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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907. IN THEIRJSTORY Give High Praise to Atlanta for Their Cordial Reception. With a trolley ride over the city and a visit through the big Federal prison, the fifth annual convention of the Na' tional Rural Letter Carriers’ Aasoela tion came to a close and a majority the delegates left the city Friday night, It was practically the united sent! ment of every visitor that the convex tlon In Atlanta had been one of the most successful as well as profitable in the history of the city. They were loud In their, praise of the hospitality ac corded them on all sides, and partlcu larly of the complete manner in which local papers handled the'four-day ses slon. "Atlanta is the only city in which we have met where the papers gave s much space and such complete reports, said one delegate who had attended every convention. "I believe the news papers of this city are the most enter prising In the country-, and the carriers will never forget their splendid treat ment here." How Woman Won. The gallantry of the carriers was demonstrated at the final session when it came to naming the convention city for ISOS. Apparently Des Mines or Lit. tie Rock had the call before it came the vote. But the tide turned almost as soon Mrs. Ruth Kenyon, of Monroe, Nebr.. made her plea for Omaha. On the first ballot Omaha was far in the lead. Geor gia's six votes went to Little Rock on the initial ballot, but on the second they were cast for Omaha C. M. Adams, of Iowa withdrew Des Moines and cast the vote of his deiej tion for the Nebraska metropolis. T! decided things, for on the final count Omaha had 60 and Little Rock 37. It was undoubtedly a direct compll ment to Mrs. Kenyon. She has attend ed every national convention as a dele, gate and is very popular with carriers all-over the country. Officials' Addresses. The visit here and speeches of P. V. DeGraw and W. R. Spllman, the postal officials, formed the most Interesting feature of the convention. Both men pledged themselves to the Interests of the service and the carriers. One matter developed out of this con- ventlon Is that the carriers stand al most as a unit for parcels post. Gen eral DeGraw’s statement of Postmaster General Meyer’s Intention of making strong recommendations to the next congress met with enthusiastic ap- proval. The fact that the Farmers’ Union will also urge a parcels post before con gress. as outlined by President R. F. Duckworth, of Georgia, In his speech before the body, shows how sentiment Is growing for this extension of the postal service. That Paul Lindsay stands high In the confidence and love of the carriers was evidenced by his unanimous re-election to a third term as head of the great organisation. FIND NOT A TRACE OF Conductor Hargrove Has Not Been Seen Since Last Saturday. Despite persistent efforts of the police authorities and friends, not a trace has yet been found of W. M. Hargrove, the missing conductor of the Central rail road, who mysteriously disappeared last Saturday morning from his boarding house in Walker street. Announcement was mado Saturday by J. N. Hargrove, of Little Rock, Ark., a brother of the missing man, and A. F. Lee, a well-known conductor of the Central, that a suitable reward would be paid for any information leading to the discovery of tho present where abouts of Hargrove. Fearing that possibly his brother may have met with foul play or that some other harm may have befallen him. J. N. Hargrove came to Atlanta Friday from Little Rock to make a personal search and aid In every way possible In finding him. Mr. Hargrovo and friends of the missing man are unable to ac count for the strange disappearance. The missing conductor has a wife and several children In Macon and they are greatly distressed. Conductor Hargrove left his boarding house last Saturday morning, presum ably to go out on his run, and mys teriously vanished. TWO AERONAUTS ARRIVE FOR RACES New York, Oct. 12.—Griffith Brewer and Claude Brabazon, the English con testants In the International balloon race to be held at St. Louta October «I. arrived on the Lusitania. They will •tart fbr 8t. LouIb today or Sunday. Macon Officer Here. Lieutenant John A. Davis, of tho Ma con police force, quit Macon for a day Saturday to take In Atlanta and the hig state fair. Although a young man. Lieutenant Davis Is one of the oldest n>en on the force and has won promo tion by good service and hard work. Incidentally, he Is a dead shot and Is noted for hts coolness. GRANT PARK BAPTIST, tilt ANT PAnK BAPTIST—Corner Oeor- H* “venue anil Grunt street. I). S. Eden- “1 l«»U>r. Services nt 11 a. m. ami 7:10 E.5i Sntnl.iy setniol at 0:30 s. m. Junior - OMit Yottng People's Union nt 3 p. m. “tor Baptist Voting People's Union at WO T«e revival nervfcsn ■■■ ■■ t 7 JO daring t ; C. C. Pub. The ordinance _ revival SSL .. •Tuning at 830. fiSL»Wi* Et 7:30 during the week, con 1*7 Rev. C. C. Pugh. The ordinance >tfam will be administered Sunday ANTI-SALOON CAMPAIGN IS ON IN MONTGOMERY Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala.. Oct. 12.