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Mr. Watermelon Comes to Town to See Old Friends GIRLS FIRE BOOKS AT AGNES SCOTT Forerunner of Georgia Cousin Six Thousand Cars of Luscious Product to Pass Through Atlanta on Way North. Seniors End College Year With Torchlight Parade and Big Bonfire on Campus. Smiling 'R&stus, one of Atlanta's welcoming committee, joyously greeting the first visitor from Florida. Abandons Course Used Success fully With England—Orientals to Grasp Opportunity. of Atlanta, we Men and women have with us to-night our old friend. Mr. Watermelon. Just from Florida, dressed in the old-time mottled and variegated garb, flesh pinker than perfection, blood redder and juicier than ever, hanker ing to be split. He has arrived from Florida to tell us there are plenty more where he came from—enough to last four weeks. And by that time the more numer ous branch of the family, the Geor gia watermelon, the most luscious of them all, will arrive in full flush of glory. The Central of Georgfa Hallway has set apart 6,000 freight cars to trans- With stars twinkling and torch lights glimmering the seniors of Agnes Scott made a bonfire of their books on the campus. Aided in the torch-bearing by sophomores an 1 surrounded by several ifHodred alutr>- nao and friends, they went through the ceremony with all of the gayetv that only a crowd of college mail* could display. Burning of the hooks followed a torchlight parade on the campus. As the torch-bearers tripped over the beautiful lawn, their class songs an 1 cheers drew a hearty response from ’he nowd. A glee club concert opened with the cantata, "Death of Joan of Arc," lei by Miss Almedia Sadler and Miss Isabel Norwood. "The Last Bose of Summer" ami A Serenade,” by Miss Rosa Hill, "Mammy’s Little Honey" and "My I^ady Clo,” by Miss Sadler; "Loves Dilemma," by Miss Norwood, and a rendition of-"Annie Laurie," by Misses Jean Ashcraft, Isabel Norwood, Pau line Bruner and Rosa Hill, were fea tures. Tuesday night the two literary so cieties will cross swords in a debate on the question: "Resolved, That the Panama Canal «hould be free.” WASHINGTON, May 27.—Students nf statecraft declare that the Wilson administration has needlessly, not to Saw stupidly, walked into a trap in (he controversy with Japan over the California alien land law. . In its reply to Great Britain's Pan ama Canal tolls protest, this Gov ernment laid down the principle that Until an overt act had been commit- Hay-f^uncefote n would have no in other tvords, Sv/zto^j Old Gold and Whit«, From Your News Dealer led against the' treaty, Great Britai Standing in court; that Great Britain’s grievance would become a matter for diplomatic ad justment only after an American ship had actually passed through the ca nal free. This statement cleared the atmosphere and left Great Britain no feasonable grounds for oontinuing the debate. The same principle applies in the controversy with Japan. The obvious reply of Secretary of State Bryan to the first Japanese protest, in view of the attitude as sumed toward Great Britain, was to state that the treay with Japan hgd not been violated, and, therefore, there was no matter for contention between the two governments until after some Japanese subject in Cali fornia. had been aggrieved by the operation of some California law. But instead of adopting this logi cal course, it was pointed out here to-day the Wilson administration floundered about in the diplomatic puddle, and, denying that the treaty of 1911 had been violated, invited furthe r negotiations, thus giving the Japanese Ambassador an excellent opportunity to quote the State De partment against itself, where the very same principle is involved. w As the matter is now, instead of making a firm stand on precedent and silencing the Japanese protest as tin British protest was silenced, tfce Wilson administration has pro moted bickering between the two na tions, Japan and the United States, and is in the ridiculous position of folding two diametrically opposite policies in relation to identically the sanx problem. If the American po sition is Fight in regard to the Pana-, Canal protest it is wrong in re-, gard to the Japanese protest, and vj< * versa. It is the expectation here that Japan will take instant advantage of the inconsistency and incongruity of the position of the United States. For the convenience of our readers we have arranged with the following news dealers to redeem Hearst’s Sunday American Pennant Coupons; JACKSOX-WESSEL DRUG CO.. Marietta and Broad Street*. MARSHALL PHARMACY, Peachtree and Ivy Streets PALMER BRANCH, 389 Peachtree Street. ( RL I( KSIIANK CIGAR CO., Peachtree and Prvor Streets. CRIJK KSIIANK CIGAR 00., Mitchell and Whitehall Streets. HARBOUR’S SMOKE HOUSE, 41 N. Pryor Street. WEINBERGER BROS. CIGAR STORE, Alabama and Pryor Street*. BROWN & ALLEN. Alabama and Whitehall Streets. STAR NEAVS CO., Marietta and Broad Streets. STAR NEWS CO., Peachtree and Walton Streets. WORLD NEWS 00., Peachtree and Marietta Streets. HAMER DRUG CO.. 380 Whitehall Street. ARAGON HOTEL NEWS STAND. ATLANTA SODA CO., Broad and Marietta Streets. ATLANTA SODA CO., Mitchell and Whitehall Streets. MEDLOCK PHARMACY, Lee and Gordon Streets WEST END PHARMACY, Lee and Gordon Streets.