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WBDNBSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1907.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Senate Finance Committee
Ileai’S Argument On
General Bill.
owing'to the length of the sennto
sion Tuesday afternoon. It was nearly 5
o'clock l»cfore the senate flunuce committee
assembled to hear arguments against certain
taxes Imposed In the general tax act.
Colonel N. E. Harris, of Macon, spoke
against the 1 per cent tax on the gross re
ceipts of railroads, and contended that Its
pasaaga would not only seriously cripple
roods now operating, but hinder future con
“D^T'Loyless und M. A. Montgomery
spoke against the tax Imposed on tlic soda
water business. Mr. Loyless said that Geor
gia was the only state lu the union to
Impose such a tax.
It. S. Williams spoke lu the Interest of
__ the resultant Injury to the
employees of the roads. John O. Posted,
of Mucoii. spoke against the tax as the
representative of eighteen labor organlzu-
!l Ex-Senator J. L. Hand and L. Z. Rosser
also argued against the gross Income tax.
A second session was held nt 8:30 o’clock
in the evening, at wlileh time the street
railway men were heard from, l’reston Ark
wright. president of xhe Georgia
and Electric Company! contended
unjust aud unnecessary.
A. A.
Lawrence, of Savanna
Gainesville: Frank E.
bus, and II. J. Arnold, of Rome, all spoke,
ns representatives of the street car com
panies of the cities named.
C J. Lambsrt spoke In behalf of the Rin
ger" Hewing Machine Company: E. P. Burns,
for the American Insurance Association 1 ,
R L. I>. McAllister, for the bottling men;
r' C. Austin, for the express companies,
nnd T. B. Felder, for the telephone and
telegraph companies.
At 11:20 o’clock, the committee adjourned
to meet again nt 3 o’clock Wednesday after
noon.
L. N. MAY OPPOSE
ALABAMA RATE LAW
Birmingham. Ala.. Aug. 14.—The
semi-official statement given circula
tion that the Louisville and Nashville
will not fojlow the example of the
Southern, ’Frisco and other railroads,
in putting Into effect the lower pas
senger and freight tariff, but ctfi the,
contrary will light the state to the last
ditch, has been accorded zest by the
visit to Louisville of Gregory L. Smith,
of Mobile, chief counsel for the Louis
ville and Nashville In its litigation with
the state.
Mr. Smith Is understood to be con
ferring with the management of the
railroad and an exact program will be
(tllHMHIMIMIMMMMHMH
Motto: Every
Opportunity for
Every Pupil. .
The Georgia Military Academy
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COLLEGE PARK <8 Miles from Atlanta, Ga.>, COL. J. C. WOODWARD, A. M., President.
Not a Vacancy
in Years. . . .
The South’s Most Splendidly Equipped College-Preparatory Home School, for Boys and Young Men.
sity trained teachers. Thorough
cial courses for government i
environment in College Park,
ful climate. Very few places now open. Pupils should register at once to bo sure of places.
kkeeping, stenography and typewriting. Spe-
Wliolesome athletics. Ideal social and moral
Sweet milk from school’s Jerseys. Delight-
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES TO ATLANTA PUPILS
Convenient schedules. Freedom from noise and city distractions. Warm dinnci-s.
building in new Gym and Military department. ,
Choice companionships. Individual instruction. Small classes. Body
Graduates Admitted to College on Certificates Without Examination.
IFifi
BOTH SIDES ARE
VERY OPTIMISTIC
Continued from P«qs One.
ed In the Federation hall Tuesday af
ternoon In response to a request of
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union.
A committee of the telegraphers ap
peared at the meeting and the story
of their treatment was eloquently told.
It was declared the men were driven
to walk out, and that any further stay
In the employ of the company could
only be done by a surrender of their
manhood.
At the conclusion of the talks by
the telegraphers, which made a most
favorable impression on the typos,
mapped out. Nashville Is not)Press Huddleston offered the follow
The Louisville and XN&snviiitj | Minlutlnn nrcfaclnu this with I
under the ban of the state because \t Ing nwoluuoti. preracing
has not violated any law and ls P rn " ' Resolve to Aid.
!nffi d eff7c?' n by tCTnMoTSnSTed “By Atlanta Typographical Union. No.
bv Judge Jones, of the federal court.
In March. This injunction the South
ern had modified at Its own request
in order to make peace with the state.