—The prohibition fight Is on In earnest In tjut county. The prohibitionists will have a monster petition to present to the Judge of probate calling for this election. Every person Is being asked to sign It, arid those who refuse have their names taken clown for future reference. The Indications are at this early date .that the prohibitionists will carry the county by 8 to 1, and If the sentiment continues to grow as it has in the past few days against saloons there will be a much larger majority. The Prohibitionists all wear little white ribbon badge*. About $2,000 has been subscribed to help carry on the campaign. There are to be * pe 5?u£? from all Parts of the country brought here In the Interest of P ro m?. on aad no Question has so stirred the people as this one. T . f a i oon P®°P le ar© making a hard fight and personalities are already being Indulged In. One firm In Montgomery owns about one-third of the saloons here and Is also heavily Interested In the brewery. STATE CONVENTION OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUEIS CALLED January 9 and 10 Set For Meeting, Place To Be Decided Later. REALIZED HIS At UNIT V IN PARISHIONER’S WHE r. r '4?’„ York - ° ct - 12— Rev. Maxwell H. W. Walenta, pastor of the German Mission church of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Louis A. Bauer, a parishioner and the wife of an electrotyper, were arrested yesterday and held in court for an In quiry into their mental conditions. The action was instituted by Mr. Bauer and the minister’s father. The complainants asserted that Mrs. Bauer had left her husband and child and sought refuge at the younger clergy man’s house. In court the accused minister, who Is 28 years of age, denied wrong doing, but admitted that the woman had been wel comed to his “official room” at 2 o’clock Wednesday morning. “She and her husband had differ ences." he explained. “I saw It was im possible for me to effect a reconcilia tion. I welcomed her to my church. 1 felt In Mrs. Bauer a living soul and my soul cried aloud for somebody who was alive In the twentieth century. In her I realised my affinity.” BA CON BEAT L US11A NIA, BUI STARTED WEEK AHEAD Washington, Oct. 12.—Senator Ba con, Of Georgia, considered one of the ablest members on the Democratic side of the senate, has just returned from a trip of two months to Italy. He Is looking fully rested and quite pre- pared to take up the arduous task of the winter’s session of congress. He will be here a day or two before de parting for his home In Georgia. "I am more Interested In the voyage of the Lusitania than any political problem Just now,” said the senator. "I verily believe that the speed attain ed by that great ocean liner, Is not a consummation, but unly the beginning of a new era of steam navigation, did not come over on the Lusitania. _ beat her by 24 hours, having started a week before.” The next sUttu convention of the Georgia Antl-Sntoon League will he held on Jnntmry 9 nnd 19. Ukrt. nt n city to be determined Inter. This was decided upon nt a meet ing of the state board of trustees nnd the hendqunrters committee, held Friday night. A committee, composed of President \V. It. Hammond. Him. Ji. .1. Gofer, ttev. J. G. Solomon, ltev. A. It. Holdcrby nnd .1. it. ItlohnnK nppoliitel to complete fer wit to n rhoi' I that Mncon will lie choeen for tho tion. The headquarters committee wns Instruct ed to recommend to the eouventinn mi l^erense In the membership of the stnle trustees. The league bus now slxty-Jlve trustees, nud It Is proposed to enlarge the lionrd to one hundred members. I»r. W. W. Lnndrmn sti uminiuioutily elected member of the board nt the meeting !• dnv night, nud hnn signified his neceptnm The committee will frnme n letter to t nubile, setting forth plans of work for future. GENERAL STRIKE TIES OP PROHIBITION WILL WIN IN BIRMINGHAM Continued from Pago One, and others have adopted Joint resolu tions commending The News and The Atlanta Georgian. The president and >rinclpal owner of The Birmingham Vewi is Rufus N. Rhodes, a man who has always stood for the moral and material advancement of Birmingham and Alabama. Mr. 8mlth’a Views. The reasons why The Birmingham News came out for prohibition are best told In the language of Ell P. Smith, the managing editor. He says ■It Is my opinion that there will not be a wet county In Alabama by Jan uary 1, 1909. At the present rate of growth of the prohibition