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e i THE WEATHER. Rafn late Wednesday night or Thursday; warmer Thursday. Tem peratures Wednesday (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s store): S a. m.. 38 degrees; 10 a. 43 degrees; 11 noon. 47 degrees; 2 p. m., 48 de grees. "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN' AND NEWS They're Off For 'Round the State The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—-TAE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet; 0 3-1* Liverpool, steady; 5.20. New York, quiet; !> 45. Savannah, steady; 9H. Augusta, steady; 9 5-16. Gal ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1911. HOME(4TH] EDITION P. M’S OFFICE 550,000,000 fOR HAPS WILLINGHAM COTTON PLANTERS Volney Williams Takes Issue With Him Over Candidate’s Record in Legislature. FRIENDS WRITE A LETTER Russell in Bainbridge Wednes day—Pope Brown and Du pont Guerry in Americus. Pope Brown headquarters Is tn re celpt of a long letter, signed “Anxious Voter" (which It Is claimed Is from a joe Brown supporter), asking 'an an swer to the Bartow S. -Willingham let ter which attacks the prohibition rec ord of Pope Brown. Discussing this. Volney Williams, campaign manager for Tope Brown, says: "Mr. Brown has paid no attention to the Willingham letter for two rea sons: First, because Mr. Willingham Is In no way a recognized leader of prohibition, and second, because the only real charge made -against Sir. Brown's prohibition record Is absolute ly false upon Its face. “While It Is true that In the year 1898 Mr. Willingham Introduced a pro hibition bill, yet it IS further true that this Is the only record that tho prohi bitionists have of any services .render ed by Mr. Willingham. It U also true that ever since Mr. Willingham Intro duced his famous bill, he has attempted to use the fact as a political asset. “Mr. Willingham stated that Pope Brown voted against the Boynton bill, which he Willingham, stated was a straight out prohibition measure. This is a -straight-out’ misrepresentation, and Mr. Willingham knows It. The Boynton bill provided for dispensaries, and the manufacture of liquors. “Mr. Willingham stated In his open letter to Mr. Brown that Governor Joseph M: Brown had always been a consistent prohibitionist. What does Mr. Willingham have to say about Dr. John E. Whtte-s statement that ’Joseph M. Brown's election was largely due to the liquor Interests and tho corpora tions.' "If the people of Georgia want Pope Brown’s true prohibition record they might be referred to the following, let ter, signed by his old friends and neighbors, who have known him for years: Letter to Rope Brown, '"Dear Mr. Brown: To your home people who have seen you In tha thick est of every tight waged in our coun ty and State against the sale of whisky, ll seems to us absurd that your loyalty could even he questioned by design ing politicians, to the matter of pro hibition so dear to you as well as us. “ 'More than 25 years ago when near ly every general store In the town was a package house, where whisky was sold by the pint and up. when It was regarded respectablo to soil It, and vote for It, when tho preacher was threatened If he preached prohibition, you were ono of our most valiant gen erals In fighting- It. and your labor and activity, especially with the negro voter that thronged yours and your neighbors' farms was an Important factor In the signal victory won. Every other campaign you were, of course, equally us strongly lined up in the cause of prohibition. " 'When many of our good citizens, Including many temperance workers, favored the introduction of the dis pensary, and after Its trial, the W. C. T. IT. undertook to drive It out In the face of Its strong supporters, being entrenched behind official sanction be cause Its was a revenue measure, you volunteered to assist in Its removal, and was one of the five central cam palgn committee of men. " 'While the present prohibition law was pending, and when the matter of allowing the sale of domestic or home made wine was being considered, you, with the local president of the Anti- Saloon Lcaguo, went to Atlanta, and assisted our local representative and senator In getting that provision ellm- .Continued on Last Pape, New York Bankers Pledge an Enormous Sum to Aid the Southern Farmers. BARRETT APPROVES PLAN $25 Will Be Advanced on Every Bale Based on Market Value at Time of Loan. New York, Nov, 22.