convenience
of the guests, and will contribute to
ward making their sojourn In Bruns
wick affraeable and long to be remem
bered.
Bishop Atkins to Preside.
Bishop Atkins will arrive some time
today and will tonight call an Infor
mal conference to outline the plans of
WHERE METHODISTS MEET
BRUNSWICK FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Wh.ro South Georgia Methodist Conference will meet Tuesday with
Bishop Atkins presiding. \
ATTEMPT TO WRECK BRYAN WILL SPEAK
THE DIXIE FLY£y TOBIGY.M.C.A.MEET
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Nov. 25.—An attempt
was made to wreck one- of the Central
railway's passenger trains Saturdsy
right, but failed because the train was
moving slowly. The Dixie flyer, pas
senger train No. 90 ran Into a switch
jammed with bolts and small pieces ot
iron at Milner, about 10:16 o’clock, and
although the cars and engine were
jolted to some extent the train waa not
derailed. The train waa on Its way
from Atlanta to Macon and was slow
ing down at Milner when it struck the
switch. i
The road's detectives have taken hold
of the case, but they have not succeed
ed in finding a clew of the would-be
train wreckers.
the general work of the canferwic.. He
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Walter at their home on Union
street.
The people of the entire city are In
terested in contributing their time and
their means 'to make the visit of the
members of the South Georgia Confer
ence a pleasant one. Judge A. J.
Crovatt la chairman of the citizens'
committee; Mr. T. J. Wright Is treas
urer and Mr. Austin Holcombe Is
secretary.
The board of missions and the dis
trict statistical secretaries will he bu*g
Tuesday receiving reports and compil
ing statistics. These boards are:
A. M. Williams, D. D. t pyvldent; G
G. N. MacDopiV), vice president; W.
H. Budd, secretary: J. W. Watson,
treasurer foreign missions; J. A. Har
mon, treasurer home missions; Ed F.
Cook. 8. H. Bryan, E. E. Clements, R.
P. Fain, O. F. Cook. J. P. Wardlaw,
W. B. Btubbs, E. C. Mosely. J. 8. Betts,
R. F. Burden. W. A. Snelllng. M. C.
Austin. G. J. Peacock. R. J. Strozler,
T. M. Furlow, J. M. Williams.
District Statistical Secretaries—Sa
vannah, I. P. Tyson: Macon, J. E.
Seals; Columbus. H. L. Pearson; Cor
fiote, G. II. Msrtin; Amerlcus, M. F.
Beals; Thomasvllle, M. W. Carmichael;
Vsldosta, R. P. Fain; Waycross, J. FI
Bummer; McRae, W. T. Stewart; Dub-
Hn, W. F. Smith.
ANTON L, KONTZ
IS LAIDJO REST
Georgia Odd Fellows and
Other Organizations
Join in Honors.
.Funeral services ever lire l»cdr* of Anton
L. Konta, the prominent Atlantan who died
Haturday morning, wpre conducted at the
— ig, wet
residence of his brother, Judge Ernest C.
Konta, 4 Klmtmll street, nt 2 o'clock Sun
day afternoon.
The aerrlcea were exceedingly Impressive
and tad, more thnn 300 of the sorrowing
friends of the distinguished Atlnntnn At
tending the Inst rite*. Itev. Richard Ormo
Fllnn, paster of the North Avenue Presby
terian church, officiated, assisted by Itev,
W. L. I.fugle, pastor of the First .Presby
terian church.
The same ministers presided nt the fu
neral of this dlstlngulshM Atlnntnn who
conducted the funeral of that other distin
guished citizen who passed away nboufc.the
•nine time and under similar circumstance*
—Walker P. Inman.
Tho following were pallbearers at the fu
neral of Mr. Konta: J. W, Austin. John
Heinz, Henry Durnnd; Charles It. Currier,
It. T. Thompson, Henry DeOlvc and W. A.
TThe* officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows of the state conducted the services
nt the cemetery. Judge J. G. Woodworth
and Rev. A. C. Want, past grand masters
of the state, officiated. _, .
The Central Lodge No. 28, of which Mr.
Kont* was an enthusiastic and hard-work-
lug member, and the I’atrlnrch Militant, the
uniform rank, attended the funeral In a
^Auiong the other distinguished Odd Feb
iows who attended the fuueral were Grand
Master Roller, of Athens, and J. 8. Tynon,
Record - Breaking Meeting
. Expected in Washing
ton.
Washington, Nor. 25.—‘The Association
and the Working Man” was the subject of
the address delivered by Secretary Straus,
of the department of commerce and labor,
nt today's session of the Young Mon's
Christian Association convention. v Tbo
evangelistic campaign Is'being conducted
Incidental to the convention and Is bearing
fruit, hundreds of young men accepting the
ChHstlnn religion.. A record-breaking meet
ing, both In attendance and fervor, Is an
ticipated tonight, when William Jennings
Rryan delivers his address, on "Christ la
the Live* of Men."
