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2 patterson ns judgeship® BLUE RIDGE State Committee Invalidates Primary in Gilmer Because of Evidence of Fraud. T!" Demoeralic t-v niaw- nntt<>' iHt. Thursday afternoon in\a! - dated tin late jtidp sliiu pri i.oy n GHimr count) and dci aivd 11 1.. I'a - t< i>on, of Forsyth county, tin right; i nominie of the Him Ridge cin nit. in stead of Judge A New t Mori is. ol r-.hit county, who was winner by some ■ majority, on tin- tact- of the n-tariis. The committee, aftei i hearing w hirl lasted two day s - eached a ej- all evidence and argument find 1>« ■ t Submitted. upon a motion of ( tntni'- Beeman Alexander A La\ rente of Chatham, that the Vontt sting jw-tiiton •f Patterson be denied, and that Mo > •©■declared the nominee of Hn- i im • The Lawrence motion w; -i, rated Hyt»a vote of 29 to 9. New Primary Motion Lost. A motion was then mad' to ord< , ijpw primary in Gilmer, and i to , 'Ras turned down by tin com ,itn Finally, Patterson wa formally •!< • fared the party namin' • by ~ mam inous committee vote. The Lawrence motion had told the sfOT) . The committee voted in • wo.tivi stesßlon. but lined up mt tin l.uwn-n,, .ootkui as follows. For the motion and Morri .1. \\ Uaytion, A. A. Lawrence. A W-hitako. W, N. I> Dixon \V. <' Manin l> \V Blair S. T Wofl.y, It. B. Huh .ml and H, J*. Mclkleham Voted Against Morris. Ac a Inst the motion and Morris \\ 6. "W est. G. R. Hutim-m. Alb-rt How *>ll»Jt . J. A Brannen. A. S. Hard" V R. Frier, W. I. MeElmurr iy. . - Snodgrass. E H. Griffin \\ I-: Saun iderr E. L. Rainey. .1 E. Hit) < - \\ U .Harper. F. M. Longley. f l. Battle T H. Persons. I. E Ilod-mhami r. B. II Hardy, Joe Hill Hall. Roy I) Stubbs 11 Roberts, \V. I< Little, S. II Allen. ' Vinson, Alvin Goht.ki \ T Wood •ward. «'. W Gridin. 1.. I> Shannon and J. W. Palmer 29 Th.- Blue Bldg- ,-irciiit contest wa orn of tin bittciist ever brought br io’, e the -ttpreme council of the ] arty Allegations of fraud in making up th r-gi-tr itmn list.-, conducting the e! 'mu. an. returning and -i-mpillng t' ■ v■ r. mi .Ilian., d by dozen o, wile se- whose t-stimony never wa .• u< • i sfully at•ai-io'd. The committee allow ed tin w. n- Inti 'ide in the intro-duet! m of . \ di m on bold -:<!• -, and the examination of w itnesses, bo h dir. ■ t and > r>> wa- < xhaustiv. ami tmhind’t ed. Judge Moriis himself took th.- st..ml ami denied s mil tie,•Bly may ol the charges of fraud and intimidation pin, - ticed in the election, and Bart i'o A clerk of the superiot com i of G u. r. right-hand Mortis pa usati mi ih, d. of the entire controversy in Giltm i backed the judge up vigor.,,,-i Verdict Is Cheered. The preponderance of testimony ap parently seemed to the . .in'imitP-< . how ever, to sustain amply tit. ,-i arg. s .>' the Patterson contestants, and t ■ ■ ’ evident, even before , ballot ,as spread, that Moriis st I ,« show whatever to 'w in. When Paterson w lie- ... . u. nominee and tin fact 1. alo d on into the capital corridoi . ptmd. tn on m broke loose, and for several minute the cheering was wild and y. nt Late into the night the Kimball hou. . lobby was fill'd w ith p, r-in dr . us ing the judgeship rave and its oirumm- Judge Patterson ming .-.i t w tli the crowd in the Kimball, liter. M,> ris returned to his home n \ n-i.tta before the Verdict was ri-mbed by t committee Patterson will be elected in tin- rep ttiat tn-tober .