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archy In disguise had entered the citadel. It must be driven out. The people had chosen him to do the work. It was his mission. The temple must be purified and rededicated to true principles upon which the people had intended to plant them selves when they were struggling to throw off the English yoke. Misled bv the baleful Influence of the British faction, Washington and Adams had gone far astray from the path, had grieved the spirit of democracy. It had been his to sound the warning, to arouse the people to lead them to victory. The government must be put back in the right road. The old landmarks must be recovered, the true doctrine preached and practiced. In this spirit of consecration to a high mission, Mr. Jefferson entered upon his duties. No cream-coiored chariot and prancing horses, with outriders and livery, bore him to the capltol to take the oath, lie walked front Ills boarding house, attended informally by a few friends, and read in a low voice the beautiful address which will always be to good government w hat the Sermon on the Mount Is to religion. Great changes were made at once in ail matters of form and ceremony. Sonil roval levees were discontinued. Dinner parties given by the president were as in formal as those or any private gentleman. Congress ceased to wait upon tile presi dent in a body, and the president ceased to come In state to congress to deliver his "king's speech." When Jefferson had occasion to go to the capltol building upon any matters of business he rode horseback, hitched his horse to a peg under the shed which stood near and walked in as any plain citizen would have done. It was probably this habit lit angered and disgusted the fed eralists so much' which gave currency to the rumor that he rode to his inaugura tion on a brood mare, followed by a suck ling colt. The writer is personally ac quainted with good citizens wno seem to consider the legendary brood mare and her mythical colt as a part of the stage property of modern democracy. The government had only recently moved into its new home (1800), and Washington city was at this time almost a wilderness. Th. white lions ■ was un finished, ami Jefferson had no lady of his family living with him; consequently it became the easier for hint to indulge his preference for the informal style, both in matters of dress and of etiquette. His garb was frequently a. mingling of sev eral different fashions, none of them < le gant, and his slipshod appearance gave pain to many very worthy people. An international complication was one day threatened because h- one day receiv'd the British minister in slipper,s and un dress. In avoiding one i xtreme. Mr. Jefferson was gui’ty of another. He at first went too far in his disregard of forms and of apparel. He adopted no laws of precedence, and went by the mil let's rule of "first come, first served." Pretty much anybody could go to the mansion at pretty much any tijne and be graciously welcomed. A more promiscu ous multitude than that which often paid its hearty respects to the president could not have been raked together. In theory, tits white house belonged to all, and the practice, for once, rubbed noses with theo.ry. Even at state dinners there was no law of precedence- If Mr. Jefferson hap pened to be seated next to Mrs. Madison when dinner was announced it was to Mrs. Madison that he would offer his arm- no matter who else might lie in the room. If the wife of the British minis- V r were present, Iter husband had to be alert and strenuous, else she would not find one of the best seats at the *. ’.de. Such a state of affairs was hor rible to the British minister, and he wrote Indignant letters of complaint to bis got - eminent. it is barely possible that Mr. Jeffer son bore in mind the time when he had I><. n given the cold shoulder in London and that he definitely preferred Mrs. >1 idison to Mrs Merry At any rate, the British minister got precisely the l me treatment as others, and his efforts to secure bettor terms failed. We think Mr. Jefferson made a mistake in all this, for he wounded pride, hurt feelings ami accomplished no good. But when William Eleroy Curtis finds the source of th- war of ISI2 in Mr. Jeffet eon’s behavior to the British minister, lie becomes a source of amusement. Two Italian states once went to war about an old well bucket, and ten thousand lives were lost in the debate; a coarse Joke tl ng at Henry II of England by the king of France and a contemptuous ref erence by Frederick of Prussia to Madame de Pompadour, may have been the sparks which set war-flames to burning in those countries, as we have all heard, but if personalities can- ■! the war of 1812 at all, we should go further ba k than the era of Jefferson’s old slippers and cor t ’hes. We would certainly have I > return to that shameful scene tn Lon don in the year 1786, when the king of England, in his own house, and before nil his court, wilfully and deliberately snubbed the ambassador of the UniteiJ States. But all this is idle. Groat Britain and America did not go to war on account of King George's rudeness nor Jefferson's heelless slippers. The causes which led to the clash lav deeper. These instances of bad manners in King George and President Jefferson were but surface symptoms. Mr. Jefferson put a stop to the prose cutions which we • j, tiding under tne sc ullion law, and released mini tines and imprisonment those who iiad been con victed. With the first sloop which went to France bearing dispatches, lie sent to Thom is Paine, wno was living wretch t-diy it. a Paris garret, an imitation to come home on mis national vessel. To