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ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANL' NEWS.
II
Edited by
Joseph B. Lively
Mr. UtiI/’i tweotj*Or«
fttra* rsp^rlcn*’® of ed
iting market Id Atlanta
oml iht* South has ninU*
him ft recognized au
thority Id bla epeclnltr.
AMERICAN BULLS
They Suspend Business to
Celebrate Indepen
dence Day.
ALL MARKETS CLOSED
Foreign Markets Open—
Liverpool Lower on Spot
and Futures Cotton.
Americana are celebrating the Fourth of
jiti p consequently the exchanges on this
gide of the water were closed Thursday.
The English market was open for busl-
B Trading was only moderately actlre with
the trend toward a lower level. To respond
to tills decline In the American market
Wednesday prices were due to come 5,to 6ft
points down. At the opening 1 to 4 points
lower prl. es were shown, bat at 12:16 p. m.
the market had declined to ir point 6 to 7ft
folnts l*k»w the closing on Wednesday,
Sftcr which prices steadied and a point of
Le early loss was recovered.
At the close the tone was dull but steady
*u to « points lower.
Spots were quoted easier at 12 points de-
(line to 7.31 for middling; sales, 7,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, July 4.—Cotton, spot, demand
Increased with prices lower; middling 7.30;
•ales 7,000 hales; American 6,500; specula
tion and export 1,000; receipts 2,lu0; all
American.
Futures opened easier.
Opening Previous
linage. 2 p. m. Close. Close.
July 6.93 *•“
July-Aug.... 6.91
Aug. Sept... 6.80
Sept.Oct... 6. $2
Oct. Noy.... 6.65 .
Nov.-Dee.... 6.61ft-6.5l
Dec. Jan 6.59 -6.56
Jan. Feb.... 6.57 -6.64ft
Fel».Mar.... 6.58 -6.55 6.66
Mar. April.. 6.59 -6.67 6.56
April May 6.57ft 6.67
Closed dull, but steady.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Georgia—Partly cloudy Thursday; proba
bly showers In tho southeast portion; Fri
day fair; variable winds.
Virginia—Fair Thursday, warmer In the
northwest portions; Friday fair, warmer In
the Interior; light northeast to east winds.
North Carolina—Partly cloudy Thursday;
possibly local showers; Friday fair and
warmer in tho luterlor; light to fresh cast
winds.
Smith Carolina—Partly cloudy Thursday;
probably showers lu oaat portion; Friday
fair and warmer lu the Interior; variable
winds.
East Florida—Occasional showers Thurs
day and Friday; variable* winds.
West Florida and Alabama—Fair Thurs
day and Friday; light to fresh uortheast
winds.
Mississippi-Fair. Thnrsdny; warmfer In In
terlor; Friday fair; light to southeast
winds.
Louisiana—Fair Thursday and Frld
“f. east to uortheast winds,
hast lexns—Generally fair Thursday and
fresh east to southeast winds.
Frhirer 1>xnB -* J *neni!jr *«lf Thursday and
Arknnftns—Fair and continued wnrm today
and Friday.
Teanessee—Fair Thursday; warmer In the
nest portion; Friday fair.
HESTER’S MONTHLY
COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, July 4.—Secretary Hester's
New- Orleans cotton exchange statement Is
sued today covers the monthly movemeut
to the dose of June.
t ompared with last year. It shows a de-
. r month lu round figures of
f ), 7 0 ''nlcft, compared with year before Inst,
ft decrease of 266,000 and with 1904 an lo-
wane of 66,000.
total for June waa 206,746. against
* rcar ' ^75,903 year -before last
•ud 114,211 wnne time In W04.
The movement from September 1 to dose
Inclusive, shows receipts at all
1 ni r.l Sint,., |K»rl. ’..,764,613, against 7.«2.-
i'Jm.*ljjt year, 9.606,18$ year before Inst and
•i. »» ", nm . e time In 1904; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio aud Potomac rivers
l!L.V o r l te r, L n,Hta *nd Canada 1,190,137,
,,! ! 1 Inst year, 1,067.193 year be-
f«»re hst and 909.0* antne time In 1904;
Southern mills tnblnei anAliltlin nf <111,1(1.
rallitni inlllH takings, exeluslre o, niinn-
Iff ""'.‘"PSAS’ outports, isos,-
z "«*,'»•’ last year. 1,928.000 year
Inal un,I 1,766,(100 note lime In 1904;
•tiq Interior ttoek. In excess of thoie held
•t tbe enninieucement of the sensnn G0.S12.
147,967 rear In-fore
"!?, ”“'l 83.279 an mo tlrno In 1901.
""JLinnk, the total morement of the
MIMHt dnrUtg the
ATLANTA MARKETS,
FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
KGOB-Actlve. 17«T18e.
