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VOL. VI. NO. 7.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13,1907.
PRICE:
SMALL MAY
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OFFICIALLY
Telegraphers’ Presi
dent Now En Route
to Chicago.
15,000 OPERATORS
NOW ON STRIKE
Secretary Russell Warns
All Local Presidents to
Prepare Forces.
Not a Click Over the
Wire Since 7:30
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• Monday.
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Chicago, Aug. 13.—General Secretary-
Treasurer Russell, of the Commercial
Telegraphers’ Union of America, has
Issued the following bulletin:
"To All Local President* and Secreta
ries:
"President Small Is en route to Chi
cago und will arrive tomorrow. It Is
the Judgment of the general executive
board and the general secretary treas
urer will so recommend to the president
on his arlval, that a general strike
should be authorised at once. Prepare
your forces. _ ...
(Signed.) -WESLEY RUSSELL.'
ii/-. - 1 a.. u inmf.n , ron<itPnP "
The Georgian and Augusta Herald
Are Only Daily.Papers in Georgia
Receiving a Complete Wire Service
The Georgian and The Augusta Herald are the only newspapers in Georgia
receiving full leased wire press reports today. These papers alone have free and
full communication with the outside world.
• The operators are striking for the pay and hours that these papers already
allow their operators, and have been doing for some time.
So long as the telegraph wires stand, The Georgian will continue to get all
the news of Georgia and of the world. The operators all along the wires of the
Hearst News Service, which supplies The Georgian, are satisfied and—busy.
As always, The Georgian is giving the news.
Union Prepares
To Care For Its
Members Here
Strikers Confident of Win
ning Their Point Over
Companies.
-General Secretary-Treasurer.”
Chicago. Aug. 13.—Wesley Russell,
deputy president of the Commercial
Telegraphers’ Union, sent out this
morning a general order, calling out all
telegraphers In the United States and
Canada who had not signed a contract
unOcr the new terms demanded. Mr.
Russell told every telegrapher In the
two courtlriss to approach hi* employ
er and demand that he sign the new
union contract.
This does not affect the Hearst News
Service. _ _
Pittsburg, Washington, San Fran
cisco, Newark. Buffalo and Baltimore
operators are now out. All Western
union operators, Including three chiefs,
forty in all, walked out this morning
at Toledo.
New York, Aug. 18.—The first effects
of the telegrapher’s strike on the vast
business Interests of the country were
felt today when the strike spread from
the Atlantic to the fttclfic and from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
and was still sweeping through Interior
cities and towns which had been wait
ing for New York to act. Fifteen
thousand men are out In all parts of
the country, five thousand of them tn
New York alone, and they are backed
by! a fund of 33,000,000 with which to
make their fight. >
Canada to Mexieo.
The strike order ha* been extended
to Canada and Mexico and today opera
tors in those parts of the • continent
were walking out. Throughout the
whole country manufacturers, mer
chants, financiers and business men
generally were hampered by the cut
ting oft of the telegraph service of the
two great compahles, the Western
Union and Postal, and even the mar.
keti were affected, the price* of stocks
showing the business disturbance.
Wheat alone broke three points as a
direct resuit of the strike. In New
York today the strikers from the West
ern Union and Postal general and
branch offices were Joined by men from
Mg Wall street ofilces, commission
houses and other large business con
cerns, excepting such sources as have
contracts with their operator*.
All Cities Affected.
More than 100 cities and towns are
already affected, these Including, with
one or two exceptions, all the Impor
tant cities of fhe country.
Only about sixty-five cities or towns
of any consequence had not been reach
ed, but It was expected that the men
In these ofilces would go out at any
time.
Other cltlee throughout the country
had quickly followed the lead of New
York. Virtually everything west of
Pittsburg an throughout the South
wee tied up. Some of the Eastern cltlee
did not Join the strike but* they were
alone and could not send messages
because there were practically no men
to receive them.
Associated Press Men Out.
New York city. It was asserted
today, there were 3,000 Weetem Union
and 1,000 Postal operator* out. Through
the rest of the country ten thousand
men were out.
Following the strike of the commer
cial operators In this city came the
walk-out of the operators of the Asso
ciated Press, practically paralysing the
news fathering system.
Of the big news gathering organiza
tion the only one not affected was the
Hearst News Service. It was already
paying the scale and observing the
union’s hours and Its news service was
not Interrupted.
Striker’s Terms Met.
