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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. 7 WAGE EARNERS OF PACK.INGTOWN OPPRESSED; FRIGHTFUL DISTRESS REVEALED IN “THE JUNGLE” Runs on the Bank, Election Bribery and Perils of Storm Endured by Those Losing Places by Illness Graphically Described. iCoDjrlfht, HO*, by Upton Sinclair. All about the yards, yelling with rage. A ' Rights Reserved.) new union was the result of this out- CHAPTER XI. During the summer the packing Souses were In full activity again, and Jurg's made more money. Ha did not make so much, however, ns he had the previous summer, for* the packers took on more hands. There were new men every week, it seemed—It was a regu lar system—and this number they would keep over to the next slack sea- ,on so that every one would have less than ever. Sooner or later, by tills elan, thev would have all the lloating labor of Chicago trained to do their work. And how very cunning a trick that was! The men were to tench new hands, who would come some day and break their strike, and meantime they were kept so poor that they could not prepare for the trial! Hut let no one suppose that this superfluity of employees meant easier work for any one! On the contrary, the speeding-up seemed to bo growing more savage all tho time; they were continually inventing new devices to crowd the work on—It wns for all the world like the thumh screw of tho mediaeval torture chamber. They would get new pacemakers and pay them more; they would drive tho mon on with new machinery—It was said that In the hog-kllllng rooms the speed at which the hogs moved was determined by clockwork, and that it was in creased a little every day. In piece work they would reduce the time, re quiring the same work In a shorter lime, and pnylng the same wages; and then, after the workers had accustomed themselves to this new speed, they would reduce the rate of payment to correspond with the reduction In time! They had done this so often In tho cennlng establishments that tho girls were fairly desperate: their wages had gone down by a full third In the past two years, and a storm of discontent wae brewing that was likely to break out any day. Only a month after MarIJa hail become a beef-trimmer the canning factory that she had left post ed a cut that would divide the girls’ earnings almost squarely In half, and so great was the Indignation at this that they marched out without even a parley and organized In the street out side. One of the girls had read some where that a red ling was the proper symbol for oppressed workers, nnd so they mounted one, and paraded all EVERETT ESTATE IS Robert Hugh Whlto was apoplnted administer for the estate of the late Edward Quincy Everett Monday morn ing by Ordinary John R. Wilkinson. Mr. Everett left an estate estimated at 150,000. Mr. Everett was a member of the Everett-RIdley Company, wholesale dry goods dealers. He died suddenly on May 26 and left no will. Mr. White ha* qualified as administrator of tho estate. A number of wills were admitted to probate by Ordinary Wilkinson Monday morning, and administrators were ap pointed for aeveral small bstates. burst, but the Impromptu strike went to pieces in three days, owing to the ru9h of new labor. At the end of it the girl who had carried the red flag went downtown and got a position In iv gvoat department store at a salary of two dollars and a half a week. Jurgis and Ona heard th*.»o stories with dismay, for there was ho telling when their own time might come. Once or twice there had been rumors that one of the big houses was going to cut Its unskilled men to fifteen cents an hour, and Jurgis knew that if this was done his turn would come tpoon. He had learned by this time that Pnek- Ingtown was feally not a number of firms at all, but one groat Arm, the beef trust. And every week the man agers of It got together and compared notes, and there was one scale for all tho workers In the yarls and one standard of efficiency. Jurgis was told that they also fixed the price they would pay for beef on th$ hoof and the price of all dresfied meat In the coun try; but that was something he did not understand or care about. The only one who was not afraid of a cut was MarIJa, who congratulated her self, somewhat naively, that there had been one in her place only a short time before she came. MarIJa was getting