The deterrent element In the Louis
ville and .Nashville system Is that If it
lnslBts~on . the fnjtiifetlon, It-will lose
a great deal of business, as the South
ern and others will be favored under
lower tariffs. This loss will be es
pecially heavy between Birmingham
and Mobile, both the Southern
•Frisco operating between these
1 °The Louisville and Nashville, in order
to get Into encounter with the state,
will have to violate the outlaw act or
some other law not enjoined by Judge
Jones. ^
ISIS, WALLACE
Wife of Professor S. S. Wal
lace, of Georgia Tech
School.
Mrs. Helen Wells Wallace, wife of
rrofessor S. 8. Wallace, professor of
English at Tech, died auddenly Wed
nesday morning at her residence at
the Georgiu School of Technology.
Mrs. Wallace was born In Poultney,
Vt., in 1874, moving to Georgia In 1899
with her husband. She was married
June 17, 1896, In New York.
Besides her husband, three children
survive her, Janet Read Wallace, Sam
uel Stewart Wallace; Jr., and Edward
Victor Wallace.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock
at the residence. Rev. R. F. Eakes
will officiate. The interment will be
private.
SUMMER REFRESHMENT.
It most be n dainty morsel to tempt ,
newly linked nnd perfectly protected.
The National Biscuit Company routes to
the rescue with biscuit nnd wafers of ull
kinds In moisture and dust*proof packages
Hint so preserve their oven freshness that
their real ago dates only from the time
the pneknge Is opened.
I'erhaps the. most popular for the summer
season nre Noels! Ten Biscuit. For porch
or Inw-n. pieulc or psrty, luncheon, nipper,
ten nr dessert, they are equally good nnd al
ways appropriate.
Nodal Tea Biscuit should lie served from
the original package If you wish to enjoy
them to the fullest extent, because when
the ho, t, opened ami the crisp little bis
cuit enten at om-e, It Is Just like taking
them from the oven. All Ihelr goodness
and flavor la there for yon to enjoy. -The
package itself Is eo ertlstlenlly design, d
that Its attractive appearance alone would
prompt you to serve Noelnl Tea Biscuit
In this way. The Drat trial will suggest
to yon nt once the various uses end ,»«•
•jjjna for which they would he Just the
<8:
“Whereas the telegraphers through
out the United States and Canada arc
now engaged in a-struggle for the
eight-hour day and better conditions
generally for their craft, and
“Whereas Atlanta Typographical
Onion, realizing that the demands of
the telegraphers for these conditions
are reasonable and Just, therefore be
It
“Resolved, That Atlanta Typographi
cal Union, No. 48, in meeting assembled
tenders to the telegraphers Its heart
iest co-oporatlon and pledges Its full
est moral and financial support
them at this time. And
“Resolved further. That the delegates
from this union in attendance upon
the International Typographical Union
convention, now 'In session at Hot
Springs. Ark., be Instructed by tele
phone to Introduce and tirge for pas
sage a resolution before that body call
Ing for a special appropriation of ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) to be ten
dered the telegraphers In their fight for
better conditions.
"Resolved further. That the officers
of Atlanta Typographical Union, No.
48, transmit ra copy of these resolu
tions to the telegraphers,- and also no
tify the officers of the International
Typographical Union of this action.
"Respectfully submitted,
"ED L. SUTTON,
"J. R. ALFORD.
"N. H. KIRKPATRICK.
“PRESS HUDDLESTON,
"JEROME JONES.
"Committee."
The resolution was carried unani
mously, and In addition It was unani
mously voted by the typos to contrib
ute $100 out of the local treasury to as.
stst the strikers in carrying on their
fight. After the meeting President
Wade Harding of the local typos got
Into communication with President
Lynch nt Hot Springs over the long
aistance ’phone and read the resolu
tions regarding the $10,000 appropria
tion.
Publicity was given by the Western
Union officials Tuesday to a telegram
sent out by General Manager dowry
from New York, which declared the
Employers’ Association of Louisville,
Ky.. composed of all classes of busi
ness men. had sent a delegation to the
Western Union manager In that city
and offered the company hearty sup-
port.
This message was alleged to be a
fake by the commercial telegraphers,
and to ascertain Its genuineness, the
Atlanta Typographical Union requested
the secretary of the Loulsvlle typos tc
report on the matter.
ASSOCIATED PRESS*FAILS
TO FIND MAN FOR KEY.
Operators, operators everywhere,
but not a single one for hire.”
That ls the position Manager Chapin,
of the Associated Press In Atlanta,
found himself In early Wednesday
morning. At 9 o'clock one of the In
struments in the Associated Press of
fice was ticking away news from Chi
cago and all Mr. Chapin needed to get
a report of the day's doings from Chi
cago was an operator.
Later In the day the Western Union
officials furnished one of their short
supply of operators and the Associated
Press matter from Chicago, was re
ceived In Atlanta.
