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Georgia Culiings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Atlanta Telegraphers Quit.
Atlanta's Western Union and Pos
tal operators went on strike Sunday
afternoon at 5 o’clock, within a few
minutes after Atlanta local No, CO had
ordered, by a unanimous vote, a walk
out.
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Notice to Pensioners,
The following notice has been given
oul at the pension office:
Pension Office, State Capitol.—All
persons holding vouchers for pensions
<lu * and unpaid for 1907 who will pre
sent them at this office on August 20;
or any day thereafter, will get th< m
paid. J. W. LINDSEY,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Decision in Unique Church Case.
The right of the First Cumberland
Presbyterian church of At'anta to
unite with the Northern Presbyterian
clin ch and to retain possession of its
church property has been determined
favorably by a decision of the supreme
court of Georgia.
The history of this case forms one
of the most interesting chapters in
the annals of litigation in the state,
involving as it does a struggle 1c (re
serve a distinct church organization,
and hold the physical property of the
con estants. Since the case has been
pending the two factions have held
s rvices in the church on alternate
Sundays. The opinion, written by Jus
tice Cobb, is concurred in by all of
the justices.
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Criminal Libel Charged.
In his charge to the Catoosa grand
jury for the present term of court,
Judge Fite instructed the jury to re
turn an indictment charging the Chat
tanooga Times with criminal libel. He
stated that The Times had recently
charged Sheriff Pendleton of Catoosa
county and other Georgia officers with
"fee grabbing,” and intimated that
they were a set of grafters.
The allegation came up in connec
tion with the recent numerous arrests
of Chattanooga autoists who have been
arrested in the county on charges of
violating the various auto laws and
regulations of Georgia.
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Over Seven Millions Gain.
Fulton county tux returns for the
year 1907, whlcn have Just bene com
pleted by Tax Receiver Armistead,
show an Increase in property values
over (he year 1906 of $7,358,115, near
ly twice the amount of increase of
1906 over 1905, and an increase over
the year 1905 of $11,396,515.
The rapid strides that have been
taken in Fulton county during the
pa-st year in buildungs, real estate
booms, and other projects, have in
en-ased the value of property in the
locality to such a great amount that
f can hardly be realized. For the year
19'6 the total tax value was $66,105,-
759, and in 1905, $62,068,350. The in
crease in two years has been $11,396,-
515. The aggregate value of the white
property in the county amounts to $72,-
107,020. The aggregate value of the
negro property in the county amounts
to $1,357,845.
1 Farmers’ Union Day at Fair.
Wednesday, October 16, has be n
selected as Farmers’ Union day at
the Georgia state fair in Atlanta, and
plans are now making to have this
one of the biggest days of the fair.
A number of prominent men have
been invited to be the guests of the
fair on that day, among them William
Jennings Bryan, who, however, has n t
decided whether lie can accept the
invitation or not.
The exhibition of agricultural im
plem nts planned for this year’s fair
will be the largest ever seen in At
lanta.
Twelve counties have so fat' decid d
to make agricultural exhibits, and.
judging by prospects they will be ex
ceptionally fine ones.
Secretary Weldon is negotiating for
a number of midway attractions, but
as yet has closed no contracts. He
is a’so working on the racing program.
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State's Honor is Saved.
The state will now make the pay
ment due on the Georgia building at
the Jamestown exposition. The Geor
gia commission fouud it was about $7.-
•00 short of the amount need d to pal
lor furnishing the Georgia building and
entertainment on Georgia day.
' The contractor, who put up the Geor
gia building, was threatening to sue
out a lien, and the honor of the state
was at stake.
In this emergency the Georgia James
town commission, through Governor
Smith, applied to the attorney general
for a ruling as to whether the state
appropriation made by the legislature
for the purpose of placing a Georgia
exhibit at Jamestown could be used
for this purpose.
Judge Hart furnished the commis
sion an opinion a few days ago, to
the effect that the balance of the
money due on the Georgia building
can legally be paid out of the fund
appropriated by the state, and this
will be done.
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For Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Hon. Clem Dunbar of Richmond,
who, with Hon. W. H. Burwell of Han
cock county, is joint author of the bill
in the house for the purpose of secur
ing an appropriation of $20,000 with
which to establish a state sanitarium
for the treatment of consumption, is
hopeful that the appropriation needed
may be available for this purpose next
session. Said he:
‘‘That'there is a crying need for just
such a retreat one has only to read
the reports of the Anti-Tuberculosis
League of America, or its branch in
Georgia.
"There is nothing settled definitely
as to where the sanitarium i 3 to be
located. All we want now is to get
the money with which to establish it,
and the location will be speedily found.
“When it is established, we hope to
see tried there the new remedy of a
cotton sed oil emulsion for which Dr.
