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VOL. IX. NO. 305.
HOME (4TH) EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1911.
HOME(4th) EDITION PRICE: & 'Vratna FTVE CENTS
State Central Committee De
dares For New Jersey’s
Governor.
A TLANTA ALWAYS AHEAD,
THAT’S WINNING SLOGAN
Edgar Watkins Was First of
Forty
to Send It to the
Ad Men’s Club.
ONLY POINT OF HARMONY
When It Came to Expressing
Choice All Were For
PrincetoniarL
The Democratic party I, racing the beat
Moortunlty It haa had alnce 1»»2 to a,cure
«ni re control ot th* national government.
I, n ow haa a majority In-the house, nearly
> malorlty In the aenate, and a aplendld
cnoortunlty to win tha prealdency next
;,ir. it all depend*, however, on the nom-
ffl.o Should the wrong man be aelected
the opportunlty would be thrown away.
The Georgian bellevea that at present
i,r, I, no man within the party who la
. itrong a* Woodrow Wllaon, former
Georgian, now governor of New Jeraey.
Hie political career haa been brief but
brilliant. If In the next twelve month, he
maintain, the reconl he i haa made ao far,
no other Democrat will have Wllaon'e
''sol'heilevlng that Ita reader* dealra to
keep apeclally In touch with the career of
this logical leader, The Georgian will pub
lish a complete report of Wilson's accom
plishment, In hla own stats and mirror
the opinion* of him expressed by other,.
The following la from* The Detroit
New, of Friday. July 21:
The Democratic atate central com
mlttee of Pennsylvania haa swung
Into line with a declaration for Wood
row Wllaon for prealdent In 1W2. The
fact of their taking this action la the
morn noticeable because It was the
only point on which they could agree.
On all other matter* relative to, the
welfare of the Democracy In their atate
they were split far and wide. But
When It rama to expressing a choice
for ntandard bearer, they were, unanb
mous for the Pflncetonlan.
Indorsement* such as these are" by
no mean. Anal, but their cumulative
effect on; the Democratic national con
ventlon next-year can not but be.strik
lng. If the great atate of Pennsyl
vanU goes to the convention f»r Wll
son. hla chknees will be by so much
furthered from the outset. True,
’-nnsylvania has not for some time
ontrlbuted to Democratic success, but
neither ha* there been much Demo
cratic success for some time previous
to this year. Nevertheless, the position
of the Democracy haa been steadily
Improving In the Keystone state, and
succession of' crude administrations
by Republican figure-head* haa not
teen the least element In thla Im
rovement, In th* last two atate elec
Ion* Democratic victory would not
av* Men unlikely had the party been
ble to hold together. It may be (lif
erent next year,’ tho the feeling de
layed In the atate central committee
' this time does not augur so.
As to the man they have thus Big-
ally Indorsed for the prealdency, the
ommltteemen need offer no apology
or their action. Indeed, It may be thn
ource of laudable pride to them that
hry cast a unanimous ballot for him,
llllam Bayard Hale haa recently In-
ervlewed him and written of him In a
tyl« that comprehends the many facta
the man'* character, make up ami
vr.onallty, A paragraph from Mi
tale's pronouncement la at once i
Icture and an analysis of the Prince
onlan:
'.Vo one can listen to Woodrow WII-
in and see the emotions of the au-
lenre, of earnest men who hang upon
Is word*, without feeling that he la
witnessing the beginning of a political
('volution, and that lta prophet and
raptaln stands before him. This la a
n-w language—but one for which the
people have an Instructive Pentecostal
understanding. It Is a flame on the
forshsad and a shout on the lips, and
It ran not be, I-thlnk—If thl* gift of
speech la backed by the voucher of
deeds such as he promises to do aa
governor of New Jeraey—but that thla
man will he hailed aa the Incontestable
leader of Democracy, when next year
his party comes to nominate a candi
date for the presidency. The prims
'hlng I, that ho la real—real
through, from top to bottom.”'
, Explosion Injures Yacht.
St. Auguatln*. Fla., July 2*.—The small
y«ht Undine waa badly damaged by a
pf'line explosion while at tha Powor
■J*' club thla morning. Earl Iwanow-
*«i. the engineer, wa# badly burned, but
““ presence of mind enough to cast off
me lines from tha dock, thus preventing
me flame* from reaching the club gaso
line tanka and averting a terrible Are.
rh* tire department Anally extinguished
me flames on th* yacht, saving tha hull.
