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HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
LAST CALL BEING SOUNDED
TO GO VERNORSHIP BIDDERS
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPS
HON CRAWFORD WHEATLEY
ON LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
One Week From Next Wednesdiy Aspirants
For Gubernatorial Honors Will Probably
Know Their Fate.
MA CHINE R Y OF PRIM A R Y
SET FORTH IN DETAIL
One week from next Wednesday
Georgia will bespeak her choice as to
Oovernor Joaeph M. Terrell’s euccesaor.
Five men will go before the voter* on
August 21, asking for their suffrage.
They are: Hoke Smith, Clark Howell,
judge R. B. Russell, Colonel J. H. Em.
till and James M. Smith.
Every man who votes In this Dem
ocratic primary must accept this pledge
primed at the head of the ticket:
■By voting this ticket ! hereby de.
dare that I am an organised Demo
crat, and I hereby pledge myself to
support organised Democracy, both
state ami national."
No ticket drill be counted In the flnnl
result that does not contain this pledge.
If it Is torn from the ticket or erased,
that ballot will be thrown out. Chair
man Yeomans has sunken In no unmis
takable language regarding this mat
ter. He says that the state Democratic
executive committee adopted this as
part of the machinery of the primary,
and It Is his duty clearly to see that It
Is enforced to the letter.
Pledge Cannot Be Scratched.
In other words, It Is to be, a strictly
shite Democratic primary. Populists,
Itepubllcans, Prohlbltonlsts, Socialists
or what not will be accepted, but they
must take the pledge.
The question arises, how many Pop
ulists In Georgia will accept this
t,ledge’.’ Tom Watson has advised them
to vote In the primary, and accept the
pledge In so far an It relates to the
state election. Uut If the part relating
to national elections Is erased, the bal
lot will be thrown out, according to a
strict ruling of Chairman Yeomans.
on August 23, the day following the
primary, at noon the Democratic ex-
• ecutlvo committee of each county Will
meet at the county court house, con
solidate the vote and declare the re
sult.
Thb consolidation Is at once trans
mitted to the secretary of state, where
It Is placed on file. Notice Is also sent
tn the candidate receiving the plurali
ty vote, and such candidate then desig
nates to the chnlrman of the county
executive committee th* men he de
sires ns delegates to the state conven
tion from that county. 1
In the cities and towns the polls open
at 1 o’clock in the morning and close
nt 0 o’clock In the evening: In the rural
districts the polls open at 8 o'clock In
the morning and close at 3 o'clock In
the afternoon.
Only Plurality Necessary.
The candidate receiving a plurality
In any county la entitled to name the
delegates'to the State convention. Each
county shall be entitled to two dele
gates for each member that It Is en
titled to In the house of reuresenth
fives, and no county can send more
delegates than It Is entitled, to Individ
ual votes In the state convention.
The following named counties will be
entitled to six delegates: Bibb, Chat
ham, Floyd, Fulton. Richmond. The
following four each: Bartow, Bullock,
Hurke, Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Decatur,
DeKalb, Dooly, Elbert, Emanuel, Gwin
nett, Hall, Houston. Jackson, Laurens,
Lowndes, Meriwether, Muscogee. Sum.
ler, Tattnall. Thomas, Troup, Walton,
Washington and Wilkes,
The other 114 counties will be enti
tled to two delegates each. This In
cludes the eight new counties, Crisp,
Jeff Davis, Turner, Grady. Stephens,
Toombs, Jenkins, Tift. . While they
have no representation In the present
legislature, their .delegations In the
convention will be bnsed on the mem
bers they will be entitled to In the
next house, which Is one member each.
It ha* been suggested that ft would
lie possible for nny candidate going
Into the convention to name any mul
tiple number of men to represent the
Votes he Is entitled to from counties
he carries. That I". If Fulton should
be -art-led by Howell, Instead of nam
ing the six delegates, twelve, eighteen
or twenty-four, etc., could be named,
though the county would be entitled to
only six votes. This would make It
possible to pack the convention and
render It so unwieldy that the work
would be handicapped.
