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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. (Communicated). CHIEF JOYNER BRANDS AS FALSE CHARGES OF THOMAS H. GOODWIN Replies to Insinuations Innuendos of His and Opponent. there is no foundation FOR SHAMEFUL CHARGES Card of Edgar Anderson Exposes a a Charge Exploited by Goodwin In His Speeches—Chief Joyner’s Record In Atlanta. To the People of Atlanta: I had hoped that the bitterness of the gubernatorial campaign would give sensation enough to lovers of that sort of thing without an Injection of It into the race for mayor. But my opponent seems to have caught the Infection, and has Piled the public ear with so many misrepresentations of me—so many charges utterly without foundation, and sn many petty Insinuations, which he knows are based only on his own vi cious Imagination and desire to get Into an Important public office, not on his own merit, but on the passion and prejudices he hopes to Inspire against me, that I feel It Is due myself, my friends and the whole city of Atlanta, to make vigorous and emphatic denial of his charges, and so I can do, for they are utterly untrue and without founda lio 1 had hoped that my long life here as a citizen and an officer would save me from the foul mouth of slander. I had hoped that my continual Indorsement ami re-election as head of one of your most Important departments through more than a quarter of a century would be a guaranty against malicious charges of graft. I had hoped that my dealing with hundreds of honorable and faithful men In the fire department would be proof against false attacks charging me with favoritism and almost despotlstp; I had hoped that n long life In the public gaze, coming Into contact with every business Interest In Atlanta, would pro tect a man from Insinuations that he seeks an honorable position to sell out the Interests of his people to a "soul less corporation." But vile and base less attacks have been'made, and I here and now denounce them. It has been said that If there was to come another flood and another Noah was to build another ark, there are some people who would refuse to get on board unless they could get upper berths. And It has been said that there are many people who will bellevo any- ihlng about anybody. Even without proof, even without reasonable suspl don, there nre some ready always to condemn and ready to applaud misrep resentation and slander. 1 know that nearly all the people In Atlanta arc fair-minded, nearly all nre S enerous, nearly all patriotic, nearly all esplse misrepresentation, nearly all abhor demagogues, *and nil are tired of the rnud-sllnglng In politics my oppo> nent has Injected Into this.campaign. Makes Firm, Absolute Denial. But I want to deal briefly with the charges made against me. I make my denial as firm, us absolute and as un qualified as I can And language to ex press It. Mr. Goodwin goes on to describe the Georgia Railway and Electric Company as a monopoly, as an oppressor of the people, as a grafter, and as everything else he can conceive of worthy of ab horrence and attack. He then goes on to describe himself within the lines of purity and perfection, and. then pro ceeds to Insinuate that somehow or Other I would be In favor of the mo nopoly and of all the things he charges It with. I am not In any way Interested, di rectly nr Indirectly, In the company re ferred to. I have no stock In It, no In terest In It. I am not bound to It In any way. I am as Independent of It as any man In Atlanta. I believe I am Independent of It than Mr. Good- GOODWIN CAMPAIGN FAKE EXPOSED BY ED. ANDERSON August 18, 1908, To the Voters of Atlanta: I have Just returned home from my vacation, and learn that Tom Goodwin, candi date for mayor, has made the follow ing statement In several of his speeches: ':You remember when the Georgia Railway and Electric Company went to Marietta, Ed Anderson was foreman at No. 7 engine house, he Hied an Injunction against them to keep them from going through • hts place, without paying him 8750. That Is a court record. Now, gentlemen, Ed Anderson received a letter. The letter came out one Sunday to the West End engine house, saying that hts services as foreman would not be needed any longer. What happened? There was correspondence. Ed Ander son went up to headquarters and said. you the •I will withdraw the Injunction.’ What resulted? He was put back on at 875, and Is still a foreman. I will give that for what It Is worth.” There Is not a word of truth In statement that I ever filed an lnjunc tlon or any other kind of a suit against the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany. I never demanded 8750. There Is no court record. There was no cor reapondence about the matter, and never agreed to withdraw any lnjunc tlon, as none was filed. I met Tom Goodwin on the street, and told him It was not true, and said It was a political scheme, but he would not use It again. I am formed that he has not used it since, showing that he knew It was false when he said It. E. R. ANDERSON. ^ Hoseman No. 5 Engine Housq. he . that irln. If I am elected mayor all the Inter ests Ilf Atlanta, whether they are cor* lmrale or Individual, shall have a fair showing and fair treatment. No corporation In Atlanta and no In dividual shall receive at my hands any favor or privilege that they are not fairly entitled to. Every corporation In Atlanta, so far as 1 enn control It, will be forced to treat the people fairly, and shall be pre vented from discriminating between tiny sections of the city or between any classes of people. To claim that he can do more than tills Is as absurd as Mr. Goodwin's claim of superior excellence over ordi nary people. Untrammslsd and Unbiased. If elected I go Into the office of may or utterly untrammeled of any bias, or prejudice or obligation to any corpora tion or business Interest In the city. I do not know that the Georgia Rail way and Electric Company desire to buy the waterworks; but I do know that I am, and will be, opposed to the sale of them, Mr. Goodwin's Insinuation to the contrary notwithstanding. Nor am I committed In any way on the subject of a gas franchise, and shall stand ready, If elected, to deal fairly as between all those who have rights and those who wish to secure them. The Insinuation of Mr. Goodwin that he was a saint and that I was a sinner, with respect to the holding of the last fair. Is in keeping with his other accu sations. His Insinuation that I am In favor of gambling Is utterly without foundation, and Is made with the idea of impressing people unfavorably against me. It Is known to, the people that at the time of the last state fair various con tracts had been let and premiums of fered, based upon an estimate of re ceipts from horse racing, and at the time this question came up It looked as though the adoption of an ordinance by the city would break up the fair, and such was the opinion of as good men as there are In the city of Atlanta. I gave my honest opinion on the sub ject, and to say that by the giving of it ‘ Intended to favor gambling and rob .lie young men of the city and the peo ple of the city of a large amount of money Is not only untrue, but utterly unworthy of a man who desires to pre sent the truth of an Issue for public consideration. The Cobb County Farm. My wife and I are natives of Cobb county, Georgia, and I own a little farm there. It has been more of a recreation than a profit, and among the people who have enjoyed It are sick firemen. No fireman ever went there who did not want to go. No flreman ever struck lick of work there at the city's ex pense. No flreman ever did anything there except of his own' free will. When the men got sick and needed a rest out of town I let them have the uBe 1 of my place, and they stayed there generally at my expense, never at the expense of the city. No man who ever worked any on the farm can truthfully say that he was working at my dictation or command To twist this situation Into one of com pulsion and of graft on the city, will the knowledge that Mr. Goodwin must have of It, can be little short of mali cious. As against his version of it, there are scores of men who know to the contrary. That the firemen of Atlanta have been made to do menial service for me, that they have been treated ns serv ants or anything approaching or ap proximating It, are slanders utterly without foundation, and my record for over a quarter of" a century In the Are department, the love and good will of the men who rompose it, and the at titude of those who are now in It and out of it, give the lie to all such accu sations. Of course, I have had to be strict In discipline and exacting In the lines of duty, and I have made some enemies of men who have been connected with the lire department. My present oppo nent Is one of them. There nre some things In the line of progress that ought to be done. Atlanta ought to t-7 - 1. — _ — l... 11 e.nm o» lanlt n inn. have a baaeball team, at least a ma jorlty of our people have appeared to think so. Atlanta ought to have a drum corps—the city government has appeared to think so—and to aid these things I have taken a part In the one and organised the fither, and the first words of condemnation I have heard on account of either come from the man who desires to beat me for the of fice of mayor and to use these things as Instrumentalities. I do not believe that our people have any censure for me for using some spare time In furthering the city s de sire to have a baseball club. I do not believe there are any people in Atlanta who desire to abolish the drum corps. Goodwin’s Political Trick. Mr. Goodwin has no greater desire to ROUND TRIP Summer and Convention Rates. Round trip summer excursions from all points East to Pacific Coast and Northwest, from June 1 to September 15th, with special stop-over privileges, good returning to October 31st, 1906. Summer Rates to Colorado, June IsttoSepUO Use the splendid through service of the SOUTH ERN PACIFIC from New Orleans, UNION PA CIFIC from Kansas City or Chicago to all points West, Northwest and Southwest, including