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BpMlal «> The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July ^7.—Mem-
hen of the atate road committee of
the Georgia legislature arrived in Chat-
tanooga at 1:15 o’clock thle afternoon.
They were met by a committee of
Chattanooga business men, headed by
Mayor Frierson, and escorted to the
Chamber of Commerce rooms. Here a
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
8ATCRf)AY, JULY 17. AWT.
BILL TO PROTECT
HOLDERS OF BONDS
History of Central and Rock
Island Gives Cause
For Alarm.
FREEZE-OUT OLD GAME
WITHBONDS OF CENTRAL I
Senate Bill Follows
Some Interesting
, Deals.
ENGINE ID CIS \city salesmen want
TUMBLE OVER CUFF) | no delay in prohibition
THREE PEOPLE DEI
The City Salesmen's Association,
| composed of men who are in touch with
every part of the city, and representa
tives of Atlanta's leading wholesale
houses, Is on roeord against an exten-
|Fifteen Were Hurt When b ‘ A ,bl Z
tew words of welcome were spoken by
Mayor Frierson, nnd then the visitors
went to a restaurant for lunch. This
afternoon the Georgians, escorted by
Chattanoogans, went over all the prop
erty of the state and visited points
Interest about the city. They were first
taken over the Westerji and Atlantic
.witch yards and -shown how It was
proposed to extend Broad streetw-They
were then taken In automobile* to the
city wharf on the Tennessee river and
various other points. There Is one
Chattanooga man with every Georgian,
and Chattanoogans are working hard
to convince the Georgians of the ns
eessity of opening Broad street through
the railroad yards.
The party goes tonight to Lookout
Inn, where Sunday will be spent.
Mangam’s Body
Found at Tallulah
Special to The Georgian.
Tallulah Flails, Gtu, July 27.—Early
this momlnfc the body of T. B. Man-
gam was found aobut <00 yards below
where he had gone In bathing, by W.
W, Askew, who had been working al
most continually fronf the time of the
accident to recover the body.
The corpse will be sent from here
this afternoon to Cornelia, Ga., where
It will be met by the family from Ath
ens; also representatives from the fol
lowing societies: Shrinere, Masons, Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias and XJ. C.
T. The body will then be taken to
Newells, N. C„ to be buried.
Dropped Dead
His Run
After
While selling ice from his wagon on
Kimball street Saturday at noon, Green
McKIbben became suddenly 111 and ran
some 200 yards to the home of his sls-
Aer, Mrs. Matilda Speer, 203 Kimball
•treet. In llfteen minutes McKIbben
was dead.
He lived at No. ( Gray street and
was 57 years old. He leaves a wife and
•everal children. The cause of his sud
den death Is not known.
Three Killed
In Big Storm
Boston, July 27.—An electrical storm
swept over New England late yester
day. resulting In the death of three
men, Injury to a score more and the
destruction of thousands of dollars'
worth of property.
8,000 Police
Search For Fiend
The bill of Senators Overstreet and
Born to prevent the freezing out of
holders of Income bonds of the Central
or Georgia railroad, in the reported
transfer of its interests to the Rock
island, Is attracting a great deal of at
tention.
•ifthe holders of some
•J 5 per cent Income bonds,
*3,000,000 being In the hands of Geor
gians, it Is said, a committee of bond-
noiaers addressed the governor and
general assembly asking for relief from
the evident game of freeze-out.
To meet this situation. Senators
Overstreet and Born Introduced a
measure Friday which has as Its object
the blocking of the freeze-out Idea.
The bill provides that any corporation
which has issued securities or obliga
tions, payable In whole or in part, out
of the income of such corporation, must
give income bondholders a voice In all
matters pertaining to the management
of such corporation or the disposition
of its Income to the par value of the
common stock of said corporation, as
represented by the'Jioldlngs of income
bondholders.
Sof^ Bond History.
To those who are In toudrwith the
history of the Central of Georgia rail
road and the financial dealings which
have rAarked its career, the decision
to not pay the interest on the Income
bonds comes as no surprise.
In fact, it had been looked for in
some quarters. The history of these
bonds Is an Interesting one. They
amount to $15,000,000 consisting of $4,-
000,000 worth of first income, $7,000,-
000 worth of second Income and $4,-
000,000 worth of third income bonds.
The third Income bonds were given
to the holders of Central stock at
the time of the road’s reorganization,
while the second income went to the
holders of debentures and the first in
come to those who held bonds on
short lines secured by the Central,
and whidh were in the nature of second
mortgage bonds.
