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VOL. X. NO. 242.
COUNTY BI
METHOD FOR
minim
CHOSEN
State Executive Committee De
clares It Must Follow Rule of
1910 Convention.
AUGUST 21 IS FIXED AS
DATE OF THE CONTEST
late Day Gives Added Starters
in Gubernatorial Race Better
Chance to Try for Office.
Mindful of the Instructions of the
state convention of 1910. the state ex
ecutive committee today completely re
versed itself and prescribed the simon
pure county unit plan for the guber
natorial primary.
The date of the primary was fixed at
August 31.
Macon instead of Atlanta was named
the piece for the state convention
to be held on August 38 to declare the
result of the primary. The vote for the
change stood 17 to 15 in favor of Ma
con.
tn a resolution carefully prepared by
Its sub-committees and adopted, it was
argued, that the state canvan tiatief
1910 positively prescribed the cptjjjU
unit plan for the coming primary and
io act independent of that convention's
instructions would be presumptive.
In explaining away the committee's
former action in first modifying the
county unit plan In the special guber
natorial election and discarding it ab
solutely for the popular plurality pri
mary in the presidential race, the com
mittee pleaded circumstances.
Had to Fa.ce a
New Condition.
The presidential primary, it main
tained. was an extraordinary occasion.
Since It was the first of its kind eVer
held in Georgia the committee had to
face a new condition, acting without
instructions.
Ry its former acts, it was committed
positively to a popular plurality pri
mary. it prescribed such a primary in
the last race so- the governorship, and
the candidate in whose favor it was
eikged to have been acting lost under
i’s operation. It prescribed such a pri
mary tn the late presidential mix-up,
and again the candidate in whose be
lia'i it is alleged to have acted lost
the race.
It reversed itself today, so those on
'he inside say, upon the theory that
public opinion now apparently inclines
io the county unit plan, and that it was
hound to yield to that supposed opin
ion.
"n the matter of the United States
e naiorship and the Judges and solici
■o '. the committee followed the popu
" plurality plan gladly. That tvas In
with its Idea of things, and the
r ""and for it was sufficiently Impres
i" make the committee sure of its
s ound there.
Baltimore Convention
Delayed Committee.
Firn lateness of the primary call un
;'r stionably is due to the fact that the
'ommitten long ago determined not to
anything until after the Baltimore
'•uinal convention, and a desire to
ate entries in the gubernatorial
‘ -i' much leeway as possible in the
" a’cr of campaigning.
r committee has been criticised
' P'l in some quarters for its tardi
in (ailing the state primary, and
are those who protest now that
"Uid ha ze called a county unit pri-
‘ ' all the way down the line. But,
e whole, the action today, in all
ircumstances, seems to have given
Serial satisfaction.
meeting of the committee will
greatly to clarify the political at
e. as candidates for office have
ieve<i of all uncertainty as to
lia',. ° rt ° f a R rimar . v the state is to
'""mittee pledged the support of
-mocratic party in Georgia to
r , ar| d -Marshall by adopting a
which virtually required
'oting in the state primary to
support to the national nom
>he primary will be a real
"" primary rather- than a
' Primary
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'fixed f o > the state conven
larc the result of the ballot
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Trains on Two Roads
Entering Atlanta Are
Delayed by Wrecks
Southern and L. & N. Lines Tied
Up by Derailments—New
York Express Is Late.
Wrecks on two railroads tunning
north from Atlanta seriously tied up
traffic and inconvenienced hundreds of
travelers in this city today.
The derailment of a freight train
near Greenville, S. C., on the Southern
railway caused every train on that line
several hours deJay and prevented the
fas' train from New York reaching
Atlanta, on time.
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Louisville and Nashvillg ’ passenger
train No. 34 ran into a landslide near
Nashville early today and tied up traffic
several hours. The South Atlantic
Limited, due in Atlanta at 11:55
o'clock, was reported more than five
hours late. Freight traffic was even
more seriously affeoted.
J. M. jetEr, missing
BANKER, LEFT WITH
A FRIEND FOR WEST
Atlanta detectives today learned
that J.,Mi Jeter, the mysteriously miss
ing cashier of the Citizens bank of Ge
neva, Ala., with $3,000
a pleasure trip,
was tn Atlanta from June 17 to June
19. and that he left here for the West
in company with a close friend from
Macon.