No Packing of Convention.
The last sentence in section 3 of the
rules, however, makes tt Impossible
t” do nny snch thing. It reads: "No
eount/ shall send mors dolsgsts* than
it is entitled to individual votes in said
cor.vsntian," This means, of course,
that Fulton can send six delegates and
no more. On the baslb of two delegates
to ench member of the house there will
I*’ nbout SAG forming the convention
In Macon on September 4. It will
take 1 So to name the candidate for
governor or a majority In the repre
sentation.
Already the question of who will
I'ntr the expense of the primary has
worried many. Chairman Yeomans es-
tltnates the entire cost of holding it at
about 324,000. From the ISO assess
ment levied on the candidates by the
state Democratic executive committee,
and the only assessment they are re
quired to pay, the sum of fl.050 w*as
realised.
This sum will be absorbed In the
Minting of tickets, voters’ lists, blanks
t »r returns and such matters. Fully
three-fourths of the counties hove al
ready held county primaries, and there
Is not the usual Incentive for the local
Democrats to pay the managers and
clerks. The question now simply re
solves Itself Into a question of Demo
crats In the various counties going
down In their pockets and paying The
wpciiw. ”
Troubla Oyer Expenses.
Glascock county served notice on
Otose that go on the state ticket that
rhey must- pay a certain amount or
their names would be left off of the
ballot. Chairman Yeomans states em
phatically that the counties have no
right to levy the** additional assess
ments, and that where any candidate's
name Is left off of the ballot that all so
cast will bo thrown out.
One county has served notice on
state house officials that they have
been assessed $15 each. If the burden
comes equally from all counties It
would mean more than $2,000. which Is
manifestly unjust. To enforce such
assessments would mean that many
men could not afford to make the race,
and It would become only a question
of the man with the most money.
Pledge May Cause Row.
All these various problems rise up
to confront a situation already heated
to caloric conditions. Will the vote*
thrown out for tack of the pledge not
cause a tremendous row from the
friends of the candidate so affected t
Won't the men so treated bolt the
nomination if It should happen not to
be their man that gets the prise? Won’t
the candidate so affected hlmsslf And
self-sufficient reasons in this not to
abide the result If he should be defeat
od, and won't ths cry of fraud add to
the turgldlty of affairs In Georgia?
All these surmises and conjectures
are being asked In sober earnei
by many good men over the state,
much or how little there may be In It
remains only to be seen by the events
now so near at hand.
For bitterness, liercs denunciation,
stinging personalities, character assas
sination and all the rabid things possi
ble to Inject Into a campaign, this one
will go down In hlrftory as the most
lamentable. The Inexpressible bitter
ness of tho fight Hoke Smith and Clark
Howell have made on each other Is
almost without a parallel. It lias at
tracted national attention and In every
port of the union the outcome of the
primary of August 22 Is being awaited
with keen Interest.
Political Indigestion.
If a people overbad political Indi
gestion from over-gorging on the
game It Is In this memorable campaign,
which began nearly a year and a half
ago. The speeches, the straw polls,
the charges and counter charges, the
Interviews, the criminations and re-
'IF BRYAN CAN'T BEAT TED
HE CAN'T BEAT ANYONE'
nr Private iMxl wire.
St. Hauls, 51o., Aug. 11.—United
States Senator Tliimnn, of South Car
olina, while hers today speaking of ths
approaching election, said:
"Theodore Roosevelt I* a candidate
for ths nomination and he will be sore-
ly disappointed If the Republicans do
not force It upon him. He Is Just Itch-
SO DECLARES TILLMAN.
puhllrnr.s force Mm to accept the nom-
(nation again.
**I thfnlt Jirvnn trill unqcicKtlomibiy be
the Dqmocrnth* nominee for president.
