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PRICE'S NAME BN BALLOTTWIGEAS SAFEGUARD Candidate Will Be on Tickets for Both the Full and the Unexpired Terms. William J. Harris, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, will send out an official ballot for use in tbr October election with the name of Tnrr.es D. Price on it*as a candidate for) both the full and unexpired terms as commissioner of agriculture. \j Harris will do this as a measure of protection to the Democratic party in Georgia and to safeguard the office agrinst the possible ambition of Bull Mooses or others. The secretary of state, Philip Cook, | S of the opinion that the next eornmis <one’ of agriculture takes his office (’mm diately following the October elec tion He says the law authorizes the governor to appoint, in the case of a vuwney, only until a successor to the unexpired term can be elected and qualified. He holds that such successor must be elected and quaiifi d in October, ano th;” whoever is then elected will hold ,oi 1 until the following June, when a new and full term will begin. Conner's Opinion Differs. I tide Mr Cook’s interpretation of the law. Commissioner Conner. Gov ernor Brown’s appointee to the unex r|r,.d term of Thomas G. Hudson. wIP hw ; office onb. until his successor is • e tui and qualified. The secretary of .i ; . , s.,ys such successor will be elect in'in October, and that the governor will then be authorized t'o commission him. He declares that he can see the law no other way. I'ninnti'-toner Conner, on the other hand. holds that his appointment by the governor will not expire until the legislature meets in June and qualifies his successor, and that, therefore, there will be no unexpired term to fill in the October election. Chairman Harris, of the state cam mittee. feelh that, however much law yers may differ as to when Commis sioner Conner’s term does or does not expire, the Democracy, will be making a great mistake to take chances on the matter. He says that if it should trans pire that the secretary of state is right, and that the governor will be author ized to commission the man named in the October election, then the Democ racy should see to it that its choice— which, logically, Mr. Harris conceives Mr. Price to be—is protected by regu larity in the manner of his election, and that it will be best to vote for him. both for the full and the unexpired terms. The chairman, therefore, will have Price’s name put upon both tickets. Fear Bull Moose Might Slip In. On the official blajiks already sent out by the department of state the name of Price appear* only as a candi date for the full term, but there is a blank space whereon his name may be written by the election managers in making the official returns. If the Democratic party had no can didate In the October election and the Bull Mooses did, and the Bull Moose candidate received any votes at all, the governor would be compelled, so the secretary of state thinks, to commission such candidate tor the unexpired term —l. from the date of the certification of his election to the secretary of state and his commissioning by the governor, until the following June, when a full term unquestionably begins. Chairman Harris feels that, in any event, his direction of things can work no possible harm, and if the law is as Secretary Cook conceived it to be. it unquestionably will work much good. There is some difference of opinion " tween lawyers as to exactly what the law is, but the majority of them seem to incline to Secretary Cook’s view ”f it. LIGHTNING’S VICTIM RALLIES; BOY SCOUTS WATCH AT BEDSIDE DALTON, GA., Sept. 9.—Young Philip razler, the boy who was struck by I'ghtning near here late Saturday after ,| "»n apparently is recovering. Sunday ’"•rning he regained consciousness and s n n ke several words. I ne bolt struck him in the bead, tear- 1 K his hat Into shreds. It passed down body, leaving a livid mark, and en tered the ground at his feet. 1 he local troop of Boy Scouts, of which h° i l ' a member, has divided upon into parties, and these are taking turns at ".itching over their comrade The boy ‘• s a member of one of the most proml -1 f nt families of this section. NEGRO PRIZE HGHTER’S SKULL CRUSHED IN JAIL 1 ''Ll MBITS. OHIO, Sept. 9.—George I'Hglin, a colored prize fighter, is dying, unconscious, in the county jail hospital 'lth a crushed skull today and may not recover. He had a quarrel this morn ng with Edward Sanford, another pris. ”ner. and was hit over the head with a table leg. BURGLARS “CLEAN OUT” STORE. USHKILL-ON-THE-HUDSON, N. Sept. 9.