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THE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 10W. 5 Commission’s Report Shows Startling Facts on Crime. One of the meet startling featuree of annual report of the prison commleslon foot that more than M per cent of h, ronrlcte In the Georgia penitentiary are there for homicide or attempt to take human life. In the penitentiary for the year euilln* June 1 1907. there are MO aerrlng life ternia for murder, 105 for manelnughter, 267 for l.temnteil murder and 38 for unlawful !h£X« making the total 1.340. ‘"■The tot"” ln ' h ® penitentiary In ten yearn the ronrlcte for „lme« hare Increased only 10 per cent, whUe for homlddea and attempt* to take humnn life the Increaaa la 13 per cent. Attention la directed to the conatnntly teerraalna value of conrtct labor. Under (feub'ontract recently approved, the lnbor b wifh| t n ,S the P tweire U monthi ahown In the "et > hireI'nnd S Ml,W) , from atate farm"prod “the commlaalon aaka that Ita annual an- aroprlatlon ho Increaard from S1SS.000 (o liwlnoo. In order to meet lucreaied ei *"The*increaae In conrlcta over the preced. Inc year la 6.10 per cent. The youngeat tonrlet la 11 year* old, and the oldeet 81. There nre nine boya under elxteen yeara *• ’^fhero* are*7? women In the penitentiary, (re white and 73 colored. In occnratf- laborers lead lo numbers with 0K3. 7111 are 1.181 married convicts and l,283 alngle only reed nnd 063 nre totally Illiterate. Two are'aerrlng their twelfth terms'In the pen. Fulton has more repreaentalvea In the K nltentlary than any other count- it,,n county baa none. nr William Carroll Struck by Motor Car, and Chauf feur Is Arrested. Aa the result of being run over by an automobile Wednesday morning nt South Pryor and Wall streete, William A. Carroll, 70 years of age, of 811 Whitehall street, special agent for the LouIstIHo and Nash rule and Atlantic Coast Line railroads, ' Id the Orady Hospital seriously lnjured>aud may die. Tracy Mining, a young while man,. yeara old, the chatiffenr In chsrgo of tho machine, la being held In the police station without bond Carroll's lujc Joseph D. Rhodes, of tho Ilhodes-IIaverty Furnltura Co. Mrs. A. G. Ithodes, mother of Mr. Rhode*, was In tho machine nt the time of the accident. Mr. Carroll had tbr„ ..„ lured about tho head, and ad. Mr. Rhodes mads a thorough Investigation and states that the accident wee unavoid able. The chauffeur and witnesses state that tha macblna was going about frtnr or (re miles an hour and that young Mining wai sounding hla horn. Mr. Carroll did not notice the auto and stepped In front of It. A .freight train, wee ecroae Pryor street creeling nt the time and the chauffeur wee •lowing down to wilt until the train panned. Police Sergeant Foatcr had the Injured man liken to the hospital In an auto, after which the chauffeur woe locked up. Raisuli Holds Sultans Guard Tangier, July 3.—While negotiating wlih Ralsull, the bandit chief, upon the terms for hla surrender. General Sir Harry MucLean,-commander of the sul tan's body guard, was made a prisoner by the outlaw and will be held as a hostage pending the eultan'e pardon of Ralsull on hie own terms. General MacLean wae formerly an English of- Chicago, States TO PASS RATE LAW AN EXTRA SESSION MAY BE CALLED *W,‘« Th ® Georgian. Raleigh, N. c„ July I.—It la reported that Governor Olefin will call a special •Melon of the legislature to pass a 2 1-2 tali ,[ a l ''; ay Passenger rate bill, to take the place of the 2 1-4 rate law as » compromto. to end the suite now pending St Asheville In the United mates court. Governor Glenn li hla farm, In Rockingham county. -NO FRANKS ON EXPRESS CO.’S III, July 2.—The United government has aimed a blow I've of the biggest express compa- 2, ln th ® country. District Attorney m «. upon Instructions issued at ' aahlngton, appealed to the United from e ?i[ cu,t court ‘o restrain them Th„ , rther '‘“nance of franka. the „ ®?. v,rnm ® n ‘ seeks to stamp out thrnf,S. c< on ,ho Pa** ot companies which the officers and em- tV, .vP . cor P°ratlons are permitted fromi P tn * ot charge merchandise om one state to another. SUES RAILROADS TO RECOVER $65,000 ®P«lal to The Georgian. L,m.p , ^ C ” ba * FIa “ July *•—The Jackson h ™ b * r Company, operating at Lock- Loui«*?ii 11 h, ‘ flled »ult against the of OeSlL. ,n 5 Naahvllle, the Central Panle« r fi a an< * nln ® °*her railroad com- «m»e t° recover 145.000, alleged to be rates " a< ‘ count ot exceaalve freight STATE IS RESTRAINED FROM COLLECTING TAX ON GEORGIA RAILROAD Under a decree elgned Wednesday by Judge Newman, of the Federal court, the state of Georgia Is perpetually re strained