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'-THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1005.
WHOLE CITY WRAPPED IN ICY CLOAK;
CARS STOPPED; MANY WIRES DOWN
Continued from Pafle One.
MANY TELEPHONES AREDOWN;
SEND CABS FOR HELLO GIRLS
Automobiles, carriages and feet were
the only means of transportation for
Atlantans Monday morning. And the
large majority of the people lacking
the two former used the last, to the
extent of as much as* six miles In some
oases. With the suburbanites it went
particularly hard.
. About 8 o'clock Monday morning
there were two streams of belated
business men trudging up and down
Peachtree-st., thru the sluBh. Women
were noticeably absent from the streets
all day and the usual crowds of shop
pers did not exist.
The telegraph companies weregreat-
jv damaged by the weather conditions.
Tn the Western Union office at 8 o'clock
the only commercial wires in use were
those to East Point. Throughout the
day others were repaired, but little
business could be handled. Atlanta was
cut off from immediate communica
tion with the rest of the world.
The Postal was In a similar predica
ment and had only one wire working,
and that not doing very well. The of
ficials were up bright and early urging
on the repair work. Until it is almost
complete they will net know the amount
of damage done.
ICE BREAKS TIMBER
AND PUTS WIRES OUT.
AUSTELL, Ga., Feb. 10.—The sleet
storm which began here at 6 o’clock
yesterday evening ^continued Into this
morning, doing great damage and com
pletely isolating this, place from the
outside world, except one wire of the
Bell Telephone Company, which is up
to Atlanta. No trains, except the reg
ular passengers, ar^ passing here.
The Ice clung to the timber and con
siderable damage was done, some trees
being mashed to pieces.
No accidents have been reported
here.
WIRES ALL DOWN
FROM DOUGLASVILLE.
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga., Feb. 10.—All
wire communication with the outside
world has been cut off here by the
sleet storm which began at 6 o’clock
yesterday evening, except one Bell
'phone wire to Atlanta. . No trains, ex
cept the passenger trains, are being op
erated thru here.
One Bell telephone wire Is up to Car
rollton. but It Is so burdened with ice
that It Is Impossible to communicate
over It.
The ice did great damage to tim
ber.
No accidents of a serious nature have
been reported here.
With 1,000 'phones In Atlanta nut of order
and dexeiw of the hello girls cut og 1 run.
tin* exchange by a lark of street cam,
the Hnutberu Bell Telephone Company
faced a difficult problem Monday morning.
For .in hour or more the service was un
certain. but Inter things began running
smoothly ago In
Cabs were sent to the homes of the
operaiors mid brought them dow.i v> work.
Linemen iiegrt work hi all parts of the
city as early as possible, ai-J every effort
was - turned toward restoring the system
to Its normal condition.
All the long distance telephones, - with
AvtgtiHi __
points, were cut off. The officials of the
company state thst the storm extended
from Greenville, S. C., to West l'olut,
Oa. \
* The Atlanta Telephone Company re
ported only • 150 ’phones out of order.
In this case also the hello girls had to
bo brought down to work Monday
morning in cabs. The officials and em
ployees spent a busy Monday repairing
the damage. The company lost no
poles, but many wires were injured.
CABS WERE AT A PREMIUM
AFTER CARS HAD STOPPED
Cabs and other vehicles of locomotion
were at a premium Monday, and Icebound
and stranded citizens fussed and fumed
orer repented failures to secure kome
menus of transportation from one fwdnt to
another. Telephone calls nt the offices of
the cab companies elicited the response
that there wus "nothin' doin' " in the way
of a cab, ns all were busy.
Two tired, cold and bedraggled pedes
trians stopped a cabman in Decntur-sL
Monday morning.
"I want you to go out on Washington-
st,” said the spokesman. The cabby shiv
ered as a gust of wind curled under his
storm curtain and struck him In the face.
"Can't do It, cap’ll; got a 'gagemeut an’
won't be thru until half past 12,” he re
sponded.
"Half past 12 the devil," growled the
would-be passLMijrer Impatiently. "I want
to go out on Washlngton-st. right no
Where ate all these cabmen that ha
n round the depots when nobody needs
hack?"
