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DISSENSION HITS
COLDNEL’SRANKS
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Roosevelt Committeemen Are;
Accused of Failure to Sup
port Contests.
Continued From Page One.
Izod the contests brought by the Roose. |
\elt men as trivial” almost from the ,
first. In Only a few cases have the |
colonel's forces voted to support the I
arguments of his attorneys. although}
the.v must have known before the?
allowed the attorneys to appear what ,
the eases were. The Roosevelt < oin
mitteemen knew also that the case as ,
presented frequently did not rcpiesitii
the full merits of the contests, especial- •
Iv befort a committee that has care- ;
lessly shifted its rules three times, .ad
mitting and ex< luding evidence almost
at will. The contestants assert that
knowing the merits of the case the
commit icemen should have either w ith,
drawn the trivial eases or gone down
fighting
Big Fireworks
Near, Is Belief.
The whole tiling has caused conster
nation in the Roosevelt camp. The fact
that the Roosevelt men voted rm the
Indiana delegates-at-large cases to es.
tabllsh a precedent which the other
committeemen must follow when the
Washington cases come up was no com
fort. It was pointed out that the other
committeemen have already reversed
themselves frequently and they will
probably do it again.
It is this situation that has made it
practically certain that Colonel Roost -
velt will come to Chicago. In fact,
he is expected tomorrow in time to di- j
rent the fight that will he made in the
.Michigan cases.
Governor Herbert S. Hadley, of Mis
souri, will also be added to the light
ing force, and there Is a strong possi
bility, according to Roosevelt leaders, 1
that "Boss Bill" Flynn may descend on 1
the national committee armed with a
proxy and start something for the
twenty anti-Flynn policemen to finish. 1
All in all. it looks today as though the 1
real fight bad just started, and that a
very "large bunch of fireworks was
about to be touched off.
Dark horse talk was a trifle stronger
today than it has been. Headquarters ’
of Senator Cummins were opened in J
the Congress hotel, with Colonel E G. <
Platt, of Chicago, in charge. Senator ’
Kenyon, t'utnmin's eolleagm from lowa,
will be campaign manager. The ten i
votes held by the lowa senator have I
suddenly assumed a great important I
especially in light of the fact that Sen- '
Slot Lal'ollettc’s votes can be counted 1
on to back the Wisconsin man through I
ti)e first few ballots in va • ■ the fight Is (
too close to permit • I" first or second ,
ballot nomination.
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Here Are the T. R.
Plans for Victory
CHICAGO. 11.1.. June tl Theodore !
Roosevelt will be nominated for presi
den: If he Is not by the convention
called by the present Republican na
tional committee to assemble in the
Coliseum June IS, he will be nomi
nated by another convention. More
over. ho will maintain that the con
vention, whichever one it is that nom
inates him. is tin regular Repubbean
convention
A definite program for the Roosevelt
movement for the next few days ha:
been mapped out and has become
known The colonel Ims not by any
means abandoned hope of being named
by the regular convention in spite of
the steam roller. Taft men, when
they tell one confidentially what they
think of the situation, have not given
up that belief, either. This can be
Slated on the highest authority
The Roosevelt program, as it lias
been mapped out ami as it is being
carried out in ; ■ hotel lobbies and the
national committee rooms and in the
headquarters of tin Roost Veit factum
is very definite. Its first move is a siA
prise to th. Taft men The Tafitos
hav- confidently b< ievtd that when tin
national committee got through rush
Ing Roosevelt delegates the task would
be ended. Th. whole fight will b.
transferred to in 1 out ■ nti.m it-.'f.
