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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1011.
Were the Alabama Boys Who Fear No Harm"
| That’s the Report Chief Beav-.
Undaunted by Many Accidents, ers Has of Absconding At-
Coast - to - Coast Aviator
Continues Trip.
COVERED OVER 4,000 MILES
Expects to Reach Pasadena on
Afternoon of 5th—First to
Cross Continent.
Imperial Junction, Cal., Nov. 4,—Un
dnunted by what was perhaps the most
thrilling: successful fight for his life a
man ever made In an aeroplane. 4,000
feet above the earth. C. P. Rodgers
planned to leave here today for Pasa
dena. Cal., on the last dash of his
coast-to-eoaat flight.
S He expects to end his record-break
lng tflp of more than 4,000 miles and
the first night across the North Ameri
can continent at Pasadena tomorrow
afternoon.
Mechanicians worked all night re
pairing the wrecked motor of Rodgers
biplane. They expected to have It
ready for the aviator before noon.
When the cylinder head of Rodgers'
motor blew out yesterday metal flew
all about hint and the explosion almost
blinded him. Only the perfect mastery
of his machine, which enabled him to
volplane four miles to earth, saved him
from death.
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winking the government on supplies
and probably profiting Immensely
thereby.
HANKOW SET AFIRE:
MASSACRE CONTINUES
Shanghai, No. 4.—Terrible conditions
are reported from Hankow today, which
may change the entire complexion of
the revolutionary situation and bar all
Attempts to secure Immediate peace.
The blackened remnants of the city of
Hankow were again fired either by In-
crndlary soldiers or from artillery shells
and wfere In flames today while hun
dreds of wounded soldiers lying In the
narrow streets were crushed beneath
falling walls.
Massacres of cjvlllans are reported to
have been Inaugurated again by both
Hides, the rebels killing Manchu fami
lies end the Imperialists slaughtering
lho Chinese.
WESLEYAN MISSION
. HAS BEEN DESTROYED
Pekin, Nov. 4.—The Wesleyan mis
sion at Hankow Is reported to have
been destroyed. Advices received from
I here today stated that the conflagra
tion was spreading nnd that an ambu
lance steamer was started to the rescue
of the mission, but was fired upon by
I 'bcl artillery and forced to turn back.
Huns mounted on the rebel redoubtx
along the water front prevented ships
ianta Speculator.
Is J. Wylie Smith, absconding secre
tory and treasurer of the Commercial
Loan and Trust Company, still In Jail
in Chihuahua, Mexico?
Haa he been released and Is he at
present a colonel In command of a reg
Iment In the Mexican army?
Has hp been released and Is he a fu
gitive In hiding somewhere In the
Western states?
The first person sending the correct
solution of this purxle to Chief Beav
ers of the police department will be
awarded—
At any rate. Chief Beavers Is ask
ing, "What Is the answer?''
As far as official advices are con
cerned—none of which hove been re
ceived of late—the elusive Atlantan Is
supposed to be languishing behind tho
bars of the Mexican prison In Chi
huahua.
According to official beliefs, based on
unofficial reports, he Is at liberty.
So strong Is this opinion that Chief
Beavers Is at present sending circu
lars broadcast over ghe country re
questing the arrest of the missing
Smith and announcing the offer of a
reward at $100. Most of these circu
lars are going Into the West, owing to
the repqrt that Smith has been seen In
the vicinity of El Paso. Texas.
The latest report to reach Chief Bea
vers has It that the muchly sought At
lantan, ‘freed from the Mexican Jail,
has been given a commission In the
Mexican army and Is now In command
of a regiment ns colonel. If this be
true, the police say they have little
hope of ever getting "Colonel Smith”
back to Atlanta.
The only information obtainable by
the police Is that the extradition pa
pers have been prepared, that they are
now resting peacefully In Washington
nnd are ready to be served on the Mex
ican government.' That the proceed
ings have become balled up In some
manner, however. Is admitted, and there
Is no intimation that an attempt will
be made to extradite Smith at an
early date, If ever at all. Tills, the
police believe, strengthens the theory
that the fugitive Is no longer In cus
tody.
It has been suggested that the re
cent Mexican revolution had n depress
ing effect on the extradition proceed
ings and that this Is responsible for the
delay. Even If this Is true. It Is also
further believed that this delny has re
sulted In Smith's release and tho hon
oring of the fugitive by the Mexican
government.
