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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Show- The Atlanta Georgian SPOT COTTON. ere tonight and probably Tues day. If you wish to keep posted on what the Legislature 1. doing, get Tho A \T fY XTTT'WTQ. “ The Bl -««»rldg. Diamonds, a thrilling mystery story. Is now Georgian Every Day. /XiX XJ 1 J_L/ VV U being printed in The Georgian. Read It Liverpool, steady; 7.43. Atlanta, steady; 13c. New York, quiet; 13.30. New Orleans, quiet; 13%. Augusta, quiet; 13%. Savannah, firm; 32%. VOL VI. NO. 6. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 12,1907. PRTffE* I® AM®"*: TWO CBNTB, ITXVJ.va£j. On Train*: PIVJi CENTS. TO STAY OUT Companies Are Just as Ready to Fight. LOCAL 60 HOLDS MEETING MONDA Y SEABORN WRIGHT TELLS WHY AND DETERMINES TO STICK TO FIGHT LOCAL OFFICES' BADLY CRIPPLED Handling All the Business The}' Can With Few Men at Keys. While a few men In both the Weetern Union and Foetal offices are working telegraph keye, the atrlke of the Com merclal Telegraphers haa badly crip pled telegraph service In and out of Atlanta. All messages are being taken subject to delay and there Is no assurance that they will get through to their desti nation. All but two of the union operators are out and they declare they will remain out until they win their light. Monday morning the strikers held an enthusiastic meeting In a hall on Viaduct Place that was largely attend ed. Several speeches were made and the strikers were unanimous In their determination to remain together And whip the light. At the conclusion of the meeting the press committee gave out. an Inter view declaring that the union opera tors were out to win and that the light they are making Is a peaceable one, for what they consider their rights. Will Be No Violence. "There will not be one overt act on the part of any member of the union," said the members of the committee, "that will call for any criticism. And should there be an act of this kind, the union, ofllclnlu .will take Immediate steps to punish the offender. We want 8CENE IN THE HALL WHERE LOCAL NO. 60 MET MONDAY FOR CONFERENCE. The local union of the Commercial Telegraphers met Monday morning and decided to stay out until the demands of the union were met by tho companies. The meeting was as quiet and orderly as a five o’olock BILL COMES E The Disfranchisement Fight Begins On Monday. the sympathy mil support of tho pub- ’’’ the peoplq of At- lie and wo will show Isnta >and tho country that no ono wearing the blue Maltese cross will bo guilty of any hoodlumlsm. In fact, we are ultra-conservative." It was declared by the committee that a large batch of telegrams were received In the office of the Western Union on Saturday by mall from Nhsh- vllle. While members of the press committee did not see these messages sent out to their destinations, they draw the natural Inference that they were rent out from here. It Is claimed by the union operators that both companies are putting mes senger boys In civilian clothing and clerks at keys with pens behind their tars to act as dummies so that the public may be led to believe they are operators. Then. It Is claimed, mes sages received to be sent out over the wires are mailed to another point where they may be sent out. "We wish,” said the members of the press committee, "to correct a mis leading statement attributed to Mana ger A. M. Beatty, of the Postal Com pany. He Is quoted In a paper to the effect that some of his pien earn over 11*7 a month. It Is quite true that such an amount of money haa been earned by one or two of his men. But the regular salary for those men Is |80 a month. Tho extra money was earned as a bonus for sending an extraordi nary amount of matter. In fact, It was earned at a strain that one Is un able to keep up. It Is not what the ordinary operator can do. The regu lar salaries of the operators for both companies Is from 160 to 180 month." A Woman 8trlker. One of the most enthusiastic of the striking operators Is Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Qalnesvllle. In addition to having been manager of the Postal office In that town, Mrs. Smith is secretary and treasurer of the local union there. "Both offices are out In Gainesville," •he said, "and there Is nothing doing there. Both offices were locked up when Atlanta went out and the three operators left their keys. Keys are Idle all the way from Atlanta to Char lotte and they will remain that way ■f union operators are to work them. “I am glad to see that the women operators are standing together so well. They are as enthusiastic af the men and they will stay out as long as the light to better our condition lasts.” It Is said by the striking operators that therj are several clerks and offi cials In both offices who can work the key* In a pinch, but even with these they say there Is not force enough to handle the business. So badly crippled was the service In Atlanta on Monday that the newspapers had to depend on the long distance telephone for con nections with cities over the state and In adjoining states. Newspaper Wires Working. This only applied, however, to special telegraph news service. Both the As sociated Press and Hearst News Serv ice wires were working. A crisis Is expected' with the Associated Press operators over the country at 7:50 o clock Monday night, when the twen ty-four hours after the giving of the ly will expire. ultimatum for more pay ....JSU.