movement In this state I am amply justified In mak ing euch a prediction. Title movement is as much a business proposition as It Is a moral question and the people are eo regarding it. The -aloon Is at the bottom today of tho labor troubles which farmers, manufacturers, mine operators and other large employers of labor are having In securing a sufilclent number of men to carry on their opera tions without Interruption. There Is no labor famine In tho sense that the workers are not here, but there Is a labor famine In the sense that whisky has rendered a very large percentage of the negro worklnr population of the state, and especially In the Birmingham district, worthless for working pur poses. The terribly overcrowded con dition of the county jell here, which was denounced In unmeasured terms by the etate jail Inspector, Dr. Shirley Bragg, In his recent report to the gov ernor, te due to the baleful effects of liquor upon the negro population and likewise upon a certain element of the white race. This situation Is growing worse under the open saloon system Instead of bolter and something must be done to halt It" The Ledger 8trong for Prohibition. Twenty days after The Birmingham News announced for prohibition and after tho petition, signed by 5,630 voters, was filed with the probate Judge requesting him to call an election. The Birmingham Ledger, another afternoon paper, declared for prohibition. Among other things Tho Ledger said: "The question of whisky or no whis ky, prohibition or no prohibition, Is now squarely before the people of Jef ferson county, and every voter who has not decided definitely In his mind on which aide of the question he stands, will toon make un his mind. That there Is an overwhelming sentiment In favor of prohibition In this county no one can doubt, after the filing of the petition with the probate Judge asking for an election to determine whether Jefferson county will be Included among the ’dry’ counties of the state. "The Ledger Is squarely for prohibi tion. We believe prohibition with r wholesome, active, public sentiment be. hind It will prohibit.” Would be a Mistake, The Birmingham Age-Herald, the only morning paper published In this city, Is the only dally paper against prohibition. EL W, Barrett, owner of the paper, writing under the name of "Ned Brace," come out against prohibition. Among other things he said: "I don’t believe In prohibition. It hae never prohibited anywhere. The aglta- oft ’ *“■“—*- delivered four addresses In the district, and they are said to have been most ef. fectlve. The Rev. John B. Culpepper, the not ed evangelist of Valdosta, Ga„ came to Birmingham for the purpose of ad dressing audiences on "The Secret Sins of Men.” Most of his talks were de voted to prohibition. Many Signatures Secured. All these addresses were delivered while the campaign committee was cir culating petitions throughout the coun ty to get the required number of slg natures to the petition filed with the probate Judge on September 19, nnd prior to the time the election was call ed on September 26 to take place thirty days later. Although Jefferson county has a population of about 300,000 per sons, the number of qualified electors Is small. Under the law the names of one-fourth of the qualified voters are necessary before the probate Judge Is authorized to call an election. Less than 10,000 votes were cast In the cete. brated shrievalty race between Hig. don and Stiles. After the prohibition late secured nearly 6,000 names they decided to quit. Wards and Precineta Organized. With the filing of the petition calling for tho election tho campaign commit, tee began to organize the wards In Birmingham and the thirty-one pre cincts In Jefferson county. During the last ten days something like one hun dred speeches have been made, and it will be kept up until the eve before the final battle of halolte on October 38. It Is also the Intention of the campaign committee to have one man and one women on every city square In Birm ingham to work in behalf of prohibi tion and to exert their Influence In bringing out a full vote on election day. In every ward In Birmingham clubs have been organized. The women of Birmingham will hold prayer meetings In every precinct In the county once a tion of the subject st thla time In Blrm- Ingham In my opinion la a mistake, both from a moral and a business point of view. It le far better to curb the liquor traffic by having fewer saloons, high license and full and complete reg- Ul Throughout the prohibition campaign everything has been conducted along systematic lines. The campaign was opened by Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, who made four stirring speeches In the Birmingham district. He brought out the economic side, say- that saloons