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ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE
BY GULF COAST HURRICANE
,THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
Reports Still Meager
But Loss of Life Is
Feared.
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MANY COAST TOWNS
ISOLATED BY STORM
FROM OUTSIDE WORLD
.31,000,004. The entire water front la
reported wrecked.
Piers were destroyed and ahlps were
hurled Into the etreets by the force of
the wind. Houses were blown down
and the streets flooded.
These reporta are brought bv fugi
tives who have reached points of com
munication by wire with the outside
world. Pensacola Is atlll cut off.
Anxiety for Mobile.
Great anxiety Is felt for Mobile. The
wires arc still down While the wires
In surrounding towns were working at
intervals yesterday, enough was learn
ed to know that the storm In that vi
cinity was of grent violence.
Louisiana, along the Mississippi riv
er Is known to have suffered heavily.
Reports received, however, give but a
ellght Idea c-f the damage. Water driv
en by the high wind from the gulf
rolled up the river and overflowed the
whole country. Under the circum
stances nothing but a miracle can have
prevented loss of life.
Houses Are Unroofed.
New Orleans escaped with a severe
drenching and a property loss of about
875,000, caused by the unrooting of
buildings and destruction of 'a few
Ileuses and old structures.
Fears are entettalned for about forty
S isenger* who were on a boat, tho
dy Amelia, on Lake Pontchartraln.
Numerous pleasure parties are known
to have been out In small yachts among
the Florida keys, beyond the reach of
storm signals, and It Is feared there
may have been loss of life among them.
PROPERTY DESTROYED
AT 8ELMA, ALABAMA.
Special to The Georgian.
Selma, Ala., Sept. 28.—A heavy wind,
accompanied by rain, has prevailed In
Salma for nearly 14 hours. All wire
connection, both railway and commer
cial telegraph companies, being cut off.
Ityt no reports of washouts nr dam
age are brought by the Incoming trains.
The smokestack of the lnternallonnl
Cotton Seed Oil Company, which was
nearing completion and had leached
about 8tt feet, was blow n down yester
day, tho heavy Iron falling on the
•roof and crushing In the ginnery of
-the company. Two of the gins were
badly damaged. The damage to the
stack and building is estimated at
about 85,«00.
Mary trees were blown down In Sel
ma, end several roofs were blown off.
Bo far m casualties have been report
ed.
FOUR 8TATE8 - FEEL SWEEP
OF BIQ GULF HURRICANE.
New York,' Sept. 28.—While it was
Impossible to get In direct commu
nication loday with Pensacola. Fla., It
Is known that that city and others
were devastated by a fearful West In
dian hurricane that swept southwest
ern Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
and the eastern coast of Florida.
Reports from Pensacola say the city
was wrecked and In flames and that
at least fifty persona were drowned.
The hurricane today Is blowing with
undlmtnlshed fury. Nearly all the
towns In the stricken country are cut
off from communication by wire or
rail.
Flames Reported at Mablla.
No word has come from Mobile In
thirty-six hours, and It Is feared there
f|as been great loss of life and proper
ty there. The last direct report from
Pensacola said the city was wrecked,
Special to The Georgtaa.
New Orleans, Lsl, Sept. 28.—For the
past 24 hours all efforts to reach tho
exposed towns on the coast, east and
south of here, have failed. From Lake
Catherine, eastward, these towns are:
Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Missis
sippi City, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pas
cagoula and Scranton. These places
face the Mississippi sound, across
which the wind has a long nweep. Some
of them extend up to the brink of the
sound which Is In places not more than
tlx to ten feet above the normal sea
level. Many of these banks are more
over of soft earth. ,
Several Towns Isolated.