George Brown of Atlanta, ex-president
of the Anti-Tuberculosis L ague of
America, is authority for the state
ment that as a preventative or as a
cure for incipient consumption it has
no equal and, in many respects, is su
perior to the fish emulsions. •
“This treatment, which is rightfully
a Georgia treatment and certainly a
southern remedy, wil! probably be
given its first official test.”
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High School and College Conference.
The third annual session of the Geor
gia High School and College Confer
ence was held from July Bth to 13th.
in connection with the state summer
school at Athens.
Three hours each morning were giv
en to departmental conferences, in
cluding English, foreign languages, his
tory, mathematics, sciences, industrial
and fine arts. Two hours each after
noon were devoted to discussions of
high school organization and manage
ment.
Colonel R. E. Park acted as chair
man of the English conferences, three
sesions of which were held. At the
first of these conferences there was a
general discussion of English in our
educational system. The need of a well
articulated course in English from the
primary grades through the lower col
lege classes was brought cut in the
discussions. A committee was appoint
ed to prepare a syllabus on English, as
sugestive for our Georgia schools. The
committee will make a final report in
bulletin form some time next spring.
In the preparation of this report the
committee will welcome suggestions
and criticisms from all the affiliated
colleges and secondary schools.
The report will prove helpful to
superintendents and teachers in plan
ning their English courses. It is the
purpose of the committee and of the
conference to'outline a full course in
collateral reading for all the grades
as well as selected English and Amer
ican classic for careful .study.
TO FIX MINIMUM PRICE
Committee of Cotton Association Will
Meet in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 6.
Jackson, Miss., will be the meeting
place of the executive committee of
the Southern Cotton Association, and
September 5, instead of September 6,
the date, according to an announce
ment of President Harvie Jordan.
The meeting of the Sea Island Cot
ton Association will be held at Whin
Springs, Fla., on September 12. Tfcn
object of both meetings is to fix tin
minimum price of cotton.
SOLDIERS HAVE YELLOW FEVER.
Ten Cases Reported in American Garrison
at Cienfugos, Cuba.
The outbreak of yellow fever in the
American garison at Cienfuegos, Cuba,
proves to be much graver than was
at first proposed. Eight additional
cases were reported Sunday, making
a total of ten cases thus far. The
utmost care Is being taken to prevent
a spread of the disease to the remain
der of the garrison.
INCOME OF UTILITIES
Slated for Taxation by Action of Georgia
House of Representatives in Hunt
for Revenue.
All public utilities in Georgia, ex
cept telephone and telegraph compa
nies, less than 100 mites in length,
and water powers, were taxed 1 per
cent on their gross receipts, by the
house of representatives, Friday,
which completed its labors on the
general tax act, after five days’ con
tinuous work.
All steam railroads, street car lines,
Pullman car, dining car, parlor car,
express companies, long distance tel
phone and telegrah companies, equip
ment companies, manufacturers of pat
ent medicines, carbonated drinks, sir
ups for soda fountain use bearing a
trade or copyright mark, and sewing
machine corporations come under this
general tax levy of 1 per cent on their
receipts, as applied by the house
during Friday’s double session
The house refused on Thursday to
levy a general tax of 1 per cent on
all public utilities. Friday morning
au amendment was offered by Mr. Al
exander of DeKalb, which placed this
tax only upon the gross receipts of
steam and electric street railroad com
panies. All the morning the debate
waged, and finally the previous ques
tion was called and the vote taken.
Upon the final count the supporters
of the income tax were found to be
victorious by the vote- of 98 to 68.
This placed the house on record as
being in favor of an income tax. It
opened up the way for an avalanche
of amendments for the afternoon ses
sion.
The first of these was by Mr. Way
of Pulaski, which proposed an income
tax of 1 per cent upon the gross in
come of manufacturers of patent med
icines, carbonated drinks, sirups for
soda fountain use which bear a trade
or copyright mark.
The house on Thursday voted down
a similar amendment by Mr. Persons
of Monroe. It now faced the proposi
tion again, after going on record to
favor an income tax.
The aye and nay vote was called,
and those who iiad voted for the rail
road tax, almost to a man, voted for
the Way amendment.
This fixes a tax on the manufac
turers of coca-cola, kola ade, red rock
and rainbow ginger ale, koca nola and
similar soft drinks and any number of
patent medicines.
After this amendment was adopted
another was sent to the clerk’s desk
by Mr. Hill of Monroe, whereby it
was proposed to tax the manufacturers
of sewing machines 1 per cent of
their gross income.
The vote on this amendment was the
largest of them all, as many who op
posed the single-shotting of railroads
took the position that if one was tax
ed all should be.
