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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. AT'OrfiT 1. 1!**. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. JTelephone Connections. Subscription Rites: One Yesr $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. may bo found olsowhoro. It is known by every man studies the conditions of tho labor market. This is the land of magnificent opportunities and the time is here now. It remains with the Individua whether be or she will take advantage of these splendid opportunities. Catered as aeeoad-elaaa matter April ®. 1M. at tbe PoatoffUe St Atlanta. Ga.. under act of cousreaa of March 2. 1172. A man may well bring a Horae to the water. But he cannot mako him drink without he will. —Heywood. The Best Cotton Jury, the Executive Committee. The friends of the farmer and of the cotton grower throughout tbe country are taking out of our hands any controversy that we may have had in the beginning, with the present administration of tbe Southern Cotton Asso- claUon. Tho Georgian Is not personally acquainted with any one of the tbrfe outside men called by Mr. Harvle Jordan to sit in trial upon his administration: They may or they may not be men of the highest character, of the greatest Impartiality, and. of equal Integrity to our own Colonel W. L. Peek and Mr. M. L. Johnson. The one thing which will prejudice tbe verdict of these gentlemen Is that they are appointees of Mr. Jordan himself, chosen by the administration out of all of the list of ezecuUve committeemen In the South, and this fact will be held as It Is already held by a distinguished correspondent from Texas in this Issue, to be somewhat prejudicial to a free and full acceptance of the verdict of this committee as satisfactory to the country at large. At the same time we are constrained to commend President Jordan for accepting so much of our counsel as has Induced him to add to the committee of three, three outside men from other Interested states In the cotton belt We are thoroughly convinced that Mr. Jordan's best plan would have been, upon tbe flrst charges which In volved his administration, to call upon the chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Association to appoint a sub-committee out of that general executive committee to come to Atlanta and in some impartial place to take testimony and to hear evidences touching mat- tcra relating to Mr. Jordan's administration. This method would have been absolutely fair and would have removed the possibility of criticism, both from Mr. Jordan and from the entire handling of this af fair before the partlea at latereat. It may be posalble even yet that thla court of investigation, appointed aa It la by Mr. Jordan, may see fit after hearing the testimony, to adjourn a final decision of it until a meeting of tho general executive committee at Hot Springs In Septem ber. When the matter takes this shape, and It this gen eral committee of Wednesday shall take pains to preserve all the testimony, pro and con, that may be presented to them, we shall probably have a full, free and satisfactory solution of tho whole matter during the flrst weak In September. And, absolutely without malloe and entirely disclaim ing (he slightest personal feeling in /this matter. The Georgian will contribute its reasonable share to the pub licity and information department of this public matter, and will as we have said before accept the final verdict with equanimity and In good faith. Our conscience in the whole transaction Is absolute ly clear in the general motive of protecting and purifying tho association at a critical time of Its career. Dear Dick: To a man up a tree. It looks as though you were getting your dates slightly mlxod when you charge that the present scandal was precipitate^ to di vert the attention of tbe senate from the Boykin bill. Don't you know that tha charge was made on the floor of the house by Mr. Anderson to tho course of the very do* bate preceding the passage of tbe Boykin bill by the lower branch of the general assembly? Or la this simply another effort to "throw down the reporter?’’ There Is Work for All. The man who Is honestly and earnestly In search of Work need not claim, In these prosperous times, that be cannot find It. The "want ad.” department of The Georgian Is teem ing every day with appeals for help from manufacturing and commercial enterprises and from numerous sources comes the Information that the supply of able-bodied, In telligent ana Industrious young men and women Is not by any means equal to the demand. Wood workora, Iron founders, trunk makers and laborers of various kinds are wanted. There are demands for stenographers, both male awd female, for office boya and newsboys and In other claases of work. This is no sporadic demand. It Is being made every day and the evidence becomes cumu lative that the man