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Newspaper Page TextI 3Vmxnhi c wt-wecKlj) wwwl VOL. X. HORRIBLE HEAT Illi HIVES OF HUMANITY DEALSJIRE DEATH Two Hundred Helpless Human Lives Taken as Terrible Toll of the Dark Angel in City of Chicago (By Associate* Freoe.’ CHICAGO. July Two hundred an 1 one deaths and 173 prostrations was the toll Chicago’s record-break ing hot wave, which lasted for live days One hundred and twenty-five Infants who died from the heat are Inchided in the list of dead. The hot ware wag broken shortly aft er 1 o'clock thia morning by rain which brought with it a cool breese and a drop of the temperature of six degrees Later the wind shifted from the west to the north and the mercury gradually dropped until at 7 o'clock it stood at 30 degrees, six points lower than at the corresponding hour yesterday. At • o’clock the temperature was 18 compar ed with 33 for the same hour yester day. , The official weather forecaster predicts cooler, unsettled weather for today with thunder storms for tonight. The fore cast for Friday la clear and cool. Cooler in the West KANSAS CITY. July Wita tem peratures over the southwest at 7 o'clock this mornnlg reading from 5 to 10 degrees lower than at tne sama hour yesterday, and alight showers in sight over most ox the territory, decided re lief from the extreme heat of the last four days was predicted touay by the lo cal forecaster. Yesterday’s climax o» the heat wave wux not be reached today by from 10 to 15 degrees, he said. At Fort Worth, Tex., a slight rain fell today Las- night an inch of rain Tell at Niobrara Neb. The temperature at Norfolk. Neb., showed a drop of nearly 30 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning and at North Platte, Neb., the temper ature was 58 at that hour. In the 34 hours ended at 7 o'clock this morning there were nine deaths from heat and 30 prostrations in Kansas City, most of them coming late ias» night and early today. The tempera ture dropped from 90 at 1 a. m. to 80 at 7. At Oklahoma City and Wichita, it was 70, at xuttle Rock. Ark.. 73 and at Fort Worth. Tex.. 74 at 7 o'clock. Hot at Pittsburg July 8. —The oppressive heat continues here today. At 9 a. m. the thermometer registered 87 degrees, a Jump of eight degrees an hour. There is no indication that the hot spell, which started last Friday, will be uro ken today, * ‘ New York Sizzling NEW YORK. July A blockade in the subway today capped the misery of the het were. - When the stalled trains finally crept into the underground sta tions fainting paaeangers were helped out by the score- Many had to be car ried to nearby drug stores and some ta ken to hoepitala While the blockade lasted the list of heat prostrations grew faster than at any previous time since the extreme hot weather began. There was no change for the better today co: »pared with Wednesday. At 10 o'clock the mercury had reached 84 and six deaths had been reported up to that time. While the heat was con siderably less severe than on Monday anJ Tuesday, the cumulative effect oi four days of suffering kept the hospi tals busy with new arrivals. One man gave up the struggle against the weath er and threw himself in front of a rail road train on the Upper West Side. His legs were cut off and he will die. Relief is promised by tomorrow, with the hope of thunder showers tonight. Weather Man Says Cooler WASHINGTON. July B—Cooler weather tomorrow is promised by the government forecaster to the worth At lantic states, practically the only sec tion of the country where the hot wave remains wholly unbroken. By tomor row night Boston, now one of the four hottest places on the map, will get re lief it is predicted, and the worst and most prolonged spell of heat since 1901 will be broken. New Yprk and Washington began to day with thermometers registering 74 and 80 degrees respectively at 8 o'clock, as they did at the same hour yesterday. Chicago’s official figure was sO. a drop <-f elx degrees; Boston with 86 de grees as compared with 82 yesterday morning—led the country for heat along with Northfield. Vt.. Syracuse. N. f . and Concord, N. H. COLUMBUS MINISTER FALLS FROM WINDOW ONTO FENCE WHILE WALKING IN SLEEP (Spacial Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., July 4—Rev. Dr. T. B Stanford, presiding elder of the Co lumbus district. Methodist church, who was the victim of a serious accident— * having walked from the window of his bed room oQ the second story of the district parsonage on Rose Hill while •sleep, falling across a fence and frac turing three ribs, after midnight Wed nesday—is improving today, but he Is ENTIRE CHURCH PRAYS DEATH WILL TAKE THEIR PROSECUTOR QUITMAN. Ga.. July <•—The “sanc tified'' negro church here la praying for the death of Oscar Davis and the ' members announce that he will die ’within three montha as the answer to their petitions Oscar la to be re moved from the earthly scene of ac tivity because he has been too active In persecuting the church; the other day he entered a complaint to the po lice that the sanctified ones were a public nuisance. They been holding a “protract ed meeting’' tn a negro school house near Oscar Davis* home for the past three months and Oscar said they Will Address Farmers ■Kr' * [’ J! ■IB HOM. T. J. ■HOOKS Well known leader of farmers who will speak at educational rallies in Georgia. INSURGEWTS TO GET = SEVERAL BUMPS BY SOLDWSOF SENATE Thursdays Session Will See the Defeat of Amendments . to Canadian Reciprocity Bill / Offered by Senator Cummins (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 6.