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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. s.\Trnr>\Y, smRMBnn a. lr*. WARE & LELAND PLAN FIGHT ON BOYKIN BILL Georgian’s Prediction of Legal Battle Is Verified. Ware & Leland are lining up to make . ,tmng fl*ht on the Boykin antt- burk , t ,hop bill, which becomes effect- | T e on January 1, 1607. first intimation of the probability of thin course was printed In The Geor gian hist Saturday; When the Southern members of the big New York commls. sl<m firm met here. Three prominent Atlanta firms of lawyers were consulted by J. H. Ware, of Chicago, head of the Ware A Leland houses. That the attorneys determined that a fight could be made on the grounds of the constitutionality of the law has been determined by subsequent events. Efforts were made to keep se cret for the present the Tact that a bis legal battle was to be opened up, but It l» known, positively that this course has been fjflly agreed upon. It is said that the fight will be made upon three grounds, but the exact na ture of these are not yet known. The Ware & Leland people pay about •<r, non in taxes In Georgia annually, Inti they say they will pay out an equal turn In trvlng tq down the Boykin bill. The opening gpn will probably be In the wav of application for Injunction near tlie first of the year, then will come the long ail'd bitter legal struggle. Boykin Not Worried. Representative J. H. Boykin, of Lin coln. author of the bill . which places til bucket shops and commission bouses out of business oh January 1, attended the state convention In Macon and was asked what he thought of the probabilities of a fight on his bill, said: - ••I have heard rumors that Ware A Leland are to make a legal fight on my measure, but I am not worried about the ultimate outcome. It was niost carefully drawn by some of the ablest lawyers In the state, and to my mind is nn even stronger bill than North Carolina's, which has stood the test of the courts. •It Is simply the dying gasp octopus, and I am absolutely confident that legalized gambling In futurea Is a thing of the past In Georgia. If they determine on a fight, we will be ready to meet them at every step. •Bucket shops In Georgia have been SHAW'S SPEECHES ABE TO REFLECT Administration Seeks to Counteract Bryan Sen timent in South. . . them to do business. If the leg islative body refuses to further extend this privilege. I cannot aee where the concerns have any authority to do business anyway." Washington. Sept. I.—Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, left Washington last night on a speaking tour of five Southern states—Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. At Memphis next Sat urday night the secretary will reply to Mr. Bryan's government ownership speech. He will speak this afternoon at Martinsville, Va, ' and tonight at Danville. Va. As members of ths cabinet do not, as a rule, make speeches on Important political subjects without first consult ing the president, the Shaw speech at Memphis Is expected to have special significance In expressing the views of the administration on the position of the Federal government owning and operating the railroads. Coming so soon after Mr. Taft's recent effort In North Carolina to break up the solid Bouth, It Is thought that Mr. Shaw's deliverance will be a continuance of that policy. stateYemt IS TOBMEONE Geologist Yeates Preparing Entirely New Forestry Display. T GETS HERE CHEAP IE So Says Ry. Commission Anent Complaint Geor gia Dealers. Ipertut hi Tlte'fleorgtstt'. Decatur, Ala.,' Sept. 8.—The erstwhile negro politicians of this portion of the Mate are complaining that they have been driven out of the-Republlcan par ty and now some of them are threaten ing to oigunlse a party of their own In which they can be their own bosses. Two conventions recently held.goes to prove that the Republicans of this portion of the state have had enough of the negro In politics. Recently i county convention was held at Hart' eelle and at this convention there were four negroes present, but they were sat upon good and hard. The convention elected a new county executive com mittee and elected delegates to the uongr jsional convention.' Not a negro was named for either place. A few days later the congressional convention was held and not a negro attended nor waa a negro given a place on any of the cnmmltteea or delegations of this organization. This Is the llrst time In the history of the Republican party In Alabama that negroes have not practically con trolled the cpnventlon, or at least play, *d a prominent part In the party af fairs. CROWNS, BRIDGES, FLUTES. BEST ON EARTH $3, $5, $7 4TLANTA DENTAL OFFICES 39; Whitehall St! Phone 2563-J. for Dr. Lanier or Dr. wvcl-ca State Geologist Yeates will not take the forestry exhibit on the third floor