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Wednesday.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
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VOL. VI. NO. 73.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29,1907.
PRICE!
In Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
On Tralns...FIVE CENTS.
BIRMINGHAM
ENTERS LIST
OF DRY CITIES
County of. Jefferson
Votes Prohibition
January 1.
THAT RELIABLE KNOCKOUT BLOW JIROLLEY CO.
LABOR DISTRICTS
SWELL MAJORITY
Officials Declare They Will
Enforce Law to Demon
strate Its Results.
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O VOTE OF LABOR PEOPLE 0
O CAST FOR PROHIBITION. O
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0 Birmingham, Ala.. Oct. 29.—The O
0 chief Intercut centered In the sub- O
O urban precincts of Bessemer, that O
O gave 344 for arid 221 against pro- O
O hlbltlon; Enslcy 348 for and 314 O
O against, and Pratt City, which O
O gave a substantial, majority for 0
0 prohibition, 310 for and 195 against O
O It. Much surprise Is mahlfested O
O at the result In the suburbs. Pratt O
O City and Ensley, especially, are O
0 Inhabited largely by workmen of O
0 foreign birth, and the best hopes 0
0 of the prohibitionists were of an O !
O even break In these two cities
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Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 29.—Prohibi
tion tvon In Jefferson county Monday
bv something over 2,000 votes. Out of a
total of forty-eight voting places the
antis carried only eight, three of which
were In Birmingham. The district In
cluded In Greater Birmingham went
dry by 900. In two places, ChalkviUe
and Meeks, the antis did not get a vote.
The opposition has accepted the re
sult with good grace and Brooks Law
rence left Tuesday morning for Mobile,
"here a prohibition campaign will be
started.
Jefferson his gone dry. One of'the
rreateet labor cities In the Bouth has
derided to try prohibition, and upon the
experiment will dejjeml the success of
other Interested communities.
The prohibition law w‘l!l go Into ef
fect January 1. As this Is only two
months away It Is expected that'the
whisky men will begin closing out their
stock at once. .
Testerday was the most. memorable
day In the history of thi city, and the
mayor, sheriff and all public offlclals
are determined to give It a fair trtal.
Backed up.by an aroused public senti
ment, they are going to do all possible
to eliminate whisky from Jefferson
county. ]
Antis Carry City.
Women and children, the greatest
power behind the movement, began
their work In the cold wind In the ear
ly mpmlhg yesterday, serving coffee
and tying ribbons on the voters as
they approached the polls. Many of
them congregated about the polling
places and talked to each Individual
voter.
"Jeffei
slogan ....
did not relax their efforts until the
polling booths had closed.
Birmingham proper went "wet” by
*02 majority.
Bald an official this morning
"All the vice and criminal history of
the past- has been attributed to liquor,
and after a careful study with two
years confronting the experiment we
will be pble to determine the truth or
fallacy of 'the statement that Birming
ham Is the wickedest place in the
South."
May Exceed 2,000.
At 11 o'clock loat night the prohibi
tion cortitrilttee entered a claim of a
2.100 majority. This was based on the
"(tidal returns from all but twelve
boxes and a semi-official return from the
termiinlng dozen. The actual figures,
minus the twelve' boxes, gave prohibi
tion a majority of 1,838.
When the news came that Ensley, the
suburb where the steel mills and fur
naces are located, and probably the
greatest Industrial city In the Bouth.
had gorie- dry the remainder of the
county was at once conceded to prohl
bltlon.
The boye of the Alabama Reform
School at East Lake, beaded by their
"ell-tralned band, were perhaps the
moet Interesting feature of the parade
yesterday. All the schools declared hol
iday, 4
So excited became the women at
rimes they, stood, upon the seat* of bug
gies and In shrill voices addressed the
voters. ' .
The balloting began early and con
tinued briskly throughout the day.
STATE PROHIBITION
BILL MAY BE PASSED.
