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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
(Communicated).
CHIEF JOYNER BRANDS AS FALSE
CHARGES OF THOMAS H. GOODWIN
Replies to Insinuations
Innuendos of His
and
Opponent.
there is no foundation
FOR SHAMEFUL CHARGES
Card of Edgar Anderson Exposes a
a Charge Exploited by Goodwin
In His Speeches—Chief
Joyner’s Record In
Atlanta.
To the People of Atlanta:
I had hoped that the bitterness of the
gubernatorial 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 Piled the public ear with so many
misrepresentations of me—so many
charges utterly without foundation, and
sn many petty Insinuations, which he
knows are based only on his own vi
cious Imagination and desire to get Into
an 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
are utterly untrue and without founda
lio
1 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
ami 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
against false attacks charging me with
favoritism and almost despotlstp; I had
hoped that n long life In the public
gaze, coming Into contact with every
business Interest In Atlanta, would pro
tect a man from Insinuations that he
seeks an honorable position to sell out
the Interests of his people to a "soul
less corporation." But vile and base
less attacks have been'made, and I here
and now denounce them.
It has been said that If there was to
come 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 bellevo any-
ihlng about anybody. Even without
proof, even without reasonable suspl
don, there nre some ready always to
condemn and ready to applaud misrep
resentation and slander.
1 know that nearly all the people In
Atlanta arc fair-minded, nearly all nre
S enerous, nearly all patriotic, nearly all
esplse misrepresentation, nearly all
abhor demagogues, *and nil are tired of
the rnud-sllnglng In politics my oppo>
nent has Injected Into this.campaign.
Makes Firm, Absolute Denial.
But I want to deal briefly with the
charges made against me. I make my
denial as firm, us absolute and as un
qualified as I can And language to ex
press It.
Mr. Goodwin goes on to describe the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
as 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 and of all the things he charges
It with.
I am not In any way Interested, di
rectly nr Indirectly, In 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 man In Atlanta. I believe I am
Independent of It than Mr. Good-
GOODWIN CAMPAIGN FAKE
EXPOSED BY ED. ANDERSON
August 18, 1908,
To the Voters of Atlanta: I have
Just returned home from my vacation,
and learn that Tom Goodwin, candi
date for mayor, has made the follow
ing statement In several of his
speeches: ':You remember when the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
went to Marietta, Ed Anderson was
foreman at No. 7 engine house, he
Hied an Injunction against them to
keep them from going through • hts
place, without paying him 8750. 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
hts services as foreman would not be
needed any longer. What happened?
There was correspondence. Ed Ander
son went up to headquarters and said.
you
the
•I will withdraw the Injunction.’ What
resulted? He was put back on at 875,
and Is still a foreman. I will give
that for what It Is worth.”
There Is not a word of truth In
statement that I ever filed an lnjunc
tlon or any other kind of a suit against
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany. I never demanded 8750. There
Is no court record. There was no cor
reapondence about the matter, and
never agreed to withdraw any lnjunc
tlon, as none was filed.
I met Tom Goodwin on the street,
and told him It was not true, and
said It was a political scheme, but
he would not use It again. I am
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 Housq.
he
. that
irln.
If I am elected mayor all the Inter
ests Ilf Atlanta, whether they are cor*
lmrale 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 1 enn control It, will be forced to
treat the people fairly, and shall be pre
vented from discriminating between
tiny sections of the city or between
any classes of people.
To claim that he can do more than
tills Is as absurd as Mr. Goodwin's
claim of superior excellence over ordi
nary people.
Untrammslsd and Unbiased.
If elected I go Into the office of may
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 this 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
‘ Intended to favor gambling and rob
.lie 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.
The Cobb County Farm.
My wife and I are 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 flreman ever struck
lick of work there at the city's ex
pense. No flreman 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
uBe 1 of my place, and they stayed there
generally at my expense, never at the
expense of the city.
No man who ever worked any on the
farm can truthfully say that he was
working at my dictation or command
To twist this situation Into one of com
pulsion and of graft on the city, will
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 ns 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 Are
department, the love and good will of
the men who rompose it, and the at
titude of those who are 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 lire department. My present oppo
nent Is one of them. There nre some
things In the line of progress that
ought to be done. Atlanta ought to
t-7 - 1. — _ — l... 11 e.nm o» lanlt n inn.
have a baaeball team, at least a ma
jorlty 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 organised the fither, 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
as 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 IsttoSepUO
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 t,o California.
WRITE ME FOR LITERATURE AND INFORMATION.
