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PRESIDENT IS INDORSED
BY COTTON CONVENTION
IN DISMISSING TROOPS
JUDGE POWELL ON WIDOWS;
THE NEW APPELLATE JUDGE
IS AUTHORITY ON SUBJECT
It tha opinion of Judo Arthur a.
—fowl!, of th* H|q*ellnte court, Inthr
an or IV. It. Hayes va. the City of
Atlanta, la to hr tnkrn aa an Index to
the future wnrk of that toHat i
iona of the new court will bo marMil
by aome of the gentle humor charac-
ttriatlc of the auprema court when
-Judo Logan K. lflecklay graced the
bench.
W. It. Hayea occupied a building that
had Ita Ingres! and egresa daatroyed by
the Pftera street viaduct. He aued the
city for damages, and tha caaa waa
non-suited In the lower court Tito ap
pellate court reversed this decree.
Hayes, It aeome, held __a two-year
lease from a Mrs. Alexander, whom. It
appears, waa a widow. It became nec
essary to ascertain the value of an es-
late of Indeterminate duration, and
after covering certain phases of the
question, Judce Powell says:
“In estates for widowhood a more
difficult proposition la presented. This
estate may la- ended by either death
or matrimony. While the youngest
and most vivacious widow Is not ex
empt from the fatality of the former,
the, oldest and ugliest Is n It entirely
immune front tlx* charms of the lat
ter.
"Indeed. It Is hard to my In which
case the eatale In In more danger. when
the widow In young, healthful anil viva-
"pedal to The Ueorfiaa.
Birmingham, Ala., Jon. 19 — M< tube
of the Bout hern Cotton Aasoclatlon are
still discussing the address of Joseph
II. Iloadley, president of the Consoli
dated Coal and Iron Company,
yesterday afternoon totd of some of the
practices of ths New York Cotton Ex*
eliangc. Although largely Inierrsted
In the big Industries of Birmingham.
Mr. Iloadlay la a resident of ,\V* York
and la visiting here for the ttrrr ttmr
You have heard the New Y»>k i ..r-
ton Kxchange branded os a gang of
Jevea."—said—Mr.—Headley;—loetc—i
want to tell you that among th" m-iu-
bera of that exchange are sonic ■ f the
grandest men In the world. I want
also to tell you that Harvlc Jordan's
attack on the exchange la one of the
bravest acta. In Amerlenn history
While I have never been on the i!<s*r
of tbs exchange, I know that Its meth-
oda form nothing short of a area*
gambling scheme. And for that reason
I am willing lo spend my fortune In
helping President Jordan win Ids flight.
Sully Victim of tyall Street.
“I want through a campaign tilth
Daniel J. Bully, marching side by side,
and no other man ever labored with
A purer motive, and 1 know that be was
brought down by the vulture* nr watt
street:"
tn conctueton Mr. HdAdley-~loTir~.Tr
giving President Jordan (Jit.oon. with
which to assist In making ids tUht.
■and he said he stood ready in cinuMb--
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O COTTON ASSOCIATION
0 INDORSES THE PRESIDENT.
0 Hpedal to Tha Georgian.
O Birmingham, Ala.? Jao. 19.—
0 The Southern Cotton Association
0 yesterday afternoon adopted a
0 resolution unanimously Indorsing
O President Rooeevelt In dlsmlaslng
O the negro troops at Brownsville.
O A special dispatch will be sent
O to the president to this effect; The
O resolution was presented by .C..U.
0 McCreary, of Opelika, Ala.
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JUDGE ABNER a POWELL.
The Young Judge of Court of Ap-
potlo whom opinion on widows
revealed a deep study of hit eub-
Jeet
afflicted with III health,
are not to be uunted aa saying thnt we
have found any esse reported In which
the damages aa actually found l>y the
Jury were relatively small where tlio
plaintiff was young anil pretty."
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL IH
SOUTH FULTON COUNTY
One of the largest and most Impor-
. deals made this year waa
the purchase by Dr. E. H. Terrell, of
Oreenrtllr. fla.. of the entire Willis
Whipple' esiste, adjoining Eagan Park,
the consideration being about 120,000.