LIVE ’POULTRY—Hen«, active, 337737*7;
rhlckena (fries) 12*44,MVie. Duck,, Pekin,
30c each: puddle, 25c each, Turkeys dull.
19c nor pound.
DRESSED POULTRY—Turkey,, drawn,
active. 16f|17c pouud; fries, active, ‘JSiiSOc
pound; bens, 14c pound; ducks, drawn
fancy, ilk* pound.
PRODUCE—l.ard, 12c pound; hams ac
tive 16c pound: shoulders active 10311c
pound: sides active, 11c pound; butter dull;
J0312ftc pound; beeswax active, 26c pound;
honey, bright, active, 11c pouud; honey in
1-pottnd blocks active, 12ftc pound.
FRUITS—Lemons, fancy Messenn, $5,008
$5.25; bnn.-fnns per bunch, culls active, $1.00:
straights 3ft cents per pound; pineapple*.
Florida stock, $3.0083.50: orange. Califor
nia stock, per box. $4.50. Florida hon
ey peaches. $2.7583.50 per crate. Gran*
fruit. Florida atock, owing to slxe an$
color, per box, $6.00; limes. Florida stock.
( per 100, $1.00; peanuts lu sacks averaging
100 pounds each, owing to grade, per pound
6ft® Sc; dried apples, 7(ii8ftc; dried
Hftc; prunes. C@7ftct cantaloupe;
$2.0082.50 crate; watermelons, lOfJlPc each;
Georgia peaches. $2.00 crate; blackberries
12ftc; rhubarb, 60Ci75c hunch.
VKGTABLKw— 1 Tomatoes are active and
selling at $L60Cfl.75. potatoes, new. $3.00
8* 25 ner barrel. Oulon*. Louisiana. $1.75 per
bushel; Egyptian. 4ftc per pound; cel
ery. fancy. $2.50®3.2G crate; peppers, slow.
Si.'25 crate: okra, six bnaketn, small, $3.00;
krnut, half barrel, $3.75; cucumbers, $1,258
1.75 per crate; egg plant. Sl+o'ul.lS. .
GROCERIES.
ESK—Fancy full cream, 16 cents;
Georgia rane syrup. 36 cent* gallon; salt,
100-pound, 50c; axle greaae $1.75; soils crack
ers 6fto pound; lemon 7c: oyster 7c; bar
rel candy, per pound, ifte: mixed, per
pound, 6ftc; tomatoes. 2-pntmd, $2.00 case;
8-pouml, $2-25; navy beftus, $2.40: Limn beans
GAIl—Standard granulated. ftftc; New
York refined. 4%c; plantation, 5c.
COFFEE—Roasted Arbueklcs $16; bulk In
oysters, full weight. $2 casp: light weight
$1.10 case; pepner. 18c lb.; linking powder $5
case; red uulmon, $5 case; pink salmon, $4.23
leans. 35<* gnllon; corn, 30c gu
potash. $J.2»83.80 enso; peanuts. 8c; rope,
4-ply cotton. 18c; soap, $1.6084 case
PR0VI8I8N3.
PROVISIONS—Supreme hams. 15e; bellies.
20@X ponnds average, 9.85; fat backs. Sc;
Supreme lard, 9ft: Parity compound, 8ft;
California barna, 10c; dry aalt extra ribs,
0.35. *
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUn—Highest patent, $3.65; best pat-
ent, $5.40; standard patent, $4.7$; half pat-
D t. $4.60; spring wheat patent $6.
COHN—No. 2 white, .Sc; choice white. 80c;
white feed, 78c; No. - yellow. 77c; mixed,
75e; cracked corn per bushel, 78c; hullo!
^CHICKEN FKBD-FJftv-nonnd sacks, 96c*.
punla chick feed, $2.00; Victor feed, $1.33;
brand feed. $1.35.
, OATS-No. 2 white 60c: No. 2 raised, 59c;
Golden oats, 69c; white clipped, C2c.
MEAL—Plain* per M-pound sacks. 76c; 46
pound sacks, 77c; plain, 20-pound sacks, 79c;
Sl *HAY—Timothy, choice large bales. $1.40;
do., choice smnll bn Ip., $1.35; No, 1, one*
third Iwlcs, 31.35: No. 2, one-third bnle«,
$1.36: ‘ ”
CONGRESS TO MEET
NEXT jUMERICA
Grand Commander Richard
son aud Others Return
From Brussels.
IN OPEN COURT
Kentuckian Quietly Leaves
Scene for Home During
Panic.
Paris, July 4.—American delegates to
the International Masonic confere ice,
which has just been concluded at Brus
sels, assert that the next conference
will be held In the United States. These
delegates hsve arrived hsre from the
Belgian capital: James D. Blcbardson,
grand commander of the supreme coun
cil of the southern jurisdiction of
Washington; George F. Moore, of Ala
bama, an officer of the same jurisdic
tion. and General 8. C. LaWrenct,’, of
Boston, lieutenant grand commander of
the northern Jurisdiction.
