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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JUNES S. I»r. 7 “The Daylight Corner’ If this is your date for making a break to the tall grass, look on this list before you are too far away from us. Negligee Shirts—- Handkerchiefs— Hose, collars, scarfs— Underwear, pajamas— Fancy Vests, Gloves, Traveling Caps. Suits, Odd Trousers— Hats, Shoes. EISEMAN & WEIL 1 Whitehall St. Next Year Means Worse Instead of Better. DEBATE QUESTION Municipal ownership lost In debate, when the president of the Alclphron- ian Literary and Debating Society Monday morning rendered his decision in favor of the negative side of the municipal ownership question. The occasion was the annual debate of the society of the Boys' High School, The exercises began promptly at 10:30 o'clock, and the regular program was rendered without a hitch. The feature of greatest Interest, of course, was the debate. Tile subject was, "Resolved, Tllat Municipal Ownership Is Wise.” The speakers on the negative, the victorious side, were: Vernon Stiles, leader, senior class; Leonard Denton, second grade; David Klstner, senior class, and Roy Goree, second grade. The speakers on tho affirmative side were: Edwin Stauffacher, leader, senior class; Henry Elliott, first grade; Clyde Daniel, second grade, ana Ru dolph Loeb, first grade. All of the speeches showed deep thought and study.. Lewellyn Terrell, the president, rendered the decision. The following were tho declalmers, all of whom were greeted with ap plause: David Schwarts, "The South and Her Problems,” (Henry W. Grady), G. B. Wells; "Regulus to the Roman Senate," E. Kellogg; Abraham Schwarts, "Memorial Day." PALMETTO TREE IS SOUTH CAROLINA’8 TRIBUTE Special to The Georgian. Columbia, 8. C., June 3.—The banka were closed today on account of Jef ferson Davis’ birthday and the day was generally observed ns other legal holidays, though there were no public celebrations. The Daughters of the Confederacy held a Bpeclal meeting this afternoon. South Carolina’s floral tribute for the Davis monument Is a palmetto tree, be fore which tho South Carolina sponsor! ure to unfurl the flag today. Seven more basementa will be con verted Into echool rooms next year, If the present Indications for school at tendance are realised and the Intentions of the board of education ace put Into effect. According to the report of the com mittee from the board of health, there are now thirteen such rooms being used for school purposes and in these poorly lighted and more poorly venti lated, crowded quarters, 600 little chil dren are now made t,o study and re cite throughout the major portion of the day. This addition of seven next year will make twenty makeshifts for school rooms, some of which are nothing moro than coal bins with the coal removed and desks and chairs substituted. “It Is not a case of whether the board thinks these rooms good or not," stated Professor L. M. Landrum, acting su perintendent of schools. "It is purely a matter of necessity. Three Alternatives. "The board hoa three alternatives. One It to rent rooms in private houses. This has been tried and always found a failure. Rooms, unless built espe cially for schools, are not and can not be made to answer for that purpose. "The lighting Is always poor. The ventilation la never good, and the ar rangement is such as to causo great in convenience and discomfort. "The hoard can better convert base ments into school rooms than vent rooms In private dwellings or outside buildings. We have tried It and we know that wo can get better ventila tion and lighting. "I do not say that these basements make good school rooms. To the con trary, 1 know that, as a rule, they do not. "t Is a question of a choice between the two evils, and the basement Is the lesser. Turn Down Pupils, ‘We have one more alternative. That when the good school rooms are filled to turn all other applicants away. We can not do this. The board never refuse any child the right to be educated, and the city of Atlanta can never afford to have It said of her that she refused to school her children. "It's a question of Inadequate school facilities, and we are trying to mnke the best of them—a question of exigen cy and not of preference.” With seven more basement rooms added to tho thirteen now being used no less than 1.000 school children of Atlanta will be crowded into stuffed quarters, poorly lighted and poorly ventilated. Tho fight for better quarters for the school children was begun by The Georgian several months ago, and the real conditions were revealed. What The Georgian Found. The crowded condition of the schools was revealed. Instances of Inadequate facilities, stuffy atmosphere, dim light, ar.d other Irregularities were shown. Tho agitation by The Georgian caus. ed tho council to sit up and take no tice, with the result that a resolution was Immediately passed providing for two new modern school houses, one on North avenue and the other at the corner of Grant and Pavilion streets. These, however, will not be completed In time for the opening of school next year, nor, when opend. will they be sufficient to house all the children com- fortnbly. In tho Third ward, where the