While here Jeter stopped at the Pal
ace hotel in Madison avenue, register
ing there under his right name and giv
ing nis correct address. His Macon
friend, with whom he recently had
business dealings, Joined him here and
the two left together. Nothing is
known, however, as to their destina
tion.
Detectives are satisfied this infor
mation eliminates the foul play theory,
and that Jeter will communicate with
his relatives as soon as he learns that
his disappearance has created alarm.
SENATE ON EVE OF
BALLOT TO DECIDE
FATE OF LORIMER
WASHINGTON. July 6.—Senator
Lorimer’s right to his seat in the sen
ate will be decided by a vote of his
colleagues in the senate at the expira
tion of the legislative day which began
at noon and may extend over into next
week.
The final clash in the two years bat
tle to oust the Illinois member began
today when the resolution drawn by
the minority was called up in accord
ance with the unanimous consent
agreement of the senate.
The resolution which resulted from
the stand taken by Senators Kern. Ken
yon and Lea, declares that corrupt
practices were used by the senator in
his election and he is not entitled to his
seat.
1 Senator Meyers, of Montana, was the
first to speak today and Senator Dil
lingham followed him. Os the minority
Senator Kem already had discussed the
case and Senators Lea and Kenyon will
address the senate, probably on Mon
i day.
CUPID DRIVING, JUST
A BUGGY RIDE TURNS
OUT AN ELOPEMENT
W. R. Holland, a rxtpular young em
ployee of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, and Miss Anna Julia
' Trice, the attractive young daughter of
i Mrs. J. B. Trice, of 10 West Pine street,
left home for just an ordinary buggy
I ride Wednesday afternoon a week ago.
They have just returned to Atlanta to
■ tell of their romantic elopement and
■ happy honeymoon.
> Mrs. Trice said today she knew her
daughter intended to marry Mr. Hol
f land some time in the future. But Cu
ll pid’s impulses were stronger than any
i deliberate resolutions on that sunny
I Wednesday afternoon. So the couple
» rode straight to the home of Rev. C. N.
■ Donaldson, pastor of the Inman Park
1 Baptist church, and they wore made
• one.
On i heir honeymoon they went to the
home of Mr. Holland's father J. M.
Holland of Dallas. Ga. They are now
living at 382 Central avenue.
ATALNTA. GA.. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1912.
FRIGHTENED
FROM JOB
BOY ENDS
HIS LIFE
T. 0. Meador, of Well Known
Chattanooga Family, Came
to Displace Man Here.
WRITES A NOTE, THEN
DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID
Manager Says Youth Was
Badly Scared and Disap*
peared Strangely.
Frightened. said, by tire threats
of the map whom he had displaced in a
position. .T. O. Meador, a youth of 21,
of Chattanooga killed himself by drink
ing carbolic acid in his locked room at
the Williams house at 15 Marietta
street. '
He rithri in, Grady hospital 30 min
utes aftenvflSUft- Beside his body in the
hotel was fdtnfa an empty bottle of the
deadly poison and a bote which asked
the clerk that “in ease of accident”
his parents be notified to claim the
body.
The suicide is surrounded with a
chain of ■* remarkable circumstances
which may never becleared up.
Young Meador, who belonged to one
of the best families of Chattanooga,
came here last Tuesday morning to
take a position as stenographer for the
contracting firm of the Austin Western
Company, Limited, who has offices in
the Rhodes building.
Came to Diplace
Another Stenographer.
He was to displace another stenog
rapher whom Manager J. P. Delaney
had fired because he was given to quar
reling and consorted with a brother
who had just been released from a term
in jail. Meador seemed at first tre
mendously pleased with his job, partic
ularly as he had been given $lO more
for his services than the other man
got or that he himself had asked.
To teach him the duties of the posi
tion. Delaney put him under instruc
tions of the discharged man until the
latter should leave at the end of the
week.
He said today that the two worked
together for several hours and that
suddenly Meador came over to his desk
from the other man looking nervous
and frightened.
He said nothing of any trouble, how
ever, and only requested that he be al
lowed to go out to lunch at once, though
it was not the hour, because he had
suddenly become hungry. Mr. Hender
son, of the office force, took him to a
restaurant, where he seemed nervous
and distraught. A little later he said
he would go over to the Y. M. C. A.
building for a little time, but would be
back at his desk Wednesday morning.
He'never returned.
Next morning the discharged man
came back to work and, going in to Mr.
Delaney, inquired insolently:
“Well, where's your little friend from
Chattanooga? t Guess he may not come
around today?”
