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■Ml inn nQBBB uhukuiaw. m The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Sabaerlptioa Rates: One Year 94.80 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 Bv Carrier, par week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. <Hi BslerM as second-class matter April 25. 1X04. at tbs Postoftce Atlnnta. Ga.. tinder act of conxresa of March A Ulf. The Georgia Encampment. The three regiment* of Georgia militia now In en campment at Cblckamauga, together with the Seven teenth Regiment of the regular army, are undergoing a dlarlpllno and drill which cannot fall U> prove of great advantage to the atato troops, at least. The best of good feeling prevails between the regular and the volunteer troops, and the Georgia boya are profiting to the fulleat axtent by the advantagea they enjoy In being put through various maneuvers In conjunction with the regular troops. The severe weather which has prevailed since the troops went Into camp on Saturday and Sunday has given the boya a taste of the hardships of actual army Hfe. We are Informed (bat the discipline and exercise are not so severe aa they were at Manassas, when the volunteers suffered a great deal and there was much complaint. A happy medium seema to have boen found. It Is ■ot a mere holiday Jaunt, but real soldiering that the boys are up against, and they thomselvoa have accepted the fact that they are In for all the Improvement they can geL 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 slate service Is valuable In time of war was proven once and for all during the recent Spnnlsb-Amerlcnn war. It re quired but a short time to convert raw recruits into hardy veterans, and the service they rendered will for ever remain as a monument to the courage and diligence and patrlqtlsm of tbb volunteer aoldlor. At the same time It la undoubtedly true that In time of pence we can do no better than to maintain the highest degree ot efficiency on the part ot theso volunteers. They need the experience which can best be derived from actual operations and from contact with the regular soldiers, under tho command of regular of ficers. This they are getting at Chlcknmnuga and all are enjoying and profiting by the experience. Pass the “Honest” Election Law. The people of the state heartily approve of the no tion of the house In passing the bill Introduced by Mr. Wright, of Richmond, throwing -additional safeguards around the ballot box, and It la earnestly hoped that when this measure comes up as a special order In the sennto tomorrow It will meet with prompt and unanl mous support. The leading features of this blit are that the safe guards now thrown around regular elections shall be made to apply equally to prlmnry elections, that the 1 Ing of persons to work for a candidate either befdre or durlng an election, tbo offering of money or other thlot of value for the purpose of buying votes at an election shall be made a misdemeanor, and that "on tbo trial of any person for offending against this section of tho rode any other person who may have participated In any violation of the provisions of tho snmo shall bo-a com petent witness, and bo compelled to give evidence,” etc. The letter feature Is regarded ns one ot tho strong est features of the bill. The fact that heretofore It was well nigh Impossible to get evidence of tho violation of election laws has been i- serious drawback to the purifi cation of the elections In this atate, and It la hoped that the present provisions will remedy this defect On tho whole, thoro has been no hill before the pres ent session ot tbo general assembly which mote entirely enlists tho Interest of tho people than this tnensare of Mr. Wright's. Tbo corruption of the franchise strlkex at the very foundations of representative government. So long ns It la possible to buy and soli votes In tbo open market and at the same time It Is Impossible to collect evidence of such violations, the victory In any •ontest Is bound to go to tho man or tho measure In whose Interest tbo most money and the moat corrupt methods are employod. t'nder such conditions the franchise becomes a mockery and n shnm. The example of corruption em ployed In elections, which Is the source ot all power In representatlvo governments, gangrenes the state and spreads the Infection of dishonor everywhoro. It per verts the manhood and morality of the rising generation and Instill* Into their minds a flippant disregard for tho Institutions on which our freedom and prosperity rest. There have been