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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN* MONDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1**. The local papers indorse the candidacy of R. F. MADDOX for County Commissioner, as is shown by the following articles: GIVE US A GOOD COMMISSIONER. The office of county commissioner Is one of the most Important public dutiea and responsibilities that fall to a citizen. It Is more Infportant now than ever before In the history of Atlanta, be cause the city and county are con stantly growing. Their Interests are multiplying, their necessities are de veloping, their roads, revenues, police arrangements, etc., are assuming larger magnitude and Importance every year. This, too. Is the growing period In the history of Fulton county, and a period of growth is oner in which things are done, changes made and policies es tablished. For this reason It Is to the last de gree Important that the people who have votes In Fulton county should carefully consider the men who aspire for their Buffragcn tor commissioner, and should carefully and firmly choose that man whose business ex perience has been the largest, whose business repute has been the highest and whose Intelligence and proven ca pacity In the public service Is not a matter of conjecture. We trust that this wlH be the spirit with which the electors will enter upon this county election, and we only urge that every citizen, both of the city and of the county, who has the Interests of the county at heart, should come out to the polls and cast a straight, clear and Intelligent ballot for the man whom he knows to be the best, the wisest, the cleanest and the most capable man. Up to the present stage of announce ment u*e know no man whose experi ence and training better fit him for this responsible position than Robert F. Maddox.—Editorial in Georgian. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERSHIP VACANT In hereby commending Mr. Robert F. Maddox for the seat upon the board of county commlesioners, made vacant by the election of Mr. Hubert I* Cul berson, as county treasurer. The Jour nal of Labor departs from its usual rule of non-interference In purely local politics, In which organised labor Is not especially concerned. But Mr. Maddox Is so peculiarly and splendidly quallded to discharge the important duties of this administrative office that we can not Tefrain from commending him to the voters of Ful ton county. The office of county commissioner le a most Important one. Nearly a half million of dollars Is handled annually by the board. It la an office which calls for the" highest degree of business skill, fair ness to all sections of the county, and unyielding fidelity to the public Inter ests. Mr. Maddox fills these requirements admirably. As president of the Chamber of Com merce for two years this able young Atlantan won extraordinary and de served popularity and esteem from all classes of business Interests. It Is doubtful. If In the last decade any cltlsen of Atlanta hae more forci bly and favorably striven for the pub lic weal, hae shown more public spirit and genuine devotion to the upbuilding of Atlanta, than has Mr. Maddox. He Is a broad-gauge man, liberal and progressive, believes In giving a square deal to everybody. The Interests of the humblest tax payer will be absolutely safe In his im partial hands. So believing. The Journal of Labor takes pleasure In commending this worthy cltlsen to the voters of this city and county, In the approaching election.—Editorial Journal of Labor. THE MAN WE NEED. The man whom Atlanta honored by making him president of Its Chamber of Commerce, and again electing him to that post, can be safely trusted by the rest of Fulton county to look after their Interests when he becomes coun ty commissioner; and Robert F. Mad dox will be elected to that office. The office demands a man of large experlenca In the business and com mercial world. It require! a man of large Intellect and wide breadth of ideas. He should be a thorough and a successful business man. He should be a man who Is above partisan feel ings and petty prejudices. Such a man Is Robert F. Maddox, who haa shown his public spirit In the grand work ha has so successfully prosecuted on be half of a world's fair for Atlanta tn 1110. The advanced Ideas hs presented while engaged In this noble work will be utilised In Improving Fulton county, and we are lucky In securing the ser vices of such a man to aid In carrying out the work mapped out In Fulton county. South Fulton will show Itself fully alive to Ite Interests when It gives “Bob" Maddox a rousing majority 1n October.