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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, JUXR **, 19X
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OFFICERS!
JAMES W. ENGLISH, Prildent
WALKER P. IIMAN, Vic. Pres.
JOH| K. OTTLEY, Vice. Prss.
CHAS I. RYAN, Cashier
WM. T. PERKERSON, A.i’L Cuhler
CAPITAL
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS. ■ ■ $365,000.00
DIRECTORS:
W. P, Inmen J. R. Gray Dan B. Harrla
Jamea W. Enolieh Joeeph Hirach E. C. Peltra
Albert Steiner J. K. Otttey J. D. Turner
J. D. Roblneon
J. R. Hopklne
J. W. Englleh, Jr. Chat. I. Ryan
SUES FOR $100,001
ALLEGED DAMAGES
BREACH OF CONTRACp IS
CHARGED IN BILL
L
Lessee for Atlantic and (Forth
Carolina Railroad Has Es
tate Attached.
THINGS NOT ON THE CARD
AT THE POLICE BARRACKS
Sprelal to The Georgian.
Asheville. N. C. Juno 30.—lult for
damages In the amount of J100000 has
been Instituted In the euperltf court
of Buncombe county agalnet R. S.
Howland, lessee of the Atlaitlc and
North Carolina railroad, by R.P. Fos
ter. who claims broach of contnet. The
amount Is the lsrgett ever namd In an
attachment In the aUperior cou t here.
All the property of Mr. Lowland,
valued at 9126,000, has been ittaehed
pending the progress of the atlL The
writ covers not only real easte. but
Block to the value of >lG,00t in the
Wachovia Loan and Truit Contoany.
Mr. Foster was formerly’ freight
ngent of the Southern railway St Ashe
ville, and at the time Mr. Howland
leased the Atlantic and Norh Caro-
ENOUGH PLEDGED
VOTES TO PASS
CHILD LABOR BILL
So Asserts Senator
Peyton, One of
the Authors.
to take the office of general manager
of the road. The attachment Is bassd
..n the aftldavlt-by Mr. Fosterthat Mr.
Howland Is now a resident if Cuba,
and has surrendered hit resllence In
North Carolina, and disposed Df much
of.Ills proporty.
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O NOTE8 OF LABOR WOILD. O
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The work of organising tht railway
expressmen of the United Slates ana
Canada Is being quietly presifed under
the direction of President Ckinppra of
the American Federation of labor. It
the purpoee to unite them with the
International Brotherhood of Railway
Kxpressmen, whose present Headquar
ters are at Lancaster, Pa. • ■
The International Brotherhood
Bookbinders, at Its recant convention
In Washington, declared that the heat
Interests of labor require tin
■ _ . he admit
elon of women to full cltisenehlp.
A movement la on foot In Texas to
organ I zo the farm laborers. The name
of the organisation la to be, the United
Brotherhood of Rural, Horticultural
and Agricultural Wage Camera
America. The principal object will be
to secure a uniform standard of wages
for those employed on farms.
Tally men employed In the street
cleaning and etreet watering depart
ments of Boston have organised as a
union and applied for a charter from
the American Federation of Labor.
Printers’ Home -b situated. Is In tha
race for the proposed >111,000 tnteraa-
The Home for Aged and Disabled
Railway Employees, at Highland Park,
III, has Issued a report of Its expense*
for the past live years. The figures
show that the home sheltered an avar-
Hge of twenty-three Inmates during
month of >19.42 for each Inmate.
The fifth annual convention of the
United States Cloth Hat nnd Cap Mak
ers of North America decided to levy
a yearly per capita tax of 10 cents for
the support of tha tuberculosis sani
tarium at Denver.
The Chicago Federation of Labor has
Just adopted a rule whereby no dele
gate «III be entitled to a seat In that
body who does not wear at least four
union labor articles.
A Virginia court has decided that
"no employer or contractor has any le
gal right to advertise for workingmen
during a strike and attract them to a
cite by misrepresentation of facta.”
The
the
founding of the Orderl
Telegraphers, which occurred on June
9, was generally observed throughout
the United states and Canada, moat
of the divisions of the order holding
special meetings on that data In order
to commemorate tha occasion. Tha
largest meeting warn held at Cedar
Rapids. la., which was the birthplace of
the order.
tv
I heard of a man who laughed so
d at a story that be lost his voice.”
