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The Macon Daily Telegraph
WEATHER FORECA8T FOR GEORGIA: GENERALLY FAIR SUNDAY AND MONDAY: MODERATE VARIABLE WINDS.
EIGHT PAGES
| ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908
DAILY, 87.00 A YEAR.
TIFT ASKED FOR
SADIE SCHEDULE
Georgia Lumberman Op
poses Free Entry of Lum
ber Into America.
WOULD NOT CONSERVE
THE AMERICAN FORESTS
He Declared Creation of Forest Re
serves By the Government Had the
Effect of Increasing the Price of
Stumpage—Asked That Duty Be
Left ndisturbed, Saying That Con
sumers Would Get No Benefit of Re
duction In Prices—Talks Politics,
Stating That aft .Would Havo Made
a 'Better Race in Georgia With An
Active Campaign.
4 ‘WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The tlm-
• her Schedule waa again under discus
sion beforo the house ways and means
committee for a'short time today. H.
H. Tift, of TIfton, Ga.. who appeared
at tho request of the committee, said
the creation of forest reserves by the
> government had the efTect of Increas
ing the price of stumpage. He de
clared the government gets the high
est prices for what it sells.
Mr. Tift asked that tho lumber
schedules bo left undisturbed, saying
the free entry, of lumber would not
tend to conserve the American forests
and that the consumers probably
would get no benefit in the way of
reduced prices. He admitted that he
would be satisfied with the retention
of the tariff in the low grades of lum
ber.
Chairman Payne asked Mr. Tift wKy
the people of the south come before
the icommitteei and ask for higher
dutiea than the people from any other
section and then voted for a low tariff
- In the national election.
Taft In Georgia.
“Taft got 40,000 votes In Georgia, 1 *
remarked tho witness.
"Yes, but ho should have gotten a
majority.”
“There was no campaign made for
him,” rejoined tho witness.
John H. Finney, representing the
Appalachian National Forest Associa
tion, urged the committee to take tho
+■ duty off certain white plno seedlings,
‘ • which he said were needed for- refor-
• cstatlon, as this typo of treo doea!fi*t
reproduce itself.
Cotton Schedule.
Mr. McLea, of New York, argued
for a readjustment of tho cotton
schedule, claiming that It should bo
simplified. He declared that If any
changes arc made in the rates of
duty on cotton goods, they should be
made gradually.
International Harvester.
'■J The testimony of E. D. Metcalf, of
• Auburn, N. Y., representing the In
ternational Harvester Company, was
similar In many respects to that of
Judge E. H. Gary, of the United
States Steel Corporation, yesterday.
. Mr. Metcalf said the company which
ho represented is bo well entrenched
in tho agricultural implement business
• that It does not need the tariff and
that it Is immaterial to them how tho
tariff is changed. IIo did not deny
that the International Harvester Com
pany manufactures over 50 per cent
of tho harvesters, mowers and reap
ers made In this country.
"Cam you manufacture cheaper than
the English and French manufactu
rers?” asked Representative Crum-
packer, of Indiana.
“I think we can, from the fact that
wro can sell our goods Jn their coun
tries. We havo improved methods in
all lines of manufacturo in this coun
try which benefits us In tho manufac
ture of our goods.”
“You haven't suffered any ns a re
sult of the tariff on steel and Iron
ore?” Inquired Judge Crumpacker.
Tariff Doesn’t Hurt Steel.
“I can’t see how. tho tariff can be
held responsible for the fluctuation In
tho prices of steel and iron. It is duo
to the demand and supply.”
Mr. Metcalf disagreed with tho. tes-
. tlmony of H. R. Miles, of tho National
Association of Manufacturers, nnd the*
complaints of several manufacturers
of agricultural Implements that the
cost of materials entering in the man
ufacture of their products has In-
. creased. The witness declared that
the prices of these raw materials had
steadily decreased.
Champions Small Manufacturer.
