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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MOB CRIES FOR LIFE OF ITALIAN RIOTERS Miners Ciptured Af ter the House Is Burned. Ir Prlrate Ltatcd Wire, r inxatawTiey, Pa., SepL 2.—The ou«p containing the Italian rioters-at fie New Florence mine of the Buffalo, !'*<• fleeter and Pittsburg Company warn ilined to the ground early this mora le and all but one of the miners cap- jred. The remaining man la suppos ed to have been cremated, but his com rades refuse to make any statement. All the Italians are In Jail and the ..ollce and constabulary have another Jnb as hard as dislodging the rioters in preventing an assault upon the prison by the people of the whole county, w to are gathering here bent upon lynching the prisoners. Run Out by Big Fire. Immediately after the arrival of Cap tain Robinson from Braddock at an arly hour this morning he began his plan to bring out the rioters dead or alive, but preferably alive for due pun ishment. • The structure was flred and the flames spread rapidly, but It was some time before the Italians knew they rare Imprisoned by fire. They had no moans of preventing the movement of the fire to the Interior, but waited un til death by burning was certain b fore they appeared at the front door. They were greeted by the guns of Troop D. ready to fire If necessary, but st the command of Captain Robinson *1! threw up their hsnds In token of surrender and kept them high In the air until they were handcuffed. Killed During Battle. The body of Private Policeman Zehr- Inger, who was shot last night, was re covered. # The attempt of Sergeant Joseph Ia>- g<in of Troop D. state constabulary, at th«* New Florence mine, to arrest a miner resulted In a battle between a inrge body of miners In a house and Troop D. The constabulary had two ir.cn killed outright, one fatally wound ed and two others wounded less seri ously. The Deed. Private F. Henry, aged 26, of Phila delphia. Private Francis Zehrlnger, aged 30, of Coshoeton. Fatally Wounded. Private H. C. Chambers, of Roches ter, Pa. The Wounded. Private W. A. Mullen, of Harrisburg, shot ithrough the breast; First Ser geant Joseph Logan, of Dubois, Pa., shot through the leg; George Felltssky. aged 12, son of Steve Felltssky, a mi ner, shot In the leg. YOUTHKiLLSllLD NOTTO ENTER INTO ITION Argument in Cumberland Presbyterian Case Is Nearly Ended. HON, HOKE SMITH Means That Thomasville Man Will Succeed Joe Brown. TO WELCOME BRYAN WITH BIG OVATION FOR COMMISSIONER PARKER DECLARES WALSH IS HEADED Fdn HEARST PART! UNDERJ HOUSE Slayer Aids Victim’s Father In Search’for Missing Bov. That the civil courts cannot go be hind the action of the highest church courts In matters affecting that church Is the argument advanced by Judge John M. Oaut, of Nashville, counsel for the defense In the hearing before Judge Pendleton In the superior court of the petition asking that the pastor and the church organisation of the First Cum berland Presbyterian church be strained from merging it into the Northern Presbyterian church aa pro vided for by the action of the general assemblies of the two branchea Judge Gaut showed that the general assembly of the Cumberland church had placed a “practical construction" on Its constitution In exercising Its power to effect a union with the other body. He said that not only had Pres byterian churches for more than a cen tury acted on this power, but the Cum berland assembly had on seven occa sions appointed committees looking to ward union with other churches. He showed that the Cumberland assembly had declared that the doctrines of the two uniting churches agreed sufficient ly to “warrant union—a union alike honorable to both." He showed that both assemblies had last May declared, by resolution, the agreement of the two confessions. He dealt with the negro In the two churches, of which the petitioners have made some capital, at some length. He said that they had already been sep arated into separate synods and that there was no rear whatever from that source. He said the negroes In Ten nessee, Alabama and Georgia were now perfecting their separate organizations. He said that no relation would subsist between the church here and the negro race, except where a delegate would in the course of time come up to the gen eral assembly. There he said tht relations would be the same as at pres ent In the Southern Presbyterian church. Judge Pendleton announced that the negro question would In no way affect the decision. The hearing will be finished Monday afternoon and a decision will probably be rendered then or Tuesday. JUDGEUOLICITORS TORE NAMED IN MACON By Private leased Wire. Chicago, Sept. 3.