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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
WASHINGTON STIRRED;
OVER BARRING NEGRO
British Delegates Heaped Criti-
Cism Upon Local Sunday
School Committee
(By Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Discussion
is hot today in ths worlds sixth sun
day school convention over the criti-
gates publicly heaped upon the Wash
ington committee in the churches yes
terday for barring the negro delegates
of the District of Columbia from the
mammoth parade last Friday.
With two exceptions the criticising
sermons were made by white men, and
in addition to the English speakers two
American delegates, w. N Hartshorn
of Boston, and Louis Stroller, of Ply
mouth church. Brooklyn, denounced the
drawing of the color line.
The Rev. John L. Dubs, a Zulu dele
gate, got up at one of the meetings and
declared that he had been admitted to
hotels in London and New York, but
not in Washington.
The whole incident has stirred ur
varied feelings and it is not improba-
BILE that the question may be carried
into the convention today. The days
work began with eight simultaneous
conferences in which teachers assem-
bled in divisions and discussed the
special branches of work they follow
and then reassembled in convention hall
later, where the results and recommen-
dations of the conferences were pre-
sented to the convention and discussed
Marian Lawrence. of the North Amer
lean section. was in charge of the big
meeting.
The Algerian mission band also had
a session today under the direction OF
it's president, Mrs. w. B. G. Rawson.
The afternoon session was divided IN
to two simultaneous meetings at winch
reports from the field were presented
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
BUGGY AND SKELETON
SIT ON EMORY CHAPEL
Faculty Is Startled to Find
Queer Discovery on Roof
of Building

EMORY COLLEGE, Oxford, Ga, May
23.-The faculty and greater part Of EN-
DRY students were very much surprised.
on entering the campus Saturday morn
ing, to observe the buggy of a certain
distinguished professor resting serenely
upon the apex of the college chapel roof.
And to complete the picture the skeleton,
Mr.. Dooley, from science hall, was sitting
in the buggy, with unchanged counte-
nance, as if nothing unusual was, hap
pening.
The faculty is still wondering how this
marvellous feat was accomplished.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
Description of Statue
Erected to Mr., Spencer

Daniel Chester French was the sculp-
tor of the Spencer monument. 1t shows
Mr. Spencer sitting. Although reposeful
In general effect. the figure shows char
acteristic reserve energy.
P Thornton Marye was the supervising
architect and Goode & Walker were the
general contractors. The stone contract
ors were the SharkeyJamison Stone
Company.
The base of the monument is on a plot
72x46, and is capped with Stone Noun
tain white granite. 1t is on grass plot
two feet above the asphalt. The pedes-
tai weighs IL tons, and was placed In
position by the Sharkey Jamison Stone
COMPANY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
ANY PARTY Can ELECT /
ROOSEVELT IN 1872
Louis BedeIl Says Mighty Hun
ter Is a Sure Winner, Re-
CARELESS of Party

NEW YORK, May 23.-Louis Bedell, a
New York politician and former member
of the state legislature, is back from
Europe today with the prophecy that
Theodore Roosevelt can be reelected
president in 1912 by any party that nom
mates him. Mr.. Bedell denied that he
was fostering a Roosevelt boom.
"It is merely my conviction" he said.
that it would be impossible to defeat
Roosevelt If he-were dominated.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
WEIGHTED WITH BRICKS
Police Believe Body Is That Of
Herbert LittIefieId, Miss
ing Stock Broker

BOSTON, May 23.-Around the waist of
a suicides body taken out of Charles riv-
er basin late last night was tied a bag
which contained several bricks and a
heavy pair of dumb bells. The body is
believed by the police to be that of Her
bert Littlefield, a stock broker, who wSs
reported missing affew days ago. 1t is
thought he became respondent over re-
uArses in tho market
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24

ingsSswer declined. Mr.. Thompson then
introduced President w. w. Finley who.
on behalf of the employees, presented
the monument to the state and city.
MR.. FINLEY'S TRIBUTE.
Mr.. Finley said that there had been in
stances of monuments being presented to
military chieftains by their followers, but
this was one of the few instances he
knew Of in which an industrial army had
horored its leader. The statue, he said,
testified both to the esteem in which his
employees held Mr.. Spencer and their 10y
atty.
MAYOR AND GOVERNOR REPLY.
Governor Brown, in brief reply ac-
cepted the statue for the state. He re-
ferred to Mr.. Spencer as one of the great
est developers of the south and the first
president of its greatest railway SYSTEM
Mayor Maddox accepted the statue
for the city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24
HADLEY HALL DESTROYED
IN ALBUQUERQUE FIRE
Famous Indian Historical Mu-
scum of Priceless Value
Is Burned

