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2 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 1-, , , The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon Thia coupon w«H be accepted at our P'-er-vum Parlor. 20 East Alabama at., ■j at pa't »i payment for any of the beautiful tremlum goocla d eplayed there. Se« Premhin Parlor Announcement on Another Page 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 <i! f 5 if; u ? *s'***'' \ ' | 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.