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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, JUNE T, 18CT.
REASONS AGAINST
ANNEXATION PLAN
Suburb Sets Forth Strong
Statement Showing
Objections.
FACTORIES PROTEST
AGAINST EXTENSION
OF ATLANTA LIMITS
Say City Taxes Would Pre-
f.Mjvaut Any Growth in
Industry.
When the committee of ten on city
extension met in the council chumber
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, It was
confronted by a petition and a protent
from many of the leading manufactur
ing enterprises of Atlanta, and by of
ficials of these great factories.
Representing the petitioners was
Captain W. D. Bills and W. D. Ellis,
Jr., of the Arm of Ellis, Wlinblsh & El
11*. The following firms signed the pe
tit ion:
Miller Union Stock* Yards, Spnldlng-
May Foundry and Machine Company,
E. Van Winkle Gin and Muchlne
Works. Southern Hoofing Company,
Exposition Cotton Mills, Palmer llrtck
Company, Atlanta Steel Hoop Com
pony, Atlanta Agricultural Works, At
lanta Car Wheel and Manufacturing
Company, Harper-Weathers-Calllcntt
Horae and Mule Company. W. C. Aber.
cromble Mule Company, American
Chemical and Mining Company. Harper
Hrothars and <>. A. Smith Hoofing and
Contracting Company. /
"A abort while back," staled J. D.
Turner, president of the Exposition
Cotton Mills, "n man came to me with
4*00,009, with which he said he wished
to build a new cotton factory neur that
of the Exposition mills.
Would Abandon Plant.
"In a day or twu, he came back ami
: told me he bad to abandon tbe project
1 because be understood the city was go-
| lug to extend the limits nut there. That
, factory Is now being built In Bouth
i Carolina.
! "When the competition Is as llerce as
i It it now In the manufacture of cot
j ton goods, the difference between cltj
; tax and no city tax means a great deal
Force us Into the city limits, and make
us pay city taxes and we cannot com-
■ pete with factories in other cities which
do not have these taxes to pay."
J. Carroll Payne, a stockholder In the
Atlanta Steel Hoop Company, spoke
•long the same line.
Went Elsewhere.
“A man came down here, who wished
to erect a hardwood factory near the
Exposition Cotton mills, where at least
100 hands would be employed, at an
average wage of more than 13 a day.
He abandoned the project and went
elsewhere because he feared the city
was going to take that section wllltln
the limits," he said.
"Despite the fact that Birmingham
offered ua more advantages than At
lanta for tbe erection of the plant of
the Atlanta Steel Hoop Company,
where more than 6*0 men are how em
ployed, and despite the fact that the
railroad facilities were, better we. us
Atlanta men and for the pure love of
the city, decided to build our plant
here and bought a lot outside the city
limits.
"Put a tax on us. without showing us
wa will derive In return, and It will be
a severe burden. We are now contem-
! plating the addition of a blast furnace,
; which will coat 1100,000. if you take
the plant within the city limits. It will
be built in Birmingham as sore as
fatt."
A Manufacturing District.
Other manufacturers spoke along
tbe gams line. Captain W. I). Kills
spokt in a general way on the snbject.
explaining how the annexation of these
manufacturing establishments would
. seriously harm them, without giving
^them anything In return, and would
^mally work harm to the city.
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STONE MT. SCHOOL
CLOSES SESSION
Special to The Heorglan.
Htone Mountain, On., June 7.—After ooo
of tbe moat successful years In the htatorjr
of the school, the achool for boys at Btoiio
Mountain closed June 1. Many of those
flulslilntf the fourth-year work expect to on*
ter Georgia. Teeb, Mereer and Emory thta
fall. Tbe alniuul of !’. H. II. nt these va
rious Instltntloiis rank high not only lu
scholarship luit also In athletics.
The two IsAtln medals were won by Tom
h\ lira ml and Hamilton Hatch, both of Au*
f ustu. The debating medal was wou by
'oolo Smith, of Columbus, kilos.
TROLLEY WIRE FALLS
ON WEST END LINE
A falling trolley wire In West End, at
Gordon und Culberson streets, at uoou Erl*
day, atopped all Incoming ears for two
hours. The wire fell for the length of the
block, end before It wss repaired s doten
outgoing cars had been blocked ou tbe Hue.
ROYAL SPANIARD
IS UNDER ARREST
Proclaiming that royal blood flows In hie
veins, John fcTnnar, a Spaniard, was taken
to the police station Friday afttrnooh and
locked In a dungeon, after going on a ram*
page at bis boarding house and viciously
lighting Policemen Coker and Bynum. Aft
er IH»lng placed In the dungeon, tbe Span*
bird raved and screamed Ilka a craay man.