Mr. Richardson said twenty-one su
preme councils governing Masonic de
grees above the third were represented
at the congress.
"We Americans," said Mr. Richard
son. "did not come to ask for anything,
but to help the movement for the closer
union of Masonic organizations
throughout the world. Toward tho close
of the session a resolution was passed
to hold the next congress, five years
hence, at a city to be decided upon by
the two American Jurisdictions.
Louisville, Ky., July 4.—Joe FitZ’
Patrick, while In court at Palntsvllle,
Ky., It Is. alleged; walked up behind
Andy Coburn and shot him three times
In the back, killing him. Coburn was
sitting near the bar and knew nothing
of the man’s movements until he was
shot.
I Fitzpatrick and a crowd of relatives
j quietly left the court room add went
home during the panic. No attempt
was made to arrest him. Coburn was
lately Indicted upon a charge of killing
a coualn of Joe Fltspatjick and the caee
waa eet for hearing this term.
1.36: choice prnlrle, $1.00; neramln. $1.10.
SHOUTS—Choice white $1.00; Tezus white
$1.60; fancy. *1,45; brown, (80 to 100 pounds),
40c. llrsud $1.36.
FISH.
FISH—Rresra 7c pound; snapper 10c
pound; trout 8c pound; blue fish 7c pound;
pompnno. 26c pound: mackerel, 1214c pound;
mlicd fish, 6c pound: fresh water trout. Sc.
NEGRO FOOTPAD
ROBS WHITE MAN
Liverymen Boost Hire for
Funerals, Weddings or
Pleasure Trips.
At ft meeting of eight Atlanta liverymen
Wednesday night a resolution hoisting the
price of vehicles $1 was unanimously
adopted, the Increased prices going into ef
fect August 1.
The liverymen claim that their action was
taken, not from any mercenary tendency,
but because or the Increased price of feed
stuffs nnd rents.
The hire of vehicles In future will be
follow
‘ " * J “““jib tur lumrnii, wmuingf.
he present city limits slinll
Surreys, Victoria*, trope and nil two-
horse hitches shall be $6.
Surreys, victories, with one horse, with
or without driver, $4.
be $5.
ni 'accommodations
Each additional vehicle $i per
Rockville, aid., July 4.—Charles Sou-
der, aged 21, of Dovesvllle, Va., was
held up, robbed and fatally shot yes
terday afternoon by an unidentified ne
gro on the public highway, near Red-
land. Possees nro In pursuit of the
negro and lynching Is threatened.
PUBLIC CONTENT
WITH ROOSEVELT
Ocean City, Md., July 4.—John S.
Wise, of New York, one time Republi
can candidate for governor of Virginia,
made an addrese before the Maryland
Bar Association yeeterday, In which,
after commenting on the president’s
course, he declared that many of the
thing* he waa doing have no Implica
tion In the constitution.
Yet," he went on to say, "all are Jue-
tlfled, apparently, an arc many others
not enumerated by the declaration ar
dently made that thero mutt be some
where In our laws authority to broaden
Federal power by Interpretation."
sgYu^t'hVTMtltt'lirat'rMr It^Sksis ranrbe^ ment'a June #(ure was uiors favorable than
ferelnst rn 9K8tS»*me lira."in S3 r JnstlOed by actus! conditions. nn.l that to-
JStf® *>,• i iK' re £ r L—-"- to jassr ju r «
lias become seu-
— -v-:— • - daring rniuB i ,.iji
Jbur/ uESrj &rad>TS!S
fi'ir as w sasrvss Si £"2
Till, make* their average weekly
(’"■ the season 57,682, against 63,628
p Jenr and 50,818 the year before
[ li " for the ten month, of
ne season have Iwen 8,256,944 hales, show-
iSf ho rease over last season of 2,mi,-
hicresae over the Mine perln.1
t„ J "ft""' last of 623,507. The deereaae
»i.I . *** < ’, 1 l’ or te during June, coniparerl
J, 1 ' 1 "• last-year, has been 77,971; sml
bit Trfgi(' , " ‘ ,ho *" m * P"’ 101 ' year before
mSI 01 !—'he seaboard and the twenty-
» no lea.liiig .southern Interior markets on
Ih? $I$t$4L agnlnit 603.369
date last yenr and *01,880 the
rear before,
,‘r'!"»»g P"rt nnd Interior town stoeks
L" 1 P rr ireni the prerli
i ': r iratn the prerlnns season nnd tbe
t.raii.T,, ," f . halra Of tbe current crop
' sight during tho ten mentliz,
SBrWr **"• llMn 13.624.882. against Jl,-
-’.La last year and 12,901.215 the yenr lie-
JL’ P *?, 'he close of Jane Inst veer 9S.02
“$ the cotton crap had been mar-
l./'*»'l tor the aaiue ten months In
Inn, «$ the crop brought
In 93.rf and for the same tune
19U the percentage marketed was 98.1*.
