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Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Election Sixth of November. ‘
A proclamation has been issued by
Goverior Terrell calling for an ejec
tion In the first district November tth
for naming a successor to the late
Congressnjan Rufus E. Lester for the
unexpired, tern, |
As the regular election for congress.
man will be held at the same tims2,
the expense of two elections will be
Jdome away with. |
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Augusta and Northern Railway.
Secretary of state Cook has granted |
a charter to the Augusta and North- |
ern Railway. 1
It is capitalized at- $100,000; is 90
miles iong and all in(:m;.nn'ators are
sresidents of Augusta,. luhe road wil
run through Richmond, MeDuffie, |
Wilkes, Columbia, Oglethorpe anil }
W%@{%%{}gunges and will connect Ath- ‘
gng and Augusta,
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. Governor Signe Connor Bill.
_Movernor Terrell bas signed the
Comor Dbill appropriating $lOO,OOO to |
“the State University, with which to |
«@rect an agricultural hall. The bi!li
Passed by an overwhelming majority
.Of both houses of the legislature. It
~waé recommended by the governor in
“hls annual message to the general as.
;ngbly. The bill provides that $5O,- |
000 shall be given to the university
authorities on January 1, 1907, and
the remauinder on January 1, of the
following year. I
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. New Road For Thomasville, |
# Another new rallroad for 'l'humus—|
ville, to be known as the Thomas
- ville, Sparks and Northwestern, 181
projected to run from Thomasville
through Pavo to Sparks, in Berrien
County,
The prime movers in the enterprisa
are Captain B. M. Smith, president of
the Bank of Thomasville, and Dr. K, 1
Frank Harris, president of the Banlc
,of Pavo. This assurcs the success of
the project. Other citizens of Pavo
-and Thomasville will be interested 1n
“the road. |
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. Defer Election of Superintendent,
At a moeeting of the board of trus
tees of tha Soldiers’ Home at At
lanta the past week, the regign:ition
of Captain L A. Thompson, superii
tendent of the institution, was accepir
ed, effective August st
It was declded by the frustees of
the Home 1o empower President Bell,
‘of thé board, to appoint a temporary
superiaiendent from August lst until
the next regular moeeting of the trus
tees, on tho third Wednesday in O«
tober.
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Fight on Bricklayers’ Unicn,
A fight on the Bricklayers' Union,
& colored organization, las been start
ed in Dublin, which, it is alleged, will
‘mot be stopped unt¥ the union is
youted out of existence, Practically
every mnecaanic in the city has signed
an agreement not to work on any job
{nside the inecorporate limits of Dub
lin where a member of the Dublin
Bricklzyers’ Uniom is emploved and
nearly every eontractor in the city
has agreed mot to employ a meniber
of the union.
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Pro Rata For Colleges.
The house commitee on appropria
tions favorably recommended appro
“ priations for the lollewing eduecational
and charitable institutions of the
state:
Academy for Blind, Macon, $65,000.
Qirls’ Normal! and Industrial Col
tege, Milledgeville, §20,000,
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Pahlonega, $29,000,
Deaf and Dumb Academy, Cave
Springs, $20,000.
State Normal School, Athens, §15,-
000.
Georgin School of Technology, At
lanta, $27,500.
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Reunicn of Correspondents.
The sixth annual rcunion of the
correspondents and friends of The
Senoia Enterprise-Gazette will be held
at Starr's mill on Friday, July 27, and
President Speor and his arranging
committee have a fine program pre
pared for the day, inclading scme of
the hest speakers in the state, such
as Hon. W. C. Adamson, Hon. Clark
Howell, Judge R. B. Russell, Hou.
Harvie Jordan and Hon. C. L. Moses,
J. R. Turner, Lester Dixon. A number
of interesting songs and recitations
will be interspersed amcng the
speeches.,
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Miller Heads Bankers.
At the eoncluding session of the
Georgia Bar Assoclation at Warm
Springs, Hon. A. L. Miller, of Ma-
Jeom, Ga., was unanimously elected
_president,
f ‘The report of the nominating com
mittee was accepted as a whole, anil
the following officers unanimously
elected: 4 :%@\%m#&,&w‘r s
First vice president, T. M. Cunning
ham, Savannah; second vice presi
dent, 8. P. Gilbeg f‘(;ogtf‘mbux; third
viee, president, fi@{ Denmark, of
Valdosta; fourth vice presidént, W. A,
Wimbish, Atlantagefifth vice president,
g. H. Sibley, Union Point; secretary,
Orville A. Park, Macon; treasurer, Z.
D. Harrison, Atlanta.
Executive Board-—Robert C, Alston,
Atlanta; J. Hanson Merrill, Thomas
ville; John J.:fifi;}(land, Athens; W.
