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Before an audience that crowded floor and gallery of the hall of repre sentatives, adjournment frAm the Ben- ate ehamber being neceaaary In order to accommodate all. advocate! of pro hibition and those against It argued the Issue before the senate temperance committee from 2:30 to 6 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon. It was an audience Intensely and vl tally Interested In the great question, and though Chairman Knight sought to keep down applause, he could not do so. Time and time again a tempest of applause swept the greut room from speakers' stand to gnllery. It la but a cold statement of fact to say that the overwhelming senti ment of those present favored prohibi tion, though Atlanta, Savannah, Au gusta, Macon and Albany sent atrong men to light It. Men who had fought for prohibition through a lifetime were there, aglow with enthusiasm and un shakable In the belief that the great hour had come at last. Up In the galleries there were many women, good women who had worked and prayed for the wiping out of the liquor traffic. On the floor were such men as Dr. Broughton, Dr. S. R. Belk, Rev. Frank Bakes, Dr. J. W. Millard, W. D. Upshaw and scores of others. Effort,at Delay, There was some delay In getting down to business. It was evident at the Inception of the meeting that a well-defined movement was on foot to delay the hearing. It was evidenced when Representative Barrow, of Chat ham, arose and wanted to know If It was a Joint session of the senate and house committees, and It so, by what right had the chairman of the house committee called them In Joint session, when he had not consulted the mem bers nor held any session to determine the sentiment of the committee. Chairman Wright assured him that It was not a Joint session, but that the house committee was there simply to hear the arguments. Shortly after wards, the house committee repaired to the senate chamber, and upon re turning to the house side, announced that the Invitation of the sennte com mittee to sit as spectators had been accepted. A second attempt to secure post ponement came when Senator Oordy asked that the hearing go over a day In order that representatives from Co lumbus could be present. Senator Hardman said It wuuld be folly to postpone the hearing with the hntl crowded with people enger to be heard. It was finally agreed to allow both sides from the various cities twenty minutes each. Maeon’s First Qun. Henry Horne, ex-mayor of Macon, nnd a prominent rent estate man, fired the opening gun against the measure. He said that he represented business Interests of Macon opposed to this most sumptuary and drastic legislation In the history of the stale, and denied that he had any Interest, direct or In direct, In the whisky business. Mr. Horne denied that prohibition In Maine and Kansas prohibited. He said that a friend who spends his summers In Bangor. Me., said there was more drunkenness there In a month than In Macon In a year. He asserted that drunkenness In Kansas was greater than almost any other state, and that prohibition had retarded the growth of the state. "Dry counties ought to be protected, aa your governor recommended In hla Inaugural address," he said. "1 declare estate will depreciate <2,(00,000 In Macon.” The first tempest of real enthusiasm swept the audience when Rev. W. N. Rich, pastor of a leading Mncon church, arose. He fixed the attention of his hearers In his opening statement: "I am here as the representative of 1 (II white voters of lllbb county to appesl to you to pass this law.” "Corralsd the Negroes." He asserted that the reason local op tion failed to carry In Macon a few years ago was because the liquor men corraled the negroes and herded them to the polls. "I deny that statement," Bald Ren L. Jones, of Macon, leaping to his feet. He was called to order by Chairman Knight. Continuing, Mr. Rich said that he boldly made tho assertion that he rep resented there more of the wealth of Macon then' tho entire other side com blned, and that “we can buy them lock, stock nnd barrel." As Colonel N. E. Harris, of Macon, nestor of the Oeorgla bar and one of the state's bea^ known men, arose the applause was deafening. “To Atone for Error. 