Plan To Grab the
Credentials Committee
Already the first ntovet m this tig! • j
have been undertaken. Th.. Ro. . |
scheme in short is to gtab . con i ,
tee on credentials. Th. members of th- I
national committee have gum ahead j
with theit program on the tlicoiy that
when the committee mole up the t • n -
por.i.y roil the trouble W. ::l be ended ;
Roo-Sevcit leaders believe tl.it they w I'l I
be able to get rm n on the .Ted. I t...'s ’
committee from some of the states I
where thy lost then . oii '— i th..:
not Im unfavoraid. to them in the cot
tests hearing. With the tt-rpm.-ry ' , i
made up by tin national -on. li: ■ • I
seated, the fight to get tin . ..nv. lit,. ■
as a w hole to take up the vonterts wil' .
fir a foriorn hope, but < v-r, 'hat wifi e
attempted. Then, predicated on th. .
possibility of losing again, wil emm
rhe most spectacular movement ■ n it,
a national convention in many ye. r
The Roosevelt delegates will be in
structed to leav. only If they ar. put
out by force. If they are ejected, they
will march down Wabash .m-iiu. to
(in First regiment armory arc i'..r
convention will be held there After
tin convention is over the Ib.os. v.
men will try to force the electors nann d
at the same time .19 the Roos. velt d- -
• gates bi the primary states to support
the colonel, on the ground they r. | ro-
DPtTfff/M 111'. verdict of the peoph .
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Experts Show What to Do if Person Falls From Boat
ADVICE GIVEN ON HOW TO SAVE LIVES
The Georgian today begins a series of illustrations showing how to pre-
1 venl a boat from being capsized and how to act when the boat is accidental- ‘
. ly tipped as in the accidents which cost two lives at Piedmont park this
[ season The illustration today shows what usually results after f '
I a Imai is tipped. When th.- boat was tipped the woman began v
falling mtn the waler She promptly grabbed the and .ill ***** .
(went oyer Tin- illustrations to follow will give instructions on EH7’ . /'J >Z
I how to properly get back in the X ~
boat without swamping the craft. z TZw laMgSraL .-iX\
I Kxp. rts declare there ~ ■ 1 — Z/X J*” I A ’
(Would lie little loss of lii'e " / V Wm\
lit proper methods \
[Were .i-id, " ''
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should Till be nominated, be would be
forced Io go on th< ballot under a third
party emblem.
That in brief is the war plan of the
Roosevelt forces. But they still think
the.v have a chance to win in the tegu
lar convention. They base this belief
on the fact that the Taft men, should
they win all the contests, as the Roose
velt leaders expect them to do, would
have barely 30 votes to spare when the
first roll call begins.
Hope For Cummins
Support in Pinch.
If by an\ plan they are able to keep
th* » Hi' ii from voting for 'l’.ift on the
Hr t ballot, the Roosevelt men are sure
Hint tiie 'lon'l ran win. They believe
there are enough delegates now “wa
vering" who < an he India •-d to support
the < »yster Ray candidate before the
convention to make the coloneTs nom
ination a certainty or to prevent any
nomination. If it gets i<> be a fight 1
bt ’w» ■ n th Roosevelt and Taft forces, 1
with (Ttmtnins and La F’ollet t e holding 1
t’ae halanci <>f power, tin* Roosevelt 1
leaders are -me the Western progres
sives ( an be forced into line.
The personality of Rooswelt himself
is *«• be thrown into the balance when
it is deemed most needed. It may be
before the national committee has end
ed the delegate contest hearings. It '
ma v be just as the eonvtntion g<*t< into
st'i.Mien. It may be when the tight on
the floor of the convention itself gets
under wa\. The Roosevelt quarters at '
the Blackstone hotel an swept ami ■
yartiished ail rea*l\ for the colonel's
coming ami a special and ' onxenient
lox t (herein stand? op- n to receive ;
the big stick. I
South to Profit
By G. O. P. Platform
i'IIIi AU,(». .lune 11 State and sec
tional inter->ts will receive tar more
mi; idcrati-in this y« ar in the Kepub
ican platfmm than ever b< fore Pres
id- nt 'Taft and <‘<»l"n»'l R-M'sevelt are
both willing
There ai( thive platforms being
built Oolond Ro-i-evelt !: writing his
"W n. Gifford Pinchot and Jatms R.
rtiuld are in <’hicag>» testing out del
• gatu- and I- ad-Ts a- to t!i» wants of
their variou.- states, and they are prom
ising a great dra to drleg ite.s from
’ln South and Wi l.