to be a skilled beef-trimmer, and was mounting to the heights again. During the summer and fold Jurgis and Ona managed to pay her tack the last pen ny they owed her, and so sho began to have a bank account. Tamosxius had a bank account also, and they ran a rare and began to figure upon house hold expenses once more. The possession of vast wealth entails cares and responsibilities, however, as poor MarIJa found out She had taken tho advice of a friend and invested her savings in a bank oh Ashland avenuo. Of courso she knew nothing about it, except that it was big and imposing— what possible rhntice had a poor for eign working girl ‘to understand tho banking business as it is conducted in this land of frenzied finance? So MarIJa lived in continual dread lest something should happen to her bonk, and would go out' of her way mornings to make sure that it was still there. Her principal thsught was of fire, for she had deposited her money In bills, and was afraid that If they ware burned up the bank would not give her any others. Jurgis made fun of her for this, for he was a man and was proud of his superior knowledge, telling her that the bank had fire-proof vaults, and nil Its millions of dollars hidden safely away in them. However, one morning MarIJa took her detour, and, to her horror and dismay, saw a crowd of people in front of the bank, filling the avenue solid for half a block. All the blood went out of b^r face for terror. She broke into a run, shouting to the people to ask what was tho matter, but not atop ping to hear wluit tiny answered till she had come to where the throng so dense that she could no* longer ad Vance. There was a *'run on the bank," they told her then, but she did not know what that was, and turned from one person to another, trying In an agony of fear to make out what they meant. Had something gone wrong with the bank? Nobody was surf, but they thought so. «’ouMn't she t 1 n• r money? There was no telling; the peo plo were afraid not, and they w trying to get It. It was too early yet to tell anything—the bank would not open for nearly three hours. Ho in a frenzy of despair MarIJa began to . law her wav toward the doors of tliN build Ing, through u throng of men, women and children all excited as herself. It was a scene of wild confusion, wo men shrieking and wringing their hands and fainting, nnd men fighting nnd trampling down everything In their way. In the midst of the melee MarIJa recollected that she did not have her bank book and could not get her money anyway, so she fought her way out and started on. a run for home. This was fortunate for her, for a few min uten later the.police reserves arrived. In half an hour MarIJa was back. Tela JCUblotn with her, both of them breathless with running nnd with fear. The crowd was now formed ki a lino extending for several blocks, with half hundred policemen keeping guard, and so there wan nothing for them to do but to take their places at the end of It. At 9 o'clock the bank opened and began to pay the waiting throng; but then, what good did It do MarIJa, who saw 3,000 people before her— enough to take out the last penny of a dozen banks? To make matters worse, a drizzling rain came up and soaked them to the skin; yet all the morning they stood there, creeping slowly toward the goal; all the afternoon they stood there, heart sick, seeing that the hour of closing was coming and that thoy were going to be left out. MarIJa made up her mind that, come what might, she would stay there and keep her place; but as nearly nil did the same, all through the long, cold night, she got very little closer to the bank for that. Toward evening Jurgis came; he had heard the story from the chlU dren, and )u> brought some food and dry wraps, which made It a little eas' ler. The next morning, before drybreak. came a bigger crowd than ever, and more policemen from down-town. MarIJa held on like grim death, and toward afternoon she got Into the ICE TRUST LAWYERS HELD FOR CONTEMPT By Private leased Wire. Toledo, Ohio, July 5.