The Brat division of this property
was purchased by B. I*. Mims, of At
lanta. and wo are Informed that Mr.
Mims has already begun the construc
tion of his home nn Virginia avenue,
which runs through Eagan Parle, and
la said to be one of the moat beautiful
driveways In Kullon county.
Ths second and Incgcr acreage of
this estate waa bought by C. tj. Trim
ble. of East Point, who Immediately
Bold It to Dr. Terrell, of Greenville.
We understand thnt l»r. Terrell,-who
Is a brother of Governor Joseph M.
Terrell, la very murh Interested In
Pulton county real estate, and wilt Im-
{ ■ro've this property at once, dividing
1 Into lots and placing It on ths mar-
This property Is one of -the most
beautiful tracts ul land in Fultnn coun
ty, and Is an Ideal location for subur-
oan lmrne*. hi* high and level and
has a frontage of about 3,000 feet on
Virginia avenue. It will constitute the
"Terrell Addition" to Kagan Park.
No pert of Atlantu has dcveto|ied
more rapidly than Kogan Park. It Is
Atlanta's newest stiburh, and Is full of
life and activity. The saw and hammer
can be heard on all sides. During the
past ninety daya many new homes have
been built, and others are being con
tracted for.
We have It nn good uuthnrlly that a
movement I* on foot to secure tile erec
tion of n new church nnd a (7,«no school
building. The lots for the school and
church have already been secured.
In fact, this section bus everything
In Its favor, and with Dr. Terrell's Im
provements to hta property anil the
continual developing and home build
ing I11 Kagan Park. II has every pros-
nect of one day being ihc largest and
tiest suburban town tn Pulton county.
UNCLE SAM FILES SUITS
TO ENFORCE JAP TREATY
ute more. He paid a tribute I
Idcnt Jordan and'said that he knew
the executive head of the cotton u».-n-
■ lotion never made u dollar In ep < il
lation.
The afternoon session held out .1- 11
featut* the address of Governor (• •'
Heyward, of Bouth Carolina, who
leached here on a belated train fn.iii
Atlanta. "Best Method of Obtaining
Necessary and Desirable Immigration
lo th- Bouth" was hta subject. An
nouncement that another governor
would »|ieak Jn the nllcnioon, Oovern-
or-elrct Hoke .Smith, of Oeorglu. hav-
dellvered nn address nt the inorn-
srsslon. served to attract a large
A-ot -visitors lo the ronvrntbm hall.
—- Mr. Clark Speaks.
The second set speech was delivered
by tho Hon. Walter Clark, of Clarks
dale. Miss. He did not follow hi
monuserlpt, saying that prior speakers
had given out every point In his ad
ilrers. ills talk was r.t random, the
labor question. Immigration nn<t or
ganisation being some of the subjects
touched upon. .
One of the features ot the afternoon
session was the Introduction and pas
sage of a resolution declaring that ‘10
cents Is not enough for cotton. It was
Introduced by W. H. Seymour, of
Montgomery. The resolution reads:
"Resolved, Thai it ts the sense of this
convention Hint middling cotton at 10
cents per |smnd. under present condi
tions, Is the cheapest agricultural
product In the world."
Down to Business. ‘
The association aettled down to bus
iness last night after the set speeches
were delivered. The resolutions com
mittee Introduced a number of resolu
tions, one of which provides for the
rnt every gin tn the Booth
undev-dfatc ami -fet'f-wl supervision.
The resolution provides that each
state be asked lo put a license lax
OO
>n every glnner and require him to
■lake a monthly report to the agri
-ultural department of the state
which he operates. Failure to comply
Mat Ion. means a forfeiture ot his. If
with tha law, under the proposed leg-
reuse and ths closing up of the gin.
With X view of getting a further line
>n all gtns In the South a resolution
alls on the government to publfch
mnthly the names of glnners reporting
11 ihe department of agriculture, to
gether with the number of bales of cot
ton they have ginned. The resolution
requires the government .to publish the
numes and the amount ginned In
pumphlet form and send several thou
sand copies to the different state de
partments.
that was Introduced'and discussed last
night provides for thorough county or
ganisation. Under Its terms thereof “
Id- ll'polhled In each county a bui
and selling agent whose duty shall ba
to negotiate loans, secure warehouse
tiirllltlee and to become the agent of
the local organisation'in all transac
tions. . .
