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I ATLANTA GEORGIAN. W I' !*M SI*A V. CHARTIER ADVOCATE CHARGES COMPETITOR BACKED DOWN Bagwell Answers Briscoe in Reference to $1,000 Chal lenge for Contest. "I Am Still Anxious for the Contest,” Says Bagwell. “My Conditions Are Six Weeks in Chartier Against Three Months in Gra ham.” Hr. A. C. Briscoe, President. Atlanta, Oa. . , Dear Sir: We note your reply, as published In The Georgian, July It, to our letter of June 28, In which we proposed to contest a ten-day student of Chartier shorthand against any thirty-day pupil of your school. Your refusal to enter the contest Is so complete a backdown from your original proposition, and It la so ap parent to all who have followed this controversy that you are begging the question, that we would consider a re ply entirely unecessary, but for the fact that you have made a serious charge against us, which we cannot permit to pass unchallenged. You have charged that In making public your refusal to enter the con test at the time we d|d and under the circumstances Involved we have disre garded the proprieties and the ameni ties of life and have shown an utter want of sympathy, and delicacy of feel ing. The extreme delicacy of the matter forbids us to repeat In an open letter your statement of the facts upon which this charge Is based even for the pur pose of explanation and defense. We desire tb say that the personal matter above referred to has no legiti mate placd In this discussion, and your dragging It Into the controversy was entirely uncalled for. Your only rea son for doing so was that you could not back up your own proposition, nnd you wished to prejudice the public against us personally and to detract the attention from the main point at Issue. Our proposition was made to the Southern Shorthand and Business Uni versity through you as Its president, and not to any Individual. We waited on you from June 28 to July 15. There was no earthly reason why you could not have taken the matter up with us at any time. In taking advantage of the unfortu nate circumstances In question to ex tricate yourself from an extremely em barrassing position, you yourself have grossly disregarded the very proprieties and amenities of life which you accuse us of violating, and hnve shown your self wnntlng In reflnement and delicacy of feeling which should have deterred you from this course. How long after your bombastic at tack upon the Chartier system filled with misrepresentations nnd with re flections upon the sincerity and honesty of those who teach It did you expect us to wait ? Did you expect us to keep quiet until the public had forgotten all about' It. and then allow you to come out and claim the victory? Our honor as Well as our Interest was In volved. The public believes In a square deal, nnd unless we are much mistaken, your attempt to muddy the water by Injecting Into the controversy an Ir relevant matter that should never have been mentioned will receive the con tempt It Justly merits. Challenge Not Made in Good Faith. Now, Mr. Briscoe, we propose to prove once for all that your challenge was not made In good faith; that you have never Intended, and do not now Intend, to enter any contest that will give us an opportunity to prove the superiority of Chartier shorthand, and that you have .endeavored to mislead the public. You make us four separate and dis tinct propositions. Involving a forfeit of 5250 In each case. You now say that we did not accept your first propo- SESSION IS EXTENDED TO PASS CONNOR BILL The Senate Discussion {PEOPLE WANT NEW Covers Period of Four Hours. Discussion of the Connor bill occu pied the senate from 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning until 2 o'clock In the stand up ■■■■ sitlons. The ridiculousness position needs no comment. , for Its passage. You »av Though the opponents of the mess- that we did not accept your first prop- nn*the , fln«i Jf? ‘i’i* osltlon. Let us see. Your article In I !!