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5 GILMORE STREET PAVING MAY
GO UP TO THE SUPREME COURT
NEW KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE
MSS MG
TONIGHT«
CUT HILL
THREE TEIIfl SENTENCE IS
.11;
UTS Ml INADE UK
Unless property owners on Gil
more street and the city reach an
agreement at a mass meeting to
be held at the city hall tonight
the Gilmore street paving ques
tion will have to be passed upon
by the supreme court of Georgia
before the .city signs a contract
for the paving.
This was determined at a meet
ing of city council yesterday aft-. M toa
ernoon. • Grace Bryan, younger daughter of the
The question which the «ity
wants to settle before enterftig
into an.V contract for the paving
is whether or not the city,has a
right to deduct from its third of
the paving cost the amount to be
paid by ., the street railway com
pany. There is a difference of
opinion on the subject, some con
tending that the city is entitled
to all of the amount charged
« against the street railway eom-
, . pany and others contending thai
c the street railway’s part of the'
should be deducted from the
total cost of the street paving
and then the balance divided be
tween the property owners and
the city.
If the city is permitted to have
all the strct railway company
pays its cost of the Gilmore pav-
secretary of state, probably wlU
spend a great deal of time In Wash
ington. She was married only a short
time ago to a young business man of
Lincoln, Neb.
MORE ABOUT THE
ELECTRIC SERVICE jj
Waycross, Ga., April 2, 1913,
Editor Journal:
Facts are stubborn things!.
The city council at, last night’s
meeting permitted the light and
power company to put another
bluff over them, when the ques
tion ag to why such sorry service
was raised by Alderman Brewer,
wiio stated that the company had
By Wire to The Journal.
London, April 3.—Mrs. Emmc
line Pankhurst, president of the
Woman’s Social and Political Un
ion. head of the militant suffra
Bettes, was found guilty today of
inciting other women to blow up
the home of Chancellor Lloyd
George at Walton Ilcath with
bombs.
•She was sentenced to three
years imprisonment.
In passing sentence Justice
Lush scored the women for their
violence, which he .said showed
contempt for law and order.
Before sentence was passed
Mrs. Pankhurst delivered a vio
lent tirade against “man made”
laws, which she declared luado
slaves of women. She declared she
will go on a hunger strike.
After sentence was passed and
she itad recovered from a til of
weeping, Mrs. Pankhurst reiter
ated in a Arm voice:
"I know I broke the law. .
broke the law deliberately for the
cause of suffrage for women.”
Women in the court .room
screamed “shame!” when the sen
tence wa H announced. On the out
side a demonstration that came
near being a.riot took place and
women started at once to commit
deeds of violence.
At Southhampton today wires
were cut and, many windows brok
. ... . . . , ! Promised to give better service
Tth! Itv aPt T t ;> four aso, but having fail.
If the city cannot use ttte street d mogt „
ra, way’s payment the c.ty’s part thought that ^ '
of the paving will cost around $9,- J ,
------ - ■ POUcd to surrender their fran
chise. That in view of the fact
l ELECTRIC AND STREET
RAILMT FRANCHISES AT ONCE
of Waycross have stated that this difficulty could
d the conclusion that both lie overcome by the city demand
the eleetne franchise held by the ing that the W„re C u nty L g ht
Ware County Light and Power and Power Company furniha
Company and the street railway mueuh service nL -i l r “
. re! C. Sion Id l„ ... „„
000. This is more than the city
i has to put in the Gilmore pave
ment at this time.
Tt has been intimated that ir
the event the city should proceed
with the paving and then seek tc
collect from the property owners
an injunction would be filed. To
V ^Settle the legal status of the ques-
v tion it is believed nn injunction
. will be filed immediately In the
event no agreement can he reach
ed at tonight’s meeting. The Gil
more work will thus he delayed
for some time, ns council will not
authorise any contract until it is
known beyond any question wlial
the city can and cannot do
As the paving contract. now
pending includes also the paving
n f Parker street, from Jane to
Elizabeth, and Elisabeth, from
Pendleton fn Remohnrt. and Te
been from Jane to Elisabeth, it
v. ill he impossible for any of the
work to start until the Gilmore
matter is settled
In the event is is found neces
sary to take the matter into court
it may be possible to get the sn
preme court to give an early de
cision so that the improvements
')ntemplated may proceed with-
Oil' delay .
As far as is known the qnestion
which has been raised on Gilmore
has never figured in the courts
snd the outcome of the Wsycross
affair will be awsited with oonsi-
erable interest not only in Way-
cross but also in other cites.
To make sure the appropriation
now available for Gilmore Is not
used on other improvements Al
derman Horton at yesterday’s
that the company had entered in
to agreement with the street car
company to furnish Them current
to operate with, and inasmuch as
they were not able apparently to
furnish the city as per their fran
chise, that they should he enjoin
ed from doing so until the question
of their right to hold franchise
corid he settled.
