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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY. HAY 1. 1307.
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Street Railway Values
Properties at
$3,712,368.
MAKES RETURNS
TO COMPTROLLER
Aggregate Returns Are $
794,862, While Capi
tal Is $8,000,000.
The total valuation of the Georgia
Hallway and Electric Company Is fixed
nt 13,712.368.63 by President Preston
S. Arkwright, In the annual tax re
turns of the company, filed Tuesday In
the state comptroller’s office.
The total capitalization of the com
pany Is approximately *8,000,000, of
which 36,000,000 is common stock and
32.000,000 preferred. This does not In
clude a recent Increase In stock of
33 000,000, which does not take effect
until May 20. , , ,
Despite the fact that this increase of
32 000,000 of stock was decided upon
and great Improvements were said to
have been made, the returns for the
year show an Increase of only *207,881..
SS over the returns of 1808.
Of the *8,712,368.63, the value of the
company as given In the return for
taxes, about half, or *1,083,865, Is In
cluded as the estimated value of the
franchise.
The returns show that the gross re
ceipts of the company for the year were
I2.321.816.06. The net Income was
*696.467.10.
The preferred stock, In exact figures,
Is 32,400,000, and the common stock,
*6,014,600, this not Including the recent
Increase of *2,000,000 common.
The capitalization of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company Includes
the Atlanta Northern railway and the
Atlanta Gas Light Company.
The aggregate returns of the three
are *4,794,863.67.
TOLEDO CAPITALIST
WANTED FOR BRIBERY
Toledo, Ohio, May 1.—Attorney Ray.
mond O. Burns Is confident that today
he will capture Abe Detweller, the To
ledo rapltalut'wanted at Ban Francisco
on thirteen Indictments charging bri
bery. He has asked the police author
ities for a search warrant and will
search the Detweller premises.
MAY PROVE HIDDEN
MAN SHOT SIMON
New York, May 1.—Whan the first
testimony In behalf of Baroness Anisia
Louise De Massey, on trial for her life,
was submitted today It became appar
ent that Attorney Charles LeBarbler
would try to establish the fact that she
was merely unfortunate In having
quarreled with Simon Just before a hid
den assassin committed the murder.
LeDarbler also said be would prove
that three witnesses lledln their testi
mony against the fair prisoner.
ANNIVERSARY OF
ST. PHILIPS
At 8 o'clock Wednesday evening the
third anniversary of the consecration
of the church will be celebrated by the
members of BU Philips. The occasion
will be one of unusual Interest to all
members of the parish and all are re
quested to be present.
Addresses will be made by Fltzhugh
Kn ,°*. Arnold Broylez, C. L. Pettigrew
end Robert Sharpe. Following the ad
dresses and the reports from the va
rious church organizations a reception
*)■* b o tendered the members of the
churrh and others who may be present
at the services.
SAYS OFFICIALS DON’T
KNOW CANAL FACTS
Pittsburg, Pa., May 1.—The work
men’s side of the Panama canal ques
tion Is to be presented to President
Roosevelt by J. H. Wallace, who was
until recently a superintendent of the
tulebra out. Mr. Wallace declare* 1 that
conditions utterly the opposite of those
"mch the president. Secretary Taft
ml th- members of the congressional
Committees viewed during their visits
Mist In the canal sone.
EUGENE M. OTTLEY
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Prominent Young Club
Man Is Stricken
Suddenly.
Eugene M. Ottley, one of the most
prominent young society and clubmen
of Atlanta, Is critically ill at his home,
527 Peachtree street, from Meningitis.
Afr. Ottley was to have been an at-
tendant at the marriage of Miss Hattlo
May High and Mr. Toulman Williams
Tuesday evening, but when the hour
for the ceremony arrived Mr. Ottley
was lying unconscious at his home,
across Peachtree from Ihe bride's resl.
dence. He was stricken suddenly dur
ing the day with meningitis, a malady
which has been more than usually
prevalent during this spring.
