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4 CHANCE FOR BERNER TO GET THE FINEST HAT IN ATLANTA. SPEAK OUT MR. BERNER. Azmon Murphy Makes a Prop osition.—Gain of the Populists. Mr. Azmon A. Murphey believes that Monroe county will go to the pop ulists. In the letter given below. Mr. Mur phey predict* that county will go pop ulist, if there is a division of poil managers and a fair election. Monroe is Hou. Robert L. Berner's home county. Mr. Murphey has been over in that part of the state and knows how the ‘•laud lies.” If there is a fair election and the populists do not poil 25 per cent, more votes than they polled in 1892, Mr. Murphey proposes to make Mr. Ber ner a present of the finest hat in At lanta. Ip the congressional election in 1892, the democratic vote, as counted, was 1,558; the populist vote was 933. If Mr. Murphey's figures are correct, the vote in Monroe this fall will bo about equally divided between the two parties. Mr. Murphey*. Letter. Editor Daily press : I see in Wednes day’s Constitution another remarkable revelation. ‘‘lt has leaked out,” says the Macon correspondent, “that Clay favored Watson's request for a division of election managers at the polls, and that Berper opposed it, and by his efforts defeated Clay’s proposition t > accede to the just request of Mr. Watson.” lam surprised at Bob Berner. He is too clever a fellow to object to so fair and so just a plan to insure an honest electiou. Bob ought to know, if be does not, that it is not unusual to hear the charge of fraud in elections in his own county. 1, myself, am a Monroe boy and I know there are as honorable men in the county of my birth as live in the state. But it is nevertheless a fact, if honorable men are to be be lieved, that at some of the precincts in Mouroe county, it is frequently the case that fraud is perpetrated at the ballot box. If Bob Berner doubts what 1 say. let him ask Col. G. G. Flint, an ex-repre sentative of the county, and others whose names I will give him if he de nies that there is fraud perpetrated in bis own county at the ballot box. Ido not mean to say that my friend Bob countenances fraudulentclections ; but I do say that he is clearly wrong in ad vising the democrats not to divide managers at the polls with the popu lists. An honest man ought not to ob ject to being watched and a dishonest man ought to watched. I have a proposition to make to Bob Berner, and it is this: If he will see U> it that the democrats in his own county divide election managers with the populists at each and every polling place, and if the populists of Monroe don’t poll in October 25 p r cent, more votes than were counted to them in 1892, I will make him a present of the finest hat that can be bought in At lanta. Don’t Be Deceived I see it frequently stated in the dem ocratic papers that populists are being persuaded every day back to demo cratic ranks. Such is not true. I do not believe ten men in the whole state who voted the populist ticket in 1892. have deserted their colors. It is all deception on the part of democratic editors and speakers to make the im pression that we are losing. 1 travel all over the state and I converse with hundreds of people, and I tell you there are thousands, literally thou sands, of democrats who will not sup port Atkinson for governor. The populist party were counted 70,000 votes in October, 1892. If we can get a fair election and an 'honest count, we will poll over 100,000 votes in October, 1894 All we ask is a “fair vote and an honest count.” If we do not get a division of electiou managers, it means nothing more nor less than a fraudulent electiou and a counting out. A. A. Mubphey. A GREAT BAY IN AVALTON. Hines, Peek and Todd Speak and Make Many Votes. Bethlehem, Gn.. September 13. (Special.)—Judge Hines, lion. W. L. Peek and Rev. Mr. Todd spoke at Mon roe yesterday the 13th. The crowd was large and enthu siastic, and the speeches were able and convincing. Judge Hines spoke before noon and his argument in behalf of popular gov ernment cannot be refuted by any one, Hines will poll a big vote in this county. Mr. Todd made a fine impression and showed clearly that he is a far better man to represent the fifth congressional district than Lovely F. Livingston. Colonel Peek, tho’ his speech was short and coming last, made one of the best it has been our pleasure to hear. He showed up the rottenness of the democratic party in an unvarnished way, and the round after round of ap plause given him showed plainly that he had the crowd by a very large ma jority. All we ask is a free ballot and a fair count and old Walton will drop into the people’s column. The democrats are doing everything possible to deceive the negro and get his vote, but every intelligent negro has had enough of modern democracy; It comes high at any price and they are finding it out. Hurrah for Hines, Watson, Peek and The Daily Pbess. J. L. Moose. Radies’ Auxiliary Meets. This afternoon the yearly meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will take place at 3:30 o’clock in the parlors of the association. There will be new officers elected at this meeting and the work mapped out for the coining year. Under Mrs. J. H. Morgan, the presi dent, a great work has been done in raising debt, placing needed fixtures in the building, providing books and en tertaining the young men. Now the Auxiliary is in a flourishing condition, entirety free from debt and full of enthusiasm. The work to be undertaken this year is the beautifying of the interior of the Y. M. C. A. building and providing more books in the library. W. C. T. U. Atlanta South Side W. C. T. U. will hold its regular meeting in steward’s room of Trinity church Thursday after noon, September 13, at 3 p. m. Mbs. M. L. McLendon, Mbs. E- A. CpßßlfiAN, President. :id - i .