About Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1912)
PINIMI CANAL BILL IS PISSED DE HOUSE Provides That American Coasting Vessels Shall Pass Free of Toll (By Associated Pres*.' WASHINGTON'. Aug. 17.—The Pan ama canal bill. a» agreed upon by con feree* of the senate and house, was passed by the house again tonight by a ▼lva voce vote. As passed, the bill, which provides for the government and administration of the canal, contains provisions for the passage of American coastwise vessels through the canal free of tolls and the admittance of ship building materia! to the canal sone free of duty. The bill already has passed the senate, and now goes to the presi dent for his signature. ,A special rule prohibiting points of order against the measure prevented Representatives Moore and Olmsted, of Pennsylvania. Republicans, from re newing their. attack on the provision for free admission of ship materials. As a result there was little opposition. Mr. Moore was taken severely to task by Representative Alexander, chairman of the merchant marine committee, for his allegations that the free admission clause would Injure American ship yards and work a hardship on American labor. Mr. Alexander held that with free material shipping would be greatly benefited. He defended the admission of foreign-built ships to American regis try on the ground that American ship yards were not building vessels for the foreign trade. The exclusion of rail road or trust-owned ships from using the canal, in the opinion of Representa tive Sims, of Tennessee, was worth all the labor and time taken to mold the bill. MURRAY COUNTY VOTERS HEAR M'GEHEE SPEAK * (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SPRING PLACE. Ga, August 16. — Hon. John H. McGehee, candidate for railroad commissioner, to succeed Jo seph Gray, addressed a large audience in the superior court room today. He was introduced by ex-Senator C. W. King, who said he served in the «en ste with Colonel McGehee and thate every vote cast by him was In the in terest of the people, while every ques tion looking to the moral uplift of the state found in McGehee an earnest and eloquent advocate; that he was worthy of any office in the gift of the peoule. Colonel McGehee caught the attention of his audience with his first sentence and held them in his grasp until he closed, when for five minutes or more, they gathered about the speaker to shake his hand and assure him of their support. The speaker seemed to enjoy the gen eral handshake accorded him and the ease with which, he greeted the large crowds caused friends to remark that he must be accustomed to the wayd of associations and camp meetings. DEMOCRATIC METHODS MARK BALDWIN COURT (Special Dispatch to The Journal.V MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 17. Baldwin county superior court has been in session here this wees, with Judge J. B. Park, presiding. Soltcttor-General Jos. E. Pottle. Clerk of Superior Court J. C. Cooper and Sheritf S. L. Terry, all having their hands full. Judge Park has won considerable favorable com ment from the public for his democrat ic management of the court, allowing the people all freedom, coats off and other liberties. A feature of the term of court was that every criminal case coming before the court, consisting largely of misde meanor cases originating through vio lations of the labor law, was found guilty and the limit of tne raw applied. This also is true of the murder charge against George Taylor, a negro, charged with killing Charlie Bonner, last April, who was found guilty and sentenced to hang September 27. This will be the first hanging in the county in many years ® Low Fares! On the lit and 3rd Tuesdays °f each mouth the fares are txlra low—and allow stop overs free and 25 days time— via Cotton Belt Route to Arkansas ® & Texas JbS The Cotton Belt Route is the ctV thrtel line from Memphis to rjj Texas, through Arkansas two rp’.endid trains daily, with ■£»; through sleepers,chair cars and parlor-case cars. Trains from '.'Q all parts of the Southeast make direct connection at Memphis with Cotton Belt Route trains to the Southwest. Write to me todey I will tel! you exact fare from your town, sched ule, and send you splcn did illustrated books of Yf farm facts about Arkan sas and Texas. L P ' SM,TH ’ Trattint ft sneer er Area* JR 2028 Pint Avenue Ala. AB year Tourist Ticket* also on •ale Daily to cor taiapointainTea- •a. M-day• limit. Mgy Money Directors of Wilson Campaign K'- ' * Ml ’ 1 I p •' • • • ' ,; ' s ** J l- ! .J 7 At • L . . w. The Big Three of fiaance in the Wil son campaign. From top to bottom they are Kolla Wells, treasurer of the Demo cratic national committee; Henry Mor genthau, chairman of the finance com mittee, and Charles B. Crane, vice chairman of the finance committee. DAY LABORER WINS $366,800 LOTTERY PRIZE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 17.