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2 AMERICAN VICE CONSUL IS KILLED IN COLOMBIA William Bruce McMaster Shot to Death-Details Not Known WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—William Bruce McMaster. American vice consul at Cartagena, Colombia, has been shot and killed. Dispatches to the state de partment today reporting his death do not say whether It was an acicdent or a murderous assault.. An investigation is being made. • Mr. McMaster was killed last Sunday, "while hunting." accordinfg to the report to the state department. ASSAULTED TWO YEARS AGO. An attack upon his life two years ago and the strain imposed upon his relations with the Colombian judicial authorities Jtecause of his efforts to punish the would > aaauMins excites the suspicion of of ficials here as to the cause of his death. ▲bout two years ago because he had killed a native Sr «alf-detense McMas ter was attacked by several Colombians and dangerously wounded. He was ar jrested on the charge of murder and though acquitted by a lower court, was lound guilty and sentenced to impris onment by an appellate tribunal. The United States government interven ed and secured a new trial, which result ed in his acquittal in June. 1910. but he bad ever since been fearful of further violence. * Mr. McMaster was bom in Colombia of American parentage in 1575. He was educated in the United States. MACON THEATERS WILL PUT BAN ON BIG HATS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON. Ga., Aug. 14.—Steps are being taken aginst the "big hat evil" by the male visitors to the iocal motion picture theaters. According to an ordinance passed by city council in 1599, all ladies must remove their hats while in the theater before and after the performance has begun. The ordinance is strictly observed In the Grand theater but no attempts have been made by the local theater managers to enforce the ordinance. The ordinance reads that every theater manager should | see that ladies wearing large hats with big wavy plumes remove them before ' the show begins. Here of late the big j panamas have been the greatest nuisance ' to all patrons of the local motion pic ture theaters, and an effort is being made to have the law enforced here as In other cities. FARMERS OF WHEELER HEAR BROWN’S ADDRESS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) GLENWOOD. Ga.. Aug. 14. —The farmers and business men of Glenwood and Wheeler county were addressed Monday by President Lawson E. Brown, of the Georgia Farmers' union, and L. f B. Cheatham, of the National Ware house company, of Mississippi, on the marketing and handling of cotton. Hon. V. 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PELMETTO CAMPAIGN TO END IN EIGHT DAYS (By Associated Press.) COLUMBIA. S. C., Aug. 14.—With one week and one day more of campaigning, during which time some of the most populous counties of the Piedmont will be visited, the candidates for the state offices are entering the home stretch in the various races. ' The contests throughout the cam paign. especially for the governorship and attorney generalship, have been heated in the extreme. Today the candidates are at Laurens. Other populous counties to be visited during this week are Abbeville, Ander son, Greenwood and Greenville. The meeting at Greenville on the 22d will end the speaking tour of the state, though it is quite probable the cam paign will be waged with great earnest ness up to the day of balloting. BURKE~VOTERS BUSY WITH CROPS THIS YEAR (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYNESBORO. Ga., Aug. 15.—The peo ple of Burke county refuse to enthuse over politics notwithstanding the fact that the state primary Is close at hand. *uis county generally runs first or sec ond in the state in production of cotton and the voters instead of taking poli tics are putting in their time on the plantations and crop prospects have greatly improved in the past few weeks. Our first bale was marketed last Satur day and was bought by R. C. Neely com pany for 13 cents. While there is very little discussion of the gubernatorial race, it seems that Sla ton will easily carry the county and poll more votes than both his opponents combined.. EIGHTH DISTRICT MASONS ELECT NEW OFFICIALS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ATHENS. Ga., Aug. 14.—The follow ing officers were elected by the Eighth District Masonic convention for the en suing year: Worshipful master, W. A. Capps, Ath ens: senior warden, A. C. Seachery, Buckhead; junior warden, H. S. Wells, Watkinsville; secretary, F. T. 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MN PRAISES HOUSE FOR NOT SUSTAINING VETO Next President Says Congress Did Right in Overruling Taft’s Objections (By Associated Press.) SEAGIRT, Aug. 14.