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Happy Youngsters Swoop Down Upon Wrens Nest for Frolic With Brer Rabbit and Brer Fo>a SONGS AND DANCES FEATURE UNCLE REMUS CELEBRATION 1 , fßL^hir•• L -- - 4^r ;/ '-sj TV wHNB _''T,' a » :W4 Wftk « \\< - - W J- 5 ■j« nYpr\x.T7/ / . . . W/ S 00 00 , W _ ra Ka/ jMr’" Jnk 2&r — 0/5 Some of the little merrymakers who will take part tn tlo HH x Y~~ ? : /|’ C 0 dances al the Cnele Remits celebration this afternoon. In this 1 // Yw? z ' y r •""'-’Wg Y I J* picture, left to ritthL Alice Arnold. Laura Jones, Hflen James. .<H| ■ I// Mil y / ' ? .^QCjtv^EMSwy^ / J Os) r ■ \// ® < <e Delightful Weather Adds to Keen Enjoyment of Children Gathered at “Snap Bean Farm,” Old Home of Joel Chandler Harris. The Uncle Remus Memorial May festival begins this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Wren’s Nest, Gordon street, will resound with the voices of many children dancing about the May poles and executing drills of various sorts. The festival promises to be the most spectacular and instructive given since the memorials were Instituted. The women tn charge have worked long and assiduously in rounding out de tails and the children have been un usually diligent in attending rehearsals. The crowning of the queen will be the most spectacular event of the aft ernoon. Three hundred and fifty young girls and boys will appear tn this and the music will be unusually inspiring. "Following this. Miss Constance Leroux will give solo dances and then will come the May pole dancers and the drills. Booths and a Fortune Teller. At the conclusion of the exercises the booths will be thrown open. A real gypey fortune teller also -will be on hand. The booths will be presided over by the following women, assisted by a number of girls and matrons: "Fish Pond," Mrs. R. T. Connally; “Honey Bee Tree," Mrs. T. H. Pitts; "Miss Meaders an’ the Gals,” Mrs. Seay; "Sign of the Tar Baby," Mrs. J. F. Purser; "Thimble Finger Well," Mrs. H. F. Crumley; souvenir and post cards, Mrs. H. H. Fudge; fortune tell ing. Mrs. Thomas Stevens. The "Fish Pond” will be presided over by Mrs. R. T. Connally, assisted by Mesdames Maud Curtis. E. C. Lett er. W. D Brown, William Snodgrass, Lee Beauvais, M. Snyder, R. Molton, Jerome Jones and J. C. Gavan. At the "Sign of the Tar Baby" will be Mrs. J. F. Purser, with her com • mittee, consisting of Mesdames E. V. Carter, Spratllng. Collier. W. E. Fos ter, Steedman. Crowe, J. A. Carlisle, Fred Seay, R. M. Gann. W. B. Disbro, Ovid Stewart, W. B. Willingham, Cald er Law ton, W. N. Weathers, M. J. Cofer, W. H. Moore. White Keenan, N. T. Pool and Misses Maud Daniel, f Emma Binns, Eva Stewart. Frances Stephens, Agnes Stephens. Grace Ste phens, Agnes Pritchard. Rodena Rags dale, Marcelles Steadman. Adelaide Calloway, Frances Richardson. May Richardson. Irma Bell and Belle Coop er. Tea and sandwiches. Miss Nora Belle Rosser and Mrs. E. L. Connally. Chairman of the booths, Mrs. Thos. Stokes. Chairman of the grounds, Mrs. S. O. Vickers. Gatekeeper. Miss Leila Culberson, assisted by Mrs. George Sharp. Children in the Drills. I The children taking part will be Miss Frances Stokes, queen; Miss Vir ginia Collier, the queen of last year, crowning the queen of this year; Mas ter Newton McEachern, scepter bear er; William Disbro and Clifford Smith, carriers of the flora) canopy; .Miss Constance Laßeaux. ballet dancer; Misses Kathryne Vickers. Helen Gdne dy. Lois .Mclntyre, Catherine Hackett. Olenza Corley and Marguerite Carlisle, attendants. Masters Thomas Stokes, William Disbro. Clifford Smith. Amos VVhite | head. Howard Crumley Frank Hardy. Linton Troy and Albert Rossetta. knights. e , Flower girls, Fay McCowan, Mary Presley, l.