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Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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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 their fellow-citizens.
Each of those gentlemen was prominent, respected,
land trusted in his own community and In the state at
I large. If any one of these gentlemen had given his note
I for a debt of honor it would have been accepted In any
carries best and bravest and most definite the banner
of my convictions here?
The whole duty of the voter and the citizen Is
framed In the questions and the answer which he
makes.
Every pianos ballot Is his civic conscience. It ex
presses his high conception of his duty to the people
and the state. It expresses his Judgment of the v
. _ . . . i and prudent policy which will make for the prosperity
section of the commonwealth. If any one of them had ,
... or his business, the betterment of society and the safety
of his home.
Let every citizen carry his conscience to the polls.
Let personalities be lost In patriotism, and let pas-
been tendered an appointment to a high station of trust
and responsibility by governor or president the an-
| nouncement would have been greeted by applause un*
I mixed with criticism. If any one of them had died the I
Entered ■■ a^rond-riaia matter April.*s. at tbe Poetofflcv # | eulogies would have been state wide upon his character
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of March S. 1179.
. The Georgia Encampment.
The three regiments of Georgia militia now In en*
esmpment at Chlrkamauga. together with the Seven
teenth Regiment of the regular army, are undergoing a
discipline and drill which cannot fall to prove o( great
advantage to the etate troop*, at least. The beat of good
feeling prevails between the regular and the volunteer
troops. and the Georgia boys are profiting to tho fullest
extent by the advantages they enjoy In being put through
various maneuvers In conjunction with the regular
troops. •
and services, aad the estimate of blB life by press and
public might have been printed with pride as the epitaph
upon his tomb.
Today theso men. without exception, are smirched
with suspicion and sprinkled with mud thrown wanton
from the camps of personal opposition. Not one of
them has escaped the breath of slander or tho brand of
Infamy expressed in open charge or Implied In sneaking
Innuendo. One of these men Is charged with cruelty
equivalent to crlmo and with Immorality amounting to
misdemeanor. One of them Is arraigned for neglect and
Incompetence In public duty and with demagogy that
slon lie forgotten In tho high and holy Interests of the
state. Let a pure ballot rebuke a passionate campaign.
The severe weather which'has prevailed since the
troops went Into camp on Saturday and Sunday has ], Akin to knavery. One of them Is charged with treason
given tho boys a taste of the hardships of actual army
life. We are Informed that tho discipline and exercise
are not so severe as they were at Manassas, when the
volunteers suffered a great deal and there was much
eomplalnt.
A happy medium seems to have been found. It la
not a mere holiday jaunt, but real soldiering that tho
boys are up against, and they themselves havo accepted
the fact that they are In for all the Improvement they
can get.
It was evidently the part of wisdom on the part of
the general assembly to increase the appropriation for
the Georgia volunteers. That this branch of the state
service Is valuable In time of war was proven once and
tor all during the recent Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war. It re
quired but a short tlmo to convert raw recruits Into
bnrdy veterans, and the service they rendered will for
ever remain as a monument to the courage and diligence
and patriotism of the volunteer.soldler.
At the same time It Is undoubtedly true that In
time of peace wo can do no better than to maintain
the highest degree of efficiency on the part of these
volunteers. They need the experience which can best
be derived from actual operations and from contact with
the regular soldiers, under the command ot regular of
ficers. This they are getting at Chlckamauga and all are
enjoying and profiting by the experience.
Pass the “Honest” Election Law.
The people of 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 up as a special order In tho
senate tomorrow It will meet with prompt Bnd annul
mous support.
The lending features of this bill are that the safe
guards now thrown nround regular elections shall be
mudo to apply equally to primary eloctlons, that the hi.
Ing of persons to work for a candidate either before or
durlng 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 of
any person for offending against this section of the
endo any other person who may have participated In any
violation ot the provisions of tho same shall be.a com
petent witness, and bo compelled to glvo evldonce," etc.
The latter feature Is regarded as one ot the strong-
e*t features ot tho bill, Tho fact that herotoforo It was
well nigh Imposslblo to get evidence of the violation ot
•lection laws hns beon i. serious drawback to the purifi
cation of tho elections in this state, and It is hoped that
the present provisions will remedy this detect.
