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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MON DAT. JI'I.T !. 1V* J. W. JORDAN WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO HON. J. POPE BROWN Pop® Brqwn, llawklnsvtlle, Go. or to any other charity. It would nelth- Dear Colonel: Complying with your request, I called at the newspaper of- 1\rr- and secured a copy of your speech drinered at Perry. Ga., advocating fair • freight rates and Hon. Hoke Smith for governor. I will farther state I have take® time and pains to read ft care- fully and thoughtfully the second time. An«l now I come to the last part of your request: to criticise It and tell you »h< !« you are wrong. To make such crltMsms I am not accustomed to do, neither Is It alwaya the safe and prop- or thing to do; but being friends, and believing that It was genuine friend* ship that prompted you to request It, and after reminding you that 1 am no politician, you having still Insisted on It. after some deliberation and heslta tion. I have concluded to do mo. Tour speech having been delivered before a public and previously adver ti.**d meeting, and subsequently pub. It*hcd In the Atlanta papers, and also *rnt out In pamphlet form over the country as a campaign document, makes It necessary that I give this to the newspaper for publication which, If 1 rightly understood you, you ex pectSd. I will say In the first place, you were \ wise In the selection of the place to make your speech—Perry—near where you grew up, and before your friends and the very people who know and love you best. You were also very happy In your Introductory remarks. In rend- • Ing your Introduction I bad almost the same feef/ngs f would have fiatf If I had been present. As to these two Items In your sjieech, you have my approval and congratulations. In the second I l i e. you set out to be fair to all the candidates, but you soon Jumped on Hr. Unwell, saying, "We are told so o» I so;" It Is charged that Mr. Ilowell claimed so and so; It Is charged that Mr. Howell did, or did not, do certain [ things. Thus "taking up a reproach against your neighbor." The records and facts show these reproaches were without foundation or proof. In the third place, you called alien- tlon to Mr. Howell's barroom stock, and charged that he Is a stockholder In the Capital City Club—a seven-day barroom In the city of Atlanta, that runs all night long and all day Honday, **tc. Thus trying to offset Mr. Hmlth's I'i'dmont bar and Ids temperance record with the Capital City Club and Mr. Howell's tem|»ei-ance record. Here you are wrong; you must know they are not analogous: one being main tained not for gain, but purposes of pleasure and social entertainment and visited by Its members and their In vited guests, and entertainments given Just as they are frequently given In many homes where wine -and maybe other Intoxicants—ore served. Tin other maintained for money—and much of It blood money at that—and patron ised largely by bad men, and maybe by vile women; a saloon where young men are enticed, their tnanh<M»d, character and souls are wrecked; a ptacetwhere things are done day and night, thut shock humanity. Insults decency, mocks God and disgusts the Devil. If I wits a patron of that or any other euloon. If I habitually or even **lunnlly visit ed such places, I'mlght regard the Cap. Ital City Club ns bad, and In the same light. Hut as I see It. the Piedmont l»ar, and every saloon, are among the vilest and most Infernal places In all tbit commercial world. And 1 want to say to Mr. Smith and all ether owners of saloons, If they were to give every dollar of their earnings to the poor and ►t' k, In books, medicines or In clothing, er Justify nor expiate their crimes. "Sot all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars stain Can give the guilty conscience peace or wash away the stain." Again you say, "It Is also charged that Mr. Howell's prominence arises from his connection with The Atlanta Constitution." "Ills friends claim that because he succeeded Henry Grady, he Is equal to Henry Ondy. Hut ft Is also claimed the Lord made Henry Grady; that Ilenry Grady made The Constitu tion. and that {The Constitution made Clark Howell." This 1 may round witty, but It Is flippant and Intended to dis parage Mr. Ilowell. To take It up and repeat It la wrong. I am sorry you did It; It was unworthy of you. As you turned away from the personal discussion of Mr. Ilowell and