< Ila Jayne, Laura Jenkins. Helen George, Lorena Biotin tun. Mil dred Blxley, Frances Cuny, Helen Gaines, Alice Arnold, Louise Arnold. Edith Beazley, Elizabeth Sales. Laura Jones. May Pole Dancers—Misses Helen Stewart, Martha Carder, Myrtrud? Henshe, Virginia Kelley, Mary Brit tain, Elizabeth Tillman. Marian An drews, Mary Arnold. Margaret Ford. Dorothy- Duggan, Floy Woodfin, Gale Bennett. Grace McGowan. Kathryn All bright. Thomasine Vickers. Louise Bolyn. Mary Frances Warner, Dorothy Childs, Hattie Hood, Augusta Foreman. Thelma Hennessee. Ruby Terry, Ruth Lovett, Sarah Holland, Elizabeth Er win, Mary Erwin, Margaret Tillman. Martha Jones. Virginia Jones, Ethel Durphee. Louise Wheelan, Muriel Hun ter. Willie Stroud, Eula Jones. Eliza beth Chapman. Margaret Thornton. Annie Griffin, Mildred Carey. Nellie Marquardt. Alice Stewart. Eva Moore, Sara Cheshire, Ada Nichols, Eloise Al len, Margaret Scruggs, Mary Frances Strong. Georgia Chamberlin. Alice No lan. Buna Wyatt. Sara Sutherland, Caroline Camp, Mildred Riley, Mary Huett, Lula Barton, Jane Hancock, Mildred Kelley. Roslyn Poole, Dorothy Mapp, Huge Lee Wyatt, Margaret Eli ott, Howard Foster, Katherlng Carter. Anlca Martin. Doris Dickey. Louise Nichols. Chlrstine McEachern. Evelyn Jordan, Martha Waldrop, Susie Flor ence, Evelyn Sheffield, Lucile Reid, Evelyn Robinson, Sarah Bailey, Frances Dobbs, Dorothy Tumlin. Luella Bar ton, Elsie Mlnker. Nita Martin, Mary Cooper, Hortense Kelley, Dorothy ' Brogden. Louise Scruggs, Janice Wil son. Eva Cooley, Virginia Jones, Ruth Normandy, Julia Turner and Katherine Derrick. Pages—Charles Ward, Donald Rob ertson. Fred Stewart, Charles Connal ly, George Dallas. Edwin Lindorme. SIXTH DISTRICT CARRIERS MEET AT JN DIAN SPRINGS JACKSON, GA. June I.—The rural letter carriers of the Sixth congres sional district had their annual con vention at Indian Springs, when the Butts county carriers were hosts. The next meeting will be held in McDon ough. The officers elected are J. A. Hick man, Barnesville, president; George T. Pippen. Round Oak, vice president; S. J. Watkins, Jackson, secretary-treas urer. Delegates to the state meeting in Atlanta July 4 are J. A. Hickman, Barnesville, and James B. Watkins, Jackson. SZYRMGZDINIE-BENDAR- AVILTITE; WEDDING NOTE NEW. YORK, June I.—With the help of four clerks and an interpreter, a marriage license ha= been issued in Brooklyn to Baitram Szyrmgzdlnis and his bride-to-be. Ona Bendaravlltite. LOST DEATH BOAST AS HE REACHED FOR BEER NEWBURGH, N. Y.. June I.—James Fogarty, foreman of a contracting firm, while reaching for a glass of beer, which he said he would have if it killed him. dropped dead of apoplexy at St. Andrews. CHAUTAUQUA PROPOSED. JACKSON GA., June 1. The ques tion "f holding a Chautauqua at In dian Springs this summer is being dis cussed by the business men of that town. If it is decided to hold the Chau tauqua it will begin about June 12. LHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS- SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1912. mb I T~~x — Elower ffirls. Lorena Brotherton, on left, and Mildred BimK •/B’ x - - - —t 31 $ t ■ •■V ' ■ K Mat Pole Dancers, left to ■ ■Vx-J' right. Martha Jones. Bessie Ir s., < win. Alice Stewart. 5781.044 SPENT' IN IT BUILDING “—; . I Records Show Gain of 100 Per Cent Over the Same Month Last Year. Investments in building operations for May of this year show an increase of nearly 100 per cent over May, 1911. and the investments for the first five months of this year have increased almost as much over the corresponding period of last year. During the month $781,044 was spent on building, according to the 388 per mits taken out at the city building in spector’s office. In May, 1911, 387 per mits were taken out. representing an expenditure of $482,882. The increase for this May was $298,162. From January 1 to May 31 of this year $199,803 more was spent on build ings than during the same period of 1911. The figures are: For first five months 1912, $3,032,082; same period of 1911, $2,832,279. In constructing apartment houses $300,000 has already been spent this year, which is $163,350 more than wa« spent during the first