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The Atlanta Georgian.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. 5EF.LY, President.
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Functions of the Court of Appeals.
To the Kdllor of The Georgian:
I rend with much Internal In your laaue of yeaterday
your editorial with regard to the pro|»aed court of ap
peals, a bill creating aueh a court having recently paiaed
the houae In the Georgia leglalature.
A few questions anent the aald court, I truat, you wilt
not consider Impertinent.
If the hill creating auch a court ahould become a
law. and ahould tlte aald Court of appeala become an
entity, would the exlatence of aueh a court dlminlnh In
any great degree the present congealed condition of the
state supreme court?
And, after the establishment of aueh a court of
appeals, would a litigant, upon whose case an adverse
Judgment had been rendered by tbe aald court, be de
barred from appealing to any higher court?
If not, would not all such rases aa are now being
carried up from lie superior- courts, and from other
courts of the state, to the supreme court, he also taken
up from tbe court of appeals to the supreme court?
And. shonld this custom prevail and every litigant
ahould pursue this eotirae—taking hts esnse to the conrt
of Anal adjudication by way of or through the proposed
court of appeala—In what degree would the supreme
court be relieved of Ita present burden?
Again, this being the case, would not the proposed
court of appeals be only another and an additional chan
nel through which a litigant would hare to carry hla
case In order to reach the supreme court?
And, should this prove to be the rule,' would not the
creation of the proposed court of appeals simply add to
the already burdeAome expenses of litigation; and, at
the same time—In order to support auch a new court—
create a demand for additional and a higher rate of
taxation and thus Increase the tax burden which la
already bending tbe backs of the great majority of Geor
gia's yeomanry and which la now wellnlgh Intolerable
to the average honest tax payer?
These, Mr. Editor, are questions which our law niak-
lag body ahould consider well before they pass upon
this or upon any other proposed legislation that tends
In any way to debar the poor man from nny privilege,
legal or otherwise, which the corporations and the
rich matt, on account of financial ability, enjoy; or which
seeks lo relieve a body of atate officials whose dally
work amounts to something less thnn .10 per cent of
that of ths average citizen whose taxes are required lo
pay.the salaries of tbe said officials. Respectfully,
A. C. DAVIDSON.
- Sharon, Os., August 1, JOOfl.
Briefly stated, the court of nppeals Is not nn Inter
mediate court, but a court of final resort In all cases
within Its Jurisdiction. This Jurisdiction extends to nil
court* below the rank of the'superior conrt, except the
court of ordinary, and to all criminal cases which do not
Involve capital puulshmont. Constitutional quostlons,
wherever arising, however, will still be Interpreted by
tho supreme court.
We have on former occasions directed public atten
tion to tho congested condition of the dockets ot the
supremo court and the wellulgh Imikiaslblo task which
tho Judges of tliat court are called upon td perform.
The overwhelming majority vote In the general as
sembly upon the constitutional amendment for the
r'Inbllahment of a court of appeals la a most expressive
legUtatlve recognition of the necessity of thnt court. It
l» generally stated that the court of npiieals la designed
for the reliof of the supremo court; in a largor sense It
la a court to be established In the Interest of tho people
and to prevent a denial of Juatlce to tjllgant*.
No one familiar with the methods of' work of our
supremo conrt Judgos will deny that they work during
longer hours than the average business man. A brief
consideration of the character and number of the cases
before the supreme, court alnco last October will sufflre
to emphasise the Imperative necessity of the court of
appeals. During this period there wero brought to that
court 1,150 eaeea. The records of these cases will easily
average twenty-five pages. Several very large records
hive been considered during the present term by the
.court, one of which contains approximately too pages.
The records aro typewritten on legal rap iwper and each
record page Is the equivalent of an ordinary octavo
printed page. Thus the records which must be read,
digested and condensed for pnbllcntloi of the necessary
facts to Illustrate the decided points of tho case, are
the equivalent ot fifty-seven ordinary oetavo volumes.
This ot Itself la a great task, but It Is not half of Ihe
work. Briefs of the law points Involved must be read;
tha authorities must be looked up; precedent* must be
examined, analysed and applied lo the particular case;
the record ot each case must be studied so as to ascer
tain the 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 careful and accurate prepara
tion. The published reports explain three thousand
printed pages each year.
