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■ DOUBLE ■IN BIffIEWLE Deacons to Quit Following the| Resignation of Dr. Mac- Arthur. Pastor. Continued From Page One. pastorate "One more effort will be made to . keep him here, however. The board of deacons will join in a meeting of many outside Baptists and many laymen to night in an attempt to bring about such a general movement on the part of the denomination that he will over his personal feelings and decide to do the great work that remains for him in At lanta. But though he has not talked to me since last night's meeting, I am al most positive that only a great denom inational movement can keep him here. If that does not succeed, the Baptist denomination in the South will kn.r.v the pity of losing its strongest expo nent." A Georgian reporter carried th|s statement of Dr. MacArthur s friend to H. A. Ethridge, head of the anti- MacArthur faction, in his law office in the Atlanta National Bank building. "Well, I will not attend that meet ing tonight," said Mr. Ethridge. "1 have asked that my letters to the Tab ernacle be returned to mo. I will re main there only until my financial con s nection with the institution can be settled. Thon after twelve years of sweating blood in the foundation and progress of an institution I have loved as my very life, ! shall take my fam ily to another church, whether Dr. Mac- Arthur remains as permanent pastor or whether he goes away." Resents Being Called “Meddling Committeeman.’’ That Mr. Ethridge felt the situation very deeply was shown by his whole attitude as he went on:- "1 could not stay in the church after Dr. MacArthur had pointed his finger at me and declared that I was a med dling committeeman and that he did not want to see me or any other of the committeemen who. at his own request, had submitted the name of Dr. Riley as permanent pastor. Others think as 1 do and tjtey, too. feel that it is best that they should leave the church. "Mr. Hatcher says the dissension in the Tabernacle is all due to a pitiful m isim iierst and Ing. there is no misun derstanding at all- Let the tell you how it Ims been so that it may be known for once anjJ all. It is known that when the Rev. Dr. Broughton went away he recommended ; to us that Dr. MacArthur carry on the I vm:. of the 'i'a-bernacle until we could . Jin., -oin man equipped for the insti tutional work it demanded as well as for the pulpit service. We knew that In. MacArthur was a fomous preacher, but his work in New York had been it.-ons removed from the hospital,, the i 5c..00,s and t:>»- other works which we, Ji.cl made a real part of the church Am. w, timughl Dr. MacArthur under- : si.■■ d tiiis wiun he came, and we were! i mon convinced of it when he as sured us that his one ambition was to: lire his last years as pastor emeritus i of Calvary and suggested that wo -i;.mid appoint a committee to find some man who would take Broughton's work, so that he might become pastor , merlins purely, even within a week. Committee’s Report Resented by Pastor. ••Well, 1 was made head of that mm- i mittee.” continued Mr. Ethridge, "and ; with some others we sought about and i flnallv came upon Or. Riley, than whom , there* is no greater institutional worker; in America. “A\’e prevailed iip n n hith to make the 1 sacrifice to come with us, and. of; course, we sent in that report. Rut we found when the nueling of the deacons conxened that many other members of the church had been to Dr. Ma< Arthur and had prevailed upon him tn stay. so that wlvn our committee re ported he appeared with a very Inng and serious face and told us in effect that he resented the action of that! committee that had found another to I take his pulpit. But we reminded him ! of hi- refusal to remain and he resent rd that more than anything else be -I fore, and it came about that when a| sub-commitlee. of that pastoral com mittee waited upon him at the Geor gian Terrace to 101 l him that we had only done what he itad asked us to do. and that we all loved him so that w* would be glad to have him stay along | indefinitely it came about that Dr ; • MacArthur, old and childish, grew verv ' wroth and told us then and there that | Ke wanted no more committees from , . that church to come waiting on him; | that he was tired of the effort , being i made to unseat him and that he ditin t I want to see us again." 