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ATLANTA, GA
JOE POTTLE ARRAIGNS HUGH DORSEY
5‘ & Continued from Page 1.
?fldfll the interruption for the time.
' Mr, Pottle spoke of his tour of
Georgia, of his meeting thousands of
. Voters, of his determination to con
. duct a campaign upon high and lofty
principles. He said he had been more
or less a partisan In politics all his
life, but he did not represent any
faction In politics ana owed allegi
ance to none. He was a candidate
« before the whole people, he said, and
Loped to have the whole people's sup
. port, |
# Refers to Harris' Age. |
* SBpeaking of Governor Harris Mr.‘
* Pottle said he had no criticism to
" make except that the Governor was|
old and it would be better for him to
~ retire.
~ Of Dr. Hardman, the speaker sald
+ he had been running long enough to
¢ be in practice and become. an expert.
¢« He belleved Dr. Hardman was claim
~lng a bit too much in taking te his
* own credit practically all the legis
: lation in Georgia for a number of
. Yyears. Mr. Pottle declared against the
» Hardman platform of a four-year
, term for Governor.
*» Then Mr. Pottle began to take up
¢ the record of Hugh M, Dorsey. He
* showed how Dorseyv's law firm had
;vorkod hard to parallel the State
Toad and destroy its value, how he!
, had taken SSOO cash and a SSOO mort
. gage from the widow of John W,
~ Nelms to appear bhefore the United
. States Supreme Court in the Innes
- case, and how thig fee had rendered
* vold the indictments he had brought,
* He read from Dorsey's utterance on
. the pardon power and denounced It
~ A 8 monstrous.
~ Shouts for “Tom Watson” began to
» come from the squad of Dorsey dis
+ turbers, It was here that the con
- fusion reached Its height, and one of
*the aisturbers was efected.
; Invitation to Dorsey.
' Mr. Pottle sald, in part:
. I recently extended to Mr. Dorsey
A courteous invitation to foin me in
this discussion, not only here. but in
some place In each of the twelve con
gressional districts in the State. His
final reply refusing to do so, is based
on two so-called reasons:
First—That he does not econsider
.me a sufficiently formidable factor in
_the race to justify his descent from
the exalted pedestal of ability. virtue,
muhrfly and patriotism, which he
“ arrogantly built for himself,
Second-—That he deems my Invita
tion to him alone a discourtesy to our
other two opponents, whose cause he
_seems to think it is his business to
champion.
- The egotistical assumption of the
:*Qgt'lllolod reason will be sufficiently
'answered at the polls, and s amply
answerad by this splendid audience,
The absurdity of the second alleged
Teason is so seif-evident that it does
not appeal to a child. 1 Imagine that
Governor Harris and Dr. Hardman
are amply able to take care of them
selves, and that neither of them needs
or solicits his services as politieal
Wet nurse, counsgel or adviser,
1 have made certain specific charges
‘against him regarding his officlal con
duet as Solicitor General ard con
cerning his public utterances and
declarations sinee he began his eam
paign. .
Disregard for Constitution.
../l Bhave charged that this conduvct
Pi“ these utterances nrove his disre-
Ew for the constitutlon and laws of
g State which he has sworn to sup
‘port. I have asserted that he is en
gaged In an effort to play to the pas
“sions of his fellow citizens in a man
t utterly unworthy of a candidate
&q the great office of Governor,
1 bave given the facts of his record
and of his declarations on the ques
‘tion of Btate prohibition, or the qun-'
of executive clemency, or the of- |
fort of the Loulsville and Nashville
4 d to Injure, If not te destroy,
‘the Western and Atlantle Rallroad.
1 have charged him with “plaving
‘both ends against the middle™ |
have asserted thet by his own admis
w. he accopted an anpointment hy
Louleville and Nashville Rall
road in that litleation, with the
w that the constitution of
State made It his duty to renre
;Qm the State Instend of its enemies,
1 have accused him of Meeally nc
eoping, If pot demanding, a fee of one
thousand doliars to represent, the
Mfl.hrnhm and nirse-hroken
5 ow Nelms In her effort to bring
w to Groreia from Texas for trial
larceny after trust the nersons
ib‘. she helieved were responsible
for her infinite anguish
1 have deciared that his acceptanece
of this fee (not to nrosecute a crim!-
nal, hut to sxtradite the secnsed)
Y directlv the cause of his inability
20 convict them or sither of tham on
than ore Indictment for the of-
F o charged.
E All these things I have charged
¥ ngt him on the gtump in nearly
,mnabn of this Ftate, and have
2, that thev absnlntely Jis
qualify “im _from heing Oavernor,
No Fxolanation Made.
~__Bo far ax I have seen he has 'n no
Tenorted spesch made any explana
tlon of the charges which anpeal to
men of Intelligence, or snv denial of
the main slle=ations of fact 1 think
1 am juetified. therstors. in making
he statement which 1 now make, that
Mr. Doareer’s sxcuses for refusing to
Breept hy conrtanns Invitation are nh.
