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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SENATE APPROVES MR. WRIGHT'S BILL TO PURIFY BALLO Jamestown Exposition Ap preciation is Passed. With only one dtuentlng vote the senate Wednesday passed the bill Mr. Wright, of Richmond, for the purl flcatlon of the ballot. The Jamestown appropriation also passed. After that the session was devoted to the discussion of the bucketshop bill and the substitute recommended by the committee on agriculture. Senator Crawford Wheatley demonstrated his ability to amply care for himself In running fire of debate. Member after member took a tilt at him, but ho bowled them over by aptness of his reply or the quick of his repartee. Following a long discussion as whether the senate first adopt the sub stitute or tho report of the committee, the president ruling for the former, Senator Wheatley opened the discus slon 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' place our hands on such fellows." He forced an admission from Senator Williams that he had speculated In bucketshops. Later Senator Williams ulced; "Isn’t It true that the senator himself cannot explain the difference between a bucketshop and a change 7* When. the laughter had subsided, F- ■ -r Wheatley oniue hack: "No, not to the senator. The Lord le responsible for hla Inability to compre hend, and not I." Afterwards he apologised for the personal remarks, and the two shook Senator Bunn spoke strongly and clearly against the substitute, and said that the whole question between buck 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 ■enate reconsidered Its action of Tues day in defeating the Hall tax assessor bill. - . Senator Hand Immediately moved to table the bill, and It will bo taken up ;:t ft Inter ilnte. Jamestown Appropriation. Without debate and with a few min or amendments tho senato passed the resolution of Mr. Russell, of Musgogee, appropriating 130,000 for an exhibit for Georgia at the Jamestown exposition by a voto of 28 to 8. Voting against the resolution was esolui Senators Adams, Poster, Hogan, King, Lumsden, Strange, Walker and Wil liams. It was Immediately transmit ted to tho house. .Pure Election Bill Passed, The bill of Hon. Boykin Wright, of Richmond,,for puro elections passed by a vote -of 27 .to 1, Senator Hamby vot Ing no. The only'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 and sell votes and to vote Illegally, to contribute money or anything of value for buying votes at any election In this state. It also makes 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 lints in this stato by a vote of the qualified electors of the territory to be effected’ thereby. By 8Snator 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 thle state, the number and compen sation. The senate will meet at 9 o’clock Thursday morning. SOUTH CAROLINA DRUGGISTS MEET 8pscltl to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C. ( Aug. 8.—There wm a rood attendance today at the open- Ing of tho 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 tho two days’ business sessions, which will bo interspaced with various features of entertainment arranged by the cltzens of Greenville. RULERS OF BRITAIN DINED BY ALFONSO TWO GATLING GUNS GUARD ENTRANCE TO THE COUNT! JA Salisbury Under Martial Law—Investigation of Lynching. RT Trlrate Lc.-wd wire. Salisbury. N. C.. Aug. 8.—The Rowan county situation this morning la some brighter. Sallabury ti 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, and two military companies, ordered here and commanded by General Armstrong °f the First North Carolina regiment, at the Instance of Governor Glenn, pa trolled the yard all night, and there L not the slightest evidence of further trouble. Three arrests were made last- night, following Instructions to keen the Jail dear. Mayor Boyden ordered n man, who said ho 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 ho vaulted the fence. Mob Threatens Jailer. The cause of the military force of _ hundred men being sent here, was the arrest of tho leader, of tho mob, who 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 disperse. He Is known to have par ticipated In the hanging of the men. Rumors that a mob would rescue him caused Judge Long to take all precau tions, ang further fear that processes In the court would be Interrupted made his determination to proceed all the greater. The mob has an Idea that Jailer Krlber shot Engineer McLenon and has sent out threats against him. Court Convent,, 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 last of Aug ust. The remaining three will then be tried. The present Investigation of lynchers will continue as long as any evidence can be found against those who took part in the episode. The vic tims of the mpb were hurled at the county home yesterday. The crowd had mutilated the hands, ears and fin gers until the bodies were a fearful sight. ORPHAN LYERLY GIRLS TAKEN TO THE 8CENE By rrirste Leased Wire. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 8.