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x INDICTED ON
PEONAGE CHARGES
Federal Grand Jury Returned
Indictments Against New-
nan Manufacturer and
Birmingham Con
tractor.
We Don't Lose Any Time
when called on to do plumbing.
Ji' you discover a leak
jwiuuij. A sensation was created in Geor
gia lust Friday by the action of the
federal grand jury in Atlanta, in
returning indictments on peonage
charges against prominent manu
facturers and contractors of Geor
gia and Alabama. One of the
gentlemen indicted was Mr. F. B.
is what you want. Always get us * ole ot the It. lb < ole Mlg. <’o. ol
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done. We don’t charge high and
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immigrant labor the eastern agen
cies have been practicing cruelties
and deception of a character almost
picturesque, they are so novel, and
at the same time have been Mini -
Hamming the manufacturers with
whom they contract. The scheme
through which the bureaus operate
is as follows:
Their representatives, it is said,
will write to railway companies
asking the names of southern em
ployers in need of workmen. These
names secured, the employers are
informed that they can be sup
plied with laborers worth from
#1.50 to #2 a (layby paying the
immigration bureau #3 a head for
the immigrants. Scarcity of labor
in Georgia and other states natur-
fore.the I'nited States grand jury
here. Commissioner of Incenses
for New York City. John N. Bo
gart. has also been appealed to by
the JO or more immigrants now in
Atlanta and the office of the Ger
man consulate in Atlanta has re
ceived complaints. W hether these
three authorities will combine
their dibits and aid the depart
ment of justice through Attorney
Russell in securing evidence is not
certain, though it is regarded as
probable.
More than this, however, the I
employers of immigrant labor in
Georgia arc becoming aroused over
the alleged graft and arc determin
ed to end it should it be proved to
exist. Manufacturers claim that
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ture Frames, Mijrors, Window Shades,
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W. L. SEXTON.
The New nan Plumber.
New Arnall Building.
T. M. MARTIN
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L. Ziegler of the T. C. Thompson
A Bros. Construction Co. of Bir
mingham, the contracting concern
which is erecting the big mills on
the Central Railroad for the New-
nan Cotton Mills Co. The indict
ments are based on the relations of
Phone 16I> these gentlemen as employers of
_ immigrant laborers, and grew out
of differences between the Cole
Mfg. Co. and u number of German
laborers recently employed to work
in their shops here. Details of
the sensation, gleaned from the
Atlanta papers, are as follows:
ally leads the employer to jump at at the time they are most in need
Hi is chance, a contract is closed of German and Sweetie labor to take
and then the alleged graft begins i the place of worthless black labor
full blast. Agents for the bureau their source of supply is being cut
1 also do up-to-date undertaking, ai
is at the disposal of my customers.
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E. O. REESE,.
NEWNAN, 6A,
Tin Work, Roofing
Plumbing and
Repairing.
Expert work and low
prices wiu. Shop op
posite Pinson Hotel.
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DR. T. B. DAVIS.
Residence Telephone No. 5-3 Cells.
DR. W. A. TURNER.
Residence Telephone No. 64.
Drs. Davis & Turner
Physicians and Surgeons
Newnan, Georgia.
Offices in Sanatorium Building, corner
College and Hancook streets. Tele
phone No. 6-2 oalls.
Z. Greene, 1). D. 8.,
Office on Second Floor of
Black! Bros. Co.’s Building
L. M. Farmer,
LAWYER.
From Saturday’s Atlanta Journal.
Five indictments for peonage
against well known manufacturers
were made, by the United Htates
grand jury Friday afternoon as an
outcome of a special investigation
which Assistant Attorney General
Charles Russell, of the Department
of Justice at Washington, has been
holding in Atlanta by order of
President Roosevelt. Those in
dicted are:
F. B. Cole, of Newnan, one bill;
Jean Reinhold, two bills; H. L.
| Zeigler, who is connected with the
Thompson Company, operating at
Newnan, two bills.
The investigation from which
they resulted began in allegations
brought by a number of German
immigrants who were induced
south by the Southern Immigra
tion Bureau, of New York, on
promise of being given work in a
furniture factory at Newnan,
operated by the R. I). Cole Com
pany, and another by the Thomp
son Company, with headquarters
in Alabama, but operating at New
nan. The laborers charge that
when they left their employers lie-
cause the work and wages were
not as represented, they were for
cibly brought back and threatened
with imprisonment should they
again attempt to leave.
No bills were returned against
who style themselves “commission
ers of immigration for Georgia,”
and thereby convey the impression
that they hold government or state
offices, go into the congested dis
tricts of New York and tell stories
to the immigrants just arrived of
the big wages and easy work open
to them in the south. “You will
he furnished transportation,” says
the agent to the immigrant,
“which you can pay back in little
sums after you reach your employ
er’s place in Georgia. Your work
will be indoors and light. It will
all cost you practically nothing.”
oil’by the unscrupulous immigra
tion bureaus whose methods result
in the foreigners becoming pre
judiced against the South and re
fusing to come here.
