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2 SLATON SAYS HIS VIEWS OF ISSUES MEM Candidate Sees No Need to Take Stump— His Managers Attack Campaign System. Aft?! a service of sixteen years in active politics in Georgia, John M Sla ton thinks that his position on all ques tions non before the people of the state in the gubernatorial race is too well knojt n for him to take up the time of the voters by reiterating them from the stump That is the trend of a lengthy state ment given out at Slaton headquarters today reply ing to charges made by ills opposition by suggestion that he feats to meet the issues and is content to conduct a "still hunt" for votes. in addition. Mr. Slaton's managers take occasion to attack a system, which they say exists In Georgia, of candi dates paying |>oiitical henchmen in each county to conduct their fights. He de clares that by appealing to lite indi vidua) voter, he has avoided paying this, tribute and Is thus able to finance his own campaign leaving him fr«e of pledges to any political ling when lie enters office, should he be elected. System Attacked. His statement in part follows: John M. Slaton's campaign for governor. In which he has, 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 for a plan of attack, they have finally charged him with making a "still hunt." Six or seven 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 services in carrying militia districts. These Mr Slaton has ig nored. preferring to conduct his campaign upon merit, and he has carried it to the Individual upon that basis. His opponent" could not there fore charge him yvith "ring" alli ances; they could not criticise him for employing political workers in the various counties, 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 ter in a square and straightfor ward appeal for their individual support, ami that Is all Mr Slaton has made He’s Paying Own Expenses. Mi. Slaton is paying the expenses of his own campaign. Many con tributions have been tendered him. but be lia.s uniformly turned them all down with the exception of one or two small ones offered by close personal friends, where absolutely no political consideration was in volved and which could not. on ac count of such friendship, have been rejected. Tlie result is that Mr. Slaton Is under no sort of obligation to any politician or clique of politicians, his sole obligation is incurred in the appeal made to the individual x oter. As a member of the legislature for more than sixteen years, Mr. Slaton s views on all public ques tions which have come before the state within that period have been exploited in the press and are well known to all readers of the news papers. There is not 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 public utility corporations in the interest <>f the whole state. His attitude to ward the Western and Atlantic railload is an open book, lie fought for its preservation against those In i the legislature who sought to crip ple it: he insists that tile 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 publu roads he advocated that policy in a speech which he wrote out in ad vance. He lias taken an open stand for permanent registration of vot ers: it was his own suggestion which others have adopted Under the next administration big financial questions will confront the state, it is already apparent that something must be d<>nt to restore the balance between income and appropriations Mote than half of Georgia's outstanding bond ed indebtedness or some $3.70(1.000 due in 191,5. must be refunded. These bonds must be placed at the lowest possible interest rate and to the best advantage of the state in view of the expiration of the lea-e in 1919. the question of the disposi tion of the Western and \tlantic railroad must be dealt with. These are some of the big ques tions that will confront Georgia's next governor, and in dcaiinc. with them then' is need not of a theorist and a dreamer, but of a b.oad vlsioned and practical business man, such a man as Mr. Slaton. E. C. James. The funeral of E. C. James. ;:s y. - o;d. who died late yesterday, was li Id al Bloomfield's chape! this afternoon s: 2 o'clock. Interment was in Westvie ■ cemetery. .Mr Jami -t« survived b.» his mother. Mr- Marga: t A James, and a si.-', , M ■ W. B M> K nr* ■. Seagirt Mecca for Democrats When Party Nominee Was Notified WILSON DELIVERING SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE isfe 1 jmS \<>. 