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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1906. TO FULL UPON UTEJOHNS Battle Likely to Oc cur Before Night fall at Ashland. COUNTER CHARGES BY COTTON PRESIDENTS gherldsn. Wyo., Oct. 29.—'The club between the l r tes« ard the soldier* In expected at any moment, a* the latter are today mirroundln* the Indiana’and will move on them from five different directions before nightfall They will be annihilated unleaa they surrender at once. , . The plan of attack Is: < avalry from the 1 n6rth, two more troops from the northwest, two In the southeast, two from the south and two companies In the east. It Is believed the Indiana.are making for the rheyenne agency. The battle will be fought In the neighbor hood of Ashland. In the Tongue river valley. Bo far the t’heyennes have not replied to the overtures of the Utes to help them. BARRETT PLAYING NTO THE HANDS Of “JORDAN HAS COST Hoad of Southern Cotton Association Replies To Barrett. FOR LEAD! MOB DURING THE RIOTS For his part In the tearing up of Mattie Adams’ restaurant at 11*7 Pe ters street during the first night of the recent rioting. George W. Blackstock la being tried Monday. Blackstock is alleged to have been the leader of the mob which broke Into the place, and after beating the Adams woman and Iter daughter. looted the place, destroying the dishes and show cases. The old woman described how Blackstock had broken a window pane and had reached through and unbarred the door, and Blackstock. Sharman fair, Herbert Talley and John Gillette hud struck her many times over the back and head with wagon epokea until ahe pretended to be dead. Staphen T. Wallace. The family of Stephen T. Wallace, the switchman wljo was killed Satur* day morning by a switch engine, will arrlvo this morning from Chester, H. < V They arrange for'* burial of th! body, ■ • — * «■ • * ' * * Harry L. Holland. The body of Harry L. Holland. 2$ years old. who died Saturday, was sent to Lexington. Ky., the hopie of the young man's father. Hunday morning at r»:30 o’clock. His father, J. II. Holland, is well known In Lexington and la a member of the Independent order of Eagles. • J.- B. Nunn. J. B. Nunn, aged 70-years, died Mon day morning at 607 DeKalb avende. The body will remain here until his family arrives from Waynesboro, Ga. OliverTTwhita. Captain Oliver T. White, a prominent planter of Jones county, died Saturday and was hurled In MilledgevUle. He was a Confederate soldier, having served throughout the war between the states In Hampton's Legion. He mar ried Miss Johnston, a sister of Hon. Mark Johnson, and a niece of the late Journalist, Malcdinb Johnston. Mrs. ^tailings ami Miss Alice White, of this city, are his daughters, and Dr. Oliver T. White, of Mt. Airy, is his son, as also Is Dr. Mark Johnston, of the United States navy. Martha Catharine Coney 8|**h'|s! to The Georgian. Hawklnsvllle, Ga„ Oct. 29.—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coney have the sympathy of many friends in the death of their 2-year-old child, Martha Catherine, on Friday, <’holer* Infantum was the cause of its death. The funeral serv ices were conducted at the residence by Rev. C. L. Greaves, assisted by J. J. Whitfield, and the interment was at orange Hill cemetery. FEW FORTUNES . WON HONESTLY. from ftagt One. jrilhnan’H remark that he had found a good many ^Republican* In the West who confessed they would like to vote for the* N'cbfcskan In 1908, provided President Roosevelt should not be u candidate. Rooeevelt for Control. "Well, that’ shows the trend of thought In the Inst ten years," com mented Mr. Bryan "In the campaigns •if 1896 and 1900 I did not dlacuss the government ownership of railways: now we find a Republican president Actually discussing a subject which was not mentioned by the Democratic can didate ten and six years ago. "President Roosevelt says that we will have to resort to government own ership of railroads if we can not get the railways out of politics. I move to amend by stiiking out the word "If," because I don’t believe we shall ever get the railroads out of politics. A* to "Hontxt” Fortunes. * “Then there is the question of limit ing the size of fortunes. The president *1* beginning to see llfat great fortunes 'could not have been acquired honestly — F'hicnn honestly In the broad sense of that word. Why, look nt this story ‘about Captain Orommer being consid ered us president of the Illinois central with a salary of $100,000 a year for ten years. That's his own estimate of the value «»f his services. "But if he should work for that sal ary for So years he would receive only five million. That Is a high price for u man’* work, and yet It Is only a drop In the bucket compared with the for- tane* of lioo uoo.ooo aud more which many men acquire In a fraction of this period. There is only one conclusion and i!*m Im # that the greatey part of rii h men’s fortunes was unfairly ac quired.** Harvle Jordan, president of tha Southern Cotton Association, in an In terview given out Monday morning re plies to the recent charges of Charles 8. Barrett, president of the Farmers' Union, and says that official Is doubt less being coached by people who are against the association and that Mr. Barrett's article raada "very much like a disgruntled wire house affair.** In connection with the Interview Mr. Jordan said that he would not say that Mr. Barrett was being coached by ene mies of the association openly, but that it was possible he wan belnr unwitting ly controlled by the bearish elemant. "They would want nothing better," said Mr. Jordan, "than to get the two organisations arrayed against each other." Continuing, President Jordan said: Mr. Jordan’! Statement. "The unwarranted and unauthorised altaek of the president of the Farm ers’ Union on ms and the Southern Cotton Association at this time is a delicious morsel for the ’bearish’ ele ment In the speculative and legitimate cotton trade. "Mr. Barrett knew that I had pub lished a denial of the Washington dis patch before his first sensational in terview with The Atlanta Constitution. "He knows thut I have always ad vocated higher prices for our cotton more than any man In the Houth, so much so that I have at times Incurred the severest crltlcam and condemnation of the legitimate and speculative cot ton trade. "He knows that I have by tongue and pen fought the evils of cotton specula tion until 1 have Incurred the everlast ing enmity of every cotton broker and cotton exchange In the whole country. "He knows that 1 did all In my pow er the past summer to secure the pass age of the Boykin bill that would drive these Institutions out of the state of Georgia. "He knows that since then have on the platform and through the columns of The Cotton Journal, strong ly advocated similar action on the part of all other cotton states. He also knows that neither he, nor any prominent official of the Farmer*’ Union have ever made any public fight against the evils of cotton specu lation from which the, South has suf fered so severely for many years. '"He kiiowa, or ought*tb kndw, that his present attitude Is Just wnat the bearish speculatlve/trade-want*} him t*> take. Whether willingly or unwlltlng- bvha Is playing Into the hdnds of our enemi'es* t«J the f|U**n’a taste. "He knows that lh«? present d . siftn'ln the prk*e of^spot cotton Is due to* the enormous selling -of spot cotton in Texas, where the membership of the Farmers' Union la largest, and that cotton was sold In Texas during August and September Just as fast at 9 cents per pound ns it was above 10 cents. "He knows that up to the date of the severe tropical storm that swept the gulf states on ftaptember 27. and Immediately followed ,vy. an umisunlly early frost that destroyed a large por tion of the crop, the thousands of member* of tl* FWmtnf 'Union In the southwest vwers soiling <hglr qotton nt 9 cent* regardleits> of the advice of the Union. "His present effort* t«\ create the Im pression that tnjfi endenfors to main- lain the'minimum (if 10 cent; flxnl by .the executive wromlttee of the Southern Cotton Aeenclatlon I, cre ating a depression In the cotton mar ket I, both nbsurd unil ridiculous. He knows that I have strongly advocated 1! cents us ft fair and Just price fixed by the Farmers' union. Hie charge that 1 have recently become a convert to the Farmers' Union Price for per sonal favor. He knows to be a misstate ment of fact. . Mr. Barrett ts well aware of the fact that I was In close touch and co-opera tion with the Farmers' Union officials at, last year and up to the time Mr. Duckworth was elected temporary president. 