Representative Crumpacker cham
pioned the cause of the smaller manu
facturers of agricultural Implements,
claiming that these small producers
can not compete with the International
bk. Harvester Company for the foreign
'business.
He said the amount of their busi
ness did not Justify their making use
of the drawback provision of the
tariff.
N. P. Worth, of Coatesvllle, Pa., a
steel manufacturer, asked for free
scrap Iron, the duty now being 14 a
ton. He also desired a reduction In
the duty on Iron ore.
Duty on Automobiles.
W. C. Durant, of Flint, Mich., asked
that the duty on automobiles be re
duced from 45 to 20 per cent and that
the duty of 45 per cent on automobile
parts be reduced to 50 per cent. He
claimed that tho demand of othtr
manufacturers of automobiles for a
45 per cent duty was not for the bene
fit of American labor, but was be
cause of “extravagant management
and enormous profits.”
He asserted that In a $1,400 machine
the cost of labor Is S10O. and that
other manufacturers had really asked
fur a duty of (0 per cent on th#
finished produet for the sake of labor.
Dies From Injuries.
ATLANTA. Oa.. Dec. 19.-Samuel
Mannaseh, of 14 Kelly street, died at the
Grady Hospital late yesterday afternoon
from Injurl^i received from felling Into a
manhole on Marietta street Monday af
ternoon. ft# was 50 years old and a nt-
live of Germany. He ii survived by ■
widow and three children.
A
Mrs. Marguerite Springer
lienounces Society anil
Goes in for “Isms”
THE TELEGRAPH’S NEW SIXTEEN PAGE POTTER PERFECTING PRESS.
Above Is a picture of the splendid
double deck Potter press, which Is in
stalled and upon which this issue of
The Telegraph is printed. This press
prints 2-1,000 papers per hour, and will
deliver complete any size paper up to
sixteen pages at a time.
This press is famous for the elegance
of Its finish and simplicity of design,
and when thoroughly adjusted and reg
ulated delivers the nicest printed pa
per of any press on the market. Tho
cost Is $14,000, and It Is installed by
The Telegraph in response to the de
mands made by the large increase in
circulation and the constantly growing
advertising patronage.
Along with the press Is an entirely
new equipment of type and labor-sav
ing material for the composing room,
which puts the entire mechanical de
partment on a basis worthy of tho
growth and breadth of Macon, and this
expansion of The Telegraph will bo
appreciated in a spirit of civic pride
by her citizens and its patrons.
Th 0 new equipment has made it
necessary for The Telegraph to seek
larger quarters, and with the eo-oper-
atlon of Messrs. Henry and Edward A.
Horne has moved into 460 Cherry
street middle way between Third and
Fourth. This building has been ren
ovated and remodeled, nnd the three
floors, all of which Tho Telegraph Is
to occupy, contain a total floor space
of 18,860 feot, which provides room
for the big and creditable paper to
which Macon is entitled ami which zho
shall have.-
Macon Is the central city of Georgia,
nnd the railroad schedules give her
the advantage over every other city,
from many standpoints, not tho least
of wh'xli Is from the newspraper view
point. Tho Telegraph has not neg
lected to take udvan.ago of the situa
tion. and places the paper on all trains
out of Macon front 12 o'clock at night
to 12 o'clock next day. The paper
crosses the Alabuma. Florida and tiouth
Carolina lines almost simultaneously
with tho dawn, and supplies her sub
serlbers all along the llneH with news
several hours fresher than can posRlbly
be furnished by any other publication.
This advantage nnd tho Increased ef
forts has nbout doubled tho circulation
in the past two years, and tho adver
tising patronage hna also been doubled.