Samuel Adams, dw- ilmg in his poor hut in Boston, th" presiwin wrote such u K-tier as an affectionate disciple might p- :: to his mast--r. To boti. of tiles, stanch democrats, each of whom felt that they had been neglected and ill-treated, these generous, liateriiai letters wile like balm to wounds. It was a beautiful thing to do, and there was no political motive for the h t It was tlie impui.se of a warm, loyal nature, finding pleasure in doing a. kind- i- Dr. Priestly, the great Unitarian, ;. ■ equally jordial, invit- ing him to become a guest at the white hou e. Ai the time of Jefferson’s election fed er tilled 11 the offices. No sw’eeptng removals were made, and the spoils sys tem cann t be traced back to him, but Mr. Jefferson did appoint republicans from time to time—some of the vacan c. having been made by death and seme removal—until at the close of his eight years' term the. administration had be >n: ■ fairly representative of re publican : access. In fact, as Jefferson's pop parity grew the whole nation changed and ieo ralis.m almost vanished, except ing always the federal judiciary. There Its waning light was kept trimmed and burning by John Marshall, as pure a man, able a judge, and rabid a partisan I SSSEI /yBKFSy ,5 I Better than i paying big rent Get a home in the Southwest—in Arkansas, Louisiana, Sj Texas—thousands of acres along the Cotton Belt Route at $2, $5, $lO an acre, farm land, grazing land, timber land, I I orchard and truck land—easiest place in the United States i to make a living and live the best - strawberries in April, peaches in June, tomatoes in November—two and three i» crops off the same ground. Write for our descriptive litera- ture and let us help you find a home. Half rates first and s third Tuesdays of each month from St. Lou>s, Thebes, Cairo and Memphis. N. B. BAIRD, Traveling Paas. Agent, E.W. LaBEAUME.ficn. Pass.i Tkt. Agt. » 203 Equitable Bldg., ATLANTA. OA. 210 Equitable Bldg.. ST. LOUIS, MO. £ as ever lived. The internal revenue sys tem was abolished, the army treated to "a chaste reduction.’’ useless offices loP p*.d away, and the public debt steadily 1 lowered. By cutting down salaries, les | senin-g the number of office holders, and i exercising economy throughout the ser- ■ vice ,:i surplus was accumulated in spite I of the fact that the internal taxes and the • direct taxes had been repealed. The national debt was being paid off so rapidly that Mr. Jefferson looked for ward to the time In the near future when' the surplus could be applied to the open ing of canals, the building of roads and the establishment of a national system of education. This surplus was to n<- derived always from import duties laid upon luxuries. ... The coast survey was ordered, the mtil tarv academy at West Point opened, the i Cumberland road from the Potomac to the Ohio begun, liberal naturalization laws enacted, millions of aX"es of lanu I fairly obtained from the Indians, and a I law passed to put an end to the foreign i slave trade, tn January 1, 1808. ■ Foreign ministers were withdrawn from I Holland, Prussia., and other nations where they were useless, and Mr. Jefferson ex- I pressed the opinion that a consular es i tablishment was all we needed abroad. What real benefit this republic derives from its costly and elaborate diplomatic i paraphernalia ’ it would puzzle a very I able expert to explain. It would not be I difficult to make a strong showing to the contrary. The federal judiciary was Jefferson s I pet bugbear, and he did all he could to i republicanize the courts. He removed some attorneys and mar shals, but with the judges it was an im possible ttv«k. ImpeaehMents were tried, but that cumbersome machinery would not work satisfactorily. Judge Pickering. qJ the New Hamp shire district, was convicted and removed, but when John Randolph, of Roanoke, arraign-d Judge Chase, of Maryland, he met a ■rushing defeat. Judge Chase had been violently partisan on the bench, and had exhibited every trait of the judicial tyrant during the trials of persons pros ecuted under the sedition acts. But when the republicins put Chase himself in the dock, it was soon apparent that he was too strong for them. He was well connected, he commanded unanimous party support, his revolutionary record was fine, he had been a signer of the Di - laratloti of Independence, and he had committed no indictable offense. Luther Martin was his leading lawyer, and in the hands of Lufner Martin, the denote lining on the questions of law, Randolph was a lightweight, indeed. Mr. Jefferson had contenanced and indi rectly encouraged the impeachment of ! Chase, but he had not committed him j self. Holding severely aloof, he viewed ; Randolph's discomfort philosophically, I though he was chagrined at Chase’s es cape.. Randolph. Os Roanoke, was not a pa i tient man—enduring miicji and thinking ; no evil—and he. diij not relish what ap- I peared to be the task of raking chestnuts out of Uie tire for other people, especially when the fire was particularly hot and the chestnuts refused to be raked. It is thought tijat the sudden decline in his administration for Thomas Jefferson dated from the collapse of the Chase impeach ment. In matters of legislative r-form Mr. Jefferson had to proceed slowly. Ho treated as null the appointments M)r. | Adams had made at the close of his term, j and as soon as possible prevailed upon | congress to repeal the act creating the I circuit courts. I Th" fed'r: fists very strongly resisted ■ Mr. Jetfersop in his assaujt upon the f’d ' oral jiididiry. They realized the aetvant- I ago they held there quite as fully as the I republicans did. and they contested evry inch