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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. ™jr ALABAMA BRENAU ■' ELFACLA. ALABAMA. ■ ■ A high grade College-Conservatory for jrouof ln<lW‘s- Thorough roars# In lit*- nry, *peclnl advantages Id music. art, oratory. orrheatra at 15 ln»trmncnta. Beautiful mew Imildlng* located upOO n magnificent elevation. Ideal winter ell- mat#, tplaafld health record. Ala. Bre us u rtumtauqua take* nlir# of urojiI foqimeaceneaf. KpecUlJv low price*. 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 CHA8. E. HARMAN, General Paee. Agent.