—Robert Gordon, 16 years old,.shocked the police officials by the recital of his cruel and cold blooded* murder of 7-year-old Joseph Heed, the son of a neighbor. Gordon confessed to the murder after the body of his victim had been found In a pans- hrs leading from the banement of the Heed home under the sidewalk. The murderer himself had led the child's father In search for the son. Meeting no success In their search, the murderer turned to the father as they neared the home and said: “Let's look under the house." The father took a candle and crawled under the house, where the body of the little son was found buried, only a little arm being visible. Gordon's wit was too feeble to meet the search- ins; questions of the police and he told them how he had killed the victim un der the very shadow of his home. Judge and Solicitor in Cslhoun. Governor Terrell has appointed Hon. H. M. Calhoun to be Judge of the city court of Calhoun county, and Hon. A. L. Miller to be solicitor of the same court. A Rainy Day Story. On rainy days when she was unable to leave the house Mrs. A moped around and was unhappy. Bhe was not a Bell telephone sub scriber. She had the blues. IN THE MEANTIME Such a day did not af fect lira. B. Th, weather made no dif ference to her. She used her Bell tele phone and enjoyed so- clal chata qlth friend,. Bhe «u happy. If you are Mr*. A— Call Contract Dept. M. 1300 BELL SERVICE IS SATIS- Il FACTORY Judges and solicitors general of su perior courts, successful In the primary of August 22, will be nominated at tho state convention In Macon Tuesday. The complete list Is as follows; Atlanta C*rc»»lt—Judge John T. Pen* diet on. .Middle Circuit—Judge B. T. Rawl ings. ocmulgee Circuit—Judge H. O. IdSWlS. Atlantic Circuit—Judge P. E. Bea- brook; solicitor, 11. J. Norman. Augusta Circuit—Judge H. C. Ham mond. Brunswick Circuit—Judge T. A. Par ker. Chattahoochee Circuit—Judge W. A. Little Flint Circuit—Judge E. J. Reagan. Tal'npoosa Circuit—Judge Price E. Edwards; solicitor, \V. K. Fielder. Northeastern Circuit—Judge J. J. Klmsey; solicitor, W. A. Charters. Pataula Circuit—Judge W. C. Wor- rlll. Southern Circuit—Judge R. G. Mitchell. Cordele Circuit—Judge L. \. Whip ple; solicitor, \V. F. George. Macon Circuit—Judge \V. H. Felton. Rome Circuit—Judge Moses Wright. DIES OF APOPLEXY RETURNING HOME Ily Privnt, r*»l Wire. Salisbury, N. C„ Bept. W. S. Pickier, traveling pump conatructor of. the Southern railway, died yesterday of Apoplexy. He wa» on tha road home In perfect health, when he win Mixed I with a violent headache. Arriving In Salisbury he aent for a physician, but before one could be ,ecured he wax dead. He waa 30 years old and leavea r. wife and child. Sam Jones Tabernacle Meetings, Carters- vifie. Ga. On Septemper lStb to 23rd. luetu- aJvo, the Western and Atlantic rail road will set! ticket, from Atlanta- Dalton and intermediate stations, to Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for the round trip. Sam Jones will be assisted by Evangelist Oliver and other ministers of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will have charge of t» ■> music, and other gospel singers of note will attend. Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.. 3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the people of Cartersvllle will welcome the great crowds with the same hos pitality they have always shown. CHAS. E. HARMAN. Gen. Past. Agent If the expressed wishes of Hon. Hoke Smith are followed in the Ms con cenventlon Tuesday, and there I, no reaaon to believe otherwise, Hon. B. O. McLendon, of Thomaavlll*. will be either nominated or Indorsed as rail road commissioner to atieceed Com mlaloner Joseph M. Brown. Mr. Smith I, for Mr. McLendon for the position In preference to any one else, which undoubtedly means that the Thomaavllle man will succeed Commissioner Brown In October, 1307. In his speech In the Macon conven tlon Tuesday Mr. Bmlth will offer the name of Mr. McLendon ss the man for the position. He fs said to favor the Thomasville man