Montgomery 1 ! Ala., Oct. 29.—It Is
(bought here that the legislature, at Its
special session, will take up and pass a
hhl to bring about "state prohibition.
Speaker A. H. Carmichael has made
known his Intention to present such a
“HI. and It Is well known that he will
have plenty of help to follow It up. Men
who keep tab on what Is going on say
'net Governor Corner will give comfort
to such a measure, though he did not
(h-.'ude It In the things to be taken up
*' tlte extra meeting.
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(DIET STORY DENIED
SENDERS OF
Terrell Petitions Go
Over to Novem-.
ber 12.
CLAIM CONTRACT
STILL IN FORCE
New Feature Delays De
cision on Petition For
Lower Car Fares.
'erson's Going Dry!” was. the
of the prohibitionists, and they
What happened in Jefferson County, Alabama, on October 28,1907.
ON TO CHATTANOOGA,
SAYS LEAGUE OFFICER
“On to Chattriooga,” Is the rail of J. B. Richards, assistant state
superintendent of the Georgia Antl-Salonn League, following the prohibi
tion victory in Birmingham on Monday. Chattanooga Is to become a stra
tegic point In the prohibition campaign In the South after January 1.
Many wholesale whisky dealers have planned to remove to Chattanooga
and to Jacksonville, both on the borders of Georgia, and from these points
to flood Georgia tvltli the "Jug trade.” 1 That Chattanooga can be added to
th: list of prohibition cities In Tennessee Is believed by those who have
watched the fight In Birmingham. But four points In Tennessee con now
sell liquor legally—Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and the little town
of LaFollette.. Can Chattanooga be taken from these four7
Mr. Richards* card follows;
am full of thanksgiving and rejoicing this morning over the great
afitUsaloon victory In Birmingham. Though born In Chattanooga, long
the home of my parents, I was rearsd In Alabama, and for many years
active In Good Templar work. I am a Georgian no*-, and for six ten
years have fought under this old battle-scarred prohibition banner f .r
Georgia and Georgia-homes. 1 still love Alabama and my friends and
relatives there, and have an abiding Interest In Alabama's welfare.
"I am delighted to know that quite a number of our Georgia workers
have been so active In helping In the campaign In Alabama and Florida—
Hon. Seaborn Wright, F. L. Seely, Judge W. A. Covington. Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor, Will D. Upshaw. Judge Anderson Roddenberry and Dr. Sol
omon. These noble workers—God bless them every one!—have wrought
well for humanity, and I Just love to tell everybody about them, and then
I am Just naturally proud of them, anyivt y. They are all members of our
state ofllclal board, and did much to help me In the work here, which It
has been my good fortune to have an humble part In. God bleaa our
Georgia workers, and Georgia's prohibition! I am aure the whole machine
Is ready and anxloua to help the other states In their struggles for such
victories.
"But what about Chattanooga 7 That seems to be the place where liq
uordom opens headquarters for testing Georgia's prohibition law. Say,
let'a go up there and lick ’em good. The good people of that fair city will
give Georgia a fine reception, and with a centralization of Tennessee's
noble forces, strengthened by the Georgia and Alabama forces, the thing
can be done In fine shape. On to Chattanooga!
"J. B. RICHARDS, Associate Superintendent.”
FOOT M'PHERSON ;
BE MADE A
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WORKING MAN’S BALLOT
MADE BIRMINGHAM DRY;
“DOPE” WENT WRONG
Memorable Day
Jefferson Coun
ty.
in
By J. D. GORTOTOWSKY.
»Staff Correspondent.)
Birmingham. Ain.. October 29.- Jefferaon
coutrfy ilry by 2,0<» majority!