Mr. Ottley Is a brother of John K.
Ottley, vice president of the Fourth
National Bank, and Is himself a book
keeper In that bank. He Is connected
with a number of clubs and social or
ganizations and la one or the most
popular young men In Atlanta.
Governor-Elect and Party
Sail for Home Wednes
day.
London. May 1.—After visiting Ham
burg, Bremen, Vienna and many other
places. Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, and his party, sailed for Amer
ica today. They made a brief , stop
here and visited the galleries In the
house of lords and the commons.
Mr. Smith said his trip had been suc
cessful, and he had been p^mised that
a’*number of ships would sail direct
from European ports to Savannah, and
that others would make Savannah i
port of call. He said it was his Inten
tion to appoint agents at Hamburg,
Bremen, Vienna, Glasgow and other
ports.
AGED COUPLE SHOT
IN HOMEBYNEGIO
Doth Cried for Help, So
Children Who Witnessed
the Crime Say.
LIVED HONEST LIFE
AFTER HIS ESCAPE!
BE:
Missouri Man Finds Favor
with Roosevelt When
Rearrested.
Waahlngton, May X.—In a note to
the department of Justice yesterday,
President Roosevelt expressed the opin
ion that John William January, of
Missouri, should have his sentence com
muted at once or be pardoned out
right. January was convioted some
years ago of robbing a postofllce In
Oklahoma and served the greater por
tion of a flVe-year sentence at Leaven
worth. He then escaped and after nine
years of liberty was re-arrested In
Kansas City and returned to prison.
Shortly after hts escape,. Januaiv,
under an assumed name, secured em
ployment and eventually established
himself In business, which he was suc
cessfully conducting at the time of his
re-arrest. He married and has a child.
TABERNACLE’FUND
LACKS BUT LITTLE
OF
Only $25,000 Remains To Be
Contributed From
Public.
Special to The Georgian.
Italia, Fla., May 1.—Thomas Johnson
and his wi.fe were murdered at this
place yesterday afternoon by a negro.
Information of the killing was received
here by telephone, when a request came
from the people of that settlement for
bloodhounds. When the aged coutilc
were shot down at their home there
were two small negro children near by,
and they hastened to give the Informa
tion. They state that Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson were In the house when they
were ehol down by the negro, and that
both of them cried for help.
CANNOT COMPEL
CONNECTIONS
hank stock is best
investment in south.
Truet *nd Banking
In i, n5, ,llc Interstate bank to start
has 150,000 worth of the
r, ;i 'A lil Pltal stock remaining to be
•tES ln this vicinity.
««*. which begins business
t»r oiir. f ' arnln « Power of 8 per cent
,r,t through merging the pres-
Surewi, V wlth th ® bank, may be
•karw hv ,n J ot * of from one to five
j..*., ’ y e ach subscriber, and may be
thr« "''“•third cash, one-third In
month, month * anc * one -thlrd In six
d» ac *lon Is necessary If you
>Hi, a * ,o vkho!der In the largest
* n the Southern states,
cr.,; f. . ""adred of the best business
i!rr.n,i!! '). U J men of this section are
'v 7- stockholders. Judge John R.
l, '?■ "t'dlnary of Fulton county.
... .! C A for 'his subscription. Call
Li- - ; 7"* *o Guarantee Trust Com-
> - r ’ ; a . , r ; in «s Temple Court, At-
fcs,; ’, f ull particulars.
I-".,,7 „'" ck ha» proven to be the best
«.,u , t fver made In Atlanta—not
teal estate.
For years the Georgia railroad com
mission In Its annual reports has sought
authority to compel rallroads’to estnb.
llsh and maintain connections with
connecting lines at Junction points, even
when extra trains should bo required,
But for some reason the legislative
bodies have not given the desired power
to the commission. Recently the su
premo court of the United States has
upheld the North Carolina law In tills
respect. If the Georgia commission
should be given such authority by the
state law-makers the decision In the
North Carolina case would have the
effect of making It operative, but noth
ing can be done here until a state law
Is passed.
