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DEBATE AT ALBANY
IMPARTIALLY VIEWED
FOR THE GEORGIAN
Hoke Smith Had Ap
parent Majority of
the Crowd.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
Georgia loves politics. If any one
doubts It. he should have been at Al
bany Monday when 5.000 Democrats
sat on uncomfortable benches In the
big auditorium end yelled themselves
boarse at Hoke Smith and Clark How-
all. It was a great day In Albany, a
sort of Fourth of July and Christmas
rolled Into one. ..There was ho after-
math of regret, for the friends of either
candidate were satisfied that their fa
vorite had all the better of the day,
To a visitor who could view the situ
ation from the safe standpoint of not
caring a rap which candidate was nom
inated, who saw Smith and Howell for
the first time as they ascended the
platform for their fourth debate, the
futility of political argument, the use
lessness of trying to turn those whose
path Is already chosen, was apparent.
Every man In the crowd that filled
hotel verandas and shady sidewalks be
fore the speaklnfc wore a button bear
ing the face of his favorite. If any
voter swapped buttons when the debate
was over, the name of the proselyte
was not announced. If there was any
change In the complexion of the audi
ence. it was so slight as to escape un
noticed.
No Votes Changsd.
•Til bet that there were not three
votes changed from Howell to Smith
or the reverse," said one Atlanta man
who Is skilled in politics, as he walked
to the train Monday night. "It's too
late In the campaign for that."
HAD LOANED MONEY
10 AID HER^HUSBAN
JUDGE SETS ASIDE CLAIM OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN BEARD-
first
There Is no
of-enthusiasm In
Special'to The Georgian. ,
Augusta, Qa.; July 10.-—The
hearing In the Bearden case was held
yesterday morning, and the probate
Judge get aside the contentions, of
government for the.year's support that
has been asked for by the widow of
C. Bearden, who committed suicide.
Mr. .Bearden was the money order
clerk In -the local poatofllce. and was
Involved to the amount of II,214.71, and
when' 'the Inspectors went to examine
his books Bearden took hla life,
government’s attorney contended that
the claim of the government was prior
,to the claim of the wife'for a year's
support, and the ordinary decided*
cordlngly.
The trial was quite sensational
times, and one time Mrs. Bearden
stated that she had loaned Jler husband
sums at times to cover shortages, and
Just before he committed suicide
had let him have $2,100 to make up
shortage In the accounts In the post-
office. *
DOG'S LICENSE TAG
IN A CAN OF MEA
Albany carried extra cars to accommo
date the crowds from surrounding
counties. Every town of respectable
rise tent a delegation to the debate.
At short Intervals .during the forenoon
t round of cheers would herald the ar.
rival of a marching club, yelling ltnci
hoarse for Howell or Bmlth. It was a
day of yelling. The hours before the
debate were occupied by cheers for
first one and then the other candidate,
with an occasional yell for the Democ
racy of Dougherty county to break the
monotony. The crowd was ripe for
oratory when the doors of the audito
rium were thrown open.
The big Chautauqua auditorial! _
never needed In Albany more than
Monday. Few cities of that slr.e could
furnish seating room for 6,000 persons,
and this was needed before the debate
was over. Though the speechea stretch
ed through three hours and the audi
ence had waited a half hour before the
Introductory address the crowd swelled
Instead of diminishing, and at the close
of the debate was larger than at any
time before. Hardly a man In the
house had eaten as much as a sandwich
since an early breakfast, but hunger
had little effect. The voters stayed
infill i he last speech was over.
8mith Supporters in the Majority.
To the same Impartial observer it
was apparent that the supporters of
Mr. Smith were In the majority when
the delegations from the surrounding
counties were taken as a whole. The
comparative slse of the factions would,
be difficult to estimate. The friends of
Mr. Smith claimed three-fourths of the
audience In the auditorium, but if this
were true, the Howell men must have
been lusty lunged, for they made fully
ss much noise for their favorite aa did
the supporters of Mr. Smith. Probably
two-Rftns of the vote represented be
longed to Mr. Howell. It was stated In
Albany that Colonel J£stlll had a strong
following In that section of the'state,
and that at the last this would be
turned toward Clark Howell. There
was no evidence of Interest in any of
the candidates beside Howell and Smith
on the day of the debate, the friends
of the other aspirants taking a day off
In honor of-the presence of the candi
dates then moat In the limelight.
It was an orderly crowd when Its
else Is considered. Mr.-Smith's first
address was given absolute attention.
The longer speech of Mr. Howell was
Interrupted several times by enthusi
astic Smith adherents, but this was
slur the crowd wss growing restless
with Its long conffnement. Mr. Smith's
halt hour rejoinder was equally Inter
rupted. but there was no serious dis
turbance during the debate, and It was
not necessary to eject any voter from
the hall.