In Chicago and other big cities
THOMAS J. BISHOP.
President of local No. 60 of Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union.
Continued on Pegs Three.
The only newspaper telegraph sound
er that clicked In Atlanta Tuesday was
that In the office of The Georgian,
where the Hearst service operator was
kept busily at work. The Associated
Press had stopped short at 7:30-o'clock
Monday night, the hour set by the
striking operators, and since that time
there has not been an operator In the
ofilces of tbit service.
That The Georgian Is able to give a
full report of the news of the world to
Its readers Is due to the friendly rela
tions between the Hearst service and
the .Telegraphers’ Union. They reached
an. agreement somo time ago which was
perfectly satisfactory to both sides, and
there Is not the slightest friction be.
tween employer and emp^iyee In that
newsgathering sorvlce. '
In every office of the Associated
Press, from Maine to California, the
operators loosed their grip on the keys
Monday night, and since that time
there has not been a click of the sound
er. The Western Union made an ef.
fort to supply the press association
with bulletins of Impotrant news, but
met with no success. During the night
not a line came over the prese wlree
and Tuesday morning brought the pub.
He no news of what had happened dur
ing the twelve hours preceding. The
afternoon paper* dependent Upon the
Associated Press were equally as una
ble Tuesday to obtain their service.
The tie-up wqjt complete.
Operatore’ Ultimatum.
. The Aseociated Press operators,
few less than 600, had notified Melville
E. Stone, general manager, that unlese
they received by 7:30 o’clock a eatle-
foctory reply to their demande for bet
ter hours and pay, they would walk
out of every office. Their demands for
day work were eight hours, 330 a week
and 60 cents an'hour for overtime. For
r.lght work they asked eight hours, $3$
a week and 70 cents an hour for over
time, or the same scale adopted by the
Hearst service.
At 7:30 o’clock th.e operators In the
offices throughout the country waited
for their answer. When It came It of.
fered no satisfaction. Mr. Stone wired
the following message:
Mr. Stone’* Answer.
To Operators: I • received this
morning a communication from a large
number of operator* in the service of
the Associated Press ashing for a
changed scale of wage* and hours, and
requesting a reply by 7:30 o clock this
eV, The*changes Involved are so radical
In their nature as to add over 3300,000
a year, and probably more, to the ex
pense of this organisation.
"The Associated Press Is mutual In
ft» character, making no profits, and
has no surplus funds out of which suen
a sum could be paid. Any such In
crease must, of necessity, be levied
back on the newspapers as a part of
their weekly assessments. As general
manager I have no power to make such
an increase, either In salaries or as
sessments, without authority from the
board of director*, and It Is obviously
Impossible to call this board together
within the time named. The board
consists of fifteen member*, scattered
throughout the entire country.
“At the same time, acting under au
thority heretofore granted me by the
board of director*. I shall be very glad
at any tlipe to meet a committee of
your Own operator*, and confer with
them respecting hour* of service and
compensation, with a view to making
some recommendation to the next
meeting of the board of director*,
which ahall meet any fair or Juet ex
pectations of those In our operating
**"Even were I free to act, I think you
must agree with me that a question of
this magnitude should not be pressed
to a conclusion within the limits of a
few hour*, and without any oppor
tunity for consultation between myself
Continued on Page Three.
The largest meeting of the striking
Commercial Telegraphers since the
members of the union walked out of
the Postal and Western Union offices
on Sunday afternoon was held Tues
day morntrig In the Emory building on
Viaduct Place.
The hall was crowded from 10
o’clock, when the meeting was called
to order, until X o’clock, when the mem
bers of the union adjourned to meet
again Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Of those present Tuesday morning be
tween thirty and forty-five were wom
en and several of them made excellent
talks that brouglu forth cheers.
Prominent among the speakers was
Mrs. E. B. Smith, the secretary and
treasurer of the Gainesville local, which
has its membership distributed from
Atlanta to Charlotte. ,
Optimism is largely In evidence
among the strikers. They ere con
fident that they will win. This con
fidence was Increased to a degree of
almost certainty when the Associated
Press operators walked out Monday
night, and these operators attended the
meeting Tuesday Morning. Speeches
were made by some of them and they
declared they were out until the proper
scale was signed up.
Take Care of Members.
Every provision has been made by
the local union for taking care of the
member*. In addition to a good fund
on hand, the union has established
bureau of Information where many
places are listed as open bouses for
union telegraphers.
