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SECOND SECTION. The Atlanta Georgian and News VOL- V. NO. 320. ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, .JULY 13,1007. PRICE: head of a large company APPROVES PROHIBITION; TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE Mr f. h. Seely. Atlanta Georgian, At lanta, Ga.: pjar sir—I read with great lntereat your eloquent and manly letter In favor of prohibition and am writing Just a Hne t n say that nothing would give me more pleasure than to aealst In the good work. I have studied closely the question for twenty-five years and have never boon able to figure out any excuse, much less good reason, for a man's op posing prohibition only that he llkeB his drink or has an over-indulgent Idea of "personal liberty." The patriot Gladstone said: "It Is the duty of the state to make It easy for Its citizens to do right and hard for them to do wrong” Many good men will accept this proposition on everything except the liquor question, which does more harm than all the others combined. The only sound position on a public evil is relentless opposition, at any rate any other is at least questionable. One of the principal Inducements for US to leave Atlanta was that we might have our little colony removed from the ill efforts of the saloon and as a prac- men with us who had been discharged time a nd time again In Atlanta for drinking and all three of them had been dlBcharged for the last time with the Idea of our never trying them again. Tnelr appeals, however, for a last chance at Bridgeport were granted and the three months spent In Bridgeport give us every reason to believe .that they are safely on the road to complete recovery' and neither has taken a drop in three months, and they are really recovered and much encouraged. The people of Georgia and of the South are to be congratulated that they have such a gifted and courageous man as Mr. Graves for a leader, and this, coupled with the fact that he has the active support and full co-operation of your worthy self, gives hope and as surance to the temperance people of the South not entertained heretofore. I believe that four-fifths of the best people of Georgia are In favor of state prohibition. Nobody expects prohibi tion to prohibit any more than the law against concealed weapons* prohibits, and yet who would say that such a law Is not a good one? With best wishes for success, I am, Yours very truly, DELOACH, tical demonstration of the benefits to be President and General Manager De- derlved would say that, we have three Loach Mill Manufacturing Company. A LETTER FROM AN ADVERTISER AND THE REPLY THERETO Here are two letters—the one to The Georgian from one of its advertisers; the other The Georgian’s reply. They will explain themselves to any one sufficiently interested to read them: i Bell 'Phone 5168. Office 221 Century Building, Atlanta, Ga, Atlanta, Ga.. July 12, 1907. The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen—I want to cancel the contract that I have with your paper for the real estate mi that I have been running since April 17. Your stand on the prohibition question Is positively and ab solutely antagonistic, and Inju rious, to my line of business, and. as much as I regret to do so, I feel that I have the right to nsk you to cancel my con tract. I would never have made such a contract had I known that your paper wag to be a prohibition organ. I have the kindest feeling, personally, for every one that I know connected with your paper, and especially for your able ctttUrtv Avhom I consider a warm pergonal friend of mine, but your paper looks upon the prohibition question so entirely at variance with my own ideas of what the re sult will be to business If the prohibition law Is passed, and especially to my line of busi ness, that I do not consider It worth anything to me to con tinue my ad any longer than the 17th of this month; on which date the third month will expire. My bill is paid up to the first of this month, and I am ready at any time to pay It up to the 17th. and you will oblige me by considering my ad defunct aft er that date. Yours very truly, CLIFF W. ANSLEYf HELDJN SUNDAY Mrs. Armor to Speak at Wesley Memorial in Morning. The Atlanta Georgian and News. July 13. 