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Vance At the Crackers’ Training Camp
Henry C. Vance, known to his friends as “Old Dollar
Bill,” sporting editor of The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday
American, is at Bay St. Louis, Miss., with the Atlanta
baseball club. Vance knows the game from the backstop
to the deep center fence and, withal, has ‘the most unique
style on the entire circuit. Read his stories every day on
The Georgian’s and American’s double sport pages.
Is More War Coming?
Beware Russo-Germania.
Pretty Euphemism.
If You Had a andbank.
___By ARTHUR BRISBANE
There is serious, threatening pos
sibility of more European war, in the
late news. .
The German revolution was soon
begun, soon done. Chancellor Kapp
resigns, becoming plain Doctor Kapp.
He, or those that put him up, real
ized rather late that it might be
dangerous to force German workmen
into an ailiance with Russian so
vietism. That would end the chances
of monarchy, which amounts to lit
tle; also property rights of a large
class, amounting to a great deal.
The allies don’t want any German-
Russian combination, and have made
that clear.
Once convince German workmen
and small property owners that their
case is hopeless, their nation per
manently bankrupt, and you add Ger
man technical sklll ana directing
ability to the Russian maelstrom.
Latest cables indicate that the Berlin
crowd is demanding soviet rule and
alliance with Russia.
Russia and Germany united against
the rest of Europe might make the
rest o.t Europe worth less than 10
cents ‘on sl. The English, French
and Italians know it.
Mr. Obregon of Mexico says Mr.
Carranza's government intends to
make Mexico “safe for Americans.”
More power to the kind intention.
But isn't the job of the American
government to make Mexico safe for
Americans? England is able to make
the whole world sa#e for an Eng
lishman,
The wealth of euphemism is in
creased by the coroner’s decision de
claring that Ruth Randall killed
Captain Bleyer. Whoever wrote that
decision could have reported the
Thaw case for the Christian Herald
without losing a reader.
The murdered man was found in
bed with a bullet hole in his temple.
Ruth Randall, who comm/itted suicide,
was lying beside him with a bullet
in her nead. The verdict describes
the dead man .a#® the.lady's “intimate
frind and associate.” There’s re
fined English for ycu.
The Supreme Court says govern
ment can not tax stock dividends.
Congrass plans {0 tax stock divi
dends any how., A financier asks:
“Will Congress presume to override
the Supreme Court?”
1t will, indeed, if it is a Congress
‘of men, not monkeys or puppets. The
business of Congress is to make laws
and to lay taxes.
The business of the Supreme Court
is to say what laws are constitu
tional.
If you owned a sand bank, had
men and horses to work it. needed
sand to make eoncrete. and the deal
ers in sand sold you half what you
needed, charging vou two prices
what would you do?
You would go into your own sand
bank. dig ont your sand, or your
neiehbors wonld call yon an idiot.
What would you ovall Uncle Sam.
wha needs oil for his navy, owns
millions of acres containing oil, is
charged double price for what he
wants, can only get half what he
needs and does nothing about it?
Not only does the government fail
to drill, getting its own oil, its own
gasoline, filling its requirements and
protecting its citizens from extor
tion, but, as eclimax of idiocy, it
turns over the people's oil lands to
private exoloiters. FPresently you
will be reading that those gentlemen
have doubled the prica of gasoline
and oil, and ean not spare what the
government needs.
To sav that a government as now
eorfnl oa thie not protecting iteelf ar
its citizens from extortion 1s idiotic
is putting it mildlv.
The French hava just discovered
new deposits of coal, badly needed
in spite of the fact that France took
the best coal mines from Germany.
Do you think France will turn over
these coal deposits to private indi
viduals, that will say 4@ the French
government, “We can't snpply you?”
Not for a moment. The French gov
ernment is no idiot. and the French
people would not stand the nonsense
that this American republic endures.
Alleged Buralar to
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» Resist Extradition
T. 1. Scarborough, son of Sheriff
J. 8. Bcarborough of ILee County, has
refused to return to South Carolina
with Deputy Sheriff E. W. Folsom,
who held a warrant from Bishopville,
8. C., sworn out by the boy's father,
charging him with burglary. Young
Scarborough will resist extradition.
