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THE A'i'l jA M'A HWUKUIAM AM) NEWS.
SHERIFF’S RACE
Three-Cornered Fight Between
Him, Mayo and Wright Holds
County's Interest.
THE YODELERS
Capyrlcfet, 1011. IaUrnAUoaal Nrw* Servlc*.
OO le L.A he Y<boo:
AH LE LA HE HEE.'
Formally announced candidate* for
Sheriff:
Sheriff C. Wh©«ler Mangum, to sue
ceed himself.
Captain William M. Mayo, of the
Atlanta Police Department.
Chief Deputy City Marshall, L. O.
Wright, who served six years as
Sheriff of Newton County.
Prospective:
Chief Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner.
Candidate* fnr the office of Bheriff
a re grooming themselves for what
promiaep to be the hottest Sheriff’-
rare in the history of Fulton County.
With the date of the primary not
more than seven or eight months
away, and with the city primary of
fie ptern her 30 at tract I ok practically
no attention, the would-be Sheriffs
are having things politically all their
way
Of unusual Interest Is the an
nouncement of Sheriff Mangum that
he Is very much In the nice, which
is directly contrary to the persistent
rumor that ho would not run. His
announcement was re-affirmed Fri
day morning
Upon the decision of Sheriff Man-
gum rests Plennie Miner's entry Into
the race. If Mangum sticks, to the
finish Miner will not enter, feeling
that his duty as a loynj friend to
the present Sheriff, whom he de
clares has done much for hltn. would
prevent his running against him.
Only Strong Men In Race.
Whether the race will be between
Mangum, Mayo and Wright, or Miner,
Mayo and Wright, it is sure to be
warm. Each man already has a
strong following, while each is per
fecting a ticket "f unusual strength.
In addition to this it is quite prob
able that no one in the county has
t> larger personal acquaintance than
any of thee* four men.
Faptaln Mayo has an enviable rec
ord with the Atlanta Police Depart
ment. with which he has been con
nected sixteen years, holding the rank
of captain six years. Prior to thin, he
whs special sergeant three years lie
was born In Jasper Fount.v. near
Brighton, but was reared in Butts
County. He came to Atlanta in 1895
to Visit the Cotton Staten Exposition
snd liked the town no well that he
decided to make it his home, and has-
been here ever since.
Plennie Miner has been with the
Sheriff's office for five years, and has
won friends by the hundred* by his
genial personality and the ability dis
played by him in handling the duties
of chief deputy. His handling of the
huge crowds attending the Frank trial
drew many complimentary remark-
He hails from Gwinnett County,
where life as a farmer boy made him
grow tall and gave him muscles to
match.
Wright Ha* Long History.
Chief Deputy City Marshall L. O.
Wright has been a resident of Atlanta
fourteen years. He had a good polit
ical career behind him, serving as
Sheriff of Newton County six years
He knows the political game like an
astrologer knows the stars, and has
acquired an acquaintanceship here of
Immense proportions. He has not
perfected his ticket, but in his formal
announcement has named Walter C
Lawrence as his chief deputy. Law
rence is well known In Atlanta. He
has been general manager of the
West view Floral Company, twenty
years.
Sheriff Mangum is now serving his
third term He carries n few more
year* than hln opponents, but hi*
nerves are steady and be can take hi3
revolver and pluck a half-dollar at
30 paces He Is a Confederate vet
eran. enlisting In ll&TCh, l y 6- nnd
fighting throughout the la»t three
years of the war. He was only *1x-
teen years of age when he enlisted.
He was born in Fannin County.
SherlfT Mangum, in making his an
nouncement, declareo that he knew
there was some sentiment against
him but that he had only done hU
duty.
Mangum Defend* Hi* Record.
“Some sentiment has been raised
against me because I do not hand
cuff mv prisoners, but I do not be
lieve there is a right-thinking man
In Fulton County who will enter
tain a prejudice like this againet me."
said the SherlfT. "1 did not handcuff
Leo M Frank, neither did I hand
cuff Jim Conley <»r Newt Lee. As a
matter of fact. I have never hand
cuffed but two men In all my time
in the Sheriff's office
"There was some criticism because
T accompanied Frink personally and
because he was carried from the Jail
to the courthouse in an automobile
My reason for escorting him was that
3 felt it wn» my duty There had
been threats made against him and
I felt that If any of the Sheriffs'
force was to be exposed to harm that
I should take that risk upon myself.