1 ' "I have come here In the evening of my life to atone for and help undo what I did here years ago In aiding to defeat a prohibition bill In this house.' He said that if the men there failed to carry out their pledges to the peo ple that they would be replaced with others; that any attempt to stem such an overwhelming tide of public senti ment was fruitless. He said: "If you only keep wnlsky away from the negro you have done a grand work. This Is the time to pass a prohibition law. Tills doctrine ot personal liberties would strike down the decalogue Itself. It Is nonsense to talk to me about a man's personal liberties to do wrong." Savannah Mayor 8peaka. Mayor George W. Tledeman, of Sa vannah, was the first apeuker for that city. He reod the resolutions against prohibition passed by the cotton ex change, the board of trade, the cham ber of commerce and the city council. Judge Twiggs spoke against the bill for Savannah. He read a part of the speech of Judge Samuel Adams, of Savannah, against the bill. Among other things, Judge Twiggs said: I deny that prohibition does or ever will prohibit. If It Is placed on tho statute books, Instead of Savannah having fifty saloons It will have 2(0 doggerels. We ask you for God's sake not to put us In a worse hole than we are In." Judge Twiggs brought a shout of laughter by asserting that Savannah had a half million dollnr brewery that was fit for nothing else. Dr. Ainsworth's Logie. For deadly logic, for comprehensive sweep of argument und for forceful ness of delivery. Dr. W. W. Ainsworth, of Savnnnnh, was easily tho leading figure of the session. lie did not appeal to sentiment, out used a heavy battery of deadly facts. In opening, he snld: "I do not come to you as a repre- eentntlve of the element that plnces you on notice beforehand that If you pass this bill they wHl rasent nnd Ignore It. I pledge you here, gentlemen, that tho moral. God-fearing element of Savan nah, which I represent, will enforce tlw law If you pans It. "They make a great show of the In tcrests opposed to this measure. Why. gentlemen, I come here ns the direct t epresentatlve of twice os many voters ns the other side combined. Twelve di rectors of the cotton exchange passed tbe resolution against tho bill. 8lx members of the board of trade forme,! the sentiment of that body against It." I)r. Ainsworth declared that ho held the signed statements of captains of five of the lending steamship companies entering Savannah thnt the liquor bust ness was the most deadly enemy ship Federation of Trades Refuses to Use Influence. He DRINK A BOTTLE EVERY WHERE that blind tigers flourished In Sa vannah under the i ie««nt administra tion, and instead of fifty bar rooma now that then* were 260. “Wouldn't Hurt Labor." Hon. \V. B. Stubbs, a prominent member of the Savannah bar, followed Dr. Ainsworth In the Intereat of pro hibition. In clear and forceful lan guage. ho riddled the argument pre- sented In support of the liquor side. “Prohibition would not hurt labor,' declared Mr. Htubb*. “On the contrary. It would bring the ImppIcHt time thnt labor ever eaw. But If It does hurt labor nnd prevent Immigration, thoae who stay awny are the kind we do not want. I object to having the scum of the population of foreign countrlea dumped upon our soil.” Mayor Dunbar, of Augusta, spoke In opposition to the passage of the bill. Mr. Dunbar stated that he was not op- posed to temperance, but thnt he was opposed to summarily wiping out the whisky Interests from towns and coun ties where It might be desired. He presented resolutions adopted by the city council of Augusta which favored local option. He was followed In his speech by James U. Jackson, of Au gusts. In opening hfs speech Mr. Jackson aroused thunderous applause by say ing: "In Hopeless Minority." “Judging from tho applause It would seem that wo are In the hopeless mi nority." When the applause finally subsided he stated that It was not the first time thnt ho had found himself In that pre dlcnment. He was opposed to the puss age of the bill. Mr. O'Connor, of Augusta, also spoke In opposition to the bill. Tbe time of