1 agree with all of Hmm that D- 1 MacArthur is a sph-mlid preacher and ; a great force in the Baptist church. 1 | am sorry that this discord has. come to the church I have loved and worked I for so long." v, the inerting of Raptisi clergymen, deacons and laity to be held tonight I in an effort to bring about a great ’ denominational appeal for Dr. Mai - I Arthur’s retention it is said that few, > if any. of the opposing faction will be I in attendance. ROOF COATED WITH FIREPROOF PAINT NOT TOUCHED BY FLAMES A s;<lis.fa<Unvy of Salva, th#* fire- i pi.'Of i-a'c’ was gix*” al t»’< grounds x • --Tcrday ;il wrim m >• I *. I j Huffman, •*! Birmmg' l in . uo- iioenmi »>l ihc pair! The ic>l w:i made in ih* p’‘ »-!!■■<= of Fire Chief Cummings ami a rep of 'he Southeastern Tariff a; COLONEL BEATEN LN OHIO; INSTRUCT ‘BIG 6’ FOR TAFT State Convention Indorses the President’s Administration. ' Demonstration for T. R. fOLUMBUS. OHIO. June 4.- Amid the most tempestuous scenes ever at tending a Republican convention in Ohio, the Taft forces triumphed here today in the selection of the six dele- , gates-at-large to the Chicago conven tion. Bv a vote of 388 1-2 to 364 1-2 the following "big six" delegation, pledged to "vote for William Howard Taft at all times and under all circumstances," was elected: Senator Theodore E. Burton, of Cleveland: H. M. Dougherty, of Co lumbus; Warren G. Harding, of Ma rion; David J. Cable, of Lima; Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati, and A. I. Vorys. of Lancaster. The Roosevelt men, who placed a delegation in nomination headed by Walter F*. Brown and former Secretary of Interior James R. Garfield, made the open charge upon the floor of the con vention that the Taft men "had used steam roller methods and defeated the will of the people, who declared them selves in the recent primary by a ma jority of 30,00(1 in favor of the nomina tion of Colonel Roosevelt.” Primary Not Representative, Said Taft Men. The Taft men on the other hand declared that the primary “was not truly representative of the Republican constituency in that only a small por tion of the voters took part.” The convention recessed at 11:45 a. m. until 9 o’clock. July 2. xvhejn the state ticket and platform of principles will be drawn up. A majority report indorsing th-' Taft administration. presented by the resolutions committee, stir.ui up the Roosevelt men and thty went into the convention this morning with a minority report providing for the appointment or presentation of no platform until after the Chicago convention. I he minority report of the resolutions FIRE SALE! Every day from now until this stork is entirely cleared out we will offer a limited number .of sensational specials priced so ridiculously low that it will be only a question of yrnir getting here early enough to supply your wants. Sale begins promtply at 9 o’clock every nmrning. Watch for our daily announce ments. Wednesday’s Great Fire=Sale Specials $5 Serge Skirts at Ladies' Silk Hosiery at $2.59 19c Misses' $5 to $6 Norfolk Ladies' Short at Wash Suits at $2.95 Ladies’ Lhle Union Ladies' SLOO Wash Suits at Skirts at i 59c 17c Children's 15c Hose at Ladies' SI.OO Waists at i 1C Children's $1 Dresses, Ladies' 25c Neckwear at Years, at 12c 59c 75c Muslin Underwear at Men's Silk Hose at , 39c 19c Also scores <>f oilier bargains thrDiighnut the store. Everything at fire : ale prices, regardless of cost or former prices. We are determined to make a limd clearance this week. 49 Whitehall Street I . . C ■■■■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEn S. i u lnu.