W. Gordon, Jr.,, Savannah.
Judege Hamilton® McWhorter, Judge
Spencer Atkimson and Judge James
Blount, of Macon, were appointed as
delegates @ogzefigtgfing of the Amer.
jean Dar Association, to be held in
Bt. Paul, Minn., in August.
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Cotton Crop Deteriorates.
From authentic reports the cotton
crop over the state will not be over
¢o per cent. Information from the
gouthern, southeastern and south
wester portiows of the state as well
as the middle cotton belt, state that
the plants are" shedding badly, and
m%%n Wg@yemge will not be
over GG per cen\f.
The average ifor the southern por
tions will be less than sixty per cent,
while the erép will only reach 75 per
eent in the middle portions.
Reports. from. all parts of the state
indicate Ll},&;yains have peen gen
eral and cxeessive for the greater part
of the past week, further damaging
the cotton, through shedding and rof,
which had alrcady suffered so much
in this respect.
Warm, dry weather is neeaed now,
and when the rains cease it will be
difficult to keep down the grass in
view of the fact that labor is scarce.
The corn erop, however, is reported
to be in excellent condition and wiil
average 100 per cent. Siate officiais
in the agricultural department are
of the opinion that the corn crop this
vear will be one of the best in years.
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Police Court ASs Labor Bureau.
As a gort oadjupct to the Atlanta
police courty there is aw agent of rail
road contyactors who attends each
gession of the ecourt and secures negro
lahorens to work cn the Tallulah Falls
railgcad, where grading ig being done.
J. R. Bchols appears every day,
morning and afternoon, in the police
court, amd whenever a nesgro is ar
raigned for vagrancy he says to the
peconder: . .
“1f you will ‘turn that negro over
to me and: ho is willing to go to
work, I will {aker him with me and
give him a good job.”
Of course the prisoner is only too
glad to get a job instead of going to
the chaingang, where he would hawve
to work for nothing, and Mr. Echols
gecureg an able-bodied hand.
LOUISVILLE TO WILCOME BRYAN. ;
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Celebration to Be Pul ed Q!f Soon Alier ‘.
Altep the Uae in New York. !
Wulllam J..@Bryan will be given a |
public ‘reseptiin ‘and welcome home |
by the democrats of Louisville, Ky, |
~and the entire south soon after ths |
New York celebration, ,
- A nwveinent has been on foot for |
_fome time to make the recepiion a |
big efl!ptf‘@;& W. Vreeland, mei- !
ber of ihe demoecralic state centrad |
committee from the fitth distriet, has |
charge of the arrangements. It is Ris |
_intentior %We all the d@mocrzus!
in t’né'”gt’! | e reception is to he |
held in the armory which will seai |
- 17.C00 people. 3
Invitutions will be extended to Sen
~ator J. W. Daniel, Senator Cal'ma-ci:‘!
- Senator Frazier, Governor Cox and!
Senator-elect Taylor of Tennessee, |
Jobn Sharp Williams, Senator Moa. |
¢y and Governor Vardaman of Mis- |
sissippi, Senator Morgan, Senator Pet- ‘
tus, Richmend P. Hobson and former |
| Go\:bgm ;glson of Alabama, Hohke |
~ Smith, Claitk Howell, ex-Governor |
Candler and Senator Bacon of Geou- |
~gla, Senator Tillman ard the gm—cvn-:
or of South Carolina, Senator Bailey, |
Senator Culberson and Governor Lan. |
~ ham and former Senator Milis mj
Texas, Governor Jefferson Davis |
. Senators Clark and Berry of Ala.|
bama, the governor and members of |
congress from North Carolina, Flor
ida and Marylana and other promi |
nent democrats, |
ALMOST SHAKEN 10 PILCES.
tarthquike Shocks Plaving Havoc in Liftle |
« fown in New Mexico,
Socorerc, New ' Mexico, south- of |
Santa Fe, has been severely damaged
Lo Jearthgnalies. Fifty shocks have |
boeen felt since Sunday moruing. The
court houge is a wreck, and nearly
every residence in the ¢ty is cracked |
or witckad. More than two-thirds of
| them at” [o¥st are damaged or de
-3 stroved. -
Lohe down, ®Bich is Ilarsely adoie |
and orick, is a%wl& shaken to piecgs. !
No deaihs are reperted. i
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Authorities of Scattle to Make War
on Fanatical Sect. |
OUTCOME OF TRAGEDIES
Recent Killings Arouses People to Pro=
vocation=-Erring Esther Mitchell
Glad She Slew Her Brother.
In consequence of the recent kill
ing of George Mitchell by his sister,
BEthel, the authorities of Seattle,
Washington, have resolved to drive
the “Holy Rollers” from the city. .
