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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 1 .
SATURDAY, AUGUST U, M.
7
OF JUNE AKD JULY
yearly Twice as Much Pre
cipitation This Year as
*1 1905.
According to figures Just compiled,
fry ihe Atlanta weather bureau at the
request of Director K. J. Redding of the
elate experiment station, nearly twice
as much rain fell in Georgia during the
months of June and July as last year,
making the crop season of this year re
markable In the annals of the state.
Fifty-two towns are selected, repre-
•rntlng the entire state, and the total
rainfall nt each place for the months of
June and July of the two years furnish
the comparison.
The grand total of rainfall regis
tered at the 52 stations during the two
months of 1905 was 402.15 Inches: the
-rand total for this year was 723.69.
The Increase In total rainfall was 321.54
Inches, 80 per cent, or an average In
crease of 4 Inches throughout the state.
The effect of the superabundance of
rain marked on the growing cotton.
It put a great deal of stalk and foliage
Jo the plant at the expense of the
^However, the past two weeks of qom-
naratlvely dry weather have to some
extent offset the bad effect of the rain.
The table made up by Forecaster
Marbury Is as follows:
—1905— —1905—
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NEGRO ADMITS
STEALING JEWELRY
Special to Tho Georgian
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug, 18.—The
hlg steal* which have been going on at
Lookout Inn for week* are gradually
being brought In the limelight a* the
(uses are tried in the court*. Harry
Clayton, the negro who wa* arre»ted In
Louisville and brought to thl* city, ha*
admitted that he and J. L. Hightower,
another negro employee of the hotel,
looted the rooms of guest*, taking Jew
elry, toilet, article*, money, and that
Hightower watched while Clayton en
tered the guest*' room*. In consequence
of his admission* Clayton wa* bound
over to the criminal court In two case*
on bonds of *1,000 each, In default of
which he wa* returned to Jail. The
cases against Hightower were post
poned until today.
The cases against Eugene Jordan,
the chief clerk, who ha* been charged
with grand larceny of Jewelry from
Mrs. J. C. Simmons, of California,
amounting to *3,000, have been called
f .r today. Jordan I*, reticent about
the charge.
Not of Atlanta Baptist Colled*.
It is stated that the negro. J., J.
Lumpkin, who was arrested In Augusta
this week on the charge of tampering
with the mall, wa0 never ft student at,
• ■v otherwise connected with, the At
lanta Baptist College.
Blakely Brought Jto Atlanta.
*1 to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Aug.. 18.—Bailiff Jor
dan. „f justice Puckett’s court, of At-
. mtn, come here Friday and took back
with him James Blakely, a man who
arrested here at the instance of
Justice Puckett on two charges, lar
ceny «nd misdemeanor.
First Bala Received.
8|"*i*l»l to The Georgian.
• "lumbus, Ga., Aug. 18.—The Davis
Warehouse Company received the first
bai** of new cotton from any of its
' u'tomera today. It was shipped by
w. H. King, of Weston, Webster coun
ty. and classed strict middling.
Mrs. Paul B. Matthews.
•Vdrtl to The Georgian.
Jefferson, Ga., Aug. 18.—Mrs. Paul
” Matthews, who before her marriage
J'®* Miss Alice Holder, died last Sun-
d;, - v afternoon after an illness of aev-
er: 'l months.
WHO IS JUDGE RUSSELL
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, Jack Dougherty mid Mike iTwIn)
■ '-oi will have to lie cntle.1 off. The
"To to have mot st Butte, Mont., on
t ttay, hut the Itutto elvle league will
*t*'Iix to have the fight stopped. The
a g , io Is the same orgsnlsnthm thot stop-
tlJ - open gambling In Butte tost w>u-
Moaes Way, an original settler of
Liberty county, was the great grand
father of the subject of this sketch.
His father, William J. Russell, was a
native of that county and one ot the
pioneer cotton manufacturers In this
state. He operated the Sweetwater
factory In Douglaes county prior to
the war between the states, and
subsequently became general manager
of the mill at Princeton, Clarke county,
Georgia.