There was a time not many years
ago when these third income bonds
sold for about $7; the second income
for about *13,.while *30 was a good
price for the flrit income bonds. Why 7
Because no interest was paid on them.
Wall Street Bought.
A few years ago, in New York, a
Central official Intimated to an At
lanta man that these bonds were likely
to. become more valuable. But the
Atlanta man wasn't of the speculative
variety and he didn’t load up on them.
That the same official told the same
thing to his Wall street friends Is be
lieved by those In a position to know.
The result was that most of the $15,-
000,000 worth changed hands at low
prices. It was generally believed that
the Wall street crowd took the tip and
loaded up on them.
Tho holders of these bonds were In
fluential and It wasn’t long before the
first income bonds received interest.
They rose in price. Afterwards inter
est was paid on first and second in
come bonds. Tho-price went higher
still. In 1904 full interest of 5 per
cent was paid on the first Income
bonds, while 2 per cent was paid on
the second. In October, 1905, full In
terest of 5 per cent was paid on all
three closes, and the same was true in
October, 1906.
Then these bonds became attractive
as an investment There was an un
loading to people who look for invest
ments and not speculations. These
people could buy a bond at $60 and by
receiving 5 per cent on the par value
of $100, they got over 8 per cent for
their money.
Is It Manipulation?
Now they are told there wWI be
nothing doing In the interest line and
the price on them will drop, of course.
Many believe that it Is' Just another
of those deals of hammering up and
down prices—of buying while down,
unloading while up and then doing the
stunt over again. And those who lose
are called suckers. . .
It is to protect those who bought
these bonds as an investment that the
bill was introduced In the legislature.
Most of these bonds held in Georgia
are owned by Savannah people. It Is
doubtful If there are $100,000 worth In
Atlanta. But brokers are inclined to
believe that there are at least $3 000,000
worth In Georgia, and most of them
third income bonds ‘ n «£V[
bonds are too good a thing for Wall
street to unload.
In the address to the governor and
Several Towns Adopt Reso
lutions Denouncing
Minority Move.
Picnic Train\Left
Rails.
Following the action of the small ml-
city hall Saturday, the following res
olutions were adopted:
“Whereas, this association of sales
men. known as the City Salesmen's As
sociation, is composed of men who can
vass the merchants in tho city of At-
Butler Pa. Julv 27 Thre« lanta ancJ contiguous territory and in
““wiledand inh.r.5 mwny become acquainted with the
were killed and fifteen Injured In a sentiment of the citizens of this city
wreck on tho Bessemer and Lake Erie and county.
railroad at Isle Station, near here, to- “Whereas, the bill pending before
prohibiting the sale of
s w e t.xT ,a rv n Jr^'^We » your body<
terlng Wednesday In order to prevent owing to a spread of the rails, and
putting the prohibition bill on its I part of the train went over ari em*
passage, mass meetings were held in bankment The dead:
several cities over the state Thursday. mwrnw Dubola-
at which these tactics were bitterly CHARLES NEAL, of Dubois,
condemned. The fatally Injured:
The people over the state feel that I Walter Barkley, both leg* cut off and
such efforts constitute an attempt to I ln J ure<1 Internally: W. J. Smith, engl-
thwart the will of the people and to 1 P”- r :, b ? th lcg8 brok ^. a . nd , " J “ r f ed
override the Democratic principle of brokenond body crushed; Harry* Ha™
majority rule, os is shown in the reao- kins. Injured Internally; ~*
lutlons adopted at the mass meetings, tei\ both legs broken and crushed -m..™.
several of which follow: | Tho engine, pulling twelve coaches, s q ^ Trlckstt of Kansas City asslst-
' baggage car and express car, was run- ’ ‘ lian,a “ assist-
nlng backwards at a rate of twenty- *
liquor, has a clause that same shall
take effect January I, 1908, and certain
commercial bodies of this city have ex
pressed their desire to have the time
extended to January 1, 1909r^&nd we
arc satisfied that the citizens of this
city and county are opposed to such
extension and we believe same would
be detrimental to'hll business interests
on account .of tho continued discussion
and strife during the intervening pe
riod, pro and*0on, therefore be it ,
“Resolved, by the members of tho
City Salesmen's Association yf Atlanta,
That the general assembly of Georgia
be requested to pass' the prohibition
bill now pending and that same be
passed without any extension of time,
and we earnestly insist that the present
provision fixing January 1, 1908, as the
limit remain unchanged.”
CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
WINS VICTORS IN KANSAS
IN CLOSING OF JOINTS
In a letter to the Congregatlonallst
and^ Christian world, of Boston, Hon.