Augusta had almost expired when .Mr. O'Connor began to speak, and he bare ly had time to more than express his opposition to the bill. Mr. Hawson, of Albany, spoke In op position to the bill. The argument for and against the prohibition bill was concluded by Bev. M. A. Morgan, of Valdosta, In one of the most eloquent and stirring speeches for prohibition made In the presence of the committee. In strong language he hurled denunciation at those whom he declared had from mercenary reasons stood In opposition to the bill. “A Dastardly Deed." “It la a daring deed of yours, gentle men of Savannah and Macon nnd Au gusta and Columbus, to declaim against the civilisation which we have labored so long to build, and you are guilty of a dastardly deed when In the face of the defenseless women pf the rural districts you urge the defeat of a bill which seeks to protect them from the effects of debauchery and crime," he sold. “They tell you, gentlemen of the committee, that you will force upon them something they do not want If you pass this bill. We tell you that the 10 per cent of the people of Georgia have been forcing whisky upon the 90 per cent longer than they want It and In asking you to wipe It out we ure dem ocratic. We have carried prohibition In the rural districts and In counties with small cities. Now we bring the tight to the walls of the larger cities and we tick them to help us butter down the walls and make Georgia dry from Rabun Gap to Tybee." At 8 o'clock the meeting adjourned upon motion of Senator Hardman, with the provision that the two committees meet ot 8 o'clock Thursday morning to continue the hearing nnd that the At* laula delegation he heard first, / That the Atlanta Federation Trades and organized labor generally are opposed to the sale of whisky and are In favor of the Hardman-Covlng- ton state prohibition bill, was demon strated at a meeting of the Atlanta Federation of Trades Wednesday night. The matter was brought before the Atlanta Feedratlon of Trades in the shape of a resolution from the Central Trades Assembly of Savannah, calling on organized labor to use its influence to defeat the bill now pending In the general assembly. The usual argu ment! of the antl-prohlbltlonlst were used and the matter was put before the Atlanta body for discussion. The general trend of the discussion was to the effect that as a body the Atlanta Federation of Trades would take no part In the matter, but as In dividuals those present expressed them selves freely In support of prohibition. Favor Prohibition. When questioned as to the stand of organized labor In tho prohibition movement In Atlanta, a prominent lender In the labor movement said: “As Individuals, the members of the different labor unions of Atlanta aro in favor of the passage of the bill. If It -were left to n vote In Atlanta, seven- tenths of organized labor voters would vote for prohibition. "The sp^ch of Hon. D. P. O'Connell, of Augusta, president of the Georgia State Federation of Ioibor, In opposition to tho Hardman-Covlngton bill was the utterance of an Individual, nnd not as a representative of organized labor. His npeecn nas been severely criticised in Atlanta, and we want It understood thnt ho was not the mouth-piece of orgunlzed labor, but was acting sim ply as an Individual. After the meet ing of the Federation Wednesday night, this rpeech was discussed by the delegates, r.nd Indignation was ex pressed that he should have placed himself on record us opposed to prohi bition while president of tho Georgia State Federation of Labor. Enter a Protest, "As nn organization, tho State Fed eration does not permit politics to en ter Its discussions, and we do not pro pose to quietly submit to his voicing!?) the sentiment of organized labor in such a manner. "As before stated, organized labor, especially In Atlanta, Is opposed to the bar room—tho greatest curse to tho working man In existence today, and If permitted a vote on the question, would wipe tho accursed evil from our state." An Investigation reveals the fact thnt many of the most ardent support ers of the Hardman-Covlngton bill in Atlanta are from'the ranks of organ ized labor, not as organized labor ad vocates nor as representing organized labor bodies, but as individual citizens who have labored earnestly for the up. building of Atlanta. The resolution submitted by the Sa vannah Central Trades Assembly was tubled by a practically unanimous vote. CHURCH CONFERENCE URGES PROHIBITION. 