Of course this Immense labor I* n great burden on
the Individual Judges; indeed, ao great has been this
burden that within the past four years two of the Judges
have died In office; two more resigned because of broken
liealtn, only to die in a few months after their resigna
tions, and three others ware forced to resign because
ot their health. The task of the tread mill never was
so fruitful of fatality.
This great commonwealth should not nnd will not
demand the performance of official duty which Involve*
the sacrifice of the health and lives of her conscientious
and Industrious appellate Judges.
But this view, while philanthropic, is but a narrow
view of the subject. Whan It la remembered that every
litigant, however poor, may appeal hla ease to the
supreme court, the litigant's right I* lo be considered.
When It I* remembered that tbe decisions of this court
are expository of tbe law and blndlag pracedent, then
tbe general public Is vitally concerned. Tbe safety and
permanency of our Institution* depend upon the atable
and firm enforcement of (be law. A construction of a
deed may affect thousands which are similarly drafted;
•n erroneous construction might unsettle thousands of
title*.
The law la a most complex science; Its mastery la
the work ot many yearr of ceaseless and unremitting
study. The application of abstract legal principles to
tho particular case Is a task of delicacy, acute discrim
ination and great tabor. Unless the Judges are given
ample time, there must necessarily be hasty and Ill-con
sidered opinions. This means contradiction In prece
dent which will result tn confusion sad consequent hurt
to the general public.
The court of appeals is not au Intermediate court i
mini paws through before reaching the
Ita Jurisdiction It is final and exclusive.
It la only lu cases where the constitutional question Is
raised or where the Judges of that court, of their own
motion, desire on Instruction as to the law, that tbe
supreme court will be called on to consider a case In
that court. It Is virtually a second supreme court, so
co-ordinated with tbe supreme court as to avoid conflict
In authority. The procedure I* 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
case* from the supreme 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. It Informed of the true conditions, will unan
imously ratify the amendment to the constitution estab
lishing a court of appeals.
New Life for the Cotton Association.
To the BdRor of The Georgian:
Am much Interested In that which la going on
relative lo Ihe Southern Cotton Grower*' Asso
ciation and Ita working officers. The Georgian
has spoken of the association, In Its editorial
columns, as n moat Important organisation, etc.
Mr. Murphy has demonstrated that by following
the advice of the president of tl)e association,
tho farmers In Georgia were losing 1200,000 in a
single season.
Now, then, will you be kind enough to tell your
many and Interested render* the benefit tho
farmer derives from Ihl* association. I am quite
sure your reason*, deductions nnd arguments
will furnish Instructive rending. Yours truly,
HENRY 8. REED.
Having fought and won a good fight tor the cotton
growers of Georgia In the affairs of their splendid asso
ciation, Tbe Georgian haa no higher purpose or design
than to help them and to hold up their bands In every
rutiire effort for the advancement of the great. Interests
which they represent.
And we sky frankly lo tbe farmer* of Georgia that
there Is no room for discouragement, but rather cause
for greater encouregement and Inspiration In the whole
some Investigation Just held Into the affairs of the asso
ciation, and moat of all tn Ita definite and fearless re
sults.
Tho farmers may be sure that, with the lesson of
this Investigation fresh In the minds of Ihe official life
of tbe association, their affairs will be admlnlatered
with greater care and with greater discretion and with
greater consecration than has ever beon given them
before.
And whether the present officers hold their places,
or whether the association ahould at Its next meeting
choose new men lo carry on tbe work, we feel sure that
President Jordan will dovote himself with redoubled
vigilance to tho affairs of the cotton growers. We are
thoroughly confident that he has learned some valuable
lessons and that his experience nnd Judgment have been
heightened and enhanced by the events of tho last few
week*. There ere few men taken fresh from the ranks
who ran assume and execute leadership without mis
takes In a short time. And In answer to our correspond
ent whose letter appears above, we do not hesitate to
aay that the cotton growers' usaoclatlon may now go
forward with renewed and rosolute confidence In the
work of Ita executive committee, acting In co-oporetlon
with Its executive head. ,
If Ihe furmers of Georgia will study tho ffurrent
situation, gin nnd bale their cotton In accordance with
the boat requirements of the spinners of Ihe country; If
they will bear In mind that cotton Is as marketable In
April as in November and not rush all their crop, to
market within ninety days; If they will In
their local assoclattona discuss exhaustively tbe
policies that be or ought to bo In the general associa
tion, and If they will make known their views without
reserve to the general association, then we feel confi
dent that with a united front and n resolute adherence
to all policies adopted by the general association, thnt
the price of cotton will be maintained and advanced a*
It has been In the past and that their prosperity will
he as well assured.
