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DR.BOGGS
Atlanta Delegate Asserts Pres
byterians Err in Approving
Desertion as Just Cause.
BRISTOL, TENN . May 20.—1 n pre
senting the majority report of tile com
mittee on marriage ami divorce to tlie
general assembly of the Southern Pres
byterian church, in William E. Boggs,
of Atlanta, today, made an appeal to the
assembly to refer to the presbyteries
the question of marriage and divorce,
adding that the confession of faith was
wrong in authorizing desertion as a
cause for divorce. He said that the
church by its erroneous position on the
subject was contributing to the greatest
evil in history of tbe race, and that
40 per cent of the divorces are for de
sertion. Dr. Boggs is secretary of th*
Presbyterian church commission, with
headquarters in Atlanta.,
Dr. \\ ebb, of Louisville, will present
the minority report, urging that the
present position of the church is cor
rect.
Dr. Flinn Makes Report.
Dr. Richard Orme Flinn, of North
Avenue church, Atlanta, today present
ed tile detailed report of the committee
on systematic beneficence, which was
considered schedule by schedule and
adopted with minor alterations. Ex
ecutive secretaries were elected by thwj
assembly on recommendation of Dr. I
Flinn s committee as follows:
Christian education and ministerial!
relief. Dr. Henry H. Sweets, Louisville; i
Sabbath school expenses and publica
tion, R. Magill; assembly's home mis
sions, Rev. ,E. L. Morris; foreign mis
sions. Rev. Egbert W. Smith, Jr.
The assembly voted to raise during
the next fiscal year amounts as fol
lows: Foreign missions. $550,000; as
sembly's home mission, $190,000;
Christian education and ministerial re
lief. $129,000: Sabbath school expenses
and publication, $30,000; American
Bible society, SIO,OOO.
The report of the committee on “Ro
manism as a Menace to Christian Lib
erty” was. made an order of business
for this afternoon.
Church Union Favored.
Di. James I. Vance, of Nashville,
made the report of the committee on
foreign correspondence, submitting for
consideration of the assembly the fol
lowing recommendations:
“We recommend to the assembly the
appointment of a committee of confer
ence to confer with a similar committee
which, we trust, may be appointed by
the United Presbyterian assembly; to
ascertain whether a basis of union of
the churches is practicable, and if found
so, to report the said basis to the re
spective assemblies for their considera
tion and action thereon. We nominate
as members of this committee Rev. R.
C. Reed. Rev. S. L. Morris, Rev. John F.
Cannon. Rev. Allen G. Hall and Hon.
W. F. Buchanan.”
Change in Representation.
That the report of the ad interim
committee, to which was referred the
overtures of presbyteries in Texas,
South Carolina and other states, asking
for a change in the fundamental law
of the church, so as to give a new
method of selecting representatives to
the general assembly, will be adopted,
with amendments, is indicated today.
The report has been made an order of
business for tomorrow and will be dis
cussed at length.
Sinnott Case Coming Up.
Another important matter yet to be
debated before the assembly, the dis
cussion of which will bring up some
nice questions of church government, Is
the Sinnott ease of north Alabama,
which glow out of the action of a pres
bytery indorsing a proposed prohibi
tion amendment to the state constitu
tion. Dr. W. 1. Sinnott made complaint
to the general assembly against his
presbytery for alleged wrongful and il
legal interference in civil matters. The
general assemblies at Louisville and
Lewisburg refused to entertain the
complaints. The presbytery had harsh
ly censured Dr. Sinnott for his action
in complaining. Dr. Sinnott and his
friends are seeking to have the present
assembly reopen the case and relieve
him of censure.
DISPLAY OF LUXURY
IRRITANT OF LABOR.
SAYS WRITER WELLS
May 20. -H. <:. Wells, the
novelist, it) an article on the labor un
rest pillories the indulgence in pleasure
and excitement <»f the owning ami ruling
classes, which, he says, is one of the chief
tendencies toward revolution He says:
“The spectacle of a pleasure parade of
clothes, estates, motor cars, luxury and
vanity in the sight of workers is the cul
minatUig irritant of labor.”
Mr Wells warns his readers that this
is coming to an eml, because the old ar
rangement of classes which made it pos
sible is breaking down. It is incumbent
upon the wealthy minority, he says, to
show a greater willingness for work them
selves and demand less for their services,
otherwise the insurrectionary leaders will
tak* the matter into their own hands.
LONDON SOCIETY TO
REPRODUCE FAMOUS
DANCE OF WATERLOO
LONDON. May 20. —The historic ball
given by the Duchess of Richmond on the
eve of the battle of Waterloo will be re
produced at Albert Hall. London. June «.
by ladies and gentlemen as prominent so
cialh as those who look part on that
famous occasion.
