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OPPOSITION JOKE
ONES W. IM
“SOME SHOCK"
City Clerk in Near-Panic as
Friends Indicate He Has
Rival—Entries Closed.
The worm turned today and for the
first time since he became city clerk
the city ball crowd nad a good laugh at
the expense of Walter Taylor, the man
whose sharp repartee ha? given the dry
grins to all who dared to joke with
him
All the officials in the city hall were
waiting for 12 o'clock today with the
same intense interest as though they
had their last dollar staked on the fin
ish of a bore- The hour marked the
closing of the entry list for the cffy
primary of October 2. They who had
no opposition were praying that none
would develop. Those who had op
position werex equally as desirous that
there should be no other contestants.
Walter Taylor nonchalantly strolled
Into the office of Councilman Albert
Thomson, where .1. <• Cothran, secre
tary of the Democratic executive com
mittee, was receiving the entrance fees.
Usual Smile Freezes.
Mr. Taylor’s usual emile froze on his
face. There on the table before him
was a duplicate re. eipt to Alonzo Rich,
ardson. the well known auditor as can
didate so- clerk, for an entranc. fee of
$10(1.
Rut that was not all. There was an
other receipt • > D It. Wilder candidate
for counci from the Fourth ward. Mr.
Taylor's friend. Claude 1. Ashley, had
expected no opposition from that ward.
Mr. Taylor discovered later, after
many agonizing minutes, that It was
a Jcke. and rushed out to find Mr.
Vshley. who bad by this time discov
ered tba' he too. was a victim.
Contra ; to n published announce
ment, w. G Humphrey, councilman
from t e Eighth ward, who Is recover
ing from an operation at .Johns Hop
. kins hospital, xj.li be candidate for
re-election Mr. II; tpl rej wl to- |
day that he. would h.i. in th. ran.'
Joseph F. Nuttinz >■ running against
him.
It was puh’ti*' ' d this* morning tlud »
Mr. Nutting had a it.m.a non ueeo.mt (
f
man and enteied ll > < Mr. Har
mau said hr mt< t. I io ent< r only in .
the event f M -'ld' s " lli '-|
ri ra w a'
Who Cand dates Aie.
Trio »>t ; itr cam’luu <‘x a • ■
For May - Aim < • ' “f- James j
(1 Woodward. Dr. l.ciitr. B own and .
Rfeve R. Johnston
Ministerial Olli. • AhUi I'axlor
city clerk R. M 1 'mi i’»‘l ’' H.
■Robert, chirf-of eon-1 union. R. ' •
Turner and Fred Miles < ity tri-'j
clan ; Thomas l-A.’i - ami S B. I aSnlli. .
city' warden. J I. Mivson clt attor
ney. E. E. Willie IIS < ty tax eolDetot
j. ii Goldsmith. 1 ' ■ ■ omptrollet Ed
R. Hayes. building insnectoi Thomas
.1 Peeples, city treasurer. J. M Fuller
city marshal
For Council —First wa I H Hat •
well, alderman, and S A Wardlaw
councilman: Second ward. Tnomas I
Lynch, council: T< .rd > at.' < 'arl N
Guess. Hani S Shepard and \ S Had
ley. council; Fouit'i ward Claude I-
Xsh’.ey. »ouni i Futh ward I W Mi
dox. aiderman. and J l> Sis on ami
J. W Rowe council; Sixth ward G. II
Boynton, council; Seventh ward. .1 H.
Andrews and A ll < olcord. council.
Eighth ward. W G. Humphrey ami .1
F. Nutting, council. Ninth ward. W I'
While and J I’ Wai. council, and
Tenth ward. I N Ragsdale, adumun i
■nd D. J. Lee J I Kimbrough and A ;
W (’aliowax. council
| DEATHS AND FUNERALS|
Miss Mary Elmira Johnstone.