This is given as Information to sub
scribers and patrons, that they may
know the result of their aid, and of
Tho Telegraph's appreciation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S BIG STICK
INCOMPARABLE WITH JEFFERSON’S
IN STEERING GOOD SHIP OF STATE
Compares Early History
With That of Present
Political Regime
TAKES ISSUE WITH BACON
AND QUOTES FROM RECORD
Writer Asks If the “Attempted Dic
tation of tho Decisions of tho
Courts," as Charged to tho Presi
dent, Would Xot Palo Into Inslg-
nlflcanco by Comparison With
Thomas Jefferson's Action in Ac
complishing Party Purposes,
Through a Subservient Congress,
by tho Abolishment of a Term of
tho Supremo Court—Not Defend
ing Roosevelt or Jefferson; Just
Comparing History,
ATLANTA, Ga., Dee. 19.—Presi
dent Roosevelt’s "big stick” Is a
hollow mockery when compared with
the blunt bludgeon Thomas Jeffer
son tried to use, metaphorically
speaking, according to S. Guyt Mc
Lendon, chairman of the state rail
road commission.
In a letter to Pleasant A. Stovall,
of Savannah, Mr. McLendon de
clares on the authority of history
that had Roosevelt ever made such
bold attempts to control the Judi
ciary of the nation and establish a
one-man power as were made by tho
founder of the Democratic party, tho
president would havo been im
peached by congress.
Replies to 11acon.
Tho letter is in reply to a por
tion of Senator A. O. Bacon’s recent
discussion of the political situation,
and Is as follows:
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14, 1908.
Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall,
Savannah, Georgia.
My Dear Sir:
I have read with very great inter
est Senator Bacon’s letter to you,
which was reproduced In one of the
papers here yesterday. The senator
says:
“Another fundamental democratic
doctrine is that conitltutlonal lim
itations shsil be maintained, and
that the three departments of tho
government, legislative, executive
and Judicial, shall bo kept separate,
with each In the enjoymnt and ex
ercise of its full powers, without In
terference with, or usurpation by
either, of the functions and powers
of tho other.”
Haring In mind recent hlatory,
the senator further sayi:
“This system of ono man power
has of late, under republican rule,
been so defiantly and even boast-
(CenUnutd on Tact Two.)
MORTALLY WOUNDED
CHIEF JILLS MAN
VIRGINIA TOWN IS SCENE OF
DOUBLE KILLING IN WHICH
OFFICER IS VICTIM.
ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 19.—In a pis
tol duel on the main street of Wythe-
vllle, Vp. # this evening Chief of Pollco
Walter McClintock and E. A. Crcgger
were killed. McClintock shot Crcgger
to death after ho himself had been
mortally wounded, and tho two bodies
fell near each other In the thorough
fare.
Chief McClintock nnd Deputy Harry
White had a warrant for tho arrest
of E. A. Cregger und his brother,
Dave Cregger, sworn out by a brother
of the chief, charging them with rob
bery. When the officers met tho Creg-
gers in front of the court house and
told them they had a warrant for
their arrest, E. A. Cregger drew his
revolver and began firing on McClin-
tdfck.
The officer returned the fire and os
the nhootlng became general It was
witnessed by a large number of men
and women on the sidewalk. It is
said Deputy White did not fire hln re
volver, but It Is said Dave Crcgger
is believed to have taken part in the
shooting. McClintock’s body has five
and possibly seven wounds. K. A.
Cregger*s body has ono wound. White
succeeded In arresting Davo Cregger
and landing him In Jail. E. A. Creg
ger up to a short while ago conduct
ed a liquor business. McClintock had
been chief of police three months. Both
dead men leave families.
ROOSEVELTS DINED
DY THE FAIRBANKS
DISTINGUISHED COMPANY OF
GUESTS ENJOY H08PITALITY
OF VICE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—President
and Mrs. ltoosevelt were tho nuests
of honor at a dinner given tonight
by Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
at tho Fairbanks home hero. Th.
guests were: The president and Mm.
Roosevelt; the speaker and Miss Can
non, Senator and Mrs. Knox, Senator
and Mrs. Hopkins, Judgo nnd Mrs.