#rd ard childish. and that his real
Pxenae fn that ha knows full well that
the facts of hix record stated by me
- #an not be denied. and that the eon
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AGENTS WANTED. Write 167 torme
clusion drawn therefrom can not be
overthrown,
It is I who have made this attack
on Mr, Dorsey's record. 1 assume all
responsibility therefor. What Dr.
Hardman and Governor Harriz assert
about him, I do not know, His re
fusal to answer the charges face to
11’:«04- with me and in the presence of
the people whose votes he solicits,
leaves me free to challenge openly his
right ang hig claim to the office we
both are seeking.
I do not believe that the people of
‘fiw»vgx.’n will permit him to wrap him
| self snugly in his roba of self-az
sumed greatness and virtue and cool
lv dismiss these charges with a vave
of his mighty hand, and demand witn
a smile fthat they be dismissed, be
cause forsooth, he s the person
agninst whom they are brought
There are three candidates (or Gov
ernor besides myself. The firat ic my
honored friend of long standing, Gov
ernor Harris. 1 have no assault to
make on him, 1 wouldn't say a word
of critieism against him to be eleled
to this or any other office. Dut the
Governor is an old man. If he i 3 re
elected Governor he will be, I think,
‘wlth poszibly one exception, *he oid
‘r‘nt man who ever held the office in
\thlu State, .
| Neo Fault But Age.
‘ It Governor Harris lacks Jlacision
1t i 8 his age. If he lacks vitallty it is
‘his age, hecause he has, as all of us
will haveswhen age pats the silver in
our hair and the wrinkles in our faces
and the hesitation in our sten and the
halting in our memery, all *he weak
nesses which accompany »ld age.
Dr. Hardamn insists he should be
elected because he is no politician,
while the rest of us are. In view of
the fact that the doctor clalme credit
for a large part of the legislation of
the State for the past ten years or
more during which time e has been
busily engaged in holding a place in
the General Assembly or running for
one, except when he was running for
Governor, it is with rather poor grace
that he declares that I, at least, am n
politictan; [ who was nevar in a life
of nearly half a century, a candidate
for a political ofice hefors,
The other candidate is Hon. Hugh
M. Dorsey. He was, until a few days
ago, Solicitor General of the Atlanta |
circuit and had held that office for
nearly six years, I was, until a few
weeks ago, Solicitor General of the
Osmulgee circuit and had held that
office for nearly fourteen years. 1 re
stened my office when I announced for
Governor. He resigned his several
weeks after he announced for Gov
ernor. 1 do not doubt that he faith
fully and ably discharged his duties
a 8 guch an officer. I claim the same
for myself. My record will, T belleve,
compare favorably with his,
I have prosecuted and been instru
mental in convicting wwice as many
criminals as he. 1 have heen officially
instrumental in inflicting the death |
penalty upon twice ag many murder
ers as he, though 1 admit that my
services have not been quite as spec
tacular In some respects as his owr.
State Owes No!hln’?.
Our eontracts with the State have
closed. The State pald me and pald
him. It owes me nothing. It owes
him nothing. Neither he nor | have
any right to ask the office of Govern
or of the people solely hecayse we dls- ‘
charged our duty faithfully.
-1 have seen more than once the |
tears of the woman made worse than |
a widow by the verdiet of the fury
and the sentence nf the court, dnmpcnl
the floor of the courtroom. | have
heard. more than once, the cries of!
the children made worse than orphans
by the verdict of the jury and the
sentence of the fudge echo through
the courthouse,
I have seen, more than once, the
unfortunate victims of the law waik
out of the courtroom with manacled
hands in charge of the Sheriff, on his
way to prison, ere the echo of the
judge’s volee consigning him to death
had died ont nrnn the air. But, my
friends and fellow citizens, 1 never
gEot any pleasure out of it It never
gave me any happiness to feel that |
w"‘.oln any way, responsible for the
sorrow and suffering of my fellow
man.
1 have felt the thrill of profeseional
and official trinmph, like others have,
but after it ways ull over the overmas.
tering emotion of my heart was that
of sympathy, without any feeling of
vindictiveness whatever,
I have asserted all over Georgia,
and [ now assert that for five reasons,
separate and distinet, Mr, Dorsey Is
disqualified to be Governor of this
great State
Favors Long Lease.
