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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWB.
TEMPERANCE ISSUE
NOW PARAMOUNT IN
KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN
Candidates For Gov-
r
ernor State Position
on Question.
REPUBLICANS FAVOR
LOCAL OPTION
Democratic Candidate Mak
ing Open Fight For
Prohibition.
Special to The Georgian.
Louisville, Ky., August 6.—The tem
perance wave which has been sweep
ing over Georgia seems to be curling
Its front toward Kentucky and the
people of thq "Bourbon Common
wealth" are expecting an inundation
at any time. ' #
The race for governor of Kentucky
Is being conducted with temperance as
the chief Issue. There Is no doubt that
It Is the most vital Issue In Kentucky
politics today. Governor Beckham won
his nomination for the United States
senate on a temperance platform, and
unless the Democratic and Republican
candidates for governor are equally
strong for temperance, the full strength
of the cold water people will be thrown
to the candidate who champions their
cause.
Judge S. W. Hager Is the Democratic
candidate and Augustus E. Willson the
Republican candidate. Judge Hager Is
committed absolutely to temperance,
both because the Democratic party has
been lined up for It and because Hager
took occasion to Issue a statement sev
eral weeks ago declaring for the tem
perance legislation which Is now being
pushed In the state and ton Sunday
closing, which has been enforced In
Lousvlile after a hard light.
Favor Local Option,
Judge Willson has not yet declared
himself. He makes his first speech
August 19, and will doubtless then go
on record. The Republican platform
contains the following plank:
"We favor the enactment and en
forcement of a uniform local option
law with the county as the governing
unit.”
This, In a way, commits the party
for temperance, but the Democrats say
It Is not strong enough and accuse the
Republicans of flirting with the liquor
power and being Indifferent to temper
ance in an effort to get all this support
They will make the fight accordingly
Kentucky politicians now give temper
ance the most serious consideration.
It Is easy to see why. Of Kentucky’s
119 counties 91 are dry. Of the re
maining 18 only 4 are thoroughly soak
ed, the others having one or two pre
cincts where liquor may be sold. Nine
ty-seven per cent of the territory of
the state, in which dwells 74 per cent
of the population, Is under prohibition.
The entire eleventh district, the famous
moonshine and feud region. Is dr;
the exception of the town of Ml
boro. The same Is true of the Jackson
purchase, comprising the western part
of the state,, with the exception of the
city of Paducah. As soon as the pres
ent licenses expire In Bowling Green,
where a victory was won recently, one
may ride over the Louisville and Nash
ville from Louisville to Nashville and
never pass a saloon. In all the south
eastern part of the state, a territory of
15,000 square miles, or one-third of the
state, the only whisky spot Is Middles
boro.
The Anti-Saloon League, which Is the
leader In the fight, makes the following
explanation of Its methods:
"The league avoids carefully Inject
ing politics Into temperance afTalrs, but
studies to thrust temperance Issues Into
politics."
It has been successful.
JUDGE 8. W. HAGER,
Democratic nominee for govern
or of Kentucky,
JUDGE A. E. WILLSON,
Republican candidate for gov
ernor of Kentucky..
MR, HURT SUBMITS
OFFER TO COUNCIL
ON PUMP MATTER
FIRE CAUSES PANIC
IN N,Y, SKYSCRAPERS
New York, Au*. 5.—The blggent Are
lower Broadway has experience^ in
many years started this afternoon in
the five-story paint and oil business of
I**. O. Pierce & Co., directly back of the
Mail and Express skyscraper, running
back to the Western Union building,
and surrounded by other huge sky
scrapers. . , _
Panic among hundreds of girls and
men employed In the neighboring build
ings started with the explosion of large
quantities of turpentine, which seemed
to scn4 Me fishes broadcast.
I Dead, 4 Hurt
In Race Riot
New York, Aur. 5.-One men dead, four
in the hospital, thirty suffering front minor
Injuries and ten locked up In cells wj*
the record of a race riot which started
over a baseball game that started
hundred and thirty-fifth street and Fifth
nvenue yesterday. The man who 'died to
day was McCue, a colored man.
$10,000,000 CAPITAL
FOR IRON COMPANY
Special to The Oeorgtan.
