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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
BATt'RDW, SnnRMnKR S. 19^.
WARE & LELAND PLAN
FIGHT ON BOYKIN BILL
Georgian’s Prediction
of Legal Battle Is
Verified.
wire * Leland are lining up to make
. , tr ong fight on the Botkin anti
Jacket shop bill, which become* effect
ire on January 1, 1907.
First Intimation of the probability of
this course waa printed in The Geor-
.tan last Saturday, when the Southern
members of the big New York commis
sion firm met here.
Three prominent Atlarta Arms of
lawyers were consulted by J. H. Ware,
of Chicago, head of the Ware & Leland
bouses. That the attorneys determined
that a light could be' made on the
pounds of the constitutionality of the
I»W has been determined by subsequent
events. Efforts were made to keep se
cret for the present the fact that a
hlr legal battle was to be opened up,
B It I" known positively that **■<-
course has been fully agreed upon.
W ,“ l, said that the fight will be made
upon three grounds, but the exact na
ture of these are not yet known. The
Ware A Leland people pay about
,15 000 In taxes in Georgia annually,
„d they say they will pay out an equal
turn in trying to down the Boykin bill.
The opening gun will probably be in
thf way of application for Injunction
near the first of the year* then, will
come the long and bitter legal struggle.
Boykin Not Worried.
Representative J. H. Boykin, of Lin
coin, author of the bill wHlch places
bucket shops and commission
hopses out of business on January 1,
attended the state convention In Macon
tml was asked what he thought of the
probabilities of a fight on his bill.
**•'1 have heard rumors that Ware &
leland are to make a legal Qght on
my measure, but I am not worried
about the ultimate outcome. It was
nmst carefully drawn by some of the
ablest lawyers In the state, and to my
mind Is an even stronger bill than
.North Carolina's, which has stood the
test of the courts. ■
•It Is simply the dying gasp of the
octopus, and I am absolutely confident
that legalized gambling In futures Is a
thing of the past in Georgia. If they
determine on a fight, we will be ready
to meet them at every step.
"Bucket shops. In Georgia have been
legalized solely by the legislature fix
ing a license tax of 11,000 per annum
for them to do business. If the leg
islative body refuses to further extend
this privilege I cannot see where the
concerns have any authority to do
business anyway.”
Sits SPEECHES ■
« TO BEFliCT
Administration Seeks
Counteract Bryan Sen
timent in South.
to
Washington,, Sept, 8.—Hon. Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, left
Washington last night on a speaking
tour of five Southern states—Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Missouri. At Memphis next Sat
urday night the secretary will reply to
Mr. Bryan'e government ownership
s P ee . c . h - He wl11 *P*»k this afternoon
at Martinsville, Va„ and tonight at
Danville, Va.
As members of ths cabinet do not,
“,£. ru . le ' mak ® speeches on important
political subjects without first consult-
IhB the president, the Shaw speech at
Memphis Is expected to have special
significance In expressing the views of
the administration on the position of
the Federal government owning and
operating the railroads. Coming so
soon after Mr. Taft's recent effort In
North Carolina to break up the solid
South, it Is thought that Mr. Shaw's
deliverance will be a continuance of
that policy.
STATENS
IS
TO BEA FINE ONE
Geologist Yeates Preparing
Entirely New Forestry
Display.
GETS HERE CHEAP
So Says Ry. Commission
Anent Complaint Geor
gia Dealers.
Serial fo Thf’ Gtorgtftt. '*
flecatur! Ala., Sept' 8.—-The erstwhile,
negro politicians of this portion of the
•tate are complulnlng that they have
been driven out of the* Republican par
ty and now some of them are threaten
Ing to organize a party of their own In
which they can be their own bosses.
