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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. wrniTETOAr, xrtr 17, 1007. GLOBE'S WATER WAGON DRA WS CROWD TO STORE . vclndo'v display that tolls ns much ns s In n newspaper about the lending conversation Is drawing big crowds in frm-r »* «»• <llob<l Clothing Company, on Whitehall street. sime Einstein, of that company. Is always nil attractive display to catch the — 0 t the public, but his latest on pre written proves the most popular. im Idea of the question Is summed up In . miniature springing cart, drawn by a miniature elephant, with the cart labeled: ^'Georgia State legislature Water Wag V >0 olephaut Is a plowboy, car this legend lu his hnnd: carry the uews to Carry." ton!! !? p of , t A* w *«on Is a legend which reduced'tfTi thn ! "J 1 suits have-been Wt Eirt"s; P ^ u " ,hfy don,t mtnrm JW®* c,lu * ht a large crowd of ten were they that they naked that pictures of Yi-Ivi-sPi 1 , on . * on y en,r P°«* r «rda. The uiapiay waa doalgned and eitvuted by Mr. blnateln nml John T. GlUaon. WHAT’S REAL FAULT WITH WATERWORKS? Continued from Pago One. .. , ha n the centrifugal pump, which he characterized as ft hazardous experi ment. _. Expert’s Statement jlr. Hurt Insisted upon the recall of M ‘ Maury for another Investigation, jnd after considerable discussion and In order to do Mr. Hurt perfect Justice, he was recalled. Again he recommended .he purchase of the Holly pump, saying the other was a hazardous experiment hi, figures, showing Interest and ex pense of operation, showed that the centrifugal pump could save only about lit 500 In SO years. The water board Is known to favor the vertical pump. The general manager Is heartily In favor of ; vertical pump. The engineer at Hemphill station warned the Joint com mittee of a disaster In case one of his oumrs broke down, and urged the im mediate installing of a 20,000.000-gallon ^Despite these facts, and the fact that the Holly Company has reduced the hid 12,500, so that In ths thirty years the saving by the purchase of the centrifugal pump circulating expenso at operation would be only about $5,000, the Joint committee ngaln postponed action and voted Tuosday afternoon In favor of sending a committee to Brook. Ivn to Inspect a centrifugal pump In operation there. The committee ap pointed is: Frank P. Bice, president of the water board; Alderman CJuil- llan and Councilman Taylor. So much for the pump. Such dlla- *<ry methods. It Is contended. Is what ha,' kept the waterworks In such a serious condition all these years. That the general manager has rec ommended all the Improvements to the waterworks which would have put the system In good shape, and that the city officials, both' the water board and the council, have paid no heed, la shown by the apedal report of the gen eral manager on December 18. 1905, In which he again urged Improvements which he had been recommending for about five years. Woodward's Recommendation*. Among thoeo recommendation* was an additional force main from the river to the reservoir, of at least 36 Inches In diameter. If this main had been laid, there would have been no muddy water. Other recommendations were: additional coagulating basin to relieve the filters: another clear water basin so that one or the one or the other may bo cleaned out from time to tlma and muddy water would not have to be pumped from the - coagulating haaln Into the city, as haa' been the caae on several occasions: tho doubling of the Altering capacity ao that as much as 11,000,000 gallons a day would not have to be sent through Alters of 7,000,- 000 gallons capacity; tho laying of larger mains In the city where the mains are too small; an additional pump of at least 20,000,000 gallons ca pacity at the Hemphill station for, It one of the present pumps broke down, It would be Impossible to give Are pres sure when needed and might be lmpos sible to give domestic pressure. Is Hold Responsible. That the general manager Is held re •ponslble Is shown by the recent situ atlon. In which he has been severely criticised and'condemned. That he Is not being supported. It Is contended by his friends, Is shown by the fact that his recommendations, until recently, were unheeded, and that, although the legislature In 1906 authorized a bond tltction, only thla year was such an election held. Sow, as for the real cause underly ing the recent muddy water, the facts are these: When it was