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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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ffuterrd aa aeeoud rlaaa matter April 26. INI, at the roatofftcs at
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of Marcb t 1*71
The Georgia Encampment.
The three regiments of Georgia militia now In en
campmcnt at Chlckamauga, together with the Seven'
teenth Regiment of the regular army, are. undergoing a
discipline and drill which cannot Mil to prove ot great
advantage to the atate troopa, at leaat. The beat of good
reding prevalla between the regular and the wohinteer
troops, and the Georgia boya are profiting to the fullest
extent by the advantages they enjoy In being put through
various maneuvers In conjunction with the Tegular
troopa.
The severe weather which has prevailed since the
troops went Into camp on Saturday and Sunday has
given the boys a taste of the hardships of actual army
life. We are Informed that the discipline and exercise
are not so severe as they were at Manassas, when the
volunteers suffered a great deal and there was much
complaint.
A happy medium seems to have been found. It la
not a mere holiday Jaunt, but real soldiering that the
boya are up against, and thsy themselves have accepted
tho fact that they are In for all the Improvement they
can 'get
- It was evidently the part ot wisdom on the part of
tho general assembly to Increase the appropriation for
tho Georgia volunteers. That this branch of the state,
service Is valuable In time ot war was proven once and
for all during the recent Spanlsh-Amerlean war. It re
quired but a abort time to convert raw recruits Into
hardy veterans, and the service they rendered will for
ever remain aa a monument to the courage and diligence
and patriotism of the volunteer soldier.
At tho same time It Is undoubtedly true that In
time of peace we can do no better than to maintain
tho highest degree of efficiency on the part of these
volunteers. They need the experience which can beat
be derived from actual operations and from contact with
the regular soldiers, under the command of regular of-
flccra. This they are getting at Chlckamauga and all are
enjoying and profiting by the experience.
Pass the “Honest” Election Law.
The people ot the state heartily approve of the ac
tion of the house In passing the bill Introduced by Mr.
Wright, of Richmond, throwing additional safeguards
around the ballot box, and It Is earnestly hoped that
when this measure comes tip as a special order In the
senate tomorrow It will meet with prompt and unanl
mous aupport.
The leading features ot this bill are that the safe
guards now thrown around regular elections shall be
made to apply equally,to primary elections, that the Li
lng ot persons to work for a’ candidate either before or
during an election, the offering of money or other thin*
of value for the purpose of buying votes at an election
shall be made a misdemeanor, and that “on the trial ot
any person for offending agalnat thla section of the
code any other person who may have participated In any
violation of the provisions of the aame shall be a com'
potent witness, and be compelled to gtve evidence," etc.
The latter feature la regarded as one of the strong
est features of the bill: The fact that heretofore It waa
well nigh Impossible to get evidence of the violation of
election laws has been t. serious drawback to the purifi
cation of the elections In thla state, and It ta hoped that
the present provisions will remedy this defect.
On the whole, there has been no bill before the pres
ent session of the general assembly which more entirely
enlists the Interest of the people than this measure of
Mr. Wright's. The corruption of the franchise strike*
at the very foundations of representative government.
Bo long as It Is possible to buy tfnd sell votes In ths
open market, and at the same time It Is Impossible to
collect evidence ot such violations, the victory In any
contest la bound to go to the man or the measure In
whose interest the most money and the moet corrupt
methods are employed.
Under such condltlonn the franchise becomes
mockery and b sham. The example of corruption em
ployed In elections, which Is the source of all power In
representative governments, gangrenes the state and
sprends the infection of dishonor everywhere. It per
verts the manhood and morality of the rising generation
and Indtllls Into their minds a flippant disregard for the
Institutions on which our freedom and prosperity rest
There have been warnings enough In the pest that
something should he done tp purify our elections. We
hnve no desire to awaken unpleasant memories, and
certainly no desire to reflect upon one faction more
then another, but the scones which occurred In Savan
nah In the recent election were enough to stir the In
dignation ot the entire state. The news that went out
to the world that such shameless corruption of the fran
chlse -went on in one of the fairest cities' ot Georgia «u
calculated to discredit us everywhere. The scenes which
have been enacted In Richmond county In time past have
left a blight on the fair tame of that grand old eounty
which ahe feels to the present day.
