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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
vrnnxnsnAT, june 12. wr.
MOOREFIELD STATES
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Suit Filed Aeainst Cashier
of Fidelity Mutual
Life Company.
Charging that the caahler of Ita At
lanta office, Dorsey E. Moorefleld, haa
failed to account for I4.00S.02 of Ita
funda, the Fidelity Mutual Life Inaur-
ance Company of Pennaylvanla Tuea*
day afternoon (lied ault again.i hla
bondsmen, M. L. Thrower and N. F.
Jackson, for 11,500, the amount of the
cashier's bond.
Mr. Moorefleld la In Athens tVednes
day. but will return to Atlanta Wed
nesday night. He was reached by tel
•phone, and said:
"I have a voucher for every cent
the money Involved. It was paid
■ub-agents of the company by me on
the authority of Nat F. Jackson, the
state agent.
“Robert Steele, the company's audl
tor, stated to me, regarding this mat
ter, that he was satisfied that no moral
turpitude was Involved. The matter
will be straightened satisfactorily."
The company alleges that renewal
receipts for premiums were forwarded
to the cashier one month before they
fell due and that he was directed
forward weekly reports upon collec
tlons made. Instead of following In
atructlons, claims the company, the
cashier promptly collected the sums
and failed to make any report of It.
They charge further that the money
has been due for several months and
that the suit Is filed as a result of the
failure of the bondsmen to make good
the amount of the bond.
The ault was died through Attorneys
Smith, Hammond and Smith. Attorney
. Robert C. Alston, of the firm of Me.
Daniel, Alston & Slack, has been em
yed by Mr. Moorefleld to
Interests In the matter.
WILL GET A PARDON,
HER FRIENDS BELIEVE
Gov.Vardaman Grants
Stay of Sentence
Thirty Days.
STEEL TRUST MAY
ill
1|UUU|
New Tork. June 12.—Financial In
tereata have heard with surprise that
the officials of the United Staten Steel
Corporation have determined to re
model all their old steel rail plants, and
that the profits of the stockholders will
be cut off to meet the expenditure of
2100,000,000 that wilt be necessary to
put the plants In condition to turn out
the class of steel rails required for
carrying the modern rapid running,
heavy trains used by the railroads.
SAVANNAH IROLLEY
WANTS MORE TIME
Within a few hours after Comptroller
General William A. Wright made pub
lie hla assessment of the Savannah
Electric Company, he received a long
distance telephone request from Wll
llamtA. Osborn, attorney of the compa
ny, to hold up the ultimatum until Mr.
Osborn could arrive In Atlanta and
consult with him.
Comptroller Wright has agreed to do
: so, and Mr. Osborn will be In Atlanta
Wednesday to confer about the mat'
Iter. The Savannah company was In'
i creased from 21,170,000 to 22,120,000.
j Similar requests may come from other
i companies heavily increased.
; Tuesday morning Comptroller Wr _
I Increased the returns of the gaa com
panies In Savannah and Augusta, and
accepted returns from the Macon and
I Columbus companies. The Savannah
I Gas Company was Increased from
I 2416.215 to 2670,000. a raise of 2153.665.
i The Augusta Gaa Light Company
, made returns of 2280,136, and the
! comptroller assessed It at 2300,000, un
! Increase of 318.862.
COTTON CROP BAD.
Washington, June 11.—"All the way
' to Washington from my home In Ala
I bama, I noticed that the cotton crop
' Is In a bad condition,” said F. O. Walsh,
| a master mechanic on the Atlanta and
, West Point railroad. Mr. Walsh lives
at Montgomery.
“In fact, l think the losses to the
crop can not fall to be enormoua.” ho
continued. "The cold weather has kept
planting back and in many places haa
: almost destroyed the plants. The loss-
! es may run up Into the millions, 1 am
told."
EFFORT TO SAVE
CONDEMNED MAN
Attorney Twiggs, of Savannah, made
an appeal for commutation of the death
sentence of Willie Rogers, of Chatham
county, before the prison commission
Tuesday.
