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m 69 degrees; 12 noon. G6 degrees;
3 p. m., 68 degrees.
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VOL. X. NO. 86.
HOME(4TH) edition
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1911.
HOME(4TH)EDmO^ PRICE:
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FANCIERS ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER JANUARY SHOW
Birmingham Commissioner Ex
plains That Underwood Is
Not Logical Candidate.
COULDN’T BE NOMINATED
Every Indication Points to the Greatest Poultry Exhibition
Ever Held in the City of Atlanta—The Judges and the
Dates Are Ideal, and the Exhibitors Will Be Pleased.
Prominent Alabama Democrat
Warns State Against Mis
taken Sense of Loyalty.
The Birmingham News prints the fol
lowing:
Saying that while he expected to take
I^eadiftg fanciers from % all over the
South are writing to Secretary u. O.
Harwell to tell him they will be rep
resented J>y their best birds at the an
nual show of the Georgia Poultry as
sociation at the Auditorium-Armory
January 8-13.
The splendid success of the exhibi
tion last January has assured these
breeders that the Georgia Poultry as
sociation's January show will again
win the title of the Madison Square
Garden Show of the South. The rec
ord of fair, honest and successful man
agement, made In 1910 and 1911 seems
to have convinced the fanciers of the
South that a certainty is better than
an untried experiment, and «they are
pledging their support and their entries
to the established show.
.oiii'rt nort in matters nertaining to* ^ Its date of exhibition and in its
nitional politics Commissioner A 8 O.; selection of Judges the Georgia Poultry
l aiie stated Friday morning that ho aas “ blat,on haa beea particularly wise
was "decidedly a Woodrow Wilson man, »ear.
and that he believed Democratic hopes
lav In Wilson alone.
* j am for Woodrow Wilson," said the
commissioner, “which does not mean
that 1 am against Mr. Underwood. I
believe Mr. Underwood has done und
will continue to do great work in con
gress. But Mr. Underwood would not
lie a logical man for president. Be
lieving Implicitly In his ability, I do
not believe that he could get the nom
ination and if he should ho could not be
elected.
• It is a mistake^ sense of loyalty that
leads Alabama Democrats to urge Mr.
Underwood as an only choice"
Best Time For Show.
The time for holding the show, the
second week In January, Is Ideal for
several 'reasons.
In the first place, the public will have
had time to recover from the rush and
the worry incident to the Christmas
shopping and from (he holiday dlvcs-
slons, and-so will be able to And time
to be Interested in fine chickens. Tho
attendance at the last show broke all
Southern records, and It Is expected
to be even larger at the January ex
hibition. Then the congestion of ex
press' company traffic Incident to tho
Christmas season will be over and the
valuable fowls may be shipped to tho
January show without great danger of
being smothered, crushed or frozen.
The three Judges selected—Messrs.
Shaylor, Cornman and Meyers—stand
In the very front rank of American
experts. Mr. Shaylor, for Instance, will
come to the Atlanta show direct from
New York, where he will have Just fin
ished Judging Barred Rocks at the
Madison Square Garden show, the
greatest In the world. No higher com
pliment can be paid a poultry Judge
than to be chosen for such service.
Exhibitors at the Georgia Poultry
association show are assured of a
square deal by having such Judges as
these. They are of the highest profes
sional reputation for fairness and com
petency, and then they are not them
selves in the business of selling birds
to exhibitors In the classes they will
Judge. This Is a point of the utmost
Importance to the breeder.
For example, MV. Shaylor, who is an
authority on Barred Rocks and will
doubtless Judge this class at the Jan
uary show, can approach his work
without even an unintentional bias.
The' exhibitors will be unknown to him
personally. The birds will stand before
him on'their merits. But if Mr. Shay
lor had been for years celling Barred
Rocks to Georgia breeders and were
to find before him a lot of stock which
he had sold, it would be humanly im
possible for him not to favor his own
type, as against birds Just as good, even
tho he desired to be absolutely fair.
The three Judges for the January
show will be free from such bias, since
Continued on .Paqe Twelve.