1. Governor Woodrow Wilson, snapped while delivering- his acceptance speech; ,\'o. 2, Ollie James, senator-elect from Kentucky, who made the notifica tion speech; No. 3, Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the governor; No. I. Mrs. PEUGHTHEEST.I PLANS ADVANCED Millions in Improvements for City. According to Big Property Owners. Tu insure the u ideninx of I‘<;uht i ♦ e str* el from Ellis to Eifteenlh streets, council's finance committee today adopted a resolution requesting nex; yeai's (Odii' i! to provide for an appro priation of $5,000 to pa \ Albert Howell for a st; in of ten feet of land at the corner of Peachtree street and Ponce DeLeon avenue. Work has air-ad\ been begun on a $500,000 apart m»*nt house at this cor ner and it was stated to the committee that unless th*‘ strip of land was se cured before the building was **reeted the street could nev* i bo w idened. Th? recommendation will be considered a* the n< Kt meeting of council. It was stated at the meeting that Mayer Winn would veto any more pledges of appropriations from n»*xt year’s revenue. The resolution as adopted doos not pledge any specific date at which the money is to be paid. Alderman James E. Warren declared tiiat the time ha\l come to call a halt on expendituies by the city for north side improvements Ho said that the en terprise of th< citizens there would re quire all of tin* city’s income if all their requests were granted, w hile I many plans for development on i lie south side w ore paralyzed for lack >f I money. He said Ihe propertx owneis should bear the cost of obtaining this 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 bx the Seaboard tor 1912 show a de crease of $990,010 over 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 .mu an arbitration board reached an ag:e, ment giving the state a large Ineieise This xear the railroad re torted $1.3.000 moie taxable property than ill 1911, but decreased the returns million, despite the fact that the 'omptrollei had fixed an increase on all Georgia railroads based upon net earnings. ALEXANDER WOULD CAMPAIGN BY NIGHT. MAKE: LAWS BY DAY Hoop! : Alexander plans to stump as mm h as possible during the remaining <i.t\s ol the campaign for governor. Though he declares he can not Iqave | Atlanta while the legislature is in ses- i Sion, he v.iys h, would like to make; night engagement- for meetings when] h< ■ ould return to the capital in time to fill his litties as a lawmaker. He ha- ai ejdv arranged the follow ing speaking dates: Gritfin Spa ng county. August 12. i LaGrange. Troup county. August 13; | lto\. man Hoort county. August 15;, Dublin. I.iureT’ . cutty. August It>. an.l Vienna, 1>o<»ly county, August U, | THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANDREWS. SATURDAY. AUGUST lA. 1912. HOUSE, MERHILV, GOES TO WORK Three Moot Bills Slaughtered at First Saturday Session of the Year. The house was extremely busy today, even though there barely vs as a quo rum on hand. The session was the first anil only Saturday session of the year. Speaker I’m Tem Vinson, of Baldwin, put tile lid on tight early in the ses sion and warned everybody that no member could leave the hall upon any pretext whatsoever, without first ob taining permission of Hie ltou.se. 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 ami resolved 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. McElreath. of Fulton, introduced at the request of the Geor j gia Prison Reform association, and | which sought to el ithe judg< s of courts I of original jurisdiction in criminal busi in< ss to suspend sentences in certain eases, ami 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 i constitutional major ity—the vote standing SO to 33. I The bill of Mr. Hobbs, of Houston, prohibiting drug store attaches other than regularly licensed pharmacists from filling prescriptions was lost under adverse citeumstanees similar to those under which the pt Ison reform bill met its death. The Hobbs bill got 84 favor ably cotes to 20 unfavorable, but the SO were not sufficient to pass it under the constitution. Mr Sl.tde. 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 teas 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. I'nder this head, a bill raising the salary of the assistant state librarian from $750 to SI,OOO per annum, a bill regulating the future appointment of fertilizer Inspectors and dit.eting the disposition of fertilizer fees, and a reso- I lution recotisidering the house's r> fusal to grant a SIO,OOO appropriation to tile Georgia School for tile Deaf all were passed. As tlie 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 : unsuccessfully early in tlie game to get excused for a few moments got his fighting elotlies on and objected to ever) subsequent request for unani mous consent. He even objected to a request for unanimous consent that he i hints. If lie excused for a time, although ! nobod) else objected. It is estimated that Hie house will be i ke| pieti) Uusy Monday reconsidering |,i numbet things it kill 'd tocia.'