Although the local papers have tried
to reach these towns by roundabout
telegrams northward Into the middle of
Mississippi and thence to the coast, not
an Intimation of the situation has been
received. Not only was all rail and
telegraphic and telephonic cnmmunlra
tlnn cut off with the Mississippi sound
■owns, but there was not any Imme
diate prospects of news by host, a re
sort which has frequently succeeded In
the past when storms havs Isolated the
sound towns. Apprehension was In
creased by the fact Hint these places,
beginning at Lake Catherine, the scene
of the flooding of the Louisville nnd
Nashville tracks, and the farthest point
east reached thus far, are much more
exposed to wind and water Ilian the
larger gulf cities which have harbors.
The Mississippi river was nnxlously
watched all day for the appearance of
any one of a fleet of eight Iron steam
ers which are either due or overdue
here.
Wireless Station Abandoned.
The wireless station at the mouth of
the river was abandoned early In the
storm, the last report being that there
was about eight feet of water over the
floor of the operator's room. By long
distance telephone New Orleans could
reach only Baton Rouge nnd Houston,
Texas, while the available telegraph
wires ran to Galveston, Houston and to
Memphis. Ballroad service north and
west was uninterrupted. -
The damage reported thus far Is con
fined mostly to the havoc of the tide
driven by the wind upon the gulf coast
to an umisunl height. At the mouth of
the Mississippi river pilots are com
pelled to abandon their tows. Twenty-
live Austrian fishermen and their fam
ilies spent the night In bents on Doul-
lots canal to escape the water, which is
rising over the Mississippi delta and
threatening their cabins. The rice fields
are considerably damaged In this sec
tion. No vessels have attempted to en
ter at the mouth of the Mississippi
rlvgg since Tuesday night, but are rid
ing out the storm In the, open gulf.
Railroads Receive No News.
Louisville and Nashville officials said
they were absolutely without advices
as to the situation on their road east
of Lake Catherine and do not know
their tracks are washed <yit east of
that point.
A pile driver drifted from the Queen
and Crescent tracks against the Louis
ville and Nashville embankment, car
rying down telegraph and telephone
poles.
Passengers arriving here over the
Illinois Csntral tonight said that while
the train was stopping at Macon, Miss.,
a. hotel collapsed there, killing two per
sons. They said that heavy wind, was
encountered at Macon. They had no
further details.
. Spent Night In Boats.
The worst damage In the city was
at West End, a summer pleasure re
sort, largely built on piers over Lake
Pontchartraln and about 5 miles from
the center of the city. Here the plera
leadlne to the Bouthern Yacht Club
were washed away, leaving the keeper,
his wife and three children marooned
in the building. Boats from shore car
rled the- wife and children from their
dangerous position, but the keeper re
malned at his post. Portions of an
amusement wharf were washed away,
the water eating a path up to the foot
on the lake bank, a shooting gallery
and bath houses going Into the lake.
Near West End Inhabitants of Buck-
town, a gambling resort, were driven
from their houses, some of which
floated from their supports.
Mllneberg, another resort on the
lnke, was partly submerged last night
nnd today poles were sent them to prop
up houses which appeared about to
fall Into the wnves. Much of the pop
ulation of Mllneberg spent Wednesday
night In boats.
At Southport, on the Mississippi river
above the city, the force of the wind
and waves enused two coal barges to
fill and sink while tugs hsd a hard
struggle to save other barges from go
ing down.
At Little Wood, near Lake Pontchar
traln, and 9 miles from the city, T.
Kango, his wife and a boy saved their
lives last night by wading through wa
ter which at times was waist deep.
Their house was blown down and they
saw another house collapse In the
wind.
Great damage to rice crops Is also
reported.
Anti-Saloon League
Holds Heated Mass
Meeting.
DA A/A GE A TNE W ORLEANS
SAID TO BE INSIGNIFICAN7
New,Orleans, Sept. 28,—Am, advised It Is reported In New York, St.
Louis, Atlanta nhd elsewhere that New Orleans had been struck by a tidal
wave and demolished. 8tory absolutely absurd nnd without foundation.
