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M.OOO homes.
15,000 telephones.
Seveni main lines of railroads,
150 miles of street railway,
$22,000,000 of banking capital.
The Atlanta Georgian.
130 Cotton factories i.BOO.CKO spin<ites.
Factories consumed 500,000 bales 1006.
VOL. 1. NO. 98.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906.
PPTPf?. InAtlantaTWO CENTS,
x Avi-L/ilj. On Trains FIVE CENTS.
HUNDREDS OF BODIES
BURIED UNDER HOUSES
Reports From Valpar
aiso, Chile, Tell of
Great Damage.
SUPPLY OP POOD
IS RUNNING SHORT
People Are Unable to Pight
Flames Which Follow
Earthquake.
By Private Leazed Wire.
Lima, Peru, August 18.—The
latest advices received here con.
cerning the earthquake disaster
at Valparaiso say that hundreds
were killed and that the property
loss will amount to millions. The
town of La Liqua, between Val-
parasio and Iquiqumbo, was total
ly destroyed. There is still no
communication with Santiago.
By Private Leazed Wire.
New Tork, Aug. IS.—A cable die
patch received today from Valparaleo,
by Weasel, Duval & Co., of New York
and VaiparaJao, confirmed the reports
of ths catastrophe to the South Amer
ican port by the earthquake of Thurs
day night. The dispatch to the llrm
was as follows:
"Town nsarly wiped out. Particulars
when shakes cease."
Bid TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS
ONE OF HAWAIIAN I8LE8.
Special Cable to The Georgian by Pa
cldc Cable. •
Honolulu. Aug. IS.—A' tidal wave 12
feet high swept over the west coast of
ths Island of Maul last night. No lives
were tost. The wharf at the port of
Maaloa was washed away and the
buildings at the landing partially
wrecked.
Some of the small vessels In ths har
bor were damaged. The wave Is sup
posed to have been the result of thi
earthquake at Chile.
VESSELS AT VALPARAISO
ARE ALL REPORTED 8AFE.
Special Cable—Copyright
Liverpool. Aug. 18.—The Paclflc
Steamship Company has received the
following Valparaiso cable:
"There was a violent earthquake last
night which caused loss of property
and lives. The company's offices were
partially destroyed, but the ships es
caped."
WHOLE CITY IN PANIC
AS RE8ULT OF QUAKE.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Valparaiso, Aug. 18.—This city Is In
a state of terror and panic. It la Im
possible at this hour to form even an
approximate estimate of the number of
lives lost or the amount of property
destroyed. That the loss will be large
Is well known, and scores are dead.
The flrat shock came late Thursday
evening and since then there have been
a succession of milder shocks whlcii
have added to the terror of the Inhab
itants.
Hundreds Under Debris.
Until the earth ceases trembling no
organised effort to restore municipal
order and carry out the work of rescue
and alleviation will be attempted.
Nothing ha,, been done so far. Even
the dead have not been carried to the
morgues.
Hundreds arc Imprisoned in the ruins
of collapsed houses, but with the earth
trembling violently at frequent Inter
vals none Is so foolhardy aa to ven
ture on the work of rescue.
As in the San Francisco horror, the
first terrtfle shock was followed by
numerous liras, which, with the water
supply and (Ire fighting machinery
practically destroyed. It was Impossi
ble to light. The heavy pall of smoke
painted with the flames adds to the
horror of the situation.
Food 8upply 8hort.
Communication with the Interior was
practically ztoppedafter the first shock
ami the food supply |s running low
The authorities already have taken
control of this phase of the situation
with the hope of preventing actual
starvation before relief can come. All
•f the people who have bein able to
do so have left the city.
Shipping Little Damaged.
The trembling of the earth was ac-
companleif by an unusual rojir. Llt-
tl" damage was done by the hrst shock,
which had barely subsided when a sec
ond shock came that ended In a jolt
'hat toppled buildings off their foun
dations. The earth seemed to rise up
Continued on Psgo Two.
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£ v
? AT CHEATHAM’S HOME
S PEOPLE CLAMOR FOR
£ HIS RESIGNATION.
•Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 18.—The
county cotton association of
Amlts county, which met at Lib
erty, passed strong resolutions
calling on Richard Cheatham, of
the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, to tender his resignation.
