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SIDELIGHTS ON STATEPOLITICS Gossip About the Men Who Are in the Public Eye at Present. By JAMES B. NEVIN. • There was something grimly humor ous in the way the Broyles-Pottle race mixed things up in the various news paper offices in Atlanta, and the out come thereof seems especially to have been designed by a kind and watchful Providence, to the end that no particu lar engine of journalistic uplift locally might suffer a crushing preponderance of embarrassment, and every precinct heard from! The race was a dead heat, a dog fall, an even break! Designations are matters of taste. Glooms and Joys scatter Impartially and divide like gentlemen and real sports should. To begin at the beginning, the pre election campaign "dope" ran to Pot tle. Pottle was expected to win. and the first reports, wired In as a rule from noon to 2:80 o’clock on election day, in dicated a Pottle victory sure. A Jumble of Reports. The Wednesday night extrae, without exception, gave the race to Pottle. Thursday morning The Constitution printed Pottle’s picture and declared him a winner. Thursday afternoon The Georgian said tt looked like Pottle and The Jour nal said tt looked like Broyles. PWday morning The Constitution said it looked mightily ’lke Broyles. Friday afternoon The Georgian said ft was Pottle and The Journal said it was Broyles. Saturday morning The Constitution ■aid it was Broyles by a scratch, and at noon Saturday The Georgian said tt wws beginning to look mightily like a tie! Broyles Thanked His Friends. Saturday afternoon The Journal said tt was Broylee by 190 to 178, and The Georgian said It either was Broyles by 182 to 186, or it was a tie. The Georgian quoted Judge Pottle as saying he thought it might be a tie, while The Journal carried a card of thanks from Broyles to his friends, in which he claimed victory sure. Sunday morning both The Consti tution and The Journal admitted that the race was a tie —but The Constitu tion carried on its editorial page, nev ertheless, an illuminating promulgation analyzing the meaning of Broyles' election! Somebody certainly had mixed those babies up, all right! The Georgian knew nothing whatever of the figures in The Constitution and Journal offices. It was figuring—as best it could —from its own returns. It went wrong on its Friday story, claiming victory for Pottle, on returns subsequently corrected. Then Looked Like Broyles. ft based Its two Saturday stories on complete return® from all but two counties —Lincoln and Union. With thoee two counties unofficially but seemingly reliably returned, It looked like Broyles by 186 to 182. The Georgian stated Saturday after noon that a swing of either Union or Lincoln from Broyles to Pottle would tie the eoore. Curiously enough, and with that per ■lrtent perversity of fate that seems to have followed the Broyles-Pottle fig ures, one of them DID swing In the final and concluding lap—and the race waa a tie, with a convention fight the answer! Saturday about 9:30 o’clock a well known Atlanta politician came to The Georgian office and demanded to know why The Georgian did not "admit the nomination of Broyles.” "AU the other newspapers admit It, and it looks like bull-headedness In you not to fall in line!" Trying to Get Correct Figures. But it wasn’t “pure bull-headedness.” The Georgian had no personal inter est in the race. Broyles and Pottle were simply Mr. X and Mr. Y to The Georgian, and it was looking for the correct figures to attach to each exhlb. It— nothing more. The Georgian couldn’t make two and two equal five, when two and two didn’t seem to do anything of the sort even to please prominent Atlanta poli ticians. « Besides, The Georgian knew what was biting the prominent Atlanta pol itician. He had a candidate for city recorder up his sleeve, and he wanted the election of Broyles conceded. The Georgian didn’t have a candi date for city recorder, and all candi dates for the court of appeals looked alike to The Georgian. Upon the official landing of Union and Lincoln depended The Georgian’s fig ures for final accuracy in the court of appeals race. Giving them both to Broyles—where they seemed to belong—Saturday aft ernoon. bis election was indicated by 186 to 182. When in the finish, however, one landed in the Broyles and one in the Pottle column, two votes came off of Broyles and went onto Pottle. Result —to stay put—Broyles 184 and Pottle 184! Georgian Foresaw a Tie. The Georgia was the first newspaper to suggest the likelihood of a tie be tween the two candidates —it suggested a tie as probable Saturday at noon, and reiterated the suggestion in its home edition. To The Journal goes the credit for printing the first absolutely official word from Union. It carried a dis patch Saturday afternoon from Blue JUdge, via Murphy, N. C., saying that Africa Glad to See'Jedge Briles' Go BUGABOO TO DARKTOWN Old "Nat” White, who in complexion, at least, belies his name emphatically, has been talking things over with his friends and acquaintances along Dark est Decatur street, and he finds the denizens thereof in quite a state of mbind today with respect to recent po mind today with respect to recent po litical happenings in Georgia. Old “Nat” says Decatur street is re joicing dll the way' along, up one side and down the other, that “Jedge Briles” has been named to the court of appeals, ,and must, without doubt, be a thing apart from Decatur street philosophy hereafter, save in more or less loving retrospect. Dese Decatur street niggers,” says Old ’Nat" today, “thinks dey is shore gwine ter have a good time now, and dat dere won’t be no straint on no body wid Jedge Briles on de big court. "Dese niggers shore has a great re- MARIETTA MILE GARBED FDH VETS Convention State Reunion Will Open Tomorrow With Address of Welcome by Governor. MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 27.