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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1906.
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NUMBER 178.
ANOTHER PROTEST FILED
IN METHODIST CONFERENCE
AGAINST THE ACTION TO REVISE ARTICLES
OF FAITH.
i
Birmingham, Ala., May 19.—The op
ening devotional exercises at the gen
eral conference of the Southern Meth
odist church were led by T. W. Lewis,
of Mississippi. A resolution fixing the
time for final adjournment of the con
ference on next Monday morning was
deferred.
A somewhat numerously signed pro
test against the action to revise the
articles of faith was presented by W.
E. Williams, of the Northwest Texas
conference, whose demandB that It be
read was allowed, and a committee
was appointed to make reply to the
protest.
A telegram of fraternal greetings
was received from' the general assem
bly of the Southern Presbyterian
church at Greenville, S. C.
Still Unorganized at Deca
tur, Ill.—A Telegram from
Texas Negroes Caused
Laughter and Applause.
Decatur, Ill., May 19.—Laughter and
applause were caused at the Cumber
land Presbyterian General Assembly
today by a telegram from the Negro
Cumberland Presbyterian assembly in
session at Waco, Texas, which quoted
the text:
“Behold, how good and pleasant for
brethren to dwell together in unity.”
The Southern Presbyterian assem
bly, at Greenville, S. C., also tele
graphed greetings.
No committees were ready to report,
and a recess was taken till Monday.
Argument on the injunction against
the union of the Cumberland with
other Presbyterian churches was con
tinued before Judge Johns.
MRS. DAVIS IS
STILL IMPROVING.
New York, May 19.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis’s condition is reported today to
be greatly improved. The family are
now hopeful of her complete recovery.
Mill Supply
Department:
Genuine Gandy
Belt, Atkin’s Cir
cular and Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
ing Machines in
stock, all sizes
SOLID CAR
Twine,
Twine,
TO BE
ELECTED JUNE 0
School Board Resolved to
Employ Only the Most
Competent Instructors to
be Obtained.
The board of control of the city
system of public schools met at the
court house yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of further considering the
details of the bill to be introduced at
the approaching session of the legisla
ture, and under the provisions of which
a system of direct taxation for the
maintenance of the public schools of
the city will be Inaugurated. City At
torney J. T. Mann, who is also the
Immediate representative of Dough
erty county in the legislature, attend
ed the meeting, and the bill is now in
such shape that a formal draft can be
made. The necessary advertisement
will be published within the next few
days.
As will be seen by reference to an
advertisement published elsewhere in
toddy’s Hera|^. the school board p
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
JOSEPH M. BROWN
DELIVERS A SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW TO THE
ATLANTA JOURNAL—CLINCHING FIGURES.
hold a meeting at the court house at
4 p. m. on Wednesday, June 6, for the
purpose of electing teachers for the
public schools for the ensuing school'
year. At the same time salaries will
be fixed and the plans for the year
outlined.
For the white schools of the city
there are to be elected a superintend
ent, a principal for the High School
and another for the Albany Academy,
two lady teachers for the High School
and eight lady grade .teachers for the
Academy, besides a teacher of vocal
music and drawing and a teacher of
manual training. At the same time a
principal and seven teachers for the
negro school will be elected,
It is announced by authorized. rep
resentatives of the school board that
its policy will be to secure t]ie services
of the very best teachers procurable,
All will be selected with the greatest
care, and none whose qualifications are
not known to be of the very best will
be considered. The board will have no
favorites, and residents of Albany will
be given no preference. They will, of
course, have an equal showing with
other applicants, 1 but merit will be the
sole basis for the making of selec
tions.
The school board is determined that
Albanys’ schools shall be as good as
the best in Georgia.
DR. CALDWELL
IS TO BE TRIED
Next Week at Greenville for Heresy.
Other Important Matters.
Twine I
)
Sufficient to bind all
the oats in this sec
tion.
Alt any
Machinery
Co.
Greenville, S. C., May 19.—The Pres
byterian general assembly today re
ceived complaints of various troubles
which the assembly-will be asked to
settle, among them being charges of
heresy against Dr. W. B. Caldwell, of
Texas, who is to be tried before the
assembly next week.