—Five burglars early today eaned out William Yates’ jewelry Hore at Cold Springs. The big safe "as blown open and $5,000 worth of goods taken. The men escaped in a motor boat, going toward New York HIGH TAX RATE IN TALIAFERRO. ' RA WFORDVILLE. GA.. Sept. 9. I ne county commissioners have fixed • county tax rate at sl2 per thou- • ind for this year. This, with the - ic tax, gives Taliaferro about the ‘ gin st rate it lias ever had. This Lifesaver, Only a Dog, Got No Medal JACK ALWAYS ON GUARD ///'* ' M f//i lyWl IT / / Al/ h w* JK\ \ /slkcW tex*-* j IW7lft vt a’. I ©*, fc Y\ J Miss Grace Beddingfield and Jack, the alarm dog. sliding down the chute at Piedmont park lake. .Jack is .every bit as happy as his fair companion looks. Sliding Down the Chute With a Pretty Girl Is His Favorite Amusement. When they distributed gold medals at the Piedmont park lake they over looked one of the deserving attaches, but he’d rather have had a bone, any way. That was Jack, the alarm Mog. Jax?k is a fox terrier, the property of C. R. McDermott, a life-saver known to swimmers as "Mack." Mack and Jack are a team. Mack does the row ing and swimming and Jaek does the looking and barking. Not having eyes In the back of his head, Mr. McDermott can see only one group of golng-down-for-the-third time bathers. So while he looks one way Jack sits In the bow of the boat and looks the other way. Whenever a swimmer leaves the shore Jack jumps up and down and whines. That means “Somebody swimming off the starboard bow. Better take a look.” Then, if the bather begins to gurgle, swallow a gallon or two of unsterilized water and try to shout for help, Jack sets up a sharp staccato bark, which means “Girl overboard. Man the life boats.” And then Mack goes over and gets the victim. Jack is some swimmer himself, though he isn't a water dog by birth or breeding. His favorite amusement is going down the slide in a bather’s arms, and when not on duty in the boat he capers around the chute and begs piteously until somebody picks him up and takes him down the slide. Miss Grace Beddingfield, one of the fair swimmers at the park, usually obliges him. ATLANTA SEEKS MEETING OF LYCEUM ASSOCIATION Atlanta delegates attending the In ternational Lyceum association at Winona Lake, Ind., will make a strong effort to bring that body to Atlanta next year. Their efforts are seconded by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Governor Brown and Mayor Winn. At. the request of H. L. Bridges, of the Alkahest Lyceum System, tele grams will be sent by the governor, the mayor and the Chamber of Com merce to S. Russell Bridges. Ralph Bingham and Mountaville 1 lowers, who will lead the fight for Atlanta in the convention. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1912. Z WONS GM HE PRINCESS Charlotte. Aged 72. Well Most of Time—Estate Said To Be Worth $12,500,000. BRUSSELS, Sept. 9.—After much diplomatic interviewing and negotiat ing, the affairs of Princess Charlotte, once empress of Mexico, are being set tled by the two nations of Austria and Belgium Princess Charlotte is the widow of Archduke Ferdinand. Princess Charlotte, who has been in sane many years, lives In the Chateau Deßouchot. near Brussels. She was the sister of Leopold 11.. After the death of the king the Austrian court made inquiries as to the administration of her estate, with the result that an ar rangement has been reached. From the estate of Leopold 1 Prin cess Charlotte received $2,000,000, but owing to the condition of her health she furnished no account as to the cost of her maintenance, etc. The value of her estate is now $12,500,000, and the larger proportion of this amount is in vested in England. Princess Charlotte is 72 years of age, and enjoys good health. The fits of mental illness from which she has long suffered are now rare. The princess plays the piano fre quently, but she can not be persuaded to try a new composition and performs only the pieces which she learned as a girl, in the evening she plays cards with one of her ladies in waiting, but always in silence, and she is permitted to win every game. Princess Charlotte is careful to exact the homage which she believes is still due to her as empress of Mexico. Throughout her weakness she has never forgotten that she occupied a throne. COUNTY POLICE FOR CHATHAM. SAVANNAH. GA., Sept. 9.—As a committee of the whole, the Chatham county commissioners this week will take steps to organize the county po lice force. Several men arc being boosted for the position of chief of the county force. Among t'.oSo- is Porter McFarland, FLIER SETS NEW U.S. SPEED NIM Vedrines Makes 104 Miles an Hour in Contest for the Bennett Cup. CHICAGO. Clearing Aviation Field. Sept. 9.