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IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21. 1M
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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00 unclo.n or objectlooeblIs.Sf.'lVHw
lug. Neither doc It print whisky or
noy llqoor ndt.
OUR TLATKORM: THE GEOROIAN
AND NEWS .tend, for Atlanta is own
ing Ite own gn. end electric light
Plante, ee It now owne Ite water
works! Other cities do this »»d l>
gee ae low aa <0 cente. with a proflt
to the cltx, Thle should be done st
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
bellerc. tbit If afreet railway* can be
operated eucceoefolly by E"!°PV*“
cities, aa they *r*. there I* no good
reaeoo why they can not be e° nR*f
tied here. Rut we do not Mlmfhj*
can be done now, end It may IMlwn»
years before wo arc ready for so Me
nn undertaking. SHU Atlnuta should
set It. face In that direction NOW.
The Atlanta Georgian says that
the name Taft presents serlouB
obstacles to the political rhym-
The Bbymerfer read this not and
latiSieB.
Said M: "That fellow must bo
daft
■ If ho can't seo the case of 'Taft
To Poets fore, and Poeta aft.
In days Uko these, when men of
craft,
When men of deep and little draft,
Go In for every kind of graft.
Somebody must his nibs havo
chaffed,
'Or else his Inky rlbllck's sclaffed.
As Editor ho should bo gafTcd
If ho can't see the endless raft
Of rhyming words to point tho
shaft
With which the expert Poets wait
The thoughts their Muse has par-
agraphod—
For nnd against old Billie Taft!
Go to, good sir! You’re off your
haft!"
—Birmingham I^dgor.
Wo havo nothing to do but to sur
render. Tho original paragraph was
an error—worthy of a paragrapher.
It begins to look as though the
prohibitionists were going to run
off with tho Democratic party and
that Colonel John Temple Grave*
was going to stand by and not
only let 'em do It, but egg them
on.—Chattanooga Times.
The Democratic party of Georgia Is
two-thirds and perhaps three-fourths
for prohibition. So that prohibition
has simply run-off with its own.
' We have heard of only one man
who had the gall to say Hoke
Smith waa not governor of Geor
gia today. That waa John Tem
ple Grave* in his prohibition
speech the other hlght at the Tab
ernacle.
He said God was governor of
Georgia now. Then, perhaps, we
will get prohibition.—Calhoun
X-Ray.
■We have the governor’s full Indorse
ment of the assertion, and wo are
quite sure that prohibition Is ours.
The Atlanta Georgian says: "In
a period of universal strike Hearkt
would he a very formidable candi
date for president. He Is the one
-men In the country who Is abso
lutely and everlastingly solid with
labor.” And so Hearst is trying
to make political capital out of tho
telegraphers’ strike, la he? The
great bulk of the American peo
ple revolt at such aa that.—Chat
tanooga News.
On the contrary, he haa said not one
word about It. But The Nows Is en
tirely in the fashion If It abuses him
without foundation.
We think a whole lot more of
Editors Watson and Graves be-
caues they are dyed-ln-the-wool
prohibitionists and are not afraid
to say so. The same of all other
straight prohibitionists. — Shell-
man Sun.
Few men have respect for the cow
ard who haa convictions but fears to
express them.
The governor would not lose one
leaf In the laurel of hia popularity If
be should call an extra session of the
legislature to provide for the needs of
the great agricultural colleges of the
state. Education Is as vital in this
day as health or food ( and the neces
sities of the new schools are sufficient
ly urgent to Justify a brief extra ses
sion for this and other unfinished
work of vital moment.
The Georgian seems to (till
have Its usual amount of adver
tising. We don't often get hart
doing right.—Douglas News.
Not often, but If we do, the wound
Stss its consolation In the conscience.
i:
HOKE SMITH OF THE STRONG HAND.
The removal of Railroad Commissioner Brown and the appointment
of Commissioner McLendon Is the first expression of the strong hand in
Georgia politics of today.
