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TODAYS GEORGIAN-3 SECTIONS ~=. L 50 PAGES! —■ —— -■». 1 -J the weather. Showers toright or tomorrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 70 degrees: 10 a m.. 74 degrees; 12 noon, 79 de grees; 2 p. m.e 79 degrees. 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 •• ( . 'fixed f o > the state conven larc the result of the ballot '"gust 2» The Atlanta Georgian Read For WANT ADS—Use For Results ••••••••••••••••••••••••a*! • Weather Prophet • : Sees Rainy Sunday • • A rainy Sunday for Atlantans is • • the prediction of Forecaster Von • • Herrmann, who adds that if any- • • body ventures far from home a a • raipcoat and an umbrella should • • be taken along. Showers are like- • • ly to come at almost any moment • • during the day and entirely with- • • out warning, he says. They will • • be no change in the temperature. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a 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. z 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 APPEAL TO LEGISLATURE i —■ —— ■■ ■ ■ 'f Fir/ / iL ww I GJ Er > \ Isl . JBIy \ i * .M -If WHS I iBHIBsMF 1 WMMSH ' i \.- w / \\ / / \\ / / \ \ ’ / / \\ JP 7/7 g| |r /(M Xv®’ W 5 i Il 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 Continued on Page Two.