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SLATON SAYS HIS
VIEWS OF ISSUES
ARE KNOWN
Candidate Sees No Need to
Take Stump— His Managers
Attack Campaign System.
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After a service of sixteen years in
active politics in Georgi i, John M. Sla
ton thinks that his position on all ques
tions now before the people of the state
in the gubernatorial race Is too well
kt -v.ii for him to take up the time of
tm voters by reiterating them from the
s: um p.
That is the trend of a length? state
ment given out at Sinton headquarters
today replying to charges made by his
opposition by suggestion that he fears
to meet th*- issues and is content to
conduct a • still hunt" for votes.
In addition. .Mr. Slaton’s managers
take occasion to attack a system, w hich
they say exists In Georgia, of candi
dates pa? ing political henchmen in each
count?’ to conduct their fight-. He <!<■•
elates that b? appealing to the Indi
vidua! voter, he has avoided paying
this tribute .inti is thus able to finance
his own c ampaign, leaving him free of
pledges to any political ring when he
enters office, should he be elected.
System is Attacked.
His statement in part follows:
John M. Slaton's campaign for
governor, in which he ha’, largely,
gone direct to the individual vot r,
ignoring the politicians as such,
and the vast horde of political
workers has proven such a sur
prise. particularly to his political
opponents, that, at a loss fora plan
of attack, the?- have finally charged
him w ith making a still hunt."
Six or even years ago there be
gan to be built up In Georgia a vast
horde of political workers in the
counties of the state, and men were
even known to seek remuneration
for their set vic es in carrying militia
districts. These Mr. Slaton has ig
nored. preferring to conduct his
campaign upon merit, and he lias
carried it to the individual upon
that basis.
His opponents could not there- i
fore charge him with "ting" alii;
anc.es: they could not criticise him
for employing political \> <>t kers *in
the various countlc so it had to be
the "still hunt.'.'
It is "somewhat doubtful, how
ever. if the voters of the state will
be able to discover anything sinis
u in a square and straightfor
ward appenl for theli Individual
support; and that is ail Mr. Slaton
has made |
He’s Paying Own Expenses.
Mr. Slaton is paying the expenses
of his own campaign. Many con
tributions have been tendered him.
but he has uniformly turned them
all down with the exception of one
or two small ones offered by c lose
personal friends, where absolutely
no political consideration was in
volved and which could not. on ac
count of such friendship, have been
rejected.
The result is that Mr. Slaton is
under no sort of obligation to any
politician or c lique of politicians;
his sole obligation Is incurred in
the appeal made to the individual
voter.
As a member of the legislature
for t n sixteei Mr.
Slaton's views on all public ques
tions which have come before the
•late within that period have been
exploited in the p:,ss and ar well
taiown to ill readers of the new
papers. Theie is no; before the
people today a single* public ques
tion upon which he has not. within
that period of legislative service,
taken open and public stand
It is well known that he has
taken firm position for the- adequate'
and effective regulation of publie
utility corporations in the 1 interest
of the* whole st Ge. His attitude* to- I
ward the Western and Atlantic I
railroad is an open book, he fought
for its pr< serration against those in
the legislature who sought to crip
ple it: he insists that the state* shall
retain it and get full value from its
rental or operation
Financial Problem to Solve.
Five years before the convicts of
the state were put on the public
roads he advocated that policy in
a speec h which he wrote out in ad
vance. He* has taken tin open stand
for permanent registration of vot
ers; it was his own suggestion
which others have adopted
I nder the* next administration
big financial questions will confront
the stat* it is already at parent
that something must be done* to
restore the balance between inc ome*
and appropriations. More than
half of Georgia's outstanding bond
ed indebtedness, ,n s ome $3,700,000
due in 1915, must be tefunded.
These bonds must be placed at the
lowest possible Interest r.v. and to
the best advantage of the state. In
view of the expiration of the* lease
in 1919. the question of the disposi
tion of the Western anu \i:ami.
railroad must be dealt with.