The difference between the two can-
dldotea waa marked aa they sat a few
feet apart on the platform. Hoke
Smith's giant frame filled hla chair aa
ne surveyed hla audience. He seemed
Intensely interested In the crowd and
• very cheer from either faction waa
traced to ns source by his sweeping
glance. Clark Howell, though light
er and smaller of frame than hla
opponent, waa equally conspicuous,
anil would have been picked from
'he party around him aa a lead
er. He waa entirely at hla ease.
Smith, carelessly and almost roughly
dressed, looked the experienced cam
paigner. Howell, attired In well cut
garments, looked the type of the down*
to-date business men. A study of either
Inspired confidence. Neither bore
trace of the demagogue. *
Mr, Smith Stormed.
The difference was equally marked
In the addresses of the rival candt
dates. Hoke Smith depended upon cer,
Ting the fort by storm. He walked up
and down the platform, hurling hla
By Private la-ssed Wire.
Chicago, July 10.—The mysterious
disappearance of a Chicago dog whose
license tag number waa 11,601 has been
solved, but the Identity’ of the owner
remains a subject of doubt. The dog
may have met an Inglorious finish
a can of pressed food shipped out from
Chicago. The can has been found at
Roxbury, Va„ according to a telegram
from tbat place, and while the dog
itself was not Identlfled at all, ltd me
tallic license tag was Intact and bore
the words:
•No. 13,600, Chicago—R. F. C.'
“LEWIS JARVI8" PARDONED
AND STARTS FOR ALASKA.
By Private Leased Wire.
Albany. N. Y., July 10.—Thomas
Wickes, the New York lawyer who
was,convicted,ot attempted blackmail
lit, connection with the writing pf'/the-
"Lewis Jarvis"'letters and sent .to tho
penitential oiriHU *.'-- IPs. Island, has
bdSh pardoned by Governor • Higgins
and wlll.beglnllfe aqew ln.Ar I —
Is allready on his 1 way to * u
coast .
-I '"Hi"
Alaska. H
the Paclfl
I RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE my-
self aa a candidate for city council
front the Sixth ward, subject
* nlte primary August 22, 1*00.
JOHN W. GRANT.
Southern Home Pure Lead and Zinc
Paints, Purs Putty, Varnishes, Oil
Colors, window and Plata Glass.
Wholesale and retail.
P- J. COOLEDGE & BRO.,
Alla nta. Savannah.
Lime, Laths
end fchlnglns
Carloads and
dray lead*.
Carolina Port
land Cement
Co. Bell phono
155, Atlanta,
■*08, Atlanta,
Qa.
statements at tho audience like can
non balls, hla stentorian vole* hardly
altected by the cold. Whlrfh .had' dis
turbed him for several days. He turn
ed frequently and addressed his
marks to his opponent, calling upon
him to answer questions—but without
stopping for an aawer. He was not
careful of the rules of debate. Fre
quently he approached the Howell side
of the platform and stepped danger
ously, near the forbidden personal at
tack. He accused hts -opponent oft'be
ing careless ot facts, of Ignorance, even
going so far at one time as to dap his
own forehead and say that "Clark has
something wrong hers."
His rough-and-ready st
brought enthusiasm with It. He could
hardly have chosen a more' effective
plan of campaign. ’
Mr. Howell Argued.
Clark Howell presented the opposite
type. He addressed the audience with
the dignity and courtesy of « barrister
before the bench. He depended upon
his arguments to carry his points, not
upon his methods of delivery. His
voice, not so great In volume aa hla
opponent'!, reached every corner of the
auditorium. He took up one question
after another, calmly and eanlly.
stood upon his own record In public
life, stated hla position upon the Issues
of the campaign, and rar " *
himself to his rival. He
of the trickery of the stump speaker.
He failed at times to take advantage of
an opportunity to make a telling stroke.
He spoke ss a man who had carefully
considered his -position and waa willing
to stand by it, without regard to the
of the enemy. “
tactics of the enemy. Only once did he
address himself to Mr. Smith, and this
was when he produced a typewritten
sheet, containing four propositions,
upon the truth of which he offered to
wager 14,000, and called upon hla oppo
nent to sign. This waa the one spec
tacular feature of his address.
It would be unwise to venture
statement as to who “won the debate."
The speakers had a Jury of 6,000, and
the verdict waa rendered by every in
dividual In accordance with hla previ
ous attitude.
Neither Very Convincing.
To the careful listener neither can
didate seemed to throw much light on
questions of the day, and the question
of negro disfranchisement, the only
real Issue of the debate, was argued at
length with neither candidate’s posi
tion clearly vindicated. It is doubtful If
any listener left the auditorium with
any well defined reason why one can
didate should be chosen in preference
to the other. .