from the collection of any 1**'” from the Georgia railroad, ex- wmL ,he 0 . n ®‘ half of 1 Per cent on Its gross receipts, as contemplated In Its cnarter. .J.IkPP 4 Comptroller General Wright sought to collect a franchlae tax from the Georgia road. It waa fought under the plea that tne original charter from the atate exempted the road from all taxes except the one-half of 1 per cent. The case was carried to the Federal court by the road. Attorney General Hart representing the atate. Judge Newman holds that the charter Is atlll binding on the atate. and that the col lection of any other tax Is not author- Ixed by law. CHICAGO TELEGRAPHERS MA Y QUIT RETS SUN DA i Chicago, July a,—Chicago telegraphers will decide at a mass meeting next ftundny whether to strike against the Western Uolon and the Postal telegraph companies lu this city. The executive committee of the local telegrapher!’ union met late ves* terday afternoon to eonalder tho Western baton Company’s refusal to reinstate n dla- charged operator, and decided to recom mend an linmodlnte strike In Chlengo. It la possible, It la said, that a strike will occur hefore Sunday, aa President Small has It In hla power to order the men out ln compliance with a pre-arranged plan of warfare, said to ho already formed hr the nulon executive board, with powers o*f action vested In President 8mall. CLOWRY 8AY3 COMPANY WILL 8TAND ON AGREEMENT. New York, July 8.—President dow ry. of the Western Union, today sent the following message to the general superintendents of the company nt New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco: “There is no truth In the rumors being circulated throughout the coun try that the Western Union Telegraph Company has receded from Its position tuken In my letter of June 30 to Charles P. Nelli, commissioner of labor. I had another meeting with Commlsslonet- Nelll last Monday afternoon and as sured him that notwithstanding the unwarranted action In calling a strike at San Francisco the company would carry out the conditions set forth that statement In good faith." COMMISSIONER NEILL ON JOB ONCE MORE, Washington. July 3.—Commissioner of Labor Neill left Washington at noon today for Chicago. It Is understood from his Intimates and In his depart ment that his trip Is In regard to the telegraphers' strike. Dr. Nelli Is not expected back until next week. TATE MAT OPPOSE MORRISJQR JUDGE Rumored That He Will Run For Bench in Blue Ridge. •That United States District Attorney F. Carter Tate will be a candidate against Hon. Newt Morris for the judgeship of the Blue Ridge circuit Is what those wise in political matters In that circuit confldently believe. In fact. It Is said that Ml 1 . Tate has con sented to allow his name to be used ln connection with the race. It Is not believed that Judge George F. Gober will again be a candidate to succeed himself, but that Newt Morris will, there Is little doubt. In fact, aft er his last defeat at the hands ot Judge Gober he announced that he would be a candldate again at the next primary. Mr, Tate became prominent In Geor gia affaire by a congressional experi ence of twelve years, during which time he made an excellent'rjeord from the Ninth dlatrlct. He was a promi nent member of the committee on naval affair* and was well liked by both sides of the house. After hla defeat, he was appointed by President Roosevelt, In December, 1906, as district attorney, and has held that office ever since. Mr. Tate Is considered a lawyer of re markable ability nnd Is counsel for the Louisville and Nashville railroad In several counties In the state. Mr. Tate was absent from his office Wednesday, and no authoritative elate, ment could be obtained. ECONOMY NEEDED ELKS OE GEORGIA OFF F0B_REONION To Leave Next Week Ovef Southern For Phila delphia. State’s Finance Sheet Shows That Lawmakers Must Go Slow. Even with a probable Increase of near 280,000,000 In tax returns from corporations and county tax digests, It apparent that this general assembly must exercise great caution In making appropriations. If the arbitration boards conform In measure to Comptroller Wright'i Ideas of Just returns on corporations, the Increase from this source will be near 140,000,000. If the county tax di gests show proportionate Increases with those of last year, another *40,- 000.000 will be added. But the new administration faces a problem In financing, and unless the general assembly displays great corner, vatlsm In making appropriation, i heavy deficit la certain to result. From 1880 to 1900 tax values have Increased from 1251,424,051 to 1027.532,532. Yet the tax rate In 1200 was only 2.5 mills, as against 4.0 mills In 1900. The