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VOL. XL NO. 21.
COLE BLEJSE
LEADING Bl
SHOUT SOO
WES
With 115.000 Ballots Already
Tabulated, Governor Runs
Ahead of Ira B. Jones.
SECOND RACE LIKELY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Duncan. Third Candidate, Polls
Enough Strength to Prevent
Majority for Either Rival.
COLUMBIA. S. C., Aug. 28.— The
latest reports of the actual vote In the
gubernatorial contest, including all re
turns up to 2:30 o’clock, show Governor
Cole L. Blease 902 in the lead over
Judge Ira B Jones, his chief opponent.
These returns include 115,192 votes.
The three candidates stand as fol
lows:
Blease. 57.227: Jones. 56.275; John T
Puncan, 1,690. \
It is now practically certain that
there will be a second primary to de
cide between Blease and Jones, as Dun.
can s vote prevents either one from se
curing a clear majority. Blease will
likely have about 1,200 plurality over
Jones when complete returns from yes
terday’s contest are received.
Senator Ben R. Tillman is certain to
retain his seat in the United States
senate, the returns In hand insuring his
nomination over his two opponents. W.
J Talbert and N. B. Dial.
Attorney General Fraser Lyon, al
though maintaining a good lead over
his competitors, will likely have to run
a second race with Peoples, who is sec
ond.
S. T. Carter easily defeated D. \V.
McLaurin for state treasurer. He swept
tlyee-fourths of the state.
In the other conests there was com
paratively little interest, except the lo
cal district races for congressmen.
Excitement here and throughout the
state is intense.
y crow d of 10,000 watched the bulle
tins here last night and an equally
large throng paraded the streets of
Charleston. A near-riot was precipi
tated in that city and the governor was
requested by long distance telephone to
<all out the militia, but he refused to
do so. Rumors here had it that the
ballot boxes had been rifled, but it is
now thought that this is untrue.
Ml predictions as to the counties
which each candidate would carry have
been wide of the mark, Jones' counties
going for Blease and vice versa. The
complete returns will probably not be
known until late in the afternoon.
GIRL RUN DOWN BY
ANOTHER IN AUTO;
HURTS NOT SERIOUS
Miss Louise Bigham, of 231 North Bou
levard. was struck by an electric
brougham driven by Miss Arline Elkins,
of 370 Washington street, this afternoon,
at the entrance of the Candler building.
She was carried into a physician's office
,n the building, where it was found she
vas not seriously injured.
Miss Elkins, shocked by the accident,
drove to her home. She told reporters
that she had not seen Miss Bigham, who
must have stepped from the sidewalk di
rectly in front of the automobile.
Miss Bigham is employed by the Nun
nally Candy company at 59 Ivy street
AMERICAN SHOT DOWN
BY MEXICAN BANDITS,
PROTECTING FAMILY
EL PASO. TEXAS. Aug 28. —Mexi-
can bandits posing as rebels attacked
the Morfaon colony at Colonia, Chihua
hua according to word received today
from Pearson. Mexico, and killed Wil
liam J. Stevens, an American. Ste
vens was protecting his family when he
was shot down.
Insurrectos are said to be marching
eastward from Sonora, which has led
to reports that Juarez, may again be
attacked.
AVIATOR BURNED IN
MID-AIR WHEN HIS
BIPLANE TAKES FIRE
PARIS, Aug. 28.—Lieutenant Chande
niet. a novice in the French flying
squadron, was killed today while flying
at Chalons for his aviation examination.
<'handenier had just completed his
period of examination His machine
< aught fire in mid-air and the aviator
was burned to death.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Painters Desecrate
Georgia Flag; Use It
For Floor Covering
Ensign Old and Storm Beaten,
But It Bears Colors
of State.
If the Btate of Georgia held its flag in
the same reverence which Uncle Sam
requires to be paid the Stars and
Stripes, somebody at the capitol would
be hauled over the coals today. For a
Georgia flag, spread out on the floor of
the capitol corridor, is being used by
decorators at work on the building tn
catch the drippings of paint which fall
from the celling.
It Is true that the flag has been
storm-beaten until It is hardly more
than a dingy, grimy rag, but it still
bears the stripes and the insignia of
the state. It had probably been dis
carded for the newer and brighter col
ored banner which waves from the cap
itol dome when occasion requires it.
