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TEE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
J. W. JORDAN WRITES
AN OPEN LETTER TO
t HON. J. POPE BROWN
Ron .!. Pope Brown, Ilawklnsrllle, O*.
Dear Colonel: Complying wlfh your
r*qite»t, I called at the newspaper of.
fli-en and eecured a copy of youf speech
delivered at Perry. Oa.. advocating fair
freight rates and Hon. Hoke 8mllh for
K'.vemor. I will further state I have
taken time and pains to read It care,
fully and thoughtfully the second time.
And now I -home to the last part of
your request: to criticise It and tell you
v here you ere wrong. To moke such
rrlti lsms I am not accustomed to do,
neither Is It always the safe and prop
er 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 I am no
polltlrlan, you having still Insisted on
after some deliberation and hesita
tion. I have concluded to do so.
Tour speech having been delivered
before a public and previously stiver.
id meeting, end subsequently pub
lished In the Atlanta papers, and also
sent out In pamphlet form over the
country as a campaign document,
makes It necessary that 1 give this to
the newspaper for publication which,
If I lightly understood you, you ex-
p..;ted.
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
..ml the very people who know and love
- ..u beet. Tou were also very happy
' our Introductory remarks. In rsad-
Ing your Introduction I had almost the
same feelings I would have had If I had
in present. As to these two Items
In vour sfieech, you have my approval
• i. I congratulations. In the second
p .in 1 , you set out to be fair to all the
. militates, but you soon jumped on
Mr. Howell, saying, "We are told so
■ nd sp;” It Is charged that Mr. Howell
■ iiilin.id so and so; It Is charged that
Mr. Howell did, or did not, do certain
things. Thus “taking up a reproach
ug.ilnst your neighbor," The records
i nd facia show these reproaches were
"Itbout foundation or proof.
In the third place, you called atten-
tlon to Mr. Howell’s barroom stock,
nod charged that he Is a stockholder
in the Capital City Club—a seven-day
l.giroom In the city of Atlanta, that
runs nil night long and nil day ftunday,
• ic. Thus trying to offset Mr. Hmlth's
1'lrdmont bar and his temperance
record with the Capital City Club and
-Mr. Howell's temperance record. Here
you are wrong; you must know they
■ re not analogous: one being maln-
islued not for gain, but purpoaea of
pleasure and social entertainment and
Melted by Its members and their In
vited guests, and entertainments given
just as they are frequently given In
ninny homes where wine—and maybe
other Intoxicants—are served. Th<
other maintained for money—and much
..f It blood money at that—and patron-
is. d largely by bad men, and maybe by
vile Women: a saloon where young men
ore enticed, their manhood, character
on.I aoula are wrecked; a place where
things are done day and night, that
shock humanity, Insults decency, mocks
<c.tl and disgusts the Devil. If I was a
patron of that or any other saloon. If I
i iililtually or even orrasatonally visit-
■ l such places, I might regard the Cap-
Put City Club ss bad, and In the same
light. But as I sea It, the Piedmont
1 .n. and every saloon, are among the
vilest and most Infernal places In all
litis commercial world. And I want to
say to Mr. Bmlth and all other owners
of saloons. If they were to give every
dollar of their earnings to the poor and
Si. Ic. In books, medicines or In clothing
or to any other charity. It would neith
er justify nor expiate their crimes.
“Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain
fan give the guilty conscience pesos
Or wash awsy the stain."
Again you say, ‘it la also charged
that Mr, Howell’s prominence arises
from his connection with The Atlanta
Constitution.” "His friends claim that
because he succeeded Henry Grady, he
la equal to Henry Grady. Ilut it Is also
claimed the lord made Henry Orady;
that Henry Grady made The Constitu
tion, and that The Constitution mado
Clark Howell." This may sound witty,
but It Is lllppunt and Intended to dis
parage Mr. Howell. To take It up and
repeat It Ip wrong. I apt sorry you
did It; It was unworthy of you. As
you turned away from the personal
discussion of Mr. Howell and quoting
these reproachful th
say are said of him,
that you were dissatisfied with what
you hsd said and what your hearers
would think of you. anil 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. Howell or Mr.