—Flying at an average rate of 104 miles an houi and covering the 124.8 miles of the Gordon Bennett cup race in 70 minutes 56.85 seconds. Jutes Vedrines today set new air records for America All American speed records were shattered by the marvelous flight of the Frenchman in his Deperdussin monoplane. Over the heads of a crowd that num bered thousands, the French bird-man sent his stub-winged. strong-bodied racer. The exhaust of its 124-horse powei engines sounding in a continu ous roar like a battery of overhead Maxims, was lost in the cheering of the air fans as tile machine swept around the Clearing course. The driv ing of the race was daring in the ex treme. Keeping close to the ground and fly ing perfectly straight away, except at the turns, the Frenchman shaved tlie course to the very last inch. A strong wind sprang up that made it difficult to handle the craft. \s the breeze fresh ened Vedrines crept closer and closer ,o tfarth. Flew at 100-Foot Altitude. Most of the race was lun at an alti tude of not more than 100 feet and part of the time it seemed as though the daring aviator would strike the steel pylops marking the turns, so close did he keep to earth. After finishing the race, when the flag had indicated trial the distance was completed. Vedrines swung once mo e round the course, holding his te: - i rifle pace for 31 laps. The time of the entire distance —31 laps- was 73 minutes 17.87 seconds. When the Frenchman bad cheeked the speed of his racer and brought it to the ground in a graceful swoop the crowd that had overrun the field In spite of the p.ecautions of the commit tees in charge, made a rush for the ma chine. Mechanicians and guards sur rounded the man and Ins' monoplane and the air racer was pushed Into its hangar. MILLION DOLLAR TRION COTTON MILLS OUT OF CONTROL OF RECEIVER ROME. GA.. Sept. 9.—Rocked by bankruptcy proceedings, which com- I menced on November 22. 1911,- the I Trion mills property, a million dollar I cotton manufacturing plant, has been I taken over by a big corporation and I is now out of the hands of the court. - When the concern went into bank- •übtey it was found that the liabilities were $1,700,00 and assets not half that i amount. The schedule showed that of .1 _t,lte $1,700,000 in liabilities that SBOO,- ’ 000 was in capital stock. The mills were operated after the crash by a ’ receiver and later a trustee and through the sale of the property pear ! ly al! the outstanding indebtedness was I paid off. However, the owners of the I SBOO,OOO in stock did not get a cent, i The mills went into bankruptcy be- I cause of loose management, so it is j claimed. Two thousand operatives are | employed by the mills, and the future ■ is bright for the establishment. Charged with embezzling the funds of the Trion mills and with appropriat ing $500,000 of the company’s money, thereby causing it to go into the hands of a receiver, Alfred Hamilton will be tried this week when the Chattooga su perior court convenes. At the time of the alleged shortage. Mr. Hamilton qas the head of the con cern. He was indicted by the grand jury, seven true bills being returned. WOMAN LIVES FOR SIX HOURS AFTER HER‘DEATH’ SHERMAN, TEXAS, Sept. 9—Two undertakers, S. L. Talley and Charles Smith, were startled almost out of their wits today when a "dead’’ wom an, Mrs. Sawaka Wehba, whom they were preparing for burial, raised up from the cooling board and smiled at them. The woman lived for six hours after ward. She was an Assyrian. After the undertakers got over their surprise they sent for physicians, who worked with the woman. She showed every indication of recovery this aft ernoon. but later became weaker and died. Her first "death” was due to heart failure. She leaves four chil dren. ~ shop Talk [ The opening of the Day Credit Cloth- j ing Company at 14 West Mitchell street Saturday was a complete success. Throngs crowded the store until a late hour. Mr. Day. the managet of tills firm, has made his store an attractive, modern business house, and with his complete stock and courteous treat ment, success is predicted for him. James Duffy is now on a business trip to New York in the interest of his firm. Wylie West, manager of the* Fire stone Rubber and Tire Company, is on a business trip to Mobile, Ala. GORDON’S FIRST COTTON IN. CALHOLN, GA., Sept. 9.