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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
(Communicated).
CHIEF JOYNER BRANDS AS FALSE
CHARGES OF THOMAS H. GOODWIN
Replies to Insinuations and
innuendos of His
Opponent,
THEBE IS NO FOUNDATION
FOB SHAMEFUL CHARGES
GOODWIN CAMPAIGN FAKE
EXPOSED BY ED. ANDERSON
*ard of Edgar Anderson Exposes a
a Charge Exploited by Goodwin
In His Speeches—Chief
Joyner’B Record In
Atlanta.
August 18, 1906.
To the Voters of Atlanta: I have
Just returned home from my vacation,
and learn that Tom Goodwin, candi
date for mp.yor, has made the follow
ing statement in several of his
speeches: "You remember when jhe
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
went to Marietta, Ed Anderson was
foreman at No. 7 engine house, he
tiled an injunction against them to
keep them from going through his
place, without paying him $750. That
is a court record. Now, gentlemen,
Ed Anderson received a letter. The
letter came out one Sunday to the
West End engine house, saying that
his services as foreman would not be
needed any longer. What happened?
There was correspondence. Ed Ander
son went up to headquarters and said,
fo the People of Atlanta:
I had hoped that the bitterness of the
fubernatorial campaign would give
sensation enough to lovers of that sort
of thing without an injection of It Into
the race for mayor. But my opponent
seems to have caught the Infection, and
has filled the public ear with so many
misrepresentations of me—so many
charges utterly without foundation, and
fin many petty insinuations, which he
knows are based only on his own vi
cious Imagination and desire to get into
on Important public office, not on his
own merit, but on the passion and
prejudices he hopes to inspire against
me, that I feel it Is due myself, my
friends and the whole city of Atlanta,
to make vigorous and emphatic denial
of his charges, and so I can do, for they
me utterly untrue and without founda
tion.
I had hoped that my long life here as
a citizen and an officer would save me
from the foul mouth of slander. I had
hoped that my continual indorsement
Hnd re-election as head of one of your
most Important departments through
more than a quarter of a century would
be a guaranty against malicious
charges of graft.
I had hoped that my dealing with
hundreds of honorable and faithful men
In the fire department would be proof
againHt false attacks charging me with
favoritism and almost despotism; I had
hoped that a long life In the public
gaze, coming Into contact with every
business Interest in Atlanta, would pro
tect a man from. insinuations that he
reeks an honorable position to sell out
the Interests of his people to a “soul-
less corporation." But vile and base-
b ss attacks have been made, and I here
end now denounce them.
It has been said that if there was to
tome another flood and another Noah
was to build another ark, there are
some people who would refuse to get on
board unless they could get upper
berths. And It has been said that there
are many people who will believe any
thing about anybody. Even without
proof, even without reasonable suspi
cion, there are some ready always to
condemn and ready to applaud misrep
resentation and Blunder.
I know that nearly all the people In
Atlanta are fair-minded, nearly all are
generous, nearly all patriotic, nearly all
despise misrepresentation, nearly fill
abhor demagogues,-and all are -tired -of
the mud-siinging Jn -politics my oppo
nent has injected into thl$ campaign.
Makes Firm, Absolute Denial.
But I want to deal briefly with the
charges made against me. I make my
denial as Arm, as absolute and as un
qualified as I can And language to ex
press Jt.
Mr. Goodwin goes on to describe the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
uh a monopoly, as an oppressor of the
people, as a grafter, and as everything
else he can conceive of worthy of ab
horrence and attack. He then goes on
to describe himself within the lines of
purity and perfection, and then pro
ceeds to Insinuate that somehow or
other I would be In favor of the mo
nopoly und of all the things he charges
it with.
I am not In any way Interested, di
rectly or indirectly, Jn the company re
ferred to. I have no stock in it, no In
terest In It. I am not bound to it In
any way. I am as Independent of It as
any inan in Atlanta. I believe I am
more Independent of it than Mr. Good
win.
It I am elected mayor all the inter
ests of Atlanta, whether they are cor
porate or individual, shall have a fair
showing and fair treatment.
No corporation in Atlanta and no In
dividual shall receive at my hands any
favor or, privilege that they are not
fairly entitled to.