He ha* wellent chance* to tvin and If
he can't beat RQMmlt he can*t beat
anybody. He la today far atrdnirer
than he haa ever been with the A inert*
van people and there Is acarcely any
dtftcord in foe Democratic party. This
leavea the party with n splendid chance
of electing it a candidate U t the next j
election."
“BUCKET SHOPS" WILL LEAVE
AND NOT CONTEST BOYKIN BILL
Special to Thu Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. It.—The Bovktn
bill which paised the senate Thursday
will not affect eome of the local bucket
ahopa, As It babetteved that one or more
of them will itytve to North Augusta,
S. c., which Is out of the state of
Georgia, but which Is near enough to
were hot going to light the bill,
says that they have
He
they have never fought them,
and thnt It tie* been their policy to
move to other states where It Is al
lowed. when there la a law passed
against them. This was the sentiment
of the managers of all the alloged
shops.
x........ # ... ■ . ...... - T ,— ■ Five Years For Sexton.
’iSAsrtH’"? •a-M-s-e
the local dealers. Some of the man
agers when ssen yesterday, however,
atated that they were going to close up
at the end of the year, and would leave
Georgia, and would drop the tight.
Manager Shivers, of Miller Z Com
pany. stated that he hnd nlready re
ceived orders from his people that they
criminations and ail the d#eary drivel
printed In thl* campaign. If bound Into
volumes, would crowd ths congression
al library—and uplift no reader.
Three month* ago Hoke Smith
would have swept the state like a
prairie Are, Will he do It August 22?
His organ will tell you that It will be
so unanimous for him, that the show
ing made by the other* will be pitiful.
His adherent* can see nothing to It
but Hoke Smith.
But there Is another side which wilt
tell you that Hoke Smith cannot go
Into the convention with enough dele
gates to win on the first ballot, which
Is equivalent to saying that he will be
defeated. There be no amall minority
that assert that Judge Bussell will bo
a clear second w hen the vole Is count
ed, and a mighty close second to Hoke
Smith, who. It I* generally conceded
will lead the ticket.
Tho Way Wiseacres Figure.
Few place Howell better than a third,
and many say be will be fourth, Estlll
running ahead of him. By common
consent Colonel Jim Smith Is put at
the bottom of the list, because his ef
forts have been confined almoat entire
ly to northeast Georgia. But with n
locked convention, his delegation may
play a potent part lf» ultimately nam
ing the nominee.
Some fifteen months ago Hoke Smith
promulgated his platform at Madison,
and from that good day until now m>
gross has grown under the broad feet
of the former secretary of the Inte
rior. Four Joint debates have marked
the campaign, debate* between Smith
and Howell, who, for some common
Mesons Change Plans.
XptHia| to Tho Georgian.
Savannah, a*.. Aug, it.—Plans are
being prepared for the proposed Ma
sonic Temple lo be alx stories high In-
Mead of flve, as at llrst projected. The
extra story will be for the exclusive
use bf the Scottish Rile Masonry.
’ Brook* Shows Big Inert ass.
Special lo The Georgian.
Quitman, Ua„ 'Aug. It.—Tax Becelv.
f Harden has juft finished consolidat
ing the tax returns of Brooks county,
and they show an Increase over last
year of 11,004,000, which up to date la
ahead of any other county thnt has re
ported. The Quitman district alone
shows an Increuae of over $400,000.
Fire In Negro Quarters.
Special to The tlooqdsn.
i'itxgerald, Go., Aug. It.—Tho llrst
lire for some week* here occurred on
Thursday night In the negro tenement
houses belonging to B. C. Mosher &
.Company, Two houses burned com
pletely and two more were seriously
damaged,
t. P.’s Give Barbecue.
SiHx'liil In Tbo Georgian.
Amerlcu*. Qa., Aug. 11.—The Knight*
of Pythias rompllmented their friends
wiili a barbecue at Holly Springs on
Wednesday of thla week. There was a
large crowd present and every on*
thoroughly enjoyed It.
Meets Noxt In Augusta.