According to Scarborough’'s state
ment, he was serving a five-year
sentence when paroled, and he will
now have to complete his term. He
was arrested in Atlanta for idling
and loitering. Sheriff Scarborough
telephoned officials here that he
would pay a reward of SIOO for the
surrender of the boy to South Caro
lina authorities. - .
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Atlanta Sells 105,000
Pounds of Candy
The A. A. Broger Department Store
of Baltimore completed the purchase
of 105,000 pounds of candy Wednes
day, which amounted to the entire
Woldings of the Candy Sales Com
pany of this city. It is reported that
this is the largest sale of candy ever
made in Atlanta. |
After being put under a second In«
spection by experts, the candy will
be sent to Baltimore to be sold. It
is estimated that the total will
amount to four carloads.
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POLK TAX SETTLEMENT. |
C. B. Nettles, Polk County tax col
lector, made his final settlement of
1919 taxes Wednesday to the comp
troller general. Mr. Nettlées was
charged with the collection of $7.-
155.22, of which only $726.44 were
charged off for insolvent, general and
POk Wker
Cardinal Logue Sees End of
Peace if Authorities Con
tinue Policy.
By CARDINAL LOGUE,
Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
(Special to Universal Service.)
DUBLIN, March 18.—Not within
living memory can one find in Ire
land such calamitous conditions as
exist at present.
There is ‘drastic repression on one
side, retaliation on the other; a rigid
military regime rivaling in severity
even that of other countries under
the most pitiless autocratic govern
ment; vindictive sentences out of all
proportion to the alleged transgres
sions, lettres de cachet, or arbi
trary arrests, more frequently than
in pre-Revolutionary France; de
portations such as raised a world
cry against the Germans when in
military occupation of Belgium.
REASON FOR DISORDER,
These and similar acts of power
could not fail to create exasperation,
recklessness, despair and general
disorder. On the other side retalia
tion, lawlessness and crime, such es
any man guided by God’s law must
regret and reprobate. And I am
certain that they are reprobated by
the great body of our Catholic peo
ple, whatever their political views.
It would be an injustice to tax a
whole people, who have been hab
itualiy peaceful, and strictly ob
servant of the divine precepts, with
the acts of a few irresponsible, des
perate hotheads, probably the emis
saries or dupes of secret societies.
If some of the recent ill judged
acts of the authcorities are persisted
in I fear that peace will not long
continue. For example, in one of our
towns a sudden swoop was made by
the police and soldiers. In the
small hours of the morning they
dragged a number of people from
their beds, without charge alleged or
cause assigned, and sweptthem into
captivity. Later the troops were
marched through the streets in all
the panoply of war, with no visible
object.
One can not believe that these dis
plays were resorted to for the pur
pose of creating irritation and pro
voking disorder; but whatever the
intention, they would certainly have
that effect and are therefore injudi
cious and imprudent. The people
thus treated may have political
views which may be right
or' wrong, moderate or extreme; but
while they remain mere views, re
sulting in no overt act of outrage
or disorder, it is a very mistaken
policy to stir them into action.
IS.PLAIN INJUSTICE.
It is, moreover, a plin injustice.
Most of these young people are nec
essary for the support of their fam
ilies; many for the spring work
which is so much needed, when the
highest authorities declare that there
is not enough food to feed the world
and that without the most extended
and energetic production starvation
is inevitable.
Better, therefore while they com
mit no fault beyond the meer ex
pression of political views, to leave
them at dead of night and send them
the mat dead of night and send them
to waste their time, energies and
health in English prisons.
But these trials should be borne
by the people in a Chritsian spirit,
with patience and resignation to the
Divine Will However, oppressive
and intolerable their grievances may
appear, they can not justify crimes
which are in conflict with God's law.
This state of things can not last
or stand the light of modern public
opinion. Foce can never be a sub
stitute for good government.
Funeral for F. J. Davis
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Frank J.
Davis, 44, of 542 Washington street,
who died Tuesday night at a private
sanitarium, were to be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the chapel of Harry G. Poole, Rev.
Walter I. Loflin officiating. There
was an honorary escort of employees
and officials of the Texas Company.
The Masons had charge of the serv
ices at the grave in Westview.
Mr. Davis came to Atlanta about
three months ago from Greenville, S.