These are some of the big ques
tions that will confront Georgia's
next governor, and in dealing with
them there is need not of a them Ist
and a dream* r but of a broad
visioned and practical business
man, such a man as Mr. Slaton.
E. C. James.
The funeral of E. C. James. 38 years
o d, who died late yesterday, was held
n: Bloomfield's chapel this aft*-’noon at
2 o'c iock. Interment was in Westview
cemetery. Mr James is survived by
I- ’ >thc mrs Margai t A Jamt s
•nd a sister, M -. W B McKinney
Seagirt Mecca for Democrats When Party Nominee Was Notified
WILSON DELIVERING SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE
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Xo. 1. Governor Woodrow Wilson, snapped while delivering his acceptance
speech; Xo. Ollie .lames, senator-elect from Kentucky, who math* the notifica
tion speech; Xo. 3. Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the governor; Xo. 4. Mrs.
PEACHTREEST.I
PLANS ADVANCED
Millions in Improvements for
City. According to Big
Property Owners.
To insure tiie widening of Peachtree
I street from Ellis to Fifteenth streel-,
council’s finance committee todav
adopted a resolution requesting next
I r ent’s council to provide for tin appro
priation of $,".000 Io |,ay A'lu-rt Howell
for a strip of ten feet of land :it the
eorm-r of P> a< hire., street tind Pence
DeLeon avenue.
Work has air-mH been begun on a
$500,000 apartment house at litis coi
ner and it was stated t a the committee
that unless the strip of land was se
cured before the building wa* erected
the street could never be w idened. The
recommendation will be considered a*
the next meeting of council.
It was stated at the meeting that
Marc'- Winn would veto any more
pledges of appropriations from next
year's revenue. The resolution as
adopted dots not pledge any specific
date at which the money is to be, paid.
Mderman .lames E Warren declared
that the time had come to call a halt on
ixirendltu ts by the city for north side
improv incuts He said that the en
terprise of the citizens there would re
quire all of the city's income if ail
their requests were granted, while
many plans for development on the
south side were paralyzed for lack of
money, lb- said the property owners
should bear the cost of obtaining Hhis
property for the widening of Peachtree
street.
SEABOARD WILL NOT
MAKE A VOLUNTARY
INCREASE IN TAXES
The Seaboard Air Line railroad has
informed Comptroller General Wright
that it will not voluntarily increase its
tax returns for 1912. The returns made
by the Seaboard for 1912 show a de
crease of $9110,010 ox er the same rail
road's returns for 1911 and exhibit a
decrease of more than $1,000,000 over
the figures fixed by the comptroller
$13,140,349.
This means that the Seaboard re
turns will go to arbitration. In 1911
the Seaboard failed to increase its re
turns and an arbitration board reached
an agteement giving the state a large
increase. This year the railroad re
ported $173 000 more taxable property
than in 1911. but decreased the returns
almost a million, despite the fact that
the comptroller had fixed an increase
on all Georgia railroads based upon net
earnings.
ALEXANDER WOULD
CAMPAIGN BY NIGHT.
MAKES LAWS BY DAY
, Hooper Alexander plans to stump as
* much as possible during the remaining
i days of the campaign for governor.
1 Though he declares he can not leave
| Atlanta while the legislature is in ses-
I sion. he says he w ould like to make
night engagements for meetings when
h< could return to the capital in time
to till his duties as a lawmaker.
I He has already arranged the follow
- I ing speaking dates:
1 Griffin. Spalding county, August 12;
’ I I.aG’ >nge, Troup county. August 13;
'. I Bow man. Elbert county. August 15;
I Dublin. I mrens . mnty. August 16. and
j V ienna, Dooly county, August 17.
HIE GEORGIAN ANDREWS. SATURDAY. AUGUST 10. 1912.
