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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Published Every Afternoon.
(Except Sunday)
By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY.
At 25 Weet Alabama Bt., Atlanta. Oa.
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GEORGIAN AM# NEWS be limited, to
100 words In length. It Is imperative
that they be signed, as an evidence of
good faith. Uejected manneciipta will
THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints
no uncienn or objectloimble mlvertla-
|jg. Neither does It print whisky or
uuy liquor ads.
OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS Mauds for Atlanta’s own
ing Its owu gas aud electric light
plants, as It now owns Its water
works. Other cities do this und get
gas na low uft 60 cents, with u profit
to the city. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can be
operated successfully by Euro|»ean
cities, as they are, there la no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. But we do not bellere this
mn l»e dooe now, end It may be sotno
rears before we are ready for so big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face In that direction NOW.
Gov. Patterson’s Pardon Record.
Qovernor Patterson of Tennessee
Is hard bent on copping the pardon
pennant In the Volunteer State. He
added thirty-eight to his list last
week, and the record of Senator
"BOb” Taylor Is now trembling In the
balance. Tho Nashville American,
often a severe critic of Taylor on his
pardoning propensities, and always,
heretofore, the uncompromising ad
vocate of the enforcement of prison
sentences fairly and legally Imposed,
Is now the chsmplon of Governor
Patterson against those tfrho would
criticise him for abuse of tho pardon
power. Times change and news
papers with them.
Growing Trade With the Latin
Americans.
The trade of the United States
with the I.'.t!n Amerlean countries
aggregated mure than 600 million
dollars In the fiscal year just ended,
against 284 millions a decade ago.
In this term. "Lattn-American coun
tries,” are Included Mexico, all of
Central America except British Hon
duras, ell of South America except
British and Dutch Guiana, and all of
the West Indian Islands except those
under British, Dutch and Danish con
trol. The Imports front Latlu-Amerl
ca in the flscal year 1907 amounted
to 350 million dollars, against 155
millions In 1897, having thus n little
more than doubled during the decade;
while the exports to the Datln-Amcrl-
can countries were In 1907 255 mil
lions. zralnst SO millions In 1897,
having a little more than trebled
during the decade. Prom Mexico the
Imports In 1907 were 57 million dol
lars In value, against 19 millions In
1897, and the esports to that country
In 1907 were 66 mllllona^agalgst 23
millions n decade ago.
Imports Outgrow Exports.
The most striking characteristic of
the foreign commerce of the United
States In the year Inst’ ended Is the
large increase In Imports. Tho value
of merchandise brought Into the
United States from foreign couutrlos
during the year ending Juno 30. 1907,
was 1,434 million dollars, an Increase
of more than 200 millions over the
immediately preceding year and more
than double 0he total for tho fiscal
year 1898 or 1899. Exports, which
amounted to 1,881 millions, show an
Increase of 137 millions over the Im
mediately preceding year and an In
crease of but 53 per cent over the
figures of 1899. This is an Increase
of more than 100 per cent in Imports
as against but about 50 per cent In
exporti 4n the laat eight years.
When Nreretary Itoot I. st the depart
ment It Is nest to liupusdlile t» see him.
He Is closeted with hts seervtn
•elf hs sew. but on
tn ciuch a waste of t
hint ihst most men who kites tl .JP
not Utah, the attempt Ir it I. at all poMlIile
to get their ends by seeing Bacon.
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eniitoyrd la pie service. Then they war*
admitted to the dead letter office-eight of
them, how of the 1.195 employees fit the
department In Washington SOS are women
ami there are ta the whole country -7.400
women employed generally In the nan
delivery or moaer order nlTI.-ra^M
Ins i "
year.
stamp
peetr-
snd Wales ahow that only 752 petition! for
divorce were died In 1M6. agalnat 7» In IKS
and IBS and Sfl In 1002 ami 1903. respectively,
rhrre hundred and twenty.three of the 1906
DISFRANCHISEMENT—SO-OALL^D.
We have always wished that some other name or term had been
uaed to designate men’s Ineligibility to vote.
