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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913. ^pUAlTRY |J[ Aur TIMELY I jOME topics ’VortWCTO) 5TnHSiXT. H.YE.LTCV1., WHY SINGLE OUT CAUSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS? 3Y BISHOP W. A. CANDLER SPLENDID PECAN CROP PREDICTED BY GROWERS IP WOMEN STUDY MEDICINE, WHY NOT STUDY LAW? I notice in today’s papers that there is a fully graduated woman doctor in Georgia among the list of men doctors. The time has been when women weix, sneered at as doctors, but there are so many useful, popular and well-respect- ed doctor women in this country that the time for sneers has gone by anu the young male doctor must get up anu hustle without much time for snee* tactics, as against the woman doctor. But womenkind have quite as much tal ent for the law as lor medicine, and quite as much need for the law as for pilis, and should have just as much op portunity for one as the other, in this Empire State of the South. When the law of Georgia was altered so that a wife could be considered the legal own er of what her father gave her, or whicn she might inherit, that provision includ ed the liberty to protect her property rights by all the methods which had previously been allowed to her brothe*. If he should choose to study law for thfe protection of anybody’s life or prop erty—his own included, she had that equal right for similar purposes. Do you know. dear Semi-Weekly reader, that there was a law’ unrepealed on the statute books of our state up to the war. that any husband might W’hip his wife, if he used only a stick “as big as his thumb.” You have seen some manly thumbs I suppose and you can imagine how it would feel to be “whaled” by a sties, as big as a man's thumb. And don’t mistake the situation either, there was no scarcity of sorry men who felt they had liberty to use the stick as the law allowed! In my early youth it was no uncommon thing to hear a man spoken of as a “mean husband, who beats his wife.” And the majority of women, understand ing their helplessness, kept such casti gation a family secret, because it was a reproach to the family. When the brute filled up on whisky he excused himself by pleading drunkenness as his weak ness. And the woman was no better than a slave, and divorces were scarce things, and a “grass widow” was a thing to be looked at from the corners of the eyes! If women had studied law, would that shameful permit of a “stick no bigger than a man’s- thumb” have remained on the statute books of Georgia? I trow not. Was woman properly educated when she was allowed to marry without know ing that she was delivered over to the mate just as her negroes and land were handed to him, because he was her lit eral master and owner? She could not have been sold on the block like her colored maid servant, but otherwise she was in as much actual bondage to her husband as was that colored bond- woman: It is doubtful if the majority of women ever thought they were grossly defraud ed of their marital rights when “security debts” made by a worthless spouse sold her and her children out of the property that was hers by gift or inheritance. We now understand -that it was atrocious leg- islation—as had as the "stick no bigger than his thumb.” But Georgia law sanc tioned it! It was remarkable how these lords of creation could quote St. Paul on “silence in the churches!” Having no legal right to her own clothes, even, she had no redress before the law, and if she went to the house of God to cry aloud, she was estopped by Pauline direction. SRAFT TO MAINE’S DEAD 5,000 Bluejackets From North Atlantic Fleet Parade Streets of Gotham (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, June 2.—Representatives of the army and navy and citizens of New York did honor in New York today to those who perished in Havana harbor in battleship Maine. The occasion was the unveiling at the Columbus Circle en trance of Central park of the national Maine monument* a pylon forty feet high, erected by popular subscription from all parts of the nation. The ceremonies brought to this city a dozen dreadnaughts of the Narth Atlan tic fleet; the Cuban cruiser Cuba, the secretary, of the navy, former President Taft, representatives of the Cuban con gress and government; Governor Haines, of Maine, and others. Although the unveiling exercises proper were not staged until late afternoon, they were preceded by a land parade in which 5,000 blue jackets of the Atlantic fleet took part, augmented by troops from the regular army, the New York national guard, veterans of the Spanish- American war and a company of Cuban artillery, a Cuban band of sixty-two pieces, and twenty sailors from the crew of the cruiser Cuba. Rear Admiral Cameron McRae Wins low, U. S. N., acted as chief marshal. A salute of. twenty-one guns from sach of the battleships at anchor in the Hudson; the placing of wneaths on the monument in behalf of