’l’ll*’ Taft ie.ei< rs al o ita\< their ears
■ • the ai t Mini an anxious to
A thin. <i .’f platform *arpeutcri
| at work in LaFollelte's hcadqua)'-
• In thi b _ 1.1 lion - w ul< issues in the
l , ! tl I'iiu-- battel - id’ both the J'aft ami i
Itoosevi lt fa. imn.s arc still silent.
St t .t■ ■ r 1' m ntanagi r of the !
Ibs's. v, a ..impaign. started th.- | lal
. f”r ii campcign t <lav. 11 anmiunccd
| 'h.it 'hi tn ' nir g c.f tin .Mississippi
' ivi i fi .in < 'hag., ~. the Gulf us M, \
I: > 'i> 1 a iitr iif i It- Panama intiiil in a
- i ulnoi y is to be uu the | rim ipal
i| ■: ■r k- ! n ihe pia i form if ('oi.mel |
i ill-'.■'■veil A i li.".ini ' well a minimu.nl
I. ir pt!: of II feet i. pr- ip. sed
Cummins Refuses to
Join T. R. Powwow
'•’< \SM! X■; i■ 1 .\. hint 1 11 Senator A
i R '' ■ ■’ '. lowa, win- for ;\vi» days
t has iiH’H •' .it,* wi*h telegrams from
Ro' -o.h--l;i l; orted. looking inward ne-I
lU’ tiai or r.r th.* ust ot his delegates ir
■ ■ig. i. , t:;e Übieagn convention, t.nlay
i ’ . • <| an m gent h it n ,- am from ormsby
s MeH.ix:. i, < Ft.irge "t the Roosevelt mn-
o st> ’.sU-.u ( > Glm'.igi at once
for a > -nl-Tcib • Sei ,ttor f'unmwns re
plied WO; a H ’ n.c’. ■ > refusal t. -- n-
I srn.r the primes isu,
rjilirurt U ■ - en» "s and exper
Chef use S.M'l-1 “S PUl’t? FLAVOR-I
ING i•’.XTRA< m Hi Lemon, etc '
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IHE ATI.AXTA GEORGTAX AND NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1912.
5 HELD T 0 COURT
ONARSONGHARGE
Negro Swears White Men Paid
Him to Burn Store at Ben
ton. Alabama.
HAYNESVILLE. ALA., June 11.—-U.
Walter Junes, J. Il Felder and W. J.
('owling', prominent white mon, were
bound over to court under bonds- of
$2,000 each, and Ike UunningJiam and
Steve Wagner, negroes, under $1,500
bonds late yesterday to answer to
charges of second degree arson in con
neetion with the burning of half the
business district of Benton.. Ala., last
December.
\ Pensalion was c.-iuseti her' during
the preliminary heating of the three j
w h!ii men and two negroes, w lion
Wagner openly deel.-tiad on the stand
that he se' tire to the store of Robert
Williamson at Benton, arid iliat lie was
paid to do so by Jom s and Felder. The
negro det Jared that Felder threatened
to kill him if he did not set tire io tho
store. He sv.ore also : cat Jones paid
him $2 ar 1 $3 upim two different occa
sions ami that Felder paid him $5 for
applying the torch. Magner pleaded
guilty and turned i tate'a i videnec.
Women Fight G.O. P.
For Suffrage Plank
( HK'AGU, June 11. -The suffra
ge ties have delivered an ultimatum to
tile Republican party -support the
t ,tu aof women or tight. “And we are
now in a position to put up a real bat
tle." declared .Mi-, ('atberine Waugh
Mi t'ullocb today "Unless the Repub
lit an convention adopts a suffrago
pi.itik, we wil! try to wipe the six suf
frage states out of tlie Republican col
umn. In those states where women are
permitted to votr >ve ar.- strong enough
to 'brow our suppoll Wherever we
please.
“Several of our h.ulers have already
ariangcd conferences with Repttollcan
chb fs Miss Jam Ac lams wil] take up
the qiii lion before he platform com
mittee. and she is likely to get results
of smue sort.
