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6 •i-n fj A’l'ljAiNTA UiMJKiUAlf AND NEWS. «*KDS'G8DAT, JUNE X. 1X7. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Prcfident. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 8 West Alabama St, Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Ratees One Year K{0 Six Months 160 Three Months By Carrier, Per Week !.. 18 Telephones connectlnf all depart ments. Long diataooe terminals. Smith A Thompeon, sdrerttalnr rep resentatives for all territory eutsTde of sass Offlca ...... Trlbon. Balldlof Nnr Tort Offtc. Pott.r Building If too bar. .or tronbl. setting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWB. talejlhona tb. circulation tod biro It orompUjt rtDMM T.I.pbor.s: B.u 4937 mala; Atlanta 4401. It I. de.lr.bl. that all wramnnk*. , oeor5i*an*and CTWut to . KO word, to length. It ta Impw.tlT. . that tb.r be signed, a. an evidence of .good faltb. RejMted manuscript. will oot ba rttoraed an lea stamps ara .cot for tba purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print, ao nnel.ia or objKtloaabla adrertl*- Icr- Neither done It print whloij or OUR PLATFORMr THE OEOBOIAN AND NEWS stands fo. Atlanta*, own- Int Its own (t. and alactrtc light pl.nta aa It bow own. Ita water work. Other cltl.a do this ana pot cn as low is M cnte. with a proflt ottww teller., that If steret rsflwiracao b. operated pwMt bp Baroptaa cities, a. tier ara, there I. ao rood _ ca no, * lit r BOW re baton w# undertaking. •at Ita raoa In that dlocQ Persons leaving the city can I bave The Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to The Georgian j office. Changes of addross will be 1 made as often as desired. What Is a Democrat? AH hsil the legislature! A GREAT LEGISLATURE’S GREAT OPPORTUNITY. This day'marks the assembling of the moit Impressive and important legislature that has been called together within the quarter century. Its mission I. the establishment of Justice and order after a revolu tion no less momentous than that of reconstruction or the adoption of the constitution. . The economic crisis, out of whOM discussions this body has emerged in a great popular triumph, marks an epoch never to be forgotten In the annals of the state. This Is a history-making assembly and Its adjournment will establish either the failure of popular government, or a new era of liberty, purity and prosperity for the people of the commonwealth. Tho great battle against predatory wealth now being waged In the republic at large has been fought and won In Georgia. The measures of the people have triumphed, their representatives have been selected, their leader has been chosen, and there qow remains only the wisdom and firmness of execution. Responsibility follows fast on victory, and fulfill ment Is the aftermath of promise. The legislature faces its own glory or Its own decay. The great battle of racial safety and Integrity has been fought and • won before the bar of public opinion. The great Jury of the people have rendered an overwhelming verdict, and the Judges and executives now In session will be held answerable to the people Bnd to the future If thej^ fall with all discretion and yet with all fidelity to put the people's will Into the statutes of the state. The great question of pure elections—of a poor man's capacity and an honest man's opportunity to participate In the affairs of government, are at last out of tho grip of the politician and In the hands of those who are commissioned to represent the whole body of the citizens. May the end be noble and the Issue clear. Tbo greed and graft of corporate and political bosses Is now In the house of correction, and the people are waiting to see what their servants will do. The vital causo of education separated from eelfisb politics, and set upon the firm foundation of wisdom and Integrity, ta in the balance ot the people’s Judgment here. We Invoke God’s blessing upon the present legislature of Oeorgla. It needs all the wisdom that oomes from human thought, aiid should seek that higher Inspiration which comes from Him who watches the desti nies of nations and of men. If the Georgians who gather In this high crisis to mold and make a new and nobler state, shall do their full duty now—If they Bhall re member the high end to which they have boon sent—If they shall debate without pride, without selfishness, and without the malice of resentment or the corruption of desire—If they ahull deliberate In justice, and record ( their votes In patriotic honor—this will be writ In history as one of the three historic