To Bsfsguard Qinnsrs' RsporL
A resolution prepared by Ransom
{Iflnton. of Raleigh, N. C, providing
tor a plan to safeguard the glnners'
report was Introduced to the conven
tion. It provides that tho members of
tho Southern Cotton Association and
other farmers' organisations be re
quested to use tbelr Influence to have
u law passed In each of the cotton
mowing a tinea requiring the Blnnerrttr
report to the commissioner «f agri
culture ot the state tn which they
live on the flrat and fifteenth of each
month during the ginning season the
number of bales or cotton they have
ginned and also the average weight of
the bales: that the commissioner of
ugrlculturc shall keep this Information
as a state secret'unni w o'clock a. nt
of the dav on which the government re
port Is issued at Washington, V. C. At
1# o'clock a. in the commissioner In
each state shall wire by a secret cipher
code the total number of bales ginned
In his state to the secretary of agri
culture at Washington. D. 0.. who shall
he requested to Immediately add to
gether the number of balea ginned In
all ot the states and wire It back to
the commissioner of agriculture of the
cotton states. Tho commissioner of ag
riculture shall be required to Immedi
ately report try telephone the number,
of bales ginned to the secretaries of
the farmers' organisations • and the
president ot tbk National Glnners' As
sociation and the press *
The words used tn the secret cipher
code shall be printed, but the figures
•halt bewrlltsn by the secrejavy of ag-
Hoaltuea. TH* words, of-tho. node shall
changed for each report, never using
the same words but once.
FAMILY AND ATTORNEYS
GIVE IN TO HARRY THAW
“Unwritten Law” to
Be Plea of Slayer
of White.
Washington. Jon. 19.—'Tho deport
ment of Juitiro him announced thnt
the United 8tnt« « hu«l l** gun two suite
In San Francium* f.»r the purpose of
enforcing the provision** of the treaty
with Japan, giving to the Japuneae
nctlona In brought In tin* xuprctne court
of tho atate of California in the mint**
of a Jaiwncse chili! ft» r the purpom* -*f
obtaining a writ of tnamlantua to com
pel hie iulmlfl*|on to one of the puhll
eohooln from which ho la excluded by
equal school advumugra. one of theae tha uctlun of the board of educatl
YARN SPINNERS' CONTEST
TOR ATLANTA RED MEN
Red Men of the Cherokee Trll-c will
epring a new one Monday night. It'a
to be a yarn spinning context and the
men who springs the best yarn nnd
gets sway with It draws the Pox of
clgara.
There ought to be some great tales
told at the Cherokoe smoke. The
tribesmen have not announced whether
or not the yarns must be of the truth
ful variety, and It Is prdbable that the
brave who draws the longest liow will
get the cigar.*.
Tho judges have been selected c.
fully and every one Is not only on
pert raconteur, but n connoisseur
yarns of every vintage. They ....
drawn from the most eminent Jurists
of the city nnd the list follows: Judge
James L Mays-m.- Judge Thomas It.
J* (Tries. Judge Itotoert D. Daniel. Judge
W. II. Beck. Judge J. H. l.umpkln and
Judge John 8. Candler.
CENTRAL BANK S TRUST CORPORATION
Capital $500,000.00
Candler Building. Branch Corner Mitchell end Foreytlt Sti.
Equipped with every modern facility fur doing a general I kinking,
Truet and Savings Business. X^..
4 Per Cent Interest Compounded
On Savings Deposits
I'f-i
fcr
INVESTMENT SECURITIES BOUGHT AND SOLO.
The most modern Seta Deposit Department In the* South especially
prepared for storing smell and largo ware*. <*.
Now York. Jan. T9.—Harry Thaw
haa won the light of his life nnd on this
victory ho bases his freedom. 11a has
won over his lawyers, hi* devoted wife
nnd mother, Ills slater, the countess of
Yarmouth, nnd every ono connected
with Id* welfare.
