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<5 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rites: One Year $4.50 Six Month* 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c t Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta? Ga. Catered na second cIsm matter April 28. 1508, at the Postofflce »t Atlanta. <»n , under act of congress of Msrch i, IfJf. A man may well bring a Horae to the water. But he cannot make him drink without he will. —Heywood. may be found elsewhere. It Is known by every man who studies the conditions of the labor market. Thla la the land of magnificent opportunities and the time Is here now. It remains with the Individual whether he or she will tako advantage of these splendid opportunities. The Best Cotton Jury, the Executive Committee. The friends of the farmer and of the cotton grower throughout the country are taking out of our hand* any controversy that we may have hnd in the beginning, with the present administration of the Southern Cqtton Asso ciation. The Georgian la not personally acquainted with any one of the three outside men called by Mr. Harvle Jordan to alt In trial upon bta 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. U. Peek and Mr. M. L. Johnson. The ono thing which will prejudlco the verdict of these genUcmen Is that they are appointees of Mr. Jordan himself, chosen by the administration out'of all of tho list of oxecutlvo committeemen In the South, and thin fact will be held as It Is already held by a distinguished correspondent from Texas In thla 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 wo are constrained To commend President Jordan for accepting so much of our counsel as has Induced him to add to the committee of three, threa outside men from other Interested states In the cotton belt We are thoroughly convinced that Mr. Jordan’s beat plan would have boon, upon the flrat chargee which In volved his administration, to call upon the chairman of the executive committee of tho Southern Association to appoint a sub-committee out of that general executive committee to come to Atlanta and Jn some Impartial place to take testimony and to hear evidences touching mat ters relating to Mr. Jordan's administration. This method would have been absolutely fair and would bavo removed the possibility of criticism, both from Mr. Jordan and from the entire handling of this af fair before tho parties at Interest It may be possible even yet that this court of Investigation, appointed os It Is by Mr. Jordan, may see fit after hearing the testimony, to ndjourn a final decision of It until a meeting of the general executive committee at Hot Springs in Septem ber. When the matter takeB this shape, and It this gen eral committee bf Wednesday shall take pains to proserVo all the testimony, pro nnd con, that may be presented to them, wo shall probably have a full, free and satisfactory solution of the whole mattor during the first week in September. And, absolute.y without malice and entiroly disclaim ing the slightest personal feeling in this matter. The Georgian will contribute Its reasonable share to tho pub licity and Information department of this public matter, and will as wo have said before accopt the final verdict with equanimity and in good faith. Our conscience in the whole transaction is absolute ly clear in tho general motive of protecting and purifying the association at a critical timo of Its career. The Credit Men. Mr. Jordan Invites the Atlanta credit men to testify as to The Georgian's attitude In the cotton matter. We are always bappy to bear from the credit men We meet them half way. They were unfortunate In tbetr 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 tho 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 tho exchanges, wo were willing to join hands with the credit men and abolish both bucket shpps and oxebanges. Since the Issue has shitted from this matter to the cotton scandals we havo not had an opportunity to dis cuss the matter with the credit men, but wo are always willing to do so. Meanwhile as a mere preliminary, we should be glad to hear from the credit men some explanation of the vig orous written and public indorsement given- by some of their “moat prlnclpailst members" to the Anderson wiro- house in Atlanta. Dear Dick: To a man up a tree, it looks as though you were getting your dates slightly mixed when yon charge that the prosent scandal was precipitated to di vert the attention of tho senato from the Boykin bill. Don't you know that the charge was tnsdo on tho floor of the house by Mr. Anderson In tho course of tho very de bate preceding tho possago of the Boykin bill by the tower branch of tho general assembly? Or is this simply another effort to "throw down tho reporter?” There Is Work for All. The man who Is honestly nnd earnestly in search of work need not claim, in theao prosperous tlmas, that he ennnot flnil.lt. The "want ad." department of TJie Georgian Jji teem ing every day with appeals for help from manufacturing