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THE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 10W.
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Commission’s Report Shows
Startling Facts on
Crime.
One of the meet startling featuree of
annual report of the prison commleslon
foot that more than M per cent of
h, ronrlcte In the Georgia penitentiary
are there for homicide or attempt to take
human life.
In the penitentiary for the year euilln*
June 1 1907. there are MO aerrlng life ternia
for murder, 105 for manelnughter, 267 for
l.temnteil murder and 38 for unlawful
!h£X« making the total 1.340.
‘"■The tot"” ln ' h ® penitentiary
In ten yearn the ronrlcte for
„lme« hare Increased only 10 per cent,
whUe for homlddea and attempt* to take
humnn life the Increaaa la 13 per cent.
Attention la directed to the conatnntly
teerraalna value of conrtct labor. Under
(feub'ontract recently approved, the lnbor
b wifh| t n ,S the P tweire U monthi ahown In the
"et > hireI'nnd S Ml,W) , from atate farm"prod
“the commlaalon aaka that Ita annual an-
aroprlatlon ho Increaard from S1SS.000 (o
liwlnoo. In order to meet lucreaied ei
*"The*increaae In conrlcta over the preced.
Inc year la 6.10 per cent. The youngeat
tonrlet la 11 year* old, and the oldeet 81.
There nre nine boya under elxteen yeara *•
’^fhero* are*7? women In the penitentiary,
(re white and 73 colored. In occnratf-
laborers lead lo numbers with 0K3. 7111
are 1.181 married convicts and l,283 alngle
only reed nnd 063 nre totally Illiterate. Two
are'aerrlng their twelfth terms'In the pen.
Fulton has more repreaentalvea In the
K nltentlary than any other count-
it,,n county baa none.
nr
William Carroll Struck by
Motor Car, and Chauf
feur Is Arrested.
Aa the result of being run over by an
automobile Wednesday morning nt South
Pryor and Wall streete, William A. Carroll,
70 years of age, of 811 Whitehall street,
special agent for the LouIstIHo and Nash
rule and Atlantic Coast Line railroads, '
Id the Orady Hospital seriously lnjured>aud
may die.
Tracy Mining, a young while man,.
yeara old, the chatiffenr In chsrgo of tho
machine, la being held In the police station
without bond
Carroll's lujc
Joseph D. Rhodes, of tho Ilhodes-IIaverty
Furnltura Co. Mrs. A. G. Ithodes, mother
of Mr. Rhode*, was In tho machine nt the
time of the accident.
Mr. Carroll had tbr„ ..„
lured about tho head, and
ad.
Mr. Rhodes mads a thorough Investigation
and states that the accident wee unavoid
able. The chauffeur and witnesses state
that tha macblna was going about frtnr or
(re miles an hour and that young Mining
wai sounding hla horn. Mr. Carroll did not
notice the auto and stepped In front of It.
A .freight train, wee ecroae Pryor street
creeling nt the time and the chauffeur wee
•lowing down to wilt until the train panned.
Police Sergeant Foatcr had the Injured
man liken to the hospital In an auto, after
which the chauffeur woe locked up.
Raisuli Holds
Sultans Guard
Tangier, July 3.—While negotiating
wlih Ralsull, the bandit chief, upon the
terms for hla surrender. General Sir
Harry MucLean,-commander of the sul
tan's body guard, was made a prisoner
by the outlaw and will be held as a
hostage pending the eultan'e pardon of
Ralsull on hie own terms. General
MacLean wae formerly an English of-
Chicago,
States
TO PASS RATE LAW
AN EXTRA SESSION
MAY BE CALLED
*W,‘« Th ® Georgian.
Raleigh, N. c„ July I.—It la reported
that Governor Olefin will call a special
•Melon of the legislature to pass a 2 1-2
tali ,[ a l ''; ay Passenger rate bill, to
take the place of the 2 1-4 rate law as
» compromto. to end the suite now
pending St Asheville In the United
mates court. Governor Glenn li
hla farm, In Rockingham county.
