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i tuu A'l'liAJNTA UJSOKttlAN AND NEWS. itntnsuAi, bE.ni.Mui.i( 19, law. 3 I Placed a Thirty-Six THE VALUE OF SPACE Fixed By Other Considerations Than Mere Circulation. Perhaps there Is no more difficult problem In the world of bunl- ness than to arrive at a fair Judgment of the advertising value of space In a newspaper. In the nature of things, says Manly M. Gll- lam, of The New York Herald, this value cannot be definitely meas ured as are yards of cloth or bushels of wheat or pounds of coal. It Is as Intangible as Is the something that lifts a great picture above the level of a mere painting. The canvas of each may be alike, the colors from the same tubes laid on by the same brushes, yet the result may have a market value of $100,000 a square foot as a Mcls- sonler or of $5 a square yard as hack work. Circulation Is often the only claim to an advertiser's attention that a newspaper presents. But circulation alone Is far from being the all In all. There must be circulation or there can be no advertising value. The more circulation there Is the better for the advertiser—If the right people are reached by It In the right way. And there tho problem appears. Who reads the newspaper Is vastly more Important to the advertiser In Its columns than how many read It. Deadhead circulation Is well nigh valueless to any advertiser. So Is slum circulation, except for the cheapest of bargain offerings. So Is circulation that reaches the shiftless, dissatisfied, complain ing classes, always out of harmony with the established order of things—the classes that envy success and rail at any opinions but their own. A newspaper that panders to these classes can get as a follow ing, but whether they count by the thousands, or hundreds of thou sands, their value to the advertiser of substantial goods Is very small. —From The Fourth Estate. ■inch advertisement in a Sunday paper and made 112 sales from it—a week later I placed the same in The Georgian and made 137 sales from it~ —WHITEHALL MERCHANT FOR JAIL^ESCAPES Broke Jail Five Times and Planning Sixth When Discovered. It Is a most remarkablo record that has- been made by Noah Wright, a ne gro sent up from Fulton county for five years for burglary In 1903, and who since then haa managed to escape from custody five times. Ten minutes after Deputy Sheriff W. A. Bishop; of Cobb county, captured him near Marietta Wednesday he had removed the steel from the sole of his shoo and waa planning to make It Into a saw, the of. ilcer believes* so that he might saw his way to liberty again. Wright'* arrest In Cobb county and Ids Incarceration In tho Marietta Jail wa* due to his appearance In the town with a cow which belonged to people In Pulton county. Judge Oober sentenced Wright to four years at penal servitude, but before the negro begins to serve that he must finish the balance of his term of five years In Fulton county. It was on July 1. 1903, that Wright wxs convicted in Atlanta on the charge nr burglary. On April 17 of the follow ing year he escaped. He waa recap- lured on September 20 of tho same year snd waa held until June 9, 1903. That lime he was at large six days, but on July 3 he got away one# more and managed to atay five daya. Next year he was not so fortunate os he was kept behind the bars until June 27, 1907. On September 9 Officer Bishop caught him and ho and Sheriff W. J. Frey brought Wright Into Atlanta Thursday morning and placed him In tho Jail. The police Bay that Wrlght’a record for escapee la unparalleled. H# Is said to be a desperate negro, who does not hesitate to ua# a revolver when In danger of capture, although It la true that he never has been arrested for killing or shooting anybody. PROHI ELECTION AT FORT DEPOSIT •pedal to The Georgian. Fort Deposit. Ala.. Sept. 19.—The necessary number of voters have signed the petition and the election for prohi bition haa been railed by the probate judge for October 10. The prohibitionists are very active In the county. W. D. Upetaaw, of At lanta, editor of The Golden Age. and temperance worker, has been In the county since Sunday. Sunday after noon he spoke at Fort Deposit, Mon day at Haynesvllle, Tuesday at Lown- ilaaboro and Wednesday at Greenville, other noted speakers have been Invited to deliver addresses In the county. City Editor Seay Very III. special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Sept. 19.