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.11, in ||ll|*lffM mi 1 mmm Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. _ Telephone | Connection*. Subscription Rites: II Published Every Afternoon | One Tear $4.50 F.icept Sunday by 61* Month* 2.SO THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Month* 1.25 list 25 W. Alsham* Street,| By Csrrier, per week 10c || Atlinl*; G*. r A Great People and a Mad Campaign Fifteen months ago there were five prominent Geor gians In the full enjoyment of tranquillity and high repute among their fellow-citizens. Each of those gentlemen was prominent, respected, land trusted in his own community and In the state at I large. If any one of these gentlemen had given his note I for a debt of honor it would have been accepted In any carries best and bravest and most definite the banner of my convictions here? The whole duty of the voter and the citizen Is framed In the questions and the answer which he makes. Every pianos ballot Is his civic conscience. It ex presses his high conception of his duty to the people and the state. It expresses his Judgment of the v . _ . . . i and prudent policy which will make for the prosperity section of the commonwealth. If any one of them had , ... or his business, the betterment of society and the safety of his home. Let every citizen carry his conscience to the polls. Let personalities be lost In patriotism, and let pas- been tendered an appointment to a high station of trust and responsibility by governor or president the an- | nouncement would have been greeted by applause un* I mixed with criticism. If any one of them had died the I Entered ■■ a^rond-riaia matter April.*s. at tbe Poetofflcv # | eulogies would have been state wide upon his character Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of March S. 1179. . The Georgia Encampment. The three regiments of Georgia militia now In en* esmpment at Chlrkamauga. together with the Seven teenth Regiment of the regular army, are undergoing a discipline and drill which cannot fall to prove o( great advantage to the etate troop*, at least. The beat of good feeling prevails between the regular and the volunteer troops. and the Georgia boys are profiting to tho fullest extent by the advantages they enjoy In being put through various maneuvers In conjunction with the regular troops. • and services, aad the estimate of blB life by press and public might have been printed with pride as the epitaph upon his tomb. Today theso men. without exception, are smirched with suspicion and sprinkled with mud thrown wanton from the camps of personal opposition. Not one of them has escaped the breath of slander or tho brand of Infamy expressed in open charge or Implied In sneaking Innuendo. One of these men Is charged with cruelty equivalent to crlmo and with Immorality amounting to misdemeanor. One of them Is arraigned for neglect and Incompetence In public duty and with demagogy that slon lie forgotten In tho high and holy Interests of the state. Let a pure ballot rebuke a passionate campaign. The severe weather which'has prevailed since the troops went Into camp on Saturday and Sunday has ], Akin to knavery. One of them Is charged with treason given tho boys a taste of the hardships of actual army life. We are Informed that tho discipline and exercise are not so severe as they were at Manassas, when the volunteers suffered a great deal and there was much eomplalnt. A happy medium seems to have been found. It la not a mere holiday jaunt, but real soldiering that tho boys are up against, and they themselves havo accepted the fact that they are In for all the Improvement they can get. It was evidently the part of wisdom on the part of the general assembly to increase the appropriation for the Georgia volunteers. That this branch of the state service Is valuable In time of war was proven once and tor all during the recent Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war. It re quired but a short tlmo to convert raw recruits Into bnrdy veterans, and the service they rendered will for ever remain as a monument to the courage and diligence and patriotism of the volunteer.soldler. At the same time It Is undoubtedly true that In time of peace wo can do no better than to maintain the highest degree of efficiency on the part of these volunteers. They need the experience which can best be derived from actual operations and from contact with the regular soldiers, under the command ot regular of ficers. This they are getting at Chlckamauga and all are enjoying and profiting by the experience. Pass