0|MH’lnt to The Georgian. Douglas, Go., July 11.—At a confer ence held at the Baptist church hero Sunday night, resolutions were adopted favoring state prohibition and com mending the course of The Georgian In the prohibition campaign. The resolutions close as follow’s: "Resolved, That we extend to The Atlanta Georgian, the only large daily paper In the state that has taken a high stnnd for moral advancement along this line, our most sincere com mendation for the position taken, as suring this paper, which we regard os the purest and best paper of Its class tn the state, of our highest apprecla< tlon nnd promise of support." Womau Is Arrested New York Detec tives. New York, July 11.—Jewelers In Malden Lane have been passing the tip around to one another (or several days to look out for a handsomely gowned woman, who seemed to have a mania for ordering thousands of do! lars worth of Jewelry sent to various hotels, each time under a different name. Yesterday the woman was ar rested and remanded to police head quarters for the night without ball. —is will be given a hearing today. The woman was beautifully dressed nnd wore much Jewelry. Her gown, shoes and hat were of the most fash ionable cut and type. She visited the Jewelry store of Tarrant & Glsmond, It Is alleged, saying she was the wife of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, and wanted them to deliver to the Ho tel Astoria a large amount of Jewelry. While she walled u member of the Arm called up the hotel on the tele phone and learned that neither Sena tor nor Mrs. Tillman was stopping at the hotel. While they were communi cating with the hotel, the woman be came suspicious and left. At the Tombs court tho womnn said she was Isabelle Loomis, 32 yeara old, of 8 Weat Tenth street. United File States May Criminal Charges. BALKJJ PARADE Wouldn’t March With the United States Marine Band. PEOPLE OF ELBERTON FAVOR PROHIBITION. Hpcvlnl to The Georgian. Klberton, Go.. July 11—A large anil enthusiastic mass meeting of the lead ing citizens of Klberton and Klbert county was held at tho court house . lion. J. R. Wilcox, mayor of Kl berton, presided nnd pr. A. 8. J. 8to- all served an secretary. After several enthusiastic addresses, resolution* were unanimously adopted favoring statewide prohibition, and urging the senator and representatives, from this county nnd district to sup port the measure. CITIZENS OF WALTON FAVOR PROHIBITION Special to The Georgian. Monroe, Ga., July 11.—Cltlxens of Walton county. In a mass meeting, adopted resolutions strong supporting the pending prohibition bill and ap pealing to the representative from this county to support the measure. The resolutions also contain this par agraph: 7e Indorse and commend The At lanta Georgian for the fearless and brave stand this newspaper, in u wet county, bus taken for the cause of right/' COLORED M. E. MEETING INDORSES PROHIBITION. The following resolution has been adopted by the Colored Methodist Kpls- copnl Conference, In session- In At lanta: "The presiding elders and pastor*' council, composed of the presiding el ders, college presidents, pastors, pro* fesnors and general officers of the Methodist Episcopal church of the twenty colored conferences, assembled Wednesday In their annual session In Ontrnt Avenue Methodist Kplscopal church, happily rinds the stute of Geor gia In the throes of the most hopeful movement for civic righteousness ever inaugurated by any state, certainly south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi. “We have no hesitancy In paying that nine-tenths of our troubles all over the country ns a race !* traceable to liquor and the saloon. The brethren ‘ Philadelphia. July 11.