(~ where he had been connected with
the Texas Company for eight years.
He was a member of the Masonie
Blue Lodge in Georgetown, S. C.;
commander of the Knights Templar
Omar Temple Shrine of Greenville,
and a member of the Woodmen of
the World. He, is survived by his
widow and two sons, Harold and Earl
Davis; two brothers, H. G. Davis of
Birmingham, Ala.,, and J. W. Davis
of Montreal, Canada.
Theft of Fifteen Tons
Coal Charged io Negro
Raymond White, 19, negro, set out
to become a wholesale cealer in coal
without troubling himself about the
usual formalities of husiness and
without even buying his stock, ac
cording to accusations Thursday by
the police. White was held at police
station. ;
Raymond i{s charged with stealing
fifteen tons of coal belonging to the
City Coal Companv, 426 Marietta
street, Me ig a drayman by ordinary
occupation, and he wae declared to
have unloaded the coal from a car in
the Georgia Railroad yards Wednes
day during the rain,
He was caught near the car with
some of the coal by Pslicemen Mor
gan and Evans, He will be tried Fri
day morning/in Police Court.
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VOL XVIII
Abreast of
The News
SWAMPS AND 'GATORS
The Everglades, an Atlantan, and
an Alligator, All Combine to
Save This Column From
the German Revolution.
By VICTOR VICTOR,
One reason for the choice of today's
subject is an effort to dodge the Ger
man revolution. How far can one get
from that overshadowing element of
’Lhe day’s news? Will alligators and
the Florida Everglades do? They
have both been prominently in the
news within the past two days.
~ Monday, friends of the Atlanta en
gineer, J. B. McCrary, were alarmed
by a report that he had been lost in,
the Everglades. Tues?y, Mr. Mec-
Crary himself sent a felegram dis
pelling their anxiety and explaining
‘that he and his Seminole Indian guide
‘'had merely been caught by an une
anticipated rush of “high water,” and
\Were compelled to seek another exit
from the wilderness than that plan
ned.’
‘ To draw further attention to this
‘unparalleled region, as well as to him
self, one “Basco,” alligator citizen of
Atlanta, and proud native of the
Everglades, died recently ‘and ac
commodatingly under circumstances
of such pathos to his friends among
the children, that he climbed into the
‘exclusive “Colurmm Two” of The Geor
gian’s front page—one step, doubtless,
on his way to heaven!
THE EVERGLADES.
The Everglades, greatest home of
alligators, and the only home of croc
odiles in North America, are, truly,
an “unparalled region” for more im
portant reasons than their reptilla.
- They are not, as most people im
agine, either a typical, oversized,
fresh water swamp, like our own
Georgia Okefenokee, nor a great salt
marsh of the usual order. Except for
their innumerable islands the greater
past of the region is submerged; but
over it pours a constantly changing
flood of fresh water, moving from
Lake Okeechobee, in Southern Flori
da, to the sea.
The KEverglades, which are about
100 miles long by 45 wide, are really
the southern end of this lake. The
currents through the morass follow
an intricate labyrinth of deeper chan
nels, or “creeks.”
Except in the deepest parts, and In
the dry spots, the whole is covered
with its own peculiar ‘“saw-grass,”
sometimes growing to a height of ten
feet above the water, incomparably
dense, with blades as hard as bamboo,
and cutting-edged like a sharp saw,
Wild myrtle and other shrubbery add
to the impenetrability of the region.
The heart of the Everglades was a
secret to white men right up to the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Only the native Seminole Indians
possessed the prowess to solve the
mystery of its entangling labyrinth
of tricky currents.
But the region is remarkably fer
tile and astonishingly temperate in
climate, and since 1906, the State of
Florida and the federal government
have been at work reclaiming it, To
day, nearly 1,000,000 of the total of not
quite 4,000,000 acres has been won
from the waters. |
BASCO'S RIGHT NAME.
But the Lord’'s strange creatures
are much more interesting than His
strange places, fascinating though
these may be. Therefore, let the
Everglades glide, and now to the late
lamented ‘Basco.” |
My fellow knight of the typewriter
who immortalized Basco's demise
stated that his name was ‘“just plain
Basco.” I stand four-square upon
three different encyclopedias and
deny that belittling allegation. His
name was “Basco Alligator Croco
dilia.”
