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GITYMETHODISTS!
ON DANCING BAN
Atlanta Ministers Opposed to
Worldly Amusements. But
. i
Leave It to Conscience.
MethodUt ministers in Atlanta de
clared today that the action of bishops
of th* Northern Methodist church at
Minneapolis did not con'titute a lift
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
ops—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
have 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 all 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 die
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 teaching}
Dancing Not Specified.
“The Southern Methodist church no
longer specifies in forbidolrg the above
mentioned evils, but simply classes
them among those things upon which
Christians can not ask Gods blessing.
At the Iftnfi 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 blsh-
, ■ ops.
■■ 'To go to no place of amusement
7 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 tow ard
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 Wir on Amusements.
“The gene-al tendency of the North
ern Methodist church has been within
past years to legislate less and less
against -he various forms of amuse
ment.” explained Rev a M Hughlett.
“and while I don't think they have ever
.■ , lifted the bar. 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
th* church, which in the end amounts
to practically the same thing as if
. they forbade them specifically.
“Th* position of our church is plain,
the matter ts left to the conscience of
the Individual guided by rules of the
Bible. Som? years ago that matter
ljw (Sun* up w-hen a member w as expelled
from his church for dancing He took
" th* 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
NEW CAMPAIGN~sfARTS
IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY
COLUMBUS GA May 4—While the
returns are hardly in from Wednes
day’s prlmarv. another campaign is be
ginning in Muscogee county and the
Chattahoochee circuit
It now looks as if there will be a
Contest for judge of the superior court
between Judge S P Gilbert, the incum
bent. and probably Judge Eugene J
Wynn, of the recorder's court of Co
lumbus For solicitor genera! of the
circuit, the incumbent George r Pal
mer will likely be opposed bv C F Mc-
Laughlin
. Only three candidates are mentioned
for representatives from Muscogee
They are Captain J J Slade and Ed
■ Wohlwender. incumbents and Herman
H. Swift, w ho w -'uld fill the third place
given Muacogee county bv th* 1911 re
apportionment
jury’s'plea’reduces
JOSEPH WISE'S FINE
When Judge Roan, in the criminal di
vision of superior court sentenced H
Joseph Wise, former secretary and treas
urer of the Wise-Nussbaum Company. • .
pay a fine of S3OO or serve twelve month?
on the chaingarg. the jury that had pro
nounced Wise guilty arose to a man and
requested that the fine be reduced hi SIOO
It was reduced and paid and Wise went
free
’ • Wise, according to the testimon'- in
troduced by Mrs O. A Steinhard. the
prosecutor, overdrew his persona! account
-with the company some $935. and ulti
mately forced the concern into the hands
-of a receiver He was indicted for em
begslement. but the judge at the request
of the jury, changed the cffer.se to a mis-
E . demeanor.
DEATH OF COMRADES
KEEPSTHOMPSON FROM
A VETERAN'S PENSION
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POLICEMAN T. J. THOMPSON
Free Organ Recitals
Will Be Continued
Through the Summer
The free organ concerts by Dr. Percy
J. Starnes at the Auditorium will be con
tinued through the summer A notable
concert of this series will be given to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, when Dr.
Starnes will open with the overture to
Wagner's “Meistersinger ' Grlson. Mas
senet and Richard Strauss will also be
represented on the program
There will be no recital on the follow
ing Sunday, the Atlanta Music Festival
association having acceded to the request
of the council of Buffalo. N T.. for Dr
Starnes to finish the season of recitals
there at convention hall on May 12 Dr.
Starnes will return to Atlanta in time for
the concert the next Sunday.
CONCERTTOBEGIVEN
FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
A concert for the benefit of the Mis
sissippi valley flood sufferers will be
presented under the auspices of the At
lanta Turn Vereln Tuesday evening.