—The United States marine band will not be allowed to lead tho Washington lodge In the grand • parade of Klks. The general committee has received notification that not a union Land would march In the parade with the marine contingent. The Texans are going to bring up a full-fledged Mexican band from Mexi co, whose members are not only non union, but non-Unlted States. It la said that this band boasts of the great, est freak drummer In the world. ASHEVILLE, “Land of the Sky,” LAKE TOXA- WAY, the beautiful “Sap phire Country,” now in their glory. Low excursion rates via Southern Railway. Phone 142, J. C. Lusk, Dis trict Passenger Agent, At lanta, Ga. Pretty Model Sues Baron New York, July 11.—Not only Is the exist ence of tbe tobacco trust nnd Its sister monopolies, tbe snuff trust, licorice trust, tinfoil trust and United Cigar stores, threat ened by the suit of the Federal government against tbe American Tobacco Company and Its sixty-four subsidiary companies, but It developed today that the twenty-nine men, headed by Thomas F. liyan, named In tbe government's complaint, are confronted with the probability of criminal prosecution, heavy fines and Imprisonment. Under Consideration. Attorney General Bonaparte said today that tbe bringing of criminal prosecutions against both men and corporations Is now under consideration, and will be determined by tbe evidence brought out fn tbe civil suits. "It Is highly probable that criminal nc- tlou will be taken," snld Mr. Mclteynolds. 'The Sherman law makes It n criminal of fense to enter Into a conspiracy to create a monopoly, nnd It may be thnt tve shall get evidence enough to warrant auch proceed ings." These are the twenty-nine men named at defendants lu tbe civil suit, who are now In peril of criminal prosecution: Probable Defendants. Thomas F. Uynn. James B. Duke, Caleb C. Duln, Perclvnl S. Hill, George Arcnts, Paul Brown, Robert B. Dula, George A. I feline, Robert I). Lewis. Thomas J. Ma loney, Oliver II. Payne, Robert K. .Smith. George W. Watts, George G. Allen, John II. Cobb. William It. Burris, William 11. McAllister, Anthony N. Brady, Benjamin N. Duke, If. M. Hanna, Robert D. Kings- berry, 1*. Lorlllard, Rufus L. I'nttersou, Grant B. 8ehley, Charles N. Strother, Pe ter A. B. Wldener, Wei ford C. Reid and Williamson .W. Fuller. New York, July II.—Marian Allen, a pretty artist's model, has begun suit tn the city court for breach of promise of marriage agalnat Baron Egon von NiA’elly, former lieutenant In the Aus trian navy, and member of one of the wealthiest, oldest and moat aristocratic families In Vienna. Miss Allen asks 125,000 damages. In her complaint the model tells a story a* heartrending nlmoat at that related by Evelyn Thaw. HOLDS UP CAR TO GAIN SUIT As a means of recovering damages for Injuries received on the Kansas City Southern In Louisiana, D. L. Klmbrlll. of Atlanta, has had attachments Issued for cars of that road passing through Atlanta. The railroad contends that the holding up of cars Interferes with Interstate commerce and the Southern railway. In a similar case, has appealed to the supreme court from the opinion of Judge Pendleton, who ordered a car to be sold. Upon this point Mr. Klm- brlll’s case will be fought Is equally true In Georgia. We, there fore, representing the large colored constituency of 260,000 In the Metho dist Episcopal church, scattered over twenty-three states, look with pleas ure upon the dnw*n of the day when tho giant liquor evil Is to be barred, embarrassed and hamj>ered by legis lation In Georgia os to give our Chris tian forces a chance to direct the young people In the right direction without the luring and degrading saloon." A D AIR S VILL E~F AVORS STATE PROHIBITION. 8 pec ini to The Georgian. Adairsvllie, Ga.. July 11.—In response to u call Issued by Mayor J. P. Bow* duln, un Immense mass meeting was held at the Methodist church, at widen revolutions indorsing state r-rohlblllof were passed. Short addresses were made by Colo nel J. W. Gray, N. C. Anderson, J. M. Hawkins, Walter Adams. S. T. Close, Joe Bowdoln, J. \V. Franklin and oth- FREE! 40 Cent Box Wiley’s Candy With Every 30 Cent Want Ad. This offer is open to every body, men, women and chil dren—Bring your cash want ads of 30 cents or more to The Georgian and News of fice tomorrow (Friday) at any time during the day, or up to 12:30 Saturday for Sat urday insertion, and get 'a 40 cent, half-pound box of Wiley’s highest grade candy free. Want Ad Department. Phones—Bell 4929—Atlanta 4401. ENGINEER IS KILLED Blf WRECKED COACH Neal, Ga., July 11.