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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TiirnsDAY. si;r*ri:siiu:n is, ir»
HOKE SMITH’S CANDIDACY
THE SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
IN THE BAPTIST CONVENTION
g™., lnl In Tim Georgian.
Vovington, Ga., Sept. 13.—The Ban
ds! Association was called to order
t,v i he moderator. Judge Hlllyer at 9
O vlock this morning.
A report on education wbb adopted.
At 10 o'clock the report ot the tem
perance committee was received. It
produced a lively, discussion, and that
«,rt recommending dispensaries where
ibsolute prohibition was not obtainable
las stricken out.
judge Hlllyer, Dr. White, of Atlanta,
grid Dr. J. K. Pace and Rfcv. E. R. Pen
dleton ..re taking a prominent part In
•be discussion.
During the discussion reference was
made In those who supported Hoke
Smith, a part owner of a hotel with a
bar, Judge Hlllyer replying that there
,as a plank In the platform making
absolute prohibition In dry counties,
gnoke of the convention at Macon as a
grand body of men.
At 11 a. m. Dr. D. W. Gunn preached
one of the ablest sermons of the as-
j,.elution. It being a special missionary
germon.
At 3 p. m. the report on home mis
sions will be made. Much -Interest Is
manifested In this report.
The program for the rest of the day
will he: 0
« p. m„ state-mission; 5 p. m„ young
women's meeting and talk by Mrs.
Wallace. At It 30 evangelism will be
discussed.
gperla! to The Georgian...
Covington, Ga„ Sept. 13.—The dele
gates to the Baptist convention arriv
ed In the city yesterday, numbering
about 250. It was necessary when the
morning train came from Atlanta, In
order to get the delegates from the sta
tion, to put on extra cars, and to get
all public and private conveyances pos
sible In the city.
The local reception and entertain
ment committee did its work well.
Despite the damp weather everybody
interested in the convention repaired to
the church where Mrs. Branham An
derson delivered the welcome address.
There were several other accompany
ing- talks by Rev. E. R. Pendleton and
others.
The program for the rest of the
morning meeting was devoted to the
business part of the convention.
The assembly was called to order at
.10 o'clock this morning * j Judge
George Hlllyer. of Atlanta, the moder
ator of the association.
Moderator Hlllyer and Clerk James
Kempton were unanimously re-elected
for another term.
After the formal organization of the
convention, the Introductory sermon
was preached at 11 o'clock by Dr. Jun
ius W. Millard, pastor Ponce DeLeon
Church, Atlanta.
The afternoon session was taken up
In hearing reports from committees on
missions, education, state of religion In
the churches, woman's work and other
branches of the denominational work.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union, presided over by Mrs. L. M.
Landrum, of Atlanta, has been In ses
sion during the day. The sessions of
the association are being held at the
Methodist Church on account of Its
having a larger seating capacity than
the Baptist Church.
Among the prominent ministers
present are Dr. John E. White, Dr.
John F. Purser and Dr. J. W. Millard,
of Atlanta.
Likely to GetMajori'y
in State Legisla
ture.
YOUNG MEN SHUN MINISTRY
BECAUSE OF CREEDS THAT
FROWN ON MODERN IDEAS
FOR THE RECEPTION
OF WM, J,
Finance Cqmmittce Held
Meeting Thursday
Morning.
Preparations for the reception and
entertainment of William J. Bryan
during his coming visit to Atlanta are
bring rushed by the various commit
ires of the Young Men's Democratic
League, whose guest he will be while
here.
A meeting of the finance committee
was held Thursday morning and plans
were made whereby the amount neces
sary for the proper entertainment of
the distinguished guest can be raised,
and It Is expected that the money will
be forthcoming In a day or so. This
money will be contributed by the mem
bers ot the league and prominent busi
ness men.