Just os the meeting adjourned Tues
day one woman striker, a pretty young
woman, nattily attired In white, ap
proached the secretary and caused
cheers when she put her name down
as being able to accommodate four
union telegraphers who might strike
Atlanta and desired to be entertained.
"There will be no panhandling union
telegraphers In Atlanta,” said one mem
ber of the press commute. "We have
funds on hand that we have been ac
cumulating for Just this purpose and
we are prepared to make a finish fight
of IL And when our own funds are ex
hausted, we are pledged the support of
other organisations.”
GEORGIA R. R. HAS
QUIT HANDLING ITS
TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH
Augusta, Gn., Aug. 13.—W. S. Brand, su
perintendent of the Georgia railroad, baa
United the following bulletin:
**To all concerned:
"On account of conatant and serious In
terruption of our telegraph service, cover
ing n period of severnl days past, which
do not appear to be caused by atmospher
ic conditions, hut by human Interference
which has proved l>eyond our ability to
correct, we will, effective at once, and until
further advised, discontinue the handling
of trains by telegraph orders. No eitrn
trains, excepting roadway work trains, will
be operated, and all trains will be governed
by the rules and schedules."
ST A TE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
INDORSES CLUB LOCKER TAX
At a called meeting of the Georgia State Anti-Saloon League Mon
day night, the following resolutions Indorsing the tax on club lockers and
calling upon the senate to Increase the tax to 310,000, or other large sum,
was adopted: i
“Whereas,. There has been some misapprehension as to the pur
pose of the friends of the Hardman-Covlngton-Ncel prohibition bill, as
affected by the provisions of the general tax Bill taxing the club lockers
of the. state: .and
“Whereas, It Is absolutely Imperative that some tax In stringent
terms should bo placed upon this form of keeping liquor, It not being pro
hibited by the general prohibition bill; therefore, be It
"Resolved by the Anti-Saloon Lcoguo of Georgia, That wo urgently
beg our friends (In tho senate) of the magnificent law already passed
to see that tha house amendment to the tax act, seeking to control tho
keeping of Intoxicating liquors In club houses by taxation, be amended
In the senate by striking out the words three hundred dollars, and In
serting In (leu thereof, ten thousand dollars, or other lurge Bum.”
BASEBALL
Western Union
Standing Firm
"We have thirty men at work today
and I never felt more confident that we
are going to win this fight."
This was the statement of J. Levin,
general superintendent of the Southern
division of tho Western Union. When
asked whether or not he thought the
strike would be a long pne, he,replied
that the company would fight to the
finish.
The following telegram was received
by Mr. Levin from R. C. dowry, preel-
dent and general manager of the West,
ern Union:
‘About 30 per cent of our force In
New York went out and we have ample
force today to move the business with
out delay. Less than 23 per cent went
out at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Pittsburg and Buffalo. We are
In good ehape to those point*. New
York Herald. Sun, Times and Tribune
have editorials criticising action of
strikers.”
ATLANTA
B’HAM..
FIRST GAME.
.504
100 - ,
SENATORS CUT OUT
CLUB LOCKER TAX
At a meeting of the senate finance
committee held Monday night In the
room of Chairman Felder, In the Pied
mont, the section providing for the 3300
tax was stricken’ by a vote of seven to
five. Two votes were taken, one to
make the tax 310,000. the other to
strike the 3300 tax section. Those vot.
Ing for the increased tax and against
the striking of the section already pro.
vided were Senator* Wilkes. Cowan.
Deen, Overstreet and Walden. Thoee
voting to strike out the section were
Pension Bush, Flynt. Hay*, Peacock,
Steed, Stevens and Whaley.
Ford and Sid Smith opposed Wilhelm
and Lattlmer In the opening game of
the double-header Tuesday between
Atlanta and Birmingham. The game
was called promptly at 2 o'clock, and a
large gathering of the faithful was
on hand.
FIRST INNING.
Molleswoht walked. Demont fanned,
Smith grounded to second and out,
Molesworth going to second, Meeks
singled to left, scoring Molesworth.
3Ieeks advanced to second on the
throw-ln. Walter* fanned. ONE HIT;
ONE RUN.
Becker fllpd out to center. Winters
singled to left. Paskert singled to
right, Winters going lo second. Fox
singled past second, filling tho bases.