A high northeast wind brought water into the cunals from the lake anil
Inundated several low sections. The damage Is insignificant. A change
of the wind carried the water off almost Immediately and only several of
the sections lying along the canals were flooded for n few hours. Several
.railroad washouts were reported and trains were delayed, but no loss of
life has been reported So far. Kindly give publicity. I personally visited
the damaged places and found matters as above stated,
(Signed) M.- B. TREZEVANT. Sec. Now Orleans Progressive Union.
White Bread
Starves
Many
People.
A piece of bread lhat is dry, white
and very light In weight seems to the
thoughtful person like so much foam or
other useless and non-nourlshlng pro-
duct.
If one rolls a piece of moist, light
bread or the Interior of a biscuit be
tween the Angers, a ball of dough Is
the result, with an appearance of solid
ity that makes one question how the
gastric Juices of the stomach can dis
solve such a wad.
It la small wonder that such food
creates havoc In the way of fermenta
tion, gas and consequent disorder.
Many persons will And great help by
leaving off ihe ordinary bread entirely,
and using In Its place Grape-Nuts, in
which the starchy and nitrogenous
substances have been thoroughly and
K rfactly cooked at the factory l>efore
Ing sent out.
There la no possibility of this food
assuming the form of wads of dough.
On the contrary. It la already predl-
K ted. the starch of the grains has
n changed Into sugar tn the pro
cess of manufacture and par.cn .illicitly
■nd directly Into circulation.
Orape-Kuts furnish the elements
needed by the system to rebuild, par-
tlcularlv the soft gray matter In the'
brain and throughout the nerve cen
tre* In the body. This statement will
be verified by Its uae. It Is delicious
enough to recommend itself uinn trial.
IWade In the pure food factories of
pustum Co. at Battle Creek, Mich.
WIRELESS FROM NEW ORLEANS
GIVES NEWS OF THE STORM
The following norngrnm was received there must he out of business, too, for
at the DeForest Wireless Telegraph
Station In Atlanta on Thursday:
"New Orleans, La., Sept. 27.—The
moat terrific storm for mnny years
struck here Wednesday afternoon, the
velocity of the wind being 48 miles per
hour. The storm formed In tho Missis
sippi sounds, hays and lakes, and the
loss Is heavy, though not yet estimated.
Telegraph wires are down nnd trains
hn\o stopped running on regular sched
ules. The Postal Telegraph Company
has a wire to Birmingham and to Chi
cago, and the Western Union nas one
to Houston, Tex. There are no wires
to Mobile, ami the wtrelcsH station
we are unsble to get them at all. The
large etotlnn here nt the mouth of the
river la out of condition. West End Is
n scene of great damage. Bucktown
Is under water and the Residents are
compelled to seek shelter nnd homes In
the city. The Southern Yacht Club Is
Isolnted from the wharf, the pavilion
being partly destroyed.
"Mllenburg Is partly submerged by
tidal waves from the lake.
“(What extent Is your damage In At-
Inntn? llnve you heard from any
steamers'.' If possible give us some
news of Mobile. Pensacola station must
be down, too.)
"JESSOP,
"Operator DeForest Station."
flooded. In flames and that many lives
had heen lost.
The hurrlcune which swept the gulf
caast last Wednesday night reached
a velocity of 8(1 miles an hour. It swept
Inland with Irresistible force, causing
the water to rise to a height unprece
dented In many year*.
No Rsportt From Stotiono.
Part of New Orleans urns submerged.
A few hours later the wind veered to
the northwest, driving the waters to
the gulf. Tho weather bureau at
Washington wns unable today to get
reports from Its stations nt Pensacola,
Mobile. Vicksburg. New Orleans,
Shreveport. !.n.. anil Meridian, Miss.
The storm Is traveling In a north
westerly direction through Kentucky
Into the Ohio valley.
SHIPPING WA8 WARNED
IN PLENTY OF TIME.
