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FOR ALL OR NONE IS PRESENT PLAN! Will Reconsider Primary Plan If Members Call Meeting. The fear* of those who had advocated the election of certain city officials by the people, that the proposition would not be put as they wished it in the commit primary will be realised, It teems. The sub-committee of the city exec utive committee hold* that the resolu tion passed by the committee on June provides for an expression from the rcople on the question of electing some twenty-five officials by the people. The sub-committee holds further that the resolution provides but for one vote ,m all and not for a separate vote for each ’ For Instance, if n person favors the election of one official by the peo ple and of another by council or by a board he can not so vote. F- vote the same way on both. So In the coming primary a person who'favors the election of twenty-four of the officials named by the people ,nd opjwses the election by the people of the twenty-fifth. Jtas no way to ex press his convictions by ballot, and must vote either for or against the election of all of them by the people. Not at Intended. Alderman Curtis, at whose instance Committeeman T. O. Poole offered the resolution, insists that this is not what the resolution intended, but tile sub committee holds that It is what the res olution says, nnd therefore the sub committee has to take action accord ingly. M M. Welch, chairman of the execu- t've committee, stated to a representa tive of The Georgian Saturday morn ing thnt If a reasonable number of members sign a petition, he will call another inoetlng for tha purpose of re- cmslderlng the resolution. Following Is the reaolutlon as adopt- td: ■Resolved, That the qualified voters •t this primary be given an opportu nity to express their choice as to whether or not they desire that the following city official* shall be elected bv popular vote of the qualified voters of this city In all future municipal elec tions, to-wlt: Officials Involved. ■'City clerk, city marshal, general manager and secretary of the city wa terworks department, city recorder, comptroller, city building Inspector, city electrician, superintendent of pub lic schools, chief Are department, street Improvement collector, city warden, city tax assessors, ward physicians, health officer, city license Inspector. •It is therefore ordered that the words ’For popular vote to elect,’ Against popular vote to elect,' be (Tinted on the official ballot to be vot ed in this primary, and each voter wlU have the opportunity. If he eo choses, to express his choice by eraeing the clause against hie option. These ques tions are to be treated as advisory to the general council of Atlanta, and the members of the legislature from Ful ton county, Georgia, and are not man- tatory." It was decided Friday night to assess all candidates for aldermen in the com ing primary 175 each and all candi dates for council 560 each. Candidates for the executive committee will be as sessed tl each. July 26 will be the last nay for paying the assessments. T. F. 1’orrlgsn is treasurer. Charles N. Al len was elected superintendent. IX OFFICER'S HANDS LETTER TO GIRL FELL Tampa, Fla, July 6.—Clyde V. Ho gan, who, It was reported, had skipped after checking up short by his em Ployees, a few weeke ago, has been ar. rested. Hogan’s home is supposed to be in Chlpley, Ga„ and it is said he has a brother In Atlanta Two or three days ago Hogan was located through a romantic love affair between himself and a woman who was at Douglas, Ga. Chief of police Walker received a letter from a man at Doug las, Ga, enclosing a letter written by Hogan to Miss Vlcey Bailey. Hogan stated In hie letter to Miss Bailey that be "as in trouble and Implored her to either come to Tampa and help him to make his escape from the city or to send him money to leave Tampa He said he had assumed the name of C. C. t'olton and any communications ad dressed to that name would reach him, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907. SAYS HE WILL PUT Prosecutor Heney Also Says Editor Got $15,000 Bribe. MR. FLANDERS’ BILL Lo* AnselM. July 6.-Frands J. Heney, the government proieeutor, who la bringing the Ban Francisco looters to l»ook. delivered two notable speeches In Los Angeles last night. The first was nt a banquet of the Municipal League and the secoud at Simp- ton auditorium before nn Immense audi ence. i..HT II ‘J ne - r of the arnft prosecution ! l L?“ n , t ' r ,* ac * ro ' MDd P a W his respects to Lenernl Harrison Gray Otis, editor of tha «iK S /vu^ n 5 e !?