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The Atlanta Georgian
'•Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
AND NEWS
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
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VOL. VIII. NO. 254.
home: eidition
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1910.
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PRICE:
, FIVE CENTS
BANKER indorses work
' done AT THE TABERNACLE
CAUSE OF GLAVIS
IS THE CAUSE OF
COMMON PEOPLE
—SAYS BRANDEI6.
Brilliant Analysis of Famous
Ballinger-Pinchot
Hearing.
SAYS THE SECRETARY
HAS PROVEN UNFIT
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED
MRS. J. H. LOW *5,000
j, H. ANDERSON :. 5,000
EUGENE C. CALLAWAY 5,000
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DITIONAL)
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Total . ■ .$18,362.50
Mr. F. L. Seely, Editor The At
lanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Sir: I am glad to
see the articles in your paper in
behalf of Rev. Len G. Brough
ton, personally, and the many
charitable institutions for the
alleviation of suffering and the
| protection of good morals in
Atlanta that he and his asso
| dates are building up.
I beg to say that the ac
counts of Dr. Broughton and
his institutions have been kept
in the Lowry National bank for
some time and have always
been satisfactory. When their
obligations were due they were
met promptly, and their deal
ings with the bank have been
on a strictly business-like
basis.
■ take pleasure in commend
ing Dr. Broughton and his as
sociates to the people, and be'
lieve that all contributions
made toward the great work
they are doing in the several
institutions will be accounted
for in an honest and business
like way. Yours very truly,
ROBERT J. LOWRY.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27,1910.
THE TABERNACLE ENTERPRISES.
1. TABERNACLE HOSPITAL:
Cost 970,000.
75 patiant*.
25 nnraea.
2 ho tuts physician*,
1 pharasdit.
Staff of physicians, 25.
917,000 charity work done in 1909 In
addition to rofnlar work.
2. WORKING (URLS’ HOME:
Board aV«ra«A, a weak,
for when
s. TABBHNACLB BMPLOYM’T AG’OY.:
4. ANNUAL BIBLE CONTERENCE:
Undenominational.
Costa annually, 93,000.
Average attendance from ontelde of
Atlanta, 1,000.
8. NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL.
The books of all of thece department*
>re open to any one deetrlnf informa
tion as to the nee of the money received.
The treasurers of every one of these de-
rmmente are bonded.
. Accurate record has been kept of all
financial matters since the beginning of
the Tabernacle enterprises.
Glavis’ Attorney Shows Inside
of Effort to Turn Over Vast
Alaskan Wealth to the
Rich and Powerful.
Washington, May 27.—Argument tvaa
begun by couneel today In the Ballin
ger-Plnchot caae before the epeclal
congreeslonal Investigating committee.
According-to the arrangement pre
viously agreed upon, the attorneys for
each side are to have five hours in
which to prevent the array of facte
upon which they will ask the commit
tee to act In determining the long-
drawn-oaf Issue.
This time Is to be occupied by L. D.
Brandeia representing L. R. Glavl*. and
George W. Pepper, representing Gifford
Plnchot on the one side, while J. J.
Vertrees represente Mr. Ballinger on
the other. The concluelone will proba
bly b* reached tomorrow. Following
that. .thq. attorneys .will have fifteen
days In which to (lie written brlefe.
Mr. Brandets opened the argument to
day. He contends that Mr. Gla
vis. a faithful public servant, has
been dismissed from public office with
out a' hearing Or' a knowledge Of the
evidence upon which .action was taken
against him.
In- opening, Mr. Brandels said the
whole inquiry centered upon Mr. Bal
linger. Toward' hla acta and omissions
the evidence haa been mainly directed
Continued on Last Pans.
MHTFim
WUBMK
FROM WEOY SEA
Divers Hear Faint Tappings in
the Sunken French Ves
sel Pluviose.
TREMENDOUS UNDERTOW
BAFFLES ALL EFFORTS
Heroic Deeds in English Chan
nel to Save Men at Bottom.
Greedy Water Exhausts
Human Energy Quickly.
Walker, Voelker and Halligan,
Co-Defendants With Heike,
Come Thru and Ac
knowledge Guilt.
New York. May 27—Harry W. Walk
er, Jean M. Voelker and Jamee F. Hal-
Ilgan pleaded guilty In the sugar fraud
trial today.
The three men were co-defendants
with Charles R. Heike. secretary-treas
urer of the American Bugar Refining
Company.