The measure that has occupied so large a place In our minds lately
and that comes up as a special order Monday In the House of Repre
sentatives Is not -correctly termed disfranchisement. Disfranchisement
specifically means “to deprive of tho rights and privileges of a free citi
zen," “especially the right to- vote.” To disfranchise a man or deprive
him of the right to vote, he must first have that right; he can not be
deprived of a right unless he has‘the right to be taken away.
The Georgian takes the ground that Inasmuch as no provision Is
made against race, color or previous condition, which would make the
measure conflict with our constitution, a man lacking the require
ments of the proposed measure does not possess the fundamental right
to vote, and therefore can not be deprived of something he has never
bad. A woman In the state of Georgia can not bo disfranchised. By
some wise ones away back amongst the savage tribes sho was marked
up as not possessing the right to vie with tho masculine brain In af
fairs of state, and sd^sbe baa never been a free citizen nor possessed the
right to vote because she Is not a man. Hence she can not be disfran
chised.
These facts should bo so clear that our friends would not bavo any
difficulty In conscientiously Indorsing the measure. It Is not a measure
to deprive the negro of his vote, unless the negro be so deficient In In
telligence and moral character that he had never had the right to vote.
The white man hat to stand on the name footing as the negro who will
be prevented by this measure, and there Is nothing In tho bill that the
most sincere adherent to constitutional or religious principles can not In
dorse. '
Representative Neel raised the question as to whether ho could con
scientiously Indorse the measure. In the light of tho above facts we ask
Mr. Neel or the opponents of the measure wherein, simply because a
larger number of negroes will be affected than white people. Is It wrong
to forbid a man of Inferior and even purchasable Intelligence the right
to make or prevent laws that your minor son /if a thousand times the
Intelligence and honor of the man who would be thus prevented, or
your wife whose Intelligence and absolute adherence to rectitude are as
fixed as the hills themselves.
No section of the country has the condition of affairs to deal with
that we have, and the Idea that a mass of blood and bones, regardless
of exterior color, derives Its sole right to vote by virtue of having lived
on earth 21 years—regardless of whether therg be present sufficient
gray matter to know right from wrong. Is Just about as absurd as the
requirement of the “Howling Dervishes" In Egypt who are eligible as
performers In tbelr Mohamedan worship because they have long hair
and can go Into fits and not because of any religious propensities.
It Is rumorud, we regret to notice, that Mr. Hall expects to present
another bill or not to concur In the administration measure because he
believes too many white men will be debarred, and that there are othor
requirements that more directly affect the negro. Anything that is dis
criminatory against tho negro because he Is a negro will bo unsafe, un
wise, and will not leave us with clean bands In the courts of tho
world.
For the Information of Mr. Hall and any wHo may follow him along
this line, we give tho following facts which possibly they have not had
time to obtain; ^
The United State; government reports state that there are 841,000
white persona In Georgia over 10 years old—100,000 of them are Illit
erate—11 9-10 per cent. There are 725,000 negroes, 380,000 of whom can
neither read nor write, or 52 per cent. As to sex, they are practically
evenly divided, there being 1 per cent more Illiterate females than
males In each case.
The yiatlvo whtto mnle population of the United States of native
parents of voting age Ib 4 4-5 per cent illiterate. The same population
of foreign parents Is only 1 2-5 per cent Illiterate.
Tho Illiterates at voting age In each caso are practically tho same
as tho general percentage. This very plainly shows two very Important
facts;
First—In so far as Illiteracy would affect the voting rights of
white people there would be 62 per cent of the negro voters affected by
this requirement, against 11 per cent of tho white, with the chances that
white men would make a greater effort to learn to read than ever
before.
Second—That In communities where the negro population Is light,
but where there are people who are not their own, the foreigner, 'the
emigrant, etc., there Is but 1 1-2 per cent of Illiteracy In these children
of the foreigners, while our own whlto native people show nearly 1 foyr
times as many.
There seom to us to be no unfair requirements In tho measure. It
is' sound In argument, It Is lawful, and It It a step In the direction that
our laws be made by thinking, Intelligent people. YVe appeal to the gen
tlemen of the legislature to give It their . unanimous Indorsement and
mnko It a law this week.
THE TELEGRAPHERS’ STRIKE.