—Three com panies of North Carolina national guard, ono command from Statesville, 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 soldleps Intent upon'rescu ing George Hall, arrested ns tho leader of the lynchers who hanged Neace Gil lespie, John Gillespie and Jack BlUIng- ham, three of the murderers of the Ly- erly family. The Jail Is a wreck. Ev- I r window pane Is broken and the nds. sashes and doors were literally threshed to pieces by the mob, bricks and stones being used with telling ef fect. While tho mob was storming the Jail Edward Wilson and Tom Brown, :wo prisoners charged with burglary, made their escape. Brown, a negro prisoner, returned an hour later and begged for protection. Orphan Girls View Remains. Judge Long, of the Rowan county superior court, and Solicitor Hammer are Investigating the lynching. Sheriff Julian has a long list of names of men surviving negroes, Henry George Ervin and the r rrirste Leased wire. Cowea Aug. 8.—King Alfonso are safe In Jail at Charlotte. The two little Lyerly i_ , _JB members of that family who escaped death nt 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 scene of the lynching last night and made to view the grewsome remains of the three dead men swinging from the limb of the tree, their bodies riddled with 800 bullets. MOB THREATENS TO STORM GREENSBORO JAIL By Prlvste Leased Wire. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 8.—A mob Is threatening to lynch the three negroes A desperate fight will prob if any effort la made to carry inio at- feet the plana of the would-be lynch ers, ss Governor Glenn has authorised the sheriff to use the state troops. ward and Queen Alexandria at on board the Spanish royal yacht Olr- alda last evening. There were ttven- ty-slx other guests. The yacht was brilliantly Illuminated. Their majesties, as guests of King Edward, today sailed round the Isle of Wight on his yacht Britannia. 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: 25c Taffeta ribbons in an excellent quality and weight. Five inches Wide. White, Cream, Black, Light Blue, Dark Blue, - Grsen, Pink, Brown, Red, Pastel. 35c soft finished Louisine ribbons in the six-inch width. Thursday, 16c Black, White, Cream, Twe Blues, Pink, Green, Brswn and Red. Thursday, 28c l VI,'. EMBEZZLER'S SWEET HEAR 7 IS THE' UNWITTING CAUSE OF CAPTURE IN CANADA By Print a leased Win*. Pittsburg, Aug. 8.—Separated from the beautiful girl who has been hla companion for two years and practl colly penniless, Clinton B. Wray, who charged with stealing $125,000 from the Union Trust Company, of this city, being rushed back from Toronto, anodo, 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 S. Hixon, the Indi vidual bopkkeeper of the trust com pany, who Is hold in the county Jail the same charge In default of $20,- 000 ball. The peculations of the trusted em ployees are said to have extended over period of three years. Through Miss Grace Loughrey. the girl who flea with him to Canada, Wray was traced by the Perkins detectives. Wray had made the acquaintance of the girl two years ago, when she was working as a telephone central opera tor In Kittanning. Pa. * A few days after ho first heard her voice over tho telephone he called upon her In her homo town. A friendship thus formed continued until the girl eventually catno to Alleghany to live. Tho Intimacy of the couple was dis covered by the'detectives when they Investigated Wray's private history. It was found that MIhh Loughrey hud disappeared at the same time as Wroy. Last Saturday Wray wrote to Alle ghany requesting that Miss Loughrcy’s mall be sent to Mr. Wright, general de ll very. Toronto, Canada. Two IViklns detective left for Toronto and yester day afternoon after a watch of threo days at the Toronto postofllce they were rowarded by seeing Wray come Into the postofllce after the letters. He was placed under arrest and confessed his guilt. Wray said he and Hixon had lost all the stolen money on stock gambling. Miss Loughrey was seen by the detec tives and she gave them $75, all the money she had loft from what Wray had given her. Sho was not. charged with any offense and was not arrested. SENSATIONAL ESCAPE OF T WO NEGRO CONVICTS ON STOLEN LOCOMOTIVE TO TO! TO FORCE DRUGGISTS TO PAY POO SELLING MALT License Inspector Ewing Out After Eighteen Pharmacies. Sptcl.l !o The O»orglnn. Valdosta. Oa, Aug. 8.—Two Ion*, term negro convicts made a sensational escape from the plant ot the Mllttown Lumber Company, at Mllltown, Oa.. terday afternoon by stealing a lo comotive on the Mllltown Air Line railway and fleeing down the track. The men secured possession ot the lo 25 years reading one paper—and now gives it up for The Georgian. Salem, Ala., August 4, 1906. THE GEORGIAN, Atlanta: Mr, Editor:— Please send me your dally paper for six months with bill. I have been taking the . for 25 years and want a better paper. Yours truly, J. N. H. comotive while the engineer and flre- mnn were temporarily absent. They dashed full speed down the track and were soon beyond the range of the guards' guns. It la 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 s*»nt back touard the at a hair-raising