Jfnhfrn rin i„i„ •>. 10A7 . baggage car and express car, was run- . „
■WhereaS The action & ml nln * backwards at a rate of twenty- ant attorney general of Kansas, says
I flv ® mile* an hour and the locomotive on the closing of saloons In Kansas:
four filibustering representatives shows n ® i?'I?
so plainly apposition to rule orlruln, “er a P twSnt^fo^??bankmJnt
nmi In nnr Inrtvmcnt lunm.n*. mo ' over “ twenty-root embankment.
and In our Judgment amounts to r. ma
llclous blow aimed at the very funda
mental principles of Democracy: there
fore, be It
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
Jlnhlra, Ga,, In mass meeting assem
bled, do most vehemently denounce
such action on the port of thsge public
servants, and earnestly beseech them
to return to the principles established
by their fathers.
(Signed) “L. M. STANFILL, Chm.
“J. W. REESE, Secretary."
"Preston, Git, July 23, 1907.
"Be It resolved, That we, the citi
zens of Webster county, state of Geor
gia, In mass meeting assembled:
"First. We do condemn the dilatory
tactics adopted by the small minority
of representatives of the house of the
general assembly, for the purpose of
thwarting the will of the great majority
of the people of Georgia, In preventing
or delaying a vote upon the Hardman
and Covington bill.
"Second. That we condemn the till-
"I am In receipt of your request for
a statement with reference to the clos
ing of the Joints In this city and the
effect thereof. In reply I give the fol
lowing facts:
•This,city la the metropolis of Kan-
9, with a population of about 100,000.
The Inhabitants are largely wage-
earners and represent every national
ity. We are located on the border, only
an Invisible lino separating us from
Kansas City, Mo. This city ranks
Figures Will Show Between |d“?h!, n u h nited ,t s 0 ute, anuf,M:tur ' nK clt,ea
One year ago there were 256 sa
loons In this county, 200 gambling dens
and about 60 houses of social evil.
■ Today there Is not a saloon, no open
gambling dens, nor a disorderly house.
It Is the largest city In the world with
out these dens of vice, and as we have
now existed about twelve months with-
BIG REGISTRATION
FOR AN OFF YEARI
6,000 and 7,000 Ready
to Vote.
With the prohibition fight In several out them, It afford* a living example
wards in full blast, and three thousand I of the fact that a large city can grow
iH«-, v J t *C l aIread y registered on account and prosper without such evfls. •
busterlng tactics of said minority a& •_.^ at ?, r b ° nd , election In April, “At the commencement of/ the con-
useless and a needless waste of time ‘v® registration books which close at 6 test a large number of our people thla
and of the state’s finances. B o’clock Saturday even ng for he pri- thought It would ruin business andk
"Third. That we regard as unsound mary of August T will probably show destroy our prosperity, but It has ‘ ha
the argument of the said minority that “ft* °L‘ h ® largest registrations of any | stimulated business In all lines. Our
the passage of said bill will result In a I °“ y *“ r '
population hds Increased at a greater
confiscation of property: but even L.!Trtamid H re* ertlSSed^hSt 4 thS IS V* 1 w 1 t ver bef , or » 1 k TH * d * p0 3“" of
granting It be so, we prefer such con- “ B ?.? r a '{ l ,® d ’ a‘5S» .‘JS L h ?. bw 4K hav ? b >L on « and one-
flscatlon to the confiscation by ths rum 5 non * ™ over of rele v«»?°°wh!!n half ml ’ 1110 '! d ° lla I"- T h ® merchants
fiend, of not only property, but of the J AVI ° ur , “‘."l 1 * ‘"SL® ha . d . to „ ® mpl ° y
nsacfl thn hannini*** nnd th» iif« nnd 1 . county and elections gave additional clerks. The attendance In
of the ?S?Se of^Seorals. and an Incentive to register to the voters our public schools has Increased large-
souis or tne_peopie or Georgia. without the city limits. 11„ or,,? s... s-s .iJh.
•Fourth. That wo trust that the ad
vocates of said bill, In said house, will
stand uncompromising and uncompro-
mlsed firm as a stone wall arrayed In
solemn phalanx.
"Fifth. We -would earnestly and sin
cerely ask the constituent* of this mi
nority to call on them to desist from
the further useless and vicious -tactic*
and for the sake of the women and
children of this country and for the
benefit of humanity In general, to cease
their opposition to the bill.
"S. R. STEVENS. Chm,
"A. M. CRITTENDEN, Sec.”