WANT ADS
Published by all the Atlanta
papers for the week ending
July 23, 1911, six days to
the week:
Georgian p a a d? 2,484
Journal 1,878
Constitution 1,028
On yesterday the Atlan
ta papers carried Want Ads
as follows:
Georgian 553
Journal 338
Constitution 184-
ky
.i.T? h,lp **•••• Who ir* out of • po-
TM«r n "fl®. • bettor one.
tiil 6 Georgian print* wont ado
Jit* classification "Situations
Want**" free, other classifications
CENT A WORD
"Atlanta Always Ahead!"
That’s Atlanta’s new slogan, officially
accepted and adopted by tha Ad Men’s
club.
Ahead of all other cities of creation.
Not hy an eyelash, a nose or a neck, as
‘he^turfmen put It. but a head—a full
Edgar Watkins, a prominent Atlanta
attorney, la the .winner of tho *10 prise,
and haa tho honor of being first to sug
gest the distinctive slogan.
Forty other Atlantans, proud of their
city suggested the some phraae, but
Mr. Watklha waa ’’ahead” of the other*
—he got there first with It and win* th*
prise.
There were (pore than 1.000 slogans
received In the prise competition. All
of them bristled with some good point
for Atlanta, some Idea that would have
emphasized Atlanta’s place In the fore,
ground of hustling cities, hut "Atlanta
Always Ahead” seemed to the commit
tee to breathe the very climax of aupe.
rlorlty over all rival*. And for th#
purposes In view It waa adjudged Juat
what was wanted.
"Atlanta Always Ahead!” will be
printed on buttons, badges and litera
ture.
The committee from th# Ad Men'i
EDGAR WATKIN8.
club that selected the slogan was com
posed of th# following gentlemen:
Paul P.Jteese, Ht. Elmo Masaengale,
E. H. Oooahardt, Wllllnnl F. Parkhurst,
Joseph W. Hill and Fred Houser.
"Atlanta Always Ahead!” Is an al
■Iterative beauty.
Veteran of City Politics Drops
Dead at the New
-City Hall.
EVERYBODY KNEW HIM
Custodian of Building Had
Been Prominent Figure in At
lanta For a Generation.
Chairman Stanley Shows Steel
Investigating Committee
Sensational Report.
Washington, July 2<.—Chairman
Stanley threw a bomb Into the trust
ranks at the steel Investigation today
when he produced what he declared to
ho a copy of a report made by a spe
cial attorney of the department of Jus
tice In 1908. recommending that the
International Harvester Company bo
prosecuted under the Sherman anti
trust law. Th* report (ay* that, the af
fairs of the Harvester Company and
iteel truat are closely allied, -and
for a number of years the steel
trust. had been making rebates of S3
per ton on atdel used by the Harvester
Company,-
Attorney Genera] Wlckersham and
former Attorney General Bonaparte
were Immediately subpenaed to explain
to the committee why there had been
no prosecution of the Harvester Com
pany.
The report produced by Chairman
Stanley waa. according to hla state
ment, made by Burdett D. Townaend,
special assistant to Attorney General
Bonaparte, who I
Harvester trust In 1908. Mr. Bona
parte took no action against the con
cern at that time, altho Townsend de
clared It,to be existing In violation of
tho law.
Chairman Stanley announced Jhat he
financiers, Including J. P. Moi _
behind both the steel trust and the
Harvester concern.
The report gives a graphic account
of the formation of the alleged Har
vester trust.
Consolidation Agreed Upon,
Tho report say* In part:
"In July, 19ft2, at tho suggestion of
Oeorgo W. Perkins, th* McCormicks,
Deerlngs, Joneses and Glessners went
to New York city and entered Into ne
gotiation* for the purpose of effecting
a combination of tho McCormick, Deer-
Ing. Plano, Champion and Milwaukee
companies. Cyrus J. McCormick had
secured an option on nil of the cnpltal
stock of the latter. Tho general terms
of a consolidation were agreed upon.
The parties wont homo and caused In
ventories of their plants to bo made.
“About two weeks later they nil re
turned to New Tork with tho Inven-
torlee and the negotiations were re
newed. They agreed on everything ex
cept the value of tho plants.
"George W. Perkins, of the firm of J.
P. Morgan & Co., conducted th* nego
tiations and devised and executed the
plan finally agreed upon.
The General Plan.
