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WSON WINS HIS FIGHT; WILL GO * DELEGATE Underwood Leaders Assure Him of Trip to Baltimore ! i Convention, Thomas E. Watson will go as one of Georgia’s delegates at large to the na- j j tiona! Democratic convention at Balti- ‘ A Ju more I M This much is assured in advance of ' ( the assembling of the state convention I in Atlanta on May 29. That his selec- ; tion ’.'ill come only at the end of a bit. I ter fight cn the floor of the'convention I is equally certain. The sudden and vehement reversal by- Mr. Watson of his previously an nounced determination not to seek a delegate’s place upset many a political playhouse yesterday; but it brought matters to an instant focus. . Receives Word f He'il Be Chosen. Already Mr. Watson ha. received positive assurance of his election from the hands of the powers that will con trol the convention. In ‘he 'word.-, of an admirer, “the red headed person brought 'em to time, all right!" The rush 'c get Mr. Watson back into a good' humor as soon as possible was most strenuous. The telegraph . wires were both hot and heavy with P* pious protestations of friendship am! high regard for Watson last night and this morning. Notwithstanding that, however, he will be fought bitterly, uncompromis ingly, and. to the last ditch by a pow erful minority in the convention ’ There are two decided and distinct j views of the proposition put up to the forthcoming state Demo- ratio conven tion by Thomas E. Watson, in his an nouncement tha* he intends "to head the Georgia delegation to the Baltimore national convention.” There are Underwood leaders of strong influence who declare that Mr. V. atson shall go. without question or protest, now that he has announced his full determination to go anyway; there are others who declare that so long as the power of protest remains within r them Mr. Watson shall not go to Balti- W more < Entiled to Scat, Say Friends. Those who favor Mr. Watson's right to be named a delegate to Baltimore declare that he is clearly entitled to W named a delegate, primarily because of his service in bringing about Mr. Un derwood's victory in Georgia. They say there would never have been any ques tion of Mr. Watson's going had Mr. Watson himself not raised the doubt by an editorial in his ow n publication, in f w nidi he said he had decided not to ask f or one of the places. Attitude Suspicious. Say Foes. On the other hand, the anti-Watson ites argue that Mr. Watson's attitude of suspicion and hostility to his recent Underwood comrades is insincere and assumed- to serve an ulterior purpose. f They argue that he is maliciously bent upon making mischief inside the Dem ocratic party, and that he is. as rap idly as he may. getting himself into his favorite role of martyr, that lie may stab to death the Democratic partv if opportunity presents itself between now and November next. Vert- much less than one-half of the Fulton county delegation to the state convention would agree to discuss the ■Watson incident for publication today. Most of them approached the matter gingerly, and hesitated to touch it at ! ali They seemed to feel that the prop- * osition might become entirely too hot to hold as time ran along. Those who did discuss it were about evenly divided—either for it heartily or against it violently and uncompromis ingly One member admitted frankly that he "expects to take to the woods” and stay away from the convention SALE OF LOTS AT HILL CREST Improvement of Marietta / Street and Marietta Road. A sale of lots at Hill-Crest, a new' suburban settlement on the Marietta car line, will take place tomorrow aft t erndon at 2 o'clock. The Riverside Investment Company, > of which Mr William M. Little, of Bit- F* mingham, is president, has spent a good / deal of time and expense in getting the ' property laid off and subdivided, and has just recently put it on the market. It is located at Collins Switch, on the first hilt beyond the Chattahoochee river. A number of nice homes, owned by representative citizens, have already been built at this place, and there will, no doubt, be considerable development there in the near future. Fulton county has a good macadamized roarj from the city limits to Bolton and the city eoun eil’on last Tuesday acted favorably on A the plan to tak‘ up the cobble stone V’ in Marietta street and pave the same I ’ with asphalt. Cobb county is improv ing and cherting the road all the way from Marietta to the river, so that the road from Atlanta to Marietta, will soon be one of the best auto roads out from the city. The American Realty ami Auction , Com). any. of Greensboro, N will handle the sale. Penny Brothers, the twin auctioneer representing the company ' y* There will be an excellent band of f music at. the sale, and it is expected r that" there will he a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen present. ONE REASON WHYGARBAGE PROBLEM i.. MUST BE SOL.VED BY 01TY 00UNCIL i Wi . - iIMH -7 ' II ■& IS —■ ■■ Here’s another ph"i wjraph showing the ncjrlwt of tip’ city sanitary department--a goods box on a sidewalk np-town. piled Io overflowing with refuse. An old negro woman, one of the dozens of early morning scavengers, is picking over the refi-e. As she digs for what she wants, she scatters tin remainder on the sidewalk. to bo blown l>v p’-cn breeze and scatter disease germs broadcast over the 'dty. Council is now considering the purchase of a plant to cost $440,000. Another company offers a plant for fat below that um, and claims it will bring in a regular income instead of being a constant expense. rather than face a showdown on the Watson row. Expressions from out-of-town ■ on vention members, named and prospec tive. .show a " ids diversity of opinion on the Watson subje< t. One stalwart of the stalwarts, the editor of one of Georgia's leading Dem ocratic newspapers, is known positively to have said that he will not serve on the delegation with Watson—and it has been generally conceded that he was to be named one of the "big four," with out fail. Mr. Watson has ■ ailed a meeting of his friends and supporters in the ball room of the Kimball the night pieced ing the state convention. In that call Mr. Watson sounds a challenge to his immediate Underwood allies of the past, rather than to the defeated Wilson end of the preslde’ntial row. Campaign Crudely Run, Watson Thinks Thoma- E. Watson does not thmk Campaign Manager G. R. Hutchens made much of a job of running the Underwood headquarters in Atlanta. Moreover, he gives out some decided- i 'IT7 ’BW4 ONE DAY SPECIAL Child’s Reversible QQp Percale Dress «7Ov Regular Value, 52.00 ®$ Made like these illus 'Til' ' r *<O trations. Can be worn either side out. Both pretty. Comes \ /' 1 A ’ n pta’ n blue, tan andrjj£ 4 *4 1 4 white percale. Worn I \v \K I I one s *^ e out ’* as V\ I white pique sailor col- HgSSiHa \ I \ *rTTu ■! l ar an “ cu^s ’ bas s * > £>;/ I K checked gingham I' fl I ’ ‘V piping. Reversed it | I* 1 I ft bas dainty gingham // I I u collar, cuffs and three- '> L ’ band at bottom. \ / These very dainty and v ls| 'Wi attractive dresses go on V j®B ’' sale at 9 a.m. Saturday. ' W P- 98c a ■>* I CP POTT We clothe Men ’ Women 1 anc [ Children on Credit. ; Menter & Rosenbloom Co. r ,. 8 ~| UPSTAIRS-OVER 71 • cis „ WHITEHALL ST. “ I CREDIT CREDIT THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1912. ly interesting information with re spect to the big Unrlerv ood rail' held at the Grand Opera house in this city a few da; s before the orimary. In all of the adveitisements of that meeting Mr. Watson was played up as one of the speakers-to-be. He was listed, indeed, as one of the bright and particular stars of the evening. He non says he never aas invited, to attend the meeting, although he says I he was "told” bv a friend that he; "would be invited.” On the night of the speaking, when j Mr. Watson failed to show up, it was | given out that he could not come, be- 1 cause a few nights before he had "put i his throat out i-f business speaking in I August:i." ■Mr. Watson, writing of the Atlantal rally and the Augusta meeting in this I week's Jeffersonian, says: Over the protest of the Under wood management. I spoke in Au gusta. because the local manage men; insisted that I should. Result; We held that big < ity to a meager majority of 400. This we more than offset in Hie small country county of Glascock. I was not asked to speak in At- lanta. Vardaman. Heflin and O'Neal were imported to storm that cita del. Result : Underwood lost by 2,- 500. It took more than 30 of our small counties to even up the losses in that one city. Suppose we had not held them • down in Macon, Savannah and Au ' gusta' If those cities had been as un | sucees fully managed as Atlanta, j our 105 country counties would not | have saved us. i Mr. Hutchens, who w ill be one of the i Floyd county delegation to the state ! convention in Atlan.ia, and who is i sooken of for th'- permanent chairman- I I ship of the convention, as well as one |of the "big four" delegates to Balti moie, is warmly advocating Mr. Wat son's election as a colleague on the “big four" delegation. 1— Fresh Country EGGS 17L No Limit; Buy All You Need Cheese; the other fel low’s 3t»c kind, ■« C|lc pound . . <&vw>2 Meadow Gold Butter, pound i Silver Leaf Lard $ 4 .29 j 10 pound pall * Cottolene $4.19 Largest Size . •&• Snowdrift 10 pound pail . Snowdrift ' Medium Size . . New Potatoes, AOr* Nice Stock, Cash Grocery Co. iHB-12DWIiileMI SI. TAFT MEN DERIDE ROOSEVELT CLAN The Taft-Roosevelt war in Georgia, which is very much alive even if Dem ocratic troubles recently have some what obscured it, will reach a decided crisis tomorrow, when county conven tions will be held—unless they are not -in ever:.