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VOL. VI. NO. 11.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,1907.
PRICE:
WILLING TO
ARBITRATE
Clowry Refuses to
Consider Any Plan
Suggested.
COMMISSIONER NEILL
BACK TO WASHINGTON
Officials of Companies Have
Ignored Every Proposi
tion to Settle Strike.
New York. Aug. IT.—Although they
ere assertive that the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies will
eventually be compelled to accede to
their demands, the commercial tele
graph operators on strike have ex-
presed their willingness to have their
differences with their employers settled
by the arbitrators of the American
Federation of Labor. This board con
slsts of John Mitchell, of the mine
workers; Daniel J. Keefe, of the long
shoremen, and Samuel Qompers. Mr.
Gompers, who Is In charge now with
President Small, of the telegraphers’
union, made the announcement that the
men will arbitrate.
Clowry Won't Arbitrate.
President Clowry, t/f the Western
Union, has been most emphatic In his
declaration that the companies "had
nothing to arbitrate; that the plan
in fact, the local strike leaders have
positive evidence that messages are
being sent by mall and express Instead
of over the wires and that a quick de
livery letter sent to New York from
St. touts reached here before a tele
gram sent at the same time. The of
fice™ of the Western Union and Postal
companies are clogged up with busi
ness that should have been cleared
away days ago.
Directly opposed to the optimistic
statements given out by the. officials
of the telegraph companies Is the
actions of Manager Whelan, of the
Postal company. Mr. Whelan had been
circulating among the strikers who
gather dally In City Hall Park, trying
to get some of them to return to work.
The pickets paid no attention to the
appeal that the company needed them.
Clowry Stumbling Block,
Labor Commissioner Neill will arrive
In Washington from Chicago today.
Mr. Neill did all In his power to settle
the strike, but failed.
Before leaving Chicago he.said:
"President Clowry, of the Western
Union, Is the only man who can act
at this stage.”
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, Is expected In New
York today. The other members of the
arbitration board are expected here
within a day or so when It will be put
squarely up to the company officials
as to whether they will submit matters
to arbitration or fight on at the pub
lic's expense.
Companies Hampered,
The companies are bndly hampered
in the delivery of such tblegrams as
are received by the scabs. Very few
messengers cnn be found In uniform,
the few remaining with the companies
wearing plain clothes and keeping their
badges In their pockets.
An Instance of slow delivery of mes
sages was shown yesterday when a
prominent news agency received a mes
sage by Western Union marked 12:45
as receiving time, while It'was not de
livered until 2:53, although this was
only three blocks from the Western
Union building.
Another complication which may
come for the companies within twenty-
four hours Is a strike of the linemen
and clerks of both companies. The
latter have been thoroughly organised
within the last two weeks and have a
membership of over 900. Linemen In
this city are becoming restless. No
matter where they go, newspaper,
broker or other offices, a watchful
picket will add his arguments to those
of other labor men who lose no oppor
tunity to tell the repairer that his In
terests and those of the telegraphers
are Identical.
According to a statement made today
by Deputy President Dorsey, of the
C'ommerelal Telegraphers' local No. H,
the express companies and malls are
handling 95 per cent of the telegraphic
business. He added:
"These messages show from 24 to 39
hours delay. In an effort to keep up
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Council Will Recon
sider Its Former
Action.
MANY COMPLAINTS
OF CITY SERVICE
Business Men Say It Is
“Awful” and Register
Strong Complaints.
The city council will reconsider Its
action In granting a 33-year franchise
to the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany.
A member of the general council
stated this positively to a representa
tive of The Georgian, Saturday morn
ing. It was his opinion that a number
of facts In connection with the fran
chise had not been brought out when It
was considered before.
It Is hardly probable that If any
member of council asks for a reconsid
eration that another member will seek
to block a thorough Investigation of
the facts by voting to the contrary.
Several members of council were seen
and all expressed a desire to have the
matter thoroughly threshed out.