-lection. It t ~ .na on the ticket as tin I Jeu -. i ■ < m>m nee to he voted on by In prop;, of the entire siatt . CHICAGO STILL SWEATERS: 4 DEAD. MANY OVERCOME CHICAGO. Ser* »■ X pr<vi.;<t f weather tomorrow wa* held <> :• ; t- ,v to swelterins; Chicapo !•> ’ . w . ( : n rea u. Aftei a <la> that touched i ere— .t the fourth time m haty .wars S. ; ten her , there was a > gi ■ i -I ■ f r , . t a breeze that tin- v. ■•■ ■ . e i-. j•. would be < t sh«e t ... i l. from Ihe I eat \ < sit i < i \ \ l . ; prostrations tre t» »• 29 PROFESSORS WORKING IN BIG STEEL PLANTS PITTSBI P.G. Sept C. I' - summer 2k i. of. .- -o 11. on and schools in 19 s; ,tc< hay, n • m- I'ioyed in the mills of Bitt - .; just for the expel ienc. Tiny w. : ,i-i on an average of 2i> •cuts .n oi about a month KILLS HIMSELF WHEN H S WIFE SPI RL< * >M INGT« ».X 11.’ S Thomas i > i>. i emji ■ t i ' Oielit slot *. s\ .i ‘ • acid v itii f.i tai . - . t ■. iv He w; ■ sp-'inh det ,ih( •> I■ tu i to < The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon ! Thi» oupon wu b< ,-ept»d .it P- • :■ . Alabama at.. ' jas partial payment for any .'.<• , . , -»n • ,s c rt: tlitra. < See Dr.■mum ■> .■ :• ■ !\ice J Ac Clew to Mother Who Left Baby at Denot TOT SENT TO ORPHANAGE Or -s j. WWF, s , /<' r w/ J ■ -If / .-w® - lliehali.y nlminloneil l»\ i|< mother at the I nioii depot c'i er Ji ■■ h has liicii si nt lo (Ip. Iloiiie for the I-rieiidless. Police Have Only General De scription of Young Woman Who Deserted Child. . . ' 1 .it tfi I’niiiii ilcpiit, y <st f> ■ <Li y. U V» (• to Ur>' <’;>!«•• I ‘hill . ing io h’il«l ,iih| n« \< i < ilhui for j*. • '“I hi tin llonir for tho 1 ,- ri« n<j- ,| ' , | In - I tl y mingste. .l ow and “’'c '■■"'• -"il' pudgy f i , ,-,|| ip wrinkly s-imlv you'd m-ver think it w’as •> di-vc; t.'.i , pjd motberless and ua m. ■ 1 " I'ollci col d i■ :. s. a,, ii for ,At.c;no to Have hirst Woman Detective Agency GIRLS TO TRAP CROOKS Au.mia nay in-v, r hay .- real worn, n I 1 ""'' 11 'ti w.-aring blue unii'oinis and brass buttons and swinging clubs, but ttlantu - to havi omen de te< ti'. s. di.-ssing ju t like any other <1 -■ - ■ ' woman, to shadow ' t't Un ■ m.N and >\ .! mn-rs and ferret the baffling m - i-i, . of tiie day. it I* I- th'-y li mi’ be on'-thi- piyt'm’ • < i J : -Utas reg ida t ion ‘■Uy b'.i • ■) ■’. Imi 'III thi y'”l he sleuths just the sam. with'all of the i . i-i \. i.. t : ■r ' s| c. \\ ilni - - In other Vio'iL. A’ ;io(u as in sinre •i <h < Hii'm'i , :•■). ,i \voman> de- « '' i i (he only «>ne n iln riiit .| St ■ Ten nf ’Em of All Ages. ' 1 1. ;I a R<i ri:. i i w in- , - only w< tl . 'D . t I'. • Ihe Sol.- , n L. hind tli'- n-ovi';i.t'i!i. ami will malse 1 •« I’D ' ■ ien ft a permit, so. tLe Agency at the next meeting of (he po- Ht - »n nisslon, M• > «'.<r.i ■j . -i\ •> nt un zing '■ ■ r < ‘ ' of f* min ii s 11; . - and w iII i‘e i• id to p t t i-m e.n t t rail of ■■‘"O' < ns wii Ilin a S’hert time. I " ten of th. ;, . of different ' . ■ p< I' - i blondi - tn, b . ilong ami short I "II ' -It:-'- t I -111-; ’I”. s Mr-. Bar- I b. tht kind of ’ no; ;• in the hi st of ; n a .>r i n >♦ y ■• a i out t«» ’ind. * ■ at hs will h.' from olio;- Th> r- ainin • i •.' .. . l '•< air. - 1 ; n (I I-i \f • •' !t ' i ■■ io: t d <<ti i • md -,i\ - ti uost promising she ’ Nr : cO ‘-.- idle Local Divorces. ■ '■ ■ i.. .- t y . Mr.-. -v, put her | ms. I i ■' t' 1 <" iX »i ■ i;■ - • ■ • . nx <!.- ’ I H w . I x ark ’ -1 "* s* 4. rT T’,*--- ->**■*-• - 'l’lii: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1912. | jtlie nmtiH r toda.x with litilr hope. The des»i riptign ih»ii.rv. <if tip. woman j who h;:mie<l the f.ihy'to Mis. I'leming jnt <i Hiiii.