confiscated property adjoining them, and read an article from a whisky paper which admitted that prohibition le bound to come Another eminent speaker who stirred _ f much enthusiasm waa Judge W. A. Covington, of Moultrie, Go. He Is Joint author of the Hardman-Covlnr- ton prohibition law which was adopted by the Georgia legislature and for which The Atlanta Georgian worked To hard. The wisdom of The Atlanta Georgian’s course hes been pointed out in various speeches made In Alabama and the paper Is known from one end of the state to the other. Judge Cov ington was followed by the Hon. Sea born Wright, of Rome. Os., an eloquent ■nealcer Dolttlclan and lawyer, w ho has — - —- _ „ . , „ stood for temperance many years. He Butler, Pickens, Talladega and Tusca- week until the election. They are also circulating petitions calling upon the women of Birmingham fo use their In fluence In getting their husbands, brothers and sweethearts to vote for prohibition. This petition will contain thousands of signatures and will be presented to the men at a gigantic mass meeting to be held the last Sunday be fore the election. The petition will be borne by little children who will march down the aisles singing songs. Noted Spsakers Coming. Rev. George Stuart, who worked with Sam Jones during his lifetime and whose eloquent tongue has won thou sands of votes for prohibition all over the United States, spoke here Sunday, October 6, at tho Jefferson Theater, to a magnificent audience of men. He spoke at Bessemer twice Monday and may be prevailed upon to deliver other talks. In addition to the noted speakers al ready heard, many others have been Invited. Among theie la F. L. Seely, publisher of The Geor gian. which paper’s wisdom haa been commended on all over the country In the magnificent fight tl put up In favor of statutory prohibi tion In Georgia. Mr. Seely has already signified hie willingness to come to Birmingham and aid In the cause. Mrs. Armour, a noted lecturer Georgia, who made such a deep im pression upon the Georgia legislature while tho prohibition law was under consideration, will arrive this week and deliver speeches all over the county. Mrs. Curtis, a famous temperance worker of Texes, will also bo here soon. Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, has been Invited and may make talks. There Is also a possibility of hearing that silver-tongued orator and Journal ist, John Temple Graves, editor of The Atlanta Georgian. Congressman Bur nett, of Alabama; the Hon. Archibald Carmichael, speaker of the house of representatives; Lieutenant Governor Henry B. Gray. Walter D. Seed, state treasurer; the Rev. J. A. Maples, of Texas, and many others are on the program for speeches before the cam paign Is closed. The Hon. E. W. Car mack, former United States senator from Tennessee and candidate for governor In that etate, will deliver his famous lecture In which he brings out temperance. In addition to theso noted speakers the campaign committee has secured fully fifty local men to apeak from time to time In the various pre cincts. Entire State Will Follow. The eyes of the entire state will fol low Birmingham in voting out whisky. Four counties have voted on the ques- tion since the local option law was passed by the last legislature, and In each county the vote waa overwhelm ingly against the sale of whisky. Coun ties having Just voted liquor out are Newspapers, Street Cars Trains and Factories Are Idle. Milan, Oct. 12.—A general strike has been declared here as the result of a fight between the striking gas workers and a body of strike-breakers. In which the carbineers were forced to fire oi the mob. No newspapers were pub. Ilshed In Milan today. The situation la serious. All the fac lories are guarded by police and troops. The street car lines have stopped run nlng and all stores are closed. AI trains running to Switzerland and Ven Ice are tied up. MUD FOR A TIME Weekly “Tub3” Should Be Taken Before Noon, Says Woodward. Muddy water Sunday. General Manager Park Woodward, of the waterworks department, says so, and he ought to know. Fortunately, however, the siege of Cloudy Chattahoochee will last only few hours—probably from about noon until 3 o'clock In the afternoon. The reign of muddy water several weeks ago was caused by the fact that the reeervolr was so low that the water was pumped from the river directly through the filter,, and the coagulat Ing basis had to be abandoned. Sunday the water will be muddy not becauae the reservoir Is low, but be cause the water from the coag-;laVg basin will not be used for several hours, In order that It may be cleaned out. The new cosguletlng basin, which has Just been completed, will he put Into service for the first time Sunday, and In order to mnke certain neceesary