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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlnnta. Ga.. tinder act of conxresa of March A Ulf.
The Georgia Encampment.
The three regiment* of Georgia militia now In en
campment at Cblckamauga, together with the Seven
teenth Regiment of the regular army, are undergoing a
dlarlpllno and drill which cannot fall U> prove of great
advantage to the atato troops, at least. The best of good
feeling prevails between the regular and the volunteer
troops, and the Georgia boya are profiting to the fulleat
axtent by the advantagea they enjoy In being put through
various maneuvers In conjunction with the regular
troops.
The severe weather which has prevailed since the
troops went Into camp on Saturday and Sunday has
given the boya a taste of the hardships of actual army
Hfe. We are Informed (bat the discipline and exercise
are not so severe aa they were at Manassas, when the
volunteers suffered a great deal and there was much
complaint.
A happy medium seema to have boen found. It Is
■ot a mere holiday Jaunt, but real soldiering that the
boys are up against, and they thomselvoa have accepted
the fact that they are In for all the Improvement they
can geL
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 slate
service Is valuable In time of war was proven once and
for all during the recent Spnnlsb-Amerlcnn war. It re
quired but a short time to convert raw recruits into
hardy veterans, and the service they rendered will for
ever remain as a monument to the courage and diligence
and patrlqtlsm of tbb volunteer aoldlor.
At the same time It la undoubtedly true that In
time of pence we can do no better than to maintain
the highest degree ot efficiency on the part ot theso
volunteers. They need the experience which can best
be derived from actual operations and from contact with
the regular soldiers, under tho command of regular of
ficers. This they are getting at Chlcknmnuga and all are
enjoying and profiting by the experience.
Pass the “Honest” Election Law.
The people of the state heartily approve of the no
tion of the house In passing the bill Introduced by Mr.
Wright, of Richmond, throwing -additional safeguards
around the ballot box, and It la earnestly hoped that
when this measure comes up as a special order In the
sennto tomorrow It will meet with prompt and unanl
mous support.
The leading features of this blit are that the safe
guards now thrown around regular elections shall be
made to apply equally to prlmnry elections, that the 1
Ing of persons to work for a candidate either befdre or
durlng an election, tbo offering of money or other thlot
of value for the purpose of buying votes at an election
shall be made a misdemeanor, and that "on tbo trial of
any person for offending against this section of tho
rode any other person who may have participated In any
violation of the provisions of tho snmo shall bo-a com
petent witness, and bo compelled to give evidence,” etc.
The letter feature Is regarded ns one ot tho strong
est features of the bill. The fact that heretofore It was
well nigh Impossible to get evidence of tho violation of
election laws has been i- serious drawback to the purifi
cation of the elections In this atate, and It la hoped that
the present provisions will remedy this defect
On tho whole, thoro has been no hill before the pres
ent session ot tbo general assembly which mote entirely
enlists tho Interest of tho people than this tnensare of
Mr. Wright's. Tbo corruption of the franchise strlkex
at the very foundations of representative government.
So long ns It la possible to buy and soli votes In tbo
open market and at the same time It Is Impossible to
collect evidence of such violations, the victory In any
•ontest Is bound to go to tho man or tho measure In
whose Interest tbo most money and the moat corrupt
methods are employod.
t'nder such conditions the franchise becomes a
mockery and n shnm. The example of corruption em
ployed In elections, which Is the source ot all power In
representatlvo governments, gangrenes the state and
spreads the Infection of dishonor everywhoro. It per
verts the manhood and morality of the rising generation
and Instill* Into their minds a flippant disregard for tho
Institutions on which our freedom and prosperity rest.
There have been warnings enough In the past that
something should be done to purify our elections. Wo
have no desire to awaken unpleasant memories, and
certainly no deslro to roflect upon one faction more
than another, but the no nes which occurred In Bavan-
nah In the recent election were enough to stir the In
dignation of tho entire state. Tbo news that went out
to the world that aurli shameless corruption of Ihe fran-
rhlse »eut on In ono of the fairest cities of Georgia was
calculated to discredit us everywhere. The acenen which
hare been enacted In Richmond county In time past have
left a Plight on the fair fame of thRt grand old'county
Which ahe feels to tho present day.
Georgia and the South have bden striving against
tearful odds during th. past fort> tears to assume their
|unt rank In the economic progress of the country. Our
Held* and factories have been offering splendid opportw
titles to labor and capita! everywhere.
The tide of prosperity has at last turned this way.