Jordan singled to right, scoring Win
ter* nnd Paskert. Castro walked, fill
Ing the bases again. Dyer singled tc
center, Fox scoring and Jordan being
thrown out at third. Smith singled to
right, scoring Castro and Dyer. Ford
fanned. SIX HITS: FIVE RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Alcock out, pitcher to first. Garvin
nut, short to first. Latimer out, pitch
er to first. NO HITS: NO RUNS.
McWeller went In the box for Bir
mingham. Becker singled to - right.
Winters sacrificed out to first. Paskert
walked. Fox filed out to left, Becker
and Paskert advancing a base. Jordan
out, pitcher to first. ONE HIT; NO
RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
McWeller filed out to left. Moles
worth out, pitcher to first. Demont
fouled out to the catcher. NO HITS;
NO RUNS.
Castro singled past third. Dyer pop
ped out to the pitcher. Smith ground-
cred to third and on an error went to
second, Castro going to third. Becker
walked, forcing In Castro.
Winters singled to center, scoring
Smith and Ford. Becker scored and
Winters stole second. Paskert walked.
Fox popped out to short. TWO HITS;
FOUR RUNS.
Race Results.
SARATOGA.
First Race—Belle of Iroquois, 30 to
I. won; Anna May, ft to 2, second;
Royal Lady, 1 to 4, third. Time, 1:13.
.Second Race—D'Arkle, 8 to 1, won;
Fancy Bird, 4 to 1, second; Poques-
sing, 3-to 1, third. Time, 1:40.
EMPIRE CITY.
First Race—Llnneppee, 8 to S, won;
Blzzy Izsy. 4 to I, second; Jobstown.
7 to 6, third. Time. 1:42 3-8.
FOR'FiRIE.
Flint Race—Cooney K, 7 to I, won;
Olena McBride. 4 to 6, second; Harry
Rlcheson. 3 to l, third.
Mrs. Martha Goodwin.
The body of Mr*. Martha Goodwin,
who died Monday morning at her res
idence In South Kirkwood, Ga., was
sent to Cartersvllle. Oa., Tuesday morn
ing. Th- funeral service* will fake
place In that city Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock-
TROLLEY EMFLITES
FAX RAISED
BY HOUSE
Bill Is Hotly Debated
in Morning Ses
sion.
Superintendent Nlm Hurst, of the Georgia
Railway and Eleetrle Company, announced
at the regular monthly Inspection of mo-
tonnen nnd conductor* held Tuesday morn
Ing In the transportation building of the
company on l’ledmont areuur, that a wsge
Increase of 10 per rent a month bid been
tnado by l’reslileut I’. H. Arkwright, end
would become affective on September L Of
the 700 employes In this department M3
were preeeut mid were roclferone In ap
plause, for they have worked bard for the
Increase anil felt that It waa a material
tribute to tbelr loyalty and effort. A far
ther announcement was made at 1>:M
o'clock, wben the second squad went up
for Inspection, and Ibo Dual announcement
will he made at 7:30 o'clock, wben tbe third
__ the fairness of the offlcfnls. The
new eonle etlpulnted that uiotormen anil
conductors shall Im* paid 14 cents au hour
for the first six months of service, 17 cents
on hour for the second six months, 18 cents
an- hour for the second year, 20 cents for
the third year, 21 cents for the fourth year
me iwvuiiu, is eenis toe worn, *e coon
fourth and 20 cents tbe fifth yearA
Means Big Incrsaaa.
The pay roll of the Georgia Hallway and
Eleetrle Conqmny for wotonaen ana con
ductors during the month of July wgs 337,-
497.30: tin* Increase imwua that 13,749.73
would hare lieeu added tn that amount, anil
that a eorresiHindlng amount will be added
after Meptemher 1.
Vico President T. K. Glenn, mnnager of
the railway department of tha company,
took occasion to compliment Hu* men ou the
goad work they have been doing, and also
to caution new men about ruunlugcsrelcsly
and their conduct toward patroua of the
cnmpnny. lie told the men that the com
R a
l the south, due largely to theft cvn..
nnd that ho wanted them to co-operate still
further with the company to Improve the
service so that there could not possibly
lie a complaint.
Muperliitendeut llnrt told the men that
they could benefit themselves only by being
of 1>cuellt to tbe cottiiainy, ami that care-
leas running which caused accidents snd
extensive law anlta kenr “
a salary Increase much
Senate Billa Passed.
Th* following senate bills were
passedt
By Senator Howard—To amend state
code making criminal the zale of mort
gaged property before payment of
mortgage debt.