Hlteelnl to The Georgian. '
Augusta. Ga„ Aug. 11.—The next
meeting of the State Horticultural Bo.
clety will be held In Augusta, as an In’
vltatlon wan presented at’the-meeting
In Macon which line dosed, and It was
accepted. The Invitations were from
the mayor, llie chamber of commerce
Speech Delivered in
Senate Advocating
His Bill.
tl<>ne
tin* f>r
The following speech wns delivered
In the senate thl* week by Hon. Craw
ford Wheatley In advocacy of his bill
to create the office of lieutenant gov
ernor:*
Thl* Is one of the Hvo kindred hill*,
Introduced by, me, the object of which
1* the creation of the office of lleuten-
nnt governor; to deline Ids power, q j-
“»*, qunllltcullon* ami ci>m|>cn*iition.
Section 1 of this hill creutr* the of
fice of lieutenant governor of this state
nnd provides for ala election by the
people. It also provide* u salary of
$4on per annum for thla office, which
really only Involves <m expenditure of
$250 over nnd above the amount which
Is now paid under the existing law.
The lieutenant governor Is ex-officio
president of the senate nml la not re
quited to live at the sent of govern-
except during the eeMloii of the added the exptnae
legislature, or while he IJ* performing I (> f rtn Cxtra *J.**|on
fulled to elect, and In that ev«
la the power of election veate
general assembly.
It Is a further fact that In v
state senators the people
thought or Intention that the
f tors *hsll elect nny one to th«
position of governor, howtv
may he hl» tenure of office.
(in the other hand, should the
or he removed from office
death, resignation or disability, „
six months of the expiration of Id*
term, the president of the senate la
required by law to “all a special elec
tion for the purpose of electing a new
governor, and the state Is put to the
expense and Inconvenience of thin
election, together With the sceoi
leg trial* and tribulations Inep
a gubernatorial campaign. As a mat
ter of fact, under our present teglme
we would really hold two election- be
fore thl* vacancy could bo filled.
For the regular election would be
preceded by tho Inevitable white pri
mary, held under the *ame form* of
law, and which Itself would be. In all
probability, preceded by a struggle be
tween the contesting candid .t, *, iu-
gethrr with a heated canvsaa through
out the entire elate.
The expense of theeo elections 1
ugh
nny-
iil *o lie
[rW keeper of the colored "''''others nhklng for the meeting to
section of Laurel Grove cemetery was 1,0 l ’ cla ' here,
given flve years yesterday afternoon
for embeixli'ng Money paid for burial
lots. He pleadsd guilty to one Indict
ment, and there were seven against’
him.
Impulse, have been conslderod the
leading flame* ahd open nnd avowed
political enemies.
In only one of these did Howell show
to advantage. Had he done so*well in
Columbus, Atlanta or Albany aa In
Borne, there might have been sumo dif
ferent history written on August 22.
The Boms debate was clearly a How
ell victory, for where the Smith peo
ple had apparently run the Howell ad
herents to cover, the story, of the af
fair In the Rome opera houae read an
other way.
Ruatsll’a Remarkable Race.
In many respects Judge Russell’s
race has been on* of ths most remark
able In tho history of the state.. When
he decided tn enter the lists he gave
up without a hesitancy a Judgshlp, nnd
Jumped into- the arena filled to the
brim with flglit. '
And It lm* been a gallant fight, too.
Without the prestige of Influential
newspapers ho has gone over the *tnt«
steadily winning friends and ndher-l
snt* to hi* banner. Somo of the other
candidates sneered at him for a while,
but thsy got bewe.ifully over that feel-
Ing. When the vote la. counted out on
the evening of August 22 the Rua«el|
vote Is going to be an eye-opener to
some people. ,
And throughout the state you hear
locked convention, and that
man now In ths rac* will bo ‘anally
imlnsted. j •
And tn mention ‘‘dark horse" la to
e loom one name above all others—
John C. Hsrt, attorney geheral of
Georgia;
Water Consumption Inertate*.