- county in the state, for the purpose of electing delegates to vari ous district Republican conventions yet to be held. and to one big state convention to follow. These county conventions scheduled for tomorrow are of questionable legal ity in the minds pf the Taft people, but perfectly fit and proper in the minus of the Roosevelt people. It al! depends upon the way you look at things Re publican in Georgia. The call was not signed by the regu lar state chairman. Waiter Johnson. It was signed by A. Graves, however, who snatched the authority from some w here. According to Johnson, the delegates have already here, chosen in Georgia, and C-V( cvthing is over in this suite so far as the national convention is con cerned. save the Taft shouting -and even that Mr. Johnson is willing to make modest and not prolonged, if it will help any. As lons as the Taft outfit insists upon strangle-holding the delegates, however, the Roosevelt outfit can not see anything coming their way unless a new deal—and a square one —is framed up. They figure that even if it does not go through, it will give them a platform upon which a con testing delegation may get into the limelight at i’hicago. if there happens to be anything doing in the contesting delegation line there next June. f ' .. a, ■ C....U CU..I ... ~ « W.C..■>. Jc c-a - J.M.HIOn COMMNY. Saturday Specials BIG SALE Untrimmed HATS $ J 2.50 Hats . Choice 10.00 Hats / „ _ 8.50 Hats. . . . . 7.50 Hats 6 50 Hats \ Sale Begins 5.00 Hats 300 fine, genuine Hemp, Leghorn, Chip, Milan, 1 agal and Hair Braid Hats in the most fashionable shapes; values $5 to $12.50, choice $2.98. Children’s Wash DRESSES Ages 6 to 12 Years $1.25 and $1.50 Values Our newest and best styles in gingham and chambray ' Dresses, low neck and f j short sleeve and high neck and long sleeve styles; just the thing for school wear. Regular $1.25 and $1.50. W. B. Corsets $1.50 Values Just for one day, as a Satur- C-g AA day attraction, we will give v I a sale of new Spring models in W. B. Corsets; extra long hip, medium bust, 6 hose supporters; $1.50 values. JJLHmCamMT; GIANT DERRICK FALLS THREE STORIES; KILLS ONE, INJURES MANY BOSTON, May 10. —One man was killed, four were Seriously hurt and i several slightly injured today when a ' huge derrick fell from the third floor of ' a building on Edinboro street. The dead man is Louis Aranson, a mason, of church street. Chelsea. The most seriously injured were Louis Septa, of 12 Lynde street, Bos ton; Nicholas Piera, of 175 Salem street, Boston, and Rocco Sansorgo, of 28 Chatham street, Boston. DOCTOR WAGERS HE CAN TOUR EUROPE WITH S6O i NEW YORK. Ma; 10.—Dr. Jorgo Mikkelsen, of the Norwegian hospital, i’hicago, yesterday sailed in the steer age of a German liner with 100 as his sole capital. His departure is the re sult of a wager made lust Thursday. Until December 1. when he is due back in Chicago. Dr. Mikkelsen is bound by the conditions of the wager not to beg. borrow, steal or receive charity. He may earn money by any means other than the practice of his profession. He is to visit Copenhagen, take a lecture course at a medical in stitute at Vienna and pass an exami nation there, visit Berlin, Paris and London. ATLANTAN GETS PATENT. WASHINGTON. May 10.—Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, report the grant this week to citizens of Georgia of the following patents; S. J. Bland. Uvalda, supporting and ventilating device for hay stacks. W. D. Hughes. Atlanta, gearing for motor vehicles. 50,000 LONDON TAU ORS WALKOUT OF SHOPS /LONDON, May 10.—Threats that by to morrow night the tailoring industry fw London will be at a standstill were made by the leaders of the strke of the m£n and women tailors. Twenty-five thousand are out In the East End shops and an equal number In the West End shops. AH others, afbout ten thousand in number, have been ordered out within 24 hours. The provisional committee of the East End strikers today levied new demands on the proprietors for a ten-hour day and an increase of wages all around. ANNOUNCEMENT I respectfully ask the voters of North Atlanta, to elect me to the unexpired term of the late Judge S. H. Landrum, Justice of the Peacp of said district. Election to be held on the 18th day of Maj. 1912. at 43 1-2 Decatur street. Polls to be opened at 7 o'clock a, tn. and close at <i o'clock p. m. This Mac 6th. 1912. CHARLES W. SEIDELL. 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Work fiuaranteed I FOR SI.OO YOU GET I A pair of fine gold- I hl filled frames guaran- J I teed for 15 years, and I H best crystal lenses for ■ I near or distant vision, || I fitted properly to m || your eyes, and guar- ® || anteed to be 0. K. or O 3 no pay. Sale begins || H Monday and lasts ■ I ONE WEEK ONLY | | Columbian Optical | I Store I ■ 81=83 Whitehall St g ■■ With Ce'umblan Beok Company 5