By Senator Fclta—To amend thq rod*
so as to subject one-third of the wages
of Journeymen me chanics and laborers,
receiving as much as 76 cents per day,
to garnishment.
By Senator Farmer—To allow Insur
ance companies Incorporated In Georgia
with a capital stock to Increase same
above 3100.000.
By Senator Hardman—To provide
for the reglr trillion of trained nunus.
By Senator Henderson, of the Fif
teenth—To amend constitution ao as
to provide a representative for Ben Hill
county.
The following house bills were pass*,
ed: ^
By Mr. Reid, of Macon—To amend
the charter of Montezuma.
By Mr. Couch, of Coweta—To Incor
porate the town of Haralson.
By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To amend
met establishing the city court of Grif
fin.
At 1 o’clock the aenate adjourned I
until 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The fertilizer tax bill, providing for
an Increaoe In the Inspection tax on
commercial fertlllzera from 10 centa
to 16 cents a ton, the proceeds to be
devoted to the state agricultural
achools, was passed In the house Tues.
day at 1 o'clock by a vote of 104 to 67.
The bill was hotly debated during the
morning session. It having displaced
the disfranchisement bill on the calen
dar for Tuesday.
House Routine.
The house met at 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning and waa led In prayer by
Chaplain Parks.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, vice chairman of
the committee on rules, representing
the committee asked unanimous con
sent to have two local billa by Mr.
Terrell, of Grady, considered by the
house at once. There was no objection.
The first bill provided for correcting
an error In the description of Grady
county which was made In the act
creating that county. ,
The second bill provided for trans*
ferrlng Grady county from the South
ern Judicial circuit to the Albany Ju
dicial circuit. Both bills were passed
without objection.
The house adopted a report from the
committee on rules recommending that
the bill of Mr. Whitley, of Douglas,
prohibiting the sale of narcotics, be
made the special order for 4:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, provided the dis
franchisement bill should be finished
by that time.
Central Bond Deal.
Tho committee on rules, through Mr.
Hall, also recommended that the reso
lutlon of Mr. Hardeman, of Jefferson,
calling for an Investigation of the al
leged sale of the Central railway to
tho Southern, be made a special order
for Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock,
and that the Overstrect-Candler bill,
providing for the enlargement of tho
powers of tho railroad commission, be
made a special order for Thursday Im-
. mediately after the reading of the
Journal.
Tho recommendation of the rules
committee was adopted and the bills
will come up for passage In the order
named.
The first order of business Tuesday
was the bill by Mr. Martin, of Elbert.
Increasing the tax on fertilizer Inspec
tion from 10 lo 26 cents per ton.
This hill displaced the disfranchise
ment bill for one hour and twenty
minutes only.
The bill provided that the money re
ceived from fertilizer Inspection be
used In equipping and maintaining the
agricultural school! In the various con
gressional districts.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, raised the point
that the blit might be considered as
Involving an appropriation, and moved
that the house be resolved Into a com
mittee of the whole for the purpose of
considering the bill.
The motion prevailed, and Mr. Don
ation. of Decatur, waa called to the
chair.
Mr. Martin, the author of the bill,
•poke first and explained 111 provls-
lona.
In Other 8tatea,
He declared that In no date In the
union except Georgia Is the fee for
fertiliser Inspection less than 26 centa
In Alabama It la 30 cents per ton and
In Florida It Is 36 cents. In spite of
this difference In the fee, said Mr.
Martin, the price for fertilizers In the
various states Is uniform.
Mr. Martin stated that the Increase
In the lax would not Impoae a burden
on any one, and that the money derived
from It, If expended on the agricul
tural schools of the state as proposed,
would go far toward advancing agri
cultural education In this state.
He stated that according to his fig
ures each district agricultural school
In the state will receive about 310,000
and the state agricultural school will
receive something like 360,000.
Mr. Martin referred briefly to the
action of the Farmers' Union In regard
to the bill. He stated that at first the
uplon opposed the bill, but that later
It had been decided not to take any
stand In the matter.
Mr. Perry, of Hall, followed Sir. Mar-
s
OF
Driven Back by Dead
ly Fire of French
Rifles.
Tangier, Aug. 13.—News has been
received here of a terrific battle be
tween the Moora and French at Casa
Blanca, In which 6,000 Moors, after a
bold charge, were repulsed with heavy
loss of life.