five months of last year. In the erection of business houses a gain of $123,285 is shown for the same flve-mpnth periods. Already this year $365,625 has been expended in business structures. Up to May 31, 1911, the erectiorij of business houses amounted to $242,340. | ARMY ORDERS | WASHINGTON, June I—Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Cabell. Fourteenth in fantry, retired from active service. Captain C. T. Leeds, corps of engi neers. to home preparatory to retire ment. Captain J. W. Moore. First cavalry, retired from active service. First Lieutenant T. Whelan. Twenty ninth infantry, to Hartford, Conn., as inspector Instructor of organized mili tia. Major F. E. La-cey, Jr., infantry, as signed to Eighteenth infantry. GRATEFUL MOTHER SLIPS DAUGHTER A YOUNG MAN MOUNT VERNON. N. Y„ June 1. After introducing her mother to Jo seph Wilson, whom the mother mar ried. the latter returned the compliment by introducing her daughter. Marion Strange, to R. M Diggs, of San Fran cisco, whom lite daughter will marry shortly IBATTLEISSEENIN SENATORIAL RAGE Watson and Hardwick, Bitter Political Foes, Expected To Be Candidates. A battle royal between Thomas E. Watson and Thomas W. Hardwick to succeed Senator Bacon in the United States senate, now looms large on the political horizon in Georgia. In the event that Watson and Hard wick both are candidates, which is gen erally accepted as a condition sure to arise, they will have to reckon stren uously with Senator Bacon, who does not intend to give up his toga without a struggle. Watson has let it be known to a few friends that he will certainly be in the race for the senate. Hardwick has said that he will certainly run if Wat son does. Mr. Bacon has said that he will run again, no matter who else runs. And H. H. Perry, of Hall, and S. Guyt McLendon, of Fulton, long ago announced they would be In the race. Once They Were Friends. The spectacular end of this tight un doubtedly will center about Hardwick and Watson. They are ancient and bitter enemies. Long ago, they were friends—Watson, indeed, is primarily responsible for Hardwick’s entrance into congress—but they fell out just after the first Hoke Smith guberna torial campaign and have never made up. Watson’s last effort to defeat Hardwick, unsuccessful though it was, by no means concluded things between them. The "red-headed one” has an nounced more than once his positive determination to run Hardwick out of public, life—to pursue him to his fin-' ish. The recent announcement of Judge Horace Holden as a candidate for Mr. Hardwick's seat, now is being taken by many to mean that he realizes Hardwick and Watson are to be oppo nents for the senate. Talk of Plum as Peace Offering. It is being talked around the hotel lobbies—it may or may not be loose talk, of course—that Watson lias re ceived some encouragement in his sen atorial aspirations from the “city poli ticians” he professes to hate so cor dially. It is even said that there was an ante-conventfon “agreement" be tween them, as part of the near-peace pact whereby a general Watson row was avoided in the state convention. Some politicians have put two and two together—unless It is two and three and they get a four that looks mighty big to them. It is only fair to say, however, that such talk is largely spec ulative, and lias little that is authorita tive to sustain it. The general Impression is that the "city politicians" are willing to let Ba con go back to Washington without a contest —would prefer that, as a mat ter of fact—but that if a three-cor nered row must come, they will keep oft the grass Just as much as they can, and stand by. merely expressing a sort of non-committal desire that the best man win. STRAPHANGERS UNION WILL TENDER THANKS FOR NEW HAND-LOOPS Straphangers Union, Local No. 464. will meet tonight at headquarters to offer resolutions of thanks to the local trolley company for the present made the union today. Members