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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 $3, $5, $7 MANTA DENTAL OFFICES Uvel- 39J Whitehall St. 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.