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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19. 1307.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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. F. L. SEELY, President.
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ing Its own gas and electric light
C ants, as It how owns Its water
orks. Other cities do this and get
gas as low as 90 cents, with a profit
to tbs cl tv. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can bo
Operated successfully by European
cities, as they are. there la no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. But we do not believe this
can be dona now, and It mar be some
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ing their order to The Georgian
office. Changes of address will bo
made as often as desired.
Thcro are some little brown men
across the sea who aro preparing to
be soundly spanked.
A rainy season and a series ot cis
terns would be pne solution of the wa
ter problem. iBut for that with Mr.
Msrbury.
If Japan should boost herself Into
a conflict with Uncle Sam her first
and most astounding discovery will bo
that the United State* la not Russia.
Judge Parker la "heartily In favor
of a Southern man for 'president."
Ho aurely ought to be, but he ought
not to say so. If he wants a Southern
man to win.
Colonel Watteraon and Colonel
Oravea seem to be determined to give
the paragraphers no ahance to rest.
—'Washington Herald.
If a paragrapher Is to live we must
not permit him to be Idle.
. Never break a paragraph oft In a
man.—Charleston Neva and Courier.
This la the Srit fruits of real re-
peatanco. The only evidence we have
yet had of a possible reform In the
Inner and abandoned rank ot the par-
lagraphers.
A* an ex-governor. Hoke Smith
would be aa great a prpblom as an ex-
president.—Charlckton News and
Courier.
Yes, but that Is • problem most re
mote lust DOW.
tyar or the rumor of war with Ja
pan will make Roosevelt Inevitable
and unanimous. It Is a lofty tribute to
the president to say that which every
body knows, that In cue of a foreign
war. every eye and heart In the re
public would turn to the strong man
of Oyster Bay,
The councilman and the cx-commle
aloner lay the blame ot tho water hor
ror on the present water department.
The present commissioner lay* the
blame upon Jim Key and the council.
Let ua aee now what Impartial ex
perts will aay. Meanwhile let ua get
■busy.
The Atlanta Constitution aay*
then* are more Bryan Democrats
than any other kind. It they out
number the kind that have con
tracted the habit of voting the
Republican ticket, they must be
quite numerous. — Washington
Post
We are trying now to combine these
two kinds of Democrats Into one har
monious one.
Now that Mr. Thomas W. Law-son
has rallied a second time to the John
Temple Graves standard, the latter
should hold' feat to the flag pole, or
Thomas may get away with It.—
Washington Poet
The part that Tom Lawson has
played In the reform of "Frenzied
Finance" entitles him to the grateful
of the people.
NO FOREIGI7 IMMIGRATION WANTED.
It la somewhat significant If not conclusive of opposition that *o Im
portant and representative a conference of the Farmers’ Union should be
In session today In Atlanta at the Peachtree Inn Just at the time when
It Is understood that Immigration bills are to be Introduced Into the sen
ate and the house.
It may as well be stated and understood that the farmers of Georgia
are opposed to foreign Immigration at this time. It may be etated and
understood still further that the majority of the people of Georgia, and a
very large majority, aro opposed to the movement of foreign Immigrant*
to this state. ,
Moreover, The Georgian, which from the beginning haa been a re
straining Influence In thla matter, does not hesitate to say that the objec
tions to foreign immigration are well founded.
Tho erase for rapid growth and development Is likely to go too far
In Georgia and we can much better afford to wait and grow slowly and
steadily In population and In wealth than to have oar racial problems fur
ther complicated by foreigners of a doubtful typo and the Industries ot
our farmers' and working men disturbed by tho Introduction of this .ele
ment.
It Is not necessary at thla time to elaborate thla Idea further,,but it
la well enough to know definitely that public opinion In Georgia Is not
behind the Immigration movement as it stands at this time, and that
the legislature which thoroughly knows the sentiment of the people will
thoroughly respect It, dnd that no Immigration bill stands a ghost ot a
ebance of passing the two houses of the legislature of 1907.