The members of the organisa
tion In thla state are not at all
pleased with the disclosures
made at the recent Investigation
in Atlanta, and during the next
few weeks It is expected that
other associations In the vari
ous counties will take similar
action. Mississippi is the home
«f Secretary Cheatham and the
resolutions passed by the Amite
county association ara signifi
cant.
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FEAR IS- FELT FOR THE SAFETY
OF TWELVE AMERICAN CONSULS
Population of Valparaso, 150,000.
Situation In Chile from latest dispatches:
Hundreds reported killed In Chile's chief city.
Flames ravage business section and many are burned alive.
Area of devastation not known as yet.
Santiago, Chile’s capital city, la cut off from communication with ths
world.
Feared that it Is entirely destroyed.
All traffic by land and sea stopped. —
Railroad tunnela filled In and tracks made useless for miles.
Two ships lay before the seaport in ruins.
Disaster reported worse than San Francisco's.
Washington fears for safety of twelve consuls.
Ships In harbor feel great tidal wave.
Thousands are made homeless and suffer from lack of food.
‘BEFO’ THE WAR" STUDENTS
OF OLD SMYRNA ACADEMY
ARE TO HOLD A REUNION
City Attorney James L. May son, Whose
Uncle Was Principal in the ’SO’s, Will
Make an Address.
"Smyrna ’48" and “Smyrna ’47” arid
all the other classes of old Smyrna
Academy will hold a reunion on the
campus on August 28. The class nu
merals do not climb much higher than
those, for the boys of the class of '61
threw away their Euclid and marched
away to whip three Yankees before
breakfast, while the girls remained at
homp to sing "The Bonnie Blue Flag"
and make grey homespun uniforms.
But every old Smyrna student Is in
vited to come back to the old school
for one more frolic In the yard.
The campus Is not a campus now,
but a church yard. Cobb county never
reorganised its acadomy when the old
boys struggled back from the front,
and the First Methodist church of
Smyrna stands on the old site. The
desk which Professor William Dan-
forth used to pound when he was n&t
ndtng something more sensitive has
given place to a pulpit. The rostrum
from which youthful Spartacusses
would appeal to still more -youthful
gladiators on Friday afternoons—they
called It "evening" than—has ban con
verted Into an altar. The children and
grandchildren of the boya and girls of
ths ‘40s and '50s now sit through Sun
dAy sermons where their ancestors
worked snd wept over a blue-backed
speller and the big atlaa which gave
much space the Great American des
ert. But the memory of school days
will be just as bright as though the old
academy still faced the play ground
and the voice of the teacher calling to
books will be beard In fancy by many
a pupil whose hair has long been gray.
It Was a Famous Soheol.
was a famous school, old Smyrna
Academy. Atlanta was young In those
days and the Cobb county town, was
not overshadowed by the proximity of a
city to entice Its young people away.
Its first principal was William Dan-
forth, who was succeeded by J. R. May-
son. a graduate of Emory College at
Oxford, Oa. He was a brother of T.
C. Maysnn, of Atlanta, and the uncle
of James L. Mayson, the clty attorney.
The academy was thriving In '50.
Its classes numbered about 160—boys
and girls—for Smyrna believed In co
education. Then the first gun at Fort
8umter was fired and everything was
forgotten hut the calf to arms. Before i
many weeks thsre were neither teach
ers nor pupils. The academy became
the haunt of rats and owls, and occa
sional wandering free negroes, who
sought a bed on the hard benches. Ths
South had sent Its call and education
surrendered to patriotism.
The academy gave Its share and
more to the Confederacy. Three col
onels were drawn from Its classes and
captains and lieutenants from Smyrna
were scattered through more than one
regiment. The colonels are dead. One
of these, Colonel S. Z. Ruff, a pupa
of the Georgia Military Institute el
Marietta, and a pupil of Smyrna aa
well, was killed In the battle of Knox
ville. His son, Captain S. Z. Ruff, Is a
well-known civil engineer In Atlanta
Colonel W. W. White and Colonel C. B.
K. Harkey answered the last roll years
ago.
Will Have Baeket Pionle.
