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ture of Clias. H. Fletcher, and has been made UDder nu
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DEFEAT IS ilKELY Good Citizens Praise Governor
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His War on Lawlessness Lauded
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Hunt for Cobb Dynamiters Diligent
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Pressure of Other Bills Will
Sidetrack Issue in. Summer
Legislative Session.
Bv JAMES B. NEVIN.
The apprehension of Georgia bank
ers, recently in session in Savannah,
that their proposed banking reform
bill may fall of pasnape in the next
Legislature because of the pressure
of other matter probably i^ 8 we 1 '
fo.u tided.
The banking reform hill is volumi
nous and cannot get through the Leg
islature without mature deliberation
both in committee and on the floor
It necessarily will be taken up section
by section and ihat means that I*
must be whipped out four times in
detail. Rather a long, rough and rug
ged roaud to travel, to be sure.
Like the general insurance legis
lation effected in the last General
Assembly, however, it is highly im
portant business, and Legislators w ill
decline to vote for it without knowing
exactly what each section provides*
The prospect ahead of the banking
bill hHS 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 tiee up the two
houses and serves to kill through In
attention many meritorious general
bills. Members will pass their inn
mediate local legislation. If the rest
of the State's legislation program
goes hang!
If local legislation might be disposed
of. particularly where there Is no
opposition, through some simple leg
Islative method, it easily would save
:»n per cent of the General Assembly's
time. As it is now, a local measure
takes up almost if not quite as much
time as the average general measure
yet it is a matter of a relatively
Jsmali importative in separate in
stances to the State at large.
It takes about as much time to
increase the number of county com
missioners in Dodge County, for ir.
stance, as it does to amend the game
laws, and yet who outside of Dodge
County cares a hoot whether that
county hap 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 me effort
may succeed.
fudge John T. Allen of Baldwin
County Senator-elect from the
twentieth district, passed through At
lanta to-day.
Judge Allen was in high spirits
and expressed himself as entirely sat
isflfd with the status of his race for
the presidency-of the next Senate.
"If tile vote were to be. taken to
morrow," said he, J am sure abso
lutely that I would he elected. and #
in the best of good nature, I really
believe I shall be the only candidate
before the Senate when the voting
takes place next month."
Judge Allen has been described as
the one man in Georgia politics about
whom there is absolutely uo "lost
motion," and somehow the descrip
tion seemp to fit him snugly.
He is one of the very best 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 State particu
larly.
The question involved is whether
the prohibition law’s of Georgia 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 Fawn, Ga. Fie received an or
der for whisky in his Chattanooga
house, and sent it to his Georgia dis
tillery to be filled The whisky w’as
shipped from Rising Fawfn. and Cure-
ton was arrested on a charge of sell
ing whisky, was tried and found
guilty, the Georgia Supreme Court
holding that the delivery at Rising
Fawn to the common carrier was the
consummation of a sale Cureton ap
pealed to "the United States Court,
claiming protection under the inter
state commerce laws.
If the lnited States Supreme
Court upholds the Georgia Supreme
Court, th prohibitionists will re
gard it as a victory. If. on the con
trary. the l nited States Courts take
the view as set up in the Tennessee
Supreme Court, the "dry" people will
feel that they have lost a point.
The decision is expected shortly.
Representative Burwell. of Hancock
County’, wtfl be the oldest member
of the new Legislature in point of
continuous service. He has been a
member of the General Assembly
since 1896.
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb; Byron Bow
er. of Decatur; John M. Slaton, of
Fulton, and John N. Holder, of Jack-
son. all of whom ranked with Mr.
Burwell in point of continuous ser
vice, will he missing from the new
House, leaving Burwell the veteran
and the dean.
The * entleman from Hancock has
i»een in the Legislature almost from
the date o‘ his twenty-first birthday.
The effort to increase heavily the
appropriation for Confederate pen
sions 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 State
in addition
It is very well known that legisla
tures of late years have found it ex
tremely difficult to koep the States
outgo within its income, and one of
the heaviest items of annual expense
is the Confederate pension appro
priation.
If some statesman is able to show
the Legislature how the pensions may
be increased without greatly embar
rassing some of the departments, the
pensions -probably will be increased,
all right. Unless the Legislature is
show n t>at, however, the increase is
apt to slight, if anything.
