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THE ATLANTA GEORGlAN AND NEWS. '^ATl'UDAY. MAY 24. 1013.
FIRE MI[ FIGH 'Church Needs Better Preachers'
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Good Ones Scarce, Says Stelzle
ASSEMBLY
Savannah Chamber of Commerce
Starts Probe to Prove Insur
ance Discrimination in Ga.
BY JAMES B NEVIN,
Th#» City of Savannah, through itf«
Chamber of Commerce, hap started
an investigation into the question of
fir** insurance rates that may termi
nate in the State Insurance Depart
ment. if not in the Legislature it
self.
Th* primary purpose of the inves
tigation will be to determine whether
the City of Savannah is being dis
criminated against in the matter of
rates now prescribed by the Southeas
tern Tariff Association, which has its
Headquarters in Atlanta. In shap
ing its conclusions, the Savannah
rade body will employ statistics
gathered from all over the nation.
If rates in Savannah are found to
he excessive in the Judgment of the
-'avannah Chamber of Commerce, in-
juiry will be made as to excessive
rates throughout all Georgia. And
if the Chamber finds that Georgia is
being unfairly treated in this matter,
the case against the tariff body will
be carried before the State Insurance
Department, and it may be that Leg
islative relief will be sought.
The Savannah Chamber will em
ploy numerous insurance experts to
investigate conditions, and expects to
be put to considerable expense in
making its probe thorough and com
plete The question Is a broad one.
of course, and the Chamber of Com
merce expresses its determination to
be fair and equitable to the tariff
issoeiatton no less than to itself in
letting at the facts involved
The investigation was brought
About by reason of numerous com-
fiaipts of excessive fire insurance
•ates charged in Savannah, and once
the Chamber of Commerce made up
its mind to get busy with the ques
tion, it further made up its mind to
»iake its inquiry sweeping and effec
tive in such directions as the find
ings suggest
The inquiry will be started Imme
diately with an Idea of getting it
hrough in time to go before the
mmmer session of the Legislature for
relief. if necessary.
It seem*- to be generally agreed
that John P. Cheney, of Cobb, Is to
be the speaker pro tern of the next
House of Representatives.
He Is one of the veteran members
of the House as veterans go nowa
days, and is an experienced parlia
mentarian. Moreover, he Is genuine
ly popular with his fellow members.
• nd is sure to be acceptable us a
presiding officer.
, Resides being a member of the
Legislature, he is a member of the
city Council of Marietta, and a trus
tee of the Georgia Agricultural Col
lege. at Dahlonega.
Since Mr. Adams, of Hall, definite
ly announced that he not Only
would not be In the race for
speaker pro tern, but would sup
port Mr. Cheney, there have been no
other announcements, and the pre
sumption is that Mr. Cheney Is to be
elected without opposition.
According to an editorial in the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun. "Governor
Brown has suggested a monument to
former Governor Smith!"
It should be carefully explained,
however, that Governor Brown was
referring to former Governor James
M. Smith, and not to former Gover
nor Hoke.
Representatives Garllngton, Plcquet
and Olive of Richmond and Represen
tatives Wright. Foster, and Nunnally,
of Floyd, will introduce in the next
Legislature bills prescribing commis
sion forms of government for Au
gusta and Rome respectively.
Both measures will provide for a
ratifying vote of the people of the
municipalities affected, before becom
ing operative. So far. these two
Georgia cities are the only ones re
ported ready to ask the Legislature
for charter authority to set up a
commission form of government, al
though it is expected that others will
follow suit.
The North Georgia Citizen, of Dal
ton says that Congressman Gordon
Lee. of the' Seventh district, some
Jay w ill he Governor of Georgia and
"Gordon Lee is the kind of
man tha\ makes good by accomplish
ment. There is nothing of the spec
tacular in him. He is not wordy
and tiresome as are so many others
who holr^ responsible offices His
record speaks, and Lee has sense
enough to know it will do all the
Talking that is necessary."