<'f > oul'se. suffragettes affiliated
with all partits, but as toe right of
women to tote at present is the para
mour.. issm . a • wil! undoubteiUy con
tentr.i:.' a our ■: oogth in the party
which -."
Woman to Name
Johnson for V.-P.
Los WGEI.ES. June > 1.- Mr.-.
Ih'loieact ('ollills Forter of this city,
•t ill, wa- elected a deb gate to til'- Re
publican national convention, leaves
foi Chicago tomorrow to place Got
ei nor Hiram Johnson in nomination tor
the vii e presidency .
YOUNG BUSINESS MEN MAY
RUN MACON’S GOVERNMENT
\l ACt ' .X. G\ . Jun. 11. In the hope
of averting a bitft r political campaign,
leading imsiness men are seeking to
form an aid, manic :itki t of young
busii iss mon to succeed. tln present
i cmmi il. nd t<> indu-'e some man of
| i rmiiimm < and ability , not identified
i a it.i ant to lion or interist. to ma t'p:
| ii .inatioii ;jr maym. , i
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• Pink-Whiskered •
: 'Ham' Lewis Adds :
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: To Kaleidoscope •
• CHICAGO. June 11.—Startling •
• combinations in dress are to be •
• seen in the Congress hotel lobby, •
• where the East and West meet •
• these days to “swap politics.” •
• From Colonel J. Hamilton Lew- •
• is, arrayed in all his hirsute •
• adornment, to the man with the •
• celluloid collar anti the ever-prfcs- •
» ent pocket comb, there is a variety •
• that always is changing. •
• The black slouch hat of the •
• mysterious stranger." the old silk •
» plug of the village squire, the •
• with -brim sombrero of the West- •
o • rn delegate ami the conventional •
• derby or thf- straw hat of the East, •
| • are all there. A range in fashion •
• of at least 50 years is obtain- •
• able. •
» Then there are drooping nius- •
• laches, French mustaches, scrag- •
• gy. scrawny mustaches, short- •
• clipped mustaches and no nius- •
• laches at all. There fire long- •
• haired men of the priee fighter •
» type, and bald-headed men.of the •
• third-row-from-tne-stage type. It •
• is a kaleidoscope ol humanity. •
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TECH ■ FINED
FFIR NIGHT FIGHT
Following the trial in police court
of John It Wardlaw, tho expelled Tech
student, and his payment of a fine of
$25.75 for attacking and beating C. R.
Conacher, another student, at night, all
is serene today at Tech
Both Conacliei and Wardlaw say
they are satisfied, and there'll probably
be no further action by the faculty.
Nearly 100 Tech students attended
tin trial yesterday afternoon in police
court, but there was no demonstration
of any kind in favoi of either of the
two piincipals. The college boys ap
peared in the court room in a body.
Warclaw Pleads Justification,
Wardlaw made no denial of his as
sault on t'on.icher. explaining that he
wa- justified by reason of reports made
to the faculty by t’unaeher, who is
student supei t ism in the gymnasium.
W aidlaw said tlie-e rep.rrts of breaches
of discipline hail resulted in his dis
charge from the institution.
M’ardlaw also admitted that lie had a
right with t'onaehet in the gymnasium
two week- ago. al the time he was
dropped from the roll. It was shown
ih.tt. on <'onacher's i-eport, Wardlaw
hail bet n given three “offenses.” or bad
marks—one lor , ntering the gym. with
out his shirt, another for wt aring his
shoes in the gym . ami the third for
improperly handling the basket ball.
Wardlaw was also reported for his
tight in the gym., anil then he was
drttpped.
Revenge for Grudge Seen.
Wardlaw told the court that Cona
ihcr itad u.-ed Ins authority to “even
- up a peisona! grudge by reporting him,
anti that he decided he would avenge
i him If with hi- fists. Conacher de
’ nied he had any grudge against Ward
i law. mil t-aid he hail merely done his
Jiitlg. Broyles, in imposing the fine.
- ■|.| t' .cdlaw had no right to take the
law in h’s own hands, and that the
. miiiniulu issault was unjustified.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
AND RETURN
| sjo, good t n days On sale Thurs
days. “hrougli s "ep■ rs. SEABOARD
BE TD SETTLE
BOSTON L STRIKE
Employees and President of the
Company Agree to Meet
Board of Arbitration.
