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VOL. X. NO. 266.
ALEXANDER’S
CHALLENGE)
IGNORED BY
SLATON
President of the Senate Says
His Legislative Duties Oc
cupy All His Time.
“DRY” CANDIDATE HOPES
DEFI WILL BE ACCEPTED
Declares He Will Cancel His
Speaking Dates at Any Time
to Debate.
John M. Slaton will not accept Hoop- j
er Alexander’s challenge to a joint de
bate in Atlanta.
Up to 3 o’clock this afternoon the
Fulton county man had made no formal
reply to his DeKalb county antago
nist, but it was evident he will stick
to his announced intention to let noth
ing interfere with his legislative duties,
and that he has not been able to con
vince himself that the candidacy of Mr.
Alexander is particularly dangerous to
his ambitions.
He will reply formally to Mr. Alex
ander’s challenge as a matter of cour
tesy, probably late this afternoon or
tomorrow.
Mr. Alexander's Aimmunication to
Mr. Slaton, delivered Friday afternoon,
is brief, and reads as follows:
Challenge to
To Debat in Atlanta.
"As you are doubtless aware, I
have entered the race as a candi
date for governor in the approach
ing primary. I should be pleased
to meet you in debate before the
people of Atlanta at an early date
in order that we may discuss before
the voters our respective views on
the public questions of the day.
"If stfch an arrangement would
be agreeable to you, I will thank
you to let me have your reply at
once, if possible, for the reason that
I have other arrangements In view
and can not determine about them
until I know what will be your
pleasure in this matter.”
Mr. Slaton said, discussing Mr. Alex
ander’s challenge informally today, that
his mind had been absorbed of late
with his legislative duties, and that
he had given himself little or no con
cern about Mr. Alexander's entry into
the governorship fight.
, Commenting upon his formal reply to
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Slaton said: "If I
could convince' myself that the man
seriously is running for governor, I
might view his challenge in the light
of a more or less important incident.
So far, however, I have not convinced
myself of that. lam very busy with my
legislative duties, and I long ago de
termined to stick to them, to the ex
clusion of my campaigning, and so an
nounced. It would require serious pres
sure to swerve me from that purpose.”
Fears Deft
Will Be Ignored.
Mr. Alexander this afternoon said he
had yet received no reply to his chal
lenge, and feared he would not—at
least, he feared it would net be ac
cepted.
"I thought I would have had a reply,
even an unfavorable reply, by this
time,” he said at 2 o’clock. “I pointedly
requested a reply ‘as soon as possible,'
and set forth my reasons for asking
that. I think it should be a simple mat
ter for Mr. Slaton to decide Immediately
whether he desires to meet me, righht
here in Atlanta, where it would not in
terfere in the slightest with his legisla
tive duties, to which he professes great
attachment. I take his fardiness in
replying to mean that he is disinclined
to meet me, and with that idea in view
I have proceeded to the making of
other speaking dates, all subject to
change or cancellation, however, upon
his decision to meet me, as challenged.”
To Speak
At Ringgold.
Pending Mr. Slaton’s reply, Mr. Alex- )
ander is arranging to open his cam- j
palgn with an address in Ringgold, Ca- I
toosa county, on Monday next, at noon, I
In the county court house. In this i
speech, the gentleman from DeKalb for
mally will outline his platform for the !
g" j'ernorship.
Early in his campaign for- the govern
orship Mr, Slaton said he would take)
no time whatever from his legislative !
duties to prosecute his fight for the |
governorship. The legislature will not
adjourn until August 16. and it will be
necessary for the president of the sen
ate to be in Atlanta for five days there
after. attending the governor's final dis
position of legislative matters.
That would carry Mr. Slaton’s legis
lative duties up to and including Au
gust 19, or within one month of the
primary.
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• party” to be given by Henry C. •
• Frick at his summer home on the •
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WITNESS FOR BROTHER
ACCUSED OF SLAYING IS
KILLED; FEUD IS FEARED
EUPORA. MISS., Aug. 3.—Governor
Brewer may call out the state national
guard of Mississippi to quell what is
believed to be the beginning of a se
rious feud between the Permenter and
Sharp families. The climax occurred
late last night when William Permenter
was shot and killed by an unidentified
assassin while sitting on the front
porch of his home. The dead man is a
brother of Swinton Permenter, who is
charged with the murder of Janie Sharp
on July 22, 1910.
