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- / THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 Weet Alabama Bt., Atlanta. Oa. Subscription Rates: One Month By Carrier, Per Week 10 Telephones connecting all depart ments. Long distance terminals. Smith A Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outside of Chicago Office Tribune Ituildlng Kew York Office Potter Building the circulation department and have It promptly remedied. Telephone*: Bell 4927 main; Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all cotmnunlca- tlons Intr uded for publication In THE GEORGIAN AM# NEWS be limited, to 100 words In length. It Is imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith. Uejected manneciipta will THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no uncienn or objectloimble mlvertla- |jg. Neither does It print whisky or uuy liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS Mauds for Atlanta’s own ing Its owu gas aud electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this und get gas na low uft 60 cents, with u profit to the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can be operated successfully by Euro|»ean cities, as they are, there la no good reason why they can not be so oper ated here. But we do not bellere this mn l»e dooe now, end It may be sotno rears before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. Gov. Patterson’s Pardon Record. Qovernor Patterson of Tennessee Is hard bent on copping the pardon pennant In the Volunteer State. He added thirty-eight to his list last week, and the record of Senator "BOb” Taylor Is now trembling In the balance. Tho Nashville American, often a severe critic of Taylor on his pardoning propensities, and always, heretofore, the uncompromising ad vocate of the enforcement of prison sentences fairly and legally Imposed, Is now the chsmplon of Governor Patterson against those tfrho would criticise him for abuse of tho pardon power. Times change and news papers with them. Growing Trade With the Latin Americans. The trade of the United States with the I.'.t!n Amerlean countries aggregated mure than 600 million dollars In the fiscal year just ended, against 284 millions a decade ago. In this term. "Lattn-American coun tries,” are Included Mexico, all of Central America except British Hon duras, ell of South America except British and Dutch Guiana, and all of the West Indian Islands except those under British, Dutch and Danish con trol. The Imports front Latlu-Amerl ca in the flscal year 1907 amounted to 350 million dollars, against 155 millions In 1897, having thus n little more than doubled during the decade; while the exports to the Datln-Amcrl- can countries were In 1907 255 mil lions. zralnst SO millions In 1897, having a little more than trebled during the decade. Prom Mexico the Imports In 1907 were 57 million dol lars In value, against 19 millions In 1897, and the esports to that country In 1907 were 66 mllllona^agalgst 23 millions n decade ago. Imports Outgrow Exports. The most striking characteristic of the foreign commerce of the United States In the year Inst’ ended Is the large increase In Imports. Tho value of merchandise brought Into the United States from foreign couutrlos during the year ending Juno 30. 1907, was 1,434 million dollars, an Increase of more than 200 millions over the immediately preceding year and more than double 0he total for tho fiscal year 1898 or 1899. Exports, which amounted to 1,881 millions, show an Increase of 137 millions over the Im mediately preceding year and an In crease of but 53 per cent over the figures of 1899. This is an Increase of more than 100 per cent in Imports as against but about 50 per cent In exporti 4n the laat eight years. When Nreretary Itoot I. st the depart ment It Is nest to liupusdlile t» see him. He Is closeted with hts seervtn •elf hs sew. but on tn ciuch a waste of t hint ihst most men who kites tl .JP not Utah, the attempt Ir it I. at all poMlIile to get their ends by seeing Bacon. ...... Up to ......................... ..... eniitoyrd la pie service. Then they war* admitted to the dead letter office-eight of them, how of the 1.195 employees fit the department In Washington SOS are women ami there are ta the whole country -7.400 women employed generally In the nan delivery or moaer order nlTI.