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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER i SCORE OF DELEG A TES OF BAPTIST CHURCH IN CARTERSVILLE,GA. to The Georslen. ■ Cerlrrsvllle, Ga., Nov. 20.—Scores of L and minister* and their wives Im the Georgia Baptist convention, j ‘ k . h meets hero this evening, arrived tv, night and toddy, and were assigned their respective homes. Many delegates from South Georgia ■ met In Atlanta are expected to ar- Lve here at I o’clock, on a special train over the W. & A. t v: the opening session tomorrow f niitlil at " hlch the eI * ctlon of oUlcers [the next year occurs. It Is believed i Men- J - *’ s " orthen W, *I be re-elected t president without opposition. He has held ti'.i-“ past for the P* st eleven years, p |n ,| tvhlle lie has on ono or two occa- nona sought to retire from the office, the convention has prevailed upon him ! to continue In thp harness. The following Is the proposed order .r exercised for this evening: 1 ; n m.. devotional services; 7:30, convention called to order; secretary announces names of delegates; election 0 i ndicers; address of welcome on be half of fartcrsvllle; reply on behalf of the convention; adoption of regular or der of business; Axing hours of meet ing; convention sermon. There are 220,000 white members of the Baptist church In Georgia, and this denomination is making, rapid strides toward numerical leadership In tills state. Endowment funds for Mercer University and Shorter College are un der consideration and the discussion o Plans looking to this end will |end spe cial Interest to the approaching session A fund of t. r >00,000 for tills purpose proposed to be made available. Dr. R. J. Willingham, of Richmond. Va., will be present to speak In behalf of foreign missions and tell of the work done by the foreign mission board the Southern Baptist convention. Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, secretary of the home mission board, will rcvlew the work accomplished by tills board during the past year. The Sunday school board of Nash vllle, of which Dr. J. M. Frost Is secre tary, will probably have a representa tive on the floor of the convention ti make a report of the progress of the Sunday school work. Altogether the coming session promises to be a live one and abounding In Interesting dls cusstona. HILL PLANS A MERGER OF THREE BIG ROADS MISSING MAN IN PRISON, ■ BUT A WOMAN WHO LOVES HIM IS GLAD TO HEAR IT There Is one woman In Atlanta who ( Is glad that her husband or brother or same one she loves Is a prisoner. At ).a*t she Is glad to know where he la. There Is a touch of grim humor follow ing a tragedy of Monday. In the undertaking establishment of Barclay ti Brandon lies the body of the unknown man who hurled himself front the Magnolia street bridge before a moving train Monday morning. The stalwart frame, the broad shoulders, the muscles thnt stand out on arms and breast. Indicate that he was a man a hose physical strength was something t„ la- envied. All Tuesday morning there were call ers at the Improvised morgue who asked to see the body. There were men who had a brother answering the description In the newspapers: there M-rre women whose husbands had been missing for days; there were those who knew the habits of sons or brothers who never take up a paper without .. fear,of seeing In staring headlines the name of the man closest to them, was a study In human expression, that timid, frightened glance at the cold body, then the relief which came with the knowledge that It was “only stranger." It la easy to be Indifferent when one’s own home la left untouched. One woman called early Monday. She was nervous, excited, trembling. "I don’t know—’’ she stammered, thought—I didn’t knoy—It might be Conyers—I want to see him." She was led to the room where the dead man lay. She looked at the body closely. There must have been some resemblance to the man she sbught, for she hesitated. T don’t know yet—I must wait,” alio said. ‘And she left the room. Ill a few momenta the telephone rang. One of the Arm answered It. Over the wires came this message: "It’s all right, and I’m so glad. Con yera l» In the stockade.’’ IS HUMAN WRITING PAD; NEW MARINE HAS QUEER KIND OF SENSITIVE SKIN of the thousands of men In). the t’nitecl States marine corps, one Just enlisted In Atlanta bears the distinc tion of being In some respects the most remarkable In the service. He Is afflicted. If affliction It may be tailed, with urticaria, but by the su- prrstitinua known ae "devil writing." And ho has the satisfaction of knowing that the affliction he has only appears In about every hundred thousandth per son. This man Is James Arthur Ford, and for i he next four years he will wear the uniform of Uncle Sam and do duty on the high sens on board men of war. While the official name given by tHe doctors to the affliction which Ford has Is one that carries horror with It, nev ertheless the affliction Is nothing more than having a highly sensitive skin that retains for a half hour or more any mark made upon It with a blunt Instru ment. This human freak was discovered Monday by Lieutenant L. P. Pinkston, In charge of the Atlanta recruiting of- line, and his surgeon, Lieutenant G. G. Han. It was noticed that wherever anything touched Ford a red mark ap peared and remained, although the freak suffered no Inconvenience what- Immedlately Dr. Hart recognised In Ford a man having urticaria, a skin affliction that Is rare Indeed, and one that he has only seen once or.twice In hla experience. In order to demonstrate Just what effect marking by blunt Instruments would have upon Ford’s skin, Lteuten-* ant Pinkston and Dr. Hart Tuesday morning put him on exhibition In the recruiting offices In the Austell build ing and showed several newspaper men how Ford could get along In the world, even If he was not equipped with pen cil and paper. Marks made with a smooth key turned the skin into white line for an Instant and almost Immediately red was substituted for the white, and these red marks re mained for a half hour. All aorta of names and Inscriptions were written on the man, and not only did they not give-him any pain, but not the slightest Irritation. And until he was told by the examining sur geon that he lmd a rare affliction, Ford did not know that he had something which It Is doubtful If any other marine In tho service has. Dr. Hart says there Is nothing serious In the affliction, and that It Is simply caused by a hypersensitive skin. Ford halls from Arkansas and saya that none of his people Is marked In this fash ion. I ENGINEER CRUSHED UNDER LOCOMOTIVE Sl-i-i-lnl to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 30.—Steven Beasley, an engineer, was killed and John Barton, conductor, and Lee Wll- s»n. Andy McCTeery and D. Butler, brakemeri, were Injured In a wreck on the north Alabama branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad to day. The brakemen are negroes. The engine and one freight car turn ed over near Mineral Springs. En gineer Beasley was caught beneath the engine and badly mashed and scalded. JOHN M, EDWARDS, DAS PASSED AWAY Will Smith, a negro raiding at 2S Doray street, was bound over to the criminal branch of the superior court Tuesday morning by Recorder Broyles John M. Edward*, of Mllledge* • one of the heat known men In the (• died Tuesday morning In n private nltnrlum In Atlanta, where he went four on the charge of murder, Smith having OFTHEMRENCE Woman’s Baptist Confer ence Meets at Car- tersville. By SAM P. JONES, JR. Carterevllle, Ga. Nov. 30.—Carters- vlllc was the scene yesterday afternoon of the opening of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Woman's Bap- ttat Missionary Union of Georgia, aux iliary of the Georgia Baptist State con vention, which latter will convene here Tuesday night at 7:10 o'clock. The A rut session of the Woman' Union was held at the Flrat Baptist church and was led by Mrs. W. J. Northen, of Atlanta. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Mrs. W. J. Neel, on behalf of tho First Baptist church, of Carteravllle; Mrs. W. H. Felton, on behalf of the First Methodist church of Cartersvllle, and Mrs. “Bill Arp” Smith, on behalf of the Presbyterian church of this city. The addresses of welcdme were re sponded to by Mrs. W. A. Johnson, of Fayetteville. After the addresses the union pro ceeded at once to the reading of re ports. which consumed the balance of the time allotted to' the afternoon ses sion. V Evening Stiilon. At 7:30 Monday evening the union convened again In the church, and the meeting waa led by Mrs. Bond, of West Point. That part of the evening session which was open to the public consisted principally of addresses from foreign missionaries who are In attendance upon the convention, interesting talks were made by Rev. Calder Willingham, returned missionary to Japan, who. with his wife. Is attending the meeting of the Womon’s Union; Mrs. Harvey Clark, missionary to Japan; Miss Ida Truitt, missionary to China, and Mrs. A. L. Dunston, missionary to Brazil. A talk was also made by George W. Andrews, of Atlanta, Sunday school worker. Offices Combined. Upon entering Into executive session the union heard a resolution that was read by Mrs. J. W. Wills, of Atlanta, recording secretary, recommending that the offices of corresponding secretary and that of the treasurer be combined, and that the office of the leader of the Young Ladles’ work and the Sunshtno work also be combined and that sal aries b« attached to them, This was Burlington Is Soon to Pass Into .Control of Great Northern. Omaha, Nebr.,' Nov. 20.