learned that the reaer voir was sinking, the engineer ao re ported to the general manager, not wishing to asume himself the respon sibility for Increasing the pressure on the pumps above their guarantee, which, he realized, was the only way to prevent the muddy water. From Pillar to Pott. The general manager reported the situation to the water board, and no tified the board that Increasing the pressure would be the only way to pre vent the muddy water. The water hoard refused to assume the reeponsl- tlllty. This was on May 21. On Juno 18, ihe genara! manager made a similar report to the Joint committee froip founcii, and the water boa* 1 and the joint committee refused to taisume the responsibility. After the muddy water came and a special session of council *a* called, Councilman Styron offered * resolution ordering the Increase of >he pressure and council did not adopt Ihe resolution. Finally, the Investigating committee, with Alderman Key as chairman, re quested the general manager to In crease the pressure, and the general manager did so. As a result, the peo- f 1 ' or Atlanta now have clear water instead of having to wait slzty days or longer for the new main to be laid. All of Thom Shirked. , ln other words, when a serious crisis laced the city, the water deportment, me water board, the council committee, ,5 ' ounr ll would assume any re sponsibility of a possible breaking of ° ne 'he pumps, and Instead allowed muddy water to flow Into the city. The solution offered by the general manager, recommended two years by « investigating committee and turned aown by the council. Is that the pro- «»ds „f the waterworks shall be de- '? the maintenance and Improve ment ,.f the waterworks, general Manager Woodward hae urging this since he was elected »«.. 0 of the department about eleven wars ago. . 1' ,ln * lb, ». Colonel Woodward contends that the city would not have "“t one penny on the water- w, . Ib «t not a atngle bond would emurf be " oI4 : that the waterworks thJr ,y * h® k * pt ,n good ,hB P*’ 'very few years the city have a large surplus which 0r) . he turned Into the general treaa- n HITE L»* Ilnlelgh. N. C., July W.-Ralelgh Ticket Agent Green of the Southern railway, who •I*** 1 ®!*kt ,n ,he county Jail because he bad not riven the $100 bona to secure bis release under the Indictment for selling tickets at an excess of the rate fixed In the new state law, waa brod *“ morning. After six of t„„ lawyer* In North Carolina had argued for an hour the motion of the defense to con* tinue the case, further proceedings were ab ruptly adjourned by Judge Long till noon, At noon Green—who had not In the mean time been returned to jail—was brought be fore Judge Long ,who ordered him released from tho custody of the sheriff. Judge Loug then cited Green to appear before The bar of the court dally durlni “ j»l°n. “or until he gives t! Wood It Released. At Asheville Circuit United States Judge Pritchard today Issued a writ of habeas corpus for City Ticket Agent Wood, who was arrested by the niunlcdpsl authorities. When the police Judge heard of it he Is said tfi hare ordered the release of Wood, and when the writ was served on the chief of police to produce Wood, the answer was that the police court had no such person in custody. While this was going on telegrams passed between Governor Glenn here In ItaleJgb and the police Justice at Asheville. Gover nor Glenn Instructed the solicitor. Mark Brown to move to dismiss the writ That was refused and the defendant was dis charged. An appeal to the supreme court of the United States will be taken, the claim being that Wood had not been In the cus tody of a state ofNcer. he writ of habeas corpus said to hare a l’n mthn« n ! h ? •«#.000 bond! recently H , d by ,h ' legislature are float- tu«nnn ty . w "l h* paying Interest on CuiaA'a 00 nt water bonds, which, cal- than isn“L 4 her cent, amounts to more Thu annually In Interest alone. mg g really pvavtlreur l — cl ‘y were to allow the proceed* turn of the muaay not boon Heard from definitely In Balelgh. AMOUNTS TO - CONFI8CATION, . . ,. „ DECLARE8 FINLEY. Specta! to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., July 17.