Governor 8mlth has said upon a hundred platforms that ho would
unhesitatingly remove any member of the rallrqad commission who stood
or seemed to stand obstructive In the way of railroad regulation.
There were those who held this threat to be a mere dotonatton of
catppalga thunder.
Well, the lightning has struck today, and In Its passage to Its predes
tined end, we seo the force and the directness with which the new ad
ministration is going to do Its work.
So long as the legislature was In session tho now governor wisely re
frained from any act that would antagonlzo a body upon whose ballots
be was absolutely dependent for the legislation he bad promised to write
upon the statute books of tho state. Ho could not afford to glvo any
handle of opposition to a body not personally favorable to his adminis
tration, so long as the great measures 'of his campaign were in tho bal
ance.
Bnt now the legislature’s work Is done, and with the governor's band
freed for executive work, ho strikes straight and clear along the line of
his pledges and In clearing the way for the great work bis bands havo
found to do.
The removal of Commissioner Brown Is an open announcement to
the state, that with all the force of his brain and bla body, Ilokq Smith
is going resolutely forward to make good the promises of the hustings and
of the inaugural platform.
Commissioner Brown was evidently too much of a conservative
along the old lines to meet the administration's progrcsslvo view. Tho
governor credits him with obstruction In recent deliberations of the
commission which make It necessary to fill his place with one more in
accord with the policy which the administration has proclaimed.
And the new commissioner, Guyton McLendon, lacks only vigorous
health to assure the state one of the greatest and wisest and most pro
gressive commissioners It has ever known. |
If heaven and nature will preserve his slender body the state w)U
be rich In his noble mind and heart.
’ * ARBITRATION THE REMEDY FOR STRIKES.
As the strike of the telegraphers progresses It becomes more and
more evident to the Impartial observer that arbitration should be the
solvent ,ot such disputes and wrangles.
The publlo has an Interest In the disagreement which Is too large
and too vital to be Ignored.
The right of labor to unite for defense and for advancement Is un
dented. tt la a right established In government, and vindicated by the li
cense assumed and practiced. by capital to combine. ’
And there la rarely a strike In which the workingman Is not planted
upon sound foundation of Justice and right. In the present case the teleg
raphers plant themselves upon the principle that what man has done
man may do—that a concession voluntarily granted by one capitalist or
one great organization may be granted as well by another. Tho United
Press, the Hearst Service and tho Lallan press service have each adopt
ed the scale of wages and of hours asked by the telegraphers, and as
these great organizations do not seem to have suffered or collapsed
under the experiment, tho -wire operators do not soe why tho oven largor
and richer corporations, represented by the Western Union, the Postal and
the Associated Press, could not, without damage to themselves, accede to
their pollto demands In this era of rising prices.
And tho Justice of this argument does In fact appeal to the common
senso of the public.
But It Is a lamentable faot that In punishing their employers and ad-
, v'ancjng their own Interests the striking telegraphers are undoubtedly on-
tailing serlons Inconvenience nnd direct damage upon their own true nnd
loyal friends. Tho telegraphers honestly regret this, and frankly say so.
But tho expression does not heal the damage or soften tho Inconvenience.
Take the newspapers, for Instance. There Is scarcely a newspaper
In this region .of tho country that does not fly the union label in Its col
umns. Thero is scarcely a newspaper that does not contribute to lobor
parades, glvo fair and friendly reports to Inbor demonstrations nnd labor
utterances, and the majority of theso papers like The Georgian find pleas
ure In the editorial advocacy before state and local legislatures of meas
ures designed to advance tho prosperity nnd happiness of labor, organ
ized and Individual.
And yet a strike like this has hurt many of these friendly news
papers (not The Georgian) as seriously as It has Injured tho telegraph
companies at which It was aimed.
All of which leads to the conclusion that wrangles like these should,
In the Interest of the public and of both parties, bo settled by Impartial
arbitrators, giving each side a representative with an Impartial third
man to be chosen acceptable to both sldos.
We feel sure that this Is better than the wrangle find .pride of opin
ion, and obstinacy of position too frequently assumed by both sides, to
tho detriment of each and to tho serious Inconvenlenco of the general and
friendly public. Arbitration Is the recourse of nations and of organiza
tions throughout the world.