THE GEORGIAN’S POLITICAL CONSISTENCY.
To The Columbus Ledger and others of bur esteemed contemporaries
whose mental organizations have beoomo confused bmween The Geor
gian’s attitude toward the president and Its collateral attitude toward the
new governor of Georgia, we ask to be permitted to make the following
explanation: , *
The Georgian Is not fickle In Its regard either for measures or for
men. The Georgian’s suggestion of Mr. Roosevelt for president waa set
essentially to the triumph of the great Democratic principles In which this
paper believed and believes, and which It could see from the record that
Mr. Roosevelt was the man best prepared to carry to success and waa
most effectively carrying to success.
Upon the basis of this belief this paper and Its editor suggested In
this time of preliminary counsel and deliberation that It would be the
wise and politic thing In the real Democrats who make up the real Dem
ocratic party to glvo another term of office to the effective and strenuous
president who was putting Into effect with heroic success the most press
ing and Important reforms demanded by the Democratic party.
Mark you, this was a suggestion made within the ranks to b, consid
ered by the convention when It convened.
Pending the disposition of this suggestion, The Georgian and Its edi
tor has n perfect right to express Its preference for a president In the
ranks of Its own party In case the national convention does not see tit
to adopt Its Chattanooga suggestion.
Therefore, It ought to bo perfectly clear to so capable and so brilliant
nn observer and commentntor as The Columbus Ledger and other con
temporaries, that The Georgian’s Judgment commends tho selection
of tho president ns the common nominee of both parties In the next na
tional election. But In the doubt which has been raised os to what may
be done, The Georgian and It* editor simply reserves tho right to ex
press Its Individual preference for a nominee within the ranks ot - the
party and to give Us reasons for preferring that Individual. -
The Georgian attll believes that tho hlghoat patriotism and the high
est wisdom In the Democratic party would be to continue Mr. Roose
velt In power for another term unUl predatory wealth and corporations
were reduced to their proper status in the economic life ot the republic.
The Georgian believes that U this la not done that In the militant rank
of the Democratic party aa It stands today, the moat effecUve flguro In
force, In executive capacity and In close union with reform. Is the stal
wart and able governor of Georgia.
For this reason wo tako the liberty to sing the.praises and to argue
the eligibility of both.
Aa a matter of personal preference and of Individual regard, wo
would, of course, vastly prefer our personal friond and fellow-citizen, tho
great governor of Georgia. The very reasonable doubt In our minds that
wo could elect the governor of Goorgla or any other Democrat against
the Republican president or the candidate who wears his mantle, leads
us to sacrifice personal preference and mere party obstinacy In order to
secure the triumph of a man that will do Just what wo want Hoke Smith
to do—and who can be elected beyond the shadow ot a doubt.
In n nutshell theu, we are heart and soul for Hoke Smith for presi
dent It we can get him. As we are In doubt about getting him and know
that wo can get the president elected If we nominate him, and that ho will
do thq things that wo want done, our reason and Judgment Is as much for
the president ap our heart and our sympathy la for tho governor.
Will The Columbus ledger do us tho great kindness to understand?
PASS THE BILL TO REPAIR OLD COLLEGE.
There Is every roason both of^conomy and sentiment why the pres
ent legislature should pass the pending bill which seeks an appropria
tion to repair Old College at tho University of Georgia.
The suggestion made by Judgo George Gober before tbe commence
ment session of tbe board ot trustees met with universal approval
among tho friends and patrons of the University, and from that sug
gestion the present bill takes shape. The trustees have found by esti
mate* of careful bulldora and engineer* that thla historic old building
could he mado thoroughly aafo and comfortable for the sum of ten thou
sand dollars and that this would give tbe state a property which would
be cheap at thirty thousand dollar*, aatdo from the priceless memories
associated with the building. Tbe Old College la one of the landmarks
of early Georgia history. It has engraven upon It this legend: .
OLD COLLEGB.
