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LEADERJOfi PARTY ‘Bacon Says There Is Plenty of Presidential Tim ber. Washington, July SO.—Senator Ba- of Georgia, was In Washington yesterday, starting on his vacation, tfbeji asked what the sentiment Is In tie south relative to the choice ot the t{J t Democratic nominee for the presl. . dency, he said: 1 “There does not seem to be any par- , ncular Interest on the subject yet, and j, the absence of a contest for the nomination by some live Southern can- | Jdiate. it Is not probable that there will be much of a contest over It In oursec- Uon. This Is not due to Indifference on ; (he subject, for nothing political would M rejoice the people of the South as to ; Ke a Democratic president elected next ' r** r - i 1 "There are plenty of 'best men,' both tt the North and at the South. We i bare been finding our ‘best man* at the North for forty years and have ' been voting for him all that time, even then his own section failed to do so. It Is time now to find our 'best man’ at the South. There Is nothing sectional In this. On the contrary, It Is the only way to destroy a practice which has I become thoroughly sectional. "I could name a dozen or a score of Southern governors, past or present, ' either one of whom would have to the equal, to the average president In the past forty years. The same Is true of many who have served In congress. The president usually Is selected from public men of his day and he is gener ally not particularly stronger In quail- i nations than the class from which he Is selected. After he becomes president . be Is a very large man because of hla : office with Its vast powers and Its vast er patronage. “But where would you find a man \ Korth or South who would make a I sobler president than John Daniel, and ane that the-country, North or South, J tould be prouder of? And there are f Culberson and Carmack and George . Gray and dozens of others who could be named, all of them able and of high I unblemished character, and also ex- J perienced In public affairs. - What Is i needed Is for some one of them to step eut and say that he seeks the nomlna- f don and will make the fight for It. ‘ When he does so and gets the South behind him, os either one of them tould do under such circumstances, the mlhlnatlon will be his.” IISES DIVIDED ON CANDLER BILL THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND is MY 6. JACOB RIIS SECRETLY WEDS STENOGRAPHER Boston, Mass.. July Jo.—Jacob Rlla, lth . 01r ' sociologist and friend of Pres ident Roosevelt, It Is stated today, se cretly married Mary A. Phillips, his private secretary, at Ipswich last night, immediately afterwards, to make se crecy doubly certain, be and his bride fled to sea in a motor boat on the flrst stage of their honeymoon. Every pre- Mtsn°PMn? be !” taken by Mr - RHennd “7 to outwit the reporters. ?"{L JS , tha i «hd nobody except tho tem.odtat.toUU. were allowed to k <u,e of the wedding. Mr. Rlls and Miss Phillips were drlv. en to the Ascension Memorial church without being seen. On their arrival there they were met by Mrs. and tho Misses Phillips and MIbb Elizabeth Wade, of Ipswich, and William Rlls, the 13-year-old son of Mr. Rlls. A few minutes afterwards Ernest Smith. Of Boston, mado his uppearunro. So quietly was all thljj done that Janitor Charles H. Noyes was unabls to tejl that a bridal party had assem bled. No time was lost once within the church and the Rev. Reginald Pearce, the rector, read the simple service of the Episcopal church and Mr. Rlls and Miss Phillips were pro claimed man and wife. MRS. A YRES SA YS ROOSEVELT CAN’T DENY PRIVATE LETTERS Washington. July 10.—Mrs. Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres, In a communication to a Washington paper, says: "Colonel Ayres saved the command of the president on tho night of July 2. 