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2 THE ATLANTA UKUKItIAN AND NEWS, fSA'J't KUAY, JIA Y17, Ufid. SEEK fJEil CLEWS Proposed Church Amalgamation of National Bodies Applauded Wildly in Convention *•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ United Presbyterian Churches of North America To Be New Name of Combination The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON NOTES Continued From Page 1. pa- h word, the angle of the slant In forming the letters and the forma tion of certain letters that experts claim no two men write alike, are some of the tests applied. Burns Man Works Quietly. The Burns investigator who took up the cas« Friday morning has not yet reported to the office of the So licitor. He is quietly and systemati cally working out his own idea of the case after a comprehensive outline given him by Colonel Thomas B. Fel der. He has succeeded so far in keeping his identity secret. Colonel Felder was confident the Bums agency w r ould satisfactorily conduct and conclude the Phagau case. “We will have the slayer In less than a month,” said Colonel Felder. ! •*\ am confident the Bums men will meet with every success. With Mr. Burns in Europe, the man he has sent to Atlanta is certainly the best detective in America. He has charge of the Burns work in this country j and is his chief's right-hand man. Mr. Burns himself will be on the scene shortly after June 1, and then I am confident the case will be cleared up beyond any shadow of a doubt.” Believe Newt Lee Innocent. Officers working to solve the Pha- j gan strangling mystery Saturday de clared they were more firmly con- j vinced that Newt Lee, the negro i night watchman, had no hand in the } tragedy and that lie has told all he knows, as the result of a converse tion between the night watchman and - two other negro prisoners in the ; Tower which was overheard by Deputy Sheriff Drew Liddell. The deputy “shadowed" Lee's cell for ' ?,5 minutes, while the night watch- i man, unconscious of the fact that an officer was secreted but a few steps away, casually discussed the great ' pencil factory crime with Oscar Dew- \ b.Try, a negro under sentence of j death, and Jack Wright, a negro mur- I der suspect brought here from Gwin- j n* tt County for safe keeping. To these fellow prisoners Lee time and again protested his innocence, and insisted that he knew nothing more of the tragedy than what he had told the officers, that he abso- mtely had no part in it beyond the finding of the slain .girl's body in the basement. Whether this incident will figure in ny way in the investigation before the Grand Jury has not been an nounced by Solicitor Dorsey. Deputies Try Strategy. Deputy Liddell first visited the. Tower with Deputy l^on Burdett and talked with the negro. Lee related the same story told to detectives and to the Coroner’s jury. The detective then determined on a ruse. He told the negro he would be back and talk to him again, and the second time returned with Deputy John Owens and J. L. Coogler, a court officer. When Lee had again reiterated his j same story the trio of officers left I the cell. As Owens and Coogler walked away, Liddell, however, noise-i hssly stepped behind two big steam pipes just on the outside of the ne- i gro's cell. The cither two officers walked heavily enough to leave the impression that all three had gone. As the footsteps died away in the j distance on the metallic floor Jack Wright asked Lee: Say, why don’t you tell them white folks what you know about that kill ing? If you know who done it, tell 'em. that’s the best way.” Lee replied without hesitation: *T ain’t going to tell no lie about it. 1 can't help what they do with me; I ain’t going to lie. "I’ve done told them all T know. None Secured Information. The Gwinnett negro then asked Lee if he know the girl's body was in the basement before the time he discov ered it at 3:30 o’clock in the morn ing. “Good gracious, nigger. I’d tore that building down getting out of there if I’d known that body was in the basement." exclaimed the night watchman. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. VOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! Completion of Union Goes Over for a Year for Final Perfec tion of Details. Plans for th'* union of the South ern and United Presbyterian Assem blies, which, if effected, will precipi tate one of most momentous changes in the history of religious work in the. United States, were submitted to those bodies at their morning sessions Saturday. The new body will be known as the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Churches of North America. Committees were appointed by both bodies with Instructions to hold a MASS MEETING TO NIGHT Joint gathering, at 8 p. m. in the Auditorium, on general theme, "Christian Booial Service." Address by Dr. Charles Stelzle, of New York, superintendent bu reau of social service, U. S. A. Assembly, presiding officer of the