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CDnON SMASHES ALL
RECORDS FOR 3 YEARS
Bl PISSM CENTS
Atlanta Spot Advances With
New . York Futures and
Traders Predict 16 Cents
for Actual Next Week
Cotton smashed all records for the
past three years Friday when future
deliveries in New York advanced 65 to 68
points during the morning and Atlanta
epot cotton passed IS cents.
Cotton traders predict 16 cents for the
actual next week, and no telling how
much more if the present demand con
tinues.
Cotton has scored daily sensational
advances for several days past, and
whenever the trade expected the reac
tion to set in. still another advance
was scored.
The New York market had the most
excited opening of the season Friday,
when first figures were at an advance
of 23 to <1 points over Thursday’s
dose. Liverpool placed big buying or
ders and there was also considerable
outside demand.
CAUSES OF RISE.
Drouth In the southeast, which in
cludes Texas, the largest cotton pro
ducer. and unexpected reports of de
terioration in the eastern belt, including
Georgia, the second largest cotton state,
undoubtedly increased the demand.
There was also a rumor of a private
condition report of only 66.1. and this
rumor sent futures later in the morning
to 65 and 68 points over Thursday's
close.
Another factor causing the advance
was the Journal of Commerce’s report
on cotton tn Georgia and North Caro
lina. as follows:
CROP REPORT.
Georgia—As in the Carolinas, the
Georgia cotton crcg> has suffered from
too much rain in J*uly. followed by hot.
dry weather in August. For the first
time the boll weevil has appeared in
such Urge quantities a* to threaten
serious damage. Fields are very grassy,
the plant rather weak and sappy and
fruitage generally poor. Considerable
shedding is reported, but two weeks
Uter than usual. The crop has suffered
approximately four or five points de
'terioration from last month, when con
dition was 71 per cent, a year ago 69.8
•per cent; in 1914 it was 80.9 per cent,
and in 1918 it was 79 per cent.
North Carolina— Owing to continuous
rains the cotton has obtained excessive
growth at expense of fruiting. Rains
also retarded cultivation of fields and
considerable grass is reported as the re
sult. Shedding is quite general, though
not more than normal for this time of
year. Quite a Jew correspondents re
port recent improvement and with a
favorable fall ettpect a good crop. The
season is still late. There is very little
loss in percentage condition as com
pared with a month ago. when it was
73.2 per cent. Last year at this time
it was 76.8 per oenx. the year before 82
and in 1913 was 80 per cent.
Cotton Gains Over $2
Per Bale in New Orleans
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 2o.—An ad
vance in cotton of Al to 43 points, or
more than 33 a bale, compared to yes
terday's prices, was scored by the most
active months in the trading up to noon
today on the local market. The market
continued to display strength and all
the active months went above the 15-
cent level.
The October option touched 15.26 and
Mhrch went to 15.70. Although 17-cent
cotton has been on the boards within the
last seven years, today was the first
time on record that the October option
has sold above 15 cents. Present levels
are the highest for this time of the year
since the future market was established.
‘ The buying which war? met by scanty
offerings, was stimulated by a much
higher Liverpool than due. continued
drouth in the western belt, a private
condition report of 65.1 per cent of the
normal and expectations of bullish con
dition figures from the government.
Danish Landsthing Has
Rejected Proposal to
Sell Islands to U. S.
<By Associated Press.)
LONDON. Aug. 24.-—The Danish
Landsthing has rejected the proposal to
sell the Danish West Indies to the Uni
ted States, says a Reuter dispatch from
Copenhagen.
The vote was taken *n committee by
the landsthing. the upper house of the
Danish parliament. The treaty was re
jected by thirty-nine votes.
Although the lower house of the Dan
ish parliament approved the project for
sale of the islands to the United States
for $25,000,000. the action of the lands
thing in rejecting it was expected gen
erally In Denmark. This vote, however,
does not necessarily mean the final de
feat of the project, as other questions
of a political nature are Involved. The
treaty with the United States will be
brought up again after the general elec
tion.
