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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
i.miAi, a
MOB CRIES FOR LIFE
I OF ITALIAN RIOTERS
Miners Captured Af
ter the House Is
Burned.
Br Prlrate Leased Wire.
Pmxatawney, Pa., 8epL 3.—The
houag containing the Italian rioters-at
the New Florence mine of the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg Company was
burned to the ground early this mora
ine and all but one of the miners cap*
tured. The remaining man la suppos
ed to have been cremated, but his com
rade* refuse to make any statement.
A; 3 the Italians are In Jail and the
p lice and constabulary have another
J »l> aa hard aa dislodging the rioters In
preventing an assault upon the prison
by the people of the whole county,
v\ 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
early 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 Bred and the
flames spread rapidly, but It was some
time before the Italians knew they
v^re Imprisoned by Are. They had no
ni>ana of preventing the movement of
th* 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 Are If necessary, but
at the command of Captain Robinson
all threw up their handa In token of
aurrender 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 Lo-
gan of Troop D. state conatabulary. at
the New Florence mine, to arrest a
miner resulted In a battle between a
large body of miners In a house and
Troop D. The constabulary had two
men 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 Coshocton.
Fatally Wounded.
Private H. C. Chambers, of Roches
ter, Pa.
The Wounded.
Private W. A. Mullen, of Harrisburg,
shot tthrough the breast; First Ser
geant Joseph Logan, of Dubois, Pa.,
*hot through the leg; George Felltxsky,
aged 12, son of Steve Felltxsky, a mi
ner, shot In the leg.
YOUTHlESClILD
NOTTO ENTER INTO
CHURCHUTIGATION
Argument in Cumberland
Presbyterian Case Is
Nearly Ended.
HON, HOKE SMITH
TO WELCOME BRYAN
WITH BIG OVATION
FOR COMMISSIONER PARKER DECLARES
WALSH IS HEADED
Fdn HEARST PART!
Means That Thomasville
Man Will Succeed Joe
Brown.
UNDER J HOUSE
Slaver Aids Victim’s Father
In Search'for Missing
Bov.
That the civil court* cannot go be
hind the action of the highest church
court* In matter* affecting that church
I* the argument advanced by Judge
John M. Oaut, of Nashville, counael for
the defence In the hearing before Judge
Pendleton In the superior court of the
petition taking that the patlor and the
church nrganlxatlon of the PI rat Cum'
berland Preabyterlan church be re
atralned from merging It Into the
Northern Preabyterlan church as pro.
vlded for by the action of the general
aaaembllea of the two branches
Judge Gaut showed that the general
assembly of the Cumberland church
bad placed a "practical construction"
on Its constitution In exercising Its
power to effect a union with the other
body. lie 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 aeven occa
sions appointed committee* looking to
ward union with other churches. He
showed that the Cumberland assembly
had declared that the doctrlnea of the
two uniting churchea 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 separata synods and that
there was no fear whatever from that
source. He said the negroes In Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia were now
perfecting their separate organisations.
He aald that no relation would subsist
between the church here and the negro
race, except where a delegate would In
the count* nt time come up to the gen
eral assembly. There he said th,
relation! would be the same aa 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 Tueeday.
JUDGES, SOLICITORS
TORE NAMED IN MACON
Br Print* Wire.
Chicago, 8ept. 3.—Robert Gordon, 16
yeara old,. shocked the police officials
by the recital of his cruel and cold
blooded* murder of 7-year-old Joseph
Heed, the eon of a neighbor. Gordon
confessed to the murder after the body
of his victim had been found In a pans-
use leading from the basement 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 burled, only
s little arm being visible. Gordon's
wit was too feeble to meet the search
ing 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 Calhoun.
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 w*as
unhappy. She was not
a Bell telephone sub
scriber. She had the
blues.
IN THE MEANTIME
Such a day did not af
fect Mr*. B. The
weather made no dif
ference to her. She
used her Bell tele-
phone and enjoyed so
cial chats v£tth friends.
She was happy.
If you are Mr*. A—
Call Contract Dept. M. 1300
BELL
SERVICE
IS SATIS-
e
Judges and solicitors general of su
perior courts, successful In the primary
of August 22* will be nominated at the
state convention In Macon Tuesday.
