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MODERATOR STONE ON POLITICS
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HE ASSEMBLY
At the opening of the Presbyteriu.i Asse£.Uy of the Northern Church on Monday tl.e newly elected moderator, Rev. Dr. Stone, ma.'.t the following brief reference to 1 e ; ■ .shed report tha f he 1 :1 been chosen to his high office through “political pull:
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<I ask you 1<> give vour undivided attention for a mo
ment. We are here as representatives of a great church to do the work
ef the church. We have no right to allow any personalities or any di
verging thoughts to control our time. 1 believe tluit the newspapers
which have so well reported, and are reporting, the work of the assem-
bly an* intending in every way to do the work of (Tod with us. If any
have erred in judgmenl let us overlook it, or, better still, look not at it.
I have not .seen the morning paper, and I bog of you not to take niv time
discussing personal'matters. 1 wish *to state all I have to say is, I believe
in my Lord, I believe in my brother and 1 believe in doing my duty.
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EDITION
Famous Detective's Aid, C. W.
Tnbie, Issues First Statement
On Work in Slayiog Gase.
U. \V. Tobie, manager of the crim
inal department of the W. J. Burn.$
Detective Agency, Monday made pub
lic his theory of the murder of Mary
Phagan l or the first time the man
whd is representing Burns in Atlan
ta's greatest mystery until the noted
detective arrived consented to see re
porters.
Tobie s theory is that Mary Phagan
was murdered inside the National
Pencil plant, by soi^ie one familiar
vvRh the premises, and that her body
was dragged to the basement for pur
poses of concealment and probably
destruction. He scouted the idea she
was killed on the outside and dragged
inside, and declared that too much
buncombe has been given out by men
who have only muddied the waters.
While no new arrests are expected
immediately, Tobie declared the mys
tery is not at all impossible of solu
tion. and that the guilty man will be
apprehended in due time. Meanwhile,
he promised to issue statements tell
ing the progress made from- time to
time.
Burns Expert’s Theory.
Here is Tobie’s theory as he uot-
lined it to a Georgian reporter to
day:
Mary Phagan, while in the pencil
factory, was approached by some one
who made an improper proposal. She
resented it and the man asked her
to remain silent. She refused, saying
she would report the affair To the
proper authorities, and the man
struck her, hurling her against a ma
chine, the impact causing the skull
wound.
Seeing the injury he had inflicted,
the assailant became desperate. If
the girl revived she would tell the
story of the assault a,nd he would be
sentenced to the penitentiary. Actual
murder and prompt disposition of the
body offered the only possible escape,
and this he concluded to do. He
completed his work by tying a cord
around the 14-year-old girl’s neck and
strangling her.
Intended to Burn Body.
The body was then laken to the
basement of the factory, Tobie thinks,
because the murderer intended to in
cinerate it.
There was no fire in the furnace,
or not enough, or time was ton short.
The next possible ruse was to man
ufacture evidence that the murder
had been committed on the outside
a.ad the body dragged in. The guilty
man then pulled a staple out of the
hack basement door and dragged the
body to make it appear it had been
brought in from the outside.
“The door was opened from the in
side,” said Tobie„ “All the abrasions
are on the inside, and all the evi
dence points to the fact the door was
forced from the inside. The murder
wa committed by some one familiar
with the factory, one who had prob-
ably worked there, and the body was
takt n to the factory basement to hide
tlie crime. The note found there was
written for this purpose, also."
Big Develooments Rumored.
Hurried conferences Monday at
H on between Solicitor Dorsey and
Ch f of Detectives Hanford and then
Lit between (Thief Lanford and Pink-
t rt< n Detective Harry Scott led to
persistent reports about the police
c; • on that important developments
!r. the Phagan case were expected
during the afternoon.
Neither of the officials, however.
m >•;*: 1 divulge th nature of the con
i’* r no*'. further than to declare that
( > i • Tv going over evidence
Continued on Page 2, Column 7.