Chief Beavers has received a formal
request from El Paso, Texas, for a
complete description of Smith, it being
believed that ho Is In that city. Tho
description, with a picture of the miss
ing banker, was forwarded there Sat
urday morning.
from attempting to save the remnants
of the city. *
Resides 160 wounded persons In the
mission there wero 50 blind boys, and
these, with the mission stafT, made up
n total of 300 persons In the Institu
tion. Dr. Booth, head of the mission,
asked Imperialists to grant nn armis
tice of two hours until the wounded
could bo removed. Tho bombardment
censed for about half an hour, when
It was resumed again.
If you didn’t begin reading "The
Prodigal Judge” when it was begun,
take It up now. The synopsis, published
each day, tells In detail all that hoa
;one before.
COAT
500 STRONG TO GAME
College Band and Mascot Goal
Draw Big Crowd to See the
Parade From Train.
Photos by Mathowson •
SOME OF THE 450 ROOTERS WHO CAME FROM AUBURN SATURDAY MORNING TO. “GET TECH’S GOAT.” .
The parade from the Terminal station was unique, Besides sev.eral mascots, a tremendous football and megaphones to burn* the Auburn crowd had
a few yells to cut loose when the band wasn't playing.
HAVE STAYED OUT
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Address all subscriptions and communications
to The Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.
on record with the society as Indors
ing Hon. Hoke Smith, and the subse
quent publicity that was given tho In
cident, militated to a large extent In
fgVor of the candidacy of Hon. Joseph
M. Brown, who was elected governor,
I would Uku for those who. might have
been Influenced thereby to know that
my action was basud upon my belief
that Mr. Brown was a more consistent
prohibitionist than was Mr. Smith. 1
believed that we had less to fear from
Mr. Brown eo far ne the safety of our
temperance measure was concerned.
Now, for the same reason, I believe
that Hon. Pope Brown should receive
the support of the temperance people.
Ills utterances on tho subject of pro
hibition are straight out, and unmls-
tnkuble. Those of Mr. Russell are also
without ambiguity. These two men
havo drawn tho Issue to sharp lines,
and have given their followers notice
of where they stand. Joe Brown has
played both to tlje temperance pecplo
and the brewers, His ambiguous ut
terances are taken as salve of a sooth
ing nature both py the makers of near-
beer os well as tho lukewarm prohi
bitionists. His position Is dangerous,
therefore, to our temperance cause,, and
I consider his candidacy a menace to
the prohibition law. It he was the ar
dent prohibitionist that he led me
personally to believe, when I talked
with him during hls first race, he. would
not have entered the race after the
Issue had been drawn by two candi
dates so sharply, thereby dividing the
temperance vote and menacing the
cause. It would hove been hls part, as
a'true prohlbttnotat, to have remained
«ut of the race, throwing hls support
and hls following to Hon. Pope Brown.
To those who might have been In
fluenced by my notion, I would say:
I favor the candidacy of Hon. Pope
Brown, and this should be the stand
of every honest prohibitionist In the
state of Georgia, who would neither
hnve the return of the open saloon, nor
the nefarious nuisance of the near-
beer curse.
Very truly,
(Signed) MRS. SAM P. JONES.
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usually repeated what he had Just said
when tho uproar subsided.
A numbor of women were present and
occupied seats In tho boxes while a
few others wero scattered thru the
orchestra floor: I •
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, chair
man of Judge Russell's campaign com
mittee Introduced the candidate, who
lost no time In gottlpg started (With
hls speech. The first half of It was
devoted to pleas for more and better
rural schools, for double tile facilities
now provided at the State Normal and
Industrial school in Mllledgevllle to
educate the poor girls; the extension
of the Western and Atlantic railroad to
the sea, the regulation of corporations
nnd the construction of Intra-state
highways under state aupervislon and
aid without regard to county lines. Lo
cal option was the one theme of tho
last liiiir. The wind-up was a flight of
choice language, throwing bouquets to
the people of the state.
\Yhen he launched Into local option,
Judge Russell said In part:
Russell’s, Liquor Platform.
’•1 am not here tonight to mako any
apology or defense to my unequlvoca-
ble declaration In favor of local option.
I mean the right of every county In
Georgia to rcgulato Its own internal
affairs. I am not a new convert on
that line, either. In 1882, 1883, 1884 and
1885, when I was In the legislature, for
four long years I voted for a local op
tion bill that Charlie Pringle intro
duced and fought for. The prohibition
ists wero for It then, too.
