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Nell her does I# print whisky or any
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The ball sen son In on In earnest
The umpire it Newark was assaulted
a few days ago.
The revolt against Bryan seems
jonflned to the New York World and
the New York Sun.
So far as the record goes the
Texas campaign to date shows the
highest temperature.
Augusta breathes a sigh of relief.
The storm and high waters left the
North Augusta bridge unharmed.
Speaker Cannon Is becoming alarm,
td. He Is afraid the country Is taking
Its wood pulp Inquiry seriously.
The latest Is a clock made of
itraw. ft would come In handy Just
tow In keeping tab on the straw
■allot
Congress will probably adjourn
when the wood pulp matter gets to a
point where Speaker Cannon cannot
control It longer.
Goremor Hughes la to win his
antl-gambllng fight after all. Sen
ator Cassidy apparently got hla wires
crossed on the first vote.
The public building bill Is being
held back aa a club to pound recal
citrant legislators Into lino for a cur
rency bill. It will probably prove ef
fective.
Abemethy. the Oklahoman who
caught wolves alive for President
Roosevelt. Is now engaged In the less
perilous occupation of trapping Taft
delegates.
Life Is of the opinion that the den-
list who tells hla patients that T
won't hurt you,” establishes beyond
all question the profession followed
by Ananias.
A pickpocket tried his art on a
Gotham lawyer, and was pinched for
hla pains. Undoubtedly a beginner,
or he wouldn't her# tried It on a New
York lawyer.
It le said that whether Democrats
or Republicans rule the next house,
the strangle hold of the speaker la
to be broken for alt time. Sounds
good, at any rate.
It'll announced that railroads west
of Chicago will give no reduction In
rates for the Republican convention.
The round-up will take place ss per
schedule, however.
The Waehlngton Herald notes that
a Kentucky gentleman Is hurling
poetry at the night-riders. If bit
range-finder la properly trained that
ought to wind-up the night-riding pret
ty qulek.
All of Richmond went on a skate
the other night. The Virginia capi
tal has a fine rink. It Is denied,
however, that the grand march was
led by the ex-Hon. Dill Skllllt, of Hen
rico county.
REMARKABLE STATEMENT FROM R. H. EDMONDS
The Illinois delegates have been In
structed to "use all honorable means”
to secure Bryan’s nomination. If
Seaborn Wright la correct about the
brand, of Democracy there, that la
piecing an Impossible restriction on
them.
"A Seattle man dislocated his neck
while stooping and twisting to kiss
a girl under une of the wide hats,"
■ays the Houston Post. A man so
eager that he could not wait for the
girt to take the bat off deserve* the
fate he met
The Henry County Weekly, pub
lished at McDonough, was Issued last
week by the McDonough Chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
and Is a very handsome paper. It
conetsts of S2 pages, filled with val
uable and interesting reading matter,
and good advertising matter. Mrs. E.
J. Reagan was editor-in-chief of the
edition, end ‘she was assisted by
an able staff of McDonough ladles.
The quinquennial number of The
Spectator, one of the best known In
surance Journals of the country, baa
been Issued In two section*. Sec
tion 1 la the regular weekly Issue,
while section 2 Is a large, profusely
Illustrated edition of over a hundred
pages. It contains a number of pan
oramic vfews of tbs San Francisco
fire. One view shows the rehabilita
tion of the burned area since the Are
end earthquake. The edition Is of
great value to both Insurance men and
kthoxe interested in that subject.
We are reprinting today an interview, so called, but really a state;
ment from Richard Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record.
The document is really so remarkable thot It Is repriated and we
comment upon It, as possibly the most significant Industrial utterance of
the present period.
The Georgian does this fully prepared to have partisan politicians
attack us for lending aid to such a statemsnt. and expecting Mr. Ed
monds to be attacked for writing such sentiments; hut Richard Ed
monds la known to be possibly the strongest single factor the South now
lias In Its general upbuilding, and la not the servant of anybody but the
South, and when a man of his proportions speaks his thoughts In refer
ence to matters that concernjour material welfare, we can at least af
ford to listen to him.
