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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. ARPTEMBEII 17. 1JWT. AGAINSTCHARGES Doilies Statements Made by W. R. Rowe, of Soldiers’ Home. PARALYZED DEAF MUTE REGAINS HIS SPEECH IN A BURST OF PROFANITY blankety-blank, blank. Judge John H. Martin, presiding over the Oconee Judicial circuit, and form erly a member of the board of true tees of the Soldiers* Home, reaente the statement made In the recent legisla tive Investigation by W. R. Rowse, an Inmate of the home and the first wit ness called, as regards certain alleged remarks by Judge Martin. Mr. Rowse said In his testimony In effect that Judge Martin had said that ''all of the Inmates were paupers and had begged their way Into the home." In a letter to Captain “Tip" Harrt ■on. Judge Martin denies absolutely that he ever made any such statement to Rowse or any one else. "I was sim ply amazed at the statement made by Rowse and I find that he had reference to the speech that I made when I told the Insubordinates that they would have to obey the rules or leave the home. In that speech I said not n word that could directly or Indirectly reflect on any Inmate." Judge Martin says that he Is an old soldier himself and that such words would fall with III grace from his lips. He felt aggrieved that none of the trustees, who knew the truth, did not dispute the statement made by Rowao. He says: "I do not see why he (Rowse) made them, unless It was that I always doubted his right to be an Inmate of the home, and you know how persis tently I followed up this matter. Rowse Is getting In his revenge because I doubted his right to being In the home, believing he was a deserter." Judge Martin submitted a list of questions he desired asked to members of the board of trustees now serving who were present when the speech was mads by him. Captain Harrison will forward these to the members for re ply. "Dash It to blank." Thus, with a sulphurous outburst, did Henry Coleman, a white man, sup posed to be a deaf mute and paralytic, suddenly regain his speech Monday morning In the police station, when he took occasion to vent his anger on Turnkey Bostwfck. Coleman was taken to the police sta tion Sunday apparently unable to talk or hear and unable to walk. It being necessary for the officers to carry him bodily Into a cell. In his pockets were found several slips of paper, bearing pencil-inscribed appeals for aid, and when questioned about these by Turn key Bostwlck, the supposed mute be came enraged, assailing the officer with a torrent of abuse. This naturally astonished the turn key, but his astonishment was aug mented when he noticed the supposed paralytic walk about the prison corri dor as though nothing was wrong with him. These startling changes were re ported to Chief Jennings and he order ed the man examined by Dr. Wilkins, Sixth ward city physician. When the doctor arrived at the sta tion, the self-styled mute conversed with him, but apparently with difficul ty. He held hts right hand in a drawn position and professed that his right arm was paralyzed, protesting that he was unable to write or use the arm. Dr. Wilkins then brought Into play a test that came near causing him In jury. He slipped a pin from the lapel of his coat and suddenly Jabbed the point Into the "paralyzed hand." This caused Coleman to Jump with pain and he made a vicious effort to bite Dr. Wilkins on the hand. - The doctor was too quick for him, however, and suc ceeding In getting out of the way. Cole man exhibited considerable anger during the examination. At the conclusion of the test, Dr. Wilkins reported to Chief Jennings that the prisoner was faking, that he was neither a deaf mute nor paralyzed. The chief then ordered a case entered against him. Ha will be tried In police court Monday afternon or Tuesday. Coleman's name was obtained from one of the slips of paper which he had signed. He was found on the streets Sunday by Policeman Bowie, and, ow ing to his apparently pitiable condition, was sent to the police station until some action could be taken. BRYAN IS HEADED FOR THE GATE CITY OP ALL THE SOUTH CABBAGE MARKET DROPS WHEN SNAKE JS FOUND GEORGIANS STAFF Well Known and Popular Advertising Man Leaves Atlanta Journal. J. E. McLauchlln. one of the best known and most capable advertising men In the South, lost Saturday re signed his position on the advertising stall of The Atlanta Journal to be come associated with the advertising department of The Georgian. Mr. Mc- Lauchlln took up hla duties with The Georgian,Monday morning, and will In future call on the merchants of the city as the representative of this paper. "Mac," as he Is familiarly called. Is known to every newspaper man In the city. He came to Atlanta In 1901 from