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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 101.°,.
By MINISTERS
“Too Many of Our Pastors Are
Guilty,” Declares Famous Sun
day School Worker.
"Too many are guilty for the Gen
era! Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, U. 6. A., to ever bar the use
of tobacco among its ministers.”
This statement was made Thurs
day by William H. Ridgeway, a
wealthy manufacturer of Coatesville,
Pa., a commissioner to the meeting
of the Northern Presbyterian As
sembly, anent the agitation of the
question as to whether the church
would require absolute abstinence by
ministers from use of the weed.
Mr. Ridgeway is known to every
•Sunday school student in America. He
writes the International Sunday
School lessons for the Sunday School
i' mes, published in Philadelphia, and
is editor of the "Busy Men's Column”
of that paper. Immediately upon his
arrived here he was oecleged with in-
v!cations, without number, to teach
Sunday school classes next Sunday.
Dr. Hull was the fortunate one, and
the students of this progressive
Methodist Sunday school will have
the pleasure of hearing Mr. Ridge
way next Sunday morning.
Too Many Enjoy Smoko.
"Oh, no," said Mr. Ridgeway, to a
Georgian reporter, •’there is no dan
ger of the Northern Presbyterian As
sembly invading the personal rights
of its. preachers: loo many of them
are guilty. Just look around the ho
tel lobby here some night and you
will eee some of the foremost men
of the church serenely enjoying con
verse with Lady Nicotine or induc
ing in the even more talked-of habit
of chewing tobacco.”
Mr. Ridgeway is a "teetoatler" him-
«< if. but he says that preachers are
human beings, just as other folks, and
that their personal habits ire not
subjects for legislation by the General
Visembly of the church.
‘And yet." said he, “if I were a
'r.inipter, I would not use tobacco in
any form 1 sometimes think, when
1 mn standing before a class of young
> • n, that if they know I lo not use
• ooaeco at all, they are saying to
: iemselves. There is a man who can
ontrol his desires; lie is a good man
for me to emulate.’ I think it is an
added link in a man's strength if he
can show the world that he is- above
his inclinations. And certainly the
:.>e of tobacco is a human weakness.
"Rut. then, you know these Presby
terians have got to ‘scrap’ about
enmeshing. They have that old Scotch
s.nrii which forbids the amicable set
tlement of an> question. If it is not
mie thing it is another. That ie one
of the beauties of this great church of
ours. Every man lias a voice, an
equal voice, ami be can raise as much
disturbance as be pleases. If you
want to start something just propose
it In a PreJbytcrian meeting.
“This question of conservatism and
radicalism, or, as it is often called,
progressive sm, is just another of our
little family ‘Scraps.’ Why, when the
e'ection is over this afternoon these
fellows will have their arms about
each other and you would never know
* hat there had been a hot fight for
i he moderatorship. The whole Pres
byterian C’hureh is progressive; ’(
v ouid .not take a step back for any
thing. It is in the very center of the
Pgbt for Christianity, and there is no
t bought further frbm their minds than
to return to the ways of yesterday.
Will Continue to Expand.
"No matter Who is elected moder
ator. the church will continue to
branch out in new fields.
Progressive .and liberal? Why. the
( hijrch always has been liberal, ready
to concede individual rights and keen
io adopt every idea that opens a new
field for work. You can bank on it —
is no such individual as a re-
ry Presb yterian.”
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251 PULPITS OPEN;
LACK APPLICANTS
Report Shows Need /or Ministers
in Southern Field—Funds
Ready, Men Scarce.
Assertion that there are 250 more
ministerial positions in the Southern
Presbyterian field than there are men
to fill them is made in the report of
the executive committee on Christian
education and ministerial relief, filed
Thursday with the Assembly of the
Southern Church.
The report declares there is urgent
need for 250 ministers in the home
field, and funds for the salaries of
these recruits are •ready as soon as
the men can be obtained. An addi
tional 200, the report sets forth, will
be needed in the foreign field shortly.
The report shows that the maxi
mum amount of aid the committee is
able to give annually to each candi
date for the ministry to aid in the
completion of college and seminary
course is $100, and it has been neces
sary to decrease this slightly during
the past three years.
One out-of every six or seven stu
dents in the State institutions of
learning in the South comes from a
Presbyterian home, and this commit
tee Is using special effort to see that
the best pastoral oversight is given
these students.
During the year aid has been given
to 61 ministers. 150 widows and 18
orphans in 229 needy homes. The
oldest ministemvho is a beneficiary is
87 years of ar* J and has given 64
years of service to the church; the
From A-B-C To D—!
and School Closes
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., May
15.—Winnipauk’s public school had
to close down for the most peculiar
cause on record. James McGraw
was ploughing in a neighboring field
and the force and character of his
utterances were such that the ear
drums, nerve* and* sensibilities of
teachers and pupils were sadly
shocked
"You must stop such talk" cried
the schoolmistress, and as she remov
ed her fingers from her ears, she got
this:
“If you don’t like my plough talk, 1
reckon you better move the school!