ATT’Y-GEN. WICKERSHAM HERE
TO INSPECT FEDERAL PRISON
Gompers, Mitchell, and Morri
son Come on Evening Train
for Big Convention.
METAL WORKERS CONVENE
COTTON MILL PRESIDENT
IS DEAD OF PNEUMONIA
Altho Princetonians Get Within
Four Yards of Goal, Touch
down Is Impossible.
PUNTING WAS A FEATURE
Neither Team Able to Make
Many Gains Thru Strong and
Well Protected Lines.
Final score: Princeton 1 " 3, Dart
mouth 0.
Princeton, N. J., No v . 11.—The cun
came out this morning, dispelling the
clammy fog bank, and Ideal weather
prevailed this afternoon for tho annual
gridiron battlo between Princeton anO
Dartmouth. Altho the Princeton line
was without the services of Guards
Buff and Wilson, the Tigers believed
they could duplicate last year's vietpry
with little difficulty. Tho New Hamp
shire team arrived prepared for a ter-
ride struggle, however, and brought
plenty of money, A big crowd gathered
for the contest, and shortly after noon
the host of football fans was streaming
toward Oabom Held.
The game commenced at 2:0J o’clock,
Dartmouth receiving at the south goal.
Princeton kicked off to Snow on the
20-yard line. Dartmouth kicked lmme.
illately to Baker In center of field.
Baker gained four yards and Dewitt
punted, Dartmouth returned end Pen.
dleton took the ball to center field
Princeton bucked the line for short
gains, then Pendleton kicked to Dart
mouth. Llewellyn went around left end
on a fake kick formation for 40 yards.
Dartmouth was penalized 15 yards.
Dartmouth kicked and Pendleton gain
'd 15 yards on an end run. Dewitt
fumbled. An exchange of kicks fob
lowed.
Tho remainder of the first quartet
"as devoted mostly to kicking, with
Princeton having the best of It. Neither
team showed any versatility In their
plays, going mainly against tho line.
The period ended without a score, with
the ball on Dartmouth's four-yard line
and in Dartmouth’s possession.
I Dartmouth kicked off tn the second
quarter, but Princeton lost the ball on a
Poor pass after two short gains. Dart
mouth was held for downs and Prince-
Continued on Pegs Twelve.
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one CENT A WORD
Queueless Human Heads Piled
Like Cannon Balls in the
Streets of Chinese City.
WAR’S GREWS0ME PICTURE
4 - *
Three Thousand Women and
Children Massacred by the
Manchu Soldiers.
Movement to Form Separate
Organization Being Thrashed
Out—Opposition Shown.
CHARLES D. TULLER.
Head .of Exposition mills and one of
South's leading experts on textile man
ufactures who died Saturday morn
lng.
CHAS.D.TULLER ISDEAD
AFTER AOTF ILLNESS
Was Head of Exposition Cotton
Mills and One of the South’s
Leading Textile Experts.
Charles D. Tuller, president of the
Exposition Cotton mills and one of tho
leading mlllmen in the state, died at
an early hour Saturday morning,
had been HI for several weeks with a
complicated attack of pneumonia, and
tho given the beBt of medical attention,
his condition became critical two days
ago. Despite the fact that hts serious
condition was known, his death will
come as a shock to his hundreds of
business and social friends throughout
the city and state.
In all the walks of life Mr. Tuner’s
value as a citizen was rated far above
par by hts fellow men. In the business
World, as a churchman and as a hus
band and father he was held In the
highest esteem by those who came in
contact with him.
Mr. Tuller was 50 years old, and aft
er 30 years of hard work had raised
himself to the-position of president of
the Exposition Cotton mills. During
tho late years as an officer and In the
last two years as the head of the com
pany he had raised the standing of the
mill and caused It to be recognized as
one of the best In this section. One of
Mr Tuner’s friends made the remark
on learning of his death that It was
Charlie Tuller who had brought the
Exposition mills to their high stand-
ard.
Always earnest and sincere and a
man of-deep religious convictions, Mr.
Tuller was one of the leading members
of the North-ave. Presbyterian church.
