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y Technical Error in Prohi Bill;
Returned to House by Senate.
Atlanta, Ga., August I.••• When the Prohibition bill reached
the Senate to-day, it was found that a technical error existed jn
the House amendment^, which necessitated the bill’s return to
the House. The error was rectified.
The bill was returned to the Senate, when Senators Gordy
and Floyd introduced amendments providing that the heads of
families might manufacture domestic wines for the family use.
The amendments were killed and the bill sent back to the
House.
HOTELS MUST H/iVE FRESH UHEN.
The Senate passed the McMichael bill, requiring hotels to
put fresh linen on beds. *y ; v ?.
MR. SLADE HURT BY AN AUTOMOBILE. i
Mr. Slade, of Muskogee, was hurt last night by an autorao-
oa„ August i-Ligon' bilR at Ponce De Leon » but not seriously.
prominent youhg Atlanta
Wisconsin Good Templars
Hold Big Meeting This Week.
Ho' Makes a Record In the Case of
Georgia Against the Ducktown Cop*
per Company In the'Fumes Cate.
Man Who Made First Prohibition
Speech In Atlanta Died Soon After
Legtstatute's Action.
Atlanta,
Johnson, i
i lawyer who made an excellent record
with Attorney-General Hart In t ho
fight for the state against the Duck-
town copper furnace fumes, has been
appointed special assistant attorney ! Waupaca, Wia., July 31.—Visitors against the saloons. Another project
of the United States. Mr. Johnson from far and near gathered today at j to receive attention oalla fer the main-
Is is understood, will have immediate' 1110 Cam P Cleghorn assembly to takeitenance o; a aerie of temperance
. . - ,, , i part In the fir y-tecond annual session . schools In tho t>rm cf lectures on the
charge of the governments litigation^, ^ w , Biand |;dge ,, Good | .cientific pha.o cf ’he temperance
looking toward the preservation of Templars The found epenirj takes question.
the forests and forest reserves of the, place this evening and the proceed* j Tho reports to bp presented to the
-s United States, and it is believed that ings will continue through the remain*j grand lodgo med^.ng show that the
his duties will not cerssitate h’s re-, der of the week. Gocd Templars now have over 200
moval from Atlanta. In Cue fight j The session premises to be the branch .organizations In Wisconsin,
he waged to enjoin the Ducktown most Important in the history of the Including a score or more working in
Copper Company people from destroy-! state organization. It is probable that'the Scandinavian languages. The or*
ing vegetation and forests In North^action will be taken *o establish a j ganlzaticn claims a large share of the
Georgia by fumes from the copper, legal department for the purpose ofjcredVt for bringing about prohibition
plants, .Mr. Johnson exhibited mark- ( furnishing Icgr.l advise to com*; in nearly 700 towns throughout the
ed ability along this line and it was munities desiring to enforce the laws,state.
such that brought him to the atten-!‘ ~
tlon of the forestry department and W%1 11 1 ■
the department of justice. The ap feafs Dioodshead Uver btate
pointment is especially an hsnor be-| *
cause of being bestowed by a Repub-1 anr ] pa/lofal Dlf
llcan administration on n Southern ClIlU JL CUd Cll L/lliCI vilCCo.
/"Democrat, and at the instance of the ... . _ , , ,
1 Chippewa Falls, Wis., Aug. 1.—Judge Jenkins, chairman of
forestry department, without any ap»
plication, h 5 -
* Made the) First Prohi Speech.
Tho man who made the first speech j of Nortll
In the prohibition movement In the c ; s j on 0 f
Atlanta campaign of the ’80’s, died |
yesterday shortly after h; had been
told the result of the vote in ,thq violated, and says
bouse jm
i '.he >ior! h
Federal Judge Pritchard.
He declared the terms of the federal constitution had been
"This continual talk about state authorities
Russia
he Russian So-
urty, which per-
of the old
to hold Its
ndon this month
have already
er Rusein, each
ix Qove.nmenti’ of
Una ten
Revolutionary Party
Meet in London Soon.
hat had
•gllnet
SMITH’S PET Bill
TOPASS.
The Disfranchisement Bill Will go
lough as he Says.