The funeral of Miss .Mary Eimira
Johnsiunt. yeans old, whv died u a
sanitarium yesterday, was held at the
rc-idencr. 91 La France street, thl< i
morning and her body was buried at
Weatvie*. Mis* Johnstone was a
daughter of Mi and Mrs W R John
stone
George A. White.
The bodj of George r A White >'•
years old, who died at a sanitarium
yesterday, will be buried at I toy
churchyard tomorrow afternoon. Serv
ices will be held at the reslden* e. 95
Woodward avenue He was a member
of the Red Men and of the Junior or
der of United American Mechanics Mi.
White is survived by two childr. u.
George A Jr and Mi * Marion White
W C. Elrod.
'The funeral of W. <’\ Eliod. > e . s[
old. proprietor of the Piedmont Wall I
Pap«-i and Paint Company. who died,
j • afternoon, v ill lie hel 1 at.
Westminster Presbyterian church i
morrow afternoon ai 3 o’clock Inter |
ment will follow in Westview ceme
tery. Mr. Elrod is survived by hi" 1
wife. Mrs. Lavernia Elrod, and several
children.
Mrs. Francis Parker.
Funeral arrangements of Mrs. Eran- ,
' Parker. 73 years old. who died at
349 North Jackson street last night, .
have nut be»n completed. She i* sur- *
vived by a daughte’ . Mrs Newman r
at w hose home she died
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Ruth Casey. 1
>■ \ lie. over the bodx ot Ruth <‘a- ,
tm daughter of J.’<. i y. who ; ‘
■iM nigh» were h>-ld this aft< r- '
at Mount Perrin church. Intel-
e chut Th< ■ hlld I
'■ • siueni , 1 Francis street. v
1 he Atlanta Georgian
- nor w i be accented at our
’" ’ 8 - nient fcr any of the beautlfu
See Parlor Annoui
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Son of Publisher of “Sacred Harp” Raps Rival Netußook
RIVAL SINGERS' FEUD BITTER
Clans of Unique Organization
Differ Only in Hymnals Used.
Notes “Shaped.”
' Sticking loyally to their chosen hymn
I books and their favorite leaders, the
iv.il convention i of tip. Sacred Harp
Singers continued their Kt.pa.rate meet
ings today, though the -ingerk iti ’he
two churches numbered hardly more
thtm enough for one big t horns. But
the Internationals, In the Woodward
Avenue thurch, and the I'niteds, at the
old Baptist Tabernacle, made up in
vigor and enthusiasm whatever may
have been lacking in volume, and
everybody was happy.
From the Tabernatle windows floated
•Joe S. James, president of tin
I nili-il Sacred Harp Musical as
social ion. al the Tabernacle.
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”' 1 '.'(.' b.issos booming along
I I eof >und and hlgh-
; ’ 1 ' ’ ’ : >b!cs on the xvomen’s side
ringing hi abort thereat. From the
■ • “r ■ \ . . out Woodward
javenue. Gn favmite old Pleasant
I Hili, dai.iig t'r mi tin. Sacred Harp
book ul 1X44. i.mg <mt from half n nun- i
y' ■ ‘ kcll trained volt es. The names
have ar. odd round to modern eats, for
they are tin names of ta ■ tunes and
not of '\ aat a theatrical man would
call the "lyrics."
H t thoui;.', ’noth < ongrega tions sang
flam qtlaer old “shaped notes and
ad ’Ctvd to p letlciilly the eatne rules
of harmony, the two bodies differed on
the song books used, the Tabernacle
toils using ’lie new I nti.d Sacred Harp
ntelodi. s \. liile the Internationals at
the Missionary church stuck to tlie
blue-backed song book created by R.
I \\ iiite in 1 sl4 amid bearing his name
as publish ,i L. White, of Atlanta
iiim» f gray - haii td. was bitter in his
| denunciation of ti t rival faction at the
Tabernacle. -
To Stick to Sacred Harp.
'.!( father made tlie Sa.ted Harp, - '
|he »ai<' It has been revised some
since thet . but it is practically the
same book. Tlie White family h.is kept
il up H ■ • proj of th< Whitt
heirs myself and my four widowed
•fsters, one 77 years old.