Wadesboro, N. C., where he was owner and proprietor of The Wadesboro Cour ier. - Hts abilities were appreciated nl- mdst at once nnd he was entrusted with some of the most responsible du ties In connection with the advertis ing business. He "made good" without any trouble. Mr. McLauchlln possessed to a de gree the faculty of making friends rapidly, and the more TOluable one of holding his friends. This proved of great advantage to him In his efforts to rproduce results to both the adver tiser and his pa|>er. The advertiser w»s confident that "Mac" would secure for him the very best "set up" and "display position" possible. And so the business grew, and "Mac" became more valuable. Having adopted the policy of secur ing the very best available men, The Georgian management went after Mc- I-auchlln. "Mac" had developed that faculty of appreciating a good propo sition, and realizing the future In store for The Georgian nnd the advancement Incident to prosperity, he came along. And so, Mr. Advertiser, when you see "Mae" coming, remember that he comes in the Interest of The Georgian nnd that both he and The Georgian wilt ap preciate your business and work In conjunction to give you the best re sults obtainable. TAFT'SliTBDOM HITS UPON A SNAG Out Marietta street, all the way from the milts to the tracks, there Is a new atmosphere. The smell of fried pork and onions rises as attractively as ever, the familiar odor of the hambur ger greets the passerby In the same old way, but there Is something missing. The fragrance' of bolted cabbage gone, to return no more this season. It all happened because Mrs. J. B. Bostick, who lives In the Immediate vicinity, bought a big cabbage for din nor Saturday and found something she had not paid for. When she cut into the heart of the great fiat Dutch she saw something wiggle. It was a cab bage snake. The monster was all of 2 feet In length and very vicious. After It was cut In two by the carving knife and then stretched out for examination It was found that both ends were alive and It didn’t seem to matter whether either piece had a head or not. The monster was rather attenuated from subsisting entirely on cabbage, and was hardly bigger around than a piece of spool cotton, No. to. "Thero was a woman down In Grif fin what eat one of them snakes and she died," remarked one neighbor who hung over the back fence and heard the story of the snake's discovery. "I dlsremember Just how soon afterward ■he died, but anyway I went to her funeral. Bhe made a lovely corpse.” The gigantic reptile was removed from the cabbage with a' fork and transferred to a bottle of alcohol. In the show window of W. J. Austen's drugstore It proved a rival for the skating rink further down the street and It was necessary to chase the crowd away more than once. One end of the curiosity was alive Sunday af ternoon, but It was not very animated. "Cabbage snakes" made their first appearance about two cabbage times ago. In Tennessee they were espe cially numerous and after somebody published a report that one family had died from eating a reptile the cabbage market fell until the dealers closed their doors snd went fishing. Then the state capital was turned Into a labora tory and State Bacteriologist Louis Le roy analyzed several hundred of the little white wlgglers sent him by anx ious fanners. "The so-called snake Is simply a parasite grown In the cabbage," said the bacteriologist, after a month of study, "Just as worms are found In K aches or other fruit. They may not esDeclally appetising, but they are hardly poisonous. If n person should consume perhaps a pound of snake he ■night be Inconvenienced seriously, but I do not think there Is a pound In the state. Those people who died must have had something else the matter with them." But all the science In the world wouldn't persuade the women who have seen the snake In the drugstore win dow that cabbage Isn’t dangerous. The markets In that neighborhood may as well turn their attention to some other vegetable until next season. There will be something else to worry about be fore then. He Speaks in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday. Roanoke, Vs„ Sept. IT.-W, J. Bryan left here last night at 7 o'clock for Itnlelgh, N. C., where he Is to deliver a speech. Other speeches are to lie delivered at Dor- luun. Burlington and Greensliom. Tomorrow Tie will visit Kernersrltle, Win ston, High point, Lexington, Salisbury, Concord and Charlotte. Wednesday he •peaks at Columbia. 8. C„ and on Thursday he will be In Atlanta, Us. COUNTY CONVENTION INDORSES W. J. BRYAN Cumberland, Md„ Sept. 17 Demo crats of Tucker county. West Virginia, in convention at Parsons Saturday af ternoon, adopted resolutions Indorsing Bryan. laborITplan FOR ITS FIGHT ON W CANNON Campaign Is Being Dis cussed at the National Capital, WOMAN TRIED IN COURT AS A HIGHWA Y ROBBER New York, Sept. 17.