$3,000 NOTES TAKEN
IN ATLANTA FOUND
ON MILWAUKEE MAN
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 28.—Notes
amounting to $3,000 and owned by S. N.,
Glisson, of Atlanta, were found today
In a suit case in the room of John
Bremhall. arrested for stealing suit
cases from the St. Paul railroad sta
tion. Bremhall, it is alleged, had made
a profession of stealing grips from pas
sengers who left them unguarded in
railway stations. The chief of police
of Atlanta telegraphed the Milwaukee
department that Glisson's suit case had
disappeared from the Atlanta Terminal
station several weeks ago.
Bremhall was sentenced to 90 days
in the Milwaukee Bridewell as a va
grant, the charge being made to hold
him until the Atlanta authorities can
send a warrant for grand larceny, and
requisition papers. He will be sent to
Atlanta for trial.
SPRINKLERS AT CITY
SEWAGE PLANT ARE
CHOKED BY FROGS
When a number of city officials went
out recently to witness a demonstration
of the newly completed Proctor creek
sewage disposal plant, built with bond
money, the plant wouldn’t work. After
a tedious investigation, the engineers
discovered that the sprinkling nozzles
of the plant were stopped up with about
500 frogs.
The officials went out again today to
see the plant in which they take much
pride in operation, and it worked per
fectly. Neither did it produce any of
fensive odors. The engineers said they
took precaution to prevent frogs from
getting in the plant.
Councilman Aldine Chambers said
that he favored developing the land
around the plant into a park.
LAST OF SOUTHERN
QUEER MONEY’ GANG
CAUGHT IN ALABAMA
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28.—The last
of a band of counterfeiters were ar
rested today near Higdon. Ala., by Rev
enue Agent John McArams, according
to dispatches to the secret service
headquarters here today.
Those arrested are C. W. Smith, J.
W. Dial and Richard Dial.
These men, with several others, plied
their trade in the mountains near
Chattanooga. Tenn. The arrests fol
lowed a search made by McArams ex
tending through the past three weeks in
the mountains between Tennessee and
Alabama.
SUES WIFE BECAUSE
SHE WILL NOT COME
TO ATLANTA TO LIVE
Mrs. Mamie Pitts, of Washington,
faces a divorce from Robert Pitts, if
she does not come to Atlanta to live.
Mr. Pitts, 61 Tennelle street, filed suit
for divorce from her today, asserting
that she has flatly refused to come to
this city, though he has provided a
home for her.
Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were married
March 11, 1908, and three months later
he left Washington for Atlanta. She
has steadily refused to come here, he
says, and he cites that this is legal
ground for divorce.
jj
BURGLAR HIDESTn STORE
AS MERCHANT LOCKS UP
When F. Goldberg, a merchant at 284
Fort street, closed his store last night
he was unaware that a burglar was
hiding inside. When the store was
opened today Goldberg found the place
ransacked and his cash drawer robbed
of sls. The burglar is supposed to
have slipped into the stole at a busy
moment and secreted himself
FREE TICKETS TO
FORSYTH THEATER
Have you seen the bill at the For
syth this week? If you haven't, you
are missing a treat. Alfredo, the wiz
ard of the violin is alone worth the
price of admission.
Why not see the performance this
week and every other week at the
expense of The Georgian Want Ad
Man'.’
He is giving away ten (Id) pairs
of tickets each day. For full par
ticulars, see announcement on first
Want Ad page of The Georgian to
day .
ATLANTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1912.
WIDOW ■
OF CHARITY
CHE ill
10 POOD
Mrs. Lucy Barclay. Who De
voted Her Life to Aiding
Others.. Now Helpless.
FOUNDED FIRST ATLANTA
MISSION 25 YEARS AGO
Riches Were Spent Freely for
Unfortunates lnstitutions
Memorials to Husband.
| Mrs. Lucy Barclay, once one of At
| lanta’s most widely known charity
workers and widow of the late John F.
Barclay, founder of the Barclay mis
sion and promoter of half a score of
other measures of relief for the city's
poor and unfortunate, lies today a help
less inmate of a charitable institution.
The widow whose infirmities have
made her helpless occupies a small pri
vate room. Even that Is’about to be
taken away from her, and she will have
to lie in the general ward among a
score of incurables like hereelf.
She has no children, and when her
husband died about four years ago she
went to live with her nieces, whom she
had reared as her own children. It
was understood then that Mr. Barclay
left a sufficient sum to care for his
widow for the remaining years of her
lite.
Several months ago Mrs. Barclay left
her nieces and went to the Home for
Incurables, where she now lies helpless.
She paid a small sum in order that she
might have a private room. She re
cently told an old friend who found her
there while on a visit that this sum was
almost exhausted and that she would
soon have to become a regular charity
patient. There was no complaint.