That crowd led bx Joe S. James split I
off from us a year or no ago We ap
pointed a committee to revise the bool;'
and he l»d ills civwei off and published
a brand net' book which he controls.
W“ didn't adopt i: You might as well
ask uh to (hang, our religion. Mei
eouldn t do it and keep faith with our- I
selves. \\ .. shall stick to the 0.1 Sa- l
cred Harp."
That s rigitt. Brother White ettg- '
gested a tottering old man with the Iron I
truss J tlie confederacy on his eoat. I
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Premium Parlor, 20 East Alabama •«.,
ul premium goods displayed there.
ncement on Another Pag« |
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Miss Mattie Huggins, of Carrollton. Ga.. one of the Sacred
* Harp singing leaders.
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home, gtxen a day's holiday, ami he
bore under h:» ..rm u dyg-eared copy
the ‘‘"i-: book he link! loved for a
g'neratiun. 'lf 1 txas y <iu I'd get out
an injunction a'gin them fellerg.”
At the Tabernacle, President James,
WHO leads tlie United Sacred Harp as
sociation. was equaily i,s firm in the
assertion that his was the real Sacred
Harp, authorized an ! correct He said
his convention was made up of dele
gates from Sacred- Harp societies all
'•ve'- the South, and many had come
I . 'ill a long way off to attend the me. t
irg. And tn both conventions there
was nn atmosphere of fervid determi
nation. of :im omprouilsing intolerance,
which might have had its foundation
in a xital question of theology rather
than .n a collection of sacred songs.
Singing Marvelously Musical.
But whatever their differences, the
■ singing in both conventions was mar
ixelousiy musi al. There was inspira-
I tlon in the “Id hymns as sung by these
■ nt' ii'iaste. First the leader announced
'l' th re was a rustling of
I pages, and then the singgre burst into
I the music singing the notes-. “Mi. Fa.
I ■ I ■ and giving no heed to the
words Then the words ware sung,
with ex-ry voice joining lustily and
Confidently. Then a moment's rest and
i:he selection of another hymn The
Leaders were change,! frequent. v. for
every man and woman at these con
j ventions is a trained conductor The
i sessions begin early in the morning
n<. continue through afternoon ami
.evening. They will close tomorroxx
afte' n.’oti,
An excerpt from the preface of the
newei song bflgß shows the spirit in
which the Sa Hurt Singe's ■ eg.-: • d
hymns and dis,-aril th, n s
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(I. M. Roberts, o's Buchai an,
tional Sacred Harp con\eiitiou.
so popular in som. modern churches:
To a considerable extint the sa
cred song books of this section,
and In many cases church music,
is badly tainted with operatic, sec
ular and tag-time strains of music.
Such compositions drivi away. In
place of promoting, religion and
religious feeling among the church
people and lovers ■ f sacred music
and retard the work of the Gospel.
The aim in the presentation of this
volume Is to continue In a simple
form a great body of sacred tunes
which are a% far from secular, op
eratic. rag-thne and jig melodies as
it is possible. To this end, the
music is in four shaped notes and
written on four staffs in dispersed
■ harmony- some vail it old harmony.
In these compositions there are but
few of the twisted rills and frills
of the unnatural shaking of the
voice which have in the last decade I
i so demoralized l.ureh music.
OBLIGED TO COOK FOR
HIS FAMILY. KILLS SELF
NEW YORK. Sept. 7. Because his
wife had left him and he was obliged ;
to do the cooking for the family John
' Bi x t .-. a 1,-, ksinitli, commixed sm :,!. j
here.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1912.
TWELVE CmHTi
IN iO ON OENS i
LED Os GIRL
Arrests Follow Disclosures of
Workings of “Death Trust”
in Chicago Resort.