Every* corporation In Atlanta, so far
as I can control It, will be forced to
treat the people fairly, and shall be pre
vented from discriminating between
any sections of the city or between
any classes of people.
To claim that he can do more than
this is as absurd as Mr. Goodwin's
claim of superior excellence over ordi
nary people.
Untrsmmeled and Unbiased.
If elected I go Into the offlee of may-
'I will withdraw the injunction.' What
resulted? He was put back on at $75,
and is still a foreman. I will give you
that for what it is worth."
There is not a word of truth in the
statement that I ever filed an injunc
tion or any other kind of a suit against
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany. I never demanded $750. There
Is no court record. There wai no cor
respondence about the matter, and L
never agreed to withdraw any injunc
tion, as none was filed.
I met Tom Goodwin on the street,
and told him It was not true, and he
said it was a political scheme, but that
he would not use It again. I am In
formed that he has not used it since,
showing that he knew it was false
when he said It.
E. R. ANDERSON.
Hoseman No. 5 Engine House.
or utterly untrammeled of any bias, or
prejudice or obligation to any corpora
tion or business Interest in the city.
I do not know that the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company desire to
buy the waterworks; but I do know
that I am, and will be,.opposed to the
sale of them, Mr. Goodwin’s Insinuation
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Nor am I committed in any way on
the subject of a gas franchise, and
shall stand ready, if elected, to.deal
fairly as between all those who have
rights and those who wish to secure
them.
The Insinuation of Mr. Goodwin that
he was a saint and that I was a sinner,
with respect to the holding of the last
fair. Is in keeping with his other accu
sations. His Insinuation that I am In
favor of gambling Is utterly without
foundation, and Is made with the Idea
of impressing people unfavorably
against me.
It is known to the people that at the
time of the last state fair various con
tracts had been let and premiums of
fered, based upon an estimate of re
ceipts from horse racing, and at the
time thin question came up It looked as
though the adoption of an ordinance
by the city would break up the fair,
and such was the opinion of as good
men as there are In the city of Atlanta.
I gave my honest opinion on the sub
ject, and to say that by the giving of It
I Intended to favor gambling and rob
the young men of the city and the peo
ple of the city of a large amount of
money Is not only untrue, but utterly
unworthy of a man who desires to pre
sent the truth of an issue for public
consideration.
Tho Cobb County Farm.
My wife and I aro natives of Cobb
county, Georgia, and I own a little,farm
there. It has been more of a recreation
than a profit, and among the people
who have enjoyed it are sick firemen.
No fireman ever went there who did
not want to go. No fireman ever struck
a lick of work there at the city's ex
pense. No fireman ever did anything
there except of his own free will.
When the men got sick and needed
a rest out of town I let them have the
use of my place, and they stayed there
generally at my expense, never at tho
expense of the city.
No man who ever worked any on the
farm can truthfully say that ho was
working at my dictation or command.
To twist this situation Into one of com
pulsion and of graft on the city, with
the knowledge that Mr. Goodwin must
have of It, can be little short of mali
cious. As against his version of it,
there are scores of men who know to
the contrary.
That the firemen of Atlanta have
been made to do menial service for me,
that they have been treated as serv
ants or anything approaching or ap
proximating It, are slanders utterly
without foundation, and my record for
over a quarter of a century In the fire
department, the love and good will of
the men who compose It, and the at
titude of those who ore now In it and
out of it, give the lie to all such accu
sations.
Of course, I have had to be strict in
discipline and exacting In the lines of
duty, and I have made some enemies
of men who have been connected with
the fire department. My present oppo
nent Is one of them. There are some
things In the line of progress that
ought to be done. Atlanta ought to
have a baseball team, at least a ma
jority of our people have appeared to
think so. Atlanta ought to have a
drum corps—the city government has
appeared to think so—and to aid these
things I have taken a part in the one
and organized the other, and the first
words of condemnation I have heard
on account of either come from the
man who desires to beat me for the of
fice of mayor and to use these things
ns Instrumentalities..
I do not believe that our people have
any censure for me for using some
spare time In furthering the city’s de
sire to have a baseball club. I do not
believe there are any people in Atlanta
who desire to abolish the drum corps,
Goodwin's Political Trick.