“The State
does not
concede
that
anarchy in
any form
shall
supplant
her
laws. ’ ’
Orientals Maj Not Hasten to
Answer'U. 4S, Reply to the
Alien Bill Protest.
WASHINGTON', May 1 20. It I, J*.
pan’s next mowi was the only com
ment State Department officials would
make to-day 0*9 the Japanese situa
tion. The reports' vary as to the time
when the Mikatdo’s statesmen will
make their replyVto tihe note delivered
f .State Bryan to the
1UTH ENDS TRIM.:
OF Wi ll
Slain Convict's Widow Expires
While Pushing Suit for His
Brother’s Insurance.
AUGUSTA, GA.. May 2<» 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 $?.0O0 insurance policy on the
life of John Moore, who was slain near
Keysville in January, 1907. The Equita
ble Life Assurance Society of the United
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 Mllledgeville. orig
inally brought the suit. He was the
beneficiary named in thel policy.
Tom Moore was accused of killing his
brother and was given a life sentence
in the penitentiary The Supreme Court
affirmed it He was serving this when
he escaped from the State Farm and
met death.
Mrs. Louise Moore, as administratrix
of the estate of her husband. Tom
.Moore, continued the insurance suit
To-day. while the case was on trial,
a telegram was received from Washing
ton. Ga. announcing the death of Mrs.
I Moore
Judge Kve dismissed the jury, after
I expressing regret that the acse could
not proceed.
1 S. Peeples, counsel for the plaintiff,
j announced after court adjourned, that
j Fie would bring the suit in behalf of
another administrator of the Tom Moore
I estate.
j When the trial came to such an
abrupt ending to-day. the attorneys for
I the insurance company were endeavor
ing to prove that Tom Moore killed
his brother, because Judge Kve had
placed the burden of proof on the in
surance people, wot taking into consid
eration the fact that Moore was con
victed of the murder in Burk* Superior
Court. -j
DRUNK HABIT CAUSES SUICIDE.
CHATTANXKXJA. TKN’N May 20
Sam Green, of Rossville. Ga.. com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. Despondency because of intem
perance is given as the cause
Excursion, Tallulah Falls,
Wednesday, May 21, $1.50.
Reward for Men Who Blew Up
Home of Negro Attracts
Much Attention.
Governor Joseph M. Rrown's proc
lamation. offering a reward for the
apprehension of the Cobb County dy
namiters. haw attracted a great deal
of attention and brought forth many
expressions of approval throughout
the State.
The Governor's uncompromisingly
hostile attitude toward ail forms of
lawlessness has been so persistently
demonstrated that there are few if
any criminals left in Georgia w’ho do
not know that he means to enforce
the law sternly against them if they
violate the same.
Not only has he set every agency
of the State at work seeking to es
tablish the identity of the Cobb Coun
ty dynamiters, but he also has of
fered substantial rewards for the ap
prehension of certain lynchers re
cently operating in Columbia and
Heard Counties.
As he draws near the end of his
term in the executive office. Gov
ernor Brown, instead of weakening
in any of Fiis positions against law
lessness. seems all the more inclined
to emphasize his personal and official
detestation «*f it.
The Governor holds that there are
very many more law-abiding people
in Georgia than there are lawbreak
ers. and that law-observers are en
titled to full and complete protection
against the criminal classes.
vby Secretary
Japanese A mbasftadnr yesterday.
Some officials expert It within the
next three days Jand others say the
Japanese might tin 6 e prolonged con
sideration. since Itoei Webb act will not j
go into effect before* August.
Reports of uni>:$i$il activity in the j
way of sFripmentsl 4>f supplies to the
Presidio of San Fran cisco were deni* d I
at the War Department to-day.
Secretary of War garrison declared
the effort now being made to recruit
tin* .regiments in tin* Philippines to
fhQir" full strength h;j s been going on
for nearly twelve months, and has no
relation to the present situation be
tween Japan and tht* United States.
Asiatic League Would
Deny Orientals Leases.
BAN FTRANCISCO.: # May 20.—The
executive committee of the Asiatic
ConstitutjSomal League has begun
obtaining signatures^ to a referendum
petition to?defeat the anti-aJien land
law which! was .‘■'igned by Governor
Johnson vrtsterday.