Hmlth. Having some prejudice on that
line, 1 confess that I am not a com
petent Juror.” The pity Is thut you
did not do this before you tool: up
these reproaches; but I reckc
batter then than not at all.
Now. ss to your Insinuations that
Mr. Howell Is the Candidate of the
railroads, you ask: "Why did they have
their randldnte selected before any
other candidate announced?" and pro
ceed to answer yourself: “Becsuse 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 randtdate selected before you
urtlng a very active private
Home of your friends who
felt aggrieved because Mr. Bmlth butted
In and brushed you nut of the race,
hftar you hsd made successful nnd
satisfactory Investigation and perfect
ed your plans, and secured your friends
and supporters nnd ’ had been several
weeks In the rare, now begin to under
stand why you should so tamely sub
mit and not show the slightest morti
fication nr embarrassment. In dis
cussing this matter , with a mutual
friend of ours, nnd having expressed
my disapproval of It and my displeas
ure at It, he replied: “Oh, you need not
feel that way; Bmlth and Brown fully
understand each other. Hmlth will
take rare of Brown, and he will get
the very bent thing Bmlth can give
him."
I want to say as 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 n
than any other mnn who loves
pie 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. Bmlth or yourself. And I am sure
the.people think so and are as ready
to trust him.
As what you say about port rates,
you voted twice on It while you were
a member of the railroad commission;
once against and once In favor of It.
Perhaps I am not competent to pass
Intelligently and wisely 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 him to dls-
RESISTS PAYMENT OF DUTY
ON BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE
NEGRO IS HEED
AND TIN BURNED!
OEOWD OF 400 LYNCH BLACK
FOR ATTACK ON OIRL
of Mrs. William II. I .cods, who Is flghtlng agslnst paying
1 necklace ■■mite lu Paris, of which her httalisnil made her
Is president of tbs Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific rail-
advantage, but consistently placed him
as he had formerly been—on all other
questions—on both aides of It, by vot
ing for nnd against It. For the purposo
for which your votes were Intended you
were right.
Tour contention for 2 cents a mils
good campaign thunder, but I am not
sure that It would be either wise or
Just. It Is certain that the present rail-
road commission, or the one from
which you resigned, are not to be cen
sured for being silent and not moving
In the matter when nobody has de
manded or even requested It.
I agree with you and feel qultj. sure,
as every Southern man does, that the
conferring of the ballot upon the negro
was a most cowardly crime. Further
than this, you say nothing about the
Filthy Advertising
is rejected by THIS newspnper. That is one
reason why it has been given in “popular esteem
the title of Home Newspaper
Only
Clean Advertising
appears in THE GEORGIAN. Are yon one of
tiie 28,000 heads of families who indorse this
policy?
i*„—
to mention the repeal of the fourteen,
and fifteenth amendments of the con-
etltutlon; nnd Inferentlally In your
compliment to Hon. Thomaa W, Hard
wick you said not one word about this
disfranchisement scheme and hobby of
Hoko Smith's. Tou may feel that to
remain silent la enough, and the prop
er thing to do. Ilut let me any that
since you are Smith's supporter, and
It bring understood that he la running
on your platform. It Is not enough that
you keep silent on this scheme to dis
franchise the negro by paining a state
law to Ax an educational qualification
for nil voters, white or black. Tou
can't afford to do lest than rspudlatt
thla dlahnneat acheme to put on the
statute book of Georgia a law that will
Induce the registrar In our Slectlona to
violate hla solemn oath, perjure him
self, violate the law and hla conaclence,
and defraud a legally quallAed voter
out of hie ballot, be he white or black,
no matter whether born In Georgia or
In Massachusetts. The thing la too
monatrous, and you should at once
publicly announce your disapproval of
It. It may be that you regard this aa
and such things being common In poli
tics, If la Ml right. But not so, "with
whnt measure you meet It shall be
measured to. you again;” thla la tha
Inexorable law of God. • Tou drop out
n hint In your conclusion which sounds
prophetic. Burely you have not seen a
vision. Tou say: "I would not be eur
prised to see new alignments and tba
wiping out of old political lines."
