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WBDNBSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1907. 6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. mans] i: Senate Finance Committee Ileai’S Argument On General Bill. owing'to the length of the sennto sion Tuesday afternoon. It was nearly 5 o'clock l»cfore the senate flunuce committee assembled to hear arguments against certain taxes Imposed In the general tax act. Colonel N. E. Harris, of Macon, spoke against the 1 per cent tax on the gross re ceipts of railroads, and contended that Its pasaaga would not only seriously cripple roods now operating, but hinder future con “D^T'Loyless und M. A. Montgomery spoke against the tax Imposed on tlic soda water business. Mr. Loyless said that Geor gia was the only state lu the union to Impose such a tax. It. S. Williams spoke lu the Interest of __ the resultant Injury to the employees of the roads. John O. Posted, of Mucoii. spoke against the tax as the representative of eighteen labor organlzu- !l Ex-Senator J. L. Hand and L. Z. Rosser also argued against the gross Income tax. A second session was held nt 8:30 o’clock in the evening, at wlileh time the street railway men were heard from, l’reston Ark wright. president of xhe Georgia and Electric Company! contended unjust aud unnecessary. A. A. Lawrence, of Savanna Gainesville: Frank E. bus, and II. J. Arnold, of Rome, all spoke, ns representatives of the street car com panies of the cities named. C J. Lambsrt spoke In behalf of the Rin ger" Hewing Machine Company: E. P. Burns, for the American Insurance Association 1 , R L. I>. McAllister, for the bottling men; r' C. Austin, for the express companies, nnd T. B. Felder, for the telephone and telegraph companies. At 11:20 o’clock, the committee adjourned to meet again nt 3 o’clock Wednesday after noon. L. N. MAY OPPOSE ALABAMA RATE LAW Birmingham. Ala.. Aug. 14.—The semi-official statement given circula tion that the Louisville and Nashville will not fojlow the example of the Southern, ’Frisco and other railroads, in putting Into effect the lower pas senger and freight tariff, but ctfi the, contrary will light the state to the last ditch, has been accorded zest by the visit to Louisville of Gregory L. Smith, of Mobile, chief counsel for the Louis ville and Nashville In its litigation with the state. Mr. Smith Is understood to be con ferring with the management of the railroad and an exact program will be (tllHMHIMIMIMMMMHMH Motto: Every Opportunity for Every Pupil. . The Georgia Military Academy ZX'i COLLEGE PARK <8 Miles from Atlanta, Ga.>, COL. J. C. WOODWARD, A. M., President. Not a Vacancy in Years. . . . The South’s Most Splendidly Equipped College-Preparatory Home School, for Boys and Young Men. sity trained teachers. Thorough cial courses for government i environment in College Park, ful climate. Very few places now open. Pupils should register at once to bo sure of places. kkeeping, stenography and typewriting. Spe- Wliolesome athletics. Ideal social and moral Sweet milk from school’s Jerseys. Delight- SPECIAL ADVANTAGES TO ATLANTA PUPILS Convenient schedules. Freedom from noise and city distractions. Warm dinnci-s. building in new Gym and Military department. , Choice companionships. Individual instruction. Small classes. Body Graduates Admitted to College on Certificates Without Examination. IFifi BOTH SIDES ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC Continued from P«qs One. ed In the Federation hall Tuesday af ternoon In response to a request of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union. A committee of the telegraphers ap peared at the meeting and the story of their treatment was eloquently told. It was declared the men were driven to walk out, and that any further stay In the employ of the company could only be done by a surrender of their manhood. At the conclusion of the talks by the telegraphers, which made a most favorable impression on the typos, mapped out. Nashville Is not)Press Huddleston offered the follow The Louisville and XN&snviiitj | Minlutlnn nrcfaclnu this with I under the ban of the state because \t Ing nwoluuoti. preracing has not violated any law and ls P rn " ' Resolve to Aid. !nffi d eff7c?' n by tCTnMoTSnSTed “By Atlanta Typographical Union. No. bv Judge Jones, of the federal court. In March. This injunction the South ern had modified at Its own request in order to make peace with the state. The deterrent element In the Louis ville and .Nashville system Is that If it lnslBts~on . the fnjtiifetlon, It-will lose a great deal of business, as the South ern and others will be favored under lower tariffs. This loss will be es pecially heavy between Birmingham and Mobile, both the Southern •Frisco operating between these 1 °The Louisville and Nashville, in order to get Into encounter with the state, will have to violate the outlaw act or