"Chauncey, Ga., July 26, $07.
"We, the people of Chauncey, Ga.,
and vicinity, In mass meeting last
night passed the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That we severely criticise
and condemn the part that the mi
nority In the houae- of representatives
has taken In the Covlngton-Hardmin
prohibition bill.
JAPS' CORP D'ETAT
ly, and we have had to employ eigh
teen additional teacher*. Ths teachers
Inform us that this Increase Is large
ly of boys and girls from 12 to 16
years of age, who prior to the closing
of the saloons were compelled to as
sist In supporting the family, by rea
son of the father .spending his wages
for drink.
‘Ths charitable Institutions report a
reduction of more than two-third* i In
the demand for aid. The juvenile court.
which has the care ad dependent chil
dren, had but two applications In the
past eight months: while prior to the
closing of the Joints, from eight to
elghty-etght children required some
assistance and aid each month. Prior
to the closing of ths Joints, we sent
from fifteen to twenty-five young men
to the reformatory every year. In
the twelve months, since' the closing
of the saloons, we have sent but two.
The expenses of prosecuting criminals
have been reduced 326,000 per annum.
The expense for the police force has
been reduced as much more. ,
"For the first time In twenty-five
years the court of common pleas of
this county opened Its term of court
the first Monday In May without a
criminal case. The city courts, created
for the express purpose of trying petty
suits for the collection of rents and
grocery bills, which formerly were
crowded with a black docket every day,
have now practically no business, for
the reason that people are paying their
bills Instead of being sued for them.
"A year ago this city was trying to
devise ways and means to spare the
money to build additions to our city
Jails,. Today ths doors of the cl(y Jails
swing Idly upon their hinges, and we
have no use for those we have.
"One year ago, not to exceed two
business men on the. principal thor
oughfares of this city would have fa-
' g of the saloons; today
.. two who would favor
opening them up, showing a wondkrful
revolution In public sentiment. Twice
since the saloons were closed we have
held city election, at which the Issue
was presented to the people, and at
each election the people have Indorsed
present condition*. Every banker Is
loud in praise of the present situation;
the city is clean; crime Is nt a mini
mum; merchants prosperous; real es
tate advancing.
‘This City T* the experimental sta
tion of the world. If Knnsds City, Kan.,
can close Its saloons and| keep them
closed, nnd If the closing Of them pro
duces prosperity, happliyess nnd con
tentment. then It Is reasonable to pre
sume that such results will flow from
a like poltey In other largo cities "
MAPLES, OF TEXAS,
AT
Churches To Hold Special
Prohibition Services
During Week.
Countries Are Now Watch- SO Cl FTY WITH
ing Mikado “At | OUR NEIGHBORS
the Bat.”
TOCCOA.
Miss Leola Edwards, of Orangs, Tex., la
ieat of Mrs. Harrison Belsba and otQfr
(Signed) BUSINESS MEN AND I ‘ lona | development! have been dwarfed I rel
:l ™AcwoSh, ?>oi |rereb^JFJh^H^e'CVfa^re^' ‘''iHre'rsiSStlB^.'if AtlsnU 1. visiting
“Resolved, That we, the undersigned I and Tho Hague, the far-reaeh-1 j,j b parents, Mr. and Mra. W. C. Simpson,
hiiMlni»ftH men of Acworth strnnrlv I consequences of Japans assump- |at tne Albemarle hotel,
protest agTlnat the flllbus&rlng^tM- “on of absolute control of the Mm InM Ollmer visited in Atlanta aer-
Sc. employed by the minority of the “ d "ratlon of Korea are clearly errtd.r, racani,y
house of representatives to block leg- I "*JF®. relstlres this week.
(station, and thwart the sovereign will *(<>* be *i, n . ,u ' slr «. Klrvln sml (lsaghter. Miss Csrrls
of the people In regard to prohlbl- Prame at Seoul for two years, but as Benton, of AtlsnU. sre spending tbs sum-
tlon Suoh means are manifestly un- ,h ® p ari“ papers point out, heretofore mer *s guests of the Wright bones,
fair and unworthy of the rperesenta- I there has been no pressing need for a Desconess rsrkhlll end illsa Dorothy
T&* a o n f d .“Si; of Th. Mwwarit"
of Georgia." m 55^^^L‘^hS?hS. l LS25?Sfl: nBKj. 8. Jo5.. U4 are Visiting
Signed by business men. Europe is asking whether Japan will in ciarkesville.