He had be- n superintendent of the
Sunday school and at the time of his
death was an elder In the church.
Mr. Tuller cared little for the pleas
ures of society and devoted what time
he could spare from his large business
to his church and family. In his do
mestic life Jte was regarded as an Ideal
father and husband
Besides being president of one mill
and interested in two others, he was *
» - -* n.tmhnw A# mill sstn. I
Nanking, Nov. 11.—More than 3,000
native Chinese men. women and chll
dren are dead and 76,000 others are
homeless as a result of the wanton
I slaughter throughout this city by the
Imperialist army. The butchery Is s "
going on today, but In a less degree.
Reinforcements arrived today and
Joined the rebels, and the attack upon
the Imperialist army was resumed.
Aroused into a frensy bf rage against
their enemies for the massacre of de
fenseless Chinese, the rebels fought
desperately for vengeance.
The streets of the city of Nanking
today presented war's most grewsomo
pictures. The streets ran red with blood
and hundreds of headless bodies lny
among the smoking ruins of dwellings.
The property of the Chinese was first
looted, then fired.
A lurid glow hung over the city dur
ing tho night, lighting up the entrench
ments on Purple Hill, behind which the
Imperial soldiers awaited the day and
the renewed assault of tho rebels. The
muszles of artillery planted along the
rim of the earthworks and the moving
sentries could plainly be seen In the red
glow of tho fires.
Panic reigned among the survivors of
the massacre and no attempt was made
to bury the headless dead that filled the
streets.
Most pitiful of all were the corpses of
boys and girls,' headless and maimed,
lying where they had fallen when the
ruthless swords of the Manchus cut
them down.
Detachments of Manchu soldiers with
blood dripping from their swords In
vaded the homes of all residents of the
native quarter looking for hiding na
tives. Some were killed outright and
others were first tortured before being
put to death. Hundreds of queueless hu.
man heads lie plied like so many can
non balls in the gutters. Human hands
and feet, cut off to torture the living,
strew the debris of the burned quar
ter.
At dawn today the gates were locked
and the surviving victims were closed
In the city of horrors along with their
dead. No more were allowed to flee.
Famine now threatens, os the soldiers
have carried off all the food.
FOOTBALL
Scores of the n^ost prominent labor
representatives of the world are pour
ing Into Atlanta on almost every train
Saturday for the American Federation
of Labor convention, but the one fea
ture event of the day toward which
every delegate looked with eager an
ticipation Is the arrival late Saturday
afternoon of President Samuel Gom
pers. Second Vico President John
Mitchell and Secretray Frank Morri
son from Washington on the Seaboard.
Tho only other notable event of tho
day was the meeting of the metal
trades department, where resolutions
and amendments were discussed, but
even this was overshadowed by tho
anticipation of the arrival of the heroes
of labor's struggles In America tor the
past decade.
The welcome to Gompers. Mitchell
and Morrison will bs cordial—It will
even smtfCk of hero worship. The re
ception committee to greet them at
the train and escort them to the Kim-
ball house is composed of N. H. Kirk
patrick, president of the Atlanta Fed
eration of Trades; Jerome Jones, pres
ident of the Georgia State Federation
of Labor; Carl Karston, S. B. Marks,
T. N. Scales, J. W. Brldwell, William
Robinson. O. A. Cone, A. M. Copeland,
E. E. Griggs, William Van Houten,
William Strouss, W. H. Liner, Claude
Oshley and Louis.P. Marquardt.
Board Meets Sunday.
The most Important event of Sunday
111 be the meeting of the executive
board of the American Federation of
Labor at tho Kimball house in the
morning. This board Is composed of
eleven notable labor officials—Samuel
Gompers, James Duncan, John Mitch
ell, Jsines O'Connell, E. 'A. Hays, W. D.
Huber, Joseph Valentine, John F. As-
j.itic, Henry B. Perlism. Frank Morrl-
con tititI John D. i.ctmon. ' To thdlr
hands arc Intrusted tin- guidance of la
bor's ondrmous Interests.