*w. man who accepted W5.000 of 1 at Calhoun's money first to breed ■trlfe between capital and labor In San Frandsco and recently to assist thnt Indl- vldunl in escaping tbe penitentiary for brlb- tng Schmitz nnd the Snn Francisco board of supervisors. ' art; making your tight In San F cisco, said Mr. Heney, "we're making fight of the stnte of California In Snn Fi u*?- .) v ? * rp ronklng the fight of whole Lnlted Stntea In Francisco and no one enn stop tis for n minute. 1 nm going back to Snn Frnnclaco to put Fat Calhoun Jn the penitentiary, and when I ntu through, beware. Harrison Gray Otts, that I don't come back nnd get you." AUENISTSREADY FOR EXAMINATION Two Eminent Experts Will Assist Judge Aldrich. TO PROTECT COWS IS NEXT OBJECT Suffering cows aro now coming In for the attention of Local Agent E. V. H Haskell, of the Society for the Pre v entlon of Cruelty to Animals. And be is going about relieving their suf fering just as energetically as he revo lutlonlzed the method of carrying eblckena about the streets, and as he protected an Innocent monkey from be- ms the target of negroes throwing 'brev balls for a nickel. 1 nr some time'past Mr. Haskell has policed that many of the cows brought ' ' Atlanta by farmers for sale are not [miked for a considerable length of ; lmp In order that they will make a “f'fr appearance and will bring more money. The calves that ar* brought 11,1 the cows are cooped up In crates, prospective purchasers are led to believe the cows ore better milk givers 'nan they really are. shoeTute case AWAITS DECISION Argument 1ft the boot and shoe rate ta-s* wa* concluded before Judge New- a In the Federal court Friday, and hrfl ney * * or b°th sides submitted rn. . for the consideration of the Judge Newman took the matter nner consideration and will announce decision later. * . J dec l*lo*i In the case means a * hi deal to the wholesale boot and of Atlanta. It Involves about tAt 1°. R ***** w 'hlch they will have to ' n ‘ncreased freight rates providing r «tes are advanced. Mary Farmer. th 7 , Juneral services of Mary Farmer, daughter of Mrs. Lillie t r2*T- w **° died Friday afternoon at a KaV.fJ? san *tarlum, will be conducted Concord, X. H., July 6.—Dr. George Ely. of Bostpn, and Dr. G. Alden Bloom er, of Providence, R. I„ two of the most noted alienists In Xew England, were appointed today to assist Judge Edgar Aldrich In determining the competency and sanity of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. Judge Aldrich himself requested the appointment of the experts. May Pass Bill Before a'Week If Dame Ruptor Is to be accredited,' the senate will probably pass the Hard man prohibition bill early next week. President John W. Akin will an nounce the senate committees Mon day morning when the senate con venes. Of course the temperance com. mfttee will be among the thirty-nine committees making up the senate. It Is more than probable that Dr. Hard man will head that committee, though a report le current that he will decline the place. According to the rumors, a meeting of this committee will be called Mon day afternoon to consider the prohibi tion bill. After some argument this measure was placed on Its second read ing last Wednesday. Therefore, when I 1 , comes from committee, provided ac tion Is favorable to It, It will be ready to be placed on Its third reudlng at cuce, which means Its passage. It Is believed that'the recommenda tion will be favorable, and that the senate temperance committee will not be long In sending It back to the senato with the recommendation that it be enacted Into law., Some believe that It will be up for passage Tuesday.or Wednesday. Hardly a doubt remains that the senate will pass tl by a large majority. It l» said that fully thirty members eland for rtratght prohibition. With the house committees named Monday, the bill would get to the house tem pt ranee committee next week. President Akin stated Saturday that his committees would all be announced Monday. He has worked hard during the week to make up the committees, nnd feels greatly relieved that the hard tusk Is about completed. Two Men Killed By Slide in Cut RECESS IS TAKEN IN HAYWOOD TRIAL UNTIL NEXT WEEK Inducement Held Out To -Mover To Turn State’s Evidence. HON. W. J. FLANDERS. He has a bill to tevise the divorce laws and reduce grounds for di vorce. Johnson County Represen tative Would Cut List of Separations. That the divorce laws of the state of Georgia are entirely too lax and that the plaintiff Is given too many grounds upon which to base a suit for the dlsso lution of the marital vows, is the opin ion of Representative Flanders, Johnson, and he has accordingly pre pared a bill which he thinks will rein edy the evil. In {he measure which he has drawl up and which will be Introduced in the legislature Monday, Mr. Flanders