The Bill I. Patterned After the Plank
In the Alabama Constitution and Is
Designed to Prevent the Ignorant
and Venal Negro From Voting.
Some Requirements of Voters Un
dr This Law.
Atlanta, Qa., August 1—That , tho
Willlams-Folder disfranchisement bill,
the pet of the administration and one
of tho principal Issues of the guber-
_ the house
one thoitsaijrl people, were compelled to suspend yesterday be- «oon, is the opinion of those who are
cause JarOTS B. Duke, the president of the American Tobacco! watching the dolpgs of the assembly.
Company^ In honor of his bride, ordered the pumps on his estate It passod the sonate, unamended, yes-
worked to.jheir full capacity sending great a volottme of water: tordny, after a long and stormy scs-
through the cascades, fountains and artificial lake, reducing the j slon, by a vote of 37 to g. or more
Raritan t®er to such an extent that not enough water was left^haji the majority necessary to amend
for the btBers at the mills. The pumps were subsequently or- the constitution of the state,
dered stopped. X
committee, no member of th. party
is eliglbl. to th. congreet units* he
hid st lent two convictions
him for politic-l -rimes.
The congreee will ha/e the great-
eet influence upon the revolutUnaryt
end etpeUslly the Terrorletc. activity
In Rusalr alnso th* corti- 1 commit-
tee of the 8ocl-l Revolutionists have
decided to boycott, the election fir
th. third Douma, and to c-riy on In-
atiaJ a reler.lesr eampsign of Tor-
rorl is deeds, politi—I murder* end
expr. prlatlonc, a campaign which, se
cerning to the Istart news, 13 already
being carried on with tragic raaulta,
MmShui Down While Duke
Honn ed Wife with Water Display.
Someftfule, Aug. :*Raritan-Wolfe Mills, employing j natorlal campaign, win pass
thoupalia people, were compelled to suspend yesterday be-! 800n * 18 the opinion of thosi
ese Troops Disband the
an Soldiers on Year’s Pay
’Augi'l — Obedient to an imperial proclamation, the
roops last night surrounded the Korean barracks, dis-
e army of seveu thousand men who were granted a
enpr’s body guard will not be disbanded. Machine
Seoi
Japa
banding
year's pi
b- The
guns guaVd^tbeftortals of the barracks,
house of representatives which meant resisting federal power by armed force, will sooner or later end
prohibition for Georgia. He was, in bloodshed, and possibly in the disruption of the union.”
Walter S. Withers, agr-’d 72, presi
dent of the Withers Foftndry and Ma
chine Works. He came to Atlanta
in 1857 and soon Identified himself
with the city. He was a staunch pro
hibitionist hnd aided the movement
when ever it was possible for him to I _ . . . ~ , T •
do so. Although ill during the last! Par,s - Au 2 1~French and Spanish papers today demand
three weeks, he displayed a lively in-' vengeance fo- Mussulman atrocities in Morrocqo, and declare
tereBt in the prohibition fight in the the occupation of Ouidja failed to demonstrate the power of the
France Speaks Very Plainly
in Ultimatum to the Pasha.
legislature.
When told that the bill had been
.passed, he whispered, “Thsnk God.”
A few hours later he was dead. Mr.
Withers came to this country when
8 years of age. He was a Welshman
by birth and lived In tho United
States until 33 years old, when he
came to Atlanta when thh elty was
known as Terminus. He started a
foundry and prospered. His wife. Now York - Jul >' 31 - Tho "> " 0 *
who survives him. was Miss Julia appear* little poeeibility of averting
Carlysle, the first girl baby born in * generml strike tomorrow emong hat
Atlanta after the place had received maker*., The difficulty Is over the
that name. The funeral waa con. open shop, which the National Fur
ducted this afternoon.
What Mayor Joyner Says of it.
Mayor W. R. Joyner declares that
prohibition will not Interfere with a
i single public Improvement now under
way tn Atlanta or being contem
plated.
French government. The French Cruiser Galilee, which is due
in Casablanca, carries an ultimatum to the Pasha that he will
answer with his head for the safety of Europeans.
The report that eight Europeans and many natives were kill
ed yesterday, is confirmed.
