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SENATE APPROVES MR, WRIGHT'S BILL TO PURIFY BALLOT e Jamestown Exposition Ap propriation is Passed. With only one dissenting vote the senate Wednesday passed the bill of Mr. Wright, of Richmond, for the purl, flcatlon of the ballot. The Jamestown appropriation also passed. After that the session was devoted to the discussion of the bucketshop bill and the substitute recommended by the committee on agriculture. Senator Cranford Wheatley demonstrated Jits ability to amply care for himself In running Are of debate. Member after member took a tut at him, but he bowled them over by the aptness of hla reply or the quick of his repartee. Following a long discussion as whether the senate first adopt the sub. stltute or the report of the committee, the president ruling for the former, Senator Wheatley opened the discus slon In advocacy of his substitute. •T favor allowing the brokerage houses to stay In Georgia,” he said, “If we can catch the speculating members of the Cotton Association with them. If they are In New York why we can’i place our hands on such fellows.” He forced an admission from Senator Williams that he had speculated In bucketshops. Later Senator Williams asked: •'Isn’t It true that the senator himself cannot explain the difference between a bucketshop and i changer When the laughter had subsided, Senator Wheatley came back: "No, not to the senator. The Lord is responsible for 1:1s inability to compre hend, .and not L" Afterwards he apologized for the personal remarks, and the two shook Senator Bunn spoke strongly and clearly against the substitute, and sold in : 1 He Whole question between buck- etshops and exchanges was simply a distinction without a difference: All were gambles pure and simple, he aald. Reconsider Hall Bill. On motion of Senator McHenry tho senate reconsidered Its action of Tues day In defeating the Hall tax assessor bill. Senator Hand Immediately moved to table the bill, and It will be taken up at a later date. Jamestown Appropriation. Without debate and with a few min or amendments the senate passed the resolution of Mr. Russell, of Musgogee, appropriating 130,000 for an exhibit for Georgia at the Jamestown exposition by a vote of 28 to 8. Voting against the resolution was Senators Adams, Foster, Hogan, King, Lumsden, Strange, Walker and Wil liams. It was immediately transmit ted to the house, .- Puts Election Bill Passed. The bill of lion. Boykin Wright, of Richmond, for pure elections passed hy a vote of 27 to L Senator Hamby vot ing no. . > i Tho only remarks made on It were by Senator Bunn, chairman of the general Judiciary committee, who ad vocated ft strongly. It makes It a misdemeanor to buy and sell votes and to vote Illegally, to contribute money or anything of value for buying votsa ot any election in this state. It also makes it a misdemeanor to hire workers or to. be hired as a worker In any election. New Bills. By Senator Crum—To amend section of the code which provides for chang ing county lines in this state, so as to further provide for changing the coun ty lines In this state by a vote of the qualified electors of the territory to bo affected thereby. By Senntor Miller—To protect tho Western and Atlantic railroad from be ing destroyed or deteriorated by par allel rood or roads. By .Senator Bunn—To provide for the manner of appointment of Jury commissioners In the several counties of this state, the number and compen sation. The senate will meet at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. THE ATlaAJNTA UJliUKUi-AJN. TWO GATLING GUNS TO THEGOUNTYJAlL Salisbury Under Martial Law—Investigation of Lynching. By Private Leased Wire. Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 8.—The Rowan county situation this morning Is some brighter. Salisbury Is under martial rule and the streets adjacent to the Jail are kept clear. Two gatllng guns stand In the yard where tho men forced an entrance Monday night, and two military companies, ordered here and commanded by General Armstrong of the First North Carolina regiment, at the Instance of Governor Glenn, pa trolled the yard all night, and there is not the slightest widence of further trouble. Three arrests were made last night, roiiowing Instructions to keep the Jail clear. Mayor Boyden ordered a man, who said he did not care If It was caus ing trouble, put In prison and later a drunken bully was hauled out, otter