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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MOB CRIES FOR LIFE
OF ITALIAN RIOTERS
Miners Ciptured Af
ter the House Is
Burned.
Ir Prlrate Ltatcd Wire,
r inxatawTiey, Pa., SepL 2.—The
ou«p containing the Italian rioters-at
fie New Florence mine of the Buffalo,
!'*<• fleeter and Pittsburg Company warn
ilined to the ground early this mora
le and all but one of the miners cap-
jred. The remaining man la suppos
ed to have been cremated, but his com
rades refuse to make any statement.
All the Italians are In Jail and the
..ollce and constabulary have another
Jnb as hard as dislodging the rioters in
preventing an assault upon the prison
by the people of the whole county,
w to are gathering here bent upon
lynching the prisoners.
Run Out by Big Fire.
Immediately after the arrival of Cap
tain Robinson from Braddock at an
arly hour this morning he began his
plan to bring out the rioters dead or
alive, but preferably alive for due pun
ishment. •
The structure was flred and the
flames spread rapidly, but It was some
time before the Italians knew they
rare Imprisoned by fire. They had no
moans of preventing the movement of
the fire to the Interior, but waited un
til death by burning was certain b
fore they appeared at the front door.
They were greeted by the guns of
Troop D. ready to fire If necessary, but
st the command of Captain Robinson
*1! threw up their hsnds In token of
surrender and kept them high In the
air until they were handcuffed.
Killed During Battle.
The body of Private Policeman Zehr-
Inger, who was shot last night, was re
covered. #
The attempt of Sergeant Joseph Ia>-
g<in of Troop D. state constabulary, at
th«* New Florence mine, to arrest a
miner resulted In a battle between a
inrge body of miners In a house and
Troop D. The constabulary had two
ir.cn killed outright, one fatally wound
ed and two others wounded less seri
ously.
The Deed.
Private F. Henry, aged 26, of Phila
delphia.
Private Francis Zehrlnger, aged 30,
of Coshoeton.
Fatally Wounded.
Private H. C. Chambers, of Roches
ter, Pa.
The Wounded.
Private W. A. Mullen, of Harrisburg,
shot ithrough the breast; First Ser
geant Joseph Logan, of Dubois, Pa.,
shot through the leg; George Felltssky.
aged 12, son of Steve Felltssky, a mi
ner, shot In the leg.
YOUTHKiLLSllLD
NOTTO ENTER INTO
ITION
Argument in Cumberland
Presbyterian Case Is
Nearly Ended.
HON, HOKE SMITH
Means That Thomasville
Man Will Succeed Joe
Brown.
TO WELCOME BRYAN
WITH BIG OVATION
FOR COMMISSIONER PARKER DECLARES
WALSH IS HEADED
Fdn HEARST PART!
UNDERJ HOUSE
Slayer Aids Victim’s Father
In Search’for Missing
Bov.
That the civil courts cannot go be
hind the action of the highest church
courts In matters affecting that church
Is the argument advanced by Judge
John M. Oaut, of Nashville, counsel for
the defense In the hearing before Judge
Pendleton In the superior court of the
petition asking that the pastor and the
church organisation of the First Cum
berland Presbyterian church be
strained from merging it into the
Northern Presbyterian church aa pro
vided for by the action of the general
assemblies of the two branchea
Judge Gaut showed that the general
assembly of the Cumberland church
had placed a “practical construction"
on Its constitution In exercising Its
power to effect a union with the other
body. He said that not only had Pres
byterian churches for more than a cen
tury acted on this power, but the Cum
berland assembly had on seven occa
sions appointed committees looking to
ward union with other churches. He
showed that the Cumberland assembly
had declared that the doctrines of the
two uniting churches agreed sufficient
ly to “warrant union—a union alike
honorable to both." He showed that
both assemblies had last May declared,
by resolution, the agreement of the
two confessions.
He dealt with the negro In the two
churches, of which the petitioners have
made some capital, at some length. He
said that they had already been sep
arated into separate synods and that
there was no rear whatever from that
source. He said the negroes In Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia were now
perfecting their separate organizations.