1907. Mr. C. TV. Ansley, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Mr. Analey—We are Just In receipt of your letter of the 12th Inat., asking -us to cancel your contract on the 17th because The Georgian has Indorsed the cause of prohibi tion. We regret exceedingly that you have seen fit to look at the matter In the light you do, and are glad to notice that you are doing this, not because The Georgian has not given you your money's worth, but because we have sympathised with the movement that you claim will hurt your business. It Is only necessary for us to refer to your own action to show that It has hurt The Georgian's buslnest, too, but unlike your policy. The Geor- galn la willing to be hurt a lit tle for the good we think-It may do. We do not wish you to con tinue your ad. against your wishes, regardless of the fact that you have signed a con tract with us. We sincerely trust that tf prohibition does not absolutely ruin you, that you will find It profitable to do business once more with The Georgian, for we are quite sure that the friends of prohibition believe In The Georgian and patronise our advertisers, and will buy aa many or more houaea than thoae who do not. Thanking you for past pat ronage, and with all good wishes, we remain. Ever sincerely youra, PUBLISHER. MRS. SAM P. JONES WRITES CARD TO WOMEN OF GEORGIA TO THE WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION OP GEORGIA: Has not the time come, in this great fight we are making against the liquor traffic, for us to include among our enemies, and drive our forces against, the newspapers in this state that have declared by editorial utter ances against the peace and happiness of our homes, and the sobriety of our boys. If whisky is our enemy, then how can we allow publications to come into our homes that are its advocates, or that carry advertisements solicit ing orders for the vile stuff for our sons? There are few good women in this state who would not be incensed should an agent for a liquor house, uninvited, come to their homes and solic it an order for a shipment of liquor, and yet numbers of good women will subscribe for and pay-the traveling expenses of newspapers that come into our homes with column after column of advertisements seeking to entice our boys to order the stuff that will ruin their lives and damn them forever. If the newspaper that carries such advertisements was not a good and productive agent the liquor people would not pay for the space. It is time for our women to act upon this question, and if the church people of this state could be made to think, they would soon reach the consciences of the newspapers, which they would not find in the editorial rooms, but in bus iness offices. . MRS. SAM. P. JONES. Catoosa Springs, Ga., July 12,1907. immmhmnhhhimimi itllltHHHHMMMM GREAT RALLY BRINGS TRIBUTE TO GEORGIAN; SEN. KNIGHT SPEAKS W f - trlct. Both of these young men look D UDShaW DC" Ilk® beardless boys, but while livers a Ringing Address. TWO GEORGIA MEN IS HIS THEME Crowd Fills Tabernacle and Cheers When Publisher of Georgian Enters. A great rally of the prohibition forces was held Friday night at Dr. Brough- ton'a Baptist Tabernacle, at which the principal speakers were Senator John P. Knight, chairman of the senate com mittee on temperance, and William D. Upshaw, editor of The Golden Age. F. L. Seely, publisher of The Georgian, was present and made a ahort talk. A high compliment to Mr. Beely and The Georgian was paid by Mr. Upshaw In his Introduction of Senator Knight. "The eyes of Georgia, of the South, Indeed, of America," he declared, "are on two young men who are In Atlanta Juat now—one a resident of our city and the other sojourning here for a time because of the sovereign will of his people in the Sixth senatorial dls- Hnti. John Temple Graves and Hon. Ami.rson Rodenberry, of Thomaavllle, *111 be the chief speakers at the great U'lhihition rally at the Baptist Taber- Mcle Sunday night. The two eloquent speakers will be erected by one 0 f ^e largest audiences •kst has ever assembled during the pro. hlbhi. n campaign. Interest Is at fever and the numbers at each meeting * r e Increasing, ‘Mr. Undenberry Is one of the most remarkably brilliant speakers who has * hand In the fight. In speaking him, \v, D. Upshaw, editor of The Oal^Age, said: H rtalnly congratulate the people , Atlanta on the privilege of hearing Ju <l8e Anderson Roddenberry. P» the deck in a speech against the t u ”r,'raffle. Dr. Nunnally Is a mas- -'Jr. Covington la a mover, Seab right I. a marvel and Roddenberry la miracle," „ i ' r> v,ar >’ Harris Armor, the gifted "man speaker, head of the state W. C. w ’•'*111 be the orator at Wesley I. In,,r| al church Sunday morning. It "weted that a great crowd will , to hear aa the fame of her Making Is Widespread In the South. «•’" Sunday night Hon. Seaborn Mr. 1, l ha *rinan of the house tem- - r “ " • committee, will deliver an ad- at Wesley Memorial church. Will Preach On Prohibition. B r*ci a i to The Georgian. t.' hen *. On. July 1*.