Nothin’ else will make the horse
move, and I kinder think he likes
my style o' talk. His names Sa
tan."
And as McGraw persisted in think
ing his flow of language was far su
perior to anything in the books, school
had to be let out for the day.
AN ATLANTA BELLE
Miss
Margaret
Traylor,
daughter
of Mr. and
Mrs. George M.
Traylor,
one of the
popular
members of the
younger social
set.
The photograph
was taken at
the Driving
Club
reception.
youngest minister on the roll of bene
ficiaries is 41 years old and an in
valid.
No One Like Garden,
Declares Campanini
NEW YORK. May 15.—Cleofonte
Campanini, director of the Chicago
Opera Company, sailed for Europe to
day to get new talent for the Chicago
troupe.
“I can’t get along without Mary
Garden," he said. "You know I must
have her to sing for me next season.
There is no one like her."
“Caruso? Ah, there is only one,”
was his reply.
State Comptroller to Settle the
Claims of Jasper and Butts at
Hearing Wednesday,
Statements made Thursday to
Comptroller General William A.
Wright by the Solicitor General of
Jasper County disclosed a hot rivalry
on between Jasper and Butts Coun
ties for the bulk of the Central Geor
gia Power Company’s taxes.
Comptroller W r right set Wednesday
for a hearing, when representatives of
both counties will be heard. The hear
ing will be held in Mr. Wright's of
fice in the Capitol.
One hundred thousand dollars of th*
power company's taxes is returned in
Jasper County and $620,000 in But:s
County. This is rankly disproportion
ate, according to the Jasper Couniy
attorney. He told Mr. Wright that
five-eighths of the power company’s
property was in Jasper County and
only three-eighths in Butts Countv.
The tax returns, he argued, should h,
in this proportion.
It will be determined at the hearing
exactly where the county line is sit
uated that divides the property u.j 1
the value of the property on each sid<.
of the line, after which the Comp
troller will make a decision as to th
proportion of the tax returns to which
each county is entitled.
The Coffee Crutch
Never gets folks very far along the road to Wellville.
Coffee deludes many (because it contains a poisonous
drag, caffeine,) and the more it is leaned upon the more it
cripples its users.
If coffee makes the going difficult, suppose you leave it
off for a while and try
Instant Postum
This pure food-drink, made from choice, whole wheat and
the juice of Southern sugar-cane, contains no drug whatever,
but is genuine nourishment.
A level teaspoonful of Instant Postum in an ordinary eup
of hot water dissolves instantly and makes it right for most
persons,
A big cup requires more and some people who like strong
things put in a heaping spoonful and temper it with a large
supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the amount that pleases your
palate and have it served that way in the future.
Postum cornea in two forms.
Regular (must he boiled.)
Instant Postum doesn’t require boiling but is prepared
instantly by stirring a level teaspoonful in a eup of hot water. —
“Th ’ a Reason” for Postum
Solti by grocers everywhere
UPON PRISON FARE
Councilman Characterizes Feed
ing at Police Station as
“Inhuman Treatment.”
Criticism of the food served prlj- |
oners In Atlanta's police station was]
made Thursday by Thomas I. Lynch, j
chairman of the Council Vrlson Com- j
mittee. He said he had just discov
ered that only two meals a day were |
served to persons detained at the sta
tion, and that they were poor meals,
too.
"Such treatment Is Inhuman," he I
declared. "It Is the worst sort of j
tyrannical persecution, tvy(h the atti
tude of the police being to arrest any
and everybody on slight pretext. I
want every member of Council’to go
down and look at the food and then
imagine himself confined and forced
to eat it. I am already at work to
bring about reforms.” ' ;
As chairman of the Prison Commit- i
lee. Councilman Lynch has the active i
supervision of the city stockade.
Meals are sent from there to the ;to- ]
lice station. He first criticised the !
peas, fat meat, turnip greens and the I
like as too coarse food, but did no:
decide to make a fight until he dis
covered it always got cold in the two-
mile haul to the police station, and
that no supper ever was sent.
It has always been the custom it
the police station to serve only two
meals a day. the argument being that
the prisoners need no more during
confinement.
Councilman Lynch's fight will he
for an Increased fund for food for
prisoners.
Omission of Tariff
Hearings Justified
WASHINGTON. May 15.—Mors
j than 1,500 briefs have been filed with
J the Senate Finance Committee on
items affected by the Underwood
tariff bills since that measure has
reached the Senate. Personal in-
| tervlews have been granted to more
i than 500 persons interested in man
ufacturing and importing during the
last ten days and countless letters
and messages received.
This is the answer of the members
of the Finance Committee to the
j criticism directed against them by
Representatives because they have
not granted public hearings.
Women of Mexico
Boycott U. S, Goods
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY. May 16.—A boy
cott of United States goods was de
clared here to-day by leading socie
ty women because of the refusal of
the American Government to recog
nize the Huerta administration. The
Woman's Club has undertaken the
movement and declares it will try to
extend it to all classes throughout the
republic.
It is reported that the Mexican
Government has been able to nego
tiate a loan of $75,000,000 from a Brit
ish firm.