HOUSE, MERRILY,
GOES TO WORK
Three Moot Bills Slaughtered
at First Saturday Session
of the Year.
The house was extremely busy today,
even though there barely was a quo
rum on hand. The session was the
first and only Saturday session of the
vea t.
Speaker Pro Tent Vinson, of Baldw in,
put the lid on tight rally in the ses
sion and warned everybody that no
member could leave the hall upon any
pretext whatsoever, without first ob
taining permission of the house.
The acting speaker notified the door
keepers that they would be held per
sonally responsible for the escape of
any member or members, under penalty
of the loss of their jobs.
Then the house got right down to
business and result ed itself into a leg
islative slaughter house, much to the
delight of some of its many' friends and
to the disgust of others.
Prison Reformers’ Bill Killed.
The first bill to go to the block was
the bill of Mr. MeElreath, of Fulton,
introduced at the request .of the Geor
gia Prison Reform association, and
, which sought to clothe judges of courts
. of original jurisdiction in criminal busi
■ ness to suspend sentences in'-certain
; cases, and to mold their opinions and
. judgments on lines of probation. '
This bill was backed by numerous
reform societies in the state, and its
failure to pass will cause widespread
disappointment. It went to the junk
heap for lack of a constitutional major-
I ity—the vote standing 80 to 33.
The bill of Mr. Hobbs, of Houston.
i prohibiting drug store attaches other
than regularly licensed pharmacists
, from tilling prescriptions was lost under
adverse circumstances similar to those
, under which the prison reform bill met
. its death. The Hobbs bill got 84 favor
able votes to 20 unfavorable, but the
so were not sufficient to pass it under
the constitution.
Mr. Slide, of Muscogee, shared the
, common fate with his bill to regulate
the signaling of trains at grade cross
ings. The vote on that stood 74 to 26.
Librarian's Pay Raised.
! It becoming apparent that nothing to
which there was opposition could hope
to pass today 's small house, the house
. tried its hand at passing a few bills to
. which there was no opposition.
Under this head, a bill raising the
' salary of the assistant state librarian
from s7su to SI,OOO per annum, a bill
regulating the future appointment of
fertilizer Inspectors and directing the
disposition of fertilizer fees, and a reso
lution reconsidering the house's refusal
to grant a SIO,OOO appropriation to the
r Georgia School for the Deaf all were
passed.
, As the house droned away, numerous
, members sought, upon one pretext and
another, to get out of the hall. At no
time was there anything doing in that
. line. Mr. Hollis, of Taylor, seeking
5 unsuccessfully early in the game to get
, excused for a few moments, got his
» fighting clothes on and objected to
every subsequent request for unani
. inous consent. He even objected to a
request for unanimous consent that he
himself be excused for a time, although
; nobody else objected.
: i It is estimated that the house will be
J Ik< l>t pretty busy Monday reconsidering
I a number of things It killed today .
C)chran Serves ’Cue
For Legislators, But
They're Hard at Work
Fine Special Train Goes to Hub of
Bleckley County With Four
Passengers.
There was a large and delicious bar
becue served in the Georgia legisla
ture s honor in Cochran today—but the
legislature wasn't there to partake-of it.
There also was a fine special train
run from Atlanta to Cochran this
morning, leaving here at 7 o’clock, fixed
up with all sorts of fixings for the
legislature's accommodation and com
fort—but the legislature wasn’t on it.
It carried as guests one lone mem
ber of tiie house, a couple of senators
and a newspaper man. In the baggage
coach ahead were refreshments, solid
and liquid, of divers and sundry per
suasions.
The good people of Cochran had
framed up a big day's doings in that
burg today, and all for the benefit of
the legislature. The people of Cochran
feel grateful to the legislature for mak
ing a new county recently, of which
Cochran is to be the proud county seat.
Cochran is to be the hub of the grand
young county of Bleckley.
