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The Georgian-American Pony Contest
VOTE COUPON
United Assembly Lauds Wilson
for Moral Stand, but Omits
Secretary of State.
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moral and political question
turned down by the United Pi
rian Assembly Friday morning.
The motion to send the message to
President Wilson was made by the
Rev J. W. Springer, of Pittsburg, just
prior to the adjournment of the Fri- J
day morning session The wording of
the motion was "that the moderator
of this Assembly be instructed to take 1
steps for sending of joint message I
from the moderators of this Assem
bly. the Northern Assembly ‘and ‘he
Southern Assembly to President
Woodrow Wilson, congratulating him
on the stand he has taken on the im
portant inoral and poltical questions
of the day.”
Rev. J. A. Mahaffey requested that
Mason Tangles Police Deadlock| Ja B p y T E r °pS• ^ chilf
Won’t Use His Power to Break Tie
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Factional Lines Drawn Tighter
Carlos
Mason,
Head of
Police
Board.
Secretary of State William J. Bryan
be included in the message, but the
idea met with opposition from a num
ber of commissioners.
"There are other secretaries who
rank as high as Mr. Rryan," declared
Rev. Mr. Springer, "and we should not
include the Secretary of State unless
we include the others also.”
Dr. Robert M. Russell, moderator >f
the United Presbyterian Assembly,
also objected to including Mr. Rryan
in the message.
"There are other men in the Cabl-
net who have taken positions that are
as praiseworthy as that of Mr. Rry
an." declared the head of the Assem
bly. "I do not think we should include
any of them, but should send the mes
sage only to the head of the nation."
Dr. Russell announced that lie would
< onfer with the moderators of the
other assemblies and formulate the
joint message.
Asks Georgia Grads
To Help Association
Harrison Junes, chairman of the
< nmmittee on alumni bureau of the
University of Georgia, has Issued a
call for donations from graduates to
strengthen and perpetuate the Alum
ni Association.
Mr. Jones outlines in a circular let
ter an aggressive campaign by the
committee, which includes the com
piling of an accurate list of living
alumni sad the establishment of a
monthly bulletin as a form of com
munication between graduates.
Mr. Jones asks $20 from each alum-
I nuF lie states the class of 1907, of
which he was a member, has sub
scribed $200. and other contributions
are ccuning in steadily Assisting Mr.
Jonep are diaries M, Strahan, ’83,
Athens; A. Pratt Adams, '9tk Savan
nah; George T. Jackson, ’97. Augusta,
and Thomas W. formally, 04. At
lanta.
Deny Servian Prince
Will Wed U.S. Widow
Special Cable to The Atlanta G e orgian
BELGRADE. SEE VIA. May 16.—
Semi-official denial was made here
to-day of the persistent reports that
Mrs Hughes Pratt, a rich American
widow, is to marry Prince Arsene
Karageorgevltch, a brother of King
Peter of Scrvia. ft was announced
mat Prince Arsene has been in the
field with the Servian army since tlie
outbreak of the Balkan war.
If. In spite of denials, the marriage
takes place. Mrs. Pratt will be the
first American woman to become the
sister-in-law of a reigning monarch.
SUICIDE CLASPS MEDAL
GIVEN HIM BY CONGRESS
PHII,AI>Bl,PHIA. May 16 -Casper
Knobel. 69 years old, last surviving
member of fourteen Union cavalry
men who captured .Jefferson Davis.
President of the Confederacy, at
tempted suicide to-day at his board
ing 1 louse here by inhaling gas.
Clasped in his hand was the gold
medal given him b> Congress for his
part in the arrest of Davis.
JUDGE CLELAND’S VIEWS
OF THE PENAL SYSTEM
The greatest enemy of the
church to-day is the penal sys
tem.
Christ found the weak spot in
criminal prosecution when He
said to those who were persecut
ing the evil woman; "Let ye who
are without sin cast the first
stone.”
Presenting prisoner*.! with Bi
bles and sermons on "The Prodi
gal Son" does little or nr* good.
The half-million-dollar refor
matories offer university courses
in crime and bestiality.
It is as logical to send a man
to Jail to make him better as it is
to shut him, up in a garbage can
to improve his digestion.