He said that no relation would subsist
between the church here and the negro
race, except where a delegate would in
the course of time come up to the gen
eral assembly. There he said tht
relations would be the same as at pres
ent In the Southern Presbyterian
church.
Judge Pendleton announced that the
negro question would In no way affect
the decision.
The hearing will be finished Monday
afternoon and a decision will probably
be rendered then or Tuesday.
JUDGEUOLICITORS
TORE NAMED IN MACON
By Private leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 3.—Robert Gordon, 16
years old,.shocked the police officials
by the recital of his cruel and cold
blooded* murder of 7-year-old Joseph
Heed, the son of a neighbor. Gordon
confessed to the murder after the body
of his victim had been found In a pans-
hrs leading from the banement of the
Heed home under the sidewalk. The
murderer himself had led the child's
father In search for the son.
Meeting no success In their search,
the murderer turned to the father as
they neared the home and said:
“Let's look under the house."
The father took a candle and crawled
under the house, where the body of
the little son was found buried, only
a little arm being visible. Gordon's
wit was too feeble to meet the search-
ins; questions of the police and he told
them how he had killed the victim un
der the very shadow of his home.
Judge and Solicitor in Cslhoun.
Governor Terrell has appointed Hon.
H. M. Calhoun to be Judge of the city
court of Calhoun county, and Hon. A.
L. Miller to be solicitor of the same
court.
A Rainy Day
Story.
On rainy days when
she was unable to
leave the house Mrs. A
moped around and was
unhappy. Bhe was not
a Bell telephone sub
scriber. She had the
blues.
IN THE MEANTIME
Such a day did not af
fect lira. B. Th,
weather made no dif
ference to her. She
used her Bell tele
phone and enjoyed so-
clal chata qlth friend,.
Bhe «u happy.
If you are Mr*. A—
Call Contract Dept. M. 1300
BELL
SERVICE
IS SATIS-
Il
FACTORY
Judges and solicitors general of su
perior courts, successful In the primary
of August 22, will be nominated at tho
state convention In Macon Tuesday.
The complete list Is as follows;
Atlanta C*rc»»lt—Judge John T. Pen*
diet on.
.Middle Circuit—Judge B. T. Rawl
ings.
ocmulgee Circuit—Judge H. O.
IdSWlS.
Atlantic Circuit—Judge P. E. Bea-
brook; solicitor, 11. J. Norman.
Augusta Circuit—Judge H. C. Ham
mond.
Brunswick Circuit—Judge T. A. Par
ker.
Chattahoochee Circuit—Judge W. A.
Little
Flint Circuit—Judge E. J. Reagan.
Tal'npoosa Circuit—Judge Price E.
Edwards; solicitor, \V. K. Fielder.
Northeastern Circuit—Judge J. J.
Klmsey; solicitor, W. A. Charters.
Pataula Circuit—Judge W. C. Wor-
rlll.
Southern Circuit—Judge R. G.
Mitchell.
Cordele Circuit—Judge L. \. Whip
ple; solicitor, \V. F. George.
Macon Circuit—Judge \V. H. Felton.
Rome Circuit—Judge Moses Wright.
DIES OF APOPLEXY
RETURNING HOME
Ily Privnt, r*»l Wire.
Salisbury, N. C„ Bept. W. S.
Pickier, traveling pump conatructor of.
the Southern railway, died yesterday
of Apoplexy. He wa» on tha road home
In perfect health, when he win Mixed
I with a violent headache. Arriving In
Salisbury he aent for a physician, but
before one could be ,ecured he wax
dead. He waa 30 years old and leavea
r. wife and child.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
vifie. Ga.
On Septemper lStb to 23rd. luetu-
aJvo, the Western and Atlantic rail
road will set! ticket, from Atlanta-
Dalton and intermediate stations, to
Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge of t» ■> music, and other
gospel singers of note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m..
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they have always shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN.
Gen. Past. Agent
If the expressed wishes of Hon.
Hoke Smith are followed in the Ms
con cenventlon Tuesday, and there I,
no reaaon to believe otherwise, Hon. B.
O. McLendon, of Thomaavlll*. will be
either nominated or Indorsed as rail
road commissioner to atieceed Com
mlaloner Joseph M. Brown.