-NO FRANKS ON
EXPRESS CO.’S
III, July 2.—The United
government has aimed a blow
I've of the biggest express compa-
2, ln th ® country. District Attorney
m «. upon Instructions issued at
' aahlngton, appealed to the United
from e ?i[ cu,t court ‘o restrain them
Th„ , rther '‘“nance of franka.
the „ ®?. v,rnm ® n ‘ seeks to stamp out
thrnf,S. c< on ,ho Pa** ot companies
which the officers and em-
tV, .vP . cor P°ratlons are permitted
fromi P tn * ot charge merchandise
om one state to another.
SUES RAILROADS
TO RECOVER $65,000
®P«lal to The Georgian.
L,m.p , ^ C ” ba * FIa “ July *•—The Jackson
h ™ b * r Company, operating at Lock-
Loui«*?ii 11 h, ‘ flled »ult against the
of OeSlL. ,n 5 Naahvllle, the Central
Panle« r fi a an< * nln ® °*her railroad com-
«m»e t° recover 145.000, alleged to be
rates " a< ‘ count ot exceaalve freight
STATE IS RESTRAINED
FROM COLLECTING TAX
ON GEORGIA RAILROAD
Under a decree elgned Wednesday by
Judge Newman, of the Federal court,
the state of Georgia Is perpetually re
strained from the collection of any
1**'” from the Georgia railroad, ex-
wmL ,he 0 . n ®‘ half of 1 Per cent on Its
gross receipts, as contemplated In Its
cnarter.
.J.IkPP 4 Comptroller General Wright
sought to collect a franchlae tax from
the Georgia road. It waa fought under
the plea that tne original charter from
the atate exempted the road from all
taxes except the one-half of 1 per cent.
The case was carried to the Federal
court by the road. Attorney General
Hart representing the atate. Judge
Newman holds that the charter Is atlll
binding on the atate. and that the col
lection of any other tax Is not author-
Ixed by law.
CHICAGO TELEGRAPHERS
MA Y QUIT RETS SUN DA i
Chicago, July a,—Chicago telegraphers
will decide at a mass meeting next ftundny
whether to strike against the Western
Uolon and the Postal telegraph companies
lu this city. The executive committee of
the local telegrapher!’ union met late ves*
terday afternoon to eonalder tho Western
baton Company’s refusal to reinstate n dla-
charged operator, and decided to recom
mend an linmodlnte strike In Chlengo.
It la possible, It la said, that a strike
will occur hefore Sunday, aa President
Small has It In hla power to order the men
out ln compliance with a pre-arranged plan
of warfare, said to ho already formed hr
the nulon executive board, with powers o*f
action vested In President 8mall.
CLOWRY 8AY3 COMPANY
WILL 8TAND ON AGREEMENT.
New York, July 8.—President dow
ry. of the Western Union, today sent
the following message to the general
superintendents of the company nt
New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San
Francisco:
“There is no truth In the rumors
being circulated throughout the coun
try that the Western Union Telegraph
Company has receded from Its position
tuken In my letter of June 30 to Charles
P. Nelli, commissioner of labor. I had
another meeting with Commlsslonet-
Nelll last Monday afternoon and as
sured him that notwithstanding the
unwarranted action In calling a strike
at San Francisco the company would
carry out the conditions set forth
that statement In good faith."
COMMISSIONER NEILL
ON JOB ONCE MORE,
Washington. July 3.—Commissioner
of Labor Neill left Washington at noon
today for Chicago. It Is understood
from his Intimates and In his depart
ment that his trip Is In regard to the
telegraphers' strike. Dr. Nelli Is not
expected back until next week.
TATE MAT OPPOSE
MORRISJQR JUDGE
Rumored That He Will Run
For Bench in Blue
Ridge.
•That United States District Attorney
F. Carter Tate will be a candidate
against Hon. Newt Morris for the
judgeship of the Blue Ridge circuit Is
what those wise in political matters In
that circuit confldently believe. In
fact. It Is said that Ml 1 . Tate has con
sented to allow his name to be used ln
connection with the race.