Thousands are sent to Jail, not
because they are criminals, but
because they are poor.
Two of the great divisions of the
Presbyterian Church—the Northern
and the Southern Assemblies—now in
session in Atlanta, will be called upon
Friday to adopt or reject a plan, pro
posed by Judge McKenzie Cleland, of
Chicago, to inaugurate a wholesale
investigation of the penal system of
every State in the Union.
Judge Cleland has prepared his
plan in the form of resolutions, and
will appear before the two Assem
blies to urge their adoption. The res
olutions were unanimously adopted by
the United Presbyterian Assembly
Thursday afternoon. They call for
a commission of "five members, to in
vestigate and report tnf the next As
sembly Whether the present methods
of dealing with offenders is in har
mony with the teachings of Christ,
and wherein the church may the bet
ter perform its duty and fulfill its
obligation to the prisoner." Dr. R.
M. Russell, the moderator, has an
nounced that he will announce the
names of the United Presbyterian
commission on Friday.
Expect to Lay Plan* Here.
It is probable, in the event that the
Northern and Southern Assemblies
adopt tlie plan of Judge Cleland and
appoint commissions, that a Joint
meeting of the three commissions will
be held in Atlanta, to plan the work
of investigation.
Much comment has been heard in
hotel lobbies and in the Assembly
headquarters since the United Pres
byterians adopted Judge McKenzie’s
resolutions. The general sentiment
appears to be that the church is re
miss in its duties and is neglecting
one of its greatest opportunities If it
fails to take up the prison work. It
is expected that the resolutions will
be unanimously adopted by both the
Northern and Southern Assemblies.
In an address delivered prior to the
introduction of his resolutions. Judge
Cleland bitterly assailed the penal
systems, declaring that they are the
greatest enemy of the church.
Asserts Church Is Remiss.
"From the policeman In his brass
buttons and blue coat, who thinks
might is right and who opens his lii-
tie court on the street corner-and
sends some poor soul to jail." declared
Judge Cleland, "up to the milllon-dol-
lar reformatories which offer univer
sity courses in crime and bestiality,
the penal system is against the teach
ings of the church and of Christ.
The church is not doing its duty if
it does not hearken to the appeal of
the wretches who are confined in the
prisons. Think of it! A vast moving
population of 800,000 souls a year. ig.
norant and helpless and practically
without religious comfort! It is true
that we give them Bibles and ser
mons on the Prodigal Son’ to he.p
them survive the horrors of Imprisor -
ment, but this does little or no good.
"Js not the entire penal system at.
war with the principles for which the
church stands? The minister on Sun
day preaches brotherly love, and on
Monday the police courts open and
tell the people that the church is
w rong
"Too Many Who Have Sinned.”
"Christ found the weak spot in eriqi-
Inal prosecution when He told those
who brought the evil woman before
him; 'Let ve that are without sin cast
the first sftnne.’ There, is the same
weak spot now. Too many people are
handling the courts and the prisons
that have sinned in a greater measure
than the men they trv and condemn
to a living death." *
Judge Cleland declared that the hor
rors of the penal system of the United
States are such that no tongue can
describe them. He declared that the
people aland for it because of igno
rance, and give the system a good
moral character to which It is not en
titled.
"It is as logical to send a man to
jail to make him better as it is to
shut him up in a garbage can to im
prove his digestion. God never made
man to live in a Jail, and I charge th it
the sole reason there are to-day in
America 100,000 professional crimi
nals. with earnings of $800,000,000 a
year, is the penal system.”
Scores Prison Factories.
Judge Cleland made a stirring
plea that the church awake to the
fact that the p rison industry has
become a commercialized project
through tlie machinations of contrac
tors and politicians, and urged action
that would take the control of the
penal institutions out of their hands.
"Thousands aiy sent to jail." he
declared, "for no other reason tjian
that the Jails and prisons must be
kept busy coining dollars for the
contractors and the politicians.
"Sentences are changed to keep
good workers longer in confinement.
A case in point is that of a woman
who died in a Georgia chaingang aft
er eighteen months’ service. After her
death it was found that her original
sentence had been twenty months.
