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THE- ATLANTA GEORGIAN MO .WAV. AimUT «. H - *- The Atlanta Georgian. vhir roar hi hk the JOWN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEF.LY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: One Year . . . $4.50 Six Months . . , . .. 2.50 Three Months . . ... 1.25 By Carrier, per veek I Oc !Z3. Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. mts must pass through .befo i Anal result. In It? jurisdiction it Is final and .^elusive, jit Is only In cases where the constitutional question Is; | raised or where the jtidges of that cojirt, of their own j i motion, desire an Instruction^* to the law, that tjie j supreme court will he called on to consider a case In I | that court. It Is virtually a second supreme court, so | coordinated with the supreme court as to avoid conflict In authority. The procedure Is more speedy than In the supreme court. It will not prolong litigation, but will shorten It. It will take about 40 per cent of the eases from the supremo court, and even then the su preme court of Georgia will be called on to decide more than any other court of last resort In the United States. The people. If informed of the true conditions, will unan imously ratify the amendment to the constitution e$tab- has !*<*« accumulating wealth, ther ence of her manhood; thr refutation In congress, house, has. in a large dcgT by tin* best of the o!d*tim fstlca; that among the scores of i decad- rir rep- her Det i both senate and .. be< n distinguished American character* •Confederate ■ m m»ti»r Ap-ll 3. 15'3. at th. rastoffle* *» ; ,l,h:n » a rour ' of *P w>nl1 umJvr act of conircM of Marrti S. 1878. Functions of the Court of Appeals. To the Editor of The Georgian: t rend with much Interest In your Issue of yeiterday your editorial with regard to the tiro posed court of ap peal,, a bill creating inch a court having recently pawed the bouse In the Georgia legislature. A few questions nnent the said court, I trust, you will not consider Impertinent. * If the bill creating such a court should become a law. and should the said court of appeals become tin entity, would the existence of such n court diminish In any great degree the present congested condition of th# state supreme court? And, after the establishment of such a court bf appeals, would n litigant, upon whose ease an adverse Judgment had been rendered by the said court, be do- barred from apitenllng to any higher court? If not, would not all such cases ns are now being carried up from the ruperlor courts, and from other rourts of the state, to the supreme court, ho also taken up from the court of apiteala to the supremo court? And, should thla custom prevail and every litigant should pursue this course—taking his cauae'to the court of mini adjudication by way of or through the proposed court of appeals—In whflt degree would the supreme court be relieved of Its present burden? Again, this being the case, would not the proposed court of appeals be only another and pn additional chan nel ilirough which a litigant would have to carry his case lii order to reach the supremo court? And, should thU prove to he the rule, would not the creation of the proposed court of appeals simply add to the already burdensome expenses of litigation: and, at the same time—In order to support such a new court— create n demand for additional and a higher rate of taxation and thus Increase the tax burden which Is already bending the backs of the great majority of Qeor- ghi's yeomanry and which la now wellnlgh Intolerable to the average honest tax payer? Those, Mr. Editor, are questions which our law mak ing body should consider well before they pass upon this or upon any other proposed legislation that tends In any way to debar the lioor man from any privilege, legal or otherwise, which the corporations and the rich man, on account of financial ability, enjoy; or which M-eka to relieve a body of state officials whose dally work amounts'to something less than 30 per cent of thnt of the average cltlcen whose taxes are required to pay tho salaries of the said officials. Respectfully, A. C. DAVIDSON. Sharon, Ga., August t, 1900. llrlotly stated, the court of appeals Is not an Inter- mediate court, but a court of flnal resort In nil cases within Its jurisdiction. This jurisdiction extends to all court* below the rank of the superior court, except tho court of ordinary, and to all criminal cases which do not Involve capital punishment Constitutional questions, wherever arising, however, will still be Interpreted by the supremo court. We have on former occasions directed public atten tion fb tho congested condition of the dockets of the supreme court and the wellnlgh Impossible task which the judges df that court are called upon to perform. The overwhelming majority vote In the general as sembly upon the constitutional amendment for* the establishment of a court of appeals Is a most expressive legislative recognltlotyof