—Rev. J. R. Me lt ’ I,a * tor the Oconee Street tnodist church, will preach tomor- „ ,' morning and evening, on the ot "Prohibition.” He Is one of ■ ablest scholars and ministers In *“d no doubt the church will crowded to bear him. 7HE WEEK IN COTTON By J08EPH B. LIVELY. The governing In/lnenre In the cotton market for futures tbs past week bst been weather uomlltlonn, nml up tbepu bnve been of n fnvorable character cotton nns been force*! «locl«l#»<lly lower. On Rnturdny, while the tendenej was toward a lower lerel .the undertone was steady and the dose waa only t to 6 points lower, the decline l>*lqg nttrlbattble mainly to disappointing cables from Liverpool. . . . . Monday’s matket was considerably better at the opening. Initial prices snowing Advances of from 7 to 10 points, the Improvement being due to n report leaned by s prominent Southern newspaper, stating that ’’the acreage of cotton showed s de- crense of shout 10 per cent, as compared with Isst year,” and that the crop ns a whole hns undergone.s distinct Improvement during June, but the plant I* still very small almost everywhere. Many districts complain that lsl»or Is scarce, hut the fine * • • * - lhe f nrm ers to get the Helds dear. Boll » of Texas and In several sections of Louts!* But the bulls resumed their manipulatory tactics later In the session and ham* mered prices down to the forenoon low level tn nn apparent effort to shake out trail* era. The close was 10 to 19 points net lower. A - In the early afternoon Tuesday the list displayed a very steady underton# chiefly aa result of light offerings, for business wse not broad. Excessively high tempera* tures over eustern and central sections, ranging up to 106, s spotted weekly weather report, private reports that rain was badly needed ofvr pert Mississippi and it good class of buying, much of It believed sdvsncejr--*- ,#K 1 —— ' , mosfessee,’ copious rains daring the past dl^The'msrlTet*turned*very°Ann shortly before 2 o’clock on a ecare of short#, stnuig bull support end a letter outside demand. Prices advanced to a net rise or izou points. January selling nt 12.23 nml IJecember at 12.W. 1 rice brokers led tha buring movement, forcing In room shorts. In mid afternoon the undertone continued Arm. prices holding close to the best figures of the season thus far. The spot markets of * 1L Themlranf^ was 1 maintained In the late trading, untilI Juat before the close, when Kouthern selling caused it reaction. The market wit flpally steady at s net gain of ^OrTwsd’nssdty the first decided weakness of the season developed. The ommlng was barely steady 1 to 6 points lower. Later on scattered thunder shower# In Texas with predictions for more pretty much over the entire belt resulted lu a very nervous and unsettled market, and under bear pressure, liquidation and stop-orders declines of 20 to 22 points were shown In the morning aestlon, after which every reaction of 3 to 4 points started fresh lluldatlon. closing the market steady 33 to 39 points lower. Prices at the opening Thursday were 2 to 6 points lower, and ndvsneed sharply •‘*rlv* but ns on Wednesday, most of the advance waa lost on liquidation, the doss . . ■ ... in i u ,ln(e luwnr islppl and a good class of buying, much of It believed to ne ror euque account, eed* price to a net gain of cm polnte, with J.nnurj In chief demand end sell- 12.17. Tho detailed report allowed that Teiaa baa repaired general and. In reaea, eoploue rain* dorIn* the paa114 hour*, hat tbe«e mat'd to here been Friday's’rasSet waa lower thmuxhoot the. list In the eorlr A*.....«.. marking the lowest point of the week. There was a rally In the afternoon whtrh reaulteJ In a reeorerr of the loaa In January and Mareh and reduced the declines considerably In other positions. dealings, the da From'th'e high Ted nr nf'ias't week to the low point Friday. July 12, July ahowg a decline of lii pAfn/e, September 1M polnte, October 77 polnte, Deeetnlier 71 points, and January iTpol.t.^Sewcrork. n<je |N future8 NEW YORK. NEW ORLEANS. a I i m ■T„|— .liitf|Il.Min.:4"Sili«l-»j| July jl3.*ll2.M)II.84 90|13.41.42 Jl£n0ill.39 11.80-81 11.97-96 l{ September l$.2Jl2.4:it.48-80 11.80-81 I2.4A41 fr.r.mlirr ...12.21 ILW1LB-7912.19-1* December Ili-?f!*‘-*}‘-w'" JamTrT’..■.■■- Llira'll.73lll.« »» 1&23-24 [| Januery |l2.