who Is able and willing to work bas no excuse tyr Idleness. Tbe opportunities are open In the city, and there are still more opportunities In the country. The question of finding labor for the farms Is becoming more and more acute every day, and It Is one of the great problems of the South today bow the fields, as well as the factories, are to get the help they need. Nobody pretends that positions of the highest order are to be had any day for the asking, but the opportuni ties for sercuring a foothold are abundant and the pos sibilities that spread out before honest Industry are man ifold. Everywhere we hear the same cry, that the har vest Is great and the laborers are few. With the South growing and expanding In every department of trade and Industry, tbe avenues, not only for a competency but tor substantial advancement, are presented on every hand. Tha combination of false pride and Indolence Is enough to-eend any man to the poor house, but It he goes there. In this day and time, it should be made very clear that be goes of his own accord. Every year the field for capable young women In the Tarioas branches of commerce and Industry are multiply ing and expanding, and here, too, the supply ts not equal to the demand. Thoroughness In a chosen profession, It goes without saying. Is indispensable to the highest positions, but the openings are everywhere and there is no good reason why tbe Intelligent and Industrious young woman who has to earn her own living and is willing lo equip herself for the field of competition cannot suc ceed. Tbe classified columns of The Georgian furnish a good Index of this general demand for skilled and un skilled labor, and the fact that there Is such a demand The Credit Men. Mr. Jordan Invites tbe Atlanta credit men to testify as to The Georgian's attitude In the cotton matter. We are always happy to hear from tho credit men, We meet them half way. They were unfortunate In their construction of The Georgian's position, and pecu liarly unfortunate In the spokesman. We have never an tagonized their position. In the concluding paragraph of tbe last editorial we ever Wrote on the Boykin and Anderson bills—In the summary and final statement of our whole position, we distinctly stated, after giving our views of the difference between "bucket shops” and "exchanges” that our oppo sition to bucket shops was so great that if they could not be abolished without abolishing tbo exebanges, we were willing to Join hands with the credit men and abolish both bucket shops and exchanges. Since thw issue has shifted from this matter to the cotton scandals we have not had an opportunity to dls- cuss.the matter with tbe credit men, but we are always willing to do so. Meanwhile aa a mere preliminary, we should bo glad to hear from the credit men aome explanation of the vig orous written and public indorsement given by some of their "most prlnclpaltst members" to tbe Anderson wire- house In Atlanta. It was E. C. Bruffey, the very dean of Atlanta news paper reporters, who secured that Interview from Cheat ham In which the latter was alleged to have professed Ignorance of the Identity of Mike O’Grady. Isn't It pass ing strange that a man of Brqffey's experience should make a break Uke that? On tbe whole, we are pinning our faith to "Bruff.” Clark Howell and Tom Taggart. To the Editor of The Georgian: Kindly answer through your columns the follow ing question: In 1904, when Thomas Taggart, of gambling fame, was a candidate for and elected to the chair manship of the Democratic national executive com mittee, did National Committeeman Hon. Clark How ell support and vote for Taggart for chairman? Thanking you In advance for the Information, I am yours truly, B. L. WALL. The Gerglan regrets that the absence of Hon. Clark Howell In South Georgia does not offer the opportunity to satisfy the mind of Mr. Wall by a direct question and answer from this office to Mr. Howell, touching tbe point at Issue. If, however, we properly comprehend the trend of Mr. Wall's question, we may be permitted to suggest tbat It would really Involve no reflection upon Hon. Clark How ell If as a member of the national committee, he had voted for Tom Taggart for chairman of the national Democratic committee In 1904. As we understand It, there was no hostile criticism of Tom Taggart at that time. He was simply looked upon as the most popular and successful Democrat tn the doubtful state of Indiana, and the prestige of his victories and of his repute made him appear as the most eligible man to manage the cam paign of that year. It Mr. Wall and The Georgian had been members of that committee It Is quite likely that they would have voted fqr Mr. Taggart, too. The Fight in Iowa. The eyes of the whole country art turned toward Iowa today. The Republican convention of the state, which Is to nominate a successor to Governor Cummins, and adopt a