The leader of the band iun Seattle
was Franz Edmund Crefieid, who,
although a married man and living
with his wife, enticed Esther Mitchell
from her home. It was to avenge his
sister that George Mitchell shot and
killed Creffield; when Xitchell was
brought to trial he was acquitted on
a plea of temporary insanity.
Esther Mitchell resented her broth
er's act; and she and Crefiield’s wid
ow, with whom she was on the best
of terms, decided upon revenge. I
was agreed thst the one who got the
first opportunity should kill George
Mitchell, The chance came to Esther
in the waiting room of the union
depot in Seattle. George Mitchell
was going away, and his brothers,
Perry and Fred, were there to see
him off. Esther, who had refused up’
{o that time to be reconciled to her
brother, was invited to go to the de
pot and did so. Concealing her real
feelings she shook hands with each
of her brothers and chatted with
them unti! traintime. She walked be
side George Mitchell as they all start
ed for the train together, and as they
neared the door she stepped close
to his side, pressed a revolver against
his head and fired. She had concealed
the revolver in her coat.
The girl says that the spirit of
her dead lover urged her to kill her
brother. She says that it was blood
atomement, and that the spirit of Cref
field has not annoyed her since she
killed her brother, Ksther admits
that she and the widow of the “Holy
Roller” were in conspiracy to avenge
his death.
«[ am not Insane,” declared Esther
Mitchell, in discussing the affair. “Be
fore I killed my brother, Mrs. Creffield
and myself talked it <all over, and
we knew that we would be arrested
and the law would punish us.
“He,” coniinued Miss Mitchell,
speaking of Crefiield, and in answer 13
a question, “was a holy man. My
brother was of the worlld, and was
defiled. It was right that he should
be punished for what he did, and
the law :seft bim iree.”
Mre. Creffield does not attempt ta
justify her part in the shooting on
the ground of religious training, nor
does che insist that the Croflield in
fluence is still aiive. She was asked
whether the spirit of Joshua had been
heard or whether she expected him
{o return to her but refused to an
swer.
The “Holy Rollers” got their name
front the faet that they {requently
roll on the ground when possessed
of a religicus eestacy. The seci had
its origin in ceniral New Yorlk, that
prolifie mother of strange beliefs from
which sprung the Mormons, the Sha
kers, the Oneida eommunity and the
Holy Order of Kneebenders.
ATLANTA MAN FELL ABDARD,
Walter Cwmond, Justice of the Peace,
Drowned During Pleasure Trip.
Walter E. Ormond of Atlanta, a jus
tice of the peace, met his death Tues
day night by falling from the steamer
Kansas City, en rcute from Savannah
to New York. :
The accideat havpened during the
night while Mr. Ormond was sleeping
on the deck of the ship because of
the warmth of the weather, and it was
neot known that he had fallen over
board until Wednesday morning,
when he was missed,
It is believed he was thrown from
the vessel by a sudden lurch. His
body was not recovered. The oflicers
of the Kansas City believe that be
fell frcem the vessel when somewhere
near Cape Hatteras, off the coast ef
North Carolina. He was last seen
sleeping on the deck when about fex
ty miles off the cape.
Before leaving Savannah Ormond
had performed a mock marriage cea
emoeny, and as a fee had exacted tie
bracelet of the young woman, e
wore this on his left wrist, and if t:2
body is recovered it will be a meass
of identification, for he wus dressad
only in pajamas.
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Where Ocean Breezes Blow”s |
{s the place to go in the summer for rest, A A
recreation and a real good time. Travel via ™ % [m\\ i |
The Central of Georgia Railway. ‘ ;
In a few hours you can be on the shores ¢ the Atlartic, listening
to the roar of the surf, drinking in the wine-like air, bathing, boating,
fishing and dancing, and mingling with a ga throng of charming,
good-natured people; the bluest of blue skies Lbove you.
A maximum of pleasure at a mir/mum of cost.
For full information, rates, schedulesjfetc., ask your nearest
Ticket Agent.
LOW-RATE EXCURSION TICKETS &eis it || |
tiyppet offices of the | AEARALM
W. A. WINBURN, J. C. HAILE, F. J. Ib|BINSON, | R |
Vice-Pres. and Traffic Mgr. Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Ass g}cn'l Pass’r Agent. e |
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i e Dhemocratic |
Theory of Wealth
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By TXN.Carsver.
;:*""m:;HY there should be hard-working pooj men and idle rich men in.
fié.q‘ma D the same o-mmunity is a question fhich no one has answ'ered,,.