DM Birmingham give the nntla only 300
majority? DM Knaley, Bessemer and I rntt
City rote tin* prohibition ticket? •
••I won't believe It till I aee It-aud I m
going to look twice," aald n well known
problbltlonl.it Monday night about10 o cllock
The antla rubbed their eyae. yawned. and
reached for a pillow. They knew It could
not be so. It waa-U must be— aome borrl*
“ft *waa* noMtecause Jeff'ersoti *»u»*y went
dry that prohl an well na anti refiised to lie-
Heve the return* a* they heard them and
mw them. Both aide* hnd tom> •
r|rt*e tight. Nor yet wn* It tieeause the ma
jority waa a* great aa 2,000. although thl*
wn* not expected. •
The eye-opener of the memorable occa
sion, the shock tbnt abook the prohl and
parnJyxed the ant I, t he premise that turned
a handspring and landed wrongodde up.
wa* the vote of the laboring men.
The one argument that the antla had
made with Inalatence and which the profits
were nlwnya at a lota to answer wn* that
prohibition would ruin the laborers-end
Fllrmlngham and Jeffer»on county dep«jml
more than Atlanta ou the laboring man, the
men of the mills and mlnea.
How Mill Workora Voted.
And tbeae men. whom the nntla bad nc-
r used the prohl* of trying to run away,
voted the prohibition ticket.
••Would It be two to ego or^JJjreo to one
for antl-prohlblton In Knaley? wan the
question Hinidiiy. The answer Mondair waa:
kiibIcv for prohibition 348, ngaluat 314.
••The mill men In Bessemer will JMit a
crimp In thl* prohibition movement, wa*
the prediction of the nntla and the fear t»f
the probla on Sunday. The realisation was:
Bessemer for prohibiten 344, agniust prohl*
Continued on Page 8avan.
HARMONIZE PARTY,
PLEADSCLEVELAND
Tells People to Exact Hon
esty and Integrity of
Public Officials.
Trenton, N. J, Oct. 29.—A feature of
the Democratic mass meeting held last
night waa a letter from former Presi
dent Grover Cleveland pleading for
party unity.
"There Is nothing that our people
have a more clear right to demand of
those In control of their state govern
ment than rigid economy and the In
exorable exaction of honest service and
duty on the part of all who are en
trusted with public work," said Mr.
Cleveland. "Neglect of those demands
amounts directly to a waste of the peo
ple’s substance and leads Inevitably to
the prostitution of public interests to
private and partisan ends."
KING AND QUEE-.
IN TRAIN WRECK
Cherbourg, Octnbfr 29.—King Alfon
so and Queen Victoria of 8paln were
severely shaken up by the derailing of
the Spanish royal train today as It
beared the station here.
So far as can he learned, neither was
seriously Injured, but the accident,
coming so close upon the announde-
ment that Alfonso was a victim of tu
berculosis. has caused his subjects to
fear that It may accelerate the progress
of the disease. The train waa slowing
down when It left the track, and to
this fact Is due the absence of more
serious consequences.
A Judicial question arising In Pres
ident Arkwright's bringing up the
franchise contract of 1889, allowing
the street car company to charge 20
cents for long hauls and 10 cents for
short hauls, further hearing of the pe
tition of Councilman W. H. Terrell for
eight fares for 25 cents on the Geor
gia Railway and Electric Company'i
lines went over to November 12, at the
hearing Tuesday morning.
Chairman McLendon said that since
this question of the Jurisdiction of the
commission In the matter had arisen
he thought It beat to thrash out this
contention first. Then If it was found
that this old franchise grant was still
in force, I would not be necessary to
continue the Issue further.
President Arkwright stated that his
company would stand on this old fran
chise, which had not been changed by
subsequent changes and consolida
tions. It came out during the hearing
that neither the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company nor the Atlanta Gas
Company hod been served with copies
of the circular letter calling on cor
porations to furnish detailed data to
the commission by Noveniber 1 con
cerning capitalization, etc.
8tand on Old Contracts.
Both President Arkwright, of the
street car line, and President Brine, of
the gax company, statod that probably
sixty dtlya would be needed tn'furnish
this Information In detail. It Is under
stood that when the gas question cornea
up that , the company will stand upon
an old contract which allowed them to
charge 85 per thousand for gas.
