About Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1910)
THE WEATHER. Forecast: Showers Monday night -nd Tuesday. Temperatures Mon- rta? (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s ftore) : 8 a. m.. TO degrees; 10 a. m.. .. degrees: 12 noon. .9 degrees; 2 P, m.. 83 degrees. The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ spot cotton. * . Atlanta, nominal; 15c. Liverpool, ateadj: 8.19. New York, quiet; 15.49. Savannah, quiet; 14%. August*, quiet; 15$$. 0*1- veaton. quiet; 15c. Norfolk, steady; 15*4. Mobile, quiet; 14%. VOL. VUI. NO. 250. HOME EDITION ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 23, 1910. HOME EDITION PRICE: 10 COMPLETE THE T! Great Institution Keeps Dr, Broughton, But Must Have Funds For Project. BUILDING IS STOPPED FOR LACK OF MONEY From Small Beginning It Has Grown to Great Work—At lantans Are Invited To Aid It. To raise 176,000 to complete the new Tabernacle Baptist church, now partly under way, apd aid It to continue the great work It haa done tor Atlanta and Atlantans. That Is the problem before the tabernacle. That the sum can be rais ed, now that Dr. Broughton haa de cided to remain In Atlanta, there la no doubt. Atlanta haa never permitted a good cauae to go unheard and there Is no Atlantan but realises the good work the tabernacle movement ie do lor—not for Its members only, not for merelv the Baptists of the city, but for all Atlanta. For weeks there haa been pending the call extended to Dr. Broughton, founder and builder of the tabernacle, a proposition to go to London to head a great church there. It was an offer to tempt any man. The work was at tractive, the Held brdad and Inviting. Dr. Broughton gave It deep consid eration. wrestled with It. prayed over It—and on Sunday night decided hla duty lay with Atla people. Now what will Atlanta do for him? The public generally haa not had a clear Idea as to the work and alma and needa of the great tabernacle move ment. There la at present a lack of correct Information on tho position of the Institution. Tho Infirmary—open to rich and poor, Jew, Catholic or Prot ectant, with pay or without—la fully paid for and ST almost self sustaining. It I. the new building for tho main tabernacle, tho auditorium, which Is cipeclally in need of funds.. The build ing, begun a short time ago on Luckie st. haa reached the flrat flqor—these are three stories yet to be completed and the money must be ralaed lest the work stop. "It la at a standstill for lack of funds," said Rev, J. W. Ham. assistant pastor of the tabernacle. "It will take *75,noo to put us In the new building to that we may bo In a position to en tertain large audiences and do the Institute work which forma so large a share of the Tabernacle enterprise, and which Includes night schools, Bible schools and various branches of act ence. "Our congregation feets that the bur den now Is to get Into the new build ing and then to begin the plan of erect ing the glrln' dormitory, which part of the Institutional idea. "The dally prayer of the Tabernacle congregation Is to be able to hold the nest annual Bible conference, March next, in the new building. Campbell Morgan and other great men are to be the speakers—we want our new building to be ready for them. "Every nerve and energy le being di rected toward this date, when It Is hoped to be able to dedicate the new auditorium, free of debt. The congre gation la doing all It can to bring this about, yet the required amount la ao largo we need the assistance of friends outside the church and Irrespective of creed. - • Any friends who may And It In their hearts to help this work may make their wish known to H. A. Etheridge, the bonded treasurer of the Tabernacle enterprises, who has offices In the At lanla National bank building." The work of the Baptist Tabernacle has been one of the leading Influences for good In Atlanta alnce its beginning twelve years ago. Dr. Len O. Brough ton. at the time pastor of the Jones-ave. Baptist church, began the movement f"r a church along broad Institutional lines, six months from the Inception the present building on Luckle-st. was begun and In Its shell the congregation, growing rapidly, began worship. The property was