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J’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. RA I l III»AY. Aft LA S T CA LL BEING SOL NO ED TO GO VERNOR SHIP BIDDERS^ One Week From Next Wednesd iy Aspirants For Gubernatorial Honors Will Probably Know Their Fate. MA CHINE R Y OF PRIM A R Y SET FORTH IN DETAIL Oae week from next Wednesday ready held county primaries, and there gfrirgla will bespeak her choice as to Is not the usual Incentive for the local gorernor Joseph M. Terrell’s successor. Five men will go before the voters on August 22, asking for their suffrage. T hcy are: Hoke Smith, Clark Howell, judge R. B. Russell, Colonel J. H. Es- til! and James H. Smith. Every man who votes In this Dem ocratic primary must accept this pledge printed at the head of the ticket: "By voting this ticket I hereby de clare that I am an organised Demo crat, and I hereby pledge myself to aupport organised Democracy, both itate and national.” Xo ticket will be counted In the final mult that does not contain this pledge. If it Is torn from the ticket or erased, that ballot will be thrown out. Chair man Yeomans has sonken In no uninls-' ukalile language regarding this mat ter. He says that the state Democratic executive committee adopted this as part of the machinery of the primary, ind It Is his duty clearly to tee that It ti enforced to the letter. Pledge Cannot Be 8eratched, In other word*, It Is to be a atrlctly white Democratic primary. Populists, Republicans, Prohlbltonlsts. Socialists or what not will be accepted, but they must take the pledge. The question arises, how many Pop ulists In Georgia will accept this pledge? Tom Watson has advised them 10 vote In the primary, and accept the pledge In so far aa It relates to the stale election. But If the port relating U> national elections Is erased, the bal lot will be thrown out, according to a strict ruling of Chairman Yeomans. on August S3, the day following the primary, nt noon the Democratic ex ecutive committee of each county will meet nt the county court house, con solidate the vote and declare the re sult. Thin consolidation is at once trans mitted to the secretary of state, where It is placed on file. Notice la also sent to the candidate receiving the plural! tv vote, and such candidate then desig nates to the chairman of the county executive committee the men he de sires as delegates to the state conven tion from that county. In the elites and towns the polls open nt 7 o’clock In the morning anil close nt« o'clock In the evening; In the rural districts the polls open nt 8 o’clock In i he morning and clpse at 3 o’clock In the afternoon. Only Plurality Necetaary, The candidate receiving a plurality In any county Is entitled to name the delegates to the state convention. Each county shall be entitled to two dele gates for each member that It Is en titled to In the bouse of representa tives, and no county can send more delegates than It Is entitled to Individ ual voles In the state convention. The following named countlee will be enlltled to six delegatee: Bibb. Chat ham, Floyd, Fulton, Richmond. The following four each: Bartow, Bullock, Burke, Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Decatur, He Kalb, Dooly, Elbert, Emanuel, Gwin nett, Hall, Houston, Jackson, Laurens, Lowndes, Meriwether, Muscogee. Sum ter. Tattnall, Thomns, Troup, Walton, Washington and Wilkes. The other 114 counties will bo enti tled to two delegatee earh. This In cudes the eight new counties, Crisp, Jeff Davis, Turner, Grady, Stephens, Toombs, Jenkins, Tift. While they have no representation In the present legislature, their delegations In the convention will be based on the mem bers they will be entitled to In the nest house, which la one member each. It has been suggested that It would be possible for any candidate going Into the convention to name any mul tiple number of men to represent the votes he Is entitled to from counties he carries. That Is, If Fulton should be vanled by Howell, Instead of nam ing the six delegates, twelve, eighteen or twenty-four, etc., could bo named, though tile county would be entitled to only six votes. This would make It possible lo pack the convention and render n so unwieldy that the work would he handicapped. No Packing of Convention. The last sentence In ecctlon 3 of the rules, however, mnkce It Impossible •o do any such thing. It reads: “No county shall tend more delegates than it it entitled to individual votoe in said convention,™" This means, of course, that Fulton can send six delegates and 00 more. On the basis of two delegates to each member of the house there