and commercial enterprises and from numerous sources comes the information that the supply of abio-bodled, in telligent ana industrious young men and women Is not by any means equal to tho demand. Wood workers, iron founders, trunk makers and laborers of various kinds are wanted. There aro demands for stenographers, both male and femnle. for offleo boys nnd newsboys and in other classes 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 has no excuse for Idleness. The opportunities aro open In the city, and there are ■till more opportunities In the country. The queitlon of finding labor for the farms It 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 protends that positions of the highest order sre to be had any day for the asking, but the opportuni ties for semiring a foothold are abundant and the pos sibilities that spread out before honest Industry are man ifold. Kvcrywhere 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, the avenues, not only for a competency but for substantial advancement, are preeented on every hand. Tho combination of false pride and indolence la snnugh to send any man to the poor house, but If he goes there, in this day and time, it should be made very clear that he goes of his own accord. Every year the field for capable young women In the various branches of commerce and Industry are multiply ing and expanding, and bare, too, the supply la not equal to tha demand. Thoroughness in a choaan profession. It goes without saying, la indispensable to the highest positior-v but the openings are everywhere and there la no good wesson whj tha intelligent and industrious young woman who has to asm her own living and is willing to equip herself for the field of competition cannot sue- ceed. The classified columns of The Georgian furnish a good Index of thla general demand for skilled and un skilled labor, and the fact that there Is such a demand s 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’Orady. Isn’t it pass ing strange that a man of Bruffey's experience should make a break like that? On the 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 Thomaa Taggart, of gambling fame, was a candidate for and elected to tha 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 youra 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 tha point at issue. If, however, we properly comprehend the trend of Mr. Wall's question, we may be permitted to suggest that 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 in the doubtful state of Indiana, and the prestlgo of his victories and of bis repute made him appear as the most eligible man to manage tho cam paign of that year. U Mr. Wal) and The Georgian had been members of that committee it is quite likely that they would have voted for Mr. Taggart, too. The Fight In Iowa. The eyes of the whole country are 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 the tariff, was called to order this morning and a bitter contest is on. Governor Cummins, the father of "the Iowa ldoa 1 of tariff revision. Is a candidate for re-election. He is strongly opposed by George D. Perkins, who is leading the. "stand pat” faction. Of tho 1,640 delegates to the convention, 200 seats are contested, and the result of these contests will decide the issue, as 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 the other. It is rumored that the state executive committee will make up a preliminary roll of delegates to perfect tem porary organization. The "atand pat” crowd declare that under thla arrangement they will secure control of the convention, and If the attempt la made there will be the blttereat fight on the floor of the convention hall that has been recorded in American polltlca for a long time. While Governor Cummtna had advocated tariff revis ion he has not been an extremist, and the following plank has been drawn to be presented to the convention: "We are uncompromisingly in favor of the Amer ican system of protection. ... We believe that all inequalities in the tariff schedules, which Inevita bly arise from changing Industrial and commercial conditions, should be adjusted from time to time, and condemn without reserve all assaults upon the pro tective syatem. We favor such reasonable and time ly changes aa will keep the tariff in harmony with our industrial and commercial progress.” The “stand pat” element, who have heretofore been charging Cummins v. 1th radical vtewa on the subject of the tariff revision, now are loud in their cry that be haa turned a somersault, and are making all the capital out of it they can. The news from Iowa will be awaited with a great deal of interest, aa the remit will do much to sound the keynote for the congressional campaign next fall and pos sibly for the presidential campaign Itself. The Child Labor Bill. The child labor bill haa now passed both the house and the senate and its success Is an assured fact at last. It has been a long and arduous conflict, and has elicited the best efforts of a united people. There were times