CHICAGO. Sept. 7 i v. e'.v ■ persons,
two men and ten women, are under
arrest toc.ax us a result of the anti
vl< i war at West Hammond. Police
and detectives are seeking another
woman ajl'.-ged by Eiiie! Park. .. known
also as Frankie Ford, whose confes
sion expose.? th- 'death trust." to
know all the ins and out of me te
tnarkable series of crimes site alleges
took pin -.e in West Hammond. The
Woman sought is "Kittle’’ Clark. She
is eaitl to be hiding in Ga y. Ind . and
police there have been asked to help
in locating he-.
The arrests at West Hammond fo:-
lowej a raid by county, city and Fed
eral officers, led by Mi.-s Virginia
Brooks. Who has’ headed th? vice cru
sade. and by Mrs. John F. Bass. Chi
cago society woman, whoh as become
interested in the case.
Today a heavy guard has been
thrown about .Miss Brooks' home in
W. st Hammond to pt event -its destruc
tion by dive keepers and their friends.
The raid was the - cause of great
Jisot lev in the village. A howling mob
surrounded the jail where the airest
■ d persons w» » lodged, and' as a re
sult pi.i’ce today planned to remove
them al! to the Cook count? jail.
IVlob Planned Rescue, Rumored.
The mob was not dispe.’.- d un:b|
long aft.n- midnight. Ugly stories of
a p’anmu iffori by thugs and "gun
men" from the vice distiict to rescue
the prisoners made the police, believe
that it would be well to remove the
prisoners’
The two men unde' arrest are Henry
Foss, proprietor of the resort in which
Messmaker met his death, and Con
Moore, proprietor of the Colonial hotel,
a resort.
Thp white siavf C-httrge,against Foss
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is in. connection w ith the entrance of
tlie Ford woman in his resort. Ac
cording to rhe gill's story she bad
known Foss since she was a child He .
invite.l her for an automobile ride, she
alleges, took her to Crown Point, Ind.,
and late held her in the bottom of the ,
tonneau of the cur xx ille lie drove I
at ross the Illinois lint and look her to
ills ow n resort.
Eos- was found in Hainmond, Ind..
- leaning in iek in a packing plant He
had fled from ills resort follow mg the I
investigation of the death of Mess-I
maker,
Carrie .Arnold, u laundress who was ]
employed at tlie Foss resort, toid a .
story that In many ways contradicted '
the tale Included in the'SO-page con
fession of the Ford girl
Morphine for Girl.
Tile Arnold woman said she was in j
sort on :he day ; tat Mesbmaker ,
died She said ehe passed the room
wheie Mossmaker and the Ford girl
were and w nt In. According to her
story , the Ford girl admitted that she
hid been taking u.orpli'ne hypodermi
cally. and that she hail given Mess
maker foui shots”, of nu rphine dur- i
mg the nigln. Tlie Arnold woman said i
-ii' called Foss believing Messmaker i
would die The For.] girl tood fixing I
her hair at a mirror and said she I
ught Messmaker ‘would be all I
right she denied to Foss that she 1
han inje. ci mmphlne in Messmaker's '
arm. ut - ii,i sh-. mid injected a little I
. . ii a hypodermic sy ringt.
■SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIF.
William Charles Adamson, represen
tative in congress for the Fourth Geor
gia district, will be nominated for the
ninth time by the
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| Democrats of his
I field of endeavor
I today at Warm
Springs.
Judge Adamson
is ranked by Judge
Bartlett, only in
point of contrnu-
I ous service, as the
I delegation no w
s t ands. following
t h e congressman
fi om the Sixth by
one it rm only.
Judge Adamson
has one distinc
tion that can b>
claimed by no
other member of
congress Demo-
I. UilglfOh LAVIUU-
crat, Republican, or what not. He is
tin only member who ever has been
nominated nine successive times with
out opposition!
Down in the Fourth, they ail vote for
Adamson. He suits the people of that
vicinity right down to the very ground.
Nobod. ever thinks of running against
him, ttnd apparently nobody ever xvlll.