Speaking of the situation V. II.
Ivriegslmber, president of the At
lanta Terracotta Works and him
self a believer in immigrant labor,
said Saturday morning:
“The Georgia manufacturer is
eager for immigrants of the right
kind and they may la; counted up
on to do everything possible tp
make conditions here such as will
appeal to the sturdy foreigners
NEWNAN MARBLE WORKS
J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor.
In some instances, it is believed, i who will make homes where they
the southern employer is implicat- ttre woll > families and
Office on Second Floor of the Arnall; Brewster and
Merchandise Co.’s Building J ’
Dr. C. A. Smith,
VETERINARIAN.
Treats all diseases of domestic animals
Oalls answered day or night. Office
at Gearreld’s Livery Stable.
M. F. Cole.
it is generally believed that the
investigation which has just cul
minated is only the beginning of a
thorough probing ol’ immigrant la
bor conditions in Georgia and
| neighboring states. There are
other cases, it is said, which make
the Cole and Thompson situations
look pale and which when un
earthed will startle the state and
, add even stronger impetus to the
ed and in many he has, at least
technically, violated federal and
state law. This arises chictly in
the following manner: The immi
grant’s railroad fare from New
York to Georgia, which is about
#15, is advanced by the local
manufacturer, or mill owner, the
immigrant 1 icing expected to repay
in weekly installments. When
therefore the foreigner leaves at
the end o<’ the lirst week or the |
first few days, the employer will in
some cases detain him, even have
him arrested afal juiled on the
ground that his debt of #15 ad
vanced for transportation has not
been paid. In this way it is gen
erally believed a number of the re
cent indictments in Georgia have
come uhout, the forcing of a man
to work involuntarily for the pay
ment of an alleged debt being
peonage.
It is, nevertheless, contended
that the source of trouble for im
migrant and employer is the fake
immigration bureau, for this
agency, it is alleged, deceives both
the parties who are brought to
snivel ing, by a misrepresentation
of the kind of work to be done on
the one hand and on the other
become American citizens. We
can’t afford under present condi
tions to alienate immigrant labor.
We need them. We must see that
they are well treated mid given
full justice.”
Not all immigration bureaus, it
is believed, are practicing graft,
though their mini tier is alleged to
lie large.
From Sunday’* Atlanta Constitution.
F. B. (’ole, of the R. 1). Cole
Company, of Newnan, and II. L.
Ziegler, of the T. C. Thompson &
Bros. Construction Company, l»oth
of whom are under indictment in
the United States court for peon
age, voluntarily came to Atlanta
yesterday morning, and gave lamtl
in the sum of #2,000 each,two true
hills having I men returned against
each of them. Iteinhohl, the third
person against whom two indict
ments were returned, is agent of
the Southern immigration bureau,
and is said to be at its headquar
ters in New York.
It is not probable that these
cases will be brought to trial until
the March term of the court in At
lanta, at which time Assistant At
torney General Charles Russell
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds
of marble and granite.
6E0R6IA S MARBLE A SPECIALTY
All work guaranteed to be first class
in every particular. t 1’arties needing
anythin; in our line are recpiested to
call, examine work and get prices.
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NEAR THE RAILROAD JUNCTION
OFFICE AND WORKS
NEWNAN, GEORGIA
For CaKe Baking
We furnish the particular housekeeper with every
thing needed for the baking of cakes—from Hour
to fruits and nuts. Everything is fresh and of
the finest quality. We have just opened up a
fresh shipment of all kinds of nuts, seeded and
layer raisins, currants, citron, etc. Good cooks
can bake good cakes from the materials we furnish.
Again we call attention to our canned goods
stock. We sell everything canned by American
and foreign canneries. No limiter what you want
in tinned products, we have it. This department
is one of our largest and liest, and receives con
stant and careful attention. Asa result, goods of
high quality are always obtainable at this store.
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P. STEPHENS S CO.
Telephone No. 31.
hand, of the kind of workmen to j will return to.Atlanta to aid in the
be supplied and their expectations, conduct of the prosecution.
For every immigrant the bureau ; ■
sends to Georgia it collects #3. Toj lincerinc cold
find 50 men
HELP IS OFFERED
TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
We earnestly rrqueat all younsr pereons. r.o^nattet- wa y e i n < l i tfliatio 11 HOW lisinti' ill
how limited their meanB or education, who wish to ■ ^ ”
It is
fact, that the
obtain a thorough liuninesaU-aininKand fcood po:i>-
, - Georgia against peonage
lion, to write by first mall lor our great half-rate v H in
offer. Sudcesp, independence uni I probable fortune
arc guarantee-?. Don’t delay. Write today.
The Ga.-Ala. Business College, Macon, Ca.
Andrew Jenkins,
highly possible, in
two companies already indicted
have committed technical rather
than actual breaches of the law.
