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l'HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Till ItNl’AY. AI (il»r t. IS*. IN RUNAWAY CAR ON GOTHAM LIN Trolley Dashed Down Hill and Crashed Into An other Car. Br Print* Lesied Win. New York, Auk. 3.—Fourteen per sons were seriously hurt today whan a •outhbound Third avanue car, attar sweeping down tha ataep hill on An- iterdam avenue from One Hundred and Thirty-eight street, crashed Into the rear of a southbound Sixth avenue car ahead Just south of One Hundred and Thirty-flrat atreet. The motorman loat control of hla car at the top of the hill, and It dashed down, gathering headway every mo ment. and plunged Into the car ahead with terrlllc force. Three of tha pas sengers of the Third avenue car were thrown out into the street and had to be attended at the J. Hood. Wright hospital. Scores of physicians attend ad the others. TRIAL OF GIRLS IS POSTPONE The esses agahfat Miss Alma Hnr din and Miss Emma Brockman, the IS year-old girls accused by Mrs. Shepard, of 14 Bradley street, of abusing' her, were called Thursday morning before Acting Recorder E. W. Martin and were postponed until Tuesday morn Ing. The continuance was granted on the statement that Attorney R. R. Shrop shire, counsel for the two girls. Is out of the city. The trouble grew out of a visit to Ponce DeLeon park Tuesday night by the girls, accompanied by Henry Shep ard, brother-in-law of Mrs. Shepard, and by William Shepard, It is also al leged. Mrs, Shepard, It appears, took exception to the visit and this resulted In a scene between her and the two girls. ROMAN FLEOTO TEXAS, Eugene Shockley, convicted In Floyd superior court for assault with Intent to murder Robert Manry In Rome sev eral months ago, la under arrest In Fort Worth, Texas. Wednesday morning Governor Ter' rell Issued a requisition on the gov- ernor of Texas. Young Shockley was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of 1100 or serve twelve months on the •% cass was carried up to tbs su pfeme court whloh confirmed the low er court Shockley Immediately skip, ped. Shockley has long borne an unsavory reputation In Rome, having the gel ' repute of a gambler and all round case. He belongs to n very nice fam lly of the Hill City. FELL INTO ASH PITi ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES Thomas Kent filed suit against ths Atlanta Steal Hoop Company Thurs day morning. Kent alleges In his pe tltlon that ht was hired last June for tbs wages of 31.60 a day. He says he was a stranger to that mode .of work, as well as a stranger to tha place. The petitioned says he was sent around to tha boiler room and that in going there he feel lnto an ash-pit, which, he al leges, was In the dark, and had no railing or ropes about It. For the fall into the ash-pit, which Kent says injured hla knee, he asks 15,000. SPENT $1,563,729; 40,000 BENEFITED By Privets Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 8.—The moat Im portant question to coihe before the convention of . the International Typo graphical Union at Colorado Springs next weak will be the eight-hour strike, which has now been In progress In Washington and other points under the Jurisdiction of the International Typo graphical Union for more than six months. According to President Lynch, the right-hour contest has coat the or ganisation up to May SI 11,541,713.10. About 40,000 members of the union art on an eight-hour basis. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Drug Firm Raorganlxsd. Bpcclal to The Georgian. Columbus, Os., Aug. 8.—Ths Arm of Brannon & Carson has been reorgan ised by tha election of R. A. Carton, president; Charles E. Turn «r. vice pres ident, and L. B. Hicks, secretary and treasurer. Charges Against Undertaker. Special to Tbs Georgian. Augusta, Go., Aug. It has been reported to the Tmard of health that a colored undertaker here. Johnston, Is keeping bodies out of the ground too long, without embalming them, and today Secretary Goodrich, of the board, will make a full report of the matter to President Morgan. Excursionists at Tybes. •peels! to The Georgian. Savannah, Os., Aug. (.