COMMENT ON JULY REPORT;
1TB EFFECT ON PRICES.
’ rortl Comra »rrtnl: There Is not a
J " 'he cotton market who does not
t... I"’ 1 *" I,M *b* government report of
? **' -mug. or Hut n mistake
ltr.»f s< ® ,B "orae of a month ago,
' »■»« such stuff be thrown to the
market' K3lnfl! ® T¥ ‘ *° '"‘’"P' B legitimate
* c .°- ! Tho-bur»au report
rae'lItbST^wr.*. wUahle seetstlnu. flu
mr,i"t a, by far the lowest srer re
*»rd of eiSifl 1 *** 0 * ,ba * ■*>"*< l>«3-
**?• pnictlcftlly no re-
*+:n% lnr^nfj of JniH*. Thl»
of fbo fhroc po*t | a ivanev.
report nbumiantly confirm* tu
I bsve maintained with regard to the cotton
outlook for the past several month*. An-
miming only an nvemge tJctiHurntlt’n here-
after, the Indicated cr$$p 1« 9,8^4.000 balet
Charles C. Cowan: The conditon renorl
bv the ■grlciiltural bureau «*f 72 Is, ro i
mind. to$» high. rr, -‘'
horse, with one vebld
cording to_s«nr!cM ‘
wanted,
month.
.single feed shall be 50 cents, or three
feeds for $1.
Those represented at the meeting were
liedmont Stables Company. O. I>. llooth,
Mllnra Si Miller. Atlanta Livery Company,
C. C. Murphy. Charles VIttnr, A. T. New
som nnd w. O. Jonee.
BLACK BISHOP
BIFFS ORATORS
Boston, July 4.—Bishop Henry M. Turner,
addressing a negro couferenca * esterday,
said:
••The United States Is no fr’end to tho
colored men. Everything that Is •'rltten
and published about our race In the p.*vi lnr
magnr.lnes are In the main wilful falsehoods.
Every white man who Is destitute of
ability, yet either wants an office or a little
notoriety, has to go harping and babbling
about the negro and bis Inferiority, like
Vardanian, Tillman nnd a number of others
I could mention—mere human asses braying
agntnst God and nature.
will give Senator Tillman $1,070 to
make a spocch and leave the negro out that
can be cnlled a speech.*’
JAPS SUE CITY
OF SAN FRANCISCO
TO COVERPAST LIFE
Accused of Killing Artist
Webster Guerin, She Is
Trying to Save Self.
Chicago, July 4.—Fighting against the rov-
elation of her past life, an amazing struggle
bus been begun by Mrs. Dorn McDonald,
who Is accused of killing Artist Webster
Guerin In his studio, In tbe Omaha build
ing.
The wife of Mike McDonald, former gam
bling king of Chicago, Is battling to save
herself from the gallows nnd maneuvering
to prevent her.husband obtaining evidence
on which he can get a divorce. Mrs. Mc
Donald Is declared to be fighting to have
Attorneys A. S\ Trade and .Inmes Hamilton
Lewie, who were retained by her husband
to defend her, ousted from the case.
Hhe 4 ■ am ■
are so arrnuglug the defense t.
trial Is over, ir she Is flcnnlti
band will have only to put the record of the
trial III evidence to obtain n divorce.
If she Is divorced by her husband she will
lose nil share lu his estate, which Is valued
at more than $1,000,000.
LEU PUBLIC FUNDS
TO U, S, SEN. DICK
Columbus. Ohio, July 4.—Charles F. Dick.
United States senator, has. according to
Frank Parmelee, state examiner, been bor
rowing large sums of public mouey,. giving
as security stock In the Western Cereal
Company. Mr. Parmelee has Just com
pleted an examination of tbe books of tho
city nond county treasurer lu Akron.
Dick's borrowing of public fuuds became
known ns the result of the technical kbort-
nge of Fred Smith, late treasurer. Smith
made a practice of loaning public money la
his possession to his frtonds, and Dick nnd
his law partner, L. S. Miles, were among
tbe number thus benefited. When Smith
resigned ns treasurer his shortage was re
ported to be $272,000. This was money he
loanod to his friends.
E IN TEARS
Former Statistician Smiled
When Jury Failed to Ac
quit Him.
Washington, July 4.—After twenty-fire
weary hourV marked by frenuent debates
aud much balloting, the Jury fu the caeu of
Edwlu H. Holmes, Jr., ehnrgfel with con
sul nicy to defraud the government, wns dis
charged ut 4:45 o'clock yesterday afteruoon
by Justice Stafford when the roreuuin de
clared flint the Jury wen hopelessly divided.
