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The Atlanta Georgian. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. ! which lit I#, ! Anal remit. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. 5EF.LY, President. Subscription Rele s: ■ ■ fen Published Every Afternoon One Yexr . $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THF. GEORGIAN GO. Three Months 1.25 tt 25 W. Alabama Street, 1 By Cerrler, per w eek !0c Atlanta, Ga. 1 Bat«*r»4 a* second-elan matter Apdf 23. 1W5. at thi* Poffofflea *t Atlanta. Ga.. undvr a«t «C g—ar»— ©f March S. ItT*. Functions of the Court of Appeals. To the Kdllor of The Georgian: I rend with much Internal In your laaue of yeaterday your editorial with regard to the pro|»aed court of ap peals, a bill creating aueh a court having recently paiaed the houae In the Georgia leglalature. A few questions anent the aald court, I truat, you wilt not consider Impertinent. If the hill creating auch a court ahould become a law. and ahould tlte aald Court of appeala become an entity, would the exlatence of aueh a court dlminlnh In any great degree the present congealed condition of the state supreme court? And, after the establishment of aueh a court of appeals, would a litigant, upon whose case an adverse Judgment had been rendered by tbe aald court, be de barred from appealing to any higher court? If not, would not all such rases aa are now being carried up from lie superior- courts, and from other courts of the state, to the supreme court, he also taken up from tbe court of appeals to the supreme court? And. shonld this custom prevail and every litigant ahould pursue this eotirae—taking hts esnse to the conrt of Anal adjudication by way of or through the proposed court of appeala—In what degree would the supreme court be relieved of Ita present burden? Again, this being the case, would not the proposed court of appeals be only another and an additional chan nel through which a litigant would hare to carry hla case In order to reach the supreme court? And, should this prove to be the rule,' would not the creation of the proposed court of appeals simply add to the already burdeAome expenses of litigation; and, at the same time—In order to support auch a new court— create a demand for additional and a higher rate of taxation and thus Increase the tax burden which la already bending tbe backs of the great majority of Geor gia's yeomanry and which la now wellnlgh Intolerable to the average honest tax payer? These, Mr. Editor, are questions which our law niak- lag body ahould consider well before they pass upon this or upon any other proposed legislation that tends In any way to debar the poor man from nny privilege, legal or otherwise, which the corporations and the rich matt, on account of financial ability, enjoy; or which seeks lo relieve a body of atate officials whose dally work amounts to something less thnn .10 per cent of that of ths average citizen whose taxes are required lo pay.the salaries of tbe said officials. Respectfully, A. C. DAVIDSON. - Sharon, Os., August 1, JOOfl. Briefly stated, the court of nppeals Is not nn Inter mediate court, but a court of final resort In all cases within Its Jurisdiction. This Jurisdiction extends to nil court* below the rank of the'superior conrt, except the court of ordinary, and to all criminal cases which do not Involve capital puulshmont. Constitutional quostlons, wherever arising, however, will still be Interpreted by tho supreme court. We have on former occasions directed public atten tion to tho congested condition of the dockets ot the supremo court and the wellulgh Imikiaslblo task which tho Judges of tliat court are called upon td perform. The overwhelming majority vote In the general as sembly upon the constitutional amendment for the r'Inbllahment of a court of appeals la a most expressive legUtatlve recognition of the necessity of thnt court. It l» generally stated that the court of npiieals la designed for the reliof of the supremo court; in a largor sense It la a court to be established In the Interest of tho people and to prevent a denial of Juatlce to tjllgant*. No one familiar with the methods of' work of our supremo conrt Judgos will deny that they work during longer hours than the average business man. A brief consideration of the character and number of the cases before the supreme, court alnco last October will sufflre to emphasise the Imperative necessity of the court of appeals. During this period there wero brought to that court 1,150 eaeea. The records of these cases will easily average twenty-five pages. Several very large records hive been considered during the present term by the .court, one of which contains approximately too pages. The records aro typewritten on legal rap iwper and each record page Is the equivalent of an ordinary octavo printed page. Thus the records which must be read, digested and condensed