Mr. Smith I, for Mr. McLendon for
the position In preference to any one
else, which undoubtedly means that
the Thomaavllle man will succeed
Commissioner Brown In October, 1307.
In his speech In the Macon conven
tlon Tuesday Mr. Bmlth will offer the
name of Mr. McLendon ss the man
for the position. He fs said to favor
the Thomasville man not so much
from personal regard or because he
supported Mr. Smith In his recent race,
but because he believes Mr. McLendon
Is pre-eminently qualified .to give the
people comprehensive service.
Mr. Smith I, said to want Mr. Me
London also because the Thomas coun
ty man knows more about railroad
values, watered stocks, fictitious
values and such subjects than any one
In the state. For years he has made a
close study of rates and railroad stocks.
HI, long connection with the railroads
In various capacities qualify him for
the vacancy as a railroad expert.
He will be either nominated as the
candidate or given the indorsement of
the convention In Macon Tuesday.
MEASUREUPTOLAW?
Question Raised as to
Whether He Is Rail
road Expert.
Salary Law in Effect.
StMH'lal to Th«» UeorgtiB
Brunswick. On., Sept. 3.—A new law
fixing the salaries of county ofitclala
went Into effect Saturday. The county
solicitors will receive 31.600 a year:
sheriff. 31*0; clerk, 1900: while all
fees will go to swell the county's treas
ury.
SCHOOL BOOKS
AND ALL SUPPLIES AT
JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S,
39 MARIETTA ST.
Will the railroads test the constitu
tionality of any advers, ruling by the
railroad commlaalon If other than
practical railroad man la put In the
commission by the action of the state
Democratic convention at Macon
Tuesday?
Would the courts sustain them In
such a test case?
These are questions uppermost
the minds of a large element of the
party, anent the almost certain action
of the convention In naming Hon. S. G.
McLendon, of Thomasville, as the sue
cessor to Commissioner Joseph M
Brown.
A special ami peculiar law prescribes
tile membership of Georgia's railroad
"rate regulating" body.
The law provides that one member
shall be an expert In the law, another
a "practical" railroad man and the
third sltnply a plain business tnan.
The Impression has gone abroad
heretofore that the third member nam
ed In the law should be a farmer. This
Is a mistake. He can be merchant,
farmer, manufacturer or of any other
calling.
Hut the other two must bo a law.
yer and a practical railroad man.
Is a theoretical railroad lawyer (
practical railroad man. In the broad
Interpretation of this law?
Hon. Guyt McLeodon for a number
of years was attorney for the Plant
system. On rate making, he la un
doubtedly one of the best posted men
In the state, and would be an Invalu
able utd to the Incoming administra
tion.
But there Is the plain fact of the
law, calling for a "practical" railroad
man.
The point Is mode on Mr. McLendon
that he U a lawyer, and lawyer only;
that his railroad experience was gain
ed from the legal and not the practical
side of railroading: that In contempla
tion of the law creating the rnl.r.-ad
commission he Is not eligible, and .hat
any act of the commission, with him
as a member, would be tested In the
courts, thus Insuring, possibly. Inter
minable delays In enforcing the edicts
of that body. . ..
Home of the ablest lawyers In the
state will be In the Macon convention
Tuesday, and If they declare In favor
of McLendon. It would seem that they
would know what they were doing, and
were satisfied that the Thomas county
man was eligible.
Th, contention la an Interesting
one.
EXPLOSION KILLS
FOUR WORKMEN
ON CZAR'S SHIP
Special Cable-Copyright.
London, Sept. 3.—An explosion
on the new Russian cruiser Rnvik,
building at the Vickers-Mfixim
yard at Barrow, killed four men
and injured ten. The explosion
was due purely to accident.
FOUR MUST FACE
CONTEMPT CHARGES
Spe-lnl to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga.. Sept. J.—In the contempt
proceedings In the Justice Mike Natlghtln
esse, hoard before Judge Sesbrook In the
superior court Satnrdsy. Judge Sesbrook
ordered a contempt rule sgslnst Wllllsiu It.