-'it'd is xau’tir. 'l'tit-x know >ie ‘ooh* <1 about 32 \ <••• rs old. was ii' fix 1 syed in Ida'i \ and of prepoF- -<ing appearance, but that is all they do know. Mrs l-'l» mins’, had at lirs»t planned 1“ adopt the eiiild, but her husband was airaid that it might be late? . c!aim<<l by the parents, and told his "ifv to tur.i th" babx o\er to the po • n after >onit' hours <c s. ai- h i ing m» cle w v,.i. 1 o<md. <'hi. ; IL a ve?s i h.ul .he baby tak-m in iaarg«- b> the I l iom* for ihe I ri'-ndh ss. e \ orps . en w ho e.an iiaimie any kind of ease in al, l»«] i "f t lie World, t lur \\ oi k w ill ,!ul be limited to am. pariit-ular >e< - lion. We will eov. ; I!;,. hole world.” 1 rn »•< I! he hill on- jon in I his .<uen« ,\ f " ■ man and i’ hasn’t been tilled. Mis Barnett sa - ,h wdi enga _e one man to stay in the ollb e and look after (he i a eurds and otln . odh e e: k. Mrs. i’.urnett will be in direet ehaige of her femimm sleut.is and will de \°s' her linn’ •<> !■ r til ling ami .k --tu. w m a < f < -st s. A ‘ i>. Hi rm ■ i ,-t i MH.all\ v. ill app ar belt e (he police commission. ou’Jine Hr plans ot her pioposetj agency, and • J k or the permit. WATERWAY CONVENTION AT ALBANY. GA.. OCT. 15-17 ALBANY GA. Sept The fifth .mniial cmivi iitiou ot the M ssGsippi l" At., .'ii ■ .- .ml \\ . tei ;i\ ,: ■ ih ia - ii'-o will meet in \lbany October 15-17 l.i.olitrg waterwu' .iiivoi-.it -s of the count! y have been invited to make ail il I ■ M -;s.-i. •;• to Ati.iiit’< inland W.i t< rw ay u-so, i.u cm i< specifically in terested in an inland waterway from the Mi— ss'ppi river to the Atlantic ocean. The project advocated by this J' forms an impel tan. I’nk in tii sy stem .’f , ent iniimis inland watet - w. for tiie I’nit’ .1 States, bi-i.ri , it I conne ts Ha M is--iss||>pi river mid the I gulf io.'-t w ib tl-’ Xtlmitie ions', I' ' of the parth'ula project advo- I''iiteii by this assoeiiition : s now under - iiieipm. ami otirpints have been |lr. 'tably rcpoited by the engineers 1 FEi DOG BITES WOMAN AND DEATH IS RESULT ST. Lol ■ IS. S -pt 6. M < ('a; oiine Si::.-,: yi'ii’-i ~!d. ibid a t ,-jje i'ity bespit - apposi-dly fiom hydrophobia. •is tit' !'-ult of being bitten by hci Il et dog last Ap il. She was taken to tin in tltution several hours befote by ( son. ami was offering from eon »i ' synipton . ■ - • - m ---l I'ni'.M ii’iism sin- first ! bl' l' i ■ ' ■ ■ . Iy< a, i oumls w ■ i, !i w -re on 11’,- es. " ; | am- mb x ha-'t' of her righ im' ■ ■ i" ■* ) 1 s at thi turn- of IPHTO REGRIK m STREET IS REJECTED ! Aiderman McClelland Takes Lead in Killing Project—He Brands Owners Fakers. The project to regrade Ivy street with S.io.oiui io ia- advgnet-d tin- citv by tho prop, rty ow iters has It. . n turned down. It w.. < Gowned upon bv ttte aldetinanic board yesterday afternoon. As the project was approved by a la-ge majority of vouneil ~ • on fi-iem-e committee from th.- two branches of the gen- ral council will be appointed ,-n the next joint mcoiing to try to adjust the matter. lit-- aldermaniv board appioved the resolution to take s2."mi from each'.if the funds to repave street anf j South Boulevard to . egrade Georgia ■ ■ enue. It wa ■ • the rot k on Georgia avenue and Fair street could nor possibly be 1.-gun this year, while the money was needed for Georgia avenue. Aiderman John !•;. M. < lelland. of the p.