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GOV. SMITH TO TACKLE THE W.U LEASE Atlanta Freight Bureau Complains of Violation GOVERNOR BROWN DECIDED THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT VALID WITHOUT A DEFT KITE RATE AGREEMENT. Atlanta, July J5—Governor Hoke Smith elated yesterday that he In tended to take eome action some time thie week relative to the sub ject of through freight rates on the 'Western and Atlantlo between At lanta and Chattanooga. Judge James K. Hines, counsel to the railroad commission, la out of town and will not return until Wed' ncsday. As soon as he gets back, Governor Stn^h will bold a confer ence with Judge Hines and Attor ney General T. 8. Felder what can b« done. Since the Atlanta Journal has made a sensation out of ez-Gover- nor Brown'a failure or disinclina tion to take any action along this line, a good many of tbe facts have come out through correspondence given out by the railroad commis sion. This correspondence Is vol uminous and covers the entire Is sue as originally raised beforo Christmas. The contention of the railroad commission was that the lesseo of the Western and Atlantic was vio lating the following clause of the lease contract “Bald lease company shall charge no greater rate per mllo on through ‘ freight on said Railroad than the lc-cal rate allowed and flxed on sim ilar freight by the rallrpad commis sion for said railroad. 1 It was charged that the lessee was charging higher rates from At lanta ( to Chattanooga than It grant ed for points between and within the state of Georgia. Tn other words, it was set up that the road applied the railroad commission's standard tariff for points within the state and applied the Southern tar iff rate, higher thgn. Geo»*4»'« tor JUiTo-gh-ftelftur^- ' There was Issue between Gover nor Brown and the railroad com mission as to where the responsi bility for forcing ithe question rest ed. The commission contended that It was vested entirely In the governor under the Candler act, while the governor held the view that fthe commission should raise the Issue of non-enforcement. Chairman * Warner Hill, of the railroad commission, .under date of January «, 1911, wrote Governor Brown an extended letter, the crux of which was as follows’: "I am further directed by the commission to say that the commis sion finds after an extended hear ing and a very careful considera tion of the records In the caso that said Western and Atlantic railroad, by applying Southern classifications on through shipments Instead of applying tha classifications of this commission. Is In toms Instances charging a greater rate per ton per mile on through freight on said rall- Toad than the local rates allowed and flxed on slmllnr freight hy the railroad eommlailon for aald rail road.” Than, upon Jons IT, Govern,- Brown wrote the commission, cov ering various -points raised, and atated: "If. Instead of the language used, the lease act had provided aald teas# enmpany (hall charge no greater rate per ton per mile on through freight on said railroad, then the local rate allowed by the railroad commission for a like distance on railroads within tha state of Geor gia occupying the same class as the Western and Atlantlo railroad, then there would be no question, hut the lease company, under the facta pre sented, would be violative of the terms of tha lease act. "The lease company dentes that It Is charging a greater rate per ton Per mile on through freight on said railroad than the Ideal rata allow ed and flxed by the railroad com mission for aald Wehtem and At lantic railroad. Uatll tt has shown that soma legal and obligatory rate bar been flxed hy the railroad com- mission between Atlanta and Chat tanooga, and that the rate per ton per mils on through freight charg ed by tbe lease company la greater than the local rate so flxed on said N, Y. AND MARKET REPORTS Stock Market was Weak, Cot ton Weaker and Provis ions Some Better. New York, July 25—Under heavy selling stocks are weak. Union Pa cific led the decline with 1 1-8 to 5-8, Steel 3-8. Later .the market! steadied. Cotton was weak on poorer ca bles and liquidation, from 9 to 18 points lower, .later rallying. Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, July 25.—Wheat was firm at 3-8 to 1-2 higher. .. Provi lons were higher, hogs g oonta high er and eattla strong. Pravloua LOBBYISTS NEED NOT GO THERE Canadian Government is Divided on Reciproci ty, but Gets to Work on it Ottawa, July 25—A night and day session of Canadian Parliament will be held to rush action on rsclpreelty. The present indications are that a vote will be taken without the general election bolng bold. If the elections are forced they will be bold In September. The manufacturing Interests of eastern Canada oppose reciprocity, wblle the agricultural lntsresta of West Canada favor the agree ment. Should the election disapprove the reciprocity. Premier have to resign. The lobbyist who were active In Washington during the considera tion of reciprocity, especially those opposing the paper and lumbar schedule, wero warned today to keep away from Ottawa during the consideration of reciprocity NEWS OE DAY IN AND ABOUT STATE CAPITOL Senator King’s Bill of In terest to Lumber Men DR. BROWN WANTS A BILL TO PROHIBIT ADULTERATION OF SOFT DRINKS—BIRDS AND TREES IN A BILL. July— Wheat. . . . Corn Oats. . . . September— Wheat. . . . Corn Outs 40% 43 39% ROUSE GETS ANOTHER MONTH Atlanta, Ga., July 15.