Whatever Ihe necessities of the case may have com
pelled within the last few weeks, they have neither hurt
nor crippled the Cotton Growers’ Association. The great
and Indispensable principles of organisation and co-
.iperatlon aland untouched. The fact that a fearless
exposure has been met with a free and fcarlea* official
condemnation la a tribute to the character and caliber
of the men who compose the association. It la a tact
full of comfort and ot confidence. ' ' I
There are thouaandi of honest and Intelligent men
In the ranks of the Southern farmer, and with the oye
and the ear of these men, quickened to vigilance
and to cooperation, we confidently believe that the Cot
ton Growers' Association has now entered upon the
strongest, the aareat and the moat effective period In Its
honorable career. We urge upon the Southern farmer
and cotton grower the largest confidence In the future
of the association. We urge upon them the rigid per-
faction of their organisation. And we confidently advise
ihem lo lend their full and unbroken rmoperatlon to Ihe
mllcles which are agreed upon or are to be agreed upon
n the Immediate future.
The Imperial staple la yet the king or commerce.
Its fiber Is slill current among the finances of the world,
and the mere discipline administered to officers who
have marie a mistake should bring, not discouragement,
but Inspiration to the great rank of organised cotton
growers throughout the country.
accumulating wealth, there haa been no decad
ence of her manhood; that her Democratic rep
resentation In congress. In both senate and
house, has. In a large degree, been distinguished
by the best of tho old-time American character-
(•tics; that among the scores of e^t-Confederate
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. Tho senate of the
Flfty*nfnth congress furnishes many Illustrations
of what *the old 8outh* was and the new South Is.
Compare tbo venerable ex-Confederates Morgan
and Petrus, of Alabama, with thr ^presentation
In that body of the Empire State, and you will
not need to go further In tho Investigation.
‘"Political stupidity,' as the term Is employed
by tbe Journal, means Democratic solidity. If
that solidity be a misfortune. It Is easily account-
• -I for TI:<* lil.-ton of recount ruction is It* nil-
sufficient explanation. The same kind of 'polit
ical stupidity' would, under like conditions, pre
vail all over the North. The new 8outh Is too
wise and patriotic to cut loose from the tradi
tions. habits, and surviving representatives of
the 'old 8outh.* May it be long before Immigra
tion or greed, or both combined, or nny other
cause or causes, elfnco tho Americanism of the
only section In which It survives.**
It Is of Immense value to tbe Couth that at our na
tional capital there should be a great Independent and
national newspaper, with sentiments so kindly and spirit
so broad toward this people.
If opr national sentiment Is molded In large part
at our national capital, then Indeed tbe 8outh has great
reason to be glad tbat the representative newspaper of
Washington U a brave and brilliant friend of the South
ern people.
All of which Justifies Tbe Georgian In saying In
typo what It has long felt In Its mind, that If. for general
Interest and for general merit. It had to chooso ono
paper among all other American dailies. It would at
least begin the experiment .with the Washington Post
The State’s Last Bulwark Against
Railroad Agression.
The Georgian la heartily and earnestly opposed to
the long lease of the state road contemplated by the
bill which was passed by the senate last week.
It la just aa effective to aay this kindly sod to lay
It reasonably. There Is no use- In going Into hysterics
over It—because It has been said before, and because
there was no treason toward the stale nor toward Ita
cltlsens contemplated by Its author and ad rotate.
The blit Is unquestionably a mistake, but Its author
la beyond all question one of the doaneat and purest
men in the public service of Georgia, and nelthor hla
motives nor bis methods can be questioned In this
measure. The disposition of Ihe state road Is a great
problem and on* which demand* not only tbe greatest
discretion but the moat deliberate Investigation. *
Mr, Plromls H. Bell and the .Honorable Hooper
Alexander, of the county of DeKalb, have been the pio
neers of tbe proposition that the’natural solution of the
problem of the state road was to extend It from Atlanta
to the ren and thus provide a safe and wholesome com
petition for the state against the aggression of the rail
roads la their pools and combinations.