-eond ward, took the load in killing the Ivy Street project H. d.dared that he was convinced that ifu $30,000 oil r of thy citizens p, pay the . ost of the w ork w its a fak- Calls it Inspired by Politicians. 'ltb.rman. James R. Nutting replied that the aiderman did not know what he was iaiking about. Alderman Mc t'lell ind replied to him that the whole present plan of street impt ovemOnts was inspired by politicians. , .so real plan ot improvement is at tempted " he declared. "Ev.-ry effort is to pacify someone with a semblance of a publli i mpi o\ emenL” e then turned to Aiderman Spratlin and declared that the aiderman had ■ about-faced” on the Ivy street propo sition. Alderman Spiatiing stodd i.ip,i- a I south side meeting apd dtp hired that was nm in favor or th- Ivy sir. -t ( 1 -- 1 until Georgia a venue was im - proved. He comes here now and dis plays a friendly attitude to the scheme.” said Mr. Mcl’lelland. Aide; man Spiatiing orotest.-d that he was misundei stood. He said h<- sim ply favored postponing work on Ivy str .-i until I’i-.i hire was flni-ited. . He said that By str.-.-t and Georgia , avenue should be improved simulta neoasly . Aiderman V’an Dyke decla.; d that ,1110 provision had b< n mate for the repaving of P.-achtrev str-i t wla re it now is bling regraded. II ■ s-iid there did not seem to b a chanc to gel , this str.-et repaved this year ai;<! he I warned his coli.'agm s that titer, would . b. an awful howl about this condi tion from the eitiz. i.s. Hurt Flays McClelland. “It ould I'-- a mo fc.o - policy to tear up the two most used thor oughfares fiom the north sio. to the eenter of the city at the same time.’' he said. Wh.-n Joel Hurt. an. of the- citizens promoting the l.y street i:a|-ro\■ m< nt ' than, was told of thi action ,f the meeting n.e said : | 'Alderman M< 'leiianil is th< most ‘ bomb.istii polit i.l.i a waliti: my l.i;--.-. I edge. His charge that th- .S3(M><in off.-i is a lake i- frai.'dul r : and untrue. He 1 took advantage of ti • abs. nee of some . of the adyo at. sot o ivy st;, et mu ter at lite meeting of the aldermaniv board to misrepresent tiie true situa tion ami help lause the defeat of the measure. "I am enroll d at hi opposition ol ' some of file I " ini- of thi Peavliire. r !plan. I have alway- been cog,; in my • support of I’e.i,mt i developments ’ I Also. Ivy -tr et is , connecting street I wit h the prim I| 11 a. ; ■ iI. - of the sou til side Both sections ought to support it." * w i n matter ante up to tak< > «<;, ihui ft.mi i-'ai: str-, t ami Poiilei aid 1 for tli ' <h'ot gia avi-nm vo- k A Idermar .Met’! land again pro . st. d. ami tool-, a ■lnn at Alderniun .l.'im-s It Warren, of the T j,„ al ( | Warren Accused of Sad Faith. lb .. id that Alderm n Warr 11 not i’ presenting 'he sentine ut . .]>,■ ~. • ’ ed ut the mass mo-ling of snut.ll s 1 ie ■ citizens. That semiment. h< said, was that th. smith ide should i. it give uii ■ : uy improvement that had been pi'oin ; ised. He said the peoi le v anced-Geot ' gi t avenue imprmed. but mat Hwy da! not w ish to > u-rifn . < vei ything else. H 11, -ii <. in l.ad got 11 ; !■■ enough ■ | promised, in the ltrs, place 1 Mdeiiiiun Wair.n d. lurid that It. ' was tepr. s.mtmg tli. s< aliment ! 'i' ' s-ction. and that t'oi ' -ilman tnville 1 Hilt, not ll<-. was lie- f-illiel of the resolution. A kit i ■ ...Ia ,V‘l-- 1r I .-.I t ial 'i < ’ouncl Ima n Hill iw-l ..>lh-d I'm up i licit -ay and told ' ,n |o I’.glit 4 .