assemblies In tho great history of the state. Nay. more. If these men elected with a clear public voice to definite and specific ends, shall execute with vigor and discretion the commission with which tho people have clothed their distinguished governor—why then they may not only win nnd wear the laurels of the people’* praise— but they may also give a president of the United States to Georgia! He Is as he has always been and as he always will be, the Idol and leader ot definite Democracy and no man can write his epitaph until after he Is really dead. A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THEGEORGIAN’S BOYS To the Editor of The Georgian: This Is In memory of the dear little lad who had one of your paper routes. In all my association with children I never knew a braver, truer boy. All that he did, at work or play, waa done with such an earnest, willing spirit. In the delivery- of the papers on his route he waa aa much concerned aa If the success of the paper depended on him alone. It waa this earnestness I so much admired In my child and when stricken with that dread disease, meningitis, he displayed the fortitude of a hero. It just seemed that his great heart would not stop beating. He lived three weeks after the doctors bsd given up every vestige of hope. When the end came It was like a summer sephyr. Had I not been watching I would not have known, he left so gently. Life and death are mysterious. Respoctfully, CORA M. LEWIS. West End. A COMPLIMENT TO JUDGE RODGER8,—The National Asso ciation of Blue and Gray Veterans has paid a conspicuous compli ment to Judge Robert L. Rodgers, of this city, In appointing him na tional historian of the association. This appointment carries with It also the title ot brigadier general In the association. The signifi cance of this appointment Is at once a tribute to the long, patient and capable service which Judge Rodgers has done in the preserva tion of the history and In the pre sentation of sketches of Union and Confederate Veterans. The ap pointment comes without solie). tatlou and is also an Illustration of the national spirit of fraternity In the choice of one of the "boy soldiers of the South" for the Im portant work of preserving the his tory of this Joint organization. We feel sure that Judge Rodgers will fill tills position with eminent abil ity, and that tho records and his tories which he compiles will make a valuable part of the his torical data of the future. "Wisdom" Is once more "In our midst." Would Thomas Jefferson recognize a modern Democrat without an Intro duction? We know a candidate for tlio presi dency of the senate who Is just Akin for the place. Senator Beveridge's coming mar ring* will afford him exceptional op portunities for Joint debates. Did Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the suffragist, assume her own name bo- cause her husband's namo was Thom- As soon as the president left for Oys ter Day every Washington denier marked down the Teddy Dears to 79 oenta. Treason! Science Is now advising lovers to , gargle after every five kisses. Great ; Scott! Even superstition is better than science like that Colonel Clark Howell, of The Con stitution, hnvlng by a meek apology re-established amicable relations with Colonel Sidney Tapp, la now prepai • 1 to grapple with the dlatlngutahed leg islature which be did so much to elect We wish the colonel welt An Indiana man hired a white man to (teal his wife's chickens which wero disfiguring the yard. This Is a clear case ot Ignoring the race problem. Editor Hemphill enjoys the repute ot being the baseball fanatic ot the ; Southern sanctum. It has added years to the youth of The News and Courier. There does not seem to be any differ ence of opinion In the statement that 1 Hughes Is the best governor New i York has bsd In a quarter ot a century. I He was Roosevelt's selection. They are attributing tho sudden i deaths and suicides In Chicago to the heat All the same, Toxaa continues to | shoot the cucumbers Into Chicago by 1 the carload.