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'v “yaf!,'”’; “ _ - . jyimwi; ii uwwpppi||pg THB ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. UK8DAY, AUGUST 8, : Eiseman Bros = Eiseman Bros = Eiseman Bros DISCOUNTS IN FULL SWING SPECIAL ! 1 More than 200 of this season’s choicest Men’s and Youths’ Suits, in -stylish; fancy mixed worsteds and kindred weaves in patterned These Suits are all elega intly tailored, of the very best quality, and finished in the usual high class Eiseman Bros. style. • • ••• a•• • • • • Reduction SwKfjL, Summer Underwear, ) Now Being Pajamas, Hosiery, ( Sold at Neckwear, Negligee Shirts Big Reductions STRAW HATS and PANAMAS selling at One- Half former price Children’s Dep’t, 2nd floor, teeming with bar gains in Clothing, Hats, Shirt Waists and Wash Suits Eiseman Bros 11-13-15-17 Whitehall, ATLANTA. RIVAL BILLS ON FREE PASSES Continued from Page One. wishes In regard to the matter In the Macon platform." •* "Did you stand by the Macon plat, form on the prohibition bill?" asked Mr. Hall. •There was nothing In that platform prohibiting the prohibition bill," re plied Mr. Alexander. Although the motion was made to reconsider the action of the house In adopting the amendment fixing the time for the bUl to become effective, the debate unconsciously turned upon the relative merits of the two anti-pass bills before the house. Mr. Rayton, of Worth, affirmed .that ill the people of Georgia desire Is bill which ..wiu tutor passes out of the pockets of bfflco-hottfers unit he there fore favored the Hall bill. In a lengthy speech In support of tbe Hall bill, Mr. Johnson, of Jasper, renounced the Macon platform and de clared that It Is no more binding-.on his conscience than the bull of the pope of Rome. ‘We discarded and threw aside the Macon platform when we voted to pass the prohlbl ittlon bill," said Mr. Johnson, ‘and’ It Is not for us to ever open our mouths again and proclaim our allegi ance to the Macon platform." Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, spoke In fa vor of the motion to reconsider and de clared that he was unwilling to Impose upon another legislature something that the present legislature Is un willing to Impose upon itself. from railroads. The amendment was voted down by a vote of 46 to 70. Mr. Holder, of Jackson, moved to reconsider the action of the house In adopting the committee amendment ex empting attorneys and physicians from the provisions of the bill, when they are elected to office while In the active employ of railroad, telephone and tele graph companies. After some discussion, the motion was adopted by a vote of 79 to 83. , At 12:57 the house adjourned until 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The following local bill was passedt By Mr. McMahan, of Clarke—To amend act Incorporating Citizens Bank ot Athens. Bills Introduced. By Mr. Mays, of Mutts—To amend Section 1115 of Code In regard to wit ness fees. By Mr. Cowan, of Rockdale—To add Bank of Rockdalo to list of state de positories. Monday Afternoon Session, At the afternoon session Monday the house resumed consideration of the general tax act, and when the hour of adjournment arrived at 5 o’clock, had disposed of nine paragraphs of sec tion 2. On motion of Mr. Wise, of Fayette, section 1, which Axes the tax rate for the years 1908 and 1909, and which I was the sole topic’ of discussion Mon day morning, was temporarily passed. The paragraphs of section 2 which wlopted were as follows: aph 1, which Axes the poll the Macon platform and could not low the lead of the gentleman from Bibb. Mr. Deen, of Floyd, spoke In favor of the substitute for the Hall bill. "This discussion haa resolved itself Into a debate between the friends of the Macon platform and the opponents of the Macon platform, If there are any." said Mr. De "I was not In that convention and I was not Invited to be In It, but plat form or no platform, administration or no administration, I am In favor of this bill." Mr. Hall, of Bibb, followed Mr. Deen. He declared that he had nothing to do with the amendment providing that the hill should go Into effect In January 1, 1909. ”1 am In favor of putting it Into ef ■ de fect Immediately after Its passage, dared Mr. Hall. "The fight on this bill Is a fight on me and every Intelligent man In Geor gla knows It. "Talk to me about the Macon plat form," shouted Mr. Hall, as he paced er’s stand. "Why, gentlemen, men supporting the Macon platform who