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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN VXD NEWS SATURDAY. MAY 3, 1913.
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5.000 IS EfiEAT
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Baptist and Christian Churches
Will Discuss Contest at the
Auditorium-Armory.
More than 6,000 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 the most exciting contests ever
held in Atlanta tfill gather in joint
service. The campaign for members,
begun three months ago on a chal
lenge from the Second Baptist Sun
day school, comes 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 pieeting to-morrow the First
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
a* the procession moves across the
Washington Street viaduct a moving
picture film will he made. It is esti
mated that: more than 6,000 nu mbers
of tfte two schools will be present
and appear in the pictures. Prior to
the gathering at the capitol, each of
the schools will meet in their respec
tive places for exercises at 9:30
o’clock. The joint meeting will be
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 Percy J. Starnes will
preside at the organ, and Mrs. Starnes
will sing Gounod’s “Ave Marla.” Th*'
congregation will read in unison th*
twenty-third Psalm and n ports -f
the contesting schools for May 4 will
he 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
Christian. 44.357: Second Baptist,
38.536, which gives the Christians a
load of 5,821 points.
Work to Overcome Lead.
“It will bo a difficult task to over
come that lead,” said Dr. White to
day. "But the Second Baptist will
not quit the tight until the time limit
is reached. One class alone in our
school started off with a membership
of 75 and reached 40U last Sunday.
They expect to have 600 next Sun
day, and before the contest ends they
have set 1,000 for their mark. That
is a ilass 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
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 b ■
greatly reduced
At the conclusion of the , present
contest the Baptist Sunday schools of
the city will challenge the Methodists
to a similar membership campaign, ,
which, if accepted, will enlist 60 Sun- j
day schools in an. effort to increase'
their enrollments.
More Than an Event.
Dr. White said:
“The contest just closing has proved
„more than an event: it is a move
ment. We believe ‘ Atlanta can be
made the banner Bible school city of
the world. And the really greatest
part of the movement is that it is
bringing the children back into the
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 chirrch 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
10.000 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 the
contest can be arranged with the
Methodist schools there will be 60
organizations 6f men and women and
boys and girls enlisted in a campaign
ro ’make this the greatest of Bible
study cities.
Churches Drawn Together.
"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
the 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 would be possi
ble. Of course we exp ?ct to win the
contest, but the Baptists have been
a most worthy rival.”
White City Park Now Open
Big Shetland Pony Contest On!
Early Start Will Help You Win
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Nomination Counts 1,000 Votes
-council
Report Monday Will Clear Men
Accused of Grafting by Al
derman McClelland.
Bryan Can Win in 1 Mrs. Bryan Takes 1 age nt breaks in and : Wayman First Asked
1916, Says Martino ; Vegetarian Cure 1 .. ’ J Doctor to Kill Him
N sts j?.
Miss Mahel lmslee, one of the attractive
the stock company at the Atlanta Theater.
vomnr women in
Third Coupon of Series Good
for Theater Seats Appears
To-day—Clip It.
Well, the pony' coinest is on!
Of course, you saw the second cou
pon, good for five votes in The Geor
gian yesterday. Another appears -to
day. and there will be a coupon worth
five votes every day in The Georgian
until 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-^otes for new
subscriptions are really what will de
cide the winners.
A subscription to The Sunday
American only for one month gives
the contestant 100 votes, while a sub
scription to the daily and Sunday for
one year gives 3,500 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 art-
giving away twelve ponies to success
ful boy© 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 Shetlancls is a great
advantage, and nominations are com
ing in rapidly from the boys and gifs
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 Long is a Georgia girl—
that is, she claims thc-Ptate for her
home, although born in Texas. She
was educated in Athens, and spent
much of her girlhood days in the
State.
As a Georgia girl who has “made
good” on thp 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 tha*
were sensations in New York.
Free Concerts To Be
Resumed To-morrow
Festival Association Program at
Armory. Includes Intermezzo
From ’Manon Lescaut.’