Leskln end four others. Including Justice
Nsughtln. The proceedings srose from sn
Inveettgstlon by , sperint committee of Jus
tice Nsughtln. on s cbsrge of mslprsetlre
In office. It urse rlslmed thst Mr. 1 .eeX1 n
ssw two grand Jurors snd. talked sliont the
rase In lielislf of Nnnxhtln. and In one In
stance furnished the Juror with two ques
tions to Ih- naked witnesses against N nil eh
tin. explaining thst he did so Iwcanse
Natlghtln was not entitled to counsel In the
Jury room.
The rule Is mnde returnable the first Sat*
urday In tvtolter before Judge Canu, of the
superior court.
Democratic National Com
mitteeman From Iowa
Resigns.
By Private I-cased Wire.
Alexandria, Minn, Sept. 3.—While
here yesterday Judge Alton B. Parker
was asked for some expression regard
Ing the resignation of. Charles A
Walsh from the Democratic national
committee. Judge Parker said:
"I hardly know that I want to dig
nify Mr. Walsh’s letter by construing
It or making a formal statement. -I'm
out of politics and under those cir
cumstances alt I care to My Is this:
It looks very much’ as If the Hearst
Independence League has won another
recruit In the person of Walsh. He
has been enthusiastic as a supporter
of Hearst for a number of years, and
will make a valuable addition
Hearst’, party. He has, apparently
preferred Instead of giving hi, reason
for Joining the Hearst party, to as
sign some reason, for leaving the Dem
ocratic party. Whether hi, reaaon has
any Justification in fact or not, I, of
no consequence, aa he ha, made up
hi, mind to go.”
What wluh 8,Id.
Walsh’s letter of resignation to
Chairman Taggart was sent from Ot
tumwa, la., Saturday evening. Mr.
Walsh waa the Iowa member of the
Democratic national committee, and
was secretary of the national commit
tee during the two Bryan campaigns.
In this letter he gives his reasons for
this action aa a distaste for "slavish
subserviency to corrupt corporation
and boss control of party affairs.” In
cidentally h, pay, his respects In no
uncertain terms to William F. Shee
han, August Belmont and other mem
bers of the executive committee and
says In future he will support candi
dates In accordance with his personal
convictions.
He says:
"Ordinarily, I would not deem It nec
essary to make known my reason for
taking such action; but having finally
determined upon It, In view of the fact
that I have been elected and twice re
elected the national committeeman,
covering a period of twelve years, and
prior thereto, having been a member
of the state, of the congressional and
other committees and knowing that
such resignation, coming at what might
prove to be an Inopportune time, so
far as the Interests of my own friends
and loyal supporters are concerned,
will meet with some criticism upon
their part should It go unexplained, I
give you reasons therefor which will
show that I could In honor pursue no
other course.
For the future I Intend to be In a
position to support or not support, as
; may see fit, the candidates of the
Democratic party. I have reached the
conclusion that the perpetuation of
corrupt corporation, boss control of po
litical affairs Is made possible by the
slavish subserviency of the Individual
to party name and by lock of Inde
pendent action.
•While I have heretofore always been
known as a partisan Democrat and
will alwavs be a stanch supporter of
Democratic principles as I understand
them. It has been steadily borne In
upon me for a long time as I came
closer and closer to a knowledge of
the Inner workings of the party system,
that, from the standpoint of the true
Democracy, there can be nothing worse
or more Injurious to the country than
the ’yellow dog’ party feeling that Im
pels good men to support a ticket of
unfit nominees merely because they
bear the party label.”
WOMAN BIT BY MAN
DYING FROM EFFECT
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. Sept. L-As a result of
bite she reeelved on the arm from
man who attempted to commit an as
sault on her. Mrs. Bryant, of this place,
Is ilrlne of blood poisoning.
The woman struggled with the men,
whose name Is Barton, snd rerelved the
bite which may result In her death.
Barton la still confined In the Aiken
Jail, and haa lieen refuted a hearing until
the condition of lbs woman further do
clops.
FEHN DID NOT APPEAR
WHEN CA8E WAS CALLED
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Bopt. 3.—Martin
Fehn, the saloon keeper, who Is wanted
In Walker county, Oa.. on a charge of
selling beer to soldiers at Fort Ogle
thorpe, did not appear at hta prellmln-
ary hearing In which he charged Depu
ty Sheriff Hays, of Walker county. Ga.,
with false Imprisonment nnd assault
and batten’. He left for Hot Springe,
It la said, and In this way escaped the
serving of requisition papers, which
had been procured from Governor Ter
rell, of Georgia. Fehn also Instituted
suite for damage. In the court, here
amounting to 310,000.
