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11 RE
GEORGIA PRIMARY
- SETFOR AUG. 19
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ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM
BROWN TAKEN TO MEAN HE
WILL SEEK PLUM IN RACE.
ON THE COUNTY UNIT BASIS
Motions to Endorse Federal Adminis
tration on Tolis Precipitates
. Hot Fight.
% —Atlanta.
The Georgia Democratic executive
committee called a state-wide primary
for August 19, with the state con
vention at Macon September 2,
The primary was ordered strictly on
a county unit basis, but a provision
was made giving the convention the
deciding power in cases where no
candidate has a county unit majori
ty, the candidate receiving 2 plural
ity of the popular vote.
The county unit plan was not adopt
ed, however, without a prolonged and
bitter fight, led, on the one hand, by
Joe Hill Hall of Bibb and G. R. Hutch?
ens of Floyd on the other.
Mr. Hall opposed the county unit
plan and Mr| Hutchens favored it.
Mr. Hall contended that the county
unit rule as applied to the senator
ships was in direct violation of the
federal amendment providing for the
popular election of senators.
Mr. Brannen of Bulloch suggested
a plan providing so ra second primary
where none of the candidates involved
should receive a majority vote on the
first primary, and that the second pri
mary should be restricted to the two
candidates recenving the highest pop
ular vote.
This suggestion, although argued at
length by several members, was lost.
A resolution offered by Clark How
ell was adopted by the committee,
congratulating President Wilson for
the splendid record he has made in
the white house, and particularly with
reference to the tariff and the cur
rency legislation.
Mr. Hall of Bibb. moved to amend
Mr. Howell's resolution by adding
congratulations to the president for
his Panama canal tolls position, and
this was resisted by Mr. Hutchens,
who held that this amendment was
unfair and might be construed as “a
slap at Democrats who differ with the
president in this matter,” and that it
was a repudiation of the Baltimore
platform.
Mr. Hutchens managed Oscar Un
derwood’'s presidential campaign in
Georgia, and as Underwood opposed
the president on the canal tolls ques
tion, Hutchens evidently considered
the Hall amendment a jab at Under
wood.
Mr. Howell's original motion was
carried unanimously, but the Hall
amendment on canal tolls was adopt
ed by a divided vote of 24 to 7.
After the adoption of the canal tolls
amendment many members of the
state committee declared that they
thoughts its adoption a tactical mis
take, and they expressed the doubt
ful hope that the matter might not
be used against Underwood- in his
Alabama fight.
Once the mischief had been accom
plished, however, there apparently
was no active disposition to reopen
the matter, for fear this might serve,
even if the Hall resolution was with
drawn, to make bad matters worse.
Despite the evident desire of Chair
man Harris to expedite matters, the
work by the committee was retarded
continuously by long-winged debates
on non-essential matters.
In addition to this, the committee
was over half an hour late in getting
started.
It was the apparent desire by the
leaders of the committee to order a
county unit primary, and to adhere
as closely as possible to the recom
mendations and the work of the state
convention in Macon, which nomi
nated ‘Governor Slaton.
In the main, this was done, too, and
the primary call as finally adopted,
may be taken to represent the atti
tude of the present state adm!nis
tration with reference to all matters
to be covered in the forthcoming cam
paign.
It has been many days since a state
Democratic committee was called upon
to arrange for the distribution of so
many fat plums as this one]
Two United States senatorships, a
governorship, a full outfit of state
house officers, as well as three ap
peals court judgeships and three su
preme court judgeships, are the prizes
to be contended for.
. This extraordinary conditions ac
counted for the full attendance of
the committee and the large num
ber of wellknown and influential
Georgians on hand to watch the pro
ceedings. $ ;
DOINGS AROUND
STAFE CAPITAL
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Chairman of the State Executive
Committee.
Several things seemed to stand out
with reasonable clearness at the meet
{ing of the state executive committee
!in Atlanta. They are:
g Governor John M. Slaton will be a
](‘andidzuo for the unexpired senatorial
term of Augustus O. Bacon, now be
]in_x: filled temporarily by William Stan
! ley West, under executive appoint
! ment.
! Senator Hoke Smith will be oppos
ed for re-election to a full term in
the senate by Ralph O. Cochran of At
lanta, and possibly by Joseph M.
Brown.
J. Randolph Anderson will be a can
didate for governor, as will W, C. Ve
reen.
Murphey Candler, Gordon Lee, Wil
j lam H. Burwell and Joseph M. Brown
ialso are mentioned continuously in
I this connection.
* Senator West, at the proper time,
| stated that he will retire from act
!ive participation in politics and will
i throw his entire strength te Slaton,
the man at whose hands West was
made a senator,
Thomas S. Felder and Thomas W.
*Hurdwick will remain in the race for
Senator Bacon’s unexpired term, thus
making a question of selection there
a matter between themselves and Sla
ton.
l To Test Right of Commission.