The free Sunday afternoon concerts
at<the Auditorium-Armory will be re
sumed hi-morrow. with one of the
i mo#t attractive program Dr.^Btarnvs
and tiie Atlanta Music Festival.Asso
ciation have ever presented.
The program Includes the intermez
zo from Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,”
which many operagoers consider the
musical gem of that performance.
Wagner’s ovtrure to “Die Meister-
slnger” and an improvisation on Ger
man folk-songs also wii’ be included.
The concerts begin promptly at 3:30
o’clock. From this time on the con
certs will take place as regularly is
possible through tho# spring and sum
mer.
The Atlanta Music Festival Chorus
will meet fdr rehearsal at Cable' Hal!
K4 North Broad street, Monday even
ing at 8 o’clock.
Vicious Dog Attacks
Child in “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 w r as sent to kill
the dog. Waters, however, refused
to allow the animal to be shot.
F. and A. M. Lodge
Will Hold Reception
First Annua! Affair Will Take Place
at College Park on
May 9.
Exoneration of nil city officials in
volved in the graft charges, assured
to-day by members of the investigat
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 Kir*
Chief W. B. Cummings of the accu
sations of corruption. Mayor Wood
ward said he would not be surprised
at anything that committee would do.
Already members of the Councilmanic
(4 raft Probe Committee have been
much nettled by the declaration of
the Mayor that, the committee “had
to exonerate the three Aldermen to
protect Council.”
The committee probing the coun
cilmanic graft charges will meet this
afternoon to frame its report to Coun
cil. As it was given general author
ity to investigate all graft and cor
ruption. it is expected it will fram»-
a general reply to numerous charges
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 inves
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 be given a clean bill as
far aw graft is concerned. The com
mittee will recommend a better sys
tem of purchasing supplies for ttc
department and crticise its heads for
not following the requisition system.
Tiie committee heard new evidence
yesterday afternoon, but when it went
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 yftid told the committee that
Thomas Reynolds, the mysterious
man who promised important new
evidence, had failed to show up as he
had promised.
The committee decided to close the
investigation without waiting for him.
i but George Napier, attorney for Chief
Cummings, was allowed to make ,i
1 brief reply to the interview© that
Reynolds has given out.
Calls Reynolds Crook.
"Kt-ynoUIs is a crook,” interrupted
Chief Gumming.*.
Mr. Napier said that Reynolds h.ui
been fired from the fir* department of
1 Clarksburg, W. Va., for drunkenness,
j 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 a
present of $400, to the stand. David
son presented a cancelled check on
! the Fourth National Bank for $400,
j cashed bv himself on April 25. 1911.
( which he said showed how he se
cured the money to present t-- Chief
Cummings. He also showed tiie stub
of this check in his check book and
said that of the several hundred stubs
it was the only one for as large
amount ns $400.
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 fire depart
ment; that no efforts were evei\made
to make hose companies live up to
; their guarantees, and that no compet
itive bids were ever asked in the pur
chase of new hose or the sale of old
hose.
Chief Cummings produced a mass
of records, which, he said, refuted the
Mayor’s evidence.
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 Kronprlnzessln Cecilie
are Slorman Angell, the author of
"The Great, Illusion,” who is on his
way to the United States to continue
his peace propaganda, and D. A.
Ansel!, 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.
Jersey Senator Thinks Nothing Can
Beat Him, Assuming Wilson
Dosen't Run.
ST. LOUIS. May 3.—If William J.
Bryan Is a candidate for the Presi
dency in ]yi6 noth log can prevent
his election, according to Senator
James K. Martino of New Jersey, who
was here to attend tiie dedication of
the Jefferson memorial. Mr. Martine
said the one-term plank in the Dem
ocratic platform would prevent Pres
ident Wilson’s renomination.
“Bryan will be the logical candi
date,” he said. “People have come
to know and to understand him bet
ter. People think that ho has become
more, stable in his views, struck an
equilibrium, as it were. The fact is.
that Mr. Bryan is Just ns 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
tiie mysteries or levitation is the aim
of a young savant named Schwidtal
of Posen.
