Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. IX.
CIS DYNAMITED IN
HEART OF CITY; RIOT
FOLLOWS ARRESTS
Philadelphia Trolley Situation
Becomes Serious-People In
jured by Missiles and Proper
ty Burned
COMPANY DETERMINED
TO RESIST DEMANDS
(By Awcined Pre»» '
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 21. —There
was a serious riot at Fifth street and
Leigh avenue in the mill district this
afternoon. Dynamite was exploded un
der a car and it was broken in half.
There were no passengers and no one
was hurt in the explosion, but the po
lice made several arrests. Other acts
of violence were reported this after
noon.
Ln spite of yesterday s severe rioting th<»
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
started their early morning schedule to
day without apparent interruption by the
strike sympathisers. The first cars left
the various barns at 5 a. m., 12 hours
after the service had been discontinued.
Refreshed by rest, the motormen and
conductors who had slept in the barns on
cots provided by the company, manned
the cars protected by policemen on both
the front and rear platforms. Not a
missile was- thrown on the early trips, but
the cars were not well filled with pas
sengers. Persons willing to ride were
deterred from fear of injury.
The strike lesders. wearied by yester
day's strenuous work, rested until late
this morning and no statements were
given out at union headquarters. Be
yond the’statement that “all lines are in
operation with the full quota of cars,”
the officials of the transit company also
declined to comment on the situation.
WEAR KEYSTONE LABELS.
Conspicuous on the lapels of the work
ing motormen and conductors was the in
signia of the Keystone union, the rival
of the Amalgamated association, of
which the strikers are members.
The former union was founded by men
who remained loyal to the company dur
ing last year's struggle, and is not af
filiated with any other body. The pres
ent trouble began when the officials of
the company treated with the members
of the Keystone union against the wishes
of the members of the Amalgamated as
sociation. The latter body made the re
quest of the Rapid Transit company of
ficials that no other union be recognised.
The recognition of this union was one of
the main points at Issue.
One thousand men on the eligible list
' for policemen and firemen were sworn in
yesterday and the city hall this morning
was the scene of great activity among
the police officials who were preparing
to swear in 2,000 additional men at the
first alga of further lawlessness.
The officials of the company started
their operations today with a grim de
termination to run cars on all lines
where it was possible to get men.
BRICKS NERVE COMPANY.
"Every one of the thfiuaands of brick
thrown yesterday," said an officer of the
company, “has merely served to strength
en the determination of the company to
•pend every cent the company possesses
and to use every car the organisation
owns to operate the system. There will
be no surrender,”
National Organiser Pratt, of the Car
men’a union, said: "Our men are better
organised and better disciplined than
they were in the last strike, and they
stand up like soldiers. If the company
couM not defeat our raw recruits last
summer the officials will not now break
the ranks of our veterans.”
Representatives of the corporation ad
mitted today that 4.000 men refused to
take oat cars yesterday.
This statement is denied by the strike
leaders, who declare that more than 6.000
are on strike. One explanation of the
discrepancy is that many of the trolley
men who wished to continue work did not
report as they were in fear of being in
jured.
100 PERSONS WOUNDED.
It was estimated today that 100 per
sons were wounded yesterday, chiefly by
stones or other missiles. Few people,
however, were seriously hurt. One of
the latter, a little girl who was shot while
watching boys attack a car. will prob
ably recover.
A statement issued by the company
•ays that in all 2*7 cars were damaged
during yesterday • disorders. Tw<f cars
were burned and one partly burned. Ex
actly 2,606 car windows were broken.
The company expects to keep In opera
tion today l.» cars, 600 less than the
regular schedule
During the morning hours service was
maintained on nearly all of the car lines
to the center of the city, but was un
certain. Stone throwing this morning re
sulted tn the breaking of car windows and
the wounding of several persons slightly.
Sensational reports that blood is run
ning tn the streets of the city and police
are having pistol battles with mobs are
not true. It was a noticeable fact that
moot of the disorder was started by boys
in the thickly settled part of the city. A
stone, snowball or other miscle would be
thrown or a trolley pole would be wrench
ed aside and the car would come to a
stop.