will be about 368 forming the convention in Macon on September 4. It will take us t„ name the candidate for governor or a majority in the repre sentation. Already the question of who will bear the expense of the primary has worried many. Chairman Yeomans es timates the entire cost of holding It at about 224,000. From the 260 nsseas- ment levied on the candidates by the Mate Democratic executive committee, «nd the only assessment they are re- nulred to pay, the sum of 31,050 was realised. This sum will be absorbed In the printing of tickets, voters’ llats. blanks for returns and such matters. Fully three.fourths of the counties have al- . .ncentlve for the local Democrats to pay the managers and clerks. The question now simply re solves Itself Into a question ot Demo crats in the various counties going ■down In their pockets and paying the expense. Trouble Over Expenses. Glascock county served notice on those that go on the state ticket thkt they must pay a certain amount or their names would be left off of the ballot. Chairman Yeomans states em phatically that the counties have no right to levy these additional assess- menta, and that where any candidate's name la left off of the ballot that ail ao caat will be thrown out. One county ban served notice on state house officials that they have been asaeased $15 each. If the burden conies equally from all counties It would mean more than $2,000, which is manifestly unjust. To enforce such assessments would mean that many men could not altcrd toemnke the race, and It would become only a question of the man with the most money. Pledge May Causa Row. All these various problems rise up to confront a situation already heated , to caloric conditions. Will the votes thrown out for lack of the pledge rtot cause a tremendous row from the friends of the candidate ao affected? Won’t the men ao treated bolt the nomination If It should happen not to be their man that gets the prize? Won’t the candidate so affected himself And self-sufficient reasons In this not to abide the result If he should be defeat ed, and won’t the cry of fraud add to the turgtdlty of affairs In Georgia? All these surmises and conjectures are being asked In sober earnestness by many good men over the state. How much or how little there may be In It remains only to he seen by the events now so near at hand. For bitterness, llerce denunciation, stinging personalities, character assas sination and all the rabid things possi ble to Inject Into a campaign, this one will go down In history as the most lamentable. The Inexpressible bitter ness of the fight Hoke Smith and Clark Howell huve made on each other Is almost without a parallel. It has at tracted national attention anil In every part of the union the outcome of the primary of August 22 Is being awaited with keen interest. Polities! Indjgtstlon. If a people cvey had political Indi gestion - from over-gorging on the game It Is In this memorable campaign, which began nearly a year and a half ago. The speeches, the straw polls, the charges and counter charges, the Interviews, the criminations and re- ‘IF BRYAN CAN'T BEAT TED HE CAN'T BEAT ANYONE" SO DECLARES TILLMAN. By Private Leased Wire. St. Louts, Mo., Aug. It.—United States Senator Tillman, of South Car olina, while here today speaking of the approaching election, said: "Theodore Roosevelt Is a candidate for the nomination and he will be aore- Iy disappointed If the Republicans do not force It upon him. He la Juat Itch ing for the place again, and la using every possible means to turn the senti ment toWard him and make the Re- ngaln. "I think llryan will unquestionably be Democratic He has excelled Uq, anybody. He Is today far stronger than he has over been with the Ameri can people and there Is, scarcely any discord In the Democratic party. This leaves the party, with a splendid chance of electing Its candidate at the next election." GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPS ‘BUCKET SHOPS” WILL LEAVE AND NOT CONTEST BOYKIN BILL gperlal to The Georgian. Augusta, Go.. Aug. 11.—The Bovkln bill which passed the senate Thursday will not affect some of the local bucket shops, aa It It believed that one or more of them will move to North Augusta. S. C„ which Is out of the state of Georgia, but which la near enough to were not going to light the bill. He says that tney have never fought them, and that It has been their policy to move to other stateB where It Is al lowed, when them Is a law passed the managers of all tho shops. «ll« Asress.'zj&r''*8* 1 -rh.peor«u«. Five Years For 8extsn. the local dealers. Some of the man agers when seen yesterday, however, stated that they were going to close up at the end of the year, and would leave Georgia, and would drop the light. Mnnnger Shivers, of Miller & Com pany, stated that ho had already re ceived orders from his people that they Maeene Change Plane. kpeclal to The Georgian. Savannah, da.,. Aug. 11.