The complete list Is as follows;
Atlanta C*rc»»lt—Judge John T. Pen*
dlaton.
Middle Circuit—Judge B. T. Rawl
ings.
ocmulgee Circuit—Judge H. G.
I*ewls.
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'apoosa Circuit—Judge Price
Ed wants; solicitor, \V. K. Fielder.
Northeastern Circuit—Judge J.
Ktmsey; solicitor, W. A. Charters.
Pataula Circuit—Judge W. C. Wor-
rlll.
Southern Circuit—Judge R.
Mitchell.
Cordele Circuit—Judge L. \. Whip
ple; solicitor, W. F. George.
Macon Circuit—Judge W. H. Felton.
Rome Circuit—Judge Moses Wright.
DIES OF APOPLEXY
RETURNING HOME
Ily Privat, Lnaed Wlra.
Salisbury, N. C„ Bept. W. 8
Pickier, traveling pump constructor of.
the Southern railway, died yesterday
of Apoplexy. He was on the road home
• In perfect health, when he wax xelxed
! with a violent headache. Arriving in
ShIIslimy he sent for a physician, but
before one could be secured he was
dead. He was 30 years old and leaves
r. wife and child.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
vifie, Ga.
Oh Septe'mper lSth to 2Sr<l. lurid-
ilva. the Western and Atlantic rail
road will sell ticket* from Atlanta-
Dalton and intermediate station*, to
Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other minister*
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excel) will
have charge of *» •> music, and other
gospel singer* of note will attend.
Three service* each day, 10: SO a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the
people of Carteravllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they have alwnys shown.
CHA3. E. HARMAN.
Gen. Past. Agent
If the expressed wishes of Hon.
Hoke Smith are followed In the Ma
con convention Tuesday, and there le
no reason to believe otherwise, Hon. B.
G. McLendon, of Thomasville, will be
either nominated or Indorsed as rail
road commissioner to succeed Com-
mlsloner Joseph M. Brown.
Mr. Smith I* for Mr. McLendon for
the position In preference to any one
else, which undoubtedly means that
the Thomasville man will succeed
Commissioner Brown In October, 1»07,
In his speech In the Macon conven
tion Tuesday Mr. Bmlth will offer the
name of Mr. McLendon as the man
for the position. He Is said to favor
the Thomasville man not ao much
from personal regard or because he
supported Mr. Smith In his recent race,
but because he believes Mr. McLendon
le pre-eminently qualified .to give the
people comprehensive service.
Mr. Smith le said to want Mr. Mo
London also because the Thomas coun
ty man knows more about railroad
values, watered etoclu, fictitious
values and such subjects than any one
In the state. For years he has made a
close study of rates and railroad stocks.
His long connection with the railroads
In vsrious capacities qualify him for
the vacancy a* a railroad expert.
He will be either nominated as the
candidate or given the Indorsement of
the convention In Macon Tueeday.
Question Raised as to
Whether He Is Rail
road Expert.
Salary Law in Effact.
8tMH*lal to Th* Georgian
Hrunawlck. Ga., Sept. 3.—A new law
fixing the palarle* of county official*
went into effect Saturday. The county
eolldtora will receive $1,500 a year;
ohertff. 1800; clerk, 9900; while all
fee* will go to swell tha county** treaa-
ury.
SCHOOL BOOKS
AND ALL SUPPLIES AT
JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S,
‘ 39 MARIETTA ST.
Will the railroads test the constitu
tionality of any adverse ruling by the
railroad commission If other than a
practical railroad man I* put In the
commission by the action of the state
Democratic convention at Macon
Tuesday ?
Would the courts sustain them In
such a teat case?
These are questions uppermost In
the minds of a large element of the
party, anent the almost certain action
of the convention In naming Hon. S. G.
McLendon, of Thoinssvllle, as the suc
cessor to Commissioner Joseph M.
Brown.
A s|iecial anil peculiar law prescribes
tile membership of Georgia's railroad
‘rate regulating" body.
The law provides that one member
shall l>e an expert In the law, another
a "practical" railroad man and the
third simply a plain business man.