Georgia and the Sooth have been striving agalnat
fearful odds during the past forty years to assume their
Just rank In the economic progress of tha country. Our
fields end factories have been offering splendid opportu
nities to tabor and capital everywhere.
The tide of prosperity has at last turned this way.
We are growing by leaps and bounds. But there Is.
nothing which will reassure timid capital more effec-*
lively than to place It upon the records that the elections
In this state are not only pure but above the possibility
ot fraud. There Is nothing which will more quickly In
duce Immigration than the assurance to every man who
casts bll lot with us and makes bis home here that he
will have a full and fair opportunity to pkYttdpate In
our representative government.
All of this splendid progress would be nullified and
vitiated. In a large degree. If it should go out to the
world ‘that we had turned down this opportunity to
make our election taws absolutely honest and lair.
It is up to the senate. The bouse has spoken In
unmistakable terms on the question, and the coopera
tion of the senate will make the triumph of righteous
ness and honesty and Justice complete for all time to
come.
A Great People and a Mad Campaign
Fifteen months ago there were five prominent Geor
gians In the full enjoyment of tranquillity and high
repute among tbelr fellow-citizens.
Each of these gentlemen was prominent, respected
and trusted In his own community snd In the state at
large. If any one of these gentlemen had given hli note
for a debt of honor It would have been accepted In any
section of the commonwealth. If any one of them had
been tendered an appointment to a blgb station of trust
and responsibility by governor or president the an
nouncement would have been greeted by applause tin-
mixed with criticism. If any one of them had died the
eulogies would have been state wide upon his character
and services, and the estimate of his life by press and
public might have been printed with pride as the epitaph
Upon his tomb., ^
Today these men, without exception, sre smirched
with suspicion snd sprinkled with mud thrown wsnton
from ths camps oi personal opposition. Not one of
them has sscaped the breath of slander or the brand of
Infamy'e'xprcase<rin'open'charge or Implied In sneaking
Innuendo. One of these men Is charged with cruelty
equivalent to crime and with Immorality amounting to
misdemeanor. One 61 them Is arraigned for neglect and
Incompetence in public duty snd. with demagogy that
la akin to knavery. One of them Is charged with treason
to the dead Confederacy of our dreams. And two of
them—God save the mark!—are sprinkled and spattered
from head to foot with mud and Ink snatched from pools
of circumstance and suspicion that stain them with the
Imputation of every personal iniquity and of almost
every civic crime. Lying, hypocrisy, deceit, slander,
treason. Impurity, and vice—Infidelity to race, Infidelity
to party and Infidelity to country—cowardice In public
service, and perfidy In private trust—all these fearful
and frightful terms and Imputations sre bandied to and
fro with the abandon of savages and the wsnton deduc
tions ot anarchy.
Shades of our Fathers! Have Georgia politics come
to this? Are character, dignity, responsibility and high
repute all to be flung away In this mad scramble tor of
fice, and In this wild wassail of personal ambition? Are
the good names bullded through patient years to be
blasted In one fierce campaign of conflicting persons! de
sire. Are the traditions of our polities snd of our race
to be swept away in this mad modern method of aban
doned vilification?
Why, In the age of our ancestors, there would have
been a doxen rifles to ring the answsr to the furious
personalities ot this one tempestuous canvass. In the
civilisation which- our fathers bullded the field of honor
would have run crlmaon with the response to one-half
the mortal Insults that have passed between Georgians
who are neither cowards nor knaves.
The age of chivalry has gone. The day of personal
combat la discredited all over the land—and we Justly
plume ourselves upon the advancing civilisation which
has wiped away from personal, quarrels .the arbitrament
of. blood.
But In the mortal revulsion which good men and
true men are feeling everywhere over the abandoned
license of vituperative politics, the suggestion Is re
viv'd thst there may be deadlier things than the re
volver and the knife. Men who remember the day
when honor was held above life, are asking themselves
It wp have Improved upon the customs of an earlier
time. The age qf personal responsibility was the age
of courtesy and the age of purity. In the day of Its
regnant yule men were not leas careful of the stain
upon a good man’s "honor than they were of the slightest
shadow upon the crystal of a woman's name. And If
this wild tide of passionate abuse Is to go unchecked
through the customs of the present day, men who have
both courage and honor may go backward to the primal
and the elemental law.
