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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor, f. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sonde/) By THE CEORGIAN COMPANY. At S West Alabama St.. Atlenta. On. Subscription Rates: One Year II.M £li Months S.W Three Months 1 ■* ..a.. Hr Cartier. Per Week ... Smith A Thompson, advertising rep- reaenfsfives for all territory outside of (ieorgia. If res hare any tronbleaettlnr TIIB GEORGIAN AND. NEWS telephone the circulation department and hare It' promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell tKI main. Atlanta MOL It Is desirable that all remroanlea- Horn Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS he limited to r>) words In len(th. It Is Inincintlve ’hey be staled. ns in evidence of faith. Rejected manuaertpta will that tl feed feil_. not be returned nnlecn stamps ore eeut for the purpose. THE GEOROIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable ad vert lila g. Neither doaa It print wblaky or any liquor ads. OUR TLATPORM: The Georgian and Nesra etanda for Atlanta't owning Its own son nod electric llfbt plants, aa tt now owna Ita water worke. Other cities do this and act (aa aa low os 6) cents. wltS a profit to the city. Thla ■ aa new* opiipttc inni 11 ■ireri ways can bs operated aucceaafully by European ettlea, as they are, there la no good reason why they can not be no operated here. But — * * this can be ‘ wa do not bellero — dona now, and It may be some years before wa lira ready for ao ihonld aat Ita face In that direction should NOW. Presbyterian Unity in Balanco. The general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church, which meets In Birmingham on May 16th, will have questions of grave Importance to con slder and decide. Very prominent among these will be the question of fraternal relations and cooperation with other Presbyterian churches entertaining aome slight dif ferences of creed. This question, of ten discussed, has now become lmml nent In the deliberation! of thla great religious body. In the year 1905 alx Presbyterian churches in the United States appoint ed committed to meet together and adopt a plan by which they could have greator harmony In Christian work. These were the American Presbyte rian church with 1,300,000 membora; the German Reformed with 265,000 members; the Southern Presbyterian with 253,000; the United Presbyterian with 140,000; the Dutch Reformed with 107,000, and tha Associate Re formed with 13,000—over 2,000,000 In all. These committees early In 1906 pre sented a plan which was referred by the general assembly of that year to tho sovcral churches for tholr appro val. The American Presbyterian and tho German Reformed churches heart ily approved It, but in the Southern Presbyterian chnrch the plan has been warmly resisted. The Southern church has eighty- three presbyteries. Two of these are composed entirely of negroes, and one of Indians, and they have not voted an the question. One white presbytery also has refused to vote. Thoa only seventy-nine presbyteries have voted an the question. Of these seventy-nine there are sev- inty-tbree whose action haa been re ported, and alx not yet heard from. Forty-five presbyteries, containing 990 sinister, and 135,000 members, havo approved tho plan of co-operation; Nrenty-elght, containing 600 ministers tnd 19,000 members, havo disap proved of it. These presbyteries are included In ihlrteeen synods, which are limited by die boundaries of the various states. Srcry presbytery In the fourth synod Jf Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Missouri voted for cooperation. Three of the four presbyteries In Al- tbama and six of the eight In North SAroltna voted to approve. The synod of Georgia has alx pres* tyterics. Three of these voted for note friendly relations with tbelr *resbyterten brethren. Augusta pres- lytery voted unanimously to do so; iavannah bad only one vote In the legattve; while In Atlanta presbytery torty-one were for and nineteen •gainst brotherly relations. The Macon, Cherokee and Athens iresbyteries voted against the plan. fllE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. These figures will give a general ■salt of calculation as g> the result of he battle that is to be waged In the ;eneral assembly. The prospects seem to favor broth- ciy relations, but It Is not assured. Let us hope that the city’s represen- stives will not be caught napping by mother ordinance suavely presented ty the corporations. The people ought 9 know by this time that the corpora- Ions bare to l e watched. t Tha Jamestown fair has just three leeks now to get itself together for lures, or failure, it has a mighty pportunity. The "hope of the hopeless" la In the cart of philanthropy. PUT EVERY CORPORATION ORDINANCE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. The Itaue drawn between tho city of Atlanta and the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Is an Interesting one. Both parties are agreed that under the original