Here’s the Prize
List in Great
Story Contest
Prizes aggregating $250 are
offered by The Atlanta Geor
gian for the best solution of
the great serial novel, “The
Triple Tie,” that begins to
day in The Georgian, as fol
lows:
First Prize - - $100
Second Prize - 50
Third Prize - - 25
Fourth Prize - - 15
12 other prizes, each, 5
“The Triple Tie" will be
run in generous daily install
ments until June 29, when the
final chapter will be pub
lished. Synopsis of the last
installment is now in the
hands of Mr. T. J. Peeples,
cashier of the Amencan Na
tional Bank.
It will be held by him in a
sealed envelope until a com
mittee of three Atli.nta citi
zens not connected in any way
with The Georgian may se
lect the winners of the prizes.
GREAT STORY ASSEMBLY IS
HERESY
‘Dixie Girls’ Charm Stage Asset’
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Gladys Hanson Counsels Friends
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Famous Adress Loves Atlanta
lU BANKER, LIFE
‘The Triple Tie,’ Absorbing Base- i Teachings of Union Theological
ball Romance, Offers Chance Seminary Attacked in Northern
to Win $250 in Prizes. Presbyterian Report,
Mr. Hearst Guest
At Luncheon Given
By Robt. F. Maddox
Robert F\ Maddox gave a luncheon
in honor of William Randolph Hearst
at the Capital City Club Monday at
1 o’clock.
The luncheon was informal, and
was arranged to give Mr. Hearst an
opportunity to become acquainted
with representative men of Atlanta
business and professional circles.
Among the guests were Governor-
elect John M. Slaton, P. S. Arkwright,
W. L. Peel. W. H. Kiser, F. J. Paxon,
Forrest Adair, H. C. Worthen, John
E. Murphy, James H. Nunnally, Hugh
Murray, J. R. Gray, F. S. Ellis, Clark
Howell, Jr.. John S. Cohen, W. H.
Brittain. J. K. Orr. Henry S. Johnson,
Walter Rich, W. T. Gentry, Dr. W. S.
Elkin, Thomas B. Felder, John W.
Grant, Clifford L. Anderson. Judge
W. T. Newman, W\ W. Orr and Guy
Barham, Los Angeles.
Fire in City Hall
Basement; Smoke
Routs Workers
Fire broke out in the basement of
the City Hall at noon Monday and in
a few minutes the whole building was
so flooded with smoke that all work
had to he suspended.
It started in the room where the
health department’s fumigating
liquid and the gasoline supply are
kept and for a brief time threatened
to he serious.
The fire department soon put the
fiames out. but the calling out of all
the nearby companies on account of
the central location of the fire created
considerable excitement in the streets
and a great crowd gathered.
Governor Johnson
Signs Anti-Jap Bill
SACRAMENTO, May 19.—Governor
Johnson to-day signed the alien land
hill.
1,000 Ways
to Make Money
Do You Knoic
the Easiest Way
Is Through a
Georgian Want Ad
The Georgian to-day begins the I
publication of a great serial story en- j
titled, "The Triple Tie," which, it |
may be said with assurance, is the
most interesting story that has been
published for years.
In “The Triple Tie" ropiance. ad
venture and a great national sport
are woven together in a most in
genious and fascinating way. The
rqader is kept constantly on the anx
ious seat, wondering what is coming
next.
Readers of The Georgian will recall
the queer picture of the man with the j
curling beard; the eyeglasses and the
three ties on the bosom of his shirt
that has been appearing in this news
paper for two weeks. That picture
was published with the idea of excit
ing the reader’s curiosity. The three
ties were supposed to suggest the title
of the story—“The Triple Tie.”
Winners To Be Named Soon.
To stimulate interest in this great
contest. The Georgian offered five
prizes of $5 each for the best sugges
tions for a title for this story, based
on the picture published. At the
time the offer was made The Georgian
placed in the hands of Mr. T. J. Pee
ples, cashier of the American National
Bank, a sealed envelope containing
the name of the Kory—“The Triple
Tie.”