T •
the deputies and did not cost the
county anything, while as a matter
of fact. I walked Frank three or four
times. , - .,
"The only time 1 ever handcuff
men is when a long string of prison
ers 1* taken to the courthouse on
Monday mornings, when we have
th« m on a long chain This saves
the county fully $60 for each trip,
as it would be necessary to have at
i»ast thirtv more men acting as
guards, while we now uee six for the
handling of these prisoners.
Miner Loyal to Hi* Chief.
Plennie Miner has been urged by
a long li»t of friends to get into the
race but unless Sheriff Mangum
d rops out he will be found fighting
for‘his present chief
•I would be an ingra’e If I ran
again** Mr. Mangum," said Mr Min- r
•»jf i have any ability as a Deputy
Sheriff it lias been acquired by the
opportunity he has given me for he
gtve me a Job when 1 needed one.
If he runs I will be out working
tor his re-election ; if he doesn t. I
will be In the race. To be perfectly
Plain 1 would go out and shovel
coal at a dollar and i half a day-
before 1 would run against Mr. Man
gum. for he Is one of the best friends
I have.” . t ..
Captain Mayo will probably an-
nounce hi* ticket <if deputies some
time In the next two or three weeks.
He already ha* several lined up, but
doesn't care to make them public yet.
Indiot.tV>n* are that the primary
will be held tn May, a decided senti
ment favoring an early date.
LARGE AUDIEiGE TAX ON COTTON i
GREETS MERRY
COUNTESS
PRICE SEES GOOD
CHPSINGEOH
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Party Reach the Mississippi
Boll Weevil Zone.
Good cheer for the farmers of
Georgia Is contained in a telegram
received at the State Capitol from
State Commissioner of Agriculture J.
D. Price, who, with State Entomolo
gist B. Lee Worsham and Phil Camp
bell, of the College of Agriculture, la
making an inspection of crop condi
tions in the boll weevil district.
“Georgia crops look good to me.”
wired Mr. Price. “We have seen lots
of cotton ruined by boll weevils In
Louisiana. Have not seen any good
com since we left.”
Mr. Price and his aides are in Mis
sissippi Saturday. Inspecting crop
conditions In that State The rav
ages of the boll weevil there are al
most as great as in Louisiana, It is
generally understood, and officials of
the State Department of Agriculture
are eagerly awaiting his report.
Crops Above Average.
The wire received yesterday indi
cates that the farmers of Georgia oc
cupy an enviable position this year
among Southern agriculturists. The
boll weevil has not yet invaded this
State, and Mr Price's report indicates
that Georgia crops are well above the
average.
Following the receipt of Mr. Price’s
message. Dan Hughes, Assistant Com
missioner of Agriculture, issued a
statement In which he declared that
the farmers of Georgia are not mak
ing the necessary preparations to
meet the invasion of the boll weevil.
Diversification I* Urged.
“Unless a section is prepared for
its coming,'' Mr. Hughes said, “the
weevil strikes with almost paralyzing
effect. The only sure way to get
ready, for the weevil Is by crop di
versification. Means have been found
which slightly check the ravages of
the pest, such as the planting of early
maturing varieties of cotton.
The only real protection, however,
is f*»r the farmer to make himself
financially independent of cotton.
This he can do only by turning a
portion of his attention to other
crops.”
$250,000 Kissimmee
Cattle Co, Formed
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 13.—Arti
cles of incorporation have beeen filed
at Kissimmee by the Carson Cattle
Company with capital stock of $250,-
000. C. A. Carson, J. M. Carson, C.
A. Carson, Jr., and Elizabeth B. Car-
son are the incorporators.
This company has taken over the
large herd of cattle formerly owned
by the Lesley Cattle Company. C. A.