"The site of this lliilldlng wss chosen on the Vlth day of July
1801 In the XXVIth year ot the Independence ot the United
Slates of America by George Walton, Abraham Baldwin, John
Mllledge, John Twiggs and Hugh Lawson, a committee ot the
Senatus Academlcus of the University ot Georgia, and for the
benefit of the Institution tho adjacent land was on that day
given by John Mllledge.’’
This old building hns been the college'home of many of the most
distinguished of Georgia's sons. Its disappearance would mark the pas
sage of a land mark which binds tbe militant Georgia of today to tho
heroic, hlstorio and patriotic Oeorgla of a century ago. And aurely
when economy le largely conaerved by the approprlatlona asked, the
members ot this Intelligent and progressive legislature will not fall to
embrace the opportunity to perpetuate a sentiment that Is es noble ae It
Is Inspiring and helpful to tbe young Georgians of the future.
THE PARMER AND THE AUTOMOBILE FRIENDS.
If the farmers of Georgia are disposed at any time to look with Ir
ritation upon tbe swift passage of automobiles along the country roads of
the state, it may pegtaps soothe their feelings to know how large and
vital a patron the automobile la coming to be of tbe Imperial staple
which Is the glory of tho Southern field*.
Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta; Is authority for the statement that one
million bales of cotton aro consumed every year In the making of the
Urea of automobile*.
Mr. Candler la too sound a business man to make a statement without
proper foundation, and his Information derived from the best source* la
to be depended upon.
At first blush It would seem to be almost Impossible that this as
tounding statement should be true, and yet a moment’s consideration
will serve to give It eredeuee. Nearly two-thirds ot the big heavy tires of
tbe automobile consists of cotton woven Into mesbes soft but firm, which
closely put together make up the heavy tire wrapped In rubber which
gives the automobile Its soft touch upon the road.
In Atlanta atone there are over lour hundred o( these -automobiles
each with four wheels and most of them carrying one or two emergency
wheels which have to'he repaired from time to time and frequently to
be replaced by new ones. In Atlanta there are over four hundred; Sa
vannah, which Is a smaller elty, claims over six hundred, and It !a doubt
less true that there are more than ten thousand automobiles now In use
throughout the state.
We have no means of estimating the enormous number that axe In
use throughout the forty-seven states ot the Union, but lb contemplating
this number and the demand for tires. It begins to be evident that an
estimate of a million bales of cotton Is not an extravagant one.
So that the automobile Is, In point of fact, the friend and magnificent
patron of the farmer rather than hla enemy. It I* entitled to hla kind con
sideration rather than to hla animosity. It comes as a new claimant In
the field to consume an additional million bales In the great industry
which Is the foundation of the farmers’ prosperity and "development.
Certainly If there should be a surplus at any future time it must
Inevitably be taken care of by the rapidly developing uses and demands
for the great Southern staple.
And certainly, sueh an Invention ns the automobile shall tend to In
crease both the output and the prices of our Southern cotton fields and
will help mightily to swell, the revenues of tbe Southern farmer.
Upon the basis ot this fact. The Georgian asks to lay the brown hand
of the farmer into the muacular hand of the chauffeur and to Inform
them that they are henceforward not enemies but friends, and should treat
each other with the consideration which belongs to those wbo are mu
tually helpful and mutually dependent
THE SITUATION IN THE PAR EAST.
Although, the terms of the Anglo-Japanese alliance make ft unlikely
that tbe present truce shall be broken before 191S, except by movements
of disorder, which may develop Into rebellions In China, no one will
probably deny that such movements are more than likely to come.
From geographical considerations alone, the two most Important
factors must of necessity be China and Japan—China, which is at last
waking up to the urgent need for action and la doing many things, and
Japan, which has to Justify la some way an enormous expenditure and
a most peculiarly entrenched position in Corea and Southern Man
churia.
