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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, SATURDAY, MAY 10. 1013.
Bibb County Representative De
signs Bill to Do Away With
Present Exemption Allowed.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Representative Minter Wimberly, of
Bibb County, one of the few veterans
to return to the Legislature, will in
troduce early in the forthcoming ses
sion a bill to abolish jury exemptions.
Primarily, this measure will be de
signed to stop the sale of jury ex
emptions to members of the military
• ompanies of the State, but it also
will cover some other forms of ex
emptions now permitted by law.
The State now allows every mili
ary company regularly enlisted in
the State’s service a certain number
of jury exemptions, and these may be
used by members of the organizations,
or sold to outsiders, as the company
may elect. The practice has been to
sell these exemptions for $25 per an
num. the revenue resulting to the
company to be applied to armory rent
and other company expenses.
The result has been that the ex
emptions generally have operated to
relieve well-to-do citizens in various
cities, bankers, business men of large
interests, and the like, from jury
service, who otherwise would be re
quired to do jury duty the same as
the common or garden variety of
folks.
Representative Wimberly thinks
these citizens come from a class that
should not be exempt from jury duty
any more than others are exempt, and
he particularly believes that there are
many juries that need the services
of bankers and business men of large
interests, in order to insure fair and
intelligent verdicts in matters involv
ing the adjustment of financial af
fairs.
There has been a disposition in
Georgia for a good many years to do
away with these jury exemptions, and
there is no doubt whatever that Mr.
Wimberly’s bill will receive hearty
support in many quarters.
A great many people will sympa
thize with the Bibb County man’s idea
that all classes of citizens should per
form their share of jury duty, unless
prevented by illness, physical defect,
extreme old age or positive disquali
fication for cause or interest in the
persons or issues involved.
Believing that Georgia should have
another United States District Court,
and that Savannah should be the
headquarters of the new district, a
party of Savannah attorneys is now
in Washington for a conference with
the Department of Justice on the
subject.
Those in the delegation are Judge
Samuel B. Adams, W. W. Osborne, J.
Perris Cann, Anton P. Wright and T.
Mayhew Cunningham. It is under
stood that General P. W. Meldrim
will join the party in Washington
Monday.
At various times in the last sev
eral years efforts have been made to
have another District Court estab
lished in Southern Georgia, but noth
ing ever came of these efforts. At the
time of the election of President Wil
son, the old agitation was revived,
and despite the fact that various
grand juries in the United States
Court have recently passed resolu
tions deploring .such action as is now
being taken by the Savannah law
yers. it was determined to make the
effort to have the new court estab
lished there.
The presence of Joseph H. Davis, of
Albany, in Washington just now has
revived a lot of interesting talk as to
the United States marshal9hip for
South Georgia.
It is understood that Senator Ba
con has considered Mr. Davis, but
that Senator Smith has lodged an ob
jection against him. Senator Bacon
has not “indorsed” the Albany man. it
is explained, but he has had him. “fa
vorably in mind.” Whether the ob
jection of Senator Smith will operate
to eliminate Davis is the question.
Mr. Davis, it appears, is charged
with not being “progressive enough'’
in his politics to suit the junior Sen
ator—at least, that is the way The
Savannah Press hands out the “dope,”
and, presumably, it speaks by the
card.
And, anyway. Davis is in Washing
ton looking into things for himself,
and the outcome of his visit is being
watched with genuine interest
throughout the State.
Georgia politicians have been
greatly interested in the development
of the Gainesville and Rome post
mastership situations, and now that
both have been settled, further devel
opments are being watched with even
greater interest.
President Wilson in disregarding
Congressman Bell's recommendation
as to the Gainesville office—Mr. Bell’s
home office—has set aside a prece
dent very few expected to see broken.
FYom time immemorial it has been
customary for the President to name
without question the man nominated
by a Representative for his home .of
fice. Bell’s recommendation of Mr.
Hardy in Gainesville, however, was
passed over, even before Bell got
through talking to the President about
Hardy.
Vital Questions Face Presbyterian Assemblies at Atlanta Meet
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Suggested Change in Confession
of Faith Affecting Infant Clause
Also Draws Attention.
Vital questions of worldwide inter
est, will come before the Presbyte
rian assemblies in Atlanta. Perhaps
the most interesting of these to the
layman is the effort to be made in
the Southern Assembly to change the
“elect infant clause” to remove all
ground for the supposition that all
infants are not saved.
This will come up in consideration
of section 3, chapter 10 of the Con
fession of Faith and will not be new
work for a General Assembly of this
church. The proposed changes have
been thoroughly discussed and rec
ommended by a number of assem
blies, but no change proposed as yet
has met the approval of three-
fourths of the Presbyteries.