A feature of the day will be either a
banquet or lunch to which will be In
vited to meet Mr. Bryan those who
have contributed to the entertainment
expenses. \
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the League will be held In the of-
flre of the president, Lamar Hill, SOI
Gould building, Thursday night, and
at that time It will be definitely decided
where Mr. Bryan will apeak. Steps will
also be taken to arrange with the rail
roads entering Atlanta to give reduced
rates for the occasion, and It Is hoped
to have a truly representative Georgia
audlenco to greet the distinguished Ne
braskan.
OCCUPATION TAX
TAXES THE C
T
Judge Pendleton Grants In
junction' to Telephone
Company.
MARBLE RATE CASE
TO
Complainant Fails to Ap
pear Before Com
mission.
The marble rate case was dismissed
Thursday morning by the state railroad
commission.
l-'or the fourth time the complainant,
J B. Roberts, president of the Marble
Dealers’ Association, tailed to show up,
and as the case was peremptorily set
for Wednesday afternoon, the commis
sion threwi It out.
The commission stated, as an addi
tional reason, that the Georgia rates
are already lower than those of Ver
mont nnd Tennessee.
Judge J. T. Pendleton Thursday
morning granted to the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company an
Injunction against William A. Wright,
comptroller general of Georgia, re
straining him until further order from
the court from levying executions
against the petitioner upon Its prop
erty for the occupation tax for the
years 1903 and 1904 or In any other
manner undertaking to collect the sum
of $40,000, alleged by the state to be
due.
The petition for an Injunction was
filed April 30 on the ground that the
law approved December 16, 1902, pro
viding for the state's 1903-1904 Income.
whereby the comptroller sought to col
lect an occupation tax from them war
unconstitutional because It lacked uni
formlty.
The law under which Mr. Wright was
proceeding provided that corporations
In the telephone class should pay to
the state two and one half per cent
of their gross receipts In one wav or
another. If their property tax did not
equal two and one-half per cent of
their gross receipts, enough of this
•'occupation tax" was to be collected to
make up the deficit.
In attacking the constitutionality of
the act, in which It Is sustained by
Judge Pendleton, the telephone com
pany showed that no occupation tax
whatever would be required of many
companies whose ad valorem tax ex
tended two and one-half per cent or
their revenue.
It Is probable that the state will ap
peal from Judge Pendleton's decision.
NOTICE
TO PHARMACY STUDENTS.
Call at the handsome new quarters
of the Southern.College of Pharmacy,
corner Luckle nnd Bartow streets, At
lanta, Ga., before beginning your stud-
les this fall. We now have the larg
est faculty, building and equipment In
the state; and we give a full graduate
course (consisting of two six-month
sessions) In one year. Next session
begins October 1.
... H. CREN8HAW, M. D., Dean.
Watervllle, Me, Sept. 13.—The'Morn
ing Sentinel, owned by Hon.' Cyrus W.
Davis, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, publishes the following from the
stnte capital at Augusta:
“The Maine electloh Is still In doubt.
There Is a good prospect that the Dem
ocrats will not only control the next
Maine house of representatives, but on
Joint ballot will have a majority of the
entire legislature and elect a United
States senator to succeed Mr. Frye. The
Investigation of the returns already
shows the election of three Democratic
representatives In places where the Re
publicans claimed to be winners. In
formation Is at hand which Indicates
that this three may be many times
multiplied."
Mr. Davis says:
"This election will be thoroughly In
vestigated and It is likely an Investi
gation will be carried to the ballots
themselves If need be."
CLEANING-UP LAWS
Ordinance Framers Hold a
Session of Much
Interest.
SNOMI
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Denver, Colo, Sept. 13.—Alva Adam*
kas nominated for governor on the
Democratic ticket by acclamation to-
STIR OVER CONTEST
FOR COMMISSIONER
Hpectnt to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala, Sept. 13.—The
notice of H. C. Compton, of Birming
ham, that he Intends to contest the
nomination of Major John G. Harris as
the nominee of the Democratic purty
for railroad commissioner has caused
much talk among the people of this
city. Mr. Compton, who received the
next highest vote to Major Harris,
claims that Major Harris lives In the
same district as Charles Henderson
and that under the law he cannot be
elected. He claims the home of Major
Harris Is In Montgomery nnd that he
Is not a resident of Hale eounty. It Is
a fact that Major Harris Is on the reg
istration books here, but ns to whether
or not he ever voted In Montgomery
there Is no record. The slate commit
tee will take up this matter ot the
meeting In October.