Instead of sending this operator to
the office of the Associated Press, the
wire was cut Into the Western Union
office and the news received there. It
was then sent by messenger boys to
the newspapers receiving Associated
“Gymnasium
Georgia Military ^c^ocm?
NEW GYMNASIUM NOW FINISHING.
Press dispatches.
The Associated Press .was working
In Chicago Wednesday morning and
before,the wire had been working long.
Cincinnati and Springfield, Ohio, had
cut In and were receiving what Chicago
was sending. Something that sound
ed like Birmingham and Columbus and
Indlnapolls cutting was heard, but this
was not certain.
The situation at both mnln offices
of the Western Union and the Postal
remained the same.
Manager Alfred M. Beatty, of the
Postal, said his small force was hand
ling all the business brought In and
he was exceedingly optimistic about
the situation.
J want to deny most positively,”
said Mr. Beatty,, “that the Postal Is
either receiving or sending out any
messnges by mall In Atlanta What
buslnes we are doing wo are doing
by the wire. We are not taking money
for wire messages and then mailing
them out. There has not been a single
Instance of this since the strike.”
RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS
MAY NOT BECOME INVOLVED
Now York, Aug. 14.—The railroad
telegraphers of America, forty thou
sand strong, will probably not be call
ed upon to Join the strike ofthe com
mercial operators.
B. Brooks, general eastern superin
tendent of the Western Union, an
nounced the determination of the offi
cials of that company to compel the
rullroads to handle their business.
“We have contracts with every railroad
In the East with the exception of the
Pennsylvania,” explained Mr. Brooks.
“These companies ure bound to carry
our business and we will Insist that
they do It."
"Would not this paralyse the com
mercial and railroad industries of
America?" Mr. Brooks was asked.
Rsilrosds Issued Defi.
Evading the question ho answered
that the Western Union would simply
he demundlng Its rights In calling on
the railroads to live up to their con
tracts. Following the statement of
Mr. Brooks, the publicity department
of the New York Central Issued a deft
to the Western Union. In It the com
pany said that If their operators did
not care to handle the Western Union
business they would not compel them
to do so: that Its contract with ths
Western Union would not hold at such
times.
This Is regarded as a great victory
for the strikers.
Mr. Brooks admitted that the West
ern Union was greatly handicapped.
President dowry declared that tho
situation was well In hand, and reiter
ated with some vehemence that under
no circumstances would the Western
Union entertain overtures In the dlrec.
tlon of arbitration.
Women Pickets at Work,
are out In every big city In the country
and today It Is indicated that their
tie-up of the telegraph business
almost complete.
In New York city scores of young
women among the strikers were today
doing wonderful work os pickets, tier
suadlng . non-union operators to stay
away from the offices and inducing
strike-breakers to Join the strikers.
The closing of hundreds of branch
offices In the city and the Inability to
keep open connections with the rest of
the world greatly hampered the stock
markets, the brokers being without In
formation.
Mssssngsr Boys 8triks.
The striking Postal messenger boys
refused to return to work today and
the company was put to great Incon
venience In the delivery and receipt of
the comparatively few messages
handled.
The government business at Wash
ington was greatly hampered by the
strike, It being difficult to get through
even messnges of the greatest Import
ance. Telephone companies throughout
the country have Indicated a disposition
to handle us much telegraph business
as possible und were today stringing
additional wires between many cities.
Wall street brokers who employ opera
tors were among the first to sign the
$30 a week scale In an effort to keep
their quotation boards open.
TELEGRAPH MANAGERS
STICK TO THE KEY8.
Special to The Hcoryinn.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 14.—Both the
Western Union and Postal telegraph
offices In this city ure still handling
business. The local operators have
struck, but the munngers of both com
panies arc still on duty. Mnny tele
grams received, however, are badly de
layed.
PAPERS GET NEWS
BY LONG DI8TANCE 'PHONE.
Hpedal to Tho tieorgiau.
Charleston. 8. C.. Aug. 14.—Charles
ton ls well bottled up by the telegra
phers' strike, there being nbout fifteen
men out, three at the Postal office and
twelve at the office of the Western Un
ion. Only a few messages are being
handled. The newspapers here are de.
Iiendlng on long distance telephone
lines to help them out. Business along
the wholesale districts Is crippled tern.
pornrllv by the strike.
RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
GROUND NEW YORK WIRES.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 14.—More se
rious grows the telegraph strike. The
Postal wires were not working this
noon because the railroad telegraphers.
It Is said, have Joined In the sentiment
against the companies and grounded
the wire that would lead to New York.