for pnbllcntloi of the necessary facts to Illustrate the decided points of tho case, are the equivalent ot fifty-seven ordinary oetavo volumes. This ot Itself la a great task, but It Is not half of Ihe work. Briefs of the law points Involved must be read; tha authorities must be looked up; precedent* must be examined, analysed and applied lo the particular case; the record ot each case must be studied so as to ascer tain the controlling legal principles; much time must necessarily be taken In argument of counsel and con sultation by the court and the opinions of the court re quire much time for their careful and accurate prepara tion. The published reports explain three thousand printed pages each year. Of course this Immense labor I* n great burden on the Individual Judges; indeed, ao great has been this burden that within the past four years two of the Judges have died In office; two more resigned because of broken liealtn, only to die in a few months after their resigna tions, and three others ware forced to resign because ot their health. The task of the tread mill never was so fruitful of fatality. This great commonwealth should not nnd will not demand the performance of official duty which Involve* the sacrifice of the health and lives of her conscientious and Industrious appellate Judges. But this view, while philanthropic, is but a narrow view of the subject. Whan It la remembered that every litigant, however poor, may appeal hla ease to the supreme court, the litigant's right I* lo be considered. When It I* remembered that tbe decisions of this court are expository of tbe law and blndlag pracedent, then tbe general public Is vitally concerned. Tbe safety and permanency of our Institution* depend upon the atable and firm enforcement of (be law. A construction of a deed may affect thousands which are similarly drafted; •n erroneous construction might unsettle thousands of title*. The law la a most complex science; Its mastery la the work ot many yearr of ceaseless and unremitting study. The application of abstract legal principles to tho particular case Is a task of delicacy, acute discrim ination and great tabor. Unless the Judges are given ample time, there must necessarily be hasty and Ill-con sidered opinions. This means contradiction In prece dent which will result tn confusion sad consequent hurt to the general public. The court of appeals is not au Intermediate court i mini paws through before reaching the Ita Jurisdiction It is final and exclusive. It la only lu cases where the constitutional question Is raised or where the Judges of that court, of their own motion, desire on Instruction as to the law, that tbe supreme court will be called on to consider a case In that court. It Is virtually a second supreme court, so co-ordinated with tbe supreme court as to avoid conflict In authority. The procedure I* more speedy than In the supreme court. It will not prolong litigation, but will shorten It. it will take about 40 per cent of the case* from the supreme court, and even then the su preme court of Georgia will be called on to decide more than any other court of last resort In the United States. The people. It Informed of the true conditions, will unan imously ratify the amendment to the constitution estab lishing a court of appeals. New Life for the Cotton Association. To the BdRor of The Georgian: Am much Interested In that which la going on relative lo Ihe Southern Cotton Grower*' Asso ciation and Ita working officers. The Georgian has spoken of the association, In Its editorial columns, as n moat Important organisation, etc. Mr. Murphy has demonstrated that by following the advice of the president of tl)e association, tho farmers In Georgia were losing 1200,000 in a single season. Now, then, will you be kind enough to tell your many and Interested render* the benefit tho farmer derives from Ihl* association. I am quite sure your reason*, deductions nnd arguments will furnish Instructive rending. Yours truly, HENRY 8. REED. Having fought and won a good fight tor the cotton growers of Georgia In the affairs of their splendid asso ciation, Tbe Georgian haa no higher purpose or design than to help them and to hold up their bands In every rutiire effort for the advancement of the great. Interests which they represent. And we sky frankly lo tbe farmer* of Georgia that there Is no room for discouragement, but rather cause for greater encouregement and Inspiration In the whole some Investigation Just held Into the affairs of the asso ciation, and moat of all tn Ita definite and fearless re sults. Tho farmers may be sure that, with the lesson of this Investigation fresh In the minds of Ihe official life of tbe association, their affairs will be admlnlatered with greater care and with greater discretion and with greater consecration than has ever beon given them before. And whether the present officers hold