arrangement the city had reserved the right to one duct in each of the conduits of The Georgia Railway and Electric Company. President Arkwright’s claim la that at the time of the consolidation of the Hurt and Atkinson lines the wording of the ordinance passed by the city council at that time forfeited or surrendered the right of the city to this duct. A1I the members of the present city council who were membe. the council at the time of this ordinance claim that nothing waa said at the time of the surrender of the city’s rights, that the matter waa not dis cussed, no motion was made to that effect, and that if such words were in the ordinance passed, they were passed without any realization of their meaning, and that the coritoratlon's claim now is a mere jugglery of words and without the understanding or real consent of the members of tho city council. It looks very much to a man up a tree as If the ordinance apparently so Innocent In its passage was so carefully and deliberately worded as to carry this provision of surrender, and that tho city councilman of that day were either asleep or were carefully and shrewdly overreached by the dis creet friends of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. Tho Georgian Is not a lawyer, but It retains a sufficient recollection of a casual reading of Blackstone to remember that a law Is to be con strued first, by the words; second, by the context' or the subject matter, and third, by the spirit of Its framers. This Is a definition which we believe Is still standard. The Georgia Railway and Electric Company therefore has one point and only ono point In the interpretation of thia ordinance. The words may by the shrewd handling of corporation friends convey the suggestion of a surrender of tho city's essential right The context and the subject matter will certainly carry no such con struction. The third point which Is the spirit and purpose of the framers must by the testimony of the framers be clearly against the corporation in this ordinance In which they evidently think they have caught the city nap ping. It Is an Issue anyway which the city cannot afford to fall In lighting to the last limit of its capacity, because In this matter the city's- triumph Involves tho city's commercial liberty and Independence of the monopoly. The city should fltfit with ail tho resources In Its power to retain this duct which It Is quite evident was never Intended to be given to tho corporation, and we bellgve that in the higher courts at least the city must eventually win upon the honest merits of the case. Meanwhile the Incident teaches a great leason to the lawgivers, both In the local and state legislatures of Georgia. The lesson Is this; The corporations are vigilant and sleepless and always watchful of op portunity and full of designs. Every ordinance Introduced by a corporation or by the friends of corporations from this time forth should be scanned most vigilantly and critically by the representatives of tho people, both for the ostensible action which it carries and for tho shrewd and skilful use of words by which popular rights may be construed sway oa some other occa sion. Every ordinance presented In local or state legislature by the corpora tions at this timo should be carefully scrutinized under the strongeit mi croscope of vigilant publto spirit whloh can be brought to bear upon It. This lesson emphasized In so many lost rights, and bartered franchises, ought surely to be Impressed upon the people and their representatives by this time. THE PAIR AND THE PIEDMONT IMPROVEMENTS. in the State Pair of 1906 "all was lost save honor.” , In order to pay off the obligations, which were a debt of honor on the city of Atlanta, the local association projected another fair for this year, no other practicable pUn for raising tho, money with which to settle the balance due on premiums being apparent. It would bo discreditable to Atlanta If these debts were left unpaid and, in the judgment of the buslnees men who are In charge of the local fair association, there waa no way to pay out except by giving another fair. Last year's failure was due solely to the riots and to the unusual wcatheri conditions. Upward of 300 business houses and Individuals hsvs subscribed to this year's fund. Manufacturers, banks, wholesale and retail merchants, real estate owners and dealers and many other interests have contributed. Tho State Agricultural Society has promised its hearty co-operation and support and ths outlook for a successful fair is very favorable. Under these circumstances, tho fair officials are appealing to the Park board not to remove any of the present buildings at Piedmont Park until after next fail's fair. The park board's plans for making over Piedmont Park into a pic turesque pleasure ground, Involve tearing down at an early date one of tho largest exhibition buildings. This would seriously handicap tbs fair In taking care of exhibits, particularly of live stock, and there is roascu to believe It would make a