when the future seemed dark for this necessary and humane legislation. AU 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 Ua advocates has triumphed over the combined efforts of Its foe* and within a ihor^ time It will have a permanent place on our atatute books. It it not claimed that the measure is all that Its moat ardent friends desired, but it is at least a good founda tion for the future, and In the course of time a more thorough measure may be adopted. It not only prevents the employment of children of tender yeara In cotton mills, when they have parents who should support them, hut it lays special emphasis on the educational feature. Under Its provisions every child who la employed to work in a mill must bring aatlsfactory evidence that he or she has been to sr-hool for at least three months during the preceding year. All along it has been one of the most pathetic fea tures of child labor that those children were not only taken away from the wholesome environment which childhood should enjoy in tho formative yeara, dwarfing 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 taljen into consideration, and satisfactory evidence must be produced that the child has bad a reasonable amount of educational advantages during each year. It la a source of the 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 Q'Grady In his testimony before the com mittee declares himself an acquaintance of the editor of The Georgian. The editor Is by no means disposed to deny the acquaintance. Being of Irish blood and ancos- try, the editor has never failed to go out of his way for the pleasure of meeting the O'OradyB, the O'Reillys, the O’Flannlgans and all the rest of that gallant host 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 ns any other man has to buy calico or lawns. 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, wo have the highest admiration and respect. Mr. Michael O'Grady, the latch string of The Geor gian swings wide 1 to your earliest renewal of our ac quaintance. , MR. QUINNEY HOPEFUL. Waynesboro, Ga., July 30, 1906. To the Editor of The Georgian: I notice In tho Issue of The Georgian July 28th you use a letter written by me to The Cotton Journal asking advice relative to tho sale of a lot of cotton I am hold ing. It appears that your purpose in thus quoting my letter was to cast reproach upon Mr. Jordan and the cot ton association by showing or attempting to show that I had been acting upon the advice of Mr. Jordan In holding cotton and had suffered accordingly. 1 feel that I should not keep Bllent and therefore ask the use of your columns to say that the letter written by me to tile cotton as sociation was not written or Intended as n / complaint. I have the utmost confidence in the cotton growers' asso ciation. believe its caste laudable, and taking Into con sideration what It has had to contend with, I think It has been remarkably well managed and has accomplished a great deal for the tillers of the soil. I have held cotton before there was a cotton association or ever heard of Mr. Jordan. In April. 1903, I sold 216 bales for 71-8. whereas If I had followed Mr. Jordan's advice at that time and held same two months longer I would have re ceived 310 to 316 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 be the producers of cotton who put their product on the market till It Is glutted and the price goes down. .Mr. Jordan's advice was ami Is intended to check the Southern farmers In this suicidal practice, and It any considerable per cent qf them bad acted upon same, the price of cotton would today have been much higher. Mr. Jordan's advice Is on the right basts, Mr. Editor, and 1 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 16 cents for tho remnant of the crop and make money. In the early part of this year a gentleman told' me that lie was in a cotton factory a short time before and heard some goods being priced. Being acquainted with the president he asked him upon what price of cot ton were his goodB based? His reply was 14 cents. A few years ago 1 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 of carrying charges, and If I desired, to use his name In buying the futures. I refused to do this for I consider dealing tn futures to be pure gambling—and though such contracts may be upheld In the courts of earth, I feel that 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 for fall delivery ns ninny‘bales as. he 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 a large crop, but In a short crop year tho short seller might have to go on the market and pay 12c to complete his contract When the Southern fanners sell their cotton ahead they art- simply furnishing material to hurt their neigh bors who don't speculate, and suffer themselves by rea son of the depressed price 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. There is no distinction. Tbe same evil results come from both alike. On moral questions, the Rev. Sam P. Jones has convictions and he doesn't fall to express