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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WKhMM'.W. .11 CHARTIER ADVOCATE CHARGES SESSION IS EXTENDED COMPETITOR BACKED DOWN TO PASS CONNOR BILL Bagwell Answers Briscoe in Reference to $1,000 Chal lenge for Contest. “I Am Still Anxious for the Contest,” Says Bagwell. "My Conditions Are Six Weeks in Chartier Against Three Months in Gra ham.” jlr. A. C. Briscoe, President, Atlanta. Oa. Dear Sir: We note your reply, ae published In The Georgjan, July It, to our letter of June 28," In which we proposed to contest a .ten-day student of chartier Shorthand against any thirty-day pupil of your school. Your refusal to enter the contest Is so complete a backdown from your orlflnal proposition, and It Is so ap parent to all who hare followed this controversy that you are begging the Question, that we would conaltfer a re ply entirely unecesaary, but for the fart that you hare made a serious charge against us, which we cannot permit to pass unchallenged. Tou have charged that In making public your refusal to enter the con test at the time we did and under the circumstances Involved we have disre garded the proprieties and the ameni ties of life and have shown an utter want of sympathy, and delicacy of feet- ln The extreme delicacy of the matter forbids us to repeat In an open letter your statement of the facts upon which this charge Is based even for the pur pose of explanation and defense. We desire to say that the personal matter above referred to has no legiti mate place In this discussion, and your dragging It Into the controversy was entirely uncalled for. Tour only rea son for doing so was that you could not back up your own proposition, and YOU Wished to prejudice the public against us personally and to detract the attention from the main point at Issue. Our proposition was made to the Southern Shorthand and Business Uni versity through you as Its president, and not to any Individual. We waited on you from June IS to July 15. There was no earthly reason why you could not have taken the matter up with us at any time. In taking advantage of the unfortu nate circumstances In question to ex tricate yourself from an extremely em barrassing position, you yourself have grossly disregarded the very proprieties and amenities of life which you accuse us of violating, and have shown your self wanting In refinement and delicacy of feeling which should have deterred you from this course. How long after your bombastic at tack upon the Chartier system filled with misrepresentations and with re flections upon the sincerity and honesty of those who teach It did you expect us to wait! Old you expect us to keep quiet until the public had forgotten all about It, and then allow you to come out ahd claim the victory? Our honor as well as our Interest was In volved. The public believes In a square deal, and unless we are much mistaken, your attempt to. muddy the water by Injecting Into the controversy an Ir relevant matter that should never have been mentioned will receive the con tempt It justly merits. . rZSUS j The Senate Discussion [PEOPLE Covers Period of • Four Hours. Discussion of.the Connor bill occu- You now say that pled tha senate from 10 o'clock Wed' Challenge Not Made in Good Now, Mr. Briscoe, we p prove once for alt that your was not made In good faith: that you have never Intended, and do not now Intend, to enter any contest that will give us an opportunity to prove the superiority of Chartier shorthand, and that you have endeavored to mislead the public. * You make us four separate and dls tlnct propositions, Involving a forfeit of <250 In each case. You now say tha ^Mon! d «nT t^vii3oJZ%JFSm\tS»* Un ‘" * o''"** •» not stan* up to the other three propo- • e * ,Ion b « ,n * extended J&r — rW,cu,0 ' wne “ _SfVI ThouSfSr, that wi ositlon. Ition needs no comment. You'say |„ *** t w# did not Accept your drat prop- I ^ CAllant fliht they loat out wlon. Let us sae. P Your sAkSTK 12° ^ ™ »» » vote of 10 to It. which the challenge was made con- „ r J* ni i , .. a, '^ v ®5», t " 1 of ‘ h « mea.ur. talned the following headline: ''<1.000 £ ld *•**" w *<chlng tht session Challenge to Prove Assertions." Our h * M J Jubilee when acceptance of the proposition In quea- | t le result was announced, tlon was worded as follows: "We ec- 8te«d Opens Debate, cept this proposition with the under- Senator Steed opened the argument « r,th an « bl * »rgument for the original m£d!? by Se." ‘ originally I Connor bill, and opposed any of the Now, If your challenge was to prove Proposed amendments, our assertions, what possible objections I He thought that Oeorgla would make cou\d you have to conflnlng yourself to a long stride forward when It provided our claims? In fact, how could your for tha techlnral education of it. r.rm- proposition exist uhtess you dp ao? If ire end theConnS? hill^nnrn^Imi our claims ore unreasonable, as you |100OOPforesuMMhlnamn2£2£l!X}25 say, why do you tlml It necessary to iollege ln AthJns wM toFtS exaggerate them In making your prop- | right direction . “lVehave never claimed that pupils of Senimr P C?5m f made “i h s'tronS^nlea tX'TooTo'is^U'fr f .° r * ou i h ° Mr * la t0 recelvs recognl- lir mat&r rtfhM J I t,0 i5* and advocated branch afiicultural nrnl^iHnn colfegee, one located In aouth, the other proposition required. You very well | | n ftorth Georgia, , &noJSm,«?n , aTiSS P t?n tl “ **> *Wlnetlv. Institution for atenorrmphert In Atlanta who could do I the teaching of our farmer boys*the yir* .•. . Lit ^ - . aclence of farming. Do not let hla C ^^Mt r thlt‘t^ n c^it!,.?« n th?r7’v U !rtlv ra,nd h* detracted by atudy of the You aay that to conteat a thirty’-day I atara and rocka H L H * ,hou * ht Georgia should pie of pedagogy. Of course, we do not | have some consideration, wish you to violate the principles of N u pedagogy—that would be too bad. But _ . No * 8 *° tlon .* 1 t you have conscientious scruples In | Senator Candler, In reply to Senator this matter, we can perhaps help you Crum, said: out by making you tha following propo- "Thank Ood, I can approach this sub- ai» 0n w..k. In <h. rt.rf!., J« ct Georgian, and not as a south, Thr.e Minth. in th. Gr.h^m SSo r «la" • * Dythln * •"* •‘ her than * SS/SST S&c« your ££ *«* by ‘very adu- student to enter a public contest against a atu dent of the Chartier studied shorthand pr vlded the contest be held publicly not i..... ....li "iaviS» ”Jar - SZ'TJ later than July 25. This proposition iirmlng m ihe stara h ‘ * ‘ obviates all of your objection, and If He 'L? 1 thS mSrnt 1 P ur ® Jue'lee that, tl Aw.itino vm.r r.ni« r ** u,t ' have this collsge for their sons. Awaiting your repBr, we are, 'The grandest men In our state ars T DEAL, SAYS HAL With Pern' of Hall Would Fire Present Railroad Commissioners. R i . rored the agricultural college not , 'nrior”to"june'4"nro* I o« c »use It was to be located In Athena, but *>«cau»e It would be an lnatltutlon be held publicly not th «i » n .tM ' " you decline to accept, if will be evident I w.C a that you are afraid of the result. P, ur * Ju * t,c * that - ,h * farmer * »hould Awaiting your reply, we art, Vmira tnilv I .. •*'*" utuu itt c/ur state nro BAGWELL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Imbibed °of *th# 'tha J. O. Bagwell, Prealdent. } m 0 b '°“. .„ v ‘ h * °„ f . , l D! 198 Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga. „f »r P. 8.-You State that the object of f > n °, y ,*.. of our * nd °* other call- your challenge waa to prove the absurd ft*hsa served^ts'Duroose ""ft has also cellor Walt * r B - Hill, and said, that he 1' tt^rffh»r , n.Prnn« , *nf whlrh vom kn,w ot no man who cnul<l have been P 7 nf ao 111 ■P ar «d to the atate. vm^ich^o? U T«Sr no vine Scnntor Candler oppoaed the amend- n.iHnn r .nJ°. 