some other law not enjoined by Judge Jones. ^ ISIS, WALLACE Wife of Professor S. S. Wal lace, of Georgia Tech School. Mrs. Helen Wells Wallace, wife of rrofessor S. 8. Wallace, professor of English at Tech, died auddenly Wed nesday morning at her residence at the Georgiu School of Technology. Mrs. Wallace was born In Poultney, Vt., in 1874, moving to Georgia In 1899 with her husband. She was married June 17, 1896, In New York. Besides her husband, three children survive her, Janet Read Wallace, Sam uel Stewart Wallace; Jr., and Edward Victor Wallace. The funeral services will be conduct ed Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the residence. Rev. R. F. Eakes will officiate. The interment will be private. SUMMER REFRESHMENT. It most be n dainty morsel to tempt , newly linked nnd perfectly protected. The National Biscuit Company routes to the rescue with biscuit nnd wafers of ull kinds In moisture and dust*proof packages Hint so preserve their oven freshness that their real ago dates only from the time the pneknge Is opened. I'erhaps the. most popular for the summer season nre Noels! Ten Biscuit. For porch or Inw-n. pieulc or psrty, luncheon, nipper, ten nr dessert, they are equally good nnd al ways appropriate. Nodal Tea Biscuit should lie served from the original package If you wish to enjoy them to the fullest extent, because when the ho, t, opened ami the crisp little bis cuit enten at om-e, It Is Just like taking them from the oven. All Ihelr goodness and flavor la there for yon to enjoy. -The package itself Is eo ertlstlenlly design, d that Its attractive appearance alone would prompt you to serve Noelnl Tea Biscuit In this way. The Drat trial will suggest to yon nt once the various uses end ,»«• •jjjna for which they would he Just the <8: “Whereas the telegraphers through out the United States and Canada arc now engaged in a-struggle for the eight-hour day and better conditions generally for their craft, and “Whereas Atlanta Typographical Onion, realizing that the demands of the telegraphers for these conditions are reasonable and Just, therefore be It “Resolved, That Atlanta Typographi cal Union, No. 48, in meeting assembled tenders to the telegraphers Its heart iest co-oporatlon and pledges Its full est moral and financial support them at this time. And “Resolved further. That the delegates from this union in attendance upon the International Typographical Union convention, now 'In session at Hot Springs. Ark., be Instructed by tele phone to Introduce and tirge for pas sage a resolution before that body call Ing for a special appropriation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be ten dered the telegraphers In their fight for better conditions. "Resolved further. That the officers of Atlanta Typographical Union, No. 48, transmit ra copy of these resolu tions to the telegraphers,- and also no tify the officers of the International Typographical Union of this action. "Respectfully submitted, "ED L. SUTTON, "J. R. ALFORD. "N. H. KIRKPATRICK. “PRESS HUDDLESTON, "JEROME JONES. "Committee." The resolution was carried unani mously, and In addition It was unani mously voted by the typos to contrib ute $100 out of the local treasury to as. stst the strikers in carrying on their fight. After the meeting President Wade Harding of the local typos got Into communication with President Lynch nt Hot Springs over the long aistance ’phone and read the resolu tions regarding the $10,000 appropria tion. Publicity was given by the Western Union officials Tuesday to a telegram sent out by General Manager dowry from New York, which declared the Employers’ Association of Louisville, Ky.. composed of all classes of busi ness men. had sent a delegation to the Western Union manager In that city and offered the company hearty sup- port. This message was alleged to be a fake by the commercial telegraphers, and to ascertain Its genuineness, the Atlanta Typographical Union requested the secretary of the Loulsvlle typos tc report on the matter. ASSOCIATED PRESS*FAILS TO FIND MAN FOR KEY. Operators, operators everywhere, but not a single one for hire.” That ls the position Manager Chapin, of the Associated Press In Atlanta, found himself In early Wednesday morning. At 9 o'clock one of the In struments in the Associated Press of fice was ticking away news from Chi cago and all Mr. Chapin needed to get a report of the day's doings from Chi cago was an operator. Later In the day the Western Union officials furnished one of their short supply of operators and the Associated Press matter from Chicago, was re ceived In Atlanta. Instead of sending this operator to the office of the Associated Press, the wire was cut Into the Western Union office and the news received there. It was then sent by messenger boys to the newspapers receiving Associated “Gymnasium Georgia Military ^c^ocm? NEW GYMNASIUM NOW