pro poses to strike out all the grounds for divorce except three. These are: Biga my. unfaithfulness and evidence of im moralityjpnjhe part of the wife before marrlagtJT tne* Hfcme being unknown to the husband. The grounds which Mr. Flanders pr< poses to eliminate from divorce suits the grounds upon which two-thlrdi of the divorce suits in the state of Georgia are based and are as follows: Mental Incapacity at the time of mar riage, marriage brought abou,t by force, duress or fraud, desertion, habitual In toxication, and the conviction of either party of an offense involving moral tur pitude. Although the bill is very stringent In regard to total divorces, Mr. Flanders provides that In cases of habitual In toxication or cruelty, the Jury; should it see fit, may grant a partial divorce. "Marriage is a divine, not a human institution." said Mr. Flanders in speak ing of his bill, "and we. as a state, have no more authority to pet it aside than we have to annul the Ten (Command ments. Too many divorce suits are se cured upon trivial grounds, which the law permits to be brought-Into divorce suits. People should marry with their eyes open, and If limitations are placed upon divorce-getting, then we will have fewer marriages in haste and less need for repenting afterword."' Should the bill of Mr. Flanders pass the legislature. It Is safe to say that the divorce record In the state of Georgia will be cut lirhalf. Abe Hummel Is Now Dying Boise, Idaho, July 6.—Tne defense in the case of W. D. Haywood Is rather amused than otherwise over the ef forts of the prosecution to induce Chan. H. Moyer, who was jointly indicted of enberg, to turn state’s evidence, berg, to turn state’s evidence. That inducement has been held out to Moyer to desert his comrades without doubt true, but Moyer, in com mon with the other officials of the Western Federation of Miners, de dares that these efforts can not avail, because Moyer has nothing to tell which would strengthen the case of tho state unless he committed perjury and this he has no intention of doing. The amusing part of the effort is the manner Ip which social attention Jibs b**«n showered upon Mrs. Moyer In the effort to get her to Join in the move ment to have her husband corroborate I he statements made by Orchard. It was through Mrs. Moyer that the offer was made to Moyer that he would be granted his freedom if he testified for the state. There will be no session of the court today. The proceedings have been postponed until Monday because of the non-arrival of San Francisco deposi tlons contradicting Orchard’s story that be blew up the Lynworth flats with dy namite. When these depositions are presented to the court, the cose of the defence will be finished with the ex ception of the testimony which is to be given by Haywood and Moyer. JAP PAPER SAYS II.S,FEARS BOYCOTT Complete Solution of Dif ferences Is Neces sity. Toklo, July 6.—A local paper this morning said that the American feel ing toward Japan appears to have reached almost an hysterical stage in their apprehension that the resolution adopted by the Japanese chamber of commerce is an Intention to boycott American goods. An explanation of such attitude may be sought in their own fear regarding the final outcome of the San Francisco affair. A complete solution of the ques tion. without leaving the least element of difference between the two countries, Is a pressing necessity. CALL GREAT RALLY AT 7HE WEEK IN COTTON By JOSEPH B. LIVELY. ey after the opening on Haturdny wsb upward. < big bulla supported Ihe market aggressively and being steady within a few points of the top and futures feared tue government report, to be Issued on Tuesday. July 2, both sides of the account expecting a condition above or below expectations—the lienrs count ing on u condition of 77 or over, while the bulls expected 75 or slightly under. IJu* dor these conditions, the market on Hnthrday, Monday and up to 12 o’clock Tues day was dull- but steady, with fluctuations comparatively narrow, but the tendon *•-- •—* Outside business was light. Imt the forced prices up sharply, the close ^■■NHli| .....J and 6010 points higher. On Monday, Liverpool came better than expected, and at the opeuing advances of 7011 points were noted, the market continuing the advance up to midday; re port* If high temperature* lu several place* in Texas and lnrge sale* supposed to have been made out of the stock in New York being the stimulating influence*. Hut in the afternoon there was a sudden change, and prices broke sharply, and the advance of the moruing was quickly lost, due to nn evident desire of small loner d — —- - * ed dos , tho curb was n little weaker than the close. Promptly at noon