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Newspaper Page TextKBJfffIELL JEALOUS, SAYS MISS SPAHR Applicant Opposed by the Play Parks Head Wins, and the Latter May Resign. D>n Carey, general manager of parks, said today that Miss Mary Barnwell, supervisor of playgrounds, would quit as a result of the action of the park hoard yesterday in naming Miss Fannie Spahr supervisor of playgrounds. “The park board has broken its con tract with Miss Barnwell.” he said. “She did not seek the position and ac cepted it on condition that she be al lowed to appoint her own assistants. The board overrode her recommenda tion in electing Miss Fannie Spahr.” Miss Barnwell is in Cleveland, Ohio, attending a meeting As the American Playground association. Mr. Carey ex plained that her objection to Miss Spahr was that Miss Spahr was not amenable to authority. The park board is In a ftsver over the three-cornered contest between Miss Barnwell. Miss Spahr and Mrs. Adele. Carter Ulm, the two latter being aspi rants to the place of director of. play grounds. Miss Barnwell recommended Mrs. I Im. The park board yesterday elected Miss Spahr. Miss Spahr said Io The Georgian to day: Mrs. Ulm Withdrew. "The explanation I have received ol Miss Barnwell’s objection to me was that she said 1 was cleverer than she.” Mrs. Ulm withdrew from the contest as soon as opposition to her developed in the park board Mr. Carey with drew her name at her request. The park hoard does not wish to lose Miss Barnwell, and yet a majority of seven to three voted for Miss Spahr Tlte vote w«s: f-'or Miss Spahr—Wilby, Puckett. Burnett. Bond. Pitts, Young and Coch ran. Against her—Van Houten. Anderson and Thomson. All the other playground directors recommended by Miss Barnwell and Mr. Carey were elected. Commissioner M. B. Young making a vigorous speech urging the members of the board to support the'officials they had placed in charge of such matters, and not to play politics. The new regulations, as published in The Georgian, for swimming and boat ing in Piedmont nark lake so as to less n dungei of drownings, wen -adopted The one vxc: pti<-r, was to al low worn ’■ i;i bo: is wliev i< ■ ompuni'd by rmn. T': bcfcrd a'-o provided f" a teiei P i 1 : nt i; ; rk an improveur ill Tin G i a . : ■ ir - tits tliai anxious pt'ifiils mi'.'l !• .rn t iiiiih" "f vic tims. if mor droii n'mg occur. BUDAPEST IN FEAR OF RIOTERS; TROOPS PATROL STREETS BUDAPEST. June Parliament square and adjacent streets were thronged with soldiers and police to day to prevent members of the Hun garian chamber of deputies from car rying into effect their threats to pre cipitate a riot over the passage of the army reform bill. t'ount Karolyi-and other leaders had threatened to renew the outbreak which occurred in the chamber yesterday, when < ount Tissea. president of that body, forced the second and third read ing of the bill. t'ount Karolyi was one of the states men dragged through the chamber and hurled into the street because of vio lent scenes in which he participated. only one Student RECEIVES DIPLOMA AT CONVENT SCHOOL Numbers «>f parents of children and friends of the school will gather at 5 o'clock this afternoon for the connnence ment rxercires of the hnamculate Concep tion convent. The exercises will 1»e held in the auditorium of the building at 11'.‘ Washington street Miss lo Regis’Cheves is the only stu dent who will receive a diploma for the comiUetion of the academy course and she will delivet ;• valedictory. Recitation of Southern poems and speeches will be a feature of the program. \n allegory. “The Jotirnej of Life.” in which the Dart of the graduate will be taken by Miss Cheves. will be an inter esting feature. In the auditorium where the exercises are to be held is an exhibition of the art work done by the students under Sis ter Regis and some fine examples of water color work and of hand-painted china is shown. ELOPERS, FLEEING TO WOODS, CAUGHT; BOY IS HELD AS ABDUCTOR I.E GRANDE. OREG.. June 5.