—Houston Post. The last sentence explains the sun stroke. Texas Is so deeply Impressed with the deadly peril of the Whlto Plague that It has quarantined the stats against all persons suffering from tu berculosis. And yet we In Atlanta equally In danger cannot summon a dozen men to conference upon remedy zmd prevention. THE TIME-SERVERS AND W. J. BRYAN. A certain Judge H. M. Garwood, whom The Washington Herald de scribes ns a noted lawyer of Houston, Texas, Is quoted at saying that the South Is not at all attached to William J. Bryan—that It views his candidacy with Indifference and downright coldness, and that It be should be nominated thousands of llfo-long Democrats would support him with supreme reluctance. This la tho sheerest folly of. language and ot statement No man In the entire Democratic party Is more thoroughly loved and thoroughly trusted throughout the entire South than the Great Commoner ot Nebras ka. His popularity has Its periods of rise and fall, ot ebb and flow liko the tide. But tbo man who doubts tho personal hold which Bryan has and deserves to hove upon the South, simply argues h|s own Ignorance or his own prejudice In matters pertaining to this people. No.character so high, no record so stainless, no loyalty so unques tioned and no eloquence ao superb as that of William J. Bryan could fall to have and to hold Its high and enduring place in tho affection and con fidence of this people. . For The Georgian's part, we assert again that the attitude we have assumod toward national principle* Is not built upon the bails that we love Bryan less but the peoplo more, and that for common sense material reasons wo have advocated holding fast to the Invincible general who Is now fighting and winning tbo great Armageddon ot the people against predatory wealth. But there shall never appear In these columns, as there never has ap peared, any line of comment which reflects upon the character and ser vices ot Mr. Bryan and the well deserved affection In which he Is held throughout this section. Man for man with the present Issue removed, and with equal condi tions about him, he has more personal friends In the South and In the re public tban any man In It. Tho president dominates the present situation because he Is not only a friend but a necessity to the people. He Is fighting a fight that no oth er man could fight so well. He la filling a place that no other man can fill without many years ot growth. And ho la the best hope of the great economic battlo which Is the transcendent and overshadowing Issue ot the times. It Is enough to disgust a man with bts fellows to see how the syco phants of politics fawn upon Bryan In the flow of his prosperity and fall oway from him at the first suggestion ot bis decline. We have had too much of this lu our uwu section, and unfortunately too much ot It In our own city. Wo put tho sycophants on notice that Bryan Is by no means out of the presidential rpco and that his chances for election are far from being tra der a total eclipse. Here, for Instance, Is a view which may startle the time-serving friends who are now carping at the Nebraskan's heels. The Republican convention In Kentucky refused to nominate Taft bo- cause ot Its fear of offending tho negro voters ot tho state. The Repub lican convention In Pennsylvania pledged Its delegates to Knox not only for reasons of state pride, but becauso of their apprehonslon of the negro voto. And thr stato ot Ohio today la In apprehension that Foraker may swing “UNTAKEN ADVICE.” I From the Ozark, Ala., Tribune, j John Temple Graves Is another ' statesman who attains great promt- i nence through untaken advice. WE ARE WILLING TO WAIT. From the Hahtra Dispatch. Mr. Graves la boosting our governor- elect Hoke Smith for the nomination of the Democratic party for the presi dency. He seems to think Mr. Smith stands for something more than does any other man. Wouldn't It be the better plan to waft and see if Mr. Smith In office carries out what he promised the good folks when he was so nobly sacrificing himself to help them put down ring rule? MUCH IN “8AYING NOTHING.' From the Washington Post. It la quite clear that during John Temple Graves' visit to Sagamore Hill the president did not point out to him the benefits to be derived from saw ing wood. ONE WHO WILL"“TELL" SOME THING. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The next man who visits Oyster Bay could add considerable Interest to the account of his Interview by telling us how many times the president said "By George!” or "By Cracky!" while dls cussing his third-term boom. TWIN LIFE~TeNDENC1ES. From the Charleston News and Courier One way to make Roosevelt president for llfo Is to make Bryan a candidate j for life. THIS IsTsiNINE. From the Charleston News and Courier j If Colonel Graves must have the j name changed, why not "Oyster Bray?” A DAILY GROWING SENTIMENT. To the Editor of The Georgian: I consider John Temple Graves' reasons for saying Dr/an ought to nominate Rooie. relt In the next Democratic notional con vention, at given to the New York World, the most sensible, timely-and