purchased without a pen ny by the brave men and women who felt sure of Its ultimate success. It outgrew Its quarters and was enlarged to a seating capacity of 8,400. It was not long before even this was outgrown, and Dr. Broughton and hla people se cure,] (|, 6 | 0 , further up Luckle-st., where the corner atone of the new the tirst Tabernacle that Dr. Broughton hade known thru practical means that AN ENTERPRISE FOR THE WHOLE PEOPlt The Georgian has never felt' at liberty to enlist in the cause of a strictly denominational enterprise, for the reason that we serve the whole people—Protestant, Catholic, Jew and unbeliever—alike. We believe that the Tabernacle enterprise has shown itself to be an enterprise for the whole people. Practically the whole membership is of moderate means or of the poorer classes. The hospital cares for the sick, regardless of creed—it did $17,000 worth of charity work last year. Its Bible conferences bring thousands of men and women from all the states of the South each year, who spend a week or more in our city. The greatest preachers and teachers in the world, not necessarily of the Baptist faith, are brought here. The home for working girls—no matter what their be lief—fulfills a need that no other Atlanta institution had ever satisfied. This great enterprise is in need. The work is only half finished and the great Tabernacle building is halted for lack of funds. Atlanta has never yet seen a great public work fail for lack of co-operation. * This work shall not fail. Some one must bring -the matter to the attention of the people of our city and The Georgian hereby undertakes to doit. Our people saw a great opportunity in securing an en dowment for Agnes Scott college, and no rest was taken until $125,000 was pledged. It was thought possible to bring a Presbyterian univer sity here and our people pledged $250,000. Even a colored institutional church was established here largely by the aid of the financially strong men of At lanta. We believe it no less than our duty to bring the need of the Baptist Tabernacle with its more than 3,000 strug gling members to the attention of the people of Atlanta and Georgia. Send your pledges to H. A. Ethridge, treasurer, Century building, Atlanta, or to The Georgian. The progress of the fund will be published in The Geor gian from day to day, each subscription being acknowl edged until the total amount is raised and the success of the Tabernacle enterprise assured. First Glimpse of the Monument .LI Hon. F. L. Seely, Editor The Georgian: I am writing you with reference to Dr. Broughton ahd his recent decision to spend his life in Atlanta. I am praying that Atlantans will now rise up and give of their means to the support of the work. I have been a member of Or. Brough ton’s church nine years and I am acquainted with the strug gle of this man to do a work for God and humanity. I there fore wish to subscribe $5,000. MRS. J. H. LOW, May 23,1910. 154 Gordon-st. HEAD OF TABERNACLE TO STAY IN ATLANTA ATLANTA IS CHOSEN BY DR. BROUGHTON FOR LIFPS LABORS Declares He Will Decline Call From Great Church in London. REV. DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON HI* decision to remain with chosen work tn Atlanta has resulted In movement to raise $76,000 fund to com plete new building. his creed wss the New Testament Christianity. He began an old woman s home, with but a few Inmates and even Continued on Last Pa(ji. Many a merchant knows ttyat his goods are better, that his prices (Ire fairer, but the man down the street gets the business while he stands still and thinks about it. , ■ You know these men—there are plenty of examples right here in Atlanta, Mr. Stand Still and Mr. Go Ahead. Stand Still is pretty apt to claim that the other man “beat him out of his business,” but don't you believe it. Mr. Go Ahead went after the business and got it. ■ _ ... .. Tie told the people what he had to offer them, that his "ares were good, that his prices were fair, that he wanted their custom and would take the trouble to get it. He told them this not once, but many times, is still telling them, every day, thru the advertising columns of the news papers. * ... Now, Mr. Merchant, if you are an