-i y. .h nr, j, 1913. committee, providing for the indorse ment of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, was lost by a vote of 359 1-2 to 393 1-2. Temporary Organization Is Made Permanent. Another big factional tight came with the seating of contested delegations. No state ticket will be named until after the Chicago convention unless the rural delegates succeed in overruling the al ready adopted program of the leaders The morning session began at 9:30 o'clock with temporary chairman. Sena, tor Theodore E. Burton, wielding the gavel That the Taft men had strong grounds for their claim of the control of the convention was shown when the temporary organization was made per manent and Senator Burton. Taft sup porter. became permanent cHairtnan. The mention of Taft's name in the resolution indorsing his administra tion was cheered, but when a minority report carrying an indorsement of Roosevelt was offered, the convention went into a prolonged demonstration which lasted for several minutes. After the submission of the resolu tions on behalf of Taft and Rdosevelt, the convention listened to short ad dresses by ihe support, rs of each be fore taking a vote by roll call. T. R. Wins Two Alabama Delegates CHICAGO, June 4.—John Eversman. private secretary of Congressman Wil liam B. in Chicago today and was at once closeted with the Taft leaders already gathered here for the coming Republican national oChvention. Eversman brought a se cret message from his chief, who, he said, would arrive tomorrow' instead of coming today, as had been expected by the Taft leaders. Although the mes sage brought by the congressman's sec retary was kept carefully guarded, it evidently brought cheer to the hearts of the president's supporters and smil ing faces were in the majority about the Taft headquarters. It was intimated around Taft head- quarters today that brass bands and red fire were no part of the means that the Taft people expected to use in get ting their argument before the public. The Taft plans nave been pretty care- ' fully laid, and the program as indi cated today by one of the chief lieuten ants in the Taft camp is about as fol lows: Program of Taft Men. The first effort will be bent on pre venting any change of line-up in the national committee. They will spare no Effort in blocking R. B. Howell, of i Nebraska, off the committee, and they will use equally strenuous measures to! prevent Xhe sealing of the four other Roosevelt men. They plan to secure the seating of every one of the Taft delegates contest, ed or contesting. They desire tn organize rhe creden tials committee with the Taft men in control and to have the committee make up the temporary roll of the con vention in such a manner that the ma jority report of the national committee —seating the Taft men—will be car ried. They plan m select a permanent chairman from the middle M est. For mer Vice President Fairbanks has been suggested tor the place, although Fair banks himself has expressed a desire 10 keep out of the present tight, inas much as he served as vice president while Roosevelt was in the white house. ' They are determined that the plat-| form to be adopted be very conserve- ' I ive. Eyes on Southern Delegates. Above all, they plan to keep the j Southern delegates in line. -To do this i as soon as these delegates reach town, I lieutenants of the Taft forces w ill visit ; them and argue with them. They will I watch over the Southerners until after 1 the nomination has been made. That one of these rights was to be I directed against Senator Elihu Root | for temporary chairman of the conven-i tion caused some surprise among! Roosevelt forces here. Yesterday they! had given out the statement that no opposition to Root would be attempted. Following the conference at Oystei Bay it was decided to wage the fight and at the headquarters of the Roosevelt managers, were preparing for one more battle 1 Mid-Week Specials I »IN BASS' JUNE SALEI Bass’ June Sale has started off with a % § rush. More big bargains will be offered to- > morrow. Don't miss them. Some lots are “ limited in quantity and will be closed out; S % quickly, so come early. ® * New Dresses New Skirts On sale tomorrow- 100 nev Summer Wash .hist in and on sale tomorrow—-new light- C® Dresses of linens, linencs. lawns, etc. man weight Summer Skirts of Panamas, serges, [/) ufartiirers’ samples, worth worsteds, etc., in black, plain colors and (Z) up Io $7.00 all at, choice ... fancies; QK S *£ New Lingerie Dresses, Allover Embroidered $10.0(1 values CQ Net Dresses. Silk Dresses, etc., every one a New Wash Skirts of white linens and (/), f good style; real