Mr. Perry of Hall sent up to the
clerk’s desk another and still longer
amendment, which took Reading Clerk
McClatchey fully five minutes to read.
This took in nearly all of the neglect
ed corporations. Only the short dis
tance telephone and telegraph compa
nies and water power companies were
left out. It was passed.
The state’s revenue was seen to be
increasing by leaps and bounds. Ac
cording to the mathematicians of the
house the first amendment taxing rail
roads will, if accepted by the senate,
and collected, bring Into the state
treasury from this source alone a half
million dollars. The patent medicines,
carbonated drinks and soda fountain
sirups are expected to net fully $25,-
000 the sewing machine companies
are expected to contribute another
SIO,OOO, and those other corporations
are expected to yield $50,000.
This brings the total of expected
revenue up to nearly three-quarters
of a million dollars, if enacted into
law.
COMPANY’S RETURN RAISED.
Postal Must Pay Increased Amount of
Taxes in State of Georgia.
The board of arbitration in the ease
of the assessment for taxation of the
property of the Postal Telegraph com
pany in Georgia made report of Its
award to Comptroller General Wright
Friday.
The Postal returned its property at
about $170,000, and the comptroller
general assessed it at $356,000. The
board of arbitrators fixed its valua
tion at $306,000 fiat
SOUTHERN REINSTATED
License Restored in Alabama on Agree
ment of Road to Obey New Laws
of State.
After three days of conference, in
Montgomery, Ala., the state came to
an agreement with the Southern rail
way Thursday afternoon, as a result
of which the licenses of the company
recently canceled, are to be restored,
and in return the road puts into ef
fect, beginning September 1, the 2y 2 -
cent passenger fare and the bill fixing
freight rates on 110 commodities. The
result is a complete victory for the
state, securing the enforcement of two
acts out of which the people are ex
pected to realize great saving.
At the conference Governor Comer
represented the state and Colonel E.
L. Russell, vice president of the Mo
bile and Ohio; J. S. B. Thompson,
assistant to President Finley; Colon-1
Alex P. Humphrey of Louisville and
James Weatherly of Birmingham, at
torneys, represented the Southern.
The laws in ques:ion will not be
put into effect permanently. The agree
ment specifically declares that their
operation, beginning September 1, are
only subject to the final determination
as to their constitutionality and their
reasonableness, when a decision of
these questions is finally rendered by
the court of last resort. Meanwhile,
the other laws enacted by the legisla
ture at its winter session affecting the
railroads of the state will remain in
force. The railroad’s representatives
agreed that they would appear before
Federal Judge Jones and ask him for
an order modifying the restraining or
der issued by the United S:ates court
two months ago, to permit of the im
mediate operation, subject to the final
decision of the courts, of the two acts
in question.
In consideration of the agreement
of the railroad representatives to per
mit of the immediate operation of
these two laws, the one affecting pas
senger traffic and the other the freight,
it was agreed by Governor Comer that
the revocation of the license of the
Southera in Alabama should be can
celed and the company permitted to
do business without hindrance by the
state.
The compromise affects only the
one railroad system, the Southern,
The other railroads of were
not parties to the conference.
A test case on the law by which
the license was revoked will be made
in order to determine the validity of
the act and to establish a certainty
of procedure in the future along this
line.
PRESIDENT BARRETT IS ILL.
Head of National Fanners' Union in Bad
Way at Conway, Arkansas.
Forced to Bed in Conway, Ark.
Griffin, secretary of the Arkansas Far
mers’ Union in Conway, Ark. Mr.
Barrett is in Conway attending the
meeting of the state convention of far
mers.
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers’ Union of America,
is critically ill at the home of Ben
MEXICANS SHOW THEIR HATE.
Tried to Lynch American Engineer Because
His Fireman Was Kiled.
The parents of Patrick Haff y, a lo
comotive engineer of Henderson, Ky. ;
have received word that he is in
prison at Jimenez, Mexico. Haffey was
arrested'jecause his native fireman fell
off a train and was killed. Bitter feel
ing against Americans caused a mot
to form and the young man was al
most lynched.
TICKERS IN GOTHAM SILENT.
Strike of Telegraphers Effective in New
York Ahead of Time.
The strike of the telegraph opera
tors which has affected many cities
throughout the coun:ry, was extended
to New York. Monday whee the men
employed by both the Western Unior
and Postal companies quit work.
Ninety Per cent of the Postal and 50
per cent of the Western Union quit.
MORE REBATES ARE BIFFED.
Wisconsin Central and Two of Its Officials
Must Pay Eig Fine.
