Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, July 05, 1912, FINAL, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 COMMITTEE HERE TO NAME DATE OF Pfflffi Generally Believed County Unit Plan Will Be Adopted at Meeting Tomorrow. The state Democratic executive com mittee will meet in the senate chamber pf the capitol tomorrow at noon for the purpose of presi rlblng regulations anti naming a date for the forthcoming general primary for state house offi cers. Politicians and candidates for office are greatly Interested in this meeting, as the uncertainty heretofore existing with respect to what sort of prlmari’ the state is to have, and iff date has caused endless confusion and hesitancy In the matter of announcements throughout the state. The Impression appears to he that the committee, will call a county unit primary, although that is by no means a certainty. Several Influential mem bers are'known to be decidedly 1n fa vor of another popular plurality pri mary, notwithstanding the fact that such a primary does not appear to be widely or generally approved. The demand for a county unit pri mary is easily three to one as against a popular plurality primary. The country counties —the so-called "two vote" counties—are solidly for the county unit plat* The only opposition particularly noticeable comes from some candidates for judgshlps and eollcdtorshlps, who maintain that, so far as those offices are concerned, the popular plurality Idea should prevail. It 1b doubtful whether the pressure will be sufillclent to exempt them from the general order of things, however. Date la of Unusual Interest. The acute interest in the primary has to do with the date upon which it will be called. Under the law. It can not be called more than sixty days before the gen eral election, which takes place this year on October 2. It may be called, however, under that law, as near the date of the general election as the state committee. In its wisdom, may decide to be best for party welfare even so late as a week before, as a matter of fact The general rule 1n Georgia ha.s been to call the primary approximately sixty days before the general election, but already It is assured that a wide de parture from that custom will be made In this year's call. The primary will hardly be called for a date more than thirty days ahead of the general elec tion. and it may be much less than that. Guessing ranges all the way from August 15 to September 20. Only today's session will answer the riddle. The idea appears to prevail that the committee will incline to call the pri mary as late as It possibly may, not to subject Itself to undue criticism or harges of rank favoritism or par tiality to any andldate now In the running or scheduled to be. It is frankly admitted that the pres ent committe Is a Hoke Smith com mittee. and It is expected to frame such a primary as the Smith faction would prefer and that would help, to the extent It might, the campaign of the Smith faction’s candidate for the governorship, if it is to have one. It was known long ago that the commit tee would not meet to call a primary until after the Baltimore convention had acted. Had the Baltimore pow wow produced another candidate than Wilson, there likely would have been no Smith faction candidate for the governorship in the race this year. As it is, there probably will be. Committee Faces Stiff Problem. There are certain difficulties in call ing the primary less than thirty days ahead of the general election, and the committee may find Itself more or les embarrassed getting around them. There is a statute which says that i election blanks shall be sent out b> i the secretary of state to the ordi- ' naries for distribution to the militia i districts, not less than thirty days ahead of the general election, and on the blanks the names of the candidates have heretofore appeared. Unless the primary is held more than thirty days ahead of the general election, therefore. It is difficult to see how this statute may be complied with. The blank might be sent out without the candi dates' names, the names to be sup plied later, but It is held that this would serious!?, conflict with the In tent and purpose of the law, if it did not actually violate It. That problem is being wrestled with by the master legal minds of the cim mittee today, however, and it is i sat prediction that there will be found a way around it, if any such way is to b found. So far, the avowed candidates foi the governorship are Joe Hill Hull, ot Bibb, and John M. Slaton, of Fulton I dtl IIMPPn 1 *°~l ir Before moving July 15 to 1161-2 1 Whitehall street, we offer large as sortment fine Umbrellas at