platform setting forth Its Ideas, chiefly on tho tariff, was called to order this morning and a bitter contest ts Governor Cummins, the father of "the Iowa ides' of tariff revision, Is n candidate for re-election. He la strongly opposed by George D. Perkins, who Is leading the “stand pat" faction. Of the 1,840 delegates to the convention, 200 seats are contested, and the result of these contests will decide the Isiue, aa the delegates, outside of the contested seats, are about evenly divided between Cummins and the “progressive" revisionists on the one hand, and the "stand pat" following under Per kins, on tbo other. It la rumored that the state executive committee will make up a preliminary roll of delegates to perfect tem porary organliatlon. The "stand pat'* crowd declare that under this arrangement they will secure control of the convention, and If the attempt la made there will be the bitterest fight on the floor of tha convention hall that haa been recorded In American politics for a long time. While Governor Cummins had advocated tariff revia- Ion he baa not boon an extremist, and tbe following plank haa boen drawn to be presented to the convention: "We are uncompromisingly In favor of the Amer ican ayatem of protection. . . . Wo believe that all Inequalities In the tariff schedules, which Inevita bly arise from changing industrial nnd commercial conditions, ihouid be adjuated from time to time, and condemn without reserve alt assaults upon tbe pro tective system. We favor such reasonable and tlmey ly changes aa will keep the tariff In harmony wltli our Industrial and commercial progress.” The “stapd pat" element, who have heretofore been charging Cummins with radical views on the subject at the tariff revision, now are loud In their cry that he haa turned a somersault, and are making all tha capital out of It they can. The news from Iowa will be awaited with a great deal of Interest, aa the reault will do much to sound the keynote for the congressional campaign next fall and pos sibly tor the presidential campaign Itself. The Child Labor Bill. The child labor bill haa now pasted both the house and the senate and Ita success la an assured fact at last. It hat been a long and arduoua conflict, and baa elicited the best efforts ot a united people. There were times when the future seemed dark tor thla necessary and humane legislation. All the powers that could be brought to bear to defeat It were Invoked, and Inside and outside of the general assembly a strong fight was made to defeat.the measure. But the perseverance of Its advocates haa triumphed over the combined efforts of Its toes and within a abort time It will have a permanent place on our statute hooka. It Is not claimed that the measure la all that Its most ardent friends desired, but It la at least a good founda tion for tbe future, and In the coorae of time a more thorough measure may be adopted. It not only prevent! the employment of children of tender years In cotton mills, when they have parents who should support them, but It lays special emphasis on the educational feature. Under Ita provisions every child who Is employed to work In a mill must bring satisfactory evidence tbat bo or Hhe has been to school for at least three months had boen acting upon the advice of Mr. Jordan In holding during tho preceding year. 1 rolt ? n ;inr1 ll hl * <l accordingly. I feel that I should .... * „ . _ _ . not keep silent and therefore ask the use of your columns All along It has been one of tho most pathetic fea-j^ gfl y ^at j e tto r written by me to the cotton na tures of child labor that those children were not only • relation was not written or Intended as a complaint. I taken away from the wholesome environment which | have the utmost confidence In the cotton growers’ asso- cblldhood should enjoy In the formative years, dwarfing C !?* 0I I , I bel * < r v ® cause laudable, and taking into con- .. . , . , ' ' . . .. , , . . . sideratlon what It has had to contend with, I think it has their physical development by untimely labor, but they have thereby been brought up In Ignorance. Under the provisions of this measure both the mind and body are taken Into consideration, and satisfactory evidence must be produced that the child has had a reasonable amount of educational advantages during each year. It Is a source of tbe greatest gratification that this wise and beneficial step has been taken, and It Is hoped that at the proper time the child labor laws may be still further extended. Mr. O’Grady. Mr. Mike O'Grady in bis testimony before tbe com mittee declare!, himself an acquaintance of the editor of The Georgian. The editor ts by no means disposed to deny tbe acquaintance. Being of Irish blood and ances try, the editor haB never failed to go out of his way for the pleasure of meeting the O'Gradys. tho O'Reillys, the O'Flannlgana and all the rest of that