Inred Nlliglthy.
,t was that story T
“Pd
Tall Texan on a Razee
Merely Wanted
• Notoriety.
H'
E did not resemble a bean pole In
the slightest degree.
Instead, he was nearly seven
feet tall, with fully >60 pounds or mors
of avoirdupois clinging to his gigantic
frame, all of this Inclosed In a rough
Weatern-llke attlro and surmounted by
a sombrero of the cowboy style.
One of his chief characteristics was
his voice, sat with an Intonation that
reminded one of a mammoth fog horn
sounding a danger warning to pome
vessel far away at sea.
And It was this striking character
istic, combined with a hilarious spirit
’spirits" of a damp character, that
caused this magnificent specimen of
humanity to figure as the’principal In
s lively and somewhat exciting Inci
dent Sunday afternoon at one of At
lanta’s popular resorts.
A Strange Bird,
Tha stranger had never been seen
about those parts before, and no one
know him. In the crowd of merry
pleasure seekers and recreation hunt
ers he was as a strange bird suddenly
transported from the wilds of some dis
tant country. He waa unacclimated.
No one knew whence he came or why
he was there, but all at once there was
a roar, something like the basa notes
of a locomotive whbtle, and he ap
peared around a bend In a driveway,
approaching a jolly crowd of pleasure
The big man had no card* and h
needed none. He Introduced himself.
He roared something to this effect:
"Here, you people may not know who
I am, and I don’t care. But I’ll tell
you. My name la , and I am not
scared of anybody and am not looking
for any trouble. My grandfather fought
In two wars and was wounded twice,
and I have never fought In any war
and don’t want to. I don’t want to
bother anybody, but I’m just seeking a
llttla nntnrlatv **
Call Officers and Some
Questions They
Are Asked.
HE SECURED VOTES
BEFORE PUTTING IN BILL
Senator J. T. Peyton, who Is Joint
tlto child lobar bill. Is authority for the
statement that the measure will pass
the senate this. time.
Senator Peyton nukes the statement
that he secured enough pledges for his
olll Before he Introduced It to secure
Its passage. It la understood that an
educational amendment clause la being
considered by the committee on Imml
gratlon, to which It waa refsrred.
But Senator Peyton opposes any
changes whatever. He says that tha
educational clausa won’t do, and that If
they commence meddling with the bill
It will be gotten Into auch shape that
icrclmnts have
Itik him for tha
lod that he '
' i ,’tiamhcr
Idlllo
It will not past.
W. 8. McHenry, who la ona
Senator '
HE several call officers at tha
pollca station, who dally risk
their lives In answering burglar
and other emergency calls for assist
ancs, encounter many, humorous Inci
dents that enliven and relieve the aero-
monotony of their duty.
Among the countleae telephone calls
received at the grim prison are some
of which an ordinary cltlsen would
never dream. Numbers of these calls
are decidedly unique, the pollee being
aeked to render assistance entirely for
eign to police business. And In an
swering these calls, ths officers always
have to give some kind of satisfaction.
Hera la a sample of soma of the colls
received:
A few nights ago, shortly after the
little notoriety.'
About this time the startled specta
tors to the little comedy, their smiles
suddenly assuming a somewhat awed
tinge, began to back away, In-th# man
ner that waves back away from tha
Indlng he had more room, the big
an put on the "loud pedal," and hu
man put
voice began to expand In volume.
Pollca to tha Rescue.
Two police officers, who were some
distance away evidently suspicion-
ed that some over enthusiastic candi
date waa making a hilarious political
speech, hurried to the scene. With
their natural keen perception, they
took In the situation at a glance—and
proceeded to turn pale.
Approaching the massive piece of
manliness, the officers Informed him
he would have to put on the "soft
and Incidentally "skldoo."
"Oh, that's all right; I meant no
harm," he exclaimed, as he
>
Det
Ilk-
d Mar- 1 utr ** 1
I’r-ss.
| I affection
ately slapped each of the blue coats
on tha back with hla open hands and
almost knocked them down. "I Just
forgot where I waa at, that’s alL Tou
sac, I bad an Idea I was at home. No
one raises any objection there.”
< is your home?" politely In-
ne of the officers.