- ' THE DAILY PRESS: ATLANTA GEORGIA: FRIDAY EVENINGkSEPTEMBER 14, 1894. The Situation in Bibb. Bibb County, Ga., Sept 11, 1894. Mb. Editor—We want togivc you a few facts from our section. The lawyers, bankers and political healers are claiming 3,500 democratic majority in Bibb county. The farmers, workingmen and voters are saying nothing, but are thinking, and if we get a free vote and fair count they wul J be glad to get 35 majority. z It is amusing to hear them cuss tufe farmers ami workingmen as anarchists and enemies to the .south. They fip ve forgotten the democratic record ass the south's friendi When the war com menced Joe Brown was the uncrowned king of Georgia. Andrew Johnson the democratic boss yf Ten nessee, VVm. Holden the great demo cratic sun light of North taropna. After the. war Joe Brown .w as the carpet bag chief justice of Georgia,and trying to hang a lot of P t;< P" ex-con federates at Columbus, Ga. \*m. Hol den was the carpet bag governor of North Carolina, and crying! for the blood of poor old Jeff Davis. I Andrew Johnson was the accidental president of the United States aim try ing to make “treason odious by hang ing General Lee and others.” Gen. Beast Butler, General Sherman, General Logan, General Sickles, Mea gher, Stoneman, ami others, all demo crats before “do war” were in Wash ington, victorious generals, proud of having marched their hosts of northern democrats through our sunny land and laid waste the south. Here all was desolation and ruin, the moan of the widow and the cry of the orphan wafted on every breeze and poverty on all sides. Who faced the situation and brought order out of chaos? Our democratic leaders? No! Wm. A. Graham and Zebulon B. Vance, in North Carolina, that noble Roman, Chas. J. Jenkins and Benj. 11. Hill in Georgia; men who before the war had never voted the democratic ticket. And so it was ali over the South. We have forgiven all this, but we don’t propose to forget it, and when the democrats claim that they are the. only friends of the South we will kindly remind them that they brought on the war. The Northern democrats came down and whipped us and burnt our homes. Our great South ern democratic leaders in the hour of defeat rushed over and joined our con querors for the sake of the spoils. But that is characteristic of them. Where evor there is a carcass you will find one of Tom Watson's democratic buzzards waiting to pick it. There is a big stir in the democratic camp on the senatorial question. It is a secret. When Major Bacon intro duced his silver resolutions in the last Georgia legislature, it was a slap ia Cleveland’s face,and his friends decided to resent it, and as Hoke Smith wanted to be senator, they went to work to defeat Bacon. Turner was to praise the administration and get all the votes in the lower part of the state pledged to him. Du Bignon was to be induced to come down, Garrard encouraged to remain in the race. Watson, etc., was to have a few votes. But there was to be no candidates from North or Northeast Georgia, They wore simply to be elected as administration men. if Turner did not have enough to down Bacon and elect him, he was to throw no influence to Hokey Smith. And if Hokey could not make it, both were to throw their influence to sly old Jim Blount, and he by stealing a few votes from his friend Bacon, was to be elected as the admin istration candidate. But Bacon got onto the programme. He was north tit the time, lie cam? home, put on his war paint, paid no at tention to Garrard and his challenge, but went into Hoke's stronghold, an d commenced to light in Canton, Gaines ville aud North Georgia. And he has made such headway that the comldnu* tion has become frightened. Hokey and Jim Blount are to take the stump. Joe James and Hie other administra tion pap suckers are rushing about bel lowing like bulls and cussing the popu ulists and trying to fix things for Hokey or Jim. The Macon Telegraph has had a hard time. It started to sup port Turner, with Jim Blount helping it on the sly. But when Bacon got on to the scheme, his friends and public opinion here at home caused it to change its coat, and support Bacon. But its support is not sincere, as it is a .