Carson, president, is also president of
the State Hank of Kissimmee.
Heiress of Tobacco
Magnate Airs Woes
ST. LOUIS, MO., Sept 13.—Mrs.
Margaret V. Buck lew, daughter of
R. D. LewIsi. American Tobacco Com
pany magnate, has filed suit for di
vorce against Leslie L. Bucklew,
whom she married In St. Louis No
vember 14, 1906.
Mrs. Bucklew alleges among other
things that she was forced to pay
bills while on her honeymoon; and
that the only present he ever gave
her was a pair ofscoasors.
Looks Like Rooster,
Lays Eggs Like Hen
WILIXIWS, CAL.. Sept. 13— H. P.
Moulton, of St. John, was here the
other evening to arrange to exhibit
a freak chicken at the Sacramento
State Fair.
The chicken, a hen, has the head
of a rooster and a rooster’s tall
feathers and a fine big ruff about Its
neck. It is an excellent layer
Hill Will Be Host to
360 on 75th Birthday
ST. PAUL, MINX. Sept. 13.—
.Tames J. Hill will entertain 360 mem
bers of the Veterans’ Association of
the (Treat Northern Railway at Gla
cier Park. Mont., on his 75th birthday,
September 16.
PLAN BIG SERVICE
FOR M1IELL
New Pastor of Baptist Tabernacle
To Be Installed Sunday With
Special Ceremony.
Dr. Lincoln McConnell, recently
called to Atlanta by the members
of the Baptist Tabernacle, will be in
stalled as pastor of the church Sun*-
day with special services. Some of
the South’s noted divines will take
part in the ceremonies.
In the morning Dr. McConnell will
deliver a special address to the mem
bers of the Sunday school. Dr. Len
G. Broughton, of London, formerly
pastor of the Tabernacle and now-
holding a revival service at Macon,
will preach the 11 o'clock sermon.
Special music will be rendered by the
church choir, under the direction of
Professor A. C. Boatman, with L. G.
Dibble, assistant pastor of the church,
as soloist.
The installation services will be
held in the afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Prominent Southern ministers and
Atlantans will speak, among them Dr.
Pot eat, president of the Greenville (S.
C.) University; Dr. Len G. Brough
ton; City Attorney James Mayson,
and Dr. Bennott, who. will welcome
Dr. McConnell in behalf of tho Bap
tists of Georgia, and the Rev. John
Jenkins, who will speak for the
Methodists of the State and city. The
choir and Mr. Dibble w ill render spe
cial music.
In the evening Dr. McConnell will
deliver a sermon-lecture on “Sowing
the Wind and Reaping the Whirl
wind.”
Light Musical Show at the Atlanta
Theater Lives Up to Promises.
Well Balanced.
By TARLETON COLLIER.
“Clever” is a greatly misused and
abused word. They have applied It
to everything, even to some newspa
per reporte rs, until it means about as
much as a story of the death of King
Menellk or the dissolution of a trust.
Too bad. With its primitive sig
nificance it might have been a handy
term for “The Merry Countess” show
which opened at the Atlanta Theater
Friday evening for two night per
formances and a matinee.
A considerable show-starved au
dience was there. Most of those who
attended came experimentally, as
"The Merry Countess” was practical
ly an unknown quantity. It promised
much, with its Strauss music and
with glowing announcements from
those cities where it has been pre
sented. So Atlanta went, tentative
ly.
The promise was realized. “The
Merry Countess” proved bright and
entertaining, its music fascinating
and its lines sparkling. The show
is very light, it is true, hut even
with its farce-llke triviality it Is to
be accorded a place somewhere near
that indefinable line that technically
separates musical comedy from light
opera.
There is spice enough In the show.
Pitched In fashionable circles of Aus
tria, there is that essence of attrac
tive naughtiness in “The Merry
’ountess” that in the popular imag-
nation is attached to the gay life
f the Continent. But there is nothing
n the humor—and it is all humor—
•hat smacks of vulgarity, although
the sense of fitness was jarred now
nd then by the Introduction of rank
! Americanisms into the talk of these
Yustrlans.