*£*!: sitlon, and that, therefore, yoa will ' " ad up to the other three propo-1 ?" i71^2s» — " lon bHn * * xt * nded Though tl ade a s final _ which the challenge wasmad. con- I * h * talned the following headline: “11,000 .*1!?, ”“J on Challenge to Prove Assertions." Our h *' d 5 Jubilee when acceptance of the proposition In ques- l tn ® r8,u,t ''** * n hounced. , tlon was worded as follows: "We ac- Steed Opens Debate, cept this proposition with the under- Senator Steed opened the argument I , * ndl , l JK, th » t oar competitor confine with an able argument tor the original mmle by us.' ?Ur * “ orl * ,naJ,y I Connor bill, and opposed any of the Now, If your challenge was to prove Proposed amendments, our assertions, what possible objections He thought that Georgia would make could you have to confining yourself to a long stride forward when It provided our claims? In fact, how could your f or the techlncal education of Its farm- proposition exist unless you do so! If Lrs. 2ndThe ConSS?bill approprktlw our claims are unreasonable, as you j, 00i00 o for establishing an agrliultunU exaggjraie^them'^n'makVng Vour*prop- rl'ght*dlrecMon. ,n * ^ lh ” °’«ve never claimed that pup.,, of taW ft'V ,Vir* te eon for * outh Georgia to receive recognl- 8tu dy, take 300 words of unfa- tlon, and advocated branch agricultural mlilar matter In three minutes, as your colleges, one located In south, the other proposition required. You very well | n north Georgia. “SXJffiS.lSr'Yl! X/YE , Let “ >» * distinctive Institution for stenographers In Atlanta who could do the teaching of our farmer boys the . ... ... - - . science of farming. Do not let his Competitor Met on His Owni Grounds, mind be distracted by study of the You say that to contest a thlrty^day I stars and rocks " pupil wou'd be to violate every prlncl- H e thought south Georgia should pie of pedagogy. Of course, we do not have some consideration, wish you to violate the principles of N , pedagogy—that would be too bad. But * Sectional Measure. If you have conscientious scruples In Senator Candler, in reply to Senator this matter, we can perhaps help you Crum, said: out by making you tha following propo- "Thank God. I can approach this sub- oi OI \i# i i .. -. .. . . Ject as a Georgian, and not aa a south. 8,X Th*os <, Months'in^the'^Grshsm* "* 4 — d ‘*.r «*» * You propose to contest a three h. h.,i .,„„a K ., ... “n’t' D > y L .ny' l m^ 0 monthi' pu?U ln , ,tltutlon * * h ® r£ to enter . rnntMt aeS aS f ,rdl, !f °? “« location, and said he ■lent ofUmCharMe? svstemwho never £ avored « he agricultural college not studied shorthnnd nrmr to^une l Dro because It was to'be located In Athena, v,d2d d the com«S? £ held pubMcVnot “ «°“ ld b ** n later than July 25. This proposition U„mlng “n thS stam ' obviates all of your objections, and If ™™'ng in Uia state. . fZ d t.ou n Vr°e ’afraid ' o7'“th5 P ure L u, " ce thxt th « should tnat you are afraid or tne result. | have co )| ege tnr the(r , oni lrlllv ’■ “The grandest men In our state are BAGWELL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, {£“• ,mh"bed °2f ‘the ?re?dom"£f’the J. O. Bagwell, President. D“,Y e l'T'“® d ID! 188 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. I 'v. nt "*?**?!? P. S.-You state that the object of | , n Y,*.. of our f * rmer * * nd of oth * r your challenge was to prove the absurd f,' ,,u.„ claims for. Chartier shorthand, and that ce || 0 r P Walter*B HIM ’ami* sab? that "he it has served Its purpose. It has also ” {!• *" d 'A ‘“iA? ~*-“ose, of which you st aged To mi stam * A number of stu- "VilrKL e r?