Saturday morning Pres(jlent James
O’Connell of tho metal trades section
presided over a gathering of serious
and able labor men. Reports of the
committees on resolutions, laws and
other important assignments were re
ceived and read.
There was a fight to amalgamate all
the metal trades workers Into one great
whole, but after an hour'a dlscuaalon In
which labor Wants participated the
matter was recommitted to the reeo-
lutlona committee. Following this the
committee on laws submitted a num
ber of amendments to the constitution,
which lmve been suggested and de
manded by various local metal trades.
These were debated and considered at
some length.
Tho election of officers for the metai
trades department will bo held Satur
day afternoon.
Fifth 8outh«rn Meeting.
For the sixth time In Its hlBtory the
American Federation of Labor meets In
the South, and this thirty-first conven
tion at Atlanta will be the most nota
ble of Its existence. In years agone it
has assembled at New Orleans, Bir
mingham, Norfolk, Nashville and
Louisville. Last year It met at St.
Louis. There will be about 375 accred
ited delegates from the 121 national
and International union* composing It,
with their wives, children and hundreds
of visitors. It Is estimated that It
brings on attendance of 1,200 people to
Atlanta for Its two weeks session.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
will be devoted to the parade, opening
of the convention, speeches and re
ports of officers and appointment of
working committees. The fifteen com
mittees will get down to hard work by
Friday. /
* Everything in the Open.
There are no executive sessions of
the American Federation of Labor. Ev
erythlng Is done in the open. At least
100 presidents of the 121 national and
international unions are official dele
gates.
Saturday night and Sunday the two
fraternal delegates from England, and
Santiago Igleaslas, of Porto Rico, are
expected to arrive.
Secretary Frank Morrison and his
working staff will occupy room 104 of
the Kimball house.
Arrives Unannounced and Goes
Direct to the Reservation in
Auto With Warden.
George W. Wlckersham, attorney
general of the United States, Is' In At
lanta. He arrived Saturday morning
at 11:45 o’clock over the Southern rail
way direct from Washington. At the
Terminal station he was met by W. H.
Moyer, warden of the United States
penitentiary In Atlanta .-.Captain W. G.
Raoul and Thomas K. Glenn. General
Wlckersham Is accompanied by his
private secretary.
The head of the department of Jus
tice lost no time In going to the Federal
prison. In Warden Moyer's automo
Alls he and hla secretary sped direct
from the station to the penitentiary
where the afternoon Is being spent In
on Inspection of the big prison plant,
It has been two years since he last vis
ited Atlanta and the prison. He said
his visit at this time was again to
inspect the prison and see the big Im
provements made In that Interval. Gen
eral Wlckersham said he had Just re
turned from an Inspection of the Fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kans., and had hls plans arranged to
visit the other penal institutions of the
government for inspection purposes.*
General Wlckersham was asked If hls
visit had any connection with the case
of Charles W. Morse, the New York
banker and k-e king, who la serving a
sentence In the Atlantat prison and
In Pope Brown Rally at Grand
He Bitterly Criticises Local
Option Principles.
FULTON CLUB IS FORMED
Pope Brown Declares Himself
on Issues—Hoke Smith Was
One of the Auditors.,
If there could have been any doubt
of ,the prohibition question being an is
sue In the present gubernatorial cam
paign in Georgia, it would have been
GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM,
United States attorney general who ™lnd ofjmy
is in Atlanta Saturday on prison in- * * ‘
spectlon tour.
vote
who haa asked and has once been re
attending the Pope Brown meeting at
the Grand •pera. house on Friday nigh?.
Not'only Ip the liquor problem an is
sue. but it Is the issue of this campaign,
a» the speeches of the two candidal'.-*
fused a pardon or parole. He replled
that his visit had nothing whatever to, rj*^ e t^mjidate j„ charged by both
do with the Morse case, and that there! his opponents with straddling this is-
was absolutely no new development Jn! sue, and both claim that he has
it as far as the department of Justice is
concerned
General Wlckersham will remain In
Atlanta until Sunday afternoon. He
will be entertained by Captain Raoul at
his home Saturday hlght add Sunday.