of ground. By the lime the circuit j court act had been repealed and the im i p' achment of Judge Chase had failed, Mr. Jefferson app-q.rs to have been con-’l vine <1 tiiat he could do nothing more’ without running the risk of splitting up his own part;. Tp himself and to the re publicans generally it afterward became a source of regret that nothing more was i done to put limits on the power of con gress and of tie judiciary. The troubles with England, the disunion tendencies iy the eastern states, the quasi-federalism of Mr. M.idlyon, th l -' continual alarmist outcries of political enemies- all acted •is brakes to the wheel of Jeffersonian purpose. To dreqrn in the studio Is one thing, to eond i. t -tn administration is another it is this difference between theory and practice which makes Jefferson seem in- I consistent From the time that he first realized the unique position of the r ial judiciary in , air .system’ Mr. Jefferson was its bitter enemy. It vinl.Heu al) his ideas of democracy, its judges w» re not amenable t<> popular control. There was no rotation in office, no Short terms, no frequent appeals to the p>’O( le. A body so independent of i tn e popular will, and clothed with f'e . tremendous power of setting aside tlie I statutes ot every state and of the United , States, was by the very law of its nature ; ani.igttiii.st.ic to the principle upon which | <1 m.H.ratic government .s founded. The • wi• i oi the propio, the preference of the : majority, was sovereign, according to re- pubhean theory; Iviit here was sover eignty more permanent than presidents ■ and s. nat- s, more untrammeled than the > executive o r the legislature, and it s final ! word was law supreme, overriding cabi i nets, lawmakers and people, jjy V e r y ; constitution such a tribunal would he out [ of touch with the masses, would feel no I popular Impulse, would inevitable tend to become arist'icratie, if not .iiitocratlc, |in method and In purpose. By th,- ele mental selfishness of human nature, it i would eternally seek to broaden the ! bounds of Its empire. Jefferson dreaded ; it. prophesied against it, bewailed its ir -1 rcsis-tible power. Reading his gloomy forecasts, one al- I mose believes he anticipated government bv injunction and the advent of the dop- I uty marshal. But we doubt if even his j wildest fears could have pictured a situ ' ntion in which congress is not allowed to , put the income tax upon a millionaire and when the sympathizer with labor is enjoined from persuasion and peaceful aid. “ ABOUT TO DIE. HE WROTE • • HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE. ? : * Mexico City, August 25.—Dr. Sal- i azar, dying of yellow fever at Tam- ® ? pico, called for a paper and pen ® ® and wrote his own death certiti- ® • cate. Dr. Salazar gave his life for a his patients, having been actively “ engaged since the outbraek of the " • epidemic. He was In charge of tlie • • • • American hospital. • •••O'* » ♦ »-•-O■«■•■•■• •••» • O-»-'• TO WEEKLY OONSTITUHONi ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY AUGUST 31, 1903. ROOT MAKES WAY FOR TAFT ANO WRIEHT Resignation of Root Will Not Be come Effective Until January I—The1 —The President Pays High Compliment to Retiring Secretary. Oyster Bay. August 25.—General Luke E. Wright, of Memphis, Tenn., will suc ceed Judge Taft as governor general of the Philippines when the latter becomes secretary of war next January, in suc cession to Elihu Root. President Roosevelt this afternoon au thorized the Associated Press to make the announcement that the post had been offered to General Wright and that he had accepted it. General Wright Is now a member of the Philippines commission and vice governor of tlie islands. He is a life long demo crat. President Roosevelt spoke in terms o. higli praise of General Wright’s ability and fitness for the position of governor general. He entertains a sincere regard for him both personally and officially. Both the president and Secretary Root regard General Wright as a man of proved executive ability, his services as i member of the Philippines commission having been of a distinguished character During Governor Tafts sojourn in t country General Wright was acting gov ernor -eneral and his conduct ot the office was a source of congratulation to "S£!«SS i””"'”' ”° l "T" ’ in tlie Philippines, but also whh rl the F Pinos, who hold him only second in their estimation to Governor TafL . under date of August Secretary Root, .nder t(> 19 . p.esen eu his n.G, lon waK ac . The president with the under- CeP 11 t Mr Root continue as see standmg that > t r- lerlsl un(il Januar y 1. rotary of wa . today authorized President Rooseve.t today .. the following Htatimrn ten _ •The president - w;(r to judge will go out of < sonm o?^Vmce shortly as- , T Val TeMdent also authorized the pub . I! ( .’ ) re f correspondence betwe. n L'; at 'nnd "secretary Root concerning th" him and beerrtny letter of res- departure for England tn atnnu ' f tiio Ma'-'ka. boundary comnils sessions "t tne n sion Mr. Root concludes: ■■l' shall carrv vlth rm- unabated - altv to vour administration, confidence tn sound conservatism and patriot e urn selfishness of von-- policy gratitude for the kindness and considera tion With which your friendship ha> hon ored me.” ~ , . To this letter the president replied at length, saying in part: -It is hard indeed for m<> to accept-, vour resignation, and I do so with keen personal regret, but u*» n «i llvelv understanding of the gap your with'diawal will ir.'tte in mihlic in-- Me sense of personal loss tp \ery gic.it. And yet my sense of th- loss to Ute na tion as a whole, is even gi' ■ - ■' Imve been 'over four rears s, erm iry of war 1 wonder if von vourself realize how much von have accomplished during ihat period. If yon will turn to > >ur irst reports and will read th' recom mendations you made in order that the arms might lie put on an effective basis, von 'cannot but be pleased at the was' In which the recommendations have now b.