threatening; to kill anybody who at tempted to arrest him when ho vaulted the fence. Mob Threatens Jailer. The cause,of the military force of a hundred men being; sent here, was the arrest of the leader of the mob, who Is a former convict, a notorious retailer and distiller. He was recognized Mon day night by Solicitor Hammer, while attempting to batter down the Jan door and encouraging the mob to greater violence, when it seemed that It would disperse. He Is known to have par ticipated in the hanging of the men. Rumors that a mob would rescue him caused Judge Long to take all precau tions, and further fear that processes in the court would be interrupted made his determination to proceed all the greater. The mob has an Idea that Jailer Kriber shot Engineer McLenon and has sent out threats against him. Court Convenes. The court met at 10:40 o'clock this morning. The first thing taken up was the case of the lynchers who will now be tried, while the Indicted defendants who were not lynched were sent to Charlotte, until the subsequent Rowan term of court is held the last of Aug ust The remaining three will then be tried. The present Investigation of lynchers will continue as long as any evidence can be found against those who took part in the episode. The vic tims of the mob were burled at the county home yesterday. The crowd had mutilated the hands, ears and An gers until the bodies were a fearful ifght. f ORPHAN LYERLY GIRL8 TAKEN TO THE 8CENE By Private Leased Wire. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 8.—Three com panies of North Carolina national guard, one command from Statesville, a company of Infantry and a battery of artillery from Charlotte, surrounded the Jail at Salisbury today when a mob of more than a thousand men sur rounded the soldiers Intent upon rescu ing George Hall, arrested as the leader of the lynchers who hanged Neace Gil lespie, John Gillespie and. Jack Dilling ham, three of the murderers of the Ly- erly family. The Jail Is a wreck. Ev ery window pane Is broken and the blinds, sashes and doors were literally threshed to pieces by the mob, bricks SOUTH CAROLINA DRUGGISTS MEET Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C n Aug. 8.—There was A good attendance today at the open ing of the thirteenth annual convention Of the South Carolina Phartnuc-utb Association. Those present Include prominent druggists from nearly all the chief cities and towns of the state. Various matters of interest and impor tance-to the trade will be discussed (luring the two days' business sessions, which will be Interspersed with various features of entertainment arranged by the cltzens of Greenville. RULERS OF BRITAIN DINED BY ALFONSO . • 1_ | Oil lbbon Sale! •V ■ ■J 35c soft finished Louisine ribbons , t N.< * V ‘ . / in the six-inch width. You’ve used ribbons this Summer—indications already show more ribbons with everything this Fall. Here then- is a chance to practice a little fore-handed economy: 25c Taffeta ribbons in an excellent quality and weight. Five inches Wide. White, Cream, Black, Light Blue, Dark Blus, Thursday, Gr®eh, Pink, Brewn, Red, Pastd. 16c Black, White, Cream, Tws Blues, Pink, Green, Br°wn and Red. TH urs< 28c :Et { , While th* m« ■ Jail Edward Wilson and Tom Brown, two prisoner, charged with burglary, made their escape. Brown, a negro prisoner, returned nn hour later and begged for protection. Orphan Girl. View Remaine. Judge Long, of tho Rowan county superior court, and Solicitor Hammer are Investigating the lynching. Sheriff Julian has a long list of names of trffen supposed to bo Implicated. The surviving negroes, Henry Lee, George Ervin and tho two women, are safe In Jail at Charlotte. The two little Lyerly girls, the only members of that family who escaped death at the hands of the negroes, and who were rescued by tho sextette of slavers, ne.-..riling to the eonfesslon of Neace Gillespie, were taken to the scene of the lynching last night and mads to view the grewsome remains of the three dead men swinging from the limb of the tree, their bodies riddled with 600 bullets. Private -Leaied Wire. Cowtt, Aug. 8.—King Alfonso MOB THREATENS TO STORM GREENSBORO JAIL By Private Lenied Wire. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 8.