The editor o( The Georgian was perhaps the first
dally newspaper man of the state to fully nnd cordially
Indorse this proposition as hr did two years aao.
The Georgian Is confident that ultimately this should
be and probably will lie the solution of this great ques
tion. it Is certainly the prudent, the wise nnd the com-
mon sense policy for a people situated as are the people
of Georgia today.
The only objection which bas seemed to he effective
to this policy of extension has been Ihe Idea that in our
Chattanooga or northern terminus the extended state
road would find It difficult, amid tbo pools and combina
tions of our railroad systems gathering there, to find
an outlet or a connecting line—If the railroads should
decide lo unitedly oppose the state's Independent prop
erty. This Is an argument which seems to be effective
but which Is really not so. The age in which we iivo 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-operate
In the development by way of tho 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 aentlmcnt Is educated to this
point ht thl* time or not. It Is at least much nearer
than tt ha* ever been before, and will be nearer next
year than It la thl* year, and every succeeding season
of Tefiectlon will bring the common sense of Georgia
nearer to a comprehension of tbe prudent policy and
the absolute necessity of this step.
Ono thing Is certain—that It would be unspeakable
folly to consummate this long lease at this time, In this
period of unrest nnd of development. In this period of
agitation and of changing and altering policies both on
the part of the railroads and of the atate, nothing can
be clearer than tne policy of tt least delaying action
upon thl* vital matter. There I* nothing to be lost by
walling. The railroads thnt cry “opportunity" are sim
ply seoklng to clinch their own advantage. If the state's
railroad Is valuable In the exigencies of today. It will be
Infinitely more valuable In tbe exigencies of the ever
Increasing and multiplying prosperity and development of
tomorrow. If this be ,tbo only dpportunlty to sell, then '
the state bas not the power of veto upon any further
combination paralleling with Its own -line. If after this
no other railroads ahould wlab to buy tbe shite'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.
The Western and Atlantic railroad Is the last splen
did reserve of the state's policy of competition.
It Is the last bulwarn-of the state against tho abso
lute domination of tbe 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, beat hold that the atate baa upon a
situallotl already serious enough and which may become
unbearable In the future.
It Is tbe last strategic entrenchment behind which
the state may fight for Just freight rates and for fair
treatment by tbe transportation lines. 4
What unspeakable folly It would be to part In haste
with this Invaluable possesilon of protection and de
fense.
| The press of the Capital City is absolutely united In
Its resolute Insistence that the house of representatives
ahould kill the bill which haa passed the senate.
GOSSIP
1
About I
People
By Private I-ssied Wire.
New York. Aug. 6.—If there was any
doubt that Mr*. Clarence Mnckay was
learning the game of politics—to those
who have followed her political career
there was little or any—she has dis
pelled It by her action In coming out
for Dr. Joseph H. Bogart, who was
her bitterest opponent when she made
her successful race for school trustee
of Roslyn.
Last fall Mrs. Mnrkay's competitor
was Dr. P. D. Leys, an old whlte-
bearded resident of Roslyn, who had
served on the school board for severs,
decades. Some bitterness was Injected
Into the campaign.- Dr. Bogart threw
himself Into the campaign with all pos
sible vigor, working day nnd night
against Mrs. Mackay. But she was
elected.
Instead of wasting time congratulat
ing herself upon her vlctorx, Mrs. Mac
kay at once set about taking an active
hand In the work of the board. She
made good, ns her fellow trustees as
sert, and won their highest esteem, and
there has been nothing but harmonious
work In Ihe board. Incidentally there
will be no opposition to her own re-
election.
Mrs. Florence May brick haa Just re
turned from a trip abroad. She cam*
on a French liner and declines to say
whether or not ahe broke her ticket of
leave bj? going to England. She Is
stopping with friends in New York for
two days and Is then going to Wash
ington.
The principle In therapeutics that
the “hair of the dog Is a cure for th*
bite" was put Into practical effect by
Dr. J. B. Beekman, of Bqdmlnater, N. J,
who attends the fashionable summer
visitors there nnd who Is the chum of
Rear Admiral Schley.