—It Is stated here on apparent authority that within a week the equity which the Northern PaclAc holds In the Burlington will pass Into the hands of the Great Northern and that almost Immediately the Burlington and Great Northern will be merged Into one system with James J. Hill in control. The Great Northern, Northern Pa- ciAc and Burlington lack but one little link npw of being one great system. When the short cut from Billings to Great Falls, Mont., la completed, the unlAcatlon will be consummated. The western terminus of the Burl Ington Is Billings, where It meets the Northern PaclAc. A line has been In progress of construction for some time from Billings to Great Falls, where the Great Northern runs m Its way to the coast. r 145 OUT OF 174 OPPOSEJLECTION Continued From Page 1. SOME MID WEEK SPECIALS Get Your Share of Them. the questions about prohibition In non-committal fashion. I desire to call your attention to the following points; 1. That the list sought and secured was not of leading business men. No canvass waa made of Catholics or Jews or non-churoti members, but Inquiry was conAned to those whom their pas tors. regarded as their leading breth ren.' Looking over the lists, I have noted that they represent every profes sion almost, and contain clerks as well as proprietors, employees as well' as employers. 2. That the letter gave an uncon strained opportunity to answer the questions thoughtfully and In accord ance with convictions. 3. That these replies are Indicative of the average Judgment of the Chris tian men In Atlanta. 4. That these replies are Inclusive of the Judgments of all but Ave of the prohibition executive committee of twety-flve that managed the last pro hibition campaign In Atlanta, now liv ing In the city. Would Not Carry Now. You have the facts as I have ascer tained them. I would not be frank and honest It I did not say that It Is my pronounced conviction that an election would' not carry In Atlanta at thla time. 1 therefore do not believe we should bring It on, with, the proba bilities so overwhelmingly against us. .iiwiitoiiioiii, sms siw This Is the situation that would fol- consldered radical legislation, but It low: met the approval of the union, and when put to a vote was carried unani mously. The evening session adjourned while In executive session to meet again In the church Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. The meeting this morning was pre sided over by Mrs. A. J. Orme, of At lanta, acting president of the union. A complete program of the services today as follows: Tussdsy Morning. Devotional services,- Mrs. W. B. Reeves, subect "Service;” report of president Orphans' Horae, Mrs. A. D. Adair; reports of district superintend ents, reports of aaaaelatlonal rice presidents, reports front societies, ap pointment of committees, pidrtuary, plan of work, audit Inr, resolutions, nominations. Tussdsy Aftsrnoon, Thanksgiving service, Mrs. Ware; conference on work among young people, opened by Mrs. Wallis; report of superintendent of Sunbeam work, Mrs. W. P. Anderson; report of Margaret Home, reports of committees, mortuary, plan of work, publications, auditing, resolutions, nominations, election. NEGRDlOil SAY WITNESSES ngo to undergo an operation. •hitn Captain Edward* few ineu In Geor* si:l ,v «‘re better known, *nd hit death will It anted with regret by a multitude of frt«‘ini* all over the atate. He wa* a «• un of the waiNand nerved throughout that "'.’irtir t gallantly In the Confederate army 8B, I wo„ distinction, fighting through the of Vicksburg. ,,p nan cNjHM-ftill.r prominent In Baldwin '‘■nitty politlca and for year* served. the ' "iuty ns treasurer. Captain Edwards wa* prominent In secret order circles and " member of the Masons, Kuigbts Tern* f'* < r and Mystic Shrine, •'•Plain Edwarda'was C7 yeara of age. “fc'l I* survived by a wife and three children .Huh* m. and William Edwarda and MU* ,J '***l" Edward*. He also Is •arrived by ^uslus |u Atlanta. Mr. and Mr*. Theodore ”• Martin. Captain Jack Edwards, n ,rr, ther of the defeated. Is n prominent cltl- 7 " tl °f Decntitr, Ala., where be is connected *1th the Louisville and Nashville road. Mr*. Ann Kidd, a slater, llvea In MllledgerlUe, a* 1 two brother*. Warren and George Ed* nr *rdt. r *t.