Rogers was convicted In October,
1806, of killing his wife. The case went
to the supreme court, where It was af
firmed. The plea for commutation Is
based on the 'ground that Rogers Is of
a very low order of Intellect and mor
als. and that his wife was a disreputa
ble character. He Is sentenced to be
hanged June 20.
Gobblers to Meet.
The Ancient' Order of Gobblers will
meet Wednesday night at 3 o'clock In
the Knights of Columbus hall, in the
Austell building. Initiations and a gen
eral good time are promised. A com
mittee will be named to arrange for a
r uuct at the next meeting.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., June 12.—It Is an
nounced that Governor Vardaman will
grant a pardon to Mrs. Angle Birdsong,
although she was convicted of killing
Dr. Thomas Butler at Montlcello. and
the state supreme court affirmed the
sentence of the lower court, which or
dered Mrs. Birdsong to the penitentiary
for five years.
Immediately after the decision of the
court yesterday, Governor Vardaman
granted Mrs. Birdsong's respite, which
will act as a stay for thirty days, in
which time she can arrange and have
published her petition for pardon as the
law requires.
Mrs. Birdsong left yesterday evening
for her home at Mendenhall. Already
numerous petitions are being circulated
In her behalf.
Chief Justice Whitfield delivered the
decision, which was participated In by
Assistant Justice Mayer, Associate Jus
tice Calhoun dissenting.
Mrs. Birdsong killed Dr. Butler In his
omce. She claimed she went there to
make him retract statements that he
had been Intimate with her. Bhe says
that while In the office Dr. Butler at
tempted to criminally assault her and
she shot him. Mrs. Birdsong Is a niece
of United States Senator McLaurln.
MRS. ANGIE BIRDSONG.
NICARA GUAN SOLDIERS
INVADING SALVADOR
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City of Mexico, June 12.—Assisted carry one thousand troops.
by Salvador revolutionists a force of
Nicaraguan troops has begun an. Inva
sion of Salvador and yesterday after
noon captured the port of Acajutla.
They were under the command of Gen.
eral Manuel Rivas and came on the
gunboat Momotombo.
Dr. Manuel Elgado, minister to Mexi
co from Salvador, received a dispatch
yesterday from President Flqueroa, of
Salvador, containing the Information.
Aoajutla Important Port.
Acajutla Is the most Important sea
port of Salvador, where all of the Pa
cific liners mnke regular calls.
It was but poorly defended and the
Nicaraguans und Salvadorean revolu
tionists landed with ease. It Is In di
rect rail communication with the capi
tal of the republic, to or from which
iolnt can be conveyed In six hours. It
i not known how strong was the In
vading force, but the gunboat could
Another Battle Expected.
The nearest town In which was gar
risoned a large force of Salvadorean
troops Is Sonsonate, about forty-five
minutes by rail on the Salvadorean
railroad. It Is believed that Salvado
rean troops have been rushed to the
captured port and that a second battle
has already been fought, though Min
ister Delgado has received no word of
such action.
Nicaragua Is Better Equipped.
The standing nrmy of Salvador In
time of peace Is between two thousand
and three thousand, but a much larger
number have been kept on n war foot
ing since the outbreak of hostilities.
It Is said thnt the republic can put
80,000 men In the Held.
Nicaragua Is much better oqulpned
In arms and men and has a navy of
six gunboats, which will put the Sal
vadorean and Gautemalan ports at her
mercy, neither of the latter countries
possessing gunboats.
A TLANTA DREWHEA VILY
ON INSURANCE POLICIES
Atlanta beneficiaries collected close
to a million dollars from life Insurance
companies In 1906, according to reports
published by The Insurance Press. The
exact figures were $961,012,'. and the
biggest claim of all was paid to Wil
liam E. Britt, who held a policy for
325,000.
Georgia’s claims on llfo Insurance
companies during the year reached a
high figure. The report shows that
34.687,234 was paid to beneficiaries In
this state.
The report gives many details of pay
ments on life policies. The aggregate
rnyments In the United States were no
ess than 3327,676.199, and this In spite
of the “slump" In life Insurance fol
lowing the scandals which Involved n
number of big companies.
The payments In several cities of this
section will prove of Interest. They
are:
In Southern Cities.
