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Big Shetland Pony Contest On!
UNOAV SCHOOL % %t win Help ¥« win
RJLLf SERVICE Nomination Counts 1,000 Votes
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MAYOR-COUNCIL
Baptist and Christian Churches i
Will Discuss Contest at the
Auditorium-Armory.
More than 5,000 scholars represent
ing the First Christian and the Sec
ond Baptist Sunday schools will as
semble In front of the Georgia State
capitol to-morrow morning and march
to the auditorium, where rivals In one
of thf* most exciting contests ever
held in Atlanta will gather in joint
service. The campaign for members,
begun three months ago on a chal
lenge from the Second Baptist Sun
day school, come* to a close Sunday,
May 11. To-morrow the contestants
will meet to discuss the campaign.
Rev. L. O. Bricker, of the First
Christian Church, said to-day: “We
have won. It has been a great con
test and the results have been mag
nificent.”
Rev. John E. White, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church, said: “The
battle is not yet lost. We have
time.”
At the meeting to-morrow the Fir a t
Christian Sunday school will report,
as the result of the contest, an In
crease In membership in the three
months from 330 to an enrollment of
4,000. The Second Baptist will re
port an increase from an enrollment
of 420 to 3,700.
When the two schools assemble on
the capitol steps a panorama picture
of the gathering will be taken, and
as the process-ion moves across the
Washington Street viaduct a moving
picture film will be mftde. It Is esti
mated that more than 5,000 members
of the two schools will be present
and appear In the pictures. Prior to
the gathering at i’.io capitol, each of
the schools will meet in their respec- ;
live places for exercises at 9:30
o’clock. The joint meeting will ho
at 10:15 o’clock and the services at
the auditorium will begin at 11
o’clock, lasting an hour.
Pastors of the two churches will
make addresses, drawing lessons from
the contest and summarizing Its re
sults. Professor Perey J. Starnes wjll
preside at the organ, and Mrs. Starnes
will .sing Gounod's “Ave Maria.” Th rt
congregation will read in unison tlv
twenty-third' Psalm and reports -f
the contesting schools for May 4 will
be read. A chorus choir, comprising
members from both schools, will oc
cupy the platform.
Including the results of last Sun:
day’s work, the standing of the two
schools in points scored Is: First
Uhristian. 44,357; Second Baptist,
38,536, which gives the Christians a
lead of 5,821 points.
Work to Overoome Lead.
“It will be a difficult task to over
come that lead,” said Dr. White to
day. “Put the Second Baptist will
not quit the fight until the time limit
is reached. One class alone in our
school started off with a membership \
of 75 and reached 400 last Sunday, i
They expect to have 600 next Sun
day, and before the contest ends they
have set 1,000 for their mark. That
is a class for young men, and ’ts
growth has been one of the marvels
of the contest.”
At the beginning of the campaign
the Second Baptist school gave the i
Christian workers a handicap of 140
points each unday. aggregating for
the entire period about 2,000. It is
said that while the 5,000 lead of the |
Christian school may not be over
come by May 11, that number may h ■
greatly reduced
At the conclusion of the presei t
contest the Baptist Sunday schools of ’
the city will challenge the Methodists
to a similar membership campaign, i
which, If accepted, will enlist 60 Sun - j
day sc hools in an effort to Increase i
their enrollments.
More Than an Event.
Dr. White said:
“The contest just closing has proved j
more than an event: it is a move
ment. We believe Atlanta can be
made the banner Bible school city of 1
the world. And the really greatest
part of the movement is that it is
bringing the children back into th ri
church ‘service. There has been an
alarming decrease in the churches
everywhere in attendance on the part
of children at church. In my church
the Sunday school and the church are
practically one and the same thing.
“The contest has stimulated other
Sunday schools of the city and it Is
estimated that the attendance has in
three months increased from about
1ft.000 to 18,000. All the churches have 1
felt the effects of the rivalry that has j
spurred us on to enlarge our Sunday
schools, and the results will continue
.to be felt. And, think of it, if thr*
contest can hr arranged with the
Methodist schools there will be 6ft
organizations of men and women and
boys and girls enlisted in a campaign
to make this the greatest of Bible
study cities.
Churches Drawn Together.
1 “The Baptist and Christian churches
have been drawn very closely togeth
er in this contest. The best of Chris
tian spirit has been displayed and
the results have been far greater
than we expected.”