Conucllman Terrell. President Brine
nnd Manager Congdon, of the Atlanta
Gas Company; President Arkwright,
of the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, and Attorney Alex Smith,
for the gas company, were on hand
when the matter came up Tuesday
morning.
President Arkwright In his answer
to the petition of Councilman Torrell.
showed that the fare on the river line
had been reduced to 5 cents. It was
shown that the company owns 22 sep
arate lines, and President Arkwright
dented that the company could make a
reasonable profit by selling eight fares
for 25 cents.
Equipment of Company.
In reply to the petitioner’s complaint
that not enough cars were furnished
and that the care on aome of the lines
were old and dirty. President Ark
wright entered emphatic denial. He
said that there wuh congestion nnd
crowding necessarily at certain rush
hours, but that It would be unfair to
compel the company to supply cars Just
for that period.
He stated also that all old cars with
tha longitudinal seats were being re
placed with new cars, with cross seals,
as rapidly as they could he turned out,
and that by January 1 new enrs would
have replaced all of the old ones, lie-
said that the service and equipment
would compare with any In the country.
In replying to the charge that there
waa no adequate meter Inspection,
within n few days, nn«I he may be able to President Arkwright aald he would
it
f)
Judge Fite * Believe
This Against
Law.
Reported That Troops Will
Be Sent to jorfc.
Oglethorpe.
I* Fort MrPheraoo, the poat of the Her-
enteenth Infantry, to be dlamantled am!
i lie troopa removed, to five place to a boye’
military acbool?
That la the report that haa come to local
real aatate agenta. and It la aald to coma
from on authoritative source.
It la reported that the war department le
considering the removal of the Seven
teenth Infantry to Fort Oglethorpe, at
Chlckamauga Dark. It Is announced that a
that the Fort McPherson troopa may be
sent to this brigade post
At the department of tha gulf, no Infor
mation had been received or would be
made public regarding tho proposed change.
No formal orders have been Issued from
the war department.
What military school la contemplating the
lease of the land aud buildings at Fort Mc
l'heraon haa not baen ascertained. The poat
would be an Ideal location for such a
acbool. The buildings are ample for class
rooms and dormitories, and the great pa
rade ground would accommodate a battalion
of far greater alxe than that of any school
now In the Houtb. The poat Is aald to have
cost thi* government close to a million dol
lars, but It would necessarily aell for a
much smaller sum.
Several rears ago the United States ar-
■enn! at t'olutnbla, Tenn., waa converted
Into a military school, the government leas
ing the ground a and buildings to a private
Institution. Jtniay he that Fort Mct’ber-
son will undergo a similar change.
But a few companies of the Seventeenth
are now l08*nted at the poat. The greater
part of the regiment, two battalions, are In
active service In Cuba.
General W. 8. Kdgerly, commander of
the department of the gulf, la expected to
arrive In Atlanta from bis trip to Europe
give an authoritative statement upon the! gladly submit to nny Intelligent public
- Kl “* n * " * »*—- -- system of meter Inspection. He aald
subject. General J. M,
In command of the dri,
absence of General Kdgerly.
INSURANCE CHIEF
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
New York, Oct. 29.—A aentence of
elx month. In the penitentiary waa
yesterday Imposed by Juetlce Dowling
upon Dr. Walter E. Gillette, former vice
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, who was convicted of per
jury. Dr. Gillette firm denied and then
admitted to n grand Jury that he had
depoelted $5,000 In a bank to be used In
Influencing legislation affecting Innu-
rance companies.
GUARDSDIDNO'r
NOTIFY ADJUTANT
Adjutant General Kcott has not recelvetl
any communication from the Savannah Vol
unteer Guard* In reference to the declaim)
of that organisation to fon*nne under the
regulation* of the national guard and as
port of the MrvIce.