dlspo. sltlon to constantly Increase appropria tions has In a large measure resulted this condition? With these facts to face, It Is going .w be hard work to get Increased appro, prlatlona of any kind through this ses. sion. save those of the utmost Impor tance. ILLNESS BRINGS VAUGHAN PARDON Henry N. Vaughan, of Dallas, Texas, after serving for one year at the Fed eral prieon In Atlanta on a charge of perjury In bankruptcy proceedings, has been released from prison on a com mutation sentence elgned by President Roosevelt. He was sent up for two years In 1904. and was released Monday, after serv ing about half of his term. His release was due to the efforts of his mother, whose plea wae that he had tubercu losis and would not live long. Liverpool Cotton Advances. Liverpool, July 2.—Following the sensational advance of cotton price* In ™ j New* York yesterday on th. strength Ice nr iu... _ . . . . I .. Mvarnmanl Cron estl- Atlanta Elks, reinforced by other members of thnt organisation from Ma. con, Rome, Columbus and other Geor gla cities, will leave Atlanta at noon Saturday, July 13, in a special train over the Southern and will descend upon Philadelphia to attend the annual convention of the order, which will be held from July 15 to July 20, Inclu five. The Atlanta lodge, together with those In Macon, Rome and Columbus, have selected the Southern as the off! clal route, and the members of the. or der from other cities in the state will meet the,Atlanta delegation here and all will leave on a special train of Pull mans. S he Elks will leave Atlanta at ijck noon on Saturday and will ar rive In Philadelphia 12:55 o'clock noon the next day. Reduced rates of 122.90 for the round trip have been made, and as a result It Is expected that Georgia will send one of the largest delegations attending the convention. WELL UNDER WAY Opening Games in Southern Championship Wed nesday. Many matches In the Southern lawn tennis championship at East Lake were played Wednesday morning. Despite the damp condition of the courts and the threatening weather of the early hours, the tournament progressed with out a hitch. The results of the matches played Wednesday morning follow: Preliminary Round—Little defeated W. Grant by default. Orme defeated Mooney, 6-1, 6-3. Leonard defeated Westfall by default. Adair defeated L. J. Grant by default. First Round—Mayberry defeated Earnshaw by-default. Little defeated David, 8-0, 6-1. Day defeated Crawford, 6-1, 6-3. Logan defeated Henderson. 6-1, 6-3. Bates defeated Mansfield, 7-5, 6-8. 6-3. Charles Rodgers defeated Mlddlebrooks, 6-2, 7-5. Doubles, Preliminary Round—Norton and Cornelius defeated Berrien and David, 6-2. 6-2. Byrd and Cowan de feated L. Grant and C. Dorsey, 6-8, 6-3. Crawford and Van Gilder defeated W. C. Grant and Westfall by default. Now. ell and Smith defeated Adair and Spratllng, 8-6, 6-4. Scott and William* defeated W. Grant and HendeFson, 6-1, 6-4. Stearns and Kingman defeated Meeka and Ayers, 6-8, 7-5, 6-1. Singles—Day defeated Logan, 8-6, 6-2. MEMORY OF JUSTICE PAID ALL HONOR ratM n «*_°J * wo 'cents a hundred In of a peaalmletie government rropeatl- ®fimin*t!on. °* tha ° h, ° rtv * r u * <H«-J m *'^ cotton adv » nc ® <1 h ® r ® today s * The memory of the late Chief Jus. tlce Logan E. Bleckley wa* fittingly honored Wednesday morning at dock In the supreme court. Hla life and work was reviewed with feeling and understanding by Judge John L. Houklns and Judge Joel Bran ham. of Rome, nlso made Impressive remarks about the great Jurist. On be half of the court. Justice Henry Lump, kin made a feeling reply. At the conclusion of. the memorial the court adjourned for the day odt of respect to the dead chief Justice.* A. F. Leach. A. F. Leach, aged 53 years, died on Wednesday morning at 6 o’clock at hla residence. In Scottdale, Ga. He la sur vived by hi* wife and eight children: alto by two brothers, H. C. and E. N. Leach. The funeral aervlcea will be conducted Thursday morning at 19 o'clock. The Interment will be at In dian Creek church. Mr. Leach was a member of Chippewa Tribe No. t. Red Men, of Inglealde, Ga. PROHIBITION BILL READ SECOND TIME IN STATE SENATE Adjournment to Monday Taken After Long and Hot Argument- senator John P. Knight la opposed te adjournment. He believe* In keeping the legislative mill grinding, whether thero la much grist In the hopper or not With such feelings about It, he wrestled with the senate for over two hours Wednesday in a vain effort to prevent adjournment from Wednesday to next Monday. He took’every possi ble step to defeat It, but was finally downed. But he won one victory, while losing another. He forced the house to make