And if somebody does, the result will be
approximately the same.
One of Judge Adamson's proudest
boasts is that, while he has had hon
ors and distinctions of various kinds
showered upon him generously and
abundantly as he went along, he never
has taken any prizes at beaut.v shows —
except maybe an occasional consola
tion prize here and theie.
The gentleman from the Fourth
| Georgia is easily one of the leading and
I most influential members of the house.
He is chairman of the powerful com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
merce. and as such lias had almost en
tire charge of shaping recent Panama
canal legislation in the house.
Some of the facetiously inclined un
dertook to “kid'* the Hon. Joe Hill Hall
of Bibb, during the progress of the
Morris-Patterson hearing Wednesday—-
but they didn't get away with it very
well.
The gubernatoiia’l vote of Gilmer was
under consideration, and some one had
asked to know the vote accorded Sla
ton and Alexander. Then some one else
asked how many the Hon. Joe Hill
received in that primary, and the wit
ness said, "None!"
The laugh went around on the Hon.
Joe Hill. but. before it had subsided the
gentleman from Bibb arose and said he
desired to say to the committee that he
considered his voteless ‘‘State in Gil
mer the very highest possible tribute
to his genuine Democracy'.
Then The Hon. Joe Hill got a tine
round of appjau e! I
Afterward. .Mr. Hall found out tliUt j
one Hall man had applied to vote in |
Gilmer, but that lie had been turned I
down by the managers. Mr. Hall said]
lie thought that ( inched his previous I
argument.
H. L. Pattcrmn Dimtcratic judge
ship nominee in the Blue Ridge, has
his expense account ready for filing
with the comptroller general.
He spent. $499.27 in making his tight
against Judge Morris, mostly for post
age, livery and railroad tares.
The judge lia- returnee to Ins home I
in ('unnning, where he proposes io rest
up a speli." while his devoted son, who
financed the "old man's" fight to its
victorious conclusion, has returned to
his home in Valdosta, where he is a
very successful young business man.
Not all Lie traveling men bcliexei
Governor Brown erred in vetoing the
mileage "pulling" bill, even if a great '
many of them have criticised him |
sharply for doing it.
For instant e. there is Colonel Max ■
Krauss, of Savannah, one of the oldest
traveling men in the state. He be
lieves the governor did the commercial
travelers a. genuine service in vetoing I
the bill and that the governor should
be commended and not criticised ad
versely for his act.
Colonel Krauss was fcr many years
chairman of the railroad committee of
the Georgia T. P. A., and at present is
chairman of the same committee of
Post A. He surely has the welfare of
tile traveling men very much at heart.
He believes that the signing of the
"pulling'' bill would have resulted
either in the railroads withdrawing en
tirely Their interchangeable mileage
program, or radically changing it. just
as they did in South Carolina.
The issuing of interchangeable mile
age is voluntary upon the part of the
railroads, and they may withdraw it
at pleasure.
Colonel Krauss is firmly of the opin
ion that the traveling men yet will
come to realize tiiat Governor Blown,
far from being their enemy, proved
himself to be a real friend in need.
The legislature next summer will
have to do some senatorial redistriet
ing to satisfy the voters down in the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth districts, fol
lowing the action of the recent general
assembly in'authorizing the creation of
the two new counties. Bleckley and
Wheeler.
Tlie Fifteenth district is now the
largest in numb, r of counties in the
READ TKiS.
The Texas Wonder cures kidney and j
bladder troubles, removing gravel, eures !
d'abetes, weak and lame backs, rheuma '
tlsm. and all irregularities ot the kidneys I
and biadder In both men and women
Regulates madder troubles tn children.
If not sold by y our druggist, will be s -n’
by man on receipt ot ii.oo un , sra \ u
bottle is two months treatment and sel
dom tails to nerfe- t a cure Send tor tea
timonia from this and other states Dr
E W. Hall. 2926 Olive-si . st. Louis. Ua
bald by aructnstß-
state, being composed of Montgomery,
Telfair. Dodge. Irwin and Ben Hill.
