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GREED FOR GOLD
RDDBEDSTATE
OF TALLULAH
—MRS. H D. LONGSTREET.
Leader of Fight to Conserve
Falls to People Now Plans
New Suit.
Mrs. Helen T>. Longstreet. leader nf the
fight to conserve Tallulah Falls, said to
day that only her death would prevent
suit being brought to return Tallulah
Falls to the people of Georgia.
It was corporation lawyers, dazzled by
the glitter of corporation gold, who de
elded the case in favor of the Georgia
Hailway and Power Company, she <le
<lared.
“Coincident with the announcement that
the attorney general of Georgia found
in favor of the water trust,’* she told
The Georgian, "comes the announcement
that Mr Felder may run for governor
I urge Mr. Felder to run for governor,
and if he does I propose tn meet him on
every stump in Georgia, and when I got
through with telling the people of his vast
unfitness there will not he enough cor
poration gold to corral ten votes for him
in the state primary."
Here is Mrs Longstreet’s statement.
By HELEN D LONGSTREET
President Tallulah Falls Conser
vation Association.
GAINESVILLE. GA., June 7. +*here
is just one thing which will pplvent
suit being brought to recover Tallulah
falls, which are the property of the
people of this state, and that one thing
would he my death.
The fact that corporation lawyers,
dazzled by the glitter of corporation
gold, have declared in favor of Elmer
Smith and his vandals, while other law
yers of equal ability and of known de
votion to the highest standard of the
legal profession have declared that the
Georgia Railway anad Power Company
Is merely a criminal trespasser on the
hills of Rabun county, Georgia, serves
only to establish that there are legal
questions which can not be properly
settled outside of a court of law.
All that the Tallulah Falls Conserva
tion association ever asked Governor
Brown to do was to permit the asso
ciation to furnish attorneys, without
expense to the state, to bring suit In
the name of the state.
Will Take Stump
Against Felder.
Coincident with the announcement
that the attorney general of Georgia
had found in favor of the water power
trust, the announcement was made that
Mr. Felder would run for governor. ’
urged Mr. Felder to run for governor of
this old state, and If tie does, 1 propose
to get a leave of absence from the post
office department and meet him on
evert stump in Georgia, and when I
get through with telling the people of
hie vast unfitness there won't be cor
poration gold enough to corral thirteen
votes for him in the state primary.
Rut Tallulah falls shall not be cru
cified upon a cross of gold to satisfy
the greed of interlopers who cumber
the soil of Georgia. I commit myself
to the task of driving off the deapoil
er«. if God gives me length of days.
They may build the dam miles high.
1 will tear it down piece by piece.
Governor Brown's Decision
As forecasted in The Georgian, Gov
ernor Brown declined to bring suit to
test the land titles held by the Georgia
Railway and Power Company it Tallu
lah. The chief executive in issuing a
statement outlining his position, said
that he followed closely the opinion of
Attorney General Felder. He said:
"The opinion of the attorney general
being that the state did not reserve to
Itself any of the lands in controversy,'
manifestly It is no longer the state’s
property, and I know of no way to re
cover it. afid none has been suggested
"Wherefore, the state having patted
w ith the title to this property. I have no
authority under the constitution or the
statute laws to use the stae's name for
is recovery.”
Tallulah falls shall not be dethroned.
The God of Justice who does not de
sert His cause will give me strength
and open tiie way
Hscount saleWll
THE FIRST OF THE SEASON I
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Come Early Tomorrow and Get Your Pick jg
IDOR COMI INA ; ,
Summer, Aided by Mr. Moon, Lures City Folk to Woods ard Lakes
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Party of Atlanta s young society folk starting to Silver Lake to swim. From left to right. Dixon MeCarthey. Mass Van Spalding. Miss Helen Thorn. Pete
Daley and Miss Evelyn Reynolds. With the coming of summertime many such jolly parties motor to the country resorts to spend the day boating and swimming.
PASTOR POET AND
BRIDE PLAN IOTL
Rev. Popham and Wife Will
Write Epic of Their Twin
Romance.