The most spectacular features of the
debate were the frequent offers of the
two candidates to wager any amount
of money upon the correetneee of their
statements. In each Instance It ap
peared that the sepaker who offered the
waxer chose some form of statement
which was,' In Its wording.' udt lo be
disproved snd of course not accepted
by the other.
The debate at Albany closed the se
ries of four which wss agreed upon
early In the campaign. It^notUkeljr
that either candidate *111 wish for
* n Mr h *Howell left Monday night for
Mllledgevllle, where he.la scheduled to
sneak Tuesday, and Mr. Smith return
ed to Atlanta, where be will rest dur
ing the remainder of the week. The
debate at Albany was heard by many
Atlanta men, supporters of either can
didate. who returned to Atlanta,-Tues
day morning. t*i
Wednesday, 3d Floor,
Millinery Department.
Typical hats; there are small turban
shapes; ideal hats if you are going away. There
are medium shapes and larger shapes; hats suited
for street wear or dressy. occasions and formal
.. functions. Hats exactly right for now or later in
the season. All the correct color combinations
are represented with over a hundred, all told, in the
two lots. .
Smart, modish millinery, but we’ve come to the
“parting of the ways. ’ ’ Mid-summer- with us means
looking Autumnward in Millinery, but with you it
is the very middle of wearing-time.
In the five dollar lot are 52 hats
Hats that sold at
9,50, 12,00, 14.00, 16.50
; { and 18.00
At three dollars there 59
Hats that were
hats
7.50 10.00, and 12.00
At 5.00 At 3.00
Ckamberlin-Jokhsoh-DuBose C
o.
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS
Crop 8hort 0ns Fourth,
gpoclal'to tbs Georgian.
'Uguota, Qa., July 10.—Much dam
Ming done the crops in this section
the excessive rains that have fallen
during the past few days, and It la ea.
tlmated that the condition of the crop
Death Deeply Mourned.
Special lo the Georgian.
Harlem. Ga., July 10.—Our town la
aad over the death of Mrs. R. P. Black-
well, of Marlon, S. who was on a
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs C. C.
A CLEAN FEED
rot
A GOOD STEED
KASPER
SELF-ACTING
OATS CLEANER
R*Hiorrs ope bu*b
el of foul mutter
from 3 to ID
<ri« of boot while
OftU.
Ri
cell/ bjr gravity. II*.
ttulree »o attention,
ijrono ran put it
thoroughly.
■ iMIvrrifil »B 33
'~!trial. Free ot
'lays' trial.
■van?
. Tbla liberal offer
la tnnile because w*
know what the
4ri«'W
tara it
YOU OWH A HOUSE.
ftootbern Representative*
UNITED SALES AGENCY,
• illino ttpeara
Fourth Xattoeal flash Bonding.
I.U W«oted t ATLANTA.
McMlllln, where she died yesterday af
ternoon. 8he was about II years of
age and had only been married six
months.
Heavy Rains Damage Cotton.
Special to The Georgian.
Perkins, Oa.,' July 10.—A very heavy
rajn fell hare Sunday. Tha continued
heavy rains for the past faw weeks are
necessitating many acres of bottom
land cotton to be abandoned to weeds
and grass.
Names Stricken From List.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta. Oa., July 10.—Both the city
and county board of regia try supervis
ors are at work, and a number of those
who have registered have been stricken
from the list. It Is reported that rriml-
nal proceedings will be followed In the
cases where voters have Illegally regis
tered.
First Shipment of Elbsrtsa..
Special to the Georgian.
Balnbride, Oa., July 10.—Tha first E1-
bertas of the season were shipped from
Balnbridge Friday by Belcher Bros,
who are the most extensive fruit grow
ers of this section. The shipment con
sisted of 100 crates and waa made to
New York.
LEOD F. DAVIS DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Special to The Georgias.
Griffin. Oa., July 10.—Leon B. Davis,
one of Oriffln's most prominent young
men, died last night after an Illness of
several weeks.
He was married In October to Mlaa
Irma' Lanier, of Lake county, Florida,
who survlcea him. He also has a broth
er living. B. B. Davis, of Atlanta.
During the Hpenlsh-American war he
enlfated with the Griffin Rifles, of this
city, and was chosen as orderly ser
geant of his company.
The funeral occurred from hla late
residence on North Hill street this aft
ernoon, th* services being conducted by
Rev. Jamee A. Drewry.
AUCTION SALE
Ot the Dooley Lota Yesterday by
S. B. Turman & Co. Was
a Success.
> Dooley property* on the Sol-
i
;.«• .
i all satisfied with
by the well-known Arm of 8. B. Tur
man * Co. Twenty-eight lots were
sold, and they brought good prices.
The purchasers wars all satisfied t
the lots bought, and many of them ex
pressed their confidence In property In
that section by saying they would not
taka $100 proflt on any lot bought.