“Hello!” “Hello!”
Appetite and
Digestion Busy?
Then you possess the
real secret of good health.
Guard it carefully and at
the first sign of distress
or weakness take
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
It promotes and maintains
health.
Get a bottle. It will
help you.
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Half Price Sale of Royal Society Finished and Unfinished Pieces.
. RICH & BROS. CO.
110c to 25c Val Laces at
3
I
A Suit Sale at
The kind of suits you
have reason to expect
to pay double for
and earlier in the season you
would.
Some are of soft French serge;
some of the widewale storm
serge: some of Bedford cord. Not
a great many in all; there will be
less after people see this an
nouncement. Staph* blues and
blacks, coats messaline silk lined
and fitted with silk shield*.
Every Other Suit
In Stock Reduced
$15.00; Values to $25.
$23.50; Values to $40.
$28.75; Values to $ti<).
(Ready-to Wear, Second Floor.)
10(* to 25c laces for 6c. The statement is
trite. We feel it. We know that 3 and 4 yards
of wanted laces for the usual price of 1 yard is
a merchandising scoop—an achievement that calls for all
tlie red ink in the hot tie and all the large type in the print
er’s case.
But whv indulge in hysteria? The mere state
ment over Rich's name is sufficient. You know it is true.
The laces are in the window for you to see; at our counters
for vou to handle—we know vou will appreciate the BAR
GAIN just as much as if we had shrieked it in a page of box
car letters.
The laces are an importer’s close-out lot. Iden
tical laces from the same importer have sold over our coun
ters for 15c and 20c; not a yard is worth less than 10c; some
are worth 25c. Variously in white and real tints, edges and
insertings to match. Widths from to 4*4 inches. There
a re-
French Vais g* Round Thread Vais
Normandy Vais Calais Vais
Shadow Vais V Matched Sets
3
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1
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$1.25& $1.50 Muslinwear, Kimonos, Etc.
Enthusiasm will run riot here to-morrow. For we offer
just the very kimonos, house dresses and muslinwear lor
which you would gladly pay $1.25 and $1.50, at 98c.
Lavish quantities, too. and fresh attractive assortments. Not soiled, mussed
merits', but spick, span new merchandise. The muslinwear includes every style
ment. Look here:
gar-
gar-
Gowns—While crepe, plain or embroid
ered, striped crepes, linen, lace-trim-
med. nainsooks in many styles. 98c.
Petticoat*—Nainsook. 4 styles: scalloped,
embroidered, net ruffle, lace ruffle 98c
98c
Combinations—Many styles: regulation
or slashed leg drawer. Lace, em
broideries and ribbons. 98c.
Drawers—All-extra sizes, more than a
dozen styles. Fine cambrics and nain
sooks Lace, embroidery and ribbons.
98c
Princess Slips Three styles; nainsook. Corset Covers—Seven styles; sheer
lace, embroidered and ribbon-trimmed Values nainsooks with lace medallions, seal-
Some w-ith medallions let In. 98c. loped embroideries, etc. 98c.
Teddy Bear—The new chemise and $J,25 & $1.50 Chemise—Soft nainsooks, many styles,
drawer combination. Envelope style lace, embroidery and ribbon-trimmed.
Fine nainsook, daintily trimmed. 93c. 98c.
Long Kimonos Lawns. Plisse Crepe ami Serpentine Crepes. Floral and character
istic kimono patterns. All colors. Loose ami Empire styles; some trimmed in satin
bands. Styles and sizes for all, 98c.
House Dresses Soft English Percales, plaids and small checks. Clear, inviting
grounds, 98c. (Second Floor.)
ft
to
Four “Plums
Make a“ Peck” of
29c I 49c
Silk Bargains
for 59c Silk
Foulards, etc.
Don’t know where you
could get as pretty
cottons for 20c—and
these are pure silk.
The loading foulard
patterns ill dark and
medium colors. Plenty
of the wanted blues
In many choice de
signs. Also a few
solid niessa lines at
20c.
for $1 Silk
Taffeta
Soft eb Iff on taffetas,
full [dump weight,
lively plain weaves,
that drape with class
ic grace. Solid col
ors and changeable*
in about every want
ed shnde save black
or while. Lit! inches
wide. Fine for |s>t
ticoats, dresses,
waists, etc.
59c
for $1 &$1.25
Fancy Silks
About half-price and
less for Horae of the
prettiest silks of the
season. Soft, free
flowing taffetas and
messalines in pretty
floral prints, Dresden
patterns, Pekin
stripes, and various
fancies. I leading col
ors, 24 and 27 inches
wide.
79c :
for $1.50 Tussah 5S
Crepe de Chine
With all kinds of crepe.
Crepe silk crepes are
(lie scarcest silk in
the market, yet here
is a soft Tussah crepe
de chine In all the
leading colors at
11 bout half price.
Yard wide, too, little
is required for a
dress. l'ure silk,
crepe.v and crinkly.
Solid colors
(S'lk Annex—Main Floor, Left)
M. RICH & BROS. CO. ftMWWW M. RICH & BROS. CO.