—T0 become an independently rich man from a day laborer, in a moment, is the unusual ex perience through which M. Wittee, a car penter, who has been employed on the Savannah hotel building here, has just passed. While busily engaged with his work he received a letter, which had followed him for months, containing cer tificates for $366,800 which he had won in a lottery In France, on a ticket which he carelessly purchased for a few francs last winter while traveling in that coun try. Wittee nearly fainted when be re ceived the letter; but he did the most natural thing. Without waiting a moment he laid aside his hammer and saw, wiped his brow, and after climbing down from a lofty floor of the building informed the foreman that he didn’t have to work any more. W’ittee had sl6 salary due him He didn’t wait to get it, but informed the cashier that he would return for the money if he needed it. He hasn't re turned yet. Wittee Is a-Swede. He has traveled nearly all over the world. The letter containing the certificates was covered with postmarks, showing that it had fol lowed him many miles. Wittee came to Savannah as a sailor. He expects to leave here immediately, going to New York. APPROPRIATIONS OF (By A**ociated Pres*.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.—Last year's appropriations for the conduct of gov ernment are further extended, this time to September 1. by a resolution which passed the house today and now goes to the senate. A former extension resolution expired today. This will enable the government to pay the army, navy and other estab lishments which have long been with out money. The house was expected to day to agree to the senate’s amendment to the pension appropriation bill and relieve at once the situation among the veterans. MINER IS RESCUED AFTER LONGJNTOMBMENT (By Associated Frees.) BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Aug. 16.—Henry Duncan, a negro miner, was rescued alive Wednesday in the Alternant mine, twenty-two hours after the explosion which caused the death of seventeen men. He had been. unconscious since the explosion, but was revived about an hcur after being brought to the surface. State Mine Inspector C. H. Nesbitt, who has returned from Abernant, said that only five of the seventeen who met death were killed by the explosion, and that the other twelve died from asphyxiation. FEARING TUBERCULOSIS, SHOOTSJSELF TO DEATH (By Associated Press.) ATHENS. Ga., Aug. 16.—Fear of tu berculosis caused the suicide here Thursday of 15-year-old Will Poss, who shot himself through the heart. •’HE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1912. BECKER HID FORTUNE HIDDEN IN DINKS Police Lieutenant's Profits Ran Up to $83,000 and Maybe More (By Associated P-ess.) NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—Thoroughly aroused by charges of police graft after the disorderly house raids made by the district attorney’s force. Police Com missioner Waldo, it was said tonight, i plans a public investigation of his own. Together with Cornelius J. Hayes, the police inspector whom he yesterday re duced to captain as a sequence of his alleged failure to suppress disorderly houses in his district, three other in spectors will be placed on trial by the commissioner next week, it was said. They will be asked to explain the ex istence of disorderly places in their districts. These trials will be the vehicle of the commissioner’s proposed investigation. It is said the commis sioner’s plan will not be to confine pro ceedings to testimony against the in spectors. but to unearth every thread of evidence bearing upon general police graft. The inspectors said to be slated for trial are known to include men against whom District Attorney Whitman has obtained evidence of gambling graft. WALDO SURPRISED. Until the raids made on disorderly resorts last Thursday night by Assist ant District Attorney Smith, Commis sioner Waldo, according to one of his close friends, had confidence that his inspectors were doing their duty and that the alleged graft did not reach higher than Lieutenant Becker. The Becker charges, he thought, were a case for the district attorney. He be lieves now that he has had "the wool pulled over his