That was the statement made by a
Postal chief today. Not alone is New
York cut off from New Orleans but
every other city In the United 8tates
has bene tied up. The situation is com-
Western Union and Postal operators plete and at noon today not a wire Is
Psstims Theater.
"It's a grand old rag; It's a grand
old fing," sings the Majestic Irish Trio
at the Pastime Theater this week, nnd
the audience feels like joining In with
the patriotic climax. The song. "If 1
Only Had My Wuy,” Is another hit In
troduced this week. For genuine en
Joyment It la doubtful If the net of
Harry Howard, the greatest mimic on
earth, Is to be Improved upon.
Those dashing dancers. La Cnnda
and La Clair, never fall to make the
house sit up and take notice when they
flash Into view. Miss Stlnburne In the
rungs, “When the Whlpporwlll Sings,
Kathleen,” highly Illustrated, complete
Marguerite" and "Meet Me, Sweet
the bill.
FIFTEEN PRETTYGIRLS
Burneavllle, Ga., Aur. 14.—A bevy of
fifteen pretty girls, together with
young man, had a narrow eHcape fn
being killed by a Central train at the
crossing nt Aldora Mills early this
morning.
The party was en route to Llfsey
Springs to a picnic and were traveling
In a wagon drawn by two mules.
The near approach of the train was
not at firs; realized when the railroad
crossing was reached. In a few sec
onds, however, they saw the train. Ter
rified and screaming, the girls leaped
ptil-mcll from the wagon. The next
Instant the train struck the team.
One of the girls was slightly hurt by
a fall In jumping from the wagon.
One of the two mules attached to the
wagon was Instantly killed. The wagon
was demolished.
working out of the office or from the
cotton exchange.
The brokers of New Orleans were
handed a contract today to be drawn
up between operators und their em
ployers but upon request of the lat
ter, no action will be taken until the
wire chiefs of the brokers’ system ar
rive here tomorrow morning.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
TO TRAIN OWN TELEGRAPHERS.
Bedford, Pa., Afig. 14.—The Penn
sylvania railroad Is soon to open a
school here to train telegraph opera
tors for railroad work In case of strikes.
The move has aroused comment among
the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
OF THE G, M, A,
Exactly seven years ago, G. M. A.
came Into existence. At that time Col.
lege Park was much smaller than at
present, had neither street cars nor
electric lights, but claimed tlier. as It
docs today to be Atlanta's choicest
suburb. Realizing that to give a fuller
meaning to the name of the town and
build upon a more permanent and at
tractive basis, a great boys' school
should be established here, the lead
Ing citizens met to induce some one In
whom they hnd confidence to undertake
this Important mission. Colonel J. C.
Woodward, tvho had held some of the
most responsible educational positions
In the state, was offered satisfactory
financial and mordl encouragement to
cause him to round the school.
Colonel Woodwnrd'a splendid success
In other schools, his ripe experience In
handling boys during the critical years
of youth, and his splendid preparation
In one of America's foremost \jnlversl
ties for just this kind of work blended
happily for his special fitness for build.
Ing a school with a usefulness and
prestige peculiarly Us own.
Colonel Woodward's fundamental be.
lief Is that God has created every boy
as a distinct entirety, divinely appoint
ed to some useful end, and thnt It Is
the highest duty of the parent and
teacher to discover Just what Is to be
done for this boy to help him find his
place In society and realize his largest
usefulness In Ihe world’s work. This
can not be accomplished In the large
"machine" schools when the teacher
must give her time to a class of 35 to
60 nnd leave them to the chance envi
ronment of tho street for much of their
piny nnd social activity. If the farmer
wlHhes largest returns from the soil,
ho will project his crops on the Inten
slve plan, feed his plants scientifically
and cultivate them skillfully. Poor nu
trltlnn or untimely cultivation will ruin
the crop. The argument holds true
with education and development, of a
boy. The period of growth Is short,
and mistakes In Instruction and die
clpllno leave permanent scars and
blight the brightest prospects. Tho
period Is critical, for In this brief time,
character Is established and destiny
fixed for life and eternity. In view of
this solemn truth, It Is the aim of the
M. A. to limit Its patronage to a
small number of carefully selected boys,
restrict all classes to an average of
about 10 pupils so that every boy may
have the largest amount of direct per
snnal instruction, give Its pupils the
\\ holesomc and refining Influences of
cultured home-circle of experienced,
scholarly teachers, place each boy with
a small congenial group under the Im
mediate advice and direction of
teacher In the home, so that their study
and huhlis may be correctly supervised.
velopment .through rhe military, gym
nasium, and athletic field, throwing
about Ihe entire school life a rich at
mosphere of obedience, truth,' honor,
If-ontrol and spirituality.