Augusta, Go., Aug. 5.—With a capi
tal of 110,000,000, a company has been
organized here to develop Iron proper
ty In the eastern portion of Georgia
and southern South Carolina. Swiss
and French, capitalists, are behind the
movement. ,
Improvement* on the Auguata canal,
amounting to aeveral million* of dol
lar*. will be asked for by the council to
night. The request, it Is believed, will
be granted.
The following communication wilt
explain Itself:
To the Honorable General Council,
City of Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—We submit herewith a
proposal which embodies the seveifU
amendments which we have agreed to
make to our original proposal of April
10.
In submitting this letter, we wish
to make for your consideration a few
comments on Mr. Arnold’s published
communication this morning.
When Mr. Arnold spoke before your
body at Its last meeting he frankly
confessed that he was not very well
posted on thl* matter. His statements
at that time and In his communication
this mornlng > substantiate this admis
sion.
We plead guilty .to having "butted
In” with our bid, as charged by Mr.
Arnold. We are proud of the fact that
after the general manager of the wa
terworks board had refused to Invite
bids on centrifugal pumpB, after we had
urged It for three months, that we
then forced the Issue by making a
voluntary bid and fighting the matter
thereafter. The opportunity afforded
to the city now Is a direct result of
our having "butjed In” and having
made thla light. .
Mr. Arnold's solicitude for the wel
fare of other centrifugal pump manu
facturers Is remarkable, In view of the
fact that he states he Is trying to sell
the city a vertical pump. It would ap
pear that his only effort Is to keep the
city from accepting our bid. His
eagerness to have this entire matter
Investigated Is equally remarkable, ns
the officials of the waterworks depart
ment. who are the admitted adher
ents of the vertical pump, have opposed
the Investigation of our pump from the
start. Such a sudden and complete
change of heart os to the Importance of
an Investigation la truly remarkable.
In one sentence Mr. Arnold declaim*
that Mr. Maury’s report Is fair and
dependable, and In another sentence he
urges a further Investigation. The In
consistency of these statements of Mr.
Arnold Is evidently the result of his
desire to say anything that will pre
vent or postpone the acceptance of our
b *The defense of Mr. Maury by Mr.
Arnold haa not the weight that It might
have were It not that members of your
body who are thoroughly familiar with
the history and facts regarding this
matter have challenged and criticised
Mr. Maury's report severel- and justly.
Mr. Arnold's espousal of Mr. Maury s
cause, coming as It does ffgm a man
who has not had any opportunity to
know the fact* first hand. Is of no
avail. In this connection and touching
on Mr. Arnold's plea that ijr. Maury
was fair and deliberate, we wish to call
attention to the wanton and arbitrary
changes made by Mr. Maury In "depre
ciation,” which he placed In his first
report at about 11-4 per cent on both
styles of plants and In his second re-
and .5 per cent on a centrifugal plant,
and .5 er cent on a centrifugal plant,
notwithstanding our objection*. In
May 1995, before the American Water
works Association, Mr. Mauri’, ln;c<%i-
parlng these two type* of plant*, made
the following statement:
"Depreciation at 4 per cent would,
therefore, be none too high.”
If 4 per cent had been used by Mr.
Maury in his figures here, the saving
In depreciation In favor of our plant
would have been 4 per cent of 190,000,
or *3,800 per year. In his flm raport
h* allowed us A saving of $1,100. In
his second report he arbitrarily cut
this to *300 per year, making the
iSnount allowed **.400. too small ac
cording to his own statement. This
)3 400 per year saving In favor of our
nun-.p for which he failed to credit us.
Srould amount to over *190,000 at the
* n w£ f menVlon y ^h5* merely that the ln-
accurate, unfair and arbitrary method*
SENATE WILL ACT
ON LOBBYING RILL
Keeping the Calendar Clean
and Setting House Good
Example,
Aside ffom setting the antl-lobbylng
bill as the special order for Tuesday,
Introducing half a dozen blllz and
passing a score or more of house local
bills, the'Monday session of the senate
was featureless.