Both Mr. Dorsey and myself agree
that the Western and Atlantic Rail
road should not be sold. 1 Insist that
it should be leased for a reasonably
long term. =0 that the lessee will have
some motive to develop and bulld ur
this great property, It is a fact, well
known to most of the citizens of Geor
gla, that ene<half of the income from
the lease of the Western and Atlantle
Railroad furnishes the basis for our
’mmmnn school system, and that the
property itself i the basis of (hal
State’s splendid eredit, |
It Is & fact also well known to many
citizens that the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and £t Louls Railroad is the
present lessee of the Western and
Atiantie, and that the Louisville and
Nashville controls, if it does not own
outright, the Nashville. Chattanooga
and St Louis Ral'road,
It in a fact also, fl\mnrh not so well
known, that the Louisville and Nash
ville Rallroad fs and has heen engaged
in an effort to obtatn a charter which
would authorize it to bulld another
rallroad to run parallel to the West
ren and Atlantle, throush its natural
territory In Georeia and connecting
with the Loulsville and Nashville's
main clreult.
There i= not a particle of doubt that
If this scheme of the Louisville and
Noashville snceeeds the value of the
Western and Atlantie will be greatly
reduced, and, In my opinlon, practi
cally destroyed. No man bellevea more
strongly In rallroad development and
itx impartance to the State and its
people than I but the supreme duty
of the Governor and the General As
sembly Ix to save this blg property of
the State from destruction.
Tt is well known, after our capable
and g:flour Secretary refused to la
#ue the charter for the provosed il
road, the General Assembly of Geor-
A, as 500 N ax It convensd, passed an
net pmhlbmnx the paralleling of the
Western and Atlantic by any ralirond,
#0 long as the Wostern and Atlantle
| was the tonny of the State.
I & N. Brings Suit. |
This legisintion, absolutely neces
sary to save the State's property from
ruin, was rassed almost unanMmously,
Within & few monthe thereafter n suit
was brought in the RBuserior Court of
Fulton County, in which it was al
leged that the law passad 1o protect
'::o‘4 State was unconstitutional and
| _This sult was filed by the law frm
fn! Dorsey. Prewster, Howall & Hey.
‘man. of which the pressnt enndidate
for Governor was a member. This pe
titlon was refused by Judse John T..
Pendieton, and it s row pending in
the Supreme Court of the State |
1 do not W Mr. Dwn‘..n A
lawyer, was his rights to ac.
cept this employment and take as a
fee the money of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company for his
services, but the point I am making is
that the lawyer who, *as a lawyer,
openly insisted that the act of the
Legislature referred to was in viola
tion of the Constitution and void is
not the man to be Intrugted with the
interests of the people of the State ns
their Governor,
The criticism i= not that Mr. Dorsey
represented the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad, but that having done
80, and thereby committing himself
against the wisdom, justice and valid
ity of an act of the Legislature, he,
as Governor, would emphatically be
digqualified to take the State's side of
this issue,
Hugh Dorsey, as a lawyer, says the
act ig vold, This he had the right to
say. Hugh Dorsey, as Governor,
should not be intrusted with its on
forcement,
Mr. Dorsey replies by declaring that
neither he nor his irm has represent
ed the Louisville and Nashville here
tofore, but that his firm has frequent
ly sued it, and that he has now and
then prosecuted it. 1 take his state
ment as true, and submit to the peo
ple of Georgia the question, whether
it is not at least significant that this
greatorailroad, notoriously active in
the p&mml affalrs of other Southern
States through which it runs should
employ the firm of lawyers to repre
sent it which has always been fighting
it in the courts and over the head of
its own diviglon counsel in Atlanta,
still, able and experienced as they are,
Just at that time, when it was general
1y understood that one member of that
firm would be a candidate for Arv
ernor.
Took Side of Foe.
The State paid him $250 per year
to represent It in his circuit. We are,
therefore, face to face with the fact,
unprecedented in the State, that a So
licltor General with the money of the
State In one pocket, paid to him to
represent it, and with the money of
the Loulsville and Nashville Railroad
in the other pocket, took the side of
the State’s enemy.
The supreme fact in this campaign
18 that Mr. Dorsey is pitching his cam
paign on an appeal to the passions
and the prejudices of men,
In his published platform on execu
tive clemency is presumably a delib
erate, fixed sentiment which he en
tertains on the subject. If 80, it an
nounces a doctrine which not only re
verses the principles of all civilized
countries on the globe for hundreds of
vears, but 1s so monstrous as to shock
the sensibilities of all right-thinking
men “The prerogative,” says this
platform, “should never be exercised
unless new and controlling evidence or
other matter unknown to the court
and jury is disclosed or th 4% inter
venes some other development of a
nature so radical as to change mate
rially the basis upon which a case
was adjudicated.” 'This language can
mean but one of two things—either
that when a jury has convicted a per
son the Governor shall be powerless to
interfere with the sentence, and un
less “new and controlling evidence or
other matter” is discovered of such a
character as would have demanded a
different verdiet. In the very nature
of things, the exercise of clemencey is
the exercise of the God-given attribute
of mercy. You can't limit mercy by
rule or measure it by the vardstick,
While Mr. Dorsey held the office of
Solicifor General of the Atlanta Cir
cult he himse!f recommended to the
Governor or the Prison Board a par
don, or commutation, or parole, in 24
}mau, two of murder and two of as
saults on woman, and while he tur
nished a great variety of reasons for
making these requests for the pardon
ing power, many of them unique to a
degree, in not a single org & ®*hem aid
he suggest the discovery (?r' any new
“vidence as the reason,
History of Case.