-ra^M Ins i " year. stamp peetr- snd Wales ahow that only 752 petition! for divorce were died In 1M6. agalnat 7» In IKS and IBS and Sfl In 1002 ami 1903. respectively, rhrre hundred and twenty.three of the 1906 DISFRANCHISEMENT—SO-OALL^D. We have always wished that some other name or term had been uaed to designate men’s Ineligibility to vote. The measure that has occupied so large a place In our minds lately and that comes up as a special order Monday In the House of Repre sentatives Is not -correctly termed disfranchisement. Disfranchisement specifically means “to deprive of tho rights and privileges of a free citi zen," “especially the right to- vote.” To disfranchise a man or deprive him of the right to vote, he must first have that right; he can not be deprived of a right unless he has‘the right to be taken away. The Georgian takes the ground that Inasmuch as no provision Is made against race, color or previous condition, which would make the measure conflict with our constitution, a man lacking the require ments of the proposed measure does not possess the fundamental right to vote, and therefore can not be deprived of something he has never bad. A woman In the state of Georgia can not bo disfranchised. By some wise ones away back amongst the savage tribes sho was marked up as not possessing the right to vie with tho masculine brain In af fairs of state, and sd^sbe baa never been a free citizen nor possessed the right to vote because she Is not a man. Hence she can not be disfran chised. These facts should bo so clear that our friends would not bavo any difficulty In conscientiously Indorsing the measure. It Is not a measure to deprive the negro of his vote, unless the negro be so deficient In In telligence and moral character that he had never had the right to vote. The white man hat to stand on the name footing as the negro who will be prevented by this measure, and there Is nothing In tho bill that the most sincere adherent to constitutional or religious principles can not In dorse. ' Representative Neel raised the question as to whether ho could con scientiously Indorse the measure. In the light of tho above facts we ask Mr. Neel or the opponents of the measure wherein, simply because a larger number of negroes will be affected than white people. Is It wrong to forbid a man of Inferior and even purchasable Intelligence the right to make or prevent laws that your minor son /if a thousand times the Intelligence and honor of the man who would be thus prevented, or your wife whose Intelligence and absolute adherence to rectitude are as fixed as the hills themselves. No section of the country has the condition of affairs to deal with that we have, and the Idea that a mass of blood and bones, regardless of exterior color, derives Its sole right to vote by virtue of having lived on earth 21 years—regardless of whether therg be present sufficient gray matter to know right from wrong. Is Just about as absurd as the requirement of the “Howling Dervishes" In Egypt who are eligible as performers In tbelr Mohamedan worship because they have long hair and can go Into fits and not because of any religious propensities. It Is rumorud, we regret to notice, that Mr. Hall expects to present another bill or not to concur In the administration measure because he believes too many white men will be debarred, and that there are othor requirements that more directly affect the negro. Anything that is dis criminatory against tho negro because he Is a negro will bo unsafe, un wise, and will not leave us with clean bands In the courts of tho world. For the Information of Mr. Hall and any wHo may follow him along this line, we give tho following facts which possibly they have not had time to obtain; ^ The United State; government reports state that there are 841,000 white persona In Georgia over 10 years old—100,000 of them are Illit erate—11 9-10 per cent. There are 725,000 negroes, 380,000 of whom can neither read nor write, or 52 per cent. As to sex, they are practically evenly divided, there being 1 per cent more Illiterate females than males In each case. The yiatlvo whtto mnle population of the United States of native parents of voting age Ib 4 4-5 per cent illiterate. The same population of foreign parents Is only 1 2-5 per cent Illiterate. Tho Illiterates at voting age In each caso are practically tho same as tho general percentage. This very plainly shows two very Important facts; First—In so far as Illiteracy would affect the voting rights of white people there would be 62 per cent of the negro voters affected by this requirement, against 11 per cent of tho white, with the chances that white men would make a greater effort to learn to read than ever before. Second—That In communities