The proposed change in this para
graph which was approved by the
Bristol Assembly causes the par
agraph to read thus: “Being elect,
all infants dying in infancy are re
generated and saved by Christ
through the Spirit, who worketh
when, and where, and how he pleas-
eth. So also are all other elect per
sons, who are incapable of being
outwardly called by the ministry of
the word,” this wording to be sub
stituted that now appearing in the
Confession of Faith and which reads:
"Elect infants dying in infancy etc.”
Presbyteries Have Voted.
The Presbyteries have taken vote
on the proposed change during the
spring meetings and the action of the
General Assembly in ordering a
change in the wording of this para
graph of the Confession of Faith will
be determined by the vote of the
Presbyteries. It is hardly to be ex
pected that three-fourths of the
Presbyteries will favor the proposed
change and it is not unlikely this
question w’ill be discussed as thor
oughly during the Atlanta Assembly
as has been true during other As
semblies.
There is a growing desire upon the
part of some prominent ministers of
the church for this paragraph to be
stricken from the Confession of Faith
and thus obliterate all ground for the
supposition that any infant or other
irresponsible person who dies can fail
to be saved, and it is probable that
more than one overture to that ef
fect will be presented to the Assem
bly at Atlanta.
Among the questions of particular
interest to the South is the proposed
union of the United Presbyterian
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Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, D. D.,
Washington. D. C., pastor of
President Wilson's churoh.
Church with the Southern Presbyte
rian Church and this question will be
presented in the report of the Com
mittee on Conference, appointed by
the Assembly of 1912, which commit
tee in joint meeting with a similar
committee appointed by the General
Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church has prepared a basis of un
ion for the two churches and this
basis of union will be presented to
the General Assemblies of both
churches for action.
Terms Not Made Public.
Just what this basis of union is
ha» not been made known to others
than the members of the two com
mittees. The basis of union was
agreed upon several weeks ago, but
the two Committees of Conference de
cided that as a matter of courtesy to
the Assemblies of both churches it
should not be gT r en publicity until
officially presented to these two bod
ies.
Rev. R. C. Reed, D. D.. of Colum
bia, S. C., is chairman of the Com
mittee of Conference for the South
ern Presbyterian Church and the fol
lowing named ministers and laymen
constitute the other members of this
important committee: Rev. S. L.
Morris, D. D., of Atlanta; Rev. J. F.
Cannon. D. D., of St. Louis; Allen G.
Hall, of Nashville, Moderator of the
Assembly of 1906; and W. F. Steven
son, of Cheraw. S. C. The General
Assembly will await the presentation
of no other report with a greater
degree of interest than the report of
the Committee on Conference, and
there is no matter of ereater impor
tance to come before the body than
the question of the union of these
two churches.
The standards held by the United
Presbyterian Church are the same as
those held by the Southern Presbyte
rian Church and in the same sense
each church accepts them. The two
churches possess the same Scotch an
cestry. adhere to the same policy,
HEADS
■I. W. Patterson, of Atlanta,
chairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the Assemblies.
and administer the affairs of benevo
lences under the same departments.
The distinct point of difference be
tween the two chvirches is the ex
clusive use of .the Psalms in the ser
vice of praise in the United Presby
terian Church and it is around this
point, in all probability, that the
greatest discussion will center in the
consideration of the union of the two
churches.
Two Other Big Features.
There are two otner questions lo
come before the General Assembly
that will constitute outstanding fea
tures: The Federal Council and the
brief popular statement of Doctrine
of the Church.
During the Assembly of 1912, held
at Bristol delegates were appointed
to represent the Southern Presbyte
rian Church in the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in Ameri
ca, which held Its quadrennial meet
ing in December, at Chicago. The
report of these delegates w ill be heard
with interest. It is not improbable
that overtures will be presented to
the Assembly urging that it with
draw 7 again from membership in the
Council, but it is likely that a second
withdrawal from membership in the
Council will be opposed as ably as
it will be recommended.
Two changes in the form of gov
ernment of the church have been
proposed and will be considered by
the Atlanta Assembly. One is with,
reference to eases of trial in the
church and the proposed change,
which was approved by the Bristol
Assembly, wquRI give the Synod and
the General Assembly the powder, at
their own discretion, to commit any
case of trial comine before them on
appeal to the judgment of a Commis
sion, composed of others than mem
bers of the Court from which the
case shall come, this pow 7 er to apply
in all cases except thof^ affecting
doctrine and those shall Be tried by
the Court itself.