have seen the same thing hinted by
others, and even atrange language like
thla, for Instance, from others calling
themeelvea Southern Democrats: "I
fell sure that tha next ten years will
Indicate to you many men who have
the courage to dare the prejudice* of
faction In the Interest of rsal policy
and principal, and that these men may
be among the strongest and most suc
cessful public men of the next two dec
ades In Bouthern life." In my opinion,
such prophecies ran never And fulfil-
ment In mongrel politico, or leaders of
mongrel factions. I cannot, for my life,
see how any Bouthern man and Demo
crat who remembers the days or re-
ronatrutlon. who understands condi
tions In Georgia or anywhere In the
Boutli, ran have so little faith In our
people or the Democratic party, which
delivered ua and brought ua through
such difficulties anti to be masters of
the situation, and lo hold such high
rank among the states of thla Union,
ran believe that our safety and solidity
III ever suffer from dlaspiiolntsd and
soured polltlcans and demagogues,
who cannot comamnd the respect, con
fidence and support of those who want
away from the party and blindly fol
lowed men, whit proved to b* false,
and failures as leaders. Only such men
as are embittered by their own folly
and mistakes and dlsappolnmenta and
vanity would attempt such things. All
others see and appreciate tha fact that
our safety I* In a solid South. There
are plenty of safe, solid and aana men
■o mnke and Jceep It solid.
Vour friend.
J. W. JORDAN.
No. 427 Piedmont Avs, Atlanta, On.
PETRIFIED COUPLE
FOUND BY POSTMASTER
Special to The Georgias.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—Post
master Raulston has received a letter
from A. B. Bolts, of Ktk Valley, Tenn.,
In which that gentleman aaya ha haa
found a petrified man and woman. Ha
does not describe his great And, but
aaka that the etory be puMtehed.
Grace Church Opened,
Th* opening aerrlcea of th* new
Grace Methodist church ware bald
Sunday morning. Rev. Jamaa K.
Dickey preached to n large congrega
tion. The night services ware of a
union nature, other denomlnatloaa be
ing repreaented to congratulate th*
member* of Grace church on getting
Into their new home
Prisoner Admit* the Crime When
Identified by Hii Young
Victim,
By Prinit letiM Wire.
Chickasaw, I. T-, July 2.—Charged
with having attacked a 16-year-old
girl, daughter of Ira Robertson, Will
Davis, n negro, was captured by farm
er# and hanged. The lyncher# then
burned the body.
By the time the negro was overtaken
near Bradley Saturday night fully 400
men had Joined In the chaae, and soon
after the capture the march to Womack
began. It was nearly 3 o'clock Sunday
morning when the Robertson home wa#
reached and the negro was brought be
fore the assaulted girl.
’That*# the one.** said she at once,
and the negro replied: 2 Yes. lady, I*m
the une. Gentlemen. I admit the < lime "
Tis»‘ n."I. then eded \s ith th»*!r
victim past the spot whore he hod
committed the crlm« and to a tree near
the road, where a rope wo# thrown over
o Ifrub about eighteen feet high and
the other end knotted about the man’s
neck.
Before life was extinct the body was
lowered to the ground and logs and
brush were heaped upon It and the
man* Ignlird For ;i moment the body,
writhed, a few groans were heard and
the flames completed the work. Two
hours later th© charred body was bur
led under tha tame tree under the di
rection of a deputy marshal from Pur
cell, who had been thwarted in his ef
fort to take the negro from the mob.
Malaria Makes Pats 8lckiy Children.
The <Md Standard, Grovcn Tnstele**
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up ths system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 yean. Price 60 cents.