A abort while later J. M. Watson, a young
man, was arreated near the Kimball house
tiy Policemen Taylor and Harper on com
plaint of l>. O. White, who conduct* a
boarding bonne In Gilmer afreet, tbe charge
being tunt Watson was Impersonating au
officer.
According to White, young Watson en
gaged board at bis house and stated that be
was a Pinkerton detective shadowing Fin*
ner. He Is Mid to have stated that Fin*
tier la wonted for embeaalement and that
he desired to watch him before arresting
him.
Watson denies he la a detective and also
dentes he Impersonated an officer. The
cases will bo tried Hat unlay morning.
GRAND JURY INDICTS
GENT. FREIGHT AGENT
Toledo, Ohio. June 7,—\V. H. Ben
nett. general freight agent and man
ager Ann Arbor railroad, baa been In
dicted on twenty-tliree count, for re
bating. He I, liable to • fine of $4*0,000.
Busy Week in Court.
In the criminal division of the city
Court the wheels of Justice have been
turning with unusual rapidity during
the paat five days and Judge Calhoun
Friday cloeed a very busy week. A
total of ninety cases have been tried
and disposed of during the week, mak
ing a total of an average of etflteen
caaea per day.
In the absence of Solicitor Arnold.
Aeslstant Solicitor Hynda has been ably
assisted In the prosecution of the cases
by Colonel Robert K. Shropshire.
It is possible that the committee will
i amend Its original plans that the
property alorg the line and adjacent
to the Southern Belt I.lne, In Cooka
district, northwest of Atlanta, and
where all the petitioning factories arc
located, will be set aside as a manu
facturing district, and will not be taken
No action wax taken by tha commit* Into the limits.
Another protest against tha proposed
annexation of Bfookwood to Atlanta
waa made to tha executive commlttea
of ten, which met In the council cham
ber Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Attorney Lee Douglas repreaented the
cltlxena of Brookwood, who, he said,
were unanimous, with the exception of
but one person. In their opposition to
the annexation. He read and submit
ted the report of the committee of three
appointed to look Into the matter, and
which set forth the reasons for tha pro
test of the cltlxens of Brookwood.
Following Is th<
To the Oentlemen
Ten:
In response to your Invitation, env
bodied In the Howell resolution passed
by your honorable body, we, as a com
mlttee of three, representing the cltl
sens of Brookwood, beg to say;
First. That at a meeting of the cltl-
xena of Brookwood a teat vote was put
and a resolution unanimously passed
opposing annexation. Tha reason*
which actuate thla opposition are main
ly aa follows:
here Is no engtn.
expect
ed In time of fire nearer then two miles,
and, notwlthstandlrg the Eighth ward
haa been added to the north aide ot the
city for nearly three yeara, no tangible
steps have been taken to place an en
glne house further north.
Need More 8chools-
(b) That the urgent need of achool
bulldlnge. In number and coat grearty
In excels of the funds now available,
or that may be depended on within a
reasonably early date, In portions of
the preeent city where the population
Is dense, renders It highly Improbable
that the city could give to the territory
In which we live proper achool faclll
Ilea for eeveral years.
(c) That the police service wlrhli.
tha present city limits Is Inadequate to
the safety of tha city and that repeated
efforta to enlarge the force hove failed
becauae of the Inability or unwllling-
neas of the council to provide tho ap
propriation. make It clear that In eur
vicinity (which averages more than
three miles from the center of the city)
police protection could not be depended
on.
(d) Because the benefits of such an
nexation will not be reciprocal. We, at
our private expense, have laid pipes,
both water and sewer; we are paying
tho city, under contlnct, double the
ralea paid by the people of the city; the
price wo pay Is approximately mere
than four times whut It costs the city
to furnish tho water, and It Is, there
fore, a paying transaction to the city.
This contract was made deliberately by
the city, based upon valuable consider
ation, and can not be broken by law,
und should not be broken In moral*.
Compulsory Annexation.
(e) We do not believe that the city
should, by the weight ot numbers and
preponderance of Influence In the legle.
lature. Insist upon compulsory annexa
tion against the unanlmoue wish of
those moet vitally concerned. This
committee Is confident that It the pro
posed amendatory act enlarging the
city llmlta contain* aa a conditional
precedent a clause requiring that It be
ratlfled by the city by popular vote, and
In Ilka manner ratlfled by the people
annexed by popular vote, annexation
would not prevail. And thla committee
Is equally confident- that the proposed
annexation could net be carried by
popular vote In the city of Atlanta.