Ho will go to trial next Wednesday
tor tn.- Killing ot Stanford White with
the full determination to -*xp->»e to tho
Jurv the detail* of the outrage* ho al
lege* he suffered at tho har. l.i of White.
lb- will appeal to each Jurat, man to
man. to decide whether tho tragedy of
tlx- Madison Square Hoof Darden was
Juatltled or not. Thaw relies entirely
on the "unwritten law" to secure* his
freedom. For seven Ion* tnonihs III
111* cell In the Tomb* he ha* stnnchly
combatted the effort* of 111* family to
have him declared Insane.
FIFTH AEG, OFFICERS
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
A meeting of the commanding of
ficer* of Companies A. B, C, D, K, L
end M. uf the Fifth regiment. Infantry,
G*’orglu state troop* together with
Captain Dunwoody, eoinmlsiory, and
Lieutenant Llndormc, of the medical
staff, ha* been railed by Major Shear
er. chairman, to take place next Mon
day nlxht nt 8 o'clock, at tho armory,
10 1-7 West Mitchell street.
' The officers composing a committee
will discuss ways and means ot organ
ising h military fair, the proceeds of
which will go toward defraying the
expenses nt the local compunles to the
Jamestown Exposition. .
Hperl.-.l to the
Greenville, 8. C„ Jan, 19.—The Oreen
vlllc poultry show, which Is helnx held
this week. Is a pronounced success
from the viewpoints of attendance anil
variety of exhibits. It la the flrst fair
held by the aasoclatlon.
TELLS OF HIS DEATH AND BURIAL,
AND WHY CORPSE WAS EXHUMED
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 19.—To be
dead of yellow fever and burled, though
still alive, nnd covered by earth for
twelve hours, was the experience re
cited by John -Carte, when testifying
In a criminal trial here. It waa In
1878. the'year of Chattanooga's dread
neourge. when deaths were by the hun
dreds and funerals lightly utiendod.
The old man told hi* story thus;
"I was taken III of yellow fever and
at once hurtled to the pert house. The
next day I died-thnt la, they thought
I died—but I did not. I supposo I
burial committee put me In a coffin and
at 10 o'clock, so l have been told, they
burled me.
"I wore a ring of some value on my
linger that was claimed by u young
womnn. Thnt night her friend* startrd
to take up my body to get the ring.
Apparently 1 wo* jun recovering con
sciousness, for the nrst thing I remenr
her was the sound of hammering on
the box. It was opened, nnd 1 felt the
pulling of my linger. I sat up, an act
thnt frightened the grave diggers, aqd
they ran away. I got out of the grave,
but don't know what I did until Ihe
next day, when I found myxelt on the
was In a trance. Early In the day the street In my underclothes."
ARCHITECT’S PLAN'S
FOR TABERNACLE
Byron A. Fugln. n well-known At
lanta architect, ha* placed on exhibi
tion In the window of the Smith Pro-
mler Typewriter Company In the rand
ier building bin drawing of the plan*
for the propound . ltaptlnt Tabernacle
lnMltutlon.il church
Them* plans will b»» submitted to the
hurch authorities', anti It In |*»it»lhlu
they will be selected.
ANTI-COCAINE BILL
PASSED THE HOUSE
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia. 8. C.. Jnn. 19.—The hoiiae
yeatonlay itanned the McMaater bill, for-
bidding the aide of cocaine except un-
del* tho pt-raonnl auporvUion *>f phyal-
china. •
The body made Kroat’g MU to inv***.
tlgnte the railroad* the n^ecia! order
ful* Monday; panned the 8awyer bill to
Increaae the llceiine fee of immigrant
agent* to accepted Clemaon'a
Invitation to visit that Institution to
morrow week und adjourned over lUI
Monday at noon. -
UNCLE REMUS'S MA GAZ1NE
NAMES ADVERTISING MAN
The publishers of Chris Remus's Msg
•sins snuounce that 8. E. Davidson,
formerly with tha Nelson Cheeman A
Co. advertising agency, will be In
ebangf ot the advertising departmsnt
ot tha new literary monthly edited by
Joel Chandler Harris which will make
He appearance In April.
Mr.*Davldeon le a veteran newepaper
man, with many yeare of dletlngulehed
■ervlce behind him. He started out.