not so much from personal regard or because he supported Mr. Smith In his recent race, but because he believes Mr. McLendon Is pre-eminently qualified .to give the people comprehensive service. Mr. Smith I, said to want Mr. Me London also because the Thomas coun ty man knows more about railroad values, watered stocks, fictitious values and such subjects than any one In the state. For years he has made a close study of rates and railroad stocks. HI, long connection with the railroads In various capacities qualify him for the vacancy as a railroad expert. He will be either nominated as the candidate or given the indorsement of the convention In Macon Tuesday. MEASUREUPTOLAW? Question Raised as to Whether He Is Rail road Expert. Salary Law in Effect. StMH'lal to Th«» UeorgtiB Brunswick. On., Sept. 3.—A new law fixing the salaries of county ofitclala went Into effect Saturday. The county solicitors will receive 31.600 a year: sheriff. 31*0; clerk, 1900: while all fees will go to swell the county's treas ury. SCHOOL BOOKS AND ALL SUPPLIES AT JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S, 39 MARIETTA ST. Will the railroads test the constitu tionality of any advers, ruling by the railroad commlaalon If other than practical railroad man la put In the commission by the action of the state Democratic convention at Macon Tuesday? Would the courts sustain them In such a test case? These are questions uppermost the minds of a large element of the party, anent the almost certain action of the convention In naming Hon. S. G. McLendon, of Thomasville, as the sue cessor to Commissioner Joseph M Brown. A special ami peculiar law prescribes tile membership of Georgia's railroad "rate regulating" body. The law provides that one member shall be an expert In the law, another a "practical" railroad man and the third sltnply a plain business tnan. The Impression has gone abroad heretofore that the third member nam ed In the law should be a farmer. This Is a mistake. He can be merchant, farmer, manufacturer or of any other calling. Hut the other two must bo a law. yer and a practical railroad man. Is a theoretical railroad lawyer ( practical railroad man. In the broad Interpretation of this law? Hon. Guyt McLeodon for a number of years was attorney for the Plant system. On rate making, he la un doubtedly one of the best posted men In the state, and would be an Invalu able utd to the Incoming administra tion. But there Is the plain fact of the law, calling for a "practical" railroad man. The point Is mode on Mr. McLendon that he U a lawyer, and lawyer only; that his railroad experience was gain ed from the legal and not the practical side of railroading: that In contempla tion of the law creating the rnl.r.-ad commission he Is not eligible, and .hat any act of the commission, with him as a member, would be tested In the courts, thus Insuring, possibly. Inter minable delays In enforcing the edicts of that body. . .. Home of the ablest lawyers In the state will be In the Macon convention Tuesday, and If they declare In favor of McLendon. It would seem that they would know what they were doing, and were satisfied that the Thomas county man was eligible. Th, contention la an Interesting one. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR WORKMEN ON CZAR'S SHIP Special Cable-Copyright. London, Sept. 3.—An explosion on the new Russian cruiser Rnvik, building at the Vickers-Mfixim yard at Barrow, killed four men and injured ten. The explosion was due purely to accident. FOUR MUST FACE CONTEMPT CHARGES Spe-lnl to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga.. Sept. J.—In the contempt proceedings In the Justice Mike Natlghtln esse, hoard before Judge Sesbrook In the superior court Satnrdsy. Judge Sesbrook ordered a contempt rule sgslnst Wllllsiu It. Leskln end four others. Including Justice Nsughtln. The proceedings srose from sn Inveettgstlon by , sperint committee of Jus tice Nsughtln. on s cbsrge of mslprsetlre In office. It urse rlslmed thst Mr. 1 .eeX1 n ssw two grand Jurors snd. talked sliont the rase In lielislf of Nnnxhtln. and In one In stance furnished the Juror with two ques tions to Ih- naked witnesses against N nil eh tin. explaining thst he did so Iwcanse Natlghtln was not entitled to counsel In the Jury room. The rule Is mnde returnable the first Sat* urday In tvtolter before Judge Canu, of the superior court. Democratic National Com mitteeman From Iowa Resigns. By Private I-cased Wire. Alexandria, Minn, Sept. 3.