Georg. Gray,-of Delaware; Judgo nnd
Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, of the
District of Columbia supremo court;
Major General and Mrs. II. c. Corbin.
Representative and Mrs. Burko, of
Pennsylvania; Mr. and Mrs. Booth
Tarklngton, of Indiana; Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Oliver, of Pennsylvania; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Underwood Johnson,
of New York; John L. Cmlvtslador.
of New Jersey; Mrs. Frank c. Holler
and Homer Davenport, of Now York;
James 8. Iionry, Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
Moore, of this city; tho Hon. Maud
Paunccfote. of Great Britain, and Miss
Elizabeth Kean, of New Jersey.
Dsnk to Inertsse Capital.
ATLANTA. Oa.. Her. I..—The Farm
ers Hank of Monti- * lib has applied to
gevreUry of Hut- Phil Cook for the
privilege of Inr reeslng lu capital stock
from 117,600 to 190,004, pri [oratory to
rhanglRg tho bank from a sUto to a na-
Uot.it! one.
BRIEF IS FILED
BY STANDARD OIL
Is Argued That Law Docs
Not Authorize Review
By Supremo Court
WASHINGTON Dec.' 19—The stan
dard on Company’s brief in tho pro
ceedings of tho United States against
that company on the chargo of ac
cepting rebntes from the Chlcngo and
Alton Railway Company In which the
United States district court for the
northern district of Illinois Imposed a
fine of $29,240,000. was today filed In
the supremo court of tho United
States. The case comes before tho
court on a petition by tho government
for a writ of certiorari bringing It up
for revldw tor tho .dedlsion of tho
United StatcH circuit court of appeals
for the seventh circuit, by which court
the district courts decision was re
versed, Tho brief antagonizes the pe
tition and this order based principal
ly on the ground that tl«o law “Does
not authorize a review by tho supremo
court on nn application of, tho gov
ernment of a Judgment of the circuit
court of appeals In a criminal case by
which a writ of error of defendant
Is'sustained and disposed of by re
versing tho Judgment and sentenco
of tho trial court.”
Contended that In a case of this
character, a writ of certiorari Is equiv
alent to a writ of error and that “Tho
policy of the law T* against the review
of a Judgment in favor of the ac
cused In a criminal case at tho in
stance of tho government."
Brief Largely Technical.
Much of tho brief Is technical In
character, but there aro occasional
passages which depart from that char-
actcrlzitlon. It Is pointed out that
sjx cents was tho lawful rato
on petroleum for all shipments from
Chicago to East St. Louts, except
from tho stations at East Chicago,
Hammond, Indiana Harbor and Whit
ing or other suburban switching points
In Indiana. From these points tho
government contends that tho railroad
was required to ehnrgc eighteen cents
per hundred, or three times the Chl
cngo rate and that therefore the Stan
dard Company which shipped from the
suburb of Whiting at tho Chicago rato
was properly mulcted by the district
court In sum of $29,000,000, "For not
shipping at and paying a prohibitive
of three times as mcuh as the Chlcngo
rate.”
Contention Is made that due effort
was made on behalf of the Standard
Company to discover the legal rate,
and It Is urged that tHe company
should not be held responsible for Its
failure In that respect.
Urges Point Overlooked.
Continuing the brief says: “Counsel
as well as the trial court have over
looked the obv'ous consideration that
the controlling purpoee of tho acta to
regulate commerce is 'To promote and
facilitate commerce and not to ham
per or destroy It.' Counsel argue the
construction of the Elkins amendment
as If congress. In pissing It regarded
the shipment of commodities in In
terstate commerce as fraught with evil
or danger to the safety or morals of
soe'ety and that It was therefore to be
burdened with penal restrictions and
that shippers are to be held to a rulo
of diligence In knowing that the rates
at which they ship are *.he current
lawful filed and published rates, such
as has been In extreme cases applied
to dram shop keepers selling liquor
to minors or druggists telling po'sons.