1898. on San Juan hill. Captain Ayres, Tenth cavalry, laid out his rifle pits— armed many of his guns. The VtMJ? dent has said to throe different men wince he was made president: If 1 evor fight again I hope It will be under Ma jor Ayres. He Is the most splendid, magnificent man on the battlefield I ever saw.' "He sits by now silent after all his professions. Those private letters were published without my sanction, but they are true, as are a most remark able series of letters from Roosevelt which I have, and which, fortunately, I kept. He can not deny them, as h* did Marie Storer’s letters. "The overcoat Incident was the re* suit of years of persecution—In fact, It has been ever since he was so 'con spicuously gallant' on San Juan hill. He then commanded tne Drigade firing line for. seventeen days and nights, composed ot the First and Tenth cav alry and the Rough Rldera. "The point of tho whole West Point controversy was that Lieutenant Col onel Ilowse privately and publicly ac-, cused me ot giving to the press the 'overcoat Incident'—accused me of the whole thing, which was false. I told him his statement was a malicious falsehood and made with the Intent to Injure me and mine, when my husband was 10,000 mllos away." MIDDLE GEORGIA FARMER ON THE GEORGIAN’S FIGHT The Atlanta Georgian la t strong advocate for atats prohibition nnd Is mak ing a herd fight for the great cauae. The Journal end Constitution are for local option. While The Georgian la only a llttla more than a year old, Ita aneceta haa been,phenomenal In every way. Starting In a Held already well covered, It haa rapidly gained In circulation nntll It la nearing the 40.000 mark. And Its advortls- Ink patronage deserves mention, when yon consider the fact that Tbo Georgian will not accept a whisky or objectionable petnent msdletns advertisement. It Is strong In Its editorial department and Its sews service le second to sons In this ttsts.-The Middle Georgia Farmer. WOMAN If RECOVER Slashed Across Throat And On Body By Unknown Man. Two Committees Take Op posite Stands on the R. R. Commission, Senate and house aro at divergence « the Candler railroad commlaslon Nil—or rather the senate and the house committee on railroad*. The senate passed the bill but re hued to Increaee the membership of ■** commission from three to five, and m Monday still further asserted Its fltwa along that lino by declining to teconslder the bill, because Senator Overstreet confessed that he had moved reconsideration with the. view ** Jetting the five members. Monday afternoon tho railroad com ojtteo of the house recommended the MU. with minor amendment#, and the •ember of the commission standing at J"** Jos Hill.Hall was-the only mem- ** 10 oppose the mensure, and his fight on the ■ liicrcaspd membership, wricn the bill comes up In the houso 9r passage, Mr. Hall will lead the fight ™ Inc floor on tho clause providing for “teased membership, if the houso, however, passes the bill •• recommended by tho committee, It “ans that the two branches are split ? Important provision of the act. Gmferenco committees will be named F° m both branches, and It will then be * joestion of which Bide will yield. Attorney Luther Rosser appeared jjalnst the bill at tho house comrnlt- 5* hearing. He said It emasculated ■Woid law, and that the provision for ■i.V ng Penalties was unjust. He “d that under this bill the railroads would be given no notice of violation, ™ would be- powerless to effect any ntnedy. ,J* r - Candler spoke at length and “■■•fully for his measure. - -He said It 7** hot a new.bill, but simply n wldon. at >he scope of the old one. giving aon members and fuller powers to . “mpd railroads to respect and obey “j* laws. He saltl tllat th0 railroads , a f °r a long whllo selected _ their mdees, and that now tho people wanted , “ do to. He declared that he hesl- j a long whllo about putting the f?* 1 clause In his bill, but finally de- oued that railroad oitlclals had noth- •J to fear If they respected the laws, -“may be that a compromise will be ■•ached between tbo two houses on the important feature of the bill regarding 2?*'** of the commission. But both appear firm and It may result In '{•ml: falling to pass through Inability 'tine tW ° k ranchefi *° a 8 ree on thU HELD .o°5 killing negro in TROUBLE OVER WHISKY. **?d*l toTha Georgian. JPWWIk Gn_, July 30.