The announcement that the men had
changed their pteae to guilty waa made
to Judge Martin In the United States
court this morning by Attorney Coch-
rano.'
AValker waa formerly assistant super
intendent of docks at Wllllamaburg and
the other two were checkers.
After the Introduction of letters of
some of the correspondents of Charles
Heike the prosecution announced that
It rested Its caae. Judge Martin an
nounced that he would pais sentsnce on
Walker, Stnelksr and Halligan later.
Following the adjournment of court,
motlona for the dlsmlasal of Indict
ments against tho three remaining de
fendants, Heike, Gerbracht and Ben-
dernagel, were made by their counsel
and were denied by Judge Martin.
Thru the confession stories the gov
ernment attorneys hope to further In
volve Heike, as well as ex-Cashler Ben-
demagel and former Dock 8uperin-
Continued on Last Page.
Calais, Franoe, May 27.—Braving
death In every moment of their work,
picked dlvera and wreckers are fight
ing today with the terrific forcea of tho
ocean for the lives of 27 officers and
men entombed In the French subma
rine Pluviose. at the bottom of the
English channel.
All night the best effort of tho
French navy department was put forth
In behalf of those on board the tiny
vessel which was sunk yesterday aft
ernoon tn a collision with the packet
steamer Pas DeCalala.
At S:30 this morning the efforts
were rewarded. Bapplngs on the Inte
rior of the submarine were heard by
divers. Encouraged by this, still more
desperate efforts were put forth, for
the tappings Indlcatsd that soms, If not
all, of the men were still alive.
Struggling against the terrific cur
rents of the English channel and baf
fled again and again by a long swell of
tremendous force, a thousand men, un
der the direction of the minister of
marine, Admiral De LaPayrere, main-,
talned a heroic effort to lift the 460
tons of dead weight, fairly hoping that
the Imprisoned crew had survived.
Work Frantically to Rescue.
Thru the night, under the glare of
and those must be the subject of se
vere criticism. The direct and ulti
mate Issue requiring decision from the
committee was, "Is the department of
the Interior In safe hands? Has tho
conduct and the associations of Mr.
Ballinger been aueh? Are hla charar-
lContinued on Last Page.i
Want Ads
On§ Cent ft Word.
On yesterday tbe
Atlanta papers carried
Want Ads as follows:
. 563
Georgian
Journal... 395
Constitution 196
591
OaorgUn prints want ids under tho els*,
slflcation Situations Wanted” free.
Want Ads published by
all the Atlanta newspapers
for the week ending May
21, 1910, a period of six
working days: The Geor-
8 ian carried 2,769 PAID
/ant Ads; Journal, 2.217;
Constitution, 1,046 Want
ads.
The Georgian prints no
Sunday paper.
Little Children Charity Patients
At the Tabernacle Infirmary
The Georgian has no particular interest in the Tabernacle infirmary other than its natural
friendship for good institutions of charity.
But maybe there are some men having no children of their own who will see in the pic
ture an opportunity to help the unfortunate children of others.
Tho lnflrmiry, Jutt one of tho six Tahomtolo entorprlsei, did 817,000 worth of charity work lart year, a largo aharo of
which waft for children.
S DRAWING TO END
NEGROES AT PALMETTO
PRESENT PASSION PLAY
Edgar Watkins Sends Petition
to Interstate Commission
For Peach Growers.
PRESENT LOAD LIMIT
IS PLACED TOO HIGH
Asserted That Shippers Pay
$140,000 a Year For
Weight They Do
Not Utilize.
Physicians Abandon All Hope
of Saving the Famous
Oculist and Good
Citizen.
Dr. A. W. Calhoun, the famoua ape
cllltat, who haa been In declining health
for aome time, la critically III at hla
home, 872 Peachtree-at, hla condition
having taken such a serious turn that
hla physicians have given up all hope
of hla recovery. Dr. Calhoun haa thou-
aands of friends over the South, many
of whom have been at times under hla
treatment, and the news of hla Illness
will be received with much sorrow.
Ho haa been a resident of Atlanta for
over 40 years, during which ttma he haa
established an almost unequaled repu
tation as a specialist. It has been
his lot to perform eomo of the most
delicate operations of tho oyo that have
ever been known to science and In
many cases hi* cures-were remarkable.
He has been one of Atlanta’s moat
Antl-CKarstte Oruade in Navy.
