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i Vital Questions v « v *v a •;< . 9 *;• Proposed Union Face Presbyterian Assemblies at Atlanta Meet •••••;. +•+ •!•»•;■ •!•*+ of United and Southern Churches Interests Dixie Slayer of Countess, Convict, Seeks Death •Mark A. Matthews. I). I).. Seattle, Wash,, retiring Moderator. General J. VV. Foster. Washington, f). <\, on Judicial Commission. 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 .-• *s- aior. 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 companies of the Stale, hut it also will cover some other forms of ex emptions now permitted by law. The ^5tate now allows every mili tary company regularly enlisted in the State's service a certain number of jury exemptions, and these may he 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 resulUng to the company to be applied to vmory 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 <>f Justice on the subject. Those in the delegation are Judge Samuel B. Adams. W. W. Osborne. .T. Ferris Cann. Anton P. Wright and T. May hew 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 >o the United States marshalship '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 lias had him "fa vorably in mind.” Whether the ob jection of Senator Smith will operate to eliminate Davis is the question. Mr. Da Vi 8, it appeals, 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 nands 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. From time immemorial it has been customary for the President to name without question the man nominated by a Representative for his home of fice. Hell's recommendation of Mr. Hardy in Gainesville, however, was passed over, even before Bell got through talking to the President about Hardy. FORMER HARVESTER CHIEF HEADS RUMELEY COMPANY CHICAGO, May 11.—Clarence S. Runk. former general manager of the Internationa! Harvester Company, has been elected president of the Rume- ley Company, of Laporte. lnd. A loan of IJ,000,000 for additional working capital ha» been arranged. Suggested Change in Confession of Faith Affecting Infant Clause Also Draws Attention. KEEP THE BALANCE UP. It has been truthfully said that any disturbance of the even balance of health causes serious troubh No body can be too careful to keep this balance up. When people begin to lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the least imprudence brings on sick ness. weakness, or debility The sys tem needs a tonic, crave' i’. and should not be denied it: and the best ! tonic of which we have any knowl edge is Hood's Sarsaparilla. What this medicine has done in keeping healthy people healthy, in keeping up the even balance of health, gives it i t he same distinction as a preventive that it enjoys as a cure. Its early use has illustrate the wisdom of the > old saying that a stitch in time saves y nine. T&Jte Hood's for. appetite, ) •tbength and endurance. 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 t “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 m 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 w lilt favor the proposed change and it is not unlikely this question will be discussed as thor oughly during the Atlanta Assembly as has been true during other As semblies. TJiere 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 particulai interest to the South is the proposed union of the United Presbyterian Church with the Southern Presbyte rian Church and this question will be presented in the report of the Com mittee iin Conference, appointed by the Assembly of 1912, which commit tee in joint meeting with similar committee appointed by the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Johnson of Kentucky Slated for Permanent Chairman of Con gressional Committee. RS IONS Personally conducted tour July 19. August 16. Canada. Great Lakes. Atlantic ocean. Eastern cities. Intensely interesting Features. Low rates. Write for book let. maps. etc. J. F. McFarland, Box 1624. Atlanta, Ga. Rev. Wallace^Radeliffe, D. I).. Washington, D. (\. pastor of President Wilson's church. Church has prepared a basis of un ion for the two churches and this basis of union >vill be presented to the General Assemblies of botli churches for action. Terms Not Made Public. Just what this ba.-is of union is has not been made known to others than the members »>f 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 given publicity until officially presented.to these two bod ies. Rev. R. C. Reed. D. I)., 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 1900; and W. F. Steven son, of Cheravv, 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 creator 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, and administer the affairs of benevo lent* s under tne same departments. The distinct joint of difference be tween the two churches 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 nil probability, that the greatest discussion will center in the consideration of the union of the two churches. Two OUter Big Features. There are two otner questions to come before the General Assembly that will constitute outstanding fea tures: The Federal Council and the brief popuhn statem* nt of Doctrine- of the Church. During the Assembly of 1912, held at Bristol delegates were appointed to represent the 8 jut hern Presbyte White City Fark New Open iinches of Christ in Ameri- i lurid its qu idrennial meet- ocomber. at Chivago. The ;!u sc delegates will be heard r* i; is not improbable rturcs will be presented to mbly urging that it with- iin from membcr-hlp in the fun ii : s likely that a second al from membership In the J. W. Patterson, of Atlanta chairman of the Finance Com mittee of the Assemblies. 