gallant boat of his countrymen. Perhaps a personal Interview would re call this particular O'Grady to our very pleasant recol lections. Moreover, The Georgian has not the remotest criti cism for Mr. Mike O'Grady. As a private citizen he has as much right to buy cotton futures as any other man has to buy calico or iawna. It has never entered Into our mind to criticise him for what Is done by so many men of more pious pretensions. And for the promptness with which this gallant Irishman comes to the rescue of his friend Cheatham from a tight place, we have the highest admiration and respect. Mr. Michael O'Grady, the latch string of Tho Geor gian swings wide to your earliest renewal ot oar ac quaintance. MR. QUINNEY HOPEFUL. Waynesboro, Ga., July 30, 1906. To tho Editor of The Georgian: I notice In the Issue of The Georgian July 28tb you use a letter written by me to Tho Cotton Journal asking advice relative to the sale of a lot ot cotton I am hold ing. It appears that your purpose in thus quoting my 1<-tier was to cast reproach upon Mr. Jordan and the cot ton association by showing or attempting to show that I been remarkably well managed and has accomplished a great deal for the tillers of the soli. I have held cotton before there was a cotton association or ever heard of Mr Jordan. In April, 1905, I Bold 210 dales for 7 1-fc, whereas if I had followed Mr. Jordan's advice at that time and held same two months longer I would have re ceived 910 to |15 a bale more than I did. It Is my plan in selling cotton to get all the information I can. then draw my own conclusions If I felt Inclined to censure any one, it would bo the producers of cotton who put their product on the market till it la glutted and the price gm-s down. Mr. Jordan’s advice was and Is Intended lo check the Southern farmers in this suicidal practice, and If any considerable per cent of them had acted upon same, the price of cotton would today have been much higher. Mr. Jordan's advice la on the right baslB, Mr. Editor, and I trust you will See fit to aid him in propa gating It through the columns of your paper. The as sertion was made in the public prints that spinners could pay 15 cents for the remnant of the crop and make money. In the early part of this year a gentleman told me that he was in a cotton factory a short time before and heard some goods being priced. Being acquainted with the president be asked hint upon what price of cot ton were his goods based? His reply was 14 cents. A few years ago I was holding some cotton and a social and financial friend advised me to sell my cotton nnd buy fu tures, thereby saving the usual expense if carrying charges, and if I desired, to use his name in buying the futures. I-refused to do this for I consider dealing in futureB to be pure gambling—and though such contracts may be upheld in the courts of earth, I feel tbat the par ties thereto will be barred out when they come to the court above. It may not be sinful for a farmer to sell fur fall delivery as many hales as lie may reasonably expect to make, but it is a dangerous business'practice and a demoralizing example to the youth of our country. Ten-cent cotton may be high enough with n large crop, but 111 a short crop year the short seller might have to go on the market and pay 12c to complete bis contract When the Southern farmers sell their eolton ahead they are simply furnishing material to hurt their neigh bors who don’t speculate, and suffer themselves by rea son of the depressed prlco on the balance of their crop. Let’s wipe out the bucket shops, wire houses and every vestige of future gambling in Georgia. Mr. Editor. Thera is no distinction. The same evil results come from both alike. On moral questions, the Rev. Sam P. Jones lias convictions and ho doesn't fall to express them. I enjoy his letters and recommend them to tbe perusal of Geor gians generally. Thanking you for your space and wish ing all will be prosperous and happy, I remain yours' truly, THOMAS QUINNEY. Growth and Progress of the New South Atlanta’s Buildings and Bank Clearings. Atlanta always stands out prominently In the growth and progress of the South. If-there ore any signs of activity anywhere it may be de pended upon that Atlanta Is showing her full share. This is fairly reflected in tbe Increase in the number of building per mits Issued during the first seven months of the present year, and the in crease in the value of the new buildings. Building Inspector Frank A. Pittman givss out the statement that the number of building permits is sued during the present year was 2,191 as against 1,999 for the same period last year. Tbs value of the new buildings for which these permits were Issued during the present / year was 92,302,997, as against 91.977,104. That is to say, 901 more building permits were Issued thus far this ytsr than for tbs same period last yesr, and the aggregate