-en adopted bv congress as ss.ll ns by the administration, and have become en acted into lasv or crystallized into cus- ''Yottr duties have included more than merely the administration of the depart ment and reorganization of the arms- on an effective basis. You have also boon the brad of the department svhich dealt with the delicate nrobl-ms involsn-d in our possession of th" Philippine islands, and v<nr su -eoss in dealing with this part of the svork has been tfs signal as your sucess In dealing svith the purely rnill tars- problems. "Moreover aside from your svork in these two divisions of the government service. I appreciate most keenlv the in valnable advice and assistance von have rcniVerod me in innumerable matters of ss •l;,'ht. not coming dir'etly in vour de partmental province. ’’ CLOUD BURSTS IN THE WEST. Great Damage Is Done in lowa and Kansas. 1 Council Bluffs. losva. \ugust 26. -Two cloudbursts tonight destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars svorth of property in this city. Tlie first storm turned the streets of the city into torrents and hun dreds of families in the lower districts of the city were removed from their homes with difficulty. Many business houses were Hooded by the first storm -'Hid tlie damage to stocks will amount to thou sands. Another storm later in the evening j raised the water still higher and many stores were badly damaged. The loss in this city alone is estimated I easily at $5W1,000. The rainfall for the i twenty-four hours ending at midnight ; will amount to t> inches. Tin: Northeastern railroad Is not rtin ' ning a train in or out of the city and i report washouts between Ida Grove and Battle (’reek, lowa, and between Maple- - ton and (’nst.ana, lowa. ‘ The Rock Island and Milwaukee are i both tied up and are not running trains : either in or out of this city. Kansas Towns Flooded. 1 Frankfort. Kans.. August 26.—Damage j to farms in Nemeha and Marshal coun ties by yesterday’s cloudburst is greater ’ than 'at first estimated and now Is placed a' SSOiI.OCO. Great quantities of grain were I swept away, while many farmers lost all their cattle and hogs, according to reports brought In today. Business at [■'rankfort is at a standstill Dozens of bridges have been washed away. Storm Causes Fire in St. Louis. St. Louis. .August 26.—The severe electric al storm which swept over St. Louis ear ly today resulted in heavy property dam age. Fires were slatted in many differ ent portions of the city by lightning. Two box cars on the ’Frisco tracks filled with matches were struck and burned. Within two hpurs 1.92 inches of rain fell. The sewers became clogged and streets Hooded, 'flip loss from fire and water will total many thousands of dollars. No fatalities have been reported. Rising Rivers Cause Alarm. Kansas City. August 27.—Unprecedent edly heavy rains east and west of Kansas City have caused the Kansas and Mis souri rivers to rise suddenly to unusual heights and the results my prove grave. A bulletin issued today by the local weather bureau announced that the Kan sas or Kaw would rise from 5 to 7 feet at Kansas City in the next forty-eight hours and a rise of equal magnitude is coming down the Missouri. The Missouri rise, it is believed will retard the How of the Kansas river at its mouth and en danger the temporary bridges as well as the railway yards and heavy business in terests in the west bottoms. The current ! is swift and carries much driftwood. The Kansas river here today rose 2. feet ten hours and Is still rising rapidly. / the streams in Kansas are rising rapid and ft locks like rain. imMCOMU' Readville, Mass., August 21.--Lou Dillo broke the world's trotting record on th mile track here today, going in 2 minutt flat. Tlie previous record was 2:02 1-1, hel by Cresceus made at Columbus, Ohio, la; year. Lou Dillon's time by quarters toda was: First quarter 30 l-< Second quarter 30 1-5 Third quarter . ,30 1-< Last quarter 29 I.ou Dillon’s best time liefO’o today wa 2:02 3-4, or a half second s "ver than th »o ■•■ e ■•■•■•■ o ■<»■•■ o ■•■••■ • • CRESCEUS GIVES CIOWN ? • TO TROTTING QJEEN. * • Toledo, Ohio, Augßt 24. ® • George H. Ketcham, o wner a • and driver of Cresceu, upon ’ • being informed of Lu Dil- » a lon’s wonderful mil, sent ? the following telegrai: • ? “George K, Billing; Read- • • ville. Mass,—l congitulate £ ® you upon the wondeml per- * e formance of your mare. ’ 7 Cresceus transfers th crown • • to your hands. c ? “GEO. 11. KETCHM.” o record by Cresceus. She tide the half today in 1:00.2-4 and the thi -quarters in 1:31. The mare was drive! by Millard Sanders. She is the first champion are to earn such honors her first yea on the turf, ns Flora Temple, GoldsmitMaid, Maud S. Nancy Hanks and Alix I raced sev eral seasons before earnin the crown. Before she went a mile In 2 1-2, boating the wagon record, Lou Dill's best mile this year was 2:11. and thisfng her first year of activity on the tring turf, it looks as if Billings has in r a genuine prospect, for a future 1:59 titer, if such a trotting record be possib How the Record Wasowered. So that no breezes mt interfere, Millard Sanders, driver of 'great mare, brought out the daughter Sydney Dil- lon for the attempt early Inc day. For pacemakers th> re w«two running horses hitched to road car Reggy from Paris, driven by "Doc" Tier, and