—A mob Is threatening to lynch the three negroes In Jail here charged with the murder of s railway foreman named Beach. A desperate light will probably ensue If any effort Is made to carry Into ef fect the plana of the would-be lynch ers, as Governor Glenn has authorized the sheriff to use the state troops. ward snd Queen Alexandria at on board'the Spanish royal yacht Oir- alda last evening. There were twen ty-six other guests. The yacht waa brilliantly Illuminated. Their majesties, as guests of King Edward, today sailed round the tale of Wight on his yacht Britannia. EMBEZZLER'S S WEE!HEAR 7 IS THE UNWITTING CAUSE OF CAPTURE IN CANADA Dy Private Leased Wire. | tor In Kittanning. Po. A few days Pittsburg. Aug. 8.—Separated from I after he flrst heard her volco over the tho beautiful girl who has been his I telephone he colled upon her in her * ‘ "—' hip thus formed companion for two years and practi cally penniless, Clinton B. Wray, who Is charged with stealing 8126,000 from the Union Trust Company, of this city, being rushed back from Toronto, Canada, where he was arrested by a detective from the Perkins agency yes terday. Tonight when Wray arrives in PlttBburg he will join his alleged ac complice. Clifford S. Hlxon, tho indi vidual bookkeeper of the trust com pany, who Is held In the county Jail on the same charge in default of $20,- 000 ball. The peculations of the trusted em ployees are said to have extended over a period of three years. Through Miss Grace Loughrey, the girl who fled with him to Canada, Wray was traced by the Perkins detectives. Wray had made the acquaintance of the girl two years ago, when she was. working os a telephone central opera- ' home town. A friends _ I continued until the girl eventually came to Alleghany to live. The Intimacy of the couple was dls covered by the detectives when they Investigated Wray's private history. It was found that Miss Luuglii'ry had disappeared at the snmo time as Wray. Last Saturday Wray wrote to Alio* ghnny requesting that Miss Loughrey's mall be sent to Mr. Wright, general de livery, Toronto, Canada. Two Perkins detective left for Toronto and yester day afternoon after a watch of three days at the Toronto postofllce they were rewarded by seeing Wray come into the postofllce nftor the letters. He was placed under arrest and confessed his guilt. Wray said he nnd Hlxon had lost all the stolen monoy on stock gambling. Miss Loughrey was seen by the detec tives and she gave them $7.'.. all tho money she had left from what Wi.iy had given her. flbe was not charged with any offense and was not arrested. SENSATIONAL ESCAPE OF 7 WO NEGRO CONVICTS ON STOLEN LOCOMOTIVE Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga^ Aug. 8.—Two long term negro convicts made a sensational escape from the plant of the Mllltown Lumber Company, at Mllltown, Go., yesterday afternoon by stealing a lo comotive on the Mllltown Air Line railway and fleeing down the track. The men secured possession of the lo* 25 years reading one paper—and now gives it up for The- Georgian. Salem, Ala., August 4, 1906. THE GEORGIAN, Atlanta: Mr. Editor:— Please tend me your daily paper for eix months with bill. I have been taking the — ■ for 25 years and want a better paper. Yours truly, . j. N. H. comotive while the engineer and Are- man were temporarily absent. They dashed full speed down the track and were soon beyond the range of tho guards' guns. It Is supposed that they ran the comotive three of four miles, when they reversed the machine and Jumped off, taking to the woods, the locomotive was thus sent back toward the town at a hair-raising speed, with no one on It. When the wild engine dashed back toward the depot a fearful wreck seemed Inevitable, but with forethought while it was running at 46 miles an hour It was witched on to a siding and run Into a flat car, fhe locomotive ten der being demolished, but otherwise It was little damaged. Track dogs were hurried from this city with the hope of running down the escapes, but without success. One of the men was In for twenty years and the other for life. TO TRT TO FORCE DRUGGISTS TO PAT TOR SELLING MALT License Inspector Ewing Out After Eighteen Pharmacies. BUILDING COLLAPSES BUT NO ONE HURT. Bpeclal to The Georgian. Greenville, 8. C„ Aug. •.—A brick building, known as the "Candy Kitch en," located In North Main street, col lapsed shortly after noon today, the wall bulging ar # d keeling over, laying the roof almost flat on the floor. Next the collapsed structure excavations were being made for the construction of the new Bank of Commerce build ing, and U Is possible the wall was In this way undermined. The Greek candy maker who was In the building escaped unhurt. The stock of goods Is a complete loss. Hot Wsvs is Broken. By Private Wire. Newport News, Vs.. Aug. 8.