BLIZZARD SWEEPING NEW YORK’S STRIKE
HAS GROWN SERIOUS
OVER MIDDLE WEST
Icy Weather in States East of
the Rockies to Omaha and
South to Texas.
MOVES TOWARD THE EAST
High Winds and Heavy Snow
Strike That Section—Gale
Blowing on North Coast.
Three Days’ Accumulation of
Garbage Now a Menace to
the City’s Health.
STRIKE-BREAKER IS KILLED
Women Join in Rioting, Hurling
Stones and Bottles From
Tops of Buildings.
Omaha, Nebr., Nov. 17.—A blizzard fs
raging throughout all the states east of
the Rocky mountains, as far south os
Texas and as far east ns Omaha. The
blizzard, accompanied by high winds
and heavy snow, struck this city today.
It Is sweeping eastward.
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HEAVY
3eattle, Wash, Nov. 11.—The most
severe storm that has swept the North-
West so early In the season since the
establishment of the United States
weather bureau here twelve years age
Is hovering over Washington and Brit
ish Columbia. The gale which swept
the north coast Thursday night and
Friday has abated. Snowfall In some
portions of the state ranges from 12 to
18 Inches.
Nsw York, Nov, 11.—Rioting con
tinues today In the strike of the drivers
of the city's street-cleaning department.
Everywhere strike-breakers attempted
to take out their carts they were met
with a rain of missiles from roofs and
hallways of adjacent buildings.
Terrified by tho death of one of their
number from Injuries received at tho
hands of rioting strikers, many of the
strike-breakers employed by tho city to
take places of the strikers deserted today
nd the situation os regards the removal
of garbage Is much more serious.
street Cleaning Commissioner Ed
wards worked hard to get fresh recruits
to take the place of the deserters, but
the removal of the accumulated three
days' supply of refuse dragged along
under such difficulties that practically
no progress was mads.
H. S. WEST IS DECLARED
JUDGE OF ATHENS COURT
Yale vs. Brown.
First Period—Yale 6. Brown 0.
Second Period—Yale 12, Brown 0.
HARVARD MEETS DEFEAT.
Final score: Harvard 15, Carlisle 18.
DR. MacARTHUR TO PREACH
TWICE AT THE TABERNACLE
Dr. R. S. MacArthur. president of the
Another Negro Woman Found
Dead and Mutilated in an
Atlanta Suburb.
Baptist World’s alliance, wlU preach tw
notable sermons at tho Baptist taber
nacle Sunday. The subject of the morn
ing sermon wlU be "The Four-fold
—— — - L _ ,«_(uwti. *•* this sermon he will <11
connected with a number of mill a**o-; gyajmiGn and other scientific the-.
ciations and was regarded as one of thei and conclusions and will show the changes
brightest and most up-to-date men in i in “their attitud * *
the business. He was Interested in the the last lew der
Roswell Manufacturing Company and ££ T |V, „ ua(
In the Habersham Cotton milts, prcsl- ^ri'y frran the strlkl
dent of the Georgia Industrial asso- urintures. It wtll cl
elation, member of the* board of gov
put icveraU old
Another victim: was claimed Friday
night by the knife of Atlanta's elusive
“Black Jack the Ripper"—the twelfth
negro woman to be slain by tho mys
terious criminal In tho past year.
This latest victim, with throat cut,
head crushed and shoes missing—the
:-ame as all tho others In the long list—
. was found shortly after 6 o’clock Satur-
Jday morning lying at the foot of a tree
In the big vacant lowlands Just off of
<'onnally-st. and but a short distance
to the south of Georgla-ave. Tho mur
derer this time left a distinctive mark
of mutilation that has been absent In
the previous murders—the Index linger
on the right hand lya* severed at the
religion -lur"ngi middle Joint.
The evening sub-1 Despite a thorough search, not tho
<1 Narrow: slightest trace of the missing half
''(finger has boon found, and the police
r! believe th~ slayer Is carrying this gr.w-
MCket
Bed
)ld Test,
T wclve.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 11.—Judgo Henry
B. West has won out over Colonel
Thomas J. Shackleford In the city
Judgeship controversy. At a special
term of court this m< .