Continued From Page One.
ment restore to me tbs $11.41 that I
put up as collateral bond to insure our
appearance when we were arrested at
the Terminal hotel.
Now, Mr Mayor.' continued Mr.
Popham. "I’m a respected Baptist evan
gelist traveling on tour with a respect
ed lecture bureau and my wife is not
only respeetahl.e. but she’s the most
beautiful woman in tile world. And
I've gone down to McDonough, where
we were married May 11. and I've got
my marriage certificate and I've
brought it back with her to the Ter
minal hotel again, where we are now
registerd today under our names as
Popham and wife, and 1 want your po
lice department to remove the onus of
irrespectabllfty that may still attach to
us in Ignorant minds by refunding that
sll 41 which, tour police say thev can't
give us."
After he gets the tnonev from the
cits Mr Popham is going to write
a poem showing that all's well that
ends well In a temperamental romance
such ,is» his even if the Atlanta police
do get after you. He's going to write
the first verge and his wife will write
the second, and he'll come along with
the third and she'll put the fourth verse
to paper. And so they're going to make
an alternate epig pastoral that will tell
the world just what has happened to
them in Atlanta.
Registered Separately
Because of Temperaments.
Prior to that epic, however he told
the situation to a Georgian repot ter
while his wife read his "Poems of
Truth. Love and Power." sitting with
an arm about his neck.
"The reason we registered as Mr. and
Miss in two separate rooms at the Ter
minal the first time." said Mr. Pop
ham. "was on account of temperamen-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, .TUNE 7. 1912.
tal and personal reasons purely. Miss
Estes and 1 had been courting each
other In Louisville for three years
when, while the birds sang accompani
ment to one of my love poems she had
inspired, one day we arranged to get
married without letting anybody know
The twin romances that enthralled us
dictated this course, and so wo hurried
away May 11 and got the McDonough
ordinary to make us one. We both
have great work tn do. We then were
collaborating on the romance J am now
completing, entitled The Grand t'anon
of Arizona,' and we felt that if much
publicity were given our marriage it
would Interfere with our work and with
my lecture tour,"
“So we were married slyly, and wt
came on here, and I took two moms
at the hotel, registering her as Miss
Estes. Then, of course, the hotel < If'rk
thought we weren't married, and when
he saw me going Into her loom to con-
* sulf her about a canto in one of my
daily poems, he suspected that every
thng wasn't right, and so I had to go to
court and put up that $11.41 surety
bond. /
“Os course, that made it awfully un
pleasant but still I decided n.m to tell
we were married, because I thought
that sll 41 would be the end of the
police, and that we coiild go on earn -
ing. out our secret plane
RECORDER REFUSES
TO RETURN THE $11.41,
“Rut the hotel people got to the news
papers and I had to hurry away and get
my marriage certificate and set things
right, and I have been unable tn write
•is much as I usually do In the mean
time. and Mrs. Popham has been so
overwrought that she couldn't write at
all.
Rut I think I'll stay in town until I
force the city to return me that $11.41.
and then well go to Arabi. Ga.. where
I am to lecture on ‘Love and Matrimo
ny.' while my wife sits in a front seat
to hoar me. Then we are going to
the gulf shore of. Florida. where w»
ire going to build a bungalow and
plant the land with our own hands, and
buy a motor boat, and each write a
poem every day, bmh afloat and
ashore."
Itccordei Preston says he .will not re
turn the $11.41 to Mr. Popham He
said he gave that money as bond for
his appearance In the court: that he
didn't appear in the court, and that
the $11.41 is forfeited to the city.
Mr Pic stem also says he will not
give the money back to Popham be
cause the poet-evangelist acted hypo
critically and deceived the police
Shady Groves and Cool Bath
ing Pools Are Popular
These Days.
The opening of the summer season
the season of parks and meattows—has
ured.many>Atlanta parties to the woods
and streams about the city.
Sometimes they travel on motor
cycles, Sometimes in the regulation pic-
carryall and sometimes in automo
biles. In the cool of the evening it is
possible most any day to see parties
going out to East Lake, or to Silver
Lake, or to a number of other popular
resorts.
