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GIFT METHODISTS
DEI DANCING BAN
Atlanta Ministers Opposed to
Worldly Amusements, But
Leave It to Conscience.
Methodist ministers in Atlanta de
clared today that the action of bishops
of the Northern Methodist church at
Minneapolis did not constitute abutt
ing of the ban on dancing and othei
amusements. They added that the
Southern church would never cease its
warfare on worldly amusements, but
that its attitude was in sympathy with
that advocated by the Northern bish-
Ofts —to leave the matter to the in
dividual conscience.
“The Northern Methodist church has
not lifted the ban on dancing, card
playing, gambling and attendance at
horse races, theaters and circuses,’
said Rev. W. P Lovejoy, presiding el
der of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, the branch of the Methodist
church on this side of the Mason and
Dixon line.
Left to One’s Conscience.
“None of the Protestant churches
give their approval to such worldly di
versions. and I don't believe ever will,
What I. believe the action of the bish
ops in Minneapolis to mean is that they
nave left the matter to the individual
consciences of the members of their
church, guided by the light of the di
vine teachings of Jesus Christ.
“Now, the teachings of Christ are
for us to abstain from al! amusements
and diversions upon which we can not
ask His blessing, and so long as a per
son stays within the church he can
not keep within the bounds of his con
science and do these things upon which
he can not ask the blessing of Christ.
‘That each individual follow the dic
tates of his own conscience is all right,
provided his conscience follows the
teachings of the Bible, and he is not
really a member of the church when
he ceases to follow those teachings.
Dancing Not Specified.
"The. Southern "Methodist church no
longer specifies in forbidding the above
mentioned evils, but simply classes
them among those things upon which
Christians can not ask God's blessing.
At the 1906 conference the bishop's
address, which lays down the policy of
the church, left out the specific names
of card playing, dancing, gambling and
the like, but that did not mean that
the church approved of those things or
even- countenanced them. The disci
pline of 1910 contains the following
passage from the address of the bish
ops:
“ ‘To go to no place of amusement
where we can not invite our Lord to
go with us, to engage in no recreation
on which we can not invoke His bless
ing, is a safe rule of conduct toward
God and man.’ ”
Other prominent Methodists among
the ministers of Atlanta expressed the
belief that the Northern branch of the
church had not in reality lifted the ban
against such amusements or agreed to
countenance them.
Less War on Amusements.
“The general tendency of the North
ern Methodist church has been within
past:, .years to legislate less and less
against the various forms of amuse
ment,” explained Rej. A. M. Hughlett.
“and while I don’t think they have ever
lifted the ban against any form of
vicious amusement and have fought it
on all occasions, they have left it more
and more to the conscience of the peo
ple, guided by the laws and rules of
the church, which in the end amounts
to practically the same thing as if
they forbade them specifically.
“The position of our church is plain:
the matter is loft to the conscience of
the individual, guided by rules of the
Bible. Some years ago that matter
came up when a member was expelled
from his church for dancing. He took
the matter before the college of bish
ops, claiming that there was no spe
cific law against dancing, but they de
cided that dancing was forbidden and
upheld the decision of his church w hich
expelled him."
SMALL BOY IS HAPPY;
GENTRY BROS. SHOW
ARRIVES TOMORROW
Tomorrow morning the show grounds
on Jackson street will be converted into
an orderly city of canvass coliseums, and
during the day many hundreds of At
lanta's future business men will make a
study of the manner and form in which
this itinerant city moves.
Gentry Brothers' shows will arrive in
the morning They will come from Mont
gomery to Atlanta over the West Point
road. At midnight tonight the tented
city will have completed its visit to the
former Confederate capital and will he
on its way in this direction. Circus trains
never make fast schedules on Sunday
runs, and thus it. may be well along to
ward .noon before the shows arrive
The Gentry shows are almost as well
known in Atlanta as they are in their
home town—Bloomington, Indiana. They
have visited this city annually since they
■were organized 25 .years ago. Many of
the younger parents of today remember
what the coming of the shows meant to
them years ago. It means the same, and
more to children of today because the
shows are larger
Monday morning there will be a street
morning
parade. It will be repeated Tuesday
HIS “JINX LOOSE,” DRIVER
REFUSES TO RUN HIS AUTO
NEW YORK. May 4.--While sobed- ■
Ing ts the Brooklyn hospital with Fred
erick Thomas, of 117 Raymond street,
whom he had knocked dawn, Harold
Seymour, chauffeur for Stephen Strix
er, of Richmond Hill, ran into .a truck
and knocked the driver from his seat.