—Savannah Is ibroaged with visitor* ths Atlantic Coast Line having brought In last night from throe to four thousand peopla from point! between Montgomery and Savannah. The local hotels are filled, is are also the Tybee accommodations, where many of the visitors will spend much of their time. DRUGGISTS TO FIGHT MALT SELLING TAX Eighteen Who Have Been Served With Notices By License Inspector Want Ordinance Repealed. With the object of killing the ordi nance levying a 1100 tax on all sellers of white hops and mslt extracts, the eighteen prominent druggists who have been served with notices by License Inspector R. A. Ewing, as appeared ex clusively in Wednesday's Georgian, will go befora the tax committee at Its next salon. Whether or not the ordinance la erased from the books the druggists will hava to pay the aggregate sum of 11,500 ln\o ths city's coffers, so It has been ruled by, City Attorney James L. Mayson, who holds that the ordinance has been violated In the past and Its removal will only apply to the future. A similar case to this ona came up several weeks ago, whan Inspector Ewing was successful In making live of the largest wholesale liquor men In the city pay a rectifying tax. The tax was stricken from the books by the tax committee when the liquor men appeared before It, but the liquor men were made to pay 1100 each, never, theleaa. It la undsratood that the pharma, data will make a hard light to keep from paying the tax and much Interest has been awakened In the outcome. CAP!AIN OF WRECKED LINER SA YS HE DID NOI DESERT By Private Leased Wire. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. Captain Paradl, of tha wrecked steamer Slrlo, after hla arrest yesterday, admitted that he had miscalculated tha distance of hla vessel from the Hermlgaa rocks, on which she stranded. He declared that he did not voluntarily leave the wrecked steamer, but that the sailors forced him to do-so. More than 300 persons met death when the Slrlo foundered last Sunday. E CHOES FR OM HUSTINGS IN GEORGIA CAMPAIGN Busy Week on Stump Drawing to a Close. Special to The Georgian. Cleveland, Ga., Aug. t.—Judge R. B. Russell, candidate for governor, spoke to the people of White county today, at Cleveland,. Ga. The weather was Ideal and the people came from all parts of the county. The court-house was packed to Its utmost capacity, many standing during the speaking. Judge Russell made a fine speech, outlining In detail what he stood for, which made a deep Impression on his hearers. This county Is well divided between the candidates and the friends of Judge Russell were enthusiastic over the large crowd and reception given their candidate. MACON 18 PREPARING FOR 8MITH’S COMING. Special to Tbs Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 3.—Hoke Smith la billed to epeak here tonight and hla followers In Bibb county are preparing to give the speaker a great ovation. All arrangements for the speaking have been perfected. HOKE SMITH CLUB ORGANIZED AT OCILLA. Special to The'Oeorglsn. Ocllla, On., Aug. 9.—The Ocllla sup porters of Hoke Smith met Tuesday night and organised a Hoke Smith 00000O O0OOOOO0O0OOC 0 WHERE CANDIDATES 8PEAK O FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 0 Hon. Clark Howell was not on 0 the hustings Thursday, but will S apeak at Blue Rrtdge Friday morning at 10 o'oldck, and several : 0 times In DeKalb Saturday. 0 Hoke Smith. 0 Hoke Smith speaks Saturday at 0 Dalton. 0 Judge Russell. 0 Jurge Russell speaks Friday at 0 Stone Mountain and Doravllle. Club. L. R. Tucker waa made pres! dent and Colonel J. J. Walker secretary and treasurer, with Colonel R. M. Bryson as assistant. About (5 names wpre enrolled. An Invitation has been extended to Mr. Smith to speak here before the cam palgn closes. ADVERTISING SPEAKING AT DALTON SATURDAY. Special to The Georgian. Dalton, Ga., Aug. 3.—Hon. Hoka Smith will address the people here on Saturday afternoon, and hla supporters are active In spreading the news of hla coming. It Is also stated that Hon. Rufe Hutchins, of Cedartown, will fol low Mr. Smith, and this report will undoubtedly have the effect to swell the crowd and Increase the Interest, HARDWICK ADORE8SE8 CROWD AT CONYERS 8peclal "to The Georgian. Conyers, Ga, Aug. 8.—Hon. T. W. Hardwick addressed a large audience GIVES RESIGNATION General Agent of N., C. & St. L. to Leave the Service. Edward A. Peeples, one of the oldest and best known railroad men In At lanta for many years the general southern agent of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louts road, with of fices at the comer of Alabama and South Pryor streets, haa tendered hla resignation, to take effect August 31, and Vice President Smith of the gen eral offices at Nashville was In ths city Thursday for the purpose of taking up the matter with Mr. Peeples. The resignation has not yet been accepted by the railroad. Mr. Peeples cam* to .Atlanta nearly years ago and has made a great suc cess In railroad work. He Is a brother of Superintendent Peeples of the same road, at Nashville. His entire railroad Ilfs has been spent with the Nashville, Chattanooga and ^t. Louis, with which he Is still connected, hts rise from the smaller positions having bean sura and rapid. Hla loss wjll be severely felt among veterans of the Atlanta cinder colony. . , Mr. Peeples Intends entering the commercial world providing hie resig nation Is accepted. Vice President Smith will name hla succeaaor on Fri day uplesa tha resignation Is with drawn. - HEARING IS SET FOR PEONAGE CASES By Private Leased Wire. Marlon, N. C., Aug. 8.