Atlanta, 3961,013.
Savannah, 3407,110.
Charleston, 3416,673.
Augusta, 3369,009.
Birmingham, 3303,200.
Macon, 3250,462.
Chattanooga, 3203,541.
Among the Southern states the fol
lowing figures are given:
Georgia, 34.597.234.
Alabama, 33,451,374.
South Carolina. 32.381,993.
Tennessee, 33,691,485.
Big Georgia Claims.
The claims amounting lo 310,000 or
more, paid to Georgia claimants, are
given as follows:
Atlanta—William E. Britt, 323.000;
Hunter P. Cooper, 317,809; Edward
Quincy Everett, 310,000; Charles D,
Hart, 312.000: Joseph M. High. 351.269;
Morris Hlrach, 348,265; Joseph B.
Whitehead. 310,000.
Augusta—Samuel W. Mays, Jr., 310.-
000; Patrick D. llorkan, 383,000.
Bibb County—William S. Lowe, $20,-
000.
Blltch—William II. Blltch. 321.540.
Bullards—William A. O’Danlet, 310,
000.
Cedarton—Richard A. Adams. 318,000.
Chtpley—T. T. Munsh, 310,000.
Cuthbert—William E. Baldwin, 312,-
000.
Dalton—Joseph W. Barrett. 320,000.
Oroveland—J. G. Moors, 315,000.
Jackson—Merritt Van McKIbbon,
310.000.
Jewell—Wylds L. L. Bowen, 330,723.
Macon—Buford M. Davis, 328.000;
Charles H. Hall. 315.177; Martin New
man. 310,000.
Moultrie—William S. Ashburn, 325,-
227.
Nelson—Harry Dewar. 322.020.
Quitman—Francis J. Spain, 520,000.
Rome—Halsted Smith. 314,000.
Savannah—Charles 8. Ilydo, 325,000;
Gardner E. Dickinson. 324,750. Robert
Erwin, 345.000; Samuel Meinard,
310,000; I-axaru. Mohr, 311.135: Henry
Schroder. 311,500; Samuel Welnhard,
310,313: J. R. Young. 350,000.
Tennllle—Robert J. Mnye, 310,202.
Wadley—Bernard L. Humphrey, 311,-
636.
Summary of Insurance,
Summarization of life Insurance pay.
ments of nil kinds In 1906 would give
the following;
Clalrna paid In United
States, U. 8. possessions
and Canada $327,576,199
Payments to foreign policy
holders, annuitants for
dividends and for sur
render values (esti
mated) 120,000,000
Grand total $447,676,199
The exhibit Is noteworthy, consider
ing the disturbance In life Insurance
last year. Although the regular com
panies were affected In new business
by the agitation for reform In methods
of administration, they went right
along maintaining stability and pay
ing claims, each policyholder or bene
ficiary receiving every dollar due under
the terms of a policy-contract.
A regrettable effect of the agitation
was the discontinuance of Insurance
by timid, Ignorant or Impulsive policy
holders. The amount of the Insurance
protection withdrawn on account of the
agitation will never be known, but
there are indications that policies for
hundreds of millions of dollars were
sacrificed. They were needlessly sacri
ficed, because nothing occurred to war
rant the exhibition of lack of confidence
In the ability of the companies to meet
their contracts.
Many Lapsed Policies.
During the year 31 regular compa
nies reported more than 343,000 lapsed
policies for more than $623,800,000 of
ordinary . Insurance. Estimating the
death rate at l per cent, more than
3.400 of those who withdrew protection
will die In 1907 within the year follow
ing the lapsntlon. If the policies be
not revived, the families of those who
lapsed their premium payments will
lose more than $5,200,000 within the
year. According to a similar calcula
tion foMhe companies referred to more
than 2,700 of those who withdrew pro
tection In 1905 died in 1906, and their
families lost more than $4,000,000.