connections between the old and the new basin it would be neeewary to abandon the former for several hours, y. cleaning out of the old basin will begin at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, and about 1 o'clock In the afternoon both baslr/i t\ll probably be ready for service. loosa. In all these counties, with the exception of Tuscaloosa, the question was open saloons or prohibition. In Tuscaloosa, which has always been considered the Ideal dispensary county of the state of Alabama, the question was dispensary or prohibition. The people decided that they had enough of model dispensation of the rum evil. Prohibition elections have been or dered In the following counties for the month of October: Lawrence, October 10; Lee, October 14; Calhoun, October 16; Bulloch and Wilcox, October 26; Jefferson, October 38; Etowah, October 39. It Is said that every one of these counties will go dry and that saloons will have to close up shop by January 1, 1908. Petitions have either been filed or circulated In twelve or fifteen other counties, Including Morgan, Blount, Limestone, Tallapoosa, Walker, Fay ette, Randolph, Chambers, Dallas and Shelby. It Is believed the elections will be secured In time lo close the saloons by the first of January. 1908. The Anti-Saloon League. The Anti-Saloon League of Alabama haa Just come out for statutory prohi bition. but It will continue to single ■hot the state by counties. The league has Just opened up In Dallas county. In which Selma Is located, and will etart tho fight In that county at once. Be fore many months It Is believed that the fight will be opened In Montgomery and Mobile counties. In which two other large cities of Alabama are located. While Governor Comer has refused to embody a call for a prohibition act, he has authorized a denial of the state ment that he would not sign a prohlbl. tion act passed by the legislature by a two-thirds vote. Governor Comer took part In one prohibition meeting In Jefferson county and his sentiment Is with th* movement In tho campaign he eald that the liquor question would be .settled by local option. That Is the reason he will not make a call In the event tho legislature meets. THE DIXIE BUSINESS COLLEGE Cor. Peachtree & Marietta Sts. ATLANTA, GA. The Home of Genuine Graham Shorthand The only School in Atlanta using the author’s Texts The only School in Atlanta giving a course of Genuine Office Training Special instruction in MODERN FILING, TABULA T- /iVG etc• etc. “TOUCH TYPEWRITING” A SPECIALTY Taught by the PIONEER of the system in the South (DOUBLE AND SINGLE KEYBOARD) RATES MOST REASONABLE, COURSES MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN A TLANTA. Faculty of Five Teachers THE DIXIE BUSINESS COLLEGE CAREER Oh CONDE NASI; HIGHEST SALARIED MAN IN WORLD FOR HIS AGE (From The Pittsburg Dispatch.) Ten years ago Mr. Conde Nast came to New Tork city and started to work for 312 a week; a few days ago, at the remarkably early age of 84 years, he resigned a position with a salary of 340,000 a year. During his ten years of service he remained always "on sal ary;" that Is to say, none of his aston ishing Income—he lias been receiving 340.000 a year for the past three years— none of this income haa been due to dividends. Here Is a man who does not have and has not had a bit of Interest In the ownership of the concern that employed him. The decade of his labor has been with one firm, and his rise from a Job at a clerk's hire, 312 a week, to a position with o salary nearly that of the presi dent of the United States, has been due, surely, to business capacity of a very rare order. Mr. Nast Is known to the publishing world as perhaps the greatest expert In the country on national advertising. Probably he hag been, during the past three or four years, the highest salaried man of his age in the world. Toung men. combining labor and capital, have frequently made a larger Income than 340.000 a year—so frequently Indeed that the fact excites little comment. But labor alone nt such an age has rarely produced this annual sum. There Is a romance of business life In the etory of such a success, and In tho re markable fact that a young man who hod gone so far should give up such an Income to venture for himself. EARLY EDUCATION. Charles Schwab remarked not long ago that a college education unfitted a man for business life or executive du ties and some years past Mr. Horace Greeley expressed more than contempt for a young man who would waste four years of valuable time In such a cause. Brilliant examples of success with and without college education exist every where and the question will probably never be eettled. But whether or not these two authorities on success were right, in the Instance of this pnrtlcular young man, their