—Editorial tn Fulton Enter prise, East Point, Qa. ROBERT F. MADDOX FOR COUNTY BOARD Prominent Banker Announce! That Ht Will Make Race to 8ueceed Mr. Culberson. DON’T FORGET WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3. YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED. Robert F. Maddox, vice president of the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company, and one of the most prominent and pro gressive of Atlanta's citizens, has yield ed to the request of a large number of frlenda from all * sections of Fulton county, and consented to stand for county commissioner for the full term, beginning January 1, 1907. Hubert L. Culberson had already been elected for this term, but In view of his recent election to the office of county treasurer, will retire at the end of the year. Mr. Maddox Is hlmslf absent from the city on a holiday, but he has been Importuned by wire and letter to per mit the use of his name, and it was announced Friday morning by a num ber of hts friends that he had given them authority to announce his candi dacy. Mr. Maddox Is In no senso an applicant for the place, hut so many of his friends from every part of the city and every district In the county asked him to run thAt he Anally au thorised hts consent. Mr. Maddox, In consenting to run, authorised his friends to state that he was willing to contest either In a pri mary or In the regular October state and county election. He was specific to say that he had no suggestions to make as whether a primary should or should not be held, and would cheer fully abide hny decision reached by the Democratic authorities of the county. Mr. Maddox Is one of Atlanta's best known and most respected young men. He has been president of the <'Humber of Commerce./and Is now chairman of thrf committee of fifty which has charge of the question of the exposition of 1910. He Is a prominent banker, a splendid business man and the worthy son of his gallant father, the late Colonel Robert F. Maddox.—Atlanta Journal* MR. MADDOX FOR COMMISSIONER In the absence of Mr. Robert F. Maddox from the city, a number of hi, former aanoclate, In the chamber of commerce have Instituted a movement to have him till the vacancy on the board of county commlealonera occa sioned by the election of Hon. Hubert L. Culberson as county treasurer. A, the last president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Maddox brought to bear a combination of ablj. Ity, enterprise and energy which made hi, administration perhaps the most Hucceaefut one In the history of that organisation. When the exposition movement was begun, a little more than a year ago, Mr. Maddox, as pres ident of the chamber of commerce, was (elected to head the temporary organi sation, and largely as the result of hts Indomitable energy over $300,000 was subscribed, when the summer season Interrupted the work of the canvass, which ts to be resumed with the renew al of business activity this fall. Mr. Muddox Is out of the city, but In response to telegraphic inquiry, has stated that If he can be of service to the public as county commissioner he will consent to make the race. No better aelectlon could be made, and It would be a graceful tribute to one of Atlanta's most prominent, active and forceful young business men If he were tendered the position wit lout op position. Certain It ts that no man could be selected who would discharge the duties of the place with greater credit to himself, or more satisfaction to the county, than Mr. Maddox.—Edi• torial In Constitution. POLICE COUR7 OF MORNING LASTED BUT 40 MINUTES; HE A VY DROP IN BUSINESS The m»r*Ion of police court Monday morning proved to be one of the light- • t tn the history of the municipal tribunal, in striking contrast to the av erage Monday morning court. Herk fronton placed on the recor- •k'r’N docket a total of only 55 cases t'T both morning and afternoon ses- m >ns of Monday’s court, while the av- • i-.ti'e irt 150 cases. In the 55 cases are represented several raids, In which a number ot people were arrested at one time and for the same offense. + The morning ?ourt convened at 8:30 o'clock and Adjourned at 9:10, a ses sion of only 40 minutes' duration. This Is a record-breaker, something unpre cedented in the history of the local po lice court. Recorder Broyles and police officials attribute the decrease In the number of cases mainly to the enforced prohibi tion In Atlanta. CLANSMAN ACTORS CHETRED IN STREETS kjMflal f#> The Georgian. Sow Orion us. Oct. 1.