advertiser, or if you are a man who ought to advertise, we want your business and will go to some trouble to get it. We want to introduce you to our 40,000 subscribers. W e "ant to and know we can help you to sell more goods. More over, we want to make our advertising columns so valuable to ymi that you will stay with us year after year. To that end we have secured an advertising service written and illustrated hy the best advertising talent in the country. . ; Phone Main 8000 and Mr. Hammond, our advertising man ager, will call on you. Dr. Len G. Broughton, pastor and founder of the Baptlat Tabernacle church, announced to hla congregation Sunday night that he would decline the call to the pastorate of Christ church, London, and would remain In Atlanta to complete the work he had begun . here. When he announced his decision at the end of his sermon there was an affecting scene. Dr. Broughton broke down and wept and his congregation waa deeply touched and profoundly moved. "I am sure,” aald Dr. Broughton, have made, from every personal con sideration, the sacrifice of my life, but I count not myself. If only I can carry this work to Its successful flnlsh." Dr. Broughton has had the London call under consideration for four months or more. He received hun dreds of letters from persons tn Lon don and other parts of tho United Kingdom urging him to accept the eall Messrs. Olanvlll and Looker, represent ing Christ church, called on him In person several weeks ago, detail ing at length the work done by their church and bringing every pressure possible to bear to have him take charge of the London church, "From tho time I received the flrat cable," continued Dr. Broughton, "from that church with reference to the call to IU pastorate, I have felt most strangely and profoundly Impressed. Having preached In London so much, I realised the greatness of opportunity which the call presented." Dr. Broughton's Sermon. His sermon. In full, follows: For pome time, as you know, I have been considering the call to the pastor ate of Chrtat church. London. Fyom the time I received the Aral cable from that church with reference to It. to the present. I have felt most strangely and profoundly Impressed. Having Breached In London so much, I realised the greatness of the opportunity which the call presented. Certainly no man In all the world could ask for more. This of Itself was enough to bring me to much seriousness and prayer concerning It. And the further the matter proceeded the more seriousness settled upon me. Like everybody else, I have only this on* life to live, and. therefore, I must Oqntinutd on Last Pane. Photo oy K. A. Speer. CROWD WATCHING UNVEILING OF THE SPENCER MEMORIAL ON THE TERMINAL PLAZA. The greatest throng whioh svsr gathered at the new Terminal hoard tha addresses at the ceremonies attend ant upon tho unvailing of the memorial Saturday afternoon. Nearly every official of tha Southern railway waa present. - SPIIZER IS IN N. Y. ; DECLARESPARDOI IS SIGNED BY TAFT CALL ROOSEVELT Man Supposed To Be in Cell In Atlanta Appears at Heike Trial. IH-H HH r-H-i t SPITZER’S CONFESSION DUE I 4- TO GOAD OF CONSCIENCE * 4* New York, May 23.—District At- + + tomey Stinson this afternoon + + aald: + 4- "Spltzer's case Is simply one of + 4- smitten conscience. His confession + ! was absolutely voluntary. While 4* he was In prison at Atlanta the 4* lies which the augur trust had forced him to toll In court Jay ao heavily on hla conscience that he + determined to tell all. He began + writing hla confession while In + 4* prison and when we heard of It + + we had him secretly transferred to a; •j- another prison. He believes thst + + by hls.confreslon ho may force tha + + checkers to take a plea of guilty + 4- and thus hopes to save them from 4* 4* long terms In prison." 4- l-I-i-I-H-1 New York, May 23.—Oliver Spttxer; former superintendent of docks for the American Sugar Refining Company, who was convicted of defrauding the that some one requests a copy _ F orm. "The roollsh Little Bonnet", ana am aendlng a copy to you.' I want to tell you that The Georgian Is s great pleasure to me. Very truly, MBS. ALEXANDER SEALS. 