palatial steamship service from San Francisco to Japan, China, Australia, etc. Through Pullman Tourist cars from Washington, Atlanta, Montgomery, etc., and from St. Louis and Chicago t,o California. WRITE ME FOR LITERATURE AND INFORMATION. J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt., 124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A. G. W. ELY, T. P. A. advance the pay pt the Are department than I, and whenever I believe that can be done, I shall advocate it aa readily as he. It Is easy enough for a man with the political bee In his bonnet ti be taking time by the forelock and In traducing resolutions which he knows cannot pass and then In the future claim credit for efforts which would make him popular. In one of his speeches he even went so'far as to denounce me for giving barbecue. In other words, he geeks L make capital out of the fact that I have given barbecues and taken newspaper men to them. I number among my friends nit classes of people, among them the newspaper folks. Mr. Goodwin has gone so far ae charge me with having ownership In printing office and seeks to array print' ers in the city against me. He knows that I have many friends among the printers and publishers of the city and he could know without difficulty that hts charge that I have an Interest In a printing office Is without truth. 1 do not mean to say that It Is anything against a man to have an Interest in printing office, what I mean to say that Mr. Goodwin goes out of hts way to charge that I have an Interest In a non-union office and to seek to array union printers against me, when, It he Imd asked Mr. Bean about It, he would have known that his accusation was untrue. I will not weary the public to reply to all the petty flings and Insinuations Mr. Goodwin hns made against me. He hns traveled In his range of Imaglna' tlon from the alleged Influence on me of a soulless corporation down to the burial of a little pet goat, nnd all his charges and Insinuations that Import prejudice, bias, Influence or graft, against me are utterly without founda tlon or truth. In one of his speeches this man went so far as to say: "If he (meaning me) ain’t run by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, why don't he come out and deny It." In this paper I have denied It. I brand the Insinuation as absolutely false. I am not run by any. body, and do not propose to be run by unybody or anything. Goodwin Kept His Pass. Speaking of the Georgia Railway and Electric,Company, I am Informed that Mr. Goodwin on the day before his last retirement from office, sought from this company a book of free tickets, In oth er words, he received favors from them when In office. He sought favors from them when about to retire, and be went out of of fice with a book of passes from this corporation In his pocket for future use. I would not have used this except for tho outrageous Insinuation made In one of his public speeches. I do not deem It necessary to further trouble the people with the shameful nnd senseless and unfounded vapor- Ings of Mr. Goodwin. I might have passed him by with a reference to the card of Mr. Anderson, who effectually disposes of his charge. I am fully per' suoded when the people learn how ut' terly untrue are Mr. Goodwin's charges which Involve matters specially within Mr. Anderson's knowledge they will be well prepared not to credit, or be Influenced by anything he may say against me. "■ , Nearly my whole life has been epent In Atlanta, the voice and vigor of my youth, young manhood, and maturer years, have been devoted to her. I have many a time risked mjr life In her service. I have been paid a good salary by her generous citizens In their corpo rate capacity. I have earned every dollar and every cent of It. Devoted to Atlanta. I am devoted to this city. I love Its history, part of which I have helped to make. I shall continue to love It, and when the time comes, as It must before many years, for me to leave Its public service, I shall retire with all the love and reverence and patriotic hope of Its future greatness that can movo an earnest arm or Inspire a loyal heart. In my devotion to the city, to Its women and children, to Its personal and business citizenship, I yield to none. It would be a poor reward to good citizenship, to faithful discharge of du ty, to work and love for one's home, and friends. If after a reasonably long life among my people my standing and even my Integrity can be besmirched by the unsupported charges of a rival candidate who. not content with unduly magnifying his own Importance, seeks to elevate himself by chnrges which all who know me well ought to know are utterly unworthy of credit. I have sought to conduct this cam palgn on a high plane, have avoided personality and abuse, but my adver sary has chosen to misconstrue my mo tives and my silence and to have grown holder as he advanced until the time has come to brand his accusations as false and his manifest motives un worthy. W, R. JOYNER. Vo t o for M. T. LaHatte, Alderman First Ward. TWO MEN IN JAIL; NEGRO WOUNDED; ROW OVER NICKEL Hpeclal to The Georgian. Jacksonville, Ala., Aug. SO.