* remains left Atlanta Tuesday after- . nt , *2:15 o'clock for Milledgeviile, cs- Knight* Templar. The fa* wu ! b " d “ killed another negro named Henry Williams. The testimony showed that the two men had a row Monday a week ago and that Smith struck Williams twice In the head with an ax. The wounded negro died last Friday at the Grady hospital. Smith made no statement. He was represented by Attorney Blslt- op. George Evans, a nephew of the dead man, who, It wag shown, chased Smith and cut him, was also bound over on the charge of stabbing. He was also cut by Smith. The two negroes were arrested by Pbllcemen Rowan and Eddleman. STORE SAFE BLOWN . AND $1,000 TAKEN Clifton Forge. Va, Nov. 20.—The grocery store of J. Werne* Lewi., lo cated In the western part of the city In n residential section, was roblied last night The safe was blown open ami ubout'31.000 Stolen. The safe Is n com plete wreck and the paper* and books in the safe are partly destroyed. Will Johnson, the negro whose cap ture at least waa responsible for. the sudden termination of the trial. If not for the acquittal, of Joe Glenn, the negro who was IdentlAed last, week by Mrs Annie t?amp a* her assailant. In addition to the IdenttAcatlon by Mrs. Richard Hembree, of Battle Hill,, aa the negro who assaulted her on August IB, Is having proven on him a very bad character, which will make his trial go hard for him. J. B. Holbrooks and Horace Owens looked at the Johnson negro at the Jail Tuesday morning and IdentlAed him as a man with whom they bad had trouble In West End. They said that lie had been working fon them on houses which were erecting and waa eternally giving them trouble so that Anally lie had to be run off. Mr. Hol brooks said that an Impudent remark by the negro about a lady passing by and an Insolent reply to his reprimand led on one occasion to his having to thrash the negro. When the grand Jury meets Thurs day It may return three bills against Johnson—one for the assault on Mr*. Hembree August IB. one for the at tempt to assault Mrs. Woodlee Novem ber 2, and a third for the burglary of the house of an old negro named BUI Jefferson, November 16. The grand Jury may, however, consider the Hem bree bill sufficient. ASSISTANT NAMED AT NEXT MEETING The assistant principal of the Boys’ High School, a new office created two months ago,- will be selected at a meet ing of the board of education at the Boys’ High School next Thursday aft ernoon at 3 o'clock. A regular meet ing of the committee on school* and teachers met at 3 o'clock Tuesday af»- emoon and framed a report to be made to Hie board meeting next Thursday. A sharp and .Injurious division be tween the prohibitionist* and anti- liquor men. The disagreeable onus of Inciting a struggle for,tho negro vote would from the Arst be thrdst upon the Anti-Saloon League. If success at the polls were the pos sible result, prohibition, because of so respectable and so powerful opposition, would lack the support In public senti ment to make Its execution even toler ably effective. If the campaign failed, which Is the probability, the cause of temperance and liquor opposition would be severe ly wounded and badly Injured. There may be those who say, ’’Let’* make the light, even it we ere beaten.' In an army the general who adopted that policy would be promptly court- martialed and told that his place wa* not In leadership, but In the ranks. it Is my opinion that the movement of the Anti-Saloon League In Georgia, looking toward state prohibition, Is the movement upon which Ita energy should at this time be concentrated. The wonderful result* achieved by the league In other states, let It be marked well, are attributed by Dr. Baker, the head of the national league, to the care ful wisdom and effective planning of It* campaigns. The -Anti-Saloon League differs from other prohibition move ments In the fact that It goes In for results and not for the fun and glory of Aghting. It has been content with slow and patient seed sowing, cool and calculated pqttence. It has not expend ed Itself in futilities or /ash engage ments. I Invoke the genius of the