Washington, Sept. 28.—The weather
bureuu Is congratulating Itself today
over the fact thnt It wns nhle to give
warning three dny* In advance of the
ig hurricane which Is report-
* done so much damage In
the Bouth. Owing to this-timely ac
tion of ihe bureau It la the opinion
of Chief Moore that little or no dam
age has been done to (hipping In the
Gulf of Mexico.
Veaaele that were about to sail re
mained In port.
The storm It now centered over Lit
tle Rock, Ark., and moving In a north,
westerly direction, with decreasing
force.
Telegrams have been pouring In from
persons Interested In the cotton Indus
try Inquiring aa to the damage done.
The extent has not yet been learned,
hut It Is feared that the growing crop
has been seriously Interfered with.
Reports show that throughout the
cotton belt, with the exception of a
•mall area In Texas, there was an ex
ceedingly high wind, In some places
reaching the velocity of 64 miles an
hour. Up to 3 o'clock this morning no
advices regarding loss of life had been
received by the weather bureau. The
seismograph failed to record any
tremor, as a result of the earthquake
In Porto Rico.
BURST WATER PIPE
FLOODSMi STORE
Several Thousand Dollars
Damage Said To Be
Done.
The shoe store of the Fred 8. Stew
art Company, 6 Peachtree street, was
flooded by n burst water pipe some
time during Thursday night and the
entire reserve stock of shoes spoiled
by water. The damage will reach sev
eral thousand dollars. It Is sold.
The store Is on the viaduct, In Ihe
Steiner-Emery building. The damage
was discovered by the Janitor of the
building at 5 o'clock Friday morning
and the water turned off.
SLAYER OF MOTHER •
ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM
Plltshnrs, I**.. Kept. M.—Within nine days
ptf ihe eighth anniversary of her crime,
llerflm Bellsteln, the young Allegheny se
mi n murdered her nieiher Tn Ortoher, 1M4.
nnd attempted to take her own life, and
whose act prompted two suh’l.les, hits is-
railed from the Western Pennsylvania n»y.
Inin at lUxmput. where she spent seven and
. halt years
Malaria Makes Pale Blood.
The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonle, drives out malaria and
builds up the system. Bold by all
dealers for 27 years. Price 54 cents.
Unless drastic measures are taken by
the council relative to the saloons In
Atlanta, and unless the special com
mittee appointed to Investigate the aa.
loon licenses revokes a goodly number
of the licenses at Its meeting next
Tuesday, there will be, In all probabil
ity, a prohibition election within the
next thirty day*.
At a meeting of the Anti-Saloon
League of Atlanta, held In the Wesley
Memorial church - Friday morning, a
strong sentiment toward holding a pro
hibition election was unmistakably
shown. In attendance at the meeting
were some four hundred member* of
the league and citizens.
Three resolutions, as follows, were
passed^ after Impassioned speeches by a
number of prominent citizens and min
isters:
"Be it rtaelvad, That the question of
circulating the petition calling a local
option election for prohibiting tho sale
whisky In Atlanta b* postponed,
waiting the aotion of th* oity council
noxt Tuesday.”
• "Bo it resolved, That the sans* of this
meeting is that the postponement sug
gested is not. a surrender, but that ths
Anti-Saloon League pledges itself never
to atop in tho fight until tho sale of
whisky is swept from the city of At
lanta, state of Georgia,”
"Bo it resolved, That it is tho sense
of this moating of the Anti-Saloon
Laagua of Atlanta that council at its
next masting make permanent th* rev
ocation of all saloon licenses.”
At times the meeting bordered on a
love feast and at times there was
shown a division of sentiment between
those who wished for the election to be
called without delay nnd those who
wished to await the action of council
on the saloon licenses.
In the absence of President W. R.
Hammond, of tho Anti-Saloon League,
J. H. Makes was selected chairman. A.
C. Ward, state secretary of the league,
was elected secretary.