Car rie Nation, driven by ScoticCoy. The first score was fruits, .Lou Dil lon making a break just ire reaching the wire. On th secondtempt. how ever tii ■ word was giveniough Start ing Judge Walker rang hisll, but Tan ner nodded for him to say i,” and turn ing to Sanders, called t.lm to come along. Tanner kept Peg from Paris directly in front of the pess chestnut trotter, while McCoy lay :er wheel. In Ibis way the trio went to: quater pole in 30 1-1 seconds. With n' a skip Lou Dillon went smooth gait'<wn the back stretch as to lead those; timing the mile to believe that herded was not alarmingly fast. Last Quarter i 9. The half was clicked <>f:J :00 3-4. Around tlie turn to three-quarter; pole the clip quickened, third quartet beinw >•> :»• 1 I making • part, of lie. journey In 1:31. Faster and faster came ier with the runner amt right with Htrotted the handsome California bred •?. Sanders was sitting petiy still, but McCoy w.-is crying aloud ■ s runner to cheer on I,on Dillon. To the amazement <" al. quarter was driven in 29 seconds, t! nSki-ig tlie mile in the wonderful time of minutes PISTOL IN HAND, t AMUCK. Negro Desperado Terrfid a Town in Illinois Danville. Ills., August 27 Thomas, a negro coal miner and <‘Bvi -t, today terrorized the mining town,[rod, south of Danville. He walked ith e Cromis saloon and fired five shot pro prietor. Mrs Mary Crr. a white woman. None of th*' effect. Reloading his weapon lie t j n t o the street and encountering td'hge mar shal, put him to Hight. S*3 citizens who sought to capture Thortere scat tered by a dozen shots. Thomas then went to time, and after taking a nap. again ;l red in the streets, revolver in h:indl es trians fled indoors. Sheriff Whitlock was advis l( ] D“p- ' tit) Helmick. who capturqojjprpj . Baker, recently convicted as , t j xe j Danville mob of July 2' wentfj inrfl( j Helmick encounter' I Thoma I;1( | insr the streets gun in hand. an^ P t,j m . surrender. Thomas was brom, p :llt . I villi' and plac'd in jail. Ho q at Michigan City for killing,- ln at Brazil. Ind. LONGSTREET IS IN Chicago, Aug Spot lateral ■ James Longstreet Is in Chl -ngti., Vl . a bullet fir. d by a union s'ohl lring j the civil war extrai'ted after _raj" : examination. Tlie whereabout t ; le . famous confederate fighter is hjept quiet. Dr. W. A. Pusey, who p ,-. r . | form the operation, refuses ' a ke I known tne retreat of the genet’. General Longstreet arrived injg 0 ’ Saturdaj and registered at thL er ; house. With his baggage, he di-i ei j | yesterday morning ami many frij n j , "former centra on the fields t,j e I inquired for him in vain. General Longstreet was wounc v _ I era I times during the war ami | liev- d one or more bullets arc t,_ ■ bedded in parts of hi* body. Nervous I Wome Pal?, Nervous, Hysterical, si-kly w rjj find a piick and Listing run from their.' tion, if they will but place themselves care. I cure j-r, r u«i 1, (.»v I':» l ine and lal Trrub, ‘ s y ou: 1,10 knife t ? entirely new /A w? -f i fSfecK t '' '' as ,i <1 or tor and cla 11 s t in wo i dist-ases. J Vu- who could not n P’ n 'lrop wi "jumping ou ' •‘kin." wJIsF aw the S( inca.king T .'bed or the c ’ • : ‘7.--¥w •• *’ f a child into hysteria, ■ backs' were st weak they could hardly who had Headaches and Dizzy Spells c ually. were entirely cured in a short tin mv method. if your family doctor does not. under your case come to mo; I am a recognize* cialist in these ailments and will not understand your case, but show you h< be cured, free. If you live out of the write me. Send for my free book on wo diseases. Dr. J. NEWTON HATHAW A Inman Building, Atlanta, Ga. ? CEOM TJX RATE K [ $5 ONSI,ODQ. ’’ Franchise Tax Assessments, as Made, s Included in Basis cf Levy, and It Will Now Be Up to j , the Arbitrators To Make Good. ■ L ; The state tax rate this year will be five mills, or $5 on SI,OOO of property re turned. This is 30 cents per SI,OOO less than the tax rate last year, which was 5.30 mills. H is also less by 21 cents on SI,OOO than the maximum rate fixed by the legislature in the general tax act, that maximum being five mills for general purposes and ! .21 mills for tlie sinking fund. Up to the Arbitrators. An interesting feature developed in ar riving at the lax rate, is that the gov ernor and the comptroller general have put it squarely "up to’’ tlie arbitrators to make good the franchise assessments put upon the big corporations by Comptroller General Wright. After feeing over the question it was decided that in summing up tlie total property returns or valuations as a basis for fixing the tax rate, the commission had no authority to assume that the as sessments on franchises and physical property of the corporations would not be adhered to by the boards of arbitra tion which now have them under con sideration. These assessments, it was I contended, were made on a fair, just and ! equitable basis, and it would be a con- ! cession on the part of the comptroller i general to make a lower estimate of them ■ for the purpose of arriving at a total of ; property values. Both Hie governor ami the comptroller general thought the rate should be based on those assessments, and let the re sponsibility fal] where it will if they do not measure up to tlie figures which t'ne comptroller general has fixed. How the Rate Was Arrived At. The total franchise assessments made by the comptroller general amount to i $28,500,000, including also some slight in crease in assessments on physical prop- ' erties of certain corporations. The in- ' crease in the tax digests over last year , is $22,601,946, making a total Increase in , property valuations for the entire state over last year Os $51,101,946. This increase added to the total of prop erty returns for last year, gives the total property valuations for the state tills y* ar at' $518,415,592. This total valuation at a tax rate of five mills will yield to the state $2..