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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair The Atlanta Georgian SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, easier; 7.25. Atlanta, quiet; tonight and Sunday, .no material change In temperature. If you with to keep potted on what tho Legislature la doing, get Tht /k JWT 'Th^T T~7^ TK T Cl “The Bracebrldge Diamonds/ 1 a thrilling mystery etory, Is now Qaorglan Every Day. \J -LAI Xl/ Vt being printed in The Georgian. 13c. New York, quiet; 13.25. New Or leans, quiet; 18%. Augusta, quiet; 13%. flarnnnab, steady; 12%. 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 Continued on Page Three. 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 o FAIR SUNDAY AHEAD 0 2 FOR THI8 VICINITY 0 2 o 2 The weather man, probably un- 0 2 aware of the Impending danger 0 2 of an extra session of the general 0 2 assembly, blithely bulletins fair O 2 skies for this section for the next O 2 thirty-six hours. Forecast: O 2 "Fair Saturday night and Sun- 0 2 nay, no material change In tem- 0 2 perature." 0 2 _6aturday temperature: O 2 " o'clock a. m 74 degrees O 2 * o’clock a. m 79 degrees O 2 • o'clock a. m 79 degrees O 2 JO o'clock a. m 82 degrees 0 2 J! o'clock a. m 84 degrees O 2 11 o’clock noon........85 degrees 0 2 1 o'clock p. m 89 degrees O 0 2 o'clock p. m 89 degrees O 00000000000000000000000000 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