—Of grsat lntarsat to timber men In Georgia la a hill of Senator W. W. King, of the Fourth district, wilcbhka been passed by the senate, km prohibits tbs measurement of ^Hnr except by ths standards prase^Rd by the code. Another bill by the Mine au thor that la receiving -universally favorable comment In a bill to pro- Laurler will hlhlt ths publication of tRs names of women alleged ,to have been crimi nally assaulted. Senator Morris, of the Eighteenth district, has Inaugurated k cam paign to force all railroads^) carry brilliant headlights. Yesterday he Introduced a bill /to requlrag rail roads to usa headlights ofaspecl- fled Intensity. Consider the Birds and Trees. Representatlvs Bell, of Milton, has Introduced a bill In tha house to require the consideration of birds as well aa trees In the Arbor day ex ercises of the schools of Georgia. His purpose Is to Inaugurate a more careful study of birds and their economic value In the schools of the state. To ProHlblt Adulterations. Reprssentatlve Brown, of Fulton, has Introduced a bill to provide for healthful as well aa palatable soft drinks, and he proposes to prohibit the adulteration of non-alcoholic driuks, and to keep caffeine and sev eral other substances out of all drinks. Another Interesting bHl Which has boon Introduced (n the house la ,thit of Mr. Summerlin, of Haraj-’ son, to amend the parole system that prisoners In county Jail* bo paroled as well penitentiary. ” ‘ Hoke to’Let Something prop. Governor Smith, It Is said, Is in vestigating the alleged violation of the state's Westarn and Atlantic leasing contract by the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. Louis railroad and It Is expacted that some Inter esting developments will be forth coming In ths csss at an early date. Fight for Rawlings Boys. Attorney John R. Cooper has In augurated another effort for the re lease of tha Rawlings boys, and ho BLIZZARD FOLLOWS HOTWAVE Coldest Weather on Rec ord for July is Accom panied by Disastrous Gales. Close Open Close .88% 88% 85% .60 63 % 61% 39 40% 39 .88% 88% 88% .66% 63% 62% Chicago, July 25.—The middle Wsat, but four days ago sweltering in dMtb dealing heat. Is today ex periencing a far mors unseasonable cold wave. A sudden change from the hqt- test weather to the lowest July temparaturs were’ on record, along with terrific gales, sweeping over the Great Lakes from Buffalo and Du luth and lashing fhe waters Into a fury, wrecking yachts and stopping marine traffic, will probably make the cold wave as costly as the fur nace blast that preceded It. The bfg passenger heats are hav ing great difficulty In making har bor. Fruit In Michigan Is badly damaged. Seventy-Mlle Gale at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y.. July 25—Tha gale !ast night reached the velocity of 72 miles an honr, wrecking small craft on tha lakse and doing much dam age to crops and fruit In upper New York. Many small crafts on the lakes wero wrecked and shipping It at a standstill today. COTTON CROP IS THE WORLD’S MONOPOLY Claude Bennett, of Washing ton, Comes Back to Geor gia to Tell us of it Atlanta, Ga., July 25.—That the greatest monoply lu the world Is in the cotton crop of the south was the assertion of Claude N. Bennett, of Washington, D. C. t in a lecture be fore the general assembly In the hall ... of r ep rese ntatlres last innett si W has filed an application with the Worth County Man's New Death p t | Mn commission asking that the O»to la August SS. rase be again taken uo. Mr. Cooper Atlanta, Ga., July 15.—Qov. j E /ho attorney who made the noted Smith today granted a thifly days'[fight to Mve the elder Rawlings resplto to William Rouse, sentenced from the gallows, to be hanged In Worth county ntxt Preacher and Tsnng Girl. Friday. Rev. B. L. Padgett, of South Car- The date of Rouse's execution was.ollna, and 16-yaar-old Carrie Stock- postponed' until August 26, In order to allow time for an examination of hta appeal for executive clemency. He was convicted of murder. railroad between /the points named, day. Mormons Otwervo Pioneer Day Salt Lake City, Utah, July 24.