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Reform in Georgia Tax System and Stricter Economy in State’s Affairs Urged by Macon Convention
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OPPOSES SALE OF WESTERN & ATLANTIC
POTTLE WINS BT
WITHDRAWAL OF
BROYLES
Macon Convention Is Opened
After Strenuous Night of
Planning for War.
Continu'd Frorw Page One.
roniesiM and backed tn nigh quarter.*
and uiged \ igorouslv thD morning was
krf'i keci ga.lex we<i o> Blalock - big
s' -k inag ’ifi 1 nHy wielded The vot<
v .■>,< ctk uded and anno irv ed Hinfd
grra? disorder
At 2:01 o’clock. -he convention made
Pikes nomination unanimous.
While th< count of the second ballot
was being \erifieu and before the vote
was finally announced. man\ d» lega
tion® changed from Bro"n to Price. The
final result, ofln lalh announced, was
P’ i<.e 214, Brov. n 14 1
Gilmer Fight Up
To New Committee.
\ v • o’clock tin convention took
uo up judgeship ’ contest In Gilmer
enun v H. 11 Dean, of Ha. . atid
the con' pntion in Mippo. of the charge
of co ■ uplion in** 4- , whereby Judge
N'en : Morri* v. a< ’•••Hl ned a victor
over Judge II I. PaUt’s.m
M D**an moved tha. ih«* <<mt»si be
refe red to th' • x < \ • onini'O • for
settlement Robert Han • mat), of J< f
f< opposed this motion and said l
the tone, rtllon had no right to do that.
Hr ii'n moved '<» lab’t the motion of
M Dean, which the convention. by
a county vot< of ISS to 122, declined
to do. The convention then agreed to
Send the matter to the new executive
committee for settlement 'I bis Is con
sidered a disposition of the matter un
fa vorab'.e to Morris, ms the new com
mitt?* is repo: ted to be against Morri.-*
In its general composition.
The platform was adopted Im the
convention At 3 o’clock, and at 2. 10
o'clock William Davis, of Burke, nomi
nated Hon. John M Slaton lor g<»\-
ernor. This was the concluding work
of the convention.
The nominee responded in a tinging
address, congratulating the convention
on its work and pledging himself un
reservedly to the slates sc vice In the
governorship. Xf:ei AD ad
d os- the conventl m adjourned without
de' a v
On the n. hole the convention h.'nd led
itself sp end;.; j eno ai comp'i'dted a
fine (lay « wo; k to G
racy.
Broyles W thdraws
In Favor of Pottle.
Albert Howell. of Fulton <i In
o’clov k withdrew lhe name of Jmlite
Nash R. Rroylcs as a candidate for i he
court of appeals after Judge Pottle had
been nominated bx Wallet Park, o(
Troup. Judge Broyles bas' d his with
drawal upon th' fact that while be 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
Proxies p ayed magnificent politic.' and
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. Broyles
won the hearts of the Pottle men. and
unquestionable made himself more solid
than ever with hl« own following Hi
spectacular but manlv attitude made
him the one big > onventlon hero
After Judge Pottles' nomination for
the court of appeals bench had been
marie unanimous by the convention
Judge Broyles was escorted to the
speaker*' stand amid great enthusuism
and de ivered a Stirling speech, pledg
ing his faith and friendship to Pott *
and the IJemocracv
Blalock Throws
Support to Pnce
When the commissionership of agri
culture ra.e was called Mi Blalock
created a gem.ini' sensation p, ,
Ing that the fertilizer manufacturers
were seeking to dominate ihe cons n
tion and dictate the nomination Bla
lock 'hen dramatica c Ithdrew his
name, in favqi of .1 J p r |<, Blalock
charged that the fertilize ~e. , ), d , ;
delegates 01. the fi.ioi who would vote
for J. J. Brown. notwithstanding the
f 1 t i hat Bialock can le. tju <ountv.