HpetUI lu Thu Georgian.
Augusta, Oa., Aug. It.—During tho
past year there Has boon on Increase
of practically 500 per esnt In the amount
or water consumed by the clllsens of
Augusta, a* tho record* for July, 1*05,
show that there was a daffy average
of fi,040,549 gallon* consumed, nnd In*
month of July, 1*06, or ths month Just
passed, show* that thera has been n
dally average of *,195,0(7 gallons used
per day.
Frs* Qohools For Royston.
Kfiecinl to Tho Georgian.
Royston, Os., Aug. It.—tn 1*00 the
census of Royston showed • population
of 57*. tt now hns 1,000 to 1,200. On
Inst Wednesday there wax an election
held to detenntnn whether we would
have free schools, Hie result being 118
votes for, nnd one vote ngnlnst them.
The enrollment for the past year has
been about 200.
Nsw Bank Opens.
Hpeelnl to The Georgina. ■
liochslls, Oa„ Aug, 11.—The Clttxens'
Bank iqiened Thursday with a capital
of $25,000, and Is chartered under the
laws of ths state. He deposits for tho
first day was mors than $20,000. The
officers, of tho new bank are J. B. D.
Wondbum, president;. Dr. W. O. Ford,
view president, and J. W, McNamara,
cashier.
Charter Applied For,
igpecinl to Th* Georgian.
Covington, Ga., Aug. 11—Messrs,
James It. Stcphennon, It. B. Stephen-
*on and D. A. Thompson. Jr., have ap
plied for charter under the caption
nf.th# Stephenson Hardware Company.
The capital slock will be $10,000. The
corporation will be composed of som#
of the best known business men of our
town.
tho duties of governor, and has no vote
In ths ssnnto except In case of a tlo.
The’ bill also provides that In case of
death, resignation nr disability of the
governin' the lieutenant governor shall
exercise the executive power* of gov
ernment end succeed to the office of
governor. '
The real necessity for the pussage of
this Mil arises from tie fact that owing
to the change from th* winter tn the
eummer session, an Interregnum exists,
which, should the governor lie removed
from office by ilehth, resignation or
disability, there would be absolutely
no one lo succeed lo the governor's
chair or order a nsw election for that
purpose.
It I* a well-known fact that tho pre
siding officers of Ixith the senate and
house die with these bodies, nnd, as
the law now provides, should the gov
ernor h* removed from office, these
two officers alone are empowered to
call a new election tn All the unexplred
term, there would he absolutely no one
lo take charge of the affairs of state,
ahd provide for th* election of a now
governor. .
The reasons why this office should
exist are many, and why It has not long
since been created la beyond tpy Pow
ers of comprehension. Thlrly-slx of
the states in Ihe Union already have
lieutenant governors, all of whom are
elected by direct vote of the people, unit
thla almost universal provision against
a vaenney In the executive chair by
providing an officer who ha* been duly
elected by n vote ef the people to *Uc-
coed th* governor without n new elec
tion for that purpose, show*, not only
the need hut the wisdom of such an
amendment In our state constitution.
In addition to this, the United States
has such an officer In the persnn of the
vice president, who Is eleoled at the
mini lime and by the samo preslden-
tlnl electors, who elect Ihe president.
That lo to snv, th* people, and not the
. . th* tagbfature.
called to eount the vote*, declare the
result end Inaugurate the new gov
ernor. -
I am told, on good authority, that
thla expense to thwMalrf would not fail
lathing of to*
of a
SPLENDID GATHERING OF YOUNG BANKERS
AT CONVENTION OF WITHAM ASSOCIATION
RECENTLY HELD AT WARM SPRINGS, GA.
who Is in fcttrceed to the presidency In
case of tho death of tho prealdent.