When Helen Sparks, daughter of
Henry Sparks, the wealthy Phlladel-
phlo banker, was thrown from an auto
mobile that got beyond control and
was rendered unconscious, Dr. Beek
man. with a btg 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 nameless girl, who soon
opened her «yes and sat up. Her In
juries are not ot a serious nature.
Fifty apprentice seamen Just trans
ferred from the naval station at New
port to the receiving ship Franklin, at
Norfolk, for general service and among
whom Is James Raynor Well*, who en
listed at the Brooklyn navy yard for
four years. Wells la Ihe son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. William Storrs Walls. leading
Newport summer residents. Mr. Well*
Is president of the Fairbanks Seals
Company.
As far as can be learned, young
Wells was cut off by his father and
went Into the navy on hla own hook.
He received a legacy through the death
or an uncle, but this was spent, and he
hod to change the mode of his living.
“Our Friend at Washington.”
More thnn onco during the past three months The
Georgian hhs been moved lo an expression of apprecia
tion tor Ihe kindly nnd helpful spirit manifested toward
the 8outh by thnt great newspaper, the Washington
Poat.
This was notably made manifest In the dlaeusalou of
tbo Immigration question In which the Poat rendered na
the service not only of good counsel, but of strong de
fense. The Georgian made comment and expressed Ita
sectional appreciation at the time.
And now once more the Poat has demonstrated It*
good will toward this section In Its answer to a mean
New England thrust.
Tbe Kennebec Journal, one of the leading newspa
pers of Maine, once edited by Jamei G. Blaine, and el-
way* under the editorial conduct of some leading man
in public Ilfs, Is now directed by Representative Edwin
C. Burleigh, of Augusta. A recent Iskue of the Journal
contained the following unfair and mean-spirited edi
torial:
“The new South haa been a fruitful them* for
writer* and speakers during Ihe past generation,
arid yet every little while there haa been abun
dant and unwelcome evidence that the old South
haa by no mean* passed away. Tha South needs
more capital, more labor, more enterprise, lets
demagoguery, lea* race prejudice, and leas polit
ical stupidity; but In spite of Ita handicaps It haa
shared to no small degree In the bountiful pros
perity which the whole country haa been enjoy
ing In recent years."
And to this the Poat, with real and generous warmth,
rsaponda:'
“Thank God, 'tbe old South' hat not passed
away; that whlla ah* haa, 'in recent years,' been
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under tbla hrml will up
remarkable i1cr«lopm«?nt of
Iny nttun^ou.
Georgia Doubles Country’s Average Growth
The first five years of the preeent century have been the most proe-
peroue and progressive In the history of manufacturing development In the
United Btatee. It le well nigh Impoeslble for Ihe mind to comprehend the
meaning of the'figured Into which this expansion. Ih the value of manufac
turing enterprises and the value of their products now-run.
It may become somewhat clear when w-e say that there le. not money
enough In the world, gold, Oliver and curemcy, lo buy the manufactur
ing enterprises of the country, which have Increaeed more than 42 per
rent In five years, and are now valued at practically 111,000,000,000. The
producle of these factories have Increaeed more than- II per cent In the
same length of time, and how- reach the enormous output of 115,051,-
441.110.
As a matter of patriotic pride, we rejoice In this general Increase, but
the part which the South plays In the general prosperity Is particularly
gratifying. Both In the Increase of the amount Invested and the tncreaae
In the products of the factories of the country, the South easily rank* Aral,
while Ihe New England stales, for so long the very home of manufacturing
enterprises, trail along nt the end.
The average Increaso In the amount of money Invested In the United
States during the first five years of the century was, as we have said, 42 per
cent, while the Increase for the South alone was *5 per cent. The Increase
In the value of the country's products was 11.2, whlla that of the 8outh
Slone was practically 44.6 per rent. There Is no other group ot states In
the entire Union which can show auch a marvelous Increase, and th* work
le just getting under way.
The Manufacturers' Record, In discussing Ihe mailer, glvee these tables
In full, divided Into groups of states. In order that Georgia's own ex
clusive part In this gnat manufacturing expansion may be seen nt a glance
w* reproduce the table for tho Southern states:
TIIK mtl'TII.
value of products, from 11,419,662,100 to 12,026,68?,417, or by 1166,996,417.