Dr. J. E. White, pastor of the Second
Baptist church, wa* the first to he
recognized. He opened his speech by
presenting the first resolution, an print
ed, and another, which was later with
drawn.
Twelve Would Stump City.
I have received a tetter froth a mem
ber of the Georgia ' legislature,” con
tinued Dr. White, after rending the
resolutions, “which pledges twelve
members of thst body to stump Atlan
ta In the causo of prohibition.'
Dr. White then stated that he be
lieved that the events of the past few
days would causa the overthrow of the
■jaloon. He mentioned • what tho city
council hnd done lately In the way of
regulating the liquor traffic, calling at
tention to the passage of the ordinance
prohibiting chairs nnd tables In sa
loons,. that prohibiting the sale of li
quor In restaurants, nnd stated that 67
saloons were now on the black list.
"Most of these,” said Dr. White,
arc under the control,of R. A B. They
own these places and place men In
there, saying that financial results must
be produced. The effect Is that the
bnr-tenders sell all the liquor they pos
sibly can lo whites and blacks alike,
attempting to hold their positions."
He nlso declared that the Atlanta
Brewery was at the back of many of
these "hole* of Iniquity.”
"I expect to see the time when there
Is not « bit of liquor sold In Georgia.
The sentiment against liquor traffic Is
spreading and gaining strength rapid
ly," said the speaker. He then stated
that there were several ways of light
ing the devil, nnd stated that to cope
successfully with the saloon men the
league must go at It In n rational way,
ami that In tills manner the support of
nil Inw-abldlng and good citizens would
rally to the support of the league. Oth
erwise. even If the election were a sue-
cess, those who voted for It during
this time of general high feeling would
pull In nn opposite direction Inter. He
then suggested thnt the league await
the action of the council.
Rossar Fears Negro Vote.
Luther Rosser stated, while support
ing the resolution that no Immediate
action should be taken os to holding an
election, that such election at the pre»-
ent time would enuse another riot. That
both sides would probably pull for the
negro vote, as had been th* ease In the
last prohibition election and that this
would be fatal.
Captain English also championed the
resolution and the deferring of action
until later.
Dr. A. R. Holderby, pastor of the
Moore Memorial church, was the next
to speak, and also approved the resolu
tlon.
- Dr. W. W. Landrum, pastor of the
First Baptist church, stated thnt It was
the flrst time for the last ten years that
he had witnessed such an audience at a
prohibition meeting. "I have been
seeking for a bright side to the dark
picture of the past few days and I have
found It this morning," he atated.
"Georgia haa a brighter moral future
than ever before." •
"It le Time,” Some On* 8ald.
Dr. Landrum then advocated the de
lay of definite decision aa to the elec
tion. He stated that he was thankful
for Georgia, for the committee of ten,
and for the council, "bod's holy spirit
must be getting Into the city council,"
he said, and some' one in attendance
said, "It (a time."
voice from the audience then
asked: "Dr. Landrum, did you ever
have the chance to Incorporate th#
prohibition plank In that of the Demo
cratic platform and refuse* I under
stand you did.”
Dr. Landrum declared that he did
not. and It was ruled that further per
sonalities would not be permlsalbte.
Dr. M. J. Cofer, of th* Wesleyan
Advocate, advocated the passage
of the resolutions. He stated that 64
men could have stopped the riot Satur-
BRYAN OFFERS
TO STOMP STATE
FOR YU, HEARS
Nebraskan Declarfes He
Wants Editor Elected
Governor of N. Y.
Oklahoma City, O. T., Sept. 28.—
Homer Bassford, staff correspondent of
The Republic, with William J. Bryan,
wire* hi* paper as follows:
“William J. Bryan will support
Hearst with all possible enthusiasm.
He appears to be particularly desirous
In the Interests of truth and for party
good to set at rest the rumors that
have Indicated a breach between him
and the New York nominee.