have voted against every pass bill that has ever been introduced." Fought All His Life. "I have been fighting corporations >11 my life," declared Mr. Hall, "and I bear upon my back the marks ofr their disfavor." Waving a copy of The Atlanta Jour nal above his head, Mr. Hall said: “Now, I want to read you something form this paper, which I denounce as a dander.” The article In question was reprint f| l from The Augusta Herald and In effect charged him with having been a lobbyist and now arm In arm with the railroads. "I have been the defender of the common people all my life," declared Mr. Hall. "U am accustomed to such •Hacks as this, and no two by four newspaper In Georgia can Injure me. "You know who started the reform movement In Georgia which culminated •n ihe convention down yonder at Ma con. You have gotten the results of Jhat convention and now, gentlemen, I beg you to stand by me In this bill." Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, asked If ■he gentleman from Bibb would consent !’> an amendment to his bill embodying ■he principles of the Ferry substitute. "I cannot do that," said Mr. Hall, because I do not believe It Is right and 1 do not believe It Is legal.” Mr. Perry, of Hall, spoke briefly In ’"Wort of the motion to reconsider. The motion was carried by a vote of Ml to 48. The committee amendment making bill effective January 1. 1908, was next voted on and was adopted by u Vn <« of 85 to 49. grai tax at 31. Paragraph 2. providing for a profes sional tax of 110. Paragraph 3, which fixes a tax of 310 on all photographers. Paragraph 4, which provides tor a tax of 310 upon loan agents for each county In which they operate. Paragraph 6, which fixes a tax of 325 upon auctioneers, was amended so as to exempt Confederate veterans whose names appear upon the Indigent pension roll. Paragraph 3, which taxes billiard and pool tables 335 each, was amended so as to exempt disabled Confederate vet. erans. Paragraph 7, which taxes all games for gain at 325. Paragraph 8, which taxes shooting galleries, skating rinks, etc., 325. Paragraph 9, which seeks to placo a tax on all vendors, was temporarily passed upon request ot Mr. Hail, of Bibb, and will be acted upon later. Messrs. Burwell, of Hancock, and Dykes, of Sumter, Introduced an amendment to the act, which sought to add a new paragraph to section 2, and which provided that a tax of 2 1-2 cents should be placed upon each bale of cotton compressed In this state. The amendment met with much op position on the ground that while It sought to tax the compressor, the bur den would eventually fall upon the farmer, and the amendment was voted down. The following bills were passed at the afternoon session: Bills Passed by House, By Mr. Heard, of Dooly—To amend act establishing city court of Vienna. By Mr. Domlny, of Irwin—To repeal act establishing city court of Fits gerald; to establish city court of Ben Hill county. To establish city court of Bafnei’ vllle. By Mr. Strickland, of Pike—To es tablish city court of Barnesvllle. By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To make change time of holding superior court of said county. By Mr. Buchanan, of Early—To change time of holding Early superior court. By Mr. Wise, of Fayette—To repeal act to protect fish and game In Fay ette county. By Mr. Slaton, of Fulton—To allow Fulton county commissioners to ap propriate money for purchase of Old Women’s Home. By Mr. Orr, of Coweta—To establish city court of Newnan. New Bills In House. The following new bills were read •the first time and referred: By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To create board of commissioners for Richmond county; to provide for their choice and powers. By Mr. Guyton, of Effingham—To In corporate the city of Springfield, My Mr. Hardeman, of Jefferson—To repeal act establishing public school system of Louisville. By Mr. Furr, of Banks—To pay pen sion to Mrs. M. L. Hughes. By Mr. White, of Madison—'To amend charter of Carlton. By Mr. Bond, of Forsyth—To pay pension to W. J. Stanford. By Mr. Estes, of Pierce—To antend charter of Offerman. By Mr. Thurman, of Walker—To ex tend powers of Justices of the peace. By Mr. Fowler, of Bibb—To estab lish state Inspector for weights of Georgia By Mr. Townsend, of Church—To repeal act Incorporating Homervllle. By Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur—To amend act establishing city court of Cambridge. T TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA Gives Attorney-General Opinion on Use of State Money. elective by people. 