—The Stars and Bars and the St. Andrews crosses, banners of the Lost Cause, hang from every building around the ancient pub lic square today. Colors of the Con federacy, from great flaunting banners to tiny pennants, wave from the win dows of a thousand homes. Already the white-aproned chefs are preparing the meats for the camp which is to come. Marietta is ready for the reunion of Georgia veterans which opens tomor row and closes Thursday night. Busiest of all Mariettans, enthusi astic, indefatigable, is Miss Regina Rambo, the girl to whose effbrts, more than anything else, is due the coming of the veterans to Marietta. It was Miss Rambo who personally extended the Invitation; it was she who worked from morning to night to raise the funds for their entertainment. The gray soldiers of the sixties look upon her as the "Daughter of the Division.” They will join in doing her honor tomorrow. Miss Rambo, as head of the enter tainment committee, has planned a number of special affairs for the amuse ment of the visitors when their busi ness sessions are over. Tomorrow night will bring three separate enter tainments at the same hour, one at the court house, one at the armory and one at the city park. Tomorrow afternoon a luncheon will be served to sponsors and maids by the Fielding Lewis chap ter, D. A. R., at the home of Mrs. John M. Graham. The girls of the Martha Berry Tavern will be the waitresses. At the opening exercises tomorrow morning there will be addresses of wel come by' Governor Joseph M. Brown, Mayor J. J. Black, Mrs. S. D. Rambo, president of the U. D. C., and Mrs. R. T. Nesbitt. Judge John W. Maddox, of Rome, the state commander, and W. H. Harrison, of Atlanta, will respond. In the afternoon a tour of the battle field of Kennesaw Mountain will be made In automobiles. The great parade will take place Thursday afternoon, with five divisions In line. Three bands have been en gaged and state troops. Boy Scouts and the sponsors will march with the vet erans. Thursday night the grand ball will be given at the armory. SANDOW WEEPS IN CELL: SAY HE’S A WIFE-BEATER ALLENTOWN. PA.. Aug. 27.—Fred Sandow, a strong man who bad been giving exhibitions in this city and claiming to be son of Eugene Sandow, was arrested by the police today on a charge of beating and choking his wife, a frail mite of woman. When taken to the police station the strong man cried like a child and begged to be released. His wife is un der the care of a physician. Sandow claims to have stood off Hacken echmidt, the wrestler, for eight minutes in New York. MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DIES AT FLOVILLA HOME JACKSON, GA., Aug. 27.—A veteran of the Mexican war, R. J. Terrell, is dead at his home in Flovilla at the age of 89 years. Mrs. Terrell survives. They had been married 62 years. He was a native of Meriwether county. He served through the Mexican wai and received a serious wound that prevented his en listing in the Civil war. Four sons, J. W. Terrell, of Flovilla; N J. Terrell, of Atlanta: JI. D. Ter rell, of Covington, and R. W. Tyrrell, of Tifton, and one daughter, Mrs. J. S. Cummings, of Flovilla, also survive. Alexander had carried the county for governor. Previous to that, nobody knew really what bad happened in Union. Unquestionably, the errors creeping into the reports on the Broyles-Pot tie race were due to the extreme and un reasonable length of the ticket used in Wednesday’s primary , and to the fact that the race, thought to be a one sided affair in the beginning, was over looked in a measure in the early returns or more or less Indiffeiently handled by correspondents. It seems a bit strange, however, at that, that the truth could be establish ed by' no one earlier than Saturday night. Every newspaper in Atlanta was seeking, of course, to present exact and truthful figures; and that it took them three days to get together may seem to the irreverent something of a joke. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1912. spect for de Jedge, but dey ain’. shed ding no tears dat he’s er goner, so far as dey is consarned. If de trufe was known, dey’s about de happie-st lot er niggers in de world, seeing dat Broyles is ter pass along ter higher things. "Hit don't make no pertlcular differ ence who gits Jedge Briles' job, hit ain't gw’lne ter be Jedge Briles. Dey ain’t gwine ter be no more Jedge Brileses in dis world. He ain’t like no jedge dat ever wuz. and he ain’t gwine ter be like no jedge what ever will be. He's jess Jedge Briles, all by hisself. "I hears dey is a big celebration be ing fixed up, in honor of de .ledge's election, but my' advice ter dese nig gers is ter postpone dat thing until atter de Jedge Is sworn in on de big court. Dey ain’t no cellin' what sort er view de Jedge might take ob that cele bration. if hit wuz called to his atten tion, and hit might be.” RELIGIOUS JEST CAUSES KILLING Bailiff Slays Ex-Mayor of Kingston Because-of Remark About “Holy Rollers.” CARTERSVILLE. GA., Aug. 27.—W. H. Griffin, ex-mayor of Kingston. Ga., candidate for mayor an<J, son of R. L. Griffin, former sheriff of Bartow county, was shot and instantly killed on the streets of Kingston last night by W. J. Wooten, a bailiff of Kingston. The shooting was the result of a remark made by Griffin concerning the “Holy Rollers,” of whom Wooten is a recent convert. Wooten gave himself up and is held in the county jail here without bail. According to half a hundred specta tors, Mayor Griffin, with a number of other men. was standing in front of the calaboose listening to the ravings of a drunken negro prisoner. Wooten and a friend walked up and asked why the negro had been jailed. "Oh, the trouble with him is he is one of your Holy’ Roller Russellites,” said Griffin jokingly. “You’re one your self, bailiff; you ought to know the sounds.” "You stop kidding me about my' re ligion, Griffin," shouted Wooten. “You say that and you're a damned liar.” Griffin struck Wooten with his open palm on the cheek; Wooten stpggered bacl?. Griffin struck again at the bail iff. who leaped back ten feet, drew his pistol and fired a shot straight Into the ex-mayor's heart. Griffin fell dead in the roadway. The crowd disarmed Wooten, after a struggle, and thrust him into the cell with the howling ne gro. While Wooten sat behind the bars Griffin’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Hender son, who was visiting the ex-mayor’s family, went up,to the bars. “Why' did you kill my boy?” she de manded. “I just had a call to, ma’am,” said Wooten. “I had been ordered from on high that he had to die.” UNWRITTEN LAW IS FARMER’S PLEA FOR KILLING MOTORMAN LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 27.—Pas sengers on an interurban car from Louisville to Shelbyville late last night heard what they thought were the or dinary explosions from the motor box on the front platform, accompanied by flashes. A moment later they were aware of a tragedy when the door opened and a man with a revolver in hand strode back through the car, while the motorman toppled /over and dropped at his post. He was brought to Louisville, but died in a few hours from three bullet wounds. 1 he slayer was Tyler Hinkle, a young farmer, who acted under the unwritten law, having accused Robert Pierle, the victim, of invading his home. CYCLONE STRIKES CAMPERS FOUR PERSONS ARE INJURED ERIE, PA., Aug. 27.—Roaring like a tremendous blast, a cycljne, which is believed to have attained a velocity of 80 miles, broke over Canaughtee. Lake yesterday, injuring four campers and entailing a loss of $30,000 to grain and property. For three minutes township people say water was thrown more than 100 feet into the air by the wind. Carrying what seemed to be great volumes of water, the funnel-shaped cloud, 40 feet wide, skirted the city’ and then moved rapidly to the southwest. Barns fell, trees were uprooted and many persons were stunned. Many nar rowly escaped injury or death. WEDS IN FEAR OF SON. • AT 72: BRIDE IS ONLY 22 WILMINGTON, DEL., Aug 27.—Ex pressing a fear that his son might ob ject, a man 72 years old, who secured a mairiage license from Magistrate Gluekman today to marry a girl 22 years old, insisted that his name and that of his intended bride be kept a secret, at least for the present. The man is a wealthy manufacturer living in Germantown, and his young bride is a resident of Philadelphia. The man was accompanied by his daughter, who looked to be the bride's senior. He said he and his son are Interested in some patents, and he thought his son would make trouble if he learned that the aged father had married. After getting the license the couple went on a hunt for a minister to per form the ceremony. MOOSE WED IN FIRST CLASH H. S. Jackson Controls Situa tion—Clark Grier and Mar shal Johnson Bounced. What will happen to Republican of fice holders in the South who do not support the faction in power is clearly known to all today after the action of the state Republican central commit tee yesterday afternoon in reading Clark Grier out of the party and out of his promised job as postmaster at Dub lin and in placing United States Mar shal Walter H. Johnson in the same with “that traitor, Clark." “The action of the state Republican central committee won’t keep me from voting for Taft,” said Mr. Johnson to day. He admitted that file resolutions which indorsed the opposition of Henry S. Jackson, collector of internal reve nue, to Clark Grier and all other dele gates to the Republican convention