The age Is prolific in fair-minded and clear-headed men. Providence
has sent them to service In the wise and Judicious settlement of the
wrangles of their fellow men.
Let us use them so.
THE CLUB LOOKER A BUGABOO.
Thero Is much more worry than the situation Justifies In thp matter
of the club locker and the $500 tax.
It la more than likely that the scare will subside and be laughed at
In the actual results which follow the experiment.
There Is no doubt that the tax—the size of tt—was a mistake. It
would have been better to have left the suhject untouched without a re
minder of its possibilities, or to have raised the tax In tho, beginning to
$5,000, or at the lowest to $1,000.
In the matter of the counties the conditions are unchanged. The
counties have no more right, and no leas a right to have clubs and lock
ers now than, they had before the prohibition bill waa passed.
Moreover, the tax Itself was not a recognition of any right of coun
ties or cities to have liquor In club lockers, because In distinct terms It
provided and deolared that nothing In that act should recogntxe or au
thorise the use of liquor In any possible way not provided for in the
Hardman-Covlngton bill.
But beyond these reflections looms the majestic shadow of theMaw.
The Individual or the organization that essays the club locker and the
use or dispensing of liquor In any way will find himself squarely up
against the officers of Justice, and will have to travel through the supe
rior court and tho supreme court before he can with Impunity enjoy the
questionable luxuries of hla locker and bis liquor at bla club.
And behind all other considerations stands the force and omnipo
tence of public opinion, which Is backing this prohibition law to the last
letter of fulfillment
In fact and finally it is evident that prudence and obedience (a the
wise cue of the liquor men and the llqoor drinkers. Every consider
ation of discretion would suggest to them to go slow In tempting the law,
backed by public opinion. In the experiment
We are not much disturbed over the dub locker as yet
PRINCE. WILHELM SAILS AWAY
ON CRUISER FOR NEWPORT
Norfolk, Va., A tiff. 21.—The cruller
Fylgla, with Prince Wilhelm, grandson
of King Oscar of Sweden aboard, left
this port for-Newport this morning.
Previous to the departure of the prince,
It was learned that he had prepared a
program of his own and that all of his
time will not be taken up with the
social lights at Newport. As a conse
quence, the society leaders who have
been warring with each other over the
visit of the prince and his entertain
ment may And It necessary to change
their plans a bit.
On the arrival of the prince at New
port the cruiser will be sent to New
York where the men will have an op
portunity to see the city. Prince Wil
helm will follow by rail later and In
cognito will see the city. The Fylgla
Is expected to sail from Boston on Sep
tember 25. During the visit of the
prince to President Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay, the Fylgla will remain In New
York harbor.
AS TO CAPITAL PUNI8HMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Fertnlt me, through your columns, to men
Hop that, notwithstanding human progress
toward n higher life In this world, yet we
In dear old Georgia hold on to a disgusting
bruthlism that ought to hove been loug
since relegated to the shades of the dark
ages. I mean the retention of the death
penalty as a punishment for crime, com
monly called capital punishment
The time has come when the Intelligence
of tho stato rebels against this punishment.
When in the trial of cases punished cap!
tally the state loses-the services of her
very host ami most Intelligent men as Ju
rors to try the ease. This Is easily ascer
tained by watching closely the strenuous
effort to obtain a jury In such ease. Par*
tlculnrly closely observe, study those men
“ ho go down before the question, “Are yc~
uisrientloiislT- opposed to capital ptmii
went?” In the vast majority of instanc
they prove to bo the very l*>st material for
all spiritual men condemn such executions
upon two theories, to sny (a) one murder
does not give license for another murder,
‘b) If ho Is a materialist, believing that ex*
itenco ends with death, he does not think
euth n punishment adequate to the crime,
p) If he believes In future punishment ho
ioes not think It merciful or Just to usher
such horrible cruelty. (d) If a spiritualist
he fears obsession or others and a multitude
of Just such crimes committed by persons
obsessed by a vengeful being so ush
Into tho other world. Just such thinker
these, nnd they are generally good men, are
‘iereby lost to the state.