; The right of the Georgia railroad
{cmumiwinu to set aside contracts en
| tered into in good faith between the
f!ifi:ht and power companies and the
| consumers of Macon is to be tested in
I‘lh(- courts. A local restaurant man,
| having already employed counsel, and
Ii! ig stated that a number of other
| business men will join with him and
fight the proposition to a finish.
| The bills of the Macon Railway and
§Ligm company, under the new rates
gufl()wud recently by the railroad com
| migsion, have just been issued and in
some instances increases of 100 per
cent. and over are shown over the bills
,of the previous month.
Not only is the right of the railroad
!commissiou to abrogate contracts en
| tered into in good faith by the parties
‘ut interest, to be tested, but plans are
| also on foot for the formation of a new
| lighting company for the purpose of
isupply eleetrical current for the busi
| ness portion of the city. A number of
| business men have each agreed to sub
| seribe to stock for such a company.
[lt is figured that a company with a
| capital of $25,000 or $50,000 would be
sufficient to operate a plant capable of
!lighting the entire business portion of
; the city.
| Georgia Secures Regional Banks.
! A special dispatch from Washington
| says: Atlanta has been selected as one
fuf the financial centers of the new
| currency system of the United States.
The reserve bank organization com
mittee completed its work and an
| nounced its selection.
1 Included in the Atlanta district,
| which is known as No. 6, are the
| states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
| one-half of Tennessee, the eastern
lpart; one-half of Misisssippi and the
| southeastern part of Louisiana, includ
[in;: the city of New Orleans.
{ The federal reserve bank of Atlanta
l\\'ili have a capital of $4,641,415, being
6 per cent. of $77,356,913, the com
}binf:d capital and surplus of the 372
| national banks in the district. As more
i banks join, the capital will be increas
fed by 6 per cent. of the capital and
fisnrphzs of the new member banks. In
ic}uding the state banks and trust com
%paniw:—; which have applied for mem
bership since April 1, the total capital
,of the new bank will be increased to
| $4,702.780.
| The map given out by the committee
‘}along with its official announcement
| shows that New Orleans, Nashville,
i Chattancoga, Knoxville, and all of the
lcities in Alabama and Florida are m%
| the Atlanta district. |
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
The Evangel of
Easter
By Rev. PARLEY E. ZARTMANN, D. D.
Secretary of Extension Department
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
TEXT--But they constrained him, say
ing, Abide with us; for it is toward even
ing, and the day is far spent. And he
went in to tarry with them. Luke 24:20.
ness and despair, no hope of heaven.
Paul lays great emphasis upon these
vital things in I Corinthians 15:12-19.
It is significant that after his resur
rection, Jesus appeared only to his
disciples; and of these, first to those
who needed him most. There is deep
meaning in the very order of the re
corded appearances after his resurrec
tion. First, to Mary, probably the
most heart-broken of aitl the little
band; then to Peter, who had denied
him, and since then had been weeping
bitter tears of repentance; then to the
two sad and weary ones on the way to
Emmaus who were saying, *“We
trusted it had been he who should
have redeemed Israel.” It was, and is,
s 0 like him to go with eager love to
those who need him most. “Just when
I need him most, Jesus is near.”
On the Emmaus Road.
Let us consider this story of the
first Easter Sunday evening. There
is a peculiar charm in it, and the very
simplicity wins our hearts. How real
fstic it is, how true to life, how pa
thetic in its exhibition of mutual sor
row and the concern of a friend who
knows all about us, though we may
not know who he i{s; how encourag
ing to hearts despondent and sad. One
can picture the scene, without difficul
ty. It had been a day of great excite
ment in Jerusalem; there were many
conflicting reports about Jesus, who
had been away in the tomb, a few days
before; some gave account of strange
things they had seen and heard, but
grave doubt still possessed many of
the disciples; and now these two are
on their homeward way, sorrowful as
they go, under the shadow of a great
perplexing mystery. Perhaps light and
comfort will come in the quiet and
rest of home.
As they journeyed a stranger joined
them, inquiring the cause of their sor
row, and learning what he knew, their
perplexity about what had happened
that day. It was not strange that they
did not know him. To Abraham he
came as a wayfaring man, to Joshua
as a soldier, to Jacob as a wrestler, to
Mary as a gardener; besides their eyes
were holden. But, meeting their per
plexity and doubt, with a precious un
folding of the Scriptures, “beginning
at Moses and all the prophets, he ex
pounded unto them in all the Scrip
tures the things concerning himself.”
Four blessings came to these sorrow
ing travelers from their unknown com
panion—their minds were opened,
thelr hearts burned within them, their
eyes were opened, and he revealed
himself as set forth in all the Scrip
tures. Do you recall the day you
thought the darkest in all your ex-
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MANY ARE EQUALLY FOOLISH
Lesson to Be Learned From Drunken
Man Who Saved His Shoes at |
Expense of His Head.