«7|lI.9i|ltOMI» it SPOT COTTON QUOTATIONS. New Orleene. Savannah Oalreaton Norfolk Mobile ... Atlanta .. Augusta Frldaj. Jjily 1 It* h 1215-16 Friday. July 5. Memphis '. 'fit. Louts i if* Houston ’ “ the fire of youth is tn their hearts the stamina of manhood la In every fiber of their being. "One of theae young men la Fred L. Seely (here the audience broke Into a Btorm of applause), the first proprietor of a great dally paper In a great city In all the history of Georgia who has dared to run up the white flag of state prohibition over a metropolitan dally. Answer to Committee. "Last Friday morning a committee of ten prominent business men In At lanta representing many millions of dollars, called on thla young publisher and urged him to throw the Influence of The Georgian against the state pro hibition bill, but with a steady eye and an unflinching nerve he drove the last mother's son of them to the corner with his manly, searchfdg questions, and then, stepping over the fine of glorious decision, he came out next day In that Immortal declaration which has electri fied the state of Georgia and proved a moral tonic to the young men ot the nation.” Another storm ot applause greeted this declaration and just then Dr. Broughton on the platform colled out: "Yondei cornea Seely now!" The publisher of The Georgian had Just entered the house and was com ing down the aisle. The great epowd of young men sprang to their feet, waving their handkerchiefs and cheer ing In enthusiasm. A company of young men hurried Mr. Seely to the platform, while the audience continued to stand, waving and ehoutlng until Mr. Seely was forced to come to the tront ot the platform and bow In rec ognition of the ovation, wnd then Mr. Upshaw turned and said: I waa talking about you, Mr. 8eely, behind your back. I had urged you to be present, but did not dream that you were anywhere around." The Glory of Decision. Concluding Mr. Upshaw said: Every young man faces sometime great moral crisis. Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, faced It and alas! decided for the wrong. Moeea faced It and decided for the right, declaring that he would rather suffer affliction with his people than to reign In the courts of Egyptian splendor. "It Is related that William L. Yan cey, the great Pericles of Alabama, faced at one time a marvelous hour of decision. He had been announced to speak In New York Just before Al abama had gone with her sister states Into the Confederacy, but when the great Southern leader advanced to the front of the stage to begin hla speech, the vast audience became at once a howling mob, 'Put him out! Put him out!” rang out on every side. A man of less courage than Yancey would have shrunk away in defeat and hu miliation, but standing there with fold ed arms and blazing eyes like p king without a crown, he watched his op portunity, and when from sheer ex haustion the tumult began to subside, he threw hla voice like a silver bell out over the excited throng. The tumult ceased, and as was said when Regulus stood before the Carthagenlans, ‘The curse half muttered .died upon the Up.' And then with a logic that was over whelming anil a pathos that melted and moved all hearts, William L. Yan cey pleaded for his misunderstood peo ple. When he sat down, the great throng was wrapped in a flame of sub dued and subduing fervor. Men won dered what the denouement would be. Somebody must break the spell and meet the-spirit of the patriotic and In trepid son of the South. All at once a great hearted man of the North arose out In the audience and said: ‘Mr. Yancey, you can not be a stranger to the fact that an hour ago you stood before a hostile audience. But now you must see that although we may agree with many things you have said, you are facing nn audience of friends. This would we know of you, Mr. Yan cey—If Alabama does secede, what will IHMMHMMHPHMI great throng of his own people gath ered around hla train as It pulled out from Montgomery, cheering as he said goodby. He felt their strong hands clasp his own as they cried: 'Yancey, we can trust Alabama with you!" Chose Hie Destiny. “Yancey hnd decided! Suddenly he stopped in the middle of the stage and stretched out his hand over the breath less, expectant throng. They leaned forward eager to catch hla momentous answer, and this Is what they heard: ‘Alabama's past has been my past. Ala bama's glory has been my glory. Ala bama's sorrows have been my sorrow* Alabama’s present la my present—and by the help of Almighty God Alaba ma's