Several/ days ago a handful of the
school boys of old Smyrna found them
selves together and became re third s-
cent. Then one of them suggested a
reunion, and the Idea waa received with
enthusiasm. A basket picnic was de
cided upon and E. D. L. Mobley, secre
tary of the Academy Society, was ap
pointed a committee of one on Invita
tions. He has malted forty letters to
the pupils who have kept In touch
w»t> each other and an Invitation Is
extended to every Smyrna Academy
boy or girl who Is able to respond. They
are Invited to bring their families and
a basket, and their descendants ara
also urged to visit the spot where
their fathers spent their youth. City
Attorney James L. Maysnn will deliver
an address and stories of former days
will bo told by several of the alumnae
of Smyrna.
A number of the old pupils are resi
dents of Atlanta. Among them are:
Warren Payne, a merchant of West
Peachtree street; J. B. Legg, of J. U.
Logg A Son; R. T. Bowie, of the At
lanta police department, who served
as a captain throughout the war: his
brother, C. L. Bowie; T. C. Mayson, R.
S. Eubanks, E. D. L. Mobley, Mrs. J.
M. Liddell, Mrs. Medlln. Mrs. Snllle
Brockman and Miss Cornelia Bow-le.
Captain It. I. Randall, of Vlnlngs, end
the Rev. E. G. Murrah, of Macon, ar»
among the former pupils who have
d ths i
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ROYALTY OF EUROPE
MARKED FOR DEATH
-A
Queen of Spain Fears She and King Alfonso
Will Be Assassinated While
in England.
Atlanta arid Montgomery met Sat
urday aftsrnoon In ths last gams to
be played at Piedmont Park during
the month of August. The crowd
was the smallest of ths season. The
gams went like this: •
First Inning.
Houtx filed out to short. Hsnsen
filed out to center. Apperious out, short
to first. No hits; no runt.'
Crozier singled to left field. Hoffman
sacrificed out, Mullaney to Brelten
stein. Winters filed out to short. Sid
Smith filed out to third. One hill no
runs.
Second Inning.
McCann singled to center. Mulla
ney sacrificed out, Jordan to Hoffman.
Perry walked. Busch filed out to short
Breitenstein hit to short and Parry
was forced out at second. One hlt| no
runs.
Mores singled to center. Jordan sin
gled to right and Morse went to third.
Jim Fox, playing center, filed out to
right Jordan going to second. Evers
fanned, Harley fanned. Two hlte; no
runs.
Third Inning.
Malarkey groundered to short and
was safe on Morse's error. Houtx tried
to sacrifice but popped out to Hoffman
who doubled Malarkoy at first Hausen
popped out to Evers. No hits; no runs.
Crozier filed out to center. Hoffman
out pitcher to first Winters gqf to
first on Brett's error. Sid Smith ground
ered to third and was safe on Perry's
error. Winters on second. Morse out
pitcher to first No hits; no runs.
Fourth Inning.
Apperious filed out McCann singled,
but out trying to stretch It. Mullaney
filed out One hit) no runs.
Jordan singled, and stole second.
Fox fanned. Evers fanned. Harley
fanned. One hit; no runs.
Fifth Inni
Perry fanned. Busch
tenstaln out third to Orst No hits; no
runs.
Croslsr filed out Hoffman out sec
ond to first Winters fouled out No
hlttl no mm.
Sixth Inning.
singled. Houtx tanned.
Hausen filed out Apperious grounded
8ummsry,
Two-base hit—S. Smith. Double play
—Hoffman to Jordan: Struck out—By
Harley 2, by Malarkey 7. Base on balls
—Off Harley l. Sacrifice hits—Hoff
man, Mullaney, Morse. Stolen base—
Jordan. Umpire—Rudderham.
to second, forcing Malarkey out One
hit; no runs.
Smith doubled. Morse bunted out,
pitcher to first. Smith to third. Jordan
fanned. Fox fanned. Ons hit; no runs.
Seventh Inning.
McCann singled. Mullaney grounded
to short forcing McCann out at sec
ond. Perry out pitcher to first Busch
filed out One hit; no runs.
Evers filed out to short Harley out
short to first. Crozier fouled out to
first' No hits; no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Breitenstein out pitcher to first. Ma
larkey filed out. Houtz singled. Hausen
filed out. One hit; no runs.
Hoffman filed out. Winters singled.