Dr. L. O. Bricker said:
“When we entered the contest with
th Baptist school we had no idea
what it meant. The plan has grown
greater and greater and the results
have far exceeded our expectations.
What was intended for a. plan to
benefit the two churches has spread
to every church in Atlanta, I believe
More young people have been en
rolled in the Sunday schools than we
had ever dreamed wouhl be possi
ble. Of cour.-e we exp'Ct to win the
contest, but the Baptists have been
a most worthy rival.”
Report Monday •Will Clear Men
Accused of Grafting by Al
derman McClelland,
Miss Mabel Lmslee, one of the attractive young
stock company at the Atlanta Theater.
women in
White City Park Now Open
Third Coupon of Series Good
for Theater Seats Appears
To-day—Clip It.
Well, the pony contest Is on!
Of course, you saw the second cou
pon. gbod for five votes in The Geor
gian yesterday. Another appears to
day, and there will be a coupon worth
live votes every day in The Georgian
unfll the contest closes, while in ev
ery Issue of The Sunday American
there will be a coupon worth fifteen
votes. *
Begin at once to save them.
Get your friends to save them for
you.
And remember they must be voted
within fifteen days; otherwise, they
are valueless. /
But while coupons from the daily
and Sunday issues are worth saving,
and will help you to win one of the
Shetland ponies, with harness and
cart all complete, the votes for new
subscriptions are really what will de
cide the winners.
A subscription to The Sunday
American only for one month gives
tlfe contestant 100 votes, while a sub
scription to the daily and Sunday for
one year gives 3,50ft votes. Subscrip
tions for Intermediate periods are
carefully graded In value.
Contest Rules Simple.
Remember that advance subscrip
tions from old subscribers count the
same as new subscriptions, and pay
ment of arrearages also counts in the
.same proportion.
The Georgian and American nre
giving away twelve ponies to success
ful boys and girls in a subscription
contest in which the rules are sim
plicity itself. Eight go to children in ,
Atlanta, one to a carrier or newsboy
in Atlanta, two in Georgia and one
outside the State.
Every pony Is guaranteed to be a
sound, healthy, serviceable pet. broken
to drive, gentle, kind and safe for a
child to drive.
An early start In the race for the ,
beautiful little Shetlands is a great
advantage, and nominations arc com
ing in rapidly from the hoys and gir's
of Atlanta who realize this fact.
Do not delay longer if you contem
plate entering, as every boy and girl
of spirit does. The nomination itself
counts for 1,000 votes.
Save Theater Coupons.
Miss Billy Dong Is a Georgia girl—
that is, she claims the State for her
home, although born In Texas. She
was educated in Athens, and spent
much of her girlhood days in the
State.
A.s a Georgia girl who has “made,
good” on the stage. Atlantans natural
ly are interested in seeing her. This
is one of the reasons The Georgian
and American free seat presentation
is proving so popular.
But it is not merely local pride
which is causing crowds to go to the
Atlanta Theater to see the stock
company playing there.
It is because it is a good company
playing there, and in productions tnn*
were sensations in New York.
Free Concerts To Be
Resumed To-morrow
| Festival Association Program at
Armory Includes Intermezzo
From ‘Manon Lescaut.’
Tiie free Sunday afternoon concerts
at the Auditorium-Armory will be re
sumed vO-inorrow, with one of the
most attractive program* Dr. Starnes
and the Atlanta Music Vestival Asso
ciation have ever presented.
The program includes the intermez
zo from Puecini’s “Manon Lescaut,”
which many operagoers consider the
nfusical gem* of that nerformance.
Wagner’s ovtrure to “Die Meister-
singer" and an Improvisation on Ger
man folk-songs also wlT be included.
The concerts begin promntly at 3:30
o’clock. From this time on the con
certs will take place as regularly .is
possible through the spring and sum
mer.
The Atlantu Music Festival Chorus
will meet for rehearsal at Cable Hall
84 North Broad street, Monday even
ing at 8 o’olock.
Vicious Dog Attacks
Child iu “Tag” Game
Little Alga Peters, of 216 South
Pryor Street. Is Severely
Bitten Before Rescued.