The history of the tragedy in the
life of the widow Nelms is well
known to the people of this city and
this State, Her two daughters mys
teriously disappeared, Through long
months of anguish the heartbroken
mother made every effort to discover
and punish the authors of her great
sorrow. One Vietor E. Innes and his
wife were arrested in Oregon and
brought to Texas, where they were
charged with the murder of the Nelms
girls. There they were put on trial.
‘They could not He convicted because
there was no technical proof df the
murder—neither the bodles nor any
portions thereof having been found.
The Inneses were acquitted, Mr.
Dorsey, in the meantime, drew seve
eral indictments against them, charg.
ing them with larceny of money be
longing to one of the girls. He sued
out a writ of extradition to bring
them back to Georgia for trial. They
resisted this proceeding and appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, When that was done, Mr.
Dorsev agreed with the widow Nelms,
already broken-hearted and exhausted
In finances, to represent the case for
hr for the State in the Supreme
Court for a sum “sufficlent to pay
for his time and actual expenses.”
Mr. Dorsey rendered this service
but when the fee was paid the small
matter of “tims and expenses” was
enlarged into one thousand dollars.
five hundred dollars In cash and a
mortgage on the widow's property for
five hundred dollars. And this is the
statement of Marshall Nelms, the
brother of the dead girls, who was
employed In the office of Mr. Dorsey.
1 deny that Mr. Dorsey had a le
#al rieht to afcept a cent from the
anguivhed widow. | know of no So-
Heltor Qeneral in the history of the
State who ever accepted a fee under
simllar clrcomstances, But whether
he had the lesal right or not, it was
A cold, mercenary, ealculating wsoul
which could have gotten its consent
to enlarge a few dollars “time and ex
nenses” Into a fee of a thousand dol
lars
And It Is an admitted fact that, as
the net resuit of his accentance of
this fee from the widow Nelms, the
man whom he belleved and whom the
widow Nelms belleved and the peonle
in Atlanta generally belleve was the
author of the death or disappearance
lnf the girte, s punished by a short
term l';“fiw nnumlllry’.":vhamn. he
might ve heen given years,
Indictments vd
Reven Indictments. procured by Mr
Dorsev against Innes, after Hugh
Dorsey had accepted the fee of »
thousand dollars, eould not be tried
by the court when the attornevs for
the defendant filed a plea in abate
ment setting out the fact that Mr.
Doresy hadl accepted the fee This
resuited In Innes heing tried on only
one indictment. The records of Ful.
ton Nuverior Court establish this
llmm beyond a douht
Ix Mr, Dorsey a friend of organized
labor?
Lot his orations of two years ago
when he joined forces with those whe
were viclously attacking organized
abor »'1 aver this State answer
Laboring men. as well a= others
have & perfect right 1o protect their
Inferects hv orgsnizine, and to pur.
e any coures they see it to pain
|flmr nd. under the law and within
the law. An aseaull on them hecause
[ the aftert organization for their
mitusl welfsre and protection s an
Assault on the basic rights of all
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
men, and he who assaile them can be
relied upon to aseail others who hap
pen to be in his way.
I stand unalterably for the full and
complete development of our school
System, from the common schools up.
No dollar spent in this great cause is
misspent.
I favor the enforcement of all the
law, all the time and everywhere. I
deny the right of any man or set of
men to select for themselves what
law they will ochey and what laws
they will disobey, or the times, places
or circumstances under which they
will obey the latv.
I favor liberal pensions to the vet
eérans of the Confederacy. They are
passing rapidly away and those that
are left should be put upon the roll
a 8 soon as possible, not as compen
sation but as a permanent record tes
timonial of the infinite gratitude and
affection of Georgla’s to be handed
down to our children and our chil
dren’s children,
These are the propositions upon
which I ask the people of Georgia to
elect me Governor. If 1 am elected,
the supreme impulse which ghall
control me will be the impulse to be
of service to the people of my State
and the impulge to render justice to
every citizen within its borders.
Governor Harris \
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To Speak in DeKalb
Governor Harris will deliver three
campaign addresses in DeKalb County
Saturday, speaking at the Decatur
Courthouse at 11 o'clock, at Stone
Mountain at 1 o'clock, and at Lithonia
at % o'clock. He sald Friday there were
several matters he intended to discuss
which he has not touched upon,
Governor Harris will make the trip
in an automobile and a number of
friends will accompany him.
AT SARATOGA,
FIRST—Two-year-olds; 6 furlongs:
Bonnie Lassle 107, Ida Lita 109, Tootsie
108, Aimee T iO6, King Baggot 112,
Douglass S 112, Chieftain 108, Bingen
109, Epingter 103, Moonlighter 101, Storm
Nymph 108, Stalwart Van 109, Bky 110.