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 24.—The lands
thing. sitting in committee this aftem
ooon. adopted a resolution that iw the
eale of the Danish West Indies cannot
be postponed until after the war the
question shall be settled by general
elections. The resolution was adopted by
39 to 7.
Three members refrained from voting
and thirteen were absent. This resolu
tion will be submitted formally to the
landsthing tomorrow.
Klqg Christian receiverd the leaders
of the various parties today and thanked
them for their efforts to form a coalition
cabinet, although he said he regretted
they had been unable to do so.
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INTROOUCED HORSEY BUT
IS SUPPORTING POTTLE
George H. Carswell Gives the
Facts About Dorsey’s Meet
ing at Irwinton Recently
The Joseph E. Pottle headquarter.-
gave out the following statement Satur
day afternoon:
“No better evidence could be had ol
the Atlanta Constitution's misleading
statements ir reference to the guberna
torial race than its report of the recep
tion of Hugh M. Dorsey at Irwinton in
Wilkinson county. In the issue of the
Constitution of August 25 and the re
port of the speech or Mr. Dorsey at Ir
winton, by the spectacular reporter of
the Constitution, it was stated that Dor
sey was introduced by Hon. George H.
Carswell, who advised the audience to
vote for Dorsey and paid him a glowing
tribute. Mr. Carswell authorizes us to
publish the following letter:
Irwinton, Ga., Aug. 25, 1916.
Mr. J. D. Howard, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear sir: 1 have just noticed an
article in the Constitution, wherein
it is stated that I Introduced Mr.
Dorsey, but it was after an effort
been made to find a Dorsey man and
none could be found. I told Mr.
Dorsey I was for Mr. Pottle and
would so state to the crowd, and did
so state. I did not pay any tribute
to Mr. Dorsey, neither did I urge his
election. I stated that I was for Joe
Pottle but we were a hospitable peo
ple and treated everybody fairly and
would give him a respectable hear
ing. I know that it makes but lit
tle difference in the county and none
in the state whether I am for Mr.
Dorsey or Mr. Pottle, but I do not
care to allow a misstatement .to go
unchallenged. I wafit to see Mr. Pot
tle elected, and the people of Wilkin
son county are for him. There was
a very small crowd to hear Mr. Dor
sey and 75 per cent of them were
and are for Joe Pottle.
Yours truly.
GEORGE H. CARSWELL.
"We have deferred from contradicting
every exaggerated and unfounded report
of the Constitution, relative to this cam
paign. and the effort to minimize Mr.
Pottle’s strength, but the foregoing let
ter may be taken as a fair sample of nu
merous similar statements which come
to this headquarters.
“J. D. HOWARD.
"Manager Pottle’s Campaign.
CAPTAIN OF FULTON
BLUES SHOT IN TENT
BY ATLANTA WOMAN
(Continued from Page Ona.)
the Fifth. Major Leahy is on the board
of investigation appointed to make an
official military report on Captain
Spratling’s murder.
MRS. MONK'S STORY.
The interview took place in the par
lor of the hotel in the presence of sev
eral newspapermen. Mrs. Monk had no
reluctance in telling what she knew
and answered questions freely.
She said she had known Captain Sprat
ling for the last foqr years and for a
long time had been his intimate friend,
both in Atlanta and since the Georgia
troops mobilized near Macon. She said
she had made two visit* to Macon since
mobilization began, tlfie present one
when she came here from Columbus and
Buena Vista about two weeks ago. On
both occasions, she said, she was with
Captain Spratling several times.
“The first time he ever said anything
to me about this woman was a long
time ago—several months anyway,” said
Mrs. Monk. “We were talking and he
said, ’What would you do if you were
a man and a woman was crazy about
you and you wanted to get rid of her? 1
I told him I would make her hate me,
and then I asked him what did he
mean.
“Then he told me about this Mrs.
Adams—said that she was pestering him
to let her come to Macon and had
threatened to make trouble if he didn’t.
No. I don’t know just what Captain
Spratling’s relations to her were. I
think it was just a case of the woman
being mad about him and him not car
ing anything for her. He used to say
that if he wanted love, he could never
love a woman like her. that she was a
fool and was crazy.