On tlut final ballot the Jury stood six to six.
Justice Stafford, lu dismissing the Jury
from further service, said he believed It wns
not the fault of the jurors that they had
failed to agree, and before finally dlschnrr
lug them commended them for using thel.
honest and best efforts In trying to perform
iheir duty.
Mrs. Holmes wns moved to tears over
her husband's failure to secure nu ncqulftnl.
ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK
ATLANTA, GA.
C. E. CURRIER, President. H. T. INMAN, Vlce-Preeldent
GEO. R. DONOVAN, Cashier.
JAMES S. FLOYD, Assistant Cashlsr.
Capital $500,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits §650,000.00
We Solicit Your Patronage.
ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
AND AUDITORS
£tuplr« Building.
ATLANTA
Bell Phone, Main 8iX
GEORGIA
HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK,
COTTON, STOCK8, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Carondelet and Gravler Sts. Nsw Orleans.
MEMBERS:
g ew Orleans Cotton Eichnnfa. I Now Orleans Future Brokers’ AtwclillM.
ejr York < otton Eletaag* Orl«au« and I’blraca Boards ot'TraS
i.alre,ton Cotton IJzrlinnje. I brw York Coffee Ekebaafe,
Uouston Cotton hicbanje. | Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Ass’*
Aft.
- _ York and Chicago Correspondents,
■ACHE A CO. AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER A t
PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL POINTS.
CARRINQTftM.
CITIZENS SAY LOCAL
OPTION IS JEST PLAN
Continued From Paoo One.
ERYSIPELAS GERMS
TO FIGHT TUMOR
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 4.—Counter
acting tho effects of one dreaded disease
With the bacilli of another Is the method
iiimmI by ‘ physicians attending Professor
Louis A. R. Ahlers, of Colorado College,
who Is dangerously 111 with tumor near the
heart.
Kryslpelas germs from Chlesgo aro be
ing dally Inoculated Into the patients ojjs-
tem. and. although Profesosr Ahlers hns
developed a thorough ease of erysipelas, the
tumor seems to be disappearing.
MACON BUSINESS HOUSES
CLOSE FOR THE DAY.
lierT We are In for a'bumblebee crop—
11 Atwood Vlolett: The bureau condition of
72, Just announced. Is exactly In ncoordsuce
with my own Ideas. It means higher prices.
In my opinion, than In ouy years lu the
past twenty or more unlesa It may be
those of the winter and soring of 1904, when
cotton sold In the Now lork market In the
month of March at 17.60.
Dick Bum. A* Co.: The bureau figures
contain a stunning surprise for those who
had relleil upon n marked Improvement In
the condition of cotton, such ss might have
been Justified by the stnte of tbe weather
since the first of June.
Bartlett, Frasier * Carrington: The ef-
feet «f it bureau showing 11 points under
last year and 12 points under a ten-year
overage can not be Ignored, particularly so
as the plant has started two to four weeks
late aud has yet to pass through the two
most critical/ months of the year. There
will of necessity be fluctuations in an ex
cited market like this, but the world must
take this situation ns very bullish, and we
look ultimately for higher prices still.
Hubbard Bros. Ac Co.: The market was
not prepared for the figures of ihe govern-
cut report, ami a violent advance followed
i„e estimate of 72. with very little cotton
offered, except at extreme prices. Noticea
bly, however, the trading was local, and
I.*' I- nitfelHa fill*
Ran Francisco, July 4 -Rnlt agaln.t the
city oml county at San Frauclero waa fllml
ycaterday afternoon In the .UDerlor court
for recovery of 12.677 for dnmngn inlil to
hare tteen auatalned by the proprietor of
the Horseshoe restaurant and n Japnueae
hath houae Mny 13, when a row cauaotl l>y
attack by labor union men on two non
union men who were entliiK in the restaur-
ant insulted In the front, of th, two place.
Delhi; ama.hed by atouet and clnba.
JUDGE RUSSELL SPEAKS
IN NEWTON COUNTY.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga.. July 4.—The day le
being more generally obaerved In New
ton county than at any time before.
All bualnesa haa been au,pended and
the day la being marked with barbe
cue. and ralllea of different descrip
tions The largest celebration took
place at Oak Hill. At 11 o'clock Judge
Richard B. Htueell, of the court• of ap
peals, delivered a magnificent address
to fully 5,000 people. Other epcakore
at Oak Hill were Rev. John D. Jordan,
of Atlanta: l’rofesaor R. H. B. Keeney,
of oak Hill; Profeaaor J. O. Martin,
of Culloden. and Congreeaman L. P.
Llvlngaton.
At Porterdale 3,000 people turned out
to enpoy an old-foahloned barbecue.