—The hot wave here was broken by a terrific thunder storm and downpour of rain yesterday. Unless they pay tho stipulated Ucenso of 8200 for selling malt extracts, cases will be made In the recorder’s court against the owners of eighteen of tho largest* drug stores In Atlanta. License Inspector It. A. Ewing has gathered evidence against the drug companies which are selling malt ex tracts and, on advice of tho city attor ney that the owners are liable to a tax ordinance, has sent out notices which will be received Wednesday afternoon. It Is believed that tho druggists will claim the malt has been Mold for medi cal purposes, and bo as to prove that It was not sold exclusively for such Mr. Ewing went to the drug companies and purchased bottles of the Intoxicant. In every Instanco the malt was sold without question as to wbat the pur chaser Intended to uso It for. The portion of the tax ordinance cov ering the sale of malt extract reads as follows: "White hops, malt extracta or simi lar products, sold alone or In connec tion with any other business, unless sold under some regular liquor license, 8200." Among the specimens secured by Mr. Ewing to be used, If necijftttnry, In court were bottles of Wurtxburger malt, mado by the Atlanta Brewing and Ice Com pany, and Pabst malt extract. The license Inspector stated Wednes day that he Intended to collect the li cense if It Is possible to do so. The total amount from the eighteen phar macists will be 83,600. This will go toward the general Improvement of the city. » SAYS MRS.BROWHLOW GETS NO SALARY AS LINEN INSPECTOR Kperial to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 8.—A spe- rlal from Johnson City, Tenn., saya that following the charges made by Hon. A. A. Taylor and his trlenda that Mrs. W. P. Brownlow, wife of the First district congressman and former "boss" of state Republican politics, has been drawing pay ns "linen Inspector" of the mountain branch of the Nation al Soldiers' Home. Paul E. Devine, treasurer of the institution, makes af fidavit denying this report, nnd charg ing that Mrs. Brownlow has never drawn a penny from the Institution as linen Inspector" or from any other source. DO YOU WANT $16.00? Vast Then don't psy 806.00 for a Bugsy when we will nil you a better Muggy for 140.00. We give you the deeler'i profit of llfi.00. Why not make this nroflt yourself by buying direct m from our fsoteryf Golden Cagle Baggios aro guaranteed emiftT to tbn liuggles your dealers iglc BMfi equal lo the liuggles VC— T ., ltK-00. Handsomely finished and light run ning. Don't buy e Buggy until you get our eatalogue and great Harness offer. Write to day for catalogue No. ij and Harness offtr. mi t. Golden Eagle Buggy Co. iu..u,a.. Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised! Rent Receipts Remind me of Money Thrown Away. Do you know that the Standard Real Entitle Loan Company of Wash ington, D. C., will anil you a homo-purchanlng contract whereby you can buy or build a homo anywhere In the United State, and pay for It In monthly payments tor lo«* than you aro now paying rent? They will lend you from $1,000 to $6,000 at 6 per cent, tlmple Interest, al lowing you to pay It hack In monthly Installments of $7.60 on aacb thousand borrowed. For prospectus and plans of our proposition, call on or write J. St. Jullen Yates, State Agent, 821 Austell Bldf., At lanta, Ga. Boll phone 2663-J, Atlanta phono 1918. Truthful Huitlini l|inti Wanted in Ertry Count; Is thi Silts RACE MEET ARRANGED FOR CHATTANOOGA. Special to The GeorgiaD« Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 8.—A big race moot has been arranged to be hold in this city, beginning tomorrow * nn<I closing .Saturday, Some of th« fiistpsi horses In thin section will bo. In the races. The purses for harness' horses will be $250 and for running race will be $100. SEASON’S END CLEARANCE SALE At this store means something. It means that each dollar lias 26 per cent more purchasing power than it had a week ago! Our entire stock of Men’s fine Fancy Suits and Odd Trousers at 25 Per Cent Discount Corrctt Ctolhcs /or Mete •CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN," This mi twenty-five you spend. Straw Hats at 1-2 price. actual saving of •ents on every dollar that Essig Bros.,