Atlanta Is destined to a thorough
fall cleaning.
Vagrants, old and young, and “dives"
and other disreputable joints are to
be swept out as soon as the city fath
ers hold session and Anally pass the
several ordinances reported favorably
by the ordinance committee, which held
session In the mayor’s parlors Wed
nesday afternoon.
The keeping of little tots oft the
streets after nightfall la a law which
will appeal directly to every home In
the city. The ordinance provides pro
tection for the children by visiting pun
ishment on the heads ot the parents.
The terms are stringent. Any parent
convicted of carelessly allowing his or
her child or children to wander aim
lessly around the streets at night will
be Aned 3100 or sentenced to 30 days
In the city stockade.
Aitother ordinance which was favored
in committee and will be a great boom
to "Atlanta, the model city," deal* with
"dives” In a manner aa harsh as Is
necessary In cleaning out the lesser
thoroughfares of the city. The Ane or
sentence for operating a restaurant,
or lunch room or other places coming
under the deAnltlon of "dive" as con
strued by council and the committee,
will bo 3100 or 30 days. The passage
of this ordinance at the next session
of council will be the means by which
some two hundred places on Decatur
and other streets will be closed. It Is
claimed that many places operating
under the licensee of restaurants aro
nothing more than lounging and drink
ing places for women and men.
The ordinance provides for all res
taurant licenses to be passed upon by
council after their location and char
acter has been Investigated by the po
lice committee.
The elevator ordinance was passed
over by the committee until some later
date.
MATRON SAYS HOME
WAS IN AWFUL FILTH
Continued from PeflO Ont.
The fact that there In a dearth off
young preachers In Atlanta and that f
there are ten vacant pulpits In and!
near this city, has furnished consider-!
able food for thought among the
church-going and thinking people.
Dr. James W. Lee, pastor of Trin
ity Methodist church, when asked what
he thought of the state of affairs, ex
pressed himself very plainly and very
concisely. His remarks on the subject
are likely to cause talk.
He said:
“It Is a matter for serious considera
tion, for behind It He two contributing
causes Incident to the spirit of the
times.
“I would say that the first reason
for the lack of young men entering the
ministry Is that the pull of the com
mercial current In the fresh vigorous
ilife of the country young men find hard
to resist. Such great emphasis Is
placed upon money nnd what money
will accomplish and the «jpportunltles
for making It are so great that the
temptation to enter some of the lines
of commercial life are very strong
“Then the modern mind has passed
through n complete revolution, not as
to the fundamental, essential principles
of religion, but In its point of view.
The young men,are looking today not
to the past, but to the future for the
Golden Age.
"Evolution as the method of crea
tion has como universally to be ac
cepted outside of certain church
circles. The young men are taught it
in all the colleges—church as well as
undenominational schools—yet it often
happens that when they go out of
schools and begin to act on the prin
ciple that evolution is true, there is a
disposition to arraign them for heresy.
“This among thinking 5'oung men has
DR. JAMES W. LEE,
Pastor of Trinity Church, who has
decided views as to minis
terial shortage.
COTTON TRADE SHOCKED
BY DEATH OF NEILL,
THE NOTED ST A TISTTCIAN
New York, Sept. 13.—The cotton
trade here Is shocked by the news of
the occidental killing In New Orleans
of Henry M. Nelli, the local cotton ex
pert. He was struck by a street car
and died last night from his Injuries.
He had Just returned to New Or
leans from a visit to his son, Henry
Harmon O’Neill, of this city. He as
received with honors on the Nejv York
cotton exchange during his visit.
Henry M. Neill was one of the old
est and most prominent cotton men of
the South. For forty-nine years he was
the Junior member of the firm of Neill
Bros., of Mobile, New Orleans and Lon
don, whlh he founded with his brother,
William Neill, In 1857. In that position
he became the leading statistician of
the South.