If shippers were required to carrv on
business under such a rule as to mako
diligence the 'Equivalent of knowledge*
st the risk of criminal prosecution end
seven* penalties. Interstate comroerra
would be greatly restrained and Cl-
m'nlshed. If not destroyed. What la
said In the opinion of the circuit court
of appeals Is apt on this quest Ion."
In conclusion It Is urged that the
granting of the writ would not be Jus
tified.
GANG OF TOUGHS SHOOT UP REACH
FATALLY WOUNDING YOUNG LADY
AND SPREADING TERROR IN TOWN
RAPID-TIRE MERCY
THIRTY-EIGHT PERSONS RELEAS
ED FROM PENITENTIARY
SINCE DEC. 1.
ATLANTA, Ga., Doc. 19.-Thlrly-
clght persons havo been relmscd from
the penitentiary by purdnn or com
mutation of sentence since December
1. nnd more than n hundred during
the last three weeks. All records sinco
tho days of Governor Alex. II. iJtu-
phenti havo been broken.
Cate of Tom Childs.
Tom Childs, a negro, who hns been
In the penitentiary serving a life soh.
tenen for murder for the pact thirty
years, ova* released today, over tlm
protest of many persons In the counfy
of his conviction.
Childs, a negro of 21, was tried In
Pike county, for assisting In the mur
der of a whito man, who was killed
nnd robbed by two. The evidence was
practically conclusive, and the negroes
were sentenced to be hanged. Repent
ed new trials resulted In ther receiv
ing life sentences.
It was pleaded In Childs' favor that
he had not taken part In the actual
killing. Tho plan was for him to
commit tho murder, but nt the last
moment his nervo failed and h‘s com
panion did tho work*
Conduct Has Been Good.
Slnco his confinement In tho peni
tentiary his .conduct hus been exem
plary. Ho has wielded an lolluonce
for good among other prisoners, and
mado friends with all his keepers. If
was largely due to tho Indefatigable
work In his behalf by a good white
wpman. Mrs. T. D. McKown, wife of
the surgeon at the Durham coni mines,
that he waa finally released. Him has
been pleading for him during the past
two years.
Many of the older citizens of Pike,
persons who recalled the detnlls of tho
crime, protested against the pardon “to
tho last, saying tho negro should have
been hanged at the time, and that
to pardon ono guilty of such an of
fense would bo fixing a dangerous pre
cedent.
Judge Hall Protested.
Judge John I. Hall, of Macon, who
presided at one of the trials, refused
to recommend a pardon, but filed a
strong protest against It. He snld
the crime was too serious and the evi
dence too conclusive for Childs' re
lease to be over Justified.
Others Released.
Among others who were released to
day are the following:
Frank Goins, oonvlcted In Richmond for
killing a new born child and sentenced to
serve a life sentence.
Jamea Hatcher, convicted of voluntary
manslaughter. In having killed a negro
in Richmond.
Officers’ Bonds,
ATLANTA, Oa., Dee. It.—Only eleven
days’ time remain for the bonds of coun
ty tax recelvera and collectors to Imj (lied
vkdt. t \. • 11.i■ i r•!;•• i -• noral. Unless they
■VW approved by him by January f, the
law vacates earli office Involved by the
failure. Less than 25 of more than 300
of then* officers have furnished the
proper bond.
Commissioner Pound is extending an Ini
jfmlgll MM by Dr. A. 14. Foul* for stl
the school commissioners and teacher*
throughout the state to attend the cotton
and road schools and farmern' conference
to be held under the auspices of the
Hlate Agricultural College In Athena,
January 4 to January 10.
to cone tcilon with the farmers' confer*
Miss Mamie Taylor Is Vio/
tim of Lawless Band—500
Shots Fired
OF PROMINENT CITIZEN
Sheriff Woodward Waa Notified Im
mediately at Wnyerosa of the Shoot
ing, and Deputy 8Heriff Young Wae
Rushed to tho 8cene—On© Arrest
Was Made and it is Expected Others
Will ' Follow—Indignation i 8 High
and Every Effort Will Be Made to
Bring the Guilty to Justice-—Town
of Beach le Noar Waycroia.
