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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#*. ABION PIANO ! 187.50 C.uh, Where tllno is desired the price will btt slightly advanced. Guaranteed for ten year*. Write for nny further Information. H. H. HALE, 170 Peachtree St., Atlanta* Ga. At the Roll Call LCANITE Will have the call. It's got it already. Good on all buildings, flat or sleep roofj. TOUCAN PUT IT ON" LOOK. FOR THIS TIRADE MARK ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents, 29 and 31 South Forayth Street. ATLANTA, GA. K C CtllHflUD, Ptnidtat. C. A. PfC*. Statlatf. HU