William Permenter was to have gone
to Winona, Miss., Monday as chief
witness for his brother, who was grant
ed a new trial after being sentenced
to hang. Bloodhounds have been sent
for and placed on the trail of the mur
derer. Trouble is feared between the
families and Governor Brewer has been
appealed to by the county officers.
CAN NOT SELL NOR
TRADE YOUR WIFE
FOR REAL ESTATE
CLEVELAND, WASH., Aug. 3.—A
man can not sell his wife or even trade
her. This dictum was established by
the courts here which set aside a deal
whereby James M. Davis disposed of
his wife, Ida, for two lots in Tacoma.
Going a step further, the court de
cided that a man who regarded his
wife as a chattel wasn't entitled to
have one, so Mrs. Davis was granted a
divorce.
In her bill she alleged she had suffer
ed great mental anguish because her
husband had traded her to "Doc” Far
row and the whole town knew about it.
Mrs. Davis said she didn’t think much
of Farrow. She blocked the deal, even
though her husband had received a deed
for the lots, having agreed to part with
his wife in lieu of cash.
UNITED STATES ASKS
COURT TO DISSOLVE
BILL POSTERS’ TRUST
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Suit for the dis
solution of the Associated Bill Posters
and Distributors of the United States
and Canada, on the ground that it is
a trust in violation of the Sherman
law, was filed in the United States
court here.
In addition to the officers and di
rectors of the association, twelve well
known advertising agents, delegated as
agents of the association, are made de
fendants. The bill asks for a perma
nent Injunction restraining the asso
ciation from doing business.
SURGEONS TURN BLOOD
FROM ARTERY INTO VEIN
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. —It was an
nounced at Beth Israel hall that a sur
gical operation of more than usual im
portance had been performed there re
cently. By it the joining of an artery
and a vein, permitting arterial blood to
flow permanently through the vein just
as if the vein itself were an artery,
saved from amputation the left teg of a
carpenter whose right leg was ampu
tated three years ago. This is said to
be the first successful accomplishment
of such a feat.
SPURNED LOVER SHOOTS
HIMSELF THROUGH HEART
GADSDEN, ALA., Aug. 3. —Because
the girl had loved had spurned him,
George Bynum, aged 19, son of T. M.
Bynum, a prominent farmer of Walnut
Grove, left the girl at her home at 9
o’clock last night, walked a short dis
tance away, and fired two bullets
through ihs heart. He left a note say
ing he had decided to end it all and
that no one is to be blamed.
LODGE MEMBER'S SLAYER
UNDER BOND FOR TRIAL
ANDERSON, S. C„ Aug. 3, —Furman
Bagwell, who shot and killed S. Milton
Taylor while being initiated into the
Woodmen of the World lodge near here,
is out under bond of SSOO. He asked
for an investigation of his case. No
inquest was held and this will cause a
legal fight -when the case is called in
court.
ROOSTER DOWNS A BOY
AND NEARLY KILLS HIM
DULUTH, MINN., Aug. 3.—Lloyd
Burley, aged two years, was nearly
killed by a rooster. The child was so
seriously injured that it is feared that
he will lose his eyesight. The rooster
had the little fellow on his back and
was furiously attacking him with its
spurs when discovered.
ILS. TROOPS
FIRED UPON
BYARMED
Mexicans
Soldiers on Guard at Border
Mark for Bullets From
Across Line.
SHOTS OF UNKNOWN
ASSAILANTS RETURNED
Believed To Be Deliberate Rebel
Scheme to Bring About
Intervention.
EL PASO. TEXAS, Aug. 3.—Half a
hundred or more shots were exchanged
between armed men in Mexico and
United States and soldiers on border
guard duty early today.
I The firing was opened from the Mex
| ican side and is declared by American
army officers to be a deliberate attempt
to emb/01l the United States in the
Mexican revolution.
A number of shots were fired at a
guard of American troops on the
American side of the line, and three of
the bullets struck the home of C. H.
Cole. Later the home of A. D. Martihe
was also hit. The American soldiers
replied to the fire and sent a score or
more shots over the international bor
der. The night before last night at
i Nogales, Ariz., Mexican federals fired
over the border into the United States.
| Refugees Leave
Mexico in Fear.