—Two white men, brothers, named Hudgins, living near Jacksonville, are under ar rest here, nnd a negro named John Walker lies at his home seriously wounded as the result of a shooting af fray at 7 o’clock Saturday night In this city. Hanford Hudgins, under arrest, claims that he did the shooting be cause .the negro "cussed” him. He had a revolver under his coat when ar rested. The story of witnesses Is to the effect that the brothers and negro had an argument In an uptown saloon, and the dispute over a nickel led to the shooting In an alley close by. Both of the men are held without ball, pending the condition of the negro. SAY WOMEN PLAYED EACH OTHER'S ROLE They Deny Operating a “Matrimonial Bureau,” However. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 20.—Evidence tend ing to show that Mrs. Blna F. Ver- rault and Mrs. Izella Brown, the "mat rimonial bureau" promoters, often ex changed roles, and that ardent suitors who thourht they were addressing Mrs. Verrault were In reality pouring forth their words of love to Mrs. Brown, was placed In the hands of detectives work ing on tho case today. When Mrs. Brown was told the re port that the women had played dual roles, she denied It and Incidentally she denied that she had been the head of the "matrimonial bureau.” 'It’s too warm to talk about such things. That's not even worth while. A great deal of lying has been done. What If I did have gentlemen calling upon me? That doesn't say I was running a syndicate to fleece them. To hear them tell about It, there were actors, artists and all sorts of people In these awful schemes; rot, all of It. “Mrs. Verrault, who la credited with having been my partner. Is not wor rying; neither am I. Has any one made a complaint against me? No, well, thero won’t be anybody to do so either, because there’* nothing to com plain of. Thle Is the last I am going to have to say about It." The Brown-Verrault mansion, whore suitors were received;. In which spirit uallstlc seances were held and a gam bllng layout maintained, Is being close ly guarded by secret service men and the women will not be permitted to leave the-country. George Gordon Miller, their attorney, says they have no Intention of leaving, and then added: “Those complainants are fortune hunters. When they appear on the wit ness stand they will give a most pitta ble exhibition of themselves, and the trial will be a veritable farce. They will have to answer questions, and every answer will reveal laughable traits of character and show their In tentlon In seeking to marry a harm less, helpless woman for her money. THOMAS H. GOODWIN PROVES CHARGES AGAINST W. R. JOYNER ' ! Thera are only two more day* between now and the day of the primary, therefore It will be lm- poulble for me to «|> anything like all tho rotera In person or reach them with a public ad- ' dress. There are some things that I want to Impress upon the dtixens of Atlanta why they do not r anti —,— want to support my opponent for the office of mayor. FIRST. I have charged that w. It. Joyner has been guilty of carrying on a graft during his en- cumbency as chief of the Are department HE HAS NOT DENIED THE CHARGE. men will make affidavit to what they have This Is to certify thnt I, P. M. Moody, worked on the Are department for six years. While in the employ of the city and drawing my regular pay, I, accom panied by BUI Walker, superintendent .of the lire alarms, took down wire from the poles In the city and' took them to Chief Jjoyner’a Cobb county farms sod built wire fences' for him. (Signed) P. M. MOODY, This Is to certify that I, J. L. Hudson, worked on the Atlanta Are department for four years, and while I waa employed on the department, the men on the depart mont would go up to Chief Joyner's farm, and these men worked for weeks at a time, and the dty paid them for their J. L. HUDSON. This Is to certify that I, Ram Jenkins, served in the Atlanta Are department shout four years, and while 1 served in said department, every year CbUf Joy ner would send the Aremen up to his farm and do carpenter work, plumbing nnd painting; and these men were paid from the city treasury for dolug said work. These are facts, and I know them to be true. (Signed) SAM JENKINS. To Whom It May Concern: While we. tho underslgued, were em ployed on the Atlanta Are department. It was a well-known tact that men from the different engine houses would leave farm and do various kinds of work, such as plumbing, painting, carpenter work, etc., while on the pay roll of the firs H. B. COBB. The sentiments which they express ed on love were all trumped up, and I assure you my client will be freed without putting up any defense what ever. The stories of the complainants will be sufficient to show that an at tempt was made to Impose on her/* SEVEN MEN DIE Fast Freight Crashes Into Work Train at Water Tank. Bj Prlrsts Leased Wlrs. Jefferson, Pa., Aug. 20.