The legislature tried to get to Coch
ran today—the Lord knows! It gave
itself permission to go, and then it for
bid itself to avail itself of its own per
mission. It wanted to go, but it could
not exactly find out how to do it, with
out going on record under an aye and
nay roll call, so It passed the jaunt up.
Nevertheless, there was a fine old
barbecue pulled off in Cochran today,
and from reports there the Cochranites
didn’t miss the legislature much, any
way!
MONUMENT TO CLAY
TO BE UNVEILED AT
MARIETTA MONDAY
MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 10.—The
monument erected in the city park here
to the memory of the late I'nited States
Senator A. S. Clay will be unveiled
on Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock by
Miss Evelyn Clay, only daughter of
Senator Clay. Congressman W. G.
Brantley and Bishop Warren A. Can
dler will be the chief speakers. Mem
bers of the Georgia house and senate
will attend the exercises, and all state
house officers have been invited.
The monument is a very handsome
■ one, built of Georgia marble, and con
sists of a large bottom base, second
base and die, and is surmounted by a
life-size bronze statue of the late sena- |
, tor. The bottom base is about sixteen
. feet square and was constructed so that
. it could be used for a speaking stand.
, On either side of the base there is a
sanitary drinking fountain, and just
, above the fountains are electric lights.
, The money for the monument was
I raised almost entirely by private sub
r scriptions, and there were no very largo i
individual contributions. The county
and city, however, donated $250 each.
i The committee that raised the money
was Colonel Fred Morris. Colonel D. W.
Blair ami George H. Keeler, all of Ma
rietta.
DENIES HE KNEW WIFE
! WAS DEAF AND DUMB;
SUES FOR ANNULMENT
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’ NEW YORK. Aus. 10, —Denial that
s he knew before the wedding that his
3 wife was deaf and dumb, was made by
■ Chiel M. Orowltz. who is suing for an
1 annulment of marriage.
? Orow itz says be had no chance to talk
1 to his wife until their wedding day.
Justice Lehman refused the wife's ap
e plication for alimony pending his de
t vision of the suit, but granted her S3O
for counsel fees.
Woodrow Wilson; Xo. .*». Alton B. Barker, who was temporary chairman of the
Baltimore convention, and member of the notification committee; Xo. 6. Governor
Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana. Democratic nominee for vice president.
ML SURE TO
BEFREETOU.S.
Senate Passes . Panama Bill.
House and Taft Expected to
Approve It.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. —Tile Pan
ama canal administration bill, which
passed in the senate late yesterday by
a non-partisan vote of 47 to 15, is ex
pected to pass the house without dan
gerous opposition, despite the fact that
the original bill had one of-its most
drastic features modified. As the orig
inal bill came from- the house it con
tained a flat prohibition against the
ownership or control by any railroad I
line of a steamship line. This was I
toned down to prohibit the passage of '
railroad owned ships through the ca- l
nal. Sponsors of the bill declare they '
expect President Taft to sign the docu- j
ment.
As the bill stands now it provides
free passage to American ships, prohib
its the passage of ships owned by rail
road systems through the waterway
and authorizes the establishment of a
one-man government for the zone. It
is expected that railroad systems own
ing steamship lines may assault the
constitutionality of the bill in the
courts if it becomes a law. However,
if the attack is not made and the bill
stands in its present form, it will prove
a powerful instrument in the hands of
the government in anti-trust warfare.
Tiie interstate commerce commission,
under the senate amendments to the
hill, will become a powerful force.
The amendments endow the commis
sion to a large extent with the enforce
ment of the anti-trust la’w.
It had been expected that the pas
sage of the bill in face of opposition
from the British government to the
clause granting free toll? to American
shins might bo used for campaign ma
terial. However, the senate vote was
so divided that party lines were split
up. A similar condition is expected
when the bill comes to a vote in- the
house.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today decided to
request a conference with the senate on
the bill providing for the regulation and
management of tile Panama canal zone.