CLOTHES
SATISFACTION.
One of our new customers, an At
lanta Banker, said to us the other
day i
“Nobody asks me now where I get my
slothes. 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 $50.00.
mtemMXHk
Correct Clothes for M #•
ESSIG BROS.,
'Correct Clothes for Men." 26 Whitehall St.
JUDGE RUSSELL HEARD
AT CHESTER, GEORGIA
Special to The Georgian.
Cheater, Oa., July 2.—Hon. Richard
B. Russell, candidate for governor of
Oeorgla, addressed a large crowd of
voters from Laurens, Dodge and Pu
laski counties at this place Friday.
HOTELS AND BUMMER RE8QRT8,HOTELS AND BUMMER RESORTS.
UP IN THE OZONE
"In the Land of the Sky”
KENILWORTH INN
Situated in t Private Park of lit Acres, Blltmore, Near Ashe
ville, N. C., 2,S0» Feet Above the Sea Level.
i aatJUtT THE SLACK TO SPEND THE -
flctfgitlzed ss thn leading hotel In the mountains of Western
North Carolina. No acenery in the world will comparo with th. view
front this hotel. Mount Mitchell and risgsh In full rlew. Adjoins
end overlooks the llllttuore estate. Cool. Invigorating climate, mag
nificently furnished. Cuisine tinsnrpxxsed. Pure water. All vegetables
from c-iir privet** garden gathered fresh every morning, ort-hostrs,
golf, povt. Millards, tennis, livery, beautiful rides nnd drive,.
Coach meets all tnlns at BAtmnre station. Consumptives not ae-
Tha speaker was Introduced by Dr.
George W. ' *
short but
Bordeaux, In
Impressive manner.
For two hour* Judge Rueaell held hla
Immense ttu-ll.-n.-e spellbound uhlle ho
exposed tha evils that are being Im
posed upon the common people
Georgia. Ha discussed all of the
portent lasues of the day In such man
ner as to be thoroughly understood.
Judge Russell attacked the disfran
chisement question with a few brief
remarks and left that matter for Hoko
Smith to settle.
■He also favors nine months free
school facilities, which will give the
Icountry people the advantage of edu
cational facilities equal with the cities.
■After a hearty handshaking and
greeting with hla many supporters,
Judge Russell left for Dexter to speak
night.
AT THE THEATERS
Vaudeville at tha Casino.
"HI. Chlmmle! Ders goes Slivers,"
la the cry that Issues from tha throat*
of New Tork's newsboys whan "Bllv-
era" Oakley, th* famous clown of the
big Hippodrome, walk* along the
afreet. Oakley is not only tba great
est clown In tha world today, but,
more than this, he Is th* Idol of the
small boy In the metropolis, and If he
walka down Broadway be is apt to be
followed by a half laughing, hal'
atrurk crowd of boy*. There
doubt that he is one of th* fannlest
men of th* present time, either on the
stage or In the sawdust arena. /
clown on the stage la a decided nov
elty, and the Ingenious "Silvers" hot
arranged a sort of vaudeville pntpourt
of hla funniest stunt*, which he pre
sented to laughing thousands nt the
Hippodrome for th* who]* season just
past, and at the close of hla el
ment there Max Hoffmxn aecur
services for th# summer with hla
vaudeville and musical comedy com
pany, after which th* popular clown
will go to the New Turk Hippodrome
for next teas on. Max Hoffman’* own
company, with "Silvers" Oakley anti
many other attractive features, will
the offering at tha t'axlno Monday
night and all th* week.
Tn addition to "Bllvers” Oakley,
there will be eueh favorite* as Ger
trude Huffman and ber six seminary
girts; tha musical novelty, "In th*
Hvrim," presented by twelve seminary
boys and girls; th* Otto brothers,
Tony Hart, the twin slater* Dolly, and
Max Hoffman's latest success, a musi
cal astir* entitled "Everybody Work*
but Father."’