Many of them were offered-liberal ad
vances on their purchases, but the of
fers wars declined. A number of nice
homes are going to be built on the
property bought, and that section wll
reap a decided benefit from this sail
No Arm In Atlanta has had auch sue
csss with auction salts ss 8. B. Tur
man A Co. They have a special de
partment for this work, which Is man-
agbd by James L. Logan, who still
holds the palm of making a success of
every auction sale undertaken.
The Arm of B. B. Turman A Co. has
established a reputation second to none
In the Bouth for handlln
real estate, and their
rown more re
irm In Atlanta.
The purchasers at the sale yesterday
were as follows:
No 1—D. F. Oleser, $16$.
No.2wMrs. A. IBsmer, $165.
No. S—P. A. OUlum, $|$$.
No. 4—Mrs. B. M. Wallace, $110.
No. 6—J. E. lisle, $111.
No. 7—J. T. Hejna, $170.
No. *—H. C. Robert, $240.
Nd. I—J. R. McAdams, $2401
No. 10—J. E. Hale, $110.
No. 11—J. E. Hale, $205.
No. 12—A. D. Adair, $240.
No. 12—I.. I* Parham, $210.
No. 14—J. 11. Latimer, $110.
No. 16—0. W. Heard, $160.
No. 10—William James. $206.
No. 17—0. B. Rice, $220.
No. 11—Mrs. 8. M. Wallses, 1240. .
No. 10—J. F. Hejna, $226.
No. 20—N. Blnkovlts A O. Berman,
$100.
No. 21—A. D. Adair, 1100.
No. 22—W. L. Baldwin, $110.
No. 21—J. W. Rogers. $116.
No. 24—K. O. Knox, $160.
No. 25— 8. E. Knox, $200.
No. 20—8. E. Knox, $200.
No. 27—Miss T. C. Reed, $110.
No. 21—Miss T. C. Reed. $110.
BRIEF NEWS BY WIRE
Intrigue In Egypt
Manchester, Eng., July 10.—The Dis
patch today saya the- British foreign
office Is In possession of extensive evi
dence of a serious German Intrigue at
Cairo, Egypt, for rousing tha natives
against English rule.
Boy’s Body Mutilated.
Francis, 1. T., July 10.—The mutilat
ed body of l-year-old Harry Pelstar,
of West Tulsa, waa found In a Bt.
Louis and Han Francisco wheat car
Sunday night. The boy had been ab
ducted by a tramp last Thursday.
Warrant for let Mtn.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 10.—A war
rant has been Issued for the arrest of
Henry Bshrenberg, president of tha
Mountain lea Company, on a charge of
conspiracy.
Won't Permit Gambling,
Memphis, Tenn., July 10.—No gamb
ling will be permitted >t the hotel to
be erected by the Memphis snd Laka-
vlsw Traction Company. This state
ment was mads by W. A. Percy today,
In behalf of the company, whose presi
dent Is Thomas Taggart, of Indianapo
lis, owner of the French Lick hotel.
Pionstr Citizen Diet,
tfp'olnl to Tbs Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., July 10.—T. W.
Cowan, a pioneer citizen of thlz city
and section, died suddenly at his coun
try home eighteen miles from this city
yesterday, aged (0 years. Mr. Cowan
was ona »f the moet universally es
teemed citizens who ever resided hern.
He leaves a wlf and two grown sons.
Folk Orders Arrests.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 10.—Gover
nor Folk his Issued Instructions to Bt.
Joseph, Mo., police commissioners is
arrest saloon keepers of Bt. Joseph
who keep open next Sunday.
Five Persons Mads III.
July 10.—Five persons are
h ptomaine
result of eating meat
which came from cold storage. Pat
rick Fitzgerald and two children, Mrs.
Nellie O'Brfen and one child are the
victims. •
Chicago, July 10.
reported seriously
poisoning as the rei
coffins for i KM _
contractor lo Sostk of Ireland
it 4 rents each.
hat
os!
CONTENTS OF 234 S. PRYOR
AT AUCTION
Thursday, July 12th* at 10 A. M.
On account of leaving tha city, will sell entire household, which has
been recently furnished, consisting of on# mahogany l-stop double
reed Organ, lover and foot action, coat $260; a magnificent Hat Rack
In two sections; 26x12 Moquet Carpets, Rugs, wicker oak and mahog
any Rockers, Sideboard, Dining Table and Chain to match; elegant
Bedroom Suit, Chiffoniers and Bedding. Refrigerator; Go-Cart, Por
tieres and Lace Curtains; fine Clock, Brtc-a-Brac, China, Glassware,
Eclipse Oae Stove, Kitchen Bafe and Utensils; Mattings In two rooms,
absolutely to the highest bidder. This Is no fake.
LEO FRESH, Auctioneer.