1 then write Mr. Duckworth a most cordial letter Inviting hint to participate In the meeting of the Southern Cotton Association nt Hot Springs, September I, »o that both or ganisations could harmonise and agree on one price. Mr. Duckworth did not even extend the courtesy of a reply to this letter: but called his committees together ami Used the minimum price of the Union one day In advance of our """Mr!*BarreU'a charge that I have been riding around In 23,00#,00(1 yachts Is too absurd to 'notice, as well as many other misstatements of facts In connection therewith. He Is doubtless being coached by people who are try ing to move heaven and earth to down the Southern Cotton Association, as reading between the lines, Mr. Bar rett's article reads very much like a disgruntled wire house affair. ••I have been attacked many times during the poet ft»w years, but I shall continue to do my duty as I under stand It for the best Interests of the South and will take no further notice of unjust criticism front Harfett or his asaoclfttea.'* ’ Malaria Make* Pale Sickly Children. The Old Standard, Grove’* Tastelese Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up th# eyatem. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 60 cents. WILL MAKE INQUIRY INTO R. R. ASSESSMENT. Bpeolil to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct, 2,.—Unless an agreement Is reached, an inquiry will he made Into the matter of the .assessment of th, property of the Chattanooga Railway company, the street car concern of this city, con cerning the charges which have been made that the Tennessee railroad com mission has assessed the property at a remarkably low figure, it Is claimed that although the new company paid I3.0U0,<W0 for the property It Is as sessed at only 2400.000. The inquiry has been set for next Saturday in the county trustees' offica. President of Fanners’ Uu ion Says Jordan Made Bear Market. President J. H. Barrett, of the Farm- era’ Union, In passing through Atlanta Sunday night on his return from To peka, Kan., , gave out the following statement,, in which he scored Presi dent Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, for his "connec tions with Wall street" and fol* his statement following the recent frost, which, according to Mr. Barrett, had the effect of bearing fhe cotton mar ket: •» tin* I’iiMI**: My Attention !w* Just ln*en called to n cnminunlcstloa of Mr. Harvle Jordan, from which 1 make exlrort* ns follow*: "It Iia* reported flint Itnrrett w#» a rural school teacher In connection with his sinsll farming operations W*fore he became Identified officially with the union, and that Duckworth followed the eame avocation In Texia before being employed by the union na n lecturer. But wbatcrer their previous evocation*, both are practically unknown In the cotton world, nnd tiiifamlllnr with the hnudllnif and uuirketiiiK of n grout crop In volving nn minimi purchnsc price of more tlinn f6.nooo.on>. "I am dally In receipt of letter* atid res olution* from member* of local Farmer*’ Unions cciidemuliiK tlie present course of tome of their leaders, especially Barrett nnd Duckworth. In trying to stir up strife nt this critical time. The rank nuu file of the union lire ink responsible for the nets mid doing* of «ome of their «hort-slghted lenders.” .... I aui amazed nt the tone of Mr. Jordan « ■oiuniunlratlon. lu the first place. In my former sratenieiit on the subject, of hi* un fortunate Interview ! made no perronnl charge* against him. I simply criticised him. as I had a right to do, for hiving per mitted himself to lie used by the hour* In ben ting down the price of cotton. I simply stated that It wns most iiufortuimic tlmt one making the claims he does should he quoted n* having made the ileclnfntion Hint "this year’* cotton crop Is the HKOOXD largest In the history of the Month.” If Hint statement hud ••nine from n recognized beiir It could hnve done no hnrui. hut when sent broadenst throughout the world us the utterance of the president of his organ ization. the