The general plan wa* that the five
companies be merged Into a new cor
poration to be created for that pur
pose, the stockholder* of the merging
companies to bo compensated by capital
stock of the new corporation to the
amount of their respective Interests as
determined by the appraisements.
"The terms agreed upon incldded I he
selection of the officer* of the new com
pany. th* compensation to be paid J, P
Morgan A Co. for their services and
other Important details. The agree
ment waa Immediately carried out.
"On August 12, 1902. the International
Harvester Company wa* organised un
der th# laws.of New Jersey, with a
capital of *120.000,000, which was about
*10 000,000 In excess of the aggregate
of the Inventories. ,
••On the same day all the capital stock
of th* constituent companies were con
veyed to one William C. Lane as trus
tee and subsequently by him conveyed
to the International Harvester Compa
ny* at the same time all of the capital
stock of the International Harvester
Company was Issued and delivered to
said William C. Lane a* trustee,
A Stockholders Trust.
“On .the next day Lane entered Into
„ stockholders voting trust agreement
with C. J. McCormick. James Deering
and George W. Perkins a# voting
the terms of which all of
stock of th# InternatloAal
Harvester Company was transferred to
eald voting trustee* with authority to
exercise it# voting i»wer only; stock
trust certificate* to be Issued by said
voting trustee* to th# various parties
entitled thereto; such voting trust to
continue for the term of ten year*, with
th,- proviso that It corld be terminated
at any time after August f. 1997. by a
majority „f the trustee* on 90 day* no-
tire. _ t(ul
rus J McCormick
Conference Includes Chairman
Mason, Acting Mayor Can
dler and Jennings.
That Pollc* Chief Henry Jennings
will retire, a rumor In the air for more
than a year, Is believed to have been
definitely decided by him by develop
ments of the past few weeks, and on
Wednesday morning especially.
At a recent • meeting* of council aev
eral policemen were retired on pen
slons and other applications are talked
of. A pension ordinance Is for the first
time In operation In Atlanta's city gov
emment. Chief Jennings has been In
the department for more than twenty
years, and I* 76 years old. Besides
this, there Is the natural delicacy of his
health, and the duties of the office are
Increasing with the satpe rapidity that
the city la growing.
•On Wednesday morning Carlos H,
Mason, chairman of tho police board,
catlod upon Acting Mayor Candler.
Something like an hour later Chief
Jennings called and Chairman Mason
cams In In a few minutes again, both
saying' It was by appointment. It was
too near pres# time to get the result of
tha conference, even if the participants
were willing to tell, but continuous ru
mors have been that the rhlef would
retire soon, and the natural Inference
that this Is the cause of the con
ference Wednesday afternoon; for no
other matter of sufficient Importance Is
known that could bring about this
meeting.
There has been no evidence of desire
i the part of
the chief, and
tlrement, It probably come* of hi* own
volition.
The procedure Is that he shall sign
an application, to he petard on by th*
health officer, the mayor and then
council.
Because It haa been realised that tho
retirement of the chief Is Imminent,
prognostications as to who would he
lls successor have been frequent
such an event Captain Beavers seems
to hav* the beat chance for the place,
while Asalstant Chief Jett will, of
course, receive consideration.
Should the chief be retired on a pen
sion, he would receive *60 per month.
-I-l-M-frM-H
WHAT LEGISLATURE
DID ON WEDNESDAY
HOUSE.
Refuted to reconsider vote on 4*
4* bill establishing state bureau of 4*
4* labor. 4*
4* Introduced and passed number 4*
4* of local bills. 4*
4- +
4- SENATE. 4*
4* Tabled service pension bill after 4*
4* a three hour debate. 4*
4* Passed a # resolution creating a 4-
4* standing commission to handle the 4*
4* leasing of the Western and At- *
4* lantle railroad. 4*
4* Parsed ‘several local bills. 4*
4* Received several new bills.
J. Bid Holland, on* of the veterans
identified with city politics and of
whom It Is said no man 1g Atlanta had
more personal acquaintances and
friends, dropped dead while attending
to his dutlos as custodian of the city
hall Wednesday morning *t S o'clock
Heart disease caused his death.
Every ons who has spent many years
In Atlanta knew Bid Holland, and even
his opponents In bitter political cam
paigns have always liked him
was a quiet, self-contained man, but
his death leaves’* vacancy that won't
be filled.
Like the death of hla former business
associate, Frank H. Hllbum. with
whom he conducted an undertaking
establishment several yenrs ago, the
end wa* tragic. It wa* during last
summer that Mr. Hllburn, then a mem
ber of council, committed suicide.