"All busy today," returned the cabman
Unperturbed. "Everybody wants to ride."
"Well, possession is nine points of th
law." returned the citizen as lie swuni
open the door of the hack. "How muc!
to tnke me out there and back?"
The cabby ttxed the price, the deal wa«
dosed ami the other party who had the
" ’gagemeut" Is probably waiting yet for
the unreturulng cab.
STRANGE LIGHT IN HE A VENS
PRECEDED SNOW STORM
A strange phenomenon was seen In the
sky Sunday morning nl 8 o'clock by pollce-
ho were on duty nt that hour, and
they think It may have bad some ben ring
on the sleet storm..
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga., Feb. 10.—
The only wire of the Bell Telephone
Company out of Stone Mountain, which
was working to Atlanta, went down
nt 9 o'clock this morning, completely
Isolating this place from the outside
world. The sleet fall hn« been very
heavy here and great damage has been
done to timber and property.
Policemen Bullard and flillesple,
ng near the corner «
nd-si
re standlni
and Courtlnnd-sts., nt this hour, were at
tracted by n sudden and brilliant light In
the heavens, anil got a good view of the
phenomenon. ’In describing the sight, the
officers stateil that the sky was lllumlunted
by a streak of flame apparently 10 feet
In length and 1 foot lu width.
"This flaming light wns stationary," said
the officers,, "and never once moved from
Its position. It remained In the sky for
fully twenty minutes, after which It be
gan to gradually fade away. This con-
tinned slowly until finally the whole of
the light had vanished."
"I have seen meteors," sold Officer Bul
lard. "hut never before have I seen such
a peculiar sight ns this (n the heAven*.
As we watched the strange light, 1 told
Mr Gillespie that something unusual would
follow. 1 am satisfied this phenomenon wus
connected in some way with the sleet
stornr."
TROLLEY COMPANY
FIGHTING STORM
Continued from Page One.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 10.-Z. W. Mitchell,
a negro, supreme commander Loyal Legion
of Honor, a negro organization with 110
councils In the United Stntos. lias Issued
this statement In Minneapolis:
"Within a few weeks, with the coming
of warm weather, the North will be flooded
with a horde y oi the criminal blacks driven
from the South by the prohibition wave.
Whites and blacks of the North must meet
tills great problem. It will t»e merely the
shifting of the negro problem from the
*’ rtt the Xyrth. The South has dodged
ll.-
the opt—„ - —
North for the Influx
i from the South.
Mlnennpolls
campaign to
of black
TRAINS OPERATED
WITHOUT DISPATCHES
Reports made by the
The Southern Railway has not a wire
working this side of Greenville, 8.
but from there on the wires are all rlgh*.
Trains necessarily are behind time because
of li.e absence of telegraphic orders, and
stops are made nt passing points to wait
lor other trains to pass. If by any reason
a train does not make Its appearance .with
in n reasonable length of time, the other
train in run ahead at 10 miles an hour,
and stopped at curves with flagmen sent
ahead.
The railway officials expect the wires
t * be In order within a short time, and
►ay every effort Is being made to get them
in working order. *
Miss Katie Caldwell.
The body of Miss Katie Caldwell,
aged 23, who died at 264 1-2 Deeatur-
st. early Saturday moYnlng, will be
*<-nt to Newjian, Ga., Tuesday morning
L*r funeral and Interment.
WISE CLERK.
Quit* Sandwiches and Coffee for Lunch.
The noon-day lunch for the depart
ment clerks at Washington la often a
most serious question.
"For fiftene years,” writes one of
these clerks, "I have been working In
»>ne of the gov't departments. About
tw, > years ago I found myself every
afternoon with a very tired feeling In
my head, trying to get the day’s work
off my desk. t *
**1 had heard of Grape-Nuts as a
food for brain and nerve centers, so I
Ugan to eat It Instead of my usual
heavy breakfast, then for my lunch In-
s’eud of sandwiches and coffee.
"In a very short time the tired feel
ing in the head left me, and ever since
then the afternoon’s work has been
don<ywith as much ease anti pleasure
an the morning’s work.