damage done la Instantaneous and Irremediable. I recall that less than two year* ago Mr. .hmhiii himself literally grew pale nhout the gills, itud frothed at the mouth, nt the publication of the advertisement of a New York cotton speculator to the effect that the crop of that year would he the largest III the lilstory of the S'onth,. that advertise ment having contained photograph* of the cotton In tlie fields nt nu unusually lute time of the season, showing that while the crop gathered up to that time was abnor mally large, there was much more of it in the fields still to he picked. That was the famous M.fftt.OOO-bitle crop, and It turned out thut the speculator was right In his estimates. But, he waif denounced ,hy Mr. Jordan, ns nil hut a thief, for dnrlng to prediet. I hat' the crop w?* Jhe largest In th! history 6f the Moufh. *■ •> .* * And now. strange to say. here comes Mr. Jordan liluiself, after hut one crop Interven ing. declaring to all the world that this year’s crop Is the SECOND largest In the history of the South. Ik other words, he Is dnhig Just exactly*wimt Theodore Price did two years ago. aud. strange to say. conditions have exactly reversed. Price hav ing been for the past six month* on the hall side of the crop, while the effect of Jordan’s utterances have l*n*u to send the price of cotton dowuwurd. But, hull or hear, I have no confidence Iii Price or liny of the others of these specula tors who simply try to use the farmers for their own good- 1 It must lie kept In utfiul that, notwith standing Mr. .lordnn’s evasive Attempts to smother thaUfniuoit* Washing foil Interview, be hss not up. to thin'tltm* denied that he made the stjitfiuiciu that tliU wns the MKC- ONlJ largest crop In the Mouth’s history, sud thut he uilnruilxed the damage of the gulf storm. Ills explanation was nothing more than a confirmation of the statement made by tno lit nty last Interview, and which wns unnlitiously Indorsed by the Farmers’ Union meeting held In Atlanta re cently—and 1 wns on tny wny to Topekn at He* time, and hot lu Atlanta at thp time of that meeting. Like me, these men were so much thun derstruck by Mr. Jordan’s attitude that they adopted resolutions asking the fanners of the Month to pay no more Attention to bis advice on the subject of cotton. That Washington Interview* of Mr. Jor dan's hss already cost the farmers uf the Mouth millions or dollars, aud other Inter view* published since that time hnve had almost ns had uu effect. For Instance, my Attention was called a few day* ago to recent statement* given out by him In which, while ostensibly catch ing on to the ll-cent hook of tlie Farmers’ Union after having refused to Join us In fixing that nn the minimum sale price, he ndvlses the farmers to keep In view the fact that "*** —•- which the then goes right to hold for __ .... the farmers are entitled to that much for every bale of cotton grown this year. If he believes that, why lu the name of com mon sense did he refer to 10 cents na the "dead line," practically ndvlslug the farm er* to sell nt 1ft cent*, notwithstanding our effort to.hold at It cents, the price already crossed, na the result of the Farmers’ Futon declaration. Mr. Jordan's persistent talk about Ift-cent cotton makes It all the harder for ns to keep the price nt 11 cents. If lie must talk BRIDEGROOM'S LA WSU1T RESULTS IN WEDDING December and May got Justice Blood- worth’s blessing Monday. Instead of Decem ber haring May sent to J<i! for Iarrauy ufter trust. Uaesnr Page, who says he Is "70-year-old r th’arabout*,’’ gave Needy Jones, aged about twenty five, hls fiancee, $12 where withal to buy her trousseau last week. The ohl uegro went to call on hi*' Moon- to-be*of a Mtimlny, ho suy*. utffl found her nil rigged out lu the whole $12 worth. The sight of so much extravagance be clouded hls mind, and he forgot he had -'••••ii the money for the purpote of allow- The Joues wnmeh told Juatlct Blood worth that she had done lust what Tartar would hnve done with hls gift, aud the latter agreed with her after he had been remind- O 1 *- • o O HALLOWE’EN WEATHER . O 0 JUST A LITTLE WARMER. 