Alga Peters, ten years old, is in a
serious condition at her home, 218
South Pryor Street, as a result of a
strenuous game of “tag" which she
and other children of the neighbor
hood played.
A bulldog belonging to G. G. Wat
ers, 98 Waters Avenue, became ex
cited when it saw the children run
ning about the street, and leaped
upon the Peters girl. She was se
verely bitten about the head and arms
before rescued.
The Peters family notified the po
lice, and an officer was sent to kill
the dog. WaterB, however, refused
to allow the animal to be shot.
Exoneration of all city officials In
volved in the graft charge*, assured
to-day by members of the Investlgat-
. ing committee, has developed an
acute stage in the relations of Mayor
Woodward and the council.
Referring to reports that the fin
probe committee would clear Fire
Ghlef W. B. (’umming.-: of the accu
sations of corruption. Mayor Wood - i
ward said he would not be surprised
1 at anything that committee would do.
Already members of the f’ouncllmanic
Graft Probe Committee have been
much nettled by the declaration of
Jhe Mayor that the committee “had
to exonerate the three Aldermen to!
protect Council.”
The committee probing the eoun-
! cilmanlc graft charges will meet this j
afternoon to frame Its report to Coun
cil. As it was given genera! author
ity to Investigate all graft and cor
ruption, it is expected it will fram-
a general reply to numerous charge^
made by Mayor Woodward and his
right-hand man In Council, Alderman
John E. McClelland.
Probers Silent as to Report.
Because of this delicate situation
the members of the fire probe com
mittee, who completed their invest -
tigation yesterday, decline to make
any formal statement as to their
formal report until the meeting of
Council Monday. But it is learned
on good authority that Chief Cum
mings will he given a clean bill as
far a.s graft is converned. The com
mittee will recommend a better sys
tem of purchasing supplies for th<
department and crticise its heads for
not following the requisition system.
The committee heard new evidence
yesterday afternoon, but when it verb
into executive session a formal re
port written some days ago by a sub
committee was agreed upon.
Committee Meets Monday.
A meeting of the committee will be
held Monday for the signing of this
report.
Mayor Woodward took the stand
first and told the committee that
Thomas Reynolds, the mysterious
man who promised important new
evidence, had fail(*l to show up as he
had promised.
’Phe committee decided to close the
investigation without waiting for him.
j hut George Napier, attorney for chief
Cummings, was allowed to make a
' brief’ reply to the Interviews that
Reynolds lv*s given out.
Calls Reynolds Crook.
“Reynolds is a crook,” interruptc u
Chief dimming 1 '.
Mr. Napier said that Reynolds had
been fired from i,he fir* department of
Clarksburg, W. Va., for drunkenness,
and that he was the agent for a fire
hose company
Mayor Woodward called R. E. Da
vidson, the fire engine agent who de
clared he . gave Chief Cummings n
present of $400, to the stand. David
son presented a < • needed check on
the Fourth National Bank for $400,
cashed by himself on April 25, 1911,
which he said showed how lie se
cured the money to present t<* Chief
Cummings. He also showed the stub
of this check in his check book apd
said that of the several hundred stubs
it was the only one for as large an
amount as $4ftft.
Woodward Criticises Department.
Mayor Woodward presented a re
port by his secretary. Frank Ham
mond. that there was no adequate
system of records in the tire depart
ment; that no efforts were ever made
to make hose companies live up lo
their guarantees, and that no compet
itive bids were ever asked In the pur
chase of new hose or the sale of old
host.
Chief Cummings produced a mass
of records, tVhich, he said, refuted the
Mayor’s evidence.
F. and A. M. Lodge
Will Hold Reception
First Annual Affair Will Take Place
at College Park on
May 9.
Angell Fears Not
To Tread Our Soil
Author of “The Great Illusion” Com
ing to Further His Peace
Propaganda.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 3.—Among the pas
sengers on the Kronprtnzessin Oeeille
are Norman Angell, the author of
“The Great Illusion,” who is on his
way to the United States to continue
his peaca propaganda, and D. A.
Ansell, the Mexican Consul General
at Montreal, who has been at Nice
for eight weeks. The latter thinks
that everything will turn out all right
in Mexico, but emphasizes the fact
that there is need of a strong, stable
Government.
Bryan Can Win in
1916, Says Martine
Jersey Senator Thinks Nothing Can
Beat Him, Assuming Wilson
Dosen’t Run.