* 1 grasp the nettle boldly and show that Mrs. R. C. narding, who haa been -
she bos the power displayed by somolgnett of Toccoa relatives the pait month. Is
Aor AmPT?, Arn^TT.V °* the occidental states—the power of visiting in Lavonla, Prior to returning to
ASK MOKK MONKY rjeMdl'aj: a subject Unttonr to A n.w „ , pen d.
TO PAY GUARDS LuT lm nnt.on B arg°amef" R .^."^“Zondon SsL** ° F M *
'week-end reviewer of the situation, "we Mrs. A. L. Fricks and children hsve rs-
have seen the Japanese In the field; I turned from s three woeks' stay In Carnss-
It now remains to watch them at the '’bl
owing to Increasing dlfflcultley In se- | bat"
curing reliable convict guards at the
salaries now paid, 320 and 325 per
month, the prison commission will go
before the appropriations committee
next week and^arge an Increase over
the amount, 3135,000, now allowed the
department
Deaths and FuhSrals
a guest of her sister,
elir
Berlin. July 27.—Fully 8,000 police,
“Wormed and plain clothes men, are
011 special duty looking for the fiend - — ,
*h° yesterday slashe4 five little girls general assembly, attentioni l» ®alled to
"Jack the Ripper" style. Several the fact that It Is commonly reported
‘aspects under arrest have been re-
kaecri. Panic exists among the rexi-
, nt * of the neighborhood, as It Is
tsared more children will be slashed.
In C New York that the control of the
Central has passed into the hanqs of
the Rock Island.
Rock Island Methods.
The history of the Rock Island In
freezing out bondholders in the grab
bing of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific the Frisco and the Alton Is
reviewed. It 1* then pointed out:
"If this company secures control of
the Central of Georgia, we will fare
the same and lose both dividends and
Investment.”
They say that they wish to feel sure
of their Interests before trusting to the
ownership to Mr. Morse, which means
the Rock Island. They also express dis
trust of the alleged ownership now of
the Central by Messrs. Thome and
unier the present laws, absolute
BY BRONZE TABLET. O j , b *' d
NEGRO letter carrier
ASSAULTED AT SAVANNAH.
«pe.-h! to The Georgian.
o-uannanh. Ga., July 27.—Charles
j \i au 5' color *d. » brother of Colonel
i *»• Deveaux, collector of customs,
im? a ""aulted whll* delivering mall
“U momlng and badly beaten by Har-
i i.ongbell, white, and another man
•nose Identity has not been dlscover-
a L ingbell fell from a street car
"h(ch he chased Deveaux and
I , vtr *ly Injured In the head. He
S, ‘ h, ‘ held for trial before the United
■fates court.
0040 OOOOOOOOOGOOOOOCHJOOOOO
PERPETUATE VICTORY O |
Mrs. Harrison Dosha land children hsvn
returned from t visit to Bhotl Creek.
Mrs. Drawer Starke vlslte-l In Easley,
S. C., a few days recently.
Miss Muni* Flseber spent but week In
Abltevllle, 8. C. . .
Master Roy Taber visited In Athens this
Mrs. Henry Hopkins Is visiting In Madt-
Mrs. Mary J. Warnock.
The funeral servlcen of Mra. Mary J.
TOW\ t TS "RTIRNING* I Warnock. widow of tlfe late Dr. J. T. i
JUIU) D3DU Kvamock, who died Thurnday morning •"g’r.LeHn Lnmlev. of Florid*, arrived
T)T?c?TnPVTrrQ D A \TTntTT7 a I residence, 285 West Peachtree I Tuetdey. end li with her husband, Dr. J.
RESIDENTS PANICKY I street, will be conducted Saturday aft- M. Lamley, who tuts Just located In Toe-
ernoon at 4 o'clock. The Interment will | coa.
be In Weetvlew cemetery.
K ne for visits to Lavonla, Hartwell and
11th Carolina.
Mr. D. M. Hnelson has gone for aerernl
weeks' stay In Cleveland and Ciarkesville.
Mrs. Hnyne Lowry, of Seueen, H. C.» and
Mrs. Hulllvsn, of Madison, H. C., spent
the week-end with Mrs. Itlchird Isbell.
Mrs. Jim Jones, of Madison, 8. C., vis
ited Mrs. J. P. Vickery this week.
Miss Lula Iiogsed is visiting Atlanta
friends.
Miss Johanna Pothell is visiting in Itnyle
this week.
- TO DEFEAT BILL
About 1,000 Have Paid Up
and Prepared To
,. Vote.