—-To aid South ern cotton growers In holding their crop. New York, bankers, who have been conferring hero for tho last few days with representatives of tho South ern Cotton Congress and Governors' conference have raised a fund of $60,- 000,000. Announcement of this fact was made public Tuesday 'afternoon, Tho source of tho fund Is headed by Colonel Robert M. Thompson, of tho brokerage Arm of S. H. P. Pell & Co., of this city. Tho plant proposes to advanced the grower $25 per bale fpr hlB cotton, based on the market value at the time of tho loan. No interest Is charged on the loan, the only charge being $1 per bale. The statement given out here says that President Charles Barrett, of tho National Farmers union, approves the plan. IE BROWN RAtLY BETIFR EDUCATION FILES TWO FL008S IS URGED BY LABOR Candidate Himself Makes His First Political Speech to an Atlanta Audience. HENRY CABANISS PRESIDES James L. Anderson and Walter Andrews Fail to Speak, as Was Announced. Convention Asks States to Pro vide Compulsory System and Free School Books. QUIET SESSION IS HELD Report on President Gompers’ Annual Address To Be Fea ture on Thursday. Atlanta voters have, heard the la- While there was none of the apertne- zues In the present gubernatorial cam- ular at Wednesday morning’s session palgn discussed from the three view- of the American Federation of I.abor, po.n.s of the three candidates for gov-vis.,m- -uld^avo^voted tho ernor In threo separate meeUngsat comp i uh#d {or labor’s uplift and ad- Photo by Mathewson. Two snapshots of start of Good Roads tour around Georgia. Above is first car, getting away from The Constitution office early Wednesday morning. Below is the official Imperial car of the Atlanta Ad Men's club. In it are C. B. Lawton, O. D. Small, C. A. Waite and Jack Lewis. • the Grand opera house this month. The primary on December 7 Is but two veeks and a day off and In that time they must make up their minds how they will vote. Two of the three can didates have declared that the liquor question Is the,main Issue. The third declares that It has no place In this campaign. On December 7 the voters will show whether or not It Is an Issue and whether It has a* place In the cam paign. Judge R. B. Russell spoke here first, on Friday, November 3. Ho was tho only speaker. He didn't fill all the seats In tho orchestra floor and bal cony. One week later came the Pope Continued on Page Two. BAPTIST WOMEN’S FINANCE PUTS ONE OVER METHODISTS WILL SUCCEED PAXON AS HEAD OF CHAMBER Use Georgian Want Ads poiLSGfc ton Tn gathering practical knowledge you JpJ* no School or college, for you can P” 4 M you've a mind the surest way f ' n,a ^e things pay by looking for in- . alIon *0 the proper Clarification; ®n«l our Want Ad pago you soon will l nr " 1 if you will bear this hfnt In mind , a mighty mine *»f Information and a l 1 ' rfectly practical education. A way to make money that would open tho eyes of the shrewdest spec ulators in Wall-st. came like a flash to some of the good Baptist women last week when their church was holding a cake sale At' the same time that a Methodist church was trying to ralsd funds In the same manner. Both ladles’ societies In the two churches had cake stands In Whlto- hall-st. But there the similarity ended. It w».s the first cake sale the Methodist ladles of that particular church had ever held and they made and begged great quantities of cake, which they placed on' sale at 50 cents per cake. The Baptist dealers in cake were wiser. They had not as many cake* on their counters, but they asked and re ceived just twice as much for theirs ns the Methodist brand Just a block down the street was bringing. he sale had been going on for sev eral hours, when one of the ladies In charge of tho Baptist sale expressed a desird to know how tho Methodist af fair was coming out. She went down THE ALDRICH PLAN American Association Mem bers Hear Address on the Central Bank System. and paid a visit. To her surprise, she found cakes no smaller than those eho had left at her booth going for 50 cents apiece. 8ho Immediately bought ono and returned to the Baptist booth. Other good Baptist ladles followed her example and before the day was over tho ladles of the Methodist society were pleased and surprised to see that they had not a single piece of cake left. After selling all their cakes and turn ing the money over to the treasurer of the society there was nothing left for the good* Methodists to do but to walk up the street and find out how the Baptist sale was going on and inci dentally tell of their own success. Imagine the. sur-prl*. . uf--Uu. . 1; Methodist visitor to recognize not one. lull s.