Moonlight pi' nii' also are coming
into their full share of popularity. At
lanta’s society is indulging it# propen
sity to swim together with its picnic
habits.
Silver, Lake is the nightly scene of
parties, where swimming is followed
by luncheons. <
TATE, GA. QUARRIES
TO BE INSPECTED BY
OHIO COLLEGE BOYS
KNOW ILLE, TENN., .lune 7. A party
of mining engineering students from
Case School of Applied Science, of Cleve
land. Ohio, is at Ducktown. Tenn., study
ing copper mining methods and geological
formations. On June 22 the party will go
to Tate. Ga., to study marble deposits and
quarrying They will spend .lune 23 or 24
In Atlanta, and the next three days in
Birmingham, thence returning to Cleve
land. Dr. C. H. Fulton is In charge of
the party.
EARLY INDIAN TRIBES
PRACTICED HYPNOTISM
CARLISLE, PA.. June 7. —That hyp
notism was practiced by the Indian on
this continent long before the white
man set fool upon it, is borne out in a
statement made here by a Winnebago
Indian, a member of the medicine lodge
of his tribo, and a student at the gov
ernment school. The secret of the pow -
er his been handed down from genera
tion to generation.
According to the Winnebago Indian
here, the fathers of the'medicine lodg
frequently use hypnotism as a means of
punishment for Indians who antagonize
them The power is so gteat that once
a man conies under tne hypnotic Influ
ence he can be controlled for life. How -
ever, the subject can prevent being in
fluenced if be follows secret directions,
which on'v a few of the Winnebagos
know .
-WATSON DEFENDS
SELF IT HEARING
Thomson Editor Is Arraigned
on Federal Charge This
Morning at Augusta.
1
AUGUSTA,' GA.. June 7.—Thomas E.
Watson wasarraigned here at 11:0$
. o'clock this biorning before United
States Commissioner W. H. Godwin
on the charge of sending obscene mat
ter through the mails.
Despite the inclement weather, a large
f crowd was present and standing room
I was at a premium in the Federal court
room.
Mr, Watson came from Thomson by
train. accompanied by his brother, For
rest Watson, and a number of friends.
United States District Attorney Alex
j ander Akerman is representing the
government, while Mr. Watson adhered
to his intention of representing hlm
, self.
The United States commissioner, it
is believed here, will bind Mr. Watson
I over, for it is his duty to bind over
' when there is a probable cause of guilt.
1 and he almost always has the grand
’ jury to take the responsibility in crim
inal cases.
GEORGIA DENTISTS HOLD
CONVENTION NEXT WEEK
AMERICUS, GA.. June 7.—-A lecture
on "Oral Surgery" by Dr. G. V. I.
Brown, of Milwaukee, will be a feature
of the annual convention of the Geor
gia State Dental society' In Americus
next week. Dr. R. Holmes Mason, of
' Macon, is president of the association,
and Drs. DeLos S. Hill. William M.
Zlrkle and M. M. Forbes, all of Atlanta,
fit.st vice president, treasurer and sec
retary, respectively.
Columbus dentists will come to
Americus prepared to make a strong
fight to capture the 1913 convention.
' RUINS HER S3OO HAT
PLAYING SHE'S FIREMAN
NEW YORK. Juno 7 —ln an evening
gown, and wearing a S3OO plume In hr t
hat. Mrs. Robett H. Manziel, amateur
fire fighter, sped five miles by auto to
work at a blaze. The hat was ruined.
TAFT AWARDED
HK SIX
Steam Roller in Action ‘at Chi
cago Crushes Opponents
in First Test.
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Continued From Page One.
vote of the chair. Why not go on rec
ord and after you make your record It
stands behind you and your personal
courage. Why have a record here
which gives an opportunity for charges
of fraud?"
The Taft delegates-at-large from Al
abama are O. D. Street. J. J. Curtis.
S. T. Wright. Shelby S. Pleasants, Alex
C. Birch and U. G. Mason. Twelve
Roosevelt mon. each with half a vote,
were elected. They are George J. Bey
er. J. W. Hughes. W. R Fairley. Wil
liam F. Tebbetts. C. H. Scott. W. T.