— Operators In Atlanta believe there will be a strike of these operators unless the demands are granted. The Hearst News Service, which supplies The Georgian, Is not affected. The Commercial Telegraphers’ Union has no grievance against Hearst. At the meeting of the union Mon day morning severnl women members "'•re among the speakers and their re marks were received with cheers. Many From IT o’clock Monday until the hour of adjournment at 1 O’clock Mon day afternopn. the lower house of the general assembly hacT under discussion tho Felder-Williams disfranchisement bill which has already passed the sen ate. There was considerable opposition to the measure manifested Monday morning and the Indications are that no action will be taken upon the bill earlier than Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Williams, of Laurens, Is leading the fight for the measure, while Mr. Hall, of'Blbb, Is leading the opposi tion. In addition to the qualifications al ready prescribed by law. the bill pro vides that only those shall be allowed to vote who come under one or more of the following qualifications: All persons who have honorably served In the land or naval forces of the United States In the Revolutionary war, or the war of 1812, or In the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians, or In the war between the states, or In the war with Spain, or who honorably served In the land or naval forces of the Confederate states or of the state of Georgia in the war between the states, or All persons lawfully descended from those embraced In the classes enumer ated In the sub-division next above, or All persons who are of good charac ter, and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a re publican form of government; or „ll persons who can correctly read In the English language any paragraph of the constitution of the United States or of this state and correctly write the same In the English language when read to them by any one of the regis trars, and all persons who, solely be cause of physical disability, are urn able to comply with the above require ments, but who can understand and give a reasonable interpretation of any paragraph of the constitution of the United States or of this state, that may be read to them by any one of the registrars, or , . Any person who Is the owner In good faith In his own right or at least forty acres of land situated In this state upon which he resides, or Is the owner In good faith In his own right of prop erty situated In this state and assessed for taxation at the valuation of 1600. The Felder-Wllllams disfranchise ment bill Is before the house Monday for passage, and the debate upon the measure Is expected to occupy the whole day, with perhap* a part of Tuesday. Tho house passed the general de ficiency bill, providing for* approprla' tlons amounting to 181,<31.89. The first fifteen mlnuteB of the ses sion was devoted to the reading of local bills a third time. Mr. McMahon, of Clarke, offered i resolution providing that the commit' tee on the state university and Its branches be allowed to visit the In stltutions during vacation Instead of during the session of the legislature. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, called up the general deficiency bill, which was the regular order of business for Mon- day. General Deficiency Bill. The bill Involved appropriations amounting to 381,433.82 to supply de ficiencies for the support of the state government. The house was resolved Into the com mittee of the whole house for the pur pose of considering the bill, with Mr. Nowell, of Walton, In the chair. The bill was taken up by paragraphs and adopted as follows: To supplement the contingent fund, 510,000. To supplement the public buildings i MANY WOMEN WALK OUT WITH STRIKERS “CLUB” AMENDMENT WAS MADE; EXPLAINS THE OBJECT IN VIEW To the Editor of The Georgian: It is well for u great many good people to realize that perfected prohibition lias not come in Georgia. All that we have done is to face about and take the first atop in the long, arduous road leading up the heights. “Heaven is not reached at a single bound, “We mount the ladder round by round.” We are standing today on the first round; the ascent is all before us. With this statement I address myself to the interview of certain good prohibition ists in Saturday’s Georgian, which created genuine alarm—not only in Atlanta— but throughout the tSate. These friends do not understand the scope of the pro hibition act. In order to understand the amendment to the tax act, which they criticise, it is necessary to know the provisions of the prohibition law. First—The law as passed by the legislature prohibits—without exception —the man ufacture of intoxicating liquors in Georgia. Second—It prohibits—without exception—the sale of intoxicating liquors in Georgia. ' - Third—It prohibits the keeping of liquor in any public place in Georgia. There are two things the law does not do: First—It does not—and under the interstate commerce law, could not— prohibit the shipment of intoxicating liquor into Georgia. Second—It does not prohibit the keeping of intoxicating liquors in any MRS. E. B. 8MITH, OF GAINESVILLE. Mrs. Smith Is as dstsrmined a striker as any in the army which marched out of the telegraph offices. Continued on Page Three. Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Gainesville, was one of the women who dropped her key, rose from her chair and walked out when the summons of the union came. She Is a well-known woman In labor circles, and has contributed a number of union labor articles to various pub lications. She was appointed a mem ber of the press committee of the un ion. lar members of the Telegraphers' Union and loyal wearers of the blub badge, are os deeply Interested In the strike and as determined to carry It through as are the men. •None of us would go back for a mil lion a day,” said Mrs. Summers, one of the most Influential women members. "The girls nre taking exactly the same stand as the men. We hove Just the same Interest and arc working Just as hard—or riot working Just ns hard—as the others. One entering the hall on Peachtree street Just before the meeting Monday morning would have thought some kind of a social affair was In progress. There was laughter on all sides ahd the knots of men and women seemed In high good humor. A queer thing was the fact that al though some of the operators bod been In constant communication they had never met formally and knew each oth er only by, their “Rlgns" or Initials they put at the end of a message. When Introduced the operators made un ef fort to Identify signs and names fur future use. NEW YORK PARALYZED BY OPERATORS’ STRIKE Continued on Page Three. New York, Aug. 12.—Out of a total of 2,600 operators employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. In Man hattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City only IS remained at their keys, twelve men and six women. One hundred and twenty-five non union men Joined the strikers as did the check boys, girls and elevator men, the latter leaving their elevators at the ninth floor arid walking down. The cotton exchange operators struck at 2:46 p. m. The 460 Postal operators walked out of the main office at 2 o'clock. The Western Union cable operators have gone out It Is reported that the Associated Press operators will go out at 5:50. The Commercial Cable Company op erators, It Is said, will go out at three o’clock. Seventy-five of the seventy-eight men employed In the Western Union cable office at No. 16 Broad street Join ed the strikers and were Joined Imme diately by those In the Harlem offices, and the branch exchanges throughout the city. Police Start Row. The Western Union officials refuse to make any statement. This morning they placed private policemen at the entrance to the building and as soon as the signal to quit work was flashed In the operating rooms, the reserves of the Church street police station were summoned by telephone. The police were responsible for all the excitement In the neighborhood. Pedestrians Mauled. Instead of quieting any disorder that might arise, they seemed bent on do Ing everything possible to make It place in Georgia—not a public place. Is a club room, where'a definite number of men meet, a public place? If it is, then the prohibition law prohibits the keeping of liquor in such a place. The proviso to my amendment covers this. If it is not a public place, then the members of such a club can keep it, not for sale, but for their individual use. Thus stands the prohibition bill as introduced and passed. Having fought the sale of liquor in clubs in my home town consistently and persistently, I early saw the danger in the bill and suggested that it prohibit the ' eeping of liquor in clubs. Our friends thought then we had all on our hands we could manage without bringing on us the opp> r thi bringing on us the opposition of the social club members of Georgia. I yielded, and I was right under the circumstances in yielding. Then, with the bill in this shape as passed, the question presented itself to * ' ‘‘ ‘ ‘ no me: Is it better to tax (not license )a thing which can exist without tax. Without tax under the bill any ten negroes in Georgia can have their room where they may keep their liquor for individual use. With the tax, they y $300 ’simply for the privelegc of keeping their liquor. Which is best? must pay We are confronted with a condition, not a theory. The time for shouting is passed, the time for practical detail work in the enforcement of this law is at hand. With this tax we have all clubs in Georgia in the open—thoroughly located. Without it, they may be in every cellar; in reali ty a “blind tiger,” and when found but and arrested claim they are “lockers.” This “It ' ‘ * locker” arrangement is not half the evil taxed as it will be untaxed. “Lockers” taxed will have a heavy burden to bear: 1. Room rent. 2. The hire of men to keep them. 3. The expense of building. 4. A $300 tax. 5. The cer tainty that the legislature in 1908 will abolish them. Now let me state plainly what ought to bo done: The senate has the right to amend by striking the $300 and inserting $10,000. As a matter of fact, I drew for Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur, the $10,000 tax amendment he introduced in the house, and which was defeated. I was unfortunately absent when he introduced the amendment and could not help him. With this amendment defeated in the house nothing else could be done except put back the old tax of $300 and appeal to the senate to raise it to $10,000. If I had not put the amendment on in the house, so that the senate could amend it, then the senate of their own initiative could not place any tax on it at all, all tax sections having to originate in the house. So if our friends want to help us, let them, before they go into tho public print and denounce us, know what we are trying to do, and now knowing it, aid us with all their power, in the senate, to strike from the amendment $300 and insert $10,000. SEABORN WRIGHT. BASEBALL FIRST GAME. ATLANTA.. 