Mr. Holland left hls home early Wed
nesday morning seemingly well, tho for
the past few years members of th*
family say hls health has been falling,
for he wa* near 70 years old- Hs was
supervising the work of some negroes
at the Forayth-at. entranre of the city
hall when he fell backward, and died
without speaking a word or uttering
a sound.
A Veteran of th* War.
'Mr. Holland came to Atlanta Just
after th* war. . He was born In Griffin,
but went to Mississippi, and as a mem
ber of Company K, Forty-second Mis
sissippi, fought during the four years
of the wai^_ rising from a private to a
captain. He was married to Miss
Emma Camilla Reed, daughter of Mr*.
P. P. Reed, of Atlanta, anfl then en
gaged In the contracting business.
In Atlanta Polities,
But the moat Interesting part of hls
life and the ephere In which he was
best known was hls association with
city politics. He began In the early
days as a lieutenant In the police de
partment, but after several years there
resigned and became associated with
the Kimball house.
Here was the beginning of the ex
tension of hls acquaintance and friend-
ships—the reason Hint Ins death Is an
especially sad one.
Ho first ran for council In 1*99, was
re-elected aa an alderman, and then
again aa a councilman. He waa
member of the body when real political
history was made In Atlanta, during
the famous Kngllsh-Brotherton fights,
and the life and death struggle for
street railway franchises between the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
and Joel Hurt. It waa the Third ward
he represented, and there everyone
knew him.
Blnce then he has served two terms
as a member of the water board and
on* term aa a park commissioner,
went back to the police department as
the commissioner from the Third word
gml resigned that position the first
of the year to become custodian of
tho city hall.
Mr. Holland also took an Interest In
county politics, nnd twice ran on a
tlrket for sheriff, onre In 1990 with
Dr. Amos Fox. and In 1910 with B. H.
", Roan.
Hls most Intimate friends e’er#
among the Confederate veterans. He
was past commander of Camp W. H.
Walker, and was ever an enthu
siastic attendant at reunions.
For he had been a real soldier end
carried a scar from a'wound at the bat
tle of Lookout mountain.
He Is survived by hls wife, six tons.
Fred, Ralph, Moss, Harry, Philip and
Hid. Jr.; one daughter, Mae Reese Hol
land, and also two sisters, Mrs. J. R
Love and Mrs. Emma Ruff, of Smyrna
Bid Holland, the Peachtre-et. hab
erdasher, was a nephew.
The remains were taken to the resi
dence, 411 East Fair-st. The funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
A MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT DOBBS
6AMUEL C. DOBBS.
. .. ... ably pr««id®d ovar th* ._ „
haa Honored Atlanta while winning laurele for himself.
Juat * Weak until we meet In Boaton!
Tho approaching convention of tho As-
noclated Advertising Clubo of America I*
dlftcuseod not only In mnory city of
Jnlted Htatca, hut throughout tho
world.
It promises to he one of tho most nota
.0 gatherings America has over seen,
bringing together in Boston the leading
creatlye minds of this country.'men of
dynamic force, as well as great ability.
Knowledge, Kinetic, will bo the guiding
power of these four days.
Tho mission of tho advertising clubs of
America In tho study and development of
advertising and tho Boston convention
will advertise advertising, and impress
upon the woHd-at-large not only tho Im
portance of advertising, buth the superior
ity of tho men engaged In promoting It
no to Boston resolved to give good and
determined to get the best. » •
I appeal now to the clubs to send strong
delegations to Boston—men who not only
can and win properly represent the clubs,
men who will be able to return home
Instructions. This Is no political organl
satlon. but a body of earnest men. pledged
to the uplift and betterment of advertis
ing. which Is not only a creative force
in the commercial world, but a great civ
ilising influence, destined to play a large
and a larger part In the commercial fu
ture of all nations.
The Importance of this convention Is
Dallns. the queen city of the southwest,
backed by all of her neighbors, will go to
Boston to present her claims for the next
convention.
The Twin rifles, the geographical cen
ter of North America, nestling at the
head of navigation of the great father of
waters, with aspirations to become the
And there ara other cities anxious to
have you.
Hear their claims, and then cast your
vote for that city of your choice, bearing
In mind that we go not for our pleasure
alone, but for. the beat Interests of ad
vertising. Many names have been men
tioned for the high office of president—
FAILSJ AWE
Hoke Smith Is Not Called to
Washington by Demo
cratic Senators.