McElroy, William Vaughn. R. A. Per
ryman, S. J. Petree. J. O. Thompson. W.
T. Williams and G. <’. Michaelson.
Taft's Letter a
T. R. Bombshell.
The Roosevelt contestants were per
mitted to present their side first. A
now bombshell was exploded by the
Rooseveltians wjien Attorney R. B?
Hundley, representing the contestants,
declared that the Alabama delegation
was named following a compact be
tween President Taft and Alabama of
ficeholders. V
In his exhibit was the original let
ter. be declared, signed by the presi
. dent.
"Four Federal officeholders. f>. D.
Street, a district attorney, among them,
agreed to a distribution of the spoil in
a compact with President Taft." said
Hundley . "This was in a letter written
by tiie president which I have right
here with the president's signature on
it.”
He chargefl that the convention in
Alabama was held August 13. 1911. be
fore the national committee's call. The
call stated no convention held 30 days
before the call was issued was legal.
Then, he charged, a second conven
tion was held and the delegates were
re-elected.
WOMEN FIGHT TO
KEEP DRAWINE ’
IN SCHOOLS a
Mayor and Daley Backed by
Prominent Persons in Effort
to Retain Course. v
- wl
Though a majority of the members
if the board of education are expected
to vote again to abolish the depart
ment of drawing and manual training
in the grammar schools and the Girls
High school at the meeting tomorrow,
a strong minority today expressed hope
for an early reconsideration which
would result in retaining the depart
ment In a revised form. At the same
time prominent men and women of the
city began a fight on the board's de
cision.
The first formal action on the matter
will be tomorrow morning, the board
acting formerly as a committee of the
whole. But the members clearly d»-
fltjed their positions and the minority
realizes that to retain the department
some revisions must be made.
Some of the members are opposed ab
solutely to the department, while oth
ers object to it on the grounds that it
is top-heavy and the fact that a number
of the teachers are opposed to Miss
Elizabeth Getz, head of the depart
ment.
Mayor Fights to Keep It.
Strongly fighting for the department
as one of the principal features of the
public schools system are Mayor Winn
and Walter R. Daley, president of the
board of education; E. V. Carter and
Shepard Bryan. They are backed by
many prominent women and practical
ly the entire membership pf the wom
en's clubs.
"I am very sorry that the, hoard took
such action,” said Mayor Winn. "But
the members are positive in their con
victions. and 1 don't believe the matter
will be. settled finally 'at the meeting
tomorrow. The department instructs
the children to work with their hands
and the records of this training show
great good has been accomplished.”
"When.final action has been taken. I
believe that drawing and manual train
ing will be retained in the schools.”
said Mr. Daley. “The maiwaj training
department is no small part of the
work. The little children are taught to
construct practical things from dard
board and wood, as well as to draw.
The work probably Is the most practi
cal part of the curriculum."
15 Minutes Daily Given to Work.
Fifteen minutes ea.cn day is devoted
to the work in the grammar schools.
Teachers who are not proficient in
drawing and manual training ar£ re
quired to take normal courses under
Miss Getz in the afternoons. This is
the feature to which the teachers most,
object. Miss Getz also visits the
schools and supervises the work of
the teachers. ,
Last year the course was added to
the curriculum of the Girls High school
The resolution, adopted by 7 to 4
when the board met as a committee of
the whole, was not specific in its in
tent. As it stands, it provides for the
abolishment of all drawing and manual
training courses. Members of the board
say It will be amended, for It is not
believed that even the most vigorous
opponents to departments of education
other than taught in the old-time
schools desire to cut out mechanical
drawing and what might he termed
manual training in the Bovs Techno
logical High school.
Also, as the resolution now stands, it
might mean the abandonment of do
mestic science and other important fea
tures of the course in the Girls High
school.
FATHER DONAHOE VERY ILL.
SAVANNAH. GA. June 7. —Tele-
graphic advices from the bedside of
Father B. J. Donahoe, of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, who is ill with
typhoid fever at his former home at
Wilmington. Del., are to the effect that
he Is still alive, although his death is
hourly expected.