---Gordon county's first bale of cotton was brought into town Saturday by P. M. Evans, of Sugar Valley. The bale was high grade, and was bought by L. R. Pitts, for 1.3' z cents. Indications are that there will be an abundance of cotton in this county this season Sunday Postoffice Closing Rule Money Maker "REMITTANCE MEN” HIT Uncle Sam’s revenue on special de livery letters for the Atlanta office has increased nearly one-fourth, as a re sult of the closing of the general de livery window at the postofflee on Sun day. The exact increase was 22 per cent, and the postoffice officials believe that as the public gets more accustomed to the innovation the sale of the ten-eent stamps for delivery of letters by mes senger boys will be more than doubled. These letters are delivered on Sundays. Under the orders received by Post master Hugh L. McKee, only jnail in tended for hotels, news dealers and newspapers is sorted out. and this has td be called for. . No mail is put in the boxes from midnight Saturday until midnight Sun day. This is a change from the first Sunday's plan after orders were re ceived to close the “general delivery” window on Sunday. Clerks Are Overjoyed. "Atlanta people appear to be taking the change very philosophically," say> I. G. Hart, superintendent of mails "There were very few disgruntled per sons at the postoffice yesterday, and we received few kicks. At least, they un derstand that It is orders from head quarters and that we are not responsi ble here for the change.” Postoffice clerks are overjoyed at the change, according to the superintend ent. The change gives them Sunday with their families, and makes it a real day of rest for them, for the first time since they have been in the postoffice. The usual force that goes on duty at an early hour Sunday morning now has Sunday in which to rest, and starts work at 12 o’clock Sunday night. At 4 o'clock this morning all the mail in- ENCIRCLES GLOBE MNGIWS Will Claim Baron Rothschild's Prize of 800.000 Francs for Feat. • NEW' YORK Sept 9 -Having walk ed around the world In twelve years, meeting with hairbreadth escapes and startling adventures, Juan de Llaveria. 39 years old. has arrived in this city on liis way to Paris to claim eight hun dred thousand francs offered by Baron de Rothschild in 1900 for the man who accomplished the feat within thirteen years. Llaver'a left on the same steamer for Barcelona. Spain, after having his pa pers- signed by the French and Spanish consuls. in July. 1900. Llaveria started from Paris, together with Jaime Constanti no, a young Italian, and Julio Jarlnes. a young Austrian, to compete for the prize. Two years later they had reach ed Central Africa, where Constantino became enamored of one of the African king’s slaves, and was killed. The two remaining competitors were captured and made slaves, but under many difficulties escaped to a British trading post in Australia they were lost in the desert, and rescued .dying from exhaustion. On June 3. 1906. they had both reach ed Mexico, after having covered every country in the old world and Oceania. On that day Jartnes died from fever. During the journey Llaveria lias worn out 527 pairs of shoes, and smoked an average of forty Spanish cigarettes a day. He computes that he has smoked < 175.200 during the time he has born | tramping for tlie prize. He has l -;une<l j lo speak I-rench. Italian and I'.nciiViJ and made money by lecturing. SNAKE HUGS SLEEPING GIRL AND SHE CALLS HER FATHER I.ANCASTER, PA. Sept. 9. Awak-| ened from a nap while she was pas turing cows on her father’s farm in southern Lancaster county, Nellie Stokes found that the hug which had mixed with her dreams was not that of the prince of the fairy tale, but of a flirtatious blaiksnake. Nellie, while watching the cows, seat ed herself on a rock and, while read ing a paper, fell asleep. During her nap she felt something tightening around her waist. She thought it was her apron strings, and on reaching lo adjust them her hands- came in contact with the gay snake. She managed to free herself of the reptile and called her father, who killed the snake. It measured five feet. CAYLORSVILLE GETS NEXT MISSIONARY UNION MEET DALTON, GA., Sept. 9.—The Woman’s Missionary union of the Middle Cherokee Baptist association, which was in eli sion here, chose Caylorsville. in Bartow county, as the place for the 1913 conven tion. Mrs. Lem Gilreath, of Cartersville, and Miss Luella Williams, of Cassville, were elected president and secretary, re spectively. The work for the next year will be divided into four districts with the follow ing leaders: Mrs. W. E. Rape, of Dalton; Miss Mary File, of Resaca; Mrs. N. C Anderson, of Adairsville, and Miss Nora Neel, of Cartersville. COW EATS DYNAMITE; DIES FROM INDIGESTION WASHINGTON, PA., Sept 9.