“Some time after that he said. ’You
know that party I was telling you about?
—well,'she’s written me another letter.’
He told me it was the same kind of
letter and he said he thought somebody
down here was spying on him because
she was asking him about a ’friend* he
had down here—l suppose she meant me.
And he showed me the letter he wrote
her. It was addressed to Mrs. Adams
on Lovejoy street and it wasn «. signed
with his full name. He told her not
to be foolish and not to come to Macon.
“Last week he showed me the third
letter he got from her, threatening to
come down here and ’put his lights out.’
She she hoped she could catch that
‘friend of his’ with him at the camp. The
letter wasn’t signed with her name—
just ‘yours.’
“The last time I saw Captain Sprat
ling was Thursday afternoon, when he
was with me in Macon. We talked about
thia woman then and Thursday night I
was sort of worried about her because
she had been making all these threats
and everything.”
The letters Mrs. Monk referred to are
believed to be gmong Captain Spratling’s
effects at the camp. Officers who locked
up these effects state that there were
several letters among them from Atlanta
addressed in a feminine handwriting.
It is possible that Major Leahy will
make the letters public after he has ex
amined them today.
Mrs. Adams’ Trial Can’t Be
Held ’Til Last of November
BY WARD GIEEME
Journal Staff Correspondent.
MACON, Ga.. Aug. 28.—Unless at
torneys for the defense take action soon
it is probable that Mrs. Mattle Stokes
Adams, jailed here for the murder of
Captain Edgar J. Spratling will have
I no preliminary hearing and will not g >
to trial until the latter part of Nov
ember.
Mrs. Adams herself is anxious for a
hearing as soon as possible. She told
The Journal correspondent this morning
she hoped they were not going to keep
her in jail long and she did not see how
they could when her condition is what it
is.
**l want to go out in the yard and
walk around; don’t you suppose they
will let me?' she asked pathetically.
Local authorities are waiting to hear
from Atlanta attorneys for Jhe woman
; before they take any court action. It
was stated today that by refusing to
appear at the coroner's inquest Mrs.
Adams forfeited her right to a commit
ment hearing and must wait now until
her case is considered by the grand
jury. The grand jury does not meet un
til the first Monday in November.
Mrs. Adams was wan and pale this
morning, but she said she spent a good
night and ate a hearty breakfast.
HE DID ATTACK ME.
Mrs. Adams was asked this morning:
"Did Captain Spratling actually attack
you, or did you think that his treatment
was doing you harm?'*
“Yes,” she nodded, “he did attack mo.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916.
CAPTAIN E. J. SPRATLING, COMMANDER OF COMPANY F,
FIFTH REGIMENT, who was shot and killed in his tent at mobiliza
tion camp, near Macon, by Mrs- H. C. Adams, wife of an Atlanta
laundry wagon driver. Captain Spratling’s company is known as the
"Fulton Blues,” and Captain Spratling was regarded as one of the
finest officers in the regiment.
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His treatment was doing me good up
to that time, I think. The attack spoil
ed whatever good it might have been
doing, though."
Over the camp fires—which are elec
tric lights at Camp Harris—the question
being asked now is: "Why did Mrs.
Adams kill Captain Spratling?"
The majority believe Mrs. Adams is
insane or was momentarily deranged
when she fired the death shot. A great
many declare she must have been the
victim of an hallucination. Few place
confidence in the story of Mrs. Maude
Monk.
The Bibb county officials place such
little faith in it that they say they will
not hold her as a witness. "We would
not believe her on oath,” state attaches
of the sheriff's office.
If Mrs. Monk’s story is eliminated,
one of the main contradictions to the
statement of Mrs. Adams is elfftiinated
at the same time. Mrs. Adams says she
did not see or write to Captain Sprat
ling from August a year ago until she
killed him. Mrs. Monk's statement and
the office records of Captain Spratling
conflict with this.