>42.- 1 077.96, from which must be deducted 5 per cent for expenses of collection, or sl2i,- ■ - 103.89, leaving net $2,414,974.07. To this - added $155,000 which tlie state receiv* front other sources, such as hall: tii rentaj of the Western and Atlantic rat ’ road, ‘specific taxes and taxes on prole; t ■ sions, making the total ro' Clpts to b « | counted on $2,869,571.07. 'I Ti>- appropriations which must be mel i ’ it wus n.unu Wednesday after a revisioi c ' of tli*> figures, are $2.925,'366. This show • j a deficit of $55,392, but it was estimate : I that the increased receipts from specni j taxi s over last year will fully mak<- ti I this amount. They will more than do i ! it they show anything like a comparativ ; increase with that of real and persona ; . property. | On tills basts it will be seen that th state will come out even. There is n ■ tt'-asnry balance that could be depende I on and all of the public property fund ha: | been spent; but these resources were n 1 i needed. j The governor and comptroller general ■ have found themselves embarrassed in: j little in settling 'lie question of the tax i rate by the failure of these boards of ar bitration t" have their returns in hand :in time. The tax rate must be fixed.. , in full time to give notice of it to all • tax receivers anj collectors throughout i the state on or before September 1. It ; is evident bow the failure to have in ! hand some $25,(>00,0Q0 or s3o,o()o.o<li> of re | turns must embarras tlie tax commission 1 in arriving at a conclusion. It has been suggested that the legisla -1 tury take the matter up next year and , amend the law so as to require such ar i bitration boards to have their returns in the hands of the comptroller general by ! a certain date, and in clue time to permit of their being considered in fixing tpe tax rate. The rate of five mills fixed by the com mission covers everything for which tin state will have to raise funds It divided as follows: Ft general purposes 3.(>9 mills; for edne'ition 1.70 mills and for the sinking fund’ .21 mills. Date for Arbitration. Dates have boon sot for several of the arbitrations of franchise tax values of the big railroad systems which have been in dispute since the assessments were mr.de by Comptroller General Wright. The arbitration of the franchise assess ment as wop as the physical property as sessment of the Atlantic Coast. Line rail road, has l/oen fixed for September IS. Tlie arbitrators in this case are Hon. G. Gunby Jord.in, representing the state; C. P. Goodyear, cf Brunswick, repre senting the (.’oast Line, and former Gov ernor Alien D. Candler, umpire. The arbitration of the assessments of the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany will fake place on September 2! No date Ims yet boot sot for the arbi tration of the assessments of the South- ' ern railway. Hon. Roland Ellis, who rep- I resents the road, was in the city vester- : day. and said ho had boon waiting' on the state's representative, who is Hon. j. Pope Brown. Mr. Ellis said he had noti fied Mr. Brown more than a week ago i that h" would be ready at any date ho might fix to take the matter up. Ho said he had not yet heard from Mr. Brown. ODELL ANSWERS HILL. i He Says He Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured. Albanj*. N. Y., August 25.—Governor . )dell in an address at the picnic of the honeers’ Association of Livingston coun- I y. at Geneso, N. Y., today, turned i'.is ittention to that jetrt of former Governor ' Javid B. Hill’s address at. Olcott Beach, j *7. Y.. in which -Mr. Hill referred to 'spectacularlsm’’ and “ego-mania.” In his connection Governor Odell said: "Those who seek only personal ambl ion and political advancement are too ften led to public utterances which , need discontent, in the hope that 1 hrough the misery of the people they 1 my secure the consummation of their t wn selfish desires. Such men. while ( rofessing patriotism and respect for our , tws. are rattier encouraging those un- , -merican doctrines which are the out rowth of despotic European govern- ' J tents. I i "That man, therefore, whose unrequit- , ; I political ambition causes him to look j ' n every man as his foe, whose charac- I ~ ir is so black that he is led through , r he circulation of malicious falsehoods I J nd slanders to pull down others to his I ’ wn level, is possessed ot. a disease more [ , angerous to ‘society than homicidal in- : tnity, more to be pitied than to be cen tred. ("Platitudes they may be that serve to jipress on the young man his duty to tc state, or which serve to recall the p i't. that civic honesty is the foundation ■ l successful government, but if their ut- I ’lances lead him to an avoidance of ! :>se mistakes which have made a di r- I l; i-t of many a famous political hark, i ,qn he who has the courage for their I ojivance should not be sneeringly re v red to as an ‘ego-maniac’ but rather • itone who is faithfully performing a , tope service in the interest and fur- • 4ance of a government of the pco- GRATFUL, HAPPY WOMEN I " ft [ fl j :‘" *o B j \ Miss MuH I Artniiaqe. I I Female Weakness Is Pelvic I Catarrh, Always Half Sick are the Women Who Have Pelvic Catarrh. (’atnrrh of any organ, if allowed to progress, will affect the whole body. Ua- j I- rrh without nervousness is very rare, i hut pelvic catarrh and nervousness go : hand in hand. W hat is so distressing a sight as a poor half-sick, nervous woman, suffering from 1 the many almost unbarahL svmptoms of ' pelvic catarrh? She do -s not C “iis:der .J . »■'« .. HI NEW BIRD AND GAME LAWS EXPLAINED BY MR. CALVIN WIDESFREAD interest is being manifested in the two bills pro tfCtiV'' of birds and fishes passel by the general assembly at its rec'-nt session. x'** * * I ’ e 1 Mr. Calvin, of Ri-limond, talk' d mter- j t, I • stingly on tin .