SECOND--Steeplechase; 3-year-olds
and up; 2 miles: Rupica 153, Pebeto 156,
Brentwood 147, Hibler 156, Lycander 159,
THIRD-—The Saratoga éneolll; 2-year
olds; 6 furlonfu: Tom MecTaggart 122,
(Eam?nre 122, Philippie 122, Hourless 122,
Tumbler 122, Hard Cash 122,
FOURTH-—~Handicap; 3-year-olds and
up; mile and a furlong: Shar;uhooter
105, The Finn 117, Stromboli 123, Pen
nant 130, Shortgrass 128,
FIFTH-—Three-year-olds and up; 7
furlongs: Vermont 108, Black Coffee 108,
Port Light 112, Julia L 109, Ima Frank
105, Sir Willlam Johnson 110, Rochester
103 Jesse Jr 105,
dIXTH- Four-year-olds and up; lo?
miles: Sam Stick 112, hainggrfield 105,
Marshon 104, Star Gaze 106, Killana 108,
Penceronck 166, Day Day 108, Juliet 102.
Weather clear. Track fast,
AT FORT ERIE.
FIRST—~Two-year-olds; 5% furlongs:
Kathryn Gray 112, Great Dolly 111, Blue
Grass Belle 110, Rhymer 105, Bright
Sands 105, Meelogene 103, Gratitude 102,
SECOND -Three-year-olds and up; 6
furlongs: Between Us 115, Peepsight
112, Kootenay 111, Borax 110, Alfadir 105,
RBolala 105, Souvenir 101, Margaret 100,
Farly Sight 08, Miss Gayle 10%.
THlßD—Three-year-olds and up;
1 1-16 miles: Fair Montagua 121, Corns
broom 100, Prince Philisfhorye 95, Copper
King 23, Kathleen H %0,
FOURTH--Handicap; 3-year-olds and
up: 1116 miles: Borrow 12& Thorn
HIII 108, Kewessa 108, aPif Jr, 108, aKing
Gorin 98, Gypsy George 98,
a-—RBaker entry,
FIFTH - Two-vear-olds;: 6 furlongs:
Sol Gilsey 110, aAristobulus 168, Rlaise
108, Bon Otis 104, bKing Diek 104 bMa
tin 100, D= Tuck 109, aThe Gadder 100,
El Rey 9.
a-—Otis entry.
bGoldblatt entry,
SIXTH ~Three-year-olds and up: 6
furlongs: Top o' the Morning 128, Ke
wessa 120. The Masquerader 111, Prince
Hermis 110, Robert Bradley 109, Kle
burne 107, Colonel vennie 106, Judge
Wright 100, Anita 100, Martin Casca 95,
SEVENTH-Three-yvear-olls and un:
11-18 miles: Harry Lauder 112, St
Charleote 108 Colonel Holloway 107, Ben
Quince 107, No Manager 106, Privet Pet.
al 106, Batwa 104, High Horse 104, Zo-
Aac IIN, Supreme W.!.fl\mpmn 103, f:dlth
&nn-vmnnn 3
: Weather cloudy, Track fast.
B2\ &Q‘}%@Mwfi. RN i‘\
FRIDAY-—William Garwood, In “A
Soclety Sherlock;” Ben Wiison, in
“The Lucky Gold Piege;"”” Dan Rus.
sell, in “Where Is My Husband?"
SATURDAY -—~Hobart Henley and
Catherine Calvert, In “My Lady's
Miitions.” “The Man's Hardest
Fight.” “Luke's Late Lunch.,”
PIEDMONT .
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY —Billle
Burke, in “The Fighting Spirit;” Ar.
thur Hoops, in “The Danger Signai;”
also high class vaudeville,
FRIDAY<Crane Wiibur, In “The
Haunting "mnhcny;" “Bungling
S, Orvep, Sub.” comasy: Vi’
‘s In Danger,” Uty coOmaedy,
SATURDAY—See America First,
showing MoM'ochr‘. Ala. Margue.
rita Gibson, In “The Ostrich Trip”
Vogue comedy, “Painless Extrac.
tion.™
ALAMO NO. 1
FRIDAY <" “The Lust of the Red
Man.” Indlan Western drama. Rube
Milier, In “Stung, By Gum.,” farce
comedy,
lAT(JIoAV w “The Price of
Crime,” aspecial Western drama,
George Onl. In “The Masque Baill,”
farce comedy.
ALAMO NO. 2
PMDAV—QQ'&:"M Clark, In
“Littie Lady Elleen.”