May 14. at the Atlanta theater
Sixty voices, directed by Hunter
Welsh, will charm the large assembly of
Atlanta's music lovers during the even
ing The Turn Verein will be assisted
by the Freundschaftsbund male chorus,
the two German organizations making
up in all a chorus of 60 voices The
chorus will be the same that made the
sensation of the recent saengerfest in
Jacksonville
The Atlanta Symphony orchestra
with 4'> members will assist at the con
cert. as will a number of well known
soloists, who have promised to lend
their assistance The orchestra, under
the leadership of W Whitney Hubner.
win render two numbers during the
evening
The Atlanta theater management has
donated the house and tickets will be
placed on sale Monday morning at th:
music stores
strenuous’ evangelist
has HIKED 18.000 MILES
FAYETTE MO. May 4—Rev G H
Walker a Christian preacher at several
churches in Howard count- has walked
18.000 miles since he began his quest
for converts in the county sixteen years
ago
Mr 'Walker s strenuous ideas of living
amazed the rugged farmers of the com
munity one of whom recently saw him
take off his shoes, roll up his trousers
and wade a creek which was full of
floating ice The minister was on a 25-
mile hike to fill an engagement where
the offerings were S 3 66
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is hearty, vigorous life according to
Hugh Tailman. of San Antonio. We
find he -vrttes that Dr King's New-
Life Pills surely put new life and en
ergy into a person Wife and I believe
the - are the best made Excellent for
stomach, liver or kidney troubles 25
cts at .all druggists
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1912.
Oldest Policeman on Atlanta
Force Is Victim of Queer
Situation.
Because all his company comrades tn
the Civil war are dead, T. J Thompson
is denied a Confedeiate soldier's pen
sion He is the oldest member of the
Atlanta police force, too. a feeble old
man of 71 years. But Commissioner J.
W. Lindsey has turned down his appli
cation.
"Commissioner Lindsey tells me I
must have a certificate from a member
of my company that I served in in the
war." he save T can’t get it. They
are all dead."
He has a certificate from Joseph V.
Bidgood, keeper of the Virginia military
records showing that he served the en
tire war in the Nineteenth Virginia reg
iment. But that was not sufficient for
the Georgia pension commissioner.
"My company enlisted with 112 men."
says Mr Thompson. "iVhen we deliv
ered our guns to Grant at Appomatox
there were but six of us left. Most of
them fell in Pickett's charge at Gettys
burg I remember as distinctly as if it
were yesterday how thick they dropped
about me And all that came out of the
war are gone now but me."
Mr Thompson began service in the
Atlanta police department in 1577. He
has spent more /ears on the force than
any other man. He is given light w ork
now, his beat being around the city
hall. There he engages many a passer
by with his interesting conversation
and his favorite theme is of the hard
days of the sixties and of Pickett's
charge
KING GEORGE INTERESTED
IN PANAMAT’ACIFIC FAIR
LONDON May 4 —The members of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition expo
sition touring Europe in the interests
of the world's fair which is to be held
in San Francisco to celebrate the open
ing of the Panama canal, were received
in audience by King George at Buck
ingham pa!a>.e at noon today.
The king discussed the approaching
fair, and showed in unusual knowiedg,
of the arrangements formulated
CLARKESVILLE SCHOOL CLOSES
CLARKESVILLE. GA May 4 -
Clarkesville high school had its closing
exercises las' night at the school audi
torium when several young men and
women graduated Prof S V Sandford,
of the University of Georgia, delivered
the graduating address
FOR THAT TIRED FEELING
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Excellent for the relief of that tired
feeling due to Summer heat, overwork
or insomnia •••
White City Park Now Open
Sunday rate $1 50 Athens
now on via Seaboard.
STRIKE CRIPPLES
CHICAGO PM
. Stereotypers Join Disgruntled
Pressmen—Papers Print,
But Can’t Circulate.
! CHICAGO, May 4.—Newspaper stere-
J otvners at midnight joined the striking
i pressmen, newsboys and wagon drivers
of the Chicago daily newspapers.
Morning papers today were issued in
four-p.age form, but distribution was
greatly handicapped No morning pa
pers were on sale in the downtown sec
tion except in the newspaper offices,
and very few were sent to the suburb
stations. Arrangements were made to
day to resume street selling. Extra
guards will be furnished the newsboys
who desire to handle the papers.
Following attacks yesterday on news
boys in many parts of the downtown
districts by thugs and sympathizers
with the strikers, at least half a dozen
boys today are in hospitals as a result
of the injuries they received. In some
cases the police found it difficult to
cope with the situation, and extra pa
trolmen were rushed to the comers
where the attacks occurred.
Strike May Spread.
Possibility that the strike may spread
to other mechanical departments of the
newspapers was faced by the publish
ers today. Some of the leaders of the,
eomoositors have objected to the set
ting of type for non-union pressmen
and sympathetic strikes have been dis
cussed- Most of the printers, however,
have urged the men to stay at work,
declaring that their contract ought not
to be violated.