Hke ao many, on a country weekly In
Illinois. HU flrst work of metropolitan
nature was as correspondent in Cuba
during ths Bpanteh-American war for
‘wenty-one dally papers of ths middle
W4M.- HU work attracted considerable
attention, but bpon the conclusion of
the war he determined to enter the
business end of newspaperdom. He
baestma bqstneis manager or TfieTfot
Springs Dally Newe, but gave this up
Jo become special writer for The Bt.
Louie Republic. IIU last’newspaper
work wae Xs general manager or The
Ban Antonin (Tex.) Oaxette. During
recent years he has been connected
with the Nelson Chesmsn advertising
agency, with headquarters In I'halta-
, and Is one of the beat known ad-
_Jng men In the South. He Is par
ticularly well known In Atlanta, often
making business trips to this city.
8. E. DAVI080N.
TO INSTITUTE SUIT
TO BEVMRTER
Charges Made That Company Wits
Organized to Prevent the
Building of Road.
Ashsvllle. K. C„ Jsn. 19 —The charge
that ths Southern railway and certain
of Ita officials have conspired to form
a fraudulent railway company In or
der to condemn private lands and shut
out any other Wad from reaching Ashe
ville, Is ths basis of a suit fllril here by
Frank Carter and II. C. Chedcstcr,
attorneys for 8. Sternberg nnd
Sternberg. In the auptTOr VdurtT~Tire
statement Is made In the complaint
that the attorney general of the stair
ts fo be asked to Institute quo warranto
on behalf of the elate to revoke the
charter granted to the alleged fraudu
lent railway company, the Asheville
Southern.
The application I*.to by made on the
grduhd that the Asheville Southern wux
granted a charter by the secretary of
atate on December It,-I»«S. on the sup
position that It woe a bona tide rail
way company, wheraaa It Is nothing
but on agency of the Southern end doer
not propose to build spy railway save a
short line from Asheville, und this not
to serve tho public, “but to Injure the
public by dosing the gates to competi
tion."
Tho suit Died will be heard by Judge
Cook at Marshall, January *8. The In
corporators, who. are made defendants
In the salt Died vaitard**, am A. B.
Andrews, W. W. Finley, now president
of tha Southern railway; II. W. Miller,
old td Vice Preeldent Andrews; H. C.
Ansley, J. F. Hayes and General Agent
Fairfax Harrison, assistant to the late
PresMent 8p«ncer. .. .
FORTY PRISONERS
FROM ITNCLE SAM
A party of forty prtsbners and
guards, under the direction ot a United
States deputy marshal from the Colum
bus, Ohio, district, are expected "to ar
rive In Atlanta Saturday afternoon.
The prisoners will be confined In the
United Slates penitentiary In South At.
lsnta.
Warden Moyer haa not received any
details concerning the offense, com
mitted or the terms to be served. The
recent Increases In the number of In
mates will assure the early completion
of the addition to the prison, which
will increase Its capacity to J.too pris
oners. The work has progressed rap
idly during the excellent period of
weather.
I IIU HARPER NAMED
AS GENERAL AGENT
ROLLING WHEELBARROW
ON LONG JOURNEY,
ffpeclsl to The (teorglaa.
Greenville, 8. C„ Jan. 18.—Montana
Joe. The Police Garnetts globe trotter,
struck an'i-nvlllo last night on hi* way
Vo New Orleans, trundling a wheel
barrow. He Is making the trip with
out funds nnd with the wheelbarrow
on a wager of 11,000.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
FOR GREENVILLE.
Hpecla: to The Ocorgtsa.
Greenville, S. C., Jnn. 19.—Greenville
to have two Carnegie libraries—one
on Furman University campus and on"
In Ihe city proper. Somo lime ago the
city board of nldermen appropriated
118,000 a year for ihe maintenance of a
library, and now Mr. Carnegie has
made A donation of (19,000 to erect the
building.
New Route to Cuba
Th« steamship •’Brunswick.” ot the
Brunswick Steamship Company, will
sail from Brunswick. (Ja„ for Havana.
Cuba, on the following schedule, until
further notice:
Leave Brunswick noon Tuesdays,
January 22d, February 5th, February
19th, March Rth, March 19th, April
2d. and every other Tuesday thereafter,
arriving at Havana every following
Thursday at d p. m.