Two conventions recently held goes
to prove that the Republicans of this
portion of the state have had enough
of the negro In politics. Recently
county convention was held at Hart-
wild and at this convention there were
four negroes present, but they were sat
upon good and hard. The convention
fleeted a new county executive com
nilttee ami elected delegates to the
"ngr clonal convention. Not a negro
va» named for either place. A few
‘lays later the congressional convention
was held and not a negro attended nor
was a negro given a place on any of
the committees or delegations of this
organization.
This is the first time In the history
n f the Republican party In Alabama
that negroes have not practically con
trolled the convention, or at least play
ed a prominent part In the party af
fairs.
. BRIDGES, PLATES.
best on earth
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MANTA DENTAL OFFICES
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Phone 2563-J. for Dr. Lanier or Dr,
State Geologist Yeates will not take
the forestry exhibit on the third door
of the state capltol to the Jamestown
Exposition.
An entirely new collection of woods
will be secured, and arranged In a
more attractive way, so as to take up
lees room, giving more space for other
exhibits.
Furthermore, Geologist Yeates says
that the constant handling of the pres
ent specimens has nearly ruined them.
They receive rough handling on these
many excursions, and In the future this
part of the state museum will remain
stationary In the state capltol.
In getting up the display for-James
town, Professor Yeates la handicapped
by two serious drawbacks, but as he Is
a man of the most resourceful energy,
those difficulties will be Anally over
come by him.
He finds It hard to secure expert
help In gathering this display. Geol
ogists and their expert helpers are In
demand In this day and time. It is
difficult to get them when you want
them, says Profeasor Yeates. Then,
the time Intervening between now and
the opening of the celebration In April
will alio prove a handicap.
Professor Yeates will do much of this
field work himself. He will have to
take to the field In order to make the
display In keeping with the state's
progress. With the expert helpers he
has a line out for, he hopes to get to
work In earnest on this display In the
next two or three weeks.
Vice Chairman W. N. Mitchell
of the Jamestown commission. Is now
In the east and Is expected to return In
the next week or ten days. As soon
ns ho returns he will call the commis
sion together and map out the plan of
campaign.
Should Geologist Yeates succeed In
securing the expert help he needs, not
withstanding the rather short time to
gn'ther the display, the showing to be
made at Jamestown will In slse and
magnificence be ahead of those made
at Buffalo and St. Louis.
Hotsl Propsrty Sold.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga„ Sept. 8.—The property
of the old Hotel Racine Company, of
which George C. Palmer was appointed
receiver by Judge Little, was sold at
auction today and purchased by James
A. Lewis, the owner of the building, for
82,157.
New Gym. at Emory.
Special to The Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga.. Sept. 8.
—The J. P. Williams athletic hall here
la nearing completion and promises to
be one of the largest and best-equipped
gymnasiums In the South.
The railroad commission will meet
next Wednesday to take up the com
plaint of the Georgia marblemen that
the Vermont product can be shipped
to certain points In Georgia for the
same rate that the Georgia dealers are
required to pay.
This complaint was filed several
months ag<y by President Roberts,
the Georgia Marble Retail Dealers' As
sociation. This hearing was postponed
from time to time at the Instance of
President Roberts, but p Anal hearing
haa been set for next week.
On the surface, the local marble
dealers would seem to have a real
grievance, as the little state of Ver
mont Is about 1,800 mites distant -from
Georgia, but, according to the com
missioners' view, there are two sides
to the question.
Low Rates Only to Sea Ports.
The points In Georgia to which the
Vermont dealers have as low a rate
as the Georgia dealers are sea ports.
The railroad commission says It has
no jurisdiction over water rates.. That
being true. It behooves the local quary-
men to get busy with the ship own
ers.
It has frequently occurred In the past
that granite and coal has been fiplght-
ed free of cost, to be used as ballast
for ships. Particularly haa this been
the case during the cotton season.
Ships would sail Into Georgia ports for
cotton cargoes, and having no load on
the Incoming trip, they were anxious
for the opportunity to get the marble,
or granite, or coal, as the case may
be, In order to ballast their ships.