"Grape-Nuts for- two meals a day
has worked. In my case. Just ns adver
tised, producing that reserve force and
supply of energy that does not permit
one to tire easily—so essential to the
successful prosecution of one's life
work.” "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum <’o.. Battle
Ureek, Mich. Read the "Road to Well-
vilie," in pkgs.
manager of railways, at once got on the
job. He took personal charge of the
work of prevention and repair and
with a large force of men he remained
at work until 3 o’clock Monday morn
ing. , He slept n short time at the com
pany’s Transportation Club, and at day.
break he was again on the Job with
an additional force of 200 extra line
men. These men, with the regular
force of linemen,, w ere sent to all .parts
of the company’s system with Instruc
tions to clear away all obstructing
wires and make It safe to, turn on the
trolley current, and the current sup
plying those outside the fire limits with
light and power. •
At 6 o’clock Sunday night Mr. Glenn
kept the tracks of the system clear by
sending out the snow sweepers, the
first time in many months that these
were used. JCvert the ice which rapidly
formed on the trolley wires could have
been overcome had not trees, telegraph
poles and other wires fallen across the
overhead system.
Fifteen Cars Caught Out.
Shortly before the current on the
overhead system was ordered turned
off at 11:32 Sunday night, there were
forty-three cars out on the road that
had not been able to reach the barns,
but before It was too late all but fifteen
of these managed to reach the barns.
These fifteen cars were stalled and
their crews remained on the Job and
camped out with them all night long.
These cars were scattered alotfg va
rlous parts of the big network of tracks
branching out over the city and sub
urbs, but the crews suffered but little
Inconvenience and remained in the cars.
We are practically ready to run the
cars now," said Mr. Glenn Monday
morning, "but Until I get reports from
all the various gangs of men out at
work that everything is clear, the cur
rent will not be turned on. It Is merely
a matter of precaution now. It would
be extremely dangerous to the public
to turn on the current, now, ns many
telephone wires that had fallen across
our wires and had not been removed,
would convey the current Into houses
and might Injure telephone users. As
soon as we clear away the crossed
wlreb we will be In a posltloi# to start
the cars."
Many Wires Down.
Reports to the headquarters of-the
company Indicate that trolley wires are
down on Edge wood-ave., on Peachtree-
st. between Cain and Baker, on West
Peachtree, near the junction
Peachtree and on’ Gordon-st. In West
End. At the latter point a tree was
crushed down^by the heavy logd of Ice
and. In falling, broke a wooden trolley
pole and tore down the overhead wires.
Large forces of men are at work
remedylpg these difficulties and clear
ing away thfe telephone and telegraph
Ires that are dangling dangerously
over the trolley wires and as soon as
this work Is finished the cars will be
started.
But for the prompt work of organiz
ing his forces Sunday night, Manager
of Railways Glenn would have expe
rienced all sorts of difficulty Monday
morning and the cars would not have
been started probably before Tuesday.
Even before the trouble was apparent
to the layman, Mr. Glenn had prepared
for the worst, and when it occurred, he
as ready go cope with the situation.
And while several hundred linemen
are working at high pressure to get the
system in readiness for the current, the
company is losing approximately |500
an hour.
This does not mean that the receipts
from street car fares amount to thisf
Of course not a nickel is being taken In
and what would ordinarily b* heavy
traffic In such weather as this is now
lost. But the expenses not only keep
going, but are increased. Besides keep
ing the motormen and conductors at
work helping to clear the line, 200 ex
tra linemen are at work. Except In
side fire limits, the company Is not get
ting any revenue from its electric cur
rent. The current carried by the un
derground system In the fire limits and
the gas are the only products of the
company bringing In any money while
the system Is tied up.
plenty going out, and that in addition
to the damage done, the storm Is cost
ing the company about 1500 an hour.
Marietta Line Closed.
Along with the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, the Atlanta North
ern Railway Company had troubles to
spare Monday morning and was tied
up by the storm. The last car over
the 'line between here and Marietta
reached Atlanta at 10 o’clock. After
that there was not a wheel turning.