Takes Cheerful View
Os Her Misfortune
' I suppose it’s for the best." she said
and smiled.
When she was talking she was seated
in a large rocker. Rheumatism had so
bound her muscles that she was unable
to lift her hands which are withered
with age and pain.
A peculiar malady, found occasion
ally by physicians, is slowly turning her
body to stone. But the physicians say
she may live for years in that condition
of absolute helplessness.
For many .years in Atlanta the name
of'John Barclay was as closely asso
ciated with charitable work as that of
Carnegie is. with the founding of libra
ries. The millionaire gives out of his
abundance. John Barclay mortgaged
his home to raise money to guarantee a
certain sum so that a local charity
might not lose a fund promised by a
wealthy philanthropist on condltior
that Atlanta raise an agreed sum.
Mr. Barclay was never a minister In
his church, the Methodist, but he
worked as faithfully as many ordained
ministers. In the congregation of the
First Methodist church he and his wife
were noted workers. They aided the
relief efforts of this church and often
went further in their work than did the
church
More than 25 years ago Mr and Mrs
Barclay founded the first mission In
Atlanta. It was started as a Sunday
school tn the factory district out Ma
rietta street.
The old-time residents who occasion
ally went out to aid in the carrying on
of services tell of how Mrs. Barclay
played the little organ in those days,
when even then rheumatism had so tff
fected her that she found it the great
est pain to pump the organ.
The Sunday school grew and grew
until It became a regular mission
church. It was afterward called the
Barclay mission.
This was not the only charitable work
that Mrs. Barclay did. There is hardly
a more revered and favored institution
in Atlanta today than is the Sheltering
Arms, a place where little children are
cared for and taught while their moth
ers labor in the mills. Mrs. Barclay is
spoken of as the woman who was the
real founder of that institution To
other charitable organizations she gave
her aid both physically and financially.
At the time that his wife was carry
ing on this work and giving her strength
for the poor and unfortunate in a day
when there was no organized effort
for charitable relief here, Mr. Barclay
was giving his time and money to va-
I rious similar causes. So quietly and
modestly was his work done that only
after his 'death did his fellow citizens
know how much h>- had accomplished
Continued on Page Two.
Was Wireless King Bankrupt or Millionaire?
BODY AWAITS BURIAL
VMRME'"
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Mrs. Stella Wilson, wife of Christopher Columbus Wilson,
"wireless king. who died in the Federal prison here. Mrs. Wil
son. who was formerly a stenographer, was prostrated by news
of the death.
Telegram Signed "Neta” Says
She Is Coming to Take
Charge of Funeral.
The body of Christopher C. (Wire
less) Wilson still lies in a local morgue
today, awaiting the arrival of his
daughter from the East It may be
the body of a pauper, or the remains of
a millionaire. Wilson had sworn upon
the stand he was a bankrupt, but Fed
eral agents declared that many mil
lions were divided among the wireless
Wallingfords and that Wilson "got his."
Certainly his young bride lived expen
sively at Spring Valley, N. ¥.. and was
the owner of a handsome estate.
The undertaker. Harry G. Poole, to
day received a telegram from New
York, signed "Neta," and saying she
was coming "Neta," whom the funeral
directors believe to be the daughter or
the widow of the man who died in the
Federal prison last Sunday, is expected
to arrive this afternoon.
She will give directions for the re
moval or burial of the body. It may be
removed to New York or to Wilson’s
old home at Terrell. Texas.
Mrs Stella Wilson, the young bride
eho so soon became a widow, id re
ported to be in a state of collapse at
her Spring Valley home. She received
the first news from the prison, and at
once telegraphed arrangements for car
ing for the body.
Mrs. Wilson was formerly Stella
Lewis, a stenographer employed In the
office of the I’nited Wireless Company
When the government began probing
into Wilson’s affairs they knew his
stenographer could tell many things.
They were about to subpena her as a
government witness when Wilson, who.
had been released on bond, met her and
hurried with her to the home of het
parents, where they were mairied at
once. Wilson was 64 then, his bride
just eighteen They went for an ex
tended honeymoon, and the law whicn
prevents a wife from testifying against
het husband saved her from the wit
ness stand—but it did not save Wilson
from prison.
That Wilson left behind him. safely
"salted away," a considerable fortune,
is the belief of government officials.
They declare that the five officials of
the wireless company "whacked up"
$20,000,000 which "suckers" had poured
into their coffers, and Wilson got no
less than $.’.,000,000 of this sum. From
other interests Wilson is known to
have reaped a licit harvest of profits
But within the past year he had gone
through bankruptcy proceedings, w here
he swore he did not have "a red cent."