FINISHING. Press dispatches. The Associated Press .was working In Chicago Wednesday morning and before,the wire had been working long. Cincinnati and Springfield, Ohio, had cut In and were receiving what Chicago was sending. Something that sound ed like Birmingham and Columbus and Indlnapolls cutting was heard, but this was not certain. The situation at both mnln offices of the Western Union and the Postal remained the same. Manager Alfred M. Beatty, of the Postal, said his small force was hand ling all the business brought In and he was exceedingly optimistic about the situation. J want to deny most positively,” said Mr. Beatty,, “that the Postal Is either receiving or sending out any messnges by mall In Atlanta What buslnes we are doing wo are doing by the wire. We are not taking money for wire messages and then mailing them out. There has not been a single Instance of this since the strike.” RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS MAY NOT BECOME INVOLVED Now York, Aug. 14.—The railroad telegraphers of America, forty thou sand strong, will probably not be call ed upon to Join the strike ofthe com mercial operators. B. Brooks, general eastern superin tendent of the Western Union, an nounced the determination of the offi cials of that company to compel the rullroads to handle their business. “We have contracts with every railroad In the East with the exception of the Pennsylvania,” explained Mr. Brooks. “These companies ure bound to carry our business and we will Insist that they do It." "Would not this paralyse the com mercial and railroad industries of America?" Mr. Brooks was asked. Rsilrosds Issued Defi. Evading the question ho answered that the Western Union would simply he demundlng Its rights In calling on the railroads to live up to their con tracts. Following the statement of Mr. Brooks, the publicity department of the New York Central Issued a deft to the Western Union. In It the com pany said that If their operators did not care to handle the Western Union business they would not compel them to do so: that Its contract with ths Western Union would not hold at such times. This Is regarded as a great victory for the strikers. Mr. Brooks admitted that the West ern Union was greatly handicapped. President dowry declared that tho situation was well In hand, and reiter ated with some vehemence that under no circumstances would the Western Union entertain overtures In the dlrec. tlon of arbitration. Women Pickets at Work, are out In every big city In the country and today It Is indicated that their tie-up of the telegraph business almost complete. In New York city scores of young women among the strikers were today doing wonderful work os pickets, tier suadlng . non-union operators to stay away from the offices and inducing strike-breakers to Join the strikers. The closing of hundreds of branch offices In the city and the Inability to keep open connections with the rest of the world greatly hampered the stock markets, the brokers being without In formation. Mssssngsr Boys 8triks. The striking Postal messenger boys refused to return to work today and the company was put to great Incon venience In the delivery and receipt of the comparatively few messages handled. The government business at Wash ington was greatly hampered by the strike, It being difficult to get through even messnges of the greatest Import ance. Telephone companies throughout the country have Indicated a disposition to handle us much telegraph business as possible und were today stringing additional wires between many cities. Wall street brokers who employ opera tors were among the first to sign the $30 a week scale In an effort to keep their quotation boards open. TELEGRAPH MANAGERS STICK TO THE KEY8. Special to The Hcoryinn. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 14.—Both the Western Union and Postal telegraph offices In this city ure still handling business. The local operators have struck, but the munngers of both com panies arc still on duty. Mnny tele grams received, however, are badly de layed. PAPERS GET NEWS BY LONG DI8TANCE 'PHONE. Hpedal to Tho tieorgiau. Charleston. 8. C.. Aug. 14.—Charles ton ls well bottled up by the telegra phers' strike, there being nbout fifteen men out, three at the Postal office and twelve at the office of the Western Un ion. Only a few messages are being handled. The newspapers here are de. Iiendlng on long distance telephone lines to help them out. Business along the wholesale districts Is crippled tern. pornrllv by the strike. RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS GROUND NEW YORK WIRES. New Orleans, La., Aug. 14.