The gentleman in charge of the
light and power plnnt together
with the ir attorney, Col. Lamb-
din, being present, were asked to
explain why the delay In giving
the service promised and expected
by the consumer. Col. Lambdiu
stated for the company what the
company's intentions were, out
lining what power they now had
and what they intended to instal.
He also stated that from under the
lulled
Both the electric and the street
railway company Dave had more
than ample time under the terms
of franchise to have prepared to
, . *•€*«, nuu mar owinff to
mvo given the city the right kind.'he fact that the holder of the
between the city and the holders
of the franchise would he null and
void.
It ia stated that legal opinions
have been had, and that owing to
lice, and .he people who are 1 franchise eompletZfailed to ™"c" “I a,,Jo "™ ed
the REAL suffering f»l earrv onf ... ,ook »° ««''«" the
submit to.yjgggggg,
of
doing the REAL suffering feel carry out' its contract wRh 'the
that, they have suffered ns long city, the city now has the right
as they should. I i„ equity to force the light com-
It can be stated upon good an- P"P V to give service until the pity
thorit.v that the city council will; ''°idd make arrangements to get
he petitioned within the next! from the position forced
week by a number of citizens ask-;"B on '* b.v a breach of contract,
ing that the franchise enjoyed by, 11 is also said tlinl in addition
the afreet ear company, and the, lo having the right to annul the
light company be annnlcd and, electric franchise, the city would
• hat a new franchise he granted i llnv c a good damage ease against
people who are financially able,] 11 "’ holders of the franchise.
am! competent to carry out any Judging from the expression of
contract that might be entered in- ,he citizens, and the rumors
to with the city of Waycross. ; "float it, is more than certain that
Constantine and Sophie aro now king and quean of the Hellenes as tha
result of the sasaealnatlon of King doorgo. They are here aeoa with their
two oldest boys, the one to the right being the crown prince.
illillijsir
t TIME DURING Jillr
111 CITIZENS
FIGHT HOOD
On the -absolute promise made
by the Ware County Light and
Power company to the effect that
the street ear system would not lie
furnished power .by them, oily
council at yesterday’s adjourned
and until then patrons of the light
company can hope for no more
satisfactory aervieo than that they
are now receiving. It is elnimed
that with th<! new unit In use
there will lie no further cause for
lomplaint.
resolution ' '
Fred Brewer of IlieTpccinl light! HUGH SHIP I8LAUN0HED
committee. The resolution, which
, ,. . not giving
nitn and dirt (the management, service, vet TT IS NOT
seems to delight in it) they had
unearthed a Wood & Ball engine,
ignorant of the fact that they had
it, with which they proposed to
furnish the street ear company
current with.
They had found two boilers al-
so that would suit nicely to furn
ish steam to drive it, evidently ov-
-rtooking the fact that this grand
discovery conld be applied to giv-
; ng their consumers a better ser
vice to which they are more entit
led than the street ear company.
Enumerating the units of pow
er they now have the colonel
stretched the blanket when he as-
'erted that the units combined ag
gregated 700 hp. when as a mat-
Men who will insist upon such
nnunn by the city council main-
lain that while it ia not the fault
of the street railway company
that the Ware Countv Light &
Power Co. is jiot giving proper
THE
FAULT OF THE PEOPLE OF
WAYCROSS TTfAT THE
STREET RAILWAY COMPA-
VY IS NOT PREPARED TO
SUPPLY ITS CURRENT FOR
OPERATION,
The holders of the street rail
way franchise, entered into a con
tract with the city to have in op-
eration within a certain period of
time ears over a certain distance
the lime of grace is up with both
the electric light company and
the street railway company.
WIND STORM
IN NEBRASKA
DOINO DAMAGE
By Wire to The Journal.
Bincoln, Neb., April 3.—A ter
rific wind storm ia doing heavy
damage near the Kansas line to
day, according to meager details
received here. Wires are down
and no reports from the towns in
the storm belt of today can be
gotten. ” »
meeting introduced a resolution ter of fact 575 hp. would be a lib-
(Continned on Last Page.) j 'Continued on Lost Psgo.)
of rail, and it is claimed that the SOUTHERN
holders of the franchise-have not! . N VMI . (
only failed to build the required WOMAN
number of miles of track, but Bath S C Anrtl t
in le" led kCCP the,r 4 *■"' ^ ‘ obetrneted
i A’tr . I from tke engineer's view until
The only dtfficulty that might too late to stop the train Mrs.B*.
come with the annulling of the beeea Padgett, aged sixty was
electric light franchise would be struck and instantly killed late
the complete Ion of electric lignt yesterday by the Southern's Palm
service for a short time. It is. Beach Limited.
huh published in the Journal yes
terday, was considered a very
drastic one and Alderman Brew,
er slated that he fell,(lie situation
justified just such action ns out-
lined in the resolution.