■■• nn i. ir es last 1 ii'-.51.i.. , | presenting the salient features of the j j ' bills which were duly approt' l by (>■>’■ - . il ' ernor Terrell and thereby become stat- ’ I’ i utes of the state. Mr. Calvin said: *• i "The non-game bird, or Audubon, bill which 1 introduced is d'-signed, as its ' ' title indicates, to protect non-game birds j e and their eggs. It Is sweeping in its pro- | o visions. Because of that fact t wis ’ 1 ' provided that it should not become op j s I eratlve until January 1, 1904. If by June ; 1 | next, when the legislature r_■ .■iiuv.-in.-.t, j ' It should appear that any of the eonees- I sions that were made in the nature of ; amendments have proved to be a hin drance to the high purpose of the mens- l ure. the friends of the nr asure will i make a persistent and unyielding effort to dig tffw-' amendments up by th.- ro is i The 'non-game lords, which have been ■ growing fewer by degrees and each year I beautifully less in number, must be fully i j protected. The non-game bird law puts i tite people of the state on notice to that j j effect. "The revision of the general game taws I I of the state is the handiwork of tlie i genial gentleman from Chatham, the j i Hon. William Harden. I find that there I i is universal misapprehension as to the : I scope and purpose of that a. i. j “The statute will stand the test of the. I courts, for it was carefully drawn and j j gives al! lovers of birds and all true i I sportsmen a law long needed in this I I state. It became effective as soon as I the governor attached his signature j to it. ; "First under the new law, no wild tur- | ■ key, pheasant, partridge or quail can j ; be shot, trapped, killed or ensnare'J be- ‘ tween tlie 15th day of March and the Ist ■ i day of November of each year. I ; "No dove can be .killed, snared or en- I . trapped between the 15th day of March ■ . and the 15th day of July in each year. It i ' iis nut Jawfttl for any per on to kill, en- ‘ snare or entrap a greater number than forty doves any one day. whether on baited or unbaited grounds. This limit ; r was fixed by am- Im■ ta n tlie s.-nate, . h I tried to amend the bill when It came ! ’ up in the house so that no person on j v any daj should b-- permitted to kill a j j.' greater number of partridges or of doves : than twenty-five, but tlm house rejected I SCHEMERS CAUGHT DR. CRUM. ' P( Charleston's Negro Collector of the ' v ' Port Is Duped. * m Charleston, S. C., August 25.—(Special.)-- I 8 ” In addition to his various troubles as | collector of the port, W. I>. Crum has al- ' - n lowed the famous Dani Is gang of New cd York, operators of "get rich quick” schemes, to fasten their fangs into him. Another Charleston victim is Alonzo C. Oi Cambridge, colored, a cigar maker by trade. rp] It is not known how much money Crum and Cambridge are out ot' pocki t. but the list, of victims in the possession of the assistant district attorney of New York j 1 ' state, who is prosecuting tlie ease against 1 Daniels, includes the names ot Collector J ' Crum and Cambridge. '.2 The case against Daniels will be called Tv in New York tomorrow H_e and his gang thi operated a brokerage and printing busi ness. They had offices on Wall street and Jid a thriving business. They sent let- ' , ters to parties in all parts of the United Slates stating that tlu-y wi re promoting , i great money-making scheme and for a , Trtain sum would giye a tip that would *: *j, et th; party in on the grotjxtd floor and a ' I1( .hat they would soon beeoniv rich. jp,. Tit dealt in stocks and bonds and or- ti-,, tanized companies which never amount- wii ■d to anything. Circulars were sent Ind broadcast over the country and many* till- 1 ' IU wo Oo hiot Decsiv© the Sick. If you are sick and want to get well, do not experiment, but be sure that . i X°” are planing your ease in expert bands. We do not believe In any form ip <>f deception. We have no I'rec Mmlicfne aehome to deceive the sick, but, fpSlf v\\ every case put under our treatment is positively guaranteed by. Not a Hollar Need b- Pahl Until Cured, ami «v are the only Specialists who fei have established a reputation for curing the oillictcd and collecting the fee afterwards. /' If you want Honest and also skillful treatment for any form of 4. v*® Bl 'Chronic Tliscase, write to us Today, for our method of Home Treatment ha “ nevcr 1;c " n id,-. Reynolds & Oo.* &LOl-2 AUSTELL BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA. 5 j j Thank Pe-ru-na for Their ; Recovery After Years of Suffering. ? ) I Miss Muriel Armitage, 36 Greenwood ( I Ave., Detroit, Mich.. District Organizer \ ■ ot' the Royal Templars of Temperance, J I In a recent letter, says: ? I “I think that a woman naturally .shrinks > i from making her troubles public, bU't re- > ; stored health has meant so much to me ’ that I feel for the sake of other suffering , women it is my duty to tell what Pcruna > has done for me. “I suffered for five years with uterine irregularities, which brought on liy '>rla and made m : a physical wreck. I tried i doctors from ithe different schools of ■ medicine, but without any pert -ptl ile change in my condition, in my d(?pair I I called on an old nursi:, who advised me ! to try I’eruna. and promt; d good re | salts >f 1 would persist and take it r-'g- I ularly. 