“Crocodilia” is his scientific fam
ily name, derived from a Greek word
signifying a lizard or newt, though
he weally is not close kin to a lizard.
The Spaniards gave him his middie
name, likewise by relying too much
upon appearances. “Alligator” is
simply a slight corruption of the:
Spanish “El Lagarto”—"the lizard.”
Down in Brazil, where a smaller
brother of Basco’s, the spectacled al
ligator is quite numerous, the peo
ple just call him “lagarto,” and the
real lizards, poor thingg, are called
something else. Arthur Brisbane is
right-——the big fellow is always taking
something away from the little one!
The alligator was formerly very
common in almost all warm south
eastern fresh waters, from the lower
Savannah River around the coast to
the Rin Grande. In fact, the North
American alligator is known as the
“alligator Mississippiensis.” Besides
the “spectacled alligator,” he has, in
Central and South American waters,
a much more important brother—
this time slightly larger—known as
the “Caiman,” who is hunted, like
Basco, for his valuable hide.
Central and South American waters
likewise abound in true “crocodiles,”
though, as has been indicated, the
Everglades are the only place where
they are found in the T'nited States.
IN RE HUMAN DINNERS. |
There is not much difference he
tween crocodiles and alligators. The
crocodile’s head is narrow and comes
to a point, while the alligator's is
broad and blunt. There is likewise
some difference in the arrangement
of the teeth and hard ridges on the
back anqd tail. Beyond that, the main
difference is that the alligator sis
heavy and clumsy, while the croco
dile 1s lighter and much more agile.
Alligators are not as sneedy on land
as they are reputed to be.
Contrary to pépular belief, neither
specieg in the Americas today will at
tack man unless cornered, though the
crocodile grows dangerous in cap
tivity. There have been exceptional
cases. but generally speaking, even
a child could go swimming in the
Everglades with nerfect safety. But
as for a dog—well, it wonld nrnhn-{
blv be Fido's last swimming nartv!‘
But there are genuinely ferocious
man-eating crocodiles in the old[
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920
N
Contract With Georgia Railway
and Power Company Signed
\
by Union,
Arbitration is substituted for the
strike in settling disputes arising in
future between the Georgia Railway
and Power Company and union mo
tormen, conductors and shopmen;
and the 15 per cent increased wage
schedule is made effective, in the
1920 contract signed Wednesday by
the two parties. The document also
sets forth in detail the privileges
and rights of both the company and
the men under the agreement.
The contract was signed by H. M.
Atkinson, chairman of the board of
directors of the company; W. H.
Wright, secretary; W. B. Honea,
president of Amalgamated Associa
uion of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America Division No.
732, and N. A. Skelton, recording
secretary. It embodies agreements
Teached by -a committee from the
union and officials of the company
and the wage decision reached by the
board of arbitration consisting of
Luther Z. Rosser, Madison Bell and
Judge John D. Humphries.
Relative to arbitration instead of
strikes for settlement of future dis
putes that may arise, section five
of the contract says:
“When any disputes arise between
the company and the association, or
its members, over which they can
not mutually agree, the same shall
be submitted to a board of abritra
tors composed of three disinterested
persons, one arbitrator to be chosen
by the company, one by the associa
tion and the two arbitrators thus se
fected shall choose a third arbi
trator.
DECISION FINAL.
“This board of abritrators so con
stituted shall hear evidence and ar
guments on the points in dispute
and the written decision of a ma
jority of the members of the board
of arbitration shall be final and
binding on the parties thereto. The
parties hereto shall, each pay the
arbitrator of its own selection, and
they shall jointly pay the third arbi
trator and the other legitimate joint
expenses of such arbitration, each
party, however, paying its own ex
penses incurred in preparing and
presenting its case.”
The contract is applicable to both
the Georgia. Railway and Power
Company’s lines and those of the
Atlanta Northern Railway Company
in the counties of Fulton, De Kalb
and Cobb. In brief the contract
provides:
The membership of the union shall
consist of and the agreement shall
cover only motormen and conduc
tors and men employed in the shops,
barns, track construction or main
tenance work exclusive of men
[whose trades make them eligible to
'membership in other trades unions.