-- Flu Norris, 17 years old. and her sweet heart. T. H. Hopson, 22. who took to the woods when their plan to marry was frustrated, have been captured by a posse that trailed them through the. Riue mountains. The girl was taken home Hopson escaped, but was re captured after a revolver tight with the she, iff. Hopson is in jail charged with aliduction. G. 0. P?COMMITTEEMAN IS ROBBED IN A THEATER CHICAGO. June 5. —Police are seek ing a gang of pickpockets, said to be five In all. that robbed E. Loose. Re publican national committeeman from I'tub. of Jl.OOti in llie Majestic theater here. Loose, with his son. W D Loose, line seated in a box wcching the performance. Th. house was dark ened for a few minutes, and while the lights were down tiv< men In the box n. xt to 100- lei tm ii -vat- <m. of the men appai' mix «lumbled and I brushed against the politician. ]] Real Romances of Sunny Georgia COPY BOY CUPID UNITES SOCIETY EDITRESS AND YOUNG MINISTER Even in a Newspaper Office Romance Sometimes Lurks, as This Story Proves. If anyone were looking about for ar. unlikely place to stage a romance the chances are, dollars to dingbats, that he would choose a newspaper shop. There in a wilderness of waste pa per and worn tempers, nothing short of an icthyosaurus or a city editor would apparently have a chance for life. The unbeliever would scoff loud scoffs if lie were told that a romance actually had its genesis mid the roar of the Hoes and Gosses and the wail ings of reporters who had their stuff “cut down” to a whisper. “Huh.” he would say. And when a man sax’s “Huh" he means much. Ro mance in a newspaper shop would have just about the same chance as a hollyhock in a cyclone. But in spite of all that —in spite of worn tempers and waste paper and roaring presses and cub reporters and other wild animals that infest the jour nalistic thickets - there stands record ed the marriage of Miss Georgia Hill yer and the Rev. John Roach Straton, who. according to the best of history, met each other in an Atlanta newspaper office. She Was a Society Editress. Mrs. Straton. wln> was Miss Hillyer, is the niece of Judge George Hillyer. one of Atlanta’s most prominent citi zens. She had the literary b°nt and took it out in describing the costumes worn by Miss De Styles tmd the kind of decorations which would overhang the heads of Miss Notathought and Mr. nfif ' “Yhq I VtTyrii h when their nuptials were cele brated in the spring. In other words, she bore the name and responsibilities of society editor. Then there was Rev. John Roach Straton. an honoi graduate of Mercer university. They say that when the dean presented him witli his diploma there were enough medals attached to him to salt a first-class Western gold mine, for he was a young Demosthe nes. He could talk on any subject from Maine to Madagascar, and could talk in such a strain that they would ac tually listen to him, which Is some power for a latter day orator. Well, the Rev. John was just out. He was a ministerial sprout, so to -peak. but he had the earmarks of greatness already and people began to pay attention to him. As such men would do, he wandered into the news paper office one day and began to talk to his old friend Colonel John Temple Graves, who was also making good in the speaking end of the game. He Had a News Item. Now a newspaper office is laid off with an eye to democracy. That is. everybody is right together. The man aging editor sits in a vantage point where lie can watch the star reporter come in a half hour late every morn ing-. If this were not a fact there might not have been a romance. But it was a fact. So — Rev Straton met Miss Hillyer—l< give her a news item. She was small and dark and pretty, and the Rev. John Roach had an eye for something else than oratory. The memory of Miss Hillyer stuck with him and—they were married shortly. As is often the case, their romance didn't end with marriage. They have been as happy as two birds of spring and they have four children to make them all the happier. Rev. John Roach rose rapidly in his ■profession and is now pastor of one of the largest Bap tist churches in Baltimore. FAMOUS SURGEON WILL TALK TO GA. DENTISTS The forty-fourth annual session of the Georgia State Dental society will be held at Americus, Ga.. Tuesday, June lb The committee has arranged ex cellent clinics. Dr. G. V. 1. Brown, of Milwaukee. Wis., one of the worlds foremost oral surgeons, will give a lec ture on oral surgery, also a surgical clinic. “POWER CITY" TO ADVERTISE. JAt’KSON. GA . June 5. "Jackson the Power t'lty" will be flashed I tom a large electric sign at tin- Southern rail way depot, If tile plan- tailed bx flic citi ituil the < 'Ut'ut Georgia Power. Company are carried out. I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW S. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5, Wix. / /4F \\ //< v // • Mt \ // \ /L ' IroMtet > \ • s'v y> Uy > / ' •' W 1 // s' X. -ip, / / L \ 7 / \ I f»-. Jr / -—Ox \ w \c / _ fli taCfl A TV XjjMWgZ -T '/ U/ 1 / V W NELSON M. WHITNEY HAS LOW SCORE IN QUALIFYING ROUND CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. June 5.-- Nelson M. Whitney, $f New Orleans, twice champion of the Southern Golf association, had the lowest score for the 36-hole qualifying round in the South ern golf championship up to noon to day He will doubtless be beaten out later by one of the Bush brothers or by Albert Schwartz. Whitney made an 80 for this morn ing's round. The star work of the morning was done by iN. A. Wright, who made a 79. The qualifying scores turned In up to noon today follow: W. P. Stewart. New Orleans.Bs, 85, 170 J. W. S. Rhea, Memphis... .88, 90, 177 N. M, Whitney. New Orleans.B2, 80, 162 H. A. Wright. Macon 85, 79, 164 Smith Collum, Birmingham. 89, 87. 176 R. T. Morrow. Memphis.... 88, 89, 177 T. E. W. Jamieson, Chatta- nooga 92, 95, 187 H. B. Locke 88, 88, 176 T 1. Webb. Nashville 88. 85, 173 J.,A. Selden. Macon 87, 89, 176 E. H. Fall. Nashville 87. 95, 182 H. T. Wilson, Knoxville ....84, 83, 167 NEW SIOO,OOO BANK AT VALDOSTA ORGANIZES VALDOSTA. GA,. June 5. —A prelim inary organization of the new bank to be established here has been formed. The new institution will be known as tlie Exchange Bank of Valdosta, with a capital stock of ston.ooo, practically all of which has been taken. A. C. Mizell will be president and Dr. F. R. Parra more vice president. The bank xvill begin business about September 1. It will occupy the McKey building on Centra! avenue and Ashley street. WOUNDED IN LEG. FUGITIVE ELUDES POSSE IN A SWAMP OWENSBORO. KY. June s.—The posse which has sought George Black burn. the alleged horse thief who killed Policeman Dawson, has had a futile quest through the swamps of Spencer county. Indiana. Though wounded in one leg, Blackburn has keut ahead of tile posse. The Owensboro council pf fered a reward of S2OO for Blackburn, dead or alive TELFAIR OFFICIAL DIES. HELENA. GA . lune 5: Joseph W Cameron, clerk of the superior court of Telfair county, died suddenly last night afiat a abort iUjieaa. Hi had Iteeti In poor health for «<>nte tint*. EUROPE HATES 11. 5. TOURISTS LONDON. June s.—The London Standard publishes the following In its news columns: “In the course of visiting many of our great coast resorts to Inquire Into the question, among others, why more American and continental visitors are not attracted during the several win ter, spring, summer and autumn sea sons, it was found that in several prominent towns a surprising prejudice existed with respect to American vis itors. “One found Frenchmen and French women-Germans, Austrian* and Rus sians very welcome visitors, but there was quite generally shown this feeling toward Americans, as unreasonable as it was difficult to combat, One hotel keeper said, and his words are given exactly as uttered: “ ‘I do not want these Yankees in my place. They may be wealthy, but they are excessively mean and want their money’s worth every time. After the Americans we have had 1 don’t think they are any sort of advertisement. In fact. I believe a hotel which is notedly frequented by Americans loses, or is avoided, by the best class of English and other visitors. " 'American visitors, of wealth re putedly. that we have had have the most barbarous manners. The men throw their shaving papers on the bed room floors, spit indiscriminately about tlie stairs and vestibules, drown con versation in the drawing and reception rooms with'their shocking nasal drawl, swagger about and dress in such a fashion that one really would be ill paid by raising tariffs 100 per cent to them. Then, again, they are difficult because other guests can not help com menting and laughing outright. “‘Sometimes we have had from the slopes of the Rockies women whose dress-even the best of them —is freak, ish, a middieway cut between Paris. New York and Oklahoma: of stripes and stars, and a glaring lack of taste. Table manners among the men are terrible, especially when toothpicks are rare, and tips from these people are mean in the extreme. " 'When Americans arrive here we like to know something