reasonable thing I ever mt. Every man In tbs United States ought to read It. I think tho grentest calamity that could befell be peoplo of the Vnlted Stole* would be the failure to nominate Roosevelt for another term. Of couree If he Is nomi nated he will be elected. I soy this In face of the fact that t hare always been collet s Democrat, hot I am for tbs man nnd the principle that It the most needed. I core not what party he represents I bell. Roosevelt Is nominated be will get enough Democratic votes to elect him nivoy ahead of the strongest Democrat In the United States, Very respectfully. j6hn c. hood, Confederate Veteran. Company B, Thirty third Alabama Infantry; Ags 61; Justice ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Washington, June 26.—Major Joseph T. Dlckmsn, Thirteenth cavalry, detailed ata tlstlcsl officer, and Captains Andrew Brew ster, Ninth Infantry, nod Herhort J. Breet, First cavalry, assistant statistical officers, national match. Camp Perry, August 20. Following officers from Fort Leavenworth to I.ytlo, Oa„ to participate la staff ride from Chattanooga to Atlanta; on completion of ride return to Fort Leavenworth: Majors Daniel M. Broughton, Eleventh cavalry, and Johu F. Morrison, Twentieth Infantry; Cap tains Matthew F. Steele, Sixth cavalrv; Farrand Sayre, Eighth cavalry; Ora E. limit. Eighteenth Infgntry; Herbert A White, Eleventh cavalry; Henry E. Games, Tenth Infantry; Mntthow E. Hanna, Third cavalry; Arthur L. Conger, Twenty-nlnth Infantry: William T. Merry, Ninth Infantry, and IMmcnn K. Major, Jr., Twenty-seventh Infantry: First Lieutenant! G. Holland Itu- bottom. Ninth cavalry; William H. Winters. Thirteenth cavalry; Samuel R. Gleavea. 1-irat cavalry: Georgs W. Wlnterburn. Ninth cavalry; Frederick 8. Young, Twenty-third Infantry; Clarence O. HherlTI, corps of en gineers; Shelby C. Leisure, Fourteenth In fantry; Walter Krueger, Twenty-third In fantry; Kerr T. Riggs. Fourteenth cavalry; &“•>» «• Barnes. Twelfth Infantry, nml Walter II. Smith, signal corps. Major Herbert M. l/wd, paymaster, from ireniMTil hospital, Washington Burrncks, to temporary duty in office post pay muster at ttiiHhlngton. Navy Orders. Lieutenant-Commander L. II. Chandler, to Connecticut; Lleutenant-Commnnder O. C. Dny, detached Hancock, to Connecticut; Lieutenant* C. S. Kerrlck and F. 8. Whit ten, commissioned. Movement* of Vessels. AltBIVED—June 23; Lebanon. nt Lam berts Point. Juno 24: Prairie, nt Hampton Bonds; Amphltrlto nnd Penaeoek, nt Key West; Dolphin nt New Haven; Olympia, Horldn nnd Nevada, nt North Itlver, aNew MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. Notice To Our Savings Department Patrons: On July 1st the regular dividend of INTEREST AT FOUR PER CENT per annum will be paid on all deposits entitled thereto. ACCOUNTS CAN BE OPENED BY MAIL—WRITE FOR BOOKLET. UNION TELEGRAPHERS TO STRIKE IN CHICAGO Chicago, June 21.—Chicago telegra phers who are anxiously waiting for a strike order to Involve 1,600 members of the union were relieved early today when a message wae received from San Francisco from President Small, showing that he was not en route to this city to put In effect the general strike order. “Everything Is satisfactory here four more officials deserted the cornea ny," wired the union chief. Over 2,500 messages were roporte: tied up in the Chicago main office at I o'clock thla morning, from 6 to 38 hour: late. WIFE UNION TELEGRAPHER, HUSBAND STRIKEBREAKER San Francisco, June 96.—One of the curi ous phases of the strike of the commercial telegrapher* of the Western Union and Pot- til companies I* that which bn* to do with Mrs. Caroline D. Mills and her husband, 6'tephen. Mrs. Mills Is recording secretary of the union and nn ardent strike sympathiser. Her husband la night wire chief at the West Oakland office of the Western Union, and a strike-breaker. Mrs. Mills denounce* the telegraph company and Is doing all In her power to farther the cause of her strlk Ing fellow-workers. Mr. Mills, In the mean while, calmly continues to work at hli station and Is doing all in bis power tt break the strike. . The exigencies of the situation hnre keot Mr. Mills nt the telegraph office almost all dny and night since the strike and his wife declares she has not bsd time In nvhlch to talk things over with him. “But when I do/* she said with a shake of her head and a smile which robbed h*r manner of all Its fierceness, “111—well, i ii Just tell him what I think about It—tliat Is PICKED UP IN LOBBIES OF HOTELS AND CAPITOL j l’erk. BAILED—June 24. River, New York, for