The attack was carefully planned,
but waa made possible only through the
fanaticism of the Moora. The Moors
charged fiercely, but the French hold
ing the more advantageous position,
quickly drove them back. The Moora
quickly ,re-formed their lines and
charged back over the dead bodies of
their comrades.
8hells Dsclmats Moore.
The cruiser Glolre at this point be-
gun to co-operate with tho French
troops, sending a terribly effective rain
of shells Into the Moorish forces.
The attacking forces wero cut down
by the guns of the French soldiers and
blown to pieces by the sholls of the
ship.
Still the leaders urged the charge and
with dogged Indifference to death tho
men continued until they wero simply
driven back by the very forco of the
firing.
Withering Fire of Freneh.
Even after being decimated bv the
withering fire of tho French, tho Moors
re-formed their straggling lines and
with a persistence bordering upon In
sanity, again essayed a charge. Again
the steady rifle flro from the soldiers
and the death-dealing shells from the
cruiser drove them back. Still th*
Moors seemed willing to follow their
leaders Into the very mouths of 'the
French guns.
No estimate of the losses of tho at
tacked could be obtained, but th*
French losses were small.
SENATE. SPRINTS
TO FINISH WORK
Continued on Page 8even.
The senate Is coming down to the
heel of the session In fine shape, busi
ness being dispatched with a minimum
of delay,
Tuesday morning waa devoted largely
to general measures of aenate origin.
The Wilkes bill to prohibit foreign in
surance companies from removing suit]
from state to Federal courts, under
penalty of revocation of license, passed.
The Hardman measure, providing for
th* registration of trained nurses and
an examining board, alto passed. Sev.
oral other measures, however, were
either killed or tabled.
Senator Steed's resolution, calling for
two dally sessions of the senate, was
adopted. Beginning Tuesday the ses
sions will be from 10 o'clock In the
morning to 1 o'clock In the afternoon,
and from 8 o'clock In the afternoon
until business on hand Is disposed of.
The senate by a vote or 24 to 9 tabled
the bill of Senator Wilkes to compel
railroads to fence off their tracks to
prevent the killing of stock.
Senator Hardman's bill, providing
for a commission to examine Into the
causes of crime and pauperism and the
relation of the two race*, met with
forceful objection from Senator Felder.
“I am opiiosed to stirring up the race
question In Georgia,” he said. "Tho
whole trouble Is too much agitation of
that question. While thlB bill carries
no appropriation, don’t you know lhat
they wilt be back here next year want
ing money to run thlngiT
"Just look at the personnel of the
proposed commission! Two doctors,
two lawyer*, two ministers nnd two
farmers! You could never get that
crowd to agree on anything. It Is un
wise and unneressary legislation."
On motion of Senator Peacock the
bill was tabled.
The bill of Senator Hardman provid
ing for the registration of trained
nurses as to qualifications, met with
only slight opposition. It passed, with
slight amendments, by a unanimous
vote.
Growth and Progress of the New Sooth
The Georgian here records each day tome
economic fact In reference to the onward
progreas of the South.
BY
B. LIVELY
tillable** during the rear 1907, *• shown by theta a returns, the gain for the county
aggregating 37,167,318, Atlanta contributing 35,263,736 as her 'hare of th,. gain.
Out of the fourteen districts 6re show losses fouling 36t,97o, the remaining nine
bringing the lurresae up to over 37.000,010.
The aggregate value of city property Is placed by the tax payers at 346,900,716.
white outside of the rtty M,2M\ seres of land an returned for taxation, the aggre
gate raise of Ibe land, with buildings and all Improvements being placed at 35,-
300,066, or sn sytrage of 361 per sere.
Other Interesting Items showing the estimated nine of property owned In Fnt-
ton county are:
Value shares state and national banks
Value storks and bonds
Money nnd debts
Merchandise *•..**********•*•«•** ***•***••****•>••*«*
MiBDfaetam
Household mill kitchen furniture.
Wstches, silverware and jewelry
Vehicles . *
A,i A*tot* rsnEb‘tX! arc returned) 1L223 being white nod 1.523
* total of 11.7M In
The aggregate value of property returned by negroes for 1907 Ik tl.3S7.A46, as
compared with fl.SOS.S* In the train for this rear being $149,464. or an Increase
of 11 per cent, which shows that th»» colored people of tho county are keeping pact
with the general march of prosperity.
I2.W6.740
576.560
6.947 J75
6,964.990
3.66MD0
2,274.416
139,745
344.370
141.2*5
623.12*)
colored, ns against