W. F. Slaton school will be built, the condi tions are especially poor, as regards school facilities. At present, two base ment rooms are being used in this BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS IS NAMED FOR GOV. SMITH Governor-elect Hoke Smith’s fame Is secure. Since his memorable campaign for governor, when he swept to overwhelming victory, scores of babies have been named In his honor all over Georgia. . Now comes news from far away Wisconsin that a baby hippopotamus, born In John Robinson's circus Saturday, has been named "Hoke," in honor of Georgia’s new governor. Governor Smith has not been notified of this new honor conferred upon him, and this will probably be the first Information he will receive of the fact. DEPRAVITY AND REPORTERS DISCUSSED BY MINISTERS; BELIEVE AS THEY PLEASE LITTLE REST © FUND FOR FIFTH © © GROWS SLOWLY © © Kumper Grocery Co $ 5.00 © © Capt. L, S. B. Rucker 5.00 $ © A Friend 10.00 © © Previously subscribed 685.00 © © © Total, $705.00 © © The Fifth regiment Iihs not © © yet secured tho amount nee- © © essary to pay for its trip to © © Jamestown. © Colonel Anderson is mak- © © ing preparations to have the © © regiment leave nest Satur- © © day, but he is depending up- © © on the generosity of tho peo- © © pie of Atlanta To give free- © © ly to the fund for expenses. © © The regiment needs $1,- © © 500 to cover its necessary © © expenditures. It has raised © © but $705 of that amount. © © From Michigan came at © © letter Monday from Captain © © L. S. B. Rucker, formerly © © stationed with the Sixteenth © © Infantry at Fort McPherson, I © who inclosed $5 to aid the © © Fifth Regiment. © © When a regular army offl- © © cer, thousands of miles away, © © sends his contribution to aid © © the Georgia regiment, it is © © up to the people at home to © © follow his example. © © Let the fund grow, and © © grow rapidly! © Evangelical Body De cides to Coerce No Opinon. ward, one at Grant park and one at Fair street. According to Professor Landrum, It Is probable that three more basement rooms will be added to Fair street next year, two at Fraser stret and one more at Grant park, making a total of six new ones, which, with the two now In existence, will make a grand total of eight? Mutt Use Coal Room. At the Tenth Street School plans are being considered for the removal of the coal from the coal room In the basement, so that It may be converted Into a school room. Tho committee from the board of health has severely condemned the practice of using basements for echool rooms. In regard to this report, Pro fessor Landrum has this to say; “I do not want to be put In a falsi, attitude." he stated, to a representa tive of The Georgian. "I do not say they are good echool renme, but they are ua good as the ex igencies will permit. In reality, only seven basement rooms are being used, find not thirteen, and only 287 pupils are forced to recite In these rooms, and not 600. These are the actual figures, and not guesswork. There Is no use trying to make bad look worse. The board li doing sit It can reasonably be expected to do. I do not see how the board can keep from converting more basements into school rooms nsxt year." Total depravity, that bone of conten. tlon which never fails to arouse a heat ed argument where ministers of more than one denomination are congregat ed, was mentioned at the meeting of the Evangelical Ministers’ Association Monday morning and immediately there ensued a general expression of views In which (he doctrine of total depravl ty, newspapers and newspaper report ers figured largely. Tile argument was precipitated by set of resolutions offered by Dr. J. O. Patton, In which he sought to correct u statement published In a local newspa per on the day of the last meeting of the asoclatlon In which it was stated that the "association hnd abandoned the belief In total depravity.' 1 The gist of Dr. Patton's resolution was to the effect that the association took no such action. This resolution was construed by some of the ministers ns meaning that the association had retained 1 Its be lief in the doctrine of total depravity and the argument ensued. Rev. Sam Small declared that tho as sociation declared that no minister should be coerced Into any belief, that the constitution so, stated, and that any action on the resolution would be folly. "If we spend our time trying to cor rect misstatements made by newspaper reporters wo will get to the point after awhile where we will have nothing else to do. These newspapers send little re porters ' down here who do not know any more about religious terms and be liefs than they know about the parallax of the stars,” he said. Then Dr. Small turned his attention to total depravi ty. "Anti-Christ and Ungodly.” "This question of total depravity is all nonsense anyhow," he said. "It Is anti-Christ and ungodly.” E. C. Cronk then arose and strongly condemned the discussion ol the question. If we have gotten to the point that we can't hold a meeting without bring ing Into It a discussion of religious doc trines I think we had as well quit," said Dr. Cronk. "I don't see any use In holding meeting# If those of us who believe In total depravity are to have our fnces slapped about