The tendency In manufacturing advance Is Indicated in the facta that
W-lthln the ave-year period (he percentages of Increase In the South In capi
tal, 45, and tn the value of products, 44.4, were greater than In any other
division, and that there woe approach by the South to New England In
actual capital Invested and In actual value of products. The lowest per
centages of Increase, both as to capital ui as to the VaJqe of products,
were In New- England, being 24.2 and 22.1, 9*afectlvely,'w-hlie (lie 1 trnds-IDk-
ataslppl division, surpassing New England In the value of products, ehoa-ed
a.greater rate Of Increase than the middle division. These raise of Increase
must be studied by separate states for a comprehension of their full sig
nificance end also In a knowledge of the equipment of the states aa to the
materiel for manufacturing Ipdustry, the conveniences for a distribution
of the finished product and the availability of labor.
These statistics do not Include the figures of hand trade* and neigh
borhood Industries. If In the five-years the rate of Increase for the omitted
Items was equal to that for factories alone, th* value of ail manufactured
products In 1105 was close to 12,160,000,000 In the South and close to 117.-
600,000.000 In the whole country.
COMMENT ON REVELATIONS
IN THE COTTON ASSOCIATION
■ Ktatrs.^H
A lo i»f» bmk
I Mu. rolutuMN. 17.KMW
ArkaiiM* 17.MMM
Florid*
itarncl* 7g.y*il<
Kuiitniky ■
* hi Uln mt
Maryland it%U.BA3
M Umlaut md .... ml
N. I'nrttifllM.... OeSNeOtt
aultdl Inrwiloil.
IW. I**.
vain# of rrmlnut*.
1*vv> nj i
i Tt3c.cn $ tm.tm.K3
iMJCitt jft.ao.iM
».4Ni.i7N m.mjH
7I.S
41»
W.ft
•7.1
It
44.4
nndlnn *2. 150.027
Tennessee ..... S1.II0.S6<
Texas SAM,SIS
Virginia ei.rw.ws
West Virginia.. 4k.ltt.lS
Total KW7.7UM 11,5*7.5:4127 ll.227,5».«*7 11.7*7,776.714
It will be seen from this table that Georgia's Increase Is not only above
the average for Ihe entire country, but Is well above the average of the
other states of the South. While the Increase In amount Invested through,
nut the country haa been 41 per cent, that ot Georgia alone, during this
five-year period, was over 70 per rent. While (he value of manufactured
products In the whole country has Increased II per cent during this five-
year period, that of Georgia alona has almost doubted that amount.
In discussing the arrangement of the tables The Manufacturers' Record
says that In this arrangement the South la the territory Including the four-
teen states and ths District of Columbia lying between Maeon and Dtxon's
line and the Rio Grande, the middle division the group of great manufar-
turlng states between the Atlantic ocean and th* Mississippi river, ex
clusive of New England, and the Irana-Mteeleslppl division the sixteen
elates and four territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific, not In
cluding Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, but Including Missouri. Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory, which, with some reason, might be aligned^ with
the South.
With this understanding It wilt be noted that the middle division natu
rally made the greatest actual Increase In capital Invested, from 15.55*.-
7*7,615 lo 17,517.521.111; or by 12.149,154.178, and In the value of products
from 17.044.611.15* to 49.1I7.t26.?l*. or by 42,091.114.454. The South ranked
second In tbe Increase In amount of capital Invested, from 4157,701.615 to
11,617.511,117, or by 4521,411,151 and third In th* Increase lo the value of
products, from $1.II7,5M,«I7 lo 11,717.776,7*4. or by 4560,167.117. The trans-
Mississippi section ranked third In the Increase In capital Invested, from
lt5t.2M.4l4 to 11.521.719,541, or by 15*1.451,212. and second In the Increase
In value of product*, from 11,521,204,41? to 12.111,111.110, or by 1572,941,911.
New England ranked fourth In Increase In capital Invested, frpm 11.506,-
145,114 lo 41.170.1*4.141. or by 1114,111,741. and fourth In the Increase <n
THE CHARGES PROVED.
From The Savannah Press.
It aeeme that the Hnn. J. Randolph
Anderson ha* “made good" In prefer
ring hie chargee against certain of
ficials of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion. It will be remembered that Mr.