—A message “Wed from Russellville, a small town wyersl miles from Yatesvllle, states J? 1 Wilson, formerly of this Rf'e. shot nnd killed a negro named Ijma*- It Is alleged that the killing was l-_ r e"Ult of the negro buying whisky mm u tison with the Intention of be aring Mm. After the shooting Wll- ‘5® left, but was J'* !| e lias son I “‘.dona in Monroe county. Special to The Georlgan. Mscon, Gs., July 80.—Mrs. Sallie Coleman, who was the Victim of on attempted murder, la reported getting along nicely, and her chances for‘re covery are good. Mr*. Coleman was assaulted on Sunday night by an un known man, who, with a large knife, cut the woman's throat and slashed her body. The victim claims that sho was attacked by a large man, but sho could not give a good description of him. The attack was made in Mr*. Coleman's house: the room was dark and she was unabls to get a good look at her assailant. Chief Conner ho* put several detec tives on the case and they expect to have the would-be murderer brought to Justice. JUDGE MILLER ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR. Special to The Georgian. Mncon, Ga., July 80.—In a formal announcement which he mode yester day. Judge A. L. Miller has entered the race for mayor of the city of Macon and from this time on the contest be tween Judge Miller and John T. Moore will become more and more Interesting. Some time ago Judge Miller stated In formally that be would enter the race at the proper time. Aldermanlc an nouncements are also expected before long, a* It Is understood that both can didates will choose their tickets. MEIER INSPECTION UNDERSTATE LAW Ben Fowler of Bibb Has a Law Interesting to the Consumer. PIONEER COTTON MAN VERY ILL AT MACON. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 80.—H. H. Starr. Sr.. Is critically III at his residence, 403 Spring street. He has been seriously 111 for the past week and but little hope Is entertained for his recovery. Mr. Starr Is one of the pioneer cotton fac tors In the city. Three-Months-Old Child DIs*. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 80.—After an Ill ness of three weeks, Georgia Living ston, the 8-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mr*. E. E. Livingston, died yester day at the family residence, on Boun- dry street. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston moved to Macon only a short time ago from Chicago. The funeral service, ♦ere held from the residence. The In terment was made In Riverside ceme- tery. STATE COURTS CAN CONTROL RAILROADS Washington, Jaly 80.-In an opinion by rommlaaloner Clemwtn, the Internist* eoramerc* couunlasloa deckled that the ra te of 41 rents pet hundred pound* TSmtrn* «* "J, V. from Angaria, Os., to hew Tor* la not “ThJ’caae'was that of th* Warren Man- “Ml? Rs ”StT I r«olW*of*lSn , dS nonabla ratva. first bale sold for 26c POUND New York. July 88.—The first bale of thls'yosT’* crop, from Albany G^ w«. auctioned •«<» *£* £$£ Exchange Jgjjjj 1 a Lmnd and ran up starts* at 15 cent* a P° u £ h , ch price , t wu knocked down to Charles F. 1st;. :■•;!- kcr, a broker. „ Ben J. Fowler, representative from Bibb, has a unique bill which he Is now perfecting to be Introduced, and that It will prove a popular one there Is little doubt. He le going after the gas and electric companies In Georgia who have thoso high-speed, ball-bearing meters which say a consumer has used mors gas and more elcctrlo Jules than hs really has used. . Of course Mr. Fowler doesn't bo- lleve that a gas or electric company would Intentionally Install fake meters which would gold-brick tho consumer. But from experience In his own, city of Macon, hs knots* the trouble the peo ple have with gas, water and electric meters. 