where the negro population Is light, but where there are people who are not their own, the foreigner, 'the emigrant, etc., there Is but 1 1-2 per cent of Illiteracy In these children of the foreigners, while our own whlto native people show nearly 1 foyr times as many. There seom to us to be no unfair requirements In tho measure. It is' sound In argument, It Is lawful, and It It a step In the direction that our laws be made by thinking, Intelligent people. YVe appeal to the gen tlemen of the legislature to give It their . unanimous Indorsement and mnko It a law this week. THE TELEGRAPHERS’ STRIKE. The strike of the telegraph operators, no matter what the meritt of the controversy may be, Is a matter of universal regret. Already It Is so general as to choke the Interchange of buslneia over the public wire# of the two great companies. It Is prodffctad upon what appears good grounds that the strike will be complete within the next twenty-four hours. Tho commercial business of the country necessarily must suffer as a result of the Inability of the companies to handle orders and ad vices. The strike wave has already reached New York, where the Western Union men have left their keys, and this must seriously cripple tho New York Stock Exchange and with It whatever trading throughout this continent Is dependent upon or affected by It. Newspapers must suffer, to more or less extent, the loss of special telegrams with which their general nows services are supplemented. As to the three great general news services, tho Hearst News Service, the United Press and the Associated Press, there Is no Interruption as yet In the leased wire reports. The transmission of pony, or limited word reports, from any one of these organisations Is, of course, more or less affected, Inasmuch as they must paas over the public wire* of one or the other telegraph companion. The Georgian haa both the Hearst News Service and the United Press. The Hearst organization has a satisfactory arrangement with the operators. It has long been paying the scale asked by the union; In fact, paid It without being called upon to do so. As a result It has an agreement and splendid understanding with the telegraphers. The operators of tho United Press and Associated Press have reached a decision to ask of these two organisations the acceptance of the llearst scale, fixing a time limit for an answer. In the event of a refusal by either or \oth tho service will be crippled for -want of opera tors. Theso are tho largest business aspects of the strike from the stand point of Its patrons. The Inconvenience to the general public In the matter of private messages will be great, but can be endured with more equanimity than the loss of business. The conditions and negotiations precedent the strike, have occu pied the public's attention for some months, but as nsnal In such cases, the Issues involved are still somewhat obscure to the average newspaper reader. Roth sides to the controversy appear emphatic and deter mined. and because much time and talk failed to avert the strike. It can hardly be hoped that an early settlement will be reached. It Is always the public that suffers moat when differences between capital and labor, or employer and employee, as you choose to put it, reach such an’acute stage. IMMENSITY OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. The printing and publishing business possesses an Interest and Im portance that cannot be estimated by the mere money Invested In It, tre- menduons as the capital It represents. The Industry Is one of peculiar fascination to the public In nearly all its various branches. A bulletin re cently Issued by tbe United States Census Bureau gives some interesting figures on the entire Industry. Those on newspapers and periodicals are of especial Interest. The value of products of newspapers and periodicals arises from two sources of Income—subscriptions and sales, and advertising. At the census of 1880 tbe assets derived from subscriptions and sales exceeded MONDAY. AUGUST 12. 