warnings enough In the past that something should be done to purify our elections. Wo have no desire to awaken unpleasant memories, and certainly no deslro to roflect upon one faction more than another, but the no nes which occurred In Bavan- nah In the recent election were enough to stir the In dignation of tho entire state. Tbo news that went out to the world that aurli shameless corruption of Ihe fran- rhlse »eut on In ono of the fairest cities of Georgia was calculated to discredit us everywhere. The acenen which hare been enacted In Richmond county In time past have left a Plight on the fair fame of thRt grand old'county Which ahe feels to tho present day. Georgia and the South have bden striving against tearful odds during th. past fort> tears to assume their |unt rank In the economic progress of the country. Our Held* and factories have been offering splendid opportw titles to labor and capita! everywhere. The tide of prosperity has at last turned this way. I\> are growing by leaps nud bounds. Hut thero Is mthing which will reassure timid capital more effec ted;- than to place It upon tlu- records that the oleettons n this atate are not only pure but above the possibility >f fraud. There le nothing which will more quickly In- tore immigration than the assurance to every man who ggts his lot with us and makes his home here that ha >ill have a full nud (sir opportunity to participate tn >ur repres. matlve government. All of this splendid progress would be nullified and •ttlated. In a large degree. If It should go out to the aarl-l that we had turned down this U(spurtBaity to nake our election law* absolutely honest and fair. It Is up to the senate. Tho bousa has spoken In mnrtstakable terms on the question, and the coopera tion of the senate win make the triumph of righteous ness and honesty and Justice complete for all time to come. A Great People and a Mad Campaign - Fifteen months ago thero were five prominent Oeor-1 glans In the full enjoyment of tranquillity and high repute among their fellow-cttlzena. Kerb of these gentlemen was prominent, reepocted. and trusted In his own community and In the state at 1 large. If any one of these gentlemen bad given bis note for a debt of honor It would hnve been accepted In any section of the commonwealth. If any one of them had 1 been tendered an appointment to n high station of trust and responsibility by governor or president the an nouncement wonld have been greeted by applause un- mixed with criticism. If sny one of them had died the eulogies would hnve been state wide upon his character and services, and the estimate of hla 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 lias escaped tho 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 oqulvaleot to crime and with Immorality amounting to misdemeanor. Ono of them Is arraigned for neglect and Incompetence In public duty and with demagogy that Is akin to knavery. One of (hem Is charged with treason to the dead Confederacy of our dreams. And two them—God save the mark!—are sprinkled nnd spattered from head to foot with mud and Ink snatched from pools of circumstance nnd 'suspicion that stain them with ths 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, and perfidy In prlvato trust—all these fearful and frightful terms and Imputations are bandied to nnd fro with the abandon of savages nnd the wanton deduc tions of anarchy. Shades of onr 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 bnllded through patient years to be blasted In one fierce campaign of conflicting personal de sire. Are the traditions ot onr politics and of our race to b« swept away In'this, mad modern method ot abnn doned vilification? Why, In the'ago of our ancestors, there would have been a doxen rifles to ring the answer to ths furious personalities ot this one tempestuous canvaBS. tn the civilization which our fathers bullded the field of honor would have run crlmsofi 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 la discredited nil over the land—and we Justly plumo ourselves upon the advancing civilization which has wiped nwny from personal quarrels the arbitrament of blood. But In the mortal revulsion which good men and truo men are foellng everywhere over the abandoned license of'vituperative politics, tho suggestion Is re vived that thoro may be deadlier things than the re volver nnd tho knlfo. Men who remember tho day when honor was held above life, are asking themselves If we have Improved upon the customs of an earlier time.' Tho ago of personal responsibility was the age of courtesy and