eyes.” It was reported today that Hayes in tended to see District Attorney Whit man Monday and offer to make some sensational disclosures. The inspector whose name tvas mentioned In the ■ stories told to District Attorney Whit man by "Brldgie” Webber, self-con fessed accomplice in the Rosenthal murder, could not be found tonight by those who sought verification of the re port. BECKER HAD $83,000. The record of Police Lieutenant Becker’s bank deposits has now reached $83,000. Becker accounts of $3,000 and $6,000, respectively, were furnished to the district attorney’s office today by two more banks, these being the last to report of eight institutions within the city in which the police lieutenant placed money during the last eight or nine months. Efforts to trace accounts in three out-of-town banks are being continued. Becker, according to evidence gath ered by the prosecutor’s office, main tained a surveillance over disorderly houses which attempted to do business without paying protection. According to this evidence, Becker raided one place which had been sold by one of the smaller protected “vice trusts” to an “independent” who failed to “come across.” Sam Schepps. the material witness in the Rosenthal case, may be joined ‘on his trip to New York by Mr. Whitman at Albany tomorrow night, it was re ported here today. The prosecutor is now with his family in Manchester, Vt, and it was rumored that Schepps’ trip from Hot Springs, Ark., in custody of Assistant District Attorney Rubin, was delayed at Buffalo that Mr. Whitman might see him before he reaches New York. Assistant District Attorney Moss, who left town today, is believed to have gone to Manchester and may be also one of the Schepps party. BALDWIN STANDS HIGH IN ROAD BUILDING (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 17. Baldwin county’s roads show up well in the recent report of the state geol ogist, the county standing tenth in the stat* in point of surfaced itnproved roads. In addition to this, the countv ranks high in steel and concrete bridges, the policy of the commission ers being to bridge every stream and fill where possible, using modern steel bridges and concrete culverts. As a result there are no steep grades and narrow valleys or dangerous stream crossings in the county. Mr. C. Manley Smith and Dr. W. C. Thompson, of Dublin, passed through Milledgeville Thursday on a trip <,f over 1,000 miles, including going and returning, in Georgia and South Caro lina, and they report that no county traversed showed such universally splendid roads as Baldwin county. This feature is attracting home se»*ir ers to Baldwin county, ana the same advantages will accrue to any county devoting attention to road building. BAINBRIDGE DEDICATES FOUNTAIN TO SMART (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) BAINBRIDGE. Ga., Aug. 17.—The sanitary drinking fountain erected by the Woman’s club to the memory of former Chief of Police E. H. Smart was dedicated on yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of people; Mrs. Max E. Nussbaum, presi dent of the Woman’s club, presented the fountain to the city in beautiful speech delivered in a clear, forceful manner. Eulogies of the former chief were made by H. G. Hartsfield and Judge W. M. Harrell. The fountain contains four drinking sections and stands in the City park in an opposite corner to a monument erected to the memory of Ben E. Russell. WHISKY HIDDEhT IN LOAD OF HAY (By Axociated Pres*.) WILMINGTON. N. C., August 17. Five hundred bottles of "Turkey Moun tain" corn liquor, neatly packed away in gunny sacks, await an owner at the Tocal police station. A wagon ostensi bly loaded with hay broke down in the street here early today and when the police, “scenting the trouble from i afar," arrived on the scene the negro ■ driver took to his heels, leaving the : property without a claimant. Follow- 1 Ing the sensational campaign against blind tigers here a week ago, no one has the temerity to claim the goods. SIDNA EDWARDS PLEADS GUILTY; GETS 15 YEARS (By Associated Pres*.) WYTHEVILLE, Va., Aug. 17.