The Impression has gone abroad
heretofore that the third member nam
ed In the law should be a farmer. This
I* a mistake. He can be merchant,
farmer, manufacturer or of any other
celling.
But the other two muet be a law
yer and a practical railroad man.
Is a theoretical railroad lawyer I
practical railroad man. In the broad
Interpretation of this law?
Hon. Guyt MeLeodon for a number
of year* was attorney for the Plant
system. On rate making, he Is un
doubtedly one of the beet 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.
Th* point Is made on Mr. McLendon
that he Is a lawyer, and lawyer only;
that his railroad experience we* gain
ed from the legal and not the practical
side of railroading; that In contempla-
tlon of the law creating the railroad
commission he le not eligible, and .hat
any act of the commission, with him
as a member, would be tested In the
courts, thus Insuring, poselbly, Inter
minable delay* In enforcing th* edict*
of that body.
Some of the ablest lawyer* In the
state will be In the Macon convention
Tuesday, and If they declare In favor
of Mcl-endon, It would seem that they
would know whet they were doing, and
were satisfied that the Thomas county-
man wa* eligible.
Th* contention le an Interesting
one.
EXPLOSION KILLS
FOUR WORKMEN
ON CZAR'S SHIP
Special Cahje-Copyrtght.
London, Sept. 3.—An explosion
on the new Russian eruiser Ruvik,
Imildinif at the Viekers-Maxiin
van! 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, tia.. Sept. 1—In the contempt
proceeding* In the Justice Mike Nanghtln
esse, heart liefore Judge Sen brook In the
superior court Satnrtsy. Judge Kesbrook
ordered a contempt rule against William It.
t.enU(n *n<\ lour other*. Including Justice
Nanghtln. The proceedings sros* fn-m (a
Investigation by • special committee of Jus
tice Nniightlu. on a ebargu of malpractice
In office. It was claimed that Mr. I-eakln
saw two grand Jurors and talked almnt the
rase In liehalf of Nnughfln. and la one In
stance furnished the Juror with two qilea-
lions to In- asked witnesses against .\augh-
tin. explaining that he did so lieeanae
Nanghtln was not entitled to counsel In the
Jury room.
The rule Is made returnable the first Hat-
urday In Ortolier before Judge Cauu. of the
superior court.
Democratic National Com
mitteeman From Iowa
Resigns.
By Private Leased Wire.
Alexandria, Minn., Sept. 3.—While
here yesterday Judge Alton B. Parker
wa* asked for some expression regard
ing the resignation of. Charles A.
Walsh from the Democratic national
committee. Judge Parker said:
I hardly: know that l want to dig
nify Mr. Walsh’s latter by construing
It or making a forrpal statement. -I'm
out of politics and under those cir
cumstances: all I care to say 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 to
Hearst’s party. He has, apparently-
preferred Instead of giving hie reason
for joining the Hearst party, to as
sign some reasons for leaving the Dem
ocratic party. Whether his reason has
any Justification In fact or not. Is of
no consequence, aa he has made up
hla mind to go.”
What wlilh Said.
Walsh's letter of resignation to
Chairman Taggart was sent from Ot
tumwa, la., Saturday evening. Mr.
Walsh was the Iowa member of the
Democratic national committee, and
was secretary of tha national commit
tee durine the two Bryan campaigns.
In this letter he gives hi* reasons for
this action as a distaste for "slavish
subserviency to corrupt corporation
and boss control of party affairs." In
cidentally ha paya 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
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 principle# 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
Speclnl to Tbs Georgian.
Greenville. 8. Sept. 3.-A* a result of
a bltp she received on the ami from s
man who attempted to commit an as-
anult on her, Mrs. Bryant, of this place,
le dyln* of blood poisoning.
The woman struggled with the man,
whose nnme la Barton, tnd rerelve-l the
bite whtrh msy result In tier death.
Button la still confined In the Aiken
Jail, sml has lieen refuted a hearing until
the condition of the women further de
velops.