MISSILES ARE THROWN.
While the crew was trying to get
started again a shower of missiles would
fly. a crowd would gather and then a
call for police would be sent in. In three
instances cars were set on fire and in
all other cases windows of the cars were
broken.
It was a bad morning today for the
tens of thousands of persons who were
compelled to walk to their places of em
ployment. Rain fell heavily but despite
the gloomy, disagreeable weather, the
people took up their tasks cheerfully.
Every teamster who was willing to car
ry "passengers” found people eager to
pay high rates of “fare” to carry them
to work. One of the amusing sights of
the strike was to see men and not a
few young women going to work on rol
ler akates.
The railroads entering the city were
taxed to their limit in handling crowds
who sought the trains.
Under the proclamation issued by the
mayor yesterday, people are not per
mitted to congregate on the streets.
The director of public safety is ordered
"to use all necessary force and means
whatever to disperse unlawful assem
blage."
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
pany. owner of the entire street railway
system of the city. Issued a statemen’,
that it had only 600 cars running today,
hut had enough men to run 1,200 if there
were policemen available
The police ars worn out by the disorders
J
"POOR PROHIBITION."
SITS DA, BROUCHTON
Atlanta Preacher Makes a
Scathing Arraignment of
Police and Courts
In a sermon preached at the Baptist
Tabernacle church in this city Sunday
night. Rev. L. G. Broughton took occa
sion to excoriate and scarify the state
revenue officials, courts of law and ths
police for countenanceing what he
brands as open and flagrant violations
of the Georgia prohibition laws.
Dr. Broughton’s subject was an apt
one. "Law and Order,” and an immense
congregation was assembled to hear his
discourse. Backing his accusations by
the records in the office of the collec
tor of internal revenue. Dr. Broughton
read a list of 262 names of persons In
Atlanta who hold licensees to sell In
toxicants of one'sort or another. While
these are government licenses, the
preacher argued, that the fact that they
are held is. is in itself, prima facie
evidence of Intent to violate the laws
of the state which prohibit the selling
of intoxicating liquors.
Atlanta and Macon came in for the
major share of scathing denunciation
and criticism, tills city coming off
slightly better than Macon in the ar
raignment. He pointed out that In the
list of licenses there appears but one
wholesale license for Atlanta as against
six for Macon, and 49 retail licenses
against Macon's 100. He said that in
Macon the name of a city detective ap
pears as holder of a retail liquor li
cense.
STATE IS NEGLIGENT.
The state revenue officials, the courts
of law and the police all were targets
for his sweeping accusations, and the
city criminal court came in for an un
usual amount of criticism and publicity.
The preacher showed that the records
of the United States revenue office here
are open to all who desire to read them,
and tbat it is an easy matter for any
officer desiring to find out who hold
federal licenses to sell liquor to do so.
The long list which Dr. Broughton read
were near beer saloons, drug stores,
brewries, disorderly hodses and holders
of straight retail liquor licenses.
He also charged that the railroads run
“blind tigers.”
The immediate effect of Dr. Broughton s
powerful sermon was to overwhelm the
offices of The Journal with telephone calls
early Monday morning from druggists cf
standing in the city whose names appear
in the list of license holders. All these
gentlemen said that they desired the pub
lic to know why they hold license to sell
liquor.
The fact of the matter is this. Every
compounding druggist who mixes medi
cines that have alcohol in them—and the
list of such medicines as contain alcohol
In some quantity is very long—must have
a federal .license to retail liquor. This
means that not a single drug store In
Atlanta could operate under permission of
the local collector of Internal revenue un
less the government license were properly
held. None of the druggists make any
secret of the fact that they hold these
licenses, and do so merely that they may
comply with the revenue laws of the
United States.
The government revenue officers of At
lanta say that their is no Intention to
connive in any way at the violation of the
Georgia prohibition laws. Their records
are open that any private citizen or of
ficer of the law may see who has taken
out license to handle liquor in any form.