H. Brand rendered hls decision In favor
of the Incumbent, after citing a number
of authorities from a large number o<
state reports on similar cases: ~
OH Before
reading hls opinion Judge Brand stated
that he had turned a complete somer
sault after consulting the authorities,
and that If he had made a decision off
hand hls ruling would have been exact
ly opposite. It has been generally be
lieved that Colonel Shackleford would
get the decision.
Tho decision this morning does not
mean that the case Is ended by any
means, for Judge Andrea* J. Cobb, at
torney for Colonel Shackleford, will
take the controversy to the state su
preme court within the next ten days,
and the conclusion of tbs whole matter
will probably be reached before De
cember X.
The Shackleford-West controversy
has been a question of public Interest
here for the past several months. Judge
West was appointed to the office of city
Judge by former Governor Joseph M.
Brown and his term of office expired on
September 12. In the meantime, before
the adjournment of the last" legislature,
Colonel Shackleford was appointed to
the office by Governor Smith, but the
senate did not take any action. Judge
West refused to vacate the office and
applied for supersedeas proceedings for
ten days, which were granted by Judge
Brand and later quo warranto proceed
ings were Instituted by Colonel Shac
kleford, this being a fight for the title
of the office. The decision this morn
lng ended the quo warranto.
Before reading hls opinion, Judgo
Brand stated that he was glad the
final settlement of the controversy did
not rest upon Ms shoulders.
CEDARTOWN PASTOR TO BECOME
PRESIDING ELDER OF ATLANTA
The North Georgia conference of tlie
Methodist Episcopal Church South wilt
be held at Augusta next week, starting
Wednesday morning. Bishop A. W.
Wilson of Baltimore, wtll preside, and
will be assisted by Bishop E. Embree
Hose.
It is thought there will be several
changes In the Atlanta district. Rev.
Beverly P. Allen, closing hls fourth
year as pastor at Cedartown, will prob
ably be the successor to Rev. Joel T»
Daves, presiding elder of the Atlanta
district. Dr. Frank Siler, of Wesley
Memorial, and Dr. J. R. King, of St.
Pauls, will be given new appointments.
It is thought Rev. Dr. Hendrix, of lh»
Louisville conference, will be the pastor
at Wesley Memorial, and that Rev.
James H. Bakes, presiding elder of the
Griffin district, will go to St. Pauls. Dr.
King has been mentioned In connection
with the office of presiding elder of a
district.
One of the transferred ministers to
this conference the present year Is Rev.
8. Branham, from the North Ala-
la conference, who will receive an
Tlntment at Augusta.
William J. <'otter, -f Ncwnan,
Ga.. Is the oldest preacher in the North
Georgia conference, some 82 or 82 years
old. He Is now superannuated and has
been a preacher for 68 years. He has
attended every conference for 66 years
and answered to roll call.at nil but oni
ons of the items of great import that
may come beforq both bodlea of
Georgia Methodists will bo a vote on
the change of the name of the church.
The general conference at Its last ses
sion adopted a resolution changing the
name of the M. E. Church South to that
of the Methodist Church of America.
The college of bishops vetoed the ac
tion of the general conference. The
mstfer now comes before every confer
ence In Southern Methodism. If all the
conferences vote in favor of change It
wlU be done In spite of the veto of the
bishops. If two-thirds of the 40 nn-
I conferences vote In favor of a
nge the Southern Methodists will be
known as the Methodist Church of
America The different conferences , an
vote on the question any year before
1914. It fs likely the matter-will be
voted on In the conferences of 1911.
The general conference rf 1914 wlU
proclutm the result of the votes.
place In the Contest.
Judge R. B. Russell presented tho
local option or liquor side of the issue
In hls keynote speech at the Grand on
Friday night, November 3, Pope-
Brown, who Is standing firmly for the
continuance of the present prohibition
laws In Georgia, gave the other side of
tho story Just one week later, Friday,
November 10. Ex-Governor Joseph M.