FEHN DiITnOT APPEAR
WHEN CA8E WAS CALLED
Special to The Georsian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Bept. 3.—Martin
Fehn, the aaloon keeper, who la wanted
In Walker county, Oa.. on a charge of
selling beer to soldiers at Fort Ogle
thorpe, did not appear at his prellmln-:
ary' hearing In which he charged Depu
ty Sheriff Hays, of Walker county. Go.,
with false Imprisonment and assault
and batten'. He left for Hot Springs,
It Is said, and In this way escaped the
serving of requisition papers, which
had been procured from Governor Ter
rell, of Georgia. Fehn also Instituted
suits for damage* In th* courts here
amounting to 310,000.
YOUNG WOMAN HELD
ON LARCENY CHARGE.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 3.—Miss
Ella Parker, formerly of Tracy City,
has been arreated on the charge of the
larceny of a suit case belonging to Mlsa
Lille Lewis, of Carbon Hill, Ala. Miss
Parker claims that tha suit case was
given her by another woman, but Mlsa
Lewis Insists that the suit case waa
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.
Kpeclal to The Georgian
Louisville, Ky, Sept. 3.—The Demo
crats of tha South will, welcome Wil
liam. Jennings Bryan on September 12
at the Gateway to their domain. On
that day the followers 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 Mason and Dixon tine.
Bryan will be here only a few hours,
but In that time there will be concen
trated a welcome such aa only the Im
petuous Southerners know how to be
stow on one who has been their cher
ished leader.
From present reports. Bryan will ar
rive here from 8t. 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 srmory Is a new structure,
which was first opened by the National
Bowlers' Tournament last March. It
Is-a huge building, said to-have the
second largest capacity In the United
States. It will seat It,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 will 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 Is conjectured that one will
be Henry Watterson. though this can
not be stated authoritatively.
Then Mr. Bryan will speak, and fol
lowing this will be the hand-to-hand
reception. At 2:20 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.
Hlnnchnrd, of Louisiana, and EL War-
field, of Maryland. Senator-elect Rob
ert -L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Senators
A. J. McLaurin and H. D. Money, of
Mississippi; James Taliaferro, of Flor
ida; C. A. Culberson, of Texas; tsldor
Raynor, of Maryland; J. B. Frasier, 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.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Six Month* Ending June 39* 1906, of the Condition of the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company,
Organised under the lawg of the atnte of Pentiajlranfa; mode to the governor of tha
state of Georgia in pursuance of the laws of aald state.
Principal office, corner Sixth and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh* Pa.
I. CAPIL 8TOCK.
1. Amount of capital stock ....8315.660.60
2. Amount of capital stock paid ap in cash 315,150.00—8315.850.09
II. ASSETS.
Total assets $1,441*416.08
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities 8M4M16.0I
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIR8T 8IX MONTH8 OF THE YEAR 1606.
Total Income 8244.245,50
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR
1906.
Total disbursements 8156,266.78
Greatest amount Insured In any one risk 8 10,000.00
Total amount of Insurance outstanding 11.566,490.00
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, la of file In the office of th«
Insurance commissioner.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—bounty of Alleghany.
Personally appeared before the undersigned William C. Baldwin, who. being
duly sworn, deposes and tars that he la the rice-president and general mannaer n{
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Co., aud that the foregoing statement la correct and true.
WM. C. BALDWIN.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
HAS BEEN LOCATED
By Private Leaacd Wire.
London, Sept. 3.—The northwest
passage, for which Intrepid seamen
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 tne exploring ship GJoa, has
reached Behring Sea.
The GJoa expedition sailed from
Christiana on June 17, 1302. Captain
Amundfin's purpose la not to make an
other effort to force the long dreamed
of northwest passage, but to search
for the magnettc pole.
If the report from Christiana that
the GJoa has reached Behring 8ea li
true, he apparently stumbled upon th,
passage through the northern seas or
purposely voyaged In that direction af
ter concluding hit 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. Thla report wa,
brought by George Cleveland, of Man-
sachusetta, who reached Dulde, Scot
land. November 22, 1205, returning from
a whaling trip to Davla strait. Cleve
land declared he had been Informed
through Eskimo sources of the loan of
the GJoa, and that the explorer* were
living with native* In that region.
50,000 EXTRA VISITORS
CAUSE A FOOD FAMINE
Ily Private teased Wire.