—Margaret Mc Guire, 28 years old, and looking little like the woman bandit she Is accused of being, was arraigned In the Jefferson market police court today, with John Kearns, 39 years old, who, according to FRIENDS OF MRS, IVEY SAY SHE DIDN'T TRY TO SECURE LETTERS Washington, Sept. 17.—Advices from Ohio since the Republican state con vention at. Dayton say Secretary Taft'a 6 residential chance has not been helped y developments. Indeed, an Interesting story Is afloat that Secretary Taft Is so far from having gained anything by the out come of the Ohio convention that Fora- ker and Dick and thetr friends have all plans laid to throw Ohio to Fair banks In case Taft makes a serious at tempt to be nominated for the presi dency. This story Is vouched for by reliable authority close to Fairbanks himself. RACE SEPARATION FAVORED OY BROYLES During a trial Monday morning In police court Recorder Broyles took oc casion to express hlmeelf os being very much In favor of the aeparatlon of the races on street cars. The case on trial was against Paul Waldrop, a young white man, accused of. refusing to move from the negro seats to the front of a Marietta street car Saturday night when requested by the conductor. Waldrop's refusal to move caused him to be ejected from the car. Judge Broyles Imposed a fine of 13.75, declaring It Is a splendid Idea to sepa- ■te the races on the cars, and urging ^Bt the plan should be encouraged. Friends of Mrs. Eugens B. Ivsy, of 691 Edgewood avenue, who waa wound- ed hyCharles Gelamnr, of Macon, Mon day, made a statement regarding this unfortunate affair. They declare, with Mra. Ivey, that they were with her all day after she had become prostrated last Friday, and that Mrs. Ivey mads no request of any one to give her letters found on Qsls- mar’s person, or to withhold them from publication. This statement !■ borne out also by Dr. John 8. Hart, who attended Mrs. Ivey on that terrible occasion, and who still attends her. These letters, her friends declare, were business ones, and had no bear ing, direct or Indirect,, on the tragedy. It Is denied that nny secrecy was preserved about the lettera. It is alao denied that the Iveys themselves made nny statements about Gelsmar’a hablta. Such statements were made by friends of the family, who were at the house the day the tragedy occurred. The best of feeling has prevailed and now prevails between the two families —the Gelsmars and Iveys—aa letters from Mrs. Gelsmar to Mrs. Ivey, re ceived up to the day of the tragedy, will show. The affair Is deeply regretted by all I parties concerned, but ts considered to be one of those things that are un avoidable and .can not be foreseen. Mrs. Ivey ts prominent In church work In Inman Park, belonging to the Inman Park Methodist church, and Is widely and favorably known In the neighborhood os being modest and re- Hned. the police, aided the woman In at least one hold-up, the woman acting as a strangler of the victim, while her ac complice rifled his pockets. The com plainant against the pair was Patrick Monarch. Washington, Sept. 17.—Politics will predominate In the deliberations of the fall meeting of the council of the American Federation of Labor, which began here today. President Gompers will acquaint the members with the details of the Little field fight In Maine,.nnd then there will be a discussion of the best methods of attacking Representative Sherman, of New York, chairman of the Republi can congressional committee; Speaker Cannon, Floor Leader Payne, of New York, the other prescribed Republican candidates. NARROW ESCAPE FOR CHILDREN While proceeding nlong Peechtree rond at the Peachtree creek bridge Sunday morning «t 10 o’clock, a big white steam er automobile, belonging to Meaara. Foote Paries, of the Foote A Paries Print ing Company, anddenly become enveloped In flames, nnd waa almost completely ruin ed, fonr little children also being com pelled to leap to save themselves. Tbe children. Unsafe and Ucooileve Voor- hee*. daughters of the iirnprlrtreas of tbe Mallard house, and Charlie and Ward Mur phy, Sons of Slntthew Murphy, were lie- lug given a ride In the nuto by a repre sentative of the Atlanta Automobile Com* puny, who was testing the Machine. A negro helper was also In ths car. None - he party were Injured. _.je car had been repaired by the nuto company nnd was on n testing trip. As It aped along over the smooth driveway, the crank shaft suddenly broke it ml struc k •gnlnst the gnaoltne tank, knocking n hole lu It. This caused the gasoline to Ignite. OF COSTLY GEMS ON U A, TRAIN Mrs. Graves, of Jackson, Loses Jewels Valued at $500. While a passenger on an