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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. aooowcmoaooaaaaooaoDoaoaa o . o O 8ICK AND HUNGRY, 0 BOOK AGENT DIES O O IN STRANGE HOU8E. O 0 0 O Chlrngo, Juno 7.—The other O Q Hide of u "book agent Btory" was O O exemplified when Joseph Cunning- O O ham, a book canvn*ner, flecking In O O a hi range house a pint o to rest be- O O online of being tired, nick, hungry 0 0 und discouraged, died of heart dls- O O enae flt the home of Mr*. Elisabeth O Q Thoblnn, wbore be went to «o- 0 0 licit subscription for a religious O O publication. 0000000000000000000000^000 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 SPECIAL SATURDAY SALE Armour’s Beef Extract The 50c size for 35c Liquid Peptonoids 90c; 4 or more 75c Sticky Fly Paper, 25 Double Sheets 25c Distilled Extract Witch Hazel, Horlick’s Malted Milk— Small 34c Large . . *. . * 65c Hospital $2.65 Wood Alcohol: Pint* 20c Quarts 35c Oallon 85c Pine Olive Oil for table use—Allonzo Oil: 1-2 pints 40c 1 pint 75o 1 quart $1.10 Calomel and Soda Tablets, 100 for.... 25c Compound Cathartic Pills, 100 for.... 25c pints Compound Licorice Powder, 1-2 pound can 25c Harlem Oil 5c Pure Cream Tartar, pound. .. 40c Payne’s New Discovery, $1.00; 3 for $2.60 25c Liquozone, 40e; 4 or more 33 l-3c Liquozone, large, 80c; 4 or more.. 66 2-3o Peruna, 80c; 4 or more 66 2-3c Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, 40c; 4 or more r 33 l-3o Augberger Kidney and Liver Medicine 35c Dr. Palmer’s Pine Splinters, small, 35c; large 67c Jacobs’ Beef, Iron & Wine, 25c, 60c, $1.00 JapaLac It is a great reviver of old woodwork, as it covers up all marks, scratches, or disfigure ments, producing a brilliant and beautiful fin ish, and can be successfully applied by an in experienced person. 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With Each Syringe a Metal Hanger to Hold Tubing FREE f Glogau’s Alcohol Gas Stove, It manufactures its own gas, burning wickless, odorless and smokeless, consuming very little alcohol and pro ducing a powerful heat. It will heat faster than a gas stove; holds a vessel of 100 pounds. 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. UGGETT’S Saturday Candy, 29c pount box, at Brannen & Anthony’s