"Plain Dick” Russell first saw the
light In Cobb county, this state, In
1861, where he lived until hls father
removed to Clarke county In 1867. He
was graduated from the University of
Georgia In 1879, and began the practice
of law In 1880. In 1882 he was elected,
without opposition, to the Oeorgla leg
islature from Clarke county, and re
elected In 1884 and 1886. In 1888 he
was elected solicitor general of the
western Judicial circuit and became
Judge of that circuit In 1898, which last
named position he held continuously
until February, 1906, when he resigned
to make the race for governor. The
writer does not know who hls first
wife was, but his second wife, whom
he married In 1891, was Miss Ina Dil
lard, of Oglethorpe county. Go. She
ha* borne him ten children, nine of
whom are now living. The pleasant
home of thl* well known Jurist Is on a
farm near Winder, Jackson county, Ga.
. In hls race for the chief Justiceship
of the supreme court of Georgia, in
1904, hla erudite and formidable oppo
nent was the late Hon. Thomas J. Sim
mons, against whose private life and
public record there was not even a sus
picion. In that race, with the shrewd
and alert politicians throughout the
state arrayed against, him, he carried
forty-eight counties and received more
than 70,000 votes—Judge Slmmoim de
feating him by 613 majority. Those
counties represent every part of the
state, as the reader will notice. They
were Clarke, Oconee, Franklin, V.ni
ton. Hart, Habersham, Elbert, Madison,
Hall, Dawson, Cobb, Clayton, Douglass.
Dade, Catoosa, Polk, Murray, Whlt-
11 eld. Walker, DeKalb. Rockdale Talia
ferro, Warren. Olascock, Lincoln,
Henry, Butts, Paulding. Wjyne, Lib
erty, Tattnall, Wilcox, Appling, Irwin,
Pierce Early, Charlton, Randolph,
Jackson, Olay, Gwinnett, White, Union,
Towns, Fanrtln, Echols, Dodge and
M Ab cuTxelb lawmaker, prosecuting at
torney, lawyer and Judge he has hon
estly and fearlessly met every require
ment. Entering the present race short
of any advice from the politicians, this
unassuming, approachable man of the
people, has, by the force of seemingly
inexhaustible energy ami perseverance,
and determination that knows not de
feat, worked hls way up from the
factory boy of Clarke county to dan
gerously near the governor * chair of
hls native state. He does not pose as
a reformer ami statesn v e r ,.imr<loeshe
claim to have received a divine call.
He Is simply running "Plain Dick
Russell’s race in "Plain Dick Russell s
own Inimitable way. In short, he is
"toting hls own skillet, nml nsklng the
plain, hard-working, honest. God-fear
ing people of the Empire ntate of the
South to indorse hls private and public
record He has taken no part In the
"Kilkenny cat fight" that has been go
ing on for months In this state be
tween Hons. Clnrk Howell and Hoke
Smith to the utter dl/gust of many re
flective and conservative men.
He Is endowed with a sufficiency of
common sense to fully realise that he
dldate” nor Is he being "boosted” by
the corporations, yet he believes In
"rendering unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar's and unto God the things
that are God’s." He believes In build
ing up rather than I? tearing down.
Hls plan Is to remove all obstacles that
may stand In the way of the wheels of
progress rather than to block the track
with Isms.
Conservative and well-poised, pos
sessing a vast store of general and le
gal Information, in the prime of vig
orous, healthy manhood, this plain man
of the people, who knows how to sym
pathize with the masses In the strug
gle for a living and a few of the com
fort* of this life, ha* steadily grown
In strength and the affections of tne
people to such an extent that the
muck-rakers, mud-slingers and char
acter assassins have crept from their
slimy dens and turned their pusillan
imous batteries against him.
Voters, take a dispassionate view of
the situation and look at the line-up.
Do you not see that all the alert, keen
and prominent politicians in the state
are supporting the two Smiths, Estlll
and Howell? Name one that Is sup
porting Judge Russell, If you please.
It behooves every voter to search hls
own heart and conscience In this mad
race for office and see If they can sin
cerely believe that either Estlll, How
ell, Hoke Smith or Jim Smith—each
of whom is reputed to be a million
aire—has any sympathy for the work
ing people of Georgia. Do you sup
pose they think that he who earns hls
bread In the sweat of hls brow Is wor
thy to unloose their shoe latchets.