fair Imposlsbls. * In view of these facta, The Georgian joins the fair officials in their sp- pesl to the pjrk board to postpone the removal of any of the large build ings until after this year's fair. THE HOME FOR THE HOPELESS. Let us deal with this question of the Home for Incurables as a hu mane and enlightened people should do. Here Is an Institution founded first In beautiful and praottcal philan thropy by a circle of the King's Daughters. Progressing slowly and painfully throbgh ssrlisr years of discouragement the Institution was finally rescued from inadequate conditions through the liberality of Mr. A. G. Rhodes, of Atlsuta. Impressed by the unusual appeal of the Institution and touched by an affilctlon within his own family, Mr. Rhodes made to tho Home for Incurables the princely donation of a block of land in tho heart of At lanta. The value of this donation Is In tho neighborhood of 940,000, aud perhaps no larger and handsomer donation to charity has been made in the history of tho city. it is a beautiful jot, admirably iocatod, surrounded by a stately grove of oaka and accessible to tho trolley lines of the city. Upon this lot a band of noble women Inspired by Mr. hodes' philanthropy have erected a building at a coat of some 115,000 which they raised by diligent work in tho solicitation of private subscriptions. The building Is ample for the Immediate needs of tho institu tion. It is perfectly arranged and presided over by as noble and contt- cratcd women as ever gave their lives to charity. The city gives 91,500 a year to tha Institution. The oounty gives $4.00 a month or $45 a year to every patient taken In ths name of charity. Some two or throe months ago The Georgian In a series of appeals Induced twelve men to contribute $5.00 a month or $60 a year to the support of the institu tion. Here then is s total Income of shout $2,400 s year for the support of tho ipoat appealing charity which Atlanta holds. To say that this is in adequate Is simply to state a self-evident fact to practical men who can un derstand the necessities of the sick. There should be not less than $10,000 every year established as the Income of the Home for Incurables In order to make Its work complete. There are nineteen patients in that home today, six of whom are con sumptives. and there Is an appeal from nearly a dozen others begging to come In but held out by the inexorable conditions which make It Impossi ble to support another patient under the Income which the institution com mands. , , No appeal that can be put In black and white letters In ths pages of s newspaper could approximate the far-reaching effect of a visit to tbit Institution. If you who have leisure and means and wheels at your disposal would take an hour or a half-hour on one of these bright and beautiful afternoons to visit that brick building In which nineteen people are waiting death, you would need no spar of quickening to reach your hands down Into the pockets which tbs Almighty hat blessed In fullneac In greater or smaller degree and to thank heaven for the opportunity ta soothe the hopeless watting of these Incurables. Did you ever think or can you think of the horror of waiting day sfljr with the close companionship of an Incurable malady? You look out upon tho sunlight and you catcL the great throb of life about you. You seo men and women going about tbelr dally taski. There Is light in their eyes and vigor In their limbs. There is a glow of health and hope In their hearts and in their lives, and a song az sweet az that which the birds sing In the blossoming trees of spring. And yet when you withdraw your eyes from the windows you feel In a whlthered limb or In an eating cancer or In the slow grip of the White Plague at your vitals, that you nre aono with this, and tlfat you only await the time when the monster of disease shall make Its last clutch upon your throat and your voice shall die into tho Inarticulate murmur which Is the herald of death. Compare for a moment the vigor, the hope and the opportunity of your active and virile lives with a shadowed life. Let us Imagine just what it means to these people to have their waiting wrapped In some comfort of surroundings and In some consolation of human touch. To die neglected and alone In a hovel or In a palace, to be untouched by human sympathy and unswept by human charity, adds an additional ter ror to the face of death. Find, If you can, a charity that is more real and genuine than to lift one of these human frames upon which sickness and disease have fastened their relentless grip out of loneliness and desolation and discomfort Into surroundings In which tender hands and loving hearts and kindly eyes would soften the remorseless advance of that grim spec tre of the tomb. There ought to be fifty other men and women In Atlanta who would be willing to give $5.00 a month to the Home for Incurables. There are hundreds of good men and women in this city whose hearts aro tender and whose hands are swift. They grope sometimes In