Capital punishment can not be Justified.
Tho penalty ought to be perpetual imprison
ment, sny for life, and take away the par
doning power. It would he bettor to meet
It with solitary confinement. The life would
uot Inst long, and all without regard to
creed or belief would have the satisfaction
of knowing that the convicted criminal was
really receiving punishment.
It certainly does not prevent crime, nnd
even lynching Is a mockery and utterly use
less as a corrective force, by example.
While on this suhject pormtt me to
further that some or the very best Judicial
timber Is lost to the state. Just on ac
count of capital punishment. These mon
would no more sentence n man to death
than they would assassinate him, and they
nre not cranks, either. I know-many law
yers who entertain this prejudice—If such
: t may be called—and many a render will
know such men.
I believe the time has come for us td get
rid of this brutality In the enforcement of
laws, nnd stand higher. An Investigation
will show that the majority of the edu
cated men and women of our stnte abhor
the death penalty, and would be glad to get
rid of It.
It Is certain that If abolished then where
such crimes have been committed convic
tion will follow, as sure ns fate, nud Geor
gia will have men to try such cases above
prejudice and who nre capable of reasoning
.Tor themselves.
Lastly, death for crime In our stnte gen
erally makes n martyr of the most vicious
and brutal criminal that the world ever
saw. He gets religion, sprouts wings, and
goes shouting borne to glory, ami soiuo em
ulate him and yon know the result.
Is there no man In our present general as
sembly who will take this question up, pre
pare and Introduce n bill prohibiting capital
punishment and punishing capital crimes,
now by life Imprisonment, with the pardon
ing power revoked, so far as they are con
cerned. Perhaps such a bill may be laughed
at or nt best tabled, but It will be storting
a fight that will result In the abolishing
of capital punishment in the near future.
Yours truly,
_ FRANCIS H. HARRIS.
Brunswick, Gn.
MEDICAL SCIENCE \
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I ouce beard a prominent ph
that if, when a doctor who ha*
came E
hlug he did was to
for to aoo a patient, came Into the sick
first thlug he did was to
ok at the tougue, then ask
room nnd the
feel tho pulse, lool
some one of the family the age of tho
patient, disposition, general state of heulth.
etc., ho did not consider him a skilled
physician, because n perfect master of his
profession, by merely looking at a pationt
closely, could answer these questions him
self so far as they had any necessary hear
ing upon the case In effecting a cure.
It Is related that Olrflla, the celebrated
French chemist, was on onC occasion a
witness at n trial for poisoning. He waa
asked by the president of the court If he
Could state the quantity of arseulc requisite
to kill a fly.
“Certainly, M. Le President,” was the
ready reply, “but I must know beforehand
the age of the fly. Its sex, Its temperament.
Its condition nnd habits of body; whether
married or single^ widow or maiden, wld*
chemist required about the bouse fly would
have aided experts n summer or so ago
to determine how much of the yellow fever
germ In Its tiny beak was necessary for the
•tegomylu fnsclntn to Infect a person with
the dread disease. The most distinguishing
features I can recall of this particular
C tlnd of mosquito were that It wore yel-
ow "pantles' r on Its rear limbs, and never
sang a siren song to warn Ite victims of
Its presence. EXPERT.
A MR. PARKER MAKE8 A NOMI
NATION.
(New York Morning Telegraph.)
The Dally Hint from Nomlnatlonville
today Is Inspired by a gentleman
named Parker—former Judge Alton B.
Parker, of Eaopus and New York. You
have heard of him? Has hod some ex
perience, It !• said, of nominations him
self.
Tarrying for a little season In Rich
mond, Va., Mr. Parker confided to t
friend that In his opinion the North
(and that means a considerable ma
jority of the voters of the United
States) Is ready to support a Southern
man for the presidency next year, pro.
vlded, of course, that he should be "a
man of high character and recognised
ability” and—get the nomination.