cost t prices. Anything you want for % ladies, gents or children. Every thing goes. Come today for choice. TAYLOR UMBRELLA CO. 51 1-2 West Mitchell Street SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B. N«VIN. It seems to he the general Opinion that the state executive committee, which meets tomorrow, will call a state pri mary on the county unit plan, notwith standing Its past Inclination to the popu lar plurality variety. After all is said and done, the county unit plan seems to be the thing the peo ple desire, and the state Democratic executive committee will hardly run coun ter to their wishes in the matter, even though various influential members be lieve more thoroughly in the populaar plu rality idea. There will be an effort made to exempt the judges and solicitors general from the operation of the county unit regulation, because it will be held to operate very unfairly In some circuits with respect to them There are circuits in yhich one county, under the unit plan, will absolute ly control within itself the nominations in those circuits For instance, there is a northwest Georgia judicial circuit In which there are three counties, one with six electoral votes and the others with two each. Os course, it is obvious that the six-vote county might override the combined vote of the other two. Notwithstanding this more or less pecu liar situation that the county unit plan may set up in two or three judicial clr cuitsr however, the impression generally is that the committee will proceed to the calling of a strict county unit primary. Broadly speaking, and with an eye to the greatest good to the greatest number, the county unit primary seems to appeal to the cemmittee as the right thing Old Doc Cook, of north pole fame, has expressed a preference for Old Doc Roosevelt’s third party. Old Doc IL might find in Old Doc C. a fine press agent, any way. That all things come to him who waits Is the firm belief of William Jennings Harris —particularly If he accepts Bill Nye’s earnest admonition to hugtie while he waits From start to finish, from Inception to conclusion, through better or worse, for richer or poorer, through sunshine and rain, and everything else one might think of along that line, the senator stuck to Woodrow Wilson, pending his Anal nomi nation in Baltimore Tuesday. As for his enthusiasm, age could not wither it nor custom stale its infinite va riety. Wilson fortunes never fell so low nor yet became the night of. despair so thick with gloom that Senator Harris could not see shining orbs a-gltrnmer in the skies, and all the time "hope’s great throbbing star above the de.rkness of the dead." Neither Horatlus at the bridge nor Leonidas at Thermopylae had any thing In particular on Harris! Naturally, the senator Is being congrat ulated warmly nowadays by hls col leagues in the legislature upon the hap py outcome of hls ambition to lend a helping hand to Wilson. He stuck right to the job, through all the vicissitudes of defeat in the presidential primary in Geor gia to the eventual satisfactory con summation of the senatorial hopes in Bal timore. If not the "original Wilson man" in Georgia, at least Senator Harris may not inaptly be termed Wilson's most un swerving and most uncompromising friend and partisan. Now that the Baltimore convention Is over, and Speaker Clark has been re lieved of the work arid worry Incident to the furthering of hls campaign for the Democratic nomination to the pres idency, House Parliamentarian Charles R. Crisp will have a breathing* spell in Washington, and likely will be able to find a little time to run down to Georgia and look after his congressional fences Mr. Crisp, talking to friends and ac quaintances in Baltimore recently, ex pressed the greatest confidence in the satisfactory outcome of things in hls con gressional district. While he has had practically no time to devote to hls cam paign. he feels, from a voluminous cor respondence and reports from loyal and enthusiastic friends, that he is to win out and achieve the great ambition of hls life to occupy for a full term or longer his distinguished father's seat in the con gress of the United States. He served in congress a short time years ago, fill ing his father’s unexpired term at his death. Mr. Crisp has been a sort of member of congress all of his life, as it is. When his father was speaker, young Crisp was a general favorite with members and en joyed an Intimate and warm acquaintance with many of them. As hls father's sec retary and later as house parliamentarian under Champ Clark. Mr. Crisp has ac- Diseases of Men MY experience of 35 years has shown me that more human wrecks ar* caused by a chronic local disease than Sby any other. No disease needs more careful or scien tific attention to effect a cure. I also know there Is no quick cure for specific blood poi son. Temporary removal of symp toms is not a cur*. Experience, care ful attention to de tails and a thor ough knowledge of how and when to use the remedies known to be bene ficial in th* treat ment of this dis ease, produce re- DR. WM. M. BAIKD suits. Honest bus- Brown-Randolph Bldq.