President Wilson, the state of Maine, the state of New York, the city of New York, the Cuban government and one by Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who as a captain was in command of the Maine when she sank, comprised, aside from the ships, the chief features of the unveiliftg cere monies. The speakers' program called for addresses by Mr. Taft, Secretary Daniels, Governor Sulzer, Rear Admiral Sigsbee and others. In addition to the unveiling of the Maine monument, there were held on tnis Memorial day the usual exercises it Grant’s tomb, the Grand Army of the Republic parade and the work- ;*>rse par rule. SIGHTSEEING IN NEW YORK CITY. It has been exactly thirty-three years since I last saw the city of New York until today. When I came here (before this time) we were obliged to be fer ried over the Hudson river. Today we came in by a train that went deep down under the river. It was a wonderful feat of mechanical en gineering to thus make a splendid rail road under this, great Hudson river for railroads to enter the city. If I had chanced to be asleep, I would never have suspected that we were go ing along in such a strange place. I came to the New McAlpin hotel, be cause they have so arranged their apartments, that two entire floors are set apart for ladies who travel without escorts. Everything is managed by women and for women in this especial arrangement. These apartments are exquisite in their arrangement, and I have no less than six electric lights, besides a writ ing desk, with all equipments and a tele phone that I can use anfwhere in this great city. It has been raining continuously for several days, here and in Washington. I noticed the water standing in the fur rows on the plowed land, as we came along. It was so dry when I left Georgia that we were all uneasy about a stand of corn and cotton. There is no scarcity of rain in this part of the country. The farming in this latitude is simply perfect, and the young corn in the fields is planted exactly like spots on a check erboard in exact squares. The country is beautiful in its dress of living green, and every small farm house has a mammoth barn. These farm ers certainly believe in having fine barns. The train went so fast I could only guess as to \^hat was planted in the fields, unless it was growing grain or the young corn plants. I saw a lot of late blooming apple trees, and the markets are crowded with the finest of strawberries. I cannot express to you the pleasure this holiday has given to me. My eye had become so inflamed that I was obliged to refrain from constant read ing and writing and I have scarcely read a newspaper once a week. The eye Is doing better, and I have concluded it was the effect of cold, instead of a wreck injury, as you will recall that I had a serious wreck experience nearly a year and a half ago. I saw some very blind friends a few days since .and I feel sure there is nothing that is more hindering than the loss of eyesight. We should be so thank ful for God’s gracious kindness when our faculties are preserved to us. As the rain has slacked I must try to get around in New York during the afternoon. Hope I can write you mare about this great city in next issue of Semi-Weekly. MRS. FELTON. PEACE AT LAST REIGNS OVER ALLIES AND TURKS Preliminary Treaty Signed by Balkan Allies and Turkey on U, S, Memorial Day (By Associated Press.) LONDON, June 2.—The preliminary treaty of peace was signed at St. James palace today by the delegates of all the Balkan allies and of Turkey. Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, presided at the meeting. Dr. S. Daneff, the Bulgarian peace del egate, in the course of an interview after the signing of the preliminary treaty of peace, said: "I am rejoiced. It means not only that continued peace but general peace and Europe is saved from one of the most thorny problems of the age. “We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Sir Edward Grey, whose enduring and untiring mastery in treating diplomatic problems has brought about peace much sooner than some of us had expected.’ The first meeting of the peace confer ence has been fixed for Monday, June 2. CABINET RESIGN PLACES Count Alvaro de Romanones, Premier Since Nov, 14, 1912, Quits on Friday (By Associated Press.) MADRID, June 2.—The Spanish pre mier, Count Alvaro de Romanones, and the other members of the cabinet re signed office today. ' Count Romanones has been premier since November 14, 1912, when he took of fice after the assassination of former Premier Canalejas. ( ‘A Perfect Woman Nobl HU j To Warn, to Comfort ana Command” Nature never intended woman to be delicate, ailing, or a sufferer from “nerves.” Women in middle age complain of “hot flashes.” Many women suffer needlessly from girlhood to womanhood, and from moth erhood to middle life, with backache, or headache, dizziness, faintness, or bearing-down sensations. For a permanent relief from these distressing symptoms nothing is so good as DR. PIERCE’S favorite prescription Planned as a soothing and strengthening ner vine—allays and subdues nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, and other distressing symrtoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic peases of the feminine organs. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. The 44 Favorite Prescription” is known everywhere and for over 40 years as the standard remedy for the diseases of women. Your dealer in medicines sells it in liquid or tablet form; or you can send 50 one- cent stamps for a trial box of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription tablets. Address Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules. I T is a common thing for persons who conceive a sudden interest in some work which needs to be done in our own country to say, “The money spent for Foreign Missions were better expended upon this urgent mat ter”. It is equally common to find, upon investigation, that most of them who talk thus have not been very active in the work of religion in our own land. For example, some see the need of evangelizing and enlightening the Ne groes of the South, and they cry out vociferously “Help these heathen in our midst” Work on behalf of the Ne groes of the South is very important. It can not be emphasized too strongly. But who has done most of all that has been done for these needy people? Has not the work for them been done, in the main, by the Christian Churches and Christian people who have been most active i nthe work of Foreign Missions? It is not true that the Negroes of the South are heathen. On the contrary, their, conversion to Christianity is one of the greatest pieces of missionary work which has been achieved during the last three centuries. They need much help yet; but it is unjust to them to call them heathen. Moreover, tne work now being done for other races in foreign lands does not diminish, by so much as one penny, what is being done for the Negroes. Again, hysterical reformers frequent ly cry out, “Why not evangelize the slums of our own cities before carry ing the gospel to the Chinese in Shang hai and Pekin?” W r ell, mission work in our cities is important. But let it be asked, again, who is doing anything in the work of City Missions except the Christian Churches and the Christian people who are exerting themselves ««,lso on behalf of*Foreign Missions? How much are tne critics of Foreign Mis sions doing for the salavtion of the neglected people In our own cities or for the evangelization of any other part of our country, There are, however, some things that cost a great deal of money which might be stopped, and the funds which are expended, for them devoted to all these good causes, if our people had the mind to do so. Why do not these objectors to Foreign Missions have something to say about these things? Why do they single out Foreign Missions for criti cism; but never say a word about the tl»t'ravagant and hurtful expenditures of our people on needless luxuries and injurious indulgences? For example, it is estimated that the people of tne United States expend annually for in toxicating liquors $2,500,000,000. Why not turn some of this worse than wasted money into the uplifting of the Negro population and the evangelization of the slums? The use of intoxicating liquors has much to do with the degra dation of the Negroes and the creation of the slums. Why not antagonize this great evil, instead of proposing a less ‘expediture for Foreign Missions? Again, it is estimated that the Amer ican people expend annually $900,000,- 000 for millinery and jewelry. Would not a few millions of this outlay be better bestowed, if givei\ to the enlight enment of the Negroes and the purifi cation of the slums? As a matter of fact, our people spend more money for chewing gum than they do for Foreign Missions. It cer tainly would not be a grea]t hardship to do without chewing gum for one year; but if this indulgence were cut off, there would be a saving of thirteen millions of dollars. And if we added the cost of confectionery, we would save an additional sum of two hundred mil lions. Why should'Foreign Missions be sin gled out for condemnation while we expend on these things such stupendous sums? It does seem that, it would be better to condemn this selfish extrava gance rather than to propose that our people should do less Christian work on behalf of heathen nations. On one occasion, John Wesley was required to give in his taxes, and he enumerated, as the sum total of his plate, two silver spoons, and he added to his return, “I shall add nothing more to my stocl. of plate while many want bread.” One can understand a declara tion of this kind; but Mr. Wesley’s Christianity would have been inexplic able if he had continued to buy silver and had conceived that there was no way to feed the hungry without dimin ishing his gifts to the cause of mis sions. It