-old organ. It will be a bitter fight, and may all the canines in it get badly chawed. Y >ur good paper is opening the eyes ol many in Bibb county. E. An Attorney’s Fee Refused. In the. United States court yesterday morning a suit was filed by Mrs. Icilia E. Davis, widow of the Into Charles A. Davis, Sr., of Greene county, Ga , in which she seeks to recover from the executors of her husband’s estate the sum of $11,535 dollars, as the balance due her in the distribution of the prop erty. Back of this suit is a story. Mrs Davis refused to pay 610,000 as attorney's fee in contesting the will of her husband. The attorneys brought suit and the executors, knowing there was litigation, refused io pay the re mainder of her portion. This suit will bring out all the facts in the case and the attorneys’ fee will be measured. The complainant is now 4 resident of the state of Illinois, and lives in the city of Chicago. Odd Fellows Meet.] The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows meets in Chattanooga on September 17th. This lodge is composed of represen tatives from all the Odd Fellows all over the world. It will be an imposing assemblage and consist of the highest officials in the order. The representatives from Atlanta are Mayor John B. Goopwin and Mr. John B. Daniel. Mavor Goodwin and Colonel T. P. Rixley. of Missouri, have been selected to deliver the principal addresses of the occasion, although there will be a large array of other distinguished speakers present. The railroads entering. Chattanooga will give reduced rates. The Alabama Society. ■ Last night there was a brilliant meeting of the Alabama Society in the Knights of Pythias hall over Maddox & Rucker's bank. While the company was assembling delightful music was ren lered by Wurm's orchestra. Xbe meeting was presided over by’ Hon. Porter King, who rapped for order about 9 oclock, and asked that conversation be sus pended. Then followed a few exquisite num bers rendered by members of the so ciety. The substantial feature was in charge of Messrs. Gus Long and Fred Gaw, and their "spread" received mtuiy’ com pliments. Six Days of Grace. Six days more and the city ta : books will close. After September 2C :h Bob Collier and his assistants wil cease collections at the usual figure . —costs will be added. It will require in round r umbers about $171,529 to make the col ections of this yea’- balance with the eceipts of 1893,"and that amount must paid in between now and the 20t . The total collections last year were $ 91,024. and the receipts so far this year amount Jto $819,405e _ 1 DRZHAWTHORUE nkVeb endorsed the bo f Gt'S BRITANNICA. f DON’T BE DECEIVED By Deceptive Advertisements. — The Constitution’s Cyclope dia Scheme Exposed. Judging from their advertisements and the reports that come to me, the cyclopedia boomers must be in desper ate straits and are evidently realizing the fulfillment of that scripture which says: “Be sure your sins will find you out.” I am not interested in the sale of any book or cyclopedia whatever, nor do I bear the slightest ill will to any per son connected with the Constitution or the cyclopedia scheme, and have no desire to add to their troubles, but when I see the deceptive methods that are resorted to, in order to dupe an in nocent and confiding public into buy ing a mutilated, photographic, pirati cal edition of the Britannica at from sl2 to S2O a set more than it has sold for all over the east and west.and than it can lx. bought for today, I feel that it is a duty I owe to the people of my native state, Georgia, and the south, to expose the work and methods adopted for selling it, that they may not be fur ther imposed upon. As the advertisement of the bogus Britannica that appeared in Sunday’s Constitution, September 2 is so remark able for its misstatement of facts, de ception and unqualified assertions, I wish briefly to call attention to some of its wild and extravagant claims, and show that the opinions or endorse ments which they publish, were not given the bogus reprint but the genu ine Britannica. In the sixth paragraph I find this statement: “In preparing this new edition, not one word or letter that appeared in the original Edinburgh edition was omitted or altered except where the original Edinburgh edition was found to be in error. In a few instances, the articles, twenty-eight in all, were entirely re written, bringing them in line with more recent knowledge.” This claim is so remarkable for its misstatement of the facts in the case, that it is alone sufficient to condemn the sale(of the book. lu my article published in The Dally Press, Augtst 23, (the only daily paper in Georgia that is not muzzled by this corporation) I showed that the 38 articles, which they claim to have rewritten, because found to be in error, was not true, but were copyrighted articles, and they could not use them without infringing the United States copyright laws. For the information of the public I will give a list of the 28 copyrighted arti cles which they claim w*ere rewritten because found to be in error. They are: “Albert Gallatin, Galveston, Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Georgia, Horace Gree ley, Alexander Hamilton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hayti, Homestead, Hon