. Woodrow Wilson; No. ■>. Alton B. Parker, who was temporary chairman of the Baltimore convention, and member of the notification committee: No. 6. Governor I homas R. .Marshall, of Indiana, Democratic nominee for vice president. I Cxhran Serves "Cue For Legislators, But They're Hard at Work 1 Fine Special Train Goes to Hub of Bleckley County With Four I 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 Coeiiran this morning, leaving here at 7 o’clock, fixed ’ up with all sorts of fixings for the 1 * legislature's accommodation and com fort —but the legislature wasn't on it. It carried as guests one lone mem- * ber of the house, a couple of senators and a newspaper man. In the baggage ’ coach ahead were refreshments-, solid ' ' and liquid, of divers and sundr) per- ' . suasions. The good people of Cochran had 1 framed up a big day’s doings in that burg today, and all for the benefit of the legislature. The people of Cochran 1 f feel grateful to Hie legislature for mak. >' * ing a new county recently, of which Cochran is to be the proud county seat. , Cochran is to be the huh of tlie grand young county of Bleckley. ’ The legislature tried to get to Coch- ' ■ ran today—the Lord knows! It gave • I 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 1 nay roll call, so it passed the jaunt up. I Nevertheless, there was a tine old ' . barbecue pulled off in Cochran today, ; and from reports there the Cochranites ( didn't miss tlie legislature much, any- 1 Way! MONUMENT TO CLAY TO BE UNVEILED AT ‘ MARIETTA MONDAY MARIETTA. GA., Aug. 10. The 1 monument erected in the city park here ‘ ■ to the memory of the late United 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. 1 Brantley and Bishop Warren A. Can- j " dler will be tlie chief speakers. Mem- i bets of the Georgia house and senate i 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- i ■ 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 1 > It could be used for a speaking stand, i , On eithei side of the base there is a|J sanitary drinking fountain, and just I . , above the fountains are electric lights. | j The money for the monument was ! i i raised almost entirely by private sub- < p scriptions, and there were no very large p , individual contributions. The county!' and city, however, donated $250 each.]', I Tile committee that raised the money | < was Colonel Fred Morris, Colonel D. W. I i Biair and George H. Keeler, all of Ma- !' rietta. > DENIES HE KNEW WIFE WAS DEAF AND DUMB; SUES FOR ANNULMENT NEW YORK. Aug. 10—Denial that , 1 he knew before tlie wedding that his I ' wife was deaf and dumb, was made by Chiel M. Orowitz. who is suing for an j annulment of marriage. ' i Orowitz says lie had no chance to talk , to his wife until their wedding day Justice Lehman refused the wife's ap- * ■ plication for alimony pending his de- ' cision of the <uit. bat granted lie i , for counse 1 fees, , CANAL SB 10 DEFREETOU.S. Senate Passes Panama Biil. House and Taft Expected to Approve It. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.—The 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 Hat prohibition against the ownership or control by any railroad line of a steamship line. This was toned down to prohibit the passige of railroad owned ships through the ca nal. Sponsors of the bill declare they expect President Taft to sign the docu 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. The interstate commerce commission, under the senate amendments to the bill, w’ill become a powerful force. ’rhe amendments endow the commis sion to <■; la’ge extent with the enforce ment of the anti-trust law. It had been expected that the pas sage of the bill in face of opposition fiom th*? British government to the clause granting free tolls to American ships might be 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 w ith the .senate on the bill providing for the regulation and management of the Panama canal zone. The bill a- it passed the senate is ac ceptable to the Democratic members of the committee and most of the changes urged in conference will 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, lias much to do with the lau.-ation of man)- annoying ailments that formerly were obscurely diagnosed and vaguely treated. It stands to rea son that this alkaloid, when taken in dally doses of six or more grains, must exert a harmful action on the nervous cit culatory and digestive sx stems. Its action must also modify the action of other drugs prescribed by the phvsi eians." Continuing, this article says: "Postum, the well known cereal bev erage. made of clean, hard wheat and a small percentage ot molasses, has been the means of effecting an easy change from coffee and Its harmful stimulant—caffeine —to a v. holesome, harmless, nourishing beverage." Eminent analysts, such as Prof. J. \v. 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. thi- year, from 'he Bureau of Chemistry. show s that the deadly co;T?- drug, caffeine, administered in small <:<is -s. caused the death ■ r c its. dogs, rabbits and git’m-a pigs in a few hours. iTEffiMlLira miMELS . 