This, of course, will be established
Clarence Ilollis,
j:\r practical painters:
Don’t pay #1.50 a gallon for canned at the future trial.
oil, which ought to cost but 60 cents u
gallon. Ready-mixed paint is half oil
and half paint. Buy oil fresh from the
barrel and add it to the L & M. Paint A sensational exposure of graft,
which is semi-mixed. that Q f an alleged fake immigration
From Sunday's Atlanta Journal.
When you buy L. & M. Paint you get ..
, ,, * „ ... „„ bureau, is expected to lollow the
a full gallon of paint that won t wear ...
olf for 10 or 16 vears, because L. &M. indictments ten peonage letuined
Zinc hardens rhe L. & M. White Lead Friday by the United Htates grand
and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron, jury at Atlanta.
4 gallons L. & M. mixed with 8 gal- R ea ] responsibility for the out
rages alleged by the 30-odd Ger-
a morning in a con
gested district of New York is
thought to bo an easy task and so
the lucrative returns of the prac
tice become apparent.
The bottom of the trouble and of
the wrong seems to lie in the fact
that the iini|iigration agents lead
fairly well educated Germans to
expect that they arc to find at the
other end of the line work such as
they have been accustomed to do
in the old country, furniture mak
ing, carpentering or other skilled
manual labor occupation. Theodore
Kroeger, one of the immigrants
now in Atlanta, testifies that he
was given what a New York bureau
alleged to be a contract guaran
teeing him work in a furniture
factory at Newnan. The
Withstood Other Treatment But
Quickly Cured by Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy.
"Lust winter 1 untight a very severe
cold wliiuli lingered for weeks," says.I
UrquIilU't, of Z pliyr, Ontario. "My
cough wns very dry and harsh. Thu lo
cal dealer recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and guaranteed it, so I
gave itatjjal. One small bottle of it
cured me. I believe Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to he the I, st I liavi
ever used.” This remedy is for sale hv
Peniston (V Lee, Newnan, On.
Sewing Machines
at Slaughtered Prices.
At the Presbyterian Church.
lous linseed oil will paint a moderate
81i Act^HostL. &M. about $1.20 per man immigrant laborers now here
g a H on . does not lie, it is said, at the door
Sold in the North, East, South and of the Georgia and Alabama manu-
West. faeturers who were indicted, but
C. 8. Andrews. Ex-Mayor, D«.bur£ a iiumber 0 f New
Conn., writes: "Painted my lionse li) . .
years ago with L. & M. Looks well to- * °rk immigration agencies who by
day.” Sold by false representations unknown to
ALEXANDER POPE, the Georgia employers inveigled
Newnan, Ga. j f ore jg ne rs to the Booth and then
shifted the blame.
Dr. R. E. Foster and family, of According to statements made
Next Sunday morning and even
ing the Presbyterian pulpit of this
city will be occupied by Rev. \V.
P. McCorkle, I). 1)., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Sa
vannah. Dr. McCorkle is one of
bogus the foremost Presbyterian divines
contract was read to him by an in of the State and is an eloquent and
terpreter lor the bureau and he; impressive preacher. All mem-
and his comrades accepted it in lairs of the Presbyterian church
good faith. On reaching Georgia, are urged to attend both services. |
however, he found, as he says, it The public will be cordially weJ-
to be false. loomed.
What will lHi the first steps tak- ______
en against the alleged fake agen- Dr. Converse at Turin,
cies cannot be definitely learned, _____
though it appears that they will j Dr. Thomas K. Converse, editor
100 machines, guaranteed to do
good work, going at $5 each.
25 machines, good as new but
slightly defaced, going from $10
to $25 each. All drop head ma
chines. Reduced prices for cash
or on easy terms.
Singer Sewing Machine Company
M. L. DUKE, Man.
West Side Square Newnan, Georgia
A Good Liniment.
When yon need a good reliable lini-
come from, several different direc : j of the Southern Presbyterian of me,lt tr y Cbamberl-dn’s Pain Balm
• w i but nn unriorinr fnr unroinu and uuiolli
It
tions. First ol all the matter has Atlanta, has an appointment to
ISharpsburg, visited relatives in j Saturday morning by Atlanta men
| experienced in the emolovmpnt nf
been brought to the attention of
Assistant Attorney General Chas.
Russell, who is now in Atlanta,
and who conducted the examina
tion of witnesses in the recent in-
VMH(/aflAn A<’ ollnrtnA
t::
preach at Turin Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Dr. Con
verse is 1 one of the ablest men of
this denomination and will be
heard with great interest by the
has no superior for sprains and swellings.
A piece of flannel slightly dampened
with Pain Balm is superior to a plaster
for lame back or |mins in the side or
chest. It also relieves rheumatic pains
mid makes sleep and rest, possible For
sale by Peniston & Lee, Newnan, Ga.
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
— 1 . -a* rn
Money to loan on real estate at 7 tier
The city registration books are
now open in the clerk’s office at
the city hall andjeitizens who wish
to qualify for the city election, to
l>e held Saturday, Dec. 1st, 1D0«,
are required to register. Please
register early and avoid the l ush.