Colonel James P. Cooley, of this city,
was the orator at Porterdale. Muna-
lleld gave n big barbecue. The ’em
ployees and their families at the Cov
ington Cotton Mllla observed tho day
In a manner similar to that at Porter-
dale. The Covington and Porterdale
tribes of Red Men took part In the At
lanta festivities.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 4.—The "Glorious
Fourth” In Macon Is being observed In
a very quiet manner. All the banks,
courts and the postofflce are closed for
the day. ' Many of tho manufacturing
concerns ore also giving their em
ployees a day off. The Log Cabin Club
Is the center of attraction, a» tho golf
tournament Is on at the club tills nft-
ernoen. Two teams, headed by Messre.
Oullln, Battle and Dr, F. M. Cunning,
ham, are playing, nnd the outcome Is
being watched with Interest by many.
FAIHERWITHGUN
LOOM MAN
Robert Warren Charged
With Mistreating Young
Girl.
ATLANTAN TO SPEAK
AT BIG CONVENTION
Elliott Dunn, of Atlanta, third rlce-preal
dent of tho Bet nil Hardware Asiodntlou of
tho Cnrollnas, will be one of the chief
speakers nt the convention of that orgnnlzn
tiou In Charlotte, N. C., July 9. tie will
respond to the address of Mayor S. 8. Me
NInrh, of Charlotte, welcoming the several
hundred delegates who will attend
meetings.
The convention promises to lie unusually
suorpftFifui. The program Includes trap
shoots, a number* of social functions anu
much of a business nature.
FUNERAL OF CAPT. WYNNE
HELD AT WASHINGTON
Hagerstown, Md., July 4.—Robert War
ren, superintendent of the Balnbrldge gas
works, wns held for the action of the grand
Jury on tlic charge of mist routing Ml** Edna
Row, the 16-year-old daughter of Postuius-
ter Lewis Row. of Blue Ridge Kiinuult,
whom he took buggy riding recently.
, The girl, lu her testimony, said they were
jentight in a terrific thunder storm nnd were
forced to stop at a hotel over night. Wbeu
she told her father the next day upon her
return. It Is alleged be took Ills gun aud
Started out to find Warren, but failed to
discover him before the sheriff had placed
Warren under arrest. Warren, who Is mur-
rled, stoutly denies the charge.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Washington,’ Gft., July 4.—The fu
neral services of Captain S. K. Wynne,
of Danburg, whose death occurred
Tuesday afternoon -at his home nlno
utiles nort*h of Washington as a result
of a stroke of paralysis, was held yes-,
terday Afternoon at Danburg. Captain
Wynne was 60 years old, a Confederate
veteran and one of the most popular
cltlxens of Wilkes county. Mr. Wynn#
Is survived by his wife and threo
daughters, Mrs. W. L. Sutton, of Dan
burg, Mrs. Heldt Neal, of Broad, and
Miss Cora Wynne, of Danburg, Ga.
CORONER'S JURY SAYS
NEGRO NOT TO BLAME
A verdict by a coroner’! Jury Wed-
ncjdny afternoon to tho effect that
Lula Ungland came to her death from
natural cauaes, resulted In her haaband,
Allen Haa land, being released from cue-
tody. The negro was arrested Wednes
day by the police, after he had been
trailed by the print! of his .crutch. It
was claimed by the woman's son that
soon after being punched by Ragland,
she fell dead.
The coroner's Jury, however, found
no evidence of any bruises and decided
Rngl.ind was not to blame for hie wife's
death.
NEGLIGENCE WAS
CAUSE OF WRECK
Washington, Jnly 4.—Firm In his belief
thqt criminal negligence* was responsible
for the wreck on the Falla Church auU
Illalyn Electric railroad yesterday. In which
n score of persons were Injured, one of
whom dlvd later, A. O. Vonherbut, a pas-
senircr on tho car, will file a formal com
plaint against the railroad company with
nnd should always have under future
legislation, the right to determine by
vote whether whisky shall be ntanu-
factured, sold or Imported within Its
limits.
“A large majority of tha counties
have exercised this right, and by vote
of the people, have undertaken to ex
clude liquor In all of Its forms from
their respective counties.
"We realize that because of the fact
that sufficient protective legislation has
not been enacted, the purpose of the
people in prohibition counties has been
almost. If not entirely, defeated. Coun
ties which have adopted prohibition
have been flooded with liquor from
counties where the sfele Is permitted,
and as a consequence the people have
decided by their votes that they can
best deal with the liquor question by
excluding it from their territory# have
seen their rights Ignored, their plans
defeated and their best interests dis
regarded.”
"Vialee of People."
'We do not believe that such condi
tions should be allowed to continue.
To permit the voice of the people to
be thus defied by those engaged Th the
liquor traffic Is wrorig In principle, con
trary to the spirit of the local option
laws and destructive of the very bed
rock principles of home rule, In which
we believe and for which we earnest
ly contend.