destiny shall be my destiny.' "And In that Alpine moment of de cision he broke with the Union and cast hla Jot with that little republic that rose and fell without a crime. Ah, young men of Atlanta, you face an hour of great decision. Seely faced it and won, and thousands heard the tocsin of his voice and feel tonight the tonic of his example. "J. P. Knight, this brave young man from south Georgia, my old Mercer College friend, faced It, and although he might have doubtless retired from this legislature, carrying with him $50,000 as the price of his conscience and his manhood, he stood like a mar ble column amid the storm, while the thunders rolled, the lightnings (fashed and the waves heat hard about him, and I present to you tonight a man who said, like Seely said, anil like all of you are saying, 'I break forever with the liquor traffic In Its every form. Whatever the saloons may claim nnd the minions of blood-stained money may offer, I cast my lot, my vote, for evermore for God and homo and every land.' "I present to you young men of the Prohibition League Senator J. p. Knight, chairman of the senate tem perance committee, who will steer the sage of the first state prohibition ever adopted by any state In the South—and thus Georgia will lead her sister states as Grady prophesied of our nation leading the world—‘amid the breaking of the millennial dawn Into the paths of righteousness and of peace.’" Senator Knight's Addrsss. Dr. Broughton made a strong speech, urging the young men to take an act ive hand In the campaign and pointing out the various ways In which they could aid. Senator Knight spoke of the evils of the liquor traffic, of the fight that had been made for Its sup pression. Monday night the members of the executive committee of the club will meet In the Century building, room 1114, tn devise ways and means for the campaign. TALK OF HURTING THE TOWN IS ALL NONSENSE, SAYS THE HERALD REGARDING ALBANY The mayor and city council of Albany adopted resolutions memorallalng the legislature In opposition to the state prohibition bill and at the same time called oft a bond election to be held shortly for the purpose of carrying out Important municipal Improvements, and held up plans for paving and other city work pending the action of the legislature. The Albany Herald, of which the level-headed and fearless Henry Mc Intosh Is the editor, protests against this precipitate and uncalled for ac tion In very definite tones, declaring what he believes to be the sentiment of the better element of Albany on the situation. He says, under the heading "In the Name of Albany, We Protest:" With Ml due respect to tho opinion of the honorable mayor and council of Albany, and while fully recognising their right to the opinions to which tiiey gave expression last night. The Herald believes Jhey made a mistake. Their action puts the general assem bly and the rest of the state on notice that Albany's prosperity Is de pendent upon the continuation of the liquor traffic within her confines. It proclaim! to the world that If state prohibition legislation be enacted, Al- jf.ny will Immediately become a “dead town"—a place In whose streets the crass will grow- and across the doors of whose mercantile establishments the cobwebs will be quickly strung. The Herald takes stock In no such )>esnlmlstlc forebodings. We do not believe that stoppage of the liquor traf fic will Injure Albany. Do not misunderstand us. This Is not a prohibition argument. Ae a matter of fact (and purely by way of parenthe. als for the merits of the prohibition question do not enter Into this matter at all). The Herald believes that local option Is the most just, most effective nnd altogether the sanest manner of regulation which can possibly be ap plied to tho liquor question. But we protest against the action of the city council In placing Albany In the attitude of being dependent for her future prosperity upon tho liquor traf fic. However good that body's Inten tion. we do not believe that the city council’s action waa a true expression of the sentiment of the people of Al bany. Albany's prosperity Is not founded upon the saloon. Look about you! Look at Albany's surroundings! She It set like a gem In one of the most magnificent agricultural sections of all the world. The productiveness of her tributary fields la the best possible guaranty of her future prosperity, and neither prohibition nor the open sa loon 1s going to lessen that product iveness. Albany's railroads, her growing In- dustrlcs, her availability