The convention went wi i < v. r B'.rbxk .
speech, and the roil , i.pro ni<;
breathless silence in the convintioii
The Gilmer county m. SS h ,S . q , . r(5 |
« the rates and it wa« . 1
the politicians juggling a :■ ■ :ls (t> ,
w.-ary night in Macon. Toe '-on', cirion
Is unquestionably strong. mtf-M >n <
sod if It ever gets ho.ci of •ie M .
Patterson question fin., \ Morr » u
be steam-rolled sure But the Gilmer
returns a e so essentia it otn.i re <«
that they will be calida < . t . e
gates seated and 'he juog- -hio ■>w
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I I passed along to the new executive com
mittee.
The lobby of the Lanier was a seeth
ing mass of humanttv until well after
midnight. There were lights galore all
over the place and the jugglers were
al work in the private rooms.
John M Slaton came down last night
and mingled with the crowd In the lob- ■
Iby until 1 o'clock this morning. Mrs.
I Slaton, who has achieved a reputation
j here of being an even better politician
than her distinguished husband, was
with the governor to be in the lobby
: talking freelj and animatedly with the
■ del-gates. Slaton aide-stepped every
j ' discussion except as it pertained to his
i ow n nomination, however.
The oratory is to oe cut out today, j
Only one speech will he made, and Iha t j
I bv Slaton accepting the nomination,
i Judge Morri- said of the contest to- |
I day: |
it i.« clear that 1 have been fairly
■ nominated judge The official returns
In th? hands of the state chairman. Mr.
Wright show my majority to be 49. In
the circuit if a contest Is to be had
timer the rules’ of the party It should !
be inaugurated before the county esec- j
olive committee and appeal, if any Is to |
he had, should be to the state Demo-
< ratio executive committee This rule
is fai because the county exeeutlv
committee would have had time for a
just hearing and full investigation of
(lie facts. The county executive com
mittee could, after making Investiga
tion. have made a report to the state
-xecutlvi- committee, and the stale ex
ecutive committer could have made a i
full report to the sial" convention, but
It seems that an Investigation when
'he facts < ouid have been fully broug.it
out is not the kind of an investigation
that is desired by my opponents.
“I have not been served with notice
of any kind of a contest, vet I notice in
lhe morning paper that one i« Io hi
propose.! before the state convention
Os cotrse. a contest before the state
convention 1- not fail for the reason ,
that a Leg. convent|on cun not be ex- :
pected Io wall until the facts have be. t, |
j presented, I q fairly present tlie tacts
II will be necessary for witnesses to In
examined. This w-11l take more time
than the slate convention will probably
be willing io give le ii. I do not fra a
thorough mid fai: invest iga Jon. Ahui
.’wd in.veatig.i(ion would not l.e fair it
me nm to any on? < Ise. The right of
the people of any circuit to select theii
own Judge by popular vote Is too im
portant a matter to have their Judg
ment overthrown without a full and fa.
investigation."
'■ ’lankersley. chairman of th
Democratic executive committee <>t Gil
mer . otMity, said:
In t.ihm-r county the Republican j
party has been maintaining an organ!- 1
- ition i.ul running candidates against
'be local I 'emo. rat i. nominees ever',
•since ih.- war. The Republicans nav
held iln i.ftli. s in litis county most of!
lb* time lor a number of years. A res- '
(Million was passed by tbo D.-moeim ic '
ex ■euilve committee inviting all Dem..
iat- .’iiiu all who would agree to sup
port Hi" nominees to participate in this
primary, and. with the exception of les.,
titan twenty rive, the organized Repub
licans made no effort to vote. The
Democrats almost to a man are for
lodge Morris and supported him Re
publicans are against him. The whole
trouble is due to the fact that a few
"S'nt zed Republicans want to run the
Democratic primary of Gilmer vountv
ami the Democrats won t s an.i for it.