} Men in these departments shall
have the right to join or not join
the union.
The company agrees to meet and
‘treat with duly accredited officers
and committees of the union on all
)grie‘vances that may arise during the
life of the contract.
\ Union men suspended, damerited
or discharged shall have the right to
have their cases investigated by of
ficers or committees of the union
and be reinstated where it is mu
tually agreed to by the union and
the company that he was not” at
fault.
The company reserves the right to
hire and discharge the employees,
determine the number of men it will
retain or employ and exercise full
control over discipline in the inter
ests of proper service whether the
employees concerned are union or
.Jnon-union.
Members of the unien are granted
the right to wear union buttons on
duty at all times,
WAGE RATE FIXED. |
Section eight fixes the rate of
wages in accordangce with agree
'ment reached by the hoard of arbi
‘trution which provided a 15 per cent
increase for motormen and conduc
' tors and provides b cents per hour
| additional for motormen and con
ductors while in training in addi
tion to their regular rate of pay for
such training service.
Other sections arrange details or
“runs,” hours, and relations of men
and company, that of greatest in
terest to the public being probably
gection twenty-two which provides
that “the association and its mem
bers agree that during the contin
| nance of this contract there shall be
'no strikes or, walkouts by said as-.
sociation or its members and the
company on its part agrees that dur- i
‘ing the continuance of this contract
there shall be no lockouts of the
'said assocjation or its members, it
' being the mutusal desire of both
parties hereto to provide during the
continuance of this contract for un
interrupted, continuous service,
Nothing herein, however, is intended |
to prevent the resignation or di:>~|
charge of any individual, all dis
charges being subject to review un
der the condtions and in the manner
hereinbefore provided.” |
world—mainly in India and the Malay
regions.
While still plentiful in the inner
swamps and inaccessible places, the
hunt for his hide has brought the
North American alligator face to face
with extermination. But the new
business of alligator farming, being
rapidly developed from Florida to
Southern California, promises to save
him from that tragedy. And, by
the way, no small part of its revenue
arises from the sale of young alli
gator as pets. The Bascos are now
very coramon. :
City Planning” Board Hears of
Success in Other Cities.
Chairman Grant Quits,
Urging Atlanta to establish a pub
lic market in the central business
district and declaring lhat‘ such a
market is not a competitor of estab
lished business enterprises but a
stimulator of greated trade, McFall
Kerbey Wednesday afternoon dis
cussed before the city planning com
mission the advantages to be gained
by such a market. He said it would
benefit all classes. It would lead to
truck growing on a larger scale,
which means, lower prices to consum
er and far prices to producer. He
said it had reduced the cost of living
in other cities and would do it in
Atlanta,
\ Mr. Kerbey is a representative of
the Bureau of Markets of the United
States agriculturai department.
The members of the commission
were surprised at receiving a letter
from John W. Grant, chairman of the
body, tendering his resignation from
the commission, for the reason that
he is leaving for Flot"'da, and because
the work promises to demand so
much time that he feels unable to
undertake it. The resignation was
accepted with regret and the cholce
of a successor referred to a commit
tee composed of A. J. Orme, Dan W.
Green and Dr. W. L. Gilbert.
Mr. Grant is the fourth member to
resign. The others were Mell R. Wil
kinson, Oscar Elsas and Bernard
Suttler.
A. J. Orme, who some years ago
was chairman of the City Council's
Committee on Public Markets, re
plied to Mr. Kerbey's recommenda
tion of a central market that such
an institution would be difficult to
locate because of the high prices of
real estate in the business district.
He believed it would cost $1,000,000
to establish such a market,
OTHER CITIES CITED.
Mr, Kerbey went into many de
tails of the movement in many
cities. 3
“It is a benefit to all,” said Mr.
Kerbey. “The established markels
show a greater volume of business
following the establishment of munic
ipally directed bureaus of distribu
tion, and the farmers are influenced
to greater production.
“A public market is not a panacea
for the high cost of living, but it is
natural that if we Inspire the
farmers and truck growers to greater
production and also increase the
number of producers that a bounti
ful supply will have the effect of re
ducing prices, possibly not this year,
but next year. It has had that ef
fect in other cities.
“Cities are greatly -concerned
about the health of its citizens, its
policing and other matters. But it
is just as important that cities
should be concerned in food supply.