TAX DECISION MAY
CALL EXTRA SESSION
Continued from Pago One.
pint grand nm.tpra of the ntnte.
The IIomoMMtt Club, of which— , .
wit! nn enthu.1n.tlc member, attended the
funeral In n Itodjr.
The hotly of Mr. Kontz wnt plneefl tem
porarily In u receiving rnnlt at Oakland,
preparatory to providing n grave In the lot
of the Kontz family. , ...
The fieetb of Mr. Kontz la widely mourned
throughout tho city and stnte. Ilia ntrlct
nnd nerutiuloun Integrity,, bin fidelity to
frlenila nml hla fnlrne.. to thone opposed to
him. and hi* wllllngne** ninny, to help
thone In ne.nl of bln nanlntnlioe, combined
to endear him to hnudreiln of people, who
loved nnd admired him nml who now ntouru
deeply hi. taking away.
Important legislation, probably an anti-
lobbying bill and changes In the pri
mary system of the state. His call
would probably extend to such matters,
thus making It possible for him to se
cure In the first six months of hla ad
ministration. all the reforms he ha*
advocated. '
The supreme court hnA not held (hat
the 30 000 shares of stbek of the West
ern Railway of Alabama, owned by the
Central and Georgia roads, Is not taxa
ble, but In a former decision did hold
thnt It was. The decision now Is based
entirely on the construction which the
Georgia court gave to the Georgia stat
utes.
Point at Issue,
The point was raised by the railroad
companies that the fl. fas. Issued by
the comptroller general were objection
able, as not affording due process of
law, that the companies were not given
an opportunity to contest the validity
and the amount of tax. When the In
junction came to be hkard before Judge
Pendleton, the state offered to give evi
dence as to the value of this property.
Judge Pendleton held that while he
wan not a taxing officer, he would hear
such evidence, which he did- and found
that the property waa not excessively
taxed.
The supreme court of Georgia, In
passing on that question, held that It
was Immaterial whether the property
hod been excessively taxed, as Judge
Pendleton was not authorized to hear
evidence on that point. The supreme
court of the United States says'that
this ruling amounted to a denial of due
process of law.
It would appear that had the court
followed the suggestion of the state to
then and there hear evidence and con
curred in the ruling, and that he could
hear evidence, that the question of due
process of law would have been sup
plied and the higher court would have
affirmed the judgment.
As very fine legal points are Involved
and the sum of about 11,000,040 Is at!
stake, developments In this case wiil
be watched with Interest.
Republicans and Democrats
Caucus at Week’s
End.
Washington. Nov. 25.—Speaker Cannon,
whoso re-election Is practically certain, In*
gnu his serious work of wluter at his room
In the cnpltol this morning, and uow that
he Is here It ly anticipated congressman
will begin to arrive In great numbers !u the
hope of getting committee asslgumeuta that
will suit them.. -
"Uncle Joe" probably knows now what he
Intends to do In the way of making up the
committees, for be has given the matter
consideration all iummer. He will not give
out the asslgumeuta until about the Christ
mas recess. v
John Sharp Williams, who will again be
elected minority leader, practically unani
mously, Is not doing his work of maklug
up the committee lists in his room at the
cnpltol, but la laboring nt his home, where
be hn* bad nn office fitted up, and he Is
putting in much time.
Uecause there are about forty more Demo
crat* In this house than the last, the |il-
nority members feel they should get more
consideration nt (he hands of the speaker.
The Republican* will caucus Saturday
night nnd select Jar. Gannon as their candi
date and the Democrats will select Mr.
Williams at n meeting Saturday afternoou.
MAKE~FARM LANDS
SECURITY FOR LOANS
Continued from Page One.
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A Kirkcaldie flown
As a Christmas Suggestion
Where is the woman who would appreciate anything
more than a Kirkcaldie gown as a Christmas present?
Tt’s a sensible, serviceable and lastmg gift.
Commencing Tomorrow Kirkcaldie Will Book Xmas
Orders at Very Low and Special Prices. -
Guaranteed delivery by December the Twenty-fifth. j
Gowns made at $25.00 and upwards.
See the stock, make selections and book orders at once.
KIRKCALDIE
73 1-2 Whitehall Street.
this unnatural financial condition and
afford relief lo the producers from the
greed of the money changers, why not
consider making the cultivated lande
that p'roduce the neceesltles of the
world a baels of credit with the nation
al banks, up to at least 40 or 50 per
cent of their actual market value, and
thus provide a currency or basis of
credit that could not be controlled by
the manipulators of the East, and
which would afford a certain means
for producing and marketing their
crops? ....