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FRIDAY~CIae Madison, In “The
Girl In Lower Nine;” Rex Deßoselil,
in “Under the Lien's Paw;" Qale
Menry, In “Kate's Lover's Knet,”
farce comedy,
SATURDAY King log"n .‘J ga.
na Munter, In “The Captain the
Typhoon.” Gene Rogers, in “The
Yaungest of the Family,” farce com.
*dy. Marjorie Elligson, In “The Fin.
ishing Touch,” drama,
FRIDAY-~"One of the Pagk:"
--nm':u”mcm;" ““..-*fl
bune, No, 3V,
SATURDAY-“Stampede.” “The
Beavty Myunters.”
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Index Company Contract Is Heldi
Good by Judge Hill—Appeal ‘
Announced. ‘
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The Byrd Printing Company !ost
its fight to keep the State prin:lngl
contract for the year from the Index
Printing Company, Judge Ben Hill
ruling, after a hearing that began;
Thursday morning, that although the
Index Company was disqualified at|
the time the bids were made, by rea
son of three State officials holding
stock in the concern at that time, the
disqualification had been removed by
the three officlals selling their stock.
He therefore dissolved the temporary
injunction against State awarding the
contract to the Index Company and
refused a permanent injunction.
The Byrd Printing Company gave
notice of appeal to the Supreme Court
and Judge Hill granted a supersedeas,
holding the letting of the contract in
abeyance until the high court passes
on the case. In the meantime, the
court ruled, the State can take what
ever steps necessary to get its print
ing work done, either letting the Byrd
Company, which had had the con
tract, continue with the work, or let
ting it out by odd jobs.
The court held that the Index Com
pany was disqualified at the time the
bids were made because M. L. Brit
tain, State Superintendent of Schools;
Clifford Walker, Attorney General,
and R. C, Norman, Solicitor General
of Wilkes . County, were stock
holders in the concern. Since these
men had sold their stock, the dis
¢ualification was removed, Judge Hill
declared, and the State now could
proceed to award the contract to the
lowest bidder, which is the Index
Company.
Mississippi to §
M prQ't
The movie of the Animal Industry
Convention at Quitman was taken to
Co'umbus, Miss,, Friday. It will be
shown there to a gathering of Missis
sippl farmers.
The Georgla, picture, on exhibition in
New York State, is attracting large
erowds, according to reports from V., H.
Barber, road manager. The picture wili
not be shown in New York dlty on this
trip, as it is planned to have a run at
Carnegie Hall later in the year.
Big Griffin Crowd
Hears Dr. Hardman
GRIFFIN, Aug. 11.—A large audience
heard Dr. L. G. Hardman speak here
today. He was introduced by Dr. M.
F. Carson, who rxlr a tribute to Dr,
Hardman. Dr. Hardman outlined his
platform and disecussed each plank fully.
Prior to his speaking engagement Dr,
Hardman visited numerous cotton mills
in the vieinity of Griffin, where he met
the superintendents, foremen and many
operatives. He {s himself president of a
large cotto nmanufacturing enterprise.
~ From Griffin he went to Senoir.
Sal. | PIEDMONT | 4 Shows
sso || AoTien"
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Billie Burke D 5-REEL
FEATURE
FRIDAY —“Moner Thy Name," sea.
uring Frank Keenan, Ray and
Louise Glaum. Also a comedy,
MTUIDAY—DoupIu Fairbanks,
In “Flirting With Fate.”
4 —
FRIDAY—Theda Bara, In “Gold
and !PO Woman,"
SATURDAY—FrancIs X, Bushman
and Beverly Bayne, In “A Virginia
Romance.”
—
FRIDAY—*The Coward,” five.res!
Trl-lg'plc Southern war drama,
SATURDAY-—Chapter No, 15 of
“Graft.” Also a two-reel Keystone
comedy.
CFORGIAN
'IIDAV—-Na"wrMo Clark, In
“Qretna Green;” Francis X, Bush.
man, in “The :rhno Scratch Clew,"
SATURDAY-—~Mary Pickford, In
“Caprice.”
FRIDAY—"The Unwritten Law."
:O:h ln‘tr!‘xmng:holonn, Willlam
ke and An ob_rn.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY-—Car.
'Y" Blackwef! angd Ethel Clayton, In
“A Woman's w-{.-- Also New
York's Twelve Most Beautiful Girts,
In the Film Fashion Show,
FRIDAY~“The Waters of the
Lethe,” drama: “The Fable of the
gm-n Town Faverite Whe Was
“’"‘K:" ":-flo Auto:ulnnln.“ Tri.
angle Keystone comedy,
?ATURDAV-—"?NQ ‘flvl(o Bank
or,” Sellg drama. “Nu\‘ On, Cow.
boy." a Lubin comedy. "“The Broken
Orake,” Helen Moimes raliroad
drama.
FRIDAY—"The Secret of the Sub
marine,” Chapter No. 10; Selected
Muytual Dramas.
KAYUHDAV-—“MOC show.
FRIDAY—~Mae Murray and Wallace
n‘l:. n "Tz Mave and to Mold.”