Th* performance will be a delight
ful Intermingling of musical comedy
and vaudavllle and musical numbers.
In which a big chorea of pretty girls
will furnish th* light and «olor for the
background.
The sal* of seal* will b* found at
the Grand box office as usual.
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., June
25-29.
UBe the splendid through service of theSOUTH-
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.
Aches
of some kind are ID* heritage of nearly
every no*, from tho lafaat with tho colic,
the middle ag-l aad th* dlttreulag
miserable headache*. t* the agad with
nervous, muscular and rheumatic paisa.
Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pills
Never fall to cure all caw* of pals,
■cause they treat th* pals aauwe-the
►tree. By sooihlag Ik* Irritated serves,
they lessen lb* leaalos, band sp nerve
strength, set the hlaod rounlag thruagh
the votes, •ail thus allay all pals.
I hare seed Dr. Mile*- Anti Pain Ptlln
foe rheumatic pains, headache aad ses-
ratfta. aad I know there Is nothing bet.
I hare used them for year*, aad
they always work like ataxic."
MUX. P. I.AI.I.BURXT, Lsa 1stUle. O.
The Irst. package will beaedt. If sot,
the draggle! trill return year money,
ffi donee, crate. Never eoM la balk.
Write me for literature and information.
J. F. VAN RENSSELA*ER, General Agent.
124 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A.
G. W. ELY, T. P. A.
ELECTRICITY TO HEAT
WATER ATJILTMDRE
COILS TO BE SUBMERGED IN A
TANK HOLDING 8,000
GALLONS.
Special to The Georgian.
Asheville, N. C„ July 2.—An advance
•tep In th* application of slsctiiclty
will b* Introduced at BUtmor* house,
the country home of Mr. Oeorge W.
Vanderbilt. All th* srtat supply of
water In tha chateau will be heated by
electricity, and electric motor* will
also be used lo operate th* Ic* and re
frigerator plant of th* house.
Th* hasting of water on a large
scale by electricity Is novsl. The
house la equipped with an enormous
stoat tank, holding I.MO gallons, which
must be heated dally to furnish hot
water for th* laundry, kitchen, bath
room and great swimming pool. Th*
necessary equipment for th* work la
now being Installed under th* super
vision of C. K Waddell, Ih* electrical
engineer of the Blltmore estate.
It la understood that the electricity
will be applied directly to tba tank, tba
coll* being aubmarged In the water.
RAILROAD EXTENSION
WILL NOT BE BUILT
Specie! to. The Georgies.
Hawklnnllle, Os.. Jaly l—'The proposed
extension of thn Dublin and Xoutbnmtera
railroad from Kastman to llawklaevllle sod
pa to I'ordete will sot bo mad*. PrrsMrat
Keats, of this road, (ua said out tn tbs
WrirttsTlIle sad Tennllle road, whirs al
ready operates a Use to HawklnerlUe. The
price pout foe the lisbila sad Koolhweatera
la S2MM0. takjag aU of Its alack.
LUMBER PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
SCHOOL8 AND COLLEGES.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
Athens, Ga.
1906 1907
The FORTY-EIGHTH ■(••Ion of tha
Lucy Cobb Inelilute, an institution for
the education of young women of
Georgia, will reopen on WEDNESDAY.
SEPTEMBER 12. For catalogue and
room reacrvatlons apply to
MBS. M. A. LIPSCOMB,
Principal.
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Write for Illustrated catalogue.
•nd Palmer Lewis, located near Silver
t, was destroyed by Are at an
early boor Friday morning. The origin
of the Are Is unknown.
Special to The Georgia a.
Newberry. 8. C., July 2.—The lum
ber plant of Messrs. H. O. Workman
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. A St.
L. Railway will aall cheap round trip
tickets to all points south of the Ohio
and Potomac and east of the Missis*
slppi river, Including St. Louie.
Evansville and Cincinnati, at one and
one-third faree: ticket* to be eold 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. Re Re
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General Paee. Agent.