Senator Steed Introduced a bill pro.
vldtng for the regulating of the sale
of certain narcotic drugs in the state,
the bill being similar to one Introduced
In the house by Representative Whit
ley, of Do'uglas. It places severe re.
strlctlons about the sale of morphine,
cocaine and alt other drugs commonly
ueed by "drug fiends.”
The senate Is keeping squarely up
with the business as It reaches that
body, nnd adjournment usually finds
the calendar cleared.
New Bills in 8anate.
The following bill* were offered for
a first reading:
By Senator Henderson, of the Fif
teenth—To amend act creating board
of county commissioners of Irwin
county.
By Senator Mattox—To amend the
county courts laws as regards Charl
ton county.
By Senator Deen—To amend the
charter of the town, of Offerman.
By Senator Steed—To provide
against the evils resulting from the
traffic In certain narcotic drugs.
By Senator Williford—To Incorporate
the tow n of Apalachee.
By Senator Hardmah—To amend act
creating the public school systzm of
Commerce.
Pension Deficiency Bill Passed.
The following house resolution was
adopted:
By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—To ap
propriate *43,000 to complete pension
payments for 1907.
Many Houta Billa.
The following house bills were
passed:
By Messrs. Jones, of Meriwether,
and Ellison, of Harris—To amend act
establishing a local school system In
Chlptey.
By Messrs. Foster and Anderson, of
Cobb—To create a board of commis
sioners of roads and revenues In Cobb
county.
By Mr. Williams, of Dodge—To
change the time of holding the au
perior court of Dodge county.
By Mr. Williams, of Laurens—To In
corporate the town of Caldwell.
By Mr. Geer, of Miller—To amend
act Incorporating Babcock.
By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To
regulate the trafflo In seed cotton In
Richmond county.
By Mrs. Adams, of Chatham—To
make clear the bounds and limits of
militia districts In Chatham county,
ly Messrs. Sheffield and Donation,
Decatur—To
of Dlffee.
By Mr. Jones, of Mltchejt—To create
a new charter for Camilla.
By Mr. McIntyre, of Thomas—To In.
corporate the town of Patton.
By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To
regulate public Instruction In Richmond
county.
By Mr. Jackson, of Muscogee—To
ratify !he closing of a certain street In
Columbus.
By Messrs. Hill and Persons, of Mon
roe—To create a board of commission
ers of roads and revenues for Monroe
county.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson, of
Gwinnett—To provide for holding four
terms a year of Gwinnett superior
court.
By Messrs. Martin and Adams, of
Elbert—To Incorporate the town of
Bowman.
By Mesara. Price and Neel, of Bar
tow—To amend the charter of • the
town of Adatrsvltle.
By Mr. Stubbs, of Thomas—To
amend and consolidate all acta Incor
porating the town of Ochlocknee.
By Mr. Terrell, of Grady—To amand
the charter of Whlgham.
By Mr. Daniels, of Jenkins—To es
tablish the city court of Millen.
By Mr. Munday, of Polk—To amend
act establishing a public school sys
tem in Cedartown.
By Mr. Hill, of Monroe—To Incorpo
rate the town of Elllnor In Monroa
county.
By Messrs. Ashley and Walton, of
Lowndes—To amend act establishing
the public school system of Valdosta.
By Mesara. Toung and Tuggle, of
Troup—To allow LaGrange to close up
and aell Tanyard street.
By Messrs. Russell and Slade, of
Muscogee—To amend act creating
charter for Columbus.
By Mr. Jones, of Mitchell—To amend
act creating the county board ■*
Mitchell. .
By Mr. McMIchael, of Marlon—To
amend act creating the board of coun
ty commissioners In Marlon county.
1000
Tuesday, 8:30 A. M.
Untimmed Shapes
Ladi?s Trimmed Sailors
ChildrSh s Trimmed Hats
Ohe thousand altogether ef untrimmed shapes, ladies’ trimmed sailors and
children s trimmed hats.
All ars in black, white and colors.
Untrimmed shapes that were
75c to 3.00
Ladaies’ trimmed Sailors that were
75c ahd
Children’s Trimmsd Hats that wsre
1.00 to
ric?
1.00
And 27 Trimmed Hats at Oh? Dollar Each
• ■
Just twenty-seven hats, by. actual count, the last of the
trimmed mid-summer hats; hats of chip and fancy braids,
white, colors and black, and a few in black silk.