1 Glynn—To amend the Grtl By Mr. Lee, of establishing of city court of Bruns wick. By Mr. Flanders, of Johson—To re. peal act establishing city court of Wrtgbtsvllle. By Mr. Williams, of Dodge—To re peal charter of Eastman. By Mr. Guyton, of Effingham—To abolish county court of Effingham. By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—To provide for fixing salary of Fulton county treasurer at 33.000 per annum. By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To create office of solicitor of county court of Quitman. By Mr. Slaton,’ of Fulton—To regu late the fees of justices or the peace and constables In this county. By Mr. Geer, of Miller—To repeal act establishing’ city court of Miller county. By Mr. Geer, of Miller—'To establish the city court of Miller. By Mr. Chanties, of Floyd—To cre ate a new charter fo!»the city of Rome. By Mr. Johnson, of Jasper—To change time of holding Jasper superior 1 "to establish city court of Montlcello. « By Mr. Wise, of Fayette—To nuthor- ... Hill, of Monroe, ottered' ar ise the Kontw* i" 1 jL orro ' 1 ' money lo amendment to Mr. Hull’s bill prevent- oSywm Efflnghara-To ’ 3e.*itorneys from accepting passe* Hy Mr. t.uyton, ot x-auigasm The debt of the Georgia Jamestown commission will be paid off, and this will practically end a matter that has caused much comment. In an opinion rendered Governor Smith, upon request of the sub-corn mlttee of three from the commission, Attorney General John C. Hart hold* that the Indebtedness can be paid out of the general appropriation made for the exposition. This debt, of course, arises out of the erection of the Georgia building, a balance of 36,600 being claimed. Judge Hart holds’ "The legislature has heretofore ap’ proprlated * the money, the purpose being to enable the state to make a display of Its resources at Jamestown and empowered the commission In charge to do certain things which necessarily Involved the expenditure of this money. Upon that authority this debt has been contracted and to repudiate It now on a technicality would subject the state to the gravest censure. I do not think, therefore, that It Is the time nor the place to look with microscopic vision for constitutional objections to the payment of this hon est debt. It Is a debt contracted by our representatives for the benefft of the state of Georgia and the state In good morals cannot afford to repudiate the debt. If It Is conceded, therefore, that the resolution approved August 16. 1906. Is constitutional, the commission ers have authority to use so much of the money appropriated as Is necessary to pay off the debt now due the con tractors for erecting the building.” Out of the S30.000 at proprictlon made for an exhibit at Jamestown, about 112,000 remains. The entire amount of Indebtedness, Including amount due contractors, carriages and other ex- Is-nses of Georgia Day. Is about 37,000. The commission has about 31.000 and about 31.500 Is due from cities on the buildings. If the bonus of 31.000 to the contractors la disallowed. It will leave only about 33.600 to come from the original appropriation. The -nib-committee, consisting of ’ommlssloner Hudson, Mr. Calvin and Lionel Dunlap, ore still at work au diting the expense account submitted by Chairman W. N. Mitchell. In the primary tomorrow you will have an opportunity to declare whether or not you desire that the qualified voters of the city shall have achoice in the selection of those officers who collect and spend the peo ple’s money and administer their government. This opportunity has never been presented beofre, and it is up to the people to assert their rights at this time. Otherwise when an effort is made in the future to elect some of them by the people, it will be insisted that the people themselves have declared against it. Unfortunately for the cause ,a number of these officers are lumped together in the proposition upon which the people vote. It would have been much better to have separated them and allowed the people to vote on each separate proposition. I made an effort to have this done, and thought that the city executive committee had so ordered it, but in this it seems that I was mistaken. It may be that some of these officers you would not choose to elect, but under the rules of the primary you must vote to elect all or none. I ask the friends of popular election to