The same strenuous effort is being
displayed by this company to get Its
line clear and the cars running. The
same difficulty, too, is being expe
rienced ns with the local trolley sys
tem. Between here and Marietta sev
eral telephone and telegraph poles are
down and In falling they have se
riously interfered with the overhead
system of the trolley.
Only one trolley pole on this line Is
reported down, and a large force of
linemen Is at work clearing away the
fallen wires and poles and repairing
any damage done to the trolley wires,
COLLEGE ON WHEELS
SCHEOULEO TO GO
OH TOUR MONDAY
ALDHICH BILL
UP FOR DEBATE!
HOUSETAf STILL
Only Appropriations Are
Considered in Lower
Branch.
Aldrich banking’ bill, which permit
Itelleved the minority
*n scheduled to reply
argument will nsfc
which to prepare.
"* " bnbfy b
Its support. __
senator who has lw»ei
to Henntor Aldrich's
for further time iu __
Among the Democrats who will pro! __
heard upon the subject are Senator Teller,
Senator Bailey, Henntor Culberson. Senator
Bacou. Senator Daniel and Senator Clay.
An effort to secure consideration of an
nrmy pay increase Mil, before the de
bate on the flnsnee bill proceeds far, will
l»c made by Senator Warren, cbalrmanr of
the military affairs committee. The next
bill on the calendar of the senate is the
netinl code bill, lint between the Aldrich
itnncla! mid the military pny incrense bills
it is doubtful if this measure Is called
up before the first of next week.
In the house, appropriation hills con
tinue to receive attention, and every op
portunity for political debate, of wbleh
the discussion of this class of legislation
la particularly
vantage of by
FOR TREASURER TO
ENTER STATE RAC
W. J. Speer Makes Formal
Announcement of Can
didacy.
STEPHENS ENTERS
LEGISLATIVE RAC
Attorney Makes Announce
ment For the Lower
House.
Attorney Alex W. Stephens has formally
announced his candidacy for election as one
of Fulton county's three representatives
In the next legislature. Several -weeks ago
Mr. Stephens announced that he was se
riously considering the Idea of maklug the
race and his determination to shy bis cas
tor luto the political arena of the county
ns a candidate for election to the lower
house wns formed after the earnest solici
tation of his ninny friends In Atlanta and
Fulton county.’
Mr. Stephens is an euergetlc nml nmhl-
ous young man, and ns a practicing ‘
irney be Is well and favorably known.
Smoke Betsy Ross 5c Cigar
Monday was the day scheduled for
the first day’s trip of the University
College car. The schedule follows:
February 10—Commerce, 8 a. m.;
Maysvllle, 10 a. m.; Lula, 12 noon; Cor
nelia, 2 p. m.; Bowersv!lie, 4 p. m.
February 11—Royston, 8 a. ra.; La-
vonia, 10 a. m.; Toccoa, 12 noon;
Gainesville, 2 p, qi.; Buford. 4 p. m.
February 12—Austell, 8 a. m.; Doug-
lasville, 10 a. m.; Villa Rica, 12 noon;
Temple, 2 p. m.; Tallapoosa. 4 p. m.
February 13—’McDonough, ^ a. m.;
Jackson, 10 a. in.; Juliette, 12 noon;
Macon. 2 p. in.; Cochran, 4 p. m.
February 14—Eastman. 8 a. m.; Mc
Rae, 10 a. m.; Hazlehurst, 12 noon;
Baxley, 2 p. m.; Jesup, 4 p. m.
February 16—Offerman. 8 a. m.;
Nichols, 10 a. m.; Douglas, 12 noon;
Fitzgerald, 2 p. m.; Vienna, 4 p. in.
The car will make five stops during
today, at Commerce, Maysvllle, Lula,
Cornelia and Bowersville.
Professor A, ^1. Soule, who will have
general charge of the car,, was busy all
yesterday making final preparations
and getting the car in shape. He will
be accompanied on the Initial trip by
Professor M. P. Jarnlgen, J. M. Reade
and Commissioner Hudson. Governor
Hoke Smith will not Join the party un
til Wednesday, when the car will reach
Atlanta.