0 O • 10 &fl • ‘ - — 0 O The best Hind of \yeather posst- O 0 ble has meen predicted for Hal- O O lowe'en—Tuesday and Tueitday 0 light. The atmosphere will be ft O a little warmer, but just Crip* O O enough to moke two tremble, when O O x look Is taken over the left O O ■ boulder to the reflection- of a O O sweetheart. O O For HftlluweVn the weather bil- O O reau assert* that fair and slightly O 0 warmer. weather will prevail ln.O O thle section until and Including 0 0 Tuesday. O 7 a. m 39 degree* O O * a. Ill 41 degree* 0 O 9 a. m 45 degree* O O 10 a. in 47 degree* O 9 Iia. 51 degree, O 0 12 noon 55 degree* g 1 p. 55 degree* O O 2 n. m. 57 degree* 0 O O O0O000000000O0000000000000 house the cotton cron. Oh* ho! Ah, ha. now mnuy nnre- houses have they established? How much ~ouay has comp from Mr. Hondtpy to that An.I I'd! nil tli» I Into. \lr llnailUv How many war* n.UIMV uuh come mini nr, iiunoiry in mm cud? Aud yet. all th* lime. Mr. lioadley has kept hls ear to the ground, closely In touch with Mr. Jordan, helug posted *•«».. HOTEL MEN GIVE. LIBERALLY TO FUND FOR AUDITORIUM The subscript tons to the proposed audi torium-armory have reached $178,000, with bright prospect* for th* full $260,00$ being raised before the end of the week. The latest body of men to add their names to the list nr* the members of the Atlanta Hotel ^Association. The hotel men hnve agreed to take subscriptions to the capital stock to the nmount of $3,000. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD own imp Air. wifi**4111. ■’t-iiiB •ernlng every movement effecting the .on sltunt* **■' *“'* *" whst else if In the Mouth and—God know rtiat else: The Farmers’ union. l»y co-operative ef la I.nil,lime irnpdliiiiisui thrnliifhnlit from the bear* of Wall street. In this C4iuii*clinn. let me say pointedly «... ..in .......... ®olve the cotton proh- thnt lent* of the Mouth If formers’ organizations ore to lie mu ns adjuncts of Wall street. That I* one great beauty about the Farm ers’ tiuiou. We attend to our own bust- ness, run things our own way. and are not coustantly going to Wall street mikh-iiIii- tor* for advice. I know tin eru t’otton Association t< a moment that they would lnd< ... Wall street nnnex established by Mr. .bir ds n. If they really knew- ns much alioitt it as I do. Indeed, I am Impressed with the fart that most of the rank ami file of the Montbern t’otton Association have already caught on to the true situation, for they are iH)mlujt oyer |o the Farmers’ union as fast as we can record them. Lest what 1 say. l*e regarded as .vague— and I ant a man who speaks by direct methods, and who endeavor* to com***! nothing—let me say that when 1 refer to Mr, Jordan’s Wall street annex. I hut give utterances to the protest of thousands of farmers throughout the South at hts con stant Intercourse with route of the promi nent speculators of Wall street—men who are known to tie perfectly conscienceless when It comes to deallug with tiuyltody who has anything to sell. Who. for lu- stanch, would think of J«a> Hoadley as lw- Ing a farmer’s Moses? And yet tmekward and forward Mr. Jordan haa gone Imtweeu Atlanta and Mr. Hoadley's luxurious New York office, wns gorgeously entertained re- eutly. I understand, on Mr. Iloadley’i mists; just iu time to amtounce that the reports of th** gulf storm bad l»eeu greatly exaggerated nnd that this year's cotton crop would In* the MKCOND largest In the history of the Mouth. ••But." *ar» Mr. Jordan. "Mr. IJuadley end I have been endeavoring to raise some fio.ftfto.ro) or $15.0».«w for the purpose of establishing warehouses in the mmtb to T|»e Farmer* union. »y co-uperauTe fort. I* building warehouses throughout the Mouth. Aud we are not going to Wall street for the money, either. We are not dealing with couaclenceles* speculators who are hulls this year and hears the next. We are not giving Information concerning our lunar movement* so that Wall street may make playthings of us as It has beeu doing with Mr. Jordan. We are attend ing to our own hnsipew. letting Wall street atone, hathling warehouses In ever/ part of the Mouth, and. unless I am great- Iv mistaken. It will not be long before thero is n Farmers’ union warehouse lu every community In the cotton belt. The time lins arrived when we must call a halt upon nuybody else fixing price* for