One hears this talk of Lee for Gov
ernor around and about the hotel lob
bies and the capitol corridors fre
quently. Whether Mr. Lee has a
gubernatorial ambition and has ex
pressed it himself, it is a fact that
he has many friends who view the
suggestion with genuine approval
A member of the Legislature who
will seek to have a dog muzzling taw
passed by the incoming General As
sembly has gathered some striking
figures for the Legislature's consider
ation with respect to the hydrophobia
situation in Georgia.
Between the first of January and
the first of May. this year. 392 cases
of hydrophobia have been treated in
Georgia In 1912 there were 673
ia«es treated.
So fa.- this year there have been
13 cases in Savannah. 84 in Atlanta.
2 in Americus, 4 in Columbus and 2
in Douglas.
These figures, so the Georgia Mqd-
bal Society hopes, will go far to
ward convincing the Legislature of
the great necessity of a dog muz
zling law.
With the convening of the Legisla
ture only about on* month away in
terest in its forthcoming work is
growing every day.
The hotel lobbies are well filled dai-
4 ly with members of the new House
and Senate, and already the Legisla-
if\ while almost entirely made up
, new material, has managed to get
etty wf|i acquainted with itself.
Difficult Task for Seminaries
Job of Supplying Ministers for
Congregations Hardest of
All—Each Wants Best.
By REV. CHARLES STELZLE.
The Presbyterian Church needs
1,000 additional ministers to man its
churches, according to the report of
the committee on Christian life and
work, which reported at the North
ern Assembly Friday.
Among the many topics discussed
at the Assembly meetings, few arc of
more Importance than that of secur
ing ministers—not more ministers
necessarily, but better ministers, for
the demand to-day is for the highest
type of leadership In the church/
There never was a time in the his
tory of the church when^the chances
for making good as a preacher war
so great as it is to-day. The church
is being asked to take the lead In
the important social problems of the
day, as well :is the religious questions
of the period. Foi a real man's man.
here’s the Job of the twentieth cen
tury.
Many Men Needed.
But while better inert are needed,
we can't get away from the proposi
tion that we need a good many of
them. This is the problem which
faces the church.
Dr. W. H. Houston, of Columbus,
secretary of the committee on va
cancy and supply, which has charge
of finding preachers for vacant
churches, gave a stirring address. He
made the startling statement that
there are 3,000 ordained ministers in
the Presbyterian Church who are not
pastors -that is, they are not in
charge of churches. To be sure, many
of these men are engaged in othet
forms of religious work, but the great
mass of them are either without
churches, but looking for positions as
pastors, or else they are engaged in
business.
How to tie up these men—at least,
som« of them, i- the task confront
ing Dr. Houston’s committee. The
Assembly voted to give the commit
tee "half a cent a member" to make
the experiment of finding churches for
the unemployed ministers and minis
ters for vacant churches. This means
that Dr. Houston will have about $7.-
000 to spend -this year for the purpose
in question, atf there are nearly 1,400*.-
000 members in the church.
Half a cent a member per year may
seem like a mighty small contribution
for this purpose, but Dr. Houston be
lieves- he can make the demonstration
with this amount.
Here's good luck to him.
For if he succeeds, he will render
a great service not only for the Pres
byterians. but for all other non-Epis
copal churches which must depend
upon tlie wisdom of their sessions
and other boards or committees to
find ministers.
In the churches governed by bish
ops these officials simply say to an
unemployed minister: "You go to that
church." and he goes. And to that
church they say, "Here's your preach
er," and he stays just as long as
the bishop says so. Now the democ
racy of the Presbyterian Church is a
fine thing It gives each church the
right to "call" Just the preacher it
wishes. Rut the system also holds
some very serious disadvantages.
However, men have always paid dear
ly for the benefit* of democracy, and
If they want it, they must pay the
price.
Work for Seminaries.
Dr. A. H. Barr, of Baltimore, re
ported on theological seminaries. To
many people here's the crux of the
entire situation: If the seminaries
can make good in training men and
training them in the right way, so as
to give their students the right kind
of an outlook upon their tasks, it
will help immensely.
Dr. Barr said It was quite a popu
lar thing to criticise theological sem
inaries for their alleged shortcomings.