I\> are growing by leaps nud bounds. Hut thero Is
mthing which will reassure timid capital more effec
ted;- than to place It upon tlu- records that the oleettons
n this atate are not only pure but above the possibility
>f fraud. There le nothing which will more quickly In-
tore immigration than the assurance to every man who
ggts his lot with us and makes his home here that ha
>ill have a full nud (sir opportunity to participate tn
>ur repres. matlve government.
All of this splendid progress would be nullified and
•ttlated. In a large degree. If It should go out to the
aarl-l that we had turned down this U(spurtBaity to
nake our election law* absolutely honest and fair.
It Is up to the senate. Tho bousa has spoken In
mnrtstakable terms on the question, and the coopera
tion of the senate win 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 thero were five prominent Oeor-1
glans In the full enjoyment of tranquillity and high
repute among their fellow-cttlzena.
Kerb of these gentlemen was prominent, reepocted.
and trusted In his own community and In the state at 1
large. If any one of these gentlemen bad given bis note
for a debt of honor It would hnve been accepted In any
section of the commonwealth. If any one of them had 1
been tendered an appointment to n high station of trust
and responsibility by governor or president the an
nouncement wonld have been greeted by applause un-
mixed with criticism. If sny one of them had died the
eulogies would hnve been state wide upon his character
and services, and the estimate of hla 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 lias escaped tho 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
oqulvaleot to crime and with Immorality amounting to
misdemeanor. Ono of them Is arraigned for neglect and
Incompetence In public duty and with demagogy that
Is akin to knavery. One of (hem Is charged with treason
to the dead Confederacy of our dreams. And two
them—God save the mark!—are sprinkled nnd spattered
from head to foot with mud and Ink snatched from pools
of circumstance nnd 'suspicion that stain them with ths
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 prlvato trust—all these fearful
and frightful terms and Imputations are bandied to nnd
fro with the abandon of savages nnd the wanton deduc
tions of anarchy.
Shades of onr 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 bnllded through patient years to be
blasted In one fierce campaign of conflicting personal de
sire. Are the traditions ot onr politics and of our race
to b« swept away In'this, mad modern method ot abnn
doned vilification?
Why, In the'ago of our ancestors, there would have
been a doxen rifles to ring the answer to ths furious
personalities ot this one tempestuous canvaBS. tn the
civilization which our fathers bullded the field of honor
would have run crlmsofi 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 la discredited nil over the land—and we Justly
plumo ourselves upon the advancing civilization which
has wiped nwny from personal quarrels the arbitrament
of blood.
But In the mortal revulsion which good men and
truo men are foellng everywhere over the abandoned
license of'vituperative politics, tho suggestion Is re
vived that thoro may be deadlier things than the re
volver nnd tho knlfo. Men who remember tho day
when honor was held above life, are asking themselves
If we have Improved upon the customs of an earlier
time.' Tho ago of personal responsibility was the age
of courtesy and the age of purity. In th'o day of Its
regnant rule men were hot loss careful of the stain
upon n good man's .honor than they were of the slightest
shadow upon tho crystal of a woman’s name. And If
this wild tide of passionate abuse Is to go unchecked
through tho customs of the present day, men who have
both courage and honor may go backward to the primal
nnd tho elemental law.
Better the ago of personal responsibility than ihe
age of chsractor-wrecklng and abuse. Better the knight
than tho 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 perioni! honor, there reats
great responsibility upon you. Upon your wisdom.
Justice and moderation we must depend for the straight
ening ot this passlonato tangle, and tho solution ot this
Issue which has become not leas personal than racial
and economic.
The traditions of a great race are with you. nnd
you Uvo Id an age ot enlightenment and widespread In
formation. You are wiser and greater than the men who
Insnlt your Intelligence when they proffer you passion
for argument or bitterness for reason. The state and Ihe
future confidently expect that you will keep elear minds
nnd tranquil tempera through this vindictive storm.
And we have confidence that you will vindicate your
great history In this serious crisis.
Yon know that If theso five Georgia* gentlemen were
guilty of one-half the charges burled against them by
their Jealous rivals, not one of them would bo fit for
private association, much less tor public trust.
You know that not one of them It ot the dye nnd
kidney painted by those who bate and envy him. You
know these five Georgians are ss good todsy as they
upon that tranquil June of 1905 tn which (bey
looked unluatful upon the offices of the state. Aa they
worthy of trust and honor then they are each
worthy of trust and honor now.