TURDAY—~Mary Pickford, In
“Poor Littie Peppina.”
LMW,WWM,A}
INMAN, GA., Aug. 11.—Fayetteville
lost a one-sided affair to Inman here
{esterday 11 to 0, The twirling of Ta
um, for the locals, featured.
THOMSON, GA., Augs 11.—Thomson
took a fast (fame from Elberton, 4to 2,
here yesterday. The visitors led until
the sixth inning when the locals went
out and hammered in all of their tallies.
Score: R.H.E.
EEDRTION &\ Caathie S iy R
TROENSUN oy R A e aak X
Batteries: Wolfe and Morrison;
Vaughan and McDonald.
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA., Au‘; 11—
erfh!sville made it two straight from
Dublin, 6 to 1. The pitching of Lowry
featured. R. Smith secured three hits
out of four times 2t the bat. The local
team disbanded after this contest, hav
ing won 56 games ‘and lost 14 for the
ae'ar. Among the members of the
rightsville teamn were Barber, Griffin,
Spuriock and F'lo?"d, all of Atlanta.
F'ollowlnf are the batting averages of
Wrightsville team for the whole sea
son:
Player. Position. Aver.
EPHONDD. (~ cociisi M 5 ie i ARG
BRERST. gil s BN s 1 008
BB i e BTR A
EERYTIN i S I I
BIOWE aes amTiy A
BRUNONE ; -oi e i i BB ivasvarss . 1208
VI 5 o rnavvaaineie Miivesrersns . Al
Iprry Seniangiginss TNE &overvves . 410
DBV o aliws s e R
NVSIION vl st ih i assaioivny DR
WOERGIE .l W s .14i
RO iioiihniniv Riviviniing Ok
i ——
MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 11.—Marietta
defeated Acworth in a hard-hitting game
yvesterday 9 to 7. Kemp, for the locals,
secured a triple and two singles in four
trips to the plate.
~ Beore by innings: R.H.E.
Aceworth ........... 000 880 010—7 12 &
Marietta ........... 000 208 O4x—9 6 5
Batteries: Hick and Phillips; Grogan,
‘Waddell, Cassidy and Kemp,
Marietta will clash with the strong
Southern Bell Telephone Company team
Saturday afternoon and it promises to
be one of the best contests seen in
Marietta this season.
WEST POINT, GA,, Aug. 11.—J. Glp
son, an 18-year-old twirler of the
West Point team, let Opelika down with.
out a hit or a run yesterday, and his
team won a close game, 2 to 0, John
son, for the losers, allowed omi; five
hits, but was given poer support by his
teammates,
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Opelika ............ 000 000 000—0 0 3
West Point ........ 001 000 01x—2 6.1
Batteries: Johnson and Owens; Gip
son and Green,
CAMP HILL, ALA., Auq. 11.—Camp
Hill won ever the Chero-Cola team here
yesterday 6 to 3.
Score: R.H.E.
CRBIOCIOM 1.4 sab walt 4ve g 1 B
SRIAD BRI Ly svi ek nie i B R
ATHENS, GA,, Aug. 11.—Two thou
sand people saw the Monroe team down
Winder on Sanford Field here yesterday
4 to 3. The losers led, 1 to 0, until
the ninth, when the victors sent in
four tallies. Winder came back with
two runs In the same stanza.
SALE CITY, GA. Au?. 11.-—Melgu was
blanked by Sale Chy Thursday to 0.
Baker secured five hits out of the same
number of times at the bat. Jones,
for the winners, struck out 17 men.
MONTICELLO, GA., ~ug. 11,—Rut
ledge lost to Monticello Thursday 8 te
0. “Kid'" Collier, who once hurled for
the Crackers, was on the mound for
the winners and did not allow a hit.
Stone and Mercer featured at bat for
Monticello.
LINDALE, Aug. 11.—A strong semi.
gro team from Cornelia, Ga., was beaten
y the Lindale Leaders vesterday o to 1.
A triple play was pulled off by the
losers. Werner and Greenwood, for Lin
dale, and Howell and Lenning for the
semipros, were the stars with the stick.
Eight bases were stolen by the loecals.
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The First Up—
Sunday Morn;
unday Morning
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Gets the Comic Section, and soon
afterwards is heard a chorus in more
than eighty thousand houesholds:
“I’m next for
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The Katzenjammer Kids
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Then PATHER takes the Financial Section
MOTHER takes the Society Section
SISTER takes the Dramatic Section
BROTHER takes the Sport Section l
UNCLE JIM takes the City Life Section
And everybody waits his turn for the
great Magazine Section of
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The Most Thorough Atlanta
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Finals Near in D. & F. Tourney
Play Going On for Two Weeks
OLFERS competing in the Davis
‘ ; & Freeman tournament, which
has been going en at East Lake
for the past two weeks, are nearing
the end of play.