The other proposed change is with
Johnson of Kentucky Slated for
Permanent Chairman of Con
gressional Committee.
WASHINGTON, May III. The
compromise reached at the meeting
of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee apparently is
satisfactory to all members, both in
the House and Senate, and President
Wilson. The meeting was short and
the results accomplished were ob
tained by unanimous consent.
Representative Lloyd, of Missouri,
and Mr. Page, of North Carolina,
were selected as the temporary chair
man and secretary' of the committee
until a permanent organization may
be perfected The motion was made
by Representative Ben Johnson, of
Kentucky, who is said to be slated io
succeed Mr. Lloyd.
Following is the new membership
of the committee:
Senators—Missouri, Stone; Virgin
ia, Martin; Texae, Culberson; Neva
da. Newlands; Alabama, Bankhead;
Oklahoma. Owens; Oregon, Chamber-
lain.
Representatives — Alabama. Rich
ardson; Arizona. Hayden; Arkansas.
Floyd: California, Baker; Colorado.
Taylor: Connecticut, Reilly; Dela
ware, Brockton; Florida, Clark;
Georgia, Lee; Illinois. Snbath; In
diana. Cline; Iowa. Pepper; Kansas,
Taggart; Kentucky. Johnson; Louis
iana. Watkins; Maine, McGlllicuddy;
Maryland. Covington; Massachusetts,
Murray; Michigan. Doremua; Minne
sota, Hammond; Mississippi. Cand
ler; Missouri, Russell: Montana,
Evans. Nebraska. Lobeck; New
Hampshire, Reed; New Mexico, Fer
guson; New Jersey. Scully; New
York, Goldfogle; North Dakota,
Webb; Ohio, Sharp; Oklahoma. Wea
ver; Pennsylvania, Diefenderfer;
Rhode Island. O’Shaughnessy; South
Carolina. Finley; Tennessee. Hous
ton; Virginia. Flood; Wisconsin,
Burke: West Virginia, no selection.
Slayer of Countess,
Convict, Seeks Death
Guards Watch Lieutenant Paterno,
Who Would Escape Imprison
ment Through Suicide.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, M-ay 10.—Lieutenant Pa-
terno, serving a life sentence for the
murder in 1912 of the queen’s wait
ing maid, Countess Trigona, was se
cretly conveyed to the penitentiary
in Porto Longone to-day. Owing to
the prisoner's dread of solitary con
finement and determination to end
his life, four warders have been de
tailed to watch him day and night.
The doctors ascribe his suicidal
mania to cowardice. They have
given him morphine to cause arti
ficial sleep and thus prolong his life.
The authorities have tried to hide
Paterno’s resolve to kill himself lest
his example be followed by others
desiring to evade sentences of soli
tary confinement.
Other convicts who have ended
their lives generally concealed their
determination, biit Paterno calmly
announced his Intention to the of
ficials. The latter are anxious to
preserve his life at all costs that he
may expiate his crime according to
law.
Opera Stars Deny
Any Estrangement
Emmy Destinn, Art Connoisseur,
Secures Large Riviera
Picture.
Predicts Trouble in
Cuba at Inauguration
“Moral and Political Conditions Are
Awful,” Says Henry T.
Woodruff.
NEW YORK, May 10.—“The moral
and political conditions of Cuba ars
awful,” declared Henry T. Woodruff,
a veteran of the Civil War, w’ho has
arrived from Havana.
Mr. Woodruff has spent the winter
in Cuba for the la9t fifteen years.
“I have been iitformed on reliable
authority that th" rebels have ob
tained 12,000 rifies w'hich belonged ;o
the Federal Government. The people
of Havana are seeking bloodshed, ani
it would not surprise me if murder
was committed when Menocal is in
augurated on May 20.”
LONDON. May 10.—-Six days at sea
Hvtdcntly soothed the distraught
nerves of the grand opera singers who
have arrived from New York.
Denial was made of the report that
there was any estrangement of the
forces of the Metropolitan Grand Op
era Company which would prevent
their assemblage again next season.
Conductor Toscanini, about whom
there have been numerous rumors,
said: "My contract has two years
to run anti as usual I will fulfill my
contract."
All the singers except Emmy Des
tinn, who has taken a house In Lon
don. have gone to Paris. Mme. Des-
tinn, who is an art connoisseur, has
secured a large Hivvlera picture. It
was so big she had to hire a truck
to transport it to the railway station.
Street Car Fight Won.
COLUMBUS.—After the city hai
appealed to the State Railroad Com
mission, the Columbus Railroad Com
pany has rebuilt its tracks and re
sumed operations in Sixth Street.