their places, or whether the association ahould at Its next meeting choose new men lo carry on tbe work, we feel sure that President Jordan will dovote himself with redoubled vigilance to tho affairs of the cotton growers. We are thoroughly confident that he has learned some valuable lessons and that his experience nnd Judgment have been heightened and enhanced by the events of tho last few week*. There ere few men taken fresh from the ranks who ran assume and execute leadership without mis takes In a short time. And In answer to our correspond ent whose letter appears above, we do not hesitate to aay that the cotton growers' usaoclatlon may now go forward with renewed and rosolute confidence In the work of Ita executive committee, acting In co-oporetlon with Its executive head. , If Ihe furmers of Georgia will study tho ffurrent situation, gin nnd bale their cotton In accordance with the boat requirements of the spinners of Ihe country; If they will bear In mind that cotton Is as marketable In April as in November and not rush all their crop, to market within ninety days; If they will In their local assoclattona discuss exhaustively tbe policies that be or ought to bo In the general associa tion, and If they will make known their views without reserve to the general association, then we feel confi dent that with a united front and n resolute adherence to all policies adopted by the general association, thnt the price of cotton will be maintained and advanced a* It has been In the past and that their prosperity will he as well assured. Whatever Ihe necessities of the case may have com pelled within the last few weeks, they have neither hurt nor crippled the Cotton Growers’ Association. The great and Indispensable principles of organisation and co- .iperatlon aland untouched. The fact that a fearless exposure has been met with a free and fcarlea* official condemnation la a tribute to the character and caliber of the men who compose the association. It la a tact full of comfort and ot confidence. ' ' I There are thouaandi of honest and Intelligent men In the ranks of the Southern farmer, and with the oye and the ear of these men, quickened to vigilance and to cooperation, we confidently believe that the Cot ton Growers' Association has now entered upon the strongest, the aareat and the moat effective period In Its honorable career. We urge upon the Southern farmer and cotton grower the largest confidence In the future of the association. We urge upon them the rigid per- faction of their organisation. And we confidently advise ihem lo lend their full and unbroken rmoperatlon to Ihe mllcles which are agreed upon or are to be agreed upon n the Immediate future. The Imperial staple la yet the king or commerce. Its fiber Is slill current among the finances of the world, and the mere discipline administered to officers who have marie a mistake should bring, not discouragement, but Inspiration to the great rank of organised cotton growers throughout the country. accumulating wealth, there haa been no decad ence of her manhood; that her Democratic rep resentation In congress. In both senate and house, has. In a large degree, been distinguished by the best of tho old-time American character- (•tics; that among the scores of e^t-Confederate statesmen and soldiers, men who served In the Confederate congress and In the army of the Confederacy, the grafter has been conspicuous by reason of his absence. Tho senate of the Flfty*nfnth congress furnishes many Illustrations of what *the old 8outh* was and the new South Is. Compare tbo venerable ex-Confederates Morgan and Petrus, of Alabama, with thr ^presentation In that body of the Empire State, and you will not need to go further In tho Investigation. ‘"Political stupidity,' as the term Is employed by tbe Journal, means Democratic solidity. If that solidity be a misfortune. It Is easily account- • -I for TI:<* lil.-ton of recount ruction is It* nil- sufficient explanation. The same kind of 'polit ical stupidity' would, under like conditions, pre vail all over the North. The new 8outh Is too wise and patriotic to cut loose from the tradi tions. habits, and surviving representatives of the 'old 8outh.* May it be long before Immigra tion or greed, or both combined, or nny other cause or causes, elfnco tho Americanism of the only section In which It survives.