Andrew Carnegie has financed
small party of investigators who will
go to Egypt immediately under Sch
widtal to study the secrets ol’ th"
fakirs ar.J dervishes, and ^specially
from a scientific viewpoint the ec-
statio slate in which the fakirs are
observed to accomplish wonderfu ?
feats. The ecstasy is produced by ;
constant repetition of mystic word
At first they pronounce only the
nam<- “Allah” combined with rhyth
mic movements called “sikrs.” 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 VoRK. May 5.—By nirin <*f
a specially constructed gyroscope av
iation accidents nave be< n reduced to
■i minimum, through the control be
ing taken out «>f the hands of the
aviator ;'t cdti-.il moments in the-
fight.
This was the substance <<f an ad -
• ti -.vs delivered before the New York
Electricsi Sociotv by Elmer A. Sper
ry. inventor of the gyrdsc*>pic .-taoil-
iz< r l’or ships.
The apparatus has practically been
en velop- I within the last few months,
and has Veen perfected during experi-
oqj mj.w 30fi.mnCuoD ii| pnui sjuem
Navy Department at San Diego, t’al-
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 gii i, and ie now with
the Gertrude Hoffman Company,
playing here Purnell followed her
from New York, caused her arrest,
charging that sho 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 It.
Goes to a Sanitarium Where Meat
Is Regarded as <i
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 hav«* tired her
so that she has been oblig< d to retire
temporarily from the social whirl and
recuperate at a nearby sanitarium
wfietf© hi 'At is regarded as poison and
only vegetables arv served.
WASHINGTON. May 3. Pi
ter General Burleson is out
he ha.s % perfectly good book
Smith
Ed
nfidential clerk, explained to
a visitor that his chief was very busy,
but he managed to got him in.
“Look here, Smith,” said the Post
master General afterwards, “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 I
have been looking for the last three
years, and I bought one from him.”
DR
Dr.
Tenn.
p. n».
row.
. BURROUGHS TO PREACH.
P. E. Burrough *, of Nashville,
will preach at 11 a. m. and 8
it First Baptist Church to-mor-
| Physician at Inquest Says Chicago
Attorney V/anted Vital Organ
Cut in Operation.
CHICAGO, May 3.—That John K.
W. Wayman, former State’s Attorney,
who shot and killed himself April J7,
had aftfted Dr. W. K. Murray some
time previously to kill him was tin-
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 wap asked.
“Yes,” he replied
Announcements were issued to-day
for the first annual reception of Col
lege Park Lodge No. 454, F. and A.
M., to he held in the hank building
at tlollege Park at 8 o’clock. May 9.
The reception will be of a social
nature. The speakers will be tiie
Rev. Fritz Rauschenberg, chaplain of
tin- 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 by
Slaften’s orchestra.
More than 200 guests ire expected
and supper will be served.
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
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 lie 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 Alphonse Taft of
Harvard, son of ex-President Taft.
White City Park Now Open
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trouble.
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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 a
bottle and begin to take it today.
Accept no substitute.
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That’S What They All Say!
Follow
The
Stars
“After the Theater the place to rline is Cafe
Denechaud”—Edwin Vail, leading man Billy Lonq
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 iind servici we received at V7afc
Denechaud were just like New York’s”—Joe Weber,
Lew Fields, io tf Weber Fields Co.
r A R ADITT ? Each Week-Night, 8:00 to 12:00.
1\. Cj 1 • High-Class. Where the Crowds Go.
CAFE DENECHAUD, 9 Walton Street—Just Off Peachtree
FREE THE A TER TICKETS
FOR READERS OF ;
CAN
and The Atlanta Georgian
FINAL COUPON TO-MoRROW
Coupon No. :! of thr Free Theater Ticket Series will be found on Page 1 of to-day's
Georgian.
The last coupon of the series will appear in Hears! 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, and we will send you a reserved seat ticket for one
of the Miss Billy Lons Stork Co.’s plays at the Atlanta Theater .
Thousands of tickets are ready for distribution tinder this unusual otter—-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 to you.
A Free Ticket for Every Set of Four Coupons Returned
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