-vi mI dozi 11 "f the rlikes they hit,1 sold a few hours previous, given ft place of vantage In the Baptist show cases and plainly marked ”$I each." A shriek called tha other visitors rushing In the door and explanations followed. With many good laughs tho Continued on Paqe Fifteen.’ New Orleans, La, Nov. 22.—President J. G. Schurman, of Cornell university, today gave his Indorsement to the cen tral bank system plan of monetary re form, advocated by Senator Nelson Al drich, In an address before the conven. tlon of the American Bankers associa tion. declaring that it offers a method of reform currency and banking sys tems that can be fitted Into existing conditions without working revolution ary changes, while at the same time It promises good chances of immunity from the machinations of political and Wall Street interests. Currency reform Is a question which, in public Interest, should take precedence of both partisan political Issues and tariff agitation. ”1 recognize the propriety of bringing our tariff laws Into harmony with the conditions of modern Industry and commerce and the demands of the con suming public,” said President Schur man. “And tho I am firmly convinced that business on a large scale is abso lutely essential to efficiency In the mod ern world and should be protected and encouraged by all proper and legitimate means, I hold not less emphatically that tho public have a right to be protected from oppressive monopolies. But what ever tho losses, sufferings and Incon veniences which may be attributed to our anti-trust laws, they are far less than the losses. Inconveniences and suf ferings which are due to the Imperfec tions of our banking and currency sys tem. To the supreme Importance of thfs Issue, therefore. It Is Indispensable that the public should be aroused.” QUITMAN SUFFERS FIRE DAMAGEJ0F $10,000 Quitman, Ga., Nov. 22.—Fire at mid night destroyed tho mercantile atock of C. J. Porter, Jr., & Co., and the grocenr stock of J. A. HaselL Porter's loss la ‘ ated at $8,000; Ms Insurance was $5,- HasselPi loss was $2,000. covered by $1,000 Insurance. The damaged building is perty of W. W. Walker and *uf- about $4,000 damage, which was partly covered by Insurance. "•rompt work by the fire department ed J. J. Hardy'* market. The fire originated In Porter's warehouse between his and Hassell's stores. Rat* and matches are supposed to have started the WILMER L. MOORE. One of Atlanta's leading Insur ance men who will on next Tues day be elected president of Cham ber of Commerce. DIAL’S RATTLESNAKE CHUM SLUMBERS BY HIS PILLOW For strange bedfellows the palm must justly go to Marshall Dial, a young man of Athens, Ga., who Is a guest at the Hew Kimball. For the young Athen ian Is lulled to sleep each night by tho buzz-buzz of tho *ix rattles that grace the tail of a three-foot rattlesnake. It was a negro porter at the Kimball who discovered Dial's strange pet, and from all reports he Is running yet. The negro had gone to Dial’s room at 8 o'clock Wednt;sday morning with a pitcher of lco water, which had been ordered the night before. Receiving no answer to his knocks-on tho door, the negro entered, nnd tip-toeing to a table Deside the bed, deposited the water. As he started to leave, his foot steps wore halted by a deep "w-h-l-r-r —w-h-i-r-r.” He turned to see pro truding from a box at the stooping oc cupant of the room's left shoulder a flat head with beady eyes, which moved gracefully from right to left, and from the mouth of-which darted swiftly a forked tongue. What de debel,” exclaimed the star tled negro, and tho next mlnuto he was smashing all records as he'sped from the door and down the corridor. Since then he has not been seen. A half hour later Dial had arisen and was enjoying his breakfast while his snakoshlp buzzed merrily away in hla box which had been placed under his owner's chair in the dining room. “Talk about burglar alarms,” Dial said, “Mike,” for that Is the rattler's name, 'in about th« best ever. I wish I could get him patented. He sleeps by my side every night, and Just let any ono enter the room! The loudest bell would be drowned by Mike'* rattles, About a month ago while traveling In a sleeping car I had Mike by my side. Suddenly he set up a terrible whirring nnd 1 awoke, to see a hand being drawn quickly from the curtain* of my berth. I didn't find to whom the hand belonged, but I believe that Mike saved my pock- etbook and watch, which 1 had placed under my pillow.” Tho rattlesnake, which has six rat- Continued on Pag# Fifteen. i any day FINE REPORT! Steamship Prince Joachim Is Beached on Samana Island, Says Wireless Dispatch. New York, Nov. 22.