The strike of the telegraph operators, no matter what the meritt of
the controversy may be, Is a matter of universal regret. Already It Is
so general as to choke the Interchange of buslneia over the public wire#
of the two great companies. It Is prodffctad upon what appears good
grounds that the strike will be complete within the next twenty-four
hours. Tho commercial business of the country necessarily must suffer
as a result of the Inability of the companies to handle orders and ad
vices. The strike wave has already reached New York, where the
Western Union men have left their keys, and this must seriously cripple
tho New York Stock Exchange and with It whatever trading throughout
this continent Is dependent upon or affected by It.
Newspapers must suffer, to more or less extent, the loss of special
telegrams with which their general nows services are supplemented.
As to the three great general news services, tho Hearst News Service,
the United Press and the Associated Press, there Is no Interruption as
yet In the leased wire reports. The transmission of pony, or limited
word reports, from any one of these organisations Is, of course, more
or less affected, Inasmuch as they must paas over the public wire* of
one or the other telegraph companion.
The Georgian haa both the Hearst News Service and the United
Press. The Hearst organization has a satisfactory arrangement with
the operators. It has long been paying the scale asked by the union;
In fact, paid It without being called upon to do so. As a result It has an
agreement and splendid understanding with the telegraphers.
The operators of tho United Press and Associated Press have
reached a decision to ask of these two organisations the acceptance of
the llearst scale, fixing a time limit for an answer. In the event of a
refusal by either or \oth tho service will be crippled for -want of opera
tors.
Theso are tho largest business aspects of the strike from the stand
point of Its patrons. The Inconvenience to the general public In the
matter of private messages will be great, but can be endured with
more equanimity than the loss of business.
The conditions and negotiations precedent the strike, have occu
pied the public's attention for some months, but as nsnal In such cases,
the Issues involved are still somewhat obscure to the average newspaper
reader. Roth sides to the controversy appear emphatic and deter
mined. and because much time and talk failed to avert the strike. It can
hardly be hoped that an early settlement will be reached.
It Is always the public that suffers moat when differences between
capital and labor, or employer and employee, as you choose to put it,
reach such an’acute stage.
IMMENSITY OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.
The printing and publishing business possesses an Interest and Im
portance that cannot be estimated by the mere money Invested In It, tre-
menduons as the capital It represents. The Industry Is one of peculiar
fascination to the public In nearly all its various branches. A bulletin re
cently Issued by tbe United States Census Bureau gives some interesting
figures on the entire Industry. Those on newspapers and periodicals are
of especial Interest.
The value of products of newspapers and periodicals arises from
two sources of Income—subscriptions and sales, and advertising. At the
census of 1880 tbe assets derived from subscriptions and sales exceeded
MONDAY. AUGUST 12. 157T.
those from advertising by almost 311,000,000. or approximately one-
fourth. In 1890 the products of both branches -were of almost equal
value, subscriptions and sales, bowever. being greater by $1,000,000. \At
tbe census of 1900 advertising took the lead, with an excess of nearly
$10,000,000. Since 1900 this lead haa been further Increased, 1 and In 1905
amounted to nearly $34,000,000.
It la probable that this change in relative positions of these two
classes of assets did not result from failure on the part of recelpts^from
sales to advance generously In amount, but from tbe much more rapid
Increase In receipts from advertising; the former more than/doubled from
1880 to 1905, but tho latter much more than tripled. In 1880 tbe total,
value of advertising was equivalent to tho expenditure of 78 cents per
capita; In 1890, $1.13; In 1900. $1.26; and In 1905, $1.79. on the basis of
estimated population Juno 1, 1904. The per capita value of advertising
thugmore than doubled from 1880 to 1905. On the other-hand, the per
capita value of subscriptions and sales Increased much less rapidly, rising
from or* cents in 1880 to $1.87 In 1(0$. 1
The statistics relating to newspapers and periodicals Indicate a re
markable Increase from 1900 to 1906 excepf In the one significant Item,
the employment of child labor. Among the 10 leading Industries previous
ly referred to, printing and publishing led In the decrease In the em
ployment of children. ,
Ten states reported for tho decade from 1890 to 1900 an Increase In
value of advertising greater than 60 per cent, but so great had this
branch of the Industry become In 1905 that 34 states reported. for tbe
five-year period an Increase In excess of 60 per cent. The Increase Indeed
for the entire United States upon a decade basis was more than double
that reported for the previous period.