"Local option Is a well settled dem
ocratic principle. It is not Just a ques
tion of Selling liquor. It applies to lo
cal taxation, road systems, bonded In
debtedness. fence law or stock law.
\yhon It la said that because I am a
local optionlst I'm n whisky man, I hurl
the statement back Into the teeth of
the Ignorant and hypocritical Pharisees
that 1C Is a falsehood. We are told that
a local optionlst is a whisky man and
that every good man should stand be
hind the prohibition law. I deny It.
"The whole trend of modern times Is
to give the people more power at the
ballol box. Thirty years ago I was ap
plauded for being a local optionlst But
now those same people say that a; local
optionlst is nothing but a whisky man,
and that the people ought not to bis per
mitted to vote on what they want.
Think of it, that after 30 years, with
all the enlightenment and progress you
are too Ignorant to be trusted at the
ballot box. This is not a question <of
liquor with me. it's a question of ..prior
elplc. Home rule the world over»hs de
mocracy. What is democracy If not the
power of the people to rule?
"Jefferson Davis, that chivalrous
leader of the South—the last public
service he did was to stump the stato
of Texas for local option. The democ
racy of Jefferson Davis Is good enough
for me. s
"1 am not appealing for support
the criminal class of Georgia. I am ap- I
pealing to the law -abiding citizens who I
want local self-government."
"Preachers Against You.”
Here some one in the audience in
terrupted that "all the preachers In tho
state are against you.” Judge Russell
replied:
"1 don't think they are all against
me.'!
Continuing, the speaker said:
"t hnve pitched my campaign on so
high a plane that nothing has been
done or will be done till the day of the
election that any man can question.
"Under Charlie Pringle's local option
law 120 counties ami more had adopted
Its provisions prohibiting the sale of
vinous, malt or spirituous liquors In
any place, manner or time In those-
counties. Can any one tell me what
necessity brought about the prohibl-
............ tlon bill of 1907? There was no ne-
ty commissioners, the terms of 8. B. Tur- cesslty except polities. In 1906 all five
"" of the candidates for governor were for
local option. Governor Hoke Smith,
who was elected; myself, v.-ho ran
second; Mr. Howell. Mr. Estlll and Mr.
James Smith—all declared in that cam
paign for local option. The next year.
In passing the prohibition bill, the leg
islature. as a body of politicians, took
snap Judgment on the people of this
state. That law was sprung by stealth
and passed by artifice. It adds about
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tlon Is that the Issue has been Injected;
the question Is now what are we going
to db with It? Shall we meet It or run
from ft? My Idea Is that we should
meet It without hesitancy. I am per
fectly willing to do so. I have always
voted the prohibition ticket and shall
stand or fall with that crowd. Sty only
regret Is my Inability to present the
question to the people of the state in
such a manner as-so Important a ques
tion deserves. There are those win-
would advocate leaving the question t >
the people. This proposition roust net •
essarily come from those who are not
satisfied with the present law. My hit a
Is that the attitude of the real prohibi
tionist Is to keep the present law, per
fect It. and enforce it.”
From The Golden Age
HERE’S TO THE GEORGIAN!
It Sounds a Bugle Note in Georgia.
The friends of prohibition and clean government are re
joicing in Georgia and in “the regions beyond’’ over the
declaration of Editor F. L. Seely in The Atlanta Georgian in
favor of the gubernatorial candidate who stands for straight-
out, state-wide prohibition. Many people had become con
fessedly impatient for this declaration, but it'is evident now
that The Georgian has simply been waiting for a .clearer line
up oh the part of the third candidate.
We have always i believed that THE GEORGIAN’S
HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, and now, with the is
sues of the campaign so clearly defined, we may look for
such a campaign for CONTINUED'prohibition'and BETTER
prohibition as the clean-columned GEORGIAN knows so well
how to lead.
a dozen crimes tnj the catalogue In
Georgia, Every time your wife or mine
goes out to the grape arbor and gath
ers a few grapes to make some wine or
sends the children down to the black
berry patoh to pick berries with which
she makes n little cordial, she becomes
a criminal In the'eyes of this law. Just
as the blackest, meanest negro that
walks around boot-legging liquor.
"Pope Brown says he stands In fa
vor of that law, and hls twin brother.
Little Joe, with a voice too weak to
speak, whispers 'me, too.' They arc
both willing to let It stand. I’m against
It. It's no day for atraddlefi and dodg
ers to be abroad. It’s not a question
of whisky. It’s a question of local
self-government and democracy. It’s
home rule."