The league’s objection to the law is
the clause permitting an alien to hold
three*-year lease 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 leaseholds under
any conditions.
California-Only Trying
To Save Itself, He Sajis.
NDW'yORK. Mayf20.—"Thetpeople
of California haws reached a. crisis
in their affairs. They have to deter
mine rlghtVnow vvfhother California is
Lo be overrun by Asiatics or whether
it Is to be \kept for Californian;:. In
three years \ Caltforndn will h*» com
pletely overrun ifi*the-wnong steps are
taken now.”
This statement was made here to
day by Benjamin Ide W?heeler. presi
dent of the University tuf. California,
as he and Mrs. Wheeler were mailing
for Europe. Dr. Wheeler expressed
the opinion, though, thay there is no
danger of actual hostilities between
this country and Japan.
"The diplomats-will be able ter,
bring about a common understand-■
ing." said he. At the same time be
declared the alien land bill, barrtng
Japanese from ownership of land in
California, was Just and should be
the law of the State.
COUNTERFEITER CONVICTED.
CHATTANOOGA. TF5NN, May 20.
R. T. Law ing, 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.
Entertaining Bill at Forsyth.
First nighters 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 blase lives before the
program was finished.
Perhaps the most unusual number
of the entertaining bill was John
Geiger and his "talking violin." Mr.
Geiger certainly made his violin do
everything but speak and after he
had put it through Us 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
vocal 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 crow’d. Other
numbers of the bill Included Jose
phine Dunfee, whose voice, while very
good, was wrongly applied in the
caliber of songs she rendered; Nevins
and Erwood, old-timers on Atlanta's
dancing stage; Adam and Eve. a
monkey act especially attractive to
children; Gallagher and Fields in a
comedy act entitled "The Battle of
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 Miss
Billy Long’s ability as leading lady
yesterday, when "The Deep Purple,
Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner’s
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
ley Harrison, the popular young At
lanta girl, who took the part of the.
unconscious blackmailer.
The 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 applaud 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 worth of entertainment. The
show, the theater and the general con
ditions all pointed to the fact that
tabloid entertainment had caught o’..
in Just the fashion the knowing on s
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, w ell-groomed young 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.
Bond Registration Closes.
COLUMBUS. — The registration
books for the Dillingham Street bridge
bonds hove closed with 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.
Better Than 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 l feel tired or good for nothing.
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and those who rely upon them soon find themselves so
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Remember, you can always
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Cl P. LEHRS TO
FI
New Plan Lets Committee Rear
range Representation Instead
of Calling Convention.
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Recom-
mendation that the Republican Na
tional Committee readjust the basis
of representation in national conven
tions, instead of 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 calling a convention. National
Chairman Charles D. Hilles will pre
side at the meeting.
Members of the executive commit
tee are John T. Adams. Iowa; Fred
W. Estabrook. New Hampshire;
Thomas P. Goodrich, Indiana; Thom
as A. Marlow, Montana; Alvah H.‘
Martin, Virginia; Thomas K. Neid-
rlnghaus. Missouri; Samuel M. Per
kins, Washington; Newell Sanders,
Tennessee; f’harles B. Warren. Mich
igan; Roy O. West, Illinois; Ralph E.
Williams. 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 k
friendly to the Cummins reorganiza
tion plan.
"This committee is as progressive
as anybody." said 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 will
be a cheap and convenient way of
reuniting the party.
TRAIN BANDIT GETS $10,000.
JOHANNESBURG. SOUTH AFRI
CA. May 20.—A lone bandit held up a
train on the line between this city
and Capetown to-day and escaped
w ith a pouch containing $10,000.
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no on# t
to deceive you in tliis. Counterfeits, Imitations ajd
«« Just-as-good ” are but Experiments, and endanger tU#
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other JSarcotto
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind.
Colie. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates th<
Stomach ami 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.
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Georgian Want Adi
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Let’s Go
The beautiful lake will 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
BATH1N3 SUIT ? We have
a lull slock of two-piece
suits from SI to $3.50,
We Sell the Famous Old Town Canoes. Prices
from $38.00 to $75.00
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