the necessity of that court. It Is generally stated that the court of appeals Is designed for the relief of tho supreme court; In a larger sense It Ih a court to be established in the Interest of the people and to prevent a denial of Justice to litigants. No one familiar with the methods of work of our supremo court Judges will deny that they work during longer hours than the average business man. A brier consideration of the character and number of the cases before the supreme court since last October will suffice to emphasise the Imperative necessity of the court of appeals. During this period there were brought to that court 1.15G ease*. The records of those cases will easily tiverago twenty-live pages. Revere! very large records have been considered during the present term by the (ourt, one of which contains approximately 900 pages. Tbe records are typewritten on legal cap paper and each record page la the equivalent of an ordinary octavo printed page. Thua the records which must be read, digested and condenaed for pilbllcatloj of the necessary facia to Illustrate tho decided points of the case, are the equivalent of fifty-seven ordinary octavo volumes. This of Itself Is a great task, but It la not half of the work. Brief* of tbe law points Involved must be rend the authorities must be looked up; precedents must be examined, analysed and applied to tbe particular rase; the record of each case must be studied so as to ascer tain tho controlling legal principles; much .time must necessarily be taken In argument of counsel and con sultation by the court and the opinions of the court re quire much time for their earetui and accurate prepara tion. Tbe published reports contain three thousand printed pages each year. Of course this Immense labor Is a great burden on the Individual Judges; Indeed, so great hsa been this burden that within the past four years two of the Judges have tiled li^offlce; two more resigned because of broken l.ca'.tn, only to die In a few months after their resigna tions, and three others were forced In resign because of their health. The task of the tread mill never was so fruitful of fatality. This great commonwealth should uot and will not demand the performance of official duty which Involves tbe sacrifice of tho health and lives of her conscientious and industrious appellate Judges. But this view, while philanthropic. Is but a narrow view' of the subject. When It Is remembered that every litigant, however poor, may appeal hla case to the supreme court, the litigant’s right la to be considered. When It la remembered that the decisions of this court are expository of tbe law and binding precedent, then the general public Is vitally concerned. The safely and permanency of our Institutions depend upon the stablo and firm enforsement of the law. A construction of a deed may affect thousands which are similarly drafted; an erroneous construction might unsettle thousands of titles- The law Is n most complex science; Us mastery Is the work of many years of ceaseless and nnradtltttng study. Tbe application of abstract legal principles to the particular case Is a task of delicacy, acute discrim ination and great labor. Unless tho judges are given ample time, there must necessarily be hasty and Ul-cou- sideted opinions. This means contradiction In prece dent which will result In confusion and consequent hurt to'.the general public. Tho court of appeals It uot an Intermedia:* court New Life for the Cotton Association. To the Editor of The Ooorglan: Am much Interested In that which la going on relative to the Southern Cotton Growers' Asso ciation and Its working officer*. The Georgian has spoken of the association, in Its editorial columns, as a most important organization, otc. Mr. Murphy han 1 demonstrated that by following the advlcn of tbe president of the association the farmers In Georgia were losing 9200,000 In a single season. Now, then, will you he kind enough to tell your many and interested readers the benefit the farmer derives from this association. 1 am quite sure your reasons, deductions and arguments will furnish Instructive reading. Yours truly, HENRY 8. REED. Having fought and won a good fight for the cotton growers of Georgia In the affairs of their splendid asso ciation, The Georgian has no higher purpose or design than to help them and to hold up their bands In every future efTori for the advancement of tbe great Interests which they represent. And we nay frankly to the farmers of Oeorgia that there la no room for discouragement, hut rather cause for greater encouragement and Inspiration In the whole some Investigation just held Into tbe affairs of the asso ciation, and most of all In Its definite and fearless re sults. The farmers may be Bure that, with the lesson of this Investigation fresh In tbe minds of the official life of tbe association, their affairs will., be administered with greater care and with greater discretion and with greater consecration than has ever