A spread of the strike to the coal
wagon drivers, preventing delivery of
coal to the newspaper plants, has also
been discussed. No strike has been
called.
The third day of the strike finds the
newspapers able to print their papers
in spite of the walkouts in the me
chanical department. The distribution
of the papers has been seriously handi
capped. however. Attempts to sell at
news stands have been the signal for
violence.
The strike of the wagon drivers has
made it difficult to deliver papers and
has handicapped the regular carrier
circulation, although this has been
handled to some extent.
ADEL VETERAN DIES.
ADEL. GA.. May 4—T L. Wiseman
died at his home here suddenly He was
one of the few Confederate soldiers liv
ing here He leaves two children, A. D.
Wiseman, of this city, and Mrs. O P
Juhan. of Macon Mr Wiseman was 75
years old
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To Absorb Freckles
and Other Blemishes
Every spring I receive many letters
from girls seeking some reliable recipe
for removing freckles Last year I ad
vised many to try mercolized wax. Such
favorable results were reported that
this season I have recommended noth
ing else for the purpose. The wax
seems to possess unusual properties
which completely absorb every freckle,
with no harmful effect The complex
ion improves wonderfully, becoming as
soft as a rose petal, and as delicately
tinted.
Get an ounce of mercolized tvax at
any druggist, spread a thin layer of it
over the enure face every night for a
while w ashing this off in the morning
For rough, red skin sallowness, black
heads, pimples and all cutaneous blem
ishes. this treatment is superior to any
that has ever come under my observa
tion.
Springtime also brings wrinkles to
many sensitive skins that are much ex
posed to wind' and changing tempera
tures. Pour a half pint witch hazel
into a basin, then an ounce of pow
dered saxollte. which quickly dissolves.
Bathe- the face in this; the effect on a
wrinkled skin is remarkable. —Marie
Demarest in Ladies' Favorite Maga
zine
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And Ointment
Preserve and Purify the
Complexion
Remove Pimplesand
Blackheads
Allay Irritation, Redness
and Roughness
Soften and Whiten the
Hands
Clear the Scalp of Dan
druff and Are
i Unrivaled for the Toilet,
Bath s and Nursery
MEN
i B <B ShouldshavewithCutiruraSoapShav-
I l/Ly-T ing ftiek. Makes shaw.ng a pleasure
I instead of a torture. At stores or bv
ma'.!, postage paid. 25c. Sample free.
Cut’.cura Soap and Ointment sold
every™ here. Samples free. Addreae
“Cuticura,” Dept. 2H, Bo»<oa.
100 to Block System
Is Again Urged for
Atlanta's Numbering
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 said 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 al! the houses in the first
block of a street are nuiy-oered 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.
Lame back is usually caused by Rheu
matism of the muscles of the back, for
which you will find nothing better than
Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by
all dealers.
CHILDREN HATE
CASTOR OIL UGH!
Delicious “Syrup of Figs’’
best for their little stom
achs, liver and waste -
clogged bowels.
Look back at your childhood days
Remember the physic that mother in
sisted on—castor oil. calomel, cathar
tics. How you hated them, how you
fought against taking them.
With our children it's different. The
day of harsh physic is over. We don't
force the liver and 30 feet of bowels
now; we coax them. We have no dread
ed after effects. Mothers who cling to
the old form of physic simply don't
realize what they do. The children's
revolt is well founded. Their little
stomachs and tender bowels are in
jured by them.
If your child is fretful, peevish, half
sick, stomach sour, breath feverish and
its little system full of cold; has dlar
rhoe. sore throat, stomach-ache;
doesn't eat or rest well—remember—
look at the tongue: if coated, give a
teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs; then
don’t worry, because you surely will
hate a well, smiling child in a few
hours.
Syrup of Figs being composed en
tirely of luscious figs, senna and aro
matics simply can not be harmful It
sweetens the stomach, makes the liver
active and thoroughly cleanses the lit
tle one's waste-clogged bowels. In a
few hours all sour bile, undigested, fer
menting food and constipated waste
matter gently moves on and out of the
system without griping or nausea.
Directions for children of all ages,
also for grown-ups. plainly printed on
the package.
Ry all means get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for the full name. "Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna." prepared
by the California Fig Syrup Co. Ac
cept nothing else.
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Licensed under spacial law- which re
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of 90 per cent of cures
Equipped with modern conveniences,
including largest electro-therapeutical ap
paratus
No deposit of fee is asked until cure is
effected to entire satisfaction of patient
Patients also cured ar home wri’e for
booklet and references Address Dr
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Tenn.