—John I* Seay, city editor of Tho Borne Tribune, Is dangerously III at his home In this city. He was taken suddenly 111 Thursday night with acute Indigestion. PROBE PROCEEDING IN NORTH CAROLINA * RAILROAD CASE Washington, D. C., fcept. 19.—The feature of this morning's session of the hearing before Standing Master Mont gomery, In the. case of the State of North Carolina against the Southern Kailway, consisted of the labored re moval of the scores of file boxes from the office of Comptroller Plant. The attorneys for the state had finished with the 12,000 vouchers contained In these files, so orders were Issued for their removal. Instead of bringing In another month's supply, the North Carolina at torneys agreed to examine the books and mako notations of such vouchers as they thought they would need, these only to be brought Into the room. VETERANS’ REUNION AT BRISTOL, TENN. Special to Tho Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 19.—The twelfth annual reunion of the Confederate vet erans of East Tennessee and southwest Virginia was held here today. Three hundred were In attendance. An ad' dress of welcome was made by former Governor John I. Cox. An addresa waa tjiade by Rev. J. Tyley Frazier, of Ma rlon. Va. Death haa removed many veterans since the last reunion. WORK DAY FUND FOR THE ORPHANS Herald Employes Hurt by Fall. Fpo. iai to The Georgian. Rome, Ga, Sept. 19.—I* C. Rlck- 'traw, an employee of The Herald Publishing Company, while leaning out "< a window In the second story of The Herald building this morning, lost his balance and fell to the ground, a dls- 'ance of twenty feet. He was badly bruised up, but no bones were broken. Mrs. McLarin Buried. Falrburn, Ga, Sept. 19.—Mrs. Eliza beth McLarin, mother of Hon. W. S. Mol.arin, and Mrs. R B. Chapman, was burled yesterday at Antioch church, impressive funeral services were con ducted In the church by Rev. C. M. Llpman, pastor In charge. Natchez, Miss., Invites Roossvslt. Natchez, Miss., Sept. 19.—An Invlta- asking President Roosevelt to visit Natchez on his coming Southern tour baa been prepared by this city. The Invitation Is a small book containing 'lx water colora by F. Carter Beard. Jno Illustrated Borne of President Roosevelt's books. One picture Is the first boat on the Mlsalsslppl river, built m into by Nicholas Roosevelt, Robert tulton and a man named Livingstone. ENGAGE EXPERT FOR COMMISSION J. A. Matthews, of Atlanta, one of the best known expert accountants In the country, has beeen engaged by the railroad commission to prepare precise and succinct statements concerning the Central railroad, combining Its financial and physical history, such compilation to be used on October 7 In the hearing In Federal court on the passenger reduction cose. Practically all of Mr. Matthews' life has been spent In railroad work up to 1901, when he became connected with Haskins & Sells, of New York, one of the best known firms of expert account, ants In the country, For most of his railroad career, Mr. Matthew's was con nected with the Central, nnd he Is pe culiarly fitted for the work upon which he Is now* engaged. This work should not bo confused with that of rate expert, for It Is rot In that line. Ssturdsjr, September 28. Iiss been desig nated ns work day for tho orphans; nnd Sunday for tho Ingathering service. This plan of giving the wages or proceeds of one day's work to the orphans hna been such a signal success In previous years that It Is to he observed by six,de nominations in six states this yenr. It Is sincerely hoped timt there may be « general nnd liberal response from churches. Sunday school*. Arms, corpora tions. families niul ludlvldiinls to this ear nest appeal for Jhe thousands of newly dependent orphnn children In the orpbuus* orphans’ home at "Dear Header: an empty plate ai... Then, this 4s your op] o help a little heart? to l»e the can nf- eretb the poor, out of trouble, and he shall In* blessed upon But whoso hath this world's Then, this 4s your opportunity ti *goo<l Samaritan' to them. Who ford to pass them by? ‘He tluii . -. . , and he shall In* hi the earth/ _ goods, nnd seeth his fflttle) brother have need, nnd shntteth up his bowels of com passion front him, how dwelletk the love of uod In him?’ “Jesns said, Tt Is more Messed to give than to receive/ This Is n beckoning op portunity for you to receive a blessing. “Doubtless every orphanage will present bread. The peculiar circumstances of the past year cut short our current fund, from which our tables are supplied. Therefore, we are in debt for provisions already con sumed. Give us bread money; also dona tions of food supplies for the psutry. “We trust that work-day for the orphans, September 28, will lie the greatest day for the orphaus ever known. “Let those who urs working for our or phans at IlapevlUe remember that thou sands of Christians all over our South land, of every denomination, will be joining In glad, earnest service to help other needy dependent little ones. ”W© trust that our appeals will not be In vain: but that every render- tnsy become a witling Instrument In God’s hand for sup plying the wants of Ills children. '•All donations for us should be sent to the Georgia Baptist Orphans' Home, Hspe- Title, Ga. Yours for the orphans, _I>. HAWKINS, INDIAN BRAVES SCARE NEGROES OFF THEIR JOBS NEGROES ORGANIZE TO DEFEAT TAFT The presence of twenty Cherokee Indians, who have come to Atlanta to play ball, haa brought about a crisis In the servant problem In tbs neighbor hood of 76 Spring street, where tho braves are camped out In a vacant house. "I Is Jes' skeered every minute dat dem Injuns will grab me," said a port ly colored cook to her mistress, who discovered the domestic on tho verge of taking Afro-French leave Thursday morning. After much effort, the cook was mollified and promised to stay. From the safe distance of n block awny. little darkies' heads may be seen peeping around the corner, The white children are leas afraid and have been endeavoring to Induce the good-na tured Indians to do some Wild West features out In the street. They even went so far as to plan an Indian mas sacre, but failed for want of victims. In colored society the presence of the Indians so close nt hand 1s a burning Issue. For n while tt looked as though there would be trouble nhead In several kitchens. However, as the Indiana will stay but three days, and as they had lived so far without a single scalping, the servants are resting easier In their .minds. A little negro girl had been engaged to help take care of the house In which the tribe Is living, but when she en tered It Wednesday morning and caught sight of Its Inmates, she turned and fled. And she hasn’t come back yet. All these proceedings are unlntelU' glble to the Indians. They say the; are peaceable,- can talk some English and should be tolerated If not enjoyed. "We ain't uglier than them," said Will French, the medicine man of the outfit, In disgust. Being the medicine man and general factotum of all the dances. Will French Is for having a war dance. He says tho sense which hasn't already been scared out of the negroes would come out then. Washington. Sept. 19.—Operating from Washington, some negroes have formed an organization which haa the avowed purpose of defeating the presl dential candidacy of Secretary of War Taft ond of \vresting party control from the Roosevelt element at the next Re- publican national convention. Treat ment of the colored soldiers by the Section 7 of the Condlt j, present administration I* the Issue. W. bill says In part: "The railroad com mission shall have full authority to as certain the cost of construction and the present value of properties In Georgia, owned by corporations or companies, and to this eml may employ necessary exits rts." Under this provision Mr. Matthews has been employed. He will be clothed with authority, through the commis sion, to secure ail desired data from the companies, nnd, If necessary, ho ran go Into the main offices to secure any Information wanted. COTTON SEEDPRICE TO BE DISCUSSED Calvin Chase, a negro attorney and editor of The Bee, Is the leader of this movement. , Work Started on Road. "p-.'lal to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga, Sept. 19.—The work of instructing the road for the Middle 1 srollna and Western Railway Com- rany, from Greenwood to Baluda, was '’srted at Greenwood today, when the “ r, t spade ow dirt was turned by , crouch. “ ' ■- I ex. Harvle Jordan, president of th- Southern Cotton Association, has In vlted L. A. Ransom, president of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Asso ciation, to name a committee from that organisation to meet with a similar committee from the 8. C. A. to discuss the beat method of maintaining stable nnd satisfactory prices of cotton seed In the various states. OIL IS FOUND NEAR HAZLEHURST Hazlehurst, Ga.. Sept. 19.