Put back with scorn the small and enviona rage .In
whlrh cavilling competitors have covored those men with
disrepute. Spew out the personal Issue from this shame-
ful-and sad campaign, and looking straight and clear upon
the brave whltOi ballots of the Democratic primary, bold
your minds steadfast to the three.great questions which
the campaign holds—
I. lVhat are the Issues of this campaign?
J. Where do my convictions take their honest stand
amid these Issues as they are framed? and
3. What man ot all this list of honest Georgians
carries best and bravest mid most definite the banner
of my convictions here?
The whole duly of the voter and the citizen is
framed In the questions and the answer which he
makes.
Every man's ballot Is his civic confidence. It ex
presses his high conception of his duty to tho (ample
and tho state. It expresses his Judgment of the wise
and prudent policy which will make for the prosperltj
of bis 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
sion lie forgotten In tbo high nnd holy Interests of the
state. Let a pure ballot rebuke a passlonato 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 of assessors.
The question of taxation Is one very near to the
people of Georgia, and tha^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 theso possessions entails a burden
of vast proportion uj>on the poorer classes and upon
the honest people of the state. There does not appear
any way on earth by which these things can bo 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 reasonably 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.
Cholly
Knickerbocker's jSSBb
GOSSIP
The Alabama Election
The Birmingham News is authority for the state
ment that the late governor, Joseph E. Johnson, of
Birmingham, Is certain to be 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.
Fitta.
Comer and Cunningham ale 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 disfigure our own campaign.
CHORUS OF DEMANDS
THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN
Mr. Cheatham Should R.zlgn.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Afiaorlatlon, should resign—"by
request," If necessary. The associa
tion'* Interests “tire of too great and
grave concern to the entire South to
be tampered with by an unfaithful
trustee. Mr. Cheatham admits having
broken the truet reposed In him. The
association was organized for the pur
pose, chiefly, of counteracting the
causes and Instrumentalities which the
growers believed were responsible for
depreciating Ihe price of their staple
below a figure at which It could be
profitably produced. Chief among these
Instrumentalities, ns they regarded It,
was the widespread selling and buying
of future options on cotton, nnd so cer-
Inln were the growers, the association
end others that this practice was prej
udicial to the profitable handling- of
their product that a hill was Introduced
In the Georgia legislature and success
fully fought through the house of rep
resentatives abolishing cotton ex
changes nnd bucket shops. As the sec
ond most prominent officer of the as
sociation, Mr. Cheaihtm was In the
thick of the fight being waged against
the speculation In cotton futures nnd
ngalnst the exchanges and bucket
shops through which It was carried on.
It Is 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 snmo of those who were
denouncing bucket shops were finan
cially Interested In bucket shops. Thnt
among tho most vehement denunciators
of fatttrea speculation there were some
»ii" secretly speculated In futures.
Thnt prominent officials of the associa
tion were hunting with the hounds nnd
running with the hares. Mr. Cheat
ham was prompt to make Indignant
denial of personal Implication In theso
charges. In the Investigation which
followed he was forced In the face of
overwhelming testimony to admit that
hr had been doing the very thing
■ ilnat which he was fighting as an
car of the aeeoclatlon—that he had
been dealing In cotton future* and thus
helping to hurt the Interests he was
■■aid and trusted to protect, If he be-
teved 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
tits standpoint.
Unquestionably such a denouement
destroys Mr. Cheatham’* capacity for
further usefulness to the Southern Cot
ton Association. If the aeeoclatlon
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
heve known had the power by retaliat
ing to destroy Ixltxz. .
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
shop transaction* for account of friends
and that hi* conduct was reprehen
sible and should be censured.
The motive for the attack upon the
association's officers, they declare, wns
splto on the part of the bucket shops
for the abolition of which there has
hen a campaign waging In Georgia.
That I* 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 unci* i • ' i. r.-iu,-.-m ih.-f.nm-
ers of the South nnd 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 ran 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,
nnd It la to he 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.
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 his own signature he admits
that he has been speculating tn cotton
futures and writing editorials against
It. It Is true that he says he was act
ing for other parties—A Mr. OfOrady
nnd 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 as un
worthy to occupy the posltlqn he holds,
and the association had better send
him home. The farmers and business
men who compose the association are
not going to have a gang of cotton
gamblers In charge of their affairs,
and Hsrvle Jordan had better apply
the knife vigorously, or hi* aseocta
tton will go to pieces like a house at
cards.
TAKES SOLEMN OATH
TO SUPPORT FAMILY)
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 his family.
The young husband wns arrested at
the Instance of Probation Officer Oloer,
on complaint of Mrs. Smith. She In
formed the officer that Smith recent
ly beat her and tore her clothes, after
« hi n in- j,t,:in,t,.n.-,i M<-r and her chil
dren. Smith denied ho beat his wife,
but promised he would support his
family In the future and would never
drink Intoxicants again.