Seymour refused to drive the car an
other foot,.declaring-that “hie jinx war
loose.”
THE GREAT REPUBLICAN MARATHON
Teddy Still Running—By T. E. POW ERS.
Copyright. 1912. by International News Service.
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BETTING ON FATE
OFMBS.GRAGE
Many Take Gambling Chance
on Grand Jury's Action—To
Decide Case Tuesday.
When the new grand jury- which or
ganizes Monday takes some action in
the case against Mrs. Daisy Grace,
charged with attempting to kill her
husband, Eugene H. Grace, quite a few
bets will be settled, as wagers are now
being made on and against her indii t
ment.
1 As soon as the result in the recent
presidential primary was known and
wagers which had been placed thereon
settled, bettors began placing money on
the action of the grand jury in the
Grace case.
Odds Against Her,
While odds are being offered against,
Mrs. Grace —that is, that she will be in
dicted—-they are being covered. Many
believe that the evidence given by the
prosecution before Justice J. B. Ridley
when the accused -wife was bound over
is insufficient for the grand jury- to hold
her on. and do not hesitate to place
their money- that way.
The grand jury will convene Monday
and organize. It is not likely that the
Grace case will be .taken up before
Tuesday. The bill will be drawn up by-
Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey and only
evidence from the prosecution given. If
the jury finds a true bill Mrs. Grace
must face trial in the superior court
between that time and September 1. If
the jury finds “no bill." Mis. Grace will
be liberated at once.
If she is indicted the lawyers hand
ling her defense will immediately pul a
demand upon the minutes for an early
trial. After this demand is made the
court must give the accused a trial be
fore September 1, or grant her a verdict
of "not guilty."
If her wounded husband should die
after the grand jury indicts her, but
before she faces, trial in the superior
court, the grand jury can re-indict her
with the same evidence and change the
charge to murder instead of attempted
murder.
However, if Mr. Grace should live
until after his wife has been tried and
then die from his wound the case
against her could not be reopened, no
matter whether she had been convinced
or acquitted at the trial.
DO WHITE AND NEGRO
K. OF P. USE SAME GOAT?
WASHINGTON, May 4. While ar
guing before the supreme court in de
fense of the negro lodge of Knights of
Pythias against the "lii«- whites." Juf>-
tiee Lurton eonvulsed the < -:urt by ask
ing:-. "Do these lodges use the same
goat?”
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1912
One Negro Voted in
Primary’Wednesday;
It Won't Be Counted
J. O. Cochran, secretary of the county
Democratic executive committee, de
clares today- that a meeting of the sub
committee will be called at once to con
sider throwing out the vote of a negro
which was cast at the Second ward vot
ing place In the primary Wednesday.
It is not known for whom the negro
voted, but Mr. Cochran says whether
he is a Democrat or not had nothing to
do with his right to cast a ballot, as a
strictly white primary was being held.
The negro Is an ex-slave, but the
managers do not remember his name.
He made up his own ballot and after
folding it handed it to the managers.
Frank Cohen protested against allow
ing it to be put in. But the negro in
sisted that he was a Democrat and
James Bell and H. Cronheim persuaded
the other managers that the vote should
be counted. They say as he was the
only negro w ho voted they can find his
ballot if the committee wants it.
A fact noted by the managers at all
the voting places was that many
scratched all the candidates for presi
dent. presumably because they intend
to vote other than the Democratic tick
et in the general election; A number of
votes were cast for Theodore Roose
velt.
SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT
PULL FOR PRIZES AT
JONESBORO MEETING
JONESBORO, GA., May 4. -In the field
contests of the fourth annual meeting of
the Fifth District High School associa
tion. in session here, the winners were
as follows:
High Jump David Butler, Covington,
first; Bedford Cates. Jonesboro, second.
100 Yards Dash David Butler, Coving
ton. first: Harry White. Conyers, second.
Carl Evans, Jonesboro, third.
Putting the Shot Herford Cates. Jones
boro. first. Evans Hill, Covington, second;
Edgar Wingo. Lithonia, third
2jo Yard Dash—David Butler, Coving
ton. first: Sam Veal. Conyers, second;
Candler Weaver. Lithonia, third.
120 Yard Hurdle Race -Paul Fife, Jones
boro. first: Harry White, Conyers, second:
Edgar Wingo, Lithonia, third
Hroad Jump Paul Fife. Jonesboro, first;
Sam Veal, Conyers, second; Broadus Mar
but, Lithonia, third.
Half Mile Relay Race Jonesboro, first.