No Increase In the Industry has been more striking than that report
ed for the number of pounds of paper used. Of the total amount of paper
manufactured In 1905 more than 900,000 tons were used solely for news
papers and periodicals, representing almost one-third of the entire output
of the paper mills of the United States. To make this paper required
tho services of nearly 15,000 men, and represented npproxlmtaely $9,000,-
000 In wages. Theso mills used as raw material 1,300,000 cords of spruce,
poplar, and hemlock logs, representing the, timber product of approxi
mately 100,000 acres, exclp-'.Ve of the logs Imported from Canada. Thus
every working day In 0 i /ear the forests of New England and the Mid
dle states, with scattered areas elsewhere In the North and Northwest,
yielded approximately 1,765,000 feet of timber to be transformed Into the
newspapers and magazines required to supply the people of tho United
States. ’ /
Prohibition and the South.
(From The Chicago Record-Herald.)
Governor Smith of Georgia has signed the prohibition bill which
passed the legislature of that state several days ago, and on January 1,
1908, all Georgia will be “dry.”
When the first reports of the struggle over the Georgia prohibition
bill appeared In tho North many citizens undoubtedly were astonished at
tbe fact that a Southern state should bo deemed "ripe” for the total ex
clusion of the liquor traffic. It was not generally known that for some
time only fifteen counties In Georgia have been “wet,” the other 135 coun
ties having voted themselves dry under the old local option law, which
contains “the county feature.” Since the subject has claimed attention
all over the country, a number of writers have brought out the Interest
ing and Instructive facts concerning the steady and rapid progress of pro
hibition In tho South, and the Georgia law is now understood to be not an
Isolated phenomenon, but a somewhat advanced manifestation of a gen
eral and deep public sentiment.
As we have pointed out before. In Kentucky all but four of the coun
ties are dry, Tennessee has abolisbed the saloon everywhere except In
the cities of Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga, while Texas has nine
ty dry counties. Tho Carolinas and other Southern states tell similar
stories, and It Is certain that before long the whole South, with the ex
ception of the large cities and Industrial centers, will be prohibition terri
tory. Georgia has simply extended to her cities the rule that had pre
vailed In her villages and small towns, and her action Is, therefore, not to
be regarded B8 revolutionary.
But what a change there has been„in the Southern situation In respect
of the liquor traffic in a quarter of a oentury!
The South has been adopting prohibition in order to got rid of a
prolific source of lawlessness and crime, especially among the lower ele
ments of the colored population. Those of. her cities which have tried th«
“dry" regime—like Knoxville—know that “no saloons” means less crime
and disorder and a substantial reduction In tho cost of jail administra
tion.
C. H. MASON SEEMS SURE
OF BEING COMMISSIONER
Carlos H. Mason, of the firet ward,
seems the certain winner of a place
on the jionrd of police commissioners,
Ho le the only candidate yet announc
ed, and hie friends say" that nineteen
votes, or six more than are needed,
have been pledged to him.
Mr. Mason Is a furniture dealer at
4 Mitchell street nnd one of the best
known young business men in Atlan
ta. He has built up a big business from
a small beginning, and Is recognized
as a self-made man.
Mr. Mason has never before been n
candidate for political honors, though
he has several times befcn urged. He
Is not without experience In campon.
4ng, however, having managed Govon-
or Hoke Smith's campaign In tho first
ward, nnd having led In that ward the
fight for Lowry Arnold In tho heated
race for solicitor. All three of the
council members from the first are
for Mr. Mason, tho newly elected mem
bers as well as the old.
Mr. Mason haa the Indorsement of
tlu- prohibition forces In Atlanta, an
tndoreement which elected every pro
hibition candidate In the recent city
election. President James L. May Min,
of the Fulton County Antt-Saloon
League, Is working for Mr. Mason's
election, as are several other prohibi
tion leaders.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Capital and Surplus $ 800,000.00
Total Resources Over 3,000,000.00
The accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations, Firms
and Individuals received upon the most favorable terms con
sistent with safe and conservative banking.