And now even the office records are
about to be proved a mistake. Officers
who accompanied Captain Spratling’s
body to Atlanta, returning here yester
day, told The Journal correspondent
that these records show Mrs. Adams
was treated by Dr. Spratling in June,
July and August, 1915, not 1916, as was
intimated in dispatches from Atlanta.
These officers declare furthermore that
on Thursday a week ago, the day It is
said Captain Spratling treated Mrs.
Adams, he was here in Camp Harris and
not in Atlanta. They say this record is
also for a year ago.
MRS. ADAMS CONFIRMED.
This confirms the actions of Mrs.
Adams at the camp when she asked
what kind of looking man Spratling was
and whether he had a mustache, and in
dicates that her statement is true when
she says she had not seen him in a year.
Granting then, that Mrs. Adams did
not see Captain Spratling from the time
he last treated her in August, 1915, until
she killed him, the theorists ask this
question: /
"What motive prompted her to slay
the man an entire year after she saw
him?"
Mrs. Adams' only reply to this ques
tion Is: "He ruined my home.”
The theory has been advanced that
Mrs. Adams became obsessed with the
idea that his treatment was doing her
harm instead of good and that she
quit going to him of her own accord, be
lieving that he was injuring her. It Is
known that she spent a week in the
Grady hospital, and Miss Della Hampton,
her friend, says "Dr. Spratling was re
sponsible for that!” but, adds Miss
Hampton, “it wasn't the attack that
caused her to go to the hospital.” Was
it the trouble for which Spratling had
been treating her? Did she believe that
he had only aggravated it instead of
helping it? Did this trouble grow and
grow until she bejgan to brood upon It
and finally told her husband de
claring that Dr. Spratling was responsi
ble? Did he take her confession In such
a manner that she believed only the
death of Dr. Spratling could set her
right with her husband, the one man she
says she loved? And is it not probable
that this trouble—coming at a time
when she was approaching maternity—
so crazed her that she determined to
kill him herself?
These are the questions which tba
theorists are pondering.
HIDDEN MOTIVE SUGGESTED.
They are also hinting that there was|
some other motive—something behind
it all, a sinister design either to cause:
Captain Stallings death or to get Mrs j
Adams In jail—that has not yet been
revealed. *
It is believed that if Mrs. Adams waai
examined by an alienist and a competent
physician, that much of the mystery \
cloud which -now surrounds the motives
of the murder would be cleared away |
Macon physicians have told The Journal
correspondent that women in Mrs. Ad
ems* condition are sometimes subject to
peculiar mental turns.
But until the woman herself makes a
more lucid explanation than she has hith
erto given, the question of her sanity
and the mystery of her motive seem
destined to remain a secret.
MISS HAMPTON’S STATEMENT.
The statement was made yesterday by
Miss Della Hampton, of Woodward ave
nue. Atlanta, that Mrs. Adams intended
to kill Captain Spratling a week ago
Saturday.
"She told me,’’ said Mlm Hampton,
"that she bought a pistol with money
her husband gave her for another pur
pose, and that a week ago Saturday she
went to Spratling’s office in the Empire
building, looking for him.
"That was the morning after she told
her husband about the attack Captain
Spratling made on her a year ago. I
believe she had the pistol with her that
morning and that she went to the office
looking for the man to kill him. I be
lieve that she had been brooding over
the attack for months and that she final
ly reached a decision to kill the man
because of nervous tension brought on
by her delicate condition and because
she had just told her husband and he
was almost crazy with horror and she
was afraid he would take matters into
his own hands.
"Mrs. Adams was in the Grady hos
pital,” continued Miss Hampton, “for a
week last August. That was right after
the attack on her by Captain Spratling,
and he was responsible for her having
to go to the hospital. She tells me that
she never saw him after that. She says
that the reason she didn’t tell her hus
band about the attack then was because
Captain Spratling had begged her not
to, telling her that it would mean trou
ble and publicity.
“She wouldn’t say why she finally did
tell her husband, and she wouldn't tell
me why she suddenly determined to go
and kill Spratling. But I believe she
intended to kill him on that Saturday
she went to his office.”