—While here yesterday Judge Alton B. Parker was asked for some expression regard Ing the resignation of. Charles A Walsh from the Democratic national committee. Judge Parker said: "I hardly know that I want to dig nify Mr. Walsh’s letter by construing It or making a formal statement. -I'm out of politics and under those cir cumstances alt I care to My Is this: It looks very much’ as If the Hearst Independence League has won another recruit In the person of Walsh. He has been enthusiastic as a supporter of Hearst for a number of years, and will make a valuable addition Hearst’, party. He has, apparently preferred Instead of giving hi, reason for Joining the Hearst party, to as sign some reason, for leaving the Dem ocratic party. Whether hi, reaaon has any Justification in fact or not, I, of no consequence, aa he ha, made up hi, mind to go.” What wluh 8,Id. Walsh’s letter of resignation to Chairman Taggart was sent from Ot tumwa, la., Saturday evening. Mr. Walsh waa the Iowa member of the Democratic national committee, and was secretary of the national commit tee during the two Bryan campaigns. In this letter he gives his reasons for this action aa a distaste for "slavish subserviency to corrupt corporation and boss control of party affairs.” In cidentally h, pay, his respects In no uncertain terms to William F. Shee han, August Belmont and other mem bers of the executive committee and says In future he will support candi dates In accordance with his personal convictions. He says: "Ordinarily, I would not deem It nec essary to make known my reason for taking such action; but having finally determined upon It, In view of the fact that I have been elected and twice re elected the national committeeman, covering a period of twelve years, and prior thereto, having been a member of the state, of the congressional and other committees and knowing that such resignation, coming at what might prove to be an Inopportune time, so far as the Interests of my own friends and loyal supporters are concerned, will meet with some criticism upon their part should It go unexplained, I give you reasons therefor which will show that I could In honor pursue no other course. For the future I Intend to be In a position to support or not support, as ; may see fit, the candidates of the Democratic party. I have reached the conclusion that the perpetuation of corrupt corporation, boss control of po litical affairs Is made possible by the slavish subserviency of the Individual to party name and by lock of Inde pendent action. •While I have heretofore always been known as a partisan Democrat and will alwavs be a stanch supporter of Democratic principles as I understand them. It has been steadily borne In upon me for a long time as I came closer and closer to a knowledge of the Inner workings of the party system, that, from the standpoint of the true Democracy, there can be nothing worse or more Injurious to the country than the ’yellow dog’ party feeling that Im pels good men to support a ticket of unfit nominees merely because they bear the party label.” WOMAN BIT BY MAN DYING FROM EFFECT Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. Sept. L-As a result of bite she reeelved on the arm from man who attempted to commit an as sault on her. Mrs. Bryant, of this place, Is ilrlne of blood poisoning. The woman struggled with the men, whose name Is Barton, snd rerelved the bite which may result In her death. Barton la still confined In the Aiken Jail, and haa lieen refuted a hearing until the condition of lbs woman further do clops. FEHN DID NOT APPEAR WHEN CA8E WAS CALLED Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Bopt. 3.—Martin Fehn, the saloon keeper, who Is wanted In Walker county, Oa.. on a charge of selling beer to soldiers at Fort Ogle thorpe, did not appear at hta prellmln- ary hearing In which he charged Depu ty Sheriff Hays, of Walker county. Ga., with false Imprisonment nnd assault and batten’. He left for Hot Springe, It la said, and In this way escaped the serving of requisition papers, which had been procured from Governor Ter rell, of Georgia. Fehn also Instituted suite for damage. In the court, here amounting to 310,000. YOUNG WOMAN HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE. SpeeUI to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Sept. 3.