—A stray wire less message, picked up by tho op erator at the Forest Station, L. I., to. day, reported that the Hamburg Amer ican liner Prince Joachim went ashore on Samana Island, 170 miles north of Cuba. The wireless stated that altbo the ship was resting easy upon the rocky le^ge, she was calling for help. The Prince Joachim sailed from this .port last Saturday bound for King ston, Jamaica; Santiago, Colon and other Caribbean ports. Among tho names of her passenger list were those of William Jennings Bryan, Mrs. Bryan anA their six-year-old grandson, John Bryan. The Princo Joachim Is a schooner rigged screw propelled vessel of 2,981 tons displacement, and flies tho Ger man flag. Her hailing point Is Ham burg. She Is a combined passenger and freight ship. Among the passen gers on the Joachim besides tho Bry ans are W. B. Cbby, of Convent City, Mich., and-Dr. Eugene Gouczl, of Chi cago. There, were nine second-class pas sengers on board. The first reports of tho disaster stated that the crew started to jettison a part of the cargo In order to lighten tho ship, and see If she. would not float off of her dangerous position. Colonel Bryan and his family ore on their way to Kingston to visit their daughter Ruth, who Is married to an English army officer stationed at Kingston. It was their Intention to go to Panama to spend tho winter aft er leaving Kingston. Shipping men here expressed the be lief that the Prtn?Q. Joachlm'must have been considerably off her course when she struck. Another wireless received at 6:80 stated that the sea was calm, and that there was no panic among the passen ger*. Coffee was served on the ship to many passengers on the decks. At that hour the ship was resting easy. At 11 o’clock the Hamburg-American line gave out a statement to the effect that they had Just received a wireless from the Prinz Joachim saying that all the passengers were still safe on board. The steamship company Immediately sent orders by wireless to the Ham- burg-Amerlcan liner Prinz Augustus which left Colon for tho north yester day, and to the Allemanla, which cleared Jamaican ports Monday, to rush to the assistance of the stranded ves- CHAMBERJKOMMERCE Nominated/or Place.by-Com- mittee, Which Means. His Election Next Tuesday. The annual election of officers and directors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will take place next Tuesday between the hours of noon and 5 p. m.. In the rooms of the chamber, 508 Em= plre building. In pursuance of a time-honored cus tom, a nominating commlttea was ap pointed to present names for the con sideration of members and this year President Paxon asked the ex-presl- dents to serve in that capacity, with ex-Presldent Maddox as chairman and ' K. Orr, H. D. Jones, Asa O. Candler, H. Beck. R. J. Lowry, and J. G. Oglesby as the other members. When Mr. Maddox left the city J. . K. Onr was made chairman. The by-laws provide, that the pres! dent, first and second vice presidents, the treasurer and live directors shall bo elected each odd number year for two years, and the third, fourth and-fifth vice'presidents and four (Hreatof* <hall be elected each even number years for two years. Because of the promotion of several, vice presidents und directors and the resignations of John E. Murphy and J. H. NunnaJiy, It becomes necessary to elect a new board, with the exception of J. T. Holleman, who has ono year to serve. The following are nominated for the terms set opposite their names,, allbe- glnnlng January 1, 1012: For Two-Year Tenns—Wllmer L. Moore, president; Mell R. Wilkinson, first vice president: V. H. Krlegshaber. second vice president: Joseph T. Orme, treasurer. For One-Year Terms—Brooks Mor- gan,.third vice president; Victor L Smith, fourth vice president; Robert J. Guinn, fifth vice president. . Directors Two-Yeer Terms—J. R. A. Hobson, B. M.-Hood. Ivsn E. Allen, H. G. Hostings, John S. Owen*. Directors One-Year Term*—W. IV. Orr, J„T. Holleman (holding over), A. C. McIIan, 8. B: Turman. ATHENS JCITY OFFICIALS ARE ALL_RE-ELECTED Athens, Ga„ Nov. 22.—Mayor ; H. J. Rowe and Aldermen Wood. Foster, Young and Harris were re-elected today without [■position. They will serve terms of two All Baptist Records Broken by Year’s Contribution to For eign Evangelism. Rom*, G«„ Nov. 22.