—“1 am heartily in favor of the wool bill. I think yes terday’s action of the house was entire ly justifiable in passing the bill over the president's veto,” said Gov. Woodrow Wilson today. "I suppose the bill lias little chance in the senate,” he added. Pending public questions, affecting the welfare of the farmer, the tariff and agricultural department of the country. Governor Wilson announced today, would be discussed in his speech before the farmers from Pennsylvania, Dela ware and New Jersey at the Farmers’ day celebration at Gloucester, N. J., to morrow. HOSPITAL OPENsTts DOORS TO DUMB ANIMALS (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The new hos pital and dispensary of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, located on Avenue A, in the East Side "hospital district” began today its work of ministering to dogs, cats and horses. The institution is the most complete of its kind in the world. Medicine and professional advice are given free to those unable to pay. The building includes a series of wards, private rooms, pharmacies, operating rooms, exercise rooms and isolation wards for animals suffering from con tagious diseases. The ground floor has a garage equipped with 15 automobile ambulances and wagons. LOUISIANA MILL MEN WARN NEGROES TO GO (By Associated Press.) CAMPTI, La., Aug. 15.—“ Nigger, read and run, and if you can’t read, run any way,” thus reads the note of warning that negroes in the logging camp at Creston, six miles from here, found the other morning posted on the doors of their cabins and in conspicuous places in the woods. A night or two later, the negroes not having vacated, a party of men rode into the camp and fired into the cabins. No one was hurt but the black men were thoroughly demoralized. The negroes are now being quartered here at night with the hope of preventing further trou ble. ROME WILL CITY GOVERNMENT (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., August 15.—Many Im portant changes will be made in the city government of Rome as the result of legislative enactment abolishing tins board of public •works on October 1. Hundreds of references are made to the board of pubic works in the city char ter, and in each of these cases it will be necessary to amend the charter con ferring the powers previously held by the board upon the members of tue council. Qlty Attorney Meyerhardt is now engaged in this work. The city attorney has ruled that the terms of office of all employes of the board terminate with the expiration of the board on October 1. Therefore, it will be the duty of council to elect a city engineer, superintendent of public works and such other officer and em ployes as are necessary to administer the business of the city’s streets, wa terworks and sewerage systems. WAYCROSS WILL PLAN SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBIT (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYCROSS, Ga., Aug. 15.—This city will do all it can to secure a Georgia building and exhibit at the big exposi tion that will be held in San Francisco in 1915, in celebration of the opening of the Panama canal. The board of trade has adopted reso lutions indorsing the movement and pledging assistance in every possible manner. A committee will be named to go to the - state meeting that will be held shortly to discuss ways and means for such an exhibit. MfIVOR OF HOT SPRINGS HOLOS ON TD SCHEPPS Refuses to Give Him Into Cus tody of Man Without Credentials, <Bv Associated Press.) HOT SPRINGS, Aug. 14.—1 n the ab sence of proper credentials showing by Rubin, Acting Mayor Pettit, of Hot Springs, sent the following telegram this afternoon to District Attorney Whitman: "Wire accurate description of men sent sent here for prisoner. They have neither credentials nor paper." In declining to give Schepps into the custody of Rubin. Mayor Pettit asked the assistant district attorney: “Suppose the Arkansas authorities sent after a prisoner to New York and the officers sent could only Identify himself by showing a name on a label sewed into his coat—don’t you think he would be thrown out bodily or promptly detained as a lunatic?” Rubin laughed good naturedly and said. “Go ahead and telegraph Mr. Whit man and satisfy yourself.” RECEIVERS PROBING ROME INSURANCE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., Aug. 15.—R. A. Denny, of Rome; T. K. Scott, of Augusta, and E. W. Butler, of Madison, receivers by or der of the superior court for the Rome Insurance company, arg this week malt ing a preliminary investigation of the affairs of the company. They have rented an office on Third avenue, are in pos session of all the books and papers of the Insurance company, and propose to conduct their far-reaching probe of con ditions, particularly of unpaid stock sub scriptions. Those petitioning for a receiver al lege that of the $1,000,000 capital stock of the company only $260,000 has been paid in, leaving a balance of $740,000 to be col lected. As the first step In this work, the receivers have selected Alonzo Richard son company, of Atlanta, as auditors to go through the books. MARION IS OPPOSED TO SENATORIAL PLAN (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 15.