Hats that were 5.00 to 7.50, i
At 1.00
vide for removal of obstructions
streams of Stephens county.
By Meazra. Holder and .Flannlgan, of
Jackson—To amend the charter of the
city of Winder.
. By Mr. Calback, of Gordon—To
amend the charter of the town of Cal-
houn.
. At X o'clock the senate adjourned
until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
15,000 MINERS
READY TO QUIT
Pittsburg, Aug. 5.—A strike Involv
ing 15,000 miners seems Imminent to
day resulting from friction between the
United Mine Workers and the Pitts
burg Coal Company.
President Feehan, of the union, lays
the company has taken advantage of
the loose organization of the men.
adopted by Mr.' Maury may be under
stood. Further comment on this mat
ter la unneceazary.
We have presented our facta and our
figures for your consideration and rec
ord. and we stand on them. We have
made a firm proposltloa, which em
bodies the strongest guarantee which
any one can make, namely, v> wait for
our money on the pump until It does
the work. We are ready to sign con
tract on this basis. Respectfully sub
mitted.
SOUTHERN HYDRAULIC ENGI
NEERING COMPANY.
By GEO. F. HURT, Manager.
August 5.
SAVE“TEXAS”FOR
STATE, SAYS PUBLIC
(Continusd From Page Ons.)
terprlae 45, Commerce 46, Kentucky 48,
Texas 49, Dispatch 50, Choctaw 51,
Chickasaw 63, Excel 63, Catoosa 64,
Swlfteure 66, Connoseen 66, Stonewall
68, Atlaata 59, OeneraPU. S. Grant 80,
E. Hulbert *1, Marietta 62, Cartersvllle
63, Dalton 64. Reeaca 66. Calhoun 66,
Ivanhoe 67. Jennie Dean 68, Courier 69.
Hercules 70, Vulcan 71, Samson 72,
Kennesaw 73.
The Ivanhoe, Courier and Jennie
Dean pulled the day passenger trains
for several years, jhe Kennesaw (73)
was the highest numbered locomotive
on the road for aeveral years. After
wards the numbers were changed to
the following, starting with No. 1:
Governor 1, President 2, General 3, Joe
Brown 4, Senator 5, Chieftain 6. J. W.
Lewis 7, Nlckajack 8. Enterprise 9,
Commerce 10. Kentucky 11, and Texas
12, and so on.
When the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis leased the Western and
c rallrdad they prefixed the fig
ure 1 to all numbers of engines m-
longtng to the Western and Atlantic, so
that makes ths present number of the
Texas" 212, as Is shown In the pic
ture. When the "General" was stolen
It was No. 39, and when the 'Texas”
caught the "General” the 'Texas" was
No. 49.
Must Honor th* “Texas.”
With these preliminaries, I have Just
gotten to the real subject. Grady once
remarked In one of his speeches some
thing about "tha land that was red
with blood In April waa rich with har
vests In June.” Our Southland, at the
present, seems to be the favorite spot
of all the world. We have the coming
country. Chattanooga' la north of At
lanta. The "General," on which the
Northerners rode haa been made over,
painted anew and Is kept north of Al
lan
burled In national cemeteries are well
kept, and I am proud of the fact.
Rut In recent years we are looking
after the graves of those In which "no
nation rose so fair, none fell ao pure of
crime," and to my mind there Is no
object lesson In our Southern cities
that will tell so much and so easily to
the future generations In regard to the
war of "brothers against brothers" as
the preservation of those engines In
Chattanooga and Atlantn.
Shall we of the South, who have
never failed In war or In peace, fall
now In patriotism? Never.
The "Texas” Has Corns Homs.