England, from the fact that she Is allied to Japan by a hard and fast
alliance, has assumed In regard to this Island power, which may soon
consider itself under tbe necessity ot openly becoming a continental
power as well, an attitude which may have seemed justifiable In July,
1905, having due regard to tho position In the field at that date, but
which Is rapidly beginning to make serious and far-seeing men In the
East wonder whether the military Impotence which Is so openly adver
tised by the Lansdowne-Hayaabt treaty will not be bitterly regretted be
fore middle-aged persons have grown old. China, understanding some
thing of all this, and cynically estimating that England Is becoming anti-
militarist, as she herself has been In the past, Is forced In her foreign
affairs to act In a way which proclaims that the Anglo-Japanese alli
ance, although It nominally guarantees her territorial Integrity, ts con
cerned more especially with the territorial Integrity and the private
programs of the two signatory powers.
It may he boldly Bald then that from the Internal point of view the
truce In tbe Far East centers around the future actions and policies of
ihree countries, England, Japan and China.
Of these three factors Japan is at the present moment by far the
most powerful, but It Is Important to remember that thla condition Is
produced largely by the British alliance, which, while making Japan
what she la In relation to the outer world, also confines the Far Eastern
question to certain limits, and thereby constrains other factors, proba
bly no less powerful (e. g., Russia), to remain temporarily Inactive and
to have the appearance of external rather than Internal forces.
No one will deny that the present sta(e of affairs Is an artificial one,
which can not be continued Indefinitely without producing abnormal re
sults, one which may be actually harmful not only to one signatory of
the Anglo-Japaneao treaty, ^ut to the other as well. The alarming dis
covery that England can no longer protect her great Indian empire
Irom attacks, which for the time being can only* be assumed to be Rus
sian attacks, without calling In an alien soldiery to help In tbe defense,
Is Itself sufficient to produce tbe profoundest melancholy and to make men
wonder whether & great decline has really com’e In those virtues on
which the Anglo-Saxon prided himself and owing to which he succeeded
lu exalting himself above all other nations.
80M£ SUGGESTIONS
TO THE LEGISLATURE
To ths Editor ot The Georgian:
I wish to express to you the grati
tude of hundreds of the people of tbls
county (Dougherty) for the noble
•tand you have taken for state prohl
bltion. and assure you that you will
have the best wishes of a vast ms
Jorlty of our women and a considera
ble majority of tbe men ot our county.
Every man Interested In tbe welfare
of his state should rally to your sup
port, and It Is my candid belief that
your stand will In a short while give
you the largest subscription list of any
newspaper In the etate. I am a yearly
subscriber to your paper, having It
sent to my wife, as I consider It one
of the few papers proper to go Into
the home.
Whether state prohibition wins or
falls at this session of tbe general as
sembly, It Is one of those questions that
will continue to grow until It wilt tri
umph, and the politician who obstructs
It passage will be remembered by the
people In the future. The time has
already come when It te demanded for
the “peace, good order and dignity of
the etate.”
Please call the attention of the leg
islature to ths fact that It they fall to
pass this measure the different wet
counties will be plunged Into prohi
bition elections under the local option
law, which the whisky men claim Is
so dear to their hearts, and after the
disfranchisement of the venal vote of
the different counties, by which thla
curse haa been held, there will be no
doubt of the results. Let them re
member what happened In Terrell
county, where this traffic was paying
all the county taxes. Let them recall
olso the result In Decatur, Lowndes
and the various other counties that
have voted upon tills question the'pres
ent year.
The best people are with you In your
fight for the purity of the home and the
upbuilding of the manhood of the state.
8. J. JONES. *
Albany, Ga., July 8. 1907.
PROHIBITION FOR THE STAE.
To the Editor of Tbe Oeorgtao.
Draw’tho bolls, open tbo prison doors In
tbe cities and let tbs unfortunate go free.
Thcro are thoosauds of noble men who ere
■laves to liquor, and white they are In tbs
cities when whisky Is tbsre Is no freedom,
no prosperity, no good for tbsm, end tbstr
families. Their wives anil children are
doomed to Urea of untold wretchedness. It
Is the dnte of every patriot, of every friend
to buuinidty, to help banish tbls greatest
of all evils to our people. Let ue do It
with ■ arm will and with e good heart. In
1636 Teiss threw off the yoke of Meslco. It'
s hard struggle, e bitter war; many a
TOM LAWSON INDOR8E8
THE “CHATTANOOGA IDEA."