CHECK ON AUTOS
BY STATE LAWS
Drastic legislation for automobile
owners Is threatened by a member of
the Incoming legislature.
This proposed act will he along the
line of that adopted In other states re
quiring the registration of owners of
automobiles with the secretary of state,
together with the names of the owner
and the chaufTeur. This compels each
machine to have a number conspicu
ously displayed.
Efforts were made In the last legisla
ture to pass acts regulating automobile
driving, but aside from one or two
strictly local laws nothing was accom
plished. This year a general act may
get through.
schoolTaTly and picnic
TO BE HELD AT FLINT HILL.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington. Ga., May 1.—At Hint ltill,
several miles north of Covington, will
be held on next Friday an educational
rally and school picnic. The people
of Flint Hill are among the best and
most progressive citizens ofNewtor,
county, and, In accordance with an an
nual custom, are holding this rally for
the pur*K>se of arousing greater Inter
est In educational affairs. Among the
speakers who have been Invited to ad
dress the gathering are Hon. \\. B.
Merritt, state school commissioner,
Mrs. Walter B. Hill, of Athens; Pro
fessor J. R. Rogers, of Atlanta; Con
gressman L. F. Livingston and Pro
fessor O. C. Adam*.
Only 125,000 remain* to be subscribed
for the new Broughton Tabernacle. It
believed that this will be raised
easily.
Dr. Len G. Broughton states that the
enterprise has taken a long step for
ward and that the fund has already re
ceived $25,000 toward the Anal $50,000.
This, added to the $100,000 previously
raised, leaves only about $25,000 to .<e
secured before the new tabernacle and
auditorium is an assured success.
In a letter to The Georgian. Dr.
Broughton expresses his appreciation
of the aid given by this paper to the
cause which is so dear to his heart.
Dr. Broughton is now able to move
about on crutches, but Mrs. Broughton
is still confined to her bed following
the street car accident in which both
were injured, and her injuries are so
serious as to < cause some apprehension
from her friends.
STEAMBOAT LINE
TO BE OPERATED
BY FARMERS’ UNION
Scottsboro. Ala., May 1.—The Farm
ers’ Union met in Scottsboro and a
stock company composed of the mem
bers of the union was formed for the
purpose of building a steamboat to be
operated on the Tennessee river. The
company Is to be Incorporated under
the name of the Farmers’ Union Navi
gation Company and I* to b« capital
ized at *25,000. Bhures arc placed ut
*10 each and no Individual is allowed
to own more than fifty.
MAY DAY USHERS
IN BUILDING STRIKE
Chlcagd, May 1.—The first itrlke
ushering In May Day In Chicago, was
called yesterday on the new plant of
the Western Electric Company, located
at Hawthorne. Because of a grievance
of the electricians’ union several hun
dred mechanic* laid down their tool*
and walked out under order* from the
Associated Building Trades.
*50,000 CABLED TO
FAMINE VICTIMS
DEAL ON TO CONSOLIDATE
THE WASHINGTON LIFE CO.
WITH PROVIDENT LIFE CO.
New York, May 1.—August Helnze
and his associate* today werenegotlat-
Ing for the control of the Washington
Life Insurance Comimny, now con
trolled by Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P.
Morton, to consolidate tt with the Prov
ident Savings Life Insurance Company,
which the Helnze-Thomas syndicate
acquired In January.
• To what stage negotiations for con
trol of the Washington Life had pro
ceeded Mr. Helnze declined to state.
He admitted that the deal was under
way, but said It would be wholly Im
possible for him to discuss It, adding
that publicity at this time was a mat
ter to be avoided.
MOTHER MA Y WIN FIGHT
AND RETAIN HER CHILD
Within a very few moments after
the attorneys concluded their argument
In the case, Mrs. Mattie Richardson
was declared not guilty of the charge of
kidnaping her 5-year-old son, by Jus
tice of the Peace C. A. Trimble at De
catur Tuesday afternoon.