Mr. Neill was born In Belfast. Ire
land, In 1838. He came to America at
the age of 10. His firm was one of the
first members of the New York Cotton
Exchange, and Mr. Neill was one of
the founders of that body. For many
years he had lived In New Orleans. He
was a member of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, and occupied promi
nent positions on many of Its commit
tees.
Mr. Neill was one of the leading
writers on cotton topics In the country.
He Issued a monthly pamphlet In Lon
don wnlch Is the highest priced publi
cation of Its kind In the world. It has
four pages, and the subscription price
Is $25. Mr. Neill never wrote for the
government.
HARVIE JORDAN TELLS
OF WAREHOUSE PLAN
TWO FINE LOTS OF FURNITURE AND
CARPETS AT AUCTION,
Tomorrow, Friday, at 10 A. M. at 123 Whitehall St.
One lot from the Storage Warehouse consisting otia
‘ng Machine, Ladles’ Bicycle, Walnut Washstand with Glass U S. full
leather Saddle, two Squares, Rugs, 2 Cotton Mattresses, 1 Antique Ta-
ble with Marble, 3 shades, 1 Parlor Rocker. Another
^treet, consisting of 2 Bed Room Suits, Wardrobe, Sideboard,!Pining
Table, Chairs, Folding Bed, a Ruck Cook Stove, EcUP*e Range, Iron
Beds, Refrigerator, Portier, Matting, Picture* and Utensils.
By order of the Consignees.
LEO FRESH, Auctioneer.
to bring about order I had to be severe
ot times.” ■
She said Captain Bowie was Incom-
P '"Not one woman In Ave hundred
would have stood what I did. It was
horrible at limes." .
She told of sitting up with old sol
diers In the hospital night after night,
though It was not part of her duty.
She declared that the food given to
the soldiers was wholesome end plenti
ful. Fox River butter was used, and
only once or twice was a bad lot of
meat sent out.
She detailed the bills of fares. In
dicating a variety of excellent foods.
Airs. Reid asserted that she had no fa
vorites and tried to do her duty to all
alike.
Asked as to the charge of carrying a
pistol, she said It was true, because It
was necessary In working with the ne
groes In the kitchen.
Bluffed With Pistol.
She told of having to use It once "as
a bluff," to quell trouble among them.
"I got my pistol, and drawing It on
the negroes, told tnem 1 would put
a bullet In the Arat one that made a
move." , .
Mrs. Reid gave Moseley, one of the
Inmates, a b^d name. She said he
drank, cursed and was ugly humored.
Moseley referred to her as "Mrs. Roose.
veil.”
With her eves Ailed with tears and
her voice shaken wllh emotion, Mrs.
Reid told of the assassination of a
brother In Alabama by a madman.
"If I had ever had any tendency to
be anything but an honorable woman,
the thought of that brother and my
father has kept my life clean and above
reproach.
"Aft- name has been dragged through
the newspapers as an Immoral woman,
and God knows not a word of truth is
In It all!"
Her testimony made a strong Im
pression.
At 12:60 the committee adjourned
until 3 o'clock.
The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session of the leg
islative Investigating committee, held
Wednesday Jn the senate chamber,
Captain '"Tip" Harrison, secretary of
the board of trustees, and Dr. A. R.
Buff Point, N. Y., Sept. 13.—Many
delegates are In attendance upon the
elghty-Arat semi-annual meeting ot
the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, which opened yester
day at the Hotel Champlain. The del
egates were welcomed by Attorney
General Moyer. The chief address of
the Initial session was delivered by
President James R. McColl, of Provi
dence.
President Harvle Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton Association, who was
to have delivered an address at last
night's session, was unable to attend
and.so his speech was read by George
A. Draper, of Hopedale, Mass.
In his paper, Mr. Jordan said that
cotton Is more carelessly handled on
the farms than It was thirty years ago
when labor was more plentiful and
fanners took more pride In sending
their staple to market In Arst class
condition. He suggested that cotton
should be ginned on roller gins which
will separate the lint from the seed
without cutting or napping the etnple,
and that the cotton should be pressed
and packed at sufficient density to en
able Its shipment direct to the con
sumer without re-compresslon en
route, as at present.