Conyers, second; Lithonia, third
In the girls contest in recitation, Miss
Louise Walker, of Monroe, was awarded
first prize, and Miss Huth Thornton,
Mansfield, second.
In the contest in piano music, Miss
Frances Rogers,-Of Lithonia, secured first
prize, and Miss Louise Felker, of Monroe,
second.
DR. GHEESLING TO HEAD
• GRADY HOSPITAL STAFF
Dr. Goodwin Gheesling, of Atlanta,
stood highest in the applicants exam
ination for . taff positions at the Gra
dy hospital, and will head the list of
attaches there.
The following were the physicians
chosen aftoi the examination:- Dr.
Goodwin Gheesling, Atlanta Dr H G,
Cannon. ' Anvers: Dr.’ J E Calhoun'
Atlanta: Dr. G O. Whelchel. ' -o :! e. ,
Dr P‘n H Clift/ n. I on;
NEW ORLEANS IN
PERIL OF FLOOD
Downtown Section Threatened
as Water Reaches Highest
Point Yet Touched.
NEW ORLEANS. May 4—With New-
Orleans itself threatened with an over
flow of the Mississippi levees that will
flood part of the down-town section,
with the dikes at Eaton Rouge in dan
ger of going out and causing enormous
damage and wfith the water rising hour
by hour. Louisiana today faces the
most serious flood situation it has ever
known. Water here has reached a stage
six inches above anything ever known
before. Sandbags piled on the levees
are turning the water back, but fear
that they may not be able to hold and
that the levees will be overflowed was
expressed by those in charge of the
work.
At Baton Rouge the situation is far
more serious. The levees there are no
ticeably weak after the strain of the
last few weeks, and it was expected at
midnight that they would go out some
time today. The lower parts of the
city would be inundated at once, and it
was expected that the city w-ater pump
ing station and the sewage pumping
stations would be among the first put
out of commission. The water was ex
pected to break through the dikes in
front of the state house, and heavy
damage to the state property was
feared.
The town of Bayou Sara is in some
places fifteen feet under water. Fran
cisville is covered with three feet of
water The crevasse at Bayou Sara is
growing hourly, and engineers there
have given up hope of stopping ft.
The situation at Torras continues
grave, the water flowing in torrents
through the west levee, which has been
broken down by' the floods. The break
is a thousand feet long, and the. floods
are still pouring out over the sugar
plantation country.
BOY SCOUTS TO LEND
HAND IN DECATUR’S
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
The, Boy Scouts and school children
of Decatur will take the leading parts
in the "cleaning up" campaign which
begins Monday.
The campaign will be waged under
the leadership of Dr. Wiley S. Ansley.
Women and children will join their ef
forts in exterminating as far as possi
ble the tvphoid germ and his kin. As a
special inducement to the schobi chil
dren special prizes have been offered to
those who bring the largest number of
tin cans and bottles court house
Monday afternoon.
The stereopticon lecture of Dr A. G
Fort.--Of she state, board of health, has
greatly stimulated the "cleaning up"
movni n f .
{IBO-TD-BLOGK
SrSTEMURGEO
' Duplication of Street Names
Also Causes Trouble in
Mail Deliveries.
As a result of a vigorous protest from
officials of the postoffice and the Cham
ber of Commerce, council will probably
adopt the centenary plan of street num
bering. This is the plan arbitrarily
giving 100 numbers to the block, which
has proved satisfactory in many other
cities.
Assistant Postmaster Coles and V.
H. Kriegshaber. of the Chamber of
Commerce, explained to the streets
committee of council yesterday after
noon how the delivery of mails was
handicapped by the duplicates in street
names and the Irregular numbering of
houses. Chairman Harvey Hatcher
and the Other members of the commit
tee gaid they were ready to do anything
they could to Improve matters. Chief
of Construction Clayton said that cor
rect numbers would be furnished at his
office to all who would call for them.
For some time officials have urged
that the present system of house num
bering was out of date and that the
centenary plan should be adopted. Un
der this plan all the houses in the first
block of a street are numbered between
1 and 100; in the second block, between
100 and 200, and so to the end. Thus
when one knows a house number he
also knows the block in which it is lo
cated. There may be enough houses in
the first block to count only to 60. but
the next block would start with 100.
To Eliminate Duplicates.
In providing a new street number
ing system for Atlanta, duplicates in
street names will be eliminated also.
Lucien Harris, chief deputy to Regis
trar Andy Stewart, furnished The Geor
gian a list today of the many streets
Jn Atlanta by the same name, a con
dition that has caused much trouble
in the preparation of registration lists.