As stated In Tuesday’s Georgian, the
warrant for Mrs. Richardson’s arrest
was sworn'out by W. H. Richardson,
grandfather of the child, and Included
Beverly Wall, ar. Atlanta attorney, and
T. E. Williams. Immediately after the
verdict of acquittal Attorneys Candler
and McAllister asked that the other
two warrants be dismissed.
«. During the course of the trial habeas
corpus proceedings for the poeaesslon
of the boy were Instituted by the
grandfather and the hearing was set
for Thursday before Ordinary George.
An effort was mado by the grand
parents to have the child remain In
their custody until the final disposition
of It Is made known, but the heart of
the ordinary was moved to sympathy
by the pleas of the mother and It was
left In the custody of the sheriff and
she was allowed to remain with It.
LIVINGSTON HAS FEARS
FOR FARM INSTITUTIONS
Colonel L. F. Livingston, congress
man from the Fifth district, has trep
idations regarding the new district ag
ricultural schools.
He admitted as much Tuesday morn
ing while watting In the executive re
ception room to see Governor Terrell
about It. Just what his fear Is he did
not expressly stipulate.
•■What brings you here. Colonel?"
was asked.
"Oh. Just to talk to the governor
about the new agricultural schools.
Some have Intimated to me that every
thing wasn’t Just as It ought to be
about them. The curriculum ought to
be carefully considered, and the in
terest of the masses guarded."
"Anything relative to politics bring
you here. Colonel?"
"Well, maybe. You see It Is Just a
matter of an appointment I want to
talk to the governor about. Not such
o great appointment, but one down In
the ’plney woods.' What Is It? Why,
you fellows do ask lots of questions,
but—’’
Here the colonel vanished Into the
governor's private office, and the na
ture of the appointment sought was not
revealed.
WRECK DELAYED GROOM;
DOUBLE SUICIDE FOLLOWS
Huntington. W. Va., May 1.—Samuel
Rlttenhour and Miss Rosa Spears were
to have been married last Wednesday.
He left the city Tuesday to go to
Montgomery. Ala., on business. Ow
ing to a wreck, he failed to reach home
In time for the ceremony, but wrote a
letter which she did not receive.
Brooding over his unexplained silence,
she took poison last Saturday night.
Rlttenhour arrived an hour too lnte for
the funeral Monday. Henrt-broken, he
was found In his room with a vial of
carbolic arid clinched In bis left hand.
Washington. May 1.—Together with
the *150,000 cargo of flour shipped to
the Chinese relief sufferers, the Nation
al Red Cross Society will today cable
*50.000 to the central relief committee
at Shanghai. This Is the largest con
tribution to a famine relief ever con
signed by the Red Cross In one day.
MRS. POST WILL NOT
RETURN TO HUSBAND
New York. May 1.—Mrs. Augustus
Post, wife of the rich broker whose
arrest she caused on charges of ex
treme cruelty, was In the Yorkvllle po
lice court today to press the chorgis
against him. .
"My husband knows that a reconcil
iation Is Impossible; he knows that I
do not love him and that I will suffer
from his hands no longer,” said Mrs.
Post In denying recent rumors.
Will Open New Bank.
Special to The Georgian.
St. George. Ga., May t.—N. B. King
has begun the erection of a new build
ing on Flotilla avenue, which will be
used for a bunk. As soon as the new
safe arrives Mr. King will open a bank
ing Institution. J. F. Blake will be up-
loclated with him as cashier.
ELECTRIC THEATERS
TO BEJEGULATED
Fire Risk and Noise Dis
cussed by Com
mittee.
An ordinance, embodying whit !• thought
to bo nil provlalon* nwownry to insure
safety from flro and panic to electric then
tera, wna adopted Tuenday afternoon at
the meeting of the apeclul committee ap
pointed for that purpose..