„ DEAL, _SAYS HALL With Perry of Hall Would Fire Present Railroad Commissioners. served another purpose, of which you | may not be aware. I Senator Candler opposed the amend- for Vh'/ir n,iiion r «nd h «°ill>ndm e j iTelX-ra^ ment submitted by Senators Bennett, mnn!h2 r in tU J t £?ii>i!!.. iifnrt "tn mnaier Strange,. Williams, King, Slrmans, A. nrnh^m °’ Blalock and Crum, to submit the Graham shorthand, have ©ntcreu Bag- I r,|e rtn411l |»i on »t 1A rwmnu fnr riiiflra. well's Business College and paid us for P*°P ,e for ratlnca scholarships. All express themselves as delighted with the change, and they do * n “ Bennett Oppose, not hesitate to say that they have Senator King spoke for the amend- learned more shorthand In one week ment to aubmlt the matter to the peo- wlth us than they had previously pie. learned In one month. I Senator Bennett thought It should b. You lay great stress upon the fact submitted to the people, and said tt It that you declined to adopt Chartier was then ratified, he would give It hie It Is our opinion that you | cordial supp THE FURNITURE OF THE TALMADGE HOUSE AT AUCTION AT 37 and 39 Walton St. Commencing Monday, July 23d, nnd continuing until all sold, constating of an KTerett nprlght piano, parlor furniture. 9x12 squares Smyrna and Monuette, antique mahogany dining table to seat 20, which was owned by Pres. Jeff Darls •luring the war, folding beds, sideboard, oak. bird s-eye maple and wllnut bed room suites, chairs, rocker and settees, 2 hntracks, several wardrobes, lounges nnd couches, pictures, clock, table and bed linens, comforts, blankets, - id counterpanes. Majestic steel range* gas range, refrigerator and utensils. f tearing down the •»r tearing dot 123 Whitehall. CONTENTS OF RESIDENCE AT AUCTION,' AT LANIER STATION, NEAR SOLDIERS’ HOME FRIDAY, JULY 29th, AT 10 A, M, This undoubtedly Is the finest lot of furnltnre sold for some time, consisting of 5 l>edroom suits, in oak, hshogany. walnnt. costing from 1125.00 to 1275.00 ■ •'Jit: dining room suit, consisting of extra fine dining table 12 feet long, with 4 Land-carvea dragons In each comer, cost $75.00; handsome sldetioard and chins Jl"wt to match, nut *176; Inither «c,t chair; library .nit, riin.l.ljnx <>f 2 l,r»c hftnfl-rarvrtl arm chair., I citra hue chair, nml rtwkcr with etulcwicfl lesther r-Ht*. lHK)kc,M* and library table, extra flue lit,truck, wardrobe with trench I'l.te mirror door*, mrpeta, art winnrc, nnd r,,x«. |»rlor lamp, antique mahos- nn.v drop lent curved mnl table, a lnme refrlserntor with plate rl«»» aultalile f"r srucers or bntehern, larse lot of flower potn with idantn, aneh an hydransraa. terna. ucmnlnnta and ah kliula of roaea. atntue of IteBry Grady, bric-a-brac, calm, xlaaaware and allrerwara. ateel range. tly order of F. Lanier—I.EO FHKMII. AnetloReer, nfflee and aalcaroom IB Wiiitehall Mt. Take Koidlera' Home ear at Deratnr atreet on the hoar nnd tb, half hour. . shorthand. _ _ - thawed .very bad Judgment, anu that He nald that the advocates who had you have already begun to. repent of I come up to Atlanta tdiwork for Its your folly. I passage were lawyers, doctors, etc., but It la a matter of common observa- no farmers. Senator Hand Inquired If tlon that men of advanced age get Into I the speaker had seen any farmers lob- ruts, are Impervious to new Ideas and bylng against It. ... . He asserted that the Stats University had received 110,000 per annum since 1870 for the maintenance of an agricul tural department, and wanted to know ■ ihed. bill, and said It would be to the upbuilding of the state to eatabllsh this college. “I am an alumnus of Mercer, but I have no Jealousy of the State Univer sity." In ths midst of Senator Bunn's ar gument a motion was made to extend the session until ths bill passed An other motion was 1 made to meet again at 2 o'clock, which was lost. It looked for a short time as If thsre would be a fllllbuster to kill time until 1 o'clock, but after debate the motion to extend the session prevailed. Blaloek Against.Bill- A call for ths previous question by Senator Walker was withdrawn to al low Senator A. O. Blalock to apeak against the measure. He {)l<1 not believe any good would be acrompllshe - - - ■ - - - agricultural He ssld he wss willing to leave It to the people for ratification, and If they said yes, then he wished them God speed. “Hut I am unwilling to say here whether we ahalt vote 1100;000 of the people's money for this purpose." LEO FltKSIl. Auctioneer, offlee and aalearooni L RACE CLOSE-IN YEARS fmng Hopes To Lead the Ticket Before the Polls Are Closed. -' W to The Georgian. Auguata, Ga., July 18.