—The peonage cases against the South and Western Railroad Construction Company are to be called In the Federal court here to morrow. The prosecution la In the hands of United States District Attor ney Holton, of Raleigh, and was begun at the requeat of the Italian embassy at Washington, who alleges that a large numbers of Italian laborers ■ have been Imported Into this section, and by meant of shotgun persuaslan have been compelled to continue work, although they desired to quit and return. HAS a f’itand drowTHT IN TWO FEET OF WATER. Private Leased Wire. Hillsdale, Mich., Aug. 3.—Howard Lawrence, 14 years old, son of K. L." Lawrence, of this city, was drowned In Stocks mill pond Wednesday afternoon. was fishing, and It Is supposed that he,was taken with an epileptic fit and fell Into the water, which la about two feet deep. GAS COMMITTEE SETS ITS MEETING Chairman James L. Key, of the spe cial council committee appointed to In vestlgate the franchise of the Atlanta Gas Light Company, haa set Saturday, August II, at I o'clock as tha date and hour on which the-committee will hold session to formulate a Anal report on Its findings. * At the meeting, the gas company and private Interest will be represent ed. Alderman Key atated Thursday that a report, similar to ths one which was submitted to council some time ago, will be sgsln drawn up. Ths dif ference will be that the new report will be more concise. After the next session of council It Is believed that City Attorney Jame Mayson will be directed to draw an amendment to the city charter so as to allow another gas company to en ter the local Held, and that a test esse will be made by ths city In the courts. KING OF SERVIA FEARS A REVOLT By Private Leased Wire. Belgrade, Bervls, Aug. 8.—King Pater Is taking extraordinary precautions to prevent a threatened revolutionary movement In the army from gaining headway. Tha adherents of the mur. dered King Alexander have been very active within the past few weeks, and It la understood the authorities have discovered a well-organised plot In tbs army for an attampt to restore tha old dynasty. A number of officers have been dismissed and others are slated for dismissal. - HELD AS BIGAMIST; HE IS HORSETHIEF By Private Leased Wire. Beaver City, Nebr., Aug. 3.—Walter Degermo, of Carthage, III., who Is un der arrest here on a bigamy charge, la now being held for horse thefts com mitted in half a dozen different por tions of ths country. Telegrams have been received from Huron. 8. Dak.; Salem, Iowa; Red Cloud and Carthage, III., accusing him of steallnr horses at alt those places. To every charge De- garmo pleads guilty. Missing Boy Located. Special to The Georgian. Gadsdsn, Ala.. Aug. 8.—John Car- nail, a lf-year-old boy, who disap peared from his home In the western part of this city on May 34, was lo cated near Mounlalnboro yesterday by a gentleman who had read a descrip tion of the missing boy In a local paper. ATLANTA WATER WILL BE MUDDY RESTOFSUMMER Filters and Coagulating Basin Not Equal to the Demand. Thirsty Atlanta will have to drink muddy water during the cloelng days of the hot summer months. The only alternative, so It was stat ed In the report ft Manager Park Woodward to the wateg. commission ere Wednesday afternoon, la to en large the capacity of the filters and the coagulating basin. Ths report touched upon many points of widespread {merest In a community which prides Itself on Its pure water and the abundance thereof. It set forth with numerical proof that, with the present equipment and the enorm oua amount of water being used, would be Impossible to maintain iroper Are pressure throughout an 4_ tended conflagration. Further it show ed that watar waa being forced through the Altera at a rate double their ca pacity and that during the month of July all pravlous records were broken by the amount of slum It was neces sary to use In the coagulating basins. Using Much Mors Alum. The average amount of alum used is 1-6 of a grain to a sallon of watar. During July 1.4 grains was