Judge Page Morris in the United
States district court at Minneapolis,
has fined the Wisconsin Central Rail
read company $17,000 for rebating, of
which it was convicted last April. Bur
ton Johnson and G. T. Huey, freight
officials of the road, were fintd $2,000
and SI,OOO respectively fer paying re
bates to shippers.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR AUG. 18 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Subject: The Ray of Atonement,
Lev. 16:5-22 Golden Text,
Heb. 7:2s—Memory Verse, 2
Commentary.
The day of atonement and the
ceremonies thereto attendant im
press upon our minds facts that are
inseparable In our religious expe
rience. First, the fact of sin. Sec
ondly, the necessity for confession of
sin. Thirdly, the forgiveness of sin.
Fourthly, the forgetting of sin.
The day and the lesson of that day,
whfch we shall study, impress other
thoughts upon us but we shall con
fine ourselves to these.
The day of atonement is a recog<*
nition of and an emphasis upon the
fact of sin. The offering is for sin.
The confession is a confession of sin.
The scapegoat htones for sin, is an
earnest of the forgiveness of sin, is
the example of God forgetfulness of
forgiven sin. And all this rests up
on the basic consciousness of human
sinfulness. For whatever may be
onr opinion as to bow and when and
why sin enters into the life of the
individual and of humanity we must
all agree that sin is a fact, that the
consciousness of sin is the first step
toward the affirmation of proper re
lationships with God after we have
fallen away from Him. Whatever the
ideal life may be we are to-day sin
ning against God. However useless
and fruitless and wicked and unnec
essary sin may be from any point of
view the fact of humanity’s present
and prevalent sinfulness remains.
The fact of sin is inescapable.
Equally conscious are we that the
only hope of escape from sin lies in
the confession of our unworthiness
to the living God. However philo
sophical we may be, and however
learned we may be; whatever may
be the peculiar twists of our state
ments of the problem of sin and sal
vation, we must all come, and all of
us do come, to this common ground
that without confession of and re
pentance for sin there can be no for
giveness, no salvation.
Also we know that forgiveness
follows in hot haste upon confes
sion. Perhaps we had better say
that forgiveness meets confession —
and more than half the way. Even
as God met the high priest on the
earth as the commissioner of the
people so He stands just beside the
confession soul and holds forth par
don for confessed sin.
• Tfie scapegoat never carried a sin
so far into the dessert of forgetful
ness as God can and does. When
God forgives He forgets. And He ex
pects in the proper sense to do the
same and if experience counts for
anything He aids in this process of a
proper forgetfulness of sin. For
giveness that is not correlated with
forgetfulness is no forgiveness at all.
We would not want even God to
hound us with the memory of for
given sins.
All these lessons are linked with
the story of the day of atonement.
It is no wonder that the day of
atonement is even to-day the mighty
day in the Jewish calendar. The
modern Jew may not go to syna
gogue for fifty weeks a year, but he
is no Jew who forgets the day of
atonement. Why? Because the day
of atonement touches the universal
note in the Jewish heart. It taps the'
spring of his deepest experience and
of his direst need.
The fact of sin is one that we
ought not to overlook. It ought not
to be overemphasized, but it had
rather be overemphasized than for
gotten. Man is made in the image of
God. He is created a little lower
than Jehovah. He has inalienable
birthrights as a son of God. But
man is also a sinner. And his sin is
worse as we understand his relation
to divinity and his ancestry. We
must not let men forget the fact of
sin. We must not withhold condem
nation of their evil. We must por
tray the exceeding viciousness of sin.
For if we do not convict men of sin
they will not confess it. And no man
without a comprehension of the real
nature of the consequences of his
wilfulness will confess his sin. We
must make men understand the enor
mity of sin or not confess it.
And conscious unconfessed sin is the
worst hell that God or man can de
vise. “Confession is good for the
soul” Is more than a phrase.
Forgiveness follows confession.
And forgetfulness completes the
work. God pardons and He erases
the record. His forgetting enhances
His forgiving. And He not only for
gets, hut He enables us to forget.
And it is right we should. The mem
ory of sin is one of the most spirit
ually debilitating things that we can
imagine. To be sure, we should
profit by our mistakes. But we
should not be unnerved by our re
membrance of them. What you were
you were. Forgiven of God in Christ
you are no longer what you were.
Behold, all things are passed away.
You are a new creature. You are
what you are. i There are few, if any,
greater joys in life than the sense of
forgiven and forgotten sin. A sin
unconfessed is a scar unhealed. A
sin confessed is a sin healed.
The day of atonement is a profit
able subject of study because it is
linked with facts. And it Is linked
with facts that we can well discount
or avoid if we are as a church to do
our work for the regeneration and
salvation of the world to God through
Christ. Christ recognized the fact of
sin and we shall be imbeciles if we
shut our eye 3to it. The solution oi
its problem in the world is our work.
God grant we shall face it with cour
age.