He expressed gratification, however, at
the news as <-ontalned In press dispatches
from Savannah. He says that the general
condition of the national guard Is constantly
Improving.
that the electric company operates 164
miles of street railway In and around
Atlanta, with about 200 motor car*.
It was finally decided, however, to
take up the judicial phase of the ques
tion November 12.
Grace on Chocka.
New York, Oct. 29.—Darwin P. Kings-
ley, president of the New York Life
Insurance Company, haa notified poli
cyholders who have paid their pre
miums with checks on banks that have
suspended that the company will ex
tend 30 days' grace to them.
Lillian Russell Depositor.
New YArk, Oct. 39.—Lillian Russel),
the actress, who Is now absent from
the city on a tour, was one of the large
depositors of the Knickerbocker Com-
K ny, the last sum placed to her credit
Ing about $75,000 from the sale of
household effects.
Pullman Earnings $32,000,000.
Chicago, Oct. 29.—The forthcoming
report of the Pullman Car Company for
the fiscal year ended July 31 will show
earnings close to $32,000,000. an In
Judge A. W. Fite, of the Cherokee
circuit, believes prohibition can be ef
fectively accomplished In Georgia If
the Judiciary will enforce the laws for
bidding the soliciting of orders for
liquor In dry counties.
Judge Fite Is an ardent prohibition
ist, and is In favor of enforcing the
law, which he does In the Cherokee cir
cuit. Blind tigers ure almost unknown
In that section. He Introduced the first
prohibition, bill that ever passed the
Georgia legislature, hut It was held to
be unconstitutional because of the wine
clause.
Judge Fite did not agree with the
supreme court In Its holding. However,
the hoard of roads and revenue for
Bartow refused to grant license for
the sale of whisky and the county re
mained dry. But the people continued
to be annoyed by the shipment of whis
ky Into the county, which Is said to
have resulted almost entirely from the
flood of liquor advertising sent there.
Had Dealers Indicted.
Recently Judge Fite sought to atop
this by* having some of the dealers In
dicted. and they were convicted, but
the court of appeals reversed, following
the former decision of the supreme
court, and holding that Bartow county
was not prohibition, although no liquor
had been sold legally In the county In
many years.
Judge Fite passed through Atlanta
Monday afternoon en route to Macon to
attend the grand lodge. In connection
with the above, he suid:
Interpretation of Law.
"There Is a law in Georgia which
prohibits the soliciting of the sale of
whisky In every dry county In the state,
and this will apply to the whole state
after January 1 next. The law does not
say that the soliciting shall not be in
person, or by agent, or by letter, and
from this l hold that It Is unlawful to
solicit the sale of whisky in any dry
county In person, by agent or by leUfr.
"The liquor dealers of the state are
now. and have been for some tinv*.
flooding (he country »v lth circular let
ters. price lists and orders for tho
of whisky, Inclosing return stamped
velopes, soliciting orders and asking
e rtles addressed If they do not order
fore January 1 to order from them In
Chattanooga and elsewhere thereafter.
Flooded With Liquor Lsttsra.
"These letters, etc., are sent to white
and black, men and boys alike, all of
which) I hold. Is a violation of law and
should be suppressed by the courts as
thoroughly na # posslble.
"One difficulty I And Is In getting
proof, as those who oppose this vio
lation of the law, perhaps not knowing
that It Is a violation, destroy these let
ters, nnd those who use them will say
nothing about them. Hence it is diffi
cult for grand Juries to get sufficient
proof.
"I am asking the people of the Chero
kee circuit to hold these letters until
the meeting of the grand Juries in their
respective counties, nnd then , present
them to that body.
Judges Can Do Much.
"And I respectfully suggest that If
Judges throughout the state would do
the same thing It would not be difficult
to get proof to convict, these men who
utterly disregard the law, for I am sure
the good people of the state will aid in
this Important matter.