—0 n the advice of his mother. Sidna Edwards, one of the Hillsville court house assas sins. pleaded guilty today to second de gree murder and was sentenced to fif teen years in the penitentiary. Two of his kinsmen have been found guilty of murder in the first degree. i M VILOHEM DOG TH BILL SIGNED 9Y IBM Men Who Voted for It Urged Veto-Venue Bill Also Approved Gov. Joseph M. Brown on Saturday evening approved the new dog tax bill which, it is said, will cut approxi mately SIOO,OOO off the state’s annuai revenue. The new law takes the place of the old dollar a dog tax, and taxes the owner of canines for ad valorem prop erty. In other words, at a 1 per cent rate it would take a SIOO pup to bring the state $1 in revenue, and the owne: of a worthless hound can keep hin. without paying anything to the state. The former dog tax bill brought the state between SIOO,OOO and $125,000 an nually. It is said that a number of the solons who voted for the new measure t<? please canine-owning constituents, vis ited Governor Brown after its passage and urged the chief executive to veto the measure, which they, as legislators, approved by their votes. Another important piece of general legislation approved Saturday evening by the governor was the "venue bill.” This law, which was bitterly fought by the corporations, especially the Cen tral Georgia Power company, provides that suits for damages can be filed in counties where the alleged damage occurs or incurs. On the old system ft has been re quired that the suits be brought in the county where the corporation sued has its headquarters. The bill is con sidered one of the most important passed by the recently adjourned es sion of the legislature. A long-standing controversy between a number of property owners of Jack son, Butts county, and the Central Georgia Power company was responsi ble for the introduction of the bill, it is said. The Butts county people claim that their property has been greatly damaged by an immense lake caused by the damming of the river near Jackson by the corporation. The citi zens wish to bring their suits in Butts rather than Bibb county. REV. DR. BRANNEN~HAS 20TH ANNIVERSARY (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 17.- Twenty years as pastor of one church is the record of Rev. D. W. Brannen, D. D., pastor, of the First Presbyterian church of this city, the completion of this period of work being consum mated early this fall. Dr. Brannen commenced his minis terial work here immediately after or dination. and his record has been re markable. During the time he has occupied the pulpit double the number of members of the church at the beginning have either died or moved away, and yet the church has doubled its membership. Instead of church property to the val ue of $3,000, there is now ten times that value attached to it The mem bership is larger than that of any city of the state under 10,000, except tiiu i of Marietta, and ranks tenth of all the churches in the state. It is understood that plans will be formulated by the members to hold an anniversary service and remembci the pastor in it. LAGRANGE TOUR MAKES CHANGE IN PROGRAM (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LAGRANGE, Ga., Aug. 17.—An nouncement has b made by ti e committee in charge of the Merchant*,’ Trade tour lor ne<t we«.-»; * fron Lu- Grange to surrounding territorial points, that the second day of the tour will be held on Thursday, August 22, instead of Wednesday. The change is made on account of primary election day on Wednesday and meeting of the stockholders of the Dunson Mills corporation in addition to other important business transac tions scheduled for that day. As the tlm e is nearing for this big trade tour, many new applicants for places in the automobiles have been received and several other autos will be added to the list before Tuesday next, the first day of the tour. WHITE MEN CHARGED WITH NEGRO’S DEATH (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) GRIFFIN, Ga., Aug. 17.-The grand jury late yesterday afternoon returned true bills against J. M. Bassett and W. T. Jones, two well-known citizens of this county, charging them with the murder of Charlie Roberts, a negro. 4 The negro was killed at his home, three miles from this city, on the third of last April about 10 o’clock at night, and his wife swore out warrants '.against Messrs. Bassett and Jones with the mur der of her husband, but in a prelimi nary trial they were exonerated. The men are now in jail but will make application before Judge Daniel, at Jackson next week for bail. ASHBURN VOTERS HEAR HON. HOOPER ALEXANDER (Special Dispatch to The Journal). ASHBURN, Ga-, August 17.—Ho> Hooper Alexander, after speaking at Montezuma. Vienna and Cordele, ad dressed a large audience of voters here tonight. Cordial applause was fre quently given. He expressed nls reasons for enter ing the gubernatorial campaign to be for the enforcement of law and equal protection under the law to all. LaGrange Plans Y, M, C, A. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LAGRANGE, Ga,. Aug 17.