Attacks-Pope Brown.
Judge Russell questioned Pope
Brown's sincerity as a prohibitionist,
citing a statement Issued recently by
Dupont Guerry, to the effect that Pope
had not supported him when running,
ns a prohibition candidate.
"But," said Judge Russell, "Pope went
down to Macon, and took supper and
spent tho night -with Dupont and now
Dupont Is stumping the state for him.
But he hasn't taken back what he said
about Pope not being a prohibitionist.
I think Pope should tell what he said
to Dupont and what Dupont said to
him that night........
"Joe Brown says he wants the people
to vote on this question. When Little
Joe was running for governor I sup
ported him In hts fight for the county
unit plgn, so that the small counties
could have a voice In the government
of this state. Now- he comes along and
wants to submit this to the whole state.
That Is not the county unit Idea. If all
but seven counties should vbte for pro
hibition and those seven for local op
tion, he would saddle prohibition on
every one. If a majority of the coun
ties voted for local option, he would
open the way for liauor to be sold In
Governor Hoke Smith on Sutaniar
ordered Thomas S. Felder, attorney
general, and Judge J. K. Hines, special
counsel ■ for the state railroad com*
mission, to Institute legal proceedings
against the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Railway Company, lessee of
the Western, and Atlantic railroad,
owned by the state of Georgia,
every county, prohibition and all, In t hT l )e*i(!e e 'th!. r w eC . < i! V fn “I’, 8 "" of
n.nni. lne lc8 soc, the Nashville, Chattanooga
this state. That Is not w hat the people nn d St. Louis Railway Company, to
want. They want every county to be, hls order of last month for the rail-
Auburn's Janitor must be Jonesom,
on Saturday, for every one of the <so
and more students of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute Is In Atlanta for
the Auburn-Tech football game Satur
day afternoon. At least It looked I'ke
every one when the Alabama colie.
glans passed thru Mitchell. Whltehai'
and Peochtrcc-sts., uhnrtly after n
o'clock Saturday morning. Everybody
from the shert-troueered kids In the
prep department to the dignified grav
haired professors came over on the
Auburn special that rolled Into the
Terminal station at 11 o'clock. And
they let It be known by a large ma
jority-that they were on the Job to root
for Auburn at .Ponce DeLeon gridiron
Saturday afternoon.
Headed by a couple of enthusiastic
rooters carrying batons and pennantt
the Auhurnites paraded thru the down
town district Immediately fol'oirlng
their arrival. Just behind the two
Idhders came eight huskies pushing a
monster football, made of wooden
framework covered -with orange and
blue bunting, typifying Auburn's col
ors. And then came the college cadet
band of sixteen members In their gray
uniforms, playing popular march airs
following In the wake of the band were
the more than 400 other students y.ith
here and there a faculty member
every one carrying some Auburn em
blem—orange and blue pennants, rib-
OJns. miniature footballs, canes and
rvhnt not. They marched In twos, giv
ing college yells, chanting Indian
dirges and uttering Comanche war-
g hoops.
About the middle of tho procession n
dozen stalwarts put hands to line and
dragged the college goat behind them,
The goat didn’t resist very forcibly,
fdr he knew It was no use.
Another dozen tied themselves to.
gethcr with ropes of orange ami blue
hunting and made their presence felt
If their yells and .glbea to sidewalk
pedestrians.
The asphalt pavement in the middle
of the street was better than sidewalk,
to the collegians; for It gave them more
room In which to display their college
spirit.
W.U REFUSES TO OBEY
Hoke Smith Instructs Attorneys
to File Suit Against Lessees
of the Railroad.
permitted to say for ITzeif what It
yvants. The truth of the business Is,
there wasn't anywhere else for Little
Joe to go In this campaign."
Before the speaking began a brass
band In front of the theater played for
half an hour,' attracting the crowd.
JOINT MEETINGS END ,
IN CENTRAL CHURCH
Separate services In each church on
Sunday will bring to a close the aeries
of revival meetings In which the Cen
tral Presbyterian and the Second Bap
tist congregations have been uniting
for the past two weeks.
The lost Joint service was at noon
Saturday, for the usual dally half hour
of prayer and song. The series was
begun a wedk ago last Sunday, and
during the first week the services were
held In the Second Baptist church. This
week they have been In the Central
church.