Delaney became anxious on the In
stant. but he was also irate. He told
the discharged man to get his money
and leave the office without a minute’s
loss of time. Later he learned that he
had met young Meador as he passed
from the door and that other employees
had heard him talking loudly to him in
the hallway.
The firm had the city searched from
one end to the other for the lad from
Wednesday until today. They were still
searching when there came to them a
telegram from the boy's friends in
Chattanooga asking them for particu
lars of the suicide. Then they learned
that all the time he had been missing
Meador had been living at the Williams
house. The clerk said he looked to
be upon the point of nervous prostra
tion and would leap into the air as
though a bullet had been fired at him
when any one spoke. Much of the time
through the week, the clerk said, the
boy was in his room behind a locked
door, and when he ate his meals it was
as though he could not down the fear
that some one was going to do him in
jury.
Last night, when he went to his room
in the Williams house. Clerk Bentley
says he looked more frightened than
ever. When his groans were heard ear.
ly this morning attaches of the house
ran to his room and found him writh
ing in agony on the floor. He was be
yond medical aid and did not regain
consciousness before he died in Grady
hospital.
Coroner Donehoo held an inquest this
afternoon and the Jury found that
young Meador came to his death from
-arbolie acid administered by his own
hand. HI? bod.' was taken to the un
dertaking rooms of Greenberg A- Rond
Deaf-Mutes Lonely at Cave Spring
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Little Alabel Stockton, one of the silent folk at the convention
of the Deaf and Dumb People of Georgia at. the Y. M. C. A. She
uses the sign language—which her elders are urging should sup
plant the lip-reading system. She is shown “speaking" an “a" in
the picture.
State School Pupils Want to
Talk by Signs, Not by the
Lip Method.
Isolated by the Gates of Silence, and
yearning for a more intimate kinship
with their more fortunate brethren, the
deaf and dumb of Georgia today
planned a touching appeal to the state
legislature to be relieved of the loneli
ness they say surrounds them in the
home at Cave Spring.
At the same time they want to talk
to each other in the way they think is
easiest —by signs—rather than the lip
system, which has the weight of ex
pert opinion behind it.
Whatever may be said of the lip
system, and it is being adopted largely
throughout the country, the deaf mutes
who oppose it showed rather patheti
cally at their convention in the Y. M.
C. A. here that the sign method has
eloquence and moving power to com
mend it
Plead Silently
For Their Cause.
No Demosthenes ever impressed
more keenly his varying emotions on
his auditor than did the "speakers” at
this convention as with eloquent and
fervid gestures they pleaded silently for
their cause.
They instructed president Irby
Marchman, of Savannah, to go before
the legislature and ask that the insti
tute be moved from Cave Spring to
Macon and that lip reading be dropped
for the old-fashioned sign system.
"We want a chance to see some
thing of this outside world and we
want to be taught the method of com
munication that we think practicable,
is what the speaker is saying." a deaf
mute wrote out on a slip of paper and
handed to The Georgian reporter.
"Only grown folk and very smart
ones can ever learn to read the lips,
and little children never learn it for a
long time." was the next message that
came from the silent world. The man
who wrote the message was George
Brown, of Atlanta.
One of the speakci s remarks
brought forth today the following de
fense of the school from the president
of its board of trustees, W. J. Griffin, at
Rome. He said:
“There is absolutely nothing to what
the convention said. The board of
trustees is certain that the teaching of
lip expressions is the best system and
there is no indication that we «ill do
away with it.
Calls Lip Expression
Easier Method.
"The lip expression is not taught to
those who we find ran not le-t n it.
They art taught the -ign expression.
The fortrret .-'Stem, so far, hi been
a success and the main opposition ex
pressed to it has been from the chil
dren themselves. They object because
they have to study harder. They do
not seem to realize that the lip expres
sion. once learned, is the most prac
tical and that it enables them to con
verse more freely.
“As to the school moving to Macon,
that is absolutely preposterous. It will
stay at Cave Spring. The state is not
able to move it to Macon or any other
place. 1 venture to say it would take
SIOO,OOO and maybe more to move the
institution to Macon. The advantages
at Cave Spring are just as great for
pupils as Macon. Some time ago an
effort was made to give Macon the
school, but the movement was insignifi
cant and died aborning.”
After much discussion the deaf mutes
decided to hold their next convention
in Savannah. Their executive commit
tee will decide later on the exact date.