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 cases of trial in the church and the proposed change, which was approved by the Bristol Assembly, would give the Synod and the General Assembly the power, at their own discretion, to commit any case of trial coming 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 power to apply in all cases except those affecting doctrine and those shall be tried by the Court itself. The other proposed change is with 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 minister? and two ruling elders, but no addi tional number of churches increase? 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 th»* 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 doctrine- taught by the Southern Presbyterian Church is composed of fifteen representative men from ail sections of the church, with Rev. R A. Webb. D. D., of the Kentucky Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at Louisville, as chairman. This com mittee ma; be abb* to submit its re port lo the Atlanta Assembly, but William'S. Rennet. New York City, former Congressman, n Presby t e ry Corn in i ssi oner. 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 , church, but will express the same In a simplified form and one that will -' be easy to handle, especially in mis sion territory of the church. Navy Quartermaster To Row 2,470 Miles Trip Down Length of Mississippi Advertisement to Attract Prospective Recruits. ST. PAUL, MINN.. May 11. To row* from Park Rapids. Minn., on the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico is the task that confronts Quartermas ter Andrew Koehn, of the United j States navy. This he has been or dered to do as an advertisement to attract recruits, according to an an nouncement last night. Koehn will start June 1. and expects to cover! the distance, 2,470 miles, in 90 days. The quartermaster haw a reputation as one of the navy’s most expert oars- , men. He is now stationed at St. Louis. He will use a ten-foot boat, built with a wooden bottom and iron sides and having a forward • end 30 j inches high to provide for sleeping ! quarters. Benefit Concert to Help Unemployed German-American Society Will De vote Proceeds of Benefit Mon day to Needy Workers. WASHINGTON. May # 11—The j compromise reached at the meeting of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee apparently is satisfactory to -all members, both in i he House anS Senate, and President Wilson. The meeting was short and ; the results accomplished were ob tained by unanimous consent. Representative Lloyd, of Missouri, 1 and Mr. Page, of North Carolina, I were selected as the temporary chair man and secretary of the committee until a permanent organization may 1 he perfected. The motion was made by Representative Ben Johnson, of Kentucky, who is said to be slated to succeed Mr. Lloyd. Following is the new membership uf the committee; Senators- Missouri, Stone; Virgin ia. Martin; Texas/, Culberson; Neva da. Newianrls, Alabama. Bankhead; 1 Oklahoma. Owens; Oregon, Chamber - lain. Representatives Alabama. Rich ardson. Arizona. Hayden; Arkansas. Floyd; California. Baker; Colorado, Taylor; ’Connecticut. Reilly. Dela ware. Brockton; Florida. Clark; i Georgia. Lee; Illinois, Sabath; In- 1 diana, Cline; Iowa. Pepper; Kansas, Taggart; Kentucky, Johnson: Louls- I lann. Watkins: Maine. McOHlictiddy: [Maryland. Covington; Massachusetts, i Murray; Michigan. Dnremus; Minne- j j sota, Hammond; Mississippi, ("Hand-| 1 ler; Missouri. Russell; Montana, Evans; Nebraska. Lobeck; New Hampshire, Herd; New* Mexico, Fer guson; New Jersey, Scully; New' York. Goldfogle. North Dakota, Webb; Ohio. Sharp; Oklahoma. Wea ver Pennsylvania. Dlefenderfer; Rhode Island. O’Shaughnessv; South , Carolina. Finley; Tennessee, Hous ton; Virginia. Flood; Wisconsin, ! Burke; West Virginia, no selection. Predicts Trouble in Cuba at Inauguration i “Moral and Political Conditions Are Awful,” Says Henry T. Woodruff. NEW YORK, May 11.—“The moral and political conditions of Cuba ar? j awful.” declared Henry T. Woodruff,' a veteran of the Civil War, who has arrived from Havana. Mr. Woodruff has spent the winter' in Cuba for the last fifteen years. | I have been Informed on reliable authority that the rebels have on- j tained 12,000 rifles which belonged :q the Federal Government. The people I of Havana are seeking bloodshed, and it would not surprise me if murder j was committed when Menocal is in- i augurated on May 20.” n Guards Watch Lieutenant Paterno, Who Would Escape Imprison ment Through Suicide. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME. May 11.—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 Patemo’s resolve to kill himself lest his example be followed by others desiring to evade sentences of soli tary confinement. cither convicts who have ended their lives generally concealed their determination, but 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. Wilson in Dilemma, Says London Paper President Sympathizes With Japan, It Adds—Cannot Enforce His Views. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 11.—The Ixmdon Morning Post. In an editorial. Buys.; “No doubt the action of the Cali fornia Legislature In pnssing a bill depriving Japanese settlers of the right to own land, placed the Presi dent in a very difficult position. "Japan resents this legislation as descrlmlnating unfairly against her citizens, and maims It 1s 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« has no ob vious means of compelling the people of California to accept his view' of the case. * * * * It is certain Japan will protest and wtll insist ott taking some action to vindicate her rights.” MOSLEMS IN BATAVIA HAIL CHILD AS MODERN MESSIAH Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. THE HAGUE, HOLLAND. May 1L From Batavia comes the startling re port that "a little child has come down from heaven to deliver the Mo hammedans from alien role.” The child Is said to be the son of the great Prophet Mohammed. Mach agitation prevails among the native*. LONDON, May 11.