If they did not do this, they would
be compelled to go out and buy rock
for ballast purposes, pay for the carting
of It to their ships, the loading and
unloading, and the carting away from
the wharves at the place of their des
tination.
Hence, for this reason, they are
more than glad of the. chance to get
their ballast for the mere hauling. This
Is a condition that operates harshly for
the local dealers, but the commission
so far has found no way to provide a
remedy. If the marblemen will point
out the remedy next week, the com-
mission will doubtless get buay along
the lines suggested.
Bought Coal Abroad.
For several years a well-known coal
dealer .In Savannah bought all of his
coal from England. The coal oper
ators on the other side of the pond
would watch out for empty cotton ships
headed Savannahward and would east
ly get the coal brought over fPee fp
the use as ballast. The Savannah deal
er would only pay for the,loading and
unloading, and could distance hla com
petitors a mile on coal prices.
The “Georgia Yankee,” It would seem,
wants the commission to give the Ver
monter a wooden nutmeg In exchange
for hla flannel sausage.
ROGER SULLIVAN BRANDS
STATEMENTS OF BRYAN
* AS PLAIN FALSEHOODS
Democratic National. Committeeman From
Illinois Offers to Resign if Nebras
kan Proves His Charges.
Y IS LIKELY
TO GET JUDGESHIP
New York, Sept. 8.—Replying to re
cent attacks made upon him by Wll
llam Jennings Bryan, Democratic Na
tional Committeeman Roger C. Sulli
van, of Illinois, who Is here, last night
Issued a lengthy statement'. He brands
as untrue certain declarations of Mr.
Bryan, who discussed the Sullivan af
fair at Chicago several days ago.
He says:
“In his Jefferson Club banquet
speech At Chicago Tuesday evening
William J. Aryan again saw At to make
the excuse for exploiting his new am
bition to convert the Democratic party
of the United States into an autbcracy
with himself on the dictator's throne.
I regret that he has done so, as I
would regret any Incident or circum
stance tending toward discord In the
Democratic party.
“Wants His Own Way.”
'If portions of Mr. Bryan’s speech
meah anything, they mean that he
would rather have his own way than
have the Democrats elected to congress
or any other office. He has Invited all
Illinois Democrats who agree with him
In his opposition to me to bolt their
ticket. If there are any Democrats
in Illinois who are disposed to act on
this typically Bryanlstlc advice, many
of them unfortunately will be found
In congressional districts which are
cloae, but In which, with united ef
fort, we have a good chance to elect
Democratic congressmen. If these dis
tricts send Republicans to the next
national house of representatives, the
Democratic party of the nation will
have Mr. Bryan to thank.
“Mr. Bryan has said by .Innuendo that
I. as an official of the Ogden Gas Com
pany of Chicago, have secured govern
ment favor and profit by alleged Illegal
corrupt means. He harps on my con
nection with the Ogden Gas Company
as If that connection were disreputa
ble. The public press will show that
the only offense this corporation over
committed was to reduce the price of
gas. Among my associates In that com
pany were Governor John P. Altgeld
and Judge Thomas A. Moran, of Chi
cago. Does Mr. Bryan dare Impugn
their memories?
"That Is Not True.”
“The very first paragraph In Mr.
Bryan's speech on me and on the Illi
nois situation contains a deliberate un
truth. Practically every succeeding
paragraph contains either a deliberate
untruth or a,n equivocation of the kind
that we expect only from the ahlfty,
word-juggling pettifogger. Mr. Bryan
says he wrote me a, letter asking me
to resign In the Interests of the Dem
ocratic party.
"That Is not true. Mr. Bryan knew
It was not true when he said It. He
never wrote me a letter. He did write
a letter to Judge C. P. Thompson, In
which he told Judge Thompson to tell
me that he, Bryan, wanted me to re
sign from' the Democratic national
committee."