‘Strike May Come Tomorrow.
rohi Bill Adversely
edfCcSnei Up Again.
J* 1 Montgomir^, Aug.-1.—The Henley prohibition bill was re
ported adversely by the house temperance committee today, and
immediately thereafu r .Speaker Carmicheal left the chair, and
after'a speech, his mu'ion placing the bill on the favorable cal
endar, and making it the special order for final consideration to
morrow; was unanimously adopted
Hat Manufacturers’ Association pro
poses to Introduce. The strike If it
takes place will involve mbout 20/100
men throughout the country, mem
bers of the United Hatters of Americe.
Fanatical Arabs Start Holy
War Against Europeans.
■ Tangier, Aug. 1.—A doctor who arrived with other refugees
"Every projected improvement win j ast night from Casablanca reports to the French charge D’affai-
jwteTaid^mpl^d" 8 The probibb I res that the slaughter of Europeans is the outcome of a holy war
tha law Will be enforced in Atlanta." incited by the Arabs for the extermination of the Europeans,
'said the mayor. I It is expected that Casablanca will be invaded today by
,*I Intend,” he continued, "to be twenty thousand Arabs,
one of those to help show the wor'd
Just how big and great and prospe--
ous a city can become under a pr>
hlbltion law."
“My position regarding the bill Urbana, Aug. 1.—The engineer, fireman and brakeman of a
while it was up Is welt known. I freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad, were instantly killed
waa opposed to it. Now that it has this morning bv an explosion of a boiler, which blew over seVer-
paMed and will ««m becom, a law. , b i ockinsr the road .
I wish only to say that I sha'l no.ioH 1
the Uw, and I expect every gxM clti- ■
sen 4o do the same.”
Boiler Exploded Killing Three.
French Warships for Morrocco.
Forrest Adair, one of the most
prominent business men In the city,
gave out a statement In which he
urged that everybody get together .
and pull together for the good of the foreigners were massacred by the invading tribesmen yesterday.
city and the state.
Paris, Aug. 1 —The French Cruisers Forbin, at Azores, and
two at Toulon have been ordered to Casablanca, Morrocco,where
TIFT CCUNTY’8 TAX VALUES.
A Gain Over Last Year^of Third of
a Million Dollars.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
When -futon’s delegation wns be
fore the r: w county committee of the
General Assembly two years ago, It
was stated that within a year the
property values of the proposed new
county wMild reach $2,500,000.
This expectation haB been more
than realised. T.ast yeai, the first
one in whlph retu.ns were taken, the
total value: of taxable property tn the
new county was $2,951,(^49. This year
the return*, a* completed by Tsx Re
ceiver J. A. Merchant, maka a grand
total of a gain over last
year ot $3^7,211, or ever a third of a
million.
To Finish Militown School.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
It was announced some time ago
that the trustees of the Oaklnwn acad
emy the Baptist school at MUltown,
had made arrangements to complete
the work on their school building
anji that work would be resumed
Patterned after the suffrage plank
In the Alabama constitution, the bill
Is designed to prevent the Ignorant
and venal negro fom voting, and It
Is confidently declared that no white
man will be debarred by Its provis
ions. It conforms* to the plank in
the Democratic Macon platform, and
meets the approval of Governor
Smith, under whose direction It Is
said to have been drafted:
Those who voted against the,bill,
as completed, were Senators Critten
den, Hawes, Lashley, Mattox, Sykes
and Weaver.
Requirements of Voters.
. Thq bill fixes as prerequisite to the
rifeht to wte apvUln- Tett&teemtmto ee-
’qualifications, which,it is said, every
white ‘men In ‘he state can moet, but
which tew of the negroes will be able
to comply with. In order to vote a
man must own or pay tax on $500
worth of property, or bn able to read
and write a,paragraph of tho consti
tution of the Unltod States or the
state. But If he cannot comply with
these clauses—and few n igroes can—
he Is entitled to register and vote If
he is descended from any man wha
fought In any of the wnrr, Ji$ 'which
the nation has participated. Ieastly,
he Is permitted to vote if he has prop
er conception of his duty to his state
and nation. tJnder the last named
provisions, every white m*an In Geor
gia Is entitled to register and vote,
and once registered, he may obtain a
life certificate entitling him to the
ballot upon payment of taxes.