(Harrisburg. Pa., Phoenix.)
Thomas U. Iawson, of Iloston. who has
Just returned from Europe, predicts that
^President Itoosevelt will be nominated
without doulit and he elected to s third
’ Ip earnest of his prediction he haa
bet 919,000 with Mnnrlce unterroyer. Tom
never predicts but ho backs bis opinion. Us
has tbo conrnge of hla convictions.
There are other Irrepressible Toms. A
•fory wmes from Atlanta to tbe effect that
President Itoosevelt said nt Jamestown on
tleoigis day: "It 1 could lie positively or
snred of the electoral votes of a single
.Southern state, I would glndly bo u can'll
date for ths presidency next year." As sw
thorlty for this ststemont, John Temple
Graves, who recently urged Mr. Bryan to
nominate Mr. Roosevelt at tbs Democratic
convention next year, stands first end fore-
most. John Temple bus recently been
Idnnging" In politics. 1
There ore some others who predict along
the tunno lines, but more who fear that Mr
ltoosovelt will be nominated. In the mean
time, however, the wire from Oyster Bay
Is ont of service, neither quieting fears nor
answering predictions.
ONLY A BOLD BLUFF,
_ , (Houston Post.)
N O T T.IED^ UP
Your money deposited in our Savings Department at Four
Per Cent Interest is always available.
Should it become necessary, you can withdraw nil or any
part* of it by simply writing a check for the amount you de
sire and presenting the same with your bank-book, and the
amount remaining to your .credit will continue to draw mter-
This bank, with a financial responsibility of over one
million dollars, affords a safe and sound depository for your
funds. Accounts large or small invited.
MADDOX-RUCRER BANKING CO.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Order#.
Washington, July 10.—Lieutenant Colonel
Alfred C. Sharpe, general staff, upon com*
plating dnty with Ohio national guard, to
Omaha, aa chief of staff, department of Mis
souri; First Lieutenant Charlea W. Weeks,
Thirtieth Infantry, detailed to aerve c
staff of governor of Iown, August 1 to 15.
Captain Otho B. Rosenbaum, Twenty
sixth Infantry. Vletnlled to attend encamp*
meut Texas national guard nt Camp Mabry,
July 20: Captain Edward P. O’flern, ord
nance department, to Sandy Hook proving
ground for temporary duty until August 28.
Captain Charlea DeF. Chandler, signal
“— letalled to attend encampmeut of
of Columbia* militia July 14 nt Boll
var Heights: Captain Michael J. Lenlhnn,
general staff, to artillery district of Bos
ton, to report on Joint army and militia
coast defense exercises July 28; First Lien-
tenant JJrnce Palmer, Tenth cavnlry, to
Fort Banka, July 28. with tnilltln.
First Lieutenant Thomas M. Knox, First
cnvnlry. acting qunrtermnater, In addition
to other duties, temporarily assigned depot
quartermaster and general superintendent,
army transport service. Newport News, vice
Major Gonzales 8. Bingham, quartermaster,
who will proceed to Philippines division
August 8, relieving Major Daniel E. Mc
Carthy, quartermaster, who will proceed tm
San Francisco.
Captain Frank M. Caldwell, Twelfth cav-
August 8, relieving Major
Carthy, quartermaster, *
Francisco.
—ptaln Frsnl — -.
•Ify. detailed to attend encampment Third
regiment of Infantry. Alnl#nmn national
gunrd, July 17, nt Huntsville.
% Navy Orders.
Rear Admiral J. II. Hauds, to be placed
on retired list, July 12. Cnptaln C. J.
Badger, commissioned; Commander D. W,
Coffman, additional duty nnvnl war col
lege; Lieutenant Cmnmander F. R. Pnyne,
to naval hospital. New York: Lieutenant J.