—In the pres- ■ of many public officials'sad th»* t'ircr.tt n niifiin* «>v**r gathered In the Tulnne thoa- »• . “The ('Innsninu" was enthusiastically "Hi'nnifd to this city Hnturday night. New "il.-.tn* Itnil refused tn bar the play, In* •loi-Hitur the attitude of Acting Mayor Me- Itnckcii and the entire newspaper press, saM in (iff$»ct that to prohibit n ‘ "'‘theru play In it Southern town was an nl'Mirdlty. Kv be far the company arrived only an hour he- i ; - ijj,. performance, having l»eeii delay- in central Alnhmnn by the hurricane ' V., I "* 1 «» the !.oul*vlllc and Nashville. , 1111 ‘ “11'liiges containing the nctors were " tv.i an tj,e way front the station to - un iter, nnd when the curtain rose on ,‘Vi J,, t. the audience stood up and •Tldatided vigorously. To Lsavt Hawkinsville. to The Georgian. Haw kina villa, Oa., Oct. I.—Colonel Totniitvofi Port nnd family will go to inhbert to make their future home, uring hln stay of more than a year In Hawkinsville, Colonel Fort has made many friends whose good wishes follow „' n *‘ n, l his excellent family to their w home. MANY MULES BURNED DURING STABLE EIRE Roanoke, Va., Oct. I.—The stables of D. W. Fllckwlr, a Roanoke railroad contractor, located near Forest depot, were destroyed by fire last night. Twenty-two mules and a large number of carts and quantities of provender were consumed. There was $4,500 In nuranee on the building and contents. Commission to Fix Rats. Hpeeinl to The Georgian. Hawkinsville. Ga., Oct. 1.—The coun ty commissioners of Pulaski will fix the tax rate for this year at Its meeting Tuesday. It Is believed by those post ed on the necessary revenue to he raised to defray the expense of roads and bridges, that the rate will be made $15.20, which added to the state’s rate of $4.80, will amount to $20.00 per thousand. - * *You are the only girl I ever loved!'* he declared, passionately. “That's nice," she answered. "But really, you know, It’s a lot more Im portant for me to be assured that I m the only girl you’re ever going to love. —Cleveland Leader. MARYE10 DESIGN Noted Architect Offers Ser vices to Jamestown Com mission Gratis. FURNITURE and HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT AUCTION Two flne loti of furniture; one from Windsor «treet and the other L Fair street, will be sold Tuesday. Oct. 2. at 10 a. m. at 123 White hall street without reserve; 2 oak and I walnut bedroom suit, cherry (olillng bed and metal folding bed, sideboard,'wardrobe, dining table, roll-top desk, refrigerator, Eclipse gas stove, kitchen safe, small Iron rash register, computing scales, cook stove, heater, standard sewing machine, rockers. Iron beds, odd dresser and washstand, pair one portlers, antique table, kitchen utensils, etc. By order of the consignor. LEO FRESH, Auctioneer. t-riSUi The Georgia State building at the ■fjamestown Exposition will be design ed hy the well-known architect, P. Thornton Marye. Mr. Marye, who le a native Virginian, though long a resident of Atlanta, ten dered hie services to Mr. w. N. Mitch ell, chairman of the Georgia James town commission, free of charge, and Mr. Mitchell gratefully accepted his services. The Georgia building will be colonial, and It I, proposed to have some ten or twelve rooms. Funds to erect this building will be raised among Georgia cities, and It la the purpose to name a room for each city contributing. For instance, the Atlanta room will be filled with products of this city. Under the resolution of the legisla ture appropriating $30,000 for the Jamestown Exposition, no part of this fund can be used for a slate build ing. Chairman Mitchell believes, how ever, that the cities of Georgia will willingly contribute an amount suffi cient to erect an Imposing building. Architect Marye ts now at work on the design and will have It ready to submit In a short time. He was the architect of the Atlanta Terminal Sta tion. He also designed the nt w termi nals In Mobile and Birmingham and the mllllon-dollar city hall in New Or leans, now In course of construction. no saluteTsfired TO GREETJAR. ROOT Washington. Oct. 1.