-Life »was to be Installed into the ordinary proceed ings of the senate today by the proposed voting down of the Republican insurgent amendments offered by Senator Cum mins, of lowa, to the Canadian recip rocity bllL Tbese amendments propose to enlarge the free list from*Canada under the bill by adding cotton, wool, sugar, steel, iron, etc., to the Canadian products, privileged under the agreement. The senate arranged to meet at 11 o'clock this morning and hereafter. Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, was scheduled to make a speech today I against the reciprocity bill, and Senator ! Works, of California, expected, to dis cuss the federal public health service, i Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, also ex- I pected to speak today on the commission form of government. The house was not in session but the i committee on ways and means expected to begin Its task of adopting a revision oo cotton tariff. ' * GRONNA ON RECIPROCITY. An attack on the Canadian reciprocity bill on the ground that tt surrenders the market of the American farmer wlinout any recompense, that the agreement was a usurpation of authority by the president; that the bill .should have orig inated In the house as a revenue meas ure, was made In the senate today by Mr. Gronns, of North Dakota, a Repub lican insurgent. , Senator Gronna declared the farmers of thio country were almost unanimous tn their opposition to the reciprocity bill and that their indifference was apparent only to those viewing the farmers' at titude with prejudiced eyes. In having the bill framed and trying to force it through congress, declared Senator Gronna. the president exceeded his constitutional *powers. a decidedly se rious violation, he added, because it was in accordance with a pledge given to a foreign nation. •The president," be continued, "has ap parently come to the conclusion that he represents the people of this country both as executive and legislative, and that the two houses of congress ar* merely two bodies of men provided for by the constftution which he can un fortunately not get rid of, but which are to be ignored and coerced whenever he deems it necessary or expedient." Mr. Gronna contended that the goods on which the duties have been removed are almost without exception goods, that Canada will sell to the United States and that the United States can have the hope of selling to her. He denounced the agreement as a cloak to hide the adoption of a new economic and industrial policy out of harmony with Republicanism, a policy which he said the rank and file of the party would repudiate. ■till suffering much pain from the in juries sustained. Dr Stanford cannot account for the accident. He is not accustomed to walk ing in his sleep and does not remember anything about how the accident occur red. the first he knew being some time afterward, the severe fall rendering him unconscious. He is one of the best known and most popular ministers in the South Georgia conference and he has been the recipient of many kind expressions of sympathy from leading Methodists in various parts of the state. cavorted and shouted so much he could not sleep and was unfitted for his du ties as driver of a delivery wagon. The leaders of the sect were summoned to appear in mayor’s court and when the hour for the hearing arrived the court room was packed with negroes and there were several hundred In the street in front. A demonstration of “faith" had been planned and the leaders started a pe culiar humming and swaying which was part of the cavorting Oscar Davis complained of. The police scattered among them and stopped the perform ance The case was dismissed on the plea that the nuisance had been abated. U. S. NIVAL OFFICERS SAY DREADNAUGHTS ARE INDISPENSABLE Rumor That Great Britain In tends to Abandon Battle z ships for Smaller Type of War Vessel Is Doubted (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July Naval officers stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard were inclined last night to doubt the London dispatch tn which was predicted the passing of the dreadnought type of battle ship in favor of smaller vessels of equally heavy armament. In their opinion Great Britain and the other na tions of the world will even enlarge the sise of the present day battle ships. Rear Admiral E. N. C. Louts, U. 8. N-, retired, oommandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, said: Tt is hard.to believe England's future naval policy is to be toward the reduc tion in the size of its war vessels. "We have found the dreadnoughts the most