It is said that great sums and many
pieces of property were transferred to
his wife. If this be true the young
wivlow is well repaid for her sudden
marriage to a man "old enough to have
been her grandfather.
GLIDDEN PATHFINDER
REACHES-NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. \ tig 2< Glidden
tout pathfinder auto arrived here to
day from Detroit. It made the l.7mi
!miles over muddy toads in four weeks.
ENGLAND RENEWS
ML PROTEST
* —— ———
Objection Formally Registered
at Washington—Carry Case
to The Hague Last Resort.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28.—Alfred
Mitchell Innes, charge d'affaires of the
British embassy and British ambassa
dor pro tern, today entered at the state
department Great Britain's official pro
test against the provisions of the Pan
ama bill, signed by President Taft last
Saturday, particularly the admission of
American coastwise ships through the
canal without payment of tolls. The
protest was very brief, merely stating
that Great Britain had taken official
recognition of the passage of the Pana
ma canal bill and wished to enter a
“formal protest" against It.
A more extended protest, it was stated,
will be registered with the secretary
of state as soon as the officials of the
British foreign office have had an op
portunity thoroughly to study the bill
and to formulate their objections. Great
Britain also served notice that. If nec
essary, she would demand that the
question of the non-conformity' of the
hill and the Hay - Pauncefote treaty be
laid before The Hague tribunal.
SOUTHERNER, LOCKED
IN BOX CAR 3 DAYS, IS
RESCUED BY FIREMEN
KRSEY CITY, N J.. Aug 28 -When
firemen today broke open a box car in
the Erie railroad freignt yards to ex
tinguish a fire which in some unex
plained manner had originated there,
they stumbled upon the emaciated and
unconscious form of a man I'pon be
ing taken to a hospital and revived the
man said his name was Samuel Evans
and that his home is in St. James. La
Evans said he had been locked in the
■ car for three days He took refuge
there in Buffalo for a night's rest and
dining the night the car was locked
and sealed.
JOINT CONFERENCE HELD
ON $2,000,000 BOND ISSUE
T he < oimnittee of ten councilmen and
ten citizens appointed tn consider a
$2,000,000 bond issue for street Im
provem* nt held its first meeting (his
afternoon at 3 o’clock.
After a thorough consideration of the
advisability of such a bond isjsue, the
committee will make a recommend#-
1 tion i<» council. Those who favor the
bonds say that an election should he
calhal »atl\ next year and the spend*
i ing of bond money on streets begun
n< xt summer.
BROYLES M BLALOGK
DROP 001 OF DACES,
POniE AND PRICE WIN
■ - -
PRINCIPAL PLANKS IN GEORGIA I
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Here are the principal planks in the Democratic platform
as presented to the convention at Macon:
Approval of the National Democratic platform and alle
giance to Wilson and Marshall.
Rehabilitation of the state's finances, including reform in
the fiscal system.
Reform in the tax system to equalize the burdens.
Permanent registration. / /
Approval of the county unit plan.
Oppose the sale of the Western & Atlantic.
Protest against any further increase in the state’s bonded
indebtedness.
Caution against waste in the state administration.
I'rges development of lhe educational system, particularly
of the agricultural schools.
Strict regulation of public service corporations.
A separate highway bureau for the promotion of good
roads.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
MACON, GA., Aug. 28.—James D. Price, of Oconee county, was
chosen for commissioner of agriculture by the state Democratic con
\ention this afternoon, defeating J. J. Brown on the second ballot by a
vote of 186 to 168. On the second ballot, McDuffie county, the home
of Tom Watson, switched from the Brown ranks to the support of
Price.
Recorder Nash R. Broyles, of
Atlanta, made himself the hero
of the convention by withdraw
ing from the race for the court
of appeals in favor of Judge J.
R. Pottle, his opponent. He ad
dressed to the convention a let
ter saying that, while the county
unit vote was a tie, he did not
care to enter a prolonged contest
in the convention and would ask
his friends to cast a unanimous
vote for Judge Pottle, who had
received the largest popular vote.
Judge Pottle was elected.
W. J. Harris, slate senator, was
elected permanent chairman of
the convention and chairman of
the new state executive commit
tee.
A. O. Blalock, one of the three can
didates for commissioner of agriculture,
withdrew today' and urged his support
ers to cast their votes for J. D. Price.
The race then narrowed to J. J Browm
and Price, and the convention pro
ceeded toward a choice between these
two.