On tho whole, there hns been no hill beforo the pres
ent session of the general assembly which more entirely
enlists the Interest of the peoplo than this measure of
Mr. Wright's. The corruption of tho franchise strikes
at the very foundations of representative government.
So long as it Is possible to buy find sell votes In the
open market, and at the same time It Is Impossible to
collect evidence of such violations, the victory In any
contest is bound to go to tho man or the measure In
whose Interest tho most money and the moat corrupt
methods are employed.
lloder such conditions the franchise becomes
mockery and a abam. The example of corruption em
ployed in elections, which Is tho source of all power in
representative governments, gangrenes tho Btato and
spreads the Infection ot dishonor evorywhore. It per
verts the manhood and morality ot the rising generation
and Instills Into their minds a flippant disregard (or the
Institutions on which our freedom and prosperity rest.
There have been warnings enough In the past that
something should be dona to purify our elections. We
bevo no desire to awaken unpleaeant memories, and
certainly no dealre to reflect upon one faction more
than another, but the scene* which occurred In Savan
nah In fhc recent election were enough to stir the In
dignation of the entire state. The news that went out
to the world that such shameless corruption of the fran
chise went on In one ot (he fairest cities of Georgia was
calculated to discredit ua everywhere. The ecenos which
have been enacted In Richmond county In time past have
left a blight on the fair tamo of that grand old county
which she (cels to the present day.
' Georgia and the South have b*«n striving against
tearful odds during the past forty years to assume their
just rank tn the economic progress ot tho country. Our
fields and factories hare been offering splendid opportu
nities to labor aud capital everywhere.
The tide of prosperity bos at last turned this way.
We are growing by leaps and bounds. But there la
nothing which will reassure timid cspltal more effec
tively than to place It upon the records that the elections
In this state are not only pure but above the possibility
of fraud. There Is nothing which will more quickly In
duce Immigration than tho assurance to every man who
casts his lot with us and makes his home here that be
will have a full and fair opportunity to participate In
jur representative government.
All of this splendid progress would be nullified and
rittated. In a large degree. If It should go out to the
world that we hod turned down this opportunity to
make our election laws absolutely honest and fair.
It ta 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 sll time to
come.
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 nnd 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, nnd perfidy In private trust—all these fearful
and (rightful terms nnd Imputations are bandied to nnd
fro with the abandon of savages and the wanton deduc
tions of 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 for of
fice. and In this wild wassail of personal ambition? Are
the good names bullded through patient years to bo
blasted In one fierce campaign of conflicting personal de
sire. Are the traditions of our politics and of our race
to be swept away in this mad modern method of aban
doned vilification;
Why, In the ngc of our ancestors.. thoro would havo
been a doxen rifles to ring the answer to the furious
personalities of this one tempestuous canvass. In the
civilisation which our fathers bullded the field of honor
would have run crimson with the response to one-hall
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 Is dlscredltod all over the land—end wo Justly
plume ourselves upon tho advancing civilization which
lias wiped away from personnl quarrels tho arbitrament
of -blood.
But In the mortal reVulsInn which good men and
true men are feeling everywhere over the abandoned
license of vituperative politics, tho suggestion Is re
vived that there may be deadlier things than the re
volver nnd tho knife. Men who remember the day
when honor was held above life, are asking themselves
It we have Improved upon the customs ot an earlier
time: Tlu» ng<» ot personal responsibility was the age
of courtesy and the age of purity. In the day of Us
regnant rule men were not less careful of the statu
upon a good man’s honor than they were of the slightest
shadow upon the crystal of a woman's namo. And If
this wild tide ot passionate abuse Is to go unchecked
through tho customs of the present day, men who have
both courage ond honor may go backward to the primal
nnd the elemental law.
Bettqr the ago of personal responsibility than ihe
age of character-wrecking and abuse. Better the knight
then the fishwife.