8o he Is going to remedy the matter. Hts bill calls for the appointment of an Inspector of weights and measures and water, gas and electric meters. This inspector Is to bo a sort ot court of appeal for the public. When folks kick against gas bills down In Macon where the gas la an ex pensive luxury and where water costs almost as much as th* stuff that will be legislated out of Georgia. they aro given the merry ha-ha—the hoars* roar. They have no redress. His bill will provide for 'on Inspec tion of meters at any time without no tice, and If these meters are found to be giving short msasuro, the solicitor general of the circuit In which the of- tense Is committed will bo authorized to collect 8100 for every violation, nnd this money Is to be used toward main talnlng the new office. While people are protected at pres ent to some extent against short weight by scales, they are at the mercy of the corporations when It comes to meters. Mr. Fowler proposes to remedy ■ this matter, and hs has the hearty support ot many members of the house and nearly all of Bibb county In bis fight, PLOT TO BLOW OP CROWDED PRISON Odessa, July 30.—A daring plot to blow up a crowded prison was frustrat ed by tho authorities, who received warning that -tbe attempt would be made. They searched tho prisoners' quar ters and found a large quantity of dy namite, sulphur, which had mysteri ously been smuggled In. The ring leaders were placed In solitary confine ment. • ?' 9 Quake Shades Kingston Again Kingston,, Jstnoloi. sharp -Itocfc pi earth*}' last nlghr. bo damage Sale of Trimmed Hats 3.00 and 5.00 iiunery 3d Flo aor. Ssvsnty-five trimmed hats m this lot. Mid -summsr styles in chips and leghorn straws. Black, white atid colored straws, trimmed with large flower effects, ribb°n bows, combinations of flowers and wings. Hats That WerS Hats That Wsre 5.00 to 7.50 At 3.00 7.50 to 14.50 At 5.00 YOUNG ACTRESS FOUND DEAD Colorado Springs. Colo., Jaly 30.—Tbs body of Mir* Laura Matthews, of New York elty oa*l Kansas City, was found lying la a lane near Iry Wild yesterday See Phrozo! See Phrozo! Left Business To 6 Employees , New York, July SO.—Dying in St. Vlnccnta Hospital from tho wound In flicted by Frank II. Warner, who Just before had killed Ills former cashier, Miss Norllng, John C. Wilson, a hat manufacturer, left his business and personal estate, valued at more tl%n 8190,000. to nix of bis employees and Bomard J. McCann, an old friend share and share alike. Mr. Wfljton was unmarried and had no near rela tlves. Evelyn Will Not Return to Stage Now York, July 80.—Indignant be cnMse of tho printed report that she In. tended to return to tho stage, Mrs. Ev elyn Nesblt Thaw today announced through the Ilearst News Service that the report was entirely unfounded. "I Intend to remain here In the city where I can readily visit my husband. I feel that a great Injustice Is being done In circulating th* stories that I intend to return to the footlights. All I can say Is that It Is a falsehood," said Mrs. Thaw. Why Do We Go to Bsd at Night? Iiceuuao the bed will not come to us. but pain In the bowels will, which can he re lieved by Dr. Illgzrrs' Huckleberry Cor dial, which cares ill bowel troubles. Cures UNCLE SAM NEEDS STENOGRAPHERS Unde 6am ha* forty-two vacancies lo the way of typewriter* *nd stenographers, and he announce* that examinations to fill these vacancies will bo bold on August T. The examinations will bo held In isTeral cities, end Atlanta Is one of these. Tbe salaries range from fCM to *1,000 a year and s - wm PV lo the nary the day. Poll In- • examination will BURNING, BLISTERED FEET. TELEPHONE COMPANY ASKS TIME FRANCHISE W. T. Gentry, local head of the Southern Bell Telephone aud Telegraph Compnny.has announce*! to tbe council committee on elec tric lights and telsphonsa that Ms company will waive all claim to a perpetual frail- rblae and will pay. In addition to tho regu lar ad valorem lazes, 18 per rent of tbo gross receipts for ten years and 1 per cent SALVATION ARMY’S OUTING ON THURSDAY The local Salvation Army, under the leadership of Major J*. M. Dcrrlman, Is completing arrangements for the an nual outing for 300 poor mothers and children at Grant Park on Thursday, and the llttlo ones especially are look- in* forward to thle affair with much pleaeure and anticipation. To the most of these children a day In tho nark with refreshments and gamoe and lem- onado and Ice cream Is only made 8soretary Taft as a Reporter. Llko Chief Justice Fuller, Ni-crctary Wil son iiml other nu>n high lo tho public ***rv- Ico nnd confldeuce, Secretary Tuft bogitu IiIh carc**r oh u iu'WHj.Hi.or ninn. Tho tTr»t money earned by him nrtcr being graduated from Tale was ns court reporter on a Cincinnati papor, tho old Commercial Ga- set to, then edited by Murat Ilnlstcad. Mr. Taft started lit |6 u week, nnd when he I All direction. Necessity did not drlro him to work, as hi* father was a man of ample fortune, but the secretary chos*> It because It was tho readiest entrance to actlv Tho secretary likes to dlscunn newapii efty and next yes. proportion was mad TOBACCO EXPORT IN NEW YORK NSW York, July SO.