As reported by The Journal some time
ago, the revenue officers keep close watch
these daj’s upon the shipments received
here, and when they find that a man 's
receiving too much liquor they face him
with the choice of taking out a license or
going to prison. If he takes out the li
cense. they say, it is then up to the state
to enforce the local prohibition laws.
A revenue officer explained, at the time
The Journal printed, the article referred
to. the close watch that is being kept
upon liquor shipments and upon the rail
roads and express companies. As a re
sult of the federal law that went into
effect it is impossible for a C. O. D. liquor
business to be done, and in addition,
every package containing liquor must be
so labeled and destined for a bona fide
person. The federal authorities think Dr.
Broughton puts It up to the state authori
ties.
VICTIMS OF AUIO ACCIDENT
MRS. WILLIAM IAYLOR.
LADIES HURT IN AUTO WRECK
ON WAY TO VISIT NEW GRAVE
En route to the West View cemetery
to visit the grave of William Taylor,
who was killed by a street car a week
ago last Saturday night, Mrs. William
Taylor, widow of the deceased, and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Taylor, nar
rowly escaped death in an auto accident
on the Hapeville road Sunday afternoon
about 2:30 o'clock. They are now at
the John Taylor residence, 128 Copen
hill avenue, and though both are suffer
ing great pain, it is believed they will
recover.
At the Piedmont hotel Saturday aft
ernoon about 1 o’clock the Taylor’s en
of yesterday and enough men could not
he assigned to place two on each car.
The most serious outbreak of the fore
noon was the wrecking of a car in the
northeastern portion of the city and the
s< rious injury of the conductor and mo
torman. The latter's skull is believed to
be fractured.
NEGRO DEPUTIES
FIDE ON CAIRO MOB:
1 DEAD. 4 WOUNDED
Two Hundred Men Stormed
Jail for Blacks Charged
With Purse-Snatching, but
Met With Sheriff’s Opposition
NEGRO’S PETTY CRIMES
CAUSED THE OUTBREAK
CAIRO. 111., Feb. 18.—Thirty militia
men, members of Company K, of this
city, this morning patrolled the sidewalk
in front cf the Alexander county court
house, where shortly before 1 a. m.,
Alexander Halliday, leader of a mob
attack on the jail, was shot to death
by deputy sheriffs, several of whom are
negroes. Four other men, two of them
not members of the mob, were wounded.
Halliday, son of a former mayor of
Cairo, lay for three hours dying beside
the court house steps, with the temper
ature a few degrees above zero. During
that entire time Sheriff Nellis, acting on
orders received by telephone from Gov
ernor Deneen. refused to permit any one
to remove the woundeo
The sheriff says he believed the man
was dead. Militiamen who removed his
body at 4a. m., say it was warm, in
dicating that death had come but a
short time before.
• DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The dead:
ALEXANDER HALLIDAY, 35-year-old
dairyman, son of former Mayor Thomas
W. Halliday, of Cairo; wounded in head
and body.
Samuel Wessinger, former policeman,
wounded in head and shoulder; at St.
Mary’s infirmary.
John Malloney, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Rose Malloney, whose purse was snatch
ed by one of the negro prisoners sought
by the mob, slight wound on cheek.
Horton Crehan, wounded in ankle; had
stopped to see what the trouble was.
Geprge B. Walker, the Associated Press
correspondent, wounded in the leg.
Eight of the deputy sheriffs whose shots
killed Halliday and wounded the other,
were negroes. This fact was not defi
nitely known to the crowd which storrn
a physician to enter the enclosure.
One of the bullets fired grazed the
sheriff’s right hand, causing a blister, but
did not break the skin. It was after this,
he said, that his men fired directly into
the crowd.
The mob fell back to jtwo saloons ad
joining the court house and jail and re
mained until the saloons were closed,
shortly after 3 a. m., on an order of
Mayor Parsons. caused by a message
from the governor at Springfield.
ROUSED BY NEGRO’S CRIME.
