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f fa ' i V <, ' THE ATLANTA GEORGlAN AND NEWS. '^ATl'UDAY. MAY 24. 1013. FIRE MI[ FIGH 'Church Needs Better Preachers' • *;• •>#+ 4* • *;• v • *!• v • 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 ERANS — CHATTA NOOGA. The N., C. A St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. will sell round-trip tickets at REDUCED RATES. ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA AND RE TURN. $3.00. tickets on oale May 24 to 28. inclusive, and for trains ; scheduled to arrive Chattanooga before noon of May 29, with re 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 lanta. carrying the Atlanta party, at 2:15 p. m., May 26 The West ern and Atlantic Railroad is the Battlefield Route. 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