4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually, is paid in
our Savings Department.
By J. L. D. HILLYER.
im staying away from church this (Sun
day) morning with the hope of doing the
Lord's service by a word or two shout the
subject Indicated. I do not like that amend
ment. I hope that the senate will cither
cut It out or so amend It as to mako it
conform more closely to the legislative will
of the people. In the meantime our friends
must not get panicky.
The Covlngton-Hardmnn bill—“The Act of
August 6**—Is near perfect perhaps ns
any pioneer measure ever was. unless It
was n law banded down from Mount Mnal.
Stripped of Its verbiage, that act pro
vides:
L That it shall be a misdemeanor for any
body to sell drinkable alcohol In Geofglh.
2. It shall be unlawful to give It away to
Induce trade at any place of business.
3. To keep It or furnlfth It any other
places.
4. To manufacture or kep It oo hand at
ceeplng of drinkable alcohol or furnishing
t In any place In the state, even In a prF
rate cellar. It Is perfectly obvious then
Upon every club, corporation or associa
tion of persons, who shall keep, or permit
to be kept, In any room, or place or any
place or any room conected therewith, di
rectly or Indirectly, In wbloh members of
atich club, association or corporation fre-
the^um of"$3oo ^ flny lnto,:,cut,n * {f4 a ors,
••Provided nothing In this section shall ho
construed to \ license or penult nny intoxi
cant or liquors. In any place now nrohlb-
Ited hr law or which shall hereafter bo
prohibited by law.” .
••Clubs, corporations or associations of
persons” are prohibited by theMIardman
act/from keeping drinkable alcohol on hand
under the (tensity of scctlou 8910. Does the
"Wright amendment” repeal the Hardman
act? The act says that If they keen the
stuff on hand they are guilty of a mlsde-
mqpnor and liable to punishment. The
"Wright amendment" says that the clubs
or associations described shall pay a tax of
$300 If they keep It on hand. There !■ noth
ing In theso laws that Is destructive of enrh
other. The club that maintains a ’locker"
mav be compelled to pay a license fee of
$300, but that will not«exenipt the members
anti servants of the club from being guilty
of a misdemeanor for keeping the drinkable
alcohol on hand, nor keep them from being
sent to Jail for violating the Hardman In\v
This Is the unavoidable Interpretation that
sound logic leads to. It Is of course confus
ing and should be straightened out. The
senate can strike out from the "Wright
amendment" nil reference to tho keeping of
drinkable alcohol, and make It provide sim
ply for a tax of $300 on clubs nnd nssooi*.
tlona that sre not churches or eleemnny.
fiueh
pnry bodies, or business corporations. .
a tax Is very proper without reference to
liquors. Or the senate nmy strike out the
amendment entirely. One or the other
should be none.
Tho question has beon raised about snern-
mental wine. The bill clearly forbids the
keeping or furnishing of alcoholic drink by
church deacons na well as by other persons.
This writer has given a great deal of study
to that phase of the liquor question. I think
that I could remove all the difficultly from
tho consclenoe of brethren who do not want
to violate the law of the Innd, nnd who
want to ol»ev the Master also. But. ns I
heard long before* Kipling wna heard of,
"that Is another story.
In th$ meantime, however, the Ilardmnn
act can not Interfere with religious worship,
though Its terms.exclude sacramental wine
that would Intoxicate If drank to excess.
But church deacons nnd stewards do not
want to be arrested nnd compelled to plead
tonr.
Edgewood, aa„ August 11,1907.
‘WE HAVE THE BATTLE WON,’’
SAYS GEN’L SECT’Y RUSSELL
1 ' Chicago, Aug. 13.—The following message was sent out to all union
operators by General Secretary Russell through the Hearst News 8ervlce:
“Stand firm and under no circumstances return to work until officially
sanctioned. President Small and the general executive board will meet
here Wednesday night. , All points are solid as a rock. Many union con
tracts being signed by press associations and brokers. Chicago Is abso
lutely closed up; no strikebreakers have arrived, all reports «o contrary
notwithstanding. We have the battle won.
, "WESLEY RUSSELL,
"General Secretary."