Atlantic City, N. J„ Sept. 3.—Fifty
thousand extra visitor!. 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 all
sorts of expedients were resorted to
for holding guests until stuff could be
secured to give them meals. One wo
man thinned up gravy and served It n,
soup when 200 diners came In place ut
the 76 expected.
Railroads reported 200 carload* of
newcomers this morning and hundred*
of auto parties came from Philadelphia
and New York to attend the fall race,
which begin today.
ROOSEVELT NOT WEDDED
TO REFORM SPELLING
Heart Failure
is often induced by
coffee drinking.
USE
POSTUM
W. 8. Wler. of Atlanta, was the lAbor
Day orator at the celebration In Colum
bia, S. C., Monday. Mr. Wler Is well
known In the labor councils of this
city, and has been prominently Identi
fied with the labor movement for
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 le a
member of the Atlanta Typographical
Union. He has been Labor Day orator
on many previous occasions, and has
won quite a reputation as an brator.
HOKE SMITH FILES
ANSWER TO DEMPSEY
Hon. Hoka 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 hla suit Mr.
Dempsey alleged that the action of
Mr. Smith was "a breach of trust
amounting to a legal fraud."
In hla 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 waa en
titled to for attorney's fee* under bis
agreement with Mr. Dempsey, nor had
he shown that he did anything Im
proper In coming to an agreement with
the'railroad.
Fall in Big Acid Tank.
Hocf-lnt to The Georgian
Macon, Ga., Sept. I.—E. F. Taylor,
night watchman at the plant of the
Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company.
Ilea horribly burned up to the knees, as
the result of having fallen Into a big
sulphuric acid lank while on his round*
at bla post of duty.
By Prlrate Iesied Wire.
Oy»ter Bay, N. Y„ Sept. 2.—The fol
lowing letter ha* been *ent by Presi
dent Roosevelt to Charles A. Stallings,
public printer, at Washington;
"I enclose herewith copies o£ certain
circulars of the simplified board, which
can be obtained free from the board
at No. 1 Madison avenue, New York
city. Please hereafter direct that In
all government publications of the ex
ecutive departments the three hundred
words enumerated In circular No.
shall be spelled as therein set forth. If
any one asks the reason for the ac
tion refer him to circulars 2, 4 and 5
as Issued by the simplified spelling
board. Most of the criticism of the
proposed step la 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
aa 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 Is for the government,
Instead of lagging behind popular sen-
tlnent, «o advance abreast of l: and
at the same time abreast of the views
of the ablest and most practical edu
cators of our time as well as 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; If
they do not ultimately meet with pop
ular approval they will be dropped and
that la all there la about it.
"They represent nothing In the world
but a very alight extension of the un
conscious movement which haa mad,
agricultural Implement makers and
farmers write 'plow' Instead of 'plough,'
which haa made moat Americans write
'honor 1 without tha somewhat abaurd.
superfluous 'u' and which I* even now
making people write 'program' without
(he 'me,' just aa all people who apeak
English now write 'bat,' 'set.' 'dim.
•aum' and 'fish,’ Instead of the Eliza;
bethan 'batte,' 'aette,' ‘dlmme,’ 'aurnm,
and 'fyahe,' which make* us writ,
'public.' ‘almanac,’ 'era,' 'fantasy.’ and
•wagon,' Instead of the 'publlck,' 'al
manack,' 'sera,' 'phantasy' and 'wag
gon.* of our great-grandfathers.
"It Is not an attack on the language
of Shakespeare and 2Illton, 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
dace since their time. It Is not an at-
empt to do anything far-reaching «r
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 the side of the
popular forces which are endeavoring
to make our spelling a little Mas 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 thla city and Increased the
capital stock of that corporation from
113.000. 000 to 326.000,000 by the Issu
ance of 35,000,000 common stock and
34.000. 000 preferred stock. Two meet
ings of the directors were held, one at
11 o’clock, at which time the 33,OOn.0°6
common stock Increase waa authorize'!;
and at 2 o'clock, when the 34.000,0"'’
preferred stock waa authorised. No of
ficial statement aa to'tha Intention «>
the stockholders In Increasing the rap-
Ital stock could be obtained, but It "■**
stated that the plans would be mad!
public wltbln th- next few days.