It Is not believed that Judge George
F. Gober will again be a candidate to
succeed himself, but that Newt Morris
will, there Is little doubt. In fact, aft
er his last defeat at the hands ot
Judge Gober he announced that he
would be a candldate again at the next
primary.
Mr, Tate became prominent In Geor
gia affaire by a congressional experi
ence of twelve years, during which
time he made an excellent'rjeord from
the Ninth dlatrlct. He was a promi
nent member of the committee on naval
affair* and was well liked by both sides
of the house. After hla defeat, he was
appointed by President Roosevelt, In
December, 1906, as district attorney,
and has held that office ever since. Mr.
Tate Is considered a lawyer of re
markable ability nnd Is counsel for the
Louisville and Nashville railroad In
several counties In the state.
Mr. Tate was absent from his office
Wednesday, and no authoritative elate,
ment could be obtained.
ECONOMY NEEDED
ELKS OE GEORGIA
OFF F0B_REONION
To Leave Next Week Ovef
Southern For Phila
delphia.
State’s Finance Sheet Shows
That Lawmakers Must
Go Slow.
Even with a probable Increase of
near 280,000,000 In tax returns from
corporations and county tax digests, It
apparent that this general assembly
must exercise great caution In making
appropriations.
If the arbitration boards conform In
measure to Comptroller Wright'i
Ideas of Just returns on corporations,
the Increase from this source will be
near 140,000,000. If the county tax di
gests show proportionate Increases
with those of last year, another *40,-
000.000 will be added.
But the new administration faces a
problem In financing, and unless the
general assembly displays great corner,
vatlsm In making appropriation, i
heavy deficit la certain to result. From
1880 to 1900 tax values have Increased
from 1251,424,051 to 1027.532,532. Yet
the tax rate In 1200 was only 2.5 mills,
as against 4.0 mills In 1900. The dlspo.
sltlon to constantly Increase appropria
tions has In a large measure resulted
this condition?
With these facts to face, It Is going
.w be hard work to get Increased appro,
prlatlona of any kind through this ses.
sion. save those of the utmost Impor
tance.
ILLNESS BRINGS
VAUGHAN PARDON
Henry N. Vaughan, of Dallas, Texas,
after serving for one year at the Fed
eral prieon In Atlanta on a charge of
perjury In bankruptcy proceedings, has
been released from prison on a com
mutation sentence elgned by President
Roosevelt.
He was sent up for two years In 1904.
and was released Monday, after serv
ing about half of his term. His release
was due to the efforts of his mother,
whose plea wae that he had tubercu
losis and would not live long.
Liverpool Cotton Advances.
Liverpool, July 2.—Following the
sensational advance of cotton price* In
™ j New* York yesterday on th. strength
Ice nr iu... _ . . . . I .. Mvarnmanl Cron estl-
Atlanta Elks, reinforced by other
members of thnt organisation from Ma.
con, Rome, Columbus and other Geor
gla cities, will leave Atlanta at noon
Saturday, July 13, in a special train
over the Southern and will descend
upon Philadelphia to attend the annual
convention of the order, which will be
held from July 15 to July 20, Inclu
five.
The Atlanta lodge, together with
those In Macon, Rome and Columbus,
have selected the Southern as the off!
clal route, and the members of the. or
der from other cities in the state will
meet the,Atlanta delegation here and
all will leave on a special train of Pull
mans.
S he Elks will leave Atlanta at
ijck noon on Saturday and will ar
rive In Philadelphia 12:55 o'clock noon
the next day. Reduced rates of 122.90
for the round trip have been made,
and as a result It Is expected that
Georgia will send one of the largest
delegations attending the convention.
WELL UNDER WAY
Opening Games in Southern
Championship Wed
nesday.
Many matches In the Southern lawn
tennis championship at East Lake were
played Wednesday morning. Despite
the damp condition of the courts and
the threatening weather of the early
hours, the tournament progressed with
out a hitch.
The results of the matches played
Wednesday morning follow:
Preliminary Round—Little defeated
W. Grant by default. Orme defeated
Mooney, 6-1, 6-3. Leonard defeated
Westfall by default. Adair defeated L.