FOR SUPERANNUATED STATE TO BORROW
International Typographical
Union Meets at Hot
Springs.
Special to Tlio Georgia:
CARLOS H. MASON.
man W. M. Terry. Morris Brandon and
Sam H. Y'enahle. The council will
Three places will be open on tho elect new commissioners early In next
board upon the retirement of Chair- January or February.
DEDICATION OF ATLANTA COTTAGE
AT DECATUR ORPHANS' HOME
On August 30 ' the pretty colonial
granite home for the larger girls at the
Decatur Orphans’ Home will be ded
icated. It Is neat, cosy and homelike.
For every two girls there Is a little
room, and they are taught the arts of
home life. It Is a great Improvement
over the dormitory system, where thlr.
ty-flve girls were sleeping In one dor
mitory. It Is the effort of this home te
give Its Inmates as nearly home life as
possible.
There will be delightful exercises by
the orphan children In an Improvised
arbor In the beautiful grove, with an
address by Major R. J. Guinn.
The representatives of the Atlanta
District Sunday Schools will then for
mally tender the building to the trus
tees, and the presiding elder. Dr. J. H.
Eakes, assisted by the pastor, will for
mally dedicate the building.
Picnic and Barbecue.
It Is expected that the frtenda will
bring baskets of eatable* for them
selves and for th* orphans that they
may have a good time together.' The
orphans will contribute some nice bar
becue as their part.
The home hopes that every Sunday
school will be largely represented, and
that the many friends of this work will
take this occasion to see the good work
being done.
Georgia Children Rescued.
Just this work Is being done by the
orphans' homes of Georgia. They are
all working together to save the need
iest of the needy. They don't propose
that any mentally sound child shall be
left In a poor house, or that foul moth-
er or drunken father shall be permitted
to damn even their own children. These
homes are scattered all over Georgia,
nnd represent nearly all the denomina
tions as well as the Masons and a
large number which are undenomlna-
llonal.
They have taken as their motto: “No
child shall be allowed to suffer.” If
friends of humanity over Georgia will
look after the needy, the despised, the
neglected near them and report to some
one of these home* they will certainly
provide for them.
Work Day for the Orphans.
YVork day for the orphans comes Sat.
urday, September 25. this year/ and
every one In Georgia Is expected to give
his “earnings" that day to some one
of the Georgia orphans' homes that
they may be able to protect these chll.
dren.
It Is of utmost Importance that every
child should be kept from becoming a
criminal or vagrant nnd to do this these
homes feel that the public will gladly
give the "earnings" of this work-day
for the orphans.
Sants Maria Inveloped in Smokt.
Ouateamala CIL Aug. 12.—Reports
regarding a fresh eruption of the volca
no Santa Maria are greatly exaggerat
ed.' It Is merely smoking slightly more
than usual.
■flat Springs, Ark'^Aur. 12,-The fifty-
lira convention of the International Typo-
..nphlcnl Union wus cslhil to order litis
morning In thp •luu-loii, dining room of tho
Rnstmsn hotel. Addressee of wolcome Were
made uy the tunyur of the olty. ultlrers of
the lorn! nulou and others, and were re
sponded to h.v President Jinnee M. I.rnoh.
About 1.600 delegates und visitors are In at
tend*) nee.
The report of rresMent lynch It n com
prehensive document, and rnvrrs the prog-
roas made l*y the International Typographi
cal Union for the period elapsing since tho
tNiIoitalo Springs convention, and also out-
Does new policies.
Among other things, no aggressive cam
paign for the union label la recommended,
non It Is quite likely that Ibis subject will
ocenpy considerable- of tlie Convention's
time. Tbe onmpalgn for an eight-hour ilny.
which Im, lieen vigorously prosecuted by
Ihe International Typographic:)! Union for
nearly two years. Is toncheil npon extensive-
I)-, nnd It Is shown that this movement Inis
l*een attended with a very largo degree of
snecess, nlmitt 43.000 members of the -union
now working not more ihnn eight hours per
dny. In Ihe president's report tbp propo
sition to pension the suix-rimnnated anil
Inenn.irliateil members of th* union Is given
considerable spare.