value of the structures was |l,i!5,I|] in excess of the aggregate value of the buildings for which permits were issued during the same period last year. .This Is a striking evidence of tha growth and prosperity of Atlanta, but even this Is not the whole story. Ths volume of our bank clearings during any given period may al ways be relied upon as a faithful Ifidex of the progress and advancement of the community.' The official statistics given out yesterday show that the bank clearings for tha month of July, just ended, were 919,991,920, as against 919.941,929 for tha seme month las? yesr. In other words tha In crease In our bank clearings for last month were nearly 94,000,000 in ex cess of the-ssms month last year. These figures ere highly gratifying as Indicating the prosperity and commercial-activity of our people, end gives Atlanta s leading pises In ths general grewth and prosperity of tfie South. Ths South’s Corn Crop, In this connection we present some figures taken from The Wall Street Journal, one of the moat reliable publications tn the country, showing tbo rapid increase In ths corn crop of the South, Ws are told that trade re ports mention a large Southern corn crop as one ot tbe encouraging fea tures of the crop situation. For thirty years or more .leading Journals end practical farmers have been urging thst-more attention be given to the coarss grains, so that ths South should be relieved from ths necessity of buying so large a proportion of Its stock from ths West. ’ Heretofore, the Southern states have not figured largely as corn pro ducers. A glance, however, st the figures for ths lost five years shows marked Improvement. The Carolinaa,. for Instance, have Increased their corn output from 49,000,000 to 99,000,000 bushels In this period, Georgia has advanced from 29,000,000 to 48,000,000 bushels. Alabama from 27,000,- 000 to 42,000,000. Mississippi from 29.000,000 to 20,000,000, although the crops for 1109 and 1(04 were 40,000,000 each. Louisians, In these two years men tioned, grew >7,900,000 on the average; but In 1901 and 1109 only 19,000,000 snd 19,000,000 bushels, respectively. Texas in this period advanced from (0,000,008 bushels to 110,000,000, thns Increasing the yield by three and a third times. Arkansas and Tennessee have made leu marked gains; but still advanced rapidly. The crops for the thirteen Southern states for the years 1201, 1904 and 1909 at- gtven below: Pregrsn in Southern Corn Crop, 1901 to 1904-5. Virginia North Carolina.. Bauth Carolina.. Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas... 1909, bu. 1904, bu. .49,914.174 42,199,(It .17,999,221 40.709,478 .90.410.1(0 29.189.927 .47,299.1(4 47,124,712 . 9,(12,702 (.940.224 .42,(71,142 41,217,189 .90,027,990 99,709,9(4 .19,619,4f( 27,299.442 .22,222,722 42,222,(14 Texes 1(9.149,404 129,702,(99 Tennessee 77.207,912 (0.(90,029 . . Kentucky 94,892,MS 21,(19,920 49,979,178 — 17,118,947 1901, bu. 40,901,489 20.(41.(18 11,(98.1(7 >7,(87.(50 5,211,079 27,(09,1(1 99,479,120 19.019,9(2 11,702.122 (0,050,(99 45,120,(18 West Virginia 22,(12,122 19,179.412 In round numbers ths crop of corn In thirteen states In 1(01 was (((.- 000,000 bushels. In 1(04 It had Increased 'to 701,000,000 bushels and to (10,000,000 bushels In 1909. This gain of 110 per cent In four years Is an Indication of ths rapid rats at which the Southern states are enlarging their corn crops. FIFTY HOURS ON DUTY. From The Washington StsV. Two freight trains came Into rolllilon In Georg!* Sunday morning, Ntree trainmen being killed end ebon! fifteen rare totally wrecked. The news dispatch concludes: The wreck was canned by the negli gence or the northbound conductor, who felled to rend his orders right. He claims that he and the engineer had bees os dnty for Ofty consecutive hours.” Here Is one of the moat potent msecs of railroad accidents Is this country. So mss _ _ „ css Stand the long cvutluurd strain of nn- quiesce fewer disasters Interrupted service. It Is charged that on aome of the largest roads of the north en gineers, partly out of regard for .their de sire tn make extra wages, are seel not on mss Immediately after they hare brought trains Into terminals. Public sentiment has foe several years been log the enactment r the employment of any with the running and dispatching of trains more than a certain number of hours In each day. If such statutes were written nnd enforced there would he fewer mis takes la tbe tending of orders and la their sending, fewer errors of Judgment Is signal towers and engine cube, and In coose- bcea pointedly demaad- of rigid lawn forbidding >f any pernun connected JAMES M. SMrt'H MAKES REPLY TO THE CHARGES OP SMITH AND WATSON To tbo Editor of The Georgian: I am reliably and positively Informed, both by my friends nnd tbe frlenda of Hon. Hoke Smith, tbat he, the lion. Hoke Smith, stated In his speech at Washington, Ga., on July 23 