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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday. The Atlanta Georgian and news SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, quiet; 5.81. Atlanta, quiet; 101-18. New Orleans, steady; 10 5-16. New York, steady; 10.8D. Savannah, quiet, ,10o. Augusta, steady; 107-16. 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. 0O0000000O0000000O00OOO000 O VOTE OF LABOR PEOPLE 0 O CAST FOR PROHIBITION. O 0 o 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 □000000000000000O00000000Q ttperlnl to The Ororglnn 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. OOOOOOOOOOOO0OOO0OOOOOO0O0 I (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 ° LONDON SENDS $7,700,000 ? QOLD TO NEW Y O YORK. O 1 O “ , London. Oct. 29.—The Bank of O “ England today sent 1,599,000 O z Pounds bar gold and coin for O 2 shipment to the United States O 2 “rid 40,000 pounds to Holland. 0 u o □OCaoooooO0OO0000000O0O0OO 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. oooooooooaoooooooooooooooo !§ 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. O 7 o'clock's, m, JAMAICA. I 0 * ggS J; First Race—Obert. • to 1. won; Mis* o 10 o'clock m Mazzonl $ to 1, second; Orfano. 4 to 1, O Cold snap will end Wednesday, Q O according to the weather man. O O Heavy front throughout thl* sec- O 0 tlon Tuesday nmrnJn*. with air 0 0 keen and shivery. Forecast: O 0 "Fair Tuesday night and Wed- O 0 nesday; warmer Wednesday.” O 0 Tuesday temperatures: f o ‘ .41 degrees 0 .43 degrees 0 ....47 degrees O 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. 52 degrees O OH o’clock u. m 57 degrees O O 12 o’clock noon 61 degrees O O 1 o’clock p. m 6$ degrees O 0 2 o’clock p. m 64 degrees 0 O Q O00000O000000000Q0QO0O00O0 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 Continued on Page ftevo*.