It every time MSA enma hafin " Must Spend 5 Weeks in Summer Normal School. Suits at $22.50 A Great Line---See the Windows. There’s never been a question among well-posted men as to the high quality of Rogers, Peet & Co. and Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes; But the very moderate prices we ask for these splendid clothes often surprise purchasers. The line of smart two and three- piece suits at $22.50 we’re featuring this week well illustrate our small-profit-and- big-value policy. Daniel Bros. Co. > L. J. DANIEL, President. Copyright 1907 by 45-47-49 Peachtree Street. Htrt SchifTnertf Mur we come here.' After a considerable amount of dl». cusslnn Dr. Cleveland arose and said; ”1 do not want to condemn the re. porter who wrote that atory for after a careful rending of tho article 1 see that It says 'the association abandoned to tal depravity as a belief essential to membership In thla aaosclatlon.' That clause explains the action of the min liters. , , "It’s the heading. Look at the head, exclaimed Dr. Cronk. "It says, ‘Total Depravity Is Abandoned.”' Further discussion to the same effect followed. In which reporters and total depravity were Inseparably connected, after which Dr. Small arose to the point of order that the resolution of Dr. Pat ton violated the constitution In that it coerced Ills views and was therefore out of order. The point was sustained by President George H. Mack. An ap peal was taken from tho decision of the chair and tho appeal was sustained by a vote of tho association. Dr. Mack then offered a substitute to the resolution of Dr. Patton, w hich was read as follows: "In adopting the constitution the last regular meeting this associa tion made no expression upon the doc trine of total depravity or any other specific doctrine.” This resolution and correction of tho published report was eminently satis factory, since It did not commit the as sociation to the belief or disbelief of the doctrine of total depravity, "l am glud we've got It settled now, sard Dr. Hlllyer. "A man can believe It or disbelieve It and at the snme time be a member of thla association If he wants to.” , Discussion In future of this vital doc trine will be put under the ban by the minister**, mhJ the meetings of the Evangelical Ministers' Association will be devoted to the discussion of ques tions of more general Importance. UNIONS WILLTsK ELECTION BY PEOPLE Atlanta teachers protest against the ruling of the board of education that they must take a five weeks' normal school course during the period usually given over to their summer vacation. Several teachers have signified their dissatisfaction with the order, and pro, test that tlie board is arbitrarily or dering them to spend in study a period over which the board lias no Jurlsdic. tlon. They contend that they draw no salary for the summer months, but are paid for only nine months In the year, end that the summer is theirs to spend as they please. Luther Z. Rosser, president of the board of education, was asked for a statement regarding the new rule made by the board In executive session. He said: • "There are many teachers In At lanta’s public schools who are imma ture girls, and who, though bright and industrious, need more training. The two weeks' normal school was not suf. flclent, and three weeks were added This was the position of the board, and I am willing to stand on it. The board, of its own volition, requested Miss Sar. gent to take charge of the school.” Superintendent’s Statement. Professor L. M. Landrum, acting su. perintendent of the public schools, said: "There is no doubt that some of the teachers need more training, and it was the Idea of the board, in ordering that they take this normal course, that they be trained, without expense to them selves. The board Is reasonable, and those who had planned to spend a lew- days In Jamestown will be allowed to go, I feel sure.” Miss Nettle Sargent, principal-of the Girls’ High School, who will conduct the summer normal 1 choc!, said: “I have nothing to add to what Mr. Rosser lias said." The resolution, adopted by the bonrd in executive, session, was that all the women teachers who have taught only one and two years, all the supernumer aries recently elected to regular places, and all the new supernumeraries should attend a normal school to be conducted by Miss Sargent at the Girls' High School, assisted by three other teacli- s. The assistants are Min Jessie Muse, Miss Sarah Converse and Miss Belle Kennedy. Will Cost $600. For this purpose the board appro priated 3600. The position of tho teachers Is that they will, In effect, be forced to work five weeks additional during the 'dull summor months, without any recom pense, and that the board knows that the present scale of salaries Is low. It Is odmlttod that there may teachers who need this normal course, hut tho teachers object to a order which makes about 100 attend the school, regardless of tlielr qualifications. Some of the teachers had made plnns for trips during tho summer, and this order of the board will seriously Inter- fore. Last summer Miss Sargent was given the use of the Girls' High School for conducting a summer school, for which a small tuition whs charged. A