Here are the streets:
Bishop 4 Forrest 2
Adair 2 Francis 2
Allen 2 Glendale 2
Anderson 3 Golden 2
Arnold 2 Grady 2
Atlanta ave 3 Grant 2
Baker 3 Greenwood 3
Battle 3 Harold ave 2
Bedford 2 Henry 2
Bennett 3 Hill 2
Bomar 2 Hobson 2
Boyd 3, Johnson 4
Bradley 2 Love 2
Buchanan 2 Main 3
Capitol ave 2 Martin 3
Carr 2 May 2
Center 2 McDonough ....2
Cherry 3 McPherson ave. 3
Church 2 Means 2
Clarke 2 Milton 2
Clay 2 Newnan 2
Collier 3 Oak 2
Collins 2 Orange 2
Cooper 2 Poplar 3
Delaware ave. ... 2 Sycamore 2
East 8 Todd ....2
Edwards 2 Turner p1ace....2
English 2 X?T° n . Pla< ’ e •••?,
~ ” . „ Walnut ...2
fairview 2 Warren ave 2
Fifth 2 Webster 2
In addition to the duplicates there
are Hood street and Hood avenue. Lo
gan street and Logan avenue Park
street and Park avenue. Pfekert and
Puckett streets. Dora and Doray streets
and Eugenia and Eugenie streets, al!
confusing.
DENNY AND WILSON
WILL PRESIDE OVER
STATE METHODISTS
NASHVILLE, TENN., May 4.—As
signments of bishops to preside over
the 1912 conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South have been |
made.
Bishop Collins Denny will preside I
over the North Georgia conference at
Carrollton, beginning December 11, and I
Bishop A. W. Wilson, over the South j
Georgia conference at Savannah, be- I
ginning November. 27.
For the conferences bordering on i
Georgia the assignments are as follows: j
Florida conference, at Tampa, De
cember 11, Bishop H. C. Morrison.
Alabama conference, at Union
Springs, December 4. Bishop Wilson.
North Alabama conference, at Bir- |
mingham, November 6, Bishop E. R. j
Hendrix.
Holston conference, at Abingdon. Va.,
October 1. Bishop John C. Kilgo.
South Carolina conference, at. An
derson. November 27, Bishop Kilgo.
Bishop 'Warren A. Candler, of Atlan
ta. has the following assignments:
East Oklahoma, Holdenville. Okla .
November 6; Arkansas, Atkins. Ark..
November 13. Little Rock. Hot Springs,
Ark.. November 20; White River. New
port, Ark., November 27. Cuban mis
sion, January, 1913.
U. S. WILL ATTEMPT
TO DISSOLVE PARENT
OF BIG BEEF TRUST
CHICAGO, May 4 Suit by th° gov
ernment for the dissolution of the Na- I
tional Packing Company, alleged to bo I
the company through which the. beef i
"trust'' operated, will be filed in Chi
cago within the next fed days.
This was learned today at the offi< e
of the Federal district attorney here.
The government believes it can win t’he.
suit In spite of the failure of the prose
cution of the beef trust heads under the
criminal section of the Sherman law.
The National will be given a few
weeks in which to voluntarily meet the j
requirements of the law before the suit I
lr r--e’rtfi t- tr'.-.1.
MACON, IN GAY ATTIRE,
READY FOR GREATEST
VETERANS’ REUNION
MACON, GA., May 4 The soldiers
in gray and thetr children and grand
children will revive the memories of
the Confederacy at the South's great-,
est annual gathering in Mahon next
week, beginning Monday. Already
Macon is thronged by thousands of
visitors, and every train brings hordes
of 'others.
Advices received by local railroad
agencies indicate a phenomenal sale of
tickets in all parts of the country, as'
the cheap rates are nation-wide, and
point to the largest attendance in the
history of the reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans. No less than 27
special trains from the states of Texas
Arkansas and Oklahoma have already
started on their journey across the
South.
The United Sons of Confederate Vet
erans assemble first, commencing their
annual reunion Monday night. For the
first time the Sons will have an en
campment. more than 4,uuo tents hav
ing been erected for them at Central
City park, which is also the home of
the Georgia State fair. These tents are
in the half-mile track.
Sons of Veterans
In Great Parade.
The feature address at the organi
zation meeting of the Sons of Veterans
will be by Colonel Robert Edward Lee.
Jr., of Virginia. The second day of
this convention will be devoted entire
ly to business. The third day the
Sons will meet w-ith the veterans, their
fathers and grandfathers, and on
Thursday, the fourth day, they will par
cipate in the grand parade. The Sons
are comamnded by General Nathan
Bedford Forrest, of Memphis, Tenn.