A flood of answers was received by
The Georgian. Everybody in Atlanta,
young and old, was interested. The
winners of this contest will be an
nounced In the next few days.
The picture Itself has nothing
whatever to do with the story. The
hero is a real, live, red-blooded young
man. and the reader, be he man or be
she woman, or young or old, will fall
in love with Gordon Kelly, for such is
the hero's name.
Chance to Win $250 in Prizes.
“The Triple Tie” will be published
dally in The Georgian in generous in
stallments. It will run until June 29.
Toward the very close the serial will
end abruptly at one of the most dra
matic situations ever conceived by a
novelist. Readers will then be asked
to supply the solution to the several
mysteries that are unsolved when the
installments end.
This is not a guessing contest.
For the best solutions prize* ag
gregating $250 are offered by The
Georgian. The first prize is $100,
second prize $50. third prize $25,
fourth prize $15, and there are also
twelve prizes of $5 each.
ORIGINALITY. LITERARY VAL
UE AND ANALYTICAL CLEAN
NESS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN
AWARDING THE PRIZES.
The Georgian assures its readers
that “The Triple Tie” is a story of
uncommon interest that will hold
close attention from the beginning tu
the very end. It is handled by the
author in a manner that is different
from that of any novel we have ever
read. It is written in brisk style and
there is absolutely not a dull moment
In the serial.
Be sure and begin reading "The
Triple Tie" in The Georgian to-day.
Address all letters to Mystery Edi
tor, Atlanta Georgian.
Atlantic Fleet in
Night Maneuvers
NEWPORT. R L. May 19. Ten
warships of the Atlantic fleet, led by
the flagship Wyoming, left Naira*
gansett Bay to-day for Block Island
Sound for a week's maneuvers
A feature of th*» maneuvers will
bfc a night “attack ' upon the flee 1 of
sulunarines.
I'harges that heretical teachings are
being spread by Union Theological
Seminary, of New York, confronted
the commissioners of the Northern
Presbyterian Assembly at their ses
sion Monday afternoon
The accusations were contained in
one of the minority reports, already
printed in The Georgian, of the spe
cial committee on the re-establishing
of relations between the church and
the seminary. The report was signed
by Rev. F. C. Mont fort, D. D., of Cin
cinnati.
The new theology was most vigor
ously attacked in the following para
graph of Dr. Montfort’s report:
A theology which denies the su
pernatural; that regards sin not
as the result of an ‘abrupt trans
formation' or the fall, but as ‘the
survival of the animal in man,’
and salvation 'not as an act,' but
as ,‘a process rooted as sin is, in
the nature of man.’ that regards
Christ ‘not as God and man,’ but
a* ‘God in man’ and ‘a type to
which all men are ultimately
destined to conform/ and which
acknowledges as man’s supreme
authority not the Scriptures, but
the ‘lightt hat is in him,’ is not
the theology of the Westminster
Confession nor of the Presbyte
rian Church.
The Northern Assembly had been
stirred by the charges that politics
had brought about the election of Dr.
John T. Stone as moderator. Dr.
Stone at the beginning of the morn
ing sesKon took occasion to reply in a
dignified manner, asking that all per
sonalities be laid aside and that if any
mistake had been made that it be
overlooked.
The most pretentious plan for the
amalgamation of the Presbyterian
Churches of America was made public
before the Northern Assembly. It
proposed a union of all the family of
Presbyterian Churches. Other pro
posal? which have received indorse
ment have embraced the union of two
or three of the branches. None before
has ventured to suggest for actual
consideration the union of all.
"Elect Infant Clause” to Stand.
The majority of the committee re
ported that prospects w r ere favorable
for a return to the former relations
between the church and the seminary
and that the directors of the institu
tion appeared most willing to make
ail the changes desired by the rep
resentative of the Assembly. They
asked that their committee be
continued so that the work of re
union might be effected.