That’s easy. Few men can give us
a program and a curriculum which
will not only develop men of superior
type - this they can do without much
difficulty -but to take the ordinary
man who comes to the seminary to
become h preacher and really make a
r.Mi preachei of him-there’s the
rub.
Usually, the $1,000 church wants a
$10,000 preacher, so the Job of sup
plying preachers ia difficult at best.
Dr. Barr reported that the enrollment
in the junior classes in all Presby
terian theological seminaries this
year is 30 loss than it was a year ago,
although there are 60 more men in
the senior classes than there were
last year. This proves that either
students are holding on better In the
upper classes or else some men are
coming back to the seminaries and
finishing their courses. No doubt, the
seminaries are improving their cur-
rlculums. 'Phis will help in Inducing
more men to take the course.
Pay for Students.
Dr. William McKibbin offered a res
olution that the Board of Education
pay ordained ministers who wish to
return to the seminary for additional
work the same amount of money that
is paid the regular student for the
Gospel ministry Dr. McKibbin is
himself the president of a theological
seminary—Lane, of Cincinnati—and
he knows something of the difficulties
in the way of securing men and train
ing them.
The discussion of the day with ref
erence to the entire subject revealed
a decided interest in the matter, many
of the commissioners speaking to it.
Attorney Charges Crawford Heirs’
Representatives With Being
Disreputable Character.
First of Seaboard’s
Steel Diners Here
The first of six now stool dining
cars purr ha sod by the Seaboard Air
Line Railway arrived In Atlanta tills
afternoon and was met at the Union
Depot by Assistant General Passen
ger Agent h'red Gelssler and Robert
F. Maddox, one of the directors of
the road.
The new ears, which are 73 feet
long and seat 3fi people, are equipped
with 111. latest devices. Suction fans
prevent all odors from the kitchen
entering the car.
The cars will be run from New
York and Washington to Birming
ham and Florida. They cost $30,000
each and others will he put in serv
ice as soon as the Pullman Company
can finish them
Roosevelt in Person
To Push Libel Suit
MARQUETTE. MK’H. May 24
Arrangement? were completed to-day
by attorneys for the trial Monday of
the libel suit for $10,000 brought by
Theodore Roosevelt against George
A. Newett. editor of Iron Ore. a week
ly paper of lshpemlng, Mich.
Roosevelt is expected to arrive here
Monday.
The defense of Editor Newett will
be that he was criticising, in an edi
torial. a public man who was running
for office. Many prominent men from
all over the country will testify for
Rooseveit
Time Clock Accuses
Man It. Once Saved
UHIOAGO. May 24. The time clock
in the Cook County Jail, which saved
James Dugan, a guard, from being
prosecuted on the charge of complic
ity in the murder of his father-in-law
on December 18. 1912, will be used in
an effort to prove a charge of robbery
against Dugan.
According tp the clock record. Du
gan did not punch the time clock on
the night a number of freight cars
were robbed A man under arrest,
who confessed his part in the rob
bery. said Dugan was one of the
thieves.
Suffragists Called
“Slaves to Clothes"
WASHINGTON. Mg.v 24 Reprc
sentative Stanley E. Bow die, of Ohio.‘
who succeeded Nicholas Longworth
aroused the ire of W ashington suf- J
fragists by declaring that the suf- 1
fragettes would do well to emanci
pate themselves from the slavery of i
clothes.
He also suggested that they stop .
the slaughter of rare and beautiful i
bird.- for the adornment of woman
kind. take better cure of their serv- i
ants and abolish he deadly hook
and eye.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Tf^ it!
Dollar Diplomacy
Called Necessity
CHICAGO. May 24.—"Dollar diplo
macy" has become a necessity be
cause the use of diplomacy has come
to be more and more used to safe
guard and advise traders who are
pushing commerce into new quarters
This was the statement of William J.
Calhoun, former Minister to China.
"Why should the United States
spend $350,000,000 on the Panama Ca
nal if it is the policy to sit on the
bank and watch other nations' ships
sail across the Pacific to trade expan
sion?" was his criticism of the Gov
ernment's foreign trade policy.