quoting these reproachful things, which you say are said of him, I don't wonder that you were dissatisfied with what you had said and what your hearers would think of you, and that you at once said: "Now, you can read The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal and decide for yourself which Is the worst man: Mr. Ilowell or Mr. Hmlth. Having tome prejudice on that lino, I confess that 1 am not a com petent Juror." The pity Is that you did not do this before you took up these reproaches; but I reckon It waa better then than not at all. Sow. as to your Insinuations that Mr. Howell Is the candidate of the railroads, you ask: "Why did they have their candidate selected before any other candidate announced?" and pro ceed to answer yourself: "Because they have an axe to grind." Now, In regard to the first complaint or Insinuation, that Mr. Howell Is the candidate of the railroads, I must say that you utterly failed to furnish a scintilla of evidence to show It, or any proof that they had their candidate selected before you were conducting a very active private canvass. Home of your friends who felt aggrieved because Mr. Hmlth butted In and brushed you out of the race, uftnr you had made successful and satisfactory Investigation and perfect ed your plans, and secured your friends and supporters and had been several weeks In the race, now begin to under stand why you should so tumely sub mit and not show' the slightest morti fication or embarrassment. In dis cussing this matter with a mutual friend of ours, and having expressed iny disapproval of It and iny displeas ure at ft, he replied; "Oh, you need not feel that way; Hmlth and Brown fully understand each other. Hmlth will take care of Brown, and he will get the very best thing Hmlth can give him/' I want to say ns to freight rates, you understand that subject better than I do: but you don't want fair freight rates any more than I do, nor uny more than any other man who loves Ids nen- ple or his state, no more than we have reason to think that any other of the candidates do. Certain It Is that Mr. Howell has shown In every way that he Is not one whit less ardent and ear nestly Interested In this matter than Mr. Hmlth or yourself. And I nin sure the people think so and are aa ready to trust him. 1 As wlmt you say about port rates, you voted twice on It while you ware a member of the railroad commission; once against and once In favor of It. Perhaps I am not competent to pass Intelligently and wlaely on the need, Justice and righteousness of the meas ure. But will say that as you resigned your place on the commission, and Also withdrew from the race for governor In Mr. Hmlth's favor, he taking up your slogan. It was well, I reckon, that you did not embarrass, or put hint to die- RESISTS PAYMENT OF DUTY ON BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE |jit„t photograph <>f Mr,. William It. Ijm’iI,. who la fighting against pa,lag 1100,000 tint, on n pearl nwkliu’* inailn In I'nrla, of which her bnatinm! mail* her a present. Mr. lawita la president of tho riilmgu, Muck laland and I'arlllc rail- road. advantage, but consistently placod him na he had formerly been—on all other iiueatlnna—on both aide* of It, by vot ing for nnd agalnat It. For tho purpose for tvhlrh your vote* were Intended you were right. Your contention for S centa a mile la good campaign thunder, but 2 am not aura that If would be either wlae or Jtiai. It fa certain that the present rail road commlaalon, or the one from which you realgneil, are mot to be cen ■ured for being allent nod not moving In the matter when nobody haa de manded or even requeated It. I agree with you and feel qultg. aure, aa every Southern man doea, that the ronferrlng of the ballot upon the negro waa ii moat cowardly crime. Further than thla, you aay nothing about the Filthy Advertising Is rejected by THIS newspaper. Tlint is one rowon why It has been given In: popular esteem the title of Home Newspaper Only Clean Advertising appears in THE GEORGIAN. Are you one of the 23,000 heads of families who indorse this policy? disfranchisement of the negro, except to mention the repeal of the fourteenth und fifteenth amendments of the con' atltuttnn: and Inferential)}- In your compliment to lion. Thomas W. Hard wick you said not one word about thla dlarranchlaement scheme, and hobby of Hoke Minlth'ii. You may feel that to remain allent la enough, and the prop er thing to do. Hut let me aay that