The officers chosen were as follows:
Irby H. Marchman, of Savannah, presi
dent: C. P. Sessions, of Juliet, vice
president: Fred Hart, of Savannah,
secretary: Miss Margaret Magill, of
Atlanta, treasurer, and Arthur Willing
ham, of Statham. Sergeant-at-arms.
KANSAS COUNCILMEN
STILL REFUSE TO AID
THEIR WOMAN MAYOR
HUNNEWELL. KANS., July 6.—The
city council here met last night for the
first time since the state supreme court
rendered its decision in the famous
ouster suit, and issued instructions to
the woman mayor and three remaining
councilmen to get busy. There was
not much doing except that the coun
cilmen once more refused to confirm
the appointments of Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson offered the appointment
of Mrs. Hilton as city clerk, and also
named two counCilmen to fill vacan
cies. None was approved. Mrs. Wil
son says the councilmen did not act
rudely, but that they showed they did
not care to transact any business.
GREEN BLUE COLOR
MOTIF PREVAILS IN
MEMPHIS WEDDING
MEMPHIS, TENN., July 6—A wed
ding that was a study in color was
celebrated here when Miss Mary Olive
Green married Dr. Julian Baker Blue.
Miss Florence Green and Miss Eliza
beth Green were the melds of honor.
Mr. Blue was Dr. Blue’s best man. Miss
Elizabeth Blue, of Gallatin, played the
wedding march.
Mr. Frederick Gi een gave Miss Mary
Olive Green away and Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Green received the wedding
guests, assisted by Mrs. A. M. Blue, of
Qallatin. mothr of the bridegroom.
Dr. and Mrs. Blue will make their
home in Memphis
Oh > cs, Mis-- Vera Gieeo served
pum h.
FLEET ATHLETESFBffI
IL S. Mmi OFF FIRST
OLYMPIC GAME HONDRS
Lippincott, of Pennsylvania, Breaks
World Record for 100-Meter Sprint;
Lemming, Sweden, Makes New Jave
lin Mark; Many Yankees Qualify
for the Final Events Monday.
By MICHAEL J. MURPHY.
STOCKHOLM, July 6.—American sprinters and runners car
ried off the honors of I he opening day of the Olympic games in the
presence of the royal family of Sweden and 40,000 other spec
tators.
The trial heats and semi-fimi
suited in the survival of five Am
come in the finals tomorrow. Th
P. Drew. Alvah ’l'. Meyer. Ralph 1
F. V. Belole. Two of these men
been picked by the American co
tatives, but were placed on the
American of those starting who
run was Thomas J. Halpin, of the
The following Americans sur
vived the fest in the 800-meter
contests: David L. Caldwell,
Herbert X. Putnam. John Paul
Jones. Clarence S. Edmundson.
Ira N. Davenport. Harland W.
Holden. Melvin W. Sbtppuxd and
James E. Meredith. z
Drew strained a tendon in the
100-meter event and may not be
able to start in the finals tomorrow. •
American Breaks
Olympic Record.
Donald F. Linmncott, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, hung up a
new record for the 100 meters in
the sixteenth heat, when he ran
the distance in the marvellous time
of 10 3-5 seconds. Lippincott was
brougnt to Stockholm upon the
supplemental list of American
runners. Applegarth. of England,
ran second to Lippincott.
Lemming, of Sweden, broke the
Olympic record for the javelin,
hurling the spear 193 feet (60.64
meters). The old mark was 179 feet
10 1-2 inches, made by Lemming in
London four years ago.
Lemming’s victory gave the first
score of the day to Sweden, and
there was a big demonstration
when the Flemish flag was run up.-
One of the regulations of the games
is that any big team shall be pro
claimed by the raising of that na
tion’s flag. Saarasto. of Finland,
was second, with a throw of 58.66
meters, and Kovais, of Hungary,
third, with 55.50 meters.
The day’s program at the sta
dium was finished late in the after
noon. The swimming events were
scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock this
evening. ,
Following are the most important
results:
100-METER PRELIMINARIES.
(Two Men Qualify.)
First Heat—-Luther. Sweden, by
default.
Second Heat —Moller. Sweden,
won: Azali, Hungary, second.
Third Heat—J. Courtney. United
States, won; Kankovitch, Sweden,
second. Time. 11 1-16 seconds.
Fourth Heat—-Rice, England,
won; Snedmark, Sweden, second.
Time, 11 2-5 seconds.
Fifth Heat —Darcy England,
won; Povey. South Africa, second.