They "'ll dance ' The Waterloo Qua- |
drdle The Dodies* of Marlborugh will
take pa r ' nf ”’ p Duchess Richmond. Vis
count Jljniiw pin he Wellington and
j.orri Jclm < a'end' b " l,! l,r Rim he,
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j ears ago.
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BEJAILEB AGAIN
Ex-Ice King. Coming Back,
Need Not Fear Atlanta Pen
for Old Crimes.
With health recovered and mind clear
Charles W. Morse, the frenzied financier
who served two years in the Atlanta peni
tentiary. is returning from Europe to
home and to freedom, for the Federal
government has no strings on hint, ac
cording to statements of Atlantans who
ought to kn»w
When Morse left the prison hospital at
Fort McPherson he seemed to be in a dy
ing condition His friends and his doc
tors agreed that death could be only a
short distance away. But he went to Eu
rope, took the baths at Carlsbad and
dwelt in the sunshine of Italy and Egypt.
Now he is returning to New York ami will
again jump Into the financial game
The news that he wmuld return brought
up the question of whether or not he could
be re-jailed.
This query was answered definitely to
day by Warden Moyer, of the United
States prison.
"The order issued by the president on
January 18 setting Morse free was a com
mutation of sentence and not a pardon.”
said Mr. Moyer. "The commutation was
fixed at Morse's service on January 18 and
took effect instantly.
“It differed from a pardon in that it did
not restore Morse to full citizenship, but
it set Morse absolutely free. The federal
government has no strings on hltn. He
can go and come as he pleases "
It will be remembered that the question
of citizenship arose shortly after Morse
was freed and. according to the best in
formation. Is still being debated Morse
was convicted of offenses, which, under
revised federal statutes, are misdemean
ors. and theoretically he did not lose his
citizenship by his conviction. However,
the line between felony and misdemeanor
under certain federal laws is said to be
so Indefinite that the question is one that
will have to go to the courts.
SHRINERS FIGURE ON
ATLANTA AS PLACE
FOR 1914 CONVENTION
Atlanta will he the convention city of
the Shrinters in America in 1914 if the
work of Atlantans at the Los Angeles
meeting counts for anything. The delega
tion from this city made a marked im
pression on officials of Mystic Shrine when
there, and it is thought this city will be
selected for the meeting place two years
from now. •
Dr. Malcolm K. Turner, one of the
Shriners who visited Los Angeles, return
ed to Atlanta early today. He announced
that Atlanta is being considered in the
formidable list for the 1914 meeting place,
and that many prominent men from other
cities are working with Atlanta men to
bring the conclave here.
The remainder of the Atlanta delegation
will return before June 1. At the close
of the convention many of them visited
Seattle and other northwestern cities.
COLORED Y. M. C. A. OPENS
BUILDING FUND CAMPAIGN
'The first meeting of a series that is
planned for the Y. M. C. A. for colored
men in this clt\, and which are a part of
the campaign for building funds, was held
at the Butler street Colored Methodist
Episcopal church yesterday afternoon.
Dr W. G Alexander, of Morris Brown
college, was the principal speaker.
The next meeting will be held at War
ren Chapel Methodist church next Sunday
afternoon. International Secretary .1. E.
Moorland will deliver a special address on
progress of campaigns in several cities.
’l’he local association hopes to collect sev
eral hundred dollars on the new building
fund.
SERMON TO GRADUATES
GAINESK ILLE. GA Max 20 Dr R
E L. Harris, of Vugtista. preached the
• cj’imen’etoenf srinpn for ’he Gaine? :
\’Hr public schools at the F Baptipt j
church. The church na tilled. The i
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 20. 1912.
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1 They Join in College Routine
and Say They*Had a Lovely
Time in School.
1 Club women and college girls, two
generations, met on the campus of Ag-
1 nes Scott college at Decatur and for a
1 whole afternoon swapped views of top
, ics of mutual interest. It was "college
day” at the Womans club and the
1 members went to the school as the
: guests of Miss Nanette Hopkins, dean
of Agnes Scott.
The club women didn't interrupt the
! routine of the college. They entered
into it. They strolled with the girls on
' the campus, watched their tennis games
and basket ball practice, spent an hour
1 In the gymnaisum and paid a visit to
the laboratories where young women
' are taught all kinds of mysterious sci
ences.
"I’ollege day" is an annua! event in
the Woman's club. Last year the girls
visited the club. This year the club
went to the girls, and next year they
will probably join and go together to
some other interesting place. And the
students of yesterday seemed to enjoy
their day as much as the club women
of tomorrow.