YOUNG WOMAN HELD
ON LARCENY CHARGE.
SpeeUI to The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Sept. 3.—Ml,,
Ella Parker, formerly of Tracy City,
has been arreated on the charge of the
larceny of a ault caae belonging to Mlaa
Lille Lewis, of Carbon Hill, Ala. Mlaa
Parker claims that the ault case wee
given her by another woman, but Mtae
Lewis Insists that the eult caae was
taken at the depot.
Louisville Will Do
Honor to Great
Commoner.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
TO PARTICIPATE
Many Prominent Southern
era to Meet Nebraskan at
Dixie’s Gateway in
Welcome Reception.
Heart Failure
is often induced by
coffee drinking.
USE
IPOSTUM
Special to The Georgian
Louiavllle, Ky., Sept. 3.—The Demo
crats of the South will, welcome Wil
liam. Jennings Bryan on September 12
: the Gateway to their domain. On
let day the follower* of the Nebraskan
will assemble in Louisville from Mary
land, Tennessee, Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
and every section of the land south of
the Maaon and Dixon tine.
Bryan will be here only a few hours,
but In that time there will be concen
trated a welcome such as only the Im
petuous Southerners know how to be
stow on one who haa been their cher
ished leader.
From present reports. Bryan will ar
rive here from St. Louis In the even'
Ing shortly before 8 o’clock. The
Southern reception committee, com
posed of the senators, governors, con
gressmen and distinguished men of'the
South, will be at the depot to meet
Bryan, together with the delegations
from the different Southern states, each
Democratic state chairman having been
requested to name one. With the
Louisville and Kentucky Democrats
added to these, the assemblage to wel
come Bryan will amount to an army.
He will be greeted as he steps from
the train by the Southern committee
and will be escorted to his hotel by a
parade Imposing In numbers and ap
pearance. There will be a flamboyant
display of fireworks.
At the hotel It Is proposed to hold a
somewhat more formal reception, where
Bryan will greet personally the South
ern leaders.
No banquet will be attempted and
Mr. Bryan will be given a sufficient
Interval for refreshment. Then he will
be escorted to the armory, where the
chief exercises of the evening will be
held. The armory Is a new structure,
which was first opened by the National
Bowlers’ Tournament last March. It
la-a huge building, said to-have the
second largest capacity In the United
States. It will seat 18,000 people and
at least 25,000 can be accommodated
with fair comfort.
The committee arranging the pro
gram will observe a proper formality
to make the reception as Impressive as
It should be. There wilt be two
speeches of note before Bryan appears.
One will be by the presiding chairman
and the other by the orator, who will
Introduce Air. Bryan. Neither has been
named. It la conjectured that one will
be Henry Watteraon. though this can
not be stated authoritatively.
Then Mr. Bryan will speak, and fol
lowing this will be the hand-to-hand
reception. At 2:30 In the morning Mr.
Bryan will leave for Cincinnati.
-Among the distinguished Southern
ers who have accepted appointments
on the reception committee may be
mentioned:
Governors John I Cox, of Tennessee:
J. M. Terrell, of Georgia; S. W. T.
Lanham, of Texas; James K. Varda
nian, of Mississippi; Newton C.
Blanchard, of Louisiana, and & War-
field, of Maryland. Benator-elect Rob
ert -L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Senators
A. J. McLaurln and H. D. Money, of
Mississippi; James Taliaferro, of Flor
ida: C. A. Culberson, of Texas; Isldor
Raynor, of Maryland; J. B. Fraxler, of
Tennessee: J. W. Bailey, Texas; A. 8.
Clay, of Georgia; Lee B. Overman, of
North Carolina; A. C. Latimer, of South
Carolina, and Thomas S. Martin, of
Virginia.