farmers' products. We ore going to do the fixing ourselves. W* fixed 11 «*enta for this year's cotton crop, and we have already crossed that limit. We will sell nil the balance of the crop at H cent*. If Mr. Jordan will stop talking about 10 cent* being the "dead line.” W« do not want any more ndvica from Wall street about selling our rot ton crop, any more than we want to advise Wall Htreet aleiut how It should buy slocks and **Yi|J* : tf*reiio* to the personal features of Mr. Jonlnu’s Interview am above quoted. I plead guilty to the statement that I was one* "a rural ■ebon! teacher and a small /imutr,” aud I am proud of the record made in both lines. Do either of them disqualify me for official service with the ** ri hlve 'misdoubt tlmt Fresldeut Duck- worth, of the state union, still likewise pleads guilty to the having. «« * ,r - dan save, "followed the same avocation In Texas before heln* empKvo.} by the union as a lecturer. Ho should l*e, aud uo doubt Is. proud of It. Jordan In Patant Laathara at Dartcaa. Mr. .Ionian says we are unknown to the cotton world, t will put my eoHou knowledge up nealust Mr. Jordan s. for If I recall correctly. Hr. Jordan graduated first as a clerk at the KlmlMlI house, wore patent leather shoe* and led faahlonabio Same* before Jje undertook ^riously th* work of farmlug oparstlon*. I was raised on the farm, aud have farmed nil uiy life, t will put my success in that line against hl BuI 1 .bull refuge In no P»r»«iol «*• troTer.y with Mr. Jordin. h too ■linrt. end I beta to niiuh more work ah-xil. Whet I want atxor. ,11 thin*, t, ll i-rut rotten. Wr trill get it. If Mr. Jordan will »top talking. 1 here neither lime »oe leellpeiloq to go tuto Mr. Jofdeo', rorent tronhlr,. Iiul It i, n remark,hh> fxet tbxt he never had a kind wool for the Former, nalu until he.ieeOHol to oeeil help after the hnrket >h»i> luvwtlcntioi: of the lot general oe- ■boiililr. when It W»« «hnwn thxt under the .lunlow of hie h»t brim Ml au olTIrtnl'okeOrlnte who we, up to hi, u«;k i. ,ke off.lr, of one of the Minute huek- ,hop». If I hod tieen In Joriliui > phive I would hare wviwed.dhxt eoupeetloe then !ud there. 'But did he *> 1M Tot n.u.h: And the), wltew the ,te r tu-Jt-gtn -ttv rl«. We rtr.t kttwl wont x ooloo woe keen!. L. S. IL'hhl.i r. Kentucky Society. A meetlnif of the Kentucky Society hnsebeen called for next Monday night at the Piedmont In the aisembly room. It la underxtnod that arrangement* will be dlecuued at thla meeting for a ban quet and some kind of an entertain ment for the Immediate future. The Kentucky Society la compoxed of about 100 Kentuckian, who have tak en up their realdence In Atlanta. Dr. John White, who I* one of the leaders In thlx organisation, lo a native Ken tuckian, but for a long time ha, been a resident of thla city. , Harmony Bell. The Harmony Bell committee of the Blue ami Cl ray will meet at Uarnegle library'on next Thursday night at 7:20 o’clock. Revival Meetings A xeriea of meeting, I* going on at the Western Heights Baptist Church. Rev. L. T. Reed, the paxtor of the I.ithonla Baptist Church, being the conductor. 100 STRIKEBREAKERS ARE BARRICADED IN SOUTHERN RY. SHOPS Non-Union Machinists Sec-ured toTakeTheir Places. The Southern railway shops are pre pared for a siege. One hundred me chanics are locked behind the high- board fence and protected from any persuasion by union men. They eat and sleep and do their work inside the enclosure and are practically prisoners, though their Imprisonment Is volun tary. Another detachment df strike-break ers arrived In Atlanta Sunday from Chattanooga, Increasing the number now at the Southern shops to about 100 men. The officials of the road have provided a temporary commissary within the yard enclosure and none of the strike-breakers ore allowed to come on the outside. It wa» reported lo local strikers on Sunday that a car load of strike-break ers tier* awaiting shipment In Chatta nooga. Information came Monday that pa' f ”f 'ids ilotni'h'm-nt w»nt to Birm ingham for the purpose of being put to work tn the shop- at that place while the remaining men were forwarded to Atlanta. At the temporary commissary at the Southern yard* It was learned by the atrlker* that phitas were belftg set for