Tame Opening by
Chairman West.
lhe state convention was called to
at 10 25 o'clock and proct eded at
one. to the business in hand by electing
H H West, of I.owiiri«s. temporary
hairman. He delivered a Ml minutes
spec. h. devoting himself to a denun
■ i nion of the initiative, ref. rendum and
recall. His speech along this line
aroused faint enthusiasm only. Other,
wise than in its treatment of the issues
mentioned. Chairman West's speech
was commonplace and rather tame
The convention was not there for
oratory, anyway It knew some fire
works were to be exploded and wanted
the exploding to < o.nmen. .■ The crowd
attending lite .onventlon was astonis.i
ingly small. Outside the delegates '
'here were not more than 250 onlook
ers present in the hot. stuffy little audi
torium where the convention assem
bled. '
After Chairman West's speech had
been com hided, c s Xorthen, of Ful
ton. was elected temporary secretary
of the convention, t'nder the tempoi
trv organization an order of business
was airanged and the "tedentials of
delegates passed upon
Chairman Harris
Arouses Enthusiasm
William J. Harris of Polk was elect
d permanent ■ hairman. and delivered
< snort address on Dt niocrntiv unity,
preda ting a national victors in Novem-
Hart it» M Sla-
‘U Os» it I’ndtTwood and W’oodrov
\\ «tin. His speech was a big winner
tr.d h > ua« :he honor of gingering up
for the 'lruA the theretofore prett.x dull
g e :, a \
Hard\ I’im, Mr Slaton's campaign
’Mitnaapr. w.;> r ented permanent sevre
t a r y.
v\ n the ci inmittee on reso utions
’ was on; an effort was mace to have the
<’» rntion if-oinniend a recount t»f the
ballots in 8u och countv.
" h ■ a H. M Denh of that county said
' »unt\ »X’cu’;\» committee wae
wi u g In this race E A Turner
virfeated .1 R Midr? by one vote. The
<«m\.ntion side-.stepped tills matter by
rest .ng the motion to the committee
<>n credentials where it remained when’
the convention adjourned sine di».
THE A TLANTA (tEOKGIAN AND NEWS. W EDNESDAY. ALtJI’ST 28, 1912.
Was Wireless King Bankrupt or Millionaire?
BODY AWAITS BURIAL
Mbt
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Mrs. Stella Wilson, wife of Clirisioplicr f olmhbus Wilson,
wire! ss king, who died in the Et'deral prison here. Mrs. Wil
son. who v;:s lormerlv ;t stenographer, was prostraled hy news
of fin death.
I
Telegram Signed "Neta” Saysj NewSt ate Committee
She Is Coming to Take ;^ c ’ ec^ Macon
Charge of Funeral. MAt’O.X, (I.X . Aug. 28. The new Dem- '
ocratfc slate executive committee cleete*’
—today is as follows:
. Firsl District- \\ . T. McEhnurrav. of
111" 1.0.0 of ( hi.stophet’ c. (Wire- Burke; H. A. Boykin, of Set-even; li W
less) Wilson - till lies in u loc.C mmgtH Sheppard, of Effingham, and A. A Law
today, awaiting the a: ival <»f his rente, of Chatham.
daughter from the East. It may be* Second District \\ c. Smulgrass, of
lhe bodv of a pauper ,or the remains of hernias, k. 11. Griffin, of Deratur; W. K
a millionaire. Wilson had sworn upon ; Si,nd " ,s - " f G. L. Collins, of Cal
ii . , , ... roun.
iHe <laii(l he was a bankrupt, but. I*»<»- . ri , , . ~ ,
. . . > u third Distr-ci E la Rainev, of Ter-
oral agents dec...red that many mil- ~,-p. A Mcl)onaI(l . of Ren Hl|l
lions wore divided among .he wireless Hayes, of Macon, and W. M. Harper, of
Wii’ ingfoids an I that Wilson "got his." Sumter
Certainly his young b ide lived expen- Fourth District 1-’. m. Langley, of
sively at Spring Valley. X V . and was Iroup. c. ).. Hattie, of Muscogee: w I-;
th" owner of a handsome estate Johnson, of Meriwether, and T H. i’er-
Th? undertake', liar ' (I. Poole, to- ’' f L'lbot
, . . .. I-Hth District A. Whitaker, of Rock-
das rei'clveu a telcgiain 11 am *xew , ln i c , >■ . Ht ,. . . .. ,
7 Hojiins Lanciolph, of Fulfon; J. E.
\ ci’k, signed Neta, and saving sl ’ p | Bodenhamer. < f DeKalb, and D. H Bal
w:is coming. ’ Neta,” whom lhe funeral lard, of Douglas.