Incoming Western and Atlantic railroad passen ger train from Chattanooga Sunday night, Mrs. M. J. Graves, a wealthy lady, of Jackson, Ga„ was mysteriously robbed of diamonds and Jewels valued at 1500. The missing Jewelry was Incased In a smalt box, of a purple color, and this was wrapped In a handkerchief. Mrs. Graves laid the handkerchief on the seat beside her, and at some point on the road near Atlanta It vanished. In what manner it was taken from the seat, without the attention of Mrs. Graves being attracted. Is a mystery. As soon os the disappearance of the small package was discovered the alarm was sounded and a thorough search In stituted, but without avail. No trace of the Jewels could be found. On arrival In Atlanta Mrs. Graves, who was much distressed over the rob bery, reported the matter to the police, SISTERS HAVE HOT FIGHT; ONE HAS OTHER ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF LUNACY dispute over a business matter Saturday night resulted In a lively per sonal encounter between two sisters, Mlsa Annls McColgan and Miss Dona McColgan, at their home, 78 Walton street, where they have been conduct ing a boarding house for the past week, after which Miss Dona had her sister Incarcerated In the police station on the statement that srie Is crazy. At the requett of Miss Sanderson, police matron. Dr. John O. Wilkins, Sixth ward city physician, Monday morning made an examination of the prisoner, deciding her to be sane and recommending her release'. After hear ing the report of Dr. Wilkins, Chief Jennings ordered the young woman freed, with the warning that she not moleet her sister. When Miss Annie McColgan waa taken to the police station Saturday night she had aeveral bruises on her head. Miss Dona McColgan atated that her alster had attacked her and had torn off her waist. In a statement made Monday morn ing the Imprisoned sister protested she was perfectly sane, but said she thought something must be wrong with her sister, from the manner In which she has been conducting the boarding house. "I am not crazy In the slightest de gree," asserted the young woman with emphasis. "After we had the row Sat urday night my sister turned me over to the police on the charge of lunacy, all of which was nothing more than a trick. My sister has been conducting a boarding house for some time and last Monday we moved together Into the house at 78 Walton street, Intend ing to run the boarding house Jointly. Saturday we got Into a disnute about forcing one of the female boarders to leave so we could get her room for another party, and tills brought on the clash, my sister slapping me. I did not tear her waist, as she charges." Miss McColgan made no statement as to her plans when released from prison. J. P. Lyon, Who Won South Carolina Race, Talks About Graft. PANIC STRICKEN FOLK PR A Y OUT AI SEA DURING STORM New York, Sept. 17.—Buffeted and beaten by a hurricane that swept her decks clean of everything movable, the French steamship Massllla arrived In port today after a stormy passage from Marseilles, via Naples and Palermo. There were 823 passengers on board and panic reigned as the big ship was hurled from one mountainous wave to another. For twelve hours the Massllla was unable to make headway, although her engines were kept running at full ■peed. The storm swept down upon the ship without the usual Indications to warn the captain. Within an hour the cattle pens were swept away and the venti lators were smashed, as If with sledge hammers. So strong was the wind that the canvas covers of the lifeboats were ripped ftt and blown away. The passengers imprisoned beneath battened hatches prayed throughout the hurricane and many of the women needed the attention of the ship's sur geon before they recovered from hys lerla. ARE NOT ENTERING THEJNISTRY 1 MethodiBts Will Discuss the Subject Next Mon day. The question, "What Is the cause of the ministerial shortage," recently pro pounded through tho public prints, seems to be arousing considerable In terest among the pastors of Atlanta flocks. At their meeting Monday morning the Methodist Ministers' Association selected for lie next subject, "Why Young Men Are Not Entering the Mln- Istery." The discussion will be led by the Rev. C. O. Jones. Along with this comes the statement from the Rev. Dr. John E. White, pas tor of the Second Baptist church, that there la no dearth of Baptist ministers In the state. He says there are now In Georgia at least 250 Baptist ministers without charges, and that In the South there are certainly 2,000. POLICEMAN COPS A BRIDE Deaths and Funerals. NEGRO ASKS COUNCIL TO HELP PURIFY RACE A number of the Atlanta negroes are coming to the front along with the whites In the determination to do away with Decatur, Peters street and