--- olution. He said that <’oum iiman Hall. ’ I who storied the Gemg.a avenue light, 1 j was now out of it. i Ai Warren aid that if Conn- 1 on nan Hall wou-d tell him be wasnot iin f ivor of th, resolution he would . ! vote .'.gainst it. Aldviinan Madtlox sought to be fa e tioi.s by saying to M.ietm. •- Mci'lel land that In- would take all th. blame for the wholesale vhaige.- ot politics I■ ': \ b i iii mM. ' ' uni had mmb "I iiavc* already luamled you as a >| member of the political 'ring.'" de- ‘ el.,' co Ah' - i in Mei ;h ll< ml. I .'.id -i t.ian McClelland did not have to . | make a tight to kill the resolution at i proprciting Slbm to nd th. mayor and i tw o m.-nibi rs of count i| to the eonven ; tion of Atm ..an I. mm- of Mu |uh ipal'ti. s. . - hi announeed h wo.ild. I T'.'V O ler ,111'1)'!'. ■.. w i>. !i i :--i - i.ui I of Alderm Mi . ■ ■ ■ SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS J By JAMES B. NEVIN. It ■ in iiolities no ess than .11 .-ve-r.v --' g - haps, th.- little arid seem ."g'y ' ineor: , ou< tial things that count J | .'W! li 1 the heaviest in i th>- long run. Wh•• n young I Mr Patterson, of ■ Valdosta, son of (Judge H L. Pat terson, at that time eontdstant for t iu- Blue Ridg judg -ship ' nomi nation, went to Ellijay, in Gilmer county. a few days after th primary in which he heli, ved if'.s old lath. ■ had been wronged, he was ettiscd for a "damn spy," w t .s i 0.1 <1 .1 I. at 111- . , , h altlnest liii.’g lie v.oulo c. to —g. ; out if t.ow.'n.” was refill*,-I ad missioti to tin room in the bout t hmi«.- win i" th" alleged counting of the vote was taking t l.i.e. and otherwise wa in! imidated a;. I mistreated. Th.-ii circumstance, within Itself, and' liojn a strictly legal standpoint, was relatively unimportant. It proved no wrong it, the nomination, and it es tablished m> fact directly in point. But when in . alm. gentlemanly, dis passionate tm-o- it .'as related bef."e the eotnmitie ' reste'day. it produced a powi rful effect, and one' distinctly utt i'ay (liable to the Morris . nd ol the con l : ■■> I ■-y . . . Young ' M I'-t.-ismi brtir. nt* jm ■ evidently t> d of a ei.an-eul gtnitlc.- iiian. He was a stranger to the com mittee. in : as he was a strung, in Ellijay. Ho had no credentials with him other than that he was the son of the "old man." and -the "old man" being outrageously wronged. No one t< still, d that young. Mr. P'tt t- .- n eoip’m-ted himself in Ellijay oth. .ise .tlian .-is a man of.-.nse and poist should conduct himself, even un der aggravating con litions. The "iou'i.,l hpusi" .li’andling of Pat terson in Ellijay■■ reaet. d heavily upon h ■ tat la '•TM'tPje'g in the fihi-h. With.,at in arty way seeking to em phasize the humiliation to which the eommitte ;'s finding subjects' some pai tie- to the coni. ov< ;sy concluded on y i sle'day . it may bo su’d in perfv-.-t truth and candor that the committee's .i" li.. is o'li oved. Conlmenf about the’hotel lobbies last night and today was distinctly of a kind . on nemlat' ’-y of the verdict. The Morris defense was almost wiiol !y te-. hnh-aj. It was t | '.un.dC.<l upon the '.lit >ry that, even if fraud idid ehar- ii i.Tize th.; . I etion in Gilmer, th. re sult would not have- be. n reversed had it not been comnijtte-J—that Morris must have won in the final count by a margain of some 64 votes, wherever the fraud may have fallen. indeed, fraud was not denied so much by the dr fens as- its operation was sought to be 0-. an :cal:\ arrested merely. The theo y.of the contestant was that rios- fraud was p.'