"Bryan told me between speeches
yesterday to the greatest outdoor
crowds he has ever addressed, that ha
■will not only aupport Mr. Hearat In hla
public utterances and privately aa far
ae possible, but he will, If requested, go
to New York and make speeches In ths
Interest of the Hearst candidacy. He
said that Hearst la a strong candidate,
has a strong personality and that h*
hopes for his election to succeed Gov
ernor Francis W. Higgins.
"More than this, Mr. Bryan declarea
without reservation that It la belief
that If Hearst Is elected he will be an
efficient, capable executive."
OCALPRESBYTERY
TO HOLD INSTITUTE
To Discuss Mteliods
Building Up Sunday
School Work.
of
The Presbytery of Atlanta Is pre
paring to hold an Institute at Griflln
from the 3d through the 6th of October
for the upbuilding of Its Sunday school
work there and at surrounding points.
Th# Institute will bo a three-days' nor
mal course for the training of Sunday
school teachers and officers to do more
efficient Sunday school work. It will
consist of a course of lecture* by the
Rev. M. B. Porter, one of the district
superintendents of the Southern Pres
byterian church In Sunday school work.
Mr. Porter Is an expert In this line of
work and the places that are so fortu
nate as to get him for a few days
should greatly prize the privilege. The
Sunday school problem will be treated
from alt standpoints and all subjects
that concern a modern 8unday school
will be dealt with during the course.
He will also have with him a complete
line of samples of what should be the
equipment of such a school, such as
library books, Sunday school periodi
cals, lesson papers, maps, books for
teachers, charts, etc., etc.
In addition to Griflln It la expected
that there .will.- be delegates there from
all the surrounding places, as.Barnes-
vllle, Forsyth, Thomaiton, McDonough,
Jackson, Jonesboro, Senolo, Turin,
Nownan, Greenville and others. The
church at Griflln Is preparing to en
tertain all that come and la hoping that
a largo number of Sunday school work
ers from all these sections will come to
the Institute. The work is being ar
ranged by Rev. H. C. Hammond here In
Atlanta, representing the Preebytery of
Atlanta, assisted by a local committee
at Griflln, consisting of Messrs. A. W.
Bisks, R. J, Deane and J. W. Wolcott,
of that place.
The meetings will be open to'all per
sona who are Interested In Sunday
school work, both* Presbyterians and
others, aa the discussions will be such
as are suited -to schools of all denoml
nation*.
Shots Fired by Residents of
Hapeville—Intruder in
Cottage.
A negro who broke Into a cottage at
the Hapeville Orphans' Home Thursday
night, and others who were prowling
around the vicinity, kept that village
awake for aome time, ani several shots
were fired without effect except to
frighten away the negroes.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock a negro
broke Into a cottage on the grounds
of th* home, breaking a window and
climbing In. The matron In the cot
tage, a girl who assisted her and five
boya were awakened by the noise. The
Intruder went through ,the house and
made hla way out by the front door.
Nothing wa* missing Friday morning,
and It la believed that the midnight
visitor was frightened by some noise.
About the same hour the night op
erator at the Hapeville station was
annoyed by seeing a prowling negro
near the station, and tired at him. S.
A. Cox, who live* near by, also took a
shot through the darkness at the form
of a negro who waa prowling around
the house. No serious results fallowed
the fhooting.
FIGHT ON BAILEY
FOR RE-ELECTION
Texas Is to Witness Contest
in Both Parties for
Leadership.
day night when It was at white heat.
W. F. Upshaa*. vice president of the
league and publisher of The Golden
Age, was the next speaker. He de
clared that while It would not be the
Intention to take advantage of any ex
citement the league did not Intend to
allow the saloons to remain open.
Mr. Upshaw declared that there had
been a marvelous reverting of senti
ment toward prohibition. "Just the
other day I waa In the office of one of
the best-known attorneys In Atlanta
who led In the light against prohibi
tion at the laat election and he stated
that If It came to a show-down he
would vote against the saloon. "That
person,” said the speaker, "waa J. J,
Spaldihg."