** It Is of Immense value to tbe Couth that at our na tional capital there should be a great Independent and national newspaper, with sentiments so kindly and spirit so broad toward this people. If opr national sentiment Is molded In large part at our national capital, then Indeed tbe 8outh has great reason to be glad tbat the representative newspaper of Washington U a brave and brilliant friend of the South ern people. All of which Justifies Tbe Georgian In saying In typo what It has long felt In Its mind, that If. for general Interest and for general merit. It had to chooso ono paper among all other American dailies. It would at least begin the experiment .with the Washington Post The State’s Last Bulwark Against Railroad Agression. The Georgian la heartily and earnestly opposed to the long lease of the state road contemplated by the bill which was passed by the senate last week. It la just aa effective to aay this kindly sod to lay It reasonably. There Is no use- In going Into hysterics over It—because It has been said before, and because there was no treason toward the stale nor toward Ita cltlsens contemplated by Its author and ad rotate. The blit Is unquestionably a mistake, but Its author la beyond all question one of the doaneat and purest men in the public service of Georgia, and nelthor hla motives nor bis methods can be questioned In this measure. The disposition of Ihe state road Is a great problem and on* which demand* not only tbe greatest discretion but the moat deliberate Investigation. * Mr, Plromls H. Bell and the .Honorable Hooper Alexander, of the county of DeKalb, have been the pio neers of tbe proposition that the’natural solution of the problem of the state road was to extend It from Atlanta to the ren and thus provide a safe and wholesome com petition for the state against the aggression of the rail roads la their pools and combinations. The editor o( The Georgian was perhaps the first dally newspaper man of the state to fully nnd cordially Indorse this proposition as hr did two years aao. The Georgian Is confident that ultimately this should be and probably will lie the solution of this great ques tion. it Is certainly the prudent, the wise nnd the com- mon sense policy for a people situated as are the people of Georgia today. The only objection which bas seemed to he effective to this policy of extension has been Ihe Idea that in our Chattanooga or northern terminus the extended state road would find It difficult, amid tbo pools and combina tions of our railroad systems gathering there, to find an outlet or a connecting line—If the railroads should decide lo unitedly oppose the state's Independent prop erty. This Is an argument which seems to be effective but which Is really not so. The age in which we iivo Is a developing one, and the necessities which force the state of Georgia to preserve this Independent line will ultimately Inspire Tennessee and Kentucky to co-operate In the development by way of tho Tennessee river and Its connections with water connection to the great com mercial channel of the Mississippi river. It Is not now evident whether public aentlmcnt Is educated to this point ht thl* time or not. It Is at least much nearer than tt ha* ever been before, and will be nearer next year than It la thl* year, and every succeeding season of Tefiectlon will bring the common sense of Georgia nearer to a comprehension of tbe prudent policy and the absolute necessity of this step. Ono thing Is certain—that It would be unspeakable folly to consummate this long lease at this time, In this period of unrest nnd of development. In this period of agitation and of changing and altering policies both on the part of the railroads and of the atate, nothing can be clearer than tne policy of tt least delaying action upon thl* vital matter. There I* nothing to be lost by walling. The railroads thnt cry “opportunity" are sim ply seoklng to clinch their own advantage. If the state's railroad Is valuable In the exigencies of today. It will be Infinitely more valuable In tbe exigencies of the ever Increasing and multiplying prosperity and development of tomorrow. If this be ,tbo only dpportunlty to sell, then ' the state bas not the power of veto upon any further combination paralleling with Its own -line. If after this no other railroads ahould wlab to buy tbe shite's prop erty, then the state would have reason to thank heaven for the necessity which compelled the use of this prop erty for Its own protection and advantage. The Western and Atlantic railroad Is the last splen did reserve of the state's policy of competition. It Is the last bulwarn-of the state against tho abso lute domination of tbe railroads without a free com petitor. It Is tho last arrow In the state's quiver to shoot at the evils of consolidation and of monopoly. It Is the last, beat hold that the atate baa upon a situallotl already serious enough and which may become unbearable In the future. It Is tbe last strategic entrenchment behind which the state may fight for Just freight rates and for fair treatment by tbe transportation lines. 4 What unspeakable folly It would be to part In haste with this Invaluable possesilon of protection and de fense. | The press of the Capital City is absolutely united In Its resolute Insistence that the house of representatives ahould kill the bill which haa passed the senate. GOSSIP 1 About I People By Private I-ssied Wire. New York. Aug. 6.