¥ t;t’:;’ Y H and no one can answer satisfactorily. That is why the opinion
*%famanfn}fi is so prevalent that the world, eciv‘)mically considered, is SO
I%zr"‘g-;}’dg:’ very much out of joint. But althoygh there is 50 ml}ch unankm”
ey ity ia the, opinion that wealth ougft rot to be distributed as .it..
row is, there is still a wide diversfty of opinion, where there Is
any definite opinion at all, as to how it really qught to be distributed. L
These opinions may, however, be redaced tf three fundamentally distinct.
theories, which 1 shall eall the aristocratic, the [ocialistic, and the democratic,.
or 'lveralisiic, theories,! The aristocratic thedry is that the good things of
the world belonz more particularly to certain gioups or classes than to others,.
by virtue of scme circumstance connected wih thoir birth or heredity, and
independently of their individual achievements. The socialistic theory is t’{lat
wealth cught te be disiribusted according to needs, or according to some SlM
ilar plan arranged beforehaud, and independe:tly of the individual abi}ltY to
acquire wealth in the rough-andready struggle of life. The democratic, Or
liberalistic, theory is that wealth ought to be dstributed according to produc
tivity, usctulness or worth, _
There are two widely different netions as to what constitutes a wide dif--
fusion of wealth. One is that the ownership ¢f the productive wealth should
Lo concenirated in the hands of the state, and rdministered by public officials,
ooly the consumable goods being diffused. TlHs is the socialistic ideal. The
nfter iz that the cwnership of the productive wealth itself should be widely
difu=ei. 1° this were the case, the consumaiie wealth also would of neces
sity he widely diffazed. - This is the democrage, or liberalistic, ideal. It i 8
‘he belict ¢f the liberal school that this systfn gives greater plasticity and
adaptability to *he industrial system than anyfother. Certain socialistic writ
ers have, however, assumed that this ideal if unattainable, and that we are
really beween the devil of plutocracy and thefdeep sea of socialism. Let us
not thus despair of the republic. Once upon ajime a man placed a heavy load
unon tho back of his camel, and then asked th§ beast whether he preferred go
ine up hill or down, to which the camel replikl, “Is the level road across the
‘t piain closed?”’—The Atlantic,
The Problem ¢f
G o @ £ N@Kt EBECFOH
Bv « X.,” Profoundest of American Thinkers,
gy ) ANGER confronting us is tha the majority of American voters:
" ¥ will effect their wishes by very extreme and very dangerous.
} j legislation. . . If our millonaires prefer to remain as they
Prmwcromn: g have hitherto chosen to remin, outside the current of the na
¢‘.;%"f't tional life, leaving its politis to take ecare of themselves ex
-74, cept when thev draw checky, and cherishing the fond delusicn.
which the possessors of uneaned wealth have so often cherished,
that the growing dissatisfaction with tlem and their possessions, and the
methods by which they were acquired, ismerely a temporary excitement afid
in their favorite phrase will scon ‘blow over,’—then it may be stated, with
ent're confilence and without the slightst exaggeration, that they are des
tined to a very early and unwelcome avakening, when they will find them
selves confronted with the transfer of thegovernment with all its great powers.
for zood and for evil into the hands of nen of a very limited conception of
“vested interests,’ and whose minds will ye infiamed with a wrath which they
will consider righteous and a hostility wlich may prove to be implacable. Un
less, therefore, some moral basis for whet the majority of voters believe to be
the present grossly unjust inequality ir the distribution of property in this.
country is soon found,—a moral basis wapich will prove acceptable to the ma
jority of American voters—we may encomter in the coming Presidential elec
tion a situaton infinitely mors disturbing and.infinitely more dangerous than.
Las ever hefore been encountercd.—Nort] American Review,
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Th Solution
he True Soluta
of the Liquor Problem
By Winthrop More Daniels.
germzwenee HHOSE who want in a nutsell the well-sifted results of the pains
; | taking study of the lique question Dy competent, disinterested,
! I and philanthropic expert; will do well to canvass The Liquor
: & Problem by the Committe of Fifty. No real evil is extenuated,
fg‘;fi'@‘éfl.\i’ and nothing is set down i malice. The scourge of drink is not
s minimized, and its relatio to crime and pauperism is most tem
perately but most convincpgly drawn. The physiological effects
of liquer are set forth in such fasirion pat no ph):sman can take exception to
the exposition. At the same time, th| pseudo-scientific character of so-called
teraperance instruction in the public shools is unmasked. The remedial as
pect of the matter is treated with br¢dth and sanity. Not the mere extir
pztion of the saloon, but the devisiagpf healthful substitutes for the saloon,
is the desideratum. Nor i 8 the hear of the difliculty left untouched in the
masterly exposition of the cure. Wg¢are brougit up with the old-fashioned
but etsrnally valid doctrine tha: the jtimate remedy is found ‘“only in the
svuls of individual men. . . There §no saivation for the mdss as a mass.”
It is a homely truism, but an eminegly reassur§pg one, to hear that “those
forces that make for the developmengof personality are, in the last analysis
the forces that are doing the most to {Verconlxg_'tl}g evils of the liquor traffic.”