HE WILL STAY IN GEORGIA
hecanse you believe him qualified to lead
the organisation to bigger and better
things. Let every act at the approach-
convention be a contribution toward
Id lng a monument for advertising that
will forever stand aa a rebuke to carping
critics of an organisation pledftd to tye
betterment and uplift of publ
Go snd play the part of real men, prac
ticing a man’s vocation and living a man's
life.
As your president, this Is my last of
ficial message. My two years' w^g'haa
been rich In/.xperlence and delightful as
sociation*. /fou have upheld my hands.
You-have responded to my every call.
I have served you aa beat I knew.
In the end no greater reward th
kindly recollection* of whatever
good work I may have done, and your
•heritable forgetfulness of such errors as
may have made.
Let tin gather and make history In Bos
ton August 1, 2. 8 and 4.
PLAIN DICK RUSSELL
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN
rectors, and each of the constituent
companies was represented on the
board of managing directors.
“The appraisements were soon made,
Stock trust certlflcatea were then Is
sued by the voting trustees aa follows:
‘Stockholders of McCormick Compa-
151,000,000; members of peering
Company co-partnership; $40,000,000;
stockholders of the Plano Company,
$4,000,000; stockholders of Champion,
$8,000,000; Cyrus H. McCormick, for
Milwaukee stock, $2,700,000; J. P. Mor
gan & Co., for services, $5,000,000. To
tal, $110,700,000.
“The balance of the capital atock,
$9,300,000 waa placed on the market
and sold, stock trust certificates belm.
Issued to the purchasers. Most of It
waa purchased by John D. Rockefeller.**
Senator Kenyon 8ubponasd.
Senator .Kenyon, of Iowa, who waa
an assistant attorney general at* the
time of the report, waa also subpenaed
resident of the company; James this morning to tell what he know*
Deering, chairman of tbs board of dl- about tbe nutter, and took the stand.
Frenchman Captures $50,000
Prize Offered by London
Daily Mail.
JUDGE R. B. RUSSELL.
Appellate cour* justlec amt can
didate f<r governor, who made
opening address Wednesday at
Dublin. . _
Brooklands, England, July 2*.—Lieu
tenant Tonneau, the French officer fly
ing under th* name of Andre Beau
mont, today won the 1,010-mll* clrrult
of England snd Scotland air race, cap
turing the 159,099 priie offered by The
London Dally Stall for the greatest
aviation contest ever held.
Conneau arrived at the finish line at
the Brooklands control, having finished
the last 49,mile lap of England’s great-
est air contest at approximately * mile
n minute. Tonneau left Brighton at
1:28 and arrived here at 2:97, making
the 40 mile* In 39 minute*.
Tonneau llcw the greater part of the
la»t day’s stage of 284 miles from Brls.
tnl In a thrilling neck-and-neck rare
with hls fellow countryman, Pierre
Jules Vedrtne, hla only other serious
contender.
Vo<$rine Was Detained.
When Tonneau arrived hern Vedrtne
was still detained at Brighton, the com
pulsory rest ruin- of the contest com
pelling the latter to remain at the
Brighton control until later. Conneau
lias become wealthy thru his air ex
ploits In the past two months, hls $50,-
ooo prize won today bringing hls total
earnings since June 28 to about $95,000.
The PYenrh offWr won $45,000 In the
circuit of Europe race.
one hundred thousand persons
of the spectacular race fairly mobbed
the French airman aa ha brought hls
Illerlot monoplane to earth gracefully.
Conneau was nearly exhausted by hls
long nnd arduous day’s work. Break
ing thru police lines, a mob of the
Vinner's enthusiastic fellow country
men picked Conneau up and bore him
upon their shoulders, while »*r|e« of
"Viva Franco!” and “Hurrah for C.'on-
vRo'iUftiir mingled alth shouts from Brit-
bad turned out to welcome the winner lsh and French throats.
AGAIN ALARMING
Aged Pontiff Is Mentally Clear,
But Physically Very
Weak.
Roma, July 88.—The heavy cold from
which Pope Plus la suffering caused
him extreme difficulty In breathing to
day. and Is having a serious effect
upon hls heart.
Both shters of the pontiff spent part
of the night nt the vath-an. but they
went to their apartments nearby today
upon assurances from Dr. Petard that
the patient's fever had slightly de
creased.