Mr. Goodwin has no greater desire to
ROUND TRIP
Summer and Convention Rates.
Round trip summer excursions from all points
East to Pacific Coast and Northwest, from June 1 to
September 15th, with special stop-over privileges,
good returning to October 31st, 1906.
Summer Rates to Colorado, June tstto Sept. 30
Use the splendid through service of the SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC from New Orleans, UNION PA
CIFIC from Kansas City or Chicago to all points
West, Northwest and Southwest, including palatial
steamship service from San Francisco to Japan,
China, Australia, etc.
Through Pullman Tourist cars from Washington,
Atlanta, Montgomery, etc., and from St. Louis and
Chicago to California.
WRITE ME FOR LITERATURE MID INFORMATIPH.
J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt.,
124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
G. W. ELY, T. P. A.
advance the pay of the fire department
than I, and whenever I believe that can
be done, I shall advocate It as readily
as he. It is easy enough for a man
with the political bee In his bonnet to
be taking time by the forelock and in
troducing resolutions which he knows
cannot pass and then In the future
claim credit-for efforts which would
make him popular.
In one of his speeches he even went
so tar as to denounce me for giving n
.barbecue. In other words, he seeks to
make capital out of the fact that’T have
given barbecues and taken newspaper
men to them. I ifumber among my
friends all classes of people, among
them the newspaper folks.
Mr. Goodwin has gone so far as to
charge me with having ownership In a
printing office and seeks to array print
ers in the city against me. He knows
that I have many friends among the
printers and publishers of the city and
he could know without difficulty that
his charge that I have an interest in a
printing office Is without truth. 1 do
not mean to say that It Is anything
against a man to have an interest in a
printing office, what I mean to say Is
that Mr. Goodwin goes out of his way
to charge that I have an interest In a
non-union office and to seek to array
union printers against me, when, if he
had asked Mr. Bean about It, he would
have known that hls accusation was
untrue.
.1 will not weary the public to reply
to all the petty flings and Insinuations
Mr. Goodwin has made against me. He
has traveled In hls range of imagina
tion from the alleged influence on me
of a soulless corporation down to the
burial of a little pet goat, and all hls
charges and insinuations that import
prejudice, bias, i Influence or graft,
against me are utterly without founda
tion or truth.
In one of hls speeches this man went
» far as to say: “If he (meaning me)
ain’t run by the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, why don't he come
out and deny It." In this paper I have
denied it. I brand the insinuation as
absolutely false. I am not run by any
body, and do not propose to be run by
anybody or anything.
Goodwin Kept His Past.
Speaking of the Georgia, Railway and
Electric Company, I am Informed that
Mr. Goodwin on the day before hls last
Retirement from office, sought from this
company a book of free tickets, in oth
er words, he received favors from them
when Jn office.
He sought favors from them when
about to retire, and he went out of of
fice with a book of passes from this
corporation In hls pocket for future
use. I would not have used this except
for the outrageous Insinuation made In
one of hls public speeches.
I do not deem It necessary to further
trouble the people with the shameful
and senseless and unfounded vapor-
Ings of Mr. Goodwin. I might have
passed him by with a reference to the
card of Mr. Anderson, who effectually
disposes of hls charge. I am fully per
suaded when the people learn how ut
terly untrue are Mr. Goodwln’i
charges which Involve matters specially
within Mr. Anderson’s knowledge the;'
will bo well prepared not to credit* or
be Influenced by anything he may say
against me.
Nearly my whole life has been spent
In Atlanta, the voice and vigor of my
youth, young manhood, and maturer
years, have been devoted to her. I
Have many a time risked my life in her
service. I have been paid a good salary
by her generous citizens in their corpo
rate capacity. I have earned every
dollar and every cent of It.
Dsvottd to Atlanta.
I am devoted to this city. I love Its
history, part of which I nave helped
to make. I shall continue to love it,
and when the time comes, as it must
before many years, for me to leave Its
public service, I shall retire with all
the love and reverence and patriotic
hope of Its future greatness that can
move an earnest arm or inspire a loyal
heart. In my devotion to the city, to
Its women and children, to Its personal
and business citizenship, I yield to
none.