is quite possible that the people who decry Foreign Missions, while pro fessing to be zealous for more urgent causes in the home field, are moved less by concern for the welfare of the people in our own land than they are impelled by a secret antagonism to the work of the Church in other lands. At any rate, one could give more confi dence to their sincerity, if they were accustomed to practice and plead for plain living, and did not so constanly single out for their criticism the cause of Foreign Missions. The truth is, the work of evangelizing the heathen has been neglected too long; and Christendom is menaced today by a heathen world more than it is threat ened by any other peril. The nations of the earth have been brought very close together by the modern inven tions of transportation and communica tion; and being brought thus close to gether, the time is at hand when the world must* be all paganized or all Christianized. One type of moral life must prevail around the whole earth. The Christian nations must carry Chris tianity to the heathen world, or the heathen world will bring its moral standards into Christendom. What means this agitation in Califor nia, and in the other States upon the Pacific coast? It is no idle fear which disturbs the Californians, however mis taken their methods may be accounted. And the Japanese are the least of the Oriental nations to be feared. The pop ulation of Japan is only about fifty mil lions. The nation is poor, and it could not prosecute another great war suc cessfully at this time. But then on the other side of Japan is that Vast Chinese nation. In China is found one- fourth, .of the population of the world. That nation has startled mankind by throwing off Manchu yoke and setting up a republican form of government. Some uninformed people imagine the Chinese republic is but a transient thing. There never was a greater mistake. The Chinese people, for centuries, have been accustomed to self-government; and no people, not Christian, were ever better prepared for republican institutions. It is a most striking thing that the leaders of China asked the prayers of the Christian world on behalf of their new government only a few weeks ago. Who can measure the significance of such a request? What shall be the response of the Christian world to such a cry? This request implies confidence, in the Christian’s God and an apprecia tion of the power of prayer upon the part of men whom some, account as heathen. Their cry for our interces sion ought to meet with the most fer vent and benevolent response. It is worse than folly to answer this request of the Chinese with the puerile statement that the needs of our Negroes and our neglected classes are so great that we are unable to do as much for them as we have been doing. Intelligent Chinese men know too much about our BISHOP WARREN A. CANDLER. wasteful expenditures on luxury and vice to respect for one moment such a pretense. Our people might as well understand that we arc in the midst of world changing events. The great history of the next few years will be made in the Far East; and whether that history snail be good or bad will be determined by the amount of Christianity among the Chinese people. If that nation ac quires the arts and sciences of Christen dom without the religion of Christ, the most ruinous consequences will follow both to them and to all other peoples in the world. The Chinese are the most migratory people now on the globe. They are found everywhere. A man making the circuit of the earth will find Chinese tradesmen and laborers in every port he enters and in every great city he visits. Moreover, the Oriental peoples do not ex-patriate themselves when they leave their native land. There is little use of laws prohibiting them from becoming American citizens; they do not wish to be naturalized here. Most of them provide that on death their bodies shall be carried hack to the land from which they came. The migratory Chinese, therefore, are living bonds of connection between their own nation and the peoples among whom they take up temporary residence. What is involved in all these facts must be obvious to any thoughtful mind. The Christian world must proceed with all speed to evangelize China in every part. There is no more urgent work in our own land, even if we consult motives of selfish ness only. Let us, therefore, have done with this singling out the cause of Foreign Missions for depreciation and criticism. There are other expenditures we can deprecate as much as we will without saying too much on the subject. We can well afford to chew less gum, eat less candy, wear less jewelry, and drink less liquor; but we can not afford to do less Foreign Mission work. On the contrary we must do a great deal more, and do it very quickly. Suppose those writers and speakers among us, who decry Foreign Mission under the pretense of helping causes in our own land, begin at once to con tribute to these needs of the home-field, at least the value of one good cigar daily.'If they will not do that much for the causes for which they profess so much zeal, all their talk is worth less than the ashes of a cigar. Georgia and Florida Associa tion Names Officers at Thomasville Meeting (Special Dispatch to The Journal > THOMASVILLE, Ga., June 2.