duras, Honduras (British) Illinois, In diana, North American Indian, Modern History and Present Dirtribution of, In dian Territory, Kentucky, LaFayette, A. Lincoln, 11. W. Longfellow, Louisi ana, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts, United States, History of Germany, Fisheries, France and French Litera ture. Heal.” Now they can certainly have no ob jections to pointing out some of the er rors found in the above articles that made it necessary to rewrite them. Possibly they made the following new discovery regarding Abraham Lincoln. The original Britannica, VOL. XXIII, page 787, says he was the six teenth president of the United States. The original copyright article VOL. XIV, page 058, which they could not use, but which they say was found to be in error, and bad to bo rewritten, says: “Abraham Lincoln, the six teenth president of the United States.'’ In the "revised’’ article, the the ’ rewritten” article, tho corrected article in the new I’eale ' Werner re print, the first words are "Abraham Lincoln, the seventeenth president of the United States.” If these revisers had consulted some Alabama or Geor gia school boy or girl in the prepara tion of its article on Abraham Lin coln, they would have been more accu rate. Why rewrite the articles on Hamil ton, Hawthorne, Lincoln, LaFayette and Longfellow and not the other biog raphies? The article on Alabama is much older and more defective than the article on Georgia. Why did they not rewrite the article on Alabama? I am inclined to think the cyclopedia boomers will have a herculean task on their hands if they undertake to ex plain these things and substantiate their extravagant claims. Surely they will not deny the public this informa tion ? Further on I find this statement: "From a literary standpoint, the new edition equals in every point and ex cels in many points, the original cyclo pedia Britannica.” I n reply to this absurd and ridicu lous claim, I will again quote from my article published in "The Daily Press. August 23, in which 1 showed that” Noah Porter and the entire faculty of Yale University’ had condemned the bogus reprints of the Britannica as being inferior in print and illustration, mutilated, detective and unworthy iionest support, and that it was false economy to purchase the work at any ' price.” In that same article I also showed this Peale-Werner Constitution edition was nothing but one of the photographic reprints, and not a sac simile of the original, latest and ninth edition, and that it was an unauthor ized piratical publication. The Rome Mothedist, under date of September 10, says: “The so called Werner book is a cheap, blurred, photographic reprint of a por tion of the original Britannica. It is a travesty’ upon printing. Scarcely’ a page of it is free from imperfections.” 1 next find this statement: "In pre paring this new edition for publication the Atlanta Constitution was able to give valuable assistance byway of criticisms and corrections, and it takes a pride in the fact that it played an im portant part in giving the public an edition which possesses all the value of the former, but which has corrected the slanderous and untruthful reflec tions against the people of the south. It is partly as a recompense for these services that the publishers have granted a contract to the Constitution whereby its subscribers can obtain for a limited time ‘this great home edu cator’ at remarkably low introductory prices.” , .Their claim in the first part of this statement, is so absurd that I do not deem it worthy a reply. No one be lieves for a moment that the Constitu tion had anything whatever to do with preparing this so called new edition, and if it did, the so called corrections dpd revisions do not reflect any credit ort the Constitution, for the book con tains the same old slanders on the south and her people. The only differ ence lam able detect between the edition that is being sold here and the one that is sold sp north is that they have substituted he article on Ameri can Literature witn an article copied bodily from another work, and an edi tion with this substituted article is be ing sold in Georgia, while the same old lies in the original are being circulated nortu and west This is revision with a vengeance. If the publishers are going to circulate these slanders for goodness saaedoa t sell them up north where the people don’t know any better. bc4. ti)em the reeled edition, and let the people of GArg’a, who know them to be false, havelue old edition. In reply to the last part of their statement, 1 have already shown in my article published in The Daily Press, August 4, that the Constitution has not one dollar invested in this cyclo pedia scheme, but have simply sold out its prestige to this foreign corpora tions. 