been given them before. , And whether the present officers hold their places, or whether the association should at its next meeting choose new men to carry on the work, we feel aure that President Jordan will devote himself with redoubled vigilance to the affairs of the cotton growers. We are thoroughly confident, that, he has learned some valuable lessons and that hli experience nnd judgment have been heightened and enhanced by tbe events of the last few weeks. There nrp few men taken .fresh from the ranks who can assume and execute leadership without mis take* In a short time. And In answer to our correspond ent whose letter appears above, we do not hesitate to say that tho cotton growers' association may now go forward with renewed and resolute confidence In the work of Its executive committee, acting In co-operation with Its executive head. If tho farmers of Oeorgia will study the current altuntlon, gin nnd bale their cotton In accordance with the best requirements of the spinners of the country; If they will hear In mind thnt cotton Is as marketable In April as In November and not ruth all their crop to market within ninety days; If they will tu their local associations discuss exhaustively the policies that be or ought to be In the general associa tion, and If they will make known their views without reserve to tbe goneral association then we feel confi dent that with a united front and a resolute adherence to all policies adopted by the general association, that the price of cotton will be maintained and advanced as it has been In the past and that their prosperity will he as well assured. Whatever the necessities of tho cate may have com pelled wlthlh the last few weeks, they have neither hurt nor crippled the Cotton Growers' Association. Tho great and Indispensable principles of organisation and co- jperatlon stand untouched. The fact that a fearleai exposure hat been met with a free and fearless official condemnation la a tribute to the character and caliber of the men who compose tbe association. It Is a fact full of comfort and of confidence. There jire thousands of honest and Intelligent men In the ranks of the Southern farmer, and with the eye and the ear of these men, quickened to vigilance and to co-operation, we confidently believe that the Cot ton Growers' Association has now entered upon the strongest, the safest and the most effective period In Its honorable career. Wo urge uron the Southern farmer and cotton grower tbe largeBt confidence in the future of the association. We urge upon them the rigid per fection of their organisation. And we confidently advise them to lend their full and unbroken co-operation to the policies which are agreed upon or nre to bo agreed upon In the Immediate future. ’ The Imperial staple la yet the king of commerce. Its fiber Is still current among the finances of the world, nnd the mere discipline administered to officers who have made a mistake should bring, not discouragement, but Inspiration to the great rank of organised cotton growers throughout the country. statesmen and soldiers, men who served In the Confederate congress and In the army of the Confederacy, the grafter has been conspicuous by reason of his absence. The senate of the PI fly-ninth congress furnishes nn-iy Illustrations of what 'the old South' w-as and the pew South Is. Compare the venerable ex-Confederotee .Morgan nnd Pettus. of Alabamr. with the representation In that body of the Empire State, nnd you will not need to go farther In the Investigation. '"Poiltlcn! stupidity,' ns the term Is employed by the Journal, means Democratic solidity. If that solidity be a misfortune. It Is easily account ed for. The history of reconstructIch :s Its all- sufficient explanation The same kind ot polit ical stupidity' would, under like conditions, pre vail all over the North. The new South Is too wise and pntrlotlc to rut loose from the tradi tions. habits, and surviving representatives of the 'old South.' May It be long before Immigra tion or greed, or both combined, or any other cause or ratines, efface the Americanism of the only section In which It survives." It Is of Immense value to tbe South that at our ne- tndorse tills proposition ss be did two pears ago. The Georgian is confident that ultimately this should be and probably will be the solution of tills great ques tion It Is certainly the prudent, the wise and the com mon sense policy for a people situated as are tho people of Georgia today. The only objection which has seemed to be effective to this policy of extension has been the Idea that In our Chattanooga or northern terminus the extended state road would find It difficult, amid the pools and combina tion? of our railroad systems gathering there, to find an outlet or a connecting line—If the railroads should decide to unitedly oppose the state's Independent prop erty. Tills Is an argument which seems to be effective but which is really not so. The age In which we llvo Is a developing one, and the necessities which force the state of Georgia to preserve this Independent line will ultimately inspire Tennessee and Kentucky to co-operatc In the development by way of She Tennessee river and its connections with water connection to the great com mercial channel of the Mississippi river. It Is not now evident whether public sentiment Is educated to tills point at this time or not. It Is at least much nearer than it has ever been before, and will be nearer next year than It Is this year, and every succeeding season j, gossip! By PrlTSte Lt'HKftl Wire. '*— York.;Aug._«.