used to gallon. During the month mentioned another record was broken when the gauges showed 300,643,000 gallons of water hsd been consumed In Atlanta. During July, 1806, there were 316,760, 100 gallons used. This 16,000,000 gal Ion difference would have probably been even greater had the weather been normally hot. * Manager Woodward used ss sn ex ample of ths present equipment's ca pacity, ths teat made by the South, eastern Tariff Association at the Cand ler building July 10. At that time Manager Woodward telephoned to the pumping station to give the fire sure of 160 pounds It took hal hour to get up sufficient steam to work two of the pumps. It was then found that the boilers wars not sufficient to hold up a 100-pound steam pr Seven" were find up. This let two as reserve. Even with the seven boilers running, only a 86-pound steam pressure could be maintained, The report states further thi the test lasted a half hour tongar. It would have been necessary to turn the muddy water from the reservoir Into the clear water basin so as to have sufficient water for the pumps. While the test was being made every Alter In the flltef house was In operation. The report ends by explaining that It will soon be Impoeslble to keep up with the amount of water used regu larly In Atlanta, and that before the summer Is over It will be found neces sary to turn ths muddy water of ths reservoir Into the clear water basin. More Time For Investigation. The special committee appointed to examine the books of ths water de partment In connection with the resig nation of Mathew Tolbert aaked for more time In which to carry on the inveetlgatlon. The oommlttee la com posed of F. P. Rice, chairman; D. N. McCullough and J. H. Harwell. Other matters of minor Importance were disposed of. A PRACTICAL JOKE Militia and Officers Spent Sleepless Night Watching for Mob That Was Not. By Private Leased Wire. Greensboro, N, C., Aug. 3.—After having guarded the city Jail all night with 100 soldiers, with guns loaded and ready to shoot to kill at ths first sight trouble, and after hundreds of cltl- sans had spent a aleapleaa night watt ing for a mob to come which was to break Into the Jail and lynch Frank Bohanon, a negro prisoner, who con fessed a few days ago to the murder,of railroad foreman near this city, It waa discovered today that the authorl- tlea here and tha governor were vie tlma of n practical Joks. Today It waa learned to have been a put-up Job on tha sheriff, and that no mob was within miles. INDIANS RAIDING WYOMING RANCHES Private Leased Wit*. Rawlins, Wyo., Aug. 0.—Seven hundred Ute Indiana have left their reservation and are travel ing through Wyoming killing game and stock. Much excite ment has been created among tho settlers in that part of the state where the depredations are being committed, and serious trouble may result from the raid of the Indians. ENGINEER SLAIN IN TRAIN WRECK . Private Leased Wire. Pltteburg. Pa., Aug. 8.—At less! one man was killed and one seriously In jured In n rear-end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad early this morning when ah engine, running light, crashed Into the Chicago-New York expreaa. A. C. Everett, fireman on the light engine. Is dead and John" O. Levers, engineer on the light engine. Injured. The Information received at the office of the general superintendent In Pitts burg Is to the effect that the express was near Lodi this morning. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN ELEVEN SCHOOLS TO ^CREATED Bill Passed By House Will Give School to Each Con gressional District. Schools for teaching the farmer boys of Georgia the beat methods of making the soil yield a fortune wilt be estab lished In each of the eleven*congress ional districts of the state ILthe sen ate passes the bill of Mr. Perry, of Hall, which passed the lower house Thursday morning after a long debate. A number of amendments wars adopt, ed before ths ffnsl passage of the Ihsasurs. A hot tight arose when the local dis pensary bill offered by Mr. Terry, of Randolph, was taken up. The bill pro. vldea tor the establishment of a ills pensary at Cuthbert, where there are now no Saloons. The debate showed that a similar bill, with a referendum clause, had been passed st the lest session end defeated st the local polls. It was stated on tbs floor that lbs au thor of ths present bill, Mr. Tarry, hsd not bean re-elected by hla constitu ents. The hill was defeated by a vote of 31 to 36. Visitors Barred. The house was called to order at 6 o'clock. At the Instance of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, Speaker