them. I enjoy his letters and recommend them to the perutai 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 Under thla head will appear from tlma to time Information Illustrating tha remarknhle development of the South which deserves something more than pass ing attention. Atlanta’s Buildings and Bank Clearings. Atlanta atways atand* out prominently tn the growth and progress of the South. If there are any sign* of activity anywhere It may b*. de pended upon that Atlanta is showing her full share. This is fairly reflected In tbe Increase In the number of butldfng per mit* Issued during the flrat seven months of th* present year, and the In crease In the» value of the new buildings. Building Inspector Frank A. Pittman gives out the statement that the number of building permits Is sued during the present year was 2,133 as against 1,933 tor the same period last year. The value of the new buildings for which these permits were Issued during the present year was 33,302,367, as against 31.977,104. That Is to say, 201 more building permit* were Issued thus far tbis year than for the same period lost year, and the aggregate value of the structures was 31,336,363 fn excess pi tbe aggregate value of the buildings for which permits were Issued during the same period last year. This Is a striking evtdenc* of the growth and prosperity of Atlanta, but even this Is not the whole etory. The volume of our bank clearings during any given period may al ways be relied upon as a faithful Index of the progress and advancement of the community. The official statistics given out yesterday sbow that the bank clearings for th* month of July, Just ended, were 316,381,660, as against 312,649,916 for the same month last year. In other words the In crease In our bank clearings for last month were nearly 34,000,000 In ex cess of the same month last year. These figures are highly gratifying as Indicating the prosperity and commercial activity of our people, and gives Atlanta a leading place In the general growth and proeperity of the South. The 8outh'a Corn Crop. In this connection we present some figures taken from The Wall Street Journal, one of the most rellabl* publications In tbe country, showing the rapid Increase In the corn crop of the South. We are told that trade re ports mention a large Southern corn crop as one of the encouraging fea tures of the crop situation. For thirty years or more leading journals and practical farmers bar* been urging that more attention be given to the coarse grains, so that tha South should be relieved from the necessity of buying so large a proportion of Its stock from the West. Hsrstofore, the Southern states have not figured largely as corn pro ducers. A glance, 'however, at the figures for the last five years shows marked Improvement The Carolina*, for Instance, have Increased their corn output from 42,000,000 to 61.000,000 bushels in this period, Georgia has advanced from 38,000,000 to 46,000,000 bushels. Alabama from 27,000,- 000 to N3,000,000, Mississippi from 32,000,000 to 30,000,000, although the crops for 1903 and 1904 ware 40,000,000 each. Louisiana, In these two years men tioned, grew 27,600,000 on the average; but In 1101 and 1008 only 18,000,000 and 10,000,000 bushels, respectively. Texas In this period advanced from 00,000,000 bushels to 136,000,000, thns Increasing the yield by three and a third times. Arkansas and Tennessee have made less marked gains, but stilt advanced rapidly. The crops for the thirteen Southern states for tbs years 1901, 1904 and 1*06 ar- given below: Progress in Southern Corn Crop, 1901 to 1904-5. Virginia North Carolina.. South Carolina.. Georgia... ... . Florida. • 1906, bu. 1904, bu. .41,614,874 42,8*8,911 .87.684.331 40,706,478 120.480,660 22,189,817 .47.266.1S4 47,334,713 4,618,702 0,840,884 1901, bu. 40,808,456 30,441,688 11,885,167 37,857,850 6,218,079 27,908,161 22,471,110 13,038,1*2 12,702,122 Alabama... .! • 42.871,648 41,677,145 Mississippi 80,037.56* 19,709,664 Louisiana 19,514,4*9 27,2S»,443 Arkansas 11,121,718 48,332,614 Texas 139,146,404 186,702.49* 60,050,9*6 Tennessee 77,207,*12 60,8*0,026 45,120,588 Kentucky *4,8*3,438 16,816,680 49,575,178 West Virginia 32,111,132 18,170,413 17,118,047 In round numbers the crop of com In thirteen states In 1101 was 186,- 000,000 bushels. In 1*04 It had Increased to 701,000,000 bushels and to 810,000,000 bushels tn 1806. This gain of 110 per cent In four years Is an Indication of th* rapid rats at which th* Southern stats* ar* enlarging their corn crop*. FIFTY HOUR8 ON DUTY. From Tbe Wasblnxtoa Btsr. Two freight trains came Into collision la Heards Hundsy morulas, three tntnmrn being killed and about dfteen cars totally wreaked. The news dispatch concludes: •The wreck was caused by tbe atfll- genre of the northbound conductor, who failed to read bis orders right. He claims that be ami tbe engineer had been os duty for fifty consecutive bourn." Here la on* of the most potest causes of railroad accidents la this country. No man cua stand