—Tho second day's session of the Georgia Baptist convention started at 8 o’clock this morning, with devotional exercises, fol lowed by the report of the committee on eo-operatlon. This committee ad vises systematic giving under a fixed schedule for the different activities of the church.- At 10 o’clock there wa» a great rally for foreign missions, conducted by Rev, R. J. Willingham, secretary of the for eign mission board. Great enthusiasm was caused by Dr. Willingham's’ state ment that the contributions for the cause of foreign missions this year had broken all -Records. An Increase of $3,000 over last year was-shown,'the largest contribution ever made by Georgia Baptists or the Baptists of any state in the South during any conven tional year In the history of the church. This afternoon will bo devoted to a consideration of state missions and Dr. J. J,-Bennett, the secretary, will make an address. Yesterday afternoon at Shorter col lege there was a great educational ral- ljr. Speeches were made by ’Dr. G. A. Nunnally, President A. IV. VanHoose of Shorter, President Jackson of Bes sie Tift, Dr. John E. White and others. Supper was served to all of the dele gates tn the college dining hall. The night session was devoted to the cause of home mission. W. R. Owen, pastor of the t'apltol-ave. Baptist church, of Atlanta; Dr. B. D. Gray, secretary of the'home mission board; Dr. A. C. Cree. of Moultrie, and others spoke, their theme being that the grow, lng wealth of the South was in danger of deadening spiritual feeling. Dr. R. 8. MacArthur, president of the Baptist World's alliance, waa the clos ing speaker last night. He announced that-he would leave next month tor Russia In pursuance of the work'of the alllancer-Many additional delegates ar rived today and sessions will continue with Increasing Interest thru Friday. Interest of delegates to the conven tion centers in the question of the re moval of Mercer university from Macon to Atlanta. While the action of the convention can not be predicted, and while no Intimation of the report of the committee to be made Thursday night has been given out, there Is a general sentiment to the effect that Mercer must be made a better and a stronger college. Inspired,by their visit to Shorter yesterday, the convention Is determined to make the Institution for men us prominent as' the school for young womei^ There Is a large delegation from Ma- FEARS OF BEATTIE Death Watch Guard Has Been Increased Around Young Wife Murderer. Richmond, V*., Nov. 22,—The death guard ha* been Increased around Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and from today until he goes to the electric chair on Friday morning to pay the Anal penalty for the murder of his wife, his every move ment will be watched day and night to prevent an attempt to commit suicide. Beattie has abandoned all hope of In tervention, and Is prepared to die, ac cording to the prisoners and his spirit ual adviser, but the prison officials are guarding against a last attempt thwart justice by self-destruction. In the face of the statements of the two ministers who are attending him in the dep.th cell, that he ha* made peace with God- and 1* ready to face hla doom as a Christian, stands forth (he fact that never once has Beattfe asked to see his baby, Henry Clay Beattie III, the Infant of the wife he shot to death. He has shown an Indifference amount ing almost to aversion when tho child has been mentioned by his spiritual ad visers and the prison attendants. It is said. The child Is now with its ma ternal grandparents, at Dover, Del. Beattie will never see the Instrument of his death or know the Identity of those who looked on while he rendered up the law's tribute of a life for a life. Under the Virginia law, the head of a murderer Is covered with a black silk cap before he leaves his cell to,march to execution, and when Beattie, guided by his guards and escorted by a clergy man, takes the short final walk that leads him to the death chamber shortly after sunrise on Friday, his head w ill be covered. The young prisoner has divided his few personal effects, clothing and trin kets he had when brought to the Jail among the prison attendants who have shown him kindness, and has written his farewell to his chum, Billy Samp son, pointing out to him from his own case, that "the wages of sin is death.” vancement in America than < of the session. The most Important action was to tak# advanced ground for oompulpnry education In every state of tho Union; to ask the various legislatures to pass laws furnishing free books for all school children and to establish free public night schools. Industrial education and its exten