values up to OIZ linenes. and of shepherd check wash fab- c/s $12.50. al choice of the lot .... rics: values up to C Ladies’ House Dresses, well made, of good $2.00; e’hoice wwG SO wash malerials. £SO/t* ' St '" lingerie Waists and plain tailored /(/) rr , * ns SJ) ' P DvC Shirts, up to QQtf* fl — I/) Ladies’ Gowns ami Skirts worth up to $3.00 values vOw 5® < $1.00; all All-silk Alessaltne Petticoats, (tl CQ SO al. choice wvG worth $4.00; this sale $ I V) ■ 05 « 500 More Untrimmed . I § and Ready-to-Wear > “ HATS TO SELL AT . . - Another special purchase of Hats includes Neapolitan, Milan, Hemp and Chip 3* untrimmed Shapes, new Ready-to-Wear Hats, Misses’ and Children’s Hats in new ™ styles; values same as selling elsewhere up to $4.00, all at 98c for choice. <y>) Children's Hats worth up to $1.50 at 50c for choice. DO cn a > < % Some New Wash Goods | New White Piques in wide ami nar- 1K a 5.000 yards of standard staple CCI row welts: this sale, per vard IOC Ginghams to sell at, per yard OG iOS .si;l Neu Keps in black, lan, pink. i Brown Dress Linens, not more fC blue ami lavender: per yard IOC than 10 yards to a buyer, at. yard .. . WV' Remnants of XVhile Klaxon, worth Aa, Yard-wide Linen Crash Suiting 4Ea —‘ 25c to 40c. at. per yard IUC on sale tomorrow al. yard IOU 25 pieces of fancy cheeked White 4 Bamie Linens in blue ami nat- 4 CO Klaxon, to sell at. yard "*'! IUU mal linen color: per yard IOG (/> " " ’ ./ % Best 100-yard Spools of tZr* » “ SEWING SILK at, per Spool« cc a co cz> > LINENS, DOMESTICS, ETC. “ | 05 .One 10l of full double-bed size CQf%’ I Best Antiseptic Colton Diaper ACli* qj white Bed Spreads; $1.50 values . . OOC Cloth ; tomorrow', per holt *tOU < GS-im-h full bleached Table SZAtf* , i ||H *'*y 7tl by <Z> Damask, worth SI.OO a vard. at. .. . OUC 90-inch Bleached Sheets; 75c value.. ."fH'G y m < ■ ' S; - Silks and Summer Wool Goods . . . CO New white and colored Japanese Silks in H> bolls ol .>4 inch White Sicilian, worth • CQ plain and corded weaves; 4Qa sl.-»ri a yard; on V' BO tZ) | Men’s $2.00 Bathing Suits at 98c “ < g ? Laces and Embroideries f CO Cn Table of X T al Laces, including edges and 27 imdt Kinbroidery Klouneings w>orth up (/) insert ions; up to DO < 25c values; yard P'T yard CwU C 2 Embroidert Edges and Insertions, worth up Embroidery Ramis to match the flouneings (/> AL” to 25e; in this sale Ea quoted above; 1 Of* CT) at. per yard wU this sale, per yard ICU « | Following Wednesday Bargains in % “ Our Furniture Department s C/> IV) 22 Best Ne> 1 grade Floor Oilcloth Our 4.i-pound Red Star r'otlon New patterns in 9 l>> 12-font m new pattern- ai. Felt Matto - I a Matting Ari Squares OR 00 CO ],er ja rd ?J® C rea 181 a value, at. *T •V O to sell at. . . Full double bed size. ::t>-poi>>i<i Full size, well made Mosquito Polished Brass i-urtain Ron All Cotton Mat- d AO Nets: the 82.n0 kind. QQm, t/s tension st y h', Kfr tr* ■ - ses, only in th is stt In. . ** 2 vety special at ... pound All-Cotton Mattressi . < ntr nrw stock of Refrigerators ’ Curt lir am t full double bed fl* *> AO iwludes following great values. “ 00 mB4 on sale OQ A ". . .al ~ 11 made of solid oak > o . ~ , s#<sC m-potrnd All-c<>tion Mattr-ss-' . 30-pmmd ice CIO </> CD .11 w ith roll edge sa ‘"t , apacltx .. !(/) r/s Solid Dak Mission (r. |, only 50-pound we 567 90 eomph te with chains Ci'S QQ The Sellsmorc Cotton I'll Mai capacity ’•* “ -X and hooks ties-, verx best 't"a' 7f>-pound lee 1 QA C® =- Folding Pa,k G.. '-I oh ul, *'> • capacity >IL»U > ber-li'ed bicyeh- ® 1 QQ Large illov, fl r< The following are also big bar- (Z) (/) wheels 83 value 3? » .WIJ g'‘ eathot - ari<: ■ ••' QQq gains in solid oak !<>■ Boxes; (/) Gcniiiw 1 a lo: ' 'V' _ flood -izo -pound Fealli-i Pil- . __ GQ cis very la we anil fR 208 lows in this sale at ma. ~al $6 values . p ,„., ~ j( ,, f 090 IM,.pound lie $7.90 > (/) Best China and Japan MittHiu: Besi White Geese ! • ithcrs wipaeit.v (Z) ihi- -tie. per IQ r plucked from lit. 2im-pound tee sll Qfi <Z> vard gees,., per pound. . WV capacity co co UO We Give ffil ■ W West & ? Green E-Jf ’ Mitchell, “ J ( rßdinß K 3 W Whitehall 5 '/) Stamp* tn '/■' ICT S ,lAS S F.<SS HASS . UASS IIVASS HASS F. BASS | BASS BASS BASS 3