that opposed President Taft in the prelimi nary contests, referred to himself, but stated that a man in politics must ex pect attacks and that he had no objec tion to the resolutions being passed if the committee saw fit to pass them. Threats to “bolt” the Republican par ty came when B. J, Davis, a negro and editor of The Atlanta Independent, de clared that if President Taft appointed Clark Grier postmaster at Dublin that he would vote and work for Wilson. Bull Moose “charges” were flung also when C. P. Goree, an Atlanta lawyer, pointed his finger at District Attorney Alex Akerman, of Macon, and shouted, “The gentleman from Bibb is a Bull Moose and he knows It.” Jackson Is the Leader, The committee met in the senate chamber to choose Republican electors for the presidential election this fall. That part of the work came at dusk and occupied ten minutes. Henry’ S. Jackson, collector of in ternal revenue, is today acknoweidged the leader of the Republican party and arbiter on all matters .of Federal pat ronage in Georgia. This came when the skids were put under Colonel Wal ter H. Johnson and he was roughly shot from the position which he has held for more than twenty years. Colo nel Johnson is no longer chairman of the executive committee, leader or hold er of patronage, and even stands in danger of losing his own position^as marshal at a salary of $4,500 per year He only remains chairman of the cen tral committee. This was accomplished by passing a set of resolutions offered by Roscoe Pickett, of Pickens county, one of the four members of the Georgia legisla ture who Is a Republican. The resolu tions indorsed the work of Henry S. Jackson in supporting Taft; indorsed the stand of Mr. Jackson in opposing the nomination of Clark Grier for post master at Dublin, and indorsed Mr. Jackson for his oppositiorf to all who had voted against the Taft faction in the preliminary’ contests at the Repub lican convention in Chicago. Colonel Johnson Steps Down. When this was introduced, Colonel Johnson, who as chairman of the com mittee was presiding, stepped down and handed the gavel to John M. Barnes, of Macon. That Jackson had been seeking to oust Marshal Johnson, despite his -de nials to representatives of the Atlanta papers, was clearly shown when Dis trict Attorney Akerman produced be fore the committee letters from Attor ney General Wickersham in which the attorney general said he could take no action in the matter of Colonel Johnson because the representations made to him by Akerman were so at variance with those made by’ Jackson. Akerman is the avowed friend of Colonel John son and in bitter language defended him on the floor yesterday. UPSON MAN, OPPOSED TO EVERYTHING, WINS RACE THOMASTON, GA., Aug. 27—Be cause he was, against most everything that is a live issue in Georgia politics. P. C. Parks, in one of the most exciting races known in Upson county for the legislative place to succeed W. Y. Allen, was elected over his closest opponent. But he had a majority of only twelve votes. The votes fell as follows: P. C. Parks, 320; J. R. Davis, 308; B. G. McKenney, 249; P. G Daniel. 90. Mr. Parks’ platform was against the dog law, the game law, the present pro hibition law, the system of working the roads and compulsory’ education, all of which polled for him *ll heavy vote in the country precincts. Mr. Davis re ceived a heavy town vote. Mr. Parks is 60 years old, a wealthy planter and prominent stock dealer of this place. He was born and reared in Upson county, and has never had any political expe rience before. Feel Grouchy ■ It is not your fault —it is your liver. No one can be in good spirits when their system is not carrying off the waste products. Tutt's Pills regulate the bile ducts and put you in a good humor with yourself and the world. At your druggist sugar coated or plain. SURVIVOR OF SHIP SUNK BY ICE SAVED BY LOSS OF A HAND TACOMA, WASH., Aug. 27.—Nine years next October the steamship Dis covery, bound from Nome for Puget Sound, was lost off the southern coast of Alaska. About 70 persons, including a dozen Port Townsend residents, per ished. Until today the manner of the Discovery’s loss has remained a mys tery. It was supposed she foundered in a storm off Yakuta. The only clew was one life preserver on the shore of Kodiak Island. Now comes Captain E. C. Weaver, 75 years old, and proves he is the sole survivor of the Discovery. Weaver says the Discovery weathered a storm off Yakuta and reached Ick Strait, near Juneau, where during a heavy snow storm she struck an iceberg and sank in five minutes. Weaver's escape resulted from his previous misfortune of losing one hand. With a steel hook permanently fast ened to his wrist he drew himself on some floating ice. The next day Indians picked him up, taking him in their camp. While on the iceberg he alle viated his thirst by breaking off pieces' of ice with the steel hook DAUGHTER COMES TD BURY WILSDN The body of Christopher Columbus Wilson, of wireless fame, who died sud denly Sunday night at the Federal prison, where he was serving a term, is held here pending the arrival of his daughter. Miss Olla