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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. ———MM