Smith filed out. Winters stole second.
Morse filed out.. One hit; no runs.
Ninth Inning.
Apperious singled. McCann out
pitcher to first Mullaney walked. Per
ry grounded to second; Mullaney out at
aecond. Perry stole second. Busch
out, pitcher to first
Jordan doubled. Fox sacrificed, third
to second. Evers hit to short; Jordan
out at plate. Harley filed out
Tenth Inning.
Breitenstein fanned. Malarkey out
short to first Houtz filed out
Crozier out, pitcher to firzt. Hoffman
filed out Winters filed out
Eleventh Inning.
Hausen up—Game called.
DESTROYED B¥
&
Chilean Capital
Wiped Out By
Seismic Jar.
Is
By, Private Leased Wire.
New York, August 18.—Santiago, the
capital of Chile, a city of over 200,000
Inhabitants, was almost completely de
etroyed by the earthquake that devas
tated Valparaiso. News of the accident
was received In New York laste this
afternoon In the shape of a brief cable
gram which read:
K fearful earthquake has visited
this city. Awful consternation prevails
here.”
This Is confirmation of the fear of
that has been felt of the safety of'San
tlago since the announcement of the
earthquake and that fire had wrought
hovac In Valparaiso. The two cities
are only 75 miles l part and are the
leading towns In ths republic of Chile.
THINK FORGE
CAUSED BIG BANK
TO GOTO WALL
Depositors May Get Cash.
Bank President Is
Dying.
3
Shreveport 100 100 010 —2 5 1
Keith sn<t Dougins; linker end Holmes—
Umpire Campeu and Wnluscott
First Game-
New Orleans . . 000 000 lOx —1 5 5
Memphis 000 000 000 —0 7 2
Batteries: Gueese and Stratton;
Stockdale and Owens. Umpire—Shuster.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, Aug. 18.—Reynolds’ News
paper asserts that a plot has been dis
covered to assassinate King Alfonso
while attending the Cowes regatta. Two
notorious Spanish anarchists were
found at Cowes, and the police ban
ished them without arresting, fearing
to alarm the royaltlee assembled.
It Ib reported that Alfonso’s bride Is
hysterically fearful of the assassina
tion of her husband and herself. When
parting with Queen Alexandra she
tearfully said:
"Goodbye: I doubt If I will ever see
you again."
Reynolds’ Newspaper further states
that a fresh and comprehensive plot
has been hatched to kill all the kings
of Europe. Even King Edward Is not
Immune. Reynolds asserts that ths
anarchists are aupplled with abundant
funds, the money having been diverted
to them wrongfully from Russian rev
olutionary funde.
LABOR DECLARES BOYCOTT
ONMA CON STREET RAIL WA Y
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 18.—The Federated
Labor Unions of Macon, have declared
a boycott on the street railway system
here and Is distributing circulars this
morning calling on all sympathizers
with the labor movement not to ride on
the street cars. This Is a result of the
strike that Is on by former conductors
and motormen of ths company. All
the cars are running on time on every
division. The circular closes with ad
vice that walking promotes health of
body and happiness of mind. A great
mass meeting of laboring people and
their friends has been called for Sun
day afternoon at which many labor
leaders will speak.
TRAIN OF ELIHU ROOT
A TTA CKED IN ARGENTINA
By Private Leased Wire.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 18.—The police are making diligent Inquiries Into
the stoning of the railroad train In which American Secretary of State Root
and party were returning from a trip of Inspection to the Charles Cemus
ranch • A mob, said to be composed of strikers, attacked the train with rocks
and broke several of the windows The Argentina minister of agriculture
was hit and severely cut on the neck, others of the perty were also In-
iured. ' .
JOHN ROCKEFELLER
IS SERIOUSLY SICK
By Private T-eazed Wire.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18.—John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, le severely
111 and Is confined to hts bed.
Dr. Blggar, hts physician, who accompanied him to Europe recently, re
porta that his patient Is suffering from throat trouble. Mr. Rockefeller had
Intended to be host to fifty passenger agents yesterday, but when they ar
rived at Forest Hill they were Informed that Mr. Rockefeller was too III
to receive them.
JE WISH DISTRICT GUA RDED
BY TROOPS AND POLICE
Special Cable—Copyright.
Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 18.—The Jew
ish district of this city la surrounded
by pickets of police, Cossacks and sol
diers of the infantry. All traffic has
been stopped and nobody la permitted
to enter or leave the district without
proper credentials.
Passengers arriving from abroad by
rail are searched at the stations and
so are all unknown pedestrians on the
streets. _ _
Word has been received from St. Pe
tersburg that the government has or
dered the concentration of five battal
ions of troops In this city to assist ths
local authorltle* In the preservation of
order.
BOMB PLANT FOUND;
MUTINEERS EXECUTED,
Bj I’rlrate {.razed Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 18.—A dispatch
from Klshlneff today reports the dis
covery of a bomb factory In the home
of Tyerdochlebeff, of Odessa Univer
sity. Several arrests have been made.
There was an execution of 18 of the
mutineers who took part In the recent
disturbance at Reval.
SEVEN PERSONS BURNED
WHEN STOVE EXPLODES
By Prfrate Lenzed Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—Seven persona were
burned, three so severely that they may
die, when a gasoline stove Mew up in the
home of lira Annie Kanlel. 1142 t.yndale
avenue, snd the flames swept over the
members of the two families seated st the
breakfast table.
Elder members of the two families al
most gave up their lives to save ths rhll-
dren, snd, ns n resnlt, nro In a hoepltnl,
suffering from terrible burns. Three of
the Inlnred are severely burned, and at
Ht. Ann’s hospital U was said their condi
tion Is serious.
By I'rlrnts Leased Wire. <
Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 18.—Forgeries,
Is now said, ware responsible for
the crash of the First National Bank of
Chelsea. It Is also said that ths ex
amination, still Being conducted by
Bank Examiner Ewer and Director
Thomas Martin, will determine the
genuineness of certain notes. At the
same time, all discoveries by these two
men are secret and the actual cause of
the bank's failure Is more of a mystery
than ever.
Mr. Ewer Is now acting secretary of
the defunct bank. Neither he or Mr.
Martin will admit or deny the report
thnt the names upon commercial paper
upon which the bank loaned sums ag
gregating more than the amount of Its
capitalization are forgeries. Mr. Mar
tin, however, declares that the exami
nation Into the genulnesa of certain
notes was begun about live weeks ago
and that he started the Investigation.
He further declares that every deposi
tor will receive dollar for dollar and
there will not be an assessment upon
the stockholders. Ths bank has loans
to the amount of about 81,100,000, and
It Is understood that moat of this sum
well secured.
The exact amount on deposit Is not
known, but It Is now believed to be
about 1700,000. It wilt bo given In ex
act figures In a few days, when the
books have been gone over.
The rears of the depositors were
somewhat allayed yesterday during the
rush to the bank when It became
known that the Wlnnlsalmmet National
Rank of Chelsea had offered to advance
to depositors who are not stockholders
60 per cent of the amount they had In
the defunct bank. This offer was tak
en advantage of by many. The Shaw-
mut National Bank of Boston hna also
offered to help the Chelsea Institution
and has advanced a large sum.
President Sylvester B. Hlnkey, of the
defunct bank. Is on his deathbed. He
does not know what haa happened, and
he Is being kept In Ignorance of It
It Is expected that he may die any
minute. .
JUDGE COBB PALLS
IN PAINT IN STREET
Judge Howell Cobb, of Athens, broth
er of Supreme Court Justice Andrew J.
Cobb, fainted In the lobby of the Kim
ball House Saturday from an attack
of acute Indigestion. He was tended
by Dr. 8. T. Barnett at the hotel, and
later was carried to the Presbyterian
Hospital, where he was reported rest
ing easily. His brother stated that he
was subject to such fainting spells.
Mrs. Cobb has been summoned from
Athens.
ITALIAN EXPERT GIVES
REPORT ON EARTHQUAKE.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Florence, Italy. Aug. 18.—The direc
tor of the observatory announces that
the scientific Instruments Indicated
shortly before dawn yesterday an
earthquake of great violence taking
place at a distance-of 8,600 kilometers
(8,000 miles). The Indications passed
away In a northwesterly direction.
SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE
RECORDED AT ALBANY, N, Y.