When the men were turned out of the
saloon it was too cold to remain out
side. and another attack on the court
house was not ventured. The militia com
pany, ordered by the governor at mid
night, did not succeed in assembling un
til 4 a. m„ and at that hour the militia
relieved Nellis’ deputies.
The mob attack was an outgrowth of
public indignation over petty crimes by
negroes, particularly purse snatching and
annoyance to women. Mrs. Rose Malo
ney’s purse was snatched Wednesday
evening. She drew a revolver and fired
at the negro, but he escaped with her
purse.
MOTHER OF QUADRUPLETS,
AND THREE SETS OF TWINS
Alabama Woman Dies After
Raising Family of 13 Boys
and 8 Girls
TALLADEGA, Ala., Feb. 21.—Mrs. Har
riet Greyer. 77 years old, who was yes
terday buried six miles south of the city,
was the mother of 21 children. 13 boys and
8 girls, 15 of whom are living, and each
having large families. Among the chil
dren are three sets of twins.
She was the mother of quadruplets,
three boys and one girl. All lived several
weeks. Five of the twins are living and
have large families.
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MRS. JOHN T. TAYIOR.
gaged two automobiles, and dividing into
two parties started out for a ride. Tn
the first care W'ere seated John T. Tay
lor and his daughter, Florence, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Taylor, of New York, and
their 10-year-old son, Harold. In the
second car, a Ford landaulet. Mrs. Wil
liam Taylor and Mrs. John Taylor took
seats.
After riding an hour and a half, dur
ing which time they had driven out, to
Buckhead, back through the city to
Hapeville, and across by the Speedway
on the road from Hapeville to College
Park, the parties decided to proceed to
the cemetery.
The car containing the larger party
was driving about 300 feet in front of
the landaulet, when the crash came. The
tire of the right front wheel exploded,
and the wheel collapsed. The car came
down with a crash, and was splintered
to small bits. The party in the front
car heard the report of the tire explo
sion, and looking back were horrified to
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1910
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Chicago Tribune.
EGYPTIAN PREMIER IS
KILLED BY AN ASSASSIN
Boutras Pasha Ghali, Shot by
Student, Succumbs to >
His Wounds
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 21.—Boutros Pasha
Ghali, the Egyptian premier and minis
ter of finance, who was yeeterday shot by
a student, died today. - f ,»v s.
The assassin is In custody and declares
that he sought to avenge certain acta
f the government, which were displeasing
to the Natioanlists, of whom the prisoner
is one.
The premier was shot yesterday by a
student, who was arrested after the shoot
ing. The student fired five shots, three
of the bullets lodging in the premier’s
body. Two of them, however, inflicted
only superficial wounds. Jhe bullets were
extracted.
The crime was entirely of a political
nature, the would-be assassin being a Na
tionalist. He declared that his motive
was to avenge various acts of the
government.
ex pecHndTctments
OF MANY MEAT PACKERS
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—When the Hud
son county authoffties resumed their food
products investigation today In Jersey
City indications were that a batch of
indictments to include not only promi
nent meat packers, but several men In
terested in big cold storage enterprises,
would be presented to the grand jury,
with every prospects that numbers of
true bills would be returned.
Refrigeration methods now’ in common
use are the subject of attention |n addi
tion to the products said to be followed
by the packing concerns in holding back
supplies by agreement to affect prices,
a practice W'hich led to a grand jury vote
last week looking to action against the
National Packing company.
No official announcement was expected
today regarding indictments, as the grand
jury does not meet again until Wed
nesday, but there was every sign at ths
prosecutor’s office that the campaign for
suppression of alleged cold storage evils
was not lagging In the least.
Work of the Investigators was expect
ed to be assisted materially by the In
formation w'hich Assistant Prosecutor
Vickers and Dr. G. E. McClough, mlcro
scoplal exepert, presented following a
conference with Dr. Wiley and other of
ficials of the federal department of agri
culture. Among other things the alleged
practice of taking meat and poultry from
the cold storage plants and returning the
products again for an additional period
if prices realized were not satlsfactiry,
was taken up today.
behold the landaulet a total wreck.