—President W. W. Finley, of the Southern rail way, In a speech at the Board of Trade outing here this afternoon, replied to the criticism to the company's appeal ing to the courta for protection from the new state rate regulation. He de clared that the agitation started to secure a correction of railway abuses had accomplished Its results, and was now endangering the railways' credit. He demanded the observance of the constitution and classed state legisla tion as amounting to confiscation of property. RUN JOElLHALL FOR U. S. SENATE Hon. Joe Hni Hall, of Bibb, for the United States senate. That la the program, according to a well authenticated report, and It la declared a well-defined movement la now on foot to run the Bibb county legislator at the nezt vacancy. The report la to the effect that no matter who the candidates, Mr. Hall will be put Into the race by his friends and that a well organized campaign will be made to land him In one of the places. According to the program as report ed, Mr. Hall will be a candidate at the first vacancy. It waa further reported that the plans for getting Mr. Hall Into the race were unknown to him, but that h* would be notified at the proper time and a showing mad* that would not lead him to refuse to be a candidate. Deaths and Funsrals Olive McNeil Ramfroe. Olive MoNell Remfroe, tho Infant eon of Mr. and Mr*. Ernest Ramfroe, died Wednesday morning at the family resi dence, 85 Garibaldi street. The funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. The Inter ment will be In Westvlew cemetery. Rev. H. C. Hammond will officiate. ■ Mias Maud* David. The funeral service# of Miss Maude David, who died Tueaday morning at the residence of her father, C. E. Da vid In East Atlanta, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mies 8ingie Barnwell. Mias Single Barnwell, daughter of „r and Mrs. J. T. feamwe 1 died Tuesday night at a private sanitarium. The funeral eervlce* will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 4 oclock In the chapel of Harry G. Poole. The Inter ment will be at the family burying ground. ■ . __ to go to the waterworks, when the present bonds are paid for there would be an annual saving of about 850.000 on bonds, and In addition, the city would get her owp water free, for which ahe would have tojpay near- ly 8200,000, If owned by a private cor- 'Yn'other word*, the city would have about 1800,000 lea* annual expense than those cities who do not own their wa terworks, would have no water bond Indebtedneas to pay. and would have a suitably equipped waterwork* depart- m<nt ' Water 8upply It Safe. The water In the reservoir fell 1 Inch Tueadav and 2 Inchee Monday, making a total fail of 3 Inchee since clear wa- ter ha* been pumped Into the city. Since the reaervolr would have to fall about 44 Inches before the reservoir ™ w aialn be put out of commission, this wmrid require about 80 daya and hv that U tlme the new main from the fter ‘o the reservoir will hare been ££ runnlng at * pressure of 110 oounds the ra*t two day* because valves on the email pump* were brok en The two 10,000,000-gallon pump* running at 120 pound* press ure and thla should make a difference least 1 or 2 Inches. So there la Qt a "* HOUSE WILL TAKE DAY OFF THURSDAY FOR OUTING TRIP a Now you eee It, and now you don't, or why hold a session of the house of representatives on Thursday, waa the all-absorbing topic which consumed the attention of the lower house of the general assembly Wednesday mqrnlng after an hour or two had been spent In the passage of several local bills. The question of holding a day off on Thursday was sprung by Mr. Wright, of Folyd, who moved at 1 o'clock that the house'hdjourn to meet at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, In order to transact tne business of Thursday, so that any members of the house who wished to go to Clarkesvllle to attend the laying of-the corner stone of the agricultural school of the Ninth con gressional district might be allowed that privilege. The house voted down the motion and then adopted the mo tion of Mr. Nix, of Gwinnett, that the session bo extended so as to allow the transaction of any business that might b« slated for Thursday. In a very humorous spirit the house passed this motion, but no sooner had It been done than Mr. Candler, of De- Kalb, moved that the house adjourn until Friday morning, and In the most enthusiastic mood the house adopted this motion also, and the house ad journed over until Friday morning at 10 o’clock. It la not expected that all the members of the house will i Clarkesvllle, but It Is anticipated a greater part of them will go. The house also passed the bill of Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, providing