—Prssldsnt Wil liam B. Turk announess tho eompla- tlon of all but the most Insignificant details for opening the annual Tobacco Trades Exposition at tho Madison Square Garden on Labor Day, 8sp* tember 3. Tho smoking contests will bo held In (be afternoon and evening and the prises will far exceed thoso of last year In value. Use Stinson's Deodorant and Your Feet Will Be Cool and Dry. 'thing can be more pnlnful nu<l Irritat ing than bllatcrcd nnd n< hlng f«»et. It untlfn you for either business or ooclal function* * wears on your nervous Can Imagine a greater relief or more •:<- llfrbtnu sensation, after you have been f if- ferine ag*<nle* with your foot, than by the simple j.roee** of blinking NTINSo.VS DEODORANT powder Into yotir shoe* nnd * ween your too*, to have them become ■I and dr/, with nil seosntlon of fa- TljSSSrS DEODORANT 1* nn Impairs- uio powder, delicately perfumed nnd high* ly nntlveptfc, DSeaUSlad nn a “foot relief which destroys unpleasant odors causes! bv profuft perspiration rising from the feet, the armpits and other ports of the body. Hold by druggists, or address Still*"! Chem ical Company, Atlanta, Ga, I’rke :5 cents, postpaid. FOUND NEARLY DEAD FROM MORPIINIE Neatly dead from an overdose of morphine, A. J. Hammond, a white maa 83 year* of age, was token to the Grady Hospital Monday afternoon about < o'clock and for some tlmo his life was In the balance. After bard work by the surgeons he was ported out of danger, and It Is said he will be able to leave the Institution In a few days. Hs was found lying In th* vicinity of a mattress factory near Marietta and Victoria streets. For the past fifteen years Hammond has been employed by John T. McNInch, a tinsmith, of 137 Marietta atreet, and no cause can be assigned for his con dition. TO MAKE REPORT ON RESERVOIR CItT Engineer Clayton will make a thor ough Investigation of the condition of tbo propoeed new reservoir and will report to tbe special committee next week bow much work Is needed to complete It, how long It will take, and how much It will coat In the meantime tbe matter will be held In abeyance. DASH TO SOUTH POLE IN AUTO Loudon, July 30.—In a specially pre pared automobile. Lieutenant R. M. Hhackleton, an anarctlc explorer, haa started for the south pole. The chief difficulty will be to trav erse the ice mountains In order to reach the summit of the ice platesu of '<000 feet near the pole. Hhackleton expects to travel ton miles daily, re.ach- iRg the pole In April. kind, and the army folks will do aU In thslr power to make tho ilayn pleasant one from every standpol Tills Is the fifth annual outing that Major llerrlman has had charge ot In Atlanta, and every 01 mors appreciated than During tho recent hot wavo tho free Ice water barrel at the army head quarters, 73 Marietta street, has dono good service, and the fact that from four to six barrels of water havo been used each day Is evidence of liberal patronage by the paescreby. These are two of tho agencies used by tho Bal- vatlonlsts to bring cheer and sunshine In the lives of the poor, MR. WEIL RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP Mr. Sigmund Well, Junior member of the firm 6f Elseman & Well, proprlC' tors of 'The Day Light Corner,** has Just returned from an extended trip to the Eastern markgts, Including Nevt York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mr. Weil also visited Atlantic City while on mis trip. J IN MEMORIAmT Just a* « dainty flower Is wilted by the I illv MUUKhlnc, unable to lift Its head agulu, > the gentle spirit of Annie Wright Peeples [wins stilled In death is the noonday grad ually drifted Into afternoon on Monday, July U. liars was s nature rare indewl, scattering happiness nnd loveliness In her flnlly life, forever cheerful and bright, lova ble end loving, she gave pleasure, in her every presence. All of her young life bed been passed In Atlanta, where her frleoda had known her slwsys. and watched her grow from tbe sunny-Ualred child Into the same fair typo of womanhood, each passing (Iny aud year adding to her ueernlm-sa and her maturing character.