J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt.,
124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A. G. W. ELY, T. P. A.
advance the pay pt the Are department
than I, and whenever I believe that can
be done, I shall advocate it aa readily
as he. It Is easy enough for a man
with the political bee In his bonnet ti
be taking time by the forelock and In
traducing 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'far as to denounce me for giving
barbecue. In other words, he geeks L
make capital out of the fact that I have
given barbecues and taken newspaper
men to them. I number among my
friends nit classes of people, among
them the newspaper folks.
Mr. Goodwin has gone so far ae
charge me with having ownership In
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
hts 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
printing office, what I mean to say
that Mr. Goodwin goes out of hts way
to charge that I have an Interest In a
non-union office and to seek to array
union printers against me, when, It he
Imd asked Mr. Bean about It, he would
have known that his accusation was
untrue.
I will not weary the public to reply
to all the petty flings and Insinuations
Mr. Goodwin hns made against me. He
hns traveled In his range of Imaglna'
tlon from the alleged Influence on me
of a soulless corporation down to the
burial of a little pet goat, nnd all his
charges and Insinuations that Import
prejudice, bias, Influence or graft,
against me are utterly without founda
tlon or truth.
In one of his speeches this man went
so 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
unybody or anything.
Goodwin Kept His Pass.
Speaking of the Georgia Railway and
Electric,Company, I am Informed that
Mr. Goodwin on the day before his last
retirement from office, sought from this
company a book of free tickets, In oth
er words, he received favors from them
when In office.
He sought favors from them when
about to retire, and be went out of of
fice with a book of passes from this
corporation In his pocket for future
use. I would not have used this except
for tho outrageous Insinuation made In
one of his public speeches.
I do not deem It necessary to further
trouble the people with the shameful
nnd 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 his charge. I am fully per'
suoded when the people learn how ut'
terly untrue are Mr. Goodwin's
charges which Involve matters specially
within Mr. Anderson's knowledge they
will be well prepared not to credit, or
be Influenced by anything he may say
against me. "■ ,
Nearly my whole life has been epent
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 mjr 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.
Devoted to Atlanta.
I am devoted to this city. I love Its
history, part of which I have 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
movo 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
magnifying his own Importance, seeks
to elevate himself by chnrges which all
who know me well ought to know are
utterly unworthy of credit.
I have sought to conduct this cam
palgn on a high plane, have avoided
personality and abuse, but my adver
sary has chosen to misconstrue my mo
tives and my silence and to have grown
holder as he advanced until the time
has come to brand his accusations as
false and his manifest motives un
worthy. W, R. JOYNER.
Vo t o for M. T. LaHatte,
Alderman First Ward.
TWO MEN IN JAIL;
NEGRO WOUNDED;
ROW OVER NICKEL
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
Jacksonville, Ala., Aug. SO.—Two
white men, brothers, named Hudgins,
living near Jacksonville, are under ar
rest here, nnd a negro named John
Walker lies at his 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 his 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.
SAY WOMEN PLAYED
EACH OTHER'S ROLE
They Deny Operating a
“Matrimonial Bureau,”
However.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 20.—Evidence tend
ing to show that Mrs. Blna F. Ver-
rault and Mrs. Izella Brown, the "mat
rimonial bureau" promoters, often ex
changed roles, and that ardent suitors
who thourht they were addressing Mrs.
Verrault were In reality pouring forth
their words of love to Mrs. Brown, was
placed In the hands of detectives work
ing on tho 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 la credited with
having been my partner. Is not wor
rying; neither am I. Has any one
made a complaint against me? No,
well, thero won’t be anybody to do so
either, because there’* nothing to com
plain of. Thle Is the last I am going
to have to say about It."
The Brown-Verrault mansion, whore
suitors were received;. In which spirit
uallstlc seances were held and a gam
bllng 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 pitta
ble exhibition of themselves, and the
trial will be a veritable farce. They
will have to answer questions, and
every answer will reveal laughable
traits of character and show their In
tentlon In seeking to marry a harm
less, helpless woman for her money.
THOMAS H. GOODWIN
PROVES CHARGES AGAINST
W. R. JOYNER '
!
Thera are only two more day* between now and the day of the primary, therefore It will be lm-
poulble for me to «|> anything like all tho rotera In person or reach them with a public ad-
' dress. There are some things that I want to Impress upon the dtixens of Atlanta why they do not
r anti —,—
want to support my opponent for the office of mayor.
FIRST. I have charged that w. It. Joyner has been guilty of carrying on a graft during his en-
cumbency as chief of the Are department
HE HAS NOT DENIED THE CHARGE.
men will make affidavit to what they have
This Is to certify thnt I, P. M. Moody,
worked on the Are department for six
years. While in the employ of the city
and drawing my regular pay, I, accom
panied by BUI Walker, superintendent .of
the lire alarms, took down wire from the
poles In the city and' took them to Chief
Jjoyner’a Cobb county farms sod built wire
fences' for him.