Some of Mr. Edmonds' statements are very strong. He says we
have been following false prophets who claimed to be divinely appointed,
but proved not to be and we are paying for our sins. Of course, we of
Georgia can only come to one conclusion, and that la that by virtue of tho
part our governor has played In railroad and other matters, he would be
Included among those Mr. Edmonds designates as false prophets. Then
he goes on to show thst Mr. Hsrrlman has not been looked upon In the
proper light. While Mr. Edmonds Is la a position to see more clearly
than are any of us what Mr. Harriman has done end would do, yet we
cannot agree that he would have stopped abort of an abiolute oligarchy
In the railroad world, and then other worlds, unless there were men in
political power, such as Mr. Smith, whose motive It would be to hold him
down and defend.the rights of the people. (
The Georgian believes that the selfishness 6f mankind would lead
men like Mr. Harriman to the extremea to which we have seen kings
and esars go It It were not for the holding back of men who did not
agree with them, but we believe we have gone about the thing all too
wildly. Many a business man finds a good clerk doing things that must
be stopped, but he does not wish to lose the services of a man or woman
he has been years In training, only to have to start all over again, and
he does not call the clferk out where everybody can hear, and say:
"You are a thief and a blackguard," and hustle him off to Jail. No, that
hurts his organization and disgusts customers, who say It Is cruelty,
but he takes the facts and sits down and hat It out with the man by
himself, and the wrongs are righted.
. We believe now that the widely heralded meeting of three gover
nors to consider the fste of railroad matters proved to be unwise, and
that wrf made a mistake, but It Is discovered too late. These interests
are simply great big business matters, and must be tseated as such:
the same rules that would apply In a factory In our city, or In a mer
cantile establishment, must be applied to these greater enterprises.
Our wealthy men Invest their money In enterprises here that are
conservatively handled, but would not think of putting money Into an
enterprise that le managed in a nervous or vindictive manner.
Mr. Edmonds' greatest srralgnment. however. Is of the newspapers
and magazines, and he Is very wise In his conclusions.
The yellowness of some yellow Journals has caused more poverty
and unhappiness than can ever be righted. Irresponsible men and
women are allowed to produce stories of hair-raising magnitude regard
less of their reliability, and no one gives a thought as to the destruction
that may follow a colored or distorted story that carried with It not even
n hope of good.
No section has suffered as has the South by tho ravages of these
would-be writers who come here to write up our "negro question," and
the “starving mill operatives," and what not, and It Is time the peo
ple who havo suffered this blackmsll rise tip and stamp out the
exlatonce of publications, be they dally papers or monthly magazines. If
they load their columns to extravagant, untrue statements, simply for
the porsonal gain that is in them.
We have had enough “wild and wooly" fight, shoot-an«Vhate meth
ods In the publishing field, and It servea to drag In the mud the name
of our good state and section, and with Mr. Edmonds The Georgian
hopei for sanity and moderation In all line*, not the least that of the
press.
DRIVE Tp THE RIGHT
The city of Atlanta with Its great population, finds at this
juncture n congestion of vehicles In the streets nesr the central busi
ness sections and also In the thoroughfares leading from these sections.
Delivery wagons, drays, heavily loaded trncka; automobiles, carriages,
buggies—in, short all the vehicles found In a busy metropolis abound In
great numbers, and by absence of any authoritative regulations, they
move In endless confusion from morning to night thru Atlanta’s prin
cipal avenues of transit
It la. therefore, highly Important that the city council give due con
sideration to the ordtnace of Councilman Grant, which, seeks to regulate
the trafflo of vehicles by requiring observance of the "drive to the right”
rule.
It Is a measure the enforcement of which will bring prompt and
orderly procedure of vehicles out of the ehaos of wheeled traffic now
blockading the central thoroughfares. Other cltlee of Atlanta's magni
tude have long ago adopted similar regulation* with entire satisfaction as
to results, and the time Is ripe for the Institution of this law of the road
here.
The absence of any argument against this measure heretofore leads
to the belief that It will be approved by the ordinance committee and
finally adopted by the council without opposition or delay of any kind.
The city needs the regulation and It cannot be Installed too soon.
VANDERBILT CUP RACE
Atlanta joins with Savannah In that elty'a effort to bring the Van
derbilt cup race to Georgia. This event Is the cap-stone of all annual
sporting contest*, In the estimation of a large percentage of the Ameri
can public, and to secure It would mean more to Savannah In particular
and to Georgia generally than a casual obaerver would suppose.