The fake reformers and pseudo-state
savers are frantically striving to rule
Into the governor’s office by appealing
to our passions and prejudices. If one-
half of what Howell says about Smith
number one is true, or if one-half Hoke
says in regard to Clark is correct,
neither Is fit to be a constable, much
less chief executive of a state. They
ought to know each other, for they are
neighbors and have slept in the seine
political trundle bed for the past *5
years. Both think that Atlanta is the
hub of the universe and the state of
Georgia is its backyard. One might as
well try to fry a snowflake or extract
nectar from a seasoned dogwood mall
as to expect reform from either. The
rich never retrench and reform, prom
the founding of the government of An
cient Egypt during the reign of Raine
ses to the present time, nil reforms
have hnil their origin nmnng the com
mon people. Witte, the great Russian
diplomatist and brnin of the Port*
mouth Pence Conference, Is the son or
n peasant. Had he not been opposed
by the hazel brush of Russian royalty
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Additional Sporting News
FOR FULL PAGE OF SPORTS 8EE PAGE SIXTEEN.
Poolroom Men and Reformers
Wage Hot Fight at Saratoga
mouth Peace
a peasant.
he would* have restored order out of
chaos In hlfi own country.
Editors of subsidized newspapers nro
besmearing the columns of their re
spective sheets with slanderous insinu
ations and Innuendoes against Judge
Russell; alert and keen politicians, as
well us those of the plainest and meas-
,v variety, nro arraying themselves
ngnlnst him In a solid phalanx; law
yers are delivering their philippics and
harangues and airing their "pinions
from a hundred stumps against him
£,r u f«f culaled" in every - vale and hamlet tn
ami his cause, and yet this plain man
of the people and for the people has
gone to the people for hls support in
this race and they will not forget h.m
on the 22d Inst. . ' . .
Backed by the indorsement of Ills
neighbors that know him best, whose
assertions that he Is a gentlemnn of
sp,dles. morel character havcheenclr-
By J. 8. A. MACDONALD.
Saratoga, N. Aug. 18.—One ot the
Interesting sidelights to the whirl ot
pleasure here just now is the light the
pool rooms of New York are making
to obtain information of the racing.
The Jockey Club In Its compact with
the anti-racing reformers agreed to kill
the pool-room evil In New York by
cutting off the. information, sueh as
the results of the races, the odds, the
Jockeys, etc., which must be trans
mitted by telephone or telegraph. The
reformers Ip lieu of this promised not
to wage a fight for legislative enact
ment ugainst betting on the race tracks
In the state of New York.
The first thing the Jockey Club did
was to refuse the sending of race re
sults over the wires running from the
trackside telegraph office. The pool
room agents were debarred from en
trance.
Then the rooms In New York estab
lished an organization and collected a
campaign fund. Up to the Saratoga
meeting they have been getting the
stuff wanted by a system of runners
from inside the course to a near-by
telephone. But tbe Pinkertons dis
covered this and soon stopped It.
Then the room agent erected a h
pole Just outside the track. Near
top a platform was built and on this
platform was placed a powerful tele
scope. By aid of this instrument the
running of the horses and the result
of the finish could be learned. Also
on the platform was a battery of
telephones which made possible the
rapid transmission of the news to the
rooms. The Pinkertons looked on In
a mystified way when they first dis
covered this ruse. They were for cut
ting it clown, but encountered a wrath
ful owner of the property upon which
the pole was hoisted, who defiantly In
formed all visitors that an attempt to
cut or saw the pole would bring hls
shotgun into play. He had leased the
land to the pool rooms. Then the
Jockey Club gave him three times the
value of the little lot and down came
the pole.
Not to be outdone, the poo! room
people are now' employing a small cap
tive balloon which soars Just above
where the pole stood some days ago.
Some one fired a bullet into the big
gas bag on last Tuesday and down
came the huge affair in a Jumble of
wire and silk. At this date the battle
of wits is about a draw.
NELSON MAY WIN
ON HIS GAMENESS
By TAD.
By Private Leased Wire*.
New York, Aug. 18.—Gatneness and*
stability are going to cut a vast
amount of Ice In the coming champion
ship fist fight between Gans and Nel
son.
The very mention of gamencss brings
^he name of Nelson to the front,
was this quality that put the Battler
where he is, and, according to many
It will keep him there.
Nelson Is certainly a gamer man
than Gans. There Is a record showing
that Joe stopped in hls battle with
Frank Erne, claiming that uis eye was
knocked out of Its socket from a butt.
Erne won because the dark gent re
fused to battle further.