T did not know until I saw In The
Georgian, Friday," said Councilman
Martin, "that other cities were getting
much more for their telephone fran
chises than Is proposed for Atlanta.
This matter should be thoroughly In
vestlgated and understood before final
action Is taken."
Not the Right Ring.
Councilman Longlno said the fran
chise had never had quite the right
ring to him.
‘With the facts before me as
sented by The Georgian,” he said, "I
think there should be a reconsideration.
Then, If the advocates of the franchise
as ft stands con controvert the state
ments, let them do so.”
develops that The Georgian gave
the Southern Bell considerably the
of the figures In Its editorial. Under,
the first estimate of The Georgian, the
Southern Boll would pay the sum of
3500 a year on gross receipts.
With the figures as furnished by the
comptroller general, the 1-2 per ceht
of the gross receipts, with the deduc
tions provided for, would amount to a
minus quantity.
Less Than Nothing.
The franchise provides that the
Southern Bell shall pay 1-2 of one per
cent on Its gross receipts for the first
ten years nnd 1 per cent for the re
maining 23 years of the franchise.
It Is stipulated that from the gross
receipts shall be 'deducted the taxes on
franchises, business licenses, and spe
clflc registration fees.
The value of the franchise of the
Southern Bell, as fixed by the comp
troller general this year. Is 31,620,595.
The taxation op this will be 31.900.79.
The business license for the Southern
Bell Is 3300.
The gross receipts of the Southern
Bell, according to the estimate of Vice
President Gentry, Is a little less than
3400,000 a year. One-half of one per
cent of this would be 32,000 a year.
■From this must be deducted the fran
chise tax, which Is 31,900.76, and'the
business license of 3300. The result
would be a minus quantity.
Under the franchise as It now reads,
the city will get from the gross re
celpts of the Southern Bell not a cent.
Facts Not Brought Out.
The fact that these deductions were
to be made was not brought out before
council, and It Is hardly possible that
when a reconsideration 1s asked the
franchise will again be adopted—cer
tafnly not as It Blands.
The Georgian at first figured on the
franchise value as returned last year.
On the value as fixed by the comptrol-
]«r for this year the foregoing result is
obtained.
The members of council did not
know, when the franchise was adopt
ed, that Richmond was getting 3 per
cent of the gross receipts; that Nor
folk was getting 2 per cent, and Augus.
tn—all these cities having a smaller
population than Atlanta- was getting
1 per cent.
It Is proposed to give Atlanta one-
half of one per cent with reductions
that will bring ft down to "minus" per
Ce Jt* was about four months ago that
Councilman Martin offered a resolu
tion calling for an Investigation of the
limitations of the franchises the tele
phone companies have.
The investigation brought out the
fact that no time limit was put on the
franchise of the Southern Bell, some
of the officials of whom, it Is stated,
had claimed a perpetual franchise. The
city attorney, upon Investigation, learn
ed that the charter of the company ex
pired In 1929, and held that the fran
chise could not possibly continue after
the expiration of the charter.
At Will of Counoil.
Alderman Key,himself an astute law-
yer, holds that the franchise termin
ates at the will of council.
None of the members of council
seem to regard seriously any claim on
the part of the Southern Bell that It
has a franchise which could extend
further than the charter time llmlta-
** < The Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, in consideration of Its grants
under the consolidation ordinance, is
THE SOUTHERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Continued on Page Four.
The Georgian again calls the public’s attention to the fact that the Southern
Bell Telephone Company is not far from securing a franchise to do business in At
lanta for the next thirty-three years, and that in return for this it proposes to pay
one-half of 1 per cent of its income for the first ten years, which would give Atlanta
about $600 more than it now receives, or a total of less than $2,000 on nearly $400,-
000 business that the company does through Atlanta’s streets.
For the remaining 23 years of the franchise sought the company wants to
pay 1 per cent, while in Richmond it now pays 3 per cent and in Norfolk 2.
Council has passed the franchise ordinance, but the Aldermanic Board has
withheld it for consideration until next Thursday.