as a manu facturing center, her water power, al ready hnrnessed and to be developed, the substantial basis of her businees In. stltuttons, and the faith which her peo ple have In her, have made her what ehe Is and will make her what she Is to be. We know one man In Albany who, recognizing tho probability that the state prohibition law will be enactsd, has perfected arrangements for enter ing Into a eptendld manufacturing business In Albany, after closing out Ills whisky business. That man does not believe that Albany wll go tn the dcmnltlon bow-wows If state prohibi tion becomes a reality. We know another man who la mak ing Investments cf thousands of dol lars In Albany and who believes that his property here will enhance many thousands more In value In the event of the establishment of a prohibition regime. •••••••• '"Just watch Albany grow"—regard less ot what the Georgia legislature does with the pending prohibition leg islation. PROSPEROUS STEWART COUNTY TO ABOLISH SALE OF WHISKY be . ancey paced the platform, hla face between his hands. The silence waa tense and awful. And while they wait, ed In painful expectancy for him to answer, he caught a vision like that that Henry Grady saw In his "swan song speech' at Boston—the vision of an old-time Southern home, with Its tall colonial columns, and the white pigeons fluttering down through the golden air. And then there arose be fore him another vision. He saw flam ing headlines In the papers all over the North next morning—'Yancey Ooes With the Union! A «'*hlr.\\ Place With Llncolb.' The VUIOB Jax.\vl But In that plvotsl m.event, yet another vision spoke to Me soul. lie saw a DR,SOLOMON HAPPY OVER BILL'S PASSAGE BY THE STATE SENATE Dr. J. C. Solomon, etale superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon League, waa one of the happiest, If not the happiest, men In Georgia after the passnge of the prohibition bill In the senate Satur day. In a statement written for The Geor. glnn. Dr. Solomon gave vent to hljt feelings as follows: "I will not ask pardon for the Joy that Is In my soul today. I ran not Special to The Georgian. Lumpkin, Ga.. July IS.—I doubt If any town In Georgia has taken on more new life In the way of material Im provement than has Lumpkin, the county eeat of Stewart, within the past twelve months. Five new residences have been built. Aa many more have been remodeled adding much to the appearance, ai well as comfort of the residential por tions of the town, J. L. Singer ha* replaced his wooden store house with a modem brick store. A. H. Simpson has Just pulled down another old wood structure on the north side of public square, and by August ho expects to have In lta place an up- to-date brick building for the postofflee, which business not only demands bet ter facilities for the town, but the mail for the four B. F. D. routes that go out from here needs more room and better conveniences. Messrs. Carter & Patterson, In con junction with the Home Mixture Guano Company, built a factory here last win ter nnd manufactured and sold over two thousand tons of fertilisers. The board of trustees for Lumpkin High School are erecting and will have com pleted a $10,000 brick school building by September 1. The Stewart County Bank, which has prospered and done well for many years uhder the skilled management of M. I* Msrdre, cashier, has ndded a new vault to care for Its records, also put In a modem burglar alarm at considerable coet. Nearly half of the sldewnlks on both the north and south side of the business square restrain myself. It Is a red-letter day In Atlanta. It marks the beginning ot the most glorious epoch In Georgia. "The senate did It. I lift my hat to the honorable senators. They have done their duty. The long-anxious, much-praying people of thla grand old commonwealth will forever sing their praises. Children yet to be bom will rise up and call these gentlemen blessed. Our dream Is going to be realised. Our fondest Ideal has almost been at tained. Wellington said: ‘England ex pects every man to do his duty.' Geor gians are praying that the house of representatives shall, like the senate, do Its duty, and so, go down In his tory honorable and glorious and blessed forever. ‘God nnd the angels are waiting to see what these men are going to do. I believe they are going to paae the hill. Already I thank God for what they are going to do. "Praise God for The Georgian, for TO ALL ADVERTISERS— During the present important agitation The Georgian is easily the best advertising medium in