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DEFEAT IS LIKEL1« Citizens Praise Governor
His War on Lawlessness Lauded ONLY COMMENT
iTHE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Pressure of Other Bills Will
Sidetrack Issue in Summer
Legislative Session.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
The apprehension <>f Georgia bank
er*. reeently in eeseion in Havannah,
that their proponed banltlna reform
Hunt for Cobb Dynamiters Diligent
■an put
hrough the Lfg-
ialature without mature dplibaration,
both in committee and on the tloor
It necessarily will be taken up section
by section and that means that it
must be whipped out four times in
detail. Rather a long, rough and rug
ged road to travel, to be sure.
hike the general insurance legis
lation effected in the last General
Assembly, however, it is highly im
portant buainess, and^Legislutors will
decline to vote for it without knowing
exactly what each section provide**.
The prospect ahead of the banking
hill has served to renew the talk of
providing a more satisfactory way
of disposing of purely local legisla
tion in the future. It is local legisla
tion invariably that tic - up the two
houses and serves to kill ihrougli In
attention many meritorious general
[tills. Members will pass their im
mediate local legislation, if the rest
of the State* legislation program
goes hang!
Uloral legislation might be disposed
of. particularly where there is no
opposition, through some simple leg
islative method, it easily would suve
50 per cent of the General Assembly'.*
time. As it is now. a local measure
takes up almost if not quite as much
time as the average general measure,
yet it in a mutter of a relatively
small importance in separate in
stances to the State at large.
It takes about as much time to
increase toe numbei of county com
missioners in Dodge County, for in
stance, as it does to amend the game
laws, and yet who outside of Dodge
County cares a hoot whether that
county hat' three or five county com
missioners?
An effort will be made in the next
Legislature to simplify the process of
local legislation, and many people
will sincerely hope that the effort
may succeed.
Judge John T. A1
County, Senator-elc
twentieth district, pat
of Raid win
from ' the
through At-
‘ The State
does not
concede
that
anarchy in
any form
shall
supplant
her
laws.”
ST CAPITOL
Orientals May Not Hasten to
Answer U. S. Reply to the
Alien Bill Protest.
lanta to-du.v.
Judge Allen was in high spirits
and expreseed himself as entirely sat
isfied with the status of his rate for
the presidency of \be next Senate.
“If the vote were to be taken to
morrow," said he. "1 am sure abso
lutely that 1 would be elected, and,
in the bent of good nature, ! really'
believe 1 shall he the only candidate
before the Senate when the voting
takes place next month.”
Judge Allen has been described as
tile (me man in Georgia polities about
whom there U absolutely no “lo«t
motion,” and somehow the descrip
tion seems to fit him snugly.
He is one of the very beat lawyers
in the State and one of Georgia's
most astute statesmen.
The United States Supreme Court
is expected to hand down soon a de
cision in the famous Cureton case
from Georgia, that will interest the
prohibitionists of the Stute particu
larly.
The question involved is whether
the prohibition law s of (»< orgiu shall
be construed similarly to the prohi
bition laws of Tennessee, the Su
preme Courts of the two States be
ing of exact opposite opinions as to
the point raised.
Cureton, a Chattanooga soft drink
dealer, owned a large distillery near
Rising I’awn, Ga. He received an or
der for whisky in his Chattanooga
house, and sent it to his Georgia dis
tillery to be filled. The whisky was
shipped from Rising Fawn, and Cure-
ton was arrested on a charge of sidl
ing whisky, wai tried amt found
guilty, the Georgia Supreme Court
holding that the delivery at Rising
Fawn to the common carrier was the
consummation of a sale. Cpreton ap
pealed to the United States Court,
claiming protection under the inter
state commerce laws.
If the United States Supreme
Court upholds the Georgia Supreme
Court, th prohibitionists will re
sard it as a victory, if. on the con
trary. the I nited States Courts take
the view as set pp in the Tennessee
Supreme Court, the dry" people will
feel that they have lost a point.
The decision is expected shortly.
Representative Harwell, of Hancock
County, will be the oldest member
of the new Legislature in point of
continuous service. lit* has been a
member of the General Assembly
since 18KG.
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb; Byron Bow
er. of Decatur. John M Slaton, of!
Kulton. and John N. Holder of Jack- |
son. all of whom ranked with Mr.
Burwell in point of continuous ser- j
vice, will be missing from the new I
House, leaving Burwell the veteran
and the dean.