on Tuesday, the government Issued Its condition report, miking the average c ondition of the plnnt on June 25 only 72. an Improvement price* Jumped 30035 points. Then henry profit-taking by the bul caused a drop of 10015 points. On the set-back, shorts were tremendous buyers and prices quickly rati up to a new high level. Wire nnd commission houses received outside orders for long account and the room loaded up. There was very little for sale. It was felt that the sensationally bad report of the government would pro mote active competition for old crop supplies and lead to sensational strength lu <dd crop month* should the null clique maintain It* position. At the highest point of the sfternoou, prices suow*ed a net advance of 57061 points. Home reaction occurred in tho Inst hour under profit-taking. The close was 43052 points higher. Trade nt the opening on Wednesday morning was very active nnd prices were 5024 points higher. The first sale of July was ut 12.70, against 12.46 at the close Tuesday. From this level shorts bid the option by jump* of 5 nnd 10 points to 1,3c. Xew buying nutl covering of shorts wen* offset to some extent hr enormous real ising. Tile advance In positions Inter than July was 5010 point*. Wall street houses were very heavy seller* of the new crop positions for profit*, one broker alone dumping out moru than 40.000 bales, ou which It was rumored thnt there was a profit of over le a pound. The real feature of the cables was the failure of the English market to reflect any u fid tie excitement over the sensational government report of Tuesday, although ihe response of thnt market to the up turn here was full. Tills absence of excitement was taken to mean a full expectancy by tile trade lu Hnglniid of the report nnd all it stand* for. Heavy realizing continued through the last hour, with the market showing little rallying power. Sentiment whs bullish, however, nnd higher price* are predicted with the resumption of business after thy holiday period. The close was steady at h net decline of 12023 points. Thursday was holiday, and fbe market on 'Friday was uninteresting. WEEK'S RANGE IN FUTURES. NEW YORK. NEW ORLEANS. July S3 ■fe Ik H 5 o' ... [13.00111.0311^33^35111.91-93 September lllSltlLM11.97-96 Oetolier 12.38111.62 13.14-1B Ilecember 12.37 H.69'12.16-16 January |t2.48ll1.79|l2.23-24 ILHi 11.67-68 11.71-72 11.81-82 September October ... December . January ... 13,40*48 12.80-81 12.41-42 12.34-35 12.40-41 12.88 12.45-47 11.98-99 SPOT COTTON QUOTATIONS. Friday, Julv 5. Liverpool New York 13.50 New Orionn* 13Vfe Savannah 1214 Galveston 13»* Norfolk 13* Mobile 12^ Atlanta 13ft Augusta 13ft Memphis .. 13 Friday, June 28. 7.04 12.85 19»4 !2‘4 12T4 13V* Store Your Valuables While Out of Town Our Safe Deposit Boxes are commodious and conveniently ar ranged for the safekeeping of val uable papers and jewelry, as well as articles of greater bulk. They are absolutely secure and free from dampness and rust. Moderate Prices. Central Bank & Trust Corporation Candler Building, Branch Oor. Mitchell and Forsyth. GWINNETT EDITOR SORE AT PHIL COOK YV rites of Occupants Windows During Inauguration. of UNREQUITED LOVE MADE YOUTH FIX DEA TH MACHINE Xew York. July 6.—"Abe Hummel It dying. He can not live out his term. I doubt if he lives out the year 1907. Removal to a warmer, more balmy fa- mate might prolong his life. 1 have not told him what hIs illness Is. He Is depressed enough os It l«. He does not know that he Is a dying man.” This statement as to the condition of the former lawyer, ffrst-nighter, man about town, bon vivnnt nnd friend and confidant of society women, actresses, prominent men and crooks In Black well’s Island penitentiary, was made by one of the highest medical authori ties in charge of the prison hospital. Dr. Broughton Promises Fight On Whisky Traf fic Sunday. Special to The Georgian. Heflin, Ala.. Ju|y 6.—At the mines of the Great Southern Mica Company, 1.' miles from Heflin, Arthur Reedes and James Cofleld, two whlto employees, were Instantly killed at 6 o’clock yes terday evening by sliding rock In an open cut. The men were ut work when the rock slid In and they were crushed beneath the heavy mass. They v/cre both middle aged men and leave famlllee. A. C.L. Moves Headquarters Special to The Georgian. Wilmington, N. C., July 6.—On Au gust t Wilmington will lose the head quarters of the first division of the Atlantic Coaat Line railroad. At pres ent the ft rat division will be made Into two divisions, the first extending from Richmond to Florence and the second from Florence to Savannah. W. H. Newell, of Wilmington, haa been promoted to general superintend ent Of the first division, with head quarters at Rocky Mount. J. C. Mur chison succeeds Newell. A, \\. Ander son will become general superintend ent of the second division, wlthhead- quarters at Florence. 