“Mr. Bryan’s assertion that I held
.my seat on the national commute for
fraud was refuted two years ago at
St. Louis by the national convention
Itself, and I have not asked for an In
dorsement of the state convention.
"Forgeries Were Presented."
Mr. Bryan says: ‘I examnled Into
his (Sullivan's) conduct of the Spring-
field convention before I took part In
the attempt to unseat him, and at the
St. Louis convention I had In writing
request for his repudiation signed by
more than half the delegates to the
convention.’ That- statement Is not
true. Mr. Bryan knew It was not true
when he made It. Mr. Bryan has nev
er substantiated It with evidence.
“Mr. Bryan and Ills associates at St.
Louis made the statement that some
five hundred delegates In the Spring-
Held convention bad signed petitions or
letters repudiating the action of that
convention. They never presented any
such number. They presented some.
The other side at the same- time pre
rented telegrams and affidavits certl
tying that nearly all of the signatures
presented by Mr. Bryan and his asso
elates were forgeries.
“He Makes Politics Pay."
“He Insinuates that I make money
out of politics, and that hla sincerity,
therefore compels him to oppose my
participation In Democratic affairs.
The plain Inference Is that Mr. Bryan
thinks It vfrong to make money out of
politics. If Mr. Bryan thinks It wrong
to make money out of politics, he
should quit making money. Mr. Bry
an has not one dolalr that he ever
made out of anything but politics. He
tried to be a lawyer; he was a failure
at It. He tried to be a newspaper ed
itor; he was a failure at that.
"He Is now a man of property. As
fortunes go he Is a rich man. He made
every dollar of his fortune out of
tics, using as a stepping stone the
ure platform. He Is In politics because
It helps the gate receipts.
Sullivan Offers TssL
“To help Mr. Bryan’s boasted sincer
ity a little, I challenge him to this:
If I hold my position on the Democrat
ic national committee by fraud, I ought
to resign. If Mr. Bryan has falsely
accused me qf profiting by fraud, then
he ought to quit running for president
because no man Is lit to be a candi
date for that high office who goes out
In public and lies about any member of
his party. Therefore, I propose that
Mr. Bryan and I put the Issue as be
tween us up to the men who sat asdet
egates In the Springfield convention of
twe
oee delegates are still living In
Illinois; they can all be found. Mr.
Bryan said that a majority of them
were opposed to me for national com
mitteeman. He has said that he had at
St. Louis letters from more than half
of those delegates In which they re
pudiated the action of the convention
which resulted In my becoming nation
al committeeman. Let us have this
poll made under the direction of the
chief justice of the supreme court of
Illinois. If the majority of those dele
gates will support Mr. Bryan's present
contention and will say that I was
elected to the national committee by
fraud, then I will resign from the na
tional committee.
"On the othqr hand—.and this I con
tend Is but a fair proposition—If the
majority of those delegates of two
years ago do not support Mr. Bryan's
allegation of fraud, then I -will insist
that Mr. Bryan shall announce that he
will no longer be a candidate for the
presidency at the hands of the Dem
ocratic party. The American people
believe in fair play. Call the roll.”
Washington, Sept. 8.—Tlje Intimation
Is given In a high official quarter that
Attorney General William H. Moody
will be nominated for associate Justice
of the United States supreme court
to succeed Justice Henry B. Brown, re
tired.
Attorney General Moody Is a citizen
of Massachusetts, as Is Associate Jus
tice Holmes. The statement about Mr.
Moody fits In A'lth the now generally
accepted belief that Secretary Taft will
decline the president’s offer to appoint
him to the vacancy caused by Justice
Brown's retirement.
Justice Day, who Is from Ohio, was
already a member of the court when
the president made the tender to Mr.
Taft.
COTTON IS DAMAGED
IN PIEDMONT 8ECTION.
Hpri'lnt to The Georgian.