Better the ago of personal responsibility than ihe
age of character-wrecking and abuse. Better the knight
than the fishwife.
Better the code duello than the age of billingsgate
Voters of Georgia. In this crisis of economic prin
ciple and of both civic and personal honor, there rests
a great responsibility upon you. Upon your wisdom,
Justice and moderation we must depend for the straight
ening of this passionate tangle, and the solution of this
Issue which has become not less personal than racial
and economic.
The traditions of a great race are with you. and
you live In an age of enlightenment and widespread in
formation. You are wiser ond greater than the men who
Insult your Intelligence when they proffer you paaalon
for argument or bitterness for reason. The state and the
future confidently expect that you will keep clear minds
and tranquil tempers through this vindictive storm.
And ws have confidence that you will vindicate your
great history |n this serious crisis.
You know thst If these five Georgia gentlemen were
guilty ot one-halt the chargee hurled against them by
their Jealous rivals, not one of-them would be fit for
private association, much less for public trust.
You know that not one of them Is ot the dye and
kidney painted by those who bate and envy him. You
know these five Georgians are as good today as they
were upon that tranquil June of ltot In which they
looked unluatful upon the offices ot the state. As they
were worthy of trust and honor then they are each
worthy of trust and honor now.
Put back with scorn the small and envious rage In
which cavilling competitors have covered those men with
disrepute. Spew out the persons! issue from this shame
ful and sad campaign, and looking straight and deer upon
the brave white ballots of the Democratic primary, bold
your minds steadfast to the three greet questions which
the campaign holds—
1. What are the Issues of this campaign?
t. Where do my convictions take their honest stand
amid these issues as they- are framed? and
}. Whst man ot all thla list of honest Georgians
carries best and bravest and most definite the banner
of my convictions here?
The whole duty of the voter and the citizen J
framed In the questions and the answer which he
makes.
Every man's ballot Is his civic conscience. It ex
presses his high conception of his duty to the people
and the atate. It expresses his Judgment of the wise
and prudent policy which will make for the prosperity
of his business, the betterment of society and the safety
of hts home.
L«t every citizen carry bis conscience to the polls.
Let personalities be lost In patriotism, and let pas
sion be forgotten In the high and holy Interests of the
atate. Let a puro ballot rebuke a passionate campaign
Mr. Candler’s Bill for County Tax
* Boards.
The Georgian speeds Its best wishes to the Candler
amendment to the Hall bill providing for county boards
of tax assessment.
Mr. Hall's bill for a state board is good, but would
be Incomplete and Ineffective without the Candler
amendment providing for county boards ot assessors.
The question of taxation la one very near to the
people of Georgia, and the question of the equality of
taxation Is growing more vital every year.
The ceaseless effort of Individuals to evade Just
taxation by the return of property at prices far below
the normal value of these possessions entails a burden
of vast proportion upon tho poorer classes and upon
the honest people of the atate. There does not appear
any way on earth by which these things can be remedied
except by the Impartial supervision of the law. And no
state board of assessment can cover the returns of the
individual tax payers of the state.
There seems to be no reasonable doubt of the
passage of Mr. Candler's bill, and we sincerely trust
that It may have safe and overwhelming Indorsement
at the ballots ot Tuesday’s session.
The Alabama Election
The Birmingham News Is authority for the state
ment that the late governor. Joseph E. Johnson, of
Birmingham, la certaln'to be one of the alternate sen
ators from Alabama. The other place, according to The
Newt, Is between John B. Knox, W. p. Oates. R. H.
Clark, John H. Bankhead. Jesse Stallings and W. C.
Flttf.
Comer and Cunningham are still fighting It out In
vigorous style for the gubernatorial chair. Two months
ago Mr. Comer's election was regarded as certain. Of
late, however, Cunningham has entered an element of
doubt Into the campaign because of his vigorous candi
dacy. The chances are still In favor of Comer.