evening "Christian Citizenship and the Social Evil" Address by Marlon M. Jackson, of Atlanta. "The Church and Its Relation to Industrial and Social Problems” -Address by James A. MacDon ald. managing editor The Toron to Globe. mittee was presented. A similar pa per. previously adopted by the com In the United Church who can not give an unqualified assent to the doctrinaj system contained In these standards. The united church would bear emphatic testimony to the fol lowing doctrines as essential port* of the a fore-said syrtem: (a) The Integrity of the Holy. Scripture*. The Scripture* of the Old and New Testaments are to be received as the very word of God, and their authority is to be recognized as the only Infallible rule of faith and life. "Father and Son One. <b> "Our Lord Jesus Christ is not only the Son of God In re spect to His natural, necessary and eternal relation to the Father, but also the true and supreme God. being one in es sence with the Father and the Holy Spirit." (c) “Our Lord Jesus Christ, besides the dominion which be longs to Him as God, has, as our God-map Mediator. a twofold dominion with which He has been Rev Dr J. W jpM|| Rev. T. P. Stagg, Cleveland, President ■iniMIT" II iiSmm Atlanta (left), Alabama W W f|£ meets Presbyterian Rev. John College, Gordon Law, Anniston, Walhalla, Ala SC. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 1. 1913. Voted for Address . . CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Saturday, May 17, 1913. S t/ATrC NOT GOOD AFTER VO I June 1. 1913. * Voted for Address SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. A NERVE TONIC Horsford't Acid Phosphate Recommended for relief of innomnia. Impaired ifire force and fatigue. Invigorate* the entire nxpu-m Adr. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DIS COURSES TO BE DE LIVERED HERE SUN DAY WILL BE THAT OF A NOTED LECTUR SR, 0. L. SULLIVAN, NEW YORK, AT CA BLE HALL AT 3 P. M. HE WILL SPEAK ON “THE RESURREC TION. OR LIFE BE YOND THE GRAVE.” Joint conference with a view to bring- inK about the amalgamation. Dr. J. K. McClurkin was made chairman of the United ABsembly committee. Ar ticles were drawn up showing the present differences in religious wor ship between the two bodies, and a discussion as to the remedy of the conditions was had Proposal Greatly Applauded. Before the Southern Assembly Kev. R. C. Reed read a report on the pro- posed union. At both meetings the proposed com bination met with unanimous ap proval. Tremendous applause fol lowed its proposal. While the amalgamation will not be attempted in the present Assemblies, the committees appointed by each have been instructed to draw up ar ticles and in conferences to be held in the year to come to eliminate these differences and pave the way for the great union. Dr Reed was authorized to con vey to the Assembly of the Uiflted Presbyterian Church the action of this Assembly regarding the confer ence. Basis of Proposed Union. The text of the report of the con ference on the Union of the Southern Presbyterian Church and the United Presbyterian Church is as follows. "To the Venerable, the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church In the United States. •Your committee, appointed by the last Assembly, to confer with a sim ilar committee of the United Pres byterian Church in reference to the organic union of the two bodies, would respecttully report as follows, viz.: • Your committee held a meeting in the city of Nashville. Tenn., in the month of September. 1912, for the purpose of coming to an under standing «s to the propositions which it would be proper for us to make in a joint meeting of the two commit tees After a day of earnest confer ence. a paper was adopted covering all the points which, in the Judgment of your committee, should be consid ered in the joint sessions of the com mittees. Committees Meet Again. - "On the 4th day of December. 1912. in the parlor of the Ebbitt House, Washington City, the committees met and entered into conference at 10 a. m. The paper adopted by your com mittee of the United Presbyterian Church, was also presented. These papers furnished the materials of a conference lasting through the whole day. "The object of each committee was to present not individual views and preferences, but what was believed to be the views aiid preferences of the church represented. A beautiful spirit of fraternal love and confidence marked the discussions, and the ut most frankness characterized the in terchange of ideas. It is to be re gretted that not all the members of either committee were present. There were, however, a majority of each committee present, and they agreed without a dissenting vote, to recom mend to the two Assemblies a basis of union. No Difference on Principles. "As to the principles involved in this basis, there was no difference of opin ion, but there was not perfect agree ment touching the ording of one of the articles. In the hope of