Is it right, Mr. Merchant—is it right, Mr. Citizen, that this corporation,
which is the nearest approach to a natural monopoly, which, for a quarter of a cen
tury, through patent rights, had an absolute monopoly, and which now operates
here by virtue of the fact that the city of Atlanta gives the public streets for its
conduits and poles, should be given the right to do so for the paltry sum of as
much as one clerk at the city hall receives in salary a year?
Shall it be given this privilege till 1917 for one-half of 1 per cent, when it
pays another city four times as much, and another six times as much?
Has the Bell Company been so courteous and efficient in giving service to At
lanta, or has it remedied bad service so quickly when complained of, that Atlanta
owes it the free use of the streets that serve eighty million dollars worth of as
sessed property?
Does the Bell Company owe Atlanta nothing?
Have you, Mr. or Mrs. Subscriber, stood at the ’phone until your patience
was exhausted, and when you have attempted to complain, been cut off? Or, have
you gotten long distance connections, as we have, in New York city in forty seconds,
while on Friday we waited as long as one minute and 35 seconds by the watch be
fore “Hello” came, with no trouble whatsoever,on the wire.
Yes, Gentlemen of the Bell Company, Atlanta has endured this torment long
enough. The merchants, who pay you in the aggregate thousands of dollars every
year, have told us their troubles. We have hesitated to strike a blow against men
who are our personal friends, but our duty is to the masses of the ‘Citizens, and so
long as we have the hand to write or the voice to speak, we shall wield the strength
of both against the wrong and for the right.
Without a desire to stir up strife, The Georgian shall fearlessly carry the
battle into the camps of the oppressors, and we call upon the army of citizens who
have suffered long without redress to go to your Councilman and your Alderman
and ask them to see to it that taxation be distributed with equal justice, and that
the Gate City of the South be not compelled to struggle against the methods of the
Middle Ages and still try to meet the competition of Northern cities, where modern
methods prevail.
1HOS. B. FELDER IS HERO
Ob HALLiE ERMIME RIVES'
NEW“SA TAN SANDERSON”
Atlanta Attorney Used
as a Central
Figure.
As If being the father of an Illus
trious son live weeks old. a prominent
partner of one of the most successful
law firms In the city, and an all-round
popular man-about-town, Isn't enough
good fortune for one Individual, Thom-
B. Felder, of Atlanta, has had thrust
upon him the glory of figuring con
spicuously as one of the heroes In
Satan Sanderson," the most recent
novel of Hnllle Krmlnle Rives, the bril
liant and popular young Southern wrlt-
"Satan" Is one hero, and Tom
Felder the other. Not Tom Felder
with name and profession carefully dis
guised, but Mr. Felder, the brilliant
young lawyer, now arguing his case
with a winning tactfulness that dis
armed . tho objections of the prosecu
tion,” again making "an appeal sus
tained and moving," and so on through
wildly thrilling trial that Is done In
Miss Rives’ thrllllngcst style! This
particular hero makes his entry on
page 122, where we read In cold type
that a woman wns "gaxlng admiringly
from the doorstep where she had been
chatting with Tom Folder," and "Fel
der laughed as he crossed the street
raising his felt hat gallantly to the
approaching rider," who, by the tShy,
was another woman.
Later we read, "It brought a sus
picious molBture to Tom Felder’s eyes,”
and “You made a One effort, Tom—
and the town ought to send y6u to
Congress on the strength of it,” and
so forth and so on.
Due to Post Wheeler. »
And how do we know that this Is
Atlanta's own Tom Felder, Instead of
one of several other gentlemen who
bear the same always distinguished
name? Well, thereby hangs the tale.
Some time ago I had a case In
Chattanooga,” said Mr. Felder, "and
Post Wheeler, who wrote 'Reflections
of a Bachelor* and afterward married
Miss Rives, was much Interested, and
attended the trial. Rube Arnold, of
Atlanta, had charge of the prosecution.
So I think the fact that Halite Ermlnle
Rives uses my name In this particular
Instance Is somewhat due to Mr.