■ Since Wheeler county is to be carved
out of Montgomery, this district wi !
have six. and by the rotation system :
would take twelve years to give each
county a senator.
The Fourteenth district now has four
counties—pulaski. Crisp. Ijooly am
Wilcox. Ths creation of Bleckley our
of part of Pulaski will raise the Four
teenth to five counties, requiring ten
years to get around by the rotation
system.
Each of these districts has popula
tion sufficient to spare one, two or
three counties and still be large’ in
population than several senatorial dis
tricts that now have only three or fom
counties.
The Fourteenth district, by the la-'
census, had 73,298, arid the Fifteen: n
75,377. There are now ten districts
with only three counties each havina
population of less than 40,000 two being
beiow 17.000. Five of these ten are in
1 the southern half of the state and fix a
in the northern half.
8,000 NEGROES
10 GM HERE
Parade and Grand Ball To Be
Features of Colored Odd
Fellows Meet.
At'anta negroes are making prepara
tions ■ to entertain 8.000 members of
their race when on Monday morning
the biennial movable committee of the
Grand United Order of Odd Fellow s,
the largest negro secret organization
in America, convenes at the Auditorium
for a week's session.
Governor Brown, Mayor Winn and
Miss Lucile Dennis will be among the
welcoming speakers at the first session,
which will be presided over by Hem.'
Lincoln Johnson, registrar of deeds in
the District of Columbia.
A parade in which 10.000 negroes are
scheduled to take part on Thursday in
the march to Ponce DeLeon park for
their annual prize drill, and the grand
ball Thursday night at the Auditorium
probably will prove the features of the
gathering.
The order is composed of 29 state or
ganizations, and each state is to be rep
resented by a delegate from each sub
ordinate lodge and by its district of
ficers..
Tuskegee Band To Be Here.
I ■ The order has a membership of half
ja million in America and its records
| show property valued at $2,000,000.
! During tlie week the biennial mov
|able committee will meet in the Audito
i riuin, the grand household in the First
I' ongregattonal church, colored; the
J grand staff council in Bethel Methodist
■.church, colored, and the P. G. M. coun
cil In \\ heat Street Baptist church, col
ored.
All entertainment features will be in
charge of M. B. Morton, of Athens.
Tuesday night the biennial address will
be delivered by H. S. Cummings of
: -Maryland, attorney general of the order
A musical by the Tuskegee band will
follow this.
A free entertainment for the benefit
of tlie delegates and visitors will be
i given at the Auditorium Wednesda?
night.
NEW SORORITY AT
BRENAU TO HAVE
HOME OF ITS OWN
I Imerest in so.ority life at Brenau
| ill be increased by the establishment
< f another sorority in its own home
A han.isome chapter house for the Phi
Mu sorority is nearing completion. Ir.
addition to an attractive club room the
house will contain accommodations tui
twenty students, a chaperon and .1
faculty member.
These sorority houses constitute a
unique and characteristic feature of
Brenau. There are now seven, the Phi
Mu Gammas, the Alpha Sigma Alphi.
the Sigma lota Chi. the Alpha Delta
Pai, tlie Alpha Chi Omega, the Mu Pbi
Epsilon and the Phi Mu.
About twenty students reside in
each of these houses under the care of
a chaperon. The Beta Sigma Omicron
sorority and the Zeta Tau Alpha own
beautiful club houses, but their mem
bers ’live in the dormitories, while the
Nu Sigma sorority will occupy an en
tire floor of the Bailey building, in
which is located also their attractive
club room.
Many old students have signified
their intention of coming back for the
opening to help their various sororities
through the so-called “rushing ,set--
son.”
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btptter than lemons or limes—more
nealthful and satisfying. Refreshes and
invigorates. ««•
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ishing for tlm amateur. They use noth
ing but Velox paper and the best pf
chemicals, making It perfectly safe t"
trust your important films with them
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