reaching a perfect agreement on this point, a Joint meeting of the two committees w as held in thee city of Atlanta, Ga., on the evening of May 13, 1913. This conference was also characterized by perfect candor. While on one or two points the committees could not see eye to eye. they unanimously agreed to lay before each Assembly the fruics of their labors as a basis of union between the two bodies “In accordance with this agreement, your committee respectfully presents to your venerable" body the following as the basis agreed upon. viz. Common Standing Ground. “Believing in the essential oneness of the church of Christ; remembering the historic lines that bind us to re vered ancestors, who witnessed val iantly for the truth as it is in Jesus and through whom has come to us a common heritage of Christian fnllh and doctrine; desiring to prove faith ful in the custodianship of this in heritance and aiming only for the glory of God in the higher advance ment and wider extension of His kingdom upon earth, we, the mem bers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the members of the Presbyterian Church of North America, do find a common standing ground in the following statements, and upon the basis of these funda mental truths we covenant to Join our ecclesiastical bodies in organic unity: The Articles. “1. The doctrinal standards now held' in common by these two churches, viz, the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, shall be the doctrinal standards of the United Church. “2. The standards are to ho in terpreted in their natural and ob vious meaning, ajuI no one shall be authorized to teach or preach invested by the Father as the re ward o^ liis sufferings. These are: A dominion over the church, of which He is the living head and lawgiver and source of all that divine influence and au thority by which she |s sustained and governed; and also a do minion over all created eprsons and things, which is exercised by Him In subserviency to the mani festation of God’s glory in the system of redemption and the in terests of His church.” Atonement for Sin. (d) As to the constitution of the person of our Redeemer, the Scriptures plainly teach that He was conceived by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary and was born without a human father. He lived a life of perfect obedience, and by the shedding of His blood made full atonement for sin and purchased redemption for his people. (e) "The Holy Spirit. the third person of the Trinity, eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son, does, by a direct operation accompanying the word, so act on the soul as to quicken, regenerate and sanc tify it; it is His to take of the things of Christ and show them unto men; and without His di rect operation the soul would per sist in rejecting the truths of God’s word and would refuse to yield to the motives “which it presents." In His gracious work, the Holy Spirit is the revealer of Christ, the interpreter of His word and the comforter of the believer. In addition to these essential doctrines, the united church would lift into prominence: The Church’s Mission. The mission of the church: We believe that the Gospel of the Son of God is the only hope of a sinful, dying world. We recognize in the commands of Christ the urgent call to the evangelization of the world and we bow before the imperative White City Park Now Open duty of sending the message of the Word for a witness among all nations. The exclusively spiritual char acter of the church’s mission. This union is based on the state ment of our common Confession of Faith, viz., "Synods and Coun cils are to handle or conduct nothing but that which is eccle siastical: and are not to Inter meddle with civil affairs which concern the commonwealth, un less by way of humble petition in cases extraordinary , or by way of advice for satisfaction of con science, if they be thereunto re- ‘quired by the eivil magistrate." Everyday Christianity. The exclusively spiritual char acter of the mission of the church does not imply that the church owes no duty to civil society. On the contrary it is the imperative duty of the church, through its members as citizens of the civil commonwealth to apply the prin ciples of Christianity to all the political, social and industrial conditions of society. 4. The supreme judicatory of the United Church shall be a Gen eral Assembly, the official title of which shall be “The General Assembly of the United Presby terian Church of North America." it being understood and agreed that this shall not affect local and historic names of churches, Pres byteries and Svnods. Form of Church Order. 5. As to the basis of represen tation and in the conduct and the proceedings of the First General Assembly, the Book of Church Order of the Presbyterian Church in the United States shall be au thoritative. t>. The subordinate courts of the church shall continue to use pro visionally the book of rules un der which they have hitherto been governed. 