about them be fore we state that we have accommo dation. and undei such circumstances can you blame us.” "At another resort the same question arose. There toe leading authority in t lie tow ii said : " \\ i welcome k'reneh and Germans, but nut Atnaricans; they are always talking money, thinking money, dream ing money, but only under compulsion are they spending it. They Insult ne groes whenever they get a chance on principle. I know of no hotel keeper who could refuse an American, but I know of few who art 'ltdighied to see them, PROMISE BROKEN ifIRIAGE IS VOID Court Annuls Union Where the Husband Inveigled Catholic Into Protestant Ceremony. KINGSTON. N. Y.. June 5. —Justies xiden Chester, presiding in one of the nost remarkable cases even tried be l lore the supreme court, has granted an , interlocutory decree of annulment to I Mrs. Mary Light Davis. The court holds that he/ husband. James E. Davis, obtained her hand by f r aud and deceit, tn that lie refused to have a ceremony performed by a Cath olic priest, after promising his bride to d o so. Although they were married by a Protestant clergyman in New Balti more, N. Y„ on December Davises parted soon after the cere mony. Her marriage, unrecognized by her church, resulted in the excommuni cation of Mrs. Davis, and she finally appealed to the courts to have the union declared void. The bride testified that she had pleaded with Davis to have a second ceremony performed. “Bui lie always refused." she told the court. "He said he had no such intention, even when he made me the promise: he only said that tu get inc." Says He Agreed to a Priest. James Davis became engaged to Miss Mary Light last November On De cember 17 Davis appeared there and urged that she marry him at once. He said they would have the ceremony performed by a priest. Carried away by his ardent courtship. Miss Light consented, the marriage to he per formed by the pastor of her own church. But. according to the testimony, when Davis got her aboard the train, he be gan to talk about the views of his fam ily and asked if she wouldn't consent to go through -i ceremony before a Protestant clergyman before they called in a priest's services. She consented on the stipulation that they should be married by a priest Immediately on their arrival at Kingston When she came to Kingston she con stantly reminded her husband of his promise regarding a marriage by a priest of iter own church, and begged him to have it performed. Leaves Husband in Week. X week later Mrs. Davis left her 'ntsband and returned to her own home. Even had there been grounds for a iivorce. and there were not any grounds, Mrs. Davis could not have nought such a sulf because the Cath odic church does not recognize divorce. But, relying on the provision of the FIRE SALE! We are determined to close out this stock by Saturday night, and if utter disregard of cost or value will accomplish this stupendous task, after this week / our tire sale will he a thing of the past. A limited number of Extraordinary. Specials will be offered every day at such ridiculously low prices that an early call will be absolutely imperative. The store opens promptly at 9a. m. Be on hand to share in this wonderful Bargain Harvest. Watch this paper for these daily announcements. Eight Sensational Thursday Specials Ladies' 25c Short Kimonos Lovely $1 and $1.50 Shirt-i at LVaists, choice 9c 67c Ladies' 69c Pure Thread Balance of the Tailored Suits, v Silfe Hose at Values to $3 0, choice 33c $3.95 Misses' Norfolk Suits, $1.25 and $1.50 Muslin Values to $6, at Uunderulear, at $2.69 79c Untrimmed Shapes, Values 500 Men's 50c Silk Ties to $750, choice at 25c 15c Thp above are only a few of the scores of wonderful Fire Sale Bargains' for Thursday. Everything uiiist go regardless of any foriuer pricing. Style Quality 49 Whitehall Street 3-GUINEA PIG POWER IS LATEST ROOSEVELT PHRASE FOR CRITICS When the term "bonehead" was ap plied to Fred Merkle, first baseman of the New York Giants, on his failure to touch second base in the deciding game of a pennant race, it was thought that the last word in expression of feeble mentality had been said. But in his speech at Gettysburg a few days ago Theodore Roosevelt coined a new phrase which will take its place along with "out patient of Bedlam,” ‘'dee lighted.” "My hat is In the ring" and other famous sayings of