coming to work on the early cars found nice, new, sanitary, polished hand loops hanging from the ceiling of West End cars instead of the old leather straps. Great liberality was shown by the company, too. for 36 loops were provided for cars having 44 seats, so that not more than forty will have to go strapless even in the busiest hour, 120 being the limit for one car. unless late arrivals are squeez ed In with a Jackscrew. The Straphangers Union has been praying for more seats, more cars, fast er ears and other things clear out of all reason ever since the last hay burner gave way before the electric motor. The trolley company hasn't been able to fill every demand of the union, but today it showed its willing ness to oblige. If the new straps are not entirely satisfactory, red ribbons will be attached to them. Anything to please the public. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HEAD AT COLLEGE PARK SUNDAY Dr. G. W. Young, state superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon league, will ad dress the citizens of College Park Sun day, at the Methodist church in the morning and the Baptist church in the evening. The College Park churches will be the hosts for the Anti-Saloon league leaders generally. J. B. Richard, who founded the league work in Georgia in 1905, and has been general secretary ever since, will speak at the Christian church during the morning. CHAUTAUQUA AT NEWNAN. NEWNAN. GA. June 1. —Newnan Chautauqua opened with a concert by the Vitale Venetian band last night, and will continue through June 6. Among the attractions are the Dekoven Male Quartet. Miss Evelyn Bargt lt, reader; Tom Corwine, Clarence L. Burgderfer. Ralph Parlette. Professor Patnaliasika and his trained pets, and a debate be tween Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson and ex-Governor J. Frank Han ly, of Indiana. COMMENCEMENT AT MERCER. MACON, GA.. June I.—The annual commencement exercises of Mercer university begin tomorrow' morning with a special sermon by Rev. c. W. Durden, of Tifton. The graduating pro gram covers a period of four days. FATALLY HURT IN FACTORY FIRE BELTVILLE. N. J., June I.—One man was fatally injured in a fire which destroyed the plant of the Hardman Rubber Company here early toda*. John McCarthy, a foreman in the plant, fell through the roof and was fatally injured. The loss is $150,000. Mrs. Burnice Powell. Mrs. Burnice Powell, 35 years old. wife of J. E. Powell, died at Kirkwood early today and the remains were brought to Patterson Kt Son'.- chapel to await funeral arrangements. Mrs Pow ell Is survived by her husband, a broth er and a sister WAITERS' STRIKE BODES RACE WAR Gotham Hotels Are Importing Negroes to Replace Union Men Who Walked Out. NEW YORK, June I.—With 3.728 waiters and cooks on strike at 33 ho tels and restaurants and the war be tween the hotel men and their em ployees spreading rapidly, fear was ex pressed today that race riots would be the outcome of the employers' efforts to bring into the city a number of ne gro waiters to serve as strikebreakers. The situation became more menacing today when the* strike leaders declared that unless the union were recognized a sympathetic walkout of hotel trades unions would be ordered. These in clude engineers, firemen, clerks, electri cians, mechanics, upholsterers, cabi netmakers and musicians. If this move, men were made national, it would de moralize the hotel business of the coun try. Negroes Being Imported. The hotel managers defied the wait ers to call a sympathetic strike and served notice that the strikers would be fought to a finish. They asserted that 1,600 negro waiters now on their way from Baltimore and other South ern points would be given permanent positions and the striking waiters would have no opportunity to return to work after they once quit. Financial Secretary Blochlinger of the union replied to this ultimatum thus: "Negotiations are now under way to