* JOHNSON SODA CO., 441 Whitehall Street. WHITEHALL ICE CREAM CO.. ‘_’84 Whitehall Street. Hill’s Market Basket Bond Sale a Success * ST. PAUL, May 27.—James J. Hill's* plan of selling city bonds in certifi cates of $10 each through the North western Trust Company was a big success to-day. Men and women were waiting at an early hour for the company’s office to open, and a steady stream filed in and out all morning. The officers were prepared and be gan to issue receipts for the money promptly. One hundred and seven small investors bought'a total of $10,- 000 worth of certificates up to noon. Lawson and Friends in Real Panther Hunt SCITUATE, MASS., May 27.— Thomas W. Lawson has taken a hand in the hunt for a panther which has invaded Scituate. and has been seen by a score of persons. It is possible Mr. Lawson and a party of his friends will stalk ttie beast themselves. They want to add the beast to the menagerie at "Dream wold.” Girl of 4 Is Second Cousin to Herself Marshall Tells Girls: ‘Be Just to Servants MINNEAPOLIS. May 27.—Mrs. Jen nie Golden, who when thirteen years 9Id was married to her half nephew, then twenty years old, has filed suit to have the marriage annulled, so the relationship of ■ their four-year-old daughter, Margaret, may be straight ened out and the girl not be com pelled to go through life as second cousin to herself. Christian Golden; the husband, wants the marriage annulled, too. WASHINGTON, May 27.—Vice President Marshall was the star speaker before the graduating class of a local girls’ seminary. "Deal justly with your servant.” he advised. "You do not need to try to make her your equal and introduce her to yeur fiance, nor is it necessary to make her a common menial." Wuxtry! Wuxtry! And Again, Wuxtry! "Talk about nature faking." ex claimed the hotel clerk, ^just listen to this from a papdr published out West. The items were sent in by the corre spondent at Azusa, wherever that is.” And then he read the following: "James Snyder, of this town, brought hohie- four baby squirrels the other day and the family cat has adopted them and nurses them with her kittens. "Then John r)avis and Sherman Ward caught eight young foxes and their family cats have adopted them. "Fred Bierer owns a calf that has but one foreleg, but runs just as well as any calf with its complete quota of JEFFERSON < ’IT Y, MO., May 27. Opal Mitchell, ten years old. of Lick ing, Texas County, won a $100 prize and was declared the best speller in the State. In a contest in which 60 pupils from as many counties con tested, she misspelled but 3 of 200 words. The three words misspelled by Opal Mitchell were: Chalice, besieged aqd weasel. THE PLAYS THIS WEEK Red and Black. GOOD BILL AT FORSYTH. Old favorites and new join in the bill at t*he Forsyth this week—and an unusually good bill it is, too. Every act is a topnotcher of its kind and there’s variety enough for every one. Maggie Cline, by struggling along some way, it seems, has been able to miss Atlanta for nineteen years. But she's here this week, and although the younger generation is not on right close speaking terms with her at first she soon warms the house and gets one of her "regular" old-time receptions. She sings the good old Irish stuff in the way that made her famous many years ago, and for good measure gives her greatest hit of the olden days, "Throw *’Im Down, Mcj- Closkey.” which brings down the up per part of the hpuse hs of yore. Among the other splendid numbers on the bill are Ethel Kirk and Billy Fogarty, who have a high-class song and patter act: Carl Roslne, a ma gician who doesn't bore you as you think he Is going to; the great How ard, a ventriloquist, who has an en tirely new line, of stuff and puts it over in a novel way; Cesare Nesi, a splendid singer who warbles under the title of "Young Caruso," and does not libel the great and only tenor to any extent; Madden and Fitzpatrick, in a clever sketch in which Madden does some original piano playing, and the Equilli brothers, equilibrists who really are different. Of course, there are the motion pictures. All in all. it’s a bill worth while— the best yet of the summer season. port watermelons from the South northward. Every car must pass through Atlanta, and prospects are that at least 1,500 of them will be halted on the way. There’s a regular army of thirsty Georgians here, and it’s hard to run the gantlet. Commission merchants and trans portation officials have a joyful an nouncement to make. The watermelon crop this year will be a bumper, one of the best ever in the State. Let the small boy rejoice and be gay of heart, for he shall be satisfied. And let the old boy come dowi\ off of his high pedestal of dignity and rejoice also, for the older he gets the bigger fool he is about the fragrant fruit of the vine. Six thousand freight cars will hold exactly 3,761.942 big watermelons and two small ones. That’ll be enough to feed the country at large when* the Georgia crop comes in. This year Preacher Sentenced To Gallows Appeals "Ardell Smith. 