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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. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 28 West Alabama St.. Atlento. Go. Subscription Rates) One Tear *ifj! One Month - T« By Carrier. Per Week *° Telephones connecting s'* depart. meats. Long distance termloeta. Smith A Thompson, advertising re£ resentnttvce for all territory ontsTde of Office Tribune Dulldlng New York Office......Bmniiwlck Bldg. If jrou hare 00/ trouble getting JHB GEORGIAN AND NEWS* telephone tb* circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telepbouea. Bell W main; Atlanta 440L .Mr desirable that all communlca. tlona Intended for publication In GKOIKHAN ANI) RBWS be »“•••£» 1)0 erord. In length. It I. ,I ?Pfvn«lv® »!»” ."SnSc’IM not be returned unlei. itampe nre eent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print* 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)