—If there was say dOtll f til learning who hav tlonsl capital there should be a great independent and - wl „ brlng the Common sense of Georgia national newspaper, with sentiments so kindly and spirit „r , h e nrmh-nt nollcv and *o broaj toward this pcoplo. If our national sentiment Is molded In large part at our national capital, then Indeed the South has great reason to he glad that the representative newspaper of nearer to a comprehension of the prudent policy and tho absolute necessity of this step. One tiling Is certain—that It would be unspeakable folly to consummate thl3 long lease at this time. In this Washington Is a brave and' SSSTSZ of the South- MPW of unrest and of -««*«* * ***** - agitation and of changing and altering policies both on ern people. All of which Justifies The Georgian In saying In type what It has long felt In Its inlnd, that if, for general Interest and for general merit. It had to choose one paper among all other American dallies, it would at least begin tho experiment with the Washington Post The State’s Last Bulwark Against Railroad Agression. The Georgian Is heartily and earnestly oppdrad to the long leaso of the state road contemplated by tho bill which was passed by the senate last week It Is Just a* effective to any this kindly and to say It reasonably. There la no use In going Into hysterics over It—because It has been said before, and becauso there was no treason toward tho state nor toward Its cltltens contemplated by Its author nnd advocate. Tbe bill Is unquestionably a mistake, but Its author Is beyond all question one of the cleanest and purest men In tbe public service of Georgia, and neither bis motives nor hla methods can be quesUoned In this measure. The disposition of thff state road Is a great problem end one which demands not only the greatest discretion but the most deliberate Investigation. Mr. Plromls H. Bell and the Honorable Hooper Alexander, of the county of DeKnlb, have'beeo the pio neers of the proposition that the natural solution pf the problem of the state road wns to extend It from Atlanta to tbe xea and thus provide a safe and wholesome com petition for the state against the aggression of the rail roads In their pools and combinations. The editor of The Georgian was perhaps tbe first dally newspaper man of the state to 'fully and cordially the part of the railroads and of the state, nothing can he clearer than Inc policy of at least delaying, action upon thla vital mattor. There Is nothing to be lost by waiting. The ratiroads that cry "opportunity" are sim ply seeking to clinch their own advantage. If the state’s railroad Is valuable In tho exigencies of today, It will be Infinitely more valuable In tho exigencies of tho ever Increasing nnd multiplying prosperity and development ot tomorrow. If this be tho only opportunity to yell, then the state has not tho power of veto upon any further combination paralleling with Its own line. If after this no other railroads should wish to buy the state's prop erty, then the state would have reason to thank heaven for the necessity which compelled the. use of this prop erty for Its own protection and advantage. Tho Western nnd Atlantic railroad Is the last splen did reserve of the state's policy of competition. It Is the last buiwanc of the stato against the abso lute domination of the railroads without a free com petitor. It Is tho last arrow In the state's quiver to shoot at the evils of consolidation and of monopoly. It Is the last, best hold that the stato has upon a situation already serious enough and which may become unbearable In the future. It la the last strategic entrenchment behind which the st^te may fight for just freight rates and for fair treatment by the transportation lines. What unspeakable folly It would be to part In haste with this Invaluable possession of protection and de fense. ' y The press of the Capital City is absolutely united In Its resolute insistence that the house of representatives should kill the bill which has passed the senate. Mackay ic game of politics—t., th followed her political car. . — Uttle or any—she ha. A[ ,’. polled It Py her action In coming ou . for Dr. Joseph H. Bogart, who «o her bitterest opponent when she mads her successful race for Bchoo! trustee of Roslyn, Last fall Mrs. Mackay'* competitor was Dr. P. D. Leya, an old whit*, bearded resident of Roslyn. who had served