—Seven per sons were killed and seven seriously Injured yesterday when a fast Penn sylvania freight train, rushing along at the rate of about 45 miles an hour In blinding rain storm, crashed Into a work train at Sang Hollow. The work train had stopped to take on water and the engineer of the freight, which was following! foiled to see the train through the heavy down pour of rain. Nearly all of those killed were aeleep when the crash came. the wreck. Fire ndded to the horror, and many of the Injured were found hanging out of windows pleading to be saved. Dead bodies were strewn about the ground. Engineer E. N. Wood la aatd to have Increased the speed of his train just before the crash, In order to take on water from the pans along the track. The wreck Is being Investigated to flx the blame. SOCIALISTS TO HOLD MEETINGS 01 STREETS Though Denied Privilege by Mny or, Say Meetings Will Be Held Anyway. Though Mayor Woodward has denied the Socialists the privilege of holding public meetings on the streets of At lanta, members of that party announce that they will hold such meetings on Marietta street, between Peachtree and Broad, evenings beginning Tuesday night at 7:20 and continuing until 10 clock. Monday morning a committee of So' clallsts, composed of William E Elsaeser, Paul Handley and J. A. Stra. cham, presented a petition to the may or nnd Chairman Terry, of the police commissioners, asking the privilege of holding such meetings. In the petition they quote the constitution of Georgia, which provides that "no law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech." Mayor Woodward denied the peti tion because there Is a city ordinance against such meetings. The committee nnnounce that they will have the meet- anyway, and that there will be speakers on hand. It Is presumed J. i). Osborne, the blind Socialist candidate for governor, will be one of the speakers. Monday morning Secretary of State Cook received a communication the Socialists giving a list of candidates, and asking that the ticket be given the same rights' and privileges at others In the returns. I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS SUBSERVIENT THE WISHES OF THE GEORGIA RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. TO president of that enterprise. In connection with this affiliation, I ant publishing a statement from Mr. Wells. who lays that when he wns injured In n wreck Itetween a afreet car and one of the fire engines, he was told by Joyner thet he had no enae ngnlnat the enmpauy, when be well knew that It waa the negligence of the company that cauaed the wreck. Ilia atateiuent speaka for Itself: ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 13, 1908. This.is to certify that I served in the fire department for twenty years under Chief Joy ner without a charge against ms. I was knocked off a fire engine by 'a street car in July, 1903, and disabled for life. Chief Joyner asked me for my resignation, saying if I did not re sign he would discharge me. I resigned. I had borrowed tome money from the Firemsn’e Real Eetate and Investment Company, of which Chief Joyner was president. Chief Joyner had my benevolent fund which was due ms from the Firemen’s Benevolent Asaooiation gar nisheed; also one hundred (8100) dollars or more due ms from the Aetna Accident Insur ance Company, thereby taking from me the last resources of support for my wife and sev eral little children. Chief Joyner knew my condition. Chief Joyner triad to make me be lieve that I had no csss for damages against the street ear company. (Signed.) J. W. WELLS. In eonneetlon with the statement of Mr. Wells, it will be interesting to know that the etreot railway company paid the city of Atlanta (he turn of $2,600 for damages to the en gine on which Mr. Welle was Injured. « WHY THE G. R. & E. COMPANY WANT JOYNER ELECTED. I HAVE COME OUT OPENLY IN FAVOR OF OWNING ITS GAS PLANT. THE CITY The franchise, In qtieatlon. U worth $2,000,000 to the city of Atlanta, If they will take advantage of It nnd w eatabllah a plant uf Ita own. 1 aliall advocate this policy and do all In my power to put JOYNER HAS NOT OPENED HIS MOUTH ON THIS SUB JECT AND WILL NOT. I HAVE CHARGED THAT JOYNER IS ALLIED WITH THE GAMBLING ELEMENT OF THE CITY. To support thle charge, I refer you to hla record on and allow pool* on horao racing nt the laat atate fair. This _ __ gang of gamblera who dealre to rob the young men of their money, and that I fought the meas ure, almost single-handed, until the good people of tho town came to mjr aaslatance and helped me to atamp out the gambler'* scheme. THOMAS H. GOODWIN, Candidate for Mayor. DIVINE DENOUNCES RECENT LYNCKINGS Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 20.