Better the code duello than the age ot billingsgate
Voters ot Georgia, In this crisis of economic prin
ciple end 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-
enlng of this passionate tangle, and the solution of this
Issue which has becomo'not loss personal than racial
and economic.
Tbo traditions of a great raco are with you, and
Mr. Candler’s Bill for County Tax
Boards.
The Georgian speeds ita 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 of assessors.
The question of taxation Is one very near to the
people of Georgia, and the queatiorv 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 price* far below
the normal value of these possessions entails a burden
of vast proportion upon the i>oorer classes and upon
the honest people of the state. There does not appear
any way on earth by which these thingR 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 of Tuesday’s session.
Choliy
Knickerbocker**
GOSSIP
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The Alabama Election
The Birmingham News Is authority for tho state
ment that the late governor. Joseph E. Johnson, of
Birmingham. Is certain to he one of the alternate sen
ators from Alabama. The other place, according to The
News, Is between John B. Knox, W. C. Oates, R. H.
Clark. John H. Bankhead, Jesse Stallings and W. C.
Fitts.
Comer nnd 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, Cunnlnglmm 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 apd vindictive pcruonalitles
which disfigure our own campaign.
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CHORUS OF DEMANDS
THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN
you llvo tn an ngo of onllghtenmcnt nnd widespread In
formation. You are wiser and greater than the men who
Insult your Intelligence when they proffer ybu passion
for argument or bitterness (or reason. Tho state and the
future confidently expect that you will keep clear minds
snd tranquil tempers through this vindictive storm.
And we have confidence that you will vindicate ybur
great history In this fcerious crista.
You know that tf these five Georgia gentlemen were
guilty of one-half the chargee hurled against them by
their Jealous rivals, not one of them wonld be fit for
private assoeletlon, much lest for public trust
You (mow that not one of them Is of the dye and
kidney painted by those who hate and envy him. You
know these llvo Georgians are as good today as they
were upon that tranquil June of 1905 In which they
looked unlustful upon the offices of the state. At they
were worthy of trust and honor then they are each
worthy of trust nnd honor now.
Put back with scorn the small and envious rage .In
which cavilling competitor* have covered those men with
disrepute. Spew out the personal Issue from this shame
ful snd snd campaign, and looking straight and clear upon
the brave white ballots of the Democratic primary, bold
your minds steadfast to the three great questions which
the campaign hold*—
1. What are the Issue* ot this campaign?
2. Where do my convictions take their honest stand
amid these Issues as they are framed? and
3. What man of all this list of honest Georgians
Mr. Cheatham Should Resign.
From the Mncnn Telegraph.-
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Association. should resign—"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 responsible for
depreciating tho prlco of their staple
below a figure nt which It could bo
profitably produced. Chief among these
Instrumentalities, as they regarded It,
was the widespread selling and buying
of future options on cotton, and so cer-
thln were the growers, the association
and others that this practice was prej
udicial to the profitable handling ot
their product that a bill was Introduced
In the Georgia legislature and success
fully fought through' the house of rep
resentatives' abolishing cotton ex
changes and bucket shops. As the sec
ond most prominent officer ot the as
■oclatlon, Mr. Cheatham was in the
thick ot the fight being waged against
the speculation tn cotton futures and
against the exchanges and bucket
shops through which It was carried on.
It Is ut this critical juncture that the
cry Is raised that there are "traitors”
In the Southern Cotton Association's
ranks. The nppnrently absurd oharge
wns made thnt some of those who were
denouncing bucket shops were finan
cially Interested In bucket shops. Thnt
among the most vehement denunciators
of futures speculatlqn there were some
who secretly speculated In futures.
That prominent officials 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 as an
officer of the association—that he had
been drnllng In cotton futures and thus
helping to hurt the Interests he
slble nnd should be censured.