—Judge R. R. Klnkalde of the common pleas court sentenced Thomas T. Tracey and Clarence Brown, the toe'trust lawyers, to ten days In the county Jail on Monday for contempt of court. On Saturday In a motion to suspend sentence In the case ot R. A.. Beard and C. Lemmon, convicted and sen tenced lot men, thoy Intimated that the court was In collusion with them In a promise to extend lonlency pro vided tftelr clients pleaded guilty. Judge Klnkalde struck the motions from the record and declared them as "false oe hell.” Alexander Smith died a motion sim ilar t i those of Brown and Tracey and tho oourt fined him 1250. All sen tences were suspended, giving the lawyers a chance to take their troubles to tho circuit court. FIREWORKS. Fourth of July Fireworks -will open stock at junction Peachtree and Ivy streets, and corner Spring and Alex ander streets July 3, A .W. Farlinger. THREE "members retired from academy faculty. I Ipaclnl to The Georgian. wvlt w. »,.» .JH Charlton, 8. C., July 3.—Three mem- *-.* of Miaalaaiool at one and one- feMfw ihss&'m'f 2 * ,P a,r " ’"V* yenr at tho nnnunl meeting of ,?'* board of visitor*, of whlrb Governor V '* ex-officio mom her. Colonel iiA:! lo . n L*/ ne, » Major P. 1*. Mnzyrlc nnd Major j, Coleman will not teach th*? next year. IV!'.",-: i ui e« la well known In Georgia, I” l' r "r,fluent n. n Confederate Veteran, Mm, 1 "" u ~ ,IMB 'he head of the Georzls Military nnd Agricultural college nt one He »a« a lieutenant colonel on the "f Uenersl John It. Gordon end FOURTH OF JULY RATES. bn account of the above occasion the Southern Railway will tall round trip tickets to and from all polntt | south of the Ohio and Potomac and __ least of Mississippi at one and one- uiilmr.v im&Sf'inn n„t ekctSl t" thSr third fares for round trip, Including rgjiie jhu year at the annual ■acting of j Bt. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington, etc. Tickets will be sold July 2d, 3d and 4th, limited to July 8th. Call on agent* Southern 1 Railway. J. C. BEAM, Jr., District Passenger Agent. •“«» . —.... uoreroor .Northern and jmtteroi.i.ter - In mi. MnJ„ . ftty *!nci ljutant nod Inter ler genera! eo'the ataff of Gen- Heat. He came to the Citadel F, ” IN Uasfck hat been at the aead- l 1 '-’. nnd Major Coleman began ^ge. r there In ISSa. JOHN D. BUYS FOSSILS FOR CHICAGO COLLEGE Private Leaned Wire. Chicago, July I.—John D. Rockefeller ™ purchased for the University of '■Mrago the mo<t extensive collection S,™" 11 * minerals probably In ex- w«nce m the country. tJ.,L-°L l ' ct ' on ’ which was gathered fof ™ by ' h « l»t« Jamea Hall, who **>*» "fly year* was state ft.’.?, ’’°f N*w York, wo* valued by rroleaaor Hall at 1150,000, NURSES HIVE DENIED THREAT TO RESIGN In regard to the report tlfit the nurzei of the Grady Hospital bad threatened to resign In a body, officials of the hospital declare the report Is entirely erroneous. Dr, WlllUm I'errio Nlcoiaon, a leading member of the medical board, atated Mon day that he baa been Informed by the nuraea that they bare never mode not such threat. After the report became cur- re«t, Dr. Nlcolsoa and othera made an in- reatlgatloo. As the result of this Inreatlga- tion, Dr. Nlcotam deelare* that "there la nothing lu the report whatever. "The nuraea have never complained to me," said Dr. Nlcoiaon. "and I hare not heard of them making a threat to any MM else. They Inform me they hare aertr made the reported threat." Mrs. Ttoeodoel Wanrde!!, enperintendent of uuroee, aaoerta the nuriee have never MINISTERS WILL MEET AT WESLEY MEMORIAL After a brief session In the T. M. C. A. ha 11 on Monday morning at 11:15 o'clock, at which time resolutions on the death of the wife of Rev. T Cleveland were drawn up and passed, the Evangelical Ministers' Association of Atlanta adjourned to meet again on tho first Monday In October at tho YTeztey Memorial church. Tho meeting was called to order by President Charles O. Jones, of St. Marks Methodist church, and In the absence of Secretary T. P. Cleveland, Rev. J. E. Rriggs was appointed act ing secretary. E. O. Smith, pastor of tho East Point Baptllst church, and Rpv. Samuel Wiles DuBose, pastor of tho Jonesboro Presbyterian church, were admitted to membership in the association. The repayt of the auditing commit tee was rPud by Dr. White, who also asked for a new vote on the meeting place for next year. At the last meet ing it was voted to meet In the Wesley Memorial church, but it wns the senti ment of many that the association should select a more central location. The motion for the Wealey Memorial church prevailed. A committee of three waa appointed i draft resolutions on the death of the wife of the aecretary, and this committee later presented the