Kerrelary-Treneurcr'Ilraniwnnil. In I)IB re.
port, shown that ihe collections for the yo*r
ending May It. WIT, have ranched the enoe
mens total of tl.SXI.3M.0l. nnd tbe ex-
pendltnres ll.SC.Ml.Bk leaving a Unlan.'e
In the treasnry of t94.SS2.tT. There wni
also collected during tbe tame period, fot
the^port of tho Union Printers’ home,
Tyvo Atlanta Banks
Lend Half That
Amount.
To
Governor Hoke Smith It now trying lo
ixwfert arrangements to borrow the 2200.000
li per usury to tldo over tho state until taxes
begin coming In from state bonks acting as
state depositories.
He expects to get tl00,000 of this amount
from the Four'll National and Ibe Neal
banks, of Atlanta, hotb slate depositories,
nt 2 per rent Interest.
In Macon, three bunks ape striving to se
cure Ihe state depository aonotntment, and
the bunk tlml will lend tbe state 125.000 un
der ike most advantageous rates will get
‘ | ----- — - • hig
’muereial and Savings
t t!5.000 1
the *ni|iotntuu>nt. The tlire
are the "American NilhmnI
llonal aud the CVmmorcJ
NEWSOME NOT GUILTY
OF VIOLATING LABOR CONTRACT
Special do The Georgian.
Saint Marys, Ga., Aug. I*.—Camden
county court convened here Friday,
Judge R. H. Frohock presiding, with
Colonel D. B. Rose, solicitor general,
looking after the business of the state.
The following cases were disposed of:
Jim Robinson entered a plea of guilty
to charge of disturbing public worship
and was fined tSB and costs.
London Jenkins and Cubit YVIlllams'
entered a plea of guilty to charges of
fighting on road and were fined $:s and
costa In each case.
w
. id gul
of assault and battery, fined 123 and
costs.
Susan Josey, convicted on charge of
carrying concealed weapons, was fined
210 and fohts.
Adam Newsome, charged with violat
ing labor contract, found not guilty.
Attorneys E. C- Butts, Dunwoody At.
klnson and A. H. Crovntt, of Brunswick,
und Lee YV. Crawley, of YVaycroes, were
among attorneys attending th* court
New Rural Route*.
Washington, Aug. 12.-Ilur.-il delivery has
been established ns follows: At Hall
Ground, t’herokf*. 0«„ mutes 4 sod 5,
ength 1, and 15.1 miles, respectively: ftmi-
II*# NffWl, lft.
%• B*rtow Vwitj, rout# 6.
mil**; famines served, «4.
At Maleoco. Cherokee ronntjr; r
The governor oxpecti to Ret g
from Snvnuitnh. Augusta nnd Colombo*. tfl
lug him tlio $200,000 iirrpwMify to carry on
th* it#to*# affairs tintII tftkes lieglu cotulug
Into Hi* treasury.
MUDS FIGHT
ocanni Tin
Finance Committee To Take
Up the Question
Monday.
Strong opposition from the railroad* ta
the occupation tnx of 1 per cent on tli»*lr
groas receipts, as provided for In tbe gen
eral tax act, ns passed by the boUS4>. will
be apparent when the senate finance com
mittee bolds Its firat meeting of tbe »**•
slow Monday afternoon nt 3:80 o'clock.
Henator Felder Is chairman of the Annie a
committee, and he called a meeting at the
close of tbe aenate session Monday after
noon.
It la understood that a large number «>r
railroad men are In the city to be heard
on the matter of the Income tnx. President
Thomas, of the Louisville and Nashville,
J rrlved In the clt/ on his private car Men
ar morning, and It Is understood that b-
will appear liefore the committee Monday
afternoon.
Tbe genefal tax act will he read the *«*«
ond time Monday afternoon In the aenate.
* as a further bearing before tbe fluar.ee
imlttee la Scheduled for Tuesday after
noon, the IdU will not get up In tbe aeuutf
for passage before Wednesday morning.
RECEIVER NAMED
FOR DAILY STATES
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. If.—Presi
dent O. E. Forbea, of the Montgomery
Commercial Club, wan appointed re
ceiver of The Dally State by Federal
Judge Jones today. The paper will he
continued on a larger scale than orig
inally intended.