(t) Thla commutes believes the peo
ple of the city of Atlanta do not want
to acquire territory by conquest. The
Pomeroy resolutions under which the
committee of ten Is now acting, pro
vides that:
"It Is not only fair to all partlea con
cerned, but for their beet Interest* that
both cltliena and manufacturers out
side the eity limits should be consulted
and advised with before Anal action be
taken.”
This committee beltevea that the
maxim that "ruler* govern by the con
sent of the governed" applies uniformly
throughout a republic. We believe the
contrary will not be contended for In
favor of a municipality, nor do we
think that a maxim to Just and wisa
should ba conceded to a campaign of
prejudice. Both the cities of Macon
and Savannah are now preparing for
the enlargement c( their corpor&to
boundaries and both these cities ere
providing that the legislative act which
they seek shell provide for the ratifi
cation by ballot of both the city and
tha communities (ought to be included,
before the act shall be effective. This
Is all we ask on behalf ot Brookwood.
Enormous Investment.
(g) We furthef oppose annexation
because tha proposed enlargement ot
the city boundaries would require enor-
mous Investments to put Improvements
In the new territory. Improvement*
which the population of the new terri
tory does not Justify and which It* tax
returns do not warrant. We should
not be brought In "for revenue only,"
that we may be taxed to develop va
cant real estate ot speculators.
<h) The total population of the
Brookwood territory la less than >50
people. Tha advocates of the extension
can not seriously Insist that our section
Is sought for to swell the census. All,
or nearly all. of the cltlxens of Brook
wood ere tax-payers In the city of At
lanta, and therefore are as deeply con
cerned In the question of extension
from the city’s standpoint as those who
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JACOBS’ PHARMACY
rssltl* In the city limits, ami consldyed
In this light we oppose extension upon
the following grounds:
1. Between three end five thousand
children are now spending the school
hours of the day In discomfort, many
In actual peril of health, for lack of
proper school buildings. It le estimated
by thoae In authority that to properly
provide school buildings now urgently
needed by the present city, the sum of
>340,000 Is required.
>. Because the macadam and chert
paving now seriously needed according
to the authorities, within the present
city, Is In rouad figures $>90,0*0.
Need New Waterworks.
3. Because the amount needed to
properly equip waterworks for the
present etty and to extend the trunk
sewers to the present city limits, over
and above the amount provided by the
recent bond election, le estimated at
>>00.000.
4. Because, as Is shown by the fore
going. the acute demand for improve
ments upon the preeent city Is, In round
figures, about 11.000.0*0 In excess of the
present avsllabte funds that the tax
payers should b* made to bear. If, to
this deficiency ba added the cost of
trunk sewers, achool building and main
tenance. fire department houae. lights,
police and water mains through the
area which It la proposed to annex, then
much more than another million muet
be appropriated within the first fiscal
year following annexation. In ihle
calculation the boulevard* to connect
with Decatur, which wa learn have
been openly, or tacitly, promised to that
suburb, have not been taken Into ac
count. Nor have we taken Into account
that large number of Important streets,
ao familiar to all, located In all parte of
the present city, where the mire Is knee
deep through the rainy monthi of the
winter. We believe that health, clean
liness and comfort are preferable to
over-etralned taxation and Inflated cen
sue reports.
It te true beyond possible contradlC'
Hon, that tf the proposed extension of
city limits Is made, that the schools,
sanitary facilities and water supply will
suffer neglect, or else the rate of tax'
ol Ion be greatly Increosed. Respect'
* Ull> ’ CHARLES R. WINSHIP,
W. F. WINECOFF,
E. L. DOUGLAS,
Commute#.
8UPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Augusta Circuit.
II. H. Harley v. Riverside Mills, from
Richmond. Submitted.
Fannie Culbreath v. Robert Martin,
from Richmond. Submitted.
Leonard Phlnlsy v. W. E. Bush, front
Richmond. Argued.
L. R. Dugas v. E. C. Hammond and
vice versa, from Richmond. Submit
ted.
Dora Lyons v. L. L. Winter, from
Richmond. Submitted.
Eastern Circuit.
S. T. Hollsendorff v. W. J. DeRenno,
from Chatham. Argued.
F. F. Wheeler v. Fidelity and Cas
ualty Co., from Chatham. Argued.
Atlantic Circuit.