waive their objections that they ■may have to some of these and vote for them all, and in the future, if you find that it is not the best for the city that all of these be elected by the people, then we can take out those that should not be elected by the people, and leave the others to be elected by the people. If the voters declare against this proposition, the politi cians will take that as a lever to prize the public out'of practically all of their elections. . Your attention is called to the fact that a great deal has been said in the newspapers against the elec tion of the Superintendent of Public Schools by the people. ‘ I caution you that this is a mere blind to take the mind and eyes of the public off of some other officers that are proposed to be elected by the people. There is less reason against the election of a Superintendent of Public Schools by the people than any other officer proposed. There is no department of the government that the public guards with more jealous care than that of the public schools. The most vidious man in the community will, when it comes to the selection of a teacher for his own children, vote his own best judgment. , Popular elections have given to this state its very best officers and have demonstrated that the people can be-trusted in the selection of those who are to rule over them. If the people can be trusted to select a Governor, State House officers, a Legislature, Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior, Courts, City Courts, and all county officers, Mayor of the city, Aldermen and Councilmen, surely they can be trusted to elect such officers as Superintendent of the Waterworks, Recorder, Superintendent of Public Schools, and other like officers. • 1 i When you go into the booth to prepare your ballot, be sure that you strike off the words “AGAINST, POPULAR VOTE TO ELECT,” and leave on your ballot the words “FOR POPULAR VOTE TO ELECT.” \ You can not make a mistake in this, but if by a possibility you should make a mistake as to some, it is the people’s mistake and one that can be easily remedied. Very sincerely, v • A. L. CURTIS, Alderman From the First Ward. bill Is about 32.400. Mr. MHrhall haa returned 1500 In cash to the commis sion, and other Items have been ellmt- (f wilt require it least another day .,,r the sub-committee to complete Its Work of auditing and. until then the committee decline* to iqake any state ment. Vets Elect Officers. At tbe reunion of the Tblrtj-.-Ighth Geor gia regiment, reternii* of Kraus’ lirlgmle, Army of Northern Virginia, held nt Ktt.ne Mountain. August I. the following officer* were elected to serve for Hie ensuing yeur: I*. A. Fhestnut. president; J. W..Met only, tirst rice president; W. H. Mllebet, sec ond rice president: F. A. Iilckenem. third vleo president: P. l». SteCregjr. eh.in- Inin: J. N. Nosh, e-.-retsry. The next The emlro amount In this expense July, 190S. (la., on tbe last Wednesday In GIRL'S ESCORT DEAD Shot -When Pretty Anna Markowitz Was As saulted. Dayton, Ohio, Aug. «.-Abe foUen. t sec- Tbe coroner finished the autopsy on the body of the dead girl today, and while It Is irtriij I>| IUC UIKI Sill Kiua;. ■III! nuiir 16 IP not officially announced. It Is ssld the deed Anns’* brothers, Harry nnd Jacob, and her sister, Bertha, with Cohen nnd Auim when tbe attack was made, are being held. GEORGIA’S SAILOR SUDDENLY MISSING Grandpapa Lawson. Boston. Maas., Aug. 6.—Thomas W. Lawson, Boston's famous copper mil lionaire and author, Is a grandfather. This morning a baby* was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lawson at their home \ In Winchester. Bulletins Issued by tho . M. r Mr. Luws.m Hay that tho “little lady Xew York, Aug. 6.—The police were, call ed on today to Investigate the mystery of the disappearance of Hnny Lynch, a sailor on the battleship Georgia. The officers In formed the father laat night that the hoy fell overboard while fixing a light Haturday evening. He waa never found. Six of the lisrry disappeared because he “knew about the recent turret explo- L are doing well." 6U8PECT1NG FOOL PLAY, NEGRO 18 ARRE8TED. Home, Ga., Aug. 6.—John Richards, colored, has been arrested, charged with the murder of Julie Little, a 8- S car-old negro girl. It Is charged that Jchards shot the girl and placed her body on the Western anad Atlantic railroad tracks some time Saturday night. The body was run over by a train early Sunday morning and fear* fully mangled. MUM—bHI