A aub-coinmlttee met first and heard from
the proprietor* of electric theater* and
from tboao who objected. The principal
objection was because of the danger from
tire, and the corresponding Increase In in
surance rates threnteued. The ordinance
provides for a system of wiring and for
an interior arrangement which induces
this risk to n minimum.
Knperlntendent Martin, of the Engllidi
Americaii building, raised strenuoua objec
tlon to the noises, aaserting that some of
bin tenants had threatened to leave If It
were not abated. Hevernl of these tenants
testified that they did not think well of
the inhale which floated iti through their
windows from the near-by theaters.
K. F. Shedden, the Insurance nmu,
of the tenants, mourned the converting of
Whitehall nnd Peachtree street* Into
Beecham’s
Pills
When tack of appetite it caused by
overeating, take Beecham's Pill*
to relieve the feeling of heaviness.
When a sick stomach takes away
all desire for food, use Beechanrs
Pitts. They invariably tone the di
gestion and
Create Coed Appetite
Bold Everywhere. In boxes 10c. sad 25c.
business regulated.
The noise or ••music" question may be
takeu up at a later meeting.
SOUTHERN MILLS
FIGHT UNFAIR RATES
Washington. May 1.—Three cases
charging unreasonable freight rates
cotton piece goods and cotton waste
from points In the South to New York
and other Eastern points, were argued
before the Interstate commerce com
mission yesterday. The caaea were
those of the Warren Manufacturing
Company and others of Warrensvllle,
8. C„ against the Southern railway;
James L. Qulnby, of Langley, S. U.,
against the Clyde Steamship Company,
and the Riverside Mills, of Augusta.
Go., against ihe Southern railway.
AUTO SCORCHER
GOES TO PRISON
Tinkers. N. Y„ May 1.—William E.
Dodge, of New York, eon of the phtlan.
thropisL William Earl Dodge, and son
in-law of Henry T. Stone, the million
aire carpet manufacturer, was sen
tenced yesterday to serve a te.i days’
term In prison and pay a fine of *100
in addition for automobile speeding.
“SILENT” SMITH’S KIN
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
Chicago, Slay 1.—Evanston relatives
of James Henry ("Silent") Smith left
today for New York to attend the fu
neral services over the millionaire’s
body when It reaches there In charge of
his widowed bride. They will be pres
ent when the Smith will Is read—there
may be two of them.
Those who left were Rev. and Mrs.
John N. Mills, brother-in-law and sis
ter; Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Rossbach.
brother-in-law and sister, and W. S.
Mason, nephew.
SUES JTREET RY,
Killing by Conductor Causes
Suit for $10,000
in Court.
For the alleged "wanton, willful and
malicious murder 1 ’ of her husband, Sol
omon Mitchell, by J. W. Townsend, a
street car conductor, on March 23,
Loula Mitchell Wednesday morning
filed suit for 210,000 damages against
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com.
pany and J. W. Townsend.
The petition charges that the killing
grew out of an argument which ensued
when the conductor handed Mitchell a
slick nickel In change. . Mitchell asked
that a good nickel be given him, and
when the conductor refused, requested
that he be allowed to leave the car.
As soon ae he did this, the petition al
leges, the conductor laid violent hands
upon him and sought to forcibly eject
him from the car. The killing fol
lowed.
The suit was filed through Attorneys
D. K. Johnston and J. D. Kilpatrick.
ASSISTANT CHIEF
TO BE ELECTED
The ordinance committee voted unan
imously Tuesday afternoon In favor of
returning to council a favorable report
on the ordinance creating the office of
aislatant chief of police. Council will,
no doubt, take favorable action Mon
day.
Members of the police board met
with the committee and told of the
need of an assistant.
JAY GOULD WINS
TENNIS FINALS
London, May 1.—In the tennis finals
Jay Gould beat Van Pennel 6-1, 6-1,
8-1. Gould will meet Eustace Miles
Saturday.
CHILI rMANGLED
UNDER STREET CAR
STEAMERS COLLIDE
OFF CAPE HATTERAS
DURINGJAVY FOG
Steamer Sailing from Bruns
wick Crashes Intb a
Schooner.