"It Is true the court of appeals may
turn me down on this construction of
the law, but In the event they should
do so we. will then know what steps
should be taken by Governor Smith and
the legislature to protect the people
from being flooded with such literature,
thousands «>f whom would never think
of ordering liquor otherwise.
Thinks Congress 8hould Act.
Unless something is done along this
line It will he a difficult matter to en
force the law, as we have no law
which will prevent the shipment of
whisky Into a dry state.
"The truth Is congres# ought to pass
a law, and I believe It would do so If
we had members who would earnestly
endeavor to accomplish It, to prohibit
the shipping of whisky Into any state,
county or territory where the sale of
the same I* prohibited by law, local
option or otherwise."
Judge Fite udvlse* all persons
friendly to the prohibition cause to
preserve all circulars and letters from
liquor house* to give this proposition
a thorough test In the courts.
BY PRESIDENT
OFTRAVELERS’
Insurance Comply Has
Neither Withdrawn-
Nor Reduced Loans.
LETTER TO GEORGIAN
GIVES THE TRUTH
Its Investment in This Sec
tion Increased From
$750,000 to $900,000.
Emphatic denial of any Intention of
withdrawing vno'fiey or Investments in
Atlanta or In this section because -tff
the enactment of the prohibition law
is given by-8. C. Dunham, president of
the Travelers* Insurance Company. In
stead, the company has Invested more
than the original opportlonment'for this
section. ' ?
Recently some real estate men In this
section have advertised the 'fact that
thin company Is withdrawing its money
from Atlanta and Georgia^ assigning as
a reason the prohibition law. Such dis
quieting reports came under notice of
the publisher of The Georgian, and he
at once addressed a communication to
the company.
In that communication he spoke
plainly nnd to the point. His letter
was niet In the same spirit, and with
emphatic denial of any intention of
withdrawing Investments from this sec
tion. President Dunham explains that
It Is the policy of the company to ap
portion Its investments over the coun
try. *' -vpl
The apportionment for Atlanta was
$760,000. but the company Instead has
Invested $900,000.
Since this correspondence the prohi
bition campaign In Birmingham, refer
ence to which Is made in-the letters,
has ended In victory for the prohibi
tionists. The correspondence In full is
given below* -»!* •.*
Mr. 8oely’s Letter.
Atlanta. <in., October 17. 1987.—Travelers'
Ihsnrnuci.* Company, 66 Prospert street.
Hertford, Conn.—Oentlctmm: A number <if
this section are adver
Insurance
from
suj)iHj*8*<11y on account of the passage
of tin* prohibition law.
It Is not our buimes* to Interfere with
any pleas you limy hnv»* along this hue.
Tho Georgian, ns you msy know, Is fh# flrit
dally paper of any slr-e to openly espouse
the cause of prohibition, so our testimony
may l»e tnkra by you with ft grain of salt.
If you will permit me. However. I wish
•'•• '.t.iin iiiuii iiiiw iuiob a
thing fhr fart thnf the TrirelahT tosm
Company Is Withdrawing its uiousy
hero. *upp4jH8*f||y on Account of the psi
say that the question of prohibition Is i
a matter of sentiment, as It Js undoubtedly
regarded la your oectlon.
VV> bare problems here with which y<nt
are not famfllir. principally the negro prob
lem—with a million and n quarter negroes
In the state of Georgia Slone to hnndlo—
a question whl
overwhelmingly must of necessity have
ny more friends than the opponents of
prohibition, nnd 1 am frank to say to, you
that your action. If It Is baaed upon the
hypothesis that we are mistaken down here,
will, lu all probability, make ns many ene
mies, If not more, for yoar company tbm
you will make friends among the said op.
ponents.
Prohibition in Alabama.
B rt. HI
ima. which
to you os
. . . m m j ardently, fight
ing for prohibition than tha state of Geor
gia, and, as an evidence of their ardor, l
refer you to the fact that The Birmingham
** — one o' —
since tooEnJHHVHHHHL- „_
week later Its vigorous competitor, Tho
Birmingham Evening Udger, Joined with
It, end a week ago The Montgomery Jour-
ual did the muh*.