| neBR methods and Atlanta. Ga. conscientious treat ment are features of my office. Exam inations free Office hours Bto 7; Sun daes and holidays 10 to 1 My mono graphs free in plain, sealed wrapper. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. quired a knowledge of things around and about the halls of legislation in the na tional capitol that could hardly have been acquired in any other way than through long membership in the house If elected. Crisp will start his congres sional career splendidly and unusually equipped for service right from the min ute he Is sworn in. Old Bill Bryan, he's the guy that put the "ad” in deadlock. One of the more or less Interesting— and true—inside stories of the late Bal timore convention has to do with Geor gia rather intimately, and engagingly. When the Georgia delegation first ar rived in the Monumental City, a caucus was held in the Hotel Belvidere, at which It was unanimously resolved to vote for Clark Howell upon the first roll call for the nomination fbr the vice presidency. The delegation had just presented Mr. Howell with a beautiful loving cup, and it felt as if it would gladly hand him anything else scattered around loose and to be handed, particularly while the hand ing was good and easy. Mose of the members understood that the delegation's attitude was intended more as a courtesy to Mr. Howell than otherwise. After the big plum had dropped in Wil son's palm, however, and while it seemed that the vice presidency was more or less UP in the air, a quiet movement was started to have the Hon Hoke Smith voted for on the first ballot, also as a sort of compliment to the senator. It was figured by the victorious Wil sonites that it never would do to have Howell get a state delegation, in the cir cumstances, without having Smith get at least a couple. By and by, however, the fixers got the vice presidential business all straightened out and cut affff dried, and when the vot ing time came, neither Howel! nor Smith was placed up for honorable mention or the convention’s distinguished considera tion. CARUSO AGREES TO SING FOR ONLY $7,000 A TIME NEW YORK, July s.—Following Ijis next season of grand opera at the Met ropolitan here, Enrico Caruso next spring will go to Buenos Ayres, It was learned today, to sing at the National opera house, the Colon, In that city, at what is said to be the largest salary ever paid to a grand opera artist. His contract was Signed last month in Paris and calls for a minimum number of twelve appearances at $7,000 a per formance with the right to sing as many more times at the same figures as Caruso chooses. Piano Facts for the Public Why We Do Not Pay Commission On Piano Sales w E have been asked so frequently for an explanation of our refusal to pay commission on piano sales, when all other houses in Atlanta pay such commisson, that we cheerfully take the entire public into our confi dence, explaining in detail the reasons why we adopted this policy. These reasons will be equally conclusive to piano buyers that they can not afford to buy a piano except from an absolutely one-price, no commission house. Because We Have But One Price Because It Is Unjust to the Public We carry our one-price selling plan the full length of agreeing to The right and honorable way to do business is to make a price on forfeit SIOO.OO for every piano sale accepted by the management what one has to sell, and get the business or not get it at this at any price lower or higher than this one plainly marked price. price. Then every one knows exactly how much should he paid. If we paid a commission to some one claiming to control Ihe sale As we guarantee to sell at the lowest price to be had any whore in it would, by agreement between the parties, amount to the same America for the same make and style, and guarantee to give every thing as reducing the price. buyer this lowest price, we can not pay unnecessary and improper D A D * I T I commissions. The commission must be paid by the buyer and no DCC3USC vUF I rice IS 100 LOW one has any right to inflict this unnecessary expense upon him. We guarantee to sell any instrument we handle at the lowest price BCCOUSC It IS UfllUSt tO COnipCtitOFS to be had