of the state capltol to the Jamestown Exposition. An entirely new collection of woods will be secured, and arranged In a more attractive way, so as to take up less room, giving more space for other exhibits. Furthermore, Geologist Yeates says that the constant handling of the pres ent specimens has nearly ruined them. They receive rough handling on these many excursions, and In the future this part of the state museum will remain stationary In the state capltol. In getting up the display for James town, Professor Yeates Is handicapped by two serious drawbacks, but as he Is a man of the most resourceful energy, those difficulties will be Anally over come by him. He finds It hard to secure expert help In gathering • this display. Geol ogists and their expert helpers are In demand In this day and time. It Is difficult to get them when you want them, says Professor Yeates. Then, the time Intervening between now and the opening of the celebration In April will also prove a handicap. Professor Yeates will do much of this field Work himself. He will have to take to the field In order to make the display In keeping with the state's progress. With the expert helpers he has a line out for, he hopes to get to work In earnest on this display In the next two or three weeks. Vice Chairmen W. N. Mitchell of the Jamestown commission, Is now In the east and Is expected to return In the next week or ten days. As soon as he returns he will call the commis sion together and map out the plan of campaign. Should Geologist Yeates succeed In securing the expert help he needs, not withstanding the rather short time to gather the display, the showing to be made at Jamestown will In else and magnificence be ahead of those made at Buffalo and St. Louis. Hotel Property 8old. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Oa.. Sept. 8.—The property of the old Hotel Racine Company, of which George C. Palmer was appointed receiver by Judge Little, was sold at auction today and purchased by James A. Lewis, the owner of the building, for 83.157. New Gym. at Emory. Special to The Georgian. Emory College, Oxford, Ga.. 8ept. 8. —The J. P. Williams athletic hall here Is nearing completion and promises to be one of the largest and best-equipped gymnasiums In the South. The railroad commission will meet next Wednesday to take up the com plaint of the Georgia marblemen that the Vermont product can he shipped to certain points In Georgia for the same rate that the Georgia dealers are required to pay. This complaint was filed' several months ago by President Roberts, of the Georgia Marble Retail Dealers' As sociation. This hearing was postponed from time to time at the Instance of President Roberts, but a final heating has been set for next week. On the surface, the local marble dealers would seem to have a real grievance, as the little state of Ver mont Is about 1,800 miles distant from Georgia, but, according to ths com missioners' view, there are two sides to the question. Low Rates Only to Sea Ports. The points In Georgia to which the Vermont dealers have as low a rate as the Georgia dealers are sea ports. The railroad commission says It has no Jurisdiction over water rates. That being true. It behooves the local quary- men to got busy with the ship own ers. It has frequently occurred fn the past that granite and coal has been flight ed free of cost, to be used as ballast for ships. Particularly has this been the case during the cotton season. Ships would sail Into Oeorgla ports for cotton cargoes, and having no load on the Incoming trip, they were anxious for the opportunity to get the marble, or granite, or coal, as the case may be, In order to ballast their ships. If they did not do this, they would be compelled to go out and buy rock for ballast purposes, pay for the carting of It to their ships, the loading and unloading, and the carting away from the wharves at the place of their des tination. Hence, for this reason, they are more than glad of the chance to get their ballast for ths mere hauling. This Is a condition that operates harshly for the local dealers, but the commission so far has found no way to provide a remedy. If the marblemen will point out the remedy next week, the com mission will doubtless get busy along the lines suggested. Bought Coal Abroad. For ssveral years a well-known coal dealer in Savannah bought all of his coal from England. The coal oper ators on the other side of the pond would watch out for empty cotton ships headed Savannahward and would east- ly get the coal brought over tPee for thq use ae ballast. The Savannah deal er would only pay for the loading and unloading, and could distance his com petitors a mile on coal prices, Ths "Georgia Yankee,” it would seem, wants the commission to give the Ver monter a wooden nutmeg In exchange for his flannel sausage. MOODY IS LIKELY TO GET JUDGESHIP ROGER SULLIVAN BRANDS STATEMENTS OF BRYAN AS PLAIN FALSEHOODS Democratic National Committeeman From Illinois Offers to Resign if Nebras kan Proves His Charges. New York, Sept. 8.