— Six day? at sea evidently 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 t!.» 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 and as usual I will fulfill my contract." All the singers except Rmmy Des tinn. who has taken a. house In Istn- don, have gone to Phrls Mme. Des tinn. who Is an art connoisaeur, has secured a large Rivviera picture, it was so big she had to hire a truck to transport it to the railway station. COL. J. HAM LEWIS SETS WHITE HOUSE PRECEDENT WASHINGTON. May 11.—Senator ‘ J Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, set a | precedent to-day for all visitors to President Wilson at the White House. He waited patiently long after the hour which Secretary Tumulty bad fixed for him to see the President. When informed that his time had come he arose and apologized to the waiting company in the secretary’s office for preceding them into t he | Executive’s presence. ■“CftSCfiRETS” MAKE PEEL great: ^ Gently Cleanse Your Liver and t : Sluggish Bowels While You Sleep. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coatc-ri tongue, foul taste and, foul breath—always trace them to* torpid liver, delayed fermenting-^ food in the bowels, or sour, garayi^ stomach. Poisonous matter clogged 1n the. 1 } intestines, instead of being cast out of the system is 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 tho fivier or stomach. I Cascarets immediately cleanse^ < and regulate the stomach, remove .■ ? the sour, undigested and ferment- j ing food and foul gases, take the* / excess bile from the liver and car- ( rv out of the sy«tem all the oon- > Hllpated waste matter a.nd poisons S in the bowel a. I A Cascarat to-night will surely i straighten you out by morning. I They work while yon sleep—a 10- } cent box from your druggist means•< your head clear, stomach sweet } and your liver and bowels clean and regular for months. Turn Down Pinero and Lady Nicotine London Theater Managers Reject His Plan and Will Bar Smokers. For Sale VAUDEVILLE THEATER For colored patrons; seating capacity 1,000. Big money-maker. Cleared more than $10,000 last year. Owner must sell quick on account of bad health. For full particulars call DIXIE THEATER,127 Decatur St. Atlanta Germans are awaiting with considerable Interest the conc ert and i ball that will be given by the Ger-! man-American Association at the Freundschaftsbund Hall. 117 1-2 Whitehall Street, next Monday even ing. A c horus of 50 male voices will be i heard, and there will be several solos j by prominent members of local Ger man singing societies. The proceeds will go into the treasury of the asso ciation, to be used in the work the I organization is doing for unemployed Germans. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. May 11.—Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s proposal to allow smoking in the London theaters, was emphatically rejected by the Society of West End Theut' # Managers, who voted against the proposal with onI>* 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. MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN RAMS CAR TO SAVE MAN J. P. Born, call policeman, delib erately ran his motorcycle into a ; moving street car on Decatur Street Friday, seeing in that course the only way to prevent collision with John Wallace, of East Point, who was de scending from the car. H«- was thrown from his motorcycle and bruised. Street Car Fight Won* COLUMBUS.—After the city had j appealed to the State Railroad Com- j mission, the Columbus Railroad Com- i pany has rebuilt its tracks and re- j sumed operations in Sixth Street. RESINOL QUICKLY CURED HER BABY’S SEVERE ECZEMA Had Not Had a Good Night’s Rest in Zight Months. ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS DR.E.G.GRIFFIN‘5 GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS BEST WORK AT LOWEST PRICES All Work Guaranteed. Hour* 8 to 0-Phone M. 1708-Sundcy* 9-1 2A\/ ? Whitehall St. Over Brown A Alien* VIRGINIA MAN GROWS WONDERFUL CANTALOUPE j RICHMOND, VA.. May 11. Charles:ji A. Gitchell. of Louisa, Va.. has per- feeted a wonderful cantaloupe aft. * years of patient effort and experi ment in crossing the i tported Fren « seeds with the Rocky ford and native ; j varieties. He has produced a can taloupe which will keep for month.-? after it is cut from the vine and which is superior in flavor and qual ity to the melon which made Colorado White City Park No w Open Chelsea, Maas., Jan. 19. 1913.— “My son had been troubled with eczema for about one year. It first appeared when three months old. I tried everything that was recom mended and also different pre scriptions, but of no avail. For eight months my child did not en joy a good night’s rest. 1 was finally told to try Resinol. This 1 did, and from the first applica tion the child got relief and put in a good night’s sleep. In three ; days there was no sign of eczema to-day he has as fine a complex ion as any healthy child and is entirely cured." (Signed) Mrs. T. S. Brown, 54 (’rescent Ave. Resinol positively stops itching instantly arid speedily heals ecze ma and other skin humors, dan druff. sores, burns and piles. Pre scribed by doctors for 18 years. Sold l»y every druggist. Resinol ointment in op*l jars, 50 cents and $1.00 Resinol Soap. 25 cents. For generous free trial, write Dept. J9-S Resinol. Baltimore, Md. 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 M. M. Hull, Chairman Hospitality Committee S. M. Inman, Chairman Reception Committee J. K. Orr, Chairman Executive Committee