It would be a poor reward to good
citizenship, to faithful discharge of du
ty, to work and love for one’s home,
and friends, If after a reasonably long
life among my people my standing and
even my Integrity can be besmirched
by the unsupported charges of a rival
candidate who, not content with unduly
EACH OTHER'S ROLE
i
They Deny Operating
“Matrimonial Bureau,”
However.
By Private Leased wire.
New York, Aug. 20.—Evidence tend
ing to ehow that Mre. Blna F. Ver-
rault and Mre. Ixells Brown, the “mat.
rlmonlal bureau” promoter*, often ex
changed roles, and that ardent suitors
who thought they were addressing Mr*.
Verrault were In reality pouring forth
their words of love to Mrs. Brown, wag
placed In the hands of detectives work,
lng on the case.today.
When Mrs. Brown was told the re
port that the women had played dual
roles, she denied It and Incidentally
she denied that she had been the head
of the “matrimonial bureau."
“It's too warm to talk about such
things. That's not even worth while.
A great deal of lying has been done.
What If I did have gentlemen calling
upon me? That doesn't say I was
running a syndicate to fleece them. To
hear them tell about it, there were
actors, artists and all sorts of people
In these awful schemes; rot, all of It.
“Mrs. Verrault, who Is credited with
havlrig been my partner, Is not wor
rying; neither am I. Has any one
made a complaint against me? No,
well, there won't be anybody to do so,
either, because there'* nothing to com-
plain of. This Is the last I am going
to have to say about It."
The Brown-Verruult mansion, where
eultors were received. In which spirit-
uallstlc seances were held and a gam
bling layout maintained, Is being close
ly guarded by secret service men and
the women will not be permitted to
leave the country.
George Gordon Miller, their attorney,
says they have no intention of leaving,
and then added:
"Those complainants are fortune-
hunters. When they appear on the wit
ness stand they will give a most pitia
ble exhibition of themselves, and the
trial will be a veritable farce. They
w’lll have to answer questions, and
every answer will reveal laughable
traits of character and show their In
tention in seeking to marry a harm
less, helpless woman for her money.
“The sentiments which they express
ed on love were all trumped up, and
I assure you my client will be freed
without putting up any defense what
ever. The stories of the complainants
will be sufficient to show that an at
tempt was made to Impose on her."
SEVEN MEN DIE
THOMAS H. GOODWIN
PROVES CHARGES AGAINST
W. R. JOYNER
There «re only two more days between now and the day of the primary, therefore It will be ira-
S osnible for me to h<| anything like all the voters In persou or reach them with a public ad-
ress. There aro aotne things that I want to impress upon the citizens of Atlanta why they do not
want to support my opponent for the office of mayor.
FIRST. f Tiave charged that'W. It. Juyney has been guilty of carrying on a graft daring hls on-
cumbeucy as chief of tho tire department.
HE HAS NOT DENIED THE CHARGE.
I am publishing herewith statements from men who hare worked on the Are department, which
statements speak for themselves. Each of these men will make affidavit to what they ha vs
This la to certify that I, P. M. Moody,
worked on the tire department for six
years. While in the employ of the city
and drawing my regular pay, I. accom
panied by 1)111 Walker, superintendent of
the Are alarms, took down wire from the
poles In the city and took them to Chief
Joyner’s Cobb county forma and built wire
fences for him. *
(Signed) P. M. MOODY.
This Is to certify that I, Sam Jenkins,
served in the Atlanta Are department
about four years, and while I served In
said department, every year Chlt| Joy
ner would send the firemen up to bla
farm and do carpenter work, plumbing
and painting; and these men were paid
from the city treasury for doing said
work.
These are facts, and I know them to
be true.
(Signed) SAM JENKINS.
This Is to certify that I, J. L. Hudson,
worked on the Atlanta Are department for
four /ears, and while I was employed on
the department, the men on the depart
ment would go up to Chief Joyner’s farm,
and these men worked for weeks at a
time, and the city paid them for their
time while they worked on the said farm.
These are facts, and I know them to be
true.
(Signed) J. L. HUDSON.