—“I have had a most Interesting and moet Instructive visit among the people of the Bouth | American countries," said Secretary I Root last evening, shortly after his : return to Washington. He had com pleted the trip of 16,000 miles, covering a little more than three months, during which time he has visited practically every country of the Southern hemi sphere and been received with a cor diality and expressions of hospitality and friendship that could not have been exceeded had he been some crowned head. The eeeretary of state reached the navy yard yesterday nfternoon aboard the United States yacht Sylph. There was no ceremony In the reception of .Mr. Root upon ills arrival. The marine guard was not turned out and on ac count of a navnl regulation governing the observance of Sunday, no salute was fired. /(REWORKS CUTOUT BY SPECIAL ORDER OF MRJODSEVELT President, Starting For Washington, Vetoes Demonstration. Oyster BaS*. N. Y., Oct. 1.—President Roosevelt'* vacation officially ended at 0 o'clock this morning when he boarded special train on the Long Island Railroad and began hi* Journey to Washington. He Is due to arrive at the national capital at 4: IS p. m. At Long Island City he will take a special boat belonging to the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company for a little cruise around, the lower end of New York. At Jersey City the presidential party will board a special car which will be attached to the regular train leaving a't 11:16 a. m. , Villager, at Station. The president Is accompanied to Washington by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Archie and Quentin, Acting Sec retary Latta, the members of the. cleri cal force who have been employed at the executive office during the summer, several secret service guards and rep resentatives of the newspaper prea, a*- anclatlona. About 100 villager* were at the sta tion to *ay goodbye to the president. Much to the disappointment of the "leading cltlsene" of the town, the president vetoed a proposition to give him a "send off." They were prepar ing to shoot off lire cracker* and ora tory and marshal the school children at the station. The children were to render "God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” He Vetoes Fireworks There was to be an effective waving of flags and then divide honors with the president on the platform. The president Intimated that he’d be tickled tn death tn have this come to pas*, but after all he would like It Just a little better If there wa* no demonstration all. He'd he glad, however, to shake hands with any of hla old friends and neighbors who wished to come down to Ihe station. Aa the president usually haa hla way about moat things he had It In this and the oratory, firecrackers, eonge and ffags were put away for future ue*. Shake, Many Hands Th* president shook bunds for two or three minutes, the crowd gave a hearty cheer, the engine tooted abd the train pulled out. "Goodbye and good luck." cried the president from the rear end of the train and the town of Oyster Bay proceeded to settle back for a time In lla sleep. AT DECATUR GETS BIG SUMJF MONEY Methodist Ministers Discuss the Shortage of Preachers. Nearly $7,600 of the $6,000 necessary for the building of the Atlanta dormi tory at the Decatur Orphans’ Home was reported aa collected In the Meth odist churches of the Atlanta district Sunday at the Methodist minister,' meeting Monday morning. This gratifying showing la the re sult of htfhdreds of people giving the earning, of their Saturday’s work to this worthy cause. For hla work In agitating the "work day" and presenting the cause of the orphans the ministers tendered their thanks to Major R. J. Guinn, and through the superintendent of the home. Rev. H. L. Crumley, the truetee* and the Inmates thanked the preachers of Atlanta for their co-operation In the work. The dtacuaalon of the morning w-ae on the same subject aa last Monday the shortage la the supply of preach ers. The dlscuaalon was led by Dr. C. E. Dowman, pastor of the First Methodist church. In his opinion—and It seemed tn he the opinion of moet of the other preachers present—there ere a* many Idle preacher* In Methodism at least, a* there are unoccupied pul pit*. "Where there I* a really deelrable pulpit vacant, there are plenty of men 'called' to that place," said the epeak- er. “Of course Methodist preacher* are placed by the bishop and are not called, nor do they openly let It be known that they are candidates for certain of the better charge*. "I feel that I would make an egre gious failure If I had to preach a trial nermon and be sampled like a bale of cotton. One trouble Is that so many TO BUILD RAILROAD IN NORTHEAST GA, Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., Oct. 1.