— Pioneer Day, commemorating the arrival of Brigham Young and his followers tn the Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847, was celebrated aa usual today by the members of the Mormon Church throughout Utah and In other States where the church has planted colonies. then It would seem that no ease has been made out against the lease company showing a violation of the terms of tho lease contract. In other words, Governor Brown contended that no specific violation ot rates had been shown and until It was done It would be sheer folly undertake any action by him. The trnth of the bustneesg Is, a doubt exists In many minds as to the possibility ot forcing sny such rates on through freight from At lanta to Chattanooga as obtain within the state, since It Is clearly Interatate commerce shipments. Whether or not a lease clause would go over the Interstate com merce commission Is very doubtful In many minds This flght was raised by the At lanta Freight Bureau, and the story knocking former Governor Brown, was given to the Atlanta Journal Saturday hy Ha-ry T. Moore, gen era! manager of tho Atlanta Freight Bureau. Ho admitted aa much to- ton were arrested tn a local hotel yesterday, and tho police are nod: leaking for Rev, J, H. Newton an** Tessle Moors, another lassie of 16. The couple was arrested tn adjoin ing rooms connected hy a door. The man la prominent In South Carolina. A MEMORIAL TO HANSON. A Chair tn the Tech School Is to Re Dedicated tn Him. Atlanta, Ga., July 25.—As a memorial to the la,te Major J. F, Hsnson, president of tho Central of Georgia railroad and tho Ocean Steamship Company, tho endow ment of the Georgia School of Technology will be Inaugurated. This has been decided by a unan imous vote of the monument com mittee, on the suggestion of Col. G. Gunby Jordon, of Columbus Alresdy some 2800 has been subscribed to the fund In New York sml $1,800 In Macon, and the work will be pushed to an early comple tion. It Is planned to make tho en dowment of Tech one of tho larg est In tho state. May Brine Liberty Bell. Atlanta, July 24.—Georgia may get another tight of tha Liberty bell if plans now contemplated by the Gate City Gnard are material- lred Tha Philadelphia Fanclhles are planning to corns to tha Octo ber monument unveiling and may bring tt along. 5 ov 6 doses of "666" win eg re any ease ot Chills and Fever, Pri * tie. and fifty million! of dol- lafg Is sotual 'cash, and that more than two-thlrde of the cotton crop of the world la produced In -the Southern states. Speaking ot the various uses to which the cotton of the south Is now being put ho pointed out that the southern states produce cotton that Is b^lng used In clothing, cotton seed oil, feed, fertiliser, lamp wicks, and other materials and that In Phila delphia they are now making pea nut brittle meatnly out of cotton seed. . He atated that peanuts- Is another southern monopoly the south pro ducing ninety-nine per cent of the peanuts ot the world. Another great southern monop oly," Hid Mr. Bennett, “la turpen tine and rosin. In the south alone of the United States are these pro duced, and their actual value is thirty six millions a year. Practical ly all the sulphur used In the coun try la also produced In the aoutb, as are all of the boxle, the mineral nsed for making aluminum, and other lesser minerals. You could fence the aontfa tn with a wall as high as the stars,” declared Mr. Bennett, "and the sec tion would flourish. WIFE CONSIDERED HIM DEAD Therefore, a Chicago Man Decided he Wanted to Marry tn Savannah Savannah, July 25.—A local Jus tice ot the peace had a visit yester day from a man who said he want ed to get married. He had a wife and two children living In Chicago he said but he hadn't seen them for five years, he guessed they consid ered him dead. He had the license to wed a Sa vannah lady. The Justice told him to go see a lawyer or ha would be likely to be arrested far bigamy. BRUCE BROWN IN RACE. Savannah', Fan Events WU1 Attract . Many Fast Driven. 8avannah, July 26.—The lint ot tha automobile racer* to come to Savannah for the Thanksgiving Day events will probably be Brace Brown who will get here early In October. Brown won the last Grand Prise Race In Savannah and la a strong favorite her*. A Constant Protection A telephone on the Farm affords the Fanner’s family freedom horn isolation aa well as protection in the absence of the men. Mr. S. S. Lee, of Blanch, N. C., writes: “Some time ago one of our friends’ husband was compelled to be off until ten o’clock at night. During that time no one wai in the house but his wife. She talked to us all up and down the line, and each family was ready to go to her at a minute’s notice. She said she was so glad (he had a phone, as she would not feel at all lonely." Write for our free booklet and see how little it costs to have a telephone on your Farm. Address Farmers Uit Department SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY 33 South Pryor St.. Atlanta, Ga. STOVER GASOLINE ENGINES Tb« iimpleit engine on tho market—ha* lei* %tmring*parti than any othar, and maintenenot post la less. On* rod operate* Ignitor, ex* faauit and gaaolina pomp. Extremely economical In tha eobanmptlon of gaaolina. An experienced angiaaar not naeaaaarjr—anybody can ran it. Can ba atarted or stopped Instantly, and can be easily tram* ported. Will poeitlvely develop every ounce of horse power claimed— and more. 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