Prosperity. S. C., Sept. 8.—Cotton In
this middle Piedmont section has de
teriorated very much and our best
farmers say that <0 per rent of a crop
III be the maximum and some are
putting It nt 50 per cent. The ex
cessive rains ruined much cotton, caus- .
Ing the bolls to rot before opening, and back almost into ribbons.
Much hay and fodder was also lost, believed thst the woman would die, but
Cotton picking Is progressing slowly. she Is resting easily at the hospital.
CANDIDATES FOR TAX COLLECTOR
TIE BEFORE THE COUNTY PRIMARY
WHAT WILL CURE CHRONIC
CATARRH ?
A remedy that will heal the
Inflamed membrane* of the head
and nose and drive the disease
out of the blood.
Herring’s Catarrh Cure
Is applied directly to the dis
eased membranes, and la taken
Internally to purify the blood.
H. C. C. Is a harmless vegeta
ble remedy, containing no Al
cohol, Opium, Cocaine or other
narcotics.
One Dollar Per Bottle at All Drug Stores.
Ask Your Druggist fur a Small Trial Bottle.
THIRTEEN MONTHS OLD BABY
PLA YING IN FRONT OF HOUSE
IS KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR
A thlrteen-months-old baby, the lit
tle aon of Mr. and Mrs. R, S. Wellborn,
of .01 Ormond street, was struck and
killed by a street car while playing
near his home Friday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock. Motorman James N. Britt was
arrested and a charge of reckless run
ning registered opposite his name at
the police station. He was not locked
up.
Little Asbury Hudson Wellborn was
playing with his three brothers, aged
8, 5 and 2 years, at Ormond street and
Cherokee avenue. Some sewer pipes
are being laid at this point and the
loose earth fills the center of the car
tracks. The baby climbed out of Its
cart and sat down In the middle of the
track, an embankment of earth thrown
up by the workmen almost hiding him
from sight.
A street car came in sight and the
party of children began to scream
when they saw that the car was about
to strike the child. They were stand
ing at one side of the track and*the
motorman looked at them Instead of
at the track In front and failed to see
the baby on the track. The fender
struqk the baby In the back of the
neck, throwing It to the ground. The
child breathed only onco or twice be
fore dying.
The Infant's body was carried Into
Its home, Motorman Britt and Con
ductor Lonny Almand accompanying It.
The motorman was greatly distressed
at the accident and refused to leave the
house for a long time. He explained
that owing to the earth embankment
which hid the track around the curve,
It waa Impossible for him to see such
a little child and he did not know the
baby was on the track until he etruck
It.
The father of the chile), R. S. Well
born, Is a Southern Express messenger
and was away from the city at the
time. He returned Saturday morn
ing. The funeral arrangements will be
announced Saturday afternoon.
BOY PAYS HEIRS MILLIONS
70 GET HOLD OF ESTATE
VALUED AT $14,000,000
New York, Sept. 8.—Young William
Zelgler, adopted son of the baking pow
der magnate and financier of Polar ex—
dltlons, Is to receive, In round num-
rs, 314,000.000 from the estate of hie
adopted father. Those who sought to
break the- will, which left him the bulk
of the estate, have been placated at a
cost of something like 32,250,000, and
all Is clear sailing for this lucky b-iy.
He Is now only 14 years old: a quiet,
studious lad, so that when he conics
Into his fortune It probably will bo
abo\e the 320,000,000 mark, and he
will have an annual Income close to
(1,000,000.
BEES CAPTURE WOMAN’S KITCHEN
BUT GET STUNG WITH .SULPHUR
Chicago, Bept. 8.—A swarm oi bees
In Oak Park Improved a shining hour
esterday by taking possession of the
Itchen of Mre. Earle C. Dodd, 320
.jouth Sixty-fourth avenue. Mrs.
Dodd was In the kitchen and the bees
objected to her presence. She was at
tacked by the full strength of the
honey-makers and stung severely on
the arms and shoulders. A policeman
was summoned and, with head covered,
he groped hla way Into the kitchen,
where he smoked the Invaders out with
sulphur.