—Marion county is vigorously opposed, to the proposition of the Twenty-fourth sen atorial district to name the senator. At a meeting of the county executive committee of that county this week res olutions were adopted registering a pro test and declaring for the old and pre vailing system of the county rotation plan—each county having its turn In the naming of a senator. The sentiment for the old plan ao peiars quite strong and it is quite likely that there will be no change. This year, under the present system, Muscogee is to name the senator, and Hon. B. S. Miller, of Columbus, Is a candidate. MACON WILL VOTE ON CITY LIGHTS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., Aug. 15.—A special elec tiol will be held here the second week in November next for the purpose of se curing the assent of two-thirds of the registered voters to the incurring of the debt for lighting the city for a period of five years. The registration books will be opened the first of September, about five weeks prior to the election. Bids for furnishing light for the streets, parks and public buildings will be re ceived from now until Tuesday night. August 20 at 8 o’clock, the hour council opens its session. Democratic Cotton Tariff Passes Senate (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. August 14—The Democratic cotton tariff bill passed the senate today 36 to 19. It carried an amendment .repealing all of the Canadian reciprocity act ex cept the free paj>er provision. Phone Improvements (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 14.—Over $20.- 000 was expended by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company In Improvements that have just been com pleted in this city, and on building a new toll circuit jfrom Albany to Thom asville. The wot-k was begun last Jan uary, and has just been completed, the force of about twenty special linemen having departed for other points where similar improvements will be made. In this city, telephone cables were install ed which it is calculated will take care of the rapid growth In business for some time to come. Regiment to Shoot (Spec il uispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., Aug. 15.—The Second Georgia regiment, composed of 12 compa nies from towns surrounding Macon will hold a two days’ shoot on the Holton rifle range the 12th and 13th of Septem ber. The riflemen in the regiment, about 300 in number, will visit the range equipped with camping outfits and prob ably remain on the range the entire two days. The main prize to be considered Is the handsome regimental trophy which is at present being held by the Walton Guards of Monroe. James T. Gay Dead (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LAGRANGE, Ga., Aug. 15.—The funeral of Hon. James T. Gay was held Wednes day afternoon from the family residence, 92 Harwell avenue, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Gay, who was well known and be loved about the city, was a man of high moral character and greatly esteemed lo cally, although he had only lived in this city nine years, coming here from Fre donia, Chambers county, Ala. Rev. Dr. Ledbetter, of the First Methodist church, conducted the funeral services, and in terment was had in Hill View ceme tery. Convict Is Shot (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 15.—Another state convict was shot by one of the guards yesterday, but the wounds in flicted fail to produce death this time. Jim Weldon, a misdemeanor convict at work on the river road, made an effort to escape and was shot by Guard J. D. Vinson, when he refused to stop. Only one buckshot took effect in the negro’s back. Aviator Unscratched STRATFORD, Conn., Aug. 15—Lieu tenant Foulers, of the United States aviation corps, probably escaped seri ous injury or death as if by a miracle yesterday when his biplane, upon landing, hit a stone wall. The machine was smashed, but the army aviator was unhurt. Foulers had glided down 1,500 feet. The angle was so abrupt that something went wrong with the mech anism and the aviator was unable to direct a safe landing. DARROW TRIAL GOES TO JURV ON FRIDAY Famous Bribery Case Is on Its Final Lap - Lawyers Are Pleading (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.—With Attor ney Horace H. Appel, for the defense, beginning the opening argument for Clarence S. Darrow, charged with hav ing committed jury bribery in the case of the McNamara brothers, the trial was scheduled to be resumed today. Attorneys representing Mr. Darrow said it was not according to law that the de fendant should have ben attacked as he had been by the assistant district attorney in the latter's argument of yesterday. Each side has been allotted two and one-half days for summing up, and the case is expected to go to the jury Friday. Monkeys Take Charge Os Ship On Voyage (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, August 15.