6S3 Edgewood-atre., Atlanta, Go. May le, 1910. Hot Roast From Humanitarian League on African Trip—En couragement to Lust For Slaughter. London, May 23.—A sensation was caused here today when the Humanlta rlan league gave out an open letter, addressed to ex-Prestdent Hoosevel condemning hla hunting trip. It caused a stir because of Colonel Roosevelt's position an special envoy to the fuheral of King Edward. Tha letter aaya: "We respectfully exprees our deep regret that In your recent hunting ex pedition a large number of mammals and birds were destroyed for what Is termed purposes of science, but which we must think primarily purposes of mere amusement. You have given world-wide encouragement tn that senaeleaa lust for slaughter which la misnamed sport, and as ex-president of the greatest republic In the world you have exhibited yourself as having no more humane or more rational form of recreation than the butchery of big game. You have done the utmost to Waterman and Armour in Sen sational Duel For Supremacy. . Will nr SOLVE PUZZEEOF COMET Lunar Obscuration on Monday Will Greatly Aid the Scientists. BELIEVE HALLEY’S NOW HAS A DIVIDED TAIL Aerial Wanderer Is Plainly Ob served Sunday Evening, But Moonlight Makes Tail Ap pear Very Faint. government by the false weighing _ _ sugar Imports, appeared unexpectedly Fetani the progres. of thought' by 'the J^hou, drmcultleVthe'icrin’rmke'fim at the trial of former Secretary and glorification on a large scale of me-| perior thin neariJ' destroying w. couo Chicago, May 23,—A spectacular bat. tie In the May wheat pit. Involving mllllona of dollars, Is being waged be tween Theodore Waterman, of Albany, N. Y., and J. Ogen Armour, of Chic and as a result a sharp change In price of this food staple came when It dropped to 61.06 1-3 from Saturday's close of $1.00 1-8 or 4 esnta a bushel. This waa followed by a rally td $1.07. The rapid decline caused tremendous excitement In the " the camp of the Waterman Is said tn be attempting a corner of May wheat tn emulation of th* famous Patten deal of last year. Arthur Leaek appeared on the floor and waa aald to be acting for Water man. This gave rise to the story that Waterman waa liquidating part of his line. The sudden drop In price* and cauae of all the commotion was the announcement that Armour had the grain and that lako boats were being > speed and under forced iver It to Waterman. If Mr, Armour succeed* In breaking the cor ner In wheat he will be doing aa hla father did when the famous Letter cor ner waa broken. When tha elder Armour broke the corner he was confronted with mors Treasurer Charles R. Heike, of the sugar treat, this morning as a witness for the government, with the announce ment that he haa a pardon from Presi dent Taft In his pocket. Spltxer was supposed to be In a cell- In Atlanta and his appearance at the trial caused a sensation. Ready to Tell All. Tho defense waa taken completely by surprise. No Inkling of Spltseria par don had been given out. Spltser took the Btand and testified that he waa ready to tell all he knew of the de frauding of the government. Thla an nouncement threw the attorneys of Heike and the other five defendants Into a state approaching panic. Spltxer waa sentenced to two years' imprisonment last February. No soon er had he been called today than objec tion after objection waa raised by the defense, but each waa overruled. Spe cial Attorney General Henry L. Stlnt- an the questioning aa to the witness' knowledge of false weights used to defraud the government of duties on sugar. Before being sent to the Atlanta prison Spltser gave out a statement In which he said he knew of no frauds having been committed at the Wil liamsburg docks. Today he gave testi mony directly accusing two of Helke's live codefendants of aiding him In fixing scales so that the shipments of sugar would be underweighed,' and he freely confessed that he had helped to Invent some of the schemes whereby the trust was enabled to steal vast sums. Reveal* New Trick. He told of a trick which heretofore has not been mentioned—stuffing paper under the floors of the scales to affect the weight. When Deputy Surveyor of Customs Vail took office, he said, these devices were abandoned and the steel corset spring adopted. It