—When Archie <'rum s cow ate sticks of dyna mite he cautiously led her to a distant fi< Id and tethered her. She did not ex. plodc, but died tVo hours later of in digestion. tended for boxes was in place, and in a short time the carriers' mail was ready, so that the delivery of mail started out at the usual time this morning. No more work than usual is required of the clerks by the piling up of mail on Sunday, as a full force works after midnight Sunday, instead of the re duced force that usually works on Sun day morning. The outgoing mail is taken up as us ual, not being affected by the new plan, and is collected at the various mail boxes over town at the regular hours. Pathetic Side to the Case. Atlanta’s corps of "remittance men.” those who weekly receive a part of some one else's weekly stipend, feel the change the hardest of any others, since they have to waft until Monday morn ing to get their money. There was quite a line of them making inquiries at the postofflee yesterday. A pathetic sight was one old man who applied in vain at the “general de livery" window. His son, he told a by stander. in a distant city is ill in the hospital, and every day for the past week the old man has received a letter telling of his condition. He knew the letter was there Sunday morning, but he could not get it. and went home sadly to tell the boy's mother that they could receive no word until Monday morning. "Why don’t you have the letter that reaches you on Sundav sent by special delivery?" said a kindly bystander. "Well,” the old man replied, “my boy hasn’t got much money left, now that he has been sick and one of the nurses in tjje hospital has volunteered to write these letters every day. I couldn't ask her to spend the extra money, and then, too, 1 did not know of it in time to ask her to if I had felt like doing it.” BIBLE STUDENTS HEAR NOTED MEN Dr. C. M. Cobern and Dr. W. N. Ainsworth Speakers at Con ference at St. Pauls. With Dr. C M. Cobern. the archeolo gist. and Dr. W. N. Ainsworth, former president of Weslevan university, to feature the exercises, the annual Bible conference at St. Pauls Methodist church is in progress today, with tlie largest attendance of its history. To large congregations yesterday Dr Cobern preached two sermons. Today he will lecture on the recent discover ies In the Holy Land. Dr. Ainsworth will deliver four lectures during the wqek. He will speak on The Book of Ephe-fa ns.” The Sunday school work of the con ference is in charge of George M. Na pier. president of tlie state board. Pro fessor W. J. Ramsey will conduct the music. I-7speii.il interest Is being attached lo Dr. <'ob< rn's lot lures on the Hebrew prophets, which will be delivered every morning during the week, at 11 o'clock. Dr. < obern's former appearance in At lanta, in connection with the Baptist Tabernacle conferences, has won him a large following here. The speakers who will take part in tie- Sunday school institute coinciden tal witli the conference are Rev. B. !•'. Fraser. Rev. W. B. Dillard. Rev. Charles D. Bulla. Rev. Nath Thompson anil Rev. Henry B. Mays. ————— . ——— Straus Remains Wage Arbiter NEW YORK, Sept, 9. Oscai S. Straus, chairman of the arbitration board, trying lo adjust the wage dis pute between .’><t Eastern rail.-oads and their engineers, resigned today when the in mbe s met. The board went into ■ xi. Hive t s-ion to consider the resig nation. Mr. Stiaus took his action be cause h has been nominated for gov ernor of New York by the Progressive party. The other members of the board of arbitration at their executive session agreed that the nomination of Mr. Straus would have no bearing upon his position as a member of tile board and asked him to withdraw his resignation. He did so. Negroes Oppose “Grandfather” Clause LITTLE ROCK. ARK., Sept. 9—An extra large vote of negroes is expected at the atate election here today as a protest against the proposed enactment of the "grandfather" clause by the Democrats. The have shown unusual activity and expect to poll a heavy vote, showing a gain in those sections where the negro vote is not heavy. State-wfrle prohibition is a feature of the election, being brought up under the initiative and referendum. The liquor element has fought the measure bitterly. < ither law s under the Initiative and referendum are recall of officials and a 60-day legislative ses sion. ACCUSED OF SWINDLING. ROME, GA., Sept. 9. Explaining to them a plan to petition congress for pensions for former slaves and their descendants. Turner Keaton, it is al leged. fouled a number of old negroes here and extracted from them several hundred dollars. He was art; wted by Deputy Sheriff Wash Smith. BfiGON PREDICTS ‘ T. DULL FIZZLE Georgia Senator to Begin an Active Campaign for Wilson Last of This Month. NEW YORK, Sept. 9—Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, who was re-elected to the United States senate a fortnight ago for the