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2 SLATON SAYS HIS VIEWS OF ISSUES ARE KNOWN Candidate Sees No Need to Take Stump— His Managers Attack Campaign System. ______ 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 - - . . —/MWF™ITTJi HHk? ’J. f ■r JIpW ■ P ®eEIU" Mg'S fJW COFX»x«Jtx «Ci 'XTE.SUSAISOTCAXz JOEWS SWWVZCXz • 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 >„ - - ’ 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. —————■ 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. FOR THAT TIRED FEELING Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Excellent for the relief of that tired feeling due to Summer heat, overwork or insomnia. ••• HOW CAN I ENLARGE M?* favorite pictures at home? Easy; get the Brownie Enlargement Machine. Let Jno. L. Moore & Sons show you. 42 North Broad St. *»<■