R. P. Zlpperer v. Seaboard Air I.lne
Railway, from Effingham. Submitted.
Macen Circuit
Z. T. Harris v. Southern Railway Co.,
from Crawford. Argued.
T. J. Moran v. Bank of Forsyth et al.
from Crawford. Argued.
GEORGIA PARTIES .
LEAVE FOR EXPO.
Governor Terrell and hie staff wilt
leave Atlanta Friday night at t o'clock
for Jamestown In one of the finest
special trains ever sent out of Atlanta
over the Seaboard Air Line railroad,
The Fifth regiment will leave Atlanta
Saturday In a special train of two sec
tions. one leaving at 11:10 o’clock and
the other at 1 o'clock. One section
will have five day coaches, a Pullman
and baggave car, while the other will
have six coachet, a Pullman and bag'
gage car.
Another special train will leave on
Saturday at noon, cnrrylng the city
council, the Chamber of Commerce and
the drum corps of the fire department.
BOSTONIANS DON’T WANT
BOOKER T. AS TRUSTEE
AUCTION BY SANDERS &
CONIVA Y SA TURDA Y,3 P. M.
Bo*ton. June 7.—Drawing the color line
In education haa reached the climax here
with the protesta agalnat the Howard Uni
versity, a negro achool which haa an Indus*
trial department and la supported largely
by Federal appropriation.
The Suffrage League, nn organization
mprlslng many of the mo*t prominent
en of Bouton, today notified Booker T.
RESCUING SMALL CHILDREN
FROM 8LUM8 IN CITY
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
iftiftta, Gn„ June 7.—Tbe Balvatton Ar-
officer* lu thla city hsv** commenced a
.tile agnlnat young white boy* and girl*
d allowed to grow up In the tenderloin
district of the city, and recently two ha
beas corpus proceetiing* hare Iwen held for
the purpose of taking children from alleged
lionise* of questionable fume. Ordinary Wal-
gou nwimlsNl Konelle Vanderer. flit* 2-ycnr*
•1*1 child of Mr*. Vic Vanderer. to the As-
nictated Charities. A* the (Stolvuthm Army
I* not a chartered Institution In th’s state
ft net* ns nn agency for the Associated
Charities. Jack Hill, a little white boy.
Just S years of*ago. has also been awarded
to the Associated Charities an>l both chil
dren will be sent to the Decatur Orphans’
UottMb
A splendid opportunity for home or
Investment seekers to buy rent-paying
property will be offered Saturday,
June 8, at I p. ra., by Sanders & Con
way, the well-known real estate agents,
who have offices at 412 Peters build
ing.
Messrs. Sanders & Conway announce
that they will sell at auction, to the
highest bidder, eight houses and twelve
lots, corner of Simpson street and Sun
set avenue, all built of the very best
material, and with flrst-class modern
Improvements, and occupying an emi
nence overlooking the entire western
half of the city.
This property can be reached by
either the Magnolia street or River car.
It Is also announced that $50 In gold
will be given away after the sate.
J. W. Ferguson, the popular auc
tioneer, will be In charge, and with the
many desirable features of this prop
erty, either for homes or Investment,
there will no doubt be a large crowd
and spirited bidding.
GENERAL WHEELER’S GRA VE
TO BE DECORA TED SC/ND A 1
Washington. June 7.—Because of the
fact that at the time ot his death he
was a brigadier-general in the United
States army, against which he so gal
lantly fought In the civil war, the ad
visability of decorating the grave of
General Joseph Wheeler was questioned
last night when the Confederate Veter
ans* Association met to make arrange
ments for the memorial services next
Sunday at Arlington.
Those opposed to the tribute to the
gallant soldier, however, numbered hut
five. Among those who talked In favor
of decorating the grave wa* Captain
J. T. Callaghan, who remarked that,
"although buried among strangers, we
owe him some deference for the time
he spent with us.”
Among those to be present who are
prominent In the order are Mr*. Lfixle
George Henderson, of Mississippi, pres
ident-general of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy; Mra. William J-
Behan, president of the Confederate
Memorial Asaoclilon, and Mrs. Maggie
Davl* Hayes, of Colorado Springs.
Colo., daughter of Jefferson Davis,
president or the Confederacy.
Rural Letter Carriers.
Washington, June 7.—The following
appointments have been made In the
rural letter carrier force:
Georgia, at Beachton, Arthur C.
Dickey, route 2, with Joseph M. Cos-
telbery as substitute/ Route 2, Larry
B. Andrews, carrier, and William E.
Hall, substitute. Servlet to begin
June 17.
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