fourth time, win begin his active campaign work iir behalf of Wil son and Marshall the last of September. Senator Bacon has been through six presidential fights, but he says he never entered one with as much confidence as the one of 1912. The senator is leaving New York for an ocean voyage, and told Senator O’Gorman, of New York, that he was going to take up the fight for Wilson with all the enthusiasm of a first-time voter. “It is going to be a downright pleas ure,” said Senator Bacon. “The con test this year is one of education, and the people of this country are at last awake to the real merits of Democracy. “This third term movement is going to fizzle out. It is nothing more or less than a bridge by which the mem bers of the Republican party will join the Democratic party. There can only be two great parties, and the Demo cratic party can not die. It has stood the buffetings and assaults of years. The men who believe in Democracy have never failed, and today they are about to reap the rewards of their long and tireless efforts. "I am not sure but what Democracy owes Roosevelt a vote of thanks. He became dissatisfied with his own head workers and has tried to destroy them. In this he will fail, but he will drive enough people out of the Republican ranks and fnt > the ranks of Democracy to make the party of Jefferson the bul wark of the country." Wilson’s Old Tutor Helps Collect Fund One of Woodrow Wilson's owi teachers will take the leading part in the campaign of Georgia teachers tc collect funds to help elect the Ne« Jersey governor president. Professot J. T. Derry, for 35 years prominent in educational work in Georgia, and who as principal of a classical and Eng lish school in Augusta, taught Wilson for two years, has been named vice president for Georgia of the Teach ers’ Woodrow Wilson campaign, and Professor Derry has wired his accept ance. ' Professor Derry said today: " X nation-wide movement, the first of its kind in history, to enlist the aid of the school teachers of the country to elect Governor \\ oodrow Wilson to the presidency of the United States was launched in Washington on or about August 20, 1912, by’the Wilson-Mar shall Democratic association of the District of Columbia. The plan has the official sanction of the Democratic national committee. "The question has been asked. ’What need is there for a campaign fund to secure' Georgia's vote for Wilson and Marshall'.” In answer we reply that the Demoqra s are not being hacked by the millions of dollars <f the corporations,' but are trusting the pa triotic people of the entire Union to furnish by voluntary contributions the necessary funds *for bearing the legit imate expenses of a presidential cam paign. "it is. therefore, earnestly urged that each teacher of Georgia, who Is in terested in the caus. of Democracy, forward one dollar to J. T. Derry, as sistant commissioner of the Georgia department of commerce and labor, state capitol. Atlanta. Ga.. to be used as a part of the campaign fund. "The names of ajl teachers con tributing will be presented in an at tractive form to Governor Wilson at the clo.~c of the campaign, it is hoped that ea< li one thus contributing will make evi'ty letter of tlv signature plain, an-l legible, without flourishes <:f any kind. Teat hers of Georgia. 1 still claim the iion >: of belonging to your noble profession, and will fee] great pride in a liberal response to the appeal thus made to you to come to the help of our whole country in this crisis of her history." Bar Taft Men From G. O. P. Ticket l.i >S ANGELES. Sept. 9.—The Roose velt electors in California will not be put on the Republican ticket. This announcement was made today by Meyer Lissner, head of the Progres sive party in the state. Taft electors will also be kept off the Republican tieke’ t:..l , ctors lor both candidates will be placed oh the ballot by peti tion. Tlie Progressives will forego nam ing electors at the Republican state convention, which they will control. It was explained that the Progressives recognizing the new psity as a distjnet organization, did not wish to have the electors placed on the Republican ticket, and further that they wanted to keep the Taft electors off. believing that the president was not honesdy nominated. M. W. A. INTO ALABAMA. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. Sept. 9.—The Modem Woodmen of America hate been granted permission to come into Alabama. A representative of the Or der is now in Birmingham and will shortly put deputies in the field. The stale Insurance department made an examination into the insurance fea tures of the order and granted the per mission lo come into the state. 3