The suggestion Is Ingenious, albeit
somewhat lacking in definiteness. Sup
pose we supply something of the latter
deficiency, just to point the moral and
adorn the tale, as thus:
For President—Senator Daniel, Gov
ernor Vardamnn. John Sharp Williams,
Marse Henri Watterson, John Temple
Graves; Joe Bailey of Texas, or any one
else of presidential stature who hap
pens to live on the sunny side of Ma
son and Dixon's line.
Platform—How long, O Lord, how
long?
Who Is there to gainsay Mr. Parker's
opinion that some such ticket would
get as many votes In the North—well,
as Mr. Parker got In 1904?
CASHIER OF BANGOR, mIT, BANK
APPROVES GEORGIAN’S COURSE.
LAWMAKERS OF THE SOUTH
' SENSITIVE ON 8TATE RIGHT8.
j#
The .
seem to be peculiarly sensitive on the sub
ject of) states’ rights, nnd resent any more
on the part of the Federal government
which ba* the slightest appearance of In
terfering with their prerogatives. The
Georgia legislators, In forcing tho passage
of the prohibition bill, did not, however,
consider It necessary to In any way con
sider connty rights and were not, there
fore, quite consistent .
To’ my mind, It Is becoming more and
more apparent every year that the making
of Independent laws by one state without
.. . ... some way to
bring about greater uniformity In the
making of laws than at present prevails.
There Is hardly a manufacturing business,
great or small, that does not do an Inter
state business, and where the laws of oue
state affecting such business conflict with
those of an adjoining stnte, much Incon
venience frequently results.
Under present conditions, the laws of
one state will permit an Individual or
corporation to accomplish some purpose
which It la not permitted to perform In
another atato, and this frequently results
detrimentally to the state whose laws con
flict with the object desired.
On the other hand, whero a corporation
transacts business In several states the
laws of which oro In conflict with each
other, It Is naturally put to mnch Incon
venience nnd consequent loss which could
be avoided If the laws of each atate were
uniform. It occurs* to me, therefore, in
order to bring about uniform laws pertain
ing to all general questions or affecting
Interstate commerce, that two delegates
should be selected by the legislatures of
the several Southern states east of the
Mississippi river, which should bo formed
Into a committee for the purpose of meet
ing together In advance of the legislative
sessions and framing Joint recommendations,
to be considered and acted upon by the
legislative bodies of each atate.
Either some auch plnn aa this should gov
ern or congress should make tho laws and
the states uniformly adopt the laws so
made. As nn expert on questions per
taining to railway passenger traffic, I will
call your attention to tho conflict which
now exists between the passenger fares
fixed by the following states:
Vlrginln, 2 cents'per mile.
North Carolina, 2% cents per mile.
South Carolina, t cents per mile.
Georgia, rate* ranging from 2 centa to 3
To Those Who Have No Bank Connections.
You cannot accomplish much In a business way without the ser
vices of a bank. And when it conies to tho question of whether or
not you should havo a hank account, thero Is only one answer. Any
business will derive some benefit from a hank's service.
A bank Is not a luxury for the rich man; that Idea Is fast disap
pearing. The people from all classes are beginning to recognlzo tho
Importance of a bank connection. The service that a bank gives to
Its customers, places within their reach every advantage to carry on
financial matters.
Many persons are timid about opening a bank account, because
they think their knowledge of banking is not complete, or perhaps
they have a small amount with which to open an account.
To any such persons, we wish to say that the opening of a bank
account at this bank Is very easy, we explain all details and make It
simple. We also encourage any who have small sums to open an ac
count. In our Savings Department, we pay 4 per cent Interest, com
pounded twice a year.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
WILL SUE BELL PHONE CO.;
ABBOTT’S TROUBLES HAVE
CONTINUED FOR YEARS
ARMY-NAVY ORDRES
—AND— *
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
igs of each road.
Alabama, 2H cents per mile.