New Haven. New Dolphin, from North Light Contract Is Ratified At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company, held Tucaday In the Electric and Gas building. President Preaton S. Arkwright was authorized to zlgn the contract for city lighting under the terms proposed by the gen eral council. This means that the directors of the company have ratified the proposition to greatly reduce tho price of arc and Incandescent lights, and to supply light and power to consumers at a consid erably reduced rate. President Arkwright will visit Mayor Joynjr's office as zoon aa the mayor Is ready, and sign the contract, which ? :oe* Into effect on April 1, 1908. This ormallty will conclude the victory re- suiting from the fight made by The Georgian on behalf of the peoplo of Atlanta. Kansas Tornado Played Pranks RIDING IN A HACK. School days now at laat have ended; ’Tla the month of June, And the Journey we’ve Intended Matt bo teken soon. Hurrah, boys! snd get your horses. IIring a hack with each. And we noon will blend our rolcea On tbs mountain peak. CHORUS. Hept Hurrah! Hold your horset Or they'll fly the track. Oh. how pleaaant: with your lover. Riding In e hack. Jolly boy* and happy school girls. Now we’ll slug n song Of our Journey nnd Its plessarae, Aa we ride along. Farewell, father: farewell, mother, Till you see me hack, For today I'iu with my lover, In a Hiding I hack. Senator Beveridge alludes to Roose velt’s policies aa "the historic move ment of the last five years." He meant, B robably, the hysteric movement.— louston Post. Paragraphs like this justify the ap- prehension that no newspaper para- Stapher can ever get to heaven. The Post knows and has said that Mr. Roosevelt has made a great president and done great things. And yet under the mere weakness of the deatre to turn a paragraph The Post succumbs to the temptation and sacrifice* truth and Its own conslztency. "Verily It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a para- Crapber," etc. Be*, said one. the mountain ranges, S lothed tn tiure hue— nt. Mid I, 'tls distant scenery tho sixty thousand negro votes of that commonwealth Into n solid mass YiT^VnfP^hv’y'm Ijlfoto'ths po«t, against the president and Secretary Taft. It Is getting to bo npparent that the next nominee of the Republican pnrty will either bo Theodore Roosevelt or a reactionary, and If a re actionary It is likely by all tbo signs snd portent* to be Fairbanks, of Indiana. If then Fairbanks Is nominated It makes a chance for Bryan, and Bry- (tn, we must remember, Is a man of destiny. If Fairbanks Is nominated It crystalllzoa the reactionary sentiment of the ultra-conservatives around property and corporations and com mits the strength of the Republican organization to wealth as against the people. Under such circumstances Bryan would como In definite, strong and clear, with a record established, with an Integrity untsstiled, with a consistency unlmpeachcd and with a popularity which can never be depre dated, to fight the battle of the people against Foraker and Fairbanks and the representatives of predatory wealth. And so we glvo due warning to the time-servers and sycophants that it Is not yet prudent to turn their backs upon Bryan or to look upon him as a fallen Idol from whom they can expect no more. The Nebraskan Is tho tallest moral figure lu the republic’s public life. If applied to tbeo. irs now upon tL. . .....ding up the stvep. When my gallant, slightly blushing, Whispered soft and sweet: Will you h* my I.ride! CHORUS. Yes. oh, yes! hold your horses, Or they'll tly the track; Oh, how plaa*snt, with one’s sweetheart. Riding In t hack. OFFERS TO GIVE LIFE TO SAVE HIS BROTHER. Sperlsl to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala.. June 26.—Rev. John £ e*m*n. a aegro llaptlet minister. ye«ter- ly offered hlms-lf to Sheriff Reiser to hang He eipremed regret when told Topeka, Kona., June 26.—A remark able tornado Incident Is reported from Medicine Lodge, the home of United States Senator Long. Hts barn was de molished by a tornado and his two Shetland ponies carried away. Later one was found 2 mtlea east of Medl- vino Lodge, feeding In a pasture. The other was found ! miles north of the Long residence, pinioned In the forks of a large cottonwood tree, 90 feet from the ground. Neither waa In jured. $6,200 WAS BID FOR ANCIENT COIN Philadelphia, June 16.