"When a county adopts prohibition*,
It Is entitled to complete protection
from the liquor traffic. Anything short
of this is a perversion of the principles
STONE & CO.
Candler Building:, 4
ATLANTA, GA.
Tickets From
> and ...
To Europe.
Wc are Agents, for all Principal
Railway and Steajnship Lines.
renters. Prohibition can not be en
forced in large cities. Dllnd tigers/
the worst of all forms of evil connected
with the liquor traffic, will flourish, in
spite of the law, end drunkenness and
debauchery will be carried to excesses
not thought of under natural condi
tions. We state it as a fact, which we
believe to be absolutely true, that dur
ing the prohibition period the monels
of this city were In a far worse condi
tion In some respects than at any time
before or since. The law was violated
with Impunity, and violators could
neither be detected nor punished for
their crimes. Property of every char
acter shrunk In value. Business was
lifeless. The city lost enormous reve
nue that would have gone to help main
tain the public schools nnd other public
institutions, while tbe evils that we
were trying to correct multiplied. At
lanta abolished prohibition because sho
was forced to, and because it was a
failure.
Since prohibition was abolished we
have enjoyed the most satisfactory
conditions the city has ever known.
Strict regulation under high llcens
of the »aw and a prostitution of Its has solved the problem. It is be
purposes to unjust us?s. Legislation J all question the best way to deal with
should be enacted which would prevent j this evil In populous cltlep,
Washington Observes Fourth.
Washington, July 4.—AU big build
ings here are closed tight as the tombs
today. Nothing Is heard in the ahop-
plng districts except the explosion of
prohibited firecrackers, on the out
skirts of the city patriotic speeches and
picnics absorb all Interest.
demand.' The trade haa been Itenrlsh on me
KSinSa VnS.1 o*'*!-*’ *>r.r,i lT rralj.-
Inc tho poor etnml wbloh had hooo made.
The. (lurry «» duo t*’lUttopolblmeBt nth-
or/thin to a Iwllef Hia* 'he "op la now
not proer-wdn* troll. Prior to the exette-
m-iit the market wn, dull and Inectlre. end
the eoverln* of the I oral Iniw—t. ed'h
Pun* iBxroMive tmrluw. ncrpuut, for tbe
edrinee. II ran not It raid tkot Oie iteare.
n.ldered ,i’. irateljr Indkn-
coH-i “i 1 ®"— ITrfo.i weather, no the me generally enu,lder«l nivirmeijr
1 CJ “-lu.lgn p<w.lble |, that lU, govern* tlve of tho prooeut crop condition.
Plen Thaw Trlel.
New York, July 4 —That Harry K.
Thaw will be placed on trial ogaki In
October lx raid to be tho plan of Dla-
trtet Attorney Jerome.
Kvelyn Nesblt Tiitw la visiting Mr*.
Dan O'Reilly, wife of Thaw'* counsel,
nt Long Beach, I*. I This le the first
time that Mrs. Thaw haa left the city
eliice her husband'* trial.
...Inauguration of New Service...
Through Trains Between
A tlanta and Columbus
Atlanta and West Point Ry Co- N ^ nan
Leave Atlanta
Arrive Columbus .,
4.T0 p. m
8:50 p. m.
This train will make no stops up to Newnan, but
makes all intermediate stops Newnan to Columbus.
Call at City Ticket Office, Fourth National Bauk
Building, or Ticket Office, Terminal Statior.
the possibility of evasion and destroy
every facility for nullifying the deci
sion of prohibition counties. This leg
islation should provide suitable and
adequate punishment for those who
would violate the law. It ought to be
a crime, with severe penalties for ItH
violation, to Import liquor or eell or
give away for any purpose In prohibi
tion counties. We go further and urge
upon the general assembly the wisdom
and the Justice of ennctlng laws for
the protection of those counties, the
violation of which will carry such se
vere penalties that the importation or
sale of liquor In any form into prohi
bition counties will sbsolutsly cease.
Heavy Penalties.
We believe that such legislation
should provide severe penalties for the
shipper hnd his egenls, In the county
from which the shipment la made; that
tha same penalties should be provided
for the express company, railroad com
pany or other common or private car
rier. *nd their agents. In the county
where such shipments are made or In
the county to which such shipments
nro consigned, nnd It should be the
duty of such carrier to know the con
tents of packages transported by them.
That the consignee, as well as any
agent or Intermediary In the county to
which such shipment, are consigned
who shall receive, directly or Indirectly,
by public or private conveyance, any
package of whisky, wins, beer or other
concoction, decoction or byproduct of
alcohol, to be used as a beverage, and
any person having In his possession, for
the purpose of selling or giving away
nny alcoholic liquor In any form, shall
likewise Incur the full penalties of tbe
law.