Slaton enforced the rule barring all visitors from the Qoor. This rule was enforced first Immediately following the altercation between Mr. Whitley, of Douglas, and Solicitor Gen eral Charles D. Hill Wednsiday morn ing. The bill by Mr. Perry, of Hall, set for a special order, was taksn up for postage. This bill provide* for the establishment and maintenance of an agricultural and mechanical school. In each congressional district of the state, the expenee to be paid from fees re ceived from the InepeoUon of fertllliere. olte and other feee. Donations of land for such schools are contemplated In the bill and no land Is to be purchased. Tuition and board are to be free. The committee reported favorably on tha bill, but amended It by placing tha sohools under the direction of the gov ernor Instead of tha commissioner of agriculture. The house woe resolved Into a com mittee of the whole with Mr. Aiken, of Bartow: In the choir. Mr. Perry, of Hall, spoka In favor of the bill. Mr. Hall, of Bibb, opposed the bill on the ground that It was unconstl tutlonal In that It provides free schol arshlps. Considerable opposition arose from the fear that such schools would 1m continuously calling for appropriations for mlantenancs. Mr. Flynt, of Spalding, made on eloquent plea for the passage of the bill. Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, opposed any plan to take money from the pubtlo schools of Georgia. Judge Longtey, of Troup, opposed the bill. Mr. Wise, of Fayette, spoke In favor of it. Mr. Conner, of Bartow, favored mak- SENATE PASSED |* i PEACHTREE FOLK LARGE NUMBED SEEM NOTTO KNOW OF LOCAL BILLS! WHAT THEY WANT" Put Mass of Minor Matters Through the Mill in Short Order. Ing the schools a branch of the State University. Mr. Smith, of Green, was received with vociferous spplauss whan he rose to urge the passage of the bill. An amendment placing the schools under the direction of the governor was adopted. The committee of the whole recom mended that the bill pass. Passed 103 to 40. Mr. Perry, author of the bill, spoke at length In favor of the measure. The vote followed and the bill passed by a vole of 101 to 40. The bill waa at once transmitted to the senate. On motion of Mr. Butts, of Glynn, senate bill No. It, for the relief hf fruit growers, was taken from the table and placed on the calendar. The committee on rule* recommeiffl ed that no leaves of absence be grant ed during the remainder of the session except for providential reasons. This was adopted. The committee will not be permitted visit the state sanitarium. General business, ss well as local bills, will be considered on Saturday In the future. The bill of Mr. Longley, of Troup, was passed, providing for raising the salary of the superintendent of the Confederate Soldiers' Homs from 1600 year to a sum not exceeding 11,000. Contested Local Bill. Mr. Tarry, of Randolph, was granted permission to speak on hla local bill amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert. The bill provides for tha ea tabllshment of a dispensary for the sale of Intoxicants. A minority report of ths comidttte* was submitted opposing ths bill. Tha Isau* had been hotly fought In the committee room. Mr. Flynl, of Spalding, apoke against the bill on the ground that a similar bill had been passed for Randolph and the peopla of the county hed'defeated the dispensary plan at the polls. Mr. Land, of Wilcox, opposed the bill. Mr. George, of Morgan, chairman of the minority committee, spoke agalnet the bill, for the reason that It bad no referendum clause. He Insisted that be left to the peopls of Randolph county. Mr. Covington, of Colquitt, concluded for the opposition. He said the tlma would com* when children would read In amassment that Georgia statesmen bad once licensed tbs sale of poison.on ths street corners. He produced a petition, signed by 1,000 cltlxana .of tandolph county, protesting against a dispensary. Mr. Terry, of Randolph, lad the da- bate for the bill. Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton, spoke In favor of It Tha vote resulted In the defeat of th* measure by 31 to 36. Wednesday Afternoon. Pension bill* occupied th* afternoon session of the house, which convened 3:30 o'clock. The following were taken up and passed: By Mr. Revlll of Merrlwether: For the payment of the pension for the ear 1306 of W. D. Garrett for 360 to lie widow, Mrs. M. M. Garrett. By Mr. Parker of Appling: For th* payment of the -enalon of |!00 of Abraham M. Eason to his widow, Mrs Flora E. Eason, for the year 1303. By Mr. Buchanan or Ware: To pay the pension of 360 for ths year 1306 to John Tyaon. of Ware county. By Mr. Schulte of Lumpkltt: To pay the pension of l«0 for 1306 of M. D. Mode to hie widow, Mrs. 8arah Mode. By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb: For the payment of the 160 pension of J. N. Dccrltl to bis widow, Martha Decrial, The senate passed th* Boykin anti bucket thop bill Thursday by a vote of II to 3. Prior to resuming th* discussion mass of local ssnsts and hous* bill* were passed. Th* senate will meet at I o’clock Friday. 