Governors Blanchard, of Louisiana,
and Vardaman, of Mississippi, nave
written that they will probably attend
with their staffs In addition to the
delegations.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For tho Six Months Ending June 33, 1906, of the Condition of the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company,
Organised under the laws of the state of Ptniiajiranta; mafia to the governor of tht
state of Georgia In parsunnee of the lawn of Mid stnte.
Principal office, corner Sixth and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh, Ps.
I. CAPIL 8TOCK.
1. Amount of espltsl stock ....$315. $50.00
2. Amount of capital stock paid up In cosh 215,150.00—$315,850.09
II. ASSETS.
Total assets $1,441,416.02
III. LIABILITIES.
Total llsbllltles $1,641,416.01
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIR8T 8IX MONTH8 OF THE YEAR 1906.
Total Income $244,245,50
V. DI8BURSEMENT8 DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR
1906.
Total disbursements $156,266.78
Greatest amount Insured In any one risk $ 10,000.00
Total amount of Insurance outstanding 11.566,490.00
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, Is of file In the office of the
insurance commissioner.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—County of Alleghany.
Personally appeared before the undersigned William C. Baldwin, who. beint
duly sworn, deposes and says that he la t be rice-president and general manneer of
Pittsburgh IJfe and Trust Co., and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true.
WM. C. BALDWIN.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
HAS BEEN LOCATED
By Private Leased Wire.
London, Sept. 3.—The northwest
passage, for which Intrepid aeamen
have searched In vain for centuries,
has at last been discovered, according
to the correspondent of th. Central
News at Christiana, who wired today
that the Norwegian polar expedition,
under Captain Amundsen, which sailed
aboard the exploring ship GJoa, has
reached Behring Sea.
The GJoa expedition sailed from
Christiana on June 17, 1908. Captain
AmundSn's purpose Is not to make an
other effort to force the long dreamed
of northwest passage, but to search
for the magnetic pole.
If the report from Christiana that
the GJoa haa reached Behring Sea Is
true, he apparently stumbled upon th,
passage through the northern seas or
purposely voyaged In that direction af
ter concluding his search for the mag-
netlc pole.
It was reported In November last
year that the GJoa had been crushed
In the Ice at Boothl A Felix, the ex
treme northern point of the mainland
of North America. This report wax
brought by George Cleveland, of Mas-
sachusetts, who reached Dulde, Scot
land. November 22, 1906, returning from
a whaling trip to Davis atralt. Cleve
land declared he had been Informed
through Eskimo sources of the loss of
the GJoa, nnd that the explorers were
living with natives In that region.
50,000 EXTRA VISITORS
CAUSE A FOOD FAMINE
By Trieste leased Wire.
Atlantic City, N. J„ Sept. 3.—Fifty
thousand extra visitors. yesterday and
this morning caused a famine In the
resort. Hotels caught napping ran out
of food and hurried orders to supply
houses kept them open until they
too, reported that they had no more
meat or provisions.
Hotel managers, prepared for smaller
crowds with the coming of September,
were unprepared for the rush and sll
sorts of expedients were resorted to
for holding guests until stuff could to-
secured to give them meals. One wo
man thinned up gravy and served It ax
soup when 200 diners came In place ut
the 76 expected.
Railroads reported 200 carloads of
newcomers this morning and hundreds
of auto parties came from Philadelphia
and New York to attend the fall races
which begin today.
ROOSEVELT NOT WEDDED
TO REFORM SPELLING
W. 8. Wler. of Atlanta, was the iAbor
Day orator at the celebration In Colum
bia, 8, C., Monday. Mr. Wler Is well
known In the labor councils of this
city, and has been prominently Identi
fied with the labor movement /or
number of years.
He Is a forceful and convincing
speaker, quite magnetic, and possesses
a wide range of knowledge on labor
matters and labor statistics. He Is a
member of the Atlanta Typographies!
Union. He has been Labor Day orator
on many previous occasions, and has
won quite a reputation as sn brator.
HOKE SMITH FILES
ANSWER TO DEMPSEY
Hon. Hoks Smith Monday morning
filed an answer to the suit of Sam D.
Dempsey, filed during the recent cam
paign, demanding 11,000 because of the
alleged failure of Mr. Smith to prop
erly look after the Interests or the
plaintiff In a suit against the Western
and Atlantic railway. In his suit Mr.