Trouble on the Mexican border has
been feared for several days. A week
ago the rebel forces in northern Mexi
co began a campaign of pillage of for
eigners' property, and disarming of for
eigners. with the avowed purpose of
forcing American intervention, which
General Orozco, rebel leader, considered
would aid the rebel cause. More than
2,000 American citizens, mostly women
and children, have flocked across the
border to El Paso, fearing for their
lives if they remained in Mexilco. Most
of them were from the Mormon colo
nies at Madera and the nearby country
in Chihuahua. Most of the men re
mained to protect their property as best
they could. A few days ago two Amer
icans were found hanged to a tree.
Their murder was attributed to the reb
els and assigned as a further attempt
to cause the United States to intervene
in Mexico.
ENTIRE MILITIA OF
WEST VIRGINIA SENT
TO COAL STRIKE ZONE
CHARLESTON, W. VA., Aug. 3.
Governor Glasscock today ordered all
of the state militia not the
road to proceed immediately to the
Paint Creek district, and announced
that upon their arrival he will declare
martial law throughout the strike dis
trict. This move followed a second at
tack on the militia by the striking coal
miners at Mucklow last night.
The Martinsburg, Spencer, Burton,
Smithburg, Weston and Parkersburg
companies of the National guard ar
rived at Paint Creek early today.
As soon as the troops detrained they
were instructed to begin disarming the
10,000 strikers.
TAFT CHILDREN OFF FOR
TRIP THROUGH MONTANA
BEVERLY, MASS.. Aug. 3. —Helen
and Robert Taft, daughter and son of
the president, are en route to Minne
apolis to join a party of young people
for a three weeks horseback trip
through Montana. They left here this
morning, accompanied by Lloyd Bowers
and Miss Martha Bowers, son and
daughter of the late solicitor of the
United States.
At Minneapolis the party will be the
guests of Miss Isabel Vincent, the class
mate of Helen Taft at Bryn Mawr.
ANDERSON FOLK TO SEE
BLEASE MOTION PICTURES
ANDERSON, S. C., Aug. 3.—This
city, -because of Anderson county being
a Blease stronghold, will first secure
the Pathe Weekly motion picture film,
showing Governor Blease’s Columbia
Saturday night speech of two weeks
ago. On that occasion 7.500 people stood
in front of the capitol steps and heard
the governor deliver an address that
since has caused so much comment.
WHO’S GUILTY?~ WHO PUT
HOLES IN SWISS CHEESE?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. —Government
sciestists are working on the problem
as to what causes the holes in Swiss
cheese and how they can be produced
f.rtificially
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912.
Father of Child-Wife
Asks Court to Enjoin
Hubby From Speaking
Judge Maddox to Settle Matrimo
nial Taaigle of Rome Boy
and Girl.
ROME, GA., Aug. 3.—Although he
has a wife and passes her a number of
times every day, Will Carroll will not
even be allowed to speak to her If
Judge Maddox grants an Injunction
when asked by Virgil Williamson, fath
er of Mrs Carroll.
Just one month ago Carroll married
Williamson's pretty school-girl daugh
ter. Their married bliss was short and
I sweet and one hour after the nuptial
knot had been tied Mrs. Carroll was
stolen away from her husband by her
irate parents. Carroll brought habeas
corpus proceedings before Ordinary
Davis to recover his wife. The judge
cast his eyes at the girl in short dress
es, shook his head and awarded the
child-bride to her parents.
Since that time Williamson alleges
that Carroll is doing everything in his
power to induce the girl to live with
him. The parents are angry, and in
his petition Williamson asks that Car
roll be not allowed to speak to the ob
ject of his love and in anyway ap
proach her. Judge Williamson will de
cide on August 5.
DESERTED BY BRIDE,
HUSBAND SHOOTS 3
IN SEEKING REVENGE
DENVER. COLO., Aug. 3.—Sheriff
Dennis and a posse today are seeking
George Ballew, aged 40. owner of a
stage line operating between South
Platte and Deckers, 30 miles in the
mountains, who last night shot and fa
tally wounded Mrs. Charles Wallbrecht
and seriously wounded her husband
and James McWhorton, of Kansas City.
After the shooting, Ballew went to the
telegraph office and for three hours
prevented the operator from sending
for help. Then he took to the hills.
Family troubles were responsible for
the shooting. Ballew believed that Mrs.
Wallbrecht was responsible for trouble
that caused his seventeen-year-old
bride to leave him a few weeks ago.