directors believe to be tile daughter o Sixth District R. H Hardy, of Pike;
ih? widow of the man who died in the D. Dixon, of Eayette; Paul Turner,
l , 'ede cl prison las Sunday, is expevle*! Henry, and Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb.
to a ive this . 8ev ?" lh . rM^ ric ‘ J E Rosser . ' f Wal-
SDe will give dreetions for the re- ‘ ' V , hi " iel<l; " ''
, , > Meikleham, of Hoyd, and I>. \y Blair, of
mova! or brn tu! ■ f the body It may b< Cobb
removed to New York .)■ to Wilson's Eighth District Roy I>. Stubbs, of Hut
old home at Terrell. Texas nam; I H. Griffin, of Wilkes; <>, Roberts
Mrs. Stella Wilson, the young bride of Walton, and W. R. Little, of Franklin.
who so soon became a widow, is re- Ninth District I I, Hutchens, of
puled to ).. in a state of collapse at Gwinnett. 11 II Dean, of Hall S H
het Spring Valiev home. She received Y' 10 "' 1 , ’ lS ’' ,l ’’ an ’' s 1 • Worley, of
Cherokee
th- first news from lhe prison and at , ~ , ,
lentn District carl \ inson. <»f Bahl
otue telegraphed a : : <ng*?mputs forcar- uin; Archibakl Blackshear. ..f Riehmoml:
ing for the body. Alvin Golueke. of Taliaferro, and W. M <
Mrs Wilson was formerly Stella Goodwin, of Washington.
‘ Lewis, h stenographer employed in the Eleventh District .1. w Quincy. of
I office of the I’nited W tci.’ss Company ’ J'ffee. \ I. Woodward, of Lowndes: s
When the government began probing *' -Memory, of Pierce, and I. B. Clements.
... , . of Irvin.
into W ilton - affairs ibex anew his ... .
, , , , , .. ... Iweltth District—C. W Griffin, of
stenographer could leu manv things D()()f{( . , , Harward. of Pula«ki I, D
They were about to subpena her hr a siwrron. if Twiggs, and 1. W Palmer, of I
gownment witness when Wilson, wh • Montgomery
hud been released on bond, met her and W J Harris, of Polk, permanent c hair j
hurried with her to the home of het man of the convention, automatically be-i
parents, where they were married at ' ' ,ncs chairman of the committee. \ H.
one* Wilson was «4 then, his bride ’V?,' of Fullon the convention secretary.
|uet eighteen The, went foi an ex- ,s "‘i-arv •< w-. ommnt....
tended honeymoon, and the law whlca i
prevents a wife from testifying against |<t 1 * 1 * .
lie- husband -aved he from the wit-, Iv I ICII IgHll 1 rilliarV
nes» stand but it did not save Wilson' I, . it . •
from mison ißetums Uncertain
That Wilson left behind him safely
’salted away," a considerable fortune.
is the belief of government officials DEI Ron Vug. rs, Amos Mussel-
They decia'c that the five officials of man and Fred (' Martinda'e .ire nin
th® wireless company "whacked up" nine a close race for the Republican I
™ ‘—no of M Hgan
less than s6.ooo.Otitl of tills sum From | Ket,lrn!i today were not sufficiently |
other *?i-1s Wilson is knoMn to P’ '' ■*'’ vhich is the i rob*
have reaped a hh harvest of profits j able winner. Alfred Lurking, of De-'
bu. wuhin the past yea* he had gone ; u’oit, according n» returns so fa is'
through bankrupts proceedings, when ■ . , v» u
he SW"’.. he did not have a red cent." • 1 "umme, tn the Dem.