By Private lapsed Wire.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 18.—The earth
quake In Chile was recorded on the
seismograph located In the state mu
seum building. State Geologist Clark
flays the instruments recorded the
shocks as beginning thirty-four min
utes after T o'clock In the morning and
lasting until 27 minutes after 8 In the
evening.
DEFY IVOR;
POLICE COURT
:fi Ml
Children Were Again
Brought Into
Streets.
TO TRY TO PLACE '
TOTS ELSEWHERE
Mrs. Harwell Quotes More
Scripture Against City
Officials.
The recorder's court room will bs
turned Into an Impromptu orphan asy
lum Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. -Harwell, head of the "Memorial
Orphanage," 52 and 54 McDaniel street,
have been summoned to appear before
the recorder and to bring the children
of the home so as to show cause why
the little ones should not be placed In
a state Institution.
The charge which wll lappear on the
court record.
The charge which will appear on the
court record will be “blocking the
streets without permit from the may
or.” This, however, la only the tech
nical manner of getting around a sit
uation which Is only covered by the
code bf humanity and not found
among the city ordinances or state
laws.
Sirs. Harwell, true to her word, ap
peared on the streets again Friday
night with many of the children from
the orphanage. The smallest children
were left at the home, however, and
only those over ten years of nge, so
It was stated by Mr. Harwell, were
brought out.'
* Big Crowds Watting,
The wagon waa driven up to the
Kimball House, where a large crowd
waa awaiting Its arrival. Thero were
no arrests made and the meeting was
unmolested.
Probation Officer J. M. Gloer called
Mr. Harwell aside and held a long con
versation with him, Mr. Harwell had
previously promised the officer that he
would not bring out tho younger ehtl:
dren and rlaln|:d that he had kept his
word, although some of tho children
appeared to be rather small for ten
years. Mr. Harwell stated that tho
youngest was 11 years old.
In promising Officer Gloer not to
bring out the children who hail not
reached their tenth year, Mr. Harwell
would not state how long this promise
held good. He would only say for two
or three days.
Saturday morning Chief of police
Jennings and Probation Officer Gloer
called upon the mayor and It wa« then
decided to summons the man and wo
man and the little children to appear
In the recorder's court.
Children Cauie Much Talk.
Probation Officer Gloer stated Sat
urday that the little orphans had caus
ed more talk than anything In the city
for a long time, thut the ministers and
nearly every one was against their be
ing brought out Into the streets at
night and that It waa generally con
sidered cruelty to the children, al
though there could be gathered no
proof of this sort as the little ones
seemed to be well cared for.
Councilman W. D. Ellla, Jr., who will
preside over tho recorder's court Sat
urday afternoon. Is strongly against
the children's being brought on the
streets. It Is believed he will do alt
In his power to have thorn placed In
un Institution controlled by the state.
Mrs. Harwell stated that several of
the parents of children had called at
the Institution and had said that their
children should not go Into state Insti
tutions. Mrs. Harwell also stated that
she wished to abide by the laws and
had attempted to do so. She concluded
by saying "It were better that a mill
stone be hanged around the neck of
these city officials than to offend one
of these." Thla referring to the chil
dren who "wish to carry on the good
work of saving souls.”
Mayor Woodward said Saturday that
bringing the children on the street was
a farce and a sham anil that every
thing would be dons to get the children
Into an Institution where they could
be properly cared for and trained up to
be good citizens.
A great many people had during the
day called the mayor up to congratu
late him on the stand he had taken.
RUMOR SftYS SLATON
IS THE DIRK HORSE
That John M. Slaton, speaker of the
last house of representatives, will be
the dark horse in the gubernatorial
race at'the Macon convention Is tho
latest report among talkers of politics.
Mr. Slaton w
ular speakers whe
over an unruly as
In the lower hou
by the number
There are many n
er candidates
“Jack*’ Slaton
tlon than any
flrat choice.
t of the most pop-
er wielded a gavel
blage. His friends
were limited only
representatives*,
now backing oth-
who would rather ?6ft
elected by tho conveft*
other man besides tbdH
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New Bank for Franklin.
Secretary of State Phil Cook Issued ft
charter to the People** Hank at Frank-
lin Saturday morning- Capital stock !
$25,000, and incorporators J. K. L)un*
•on, J. \v. Pow ei>, 1. N. urr and others^