Too Heavy for Work.
plied tha atran-
geant's office had grown quiet and the
call officers .were patiently awaiting a
call, .the telephone bell rang vigor
ously. Thinking that possibly some
thing terrible had occurred, one of the
Officer! leaped to the telephone, jerked
down the receiver, and waa met by a
feminine votes. Tha voice sweetly In
quired:
la that 217"
"This la 11, the police station. What
can we do for you?" asked the officer.
Wanted Change for a Dollar.
"Well, say, I am at No. — Such and
Such street (A thoroughfare which
happens to be on the outskirts of tha
city.) My gas haa Just gone out and
I And I have not got a quarter In the
house. I wish you would bring me
change for a dollar. Everything la
closed In this section of the city.”
The officer’s countenance fell and
was then raised with a alight amlle.
Ha hesitated a moment then took cour
age tft say:
"I am sorry, but there are only two
of us here at the station and wa may
gat a call almost any minute. It will
be Impossible for me to-bring you a
quarter tonight.”
"Oh, what will I dor’ exclaimed tha
latjon along thla line, believes the
ton and Furr bill will get through. If
It does there will be some sharp
changes of front from last session,
when the senate defeated the measure
after the house had passed It over-
Then It was lost In ths higher body
by a vole of >4 to 17. Two members
■aid to be favorable were absent.
While Senator Peyton seams hopeful.
feminine voice, as the receiver at tha
other end was replaced.
’Say, now. Isn’t that the limit r’ re.
uujt huw* mu i. ilia* biiiy limit i it"
marked the officer as ha resumed hla
ms, i IS sn ,1 Im will have ths hacking i
>f ( iilnnsl Robert J. I.nury, ths well /
inown hanker, who is probably ii>u r
nost prominent Hepuhii-nn in tl/T /
tats, ami whose w-onl with Preside^ /
loons vs 11 Roes far tow aril the filling lit J.,l
oi'ernruont positions In Georgia. *
"In form and feature, face and limb
I grew so like my brother
That folks got taking ms for him
And each for one another.
reached a dreadful pitch.
For one of ua waa bom a twliv
And not a soul knew which."
—From the Diary of ths Swings.
officer who was trying fj> give Inform.
atlon to four or live people at tha
answered the phone. There waa an
other feminine voice on the line. Af
ter ascertaining that It had the right
number and place, the voice said,
doubtless with a pleasant smile:
"Will you please tell me the score of
yesterday’s baseball gams?”
gave the score, and then, with A dis
gusted expression on hla face, ex
claimed:
Just One Day Late.
"What do you think of that? Th*
waiting until tha day
shout tha hefl mm."
woman or chi
after to And out about tha ball game.’
Another call that promised a story
of a bold, bad burglar, but which da.
gar, with a merry twinkle In hla eye
and a pleased smile on hla rugged
countenance, as he had visions of tha
lariat throwers. "I am an old cow
boy," he said. "I got U>o heavy for tha
work, though, and had to quit."
big cow puncher that hla manner was
unusual for Sunday in an Atlanta
Although he looked as
ally thrash about
Texan, who had already proclaim.-.
that ha was not looking for trouble,
meekly boarded a trolley car and took
As the car began to move the cow
puncher poked hla sinewy arm through
tha window, shook hla massive Ast at
tha two officers, laughed a laugh that
caused the other passengers to "sit up
•nil lalra nollr# ” anil roaPaH’
and taka notice,” and reared
right, boys; now I dart you to
And as the car swept ground a
curve, taking the stranger out of sight,
the crowd, as well as. the pel Icemen,
experienced a feeling of relief, all
Joined In a laugh, and dispersed.
The Texan bad gained the coveted
y.
couple of call officers on
wild goose chase, waa received recent,
ly. And if was ths work .of a third
feminine voice.
It waa lust about midnight that tha
call earns In. summoning the officers
to a certain number on a north aide
street. /
"Please come quick.” urged the ex
cited feminine voice. ’There
burglar In the house now. My b
haa not coma home from hla place of
business and there la no ona hare bnt
my daughter and myself. Coma at
once. We are nearly scared to. death.”
The word "burglar" alone would have
been sufficient without the other trim
mings. Two officers leaped onto
bicycles and aped through the det
thoroughfares like the wind. It waa
but a brief space of thus until they
were on the scene.