—Replying to re cent attacks made upon him by WII Ham Jennings Bryan. Democratic Na tlonal Committeeman Roger C. Sulll van,, of Illinois, who Is here, last night Issued a lengthy statement. He brands as untrue certain declarations of Mr. Bryan, who discussed -tlte Sullivan af' fair at Chicago several days ago. He says: "In hie Jefferson Club banquet speedh at Chicago Tuesday evening William J. Bryan again saw fit to make the excuse for exploiting his new am bltlon to convert the Democratic party of the United States Into an autocracy with himself on the dictator's throne. I regret that he has done so, as 1 would regret any Incident or circum stance tending toward discord In the Democratic party. “Wants His Own Way.” "If portions of Mr. Bryan's speech mean anything, they mean that he would rather have his own way than have the Democrats elected to congress or any other office. He has Invited all Illinois Democrats who agres with him In hts' opposition to me to bolt their ticket. If there are any Democrats In Illinois who are disposed to set on this typically Bryanlstlc advice, many of them unfortunately will be found In congressional districts which are close, but In which, with united ef fort, we have a good chance to elect Democratic congressmen. If these dis tricts send Republicans to the next national house of representatives, the Democratic party of the nation will have Mr. Bryan to thank. "Mr. Bryan has said by Innuendo that I, as an official of the Ogden Gas Com pany of Chicago, have secured govern ipent favor and profit by alleged Illegal corrupt means. He harps on my con nection with the Ogden Gas Company as If that connection were disreputa ble. The public press will show that the only offense this corporation ever committed was to reduce the price of gas. Among my associates In that com pany were Governor John P. Altgeld and Judge Thomas A. Moran, of Chi cago. Does Mr. Bryan dare Impugn their memories? “That Is Not True.” * "The very first paragraph In Mr. Bryan's speech on me and on the Illi nois situation contains a deliberate un truth. Practically every succeeding paragraph contains either a deliberate untruth or an equivocation of the kind that we expect only from the shifty, word-juggling pettifogger. Mr. Bryan says he wrote me a letter asking me to resign in the Interests of the Dem ocratic party. "That Is not true. Mr. Bryan knew It was not true when he said It He never wrote me a tetter. He did write a letter to Judge C. P. Thompson, In me that he, Bryan, want: sign from the Democratic national committee.” "Mr. Bryan's assertion that I held my seat on the national commute for fraud was refuted two years ago at St. Louis by the national convention Itself, end I have not asked for an In-, dorsement of the state convention. “Forgeries Wars Presented.” 'Mr. Bryan says: 'I examnled Into hla (Sullivan's) conduct of the Spring- field convention before I took part In the attempt to unseat him, and at the St. Louis convention I had In writing a request for his repudiation signed by more than half the delegates to the convention.' That statement Is not true. Mr. Bryan knew It waa not true when he made It. Mr. Bryan has nev er substantiated It with evidence. "Mr. Bryan and his associates at St. Louis made the statement that some five hundred delegates In the Spring' field convention had signed petitions or letters repudiating the action of that convention. They never presented any such number. They presented some, The other side at the same time pre sented telegrams and affidavits certl tying that nearly all of the signatures presented by Mr. Bryan and his aaso elates were forgeries. “He Makes Politics Pay.” “He Insinuates that I make money out of politics, and that his sincerity, therefore compels him to oppose my participation In Democratic affairs. The plain Inference Is that Mr. Bryan thinks It wrong to make money out of politics. If Mr. Bryan thinks It wrong to make money out of politics, he should quit making money. Mr. Bry an has not one dolalr that he ever made out of anything but politics. He tried to be a lawyer: he was a failure at It. He tried to be a newspaper ed itor: he was a failure at that. "He Is now a man of property. A* fortunes go he Is a rich man. He made every dollar of his fortune out of tics, using as a stepping stone the ure platform. He Is In politics because It helps the gate receipts. Sullivsn Offer* Test. » ‘To help Mr. Bryan's boasted slncer Ity a little, I challenge him to this If I hold my position on ths Democrat ic national committee by fraud, I ought to resign. If Mr. Bryan has falsely accused me of profiting