Besides the reduction of Insurance
by Japsntton of premium payments,
protection was abandoned by the sur
render of policies, carried In many In
stances for several years. Ilow many
persons were Influenced by the nglta-
Mon to drop their policies for cash val
ues will never be known, but It Is a
matter of record In the Connecticut re
port that 96.757 policies for $207,873,-
099 of ordinary insurance were sur
rendered to 31 companies. Compara
tive figures in 1905 were 74,945 policies
for $172,779,198.
The amount of new ordinary Insur
ance Issued In 1906 by about 125 com
panies was $237,000,000 less than that
In 1905 und $320,000,000 less than that
in 1904.
Taking advantage of the exhibitions
of timidity and Ignorance by policy
holders who withdrew protection and
persons who failed to provide for de
pendents, many Irresponsible and
fraudulent Insurance organizations
sprang up and offered impossible ben
efits.
SAKS BRYAN CAN'T
BEATJOSEVEL
Senator Steed in Washing
ton Talks of Geor-
gia»
Washington, June 12.—State Senator
E. T. Steed, of Carroll county, Georgia,
la In Washington.
“Our legislature meets on the 26th of
this month," said Mr. Steed, "and three
daya later Hoke Smith will be inaugu'
rated governor.
“Paaeea within the atata will be abol
ished, and the passenger rate will be
reduced from 3 to 2 cents a mile.
“There Is no talk of making a pres!
dentlal candidate pf Mr. Smith, and
though he might be willing to take iec.
ond place on the ticket, I doubt wheth
er he Is aspiring for first place.
“Bryan Is the one man, as Georgians
view It, who can beat nny Bepubltcan
In the country, with the possible ex
ception of the man now In the white
house."
THREE ARE INJURED
IN FREIGHT WRECK
Orchard Hill Scene of Disas
ter on the Central of
Georgia Road.
Special to The Georgian.
Griffin, Ga., June 12.—At Orchard
Hill, south of here, southbbund freight
train No. 96, on the Central of Geor
gla, was wrecked yesterday afternoon,
The Injured are:
Eugene Atkinson, badly bruised.
White fireman, seriously Injured, may
die.
Conductor Bridges, arm broken and
other Injuries, will recover.
Engineer and fireman probably es
raped death by Jumping, but fears are
entertained regarding the recovery of
the latter.
The train ran Into an open place In
the track, half mile north of Orchard
Hill, where a construction gang were
at work, It Is reported.
NEGROES CALLED UPON
TO PREPARE TO VOTE
a meeting held Tuesday afternoon l»y
the Ministers' Union of the African Meth
odist Episcopal church, at Big Bethel,
lotions wero adopted unanimously, calling
upon every uegro voter to register nt once
nml pay his poll tnx, to qualify himself to
vote against any measure which might dis
franchise the race. The resolutions follow:
’.‘Ilnvlug been stripped of our civil and
political rights, and untold persecution aud
proscriptions having been neaped upon us
race, we are still threaten'd with n
more serious problem tliut means our ha
initiation ond disgrace.
“The Inauguration of the Hoke Smith
administration will begin the movement to
itichlse every negro In Georgia. As
tax payers and citizens of this state, nud
representatives and leaders of a part
people, wo can not alt supinely liy 1 .
... >w tula malicious and deliberate attempt
to dlsmnntlo us of our God-glvcn nud man
hood rights without our protest.
“Be it understood, we are not opposed to
fair election laws and a qualification for
uters nud eliminating of Ignorant
nters fro is tue. polls, but we do favor fair
lection laws for all citizens.
“Therefore, In order thnt we may In
ffcctlve wny present our rnuse to the pi
pie wo call u|K>n every nilulster or public
speaker, orator or writer, to urge every
negro voter to register nt once nml pny
his tnx thnt he may qualify htinself ns a
rltlsen nud voter to cast his ballot ngniust
the ratification of nny measure that may
be submitted to the .people for the dis
franchisement of the race.
••\Ve further call upon every minister,
sponker and orator that ns n prelude ta
every sermon or address, thnt he bring
ibis Important question aud Imperative du:
l*efore the people.
“Signed: John Harmon. .T. 8. Fllnper,
W. f\ Fountain. J. T. Wllkerson, J. B.
Eptoii. 1'. G. Simmons, J. It. Fleming, J.
I>. Bender.”