Among the exhibits in the baggage
car are photographs showing the work
of the State College of Agriculture;
course of study provided In this col
lege and an outline of farmers’ reading
course; sources of fertilizer material;
methods of Wixlng fertilizers; fertilizer
formulas for the principal farm crops;
the grades and standards of short and
long staple cotton;* practical methods
of selecting corn and cotton for Im
provement; the b^st varieties of cotton
tp grow; cotton seed and the by-prod
ucts to be obtained from them; the best
varieties of com adapted for growth In
the state; spraying outfits for orchards
and gardens; methods of cutting and
bayerlng plants; diseases of fruit trees;
a display of field and garden seeds;
the equipment of a small farm dairy.
It is expected that four lectures of
half hour each will be delivered at
each place. *
Negro Sold Whisky.
Bailey Bledsoe, a negro, was bound
over by Recorder Broyles Monday
morning In $500 bond on the charge of
violating the prohibition law. Bledsoe
was arrested by Detectives Lockhart
and Roberts on the charge of selling
a bottle of whisky to another negro.
DIXIE TWIN CLUB
Delegates from both the Commercial and
Railway Telegraphers' unions met Huinlay
afternoon In Federation hall and organised
the Dixie Twin Order Telegraphers’ Club,
heard several speeches and nindo prelimi
nary arrangements for entertaining the del
egntes to the annual convention of railway
telegraphers, which will be held In Atlauta
uext year.
The following officers were elected for
the club: A. L McDaniels, of Forest City.
N. C., president: It. C\ McClellan, of At
lanta. first vice-president; J. K Stovall, of
Milledgevllle. second vice-president; Mrs.
K. II. Nmlth, of Atlanta, secretary and
treasurer; R. A. Clarke, of Atlauta, mar
shal; M. W. Trfx, of Birmingham; Inside
sentinel; J. R. Hanna, of Atlanta, outside
sentinel.
Delegates attended the meeting from
' ~ • ’ “ ’ % North
Cheney's Expectorant cures
le system in uru up. , * - - * - « . ,
Bo far the officials have been unable | COUgOS, COICIS, LSvtFippC EHUi
to figure the damage tfone to the ays- crOUU. 60 years OR the market,
tem by the storm. All they know la'.,, t
that there la nothing coming In but All druggists.
unions In Georgia, Alabama.
Una, Booth Carolina, Tennessee ...... r
and lauurhed the dub with a membership
of 150. The delegates were enthusiastic
and already the Indications are tbut the
membership will soon reach 300.
While the dub will make the arrange
incuts for taking rare of the 1.000 delegates
expected the second Monday In' May next,
when the convention of tho railway tdogru
phers meet In “ " ‘ -
other purposes
will centralize and bring
the commercial and railway telegraphers
In both a business nnd social manner.
Meetings will lie held each months .
which time* discussions will be held on top
les of Interest to the member*. .The next
meeting will be hdd the second Sunday
Itor of the Journal __ _ ...
man ll. Lee Smith, both of whom were eu
tbuslnstlcally received and applauded.
The members also discussed the question
linvO the operation of t. , J
and while no Action was taken nt the meet
ing Sunday, It Is said that such a move
will be strenuously resisted by the railway
telegraphers nnd that representatives In
congress will lx* called upon to insist that
the provisions of the law be cnrrit>d out.
Already some of the roads have made ar
rangements for the law by putting to work
three shifts of operators, workii
hours each. Instead of two shifts,
inerly. working twelve bonrs each. Home
of the roads, however, are said to be plan
ning to have the operation of the law
postponed, nnd this has caused
telegrnpliers to become active.
I, 000 CASES
Rubbers,
Ready to Ship
Look up cat
alog. Use the
wires.
J. K. 0RR SHOE CO.
Atlanta.
It Is to lie a four-cornered race
state treasurer, two candidates already
having formally announced, with two others
strong probabilities.
W. J. Speer, former state treasurer, tele
graphed his announcement from Florida
Saturday night. Mr. Speer it lu Tampa,
and wired that be was squarely In
race.