by fraud, then he ought to quit running for president —because no man is fit to be a candi date for that high office who. goes out In public and lies about any member of his party. Thertfore, I propose that Mr. Bryan and I put the Issue as be tween us up to the men who sat as deb egates In the Springfield convention of two years ago. "Those delegates are still living In Illinois; they can all be found. Mr. Bryan said that a majority of them were opposed to me for national com mitteeman. He has said that he had at St. Louis lettsra from more than half of those delegates In which they re pudlated the action of the convention which resulted In my becoming nation al committeeman. Let us have thle poll made under the direction of the chief Justice of the supreme court of Illinois. If the majority of those dele gates will support Mr. Bryan's present contention and .will say that I was elected to the national committee by fraud, then I will resign from the na tional committee. 'On the other hand—and this I con tend Is but a fair proposition—If the majority of those delegates of two years ago do not support Mr. Bryan's allegation of fraud, then I will Insist that Mr. Bryan shall announce that he will no longer be a candidate for the presidency at the hands of the Dem ocratic party. The American people believe In fair play. Call the roll.” Washington, Sept. 8.—The Intimation is given In a high official quarter that Attorney General William H. Moody will be nominated for associate Justice of the United State* supreme court to succeed Justice Henry B. Brown, re tired. Attorney General Moody la a citizen of Massachusetts, as Is Associate Jus tice Holmes. The statement about Mr. Moody fits In with the now generally accepted belief that Secretary Taft will decline the president’s offer to appoint him to the vacancy caused by Justice Brown's retirement. Justice Day, who Is from Ohio, was already a member of the court when the president made the tender to Mr, Taft. COTTON IS DAMAGED IN PIEDMONT SECTION. Hpeclnl to The (ieorgliin. Proeperlty, 8. t' % Sept. 8.—Cotton In this middle Piedmont section has de teriorated very much and our beat farmers aay that 60 per cent of a crop will be the maximum and some are putting It at 50 per cent. The ex cessive rains ruined much cotton, caus ing the bolls to rot before opening. Much hay and fodder was also lost. Cotton picking Is progressing slowly. CANDIDATES FOR TAX COLLECTOR TIE BEFORE THE COUNTY PRIMARY WHAT WILL CURE CHRONIC CATARRH ? A remedy that will heal the Inflamed membranes of the head and nose and drive the disease out of the blood. Herring's Catarrh Cure Is applied directly to the dis eased membranes, and Is taken internally to purify the blood. H. C. C. Is a harmless vegeta ble remedy, containing no Al cohol, Opium, Cocaine or other narcotics. One Dollar Per Bottle at All Drug Stores. Ask Your Druggist for a Small Trial Bottle. THIRTEEN MONTHS OLD BABY PLA YING IN FRONT OF HOUSE IS KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR A thlrteen-months-old baby, the lit tle son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Wellborn, of 401 Ormond street, was struck and killed by a street car while playing near his home Friday afternoon at 5:S0 o'clock. Motorman James N. Britt was arrested and a charge of reckless run-' nlng registered oppoelte his name at the police station. He was, not locked up. Little Asbury Hudson Wellborn was playing, with hla three brothers, aged 8, 5 and 3 years, at Ormond street and Cherokee avenue. Some sewer pipes are being laid at this point and the loose earth fills the center of the car tracks. The baby climbed out of Its cart and sat down In the middle of the track, an embankment of earth thrown up by the workmen almost hiding him from sight. A street car came In sight and the party of children began to scream when they saw that the car was about to strike the child. They were stand ing at one side of the track and ths motorman looked at them Instead of at the track In front and failed to see the baby on the track. The fender struck the, bnby in the bnck of the neck, throwing It to the ground. The child breathed only once or twice be fore dying. The Infant's body was carried Into lta home, Motorman Britt and Con ductor Lonny Almand accompanying It. The motorman waa greatly distressed at the accident and refused to leave the. house for a Ions time. He explained that owing to the earth embankment which hid the track around the curve. It was Impossible for him to see such a little child and he did not know the baby was on the track until he struck it. The father of the child, R. S. Well born, Is a Southern Express messenger and waa away from tho city at the time. He returned Saturday morn ing. The funeral arrangement* will be , announced Saturday afternoon. BOY PAYS HEIRS MILLIONS TO GET HOLD OF ESTATE VALUED AT $14,000,000 New York, Sept. §.