Hastening back to the scene they
found the two ladies lying unconscious
on the ground under the wreckage, and
the chauffeur also pinned to earth.
Quickly as possible they were extricat
ed. Just at this moment Forre.-.t Adair
came by in his car and took Miss Flor
ence Taylor and the lad, Harold, to the
John T. Taylor home on Copenhill ave
nue. Meanwhile the injured ladies were
placed in the front car, an E. M. F. 30
tourer, and driven to the residence of
Miss Nettie Cochrane, some distance
away.
There they remained until about 7
o’clock. Physicians and nurses were
summoned, and their injuries were given
prompt attention. Mrs. William Taylor’s
arms were frightfully torn and lacer
ated. and she was bruised and cut about
the head and face and her back was
sprained. Mrs. John Taylor sustained
severe bruises and cuts about the head
and face.
Inquiry a* the Taylor residence Mon
day morning revealed the fact that first
accounts of the ladies’ injuries were
considerably exaggerated, and it now
appears that both have a good chance <o
recover.
iTILLMAN MUCH BETTER.
•HIS DOOTS DECURE
His Paralysis Is Much Less,
and His Mind Is
Clear
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—After an
other consultation this morning. Drs.
Babcock and Pickford Issued the follow
ing bulletin In regard to Senator Till
man’s change:
"Senator Tillman’s condition continued
Improved. The paralysis is much less
than yesterday. His mind Is very clear
and memory excellent. The outlook Is
more encouraging than at any time since
present Illness began.”
The paralysis has abated to such a de
gree that the senator was able today to
move his right arm and leg.
The most encouraging feature of his Im
j provement, however, Is the return of the
I pow’er of speech. When he awoke this
’ morning he asked a member of his fam
' lly if today was Monday. The words
were plainly spoken and the nature of
his question indicates that his mind was
clear and that he had kept track of time
since the inception of his present serious
attack.
Absolute quiet is enjoined, however, and
he was not permitted to talk further than
to show his ability to articulate. In the
opinion of the doctors the basic trouble
has been due to pressure on the nerve
centers of the brain and the cells have
destroyed. It is this belief that
has greatly raised their hope of his ulti
mate recovery of the full power of
speech.
DOG TAKES S3OO IN MOUTH
TO HOME OF HIS MASTER
Cordele Man Entrusts Large
Sum to Faithful Dog in
Crowded Streets
CORDELE, Ga., Feb. 21.—Those inter
ested In the higher virtues of the can
ine family will be interested perhaps to
learn that a dog has been actually in
trusted with a considerable sum of mon
ey to be conveyed from its owner to
his wife, and the animal in this instance
as in many others has proved to be a
worthy and trusty servant.
Mr. John Cain, of this city, owns a
large bird dog and yesterday Mr. Cain
was down town and had the sum of s3(iu
in bills which he wished to be taken to
his home several blocks up in the res
idence section of the city. He decided
to entrust the funds to his dog to be
delivered to his wife and wrapped the
money with a small rubber band and
gave it to the dog, telling the animal to
take the money home.
The dog took the roll of bills in his
mouth and went straight home and de
livered the funds to Mr. Cain’s wife with
out molestation of any kind. It was
Saturday when the dog made the errand
and the streets of the town were crowded.
STOCKHOLDERS DISCUSS
TRANSFER OF ASSETS
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Feb. 21.
Stockholders of the Southern Agency
company held a warm meeting tonight,
the object being to determine the ad
visability of transferring >IOO,OOO of the
company’s assets to the Great Southern
Insurance company. Stockholders from
Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee were present. Attorneys J.
V. Williams, of Chattanooga, and Frank
P. Bond, of Nashville, today filed a pe
tition in chancery asking for a receiver
for the company.
The matter of transferring the >IOO,-
000 was left with a committee of stock
holders.
TEMPLARS WILL OBSERVE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Grand Commandery of Geor
gia Will Hold Grand Encamp
ment in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 21.—The grand
commandery of the Knights Templar, to
meet in Savannah May 11, will celebrate
the ,50th anniversary of that body in
Georgia.