The committee having in hand the
consideration of the “elect infant
clause” reported to the Southern As
sembly with the recommendation that
the phrasing of the clause be let
stand as It was.
Elect Infant Clause
To Remain Unchanged.
The taking of the report of the
permanent committee of systematic
beneficence from the docket of the
General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian Church is anticipated
with special interest. It is known that
ten overtures have been presented to
the Assembly from as many presby
teries touching this committee and
that requests have been made for the
full restoration of former powers of
this committee.
During the Assembly of 1912 this
committee was deprived of some of
Its power and seven members re
signed.
The keenest interest was precipi
tated on the Assembly floor Monday
when a second report touching the
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B. Sanders Walker, Jr., Makes Will
When Told He Cannot Survive Day.
Prayers Offered in Churches for
Recovery--TookMercury byMistake
MACON, < J A.. May 19. "1 wish it was all over now," said
B. Sanders Walker, Jr., when told this morning that this was hia
last day on earth, lie is dying from poison, having swallowed a
bichloride of mercury tablet by mistake for a headache pill last
Thursday.
lie is suffering intensely and is very Weak, his death being
considered but a matter of a few hours. His father, B. S. Wal
ker. of Monroe: his brother, Cliff Al. Walker, Solicitor General of
the Western Circuit, and other relatives are at his bedside.
Without exception, in every
church in Macon, Protestant and
Catholic, prayers were offered
yesterday for his recovery and
his ease was commented upon
from nearly all the pulpits in
the sermons.
Walker's case is one of pathetic
interest. He is one of the wealthiest
young business men in Macon or mid
dle Georgia, controlling property esti
mated at $700,000 valuation. He is a
graduate of the University of Geor
gia. in the class of 1903. He played
shortstop on the Georgia baseball
Negro’s Home—“This State j team while a student at Athens.
Walker was in the prime of young
manhood and a specimen of perfect
health when his mistake of four days
,, T _. ... ago placed him upon his deathbed.
Governor Joseph M. Brown Mon-
After the first day the pain caused
day issued r. proclamation offering » by th „ gnawlnK poison eased and sat
reward of 1150 for the dynamiter of a j about its deadly work of slowly but
ne«ro house on the plantation of surely destroying the functions of the
Ilf COBB
Offers Reward for Dynamiter of
s Home—“This State
Will Not Brook Anarchy.’’
.Miss Glad vs Hanson.
Returns Home for Rest After
New York Triumph in Belas-
co’s ‘The Governor’s Lady.’
“1 love Atlanta. The thing which
pleases me most about my success is j
that it -has pleased my Atlanta |
friends.”
Miss Gladys Hanson Snook, one of!
the most beautiful actresses Atlanta 1
has given the New York stage, fresh !
from triumphs as one of the leading
players in David Belasco’s produc
tion of “The Governor's Lady,” thus
expressed Monday her loyalty to her
home city.
She is .it her home, HU, <']cbn :
Avenue, for a month's rest after h -
metropolitan engagement. This sum
mer she sails for Europe, returning
only in time for the New York open
ing of the play in which ,>he added to
her fame this past season.
“Many of my Atlanta gir frier-
are anxious to attempt a stage ca-
leer, and already they are calling on
n.e,” Miss Hanson has told Atlanta
friends. “They start with well wishes
and congratulations and personal
chat, but always the conversation
works around to the question, ‘What
chance would I have?’
“Southern Girls Have Charm.”
“I may as well answer them all at
once. Atlanta girls who have any
talent for acting will find the stage
no more difficult, but certainly io
more easy, than any other profession.
Indeed, 1 think the Atlanta girls
stand a little better chance pf real
s;:c< ess than girls from other sections.
“Southern girls have a charm,
which is the birthright of Dixie, and
which managers are quick to recog-
rii/e. Then the famous 'Atlanta spir
it' is not limited. 1 feel sure, to the
on who are making the city famous.