other dives." At the session of council Monday aft ernoon a petition, drawn up by Roily A. Awtrey, a negro Influential among the members of his race, will be sub- muted to council, which asks that the practice of selling beer to negro wom en or to any negroes be done away with; that all negro* pool rooms be wiped out of existence; that all negroes convicted for the second time of gam bling be exiled from the city forever; and a number of other stringent meas ures be Immediately epforced. It la explained In the document that the better classes of the negroes wish for the abolition of these "dives" and crime-inducing places as much aa the whites, and are ready and willing to give their hearty co-operation. I Mist Mattie Butlsr. Mlsa Mattlt Butler, aged 62 years, died Sunday at the home of her nephew, Early Gillespie, 441 Capital avenue. She had been an Invalid for aeveral years and her death was not unexpected. The Funeral waa held Monday at 2:30 o'clock at the residence of Mr. GItleapfe. Miss Butler Is sur vived by her sleters, Mrs. H. N. Smith, Mrs. J. P. Hornesberger, Mrs. 8. J. Oil lesple and nephew. Early Gillespie. J. s7~Rlteh. J. 8. Rltch died at his home near De catur, Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Hla body wilt be shipped at 7:80 Sunday morning to Covington for Interment. Mr. Rltch was a blacksmith an<{ 60 years of age. Elijah~Elkins- Elijah Elkins died at a private sani tarium In this city Sunday afternoon. He resided at 78 Spring street, and had been employed at the Atlanta Rug Mitts. Mr. Elkins was a native of Eng land. Hts wife and son survive him. The funeral and Interment occurred Monday at noon. Infant of Mra. 8. C. Pucket. The Infant daughter of Mrs. S. C. Puckett. 8 Henry street, age 2 months, died Saturday afternoon of dysentery. The funeral was held at the residence Monday morning at 10 o'clock and In terment at Weatvtew. H. E. Mitchell. H. E. Mitchell, aged 28. died at hla home, 224 1-2 Peters street, Sunday oery, reported tne matter to the police, furnishing them with a description of the gems. She spent the night at the Little Kimball, In Auburn avenue, and left early Monday morning for her home. The following Is a list of the stolen Jewelry. Gold thimble. I July's neck chain, with string of gold beads. Old-fashioned, very heavy, double- linked gold chain. Two solitaire diamond rings. One diamond ring, with opal setting. Two stick pins, with smalt chain at tached, one gold dollar on each end of the chain, and a 22.60 gold coin In the center. An amethyst pin, shaped like a leaf. Probably other Jewelry, of which Mrs. Graves Is unable to give an accurate description. night at 7 o'clock. The funeral and Interment will take place Tuesday at Fayetteville, Oa. Mrs. Ella 8. Seott. Mrs. Ella S. Scott, aged 24 years, and wife of W. L. Scott, who Is a mem ber of the American Manufacturing Company, died at her residence, 87 Currier street, Monday morning. Fu neral will be held at S o'clock Tuesday at the residence. Interment at West View. Philip 8tovall. Fhltlp Stovall, aged 71, died Saturday afternoon of paralysis at hla residence. U Yonge street. Funeral took place at 10:80 o'clock Monday morning at the residence. Interment at West View. Captain John Lee. Special to The Georgian. Wares boro, Ga, Sept. 17.—Captain John Lee, one of the leading clttsen* of tVaycroes, waa buried here Thurs day. He died In Waycroea Wednesday after a stroke of paralysis brought on by old age, he being 80 years old. B. W. Dodd. Special to The Georgian. Quitman. Ga., Sept 17.—B. W. Dodd, one of the most prominent citizens of the county, died last night, after a lin gering Illness. He had been III for some time, but hla death waa not ex pected. With his heart "fatally" pierced by a dart from the bow of Daniel Cupid, Policeman B. J. Covington, a popular member of the dty police force, who does duty on the morning watch In the vicinity of the Kimball house, eloped Sunday afternoon with Miss Maggie Ball, pretty daughter of J. C. Ball, of 19 Harold street, the marriage bringing to a climax a pretty romance of childhood. It was the same old story that made the elopement a necessity—stern pa rental objection. The father objected to hla daughter becoming a bride, add her lover, although an officer of the law, determined to steal—and he stole. While the opposing father and other members of the family were unsuspect ing and unaware of what waa happen ing, the blue coat Saturday met his sweetheart at a point in the business district, as per prearranged plan, and at once wended their way In the direc tion of the home of a minister. This was shortly after the noon hour. On the route the couple met Justice of the Peace Orr and this meeting somewhat changed the plans. Not de siring to take any chances, a