—Young William Zelgler, 1 adopted son of the baking pow der magnate and financier of Polar ex- dttlnnsi Is to receive, In round num- rs, *14,090,000 from the estate of his' adopted father. Those who sought) to break the will, which left him the bulk of the estate, have been placated at a cost of something like .3,260,000, and all la clear sailing for this lucky b»y. He Is now only 14 years old; a quiet, studious lad, so that when he come* Into his fortune It probably will be above the .20,000,000 mark, and he will have an annual Income close to .1,000,000. BEES CAPTURE WOMAN’S KITCHEN BUT GET STUNG WITH SULPHUR Chicago, Sept. 8.—A awarm of bees In Oak Park Improved a shining hour yesterday by taking possession of the iiltchen of Mr*. Earle C. Dodd, *20 South Sixty-fourth avenue. Mrs. Dodd was In the kitchen and the bees objected to her presence. She was at tacked by the full strength nf the honey-makers and stung severely on the arms and/shoulders. A policeman was summoned and, with head covered, he groped |tl" way Into the kitchen, where he smoked the Invaders out with sulphur. Special to The Georgian. Dahlonega, Ga., Sept. 8.—In yester day's primary election the following men were successful: Colonel W. S. Huff for representa tive; D. L. Cook, clsrk superior court; J. M. Davis, sheriff; J. M. Calhoun, tax receiver. M. L. Seaboldt and T. H. Wimpy tied In the race for tax collector. The race will be settled September 28 In another primary. 1 J. A. Holllfleld, treasurer; C. J. Jar- rard. surveyor: H. N. Ash, coroner. The election was extremely quiet. Professor J. W. Boyd received all the votes cast except 18 from the Twenty-second district. STABBED HIS WIPE AND THEN RAN AWAY Josh Hurd, a negro, stabbed his wife, Maud Hurd, more than a dozen times Friday night and ran away. The woman was sent to the Grady Hospital and Josh was captured by Sergeant Poole and Officers Mashbum and Pate and locked up at the police station. The negro went to his home In the rear of 61 Cain street at > o'clock and found the doors locked. He seised an ax and after breaking down two doors he reached hi* wife. He drew a dull pocket knife and slashed her shoulders and back almost into ribbons. It was believed that the woman would die, but she is resting easily at the hospital. STANHOPE ERWIN HOT BADLY HURT George Myers, a wagon driver, was arraigned before Judge Broyles In the police court Saturday morning charged with reckless driving. It was his wag on which struck young Stanhope Er win In front of the Kimball House Fri day afternoon. Witnesses explained that the accident was not the fault of the driver, who was driving slowly, and that Erwin must have slipped and fallen. Erwin remained at 8t. Joseph's Infirmary but a short time and It was found that his Injuries amounted to almost nothing. PRIEST GIVES $30,000 TO CATHOLIC COLLEGE Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. I.—Father Anthony H. Walburg, of the St. Au gustins German Catholic Church Bank street, has donated another .15,- 000 to the Catholic University, Wash' Ington, D. C., making his total gift to that Institution *80,000. The donation Is for the endowment of a German chair at the Instltulon. Twenty thous and dollar* more Is needed to complete Its endowment. TERRA COTTA COMPANY ORGANIZED AT COLUMBUS. Hpcclsl to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Sept. 8.—The Mus cogee Brick and Terra Cotta Compa ny was organised here Friday with ths following officers; President, John T. Fletcher; vice president, John P. III- ges; secretary and treasurer, John A. Fagan. The company starts with a capital of .75,000, and will make bricks and ter ra cotta pipes. DOC MITCHELL BRINGS DE KALB'S FIRST BALE Doc Mitchell brought In Saturday the first bale nf cotton from DeKalb coun ty. Doc has a habit of doing this. He has turned the trick five times out of the last seven years. H* sold the bale to William J. Rlor- dan. It waa classed strict low middling and brought I cents. INFLUENTIAL CITIZEN OP COVINGTON DEAD. Hpcclsl to The Georgian. Covington, Ga., Sept. 8.—S. N. Stall ings, one of Covington's older, and most influential cltlzena, died here last night about 10 o'clock at his home. Mr. Stallings has always been prominently connected In the upbuilding of Coving ton. He was confined to his bed only one week before hfs death. He was 73 years of age and leaves a wife and three children, vl*., Mrs. W. H. Evans, of this city: Jfrs. J. H. Chambers and O. P. Stallings, of Jacksonville, Fla. Interment will take place here. DO ADVERTISER’S STOP TO THINK— THAT THE GEORGIAN’S refusal to take whisky and medicine advertisements raises it in the estimation of the reader—thus increas ing its value as an advertising medium ? Advertisers invited to investigate our circulation.