The conditions governing passenger traf
fic are practically the same In each of these
states, and there Is, therefore, no reason
to my mind why a uniform rate should
* —•- This would l>e very much more
• to both the public nnd the
railways than for a different rate to gov
ern In each state.
I have not written this letter for pub
lication, ns It Is very crudely expressed,
but It will serve to express my views In
a general way, and you are, therefore, nt
lll*rty to use It In any way you see proper,
Very fra* your,. A _
GOOD WOMAN WRITES . _
FROM NEIGHBORING STATE.
To tho Editor of Tho Georgian:
A subscriber from on mljolnlng state
wishes, now that tho rlctory fa won, to of
fer her hrarty congratulations to The Geor
gian for tb. splendid tight made for probl-
Dltlon.
I havo boon roadlng your paper for some
Il|f I Mil IIIIPM- lUIIKUIUtTUt TUUUIWW ")»VH
appeared dally In The Georgian won tho
victory. 1 have put nwnjr many of them
for reference In the future, for thin victory
Is not for Georgia only, but It presages
what Is coming for other atates In a very
short time, some very decided temper
ance mensnrea havo been presented to tho
teglslntnre now In session In Alabama,
which go to show which way tho wind
flow*. Georgia's victory will make Ala
bama's victory the easier when the legisla
ture assemble! ngnln. In tho moantlmo, wo
mean to organise onr tempernuco forces
nnd he ready to stryco tho blow when the
time comes.
An Episcopal minister from Birmingham
writes me of his deep Interest In the pro
hibition movement going au In this stale,
adding that he. Intends to "light tho liquor
traffic to the Inst ditch." This clergyman's
mission work Is chiefly among prisoners,
and he la In a position to know that It la
hlskv which keeps the prisons full. He
„ills to my notice the fact that the atate of
Maine offer having prohibition for about
. am much pleased to
entry Digest quotations from your paper
which atate your position on (be prohibi
tion question In your state. I tneloee
phlet rontnlultig statements
pa nip
and Ba
the elite* in Maine, nailer the preoent law,
yet the conditions can not Its compared
with CHIOS In othrn states under the Urease
system. Yours very irttly,
A. B. TAYI-OR,
Cashier Vsssl* National Hank.
Bangor, Maine.
calls to my notice
Maine offer bavl_ ------
sixty years has only 188 convicts In her
penitentiaries. or about 1 to every 4,800 of
population, whereas Alabama has 1 to every
675 of population.
Igist year thero were four murder* In
Maine, in Alabama there were nearly 400,
nnd nearly all attributable to the llqnor
traffic. Such figures call for onr closest
Investigntlon. Could wo devote our lives
to n better cause than trying to abolish
the whisky evil? Ton have set the exam
ple which others will follow, and God will
bless The Atlanta Georgian for this great
the Sontb.
MILTON OTMES.
Army Orders.
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 21.—First
Lieutenant George A. F. Trumbo,
Twelfth cavalry, from Troop E to
Troop C. First Lieutenant Robert
McB. Beck, Jr„ Twelfth cavalry, from
Troop C to Troop E.
Following assignments second lieut
enants corps of engineers ordered:
James G. Steele and Lewis Ji. Wat'
kins, first battalion of englnArs, Fort
Mason; Roger G. Alexander and James
A. O’Connor, second battalion of en
gineers, Havana John A. Holablrd,
Gilbert E. Humphrey and Daniel
Sultan, to third battalion of engineers,
for Leavenworth; Richard Park,
Boston.
Second Lieutenant Troup Miller,
Seventh cavalry, ald-de-camp. to gen
eral hospital, Washington barracks;
First Lieutenant Ned B. Rehkopf, sec
ond field artillery, to West Point Mili
tary academy; Major William H. John
ston, Sixteenth Infantry, to army war
college.
Navy Orders.
Lieutenant Commander W. P. Scott,
detached Missouri, to navy yard,
Washington; Lieutenant Commander
E. T. Pollock, to Naval academy;
Lieutenant Commander E. A. Ander
son, detached second torpedo flotilla,
home. Lieutenant H. I. Cone, detached
Minnesota to command second torpedo
flotilla and Whipple. Lieutenant E. P.