Strong overtures have been received
from the Tuscaloosa presbytery
against the adoption of the articles of
the Asheville inter-church conference
last March, which outlined a certain
attitude regarding divorce. ■ , •
Because the names may be similar
in sound and the bottles identical in
looks is no reason why the cheap imi
tations have the same purity of quality
and richness of flavor of Acme Brew
ing Co.’s "Bohemian Export” Beer.
1913t
See the advertisement of the Acme
Brewing Co. on'page 9. This brewery
makes the original “Bohemian Export”
Beer. 19-3t
.Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 19. — Railroad
Commissioner Joseph M. Brown today
gave out to the press the following let
ter addressed to the people of Geor
gia:
Office of the Railroad Commission of
Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., May 18, 1906.
To the People of Georgia:
At times the public interest requires
that the truth be very bluntly told.
Here is a case in point:
The Atlanta Journal, in its leading
editorial, April 16th, made the follow
ing unqualified statement:
"It is a fact known to all marble
interests in Georgia that the freight
on marble from Vermont to points in
Georgia is lower than the freight rate
from North Georgia to the same points.
In other words, Vermont marble can
be brought into Georgia and sold to
Georgia consumers cheaper than Geor
gia marble can be sold right here at
us, all through the discriminating
freight rate.”
Now, the best way to prove whether
the Atlanta Journal Is telling the truth
or not is to look at the comparative
rates. The table below shows the
rates in cents per 100 pounds from
Tate, the farthest northern marble
shipping point in Georgia, and from
Barre and Montpelier, points in Ver
mont, from which through rates are
quoted to Georgia points:
Rates on marble dressed, vis: blocks
or slabs, dressed, hammered, chiseled
or polished, boxed or crated, value
limited to 40 cents per cubic foot and
so receipted tor; monuments or tomb
stones, or parts thereof, lettered or
unlettered, boxed or crated, value lim 1
lted to 40 cents per cubic foot.
From From
Tate, Ga. Vermont.
CLTiCL
',.1.12.2 32.
...11.8 31
,..11.8 26
.'.: 9.3
... 6.6
...10.3
... 9.6
CL LCL
33 ..83
38 83
To Albany.,..
To Americus .
To Augusta ..
To Athens ...
To Atlanta ...
To Columbus
To Macon ...
To Milledgevillle 11.1
To Hawkinsville .10.7
To Newnan 8.2
To Rome 7.7
The figures in the CL columns work
out the following carload rates on
30,000 pounds weight:
23
12
26
23
26
28
18
17
31
31
28
32
31
32
33
30.9
28
From Tate, Ga„ to Albany, $36.6”
to Americus, $34.40; to Augusta,
$34.40; to Athens, $27.90; to Atlanta,
$16.60; to Columbus, $30.90; to Macon,
$28.80; to Mllledgeville, $33.30; to
Hawkinsville, $32.10; to Newnan,
$24.60; and to Rome, $22.10.
From Montpelier and Barre, Ver
mont, to Albany, $99.00; to Americus,
$104.00; to Augusta, $93.00; to Athens,
$93.00; to Atlanta, $84.00; to Colum
bus, $96,000; to Macon, $93.00; to Mil-
Iedgeville, $96.00; to Hawkinsville,
$99.00; to Newnan, $92.70; and to
Rome, $84.00.
The above are the rail and water
rates. The all-rail rates from Ver
mont to Georgia points average up
wards of $30.00 per car more than the
rail and water rates.
As the Atlanta Journal charges the
Railroad Commission of Georgia with
allowing the railroads to. exact exorbi
tant rates on Georgia marble, I give
below the local rates on marble,
shaped as above, in Georgia, Vermont
and Tennessee, which are the three
states which have marble quarries
competing for trade in Georgia. The
rates beginning and ending in Georgia
are the only rates over which the Rail
road Commission of Georgia -has any
control whatever. The following are
the rates in cents per 100 pounds on
marble, as above described, in car
loads for 60 miles, which is the dis
tance from Tate to Atlanta, where the
Louisville & Nashville ends and the
distribution begins:
60 miles in Georgia 6%c
miles in Vermont .....10c
60 miles in Tennessee 22c
It will be seen that the rates allowed
by the Railroad Commission of Ver-
mqnt are nearly twice as high, and
those made by' the Railroad Commis
sion of Tennessee are four times as
high as those the Railroad Commis
sion: ot .Georgia allows the Louisville
& Nashvjlle railroad to charge.