effective fighting machines yet pro duced and consequently we will continue to make our vessels of greater size. T can see no object unless it is for the purpose of economy in the report that England is to build vessels Os small er size. England may be listening to the demands of the persons who object to naval expenditures Os course, I can make no prediction of what our own fu ture program will be, but from my per sonal viewpoint we will add to our fleet of dreadnoughts.” The man who has been sent to the Brooklyn navy yard to lay the hull of the battle ship. New York, Naval Con structor Robert E. Stocker, U. S. N., could not reconcile his experience in shlp-bulldng with the report from Lon don. WE NEED BIG SHIPS. "We need a|l tlie dreadnoughts we can get,** he asserted. 'ln the dreadtfought has been found a type which is an im provement over everything built before. “The quality of speed, gun strength and endurance cannot be contained in a bulk smaller than at present incloses them. Our engines give a maximum of power with a minimum of space; our guns are included tn the narrowest ex panse possible with safety. If we want greater speed and secure it in the size of the vessel, the armament must be sacrificed to a corresponding extent “Inversely, if we are to increase tne armament of our dreadnoughts on a smaller vessels, we would have to dis pense with some of our speed.” Capt. G. E. Burd, U. S. N., in charge of the machinery department of the navy yard, said it is not possible with the present engines to economize in space without losing elsewhere. “The one thing that would help us to spare some of the space now occupied by the boilers and engines of our battle ships,” he said, “would be a new en gine that wßuld improve on the turbine and the reciprocating engine we now carry.” UNCLE SAM TO WAGE WAR ON DUMMY GOAL GO'S I Coal Carrying Roads Alleged to Own Mines Will Be Hunt ed Down / (By Aasociated Brest,) WASHINGTON. July 6.—The govern ment will renew the fight to disassoci ate the great coal carrying railroads from their virtual control of mines and thus vitalize the commodities clause of the interstate commerce law. A test case against the Lehigh Valley railroad will be filed today in the United State* court in Philadelphia, That the Lehigh Valley Coal compa ny, Coze Brothers, Incorporated, the New York and Middlefield Railroad and Coal company, and the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron company are not bona fide coal companies, but merely ad juncts to the Lehigh Valley railroad and are "devices for evading the commod ity clause," Is the government’s princi pal complaint. It Is also alleged that the Lehigh Valley railroad, with the object of re moving competition, has caused the Le high Valley Coal company to contract at a loss for the output of other an thracite operators, has-ansported the coal over Its own lines mrougb the coal company fixed the price In New York and other markets. The government charges that although the buying of coal from other operators has been done at a loss to the coal com pany, It has enabled the Lehigh Valley road to transport the coal over 4 is lines and profit from the freight cnarges. As a further allegation tnat tue Le high Valley railroad, the government’s complaint says that since the capital stock of the coal company has been owned by the- railroad, it has paid no dividends, that millions of dollars have been advanced by the railroad to the coal company which have never been re funded, and that the railroad has paid the interest upon the coal company’s bonds, bfelng compensated, the govern ment claims, by the earnings from trans portation 01 coal over Its lines. By proving that the Lehigh Valley railroad Is actually the legal owner of the Lehigh Valley Coal company’s an thraclte mines, or has a pecuniary inter est in them, the government hopes to bring its case into line with the /ecent decision of the supreme court in tne commodity clause case, strike down dummy coal companies and force the coal carrying railroaAs from their con trol of mines. HETTY GREEN SELLS CHICAGO PROPERTY CHICAGO, July 6.—Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, has sold 11 acres of land in Winnetka, a suburb on the north shore of Lake Michigan, for SBO,OOO. Mrs. Green acquired the property over 30 years agw through foreclosure, and while Winnetka has grown in every di rection about it the old-fashioned frame house and the grounds with their magnifi cent growth of trees has remained un changed. save for the growth of the latter. It is said there are over 100 varie ties of trees on the tract, comprising some of the finest specimens in Illlnola ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1911. . . “ 0T wave >1 /XrrA \ +:■ ©ATTING AVERAGES: ,fe-| I AM j ’ the cellar-/ AGREES * -ru-FQE ! ' / ffl AUBURN MY. ....116 F EMPORIA KAS..._ IH Yuma ar.iz.....i io CHICAGO 108 Z CLEX/ELANP 0.-.-log g?! Muskogee OKA.-I o7 pe s O,NeS N '" WASHINGTON-;- , -t:J. 1 ; _i i th C |NCINN aT '"''\97fO|B|aA / . SATISFIED! GOVERNMENT URGED TO MAiNTAIN NW MS Delegation From Louisiana and Florida Protests Against Reduction of Strength (By Aasociated Press.) WASHINGTON. .July 6.