The entletnan from Hancock lias !
been in the Legislature almost from i
the date o his twenty-first birthday.
The effort to increase heavily the |
appropriation for Confederate pen- j
tionR in the next Legislature, while !
likely to arouse much sympathy. '
probably will have a hard road to
travel
There will be few if any members
who would not like to see the pen
sion increased, and yet there will
be many who will be unable to see
how it is to be done and meet the
other necessary expenses of the ^tate
in addition.
It ia very well known that Legisla
tures of late years have found it ex
tremely difficult to keep the States
outgo within its income, and one of
the heaviest items of annual expense
is the Confederate pension appro
priation.
If acme statesman is able to show
the legislature how the pensions may
be increased without greatly embar
rassing H«»me ««f the departments, the
pensions probably will be increased,
all right. Unless the Legislature is j
Down that, however, the increase is
to be slight, if anything.
WASHINGTON,
un'v next
(Jovernor Joseph M. Brown.
DEATH ENDS«
DE IN EONS DEAD
Slain Convict’s Widow Expires
While Pushing Suit for His
Brother’s Insurance.
AUGUSTA. GA.. May 20. The death
.of the second plaintiff, while the case
was being heard in the City' Court of
Augusta, to-day brought to a sudden
termination the fifth trial of a suit to
collect at $3,000 insurance policy on the
life of John Moore, who was slain near
KeysvlUe In January, 1 POT. The Equita
ble Life Assurance Society of (he I'nited
States is the defendant. A sixth trial
will now result with a third plaintiff
to prosecute the suit The four pre
vious hearings resulted in mistrials
Tom Moore, who several months ago
was killed as an escaped convict while
a fugitive, with “Old Bill" Minor, from
the State Farm at MMledgevllle. orig
inally brought the suit. He was the
beneficiary named in the| policy.
Tom Moore was accused of killing his
brother and was given a life sentence
in the penitentiary The Supreme Qourt
affirmed it lie was serving thi* when
he escaped from the State Farm and
iulse Moore, as administratrix
state of her husband, Tom
ntlnued the insurance suit.
while the case was on trial,
n was received from Washing-
apr.ouncing the death of Mrs
Reward for Men Who Blew Up
Home of Negro Attracts
Much Attention.
Governor Joseph M. Brown’s proc
lamation, offering u reward for the
apprehension of the Cobb County dy
namiters. has attracted a great deal
of attention and brought forth many
expressions of approval throughout
the State.
The Governor's uncompromisingly
hostile attitude toward all forms of
lawlessness has been so persistently
demonstrated that there are few if
any criminals left in Georgia who do
not know that he means to enforce
the luw sternly against them if they
violate the same.
Not only has he set every agency
of the State at work seeking to es
tablish the identity of the Cobb Coun
ty dynamiters, but he also has of
fered substantial rewards for the ap
prehension of certain lynchers re
eently operating in Columbi
Heard Counties.
As he draws near the end
term in the executive office
ernor Brown, instead of wei
in any of his positions against law
lessness, seems all the more inclined
to emphasize his personal and official
of it
rnor holds that there are
more law-abiding people
than there are lawbreak-
observers are en-
>mplete protection
May 20.—It ia Ja-
nove, was the only com*
tm*n! State Department officials would
make to-day on th'- Japanese situa
tion. The reports vary as to the time
when the Mikado's statesmen will
make their reply to the note delivered
by Secretary of State Bryan to the
Japanese Ambassador yesterday.
Some Officials expect it within the
next three days and others say the
Japanese might take prolonged con
sideration, since the Webb act will not
go into effect before August.
Reports of unusual activity in the
way of shipments of supplies to th*'
Presidio of Sap Francisco were deni d
at the War Department to-day.
Secretary of War Garrison declared
the effort now being made to recruit
the regiments in the Philippines io
their full strength has been going on
for nearly twelve months, and has no
relation to the present situation be
tween Japan and the United States.
Asiatic L< ague Would
Deny Orientals Leases.
BAN FRANCISCO, May 20. -The
executive committee of the. Asiatic
Constitutional League has begun
obtaining signatures to a referendum
petition to defeat the anti-alien land
law which was signed by Governor
Johnson yesterday.
The league's objection to the law is
the e'au-:• permitting .in alien to hold
u three-year le n c. The officials of
the league -oon will circulate an ini
tiative petition for a law which will
exclude Japanese and Chinese from
both ownership and leaspho’ds under
any conditions.