Again, by providing for the election
of a lieutenant governor by the poor 1
we obviate the necessity nnd trnqL.-.
of electing n president of the eennt* by
thnt body, *e under the provision* of
this bill, th* ItrutrnBnt governor Is ex-
offlclo president of the senate. He rep
resents no district, but is steeled from
the state at large, nnd Ihua bv virtu#
of the (net that he Is n state officer, all
locsl preference* are etlmlnsted.
It Is n practical Impossibility for s
presiding officer who Is
it favoring! tknsn ■by
s placed In titflcii |t $
I* not onfy’huHon
elected under
.■ mokf Ms ap
pointment* without
whose voles he was
human nature—H I
nature, but It Is right, lo lake care of
vonr friends; nnd all other things be
ing equal, th* man who .voted agnlnst
you Is sidetracked nnd th* man who
voted for you gets the plum, and II will
alwnya remain this way until this blit
or a similar one Is enacted Into law.
Not only this, but should you elsct a
lleiitnnant governor by the people, he
will be elected fully six months before
he lx rolled upon to net es president of
the senate, flu rip* which rim# he can
select Ms committees, hnd announce
them on the first rtnv of the ssyston.
thereby snvtee about a week of vnlos-
smit, Arkansas, t'sllfornls. Colo
Cnnnetlctit, Delaware, Idaho, Illi
nois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kent u ky.
Louisiana, Massiicbusetls, Michigan.
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri Mon
tana. Nsbraaka, Nevada, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, North Dakota.
South Dakota, New York, New J■ reef,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah. Vur-
mont, Virginia and Wisconsin? ,
What, I ask you, would have hnp-
pened a few year* ago had Kentucky
been burdened with the present Gror-
g lu law, when Dill Goebel lay dying,
y the bullet of an assassin? what
would have happened had not Berkh no
Immediately succeeded to th* govern
or - * chair? I believe It would have ra-
uulrrd a detachment of Federal troops
lo have held an election for govern i u
Kentucky nt that time.
What would have happened In Ohio a
few days since, when 1'attlson died. If
that slate had had the Georgia Itv '
Ohio would now be In th# throe* of n
gubernatorial election, and no doubi
would elect a Republican govern r to
fill the unexplred term of a Democrat.
Evory senator on tills lloor a III i»-
cnll the turmoil and strife Into who it
this state was plunged by the untimely
death of Alexander H. Stephens, dur
ing hi* occupancy of the governor's
chair.
Th# then president of th* senate lie-
conic temporary governor, and called
a special election for governor to mi
the unexplred term. In which roni-st
he hlmsslf was a candidate. You wljl
recall how the legislature was railed
together In extraordinary session, end
the difficulties under which It labored
before n compromise was reached, re
sulting In ths slsctlon of Oovernor Mr-
Daniel. I trust this stole will never
aguln b* colled upon to undrixo a
similar experience, nrtd yet only the
life of on* men slnnds lift ween mtr
people nnd a recurrenre of thn»« un
happy days.
Mr. President and Senators: Thtif
bill should pass. Georgia needs a lieu
tenant governor. Every other stale of
first msgnltude has such on officer, and
Georgia should not stlow nny state In
this mighty Union to surpass her. Him
should be IN FACT, ns well an IN
NAME, ths Empire State of 1 tils
South.
First Bsle of Cotton.
Hpertsl to Tho Georgian.
Mlllen, On., Aug. It.—The flrrt hole
sold in.
of 1*08 cotton
Jenkins
was brought her# Friday by
nnd was raised on the plantation
It. Daniel.
•f J.
Report en Johnson Core.
Hpeelnl lo The Gcortdan.