for the appointment of a state board of ex aminers for all public accountants. The bill provides that there shall be three examiners appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be an authorised attorney practicing before the Georgia bar. At 1 o'clock the house adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Friday morning. The house met at 10 o clock accord ing to adjournment, and was led In prayer by Chaplain Parks. Following the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal, the committee on temperance aubmltted Its report, recommending the Hardman prohibi tion bill for passage. Speaker Slaton extended his annual Invitation to the lower house of repre sentatives to attend a barbecue given by himself at the Cold Springs 'Cue Club ground next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Invitation waa unanimously adopted on motion of Mr. Wright, of Floyd. Cars will leave the Mitchell street entrance to the capitol at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Candler Bill Raises. The bill of Mr. Candler, of DeKalb. providing for the creation of’ a state board of .examiners for public ac- countantBiwas read the third time and put upon Its'pasage. Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, briefly ex plained the provisions of hts hill, say. lng that It does not Interfere with the right of any man to stand the examina tion for public accountant, but tbat.lt protect* the public from incompetent and unqualified nccountants. • „ Mr. Flanders, of Johnson, moved the previous question, following which Mr. Blackburn, chairman of ths commit tee favorably reporting th* bill, and Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, the author of, the measure, consumed 20 minutes speaking In favor of the bill. The bill was passed by a vote of 103 to 12. Following the passage of the bill there was much discussion a whether the house should adjourn until o'clock Tuesday afternoon. This motion was made by Mr. Wright, of Floyd, and was defeated, the house adopting the motion of Mr. Nlx, of Gwinnett, to extend the session 16 minutes for the purpoee of reading local bills a third time. Immediately following the adoption of ths motion, Mr. Price, of Oconee, moved that the house adjourn until 10 oolock Friday morning. The motion prevailed and the'house adjourned at 1 o'clock until 10 o’clock Friday morn ing. The following new bill* were Intro- duced: New House Bills. The following new bills were read ths first time and referred to committees: By Mr. Clifton, of Toombs—To estab lish system of public schools In Lyons. By Mr. Newell, of Walton—To pre vent enforcement of contracts under the ban of law. # By Mr. Brown, of Carroll—To au thorise town of Temple to establish system of public schools. By Mr. Perry, of Hall—To amsnd act establishing county court of Hall. By Mr. Slater, of Bryan—To subject defendants testifying for themselves to cross-examination. To make Bank of Pembroke a state depository. By Mr. Dean, of Floyd—For statistics of age, sex, etc. * '“ “* asylums. By Mr. Way, of Pulaski—To require mutual Ilfs and fire Insurance compa nies to deposit 820,000 and to make annual reports. By Mr. Chamlee. of Floyd—To amend act relative to payment of witness fees. By Mr. Slater, of Bryan—To permit defendants to be sworn to testify In their own behalf. By Mr. Ryala, of Bibb—To make WAS NOT AT JAIL DURING TROUBLE, WITNESS DECLARES Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., July 17.—In the hearing at Monroe of the case against John Jones, oue of the score of memDers who, It le si !egc<1, took from the Jell nnd hanged J.,V, Johnson at Wadeaboro, the defense today put up witnesses In rebuttal of the evidence offered by the state. T. R. Toinllusou testified that Kendall enld when arrested that ho was not at ths Jnll at the time of the trouble. C. J. - Gatht* swore that he beard L Huntley say that he saw the crowd passing with Johnson and shouted to them: “Don't do it, for it would be murder." to which some one replied: “Goto “ Tbs hearing of evidence will be continued through the afternoon. * TOO MANY JUDGES Dj AsS.. .aza * r 'iinrau wills executed without state valid with. In. ... By Mr. Flanders, of Johnson—To amend act creating district schools in said county. To limit speed of automobiles in said county to eight miles per hour. To prohibit one corporation from buying stock In and controlling another. To- repeal