NO KISSES, NO TEARS.
H. C. Adams, the Atlanta laundryman.
come to Macon Sunday afternoon and for
forty-five minutes talked to his wife in
the Bibb county jail.
The meeting between them was more
like the casual encounter of two ac
quaintances on a street corner than a
reunion of husband and wife brought to
gether after the most tragic of circum
stances.
“Hello,” said Adams and gripped her
hand in his between the bars. "Hello,
daddy,” she said, "how are the chil
dren?”
And the children were the chief topic
of conversation from that time on. Only
once was the shooting directly referred
to, when Mrs. Adams said something
about "she didn’t know how mean that
man was until she read about him aft
erward.”
Mr. Adams arrived in Macon at 3:45
o'clock Sunday afternoon and left at
5:10 o’clock, accompanied by Miss Della
Hampton.
The Journal correspondent was with
Mr. Adams as he walked up the steep
flight of steps to Mrs. Adams’ cell on
the second floor.
"Here’s Mr. Adams,” called the turn
key. She had been sitting at the win
dow staring out at the sunny street, but
now she got up and crossed swiftly to
the bars.
There were no kisses, no tears, no re
criminations nor reproaches nor pleas
for forgiveness —just that quick hand
clasp through the bars that “Hello, dad
dy, where are the children?—Then,
“When did you get here?—why didn't
you come sooner —when are you going
back ?”
They sat down in chairs on opposite
sides of the iron fence while he told
her about Kudbeck, Harry and William.
Saturday, he said, he took them to the
Home for the Friendless on Highland
avenue. But the kids got homesick and
run away. . r
"They walked that three miles back to
Lovejoy street,” said Mr. Adams, ‘‘and
I had to take them out to the home
again Sunday morning before I could
catch the train.”
Just before he left, her husband gave
her a dollar bill and told her to buy
stationery with and write to him.
“Did you get a lawyer?” Mrs. Adams
asked him once.
"Yes,” he said.
"Who i-s he?" she asked.
LAWYER S NAME CONCEALED.
Mr. Adams glanced over his shoulder
at the jailor and when he spoke, spoke
so low that he could not be heard ex
cept by the woman. “He’ll have asso
ciates,” he added.
While he was talking to newspaper
men, Mr Adams wanted to know how
many laundries there are in Macon and
what were the names, speaking as If he
wanted to get a job here. When he left
at 5 o’clock he told her he would be
back again soon and urged her to keep
up her courage. "Public sentiment is
with you,” he said. "Everything is go
ing to come out all right." •
TAKES POISON. THEN
WRITES FINAL NOTES
EXPLAINING HIS DEED
When A. A. Webb, former employe in
the Atlanta postoffice, left* his home, 18
Argard avenue, at 4 o’clock Friday aft
ernoon saying that he would be back to
supper, his family little suspected that
he was going to enact a tragedy that
compares with some of the grimmest
stories of Edgar Allen Poe.
Taking a dose of thirty grains of
aspirin, which he believed to be fatal,
he took a pencil and pad in his hand
and began writing his final memoir, tell
ing of the sensations of a man looking
death in the face and giving instructions
to his family for his funeral and inter
ment.
Then when the supposed poison did
not work, he turned to another, carbolic
acid, and drank an ounce, more tnan
enough to accomplish his purpose.
Without waiting for the deadly chemical
to do ’its work, he went to the Grant
park lake, left his watch, some change,
a number of letters, his coat and his
final memoir, the bulletin of approach
ing death, and then he plunged into the
lake.
Officers Gant and Robertson were
standing in front of the refreshment
stand engaged in conversation, when a
woman, whom they did not know, in
formed them that a man had thrown
himself in the lake.
GOES TO RESCUE.
As soon as they reached the spot, Mr.
Robertson took off his outer clothing
and waded out into the water, which is
cnl’y three feet deep.
Mr. Robertson found the body lying on
the bottom in the mud and he managed
to bring it to the bank with ease, but
found some difficulty in landing it. He
said that the water was too shallow to
drown anyone and that the man had
not been in the water a sufficient time
for drowning, anyway.