California Only Trying
To Save Itself, He Says.
NKW YORK. Mflyjgo. ••■“The people
of California have reached a crisis
in their affairs. They have to deter
mine right now whether California is
to be overrun by Asiatics or whether
it is to be kept for Californian:'. In
three years California will be com
pletely overrun if the wrong steps are
taken now."
This statement was made here to
day by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, presi
dent of the University of California,
as ho and Mrs. Wheeler were sailing
for Europe. Dr. Wheeler expressed
the opinion, though, that there is no
danger of actual hostilities between
this country- and Japan.
"The diplomats will be able to
bring about a common understand
ing." said ho. At the same timo.be
declared the alien land bill, barring
Japanese from ownership of land in
California, was just und should be
the law of tlie State.
COUNTERFEITER CONVICTED.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., May 20.
R. T. Lawing. member of the coun
terfeiting gang tried a few days ago.
was to-day sentenced in the Federal
Court to two years in the Atlanta
Penitentiary. He is the fourth pris
oner convicted at this term of court
to be sent, to Atlanta.
Entertai rung Bill at For*yth.
First nlghters—those afflicted with
the desire to see and hear before any
body else—who settled into their
accustomed seats Monday night at
the Forsyth Theater prepared to en
dure at any cost the routine vaude
ville. were given several surprises of
their young and biase lives before the
program was finished.
Perhaps the most unusual number
of the entertaining bill was John
Geiger and ills talking violin.” Mr.
Geiger certainly made his violin do
everything but speak and after he
had put it through its paces, includ
ing imitations of almost everything
from a "Spizzerinctum" to a wood-
saw, his audience had forgotten that
he hadn't made the instrument emit
vocaS sounds.
For first-row habitues the Dunedin
troupe, a bicycle novelty act, com
posed of one man and three girls,
proved an interesting feature. The
one man can certainly ride, and the
girls are very good to look at, es
pecially to the first-row crowd. Other
numbers of the bill included Jose
phine Dun fee. whose voice, w hile very
good, was wrongly applied in the
caliber of songs she rendered; Nevins
and Erwood, old-timers on Atlanta's
dancing stage; Adam and Eye, a
monkey act especially attractive to
children; Gallagher and Field# In a
eomedy aet entitled "The Battle <>f
Bay Rum.” which proved a winner,
and Bradshaw Brothers, who present
ed some amazing new twists and
turns in a contortion act.
“The Deep Purple” Pleases.
Patrons of the Atlanta Theater
were treated to a new phase of Mis?
Billy Long’s ability as leading lady
yesterday, when "The Deep Purple,”
Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mlzner t
play, was presented in Atlanta for the
first time. The initial performance
was at a matinee.
Ably assisting Miss Long in her
triumph in the portrayal of New York
underworld life was Miss Agnes Tins-
le\ Harrison, the popular young At
lanta girl, who took the part of the
unconscious blackmailer.
Th? play is an interesting one from
start to finish, and the company ap
pears to advantage in it. Mr. Vail,
the leading man. does some good work
in the part assigned him
Generous applause was accorded
the company for its work by the
moderately filled house.
Tabloid Musical Comedy at Bijou.
Tabloid musical comedy—“A Trip
to Joyville" the attraction—got a fine
start on Monday at the Bijou. Four
big audiences indorsed the great big
dime's w orth of entertainment. Th?
show, the theater and the general con
ditions all pointed to the fact that
tabloid entertainment had caught o'.
ii> just the fashion the know ing on*
had predicted.
“A Trip to Joyville” is an hour and
a third of singing, dancing, comedy
and music, with some vaudeville in
terruptions that are clever. There is
a story about a lot of jolly folks going
off for a day of frolic; they are pretty
girls, well-groomed youn*r men and a
corps of character comedians who will
perhaps be found some day in "faster
company.
“A Trip to Joyville” will be present
ed at daily matinee—two on Saturday
—and twice each night the rest of the
week.
G.O.P. LEMRSTB
REUNITE FICTIONS
;
New Plan Lets Committee Rear-
range Representation Instead
of Calling Convention.
WASHINGTON, May 2U.—Return-
mendation that the Repubik-an Na
tional Committee readjust the basis
of representation in national conven
tions, instead pf calling a national
convention to effect this change, prob
ably will be made by the execu
tive committee of the national com
mittee when it meets here Saturday
to take up this question. This was
the consensus of opinion to-day.