J. A. Maples, the noted temperance
orator from Texas, will be one of the
speakers at a great temperance rally
which will be held at Broughton's Tab
ernacle Sunday afternoon.
Of Mr. Maples' ability as a - tem
perance orator, William D. Upshaw
says:
•Maples, the Texas 'cyclone,’ Is one
of the most powerful whisky orators
In America, fte spent two weeks In
Lowndes county Just before the over
whelming prohibition victory In that
county, and he spoke several times to
great crowds at Valdosta. Then ho
went out among the pines and set the
country on fire.”
It Is announced that Hon. John Tern.
f ile Graves will-preside over the meet-
ng and Introduce the speakers.
Sunday will be perhaps the great
est day of the prohibition campaign.
The antl-saloon forces will be out In
large numbers and many rallies will
be held.
The following Is n program of the
Sunday evening rallies, all of which
will begin at I o'clock:
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church—
Colons! R. N. Hardman, speaker.
8t. Pauls Methodist Church Tent, am
Broyles street—Colonel Claud
ton, of Worth county, speaker.
Walker Street Church—Colonel W.
T. Burkhalter, of Tattnall count}-,
speaker.
Central Baptist Church—Hon. W. J.
Flanders, of Johnson county, speaker.
Monday will be' a busy day for tho
prohibitionists. Among the meetings
to bs held .will be the following:
Walker Street Church—Judge Rod-
denborry speaks, First ward rally.
Century Ilulldln- Room 114—Second
ward executive committee business
(netting,
St. Pauls Church Tent—J. A. Ma
ples, of Texas, speaker. General rally
for Third ward.
Fifth Ward Club—Business meet
ing.
The Sixth and Seventh ward clubs
will hold business meetings during the
week at places to be named by their
presidents.
TOCCOA.
Miss Mamie Jons, bed as her guest this
week Miss Hattie Clemente, s college
London, July 27.—According to die- I Irene Mavroodee,
patches to the Exchange Telegraph The funeral service* of Irene Mav-1S nt'lioen'. ‘VfetiT
Company, the town of Techermoechln. roodex, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. Mies Mdlle rat Burney, of Madison, Is a
burnlng. ar The a re.identrare'ln*IuTpan* ‘ I Z°gai
,cky ,,a,e ’ I Bond & Bloomfield. The Interment wii I
In Weetvlew cemetery. Miners Laura Blchey and Emms Oolier
WOULD COMPEL THE CITY I have returned to tholr home In Commerce
WOULU wrireu i nu w i r p rK ) Way. otter s pleasant visit to Mire Mamie Owen.
TO FULFIL ITS CONTRACT. , . . . vv , ... }| t n. K. P. West, of Clarheorllle, visited 1
1 The funeral service* of Fred Way, h “ u r . j n Jotire. recently,
a former Atlantan, who died July 23 „ on _ Krnor Barrett spent the week-end
In Dallas, Texas, were conducted Sat-1 with bin family during n recess of the leg-
To perpetuate the hletory of the O
famoue prohibition bill, a O
uietalllc tablet bearing an account O
u ! h .® fl *Nt and the names of the O
legislators who voted for and O
“gainst, will be placed, It I* learn- O
"■. In the Emory College museum O
? y K- T. McCord, of Atlanta. With O
ti ^ 11 *** the Pen which Governor O
I;?.*® Smith will use to sign the O
!!“• This will be a handsome gold O
■"untaln pen, which Mr. McCord O
furnish^ O
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mid 35 000,00#. It t» alleged that these
sCo* shares have been sold to Thorne
an These T Ge ( orgla' Income bondholders,
renresent about 33,000.000. »ar
that an effort Is afoot to depreciate the
securities held by them and thus freese
of just compensation.
The Overstreet-Born bill Is meant to
mil and defeat Juet this sort of freexe-
S?L2Se. not only •» regard* the Cen-
'deaL but all other case* where
,ra * , iJJii Invest their money In
gr&srsVhc*'tfitta « i«a.
pXcid on the etatuts books It Is be
dim, roodes, the J-year-oia aaugnter ot air. Mlie Kallle rat uurney. er uaaisoo, is n
y ’ Qn ‘! s^ d darw«ni a c r ss? d skt» ,e . d t ®“
I J,l.°; c i. oc D MV fl h , e M Ch ¥irJ I “ , ..^“ n . bar ! r : I " , M i r ,r 'j« , '5VrtVr h o*f .peat the
cemetery.