The sentence was changed to twenty
years because she was a hard and
willing worker.
"The prison Is not a corrective in
stitution. Forty per cent of the
persons who go to jail go back
again. I know of one woman who has
been in the Chicago prisons 176 time-*.
Thousands are sent to Jail, not be
cause they are criminals, but because
they are poor. They commit a minor
infraction of the law, are unable *o
pay a small fine and are then sen*
to Jail, where ,thdy learn vicious hab
its and become real criminals.”
Refer* to Ollie Taylor.
Judge Cleland poured much sym
pathy upon the head of Ollie Taylor,
who. common reports hath it. was sen
tenced to reformatory for eleven
years for stealing a bottle of soda
water. Judge Cleland declared that
he did not blame the people of Geor
gia or the Judge who sentenced the
boy, but laid the blame at the door
of the system which made such things
possible.
Judge Cleland charged that the
jails are filled with poor, ignorant
immigrants, guilty of some minor
breach of the law of which they
know next to nothing"
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WASHINGTON. May 16—D. C.
Collier* president of the Panama-
California Exposition to be held in
19l5. at San Diego. Cal., is not wor
ried over the Japanese situation.
While In Washington he has com
pletely ignored the controversy, de
claring that plans for the exposition
will not be altered on account of ihe
tense state of affairs on the coast.
(’oilier does not expect war with
Japan, but is predicting great artistic
and industrial advancement in the
period during which the alarmists de
clared California will be ravaged by
a Japanese Invasion.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
Senators Deny Panic
And Tariff Are Akin
Militia Keeps Mob
From Triple Slayer
WASHINGTON, May 16.—A cam
paign of education to prove that the
panic of 1893 was manufactured a fid
did not result from the passage of a
radical tariff bill has been under
taken by the Democrats of the Sen
ate. Senator Thomas, of Colorado,
already has made a speech to this
purpose.
The campaign has been forced by
the attitude of the more rabid mem
bers of the opposition w’ho have pro
claimed the probability of panic and
ruin.
"No panic ever resulted from the
passage of a tariff bill," declared Sen
ator Thomas. "The panic of 1893
was a manufactured panic."
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, May 16.—
Two companies of National Guards
men were still on duty at the county
jail here to-day following several at
tempts by a mob to break down the
doors and lynch Tom Lee, a negro,
who shot and killed Policeman (>gle-
tree. Frank Soles and Will Moore.
The mob early to-day raided and
wrecked many negro stores and house-.
Estimates on the damage done by
the mob ran as high as $25,000.
One of the attacks on the jail was
made with a 9(l*pound railroad rail
Hth which the rioters rammed the
heavy steel door. The police fought
for several minutes before the mob
was driven back.
Nation- Wide Prison Inquiry
Is Expected of Assemblies
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Mayor Denies Making Fight
Against Chief Further Than
in Seletion of Sergeant.
Cornell Man Tells
Students to Borrow
Although Chairman Carlos H. Ma
son. Chairman of the Police Com
mission, stands as the pivot in the
split of the commission over the
promotion power of Chief Beavers, he
will not use his powerful influence
to aid either faction, but, according
to his own statement will vote simp
ly as an individual member of the
commission.
“I voted to allow the chief to nom
inate the new sergeant.” he said, “but
1 did not know who he intended
to nominate and 1 don’t think any
body else did. I have no more in
terest in this matter than any other
member of the commission and I
don’t intend to take any greater part
in it than any individual member.”
Mayor Woodward emphatically de
clared he was making no fight on
Chief Beavers further than that in
volved in the election of a sergeant.
The crux of the situation is the op
posing personal preferences of the
members of the commission for the
new sergeant.
The fight is significant chiefly from
! ihe fact that Commissioners W. A.
Vernoy and Charles R. Garner, hith-
I erto staunch supporters of the Chief,
are against him in this fight.
Since the adjournment of the com
mission after a tie vote which pre
vented an election Tuesday night,
the members of the two factions
have become more firm in their pos
itions. Chief Beavers has not nam
ed his man. Roundsman Whatley is
the only candidate nominated.. Oth
ers are being suggested as a com
promise.