—Flans are being prepared for the proposed Ma- ««nlo Temple to be six stories high in stead of five, an ot first projected. The extra story will bo for the exclusive use of the Scottish Kite Masonry. Brooke Show* Big Inercaee. Special to The Ufonituii, Qultimin, Go.. Aug. It.—Tax Receiv er Harden has just finished consolidat ing the tax returns of Brooks county, and they show an Increase over last year of $1,004,001), which up to date la ahead of any other county that has re- portfd. The Quitman district alone ahowa an Increase of over $600,000. Fire In Negro Quartors. Npeelal to The Georgian. t'tttgemld. Go., Aug. 11.—The first fire for some weeks here oecunred on Thursday night In the negro tenement Ileuses belonging to B. (’. Mosher & Company. Two houses burned com pletely and two more were seriously damaged. K. P.'s Give Barbecue. Special to The Ueorglsu. Ainerlcue, Oa., Aug. 11.—The Knights of Pythias complimented their friends with a barbecue at Hotly Springs on Wednesday of this week. There wae n large crowd present and every ona thoroughly enjoyed It. Meets Next In Augusta. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Gn., Aug. tt.—The next meeting of the State Horticultural 8o- fclety will be held tn Augusta, as an In vitation was presented at the meeting In Macon which has dosed, and It was accepted. The Invitations were from the mayor, tha chamber ift commerce HON. CRA WFORD WHEA 7 LE Y ON LIEUTENANT GO VER NOR Speech Delivered in Senate Advocating His Bill. Savannah, On., Aug. 11.—J. H. Kim- <- - .. . Ball, the colored keeper of the colored «nd other" unking for the meeting to section of Laurel Grove cemetery was he held here. He mem, and there were seven against criminations and all the dreary drivel printed In this campaign, If bound into volumes, would crowd the congression- *1 library—and uplift no render. Three months ngn Hoke Smith would have swept the state like a E ralrie lire. Will he do It August 22? :is organ will tell you that It will bo so unanimous for him, that the show ing made by the others will be pitiful. His adherents can see nothing to tt but Hoke Smith. But there Is another side which will tell you that Hoke Smith cannot go Into the convention with enough dele gates to win on tho first ballot, which is equivalent to saying that he will bo defeated. • There be no small minority that assert that Judge Russell will be a clear second when the vote Is rount- ed, and a mighty close second to Hoke Smith, who, It Is generally conceded will lead the ticket. The Way Wlseaores Figure. Few place Howell better than a third, and many say he will be fourth, Eatlll running ahead of him. By common consent Colonel Jim Smith la put at the bottom of the Hat, berauso his ef forts have been confined almost entire ly to northeast Georgia. But with a locked convention hla delegation may play a potent part In ultimately nam ing the nominee. Some fifteen months ago Hoke Smith promulgated his platform at Madison, and from that good day until non’ no grata has grown undsr the broad feet of the former secretary ot the Inte rior. Four joint debates have marked the campaign, debate* between-Smith and Howell, who, for some common Impulse, have been considered Hie leading figures and open and avowed political enemies. In only one of thaae did Howell show to advantage. Had he done ao well In Columbus, Atlanta or Albany ns In Rome, there might have been somo dif ferent history written on August ft. The Home debate was clearly a How ell victory, for where the Smith peu- K le had apparently run the Howell od orants to cover, the story of the af fair In tho Rome opera house rend an other way. Ruseoll's Remarkable Race. In many respects Judge Russell's race has been one of the most remark able In tho history of the mate. When he decided tn enter the lists he gave up without a hesitancy a Jtulgshtp, and Jumped Into the arena filled to the brim with fight. And It boa been a gallant fight, too. Without the pfestlge of Influential newspapers he has gone over the state steadily winning friends and adher ents to hla banner. Some nt the other candidates sneered nt him for a while, but they got beat'JIfully over that feel ing. When the vote Is counted out on the evening of Augilst 22 the Russell vote Is going to be an eye-opener to some people. ,.. . And throughout tot Mate you. hear thousands of .people hoping that It will be a locked convention, and that no man now In tho race will be finally nominated. And to mention "dark horse” Is to see loom one name nhovo nil others— John C. Hart, attorney geheral of Georgia. Water Consumption Increases. Hpcelal to The Georgian. Augusta, Oa.. Aug. 11.