Green to nnvnl academy, August 1.
Lieutenant 8. P. Fullluwlder. detached
Connecticut, home; Lieutenant E. J. Mar*
quordt, detached Illinois to Newport, spe
cial temporary duty with board of *
tlon and survey; thence to command
flab.
Ensign L. W. Townsend, detached Iowa
to Minnesota, July 20; Ensign R. A. Koch,
detached Minnesota, to naval hospital. New
Fort Lyon; Midshipmen It. A. Sprunnce,
R. Hill, W. P. Beehler and J. M. Schell
detached duty Iowa to Mlnnesotn; Mid
men A. M. Cohen and T. A. Symington,
Kansas.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—July % Sylph ot nsvy yard, Hew
York.
Sailed—July 8, Sylph, from Oyster Bay for
navy yard, New York; Saturn, from Acs
f iuleo for La Union, 8an Salvador: York-
own from Acajntla for La Union, Ban Sal
vador.
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BILL POSTERS SETTLE
THEIR DIFFERENCES
8SSI South.
jud^eut 11 with B |ths "receipts of "one *2? hiI
THE GEORGIA ROUTE SKYWARD.
... <1\ashlngton Herald,)
Th# Atlanta Georgian now admits that a
newspaper pur.grnpVr may set tohraren
1’i'i* SS?: '"Yefsariljr p> vte Georgia. That'e
thnt^/SstBre 011 * 0t *° em wllt ““Plait* °t
Some fell Into the hanile of tbe
.weiicsne et prisoners snd were most cru
elly treated, pin. oil In dunfeone baited with
iron hern. After the close of the war. as
soon as sn agreement between the United
States and Mexico was reached, the United
States sent agents clothed with authority
to hart these prisoner* net at liberty.
Colonel IVaddy Thompson. of South Caro
lina, a patriot and philanthropist, was hon
ored with this commission. I heard him tell
It. Ills heart wss full of his commission.
When he arrived be did nqt look far • hotel,
lie sought the officers In eharxe of bis
countrymen, showed his aathority. with the
seal of the United States government. Mar
ried to the prison, saw the Iron bars re-
bo let ue go commissioned by the »ood
■ml tbe brave of ell tjeorxfn with authority
from the great state to open these prison
'eors Is the cities snd let the prisoners go
tee. Many a man will say the temptation
K c and I am free. Many a wife and
r will rejotre-my nan, my hunhand, le
Tbe Georgian for prohibition. Grand,
brave paper. This blow eborke the whole
liquor league. May It never rally Ita forces
h"«of theh5?S , t , ‘. , wf , hS!- 1 th^mmriSSikor the hum wno nangs around th
of the weakest. w. J. COTTER. loo n, cleaning up. washing bottle*.
Rewnsn, Ua. —— *- * —
-THE 80NQ OF THE SEER.
Buttermilk! Buttermilk!
Beware of the day
for dark and despairing,
My eight I may seal,
But nothing ran cover
''hat cocktail* reveal.
•Tla tbe sunset of Ilfs
Gives politics! lore,
And coming events
Cast their shadows hefors.
Buttermilk! Buttermilk!
TIs well yon turn pain.
You’ve ght ths hot wallop
From ths fsstlve Coektail.
-New York World.
THE 80UTH-8 BEST (JHANCE.
... IDouglssi Enterprlae.)
fl "' " m * *">«
A COLORED CITIZEN’S APPROVAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I desire to thanlc you for your strong
utterances on the prohibition question
In your Issue of ,lost Saturday. It Is g
genuine relief to find on* paper In this
community with courage sufficient to
apeak tn no uncertain tones Its convic-
that whatever Is good for a large maaa
of the Individuals In a community is
good for the entire community,
favor your position, for even
there are those' among us who
do not drink, yet the presence of whisky
In the community Is a menace to them
as much. If not more, than to any other
element of citizens, they being In no
sense participants In. but always suf
ferers from, the evils produced by
whisky. As a colored man. I cannot
subscribe to the claim that. In case of
a prohibition election, a large percent
age of the colored vote would be like
catapaws In th* hands of the liquor
men, hut I can assert moat positively
that there la a large—much larger, per
haps, than you have any Idea—element
of reputable colored citizens who would
gladly vote for prohibition on the nrin-
clptes rutllned above. With us It Is a
question, both of right and of principle,
aa well as a matter of personal concern.