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. May 2S
-Hadley Hall, the science department of
the University of New Mexico. was de-
more than 100000. The famous Indian
historical museum and geological collec-
ton belonging to the university was de-
stroyed. the former being of almost price
less value.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
Bleacbed Flour Before q Jury

The use of nitrogen peroxide In
bleaching wheaton flour has actually
becn condemned by jury in federal
court in Kansas City. The government
had seized 625 sacks of flour in the
hands of a Missouri grocer who was
-refling it as "a fancy patent" ostensibly
de from first grade hard winter
wheat. It was however made from in
ferior wheat and bleached by the Alsop
process through the use of poison to
look white and attractive.
The south has long been flooded with
bleached flour and the hope is that
the government will perssvere in con-
demning every package Of such flour
|shipped across state line. The Kan
aas city jury declared bleached flour
adulterated flour and as such it was
misbranded The millers in the winter
3 wheat states will endeavor to reverse
me decision at Kansas City. but 1t is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
WASTED ELoQUENCE

From the Kansas City star.
Col. Franklin Pierce Morgan of Wash
ineton and New York never made but one
great speech. and the story OF II is
pathetic. His audience was Grover Cleve-
land, then President of the United States
and his purpose was to secure pardon
for a murderer named O'Neil, In whom
the colonel had become interested. I'll
never forget that day." said tile colonel
in telling about the incident. Il had told
Dan Lamont the day before that I intended
to ask Cleveland to pardon ONeil, who
was a creature of the dark places at
times, but pretty good fellow at that.
Cleveland had taken the precaution to
send to the department of Justice and
get the papers in the case. I got UP early
the next morning had massage and was
feeling tirStop. l got in to see Cleveland,
and, l spoke 90 minutes. Never In my
life, before or since, have 1 been as
eloquent as I was pleading for that fell
low O'Neil. The end of every sentence
/ uttered brushed the edges off a cloud
concluded my argument. confident that
1 had swept the President off his feet'
Mr.. Morgan he said, is that all you
have to say on behalf of your friend?
Mind you, he said friend Yes, Mr..
President said L I think that's all
Mr.. Morgan he replied, never as long
as l am In the White House snail
that consummate sconndrel-consumma
scoundrel, mark you-get oat of the peni-
Tertiary What's the use OF cloquence'
anyhow?' concluded the o)lone-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
PASSING of "GoOSIE,

From Jane Addams's ''Recollectlons' IN
the July American Magazine.
One of the most piteous revelations
came to me through the mother OF
"Goosie." as the children for years call
ed little boy who. because he WIS
brought to the nursery wrapped up In
his mothers shawl, always had his mar
filled with the down and small feathers
from the feather brush factory where
she worked. One March morning,
Goosies mother was hanging out the
washing on a shed roof at o'clock, do
ing 1t thus early before she left for the
factory. Five-year old Goosie was trot-
ting at her heels handing her clothes
pins, when he was suddenly blown Off
the roof by the high wind into the alley
below. His neck was broken by the 1ail
and, as he lay piteous and limp on
pile of frozen refuse. his mother cheerily
called to him to climb up again. SO
confident do overworked mothers become
er the funeral, as the poor mother sal
In the nursery. postponing the moment
when she must go back to her empty
rooms. asked her, in a futile effort to
be of comfort, II there was anything
more we could do for her. The over
worked. sorrow-stricken woman looked
I'D. and with unwonted energy in her
voice, replied, IF you could give me
my wages for tomorrow, l would not &C
to work in the factory at all. ! would
like to stay at home all day and hold
the baby. Goosie was always asking me
to take him and never had any time. y
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
WHEN JENNY LIND SANG
"GOdlike" Webster Rose and Bowed t.
the Queen of Song