1 alto showed that this same reprint was sold all over the east and west for $36.50 a set, and the complete set was delivered on payment of $4-.uo, while southern people, whom the work villifies and misrepresents are asked to pay from sl3rto 825 more per set, and only half the set is delivered on payment of 83.00. Aby such a difference? Why this discrimination against the people of Georgia and that if the publishers w anted to show their appreciation for the “valuable assistance” rendered by the Constitu tion, they would at least sell the work to their readdtoas cheap as it has sold elsewhere. f This bringyme to the “opinions of some eminenhmen of Georgia concern ing the (so cuffed) new edition of the Cyclopedia Britannica. Tile Opinions. Now lets look at these opinions of eminent men and see who they are and how they were s.cured aud what they are worth. First, is the opinion of Bishop C. K. Nelson. Read it. He does not men tion the so-called new Britaunica, for the simple reason I suppose he had never seen it anil he was too honorable a man to endorse a work that he had not carefully examined. The opinion which they publish is about the orig inal genuine Britannica, and not the Peule-Werner-Constitution bogus re print. _ Next we luive the opinion of Ifishop Haygood regarding the original, genuine Brit anica. He does not mention the Consti tution or their so-wiled new edition. Then comes the opinion of Dr. Hwwtliorne, who says he has used the Brit tannica for many years—mark this will you —many years; so that he could not possibly have had any reference to the bogus Brittaunica which he had never used, much less examined carefully, if at all. He may have been shown u prospectus und deceived as many others were about the work. We next have the opinions of Dr.’s McDonald and Father Connelly—aii of whom refer to the original, the gen uine, and not the bogus. Skipping the foreign opinion, we came to something new in the way of indorsements —that of firms. The Southern Agricultural Works, by S. Laudauer, who is made to speak for the company, but who, I venture to say, only spoke for himself. Ido not know Mr. Landauer and 1 do not ques tion his ability or scholarship, but when he says ha has found even the original, w’hichne owns, the “best re ference work in matters pertaining to his business, J I must take exception to his iudorsuiuAut and ask him what benefit he has vffer derived in his busi ness from the Britannica's 125 page ar ticle on agriculture ? Lets see what there is in the I Britannicas elaborate article on agrieplture and agricultural implements, that is so valuable to the Southern Agrictltural Works, or any other Americairmanufacturer of agri cultural implements. Beginning, we have an tS-pago re view of Egyptian, Babylonian, Isreal itish, Greek, Phoenician and Homan agriculture, the Saracenic development in Spain, the influence of the Crusades and the feudal system, it also favors us with two solid pages on Archaic En glish. Eighteen pages give an account of farm buildings as constructed in En gland and Scotland, notin America, an account of English plows, harrows, spades and grubbers, from the time of Julius Caesar to the year 1850, a des cription of a thrashing machine said to have been invented eighty-three years ago, and a reference to the fact that Americans have recently’ (1870) made important improvements in harvesting and reaping machines. The article gives considerable space to the cereal Crops; wheat, oats, rye and barley and has something to say about beans, peas and lentils, but fails to mention anything about corn, cotton, tobacco, the sugar cane, sorghum or the sweet potato, all of which must be very gratifying to the American man ufacturer of modern agricultureal im plements as well as the American farmer. I will not pursue the article further. As it is clearly shown from the fore going. that no American manufaturer of Agricultural implements or Ameri can farmer can get along without the Britannica’s exhaustive and up to date (1876) article on agriculture. Further on in the advertisement I come to the opinion of Mr. K. L. Shellaberger, a most excellent gentleman. He told‘me he had never examined the work adver tised by the Constitution. 'That an agent called on him with a small prospectus to canvass him—and when he told the agent that he had a set of the original, the agent asked him for an indorse ment, and he gave him an of the original genuine Britannica and not the bogus reprint. The agent then proceeded to canvass Mr. C. I). Nessmith who occupies part of the store with Mr. Shellaberger—and fail ing to sell him, got him to give an in dorsement, which he did. Mr. Ness mith, so I am informed, does not now and has never owned a set of the Bri tannica, so hisopinion will be espeei' ally- valuable to those contemplating the purchase of a cyclopedia. Further on Icome to the indorsement of Mr. Henry Richardson, who told me that he had never examined the work now being advertised by the Const tu tion. but that an agent Wearing spee taceless called on him and asked for bis opinion of the Britannica, assuring I him they (the cyclopedia boomers) were selling the genuine Britannica, and he gave the agent his indorsement under that representation. An indorsement was obtained from Dr. W. F. Glenn in the satne way. Dr. Glenn had never seen or examined the I'eale