For the bum who hangs around the aa.
loon, claanlng up, washing bottle*, run
ning errands; for n» other compensa-
Tho disagreement between Mrs. ft. C.
Dooley and the DeGIve Interests In the Doo
ley Advertising Agency, which resulted In
conrt suits some time ngn In Atlanta, have
been settled before the annual convention of
the Assoelnted Bill Posters tn session nt
Xhtgarn Falls, N. Y.
Mrs. Dooley will reeelre an annuity of
16.75 a month for the rest of her life,
and tuoo in cash, of which 9900 le for
■ttorucys' fees. The agreement wae reach
ed after a two days' conference of a spe
cial committee.
Henry I- DeGIve le present at the con
vention, nnd expressed hlmeelt as satlsfled
with the ontrome of the controversy.
St. Elmo Masseugale, of tbe Mnssengals
Advertising Agency, hse been appointed of-
Acini solicitor of tbe Associated Bill IV
ers and Distributors of the United Stn
end Cnneda. IIe Is the Arat solicitor to be
appointed from tbo South.
LAND CONFERENCE .
* ELECTS OFFICERS
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., July 10.—At a meeting of
the Gulf Lands conference Monday In
tbla city, It waa decided to name tbe or
ganisation tbe "Gulf Coaet Development Ae-
eoclntlon."
Tbe following were elected offlcert:
President, G. Oroevenor Dowo; vice presi
dent, John E. Stillman, of Pensacola, Fla.;
secretary, F. F. Sapp, of Foley, Ala.; as
sistant eecrotary, C. C. Hand, Bay Minette,
Ala.; treasurer, Wllltain It. Snyder, Ocean
“—‘--pi, Mina.
conference adjourned today to meet
•jpjln July 22 at tbe Cawtbon hotel, lujthfs
ROMAN CATHOLICS
ATTEND CONVENTION
Milwaukee, Wla., July 10.—Four hundred
prominent Roman Catholic educators of tbe
United States are attending the annual con
ventlon of the Catholic Kducatloual Asso
elation of tbe United Staten, which opened
nt Marquette University yesterday.
COLUMBUS NEGRO
PR08TRATED BY HEAT.
IN EAflLY_ COUNT!
Call Upon Representatives
to Vote For the Hard
man Bill.
Special to The Georgian.
Blakely, Ga., July 10.—The citizens of
Early .county, In mass meeting assem
bled, have adopted resolutions calling
upon the senator and representative
from that county to vote for such leg
islation as will prohibit the sale of 11-
quor within the state and the shipping
Into "dry" counties of any Intoxicant.
The resolutions follow:
"Whereas,, there la now pending in
the general assembly of Georgia a blit
to prohibit the sale oft intoxicating li
quor*.
“Whereas In 1897 the sale of liquor
In the county of Early through the me-
dlum of bnr rooms was prohibited nml
the sale authorized through the medium
of a dispensary In said county, and
"Whereas in 1906 the Hon. W. A. Bu
chanan, member of the house of repre
sentatives from said county, Introduced
Into the general assembly a bill sub
mitting to the qualified voters of said
county the question of whether or not
liquor should be continued to be sold
through the dispensaries, or the sale
absolutely prohibited, and
"Whereas, at an election held In tho
county of Early In the summer of 1906
In pursuance of said law the qualified
voters of said county by a majority of
about three to one determined that tho
sale of Intoxicating liquors In said
county should be absolutely prohibited:
thus showing that a large majority of
the qualified voters of sold county aro
unalterably opposed to the sale of said
Intoxicating liquors in any form, and
through any agency.
Instructed Representatives.