6. 51. Doar Is j Atlantan Killed Boarding Train flperlnl to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., July 6.—Golding Black, a white man, was Instantly killed here this morning In attempting to board a freight train on the Atlantic Coast Line. It is understood he hag a wife and chil dren living at 47 Luclle street, Atlanta. Black waa a barber and had been run ning a shop at Waycroas for several months. He was going to Quitman to open another shop when he was killed. Oldfield Tries To Slay Self Portland, ore,, July 6,—Brooding over hia arrest on a charge of fraud for fak ing In the automobile meet Thursday, Barney Oldfleld, the automobile speed marvel, attempted to commit suicide this morning. Oldfleld attempted to leap from a window of tho Portland Hotel. He was restrained only by the united efforts of his wife and a detective. Teachers Qualify. Bpeclal to The Georgian. Anniston, Ala., July 6.—Throughout the day trains have been bringing pedagogues to the city. This Is due to the fact that the regular semi-annual state examinations are being held at the Leighton Avenue school building to qualify teacher* tor service of the state. The examinations are under the In response to a call Issued by Dr. Len Q. Broughton, a greqt prohibition rally will be held In the Baptist Tab ernacle Sunday night. Speeches will j be mnde by leaders of the prohibition movement and everybody who Is In- lerested In the abolition of the whisk} trade Is requested to be present. In addition to furthering the fight being waged on the whisky traffic. It Is said thnt the first guns In the war to be waged on the members of coun cil who voted for the resolution memo, rlallzlng the legislature tn defeat the prohibition bill, will also be tired at the meeting Sunday night. The following communication from Dr. Broughton In regard to the meet ing haa been received by The Geor gian: Dr. Broughton’s Lottor. "Editor Atlanta Georgian, City: Dear Sir:—Arrangements are made to have a great temperance rally at our tabernacle on Sunday night, when we propose to haw something to say con cerning the present state prohibition agitation, ft Is a fact which could easi ly be proven by ballot that the vast majority of the white people of Atlanta and Fulton county are In favor of the passage of the Hard man-Covington bill now before the legislature. It Is a very small iter cent that la standing out In opposition to It. I have carefully look ed over the list of names of men who are exercising themselves here In At lanta to defeat the bill, and they not only represent a small minority of our white population, but a small minority even of the business men, the men who are making Atlanta. “We propose to show that the great white population of this city and com munity Is In favor of state prohibition. We have tried In vain In the past to get any legislation by the legislature that would protect tho dr}' counties of the state from having dumped Into them whisky from Atlanta, Savannah. Macon and other large cities In which the devil of the drink traffic holds head, quarters, and we never could get any thing done. "Now we have the ’bull by the horns’ In the legislature and propose to carry the state,' and all of these hitherto Im movable whisky forces are coming out and urging for antl-Jug law* and every other form ot restriction; only they say. ‘Just let us keep our whisky priv ileges In Atlanta and the other large cities.’ • Many Speakers. "This meeting Sunday night Is to ’set the hair on the dog’s back.' It Is plan ned to have Judge Aiken, of Carters- vllle. preside over the meeting, nnd the speakers will be Kennlor Hardman, of fommcrce; Senator Williford, ot Madison, end Representative Heabom St. Louis, July 6.—Kate Genettl, sis ter of August Genettl.. who lost his life with his chum, Louis Colonla, In the exnlQsinn at Consolidated Mine No. 17, near Collinsville, 111., last Monday, said today that she was certain the Infernal machine In which ths men were killed wo* prepared by a young man whom she had refused to marry. In the locked tool and powder chest opened by Genettl and Colonla, there was placed a double-barreled pistol, with both barrels loaded. The trigger was fastened by a copper wire. The pistol was left pointed toward a keg of powder In such a manner that Its dis charge could not fall to explode the powder. THROUGH TRAINS TO COLUMBUS, GA. CROYY r DS RIOT TO SEE MR. ROCKEFELLER Continued from Page One. Saturday afternoon at ? C lS The tESSSwi «> Florence as superintend- direction of Professor .Sam c’. Pelham, j WrigHt, «f Rome Mr. Wright will W^.'port.t.oo of the second dl-1 8up*r,nt*nd*n, Person, be.ng unable I ^vethej^^d^.