From Some Musical Recollections of
Fifty Years." by Richard Hoffman,
published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Jenny Lind would trip on and off as
If In an ecstacy of delight at the op-
portunity of singing. bowling and smiling
to her audience, and giving every one
present a flattering sense of<scontribut-
ing In a measure toward the success of
the evening. She had three or four songs
which showed the wonderful compass
and power of her voice. and one or more
of these were called for at every con-
cert. A Swedish echo song, in which
she would echo her own voice by a sort
of ventriloquism that was quite mar
velous, and another in which she made a
remarkable diminuendo, reaching a
pianissimo as faint as sigh. but with
a carrying power that made 1t distinctly
audible at the most extreme limits of
Castle Garden or Tripler Hall. where the
later concerts were given.
One of the most haunting things to
me was her singing Of Taubert's bird
song-"I Know Not Why l Am Singing
Her shake was the finest I ever heard,
SO close and even as to be altogethez
perfect. Her voice. which she said her.
self was naturally stiff and stubborn,
she had educated and practiced into
such a degree of perfection that her
roulades and cadenzas were unparalleled
In their execution.
Tn her sacred songs she rose to the
sublime. and on one occasion. as she
finished the aria, 81 Know That My
Redeemer Liveth,'' / recollect that Dan
lei Webster, who was seated In the
center of the balcony, rose from his
seat and made her profound bow.
Her rapt expression of face and never
ending volume of voice made her appear
like some inspired seraph delivering q
divine message,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
Reoreanizine the Supreme Court

Should Justice Moody resign the Pres
ident will have had the appointing Of
four members of the supreme court all
told. This amounts to almost reorgan-
ization of the court at a time when
momentous cases are to be argued. The
tobacco case, the oil case, and the cor
poration tax case will, when decided, de-
termine problems that will perhaps
change the nature of the republic.
Beyond the appointment of Justice Lur-
ton. who has been confirmed and sworn
in, nothing has been determined. Pub
lie sentiment seems to call for the pro-
motion of Justice designate Hughes to
the chief justiceship, and the selection of
a democratic associate justice in the mid
die west. But all is conjecture. Beverly
Is as silent as a clam.
Nor is it settled that any appointment
will be made before Congress meets on
the first Monday in December, although
the supreme court is to resume its sittings
on october 10. The big cases set for re-
argument would in that case be post
poned until they could be heard by full
bench in December. This would save
the expense of an extra session of the
Senate, but it would alas, keep capital
in a nervous state until next spring.
After all the time of appointment is
not nearly SO important as is the selection
Of men of high ability and general Mt
ness for vacancies on the supreme court
bench. President Taft will no doubt do
his utmost to fill the vacant seats with
the best men learned in the law that he
can induce to serve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08

scarcely probable that they can defeat
the effort of the government to stop
The millers who make such flour desire
the privilege not only of making it
but of selling it without a brand in
dicating its true nature. In other words,
they ask the right to deceive the con-
sumer without any compensation what
ever. The scheme of selling is almost
as disreputable as that of manufacture.
and the two combined should be shown
no mercy by the government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
THE SMACK IN SCHOOL


A district school, not far away,
Mid snow-clad hills, one winters day'
Was humming with it's wonted noise
OF threescore mingled girls ana poys'
Some few upon their tasks intent
But more on furtive mischief pent'
The while the masters downward LOOK
Was fastened on copy book;
When, suddenly. behind his back
Rose sharp and clear rousing smack,
AS 'twere battery OF bliss,
Let of in one tremendous kisst
whats that?'' the startled master cries
THAT" this, little imp replies,
"Wath William Width, II you please;
saw him kiss Thuthanna FEATHER
with q frown to nuke a statue thrill
The master ,thundered. "Hither. Will!'
Like wretch oertaken in his track.
with stolen chattels on his back.
VIII hung his head In fear and shame,
And to the awful presence came,
A great, green, bashful simpleton,
The butt OF all good-natured FUN;
with smile suppressed and birch appraised
The threatener faltered. "Fm amazed,
That you. my biggest pupil, should
Be guilty Of an act SO rude!
What evil genius put you to II
Twas she herself, SIR sobbed the lad
II did not mean to be so bud:
But, when Susanna shook her curls
And whispered. l was 'fraid of girls.
And dassen't kiss baby'sl doll.
/ couldn't stand It, sir, at I'LL,
And up. and kissed her on the. spot!
| I know-boo-hoo-I ought to not;
| But somehow from her looks-boo-
thought she kind o wished me tor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
Colonel Roosevelt An lnSurgent