ST. LOUIS. May 3.—If William J.
Bfryan is a candidate for the Presi
dency in 1916 nothing can prevent
his election, according to Senator
James E. Martine of New Jersey, who
was hero to attend the dedication <>f
the Jefferson memorial. Mr. Martine
st^ld *the one-term plank In the Dem
ocratic platform would prevent Pres
ident Wilson’s renornlnation.
“Bryan will be the logical candi
date,” he ha Id. “People have come
to know and to understand him bet
ter. People think that he has become
more stable in his views, struck an
equilibrium, as it were. The fact Is.
that Mr. Bryan Is just as radical to
day as he was twenty years ago, but
the people have grown up to him.”
Carnegie Interested
In Feats of Fakirs
Steel Prestidigitator Wants to Know
How Foreign Wizards
Wiz.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, May 3.—To inquire into
the mysteries or levitation is the aim
of a young savant named Schwidtal
of Posen.
Andrew Carnegie has financed a
small party of investigators who will
go to Egypt immediately under Sch-
wldtal to study the secrets of th"
fakirs and dervishes, and especially
from a scientific viewpoint the ec
static state in which the fakirs are
observed to accomplish wonderful
feats. The ecstasy is produced by a
constant repetition of mystic words
At first they pronounce t only the
name “Allah” combined with rhvth- I
mic movements called "sikr.s." This
has nev< r before been thoroughly in
vestigated.
Airships Made Safer
by Aid of Gyroscope |
Elmer Sperry Tells Engineers of a
Stabilizer Perfected by
Naval Aviators.
NEW YORK. May 3 —By meins of
a specially constructed gyroscope av
iation accidents have been reduced to
a minimum, through the control be
ing taken vet of the hands of the
aviator at critic'll moments in the.
fight.
This was li.j substance f»f an ad-
vii- js delivered before the N<nv York
Electrical Society by Elmer A Sper-
f ry, inventor of the gyroscopic .‘•tabil-
iz< r for ships.
The apparatus has practically been
I develop'd within the last few months,
and has > een perfected during expert -
I .»qi qii.’A Jotj.uuifuoo in epmn sjuaui
! Navy Department at San Diego, Cal-
j ifornia.
Forces Prize Beauty
To Return Diamond
Traveling Man Accused Show Girl
of Keeping Gem He Had
Loaned to Her.
ST. LOUIS, May 3.—Having re
turned the $500 diamond ring, claim
ed by W. A. Purnell, traveling sales
man for a Fifth Avenue, New York,
concern, Mrs. Laura Hill, of New
York, Is no longer In the custody of
the police.
Mrs. Hill was winner in the $1,000
prize beauty contest of the Shuberts
in New York last year. She later be
came a show girl, and ie now with
the Gertrude Hoffman Company,
playing here. Purnell followed her
from New York, caused her arrest,
charging that she had kept the ring,
although he had only lent it to her.
Mrs. Hill declares he gave her the
ring, but after a talk at police head
quarters she returned ft.
Mrs. Bryan Takes
Vegetarian Cure:
Goes to a Sanitarium Where Meat
Is Regarded as a
Poison.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Not con
tent with introducing grape Juice to
a champagne society coterie Mrs. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan‘has undertaken
the vegetarian cure for society fa
tigue.
The strenuous social life led by the
premier of the cabinet and Mrs. Bry
an since inauguration have tired her
so that she has been obliged to retire
temporarily from the social whirl and
recuperate at a nearby sanitarium
where meat Is regarded as poison and
only vegetables arc served.
AGENT BREAKS IN AND
SELLS BURLESON BOOK {
WASHINGTON, May 3.- Postmas
ter General Burleson is out $•"». but
he has a perfectly good book. “Ed”
Smith, confidential clerk, explained to
a visitor that his chief was very busy,
but he managed to get hipi in.
“Look here, Smith,” said the Post
master General afterward.%, “don’t you
know that you let a book agent in
to see me. But never mind. He
had a book for sale for which 1
have been looking for the last three
soars, and 1 bought one fr.un him.”
DR. BURROUGHS TO PREACH.
Dr. P. E. Burroughs of Nashville,
Tenn., will preach at 11 a. m. and S
p. m. at First Baptist Church to-mor-
Wayman First Asked
Doctor to Kill Him
Physician at Inquest Says' ChicagoJ
Attorney Wanted Vital Organ
Cut in Operation.