To Whom it May Concern:
While we. the uuderslgned, were em
ployed on the Atlanta fl^e department. It
farm and do various kinds of work, such
ns plumbing, painting, carpenter work,
etc., while on the pay rou of the Art
H. B. COBB.
J. M. PULLER,
T. H. GOODWL
Fast Freight Crashes Into
Work Train at Water
Tank.
_ chargee which all
who know me well ought to know are
utterly unworthy of credit. »
I have .ought to conduct thla cam
paign on a high plane, have avoided
personality and abuee, but my adver
sary has chosen to misconstrue my mo
tives nnd my silence and to have grown
bolder as he advanced until the time
has come to brand hls accusations as
false and hls manifest motives un
worthy. W. R. JOYNER.
Voto for M. T. IiaHatte,
Alderman First Ward.
TWO MEN IN JAIL;
NEGRO WOUNDED;
ROW OVER NICKEL
Bpcclsl to The fieorxfcto.
Jacksonville. Ala., Aug. 20.—Two
white men, brothers, named Hudgins,
living near Jacksonville, are under ar
rest here, and a negro named John
Walker lies at hls home seriously
wounded as the result of a shooting af
fray at 7 o'clock Saturday night In this
city.
Hanford Hudgins, under arrest,
claims that he did the shooting be
cause the negro "cussed" him. He had
a revolver under hls coat when ar
rested. The story of witnesses Is to
the effect that the brothers and negro
had an argument In an uptown saloon,
and the dispute over a nickel led to
the shooting In an alley close by.
Both of the men are held without
ball, pending the condition of the negro.
By Private Leased Wire.
Jefferson, Pa., Aug. 20.—Seven per
sons were killed and seven seriously
Injured yesterday when a fast Penn
sylvania freight train, rushing along at
the rate of about 4S miles an hour In
a blinding rain storm, crashed Into
work train at Sang Hollow.
The work train had stopped to take
on water and the engineer of the
freight, which was following, failed to
see the train through the heavy down
pour of rain. Nearly all of those killed
were asleep when the crash came.
The moat appalling scenes followed
the wreck. Fire added to the horror,
and many of the Injured were found
hanging out of windows pleading to be
saved. Dead bodies were strewn about
the ground.
Engineer E. N. Wood Is said to have
Increased the speed of hls train Just
before the crash, lu order to take on
water from the pans along the track.
The wreck Is being Investigated to fix
the blame.
SOCIALISTS TO HOLD
MEETEGSON STREETS
Though Denied Privilege by May
or, Say Meetings Will Be
Held Anyway.
I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS SUBSERVIENT TO
THE WISHES OF THE GEORGIA RAILWAY AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
This he half-hearteillr denies. I ask you to look at hls affiliations, and he your' own JnQge.
The Georgia Hallway nnd Electric Company owus the Atlanta baseball club. Chief Joyner Is the
president of that enterprlae.
In connection with thla affiliation, I am publlnhlaff a statement from Mr. Wells, who says that
when he was Injured fu a wreck between a street car and one of the£re engines, he was told by
Joyner that he had no case against the company, when ho well knew that It was the negligence of
the company that caused the wreck. Ills statement speaks for Itself:
- A I LAN I A, uili, Aug. 130b.
THU ia to certify that t served in tha fire department for twenty years under Chief Joy
nsr without a charge against me. I was knocked off a fir* engine by a street car in Jul]
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 13.1906.
1 twenty years under Chief Joy
----- . -j off a fir* enqine by a street car in July,
1903, and disabled for life. Chief Joyner asked me for my resignation, aaying if I did not ro-
aign ha would discharge me. I resigned. I Had borrowed some money from tho Fireman's
Real Estate and Inveetmant Company, of which Chief Joyner waa president. Chief Joynar
had my benevolent fund which was due me from the Firemen's Benevolent Aeeociation gar
nisheed j also one hundred ($100) dollars or more due ms from the Aetna Accident Insur
ance Company, thereby taking from mo tho last roaourcaa of aupport for my wife and aev-
oral little children. Chief Joyner know my condition. Chief Joyner tried to make ms be
lieve that I had no case for damages against tha street oar company.
(8ignad.) J. W. WELL8.