^d^x^rt With tha beginning of a through service over the Atlanta and West Point Route Sunday, between Atlanta and Columbus, a territory which has htre- tofore been practically . cut - jolt front service to Atlanta will be opened, and a number of Important towns will be given a direct and rapid service. Tha Central of Georgia has recently completed Its extension of the branch from Greenville to Newnan, where It connects with the Atlanta and West Point lines. The Central haa operated local trains over the route for some time, but until the roadbed had thor oughly settled, through train service Was deferred. It will be opened Sun day. . The trains will be operated through to Columbus by the Atlanta and West Point, with line equipment. Trains will leave Atlanta at 4:10 p. m, arriving In Columbus at 8:50 p. m. Returning, .trains will leave Columbus at 6:3(1 a. ni.. arriving In Atlanta at 11:15 a) m. The afternoon train will arrive tn Columbus one hour and ten minutes earlier than the Southern's train. The splendid territory of Meriwether county . Is opened by the new route. Among the town* which .will be benefit ed by the service are Greenville. Stin son, Meriwether, Senola, Newnan, Warm Springs. Chlpley and Hamilton. Entertain Or. Broughton. The Ladles’ Aid Society of the Tab ernacle entertained Dr. Broughton and Mrs. Broughton at a luncheon oh Mon day evening at Grant park. There were about thirty-five In the party, the la dles and their friends, ami a mdst en joyable time was spent by ail. Filipino* Aro Excited. • 1 Manila, July The reported naval activity Is causing much excitement In the Philippine Islands. Leading Fili pino Independence organizations have announced that they side with the Americans against the Japanese. All the Japanese laborer* employed In the navy yard have been discharged. self. ’’Altogether, It Is to be a great rally, not only of our Tubernacle forces, but all the friends of the cause who see lit to com* and can get In the house. I.et Atlanta understand that we are not to be scared with all this talk about non-democratlc measures, local gov ernment and the like. We are not such fools that .we can not see that It Is thoroughly democratic from the stand point of the state. It la democratic, for example, to pass laws against murder, stealing, gambling and everything else that It wants to pass, and the same principle applies to prohibition. We are a great state, and as such we are tied to every county and district In the state, and muat legislate for the common good of all. "The exercises Sunday night Will be gin at 7:*0. Great music will be pro vided. and as. good a time as we can possibly give will be exercised. Fra ternally yours, “J.EN G. BROUGHTON.' cated by the court that you would go Into. The ■ Court—The objection Is over ruled. Rockefeller—Well your honor, as have been so long out of business and out of this business, I could not well answer that question. It Is a dozen year* since I have been at all actively related with affairs) It Is eight or ter. years since I have oven been In the of flee at all. Could Not Give Answer. The Court—What Is your general Im presplpn as to what the business of tho standard Oil Company ot Now Jer .cy Is? ’ A.—They have a refinery nnd refine oil. That was the—yes, It would be Impossible for me to give—to make answer to that question without study of the case. Judge Landis (turning to Mr. Rocks- feller)—How many refineries lias the Standard Oil Company In Indiana? Rockefeller—I don’t know what re- fineries there are In Indiana. The busi ness of the company has grown, since my connection with It. Q.—Is the Standard Oil Company In terested In other refineries? A.—That I presume Is so. Q.—Is the business of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for the production and sale of oil? A.—Production, refining and aale of oil are the principal features of the business. Q.—Is Ihe company engaged in any other business? ,A.—That Is rather a technical point, but I should say not strictly speaking. Q.—What were the dividends of the Standard Oil Company for the years 1903, '04 and '05? A,—Well, J would not attempt to state. Don’t Know Cloaringt. Q.—What were' the clearings during those years? A,—I don’t know. Judge Landis—What officers of the Standard Oil Company could tell of the dividends or answer any of my ques- tlons? Are there any? A.—I should think there are some who could. I should say Mr. Pratt, Mr. Barstow, or some of. the other gentle men who have been subpenaed. Mr. Rockefeller at this point was as sisted from the chair, and C. M. Pratt, secretary of the Standard Oil Com pany of New York, was called to the witness stand. Forty Per Cent Dividends. Judge Landis—Mr. Pratt, Is the out standing stock of the Standard Oil Company *100,000,000? A.