Cities should adopt a policy to
know all it can aboui food and its
distribution.
“Prices may Dbe unnnecessarily
high owing to lack of adequate pro
duction nearby, forcing the food to
come by rail from distant localities,
That means much money goes out
of the municipality. But with a
public market and with the women’'s
clubs operating, many difficulties
have been overcome, At first the
producers will not come readily to
the market., But the ladies in other
cities have gone out and can
vassed the nearby truck growers and
small farmers and requested them
to bring in anything they had to sell.
Once the farmer had ‘'met his trade
directly and received the cash it al
ways inspired him to raise more,
and his experience gfyt his neighbors
to do the same which soon placed
the public market in a position of
having 4 plentiful supply at lower
prices,
COMPLAINT MET.
“Now to meet the complaint of
competitors of the city cutting in on
their business, the statement is made
that with the Jfaymers having the
extra money from the sale of prod
uce expend these funds for other
things thus balancing matters.
Mr. Kerbey has illustrated slides
showing markets in other cities and
he stated he would bq glad to show
them to any interested organization.
He and his assistant, W, MacKenazie
Stevens, will remain in Atlanta the
remainder of the week conferring
with the county agents of the depart
ment of agriculture and making a
general survey of the public market
situation.
- Eugene R. Black said the commit-
Ttee of which he is chairman, and
which had the duty of drafting a re
port stating the definite objects qual
ifying the existence of the City Plan
ning Commission, would report later,
John J. Eagan, chairman on the com
mittee on housing and public wel
fare, reported progress,
J. H. Ewing urged the desirability
of a fund of at least 100,000 to curry
out the work of the commission. He
indicated that a paid secretary was
needed. Mr. Mcßurney, chairman of
the finance committee, replied that‘
the city, county and Chamber of
Commerce would make the nocosnry‘
grants of money whenever the funds
were needed, but that thus far no uc-‘
tton calling for expenditures had bm-n‘
taken. Mr, Orme also stated that the
matter of having a paid secretary was
being looked into. It was indicated
that the questions of finances would
be gone into at the next meeting and
an attempt would also be made to
define a policy for the planning com
mission. v
The Rev. J. Campbell Morgan, noted clergyman, who is |
in Atlanta as the principal“figure in the Bible conference |
to begin Thursday evening at the Baptist Tabernacle. |
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(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Horti
culturists here have made discovery
of the powers of the diffenbachia
picta, a tall slender plant, with spot
ted greyish green ‘leaveg, a yellow
bloom and an especially potent sap.
For half a century or more the
diffenbachia picta has flourished in
the government botanical gardens,
and no one has attempted to “Amer
icanize” its difficult name. A short
time ago, however, an examination
was made of its sap, and a dusky
hued laborer was persuaded to drink
a dram or so of it. The effect was
instantaneous, \
He waved his arms wildly, jumped
around excitedly, but did not utter a
word. The director of the garden
was astonished at his silence, for all
the man did was to point at his ton
gue, and continue his fervid gesticu
lations. Nine days elapsed, yet the
laborer continuted mute, On the tenth
morning he appeared at work smil
ing happily.
“That sho' have done the trick,”
he said. “Can you bottle some of it
for me?”
“Why?" he was asked.
“Well, boss,” he responded, ‘“my
mother-in-law is coming to my house,
and I want to put some of that juice
in her coffee when she ain't lookin’.
It'li keep her quiet for nine days.”
Whereupon the officials of the gar
den christened the diffenbachia picta
the “mother-in-law” plant and it is
80 known today.
Steps Taken to Relieve
Shorter Water Shortage
ROME, Ga., March 18.--BStrenuous
efforts were made this week to re
lieve the water famine at Shorter
College, and as a result through the
work of the big pumping engine of
the fire department, the tank hold
ing 50,000 gallons was filled, The
pump was hitched to a plug near
the residence of CGeorge Watts in
West Rome, 2,600 feet of hose were
laid and in four hours the tank was
filled.