few weeks ago Miss Sargent peti tioned tlie board for the same privilege, for the purpose either of conducting a similar prlviite school or one under tho auspices of the board. The board Im mediately accepted the latter sugges tion. and then the order went out to tlie teachers. “Hops it Will be Permanent." "J know." stated President Rosser, "that some of our teachers need this course, and, tor my own part, 1 hope it will bo made permanent. The board decided that such a nor mal course was advisable, ordered that It be held, and asked Miss Sargent to conduct It. She accepted, and, In fact, could hardly have refused ouch a re quest. We are rearonable, and do nt t expect anyone who Is III to attend, nor do we Intend to deprive one of the teachers of short trips to Jamestown, where such trips have been planned. "We took the position that the chil dren of Atlanta should have ber.tr equipped teachers, and we worked on the basis that tlie parents wanted ilielr children to have better equipped in structors. Thai's nil there is to it. "Teachers taking tills course will not have to take the two weeks' normal previously ordered. What could be fair er than providing tho means for these ■young women to become elficlent teach ers and at the city’s expense, not their oivnT r Committee Appears Before Council on Important Mission. large delegation of the Atlanta Federation of Ijlbor will appear before council Monday afternoon to urge the election by the people Of a Bum bee of officials now cliosen by council. The discussion win coma up when the ordtnsnce by Alderman Curds, provid ing for the eleotlon by the people of practically all ministerial Officers, Is considered. The Atlanta B'ederatlon will ask particularly that the city clerk, the superintendent of the waterworks, and the city comptroller be chosen by the people. The delegation may not Insist upon the election of the city clerk by the people. The committee from the Fed eration Is composed as follows: Jerome Jones, chairman: R. O. Ross. Charles Bernhardt, Henry Garrett and William Strauss. A number of laboring men will also probably apponr before council In be half of the bid of the union shop for the city printing. PONCE DE LEON NORTH AVENUE EXECUTOR’S SALE On Ponce DeLeon Avenue, Hunt Street and North Avenue. t Will be sold before the courthouse door of Fulton county on Tuesday, June 4, 1907, at 10:30 o’clock— Lot 60 by 412 feet, fronting Ponce DeLeon avenue and North avenue. running through to PETER F. CLARKE, EXECUTOR. MUSICAL FESTIVAL TO BE PERMANENT IF PLANS SUCCEED That tho May-June Music Festival will be an annual feature for at least three years Is assured, with the strong possibility that It will be made a per manent feature. iFrnm an artistic standpoint the fes tival this year was a great success. From the financial standpoint, however, so much can not be said, unfortunately. Just what the money loss will be Is dif ficult to estimate yet. Only the very highest class artists were secured, and high-class artists cost a great deal of money. The entire expense of the festival was about $12,000. For Wednesday and Friday nights the attendance wae 2.000 or 2,600, and for all other performances about 2,200. The capacity of the audito rium is 3,400. As an Instance of the heavy cost of such an affair, It Is known that Mad ame Schumnnn-Heink received $1,000 for tho single night In which she aroused tho audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm. Miss Bessie Abott recelv- td 31,600 for two performances. Other artists were paid proportionately high prices. Fifty to Give $5,000-. The plan of tlie May-June Music Fes. tlval Company Is to get fifty of Atlan ta's well-known men to subscribe $100 a year for a period of three years, thus guaranteeing a fund of $6,000 a year. Several have already agreed to do so. ■ml no trouble Is anticipated In carry ing out this plan. An effort will be made to bring Ca ruso, the world's greatest tenor, here next year. He has eight concert dates open. Recently Caruso signed a con- tiact with the Metropolitan Company tor $200,000 for the season. Efforts will probably be made to bring ouch artists as Calve, Melba, Nordics, Godskl and Bessie Abott. Some of the stars of this festival will return next year. A splendid orchestra will be secured, and In order to Insure the success of the movement, work will begin next September. Dr. J. Lewis Browne, tho moving spirit In the festival, will play tho open- Ing and closing numbers on the organ for the Georgia Day exercises at James town. He has also signed a contract, for concerts there June 11-14, Inch!' tive. COTTON CROP IS II Fi SAY THEWISE ONES Commission to Wait for Larger Powers From Legislature. that, admitting that some teBehers do need the course, this docs not signify that loo of them, regardless qf whether they need It or not, should be forced to attend the normal school. TRIPLETS ARE BORN IN NASHVILLE HOME gpcflnl to The Georgia a, Nashville, Tenn., June 3.