This spirit of enterprise, of persevei .
-nee in th< face of obstacles, ana the
habit of succeeding should help At
lanta'^' daughter- as well as her sons.
Sometimcsl think, though, that the
re a a ds <-f the stage are hardly
enough to compensate for living away
from Atlanta. Th - is a dear, beauti
ful city; 1 always want to get back.”
James T. Anderson, in Cobb Count/.
He said the crime indicated that cer
tain men in Cobb County had taken
up the movement started by a lawless
element in Forsyth County to drive
the negroes out. and that a firm posi
tion by the State was demanded.
“I want it clearly understood that
this State will not make the slightest
concession to anarchy; and i feel con
fident the people are back of me,” said
the Governor
This action by Governor Brown
comes close on the heels of the offer
ing of rewards for the apprehension
of lynchers in Columbia and Heard
Counties. Copies of these proclama
tions have been sent to the county pa
pers of both these counties to be in
serted as advertisements.
Issues Proclamation.
When the Sheriff of ('obb County
called Governor Brown early Mon
day and told him of the dynamiting,
he immediately responded with a
proclamation, clearly indicating that
he was ready to begin warfare against
mob rule and uphold the supremacy
of the law with all available means.
Said the Governor:
"The State's process for enforcing
her laws is definite and complete. She
has not abdicated the power to apply
that process nor does she permit her
power to be usurped by any pereon or
combination of persons. She does not
concede that anarchy In any form nor
in any degree shall supplant her
laws."
Blow House to Pieces.
The house, occupied by a negro
narVied Lewis, was blown to pieces
about 12:3ft o’clock Monday morning.
The negro was ordered to leave the
community last winter He tied, but
returned again April I
When Sheriff Swanson reached th p
scene soon after the exploKon with
bloodhounds he was unable to follow
the dynamiters. It was discovered
that they had come and gone in a
buggy. The dynamite, with a long
fuse, had been pushed up under the
house.
Several negroes were in the house
at the rime, hut none was hurt. The
Anderson plantation is eight_ miles
south of Marietta
Springs road.
the
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Powder
kidneys and liver. Within another
day the kidneys were paralyzed. But
for a slight pallor, no one would know
from his appearance he was a living
dead man.
Calmly Winds Up Affairs.
When told he could not recover*
Walker summoned several of his busi
ness associates and gave directions
concerning the disposition of press
ing business matters. Besides being a
banker, he Is Interested in many busi
ness enterprises, particularly in real
estate.
"I know I must die,” he said to his'
friends. “It is something that can not
be helped, and I have made up my
mind to face fit as bravely as possi
ble. I do not feel the slightest pain;
it is strange that I must die from a
cause that makes itself so little felt.
If I didn't have so much faith in my
physicians and know that the poison
is in my system. I would laugh at my
sentence to death.
“1 suffered terribly from nausea and
burning pains for twelve or fourteen
hours after swallowing Ihe poison;
then the distress gradually wore away
until it ceased altogether. It is diffi
cult for me to believe mv end is so
near.”
Makes Will After Banauet.
Following his return from a ban
quet given to delegates to the Georgia
State Bankers' Association, who were
in convention here. Walker, who left
his bed and donned his evening
clothes to attend the dinner, called his
lawyer and made his will. Previous
to going to the banquet, he was a lit
tle skeptical concerning his approach
ing death and as one of the hosts to
the bankers he was as gay as the gav.
Excepting for the sad and at times
tearful faces of his w ife and children
and other relatives, it is difficult tJ
realize the Walker mansion is a housy
of death. Th** members of the family
have agreed not to talk of the im
pending fate of
presence and
the master in his
make every effort to
turn his mind from his approaching
end.
KILLED ON WAY FROM CHURCH.
LOUISVILLE. KY May 19. in a
runaway accident while returning
from church. Mrs. Edgar Woodall'*
neck was broken. Her infant son and
her husband were seriously hurt.