Finney, to Naval academy. Lieuten
ant W. S. Miller, to naval torpedo sta
tion, Newport. Lieutenant F. S. Whit
ten, detached, Chicago to Naval acad
emy.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—August 18, Hannibal at
Lambert Point; August 18, Kansas at
Hampton Roads; Ajax at Philadelphia;
Prairie at Portland, Me.; Albany at
Mare Island; Preble, at Seattle.
Sailed—August 17, Lawrence from
League Island for Newport; Kansas
from League Island for Hampton
Roads; Severn from Annapolis for a
cruise. August 18, Ajax from Newport
for Philadelphia. August 19, Prairie
from Boston for Portland, Me.; May
flower, Worden and Hopkins from Oy
ster Bay for Provlncetown, Mass.; Ten
nessee from Newport for Boston;
Rocket from Norfolk for Washington;
Arkansas from New London, for mouth
of Potomac; Intrepid commissioned at
training station, San Francisco, August
18.
Says His Phone Was
Cut Out Without
Good Reason.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
COMES BACK TO STATES
OLD-TIME PRINT TALK.
ine rouowing is given as n specimen
of printers' technical terms. Its date being
presumably during the days of recooatrsc-
ilon after tho Civil war:
"Jim, pnt Georgs Washington on a gal
ley. and then finish the marder yon com
menced yesterday. Set up the ruins of
Horcnlnncnm, nnd dtstrlbnt* the small-pox.
You needn’t finish that runaway match of
the Baptist preacher and a woman mom
of his church. Lock up Jeff Darts, al.
Ben Butler Into hell, and let that pi alone
until after dinner, t'nt the ladles' fair
to press, and go to the devil nnd lot him
punishment.''
UNION
Suit Is Dlamiaasd.
On the ground thftt Miss Amelia
Falcovitx waa a minor and could not
make a binding contract, Judge Blood-
worth Wednesday morning dismissed
a suit for $10 brought against her by
the National Employment Assoc
Attorney Morris Max, representing the
defendant, claimed that the association
was over-charging the young lady for
securing position* for her.
BREAiaNG WHEEL
APPLIES BRAKES
Rpeelal to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga„ Aug. >1.—An unusual
accident occurred on the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad Mon
day, In the bunting of a driving wheel
on a rapidly moving engine, which
broke tho leg of Engineer Smith and
delayed the train for about elx hours.
The accident occurred midway between
Melrose and Lake Park, while the train
was running at a speed of nearly fifty
miles an hour. A portion of the wheel
flew up In the cab, breaking the en
gineer's ankle and almost completely
wrecking that side of the locomotive.
A piece of the flying wheel rim struck
the air-brake chest, causing the brakes
to be thrown on every wheel on the
train and bringing It to a rapid atop.
With the exception of Engineer Smith,
no ollv vise «U» injuivd.
After a service of two years In the
wilds of- the Philippines, where they
came In contact with every class from
the Spanish beauties In Manila to the
dog-eating Igorrotes, the members of
the Sixteenth U. 8. infantry are now
on the Pacific coming back home.
Advice* have been received at the
Department of the Gulf that the regi
ment called from Manila on August 15
and that It will probably arrive In San
Francisco on September 15. This news
will be of Interest to Atlantans fpr tho
reason that two battalions of the regi
ment were stationed at Fort McPherson
until the orders came for the Philippine
campaign. During the time the regi
ment was In the Philippines, a tour of
duty In the Islands was made and It Is
now up to them to tako a rest by hav
ing barracks duty In the United States.
The regiment will not return to At
lanta but will be divided between Fort
Crooks^ near Omaha, Nebr., and Fort
Logan H. Roots, near Little Rock, Ark.,
two battalions going to each poet.
Colonel Gardener Is now In command
of the regiment, having succeeded Col-
onel Price, who Is now retired.