—On the farms, formerly owned by Rev. W. J. Maddox, but now the property of a gentleman at Conyers, Ga.. there Is a well not over forty feet deep which has a film of oil so strongly Impregnated with crude petroleum that the water can not be used for drinking nr domes tic purposes. Mr. Frasier, who resides In town, has a pump In his yard and a bucket of water from It will have an oily scum on top after standing a while. A gentleman representing a company from Parkersburg. W. Va., Is here with several car loads of well ma chinery and will sink several shafts near town as soon as It can be placed In position. Town Marshal in Jail. Sneelsl to Tin' Georgian. Flowery Branch, Ga., Sept. 19. Chas. Harney, formerly town marshal here, ha* been arrested at Buford, charged The road Is 29 mile’s! _.|||, embezzlement. - 1 llnnvey was ex-olficlo collector of town .axes and ,s said ..be unshorn trial r mill 3V for n wfttit «dT©rtl»«*nient InTIwi,„»ni for »n amount whlrh lifts C "GPftii for soniclMxty t#» do etabroidery; M . 4 , |A( ] Ho waived preliminary ,r £ B aniwerod It. 3fle for n wont ad. co1 ! ’.. $« bdi at Gainesville. * toe t*ox ol Wlle/s candy int. and U nv* W Uttinomv. NIGHT PROWLER BALKS POLICE Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 19.—During the past three or four weeks twenty or more houses have been entered. The- mysterious person never steals any thing and seems simply to have a ma nia for entering and prowling around houses. Several times people have been awakened and several have had a glimpse of the man who Is described ns a mulatto. All efforts of the police to capture him have been unsuccess ful. Caterpillars in Mississippi. Special to The Georgian. Hallandale, Miss., Sept. 19.—This sec tion Is completely overrun with cater pillars. Never before In the memory of the oldest Inhabitants haa there been such an army of these peats. Walnut and pecan treea are the greatest suf ferers. being literally stripped, and In some cases every leaf and twig de voured. John McCorkle III. John M. McCorkle, of 23 Washington street, was stricken tilth paralysis at his place of business, 46 Marietta street, at 9 o'clock Wednesday night nnd wav taken to his home. Physicians state that Ills condition Is serious, but not Immediately dangerous. Award Contract Thursday. «rar3.p.- ii-w. l. Hodges, of Hartwell, president of the Georgla-Carollna Railway Company, will award a contract today to survey a route from_Athen*. Oa„ to Anderson, 8. C at a meeting to be held at Roy- ston. Ga. The company will operate electric trains. ' Grace Church Reception, The Sunday school of Grace Meth odist church will be at home to Its members and frlenda on Friday night at 7:43 o’clock, when a musical and literary program will be rendered. Ad dresses will be delivered by H*v. 8. R. Belk. iron. James L. Mayson and Major R J. Guinn. The school has grown rapidly during the past year und now numbers hearty SOU pupils. BURSTING WATER PIPE KILLED SUPERINTENDENT Special to The Georgiau. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 19.—It aald that J. W. McCune, superintendent of the Woodward fumacea, never knew n'liat struck him when his skull was crushed by a piece of bursting water pipe Wednesday. The report of the exploalon startled the entire communi ty at Woodward and the roar of the water could be heard for quite a dis tance. He was dead before the em ployees at the furnace realized that a fatal accident had happened. Mr. Mc Cune waa one of the best-known fur nace men In the Birmingham district. He leaves a wife and several children. Missionary to Speak. An Interesting and Instructive lecture will be delivered by Rev. John Isaac, Persian missionary, on “Fire Worship pers and Mohammedans," at the Edge- wood Baptist church at 7:30 o’clock Friday night. The proceeds are for the building of the new church. Emily Bedlnger. Emily Bedlnger, the lO-Vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bedln ger, died at the home of her parents, 61 Weddell street. Thursday night at 12 o'clock. Mr. Bedlnger, the father of the child. Is connected with the Federal prison. The funeral aervtces will be conducted Friday morning »t 10 o'clock from the residence. The In terment will be at Westvlaw cemetery. BAPTISTS URGE LAW ENFORCEMENT Resolutions expressing gratitude that Georgia Is to be a prohibition state were adopted by the Stone Mountain Baptist convention In session at Col lege Park last week. The