......... H AugualO, no., Aug. It.—Secretary
hie lime In tho state, which Is, under j Goodrich, of Ihe board <>f h« .dth, pi ole
the present svitem. prneilcslly lest, „ lull report on the matter -if the n »-
Further than 'his, I det'r* to state, gro undortnher, Johnson keeping u
with all dim deference to the framer# I body out; of th# ground too Inns' and
of ottr present cnrotltnllnn Ihe law of after the retro acknowledged Ms ba-
succefislon to the gubernatorial chair la ! Ing In the fault sod atntlnx thnt he
Avreadlnalv crude nut romboraoms. ! thought that- th* hotly hnd been ent-
Undnr the pres-mf law. should the f bslmed bef ins, It readied bare it tvus
governor b» reeso-ed from efffee decided to let the case drop,
through death: reslr*«'lon or dlanhffltv. j
within six -norths of tho “vnlrntlnn of) *■•-•* — 1 —■ -
his term, the president of the sens'#
heroines governor, nnd serves out th* I MUST QUIT CHOIR J
ffwiIndw^^Owji'Pin} fl’irtnif nil A) 4 auR THIS MOVXfT
Round Trip — Chattanooga
and Lookout Mountain
$4.10, .
via Western & Atlantic R.R.
Battlefield Route.
•herteot Line and Quickest Tim*.
Tickets on sale every Saturday; flood
tiff Tuesday following.
An opportunity to vltlt Chlekamau-
1> Park during the encampment of the
Geergla State Gucrd.
Poe tickets, schedules and further
information, call on
j- A. THOMA8, City Past. A TkL Agt.
Phong* 169 M. Bell; 153 Atlanta.
C. D. Walker, Depot Ticket Agt.
'Phone 2*.S Main.
C. E. Harmin. G. P. A.
Th* 150 banker* attending the an
nual convention of the WItham Bank
era' Association at Warm Spring* re’
cently brought together s group ot
young men conceded to be on# of the
strongest gatherings of Ooorgla man
hood ever assembled In this state.
These young men, cashiers of the 75
Withatn banka, represented every sec
tion of Ihe Mate. They met for the
purpese of dlecueelng ways and means
of the banking buxines*, and also to
exchange tdeaa and experiences for
meeting many problems arising dally
In their financial Institutions.
Among the distinguished speakers nt
this convention were: Hon. John Tem
ple Graves, editor of Th* Georgian:
Hon. G. Gunby Jordan. Roiumbus. Oa.;
Mr. O. E. Dooly, eashler of the Home
Savings Bank, Macon, Oa.; Mr. A. 1*.
Coles, cashier of the Central Bank
and Trust Corporation, ’Atlanta.- Ga.;
Hon. George 8. Jones, of the firm of
Hardeman A Jones. Macon, Oa.; Sir.
Charles T. Smith, Concord, On.; Hon.
■ L. Phillips, Louisville, Ga., and
many other*.
Growth of Withsm Banks.
To show the growth of this associa
tion and what It is accomplishing the
following la taken from the addresa of
D. Stanley, of Atlanta, secretary of
the association: ,
“Eighteen years ago thla country
bonking association was begun.
"Eighteen yean ago we had $26,000
capital stock.
“Eighteen years ago we had no sur
plus or undivided profit*.
-Today we have over a million and
one-hnlf dollars' capital.
"Today we hove nearly three-quar
ters of a million dotlnrs of surplus and
undivided proOts.
“Today we have about two million
and one-half dollars of OUR OWN
MONET.
“The aggregate annua) business of
the Withsm banks exceeds fifty mil
lions of dollars."
The Atlanta office of th* Wltham
banks, which Is heatlquartsrs, handles
over $*.04)0.009 annually, and Is con
ducted by W. S. Withatn, president and
flnanclal agent, and a large corps of
able and experienced asslatonts.
A unique and Interesting feature of
the Wltham banks is the depositors’
guarantee fund, which Insures the de-
’ against loss There nr* no other.
In the world that offer this pro
tection. There t* a bill pending in
the present congress for, the adoption
of this plan to secure national banks.
Thl# Is not only a great compliment
to Sir. Wltham'# genius as a financier,
but ths hlshest possible Indorsement
of his metlunls of money handling. In
addition to this th* Wltham banks
have created the cosh emergency fund
of $200000, and this, together with
their financial barking, gives each hank
a direct foreign b'toklng of over $760,-
Ute banks, In many Instances, does not
exceed $2S,ooo.