—In a rath er startling sermon on "Lynching," de- llvered at Trinity Methodist Church Sunday morning, Bev. Plato Durham the pastor, spoke In favor of using the rifle to protect the dignity of the law from the unholy hands of the mob, and said that It would be better that a few people should die than that respect for law should die. Referring to the Salisbury lynching of three negroes and The statement from United States Senator Overman that the Rowan Rifles, a military com pany, did not tire on the mob because they were not willing to sacrifice tho lives of white men for the sake of ne groes, the preacher said that It was a very poor conception of the duty'of a sheriff, If he thought It waa a question of white or blacks being killed, and did not realize the fact that he stood as sheriff between the dignity of the law end Its being Insulted, end not merely between the mob and the negroes. Such an officer or any of ficer who has such an opinion of law Is not worthy of his office, said the preacher. Ings good i that Phil from their Ladles Work for Dispensary. Hpcclal to The Georgian. New Decatur, Ala., Aug. 20.—The Ladles' Home Protection Society, the auxiliary to the Dispensary Club, held meeting In the Central Methodist l .Jllttrillin III *»ssa ' ' ...c.iw.iic. •Hurch ot New Decatur, with fully 100 ladles present. The meeting was opened by Mayor Samuel Blackwell, of New Decatur, who Is one Of the leading advocates for dispensary for Decatur New Decatur. and Contend Burglaries. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 20.—Robert Wllkerson, a young man of Haynes- vllle, Ala., has been arrested here on the charge of burglar)'. When first ar rested, the young man stoutly denied hts guilt, but later broke down and confessed. NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCILMEN Special to The Georgian. Entonton, Ga.. Aug. 20.—The city council passed a resolution at ItB meet ing Thursday for a mass meeting of the Democratic voters of the city to be held Thursday, August 30, at 10 o’clock to hear reports of tho present council, to nominate a council for next year end for other purposes. New Savings Bank. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. I).-The Ash- llle Savings Bank, of Ashvllle, St. t'lalrcounty,anew banking Institution, will open Its doors for business today. The bank begins business In Its own new building and has a capital stock of 825,000. EARLY MORNING TRAIN WANTED BY MERCHANTS SHINGLE LATH BUYERS We have tor sale, Immediate delivery: 300 M. “Carolina Specials’’ Highest grade Cypress Shingles, full dimension, 5x16, Bests-Prlmes. 600 M., each All Heart Pine, full dimension, 4x18 and 5x16 Shingles. 600 M. No. 1 Pine 4x18 and 6x16 Shingles. 1,000,000 Standard Green Laths, 4 feet long, oxactly 1 1-3 Inches wide, exactly 3-8 inch thick. We can deliver carloads and mixed carloads to all points in Georgia at satisfactory prices. Drayload lots a specialty. 800 tons Hair Fibre and Wood Fibre Plaster ready for Im mediate shipment from Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery. Dehydratlne, tho highest g.ade Damp and Water Proofing Compound. KEYSTONE LIME—THE PUREST, WHIT EST LIME ON THE MARKET, PUT UP IN THE STRONGEST AND MOST ATTRACT IVE BARRELS. SEND FOR SAMPLE BAR REL OF KEYSTONE LIME. CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. ONLY ANOTHER WEEK OF ARMY MANEUVERS. Special to Tho Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 20.—There will probably be only one more week of army maneuvers at Chlckamauga. Following the Hose of the week the de tachments of signal corps will probably be sent to the Catoosa target range for practice. There are now only three regiments at the camp, save the Twelfth cavalry, and these are the First and Third Tennessee regiments and a North Carolina regiment. 80UTHERN RAILWAY BUYS LAND FOR STATION Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 20.—The Southern Railway has taken another step toward securing a right of way for the Stevenson extension from the Lookout tunnel to the site of the pro posed new passenger station, and transfers have been made for land amounting tir nearly 876.000 within the past few days. Tho company has al ready spent over 8200,000 In buying land for this work. FRANK A. HILBURN A WINNER Hpecjsl to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 20.—The mer chants of this city have laugurated a movement to try to secure a morning accommodation train over the Rome nnd Decatur division of the Southern Railway from Rome, Oa„ to this city. If such a train Is put on. It would bring an Immense amount of business to this city which is now going else where. Popular First Ward Candidate for Alderman Is Not a •Flopper. Frank Hllhum. candidate for aider- man from the First ward. Is widely known over the city. Mr. Htlburn has represented his ward In council to ad vantage and has n reputation for good, honest work for the city. Mr. Hllburu has for years been engaged ■In the un dertaking business, In which profession he has gained prominence, ilr. Hllbura Is a Confederate Vet eran, commander of Camp \V. H. T. Walker. He has held this office for two terms, and has served with dis tinction. He Is known to be a friend of union labor and his record has been consistent. He has never flopped. it will be a matter of Interest to all grocery merchants to know that Mre Htlburn Is strongly In favor of Improv ing til back streets. When elected he . will work to this end. see ,