bring about an affiliation between the International Hotel Workers union and the American Federation of Labor. Such an affiliation would insure a sym pathetic strike and a complete victory for the union.” Blochlinger also threatened to have all of the waiters and cooks out of 300 New York hotels and eating places be fore the strike now in full blast reaches its climax. Striksbreakers Under Guard. The managers of the hotels, alarmed by the rapid spread of the strike, today began advertising for strong, nervy guards who will be used in protecting such strikebreakers as may be em ployed in the fight. On the other hand, the strikers, encouraged by a monster mass meeting last night at which R«se Pastor Stokes stirred as many as 6,000 union men as could crowd into Bryant hall, while the remainder remained on the sidewalks and repeated the cheer ing inside, redoubled their efforts. Th hotels and restaurants at which the strike was in full swing today were the Astor. Athens, Buckingham. Bel mont, Breslin. Bustonobys, t'afe Des Beaux Arts, Calumet club. Empire. Elks club, Gotham. Great Northern. Hermi tage, Holland house. Herald Square, Hoffbrau. Imperial, Knickerbocker, Ma jestic. Maria Antoinette, Manhattan. Moquln's. Martin's, Martinique, Park Avenue, Plaza. Rector’s, Shanley's, St. Regts. Seville, Sherry's, Waldorf-As toria and the Vanderbilt. ATLANTA’S MUM WILDS EXPLDjJJ W. N. Mitchell, a Leader, Conducts Sucs®i| a ful Research Expedition Wj William N. Mitchell, the well Roosevelt leader in Georgia, a party of his newspaper friend; Wl through a mint forest yesterday aft*.J ernoon at his home, 33 Columbia av« ra nue. ,/£■ While the excursion was more cll&K \ ivia! than botanical, the 8 V® covered a good many things known in the way of plant abundant and varied yield c 1 vine provoked and was the ■••••»•“ iMg much discussion. Its relati tory and its effects upon hi'“-‘*’| dcncies was well demonstra the afternoon was over. ***** JBSI While Mr. Mitchell claimed* -■ ■ ond Burbank, the size, strength tenacity of the mint thicket was such to produce wonder in the minds of th*H sightseers. The entire growth was tlie big-oaks-from-11 variety. A mere sprig sent from Vir gina had been planted in the garder.4H In a week the whole place was a mass® of green luxuriance. Ih two weeks it® was a fit setting for a babes-in-the-® woods sketch. Finally it was necea-H sary for Mr. Mitchell to use an ax in® order to keep the vines from enterinr® his home and throwing all the furnjj JH ture out of the window. Levee Held on Lawn. j After the party had well and suf- ■ ficiently investigated the mint. Its I products and by-products, adjournment I was made to the lawn, where a levee I was held. Then followed a few care- I full) culled sentences from the book of I the prophet, intermixed with such hu- I morous asides as would naturally come 1 at such an occasion—the whole being no 1 small contribution to the gayety of na- I tions. J Toward the end of the party Mr JI Mitchell advised all present of the sure ■ election of Theodore Roosevelt. It was J Mr. Mitchells opinion that the Colonel® would not only win the nomination and® the election, but that he would split in® twain several states of the South — H Georgia among them. Such was th' ® sweet influence of the mint that mos ® of his guests agreed with him. H The newspaper men departed witl H much reluctance and w ith a profoum ® respect for the glory of mint and th power of words. MB JACKSON EDUCATOR GOESf J TO SCHOOLS OF CORDEUifI JACKSON. GA., June 1. —Superin- tendent VY. R. Lanier of the Jackson chools has accepted a position as su perintendent of the schools in Cordele. Professor Lanier has been in Jackson for five years as head of the local • schools. Before coming to Jackeon tolf, teach he was In Dublin and Blakeljrab* for several years as superlntendEnt. SJi The board of edm■••lion will namfb»! Professor l.anivi's successor within lbß? few days. j 3