In the first place. It would prove to be an official recognition of
Savannah's claim that hor slxtymlle straightaway course Is the finest
stretch of public roadway In the United States. To have thl* distinc
tion officially credited end publicly proclaimed would be no mean ad
vertisement tor Savannah and Georgia, to aay nothing of the good fel
lowship feeling that would naturally ensue between those who came to
tho cup race and those who furnished the course and accommodations
for thg great event.
Again, should her enterprising cltltens succeed In bringing the
race to their city this year, It would be only natural to suppose that
they will secure It as a permanency. In that event, the advantages
need not be specified, since the dietfnctlon speaks for Iteelf. ft Is
enough to merely suggest the material benefits that would secure from
having the attention of the whole world centered upon tho city and
state for a week or more each year.
OVERTIME CARRIER CLAIMS
In 1888 congress provided by law that eight hour* should constitute
a day’s work for letter carrier* In cttlse or postal districts, snd thst If any
carrier was employed a greater number of hours than eight he should be
paid extra In proportion to hla salary. In 1898 there were on file more
than 4.000 overtime claims, aggregating over $15,000,000.' and overtime
was accumulating at the rate of $250,000 per annum. Five years had
paaaed since the enactment of the eight-hour law, and the appropriation*
had been especially Increased to engble the department to meet the re
quirement! of that law, yet there had been no appreciable decrease in
the annnel accumulation of overtime.
GOVERNMENT TORPEDO FACTORY
The torpedo factory at Newport has been turned over to the govern
ment. The factory Is the first of the sort to be owned by the United
States. Machinery bee been Instilled with a capacity for turning out
fifty 18-Inch torpedoes a yeai. but ample space baa been left for addition
al macblvs. by which the capacity may be Increased t« $50 or 300 torpe
does annually. The factory will be reedy for operation on April 1. The
building la a two-story brick affair, over 200 feet long and 45 feet wide,
connected-with the administration building at the torpedo station on Goat
Island. U was built at a coat of lea* than $100,000-
'CAP1TAL AND THE SOUTH
„ »Y RICHARD H. EDMONDS
Editor of Tho Manufacturers' Record.
The whole world Is developing at
such a rapid pace that capital no lon
ger hae to seek Investment. The most
tempting opportunities with every pos
sible rafeguard to security, as well as
to profit, fn other sections snd In other
lands, are now preseed upon the atten
tion of capital. Any one familiar with
the situation will recognize that It Is
much more difficult to induce large
capital to Invest In the South today
thnn It was fifteen or twenty years
ngo. At that time English capita! was
pouring Into the South, especially Into
the coal, Iron and timber Interests, and
Into the building of railroads. North
ern capital was likewise seeking In
vestment In the South, while today
English capital cannot be tempted Into
the South under any conditions, and
Northern capital can only be secured
by the hardest kind of work.
The ressan for this change is that tho
South has not treated capital with en
tire fairness. The weve^of political
hysterics which has swept over the
Bouth hoc made tho moneyed people of
the world afraid to invest hart, and so
we are not getting one tithe as much of
outoido money ns we need for legiti
mate development and which wa could
ready command under wiser and saner
recognition of the right of capital to
thorough protection.
Instead of coming here ae formerly,
Engllah capital has gop'S Into other
countries on an enormous scale. It Is
said that England has $3,000,000,000 In
vested In the Argentine Republic. on(l
the scale on which Argentina Is doing
things Is Indicated In the fact thst
Buenos Ayres has spent $40,000,000 v on
Its wharves and docks and la preparing
to spend $25,000,000 more.
New Light On Events.
It may not be generally known that
Buenos Ayres Is growing more rapidly
thnn any city. In America, excepting
Chicago and New York; that It has the
most magnificent theater In the world,
the largest club In the world, the most
expensive newspaper plant In the world,
nnd other things on a similar scale of
cost and splendor, as compared with
other lands. The foreign trade of the
Argentina Is about $100 per capita an
nually. while the South's, with alt Us
vast cotton exports. Is about S>5. Eng
llah capital Is also pouring Into Canada,
and since January 1 over $100,000,000
of English money has gone Into Oanad-
Ian railway snd development enter-
prises.