BOSTON, June 11.—Two sticks of
'dynamite, each eight inches long, were
found on the car tracks in the fashion
able Aberdeen district today. A car
passed over the sticks, which did not
explode. The police believe an at
tempt was made to dynamite a car in
connection with the elevated strike.
General William A. Bancroft, presi
dent of the elevated, todAy declared his
willircness to meet the state board of
arbitral, n and conciliation, and dis
cuss the strike. Mayor Fitzgerald
sought to arrange a conference between
General Bancroft and employees of the
road. The strikers repeatedly have
declared their willingness to refer their
demands to the state board.
Samuel Gompers was expected in
Boston today to attend and speak at
the mass meeting of the strikers to be
held this afternoon.
B. F. Sheehan, of Brockton, vice presi
dent of the Railway Men’s union, de
clared today the women ticket sellers
in the elevated stations are planning a
sympathetic strike.
Shots were fired today at an elevated
train near the Forest Hill terminal.
In another part of the city' fullasades
of sticks and stones from the roofs of
houses broke many car windows and
freightened the passengers.
ATLANTA PLUMBER
VICE PRESIDENT OF
STATE ASSOCIATION
SAVANNAH. GA., June 11. —After a
short session at the Hotel Pulaski for
organization purposes, followed by a
sightseeing trip about the city, the del
egates to the convention of the State
Association of Master Plumbers ad
journed to Tybee, where the meeting
went into executive session and elected
the folowing officers:
President, F. W. Campos, Savannah;
vice president. W. S. Loftus, Atlanta;
treasurer. Francis Daly, Macon: secre
tary B. B. Vanßorssum, Savannah.
Routine business was quickly dis
patched after which the delegates w ent
on a sightseeing tour of the island and
patronized the attractions. An elabo
rate banquet was served on the island.
Today the plumbers took a trip to
Beaufort, S. C.. on the steamer Chirdon,
stops being made at Parish Island, gov
ernment dry docks at Port Royal, Fort
Fremont and the national cemetery.
The following were in attendance
from Atlanta: W. S. Loftus, J. H
Newnan. J. E. Belcher, C. R. Bennett,
J B. Bowen. J C. Flournoy. M. E.
Ford, C. M Ford, J. B. Grant. J. H.
Lynch. C. S. Sheppard B. F. Stockton.
O. Wingate, D. W. Yarbrough. S. A.
Sheppard. A. M. Smith. T. R. Ste
phenson. Otis Terrell, Joseph Steward,
B. F'. Stockton. John Mell, George
Kirkman. W. R. Gresham. L. J Medson,
James Ferrell.
MERCHANTS CONVENE IN JULY.
COLUMBUS. GA, June 11.—The
third annual merchants convention will
be held in Columbus during the last
week in July, when several hundred
visitors ate expected to the city. The
purpose is to bring retail merchants
from other towns and citit * to Colum
bus to show them the advantages of
this city as a wholesale center.
NEW GARAGE COMPLETED.
EASTMAN, GA.. June 11.—The new
garage building which was started sev
eral weeks ago by W L. Jessup is now
completed anil is being occupied by
John W. Taylor ana John T. Rogers,
WILSON CIRCULAR
STIRS» MEN
Though Charges Made Are
Quickly Proved False, They
Are Not Withdrawn.
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
WASHINGTON, June 11. — The
friends of Speaker Clark are becoming
a bit impatient at the falsehoods w hich
some of the Wilson promoters are now
bringing to the aid of their candidate.
Having failed to build Wilson up, they
now seek to tear ('lark down.
They are using every small and lying
method at their command. One recent
example was when Senator O’Gorman
gave a dinner to Mayor Gaynor at the
Willard. At that dinner Gaynor made
a speech declaring the primary election
law a failure. Clark, replying to Gay
nor. defended the primary election law.
The next morning a Wilson paper as
cribed to Clark the words which Gay
nor had uttered and the sentiments
which Gay nor had expressed.