—The munlcl- ‘ race today. It la thought. Is the ***! held here In years. Neither rulldate la confident now. U'rnbar had the lead goon In the •ming. but he lost It about noon, jf-'ing expects to get In the lead by 4 bill, said that he had rece! letters and telegrams from prominent people In his district, asking him to vote for the measure, but not a single one wss a farmer. At 1:30 o’clock Senator Walker called for the previous question, and It was sustained. Undsr the rules, Chair man Hand, of ths appropriations com mittee, was allowed thirty minutes and yielded to Senator Miller. Millar Favored It. He spoke In strong advocacy of the measure. He said he so warmly es poused the bill that he not only wanted to be recorded as voting ays, but also In apsaklng a few words In behalf of It. "The burden of the added taxes will fall on the rich men of the stats, who can afford Jt, and It will be the sons of the poor farmers who will benellt by It." He raised a laugh whan he said, “If the boys are properly educated farming they wilt makt two .blades of grass grow where one grows now, On the conclusion of Senator Millar's speech. Senator Hand said he thought It unnecessary to say a\ythlng fur ther. On the amendment to submit the proposition lo the people. It was lost by , ... , . , a vote of 31 tq H. The closing hour of W ednesday An amendment .by Senator Rose to morning's session <n «h« house was appropriate 316,000 to ba used as a taken up In the consideration of the f un d to be loaned to poor boys to at- bill by Senators Steed, Bennett and tend the university was lost, 31 tg II. Hogan to amend and codify the com- Substitute Killed. m 2!L l,< ’£m l , law «* h.<„_ e, Senator Crum's substitute to appro- The bill Is a bulky one, being 111 emnnnn in. pages of printed matter, and contains I Pflot* *100.000 to the University of ^'sections. I Georgia to establish two colleges, one Representative Holder, of Jackson, north of Macon, not In Clarks county, took charge of the measure In the and the other In south Georgia, wee house, and at the hour of adjournment I lost, 24 to II. was explaining In detail the features I on the passage of the bill the vote of each section to the members. | was as follows: , Representative Holder said It was Yeas—Adams, Bloodworth, Bond, the purpose of the bill to remove ss Bunn, Candler, Carithers, Carswell, far apart as possible the white end ne- Fltsgerald, Fortner, Foster, For, Furr, gro schools In the state. Another Hamby, Hand, Hogan, McAllister, Mc- changed proposed ts to have trustees Henry, Miller. Odum, Parker, Peyton, In all the school districts In the state. Phillips, Reid. Rose, Steed, Walker, Rome counties have these trustees and Westbrook, Wheatley, Wilcox—23. some have not. he explained. ] Nays—Alsobrook, Bennet. A. O. Bla- He had explained only about one- lock, A. C. Blalock. Crum, King, I.ums- thlrd of ltn provisions when the house den. Mills. Birmans, Williams—10. adjourned, the measure still being up| Absent—Copelan, Orayblll, Strange, for consideration. Wars—4. COMMON SCHOOL BILL REACHES THE HOUSE At the‘Tuesday afternoon session of the house Mr. Hall, of Bibb, elicited considerable applause when he de clareil most emphatically that the peo ple "wanted a new deal." He was referring specifically to the present railroad commission, which the amendment of Mr. Perry, of Hall, was seeking to legislate out of office. This amendment to abolish the pres ent officers was to the Kelly bill to elect them by the people, as their sev eral terms expired. Judge Perry, of Hall, speaking his amendment to the Kelly bill elect the railroad commissioners by Hie people—bis amendment abolishing the present commission, and confining the qualification of the new board to be elected to three electors In the state- made the startling statement that ihs railroad commission Is ten times more Important to the state than the office of governor, even admitting that It was more Important than the legislature Itself. "Nothing,” Says Parry, Reprsssntatlvs Revtll, of Meriwether, wanted to know what the railroad com mission had done that he should wish to legislate them