—Well, noi exactly. The outetaad Ing stock Is 898,800,000. Q.—What dividends were paid li SUOI, ’04 nnd '06? A,—Forty per cent. Q.—What were the net earnings In 1908? Pratt—Forty per cent. 881400,000 in On* Year. The Court—What were ,1 he net earn ings In 1*08. 1904 and 1906? Pratt—In 1903 they were 381.300.000; 1904. 381,657,000; 1905, 357,000,000. E. M. Stanton, superintendent of car service of the Chicago and Alton tall- way, was the next witness. Court—Can you tell me what sums were paid to the Union Tank Line Company for use of cars from March 30. 1003, to September 30, 19057 Can you alio tell me tvhat sums of money the Chicago and Alton railroad paid to ther railways? Stanton—The price It paid waa’ three- fourths of a cent a mile. This is the recognized uniform rale paid by alt Rather a sensational attack Is mad# on Secretary of State Phil Cook In the current Issue of the Gwinnett Journal, published In Lawrencevllle by J. O. Bagwell. In an account of the Inaugural of Governor Smith, Edltdr Bagwell says: "There was another scene which we n'lsh the Atlanta papers had kodaked and given to us. The window* of the offices ot Secretary of 8tate Phil Cook, right along beside the Inaugural plat form. were empty, save two or three while persons In one window and two or three negroes In another. The doors to these various rooms were looked and the people shut out of their own apartment* by this man who thinks h- owns this office with all appurtenance'. He ought to be beat out of office and The Gwinnett Journal stands ready to help do It In the next election.” Facts in the Cato. The facto are: Five windows In the suit occupied by Secretary Cook’s de partment overlooked the Inaugtiral platform. The occupants of these win dows were: First window—Sirs. IV. L. Clark and (inughtei. of Amerlcus; Mrs. W. H. Kiser and son. Miss Marian Peel, At lanta: Mrs. Philip Cook and two chil dren. Second wlndoW—Mrs. J. M. DeSan-- sure and two children and Mrs. Wil lard Gregory. Third window—Ladles of the family of Major Erwin, of the comptroller'.) office. Fourth window—Mr. and Mrs. Hnw- II Slnimons, of Amerlcus; Colonel and .Mrs. Wesley Shropshire, of Summer ville; Mis* Daisy Johnson and Sirs. Goode Price. Fifth window—Goode Price and Cap tain Joa Johnson. Only one color el man was In the de partment during Ihe Inauguration cere monies, and that was the porter, Hs was under Instruction not to go near the windows, and followed It out. Secretary Cook Is under a 310,000 bond to care for the valuable state ar chives In his office. It has been the In variable custom during Inaugurnls to close the office for a brief time while so many strangers were about the cup. ltot. Secretary Cook's office was closed on ihe day of Governor Smith's Inaugura tion nt 11:50. when Colonel Cook had to leave It to take his place In the event, but tile occupants remained. Colonel Cook declined to have any thing to say about the attack In The Gwinnett Journal, but Goode Price, hi* chief clerk, who retires Saturday, wrote Editor Bngwtll embodying tli» above facts, and < losing with the opin ion thnt Editor Bagwell probably will be a* quick to correct an injustice as any man In the state. RAILROADS NEED G,000 OPERATORS Chicago, July «.—Several men who are willing to prepare themselves can have an opportunity during the next few months of entering the railway service In a branch that has produced the greatest number of higher officials, says a local paper this morning. The railroads of the country are face to face with the task of .securing at least 6,000 telegraph operators and pus. slbly double that number during the next nine months. TO BUILD RAILROAD INTO CAROLINA 8peelat to Tbe Georgian. Athens, Oa„ July 6.—Judge W. L. Hodges, of Hartwell, was a visitor to the city yesterday. He (failed on a number of our business men In the In terest of the new railroad from Atheni to Anderson, 8. C„ via Hartwell. The encouragement being received by the promoter* from Athene. Hartwell. Anderson and the people along the line practically Insures the success of build ing the line, and as soon as the clmru r Is granted the company will be organ ized and work of securing subscriptions will be commenced. railways In the United states. Mr. Millar entered a vlgoroti jcctlon at thl* point. ”1 object question and the answer.” sal Miller. "This witness Is imamoi testify In this specific case. He Ing asked questions of a generi tore and questions that Involve those engaged In till* trial Judge Landis ovtmile I ‘he then tdjo