There is nothing in the Dane s record
a.y show where, and how he ever
stopped. Joe Hedrnark put him to the
mat seventeen times Ip six rounds.
Nelson was there at the finish, fight
ing as hard as he had been in the first
round. . , ,
Young Corbett put him down twice
the state; strengthened by the decla
ration of Dr. G. A. Nunnally, whose
word Is hls bond, that he is the best
and cleanest man In the race. Judge
Richard B. Russell, the only people’s
candidate among the five, continues to
pursue the even tenor of hls way re
gardless of thi aspersions cast at him _
by the pismires that follow in hls o quiry.
in their fights. The Dane got up and
knocked* the Denverite out cold on both
occasions.
Terry McGovern, whose terrific
slam has downed more corners than
any other in the world, did not even
rattle the gent from Hegeswich .when
they fought. Terry landed at least flv<
or six times flush on the Jaw- with hls
right, but he might Just as well have
thrown it up In the air. It had the
same effect and the question ROW Is,
will Gans have necessary souk to put
the Dane out for keeps.
Gans Is the cleverest, -coolest nnd
most accurate man tn the world, but
will hls slam stop that rushing gent
from Hegeswich?
Gans will not he the aggressor In
this battle. He will not do the forcing
over a minute, and If hls punch
lacking, hls heart will soon depart
SPORT JOTTINGS.
The many admirers of the Cleveland club
are hoping thnt the Napa will take a brace
aeon nnd climb toward tbe top. Why they
•hould take such a slump ench season Is
one of the inexplicable things In baseball.
Injuries nnd umpire* keep “Kid” Eiber-
feld out of the gnme pretty much all the
time.
Funny thing that the Philadelphia Amerf-
enua enn’t win In Chicago. They hare won
but one tame from the White gox la the
Wlnday City tbla season.
Brooklyn fans hnre been turning out In
good numbers of Into to see tbe Muperbns
perform.
Clarence (Pop) Foster has quit the New-
rk club nnd joined tbe I.aticaster team.
In the Trl-Htnte League. Foster has been
the leading batter in tbe Eastern I*eague
nearly nil season.
The Vincennes. !nd., club look* like •
•ure winner In the K. I. T. league.
The Sti’iilM-nvUIi*. Ohio, club has been do
ing grent work In the P. O. M. Lu.igiwyf
lute, working up from Inat to fourth posi
tion In it short time.
Who soys the old-tlihers are all In and
the youngsters are the. only ones playing
ga me? The* I>es Moitie* club, with
Jack Boyle, Itogrefver, O’Leary* Dexter
nml Mngonn. bus it elnrh for the Western
Leagne pennnnt, being 200 points ahead of
the second team.
Clyde Goodwin recently pitched and won
for Milwaukee both ends of a double,
header with Indianapolis. Another chae of
• cast-off getting back st hla former teurn
mates.
Joe Walcott and Billy Hhod*a hare been
matched to meet at I^arenirorth on Sep
tember 1«. According to tbe terms, Walcott
Is to get >760 for hi* end, whether he wins
or loee*.
From all reports, the women of the town
of Goldfield, Nrv., are about as anxious to
see tbe Gans-Nclson fight as tbe men. It I*
said the promoters hare received 600 appli
cations for ticket* from women.
Dan CreecJon. the Australian middleweight
who apent a number of years In America
nnd then returned to the Antipodes, was
knocked out In three rounds by Bill Smith
in Sydney recently. It Is the first this
country has heard of Creedon In a long
while.
Right From Ringside.
By Private I*eaoed Wire.
New York, Aug. I*.—At Kaufman and hls
manager have arrived In Loa Angeles,
where Kaufman is to meet Tommy Burnt
a September 11.
Hallor Bnrke, the Brooklyn boxer, has
been matched to tpeet Hugh Kelly, of Chi-
ago, at Chelsea August 28. Th* men will
go fifteen round# at 160 pounds.
Mont AttelL tbe younger brother of Abe,
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For the Six Months Ending June 90, 1908, of the Condition of
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10. Totnl policy rlnlms, including legal reserve > 11.194.90
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1163,646.70
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FROM COMMENCEMENT OF BU8INE8S, 10TH MAY, 1906.
Total Ira**,m*' fl4,W<X42
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1906, FROM COMMENCEMENT OF BU8INE8S, 10TH MAY, 1906.
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