There are now 25 commandertes in
Georgia and it is estimated that there
‘will be at least 250 sir knights in Sa
vannah In May from a distance. There
are 150 members of Palestine comman
dery in Savannah and these of course,
with their families, will assist in the ex
ercises.
The entertainment will be more elab
orate than usual and a committee from
Palestine commandery has been at work
for kome time on the arrangement!.
It is practically agreed that the com
mandery will be met upon their arrival
In this city Tuesday evening. May 10.
and Wednesday morning. May 11, and
will be escorted to their quarters. Then
all the sir knights will register so that
their names and addresses may be se
cured, and so that they can be provided
with badges and invitations. By the way,
engraved invitations will be sent qut
from Palestine commandery to every sir
knight in Georgia.
THE FIRST PARADE.
The parade will take place from the
De Soto hotel Wednesday morning and
will be down Bull street to Bay and
back again to the Independent Presby
terian church, where the religious exer
cises will be held. The annual address
will be. delivered by Hon. Joseph E. Pot
tle, of Milledgeville, a prominent law
yer and fine speaker in Georgia. The
musical exercises will be in charge of
Sir Knight W. A. Reaves, who is a mem
ber of the choir of the Independent Pres
byterian church, and of Sir Knight John
Weigand, the well known organist of that
church.
BE SERVED LUNCHEON.
I After the exercises, which will last
something qnore than an hour, the com
manderies will reform and will march
to the asylum, where luncheon will be
served and the regular session of
the grand commandery will begin. The
report of the grand commander will be
read and the routine work will be taken
up.
MEXICAN BAN KER~Ls
PLACED UNDER ARREST
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21.—George 1.
Ham, w’ho was president of the United
States Banking company that went into
the hands of a receiver several weeks ago,
was arrested this afternoon at the Tlal
pam sanitarium, where he has been liv
ing since the institution over which he
presided closed Its doors.
Breach of trust is the charge that has
been lodged against the banker. The
complaints were made to a court here
by persons who did business with the
bank that stocks in mining companies
which they had in the safe deposit vaults
and some of which had been given as se
curity for loans was missing. Today a
court judge, in company with the receiv
er of the bank, went to the institution
and made a thorough search for the stock
that was claimed to be missing. It could
not be found and later Ham was arrested.
Mr. Ham is spending tonight in a room
at the secret service department. It is
reported that on Monday he w'ill be trans
ferred to Belen, a famous prison of Mex
ico City.
It is unofficially stated that some of the
stock claimed to have been in the vaults
of the bank was sold in Europe and It is
intimated that Ham was aware of its
sale.
The charges in full that have been lodg
ed against the banker have not been made
public.
Harvard Beats Yale
NEW YORK. Feb. 21. —Battling gamely
to the finish the Yale hockey team suc
cumbed to Harvard sextet at the St.
Nicholas rink tonight by the score of 3
to 0. The victorj' assures the crimson
second place in the inter-collegiate league.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
PARTLY WINS OUT .
IN TAXATION CASE
Supreme Court Justice Lurton
Holds Railroad Shall Pay
One-Half of One Per Cent on
Net Earnings
MAIN POINTS OF LOWER
COURT WERE SUSTAINED
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According to Information received Mon
day morning from Washington, tffe
Georgia Railroad and Banking company
today won a partial victory over the
state of Georgia when the supreme court
of the United States affirmed the main
points in the opinion of the lower federal
court, holding that the railroad was re
quired to pay only a state tax of one
half of 1 per cent of the net earnings of
its property and not property or fran
chise taxes.
The opinion was the first Justice Lur
tbn has rendered from the supreme court
bench. The only qualification of this
victory was a modification of the decree
as to the Washington branch. As to
that branche the state won its conten
tion.
COMPLICATED CONTENTIONS.