157T. those from advertising by almost 311,000,000. or approximately one- fourth. In 1890 the products of both branches -were of almost equal value, subscriptions and sales, bowever. being greater by $1,000,000. \At tbe census of 1900 advertising took the lead, with an excess of nearly $10,000,000. Since 1900 this lead haa been further Increased, 1 and In 1905 amounted to nearly $34,000,000. It la probable that this change in relative positions of these two classes of assets did not result from failure on the part of recelpts^from sales to advance generously In amount, but from tbe much more rapid Increase In receipts from advertising; the former more than/doubled from 1880 to 1905, but tho latter much more than tripled. In 1880 tbe total, value of advertising was equivalent to tho expenditure of 78 cents per capita; In 1890, $1.13; In 1900. $1.26; and In 1905, $1.79. on the basis of estimated population Juno 1, 1904. The per capita value of advertising thugmore than doubled from 1880 to 1905. On the other-hand, the per capita value of subscriptions and sales Increased much less rapidly, rising from or* cents in 1880 to $1.87 In 1(0$. 1 The statistics relating to newspapers and periodicals Indicate a re markable Increase from 1900 to 1906 excepf In the one significant Item, the employment of child labor. Among the 10 leading Industries previous ly referred to, printing and publishing led In the decrease In the em ployment of children. , Ten states reported for tho decade from 1890 to 1900 an Increase In value of advertising greater than 60 per cent, but so great had this branch of the Industry become In 1905 that 34 states reported. for tbe five-year period an Increase In excess of 60 per cent. The Increase Indeed for the entire United States upon a decade basis was more than double that reported for the previous period. No Increase In the Industry has been more striking than that report ed for the number of pounds of paper used. Of the total amount of paper manufactured In 1905 more than 900,000 tons were used solely for news papers and periodicals, representing almost one-third of the entire output of the paper mills of the United States. To make this paper required tho services of nearly 15,000 men, and represented npproxlmtaely $9,000,- 000 In wages. Theso mills used as raw material 1,300,000 cords of spruce, poplar, and hemlock logs, representing the, timber product of approxi mately 100,000 acres, exclp-'.Ve of the logs Imported from Canada. Thus every working day In 0 i /ear the forests of New England and the Mid dle states, with scattered areas elsewhere In the North and Northwest, yielded approximately 1,765,000 feet of timber to be transformed Into the newspapers and magazines required to supply the people of tho United States. ’ / Prohibition and the South. (From The Chicago Record-Herald.) Governor Smith of Georgia has signed the prohibition bill which passed the legislature of that state several days ago, and on January 1, 1908, all Georgia will be “dry.” When the first reports of the struggle over the Georgia prohibition bill appeared In tho North many citizens undoubtedly were astonished at tbe fact that a Southern state should bo deemed "ripe” for the total ex clusion of the liquor traffic. It was not generally known that for some time only fifteen counties In Georgia have been “wet,” the other 135 coun ties having voted themselves dry under the old local option law, which contains “the county feature.” Since the subject has claimed attention all over the country, a number of writers have brought out the Interest ing and Instructive facts concerning the steady and rapid progress of pro hibition In tho South, and the Georgia law is now understood to be not an Isolated phenomenon, but a somewhat advanced manifestation of a gen eral and deep public sentiment. As we have pointed out before. In Kentucky all but four of the coun ties are dry, Tennessee has abolisbed the saloon everywhere except In the cities of Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga, while Texas has nine ty dry counties. Tho Carolinas and other Southern states tell similar stories, and It Is certain that before long the whole South, with the ex ception of the large cities and Industrial centers, will be prohibition terri tory. Georgia has simply extended to her cities the rule that had pre vailed In her villages and small towns, and her action Is, therefore, not to be regarded B8 revolutionary. But what a change there has been„in the Southern situation In respect of the liquor traffic in a quarter of a oentury! The South has been adopting prohibition in order to got rid of a prolific source of lawlessness and crime, especially among the lower ele ments of the colored population. Those of. her cities which have tried th« “dry" regime—like Knoxville—know that “no saloons” means less crime and disorder and a substantial reduction In tho cost of jail administra tion. C. H. MASON SEEMS SURE OF BEING COMMISSIONER Carlos H. Mason, of the firet ward, seems the certain winner of a place on the jionrd of police commissioners, Ho le the only candidate yet announc ed, and hie friends say" that nineteen votes, or six more than are needed, have been pledged to him. Mr. Mason Is a furniture dealer at 4 Mitchell street nnd one of the best known young business men in Atlan ta. He has built up a big business from a small beginning, and Is recognized as a self-made man. Mr. Mason has never before been n candidate for political honors, though he has several times befcn urged. He Is not without experience In campon. 