NEW ENTERPRISE
COMES TO ATLANTA
A new Industry to be known na the
Shull-Moran Company and which will
engage In the lumber, coal and building
material bu.lneen, haa recently been
organlxed In Atlanta and has died ap
plication for a charter. The company
Is composed of John Shull, president;
J. H. Moran, vice president, and Harry
A. Shull, secretary and treasurer. The
amount of capital stock Is $60,900 and
the company has already secured of-
tlees and yards on Decatur etreet.
PACKERS EXPECTING
TEAMSTER STRIKE
Another Department
Sale Silks and DrSss
Goods Thursday
Ysur nseds, combined with the opportunity ws previds,
will full-chargs the Dress Goods and Silks aisles Thursday.
You and this department will be good comrades.
Because it is brihgihg within easy reach many things—
summer suited weaves that .you want and really nesd.
You would never hav? had a chance to buy any of thsm
at the prices ws hav? sst upon them w?re it net for the modem
methods that enable us, as great retailers, to distribute vast lots.
k 79c
*lain Black Silk Nets; a 1.25 quality; 45
inches wide; perfect goods ....
us, or
the
price
^Iain Black Frehch Voile, imported direct by
wsuld be even mQre than 1.50 a yard; Ar 1 IQ
48 inches Wide fll 1 • 1 ✓
48 inches wide
75c, 85c and 90c White Cettsn Nets in a great
range ef designs for Waists and Dresses
At 60c
1.35 Black Taffeta, and a splendid quality of it, at the old
price; one of the things in which we foresaw an advance and
bsught liberally of; 36 inches wide; 1.35
quality
36 ihch wide natural Jap Silks; 69c
Silks .
85c 36 ihch wide natural Jap
Silk
.15 36 ihch wide hatural Jap
Silk ......
k 1.15
At 55c
k 69c
At 85c
ATRICK BOWERS
DIES AT ROYSTOX
Special to The Georgian.
Royston, Ga., June 12.—-Patrick II.
Bower*, one of the be*t-known men In
northwwt Georgia and one of the
earlieat settlers of Royston. died short
ly after midnight la*t night from u
lingering lllne**
a wife and two eon*. William D. and
Sam Bowers. The funeral will be held
this afternoon at the Baptist church
and the burial wll! be with Masonic
honors.
Chief Assassinated.
Askabad, Trans-Caspla, June 12.—
General riyanlne, chief of the Central
Asia railroad, was assassinated here
yesterday. HI* murderers wore the unl-
He was ubout 57 * ears old and leaves form of soldiers. They escaped.
f
Chicago. June 12.—Active prepara
tions by the packers in the expecta
tion of trouble and a last move on the
part of the teamsters to enforce their
demands has given the threatened
strike of drivers at the stock yards a
serious turn. '
The recruiting of strike-breakers
the first ominous sign of labor troubles
generally—was begun in various cities.
The central body of teamsters de
cided at a meeting last night to take
a hand In the situation and back the
packing house drivers. The positions
of the stock yards local was unani
mously Indorsed.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Macon Circuit.
Central of Georgta Railway Com
pany v. Griggs. Argument concluded.
Mr*. E, C. Seifert* vf Western Union
Telegraph Company. Argued.
Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany v. Ray. Argued.
Mrs. L. 8. Hendley v. J. A. Adams.
Argued.
C. R. Hancock v. E. F. Tharpe et al.
Submitted.
Northern Circuit.
Henry Pearson v. T. N. Courson.
from Hancock. Submitted.
E. Hinton v. S. S. Brewer, from
Elbert. Submitted.
N. D. Harrison, administrator, v. M.
L. Harrison, from Hancock. Argued.
B^wen, Jewell & Company et al. v.
A. D. Adams, from Hancock. Argued.
75c hatural Jap Silks, 36
inches
Black Water Proof Silks, 23 inchss wide;
Four-ih-One Brand.” 50c quality
At
At
60c
39c
Fahey stripe FrShch Taffetas—goods bought for our Millihery
Dsyartmsnt. These Taffetas were 75c whsn the lins was
full. We vs marked all the remaining At 39c
piecss