Washington, May 87.—Antlctxarftt# Cm
’ • oaaton, of ChleOfO, todo,
love tho rlxorett. excluded
Hhe interviewed a number
lador f.uey Pas- Gee ton. of
beta* S fight to hove tho r!
from the novjr. She inlervi
of naval nffiriat* and will aao geerotory Mey
er oarly next week. "Ten etatee have etrvedy
enacted lawi prohibiting the eele of rife
rettea," laid Mill Gallon. "The movement
le one for tho protection nf tho boyo of tho
country,''
Secret Order Delegates on the March
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
CAMPAIGN IN ANNISTON
Anniston, Ala., May 27.—Anniston will
on municipal ownership on Juno 1.
*n election having been called by the
thy administration for an laauance of
1160,060 in bonds with a view of pur-
riwslng the plant of the Anniston Wa-
jf' supply Company, of which M. W.
R,J -h fe president, succeeding the late
Colonel T. G. Bush, of Birmingham.
the plant la valued at 8400,000,
Crude Portrayal of Crucifixion and Resurrection by a Score of
Girls Who Represented Christ, the Twelve Disciples and
Other Characters in Closing Weeks of Christ’s Life.
By JOHN 8PENCER, Staff Corraspondant.
Palmetto, Ga., May 27.—A Passion
Play, not on the scale of Oberammer-
gau, not aa mystic as aome recent the.
atrical representations with the Sa
vior thinly disguised as "The Serv
ant" or "The Stranger," hut a simple
presentation of the crucifixion and the
resurrection, was staged here a week
ago, yet It attracted hut passing at
tention and few white persona have an
Idea that an event perhaps unprece
dented took place within the borders of
the Ifttte town.
The play, conceived and written—If,
In fact. It were-written at-all—by the
teacher of a negro school, wa* present
ed last Friday night by the negro pu
pils In Harris’ chapel, a' Methodist
church. More than twenty girls were
the players, and they portrayed accord
ing to their own Ideas and to the best
of their crude talent the Savior, the
twelve dladplea and other characters
In the closing weeks of Christ's life on
earth. There was not a note of earrl-
lege In the play—there was no making
Jest of sacred thlngH. With the Innate
religious feeling of the negro they re
hearsed and played the drama as tho It
were a sacrament of the church. To a
looker-on It might have been gro-
tesque; to the-players It was solemn.
Negro Teacher Staged It.
Perhaps A. C. Cochran, tencher of
the negro school, had heard nf the
great religious festival given every ten
years In tho Bavarian village; perhaps
he evolved hi* "Passion Play” front hla
own study of tho Bible and hla fond
ness for Its stories; perhaps his sole
Idea was to Impress upon hi# people
the story of the crucifixion and the
resurrection. He did not term hla ef
fort a "Passion Play.” He called it
simply "The Resurrection" and he drew
hla characters and hla costumes from
the Illustrated pages of one of those
big Bibles which agents have spread
ao plentifully thru the country dis
tricts. The costumes were fashioned
by the girls themaelvea. the stage set
tings and scenery such as rough car
pentry and painting could devise. There
wa* no advertising of the-event.-which
formed the principal feature of the
closing exercises of the school, but an
audience which filled the church to
overflowing witnessed the single per
formance, But two white persona,
drawn from curiosity perhaps, wit
nessed the simple play.
Girls Only In the Play. 1
It waa a strange Idea of-the teach
er’s, to use only girls In his play, cast
ing them for the male a* wall as fe
male characters. Perhaps the girls
were more easily Imhued.wlth the spirit
of tho drama, being more Impression
able than Ihe Ignorant boy# who would
be apt to scoff and turn religion Into
burlesque. Leonle Hicks, an eighteen-
year-old negro farm servant, who lives
a mile from Palmetto, was cast as
Jesus, and In this principal rote she
enacted the scenes of the crucifixion,
the burial and the resurrection. In the
scene'at the cross she leaned against
the rough timbers while a pretense of
driving tho nails thru her hands and
feet was made. Other girls, dressed In,
the robes shown In Bible Illustrations,
enacted the apostles and other princi
pals In the drama. There was no dis
order In the audience, no Jesting, no
laughing at the Incongruities, of the
makeshlfe setting*. The negro au
dience seemed Imbued with th# spirit
In which the drama was conceived and
looked upon It as a religious festival.
Edgar Watkins, of the firm of Wat
kins A Latimer, counsel for the Geor
gia Fruit Exchange, sent Friday by ex
press to the interstate commerce com
mission at Washington a petition to
compel the railroads of the southeast
to fix a new minimum weight for car
load shipments of peaches.