1 though this was the least [ ' could do and procuri ■! a bottle. 1 knew I as soon as I t-ogan taking it that it was jaflecting me. differently from anything I I had used before, and so I kept on I taking it. I kept this up for six months, land steadily gained strength and. hialth, land when I had used fitteen bottles L I considered mysoif entirely , u d. I am a | grateful, h ippy woman today.”—Miss Mu riel Armitage. I’eruna cures catarrh of the pelvic or gans with the same surety as. it cures catarrh of the hea.i, Feiana lias - come renowned as a positive cur* for female ailments simply be.-iu:’ the m: ' m, nts are mostly due to cat tri h. (latarrh • is tii*- cause of tlie trouble, i’ -runa ■■ 1 res ■‘•tlie catarrh. The symptoms disappear. I herself ill enough to go to I■ -! but she is far from being able to do h .■ w-ck I w'thout tin'' greatest * xhausti'-n. Thi i is a very common sight and is almost al ; wavs due Io pelvic catarrh. j It is worse than foolish for so many I women to suffer year after yi-.ir ’.vhh a I disease that can be pi'i'inan-::tly .'Uf'-.1. : I’eruna cures catarrh pormamntly. It I cures old chronic cases as well as ; I attack, the only difference b. i'ie in too . length "f time that it should b taken to ■ effect a cure. I If you do not derive prompt and sa’i - i factory results from the use of Perir. ~ write at once to Dr. Hartman gi i full statement of your ea.se, an.l he will he pleas d to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, I’r: ident of The Hartman Sanitarium, Golumb , Ohio. the amendment. That will sct*l ought to become the la ” "Summer or wood duck and wood *-x'i cannot be killed between th- Ist day of February and the Ist day of September i each year. I "It is made unlawful to remove from I the nests or to (f'-stroj' the eggs of any I of the birds protected by this act. “Deer of fawn cannot b" kiln'd er I captured during the period from January I 1 to September 1 of < ich year 1 "It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale I or have in possession during the closed : season any game bird or animal or any ; part of either, alive or dead; protect, i I by this act. I "It is unl.awf':! for any person, ex.'eyt I on Ills own lands, to kill or entrap an> ; wild turkey, quail, dove or deer r‘ ie : impose of selling the s.one, provl ud that one nv»y obtain a sj-, license to limit . for sale, but during the hunting | only. This provision is operatic.- v :,a > : > the heretofore required consent of th" i grand jury. | "Partridges cannot be shipped out of th* j state at any time, nor can they h* : ’ ot one’s own lands and tl ing th*‘ hunting stason only "It is unlawful to put walnut leave- t walnut hulls, devil shoestrings or ■ I other poisonous substance whatev* r ir. : any of tile waters or running str .an this state. I "It is unlawful to catch any fish with n i seine, not nr like device betwe. n Juno 1 : and September 1 of each year, provi ’ d I that one may fish with hook and li:i.» i and by means of cast nets. i "II is unlawful to catch, with or i other device, any sturgeon in G- w.-i i of this st.'it" during full four years irmn the date of tin- approval of this act. "That is a radical provision of '..i v. .it it Is responsive to the situation. S>i- < :> in which sturgeon were super il u'i-l : t ha re been practicallj d - ted of t species of fish. “It is unlawful tn use dyii.-imit.- t orh-'r explosive or destructive so't.in l .'• Gt :'o: purpose of killing fish. "On the petition of fifty fro. li-G'l- r:■ :> ■ Judge of the supreme ,-..urf siia'l i: :"-": in each county, thus petit.:": .::;. ■ «•>..•» warden to hold otli ■ for two ■ ch - m ’ removed fur cans. . This wa".: ■ a deputy In each militia uistriet in county: each takes o.aih that I ■ w: faithfully perform tii* dntie:- of hi.- ml: e. Each exercises the ministerial dull. - sheriff and *';:eli is entitled t<> t!,. s.' c vice in the arrest and trial of yers.'iis convicted under tin's " "Each warden and deputy nr .st ! -s qualified voter in the county of his piiiium-'iit. In addition to sos ami - referred to the ward-n is entitled t ■ ■- half the fines imposed or. and paid y the defendant. It is requiri I tl-it tl wardens must sati.-fy tin- judgo t.- lection and conviction was primap.'i IP- tl result of official diligence on his part. “any violation of any of the provis: -'.s jf this act is made a misdemeaii -r.” >eople allowed themselves to be duped on he wildcat concerns. The opi-rators al vivs required th ■ money in advance. Tii" ease agaipst Dani'ls is at trading nusual interest in Nrw York. II - is a on of the late Justice 1 aniels. c : upreme court of N< w York, and his vic ims are a class of people of far g; .a: r lielliyene than those g'ner-'llv in'o-re.-t d in "get rich quick” propositions. Many of Daniejs' vicljjns .are inven:, rs. IRDERED TO THE PHILIPPINES. 'hree Infantry Regiments Go ac Relieve Troops There. Washington. August 24.—Orders have een issued at the war department Hire. ;- ig the Seventh. Twenty-second a. I wentieth regiments of infantry to . > the Philippines to relieve the I'ft -.-:.ih tvalry, the Thirtieth, Twenty-eighth, Wi-nty-seventli and Eleventh infantry, te troops to go in the order named. • Sale cf Philippine Certificates. Washington, August 24.—Bids will he '('ned at the bureau of insular affairs morrow for tlie sale of s3.(ioo.ooii of Phii pine certificates of indebtedness, th*' le being for the purpose of supplying id maintaining the gold reserve und.-r • ■ Philippine currency legislation. Some ne ago there was a sale of $3.('00,000 >rth of certificates for the purchase of Ilion ;or Philippine coinage. The cer icates were sold at a premium.