"Guilty” Was Enough.
From The Columbia State,
The dispatch that tells of the decis
ion In the Cheatham case relates that
the committee that found the secretary
of the cotton association guilty of spec
ulating In It* report “does not censure
him or make any recommendation,"
oh, well, what was the use? “Guilty''
was enough.
Should Resign at Once.
From The St. Matthews (8. C.) Com
mercial.
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Association, can be 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
hint.
GAGE GIVES UP HIS HOME
TO SAN DIEGO THEOSOPHISIS
Rjr Privets f-eaeeu Wire.
San Diego, Cal- Aug. ".—Former
Secretary of th* Treasury Lyman J.
Gage, who hna been a resident of
Point Loraa, almost within the circle
of Ihe "unlvereal brotherhood and the-
osophlcal society," of which Katharine
Tlngtey I* the outer head. Is to leave
the Point for Chicago and the Hast,
but whether temporarily or permanent
ly he will not say. He declines to aay
a word regarding his Intentions.
The movement on th* part of the
former secretary of the treasury Is In
dicated by th* filing of a deed at the
county recorder’s office .In which Mr.
Gage transferred to Katharine Ting-
ley the seven-room Some owned by him
on Point Lome.
This home was completed but a short
time ago. The consideration haa not
been made public.
INSANE WOMAN SETS FIRE
TO SELF AND FOUR OTHERS
By Private tweanl Wire.
South Bend. Ind.. Aug. 7.—A* a result
of a demented woman's craving for
fire. Mr*. H. E. Denslow was burned
to death. Dr. H. E. Denslow end Mrs.
Eugene Balfour were probably fatally
burned, and Mr*. O. R Hunt and her
CARDS AND TlEER
RESl'LT IN MUKDKRj
SLAYER GETS AWAY.
Ae the result of the roiabtatton of a
pack of cards, a keg of beer and a lit
tle game la th* wood* near the plant
the Atlanta Ice and Fertilizer 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 last night, poured gaso
line on the parlor carpet and applied a
match. She wa* at once enveloped In
names. The others were injured while
trying to aid the burning woman.
are searching for Charlie Randolph,
another negro, on the charge of mur
der. ; . .
During the progress of the 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 Thomas, afttr
which he made h's escape. Thomas
died Monday morning.
Coroner Thompson held,an Inquest
Monday afternoon, the lury charging
Randolph with murder.
TRIO OF CANINES
RITTER BY MAD DOG
Bitten by a mad dog a week ago, a
big bull dog developed hydrophla on
Tuesday morning In Hilliard street,
near Irtvln, 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 nwny by the
time Officer Pate arrived on the scene
and consequently were not killed.
The advent or the mad dog In the
neighborhood caused considerable ex
clteme-'
MARBLE RATE CAGE
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 th*
marble rate case.
President Roberts gives ns 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, th* commission
will dismiss the matter unless good
rsasons are shown for Its further con
tinuance.
At the meeting Thursday of th*
commission the question of Jurisdic
tion In the Atlanta Northern railway
will be decided.
This matter hts 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 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 Qultmnn and
Thnmnavllle. They will aak for a re-
adjustment of the rites.
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 le-na-d Wire.
New York, Aug. 7.—The "lid" Is down
In Saratoga, liut before It was clamp
ed John A. Drake demonetrated that
TV the hoodoo number, can be beaten.
Mr. Drake was In Canfield's after he
had eaten a hearty dinner and wns in
n happy mood. Buying <1,000 worth of
cheeks, he said to the dealer:
“Let'* see about this deadly number,
nnyway."
•Mr. Drake played "23" for awhile nnd
lost <3,000.
"I believe that you're In earnest,"
said Mr. Drake to the smiling dealer,
and walked over to another table. He
played there without success, taking
"33" each time, nnd then with his re
maining checks, walked back to the
first table and again placed his checks
on "23." It came 23 and Mr. Drake,
who had bought <4,000 worth of check*
had <4,000 In front of him.
"1 was taught In my early yeprs to
quit whenever I got even. Cash those
cheeks. Good night, "Twenty-three,"
and he walked back Into the restaurant.
The question as to what the services
of a doctor are worth has again come
to the front.
For five years' medical services to the
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 ot
the deceased and executor of the <*,-
000,000 estate. Dr. Banes declares that
he lias not been paid anything for Ilia
treatment of the millionaire from Sep
tember, 1891, to September. 19u3. He
says he put In 100 duys attending Mr,
Rainey.
This would make the average eharga
about <300 per visit. While <300 a visit
seems pretty hlxh a man who
Is well, there are times when a man
would be willing to pay the right kind
of a doctor almost anything.
-ooktyn 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 sulllclent grandeur and digni
ty for the projected edifice. Bishop
McDonnell and the Right Rev. John I.
Barrett, are both said to be nbroad
studying ecclesiastical architecture,
and conferring with hla hr.llness ns 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 his wife had become too fat
to please bis taste, Link declared that,
try as he might, he could not love her
as 4n the days of yore, when she was
slender and sylph-llke. He wns forced
to leave her, he said, and thereby ho
furnished the ground upon which she
obtained a limited divorce In the su
preme court.
GEO&GIANS IN GOTHAM.
NEGRO MAIL CLERK
IG BOUND TO COURT
H pee Nil tn The Georgian.
Savannah, Oa„ Aug. 7.—Raymond
HIIL a negro mailing clerk, was bound
over yesterday afternoon on a charge
of rifling the mails. Complaints had
been received and a decoy letter was
prepared by Inspector* and malted 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 <1* bills were •found on him.
The negro la In >Jall.
1,500 $IEN PARADE
IN THEIR NIGHTIES
By Private leased Wire. .
Michigan City, Ind., Aug. 7.—Michi
gan City was shocked last night by
l,i«« employee* of a Dayton, Ohio,
factory who piraded the principal
streets attired hi their night clothes
The company'* employees have been
In ramp here for some time past. R
will break up Wednesday. The Day-
ton people have been presented with
the keys of th* city.
By I’rlrnte Leased Wire. .!_ ....
New York, Aug. 7.—Here are some of
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—F. L- Beer*. C. DuBoae,
E.R. DilBose, S. • Johnson, Jr., H.
Kaplan, E. H. Macon, Miss M. O'Toole,
J. L. McGnrrlty, Miss 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.
McAulllfe, C. H. Strong.
IN WASHINGTON.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 7.—At Washington
hotels:
ALABAMA—Mr. and Mr*. W, T. Mc
Gowan, Mobile: John C. Webb, John
B. Merriwether, Demopolls; Mrs. Rich,
moral P, Hobson, Greensboro, New Wil
lard: Mr. nnd Mrs. D. M. Kennedy,
Corinth, National: G. W. Payton nnd
wife. Mobile, St. James.
GEORGIA—F. W. Holt. Eatonton.
Ebbltt; L. D. Lawman and wife, At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. John E. Murphy,
Julia Murphy, Mary Murphy, Atlanta,
New Willard: A. D. auetman, Atlanta,
Raleigh; C. M. Meare and wife, At
lanta, National; J. C. Tretwany, At
lanta, St. James.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGU8T 7.
1106—Henry VI, the client, emperor of Oer-
ninny, died.
1514— Fence concluded among England,
Frame ami Kent land.
Amelia, dang
ittglnad, bora.
1821—Caroline of Ilrunswfek, contort of
George IV, died.
1868—Ottawa made the eapltnl of .Canada*
W51—Ifnnipton, Vn.. burned.
1870—I*arla declared In a atate of aiege{
Fra neo-German war.
1875— Beginning of tbs Austro-Bosnlan
war. i
1880—l)r. Tanner successful*;* completed ft
fast or forty day*.
1£84—Oklahoma* ‘’boomers” fm;,i
Indian Territory bv United rtntc.j
I troop*.
1884-Funeral of Katuael J. Tllden.
1887—Hawaii adopted a new constitution.
•I«arry Donovan, American l*ridge-
Jumper, leaped from Hungerford
Isomloii, and was drowned.
1«®-Mnt FI oreiict* Maybrick found guilty
of murderiiig ber bualmud la iJver-
F&tor Kuo:;, fcroon:; raca
•tied.
1894—kifiy-tblnl rabfvraa lr ex
traordinary session. Subject: nher-
llW-GrecG Britain declared neutrality U
Captain Dreyfus at
1804— British force, under Colonel Yan?
husband, enters Lasts.
.atrial
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SOUTH CAROLINA
FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
By Private Leased Wire.
Columbia, S. C„ Aug. 7.—Thera was
a larva and representative attendance
nt Clemson 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
tht* afternoon was nn address by Col
onel U. B. Watson, «liw spoke of tM
Importance of the South producing Its
own meat. The agricultural resources
and possibilities of the South In every
phase will be discussed during the
rucceedlng days of the convention.