—It Is said that a contract has been made to build a line of railroad from eome point between Marietta and Rlue Ridge to the Frank lin mines, located at Hightower on the border of Forsyth and Cherokee coun ties, nnd had virtually promised to ex tend It on to Frngtown In Forsyth county. It appears that the promise has been given the proprietors of the mines to give them a road. From a point near Ballground, on the Atlanta, Knox ville and Northern division from Mari etta It Is said that It would not cost a great deal to build the line propoeed. It does not appear as If the Gainesville Midland Railroad, which will soon en ter Athens, will be content to allow the other end of Its line to stop for any great length of time at Galneevllle, and while there Is as yet nothing positive about future movement! nf the roads, It seems as If the time will soon come when the Gainesville Midland will be extended, making connection with the road that will be built from Ballground nnd going on through to Knoxville, giv ing a through connection with the West. John Carson Disappeared Saturday—Police Aid Wife in Search. MAUD. Ut get to be moaa-backa. The con etant study of the thsolngy of 100 years sgo to the exclusion of other things has this tendency. ■Of course I don't mean to say that preacher should try to run away with the wagon, but he should keep from being run over hy the rest of the team. Seme Churchst Want Hsll-fir*. Another thing which has largely been responelble for the shortage Is the varying standards of preacher* and churchea. Bo many preachers want to preach all love and sweetness when the church which they serve wants them to preach hell, and preach It hot. Then sometimes It's the church that Vlnlngs •“"its th* sweetness preached. There Kirkwood are not too few preachers, but may be too few available. “Rut, granting a shortage, one fen- son Is a failure In this day and lima tn recognise a divine call to th* ministry. A call doe, not have to come In dream* and visions, but In most cases la from a combination nf a man's conseloua- nesa that there Is a place for him to All and the efforts of others to Dll that vacancy. "Other things which have had their effect In creating any shortaga which may exist are the commercial spirit of the age which measures success by dollars, and the heavy demands of the social life In the circle In which the pastor's family ha* to move.” One of the ministers present read statistics to show that as a matter nf fact there had been no Shortage In the Georgia conference, and that the supply now was even better than it had been In some years past. Subscription List. Here are the amounts subscribed, by the member, of the various churches' of the city to the Orphans' Home at Decatur: Trinity $3,100 First church 1.600 St. Marks 700 Park Street 500 Grace church 300 Wesley Memorial 266 College Park 203 Walker Stfeet 200 81. Johns no St. Paul 120 Inman Park 100 Battle Hill 60 Payne Memorial 61 West Side <0 St. James f'openhlll Anbury .. . Dunwoody With a little child In her arms and an expression of worry on her face, Mr,. John Carson, a young woman re siding at 117 Main afreet, near the Ex position Cotton Mills, walked Into th* police stptlon Monday morning and asked the police to be on th* lookout for her husband, who haa been missing from home since Saturday mornlnp. Mrs.' Carson stated tlfnt her huaband left home with the statement that he wus going to Social Circle, but she said he had failed to arrive there and that nothing had been heard of him in any way In that place. Mrs. Carson has six children to car* for and la much distressed over th* dlsanpearance of Ihe husband and father. Th* entire police force will be put on notice of the disappearance. STUDENTS' CLOTHING BURNS IN DORMITORY Rperlal to The Georgian. Hamilton. Ala., Oct. 1.—Tin* dormitory of the Went Alabama Agricultural acbool burned Inat Thuradny night. The flames were flrat dlsmtml In the celling of tha second story, ami, notwlthntainllng the rain that ana falling, the bollfling aoou went down. The building was nett to the largest of them being left only that wbleb waa on their backa. The cause of the Are la not knowu. CROWDS, BRIDGES, PLATES. cewoo»»6w»ccqocc<:>.x'rir< a xxxaw 25.M 24 20 15 11.50 BEST ON EARTH $3, $5, $7 ATLANTA DENTAL OFFICES 39J WhitehaU St. Pbon* 2563-J. (or Dr. Lanier or Dr, Lovalaco.