Inasmuch as the Atlanta Journal's
statement- above quoted was as posi
tive as it was unqualified, and as it
has never been either withdrawn or
modified, there is no escape from the
conclusion that, in its attempt to dis
credit the Railroad Commission of
Georgia, the Atlanta Journal has
knowingly and willfully published a
deliberate falsehood.
JOSEPH M. BROWN,
Railroad Commissioner.
RAILROAD RATE BILL
PASSES THE SENATE
SENATOR RAYNER’S PARTING SHOT AT THE
PRESIDENT—A KALEIDOSCOPE.
IS
Hofmayer Dry Goods Co.
and R. L
Spring from the Establish
ment of Hofmayer, Jones
&Co.
commodious quarters of the Washing
ton street establishment Mr. Jones
is himself one of the most experienced
and successful merchants in Georgia,
and it cannot be for a moment doubted
that he will conduct one of the most
popular establishments in this whole
section.
These changes have already gone
_ | into effect, as is shown in the adver-
JoneS & Go. t |slng columns of The Herald.
This entire section is interested in
the announcement that the firm of
Hofmayer, Jones & Co. has been dis
solved by mutual consent.
Out of the old firm two new ones
have sprung.
Louis J. Hofmayer and Philip B.
Hofmayer retire from the retail busi
ness to devote their entire attention
and capital to the wholesale establish
ment.
R. L. Jones disposes of his interest
in the wholesale business, and will
operate the extensive retail establish
ment on Washington street which he
has spent so many of the best years
of his life in bringing to its present
eriviable position.
The wholesale firm will continue in
business at its present Pine street
stand, and will be known as the Hof
mayer Dry Goods Co. Announcement
is made that within the next few
weeks application will be made tor
charter for thej concern, which will
have identified with it, besides the
Hofmayer brothers, other men whose
names are familiar in the local busi
ness world. The company will greatly
extend its business, adding other lines
to those now carried and, in all prob
ability, being forced to secure much
more commodious quarters in the al
most immediate future.
R, L. Jones & Co. will likewise in
augurate immediate improvements,
and plans are already being considered
GEORGIA RAILROAD
FIGHTS SCHOOL TAX.
3peclal to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 19.—On Monday
the suprfme court of Georgia will hear
the case of the Georgia Railway &
Banking Co. against A. M. Hutchin
son, tax collector of Hancock county.
In this suit the railroad company at
tacks the special school tax levied by
Hancock county under the provisions
of the McMfchael bill, passed by the
last general assembly. The petition
for injunction was denied by Judge
Lewis, and the railroad carried the
case up to the highest court in the
state.
Washington, May 18.—After Beventy
days of almost continuous deliberation
the senate today at 4:63 p. m. passed
the railroad rate bill by the practically
unanimous vote of 71 to 3. The three
negative votes were cast by Senator
Foraker (Republican), of Ohio, and
Senators Morgan and Pettus (Demo
crats), of Alabama. There was a
Bomewhat larger attendance of senators
than usual, but the attendance In the
galleries was by no means very small
and there was no manifestation of any
kind when the result was announced.
There was, however, an almost gen
eral sigh of relief among senators.
The bill has received more attention
from the senate and from the public
at large than any measure that has
been before congress since the repeal
of the purchasing clause. of the Sher
man act in 1903. It was reported to
the senate on February 26, and was
made the unfinished business on
March 12. From March 12 to May 4
the bill was under discussion, without
limitation on the duration of speeches,
fifty-eight of which were delivered,
Many of these were prepared with
great care, and two of them consumed
more than a day’s time in delivering.
Senator LaFollette, the junior senator
from Wisconsin, spoke for three days,
and Senator Daniel, of Virginia, for
two days. Senators Bailey, Foraker,
Lodge, Raynor, Dolliver and others
each spoke for one entire day.
For twelve days the bill has been
under consideration under a rule lim
iting speeches to fifteen minutes each.
The debate has at times been earn
est and animated, but tor the most
part devoid of personality as between
senators the paBt few days, however,
having called out some caustic criti
cisms of the president and of some
newspaper correspondents by Senator
Bailey.
In addition to passing the bill the
proceedings today consisted of con
cluding the consideration of the
amendments as such and the delivery
of a number of speeches on the bill.
The only amendment adapted was the
one offered yesterday by Senator Tel
ler, eliminating the words "in its Judg-
ment” from tlip power given to the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
fix rates.