—After being in session for two days the South Georgia and Florida Pecan Growers’ as sociation aljourned yesterday afternoon j to meet in Thomasville again next year. This place was chosen by unanimous vote of the members, who reported one of the most successful and enjoyable meetings in the history of the organi zation. The officers chosen for the coming year were: President, B. W. Stone, of Thomasville; vice president, R. C. Simp son, Monticello, Fla.; secretary, W. W. Bassett, Monticello; treasurer, D. L. Williams, Cairo. According to the reports of the mem bers of the association, who are all actively interested in the pecan busi ness, the crop this season will be a fine one, much better than that of last year. As showing something of the standing of the pecan industry in this section it was reported that within a radius of not more than sixty-five miles from Thomasville there were ten thousand acres planted in groves ana t.i . her next year is expected to be mate rially increased. More than a hundred thousand trees were sold by the nur series in this section last season and large advance orders are already report ed for the coming season. The crop of 1912 shows that the aver age price obtained for the nuts was about 47 cents per pound. This means that while some of the very large nuts netted the growers $1.25 and some of the very small seedlings only from 15 to 20 cents the average price of the crop for the season was 47 cents. Among the visitors here at this meet ing were C. A.Vanduzee. president of the National Nut Grq,wers’ association: J. B. Wright, of Cairo, and H. K. Miller, of Monticello, both ex-presidents of that organization; Editor Wilson, of the “Nut Grower;” W. W. Carroll, of Monti cello; C. A. Snedeker, of Waycross; H. C,. White, H. W- Smithwick, H. H. Hume, R. C. Simpson, A. A. Rich and a number of others. A-Srade Split Hlokor* Wfceeli a Write Today For BIG FREE CATALOG and our factory-to-consumer price* styles Vehicles and Hamees. on 135 f GOL L— GOLDEN EAGLE BUGGY CO.. OUR WHOLESALE FACTORY PRICE WILL SAVE YOU $34.00 ON THE FINEST BUGGY MADE When Buggy dealers sold White Star Top Buggies at $90.00, you gladly paid the price and thought you had a bar gain. You didn’t know the dealer was making a profit of $34.00, but he was. HERE’S GOOD NEWS | For the Buggy User. We have bought the Wh“e Star factory, improved the style and quality, and now sell DIRECT TO THE CONSUMER At Factory Prices. Write for Catalog and Full Description. 32-42 Means St., Atlanta, Ga. FLDOO OF FOREIGN GOLD D. S. GETS 1151,857 BY TRUST Three-Fourths of Original $200,000 Appropriation Paid Back Into Treasury (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 2.—Fines im posed by the federal courts against “trusts” during the current fiscal year for alleged violations of the Sherman law. aggregate .to date $151,957, or more than three-fourths of the $200,000 origi nally appropriated by congyess for the year’s-prosecutlons of combinations in re straint of trade. Most of this amount has been paid, and the remainder is the subject of appeal in the courts. The largest fines of the year in any one case were those imposed a few days ago in the so-called “coaster brake trust” case, aggregating $81,500. Fines assessed in other cases were: Bath tub trust, $51,007; Portland, Ore., Produce Merchants exchange, $8,451; Na tional Cash Register $5,000; James A. Patton, "cotton pool,” $4,000, and the Hunter Milling company of Wellington. Kas., and the Blackwell Mill and Ele vator company, of Blackwell, Okla., $2,000. Some of the fines were levied during the administration of former Attorney General Wickersham and some under the present administration of Attorney General McReynolds, but all the cases were in direct charge of James A. Fow ler, assistant to the attorney general, who has broken the records of all other “trust busters’ of the government in the number of anti-trust cases lodged in the courts. The $200,000 originally provided for the enforcement of the Sherman law was re cently increased by a $65,000 deficiency ap propriation. Secretary Bryan Signs An nouncement of Adoption Di rect Election of Senators President Wiison Highly Elat ed Over Wonderful Increase in Export Trade BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2.