—The voyage of the big steam freighter Egremont Castle from the far east came near being one long nightmare. Forty-one monkeys were taken on board at an eastern port. They refused to answer the dinner bell, they swarmed in ‘he rigging, hopelessly tangling any loose ends of rope they could find, swung on the whistle rope, sending forth blasts of the siren in the dead of night; rifled the galley shelves and upset every thing that was not nailed down. Freedom of the ship had been grant ed to the monkeys to keep them in bet ter health, but Captain Smith finally ordered them caught and put back in the cages. This resulted in the death of 12. THOMAS FARM BRINGS BIG PROFIT IN HAY (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) THOMASVILLE. Ga., August 15— As an evidence of what can be done in the way of making hay in this sec tion of the state regardless of whether th e sun shines or not, is the experience of a Thomas county man upon six acres of land within the city limits. Last year this haymaker succeeded in get ting 36 tons of hay from these six acres which he easily sold at $25 per ton. This year on the same land he planted nine bushels of peas and six of sorghum. The army worms destroyed the sor ghum, but did not hurt the peas, and there is now a fine field of peavine hay. Os this crop he expects to make 30 tons of hay for which he can get $25 per ton. All of the expense of this crop, including fertilizing, plowing, cut ting, gathering, etc., amount to about SIOO, and the amount of cash to be realized from it will be in the neighbor hood of $750, which is a pretty neat profit upon the outlay. DOUGHERTY DOCTORS URGE VACCINATION (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ALBANY, Ga., August 15.—The Dougherty County Medical society has taken up the gantlet thrown down by the opponents of the board of educa tion’s order requiring vaccination as a condition precedent to the admission of children into the schools of the city and county, and In a set of strong res olutions, charging "ignorance” on the part of those behind the antl-vaccl nation movement, urges the board to retain its vaccination rule and continue to enforce it. The resolutions charge that the anti vaccination petition is being circulated through “ignorance of the seriousness of the step,” and is supported upon the “unskillful advice of those not prop erly informed on the subject.” WOULD KEEP CHICKENS OFF COLUMBUS STREETS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 15.—The Rose Hill Improvement association would pre vent the running of chickens on the streets of the city and suburbs in toto. This progressive organization is hot after the fowls, and the members declare their intention to go to the city council with their trouble in efforts to get an ordi nance passed to aid In the crusade against the "chicks.” At a meeting of the association last night resolutions were passed with this end in view. VOTE FOR J. J. BROWN A Practical and Successful Far mer, for Commissioner of Agricul ture. To the White Voters of Geor gia : J. J. Brown, of Elbert County, is a candidate for Com missioner of Agriculture, and asks you for your vote at the pri mary next Wednesday. Mr. Brown is a practical and successful farmer, and stands for the development of Georgia’s farming interests—the main source of her wealth. Mr. Brown is now the Assistant Commissioner. He has managed the office with marked success and is the best equipped man in the race. When you go to the polls, re member J, J. Brown. The Public Record of Hooper Alexander Candidate for Governor What Is John M.Slaton’s Record? TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA: Senator Slaton. Candidate for Gover nor, has refused to discuss the issues of this campaign, either in joint de bate, or in the newspapers, or in any public way, though he has been chal lenged by HOOPER ALEXANDER and his supporters time and time again. The campaign about to close now is in many ways one Os the most remarkable in the history of Georgia. Even his own newspaper supporters have refus ed to discuss the issues of , the cam paign except to abuse and vilify HOOPER ALEXANDER. They take no notice whatever of the Hon. Joe Hill Hall; for the most part, they refuse to publish the announcements of HOOP ER ALEXANDER’S speeches, and made only scant mention of the platform on which he is running for the Governor ship of Georgia. They refused to pub lish any account of the speeches he has made in which he is attempting to discuss the issues of the campaign be fore the people of the State, but a large part of the daily press has taken no stand whatever in the present guber natorial race. The Savannah Press and the Macon News have given ALEXAN DER a square deal in their news col umns. The Atlanta Journal is the only paper in the state that has treat ed him at all liberally. This last nam ed paper has at least been fair enough to publish his platform and public ad dresses. But to be perfectly frank with the people of Georgia, we counted on the opposition of such papers as the At lanta Constitution, the Macon Tele graph and the Savannah News, as a political asset in a campaign like this. On account of the prohibition issue, the other city dailies have not seen fit to give HOOPER ALEXANDER their ac tive support, though it is known that many of the men connected with the«e papers are heartily in accord with his views. Mr. Slaton has continued to the very >ast week his "pussy-foot” methods of campaigning. He absolutely refused to come out in the open and discuss the Issues of the campaign, but Be has waited until the very last week and has deluged the weekly press of the small towns of Georgia with eulogistic mis statements, in many cases occupying as much as six