speed, with-'no one on it. When the wild engine dashed bark toward the depot a fearful wreck seemed Inevitable, but vslth forethought while It was running at 45 mites an hour It was witched on to a Biding and run Into a flat car, the locomotive ten der being demolished, hut otherwise It waa little damaged. Traclc dogs were hurried from thla city with the hope of running down the escapes, but without success. One of the men was In for twenty yean and the other for life. BUILDING COLLAP8E8 BUT NO ONE HURT. Special to The Georgian. Greenville, 8. C, Aug. t—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 flat on the floor. Next the collapsed structure excavations were being made for the construction of the new Bank of Commerce build ing. and Jt Is possible the wall waa In this way undermined. The Greek candy maker who waa In the building escaped unhurt. The stock of goods Is a complete loss. Unless they pay the stipulated license of $200 for selling malt extracts, cases will be made In the recorder’s court against tho owners of eighteen of tho largest drug stores In Atlanta. License Inspcetor IL A. Gwlng has gathered evidence against tho drug companies which are selling malt ex tracts and, on advice ot the city attor ney that the owners are liable to a tax ordinance, has sent out notices which will be received Wednesday afternoon. It 1s believed that the druggists will claim the malt has been sold for medi cal purposes, nnd so as to prove that It u IIS not sold •*x**|iih1v«*I> f-»r :«m li Mr. Gwlng went to the drug companies and purchased bottles of the Intoxicant. In every Instance the malt was sold without question as to what the pur- I tut • I Intended to use If for The portion of tho tax ordinance cov ering the sale of malt extract reads as follows: "White hops, malt extracts or simi lar products, sold alone or In connec tion with any other business, unless sold under some regular liquor license, $200.” Among the specimens secured by Mr. Gwlng to bo used, if necessary, in court were bottles of wurtzburger malt, made by the Atlanta Brewing and Ice Com pany, and Pabst malt extract. The license Inspector stated Wednes day that he Intended to collect the li cense If It Is possible to do so. The total amount from the eighteen phar macists will be $3,600. TWs Will go toward the general improvement of the city. SUES MRS.eROWNLQW GETS NO SALARY AS LINEN INSPECTOR DO YOU WANT $16.00? not rosks this profit yoimtlf by buying direct from our factory t Golden Fegle Buggies ere , gverenteed wiueT to tho liuKKloB your deel«r« sell for •W.00. lUudsofiioly flnlahed end light run- Pon t buy a Buggy until you get oar v ..tlnRu« end gmt ilirnAii offor. Write to day for ceUlogoe Ko, It snd Usrneu otfer. ■•ii u> Golden Eagle Buggy Co. »«••-,«.■ Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised! Rent Receipts Remind me of Money Thrown Away. Do you know tlmt tho Btandard Real Estate Loan Company of Wash ington, D. C., will sell you a homo-purchaaing contract whereby you can buy or build a homo anywhere In tha United States and pay for It In monthly payments for lea* than you are now paying rent? They will lend you from 11,000 to $r>,000 at 6 per cent, simple Interest, al lowing you to pay II hack In monthly Installment, of 17.50 on each thousand borrowed. For prospectus and plana of our proposition, call on or wrltn J. 8t. Julian Yatos, State Agent, 321 Austell Bldg., At lanta, Ga. Boll phono 2653-J, Atlanta phone 1918. Truthful Huitlinf Afente Wanted In Every County in Hw State. RACE MEET ARRANGED FOR CHATTANOOGA. Specie! to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. $.—A big race meet has been arranged to be held in this city beginning tomorrow 1 an«l cloning Saturday. Home of tha fitment horses in thin section will be In the ra<*s. The purseg for harness 1 horses will be 1260 and for running • race V'fH be $100. Kperfsl to The Georgian, Chattanooga, Tenn.. Aug. 8.—A spe cial from Johnaon City, Tenn., aays that following the charges mado by Hon. A. A. Taylor nnd his friends that Mrs. W. P. Brownlow, wife of the First district congressman and former "boss" of state Republican politics, has been drawing pay ns "linen inspector" of the mountain branch of the Nation- | a! Boldlsrs* Home, Paul K. Devine, Hot Wave is Broken. * ti • ■a-urci >>f the Institution, m;ik— ;if- By Private Leased Wire. I iidavit denying this report, and charge Newport News, Va., Aug. $.—The hot ing that Mrs. Brownlow has never ave here was broken by a terrific j drawn a penny from the Institution os thunder storm and downpour of rain “linen inspector" or from any other | yesterday. source. JW&ttHSSSSfc Correct Clot/its for Mtm SEASON’S END CLEARANCE SALE At this store menns something. It means that each dollar has 25 per cent more purchasing power than it had a week ago! Our entire stock of Men's fino B'ancy Suits and Odd Trousers at 25 Per Cent Discount Tin's means an aetual saving of twenty five cents on every dollar that you spend. Straw Huts at 1-2 price. Essig Bros., "CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN," 26 WHITEHALL ST,