—Mrs. Joe Schwelss, living at 160$ Eleventh ave nue, North, gave birth to triplets, all boys, Sunday morning. Orte weighed four pounds and the other two 3 1-2 pounds each. Dr. H. C. Wright, who attended Mrs. Schwelss, says that the mother and children are doing nicely and the hoys are healthy and lively III. tie fellows. BREWERS MUST QUIT LOCAL TRADES BODY With the revocation of the charter of the International Union of Brewery Workmen by President Gompers of the Amerlean Federation of Labor, it la probable that the local union of brew ery worker* will sever all connection with the Atlanta Federation of Trades. The order of President Gompers will If the observations of traveling men count for anything, the Georgia cotton crop will come up rather short this year, and the rropa of other states will fare no better. And as a result a very high price for cotton Is predicted. Several traveling men who are ob servant have reported that In their travels over the state very little cotton Is to be seen, and what little there Is does no compare favorably with crops In ycurs past at this time. Reports coining Into the Southern Cotton Association headquarters Indi cate that the crop In Mississippi will be very short Indeed this year. These reports are to the effect that cotton has been planted there three times and even now Is not doing well. The first replanting was caused by the extreme cold, white a tornado caused the second attempt to raise a crop. And' the cold weather of the past week Is said to have Injured the Geor gia on*> to s' great extent. That no decision will be rendered In the passenger reduction petition of tha Farmers’ Union for sixty days or more is now a growing belief among thott who keep Informed as to the move ments of the railroad commission. Finding that tho Individual members of the board were at variance on sev- i oral vital points In the case, the com mission Saturday afternoon adjourned with the announcement that another meeting would be held Wednesday next to take up tho points of difference. It Is believed, however, at that time announcement will be made that a final decision has been postponed for at ' least sixty days. As a basis for this postponement, It Is pointed out that the I commission needs enlarged powers to > enforce Its orders. In order to give the coming session : of the general assembly, which meets on Wednesday, June 28. an opportunt- tv to pass laws enlarging the powers of the commission, and widening Its i scope for enforcing Its orders, this | postponement may result. For some years the commission has i called uttentlon In Its annual reports' to the need of moro and Increased It—J gal authority. Moat of these recomal mendatlona have been Ignored. Tho Democratic platform at Macon as adopted stated: "We favor Increasing the powers of the commission (railroad) to such an extent that It ran enforce Its orders, by suitable, swift and certain proce dure. We also favor the enactment of such laws as will make the willful refusal of railroad corporations or any of their agents to obey the orders of the commission a penal offense, to be punished by fine or Imprisonment, on both." i It is said that the plan of putting off the passenger rate reduction for some sixty days Is In order to give the gen eral assembly an opportunity to m*ke effective this pledge, and when the rate Is cut to have laws In force that will render It Impossible for the railroads to fight back or cause long delays by; taking the Issue through the courts. The commissioners admit that thsy j are at variance about certain Impor- i tant points, and this serves to strength en the Idea that the whole matter will be postponed for elxty or more days. I Chairman Hill was not in the city : Monday, but Commissioners Urownj and Stevens were In their offices dur-J Ing the forenoon. Both declined toi say anything more than that the com- 1 mission would meet again on next Wednesday morning, when the passen- , ger rata case would be taken up again. JUNE COLO SNAP prevent the 400 local unions of brewery workers throughout the country front affiliating with the central labor bodies In the yarious rites, and of course this will affect Atlanta, As soon as the official notice Is re ceived In Atlanta of the action of Pres ident Gompers, the Federation of Trades wilt be compelled to take action, and If the five delegates from the At lanta Brewery Workers do not with draw from the Federation of Trades, their expulsion will become necessary. The Brewery Workers' Union ln\At- lanta Is a strong one and It Is a strong organisation throughout the country. Even though Atlanta peopls did keep fires burning In their grates all day Sunday—the first Sunday in June—the weather'man didn’t break any records by the Installment of frigid goods he handed out. cople thought so a* they kept close >he fires and shivered, but Director Marbury points out records showing considerably cooler weather for June. In fact, there was a light frost back In 1880 on JuneL when the mer.-ury went down to 36. In that year there were several days of cold weather, and the record made then stands until the present. On May 30 of that y< ir the thermometer registered 62 degrees; on May 31, 41 degrees; on June 1, .:9 degrees, and on June 3, 64 degrees. And on the first Sunday of Jim- this year the coldest Director Marbury handed out was 64 degrees. It was colder, too; In 1903. when on the llth the mercury went down to 14 degrees and It remained cold for three days.