In conneotlon with the statement of Mr, Welle, it wilt be interesting to know that the
street railway company paid the city of Atlanta tha aum of $2,500 for damage! to the an
gina on whlon Mr, Welle was Injured. . —...
WHY THE G. R. & E. COMPANY WANT JOYNER ELECTED.
Eret tines the establishment of the Georgia Hallway and Electric Compnny they have sought to
control the affairs of this municipality. They own the gas plant, and know that the franchise *
has expired, and that they will want to get it renewed.
I HAVE COME OUT OPENLY IN FAVOR OF THE CITY
OWNING ITS GAS PLANT.
The franchise. In question. Is worth 12,000,000 to the city of Atlnnta, It they will take advantage
of It nnd establish a plant of Its own. I shall advocate this policy and do all In my power to put
It through.
JOYNER HAS NOT OPENED HIS MOUTH ON THIS SUB
JECT AND WILL NOT.
Will the Totera of Atlanta ait by and see $2,000,000 of their money go Into the coffers of ths
atreet railway trust, or will they protect tholr rights and Tote to sare this enormous sum by
electing a mayor who will defend them from such a loss? Docs the action of W. 11. Joyner argue to
you that he wilt be ready to light this measure when It la put to a test? ANSWER ON THE Z2D.
I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS ALLIED WITH THE
GAMBLING ELEMENT OF THE CITY.
To support this charge, I refer you to hls record on the fight to suspend the ordinance
and allow pool* on horse racing at the last atate fair. Thla record ahows that he headed the
gang of gamblers who desire to rob the young men of their money, and that I fought the mess-
’ ure, almost single-handed, until tho good peopio of the town came to my assistance and helped me
to atamp out tho gambler's scheme.'
THOMAS H. GOODWIN, Candidate for Mayor.
Though Mayor Woodward has denied
the Socialists the privilege of holding
public meetings on the atreeta of At
lanta. members of that party announce
that they will hold such meetings on
Marietta street, between Peachtree and
Broad, evenings beginning Tuesday
night at 7:30 and continuing until 1(1
o'clock.
Monday morning a committee of So
dallets; composed of William E.
Elsasser, Paul Handley and J. A. Stre-
cham, presented a petition to the may
or and Chairman Terry, of the police
commissioners, asking the privilege of
holding such meetings. In the petition
they quote the constitution of Georgia,
which provides that "no law shall ever
be passed to curtail or restrain the
liberty of speech."
Mayor Woodward denied the pell
tlon because there Is a city ordinance
against such meetings. The committee
announce that they will have the meet-
Inge anyway, and that there will be
good speakers on hand. It la presumed
that J. B. Osborne, the blind Socialist
candidate for governor, will be one of
the speakers.
Monday morning Secretary of State
Phil Cook received a communication
from the Socialists giving a list of
their candidates, and asking that the
ticket be given the same rights and
privileges as others In the returns.
Ladies Work for Dispensary:
Special to The Georgian.
New Dbcatur, Ala., Aug. 20.—The
Ladles' Home Protection Society, the
auxiliary to the Dispensary Club, held
a meeting in the Central Methodist
church of New Decatur, with fully 100
ladles present. The meeting was
opened by Mayor Samuel Blackwell, of
New Decatur, who ia one of the leading
advocates for dispensary for Decatur
and New Decatur.
DIVINE DENOUNCES
RECENT LYNCHINGS
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 20.—In a rath
er startling sermon on "Lynching,” de
livered at Trinity Methodist Church
Sunday morning. Rev. Plato Durham
the pastor, spoke In fqvor of using the
rifle to protect the dignity of the law
from the unholy hands of the mob,
and said that It would be better that a
few people should die than that respect
for law should die.
Referring to the Salisbury lynching
of thres negroes and the statement
from United States Senator Overman
that the Rowan Rifles, a military com
pany, did not Are on the mob because
they were not willing to sacrifice the
lives of white men for the sake of ne
groes, the preacher said that It waa a
very poor conception of the duty of a
sheriff. If he thought It was a question
of white or blacks being killed, and
did not realise the fact that he stood
as sheriff between the dignity of the
law end Its being insulted, and not.
merely between the mob and- the
negroes. Such an officer or any of
ficer who has such an opinion of law
Is not worthy of hls office, said the
preacher.