—Ml,, Ella Parker, formerly of Tracy City, has been arreated on the charge of the larceny of a ault caae belonging to Mlaa Lille Lewis, of Carbon Hill, Ala. Mlaa Parker claims that the ault case wee given her by another woman, but Mtae Lewis Insists that the eult caae was taken at the depot. Louisville Will Do Honor to Great Commoner. GOVERNOR TERRELL TO PARTICIPATE Many Prominent Southern era to Meet Nebraskan at Dixie’s Gateway in Welcome Reception. Heart Failure is often induced by coffee drinking. USE IPOSTUM Special to The Georgian Louiavllle, Ky., Sept. 3.—The Demo crats of the South will, welcome Wil liam. Jennings Bryan on September 12 : the Gateway to their domain. On let day the follower* of the Nebraskan will assemble in Louisville from Mary land, Tennessee, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and every section of the land south of the Maaon and Dixon tine. Bryan will be here only a few hours, but In that time there will be concen trated a welcome such as only the Im petuous Southerners know how to be stow on one who haa been their cher ished leader. From present reports. Bryan will ar rive here from St. Louis In the even' Ing shortly before 8 o’clock. The Southern reception committee, com posed of the senators, governors, con gressmen and distinguished men of'the South, will be at the depot to meet Bryan, together with the delegations from the different Southern states, each Democratic state chairman having been requested to name one. With the Louisville and Kentucky Democrats added to these, the assemblage to wel come Bryan will amount to an army. He will be greeted as he steps from the train by the Southern committee and will be escorted to his hotel by a parade Imposing In numbers and ap pearance. There will be a flamboyant display of fireworks. At the hotel It Is proposed to hold a somewhat more formal reception, where Bryan will greet personally the South ern leaders. No banquet will be attempted and Mr. Bryan will be given a sufficient Interval for refreshment. Then he will be escorted to the armory, where the chief exercises of the evening will be held. The armory Is a new structure, which was first opened by the National Bowlers’ Tournament last March. It la-a huge building, said to-have the second largest capacity In the United States. It will seat 18,000 people and at least 25,000 can be accommodated with fair comfort. The committee arranging the pro gram will observe a proper formality to make the reception as Impressive as It should be. There wilt be two speeches of note before Bryan appears. One will be by the presiding chairman and the other by the orator, who will Introduce Air. Bryan. Neither has been named. It la conjectured that one will be Henry Watteraon. though this can not be stated authoritatively. Then Mr. Bryan will speak, and fol lowing this will be the hand-to-hand reception. At 2:30 In the morning Mr. Bryan will leave for Cincinnati. -Among the distinguished Southern ers who have accepted appointments on the reception committee may be mentioned: Governors John I Cox, of Tennessee: J. M. Terrell, of Georgia; S. W. T. Lanham, of Texas; James K. Varda nian, of Mississippi; Newton C. Blanchard, of Louisiana, and & War- field, of Maryland. Benator-elect Rob ert -L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Senators A. J. McLaurln and H. D. Money, of Mississippi; James Taliaferro, of Flor ida: C. A. Culberson, of Texas; Isldor Raynor, of Maryland; J. B. Fraxler, of Tennessee: J. W. Bailey, Texas; A. 8. Clay, of Georgia; Lee B. Overman, of North Carolina; A. C. Latimer, of South Carolina, and Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia. Governors Blanchard, of Louisiana, and Vardaman, of Mississippi, nave written that they will probably attend with their staffs In addition to the delegations. W, S, WIER SPEAKS AT COLUMBIA, S, C BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS JBOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS SCHOOLBOOKS BOOKS New and Second-hand Loust Prices. Complete Lists for all grades. Come in Monday and avoid the rush. WE BUY YOUR OLD BOOKS. The Columbian Book Co., 81-83 WHITEHALL ST. books BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For tho Six Months Ending June 33, 1906, of the Condition of the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company, Organised under the laws of the state of Ptniiajiranta; mafia to the governor of tht state of Georgia In parsunnee of the lawn of Mid stnte. Principal office, corner Sixth and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh, Ps. I. CAPIL 8TOCK. 1. Amount of espltsl stock ....