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TIEAKSS'l ’!S MUNUAl AAlPiKU. A.N. AI UAiNTA, (.A.. SI.NUAt, UJiUUiMBlfiR 28, 191;!.
Advertising Pays Any Church, Says Pastor
; ‘Give It Equal Chance With the Devil’
Scores County Board for Not
Obeying Order to Remove
Street Obstruction.
BEAVERS TO ACT MONDAY
Woodward Declares Commission
Fights for Time to Save
Billboard Contracts,
Mayor Woodward Saturday after
noon bitterly denounced the failure « f
he County Commissioners to obey toe
order of Council to take down the
e&re around the new courthouse that
* blocking: the streets at the corner
,f Pryor and liunler streets.
Marshal James M. Puller endeav
ored valiantly to carry out the May
ors instructions and have the fence
a ken down until he was faced with
making a case against the members
of the County Commission in the Re
order's Court; then lie hesitated and
n that hesitation was switched from
h:s purpose.
He consulted City Attorney Maysu i,
who told him the resolution of Coun-
mcrely revoked the permit, but did
not order the fence torn down. He
s.nd a case could be made against the
on tractor who put it no.
Mayor Scores Commission.
Marshal Puller replied that he did
not want to do that, because an inno
cent man would be punished.
Attorney Mayson told him he could
not make cases against the members
of the County Commission.
When Marshal Puller reported to
Mayor Woodward, the Mayor was fu
rious.
"Those streets have been unneces
sarily blocked for a month,” he said.
On December 15 Council passed a
resolution revoking the permit. The
• 'minty Commissioners ignored that
order.
Shelby Smith, the chairman, told
ii Christmas Day they did not want
i" be bothered until January t, be-
iiisc they had some billboard con-
tt i' is that did not expire until then.
Boavers Will Act.
Isn't that a tine bunch to be hangi
ng the people’s money? They are
if; same class as a number of poli •
ii miis in the city government. All
they think about Is swapping board
Mbs and renting the streets for bill-
heard advertising.”
•Mayor Woodward said he had noti
fied Police Chief Beavers to make a
• *se against them. He said the Chief
replied he would make one if the fenc..-
was not taken down by Monday.
"I want the fence down and the peo
ple want the fence down,” he contin
ued. "X don’t care anything about
having a case made against anyone.
'Monday I am going to take up the
matter of having It torn down. It’s
h nice mess when officials won't obey
city laws.”
Surgeon-General of
Army, Torney, Dead
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— George
Henry Torney. surgeon general of the
United States Army, died here to
night of bronchial pneumonia. He
had been in failing health for some
time, but ias wat not until three
days ago that any fear for his recov-
a.is r.\ pressed.
General Torney was born at Balti
more June 1, 1850, and would have
keen eligible for retirement June 1,
1914. His first service for the Gov
ernment was in the navj r , when he
was appointed assistant surgeon on
November 1, 1871. He was made sur
geon general of the army January 14,
1909.
Rev. T. C. Shuler, Who Uses Sunday American
Space, Explains His Publicity Ideas.
WOMAN CITY TREASURER.
GARFIELD, WASH.. Dec. 27.—The
ity election here resulted in the choice
Blanche Nye, assistant cashier of the
Garfield National Bank. Miss Nye re
ceived a majority of 17 votes out of 243
cast.
Asthma relieved in two min
utes—read the ad.
There is need of different methods
to attract people to church nowadays
than in the days of old, believes the
Rev. A. C. Shuler, pastor of the East
Side Baptist Tabernacle, whose large
display advertisement in last Sun
day’s American, calling attention to
his sermon for the day, attracted con
siderable attention.
Mr. Shuler explained his novel
method to a Sunday American report
er yesterday.
“I am merely trying to give the
church an equal chance with the devil
and with worldly attractions, he said.
“The church has more than a little
competition these days, and the agen
cies of that competition are well ad
vertised.
“The world has changed. • People
have changed, even though the Bible
has not. A clergyman these days
must go out and get the people. *yid
there is no means of getting them
that is quite so effective as advertis
ing.”
Hig Advertising Pays.
And it pays, too, he said. The at
tendance following the advertisement
Increased more than one-third—near
ly one-half.
“Almost all the people In the sec
tion from which my church must
draw are readers of The Sunday
American,” he explained. “It was
easy to see that here was a means
of attracting their attention, and I
took advantage of it.
“All the world to-day are readers
of newspapers. Men and women buy
newspapers, you must admit, before
they do Bibles and church papers
even. Newspapers have a tremen
dous responsibility and a tremendous
mission.”