—If there was any doubt that Mr*. Clarence Mnckay was learning the game of politics—to those who have followed her political career there was little or any—she has dis pelled It by her action In coming out for Dr. Joseph H. Bogart, who was her bitterest opponent when she made her successful race for school trustee of Roslyn. Last fall Mrs. Mnrkay's competitor was Dr. P. D. Leys, an old whlte- bearded resident of Roslyn, who had served on the school board for severs, decades. Some bitterness was Injected Into the campaign.- Dr. Bogart threw himself Into the campaign with all pos sible vigor, working day nnd night against Mrs. Mackay. But she was elected. Instead of wasting time congratulat ing herself upon her vlctorx, Mrs. Mac kay at once set about taking an active hand In the work of the board. She made good, ns her fellow trustees as sert, and won their highest esteem, and there has been nothing but harmonious work In Ihe board. Incidentally there will be no opposition to her own re- election. Mrs. Florence May brick haa Just re turned from a trip abroad. She cam* on a French liner and declines to say whether or not ahe broke her ticket of leave bj? going to England. She Is stopping with friends in New York for two days and Is then going to Wash ington. The principle In therapeutics that the “hair of the dog Is a cure for th* bite" was put Into practical effect by Dr. J. B. Beekman, of Bqdmlnater, N. J, who attends the fashionable summer visitors there nnd who Is the chum of Rear Admiral Schley. When Helen Sparks, daughter of Henry Sparks, the wealthy Phlladel- phlo banker, was thrown from an auto mobile that got beyond control and was rendered unconscious, Dr. Beek man. with a btg hammer and a monkey wrench, disconnected the electric bat tery and hurried with them to where Miss Sparks was. He applied the elec trodes to the nameless girl, who soon opened her «yes and sat up. Her In juries are not ot a serious nature. Fifty apprentice seamen Just trans ferred from the naval station at New port to the receiving ship Franklin, at Norfolk, for general service and among whom Is James Raynor Well*, who en listed at the Brooklyn navy yard for four years. Wells la Ihe son of Mr. nnd Mrs. William Storrs Walls. leading Newport summer residents. Mr. Well* Is president of the Fairbanks Seals Company. As far as can be learned, young Wells was cut off by his father and went Into the navy on hla own hook. He received a legacy through the death or an uncle, but this was spent, and he hod to change the mode of his living. “Our Friend at Washington.” More thnn onco during the past three months The Georgian hhs been moved lo an expression of apprecia tion tor Ihe kindly nnd helpful spirit manifested toward the 8outh by thnt great newspaper, the Washington Poat. This was notably made manifest In the dlaeusalou of tbo Immigration question In which the Poat rendered na the service not only of good counsel, but of strong de fense. The Georgian made comment and expressed Ita sectional appreciation at the time. And now once more the Poat has demonstrated It* good will toward this section In Its answer to a mean New England thrust. Tbe Kennebec Journal, one of the leading newspa pers of Maine, once edited by Jamei G. Blaine, and el- way* under the editorial conduct of some leading man in public Ilfs, Is now directed by Representative Edwin C. Burleigh, of Augusta. A recent Iskue of the Journal contained the following unfair and mean-spirited edi torial: “The new South haa been a fruitful them* for writer* and speakers during Ihe past generation, arid yet every little while there haa been abun dant and unwelcome evidence that the old South haa by no mean* passed away. Tha South needs more capital, more labor, more enterprise, lets demagoguery, lea* race prejudice, and leas polit ical stupidity; but In spite of Ita handicaps It haa shared to no small degree In the bountiful pros perity which the whole country haa been enjoy ing In recent years." And to this the Poat, with real and generous warmth, rsaponda:' “Thank God, 'tbe old South' hat not passed away; that whlla ah* haa, 'in recent years,' been Growth and Progress of the New South Under tbla hrml will up remarkable i1cr«lopm«?nt of Iny nttun^ou. Georgia Doubles Country’s Average Growth The first five years of the preeent century have been the most proe- peroue and progressive In the history of manufacturing development In the United Btatee. It le well nigh Impoeslble for Ihe mind to comprehend the meaning of the'figured Into which this expansion. Ih the value of manufac turing enterprises and the value of their products now-run. It may become somewhat clear when w-e say that there le. not money enough In the world, gold, Oliver and curemcy, lo buy the manufactur ing enterprises of the country, which have Increaeed more than 42 per rent In five years, and are now valued at practically 