"Therefore, be It resolved by the cit
izens In mass meeting assembled that
Hon. J. S. Cowart, the senator from
the Ninth district, and Hon. W. A. Bu
chanan. member of the house from th*
county of Early, are hereby urged to
use thetr best efforts In furthetance of
the passage of the bill now pending In
the general assembly to prohibit tho
aate of Intoxicating liquor* throughout
tbe state, or the passage ot some other
blit having the same purpose and ef
fect.
“And whereas, the wishes of the peo.
pic of said county ns expressed In said
election, cannot be fully carried Into ef
fect os long as the sale of Intoxicating
liquors Is permitted In other portions
of the stnte.
"Be It resolved further, That the said
senator and representative be request
ed to support the measure now pending
In tho general assembly, or any other
constitutional measure having the same
object to prohibit the Importation Into
dry counties of Intoxicating liquors,
from other counties In the state where
the same are sold, If a bill prohibiting
the sale of liquor throughout the statu
should not become a law.
"Resolved third. That wo, aa citizens,
pledge our renewed efforts to bring
about the onds desired to ho accom
plished by the foregoing measures.
"Resolved fourth. That copies of
these resolutions be furnished the mem
ber of the house from this county, sen
ator from this district, chairman of the
two temperance committees of the gen
era! assembly, and the leading dally
paper* In the state."
BATTLESHIP GEORGIA
RECEIVES BIBLES
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga, July 10.—A negro
drayman was prostrated by the heat
yesterday while driving along the
streets of the city. He was gtvdn med
ical attention and recovered sufficient
ly to be sent to hit home. It Is some
thing unusual for a cate ot sunstroke
to occur her*.
tton than an occasional drink ot mean
whisky, la a meace to his own people,
more so than to the whites, In that In
nocent colored people are made to suf
fer for the crimes committed by hit
whisky crazed brain. The results ol
the Atlanta riot prove this statement.
And tt would be this element. If any,
among the negroes, that the whisky
men would control. Certainly that ele
ment represented by the taxpayers and
business men, none of whom are In the
saloon business, would (rasp at the
opportunity to contribute their share to
the extermination of the evil, and If
given the chance will talk, work, and
vote for prohibition.
A COLORED PROHIBITIONIST. I
Atlanta, Gw, July 10, 1907. 1
Special to The Georgian.
Eastman, aa., July 10.—Through th#
efforts of Mrs. Mary Harris Armour,
president of the Georgia Women's
Christian Temperance Union, and
whose good work Is known throughout
the state, the United States battleship
Georgia la equipped with one large
pulpit Bible, six large Bibles and
twelve medium Bibles and 250 Testa
ments. Roth th* Baptist and Methodist
churches of Eastman nnd the chapel
at the cotton factory have a supply «*
Bibles of the same character,-beauti
fully bound and containing the latest
supplements, presented with the com
pliments of Mrs. Lauris Loomis, of EI-
bertqn, N. J. It waa through the ef
fort* of .Wrx Armour that Mrs. Loomis
presented the United States battleship
Georgia with the Bibles.
FLORIDA SHIPPERS
AFTER RAILWAYS
Washington, Julj 10.—The Florida fm't
growers have at last succeeded In putting
tip to the Interstate commerce commissi' °
In such shape that that body will And
Acuity to dodge It the broad que*tl«n *'f
whether length of haul has anything to «lo
with railroad rates.
The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Sh’p*
ora* Protective Association points out that
the railrogds charge 94c per 100 pound* w
haul oranges from Florida to New \ork
11.203 miles), while * charging only fLb» w
NO RECORD OF
WILSON WEDDING
Richmond, Va., July 10.—Ths al!e*
gallon of Miss Florence Schenck, for
merly ot Norfolk, that she waa married
in thla city | D October last to Charles
H. Wilson, manager of the Alfred O.
Vanderbilt string of horses, la not
confirmed by the records here.
There ts no record of any marriage
between these persons In Richmond,
unless the marriage waa under ficti
tious names.