bill establishing city of Wrlghtsvllle. To create recorders court for said city. By Mr. Hill, of Monroe—To provide system of auditing and examining ac counts of county and state officers. By Mr. Kendall, of Paulding—To hmend charter of Dallas so as to Issue waterworks bonds. By Mr. Reed, of Macon—To amend charter of Montesuma. By Mr. Mundy. of Polk—To regulate manner of taking flsh from waters of Ul By Mr. Ward, of Coffee—To create county of Treatten out of Ware, Coffee and Cllnck counties. By Messrs. Barrow, Adams and Mc Carthy. of Chatham—To regulate sale of naval stores. By Mr. Jones, of Meriwether—To amend act creating Chlpley local school astern. By Mr. Dormlny, of Irwin—To change the county site, of Irwin county from Irwlnvllle to Odlta. By Mr. Geer, of Miller—To change law relative to prosecution for seduc- tlon. By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree, of Emanuel—To incorporate town dyr Nor* “I believe fifteen circuit Judges could eas ily do the work uow performed by tweuty- live Judges,” said President John W. Aklu Wednesday In discussing the house resolu tion providing for an additional superior court Judge for the Atlanta circuit President Akin called Senator Felder to the chair, and took the floor to discuss the resolution when It came up for action. He “The state Is extravagant In the matter of Ita Judiciary. While 1 am not attacking the measure, there are some things I wish to call attention to now. The state pays Its circuit Judges $8,000 per annum. The work Is not equalised. I know one circuit with four counties, all sparsely settled. “I know another circuit with eleven coun- Yet the compensations are the same, some senator here will draft a bill to re adjust the judicial circuits by cutting them down and equalising the work amoug the others, he will perform a great eervlce for his state, and do something that will save the state money." Judge Needed Hsre. Senator Bom said that he agreed in tho main with the views of Senator Akin, but that he had practiced before Atlanta court a for nine years, knew the constant conges tion of the dockets, and how. the Judges worked nine or more months out of tbs year. He declared that there was urgent need of an additional Judge in Atlanta. Henntor Akin said that the resolution was not clear to him. Inasmuch as It stated that the compensation of the additional Judge should be the same aa that of the present judges. He understood that Fulton county paid something In addition to tho amount pnld by the treasury, and ho desired to know If this entire amount for the new judge was to come out of the state treas ury. ne waa Informed that Fulton county would pay $2,000. Special for Friday. On motion of Henator Hardman, 100 copies of the resolution will be printed, and tho matter come up for flual action Friday morning. Senator Felder moved that his disfran chisement bill l>e made the special order for next Tuesday, and It was so ordered. The resolution of Senator Brock for sub committees from the bouse and senate to Inspect convict camps during tbe vocation was adopted. Ducktown Issue Up. The Ducktown ieeue was re opened with two resolutions, one by Senator Howard and the other by Henator Weaver. Henator Howard's provided that the matter be left with the attorney general, and recommend ed that he show such leniency as compatible with the state's Interests toward the cop per people. Ills resolution went over for a day. Heutt tor, entirely to toe attorney general, ana recommended that he urge the final decree before the supreme court In October to pro tect the state's Interests. By a two-thirds vote, the senate took this Resolution up for Immediate consideration. While It was under discussion a motion to adjourn prevailed, and the senate quit with the matter suspended In the air. Jlu Invitation of Speaker Slaton to attend hl> annual barbecue to tbe general assembly on next Tuesday afternoon was accepted. President W. A. Garrett, Firat Vice President L. Sevier and Comptroller T. W. Roby, of the Seaboard Air Llpe. together with Vice President and Gen eral Manager James T. Wright, of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad, nnd General Counael Minte? Wimberly, of the same road, paid a visit to Gov ernor Hoke Smith at the capitol Wed- t.csday afternoon. President Garrett and the other of ficials of the Seaboard arrived In town Tuesday night and were engaged Wed. nesila.v In a conference with