Representing the light company
were Cols. John W. Bennett, L. A.
Wilson and W W Lsmbdin. AM
made talks in behalf of the power
company and with a statement
from .Mr. Damage, who fa In
charge ,,f fl [r p | snl ; -j t ,„ |m
' it that all "juice” would he used
to (ill present contracts nnd no
service of any kind would he ron-.
dered the street ear company.
To allow that efforts had been
made to secure improvements the
Ware, munly light company’s
manager%Mhsd that from 15 to
70 men hail been kept at work for
some time trying to make the ne
cessary repairs. He stated fnr-
ther, that an expert had been
working night nnd day since the
tenth of March and that from that
date to the present $2,500 bad
been spent on repairs.
The resolution was withdrawn
by Alderman Rrewer but it is cer
tain that council will not tolerate
n continuation of the service ren
dered in recent months when the
Improvements promised are actu
ally n. The new machinery ia
*nonn*ert to he aht'nned tomorrow
>nfi *bonM re*f*h the city abont
Vay 1 Prom thirty to aixtv <fay«
♦»me yWl| firm h^for* the, machin
ery can He ereete/f ami operated
CAIRO IS SAFE
RIVER CLIMBS 6 INCHES BUT
CAIRO WORKERS STAVE
OFF FLOOD DAMAGE.
to The Journal.
Cairo, Ills., April 3.—The river
climbed six inches here this morn-
ing, making it. higher than it has
ever been. The levoo ia holding
hut water ia seeping through in
many places.
Dikes are inspected constantly
nn <l many workers arc piling
sand bags where breaks, are threat
ening.
A relief committee with rations
for 500 was aenl to Brookport,
Ky.,, today.
Bnnk officials,,clerks, merchants
and laborers are working side by
side to hold the levees and It 1«
thought their efforts will bo suc
cessful.
MAROONEBS
ARE RESCUED
Memphis, April 3.—Captains
Jamison uiul Martin with thirty
members of the militia who have
been marooned nt Birds Point
were rescued this morning.
MOBBOTHSg
ARE NEEDED
! Columbus, O., April 3—With
| the rccovory of five moro bodies
in west side today the flood vic
tims increased to 85 known dead.
Ail lioilics recovered are badly de
composed. Fifty are unaccounted
for n s yet. Eighty of the bodies
recovered have been identified.
The work of rcbnilding and clean
ing up through all the state is go
ing on rapidly. Moro funds are
needed to lake care of tho home
less.
CAIRO CAN’T
HOLD OUT LONG.
Springfield, April 3.—Accord-
ing to information received here
today, Cairo will not lie able-to
Ilnmhiirg, April 3._Tho steam- , , * “ n0t aJ,e to
er Vsterland of the Hamburg Am-'J" , 0,,t muoh l ™fl'' r the
eriean line, the largest ocean I ,., '"a ^
,.r III V-; Th. * " °“* M
er was christened by Prince Rup-lai •I! 1 " riv,r " 8ro wol ‘ co today,
preeht under the direction of 0Dder
Prince Regent Ludwig of Viivnriu,! WABHDIOTON
... tlie presence of a notable gath-\PlMfslNO RELIEF
Washington, D. C-, April 3.—
The Mississippi river Is rising
slowly from Cairo to Now Orleans
whjle the crest of the flood is pass
ing Evansville, bid., today. Plans
for protecting the residents along
the lower Mississippi arc being
formulated by the war department
today. A floating base of snppliea
will he held at St. Louis. One hun
dred thousand army rations will
ho hold here for the flood sufferers
also medical supplies.
ILLINOIS RIVER
SITUATION ORITOAL
Springfield, April 3.—The IUi-
nois rivor flood eituatlon, at Mer-
odosa is critical today. The gov-
emor has ordered additional mil-
ring
This ship measures 950 feqt
length and 100 feet in width.
Site will enter the regular trana-
Atlantic service in the spring of
1014. This ship is tho second
of three sister ships. The first of
these to be launched was the Tm-
perator, which will sail on her
niniden voyage on May 24, arriv
ing in New York May 31. The
third ship, to be the largest of the
three, is now under construction.
In her general construction the
ship closely resembles her sis
ter ship the Imperator. She has
been built with an inner skin
forming a double hull which is
carried high above the water line.
These hulls are constructed of
heavy steel plates of unusual
strength. As ah additional pre
caution against marine disaster,
the ship will be equipped with
a searchlight of over 80,000 can
dle power, which will be visible
for thirty miles at sea and will il-
laminate an object at a distance
of seven miles. Eighty-four life
boats eapable of accommodating
all on board, will be carried.
itia with tents and supplies to the
place.
NEW YORK STOCKS,
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, April 3.—Cotton
steady, two and three higher. May
12.28; July 12.14. Stocka irregular
slightly lower but rallying later
during the day.