Then there is that broad sheet of
falsehood, the lying Woodrow Wilson
circular, which for two months has
been given nation-wide circulation. To
day I asked Lase Pence, who knows
more of Clark's canvass as well as of
Clark's sentiments and record than
most men what should be said in reply
to the circular.
Circular Sent Broadcast.
“As to that circular sent broadcast
through Massachusetts and Maryland,”
said Mr. Pence, “the Clark campaign
in Massachusetts was in the hands of
Representative Curley, of Boston. At
his request, the Clark national man
agement sent several speakers into
Massachusetts, and among others there
at the close of the campaign were
Representatives Graham, of Illinois;
Ferris, of Oklahoma; Borland, of Mis
souri, and myself.
"We got some copies of the circular.
As soon as we read them we knew
that the statements therein contained
were false. Everybody else must have
known they were false, too, as the next
day's primary vote for Clark and Wil
son showed Clark beating him 3 to 1.
No Speech on Immigration.
“Referring to the falsehoods carried
in the circular, the most important,
perhaps, is the one which pretends to
quote from a speech of Clark's, said by
the Wilson circular to have been deliv
ered by- Clark on the floor of the house
when the immigration bill was up for
discussion. As a matter of fact. Clark
took no part whatever in the discus
sion of the bill. Therb was no roll call
upon the question.
"So far as the Wilson circular is
concerned, the authors falsely put the
words ascribed to Clark into Clark's
mouth. The whole thing was a flat
fake and merely a Wilson propaganda
effort to hurt Clark with a flat lie.
"The charge made by the Wilson cir
cular that at Trenton Clark declared
that somebody ought to shoot Mark
Hanna was a whole-cloth lie. It was
as much manufactured by the Wilson
ites as were the other falsehoods which
have been noticed.”
Arizona 10 to 1
For Clark
PHOENIX. ARIZ., June 11.—Champ
Clark carried Arizona by a score of
more than 10 to 1, according to an offi
cial canvass of votes cast in the re
cent presidential primary. Returns for
other candidates are classed as scatter
ing. While Clark’s vote runs between
5.000 and 6,000, with one big county
estimated, Wilson received 336 votes,
Bryan 40, with Harmon a shade ahead
of Bryan.
Reece M. I.ong. a prominent attor
ney, received a majority of 500 for
Democratic national committeeman
over Brady' O'Neil, of Phoenix.
Democrats to Meet
To Choose Chairman
NEW YORK, June 11—Norman E.
Mack, chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, has issued a call for
a meeting in Baltimore on June 20 of
tl'.e arrangements committee to select
the temporary chairman of the con
vention. The selection of the commit
tee will be placed for ratification be
fore the national committee June 24.
Among the men whom the arrange
ments committee will consider, he said,
“are Senator O’Gorman, of New York;
Senator Kern of Indiana, and Senator
elect Ollie James, of Kentucky; Rep
resentative William Sulzer, of New
York, and Henry, of Texas, and James
Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago. There
doubtless will be others
ACCUSING HEN FAILS
TO HOLD NEGRO FOR
BIG FIRE IN FORSYTH
FORSYTH, GA., June 11. —Bernice
Bell, the negro who was placed in the
Monroe county jail at the time of the
disastrous Are of May 25, charged with
setting fire to the Forsyth Iwrtel. and
who was accused by one of the jail
yard hens, through the medium of an
egg, was released by the committing
court. Because of certain threats. Bell
wag arrested on the night of the fire.
Then came the egg laid by the jailyard
hen, upon which was clearly decipher
able the words, "Bernice Bell burned
the hotel." But upon the trial the hen
was not called, and the court did not
think the evidence sufficient to hold the
prisoner.
NEW PROHIBITION
FIGHT FORESEEN
Politicians Believe “Wet” and
“Dry” Question Will Be the
Issue This Fall.
There is a growing belief among
shrewd political observers that a delib
erate effort is under way in Georgia
to make the prohibition question an
issue in the forthcoming gubernatorial
campaigns. •
Unless some visible signs are at
fault, Georgia may be facing another
Brown - Russell - Brown governorship
fight, with the election of a legislature
an added complication of tremendous
importance.