—More se rious grows the telegraph strike. The Postal wires were not working this noon because the railroad telegraphers. It Is said, have Joined In the sentiment against the companies and grounded the wire that would lead to New York. That was the statement made by a Postal chief today. Not alone is New York cut off from New Orleans but every other city In the United 8tates has bene tied up. The situation is com- Western Union and Postal operators plete and at noon today not a wire Is Psstims Theater. "It's a grand old rag; It's a grand old fing," sings the Majestic Irish Trio at the Pastime Theater this week, nnd the audience feels like joining In with the patriotic climax. The song. "If 1 Only Had My Wuy,” Is another hit In troduced this week. For genuine en Joyment It la doubtful If the net of Harry Howard, the greatest mimic on earth, Is to be Improved upon. Those dashing dancers. La Cnnda and La Clair, never fall to make the house sit up and take notice when they flash Into view. Miss Stlnburne In the rungs, “When the Whlpporwlll Sings, Kathleen,” highly Illustrated, complete Marguerite" and "Meet Me, Sweet the bill. FIFTEEN PRETTYGIRLS Burneavllle, Ga., Aur. 14.—A bevy of fifteen pretty girls, together with young man, had a narrow eHcape fn being killed by a Central train at the crossing nt Aldora Mills early this morning. The party was en route to Llfsey Springs to a picnic and were traveling In a wagon drawn by two mules. The near approach of the train was not at firs; realized when the railroad crossing was reached. In a few sec onds, however, they saw the train. Ter rified and screaming, the girls leaped ptil-mcll from the wagon. The next Instant the train struck the team. One of the girls was slightly hurt by a fall In jumping from the wagon. One of the two mules attached to the wagon was Instantly killed. The wagon was demolished. working out of the office or from the cotton exchange. The brokers of New Orleans were handed a contract today to be drawn up between operators und their em ployers but upon request of the lat ter, no action will be taken until the wire chiefs of the brokers’ system ar rive here tomorrow morning. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TO TRAIN OWN TELEGRAPHERS. Bedford, Pa., Afig. 14.—The Penn sylvania railroad Is soon to open a school here to train telegraph opera tors for railroad work In case of strikes. The move has aroused comment among the Order of Railway Telegraphers. OF THE G, M, A, Exactly seven years ago, G. M. A. came Into existence. At that time Col. lege Park was much smaller than at present, had neither street cars nor electric lights, but claimed tlier. as It docs today to be Atlanta's choicest suburb. Realizing that to give a fuller meaning to the name of the town and build upon a more permanent and at tractive basis, a great boys' school should be established here, the lead Ing citizens met to induce some one In whom they hnd confidence to undertake this Important mission. Colonel J. C. Woodward, tvho had held some of the most responsible educational positions In the state, was offered satisfactory financial and mordl encouragement to cause him to round the school. Colonel Woodwnrd'a splendid success In other schools, his ripe experience In handling boys during the critical years of youth, and his splendid preparation In one of America's foremost \jnlversl ties for just this kind of work blended happily for his special fitness for build. Ing a school with a usefulness and prestige peculiarly Us own. Colonel Woodward's fundamental be. lief Is that God has created every boy as a distinct entirety, divinely appoint ed to some useful end, and thnt It Is the highest duty of the parent and teacher to discover Just what Is to be done for this boy to help him find his place In society and realize his largest usefulness In Ihe world’s work. This can not be accomplished In the large "machine" schools when the teacher must give her time to a class of 35 to 60 nnd leave them to the chance envi ronment of tho street for much of their piny nnd social activity. If the farmer wlHhes largest returns from the soil, ho will project his crops on the Inten slve plan, feed his plants scientifically and cultivate them skillfully. Poor nu trltlnn or untimely cultivation will ruin the crop. The argument holds true with education and development, of a boy. The period of growth Is short, and mistakes In Instruction and die clpllno leave permanent scars and blight the brightest prospects. Tho period Is critical, for In this brief time, character Is established and destiny fixed for life and eternity. In view of this solemn truth, It Is the aim of the M. A. to limit Its patronage to a small number of carefully selected boys, restrict all classes to an average of about 10 pupils so that every boy may have the largest amount of direct per snnal instruction, give Its pupils the \\ holesomc and refining Influences of cultured home-circle of experienced, scholarly teachers, place each boy with a small congenial group under the Im mediate advice and direction of teacher In the home, so that their study and huhlis