At 1:60 the rate bill was completed
and the bill was ready to pass when
Mr. Raynor took the floor. Mr. Raynor
Bald that he expected the President
would change his opinion again-before
the bill was finally enacted, and get
back to the Long amendment. There
was no telling but what in a few days.
some new “Chandler of fortune might
get possession of the president and
get him back to the, original terminus;
"The president resembled a kaleid
oscope. This was a great era for nat
ural disturbances, and ,the president
seemed Jealouk of the earthquake and
volcanoes.
"He went tearing through space 'ob
livious of where he came, from, and
with no conception of where he was
"The president,’’ said Mr. Rayner,
“may have united his party in the
senate, but had divided the people.”
He claimed the Allison' court review
amendment destroyed the hill, and de
plored the president’s Interference, -
THE VICE-PRESIDENT
IN ATLANTA TODAY.:
A Program that Will Keep Him and
Mrs. Fairbanks on the Go Till Mid
night.
dumb, 1-can’t speak,' hut can’,t ybu ; see
the way you pull my head back-is un
comfortable; painful? You,are blind,
mailer/blind, and i pray you ’may''iet
the scales fall from your eyes that yin
may see.” V ,
A horse has feeling, and I can’t un
derstand how anyone can lose sight of
this fact in an unreasonable tension
Atlanta, Gai, May 19. — Vice-Presl- , ,
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived here of the check rel “’lift*™,'*
at noon from Birmingham, Ala., and
until midnight will be the gueBts of
friends and citizens here. The pro
gram for the entertainment of the
vice-president includes a luncheon at
the Capital City Club by Col. Robert
Lowry, a reception by the Ohio Soci
ety, a visit to Fort McPherson, where
he will review the regiment and a re
ception will be tendered by Col. Van-
Orsdale. A publiq reception will be
held at the Carnegie Library, and dur
ing .the evening a banquet will be ten
dered by forty prominent citizens.
Mrs. Fairbanks is entertained by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and several functions are arranged in
her behalf. The party will leave for
Washington at midnight.
EDWIN RUTHVBN,
So
me
Brush
es
THOUGHTLE8SCRUELTY
TO THE NOBLE HORSE.
"Baby lElfte" and "Shinola” shoe
polish, 10c each. W. E. FIELDS.
THE COUNTESS
DE CASTELLANE
Will Return to America and Live With
Her 8ister, Mlas Helen Gould.
New York, May 19.—A cablegram to
the World ' from Paris says that
Countess De Castellane has confirmed
the report that she will to return to
America as soon as she secures her
divorce and make her home with her
sister. Miss Helen Gould.
for the enlargement of the already Drug Co.
Indigestion is much of a habit. Don’t
get the habit. Take a little Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure after eating and you will
quit belching, puffing, palpitating and
frowning. Kodol Digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet. Sold
by Albany Drug Co., Hilsman-Sale
“Edwin Ruthven” Deplores the Custom
of Overchecking.
Editor Herald:
Standing on Washington street yes
terday afternoon I Baw two illustra
tions of cruelty to animals that while
they might not be considered as com
ing within the scope of the law never
theless were positively cruel. These
animals which were being imposed on'
were both checked up, had their heads
drawn back until they were almost
frantic with the restraint thus placed
upon their natural carriage, and both
of the.m were driven by white men.
One of the drivers is a noted lawyer,
who by his eloquent pleas has freed
many a man from the restraints of
the law, and who I personally know to
be a man of tender and considerate
nature. Now, I want to ask, were this
lawyer called on to go before a Jury,
choked with a collar two sizes too
small for him, wearing a pair of shoeB
that were pinching and crapmlng his
feet at every point, could he do either
himself or his client Justice in his ar
gument? I am sure he could not. The
animal he was driving^ was ,a perfect
picture of a horse minus the restraint
of the check rein. With her head car
ried naturally, no fawn could hqve
been more graceful. Bat that awful
check rein ruined it all.
Could the moyements of that beauti
ful animal have been Interpreted I
should think it would have run like
this:
“Oh, master, I am but a horse. I am
are showing
a beautiful line of
bristle goods, includ
ing
Hair Brushes,
75c to $4. 1
Tooth Brushes,
10c to $1.
Nail Brushes,
25c to $1.
Shaving Brushes,
25c to $1.50,
Clothes Brushes,
25c to $1.
Bath Brushes,
Mm
,75c.
Hilsman-Sale