$315. $50.00 2. Amount of capital stock paid up In cosh 215,150.00—$315,850.09 II. ASSETS. Total assets $1,441,416.02 III. LIABILITIES. Total llsbllltles $1,641,416.01 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIR8T 8IX MONTH8 OF THE YEAR 1906. Total Income $244,245,50 V. DI8BURSEMENT8 DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906. Total disbursements $156,266.78 Greatest amount Insured In any one risk $ 10,000.00 Total amount of Insurance outstanding 11.566,490.00 A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, Is of file In the office of the insurance commissioner. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—County of Alleghany. Personally appeared before the undersigned William C. Baldwin, who. beint duly sworn, deposes and says that he la t be rice-president and general manneer of Pittsburgh IJfe and Trust Co., and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true. WM. C. BALDWIN. NORTHWEST PASSAGE HAS BEEN LOCATED By Private Leased Wire. London, Sept. 3.—The northwest passage, for which Intrepid aeamen have searched In vain for centuries, has at last been discovered, according to the correspondent of th. Central News at Christiana, who wired today that the Norwegian polar expedition, under Captain Amundsen, which sailed aboard the exploring ship GJoa, has reached Behring Sea. The GJoa expedition sailed from Christiana on June 17, 1908. Captain AmundSn's purpose Is not to make an other effort to force the long dreamed of northwest passage, but to search for the magnetic pole. If the report from Christiana that the GJoa haa reached Behring Sea Is true, he apparently stumbled upon th, passage through the northern seas or purposely voyaged In that direction af ter concluding his search for the mag- netlc pole. It was reported In November last year that the GJoa had been crushed In the Ice at Boothl A Felix, the ex treme northern point of the mainland of North America. This report wax brought by George Cleveland, of Mas- sachusetts, who reached Dulde, Scot land. November 22, 1906, returning from a whaling trip to Davis atralt. Cleve land declared he had been Informed through Eskimo sources of the loss of the GJoa, nnd that the explorers were living with natives In that region. 50,000 EXTRA VISITORS CAUSE A FOOD FAMINE By Trieste leased Wire. Atlantic City, N. J„ Sept. 3.—Fifty thousand extra visitors. yesterday and this morning caused a famine In the resort. Hotels caught napping ran out of food and hurried orders to supply houses kept them open until they too, reported that they had no more meat or provisions. Hotel managers, prepared for smaller crowds with the coming of September, were unprepared for the rush and sll sorts of expedients were resorted to for holding guests until stuff could to- secured to give them meals. One wo man thinned up gravy and served It ax soup when 200 diners came In place ut the 76 expected. Railroads reported 200 carloads of newcomers this morning and hundreds of auto parties came from Philadelphia and New York to attend the fall races which begin today. ROOSEVELT NOT WEDDED TO REFORM SPELLING W. 8. Wler. of Atlanta, was the iAbor Day orator at the celebration In Colum bia, 8, C., Monday. Mr. Wler Is well known In the labor councils of this city, and has been prominently Identi fied with the labor movement /or number of years. He Is a forceful and convincing speaker, quite magnetic, and possesses a wide range of knowledge on labor matters and labor statistics. He Is a member of the Atlanta Typographies! Union. He has been Labor Day orator on many previous occasions, and has won quite a reputation as sn brator. HOKE SMITH FILES ANSWER TO DEMPSEY Hon. Hoks Smith Monday morning filed an answer to the suit of Sam D. Dempsey, filed during the recent cam paign, demanding 11,000 because of the alleged failure of Mr. Smith to prop erly look after the Interests or the plaintiff In a suit against the Western and Atlantic railway. In his suit Mr. Dempsey alleged that the action of Mr. Smith was "a breach of trust amounting to a legal fraud.” In his answer, the defendant asks the dismissal of the suit on the ground that the plaintiff has not shown where he ever held out more than he was en titled to for attorney’s fees under bis agreement with Mr. Dempsey, nor had he shown that he did anything Im proper In coming to an agreement with the "railroad. Fell in Big Acid Tank, ttoerinl to The Georgian Macon, Ga., Sept. 3.