The bill as it passed the senate is ac
ceptable to the Democratic members of
the committee and most of the changes
urged in conference w ill be of a purely
technical nature. »
In the June issue of The Month
ly Cyclopedia and Medical Bulle
tin of Philadelphia, edited by
Charles E. de M. Sajous, M.D.,
L.L.D., appears the following—
" Many physicians have come to real
ize that caffeine, as daily consumed in
coffee and tea, has much to do with tne
I causation of many annoying ailments
I that formerly were obscurely diagnosed
and vaguely treated. It stands to rea
son that this alkaloid, when taken in
daily doses of six or more grains, must
exert a harmful action on the nervMis
circulatory and digestive systems. Its
action must also modify the action of
other drugs prescribed by the physi
cians.”
Continuing, this article says:
"Postum, the well known cereal bev
erage. made of olean, hard wheat and
I a small percentage ov molasses, has
been the means of effecting an easy
change from coffee and its harmful
stimulant —caffeine —to a wholesome,
harmless, nourishing beverage.”
Eminent analysts, such as Prof. J. W.
Mallet, of the University of Virginia,
have proven that a cup of coffee (only
three-fifths coffee and the rest milk)
contains about 2 1-2 grains of caffeine.
A Government report issuing April
4th, this year, from the Bureau of
chemistry shows that the deadly coffee
drug, caffeine. administered in small
doses, caused the death of eats. dogs,
rabbits and guinea pigs In a few hours.
TEffi Nil LITIS
AFTERREBELS
Governor Colquitt’s Appeal to
U. S. to Send Cavalry to the
Border Unanswered.
AUSTIN. TEXAS, Aug. 10. —Govern-
or Colquitt today, following his ulti
matum wired to Washington yester
day. declared if the Federal authorities
maintained silence this afternoon he
I
would order four troops of cavalry to
entrain for the border to quell Mexi
cans. The troops are now held in readi-
I ness at New Braunfels. The entire
l state ranger force also will be called
I into service.
| George Vinnedge. former Rough
I Rider with Roosevelt .today began or-
I ganizing a second . .ough Rider band
ito repel the Mexicans. He has offered
Governor Colquitt his service. Many
cowboys of western ranches here with
cattle shipments already have enlisted.
Colquitt last night telegraphed Pres
ident Taft and the war department, de
manding that the United States act
quickly in repelling an invasion of
Mexican rebels at Sierra Blanca. Texas.
He said that if no relief came "within a
: reasonable hour” he would order every
I Texas ranger and the entire cavalry
* force of the militia to the border.
In his telegram, after quoting from
I Sheriff Edwards’ message from El
Paso concerning the raids on Texas
ranches, the governor said;
“Please advise me if the United
States government will give protection
and repel invasion. If it does not do so
promptly, I shall repel the invaders
with state troops. Answer quick and
definitely.”
17 WORKMEN BURNED IN
COKE OVEN EXPLOSION
i BIRMINGHAM. ALA., Aug. 10.—An ex-
I plosion of gas at the by-product coke
* | ovens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
* Railroad Cowman?' at Corey, near here to
i day, while a change was being made in
i one of the big mains, resulted in seven
. teen workmen, including assistant super
intendents ami foremen being seriously
* burned. Dr. H. R. Deholl, assistant su
' perintendent, anti one of the best known
' | Masons of Birmingham district, is burned
’ I about the face and arms.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1912. of the condition of
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
OF NEWARK.
Organized under the laws of the state of Nev. Jersey, made to the governor
of the state of Georgia, in pursuance to the laws of said state.
Principal offices, 755 to 769 Broad street, Newark.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
i I Amount of capital stocks2,ooo,ooo.oo
j Amount of capital slock paid up in cash 2 000 000 Ou
11. ASSETS.
i Total admitted assets $”74 134 41 ' >3
. I 111. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $274.134 415.53
■ i IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1912.