It means a legal battle which has for
Its object the saving of 8140.000 a year
to the peach growers of Georgia, who
claim that they loae that much be
cause the present minimum limit of
22.600 pounds to the car la far too high.
Ever since peaches began to be ship
ped out of Georgia It has been the rule
of the railroads to charge freight for
22.600 pounds for each refrigerator car,
whether that amount was shipped or
not. >
The growers allege that In order to
ship that weight of peaches 536 crates
must be placed In each car and that
they must be stacked five tiers high.
They further assert that the Ice In tho
bunkers In the ends of the car is not
capable of cooling the fifth or top tier,
which Invariably rots In shipment,
causing not only a total loss of that
tier but also damaging the tiers below.
As a result many shippers will only
pack their cars with four tiers, and In
this way they lose 136 a car In freight
charges which they gay on fruit they
do not send.
The shippers ask that the railroads
be required to lower the minimum limit
from 23,600 pounds a car to not more
than 19.000 pounds, which la approx
imately- what four tiers containing 443
crates would weigh.
Mr. Watkins, who is the leading
counsel, ha* been successful In a num
ber or Important rate-casea: In fact.
Is an authority on that subject, having
written an exhaustive work on the sub
ject called "Shippers and Carriers of
Interatate Freight.”
The petition Is Issued In pamphlet
form and Is quite lengthy, consisting
of twelve pages of printed matter.
The suit la brought against the
Southern Railroad Company, the Nash-
vllln, Chattanooga and St. Louts, tha
Louisville and Nashville and 21 other
railroads hauling freight out of Geor
gia, either as connecting or Initial car
riers.
The petition sums up the complaint
of the growers as follows:
"That the defendants and each of
them, thru Joint agreements and un
derstandings, enforce a minimum car
load of-22.600 pounds. That the mini
mum so established by Joint combina
tion. agreement and concerted action
of the defendants Is higher than tho
average established on fruit In other
territory, and Is excessive and discrim
inatory. That from thla territory the
minimum, because of climatic condi
tions, should be lass than the average."
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The opening gun In the Georgia gu
bernatorial campaign will be fired Sat-
' ty night when Colonel H. H. Perry,
lalnesvllle, will deliver an address
at Taft hall in the Interest of his can
didacy for the chief executive’s office.
Colonel Perry will come to Atlanta
from hts Gainesville homo Saturday
afternoon and will be accompanied by
a special train load of hla Hall county
admirer*. It has not been announced
who will Introduce him to the audience
at Taft hall, but It Is understood that a
prominent Atlantan will perform this
office for the former state senator.
Photo by Bowden. Athen*. GEORGIA ODD FELLOWS ON PARADE.
One of tha features of tha annual convention of Odd Fallows, which adjourned e three deye settlen at Ath
en. Thursday was tha grand parade on tha second day of tha meeting, whan seven- hundred secret order Met,
full uniform, marched thru the principal atraat. of tha oily.
Here is the story of a retail furniture firm that woke up
to the possibilities of advertising quality.
This firm has been the leading furniture house in their com
munity for 61 years. They have never sold anything hut. the
highest grade furniture, yet they were not commanding the
trade they should, and knew it.
They engaged the services-of an advertising man who ad
vised a campaign of straight talks on furniture qualities and
values as against cheap and inferior furniture.
This campaign consisted of 14 “talks” 8-inch double col
umn, a new talk each day, and culminating in a full page an
nouncement of the firm's methods, ideas, ideals, and quoted the
names of their manufacturers.
In a letter to the advertising man one of the firm wrote:
“We are very well pleased with the results from thi* advertis
ing, as we have hud quite a number of sales, direct results from
same. In fact, the day of our opening, we had over fifteen hun
dred people in our store in a couple of hours’ time.”
And this, mind you, without a hint of a sale, without
quoting a price.
Don't you know. Mr. Merchant, that the people of At
lanta and surrounding territory are just as interested in hon
esty and quality and value, will respond just as liberally as
the people in other cities, if you tell them about your values
and qualities f
We offer you our advertising columns, our 200,000 home
circulation, our advertising copy and illustrations, our help,
to make our advertising successful. Phone Mr. Hammond,
our advertising manager, and he will call.
CONTRIBUTES $500 TO
THE TABERNACLE FUND
E. G. WILLINGHAM.
He contributes 3500 to the fund
for the Tabernacle enterprises.