—Pres ident Wilson and the leaders of the Democratic party are filled with amazement and gratification today over the stupendous growth of the export business of the * United States. Secre tary of Commerce Redfield has just completed the figures for tne first ten months of the present fiscal year, and the totals show such an unprecedented case that the president and his imme diate political advisers this morning were laughing aloud at the Republican predictions of business stagnation as a result of the Democratic tariff revi sion. No other country in the world has had such a development of its export trade in the past ten months. No country in the past has approached such a development. The totals gath ered by Secretary Redfield prove in particular that the American manufac turer is fast dominating the trade of the world in many lines of production. The effect upon the prosperity of the United Staes, with such an unprece dented amount of foreign money pour ing into this country, is alleged to be sufficient to anticipate any temporary faltering in some directions on account of the readjustment of the tariff. HOW EXPORTS HAVE GROWN. From July 1, 1912, to May 1, 1913, the period covered by Secretary Red- field’s compilation, the total United States exports increased in value over the like period of the preceding year by almost a quarter of a billion dollars The exports for the ten-month period | of 1913 amounted to $2,107,873,911, and for the same period of the fiscal year of 1912 they were $1,890,708,608. Thus, in ten months, the United States ad vanced its possession of foreign money or credit abroad by $217,165,302. The increase in exports of manufac turers reached a vajue of $154,086,415. or an- average increase in the exports of manufactures of $15,000,000 a month. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 2.—In the pres ence of a notable company, including many legislators who had to do with its adoption, Secretary Bryan today signed the formal announcement of the seventeenth amendment to the consti tution, providing for the direct election of United States senators. Former Representative Harry St. George Tucker, of Virginia, chairman of a committee of the fifty-second congress having charge of the first direct election of senators' resolution that passed the house; Representative Rucker, of Mis souri, chairman of the committee in the sixty-second, which had charge of the resolution which finally was adopted, and Senator Borah, who championed the change In the senate, were present as was Mrs. Bryan. Secretary Bryan used four pens to sign the proclamation. The first which he used to write “William” went to Mr. Tucker, the second with which he wrote “Jennings” went to Mr. Rucker; the third with which he wrote “Brayn” he kept for himself and that which he wrote the date he delivered to Senator Borah. To those assembled Mr. Bryan ex pressed his gratification at being tne of ficial to proclaim the constitutional change. ATWOOD MAKES FLIGHT IN HYDRO-AEROPLANE (By Associated Prrss.) SANDUSKY, O., June 2.—Harry N. Atwood, of Boston, the aviator who flew from St. Louis to Boston in an aeroplane two years ago, left this city this afternoon in a “flying boat” of his own manufacture. He was sighted over Put-In-Bay island at 3:30 but nothing more has been heard of him at 10 o’clock tonight. A telephone message received here at 10:15 o’clock stated that Atwood had made a safe landing this evening near Amherstburg, Ot., on the Detroit river, a few miles south of Detroit. No de tails of the flight were given. LITTLE BOY DROWNED; SISTER_BARELY SAVED MONTGOMERY, Ala.. June 2.—While a large number of children were on a picnic three miles from town, the small boys played in the creek. Sey mour Thornsbury, aged twelve, got into deep water. His sister, Dorothy, aged fifteen, went to his assistance. She reached him but became exhausted and both sank. Alma Pressler, aged fifteen, sprang into tne water and suc ceeded in saving the girl, after an ne- roic struggle, witnessed by many per sons. The boy s body was recovered. MUSCOGEE JURY PAYS ITS RESPECTS TO SPEEDERS CoiiUMBUS, Ga., June 2.—Judge J. B. ccgee county grand jury paid its re spects to the speeders ini the regular presentments returned to the court late Friday, and some tijnely recommenda tions for legislation are made. Follow ing paragraphs appear in the present ments on the subject: “We wish to heartily concur in the resolutions passed by the county com missioners and previous grand juries calling upon the sheriff, constables and county bailiffs to enforce the law rela tive to the operation of automobiles and similar vehicles and to present to each grand jury all violators of this law that they may be dealt with as by statute made and provided. “We would recommend to our senator and representatives in the general as sembly that a law be passed regulating the speed of automobiles, etc., upon the public highways, believing there is urgent need for such legislation.” H. F. 0. CARRIERS INDORSE BILL OF SENATQH SMITH Numerous Resolutions Are Adopted at District Meeting Held in Savannah SAVANNAH, Ga., June 2.