In the finais of the second flight, W.
C. Warren, Jr., defeated W. A. Camp
2 up and 1 te Xlay. In the third flight,
P. G. Lombard won his way into the
final match by defeating John Barth
olomy 4 uP and 3 to play. Weston Pat
terson will meet the winner of the Pat-\
tillo-DeLaney mateh for the right to
play Lombard. |
C. B. Howard will clash with G. R.
Glenn in the final match in the fourth
flight. In the first flight Vietor Smith
has defeated all opgonents in the upper
bracket, and has, therefore, reached the
final, Play in the lower bracket has
been delayed on account of the slowness
of two matches in the first round.
Following are the results through yes
terday's mateches:
FIRST FLIGHT.
First Round,
;’lctor R. BSmith defeated R. P. Jones,
4-3.
J. K. McDonald defeated L. L. Hun
nicutt by default.
4 g.‘. C. Liddell defeated Dana Belser,
. yv H. Griffith defeated L. D. Seott,
' C. B. Mott defeated A. C. Frazier, 5-4.
‘1 B. L. Craig defeated V, C. Vaughan,
up.
Second Round,
Vietor R. Smith defeated J. K. Me-
Donald, 3-2.
4 %. C. Liddell defeated W. H. Griffith,
| : Semifinal.
Victor R. Smith defeated L. C. Lid
dell, 3 up.
SECOND FLIGHT.
First Round,
i ?oyd Perry defeated A. L. Credelle,
l‘ }i’. F. Rogers defeated L. R. Bridges,
2 th’ A. Camp defeated J. D, Ely by de
ault.
% H. C. Moore defeated F. R. MeNelll,
up.
Archie Lee defeated H. Black, 4-3,
W. C. Warren, Jr.,, defeated H. L.
Bridges, 4-5.
« é!. P, D. Cowee defeated J. E. Millett,
J‘. O. Burton defeated C. E. Rose, 2-1.
Second Round.
'l_:.'. F. Rogers defeated Boyd Perry,
. ;‘ A. Camp defeated H. C. Moore,
[ W, C. Warren, .Jr., defeated Archie
Lee, 3-2.
J. O. Burton defeated H. P. D Cow
ee, 2-1.
Semlifinals.
a '\,\'. A. Camp defeated W. F. Rogers,
. :\ C Warren defeated J. O. Burton,
: Final,
. ;JV C. Warren defeated W. A. Camp,
: THIRD FLIGHT.
First Round.
S. Hard defeated H. V. Black, 5-4
John Bartholomy defeated R. B. Cun
ningham, 2 up.
™ @ TLombard defeated W. C. Barnu
well, 4-2,
T M. Ashe defeated L. A. Carter, 2-1.
N“'NMV: ‘Pat'flrmn Jdefeated Homer
Fenren -3,
! J. T. Scott defeated G. F. Lindner,2-1,
FORSYTH
2:3O—KEITH VAUDEVILLE—B:3O,
P ——————— e ——
JOSEPHINE DAVIS.
WATERS AND MORRIS,
FOUR ENTERTAINERS.
JOYCE WEST SENNA,
TOM DAVIES AND cCoO,
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2——OTHER KEITH ACTS—2
AUGUST 1916.
J. R. Pattillo defeated C. D. Read, 2.
W. W, DeLany defeated G. N. Spring|
4-1 .
Second Round.
John Bartholomy defeated S. Harq, 7.1
P. G. Lombard defeated H. ). Ashg,
3-2.
Weston Patterson defeated J. T. Scott,
4-3.
Semlifinals,
P. G. Lombard defeated John Bar: holy
omy, 4-8. "
FOURTH FLIGHT.
Flirst Round,
N. ‘E. Martin defeated P. C. p«.nmm‘
4-2.
Second Round,
;}, B. Howard defeated G. B. Sisson
3-2. s
. g:a.rl Goldsmith defeated 'T. R. Gentry,
'G. R. Glenn defeated N. E. Maryy
4-3. 1
’ G. W, Manghum defeated A. Martin,
up.
P Semifinals,
C. B. Howard defeated Carl Jold«
smith, 2 up.
G. R. Glenn defeated G. W. Manghum
5-4. S
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0| By Popuiar
E| Demand
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F | Marguerite Clark's
F greatest success,
I “Little Lady Aileen”
R Will be shown today
S and all day Saturday
T :
A first-run Paramount.
R
U PARAMOUNT
N PHOTOPLAYS /
TODAY:
Two of Screendom'’s
Biggest Favorites,
MARGUERITE CLARK
IN
“GRETNA GREEN”
and
FRANCIS X BUSHMAN,
in
‘“The Three Scratch Clue’’
SATURDAY-—Mary Pick
ford in ‘‘CAPRICE”’ and
a gingery comedy—
"“RUSHING BUSINESS"
A First-Run Chaplin,
“The Heart Beat”
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