developed from hi* story that he had received an unconditional pardon on May 19. He would have been unable to testify otherwise. The history of the alleged cheating at Williamsburg as far back aa 1894 and 1896 waa gone Into by the witness, under questioning by Stlmson. He de clared that then he found the checkers altering the weights by placing bags of lead on the scale beams. Frauds Well Known. The defense lost In a struggle to have this testimony stricken out, John B. Stanchfleld, chief counsel for Heike, ob jecting that the American Sugar Re fining Company was not at that time organized. Heike being then employed as an auditing clerk by the Havemeyer A Elder Company. Thla contention waa overruled, the testimony standing. Spltxer did not directly connect Heike ..1th the corrupt methods In hla testi mony. but asserted that the tricks of the dock were well known at the com pany's offices In Wall Street. Pointing to Vneiker and Halllgan, two of the codefendants, he Identified them as men who used the steel spring In 1907, when the frauds were discovered. The payment of extra salary by tha trust to Spltxer from the time the spring! were discovered. In November. 1907, until be was sent to the Atlanta IRLD-WIDE CRUSADE AGAINST THE SALOON! IS SET FOR TUESDAY Sunday Schools of World to Unite in the Big Fight. Wwblnfton, Mijr 23.—War acsinst tha aalooDa by tha United Sunday school forces of the world wee the kvynote of the gensrsl conference of delegetca to the world’s sixth Sunday school convention. W. C. Peerce. chairman of the adult divi sion, was heartily applauded when he said: '‘America, Canada end the world shell go *nr.” m’donoUghI’arty IS COMING FOR PICNIC Fully equipped with lunch basket, and *v. erythiug else to tusks s day's outing *n- joyabfe, s crowd will arrive In .Atlanta Tues day front McDonough for Ihr annual picnic nf lbs schools and Htindsy schools of that town. The party will arrive early end will epend s day at Grant park and White City. At _..e latter -leaaure retort .racy arranxrmrnt haa been made for tha visitors and thrre Is scary Indication thst their dey there will he s pleasant one. enttenttary. was one of the details of Is story that attracted much atten tion. He aald he was. discharged from the company's employ In March. 1908. DID 8PITZER AGREE TO TELL THE INSIDE FACT8T Washington, Msy 23.—At the white house today It was admitted that Pres ident Taft last week granted a oardon to Oliver Spltxer, former xupertntend- ent of docks for the American Sugar Refining Company, who was convicted In December and sentenced In February last to two years at the Atlanta (Ga) penitentiary for aiding In the defraud ing of the government by false weigh ing of sugar Import*. The reason given at the white house for issuing the par don was that "Spltxer’* credibility as a witness might be restored." At the department of Justice, to whom Inquirers at the white house were re ferred, It was said by the pardon clerk that no Information was to be given out. It being added that Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham, thru whose Instru mentality the pardon waa Issued, gave orders last week, when steps were taken to grant the pardon, that no In formation should be made public about It. Spltxer, It Is thought, has agreed to glye the government Important Infor mation against Helks, The case of D. R. Phillips, charged with the murder of Night Watchman William Holland, at the Thurmond-st. Ice plant several months ago, wns call ed at the meeting of the grand Jury Monday morning, but was continued until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The cases of Will Black and James Nation, charged with being accesso ries to the murder, and of Mra. Lu cinda Holland, the dead man's wife, who.Is charged with Immorality, were also continued to the same time. About fifteen true bills In routine felony cases were returned. ■i-H-M-H-i-i-I-H-l-H-i-H-M-K-H-H- I MOON ECLIPSED MONDAY + 4- NIGHT BY THE COMET 4- + ■ - ■p 4* Tha comet should be visible Just 4- 4* after sunset at Atlanta and Just 4- + above the spot where the sun goes 4- 4* below the horizon. It should re- 4* 4* main above the horizon about an 4- 4- hour. While the skies won't be 4- 4- absolutely free of clouds Monday 4- 4* afternoon a good view of the 4- + comet may bo obtained. 