th* long cootlaasd strain of ua-'quanta fswer disasters." Interrupted service. It Is charged that on some of the largest roads of the north en ds**™. partly out of regard for their dr ain to make rstra wages, are sent out on runs I dimed lately after they have brought trains Into terminals Public sentiment bis for several yeara been pointedly demand ing tbe enactment of rigid lawn forbidding the employment of any person connected with the running and dispatching of trains more than a certain number of boon in each ‘— “ — and take. •endl-v. m towefs"'sad engine cabu, snil" ln" couse- JAMES M. SMITH MAKES REPLY TO THE CHARGES OP SMITH AND WATSON To the Editor of The Georgian: I am reliably and positively Informed, both by my friends and the friends of lion. Hoke Smith, that he, the lion. Hoke Smith, stated In his speech at Washington, Gt., on July 23 that the reason I was running against him was because he had prosecuted me before Governor Gordon as a lessee, that he convicted me and Gordon pardoned me. Hon. Hoke knows this statement la false from beginning to end. There Is not a single word of truth Jn It During General Gordon’s four years' ser vice as governor of Georgia no charge was brought against me, no trial was had as a lessee, or otherwise. Hon. Hoke never htd •n opportunity to prosecute me; Governor Gordon never nod an opportunity to pardon me. Hon. Hoke knows all this as well as I do. Examine tho records. They are positive proof of the truth of whst 1 here state. What ought to be satd of a man run ning for governor of a grand state like Geor gia who la convicted i»y the recoda of hli own state of deliberately, wilfully, know ingly and maliciously telling an absolute and unmitigated falsehood on an oppo nent? I hope that the Hon. Hoke Smith, for his own sake and for the honor of the state) will retract and apologise when he takes ths second sober thought. If not, all that I Imre above written will staled with lanta , rlth reauest . Journal. In your Sunday’s Issue, of the 28th Inst., I see that Hon. Tom Watson made some references to me in his speech nt Thomson which do me great Injus- uncorrected. says that Dr. Westmoreland S ir ted that I was cruel to the convicts, r. Watson failed to toll that these dismissed and that my man- the convicts was Indorsed, rrirrrncm 10 me m ui» f on Sunday last, which d tlce, tf snowed to pass Mr. Watson says ibst fore him. Governor McDaniel' ordered the dismissal of nil cbsrges brought acnluxt me, which Is s matter of record In the execu tive office In Atlsnts. As soon as I cun get tbe order I will publish It. Dr. Westmoreland, who it one time bid been s talented physician and s man of high standing, while serving tbe state as physician, became mentally unbslancsd. IIs is * blgh-U-. . —id farther, because be has many worthy descendants whose feeling. I respect. Gorernor McDaniel's order nnd the dls- missing of tbe charges Is a complete ex oneration nnd vindication of me, na Mr. Watson knows. _ „ _ Why did hi suppress Governor McDan- kl’* •- “ By Private Leased wire. New York, August 1.—Mrs. John Bailey Miller, who lives at 8sddlebroolt farm, the old Joe Jefferson estate in New Jersey, has announced that If a mortgage of 315,000 against the placs is foreclosed, as threatened by the ex ecutors of the Jefferson estate, sht will have her great collection of furnt. ture, bric-a-brac and pictures taken to a field near the house and burned, it Is said that she has been offered 325,- 000 for her furniture alone. Mm. Miller is an aunt of Helen M. Gould, her husband having been ths brother of Jay Gould's wife. The prop, erty at Hobokus in one of the most curious plecen of country realty In ex- Intence, the house being about to* years old and stuffed with remarkable objects collected by Mrs. Miller for is years. Mrs. Miller nays aha cannot maintain the old homestead and pay off the mortgage an well, and rather than per- mlt 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 for suit against tha elements, but might have aa much trouble In serving the papers as had the officer of Mis- sour! In his case. Bayonne, N. J„ Just reports a shower of oil laden rain. Th» shower struck the northwestern 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 pilfer John D.'s oil? "Ruined In Walt 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 vlctlnvof the "big game," which has a longer record than Monte Carlo and Hamburg combined. The summer dwellers of Fishing Creek, N. J„ are In the doleful dumps. A. M. Wootston, the only storekeep er there, was converted at the South Jersey camp- meeting at Seavltle, 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.” John Skelton Williams, formerly president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway 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 deposits of tbe South ern banks are expanding In a marked way, - GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 1.