Anderson. In hie speech In the house,
on the 24th of July, stated that, ac
cording to rumors, certain offlclals In
that association owned an Interest In
one of the Atlanta bucket shops, and
that another officer had been speculat
ing In futures. Now, theae were very
serious charges, and one of the
farmers on the floor of the house who
happened to"be a director In that asso
ciation. called on Mr. Anderson either
lo prove his charges or else To with
draw them.
The Investigation has been conducted
for the poet week and It seems that
Mr. Anderson's charges « have been
thoroughly established. The committee
went out of It* way to hunt for a “mo
tive" for Its chargee. It declares that
the consideration of the Boykin futures
bill brought theae things nut, which,
although they occurred tn March, have
never been brought out until now.
Whether this le true or not. the fact
remain* that parties connected with the
olfice of th* Southern Cotton Associa
tion have been taking secret "filca’’
In the market, and that the people who
are Interested In advancing the price
of the staple for th* sake of the farm
er* of the South have been themselves
reaping the benefit* of thtlr efforts,
which were presumably for the'public
good. The .danger of this la, that If
these men are allowed to speculate In
cotton they may be either long or abort
of the 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-
This Is the danger and this la th*
possibility. The Southern Cotton As
quick," which Is the evil and ahame of
this age and country.
An Attempt to Deceive.
From The Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon.
If Secretary Cheatham aald Thursday
that he had never speculated In cotton
and on Friday admitted that he had, he
ahould be fired unless he can prove that
both atatements whed made were true.
The Southern cotton growers should
not have so near the head of their or
ganisation a man who attempts to de
ceive.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private 1-cased Vita
New York, Aug. *.—Here ore some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—W. H. Alter*, J. F.
Clegg. J. L. DeGive, J. J. Gonxales, Miss
T. L. Hatch, A. W. Kirk, R. E. Mllle.-.
Mrs. W. N. Munroe. C. C. Sheftdnn, T.
Armlsteadj Jr., A. II. Bernard, A. U.
Clements, H. Cooper, Miss A. Duncan,
F. Harrison, G. II. Jones, W. F. Mills,
s E. M. Mills, I. A. Rosenberg. M.
Thornton. H. W. Heaton, W. Wolfort.
SAVANNAH—M. Moore, W. P. Pow
ers, Mrs. J. A. Rourke, C. E. Widen-
aimer, B. Zelgler.
IN PARIS. .
fipeclal to The Georatan.
Paris, Aug. *.—Viva Harrison, of
Macon, Ga.: Mies M. L. Baker, ot
Brunswick, Ga.: Mr. and Mra. T. A.
Rady and Mra. K. S. Hamilton, of At
lanta, Ga., registered at the office of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 6.
1221—8t. Domiro de fiustuan, foamier of tbe
l»«6iuln|i*Mtim tiled.
eoctolton was very active In exposing j j«j-Trraty Mvon Plymouth coton> el 1
the abort coming* of the bureau of eta* j Kin* I'hlllj*.
fistic* In Washington. Of course this 11TT3— ImmTh irronnell. Irish patriot, horn,
association ought Itself to be above re. i j'W ot Jieoott Msy 15. IM7.
proach. Mr. Anderson has done welt, j Teanfson, poet, born.
Incidentally, to bring out thl* abuse In ! pct-Bollvla tacame Independent of l'sra.
th* ofllce, which has been condemned t ikm—link.- of Kaxe-fnbiirg-Gotltm. second
by the committee. mm of <ineen Victoria. bur*. IMed
I July Si ISM.
w H, mw *°„ G '‘ Tru,t r rthy i VSjmr*
Prom The Montgomery Journal. iM7-llon»- of tools paaerd Ike reform MU.
Th* Atlanta Georgian la going for 1-Swloas riot, hrtwmi Fenian »yr»pa
ths officers of the Southern Cotton As- , ihihu* *** P"* 1 '* '*
jactation, or rather Gum who are raid ‘lM7_5|onK of Captain lVoolfolk. wife and
to bo connected with the bucket shop' seven rbIMren by their ono at Macou.
business. He Issue* of the Hat ultima Go.
la a hot number nn thl* subject. It 11?»»-K»mmbw exeewted by electricity at
doe* look aa If It I* Impoeslble to set, record.
men for placr* of honor and truer, free ibs-gSm-S? Pfiooff Americas stoical
from the greed and desire to “get rich' compraerl dle^