CHICAGO, May 3.—That John \
W. Wayman. former State’s Attorn* >
who shot and killed himself April
had asked Dr. W. K. .Murray soni
time previously to kill him was the.
testimony developed to-day at the
Coroner’s inquest. Dr. Murray him
self made the admission.
"Did he ask you to operate so that
a vital organ would be cut, causing
death?” Dr. Murray was asked.
“Yes,” he replied
Spring-Tired, Spring-Sick,
IS
Spring -We a k, Spring - Miserable,
prevalent condition at this season,
caused by impure blood. Thousands
are ‘ off their feed,” have poor appe
tite, bad digestion, dull headaches, heavy
feet, tire easily, think slowly, and work
poorly. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the ideal
remedy. It purifies and vitalizes the
blood, overcomes that tired feeling,
sharpens the appetite, aids digestion,
and makes life worth living. Buy
begin to take it
substitute.
bottle and
Accept no
a
today.
That’s What They All Say!
Follow
The
Stars
“After the Theater the place to dine is Cafe
Deneehaud”— Edwin Vail, leading man Billy Long
Co., Atlanta Theater.
“Here's luck to Cafe Denechaud and Its jol
ly Cabaret”—Muriel & Frances, “Just Two Girls,”
Forsyth Theater; Rockwell & Carr, “Kollege Kids,”
Forsyth Theater.
“A regular place with a regular proprietor—that
is Cafe Denechaud. and the Cabaret is great!”—
(Miss) Billy Long.
"The Cafe Denechaud is grand—magnificent.
Our dinner was delightful”—Enrico Caruso. Anto
nio Scotti.
“The food and service we received at ^Cafe
Denechaud were just like New York’s”—Joe Weber,
Low* Fields, to fi Weber & Fields Co
PAR ADFTI Each Week-Night, 8:00 to 12:00.
-»»• IlJ .Hk l\ Hi I • High-Class. Where the Crowds Go.
CAFE DENECHAUD, 9 Walton Street—Just Off Peachtree
Watch for the An-~
nouncement of our auc
tion sale of Bungalows
and lots in Sunday’s
American.
W. E. Treadwell & Co.
94 South Broad St.
LIGHT RUNNING
TRAOK MASK NCaKTlRCO
Announcements were issued to-day
for the first annual reception of Col
lege Park Lodge No. 454, F. and A.
M., to be held in the bank building
at College Park at 8 o’clock. May 9.
The reception will be of a social
nature. The speakers will he the
Rev. Fritz Rauschenberg, chaplain of
the lodge, and T. H. Jeffries. John
F. Bradley will be master of the cere
monies. Others on the program are
Miss Verna Ruth Harris and Miss
Agnes Coleman, with recitations and
readings. Music will be furnished bj
Slatten’s orchestra.
More than 200 guests are expected
and supper will be served.
YALE SENIOR CAPTURES
BURGLARS WITH PENCIL
NEW HAVEN, CONN., May 3.—
By leveling a pencil at two thieves
whom he found in his room, Richard
Davidson, a Yale Senior, bluffed them
into thinking that he had a pistol and
held them until the police arrived.
They confessed to a long series of
thefts, including the looting of the
room of Robert Alphonso Taft ofj
Harvard, son of ex-President Taft.
Not sold under any other
name.
Buy direct and secure
maker’s advantages.
We rent and repair, aiso
make needles for all ma
chines.
Can save you money and
trouble.
FREE THEATER TICKETS
and The Atlanta Georgian
FINAL COUPON TO-MoRROW
< oupon No. 3 of the Croc Theater Ticket Series will be found on Page 1 of to-day’s
Georgian.
The last coupon of the series will appear iu Hearst’s Sunday American to-morrow.
Cut out and send the four coupons, of consecutive numbers, to our office, by mail. In
close a self-addressed, stamped envelope, mid we will send you a reserved seat ticket for one
of the Miss Billy Long Stock Co.’s plays at the Atlanta Theater .
Thousands of tickets are ready for distribution under this unusual offer the
most liberal ever made by a newspaper. Nothing required except, the four coupons
of consecutive numbers and a stamped, addressed envelope for the return of the
ticket t-o you.