Those brother engines working to
gether on the same old Western and
Atlantic railroad for yeare—one the
"Oeneral”—Is taken and made much of
and dressed out anew. Why? Because
the Northerners took a fast ride on
her. The way that the "General" ha*
been treated, compared with the treat
ment of the "Texas." remind* ua of the
pensioning of the Northern soldier
compared with the pensioning of the
Southern soldier. The Northern sol
dier* were pensioned prior to the
Southern soldier*, so the "General,” on
which the Northerners rode, has been
made a relic before the "Texas” on
which th* Southerners rode. "
But now we have the old "Texas.”
that has still been working—hauling
the rich deposits of ore of our South
land—like the poor, weary Southern
soldier when he returned home after
the war. The "Texas” has Just come
home. Tell me that the "Texa*” Is go
ing to the scrap pile! Never. She
now represents the poor, weary. South
ern-soldier, when he arrived home Just
after the war. Now how shall we treat
the' "Texas 7"
The grave* of our Southern soldiers
are now being cared for. Their wid
ows are now pensioned by the states
of our beautiful Southland. And now
then the 'Texas" must be made over,
painted anew and numbered 49, as she
was In that race, when ehe carried tha
true Southern soldier* lo victory.
Let's Keep Her Always.
As our Houthlsnd is coming to the
front, surprising, perhaps, our North-
nta as a relic of their great and dar-
'"xhe graves Of the Northern soldiers e’rn sister," and as'the engine ''Texas,'
. v - . . . - • /
on whon* the Southerner* rode and
overtook the "General," la representa
tive of our Southern people, In not be
ing outftrlpped by any feat of bravery
and during, so let the "Texas" appear
In her beautiful garb for years to
come, under sunny skits and bright
stars. I- sm glad that It was the
"Texas" that overtook the "General,"
as It was the only engine orr the rfad
that bore the name of a truly Southern
state. _
In the preservation of the "Texas
the whole South should take a heart
felt Interest.
Let the "Georgle Ann" (Georgian),
as a lovely maiden, go Into the homes
all over our land, as an emblem of love,
purity and truth, and be Instrumental
In procuring sufficient fund* to place
the "Texas" as a lasting monument to
our Southland and to our ever-falthful
and Inspiring Atlanta Oeorglan. -
Inclosed find *1 to assist you In the
same. I remain, a well wisher to the
cause that you have advocated. Very
truly,
N. E. XV. 8TOKELY.
Washington, Ga., August *, 1907.
LAW-MAKERS MUST
WORK OR STAY HERE
(Continusd From Pegs Ons.)
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a "ommltte* of two from the
senate and three from the houte for
slttoh to Investigate.!
W
iroperty belonging to the sti
city of Chattanooga.
The resolution provides that ths
committee shall sit In vacation and
shall receive the same per diem as
they now receive.
The committee Is required to confer
with the authorities of Chattanooga
in regard to the sale of the property,
and after full Investigation, to submit
their opinion of the same to tha next
general assembly.
The resolution was laid on tha tabla
for on# day.
General Tax Act.
The general (ox act was token up.
read the third time and put on Its pnse.
age. It was then read by sections, each
section being acted upon separately.
Section 1, authorising the governor
with the assistance of (he attorney
general to levy a tax on taxable prop
erty of the state for the years 190S and
1909 of 3 8-100 mills, and an additional
common school tax of 1 70-100 mills,
was first taken up.
Mr. Holder, of Jackson, offered an
amendment striking out 1 70-100 mills
and substituting In lieu thereof 1 80-100
mills.
The amendment provoked consider
able discussion. It was declared by
the opponents of the amendment that
the Increase In the tax levy was not
necessary.
The friends of the amendment de
clared that the Increase In the lax levy
was necessary In order to raise a suf
ficient appropriation tor the common
school fund.
Upon the vote an the amendment Mr.
Holder called for the ayes and noes.
The sail was sustained and the
ment was adopted by a vote of 93 to 44.
Increase to 5 Mills.
Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, gave notice
that at the proper time he would move
to reconsider the action of the hou<a
in adopting the amendment.
Mr. Candler stated that he Is In fa
vor of Increasing the tax rabe to 5 mill*
and will offer an amendment to that
effect when the motion to reconsider Is
In order.
At I:IB o'clock the house adjourned
to meet at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Bills Introduced.
By Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur—To
amend act establishing city court of
Balnbrtdge.
Bills Passed.
By Ur. Jasper, of Johnson—To
change time of holding Jasper superior
court.
To establish city court of Montleello.
By Mr. XVIse. of Fayette—To author
ize the governor to borrow money to
pay casual deficiencies.
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