4ng, however, having managed Govon- or Hoke Smith's campaign In tho first ward, nnd having led In that ward the fight for Lowry Arnold In tho heated race for solicitor. All three of the council members from the first are for Mr. Mason, tho newly elected mem bers as well as the old. Mr. Mason haa the Indorsement of tlu- prohibition forces In Atlanta, an tndoreement which elected every pro hibition candidate In the recent city election. President James L. May Min, of the Fulton County Antt-Saloon League, Is working for Mr. Mason's election, as are several other prohibi tion leaders. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Capital and Surplus $ 800,000.00 Total Resources Over 3,000,000.00 The accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations, Firms and Individuals received upon the most favorable terms con sistent with safe and conservative banking. 4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually, is paid in our Savings Department. By J. L. D. HILLYER. im staying away from church this (Sun day) morning with the hope of doing the Lord's service by a word or two shout the subject Indicated. I do not like that amend ment. I hope that the senate will cither cut It out or so amend It as to mako it conform more closely to the legislative will of the people. In the meantime our friends must not get panicky. The Covlngton-Hardmnn bill—“The Act of August 6**—Is near perfect perhaps ns any pioneer measure ever was. unless It was n law banded down from Mount Mnal. Stripped of Its verbiage, that act pro vides: L That it shall be a misdemeanor for any body to sell drinkable alcohol In Geofglh. 2. It shall be unlawful to give It away to Induce trade at any place of business. 3. To keep It or furnlfth It any other places. 4. To manufacture or kep It oo hand at ceeplng of drinkable alcohol or furnishing t In any place In the state, even In a prF rate cellar. It Is perfectly obvious then Upon every club, corporation or associa tion of persons, who shall keep, or permit to be kept, In any room, or place or any place or any room conected therewith, di rectly or Indirectly, In wbloh members of atich club, association or corporation fre- the^um of"$3oo ^ flny lnto,:,cut,n * {f4 a ors, ••Provided nothing In this section shall ho construed to \ license or penult nny intoxi cant or liquors. In any place now nrohlb- Ited hr law or which shall hereafter bo prohibited by law.” . ••Clubs, corporations or associations of persons” are prohibited by theMIardman act/from keeping drinkable alcohol on hand under the (tensity of scctlou 8910. Does the "Wright amendment” repeal the Hardman act? The act says that If they keen the stuff on hand they are guilty of a mlsde- mqpnor and liable to punishment. The "Wright amendment" says that the clubs or associations described shall pay a tax of $300 If they keep It on hand. There !■ noth ing In theso laws that Is destructive of enrh other. The club that maintains a ’locker" mav be compelled to pay a license fee of $300, but that will not«exenipt the members anti servants of the club from being guilty of a misdemeanor for keeping the drinkable alcohol on hand, nor keep them from being sent to Jail for violating the Hardman In\v This Is the unavoidable Interpretation that sound logic leads to. It Is of course confus ing and should be straightened out. The senate can strike out from the "Wright amendment" nil reference to tho keeping of drinkable alcohol, and make It provide sim ply for a tax of $300 on clubs nnd nssooi*. tlona that sre not churches or eleemnny. fiueh pnry bodies, or business corporations. . a tax Is very proper without reference to liquors. Or the senate nmy strike out the amendment entirely. One or the other should be none. Tho question has beon raised about snern- mental wine. The bill clearly forbids the keeping or furnishing of alcoholic drink by church deacons na well as by other persons. This writer has given a great deal of study to that phase of the liquor question. I think that I could remove all the difficultly from tho consclenoe of brethren who do not want to violate the law of the Innd, nnd who want to ol»ev the Master also. But. ns I heard long before* Kipling wna heard of, "that Is another story. In th$ meantime, however, the Ilardmnn act can not Interfere with religious worship, though Its terms.exclude sacramental wine that would Intoxicate If drank to excess. But church deacons nnd stewards do not want to be arrested nnd compelled to plead tonr. Edgewood, aa„ August 11,1907. ‘WE HAVE THE BATTLE WON,’’ SAYS GEN’L SECT’Y RUSSELL 1 ' Chicago, Aug. 13.