resolutions follow: “The growth of temperance S2ntb mont In the South Is at the present tJmo a matter of almost world-wide comment. It is n source of gratitude that In Georgia this growth of senti ment has culminated in placing our state In the leadership of the cause of temperance In the United States. We believe that this achievement Is tho reward of past labors of good men. some ct whom have gone to their reward. It Is the achievement also of faithful pas. tors und the steadfast front long main, talned by” the Baptists of Georgia and other religious bodies. “We should be warned that the battle Is not yet won. Tho period of real trial—the test of our strength—Is now on. Your committee, therefore, In at tention to the present situation, most earnestly presents the following res olution: Resolved, That nil public officials whose duties can either directly dt In directly effect the enactment nnd efK forcement of law, or the maintenance of good order, together with the execu tive committees the several counties and cities should be chosen with ref erence to their well-known Individual standing, In favor of the rigid enforce ment of all prohibition and other laws bearing on moral questions. “That we. the members of this hotly, hereby pledge all lawful aid to the off I cers of the law In a thorough-going en forcement of the laws referred to, and “That we look with alarm and un qualified dlsfavdr upon any effort to deprecate these laws and so to weaken public respect for them and all law', and to embolden law-breakers. JOHN E. WHITE, “Chairman. JUNIUS W. MILLARD." UNCLESAM MUST DEFER TO STATE Before tho United States government ran begin tho work of eonntructlnc a cnnsl In Glynn county, connecting the Altamshs nnd Turtle rivers, for which congress appro priated $10,000. It will bn necessary for the Georgia legislature to cede the rlght-of- "Secretary of State Thll Cook reeelred t letter Thuredsy from T. It. Consat, a gov. eminent engineer, stationed nt Brunswick, asking him about this old mnrth laud law. - - * —tailed an opinion on this .... 1690 by Attorney General Clifford Anderson to Secretary Cook's fath er, who wee then secretory of slate. Attorney General Anderson held tbnt the FARMERS’ UNION TO HAVE BIG RALLY NEAR ROME, GA. Special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Sept. 19.—Six local un ions of the Farmers' Union will come together at Floyd Springs on the 26th, at a c.o-operative union rally, which la expected to be the greatest gathering of farmers ever gathered together In north Georgia. The following speakers are expected to bo present: R. F. Duck worth, state president: J. G. Eubanks, state business agent, .and Hon. Hoke Smith, -Hon. Gordon Leo and Hon. Seaborn Wright. ILLNESS REACHES CRITICAL STAGE beadrlght low contemplated the grant of lands suitable for occupancy. The law contemplated then the development Of pho*. phnto deposits, which were supposed 1st In the marsh lands. Lawton Nalley Recovers. Lawton Nalley, the well-known young attorney who Is associated with Burton Smith, has gone to his old home at Villa Blca to recuperate from a se vere attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Nal- ly wa* dangerously III at the Wesley Memorial Hospital for several weeks, but la now believed to be out of dan ger. For Kapevllls Election. Ordinary Wilkinson Thursday morn ing nnnounced the managers and clerka of the Hapevllle school election, to be held on September 24. The managers are: E. A. Doane. I. M. Slayer. J. U 81ms; the clerk*. J. D. Humphries. It. W. Gilbert and A. P. Toland. Judge James Schley Hook, for many years regarded aa one of the ablest practitioners at the Georgia bar, la dangerously III at his residence, 521 Courtland street, and Is not expected to live through the night. Judge Hook has been desperately 111 for over two months, and In spite of the most careful attention by physicians and the members of his family, he has gradually grown weaker and his life Is now despaired of. ROGERS’ LOSSES BROKE HEALTH New York, Sept. 19.—Dow, Jones & Co.'s Wall street news agency this afternoon says: "The primary cause of the breakdown of H. H. Rogers Is stated In well-posted circles to have been the losses Incurred In the Deep water-Tidewater railway, which he Is building In Vlgglnla. In this project alone Mr. Rogers, It Is aald, ipui been obliged to Interest himself to the extent of $40,000,060. . Held on 8uspidon. Anthony Green and Willis Frank lin, the latter a woman, were placed Jail Thuraday at the reausat at Coroner Thompson, who bellevts they know more than they told at the in quest about the death of Edward Dor sey, a negro, killed Monday night. The Inquiry Into the death has been con tinued until Saturday. SEABORN WRIGHT Eloquent Georgian Spoke to ■ 4,000 in Prohibition Fight. G. W. Hall Is III. G. W. Hall, who waa formerly con nected with the undertaking firm of Swift & Hall, has been confined to his home for several weeks with a severe attack of typhoid. Mr. Hall's condition Is still very serious, and It will be some time before he Is entirely well. Georoe 8tuart Coming. 'Lop-alded Folks" will be the topic of a lecture to be delivered by Rev. George Stuart at the Baptist'Taberna cle, October 4. The lecture Is for the benefit of the Tabernacle Infirmary, and will be delivered under the aus pices of the Ladles’ Aid Society of the Tabernacle. John Blodg*tt Lssvss. John F. Blodgett, son of Postmaster E. F. Blodgett, left Atlanta Tuesday to begin Ids studies at the University of Georgia at Athens. Young Blodgett graduated from the Boys’ High School last spring and will enter the sopho more class at the university. Merry Del Val Returns. rdlnnl Merry del Val, secretary of the pontifical state, has left Castle uandolfo, to return to Rome, Italy. What the Pensacola, Fla., Journal characterizes as the greatest address ever heard In Pensacola, was delivered In that city Tuesday evening by Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Rome, In the great prohibition campaign now on there. .It was really the opening gun In tho fight, and Mr. Wright spoke In the open on Seville Square, with over 4,000 peo- Plo packed about him, hanging on the eloquent tannage and forceful argu ments of the Georgian. In a double-column editorial the Pensacola Journal Wednesday morning paid the following tribute to Mr. Wrights speech: "The most powerful addresa by the greatest orator Pens«cola haa over heard was delivered at Seville Square by Hon.' Seaborn Wright, of Georgia, lust night, , "It was nn address so pregnnnt with facts, wit, humor, eloquence and pathos- that this superb temperance advocate from the mountains of old Georgia had his audience alternately In laughter, tears and cheers, and when he had con cluded more than one man rose to his feet converted to the great cause of l-tohlbltlon, which Is now sweeping tho entire Southland. "Seaborn Wright did more for Pen sacola last night by his magnificent speech than all of the anti-saloon work that had thus far been done, and those prohibitionists who heard him went away with a greater enthusiasm In the campaign, while the antl-prohlbltlon- Ists whom he converted are that much gained for the cause.” Mr. Wright waa also Interviewed relative to his probable political course In Georgia. The Pensacola Evening News says that he declared ha had not yet made up his mind relative to enter ing the senatorial conteat, then quotes him as follows: "To be frank about the matter, I am more Interested In having a gov ernor oPOeorgla who wll see that our prohibition law le rigidly enforced than I am as to Senator Clay's successor, and It la possible that I may decide to tun for governor Instead of entering the senatorial race.’- “Mr. Wright stated that th* papers In his state had made repeated re quests on him for some statement of his future plans of a political nature, but that until he had fully made up his mind as to what he would do he , would rather not discuss tho matter for publication. One thing seems certain, however, and that la that the eloquent Georgian who talked so earnestly and ao eloquently In this city last night for the cause of prohibition Is going to be a candidate either for governor of Ceorgia or United States senator from that state, and when he gets fairly Into the fight be Is going to make a strong one.” 1 pal,l 30c for s went advertisement In The Georgian for aomebody to do embroidery; 22 women enewered It. $0e for a want ad. and n 40c box of Wiley's candy tree. SAY RED ROCK SAY IT PLAIN There are many Ginger Ales now on the market existing on the Reputation of Red Rock. When you go into a place and call fop Red Rock insist on getting Red Rock. The “just as good substitute” racket is an old dodge to give you an inferior article. RED ROCK is the World’s Best. _ „ , Yes, we make that good Lemo-Lime sold at the ball park. THE RED ROCK CO.