Many of our Southern people have
thought that our advantages were so
great that ws .could pass any kind of
laws restrlrtlngthe Investment of cap
ital and drastlrnlly affecting railways
and the operation of business Interests,
and that the world would still have to
put Its surplus money here. The events
of the last five or six months ought to
have brought new light to those who
have been taking that ground.
The present financial snd business
conditions and the recent dsclins in cot
ton have not been at all surprising to
~e.
Last summer I published a state
ment to tho effect thst the anti-
corporation and anti-raijroad legis
lation and the effort te change ell
trade conditions based on ysars of sx-
S srleneo which was sweeping over the
outh would not only affect every busi
ness interest, but would cost the cotton
planters of the South at least JKd,000,-
000 on tht oroo of 1907-'08. That pre
diction has already besn fulfilled. It did
not require any great mental ability or
any gift of propheoy to know that its
Ifillmsnt was inovitnblo.
Attacks On Business.
Wo have been living for several years
In what In the future will be known
as the muck-raking age. Politicians of
high and low degree—from the highest
to the lowest—yellow journals and still
yellower magazines, have been filling
the land with falsehoods nbout the
management of business corporations
nnd tne effect of the development of
great business organisations upon busi
ness affairs.
Ws have been told that Wall-»t. nnd
the speculators In stocks snd cotton
were s curse to the country. We have
the cheapest railroad freight rate* In
the world, our ratee being less than
one-third of the rates In England and
about one-third of continental rates.
Our trafllc Is spread over s vast ter
ritory, while Europe's Is crowded Into
a compact region; but, notwithstand
ing these disadvantages against the
American railroads, they nave been
carrying freight at a rate absurdly low
as compared with European lines. Bill]
our people have been made to believe
that railroads were destroying the pro*,
parity of the country, and men who
were never Injured In sny possible way
by railroads were made to feel by the
muck-raking pen that the railroad and
tbe railroad manager were simply the
earthly representatives of Satan him
self, and that It was Ms bounden duty
to do all In his power to destroy their
Influence and their prosperity.
We are plying tht just penalty of
•ur own tins. As a ptople ws heeded
the teachings «f felts prophets, snd,
like these of old, who accepted tho
tosehingo of tho false prophots, who
elaimoa to bo divinely inspired, but
R roved not to be, we have had te pay
in penalty. The penalty has been one
aggregating hundreds of millions of
dollar* of lose to tho 8outhi It hao
mtant tho impoverishment of thousands
who ars without employment, while
twelve months ago there was mors
work to bo done thnn there were work-
ort to do it.
Frightened Mill People,
The muck-raking system Is well ||.
luatrated In a ense which came before
me several years ago. At s lime when
the cotton mill development of the
Carolines and Georgia was Just begin
ning to attract great attention, apd to
frighten tho cotton mill people of New
England, there appeared In one of the
most reputable monthly magnxine* an
account of muck-raking of a sensa
tional order, a story about cotton mill
conditions In Georgia. It wa* wrlyen
by a most excellent Southern woman.
It was so thoroughly unfair In that
It presented evtry dark side of the
J dcture without one single redeeming
eaeure, and I criticised It very strong
ly ss wholly unjust. The writer of the
article wit very much hurt and of
fended at my clrtlclsm, and shortly
afterwards, when In Baltimore, request,
ed an Interview to dlseusa the subject.
I pointed out to her that she had
picked out every dark side of the case,
that ahe had photographed only the
most sickly looking operatives, that the
had presented everything which could
by any possibility be used to the dis
credit of the cotton mill business, but
that she had not presented a single
statement aa to the many advantages
which had come to cotton mill opera
tives thru the establishment of cotton
mills; that she had failed to tell of the
wretched poverty In the mountain re
gions from which these operatives
largely hod been drawn; that she had
failed to call attention to the fact that
the cotton mill village and cotton mill
employment were the first steps In the
evolution of a people who for a cen
tury had starved mentally and phytic,
ally, nnd that the cotton mill employ
ment was the first opportunity which
they had ever had of getting a square
meal. She admitted all of this, and
said that she had written that side of
the case as a part of her story, but. thst
the editor of the magaslne refused to
publish It until she had cut out all but
the dark side. I told her that further
discussion seemed to me useless, since
she had admitted all my criticism hod
said.