Fred~W*y.
uv-a ur.„ I Mrs. E. T. west, or (jiarsesuiie. vibiici
n ^ „ T„ h ^^ n AuLum who 0 dl.^‘juIy y 3 V" 1 -. n ' ^
8|K-elal to Tho Georgian, ln Dallas, Texas, were conducted Sat- with hi.
HuntsVlIle, Ala., July 27.—The Dallas urday morning at 10 o’clock ln the Mature. . .
Manufacturing Company has filed In chapel of H. M. Patterson A Son. The Mrs. p- SLUSl*?. a i , ;!.„'H u * h " r ’ Ul "
the chancery court an application for W r ”mi[’ n ,'ViT\v 1 e*d W |n*Atmn?» ^'Ir '""' 1 Mrs. *!«>rfe W.' Tnppan, of
an Injunction to restrain tho city of ^'.J^ays remains arrived In Atlanta Whl|(1 vlelted Ur. and )lr^ It. J.
Huntsville from Interferinsr wfth lt8l^*I aay morning;, ine Atlanta lodfo upM th»* pnut irook.
u-fttfr sunnly nnd n petition for a writ I Elks, No. <8, attended the funeral Mrs. Walter B. Hill, of Athens, spent
tofumi It. wli.r la a body. He Is survived by his wife, Thured.y In Toccoe and delivered . very
contract 11 with* complsdnaaL The dW rather and mQther and two ,l,t ® r *- h a '"f e ,Un * ,w,ure be,ore ,ho ,,>,,c,,,,r * la ‘
recently canceled the water contract n»*,l« Frank Minis. Mr. Willard Owes has returned from a
mad® several years ago and presented „ , , ,, n . ™ . week’s visit to Commerce.
^uLIL'oOorfT^'teru'Jei^nc^".^ of^V.'Vn^Mri'T'??'
about 350.000 waur ueed 1901.1 8iturila) , morning at 'i.® IWSrATS.
Anticipating the early passage of the
disfranchisement bill by the general
assembly, about 1,000 negroes of At
lanta have registered on thh books ln
the tax collector’s office.
This, statts the tax collector, Is on
unusually large registration of negroes
and Is about one-seventh of the total
registration.
Tho bill. If passed, will be In the
ehape of a constitutional amendment
and will therefore be referred to the
people for ratification. All registered
votefe will have an opportunity of vot
ing and the heavy registration of ne
groes la thereby explained.
While many of the negroes who reg
istered did so on this ground and with
this belief, many. It Is stated, labored
under the delusion that a disfranchise
ment bill could not affect a previously
registered voter. The registration
books close Saturday evening ai
o’clock.
/
STATISTICS.
Steamer on Rocks.
Halifax. N. S„ July 27.—The Weet I <S *Y
aence, 66 South Della Place. .... .--W — - .
neral services will be conducted Sun- j * John A. Burse,, accompanied tier
day morning at 9 o’clock. The Inter- mushier. Mrs. Willl.iu Retford, to At-
, J. It- _ ci-i-„ r - rment will bo at Ul# family burying hints, where she wilt be the gue»t of Mr.,
Irdla liner Orinoco, from the West In- I . roun j near Clifton, Ga. Eckford Indefinitely.
dies for Halifax, is stuck on the rocks Mr. [’.liner Mmpwn, Jr., of Atlanta
near Seal Island In a dense fog and Is I OOOOCHjOOOOOUOGOOOOOOOOOOPi; "Jf .'J* ft’.' Cnft"*T<l Ml
likely to become a toul wreck,
crew of forty was saved.
Ileved that It will prevent such manip
ulations of large Interest* as alleged In
the Central by financiers, who have no
regard for the thousands with monsy
tied up In the enterprises.
It I* expected that thle bill will be
pressed for passage through the senate
next week, and then hurried over to the
house for action.
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0 INDICTMENT IS FOUND 0
0 AGAIN8T TICKET AGENT. 0
0 a
a Marion, N. C., July 27.—The O
O grand Jury has found an Indict- O
O ment against the ticket agent of O
O the Southern railway tor selling O
0 a ticket at a higher rate than 0
0 that provided by the new state 0
O law. _ O
0 *0
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ueets of Mr., i'.rtcr'. parent,, Mr.
_ 'ommcrrr .ml Cornelia.
Mr. sad Mr.. Augusta. Walter, are
.pending sereral-wreka In south Georgia.
Min Kuate Willingham spent last week
at rranhlln Hpritic.
Mlu Both Mitchell Is visiting friends In
Carnesrllle.
tire.. W. 8. Whitmire visited In Clayton
* BUILDING PERMIT8.
3235—City of Atlanta, to raise frame
dwelling at 15-17 Short street.
