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i The Kind You Have Always Bought lias Iwme the signa ture of Clias. H. Fletcher, and has been made UDder nu TTTF, ATLAXTaVJEORGIAN' A.VD NEWS, DEFEAT IS ilKELY Good Citizens Praise Governor •$.#4. •^•4* •?•#+ 4*«4* +•+ His War on Lawlessness Lauded +•4 4* • + + «4* *!«•!* 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. REKBms plus (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 boxee. 10c., J5c. Direction* with every box show the way to good health. BEST JELLICO LUMP $4.25 BEST JELLICO NUT $4.00 ~w~~ Steam Coal for the furnace at very low prices. Satisfaction guaranteed on all Coals. Remember, you can always buy good Coal at Meinert’s 50c per ton cheaper. Phone our manager. PHONE 1TS7 HenryMeinertCoalCo. Main Offica: 59 South Boulevard White*©ity Park Now Open;VJ 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 Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pa**- goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It 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. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. YT MURRAY •TREET, NEW YORK CITV. Georgian Want Adi Use For Resin its Both Phone! 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. 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