WAYCR088, Ga., Dec. 19—A gang
of tougha rode Into Heacli, a nmull
town near Wnycross, late last night,
and terrorized the citizens by /hooting
In ove%/ direction.
It Is Hold thnt at bast five hundred
Shota were fired.
MIhh Mamie Taylor, daughter of
Mr. Leonard Taylor, a prominent citi
zen of thlH county, was struck In tho
hip by u bullet und dangerously
wounded. •
It* Is feared that Ming Taylor’s wound
may prove fatal.
Sheriff Woodward wn« notified and
Deputy Sheriff Young wan rushed to
the scene. One arrant has boon made
ho far and others aro expected.
Reach is Hltuatcd on the Atlanta.
Birmingham nnd Atlantic Railway and
Ith InlinbltnntH are considered law-
abiding eltlzonH. There Ih no account
ing for tho act of lawlessness. Indig
nation among the best people of Waro
county Ih high und the officers are
determined to ferret out the dastardly
crime.
WAYCRQ88, Ga., Dee. 19-81x men
ho far have been arrested and placed
under bond In connection with tho
shooting nt Beach late last Right. Im
possible to Hccure names of parties
arrested; as tho telephono office «t
Beach was closed early tonight nnd
tho train from thero will not arrive
beforo 11 o’clock.
The causi* of tho trouble Ih sa'd to
have risen over the arrest for alleged
disorderly conduct of Marvin Loo, «
young man, who was later charged
with carrying concealed weapons and
a warrant for his arrest has been
sworn out.
ences, a conference for farmers' wives
will bo conducted by Mrn. Walter B. Hill.
The three events will Include discus
sions of nearly all phases of rural life.
Many Burglaries In Atlanta.
ATLANTA. Oa., Dec. 19.—Burglaries
galore continue by night tlmo to Atlanta,
morn than a hundred having been com
mitted during tho paat week.
Two were caught by Gustavus E. Coop
er trying to get Into the home of Mr
Hsrvle Johnson Named.
ATLANTA. Go.. Dec. 19 — Mayor-elect
Robert F. Maddox today announc'd the
appointment of Howl# Johnson, the
H omlnent Atlanta uewsfei* r man, us
s private secretary. It will take • rr«. t
jdjen^ the new mayor goes Into orrice,
The 'place came to Mr. Johnson wholly
unaougnt by him, and to tarar* Its oc*
LIKE TITLED DUCHESSES
Daughters of Revolution Blackballed
Her—She Made a Desperate Fight
Against the Organization, But Lost
in tho End—She Went In Male At
tire to a Distant City and Dug Up
a Scandal Against the Husband of
tho Woman Who Caused Her Rejec
tion—Began Study of Medicine and
Will Soon Be an M. D.—Wears Cost
ly Clothes, But Not Those Decreed
By Chicago Society.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—A remarkable
woman Is Mrt. Marguerite Warren
Springer—decidedly tho most retnark-
ublo In Chicago.
Mrs. Springer's claims to being ex
traordinary ao based on a hundred
thlhgs »ho has done and thingH that
that nlie Is and things she expects
to be, any of which would make n
woman stand conspicuous beside her
sisters.
To begin with. Mrs. Springer set out
to light the most powerful and tho
greutest organization of women In
America—tho Daughters of tho Revo
lution. And aho fought them uh only '
nn enraged womun can. And for a
tlmo she was victorious.
She Ih about to be graduated as a
phynlelun and will become the head
oi r» hoHoltal. which brings lmr c*nc*
inoro before the public ns Chicago’s
female “Admiral Crichton."