follow ing resolution, which waa unanimously adopted, Dr. Landrum being chairman of the committee: "Whereas, Ij hath pleaaod our Heav enly Father to remove from this earth to. her heavenly home the wife of our venerable ond bclovpd secretary. Rev. T. P. Clveland, D. D., whose Godly life and conversation adorned the doctrine of God, her Savior, In all' thing*. "Resolved, That we hereby tender to our brother our most affectionate nnd sincere sympathy in this, hla greatest bereavement, and commend him the comfort and sustaining grace of that Savior In whom both he and his wife have to long trusted. "Resolved further. That a copy of this resolution be Inscribed on our minutes, a copy sent to the family etn in )U9« Xdoo u pun petvooop daily paper* for publication. bank nnd got her money —all in big silver dollars, a handkerchief full When she had once got her hand* oi them her fear vanished and she want ed to put them back again; but th< man nt tin* window was savage nnd said that tin* bank would recelvt more deposits from those who had ta ken part In the run. So MarIJa forced to take her dollars home ’ her, watching to right nnd left, ex pecting every Instant that some one would try to rob her; and when she got home site wns not much bettet off. Until she could find another bnnk there wns nothing to do but sew them up In her clothes, nnd so MarIJa went about for a week or more, loaded down with bullion, and afraid to cross the street in front of the house, becauso Jurgis told her she would sink out of sight In the mud. Weighted this way she mnrlo her way to the yards, again In fear, this time to see If the lmd loBt her place but fortunately about 10 per cent of tho working people of Packlngtown had been depositors In that bank nnd vas not convenient to discharge that many at once. The enuso of tho panic had been the attempt of a po liceman to arrest a drunken mon in a saloon next door, which hud drawn a crowd at the hour tho people woro on their way to work, and so started the “run." About this time Jurgis and Ona olso began a bank account. Besides hav ing paid Jonas and MarIJa, thoy had almost paid for their furniture, and could hnvo that littlo sum to count on. So long ns each of them could bring home nine or ten dollars a week, they were able to get along finely. Also election day came round again, and Jurgl? mndo half a week’s wages out of that, nil net profit. It was a very clote election that year, nnd tho echoes of the battle reached oven to Packlng- t"\\ n. Tht- two rival sets of graftets hired halls and set off fireworks and Iiuult Speeches, to try to K''t tile peo ple Interested In tho matter. Although Jurgis did not understand It ail, no knew enough by this time to realize ference In the, results, the Idea of re fusing would have seemed absurd, had it ov. r coinn Into Ills head. Now chill winds and shortening days began to warn them that the winter was coming again. It seemed as if the respite had been too short—they had not had time enough to get ready for It; but still it came, Inexorably, and the hunted look came back Into the eye* of littlo Stanlslovas. The prospect struck. fear to tho heart of Jurgis also, for he knew that Ona was not fit to faco the cold and tho snow drifts this year. And suppose that some day when ft blizzard struck them and the cars were not running, Ona should have to give It up, nnd should come the next day to find that her ^laco had been given to some one who ived nearer and could be depended upon? _ , It waa the week before Christmas that the flfat great storm came, and then the soul or Jurgis rose up within him like a sleeping lion. Thero were four days that tho Ashland avenuo cars were stalled, and In thoso days, for the first time in his life, Jurgis knew what It was to be really op posed. He had faced difficulties be fore, but they, had been child’s play; now there was a death struggle, and *11 the furies wore unchained within him. The first morning they set out two hours before dawn, On* wrapped all In blankets and tossed upon his shoulder like a sack of meal, and the littlo boy, bundled nearly out of sight, hanging by his coat-tails. There was aging blast beqttng In his face, and Thermometer stood below zero; the snow was never short of his knoes, and tn some of th*i drifts It was nearly up to his armpits. It would catch his fest and try to trip him: It would build