He said that the South cannot pro
duce abundant supplies of raw cotton
at-
than 10
^■g ■
cents, and If prices for any reason pre
vail below that A gyre, production will
be necessarily .curtailed, and the spin
ning Industry made to suffer from the
reaction.
'.'During the past two years," he
said, "several hundred modern, up-to-
date warehouses have been construct
ed at different Interior market points
In the cotton states, and many hun
dred more are now In the course of
construction or In contemplation of
building. These warehouses will be
placed In charge of competent, expert
cotton men, who will grade the cotton
nnd properly weigh It. A negotiable
receipt will be Issued with the grades
and weights guaranteed and under
written In such a wuy as to make those
receipts negotiable In any Ananclal
center.
Such a cotton warehouse receipt,
where the staple Is properly stored and
Insured, will present a high type of
gilt edge security to our hanks and
will at once command very cheap
money. This system will enable the
growers to borrow money as needed on
their cotton In storage to meet matur
ing obligations In the fall and winter,
while It will further Induce nnd enable
the growers to sell the crop slowly nnd
break up the present disastrous sys
tem of rushing thq staple on the mar
ket during a short period of time when
It Is not needed for consumption.”
Getting On the Inside
Is any Insurance Company propos
ing to make you (with forty-nine
others, four hundred and forty-nine
others, or any number of others) one
of a special privileged class among its
policy-holders through an “Advisory
Board Contract” or an “Executive
Agency Certificate,” or a form of “Au
thority to Purchase Stock?” If so, be
ware! For by any such offer the Com
pany confesses itself to be among the
number which have departed from the
first principles of really good life in
surance.
The only “Insiders” of a prop
erly managed Life Insurance Com
pany are ALL its policyholders. The
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL is
this kind of a company. It has yarn
ed from Commissioner Host a descrip
tion which the Spectator of New York
gives as the definition of an “Ideal Life
Insurance Company:” “EVERY IN
VESTMENT IN STRICT COM
PLIANCE WITH THE LAW,'AND
EVERY OFFICER STILL A COM
PARATIVELY POOR MAN.”
Ask for a Northwestern proposition
to, compare on all points—security
—contract—and net cost, with any
other that may be submitted to you.
“Get Right Before You Get
Written.”
R. J. GUINN, District Manager,
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co.
211-212 and 213 Candler Bldg.,
Atlanta, Ga.
CREW OF “THE GEORGIA”
GATHERS AT NAYY YARD
ENEMY OF PEEK-A-BOOS
MA Y LOSE CONGRESS JOB
Washington. Kepi. 13.—Because hr has
dared in augegat what Is propi'r for a worn-
su to wror nnd has eviqi gone so fsr ns
to place Ihi' posh-a-two waist under tin*
Inin, Congressman Nathan Halo, or Ten
nessee. Is In a fair any to lose his sent In
'""aSi ruled nt the possibility of n nntlonnl
satisfied with using tliefr Influnuee with
til'' men of tbelr own household. They
will even go upon tin* platform and pro*
test against the riveleetfo | - -
Washington, Kept, i Si—The Georgia,
the Arst battleship ever built on the
Maine coast, wIII nail from the yards
at Bath, Maine, on Sunday to the
Charlestown navy yard, where she will
be commissioned. Her crew Is now
being assembled at the navy ynri
Captain Richard G. Davsnpnr
commanding ofAcer, has reports
duty. Upon her arrlva 1 at Charle
the Georgia will spend about two
In dry dock.
HIS TIP TO HEAD WAITER
IS $4,800 COLORADO RANCH
Denver, Colo., Bept. 13.—David H.