.o-thed and of ucu charter that the .-ntiie judgeship • le. tion in Gilmer must have been in valid. and that the fraud was funda mental--and pa; t'ctiiarly so in that it began tn that v..it-'h is a er-'rc.iuisitr to ■■ Ii elections in Georgia tht legistra tion list. It was aiug.-J and matnt a it; ‘ d that mums we■Loth illegally added to and taken Horn tin- legistration lists used in Gilu • . and that this was done by a '.'inmittc.- composed entii.-ly of Mor ris partisans. It also was all. - . .1 and maintaitied tA A A J Jl e Boys’ Fall School Clothes I' ii s a yt el |-d ft >sed b<>\ y.m send to <chm'' It X|i»nd;;\ iiioriiino ii s ._| ll( pt iliinjj for <>\er\ I '"' 'F'L' r‘ ' : *""L '" r v, "i- foi‘ thf lan. lor the school at 0r" lei P yAj.* y ”7 Xi'hiiy chillies sot !>py s are splendid pn J— fjgc ''"-I.' builders. Mi si-; doilies lor Bo\s an '"''h '" r nobbiness and wear. They hn\t' -/"a jc i'*Bs c : Dave (he <|U.'tiily ilia! -iiryios such eti Aft E I )<iiib!>‘-lir -,is| ed and Xorfolk models for fai j Flue, gray or brown mixtures, and Idue serg' $5. GG to $16.50 s QxSx’/ '’XI? s l I'l S. vviili extra pair ol (HL trousers io match tl $5.00 to $12.50 rl® B feL 1 ' A S OYS’ SHOP 2nd Floor 7 V-K The shoes tor Goys that fit well \ and wear well are to be found in our Men’s Shoe Department. GEO. MUSE CLOTHING CO. that Patte son not only was denied all representation at the polls in Gilmer, but that every manager and clerk par ticipating; in the holding of the elec tion was a Morris partisan. 'The compilation of the returns, fol lowing the so-called primary seems to haye beer, a grim joke—with a decide . back kick in it. as events finally made evident. The point in the enti.e proceeding that seem'S to have impressed itself most emphatically upon the commit tee was that Gilmer county, by its fraudulent elections, was making im possible the fair nomination of any man to office in the Blue Ridge cir cuit unless Gilmer ag:e d. "It would be bad enough." said, on committeeman.. “for Gilmer county to practice its methods within its own boundary. It would be a deplorable state of affairs if Gilmer's venal elec tions we:e confined exclusively to lo cal matters. But when an entire judicial circuit is subjected to y icto ri< us fraud through the acts of a vicious. ■ electorate in one county, and when that county undertakes to dom . mate unrighteously al! outside but equally interested territory, it is high time to call a halt.” Chairman’ William J. Ha: is has been universally complimented upon, the fairness of his rulings and his al ways evident purpose tn give both sides to the unfortunate Gilmer county tight the widest latitude in setting forth its Mr, Ha.rts, app.a-ed to early in the proceedings to rule out this or that evidence, informed the committee that lie propos-'-d to rule cut nothing what ever. "This committer' is composed of in telligent men. It is sitting as both judge and jury It is able to discrim inate between the relevant and the ir relevant. I am not a lawyer, and d> not understand th intricate rules of evidence invoked in eouit house pr.i eeed'.ngs. 1 am presiding here to see that justice obtaim f do know tha Wilru sses may testify as this commit tee in its wisdom sees fit to permit them." sa'd Mr. Harris. This ruling undoubtedly prolonged the hearing, but it helped mightily to bring about a result founded upon truth on the stand. Attorn ys on both sides of the Gil mer contest ire to bi- congratulated upon the;.