(Signed) P. M. MOODY,
This Is to certify that I, J. L. Hudson,
worked on the Atlanta Are department for
four years, and while I waa employed on
the department, the men on the depart
mont would go up to Chief Joyner's farm,
and these men worked for weeks at a
time, and the dty paid them for their
J. L. HUDSON.
This Is to certify that I, Ram Jenkins,
served in the Atlanta Are department
shout four years, and while 1 served in
said department, every year CbUf Joy
ner would send the Aremen up to his
farm and do carpenter work, plumbing
nnd painting; and these men were paid
from the city treasury for dolug said
work.
These are facts, and I know them to
be true.
(Signed) SAM JENKINS.
To Whom It May Concern:
While we. tho underslgued, were em
ployed on the Atlanta Are department. It
was a well-known tact that men from
the different engine houses would leave
farm and do various kinds of work, such
as plumbing, painting, carpenter work,
etc., while on the pay roll of the firs
H. B. COBB.
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
Fast Freight Crashes Into
Work Train at Water
Tank.
Bj Prlrsts Leased Wlrs.
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 45 miles an hour In
blinding rain storm, crashed Into a
work train at Sang Hollow.
The work train had stopped to take
on water and the engineer of the
freight, which was following! foiled to
see the train through the heavy down
pour of rain. Nearly all of those killed
were aeleep when the crash came.
the wreck. Fire ndded 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 la aatd to have
Increased the speed of his train just
before the crash, In order to take on
water from the pans along the track.
The wreck Is being Investigated to flx
the blame.
SOCIALISTS TO HOLD
MEETINGS 01 STREETS
Though Denied Privilege by Mny
or, Say Meetings Will Be
Held Anyway.
Though Mayor Woodward has denied
the Socialists the privilege of holding
public meetings on the streets 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 7:20 and continuing until 10
clock.
Monday morning a committee of So'
clallsts, composed of William E
Elsaeser, Paul Handley and J. A. Stra.
cham, presented a petition to the may
or nnd 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 peti
tion because there Is a city ordinance
against such meetings. The committee
nnnounce that they will have the meet-
anyway, and that there will be
speakers on hand. It Is presumed
J. i). Osborne, the blind Socialist
candidate for governor, will be one of
the speakers.
Monday morning Secretary of State
Cook received a communication
the Socialists giving a list of
candidates, and asking that the
ticket be given the same rights' and
privileges at others In the returns.
I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS SUBSERVIENT
THE WISHES OF THE GEORGIA RAILWAY AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
TO
president of that enterprise.
In connection with this affiliation, I ant publishing a statement from Mr. Wells. who lays that
when he wns injured In n wreck Itetween a afreet car and one of the fire engines, he was told by
Joyner thet he had no enae ngnlnat the enmpauy, when be well knew that It waa the negligence of
the company that cauaed the wreck. Ilia atateiuent speaka for Itself:
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 13, 1908.
This.is to certify that I served in the fire department for twenty years under Chief Joy
ner without a charge against ms. I was knocked off a fire engine by 'a street car in July,
1903, and disabled for life. Chief Joyner asked me for my resignation, saying if I did not re
sign he would discharge me. I resigned. I had borrowed tome money from the Firemsn’e
Real Eetate and Investment Company, of which Chief Joyner was president. Chief Joyner
had my benevolent fund which was due ms from the Firemen’s Benevolent Asaooiation gar
nisheed; also one hundred (8100) dollars or more due ms from the Aetna Accident Insur
ance Company, thereby taking from me the last resources of support for my wife and sev
eral little children. Chief Joyner knew my condition. Chief Joyner triad to make me be
lieve that I had no csss for damages against the street ear company.
(Signed.) J. W. WELLS.
In eonneetlon with the statement of Mr. Wells, it will be interesting to know that the
etreot railway company paid the city of Atlanta (he turn of $2,600 for damages to the en
gine on which Mr. Welle was Injured. «
WHY THE G. R. & E. COMPANY WANT JOYNER ELECTED.
I HAVE COME OUT OPENLY IN FAVOR OF
OWNING ITS GAS PLANT.
THE CITY
The franchise, In qtieatlon. U worth $2,000,000 to the city of Atlanta, If they will take advantage
of It nnd w eatabllah a plant uf Ita own. 1 aliall advocate this policy and do all In my power to put
JOYNER HAS NOT OPENED HIS MOUTH ON THIS SUB
JECT AND WILL NOT.