A New York reporter had an ex
tremely good time recently writing up
the story of a man who had gone to
sleep, drunk, upon the trolley tracks
of upper Broadway, taking great care
to put his new shoes out of harm's
way, but allowing his head to rest on
the rail. The fender of an approach
ing car threw him from the tracks,
inflicting a scalp wound. His shoes,
however, were altogether uninjured.
We can think of no greater folly
than the attempt to put one’s shoes
out of danger, disregarding altogether
the safety of one’s head. But, after
all, do we not, every day, see people
doing things equally absurd? What
about providing for the safety and
pleasure of the body with utter dis
regard for the safety of the geul? We
plan to have 70 years of pleasure and
prosperity, while the preparation for
eternity is neglected. We plan to pro
perience and you could see no ray of
hope? And yet in it Christ became
known to you and at eventinte it was
Heht? e
The Gracious Revelation.
“And he made as though he would
have gone further. But they con
strained him . . , and he went in to
tarry with them.” That is one of the
sweetest touches in the story, But what
a calamity if they had let this un
known companion go on his way—no
gracious revelation of the very Christ
on whom their hopes had been set.
And your calamity will be great if you
do not constrain the tarrying Jesus to
come in and abide with you. Oh, bid
the dear Savior come in.
I wonder what the stranger talked
about as the evening meal was being
prepared. What an experience it was
for them. Possibly he told again the
story of the sacrifice by Abraham, the
lifting up of the brazen serpent in the
wilderness, the mystery and the glory
of the great day of atonement, the
picture of the suffering Messiah in
Isaiah 53, the twenty-second Psalm,
and all in Moses and Psalms and
Prophets-—all roads. leading through
one door, beyond which one hears a
voice: Behold the lamb of God. You
cannot read the Old Testament aright
without finding Jesus Christ.
And now, with burning hearts, “it
came to pass, ag he sat at meat with
them, he took bread, and blessed, and
brake, and gave to them. And their
eyes were opened, and they knew him;
and he vanished out of their sight.”
Can burning hearts keep back the
message? ‘These disciples were filled
with joy. Possibly they did not wait
to finish the meal, for they rose up
that same hour, hastening to Jeru
salem to tell the glad story about the
risen Lord who had considered it
worth while to take time on the first
day of his resurrection to walk seven
miles into the country with two sor
row-stricken disciples.
And this Christ with the tender
heart is with us yet. The evangel of
Kaster is the glad news of a Savior,
who by his resurrection from dead,
has power to ralse our souls from
death. As you accept Christ, the very
omnipotence of God will work within
you, and your faith will secure for you
in your daily life a share in the resur
rection of Christ. (Eph. 1:19, 20). May
this beautiful Easter story repeat it
gelf in your life. May you have
Christ as your companion, your teach
er, your friend, your guest; and all
that, and more, he will be after he
has become your Savior. Sorrowing,
ginning soul, he may be meeting -you
on the way just now; perhaps just at
the parting of the ways; do not let
him go on, but do say:
“T need thy presence every passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter’'s
pow'r?
Who like thyself my gulde and stay can
be?
Throu;h eloud and sunshine, O, abide
with me.”
Songs in Your Heart.
Some people’s religion has very lit
tle song about it, new or old. It
wails and groans. True religion sings
here, and will sing maqre hereafter.
Distrust your religion unless it is
cheerful, unless it turns every act and
deed to music and exultg in attempts
to catch the harmony of new life.
“Let the gpaints be joyful in glory;
let them sing aloud upon their beds”
——that was David’s exhortation,
Blessed be our Christian faith, that
does not let us creep dolefully along
the path, but turns each new advance
into a new hymn of triumph and
bursts the walls of the narrow way
the triumphant voices of the pilgrims,
and keeps before ug always the prom
ise of the new song before the throne!
—Phillips Brooks.
If you don't believe in yourself, your
work and your future, don’'t expect
anyone elge to have confidence in you.
Enthusiasm is your best asset. Use
it.—Lloyd.
To know how to wait is the great
secret of success.—De Maistre,
What a great
and gracious gos
pel is proclaimed
and made possi
ble by the central
fact of Easter;
for without the
resurrection o f
Jesus Christ from
the dead there is
no evangel for the
minister to preach
and no gospel to
save those who
might believe —
no salvation from
sin, mo sun to
drive away dark-
tect the trifling things we have ac
cumulated here, jewels, money,
houses, land and take no care to pro
tect the immortal”soul. Is that saner
than the sleepy mutterings of a drunk
en man: ‘I will save my new shoes.
Never mind my head.” <
First, the Man,
When you have found a man, you
have not far to go to find a gentle
man. You cannot make a gold ring
out of brass; you cannot change an
Alaska crystal to a South Atr;ican dia
mond; you cannot make a gentleman
till you have first a man.—George
Washington Doane.
God’s Love.
1 firmly believe God paid just as
much attention to every animal he
endowed with life—from the tiniest
insect to the elephant, from the hum
ming bird to the eagle—as he did to
man.-—Dumas.
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