Il is said hat great sums and many race for the nom.nation for
pieces of property wt e transferred to I United States sei hes< e j
his wife If ihis be tue the y oung ’ ticallv the <»ni\ contests in the prima-
Widow is well repaid for sudden rlefl The vote throughout has been
marriage to a man old enough to have | . . . .
been het grandfather.
BROCK AND TROTT FIGHT LE G BROKEN. FARMER IS
12 FAST ROUNDS TO DRAW TAKEN 20 MIEE S IN AUTO
CLEVELAND. OHIO, Aug 28 San " H ■' farmet ving neat
my T on of ( olumbus. am! Phil B-ock Roswell, was brought to Atlanta today
'f v "vc and. ‘’ought twelve fast and t it’ "t 1 automobile and taken to Gradv
• f.i ous lounris to , draw lice ' hospital with a broken leg He was
night Neith® man a any time | k ' 'K"'< by a mule which he was har-
- jovc'. mu-’ ' Jx .mt.ige ox > : the "‘.hci m ssing Th' auto was pa'c'inc a' th.
nany clean ha 1 blows w land I time tnd the injured man «as picked
P-.,’.. a >■ ' C’.'w c.g.vt- and fougai up ind rushed to the c :y, a distance
it at ch w eights lof 2C tnik s.
ENGLAND RENEWS
CANAL 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
prot. st 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 piotcst, it wasstated,
will be registered with the secretary
of state qs 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
essa’y. she would demand that the
question of the non-conformity of the
bill and the Hay -Pa uneefote treaty be
laid before The Hague tribunal.
MILL MAN ADMITS
“FRAMING” STRIKERS,
THEN KILLS HIMSELF
BoST'.i.N, Aug. *2B. Ernc.-t W, Pit
man. builder of the Wo.Xl and Ayer
tex: ill mills at Law rence, who commit
ted suicide after being .summoned be
fore the grand jury yesterday, chargeti
with tli" “planting" <•!' dynamite in
Lawrcnee during the strike, had pre
viously confessed to the district attor
ney. it became, known today .
I he-arrest .of several men prominent
lin th" textile inquiry in New England
| is cxpi eted today as a result of the in
| vestigation District Attorney Peilitter
has been conducting secretly for thc
■■iist three days. Dynamite "plant" In
dictments. it is said, have already been
returned. Two men prominently men
tioned in the investigation today are
among the largest mill owners in the
combination, and a prominent Boston
dealer in mill supplies is one of them.
Pitnuui is reported to have said tha;
the mcA who were implicated had no
intention that any of the dynamite
should be used, and were to take every
pivcautii'n to have it "discovered” by
the police as soon as it was placed in
the possession of the operatives, so the
latter could not use it if <h<y hap
pen' <1 to find it.
SUFFRAGE FAR FROAI
REALITY IN CANADA,
PREMIER CONFIDES
LONDON. Aug’. 28.—Canada must, do
without suffrage for a while.
I hat was the substance of the answer
today to a deputation of women by
Robert 1.. Borden, premier of the Do
minion government, who is visiting
here.
•A deputation of women, headed by
Miss Barrett, a militant leader, called
upon the premier by appointment and
asked him whethM’ or not he intended
Introducing a bill in the Dominion par
liament upon his return granting the
ballot to women.
To this Mr. Borden replied that ho
had not power to do such a thing, as
the franchise laws tbete ate made by
the nine provincial legislatures. The
women were crestfallen when they de
parted.
FATE OF YOUTHFUL
SLAYER AT CORDELE
RESTS WITH JURORS
i |
' (T)RDELE. GA . Aug 2S. The cas«
lof Edv.arrt Slade, » ighteen-year-ol<i
j slayer of. N. Oscar Johnson, his neigh-
I bor, when (he two men met at a deso
late point in the road near Slade’s
! home on June 28, is now in the hands
| of the jury, which h ;s be?n out since
I earls last night. I’p to noon today n<»
verdict had been reached.