Wilson. Miss Wilson is a resident of Lancas ter, Texas. She has wired that she will arrive in Atlanta tomorrow to take charge of the body. So far the under takers have not notified Mrs. Wilson of her husband's death. Mrs. Wilson Ilves in the East, where she has been since she gave up her place as stenographer for the president of the wireless company to become his wife. This was shortly after the gov ernment Investigation of the company's affairs was begun. Mr. Wilson and his first wife, the mother nf Miss Olla Wilson, had juet been divorced. Mr. Wilson’s death came suddenly, just after he had written a letter to his daughter. He was seated In the prison library with a number of other men when the attack came on him. Financial Affairs In Tangle. NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Colonel Christopher Columbus Wilson’s death leaves his financial affairs still unset tled and a tangle of legislation growing out of the failure of the United Wire less Telegraph Company, of which he was president, to be adjusted. Last May Wilson produced a sched ule showing how he had spent more than $L090,000 in four years. He also testified that although worth half a million dollars in 1909, his wealth had shrunk to a gold watch and a pair of cuff links. Colonel Wilson lived regally before his conviction, but the receiver’s search for assets has been almost a fruitless task. Was Native of Texas GALVESTON. TEXAS, Aug 27. Colonel C. C. Wilson wnose death oc curred at Atlanta last night, was a na tive of Corsicana, Toxas, and was well known over the state. 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Contin- announcements from the kaiser's bedside that the indisposition is slight, amounting only to a cold and a touch of muscular rheumatism, had been re ceived with credence by the general public, but were skeptically viewed in court and diplomatic circles This doubt is strengthened today as the result of an announcement of Count Eulenberg, chief marshal of the impe rial court, that the emperor will have to abandon all his engagements tor tills week and give himself entirely over to rest. The proposed trip to Switzerland, which was scheduled to start on Sep tember 2, is now expected to be can celled, despite the announcement made 24 hours ago that the emperor was de termined to go. Neck Stiff, Tonsil Swollen. The first description of the kaisers condition was contained in Count Eu lenberg's statement. The trouble con sists of feverishness, chills and swell ing and stiffness of muscles on the right side of the neck. An examination showed that the right tonsil was swollen to twice its normal size, while the glands were so stiff that the emperor could not turn his head. The feverish symptoms went down, and the swelling in the throat abated somewhat, but the muscles still remain so stiff that movement of the head and neck is hampered. Attending doctors are said to fear that these symptoms are but precursors of more alarming manifestations. While her own health is not satisfac tory, the empress is giving the em peror personal attention. She and Princess Victoria Louise remain at the bedside almost constantly. The kaiser Is in the imperial castle at Cassel, Hesse Nassau. POSSE SURROUNDS NEGRO WHO FIRES ON PURSUERS GADSDEN, ALA., Aug. 27.—A tele phone message from Collinsville this afternoon stated that the negro who killed one and wounded three persons and for whom a posse of several hun dred persons has been searching two days, has been surrounded in a thicket near Blue pond, eight miles from Col linsville, and that shots have been ex changed. The negro answers every volley with his pistol. COOLER IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—A hot wave which has kept Chicago sweltering for the past few days disappeared today before a cool lake breeze. Two persons died yesterday as a result of the heat. Are you busy this evening? Even if you are, take a few moments off and read the great list of baggains in every line on the Want Ad Pages of this paper. You will be repaid many times. TERRIBLEFLOOO SWEEPS BRITAIN Crop Damage $100,000,000. August Wettest in 31 Years. Rain Still Falling. I ONDON. Aug. 27.—With more than $100,000,000 crop damage done, miles of railway lines under water and traffic hilled and many towns isolated. Eng land today is facing one of the. most se rious flood situations in its history. R <ins verging on cloudbursts have been general for two days. Norwich has been swept by a rainfall of unpar alleled violence, and within a few hours 3,i .0,000 tons of water fell in this city. Rivers are swollen out of their banks, and crops are rotting beneath the inun dations which have covered the fields. The records show this to be the wet test August In England in 31 years. Forecasts are for continued rain throughout September, and it is feared the damage may run close to $300,000.- 000 The military maneuvers set for September 14 at Anglia will have to bo abandoned unless the weather clears. Maneuvers are technically in prog ress now on Salisbury plain, but little real work has been done. 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