Moffett, millionaire banker and rail
road builder of Colorado, who boasts as
his friend Thomas 8. Gay, head wal
ler of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, desires his friend to live near
him and as the Arst step In that direc
tion has pnld 34,300 for a ranch near
Steamboat Springs, which he Ih having
put In shape before presenting It to
Gay.
MILITARY PARKS PROJECT '
GETS MUCH ENCOURA GEMENT
electron of this limn.
Holderby, chaplain nt the home, were
Introduced ns witnesses.
Captain Harrison read from his min
utes, which are very full and complete,
and when subjected to a running Arc
of questions was always ready with an
answer seemingly satisfactory In Its
quality. He told of a number of the
veterans being suspended from the
home on account of drunkenness, and
who had since lived on the bounty of
Dr. Fox.
He testified that he received 312.50
per month for acting ns secretary; Dr.
Fox receives 350 a month as purchasing
agent; the superintendent 3500 per an
num. The month | - salary list at the
home was 3355.
He raised considerable laughter by
telling about two old veterans who had
a Aght In their room because of a dis
cussion as to the form of baptism.
Dr. Holderby's testimony was very
favorable to the homo. He said that he
thought affairs. In the main, were run
In a proper manner, and he Had heard
little complaint from the men tlint was
of any moment. He said he had of-
Aclnteil In 116 funerals of veterans
since he had been chaplain there.
NO NOMINATION
FOR CONGRESS
BY CONVENTION
Special to The Georgian.
Statesboro, Ga., 8ej?t. 13.—The con
gresslonal convention of the First dt«*
trlct resumed session here this mom
in*. Four hundred and twenty-seven
ballots have been taken without break*
In* the deadlock. No nomination Is In
sight.
BOSTON, GA., GETS
■REDUCED RITES
LUCAS VARNISH
STAINS,
Oil a tains, enamels, at the
GEORGIA PAINT AND
GLASS CO.,
40 PEACHTREE.
Boston, Ga., was Thursday morning
granted a general reduction In freight
rates by the state railroad commission.
The reduction varies from 15 per cent
to .16 per cent, according to freight
claxsIAcatlon.
By the new rates the town la put on
footing with Quitman and Thom-
asvllle.
Because of the numerous letters of
an encouraging nature, which are be
Ing received by the several members of
the Joint committee In charge of the
proposed national military parka to be
built, aa It Is hoped, at an early date
around Atlanta, the committee la now
sure that success will meet the bill ap
propriating 3200,000 to this needed
cauae.
Secretary Walter G. Cooper, of the
chamber of commerce, who has been
one of the leaders In the Interest of
the parks, stated Thursday that he
waa In receipt of a number of commu
nications from prominent citizens In
the North and northeast assuring the
committee that the project Is being
widely watched and that great Inter
est, as well as substantial aid, will be
given to the ultimate outcome.
Chairman Edmund W. Martin has
also received numerous communica
tions on the subject, and Is pushing the
mutter with alt vigor.
The bill will come up for passage at
the next congress, to be held in No
vember. During the Interim the spe
cial committee will work unceasingly
to have the appropriation mode, so that
the work of buying the property and
Inyltu? out the grounds can start early
next spring.
The dire need of Atlanta for parks
where the populace can get the fresh
air und enjoy the pleasures afforded
by such places Is a matter of general
nnd evergrowing consequence, so that
the work of the committee is being
watched with much interest by the
home people.
REGISTER ENJOINED
* FROM DESTROYING CONTRACT.
Special lo The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 13.—Sam
uel Hixson, county register, has en
joined Ab C. Carroll, G. B. Light and J.
Walter Cummings from destroying an
alleged written contract which Is said
to have been inode between Carroll
nnd Light In which Carroll offered
Light a Job as deputy In the office of
county register before the election.
Service has been rendered.
Southern College of Pharmacy
largest Building, Equipment and Teaching Force In the South.
DIPLOMA IN 12 MONTHS' P«H Session. October to April. Spring
Session, April to October. Pharmacy Students aro cordially Invited
to call and inspect our bandaome new building and equipment, corner
l.uckle and Bartow streets.