J. Grant by default.
First Round—Mayberry defeated
Earnshaw by-default. Little defeated
David, 8-0, 6-1. Day defeated Crawford,
6-1, 6-3. Logan defeated Henderson.
6-1, 6-3. Bates defeated Mansfield, 7-5,
6-8. 6-3. Charles Rodgers defeated
Mlddlebrooks, 6-2, 7-5.
Doubles, Preliminary Round—Norton
and Cornelius defeated Berrien and
David, 6-2. 6-2. Byrd and Cowan de
feated L. Grant and C. Dorsey, 6-8, 6-3.
Crawford and Van Gilder defeated W.
C. Grant and Westfall by default. Now.
ell and Smith defeated Adair and
Spratllng, 8-6, 6-4. Scott and William*
defeated W. Grant and HendeFson, 6-1,
6-4. Stearns and Kingman defeated
Meeka and Ayers, 6-8, 7-5, 6-1.
Singles—Day defeated Logan, 8-6,
6-2.
MEMORY OF JUSTICE
PAID ALL HONOR
ratM n «*_°J * wo 'cents a hundred In of a peaalmletie government rropeatl-
®fimin*t!on. °* tha ° h, ° rtv * r u * <H«-J m *'^ cotton adv » nc ® <1 h ® r ® today s *
The memory of the late Chief Jus.
tlce Logan E. Bleckley wa* fittingly
honored Wednesday morning at
dock In the supreme court.
Hla life and work was reviewed with
feeling and understanding by Judge
John L. Houklns and Judge Joel Bran
ham. of Rome, nlso made Impressive
remarks about the great Jurist. On be
half of the court. Justice Henry Lump,
kin made a feeling reply.
At the conclusion of. the memorial
the court adjourned for the day odt
of respect to the dead chief Justice.*
A. F. Leach.
A. F. Leach, aged 53 years, died on
Wednesday morning at 6 o’clock at hla
residence. In Scottdale, Ga. He la sur
vived by hi* wife and eight children:
alto by two brothers, H. C. and E. N.
Leach. The funeral aervlcea will be
conducted Thursday morning at 19
o'clock. The Interment will be at In
dian Creek church. Mr. Leach was a
member of Chippewa Tribe No. t. Red
Men, of Inglealde, Ga.
PROHIBITION BILL
READ SECOND TIME
IN STATE SENATE
Adjournment to Monday
Taken After Long and
Hot Argument-
senator John P. Knight la opposed te
adjournment. He believe* In keeping
the legislative mill grinding, whether
thero la much grist In the hopper or not
With such feelings about It, he
wrestled with the senate for over two
hours Wednesday in a vain effort to
prevent adjournment from Wednesday
to next Monday. He took’every possi
ble step to defeat It, but was finally
downed.
But he won one victory, while losing
another. He forced the house to make
July Fourth a non-legislative day, as
well as Friday and Saturday. This was
In the form of an amendment to the
Joint resolution sent over from the
house making only Friday and Satur
day dies. non.
During the rather humorous debate.
In which President Akin was frequently
called upon to untangle the disputants
from parliamentary maxes, Senator
Knight and Senator Felder measured
lances.
Senator Knight was backed up In his
Opposition to adjournment by Senators
Camp, Wilkes and Born. Senator Fel
der engineered the other side of the
question cleverly. Willie Senator
Knight was making one of his several
speeches on the question, a house mes
senger came over with a message, but
the member from the Sixth declined to
yield the floor even for a house mes
sage.
President Akin will not announce his
senate committees until Monday.
Prohibition Bill Read Second Time.
The preliminary fight for prohibition
as Inaugurated In the senate Wednes.
day morning, on the motion of Senator
Hardman to take up his bill for a sec.
ond reading.
Senator Felder opposed It. on the
g round that It was not regular, but
resident Akin ruled that It waa a mat
ter for the senate to determine, and the
vote for a aecond reading was unani
mous.
Then a new difficulty arose.'
Hardman had the bill, and after rumag
ing through his desk found that he had
left It at his hotel. A messenger was
sent post haste for It, while the senate
suspended action, subject to the call of
the president. It was Anally found,
read the second time and re-referred to
the temperance committee.