July Fourth a non-legislative day, as well as Friday and Saturday. This was In the form of an amendment to the Joint resolution sent over from the house making only Friday and Satur day dies. non. During the rather humorous debate. In which President Akin was frequently called upon to untangle the disputants from parliamentary maxes, Senator Knight and Senator Felder measured lances. Senator Knight was backed up In his Opposition to adjournment by Senators Camp, Wilkes and Born. Senator Fel der engineered the other side of the question cleverly. Willie Senator Knight was making one of his several speeches on the question, a house mes senger came over with a message, but the member from the Sixth declined to yield the floor even for a house mes sage. President Akin will not announce his senate committees until Monday. Prohibition Bill Read Second Time. The preliminary fight for prohibition as Inaugurated In the senate Wednes. day morning, on the motion of Senator Hardman to take up his bill for a sec. ond reading. Senator Felder opposed It. on the g round that It was not regular, but resident Akin ruled that It waa a mat ter for the senate to determine, and the vote for a aecond reading was unani mous. Then a new difficulty arose.' Hardman had the bill, and after rumag ing through his desk found that he had left It at his hotel. A messenger was sent post haste for It, while the senate suspended action, subject to the call of the president. It was Anally found, read the second time and re-referred to the temperance committee. Senator Felder Introduced a bill to require telegraph companies to receive and transmit messages Impartially un der penalty of 1100 line. It makes them equally liable In a court of eqqlty for failure to transcribe messages In cipher. To Increaaa Fertilizer Feea. Senator Hardman Introduced two Im portant bills. One provides for the election of pension commissioner and state geologist by direct vote of the people. Both are appointed by the gov ernor now. His other bill Increases the fees for fertiliser Inspection from 10 cents to 25 cents per ton, which would more than double the state's revenue from this source. Inasmuch as such fees go to the new district agricultural schools, this bill will meet with much favor among the people. An Invitation waa read from the cltl zens of Rabun Gap to the senate to at, tend a big Masonic Fourth of July cele bratlon. On motion of Senator Gordy, a com mlttee on county and county matters was created, and will be named by President Akin later. President Akin named Senators Wilkes, Taylor and Gordy a committee on hall and rooms, to provide senate committee rooms. New Bills Introduced. The following bills were read for the first time: By Senator Felder—To prescribe the duty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving. and transmitting patches. By Senator Boyd—To require the true owners of wild lands which have been sold prior to 1905 to pay taxes on same. By Senator Hardman—To provide for the election of the pension commission er and geologist by direct vote of tho people. By Senntor Gordy—To .regulate the commission of tax receivers of this state on county tax. By Senator Hoyd—To provide for the recording of certified copies of deeds In certain Instances nnd to provide that certified transcripts from such records shall be admissible In evidence In such Instances. By Senator Hardman—To provide for state bureau of Information under the direction of the state librarian. By Senator Howard—To amend state constitution relative to pensions to widow* of a '-Hifederate soldiers by re pealing requirements of pauper's oath. By Senator Henderson—To relieve sureties on the bond of W. L. Paulk, of Irwin county. By Senator Hardman—To amend act relative to fees for Inspecting fertili sers. The long fight over adjournment fol. lowed. It resulted In Ihe senate ad journing until Monday morning, Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday being de clared non-legislative days. ALEX SMITH TO RUN FROM THE EIGHTH A warm race Is now on for council from the Eighth ward, the opposing candi dates being Dr. Samuel D./Warnock and Alex W. Smith. Dr. Warnoek has announced, and Alex W. Smith, the well-known attor ney, has been frequently and persis tently spoken of. It Is now authorita tively stated that he will be In the race. DR. ROGERS OF N. C. VISITS ATLANTA Dr. W. A Roger*, of Franklin. N. C’„ a member of the North Carolina legis lature and one of the leading physl- cians ot his state, te at the Kimball House. This Is Dr. Rogers' first visit .to Georgia's capital and he expresses him Gate City > f the South. Dr. Rogers Is a brother of Hone