Most Stable of Securities.
It wllj be claimed by the national
banks that These lands, or mortgages
based on them,, do nof form "quick
assets," bpt as these lapds, .with even
poor motivation, will produce from 25
per cent to 100 per cent net annually
on the amount Invested, both In the
land and in producing tl)S crops. It
con easily be demonstrated that'there
Is more Intrinsic value in these lands
than In nearly any class of securities
now accepted by national banks; and
certainly they are not so susceptible
to the vicissitudes of bad and dlshon-
management, that cause large
amounts of the bonds and stocks, now
recognized as good securities by the
banks, to become worthless in a night.
Once let the present legislation against
real estate be removed, and It will be
come the most stable of all securities.
Twenty years’ experience In handling
real estate mortgages, without. * loss
of |1 .in Interest to -my clients, has
proved to me that there Is • rt IP‘class
of securities that offers! ko absolutely
safe an Investment as mortgages on
property In n productive or growing
■ectlon of the United States. The same
good business Judgment shbuld be exer
cised In eeiectlng this class of securities
as In selecting any other, but there
are fewer opportunities to make mis
takes In this class of securities than
any other; and In moat cases one to
two years' crops will liquidate the
mortgage or debt against the prop
erty.
The preeent financial methods have
proven Inelastic, and failed to produce
currency or credit In times of direst
need, when our country was In the
most prosperous condition In Its his
tory, so why not look elsewhere to find
relief for the Southern and Western
producers?
The man, or set of men, who are
brave enough and strong enough to
wrest the control ot our financial sys
tem from the hands,of tho manipula
tors, who have elmply used their-power
to opprese (when every land of nature
and business had decreed good times),
and provide an elastic currency that
will make the producers and manu
facturers of the South and West Inde
pendent, will not only put the farmers
and manufacturers under obligations,
but will have the good will and support
of every business man in both these
sections, even If they Incur the Ill-will
and displeasure of the napoleons ot
high finance, who, while temporarily In
control of tile financial system of our
country, will soon be dethroned by an
outraged people, who will not calmly
submit to the treatment they have
received at their hands for the past
few months, no matter how drastic the
legislation it takes to change this con
trol. Respectfully.
EDWIN P. ANSLEY.
Letter to Livingeton.
Mr. Ansley's letter to Congressman
Livingston follows:
My Dear Colonel Llvtngptpn—Sever
al years ago Representative Lewis, of
Georgia, offered a bill in congress tend
Ing to remove the ban that had been
placed on real estate as security for
loans from national banks, and pro
viding that It could be accepted up to
40 per cent to 60 per cent of Its actual
market value.
I suppose this bill, os well as several
similar ones, was never pushed because
of the violent opposition it has always
received from the national banlca them
selves, as well a* from the Napoleone
of high finance who control the finan
cial system of our country today and
have for years past
But recent experience has shown that
these manipulators of our financial
system can, by simply trying to dispose
of one of heir number (Helnze), bring
nn a financial panic; In times of the ut
most prosperity, that It takes the rich
est of thetr crowd and all the power of
the government to check, and which
completely shut off the usual supply of
money necessary to buy and market
the crops of the Southern and Western
farmer, and thereby cause losses of
millions of dollars not only to the farm,
era themselves, but to the entire coun
try. In the reduced prices at which thetr
products have to be sold, as only for
eign buyers have entered our markets
to any extent up to the present time,
and they have made their purchases
si the present depressed prices.
Give Fsrmtr Protection.
In looking for the remedy that wilt
prevent a recurrence of these condi
tions; why not put In the hand* of the
termer a means to help and protect
Mmaelf, by allowing him to borrow
from the nearest national bank enough
money, when money Is easy, to.plant.
Clever Contestants
>. Continue to Contribute
Prize Winners for Last Week
A New “Limerick” for This Week
The Ccrpffo/a Cnsh Cotttest has become contagious. The city, from center to circumfer
ence, is “coining” concluding contributions to G&Jfofy Limericks.
This Week Has Been a Record Breaker
Hundreds of contestants hnve taken occasion to say how well they liked Grfijfo/a Flour—
that they had used It for years—that it was supetf or to anything on the market—that no Flour gave
the satisfaction Capjfofa didi etc., etc., etc.
• The pro-eminent popularity of this Perfect Potent lias won it unqualified favor in thousands of
Southern Homos. t
It has won its-way on its merits. ’
Its everlastingly good qualities as a Bread nnd Pastry Flour have honestly triumphed, nnd are
so strongly entrenched in the high, estimation of discriminating housewives that their purchases of
GrpJfo/a to tho exclusion of all other brands, is nothing short of loyalty.