The motive for the attack upon the
association's officers, they declare, whs
spite on the part of the bucket shops
for tho abolition of 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 and to guard their
Interests unselfishly. It has not been
established that Mr. Cheatham made
Investments In cotton futuyes on his
own account, nor that lie Involved
the association In any way In Ills
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 tho confidence
of the cotton farmers In It Is shaken,
end It Is to be feared that this inci
dent will go far toward disintegrating
the organisation, which has done much
for the benefit of the cotton growers
of the South. ,
TAKES SOLEMN OATH
TO SUPPORT FAMILY
ESCAPES PUNISHMENT
paid and trusted to protect, If he be-
flared ' * ' '
the professions and principles he
publicly avowed. Whether he specu
lated for himself or others did not af
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 Ite Interests In the
hands of a man so foolish as to make
bitter war upon peopla who he must
ave known had the power by retaliat
ing to destroy him.
No Palliation or Excuse.
From the Charleston Poet.
The committee appointed by the
president of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, relative to their participa
tion In cotton gambling, find* that
Secretary Cheatham engaged In bucket
•hop transactions for account of friend*
and that hla conduct waa reprehen-
Send Richard Home.
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 hla own signature he admits
that he has been speculating In cotton
futures nnd writing editorials against
It. It Is true that he says he wns act
ing for other parties—a Mr. O.'Grady
and a Mr. Leo—but he refuses to re
veal the Identity of Mr. Leo.
In tho eye* of the people of the
South he has been condemned as un
worthy to occupy the position he holds,
and the association had better send
him home. Tho farmers and business
men who compose tho association are
not going to have a gang of cotton
gambler* In charge of their a ft sirs,
and Harvle Jordan had better apply
the kqlfe vigorously, or hla associa
tion will go to piece* Ilk* a bouse ot
cards.
By taking a solemn oath before Act
ing Recorder Joseph Hlrsch Tuesday
morning that he will properly support
hi* wife and three children, and that
he will never again drink a drop ot
Intoxicating beverage, John Smith, a
young white man residing In Decatur
street, escaped punishment for alleged
mistreatment of his famljy.
The young husband was arrested at
the Instance of Probation Officer Gloer,
on complaint ot Mrs. Smith. She In
formed the officer that Smith recent
ly beat her and tore her clothes, after
which he abandoned her nnd /her chil
dren. Smith denied he beat hla wife,
but promised he would support Ills
family In the future and would never
drink Intoxicants again.
TRIO OF CANINES
OITTEN BY MAD DOG
"Guilty” Was Enough.
From Tho Columbia State.
The dispatch that tells of the decls
Ion In the Cheatham case relates that
the committee that found the secretary
of the cotton association guilty of spec
ulating in Ite report “does not censure
him or make any recommendation."
Oh, well, what waa the use? "Guilty 1
was enough.
Should Resign at Once.
From The St. Matthews (S. C.) Com
merclal.
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Association, .can be of valuable
service to the member* of the associa
tion by rending In his resignation at
once.
Cheatham Had Better -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 THEOSOPH/S7S
By Privets Imsso Wire.
San Diego,- Cal, Aug. 7.—Former
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J.
Gage, who haa been a reeldent of
Point Loma, almost within the circle
of the "universal brotherhood and the-
oaophlcal society,” of which Katharine
Tlngtey Is the outer head, la to leave
the Point far Chicago and the East,
but whether temporarily or permanent
ly he will not say. He declines to say
a word regarding his Intentions.
The movement on the part of the
farmer secretary of the treasury ta In
dicated by the filing of a deed at the
county recorder's olllce In which Mr.
Gage transferred tn Katharine Ting-
ley the seven-room home owned by him
on Point Loma.
This home was completed but a short
time ago. The consideration hns not
been made public.
INSANE WOMAN SETS FIRE
TO SELF AND FOUR OTHERS
By Private leased Wire.
South Bend, Ind, Aug. 7.—As a result
ot a demented woman's craving for
fire. Mrs. H. E. Denslow was burned
to death. Dr. H. E. Denslow and Mrs.
Eugene Balfour were probably fatally
burned, and Mrs. O. E. Hunt end her
CAROS AND LEER
RESULT I>: MURDER;
SLAYER GETS AWAY.
Ae the result of the com button of a
peck of cards, a keg of beer and a lit
tle game In the wood* near the plant
of the Atlanta Ice and FertHlrer Com
pany, five miles north of the city, on
Sunday afternoon, Ben Thomas, a ne
gro, Is dead, and officers of the law
child were seriously burned.