But with all the rush of the campaign, Alabama Is
to be congratulated upon the fact that Its state politics
are lacking In the pitiless and vindictive personalities
which dtsfigure our own campaign.
CHORUS OF DEMANDS
THAT CHEATHAM RESIGN
Mr. Cheatham Should Resign.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Aa socle tion, ehould reelgn—“by
request," If necessary. The associa
tion's Interests are of too great and
grave concern to the entire South to
be tampered with by an unfaithful
trustee. Mr. Cheatham admits having
broken the trust reposed In him. The
association was organised for the pur
pose, chiefly, of counteracting the
causes and Instrumentalities which the
growers believed were reeponslble for
depreciating the price-of their staple
below a figure at which It could be
profitably produced. Chief among these
Instrumentalities, as they regarded It,
was the widespread selling and buying
of future options on cotton, and so cer
tain were the growers, the association
and others that thts pny-tlce was prej
udicial to the profitable handling of
their product that a bill was introduced
In the Georgia legislature and succtss-
slbla and should be censured.
Ths motive <or the attack upon the
association's officers, they declare, was
spite on the- part of the bucket shops
for the abolition ot which there has
ben a campaign waging in Georgia.
That Is a matter of no Importance. The
only thing to be considered Is the
truth of the charges made against a
high officer of the association which
has undertaken to represent the farm
ers of the South snd to guard their
Interests unselfishly. It has not been
established that Mr. Cheatham made
Investments In cotton futures on his
own account, nor that he Involved
the association In any way In his
transactions, but, from the point of the
asoclatlon's interest, there can be no
palliation or excuse of his undertak
ing to speculate even vicariously In the
cotton market
The association's usefulness will be
entirely destroyed once the confidence
of the cotton farmers In it Is shaken,
and It Is to be feared that thts Inci
dent will go far toward disintegrating
the organisation, which has done much
for the benefit of the cotton growers
of the South.
reeentatlves abolishing cotton
changes and bucket shops. As the sec
ond most prominent officer of the as
soclatlon, Mr. Cheatham was In the
thick of the fight being waged agalnat
the speculation tn cotton futures and
against the exchanges and bucket
shops through which It was carried on.
It le at this critical Juncture that the
cry Is raised that there are "traitors"
In the Southern Cotton Association's
ranks. The apparently absurd charge
was made that some of those who were
denouncing bucket shops were finan
cially interested In bucket shop*. That
among the most vehemest denunciators
ot futures speculation there were some
who secretly speculated In futures.
That prominent olficlale of the associa
tion were hunting with the hounds and
running with the hares. Mr. Cheat
ham was prompt to make Indignant
denial of personal Implication In these
charges. In the Investigation which
followed he was forced In the face of
overwhelming testimony to admit that
he had been doing the very thing
against which he was fighting ns an
officer of the association—that he had
been dealing In cotton futures and thus
helping to hurt the Interests he was
paid and trusted to protect, If he be
lieved * ■“
the professions and principles he
publicly avowed. Whether he specu-
ated for himself or others did not *f-
fect the question In the slightest from
his standpoint.
Unquestionably such a denouement
destroys Mr. Cheatham's capacity for
further usefulness to the Southern Cot
ton Association. If the association
could ever trust him again It can
scarcely continue Its Interests In the
hands of a man so foolish as to make
a bitter war upon people who he must
have known had the power by retaliat
ing to destroy him.
No Palliation or Excuse,
From the Charleston Post.
The committee appointed by the
president of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, relative to their participa
tion In cotton gambling, finds that
Secretary Cheatham engaged In bucket
shop transactions for account of friends
and that hi* conduct was reprehen-
Ssnd Richard Homs.
From The Thomson Progress.
The Southern Cotton Association
should send Richard Cheatham back
to his Mississippi plantation. It will
have to do It If It values Its own ex
istence. It may be that all that has
been going on In the headquarters of
the association will not come to light,
but enough has already come to put
an end to Dick's days of usefulness.