0 i.mH t n» uvemf m#Bt submitted by Senators Bennett, mmth! a U fw!ltl«a K matter f,,ran *»- Williams, King. Slrmans, A. riMham ?hnrthfnii hav? antared^Baa °- Dlalock and Crum, to submit tht 2^ Bu.meM“oll.gn n d ^ld u? f5r t p | r 0 ° n po,lt “’ n ,0 ,h * peopl • tor '‘" nc ‘- scholarships. All express themselves as le , , „ . delighted with the change, and they do I K,n 0 and Bennett Oppose, not hesitate to say that they have Senator King spoke for the aniend- le&rnbd more shorthand In one week ment to submit the matter to tha pao- wlth us than they had previously 1 pie. learned In one month. I Senntor Bennett thought It should be You lay great streaa upon the fact submitted to the people, and said If It that you declined to adopt Chartier was then ratlfled, he would give it his shorthand. It Is our opinion that you I cordial support. i howed very bad judgment, anu that He said that the advocates who had you have already begun to repent of come up to Atlanta to work for Its your folly. passage were lawyers, doctors, etc., but It la a matter of common observe- I no fanners. Senator Hand Inquired r tlon that men of advanced age get Into the speaker had seen any farmers lob ruts, are Impervious to new Ideas and bylng against It. At the Tuesday afternoon aesston of the house Mr. Hall, of Bibb, elicited considerable applause when he de clared moat emphatically that tha peo pie "wanted a new deal." He waa referring specifically to the present railroad commission, which tha am'endment of 51 r. Perry, of Hall, waa seeking to legislate out of office. Thle amendment to abolish the pres ent offleers was to the Kelly bill to elect them by the people, as their aev era! terme expired. Judge Perry, of Hall, speaking hla amsndment to the Kelly bill elect the railroad commissioners by the people—his amendment abolishing the present commission, and conflnlng the qualification of the new board to be elected to three electors In the state— made.the startling atatement that the railroad commission Is ten tlmee more Important to the atate than the office of governor, even admitting that It was more Important than the legislature Itself. “Nothing," 8ays Perry, Representative Revill, of Meriwether, wanted to know what the railroad com mission had dona that he should wish to' legislate them out of office. "Nothing," quickly retorted Mr. Per ry, and the laugh was on the gentle 1 man from Meriwether Mr. Hall suggested that as the people had put the commissioners In office, they had the right to put them out, while Mr. Wise, of Payette, waa In clined to think that the campaigns for these offices 'would be so expensive that only rich'men would fill them. “Change Can't Hurt.” Mr. Hall again came to the fore, emphaelilng the previous assertion that the people could make or unmake them with reason or without reason. The people couldn't be hurt by the change. The people can't get relief from the commission, he contended, and had a right to abolish It. The consti tution of 1877, cutting the terms of the then existing Judges, was died as 9 precedent, the terms of the supreme court Judges being cut from 11 to ' years, and tf cling tenaciously to old methods.- O. B. THE FURNITURE OF THE TALMADGE HOUSE AT AUCTION AT 37 and 39 Walton St. Cotnmendng Monday, July 2M. and continuing until all sold, consisting of sa Rverrtt upright piano, pnrlor furniture, 9il2 sqntres Smyrna sn<l Moqnette, antique mahogany dining tnhls to seat 20, whleh was owned hy Pres. Jeff Daria during the war, ioldlng*beds, sideboard. n«k, hlrd aeye maple and wilnut bed room suites, chairs, rocker and settees, * nnd couches, pictures, clock, table and and counterpanes, Majestic steel rsnse, X»s range, refrigemL large lot of rhlna, glassware and silverware, office furniture, showcase, aecre fery, desk and s large lot of trunks and lollses left orer for board, on srroant of tearing down the Vlldlng. LEO KKF.flll, Auctioneer, office and salesroom hntrnrks, several wsrdroliee, lonngea l>ed linens, comforts. . blankets, refrigerator and' utensils. CONTENTS OF RESIDENCE AT AUCTION, AT LANIER STATION, NEAR SOLDIERS' HOME FRIDAY, JULY 2911), AT 10 A. M. This undoubtedly Is the finest lot of fnrnltnre sold for some time, consisting of 5 bod room salts. In oak, hshngany. walnut, mating from 8ljS.W to <271.00 * suit: dining room suit, consisting of extra fine dining table 12 feet Ions, with 4 band rnrred dragons In each corner, cost <75.00: handsome sldelmard and chins closet to match, cost SITS; leather cent chair; library suit, moslstlns of 2 large hand-curved arm rhnlm. 