Returning.
Leave Havana noon Saturdays. Jan
unrv 26th. February 9th. February 23d,
“arch 9th. March SS«l, April 6th. and
ery other Saturday thereafter, nr-
.ing Brunswick every following Mon-
day at S a. tn.
RaUs Brunswick to Havana.
One way, first cabin $25.00
One way. second cabin $12.00
'und trip, first cabin $«0.00
eluding meals and berth on steamer.
For state room reservations and fur-
'^Information, apply to
H. C. M’FADDKN.
lien. Pass. Agent A. B. A A. B. R.,
Bell ’Phone'4945, Atlanta, (teorgio.
W.F. UPSHAW IS NOW
AGENCY INSPECTOR
FOR AETNA LIFE CO
Mr. W. F. rpshaw, who la well know
In the business circle* of Atlanta, haa
been appointed Inspector of agendea
of the Aetna Life Insurance Company,
under State Manager W. E. Hawkins.
Mr. Upshaw will begin hla new duties
Immediately by making a trip through
the state, visiting the different ugen
cles.
The National Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Omaha, Nebr., which will
begin to do business in .Georgia next
week, has appointed Mr. W. V. Harper,
of Atlanta, as general ngent In purt
nershlp with the 8. E. Jones Beal Eh
tate and Insurance Company of Blr
mlngham, under the name of the Harp
er & Jones Co. Mr. Harper will retain
Atlanta aa hla headquarters, wltW_of-
1U?wr - tn~ the "Candler' building, and tho
Southern department of the company
will be at Birmingham, with a suite of
offices In the Flrat National bank.
The entrance of this company to tho
Bouth Is of much Interest to local flro
Insurance agents, particularly as their
facilities for writing business have been
curtailed by the restriction# of the com.
pantea- in writing TTnes"ilnee the Ban
Francisco conflagration.
Mr. Harper is one of the organiser*
of the National Mutual, which haa been
In operation since 1905. He has spent
several months tn the South studying
underwriting conditions. The National
Mutual had a premium Income In 1906
of over $23,000,000.
VETERAN R, R, MAN
DIES AT WILMINGTON
ffpeclat to Tho Georgia o.
Wilmington, N. C„ J»n. 19—Captain
W. II. Alien, for twenty-seven years
inaeter of transportation of the Caro
llna Central railroad, now a part of
the Seaboard Air Line system, lx dead
In hie eighty-third year.
A NEW TRAIN
To Jacksonville, Fla., via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
leaves Atlanta 8:30 p. m.,
arrives Jacksonville 7:30 a.
connecting with all lines
DEATH OF CHILD
MAY KILL MOTHER
Norfolk, Va., Jnn. I'.),—Leonard F.
Chapman, ago.! A, while playing with
several companions near a pile of
bridge Umber In Portsmouth, was ln-
stantly killed yesterday by Umbers
which rolled down on him. crushing hi*
body and breaking his neck.
The child's mother was III at the time
nnd her death Is momentarily expected.
THREE MURDER BILLS
RETURNEDBYJURY
Three negroes were Indicted Friday
morning by the Fulton county grand
Jury on the charge of murder. Nine
teen true bills were returned.
Ola Wilson was Indicted for the mur
der of her infant boy, by drowning
December 74.
Henry Usher, who killed Rich Kel
ley. January- 9. was Indicted. The nmr.
der was done by striking the victim In
the head with a slick.
Low Little was charged with the kill-
Ink of Joediompkin. January 13, It be
ing alleged that he shot Lumpkin with
a pistol.
Most of the Indictments wire for rob
bery and burglary. There was one Ini
diriment for bigamy. Most of these
case* will probably be aired in the
criminal branch of the superior court,
itoau' .Monday!' 1 ' ' n JUJ *"
DON’T USE POOR OIL.
l-or use on sewing machines; blcy.
cle* and all purposes requiring a line
lulu leant, the best i- cheapest In the
end Genuine Singer oil can only be
obtained at Singer stores.
Look for the letter S.
•'dephone Hell
- I 2 Pfn . l . ur telephone
• 62 Marietta strvvt, tele.