8. A. Crump, treasurer of Bibb county,
has - announced t<v close personal friends
that bo would be a candidate, but be
not formally announced. Professor T.
Robertson, assistant state school commis
sioner. It Is generally reported, will be
candidate for treasurer. •
Ro # b l r . t80n .J 8 Gainesville.
of “■"««. critically
ill, and uo formal statement can lie secured
from him. In Gainesville, It Is believed
t,l “f *je will lie certain to enter the race.
Captain R. E. Park, the present treas-
Vf er L- w L ,5* £ can ^ , . (,ate for re-election,
lie has held the position eight years, suc
ceeding W. J. Speer.
NEED NO RUN-OFF
IN JUDGES’ RACES
Plurality Rule Adopted To
Apply to Judi
ciary.
Instead of the majority rules, as for
all other officials, the atate Democratic
executive committee adopted the plurality
rule for the election of Judaea of the su
perior court circuits and solicitors general
In the primary of. June 4.
It was deemed advisable not to change
the old rule os regards these officials, and
the plurality Idea will prevail-In their se
lection. This Is the rule covering the mat
ter as adopted at the recent meeting oi
the state Democratic oxecutlvo commit
tee:
t Is ordered that In each Judicial dr-
where the Judge or solicitor general
la to lie elected, tunt white Democratic
voters, as heretofore defined, In each coun
ty of the several circuits, shall express
their choice on the same ballot as here
tofore provided for nnd under the same
terms as to qualifications of electors. It
Is further ordered that the vote df the
several counties In each circuit for/ * *
and solicitor general shall tie consol
by the county executive committee of each
county, and cert I fled to by said committee
and forwarded to the secretary of the state
tnry and chairman consolidated nnd the
result reported to the state convention.
..-JWFff „
oral circuits, and all candidates for Judge
and solicitors general receiving the highest
vote In their respective circuits shall lie
ROOSEVELT LANDS
HARD ON CRITICS
Continued from Page One,
question whether It I* worth while an
awering; but a. It la you who aak why,
the anawer you ahalt have.
Nomination, Reviewed.
Since the present congreaa aaaem
bled two month, ago. I have aem to the
aenate the names of all the official, I
have appointed for the entire period
since congress adjourned on the 4th of
March lost; that I,, for eleven months.
Excluding army and navy officers,
scientific experts, health officer, and
those of the revenue cutter service,
have made during thin period about
thirteen hundred and fifty-two appoint
ments subject to confirmation by the
senate, eleven hundred and sixty-four
being postmasters. Of these, appoint
ments In the diplomatic and consular
services and In the Indian service have
been made without regard to politics;
In the diplomatic and consular services
more Democrats than Republicans hav
ing been appointed, as we are trying to
even up the quotas of the Southern
states.
Politics is Secondary,
"In nominating Judges I have treated
politics as a wholly secondary consid
eration, and Instead of relying solely
upon the recommendations of either
senators or congressmen, have always
conducted Independent Inquiries my
self, personally, thru members of the
bench or the bar whom I happen to
know, or thru Attbmey General llona-
K rte, Secretary Taft, who has himself
en a Judge; Secretary Root, because
of his great experience at the har, or
Senator Knox, who was formerly at
torney general. In a number of the
other offices, chiefly assistant secre
taries or heads of bureaus here at
Washington, but also governors.of ter
ritories or men holding peculiar posi
tions—such, for Instance, as that of com
missioner of education In Porto Rico
—and also In a few other cases, notably
those of marshals In certain of the
Western states, but Including various
offices also here and there throughout
the Union, I have either felt that
the position was of such a charac
ter that the Initiative In the choice
could only with propriety come from
me or from one of the cabinet officers,
or else I have happened personally to
know or to know of a man of such pe
culiar quallllcatlons that I desired to
appoint him on my own Initiative.