4 estra fine chairs and rocker with cwltoaacd leather •eats, bookcase and library table, extra line bntrark. wardrobe with i-renrh piste mirror doors, carpets, art squares and nts«. parlor lamp, antique mahog any drop leaf carved card table, a large refrigerator with piste glass suitable for grocers or butchers, large lot of flower pots wtlh plants, such sa hydraiigeas, ferns, geraniums and all kluds of roses, statue of Henry Grady, bric-a-brac, china, gtisawsra and silverware, steel range. . By order of P. Lanler-I.EO Kit EH II. Auctioneer, office nnd salesroom 121 Whitehall Bt. Take Holdlera' Home ear at Decatur street on the hour and the half hour. Hs asserted that the State University | had received <20,000 par annum since 11170 for the maintenance of an agrlcul tural department, and wanted to kn what It had actually accomplished. Senator Bunn advocated the bill, and ■aid It would be to the upbuilding of the atate to establish this collece. I am an alumnus of Mercer, but I have no Jealousy of the State Univer sity." In tha midst of Senator Bunn's ar gument a motion waa mad# to extend the aesslon until the bill passed An other motion was made to meet again at < o'clock, which waa lost. It looked for a abort time as If there would be a /filibuster to kill time until o'clock, but after debate the motion to extend the session prevailed. Blalock Against Bill. A call for the previous question by Senator Walker was withdrawn to al low Senator A. O. Blalock to speak against the measure. He did not believe any good would be accomplished by centralising one great agricultural college at Athens.- He said he was willing to leave It to the people for ratification, and If they ■aid yes, then he wished them Ood epeed. “But I am unwilling to say here whether we shall vole <100,000 of the people's money for this purpose." Senator Williams, In opposing tha dved many L RACE CLOSER IN YEARS Young Hopes To Lead the Ticket Before the Polls Are Closed. s l-*dsl to The Georgian. Augusta, Oa., July It.—The munld- r*l race today. It Is thought, la the closest held here In yeare. Neither candidate Is confident now. Uunbar had tha lead soon In the morning, but he loaf It about noon. Young expects to get in the lead by 4 eciocfc _ I bill, said that he had receP letters and telegrams from prominent people .In his district, asking him to vote for the measure, but not a single one was a farmer. 1: SO o'clock Senator Walker called for the previous question, and It was sustained. Under the rules. Chair- ' iroprlatlona com- ■ 111- — mivnr.i ,„lrty minutes and yielded to Senator Miller. Miller Favored It. Ha spoke In strong advocacy of the measure. He said he so warpily es poused tha bill that ha not only wanted to be recorded as voting aye, but also In spsaklng a few words In behalf of It. "The burden of the added taxes .will fall on the rich men of tha state, who can afford Jt, and It wilt be the sons of the poor farmers who will - benefit by It." He raised a laugh when he said, the boys are properly Educated farming they will make two blades of grass grow where one grows now." On tha conclusion of Senator Miller's speech. Senator Hand said he thought It unnecessary to say a.\vtblng fur ther. On the amendment to submit tht proposition to the people. It was loat by ..... , i a vote of It to 18. The closing hour of Wednesday An amendment by Senator Rose to morning s session In the house was appropriate <15,000 to be used as a taken up In the consideration of the f un a to be loaned to poor boys to at- blll by Senators Steed, Bennett and tend the university was lost, 21 tp 18. Hogan to amend and codify the com- Substitute Killed, mon school laws of Georgia. _ __ Senator Crum's substitute to appro- COMMON SCHOOL BILL REACHES THE HOUSE The bill Is a bulky one. being 11 pages of printed matter, and contalpa 57 sections. Representative Holder, of Jackson, took charge of the measure In the house, and at the hour of adjournment was explaining In detail the features of each section to the members. Representative Holder said It waa the purpose of the Mil to remove as far apart as possible the white and ne gro schools In the state. Another changed proposed Is to have trustees