Georgia. It is going to the best class of newspaper readers in Atlanta and over Georgia. We are offering advertisers an increased daily circulation upon a cost basis of 30,000. Can you afford to miss this opportunity ? have been built anew of concrete. Now the one blot on Lumpkin Is a modem dispensary that has been run for four years to the hurt not only of the busi ness of the town, but to the Impover ishment of the wealth of the county to the extent of the dispensary busi ness. While It has claimed to have gathered In at the rate of $12,000 per year of profits to tho tax payers of the town and county, It has sent from $27,000 to $$0,000 out of the aggregate wealth, to say nothing of the crime and tdlenese it has caused. Wtutt. eld Stewart county would- have done In these four prosperous years without li quor sold In her borders, no one could compute. To ahow that she Is not de- E endent on her liquor for growth In uslness Is proven by the fact that not one of the Improvements that I have mentioned Is at all dependent upon the whisky business, except, that the pub lic school building la t<f have some of its bonds retired by the liquor profit. And what a blot on the town and county It will be, If the Innocent chil dren are to look to the liquor business for a house to be educated In. Industrial Development. But more than anything that I have mentioned, here are a train of other evidences of Industrial thrift. Over five hundred acres of cantaloupes will be gathered and shipped from hefe within the next few days. Already 27 car loads have gone. They are bringing good profitable prices. J. J. Thompson on a farm half a mile from town of 60 acres, last year realised a profit of over $65 per acre. It Is presumed that Car ter & Johnson. Troy Holder and J. T. Patterson all did equally as well. It la aafs to estimate that anywhere from $30,000 to $60,000 will be put Into cir culation In the county by this new In dustry. Mr. Thompson says he does not need nor want the liquor business to help him grow cantaloupes. Some ot the other growers have expressed themselves In like emphatic term* J. M. Stevens, another progressive farmer, has 300 acres In corn this year, which will make from twenty to thirty bush els per acre. He Is a prohibitionist and wants the liquor traffic abolished. Tons upon tons of hay and cow peas are gathered from the same land and sold at 120 per ton. J. D. Richardson, M. L. Mardre and A. H. Simpson have thriving young peach orchards near town from which they reaped good sales last year, and sold some peaches this year at good prlcee, although the crop was short. Traqimel Brothers, E. L. Carter. Pearson & Hon, J. D. Richardson, Hertn Beal, noblnson, F. 8. Singer, G. W. Pugh. Hobbs A Son. Hobbs A Crombly, Cliff Beal anil J. L. Singer are all mer. chants, doing well tn business, but the large majority of these merchants have good farming Interests. Several men like Hon. M. L. Everett. Judge J. G. Singer. J. M. Stevens and others run farms altogether and are successful. Carter & Patterson. Captain Tondes anil Burts Brothers have done the cot ton warehouse business, handling each season some 15,000 to 20,000 boles. In noting lhe future promise of this old county, we have a beautiful example In Hon. M. L. Everett's grandson, Rob. ert Berner Solomon, who has this year entered the schoolboy corn contest, un. der the direction of State School Com missioner Merritt. This little 9-year- old boy has prepared the land, fertilised It, planted It and plowed It all by him self. It is now laid by. It promises to make at the rate of seventy-five bushels per acre. His grandfather gave him the land and furnished a email negro boy to lead the mule, as ' he was too email to guide him while 1 plowing. Prohibition Fight In Stewart. Stewart county has two dispensaries —one at Lumpkin, the other at Rich land. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union started the movement a few months ago to get rid of the dispen saries. They easily procured the nec essary third of the voters under the Buchanan law to present to the ordi nary. The election has been ordered. It Is estimated by conservative men that the county will go dry by from 300 to $00 majority. The dispensary was put In ae a compromise measure several years ago, but has proven a failure. Judge Roddenbury, of Thom- - Seville, Ga, one of the famous south Georgia temperance orators, will speak In the county at several points on Friday night and Saturday, speaking at Richland Friday night and LurngJUn Saturday afternoon.