Mr. Upshaw stated that he waa op
posed to latitude and longitude In the
whlaky question; that whisky would
make a brute out of the white man aa
Well as the negro. He stated that the
aaloona known as the respectable bars
should be closed as well as the others.
"The aesthetic son of wealth that would
dare to have a bacchlnalean revel and
take away from the poor man a com
mon drunk Is the Incarnation of selfish
ness."
"Prohibition Does Prohibit.”
The rest of hla speech was showing
that prohibition did prohibit. "We love
the saloon-keeper,'' he said, “but w
are determined to destroy the saloon.
Dr. Millard then Introducel the sec
ond resolution. Dr.' R. F. Eakes then
•poke on the subject. Dr. George H
Mack Introduced the third resolution
and made a strong speech In favor of
pushing matters. W. A. Vernoy urged
that action be taken. J. E. Garrett
urged the same.
During the speeches It was declared
that the dive was back of the move
ment to delay. This was not sanction
ed by the meeting.
FLOOR WAX.
“Butchers,” “Johnson’s”
and “Old Englishat the
GEORGIA PAINT AND
GLASS CO.,
40 Peachtree St.
Dallas, Texas,*Sept. 26.—The political
situation In Texas presents some queer
conditions, the like of which have not
been witnessed In this state In years.
One thing that makes It Interesting Is
the split In the Republican party, there
being two state Republican tickets In
the Held. But the most Interesting part
of the situation Is that aa to whether
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Junior United
States senator from Texaa, should be
sent back to the senate. Mr. Bailey,
before the evidence given by Henry
Clay Pierce, was the Idol of the Dem
ocracy of Texaa, and anything within
the gift of the people of this state
would have cheerfully been bestowed
upon him. Since the charge has been
tubllshed to the world that Senator
lalley, while representing the people of
Texas In the highest legislative body
of the country, had also used his tal
ents, Influence and energy toward fur
thering the plans of the Standard Oil
Company, la more than many voter* of
Texaa will stand for.
Bailey Had No Opposition,
Senator Bailey had no opposition for
renomlnatlon during Ihe primaries held
on August 28, and as a result he was
renominated by the Democrat* for this
high position. There were many voters
In the state, however, who had charged
that Senator Bailey waa not true to hi*
party, and he ran from 15,400 to 20,006
votes behind the ticket. Since the
teetlmony given by Henry Clay Pierce
has become commonly known, this op
position has become-more pronounced,
At a mass meeting of Democrats held
In Wood county, a few days ago, reso
lutions addressed to the representatives
In the state senate and legislature were
adopted asking them to vote and work
against Mr. Bailey being again sent to
the senate. Meetings have been held at
several other places In the state for the
same purpose and.* petition, which
was circulated at Dnllas, In the nature
of a protest to the legislature, was
signed by many people. Houston, Aus
tin nnd other larger points In the state,
have taken similar nctlon, and the In
dications are thnt one of the hardest
fought senatorial conteata In the history
of Texas will he witnessed when tho
legislature meets next January.
Fight Among Republicans.
The fight among tha Republicans Is
also creating quite a great deal of In
terest and the Indications are lhat this
party will turn loose more campaign
funds this year than ever before. Th?
"reorganized" Republicans, or those
fighting the present state chairman
and his adherents, are confident that
they will poll more votes at the No
vember election than the "regulars,"
providing that their names are placed
on the official hallo*.