Over his own signature ho admits
that he has been speculating In cotton
future* and writing editorials agalnat
It. It la true that he says he waa act
ing for other parties—a Mr. O'Grady
and a Mr. Lee—but he refuses to re
veal the Identity of Mr. Lee.
In the eyes of the people of the
South he has been condemned os un
worthy to occupy the poaltlon he holdi
and the association had better sen-
him home. The farmers and business
men who compose the association are
not going to have a gang 'of cotton
gamblers la charge of thetr affairs,
arid Ilarvte Jordan had. batter appl’
the knife vigorously, or his associa
tion will go to pieces like a house of
cards. t
TAKES SOLEMN OATH
TO SUPPORT FAMILYr
ESCAPES PUNISHMENT
By taking a solemn oath before Act
ing Recorder Joseph Hlrsch Tuesday
morning that he will properly support
his wife and three children, and that
he will never again drink a drop of
Intoxicating beverage, John Smith,
young white man residing In Decatur
street, escaped punishment for alleged
mistreatment of hla family.
The young husband 'was arrested at
the Instance of Probation Officer Gloer,
on complaint of Mrs. Smith. She In-
formed the officer that Smith recent
ly beat her and tore her clothes, after
which he abandoned her and her chil
dren. Smith denied he best his wife.
family In the future and woult
drink Intoxicants again.
TRIO OF CANINES
BITTEN BY MAD DOG
"Guilty'* Was Enough.
From The Columbia State.
. The dispatch that tells of ths decis
ion In ths Cheatham csss relates that
the committee that found the secretary
of the cotton association guilty of spec
ulating In Ita report “does not censure
him or make any recommendation."
Oh, well, whst was the use? "Guilty"
was enough.
8Hould Resign at Once.
From The St. Matthews (8. C.) Com
mercial. •
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Association, can bs of valuable
service to the members of the associa
tion by sending in his resignation at
once.
Cheatham Had Batter Hurry,
From the Brunswick News.
Cheatham had better move before
the national committee gets hold of
him.
GAGE GIVES UP HIS HOME
TO SAN DIEGO THEOSOPHISIS
lly Prints Leeeeu Wire.
San Diego. Cal, Aug. 7—Former
Secretary ot the Treasury Lyman J.
Gage, who has been a resident of
Point Loma, almost within the circle
of the "universal brotherhood snd the-
osophlcsl society," of whtch Katharine
Ttngtey ta the outer head. Is to leave
the Point for Chicago and the East,
but whether temporarily or permanent
ly he will not say. He declines to say
s word regarding hts intentions.
The movement on the part of the
former secretary of the treasury Is In
dicated by the filing of a deed at the
county recorder’s office In which Mr.
Gage transferred to Katharine Ting-
ley the seven-room home owned by him
on Point Lome.
This home was completed but s short
time ago. The eonelderatlon has not
been made public.
INSANE WOMAN SETS FIRE
TO SELF AND FOUR OTHERS
By Prime Leased Wire.
South Bend, Ind., Aug. A* s reeult
of a demented women's craving for
fire, Mrs. H. E. Dcnslow was burned
to death. Dr. H. E. Denstow snd Mrs.
Eugene Balfour were probably fatally
burned, and Mrs. O. E. Hunt snd her
CARDS AND USER
RESULT IN MURDERt
SLAYER GETS AWAY.
As ths result of ths comblatlon ot a
pack of cards, a keg of beer and a lit
tle game In the woods near the plant
of the Atlanta Ice and Fertiliser Com-
pony, five mltss north of tbs city, on
gro. Is dead, snd officers
child were seriouily burned.
Mrs. Denslow, taking advantage of a
temporary release from her husband's
watchfulness leaf night, poured gaso
line on the parlor carpet and applied s
match. She was st once enveloped In
fiame*. The others were Injured while
trying to sld the burning women.
are searching for Charlie Randolph,
another negro, on the charge ot mur
der.
During the progress of the game, In
which four negroes were engaged, s
dispute arose between Randolph and
Thomas. It ended by the former pull
ing a pistol and shooting Thomas, aftsr
which he made his escape. Thomas
died Monday morning.
Coroner Thompson held an Inquest
Monday afternoon, the Jury charging
Randolph with murder.