—The following message was sent out to all union operators by General Secretary Russell through the Hearst News 8ervlce: “Stand firm and under no circumstances return to work until officially sanctioned. President Small and the general executive board will meet here Wednesday night. , All points are solid as a rock. Many union con tracts being signed by press associations and brokers. Chicago Is abso lutely closed up; no strikebreakers have arrived, all reports «o contrary notwithstanding. We have the battle won. , "WESLEY RUSSELL, "General Secretary." FOR SUPERANNUATED STATE TO BORROW International Typographical Union Meets at Hot Springs. Special to Tlio Georgia: CARLOS H. MASON. man W. M. Terry. Morris Brandon and Sam H. Y'enahle. The council will Three places will be open on tho elect new commissioners early In next board upon the retirement of Chair- January or February. DEDICATION OF ATLANTA COTTAGE AT DECATUR ORPHANS' HOME On August 30 ' the pretty colonial granite home for the larger girls at the Decatur Orphans’ Home will be ded icated. It Is neat, cosy and homelike. For every two girls there Is a little room, and they are taught the arts of home life. It Is a great Improvement over the dormitory system, where thlr. ty-flve girls were sleeping In one dor mitory. It Is the effort of this home te give Its Inmates as nearly home life as possible. There will be delightful exercises by the orphan children In an Improvised arbor In the beautiful grove, with an address by Major R. J. Guinn. The representatives of the Atlanta District Sunday Schools will then for mally tender the building to the trus tees, and the presiding elder. Dr. J. H. Eakes, assisted by the pastor, will for mally dedicate the building. Picnic and Barbecue. It Is expected that the frtenda will bring baskets of eatable* for them selves and for th* orphans that they may have a good time together.' The orphans will contribute some nice bar becue as their part. The home hopes that every Sunday school will be largely represented, and that the many friends of this work will take this occasion to see the good work being done. Georgia Children Rescued. Just this work Is being done by the orphans' homes of Georgia. They are all working together to save the need iest of the needy. They don't propose that any mentally sound child shall be left In a poor house, or that foul moth- er or drunken father shall be permitted to damn even their own children. These homes are scattered all over Georgia, nnd represent nearly all the denomina tions as well as the Masons and a large number which are undenomlna- llonal. They have taken as their motto: “No child shall be allowed to suffer.” If friends of humanity over Georgia will look after the needy, the despised, the neglected near them and report to some one of these home* they will certainly provide for them. Work Day for the Orphans. YVork day for the orphans comes Sat. urday, September 25. this year/ and every one In Georgia Is expected to give his “earnings" that day to some one of the Georgia orphans' homes that they may be able to protect these chll. dren. It Is of utmost Importance that every child should be kept from becoming a criminal or vagrant nnd to do this these homes feel that the public will gladly give the "earnings" of this work-day for the orphans. Sants Maria Inveloped in Smokt. Ouateamala CIL Aug. 12.