—A congres slonal delegation representing Louisiana and Florida, today protested to Acting Sectary of the Navy Winthrop against the plan to reduce the personnel and equipment of the New Orleans and Pen sacola navy yards to a minimum. The congressmen ask that enough work be distibuted to the two yards to keep tnem going at uieir full capacity Mr. Winthrop replied that the depart ment had reached the conclusion that, from in economical and business stand point the yards should be diminished in order to make their maintenance com mensurate wiui their value to navy. The acting secre —. u - - relegation tnat the decreases wou-r be made grad ually in order not to work hardship on the employes. With that idea in mind, . ..uiUirop today telegraphed to the commandants of the two yar s to ascertain how many men would lose their positions by uic department’s decision «urtouae me ex penses at New gleans and Pensacoia, by 40 per cent, the first step in the reduction. IT it is found such a reduction will throw many men out of work with no chance of securing employment,Ahe first decrease wul not be as great as original ly planneu. *ue delegations consisted of Senators Foster and Thornton and Representative Estopinal and Dupree, of xjouislana, anu Representative Spark man. of Florida. PRESIDENT TAFT IN STEW OVER ALABAMA POLITICS Selection of Republican Chair man May Mean Enstranoe ment of Hitchcock or Hilles WASHINGTON, July fl.—A factional rbw over, the selection of a Republican state chairman for Alabama boiled to the surface at the White House today and has put President Taft In the pre dicament of choosing between Post master General Hitchcock and Secre tary C. D. Hilles as political adviser to the administration. Mr. Hitchcock resigned as chairman of the Republican national committee before he entered the cabinet, but his connection with the appointment of postmasters nas necessarily kept him in touch with political conditions, es pecially in the south. Mr. Hilles has Interested himself in political condi tion the country over. A possible clash between Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Hilles had been predicted, but it was not looked for at this time. The Alabama row started several months ago. P. D. Barker. Republican nations* committeeman and postmaster at Mobile, is backing Peter Long for state chairman With the knowledge of Mr. Hitchcock. Secretary Hilles and Booker T. Washington, the negro edu cator, are understood to be backing J. O. Thompson, collector of internal rev enue. Several Alabama citizens, in cluding many of the most prominent federal officeholders in the state, de clared to President Taft today thal a majority of the Republican state com mittee is for Barker and asks that Alabama Republicans be allowed to settle the row themselves. The president did not commit him self. He is in an em harassing posi tion, since the Indorsement of Barker might be regarded as a turn down of Mr. Hilles and an Indorsement for Thompson might look like at a slap at Postmaster General Hitchcock. GENERAL G. I. EM LAID TO FINAL REST WEDNESDAY EVENING Twilight Shadows Were Be ginning to Fall When Body of Georgia’s Hero Was Borne to Oakland Cemetery The body of Gen. Clement A. Evans, hero of the Confederacy, and one of the men who have helped make Georgia great since that historic struggle, was laid at rest in Oakland cemetery Wed nesday afternoon, with churchly, civil and military honors. The threefold nature of the laurels that crowned his useful life made the subject of the eloquent eulogies pro nounced above his bier, and formed the most striking feature of the funeral cer emonies. To the hero of many a battle field, the Rev. R. Lin Cave, himself a fighter, now chaplain of the United Confederate Veterans, paid a • glorious and deserved tribute. To the man of peace who has served his state In civil life, the Rev. Dr. H. M. Hamill, of Nashville, directed hls splendid encemnium. To the minister of the gospel, who had laid aside the sword to spread the mes sage of the Prince of Peace, Bishop Warren Candler, of the Methodist church, directed his touching and ap propriate words. The ceremonies began at the state cap- Itol when the body of General Evans was conveyed from the family residence at 11:80 a. m. to the capltol rotunda, where It lay In state until the hour of the funeral services. From noon until 3:80 p. m. a steady throng of friends and comrades and people who held hls name as one of the priceless heritages of the commonwealth pasesd beside the bier for one last look on the old war rior’s face. He lay, lifelike and heroic, upon a couch, draped with Confederate banners, clothed In his gray uniform with the cross of honor, the gold badge presented him by the United Confederate veterans, and the insignia of a brigadier general which he wore at Appomattox. Around the bier were grouped innumerable flow ery tributes, which later were carried to the church, and thence to the grave. It was at the request of the