8*nat* Bill* Passed By Btnator Crum—To amend the charter of th* city of Vienna. By Senator Westbrook—To amend act establishing tha city court of Syl vaster. By Senator Candler—To amend the charter of Decatur so as to provide for waterworks By Senator Parker—To establish public sohools In Chlpley. By Senator Peyton—To amend the charier of Cornells House Bill* Passed. By Mr.-Maxwell, of Twiggs—To pro vide for • slat* depository at Jsffsr- sonvllls By Mr. Walkar, of Monro*—To re pos 1 act establishing public schools for Cullodsn. By Mr. Longlno, of Campbell—To amend section 3 of the charter of Fair- burn. By Mr. Whitley, of Douglas—To In corporate the town of Winston In Douglas county. By Messrs. .Slaton. Ball and Black burn, of Fulton—To provide amend ment to act creating new charter of Atlanta. II y Mesars. Porter, Wright and Holder,of Floyd—To amend the char ter of Rome. By Messrs. Walker and Duggan, of Washington—To amend th* charter of the city of Tennllle. By Mesars. Smith and Clifton, of Tatnall—An sot establishing th* city oourt of Reldeville. By Meeare. Williams, of Laurens and Clifton, of Tatnall—To provide for public schools In Vldalla, Toombs county. By Mr. Wilcox, of Irwin—To' repeal act establishing a dispensary In Ocllla. By Mr. Hutheson, of Haralson—To amend the charter of Bremen. By - Mr. Whitley, of Douglaa—To amend the charter of Douglaavllte. By Mr. Rountree, of Emanuel—To Incorporate the town of Oak Park. By Mr. Bmlth, of Calhoun—To create the city of Morgan In lieu of the .town. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To abol- Ish the county court of Calhoun county. By Mr. McMIchael, of Marion—To provide for a two weeks' session of ths superior court.of Merlon county. By Mr. Aehley, of Lowndes—To au thorise liahlra to lesu* bonds. By Mr. Flynt, of. Hpaldlng—To amend th* charter of Griffin. By Mr. Swilling, of Franklin—To change time of holding superior court In Franklin. By Mr. Butts, of Glynn—To nmtnd act consolidating acts Incorporating Brunswick. By Mr. Butts, of alynn—To amend aot establishing tho city court of Brunswick. By Mr. Knight, of Berrien—To ere- ate a board of county commissioners for Tift. By Mr. Mann, of Catoosa—'To Incor porate Boynton school district In Ca toosa. By Mr. Beauchamp,, of Butts—To uy Mr. ucBuciminp,* ui iiuim—iu amend act Incorporating Jenklnaburg school district. By Mr. Bears, of Montgomery—To amend act Increasing compensation of county comlsslonera of Montgomery. By Mr. Flanders, of Johnson—To amend set cresting the city court of Wrlghtsvlll*. By Mr. Mann, of Dougherty—To irovide for a system of publla schools or Albany. By Mr. Rountree, of Thom**—To amend act Incorporating th* town ot Boston. By.Mr. Scruggs of Warren—To au thorise paving of the sidewalks of Warrantor . _ By Mr. Johnson, of Crawford—To tlx th* time for holding th* superior court of Crawford county. By Mr. Little of Hancock—To amend act creating th* city court of Sparta. By Mr. Rainey, of Schley—To amend act chartering th# town of El- lavillo. By Mr. Taylor, of Sumter—To amend act granting corporal* author, lly to Americus. By 61 r. Butte, of Olynn—To amend act creating a county board of com mission*!** for Olynn. By Mr. King, of Newton—To make It unlawful to buy or sell cotton seed In Newton county from September * * December 30. By Mr. Smith, of Calhoun—To Incor porate the city of Edison. By Messrs. Nowell and Oalloway, of Walton—To amend th* charter ot th* ty of Munrpe. lly Mr. Moors, of Columbia—To amend act Incorporating Hariam. By Mr. flmtth, of Calhoun—To at* th* city court of Calhoun. Mayor Woodward Says City i Government Is Not to J Blame. I "Haw can Ih* city be expected to do anything along placing paring on Peachtree atreet unless th* residents of that thoroughfare know what they want?” asked Mayor Woodward Thure- ’ day morning. "As long as they light between themselves they cannot ex- j pect the city to do anything; but If I they will settle on th* kind of paving wanted, then council will reach a. speedy decision. In the meantime It's ' hardly