Dempsey alleged that the action of
Mr. Smith was "a breach of trust
amounting to a legal fraud.”
In his answer, the defendant asks the
dismissal of the suit on the ground
that the plaintiff has not shown where
he ever held out more than he was en
titled to for attorney’s fees under bis
agreement with Mr. Dempsey, nor had
he shown that he did anything Im
proper In coming to an agreement with
the "railroad.
Fell in Big Acid Tank,
ttoerinl to The Georgian
Macon, Ga., Sept. 3.—E. F. Taylor,
night watchman at the plant of th*
Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company,
lies horribly burned up to the knees, ss
the result of having fallen Into a big
sulphuric acid tank while on his rounds
at bis post of duty.
By Private leased Wire.
Oyster Bay, N. Y„ Sept. 3.—The fol
lowing letter has been sent by Presi
dent Roosevelt to Charles A. Stallings,
public printer, at Washington;
"I enclose herewith copies certain
circulars of the simplified board, which
can be obtained free from the board
at No. 1 Madison avenue, New York
city. Pleaae hereafter direct that In
all government publications of the ex
ecutive departments the three hundred
words enumerated In circular No.
shall bs spelled as therein set forth. If
any one asks the reason for the ac
tion refer him to circulars 3, 4 and 6
as Issued by the simplified spelling
board. Most of the criticism of the
proposed step Is evidently made In en
tire Ignorance of what the step Is, no
less than in entire Ignorance of the
very moderate and common sense views
as to the purposes to be achieved,
which views are so excellently set
forth In the circulars to which I have
referred.
"There Is not the slightest Intention
to do anything revolutionary or Ini
tiate any far-reaching policy. The
purpose simply la for the government.
Instead of lagging behind popular sen-
tlncnt, xto advance abreast of I: and
at the same time abreast of the views
of the ablest and moat practical edu
cators of our time as well aa of the
most profound scholars—men of the
stamp of Professor Lounsbury and
Professor Skeat. If the slight changes
In the spelling of the three hundred
words proposed wholly or partially
meat popular approval, then the change
will become permanent without any
reference to what public officials or
individual private citizens may feel; II
they do not ultimately meet with pop
ular approval they will be dropped and
that Is all there Is about It.
"They represent nothing In the world
but a very slight extension of the un
conscious movement which has made
agricultural Implement makers and
farmers write ’plow’ Instead of ’plough,'
which has made most Americans write
'honor 1 without the somewhat absurd,
superfluous ’u’ snd which Is even now
making people write ’program’ without
the 'me,' Just ss all people who speak
English now write ‘bat,’ 'set.' 'dim.
•sum’ and 'fish,’ Instead of the Elisa-
bethan ’batte,’ 'sette,' ‘dlmme,’ 'sumine
and 'fyshe,’ which makes us write
public,’ 'almanac,' ’era.’ 'fantasy,’ and
•wagon,' Instead of the ’publlck,’ 'al
manack,' ’aera,’ ’phantasy’ and 'wag
gon.* of our great-grandfathers.
"It Is not an attack on the language
of Shakespeare and Milton, because It
Is In some instances a going back to
the forms they used, snd In other!
merely the extension of change, which,
as regards other words, have taken
jlace since their time. It Is not an st-
empt to do anything far-reaching or
sudden or violent, or indeed, anything
very great at all. It Is merely an at
tempt to cast what slight weight can
properly be cast on tne side of the
popular forces which are endeavoring
to make our spelling a little lees fool
ish and fantastic.
"Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.’
$9,000,000 INCREASE NOW
AUTHORIZED BY SO. STEEL
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 3.—The'directors
of the Southern Steel Company met
Saturday In this city and Increased the
capital stock of that corporation from
818,000,004 to 326,000,000 by the Issu
ance of (6,000,000 common stock and
*4.000,000 preferred stock. Two meet
ings of the directors were held, one at
11 o’clock, at which time the J6,000,on8
common stock Increase was authorised,
and at 2 o’clock, when the 14,000,to"')
preferred stock waa authorised. No of
ficial statement a* to'the Intention «>
the stockholders In Increasing the cap
ital stock could be obtained, but It "'»*
stated that the plans would be mail!
public within th* next few days.