In all the school dlstrlclk In the stale. Some counties have these trustees and some have not, he explained. He had explained only about one- third of Its provisions when the house adjourned, the measure stU8 being up for consideration. prtate <100,000 to the University Georgia to establish two colleges, one north of Macon, not In Clarke county, and the other In aouth Georgia, gras lost. 28 to II. On the passage of the Mil the vote was as follows: Yeas—Adams, ' Blood worth, Bond, Bunn, Candler, ('arlthem. Carswell. Fttxgerald. Fortner, Foster, Foy, Furr, Hamby, Hand, Hogan, McAllister, Mc Henry, Miller, Odum, Parker, Peyton, Phllllpe, Reid, Roee, Steed, Walker, Weetbrook, Wheatley. Wilcox—28. Nays—Alsobrook, Branch* A. O. Bla lock, A. C. Blalock, Crum. King. Luma- den. Mills. Slrmans, Williams—18. Absent—Cope Ian. Grayblll, Strange, Wars—L the superior court Judges from 8 to 4. "The people want a new deal," ■aid. Mr. Alexander wanted this bill and that of Judge Perry recommitted to the general Judiciary committee with Instructions to report a consolidated bill for both these measures, which proposal Mr. Kelly strenuously resist ed, urgently Insisting upon Immediate action, and Mr. Knight, of Berrien, ed this view also, he metier .went over as unfinished business, and will provoke moro discus ■Ion when taken up again. appropbiaTionsmade FOR SCHOOLS Of STATE The appropriation committee of tha house has reported favorably on appro priation! for an even half dosen state Institutions, amounting In the aggre gate to 8174,600. These amounts are distributed as fol lows: Academy fur Blind, Macon, <85,000. Girls' Normal and Industrial Col ic, Mllledgevllle, <27,600. North Georgia Agricultural College, Dahlonega, <20,000. Deaf and Dumb Academy, Cave Springs, <20,000. State Normal School, Athens, <15, 000. Georgia School of Technology, Atlan ta. <<7,600. OILLSlMlfl WITH REGULARITY Notwithstanding that nearly one-half of tha seselon has expired, and that any new measures would have but a meagre show In passing In the rush that cofhes at ths heel of tha session In either bouse, new matter Is almost constantly being Introduced dally. Eleven new bills ware Introduced on Wednesday morning, all of which ware local measures except two. The new bills were: By Mr. Longley, of Troup—To amend an act to create a board of commis sioners of roads and revenues for Troup county. By Mr. Roee, of Upson—To provide loan fund scholarships for tha Agri cultural College at Athens. By Messrs. Perry. Felder and Mat thews—To provlds for Ihs adoption of the "Torrens Land Title System." By Mr. Lumpkin, of Walker—To amend the charter of LaFayette. By Mr. Cureton, of Dade—To Incor porate the town of Rising Fawn. By Mr. Cook, of Cconee—To Incor porate the town of Eastvllle. By Messrs. Alexander and Mayson, ' DeKalb—To amend the charter of ths town of Edgewood. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To In corporate the city of Morgan. By Mr. Way, of Pulaski—To amend an Act to regulate tha sale of whisky In Lee county, to as to exclude the town of Smlthvllle. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To es tablish the county court of Calhoun county. “lx Mr. Davis, of Burke—To incor porate the city of Mlllen, In Jenkins county. TRAVELED MANY mTlEiTtO HAVE MAO STONE APPLIED Special to The Georxltn. Charlotte. N. c, July II.—While the existence of the me/I stone and Its re ported efficiency arc doubted by many. Charlotte le still In the ranks of su perstition, if such It may be called, and yesterday a atone owned by a promt- SKIRT” SALE Two Hundred Fashionable Plaid Skirts—Brand New Models—Of (Cotton) Pan ama and Checked Suit ings ON SALE TOMORROW ABOUT HALF REGU LAR PRICE $2.05 For Skirts For Skirts LOT 1. CHOICE $3.05 Worth to $4.09 Worth to $5.00 LOT 2. CHOICE $3.95 THIRD FLOOR, 8:30 A. M. Early Buyers Will Get Some Great Garment Values. COME PROMPTLY This sale consists of Checked and Plaid Skirts in brand hew fashionable models. Materials are Suitings and (Cotton) Panamas. Some are 50 per cent Wool, some are all Cotton. They are all new models; circular and plaited effects and those wanting a stylish, inex pensive skirt will do well to attend this sale. The entire purchase of two hundred skirts will be closed out at two prices; for choice LOT Number I $2.95. $3.95. LOT Number 2 J. M: HIGH CO. THA W HAD A MANIA FOR THRASHING GIRLS negro, Batcsburg.