on the school board for several decades. Some bitterness warn Inject*. Into the campaign. Dr. Bogart threw himself Into the campaign with all pot. slble vigor, working day and night against Mrs. Mackay. But she was elected. Initend of wasting time congratulat. Ing herself upon her victory, Mrs. Mac. kay at once set about taking an active hand In the work of the hoard. Ph« made good, os her fellow trustees as. sett, and won their highest esteem, and there hns been nothing hut harmonious work In the board. Incidentally th--» will be no opposition to her -own re- election. Mrs. Florence Mnybriek has Just re. turned from n trip nbroad. She came on a French liner anil declines to say whether or not she broke her ticket of leave by going to England. She It stopping with friends in New York for two days nnd Is then going to Wash ington. The principle In therapeutics that the "hair of the dog is a cure for the bite" was put Into practical effect by Dr. J. B. Beckman, of Bedmlnster, K. J, who attends the fashionable summer visitors there and who Is the chum of Rear Admlrak Schley. When Helen Sparks, (laughter of Henry Sparks, the wealthy- Philadel phia banker, was thrown from an auto, mobile that got beyond control and was rendered unconscious. Dr. Beek- man, with a big hammer and a monkey wrench, disconnected the electric bat tery and hurried with them to where Miss Sparks was. He applied the elec trodes to the senseless girl, who soon opened her eyes and snt up. Her In juries are not of-a serious nature. Fifty apprentice seamen Just trans ferred from the naval station at New port to the receiving ship FrankJIn, at Norfolk, for general service nnd among whom Is James Raynor Wells, who en listed- at the Brooklyn navy yard for four, years. Wells Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Storrs Wells, leading Newport summer residents. Mr. Wells Is president of the Fairbanks Scale Company. As far as can be learned, young Wells was cut off by his father and went Into the navy on his own hook. He received a legacy through the death of an -uncle, but this was spent, and ht had to change the mode of his living. “Our Friend at Washington.” More than once during the pant three months The Georgian haa been moved to an expression of apprecia tion for tho kindly and helpful spirit manifested toward the South - by that great newspaper, the Washlngtou Post. 1 This was notably made mnulfest In tho discussion of the Immigration question In which the Post rendered u* the service not only of good counsel, but of strong de fense. The Georgian made comment and expressed Its' sectional appreciation at the time. And now once more the Post haa demonstrated Its good will toward Ihls section In Its answer to a mean Now England thrust. The Kennebec Journal, hne of the leading newspa- Iters of Maine, once edited by James G. Blaine, and al ways under the editorial conduct of some leading man In public lift, I* now directed by Representative Edwin C. Burleigh, of Augusta. A recent Issue of the Journal contained the following unfair and mean-spirited edi torial: "The now South has been a fruitful theme for • writers and speakers during the past generation, and yat every little while there has been abun dant and unwelcome evidence that the old South hsa by no means passed away. The 8outh needs move capital, more labor, more enterprise, leva demagoguery, less race prejudice, and less polit ical stupidity: but In spite of Its handicaps It has ■hared *o no small degree In the bountiful pros perity which the whole country has been enjoy ing In recent year*." And to this the Post, with real send generous warmth, responds: "Thank God, 'the old South' ha* not passed % vay; that while she has, ’In recent year*,' t**»a Growth and Progress of the New South Tiuler thin liend will nppenr from time to time Information Illustrating tbe remarkiiMe development of the South which deserves something more than pass* lug Attention. Georgia Doubles Country’s Average Growth The first five years of the present century have been the most pros perous and progressive In the history of manufacturing development In the United States. It Is w-ell nigh Impossible for the mind to comprehend the meaning of the figures Into which this expansion In the value of manufac turing enterprises and the value of their products now run. It may become somewhat clear when we say that there Is not money enough In the world, gold, silver and curerncy, to buy the manufactur ing enterprises of the country, which have Increased more than 43 per cent in five years, and are now valued at practically 111,000,090,000. The products of these factories have Increased more than II per cent In the same length of time, and now reach ths enormous output of 315,063,- 443,330. As a matter of patriotic pride, we rejoice In this general Increase, but the part which the South plays In the general prosperity >Js particularly gratifying. Both In the Increase of the amount Invested and the Increase In