16 years old. was knocked down and run over by a hog. The doctors called in stay his left knee will be stiff for the rest of his life as a result of tl}e accident. "J L. Brown’s old hen has every day for the past three weeks laid an egg three inches long. "Since the ‘clean up’ here there hasn’t been much refuse in the streets and the birds got to eating tobacco crumbs and acquired the tobacco hab it. Now they refuse grain and live on cigar and cigarette frtubs.” LITTLE ROCK. ARK., May 27.— Rev. Marion Capps, a former Metho dist preacher, has filed an appeal to the State Supreme Court from a sentence of death imposed upon him by a Sebastian County jury. He was convicted of burning to d^ath three of his children. Evidence at the trial was that the children were tied in bed, which was saturated with oil. and the house fired. Capps was convicted on the testi mony of two elder children, who es caped, but who, it is alleged, have since declared they swore falsely against their father. Orange and Blue, Sure, Let ’Em Pay For the Luxuries. Atlanta barbers have been discuss ing the edict that came from Trenton, N. J., the other day raising the price of trimming a Van Dyke beard from two bits to 35 cents. "They’re right,” satd the head bar ber, as he deftly deposited a comb be- hind his left ear and began running lqs fingers through his customer's hair. "Never tsaw a guy who insisted on wearing a bunch of spinach like that who wasn’t harder to please than your wife with her new summer hat. And a guy who will insist on having his mustache curled—well, some men is queer. Soak ’em, says I, soak ’em. and soak ’em good and plenty.” And the < us#imer went out war bling: right—high enough to suit the farmer and cheap enough to please the con sumer. The season has already Governor Attends Lucy Cobb Finals rwo \\%\f friends M&m! of health— tbs dentist and Water Fashionable Beverage in London Governor Joseph M. Brown left for Athens Monday, where he will attend the commencement’exercises of Lucy Cobb Institute. The Governor’s daughter. Miss/Cora Brown, is a member of the graduating class. While in Athensrthe Governor also will pay a visit to the University. He is not scheduled to make any ad dresses on the trip. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 27.—Champagne now takes a back seat in London, and claret, moselle and whisky an! soda are the drinks of the moment. But temperance is a current cra&e. Barley water in special “brews" may be found at the Carlton and Bach elors’ Clubs. A few smart men drink plain cold water, among others Sir Arthur Walsh and Lord Charles Beresford. The King has cider laid down in his cellar, and among cider drinkers are the Duke and Duchess of Teck. th • Duchess of Leeds, Lord Knollys ana Lord Mount Stephen. Beer is seldom seen at dinner or luncheon, but iced lager beer is popular at balls and lare parties. t’"* 0 '- RIBBON PBNTOC GRSftM Four Colors Its delicious flavor makes a treat of the regular twice-a-day care your teeth need. Its safe, antiseptic cleansing checks de cay-germs and leaves the mouth whole some and non-acid. Sold Everywhere Minister ftabs ‘Tiger’ Then Rides With Him "ST. ELMO” SATISFACTORY. Miss Billy Long and her company began a week’s engagement Monday at the Atlanta in "St. Elmo,” present ing the old Southern book play as ac ceptably as it can be played. The play is a selection from six of fered the patrons of the Atlanta, and the strength of the company lent itself admirably to the play. Mr. Vail as St. Elmo Murray, the cynii* played the part forcibly and sympathetically. Miss Long’s part, Edna Earl, was almost negligible, but was well handled. Miss Inslee as Gertrud*- Hammond, an irresponsible young girl, was re sponsible for a delightful bit of char acterization. quite naturally done. St. Elmo” wilLbe seen nightly ami Wednesday and Saturday matinees, i for the Pennant Coupon Sunday What! The kibosh on the Van Dyke, And an extra charge to boot When the barber does* your mustache With a curl so cute and sweet, sweet and cute? KANSAS CITY, May- After he had arrested Bert Snyder, driver for a wholesale liquor company, on a charge of violating the prohibition law, the Rev. J. M. Dunlavy, welfare officer of Kansas City, Kan., climbed into Snyder’s wagon and accompanied him as he delivered beer to his vari ous customers. The minister remained wifi* the driver until be made his legal < v- erieaiand- then U«»k i.im to th* police siatlfn. where Uie Hum was released on bond. issue But we’ve something to be thankful for, Downtrodden men;-by heck! The barbers haven’t raised the price For a shave Upon SECOND QUADRUPLET DIES. BOSTON, May 27.—Eleanor Seeley, one of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Thomas H. Seeley, *»f Dorchester, is dead of inanition. This is the sec ond of the four babies to die. The two others, now nine months old, are in fine health. if you uave anything to sell adver tiss in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. ir i r "i jit? i 1 il J