Just to criticise the city." 11 Mayor Woodward, while stating this, • jeined to feel thnt th* city la being' done a great Injustice by several of! the Atlanta paper* which continue to i harp on th* subject, laying the blame j : the door of ths city. There are now two petition*—both. * •o the mayor aatd, legnt and both, so I some on* ela* said, having elgnaturre of a majority of the property holder*. I Although at present It would l,e Im-, possible to produce th* money for a i new paving, etlll In October a new r rtlonment sheet wilt be made up,, If a decision has been reached by • that tlma the city authorities will) doubtless And ways and means of hear- . Ing the city's portion of the expense. ; AAUTUAL LIFE MUST FILE CORRECT LISTS New York Justice Sustain? Plea of Colonel Shook. By Private leased Wire. New York, Aug. 3.—In response to an application for writ of mnndsmus. made by Colonel A. 61. Shook, of Nashville, Tenn, th* Mutual Life In surance Company waa yesterday after noon ordtrtd by Ju-'i •, tiiegerlch to furnish correct llata of policyholders to the International policyholders' com mittee and to file, within ton day*, sim ilar lists at Albany with the state In surance commissioner. TWO ARBITRATIONS MAN BUIECESSARY Seaboard Airline and Geor gia Telephone Company Object to Assessment, J AMERICAN’S LAND TAKEN BY PANAMA By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 3.—The conduct of Panama toward American citizens becoming th* cause of tension In that new republic, over which ths United States has undertaken a sort of paren- til cart* A letter from Ilocas del Torro says that without notification, without pro cess ot law and without condemnation, th* Panama govsrnment sent survey ors on the property of Captain Georg* Fltigerald, manager of th* Baltimore and Bocae del Torro Fruit and Trans portation Company, owner of n tract of land st Boca*, cot street* through It and laid off nineteen lots, which have been sold to the owner's tenants. This deprives ths cltlssn of Baltimore of his Incdlhe from rentals, totally destroying his business. Csplsln Fllsgerald’s lawyer at Pana ma says 1100.000 must be Ih* cost of this "unwarrantable, clear case of high way robbery—a clean cut conffsrntlon of another's property." This amount will be sued for. for the year 1306. By Mr. Buchanan of Ware; Sixty dollars for the relief of Drurllla Whit ley, widow of Perry Whitley, for th# year 1300. By Mr. Jenkins ot Putnam: To pay the 140 pension to Jasper Dees* for the year 1306. After all It looks ss though Comp troller General Wright will have two arbitrations before bringing all ths corporations Into line. Borne two weeks ago he notified the Seaboard Air Lino that Ite returns were not satisfactory. Bo far the com pany has Ignored all communications. If a fnvorable reply I* not received st once General Wright will assess th* property, which will result In nn *r- >ltratlon. An arbitration will be necessary In th* case of the aenrgls Telephnn- and Telegraph Company of Bavunnnh. made returns of 1130,000, and comptroller ndded 170,000 to It. company nsks for nn arbitration, time will expire August 16. the Th* Th# BITTEN BY HIS BOG, MINISTER IS DEAR Kpectsl to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 8.—A spe cial from Morristown, Tenn, says that Rev. James Brady, a Baptist preacher, was recently bitten by hla own dog, which had rabies, and which was kill ed ten day* later. Rev. Brady de veloped symptom* of rabies, became mad end ran away, but won afterwords captured nnd Jailed. Ho died of hy drophobia today. COMMITTEE THISIT ‘ STATE SANITARIUM I The senate committee will leave on Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the terminal station on a special car over the Central for Mllledgevllle to Investigate the state sanatorium. The senate commltee Is composed of Senator Hamby, chairman, aryl Sena tors Ateobrook, Gray bill, Purr, Hogan, Adams, Hteed, Foster, Hlrmans, Phil lips, Copelan, Fortner, Wilcox, Fttx- gemfd and McAUlfter. The house committee constats of fifty members With Messrs. Kelly, of Glascock, and Hines, of Baldwin, vice- chairmen. The house decided not w allow it* committee to go now. WILL OPPOSE UNION8 IF RIOTS CONTINUH Uy Private L^nasd Wire. Detroit. Mich, Aug. 9.—Tho Em ployers* Association Wednesday night adopted ft resolution to the effect that tf upon the rcop^n/ng the plant ot the Ideal Manufacturing Company, where th»* employees are on strike, there Is any recurrence of the previous riot*, the members --f the i^xiatl will at «»n« e t i mpDo lug uni men In all their tm torles.