—A deter mined effort Is being made for the building of a Young Men’s Christian as sociation in LaGrange and a meeting j of prominent men and women to dis- j cuss preliminary plans has been called ; for Sunday afternoon here. A plan has | been devised and will be submitted for j action. A subscription list will then be circulated among the citizens to secure ' necessary funds for such an institution. ; The movement is fostered by the cham- ( ber of commerce and is receiving con- i slderable support locally. A plot and building are under option already but no I definite purchase has been made. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. file Kind You Have Always BongM t The IH C pull power press has a greater capacity. K' than any other horse press of its size. It is also easier on the horses. The stepover is the lowest and narrowest made and the horses are pulling no load when they crose 17- The I H C hay press has an adjustable bale tension 'V I "-'' insures compact bales. It is fitted with a roller " rv that turns in all straggling ends, so that the bale is . and smooth in appearance. The bale chamber is ■» low enough to enable the attendant to tie the bale with r ’F*' , out walking round the machine. !! i mJ • The IH C motor press consists of a bale chamber and an I H C engine, mounted together on substantial trucks. * It is easily moved from place to place, can be backed to __ . —« «« 1 H 11 the stack or barn and is always ready for work. The Dolza » />!!>• Hqir OYtrl Xael If* engine does not need a man to watch it Give it an ample JLUU* lltlV dalll wVJII II supply of fuel and water, see that it has plenty of oil and * it needs no other attention. There is no danger of fire is always a ready market at a good price because there are no flying sparks, nor is there any smoke l for baled hay. It occupies only about one-fifth or soot to interfere with the comfort or efficiency of the '*• the space of loose hay. It can be handled easily. workers. The engine is detachable. Two extra wheels, It prevents waste and it retains its full food value. Many an axle, and a belt pulley are furnished, so that when not farmers are making hay the big cash crop of their farms, baling hay you have a regular portable IH C engine, not only because of the high profits it brings at the which can be used the year around to run a small thresher present market value, but because as a rotation crop it or shredder, saw wood, pump water, generate electric renews the richness of the soil. These farmers make all light, shell com, grind feed, or separate cream, or to the profit themselves. They feed their own stock silage run any other farm machine for which its power makes and shredded corn stover which are just as good as hay. it suitable. Two perfect machines in one. Now is the and they sell their high-priced hay. A big majority of time to get ready for your haying. Make it a big money these farmers crop. Call on the IH C local dealer in your town or write for an I H C hay press catalogue. Use I H C Hay Presses (Incorporated?* 11 ' $ JL Chicago USA NrjflLp the only presses on the market today which fill the need j H c Service Bureau I of the individual farmer. Like all other IH C machine ... it. • v ... i non I H P The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish, free of I lines, our hay press line is complete. lOU can get 1n U charge to all. the best information obtainable on pull power presses requiring either one or two horses; better farming If you have any worthy questions I IH C motor presses using 3,4, or 6-horse IH C engine. concerning soils, crops, land drainage, irrigation. I Both styles Gave threeJeparate bale chamber sizes, 14 x 18 inches, 16 x 18 inches, 17 x 22 inches. ing. Chicago. USA 2,300 Volts Fail to Kill Louisiana Negro (By Associated Fress.) KINTWOOD, La., Aug, 16.—Though 2,300 volts of electricity are supposed to have passed through the body of Dewitt Smith, a negro, when he came into contact yesterday with an electric light wire while at work for a tele phone company, stringing wires, he still was able, after having been helped to the ground, to walk to a doctor's office. Smith had hung for five minutes en tangled among these wires and appar ently lifeless before the current was turned off, and his rescuers expected to find him dead. He was badly burned and last night he was removed to a hospital in New Orleans. LAGRANGE WILL HAVE MERCHANTS’ TRADE TOUR (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LAGRANGE, Ga., Aug. 16.