WON'T BE
BY TIBJF PARTI
Ho May Vote for the Blaefc
burn Amend
ment.
Washington, Jan. ](.—Ilepm,:,.
the aenate are badly split over -r.
Brownsville resolutions. Further
alderatlon of the matter has hen
'untir Monday
Senator. Blackburn, who lnrr.*lu, f j
the amendment to the Foraker rcc] u
tlon which baa cauaed all the excite,
ment, declares that he la standing
and that the Republtcana mini de iir*
themselves one way or the other
Hla amendment disclaims um
tlon to deny tha president's right i,
discharge trorfpa on account ,.f ttw
Brownsville riot.
Senator Beveridge had a talk win,
the prekldent yesterday and amwunct i
that he would not be bound lo vot,
against the Blackburn amendment.
VETERAN8 OF CIVIL WAR
. INDORSE DISCHARGE 0R0ER.
Washington, Jan. 4».—veterans i('~
the civil war who have been attending
the reunion of the Blue and Gray a,
Wlliiilng'lun, called OB President It....**.'
veil, at the While House yesterday anj
were cordially received. The president
shook hands with each veteran anj_
made a' short speech.
The delegation, which Included rev.
erul negro veterans, commended th.,
president for his action In dismissing
the negro troopa at Brownsville, Tex
PAY OF LAWMAKERS
IS TO BE1NCREASED
House, by a Vote of 133 to
93, Passes Wage
Bill. -
Washington, Jan. 19.—The house, hy
a vote of 183 to 95. voted thut the sals,
rles of senators, representatives and tha
delegates from Porto Rico, Hawaii and
Alaska be Increased to |7,5ftft per year
aftor March «, 1907, and flxed the snla.
rles of the vice president and member*
of the cabinet at 812.000 a year.
The meaaure waa sent to the sent:*
for action.
Stuart’s Gin and Buohu a quick
cure for Bright’s disease, liver and
stomach troubles.- All Druggists
$1.00.
DISPENSARY MIXES
WITH UNCLE SAM
Warrnnta have been received nt the
cufttnmn houae In Atlanta charging the
manager of the Home, Oa., dlnpensary
1th netting whlnky at wholenalr
out a wholesale ltcenne. The warrant
«■ nigned by Deputy Collector John D.
Springer and United Staten Coimiilf
nloner John C, Plintup. It In likely
the matter will he nettled hy the man
ager .securing a wnnlenitle llcenne uhUU
permitn the nale of more than f<»ur
nnd three-quarter gallnnn in bulk^
CRUSHED BYTIMBER
CHILD ADMONISH KS
BROTHERS TO BE (1001 >
Special to The Georgian.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 19.—"Be g*>«*d *»•»:
loyd and George ” were the lni»t ’
their brother. Leonard P. t'hnpr
aged live yearn, of Portsmouth.
hilc hiding on a lumber pile In the
Armstrong wood yard today,
nught under Ihe falling timbers
had bin neck broken. The words
n|M»ken while the chlld’n head
Inned under the timber with i *’
brother* t*owerlenn to rulne tt The
father. J. 1-Yank Chapman, wan former
ly of sXtlanta.
169*3;
Bell 5173
phone Bell 510.
.! la Much Improved.
Mr. Halph Van Land Ingham, pro*
prietor of the Hotel Majestic, haa re*
turned from Charlotte. N. c* where he
fnm/Th? fath?r? m Mr.
>u., bvuuuuuug W1M1 tui uuea I ngha in" le f t* "hi” ^father *wurirbl5«w
diverging from Jacksonville. *dTng« tun,ul,r ’ Kl out of unmeduti
$27.00
DALLAS, TEXAS,
and Return
—Via—
HE WEST POINT ROUTE
- Account
NATIONAL ASSOCIA
TION RETAIL GROCERS
of the
UNITED STATES
January* 22nd, to 24th, 1907.
Tickets will bo on «ale January
18th, 10th, and 20 th, with final
limit thirty daya from date of »ale.
Full information city ticket office.
4th National Bank Building,
or Terminal Station.
C. L. WICKERSHAM,
City Pauenger Agent,
Atlanta.