Ignorance of the best and noblest avenue In which to extend their charities. Let us direct them here to a picture which their minds can draw of tbeso incurables in this home of charity. If they have tlmo, and they surely might give one-half hour from their dally rounds of swift and brilliant pleasure, let them knock for admittance and ask of the matron there for an opportunity to see the patient faces of these pitlfnl men and wtomen waiting tranquil upon the last summons. And If there be fifty who read theqe lines, or twenty-five, or ten, or even one, why not gladden the hearts of the good women and the good men who are working In this Home of the Hopeless by sending the as surance that out of your prosperity you will give just $5.00 every thirty days to help one of these hopeless ones during their waiting for the in evitable end? , There should be a sweeping answer to this very plain and very prac tical appeal. , FOLLOW THEODORE PRICE CAUTIOUSLY. "Theodore H. Price, the moat talked of man -in the cotton world, and probably the largest speculator in the world, on Fri day obtained a temporary restraining order In an injunction suit brought against the New York Cotton Exchange and the Classifica tion Committee.”—New York Commercial. , This Is the first case on record of the leader of a bull or bear clique resorting to the Federal court for the purposes of influencing prices. The outcome of this move on the part of Mr. Price will be awaited with inter est by the speculative element in the cotton trade. Of late Mr. Price has many followers in the South, and a majority are of the opinion that ho will gain his point against the exchange, and that the spot cotton speculator, tho futures speculator and the spinner will be greatly benefited as a consequence, but it is entirely too late in tho season for the farmer to participate to a great extent jn a sharp ad vance should one follow the gaining of the suit by Mr. Pries. The bulk of the cotton grown this season is out of the farmers' hands, and as Mr. Price is a lightning change artist, no one can tell where he will stand when the farmers begin marketing the next crop. In times past Price has been very active on the bear side. A short time back he resorted to the novel method of sending photographers into the belt and having a few Isolated fields photographed, which showed them still white with cotton, when the farmers were claiming that all bad been picked and marketed. These photographs were published, occupying two full pages, in some of the most prominent Southern journals as an unanswerable bear argument. In an Interview published In The New York Commercial of last Fri day, Mr. Price says: "The demand for cotton Is almost without precedent, and were It not for the faet that, through the factitious means, whether In- < ternatlonnl or-otherwise, that have been practiced on tho New York Cotton Exchange, to depress the value of the contract, and to degrade the standard of classification—the South would have re ceived at least a cent a pound more for this year's crop, which ad vance spinners could easily have afforded to pay. A cent a pound on this year's crop would have been equal to some $66,000,000, and which spinners and consumers would gladly have paid.” The first eight words of the above Interview are true beyond doubt There is considerable doubt as to the balance, except where ho states the spinners could easily have afforded to pay more for the cotton here tofore purchase.d. The spinner has a habit of buying cotton when prices are low, and withdrawing from the market when the reverse Is the case, which would Indicate that he always purchases his supply of raw material at the lowest possible price, exchange or no exchange. The enormous dividends paid by the mills make proof of this fact. The following Item, headed "Cotton Gambling," is from The Arkansas Gazette: "This deep-seated and seemingly ineradicable hostility to deal ing In cotton futures comes from the - belief of many cotton grow- \ era that tho brokers of tho New York exchange not only fix the price of cotton, but fix it lower than what cotton should sell for on Its merits, and thus rob the cotton growers of millions of dol lars. Such a belief as that is a hard one to wrestle against. But si we have said before, we believe that the man who Is hurt by cotton gambling Is the man who gambles In cotton. The winnings of the cotton gamblers who win do not come out sf the pockets of the cotton growers of the South; they come out of the pockets of the cotton gamblers who lose.” MACON CENTRAL LABOR UNION STATE8 1T8 CASE REGARDING REDUCTION OF R. R. FARES. To the Editor of Ths Georgian; I am Instructed by the Central Labor Union to thank you for tha editorial published In your Issue of April 24 In reply to an attack made by The Con stitution on tho committee sent from this union to appear before ths railroad commission In opposition to the re duction of passenger rates In this state. I am aleo Instructed, to ask that you publish the Inclosed letter