Mrs. Denslow, taking advantage of a
temporary release from her husband's
watchfulness lant night, poured gaso
line on the parlor carpet and applied a
match. She was at once enveloped In
llames. The others were Injured while
ttTing to aid the burning woman.
are searching for Charlie Randolph,
another negro, on the charge of Mur
der. , '
During the progress of th* game. In
which four negroes were engaged,, a
dispute arose between Randolph and
Thomas. It ended by the former pull
ing a pistol and shooting Thoms*, after
which he made hi* escape. Thomas
died Monday morning.
Coroner Thompson held an Inquest
Monday afternoon, the lury charging
Randolph with murder.
Bitten Yy a mad dog a week ago, a
big bull dog developed hydrophla on
Tuesday morning In Hilliard street,'
near Irwin, and was shot and killed
by Bicycle Policeman Pate.
The dog went on a rampage in the
community and bit three other dogs.
These canines had gotten away by the
time Officer Pate arrived on the scene
and consequently were not killed.
The advent of 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 fur.ther postponement of the
marble rate case.
President Roberts gives as his rea
son for asking for further postpone
ment III health. As this case haa al
ready been postponed twice at the re
quest of the dealers, the commission
will dismiss the matter unless good
reasons are shown far Its further con
tinuance.
At the meeting Thursday of the
commission the question of Jurlsdlc-
tlqn In the Atlanta Northern railway
will be decided.
This matter has puzzled the com
mission no little, as a very delicate
point Is Involved. It resolves Itself
Into the question, when Is a street
railway not a street railway? The
commission will render a decision on
Thursday.
Representatives Mitchell nnd 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 ore
much higher than to Quitman and
Thomasvllle. They will ask for a re
adjustment or 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 Bavannah. •
York, Aug. 7.—The "lid” is down
itoga. but before It was clamp,
eil John A. Drake demonstrated that
"23," tile hoodoo number, can be beaten.
■Mr. Drake wns In Canfield's nfter he
had eaten a hearty dinner and was In
a happy mood. Buying *1.000 worth of
checks, he said tu the dealer:
"Let's see about this deadly number
myway.
Mr. Drake played "23" for awhile and
lost *3,000. 9
"I believe that you're in earnest."
said Mr. Drake tn the smiling dealer
and walked over to another table. He
played there without success, taking
"23" each time, nnd then with his re-
malnlng checks, walked back to the
first table ami again placed Ills checks
on "23." It came 23 and Mr. Drake,
who had bought *4,000 worth of checks
had *4,000 In front of him.
"I pas taught In my early years to
quit whenever I got even. Cash these
checks. Good night, "Twenty-three"
and he walked back Into the restaurant.
The question ns to what the services'
of a doctor are worth hns again come
to the front.
For five years' medical services to the
4a \I r ll1lnm r l' Dn tnm* t 1%.. till ■
late William T. Rainey, the millionaire
oil magnate and horse owner, of Cleve
land, Dr. Samuel T. Banes, of this
city, wants the Rainey estate to pay
him *33,000. To enforce the payment.
Dr. Banes brought suit In the supreme
court against Roy A. Rainey, son of
the deceased and executor of the *4,.
000,000 estate. Dr. Hanes declares that
he has not been paid anything for his
treatment of the millionaire from Sep
tember, 1898, to September, 1903. He
says he put In 100 days attending Mr,
Rainey.
This would make the average charge
about *300 per visit. While *300 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 thnt Pope
Pius Is to deckle 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 Bight 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
the city of churches. The cathedral In
Ruen, France, Is said to be favored
as a pattern for the Brooklyn edifice.
Love flew out of the front window
when "fat" came In the door of the
household of Louis Link, the tailor.
Because Ills wife had become too fat
tq please his taster Link declared that,
try as he might, he could not love her
as In (he days of yore, when she was
slender and sylph-like. 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.