I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS ALLIED WITH THE
GAMBLING ELEMENT OF THE CITY.
To support thle charge, I refer you to hla record on
and allow pool* on horao racing nt the laat atate fair. This _ __
gang of gamblera who dealre to rob the young men of their money, and that I fought the meas
ure, almost single-handed, until the good people of tho town came to mjr aaslatance and helped me
to atamp out the gambler'* scheme.
THOMAS H. GOODWIN, Candidate for Mayor.
DIVINE DENOUNCES
RECENT LYNCKINGS
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 20.—In a rath
er startling sermon on "Lynching," de-
llvered at Trinity Methodist Church
Sunday morning, Bev. Plato Durham
the pastor, spoke In favor 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 three negroes and The statement
from United States Senator Overman
that the Rowan Rifles, a military com
pany, did not tire on the mob because
they were not willing to sacrifice tho
lives of white men for the sake of ne
groes, the preacher said that It was a
very poor conception of the duty'of a
sheriff, If he thought It waa a question
of white or blacks being killed, and
did not realize the fact that he stood
as sheriff between the dignity of the
law end Its being Insulted, end 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 his office, said the
preacher.
Ings
good i
that
Phil
from
their
Ladles Work for Dispensary.
Hpcclal to The Georgian.
New Decatur, Ala., Aug. 20.—The
Ladles' Home Protection Society, the
auxiliary to the Dispensary Club, held
meeting In the Central Methodist
l .Jllttrillin III *»ssa ' ' ...c.iw.iic.
•Hurch ot New Decatur, with fully 100
ladles present. The meeting was
opened by Mayor Samuel Blackwell, of
New Decatur, who Is one Of the leading
advocates for dispensary for Decatur
New Decatur.
and
Contend Burglaries.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 20.—Robert
Wllkerson, a young man of Haynes-
vllle, Ala., has been arrested here on
the charge of burglar)'. When first ar
rested, the young man stoutly denied
hts guilt, but later broke down and
confessed.
NOMINATE CANDIDATES
FOR CITY COUNCILMEN
Special to The Georgian.
Entonton, Ga.. Aug. 20.—The city
council passed a resolution at ItB meet
ing Thursday for a mass meeting of the
Democratic voters of the city to be
held Thursday, August 30, at 10
o’clock to hear reports of tho present
council, to nominate a council for next
year end for other purposes.
New Savings Bank.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. I).-The Ash-
llle Savings Bank, of Ashvllle, St.
t'lalrcounty,anew banking Institution,
will open Its doors for business today.
The bank begins business In Its own
new building and has a capital stock
of 825,000.
EARLY MORNING TRAIN
WANTED BY MERCHANTS
SHINGLE LATH BUYERS
We have tor sale, Immediate delivery:
300 M. “Carolina Specials’’ Highest grade Cypress Shingles, full
dimension, 5x16, Bests-Prlmes.
600 M., each All Heart Pine, full dimension, 4x18 and 5x16
Shingles.
600 M. No. 1 Pine 4x18 and 6x16 Shingles.
1,000,000 Standard Green Laths, 4 feet long, oxactly 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 Fibre Plaster ready for Im
mediate shipment from Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery.
Dehydratlne, tho highest g.ade 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.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 20.—There
will probably be only one more week
of army maneuvers at Chlckamauga.
Following the Hose 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.
80UTHERN RAILWAY
BUYS LAND FOR STATION
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 20.—The
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, and
transfers have been made for land
amounting tir nearly 876.000 within the
past few days. Tho company has al
ready spent over 8200,000 In buying
land for this work.
FRANK A. HILBURN A WINNER
Hpecjsl 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
nnd Decatur division of the Southern
Railway from Rome, Oa„ to this city.
If such a train Is put on. It would
bring an Immense amount of business
to this city which is now going else
where.
Popular First Ward Candidate for Alderman Is Not a
•Flopper.
Frank Hllhum. candidate for aider-
man from the First ward. Is widely
known over the city. Mr. Htlburn has
represented his ward In council to ad
vantage and has n reputation for good,
honest work for the city. Mr. Hllburu
has for years been engaged ■In the un
dertaking business, In which profession
he has gained prominence,
ilr. Hllbura Is a Confederate Vet
eran, commander of Camp \V. H. T.
Walker. He has held this office for
two terms, and has served with dis
tinction. He Is known to be a friend of
union labor and his record has been
consistent. He has never flopped.
it will be a matter of Interest to all
grocery merchants to know that Mre
Htlburn Is strongly In favor of Improv
ing til back streets. When elected he .
will work to this end. see ,