since you are Smith's supporter, and It being understood that he Is running on your platform. It Is not enough that you keep silent on thla scheme to dla. franchise the negro by passing a state law to tlx an educational quailllratfon for alt voters, white or black. You can't afTord to do lesa than repudiate thla dishonest scheme to put on the statute book ofOeor ' Induce the registrar violate Ilia solemn oath, perjure him self. violate the law and his consclance, and defraud it legally qualllled voter out of his ballot, be he white or black, no matter whether born In Georgia or In Muaaarhuaetts. The thing Is monstrous, and you should at ones publicly announce your disapproval of It. It may be that you regard thla aa a political hobby, that the people do no take It seriously, that It Is only In' tended to appeal to unthinking people and such things being common In poll' tics. It Is all right. Hut not so, "with whst measure you meet It shall he measured to you ugsln;” this Is the Inexorable law of Ood. You drop out a hint In your conclusion which sound* prophetic. Surely you have not seen a vlaton. You aay: "t would not be eur prised to see new alignments and the wiping out of old political line*/' * have seen the same thing hinted by others, and even strange language like thla, fur Instance, from others calling themselves Southern Democrats; "I feel sure that the next ten years will Indicate to yon many men who have the courage to dare the prejudices of faction In the Interest of rtal policy and principal, and that these men may ‘te among the stro -eaafiil public men ariea In Southern life." In my opinion, such prophecies can never nnd imm inent In mongrel politics, or leaders of mongrel factions. I cannot, for my life, see how any Southern man and Demo- •rat who remembers the days or re- onstrutlon, who understands condi tions In Georgia or anywhere In th* South, can have so little faith In our people or the Democratic party, which delivered mis and brought ua through such difficulties and to be masters of the situation, und to hold such high rank among the states of this Union can believe that our safety and solidity will ever suffer from disappointed and soured polltlcans and demagogues, who cannot enmamnd th* respect, con* rtdence and support of thoae who went away from the party and blindly fol lowed men, who proved to be false, and failures as leaders. Only such men as are embittered by their own folly and mistakes and dteappolnmenta and vanity would attempt such thing* All others see and appreciate th* fact that our safety Is In a solid South. Thera are plenty” if safe, solid and tana men to make andjxeep It solid. Tour friend, J. W. JORDAN. No. 427 Piedmont Ave„ Atlanta. Qa. PETRIFIED COUPLE FOUND BV POSTMASTER Special to The Georgian. ChaUanooyn, Tenn., July I.—Post master Raulston has received a letter from A. n. Bolts, of Nik Valley, Tenn. In which that gentleman aays he haa found a petrified man and woman. He does not describe his great find, but ask* that the story be published. Qrae* Church Opened. The opening services of th* new Grace Methodist church ware held Sunday morning. Rev. James E. Dickey preached to a targe congrega tion. The night, services were of a union nature, other denominations be ing represented to congratulate the member* of Grace church on getting into their new home IS AND THEN BURKED CROWD OF 400 LYNCH BLACK FOR ATTAOK ON OIRL Prisoner Admiti the Crime When Identified by Hit Young Victim. Bj Prirtli IsHird Wlr#. Chickasaw, j. T., July 2.—Charged with haring: attacked a lS-year-oId girl, daughter of Ira Robertson, Will Davit, a negro, waa captured by farm- era and hanged. The lynchen then burned the body. By the time the negro waa overtaken near Bradley Saturday night fully 400 men had Joined In the chaae. and aoon after the rapture the march to Womack h«-X;ir, Ii wn« nearlv 3 «/< l'*fk Hundey morning when the Robertson home was reached and the negro was brought be fore the assaulted girl. "Thot'x the one," said she at once, un<l 'It* mgr■■) replied: "Yes. lady. I'm the one. Gontlemen, I admit the crime." The mob then proceeded with their victim past the spot where he had committed the crime and t6 a tree near the road, 'where a rope was thrown over a limb about eighteen feet high and the other end knotted about the man's neck. Before life waa extinct the body was lowered to the ground and logs and brush were heaped upon It and the mass Ignited. For a moment the body writhed, a few groans were heard and the flames completed the work. Two hours later the charred body wax bur led under the cam** tree und»r the ril- rcotli.n 'A h deputy marshal from Bur eau, who had been thwarted In his ef fort to take the negro from the mob. Malaria Makes Pate Sickly Children. The Old Standard, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the system. Hold by all dealers for 27 years. Price CO cents. JUDGE RUSSELL HEARD AT CHESTER, GEORGIA Special to The Georgian. Cheater, Go., July i.