Bitten by a mad dog a week ago, a
big bull dog developed hydrophla on
Tuesday morning In Hilliard street,
near Irwin, and waa shot and killed
by Bicycle Policeman Pate.
The dog went on a rampago In tho
community and bit three other dogs.
These canines had gotten away by the
tltpe Officer Pate arrived on the scene
the mad dog In the
neighborhood caused considerable ex
citement.
MARBLE RATE CASE
MAY GO BY DEFAULT
President J. B. Roberts, president of
the Georgia Retail Marble Dealers' As
sociation, has written the commission
asking a further postponement of the
marble rate case.
President Roberts gives as his rea
son for asking for further postpone
ment III healthi As this case ha* al
ready been postponed twice at the re
quest of the dealers, the commission
will dismiss the matter unless good'
reasons sre shown for Its further con
tinuance.
At the meeting Thursday of the
commission the question of Jurisdic
tion In the-Atlanta Northern railway
will be decided.
This matter has puttied the com
mission no little, as a very delicate
point Is Involved. It resolves Itseit
into the question, when Is s street
railway not a street -railway? The
commission will render a decision on
Thursday.
Representatives Mitchell and Roun
tree, of Thomas county, will appear
before the commission. It Is'claimed
that the freight rates on all commod
ities from over the state to Boston are
much higher than to Quitman and
Thomasvllle. They will ask for a re
adjustment of the rates.
A party of Dublin people will ap
pear before the commission to ask for
a reduction on the port rate on cot
ton to Savannah.
By Private I,oiis,m| wire.
New York. Aug. 7.—The -lid" is down
In Saratoga, but before It was clamp-
i-d> John A. Drake demonstrated that
"23." the hoodoo number, can be beaten.
Mr. Drake was In Canfield's after he
had eaten a hearty dinner and was In
a happy mood. Buying *1,000 worth of
checks, he said to the dealer:
"Let'a see about thla deadly number
anyway." •
i<>;'t ,r *i?(w£ e pIave<1 “ M " for ttWhHe ana
J , b / lle X e , that W™ In earnest,"
said Mr. Drake to the smiling dealer
and walked over tn unnihas tnM. >.*
and walked over to another table. He
played there without success, taking
"23" each time, and then with hli re-
malnlng cheeks, walked back to the
first table and agnln placed his checks
on “23." It came 23 nnd Mr. Drake,
who had bought 31,000 worth of checks
had 31.000 In front of him.
"I was taught In my early years to
quit whenever I got even. Cash these
checks. Good night. "Twenty-three"
ond he walked back Into the restaurant.
The question as. to what the services
of a doctor are worth has again corns
to the front.
For five years' medical services to ths
late William T. Rainey, the millionaire
oil magnate ond horso owner, of Cleve
land, Dr. Samuel T. Banes, of this
city, wants the Rainey estate to pay
him 333,000. To enforce the payment.
Dr. Banes brought suit In the supreme
court against Roy A. Rainey, son of
the deceased and executor of the 36 -
000,000 estate. Dr. Banes declares that
he has not been paid anything for his
treatment of the millionaire from Sep
tember, 1898, to September, 1903. H»
says he put In 100 di.ys attending Mr.
Rainey.
This would make the average charge
about 3300 per visit. While 3800 a visit
seems pretty high to a man who
Is well, there are times when a man
would be willing to pay the right kind
of a doctor almost anything.
Brooklyn Is to have a great cathe
dral and It Is announced that Pope
Plus Is to decide upon the plans for It
In person.
All Europe Is to be searched for a
model of sufficient grandeur and digni
ty for the projected edifice. Bishop
McDonnell and the Right Rev. John I.
Barrett,- are both said to -be abroad
studying ecclesiastical architecture,
and conferring with his holiness as to
the type of the building which Is to
eclipse all other similar structures In
Ruen, France, Is said-to'be
as a pattern for the Brooklyn edifice.
Love flew out of the front window
hen ‘‘fat” came In the doer of ths
household of Louis Link, the tailor.