may be correctly supervised. velopment .through rhe military, gym nasium, and athletic field, throwing about Ihe entire school life a rich at mosphere of obedience, truth,' honor, If-ontrol and spirituality. The school was begun with one building and three teachers, with a lim it of 4,) hoys. The grounds were rough ar.d covered with weeds and briars. The second year the limit was raised to 50 pupils, four teachers and a rented building. The third year Rugby Hall was built. The faculty numbered six. Colonel Woodward's closest friends doubted his wisdom at first and urged him not to leave public school work, but now his success was marked and no longer doubtful. He was asked to go to other schools and Gordon Institute tendered him her presidency under most flat tering terms, but his heart was fixed on building for the South what Grpton Is for the East. The fifth year the limit was fixed at 85 pupils with a faculty of eight teach ers, and the beautiful Retreat planned. This building was completed for the, sixth year when 100 boys were admit ted. During the seventh year the fac ulty hus nine teachers. Dr. Curtis, now the Mayor of College Park, has been the school physician several years. Miss Mamie Olive and Mrs. Mary Brown. the pleasures and delights of home In the school. The Seventh Anniversary will witness the laying of tho corner stone of the handsomest building yet erected. In this will be a small Y. M. C. A. chapel, the largest gymnasium of any prep school In the South, locker and bath rooms, office, library, lava tories, Gamlllcad office, and delightful rooms and parlors for two teachers and about thirty-six boys. Tho faculty will number ten teachers and only 130 boys will be admitted. Every year has witnessed new tri umphs In G. M. A.’s history. Today It ls the best equipped, best known, and most loyalty supported prep school probably In the South. Its graduates ure sought by many colleges for their excellency of scholarship, and Its stu dent body Is select, hard-working, and free from the evil practices of tobacco and other vices which usually fasten themselves upon young men and boys. The homes of College Park are open to Its pupils and the Academy has always been the social center of the town. The school has Its own waterworks and sewerage and sixteen acre* of the most beautiful drill fields, athletic grounds, and tennis courts In the state. Many factors have contributed to the school’s marvelous growth. Among these may be mentioned the fact of Its location In the famous health-belt, the Piedmont section, the advantages of a large city where the pupils may attend the best lectures, sermons, and come In touch with Icadfhg men In all vocations, nnd the culture-affording Influences of this beautiful suburb. High above these, stand three powerful agencies—a strong, experienced faculty, Colonel Woodward’s old pupils and patrons all over Ihe Southern States, and the splendid loyalty and school spirit of G. M. A. WISCONSIN ENJOYS TWO-CENT FARES Chicago, Anf. 14.—Last night at midnight the Wisconsin 2-ceut-s-mlle passenger rata liecatne effect I re and another redaction In rntea between Chicago and points In Wis consin. Minnesota and the upper peninsula of Michigan was made, the second In lea* than thirty days. % In compiling the rates effective on July W the railroads figured on the basis of 2Hc mile within the state of Wisconsin. the. legislature and the rallrom basis. the tariffs were made public passed the 2-ctnt rate law da changed to a fiat 2-cent JULIAN M’CURRY MAY BE SENATOR Julian R. McCurry, of Hartwell, one of the beet known young men In northeast Georgia, will probably be a candidate for the state senate from the thirty-first dl* trlot next yetr. Mr. McCurry Is well known over the state. He was message rjerk In the sen ate of 1196 aud calendar and journal clerk In 1896. He has been a member of tha staff of liotb Governor Candler and Gov ernor Terrell. He represented his ^county In the legis lature In 1902-1108-1904, having the distinc tion of being the youngest member of the body. While he has not definitely deter mined to enter the race. Mr. McCurry la seriously considering the matter. INSURANCE MEN WANT FIRE MARSHAL A. the gaath»rn member of the commit tee on Inauranre l.w of the American Bar Association. Burton Smith has received . ws, created In Ohio and I. bring ing satisfactory multi. The committee believes alto In keening the Insurance commissions out of politics. proves and condemns the prevalent custom which makes atste Imurnnee commissioner- I diT r'ra ,fi . i *7 jTrLir to ilj. ,hl e prtxce to be .lletrlbuted en ladlen of culture and ripe experience, I without regard-to fltne.s or knowledge render moat excellent aervice In making of the Iniurtdcc butlnc.*." SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED $1.00. THE BEST WORK. EXCELSIOR STEAM LAUNDRY PHONES 41. THAT’S Al l