111,000,000,000. The producle of these factories have Increaeed more than- II per cent In the same length of time, and how- reach the enormous output of 115,051,- 441.110. As a matter of patriotic pride, we rejoice In this general Increase, but the part which the South plays In the general prosperity Is particularly gratifying. Both In the Increase of the amount Invested and the tncreaae In the products of the factories of the country, the South easily rank* Aral, while Ihe New England stales, for so long the very home of manufacturing enterprises, trail along nt the end. The average Increaso In the amount of money Invested In the United States during the first five years of the century was, as we have said, 42 per cent, while the Increase for the South alone was *5 per cent. The Increase In the value of the country's products was 11.2, whlla that of the 8outh Slone was practically 44.6 per rent. There Is no other group ot states In the entire Union which can show auch a marvelous Increase, and th* work le just getting under way. The Manufacturers' Record, In discussing Ihe mailer, glvee these tables In full, divided Into groups of states. In order that Georgia's own ex clusive part In this gnat manufacturing expansion may be seen nt a glance w* reproduce the table for tho Southern states: TIIK mtl'TII. value of products, from 11,419,662,100 to 12,026,68?,417, or by 1166,996,417. The tendency In manufacturing advance Is Indicated in the facta that W-lthln the ave-year period (he percentages of Increase In the South In capi tal, 45, and tn the value of products, 44.4, were greater than In any other division, and that there woe approach by the South to New England In actual capital Invested and In actual value of products. The lowest per centages of Increase, both as to capital ui as to the VaJqe of products, were In New- England, being 24.2 and 22.1, 9*afectlvely,'w-hlie (lie 1 trnds-IDk- ataslppl division, surpassing New England In the value of products, ehoa-ed a.greater rate Of Increase than the middle division. These raise of Increase must be studied by separate states for a comprehension of their full sig nificance end also In a knowledge of the equipment of the states aa to the materiel for manufacturing Ipdustry, the conveniences for a distribution of the finished product and the availability of labor. These statistics do not Include the figures of hand trade* and neigh borhood Industries. If In the five-years the rate of Increase for the omitted Items was equal to that for factories alone, th* value of ail manufactured products In 1105 was close to 12,160,000,000 In the South and close to 117.- 600,000.000 In the whole country. COMMENT ON REVELATIONS IN THE COTTON ASSOCIATION ■ Ktatrs.^H A lo i»f» bmk I Mu. rolutuMN. 17.KMW ArkaiiM* 17.MMM Florid* itarncl* 7g.y*il< Kuiitniky ■ * hi Uln mt Maryland it%U.BA3 M Umlaut md .... ml N. I'nrttifllM.... OeSNeOtt aultdl Inrwiloil. IW. I**. vain# of rrmlnut*. 1*vv> nj i i Tt3c.cn $ tm.tm.K3 iMJCitt jft.ao.iM ».4Ni.i7N m.mjH 7I.S 41» W.ft •7.1 It 44.4 nndlnn *2. 150.027 Tennessee ..... S1.II0.S6< Texas SAM,SIS Virginia ei.rw.ws West Virginia.. 4k.ltt.lS Total KW7.7UM 11,5*7.5:4127 ll.227,5».«*7 11.7*7,776.714 It will be seen from this table that Georgia's Increase Is not only above the average for Ihe entire country, but Is well above the average of the other states of the South. While the Increase In amount Invested through, nut the country haa been 41 per cent, that ot Georgia alone, during this five-year period, was over 70 per rent. While (he value of manufactured products In the whole country has Increased II per cent during this five- year period, that of Georgia alona has almost doubted that amount. In discussing the arrangement of the tables The Manufacturers' Record says that In this arrangement the South la the territory Including the four- teen states and ths District of Columbia lying between Maeon and Dtxon's line and the Rio Grande, the middle division the group of great manufar- turlng states between the Atlantic ocean and th* Mississippi river, ex clusive of New England, and the Irana-Mteeleslppl division the sixteen elates and four territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific, not In cluding Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, but Including Missouri. Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, which, with some reason, might be aligned^ with the South. With this understanding It wilt be noted that the middle division natu rally made the greatest actual Increase In capital Invested, from 15.55*.