Brown Is tho man both accuse of
straddling the Issue.
Scab Wright the Speaker.
Not only did Pope Brown declare
himself squarely on the Issues of this
campaign Friday night, hut Seaborn
Wright, of Rome, who for five years has
been the champion of prohibition and
the unrelenting foe of the liquor Inter
ests. made a masterly address, urging
Pope Brown's election and tile mainte
nance of the prohibition statutes, firs:
from an economic viewpoint, because rf
the saving to Georgia and the South
thru the elimination of the liquor traf
fic, anil, secondly, from tho moral side,
pointing out that the return to the le-
gnt Bile of liquor paves the way to the
return of the negro as a factor In pol
itics. He pleaded for a continuance of
a white man’s rule in a white man’s
country. He hogged that the sons and
grandsons of tits white men of the old
South and not the sons and grandsons
of their slaves be tho political masters
of Georgia and the South.
Club Cards Are Signed.
Before the meeting cards were dis
tributed among the audience and hun
dreds of three were signed for mom-
| bershlp In the Fulton County Pope
[ Brown club. Judge George Hillyw,
member of the state railroad commis
sion. was unanimously elected chair
man of this club: Jnmoo L. Mayson,
city attorney of Atlanta, presiding dur
ing that election, and Representative
Walter McElreath, of Fulton county,
making the nomination. Reprcsonlu-
tlvc Hooper Alexander, of DeKalb, and
Representative A. H. Foster, of New
ton. were among other legislators oc
cupying seats on the stage. Chairman
R. E. Davison of the state prison
commission was another prominent
state official participating In tho gath
ering.
Hoke Smith Present.
But most notable of sll'was Governor
Hoke Smith, who, with a party of
friends, occupied a box. .The entrance
of the governor was a signal for a
hearty demonstration, nnd there wen-
numerous calls for “Hoke." This is the
first time Governor Smith has taken
■an active part in the present campaign,
and hls presence Friday night was sig
nificant. It was taken to mean he f.i-
vois Pope Brown’s election, for ho
smiled with satisfaction and frequently
applauded pointed statements of the
speakers, especially those touching, on
the prohibition and law enforcement
topics.
In the midst (if Pope Brown’s speech
Ben Blackburn, executive secretary
when Joe Brown was governor, arose In
the nudlence to put a question to tin-
candidate. No soShcr did tho croud
recognize the man than there cann
from all parts of the theater cries if
“Put him out," accompanied by a storm
of hisses. Mr. Blackburn stood hls
ground for a minute or'two, and then
three policemen walked down the aisle
and persuaded him to either lake Ills
seat and keep quiet or retire. He sat
down.
Gallery God Called Down.
Again, In the midst of Seaborn
Wright's speech a Russell supporter tn
the balcony interrupted him. Mr.
Wright turned to the disturber nnd
with fiery emphasis said:
"If you haven’t got sense enough t"
behave yourself, In common decency
you ought to have sense enough to get
out.”
Somebody from somewhere in the au
dience cried: "Call the police.and put
him out.”
Mr. Wright replied: "I'll handle this
case myself. We can police this meet
ing. Tho respectable white men of
Georgia have been dominated by this
whisky crowd long enough. You are
not dealing with a Dick Russell who
can't enforce order.”
There were no further Interruptions
of that character, but there were fre
quent Interruptions for the audience to
applaud tho speaker when he made a
telling point.
Big Audience There.
The entire orchestra floor, all the
b4ixrs anti the balcony were filled and
there were many standing: both on the
lower floor and In the balcony. Tho
crowd was a few hundred larger than
the one a week before to hear Judgo
Russell. And there was no brass ban !
to drum up the crowd either, as on the
Friday before. The people were thero
because .they were Interested. Many
women were In the audience.
Judge George Hlliyer called the rneet-
Ing to order a few minutes after 8
o’clock, and with but a short preamble
Introduced “Our distinguished fellow
citizen, sane on every public trust and
Continued on Page Twelve.
Notices of Sunday Ser
vices in Atlanta churches
appear on page 20.