theories have been knocked higher than a kite; for Mr. Nast. with, In their Judgment, the hand icap of the degrees of B. A., M. A. and L.L. B., started his business career at 24 and In,his early 80s achieved a most notable succese. He not only spent four years In college, he spent seven years of preparation, and ail for a business career! Mr. Nast really started a buelness training while he was In college, seemed reeponslble enough to his fel low students to be made manager of one of the athletic association! and, during the third end fourth years of hts life at Georgetown University, ho was busi ness head of most of the student or ganizations, His reign over the athlet ic affairs of the Institution led many of hla associates to predict for him a brll- iisnt career In any line of business. At 23 Mr. Nast, M. A., fresh from the university, returned to hie home In St. Louis. His parents wanted him to become a lawyer; the young man want ed to go Into business, but decided that a training In law would better equip him for whatever business he under took. At the end of two years he was graduated from the law school of Washington University and admitted to the bar. IN A PRINT SHOP. Then I didn't know whdt to do,” says Mr. Nast, relating his experience getting a start. “1 woe 24 years old and had very little experience. I didn’t mind working for 310 a week, or noth ing, for that matter, providing I was put In a position where I could learn, could gain some experience, but the possibility at my age of 24 of being pocketed for two or three years where, treated as a nuisance. The next after, noon I brought Into the printing shop literally an armful of orders and re quests for estimates. The manager thought I was playing a Joke on him, for here In one day's work was a vol ume of business that overtaxed the plant, but. when he realised the situ ation, I felt sure I had 'made good’ at my first Job." TWELVE A WEEK. Here was a very simple and easy thing to do, once the idea was se cured, and yet how few get the simple Ideas that are so valuable. Even the manager of the printing plant had not thought of this obvious source of bus! ness for him. That Incident was the etart of a wonderful business career. ' was simply the principle of business getting effort where business Is to be had. An offer of partnership In the print' Ing shop was made to Mr. Nast soon after his start, but he did not accept Instead, he applied for a place in New York city. Ills application resulted In a position at 312 a week, and he started East at once. When he was only 30 years old one of the New York newspaper publishers offered him 330,000 a year to go with him In a managerial capacity. Now Mr. Nast, at 84, has decided to go Into business, Mr. Nast Is an interesting personal! ty. He has no pride of position—his sole Idea about work Is to get It done In the quickest possible way. He has one characteristic that few men have, the ability to "shed" work. His one desire once he has put a plan Into action Is to turn it over to a lieuten ant, he himself going on to some other work. He Is alert, active, aggressive, a sure Judge of men, and, being at the ago when most men are beginning to be successful. It would be difficult to express, without superlatives, the op portunities nnd attainments that the future holds In store for him. insurgenTflag FLAUNTE DINFACES Madia. Oct. 12.—To Secretary Tatt on or deal here Monday tho American residents will look to put a check to the rampsnt talk of Independence, following the sweep ing victory of the party favoring Immediate Independence nt the recent election. Feeling Is high since the election because live secure regulations from congress B resident, compelling a respect nlted States flag In the Islanaa. for the . j»g In the islands. It Is believed that Tsft will be able with a few earneat words at the opening of the Assembly to take most of the gas out of the loatr — ependencc balloon. HE MAY BE SHORT $100,000 IN ACCOUNTS New York, Oct. 12.—George H. Brow, er, manager of James Ollphant & Co., stock brokers, has been Indicted for grand larceny, the specific sum named n the Indictment being 32,760. James H. Ollphant says, however, that Brower’s peculations amount to about 3100,000, the exact figure not bo- Ing obtainable until the expert account ants now examining his books finish their work. Brower was arrested on the com- jlalnt of Jay F.. Carlisle, a Wnll street iroker, who has desk room with Oll phant & Co., but who Is not connected with the firm. Brower Is said to have speculated heavily In the market and the slump wiped away hla Investments. .. the end of that time. I would have made no start, filled me with dismay, and I nearly wept over the seven year* I had epent at college and law school. "I knew that I didn't