Owing to the height of the college
above the city, and the unusual
consumption by factories, occasion
ally there is not sufficient water to
supply the daily need of the college,
Factory managers have been re
quested to use as little water as
possible, and Manager King is plan
ning a new system of mains in an
effort to relieve the situation,
U. S. to Raze Cottlages
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On Sullivan’s Island
COLUMBIA, 8. C.,, March 18—
Governor Cooper has received a let
ter f*om Newton D. Baker, secretary
of war, saying the federal govern
ment finds it necessary to add eleven
acres to the military reservation on
Sullivan's Island.
The island belongs to the govern
ment, but many people of the State
have leased lots and erected summer
homes thereon, The goeernment will
reimburse the owners of these
homes,
The eleven-acre extension of the
regervation is necessary to keep
clear the range for observation from
the fire stations. J
Finance
Sports
Comics
NO. 207
(By Universal Service.)
~ ROANOKE, Va., March 18.—For
the first time in the State Republi
can convention, delegates in session
here were addressed by women. Pres
ident Wilson and his policies were
severely scored. Mrs. John South of
Frankfort, Ky., Mrs. Dexter Otey of
‘Lynchburg, Mrs. John T. Pratt of
New York, and Mrs. M. Caldwell of
Roanoke, addressed the convention.
All declared that the time has come
for women to take an active part in
the politieal affairs of the nation.
Mrs. South and Mrs. Pratt.are dele
gates in their respective districts to
the national cenvention.
WHAT THE PARTY STANDS FOR.
National Chairman Will H. Hays
was the speaker of the evening ses
sion and said the Republican party
stands for:
“Honesty, efficient and economic
business administration of the coun
trys affairs,
“It stands for the development and
execution of a plan for the reduction
of taxes, with repeal of taxes which
kill initiative, and the spreadiug ot
war debt over a large number of
years. .
“There shall be developed a better
relation between labor and capital,
with justice to both and with justice
to the public.
“There shall be an administration
of law and order everywhere in the
nation, .
“The party shall measure its steps
forward by the new needs of the na
tion, with eyes always ahead but
with feet always on solid ground.
“The Republican party offers
women everything we offer the men.
The only just rule for a political
party 1s that the rights of partictpa
tion in the management of the par
ty's affairs must be and remain
equally sacred and sacredly equal
The Republican women in the coun
try constitute ond-half of the party's
membership.”
SHOULD MEET DISCONTENT. ‘
In closing his address, Hays said:
“Find the reason for the discon
tent, and meet it squarely; correct
the cause where there is a cause, and |
mercilessly destroy the excuse where}
it is an excuse only.”
The delegation instructed to vote
for Governor Lowden of Illinois for{
President and Colonel Herniry Ander
son of Richmond for vice president. ‘
The delegAtes named are: Congress
man . B. Slemp, Joseph Crupper, |
H. L. Lawson and D. P. Groner; al
aternates: Mrs. M. M. Caldwell, J. B.
Kimberly, H. B. Crockett and B. B,
Wheeler.
A storm of protest greeted the
L.owden endorsement, many demand
ing an uninstructed delegation, but
the Slemp resolution prevaileq 314
to 194,
Liles Won’t Run for
. .
Re-election in S. C.
COLUMBIA, 8. €, March 18.—A
dispatch from Orangeburg says
Junius T. Liles, Heutenant governor,
will not be in the race for re-elec
tion. His health is shattered.
Octavius Cohen of Charleston has
announced his candidacy and J_ I
Sherard of Anderson, former Shte
senator from that county, has been
mentioned as a candidate,
SECOND
NEWS
SECTION
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!Former English Pastor to. Talk
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at Bible Conference in
Tabernacle. e
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, once of
' England, but now an American resi
.dent, arrived Thursday to deliver an
other series of his famous Bible lec~
tures before the seventeenth annual.
Bible (fonference at the Baptist Tab.
ernacle. Next Monday there will ar
| rive Dr. Len G. Broughton, founder of 3
X”w Tabernacle and its conferences
and for many years a friend of the
London evangelist. Several other no
tables of the church are her for ad
| dresses and visitors are expected, as
in the past, from all over the South. -
Doctor Morgan seemed but little
changed ‘since his last visit, six years
ago. He {s tall, thin and ascetic im
appearance, a little bent with the
years, but still firm of step and
hearty in his haking hands. He sat
in the reception room of the Piedmont
IHntol for half an hour and chatted,
| with a nEnglish accent very unlike
i the stage variety, with two ‘press
| men,” as he referred to a pair of re
| porters, :
‘ "I live in America now, you know,”
he began. “Came over in August, Lo
stay. We are living at Winona Lake,
Ind. No, I don’'t expect to be natural
. dize I'm a bitwo old for that, but
my sons probably will be, lam en
gaged in Bible lectures. It is my
field. Tt i sall that I know.”