—Reports regarding a fresh eruption of the volca no Santa Maria are greatly exaggerat ed.' It Is merely smoking slightly more than usual. ■flat Springs, Ark'^Aur. 12,-The fifty- lira convention of the International Typo- ..nphlcnl Union wus cslhil to order litis morning In thp •luu-loii, dining room of tho Rnstmsn hotel. Addressee of wolcome Were made uy the tunyur of the olty. ultlrers of the lorn! nulou and others, and were re sponded to h.v President Jinnee M. I.rnoh. About 1.600 delegates und visitors are In at tend*) nee. The report of rresMent lynch It n com prehensive document, and rnvrrs the prog- roas made l*y the International Typographi cal Union for the period elapsing since tho tNiIoitalo Springs convention, and also out- Does new policies. Among other things, no aggressive cam paign for the union label la recommended, non It Is quite likely that Ibis subject will ocenpy considerable- of tlie Convention's time. Tbe onmpalgn for an eight-hour ilny. which Im, lieen vigorously prosecuted by Ihe International Typographic:)! Union for nearly two years. Is toncheil npon extensive- I)-, nnd It Is shown that this movement Inis l*een attended with a very largo degree of snecess, nlmitt 43.000 members of the -union now working not more ihnn eight hours per dny. In Ihe president's report tbp propo sition to pension the suix-rimnnated anil Inenn.irliateil members of th* union Is given considerable spare. Kerrelary-Treneurcr'Ilraniwnnil. In I)IB re. port, shown that ihe collections for the yo*r ending May It. WIT, have ranched the enoe mens total of tl.SXI.3M.0l. nnd tbe ex- pendltnres ll.SC.Ml.Bk leaving a Unlan.'e In the treasnry of t94.SS2.tT. There wni also collected during tbe tame period, fot the^port of tho Union Printers’ home, Tyvo Atlanta Banks Lend Half That Amount. To Governor Hoke Smith It now trying lo ixwfert arrangements to borrow the 2200.000 li per usury to tldo over tho state until taxes begin coming In from state bonks acting as state depositories. He expects to get tl00,000 of this amount from the Four'll National and Ibe Neal banks, of Atlanta, hotb slate depositories, nt 2 per rent Interest. In Macon, three bunks ape striving to se cure Ihe state depository aonotntment, and the bunk tlml will lend tbe state 125.000 un der ike most advantageous rates will get ‘ | ----- — - • hig ’muereial and Savings t t!5.000 1 the *ni|iotntuu>nt. The tlire are the "American NilhmnI llonal aud the CVmmorcJ NEWSOME NOT GUILTY OF VIOLATING LABOR CONTRACT Special do The Georgian. Saint Marys, Ga., Aug. I*.—Camden county court convened here Friday, Judge R. H. Frohock presiding, with Colonel D. B. Rose, solicitor general, looking after the business of the state. The following cases were disposed of: Jim Robinson entered a plea of guilty to charge of disturbing public worship and was fined tSB and costs. London Jenkins and Cubit YVIlllams' entered a plea of guilty to charges of fighting on road and were fined $:s and costa In each case. w . id gul of assault and battery, fined 123 and costs. Susan Josey, convicted on charge of carrying concealed weapons, was fined 210 and fohts. Adam Newsome, charged with violat ing labor contract, found not guilty. Attorneys E. C- Butts, Dunwoody At. klnson and A. H. Crovntt, of Brunswick, und Lee YV. Crawley, of YVaycroes, were among attorneys attending th* court New Rural Route*. Washington, Aug. 12.-Ilur.-il delivery has been established ns follows: At Hall Ground, t’herokf*. 0«„ mutes 4 sod 5, ength 1, and 15.1 miles, respectively: ftmi- II*# NffWl, lft. %• B*rtow Vwitj, rout# 6. mil**; famines served, «4. At Maleoco. Cherokee ronntjr; r The governor oxpecti to Ret g from Snvnuitnh. Augusta nnd Colombo*. tfl lug him tlio $200,000 iirrpwMify to carry on th* it#to*# affairs tintII tftkes lieglu cotulug Into Hi* treasury. MUDS FIGHT ocanni Tin Finance Committee To Take Up the Question Monday. Strong opposition from the railroad* ta the occupation tnx of 1 per cent on tli»*lr groas receipts, as provided for In tbe gen eral tax act, ns passed by the boUS4>. will be apparent when the senate finance com mittee bolds Its firat meeting of tbe »**• slow Monday afternoon nt 3:80 o'clock. Henator Felder Is chairman of the Annie a committee, and he called a meeting at the close of tbe aenate session Monday after noon. It la understood that a large number «>r railroad men are In the city to be heard on the matter of the Income tnx. President Thomas, of the Louisville and Nashville, J rrlved In the clt/ on his private car Men ar morning, and It Is understood that b- will appear liefore the committee Monday afternoon. Tbe genefal tax act will he read the *«*« ond time Monday afternoon In the aenate. * as a further bearing before tbe fluar.ee imlttee la Scheduled for Tuesday after noon, the IdU will not get up In tbe aeuutf for passage before Wednesday morning. RECEIVER NAMED FOR DAILY STATES Montgomery, Ala., Aug. If.—Presi dent O. E. Forbea, of the Montgomery Commercial Club, wan appointed re ceiver of The Dally State by Federal Judge Jones today. The paper will he continued on a larger scale than orig inally intended.