Mr. Shuler prophesied the coming
of a day when every church must ad
vertise emphatically its services, if ‘t
would attract the public.
Times Changed, He Asserts.
“The trouble with a great many
clergymen,” he said, “is that they have
not come to realize that times have
changed, and that people hav#»
changed. Scores of preachers are still
possessed with the false notion that
If they can have a doctor’s degree at
tached to their ndmes, can be able to
look dignified, flatter the women, ani
kiss the babies, they can succeed in
drawing people to them. But that
doesn't go any longer.
"Preachers should not be retiring
and averse to ublieity. False pride
makes for inefficiency these days.
Publicity combined with efficiency is
the secret of genius. No laudable un
dertaking is impossible if publicity .<f
the matter is directed in proper chan
nels and through the right mediums.
“Advertising and hard work are us
essential to a preacher’s success as to
a layman’s. A great many preachers
are actually lazy. A clergyman should
not see how little he can do to satis
fy his people and hold his own, but
how much more he can do than Is ex
pected of him. He must study his
people. He must flavor his sermons
with local color and with contem
porary discussion. He must talk about
things of the day and of the moment.
Evangelization Modernized.
“Thus he will have a message for
his people that will hold them, once
they are attracted by means of ad
vertising.
“You see, methods of evangelization
are being modernized, just as are the
methods that concern other enter
prises and institutions.
“And the public’s frame of mind, rs
to what they want to hear in the
churches, is changed to-day. Ma-iy
clergymen work on the idea that you
can catch more flies with sugar than
with vinegar. That may be true of
flies, but not of people. Men and
women want to hear the truth, wheth
er they say so or not. Diplomacy and
politics among preachers don’t work
any more with the masses. Men and
women want honesty, directness and
frankness.
“And only thus can the clergyman
who attract?-his audience hold it. He
really must want that audience
though, and plan carefully each serv
ice.”
Mr. Shuler has been in Atlanta as
pastor of the East Side Tabernacle
only a few weeks. Four years ago,
however, he was stationed in this city
and is widely known.
A PERSISTENT PURPOSE
TO PRODUCE PERFECT WORK
has been the aim of
THE TRIO LAUNDRY
during the past year.
Special attention given your gloves, laces and even
ing “togs.” Our new machines handle youi? shirks
with particular care. They come back to you “like
new,” and last “twice as long.”
PHONE 1099.
E. H. WILSON. W. H. HARRIS.
Detectives Still Seek ‘Man of
Mystery’ Whose Card Was
Found on Victim.
As a result of clews found lale
Saturday night by Detectives Hos ier
and Wylie and Frank Rosier, brother
of the injured man, it was said at
police headquarters at midnight that
'the arrest of the men who assaulted
and almost killed Jayson Rosier Fri
day nigh; and left hint lying, bruised
and battered, in an alley off Decatur
street, is expected within 24 hours.
Rosier has been assisting the po
lice in tlie search for his brothers
assailants since he identified the
wounded man at Grady Hospital Sat
urday morning, and declared at police
headquarters last night that he has
unearthed evidence that points to the
guilty persons.
Robbery Thought Motive.
The detectives working on the ease
| returned to their theory that robbery
was the motive for the crime after a
conference with Rosier, who declared
that a diamond stud valued at $350
'and a gold watch had been taken
from his brother.
When the mutilated form of the
young man was found by Policeman
Hanna in the muddy alleyway, the
watch wag gone.
Roster’s pockets also were turned
out, which gave rise to the robbery
theory.
Detectives think that if robbery
was not really the motive, and that
th> watch was taken and the pockets
turned out for a “blind,” they will
have a hard time tracing and finding
the watch.
“Man of Mystery” Sought.
Detectives Rosser and Wiley have
been unable as yet to find the mys
terious man. whose card was found in
Hosier's pocket and about whom in
formation was furnished to the de
tectives thAt caused them immedi
ately to|begin a hunt for him
They oeiieve this man, if found,
may be able to throw some light on
the mystery, or at least as to the
movements of Mr. Rosier on Friday
night.
By direction of Frank Rosier the
injured man was removed Saturday
from the charity ward in the hospital
to a pay ward, and a special nurse
was assigned to care for him. Mr.
Rosier directed that every attention
possible be shown his brother.
Rosier’s face was beaten into an
unrec ognizable mass, and he is unable
to take any nourishment. He lay all
Saturday in a comatose state, and it
was impossible for physicians to
forecast the outcome of his Injuries.