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, has taken a
stand in favor of a modification of
the present state-wide prohibition law,
to the extent, at least, of establishing,
under a local option system, so-called
"package houses" throughout the state.
John M. Slaton has not announced
his attitude with respect to the ques
tion of prohibition, but as he heartily
supported Joseph M. Brown in the last
fight, it is assumed that his position
will be practically the same as that oc
cupied by the governor, in the event of
the issue being made.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Jackson, whose
candidacy is practically assured, so
friends close to him say, unquestion
ably will stand for state-wide prohibi
tion of an even more stringent variety
than that the state now has. He was
the author of the present state-wide
prohibition law and one of Judge Cov
ington’s and Seaboard Wright’s stout
est supporters in putting the law
through the legislature.
Anti-Saloon League Active.
In addition to the foregoing signifi
cant facts, it is evident that the Geor
gia Anti-Saloon league is interesting
Itself deeply' in the forthcoming legisla
tive contests throughout the state.
Numerous candidates for the legisla
ture from all sections, have been tell
ing of late of various communications
received from the Anti-Saloon league in
Atlanta, inquiring, specifically and in
detail, as to how' those candidates
stand with respect to the present pro
hibition law, and how* they would vote
in the event it was sought to change
it. either by amending it in such wise
as to provide further prohibition legis
lation, or by repealing it or weakening
ft.
Some prospective members of the
next legislature have answered the
league’s inquiries without hesitation,
while others have hesitated to express
themselves. It is a fact of some sig
nificance that the candidates from Joe
Hill Halls county—Bibb—are reported
to have answered the league frankly,
and to have placed it on notice that
they favor the modification of the pres
ent law.
Does Present Law Satisfy?
That there is a wide diversity of
opinion among Georgians concerning
the present prohibition law is unques
tionably a fact.
Many prohibitionists think it needs
amending and strengthening in va
rious directions before it will be an ef
fective law' and guaranteed to get the
desired results. There are others who
believe it answers every reasonable
purpose as it now stands, and that It
should be left severely alone. There
are still others who believe it should be
modified to meet the demands of a sit
uation that would be legally tolerable
and at the same time satisfy approxi
mately the whole of the people.
So long as these conditions exist,
politicians generally ? re at a loss to
know exactly' where they stand, and
leaders of the various lines of thought
are by no means certain which lineup
would prevail in a genuine showdown
at the ballot box.
Politicians Guessing.
That there is much hesitancy on all
sides again to precipitate the prohibi
tion question upon Georgia is true.
Legislatly e candidates generally
would much preses to sidestep it and
let ft severely alone. Even the guber
natorial candidates believe it would
bring on a red-hot and bitter fight,
from which they naturally shrink.
On the other hand, there appears tc
be strenuous ones determined that tho
prohibition question shall be fought 'to
a finish in this state once more—-fight -
ers and partisans who profess to feel
tiiat the last time this question was
submitted to the people, it was sub
mitted so indirectly and so inconclu
sively’ that no verdict actually was
rendered, and that nothing short of an
other contest will show which way the
wind really is blowing in Georgia
It is a circumstance of considerable
importance that the very first oil! the
legislature will be called upon to take
up after it is called to order this
summer is the famous Tippins bill—a
bill which provides for the strengthen
ing of the prohibition law by closing
all near-beer saloons in Georgia
REAL BUILDING BOOM
UNDER WAY AT FORSYTH
FORSYTH, GA., June 11.—A build
ing boom is under way in Forsyth. Miss
Fannie Berrett is erecting a handsome
residence. The bungalow of Jonn T.
Stephens is nearing completion. The
foundations are being laid for an ad
dition to the First Methodist church.
Dr. J. O. Elrod is excavating for an
office building. The additions to the
Baraca rooms at th- First Baptist
church have Just been finished. J J.
Carter is adding two rooms to his"
home. The colonial hohte of Captain
J. M Ponder is being remodeled. F (
N. Wilder is having the material hauled
for a bungalow. Preparations are be
ing made for the completion of the new
330,000 high school building.