—A complete itinerary of the merchants’ trade tour to be conducted by the chamber of com merce. has been devised by Messrs. E. R. Callaway, T. H. Nimmons, J. D. Fa ver, J. A. Perry, the committee in charge. On Tuesday, August 20, in 15 automobiles the party of 50 merchants and business men will leave LaGrange at 8 o’clock. The stop will be Abbottsford, in the ndrthwest part of the county; then the party will proceed to Standing Rock, Ala., thence to Glenn. Tex., and Ridley, In Heard county, Ga., and lunch will be had at Franklin, the county seat. Corinth, Heard county, will be the next stop, then Hogansville, tn the northeast part of Troup county, will be reached in the late afternoon. Louise and Whit field will be the last stop before the party returns to LaGrange at night on the first day. This will complete the tour for tiie northern trip. Then on Wednesday. August 21, at 8 o’clock, the same party will start on the setond day’s trip, making the southern lap of the two days’ tour. . Leaving LaGrange the first stop will be Long Cane. Gabbettvlße, and then the autoists will proceed to West Point De parting from West Point, Jones’ Cross Roads. Wisdom’s Cross Roads, Salem and Chipley will be touched. Chipley, in Harris county, will be the first point outside of Troup, on the second days’ trip. Lunch will be taken there. White Sul phur Springs, in Meriwether county, Du rand, Odessadale, Mountville, tlie two former in Meriwether, and Stovall will be reached in the late afternoon, in cluding Stinston’s, and the party will then proceed to LaGrange, closing the trip. LaGrange will practically be deserted by the business men for the two days I inasmuch as every firm of consequence in the city will be represented in the big tour. Lindsey Not Guilty (Special Diapatch to The Journal.) LAGRANGE. Ga., Aug. 17.—After a trial occupying three days’ time in the superior court, the jury in the case of I the state against Charles Lindsey, of West Point, charged with the murder of Patrolman MacPherson in that town brought in a verdict of not guilty and. Lindsey was discharged from custody. He has been in jail six months in all, awaiting trial on the charge. ECZEMA (Also callod Tetter, Salt Kheum. Pruritu*, M)lk- Cruet, Weeping Skin, eta.) ECZEMA CAN BE '-UE.ED TO STAY, ani when I say cured. I mean just what I say— C-U-R-E-D, and not merely patched up for awhile, to return worse than before. Remember I make tbl s broad statement after putting ten years of my time on this cne disease and handling in the meantime a quarter of a mil lion cases of this dreadful disease. Now, I do not care wbat all you have used, nor bow many doctors bare told you that you could not be cured—all that I ask is just a chance to show you that I know what I nrn talking about. If you will write mo TODAY, I will send you a FREE TRIAL of my mild, soothing, guaranteed cure that will convince you more tn a day than I or anyone else could in n month’s time. If you arc disgusted and discouraged I dare you to give me a chance to prove my claims. By writing me today yon will enjoy more real comfort than you had ever thought this world holds for you. Just try it and you will see I am telling you the truth. Dr. J. E. Cannaday, 597 Park Square,Sedalia.Mo. References: Third National Bank. Sedalia, Mo. Could you do a better act than to send this notice to some poor sufferer of Ezcema? Money!Money!Money! Lots of it—quick, sure. easy. Show our | immense line of Supram* made-to- a OgeS W measure clothes to your friends and y wt strangers. Make more in a day or I ■L 3 spare time than in a week at anything < XVV Y else. These snappy up-to-the-minute , >C\ styles—the big line of all wool fabrics I \\ 1K -and our thorough exquisite tailoring S ✓S. V 'S’ .X make an instantaneous hit. We are I f \ r V one oldest firms in business. J 3 \ 'JI I ; Supreme Styles, Supremo Fabric* $ 1 u ! • and Workmanship, are known all o»er a V 1 I i United States and have been tor X V. XA. \ I years. Our reputation will land manv 5 ty til I an order for you. Show others what | Vll ,ou have—and build up a big, steady • w. 1 11 profitable business of your own. No * I |A experience necessary, we’ll teach you. I nwic-- Your spare time worth P?W?’ to SIS tnfK I Hi if JTh Now’s the time to take orders. All I /■! Us '*^‘ e territory you can handle if you S fl/ 7 write at onco. Absolutely free, a ■ y *l*l Mg. complete outfit—the best on 1 / n I the market—showing styles and all $ I wool fabrics for every age. taste s and pocket book, tape measuro. and order blanks, o p We help you land orders. You start making money v a first day—can’t help it. Get something live like thia | 1 quick. Our Supremo "iron clad’’ mohey back guar- e ♦ antes insures quail tv and fit. Wnte now. Make * I Mg money. Be an ’’early bird.” -| $ SUPREME TAILORING COMPANY ? I Dspartmunt 17 Chicago, Illinois I RAILROA DS SEEK PERMANENT CONTROL OF W.