the “Honest” Election Law. The people of the state heartily approve of the ac tion of the house In passing the bill Introduced by Mr. Wright, of Richmond, throwing additional safeguards around the ballot box, and It Is earnestly hoped that when this measure comes up as a special order In tho senate tomorrow It will meet with prompt Bnd annul mous support. The lending features of this bill are that the safe guards now thrown nround regular elections shall be mudo to apply equally to primary eloctlons, that the hi. Ing of persons to work for a candidate either before or durlng an election, the offering of money or other thin of value for the purpose of buying votes at an election shall be made a misdemeanor, and that "on the trial of any person for offending against this section of the endo any other person who may have participated In any violation ot the provisions of tho same shall be.a com petent witness, and bo compelled to glvo evldonce," etc. The latter feature Is regarded as one ot the strong- e*t features ot tho bill, Tho fact that herotoforo It was well nigh Imposslblo to get evidence of the violation ot •lection laws hns beon i. serious drawback to the purifi cation of tho elections in this state, and It is hoped that the present provisions will remedy this detect. On tho whole, there hns been no hill beforo the pres ent session of the general assembly which more entirely enlists the Interest of the peoplo than this measure of Mr. Wright's. The corruption of tho franchise strikes at the very foundations of representative government. So long as it Is possible to buy find sell votes In the open market, and at the same time It Is Impossible to collect evidence of such violations, the victory In any contest is bound to go to tho man or the measure In whose Interest tho most money and the moat corrupt methods are employed. lloder such conditions the franchise becomes mockery and a abam. The example of corruption em ployed in elections, which Is tho source of all power in representative governments, gangrenes tho Btato and spreads the Infection ot dishonor evorywhore. It per verts the manhood and morality ot the rising generation and Instills Into their minds a flippant disregard (or the Institutions on which our freedom and prosperity rest. There have been warnings enough In the past that something should be dona to purify our elections. We bevo no desire to awaken unpleaeant memories, and certainly no dealre to reflect upon one faction more than another, but the scene* which occurred In Savan nah In fhc recent election were enough to stir the In dignation of the entire state. The news that went out to the world that such shameless corruption of the fran chise went on In one ot (he fairest cities of Georgia was calculated to discredit ua everywhere. The ecenos which have been enacted In Richmond county In time past have left a blight on the fair tamo of that grand old county which she (cels to the present day. ' Georgia and the South have b*«n striving against tearful odds during the past forty years to assume their just rank tn the economic progress ot tho country. Our fields and factories hare been offering splendid opportu nities to labor aud capital everywhere. The tide of prosperity bos at last turned this way. We are growing by leaps and bounds. But there la nothing which will reassure timid cspltal more effec tively than to place It upon the records that the elections In this state are not only pure but above the possibility of fraud. There Is nothing which will more quickly In duce Immigration than tho assurance to every man who casts his lot with us and makes his home here that be will have a full and fair opportunity to participate In jur representative government. All of this splendid progress would be nullified and rittated. In a large degree. If It should go out to the world that we hod turned down this opportunity to make our election laws absolutely honest and fair. It ta up to the senate. The bouse has spoken In unmistakable terms on the question, and the coopera tion of the senate will make the triumph of righteous ness and honesty and justice complete for sll time to come. to the dead Confederacy of our dreams. And two of them—God save the mark!—are sprinkled and spattered from head to foot with mud and Ink snatched from pools of circumstance nnd suspicion that stain them with the imputation of every personal Iniquity and of almost every civic crime. Lying, hypocrisy, deceit, slander, treason, impurity, and vice—Infidelity to race. Infidelity to party and Infidelity to country—cowardice In public service, nnd perfidy In private trust—all these fearful and (rightful terms nnd Imputations are bandied to nnd fro with the abandon of savages and the wanton deduc tions of anarchy. Shades of our Fathers! Have Georgia politics come to this? Are character, dignity, responsibility and high repute all to be flung away In this mad scramble for of fice. and In this wild wassail of personal ambition? Are the good names bullded through patient years to bo blasted In one fierce campaign of conflicting personal de sire. Are the traditions of our politics and of our race to be swept away in this mad modern method of aban doned vilification; Why, In the ngc of our ancestors.. thoro would havo been a doxen rifles to ring the answer to the furious personalities of this one tempestuous canvass. In the civilisation which our fathers bullded the field of honor would have run crimson with the response to one-hall the mortal Insults that have passed between Georgians who are neither cowards nor knaves. The age of chivalry has gone. The day of personal combat Is dlscredltod all over the land—end wo Justly plume ourselves upon tho advancing civilization which lias wiped away from personnl quarrels tho arbitrament of -blood. But In the mortal reVulsInn which good men and true men are feeling everywhere over the abandoned license of vituperative politics, tho suggestion Is re vived that there may be deadlier things than the re volver nnd tho knife. Men who remember the day when honor was held above life, are asking themselves It we have Improved upon the customs ot an earlier time: Tlu» ng<» ot personal responsibility was the age of courtesy and the age of purity. In the day of Us regnant rule men were not less careful of the statu upon a good man’s honor than they were of the slightest shadow upon the crystal of a woman's namo. And If this wild tide ot passionate abuse Is to go unchecked through tho customs of the present day, men who have both courage ond honor may go backward to the primal nnd the elemental law. Bettqr the ago of personal responsibility than ihe age of character-wrecking and abuse. Better the knight then the fishwife. Better the code duello than the age ot billingsgate Voters ot Georgia, In this crisis of economic prin ciple end of both civic and personal honor, there rests a great responsibility upon you. ' Upon your wisdom, Justice and moderation we must depend for the straight- enlng of this passionate tangle, and the solution of this Issue which has becomo'not loss personal than racial and economic. Tbo traditions of a great raco are with you, and Mr. Candler’s Bill for County Tax Boards. The Georgian speeds ita best wishes' to the Candler amendment to the Hall bill providing for county boards of tax assessment. Mr. Hall's bill for a state board is good, but would be Incomplete and ineffective without the Candler amendment providing for county boards of assessors. The question of taxation Is one very near to the people of Georgia, and the queatiorv of the equality of taxation Is growing more vital every year. The ceaseless effort of Individuals to evade Just taxation by the return of property at price* far below the normal value of these possessions entails a burden of vast proportion upon the i>oorer classes and upon the honest people of the state. There does not appear any way on earth by which these thingR can be remedied except by the impartial supervision of the law. And no state board of assessment can cover the returns of the Individual tax payers of the state. There seems to be no reasonable doubt of the passage of Mr. Candler's bill, and we sincerely trust that it may have safe and overwhelming indorsement at the ballots of Tuesday’s session. Choliy Knickerbocker** GOSSIP About People Ily Priv Lo, Xe i«*U Wire. The Alabama Election The Birmingham News Is authority for tho state ment that the late governor. Joseph E. Johnson, of Birmingham. Is certain to he one of the alternate sen ators from Alabama. The other place, according to The News, Is between John B. Knox, W. C. Oates, R. H. Clark. John H. Bankhead, Jesse Stallings and W. C. Fitts. Comer nnd Cunningham are still fighting It out In vigorous style for the gubernatorial chair. Two months ago Mr. Comer’s election was regarded as certain. Of late, however, Cunnlnglmm has entered an element of doubt Into the campaign because of his vigorous candi dacy. The chances are still In favor of Comer. . But with all the rush of the campaign, Alabama Is to be congratulated upon the fact that Its state politics are lacking In the pitiless apd vindictive pcruonalitles which disfigure our own campaign. in CHORUS OF DEMANDS THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN you llvo tn an ngo of onllghtenmcnt nnd widespread In formation. You are wiser and greater than the men who Insult your Intelligence when they proffer ybu passion for argument or bitterness (or reason. Tho state and the future confidently expect that you will keep clear minds snd tranquil tempers through this vindictive storm. And we have confidence that you will vindicate ybur great history In this fcerious crista. You know that tf these five Georgia gentlemen were guilty of one-half the chargee hurled against them by their Jealous rivals, not one of them wonld be fit for private assoeletlon, much lest for public trust You (mow that not one of them Is of the dye and kidney painted by those who hate and envy him. You know these llvo Georgians are as good today as they were upon that tranquil June of 1905 In which they looked unlustful upon the offices of the state. At they were worthy of trust and honor then they are each worthy of trust nnd honor now. Put back with scorn the small and envious rage .In which cavilling competitor* have covered those men with disrepute. Spew out the personal Issue from this shame ful snd snd campaign, and looking straight and clear upon the brave white ballots of the Democratic primary, bold your minds steadfast to the three great questions which the campaign hold*— 1. What are the Issue* ot this campaign? 2. Where do my convictions take their honest stand amid these Issues as they are framed? and 3. What man of all this list of honest Georgians Mr. Cheatham Should Resign. From the Mncnn Telegraph.- Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Association. should resign—"by request," If necessary. The associa tion's Interests are of too great and grave concern to the entire South to be tampered with by an unfaithful trustee. Mr. Cheatham admits having broken the trust reposed In him. The association was organised for the pur pose, chiefly, of counteracting the causes and Instrumentalities which the growers believed were responsible for depreciating tho prlco of their staple below a figure nt which It could bo profitably produced. Chief among these Instrumentalities, as they regarded It, was the widespread selling and buying of future options on cotton, and so cer- thln were the growers, the association and others that this practice was prej udicial to the profitable handling ot their product that a bill was Introduced In the Georgia legislature and success fully fought through' the house of rep resentatives' abolishing cotton ex changes and bucket shops. As the sec ond most prominent officer ot the as ■oclatlon, Mr. Cheatham was in the thick ot the fight being waged against the speculation tn cotton futures and against the exchanges and bucket shops through which It was carried on. It Is ut this critical juncture that the cry Is raised that there are "traitors” In the Southern Cotton Association's ranks. The nppnrently absurd oharge wns made thnt some of those who were denouncing bucket shops were finan cially Interested In bucket shops. Thnt among the most vehement denunciators of futures speculatlqn there were some who secretly speculated In futures. That prominent officials of the associa tion were hunting with the hounds and running with the hares. Mr. Cheat ham was prompt to make Indignant denial of personal Implication In these charges. In the Investigation which followed he was forced In the face of overwhelming testimony to admit that he had been doing the very thing against which he was fighting as an officer of the association—that he had been drnllng In cotton futures and thus helping to hurt the Interests he slble nnd should be censured. The motive for the attack upon the association's officers, they declare, whs spite on the part of the bucket shops for tho abolition of which there has ben a campaign waging In Georgia. That Is a matter of no Importance. The only thing to be considered Is the truth of the charges made against a high officer of the association which has undertaken to represent the farm ers of the South and to guard their Interests unselfishly. It has not been established that Mr. Cheatham made Investments In cotton futuyes on his own account, nor that lie Involved the association In any way In Ills transactions, but, from the point of the asoclatlon's Interest, there can be no palliation or excuse of his. undertak ing to speculate even vicariously In the cotton market. The association's usefulness will be entirely destroyed once tho confidence of the cotton farmers In It Is shaken, end It Is to be feared that this inci dent will go far toward disintegrating the organisation, which has done much for the benefit of the cotton growers of the South. , TAKES SOLEMN OATH TO SUPPORT FAMILY ESCAPES PUNISHMENT paid and trusted to protect, If he be- flared ' * ' ' the professions and principles he publicly avowed. Whether he specu lated for himself or others did not af fect the question In the slightest from his standpoint. Unquestionably such a denouement destroys Mr. Cheatham's capacity for further usefulness to the Southern Cot ton Association. If the association could ever trust him again It can scarcely continue Ite Interests In the hands of a man so foolish as to make bitter war upon peopla who he must ave known had the power by retaliat ing to destroy him. No Palliation or Excuse. From the Charleston Poet. The committee appointed by the president of the Southern Cotton As sociation, relative to their participa tion In cotton gambling, find* that Secretary Cheatham engaged In bucket •hop transactions for account of friend* and that hla conduct waa reprehen- Send Richard Home. From The Thomson Progress. The Southern Cotton Association should send Richard Cheatham back to his Mississippi plantation. It will have to do It If It values Its own ex istence. It may be that all that has been going on in the headquarters of the association will not come to light, but enough has already come to put an end to Dick's days of usefulness. Over hla own signature he admits that he has been speculating In cotton futures nnd writing editorials against It. It Is true that he says he wns act ing for other parties—a Mr. O.'Grady and a Mr. Leo—but he refuses to re veal the Identity of Mr. Leo. In tho eye* of the people of the South he has been condemned as un worthy to occupy the position he holds, and the association had better send him home. Tho farmers and business men who compose tho association are not going to have a gang of cotton gambler* In charge of their a ft sirs, and Harvle Jordan had better apply the kqlfe vigorously, or hla associa tion will go to piece* Ilk* a bouse ot cards. By taking a solemn oath before Act ing Recorder Joseph Hlrsch Tuesday morning that he will properly support hi* wife and three children, and that he will never again drink a drop ot Intoxicating beverage, John Smith, a young white man residing In Decatur street, escaped punishment for alleged mistreatment of his famljy. The young husband was arrested at the Instance of Probation Officer Gloer, on complaint ot Mrs. Smith. She In formed the officer that Smith recent ly beat her and tore her clothes, after which he abandoned her nnd /her chil dren. Smith denied he beat hla wife, but promised he would support Ills family In the future and would never drink Intoxicants again. TRIO OF CANINES OITTEN BY MAD DOG "Guilty” Was Enough. From Tho Columbia State. The dispatch that tells of the decls Ion In the Cheatham case relates that the committee that found the secretary of the cotton association guilty of spec ulating in Ite report “does not censure him or make any recommendation." Oh, well, what waa the use? "Guilty 1 was enough. Should Resign at Once. From The St. Matthews (S. C.) Com merclal. Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Association, .can be of valuable service to the member* of the associa tion by rending In his resignation at once. Cheatham Had Better -Hurry, From the Brunswick News. Cheatham had better move before the national committee gets hold of him. GAGE GIVES UP HIS HOME TO SAN DIEGO THEOSOPH/S7S By Privets Imsso Wire. San Diego,- Cal, Aug. 7.—Former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, who haa been a reeldent of Point Loma, almost within the circle of the "universal brotherhood and the- oaophlcal society,” of which Katharine Tlngtey Is the outer head, la to leave the Point far Chicago and the East, but whether temporarily or permanent ly he will not say. He declines to say a word regarding his Intentions. The movement on the part of the farmer secretary of the treasury ta In dicated by the filing of a deed at the county recorder's olllce In which Mr. Gage transferred tn Katharine Ting- ley the seven-room home owned by him on Point Loma. This home was completed but a short time ago. The consideration hns not been made public. INSANE WOMAN SETS FIRE TO SELF AND FOUR OTHERS By Private leased Wire. South Bend, Ind, Aug. 7.—As a result ot a demented woman's craving for fire. Mrs. H. E. Denslow was burned to death. Dr. H. E. Denslow and Mrs. Eugene Balfour were probably fatally burned, and Mrs. O. E. Hunt end her CAROS AND LEER RESULT I>: MURDER; SLAYER GETS AWAY. Ae the result of the com button of a peck of cards, a keg of beer and a lit tle game In the wood* near the plant of the Atlanta Ice and FertHlrer Com pany, five miles north of the city, on Sunday afternoon, Ben Thomas, a ne gro, Is dead, and officers of the law child were seriously burned. Mrs. Denslow, taking advantage of a temporary release from her husband's watchfulness lant night, poured gaso line on the parlor carpet and applied a match. She was at once enveloped In llames. The others were Injured while ttTing to aid the burning woman. are searching for Charlie Randolph, another negro, on the charge of Mur der. , ' During the progress of th* game. In which four negroes were engaged,, a dispute arose between Randolph and Thomas. It ended by the former pull ing a pistol and shooting Thoms*, after which he made hi* escape. Thomas died Monday morning. Coroner Thompson held an Inquest Monday afternoon, the lury charging Randolph with murder. Bitten Yy a mad dog a week ago, a big bull dog developed hydrophla on Tuesday morning In Hilliard street,' near Irwin, and was shot and killed by Bicycle Policeman Pate. The dog went on a rampage in the community and bit three other dogs. These canines had gotten away by the time Officer Pate arrived on the scene and consequently were not killed. The advent of the mad dog In the neighborhood caused considerable ex citement. MARBLE RATE CASE - MAY GO BY DEFAULT President J. B. Roberts, president of the Georgia Retail Marble Dealers' As sociation, has written the commission asking a fur.ther postponement of the marble rate case. President Roberts gives as his rea son for asking for further postpone ment III health. As this case haa al ready been postponed twice at the re quest of the dealers, the commission will dismiss the matter unless good reasons are shown far Its further con tinuance. At the meeting Thursday of the commission the question of Jurlsdlc- tlqn In the Atlanta Northern railway will be decided. This matter has puzzled the com mission no little, as a very delicate point Is Involved. It resolves Itself Into the question, when Is a street railway not a street railway? The commission will render a decision on Thursday. Representatives Mitchell nnd Roun tree, of Thomas county, will appear before the commission. It Is claimed that the freight rates on all commod ities from over the state to Boston ore much higher than to Quitman and Thomasvllle. They will ask for a re adjustment or the rates. A party of Dublin people will ap pear before the commission to ask for a reduction on the port rate on cot ton to Bavannah. • York, Aug. 7.—The "lid” is down itoga. but before It was clamp, eil John A. Drake demonstrated that "23," tile hoodoo number, can be beaten. ■Mr. Drake wns In Canfield's nfter he had eaten a hearty dinner and was In a happy mood. Buying *1.000 worth of checks, he said tu the dealer: "Let's see about this deadly number myway. Mr. Drake played "23" for awhile and lost *3,000. 9 "I believe that you're in earnest." said Mr. Drake tn the smiling dealer and walked over to another table. He played there without success, taking "23" each time, nnd then with his re- malnlng checks, walked back to the first table ami again placed Ills checks on "23." It came 23 and Mr. Drake, who had bought *4,000 worth of checks had *4,000 In front of him. "I pas taught In my early years to quit whenever I got even. Cash these checks. Good night, "Twenty-three" and he walked back Into the restaurant. The question ns to what the services' of a doctor are worth hns again come to the front. For five years' medical services to the 4a \I r ll1lnm r l' Dn tnm* t 1%.. till ■ late William T. Rainey, the millionaire oil magnate and horse owner, of Cleve land, Dr. Samuel T. Banes, of this city, wants the Rainey estate to pay him *33,000. To enforce the payment. Dr. Banes brought suit In the supreme court against Roy A. Rainey, son of the deceased and executor of the *4,. 000,000 estate. Dr. Hanes declares that he has not been paid anything for his treatment of the millionaire from Sep tember, 1898, to September, 1903. He says he put In 100 days attending Mr, Rainey. This would make the average charge about *300 per visit. While *300 a visit seems pretty high to a man who Is well, there are times when a man would be willing to pay the right kind of a doctor almost anything. Brooklyn Is to have a great cathe dral and It Is announced thnt Pope Pius Is to deckle upon the plans for It In person. All Europe Is to be searched for a model of sufficient grandeur and digni ty for the projected edifice. Bishop McDonnell and the Bight Rev. John I. Barrett, are both said to be abroad studying ecclesiastical architecture, and conferring with his holiness as to the type of the building which Is to eclipse all other similar structures In the city of churches. The cathedral In Ruen, France, Is said to be favored as a pattern for the Brooklyn edifice. Love flew out of the front window when "fat" came In the door of the household of Louis Link, the tailor. Because Ills wife had become too fat tq please his taster Link declared that, try as he might, he could not love her as In (he days of yore, when she was slender and sylph-like. He was forced to leave her, he said, and thereby he furnished the ground upon which she obtained a limited divorce In the su preme court. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Bf Private benicd ; .r-i ! ,- <■ New York, Aug. 7.—Here are some of the visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—F. L, Beers, C. DuBose, R; DuBose, S. Johnson, Jr., H. Kaplan, E. H. Macon, Miss M. O'Toole, J. -L. McGarrlty, Mies G. Mulligan, W, H. Steele. AUGUSTA—W. H. Doughty, F. E. Fllber. MACON—R. P. Brooks, H. B. Er- mlnger, O. F. White. SAVANNAH—Miss Ludlngton, T. McAultffe, C. H. Strong. IN WASHINGTON. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 7.—At Washington hotels: ALABAMA—Mr. and Mrs. W. X»Mc. Gowan, Mobile: John C. Webb, John i. Merrlwether, Demopolls; Mrs. Rich mond P. Hobson, Greensboro, New Wil lard; Mr. and Mrs. D. 51. Kennedy, Corinth, National: G. W. Payton and wife, Mobile, St. James. Its, Mobile, St. James. GEORGIA—F. W. Holt, Eatonton. Ebbltt; L. D. Lewman and wife, At lanta; Mr. and Mrs. John EL Murphy, Julia .Murphy, Mary Murphy, Atlanta, New Willard; A. D. Guetman, Atlanta, Raleigh: C. M. Meare and wife, At lanta, National; J. C. Tretwany, At lanta, 8t. James. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NEGRO MAIL CLERK IS BOUND TO COURT Special to The Georgian. , Savannah, Oa„ Aug. 7.—Raymond Hill, a negro nulling clerk, was bound over yesterday afternoon on a charge of rifling the malls. Complaints had been received and a decoy letter was prepared by Inspectors and mailed on Sunday night while Hill was on duty. The letter was not In the pouch sent out. Hill was taken Into the post master's office and made a confession Two *10 bills were found on him. The negro Is In Jell. 1,600 MEN PAtfADE IN, THEIR NIGHTIES By Private Lnsed Wire. Michigan City, Ind., Aig. 7.—Michi gan City was shocked last night by 1,500 employees of a Dayton, Ohio, factory who paraded the principal streets attired In their night clothea! The company's employees have been In camp here far some time nast i. — . .. — * peel will break up Wednesday. The Day- ton people have been presented with the key* of the city. AUGUST 7. 110*—Henry VI. the flrent, emperor of CJer- ninny, died. 1514-IVnw concluded among Kuglniul, France nnd Scotland. 1783—Prince** Amelin, daughter of Ueorga HI of Englnud, born. 1821—Caroline of Brunswick, consort of (iconic IV, died. 1853—Ottawa made the capital of Canada. 18gl—Hampton. Vn., burned. 1870— Purls declared In a atate ot siege; Frnnco-Oernmu war. 1878— Beginning of the Auatro*l!oenlno ' war. 1880—Hr. Tanner successful!;* completed ft faat of forty day a. Ctatcj Indian Ten tPNfft 1883—Funeral of Samuel J, TllUen. 1887—Hawaii adopted a new constitution. 1888*-! jury Donoran. American bridge; Jumper, leaped from Hungerford ’•ridge, London, nnd *wna drowued. 1183—31 r*. Florence Mnyhrick ftiund guilty of murdering her hunboud la Uvcr* pool. 1891—Proctor Knot:, famous racs 1893— h Itty-tlifrd cone-eM e*' 9 **'*"'**! In **». trnordlnnry cession. Subject: Sher man act. 1894— <Irent Britain declared neutrality 1» the Korean wnr. 1993-Hctrial of Captain Dreyfna c* Be* 1904— Ifrltbdi force, under Colonel Von huaband, enters Laiaa. SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS* INSTITUTE. By Prirote Leased Wire. Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 7.—Them wa* a large and representative attendance at Ctemaon College today at the open ing of the four-days* meeting of the South Carolina State Farmers’ Insti tute. The feature of the Initial session thla afternoon was nn address by Col onel R. B. Watson. who spoke of the Importance of the South producing It* own meat. The agricultural resource* and possibilities of the South in every phase will be discussed during tba succeeding days of the convention.