the age of purity. In th'o day of Its regnant rule men were hot loss careful of the stain upon n good man's .honor than they were of the slightest shadow upon tho crystal of a woman’s name. And If this wild tide of passionate abuse Is to go unchecked through tho customs of the present day, men who have both courage and honor may go backward to the primal nnd tho elemental law. Better the ago of personal responsibility than ihe age of chsractor-wrecklng and abuse. Better the knight than tho fishwife. Better the code duello than the age of billingsgate! Voters of Georgia, In this crisis of economic prin ciple and of both civic and perioni! honor, there reats great responsibility upon you. Upon your wisdom. Justice and moderation we must depend for the straight ening ot this passlonato tangle, and tho solution ot this Issue which has become not leas personal than racial and economic. The traditions of a great race are with you. nnd you Uvo Id an age ot enlightenment and widespread In formation. You are wiser and greater than the men who Insnlt your Intelligence when they proffer you passion for argument or bitterness for reason. The state and Ihe future confidently expect that you will keep elear minds nnd tranquil tempera through this vindictive storm. And we have confidence that you will vindicate your great history In this serious crisis. Yon know that If theso five Georgia* gentlemen were guilty of one-half the charges burled against them by their Jealous rivals, not one of them would bo fit for private association, much less tor public trust. You know that not one of them It ot the dye nnd kidney painted by those who bate and envy him. You know these five Georgians are ss good todsy as they upon that tranquil June of 1905 tn which (bey looked unluatful upon the offices of the state. Aa they worthy of trust and honor then they are each worthy of trust and honor now. Put back with scorn the small and enviona rage .In whlrh cavilling competitors have covored those men with disrepute. Spew out the personal Issue from this shame- ful-and sad campaign, and looking straight and clear upon the brave whltOi ballots of the Democratic primary, bold your minds steadfast to the three.great questions which the campaign holds— I. lVhat are the Issues of this campaign? J. Where do my convictions take their honest stand amid these Issues as they are framed? and 3. What man ot all this list of honest Georgians carries best and bravest mid most definite the banner of my convictions here? The whole duly of the voter and the citizen is framed In the questions and the answer which he makes. Every man's ballot Is his civic confidence. It ex presses his high conception of his duty to tho (ample and tho state. It expresses his Judgment of the wise and prudent policy which will make for the prosperltj of bis 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 sion lie forgotten In tbo high nnd holy Interests of the state. Let a pure ballot rebuke a passlonato campaign. Mr. Candler’s Bill for County Tax Boards. The Georgian speeds Its 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 tha^question 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 prices far below the normal value of theso possessions entails a burden of vast proportion uj>on the poorer classes and upon the honest people of the state. There does not appear any way on earth by which these things can bo 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 reasonably 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. Cholly Knickerbocker's jSSBb GOSSIP The Alabama Election The Birmingham News is authority for the state ment that the late governor, Joseph E. Johnson, of Birmingham, Is certain to be 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. Fitta. Comer and Cunningham ale 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, Cunningham 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 and vindictive personalities which disfigure our own campaign. CHORUS OF DEMANDS THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN Mr. Cheatham Should R.zlgn. From the Macon Telegraph. Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Afiaorlatlon, should resign—"by request," If necessary. The associa tion'* Interests “tire of too great and grave concern to the entire South to be tampered with by an unfaithful trustee. Mr. Cheatham admits having broken the truet reposed In him. The association was organized for the pur pose, chiefly, of counteracting the causes and Instrumentalities which the growers believed were responsible for depreciating Ihe price of their staple below a figure at which It could be profitably produced. Chief among these Instrumentalities, ns they regarded It, was the widespread selling and buying of future options on cotton, nnd so cer- Inln were the growers, the association end others that this practice was prej udicial to the profitable handling- of their product that a hill was Introduced In the Georgia legislature and success fully fought through the house of rep resentatives abolishing cotton ex changes nnd bucket shops. As the sec ond most prominent officer of the as sociation, Mr. Cheaihtm was In the thick of the fight being waged against the speculation In cotton futures nnd ngalnst the exchanges and bucket shops through which It was carried on. It Is at this critical Juncture that the cry Is raised that there are "traitors" In the Southern Cotton Association's ranks. The apparently absurd charge was made that snmo of those who were denouncing bucket shops were finan cially Interested In bucket shops. Thnt among tho most vehement denunciators of fatttrea speculation there were some »ii" secretly speculated In futures. Thnt prominent officials of the associa tion were hunting with the hounds nnd running with the hares. Mr. Cheat ham was prompt to make Indignant denial of personal Implication In theso charges. In the Investigation which followed he was forced In the face of overwhelming testimony to admit that hr had been doing the very thing ■ ilnat which he was fighting as an car of the aeeoclatlon—that he had been dealing In cotton future* and thus helping to hurt the Interests he was ■■aid and trusted to protect, If he be- teved 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 tits standpoint. Unquestionably such a denouement destroys Mr. Cheatham’* capacity for further usefulness to the Southern Cot ton Association. If the aeeoclatlon could ever trust him again It can scarcely continue Its Interests In the hands of a man so foolish as to make a bitter war upon people who he must heve known had the power by retaliat ing to destroy Ixltxz. . 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 shop transaction* for account of friends and that hi* conduct was reprehen sible and should be censured. The motive for the attack upon the association's officers, they declare, wns splto on the part of the bucket shops for the abolition of which there has hen a campaign waging In Georgia. That I* 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 unci* i • ' i. r.-iu,-.-m ih.-f.nm- ers of the South nnd to guard their interests unselfishly. It has not been established that Mr. Cheatham made Investments In cotton futures on his own account, nor that he Involved the association in any way In his transactions, but, from the point of the asoclatlon's Interest, there ran 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 the confidence of the cotton farmers In It Is shaken, nnd It la to he 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. 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 his own signature he admits that he has been speculating tn cotton futures and writing editorials against It. It Is true that he says he was act ing for other parties—A Mr. OfOrady nnd a Mr. Lee—but he refuses to re veal the Identity of Mr. Lee. In the eyes of the people of the South he has been condemned as un worthy to occupy the posltlqn he holds, and the association had better send him home. The farmers and business men who compose the association are not going to have a gang of cotton gamblers In charge of their affairs, and Hsrvle Jordan had better apply the knife vigorously, or hi* aseocta tton will go to pieces like a house at cards. TAKES SOLEMN OATH TO SUPPORT FAMILY) ESCAPES PUNISHMENT By taking a solemn oath before Act ing Recorder Joseph Hlrsch Tuesday morning that he will properly support his wife and three children, and that he will never again drink a drop of Intoxicating beverage, John Smith, young white man residing In Decatur street, escaped punishment for alleged mistreatment 'of his family. The young husband wns arrested at the Instance of Probation Officer Oloer, on complaint of Mrs. Smith. She In formed the officer that Smith recent ly beat her and tore her clothes, after « hi n in- j,t,:in,t,.n.-,i M<-r and her chil dren. Smith denied ho beat his wife, but promised he would support his family In the future and would never drink Intoxicants again. "Guilty” Was Enough. From The Columbia State, The dispatch that tells of the decis ion In the Cheatham case relates that the committee that found the secretary of the cotton association guilty of spec ulating In It* report “does not censure him or make any recommendation," oh, well, what was the use? “Guilty'' was enough. Should Resign at Once. From The St. Matthews (8. C.) Com mercial. Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Association, can be of valuable service to the members of the associa tion by sending In his resignation at once. Cheatham Had Batter Hurry. From the Brunswick News. Cheatham had better move, before the national committee gets hold of hint. GAGE GIVES UP HIS HOME TO SAN DIEGO THEOSOPHISIS Rjr Privets f-eaeeu Wire. San Diego, Cal- Aug. ".—Former Secretary of th* Treasury Lyman J. Gage, who hna been a resident of Point Loraa, almost within the circle of Ihe "unlvereal brotherhood and the- osophlcal society," of which Katharine Tlngtey I* the outer head. Is to leave the Point for Chicago and the Hast, but whether temporarily or permanent ly he will not say. He declines to aay a word regarding his Intentions. The movement on th* part of the former secretary of the treasury Is In dicated by th* filing of a deed at the county recorder’s office .In which Mr. Gage transferred to Katharine Ting- ley the seven-room Some owned by him on Point Lome. This home was completed but a short time ago. The consideration haa not been made public. INSANE WOMAN SETS FIRE TO SELF AND FOUR OTHERS By Private tweanl Wire. South Bend. Ind.. Aug. 7.—A* a result of a demented woman's craving for fire. Mr*. H. E. Denslow was burned to death. Dr. H. E. Denslow end Mrs. Eugene Balfour were probably fatally burned, and Mr*. O. R Hunt and her CARDS AND TlEER RESl'LT IN MUKDKRj SLAYER GETS AWAY. Ae the result of the roiabtatton of a pack of cards, a keg of beer and a lit tle game la th* wood* near the plant the Atlanta Ice and Fertilizer 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 last night, poured gaso line on the parlor carpet and applied a match. She wa* at once enveloped In names. The others were injured while trying to aid the burning woman. are searching for Charlie Randolph, another negro, on the charge of mur der. ; . . During the progress of the 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 Thomas, afttr which he made h's escape. Thomas died Monday morning. Coroner Thompson held,an Inquest Monday afternoon, the lury charging Randolph with murder. TRIO OF CANINES RITTER BY MAD DOG Bitten by a mad dog a week ago, a big bull dog developed hydrophla on Tuesday morning In Hilliard street, near Irtvln, 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 nwny by the time Officer Pate arrived on the scene and consequently were not killed. The advent or the mad dog In the neighborhood caused considerable ex clteme-' MARBLE RATE CAGE MAY GO BY DEFAULT President J. B. Roberts, president of the Georgia Retail Marble Dealers' As sociation, has written the commission asking a further postponement of th* marble rate case. President Roberts gives ns 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, th* commission will dismiss the matter unless good rsasons are shown for Its further con tinuance. At the meeting Thursday of th* commission the question of Jurisdic tion In the Atlanta Northern railway will be decided. This matter hts 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 and 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 are much higher than to Qultmnn and Thnmnavllle. They will aak for a re- adjustment of the rites. A party of Dublin people will ap- pear before the commission to ask for a reduction on the port rate on cot ton to Savannah. By Private le-na-d Wire. New York, Aug. 7.—The "lid" Is down In Saratoga, liut before It was clamp ed John A. Drake demonetrated that TV the hoodoo number, can be beaten. Mr. Drake was In Canfield's after he had eaten a hearty dinner and wns in n happy mood. Buying <1,000 worth of cheeks, he said to the dealer: “Let'* see about this deadly number, nnyway." •Mr. Drake played "23" for awhile nnd lost <3,000. "I believe that you're In earnest," said Mr. Drake to the smiling dealer, and walked over to another table. He played there without success, taking "33" each time, nnd then with his re maining checks, walked back to the first table and again placed his checks on "23." It came 23 and Mr. Drake, who had bought <4,000 worth of check* had <4,000 In front of him. "1 was taught In my early yeprs to quit whenever I got even. Cash those cheeks. Good night, "Twenty-three," and he walked back Into the restaurant. The question as to what the services of a doctor are worth has again come to the front. For five years' medical services to the 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 ot the deceased and executor of the <*,- 000,000 estate. Dr. Banes declares that he lias not been paid anything for Ilia treatment of the millionaire from Sep tember, 1891, to September. 