Becauss:hls wife had become too fat
to please his taste, Link declared that,
try as he might, he could not love her
as In the days of yore, when she was
slender and sylph-llke. He was forced
to leave her, he said, and thereby he
furnished the ground upon which she
obtained a limited divorce In the su
preme court.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 7.—Here are some’ of
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—F. L. Beers. C. DuBose,
R. DuBose, S. Johnson, Jr., H.
Kaplan, E. 11. Macon, Miss M. O'Toole,
J. L. McGarrlty, Miss O. Mulligan, W.
H. Steele.
AUGUSTA—W. H. Doughty, F. E.
Fllber.
MACON—R. P. Brooks, H. B. Er-
mlngar, O. F. White.
SAVANNAH—Miss Ludlngton, T.
McAullffe, C. H. Strong.
JN WASHINGTON.
By private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 7.—At Washington
hotels:
ALABAMA—Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mc
Gowan, Mobile; John C. Webb, John
B. Merrlwether, Demopolla; Mrs. Rich
mond P. Hobson, Greensboro, New Wil
lard; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kennedy.
Corinth, National: G. W, Payton and
wife, Mobile, St. James.
GEORGIA—F. W. Holt, Eatonton.
Ebbltt; L. D. Leu-man and wife, At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. John E. Murphy,
Julia Murphy, Mary Murphy, Atlanta,
New Willard: A. D. Guelman, Atlanta.
Raleigh: C. M. Mears and wife, At
lanta, National; J. C, Tretwany, At
lanta, St. James.
NEGRO MAIL CLERK -
IS BOUND TO COURT
Special to The Oeorglsa.
Savannah. Os.. Aug. 7.—Raymond
Hill, s negro mailing clerk, was.bound
over yesterday afternoon on a charge
of rifling the malls. Complaints had
been received snd a decoy letter was
prepared by Inspectors snd mailed on
iundey night while Hilt was on duty.
The letWr was not in the pouch sent
out. Hill waa taken Into the poet-
mseter's office and made s confession.
Two 310 bills were found on him.
The negro I* In Jail.
1,500 MEN PARADE
IN THE JR NIGHTIES
By Private Lena*! Wire.
Michigan City. Ind., Aug. 7.—Michi
gan City was shocked last night by
l.ldO employees of a Dayton, Ohio,
factory who piraded the principal
streets attired In their night clothes.
The company's employees have been
In camp here for some time past. It
will break up Wednesday. The Day-
ton people have been presented with
the keys of tha city.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 7.
1106—Henry VI, the Orest, emperor of Ger
ms ny, died.
U14—Pern** concluded among England,
France a uil Scotland.
17R3—Prince** Amelia, daughter of George
HI of England, born.
1821—Caroline of Brunswick, consort of
George IT. died.
1SSS—Ottawa made the capital of Canada,
1881—Hampton, Va„ homed.
1870-Paris declared In a state of slegt;
Franco-German war.
1878—Beginning of the Auitro-Botnlas
war.
1B8&-1*. Tanner soceessfally completed n
fait of forty days.
1884—Oklahoma “boomers'* ousted from
Indian Territory by United Btatea
188d—Funeral of Samuel J. TUden.
1887— Hawaii adopted a new constitution.
1888- -Larry Donovan, American bridge*
Jumper, leaped from HnOgerfonl
bridge. London, and waa drowned.
►—Mrs. Florence Maybrlck found guilty
of murdering her husband tu Liver*
1881- Knott, famous ran horcc,
M.
1S93—tifi.T-'hlnl enngresa cw»«i.l I. «■
trsonllssry session. Subject: Sher
man set.
. Korean war.
-It. trial of Captain Dreyfus at
19M— tlrltlsk force. under Colonel Youu--
husband, enters Lam.
SOUTH CAROLINA
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE.
By Print, LMseil Wire.
Columbia, S. C„ Aug. 7.—There was
a large add representative attendance
at Clemson Colie
at Clemson College today st the open
ing of the four-days' meeting of the
South Carolina State Farmers' insti
tute. The feature of the Initial session
this afternoon wss an address by Col-
onel R. B. Watson, who spoke of the
Importance of the South producing Its
own meat. The agricultural resources
and possibilities of the South In every
phase will be discussed during ths
succeeding days of the convention.