sion Is one of the prime object* of tho American* Federation of Labor, and the United States government was com mended for its voluminous report on in dustrial education after an Investigation by Uncle Sam made at the request of American Federation of Labor. Tho special committee on industrial edu cation was continued to report at the 1912 convention. Congressman W. B. Wilson, chair man of the committee on president's report, indicated that this report, which Is set as a special order for Thursday morning at 9:15 o'clock, will bo of vital importance and will be the last word on labor’s demands in congress and throughout tho world. This commlttoo is tho body that shapes tho policy of the American Fed - oration of Labor, basing its conclusions on the great national and international questions discussed by President Sam uel Gompers in Ills annual address. On all questions of policy tho committee recommends the lines to be pursued by tho American Federation of Labor for tho next twelve months. It is said Its most important conclu sions will be as to Injunctions, court processes and legislation both state and national. A recommendation as to the McNa mara appropriation Is expected from thlB committee. Congressman Wilson would not Indicate what the commit tee expected to bring in, when ask«d about the subjects it la expected to discuss. The convention adjourned at noon to give tho important committees on res, elutions, adjustment, organization, building trades, president's report ami others, time to finish all work Wednes day afternoon. Important battles are expected Thursday on several leading questions when these committees report. Delegate Charles T. Smith, of tha Central Labor Trades council, of Wash ington. asked unanimous consent to in troduce a resolution protesting against tho action of tho secretary of the treasury In awarding the contract for building tho new $1,500,000 bureau of engraving structure at Washington as unfair. It waa Introduced and referred to the resolutions committee. On.motlon of James O’Connell, chair man, the report of tho adjustment com mittee on about twenty grievances, was set as a special order for Thursday morning. Many telegrams were read to tho convention. A half dozen came from Seattle, Wash., Inviting the convention to meet there next year. Several camo from Rochester, N. Y., of tho same purport. Tho Seamen's union at Boston sent a protest against tho organization of a transportation department, as detri ments! to their interests. Chairman James Duncan sent in an other section of tho report of tha com mittee on resolutions. On account of some delay in arriving at a conclusion on the dispute of the two electrical workers factions, the building trades committee, of which James A. Short is chairman, will not report until Thursday afternoon. At the same time the report on the rein- _ statement of the 200,000 carpenters Into the building trades department, as rec ommended by the executive council, will be submitted. It Is said the committee will stAnd by the regular or McNulty faction of tho electrical workers, and the Reid faction will get it in the neck. Porto Rico Asks Help. A resolution that a committee of six be appointed from the American Fed eration of Labor to wait upon Presi dent William H. Taft as soon as pos sible to ask him to recommend to the governor of Porto Rico certain leg islation for that Island was concurred In after some amendments. The legis lation sought for in Porto Rico and in dorsed is that the school appropria tion for the island be doubled; salaries of teachers be the same as paid Amer ican teachers; an eight-hour day es tablished. and the labor liability act of the United States become the law of Porto Rico; the abolishment of convict labor for private profit; an act to pro tect agricultural workers against trust sugar factories, to secure Inspection of sugar factories there and to Improve sanitary conditions; the establishment of a labor bureau In Porto Rico and prohibiting the working of children leas Continued on Last Page. con here ready with an offer of 25 acres of land adjoining the present I campus, said • to have cost $40,000. It Is rumored, however, that there are cer tain conditions attached to the gift, which would make it unacceptable. It! fa regarded as not Improbable that the committee will be continued another year, and no definite action taken untilj next year. ! There seem* to be doubt that the: Continued on Last Rag*. Business Days Before CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush