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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WBIiNKMiAY, Al GUCi s. !>*. SENATE APPROVES MR, WRIGHT'S BILL TO PURIFY BALLOT Jamestown Exposition Ap propriation is Passed. With only one dlsscptlng vote the senate Wednesday passed the bill of Mr. Wright, of lllchmond, for the purl- flcatto'n of the ballot. The Jamestown appropriation also passed. After that the session was devoted to the discussion of the bucketshop bill and the'substltute recommended by the committee on agriculture. Senator Crawford Wheatley demonstrated his ability to amply care for himself In a running Are of debate. Member after member took a tilt at him, but he bowled them over by the aptness.of his reply or the quick of his-repartee. Following a long discussion as whether the senate flrst adopt the sub stitute or tlie report of the comndttee, the president ruling for the former, Senator Wheatley opened the discus sion In advocacy of his substitute. “I favor allowing the brokerage houses to stay In Georgia," he said, “If we can catch the speculating members of the Cotton Association with them. If they are in New York why we can’t place our hands on such fellows.” He forced an admission from Senator Williams that he had speculated in bucketshops. Later Senator Williams ssked: • - “Isn’t it true that the senator himself cannot explain the difference between a bucketshop and an ex changed When the laughter had subsided, Senator Wheatley came back: “No, not to the senator. The Lord is responsible for his inability to compre hend, and not I.” Afterwards lie apologized for ’ the personal remarks, and the two shook hands. Senator Bunn spoke strongly and clearly against the substitute, and said • It the whole question between liuck- etshops and exchanges was simply a distinction without a difference. All were gambles pure and simple, he said, .. Reconsider Hall Bill. On motion of Senator McHenry the senate (reconsidered its action of Tues day In'defeating the Hail tax assessor bill. - I - . Senator Hand immediately moved to table the bill, and it will be taken up at a later date. Jamestown Appropriation. Without debate and with a few min or amendments the senate passed the resuldtiofi of Mr. Russell, of Musgogee, appropriating 130,000 for an exhibit for Georgia at the Jamestown exposition by a vote of 28 to 8. -Voting against the resolution was Senators Adams, Foster, Hogan, King, I.umsden, Strange, Walker and Wil liams. It was immediately transmit ted to the house. A «‘\RuVo Election Bill Pasted. .. The bill of Hon. Boykin Wright, of Riehmohd,- for pure elections passed by a vote-of 27 to 1, Senator Hamby vot ing no. The oitty remarks made on it were by Senator Bunn,' chairman of the general judiciary committee, who ad vocated It strongly. it makes It a misdemeanor to buy sad sell votes and to vote Illegally, to contribute money or anything of value for buying votes at any election In this state. It also make* it a misdemeanor to hire workers or to be hired as a worker in any election. New Bills. By Senator Crum—To amend section of the code which provides for chang ing county lines In this state, so as to further provide for changing the coun ty lines.in this state by a vote of the qualified electors of the territory to be affected thereby. By Senator Miller—To'protect the Western and Atlantic railroad from be ing destroyed or deteriorated by par allel road or roads. By Senator Bunn—To provide for the manner of appointment of Jury commissioners In the several counties of this state, the number and compen sation. The. senate will meet at * o'clock Thursday morning. TWO GATLING GUNS TO THECOUNTYJAIL Salisbury Under Martial Law—Investigation of Lynching. ny Private Leased Wire. Salisbury. N. C-. Aug. 8 The R county situation this morning is some brighter. Salisbury Is under martial rule and the streets adjacent to the Jail are kept clear. Two gatllng guns stand in the yard where the men forced an entrance Monday night, nnd two military companies, ordered here nnd commanded by General Armstrong of the First North Carolina regiment, at the Instance of Governor Glenn, pa trolled the yard all night, lyui there is not the slightest evidence of further trouble. Three arrests were made last night, following instructions to keep.the Jail clear. Mayor Boyden ordered n man, who said he did not care if It was caus ing trouble, put In prison and later a drunken bully was hauled out. after threatening to kill anybody who at tempted to arrest him when he vaulted the fence. 'Mob Threatens Jailsr. The cause of the military force of a hundred men being sent here, was the arrest of the leader of the mob, who Is a former convict, a notorious retailer and distiller. -He was recognized Mon- day night by Solicitor Hammer, while attempting to batter down the Jail door and encouraging the mob to greater violence, when it seemed that It would dlsjierse. He Is known to have par ticipated In the hanging of the men. Rumors that a mob would rescue him caused Judge Long to tnke all precau tions, and further fear that processes In the court would be Interrupted made his determination to proceed all the f reater. The mob has nn Idea that aller Kriber shot Engineer .McLenon and has sent out threats against him. Court Convenss. The court met at 10:40 o’clock this morning. The first thing taken up was the case of the lynchers who will now be tried, while the Indicted defendants who were not lynched were sent to Charlotte, until the subsequent Rowan term of court Is held the Inst of Aug ust. The remaining three will then be tried. The present Investigation of lynchers will continue as long as ahy evidence can bo found agnlnst those who took part In the episode. The vic tims of the mob were bntied at the county home yesterday. The crowd had mutilated the hands, ears and fin gers until the bodies were a fearful sight. Ribbon Sale! You’ve used ribbons this Summer—indications already show more ribbons with everything this Fall. Here then is a chance to practice a little fore-handed economy: ORPHAN LYERLY GIRLS TAKEN TO THE 'SCENE By rrlrntc Leased Wire. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 8.—Three com panies of North Carolina national guard, one command from Statesville, a company of infantry and a battery of artillery from Charlotte, , surrounded the jail at Salisbury today when a mob of more than a thousand men sur rounded-the soldiers Intent upon rescu ing George Hall, arrested ns the leader ‘ M — ,, _ . ..ade of the lynchers who hanged Nence Gil 3 SOUTH CAROLINA DRUGGISTS MEET Bpectnl to The Georgian. Greenville, 8; .C., Aug. 8.—There wu • food attendance today at the open ing of the thirteenth annual convention of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical AMOclatlon. Those present Include prominent druggists from nearly all the chief cities and towns of the state. Various matters of Interest and Impor tance to the trade will be discussed during the two days' business sessions, which will be Interspened with various features of entertainment arranged by the cltzens of Greenville. RULERS OF BRITAIN DINED BY ALFONSO Prlmt. Leased Wire, eowes, Aug. 8.—King Alfonao and leaple, John Glllciple and Jack Dilling ham, three of the murderers of the Ly- erly family. The Jail la a wreck. Ev ery window pane Is broken and the Winds, sashes and doors were literally threshed to pieces by the mob, bricks and atone! being used with telling ef fect. While the mob li ne alarming the jail Edward Wilson and Tom Brown, two prisoners charged with burglary, made their escape. Brown, a negro prisoner, relumed an hour later and begged for protection. Orphan Girls View Remaine. Judge Long, of tile Rowan county auperlor court, end Solicitor Hammer are Investigating the lynching. Sheriff Julian has a long list of names of men supposed to be Implicated,., The surviving negroes, Henry Lee, George Ervin and the two women, are aafe In jail at Charlotte. The two little Lyerly g , members of thnt family who eacaped death at the hands of the negroes, and who were rescued by the sextette of slayers, according to the confession.of Neace Gillespie, were taken to the 25c Taffeta*ribbons in an excellent quality and weight. Five inches Wide. WKitc, Cream, Black, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Green, Pink, Brswn, Red, Pasts!. 35c soft finished Louisine ribbons in the six-inch width. Thursday, 16c Black, White, Cream, Twe Blues, Pink, Green, Brswn and Red. Thursday, 28c EMBEZZLER'S S WEE! HEAR! IS THE UNWITTING CAUSE OF CAPTURE IN CANADA made to view the three dead men swinging from the limb of the tree, their bodies riddled with 600 bullets. V MOB THREATENS TO STORM GREENSBORO JAIL By Private Leased Wire. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 8.—A mob Is threatening to lynch the three negroes In Jail here charged with the murder of a railway foreman named Beach. A desperate fight will probably ensue If any effort Is made to carry Into ef fect the plans of the would-be lynch ers. as Governor Glenn has authorised the sheriff to use the state troops. Queen Victoria entertained King Ed ward and Queen Alexandria at dinner on board the Spanish royal yacht Glr- alda last evening. There were tw*n- ty-slx other guests. The yacht was brilliantly illuminated. Their majesties, as guests of King Edward, today sailed round the We of Wight on his yacht Britannia. By Private Lonted Wire. Pittsburg, Aug. 8.~Separated from the beautiful girl who has been his companion for two years and practi cally penniless, Clinton B. Wray, who Is charged with stealing 8J25.000 from the Union Trust Company, of tills city. Is being rushed back from Toronto, Canada, where he was arrested by a detective from the Perkins agency yes terday. Tonight when Wray arrives In Pittsburg he will Join his alleged ac complice, Clifford 8. Hlxon. the Indi vidual bookkeeper of the trust com pany, who Is held In the county Jail on the same charge (n default of $20,- 000 ball. ^ The peculations of the trusted em ployees are sold to have extended over a period of three years. Through Miss Grace Loughrey. the girl who fled with him to Canada, Wray was traced by the Perkins detectives. Wray had made the acquaintance of the girl two years ago, when she tor In Klttannlng, Pd. A few days after he flist heard her voice over the telephone he called upon her In her home town. A friendship thus formed continued until the girl eventually came to Alleghany to live. The Intimacy of the couple wns dis covered by the detectives when they Investigated Wray’s private history*. It was found that Miss Loughrey had disappeared at the snmo time ns Wray. Lust Saturday Wray wrote t«- All.-- ghuny requesting that .Miss Loiightey's mall be sent to Mr. Wright, general de livery, Toronto, Canada. Two Perkins detective left for Toronto and yester day afternoon after a watch of three days at th«- Toronto postofTIo- Hay were reworded by seeing Wray corno Into the postofflre after the letters. He was placed under arrest and confessed his guilt. Wray said he and Hlxon had lost all the stolen money on stock gambling. Miss Loughrey wns seen by the detec tives and she gave them 2*2. all the money she had left from what Wray had given her. Ehe was not charged working as a telephone centra! opera- 1 with any offense and was not arrested. SENSATIONAL ESCAPE OF 7 WO NEGRO CONVICTS . ON STOLEN LOCOMOTIVE Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 8.—Two long term negro convicts made a sensational escape from the plant of the Mllltown Lumber Company, at Mllltown, Ga^ yesterday afternoon by stealing a lo comotive on the Mllltown Air Line railway and fleeing down the track. The men secured possession of the lo- 25 years reading one paper—and now gives 1 j SS ■■"Hff- Salem, Ala., Auguit 4, 1906. THE GEORGIAN, Atlanta: - dally paper for tlx montha with bill. 1 have for 25 years and want a better paper. Youra truly, it up for The Georgian. comotive while the engineer and fire man were temporarily absent. They dashed full speed down the track and were soon beyond the range of the guards* guns. It Is supposed,that they ran the lo comotive three or four miles, when they reversed the machine and Jumped off, taking to the woods, the locomotive was thus sent back toward the town at a hair-raising speed, with no one on IL When the wild engine dashed back toward the depot a fearful wreck seemed inevitable,-but-wlth forethought while It was running at 45 miles an hour It was witched on to a siding and run Into n flat car, the locomotive ten der being demolished, but otherwise it u*as little damaged. - Track dogs were hurried from this city with the hope of running down the escapes, but without success. One of the mem was in for twenty years and the other for life. BUILDING COLLAPSES BUT NO ONE HURT. Special to The Gsorgflsn. Greenville, 8. C„ Aug. 8.—A brick building, known as the “Candy Kitch en,” located In North Main street, col lapsed shortly after noon today, the wall bulging ar.1 keeling over, laying the roof almost fjat on .the floor. Next the collapsed structure excavations were being made for the construction of the new Bank of Commerce build ing. and It la possible the wall was In this way undermined. The Greek candy maker who fhe building escape*! unhurt, of goods Is a complete lo*» TO TRY TO FORCE DRUGGISTS TO PAY FOR SEUJNG MALT License Inspector Ewing Out After Eighteen Pharmacies. DO YOU WANT $16.00? Vest Than don’t tmyKft.OO for* Hues;. wo will Mil you * tx-tb-r liturgy for 849.0O. \l’a glva you the dealer's profit of llfl.00. Why not males thi* profit yourself by boying direct from o«ir footer vf Golden Cagle Boggles are guaranteed ••qiiaT tn (ho burgle* sour ussier* a«U for frift.OO. Handsomely flhlahed and light fun ning. Don’t buy * Buggy until you gat tin u Golden Eagle Buggy Co. itu.u.o.. Unless they pury the stipulated license of 2200 for selling malt extracts, cases will b*i made In tho recorder’s court against the pwners of eighteen of the largest drug stores In Atlanta. License Inspector It. A. Ewing has gathered evldenco against the drug companies which are selling malt ex tracts and, on advice of the city attor ney that the owners are liable to a tax ordinance, has sent out notices which will be received Wednesday afternoon. . It Is believed thnt the druggists will clnlm the rnalt has been sold for medi cal purposes, nnd so as to prove that li wns n<»t Hold #*xi IiihUfor >ii< li .Mr. Ewing went to tin drug companies RACE MEET ARRANQED and purchased bottles of the Intoxicant. In every* Instance the malt was sold without question ns to what the pur chaser Intended to use It for. The portion of the tax ordinance cov- . # erlng the sale of molt extract rends ns i rnro inP 1 follows: ’White hops, malt extracts or simi lar products, sold alone or In connec tion with nny other business, unless sold under some regular liquor license, L 2200.” Among the specimens secured by Mr. Ewing to be used. If necessary’. In court 1 were bottles of wurtiburger malt, made I by the Atlanta Brewing nnd Ice Com pany. nnd I’nbst malt extract. The llcente Innpector stated Wednes- I day that he Intended to collect the II- I cense If It Is possible to do so. The j total amount from tho eighteen phnr- • maclsts will be 23,600. This will go I toward the genera! Improvement of the Ity. Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised! Rent Receipts Remind me of Money Thrown Away. Do you know that tho Standard Itenl Estate Loan Company of Wash ington, D. C., will Bell you a homo-purchasing contract whereby you can buy or build a home anywhere In tho United States and pay for it In monthly payments for less than you aro now pnytng rent? They will lend you from $1,000 to 2G.OOO at 5 per cent, simple interest, al lowing you to pay it back In monthly Installments o4 $7.60 on each thousand borrowed. For pros pectus and plans ot our proposition, call on or write J. St. Jullen Yates, Rtato Agent. 321 Austell Bldg., At* lanta, Ua. Bell phone 26G3-J. Atlanta phono 1918. Truthful Hustling Iginti Wanted in Every County in the Stale I Spc-i-ln! to Tlie ( i Chattanooga, ft has FOR CHATTANOOGA. •corglmi. Tenn., Aug. 8.—A big been arranged to be i thin city beginning tomorrow oslng Saturday. Some of ths horses in this section will b« races. The purses for harness III be $250 and for running race will be 2100. SAYSMRS.BROWNLQW GETS HO SALARY AS LINEN INSPECTOR Kperfnl Io,TIii- Georgian. Chattanooga, Trim., Aug. 8.—A spr- j clsl from. Johnson City, Tenn, gsys I that following the charges mode by j Hon. A. A. Taylor and his friends that I Mrs. W. P. Brownlow, wife of the j First district congressman and former! ■ ... “bone” of state Republican politics, has ‘ The stock ! been drawing pay os “linen Inspector" I I of the mountain branrh of the Nation, i „ S.,1.11.1. II I’., il K Im.ii, Hot Wav, i. Broken. treasurer of tbo laattflloo. —baa af- [ Hjr 1’rlrate leweed Wire. , fldavlt denting Ibis report, nnd charg- New-port News. Va.. Aug. *.—The hot 1 Ing that Mrs. Brow nlow baa never 1 wave here was broken by a terrlrtr; drawn n penny from the Institution a- thunder storm and downpour of rain “linen Inspector” or from any utheri yesterday. source.- SEASON’S END CLEARANCE SALE something. It ms [ter rent than it had a At thits store me means that each dollar 1 more purchasing power week ago! Our entice stock of Men's fine Fancy Suits and Odd Trousers at 25 Per Cent Discount Til is meal twenty-five et yon spend.' Straw Hnti ll actual saving of on every dollar that at 1-2 priet Correct Clethti for Men Essig Bros., ‘CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN,” 26 WHITEHALL ST.