Work of Cacsatt.
This story simply Illustrates the
whole muck-raking spirit. Lacking in
appreciation of the marvelous work
which hns been done by the great lead
ers In American Industry, by the great
railroad developers of the age. the
people have been made to believe thst
these men have been working only evil,
and that nothing good could possibly
come out of them. E. H. Harriman
was pictured aa one of the arch fiend*
of the day. and yet. whether E. H. Har-
rlman be tho great speculator claimed
by his enemies or not, he Is unques
tionably one of the greatest railroad
upbullders which America has pro
duced—possibly the greatest outside or
Cassatt.
Seven years ago, when Cassatt saw
the coming of Ameixcan progress, he
undertook to duplicate the whole
Pennsylvania railroad system at an ex
penditure of several hundred millions
of dollars, and anme of the Philadel
phia papers seriously questioned
whether he was not mentally unbal
anced.
Next to Cassatt. Harriman has prob
ably been the most far-seeing nnd dar
ing railroad operator, expending $250,-
000,000 to reconstruct the Union Pa
cific and $100,000,000 on the Southern
Pacific. Few men In the railroad
world—probably none—have ever more
fully grasped the marvelous potential
ities of thl* country and tried to pre
pare for the developments of the last
six or seven years than Harriman.
Creator of Wealth.
He has been a creator of wealth, ert
atlng for other people Infinitely more
than he could ever possibly absorb for
himself; but he has been presented be
fore the American public not ns a rail
road developer, not as n giant In rail
road construction, but ns u great atock
gambler, enriching himself at the ex
pense of others. What I* true of the
muck-rakers In thla case has been true
of them In dealing with every other
man prominent In business life. Ac
cording to the muck-rakers, none were
gullttees: no. not one. They were all
In a gigantic conspiracy to rob the
American people, and yet at the very
time when this muck-raking campaign
was at It* most active period the
American people were enjoying greater
prosperity than had ever been known
In our history, greater than any other
countiy In the world had ever known,
anil this proeperlty extended to every
class. Farmers were in better shape
than they had ever been, whether they
were the wheat and corn producer* of
the West, or the cotton planters of the
flouth; mechanics had more work than
thsy could possibly do, and had higher
rates of wages thnn ever known; mer
chants and manufacturer* were bu»y to
the utmoat limit of their ability. The
unceasing cry of the country was for
more men to do the work that wae
offered. •
Louisiana la simply typical of the
whole South. Every state In thla sec
tion has Its own peculiar advantages.
Alabama la more blesaed In 'coal and
Iron In quantity and proximity com
bined than any other area In the world.
Texas hoa everything that nature could
give on which to build an empire of
Industry and wealth. Mississippi, Geor
gia. the Carolina*. Arkansas. Tennessee.
Kentucky and the Vlrglnlsn are each
and all marvelously endowed with Int
ent resources, but latent or dormant
resource* will forever prove worthless
until touched by capital and quickened
Into active real wealth. The South has
more of natural resource# to offer to
capital than any other region, but It
will plead In vain for capital unless It
give to the world the .assurance of a*
good protection as can be found any
where else on earth.
Penny Savings Banks In Glasgow.
There are now 374 penny savings
hanks In operation In Glasgow and the
west of Scotland which acknowledge
the Glasgow Savings Bank aa the par
ent Institution. The value of these
minor banks Is very great not only In
Inculcating the virtue of , thrift tn
childhood but tn their actual result.
There were 1.230.330 transactions, but
at the end of the financial year the
depositors had £ 81,754 to their credit
In the Glasgow Savings Bank. The
amount depnalted during the year was
£31,453.—Westminster Oasette.