Special to The Georgian.
Dahlonega, Ga., Sept. 8.—In yester
day's primary election the following
men were successful:
Colonel W. S. Huff for representa
tive; D. L. Cook, clerk euperlor court;
J. M. Davis, sheriff; J. M. Calhoun, tax
receiver.
M. L. Seaboldt and T. H. Wimpy tied
In the race for tax collector. The race
will be settled September 28 In another
primary.
J. A. Holllfleld, treasurer; C. J. Jar-
rard, surveyor; H. N. Aeh, coroner.
The election was extremely quiet.
Professor J. W. Boyd received nil
the votes cast except 18 from the
Twenty-second district.
STABBED HIS WIFE
AND THEN RAN AWAY
Josh Hurd, a negro, stabbed his wife,
Maud Hurd, more than a dosen times
Friday night and ran away.
The woman was sent to the Grady
Hospital and Josh was captured by
Sergeant Poole and Officers Mashburn
and Pate and locked up at the police
station.
The negro went to his home In the
rear nf 41 Cain street at 9 o'clock and
found the doore locked. He seised an
ax and after breaking down two doors
he reached hie wife. He drew a dull
pocket knife and slashed her shoulders
It was
STANHOPE ERWIN -
NOT BADLY HURT
George Myers, a wagon driver, was
arraigned before Judge Broyles In the
police court Saturday morning charged
with reckless driving. It was his wag
on which atruck young Stanhope Er
win In front of the Kimball Houae Fri
day afternoon.
Witnesses explained that the accident
was not the fault of the driver, who
was driving slowly, and that Erwin
must have slipped and fallen. Erwin
remained at St. Joseph’s Infirmary but
a short time and It was found that his
Injuries amounted to almost nothing.
PRIEST GIVES $30,000
TO CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 8.—Father
Anthony H. Walburg, of the St. Au
gustine German Catholic Chufch o:
Bank street, has donated another 315.
000 to the Catholic University, Wash
ington, D. C„ making his total gift to
that Institution 330,000. The donation
Is for the endowment of a German
chair at the Inatltulon. Twenty thous
and dollars more Is needed to complete
Its endowment.
TERRA COTTA COMPANY
ORGANIZED AT COLUMBU8.
Hpedal to-The Georgian.
Columbus, Oa., Sept. 8.—The Mus
cogee Brick and Terra Cotta Compa
ny was organized here Friday with the
following officers; President, John T.
Fletcher; vice president, John P. Ill-
ges; secretary and treasurer, John A.
Fagan.
The company starts with a capital of
175,000, and will make bricks and ter r
ra cotta pipes.
D0CMITCHELL8RINGS
DE KALB'S FIRST BALE
Doc Mitchell brought in Saturday the
first bale of cotton from DeKalb coun
ty. Doc has a habit of doing this. He
has turned ^ie trick five times out of
the last seven years.
He sold the bale to William J. Rlor-
dan.
It was classed strict low middling and
brought 9 cents.
INFLUENTIAL CITIZEN
OF COVINGTON DEAD.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga., Sept. 8.—8. N. Stall
ings, one pf Covington's oldest and
most Influential citizens, died here last
night about 10 o'clock at his home. Mr.
Stallings has always been prominently
connected In the upbuilding of Coving
ton. He was confined to his bed only
one week before his death. He was 79
years of age and leaves a wife and
three children, viz., Mrs. W. H. Evans,
of this city; Mrs. J. H. Chambers and
O. P. Stallings, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Interment will take place here.
DO ADVERTISER’S STOP TO THINK—
THAT THE GEORGIAN’S
refusal to take whisky and medicine advertisements
raises it in the estimation of the reader—thus increas
ing its value as an advertising medium ?
Advertisers invited to investigate our circulation.