league In the present Instance. This communication Is not for pub lication, but for counsel. I do not pretend to represent any other man’s views beside my own, except aa Indi cated by the results of my Inquiry. But when your vote Is taken I wish you would be sure that I would vote ’no” to the nroposltlon to bring on an election at this time, and that I would do so with an honest conscience be fore God and with the assurance that out of every hundred and seventy-Ave leading Christian citizens, the most of whom are prohibitionists like myself, there would be one hundred and forty- Ave to stand with me, were they pres ent to vote, sincerely and fraternally, JOHN E. WHITE. DEATH OF COOPER REVEALS A SECRET New York, Nov. 20.—Following the fatal termination of the taut drive of "Tom” Cooper! dare devil automobile chauffeur. In Central park last night, it Is believed h romance of the dead chauffeur’s life haa’been revealed. Miss Helen Levy, the only dne of Cooper’s party to escape from fatal In juries. It I* now believed, was really the bride of Cooper, who wa* sup posed to be a conArmed bachelor. Two of Party Dead. Two lives have already paid for Cooper's terrible drive through the park, and It Is expected another of the party will die soon. Cooper was in stantly killed when hla machine dashed Into a stalled car on the narrow path. David Barkalow, a cotton exchange broker, died soon after the accident, and Miss Helen Lambert, an actress. Is In Roosevelt hospital With a fractured skull and other Injuries. No hope Is entertained for her recovery. Mis* Levy wa* removed from the Main Basement. Kitchen Lamp complete with No. 1 burner, chimney and wick; special Cups and Saucers of very thin, white china; pretty bowl shape; per set Cups and Saucers of good quality white • ware; also Dinner Plates; at Soup Bowls of good quality white ware; real 10-cent values; at Meat Platters and Open Vegetable Dishes; white or decorated; 25c values Open Stock China in New Designs; All sizes of Flower Pots in Stock. 15c 75c 5c 5c 15c Basement Annex. Feather Dusters—16-inch size; very special Wednes day and Thursday at Frying Pans of best steel, with patent “cold” handles; 8-inch size Coffee Pots of blue and white enameled ware; 3-pint size; special Dishpans <}f best gray enam eled ware; 14-quart size; special * Covered Saucepans of best gray enameled ware; 4-quart size; special ...... “Snowflake” Washing Com pound—the best you’ll find; per cake 25c 10c 25c 18c 25c 5c Our Annual Toy Opening Occurs Next Saturday. Re ception From 3 to 10 p. m. Music 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. Souvenirs for Children. You Are Invited to Attend. First Floor. . Underwear—Ladies’ Vests ftr* and Pants, Misses’and Chil- /HR dren’s Union Suits; only... uwu Ladies’ Belts in new leather QC n styles and beaded effects, /nil great values at w w Ladies’ Hose Supporters in rrt. most popular styles; extra HMl] values at 25c and wwu Hose for ladies, men and 4 ft- children; the best values you I ML ever saw at w Brooches in a great variety 4 of new and pretty designs, I III. at, choice .... * Ladies’ Collars m new and 4 ft- beautiful embroidered ef- I Ilf, fects, at 1 Bolcooy and Second Floor. Hat Shapes in various new styles; worth up to 50c; choice, tomorrow Crepe Paper in all the best colors; 6 rolls for 50c; or, per roll Photograph Frames with ea sel back; size 5 by 7 inches; only Mirrors in oval frames, good size; real $1.00 value; tomor row Checker Boards—complete with checkers; very great values at Express Wagons, well made; the best values we cvpr of fered, at 15c 10c 10c 50c 10c 25c McClure Ten-Cent Co. Seven Stores in Six Cities. TRIAL DE CARUSO TD PROMOTING Tenor Is Working Himself Into a Fine Frenzy. New York, Nov. 30.—Signor Caruso, the Italian tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, I* preparing for his arraignment In Yorkvill* police court tomorrow on the charge of annoying a woman In the Central park zoo on Fri day. He Is working his temper up to the exploding point. Caruso Is mad and he purimse* to let everyone know It. Today Caruso had a lot to say. denying almost everything In connection with hi* arrest. Caruso's lawyers will try to show up the park police system. The police are doing considerable work, too, although not talking aa vig orously a* Caruso. They promise to pi educe .Mr*. Hannah Oraham. tho woman who made the complaint against Caruso. The latest report la that the woman I* a personal friend of C4ln, tlie arresting detective. Cain