Following Ate the Prize Winners for This Week
FIRST PRIZE, $10.00 IN GOLD. SECOND PRIZE OF $5.00 IN GOLD
A Chef in a big hotel
Made rods no cook could excel;
They’re as light at the air
All the guests declare,
It’s Oapitola he uses so well
A Chef in a big hotel .
Made rolls no cook cotlld excel;
They’re as light as the air
All the guests declare,
Three cheers for Oapitola, they yell
The concluding lino to the above Limer
ick verso was written by Mrs. W. H. Emer
son, 175 Ashby street, West End, and was
considered tho best “line” offered.
The concluding line to the above Limerick
verse waa written by Mrs. K. D. Senn, 396
Central avenue, and was considered as merit
ing second prize. •
THE CAPITOLA LIMERICK CONTEST ^
Of which the following is the fourth installment of what has proved to be a most novel and interest
ing advertising innovation, has met with unprecedentedly popular recognition. *
It Costs You Nothing To Become a Contestant
Just phone or send to your Grocer in the morning for a sack of Grp/fo/a Flour.
You can’t well do without FLOUR, you know; and if perchance you are at this moment sup
plied, on extra sack in the house is simply anticipating and conserving the needs of just a few days
hence.
Write a concluding line to tho following incomplete ZftP/fOftt Limerick, and mail ;or send it,
together*with tfid word Cbpjfo/ct ctlfc from a Flo nr sack, to our office; and be
represented in tho list of CifP/fo/if Conte8tant8, Contcst closes’next Saturday, 30th at noon
A young-lady whose front name was Joe,
Never lafckea for' & suitable beau;
Her bread, cake and pies .
At the Fair took the prize I
Now, then ,sct your rhyming mnchinc in motion, and write the best concluding rhyming line
to the above "k' rae r ‘ c * c -”
THIS WEEK
We have decided to increase the opportunity for contestants to win a prize, by dividing tho prize
money appropriation into Eleven Prizes, as follows :
For the best concluding “line” $5.00 IN GOLD and for
the 10 next best, an award of $1.00 each IN GOLD
The only stipulation in connexion with the contest is, that you accompany your competing line
with the word Cfo/fo/g • cul * rora 0 CffPifo/cJ * lour sacl£ '
Be Bure and date your lino, so that in case of there being more than one of any given accepted
line, priority of date will determine the winner. So write a concluding line this week, and look
for your name in next Sunday’s Constitution, Monday’s Journal, and Georgian.
We particularly specify papers and dates, so that contestants can ascertain the prize winners.
Previous prize winners have been published in Sunday’s Constitution, and the following Monday’s
Georgian. . . .; >
"Look for the Sign
' on the Sack"
Mail or bring your line
to our office.
Atlanta Milling Co.
ho Is entitled to out of them, and then
ho can pay hi* debt* without any
trouble. The farmer Is the worst han
dicapped man in America today.
Once let the legislation be repealed
that ha* placed the ban on real estate
mortgages, and every piece of property
In the South and West will double In
value, and these mortgages can either
be used by the bank* up to a certain
point as a basis for credit currency, or
ll ey can be sold to the Investing pub
lic, which Is always seeking good and
safe Investments, and thereby produce
the temporary cash the banks may
Don’t leave the farmer* of this coun.
try longer in the bands of the manipu
lators of finance, whose only Interest Is
tn see what they can squeeze out of
them.
I Inclose e letter addressed to the
president which portly cover* my
view*, nnd which I send through you,
knowing your .Interest hi the farmer*
of the South, in the hope thnt you will
bring this matter strongly to the at
tention of the president, who. with hla
nil), I believe, realize what legislation
along this line will mean to the South
and West. Cery truly your friend.
EDWIN P. ANSLEY.
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0 REMEDY FOR U. 8. ARMY.~0
O Washington, Nov. 25.—So se- O
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O tant General Ainsworth, In his an- 0
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WANTS VETS
PENSIONED BY U. S.
Id * letter to Governor Smith, CongreBe
nin n Richmond Pearson Ilobaon asks for
flats concerning (be amount paid by Georgia
to her Confederate pensioners.
Congressman Hobson states that It is
his Intention to Introduce a Mil In congress :
for the FcderaL government to r/propriate .
sufficient to pay Confederate veterans as
much ns Union veterans. Ho will try
arrive at the different
amount paid by the I
the amount *•“
meat. Ity i
300 Teachers for Island*.
Washington, Kov. 25.—The bureau of
Insular affair* ha* received a cable
gram from the governor general of the
Philippine Islands Indicating that prob.
ably SO0 teacher* will be required at I
the beginning- of the next school year.
money, wnen money is ea»y, lo.piani, tenuon u* me premiumw w, r.i »»» which In June
harvest and sell hi* cropa and get what urua! broad frasp of all situations, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWQ wnten oi ns in j