7. The Synods and Presbyteries shall remain as at present con stituted until such time as it shall manifestly appear that some change is needed for the best in- T. W. Milner, Cartersville, at the left, and William Baker, of Sedalia, Mo., discussing the As semblies. terest of the cause and King- dom of Christ. Executive Agencies to Continue. 8. All executive agencies shall continue as at present, and con gregations shall continue to send their contributions through the customary channels. But these executive agencies shall co-oper ate with each other as far as practicable in the circumstances, and shall seek to devise some method by which, with the au thoritative action of the General Assembly, and the approbation of the whole church, they can be- ocme completely identified. Be fore. however, such complete con solidation takes place, careful steps shall be taken after con sultation with competent attor neys to safeguard and preserve all property rights affected by the union of churches. On Singing Psalms. 9. There is a difference in the historic faith and practice of the two churches touching the mat ter of praise in the worship of God. The one church holds the belief that the Book of Psalms is the perfect and divinely ac credited manual of praise, and as such is to be used in worship to the exclusion of all devotional compositions of uninspired per sons. The other, while believing that the Psalms of Scripture were de signed for permanent use in the church, and should have a large place in Christian worship, yet hold that other compositions that are in harmony with the teach ing of Scripture may, with pro priety and profit, be used in con gregational singing. This difference is frankly rec ognized, but holding our respec tive views, in the forbearance of love, we suggest the following as a practicable basis: Believe F'salter Inspired. We believe that the Psalter of the Bible, the Psalms of David, is an inspired manual of praise and that the Spirit of God indict ed these songs to be used in the worship of the people of God to the end of time. The United Church will, therefore, take im mediate steps to introduce to all its congregations, by indorsing and recommending the Psalms of the Bible in the best metrical ver sion as a divinely accredited book of praise. But while strongly commending the use of the Psalms, it is agreed that each church in our respective synods shall be allowed in the matter of congregational singing the same liberty which it now enjoys. "Sole View to Honor Christ.” Finally, recognizing that It is im possible to make specific provision for all points of difference that may aris^ it is understood that these churches enter the ujiion in the spirit of mutual confidence and Christian love, and with a sole view to the honor of Christ and the extension of His Kingdom. “It follows from this that the law of Christian charity as expounded by the Apostle Paul must be our guide: “Let us not therefore judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather that no man put a stumb ling block in his brother’s way.’ ’Let each of us< please his neighbor for that which is good unto edifying,’ ‘doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind, each counting other better than him self; not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.’ ’’ “The Presbyterian Church in the United States: “R. C. Reed. “John F. Cannon. “S. L. Morris. “The United Presbyterian Church of North America : “J. K. McClurkin. “W. C. Williamson. “J. C. Scouller "T. S. McMurray. Delay Recommended. “Your committee recommends that this report be not considered at this Assembly, but that it be placet? on the docket for the consideration of the next Assembly. Your committee would mention two reasons for this course. First, this is the disposition which the committee of the United Presbyterian Church is going to ask their Assembly to make of their report, and it is de sirable that the two bodies act In con cert. Second, as this basis is new to our church, and as the two churches, occupying different territories, widely separated, are not well acquainted, :t year should be allowed for bota churches to acquaint themselves with the gravity of the step proposed. “R. C. REED, Chairman. JOHN F. CANNON “S. L. MORRIS." Elect Infant Clause Stands. Report No. 1 of the standing com mittee on bills and overtures was submitted by Rev. T. S. Clyce, D.D., chairman. This report had reference solely to the overtures relative to the “elect infant clause." It recommended: "In view of the fact that the question of amending this section (referring to Section 3, Chapter X of the Confession of Faith ( has been before the church for thirteen years and the church has not agreed on the form of change to be made, and in view of the fur ther fact that the Assembly of 1902 (Alexander’s Digest. Revised, page 8) declared that the Holy Scriptures am ply warrant us in