19u3. He says he put In 100 duys attending Mr, Rainey. This would make the average eharga about <300 per visit. While <300 a visit seems pretty hlxh a man who Is well, there are times when a man would be willing to pay the right kind of a doctor almost anything. -ooktyn is to have a great cathe dral and It Is announced that Pope Plus Is to decide upon the plans for It In person. All Europe Is to be searched for a model of sulllclent grandeur and digni ty for the projected edifice. Bishop McDonnell and the Right Rev. John I. Barrett, are both said to be nbroad studying ecclesiastical architecture, and conferring with hla hr.llness ns 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 his wife had become too fat to please bis taste, Link declared that, try as he might, he could not love her as 4n the days of yore, when she was slender and sylph-llke. He wns forced to leave her, he said, and thereby ho furnished the ground upon which she obtained a limited divorce In the su preme court. GEO&GIANS IN GOTHAM. NEGRO MAIL CLERK IG BOUND TO COURT H pee Nil tn The Georgian. Savannah, Oa„ Aug. 7.—Raymond HIIL a negro mailing clerk, was bound over yesterday afternoon on a charge of rifling the mails. Complaints had been received and a decoy letter was prepared by Inspector* and malted 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 <1* bills were •found on him. The negro la In >Jall. 1,500 $IEN PARADE IN THEIR NIGHTIES By Private leased Wire. . Michigan City, Ind., Aug. 7.—Michi gan City was shocked last night by l,i«« employee* of a Dayton, Ohio, factory who piraded the principal streets attired hi their night clothes The company'* employees have been In ramp here for some time past. R will break up Wednesday. The Day- ton people have been presented with the keys of th* city. By I’rlrnte Leased Wire. .!_ .... New York, Aug. 7.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—F. L- Beer*. C. DuBoae, E.R. DilBose, S. • Johnson, Jr., H. Kaplan, E. H. Macon, Miss M. O'Toole, J. L. McGnrrlty, Miss 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. McAulllfe, C. H. Strong. IN WASHINGTON. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 7.—At Washington hotels: ALABAMA—Mr. and Mr*. W, T. Mc Gowan, Mobile: John C. Webb, John B. Merriwether, Demopolls; Mrs. Rich, moral P, Hobson, Greensboro, New Wil lard: Mr. nnd Mrs. D. M. Kennedy, Corinth, National: G. W. Payton nnd wife. Mobile, St. James. GEORGIA—F. W. Holt. Eatonton. Ebbltt; L. D. Lawman and wife, At lanta; Mr. and Mrs. John E. Murphy, Julia Murphy, Mary Murphy, Atlanta, New Willard: A. D. auetman, Atlanta, Raleigh; C. M. Meare and wife, At lanta, National; J. C. Tretwany, At lanta, St. James. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUGU8T 7. 1106—Henry VI, the client, emperor of Oer- ninny, died. 1514— Fence concluded among England, Frame ami Kent land. Amelia, dang ittglnad, bora. 1821—Caroline of Ilrunswfek, contort of George IV, died. 1868—Ottawa made the eapltnl of .Canada* W51—Ifnnipton, Vn.. burned. 1870—I*arla declared In a atate of aiege{ Fra neo-German war. 1875— Beginning of tbs Austro-Bosnlan war. i 1880—l)r. Tanner successful*;* completed ft fast or forty day*. 1£84—Oklahoma* ‘’boomers” fm;,i Indian Territory bv United rtntc.j I troop*. 1884-Funeral of Katuael J. Tllden. 1887—Hawaii adopted a new constitution. •I«arry Donovan, American l*ridge- Jumper, leaped from Hungerford Isomloii, and was drowned. 1«®-Mnt FI oreiict* Maybrick found guilty of murderiiig ber bualmud la iJver- F&tor Kuo:;, fcroon:; raca •tied. 1894—kifiy-tblnl rabfvraa lr ex traordinary session. Subject: nher- llW-GrecG Britain declared neutrality U Captain Dreyfus at 1804— British force, under Colonel Yan? husband, enters Lasts. .atrial -ISBff SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS' INSTITUTE. By Private Leased Wire. Columbia, S. C„ Aug. 7.—Thera was a larva and representative attendance nt Clemson 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 tht* afternoon was nn address by Col onel U. B. Watson, «liw spoke of tM Importance of the South producing Its own meat. The agricultural resources and possibilities of the South In every phase will be discussed during the rucceedlng days of the convention.