It Is stated In the newspapers that
nfter taking the oath of offle# before
the cortea on May 0, King Manuel will
make a tour of the province! of Por
tugal.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
and \
Movements of vessels.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tb# Q#orfif.it» bm rwnl* #«rh «tn/
•wu* economic fuel In reference to
the onward pro^reM of (be Month.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Yamatn. Fla., la America nnd Japan combined, and from all nt»#rrattoii« th#
moat cont4*iil*d. nnwicrona and nrojjrcaalv** rimmiuiiltjr or town In Florida. Yl>
matt* was formerljr Wyman. l»nt ny ettummn 4*oui»*nf the n«m<> to* cbanfMl to Y#-
tnatf*. There Is no hotel in Yaniato. but the otrsnfar nr trar#t#r will uerer go
hunger or thlraty here, nnd hnapltnllty rHcnn supreme, lieth eaat and w*»a». Tho
writer waa entertained by both Jrtiun and America and will never forget the hog
pttaUtr of Yamato. Ynmatn waa orlytnally started as a Japanese colony about three
years ago. but has deretiiped Into a double system, acme Monalna to the original
colony system while other* are independent growers. A section of *40 acres waa orig
inally purchased, but tnnch more laud has been nnd la now being aildeii from time
to time. Which bids fair b> become cue of the largest enterprises of Ita kind In this
country.
The land here is of all kinds. The poorest apntee pine sand land, partlenlarly
adapted for pineapple culture, end tb» rk*h.»»t hammock and pralrte tmttom for veg
etable culture. Thla vegetable land U of the finest In tbe state, and aa aercuty
Inga of the Owfugton-Maundera Laud Co., consisting of 16.301) acre*, virgin lo„„
leaf pine In llule. perry and Dlhb countb>«. Alabama, to Michigan partita Inter*
#gt#$Mu **'* ** atM ** > Lnmbcr t*o„ of Hull. Ala. Tbe prW wag approximately
This company headed by E. F. Allison. of tbe Allison Lumber Co., Bellamy,
Ala., recently iNmght tbe Bates sawmill nnd other holdings at Hull. Ala., on the A.
tl. i*. It. it., near Tuscaloosa, and haw rebuilt the mill, extended th# Hg road, etc.
YYItb thl* laat purchase they have now mon» than 9LOOO acre* of fine timber.
The PovIngtoii-gNmitler* hoblinc Is lieiiered to hare lieen the last larga liovty
of virgin pine In the Birmingham district uot owned by millmen.
Army Orders.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The following
transfers are ordered:
Second Lieutenant Walter L. Wheeler,
from Fourth Infantry to Tweuty-nluth in-
fa atry.
Second Lieutenant John H. Muncaster,
from Nineteenth Infantry to Fourth Infan-
try.
Second Lieutenant James O. Steese. corps
of engineers, Is relieved from duty at Fort
Mason. California, and will proceed by the
first Pacific mall steamship to the Isthmus
of Pannmn, and report to Lieutenant-Colonel
George W. Uoethnls. chairman of the Isth
mian canal commission.
becond Lieutenants Glen E. Kdgerton nnd
George R. Goojhnls, corpa of engineers,
upon the expiration of their graduating
leave, will proceed to New York city nnd
take the steamer willing from that place ou
May 14. IMS, for tbe Isthmus of Panauin.
whore they will report to Lieutenant-Colonel
George W. Goethals. chairman of the isth
mian cabal commission.
_ Writ Lieutenant Fielding L. Poindexter.
I.nlted States army, retired, la detailed as
P. ro ^?* Ar . military science and tactics at
tlie Northwestern Military Academy, High
land I*nrk. Ills,
Leave 6t absence for t#o months Is grant,
ed Second Lieutenant Hugh L. Walthall,
Fifteenth Jufnntry.
Leave of absence for one month la grant-
ed Major Thomas V. Kayuioud. surgeon.
Captain William E. Hunt. Eighth Infan-
try. la asalgued to tbe Twenty-serond lu-
fan try.
First Lieutenant Arthur G. Fisher. Four-
teentb cavalry, is assigned to the Thlr-
teentb cavalry.
First IJetitviiant Warren T. Hannum.
corps of engineers, upon his relief from
dnty at Guantanamo Bay. Cuba, will pro-
eeed to Havana. Cuba, and report to the
commanding general. Army of Cubau Pac
ification.
Captain Thomas J. Fcnley. Second Infan-
£|7- *HI proceed to Washington barracks.
District of i olumhla. and report to the com
manding officer, general hospital, for ob
servation mid treatment.
Captain Marlon M. Weeks. Ninth Infan
try. will proceed to Hot Springs, Ark., nnd
report to the commanding officer, army and
navy general hospital, for observation and
tr&atmrnt.