- On through the fleeting yeera these asme friends followed her, going with her on tho evening of April 4, 1M0, when she became tbe devoted wife of Thomas Jackson Peoples, until that day when the Heavenly Father called her to tbe kingdom beyond. * her death and her loss, these relatives friends who kunw her graces and her ..... jea are left to realise her Joss and to miss her tenderness nnd her devotion for those earthly beings .whom she loved. Sure ly the wonderful nnd wise Hod who direct* and guides His children knows beat and hn* aouio grand usefulness for tbe bidnvcd spirit of Annlo Wright Peeptoe. and hna called her Into Ills keeping, deeming this world too hard and stormy for her d4>llcnte nature, nnd hse chosen her ft>r Ills beauti ful land of pnrndUe. To this command we bow our heads, and bind our brula«Hl and bleetllng hearts, to let her live evermore Is the memory of those who loved her. nnd who roust lend the life to meet her when God 4ii 11 h us to answer Ills summons. ■ B. 6. 8. July ». 1307. Lightning Destroys Church. Special to The Georgian. Wrlghtsvllk*, Go., July 30.—On Sat urday night Rehoboth, a missionary Baptist church of this county, * was struck and destroyed by lightning. The congregation had but recently pur chased a new organ, which was also destroyed- Work of rebuilding win commence at once. stands how to Oiitllnu n “story” for tho “boys” better than any member of tho administration, barring only the man .u tho white house.—'Washington Herald. No Witches Burned in 8alem. There wero never any witches burned In Hnl^in. and Ha 1cm pcopio are getting tired of hearing this historical lnsccurary plnco ns “The i.lty of rate*" refutation of tho Mind constantly uttered against htatory. Accuracy of tradition Is venerated In Sa lem above all things. In a city whose old families regard the portraits of their an cestor* ns tho Incnn did tho rnya of tho sun a frenzy of Imllgimtlon has been aroused over what they doelara to bo nu “Imnlous calumny’* cast upon tbo memory or tbe _jred to proclaim that tho Puritnu forefathers wantonly burned tho victims of witchcraft,, and that It Is so written to tho shadowy history of tho colo Indb * blstorl S&Uk- ohsvqsion declare that 8enato HeverMgo's misstatement la the Inst straw; that th* fair name of Belem has been * long enough, nnd that u mors- meat will now be organised to give national publicity to the truth nhout that lameut- able chapter ot witchcraft.—Boston Horn id Indignant historical noddles nnd learned ilstorlsna who hare spent years In gath- .*., - *,Us of tb Dead From InJurlte, C. T. Anderson, aged CO years, died Monday morning at 11 o’clock at the Grady hospital from Injuries received nt Hiram, Go., Sunday morning, when he wo* knocked down by a Seaboard train. Tho body was removed to the undertaking eatabllahment of Green berg, Bond and Bloomfield, from there It will be sent to Floyd, Ga. Monday night where the funeral services and Interment will tako place. Attacked in Night. Whllo asleep In his room at the rail road camps near Oakdale, In Cobb county Sunday night, John Jones, a negro, had his head split open with a hatchet by an unknown party. The negro was brought to the Grady hos pital In an unconscious condition Mon day morning, and he is not expected to live. The negro had about $40 In hie possession, but the would-be assassin made no attempt to take it. Boll Weevil Boll. La., July 3o. Where 'S have fallen out be- the sun has baked th* vll grub to death, ac- eport of the state crop ior. The heat has done a harm In Louisiana, Sun Kills Baton Rouge :ton boll wr ■ding to the the outlook wd op in > make pros- ettons where