Norfolk, Va., May 1.—Shipmasters
arriving here report two collisions
which occurred off Cape Hatteras In
the heavy fog that hunts over the Vir
ginia and North Carolina coast for two
days.
The British steamship British Mon
arch, from Brunswick, Go., for Liver
pool and Rotterdam, by nay of Nor
folk for coal, collided with the four-
manted American schooner Stella B.
Kaplean, bound south from Portland,
Mo, The Kaplean's bowsprit and Jib-
boom wero carried away. The windlass
of the schooner was broken and the
vessel could not raise her anchor, she
having dropped In after the collision.
Captain Merritt, leaving his crew on
the schooner, boarded the steamship
and went to the wrecking steamer Res.
cue, near by. at work on the Portu
guese bark Orlente, ashore off Potnes
Hill, and secured the Rescue to tow
the schooner here. The British Mon
arch suffered slight damage.
The Norwegian fruiter Livingstone,
from Same to Baltimore, loaded with
bananas, signalled as she passed the
Virginia capes that she ran down the
schooner Lakewood, which went to the
bottom laden with bricks. The crew
of the schooner was rescued. The Lake-
wood was of 477 tons net register.
The bark Orlente, loaded with copper
ore, will be a total loss.
ELEVEN ARE RESCUED
DURING EIRE WHICH
Aged Woman Fought Res
cuers Who Entered Build
ing to Save Her Life.
Reporter Admits He
Can’t Substantiate
“Facts.”
INSPECTOR PROBES
CHARGES MADE
False Report Sent Out from
Atlanta Tracked by U.
S. Authorities.
Special to The Georgian.
Douglasvtlle, Ga., May 1 The two
main buildings of the Douglas county
pauper farm were entirely destroyed by
fire here yesterday afternoon.
All of the eleven Inmates of the two
main buildings were rescued nfter
hard struggle. One of the Inmntes, an
.old woman of about 60 years, who has
r been an Invalid for a long time, fought
fiercely when on attempt was made to
rescue her. She fought several of her
rescuers off until she was overpow
ered.
The fire originated from a defective
flue and the loss to the county Is about
*1,000.
HARDWARE MEN
MAY MEET HERE
An effort will be made to have the
next convention of the Georgia Retail
Hardware Association held In Atlanta.
The convention this year will be In
Tlfton on May 7, 8 and 9. The asso
ciation Is only three years old, but
contains, as members, most of the
hardware dealers of the state.
Elliott Dunn, an Atlanta hardware
man, will make Atlanta’s bid for the
convention, and will present an Invita
tion by Mayor Joyner.
PI8TOL IN SUIT CA8E
WOUNDS PHILADELPHIAN.
Philadelphia, May 1.—Henry C. Ter.
’, aged 61, tor many years leader of
the local bar, accidentally kicked hia
suit case while In a hotel elevator here
causing a revolver to discharge, the
bullet lodging In hts abdomen. He wea
carried to a hospital.
BICYCLE BOY BREAK8 LEO
IN COLLISION WITH BUGGY.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus. Ga., May 1.—Master Tom
mie Gordon, the 12-year-old son of
Mrs. Georgia Gordon, of East High
lands, Is ut his home with his right
leg broken in three places, the result
of being run over by a buggy driven
by a lady who was driving up First
avenue yesterday, when the boy came
along on his bicycle and a collision oc
curred. The boy was taken Into a drug
store and physicians called who set tho
broken limb In a plaster parts cost and
he Is now at his home.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., May 1.—The 3
year-old child of James M. Harrison,
of the Coca-Cola Bottling Works, was
run over today and killed by a River
side Park car, both wheels passing
over the body, badly mangling It.