—The highest price ever paid for an ancient or mod ern coin—16,200—was paid for the New York brasher doubloon at the first of a five days’ sale here of the coin collec tion of the late Matthew A. Stlckney, of Salem, Mass. The nearest approach to this figure ever paid was 16,100 paid for the unique Baotrinn twenty-stater piece of Eukra- tides by the Blbllotheque National# of Parle, and <3,850 given for the Bishop Juxon crown. If alt signs do not fall, the Ninth Is rolng to have a congressional fight on land next time that will mean live times In that section. It Is conceded that Congressman Tom Bell will be In the fight again. It Is also said on pret ty good authority that Hon. John N. Holder, of Jackson, will be tn the race. Reports from Hall county are to the effect that Hon. Newt Twltty has about decided to mix It up with the field. Friends of Dr. Watkins, of Gilmer, as sert that he will probably enter the lists. With four candidates tn the field, the Ninth promises to be the live w-lre In Georgia politics. According to a story printed In The Marietta Courier, Solicitor General B. F. Simpson, of the Blue Ridge circuit, has detsrmlned not to make the race for judge. No authoritative statement has come fnom Mr. Simpson. Hon. Newt Morris Is a candidate to succeed Judge Gober, who will not bo a candi date again, It Is said. ’ Some Interest ing developments are expected In that section. The Blue Ridge circuit has about as much politics to the square inch as any section In the state. Howard Russell, for over four years Governor Terrell’s porter, will be spe cial attendant to Secretary Northen, of the senate, during the session. Howard Is a most excellent negro, and by his courteous bearing and efficiency has made warm friends all over the state. perhaps knows personally more public men In Georgia than any other colored man. Will Congressman Gordon Lee, of the Seventh district, have opposition In the next race? If so, who will be the man? It has been the general opinion that Judge Mose Wright, of the Rome cir cuit, would oppose Congressman Lee, but It Is stated upon very good author ity now that Judge Wright will retain the judgeship. The latest rumor Is that Seab Wright will be Lee's oppo nent. But, on the other hand, It Is said that the eloquent Roman's ambi tion Is to succeed Senator Steve Clay. Development! are expected tn the dis trict In a very short time now—and the knowing ones say some surprises are In store. Major Emmett Irwin, private secre tary to Governor Terrell for several years, serving him In that capacity while attorney general aa well aa gov ernor, will go on Monday to his home In Greenville for the eutnmer. Major Irwin ho* been seriously troubled with his eves for the past several months, i and has been advised that complete rest only will restore them. Colonel Wesley Shropshire, warrant clork to Governor Terrell, will proba bly return to Summerville to resume the practice of law. Colonel Shropshire has mads many warm friends since he has been at the capitol by the efficient administration of his office. Several members ot the last senate are In town to "look on" at the fun or to lend what old possible to some one of the senate presidency candidates. Former President of the Senate W. S. West, of Ixiwndes; Senator E. A. Cope- lan, of Greene; Senator C. N. King, of Murray, and Senator R. E. A. Hamby, of Rabun, are some of the old mem bers on hand. Hon. W. J. Peeplee, of Murray coun ty, Is an active and aggressive candi date for messenger of the house. Mr. Peeples served In that capacity part of Inst session, and has many friends. He has also served his county In the legls- The dally audiences at Pones De Leon baseball park will be augmented by some two hundred from now on. Nearly every member of both branches likes the national game, end will at tend. Not until the latter part of the session will two dally sessions prevent the enthusiasts from going out It Is probable that the famous "mili tary committee" of the last senate win be revived by some of the congenial spirits of this body. At the close of the dally sessions of the last senate a call would come for a -meeting of the j military committee." Then would gather Wheatley, Fitzgerald, Bonnet, Copelan and a few others. The ses sions of this committee were Invariably 1 executive. It Is understood that Hon. John M. Slaton, who will be elected speaker of : the house on the convening of the leg islature Wednesday, will be the host ot the entire general assembly at some time tn the near future at a big 'cue. The custom ot the legislature of taking a day off and repairing to some shaded spot and enjoying one day free from the carts and trials of legislative life Is an old one, and Speaker Slaton In tends that the custom shall