- 8. C. ", Jssse Turner, who made the long the etona applied. 09000000000000000000000000 O o THAW GETS LECTURE O FROM HIS MOTHER. 0 O 5 o 5 o s s o o o 0 B 0 hw York, July II.—Mrs. Wil liam Thaw, after definitely re taining the firm of Black, Ol- k, Ol- O !, saw o cott, Gruber A Ronynge, her son In tha Tombs today and told him. In no uncertain words, that ha must relinquish full conduct of his case to her, and also dismiss Immediately the attorneys he had hired on his own responsibility. Of Private Letsed Wire. New York, July II.—Justice Mar burg, In tha supreme court, adjourned until tomorrow tha hearing of the argu ment as to why District Attorney Je rome and the grand Jury should not be restrained from any further proceed ings In tha Thaw com. * MOTHER WANTS THAW TRIED FOR IN8ANITY. I), Private I/MMd Wire. New York. July II.—Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry Kendall Thaw, It was declared - authoritatively today, has decided to ask for the appoint ment of a lunacy commission for the purpose of having her son declared Insane, so that he may escape trial for the murder of Stanford White. This agreement waa reached after a consultation with Lewie A. Delaflsld, her persons) counsel, and former Judge William K. Olcott, of Black. OlcotL Gruber A Bnnynge, as the sole hope of saving Harry Thaw from punish ment. Wife and Mother Row. It was learned also today that Thaw’s mother and Evelyn Nesblt Thaw have had a serious rupture, and that the mother has severed relations with her danghter-ln-law. "Harry Thaw will never be placed on . trial for tha murder of Stanford Whitt, upon hla reaaummlng charge of Harry There la no doubt that ho will be de- Thaw's ci | o Q 0 o o 0 00000000000000009000000000 dared Insane and sent to the asylum for tho criminal. Insane at Mattewan." This declaration was made today by one pf tha persons wbo was present at tho consultation between Thaw‘« mother and Judge Olcott's law firm. Will Reeums Direction. Thors won present at tha conference Mr*. William Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw; Lewie A. Delafleld, her person al counsel; William M. K. Olcott, Jo- slab Thaw and George L. Carnegie, eon and son-in-law of lira. William Thaw. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was then, but took no part In tha conference. Mrs. William Thaw met Judge Ol cott for the first time and Insisted l>Ut take the miller under advlsen aald he could give n . final nn-nrr until he had conferred with the other in- -li bera of hla firm. The probabilities are that tho firm will again lake up tho direction of the defense. Thaw Thrashed Girls. Il was learned today that the -tilt brought by Evelyn Nesblt, who Is now Lira. Thaw, against Harry K. Thnw before their marriage, was not for breach of promise, but for “damages for a beating administered by Thaw with a rawhide whip.” The discovery that Thaw had ever been charged with beating wnmen with a whip was In connection with the suit brought by Lawyer Joseph A. 8h/n in behalf of Ethel Thomas, as alreu.iy published. Tha same count of Information which is authority for the statement that the paper held by Lawyer Abo Hummel In a suit la tha authoritv r r the statement that at least four w men have been thus treated by Thaw, n is said that the Nesblt suit sets forth al most the same charges as th»se set forth In the eult brought by Miss Thomas. Mrs. Thaw, accompanied by her Tombs In an electric cab Hotel Lorraine a few minutes b- f -r- it o'dtck. Both women wera seat. hed. Then they went up stairs to JUrry Thaw's cell. A few moments before the arriv al ->f Thaw's mother his wife mint to the Tombs alone. She spent but u few minutes with him. when ehe drove to the offices of Clifford F. Miutrl.l*. the lawyer Thaw retained wh« missed Judge OlcotL It ws- today that a coldness has between the elder Mrs. Thaw and Hairy' Mr. Olcott promised to Thaw's wit*.