Itself Into a wall before him to brat him back; and he would fling himself into It, plunging Ilko a wound ed buffalo, puffing and Bnortlng In So* foot by foot he drove hi* way, and when at last he camo to Dur ham’s he was staggering and almost blind, nnd leaned against a pUlar. gasping and thanking God that tho cat tle came late to the killing beds that day. In the evening tho samo thing had to be done again; and because Jurgis could not tell what hour of tho night he would get off. he got a saloon-koep- er to let Ona alt and wait for him In a corner. Once It waa 21 o’clock at night,'and black as the pit, but still they got home. That blizzard knocked many a man out, for the crowd outside begging for work waa never greater, and the pack ers would not wait long for any one. When It was over, the soul of Jurgis was a song, for he had met the enemy and conquered, and felt himself tho master "f his fate. So it might be with some monarch of tho forest that has vanquished hla foes In fair fight, and then falls Into some cowardly trap In the night time. A time of peril on the killing beds was when a steer broke loose, gome- tlmes, in the hasto of speeding up, they would dump one of the animals out on the floor before It was fully stunned, nnd it would get upon Its feet nnd run amuck. Then there would :i yell ->f warning—the men would drop every thing nnd dash for tho nearest pillar, slipping here and there on the floor, nnd tumbling over each other. This wan bad enough In tho summer, when a man could see; in winter time it was enough to make your hair stand up, for the room would be so full of steam that you could not make anything out 6 feet in front of you. To be sure, the steer wns generally bllhd nnd frantic, and not especially bent on hurting any one, but think or tho chances of run ning upon n knife, while nearly every man had one in hi* hand! And then, to cap the climax, tho floor boss would come rushing tip with u rifle and be gin blazing away! It was In one of these melees that Jurgis fell Into his trap. That is tho only word to describe It; It wns so cruel, and so utterly not t.* )..■ fore?cm, At first be hardly noticed It, It was Buch a slight accident—simply that In leaping out of tho wav he turned his ankle. There was u twinge <>f pain, but Jurgis wns used to pain, nnd did not coddle himself. When ho came to walk home, however, he realized that It was hurting him a great deal; and In tho morning his ankle was swollen to near ly double Its. size, and he could not get Iris foot into his shoe Still, even then, he did nothing more than Hwenr a lit tie, and wrapped hla foot tn old rags, nnd hobbled out to truco the car. It chanced to be a rush day at Durham's, nnd all the morning he limped about with his aching foot; by noontime tho pain was so great that It made him faint, and after & couple of hours in tho aftomoon ho was fairly beaten, and had to tell th* boss. They sent for the company doctor, and ho exam ined tho foot and told Jurgis to t home to bed, adding that he had pro! ably laid himself up for months by 111h folly. The Injury was imt «»nu that Durham & Co. could be held responsi ble fur, nnd so that was all there was to It, so for as the doctor was con cerned. Jurgis got home somehow, scarcely able to see for the pain, and with an awful terror In Iris soul. Klxbleta holped him Into bed and bandaged his injured foot with cold water, and tried hard not to let him see her dismay; when the rest camo home at night sho met thorn outside and told them, ond they, too, put on ft cheerful face, say ing it would only be for a week or two, and that they would pull him through. Whon they lmd gotten him to sleep, however, they snt by tho kitchen fire and talked it over In frJghtoned whla- pors. They were In for a sloge, that was plainly to bo soen. Jurgis had only about $00 in tho bank, and tint Hlaek season was upon them. Both Jonas and MarIJa might soon be earn ing no more than enough to pay tholr board, and besides that thero woro only tho wages of Ona and tho plttanco of tho little boy. There was the rent to pay, and still lotno on tho furnituro; OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O O O O O O O O O a o o o o o o o o o o o o o MEN ARMED FOR SLAUGHTER IMPER ILLED BY 8TEER8. A time of peril on the killing beds was when a steer broke loose. Sometimes, In the haste of speeding up, they would dump ono of the anlmnl* out on the floor beforo it was fully stunned, and It would get upon Its feet and run amuck. Thon the men would drop everything and dash for the nearest pillar, slipping hero and there on the floor, ond tumbling over each other. The room would be so full of steam that you could not make anything out five feet In front of you. The steer was gen erally blind and frantic, and not especially bent on hurting any one, but think of the chances of running upon a knife, while nearly every man had one In his hand!