want to be a lawyer, tout I had no Idea how to get Into business. It happened that my brother had put some money Into a small printing establishment, and that fact gave me my first Job. "Tne manager of the place dldn t know what to do with me, and I was of use In the shop, so he sent me but solicit business from the merchants. . asked him where I had best go to find business. He said, 'You know a lot of people In this town; go to your friends.' I did not like to do that, so I made a chance solicitation here and there. It resulted In no business. Then I recalled that during the next month there was to be a merchants' exposi tion In St. Louis. The thought occurred me that If I could only get a list „ the exhibitors such a list ought to open up a very fertile field, that most of them would want considerable print ed matter. The list was at first re fused me. but the next day I managed get It. ‘My anticipations regarding the fer tility were more than realized; In fact, every merchant I called on that day treated me as If I were doing him a favor, whereat, the day before, I waa Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 12.—In a fight here yesterday afternoon Edward Thomas, a well-known carpenter, was stabbed by a young man named Jessup Simms, son of Ordinary A. V. Simms. The wound Inflicted on Thomas was a very bad one, extending down his face and to n point near the Jugular vein, but It was not deep, and Is not consid ered a very serious one. It Is under stood the trouble arose over a debt one was owing the other. USE R, R, CLAIMS BY GIVING REBATES . - j Santa Fe May Be Fined 1 $1,250,000 for Rebating. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 12.—After be- ( Ing out twenty minutes, the Federal j Jury, which has heard the government ' charges of rebating against the Sante J Fe railroad, brought In a verdict of | guilty against the road on six counts of \ tho indictment. Judge Welbom will j announce his verdict next Monday. An i estimate of the maximum penalty j which may bo imposed Is $1,250,000. I The defense of the railroad company y wns that tho rebates were “conces- | slons made for alleged losses on the ' shipments during transit.” , In ruling for tho jury Judge Wei- ; bom handed down a point of law which | Is held to be the most Important enun- I dated slnco tho formation of the Inter- j state commerce commission. He said: ' ”1 hold that the acceptance by the defendant of a loss sum of money than ! that named In its tariff for transporta- ’ tion, 1'f there had been such a great de- j parturo from the legal rate, It is not Justified In so doing; nor Is It any de fense to a prosecution thereof that tho nets of the carriers were done In com promise of claims for loss of property In transit.” GUARD DEPOSITION OF MRS. CHADWICK ORDERED UNSEALED Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 12.—Now that \ Mrs. Cassle Chadwick Is dead, great i efforts arc being made by attorneys tor. j James W. Friend, from whom the wora^.j nn Is said to have obtained $800,000^ j to keep sealed forever the deposit!©!* J made by Mrs. Chadwick, now In th*J e-iiinty court. Though Judge Shafferf last week ordered the deposition un*] sealed, so that It could be printed to j records to be presented to the supreme! court next Mond/y, It has been official#*! ly guarded. Names of prominent mean who have never figured In the casftJ heretofore arc mentioned. t SOLOMON TO AID IN FLORIDA FIGHT i SOLOMON TO AID ~ 1 Rev. J. C. Solomon, state superitv* j temlent of the Anti-Saloon League, j will leave. In a short time for Jack-. J sonvllle, Fla., where he will engage j In tho prohibition campaign In that j city. ; Georgia workers for prohibition In 1 Florida feel that a victory In that state j will strengthen Georgia’s prohibition I laws by adding to what they predict ] >.•111 soon be the "solid South." J A number of Atlanta whisky firm* j Intend removing to Jacksonville after I January 1, If that city votes prohlbl* j tion tho expected Jug trado to Georgia ’ points will be knocked out. Special to TUe Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 12.—It Is very likely that citizens of this county will protest against the taking of the Haht- ra district Into the proposed new coun ty, which the people qj-^del are work- . Ing for, though no action has yet been taken. The territory proposed to ba taken from Lowndes Is one of the most I populous and wealthy sections of the county, and, as this Is already one of tho smaller counties of the state, the people here are not In favor of giving anything to tho new county. 4% Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Ou and After January 1,1907 THE NEAL BANK E. H. THORNTON. Preiidrnt W. T. MANKY, H. 0. CALDWELL, T. M. BERRY, Vice President. Cashier. Ass’t Cwhirr.