anywhere in America for the same make and style of an * instrument. We can not live up to this low price policy if we give We take the view that every house in the piano business is enti- 5 per cent, 10 per cent or more as a commisison to some one claim- tied to know exactly where we stand on every question. We have ing to control the sale. therefore declared in unmistakable terms that we do not pay com il k I M I U LI missions to any one, not even salesmen, every salesman working OCC3USC it IS HOI Honorsble for this house bein S employed on salary and salary alone. In the same way we have declared our position on the one-price policy W e know that it we pay commission we must add the amount of and to vary from the position we have taken for the benefit of this commission to the cost ot the instrument before figuring our some favored customer would be. unjust to other piano houses, as piofit. 1 hat means that we are a party to allowing some friend well as other customers*. unknown to the buyer to get a secret commission at the expense ..r the buyer We will not be a party to such » tr«u«»etion. BCCtIIISC WC Wflllt YOUR BUSHICSS Because It Is Unjust to Music Teachers If we sell you a piano, wo expect to sell the instrument to yon. ... ’ and for that reason want to give you the full benefit of our lowest Ihe great majority ot music teachers would not solicit and would price. We are not selling the piano to some friend of the family, not accept a commission from any piano house on the sale of an and.’therefore, see no reason why this friend, who simply happens instrument to one ot their clients: why should we join with the to know that you are going to buy a piano, should get $40.00 or less scrupulous minority in a conspiracy to overcharge the buyer? $30.00 out of it at your expense! If vou take the same view of it, The commission system puts all music teachers in a false light. you will deal with this one-price, no-commission house. CLEVELAND-MANNING PIANO CO. One Price 80 NORTH PRYOR STREET M No Commission REP, WILSON IS HOUSE JESTER Bill Requiring Millers to Keep Directory of “Tiger” Patrons His Latest Effort. Representative W. W. Wilson, of Gwinnett county, is not only one of the patriarchs of the house of represen tatives. but one of the readiest little jokers. It is a rare occasion -indeed that does not find the gentleman from Gtvinnett coming to bat with his joke. Urging a bill for the Australian ballot and offering more or less humorous amendments to other members' bills form the principal occupation of the venerable legislator. The house was having a three-cor nered debate oyer the bill against buy ing and selling seed cotton, a measure designed to prevent negroes and others from picking another man’s field clean of the staple and disposing of it to an unscrupulous dealer. Another mem ber offered an amendment to require all parties purchasing seed cotton to keep a record of every purchase with the name of the seller. The debate dragged on amid the yawns of the un interested house, when Mr. Wilson rose and offered a second amendment. The clerk read it, as follows: "Be it further enacted, that every miller who grinds corn for blind tigers must keep a record of such tigers, with addresses and price schedules, for the information of the public." Then somebody called the previous question. NELLIE GRANT SARTORIUS WEDS FRANK H. JONES COBURG, ONT., July s.—Mrs. Nel lie Grant Sartoris, widow of Algernon Sartoris, of Warsash Hants, England, and only daughter of the late General U. S. Grant, was married yesterday to Frank H. Jones, formerly first assist ant postmaster general of the United States, at her country home here. The bride was given away by her son, Cap tairf Sartoris. The wedding, because of the death recently of the brotner of the bride. Major General Frederick D. Grant, was attended only. by near relations of the bride and groom. ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* • NEARLY FIVE MILLION 2 J SPENT AT BALTIMORE IN NAMING OF WILSON: • • • The total expense at Baltimore • • in nominating Woodrow Wilson • • was $4,991,400. The money was • • spent as follows: • $115,000 raised by the city of Bal- • • timore to defray expenses • • of Convention Hall and • • National Committee, • • $326,400 estimated amount ex- • • pended by delegates and • • alternates. • • $50,000 spent on headquarters • • and by campaign man- • • agers. • • $4,500,000 estimated amount spent • • by 50,000 visitors to Bal- • • timore. ■ • • •••••••••••<*••••••••••••• FOUR GIVE THEIR CUTICLE TO MEND WOMAN’S SCALP TRENTON, N. J., July s.