the products of the factories of the country, the South saslly ranks first, while the New England states, for so long the very home of manufacturing enterprises, trail along at the end. Tho average Increase In the amount of money Invested In the United States during the first five yenrs of the century was, as we have said, 4! per cent, while the Increase for the Smith done was 63 per cent. The Increase In the value of the country's products was 31.3, while that of the South stone wns practically 44.G per cent. There le no other group of states In the entlre-Unlon which can show such a marvelous Increase, and the work Is Just gelling under way. The Manufacturers' Record, In discussing the matter, gives these tables In full, divided Into groups of states. In order that Georgla'e own ex clusive part In this greet manufacturing expansion may be Been at a glance we reproduce the table for the Southern states: value of product*, from 31,659,693,100 to 12,026,687,437, or by 1366,995,337. The tendency In manufacturing advance Is Indicated In the facts that within the five-year period the percentages of Increase In the South In capi tal, 65, and In the value of products, 44.4, were greater than In any other division, and that there was approach by the South to New England In actual capital Invested and In actual value ot products. The lowest per centages of Increase, both as to capital and Ss to-the'wslac ot products, 'were In New England, being 34.3 and 23.1, respectively, while the trans-Mis- slsslppl division, surpassing New England In the value of products, showed a greater rate of Increase than the middle division. These rates of Increase must be studied by separate states for a comprehension of their full sig nificance and also In a knowledge of the equipment of the states as to the material for manufacturing Industry’, the conveniences for a distribution of the finished product and the availability of labor. These statistics do not Include the figures of hand trades and neigh borhood Industries. If In the five years the rate of Increase fer the omitted Items was equal to that for factories alone, th* value of all manufactured products In 1905 was close to 92,150,000,000 In the South and close to 317.- 500,000,000 In the whole country. COMMENT ON REVELATIONS IN THE COTTON ASSOCIATION Tit lit tnl luvwtpd. Mlilt;.. .. Mutt*. 1WW. 1916. Alnbamn t 106.»*1K> ‘ mw.713 46.30111C 26.M2.171 32.86S.432 7t..m*l« 1S.211.66I S7.rc.tt2 147.282.473 1M.K74.728 150.8l0.ttK 14t.555.5M 201.S77.9tt 22.712.183 51.2CO.ino tt.2W.M6 • l4l.ftW.tti •*75.1.027 111 42*224 tt.mr.7 162.4tt.4M tt.C-5.31i 115.tt4.K7l 82.201.5tt 147.9tt.lS2 Ml*. Columbia. 17.9*1.483 17.M0.48N Florida <ionrj(ln K fill in fcy — l.oui»lnim .... Mnrytantt Ml*»l**l|ipi .. N. cmolltm.. H. Carolina... ’fYmiesstn* . -. Tessa Virginia 1900. 7*032.311 16.426.403 S3.431.378 Sl.183.80i 8I.632.S03 126.508.360 111.S17.918 216.343568 3*718.617 • 35.27!.«(« 63.ttS.811 92.746.128 92.3W.4tt 11K.644.1M C7.n06.822 It* 100.1 ©.922 I 18.869,158 5S.334.39t 50.241.078 151.040.466 161.75S.1tt 133.S78.592 24* 376.186 57 461.445 142.520.776 78.378.262 137.960.473 150.623.Stt ltf.166326 8N.S83.357 J!| as 70.5 *7,4 4B.6 S7.1 15.7 • fl.t ,*7.1 West Vlrglnln.. 49,1118.1X1 Total UCJOl.WS 91,097,519,157 31.37.540.887 9t.7ST.77S.794 B 444 If will be aeen from Ihls table thnt Georgia's Increase Is not only above the average for the entire country, but Is well above the average ot tlig other state* of the South. While the Increaee In amount Invested through out the country has been 4! per cent, that of Georgia alone, during this five-year period, was over 70 per cent. While the value of manufactured products-In the whole country haa Increased II per cent during this five- year period, that of Georgia alonejias almost doubled that amount. In discussing the arrangement of the tables The Manufacturers’ Record says that In this arrangement the 8outh Is the territory Including the four teen etates and the District of Columbia lying between Maeon and Dixon's line and the Rio Grande, the middle dlvlelon the group of great manufac turing states between the Atlantic ocean and the Mississippi river, ex clusive of New England, and the trane-MIselsslppt division the sixteen states and four territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific, not In cluding Arkansas, I.oulslana and Texas, hut Including Missouri, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, which, with some reason, might be aligned with the South. With this understanding It will be noted that the middle division natu rally made the greatest actual increase in. capital Invested, from 95,119,- 757,935 to 97,937,951,913, or by S3,34S,ir4,l73, and In the value of products from '91,044,111,99* to 3t.13T.823.7i9. or by 83,093,3]4.433. The South ranked second In the Increase in amount of capital Invested, from 3337,7«1,833 to 31.897.513,217, or by 9(29,811,332, and third in the Increase In the value of products, from ?1J*7,313.387 to 31.787,778,794, or by 1530,187,127. The trana- Mlsslsslppl section ranked third in the Increase In capital Invested, from 3953.284.319 to 21.S21.7I9.5S3, or by 35*5.485,212, and second In the Increase •a value of product*, front 11.5*2,203,497 to 32,111,151,210, or by 3S72.94t,8l3, New England ranked fourth In Increase In capital Inveoted, from 31,303,- 143,194 to 81,870,334,142, or by 3364.115.741, and fourth In th* increase In quick," which Is the evil and shame of this age and country. An Attempt to Deceive. From The Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon. If Secretory Chentham said Thursday that he hnd never speculntrd In cotton and on Friday admitted (hat he hod. he should be’flred unless he can prove that both statements when made were true. The Southern cotton growers should not have no near the head of their or ganization a man who attempt* to de ceive. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. THE CHARGES PROVED. From The Savannah Press. It seems that the Hon. J. Randolph Anderson has "made good" In prefer ring his charges against certain of ficials of the Southern Cotton Aswla- tlon. It will be remembered that Mr. Anderson, in his speech In the house, on the 24th of July, stated that, ac cording to rumors, certain officials In that association owned an Interest In one of the Atlanta bucket shops, and that another officer had,been speculat ing In futures. Now, these were very serious charges, and one ot the farmers on the floor of the house who happened to be a director In that aseo. elation, called on Mr. Anderson either to prove his charges or else to with draw them. The Investigation has been conducted for the past week and It seems that Mr. Anderson's charges have been thoroughly established. The committee went out of Us way to hunt for a "mo tive" for Its charges. It declares that the consideration of the Boykin futures bill brought these things out, which, although they occurred In Mnrch, have never been brought out until now. Whether this Is true or not, the fact remain* that parties connected with the office of the Houthern Potion Associa tion have been taking secret "files" In the market, and that the people who nre Interested In advancing the price of the staple for the sake of the farm-, era of the South have been themselves reaping the benefits of their efforts, which were presumably for the public good. The danger of this Is. that If these men nre allowed to speculate In 1 cotton they may IA rt tqther long or short I ot (he market, and they might have It' In their power either to boom or to de- ■ press the prices by disseminating In- . formation according to their own Inter- i Aiir-na-r r. est. ThU la the drnger and this Is the J_ AUGU3T 6. possibility. The Southern Polton As- | Oaxmon..founder of (he eoclatlon wa* very arrive In exposing ( i«-L.™y l!?^. Plrni-mth colony m l the shortcomings of the bureau of sta- King Philip. this 11*75—1 »niuH oy.innell. Irinh^atriot, Iw™. Ity Private Leased Wire. New York. Aug. 8.—Here are som* of the vlsltorn In New York today: ATLANTA—W. H. Alters, J. F. Clegg, J. L DeGIve, J. J. Gonzales, Miss T. U Hatch, A. W. Kirk, R. E. Miller. Mrs. W. N. Munroe. C. C. Sheridan. T. M. Armlstead, Jr., A. H. Bernard, A. L. Clements, H. Cooper, Miss A. Duncan, K. Harrison, G. H. Jones. W. F. Mills, Mlsa E. M. Mill*, I. A. Rosenberg, M. Thornton. H. W. Heaton, W. Wotfort. SAVANNAH—M. Moore, W. P. Pow ers, Mrs. J. A. Rourke, C. E. Widen- slmer, B. Zclgler. .IN PARIS. Ulieclnl to The Georgian. Parle, Aug. 8,—Viva Harrison, of Macon, Ga.; Silas M. L. Baker, of Brunswick, Ga.; Mr. and Xfra T. A. E*df nnd Sirs. K. 8. Hamilton, of At lanta, Ga., registered at the office of tbe European edition of The New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN IHSTOHY. tint Ion in Washington. Of count* association ought itself to be nbove re- l>l*l Nt Muv preach. Mr. Anderson has done well,; , Aire- 1 Tenuyeou, i»*t. !»>«. iKMgj* 11 * «?- br <g«_ «M» abuse to ; ^SKIvi'a tirante lade of I™ . the ofilre, which has been condemned , 1844-intkc of Hsxiet'Mmrg-Uotlis. **?“"! by the committee. . mat of iiocui Victoria, Isirtt. PM • ; _ July si. iJOh. . Herd to Get Trustworthy Men. UtS-Confederate ranr Arkansas npMW From The Montgomery Journal. ; is«7-?l™^ u? kwda fSawl Ibe reform MU. The Atlanta Georgian Is going for 1*71—tO'rimii riots t'etw.'eu P'Otlaij •W'fS' the officer* of the Southern Cmton As- i ij'jc™ "«•' Mire In Phorelx I’m*- ?T C hT| tl rnnnrrt^ >l -'- t ' ll< ^* TllOi.*? ? ld tSd-Munlre of Captain WoolfoB. wife «»< K?.«?Jaa5 onn ^ rl » bucket shop rt*rru chlMmi by their sou ot Mfl'*"*** business. Its Issues of the Slst ultimo > «s. % , Is a hot number on this subject. It : M8*-;K»»tiuiih»r executed by electricity ti does look as If It Is Impossible to get i N * V rtrnt nvoni - men for places of honor and trust, free iSlJiSlJrli! 1 v U "lbM?t* >0 Auieriraa muiiftJ from the greed and desire to -get rich^’^KSSerf OWL* Aluerica# " m