MISSOURI NOW AFTER
WOODPECKER'S SLAYER
JEFFERSON C4TY, MO.. May 20. A
deputy game warden has returned from
Cole Camp, Mo., where he sought with
out avail for two days for a hunter who
had killed a woodpecker in violation of
the state law. The woodpecker selected
a railroad tank as a place to make a
hole, and he made one that let all the
water out of the tank. Railroad em
ployees plugged up the hole and refilled
the tank, and then the woodpecker be
gan to make another hole in the tank.
While the bird was busv with.,his bill
some one killed him.
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do without it you will
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; CONSTIPATION
NEWBREAKAODS
TO FLOOD PERIL
Thousands More Made Refu
gees by Fresh Breach in the
Levee at Melville. La.
NEW ORLEANS. May 20.—There
was a change for the worse in tho
Louisiana flood situation today when a
new break occurred in the Atchafalya
levee near Melville, allowing millions of
gallons of water to pour into the al
ready inundated town. Hundreds of
persons who had remained in the town
in defiance of warnings to flee, took
flight after the new break. A fleet of
rescue boats was rushed to Melville to
take away the refugees.
This latest break is the third breach
in the levee near Melville. It is 800
feet wide and the full force of the river
is pouring through the hole into the
plantation lands surrounding the town.
Thousands of persons from the town
and surrounding country were placed
in peril by the fresh disaster to the
dike. More than 2.000 of them are
women and children. The steamer
Mimewiska with a tow of barges was
scheduled to arrive at Melville about
noon.
A new refugee camp has been estab
lished a! Jonesville, where 1.000 home
less persons from nearbi flooded dis
tricts have gathered. They are being
fed by the state, but are without cloth
ing and bedding. Major J. C. Nor
merill, of the I'nited States engineers,
in charge of the relief work, reports
that ,200.000 persons are being fed in
Hie flood zone. He states the refugees
will require aid until at least June 1,
and possible longer.
SAYS SHE IS LOCKED
OUT WHEN HUSBAND
HAS INDIGESTION
YONKERS N. V.. May 20.—When
ever Thomas Toiney, of Yonkers, suf
fers from indigestion he locks his wife
out in the hall all night, or at least this
is Mis Torney's allegation.
He locked her out once too often and
she hailed him before Judge Beall, in
police court, on a warrant charging him
with cruelty She told the judge that
In addition to keeping he: in the hall
z somethin fastened het up in a
hall closet. Totney, she -aid, i a dys
iand verv <1: agie.-ihb
She -aid sht na not going to ileep
in the hall any lunger.
NORTH CAROLINA
REBOKESWILSON
Third of Counties Vote on Pres
idency-Supporters of Jer
seyite Opposed Primaries.
RALEIGH, N. C„ May 20.—Returns
today show that Oscar \V. I'nderwood
secured a good lead over Woodrow Wil
son In the presidential preference pri
maries conducted on Saturday in a
third of the 100 counties of North Car
olina. Os the counties definitely heard
from, Underwood carried eight and
Wilson seven, with the Alabaman lead
ing in a half dozen others. In a few
counties Harmon and Clark were In
dorsed.
The Wilson supporters have been op
posed to giving rhe people a chance to
express themselves because there Is no
law covering the question, but a num
ber of the counties took the matter into
their own hands
Politicians said today that North
Carolina, which was believed to be for
Wilson several months ago, would send
an uninstructed delegation to the Bal
timore convention.
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py.. cry, one of Agues Scott’s
crack tmnis players, and
three members
of the college
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are needed as much or more by 7
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Business Man and Busy Woman
as by any athlete.
Many use
Grape=Nuts
FOOD
because they find it “does the business.”
Grape-Nuts has a delicious taste, is made of Wheat and Barley,
and perfectly cooked at the factory.
It contains Phosphate of Potash {groum in the grain)—the element
which unites in the body with albumin and water to form and rebuild
the tissue ceils in Body, Brain and Nerves.
That’s why
“There's a Reason” for Grape-Nuts
Postan Cereal Company, Limited. Battie Creek. Mkfetgan
Devotion of Strauses
Held Up as Example
In Graduation Sermon
ZEBULON, GA., May 20.—“ Were I
permitted to erect but one monument to
the hundreds of souls who went down
with the Titanic. I would raise a shaft
to the memory of Mrs. Isadore Straus,
wife of the Georgian and philanthropist,
whose lifelong devotioji to her husband
lasted until the end and who faced
death calmly in his arms rather than
live without him." said Rev. W. M. Wil
liams. of Jackson, in the course of his
sermon yesterday at the graduating ex
ercises of the Griffin District institute.