Among the letters of the man. left on
the bank, were found two from Senator
Hoke Smith and William Schley How
ard. The memoir was ten pages in
length and the first bulletin was dated
6 p. m. and the last 7:15 p. m- It was
continued up to within a few moments
before he took his final plunge.
The memoir was in an envelope on
which was written “Open This.” The
man told of his sufferings and straight
ened circumstances, since he lost his
position in the general delivery depart
ment of the Atlanta postoffice. At inter
vals he described the despair he felt and
the physiological effect of the drug. To
ward the last he directed his family to
have him interred either at Adel, Ga., or
Byiomville, Ga , and declared that rela
tives or friends would have to bear the
funeral expense, though he had a small
amount of insurance.
After signing his name, he added a
postscript about the merry picnickers
coming to the park and contrasted their
mirth with his own gloom. His last re
quest was that Boden & Hunter have
charge of his body.
Friends say that Mr. Webb was treas
urer of the town of Adel, his birthplace,
during 1912. and a letter that was found
from the mayor of Adel recommended
him highly. After coming to Atlanta
four years ago, friends say that Mr.
Webb held a position in the Atlanta
postoffice, which he held until July, 1915.
RAN MILK DEPOT.
He afterwards opened a milk depot on
Cleburne avenue, which did not pay.
Mr. Webb is survived by his wife,
three daughters and two sons and by
his mother and three brothers living in
Adel, Nashville and Byromville. Mrs.
Webb, his widow, is his second wife to
whom he had been married for four
years.
Miss Anita Webb is a county school
teacher at Covington, Ga.; Miss Maud
Webb is employed with the Southern
Bell Telephone company here; Ralph
Webb is a student at the state Industrial
school at Hapeville, and the other son.
Willis, is at the home on Argard ave
nue.
The body was carried Friday night
to the chapel of Boden & Hunter.
Patrick Calhoun Says $5
Is All He Has Left Now
Os $14,000,000 Fortune
fßy Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Patrick Cal
houn, grandson of the famous statesman
and prominently identified with the San
Francisco street car system until a few
years ago, testified in a receivership pro
ceeding here that $5 was the only tan
gible asset remaining of a fortune of
$14,000,000 He possessed five years ago.
The proceedings became known today.
' Financial reverses following the earth
quake and fire in San Francisco were
responsible for his losses, he asserted.
Receivership proceedings were brought
against Calhoun in a suit for office rent.
American Foreign Trade
Made New July Record
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. —American
foreign trade during July amounted ~o
$40,000,000 more than in the same
month last year and set a new July
record. It was $72,000,000 less, however,
than the total for June, whldh was the
record month in the country’s history.
July imports were $180,000,000, a de
crease of $63,000,000 compared to June
Exports were $446,000,000, or sl9.-
000,000 less than in June. The
year completed with July set a new
yearly record in foreign trade, with
exports and imports totalling $6,718,$
000,000, compared to $4,540,000,000 fori
the twelve months preceding.
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Stripling in Hopewell
To Get Job and ‘Make
Good,’ as He Promised
(By Associated Press.)
RICHMOND. Va„ Aug. 27.—Thomas
Edgar Stripling, recently pardoned by
the governor of Georgia, has returned
to Virginia, as he promised, to “make
good." He is at Hopewell—“looking for
a. job.” he says.
Stripling was arrested while chief of
police of Danville. Va., and taken back
tc Georgia to serve out a life sentence
for homicide. Stripling having escaped
from the Harris county jail while await
ing outcome of an appeal to the supreme
court and settled with his family in the
Virginia town.
Stripling says be hopes to move his
family to Hopewell soon. He is living
there with a relative. His health is im
proving. he says.
WIDOW OF IRISH EDITOR
A WITNESS AT TRIAL
DUBLIN, Aug. 26.—Women crowded
the four courts today when the inquiry
Into the shooting of F. Sheehy Skeffing
ton, editor of the Irish Citizen, and two
others, during the rebellion In Dublin,
was resumed. Mrs. Skeffington, the
widow, was called to deny German sym
pathies and that her husband was wear
ing a green uniform when he was ar
rested and killed.