veterans who had followed General Evans on the bat tlefield, that no casket was used at the capltol, and their last glimpse of their fallen leader was -that of a comrade fal len asleep. * PROCESSION TO CHURCH. At 3:30 o’clock the procession was formed at the capltol to escort the body to the First Methodist church, where the unreserved pews and galleries had long since been filled by waiting hun dreds. A battalion of Infantry from the Fifth regiment, Georgia national guard, and a troop of cavalry, the Governor’s Horse Guard, formed the military escort. All the Atlanta United Confederate veteran camps were out in full strength, headed by the camp commanders, nearly all of them, in uniform, and most of them car rying wreaths or other flowery tributes. , OFFICIAL ESCORT. The state house officials, headed by Governor Smith, formed another part of the escort, while the United States army was represented by Gen. Albert L. Mills and staff, of the department of the gulf. Distinguished officers of the United Con federate veterans from Georgia and other parts of the south were also in attend ance.. The course of the processton from the capltol to the church through Mitchell to Whitehall street, and thence out Peachtree street, through thejieart of the city, where traffic was hushed and many heads were bared as the cortege proceeded on its way. Bishop Warren Candler had charge MUNI FARMERS TO MEET IN BIG TENNILLE BILL! Meeting Will Be Held on July 7 Instead of July 10 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) UNION CITY, Ga., July fl.-The first of the big educational rallies that are planned by President R. F. Duckworth, of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative union, for farmers of this state, will be held at 7w nllle, in Washington county, July 17. The meeting at that time will be addressed by Hon. T. J. Brooks, of Tennessee, one of the most prominent of the leaders of the farmers of the country. While the date for the speaking was announced as July 10, It has been decided that the rally will be held a week later on July 17, as this time Is more propi tious. It 1s expected that one of the great est crowds that ever attended a farmers' educational rally will be present. It la the plan of President Ducwkorth to have rallies in every section of the state. Mr. Brooks is an authority on many ques tions that are of vital Interest to the farmers and many will take advantage of the opportunity. GENERAL PICON LAUGHS AT CASTRO NEW YORK. July fl.—Geo. Caracdola 5 Parra Picon, of Caracas, who is in New York for a ten days' stay, declares that Venezuela Is fully prepared to resist ♦ny attempt which may be made by former President Castro to gain control of the government. General Picon says Pres ident Gomez has no definite advices as to the whereabouts of Castro at present. "There is no chance of Castro regaining power,” says the general. ‘T talked with President Gomez just before I left Ca racas two weeks age/ He believes Gen eral Castro le organizing a revolution and will endeavor to enter Venezuela within a few weeks. The army and the people generally are loyal to President Gomez, and a Castro revolution will certainly fall. General Picon, who is a retired army officer, is a close personal friend of the Venezuelan president. of the ceremonies at the church, which were begun by the singing of "How Firm a Foundation,that splendid old hymn which was sung at the funeral of Gen. John B. Gordon at hls express request, and was sung over- the body of General Evans for a similar reason. The opening prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Wiggins, pastor of the church. EULOGIES PRONOUNCED The Rev. R. Lin Cave, of Nashville, an impressive and patriarchal figure, , pronounced the first eulogy. It was made doubly Impressive by the known fact that Dr. Cave had arisen from a bed of illness to be present and pay this last tribute to «k_former comrade. "I shall always thank God that I knew him, that I had hls esteem and retained to the last hls loving confi dence," said Dr. Cave. "We surrendered at the same time at Appomattox and were associated in the great struggle that preceded. Those experiences bound us closely. In the army, souls are really tried, and when men are weighed in the balance and not found wanting, ther« are formed those strong friendships that grow more firm as the years go by.” Dr. Cave read extracts from a letter written by General Evans himself, in which the general spoke In the most beautiful terms of hls love for hls old comrades in arms, and his gratitude for the love and devotion they had shown him since the war. SOLONS MAY PROBE REGENT LYNCHINGS INWUONCOHNII Two Resolutions Offered in House to Authorize Thorough Investigation of Notorious Affair Two resolutions, providing for an In vestigation by the legislature of the re cent lynchings of two negroes in Walton county, were Introduced in the house Thursday morning, and probably will be acted on Friday. One resolution to by Mr. Pickett, of Pickens, and the ether by Mr. Parker of Liberty. Instead of be ing referred to a