—During the past year there has been an Increase of practically 6(K> per cent In Hie amount of water consumed by the ell liens of Auguata, as the records for July, 1906, Bliow that there was a dally average of 6,640,643 gallons consumed, and tne month of July, 1906, or tha month juat passed, shows that them has been a dally average of 9,196,067 gallons used tier day. Free 8eheola For Royston. Hpeclal to The Georgian. lloyston, Ga., Aug. 11.—In 1800 tho census of Royston showed a population uf 578. It now has 1,000 to-1,210. On last Wednesday there was an election held to determine whether wo would have free schools, the result being 111 roles tor, uni one role against them. The enrollment for the past year has been about 200. New Bank Opens, Hperlnl to The Georglnn. Rochelle, (iir, Aug. 11.—The Cltlsena' Bunk aliened Thursday with a capital of $26,000, and Is chartered under the laws of the state. Its deposits fur the first day was more than $20,000. Tho officers of the new bank arc J. II. D. Wnodburn, president; Dr. W. O. Ford, vice president, and J. W, McNamara, cashier. Charier Applied For. Bpcrlnl to The Georgian, Covington, Ga., Aug. 11-—Meaara. James H. Stephenson, R. E. Stephen son and D. A. Thompson, Jr., have ap plied for charter under tlw caption of the Stephen son Hardware Company. The capital stock will be $10,000. The corporation will be composed of aome of the beet known business men of our town. SPLENDID GATHERING OF YOUNG BANKERS AT CONVENTION OF WITHAM’ASSOCIATION RECENTLY HELD AT WARM SPRINGS, GA. Round Trip — Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain $4.10, via Western & Atlantic R.R. Battlefield Route. Jherteet Line and Quickest Time. Tickets on tale every Saturday: good «"l Tueeday following. An opportunity to visit Chlekamau- $« Park during the encampment of the Georgia 3tate Guard. for tickets, schedules end further information, call on 1 A. THOMAS, City Pass. * TkL Agt ’Phonea 169 M. Bell; 153 AtlanU. c £• Walker, Depot Ticket AgL 'Phone 2'..A Main. C. E. Harmsn, G. P. A. WITHAM BANKERS AT WARM 8PRINGS. The following epeeeh was delivered In the senate this week by Hon. Craw- ford Wheatley In advocacy of hla bill to errnte the office of lieutenant gov- emor: This la one of the five kindred btlla. Introduced by me, the object of which la the creation of the office of lieuten ant governor; to define hie powtr, du ties, quo It drill lulls and compensation. Section I ot this bill creates the of fice of lieutenant governor of this stale and provides for Ilia election by the people. It aleo provides a salary of (too per annum for this office, which really only Involves on expenditure of I23U over and above the amount which la now paid under the existing law. The lieutenant governor Is ex.officio president of the senate atyl l« tint re quired to live at the seat of govern ment, except during the session of the legislature, or while he Is performing ilia duties of governor, and has no vote In tile senate except In case of * tie. The bill also provides that In case of death, resignation nr disability of the governor the lieutenant governor shall exercise the executive powers of gov ernment and 'succeed to the office ot governor. The real necessity for the pasaago of this bill arises from II. t fart that owing lo lha change from the winter lo Hie summer session, an Interregnum exists, which, should the governor be removed from offivo by death, resignation nr disability, there would be abaolutely no one to succeed to the governor’s chair or order a new election for that purpose. tt Is a well-known fuet tnai tho pre siding offlrere of both the senate and house die with theeo bodies, and, aa the law now provides, should the gov ernor be removed from office, these two nffleera alone are empowered tn call a new election to fill tho unexplred torn), thero would be absolutely no one to take charge of the attain* of state, and provide for the election of a new governor. Tho reasons why this office should exist are many, and why It has not long since been created le beyond my pow er# of comprehension. . Thirty-six of the states In the Union already have HeutonnM governors, all ot whom are elected by direct Vote of the people, and this almost universal provision agulnat a