Otherwise the inquiry lacked interest.
Mrs. Kettle, a sister of Mrs. Skeffing
ton. described Captain Bowen-Colthirst,
who was found guilty but declared in
sane at his trial for the shootings, as of
the “cold, collected type of Englishman
whose eyes showed the cruel, cold look
which went with an unimaginative na
ture.”
WHY THE FARMERS
OF GEORGIA ARE FOR
DR. L G. HARDMAN
THE FARMER AND THE FARMER’S FRIEND
FOR GOVERNOR
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BECAUSE— Dr. Hardman is himself one of the best and most sue- .'
cessful farmers in the state.
BECAUSE — Dr. Hardman is the friend of agricultural interests, and’
has always worked for the improvement of farming
life, methods, and conditions,
BECAUSE— Dr. Hardman was author of the law requiring the
teaching of agriculture and civil government in the
common schools, which was the beginning of agricul
tural education in Georgia, and the basis of all subse
quent legislation in this respect. Following the enact
ment of this measure came the establishment of the-
Georgia Agricultural, Normal and Industrial College at
Valdosta; the eleven district agricultural schools;
the state agricultural college at Athens, (Dr. Hardmaiv.
was chairman of the building committee expending
SIOO,OOO building appropriation for the agricultural
college, and is now president of its board of trustees.)
BECAUSE — Dr. Hardman was author of the law extending the
suppression of diseases among live stock, meaning a
• saving of a million dollars annually; introduced a high-j;
wav commission bill in 1907; and advocated a drain- ’
age commission for the reclamation of waste lands, y:
BECAUSE— Dr. Hardman was author of the law providing free:
treatment for the mad-dog bite, and for diphtheria, .
which has saved nearly 20,000 lives, and vast sums:
of money to the poor people; introduced measure:
looking to state sanitarium for consumptives, and ad- ’
vocated and worked for measure establishing stata-«
tuberculosis sanitarium at Alto; was author of law ; r
regulating professional nursing; introduced first vital ;
statistics bill in Georgia; advocated and worked for
creation of state board of health.
BECAUSE— Dr. Hardman is a life-long prohibitionist, and
of the state’s first prohibition law, the Hardman-Cov
ington-Neel bill of 1907.
BECAUSE— Dr. Hardman is a man of the common people, who
has made an eminent success of his cAvn farming, pro-,
fessional, .and business undertakings, and can make
* a success directing the state’s affairs and serving th&L*
• masses of the people.
VOTE FOR A WINNER
DR. L. G. HARDMAN
GEORGIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR
FOUR COUNTIES PROTEST
HIGHER LAND imOIIH
Other Six, Which Received
Order, Not Expected to
Raise Objection
With the last day at hand for the fil
ing of protests against the order of Tax
Commissioner John C. Hart instructing
ten counties to Increase their "improved
land’’ valuations to conform to the state
average, but four counties have been
heard from and it is not thought prob
able that the will be other objections
from the remaining six.
The last protest to be received by
Judge Hart reached him Saturday morn
ing from Grady county’, which had been
ordered to Increase its tax returns 20 per
cent. The other three counties, which
had already filed protests are Bulloch,
Jeff Davis and Hart.
C. T. TUlman, of Quitman, appointed
arbitrator for the state in the other
cases, will act in a like capacity with W.
B. Roddenberry, of Cairo, arbitrator for
Grady’ county.
Grady county “Improved land” was re
turned at $5.08 per acre against $7.01 per
acre for Mitchell and $9.75 per acre for
Thomas, the two adjoining counties. Un
der the returns as given, Grady county
would pay Into the state treasury $19,-
088 and receive for schools and pensions,
under the appropriations made by the
past general assembly, $26,297, or $7,209
more than it contributes.
If within ten days from Monday, Au
l gust 28, the arbitrators for the state and
the several counties Involved fail to
agree upon an umpire, the third member
will then be appointed by the comptrol
ler general.
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