He had threatened to shoot Wallbrecht
and his wife,
He f to carry out the threat
while the guests at the hotel conducted
by Wallbrecht were at dinner last
night. He rushed into the dining room
and began firing.
Wallbrecht was wounded. He fled
and hid in a canyon. Mrs. Wallbrecht
ran from the hotel and was later found
in a barn. She was unconscious.
CONFEDERATE VETS
ASK NEW COUNTY BE
NAMED JOE WHEELER
Camp \ . Wheeler’s Confederate
Cavalry, composed of the remaining
members of General Joe Wheeler's fa
mous horsemen, have petitioned the
legislature asking that the name of
the new county be “Joe Wheeler,” and
not merely "Wheeler.”
In their petition they thank the sen
ate for its action in deciding to honor
Georgia’s famous cavalry leader, and
request that the lower house do like
wise.
The resolution was passed unani
mously* by the members of the camp,
many of them deeply touched as they
learned of the honor which the senate
has proposed to bestow upon their
former leader.
NEARLY FIVE SCORE DIRECT
DESCENDANTSATHISGRAVE
TOLEDO, OHIO, Aug. 3—Ninety
three direct descendants —6 children, 37
grandchildren and 50 great-grandchil
dren—were left by Isidore Cousino,
aged 92, whose funeral took place at
Erie, Mich. Cousino was dean of the
Cousino family, wealthy land holders,
whose ancestors were French pioneers
in this section of the country.
Cousino lived all his life within elev
en miles of this city. Until a year ago
he rode a horse and personally super-
I vised his farming. Six of his close
kin were killed and three injured the
other day when a team struck an auto
mobile in which they were riding.
BLACKBEARD ISLAND TO
BECOME GAME PRESERVE
SAVANNAH, GA., Aug. 3.—Black
beard island, off the coast of Georgia
at the entrance to Sopels sound, will
be leased by the government for five
years as a game preserve.
Bids will be received until August 24
by the treasury department for this
privilege. The island, together with the
buildings there, will be leased with
hunting and fishing privileges. The is
land is now the site of the South At
lantic quarantine station.
ATHENS SUMMER SCHOOL
STUDENTS SEE TALLULAH
ATHENS, GA., Aug. 3.—More than
200 summer school students and a
large number of citizens of Athens
went to Tallulah Falls on the annual
excursion of the University Summer
school in charge of Superintendent T.
J. Wooster. Many of the teachers of
the summer school accompanied the
excursionists and acted as guides,
showing the falls and other places of
interest to those who were making
th-i- «r S t trip,
Governor Favors Annual Exposition
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Governor Brown invstigating things at the big Exposition.
Executive Says Fair Is a
Success and Means Much
to Atlanta.
Governor Joseph M. Brown thinks
that the Atlanta Manufacturers expo
sition should be an annual event. In
speaking of the success which has at
tended the present show, he said:
"If Atlanta is to be a manufacturing
city, it must insist upon the superior
quality of ’made in Atlanta’ goods. Such
an exposition as this will do more for
Atlanta manufactories than any one
thing.
”1 consider the exposition a success
in every respect and I am frank to
admit that it was a revelation to me.
I had no idea that Atlanta was the
manufacturing city it is, and I am sure
many other public men who attended
were astonished at the progress the
city has already made in this direc
tion.”
Children’s Day.
Today is play day at the Atlanta
Manufacturers exposition being held in
the Auditorium, for the building has
been turned over to the children of the
city.
The doors were opened at 1 o'clock
to a big crowd. Souvenirs greeted them
at the very entrance and many fasci
nating sights—stick candy, boxed
crackers and whatnot—lured them on
every side. Although "grown folks”
were admitted, the hand of cordial wel
come was extended to the small people.
Saturday of next week is Merchants
day. which will be the largest day per
haps of the exposition. Many prepa
rations were made for today's celebra
tion. and those responsible had reason
for feeling proud of their accomplish
ments. N
SENATE RETAINS
RECIPROCITY ACT
By Vote of 33 to 28 Recedes
From Amendment to Tariff
Bill Killing Canadian Pact.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The senate
today receded from its amendment for
repealing Canadian reciprocity which
was added to the conferees report on the
metal schedule of the tariff by a vote
of 33 to 28. Senator Penrose presented
the conferees report, announcing a dis
agreement on the senate amendment re
pealing Canadian reciprocity and put
ting a duty of $2 a ton on print paper.