—Here are some of the visitor* In New York today: ATLANTA—D. E. Behringer, H. R. Beiier, F. M. Butt, K B. Emay, C. Kauffman, L. Z. Berman, C, W. Fort, J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., W. E. Hawkins, H. E. Burdette, W. H. Higgins, R. J. Slstom, Miss N. Stephens, S. Tanne- hlll, Jr„ n. N. Randolph. AUGUSTA—L. Brooks. MACON—C. L. Allen. IN PARIS. Special to The Georgian. Paris, August 1.—Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ody and Mitchell C. King, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of the Eu ropean edition of The New York Her ald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 1137—Louis VI (La (Iron) of France died. 1*68— Institution of th# Order of St. Michael In France. Ellington I# managing the convict* jffle county. It he to be condemned for every error tlary ape* physician appointed by the penlten Often-tbe cf - * ‘ a frord me. i la managing ity. „ __ .jndemned for . committed by bta warden or the guards? As to tbe Luclndy chargee: That haa long atnee ben proven to be malicious and false. Mr. Watson does not believe one word of It himself. Let him Investigate it. Then he will become convinced of how mean, low and groveling each Insinuation! are against nirrj. i no uuv “i. ’ enty-flve In the mime shape that Mr. Wat ■on Anita McDutfl. tn. 1 never mad* a speech Is McDuffie county. There »ra a .rest msny other conn tie* In Georgia Is whleh I hare not yet made a speech, and which, upon Investiga tion. wilt be found to he about as strong for me aa Mr. Watoon Ands McDuffie. I voted for Colonel EatUI four yearn ago, I was not a part of the •'ring” then. Itou. Hoke Rmlth and some other, of the candi dates were standing Is with the "rise” st that time. I wax g candidate long before Hon. Hoka Rmlth annonnred. I announced for cover- nor before Hoke did. In aois# counties I And that the friends of the lion. Uokt are going to support me to order to keep Clark Iloweil and Btusell from currying the counties. Of course I iprectste the votes of tbe friends of the on. Hoke In such ruses. I know many men tn McDuffie county who speak very disparagingly at lion. ohmas K. Watson. Hon. Thomas E. Wation I. not a candi date for gorernor. It Is no humiliation whatever for MeDaffl* county to go for rnor other than Hon. Thomas E. Watoon eDuffle county, and carries It In his vest pocket, and baa liartered It off to Hon. Hoke Smith. If McDuffie county does not go for Hon. Hoke Smith, then ft —Ill be a disappointment both to Mr. Wat- m and Hoke. That !> all I can see In It. If Mr. Watson were a candidate himself for governor It would niter the case. He Is only a friend to Hon. Iloke Smith, as some other persona are friend* to me. New York city ennanmes nearly a thou- aand million units of electricity per annum, while London, with nearly double the popu lation. consumes not more than one-fourth the amount. The consumption a head of population In Now York Is stated to be 282 do a. Its, against only 43 per head In Lon- 1583—AaMaaluation of Henry HI of France by Jacques Clement. 1875— Brookfield, Must., burned by Indians. — Accession of the elector of IIs George I of Britain. 1714—Accession of the elector of Hanover as George I of Drltnln. 1743— Illrhurd Savage, English poot, died. 173*—Battle of the Nile. 1821—Mrs. Ellzalieth Inchbald, actress and writer, died. 1131—New London bridge opened In Lon- 1834—Slavery abolished In tbe British colo nies. United States navy, diet of the Mexicans by tho — 1864—Yellow fever became epidemic In New Orleans. 1861—Confederate privateer Fetrel sink by United Staten frigate 8t. Lawrence. 19M—General W. T. Sherman commissioned lieutenant general. ^ . 1874—General- c’ustor’s expedition reached ..lorado admitted ae a state, 1853—Southern exposition at Louisville i*jsr ‘Stephenson, builder of first horse car, died. 1888—Martiu Thorn executed at Ring Ring for murder of William Galdensappe. 1803—Suit brought by state of Minnesota against Northern Securities Company In United Rtates court, dismissed. 1904—Ex-Governor I’attlson, of Pennsylra* •la, died. WORKED BOTH WAYS. By WEX JONES. Bmlth's wife had gone to the mountains, > he prepared a stack of postals, gere tern to his stenographer with Instructions » mall one every day, and went to Sara* >rn with a few friends. Mrs. Smith got postal No. 1. “Working away at business this hot weather. Miser able without you.” “Poor man,” ahe mnr- Hired, ••he must be lonely.” Next day postal No. 2. “Home seems a eeert. Miss you terribly.” “Poor Jobk.” said Mrs. Smith, •it’s a shame for me to be here enjoying myself, while be elarce away In tonellneaa.' r Postal No. 3 cam* tbe next morning. “Cso hardly lire without you. Life a blank. Mrs. Smith packed her tranks and went There was trouble. TbJs year Smith thought he’d be wise. The first postal be left tor mailing to We altaent wife woe: “Getting along apk®* dldly. Having great time.’’ • Itnmph.” said Mrs. Smith. Next pootal: “Beet time of my Ufe. Btsy j^lonj^ia ^ou llkeand don’t bother about ‘This Time Mrs! Smith started bow the second day. When she strived there was trouble again.