written to The Constitution on April 2T, which has not yet appeared In that paper. The Constitution haa In Its Sunday edition a labor column, and It seems somewhat strange to us that It would publish what was palpably untrue and then by Its silence to publish a plain refuse _. _ _ ... statement of the facts of the case Ip correction. Respectfully. JEHU O. POSTELL. For Central Labor Union. Macon, Ga. Letter to The Constitution. Editor Atlanta Constitution: In your Issue of April 24 you made the statement editorially that the com mittee sent by the Central Labor Union of Macon to appear before the railroad commission to oppose tbs reduction of the passenger rates In this slate were sent there by or under railroad Influ ence. This was not the-case, and had you been In possession of the facts of ths esse, you possibly would have been far from making a statement so en tirely erroneous. The Central Labor Union la com posed of eighteen labor unions of Ms- con; only about ope-fourth of this number are In any way connected with the rallroade, The Central Union con sists of four delegates from each of tne unions that form ths Central body. No railroad official can belong to any rail road union, and as I had a full knowl edge of this movement from Its In- clplsncy, I can assert positively that no one outside of the labor unions hod any Idea of the action of the Central Labor Union until It was given to the C -es. As you have done the Centra' bar Union, and thereby eighteen un Ions that compose the central body, the correction as prominent as was the charge. If you see lit to make this correction, please mall ms a copy of paper In which It appears. Respectfully, JEHU O. POSTELL, Chairman. Macon. Go.. April IT. 1907. YOUR POLITICAL REFLECTIONS. To the Editor of The Oeorgtsn: Lon truthfully say tho preeen present president has stolen our u. under, raptured our creeds, displaying ,b * Pari adopted our reforms am of s Democrat “ You sujr ' crut magnificently, tho people ure tbe of tne lew. the best thing tha for them? Answer. The people went Booserelt, tnd they wID here him, tnd the single get that will 5*0*0 him to accept another tort? Is the esc* _ Chattanooga speech, mode by s Mg. bold, brave men, ana the grandest civic utterance that ever posted the llpe or man, and urns received by on Intellectual giant, t grand and glorious character, who replied by any- (. In anbettnee: "I turn liati-ned Intentlj lug. In substance: to'what you have had to say. nod it'dot A Mint a -- neb. and whilst ss at present u°t prepared to do so yon e, still should I come to your concern me much, and wl advised I am not would wish me. atl way Of thinking tnd Bad that nnch n course la for the greatest good to the grrateit number, commoner thongh I nm, I wtU do It, by tho eternal, even though It do split We have made such * wooderfn! stride In the attain of the world end advanced no much In wraith that It would bn aulrtdsl to change sstU . 1 deep root. , - strongly entrenched In -wer and m — tbe common people to make a chang tbe reforms enacted have taken deep Rooaerelt Is eo strongly entrencL-- power and so atoutly supported by the common people that be can thwart the throats of combinations and reader onto tbe reader onto tbe people what belongs to the people, and not give n fuvored few what belongs to the HiI haa sent many good Democrats to till high offices aud their actions have the general coffers Blind. Why should wa halt or eves falter In our march of prog, roast He has allowed onr Mouthers states to Import her own emlsrante. On April IS I And that mors than to.coo emigrants passed through the gates st Ellis Island, andwhen nor Southern emigrant stations are estab lished we writs aee these emigrants flocking to oar generous climate and tilling onr fer tile noli till the whole Month will be a verit able garden and wg will be tbe greatest credit nation of the world. If you polltlclnna would only let ns com mon people vote for tbe president of onr choice and the senator of onr liking and a Aa you have done the Central *9 do ac directed we would Jnlon. and thereby eighteen un- '''TrSlt «'"«« .nd yon will Bad that we make no mlsttkt* ouc* r# nr*» informed great Injustice, and an Injury, we ask through the medium of The (ieorsthi “ BUS THE SLAVE IN THE SOUTH AND THE WEST INDIES. To the Editor of The Georgian: In reference to that,’ decided ly peculiar and moat comical Il logical article on the Southern slave question by the New York Sun, In con tradiction to a Mr. Baker, I, a Scotch nun, with your permission, should like you to print a few words on the sub ject. Before the British Emancipation act the negro was sold to the English cap italist by African tribes, who con trolled the slave market for a mere song and shipped In droves to the West Indies. Those that survived the or deal of transportation, which at that time was frightful, were forced to work on their plantations there. Being bought and sold at a low estimate, they were valued at a low estimate, made to work from