out of office. "Nothing," quickly retorted Mr. Per ry, and the laugh waa on the gentle man from Meriwether. Mr. Hall suggested that aa the people had put the commissioners In office, they had the right to put them out, while Mr. Wise, of Fayette, was In clined to think that ths campaigns for these offices would be so expensive that only rich men would fill them, "Change Can’t Hurt." Mr. Hall again came to the fore, emphasising the previous assertion that the people could make or unmake them with reason or without reaaon. The people couldn't be hurt by the change. The people can't get relief from the commission, he contended, and had a right to abolish It. The const! tutlon of 1877, cutting the terms the then existing Judges, was cited _ a precedent, the terms of the supreme ' fudges being cut from 12 to 0 and tha superior court Judges from 8 to 4. "The people want a new deal,” he said. Mr. Alexander wanted this hill and that of Judge Perry recommitted to the general Judiciary committee with Instructions to report a consolidated bill for both these measures, which proposal Mr. Kelly strenuously resist ed. urgently Insisting upon Immediate action, and Mr.- Knight, of Berrien, —ed this view also. he matter went over aa unfinished business, and will provoke more discus slon when token up again. approMtioImaoe FOR SCHOOLS OFSTATE 'sir; The appropriation committee of the house has reported favorably on appro prlatlons for an even halt dosen state Institutions, amounting In the aggre gate to 1174,600. These amounts are distributed as fol lows: Academy for Blind, Macon. 305,000. Olrls’ Normal and Industrial Col legs, Mllledgevllls, 127,500. North Georgia Agricultural College, Oahlonsgs, 120,000. Deaf and Dumb Academy, Cave Springs, 520,000. State Normal School, Athena, 315, 000. Georgia School of Technology, Allan ta, 327,600. BILLSlMliT WITH REGULARITY Notwithstanding that nearly one-half of the session has expired, end Jhat any new measures would have but a meagre show In passing In the rush that comes at the heel of the session In either house, new matter Is almost constantly being Introduced dally. Eleven new bills were Introduced on Wednesday morning, all of which were local measures except two. The new bills were: By Mr. Longley, of Troup—To amend an act to create a board of commis sioners of roads and revenues for Troup county. By -Mr. Rose, of Upson—To provide loan fund scholarships for the Agrl- By Messrs. Perry. Felder and Mat thews—To prifrlde for the adoption of the 'Torrens Land Title System.” By Mr. Lumpkin, of Walker—To amend the charter of LaFayette. By 51r. Cureton, of Dade—To Incor porate the -town of Rising Fawn. By Mr. Cook, of Crones—To Incor porate the town of Kastvllle. By Messrs. Alexander and Mayson. of DeKalb—To amend the charter of ths town of Edgswood. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To In- amend an act to regulate the sale of whisky In Lee ceunty, so as to exclude ths town of Smlthvllle. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To es tablish the county court of Calhoun county. By Mr. Davie, of Burke—To Incor porate the city of Mlllen, In Jenkins county. TRAVELED MANY MILES TO HAVE MAO STONE APPLIED Special to The Georgias. Charlotte, N. C., July II.—While the existence of the mad stone end Its re ported efficiency are doubted by many, Charlotte Is still In ths ranks of su perstition, If such It may be called, end yesterday a stone owned by a promi nent physician was duly appllad to a wound on a negro, Jesse Turner, of Bates burg, B. C, who mads the long the alone applied. SKIRT S A L E Two Hundred Fashionable Plaid Skirts—Brand New Models-~Of (Cotton) Pan ama and Checked Suit ings ON SALE TOMORROW ABOUT HALF REGU LAR PRICE ' $2.95 For Skirts For Skirts $3.95 Worth to $1.00 Worth to $5.00 LOT I. CHOICE $2.95 LOT 2. CHOICE $3.95 THIRD FLOOR, 8:30 A. M. Early Buyers Will Get Some Great Garment Values. COME PROMPTLY This sale consists of Checked and Plaid Skirts in brand new fashionable models. Materials are Suitings and (Cotton) Panamas. Some are 50 per cent Wool, some are all Cotton. They are all new models; circular and plaited effects and thoso wanting a stylish, inex pensive skirt will do well to attend this sale. The entire purchase of two hundred skirts will be closed out at two prices; for choice LOT Number 2 J. M; HIGH CO. THA W HAD A MANIA FOR THRASHING GIRLS By Private Lsesed Wire. New York, July 16.