columns of these papers in the hope that voters in the small towns and in the rural districts would be deceived. Possessed of enormous wealth, the expenditure of $4,000.00 or $5,000.00 In this way means nothing to Senator Slaton. For live or six months, he has had a force of 14 or )5 stenographers, writing letters to the entire list of voters as outlined ft am the registration lists of tho various counties. Many of you have received as many as five or six of exactly, the same kind of letters, and you know it to be true that at no time has he yet entered Into any kind of discussion as to his views on the great public ques tions of the day. We do not know just what will be contained in the col umns of the weekly papers this week, and It is too late for us to answer any statements he may make, because there will be no other issue of the weekly papers of the state until after the pri mary on August 21st. and the daily papers of the state, with the exception of the papers above mentioned, have refused to publish statements from HOOPER ALEXANDER, except at such rates per line as make it impossi ble for him to address you in this way. Hooper Alexander has refused to pay out large sums of money to the newspapers because he believes that the time has come that some protect should be made against reckless ex penditure of money in political cam paigns for newspaper space »r. the weekly and daily papers of the .Tate, so that all we can do at this time is to present to you his public record. HOOPER ALEXANDER’S RWCORD. As the editor of a county newspaper, the DeKalb New Era, he educated the state on the doctrine of the franchise tax, and wrote the franchise bill ’.'hich was finally enacted into law, and has added millions of dollars to the State Treasury. This tax last year anion ed to nearly $500,000.0*) for ‘he state, counties and cities. As a lawyer, he won the case for lower passenger rates before the Rail road Commission, which has resulted in saving millions of dollars to the peo ple of Georgia. As a legislator, he has always been on the side of the people as against the selfish interests. During the eight years of his service in the House, he has been unfailing in attendance upon the sessions of the House and the meetings of its committees, and for four years he has been the acknowl edged leader of the House. He has never dodged a vote, and no man lias answered to so many roll-calls, or voted so consistently for the interests of the people. It would be impossible even to enumerate the measures which he has advocated by vote and voice. A few are selected to show his attitude on public questions. In the session of 1905, he voted on roll-call: For the Anti-Free-Pass Bill. For the State Reformatory for Ju venile Delinquents. For the Bell Child Labor I-aw. For a State Tax of $1,000.00 on sa loons. For an occupation tax on public util ity companies. For abolishing the negro troops. For amending Act for regulation of freight and passenger traffic. For including telephone and tlegrapn companies in the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission. In the session of 1906, he voted as follows: For State arbitration board for the assessment of taxes. For election of County School Com missioners by the people. For the appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the State Agricultural College at Athens. For the election of Railroad Commis- i sioners by the people. For the abolition of "bucket shops.” Against the Slaton bill to create the Court of Appeals. For local tax districts for schools. For regulating the speed of automo biles. For the State Sanitarium for con sumptives. For the Pure Food Law. Against the Mattingly bonds. For the North Georgia Agricultural college, and for establishing Agricult ural schools in each Congressional Dis trict, . ' For $65,000.00 appropriation foi Academy for the Blind. For the Hospital at the Confederate Soldiers’ Home. . In the session of 1907, he introduced and had passed the bill repealing th4 old method of arbitrating tax assess ments. the new law providing foil sworn arbitrators and sworn testimony! He also introduced and had passed the bill to create the Bank Bureau* with the Bank Examiner. He voted for the State-wide Prohibi tion Bill. For the Anti-free pass bill. For the suffrage amendment disfran chising the ignorant negro. For the Resolution of Investigatiort of the control of the Central of Geor gia by the Southern railroad. (Where upon the Southern terminated that re lation.) For requiring railroads to rurnisn! necessary cars for the transportation of fruit. For enlarging the powers of the Railroad Commission. For the reorganization of the Militia, Against the Act authorizing watei} power companies to condemn private property. In the session of 1908, he signed a minority report against the Holden bill to make a new lease for the con victs, and was largely instrumental in abolishing the lease system and in put ting the convicts on the county roads. He voted for: A bill prescribing the duties of tele graph and telephone companies in sending and receiving messages. A bill requiring candidates for office to publish an