They were met at tha door by tha
excited woman who did IDs telephon
ing.
He la In the kitchen." she whis
pered In a panting voles.
And to the kitchen the officers went
on tiptoe. As they started, they pulled
their big,police revolven. and as they
neared the door, they could hear a
noise In the kitchen and were certain
they had bagged a burglar.
ring the door, they Aaal
covered the room with their pis-
was
Cat Out of tha Bag.
Instantly, there waa a great hurry-
‘ |8» "burglar"
tag and acurrytag and
ran between the legs of ona of tbs of-
blm to ' '
Accra, prompting blm to malts a vault-
lag-Uke spring Into the air.
The "burglar" mads Its ascapA hut
the officers didn't care.
It was only a big house cat
And when tha officer* returned to
the police station and made their re-
"Ifello, Mr. Ewings,” called tha city
hall reporter, "how's tha license In
spector thla morning? Ilow'd you Ilka
that story yesterday V
Mr. Ewing stopped. "I have never
given you a story," ha replied, "and
Incldently, I'm not tha license Inspac-
tor.”
Of course tha reporter got next Im
mediately and being used to practical
Jokes, took no offense at tha llttla ona
at hla expense.
Climbing the stairs and wandering
toward the rear of tha building ha
dropped Into a comfortable chair In
the office to the left
"Hello, Georgian." Tha form band,
tag over the desk straightened up and
wheeled around.
"Mi/Ewing! How did yon gat up
here so soon? mill trying to carry
on that llttla Joke?” Inquired the re
porter.
"What llttla Joke?" Inquired Mr. Ew-
playing hookey he did not
er of ua, but gnvo both whlplitK
■"When we got wall^M
’teens, tha only dlfTerenr
In us was that I weighed t
n» Intimation lias been xivon out
Mint Hacker Is to loss hts place, but as
lie one already held the position for
mors Ilian eight years, slid as It Is
a alow am Its of comprehension ci
hla face. T see,” ha continued, "you
must have run against by brother. I
guess we’re more alike than any otb-
er two men In the world.”
if this la straight, tell me about
It." The reporter then took notes on
the following:
Other Coincidence*.
R. A. Ewing, license Inspector, was
born January 20, 1IW. J. H. Ewing,
tax assessor, was born fifteen minutes
later. In other words, they are twins;
but the slmllgrlty of their features doss
not terminate thla remarkable coinci
dence. They married the oldest daugh
ters of partners, Hdn. H. A. Morris and
tars of partners, Hdn. H. A. Morris and
Hon. W. M. Terry, both ex-cotmeUmen.
J. H. Ewing married Miss DeLene Mor
ris and R. A. Swing married Miss Lana
have each four children.
Terry. They
three boya and • girl. Two of the chll
dren ware bom within the two days of
each other. Although In some mailers
differ, I heir temperaments
Ihtlr tnate
are alike aa much'as their fgcee. Their
quality of voles and manner of speak
ing
Wm wa wars.little fellows" said
Mr. Ewing, ")t waa a favorite trick
of our fathar to put us slds by aid*
and make visitors gqeas which wa*
Wa always dressed Just aJIk*
sod sometimes the Joke wae turned on
, after every one had at.
that .
than Joney and was half an li
I guess We got Into ns mi
trouble aa any two other li
world over did, hut wo always manage)
to eecape tbs results by working tin
mistaken Identity act.
Mother Footed Once.
"Only one* In our lives wo* ou
mother fooled by us, nlthough It Wm
often the esse with father. Once, aftei
w* moved to Atlanta, Jonay w*M daan
to Lawrencevllle to see mother. Aliei
talking about Afteen minutes on gen
eral topics she asked him when Joney
wa* coming down to see her.
"Shortly after thla I became engaged
and I think this was the only tiino I
ever belled the fate that mudo my
brother and mysalf so much alike.
Joney seemed to take the grentrst
pleasure In persistently mixing iiiIhrh
well known that the preside.-^ does not
Ti
t-ntlon of ona man In _
han two terms. It lias been
some time, that a suerss-
r ’ r would b*. named sooner
up.
evening I got n special delivery lettar
that tha engagement waa at
■ closed, i hop* In
declaring that the
an end. The letter
the future you will take (b* pains you
took today not to speak when w*
meet.’Two week* wa* conaumetl In get
ting Ibis straight.