S4 men. A striker said Monday that the arrival of Ilia additional men.Sun. day Increased the number to about loj "The picket* of the local union are all at work," said a member of the strike committee Monday, “and the new men are sent away and put to work at something else just as fast the local men can see them and talk with them Quite ft number of them are not full- fledged machinists and most are ap prentices. The altuatlori looks good to.ua."' At the Southern shops little cduld lie learned of the situation from the rali- road side. Some work Is being turned out, and the officials do pot seem to be alarmed. TO REDUCE FREIGH1 RA TES; PLAN OF AMERICUS PEOPLE To Build Western and Gulf to Tap Southern at Hawkinsville. To tap the Southern at Hawklnavllle. giving Amerlcus three great trunk lines, with consequent reduction In freight rates, Is the object of a group of wealthy and enterprising cltlsens of Amerlcus and Hawklnsvllle In project ing the Western and Oulf railway. Senator Crawford Wheatlty, of Ainer- Icus, was at tha capitol Monday, and secured a charter for the new road. It la to be about 35 miles In length. One spur extends from Dawson, In Terrell county, to Amerlcus, and the other from Amerlcus to Hawklnavllle through Sumter, Dooly and Pulaski counties. Capital stock Is fixed nt 1200.090. with the principal offices In Amerlcus. Among fhe Incorporators are: Frank Lanier, Lee Allen. E. C. Parker. C. C. Hawkins, Frank Sheffield, J. C. Roney, Crawford Wheatley, W. S. Roach, J. K. Sheppard. X. L. Mlse. C. L. Ansley, R. J. Perry, J. J. Hanseley, W. M. Jones, George Oillver. M. B. Council, S. A. Pruitt, R. s. Broadhurst, D. M. Borum, J. S. Bolton, A. W. Smith, A. Rylander, <5. M. Eldrldge, all of Amei - leue: J. Pope Brown. P. H. Lovejoy. J. F. Coney. W. M. Parsons, D. Rhode,-, J. L. Huggins, J. H. Taylor, T. B. Ra gan, T. C. Taylor, W. C. Henley, E. J. Henry. J. L>, Smith, J. J. Harvard, all of Hawklnsvllle. "We will hold a meeting In my office as soon as I return to Amerlcus," said Ssnfttor Wheatley, "and organise. Thin la not going to be any paper railroad. We are In dead earnest and mean to begin work on the construction work In a very short time. "By tapping the Southern at Haw- kinavltle we will get g big reduction In freight rates. As It la, we have onlv the Seaboard and Central as trunk lines. By connecting with the South ern, we figure the competition will re duce our rates very appreciably, nnd make Amerlcus flourish wonderfully. We are growing at a great rate now, but we are not satisfied and mean to make It one of the best cities In the state." Senator Wheatley I* a banker and a wealthy man.'and hls associates am all men of means. FIG HI ^ R OBBERS WITH CL UB; WOMAN SAVES MONEY BUT IS MORTALLY WOUNDED Special te Tilt Georgian. Columbia, 8. C„ Oct. 2».—Miss Allle Melts, an aged woman, was murder ously assaulted In her home In the suburbs of this city early this morn ing. She wss known to hnve removed 22,000 In cash from n bank because nn uncle had lost 1200,000 in bank Invest ments. „ ... She has had hysteric* for weeks and the neighbors paid no attention to her cries last night. This morning she was found In a pool of blood. She had fought off the assailant with a club and the robbery was frustrated. She may recover. Two suspects have been arrested. 1 WO WARRING OFFICIALS HA VE FINISHED ARGUMENT Woodward and Old- know Decline toTalk Further. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Athene Fair Success. Special to The Georgian. Athens. Qa.. Oct. 2*.—The fair tha past week In'this city wax a success and-large crowds enjoyed the occasion. The races and fireworks display were especially interesting. Dispensary Clerks Resign. Special to The Georgian. Athens, as., Oct. 22.—A. L. Porter and L. M. Harris have resigned as clerks at the Athens dispensary. New clerks wilt be sleeted by tha commis sioners to take their places at the next meeting of that body. New Church Paper latued. Special to' The Georgies. Athens, Ga., Oct. 22.—The first num ber of the magaxlne. "The Bible Stu dio," published and edited by Dr. W. H. Toung, of the First Baptist church, of thla city, lias come from the press. It Is a neat 32-page monthly, containing the boat class of reading matter from the gifted pen of Dr. Young. Road Work Computed. Special to The GeorgUe. Athene, Ga., Oct. 22.