la Lula and Leander, and believing that the quicker the safer. Officer Covington hailed the Justice, deciding It would be a useless prolongation of singleness to continue on to the home of the min ister. Accordingly, he Informed Judge Orr of what ho wanted and the trio pro ceeded to the office of the Justice, In East Hunter street It waa then the ■pace of but a few brief moments until the happy couple emerged again Into the street as man and wife. Some time later the bride's family waa Informed of the proceedings. Policeman Covlngtofi and hla bride had been sweethearts since'childhood, both having been raised In the same community, Sandy Springs, this coun ty. The childish affection had never waned, but had developed In Intensity aa the two grew older. Both moved to Atlanta, and during the past few years the officer had been paying marked at tention to the young lady. Although the father offered no objection to this attention, he did not want hts daughter to marry, hence the runaway. Mr. and Mra. Covington will take a bridal tour and will make their home at 82 West Merritt* avenue. Negro Not Identified, Following the report given out that Robert Branham, the negro suspect ar rested and taken to the Tower Satur day by C. W. Hunter, a dairyman, had been Identified as the assailant of ths Misses Lawrence, near Copenhlll re cently, It la atated that the young la dles have not had a look at the negro Branham la attll confined in the Tower It is not known when he wlll.be takei before the young ladles for identifies- 1 tton. ATLANTANS LOSE CASH AND WATCH ON BOARD SHIP New York, 8ept. 17.—J. S. B. Thomp eon, general agent of the Southern rail way In Atlanta, Ga, and J. Carroll Payne, a prominent lawyer, alao of that city, were robbed while possen gers on the American Line steamship New York, which reached^, this port Sunday from Southampton. Mr. Thompson lost a watch, valued at 81,000. He advertised today that a 3200 reward would he paid for Its re turn. Mr. Payno was relieved of 1350 In bills. It ts thought their cabin was entered and the money and watch taken while the two were out. Detectives boarded the vessel upon Its arrival and an Investigation waa made. Dr. W. W. Hamilton, the new general evangelist of the Southern Baptist con vention, spoke on the subject of "De nominational Evangelism” to the Sap. tist ministers of Atlanta at their meet ing Monday morning. He traced the history of the various evangelistic movements that have swept over the country during the past hundred years, and staled that at the present time the churches are better and more thor oughly organized than at any previous era, and should be warned not to allow the organization to go too far so as to put the church on too much of a busi ness basis. Referring to union evangelistic meet. Inge, as compared with denominational meetings, Dr. Hamilton stated there are a number,of temptations which come In the way of the general evan tetlat, such os a good showing of num bers, etc., so that he may secure better engagements. Dr. Hamilton was care ful to state, however, that he thought great good could be, and had been, ac complished through union services, and that at times past he had assisted In them. He called attention also to a state ment which was published In the news paper report of his address at the Stone Mountain Association held last week at Covington, which stated that he did not believe In tent meetings. He stated that while he preferred wherever possible to hold meetings In the church, he had no objection to tent meetings, street meetings, and anywhere else. If that was the best that could be done. The report of the committee on pro gram for the next six months was read and adopted. The attendance on Mon day was the best of any meeting since the aummer season closed. Rev. J. B. Willingham, of Richmond, Va., corresponding secretary of the foreign mission board. S. B. C., and Rev. E. Y. Mullins, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary, Louisville, Ky„ will speak next Monday morning. IIYANTliClNCREASE IN CAPITAL STOCK ■If the present legislature doesn't put the state dispensary out of South Car- oltna, the next one win. The vote of the people has shown clearly what the* think about It." J J. F. Lyon, who twisted Ben Till- man’s pitchfork Into a hard knot and ticked the boots off J. w. Ragsdale In the recent South Carolina fight for at- torney general, crossed hts feet in tha corridor of the Aragon Monday after noon and looked like he was glad to get a rest The paat year has been a red hot period for Mr. Lyon. He went out to do battle against the friend of Senator Tillman and any one who knows South Carolina knows that Pitchfork Ben has something of a pull In that commonwealth. "But the people will no