Many members of the committee
favor accomplishing the change with
out railing a convention. National
Chairman Charles D. Hilles will pre
side at the meeting.
Members of the executive commit
tee arc John T. Adams/ Iowa; Fred
W. Estabrook, New Hampshire;
Thomas P. Goodrich, Indiana; Thom
as A. Marlow, Montana; Alvah H.
Marlin, Virginia; Thomas K. Neid-
ringhuus. Missouri; Samuel M. Per
kins, Washington; Newell Sanders
Tennessee; Charles B. Warren. Mich
igan: Roy O. West, Illinois; Ralph E.
VVIIliams, Oregon
On this committee are three men
who were Roosevelt sympathizers at
the Chicago convention. They are
Neidringhaus. West and Williams.
Committeeman Adams, of Iowa, is
friendly to the Cummins reorganiza
tion plan.
"This committee is as progressive j
as anybody." -aid a Republican leader
to-day, "and ought to be satisfactory
to LaFollette men.”
The theory of the Republicans - is
that the Progressive faction of the
party can be brought closer into the
fold by merely readjusting represen
tation in national conventions. It wiP
be a ‘cheap and convenient way of
reuniting the party.
TRAIN BANDIT GETS $10,000.
JOHANNESBURG, hOUTH A FR1 -
CA. May 2o. A lone bandit held up a
train on the line between this city
and Capetown to-day and escaped
with a pouch containing $10,000.
ture of Clias. II. Fletcher, and lias boon made under ma
persona) supervision for over 510 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
«.Tust-as-gnoil ” are hut Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Oestoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oii, Cara-
eerie, Drops and Soothing: Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ape is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and W ind.
Colic. It relb Yes Teething- Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates th*
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, T7 MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY.
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Use
Both Phones 8000
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Let’s £0 Swimming in Piedmont!
Bond Registration Closes.
COLUMBUS. — The registration
books ’for the Dillingham Street bridge
bonds have dosed w ith only 456 voters
having qualified for the election on
June 7. The issue is for $.50,000, it
being the third to be voted upon for
the bridge.
and
>f his
Gov-
nlng
detestation
The Gove
very many
in Georgia
ers, anti that law-
titled to full ami c
Better Thau Wealth
is perfect health; but to enjoy good health it is necessary
first to get rid of the minor ailments caused by defect
ive or irregular action of the stomach, liver, kidneys
and bowels,—ailments which spoil life, dull pleasure,
and make all sufferers feel tired or good for nothing.
REECHAJfs PILLS
(The Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World)
have proved themselves to be the best corrective or pre
ventive of these troubles. They insure better feelings
and those who rely upon them soon find themselves so
brisk and strong they are better able to* work and
enjoy life. For that reason alone, Beecham’s Pills are
The Favorite Family Medicine
Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25c.
Directions with every box show the wey to good hccith.
iurv, after
aose could
iMibl bring the unit in behalf of
the attorneys for I
> were endeavor- I
om Moore killed
his brother, because Judge Eve had
placed the burden of proof on the in- I
suranre people, not taking into consid- j
^ration the fact that Moore was con- j
victed uf the murder in Burka Superior
Court.
j
DRUNK HABIT CAUSES SUICIDE.
CI i ATT A N < >G( A. TE N N M « v 20. {
Sam Green. <>f Roasville. Ga.. com- .
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic :
acid Despondency because of intem
perance is given as the cause.
Excursion, Tallulah Falls,
Wednesday, May 21, $1.50.
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S-4.0O
Steam Coal for the furnace
at very low prices,
Satisfaction guaranteed on
all Coals.
Remember, you can alwavs
buy good Coal at Meinert’s
50c per ton cheaper.
Phone our manager.
PHONE 1T8T
Henry Meinert Coal Co.
Main Office: 59 South Boulevard
White City Park Now Open iv:
The beautiful lake v/ill be ready for
the people Thursday morning. The
Park Commissioners have spent sev
eral thousand dollars getting the
lake in shape for the bathing sea
son. The inclosure is about three
times larger than last year. Hun
dreds of streams of pure, freshwater
are running into it all the time.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR
BATHING SUIT? We have
a full stock of fwo-piece
suits from $1 to $3.50.
We Sell the Famous Old Town Canoes. Prices
from $38.00 to $75.00
KING HARDWARE CO.
S3 Peachtree
87 Whitehall