Bf Private benicd ; .r-i ! ,- <■
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. H. Macon, Miss M. O'Toole,
J. -L. McGarrlty, Mies G. Mulligan, W,
H. Steele.
AUGUSTA—W. H. Doughty, F. E.
Fllber.
MACON—R. P. Brooks, H. B. Er-
mlnger, O. F. White.
SAVANNAH—Miss Ludlngton, T.
McAultffe, C. H. Strong.
IN WASHINGTON.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 7.—At Washington
hotels:
ALABAMA—Mr. and Mrs. W. X»Mc.
Gowan, Mobile: John C. Webb, John
i. Merrlwether, Demopolls; Mrs. Rich
mond P. Hobson, Greensboro, New Wil
lard; Mr. and Mrs. D. 51. Kennedy,
Corinth, National: G. W. Payton and
wife, Mobile, St. James.
Its, Mobile, St. James.
GEORGIA—F. W. Holt, Eatonton.
Ebbltt; L. D. Lewman and wife, At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. John EL Murphy,
Julia .Murphy, Mary Murphy, Atlanta,
New Willard; A. D. Guetman, Atlanta,
Raleigh: C. M. Meare and wife, At
lanta, National; J. C. Tretwany, At
lanta, 8t. James.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
NEGRO MAIL CLERK
IS BOUND TO COURT
Special to The Georgian. ,
Savannah, Oa„ Aug. 7.—Raymond
Hill, a negro nulling clerk, was bound
over yesterday afternoon on a charge
of rifling the malls. Complaints had
been received and a decoy letter was
prepared by Inspectors and mailed on
Sunday night while Hill was on duty.
The letter was not In the pouch sent
out. Hill was taken Into the post
master's office and made a confession
Two *10 bills were found on him.
The negro Is In Jell.
1,600 MEN PAtfADE
IN, THEIR NIGHTIES
By Private Lnsed Wire.
Michigan City, Ind., Aig. 7.—Michi
gan City was shocked last night by
1,500 employees of a Dayton, Ohio,
factory who paraded the principal
streets attired In their night clothea!
The company's employees have been
In camp here far some time nast i.
— . .. — * peel
will break up Wednesday. The Day-
ton people have been presented with
the key* of the city.
AUGUST 7.
110*—Henry VI. the flrent, emperor of CJer-
ninny, died.
1514-IVnw concluded among Kuglniul,
France nnd Scotland.
1783—Prince** Amelin, daughter of Ueorga
HI of Englnud, born.
1821—Caroline of Brunswick, consort of
(iconic IV, died.
1853—Ottawa made the capital of Canada.
18gl—Hampton. Vn., burned.
1870— Purls declared In a atate ot siege;
Frnnco-Oernmu war.
1878— Beginning of the Auatro*l!oenlno
' war.
1880—Hr. Tanner successful!;* completed ft
faat of forty day a.
Ctatcj
Indian Ten
tPNfft
1883—Funeral of Samuel J, TllUen.
1887—Hawaii adopted a new constitution.
1888*-! jury Donoran. American bridge;
Jumper, leaped from Hungerford
’•ridge, London, nnd *wna drowued.
1183—31 r*. Florence Mnyhrick ftiund guilty
of murdering her hunboud la Uvcr*
pool.
1891—Proctor Knot:, famous racs
1893— h Itty-tlifrd cone-eM e*' 9 **'*"'**! In **».
trnordlnnry cession. Subject: Sher
man act.
1894— <Irent Britain declared neutrality 1»
the Korean wnr.
1993-Hctrial of Captain Dreyfna c*
Be*
1904— Ifrltbdi force, under Colonel Von
huaband, enters Laiaa.
SOUTH CAROLINA
FARMERS* INSTITUTE.
By Prirote Leased Wire.
Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 7.—Them wa*
a large and representative attendance
at Ctemaon College today at the open
ing of the four-days* meeting of the
South Carolina State Farmers’ Insti
tute. The feature of the Initial session
thla afternoon was nn address by Col
onel R. B. Watson. who spoke of the
Importance of the South producing It*
own meat. The agricultural resource*
and possibilities of the South in every
phase will be discussed during tba
succeeding days of the convention.