Wheeler. She has always expressed
her Intention of naming one of her
characters for. me. No. I haven't yet
read the book."
The friendship existing between Mrs.
Wheeltr (Halite Ermlnle Rives) and
Felder Is one of long standing, he
having known her as a girl, and hav
ing been one of the first to encourage
her literary talent. The hero of Miss
Rives' last book but one was the fa
mous poet. Lord Byron. And. seeing
that a big subject does a whole lot
toward putting a book among the six.
best sellers, she has wisely employed
In her latest literary venture, the
name and fame of Tom Felder.
LOCKER TAX
Cigaret'e Tax Cut
to $25 From
$100.
by Condon.
fHOMAS B. FELDER.
BASEBALL
FIRST GAME.
ATLANTA.. 01 - . .
MONT... 2 - . .
In the game Saturday afternoon, end
ing Atlanta’s home stay for some
weeks, Manager Billy sent Ford In to
try to stop the (‘limbers.
Manager Malarkey thought he could
do things to Atlanta, and took the tir
ing line. Bid Smith took Dyer’s place
at third.
Under an agreement the game waa
to bo called at 4 o'clock In order for
the teams to get away on afternoon
trains.
This Is what happened;
FIRST INNING.
Becker fanned. Winters flew out to
left. Paskert walked. Fox fouled, out
to catcher. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Houtz singled over short. Baxter
sacrificed him te second, going nut
pitcher to first. Rail hit ot Castro, who
Juggled long enough to let Ball land
safe at first. Henline singled to left
and the bases were full. Perry flew
out to right and Houtz scored. On a
wild throw to catch Ball he scored and
Henllne was out at the plate. TWO
HITS AND TWO HUNS.
Race Results.
8ARATOGA.
First Race—Kind’s Folly, 20 to 1,
won; Queen’s Souvenir, 5 to l, second;
B. Brady, 2 to 5, third. Time, 1:00,
EMPIRE.
First Race—Rounding EJk, 7 to 2,
won; Belphoebe. 5 to 2, second; Gun
Cotton, 0 to 1, third. Time, 1:08.
Prohibitionists voted with nntlh In
the house Saturday afternoon and by
u vote of 98 to 66 defeated the senate
amendment to the general tax act, plac
ing a tnx of $10,000 on ull clubs which
keep intoxicants in lockers for the use
of their members.
The action of the house in disagree
ing with the senate amendment means
the appointment of a conference com
mittee to confer with a committee from
the upper house In an effort to reach
an agreement, and may probably mean
a deadlock which will not be broken at
this session unless one branch of the
general assembly recedes from Its po
sition.
Practlcully every one of the thirty-
nine members who voted against the
prohibition bill stood firm In their op
position to the increased tax, and these,
aided by fifty-nine votes of the prohi
bitionists, succeeded In defeating It.
In explaining his vote for the amend
ment, Mr. Wright, of Floyd, urged all
loyal prohibitionists to stand by the
amendment because he believed Its de
feat % would mean the springing up of
thousands of ctubs with lockers, thus
defeating the object of the prohibition
bill.
Privilege For the Rich.
“If you do not put this tax on,** said
Mr. Wright, “and leave It at $300 then
the poor people of the state who can
not pay even that sum for the privi-
lego will charge wou with granting a
privilege to those who can afford It
which you have denied to them.”
Mr. Covington, of Colquitt, urged the
house to #te down the motion to dis
agree with the amendment, declaring
that It had been an oversight In the
blit.
In spite of the pleading of Mr.
Wright and the logic of Mr. Covington
the house stood firm and voted down
the amendment.
The opposition to the amendment
which was led by Mr. Wise, of Fay
ette, and Mr. Hall, of Bibb, was based
upon the claim that It was unwise to
attempt to make a tax act, used for
raising revenue, a prohibition bill. It
was also argued that the exorbitant
tax sought to be placed on clubs was
an Invasion of their rights, since they
are privately conducted and not places
of public business.
Debate Cut Off.