Senator Felder Introduced a bill to
require telegraph companies to receive
and transmit messages Impartially un
der penalty of 1100 line. It makes them
equally liable In a court of eqqlty for
failure to transcribe messages In cipher.
To Increaaa Fertilizer Feea.
Senator Hardman Introduced two Im
portant bills. One provides for the
election of pension commissioner and
state geologist by direct vote of the
people. Both are appointed by the gov
ernor now.
His other bill Increases the fees for
fertiliser Inspection from 10 cents to 25
cents per ton, which would more than
double the state's revenue from this
source. Inasmuch as such fees go to
the new district agricultural schools,
this bill will meet with much favor
among the people.
An Invitation waa read from the cltl
zens of Rabun Gap to the senate to at,
tend a big Masonic Fourth of July cele
bratlon.
On motion of Senator Gordy, a com
mlttee on county and county matters
was created, and will be named by
President Akin later.
President Akin named Senators
Wilkes, Taylor and Gordy a committee
on hall and rooms, to provide senate
committee rooms.
New Bills Introduced.
The following bills were read for the
first time:
By Senator Felder—To prescribe the
duty of electric telegraph companies as
to receiving. and transmitting
patches.
By Senator Boyd—To require the
true owners of wild lands which have
been sold prior to 1905 to pay taxes on
same.
By Senator Hardman—To provide for
the election of the pension commission
er and geologist by direct vote of tho
people.
By Senntor Gordy—To .regulate the
commission of tax receivers of this
state on county tax.
By Senator Hoyd—To provide for the
recording of certified copies of deeds In
certain Instances nnd to provide that
certified transcripts from such records
shall be admissible In evidence In such
Instances.
By Senator Hardman—To provide for
state bureau of Information under the
direction of the state librarian.
By Senator Howard—To amend state
constitution relative to pensions to
widow* of a '-Hifederate soldiers by re
pealing requirements of pauper's oath.
By Senator Henderson—To relieve
sureties on the bond of W. L. Paulk, of
Irwin county.
By Senator Hardman—To amend act
relative to fees for Inspecting fertili
sers.
The long fight over adjournment fol.
lowed. It resulted In Ihe senate ad
journing until Monday morning, Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday being de
clared non-legislative days.
ALEX SMITH TO RUN
FROM THE EIGHTH
A warm race Is now on for council from
the Eighth ward, the opposing candi
dates being Dr. Samuel D./Warnock
and Alex W. Smith.
Dr. Warnoek has announced, and
Alex W. Smith, the well-known attor
ney, has been frequently and persis
tently spoken of. It Is now authorita
tively stated that he will be In the race.
DR. ROGERS OF N. C.
VISITS ATLANTA
Dr. W. A Roger*, of Franklin. N. C’„
a member of the North Carolina legis
lature and one of the leading physl-
cians ot his state, te at the Kimball
House. This Is Dr. Rogers' first visit .to
Georgia's capital and he expresses him
Gate City > f the South. Dr. Rogers Is a
brother of Hone Sam Rogers, a member
of the North Carolina railroad commis
sion. ' i- , .
J. M. High Company I J. M. High Company
GREAT
REMNANT
SALE
Wash Goods
Tomorrow, 8 ©’Clock
1
At
ib'ii
Remnants 40c Organdies..
Remnants 20c to 35c Persian Lawns
Remnants 15c to 25c Fancy Lawns
Remnants 25c Dotted Swiss
Remnants 15c to 25c Dress Ginghams
Remnants 12 l-2c and 15c Percales
Remnants 35c Silk Mousselines
Remnants 15c Pajama Checks
and other White and Colored Cottons, while they last,
at 10c a Yard
Sale Begins at 8 O’Clock
Choice, desirable pieces, white and colored Cottons, suitable for Shirt
waists, Kimonos, House Dresses, Children’s Waists and Dresses, etc., etc. Rem
nants of 15,20,25,30c and even 40c summer goods, while they last 10c yard.