believing that all infants who die in infancy are includ ed in the election of grace and are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit, which declaration we would here reaffirm, we recom mend (hat no amendment for the present be sent down to the presby teries.” This report was not adopted, how ever, but consideration was deferred until a later session of the Assembly, the moderator saying that in view of the facts that all of the overtures on this subject had not been tabulated, action at thi9 time would not be ad visable. Atlanta Overture. The overture by the Conference on Springs, Miss.; D. M. Douglas, Clin ton, S. C.; L. R. Walker. DeFuniak Education in Atlanta to the General Assembly, with names attached of ill representatives present, follows: "That the Conference on Education iiy' the Presbyterian Church of the United States, in meeting in Atlanta, Ga. t May 13 and 14, 1913, overture the General Assembly convening in Atlanta May 15, 1913, to appoint an ad interim committee, composed cf the executive secretary of Christian Education and Ministerial Relief as chairman and one member from each synod, to consider all matters relat ing to the discovery, definition, co ordination and allied questions of the schools and colleges connected with our church; that this committee call the Christian educators of these schools and colleges into conference with themselves at Montreat, N. C., during July or August of this year to discuss matters coming-under the purview of this committee, and that this committee report its findings with or without recommendation, ;o the General Assembly of 1914." Continued From Page 1. make as much noise as possible, aruf believe me, a 20-piece band can make some noise. , “There also will be the camels to lead the parade and the elephant as well, to add a unique coloring to it. "The reception committee is com posed of Dr. M. E. Turner, Oscar Weinmelster, T. H. Pitt and myzeif. We have secured several cases of Japanese umbrellas and every local Shriner will carry one in the parade. “The procession will start from the Temple at 12:15 o’clock. It will pro ceed down Peachtree and Whitehall Streets to Mitchell Street and thence to the Terminal Station, arriving there just when the train is due. "There will be a concert in the plaza before the station until the train arrives and the crowd will join in singing patriotic songs. When the outposts announce the approach of the home-comers, a grand cheer will ring out and the entire body will ad vance down to meet them. Crown Them With Wreaths. "We will crown their heads with wreaths* and carry them on our 8 .?w??. rs to waiting automobiles. With these, machines in the lead, closely followed by the band, the ele phant and the camels, then the corps of Shriners in their full regalia and after them the thousands of citizens, the procession will move down Mitch ell to Whitehall Street and proceed down Whitehall and Peachtree Streets to the temple. Arriving here there will be speeches of welcome, and Mr. Adair and his companions W1 ., Prevailed upon to answer. “It was first planned to have the parade when the drum corps and the main body of Shriners who went *o Dallas returned," continued Mr. Lssig, “but they will not arrive un til Sunday morning. Of course, we could not have the parade on Sun day. That Tired Feeling That comes to you every spring is a sign that your blood is wanting In vi tality, Just as pimples and other erup tions are signs that it is impure. One of the great facts of experience and observation Is that Hood's Sarsa parilla always removes That Tired Feel ing, gives new life and courage. Do not delay treatment, but begin at once to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla Get. it to-day in usual liquid form o* in the tablets called Sarsatabs. We have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Flora! Co., 555 E. Fair Street. HAVE YOU SORE GUMS OR LOOSE TEETH? A prominent dentist, after years of experience, has found a home rem edy that will cure Riggs’ disease, bleeding, inflamed and spongy gums, and tighten loose teeth by rinsing the mouth. Probably you have not enjoyed eat ing for some time. Get a bottle of 1 STYP-STRING-ANT and that dis- ; ease of the gums and teeth will be ! cured: therefore, aiding digestion. 50c bottle at all druggists, or par cel post, 55c in stamps. DeLamater- Lawrence Drug Company, wholesale distributors. ATLANTA ALL THIS WEEK MATINEES MONDAY Miss Billy Long Co. WED. and SAT. In a Farce With 1,000 Laughs 25c Are You a Mason? Nights «HT~-m oeep mni" 15c to 50c Seats Now. FORSYTH v r: E Mat. Dally Evanlng 8:30 PAUL DICKEY&C0. Next Waek ADAM A EVE World’s Greatest Monkeys APOLLO TRIO—HEWH0FF & PHELPS—BILLY WELLS— CLARENCE WILBUR C0.- MAYO & ALLMAR A OTHERS The Case • • • • OF Phagan Will the Alert Detective Burns Solve the Great Mystery? The SUNDAY AMERICAN Will have some exclusive iealures on this case that everybody willwant to — gread-g*^———