The state claimed first that the Geor
gia railroad was required to pay taxes
on its entire property; that the exemption i
was an exemption to the stockholders,
and not to the company. By later con- i
tention It claimed that whatever ex-1
emption had been granted had expired by j
lapse of time. It further contended if
this was not so that the only exemption I
the railroad had was an exemption on
24,156.000 worth of property and that al
valorem taxes must be paid on the ex
ctfie value.
The counties of Washington and Wilkes
contended that whatever exemption the
Georgia railroad possessed, this exemp
tion did not cover the Washington
branch, runing from Barnett to Wash
ington. The state also contended that
the franchise of the company was not
covered by its tax exemption, and that
whatever the franchise was worth had to
pay taxes under the act of 1902.
The railroad company contended that
its exemption covered all of its property
and franchises pertaining to its railroad;
that it was only liable to pay as to these
a tax of one-half of 1 per cent, on its
net earnings; that the only property up
on which it was taxable was the prop
erty not pertaining to its railroads, and
the amount of >44,000 of the railroad
value which represented what was
known as the Clayton branch stock, as.
to which it had no exemption.
It also claimed that the Washington
branch was covered by its exemption,
and that all of its franchises were bo
covered. The decision sustains the con
tention of the railroads except as to the
Washington branch. This branch wj.s
not a part of the original Georgia rail
road, but was acquired about 1852 by a
consolidation with the old Washington
railroad.
Southern Railway Wins
Out on Annual Franchise Tax
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—8 y reversing
the decision of the supreme court of Ala
bama, the supreme court of the United
States today declared unconstitutional, as
applied to the Southern Railway company,
the Alabama statute levying an annual
franchise tax on foreign corporations do
ing a business in the state. The court
held it was an improper discrimination
between foreign and domestic corpora
tions.
The constitutionality of the act of the
Alabama legislature of March 7, 1907, was
raised by the Southern Railway com
pany after it had been required to pay
the county >22,450 as an annual franchise
tax. This act provides that all foreign
corporations authorized to do business in
the state under the laws of Alabama
must pay an annual franchise tax. The
railroad company claimed this was un
constitutional as applied to it, claiming
it was an imroper discrimination between
a domestic and foreign corporation.
The city court of Birmingham, In which
the suit was brought by the railroad to
recover the tax. gave a judgment agalrsl
the railroad and the supreme court of Al
abama in confirming that decision upheld
the constitution. The same decision was
given in the suit of the Louisville ana
Nashville Railroad company and other
railroads for the recovery of taxes paid
under the iaw.
Free Asthma Cure
D. J. Lane, a chemist at 124 Lane
Bldg., St. Mary’s Kansas, manufactures
a remedy for asthma in which he has so
much confidence that he sends a >I.OO
bottle by express to any one who will
write for it. His offer iq that he is to
be paid for it if it cures, and the one
taking the treatment is tn be the judge.
NEGROES BARRED FROM
TITLE KNIGHTS PYTHIAS
The supreme court has handed down
a decision whereby a new trial in the
case of Charles D. Criswell vs. the
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of
Georgia is denied.
Criswell is one of the leading mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias of North
America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa and Australia, a negro fraternal
order which was organized under an act
of congress June 29, 1894. A charter
was granted them in Georgia. Subse
quent to the granting of the charter the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of
Georgia and T. H. Nickerson, D. J.
Bailey, John P. Ross, William H. Leo
pold, R. C. Norman. C. M. Walker, B. D.
Brantley and George T. Ca(in filed a
petition in the Fulton county superior
court seeking to enjoin them from the
use of the words “Knights of Pythias.”
The court decided in favor of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia.
Repeated efforts were made to secure
a new trial and finally the case went
to the supreme court.
The decision, which was rendered by
Judge Lumpkin, Judges Fish, Atkinson
and Evans being dsqualified, puts the ne
gro order out of business so far as the use
of its present name is concerned in this
state.
The first Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias was organized in this coun
ty in February 19, 1864. The order has
Gott.COJ members, and >160.319 of prop
erty in this state alone. It was set up
that the use of the name negroes
seriously Interfered with the dig ilty of
the order.
No. 46.