Sam Rogers, a member of the North Carolina railroad commis sion. ' i- , . J. M. High Company I J. M. High Company GREAT REMNANT SALE Wash Goods Tomorrow, 8 ©’Clock 1 At ib'ii Remnants 40c Organdies.. Remnants 20c to 35c Persian Lawns Remnants 15c to 25c Fancy Lawns Remnants 25c Dotted Swiss Remnants 15c to 25c Dress Ginghams Remnants 12 l-2c and 15c Percales Remnants 35c Silk Mousselines Remnants 15c Pajama Checks and other White and Colored Cottons, while they last, at 10c a Yard Sale Begins at 8 O’Clock Choice, desirable pieces, white and colored Cottons, suitable for Shirt waists, Kimonos, House Dresses, Children’s Waists and Dresses, etc., etc. Rem nants of 15,20,25,30c and even 40c summer goods, while they last 10c yard. Of course this sale will draw out the largest crowd of the year and you’ll have to get here early to se cure best values. None Sold to Merchants or Dealers CHOICE 10c Yd. J. M. HIGH CO. 10 BE_B1G FEIST Many Tribes to Celebrate With Barbecue at Piedmont. It la going to be a Red Men's Fourth of July In Atlanta. That.I*, the well-laid plana of the local 3,000 members of the order of Red Men la to capture the city by a splendid program of exercise*. a more splendid barbecue, and a great, biasing torch light parade, and then turn It over to the 1,000 and more visiting Red Men from all over the atate. The plans committee has spared no effort nor pains In making great prepa rations for the Atlanta Red Men’s Jubi lee Thursday. About sixteen tribe* from all parts of the state have accept ed the Invitation to attend and others are expected. All the Red Men. local and visitors, will meet at the Wigwam, on Central avenue, Thursday morning, where they will be presented with badges, each badge being good for two admissions to the barbecue. The “Injuns" will meet at the gov ernment building at Piedmont Park at 11 o’clock, where two short addresses will be delivered, and Dan Carey, one of the reddest and readiest of the Red Men. will read the Declaration of Inde pendence. Fir* National Salute. Following thl*. tho national salute of 43 guns will be fired by the Governor's pipCf. Light Artillery. Following this, nil the Red Men with podges will march Into the building, where the great barbecue will ‘ ~ served. The side dishes will be many and the main dish will be memorable, so say they who ought to know. From tho barbecue the Red 5Ien will go to Ponce DeLeon and have a regu lar jollification meeting, taking In all the amusements, not the least of which will be ihe baseball game. At 6:30 o’clock,.all the “Injuns'* will meet at the Wigwam to prepare for the big red fire parade. The proces- vlon will go down Mitchell street to the comer of Whltehnll, there turn and march down Whitehall and Feachlree. Great biasing torches will be carried through the streets by the thousands ot “Jublleers" and a solid line of .red fire will be built on Whitehall and Peachtree from Mitchell to the Aragon Hotel. There will be a band, of course. Maybe it will not be a red letter day for the Red Men. Shot Lover; „ KilledSelf New York. July 3.—In a jealous rage a pretty young woman shot Hen ry Stern today and then killed herself. Stem and the girl were engaged be married. They quarreled last night Stem called today and attempted a, reconciliation. The quarrel was renewed and with- out warning the woman pulled a re'- . volver from under the fold* of fcor dress and shot Stem. She then scut, a bullet through her head, dying in stantly. FOUND NO CLEW TO NEGRO WHO OFFERED IN8ULT. 'ered an Insult to Misa Mamie Robin- eon. th* 12-year-old daughter of Officer Charles Robinson, of Fulton county, the crowd-engaged In the search returned Don’t forget, 40c box of Wiley’s Chocolates and Bon bons free with cash want jads brought in next Friday land Saturday for Saturday’s $ S3 NEGRO IS PURSUED £j BY LARGE POSSE gcoltaboro. Ala., July 2.—A negro, be lieved to be Harrison Cothran, aged about 19 years, climbed Into the *pi>m of the 16-year-old daughter of Consta ble Porter L. Sewell, who resides near town, at about 2 o’clock this morning. The girl was aroused and screamed, and a* her father came to her assist ance the Intruder leaped through I ho window. Mr. Sewell suspected Coth- j ran, whom he recently took from Jail, where he was eonflned’on a charge of burglary. Oolng to the negro’s room, Mr. Sewell found him apparently asleep. He denied the' crime. Mr. Se-Hj well sent to town after cx-Sherlff Aus tin. Watching hla chance, Cothran darted out ot tha door and made Ids 1 escape, although several shots wc.e fired at him. A large posse Is In pur suit of the negro. Bloodhounds arrived from Chattanooga at noon, and wore — "ih scene.