"But It wasn't long before I got Ihe
looked for chance to gel even 1 ametl
a fallow about ill for a bicycle
I.a— !-i Fees," Au-
In Toyland,"
Medley, "Morse’s Mel
March, ’Tim Dlplorn
Night, 8:30 P.
weeks, so I told
the corner of Whitehall and Hunt,
streets at a certain time, and that I
would pay tb* bill, and, rurther, as he
had been ao kind In watting, I want- J
him to take dinner with ine at tha
Kimball, end that wa would then talk
about trading the wheel I’d bought for
a better on*.
"Well, Joney bed bought a wheel
About a year previous and I kn< v li*
wanted another one* ao I told him to
*n«l Marnh, (a
■rmnn Fatherland?
Rhine," floettg
h Purring
‘r„
•f Orrrnnny,"
fjuardmounr,"
kranz,** Tohanl.
miry." XeavadA
I.lrder," duns
tlma I waa scheduled to be there and
that the fellow would take him to the
Kimball for dinner to talk over trail*
Inf? ofT hie whe-l.
"Everythin* we*t off Juat tm pion*
“ Both of them ordered the beat 1
<bj
rh tryln
REDUCED R. R. RAT
FOR FOURTH OF JU1
W. 4 A. R. R. and N. C.
to stick the other i.n- They tn„ • i The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. 4
bicycle until late In the afternoon. I| L. Railway will self cheap round t
’>• ■■ I’. •’ »».’ ’ <h" 'alter tickets to s 11 points south of ths Oi
b A!h, ,'i’ f i"."r," * nd * nd •••* of th* mis<
.i»d >’ign to pay for It nnd I I*■ ft. .1.-1 .| U .. i__i •
Jonay never talked much ah-cu i-. * pp ,r ’ . L, c u , d n ® ®*’ Lou
tut h# cam* home with black smi l-hi- i Evansville and Cincinnati, at one a
apota on hla face, and the other full-.w 1 one-third fares; tickets to be
and be hlmaelf picki I . WPBH
"When we entered the county school
at Lawrencevllle, the teacher, a one-
armed, elderly man, told u* to be seated.
In a few minutes hn pul on hla specie*
else and called up J. H. ‘How old
are you?’ asked the teacher. ’Eight
years,’ replied my brother. Then he
railed me up. He would not believe
that I waa not the same one he had
teen talking to until by brother came
up and convinced him. If qne of us.
did not know thq answer to shy ques
tion tb* teacher asked, the other would
go up front and ■
I answrr It. One of i
book, this waa their
pan of thq lesson
other part.- In this way we gqt
cskenf marks and for a long time led
tb* sebetn. Finally, we decided that
It was no nkr for both of us to go to
school.’ So we took turns answering
I hare to
a day that
it; not me.
would com* from on
to the other and
the on* they were
over so quickly.
plain to a. .1- /•!
It U my brother
end It I.. the asm.
Wife Didn’t Kn
"Shortly nfn r my brother waa ms
ried we both went to hla house dress
_ just alike, and, after ringing the do
_ . but the teacher got onto thla. I hell, stood side by eld*. Hie wl
Aa be did not know which on# bad bet u cam* to tbt door ai.i It did not t*
never said another word about the Dill
until I went around to settle np sev
eral weak* later. He stilt had bruises
on hla face."
■ Mlxupa at City Hall.
Borne on* cal)ed Mr. EWIng over to
Ihe comptroller's office. "I reckon by
this time tb* people aroand th* city
halt be** You straight?" Inquired the
reporter when he returned.
"V.. IkiImS " r. r.ll. .1 V
Ewl
No, Indeed," replied Mr.
"For more than two yesu-s I
wkh th* comptroller, and h*
could tell us on* fr-un the • t li.
a long lima we were both In the dry
gauds business. On* "a* with John
Hllvey 4 Company,
4 Co
July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to retu
until July 8th, 1906.
For further Information and th
ets apply to any agent of the W
A. R. R.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
. General Pass. Agsr
ery !on*c
i’t fool me.’ sh*
.lark
AY
Her Husband.
I'H.lffl at hln
• I II b*.’ blanked."