NOT SENSATIONAL.
Doctor oMrgan was willing to dis~
cuss almost any subject which report
'ors looking for a “story” might ask,
ll»ut there was nothing of the sentu-}g
tional to be had from him. The Lon
doner is not an evangelist of the Billy @
Sunday type; indeed, he makes no
claim to being an evangelist at all.
His field is an exposition of the
meaning of the Bible, which he looks
upon not only as a masterplec of lit~
erature, but as a work inspired. Per
haps the mosts triking sentence from
him came in a brief discusston of the
wave of spiritualism which is sweep
ing /England and which also is reach
in glarge proportions in this country.
“I believe that these people do
communicate with spirits,” he said.
“But I believe they'are evil spiirts. [
believe in a great underworld of evil.
[ look upon this spiritualistic phase
as a grave danger. ;
“There is, of course, a psychological :
reason so rthis interest in spiritual
ism. We English lost a million dead
In the great war, and it is natural
that their people should be wondering
where those lads are and trying te
communicate with them. I have
great respect for Sir Oliver Lodge
|as a scientist, but he does not know
the first thing about the ‘Christian
lreve]utions. The whole spiritual
| movement is false.” \
Doctor Morgan does not believe
that the war had any great influence
upon religlous thought. : z
“The boys who believed before they
l went to France came back, if they did
come back, with their faith strength
|ened,” he said. “Those who went un=¢
believing came back unbelieving., Of
course, there were exceptions on both
sides. 1 know of young Christian
men who came back curing religion,
and unbelievers who found the truth
on the battlefield. ;
|BIBLE INTERESTS U. 8. |
| “I find that the American peoples
Ilike those of England, are tremen=
|dously interested in the Bible and fits
linterpretaion. That 1s my work. :
]Evvn the average church member
[knows little about the Bible, He
| knows many texts and several famous
chapters, but he does not know the
Ilmmn_v and the wisdom and the in
spiration of the Book.” b
Doctor Morgan has not determine®
the scope of his Bible talks here, buts
he sayvs he will not go over the same
lzmuml as on former visits. His ad
dresses will be delivered every day ’
at 11 o’clock and every night at 8
o'clgek through the ten days of wne
conference, The conference will be
| opened Thursday night with one of
his adresses.
\ Dr. W. M., Evans of Los Angeles
lund Chicago, will speak each morn
ing at 10 o'clock and each evening L
at 7 o'clock, 9
Dr. John Paul of Wilmore, Ky,
will preach each afternoon at 2
o’'clock.
Dr. George W. McPherson of New
York will preach each afternoon at
! 3 o'clock, . ]
| Dr. Len G. Broughton, formerly
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, but
now pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Knoxville, Tenn., will ar
rive in Atlanta Monday and from
then until the end of the conference
will speak each afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Q Preceding each session of the con~ '
ference a song service will be held
-under the leadership of Capt. D. L.
Spooner, musical director at ths
Tabernacle, assisted by the Rev,
Lawrence Young of Los Angeles. | .
SONGS AND S‘ERMONS. )
Two things will characterize the
conference—first the evangelical
quality of the sermons, which will
deal with subjects of faith and not
of theology; secondiy, the song servs+
ices, which will consist of Yamillar
hymns sung by the large audiences
and by a choir of eighty voices. '
Letters received by the Tabernacle
pastor, the Rev. John W. Ham, show
that visitors will be present from
every part of the South. Various ed
ucational institi.ions have asked to
have special reservations made for
the studlent bodies at sessions of the
conference. And Tabernacle work
ers who are distributing posters an
nouncing dates and speakers have
found deep interest in Atlanta in the &
conference. e
“I wish to emphasize again,” said
Mr. Ham, “that the conference is for
every one, and not for any limited
group. The doors of the Tabernacls
are open. Every one in Atlanta is
urged to come.” .