French Millinery
.*• GROSSMAN'S. 96 Whitehall street;
tn barge of MADAME ARNDT, re
cent.. '-orn Paris
The only place where you get cor
rect MILLINERY at moderate prices
WHY?
Our own Importations And small
expense Also strict attention pa:<i to
remodeling LADIES' HATS
GROSSMAN’S
96 Whitehall St.
WAREHOUSE WOULD
SAVE CITY MONEY,
SAYS J. S. CANDLER
"If the city should build a warehouse
to cost $50,000. it would save money,'’
says Aiderman John S. Candler, chair
' man of the finance committee.
; Aiderman Candler explains that pres
i ent conditions force different departments
ito pav different prices for supplies He
, says the construction department is now
paying 52 a month, more per head for mule
feed than the sanitary department, and
that there are many other such differ
ences. But the sanitary department is
able to buy its feed and store it away
while the construction department must
award a contract and have the feed sup
plied from day to day.
"If we could buy our supplies and store
them away, the savings in any one de
partment would pay the interest on the
investment in a warehouse.'' he says.
"When we ask dealers to bld on supplies
for deliveries a month later, they will
naturally/ bid higher than on immediate
deliveries."
sundaystrollerTwill
NEED THEIR_RAINCOATS
Rain for today, tonight and tomor
row, with a slight rise in temperature,
is predicted for Atlanta.
Atlantans who wish to take an outing
on Sunday had better take an umbrella
or a raincoat, says the w;eatb.er man,
for April showers will be frequent dur
ing the greater part of the day and
may come on at any moment and with
out warning.
ABUNDANCE OF SOFT, FLUFFY HAIR
ANO HOT II PARTICLE OF DANDRUFF
Get a 25 cent bottle of Dan
derine and just try this.
Stops hair falling
out at once.
Danderine dissolves every particle of
Dandruff like snow beneath the blazing
sun, cleanses, purifies and invigorates
the scalp, forever stopping itching and
falling hair.
Within ten minutes after an applica
tion of Danderine you can not find a
single trace of Dandruff or a loose or
falling hair and your sealp will not
itch, but what will please you most
will be after a few weeks' use. when
you will actually' see new hair, fine and
g JUNE WEDDINGS g
01. Do not delay longer in placing orders for engraved in-
W vitations. Our summer samples represent the very O
latest sh. ipes and forms that have been accepted by
refined and fashionable society. We do not follow
we LEAD in originating artistic effects with fine
material. Our prices *re the lowest. Send for sam- r-y „
pies, which will be supplied free of charge.
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•V. WEDDING STATIONERY ENGRAVERS Qi/
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Flow many times hare you said, or your
friends said: “I cannot, because I H.AX'E NOT
GOT THE .VOXEL?” How many good business
chances hare had to be passed up because you
did not hare the money? “Clet-Rich-Quick”
speculation is the worst thing a man can do with
his money. If the enterprise into which some
smooth stranger asks you to put your money
were such a good one, he would keep it--not sell
it to rou.
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WHITE PLAGUE WARRIORS
NEED FUNDS FOR FIGHT
To formulate plans for a vigorous
campaign to increase the membership
of the Anti-Tuberculosis association of
Atlanta and to raise funds with which
to carry on its work, the membership
committee of that organization is at
work.
Mrs. L. G. Hodgson, chairman of the
committee, says the association will be
entirely depleted of its funds if the citi
zens of Atlanta do not rally to its needs
at once. To carry on the work of the
association the funds on hand will
hardly last through June.
A meeting will be held next Friday at
707 Gould building and all members are
urged to be present. Others are invited
to join the association.
igasi l - "i*" 1 - u 1 ,i ragg^MS— agess
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Origiilated in a physician's pre
scription years ago and has al
ways been pure, safe. beneficial
—and honest spring and all-the
year-round medicine.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
downy at first—yes—but really new
hair—sprouting all over the scalp.
A little Danderine will immediately
double the beauty of your hair No
difference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Dan
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair, taking one small strand at a
time. The effect is amazing—your hair
will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have
an appearance of abundance: ar. in
comparable lustre, softness and lux
uriance. the beauty and shimmer of
true hair health.
Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or toilet
counter, and prove to yourself tonight—
now—that your hair is as pretty and
soft as any—that it has been neglected
or injured by careless treatment —that’s
al!—you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it if you will just try a little
Danderine