The veterans assemble on Tuesday
morning for the organization of the
convention. They- will' be welcomed to
Macon by Miss Grace Lumpkin, of Co
lumbia. S. C., who is Macon’s official
sponsor. Other addresses of welcome
will be delivered by Governor Brown.
Mrs. Walter D. Lamar, Hon. Roland
Ellis, and Mayor John T. Moore. The
response will be by- Commander-in-
Chief C. Irvine Walker, of Charleston,
S. C.
Tuesday night there will be an ad
dress by Miss Mildred Rutherford, of
Athens, andithe annual oration by Col
onel Wallace w. Screws, of Montgom
ery. Ala.
The feature of the Wednesday ses
sion of the veterans will he the memo
rial service, when especial tributes will
be paid to 'the late General Clement
A. Evans, of Atlanta, and the late
George W. Gordon, of Memphis, both of
whom held the office of commander
in-chief.
On the morning of the third day, the
election of officers will take place.
General Bennett H. Young, of Louis
ville, Ky.. commanding the army of
Tennessee, is expected to be chosen
commander-in-chief, and General W.
B. Halderman. of Louisville, Ky., com
manding the Kentucky division, lieu
tenant commander. In this event, the
present commander. General C. Irvine
Walker, will be made honorary com
mander-in-chief.
Boys and Girls
Join With Veterans.
The great, parade will be the prin
cipal event of Thursday. In line will
be not less than 16,000 veterans, 10,000
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Sons of Veterans, one thousand mem
bers of the Georgia National Guard,
who will Ibe in camp here during the
reunion; the cadets from several mili
tary schools, the high school boys and
girls of Macon, 40 bands, and nearly
3.000 sponsors, maids, chaperons and
matrons. For tflis parade over 700 au
tomobiles, 800 carriages and 900 horses
have been engaged.
At the park, in the mile track, will
be the 12,000 tents loaned by the gov
ernment for the accommodation of the
veterans. The veterans will be served
three excellent meals here every day
during the reunion. On this feature
alone the city of Macon is spending
$40,000.
Coincident with the reunion there
will be the annual convention of the
Confederated Southern Memorial asso
ciation, whose membership comprises
I, ladies. It will be in session three
days, bringing many prominent women
from all parts of the South to Macon.
Mrs. W. J. Behan, of New Orleans, is'
president. ‘ • ■:
The Confederate Naval Veterans,
numbering about 200. and the survive
ors of Forrest's cavalry and of the
Twenty-seventh Georgia regiment will
also hold reunions of their own dur
ing the week.
Big Social Event
Crowning the Queen.
The crowning of the queen of the re
union. Miss Mary Scandrett, of Ma
con. will undoubtedly' be the feature of
chief interest in the social functions of
the reunion. This will occur on Wed
nesday' afternoon on Coleman’s hill,
the beautiful eminence which overlooks
the city, where 29,000 people may con
veniently gather. The queen will be
attended by maids chosen from all of
the principal cities and towns of the
state, by the National Guard, and by an
escort of veterans. A salute of cannon
and of firew’orks W'lU be discharged as
she is crow ned.
Tuesday afternoon the sponsors and
maids will be entertained at the mag
nificent home of Mayor John T. Moore
on College street.
That night there will be a formal
presentation of maids, sponsors, ma
trons and chaperons to each other in
the mammoth auditorium at Camp Gor
don in the park. This Introduction will
precede a ball.
By combining the three largest ex
hibit buildings of the state fair and in
stalling a dancing floor that alone cost
$4,000, perhaps the largest dancing pa
vilion in the South has been construct
ed. It is estimated that 2.500 couples
may be on the floor at one time. Three
brass bands will furnish the music.
Wednesday’ night there will be a
grand ball of the United Sons of Con
federate Veterans and on Thursday
night the ball tendered by- the United
Confederate Veterans will be the great
event. Wednesday- afternoon there will
be a reception to the sponsors and
maids at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Johnston.
Macon is gayly’ bedecked. Every
store, thousands of homes and 40 prin
cipal streets are a mass of colob—
flags, bunting, ribbons and fancy de
signs having been profusely- distributed
anil draped. .
The 'following is the list of.sponsors,
maids, chapet one and matrons who
will recede official accommodations,
attention and recognition at the reun
ion. More than 3,000 young women will
attend in these various capacities, but
only those appointed by the “armies’'
or state divisions of the veterans will
be accorded special consideration, al
though an effort will be made to show,
the others due attention, especially in
the matter of having them in the pa
rade.