The Rebate on the amendment was
abruptly shut off by a call for the prev
ious question and all the argument for
and against was made in three minute
ARE STILL
WIDE_APART
Outlook For Extra
Session Is Very
Strong.
LITTLE PROGRESS
FRIDAY MORNING
Believed Now That Extra
Session Will Begin On
Next Tuesday.
L
Continued on Pago Four.
Work of the two legislative bodies at
the morning session Saturday brought
little hope of adjustment of wide differ,
cnees In time to prevent an extra ses
sion.
Little progress was made by the sen
ate on the appropriation bill. The
house declined to accept the senate
amendment placing a tax of $10,000 on
club lockers, and stuck to Its original
tax of $300. It also cut out the senate
tax of $100 on cigarette dealers, and
put the figures at $25. These must all
be agreed upon.
Unless the two bodies get together
before midnight on the general tax act,
the appropriation bill, the anti-pass
bill, the antt-lobbylng bill and the
Candler railroad commission bill, which
seems a physical Impossibility, an ex
tension of the session by executive
proclamation appears Imperative.
With but a few hours remaining of
the flfty-day session, the two bodies
are as wide apart as the poles on all
Important legislation.
The senate disagreed with the house
on the gross Income tax, the locker tax
and several other minor details of tht
general- tax act; the senate has no),
acted on the appropriation bill, al
though the senate appropriation com
mittee has loaded It with amendments.
These two measures are absolutely
necessary for the conduct of state af
fairs.
The two bodies are nearer together
on disfranchisement than anything else.
The house eliminated the 1910 limit
on the good character clause. When
the bill passed the senate that body
declined to strike this feature out. J
fight fs certain over this feature.
On anti-pass legislation the two bod
les apparently stand pat on sepa
rate propositions. The senate has twice
Indorsed the Felder bill, which Is In
substance the national Hepburn law.
The houso Is on record for the Hall
bill, which eliminates only state, coun
ty and municipal authorities.
The senate ripped Seaborn Wright's
antl-lobbylng bill Into bits. It was
so disfigured and dismembered when
finished that Mr. Wright has never
formally admitted that he recognized
He says that he had rather have
no antt-lobbylng bill than the emascu
lated article turned out by the sen
ate.
The house Friday night passed the
Candler railroad commission bill, but
It differs widely with the measure as
passed by the senate. The senate stood
by three members, the house favored
five, with the naming of the chairman
In tho hands of the commission Instead
of with the governor. It did not stop
at that but amended the bill all down
the line.
Even if the two bodies could agree
as to all points of difference, It would
be almost an impossibility to straighten
out the tangled snarl of legislation be
fore the hour of adjournment arrives.
It seems more than probable that
Governor Smith will call the lawmakers
Into Immediate extra session. This ex
tra session will probably begin Tues
day and continue until the pending
legislation Is out of the way.
Dies of Heart Failure.
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 17.—George B.
Brown, a well-known meat dealer of
this city, died Thursday night of heart
fnllure at his home on Jefferson street.
He had been ill several weeks with
fever nnd his heart was weakened by
that disease. He was 41 years old.
OF CEORCIA
iT
State League Will
Be Fully Or
ganized.
SENATOR A. S. CLAY '
MAKES ADDRESS
Fourtli-Class Postmasters
Shown Over Modem
Atlanta Office. ,
Over a hundred of Georgia postmas
ters of the fourth class met In Atlanta
on Saturday morning In the convention
hall of the Piedmont hotel, listened to
speeches and prepared to organize
themselves Into a state league.
They came from every section of the
state and before they adjourn Satur
day afternoon, they will have elected
officers and have seen how business Is
done In the biggest and best regulated
postoffice In the state.
The meeting was presided over by
Postmaster S. R. Pope, of Buchanan,
who la vice president of tho national
organization. In a short talk that was
enthusiastically received by the visit
ors, Vice President Popo told of tho
object of the meeting, and Introduced
Postmaster E. F. Blodgett, who wel
comed the postmasters to Atlanta.