vacancy In the executive chair by providing on officer who ha* been duly elected by n vote of the people to auc- reod the governor without a new elec tion for that purpose, shmve, not only tho need but the wledom of such an amendment In our state constitution. In addition lo this, the United Htntes has such nn officer In tho |ierson of tho vice president, who le elected nt the enme time nml by the same prealden- tint electors, who olect the president. That le to eny, the people, and not the United Htntes senate,- elect the otllfer who la to preside over the senate, anti who la to surrred to the presidency In cage of the death of tho president. Again, by providing for the election of a lieutenant governor by the people we obviate the neCeaelty and trouble of electing a president of (he senate by thnt body, as under the provisions ot this bill, the lieutenant governor la ex- ofilclrt president of Hto senate. He rep- resonta no district, but Is elected from the state at large, and thus bv virtue of the fact that he Is a slate officer, all locnl preferences are eliminated. It Is a practical Impossibility for a presiding officer who le elected under the present system to make his ap pointments without favoring those bv whose votes he was Blared In office. It’s human nature—It Is not only human nature, hut It I* right to take care of your friends; and all other things be ing equnl, the man who voted against you Is sidetracked nnd tha man who voted for you gets the plum, and It will always remain this way until this bill or a similar one I* enacted Into Inw. Not only this, but should you elect a lieutenant governor by the people, ho will be elected futlv six months lie tors he Is cnlled upon to art ns president ot the eensle, during which lime he can select hta commutes* and announce them on the first dnv of tha session, thereby savin* nhotit a week of vol»n- bln time to the alnte. which •«. under the present system, prncffrnllv test. Further than this. I desire to state. failed to elect, and In that event alone la the power of election vested in the general assembly. It Is • further fact that In voting Co- stale senators 17.C ,-tuple no thought or Intention tbot three -.-ns- tora ehall elect any one to the cx.ilird position of governor, however brief may be his tenure of office. On the other hand, should the govern or be removed from office Hi rough dentil, resignation nt disability, prior to alx months of the expiration of his term, the president of the senate is required by Inw to call a special elec tion for the purpose ot electing a no# governor, and the state Is put to me expense nnd Inconvenience of Hus election, together with the accompany ing trinla and tribulations Incident to n gubernatorial campaign. As « uni ter of fnct, under our present re.iuie IV* would really hold two elections be fore this vacancy could be filled. For th# regular election would he preceded by the Inevitable white pri mary. held under the. same forms of law, nnd which Itself would be. In all probability, preceded by a struggle be tween the contesting candidates, to gether with a heated rnnvnaa through out the entire state, ! The expense ot these elections would - great, and tn this expense bust also be added the expense and Inconvenlm- o of nn extra session of the leglalaturo. cnlltd to count the votee, declnre the result and Inaugurate the new gov ernor. I am th|d, on good guthnrlty, tb it tlila expense to the state would not fall short of $100:000, tn say nothing ot the cost to tha Individual candidates of a Democratic primary. All this trouble and expense will be obviated, should the provisions of this bill be enacted In'o a Inw. Why can not Oeurgla h. ► E ond a Inw In this particular a* Alb ania. Arkansan. California, Colorado. Connetlrut, Delaware, Idaho, Illi nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Miring-a. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Fon tana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Caro lina, Houth Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, New York, New Jn-, v, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Ver- yeare ago had Kentucky the present tieur- Whfit. pened n few yei been burdened with E lu law, when Bill Ooebel lay dylnt. y the bullet of an assassin' What would have happened had nut Beckham Immediately aucceeded to the gov. u oris chair? I believe It Would hare re quired a detachment of Federal tro q-« to have held an election for governor m Kentucky at that time. What would have happened In Ohio a few days since, when Pattlson died. If ■hut state had had the Geot-gln law? Ohio would