Each day makes it palmer that the
colonel inclines to insurgency just as
each day shows the tendency OF Presioen,
Taft to standpattissn. They are drawing
apart steadily and even rapidly.
The support by the colonel of the pri-
mary issue in New York; his warm re-
ception of the three great Kansas insur-
gents. his Endorsement of the candidacy
of Miles Poindexter for senator from the
state of Washington, and his open de-
nunciation of Ballnger-all these things
are more than straws to show which
way the wind is blowing at Oyster Bay.
At Beverly all is different. No insur-
gent goes there. Senator Piles, a friend
of Ballinger, finds support and sympa-
INV there while he gets the cold~shoulder
at Oyster Bay. The fight in the state Oh
washington for a senatorial seat is cru
cial. In it Senator Piles is pitted against
Congressman Miles Poindexter and Bal
lingerism is the issue. Beverly and Oys-
ter Bay will fight each other in Washing-
ton state, and when the fight is ended
It will be seen that despite all meetings
and all apparent cordiality there Is
split in the republican party that VIII
grow wider and deeper as time goes on.
Beverly and Oyster Bay will fight it
out If it takes all summer and good
share of the fall season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
FLYING WITH ORVILLE WRIGHT

ings, all the objects by which one Or
dinarily gauges speed, were directly I'M
derneath our Tapping trouser legs, and
the skids and bow rudders merely waved
back and forth like a ships masts across
empty skies.
We were flying in an eipse about the
size of the pasture, but the pasture, far
below, seemed, of course, much smaller.
And as we came streaking down the field,
and the aeroplane shed and little dots of
spectators drew in underfoot, 1t was diff
ficult to escape the curious and absurd
sensation, sweeping as we were at ex-
press train speed. that before we could
turn in time we must inevitably go over
the edge-the ledge" that stretched away
from us beyond the farthest stars
And 1t was up here, about 900 feet In
the air, that Orville treated me to the
only maneuver which a regular bird
man could. ] suppose have regarded
as remotely in the nature of an adven-
ture. For any one tired Of life and list
lessly seeking new sensation, l can
thoroughly recommend it. Just get the
Wrights to take YOU up a few hundred
feet and then as you hang there above
the abyss, like lamb In a condor's claws.
| stiffly banked" swing 1t around in a d.
ameter Of. say. 200 feet.
That was what Orville did to me- Thun-
dering and trembling, continually giving
little ''goodby!" Tits, which seemed only
to be restrained by the aviator's sheer
will power and skill. 1t wore around
the tiny Notwithstanding up to 1t
as stiffly almost as II it were tied to
post. it seemed to be struggling des-
perately angrily almost. against ire
mendous, all but insurmountable. resist
ance. The engine roared, the wind
whistled, the empty Dir yawned UNDER
meath, and although 1t was nothing at all
to the figure Fights and things which
the Wrights do when they are amusing
themselves. II was, as L said BEFORE
sensation quite thoroughly to be recon-
mended.
Up In the air man is fish out Of
water; he can't ask the captain to stop
the ship and let him get out and walk,
| and fancy that most novices feel rather
| relieved as the great white bird straight
ems out and starts sliding down the long
curve toward solid ground again.
Thus we slid down, faster than ever
now, with the wind blowing the tears out
Of our eyes; and just before touching
ground came up with exquisite ease and
went skimming round the field just tick
| Ing the weed tops. 1t was now that We
seemed, indeed. to be going like the wind
wonderful sensation. like nothing else
SO near to the earth, yet spurning 1t.
Twice around the field we went, keep
ing an even distance from the ground, 80
II on an invisible track, and then Or
Vile shut of the engine and we slid down
upon the grass just as a duck on the
wing slides into the water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
TAKE NO CHANCES