4- “> There will be a total eclipse of 4* 1 the moon Monday night and It will 4- ■ be generally visible throughout the 4* ' United States. The darkening of 4* ' the moon ahould provide an excel- 4* 1 lent view of the comet. The total + 1 eclipse begins at 6:64 o’clock p. m. + 4- The middle of the eclipse will be at 4* 4* 6:46 p. m. J Mount Wilson Observatory, Loa An gelas, Cal., May 23.—Science with tho aaalatanco of the moon's eclipse will to night undoubtedly solve the mystery of Halley’s eky vagrant and successfully surprise many of Its baffling secrets. During the eclipse there will be taken at the Mount Wilson observatory a series of photographs of the comet with a spectograph attached to the huge 80- Inch refracting telescope. If the comet has not swung on Its orbit to present Its flaming streamers at a different anglo from that assumed on Wednesday and Friday nights tha mass of Illuminated gae and minute solid materials will appear divided. With the moon's face hidden there Is to be presented a most auspicious op portunity to study the comet from all standpoint* of science. Both the photo graphs and apectra will bo taken during tho eclipse. * Glowing brilliantly between the star Pollux In the constellation of Gemlno- rum and the star Procyon In the con stellation of tho Little Dog, and out shining them both, the nucleus of Hal ley's comet, bearing a brilliant streamer of light faebloned Into a fantastic fan- tall, was observed hero last evening. The tall made.straight for Jupiter and was lost In a moonlit sky SO degress from the head. The nucleus waa one- third of the way from Procyon toward Pollux. While the comet was more def. Inlte than on previous ovonlnga. Its nearness to the moon did not Increase its length. The same mysterious dark arena dividing the tall was observed again, unmistakably bearing evidence that the comet's filmy robe was bifur cated. Thla evening there will be on Mount Wilson nearly 800 comet gazer*, who form various comet parties having en gaged reservations, FORMER GOVERNOR GLENN SPEAKS IN MONTGOMERY Jfootsomery. Alt.. Msy 21—Tbs setirs fight of the prohibitionists of Alabama to reclaim th* stats was begun la Montgomery on Bnnday, when ei-Oorernor R. B. Olenh, of North Carolina, mads two addresses In this city. The flrat nf these temperance td- * ‘ issa meeting of afternoon, sad th* Clayton-et. Baptist church, where the North Carollnsn spoke Sunday night New Orleans, La , May 98.—It vat ascer tained Monday afternoon that thert Is no truth to th* slorr that Harry Matthews, th* Atlanta catcher, had been abet. Tbs report a* reused by s eonfislon St names. New Orleans, La., May 23.—On ac count of the heavy rain Monday morn ing the game between the Pelican* and the Crackers waa postponed until Thursday, when both teams have an off day. Manager Otto Jordan announced this morning that he had called off the deal for Wakefield, a* he heard that hla arm haa gone back on him. He la expecting Whitney to report at any minute. DALLAS IS IMPROVING AFTER SUDDEN STROKE G. J. Dallas, one of Atlanta’s pioneer cltlsens and real estate men. Is con fined to his home, 280 Oordon-st., West End, with a stroke of paralysis, which he sustained several days ago and which has deprived him of• the power of speech. The stroke was only a slight one, but owing to hie advanced years great anxiety waa felt for the outcome of hie Illness. I-ate Sunday night a alight change for the better was noted and Monday morning he wns so much Improved thst his physicians feel' more confident of hla recovery. Mr. Dallas has many friends In At lanta and throughout th* state who will b* glad to hear of his Improved condition. Want Ads On* Cant * Word. ' On Saturday the Atlanta papers carried Want Ads as follows: Georgian 675 Journal... 392j Constitution 183) D Georgian prints want ads undsr ths c ■location "Situation! Wanted’' fret. Want Ads published by all the Atlanta newspapers for tho week ending May 21, 1910, a period of six working days: The Geor gian carried 2,769 PAID Want Ads; Journal, 2,217; Constitution, 1,046 Want ads. The Georgian prints no Sunday paper.