Confesses Burglarise.
Speclnl to The Georgias.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 20.—Robert
Wllkerson, a young man of Haynes
vllle, Ala., ha* been arrested here on
the charge of burglary. When first ar
rested, the young man stoptly denied
hls guilt, but .later broke down and
confessed.
NOMINATE CANDIDATES
FOR CITY COUNCILMEN.
Special to The Georgian.
Eatonton, Ga.. Aug. 20.—The city
council passed a resolution at Its meet
ing Thursday for a mass meeting of the
Democratic voters of the city to be
held Thursday, August 30, nt 10
o'clock to hear reports of the present
council, to nominate a council for next
ye,ir and for other purposes.
Nsw Savings Bank.
Special to The (leorglau.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 21.- The Ash-
vllle Savings Bank, of Ashvllle, 8t.
Clair county, a new banking Institution,
will open its doors for business toduy.
The bank begins business In Its own
new building and lias a capital Btock
of 225,000.
EARLY MORNING TRAIN
WANTED BY MERCHANTS
SHINGLE LATH BUYERS
We have for sale, Immediate delivery:
300 M. “Carolina Speclala” Highest grade Cypress Shingles, full
dimension, 0x10, Beata-Prlmea.
600 M„ each All Heart Pine, full dimension, 4x18 and 6x16
Shingles.
600 M. No. 2 Pine 4x18 and 5x16 Shingles.
1,000,000 Standard Green Lathi, 4 feet long, exactly 1 1-3
inches wide, exactly 3-8 Inch thick.
We can deliver carloads and mixed carloads to all points In
Georgia at satisfactory prices. Drayload lots a specialty.
800 tons Hair Fibre and Wood Flbro Plaster ready for im
mediate shipment from Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery,
Dehydratlne, the highest grade Damp and Water Proofing
Compound.
KEYSTONE LIME—THE PUREST, WHIT
EST LIME ON THE MARKET, PUT UP IN
THE STRONGEST AND MOST ATTRACT
IVE BARRELS. SEND FOR SAMPLE BAR
REL OF KEYSTONE LIME.
CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. $
ONLY ANOTHER WEEK
OF ARMY MANEUVERS.
Hpi-elnl to The Goorglnn.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 20.—There
will probably be only one more week
of army menauverB at Chlckamauga.
Following the close of the week the de
tachments of signal corps will probably
be sent . to the Catoosa target range
for practice. There are now only three
regiments at the camp, save the
Twelfth cavalry, and these are the First
and Third Tennessee regiments and a
North Carolina regiment.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
BUYS LAND FOR STATION -1
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 20.—Thef
Southern Railway has taken another*
step toward securing a right of way
for the Stevenson extension from the
Lookout, tunnel to the site of the pro
posed new passenger station, an,I
transfers have been . made for land
amounting to nearly $76,000 within the
past few days. The company has al
ready spent over $200,000 In buying
land for this work.
FRANK A. HILBURN A WINNER
Hpeclsl to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala,, Aug. 20.—The mer
chants of this city have laugurated a
movement to try to secure a morning
accommodation train over the Rome
and Decatur division of the Southern
Railway from Rome. Ga., to this city.
If such a train Is put on. It would
bring an Immense amount of business
to this city which la now going else
where.
Popular First Ward Candidate for Alderman Is Not a
Flopper.
Frank Hllburn, candidate for alder
man from the First ward, Is widely
known over the city. Mr. Hllburn has
represented hls ward In council to ad
vantage and has a reputation for good,
honest Work for the city. Mr. Hllburn
has for years been engaged^n the un
dertaking business, In which profession
he has gained prominence.
Mr. Hllburn Is a Confederate Vet
eran. commander of Camp W. H T
Walker. He has held this office fori
two terms, and has served with die-1
Unction. He Is known to be a friend ot'j
union labor and hls record has been.!
consistent. He has never flopped. I
It will be a matter of Interest to all
kjocery merchants to know that Mrr
Hllburn la strongly In favoiPof Improv
ing all back streets. When elected he
Will work to this sod. ••• ;
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