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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 H 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. H Dining Room Sec our line of Dining Room furniture in Oak, .Mahogany and Early English at prices that will save you money. Go-Carts Cozy Comer aue*. twco namr raws NGTB MKUKMg KJ««i MM AOJunitMT t SAIITT 2 isir sma.. sin vasts Like Cut A cozy seat by day and a de ....... lightful bed at night. Bed, Spring, Mattress and ^>ver in Wmiils . I com r 1 t $7.00 | plete 0 I 0 Chifforobes \ W X * in Golden Oak or Mahogany finish, worth and sell in the high-rent dis trict at $32.50. We have a lim ited number of these hand some articles that will $ SCI for 19” Like Cut Carpets—Rugs—Draperies *'V-r jjjfio<n#s* mr m wtl Y We have a large stock to select from and will 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