Of course this sale will draw out the largest crowd
of the year and you’ll have to get here early to se
cure best values.
None
Sold
to
Merchants
or
Dealers
CHOICE
10c Yd.
J. M. HIGH CO.
10 BE_B1G FEIST
Many Tribes to Celebrate
With Barbecue at
Piedmont.
It la going to be a Red Men's Fourth
of July In Atlanta.
That.I*, the well-laid plana of the
local 3,000 members of the order of Red
Men la to capture the city by a splendid
program of exercise*. a more splendid
barbecue, and a great, biasing torch
light parade, and then turn It over to
the 1,000 and more visiting Red Men
from all over the atate.
The plans committee has spared no
effort nor pains In making great prepa
rations for the Atlanta Red Men’s Jubi
lee Thursday. About sixteen tribe*
from all parts of the state have accept
ed the Invitation to attend and others
are expected.
All the Red Men. local and visitors,
will meet at the Wigwam, on Central
avenue, Thursday morning, where they
will be presented with badges, each
badge being good for two admissions to
the barbecue.
The “Injuns" will meet at the gov
ernment building at Piedmont Park at
11 o’clock, where two short addresses
will be delivered, and Dan Carey, one
of the reddest and readiest of the Red
Men. will read the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
Fir* National Salute.
Following thl*. tho national salute of
43 guns will be fired by the Governor's pipCf.
Light Artillery.
Following this, nil the Red Men with
podges will march Into the building,
where the great barbecue will ‘ ~
served. The side dishes will be many
and the main dish will be memorable,
so say they who ought to know.
From tho barbecue the Red 5Ien will
go to Ponce DeLeon and have a regu
lar jollification meeting, taking In all
the amusements, not the least of which
will be ihe baseball game.
At 6:30 o’clock,.all the “Injuns'* will
meet at the Wigwam to prepare for
the big red fire parade. The proces-
vlon will go down Mitchell street to the
comer of Whltehnll, there turn and
march down Whitehall and Feachlree.
Great biasing torches will be carried
through the streets by the thousands
ot “Jublleers" and a solid line of .red
fire will be built on Whitehall and
Peachtree from Mitchell to the Aragon
Hotel. There will be a band, of course.
Maybe it will not be a red letter day
for the Red Men.
Shot Lover; „
KilledSelf
New York. July 3.—In a jealous
rage a pretty young woman shot Hen
ry Stern today and then killed herself.
Stem and the girl were engaged
be married. They quarreled last night
Stem called today and attempted a,
reconciliation.
The quarrel was renewed and with-
out warning the woman pulled a re'- .
volver from under the fold* of fcor
dress and shot Stem. She then scut,
a bullet through her head, dying in
stantly.
FOUND NO CLEW TO NEGRO
WHO OFFERED IN8ULT.
'ered an Insult to Misa Mamie Robin-
eon. th* 12-year-old daughter of Officer
Charles Robinson, of Fulton county, the
crowd-engaged In the search returned
Don’t forget, 40c box of
Wiley’s Chocolates and Bon
bons free with cash want
jads brought in next Friday
land Saturday for Saturday’s
$
S3
NEGRO IS PURSUED £j
BY LARGE POSSE
gcoltaboro. Ala., July 2.—A negro, be
lieved to be Harrison Cothran, aged
about 19 years, climbed Into the *pi>m
of the 16-year-old daughter of Consta
ble Porter L. Sewell, who resides near
town, at about 2 o’clock this morning.
The girl was aroused and screamed,
and a* her father came to her assist
ance the Intruder leaped through I ho
window. Mr. Sewell suspected Coth- j
ran, whom he recently took from Jail,
where he was eonflned’on a charge of
burglary. Oolng to the negro’s room,
Mr. Sewell found him apparently
asleep. He denied the' crime. Mr. Se-Hj
well sent to town after cx-Sherlff Aus
tin. Watching hla chance, Cothran
darted out ot tha door and made Ids 1
escape, although several shots wc.e
fired at him. A large posse Is In pur
suit of the negro. Bloodhounds arrived
from Chattanooga at noon, and wore
— "ih scene.