Werner-i’onstitution edition, but on the representation of the agent that it was the genuine article they were selling, gave him his indorsement of the original, genuine Britannica, and not the Peale-Werner book. A glance at all the other indorse ments reveals a like state of affairs and it is useless for me to pursue them further. I have shown, and furnished thd proof that many of them were obtainejT by false representation, and that thtAr do not apply t 0 the Peale-Warner-Cofi stitution booji, , Ajax. MR. HARRIS WRITES. • \ MORE CONCERNINftHIS RES IGNATIONS MR. CLAY’S STATEMENT. Mr. Harris After the Teiqrraph. The Constitution an< Mr. Clay. The resignation of Hon. Marion W. Harris from the state democratic ex ecutive committee continues to be the sensation in political circles. Y'esterday afternoon when Chairman Clay returned from Elberton an inti mate friend said: “Steve, Marion Harris is after your scalp. You had better see about it.” Atter further conversation Mr. Clay sent Mr. Harris a lengthy telegram. It is said the telegram sought to smooth matters over. Today a Daily Press reporter showed the following telegram to Mr. Clay at campaign headquarters: Macon, Ga., Sept. 14. —Daily Pressi Atlanta, Georgia.—Your correspondent called on Marion Harris today request ing a statement relative to various publications concerning his resignation from the democratic state executive committee. Mr. Harris refused to say anything except that he had been grossly mis represented in the Constitution and the Telegraph, and that both had made some very dirty flings at him ; that he was trying to find out from Chairman Clay and others the responsibility for certain statements made in these pa pers. As soon as he ascertains, he will probably publish a full statement to the public. Chairman Clay said: “I don’t see what Mr. Harris could be mad about. We have never said one word which was derogatory to Mr. Harris. Wehavemade.no statement for publication to which he could ob ject. 1 hear Mr. Harris has gone over to the populists, but I do not believe it.” This morning, the following letter was received from Mr. Harris : Mr. Harris* Letter. Macon, Ga., Sept 13.—The Daily Press, Atlanta, Ga. —Gentlemen : The statement is made in your issue of yes terday, the 12th instant, that the fact that 1 had forwarded my resignation as a member of the democratic executive committee to Chairman Clay was known in Atlanta Monday night and that the resignation was mailed in Macon on Monday night. Upon this statement of yours Mr. Clay has stated to the cor respondent of the Macon Telegraph (at least it so appears in today’s issue of that paper) that “evidently I commu nicated with the populists, because Watson’s paper knew of it long before I had even heard of it, much less seen it.” Now 1 know that it was an absolute impossibility for anybody to have known of it either in Atlanta or Macon or elsewhere, till it reached democratic headquarters Tuesday morning. If you have published this statement wantonly, and when it was not true, it is your duty to correct it even though you have to confess that you have made a misstatement. If it is true (though 1 cannot possibly see how it can be) then it is your duty to give me your authority, even though you vio late newspaper confidences. You can readily see that this is a serious matter and that it is your duty to assist me to place myself right. Please write me in receipt, of this, if you can make your answer briefly. Yours truly, Marion W. Harris. The Daily Frews’ Informant. The reporter’s informant has been seen. He says that he .was misunder stood ; that he said the letter must have been mailed in Macon Monday night in order to reach Atlanta Tuesday morn ing, and that The Daily Press mis quoted him when it said that it was known in Atlanta on Monday night that Mr. Harris had resigned. The Daily Press reporter simply misunderstood his informant, Mr. Clay's statement to the corres pondent of the Macon Telegraph that Mr. Harris must have communicated with the populists, before Mr. Harris did with him, is another one of Chair man Steve Clay's bad breaks. The Daily Press got its information from a rock-ribbed democrat who be lieves in a fair election aud an honest count, and thus disagrees with Mr. Clay. Hou. Seal). Wright on the Stump. Special to the Daily Press.) Cedartown, Sept. 14, 1:40 p. m.—Mr. Watson passed here at noon. Seaborn Wright is making a speech to 1,200 peo ple. Great enthusiasm prevails. Warren Democrats. Warrenton, (5a., Sept. 13.—The democrats of Warren county met yes terday to nominate a candidate for the legislature. Mr. John Adkins, a stanch democrat, was nominated. Hon. Hal T. Lewis, of Greenesboro, spoke for an hour. The delegates from the three counties composing l the nineteenth sen atorial district —Greene, Taliaferro and Warren—met and unanimously nomi nated Mr. Ed. Young, of Greene, to be their standard bearer. Bill to Pay Up. It is understood that Bill Brown, the I young man convicted of gambling, will ! pay his line of 8700 today. Friends have come to Brown’s relief, and he will net have to go to the chain gang. I9th Senatorial District. Delegates from Warren, Taliaefrro and Green counties to the senatorial convention of the 19th senatorial dis - trict are requested to meet at Craw j fordsville. at 12 m., Saturday. Septam ■ ber 15th, to nominate a candidate for state senator. J. A. 