Much is being said here in praise
| of “The Merry Countess.” Still, it
is necessary to go a bit further, and
say that the voices of the cast were
• xceilent, easily up to the harmonious
standard of the Strauss music; that
the dancing of the well-drilled and
not too-evident chorus was pretty,
and that the costumes had an at
tractive freshness. Hence, the en
sembles naturally were pleasing.
Two dances particularly were at
tractive, that of Veta Florenz, premier
of the ballet, in the second act, and
the dance in the third act of the two
young women, whose legs—no; your
eyes did not deceive you—were frank
ly bare.
Ability to sing must be accorded
Dale Winter, who played Ilka, the
parlor maid, and Mabel Baker, as
Countess Rosalinda Cliquot, Strauss’
score was not exacting, but it was
full of nice melodies that demanded
vocal, ability.
Among the men, Carl Haydn, who
played truthfully the part of Gabor
Szabo, a Hungarian dirt, and Arthur
Clough, as Count Cliquot, had capa
ble voices. The comedy characters
were sufficiently funny, especially
Harry Carter, as Prince Orloffsky,
and Jack Henderson, as Mattori, the
sad-eyt : warder of the prison.
The story of the show is that of
harmless love intrigues and flirta
tions among gay Austrians. At times
the foreign tone is true, but in the
second and third acts there is little
evidence of it in any of the lines or
situations.
FUTURES
DIE IN DOUSE
Hoke Smith Plan, Favored by Wil
son, Likely to Supplant Clarke
Amendment to Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Devel
opments since the passage of the tar
iff bill the other day are interpreted
by students of the subject to indi
cate that the conferees of the bill
will reject the amendment of Sena
tor Clarke, of Arkansas, taxing cot
ton futures, and will substitute in Its
place the amendment of Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, which ac
complishes much the name effect by
a different means.
The Clarke amendment levies a tax
of one-tenth of 1 cent a pound on
the quantity of cotton described in
an agreement of sale for future de
livery, and provides heavy penalties
for violation of the statute.
Senator Hoke Smith’s amendment,
which was offered in the Senate dur
ing consideration of the bill, is in
tended to forbid the delivery on fu
ture contracts of cotton other than
according to the standards of quality
fixed by the United States Govern
ment. with the further provision that
if the seller is unable to deliver the
quality of cotton specified in the
agreement he must pay to the buyer
the difference between the price of
the cotton he offers and the price of
the cotton specified.
Wilson Favors Smith’s Idea.
The Clarke amendment, which was
adopted by the Senate, provides, that
the tax will go into effect September
1. 1914.
The conferees have not yet taken
up that part of the bill which in
cludes the Clarke amendment, and
will not reach it for some time. Nev
ertheless. great interest is being
shown in the question, and specula
tion is rife as to what the conferees
will decide to do.
^The Intimation is obtained from
Majority leader Underwood that
•President Wilson is opposed to the
Clarke amendment, being apprehen
sive that it will disturb the vast cot
ton business of the South, and if the
President confirms this belief to the
conferees the amendment is as good
as defeated.
As a matter of fact, the reason why
Clarke and other members of the
Senate voted for the amendment was
that they believed the Farmers’
Union wanted it. Furthermore, it is
the impression here that in reality
they were personally opposed to it.
and feared it would do harm to the
cotton business.
Conferees Oppose Amendment.
Another theory for the enactment
of the amendment is that it was put
in simply as a trade proposition, with
the expectation of giving it up if the
House would make a concession of
equal importance. This is compli
cated by the development in the
House of quite a sentiment in favor
of the amendment which may have
some influence on the conferees. The
House conferees, however, are under
stood to be opposed to the amend
ment.
The most important factor at pres,
ent is the attitude of the President.
It becomes particularly significant
when it is considered that Senator
Hoke Smith’s amendment can be
supported as an alternative. Senator
Hoke Smith is very close to the ad
ministration. and more than anyone
else is tho President’s spokesman in
the Senate. Accordingly there are
good surface reasons to believe that
the President is behind Senator
Smith’s amendment.
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