8ho Is a sociologist, and oil tho
"queer” men and wome with Isms ami
"higher thoughts” Ideas and weird
thoughts on religion, marriage, politics
and psychology are to be found 111
her magnificent drawing room on
Rush street, tho nvenuo of tho very
rich.
A Real PhilathropUt.
She supports an Institution for un-
fortunfilennnHSHHSHHHHsHsssflRssInniin d
fortunate girls und sympathises wltlf-
them and shields them from what
they dread most of all—publicity.
8ho counts among her friends the*
most heterogeneous array of remark
able pesons thnt It would bo possibly
t > cultivate ns friends In any woman'*
lifetime—fo Instance. Mrs. Florenot
Maybrlck, Ernnm Goldman, Jack Lon
don, Upton Sinclair, Caleb powers,
Rnmuel Gompers, James Whitcomb
Riley, Thomas Lawson, Norman Uap-
good, Mrs. Russell-Hugo, Mr*. William
McKinley and “Pat” Crowe, the Cud
ahy kidnaper.
That Is a visiting list thnt show*
versatility If nothing else, and a dl-
venlty of qualities and leanings that
one would scarce look for In a single
human being, and a beautiful, cul
tured, wealthy woman, however.
Continued in 8eoond Section. •
oeptnnco Mr. Maddox I* said to havo
Mr. ModdoL
It Is doubtful If a happier selection
could have been made In nil Atlanta. The
appointeo combines general popularity
Protest Against Schedule Change.
ATLANTA, On.. Dec. 19.—A post card
protest has l»ceii made to tho prison com
mission against the change In schedule
to bo made by tho Central of Georgia
railroad In train No. 15, between Macon
and Katonton. About fifty cards from In
dividuals who are opposed to the clung*
have boon received at tho offices of th*
commission.
The change Is to go Into effect tomor
row. It make* it Impossible for visitor*
to Atlanta front Katonton to return horn*
tho Mine night, an at present, for th*
connection between tho train leaving
hero at 4 p. m. and the Katonton train
out of Macon i* abandoned.
Tho chunge will probably not bo Inter
fered with.
Regarding tho protest*. T. S. Molsc,
general manager of tho Central, has wir
ed Chairman McLendon a* follows:
“Bavannah. Ga., Dec. 28.— 8. fi. Mc
Lendon, Itailrond Commission of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga.—Replying to your telegram-
of even date. In reference to change In
zchcdulc from Katonton. Change was
not made until matter had been thor
oughly taken up at Kantonton by our
passenger department with the people at
that point, who not only expressed a de
sire that tho change be made, but on
Dec. 12 sent a petition, signed by th*
mayor and forty-six representative citi
zens.
"A* tho schedule has already been
printed and distributed, ad suitable no
tice given to the public, apart from any
confusion that would follow the clwnge
back to the old flgurrb, It I* Impossible
to print working time tables and get
them In tho hands of the men by Sup-
day, the 20th, at which time tho new
schedule takes effect. I do not think wo
should Jeopardise the safety of sonic*
by undertaking to do so.
"A* suggested by the general passen
ger agant to tho people of Mlllcdzcville
in a Tetter to them yesterday, the new
service should be given a trial. If ob
jected to, a Joint conference can be hold
with the people of Katonton and Mill-
odgevtlto and officers of this company,
with a view to adopting figures that
will be mutually satisfactory. You un-
• h-ratnnd, I presume, that no service ha*
been discontinued, merely a rearranging
of tho figures, leaving Katonton thirty*
tnlnutos Inter und reaching Katonton re
turning at 7:30 Instead of 10:80 p. in.
Confirmation by mail, with a copy of Mr.
Haile's letter, above referred to. Gen
eral.Huperlntondent Johnson la In Atlan
ta today, and 1 have relented him t*
go by und explain tho •Uuat'pn to you,
"T. B. KOIfB."