A board of medical officer* to consist of
Colonel riinrJes B. Byrne, assistant surgeon-
general: Colonel Valery Mavard. assistant
surgcou-geuehil. nnd Lieutenant-Colonel II.
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Imllrtlng, Washington, at the rail or th«
pre.ldent thereof, for the examination of
snch officers of the medical corp. si m«y
lie ordered before It to determine their
lltnesa for promotion.
Navy Orders,
Ensign I.. Balm, dttached hnresn of nsr|.
gallop, nary department, Washington, to
horn* and wait orders.
Mukden. Manchuria, ha* forty t* n -
nerlen and a large fur trade, both local
and export. Prices are 15 to 20 per
cent lower than a year ago.
CAMPAIGN POLLS
A list circulated at Bostwlck, Ga.. by
Mr. Charles Lewis among the voters
only gives Mr. Brown 37. Mr. Smith 7.
Morgan county will be badly divided,
much more (han It waa two years ago.
(Signed) W. L. CARBINE,
Madison, pa., April 26.
Tho Georgian:
Poll token on train between Lula
and Gilesvllle. Brown 26, Smith 2, non
committal 10.
(Signed) C. D. HUGHES.
Athens. Ga., April 27.
Editor Atlanta Georgian:
A ballot box was placed In the store
of one of the leading Hoke Smith sup
porters here this morning at 8 o'clock,
and kept here till 4 In tho afternoon.
Every man who desired lo was asked
to vote hla nreference for governor.
The vote wns not confined to citizens
In the town alone, but farmers from
the country who were In town were
naked to Vote. The result showed
Joseph M. Brown 57. Hoke Smith 21.
The vote was taken by a Smith man,
The Brown element In this section
seems to be growing very fast.
(Signed) F. ROY ALMAN.
Whitesburg, Oa„ April 25.
Poll Editor Georgian:
A poll of the town of Royston, In
Franklin county, yesterday, some ol
whom were fanners from the country,
resulted as follows: Brown 63, Smith
58, non-committal 7.
(Signed) L. S. M'WHIRTEB.
Royston. Go., April 25.
I have heard of only one straw bal
lot which wo* given me by Mr. M.' A.
Edwards, a very reputable furniture
merchant, doing business here, with a
request that It lie published. For Jos
eph M. Brown 27, for Governor Hoke
Smith *.
(Signed) h. S. TOIWSLEY.
Perry, Ga., April 25.
Polling Editor Georgian:
A canvas, of the voters of this place
resulted ** follows: Jo* Hrown II,
Hoke Smith 16. Th# vote seems to be
representative.
(Signed) JAMES J. COPELAND.
Sugar Valley, Ga, April 25, 1008.
Poll Editor (Jri relan:
The Odd Fellows had a barbecue
here today and there were a large
number of country people In town. A
ballot box was pleeo In Bagwell's drug
store and the balloting was looked
after by one Browp man and one
Smith man. The reeult woe Brown 333,
Smith 43.
C. P. WILLIAMS, Smith Supporter.
DAN M. BYRD, Brown Supporter.
T. D. CAIN. Brown Sunporter.
G. C. WEBB, Brown Supporter.
Lawrencevllle, Ga.. April 25, tDOS.
The Georgian:
While serving on Jury In case today
a poll of the panel I wns on wa* taken.
Result as follows: Unite Smith 11,
non-cnmmtttal 1. Thl* Jury wns com
posed of men from all over the county,
some from Meigs, Thomasvllle, Boston,
Pava. etc.
A poll of town of Pavo was taken
this week. Result: 36 for Smith, 13
for Brown, few non-cnmmlttnl.
Signed) C. T. COOPER.
Pavo, Ga., April 35.
The Atlanta Georgian:
A strew ballot was taken today *t
Jackson A Wilhite's cafe with the fol
lowing result: Hoke 8mlth 30. Joe
Brown 160. This bnllot wns perfectly
fair nnd Impartial. It was advertised
In the county paper and by handbills
scattered over town. The polls were
open from 10 n. m. till 6 p. m.
(Signed) C. E. iJACKSON.
Jefferson. Oa„ April 35, 1|08.
The Atlanta Georgian:
Sirs: Below you will find a straw
polling we made at our store: Hoke
Smith 26. Joe Brown 20.
(Signed) H. Z. nnd J. P. BRAND.