now be In the throes of a fill the unexplretl Every senator on this iloor will re call the turmoil and strife Into whh'.) this state was plunged by the untimely death of Alexander H. Stephens, dol ing his occupancy of the governor's rhalr. The then president of the senate be came temporary governor, nnd Tailed it sperlal election for governor t - fill the unexplretl term, In which contra he hlmaelf was a candidal#. You will recall how the legislature was rail'd together In extraordinary session, nnd the difficulties under which It luborrrt before it compromise ws* reached, t-. suiting 111 the election nf Governor 161 - Daniel. I trust this sluts wltl never again he cnlled upon to undergo a similar experience, and yet only the life of one men stands between our ample nnd it recurrence of thoee un- «ppy days. Mr. President nnd Senators: This bill ahould pass. Georgia needs n lieu tenant governor. Every other state "f first magnitude has such an officer, ami Georgia should not allow any state In title mighty Union tn surpass her. ahould be IN FACT, ns wall at NAME, the Empire Htate of South. Htm Fire*. Balo of Cotton. Hprrlal to The Georglnn. Mlllrn, On., Aug, 11.—The first hnle nf 1966 cotton sold In Jenkins county nnd was raised on ihe plantation - IL Daniel. ■I J. The 150 banker* attending the an nual convention of the Wltham Bank ers’ Association at Worm Springs re cently brought together a group of young men conceded to be one of the strongest gatherings of Georgia man hood ever assembled In this state. These young men. cashiers of the *5 Wltham banks, represented every sec tion of the state. They met for th# purpose of dlecusstn* way* and means of the banking business, and also to exchange Idea* and experience# fur meeting many problems arising dally In their financial Institution*. Among the distinguished speakers nt this convention were: Hon. John Tem ple Graves, editor of The Georgian; Hon G. Gunhy Jordin. Volembus. Oa.; Mr. O. E Dooly, cashier of the Home Savings Bank, Macon. Oa.; Mr. A. P. foies cashier ot the central Bank and Trust Corporation, Atlanta, Ga.; Hon. George S. Jones, ot th# firm of Hardeman & Jones. Macon. Oa.; Mr. Charles T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; Hon. W- L. Phillips. Loutsvllle, Ga., and many others. Growth of Witham Banka. To show the growth of this associa tion end what It Is accomplishing the following is taken from the addreee of W, D. Manley, of Atlanta, secretary of the association: "Eighteen yeans ago this country banking association was begun. "Eighteen years ago wo had $26,000 capital stock. "Eighteen year# ago wo had no sur plus or undivided profits. "Today we have oyer a million and one-half dollars' capital. "Today we have nearly three-quar ters of a million dollars of surplus and undivided profits. , ’Today we bay# about two million and one-half dollars of OUR OWN MONEY. ‘The aggregate annual business of the Wltham banks exceeds fifty mil lions of dollars.’' The Atlanta office of the Wltham banks, which Is headquarters, handles over $6,004,606 annually, and Is con ducted by W. S. Witham, president and financial agent, and a large corps ot able and experienced assistants. A unique ami Interesting feature of the Wlthatn hanks Is the depositors' guarantee fund, which Insures the de- islts against lo#* There ere no other nks In the world that offer this pro tection. There I* a bill pending In the present congress for the adoption ot thia plan to secure national banka. This le not only a great compliment to Mr. Wltham’s genius as a financier, but Ihe highest possible indorsement of hla methods of money handling. In addition to this the Wltham banka have created the cash emergency fund nf $264,004, and this, together with their financial backing, gives each bank the banks, In many Instances, does not exceed $23,000. Benefit Rural Distriot*. The WRIwm banka have been of In calculable benefit tn the rural districts moat prominent and Influential cltlsen* In their respective counties, and In dorsed by more than 26,000 friendly depositors; and Whereas, "Money getting” Is not the more In tho way of substantial nnd permanent Improvements than any other agency with ten times the amount of capital they employ. This association works for the up building of the financial strength of the state, and Its aim and object are not solely money making. Mr. Witham believes In the development of the young men of the state, nnd takes pride In giving every worthy young man the opportunity to become prominent In the development of Georgia through his Institutions. • The highest distinction was paid The Atlanta Georgian In this convention In a resolution, which was unanimously adopted by a riling vote. Indorsing this paper for its clean Journalism. This resolution Is probably the strongest In dorsement ever given a newspaper In this country by an organisation of such power and influence. If reads as follows: Indorsing The Georgian. Whereas. The Wltham banking sys tem. having banks located In a large number of the counties In Georgia, the a direct foreign booking of over 1760.