Otherwise the bill as reported carries
about a 24 per cent duty as against a
34 1-2 duty of the Payne-Aldrich bill.
When the report was made. Senator
Simmons moved the senate recede from
the reciprocity amendment and Senator
Penrose asked for a vote.
In answer to a question. Senator Sim
mons assured Senator Gronna the Dem
ocrats of the senate would join him in
an attempt to put through a separate
repeal measure and then Senator Root
said:
"As it stands now the Canadian reci
procity act amounts to a continuing au
thority to Canada to make a tariff law
for the United States and I believe that
authority ought not to continue and our
statutes should be made to show that it
does not continue.
"But the law is a revenue measure
and the only way it can be repealed is
to originate an independent bill in the
house or to put through an amendment
to this bill.”
Following a long discussion, the sen
ate receded from the amendment.
HOHL
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE :* Y R1 NO
is. GRACE
ILL; fflBN
MOTHER
PRAYS
Freed Woman Suffers From
Shock, But Confers With
Her Lawyers.
MRS. ULRICH CERTAIN
PRAYER LIBERATED HER
Grace, at Newnan, Plans to
Enter Sanitarium and De
vote Life to Sick, He Says.
Following a night and morning
of illness nearly bordering upon
collapse Mrs. Daisy E. Grace
managed this afternoon to reach
her lawyers’ office to make final
arrangements for quitting the
scene of her trial for Philadelphia
tomorrow.
Mrs. Grace suffered seriously from
the nerve strain and the physical ordeal
she passed through during the week,
but she had sworn that she would not
leave Atlanta, even for her sick son’s
side, until she could go cleared of every
legal complication, and It was neces
sary that matters connected with the
injunction against her In the settle
ment of the Grace-Lawrence Company
be cleared away before she could meet
the blind son absolutely free of the
law.
It was learned today also that the
jury which acquitted Mrs. Grace yes
terday voted on the first ballot nine for
acquittal, one for guilty and two “not
ready.” A discussion followed the bal
lot, during which the jurors considered
the alibi letters introduced by the pros
ecution and the X-ray plates which
had been put in evidence.
Verdict Reached
On Third Ballot.
The second ballot followed, and on
this vote eleven jurors voted for ac
quittal and one “not ready.” Before the
third ballot was taken the arguments
were all gone over in the effort to help
the undecided juror to make up his
mind.
The third and last ballot showed all
agreed upon "not guilty.”
It also was learned today that after
the defense had rested its case a neigh
bor of the Graces on Eleventh street
came forward and offered to swear that
upon the day of the shooting he had
gone into the Grace home and come
upon Eugene Grace wounded. He is
said to have been prepared to swear
that Grace refused his offer to summer
medical aid.
"Mum’s the word,” Grace warned the
neighbor. “Don’t say a word of this.”
The neighbor is said to have gone
away and kept silent.
Mrs. Grace spent most of the daj
following her acquittal under the care
of a nurse and her aged mother at their
temporary home upon Ashby street
The strain and the physical reaction
brought her to the point of collapse
last night and early this morning, but
with the aid of'stimulants given hypo
dermically she was able to go down
town to the office of her lawyers this
afternoon to wind up her legal affairs
before departing.
At the same time her aged mother.
Mrs. Martha Ulrich, almost constantly
was engaged with her pastor, Rev. G.
Nussman, in private prayer meetings
of thanks for her daughter’s deliver
ance from a threatened prison.
“While I am grateful to the judge and
jury and the lawyers who helped Daisy
gain her freedom,” said Mrs. Ulrich, “I
believe that the constant prayers to
God which Dr. Nussman and I offered
daily from the outset of the trial were
directly answered in the verdict of ac
quittal. We had prayer meetings for
Daisy at the house here every morning
before court would open and often at
night when things looked dark.
“When my daughter was acquitted
and they told me here over the tele
phone, I nearly gave way to joy and
thanksgiving, and over the same tele
phone, with my spiritual adviser at the
other end of the wire, I offered a prayer
of gratitude. God is going to answer
all my other prayers now and Dalsj
will be protected by Him in happiness
all the rest of her life.”
Mrs. Ulrich declared that she had
prayed also that Eugene Grace, in
Newnan, be forgiven for his declaration
that her acquittal yesterday was a "rot
ten miscarriage of justice,” and for his