Dallas, Ga.. April 25, 1IM.
Atlanta Georgian:
Gentlemen: The following wa* the
reeult of a poll of th* town of Alma,
G*„ held *t J. H. Carter A Co.'e etort
today:
Joe Brawii 75. Hoke Smith 28, non
committal 17.
Please publish same. Respectfully.
(Signed) J. E. RICH.
W. S. KICKLITER.
Alma, Ga., April 35.
To Poll Editor:
A ballot box placed In white wait
ing room at Mnchen. Ga.. on April 22
at 10 n. m. and closed at 10 n. m„
April 25, resulted In following counts:
Joe Brown 33, Hoke Smith 4.
Wo, the undersigned, certify to the
correctness of tbe above.
(Signed) C. F. NOP.TON,
J. M. EDENS.
Maehen, Ga., April 25.
To the Georgian:
The political race In Troup Is verv
worm. The Brown men are working
hard to down Smith. Today the Han
son Hardware store was turned Into
headquarters for the campaign, ond a
voting contest established. Two tubs
were filled with lee water and every
one who took a drink was allowed to
vote for his candidate. At 6 o'clock
the ballots were counted, resulting In
163 for Brown and 108 for Smith. Some
claimed that the Brown men took
much more Interest In the contest than
did the Smith men.
(Signed) J, B. DANIEL.
LaGrange, Ga, April 24.
The Georgian:
A poll taken at the union passenger
depot Sntunlnv morning nt 11:30
o'clock showed Smith 28, Brown !>, non-
committal 8.
(Signed) A. 8. PERRT.
Cuthbert, Ga., April 27.
(From The Constitution.)
Maehen—C. T. Norton nnd J. M. Ed
en# send result of straw ballot In box
In white waiting room. - Brown S3,
Smith 4.
Lawrencevllle—C. P. Williams. O. r.
Mebb. Dan M. Byrd nnd T. D. Cain
send result of straw baHot taken dur
ing Odd Fellows' barbecue when a
large number of people were In town.
Brown *33, Smith 48.
Atlanta—J. T. Garner and T. H. Wil
liams report poll at south Forsyth and
Petera-sts. for twenty minutes. Brown
31. Smith 7. non-committal 3.
Clnxton—D. F. Bush. C. R. Way and
A. Wolport send result of straw bnl
lot In C. R. Way's store. Brown 84,
Smith 30.
Moultrie—T. H. Parker, ordinary, re
ports result of signed straw ballot In
Horkan’e drug store. Brown 138.
Smith 45.
Hlnesvllle—Dr. T. 8. Layton reports
poll taken by Donald Fraser at meet
ing of Democratic executive committee.
Brown 31, Smith 14, non-committal 13.
Wnycros*—A. p. Pcrhnm, Jr., report!
reeult of atrew ballot nt Phenlx Park.
Brown 327, Smith 43. blank ballots 2
Waynesboro—J. F. Humphrey, R. N.
Runner, Jr., H. M. Blount nnd R. B.
Blount send result of straw ballot last
ing two and one-half days In store of
Boyd A Blount. Hoke Smith 130.
Brown 44. Five votes for Smith not
counted because they were not prop
erly signed.
Fltxgerold—Isadora Odder*. A. W.
Parsons, C, B. Teal and W. E. Singer
send result of straw ballot In Halle's
drug store. Brown 156, Smith 63.
Dunwody—W. 8. Powers. J. P. end D.
. Lee report poll of 110 farmers.
Brown 102, Smith 6, non-cnmmlttnl 2.
Atlanta—Tom P. Dunham reports «
poll of Rome express. Brown 30, Smith
Egan—F. L. Moliley todk poll In hi*
store of registered voter*. Brown 33.
Smith 4.
Shellman—D, Q. Ferguson polled
business msn. Smith 14. Brown 20
Mobile, Ala.—Georg* C. Zimmer nnd
seven others send poll of Georgia trav
eling men voting In Georgia. All eight
for Brown.
Royston—L. 8. McWhlrter report*
poll of town, some farmer# In from the
country. Brown 63. Smith 51, non
committal 7. _ ,
Hull—J. T. William# and A. P. Ford
report poll of white voter*. Brown lie
Smith 11, non-committal 1.
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