Many have predicted a mistrial f om
the fiist. Two days wer required in
the hearing of lhe cas \ Througnout
I the proceedings the court room ha<
I been crowded with an.xious spectators
j and friends of both families.
POSSE CAPTURES NEGRO
AFTER THREE-DAY CHASE
_ri v.bSIIEN. AI. V . Aug I a
three (’.it s chase t trough tile moun
tains. the negro desperado who shot
and killed Janies Mui pay and wounded
I two other men has been captured near
'Chesterfield, on the Tennessee. Alabama
land Georgia railway Two men saw I
him and tired upon him with shotguns,
peppi ring his body wits shot. He had
already been wounded, the right arm
being almost vompletely shot away He
was taken to Birmingham for safe
j keeping.
GIRL'S DEATH MEANT FOR
CAT: DOOR SNAPS TRIGGER
ELKRIDGE. W. VA.. Aug. 28. Av
cidentally shot when a door snapped
the trigger of a gun her uncle. John
Vuriva. was • trrying. Eva Turk a
daughter of Azolf Yurica. received the
charge intended for a mad cat and
died
Mi. Yurh ■ reived the full ehwg<
in th" thigh. \n artery was severed
and she bled to death n two hours, in
spite of th" i (Torts of a physician.
[Change in Registration
Law, Protest of In
crease in Bonded In
debtedness, and Im
provement of Schools
Are Other Planks.
The Democratic platform as submit
ted to the convention at Macon con
tained among its most important planks
one opposing the sale of the Western
and Atlantic railroad and another urg
ing reform in lhe tax system to equal
ize burden®. It also urged stricter econ
omy in the administration of the state.
In all recommendations the legislature
was urged to act.
Here are th" princioal sections of
the platform.
We affirm and approve the dec
laration of principles, as set forth
in tire national platform by the Bal
timore convention
We indorse and pledge our best
support to Woodrow Wilson for
president and,Thomas R. Marshall
for vice president.
Tne state government fiscal sys
tem has not developed with the
times and the growth of our com
monwealth. The period is ap
proaching. if it has not already ar
rived. when the system must be re
formed.
Some methods should be adopted
whereby the stale's finances will be
rehabilitated. ami precautions
should be taken to guarantee that
at no time the expenditures will be
permitted to exceed the income.
Urges Equalization of Taxes.
The subject relating to the fore
going is that of our methods for
arising state taxes-. Our system
has been improved but little since
the present constitution was'adopt
ed. General wealth, and the con
centration thereof. having in
creased to such a great extent and
our population become so diversl
-I*. (I, the method of levying taxes
has been reduced to the obsolete
ami inefficient.
The burdens of government
should be placed in equal propor
tions to the benefits conferred and
the protection enjoyed. All prop
erty should beat in equal measure
ivs share of taxes. None should be
taxed excessively and none should
be permitted to escape taxation.
We believe the present registra
tion law should be so amended that
when a voter has once proven his
qualification by registering and be
ing cm oiled he shall remain a reg
istered voter unless disqualified for
cause due to himself. Permanent
registration would estop lhe con
fusing difficulties now besetting the
voter mid provide a safe method for
protecting the integrity of the bal
lot.
The Democratic party of Georgia
reaffirms its allegiance to the coun
ty unit plan of making nominations
for office. This plan provides pro
tection of inestimable value to
thinly populated communities, and.
while not depriving them of any of
their rights, makes it impossible
for the great centers of population
to dominate the government.
Opposes Sale of W. and A.
If the state's magnificent inter
ests therein are protected, steps
looking to the re-leasing, or other
disposition, of the Western and At
lantic railroad must be taken with
in the next two years.
We oppose the sale of this prop
er! y.
inasmuch as the present lease ex
pires in 1919. we trust the next leg
islature will take suitable steps for
determining the best disposition
without consideration of sale that
ran be made of this property when
the time for its disposal arrives.
We ejrncst’y protest against any
further increase in the state's bond
ed indebtedness.
While those institutions necessary
to the public safety and the proper
development of our children
lie provided for as liberally as funds
will permit, we enjoin absolute
economy on those who raise and
dispose of public revenue.