—E. F. Taylor, night watchman at the plant of th* Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company, lies horribly burned up to the knees, ss the result of having fallen Into a big sulphuric acid tank while on his rounds at bis post of duty. By Private leased Wire. Oyster Bay, N. Y„ Sept. 3.—The fol lowing letter has been sent by Presi dent Roosevelt to Charles A. Stallings, public printer, at Washington; "I enclose herewith copies certain circulars of the simplified board, which can be obtained free from the board at No. 1 Madison avenue, New York city. Pleaae hereafter direct that In all government publications of the ex ecutive departments the three hundred words enumerated In circular No. shall bs spelled as therein set forth. If any one asks the reason for the ac tion refer him to circulars 3, 4 and 6 as Issued by the simplified spelling board. Most of the criticism of the proposed step Is evidently made In en tire Ignorance of what the step Is, no less than in entire Ignorance of the very moderate and common sense views as to the purposes to be achieved, which views are so excellently set forth In the circulars to which I have referred. "There Is not the slightest Intention to do anything revolutionary or Ini tiate any far-reaching policy. The purpose simply la for the government. Instead of lagging behind popular sen- tlncnt, xto advance abreast of I: and at the same time abreast of the views of the ablest and moat practical edu cators of our time as well aa of the most profound scholars—men of the stamp of Professor Lounsbury and Professor Skeat. If the slight changes In the spelling of the three hundred words proposed wholly or partially meat popular approval, then the change will become permanent without any reference to what public officials or individual private citizens may feel; II they do not ultimately meet with pop ular approval they will be dropped and that Is all there Is about It. "They represent nothing In the world but a very slight extension of the un conscious movement which has made agricultural Implement makers and farmers write ’plow’ Instead of ’plough,' which has made most Americans write 'honor 1 without the somewhat absurd, superfluous ’u’ snd which Is even now making people write ’program’ without the 'me,' Just ss all people who speak English now write ‘bat,’ 'set.' 'dim. •sum’ and 'fish,’ Instead of the Elisa- bethan ’batte,’ 'sette,' ‘dlmme,’ 'sumine and 'fyshe,’ which makes us write public,’ 'almanac,' ’era.’ 'fantasy,’ and •wagon,' Instead of the ’publlck,’ 'al manack,' ’aera,’ ’phantasy’ and 'wag gon.* of our great-grandfathers. "It Is not an attack on the language of Shakespeare and Milton, because It Is In some instances a going back to the forms they used, snd In other! merely the extension of change, which, as regards other words, have taken jlace since their time. It Is not an st- empt to do anything far-reaching or sudden or violent, or indeed, anything very great at all. It Is merely an at tempt to cast what slight weight can properly be cast on tne side of the popular forces which are endeavoring to make our spelling a little lees fool ish and fantastic. "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT.’ $9,000,000 INCREASE NOW AUTHORIZED BY SO. STEEL Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 3.—The'directors of the Southern Steel Company met Saturday In this city and Increased the capital stock of that corporation from 818,000,004 to 326,000,000 by the Issu ance of (6,000,000 common stock and *4.000,000 preferred stock. Two meet ings of the directors were held, one at 11 o’clock, at which time the J6,000,on8 common stock Increase was authorised, and at 2 o’clock, when the 14,000,to"') preferred stock waa authorised. No of ficial statement a* to'the Intention «> the stockholders In Increasing the cap ital stock could be obtained, but It "'»* stated that the plans would be mail! public within th* next few days.