Postmaster Blodgett told the visitors
of the Importance of their positions,
and said that while there were 1,645
postmasters of the fourth clnss thero
were only 125 In Georgia of the presi
dential class.
Walter Akerman, postmaster at Car-
tersvllle. In a speech that was humor
ous and entertaining, reepnnded to the
address of welcome and ho marie It nil
the more Interesting by reciting some
of the experiences postmaster* of the
fourth class have.
Senator Clay 8peaks.
Senator A. S. Clay was Introduced,
and by an eloquent address held tho
attention of those present. Senator
Clay told of the Importance of the post-
office department and especially of tho
rural postmasters and the rural car
riers, nnd said It had always been his
desire nnd pleasure to have this de
partment better taken care of by the
government.
In speaking of his career In congress
and of hls relations with the Repub
licans, Senator Clay declared, amid ap.
plause that the Republican party had a
man at the head of the government who
waB honest.
The program of the morning session
ended with an address by Inspector C.
E. Webster, of the postofflce depart
ment, In which he gave many valuable
suggestions for the better conduct of
rural offices. At the conclusion of hlB
address, Mr. Webster answered ques
tions freely and told many of those
present how to get rid of the troubles
they sometimes have In the conduct of
the government's business.
At noon a recess was taken for
lunch, after which the postofflce waa
visited and the visitors were shown
over the building. The afternoon ses
sion will be taken up with the organ
isation of the league and tho election
of officers.
Among some of those present at the
meeting were: Vice President
Pope, Buchanan; Robert L.
Horne, Ludowlck; W. H. Smith,
Ashland; J. Edgar Puett, Camming;
Walter Akerman, Cartersvllle; J. H,
Young, Lllburn; H. A. Poer, Chlpley;
M. T. Ollff, Jlmps; J. W. Bell, Bethle
hem; Inspector H. C. Banncrman, of
the Atlanta division; Chief Inspector
George M. Sutton, of the Atlanta di
vision; John W. Driver, Clem; Miss
Mary Bagwell and Mrs. Theodosia E.
Everett, Spring Place; Mrs. M. E. Sut
ton, Woodbury; Miss Lizzie Hamilton,
Buford; O. J. Fincher, Zebulon; I. N.
McAllister, Pitts; H. M. Dobbs. Wood-
stock; S. A. Hinton, Dacula; George
Continued on Pago Throo.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Oforflsn here records each day some
economic fact Is reference to the onward
progress of the South.
BY
B. LIVELY
Cordele Is now attracting the attention of many manufacturing en
terprises which contemplate locating there.
The Held Fertilizer Company has Just secured a splendid location on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic tracks, Just Inside the city, near
the springs, and will at once begin the erection of an Immense plant. It Is
claimed that the company will spepd about 3100,000 In their enterprise.
The Tennessee Chemical Company has already purchased a fine lo
cation on the Seaboard Atr I.tne an>l A. & N. tracks tn the western por
tion of the city, and wilt soon establish a large plant on the property,
costing. It Is said, over 375,000.
Representatives of a big sewing machine company were In Cordele a
few days ago looking over the field with the purpose of establishing a man
ufacturing plant.
3Iany' other Industries have their eye on Cordele.
A number of Moultrie business men and capitalists held a meeting
Tuesday night to discuss plnns for building a park and boulevard or-
speedway around the city, and It was agreed by those present to organ
ise an association and raise money by subscription for these Improve
ments. Those most vitally Interested are the automobile owners who
prwpose the boulevard shall skirt the city limits and will be 01-3 miles
In length. The money for this enterprise has practically been assured
and the survey made. The park will be In connection with the driveway
and will be In the nature of a country club. A 50-acfe tract with a lake
has already been donated for this purpose.
Athens Is to have within the next two weeks as complete a mattress
factory as Is to be found In the state. The machinery for tho Athens mat
tress and spring bed factory Is now arriving anil Is being Installed as rap
idly as possible. It Is believed that the plant will be ready to put Into op
eration by September 1. a