—Tha work haa all been completed on the Gainesville Midland road and trains have been operated over the entire line, but a regular tchedule will not be effected ‘I have nothing further to say at present.”—Mayor Woodward. "I don’t care to get Into a newspaper controversy with Mayor Woodward."— Councilman Oldknow. The foregoing waa the result of an effort on the part of a representative ot The Georgian to get a statement from the two officials, who locked horns In cards to tha public Sunday morning. Councilman Oldknow. during the In vestigation of hls conduct by the grand Jury, stated that the trouble began whan ha voted for Jett for police cap tain. He Intimated that Mayor Wood ward waa hack of It. It was this that provoked a statement from Mayor woodward of a rather caloric nature. The mayor. In thla statement, says he knew nothing of the Investigation until he was summoned before the grand Jury: that he never approached Coun cilman Oldknow, asking him lo vote either for or against Captain Jett: that OMknow Is on record In favor of civil aervlce, and that If he changed his mind In regard to it he should have tendered ble resignation as a member of the boa nt The mayor, inconcluelon, told of the resignation of Hon. Hoke- Smith as a member of President Cleveland's Cabi net. He says he Is noc comparing the two men. for "It would be like contrast ing a midget wl'h Barnum ft Bailey's giant." He lets ft be understood thor oughly who la the midget and who tha giant. Councilman Oldknow came back at the mayor In a spicy card Sunday morning. The councilman defends hls past record, although admitting that lie at one time ran a turf* exchange, when the same was lawful. He says he gave It up of hi* own volition, and has been following nn honorable occupation ever since; he says he voted for Jett to break a deadlock: that Mayor Wood ward Is not the proper man |o give lectures on resigning: that he once re. signed as mayor under a certain condi tion. broke the condition and then wtth- drew the resignation. PILES CURED IN 9 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to our* any case of Itching, Blind, Bleed ing or Protruding Pile* In 9 to 14 days or money refunded. 20c. JOSEPH M, HIGH IS SERIOUSLY ILL AT HIS HESIDENGE until the lint day ot November. Mr. Vaughn Sella Farm. Special to The Georgian. Wrlghtavllle, Ga., Oct. 22.—W. R. Vaughn has sold hls 1,200-acre farm and all stock, machinery and farm tools to Perrj' McDonald, of Vienna, for cash and property In Vienna, where he will soon move. Bridge Fir# Stops Traffic. Special to The Georgian. St. George, Ga.. Oct. 29.—One hun dred and fifty feet ot the Georgia Southern and Florida bridge across the St. Mary’s river was burned yesterday afternoon. The Are waa discovered about noon, shortly after the through freight had passed. The section gang got the Are under control In three hours' time. Joseph M. High, one of Atlanta's leading merchants and business men. Ilea at hla home, 522 Peachtree street, critically III. For several weeks Mr. High has been III, but hls condition did not become very alarming until Saturday, when lie grew rapidly worse. Since then he has been In a precarious condition. - Mr. High la president of the J. M- High Company, and la one of the pioneer merchants of Atlanta. By hls ability and progressive methods he has built up a great establishment, knoen all over the country- Though the best medical skill l» ,B attendance at hla bedside, great appre hension Is felt concerning hla condi tion. Hundreds of anxious Inquiries have been made at the borne and news paper offices since it became kno»n that ba waa such a sick man. ,, _ Hls wife and three daughters. Har riet, Elisabeth and Dorothy High. *'* constantly at hla bedside. A large cir cle of friends and acquaintance? will await new* of hla condition with tn* greatest Interest. .... Hle friends art encouraged over tu* fact that no change for the worse has taken place, and hope I* •till enter tained that he will begin to Impr"'” Immediately. The Information *1'™ out Monday noon was that bis cornu* tlon waa "no better." cuavtry lox. 25o