Messrs. Wright and Wimberly. President Garrett, however, stated that his visit to Atlanta was of no par. tlcular significance nnd that he was merely on business connected with the rosd. He manifested Interest in the prohi bition fight now being waged and asked how the mdtter was received by the people of Atlanta. Mrs. J. R. Bettis. The funeral services of Mrs. J. R. Bettis, who died Monday morning at her residence, 168 Walker street, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Walker Street Methodist church. Tbe Interment was In Westvlew cemetery. Henry Westbrook. Henry Westbrook, the 4-year-old son of Mrs. Ltixie Westbrook, died Tues day aftemon at the family residence, 84 Foundry street. The funeral serv ices will be conducted Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock. The Interment will be In Westvlew cemetery. rlstown. House Bills Pasted. The following house bills were read the third time by Reading Clerk Me- Clatchey and passed: By Mr. Daniel, of Jenkins—To abol ish the county court of Jenkins. By Mr. Williams, of Lawrens—To add Lawrens county to the Oconee judicial circuit. By M«*. Fraser, of Liberty—To change time of holding superior cour$ of said county. By Mr. Williams, of Dodge—To change time of holding superior court of Dodge. OFFICIALS OF COMBINE VISIT THE DUKE PLANT. Raleigh. N. C„ July 17.—A number of officials and stockholders of the American Tobacco Company are today in Durham, where the parent—the Duke plant—of the trust was bom and still operates. The party includes sev eral distinguished foreigner*. HIGH'S HIGH'S . HIGH'S TOMORROW MORNING Notions and Small Wares at Littlest of Prices For tomorrow we have made ready a sale of the following items which are going to be priced less than ever and now is the time to get the little things—the real necessities at a great saving. Sale starts on center aisle bargain counters, first floor, at 8:30 sharp. BE ONE AMONG THE CROWD Coates' Spool Cotton 5c Pure White Pearl Buttons Always 5c dozen; here to- O _ morrow at Shell Hair Pins 5c the best 10c box sorts; hero tomorrow at Dress Pins the always. 2 cents paper ' kinds; here tomorrow 4 pa pers for 5c Cabinet Hair Pins Full count boxes, always 10c C _ box, here tomorrow Big Lot Safety Pins in all sizes, the always 5c Ol _ card kinds, here tomorrow. «2V Large Bunch Tape in all sizes, always 15c *1 A. bunqh; here tomorrow at.. AvC Lightweight Dress Shields best 15c pair kinds; here to- 1 morrow at * LJC Big Lot Fancy Jap Fans with or without chains, the 1 A. 19c kinds; tomorrow at ll/C Bradley's Celebrated Per fumed Ammonia always 15c bottle; here to- 1 A. . morrow 3 VC Big Lot Fine Box Sta tionery worth up to 25c box; here to- V (S _ morrow at 1VC One Lot Ladies' Fine Wash Belts with fancy buckles, values OC- up to 59c each; tomorrow at \ Fancy Fan Chains made of fancy beads, always C 10c each; here tomorrow at. VC Fine Hair Barettes in latest designs; regular 39c values; here tomorrow 25c the best 10c kinds, here to morrow at in kinds up to 10c each, here tomorrow at always 10c cube, here to morrow at Values up to 25c each, choice tomorrow .. : Novelty Belt Buckles values up to 50c each; OC. e tomorrow at “VC Fancy Cuff Pins always 25c kinds; here 1 /V lorrow at * l/C Fine Writing Paper 25c 15c worth 35c pound; here to morrow at 2 packs Envelopes to match paper for Coates’ Spool Cotton 5c Royal Queen Talcum Powder the always 15c box kind, 1 _ here tomorrow at J 2C Big lot Fancy Jap Fans 5c Big Lot Stiff Jap Fans 2c Large Size Cube Pins 7c Big Lot Tooth Brushes 8c Bailey Famous Powder the alwaj’s 15c box kinds, "J A_ liere tomorrow at A vIC Big Lot High Grade Hand Bags in fine leather and white canvas, values up to 75c each, here tomorrow at C Big Lot Fancy Belts About 300 sold up to 50c t Q-, each, here tomorrow at A yC Ladies' Fine Hose Sup porters in most all colors, the best 30c pair kimls, here toinor- AF. row at Fancy Persian Silk Rib bons in values up to 75c yard, “JA- here tomorrow at JyC Solid Gold Top Cuff Pins in plain and fancy styles, al- FA_ ways 98o set, tomorrow at.. Fancy Leather Bags Were $1.25 each, here tomor- 7f"$r» row at / Fancy Box Paper Always 15c box, here to- 1 A. morrow AUC Pin Books in big assortment styles, al ways 15c book, here tomor- 1 row at A UK* Gotham Hose Supporters best 25c pair'kinds, here to- j Q Fancy Jap Fans One handsome assortment fancy Jap Fans, worth up to A Cp 39c each, here tomorrow at.. J. M. HIGH co.