American Countess
Publishes Her Book
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Wash
ington learned witb pleasure that
the Countess De Chambrun, sister of
former Congressman Nicholas Long-
worth. whose husband was formerly
military attache of the French Em
bassy here, has published a book
entitled “The Sonnets of Shakespeare,
New Light and Old Evidence.”
Recently C.ount De Chambrun re
turned to active duty in the French
army. The Countess remained in
America until several weeks ago,
when she sailed to spend Christmas
in France.
Countess De Chambrun’s book is a
critical essay on Shakespeare and his
times, notably his sympathy with the
Essex conspiracy.
Miners’ Head in Chicago Hospi
tal—Declares He Will Re
enter Calumet Fight.
CHICAGO. De< 37.—Charles H.
Moytr, president of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, now the central
figure of the copper miners’ strike in
the Calumet region, who arrived in
Chicago to-day with a graphic ac
count of the dramatic incident in
which he declares lie was shot,
mobbed and deported from the copper
district, collapsed soon after his ar-
rival as the result of his wounds and
was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital.
When Moyer arrived in Chicago his
heid was swathed in bandages and
h-lk clothing was torn and stained. A
bullet, it whs said, rested In thfc mus
cles of his back near the left shoulder.
Dr. William Harsha, who assumed
charge of the case at rtt. Luke’s Hos
pital, said in a bulletin to-night that
Mr. Moyer’s condition was serious,
hut with small likelihood of becoming
critical unless complications were met
in extracting the bullet.
The surgeon declared Mr. Moyer
would not be allowed to speak at a
labor mass meeting planned by Chi
cago labor officials for to-morrow aft
ernoon to protest against the treat
ment given him in Hancock, Mich.,
Friday night by several men said to
have been armed gangsters in the
employ of some of those opposed to
the striking miners.
Mr. Moyer was accompanied by
Charles H. Tanner, of Left Angeles,
auditor of the Federation, also said
to ha\e been a victim of the mob, and
Victor Ii. Berger, the Socialist leader
of Milwaukee and former Congress
man.
Asked as to his plans for the future,
Moyer said: “I am going back to
Calumet. I am going to win better
wages and better living conditions for
those miners. I am going to ask the
Government to protect me.”
Traveling Men Give
Speechless Banquet
A speechless banquet the first in
the history of the organization—was
given at the Hotel Ansley last night
By Post B, Travelers' Protective As
sociation, to 230 members, their wives
and sweethearts, and about 50 guests.
Instead of the usual speeches, a pro
gram of readings and music was
rendered, and aspiring orators were
politely hut firmly requested to re
main silent. The entertainers were
Mrs. Juliet B. Parmalee. reader; Miss
Martha E. Smith, contralto; Miss
Edith Couch, pianist, and Misses
Genevieve and Bessie Voorhees, vio
linists.
Among the distinguished members
of the order who were present were
State F’resident Jesse Bates, of Ma
con. and State Directors Dennis
Fleming, of Albany, and Max Han
non, of Columbus. A committee com
posed of H. M. A>)i-, ii. u. Crandall
and W. P. Anderson had charge of
the arrangements for the feast.
Train Bandit-Slayer
Sentenced to Death
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—Ralph
Farris, who, as “John Bostick,” held
up and robbed several Southern Pa
cific trains in California and shot and
killed Traveling Agent Montague, was
to-day sentenced by Superior Court
Judge Craig to be hanged early in
March.
The bandit admitted his real name
was Ralph Farris, and that his home
was in Bakersfield, Cal. He had re
cently returned from a trip in the
East, where he was employed as a
waiter in a restaurant at Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa. A young woman who re
turned West with him is supposed to
be in San Francisco.
Street Catches Fire;
Engines Called Out
A nickel's worth of gasoline, a cigar
smoker and a match called out the
entire downtown apparatus of the
fire department and provided thrills
for the throngs on the streets Satur
day night.
An automobilist spilled the gasoline
on the curbing when he filled his ma
chine from the tank in front of tne
Johnson-Gewinner garage on Forsyth
street; a smoker dropped a match into
it a moment later, and some excited
person turned in an alarm when he
saw the fire.
PIIPOI'S STUFF
FOB HOT PLOT
Attacks on City Officials After 1
Theater Horror Causes Raid
on Socialist Organ.
jC ALU MET, MICH.. Dec. 27. The
staff of the newspaper Tyomies, a|
Socialist Finnish daily, published at j
Hancock, was placed under arrest |
to-iiight. The warrants charge ma
licious conspiracy to incite rioting.