The resolutions committee presented
a platform opposing the sale of the
Western and Atlantic railroad and urg
ing certain reforms, it was not a sen
sational document in any paragraph.
Chairman Harris ruled that a ma
jority of unit votes would nominate.
The result of the first Brown-Price
ballot was I’7 to 177, a tie. There was ;
no nomination. It requires 185, or a
majority, to nominate.
The greatest confusion and disorder
followed the first ballot. For fifteen ’
minutes the hall was in an uproar. Quiet
was restored at I :20 o'clock and the
second roll call proceeded.
Price Wins On ,
Second Ballot. <
On the second call of the roll verified, <
Blown received 150. thus awarding the I
victory to Price. Thia generally is I
looked upon as a decided and emphatic '
slap at Tom Watson, w hose last-minute s
effort to interfere was resented by the I
delegates. Blalock’s spectacular with
drawal and his charges of attempted ,
dictation by the fertilizer people won t
the convention to Price. ,
Less rigorous tactics than those em- j
ployed by Blalock might have seen {
Brown nominated, but Blalock went at ]
Brown hammer and tongs and got him. ]
The Fulton delegation divided, three ,
for Blown and three for Price. ,
<'ommis.-ionei Connor’s open open ,
work for Biown this morning, carrying ,
with it alleged promises of patronage, ,
instead of helping Brown, hurt him bad
ly The Brown effort to smash the <
Blalock ■ Price line-up. while strongly >
contested and backed in high quarters ,
and urged vigorously tins morning, was ,
knocked galley west by Blalock's big
stick magnificently wielded. The vote
was concluded and announced amid
great disorder.
At 2:01 o'clock the convention made
Price'-, nomination unanimous.
While lite count of the second ballot
was being verified and before thy vote
was finally announced, many delega-
HOHL
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
tions changed from Brown to Price. The
final result, officially announced, was
Price 214, Browm 141.
Broyles Withdraws
In Favor of Pottle,
Albert Howell, of Fulton, at 12:tn
o’cloek withdrew the name of Judge
Nash R Broyles as a candidate for the
court of appeals, after Judge Pottle had
been nominated by Walter Park, of
Troup. Judge Broyles based his with
drawal upon the fact that while he and
Pottle had tied in the electoral vote,
Pottle had a slight advantage In the
popular vote, and he (Broyles) would
not plead a technical victory in the cir
cumstances.
It Is agreed among the delegates that
Broyles played magnificent politics nnd
made a tremendous hit in withdrawing
from the court of appeals race. Pottle
had it on Broyles in the popular vote,
but Broyles, had he been so disposed,
might have hung up the nomination in
definitely.
in adopting the course he did, Broy les
won the hearts of the Pottle men. and
unquestionably made himself more solid
than ever with his own following His
spectacular hut manly attitude made
him the one big convention hero
After Judge Pottles’ nomination Mr
the court of appeals bench had been
made unanimous by the convention,
Judge Broyles was escorted tn the
speakers' stand amid great enthusiasm,
and delivered a stirring speech pledgL
ing his faith and friendship to Pottle
and the Democracy
Blalock Throws
Support to Price.
When the commissionership of agri
culture race was called. Mr. Blalock
created a genuine sensation by charg
ing that the fertiliser manufacturers
were seeking to dominate the conven
tion and dictate the nomination. Bla
lock then dramatically ithdrew his
name, in favor of J. J. Price. Blalock
charged that the fertilizer people had
delegates on the floor who would vote
for J J Brown, notwithstanding the
fact that Blalock carried the county.
The convention went wild over Blalock's
speech, and the roll call proceeded amid
breathless silence in the convention.
The Gilmer county mess has affected
all the races and it was that that kept
the politicians juggling all through the
weary night in Macon. The convention
is unquestionably strongly anti-Morris
and if it ever gets hold of the Morris-
Patterson question firmly, Morris will
be steam-rolled sure. But the Gilmer
returns are so essential in other races
that they will be validated, the dele
gates seated and the judgeship rotV
passed along to the new executive com
mittee.
The lobby of the Lanier was a seeth
ing mass of humanity until well after
midnight. There were lights galore all
over the place and the jugglers were
at work in the private roofns.
John M. Slaton came down last night
and mingled with the crowd in the lob
by until I o'clock this morning. Mrs.
Slaton, who has achieved a reputation
here of being an even better politician
than her distinguished husband, was
with the governor to lie in the lobby
talking freely and animatedly with the
delegates. Slaton side-stepped every