sunrise to sun down, In torrid weather and an overseer's as sistant, an Ignorant black like them selves, over them to lash their backs should exhaustion compel them to rest a moment. The English owner sent his superin tendent there to manage his estates and he himself, with a few exceptions,- knew nothing of the existing conditions, nev er visiting the country. Their slaves were treated wtb less respect than n dog. and If they ehould escape, were hunted and destroyed by them. The cruelty to those poor wretches was In describable, Inhuman to an awful de gree. and It must have been on those conditions and no other that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was based. In the South the negro was a valua ble asset to a plantation owner and therefore treated and cared for as such, ths planter naturally understanding that If he wanted good returns for money Invested, the slave must be treated decently and kindly, otherwise was bound to expect poor results. Perhaps under exceptional treatment a slave might have tried to escape from his msster, but such coses were ex tremely rare. If they were tracked by blood hounds the blood hounds were always kept under leash, as logic and common reason will explain. One does not want valuabls property devoured by dogs. The West Indian negro was at a discount and, though free, remains in that condition today. Grossly Igno rant, lazy and indifferent to their sur roundings. Ths negro of the South was a costly Investment to a Southern planter and he endeavored to elevate the darky’s mind with the Idea of him using Judg ment In what he was sst to do. The civilised world loves to Judge conditions by exceptions and exceptions prove the rule. The Sun knows better. Truly yours, C. I KINSEY. Atlanta, Oa. APPEAL FOR THE BOY8' HIGH SCHOOL. Tq the Editor of The Georgian: While your light for Improved school buildings goes on, no one has even raised a voice in behalf of the Boys' High School, being unaware that one of the greatest schools In the South was In great need of another build ing. The people of Atlanta, with true “At- lantu Spirit,” responded to the call for Seeking gold at the end of a rainbow is no less sensible than trying to “get rich quick’’ by in vesting your money in worthless mining stocks or other fictitious val ues. Unless you can invest in a lucrative business and devote your entire time and attention to it, by far the more conser vative plan would be to consider the advantages of our Certificate of De posit paying four per interest. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Broad and Alabama Streets. CHURCH AT WEST END With a large congregation present, the West End Presbyterian church cel ebrated Its twentieth anniversary Sun day morning. The memorial address was delivered by Rev. M. P. Mathis, ot Carteravllle, who was the first pastor ot the church when It was founded twenty years ago. A letter of congratulation upon the growth of the church was sent the con gregation by Its second pastor, Rev. E. R. Bull, now of Scranton, Pa. At the close of the service Sunday morning a subscription to the amount of $10,760 was taken and will be used In remodeling the church building. The third and present pastor of the church is Rev. L. R. Walker. PROHIBITS EIGHT RENEWED IN VALDOSTA an auditorium. When count:!! desired Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., May 6.—Another great prohibition rally was held at the court house here yesterday afternoon, W. D. Upshaw. "Earnest Willie,” of Atlanta, being the principal speaker of the occa sion. It Is announced that the neces- to float the water bonds they ap proved. At the present time there Is t movement on for a Greater Atlanta, and no one doubts that It will be car ried out. So these twentieth century projects go on and the city Is growing arger and more progressive and we may truly boast that we are the most progressive city south of the Mason and DIXon line. But still the fact remains that the very Institution that Is shaping the ed ucuton of ths embryo great men of our great city Is In great need of an an nex. To those unacquainted with the school let me etste sovcral details. The High School haa eleven eeparate class, es. For these there are but stv school rooms, besides two laboratories, one machine room, one woodwork room and one typewriting room. Now the ques tlon Is, how can six serve for eleven? The readers of The Georgian will ad mlt that this Is an utter Impossibility. You can't follow the plan. "Plant two blades where one grew before." Boys can't be canned like sardines. The mind refuses to work In an unhealth- ful school room, besides this, the health of the boy Is Injured. The manner In which the authorities make up for this lack of apace Is very sad, but true. The top floor of the building was originally built for the regular weekly meetings ot the Alcl- phronlan Literary and Debating So ciety, where the entire student body Is addressed by tbe principal of the school. William M. Slaton, to whose untiring energy Is due the