I* being backed by him officials of the police department, and the court light I* sure to be lntere*ting. ' DR. WHITE GIVES RESULT OF PROHIBITION CANVASS Continued From Pegs One. the women spoke to her of "her hus band." meaning Cooper, that the supr posed I y secret marriage ha* been re vealed. Planned Daring Ride. It wa* the de*lre of Cooper to give hi* friend* a daring ride which led to the fatal accident. Aa he shot hi* ina- chlrtte Into tho park. Cooper told them: ”1 will give you the ride of your life," A short way down the path the ear of Richard A. Strong wa* stalled, hav ing run out of gasoline. A curve hid It from Cooper’* view. Ju*t before.hlt- tlng the curve Cooper dodged a han som. In doing no he ran Into the path of the mailed car. The Aylng machine locked wheel* with the Strong car. It turned a com plete somersault and landed on rite wheel*. Cooper wae hurled against the steering gear and It wa* driven Into hla bream. He wa* held impaled, after the machine bad righted Itself. The hospital to her home by a party of | other* were thrown out as the c*» women friends. U w** because one of turned over. tlment was undertaken by me In dis charge of my personal conscience as a member of the league and a* the repre sentative of the ministers’ association. It was necessary to have the situation In hand before any step waa taken that risked ns much ae a prohibition election In Atlanta will risk. “Not Foolish Prohibitionist.” 11 am a prohibitionist, but not a fool Ish prohibitionist. I love the cause of the anti-saloon crusade, but I love It too well to slaughter it or be a party to an lll-advlaed movement that la de feated before it starts. Therefore, I have at three meetings opposed the wild vehemence of some and the pu gilistic xeal of some other good men who would lead to a disastrous precip itation of a campaign before any real foundation for It waa laid. I wish to aay two thing* about this letter sent out by me: First. That no church waa designedly omitted and Indeed the letters were ex hausted before all the llsta In hand were reached. For Inmance, no one on the list tor at. Hark Melhrjdl.it church received the letter and one or two oth er* were omitted for the same reason, namely, that I did not have- the lettere to send them. Second. Since the communication wa* sent on Friday to the league meet ing I have received nineteen additional low* that out of 1st who replied 110 vote that we should tint bring on an election now and 23 vote that we should. Will HaYs Prohibition. Two facts to me aro clear. We are going to have atate prohibition In Geor gia at no very distant day. That move, ment Is already well advanced In the i public ntlnd. Judge Speer’s recent charge add* momentum to U. It should be seen by thoughtful people that a campaign In Atlanta now resulting ills, astrously and dividing prohibitionists, a* It surely will, le the greatest un- • wisdom. In view of the state movement. Also this, we can tighten uur grip upon the traffic In Atlanta right now- only three out all the number express opposition to the third clause of my letter. We ought to move together in put through the city council a real re form at this time when we can do It It must seem strange to the man In the street that a company of Christian men, chiefly minister* of tho gospel, cannot get together and plan for good thing* In a sensible way. respecting each other, and not Indulging In in nuendoes and offensive rcfcrcnct* each other or the people who are re resented by them. The following la the letter sent the Antl-Baloon League meeting Friday, at which nineteen people, w i the president of the state league a vising against It, passed a motion launch a campaign anyhow; HOKE SMITH IK PLEADING LAW SUIT KpecUl to The Geortrtaa. Columbus. Oa., Nov. 20.—Hon. Hoke Smith, governor-elect of Georgia, wbo Is of counsel In a case pending in the superior court. Is In the city taking an active part In the conduct of the case. It le a railroad case In which a verdict against the Central railroad has been decided twice and Is on its third trial. Mr. Smith Is a favorite In Columbus and has been extended many courte sies, hfa friends flocking to pay their respects to him. SUICIDE STILL UNIDENTIFIED the The unknown man v self by Jumping from street bridge before a m Monday Is still unldenttflcd. Mrs. George Martin, of Monday morning ’phoned M ward that the description < man Oiled perfectly that m of her family who was tr asked that the body not dntll she arrived.