3300—Joe Lefkoff, to build addition
to frame dwelling at 121 Piedmont ave
nue.
DEATHS.
Mary L. Crawford, colored, age 34
years, died at 257 Haynes street.
Asbury Mase, colored, age 27 years,
died at barracks.
Elisa Watson, colored, age 20 yeare,
died at alms house.
Fred Way, age 38 years, died at
Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. M. A. Ellis, age 64 years, died
at 16 Harold street. ;
Rebecca F. Connolly, age 45 years,
died at 379 West North avenue. ■
Claude Fields, age 39 years, died at
232 Central avenue.
Mary J. Warnock. age 37 yean, died
at 236 West Peachtree street.
Mrs. Margaret C. Bedford, age 74
years, died at 534 West North avenue.
Willis Tate, age 60 years, died at 56
Tye street.
Harry A. Hall, age 1 year, died nt
830 East Fair .tree*.
Eva J. Rucker, as® 1 year, died at
196 Houston street.
J. J. Henderson, age 44 years, died
hlldren have at 34 Chapel street.
' Atlanta.
CONDEMN LANDS
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
A 1 - bill that will probably "bauBo a
boom in the development of water
power In Georgia, If It becomes a law.
Is novC pending In the legislature and
will bo reported upon favorably by the
general Judiciary committee. , It is u
bill to amend the act of 1897 which al
lows the condemnation of property for
public service corporations.
It will so amend tho law already on
the books that any company which
seeks to develop water power In order
to sell Its produet to tho public nnd
become a public service corporation
may secure land by condemnation pro
ceedings. «
The bill was Introduced by Mr. Ed
wards, of Habersham, and In the com
mittee there was only ono dissenting
voice. Every safeguard Is thrown
around the owner of land by the pres
ent lnw and the amendment proposed
only seeks to Include power companies
ot public service nature In the list of
those mentioned under the act of 1897.
This law has been upheld by the su
preme court and doer, not permit of
any person’*-property being confiscated,
but protects landowners In every way.
COLUMBIA FRANCHISE
WILL NOT BE SOLD.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C., July 27.—After a
conference this morning with Columbia
directors, President Boyer said :ir-
rangementa had been completed for Co
lumbia to finish out tho season ami
he had no doubt that she would bo In
good shape for next season, by that
time. Columbia directors have had va
rious offers for the franchise, both In
and out of town, but Boyer says the
franchise can not be sold outside with
out the consent of tho league, and In
dication* are that part of the directors
will hold on for a time at least.
CONTENDING FOR RIGHT
TO ENFORCE OWR LAW.
Colonel T. B. Arendell, of falclgh,
N. C., U in Atlanta. Colonel Arendell
Is a former prominent Journalist and
one of the leading business men ami
publicists of the Tarheel state. Speak
ing of the contest In his state between
the Federal court and stale officials,
headed by Governor Glenn, on the ques
tion of the regulation of railroad rates,
Colonel Arendell sold:
"Governor Glenn and his counsel of
state are fighting for that principle of
state sovereignty that has always been
paramount In the minds of North Car
olinians. The people of the state nl-
moet to a man are behind their able
and fearless governor, and there will
be no compromise that calls for a sur
render of the state’s right to onset Its
own laws and In a proper, orderly
manner to execute them.”
MAY PUNISH’OFFICIALS
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Washington, July 27.—Assistant At
torney General Sanford returned to
Washington this morning to consult
with officials of the department of Jus-
Ice. He ha* been ln North Carolina
fylng to straighten out the tangle In
the railroad rate war there.
Judge Lyon’s action In the state su
perior court at Marion, ln causing the
Indictment of Southern railway ticket
agents at that place and Old Fort, It
Is held here, puts the Issue squarely up
to Judge Pritchard, of the federal cir
cuit court, whose order of June 29 en
joined the officials of the state and
all other persons from Instituting pros
ecution or attempting to Impose penal
ties for failure to put the provisions of
the new state railroad law into effect.
The question nbw comes up: will
Judge Pritchard take steps to punish
tor contempt the officials responsible
for the action at Marlon? It Is said by
officials of the administration here
that they don't see how be can well
avoid taking this course.
Raleigh, N. C.. July
Hamilton, general coui
Emerson, president oi
Const Line, General Coi
and Thom, of the HirOth
arrived' ln Raleigh this
onfe
at 3:15
7.—Alexander
1. nnd T. M.
th** Atlantic
el Humphrey
. all Of whom
lornlng, have
or Glenn for a
lock thla after-