high place which the Boys' High School takes In the education of the youth of Atlanta; and here the boys are aleo taught the fundamental principles of oratory and debate. On account of the lack of room, five school rooms have been built, thus making the hell very much smaller, while the rooms themselves are unlit for school rooms. So Inconvenient are these rooms that they have become a byword of the boys and are termed by them, "Chick en Coops.” These are not myths but facts stated In exceedingly mild terms. Will the people of Atlanta allow these conditions i:o exist? Or will they In their usual philanthropic spirit supply this great need? I call your attention to these facts, Mr. Editor, In order that you may In your eloquent style rouse the people to action and carry out your fight for Improved school buildings. Sincerely, R. B. BELLE. Hail 8torm Damaged Peach Crop. Special to The Georgian. Byron, Oa„ May 6.—A terrific hall storm accompanied by much wind and a heavy rain passed over this section Friday afternoon, lasting about thirty minutes and doing much damage to growing crops nnd the peaches which were left on the trees by tbe recent cold snaps. Hall stones ss large aa part ridge eggs fell thick and fast for fifteen twenty minutes. Hampton Roads Boat Racts. Norfolk, Va„ May 4.—Races for ths Battenberg cup Is the principal event or about the expoeltton grounds to day. The crew from the battleship Il linois will defend It against the crew from the British cruiser Argyle. Fifty thousand dollars h«a been wagered on the result of this race. Thousands have been going to the roads In all sorts of craft to witness tbe race. that you correct it, and that you males COLUMBUS R Woodmen to Hold Banquet. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell, Ga., May (.—Ths local Woodmen of the World will hold their annual banquet at their camp hall on next Friday evening. II. H. Wilcox, who Is chairman of the committee on arrangements. Is making all necessary preparations. Several prominent mem bers of the order are on tbs program for short sary number of names to the petition calling for an election under the local option law have about been secured. The ladlee of the city have entered Into the tight and formed a Woman's Anti-Saloon League. The fight Is going to be a very bitter one, as both sides are lining up strongly. Tho ladles are giving out prohibition badges and they have arranged to have the church bells of the city ring each day at 11 o'clock as a signal for united prayers for ths success of the prohibition cause. EXPRESS RATE CUT ALMOST IN HALF Washington, May 8.—The Interstate commerce commission rendered Its first opinion In a case involving the reason, ableness of an express rate In a case brought by the Society of American Florida against the United States Ex press Company. In July, 1906. the rate was Increased from 60 cents to $1 per hundred pounds. The commission rules that ths rata should be reduced to 60 cent* per hun dred pounds and holds that the express company can not justify Its Increase In rate by tho mere production of Its con tracts with Its own agents and ths railroad companies. WINTER WHEAT CROP MAY SHOW SHORTAGE Chicago. May 6.—There la a growing conviction on the part of many traders and commission men that the crop of winter wheat has been seriously dam aged, and one excellent authority has mode the prediction that the crop will be about 100,000,000 bushels below that of last year. LONGWORTHS VISIT LEXINGTON RACES Loxlngton. Ky„ May 6.—Represents- five Nicholas Longworth and Mr*. Longworth, formerly Mias Alice L«e Roosevelt, daughter of the presldagt. arrived here from Cincinnati this morning In their large touring car to attend tho closing day of the races as* guests of the Kentucky Racing Asso ciation. . In honor of the distinguished visitors one race hae been named the Longworth Handicap." HANDSOME HOMES TO BE ERECTED Plan* for the erection of three new country residence* near Atlanta aro being drawn by Architect E. E. Dough erty for three well-known AUjntans and work on the reeldences will he be gun In a ehort while. w'alte'r Andrews will erect a home on Peachtree road. Rough stone and tim ber will be used In th* conetructlon cf the house and It will cost approximately * 5 Hugh. T. Inman will build on West Peachtree street, adjoining Hugh Rich ardson's place. The house will be of etone with tile roof and hardwood fur nishings. Edward Inman will build a home on the Knoll In Aneley Park and rough stone and timber will be used In the conetructlon. The two homes will cost in the neighborhood of $*#,000. 2,COO GALLONS OF BEER FOUND AT ILLICIT STILL. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell. Oa., May 6.—Deputy Col lector Springer and Deputy Marshal Grizzle made a raid on an Illicit dis tillery a few miles east of this place, Saturday, and captured a distillery.-to gether with about 2,000 gallons of beer and other materials for making liquor. Ths owners and operators of th* etui -have not been captured.