Juat at this time the right of the new
wing of the, party to have their names
placed on the ballot Is being contested
by the regular faction, and the matter
will not be settled until the flrst Mon
day In October, at which time the man
damus proceedings Instituted by the re-
organisers to force Secretary of State
Shannon to place the names of their
nominees on the official .ballot will he
heard befqre the supreme court of th#
,F,
FAINTS IN STREET
E
Veteran Educator Is Rest
ing Fairly Well Friday
Morning. »;•
Major W. F. Slaton, superintendent
of the Atlanta public schools, was at
6:80 o'clock Thursday afternoon seized
with a fainting spell while walking
home. He fell at the corner of Au
burn avenue and Courtland, street
Passers-by rushed to hla assistance
Immediately. They found that hla con
dition, while serious, was not Immedi
ately dangerous. Just as they were
about to put him aboard a street car
and carry him to hla home. Major Sla
ton’s driver happened to pass with hts
carriage.
He was carried home and medical at
tention waa secured.
He la reported as resting well Friday
morning.
Major Slaton haa for more than 20
vears been In charge of the public
school system of Atlanta and. Is re
garded as one of the moat eminent ed
ucators In America
BAIL IS ALLOWED j
* ALLEGED RIOTER
x
C, C. Lee Will Appeal From
Recorder’s Decision On
Certiorari.
Judge Pendleton, . of tha superior
court, Thursday afternoon sanctioned
an appeal by certiorari In tha case of
C. Lee, the machinist sent to the
stockade on the charge of rioting, and
Friday morning Recorder Brdylea as
sessed a bond of 31.040 for the prisoner
pending the hearing of the appeal.
Attorney T. W. Rucker, counsel for
Lee, stated that bond would be made,
with R. F. Maddox as security. Aa
soon as the bond la signed Lee will be
released from the stockade, but will be
held by the state authorities until he
makes another bond of 31,000 In the
state cnee of rioting. He was sentenced
to a term of thirty day* In the stockade
and was* also bound over.
Should the appeal be sustained Lee
will be granted another trial, but should
It be refused he will have to return to
the stockade or forfeit hla bond.
RIFLE AND SHOTGUN
FOR EACH COUNTY CUP
Each pair of the county police will
soon be armed with a rifle and a re
peating shot gun recently ordered by
the county commissioners.
Twenty of these additional arms,
half shot guns and half rifles, have ar
rived and the other sixteen weapon*
will arrive In a few day*. The shot
guns are specially made for quelling
riots and long distance shooting. Ths
rifles are 38-callbre Winchesters of ths
lever variety.
AMtfSEMENTO
\GRAND
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 2 and 3.
Matinee Wednesday.
Klaw ft Erlanger present toe tremen
dous Musical Success by
Geo. M. Cohan,
45 Minutes From Broadway,
Introducing the Peerless CORINNE
and a great company. Sale open Sat
urday. ,
IN PLOT
AGAINST THE LIFE
OFCZABNICHOLAS
Female Prisoner Taken to
Fortress of St. Peter and
St. Paul.
BIJOll
TONIGHT—MATINEE SATURDAY.
VANCE A SULLIVAN COMPANY OMTKR
SIDNEY TOLER
IN THE COMEDY-DRAMA SUCCESS.
“How Baxter Butted In”
Next Week—"HAP” WARD.
London, Sept. 26.—A dispatch to The
Tlmaa from St. Ptttnibung uyi thHt
another pit* has been discovered at
Peterhof sgijlnst the life of the czar.
A mysterious woman waa conveyed
' » strong escort to the fortress of
nlxto <>t#r ai4d 8 *' Paul ' m Wednesday
NEXT WEEK*
Matinees, Tues., Thurs. and Saturday.
E. D. STAIR offers the Rapid-Are
Comedian,
HAP WARD,
In the Komedy Kackle In Z Lay*.
“Not Yet, But Soon.”
Company of SO. including Lucy Daly.
14 Song Hits—Lots of Pretty Girls.
(CASINO
Special Attraction
On* Wssk, Starting Monday, Sspt. 84.
HAMNET’S TRAINED
BIRDS, GEESE AND DOGS
Every afternoon and night. Children
15c. Adulta 25c.