that the reason I was running ngnin8t him was because he had prosecuted me before Governor Gordon aa a lessee, that ha convicted me and Gordon pardoned Hon. Hoke knows this statement Is false from beginning to end. There la not a single word of truth In it During General Gordon’s four years* ser vice as governor of Georgia no charge was brought against me, no trial was had aa a leasee, or otherwise. Hon. Hoke neyor had tn opportunity to prosecute me; Governor Gordon never had an opportunity to pardon me. Hon. Hoke knows all this aa well as I do. Examine the records. They are positive proof of the troth of what 1 here state. What ought to be said of a man run ning for governor of n grand state like Geor gia -who is convicted oy the recods of bis own state of de!lt>erately, wilfully, know ingly and maliciously telling an absolute and unmitigated falsehood on on oppo nent? I hope that the Hon. Hoke Smith, for his own sake and for the honor of the ■tata, will retract and apologise when he takes the second sober thought. If not, oil that I have above written will stand with the records of the statMjarUu^ WNjrjr« nl Smlthsonla, Ga., Jaly SO. The following card, addressed to Tbe At lanta Journal, was also tent to The Geor gian with request that It be published: To The Atlanta Journal: In your Sunday's Issue, of the 29th Inst., I see tbat Hon. Toro Watson made aome references to me tn his speech at Thomson , on Sunday last, which do me great Injus tice, If allowed to pass uncorrected. Mr. Watson says that Dr. Westmoreland reported thnt I was cruel to the convicts. Air. Watson failed to tell tbat these charges were dismissed and that my man agement of tho convicts was Indorsed, praised nnd commended by Governor Mc Daniel when the matter waa broucht lie- fore him. Governor McDaniel on JMestmoreland, who at one time had been a talented physician yid a man of Ihlgh standing, while serving the state ns physician, became mentally unbalanced. Ms waa sent to tbe sanitarium at Mlllcdgevltlc.i I regret to mention this because^AM ’ • ■ —t,en * “ By Private Leased Wire. New York, August 1.—Mrs. John Bailey Miller, who lives at Saddlebrook farm, the old Joe Jefferson estate In New Jersey, has announced that If a mortgage of $15,000 against the place Is foreclosed, as threatened by the ex ecutors of the Jefferson estate, she will have her great collection of furni ture, bric-a-brac and pictures taken to a field near the house and burned. It Is said that she has been offered $25,- 000 for her furniture alone. Mrs. Miller Is an aunt of Helen M. Gould, her husband having been the brother of Jay Gould's wife. The prop erty at Hohokus Is one of the most curious pieces of country realty In ex istence, the house being about 100 years old and stuffed with remarkable objects collected by Mrs. Miller for 25 years. Mrs. Miller suys she cannot maintain the old homestead and pay off the mortgage as well, and rather than per mit any one to purchase or to obtain her household effects she will have them removed to a field and destroyed. John D. Rockefeller may have ground f-*r suit against tli*- elements. but might have ns much trouble in serving the papers as had the officer of Mis souri In his case. Bayonne, N. J., just reports a shower of oil laden rain. The shower struck the northw estern section of the city. The cloud came up from the south- east and was traveling low. It passed over the big Standard Oil works in the southeastern section of the city and chemical works on Stable Hook, and It Is believed that the moisture absorbed considerable oil and grease from the chimneys of the oil works. The rain stained straw hats. While the show er lasted there was a strong Oder of oil in the air. What right have the clouds to pllfef John D.'a oil? "Ruined in Wall Street, Ends Life/* Is a head-line In one of the papers to day, which tells a story which Is not at all uncommon. Alfred Fratzau, a bank clerk, Is the latest victim of the "big game," which haa a longer record than Monte Carlo and Hamburg combined. The summer dwellers of Fishing Creek, N. J., are In the doleful dumps, A. M. Woolston, the only storekeep er there, was converted at the South Jersey camp meeting at Seaville, and he promptly hauled all his tobacco over near the tent* soaked it with kerosene and burned it While this was being done the campers sang "Dearest Idol of My* Heart." I John Skelton Williams, formerly president of the Seaboard Air Line hallway Company, came to New York yesterday and says that conditions in the South continue to improve stead ily. Many of the banks are preparing to Increase their facilities for handling the growing business of .that section. Several'of them have already increased their capital materially. Mr. Williams says that the depoalta of the South ern banks are expanding in a marked way. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM, Westmoreland, wh was at UmKlf, Ms gentleman, man, worthy _ _ respect, onler and the ills* lei's onler In his speech? Then, I never menaced the convicts per- tonally. Tbe camp*. Physician* and gnnrds were selected or appointed by —dels Often the nf mile, from me. Is he to be condemned for every error commuted by hi* wsrden or the guard*! A* to th* Lodo — *lnce ben proven by hi* warden or the guards! I.uctndy charges: Tbat bas long _ ..coven to be malldons and false. Mr. Watson doe* not lielleve one word of It snd grovdlng such Inalnnstlons sre against me. A* to. hoe carry, I do nof know, enty-five In tbe same i •on finds McDuffie In. ,, . I never made a speech Is McDuffie county. There sre a great many other roomies In Genrgl* In wblrh I have not yet mute • speech. snd which, upon Investiga tion. will lie found to ho shootas strong for me *■ Mr. Wilson find. McDnffle. I voted for Colonel Kstlll font years ago. I was not a part of the ’Ting then. lion. Hoke fimlth and some others of the randl- -ite* were standing In with ths "ring it ?ws"s'candidate long before Hon. Hoke fimlth snnoanced. I announced for gorer- "In 'some' cvraiues 1 find that the friends of the Hon. Hoke sre gqtng to support.me In order to keep Clark llowetl and IluaSell from carrying the counties. Of coarse I appreciate tbe votes of the friends of the lion, linke In such cases... I know many men In McDuffie county who Bfirek very disparagingly of Iloo. Tohmas B. Watson. Hon. Thomas B.- Watson I* not s.randl- dste for governor. It Is no humiliation whatever for McDuffie county lo go for some candidate for governor other than Hon. Hoke Smith. If Hon. Thnmaa E, Watson claims to own McDnffle county, and carries tt In hla vest pocket, and haa bartered It off to Hon. Hoke fimlth. If .McDuffie county does not go for Hon. Hoke fimlth. then It will he a dlrappolatment both to Mr. Wat son and Hoke. That la all I can see In It. If Mr. Walaon were a candidate himself for governor It wonld alter the case. He la only a friend to Hon. Hoke fimlth. aa other persons are friends to me. New York city consume* nearly s thos- ■ed million nnlts nf electricity per annum, while London, with nearly double the popu lation. consume* not more than one-fourth the amount. The consuMptloa a head of per bead By Private I-cnscd Wire. New York, Aug. 1.—Here are some - of the visitors in New York today: j ATLANTA—D. E. Behringer, H. It, Beller, F. M. Butt, E. S. Emsy, C. Kauffman, L. Z. Herman, C. W. Fort, J. IV. Goldsmith, Jr., W. & Hawkins, H. E. Burdette, W. H. Higgins, R. J. Slalom, Mlaa N. Stephens, S. Tanno- hill, Jr., H. N. Randolph. AUGUSTA—L. Brooks. MACON—C. L. Allen. IN PARIS. Special to The Georgian. Paris, August l,—Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ody and Mitchell C. King, of Atlanta, Go., registered at the office of the Eu ropean edition of The New York Her ald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. L Michael la Francs. 15K>— Assassination nf Henry HI of Francs hy J non ucs Clement. 1675—Brookfield, Mam,, burned by Indian*. 1714— Accession of the elector of llanorer M George I of Ilritsln. 1743—Richard Karate, English poet, died. 1798—lint tie of the Nile. 1821—Mr*. Ellsalwth Inchbald, actress and writer, awd* , . HU—New London bridge opened In Loni 1634—Hla very abolished In the British cold* nlea. 1838—Commodore John Rodgers, of tb« United States nary, died. . . . 1141—City of Vera Cro* dellrered to tha Mexicans by the Uplted States. 1854—Yellow ferer became epidemic In New Orleans. .. . . 1061—Confederate prirateer Petrel sunk by United 8tatea frigate 8t. Lawrence. 18(5—General W. T. Sherman commissioned lieutenant general. . . 1874—General Custer's expedition reached the r nnroe cur. ami. 189$—Msrtlu Thorn executed St King Sing for murder of William Ooldeusnppe. 190$—Halt brought by state of Minnesota against Northern Hecnrltles Company in United Btstes conrt, dismissed. 1904— Kx-Gorernor Pattlaon, of Fennsylra* nla, died. WORKED BOTH WAYS. By WEX JONES. Smith's wife hail gone lo the mountains » he prepared • stack of- post*!*, gavt them to hi* *tcnogreplicr with ln»trucflon« ■It one every il*y, and went to Bara- with o few friend*. Mr*. Smith got postal No. L “Working sway st host ness tnu hot weather. Ml*er> •hie without yon." -I'm nisn," she mur> mum), "he raiut he lonely." Next day postal So. 2. "Home teem* « desert. Ml** roe terribly." "Poor John." •aid Mr*, fimlth. "It - * » *hsmc for me t, he here enjoying myself, while he sieve, ewey In lonellneee.^ No. 2 re me tbe next morning. "CSg hnnlty live without you.* Life e Wank. Mrs, fimlth packed her trunks and went There wne trouble. Thl* yesr fimlth thought The first postal be left lor .— absent wife was: "Getting along, spies Next poatal: "Best time of my life. Stnj •• long as^onjdk^snd don’t bother a bom *Thl* tjms Mrs. Smith started horns tin When eh- arrived there wts trouble egels