—From Upton Sinclair 1 * •tory, "Th# Jungle." SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS T 4- n ! HE story ’ of **Tho Jungle.*' t’pton Mlnrlnlr's nnvol, which onu*wi tho govern ment Investigation Into the methods employed by the IJeef Trust, has Its origin lu nn actual I'neklngtown romance. A slinple-mtniled coterie of Mthuanlans arrive In Chicago, seeking employ ment, nnd are conducted to Pneklngtourn by n friend. Jnrgl*. n glsnt in strength, Is botrothed to Onn, ntul the first chapter tells of the wedding In all Its grotusqueness. After much tribulutlon. the entire family obtains work in tho stockyards—all but Onn. whom Jurgis said should never work. The terrible tale of the slaughter houses N told with utmost revolting de tail—the lllth, the overworking of linndii. the struggle to keep up wl makers, Is all vividly depleted. The little fuiullr buy a Iiomho on tl plan, only to find they have been swindled, aim Ona Ih forced t< to meet the actual living expenses, nnd the Interest on the purchase which they learn too Ute. Monday's Instalment of the story tells how MarIJa finds tho f< her department giving her short pny, nnd lias the temerity to coin] taking her troubles to the superintendent. A few day* later she I for Insisting on her rights, discovering too late that the fore ibo I* “ 1 Instalment ills. more tlion the labor ot the hands from thoso under her. Vo id at last is put to work doing a ivork at half Orm labors up to tho day her babv It born, nnd th*!» takes bnt a »»••••’« nwny from Lor labors, in deadly fear that she will lose her position. From the day she returns to her bench. Gnu In ne\er 11 well person. 1 he « hnpti*r concludes: pd such a slight offense and tho punishment so great that neithor she there was the Insurance Just due, nnd every month thero was sack after suck uf coal. It wjih January, midwinter, nn awful tlmo to have to face priva tion. Deep snows would come again, nml who would carry onn t-i her work now? She might lose her place—she wns almost certain to lose It. And then little Stanlslovas began to whim per—who would take care of him? It was dreadful that nn accident of this sort, that no man can help, should have meant suclt suffering. The bit terness of It was the dally food and drink of Jurgis. It was of no uso for them to try to decoivo him; he knew ns much about tho situation as they did, and ho knew that the family might literally starved to dCAth. The worry of It fairly ate him up—ho began to look gant the first two or threo days of H In truth, It was almost maddening for a strong man like him, a fighter, to hnvo to lie there helpless on his back. It was for all the world the old story of Prometheus bound. As Jurgis lay on hla bed, hour after hour, there came to him emotions that ho had never known beforo. Hefore this ho had met llfo with a welcome—It hod Its trials, but none that a man could not face. Hut now. In tho nighttime, when ho lay tossing about, there would come stalking Into his chamber a grisly phantom, tho sight of which mado his flesh to curl and his hair to bristle up. It WAR like seeing the world fall Awuy from nn.lei ninth IiIh fee t; like plung ing down into a bottomless abyss, into awning caverns of despair. It might i»e true, then, after all, what others had told him about life—that tho bert powers of a man iujght not bo oqual to It! It might be true that, strlvo as he would, toll as ho would, he might fall, and go down and be destroyed! The thought of this was llko an Icy hand at his heart; tho thought* that here, In this ghastly home of all horror, ho nml all those who were dear to him might He ond perish of starvation and oold, nnd there would be no ear to hear tholr cry, no hand to help them! It was true, It waa true—that hero In this huge city, with Its stores of heaped up wealth, human creatures might be hunted ri .