Heated discussion, resulting in a
| charge by Henry Brewster, represent-
l ing part of the original legatees an I
Mrs. M. B. Crawford under the wll
of Nancy E. Crawford and J. B. Craw
ford, that Joe James, representing
c E. Crawford, was disreputable, was
i heard Friday morning in the city halj
when the two sides of the Crawford
estate clashed in a wordy battle.
James was denounced in scathing
terms by Attorney Henry Brewster,
| who charged that James had tried 13
make a settlement with one of the
heirs and had got hold of one of his
i clients. Brewster said he had made a
settlement after having seen James'
clients and knew the complete cir
cumstances after hearing the testi
mony. He said he was convinced be
yond all doubt of the disreputable
character of these people, and tha*
their evidence was unreliable.
Brewster then proceeded to de
nounce James, characterizing him .is
being no better than his clients. He
alleged that James also had obtained
Charles Crawford, one of his clients,
a man easily preyed upon because of
his Innocence of .he law, and was now
attempting to rob thi9 m;.n.
The hearing whs before Judge
James A. Anderson, who, under the
present law, has no authority to pun
ish for libel, as he is acting merely as
a referee in the case.
The Crawford estate case involves
$200,000 and has been in the county
courts for several years.
Under the will of Nancy E. Craw
ford, L. Z. Rosser, Henry Brewster
and J. J. Barr are counsel for the
legatees; while Reuben R. Arnold and
Burton Smith represent the widow,
Mrs. Crawford.
Lawyers for the widow declare a
settlement had been effected, granting
an equal distribution of one-half to
each side, but that James now' was
attacking the legality of J. B. Craw
ford's second marriage, and in search
of personal gain sought to rob the
heirs.
James declared the charges were
unfounded and unjust. Carroll Lati
mer,‘an attorney retained by the heirs,
said he did not agree with Jame
method of conducting the case.
It was this same case that caused
the flat tight last Monday of whicn
Burton Snflth, brother of Hoke Smith,
was the principal combatant, causing
five men to take the count.
The hearing was adjourned un il
Monday mornin^.
Miss Booth Catches,
Then Converts Thief
LONDON. May 24.—Capt. Mary
Booth, daughter of Gen. Bramwell
Booth, head or the Salvation Army,
discovered a burglar In her bedroom
at 2 o'clock this morning.
Instead of calling the police, she
confronted her visitor and learning
he was driven to crime by hunger,
gave him a square meal and prayed
with him. When he left he prom
ised to turn over a new leaf.
White City Park Now Open
Nun and Rich Sister
Meet After 19 Years
MOBILE, ALA.. May 24.—Mrs
Thomas P. Conroy, a wealthy woman
of Boston, and her sister, who is Sis
ter Mary Vincent, a nun stationed
at Providence Infirmary, have just
met here for the first time in 19
years.
Before coming to Mobile. Sister
Mary Vincent was stationed at Bir
mingham for 1ft years.
Marshall Rebuked by
Bacon for Reed Rule
WASHINGTON, May 24. Senator
Bacon sharply rebuked Vice President
Marshall in executive session of the
Senate for attempting to use the fa
mous Reed rules by counting Sena
tors to make the quorum not voting.
Senator Bacon declared the only
wav such a rule should ever be en
forced would be through changed
rules.
M'LOUGH L I N FEARS INVADERS.
NEW YORK. May 24.—M. E Mo*
Loughlin. national lawn tennis cham
pion. arrived here yesterday and imme
diately began practice on the West Side
courts, preparatory to the Davis Cup
matched against the Australians He
said the Australian team is very formi
dable.
CONFEDERATE VET
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turn limit June 5, with an exten
sion by deposit at Chattanooga, to
June 26, 1913 Regular trains leave
Union Passenger Station at 8 a
m.. 8:35 a. m.. 4:50 p. m. and 8:50
p. m. All .these trains carry Pull
man parlor ‘cars and first-class
coaches. The" 8:50 p. m. train car
ries local sleeper to Chattanooga.
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave At
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at 2:15 p. m., May 26 The West
ern and Atlantic Railroad is the
Battlefield Route. Sherman's line
of march, every foot of it being
historic. For further information
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