“To you young men and women w ho
are soon to enter life,” continued the
speaker, “I would commend such a life
as hers and that of her husband. Such
a life rightly lived is worth more than
all the gold and silver for which man
often strives in vain or loses his sou! to
secure.”
Rev. Mr. Williams preached the com
mencement sermon to a large number
of friends of the institute who had
gathered from all over the district to
attend the graduating exercises now in
progress.
JUDGE SAYS HUSBAND
HAS RIGHT TO CHOOSE
HIS WIFE’S FRIENDS
YONKERS, N Y , Mai 20. Judge
Beall told Mrs, Thomas Mci'oi that a
husband has a right to determine what
friends his wife shall associate with.
In other words, the husband is to be
the judge of the w ife's company
Mrs. McUoy was in court to ger her
weekly alimony increased.
“He doesn'l want ine to go out ot
have any friends just because he hasn't
any," Mrs. McCoy said, “and be wants
me to stay shut up in the house."
“I think your husband has a right
to say something about the friends w ith
whom you associate," said the judge.
MANY PRELATES TO
GIVE BIG CATHEDRAL
SECOND DEDICATION
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 20. With a
solemn pontifical high mass on Wednes
day. which will be celebrated b\ the Right
Rev IL I’. Northrop. ]>.!>.. bishop of
Charleston, the cathedral of St John the
Baptist in this city, which has recently
been completed, will again he dedicated.
The dedication sermon will preached
bj the Right Rev. D. O’Connell, bishop
of Richmond, with the Right Res Bishop
Kenny, of St Augustine, and the Right
Rev. B I Kelley, bishop of Savannah,
in attendance, in addition to the most
prominent of the pastors from all sec
tjons of the South.
ATLANTA LODGE N 0.523
TO HOLD CALLED MEETING
\ called meeting of Atlanta lodge. No.
'•23. will he held in the chib rooms. 11 Vs
Hast Alabama street. Monday evening.
May 20, promptly at R o’clock. Nil mem
bers are earnestly requested to be pres
ent, as matters of great interest to the
organization will be discussed.
DeLos R. Rogers. Supreme Instructor.
W H. Hoey, District Depots Su
preme Dictator. K. Smith M< Allister,
Acting Secretary.
TAFT TAKES LAST
FLINEIWNS
Smiles Confidently as He
Closes Campaign Before His
Home State Primaries.
HAMILTON. OHIO. May 20—Smil
ing jovially and apparently confident of
the verdict which Ohio will render to
morrow in the presidential primaries.
President Taft today wound up the
campaign in his home state. Leaving
Cincinnati early this morning, he made
his first speech here, holding up his
administration as one conducted in the
interest of the people, and assailing
Theodore Roosevelt.
Today's program called for other
speeches at Eaton, Greenville. Piqua,
Troy. Tippecanoe. Dayton. Xenia, clos
ing with h. final rally at Dayton tonight
on his return to that city.
President Taft in his speech here
made manifest that the last day of the
campaign would be as telling as he
could make it.
He charged that the colonel created
government commissions whenever he
wanted to without regard to law. thpn
t iled some statements of the colonel s
which he termed "inaccuracies of mem
ory.”
“T. R.'s Memory Inaccurate.”
“Now, Mr. Roosevelt says that J ant
to blame for yielding to the bosses,
because I did hot continue many of the
commissions which had been unlawful
ly created. W.'ll, I could not do it be
cause of the express prohibition of the
Jaw which was passed before 1 got into
office ami whici) ho himself signed.
That is an instance of his inaccuracy
of memori. He applies that to the
country life tommission, to the mining
commission and to every commission
that bls lively imagination thought it
would be well to appont.
' It is easy enough to appoint a com
mission to devise ways and means, but
it is a good deal harder to get a statute
through that does anything except ad
vertise tlie administration."
President Taft further charged that
the action of President Roosevelt in
withdrawing public lands from settle
ment was without nmrrant of law. and
lie claimed credit for the statute which
permitted the withdrawals of hundreds
of millions of acres during the Taft ad
minisi ration.
“Thai is a fair illustration." cried ths
president, "between Ills administration
and mine; It shows Impatience with
witch lie regarded a law w hich limited
his action."
HOMESICK MONKEY DIES
SUICIDE: DRINKS POISON
NEW YORK. May 20.—As a result
of melancholia, brought on by brood
ing for its native country on the Ama
zon. a monkey belonging to Mrs. Clif
ford Harmon committed suicide by
drinking poison.
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