-v ii ii11<I destroyed by tho wild beasri p iweiM uf nature just oh truly as ever they were in the days of tho cave men. Ona was now making about thirty dollars a month, and SlnnUlovas about thirteen. To add to tlila there whs the board <-f J'.niM and .MarIJa, about forty-five dollars. Deducting from this the rent, interest nnd Installments; "ii tin* fui nit ui *•, they had left sixty, dollars; nnd deducting tho coni, they had left fifty. They did without every thing that human beings could do without; they went In old and ragged clothing, that left them nt tho mercy of the cold, and whon the children's Shoes Wore .mt, they tied them up with strings. Half invalid as she was, Ona would do herself htii pi by walking In the rain and cold when she ought to have rid den; they bought literally nothing hut food—and ■till they could not keep Alive on fifty dollars a month. They might have dono It If only they could have gotten pure food, and at fair pih e.s; nr If only they h.id known what to get—If they had not been so pitiful ly Ignorant. Hut they had come to a new country, where everything was ■ different. Including the food. They had always been MOOf^r torned to eat a great deal of smoked sausage, and how could they know that what they bought In America was not the same—that Its color was mnd.t by chemicals, and Its smoky flavor by more chemicals, and that It was full "potato-flour" besides? Potato-flour Is the waste of potato after the starch and alcohol have been extracted; it has no more food value than so much wood, and as Its uso an a food Adulterant Is a penal offense In Europe, thousands of tons of it are shipped to America every year. It was amazing what quantities of food such as this were needed every day by elev en hungry persons. A dollar sixty-five a day was simply not enough to feed thorn. (Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Our “Beet” Bolster Spring; $4.50 and up according to size. Indispensable for the load. Prolongs life of your wagon. Relieves strain on team. Desi rable for driver. Economical in cost. Universally usefe'. “EVERYBODY KNOWS.” Sptolil Discounts 01 QuntltiiL 6hn Width of Stakoi. E. D. CRANE & CO. Front New Depot. All Sins, Bit Stock, Qilok Shlpmil SAYS PRESIDENT WABBLED OK RATE QUESTION SpMlal to Th* Go.rxhtn. Chattanooga, T«nn, July 1.—Senator J. B. Frailer and Congr***m»n John A. Moon have returned from congrea*. In an Interview Senator Fraalrr *ald that member* of Prealdent Room. velt'a own part, deflated him In many of hi* pet meuurn. "The Democrat* supported hi* original railroad rate bill." raid he, "and that bill would have gone- through lust like the president wanted It If he had atuck to the minor. Ur, but he went over to the majority and the result la that the bUI will be a disappointment to the people In It* ap* plication. SILVER BASKETS. ^ 0 are showing some very iu rh iT - . reduced r. r. rates smith, «| ht I pieces ‘ “V SEWVLt dt-g-. FOR FOURTH OF JULY. ll! ! v, ‘. 'vro"Kht f. rvi ;- C ‘ l!;:' th. w. * a. r. r. ,no h. c. * s«. . 11 Nave SO admirably car- mynts* -.ir. la the Eo»pH4 L. Railway will sell cheap round trip out the artistic ideals of £ timM SS .nn,,.£. «*n. ticket* to aii point, .outh of th* onto designers that the result entirely pleasing. ir*.*' they derilnwt to worn uufl.r Ml** *nd Potomac and ea*t of the elppl river. Including St. Loui*. ravelin*/ IrtU de**f*l“ «he qs-.iiou of Ev*n*vllle and Cincinnati, at one and ” 1* *“£>• . whether the extra its ' one-third fares; tickete to he eotd rinf? ce, , e!eganceandsu p c - S!tbysASffimS? 3d fl . h and ,^ h ' sood ,o return **Qr Workmanshm nrp a)mr- thi ‘ report they ha>l tkrt*t—d to rcrign 1U until July 8th, 1906. anf - JHUiBmp art cnar a I.eiv. , . For further Information and tick- netenstic of all our silver- JIMS:iM |*pp'/ «° •««"* »1 the w. a -are. 1 - - ■ - ‘ &AIER St BERKELE ! for h<*r diploma, bot It w>» — - A pt'ii'lioiC tb** action of the ii.edl> al I It !• protMible the board will rellcv Lurs**s of tb*.* extra duty. SHAM BATTLE PIEDMONT PARK JULY FOURTH, 5:30 P. M. ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, INFANTRY, GATLING GUN. Admission 25 Cents, Children Under 10 Years Old Admitted Free When Accompanied By An Adult. Benefit 5 th Regiment, National Guard of Georgia Encampment Fund. No Extra Charge For Seats In Grandstand. CHA8. E. HARMAN, General Past. Agent.