committee, they win be allowed to lie on the table for a day, and will then be presented to the house for adoption. * Referring to the lynching, Mr. Pickett's resolution states: Tt is openly and notoriously charged throughout the state that the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Georgia, and the laws of each have been flagrantly Violated, that the courts of the state have been oj-enly set at defiance, and that the rights of citizens of the state have been oti’jag- . ed, and that their lives have been for feited. Tt to openly and notoriously charged that justice has miscarried through the failure or the refusal of the proper au thorities of the state to secure to said accused persons the venue of a fair trial, and the adequate protection to their llbes and their persons provided and guaran teed by law. and at the command of such "The honor of the state demands that the frequently recurring organised ci-imea known as lynchings snouid be publicly and officially condemned as crimen ab horrent to the minds of a great people, and foreign to their conceptions of law and liberty. Tt is the right of the people of the state and of ths officials criticised and charged with misfeasance that the facts attendant upon said alleged violations of law in Walton county mould be investi gated, and that the culpability or free dom from blame of said officials should be ascertained and established, as may appear from such investigation. PROVIDES COMMITTEE. Following this statement the resolutions provide that a committee of seven, four from the house and three from the sen ate, shall be appointed. "First. To make a complete and thorough investigation of said alleged violations of law in Walton county, Ga. "Second. To ascertain if any official, or officials of the state, charged with the duty of executing the laws and of securing to said persons accused of crime adequate protection to their lives and their persons, has been gull’.y of any official misfeasance, neglect or mis conduct. "Third. To report the result of such investigations and the findings of sucn committee to the general assembly. "Fourth. To recommend to the gen eral assembly such course In the prem ises. as such committee. In its discre tion, may deem proper. “Fifth. Broadly to consider and to recommend to the general assembly such legislation, if any, as such com mittee may deem advisable, with the phrpose of preventing similar violations of law, and of securing to all persons, with whatever crimes they may be charged, absolute and complete protec tion to their Ilves ana their persons, and the Assurance of fair and impartial trials.” PARKER RESOLUTION. Following is Mr. Parker's resolution; ••Whereas, mob vitgence has become so common and is foreign’to every principle of our republican form of gvernment, "Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the legislature thoroughly investlgats the horrible double lynching which occur red in Walton county and place the re sponsibility of the failure of th<» law to take its epurse. LEGISLATORS ENJOY SLATON’S BARBECUE I I Tt was a jovial tranch of legislators that left the state capitol at 1 o’clock Thursday, bound for the Cold Spring* Cue grounds, and it was more Ike a big group of happy, care-free boys that boarded the special ears than serious minded lawmakers. The occasion was the annual barbecue of Pres. John M. Slaton, of the senate, to the members of the house ®cd the senate, which was postponed from Wed nesday to Thursday on account of the death of General Evans. Verner ha-, charge of the 'cue, which was one of the best that the lawmakers have ever enjoyed. Good fellowship reigned and all differences between po litical opponents were thrown to ths Nothing was too good for President Slaton. He was nominated by various legislators for the president of the Unit ed. States, for thq United States senate, for ambassador to every known country, and for every other conceivable office. "I won’t remember any of thia tomor row,” said Mr. Slaton. "Couldn’t afford to any more than the men who are nom inating me.” MILS AT COLUMBUS TO INCREASE CAPITAL COLUMBUS, Ga., July At the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Eagle and Phenix Mills company, held yesterday afternoon, it was decided to increase the capital stock of the com pany from $750,000 to $1,000,000. This in crease was made on the splendid show ing of the operations of the big plant, the reports of the officers being quite gratifying to the directors in attendance. In addition to the routine business of the company, which was disposed of. officers and directors for the ensuing year were named. \ The Eagle and Phenix mills atls the oldest and most prosperous in the employing 1,800 operatives the MS round. The stockholders elected the board of directors: Messrs. E. T. Millhaven, Ga.; Mark W. Munroe. cey, Fla.; Henry Bulst, Charleston, cH C.; Gen. George P. Harrison, OiinWhlM Ala.; John G. Ruge, Apalachicola. E. P. Dismukes. G. Gunby Jordan, R™ C. Jordan and W. C. Bradley, Columbus; Judge Samuel Adams and J. 'B. Holst, Savannah. NO. 83.