longer permit Senator Tillman to dictate how they ■hall vote and what they shall think," remarked Mr. Lyon, contemplatively. "I believe that they would have re turned him to the senate, no matter who opposed him—but he can't run tha whole state." Mr. Lyon halls from Abbeville, Just across, the Savannah river from Gear- gia, and he Is handsome enough to have been born on this side. He Is of few years. Just how few he did not state but he looks hardly more than 35 He Is old enough to carry the state by U. 000 majority, while Martin F. Ansel the successful candidate for governor gained only about 10,000 over hts own opponent. The election of Ansel and Lyon means that South Carolina Is tired of the state dispensary and Its graft. Mr. Lyon, then a member of the lower house, was a live wire In the Invest), gating committee which turned up so many things In the dispensary manage ment that the business looked like an Insurance trust In the packing house district. He was willing to talk about some of them. Graft In Dispsnsary. "For Instance," he said, "the stato dispensary was paying a Chattanooga whisky house 33 a gallon for whisky, which was sold In Chattanooga for 31.75 a gallon. True, tt was delivered at the dispensary, but that cost only 6 or 6 cents. Then a house, up East re- celved a rush order for labels enough to cover several millions of dollars' worth of whisky and tho dispensary paid 335,000 for the lot. We got bids lor duplicating the order from other firms for from 37,000 to 39,000. The president of the glass company which makes bottles for the dispensary ad mitted afterwards that by cancelling their contract and letting a new one the committee saved the stnte over 330.000. These are Just a few straws which show which way the wind blows. Somebody Got the Money. "Did Tillman usn his pitchfork on me? Well, rather. He got stirred up first because our committee delayed matters, as he .said, while we were holding up the whisky bills to make ths whisky men talk. He Intimated '.hat the committee yvna doing a little graft- ing on Us own account. Then I made a few remarks about a rebate which had disappeared whllo Tillman was governor and said something about a piano which was said to have arrived at Tillman's home with the compli ments of a whisky dealer. And after that Mr. Tillman acted aa If he didn't want mo to be elected. That Funeral Ssrmon. He preached my funeral sermon over In my own county one*. At least he went over there and naked the peo ple not to vote for me, and when h« came to Columbia he said tt was my funeral. But It wasn't. "But speaking of tbe dispensary question, the house of representatives Is largely In favor of abolishing the state dispensary. The senate Is rather closely divided, but I believe that since the sentiment of the state has been ex pressed a number of the senators who favored dispensaries will change their opinion. "South Carolina can not have open saloons, according to the constitution. If tho state dispensary Is abolished there may be either county dispensaries according to local option or high license saloons, where nothing less than a half pint of whisky may be nold." Mr. Lyon appears to be tired after hts warm race. He Is going to Columbia Tuesday to act on the re ception committee which will give Wil liam Jennings Bryan a South Carolina welcome. He says that after that he is going to take -to th* woods for a short spell and get the political klnkt out of hla system. SIX ARE INJURED The North Georgia Electric Company, which Is authorised in ttx charter to run lines to Atlanta from a power plant at Gainesville, on Monday filed In the superior court an application for per mission to Increase Its capital Btock from 35,000,000 to 37,500,000. druggWWeeo IN REMOVING N1ALTTAX Hoosle Fall, N. Y„ Sept. I7.-There tv- * had trolley smash Bear Wsllotuac on tbs Bennington and Hoosle Valley railway *t """" A motonuan lost control' I uts crashed Into two loaded frHirnc cars. Six persons were bedly Injure! perhaps fatally. At the meeting of the tax committee held Saturday afternoon last the phar macists were successful In getting the committee to make a favorable report on removing the 3200 malt extract li cense from the tax ordinance. The tax committee's report wUt be brought up BOBBED DO MSI UNDER MB WHEELS Gallopolls, Ohio, Sept. 17.— Bowles, of Dexter, 10 years old, "<** robbed and thrown under a train M tramps today. He fell under tn« wheels and both leg* were cut oft. at the council session Monday aftef* noon. If the report of the committee Is *■* cepted by counrll, malt extract, wnM* has been described by the ettv chemist as a light beer, may be sold without license by druggists. The only pro' will be that the malt can not be sol' 1 ** a beverage at the soda fountains.