Agent Held Under Bond.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Oa.. May 1.—B. W. Wilson,
who It local agent for a trust company
and loan association, Is under a bond
of 3150 for hla appearance before Jus
tice llollls on Thursday next, to an
swer a charge of larceny after trust,
preferred against him by a Mrs. Justice,
of this city. She claims that she paid
Wilson 1124, which he failed to turn
into the home office of the company.
Discharged in Bankruptcy.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga, May 1.—Judge New
man has granted discharges In bank
ruptcy to J. W. Sanders, of Midland.
Curtis M. Broach, of Dawson, and F. J.
Harrell, of Preston, all of this state. Mr.
Roberts, of Dawson, has offered to hls
creditors 25 rents on the dollar and
ask* . Judge Newman to confirm the
offer.
Train Mangles Negro. Boy,
8peclal to The Georgian.
LnGrange, Ga, May 1.—A negro boy,
Flowers Smart, was run over by the
Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic con
struction train at the construction
camp, about six miles from this place,
yesterday. His right arm was so badly
mangled that It was necessary to am
putate It below the elbow and his right
leg was severely mashed.
Woshlngtoa May 1.—The Inspectors
recently assigned to run down the mail
ing "stuffing” stories sent out from
Atlanta about the time the yearly con
tracts for carrying the malls were to
be let to the railroads In that section
have reported that the stories wero
groundless; that there was no unusual
padding In weight and that the author
of the report has admitted his error.
The report as published In The At
lanta Journal In February was to the
effect that the malls had been greatly
padded with advertising matter, sam
ple copies of various publications anil
circulars In anticipation of the annual
weighing of the malls to ascertain the
dally average for the yearly contracts
with various Southern railroads.
Inasmuch as these reports creep
out almost annually, the department
started an Investigation, first ascer
taining that there had been no fraud of
this kind perpetrated, and finally trac
ing the authorship of the false report
to an Atlanta newspaper correspond
ent, who. when seen by tho Inspector,
admitted that he had overdrawn from
the Information given him and could
not substantiate hls claims.
ROOSEVELT SOUNDS
RACE SUICIDE ALARM
Takes Exceptions to an Ar
ticle in Review of
Reviews.
New York, May 1.—President Roose
velt has renewed hls expressions on
race suicide In a letter to the editor of
Review of Reviews because of an ar
ticle, “The Doctor and the, Public
School."
"This writer states clearly,” says
President Roosevelt, "that It Is an er
roneous Idea to assume that the av
erage family should have a larger num
ber of healthy children than the pres
ent birth rate showed. The vital sta- ' •
tlstlcs of a state’ like Masaachusetta-|1
show that there the average native .
American family of native American ,
descent has so few children that the '
birth rate has fallen below the death •'
rate. This, of course, means race sui
cide and it ought to be understood that
If after awhile there are no children i
to go to school, the question of their I
GROVE SCHOOL
PLANS CONCERT
At the E. W. Grove School, In West !
Atlanta Perk, the pupils and their j '
friends will give a concert next Mon- '.
day night which promises to be beyond
the ordinary, A small admission'fee
will be charged and the funds will go to
the library which the school U estab
lishing.
WILL INVESTIGATE
SEISMIC PHENOMENA ,
Seattle, Wash, May 1.—The world's .
knowledge of earthquakes, volcanoes >
and similar phenomena will be vastly
Increased by the work of a scientific ex
pedition which left here today for
Alaska. The expedition was headed by
Professor T. A. Jargar, Jr, of the Mass,
achusetts Technological Institute.
Celebrate Anniversary.
Special to The Georgian.
Monroe, Oa, May 1.—The eighty-
eighth anniversary of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellowa waa celebrated
by the lodge at this place Friday night. .
Speeches were made by Representative
Hal G. Howell. Colonel Clifford Walker, i
ex-Judge Ben J. Edwards and others.
Light refreshments were served.
WE LEAD
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that our policy la sound.
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Stands for quality and quality aavea money. Use AS
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vestment la secure. "You can put it on."
ATLANTA SUPPLY CO.,
MANUFACTURERS,
29-31 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ga.
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