Wilson in Dilemma,
Says London Paper
Preaident Sympathizes With Japan,
It Adds—Cannot Enforce
His Views.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. May 10.—The London
Morning Post, In an editorial, says:
"No doubt the action of the Cali
fornia Legislature in passing a bill
depriving Japanese settlers of tha
right to own land, placed the Presi
dent in a very difficult position.
“Japan resents this legislation ;s
descriminatlng unfairly against her
citizens, and claims It is a violation
of the treaty between herself and the
United States. So far as known Pres
ident Wilson recognizes the Justice of
Japan's complaints, hut h» lias no ob
vious means of compelling the people
of California to accept his view of
the case. • • • • It is certain
Japan will protest and will insist ,«n
some action to vindicate her
right*.”
“CASCARETS” MAKE
YOU FEEL GREAT
Gently Cleanse Your Liver
Sluggish Bowels While
You Sleep.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and
foul breath—always trace them to
torpid liver, delayed fermenting
food in the bowels, or sour, ga :sy
stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the
intestines, instead of being cast
out of the system iff reabsorbed
into the blood. When this poison
reaches the delicate brain tissue it
causes congestion and that dull,
throbbing, sickening headache.
Salts, cathartic pills, oil and
purgative waters force a passage
way for a day or two—yes—but
they don't take the poisons out
and have no effect upon the liver
or stomach.
Casearets immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach remove
the sour, undigested and ferment
ing food and foul gades, take the
excess bile from the liver and car
ry out of the system all the con
stipated waste matter apd poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning.
They work while you sleep—a 10-
cent box from your druggist means
your head clear, stomach sweet
and your liver and bowels clean
and regular for months.
William S. Ben net, New York
City, former Congressman, a
Presbytery Commissioner.
reference to the basis of representa
tion in the General Assembly. The
basis of representation at present is
one minister and one ruling elder
from everv Presbytery except in those
Presbyteries where there are more
than twenty-five ministers and in
those the representation in the Gen
eral Assembly shall be two rrinisters
and two ruling elders, but no addi
tional number of churches increases
the representation.
Plan Graduated Scale.
The change proposed recommends
that every Presbytery shall be rep
resented in the General Assembly by
one minister and one ruling elder
and that if the communicants of the
churches in the Presbytery and min
isters on the roll number more than
four thousand, the Presbytery shall
be entitled to increase its represen
tation to the Assembly with one min
ister and one ruling elder and that
the representation continue to in
crease in like proportion with the ad
dition of every four thousand com
municants and ministers.
During the year since the Bristol
Assembly the Presbyteries have tak
en action with regard to the proposed
changes in the form of government;
the answers of the eighty-nine Pres
byteries will be tabulated during the
Atlanta Assembly and if three-
fourths of the answers favor the pro
posed changes, the changes will be
come law, by the enactment of the
Assembly.
The ad interim committee appoint
ed by the Bristol Assembly to pre
pare a brief popular statement of the
doctrines taught by the Southern
Presbyterian Church is composed of
fifteen representative men from all
sections of the church, with Rev. R
A. Webb. D. D., of the Kentucky
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at
Louisville, as chairman. This com
mittee mav be able to submit its re
port to the Atlanta Assembly, but
it will not be cause for surprise If
longer time is requested to complete
this important work.
The preparation of this brief pop
ular statement has been requested for
use especially as a tract in mission
territory as well as in other sections
of the church; this statement will in!
no way displace the standards of the j
church, but will express the same in
a simplified form and one that will
be easy to handle, especially in mis- I
sion territory of the church.
Turn Down Pinero
and Lady Nicotine
London Theater Managers Reject
His Plan and Will Bar
Smokers.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 10.—Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero's proposal to allow
smoking in the London theaters, was
emphatically rejected by the Society
of West End Theater Managers, who
voted against the proposal with only
one dissenting voice.
Sir Arthur’s purpose was to alien
ate the patronage of the music halls,
he believing that many men wen.
there to enjoy nicotine rather than
vaudeville.
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A Word of Appreciation
The Presbyterians of Atlanta desire
in this way to express our deep sense of
appreciation for the generous hospitality
offered by the hundreds of our fellow
citizens of all creeds and denominations.
The tender of these beautiful homes
will enable us to give our distinguished
visitors a rare vision of true Southern
hospitality that we are sure they will long
remember.
We can only hope that every home
privileged to have one or more of these
godly men may in turn receive a blessing
and a benediction thru the years to come.
Cordially yours
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Chairman Hospitality Chairman Reception
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