—'While standing on tbe ground oiling his engine, which was attached to a freight train, on the siding here, yesterday afternoon, Knglneer J. A. Aiken was Instantly killed by the north- Ixmnd passenger train from Columbus to At lanta over tho Southern. The accident was the result of a switch splitting. The freight had taken the siding to ah low the passenger to pass. Half tbe passen ger train passed the switch, but tbe coach uext to the last turned Into the siding, nnd dashed Into the englno of tho freight train, 4o feet away. The pnssengers on tho two last conches were shaken un, but none of them was seriously Injured. Engineer Aiken's home Is In Atlanta. He Is survived by a wife nnd several chil dren. The l>ody was taken to Atlanta as soon ns the track was cleared. Engineer Aiken resided nt 45 I.ovejor street. In Atlanta. lie Is survived by his widow nnd several children. The body will ent to Fort Valley, Ga.. Friday morn ing. and the funeral services and Interment will take place In that city. MAY PUT AYRES ON BACK SHELF Washington, July 11.—Lieutenant Colonel A. G. Ayres, Fourteenth cav- , has been ordered before a retir ing board at the army building In New York city July 17 next. The board wit! mnk^t^thoroujjh^cantlnaHo^o^CiMo- 1 he right Cors. makes all ths difference. This year’s style features—ths flounced skirts, ruffl«d sleeves and f loating sashss—sesm to have beeh de- vissd for the lissome Igng-waisted woman. The stout woman thitiks how pretty they are—and sighs hopelsssly. Suppose she is told about a corset that will add two good inches to the length of Hsr waist and at the same time make it more slender ahd give her the long, slopihg hip line. There is just such a corset here for every short-waisted woman, but h°t the same cersst by any means. There are a dozen °r so modsls, and every medsl is built to produce the desired lines of IrimhSss, slender-waistedness, leng hip ahd rounded bust on seme special type of figure that nesds help to b? just right. The over-stout woman is takeh care °f, the over-thin woman, too—the woman who heeds softening lines and a corset that will make the m°st ef curves ahd hide ahgles. Let us help you wear sashes—or any other feature of summer finery that needs grace an d trimnsss ahd good carriage t 0 maks it successful. Lst our cQrsetisres fit one. S.S0, CITIZENS OF AUGUSTA RALLY FOR PROHIBITION. Augusta, Ga., July It.—A large nnd enthusiastic prohibition meeting was •Id. last night nt the court house, and solutions passed protesting against the action ot the Chamber of font- the cltv council and the Cotton |Insuring greatest Lake Chautauqua, The St. Lawrence River, The Adirondacks aud The Seaside Resorts arc best reached by the Big Four (New York Central Lines.) Trains Fast aud Frequent. Most Convenient Hours. Parlor Cars, Dining Cars and Through Sleepers, imJort en route. The Exchange fav ring local option, mooting v.a* presided over by A. F. Pendleton, and addresses were made l>y Hev. Richard Wilkinson. C. G. Dll- orth, Fletcher Walton and others. Rev. ID ward T. Cree, of the First Christian church. Introduced the usual prohibition resolutions, which were In our bvHly Inform us that thU passed unanimously. . - Ask f>r tickets via Big Four Route E. E. SMITH. T. P. A- Atlanta. Ga. U. L. MITCHELL, U. S. A, Chatta nooga. Tcnn. B. J. BHEIX. C. P. A., Cincinnati. O. Fasse Csrssts, 8.75, 9.75, 10.25 12.75 and 13.75. Kabe Cerscts, 2.00 and 3.00. W-B Corsets, 2.00 ahd 3.00. La Vida Corsets, 3.50, 5.00, 7.50, 10.00 and 15.00. R & G Cerssts, 2.00 ahd 3.00. ThomsQhs CorsSts, 2.00, 2.50 3.00. Warners Corssts, 2.00 and 3.00. C-B Corsets, 2.00, 3.00 and 5.00. P-N C°rs?ts, 2.00 and 3.00. an ncl Ayres, physically anil mentally. Interview with Colonel Ayres. In *’ hlv ' with a view to ascertaining whether he I he is alleged to nave criticised arfflf Is eligible fir retirement methods In discussing the troobl.- «' The Immediate cause for the order i tween Mrs. Ayres nnd the tnllitsr> wus the publication recently u f an tborities at West PolcL