Schools Need Attention.
The efficiency of the people de
| pends upon their health. A great
deal of sickness is preventable. The
’ state should lend every available ef
fort to the promotion of sanitary
reforms, and to the genera! pro
| teclion of the people against the
ravages of disease.
Our splendid university svstem.
which tin hides nearly every class of
educational establishment, is quite
properly the pride of the state. It
should he further developed, partic
ularly along the line of agricultural
teaching.
Inasmuch as education begins in
the grammar school, we favor the
largest possible appropriation for
our common school system and the
mo c t effective methods for conduct
ing all those which ate supported
in whole oi in part by the state.
'l'll se approfu iatfons should be met
as soon as due. and we hope that
provision whereby the teachers
shall be paid properly will be no
r >ng< r delayed.
We favor the continuance of
strict regulation of public service
■ orp'.rations and nothing calculated
to reduce the effectiveness of such
regulation should be done.
Roads Bureau Needed. '
The pt ogress made by this state
recently in road building speaks for
. an industrial and social develop
ment of great consequence to our
people.
The state should provide a sepa
rate bur. au or department for en
couraging or aiding in this work
The he’oil men of the sixties ar.’
disappearing rapidly from the land
whose glory was written bv theii
l ouri'g" and tick lity to principles.
Thos. remaining, and the widows of
th.'si’ vv ho have gone should be
shown the libera! consideration of a
devout and appreciative people.
In tm country in the world is jus
tice free'- than ip Georgia. How
ever. corrections may be made in
our system ~f administering ju»-
'i<e Technicalities should be elim
inatf d so far as may be done safely,
i here should be no Useless obstruc
tions.
riv verdicts of juries and th?
ludgnu nf the <ouit.c should n<q
oi ’ rmod rx.'ept foi i . is-ons
••f < ompAfiing juf-ticp.
WIDOW ONE
ALL TO POOD 15
MITmD
Mrs. Lucy Barclay, Noteo
With Husband, as Philan
thropist, Nov/ Helpless.
f Mrs. Lucy Barclay, once one of At
lanta's most widely known charitj
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 o f 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 herself. ,
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
life.
Several months ago Mrs. Barclay left
her nieces and went to the Home for
Incurables, where site 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 condition
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 th"
-elief efforts of this church and often
went further in their work than did the
c hurih..
More than 25 years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Barclay founded the first mission in
Atlanta, it was started as a Sunday
school in the factory district out Ma
rietta street.
Tlie old-time residents who occasion
ally vvent out to aid in the carrying on
of services tell of how Mrs. Bari lay
played the little organ in those days,
when even then rheumatism had so af
fected her that sh" 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 tlie only charitable work
that Mrs. Barclay did. There is hardly
a more revered and favored institution
in Atlanta today titan is the Sheltering
Arms, a place where little children are
eared for ami taught while their moth
ers labor in the mills. Mrs. Barclay !«
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
ingon 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
rious similar causes. So quietly and
modestly was his work done that onlv
after his death did his fellow citizens
know how much he had accomplished
and how much of his money had beets
given. -
I nen they held a monster memoriW
service in his honor. The old Baptist
I’abernacle building was packed with
the throng. The rich and poor alike
came to pay honor to his memory.
Since then they have forgot the widow,
who is- now a subject for eharitv her
self. 1 ’
One of John Barclay s efforts is des
tined to be the largest institution of its
kind in the South. The Harriet Hawkes
Industrial home is but an enlargement
of the Barclay Mission for Wayward
Girls, and will carry out the work on a
‘■'■ale made possible by the gift of A. K.
Hawkes, the Atlanta philanthropist
'in- of the main buildings on the large
suburban place where the institution
will stand Is to be named Barclay hail
in honor of tlie man who first conceived
■ne plan for am h an Institution in At
lanta.
"M hat will buome of the woman r nc
is helpless todav after a lifetime of
w ork in the interest' of humanif.'.'' I 1
'lurtion that an old friend and
former co-worker a<ked today.