the Oyster Bay citizen. The new phrase was elicited from Mr. Roosevelt when he was asked to reply to the charge of Representative John J. Fitzgerald, of New York, that Roosevelt In 1902 wanted to make per petual his job as president. "Mr. Fitzgerald’s accusation, or the implied accusation, is too preposterous to need any serious discussion,” said the colonel. "Just as machinery can be expressed in terms of horsepower, so some in tellects can be expressed in terms of guinea-pig power. This kind of accusa tion can only be heeded by men with brains of about three-guinea-pig pow er.” RICH VALDOSTA MAN, WITH A GUN, BLOCKS WIDENING OF STREET VALDOSTA. GA.. June s.—With a shotgun. T. S. McKey. one of the wealthiest citizens of Valdosta, stopped a force of city employees from setting back a fence twelve feet along his prop erty on Central avenue, when the city began preparations for paving the street for two blocks north of Hill ave nue. He held his ground until mem bers of the city council arrived on the scene and it was agreed to submit to arbitration and surveys whether he or the city has a right to the twelve-foot strip of land. Central avenue south of Hill avenue is twenty feet wide, 'but north of that street it is now but twelve feet. Mayor Roberts and other city officials claim that Mr. McKey has encroached on the street, while Mr. McKey Is just as posi tive that he owns to where his fence stands. code of civil procedure, by wMch a marriage contracted by fraud may be annulled, Mrs. Davis brought suit for annulment Judge Chester finds that while the plaintiff was away from home and her parents, and while she was sick and ill. Davis, urging her beyond her power of resistance, under the false, deceitful and fraudulent representations of his intentions to maxry her according to the forms of her church. Inveigled and tricked her Into a marriage ceremony performed by a Protestant clergyman. MAYOR TO FORCE SCHOOLREPAIRS If Contractors Refuse to Rem edy the Defects City Will Sue. Says Winn. Mayor Winn and a committee of five officials today inspected Ashby Street school, and the mayor renewed his declaration that the contractors will be forced to better the condition of the buildings or answer in the courts. The visitors found that practically the entire top floor of the building will have to be replastered and that rain blows through the window casings and ruins the maple floors. Defects were found in the general method of con struction. The finding will be brought to the attention of the council and Mayor Winn will recommend that the contrac tors be ordered to bring the buildings to the contract standard. If they fail to comply, he will ask the city attorney to institute legal proceedings against the builders. Besides Mayor Winn, Frank A. Quil lian, chairman of the bond commission; A. P. Morgan, of the board of educa tion; Aiderman A. J. Johnson and W. O. Stamps, of the board of education, visited the school. Other schools will be inspected during the next few days. Testimony Is Conflicting. The investigators have a mass of conflicting testimony to consider. W. R. Daley and W. O. Stamps, members of the board of education, said tljey were convinced that the school build ings had cost from SIO,OOO to more than they should have cost. Ar chitect E. E. Dougherty declared- that the buildings in Atlanta cost far less per cubic foot than similar buildings in other cities. Aiderman John S. Candler declared when the bond ordinance was adopted the sum for ne.w schools was cut from the original estimate of $564,000 to $600,000, but an effort was made to build the schools as originally planned. He declared the schools are chea.p, but good work, considering the money spent. Contractor George A. Clayton assert ed when the officials were cutting down the expense of the buildings they cut out ferrying of the wails of th* Hill Street and the Ashby Street school, and that the inside plastering would have to be torn down to make proper repairs at a cost of thousands of dollars. TAR POT OVERTURNS ON ROOF; FIREJLADDIES OUT An overturned pot of molten tar in the rear of 90 Whitehall street caused a Are alarm at 10 o’clock today. No damage was done, as the Are was quenched by the workmen the fire department arrived. Some repair work is being done on the roof qf one of the buildings, and the tar was»being used for this. 3