& A. RAILROAD SAYS ALEXANDER AT MONROE t Candidate for Governor Scores His Opponent for His Posi tion and Charges That Slaton Will Seek to Lease the Road Again Within Two Years-Quotes State Democratic Plat form on the Issue (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MONROE. Ga., Aug. 19.—Before a large crowd of farmers and business men here Hooper Alexander, candidate for governor, today charged that his opponent, John M. Slaton, favored leas ing the Western and Atlantic railroad during the next administration, that the railroads were seeking permanent con trol of the property, and that if Slaton was elected he would use his efforts to have enacted - such legislation that would authorize a new lease of the railroad owned by the state. He called Mr. Slaton to task for wait ing until the 11th hour in the campaign to state his views on this important subject, and for himself he declared that he favored no new lease during the next administration, but that all the facts concerning the road should be put before the people and let them de termine whether they would lease, sell or extend the road and let the state itself operate it. In discussing this subject, Mr. Alex ander said: "There is one proposition which can be fairly deduced from Mr. Slaton’s proclamation, something not clearly and manfully outspoken, something cov ered up under a multiplicity of Involved sentences, but as surely deducible from what he says as a mathematical quanti ty from an adequate equation. “He tells us that the Western and Atlantic railroad ought never to be sold. He tells us that It ought not to be extended or operated by the state. He tells us that every generation should have opportunity to dispose of it ac cording to its own judgment. "The necessary meaning of all this is that he favors a new lease: and when he tells us that this subject will have to be dealt with by the next adminis tration, we come by certain logic to the sure conclusion, from all the mass of his vague and involved expressions, that, if chosen governor, he will urge the making of a new lease within the next two years. AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. "This is a very startling proposition to put forward, without previous warn ing. at the very end of a campaign in which he has, according to his own boast, tied up ’the ten thousand most prominent citizens of Georgia' by what many of them regard as irrevocable pledges, but which were secured before he ever gave the slightest hint of this purpose. And I declare to the people of all the state that, deep as my concern has been against the sure progress to nullify the prohibition law, I regard this present intent as even more mo mentous. “The gravest evils threaten our fu ture if at this time, without adequate opportunity for consideration, we tie our hands for another generation by a lease of this great property that con stitutes today our only potential effec tive safeguard against the nervous and extortionate burdens that are being laid upon us by the railroad companies. “The last platform deliverance of the democratic party of Georgia in refer ence to this road, spoken temperately and prudently, contained these words: " ‘We believe this property should nev er be sold or leased, without the fullest warning to the people and the fullest ascertainment of the public will.' A SANE DEMAND. "Nothing could be more sane and rea- Tailoring Salesmen WANTED R We want live, energetic hustlers, men who can make good; who are ambitious to start 'a }< in a business of their own. No canvassing; no experience reqwred; no capital ■ We furnish everything to start. M“"dred» are from XtOO te »200 per month and expenses. We guarantee abcohjie satisfaction and take a.l.tbe nsk. We t are eno of the largest woolen m-lls In the country ard por.t;ve!y hsve the only IrnJ" . f dOaK* i W (ItJSvV up-to-date, high-quality, low-priced tailoring on the market. | $25 to SSO Every Week Wefura'sh a complete agents’ outfit, consisting of large aawiplabook (not a folder), order blanks, tapemaaauraa, advertlalng matter—n fact every- (Bsi-J ‘. UpPR- thing essential to the conducting of a high-czasa tailoring bosjaess. rn. . .sd| Write today for this big artfit Wo will start you at once on the rond to Succez*. Be auro and write today. CUPP;-; PAN IEL WOOLEN MUXS. DcgtS* 300 Greon SL. Chicago -i f-1 98 cents itr - - Te advsrti*. ocr bu.ins*., mxk. new friendr and introduce our |.