—To give a new scalp to Mrs. Mary Deletsky, the young woman who was terribly in jured some time ago when her hair caught in machinery at a worsted mill, the doctors at McKinley hospital are performing a difficult operation—that of grafting new skin to the top of her head. Her husband, sister and two broth ers have given skin from their bodies for her. EDWARD LUCKETT TO BE BURIED IN WASHINGTON The body of Edward Luckett. 35 years old, superintendent of the Tallu lah Falls Railroad Company, who died late last night, will be taken to his former home, Washington, D. C„ for interment. Mr. Luckett died in an At lanta sanitarium, after several weeks’ illness. He was an experienced rail road man and had seen a number of years in active-service. He is survived by two children and one sister, Miss Madge Luckett, who was with him dur ing his illness. GEORGIANS GET PATENTS. WASHINGTON, July s.—Davis & Davis, Washington patent attorneys, report the grant this week to citizens of Georgia of the following patents: J. H. Booth, Point Peter, sweep holder attachment:' E. R. Derry, Augusta, desk stool; C. L. Dickert, Macon, attach ment for turning latches; A. Henslee, Villa Rica, planter; W. H. Williams, Statesboro, sack. BOOSTERS OF GOOD ROADS ARRANGE FOR MEETING IN ATLANTA 1 Arrangements for the convention in November of the Southern Appalachian Good Roads association, which will , bring to Atlanta hundreds of good roads enthusiasts, will be made at noon to morrow when Dr. Joseph Hide Pratt, ' president of the association and state geologist of North Carolina, will confer , with the good roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce. > Forrest Adair, cahirman of the com- 1 mittee fro the Chamber of Commerce, has Invited the county commissioners to meet with Dr. Pratt. Professor C. , M. Strahan, of the University of Geor , gia; Professor Branch, of Tech, and Dr. S. W. McCailie, state geologist of Georgia and chairman of the exec utive committee of the association, I also will be present. The exact time for the convention ■ will be set. When it was decided to . hold it in Atlanta no definite date was set, the committee merely agreeing . that ft should be in November. Many other details will be taken up at the ' meeting tomorrow. FRENCH MARITIME WORKERS VOTE TO CONTINUE STRIKE PARIS, July 5. —The maritime strike situation on the French coast took a more serious turn today with an nouncements from the union head quarters in Bordeaux and Marseilles , that a referendum ballot had resulted . in favor of extending the strike. [ Rioting broke out at Havre, where i the strike began, and a number of - strikers and gendarmes were seriously . wounded tn the fighting. Georgia"” 1 Technology ATLANTA. GEORGIA The South’s greatest Technical and Engineering School. "Ga. Tech” spells opportunity for the young men of the South. Offers full four-year courses in Mechanical, Textile, Chemical, Civil Band Electrical Engineering and Ar chitecture. Graduates of the "Ga. Tech” are in great demand. Courses thorough and practical. Improvements in past year: New Hospital, $25,000; New Shops, $55,000; New Y. M. C. A. Building. $75,000. For Catalog and Illustrated Booklet, address • K. G. Matheson, LL.D., President. ENGLISH FLYER AND I = ARMY OFFICER DIE 11! FROM 400-FOOT FALII N LONDON, July s.—Captain r I raine, an aviator, was fataaly hurt T Sergeant Major Wilson, of the Br ■ L I army, who was flying with Lorrair jK a passenger, was instantly killed I Stomehenge, on Salisbury plain. ■ If when their monoplane tilted in m; fc and crashed to earth. Wilson wa.. . ■ ing as Lorraine's mechanician a ~ ■ time. They had set sail from La ■ f at 6 o'clock. When 400 feet in ti: ,W the machine overturned. Wilson K killed instantly, but. Lorraine » about an hour. w SHORT AND TO 11 THE POD r I ■ h Follow Example of Woman’s I Institution In Compiling Knowl. ■ '' edge Compactly. M a Dr. Graham Taylor, the noted chj. E cago sociologist, has said that the. ■ . nothing like a woman's intuition r E going directly to the point by tlie . K est cut possible. Mr. Taylor bell. \' es B that there is something almost uncan. E ny about the high average of correct- H ness in the apparent guesswork of ■ womankind, and perhaps various m,. n if who have tried to deceive their v , 3 Bl agree with him. The last of just the quality that th; 3 ■ student notes in woman is who' ,s « ■ long blocked the progress of glvir _ K the public a compact, common.-. >-> . ■ reference work that would place tl . B tory of the world's great events upon I any one's desk without occupying H space greater than an ordinary novel K' would take up. That is the Stand.ini g® Atlas and Chronological History of -ft. 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