The school was begun with one
building and three teachers, with a lim
it of 4,) hoys. The grounds were rough
ar.d covered with weeds and briars.
The second year the limit was raised
to 50 pupils, four teachers and a rented
building.
The third year Rugby Hall was built.
The faculty numbered six. Colonel
Woodward's closest friends doubted his
wisdom at first and urged him not to
leave public school work, but now his
success was marked and no longer
doubtful. He was asked to go to other
schools and Gordon Institute tendered
him her presidency under most flat
tering terms, but his heart was fixed
on building for the South what Grpton
Is for the East.
The fifth year the limit was fixed at
85 pupils with a faculty of eight teach
ers, and the beautiful Retreat planned.
This building was completed for the,
sixth year when 100 boys were admit
ted. During the seventh year the fac
ulty hus nine teachers. Dr. Curtis, now
the Mayor of College Park, has been
the school physician several years. Miss
Mamie Olive and Mrs. Mary Brown.
the pleasures and delights of home In
the school. The Seventh Anniversary
will witness the laying of tho corner
stone of the handsomest building yet
erected. In this will be a small Y. M.
C. A. chapel, the largest gymnasium
of any prep school In the South, locker
and bath rooms, office, library, lava
tories, Gamlllcad office, and delightful
rooms and parlors for two teachers and
about thirty-six boys. Tho faculty will
number ten teachers and only 130 boys
will be admitted.
Every year has witnessed new tri
umphs In G. M. A.’s history. Today It
ls the best equipped, best known, and
most loyalty supported prep school
probably In the South. Its graduates
ure sought by many colleges for their
excellency of scholarship, and Its stu
dent body Is select, hard-working, and
free from the evil practices of tobacco
and other vices which usually fasten
themselves upon young men and boys.
The homes of College Park are open to
Its pupils and the Academy has always
been the social center of the town. The
school has Its own waterworks and
sewerage and sixteen acre* of the most
beautiful drill fields, athletic grounds,
and tennis courts In the state.
Many factors have contributed to the
school’s marvelous growth. Among
these may be mentioned the fact of Its
location In the famous health-belt, the
Piedmont section, the advantages of a
large city where the pupils may attend
the best lectures, sermons, and come In
touch with Icadfhg men In all vocations,
nnd the culture-affording Influences of
this beautiful suburb. High above
these, stand three powerful agencies—a
strong, experienced faculty, Colonel
Woodward’s old pupils and patrons all
over Ihe Southern States, and the
splendid loyalty and school spirit of
G. M. A.
WISCONSIN ENJOYS
TWO-CENT FARES
Chicago, Anf. 14.—Last night at midnight
the Wisconsin 2-ceut-s-mlle passenger rata
liecatne effect I re and another redaction In
rntea between Chicago and points In Wis
consin. Minnesota and the upper peninsula
of Michigan was made, the second In lea*
than thirty days. %
In compiling the rates effective on July W
the railroads figured on the basis of 2Hc
mile within the state of Wisconsin.
the. legislature
and the rallrom
basis.
the tariffs were made public
passed the 2-ctnt rate law
da changed to a fiat 2-cent
JULIAN M’CURRY
MAY BE SENATOR
Julian R. McCurry, of Hartwell, one
of the beet known young men In northeast
Georgia, will probably be a candidate for
the state senate from the thirty-first dl*
trlot next yetr.
Mr. McCurry Is well known over the
state. He was message rjerk In the sen
ate of 1196 aud calendar and journal clerk
In 1896. He has been a member of tha
staff of liotb Governor Candler and Gov
ernor Terrell.
He represented his ^county In the legis
lature In 1902-1108-1904, having the distinc
tion of being the youngest member of the
body. While he has not definitely deter
mined to enter the race. Mr. McCurry la
seriously considering the matter.
INSURANCE MEN
WANT FIRE MARSHAL
A. the gaath»rn member of the commit
tee on Inauranre l.w of the American Bar
Association. Burton Smith has received .
ws, created In Ohio and I. bring
ing satisfactory multi.
The committee believes alto In keening
the Insurance commissions out of politics.
proves and condemns the prevalent custom
which makes atste Imurnnee commissioner-
I diT r'ra ,fi . i *7 jTrLir to ilj. ,hl e prtxce to be .lletrlbuted en
ladlen of culture and ripe experience, I without regard-to fltne.s or knowledge
render moat excellent aervice In making of the Iniurtdcc butlnc.*."
SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED $1.00. THE BEST WORK.
EXCELSIOR STEAM LAUNDRY
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