Benefit Rural District*.
The Wltham banks have been of In
calculable benefit to the rural district*
of Georgia, and hove accomplished
more In the way of substantial and
permanent Improvement# than any
other agency with ten times the
amount of capital they employ.
Thl* association works for the up
building of the llnnni’lul strength of
the state, and It* aim and object are
not solely money making. Mr. Wltham
believe* In the development of the
young men of the state, anu takes pride
In giving every worthy young man the
opportunity to become prominent In
the ilerelopment of Georgia through hla
Institutions.
The highest distinction wns paid -The
Atlanta Georgian In this convention In
a resolution, which wo# unanimously
adopted by a rising vole. Indorsing this
paper for Its clean Journalism. This
resolution Is probably th* strongest In
dorsement ever given a newspaper In
thf* country by an organisation of
such power and Influence. It read* as
follow#:
Indorsing The Georgian.
Whereat The Wltham banking eys-
tem, having bunks located In a targe
number of the counties In Georgia, tho
. same being mansged by board* of dl-
000, although lit- In-ili I dual capital of rectora, composed ot about $941 of Ihe
most prominent and Influential cltlsen*
In their respective counties, and In
dorsed by more than 25,090 friendly
depositors; and
Whereas, “Money gelling” Is not the
sole puritosa of our existence, and this
widespread Influence ha* always hewn,
amt will be used for nnd In behalf of
clean government, Christian education,
temperance, highest standard of com
mercial Integrity and for pure litera
ture; therefore,
1 De It Resolved by the Wltham Batik.
era' Association In convention ossein-|
bled at Warm Springs, That wa wel-
come Into the arena of journalism The
Atlanta Georgian, because It come* ai
a co-worker with us In th* upbuilding
of our cnmmonw»»lth.
Because It crimes a* an enemy nt
hurtful and sensational publications,
refusing to print for pay iniquitous
advertisements and lifting Its standard j
above what Is generally known as
“yellow journalism."
Resolved further, That we use our
Influence to Introduce Th* Atlanta .
Georgian and other publications of llkv
moral Influence Into our banks, and
Into th# homes of tho officers anti pat
ron* of the Wltham banka
Resolved further. That we today join i
hand* with the management of this I
clean newspaper In Ns efforts to derate j
the tone and character of th* press of ,
the state ot Georgia, and wish them
Godspeed. •
fart that he line been elected by Ihe
votes of ontv fortv-fo'tr persons, for
the house of representatives the non.
nlnr hndv. has no voire whatever In
th# election of this tempore rv govern
or. Worse stllf. twenlv-three men out
of forty-four msv possibly hav# mail"
this governor, who may now b* railed
upon In rverolso sor-e of the most Im
portant fuprtlops of this rreat offlo*.
He pwv ho railed ttnon lo fill vnrnntirs
In high nfffrea of ihe sfnt#. both exec
utive nnd J'tdlaW. Th* twrdottlng pow
er Is also Ills, and It mav It* necessa
ry for him to «uitt>rrss riots ond put
down Instirrerllon. nnd deal with many
dellrate ond vital molten foiieMng ntir
relations wtih th" Federal government
or with other stales.
In View nt three fuels t frsl sure
that our peonle wnnt no man In the
governor's offlr" tinlesn ho hns hern
elected to thnt high no'ltlon hr direct
votes. A* b matter of fact, our consti
tution never delegates this power, ex
cept where th# penpl# themselves Hhve
special In The Georgia it.
Chattanooga, T*nn„ Aug. tt.—Ft
the reborn edict nf.th* pup*.of
i.’athollc rhurcb women will not be
lowed tq sing In Ihe choirs of
Catholic church hrre after ■*pt*m
I. excepting In n few cases where I-
singers have contracts extending lo
first of th* yrnr. The bishop ,.f t
diocese hns decided to b*gtn a lent
rsry arrangement to test the mat 1
n* It In raid that the edict fi optlo
with church#*.
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