Total income $43,590,008.05
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1912.
Total disbursements $27,727,891.39
I Greatest amount insured in any one risk ....$ 112,886100
. Total amount of insurance outstanding 2.136,682,924.00
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the office
I of the insurance commissioner.
STATE OF GEORGIA —County of Fulton.
Personally appeared before' the undersigned, J. M. Skinner, who. being
duly sworn, deposes and ♦ays that he is the manager of the Prudential in
surance Company of America, and that the foregoing statement is correct
•’ and truP - J. M. SKINNER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 10th day of August 1912
J. T. KIRKPATRICK. Jr".
Notary Public.
AKERS & SKINNER, Managers
4011-10 GRANT BriIJIIXG, ATI.AXTA. GA.
T.R.TELLS DF HIS
FIGHTONW.iI
OUESTION
Admits New Party Was in
Peril—“ But .Now We Have
Started Right,’ - He Says.
OYSTER BAY, X. Y.. Aug. 10.—Some
inside history of the Progressive con
vention in Chicago was revealed today
by Colonel Roosevelt. He disclosed
that the Bull Moose party came dan
gerously near splitting over the neg o
problem.
"I had great difficulty in bringing
some of my supporters around to my
idea of hoyv the negro question in ou
party ought to be handled." said the
colonel. "Some of them believed that
it was an outrageous discrimination
against the negro to say that any of
them must be excluded. I maintained
that the third party had to take a dis
tinctive stand on it; that the negro
problem, so far as the party’s future
was concerned, must be handled firm A
at the start.
"It looked for a time as though we
would break on the negro issue. I
don’t mean that our parly was in
danger of going to smash, but that it
seemed as if some of our supporters
could not be reconciled. But they saw
the force of tvhat I maintained. They
came to realize that to keep out th*
venal type of negro and let the South
ern end of our party handle the prob
lem there as a local affair was the only
way out of it.
Took Bold Stand.
"M e took a bold stand, but xve start
ed right. Now we are going to organ
ize a party in the South that will em
brace the decent element of the negro
race exactly as the negro shows him
self fit to come in with us. We will
help the negro to become mo. e useful
to himself and to the community."
The ex-president laughed over the
comment of W. J. Bryan that the colo
nel In his Chicago speech had stolen
the Democratic party's ideas.
"We have stolen all the Democratic
ideas excepting those fit for the in
mates of a lunatic asylum," said the
colonel.
Roosevelt was immensely pleased
over a telegram from the crew of the
battleship Oregon at Bremerton. Wash,
saying: "We join in congratulating you
on your nomination for the presidency. '
"The enlisted men of the army ami
navy are with me,” said the colonel
"The?- know I understand them."
UNIQUE FIGURE QUITS
TOOMBSCOUNTY RACE
VIDALIA. GA., Aug. 10.—-" Uncle
Johnnie" Clifton, a uniqtge figure in
county politics in the state, has quit
the race for representative from
Toombs county. Mr. Clifton originated
the plan whereby the rival Candidate
visited the farmers in pairs, using th**
same horse and buggy, one of them
talking politics with the farmer while
the other plowed for him, and vi ■*
versa, so that the farmer would lose no
time from his work.
Mr. Clifton gives as his reason for
retiring from the race his feeble health
and his age.
MAXWELL QUITS ELBERT RACE.
ELBERTON, GA.. Aug. 10.— M. id.
Maxwell, candidate for the legislature,
has announced his withdrawal from the
race, stating that he cannot spare the
time from his business. He is one of
the leading merchants of this section.
There are seven other candidates in the
field for legislative honors from Elbert
county.
ALLEGED SLAYER HELD.
ANNISTON. ALA.. Aug. 10.—After a
long investigation by Probate Judge
Arnold, Walter Johnson, accused of
killing Tom Snow on the night of July
21 near Camp Pettus, was held with
out bail to await action by the grand
jury.
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