- conduct of the hearing. Nece-sa:ily loose, ano unmindful of the U'.titl niceties and distinction in sisted upon in lite court room. the hearing nevertheless was. particularly in its finish, admirably carried along. Rep.,-s tiling Judge Mor is wile Lu ther Rosser, of .Atlanta, and Robert Hardeman, of Jefferson. J. Z. Foster, of Marietta, and D W. Blair, of Ma rietta. Re|.r-senting Judge Patterson wi re : 11. H. Dean, of Gaine.-ville; J. I). Kil | patri' k. Ca'l Hutcheson and Sam Hew j lett, of Atlanta; Thomas A. Brow n, | Sam Allen anil A <•. Dupree, of Blue Ridge; C L. Harris, of Cumming, and A H Burts, of Ellij.l . The published statement that ,1. Randolph Anderson, of Savannah, was one of the Mort is attorneys was a mis-I tak'-. Mr. Andi is.>n had no connec tion with the ease whatever. It is questionable taste to asset-; that ■I. I>. Kiipat rick's concluding .cgurm-nt sot the coni,-slant was the very best speech delivered in the hearing? Anyway, it was decidedly! T. B. FIGHTS ID TO WIN N. DAKOTA J Attacks Taffs Reciprocity Plan as Working Injury to the American Farmer. GRANDFORKS. N. DAK.. Sept. in his invasion of Not th Dakota to.j; colonel Re.osevelt attacked Pt.-si., ,- Taft's reciprocity theory. Talking • tiie farmers, the ex-president declat<.. that w hile he favored ; eciproeity. learned upon looking V l '" the seit. put forward by Mr. Taft that it w utterly- unsuited to tiie demands or th. farm owner. "if we ar. to have reciprocity,", said, "we must not have the kind ,e.-.: will work to the disadvantage of ot: farmer. Hi is the man we nuts' ) . tect. We can not afford to bring |>r.,, nets into this country that will ,-ip dow n the farniei s' profit." Roosevelt < xplalned that he wa.- to believe that Mr. Taft's reciproi program gavt ample protection to t fa; trier, and w hen he found that it di : not he was against it. Waging Vital Campaign, The trip into North Dakota is garded by the Progressives as om the most vital in the colonel's cam paign.. He makes half a dozen sp< , - hi in th. state before winding up toni-J at Jamestown. Senator LaFollctt carried North Dakota in the sprm.. primary and is lighting the Roost-ve ■ party. The Roosevelt manage I).-ye they can swing the state to th? colonel, but admit that, it will tak desperate campaign to do it Govern." Johnson, of California, will later Him. tin- state and a horde of Progressi. orators will follow. Roosevelt will leave tonight for Mm., tuna. Aftei his rxptrience of yesterday ~. Minneapolis and St. Paul, the ex-p idem feels confident of carrying Mai. nesota. ■‘TAMA JIM” WILSON TO TAKE STUMP FOR TAFT CHICAGO. Sept. 6.—Secretary of W ilculture James A. Wilson will tak- il" stump for Taft early in October. 11. ".ill tour the middle West. Tip. an nouncement was made today at Re publican national headquarters here. SCHWAB’S BAND PLAYS TO CROWD OF 25.000 IN RAIN NEW YORK, Sept. ' 6.—Chat’< Schwab, steel magnate, brought m Bethlehem band to New York and en tertained them on Broadway. The-, the band entertained 25.n0n persons in the rain in .Central park. SOCIALISTS CAMPAIGNING. HALTON. GA.. Sept. 6.—The Socialists have advertised a public meeting at r ■■ court house here for Saturday astern, at 3 iTcloek. when their candidates. O 11 Moulton, for state senator, and .1 I- Lasewell, for representative, will a, dress the vmers. Mr. Moulton will vc- Murrav and Gordon, the other two com ties of the district. g thus L.n. 1 W WEEK Mats. Labor Day, Tues.. Tburs., Sat. GREATER MINSTRELS | 40 People. Sale Now Open i