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 dtty. declared if the Federal authorities maintained silence this afternoon he would order four troops of cavalry to entrain for the bolder to quell Mexi cans. The troops are now held in readi ■ J ness at New Braunfels. The entire I state ranger force also will be called s ; into service. f j George Vinnedge. former Rough . Rider with Roosevelt .today began or ; ganizing a second x.ough Rider band Ito repel the Mexicans. He has offered Governor Colquitt his service. Many j cowboys of western ranches here with cattle shipments already, have enlisted. Colquitt last night telegraphed Pres • ident Taft and the war department, de t manding that the United States act t 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 , Texas ranger and the entire cavalry I | force of the militia to the border. > j In his telegram, after quoting from f ' Sheriff Edwards' message from El I Paso concerning the raids on Texas | ranches, the governor said: , | "Please advise me if the United i States government will give protection . land repel invasion. If it does not do so ' promptly. I shall repel the Invaders ! with state troops. Answer quick and ! | definitely." j 17 WORKMEN BURNED IN COKE OVEN EXPLOSION i , BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Aug. 10.—An ex plosion of gas at the by-product coke > ovens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and > i Railroad Company at Corey, near here to i ! day. while a change was being made in I ■ one of the big mains, resulted in seven . I teen workmen, including assistant super . , intends nts and foremen being seriously fi burned. Dr. H. It. Deholl. assistant su- ' perintendent. and one of the best known Masons of Birmingham district. Is burned 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 New Jersey, made so the governor of the state of Georgia, in pursuance to the laws of said state. . ; Principal offices, 755 to 769 Broad street. Newark, N J I. CAPITAL STOCK. LI Amount of capital stocks2,ooo,ooo.oo I Amount of capital stock paid up in rash 11. ASSETS. | Total admitted assets s’’74 134 415 ' ' 111. LIABILITIES. - ■ » , , Total liabilities s2'4 134 41 "'’ IV. INCOME DURING THE FiRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1912.’ I otal income 443 "so oos n - V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1912. Total disbursements s’7 727 89180 Greatest amount insured in any one risk ... $ 112,886.00 Total amount of insurance outstanding 2.136,682^924.00 A copy of the act of incorpoiatlon. duly certified, is of file in the office oi the insurance Commissioner. | STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton Personally appeared before the undersigned. J. M. Skinner, who, being dul\ sworn, deposes and .-ays that he is the manager of the Prudential In su. ance < ornpany of America, and that the foiegoing statement is correct j M SKINNER Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 10th dav of August. 1912 .1 T. KIRKPATRICK. JR Notary Public. AKERS & SKINNER, Managers W9-W GRANT BUILDING. ATLANTA, GA. T. £ TELLS OF NIS FIGHT ON MO y OULSTION Admits New Party Was in Peril —‘"But Now We Have Started Right.” He Says. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Aug. in.—Some inside history of the Progressive con vention in Chicago was revealed today by Colonel Roosevelt. He disclose 1 that the Bull Moose party tame dan gerously near splitting over the negro problem. "I had great difficulty in bringing some of my supporters around to my idea of how the negro question in oil " 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 firmly at the start. “It looked for a time as though we would break on the negro issue. I don't mean that our party rvas 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 what 1 maintained. They came to realize that to keep out the venal type of negro and let the South ern end of our party handle the prob lem there as a local affair vas the only way out of it. Took Bold Stand. "We took a bold stand, but we 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 more 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 please I 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 and navy are with me.” said the colonel, "They know I understand them.” UNIQUE FIGURE QUITS TOOMBS_COUNTY RACE 5 IDALIA, GA., Aug. 10. —"Uncle Johnnie' Clifton, a unique figure in county politics in the state, has quit the race for representative from Toombs county. Mr. Clifton originated the plan whereby the rival candidates visited the farmers in pairs, using the same horse and buggy, one of them talking politics with the farmer while the other plotved for him, and vice 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, e’ 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 Catnp 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 My favorite pictures at home? Easy; get the Brownie Enlargement Machine. Let J no. L. Moore & Sons show you. 42 North Broad St. »»»