The bill will be transmitted to the
house, to be read the second time and
referred to the committee on consti
tutional amendments. It will be con-
soon as the material could be gotten.
Prof. J. C. Wilkinson, who was prin
cipal of the school last year, has un
dertaken the task of raising $3,000
In subscriptions of $10 each, and no
is meeting with fine success bo far.
A large number of people have sub
scribed $10 to the fund. ,
There are plenty Of people through- sldered by the committee on Friday
out this section who can afford to help afternoon,
out the Institution and would not; U. 8. License ae Evidence,
feel It. It Is a good work and the. A bill designed to aid In the en-
Toe showing the largest school will do a work that will bo forcement of the prohibition law has
gal£ If ivtoo, with $503,998. Only felt throughout this section of door-j been Introduo-d by Mr. Persons, ot
one diftrkf In tho county, Dosla, gla. »Monroe. It provides that when any
shows a los«. and this Is because the corporation, firm or Individual Is on
district was flivided to make the new Sawmills Shut Down Today. ! tr,,,, tor Intoxicants, that proof
district of Omega. Taken with $hs Twenty . g0ve „ of the plants Identified ° f the <* efendant ' B P a,d a s P ed *
returns from the Omega district, It lfc th (jeorgla-Florlda 8awmill ^s- ftl M * I,fl00r doa,er t,nd6r th ®
Hr for ona month, and seven additional and ’ b , lrden
mill, will suspend operation, for the ^ proQf b „ ^ defendllnt
The bill was referred to the tem-
•ranco committee. It la destined
to run down the "boot-legger,” who
Quiet Times All Around. .
There have been quiet time* In VaL month of September,
dosta £*7ltE the present week,, due ft Is possible that the restriction
largely to the fact that more people of output may be continued for a
than usual jiamo aerolaat week to longer time If the deMred result..re to' break"^ state
htW Bertde. that, the not accomplished^ The mill m*»al- vho „ #lw . yl ctre(u] t0
ng Itself to the new lege tnat tho hlqh price demanded
It waa expected that a for timber Is not commensurate with
would follow the rush the present market price of lumber,
federal 11-
business for next Tuesday.
It provides that no state and coun
ty offleer, nor candidate for such
, places, may accept passes.
A Paris paper says the United
States Is a bombastic nation. But
then, we shall not always have
bombastic furloso In
place.
Banker Dead in Swimming Pool
- I when tilt
Philadelphia, Aits’. 1.—Edmond R. Watson, president of the[ bfg flne
conspicuous Northern National Bank, was found dead in a swimming pool at' the last
, the Columbia club early today. with the
provide himself with
cense.
. , The anti-pass bill, of Mr. Hall, of
or two. It 1. thp and that to continue operation, would n|bb wu made # gpeclal order ot
a strain. Involve a heavy loss,
time* are not confin-M It Is expected that similar , action
circles, but to all other will be taken by other Southeastern
people are off for the yellow pine lumber manufacturers.
Social circle* are taking a
police officer* are find- j EuKene Harding, of Ohio, Is the A Milwaukee paper says that Wla-
and around the court younge8t member of the coming Cong- conitn'a fight In the coming prealden-
too same quiet feeling. reM He t)Ut twenty-nine years tlal campaign will be Taft versus La
in a few .days the old town will o)d and Ja (bp gon o( one of tbe r | C |,. Follette. Senator LaFollette Is said
beglnto anfna* beraelf, the prepara- eat members elected last year. In to still be In control of the state max'
tlon for the (*u season will begin and October he is to be married to the chine, but his political enemies are
■will, put on their old daltsr i lter D f a millionaire tobacco preparing to make a fierce fight
magnate. Captain Wilson of Middle-‘ against him. The report says that
at collects that town, Ohio. Mr. Harding’s marriage they have decided upon Secretary
Standard Oil, It can dig will leave two bachelors In the Ohio, Taft as the man who has th* beat
of the Panama canal delegation in Congreaa—Burton of chaoce of sidetracking the LaFollette
Cleveland, and Cole of Findlay. presidential aspirations.