Chairman Mason sai.1 he probably
would call a special meeting of the
commission to settle the matter. It
is generally agreed that the split is
the most serious that has occurred in
the commission since Chief Beavers
became chief-in-fact w ith his vice
crusade.
The attitude of Chairman Mason
gives the whole situation a puzzling
aspect. * 1
ITHACA. N. Y„ May 16.—That a
needy student would do better to
borrow* the money to pay for his col
lege education than attempt to work
his way through was said by Prof.
G W. Cavanaugh of Cornell Univer
sity in addressing 'a group of stu
dents.
“The big problem for you working
students,” he said, "is how to get the
social contact with your fellow' which
you lose by spending several hurs
a day waiting on table or doing other
work. Moreover, you run a risk of
ruining your health by overwork and
undereating." Prof. Cavanaugh ad
vised the students either to work De-
fore coming to college or borrow the
money. #
High Irish Jurist Dead.
DUBLIN. May 16.—Right Hon.
Judge Wright. Judge of the High
Court of Ireland since 1901 and for
merly Solicitor General for Ireland,
died at his Wicklow residence to-day.
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Surprise Boxes Just Unpacked
And When They Were Opened, There Was
the Daintiest French Hand=Made Lingerie
The daintiest, the charmingest that ever we have seen at
these prices!
Indeed, a new standard of value has been set for French
underwear.
The prices are less than what is usually called fair, they
are low, very low; which you will better understand once you
see the garments.
Nainsooks are so sheer and soft and beautifully woven—
they could not have come but from France, and the hand-em
broidery, as neat, as regular, as "sweet” and pretty—those who
do such work will marvel that garments showing so much of it
could possibly be sold at such prices. ;
Indeed "these were surprise boxes!
Gowns
Petticoats
Prices begin at $3.00 for nain
sook gowns. Chemise cut with
dainty scallops and short sleeved.
At $3.50 the ribbon appears, run
through hand-embroidered eyelets;
chemise cut style or buttoning in
front. Then at $5.00 are the more
elaborately worked gowns, chem
ise and low neck yokes, open
sleeves.
Drawers
Priced at $2.50, $2.75, $3.00,
$3.50 and $3.75. Until now the price
range on drawers so embroidered
would have been $3.50 to $5.00.
Narrow, circular fitted drawers,
flat legs embroidered in French
dots and knots. The nainsook is
a delight.
Priced at $2.75. $3.00, $3.50 to
$15.00. When have you seen such
petticoats?
Of straight lines, fitted and all
haud-made, and of special value
even in this unusual lot are the
petticoats at $2.75 aud $3.00. They
are narrow, with embroidered flat
flounce which shows a row of hand
worked insertion at the top. You
will quickly note that in all the
seams pearling is used.
Corset Covers
Combination Suits
At $5.00, $6.00, $6.95 and $7.50,
corset cover and drawers. Those
at $5.00 as well as those at all the
other prices are more elaborately
embroidered than any we have ever
had at corresponding prices—the
ribbon-run headings at the waist
are very dainty.
A novelty even at $1.75. A cor
set cover with short sleeves that
act as a shield, also all the fullness
of the garment is confined in tucks.
Then at $1.98, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.75
are corset covers that grow in
beauty as prices mount—and the
embroidery is all done with such
exquisite neatness and in such nov
el and attractive patterns that a
woman’s appreciation of it will be
great.
A Corset With Elastic Gore at $1.00
The elastic front gore is a mark of a more expensive corset.
But w"P have succeeded in getting this comfort device into a cor
set wc can sell for $1.00.
Extra long skirt, medium low bust, four hose supporters. Tt
mav be had in all sizes.
The C.-J.-DuB. Special $1.50 Corset
A better $1.50 corset, made especially for our corset department
—arid we are proud to attach our name to such a worthy article.
The coutil is bettor, the boning is stronger than $1.50 ordinarily
buys. Very long skirt, medium low bust, si^ hose supporters.
Brassieres Priced
A Special Lot of $1.00 Brassieres is Marked at 69c
All fresh and new. The cambric is a fine quality, the embroid
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50c Brassieres 39c
They are all fresh, newly arrived. The embroidery voke is
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