—Hon. Richard B. Russell, candidate for governor of Oeorgla, addressed a targe crowd of voters from Laurens, Dodge and Pu laski counties at this place Friday. The speaker was Introduced by Dr. George W. Bordeaux, In a short but Impressive manner. For two hours Judge Russell held tils Immense audience spellbound while he exposed the evils that are being Im posed upon the common people of Georgia. H* discussed all of the Im portent Issues of the day In such man- ner as to be thoroughly understood. Judge Russell attacked <h* disfran chisement question with a ftw brltf remarks and left that mattar for Hoke Hmlth to settle. He also favors nlns months free school fadlltlss, which will glva th* mntry people th* advantage of edu- Ltlonsl facilities equal with tha cities. After a hearty handshaking and grsetlng with hit many supporters, Judge Russell left for Dexter to apeak at night. CLOTHES SATISFACTION. One of our new customers, an At* lauta Banker, said to us the other day* "Nobody asks me now where I get my clothes. They always say, ‘Who made that suit?’ ” "Exclusive, personally selected fabrics, a few garments from each piece, with none of the ear-marks of the ordinary clothing, store. Ready-made *12.50 to 130.00. ESSIG BROS., Correct Clothes for Mt» “Correct Clothes for Men." 26 Whitehall St. HOTELS AND SUMMER RE8QRT8.HOTELS AND SUMMER RE80RTS. UP IN THE OZONE "In the Land of the Shy” KENILWORTH INN Situated in a Private Park of 160 Acres, Blltmore, Near Ashe ville, N. C„ 2,500 Feet Above the Sea Level. ■^HklUST THE PLACE TO SPEND THE IUMMKltlMh— Kp-i gnlr-Ml ns the leading hotel la the mountains of Western North Carolina. No sccnerr in the world will compare with the view from this hotel. Mount Mitchell and Pi«xah (a full view. Adjoins snd overlooks the Illltmore estate. Cool, Invigorating climate, mag* nlflcently furnished, cuisine unsurpassed. Pure water. All vegetables rommodated trader any circumstances. Coach Is opera..-. .-- Mtaint. running every bslf hoar between trolley from Asheville nnd the hotel. Open all the year. Write or wire for booklet and rates. AT THE THEATERS Vaudeville at th* Casino. HI. Chlmmle! Der* goes Silver*,” It th* cry that Issue* from the throata of New York's newaboya whan "Sllv- era" Oakley, th* famoua clown of the big Hippodrome, walks along the •treet. Oakley la not only the great- eat clown In th* world today, but, more than thla, he Is th* Idol of th* small boy In the metropolis, and If he walks down Broadway n* Is apt to be iwed by a half laughing, half aw*- struck crowd of boys. Thera la doubt that h* Is ona of th* funniest men of the present time, either on th* •tage or In the sawdust arena. A clown on the stag* Is a decided nov elty, and the Ingenious "Silvers" has arranged a tort of vaudeville potpourt of his funniest atunta, which he pre sented to laughing thousand! at th* Hippodrome for Ih* whole season Just past, and at th* cloa* of hla engage ment there Max Hoffman secured hla services for th* summer with hit vaudeville and musical comedy com pany, after which the popular clown will go (o the New York Hippodrome for next season. Max Hoffman's own company, with "Silver*" Oakley and many other attractive feature*, will be the ottering at th* Casino Monday night and all the week. In addition to "Silver*" Oakley, there will be auch favorilea as Ger trude Hoffmsn and her si* seminary S irls; th* mualcal novelty, "In th* wlm," presented by twelve seminary boys and girls; tht Otto brothers, Tony Hart, th# twin elstera Dolly, and Max Hoffman's lattat success, a mual cal satire entitled ''Everybody Work* but Father.'" The performance will he a delight ful Intermingling of mualcal comedy and vaudeville and mualcal numbars, In which a big chorus of pretty girl* will furnish th* light and color for ths background. ... . . The aal* of saata will be found at the Grend box office as usnat. Aches _ one-kind are the heritage of atari, .very on*, from the tafaat with the colic, th. middle aged a*4 th. dlstreeateg miserable htadaebta. le th* agsd with net-toot. muscular sad rheoautlc pains. Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills N.v.r fall to car. all cases of pels. Wes us. th.y trtat the pal* soarta-th. nerves, fly snothlag th* Irritate* nerve., they lessee th* ttaeiea, ImlM up news strength, set the blued rounds* through the reins, and thus alley all pain. "I here used Dr. Miles' Asti Pala Pills for rheomeUe petes, ktadsehr end ».*• rstgta. ssd I knew there Is nothing bet ter. I have used them fee years, and they alwuys work Hku magic.'' MU a. F. LALUBMRKT, Louisville. O. The (rat parks** will beuegt. If not. tbe druggist win retsr* year money. X deuce, X rent*. Never sold la bulk. ROUND TRIP Summer and Convention Rates. Round trip Summer Excursions from all points East to Pacific Coast and Northwest from June 1 to Sept. 15, with special stop-over privileges, good returning to Oct. 31,1906. N. E. A. Meeting at Los Angeles, July 9-13. Elks Meeting at Denver, Colo,, July 16-21. Summer rates to Colorado, June 1 to Sept. 30. Hotel Men’s Convention, Portland, Ore., Juno 25-29. Use the splendid through service of the SOUTH ERN PACIFIC from New Orleans; UNION PA CIFIC from Kansas City to Chicago, Through Pullman Tourist cars from Washing ton, Atlanta, Montgomery, etc., and from St.Louis and Chicago to California. Write me for literature and information. J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agent. 124 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A. G. W. ELY, T. P. A. ELECTBICITK TO HEAT WATER AT_BILTMORE COILS TO BE SUBMERGED IN A TANK HOLDING 8,000 GALLONS. Special la The Georgian. • Asheville, N. C. July 1.—An advance step In the application of electricity will be Introduced at Blltmore house, th* country home of Mr. George W. Vanderbilt. All the great supply of water In the chateau will he heated by electricity, and electric motors will also be used to operate th* Ice and re frigerator plant of th* house. The heating of water on a large scale by electricity Is novel. The house Is equipped with an enormous steel tank, holding 8,000 gallons, which must he heated dally to furnish hot water for the laundry, kitchen, bath room and great swimming pool. Tht necessary equipment for th* work I* now being metalled under the super vision of c. E. Waddell, the electrical engineer of the Blltmore estate. It Is understood that ths electricity will be applied directly to the lank, the cotta being submerged In the water. BAILEOAD EXTENSION WILL NOT BE BUILT gperlal to The Georgia u. ItawklaavlU*. Ua.. July 1—The proposed extension of tbe ImMla aad Houlbweeteea railroad from Kastman to Itawkleurille aad no to Vordele will aot be made. Pretateet «.vt..; w . , .rtt.o'srA TSi-fca « ready operate* u tin* to lUwhluoelUe. Th* prire pa HI for tkr I>oMln and Moathweateni Is maos taking all of It* ataek. LUMBER PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE. 8CHOOL8 AND COLLEGES. LUCY .COBB INSTITUTE, Athens, Ga. 1906 1907 The FORTY-EIGHTH session of tha Lucy Cobb Institute, an Institution for the education of young women of Georgia, will reopen on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. For catalogue and room reservations apply to MRS. M. A. LIPSCOMB, Principal. the ALABAMA BREN AU — KL’FAtXA, ALABAMA. - A hlfh xrad<* rodtge-Coaatnratorr for jronut liulW*. Tborouffh n>«ra» In lite rary. apodal oilranUfM la maatc. art, orator/. Orchratm of 16 fnatniurnta. Braatffal new twit Ml nr* lornlnl upon u maxnlA«*rnt deration. Ideal winter cli mate. aplMHlId lwattli record. Ala. Ora- MU ' Comm Write —— fiMMO. for Illnotrated catalogue. ftptrial to Tim tlmrfion. Now berry. 6. C, July 2.—'tfha lum ber plant of Meaara. H. O. Workman and Palmar Lewla, located near Silver otreet. waa destroyed by fire at an early hour Friday moraln*. The origin of the lire la unknown. REDUCED R. R. RATES FOR FOURTH OF JULY. The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. A St. L. Rahway will tell cheap round trip tickets to all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and eaat of tha Mieait tlppi river, Including St. Louis. Evansville and Cincinnati, at ona and onc-third fares; tickets to b* sold on July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to return until July 8th, 1906. For further Information and tick ets apply to any agent of the W. A A. R. R. CHAS. E. HARMAN, General Pass. Agent. *