not drop Into disuse. It Is not known exactly where the cue will be held, but there are a num ber ot shaded and secluded spots In Fulton county where It will be possi ble for the busy solons to escape en tirely from the worries and troubles of legislative life. Representative W. W. Wilson, of Gwinnett county, is one of the wits of the house, and Is very popular with everybody. During the last session Mr. Wilson walked down near the report ers' desk and delivered himself ot a speech. Near the close he said: "I want you newspaper boys to take down what I am saying. I am speak ing for your special benefit—or rather my own. I want you to report this speech pretty fully. Folks back home will get hold of It and want Wllsoa to come down here again.” The "boys" did report It at length, and Mr. Wilson Is representing Gwin nett county again. Senator J. R. Rrock, of Dad* countr, haa arrived In Atlanta nnd waa circulating READY FOR THE FOURTH By WEX JONE8. Blow the fife and beat tho drum*, The nation'* glorious birthday comes. Land of the brave, hom® of th® free, Won’t we celebrate! Hully gee! We’ve been ready a week or more; Mother’* laid In a double store— Arnica, bandage*, oil and lotions. Plaster and pill*, and soothing po tion*; Everywhere that a fellow turn* Hd trips on *omethtng that’* good for burn*. Mother fay* with pride that we Are the readiest patriot* you could ■ee. Father’s bought crutches and wooden leg*. * Borne of his children must lose their peg*. But legs are trifles, says Dad, says ho, When lost In the cause of liberty. And as for a finger, ear or eye, They’re nothing at all on the Fourth of July. Grandad Is ready, too, you bet. With everything that It’s wise to get— Double Insurance—our house is wood; A cute little monument, all to the good, To place o’er the one who*® happy lot May lead to rest It; our burial plrtt. He’s old. Is grandad, but never says Blow the fife and bang the drum. Light the fuse and let er cornel etl to the senate, Senator Brock w*» In tha leglslntnri! at the inat session In the lower house and Is well known. Itenreaentatlvo Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, ar rived Tuesday nnd waa kept busy nil tha morning greeting hla multitude of friends nnd ndmlrera. Xlr. Hall will probably take nn active nnd prominent part In the com ing ai-Hsion, ns lint been true with him In the past. " He hns recently declared himself n« strongly opposed to the fee system In the criminal brnnehes of th* court* snd want* officer* in these brnnehes placed on salaries. When naked, however. If ns would take tbo initiative In Introducing legislation along thla line, Mr. Hall said be would not havo time thla goNKlon. Hon. John T. Bolfenlltet, the popular dork of the house, hns been In town for several dan nud la circulating among the members of the legislature, and Is dally re ceiving nNauru nee* of support when the clerk Is elected nt the opening session. In fact, h«* la being congratulated by member*, na ho him the promises of support of It* monitors of tho house. Bom* of his warm- eat personal-friends are enthusiastic Hoke Smith nnpporterit, nnd one of these declared Tuesday that Colonel Bolfeulllet was the only mini both aides, would have. Of thorn* who constitute this legislature, Colonel Ilolfoulliet hns m>rvod aa clerk and as rep resentative with S2 members. George R. Atwood, of McIntosh county, who Is contesting the neat from that county with William II. Kogern, the negro who has held It for Severn I years, haa arrived In town nnd Is energetically talking hie cause. With him U \V. U. Barclay, a prominent McIntosh county man, who Is representing him. nnd he declare* the prospects »r” bright for n white mnn being named to represent the county which has so long D*d l negro In the legislature. Both have r»- ■el vet I n mu ranees icoin many members, which makes them confident of success. U\ O. Women, who will h-lta aerrin* his first term nt the coming session, came lu Tnssdny from hi* home In Tattnall county. Although newly elected, Mr. Warned If well known to the members of th* legislature who nerved last year. At that time he present at nearly the entire session in tM Interest of legislation affecting hi* roomy, lie Is n young man nnd bigger things predicted for him In Tattnall. COURT CONVICTS MAN FOR BRIBERY Pittsburg. Pa.. June 21-Oharles 8. nrdaon was cmivlcted In the criminal eourv yesterday of conspiring with Harvey V Bontaph, Joseph Flaherty and J. H. M.i (Holland to nttempt to bribe councilman!® pass the Pittsburg and Tube City rtllr 0 ** 1 franchise ordinance.