Two ofllcors with the regiment are
well known In Atlanta, Lieutenant
Walter O. Boswell, a Georgia boy, and
now quartermaster and -commissary of
the Second battalion, and Lieutenant
Jack Hayes, who married Miss Eva
Wllby of Atlanta.
Tie Market Dull,
Brunswick, Os., Aug. 11.—Business
still continues dull In lumber and cross
tie circles. Both exporters and local
dealers complain of declining prices and
slow demand. The price of lumber is
badly off; and crossties have com
menced to decline.
Because of the continued trouble he
has had with the service of the South
ernBell Telephone Company and the
■°Y of business resulting therefrom,
especially during the month of July of
the preeent year, M. H. Abbott; house
furnisher, of 241 Marietta street, states
that he has employed legal counsel and
will bring suit against the company
for punitive damages.
"My trouble with the service of the
Bell Telephone Company has extended
over a period of two or three years,"
said Mr. Abbott Wednesday, "but my
complaint Just now Is based upon the
trouble I had with the company last
July.
"During a part of that month my
telephone was cut out. When I tried
to get a number, central, Instead of
connecting rile with the number called
for, would switch me around to the
cashier's office, where I was Informed
that my phone' had been cut out be
cause of non-payment of dues. This
was kept up for two or three days and
each time I tried to use the ’phone I
was connected with the cashier’s office
and was given the same Information.
My telephone was finally put to work
again and at the end of the month I
paid for the service as usual.
"As a matter of fact my contract
with the company does not say when
the dues shall be paid.- 1 have always
been accustomed to pay at the end of
the month. There has been no com
plaint from the company this month
and the conditions have been the same
as last month. I have not paid In ad
vance so far and do not Intend to pay
for the service until the end of the
month."
As proof of the fact that Inadequate
service Is not of momentary duration,
Mr, Abbott has given the following
letter to The Georgian for publication.
It was written by himself to the South-
em Bell Telephone Company In 1905:
"Southern Bell Telephone Company,
“City. «.
"Gentlemen: If there Is any such
thing as a good telephone service I
am sure the people of Atlanta would
Uko very much for some of It to be
furnished them. It haa Just required
thirty-two minutes of my time to find
out that I could not get a number. That
many seconds should have been suffi
cient for the operator to have discov
ered that fact. Out of that lime It
took the operator ten minutes to glvo
me 500. Then they gave some other
number and persisted In ringing that
number four minutes; then four min
utes’ more effort to get 600, and then
after more watting, or a total of thirty-
two minutes of persistent effort, am
Informed that they could not get them.
“This Is only a sample of every-day
occurrence. It Is unnecessary: It Is
not what we jyiy for; It Is not what we
should receive,
"M. H. ABBOTT."
SAWTELL ESTATE
T0 SIX CHILDREN
The fortune of the late Henry C.
/lawtell, amounting to $126,000, which
was left to hts wife, who died two
weeks after her husband, Is to be dis
tributed to her six children, according
to her will which was probated In the
ordinary’s office Tuesday.
Two Whitehall street blocks and too
blocks of residences on Form wait
street constitute the property. Tne
elx heirs are Misses Oma, Susie and
Katie Sawtell, Albert and Henry D.
Sawtell and Mrs. Lokey.
SEVENTEENTH OFF „
FOR SHORT HIKE
Four companies of the Seventeenth
Infantry stationed at Fort McPherson
left Tuesday morning for a “hike” or
practice march down the Waco road.
They will be gone for .two days,
Ing on the rondelde at might and min*
In every way as though marching j
action. There are ninety-two men in
all, under command of Captain AdoIP
H. Huguet,
Stupidity of School Children
, Thp major portion of backward pupils are elthet* near
sighted and cannot tee the blackboard clearly, or are far-elght-
ed and reading and desk work strain their eye» and daze their
minds.
Every child's eye* should be examined for refractive errors.
Glauses, correctly fitted, may not only facilitate progress
,n school but prevent a nervous breakdown.
Our work in thla line la thoroughly scientific and accurate.
A. K, HAWKES GO., Opticians
TWO STORES
H Whitehall and 125 Peachtree (Candler Building)