- * am « being mar.’grd by hoards of dl- 600, although th* Individual capital of rectors, composed of about $00 of the Report on Johnson Cato. fipcrlef to The Georgian. Augusta, Go., Aug. If.—Horre Goodrich, of Hie board of health, n a full report on the matter of the ■ ■. JH ■ gro itndrrtnkrr, Johnson, korpin with nil due deference to tha fromere j body out of ihe ground too lens of our present coneMlutlon the Istv of after the pegru acknowledged Ids succession to the gubernatorial ehslr Is I mg In the fault and stating Hint exreedlnelv crude nnd cumbersome.' I bought Hint tho body had keen Under the present law, should the I,aimed before It reached here. It governor he removed from offi-e j decided to let the cast drop, through deeth. resignation or dlsnhllltv. within six months of Ihe expiration nf his term, the president of the senate becomes governor, and serves out th* ) remainder of the t»rm: dqrin* nil of wh'eh 11111- (he linin'? governor cun perform all the functions of a regular. of Georgia, and have accomplished , o | 0 purpose of our existence, and this i widespread inlltience has always tiesn, and will be used for nnd In behalf of j clean government, Christian education, I I temperance, highest standard uncom mercial Integrity nnd for pure litera ture: therefore. Be It Resolved by the Wltham Bank- era’ Association In convention assem- j bled at Warm Spring* That we wcl- I come Into the arena of Journalism The [ Atlanta 'Georgian, because It comes as j a co-worker with us In the upbuilding ‘ of our commonwealth. Because It comes as an enemy of j hurtful and sensational publications, i refusing to print for pay Iniquitous J advertisements and lifting Its standard above what Is generally known as , "yellow Journalism.” Resolved further. That we use our Influence to Introduce The Atlanta Iv elected governor. In roll* of Hie fart that he h"S been elected by Ihe votes of orlv fqrtv-foor neranns. for the house of representative* the poo. ular hodv. has no voice whatever In tho election of Hit* temporary govern or. Worse stilt, twenty-three men out of forty-four mav posalblv have made this governor, who may now be called upon to rrerelee some of the most Im portant fitprllons nf this great office. He mav he called upon to fill vacancies In high office* of the state, both exse. ntlve and Judicial Tha pardoning pow er Is also hi* and It mav b# necessa ry for him to suppress riots nnd put down Insurrection, nnd desl with many delicate and v)l»> matters touching our relations w|Hi rhe Federal government nr with other state*. In vlttv of these fact* I feel sure that our people wnnl no man In Ihe governor’s offire unless he has been sleeted to thnt high position by direct vote* As a mniter ot fact, our ronstl- tutlon never delegates this power, ex cept where the people themselves have MUST QUIT CHOIR ‘TER AF THIS MONTH Mpnelfll lo Th*» Oroftfto#; <*hAttftj)O0*o, T#nn„ Aur. XL- K*rc*n» the recent edict of Iht i»op# of th« (’•tholir tbuich women will not !>*• al lowed to Hnu In the choirs nf the Catholic church here after September l f exc*i>tlnf In « few cmm when- la ic Pinners have contruefa extending to f ,1# ‘ Unit of the year. The Wehop of thl« dloceee hm» decided to bedn it turn Ho rary arrangement to teat the matter, n* It I* an Id that the edict U optional with churchea. ARION PIANO f 137.50 Cash. Where time U desired tho price i i nllahtly adraneed. Guaranteed ten years. Write for any further Information H. H. HALE, 170 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Gs. moral Influence Into our bank* and Into the home* of th* officers and pat rons of the Wltham banks. I Resolved further. That we today Join hands with the management of this clean newspaper in Its efforts to elevate i the tone and character of the press of the state of Georgia, and wish them-; Godspeed. 1 At the Roll Call VULCANITE Will have the call. It’$ got it already. Good on ail building!, flat or steep roofs. ‘YOU CAN PUT IT ON* look for t™ 3 tr ade mark C QiUMFltlD, Ptti dtal ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents, 29 and 31 South Forgyth Street. ATLANTA, GA. c. 4. fftx. sumf«f.