*a* etta Lx yy ISjvyylo*ua of Elfin watcher we will eend *hir elejant watch to any addreo by mail portpeid for Only 03 cents. Hornier renUemen'a size, open face, WSKHRyptSrSA tttll eDrr „ e< j, hiyh grace yeid plate finnh, Arabic or R-.aau dial, lover er- V caperoen t. Mem wind Mid rum *et, a marvelously correct timekeeper end YP 2 r (A Am 4*iFfnlly Guaranteed for 5 Year*. Send thia advertirement to u. with yoru I VOl VV/ and aridreea and 8S rente and wateh will be sent by r.tnrn mail poet- _ /..- Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Brmember. M cents is posi- I iinrnnrAa ell vox have u. n.v for this-eonderf cl watch Send 4S cento today Addrw UUalaDlvC R.E. CHALMERS&CC. MS So Dearborn St. CHICAGO ■UBdLMMrI.Iea.MBAJra |ria</Z£Y SKwbCzb TTYIS FITTS FLUE-Cl r RED TOBACCO is grown in tne fiazßOOto Piedmont [ '—"" '"*Tg eectien of North Carolina. ROCK AND RYE ia the Lost che w >x>u over ptsg t A’ tn yowr mouth. For osle all over the world. Better try a plus toMgk IrkLJLJIV "IT MAKES YOU HAPPY” 1 AND Ksaufaeturod by BAILEY BROS., lac., Winstoa-Solatn.N. C. sonable than this demand. And yet here we have a candidate, at the ele ' venth hour, when the people can not be 1 Informed of his purpose before the elec > tlon, stating this policy in words that i almost cover it up, and which will yet be invoked hereafter if he is elect . ed, as warrant for the claim that the people have indorsed his purpose to ex- * ecute a new lease five years before the • old one terminates. i "It is exactly on a par with the plat | form statement last autumn under which the present governor went into office upon a vague declaration which, i misled twenty-five thousand prohibition ists, and which he yet cited after his election to prove that they had endorsed his purpose to veto a law which they desired passed. "To those people who desire to see this great property extended and pro- x ■ tected, I say it will be well to consider the far-reaching and dangerous conse quences of thus anticipating and cutting off the possibility of such a policy. PROBABLY PERMANENT CONTROL. "I have felt sure for many years that the great monopoly and combination which owns and controls the present lease and the present lessee, intends in , some way or other to get permanent control of thip most valuable of all railroads, mile for mile, in the United States. "Twice since I have been in the leg-' islature I have killed oft seductive ef forts that would have ended that way. One was the bill to sell it for 110,000,000 when it would be a bargain at $30,000,- 000. The other was the attempt to lease it again fourteen years before the existing lease could expire. “I have felt sure that whenever suit able conditions should arise, the effort would spring up again, and I feel sure of it now. "The Louisville and Nashville and the Atlantic Coast lyine, which are one com pany, are absolutely 1 dependent upon this and the Georgia road for connection between their systems. The state can give them all the facilities they need and receive adequate compensation, and still hold the control. WILL ENRICH GEORGIA. "If we are prudent this road can be made the means for making Georgia ?> the richest state in the union. But grave dangers threaten if a lease is made without the fullest understanding by the people of their rights, and I warn them solemnly against the danger of a hasty lease years before the matter has been canvassed or the need arises. "I say to the people now, from an ex tensive knowledge of this great property, that if the present road and its appur tenant rights be leased for double what we now derive from it, we will not be getting half what it is worth. PLATFORM VIOLATION. "I protest against this threatened vio lation of the platform pledge that no lease should ever be made without full warning to the public and full oppor tunity for the public to make its will known. "No such warning Is given by this be.- lated declaration, three days before the election, of a lease to be made during the coming administration. "Against it, I say that that no lease should be made during the next adminis tration. On the contrary, full and ade quate steps should be taken for the most complete ascertainment of all the pos sibilities connected with the road, and the people of Georgia with complete in- , formation should have the opportunity ' to express their will about It."* ••• 3