Sixth Heat —Rau, Germany, won:
Raoz, Hungary, second.
Seventh Heat —Stewart. Austra
lia. won; Aelter, Belgium, second.
Time. 11 seconds.
Eighth Heat—Lindberg, Sweden,
won: Vigoda, Bohemia, second.
Time. 11 3-5 seconds.
Ninth Heat —Alvah T. Meyer,
United States, won; Ginge Scholz,
second. Time, 11 3-10 seconds.
Tenth Heat—Jacobs, England,
won; Wilson, United States, sec
ond. Time, 10 4-5 seconds.
Eleventh Heat—F. V. Volte.
United States, won; Houston,
France, second.
Twelfth Heat—Gerhardt, United
States, won; Gallen. Canada, sec
ond. Time, 11 1-10 seconds.
Thirteenth Heat —Howard. Can
ada. won: Patching. South Africa,
second; Holland. United States
eliminated. Time. 11 seconds.
Fourteenth Heat—Andreson,Eng
’and, won; Thomas, United States,
second. Time, 11 seconds.
Sixteenth Heat Lippincott. Uni
ted States, won, Applegarth, Eng-
rHOMt
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE O Y
ils of the hundred-meter dash re
erica ns and oneXSouth African to
io Americans left were: Howard
iJ. Craig, Donald F. Lippincott and
i, Meyer and Lippincott, had not.
mmittee as the nation’s represen
“supplemental” list. The only
failed to qualify in the 800-metes
Boston Athletic club.
land, second. Time. 10 3-5 seconds.
Seventeenth Heat —Craig. United
States, won: Szobota, Hungary,
second. Time, 11 1-6 seconds.
100-METER SEMI-FINALS.
(Only Winner Qualifies.)
First Heat —Drew. United Staley.
Courtney and Gerhardt. United
States, eliminated.
Second Heat-v-Patching, South
Africa 10 9-10 seconds.
FQ4gg|j®jjg®ieat —Craig. United
Fifth Hefft—Lippincott, United
States. Time. 10 7-10 seconds.
Sixth Heat—Belote, United
States: Wilson and Applegarth elim
inated.
800-METER PRELIMINARIES.
(Two Men Qualify.)
First Heat—Caldwell, United
States, won; Lunghi. Italy, second.
Time, 1:58 2-5 minutes.
Second Heat—Mann. England
won: Putnam. United States, sec
ond. Time. 1:56 minutes.
Third Heat—John Paul Jones.
United States, won; Cortesae, Por
tugal. second. Time. 2:01 4-5 min
utes.
Fourth Heat Edmundson. Unit
ed States, won; Tait. Canada, sec
ond. Time, 1:56 1-2 minutes.
Fifth Heat—Davenport. United
States, won: Hulford. England,
second. Time. 1:59 minutes.
Sixth Heat—Holden. United
States, won; Bjoern, Sweden, sec
ond. Time, 1:58 1-10 minutes.
Seventh Heat —Scutler, England,
won: Shepnerd, United States, sec
ond. Time, 2:00 2-5 minutes.
Eighth Heat —Brock, Canada,
won; Meredith. United States, sec
ond. Time. 1:57 minutes.
•puruSuy 'Xjush—uiujy
won; Rau. Germany, second. Time.
1:57 minutes.
The great new stadium. built
especially for these games, was
crowded when the time came for
the first contest to begin. It is
estimated that about 40.000 persons
saw the start of the athletic strug
gle.'* The stadium seats 30,000 and
there were other thousands grouped
about the field.
The scene, with the brilliant
rpulti-colored flags of the various
nations, was one of the most spec
tacular this city has seen In many
years.
The leather was ideal. A cool
breeze, which proved a boon to the
athletes, prevailed all day. King
Gustav V, of Sweden, the crow r>
prince and other members of the
Swedish royal family were pres
ent.
The formal ceremonies opening
the stadium began at 11 o'clock and
lasted over two hours.
The American athletes received
a great ovation when they entered
the field. They looked spick and
span in their natty uniforms of blue
and white. Each wore white duck,
short-legged trousers, a blue blaz
er, white shoes and a white cap, A
shield is worked upon the breast of
each uniform.
Pau) Pilgrim led the Americans
upon the field, carrying a silk Uni
ted States tlag. James E. Sulli
van. the American commissioner,
and Colonel Robert M. Thompson
president of the American Olympic
committee. followed. Tin- other
American officials were absent and
their absence created considerable
' mumenl.
The other teams followed the
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