Since the Christmas Eve catas
trophe at Italia Hall, when 75 per
sons lost their lives, the Tyomies has
been publishing statements that
members of the Citizens Alliance and
deputy sheriffs who did rescue work
at the hall immediately following the
tragedy, committed the most fiendish
crimes.
They were charged with breaking
the necks of children they pulled
off the struggling mass in the stair
way and with pushing men, women
and children out of the second-story
windows of the building.
Sheriff Cruse charges that the pub
lication of these and other stories
is part of a conspiracy to incite the
strikers to engage in rioting.
That the expulsion of f’resident
Moyer, of the miners, from the dis
trict will help force a Congressional
Investigation for which the Federa
tion has repeatedly asked, was the?
belief to-night.
To-morrow will be a day of fu
nerals in Calumet. The remains of
(54 of the horror victims will be es
corted to their last resting place fol
lowing funeral services in six.
churches. '
The bodies of the children will he
carried to Lakeview Cemetery upon
the shoulders of members of the Fed
eration. while those of the adults will
be transported in hearses.
Moore Plans Bureau
For Welfare Work
Wilrner L. Moore, just before re
tiring as president of the Chamber
of Commerce, will launch a move
ment to establish a bureau under
which will be operated a permanent
child welfare exhibit, a department
lor charity work and another for the
study of the health problem. A meet
ing has been called at the Piedmont
Hotel for the evening of December
30, at H o'clock, when Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, representing the child wel
fare work, will talk to representatives
of the chamber, the Associated Chari
ties and the Health Department.
W. F. Wesley to Run
For Tax Receiver
William F. Wesley, of No. 230 Pee
ples street, a real estate man, will be
a candidate for the office of Fulton
County Tax Receiver.
It is likely that Thomas M. Arnii-
istead, Tax Receiver for several term.t,
will be a candidate for re-election,
and gossip has it that Colonel W. H
Abbott, deputy in the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court, will make the
.race also.
Under the fee system the Tax Re
ceiver’s Income is about $8,000 a year.
Prince Troubetzkoy
And Princess Coining
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—Prince and Prin
cess Paul Troubetzkoy sailed to-day
from Havre for the United States,
where they will stay three months.
The Princess, who is a well-known
sculptress, has been commissioned by
Henry C. Frick to do a bust of
Charles MacDonald, “the Father of
Golf in America,” which will be placed
on the grounds of the St. Andrew’s
Golf Club at Hastings, N. Y.
Big Crawford Stamp
Collection Is Sold
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Dec. 27.—R. B. Spar
row, of Wales, to-day purchased the
famous stamp collection which be
longed to the late Lord Crawford. It
was announced that the pule did n )t
include the Crawford collection of
American stamps, which is said to
be the most complete in existence.
Negotiations are now in progress
for this part of the collection to De
sent to the United States.
Any Asthma sufferer will risk
their 60c—two minutes for Thom
ason’s famous Asthma Remedy.
MASON BROS
54 W. Mitchell, Near Terminal
Furniture at
Reasonable
Our business for the holidays has been much
better than we had anticipated or even hoped for,
and we are truly thankful to our patrons for their
trade and confidence, and assure all who trade
with us to give them a square deal and to sell them
furniture and household goods at prices that will
enable them to buy.
Hi
Like
Tables
In Golden Oak, made to
stand the test, of time—
Tables that do not come
apart the first, rainy day;
bolted and braced to last
a lifetime, at
$1.25
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League for Curbing
Auto Thieves Formed
Auto thieves in the future will have
to be more circumspect. The auto
mobile men liave formed a protective
association.
Secretary E. H. Elleby, of the At
lanta Automobile and Accessory \s-
sociatiou, issued his warning Satur
day. The association, he said, will
pay $25 to the person or persons
causing the arrest and conviction of
a person or persons stealing an au
tomobile.
Invest Your Xmas
M oney in Diamonds
The finest kind of a way to “perpet
uate” that gift of money. And the fact
that we bought heavily before the in
creased Diamond tariff, enabling us to
supply our patrons at former prevailing
prices, makes this store the logical place
to buy Diamonds. •
Eugene V. Haynes Co.
49 Whitehall St.
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Dining Room
Sec our line of Dining Room furniture in Oak,
.Mahogany and Early English at prices that will
save you money.
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save you from $1.00 to $5.00 on each purchase com
pared to prices charged in the high rent district.
Easy Payments
We will make terms to suit
your convenience.
Out-of-Town Orders
Out-of-town orders fi 11 e d
the same day received.
MASON BROS.
Cheapest Furniture House in Georgia
54 W. Mitchell, Near Terminal
Claude C. and Conie S. Mason are associated
with this firm