From Tit-Bits.
1t took the shop keeper in Oxford
street the other day every ounce of will
power he possessed to keep from laugh
ing outright at an old lady from the
country who came to his establishment
and began examining some pieces OF
calico. She pulled at one piece first this
way, then that, wetting it and rubbing
it with her fingers to try If the colors
were fast. Then she paused for a
while, as IL not yet satisfied. At last she
cut off a piece with pair of scissors,
and, handing it to the gawky-looking
girl of about sixteen standing at her
side. said:
see II 1t fades"
Liza Jane raised 1t to her mouth and
solemnly went to work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
SPANS Church Troubles

While negotiations were pending he.
tween the Spanish government and the
Vatican for a modification of the concor-
dat Prime Minister Canalejas guaranteed
IN a decree complete freedom of insignia
on church walls. This may have been
done to conciliate the Protestants. few
IN number, and the socialists. who are
much more numerous. This decree has
complicated the situation, and tho Vat
lean demands its withdrawal as a condi-
ton precedent to the continuation of the
negotiations over the revision of the con.
cordat.
So long as the King stands by his
prime minister the-latter will stand firm
and will perhaps be sustained by public
sentiment. He has pressure, however,
to face that in the past has been all
powerful in Spain; but at present even
Senior Maura, the conservative leader
admits that the old relations of church
and state cannot long be continued.
The concordat has stood since 1857. 1t
was, however modified in 1904 The mod
iication in 1904 authorized only three
religious orders in Spain. two of them
specified, the other to, be determined upon
by agreement The third order has never
been named, and many orders have es.
tablished themselves each expecting to
state pays a handsome sum to the church
and the church collects in addition large
sums from the people. and yet the secular
clergy are forced to live upon very small
pay.
Premier Canalejas, the radical leader
desires revision of the concordat and
the repression of ecclesiastical privileges
The order he issued, to which the Vat.
lean objects, was an Interpretation of
the second article of the constitution
This new Interpretation permits a prot
estant church or Jewish synagogue to
placard It's name and services upon its
walls. The second article has practical
ly been annulled by the Interpretation
route. Beyond this the premier desires
to limit the number and scope of the
religious orders. and he still hopes to
accomplish all this by means Of change
in the concordat. He hopes to avert
a violent revolution. through patience
and watchful waiting" The situation in
Spain is the outcome of ages, and 1t is
not easy in this country to understand it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
LITERARY TASTES OF THE POOR


The "five best sellers" may interest
Fifth avenue, but on New York's East
Side the English classics are the great
er attraction. In the first place, the
East Side reads more than other sections
do There were more applications for
the privilege of taking out books from
the circulation departments of the five
East Side branches of the New York
public library last year than In any eight
of the other thrty-eight branches. Not
only does the East Side read, but 1t is
choice in what 1t reads. New, ephermeral
novels get little attention: but Dickens.
Thacl5eray and Scott are worn threadbare
In the tenement districts Shakespeare
and the Bible are prime favorites. Among
juveniles, fairy stories lead here, as
they do everywhere else, but the Bible
ranks among the five most popular books
In the children's department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
Steel Cars In the South

The railroads have long been engaged
in building steel gondola and other
freight cars, and now the more pro-
gressive railroads are fast sending to
the scrap pile or to the back districts
all wooden passenger cars. The Penn
sylvania company, for example, will not
haul into its new terminal in New
York city wooden Pullmans and this
of itself will go far to extend the use
of steel passenger cars, especially Pull
mans.
Steel cars are stronger in times of
accident, and for that reason life Is
securer in them. This alone should lead
to their adoption. The wooden car has
served long time and in the develop
ment of the railroad it must now give
way TO something stronger and better.
In a short time wooden passenger
cars will become rare indeed. Possibly
the present stock will be worn out on
branch lines and on roads that carry
few through passengers. The wooden
car is to go and 1t will receive few
repairs and no improvements here
otter. 1t will therefore rapidly lapse
into old age and general disrepute. The
change to steel cars will be rapid and
satisfactory.