'Woodall, K. E. Davidson, C. E. McGregor, Committee. Send S 3 for the Press four months. Small Pictures copied and enlarged. India Ink, Crayon, or Water Colors, i Best grade, large size, elegant new styles White and Gold Gilt Frames, price $7.00. Address. Southern Copying Co., 15 1-3 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga. W.l C. T. U. meets on Thursday at 3:30 m., at 54 Orme street, at resi dency of Mrs, Tripp. TAJANTED. —Agents to handle our new books in every county in this ; stale. Write at once for our terms. J. • N.f B. Armstrong & Co., 316 and 317 I Dyer Building, Augusta, Ga. / $1.40 Worth for Each $ 1.00 ♦’ At Silver Shoe an 1 Hut Company /silver Block, 1207 Broadway, Augusta, / Ga. Shoes sold by us are our own fl brand. No others to match them. Our motto: To sell only what is good. Our prices lower than any similar line on earth. Remember SU.VEB Shoe & Hat Co. Bartender Shot. Macon, Ga., September 13.—(Spe cial.) —About midnight, Tom Allen shot Charles Carr without any provo cation. Carr lias only recently come here from Asheville, North Carolina, and bought a half interest in James Cassi dy’s bar. Tom Allen was on a spree and enter ing the barroom fired on Carr who was tending the bar. The wound is not necessarily fatal | but very dangerous. The Democratic League. A few nights since, the young men’s democratic league, said to number more than 1,000 members, met at the court house to prepare to push the present campaign. Fifty-eight persons were present The attempt to get the young men to come together, has failed so far. A mighty attempt is being made to arouse some enthusiasm for Atkinson, but it works very slowly in Fulton. Fulton county will go to the Hines column. At Douglasville. Tomorrow at Douglasville, the great democratic rally will be held. Os course Mr. Joe James will preside. Hon. Chas. F. Crisp, Hon. A. L. Ber ner, Captain Evan I’. Howell and Mr. James will speak. A barbecue is advertised. Mr. J. J. Barge. Mr. J. J. Barge, who for some time past has been at his father’s home in Campbell county suffering with appen dicitis, lias recovered sufficiently to re turn to his office at 40>j South Broad street. Mr. Barge is one of Atlanta’s finest young attorneys. - His friends are gladly welcoming him back. Chief Joyner’s Barbecue. Chief Joyner's barbecue, near Mari etta yesterday, was a great success. A large party of ladies and gentle men went out from Atlanta on a spec ial train. Petition for Charter, STATE of GEORGIA, Fulton County —To the Superior Court of said county: The petition of W. J. Cooper, E. O. Miles and 11. Linch, all of the county and state aforesaid, respectfully show that they desire for themselves and their associates to be incorporated for the term of twenty years with the privilege of renewal under the name of H. LINCH COMPANY. and by that name to have the right to sue aud be sued, to have aud use a com mon seal, to make and adopt by-laws and amend them at pleasure. The object of this incorporation is for pecuniary gain to its stockholders ; and the particular business desired to be engaged in is that of buying and selling hides, tallow, grease, oils, bones and any aud all the materials used by tanners in the manufacturing of leather or preparing the same for mar ket, of buying aud selling all kinds of leather, the manufaturing, buying and selling any and all kinds of commercial fertilizers or the ingredients thereof. The capital stock of the company will be .ten thousand (810,090) dollars, ten (10) per cent, of which has been paid in, and they desire when incorpo rated the privilege of increasingto fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, whenever a majority of the stockholders by a ma jority vote desire it best to do so. The shares of stock in the said com pany are of par value of §lO9 each, and no stockholder shall be liable for debts Os the company, except to the ex. Lent of his unpaid subscription. Petitioners desire the power and au thority, when incorporated as the 11. LINCH COMPANY to make any and all contracts that are incident to the business, for which the company is incorporated, to hold any and all kinds of property, both real and personal, to buy and sell or lease any and all kinds of property, both rral and personal, to borrow money, and to secure the same by notes, mortgages, bonds or otherwise and to have all the rights, powers and authority as are allowed such corporations under the laws of Georgia, and particularly those set out in section 1676 of the Code of 1892. The office and principal place of bus iness of the 11. Linch Company, will be in the city of Atlanta, Ga., but the power and authority to establish branch offices anywhere in the state is desired. W. I. Heyward, Petitioners Attorney. Filed in office, this 14th day