- 7*7,615 lo 17,517.521.111; or by 12.149,154.178, and In the value of products from 17.044.611.15* to 49.1I7.t26.?l*. or by 42,091.114.454. The South ranked second In tbe Increase In amount of capital Invested, from 4157,701.615 to 11,617.511,117, or by 4521,411,151 and third In th* Increase lo the value of products, from $1.II7,5M,«I7 lo 11,717.776,7*4. or by 4560,167.117. The trans- Mississippi section ranked third In the Increase In capital Invested, from lt5t.2M.4l4 to 11.521.719,541, or by 15*1.451,212. and second In the Increase In value of product*, from 11,521,204,41? to 12.111,111.110, or by 1572,941,911. New England ranked fourth In Increase In capital Invested, frpm 11.506,- 145,114 lo 41.170.1*4.141. or by 1114,111,741. and fourth In the Increase <n THE CHARGES PROVED. From The Savannah Press. It aeeme that the Hnn. J. Randolph Anderson ha* “made good" In prefer ring hie chargee against certain of ficials of the Southern Cotton Associa tion. It will be remembered that Mr. Anderson. In hie speech In the house, on the 24th of July, stated that, ac cording to rumors, certain offlclals In that association owned an Interest In one of the Atlanta bucket shops, and that another officer had been speculat ing In futures. Now, theae were very serious charges, and one of the farmers on the floor of the house who happened to"be a director In that asso ciation. called on Mr. Anderson either lo prove his charges or else To with draw them. The Investigation has been conducted for the poet week and It seems that Mr. Anderson's charges « have been thoroughly established. The committee went out of It* way to hunt for a “mo tive" for Its chargee. It declares that the consideration of the Boykin futures bill brought theae things nut, which, although they occurred tn March, have never been brought out until now. Whether this le true or not. the fact remain* that parties connected with the olfice of th* Southern Cotton Associa tion have been taking secret "filca’’ In the market, and that the people who are Interested In advancing the price of the staple for th* sake of the farm er* of the South have been themselves reaping the benefit* of thtlr efforts, which were presumably for the'public good. The .danger of this la, that If these men are allowed to speculate In cotton they may be either long or abort of the market, and they might have It In their power either to boom or to de press the prices by disseminating In formation according to their own Inter- This Is the danger and this la th* possibility. The Southern Cotton As quick," which Is the evil and ahame of this age and country. An Attempt to Deceive. From The Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon. If Secretary Cheatham aald Thursday that he had never speculated In cotton and on Friday admitted that he had, he ahould be fired unless he can prove that both atatements whed made were true. The Southern cotton growers should not have so near the head of their or ganisation a man who attempts to de ceive. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private 1-cased Vita New York, Aug. *.—Here ore some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—W. H. Alter*, J. F. Clegg. J. L. DeGive, J. J. Gonxales, Miss T. L. Hatch, A. W. Kirk, R. E. Mllle.-. Mrs. W. N. Munroe. C. C. Sheftdnn, T. Armlsteadj Jr., A. II. Bernard, A. U. Clements, H. Cooper, Miss A. Duncan, F. Harrison, G. II. Jones, W. F. Mills, s E. M. Mills, I. A. Rosenberg. M. Thornton. H. W. Heaton, W. Wolfort. SAVANNAH—M. Moore, W. P. Pow ers, Mrs. J. A. Rourke, C. E. Widen- aimer, B. Zelgler. IN PARIS. . fipeclal to The Georatan. Paris, Aug. *.—Viva Harrison, of Macon, Ga.: Mies M. L. Baker, ot Brunswick, Ga.: Mr. and Mra. T. A. Rady and Mra. K. S. Hamilton, of At lanta, Ga., registered at the office of the European edition of The New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUGUST 6. 1221—8t. Domiro de fiustuan, foamier of tbe l»«6iuln|i*Mtim tiled. eoctolton was very active In exposing j j«j-Trraty Mvon Plymouth coton> el 1 the abort coming* of the bureau of eta* j Kin* I'hlllj*. fistic* In Washington. Of course this 11TT3— ImmTh irronnell. Irish patriot, horn, association ought Itself to be above re. i j'W ot Jieoott Msy 15. IM7. proach. Mr. Anderson has done welt, j Teanfson, poet, born. Incidentally, to bring out thl* abuse In ! pct-Bollvla tacame Independent of l'sra. th* ofllce, which has been condemned t ikm—link.- of Kaxe-fnbiirg-Gotltm. second by the committee. mm of <ineen Victoria. bur*. IMed I July Si ISM. w H, mw *°„ G '‘ Tru,t r rthy i VSjmr* Prom The Montgomery Journal. iM7-llon»- of tools paaerd Ike reform MU. Th* Atlanta Georgian la going for 1-Swloas riot, hrtwmi Fenian »yr»pa ths officers of the Southern Cotton As- , ihihu* *** P"* 1 '* '* jactation, or rather Gum who are raid ‘lM7_5|onK of Captain lVoolfolk. wife and to bo connected with the bucket shop' seven rbIMren by their ono at Macou. business. He Issue* of the Hat ultima Go. la a hot number nn thl* subject. It 11?»»-K»mmbw exeewted by electricity at doe* look aa If It I* Impoeslble to set, record. men for placr* of honor and truer, free ibs-gSm-S? Pfiooff Americas stoical from the greed and desire to “get rich' compraerl dle^