—The ru ral free delivery carriers of the First congressiona district met here today and “resoluted” to their hearts con-* tent. One resolution called Tor the ab olition of the state prison commission and the creation of a hignway commis sion in Georgia to build good roads. The bill of Senator Hoke Smith to increase the pay of rural carriers from $1,100 to $1,400 met prompt endorse ment. A resolution was also passed asking that rural carriers be officially desig nated rural postmen and that the law requiring carriers to report on Sun days be abolished. J. M. Lee, of Metter, and George DeBrosse, of Statesboro, were elected delegates to the state convention in Atlanta July 4. WIND AT CARTERSVILLE; LIGHTNING KILLS MAN (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) OARTERSVILLE, Ga., June 2.—One of the hardest rainfalls in years fell here about 3 o’clock this afternoon, lasting for about an hour. Wind and ha*il accompanied the rain, as well as severe lightning and thunder. No seri ous damage was done in this immediate vicinity, as far as can be learned, but a good many of the wires are down. Fate Russell, who lived three miles south of Cartersville, was killed by lightning. He was an employe of the New Riverside Ochre company, but wafl at home at the time, having three chil dren sick in bed with measles. He went to the back door of the house, and just as he opened it was struck and instantly killed. Mr. Russell was a man of good standing and liked by all who knew hipi. He leaves a wife and four small chil dren. DISSOLUTION PLANS ARE STILL IN AIR (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 2.—-Attorney General McReyndlds today said he had not reached a conclusion as to the ade quacy of the proposed plan for dissolu tion of the Union Pacific merger by (which $126,650,000 in Southern Pacific stock held by the Union Pacific would be sold to the highest bidder like city bonds. He declared, however, that he was opposed to the alternative plan by which the stock would be placed in the hands of trustees. The alternative plan is practically the same as one submitted to the attor ney general some time ago. He ob jects on the ground that It would place the Southern Pacific stock under the cc/htrol of Union Pacific interests for an indefinite period. TALLULAH REHEARING TO BE HEARD ON JUNE 28 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CLAYTON, Ga., June 2.—Judge J. B. .Tones, of Gainesville, who presided over the suit of the state of Georgia to eject the Georgia Railway and Power company from the Tallulah river val ley, announced yesterday that the peti tion for a new trial will be heard on June 28. MANY LOST CHILDREN ARE STILL UNCLAIMED NEW YORK, June 2.—Forty-six chil dren between the ages of three and six, who became lost In the holiday throngs yesterday, were still unclaimed by their parents at the Children’s society head quarters today. G. 0. P. CONGRESSMEN HOLD PARTY' CAUCUS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 2.—House Re publicans caucused today in minority appointments to committees. Most of the Republican assignments are much the same as in the last congress. The Progressives already have an nounced their committee .assignments, and the Democrats will consider the majority personnel of the committte organization at a caucus next Monday afternoon. NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED FROM ROME TO GADSDEN (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., June 2.—Steps for the or ganization of the Rome and Gadsden Railway company, are rapidly being com pleted. Gadsden, Center, Rome and other cities are each contributing to a fund of $5,000 to cover the expenses of the pre liminary survey, which it is expected will be made within the next few weeks. eft NO LOSS OF LIFE IN VIRGINIA STORM (&j Associated Press.) NORFOLK, Va., May 31.—Reports of life loss in the eighty-mile gale thai swept over Norfolk last night were not verified today. A number of boating parties, however, had narrow escapes. " a Cottolene^ Strawberry Short Cake Pastry made with Cottolene is smoother in texture, finer-grained and better in flavor than if made from butter or lard. And Cottolene costs no more than lard, and will go one-third farther than either butter or lard. There is as much difference between fillip oitolene and its imitations as between extra good and poor butter. Be careful, avoid substitutes. — TRY THIS RECIPE: 1 quart flour 1 pint milk 6 tablespoons Cottolene 1 heaping teaspoon 6alt 1 teaspoon sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder Mix dry ingredients together and sift into chopping bowl. Add Cottolene chilled, chop lightly until well mixed; be careful to keep everything cold. Now add the milk, stirring lightly. Divide dough into 6 parts, rolling each piece the size and shape of a plate, ifut 2 cakes into each plate and bakeabout 15 minutes in quick oven. Place on hot plate, tear cakes apart and spread sweetened mashed strawberries between and over the cakes.’ Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve at once.