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I 8 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. FIVE CHILDREN TO WORK FOR Quite an Undertaking For a Lady, But Mrs. Wriglit Doesn’t Mind Now. Photographs of the newest hats for fall and winter are given in Tho Sunday American. Just from Paris. Called “flapper” hats and ‘'Hopper” hats. Every woman will want to see them. 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