"If the measure thus outlined Is not
sufficient to afford completo protec
tlon to the people In prohibition coun
ties from the Importation of liquor into
their communities, we respectfully
urge the general assembly to so enlarge
the provisions of such laws that those
who would violate them can not. by
the exercise nf the utmost Ingenuity,
escape the full and 1 proper penalties of
their crimes, and let those penalties
be so severe that evil-doers will be de
terred from violating the law.
When it Was Tried.
"What has been said with reference
to home rule applies with even greater
force to those counties containing the
larrer cltlea which have not adopted
prohibition. Speaking for Atlanta par
ticularly, we call attention to the fact
that the people of this city have. In
years past, when tbe city contained not
exceeding half It* present “
made honest, earnest and
forte to have effective prohibition. They
spent large sums nf money to aid In
procuring Its ndoptlon. The sentiment
of the city was alive aa never before
for the enforcement of the law, for tbe
detection and punishment of law
breaker,, and for tha complete re
moval of the evils resulting from the
sale of liquor. The vigilance of the city
government, In Its efforts to Enforce
strict prohibition, backed up by public
sentiment, was aroused to an extent
that waa without a parallel In the his
tory nf this city. After an earnest trial
of more than two yesr* under these
conditions, we were forced to the hu
miliating acknowledgement that. In
spite of a vigilant city government and
an aroused public sentiment, prohibi
tion In Atlanta was a miserable fail
ure. It-was worse, It was a farce and
a travesty on good morals and decency.
a IruTP*iy on houu ai'inn o*«v urirnij,
and did more to debauch the youth ami
manhood the city, by subjecting them
to stealthy temptation and excesses,
than all the barroom. In all the years
since, under high license and strict
regulation.
Effect in Atlanta.
"What Is trus of Atlanta will un
questionably be true ef other populous sldcred
Want Home Rule.
"As cltlxens of Atlanta, having no
Interest directly or Indirectly In tho
liquor business, and representing tho
substantial commercial Interests of tho
city, speaking from the standpoint of an
actual and bitter experience, and for
a city representing one-twentieth of
the entire population of the state, wo
urge upon the general assembly of
Georgia, with all the earnestness of our
deep and abiding conviction, that the
principle of home rule, Involving our
right to regulate our own domestic af
faire in the way that will beat conserve
the morals and business Interests of
this city, be not disregarded by the
enforcement upon us, against our
wishes, of a state prohibition law. I.et
other counties adopt prohibition If they
desire to do so. Let every county In
the etate have the-prlvllege of adopting
It. as tha people prefer and protect all
these countlee fully, by a rigid enforce
ment of the law; but accord to Fqlton
county and the capital city of your
state, aa well as other populous coun
ties, the same right to regulate their
own affairs that we ask for others.
‘The people of this city are entirely
capable of dealing with this question.
We know what te to our beet Interests,
morally and otherwise, and elnco wo
have worked out a plan by which tho
liquor business Is under complete nnd
satisfactory control, we submit that It
la our right, and should be our privilege,
to continue to deal with this problom In
the way that our past experience and
our mature and deliberate Judgment
suggest. We neither champion the
cause of the liquor trade, nor do we de
fend open barrooms. We merely pre
sent to the general assembly a condi
tion of affairs that we know, from past
experience, will be better If left un
disturbed In this city. That the liquor
traffic le an evil, we do not deny. Un
fortunately, It le universal. If wo
could destroy It by adopting prohibition
In Atlanta or In the state of Georgia,
we would gladly do so; but we are
convinced that the beat and only prac
tical way to deal with this evil In cities
Is by high license and the ttrlctest reg
ulation.”
FLOYD COUNTY FARMERS
FAVOR PROHIBITION.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga., July 4.—Floyd County
Farmer,' Union has gone on record as
favoring etate prohibition. There aro ’
1.346 members of the union In this
county, and at a meeting held at tho-r i
court house In this dtjr yesterday the | J
following resolution was passed unani
mously:
"Whereas, Btate prohibition la agi
tating the minds of the general public
and celling for a decided stand of
lovers of temperance; therefore, be It ;
"Resolved. That we, the Floyd County
Farmers' Union, now In session, do ask
our representatives in the general as
sembly to encourage any direct Icgls-
tatlon looking to stele prohibition. 1 *
COLUMBUS CITY'COUNCIL
OPPOSES STATE PROHIBITION.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., July 4.—A resolution
was passed by the city council yester
day memoralUIng the general assem
bly to allow Muscogee county to han
dle In its own way the liquor question.
The resolution recites that the people
of Muscogee desire perfect liberty to
act on this Important question In Its
own way. and feel that they are ol io
to handle It under the present wise
laws of the etate. without detriment
or loss to Bny of the citizens of the
count?*
The resolution Ih bas<»fl on the high
er plane of the peoples' rights to local
nelf-government, ar.it !h.- : s.wp.i or
*kfurring under a change ate not con*