Dr. Dunbar Ogden, the Central pas
tor, and Dr. John E. White, of the See
ohd chqrch, have alternated In the
preaching. They have delivered strik
ing messages of the gospel, and the
effects of their sermons have been deep
and lasting.
Dr. Ogden states that the series has
been a great benefit and inspiration
to the, pastors as well aa the, congre
gations. It has been a good thing for
the churches to come together. New
acquaintances have been made and
fast friendships formed. The attend
ance has been good, and a very
earnest spirit manifested throughout.
Dr. Ogden will be In hls pulpit In
the morning and the evening Sunday,
and Dr. White will preach twice to hls
congregation.
way company* to show cause why Its
lease should not be forfeited because
of refusal to opnly Georgia railroad
commission tariffs on Interstate ship
ments of freight between Chattanooga
nnd Georgia points. This answer from
President J. W. Thomas of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis denied
the right of the stato of Georgia to en
force Georgia tariffs on thru ship
ments to and from Chattanooga.
The governor, after rending this an
swer, called In General Felder and
Judge Hines for a conference, with the
result that they were directed to pro
ceed against the leasee. Suit will prob
ably be filed In the next ten days, be
fore Governor. Smith goes out of offcs
on November 16.
When a cold becomes settled in the
system. It will take several days' treat
ment to cure It. and the best remedy to
use Is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It will cure quicker than any other, and
also leaves the system in a natural and
healthy condition. Sold by all dealers.
HIGHI AND BAPTISTS WILL.
KEEP REV. MR. CRUMLEY
The Rev. J.-A. Crumbly, who until Oc
tober 1 pastor ot the Highland Bap
tist church, will not leave Atlanta after
all. The Rev. Mr. Crumbly had accept*!
a call from tho O-antville Baptist church.
Grantvllle. Ga., b it following a meeting
of the deacons of the Highland church
Friday night he decided to remain In At
lanta.
WINN WILL MAKE RACE
FOR THE COUNTY BOARD
iiumtiiiuiiciB. me tur ... —
man and Judge II. E. W. Palmer expir
ing. It Is authoritatively talked in polit
ical circles - that W. T. Winn, former
councilman from the Sixth ward and
father of the project- of widening Mari-
etta-st. that 1* now being put thru, will
be a candidate for one or the places.
It is understood that Mr. Turman will
» a candidate for re-election. Judge
Palmer ha* served as a commissioner
for a number of years, and it la said to
be doubtful whether he will seek re-elec-
Photo by Mathew son.
AUBURN'S BIG STUNT AT TECH GAME.
They made it in the Auburn shops, and they say it is a football,
size is there, but it's off on shape.
COUNTY SCHOOLS USE
HAND EXTINGUISHERS
Principals of the Jo'rural ana suburban
schools of Fulton county met
morning In the office of Superintendent
E. C. Merry of the county schools. They
were present to witness the <lemon*tra
tlon of a patent hand extinguisher
with which every school building 1°
county Is to he equipped for the protec*
tlon ot the children. An there are but
four or live two-story school buiuimc
In the county, the children would ha\
no trouble In leaving any bulgingtna
caught Are. but the hand extinguishers
will be adopted.
Executive Committee to Meet.
Elberton. Ga.. Nov. 4.—Dr. C. E. bane,
chairman, ha* Issued a call for the exec
utlve committee to meet at the o ur
house In ICIberton at 10 o clock Tueaony.
November 7. for the purpose of maK'rs
arrangements to hold the county prlni''r
election for governor and commlMluner
of labor on December 7.
Elberton. Ga, Nov. 4.—a y* j-i.
Order of Owl* has been organltedjn w
berton. Sixty have Joined and been
11 The' following wer 5,J , SH*
President. Dr. R. F. Moore; vice pre^
dent; J. E. Hammond; P»* t J ,r JJ ,d vJrdel:
B. Con well, 8r.;lnvocator,T. H-
secretary,. T.__M»Uox:
Muiiaro, u. o.
board of governors. Dr. T. H. rn .
B. Cnnwell. Jr.. J. B. Tate O. 1 f" „ fB
Ion. I. 8. Uonwcll, T. b c-
T. McLanshsn George W.. Pare*. ^ I|on
Stewart. E. J. Mat'd. JRi.JlSynight,
will be completed next ^ ednes«J»yu | teg
the officers Installed and <Jther •candf.
Initiated. It I* expected that over
hundred Owls will Join.
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