itemized statement of campaign expenses. For providing for sanitation work in the counties. For the tax on near-beer saloons. For appropriating fertilizer free to agricultural schools. For the new Registration Law. For providing a Parole System. In the session of 1909, he voted: For a tax commission for equalizing taxes. For an income tax. For the State Auditor’s bill. For a tax of SI,OOO on near-beer sa loons. For protecting live stock from in fectious diseases. For the purchase of lands for the W. & A. terminals in Chattanooga. And he introduced an amendment) for the scaling of other so that the Confederate Veterans might; be paid in full. In the session of 1910, he introduced the bill to exempt farm products front taxation. It was the Alexander substitute that) secured the adoption of the Constitu tional amendment for a Federal Income) Tax. He voted for a compulsory school ex tending the public school course be yond the elementary branches. For putting Solicitors on salaries. For a Bureau of Labor. Introduced and passed a bill raising] the age limit for the night messenger service, protecting young boys from; being sent to the Red Light districts in the cities. In 1911, he voted for the Anti-lobby-* ing bill, which finally passed. For the bill creating the Depart-* ment of Commerce and Labor. For the law making 10 hours a day] the maximum for operatives in cotton and woolen mills. - Introduced the Tippins-Alexander bill for the abolition of near-beer saloon* and locker clubs. In the session of 1912, he secured more than a 2-3 vote for the passage! of the Alexander substitute to the Tip pins bill, though the Governor’s vet® was sustained later on. He introduced and passed a child la bor bill by a vote of 111 to 10 in the House. He secured a majority vote for in-; augurating the plan of extending the' State Road to the Sea. He wrote the report which wis adopted by both House and Senate re-1 jecting the Bristow amendment to the Constiutution of the United States. He saved the passage of the bill in the House which required an educa tional test for railroad firemen. He voted for the bill prohibiting the use of any artificial filler in fertilizer. During the eight years of faithfull and diligent service, it is absolutely true of HOOPER ALEXANDER, that) he has been “the enemy of the last* abuse and the advocate of the next re form.” It is in his record of successful ac complishment in the cause of popular rights and the people's interests, that he asks the suffrage of the people for the office of Governor. No man has ever aspired to that office with a bet ter record than his. In contrast with this splendid record of Hooper Alexander’s, what is Sena tor Slaton’s record? After a campaign of more than five months he has not| given it to you. But the people of Georgia know that he has always been allied with that party which is hostile to the prohibition law, hostile to the Railroad Commission, with its present enlarged powers, and with that party opposed to the extension of the West ern and Atlantic railroad to the sea. He has been identified with practically not constructive legislation, though he has been Speaker of the House twice and President of the Senate. As he has re-' fused to discuss the issues of the cam paign, we ask the attention of th«l thoughtful voters of the State to the, splendid record of Hooper Alexander,! in contrast with the poor record and the bad record of John M. Slaton. In conclusion, let the voters of the State consider carefully the merits of the candidates now before them. Let them consider carefully the importance of the issues of Prohibition, L»w En forcement, and the general principles of Progressive Democracy, so ably champ ioned by Hooper Alexander, not only in, this campaign, but during his entire public career. Though the daily and weekly, press may suppress the news, it is true, nev-l ertheless, that from the mountains to the sea the people of Georgia are in open revolt against the methods of campaigning used by Senator Slaton, and against his refusal to discuss the issues of this campaign with the people of Georgia. From every part of the state, this news comes to us, and the 1 people in every other part may be as-' sured that the revolt they see in their own communities is widespread through out the State. Prohibition leaders, Jike Seaborn V right and Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, * and the officers of the Woman’s Chris tian Temperance Union, and of the An ti-Saloon League, and the brilliant edi tor and speaker, W. D. Upshaw, of The Golden Age, are with Hooper Alexander tn this fight, and against Senator Sla ton. The great majority of the commercial, travelers are also with him, and we have reason to believe that the great mass of the thinking people of the State, whether farmers, business men,' or professional men, whether rich or I poor, whether living in the city or liv ing in the country, are with Hooper' Alexander in the great fight he is mak-l Ing. He will be satisfied with th®ir, verdict, whatever it may be. Yours for Prohibition, Law Enforce ment, and the principles of Progressive! Democracy, CHAS. D. WKENNEY,