—Justice Mey- burg. In the supreme court, adjourned until tomorrow the hearing of tha argu ment as to why District Attorney Je rome ami the grand Jury should not be restrained from any further proceed ings In the Thaw case. MOTHER WANT8 THAW TRIED FOR INSANITY. By Private leased Wire, New York, July 1*.—Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry Kendall Thaw, was declared authoritatively today, has decided to ask for the appoint ment of a lunacy commission for the purpose of -having her son declared Insane', so that he may escape trial for the murder of Stanford White. This agreement was reached after a consultation with Lewie A. Delsffeld, her personal counsel, and former Judge William K. Olcott, of Black, Olrott, Gruber dr Bonynge, as the sole hope saving Harry Thaw from punish ment. Wife end Mother Row. It was learned also today that Thaw’s mother and Evelyn Nesblt Thaw hart had a serious rupture, and that ths mother has severed relations with her daughter-in-law, "Harry Thaw will never be placed on trial for the murder of Stanford While. Thera Is no doubt that he will be de- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOO THAW GETS LECTURE FROM HIS MOTHER. Jew York, July II.—Mrs. Wil liam Thaw, after definitely re taining the Arm of Black, Ol cott, . Oruber A Bonynge, saw her son In tha Tombs today and told h|in, In no uncertain words, that he must relinquish full conduct of his case to htr, and also dismiss Immediately the attorneys he had hired on his own responsibility. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dared Insane and sent to the asylum for ths criminal Insans at Mattewan.” This declaration was made today by one of the persons who- wss present at tha consultation between Thaw's mother and Judge Olcott's.law Arm. Will Resume Direction. Theie were present.at the conference Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw; Lewis A. Delsffeld. her person al counsel; William M. K. Olcott, Jo- slab Thaw and Oeorge L. Carnegie, eon and son-in-law of lira. William Thaw. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was there, but took no part In the conference. Mrs. William Thaw mat Judge Ol cott for ths first time and Insisted upon his ressummlng charge of Harry & take ths matter under advisement, ssld he could give no final an ,v< r u he had conferred with ths other gt bars of his .Arm. The probabllli are that the Arm will again ink- the direction of ths defense. Thaw Thrashed Girls. It was learned today that the i brought by Evelyn Nesblt, who Is r Mrs. Thaw, against Harry K. TIi before their marriage, was not breach of promise, but for "da*::- for a beating administered by 'I'h with a rawhide whip.” The discovery that Thaw hwi e been charged with beating women u a whip was In connection with ths - brought by Lawyer Joseph A. Bhny behalf of Ethel Thomas, as nlr published. The same course of Informix! which Is authority for the etatem- that ths paper held by Lawyer A Hummel In a suit Is the authority the statement that at least four worn hare been thus treated by Thaw. I: said that the Nesblt suit sets forth i most ths same charges as those : forth In the .suit brought by M Thomas. Mrs. Thaw, accompanied h-r Thaw’s case. Mr. Olcott promised to Thaw's wife. Tombs In an electric cab from the Hotel Lorraine a few minutes before It o'clock. Bolh women were searched. Then they went up Mates to .Hairy Thaw's call. A few moments before the arrival - f Thaw’s mother his wife came to tha Tomba Slone. She spent but a few minutes with him, when she drove to the offices of Clifford F. Hartiiitie ‘h- lawyer Thaw retained when he -1i«- mlased Judge Ol .tt. It was not .1. m-l todsy that a c- si.ruriK up between the el I. r Mr-. Thaw and Hai ry