ALABAMA GIRL
WEDS LIEUTENANT
Washington. Oct. *J9.—-I'nrentnl objection
«||«1 not prevent the woildlng of Ml** Miller,
daughter of Lh*u!rnmjt t'olonel Miller, of
Alabama, chief i|imrtenua*tcr In the I’bll-
ippini*. nml Ju|lnn Humphrey, lieutenant
of I'hlllpplnc scout*. Mis* Miller’* parents
nrrled her to the l*lnud* to separate the
lovers, but the Hen tenant went over on the
me boat.
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!§ HEAVY FROST TUESDAY: 0
WARMER WEDNESDAY. 0
Race Results.
TENNESSEE CONQRE88MEN
WILL SUPPORT PROHIBITION. crea»« of 12,500,000 over the previoua
-. j year. Toe ii4t eai'Ulngi Will »iiutv uii
Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. 21.—Con- j Increase of about $$00,«00.
gressmen Hale. Brownlow, Houston.
Padgett. Sim*. Gaines and Garrattsay
they will support temperance leglala-
tion at the next session of congress,
and that both United States Senators
J. B. Fraxier and Bob Taylor will sup
port temperance legislation. Dr. Folk 1 third. Time 1:1*.
said he had not approached the mem- | Second Race—Lord Stanhope, 4 to 1,
ber from tne Tenth district, but he be- won; J. F. Donohue, 4 to 1. second;
llaved that gentleman would be for |8hroedcr’a Midway, 3 to I, third. Time
temperance reform alao. 1:49.
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there does not mean tbs ssths
It does here, rfed that If yon srs re
trenching In the state of Georgia because
you iMillsre we are likely to eollapse. I
would Img of you to Investigate tbs matter
more thoroughly, and see If yon can bs coo-
vlaced that our cotton Crop of over 1100.-
<00,000 will be any less or bring a smaller
price localise we have passed a law lu
which von may not Iwllev*.
And I beg you further to In res Agate-sad
It would pay you to send a responsible pgr-
ty here to do so—whether or not you rin
stand the prejudice that will come down
upon your company If It becomes generally
know I), as It Is bound to do. that you are
lending your offices to rebuke s movement
that has seemed wise to s large majority of
bur people.
I am only an Individual myself, but
have within four weeks taken out a policy
In your company, and hare bad eevoral pol-
Ide* heretofore In connection with my busl-
ie«* Interests.
I shall await with pleasure your reply,
nd suggest the advisability of your stst-
ng It In a msnner that I can print. }ery
lug .
sincerely yours.
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Publisher.
President Dunham’s Reply.
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 21. 1907.
Mr. F. L Reely, The Atlauta Georgian.
Atlanta, Gs.
Dear Sir:
You tell me in yoors of the lith that real
estate men In Georgia are aaylng that the
Travelers Insurance Compsny la withdraw-
Ing Investments from Georgia because a
prohibltou law has been pasted. This la not
The enactment of thti statute and th*
possible enactment of a like statute In olb*
states has no Influence whatever upon the
Investment policy of The Travelers Insur
ance Company. . • u
It Is poselbie that such a rumor gained
sono* circulation because we have recently
advised Mr. Jacob Haas, our agent lu At
Junta, that we do not cure to do more than
to maintain ahont our presoot volume of
Investments In yoar city. And the reason
for this Is that we bars* as large a ratio or
our entire assets Invested In Atlanta a<
seem* to us proportion*tt*. More than :»
year apt we told Mr. Hass that
seemed a fair araountfor him to expect. If
has reached nearly $900,000, which Is rnor.*
than we Intended and more than wo h.tv**
invested In any Northern city, exo*»p* s»*ai
tie. The company's action ha* bets gor.
erned entirely by Its effort to make it some
what proportionate distribution of the
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