00. ... fg.~ • Bham... 02 -- . Catleton went In to pitch the opening game of the double-header with Blr- minghan), and Sweeney took the place behind the bat. For the visitors. McWeller pitched and Lattlmer caught. FIRST INNING. Molesworth grounded to left and on Castro’s wild throw went to second, He wae caught napping off second a moment later. Demont doubled to left Smith popped out to short and Demond was doubled out at Beconi througn Paskert'a fast work. ONE HIT; NO R Becker filed out to left. Winters walked. Paskert grounded to third: Winters out at second. Paskert stole second. Fox grounded to ehort; Paskert . .. -L.-J K'u HITS' N’O RUNS. MRS, ALICE A, HENRY SUES FOR DIVORCE A suit for total divorce and alimony wna filed Monday by Mr*. Alice Anatln Henry, of Atlanta, against J. F. Henry, formerly an Atlantan, but now a resident of Mobile, Ala., on the ground that he was In lovs with another woman, a resident of Atlanta, but whose name was not mentioned, and that at a result be was •cruel and Inhuman hi* wife and little daughter, Harsh out at third. NO HITS; NO RUNS. SECOND INNING. Gardner walked. Meeks tripled to deep center, scoring Gardner. Walters popped out to third. On a wild throw >y Coatleton to third, Meeks scored. Alcock fanned. Latimer walked. Mc Weller fanned. ONE HIT; TWO RUNS. Race Results. E ar that the strikers were disorderly. fit’ .... ounted policemen rode over the side walks shoving pedestrians Into the street. One policeman afoot seemed to think that a strike wae the occasion of distinguished service and he began mauling all pedestrians in sight. As a result more policemen were summon. Continued on Page Three, EMPIRE CITY. First Race—Corncob. 7 to 10. won; New Garter, 7 to 1, second; Lady Slchal, 8 to 6, third. Time. 1:07 3-5. Second Race—TaunL » to 6( won; Kemp Rldgely, 5 to 2, second; Betsy Binford, third. Time, 1:45 3-6. 8ARAT0GA. First Race—8ewelL 2 to 5, and I to 2, won: J. C. Core. 7 to 6, place, sec ond; Main Chance, third. Time, 1:24 4-5. JBL ienry states tbnt ths rend letters from the other woman to her hnslmnd and that they were of nn affeettonnte charac ter. She said that,she could only guess their relationship. These letters. claims, were In her possesalon until her husband forced her to give them up. The petitioner recltei a number of In stances of nlteged brutality. Bhe soys her husband often -truck her, knocking her down, threatens* to kill her, choked her end otherwise abused her, sometimes In the Mr. Henry moved to _Jle wife allege* L fives In Ronth Carotins and he sent for visiting rein- aaHBiaaai be >Mct tor her sister, Mrs. 8. J. Cole, nnd told her to from him, as he was tired of them. Mrs. Henry Is represented by Attorney II. C. Erwin. DEATH FROM GUN8HOT, IS VERDICT OF JURY. The coroner’s Jury brought a verdict of "death from a gunshot wound" over the body of W. D. Smith Monday. The funeral services will be con ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family residence, 108 Park ave nue. The Interment will bo In Oak- sho land cemetery. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here record* each day aoma economic fact In reference to the onward progress of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY Hirers’ Record that the cotton factory vlliVHBHIHPiBBHH|PMP die* nud 3.600 loom* and will Unve a large plant lu connection to finish the tex tile proolncta manufacture*!. It la also pro|>o*cd to construct ft railroad brtdj * • - ovlde n: nn outlet for the proposed coal de- opmonts of tho t’hnttanooga Uornpany, Limited, which conti id In that territory; also to furnish transportation to various across the Tennessee river In order to pror: ponies operating the Montlakn Cm Hamilton Cost C (controlling 6,600 acres of coal and umDer uina; mi signal mini, mis company being owned by Pennsylvania and Ohio capitalists. It I* understood that Northern capi talists bare large financial Interest* In the Wachovia mills. The company was Incorporated last year with a capital stock of 31,600,0». It la of Interest to note that construction la progressing at Kannapolis, X. C.. on the two Idg mills of which full particulars have previously be«*n stated In The Manufacturers* Record. These two plants will represent tho Investment of 11.600,- 125 I*y l«hlng building, three stories high, 100 by 30) ’feet. ’Thirty thou •00 looms will be operated. The Patterson mill will include a 125 b; structure, with 75 by 100 foot wing. Twenty thousand spindle* and **> loom* will be operated. Contract* for erecting the mill building* were awarded nr ftfO.OO). The companies art. also building saventy-flve operative*’ cottage*. and mere will he erected. They are prtwldlng general town facilities, such ns water worm, electric lighting plant*. Improved street* and sidewalks, sewers. *tnre buildings, artificial take, theater. 75,MO-gallon tank for fire protection, etc. The cotton mill* will he driven by electricity furnished by the Southern Power Company, of Charlotte, N. C., which expects to be supplying Kannapolis enrly In 19o-». id spindle* i ■ i it*' i