The pope’s entourage Is thoroughly
alarmed over hls condition In view' o(
the feeble condition In which he haa
been for several months. Though he
Is mentally clear, and has been able to
conduct the affairs of atate In an able
manner, be is physically very weak,
and even hls physicians fear that any
fever of long duration. In conjunction
with hls advanced age— $0 years—
might result In hla death.
False Alarm in Report His Vote
Is Needed on'Wool
Schedule.
The Macedonian cry failed to ar
rive."
That Is what Governor Hok* Smith
had to say Wednesday morning of th#
report from Washington publlshsd In
The Constitution of Wednesday that
Democratic senat* leaders had tele
graphed him urging hi* preianc* In
Federal senate on’Thursday when
the vote on th# wool schedule tariff
bill will be taken.
Just before noon Wednesday Govern,
or Smith reoolved * telegram from *
senator In Washington stating that *
letter fully advising him of the national
legislative situation had been mailed.
The governor construe* title message to
Indicate hls presence will not be need
ed In Washington on Thursday. Had
ho been needed, the telegraph instead
of the mall would have been used to
acquaint him with conditions.
The governor will not go to Wash
ington at this time or any other time
In the Immediate future, according to
present plans. He I* being advised by
friends In the eenate as to the trend of
legislation, and they have not seen fit
to sound on alarm calling him to the
scene of action. Until they do, he will
continue hi* present course of remain
ing governor and looking after legisla
tion that he think* of more Importance
to the people of Georgia than one
vote In Washington on a measure that
will be decided by a reasonable ma
jority whlcb ever way Itr goes.
Governor Bmtth explains th* Wash,
lngton situation that suggested the
"Macedonian cry" by refereno* to a
graph near the dose of the morn-
paper’s etory of Wednesday, It
seems there waa.a report In circulation
In Washington on Tuesday that ths In
surgent . Republicans were about to
break away from the LaFollette Repub
lican substitute bill and support th*
Underwood house Democratic measure,
In which event the Democrats would.,
need to poll their entire StrengtH to put
their measure thru. It being uncertain
Just how many Insurgents would come
over. But this seemed to be a false
alarm, a* the opening sentence of the
next paragraph Indicated. That sen
tence follows:
"There was an Immediate canvass of '
the situation, and It was found that
some of those mentioned as favorable
to the hbuse bill had been placed In a
‘ ,lse position.”
As long as the Insurgents stand to-
S ether for ths LaFollette bill Governor
mlth and hls advisers at Washington
can see little hope for th* Democrats to
pass the Underwood bill thru the sen
ate, and they do not believe there Is a
possibility of one vote either way de
termining the result. Therefore, he will
remain In Georgia for tho present.
J. R. SMITH INTO RACE
Delegation From Locust Grove
Will Start Something
Saturday. .. t£i
Rumor* ere persistent to tho effect
that J. R. Smith will be forced Into tha
gubernatorial race by Ms friends and*
that clans ars gathering to go In a body
to Mr. Bmlth's home on Saturday to
demand that he permit bis name to go
before the people.
These clans are said to include a del.
egatlon from Atlanta's organised labor,
delegation from Mr. Bmlth's home
section and others who have been In
terested In Mr. Bmlth's political activi
ties In tbe past few years.
Conaldsrable significance was given
to these rumors by the feet that Pro
fessor Clauds Gray, of Locust Grove,
who headed a delegation which came to
Atlanta several weeks ago on the same
mission, but was requested by Mr.
Smith to return home with aa little
demonsratlon as possible, came to At
lanta Wednesday morning. „
reporter met Professor Gray at
the train and endeavored to Interview
him as to the purpose of hls visit at
this time and its probable connection
with the rumors afloat as to the storm
ing of Mr. Smith's fortresses Saturday.
But Professor Gray was not willing to
either confirm or deny that he was here
for anything political.
The only thing J. R. Smith will say In
response to Inquiries Is that he Is not a
candidate end that hls vots and assist
ance *r* pledged. It Is known that he
mean* they ere pledged to Governor
Brown and that If Governor Brown en
ters the race J. R. Smith will be one ol
those making an aggressive fight for
him.
The ex-governor’s silence tends to
odd weight to these rumors, end It he*
been stated that this silence has beer.
Interpreted ax an Indication that he
does not Intend to accept another call it
a candidate acceptable to hls friends
■a 111 make the race.
Professor Gray said that he and
many others from Butts and Henry
ounties had urged Mr. Smith to be
come a candidate, but he was silent
about any future plane which tht
friends of Mr. Smith might have.