of Sep tember, 1894. G. 11. Tanner, Clerk. State of Georgia. Fulton County —I, G. 11. Tanner, Clerk of the Supe rior Court of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoingisa true copy from the tiles of said court, of petition for charter of the 11. Linch Company. Witness my hand and seal of said court, this the 14 th day of September, 1594. G. 11. Tanner, Clerk Superior Court. Fulton County, Ga. I The PEOPLE’S SHOE STOKER I Our Stock of Cheap and Medium Priced Shoes the | Largest in the State. Prices We Guarantee the Cheapest. See our Men’s Sunday Shoes at - - SI.OO See our Ladies' Sunday Shoes at - - - SI.OO Men’s Shoes, sl, 81.25, -51.50, s‘2, 82.50, 83, 84, 85.00 Ladies’ Shoes, 75c, sl, $1.25, $1.50, 82.00, 82.50, $3.00 We make a specialty of Children’s School Shoes, Sizes 8 to 2, at fi 75 cents. Our line of Children’s Shoes the Cheapest in Atlanta—Boys’ shoes a 75 cents to 82.00. DUXWODY & HAUG, I Shoe Store For THE PEOPLE. The Plymouth Rock Pants Co. Is better prepared to make your clothes than ever. We are giving better cloth, better workmanship, better trimmings. Give us a trial. We make you, cut to measure, Suits, SI 3150 to 545- Fants S 3 to SIO-25 Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. It will pay you to examine our samples before buying else where. Write for samples to No. 70 Whitehall Street; : ; ATLANTA, - • • - GEORGIA. ; j INFAMOUS OUTRAGE. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POPULIST SPEAKER AT COYINGTON LAST SIGHT Mr. Osborn the Man.—He Es capes and Walks Ten Miles. Covington, Ga.. Sept. 14.—(Special.) —Last night a dastardly, outrageous attempt was made at this place by democrats to mob Mr. J. B. Osborn, who spoke here yesterday. Hon. Robert S. Todd and Mr. Osborn spoke in the morning to an audience which tilled the court house. In the afternoon Mr. Middlebrooks, the democratic nominee for the legis lature, spoke, and was answered by Mr. M. D. Irwin. Mr. Irwin made the speech of his life, simply riddling the democratic speaker. Mr. Osborn spoke from 11:30 to 1:30, making a tine plea for populism. The speaking ended about 4 p. m. He went to the train with Mr. Todd and Mr. Irwin, and when he came back up town at 5 o’clock, all the popu lists had gone home. He inquired for Dr. Anderson. tA democrat by the name of House Jones told him that Dr. Anderson was at Brown’s livery stable and volunteered to go there with him. When the stable was reached Jones saiii to Brown: "Are any of the boys here now?” Brown replied: "They haven't got here yet.” Then without any words at all, Jones began to strike at Osborn with brass knucks. Osborn got back a few feet and looked at Jones straight in the face. Jones did not push the attack and Mr, Osborn walked away. Mr. Osborn was stopping at the “Lee House.” The democrats of the town then organized a mob to kill Mr. Osborn that night In carrying out their plans they sent about 9 o'clock for Mr. Clint Lee, proprietor of the hotel at which Mr. Osborn was stopping, and re, quested him to turn Osborn out of his hotel. Mr. Lee refused. The result was a baud to hand fight between him and Jones, the leader of mob. Lee is a democrat, but he wants fair play and was determined to pro tect his guest, as was his duty to the best of his ability. He returned to his hotel aud armed himself. Mr. Osborn was unarmed. He was acquainted with the designs, aud movements of the mob, and know ing he had no friends who were or could be apprised of his peril, and in order to relieve Mr. Lee, he did the only thing left to save his life. He escaped by going out the back way from the hotel, and has not since been heard from. Mr. Osborn doubtless would have been killed last night had the mob succeeded in finding him. Mr. Osborn arrived in Atlanta this morning. His experience was a terri ble one. “At one time,” he said, “I feared I could not escape the violence of the mob. Their only idea was to kill me, and cowardlj as they are they waited until every populist had left town.” “Where did you go last night, Mr. Osborn?" “I left Covington at once, and made my way through the country ten miles to the homo of Mr. M. D. Irwin, in Rockdale county, arriving there about 1 o'clock.” Mr. Osborn took the night Georgia train and reached Atlanta this morn ing at 6:30. The whole matter was a cowardly, dastardly, outrageous attempt by a democratic mob to do do violence to a defenceless man, simply because he is a populist. Such are democratic methods. Mr. Watson At Summerville. Summerville, Ga.. September 14. (Special.) Hon. Thos. E. Waton spoke here yesterday to a large crowd, and greatly strengthened the populist cause in Chattooga. Hines at Washington. Washington, Ga., Sept. 14—(Special) —Judge Hines spoke here yesterday to a crowd of 1,000 people. It was a great day for populism in Wilkes. The democrats are doing all in their power to intimidate the voters. A fair election will give Wilkes to the populists. Judge Hines’ speech was.au able one and aroused much enthusiasm. The Press’ Telephone. The Daily Press' telephone is num ber 554. Get Watson’s Roman Sketches.