8uiatorial Right Regarded,
"There remain the great bulk of the
offices, Including almost all of the
postoffices, the collectorshlps of rus-,
toms, the appralserthlps, the land of
fices and the like, numbering some 1,250
thereabouts. It la, of course, out
the question for me personally to
examine nr have knowledge of such a
multitude of appointments, and, there,
fore, as regards them I normally accept
■he suggestion of senators and con
gressmen, the elected representatives
of the people In the localities concern
ed. always reserving to myself the
right to Insist upon the man's coming
up to the required standard of charac
ter, and also reserving the right to
nominate whomever I choose. If for any
reason I am satisfied that I am not re
ceiving . from senator or congressman
good advice, or If I happen personally
to know some peculiarly lit man. Where
the man has done well In office, I pre
fer to reappoint him, and do so when
] can get the consent of the senators
from his locality; but If they refuse, the
reappointment can not be made. Ordi
narily. as a matter of convenience, the
appointment can best be settled by con-
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending December 31, 1907, of the condition of the
Georgia Home insurance Company
OF COLUMBUS, GA.,
organised under the laws of the state of Georgia, made to the governor of
the state of Georgia, In pursuance of the laws of said state.
Principal office, 1046 Broad Street.
. ■ , I. CAPIJAL STOCK.
1. Whole amount of capital stock 3300.000.00
2. Amount paid up in cash 300,000.00—2 300.000.00
. It. ASSETS.
1. Market value of real estate owned by the com-
pnny .. *127,000.00—2 127,000.00
2. Loans on bond and mortgage (duly recorded, and belAg
first Hens on the fee) 168,693.50
3. Stocks and bonds owned absolutely by the company;
Par value 3420.702.53
Market value (carried out) 604.240.03— 604,240.03
4. Stocks, bonds and all other securities (except mortgages)
hypothecated with company as collateral security for cash
loaned by the.company, with the par and market value of
the same and the amount loaned thereon.
Total par value 329,800.00
Total market value .. 73,460.00
Amount loaned thereon (carried out) .. P 37,100.00
6. Cash belonging to the company deposited In hank.3 80,195.89
7. Cash In hands of agents and In course of trans
mission 145,988.62
Total 3226.134.61
Total cash Items (carried out) 226.134.6t
11. AH other assets, both real and personal, not Included here
inbefore .. .. 15.902.85
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value.. 31,179,060.89
III. LIABILITIES.
2. Gross losses In process of adjustment or In sus
pense, Including all reported and supposed
. . I°™** 371.054.10
3. Losses resisted, Including Interest, cost and all oth
er expenses thereon .. 10,951.00
4. Total amount of claims for lasses 82,005.10
B. Deduct reinsurance thereon 16,841.38
6. Net amount of unpaid lasses (carried out) 3 65,163.72
8. Dividends declared and remaining unpaid or uncalled for. 180.00
10. The amount of reserve for reinsurance 581.557.22
12. Joint stock capital actually paid up In cash 300,000.00
13 Surplus beyond all liabilities 232,169.95
14. Total liabilities 31 179 070 S9
IV. INCOME DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1907.
1. Amount of cash premiums received .. 3 386,476.59
3. Received for Interest ' 28,184.54
4. Income received from all other sources .. .. 19,608.74
6. Total Income actually received during the iast six months
In oaiih * 434 269 S7
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE LA8T SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR
1907.
1. Amount of losses paid 3 141,992.94
o lM 16,000.00
J. Cash dividends actually paid
3. Amount of expenses paid, Including fees, salaries and com
missions to agents and officers of the company
4. Paid for state, national and local taxes In this and other
states
vl*.: Advertising.
151.624.63
6,549.05
Total expenditures during the last six months of the year
in cash .. 3 324,824.56
Greatest amount Insured In any one risk 3 30,000.00
Total amount of Insurance outstanding 75,284.266.00
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, Is of file In the office of
the Insurance commissioner.
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Muscogee.
Personally appeared before the undersigned, Wm. C. Coart. who, being
duly sworn, deposes and saya that he Is tho secretary of the Georgia Home
Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true.
„ . ..... WM. C. COART.
* Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of February, 1908 •
.. _ SAM SALISBURY, Notary Public.
Name of State Agent—PERCY PUTNAM.
Name of Agent at Atlanta—W. P. PATTI LLO.
W. P. PATTILLO
1218-1219 Century Building.
JUST THREE YEARS AGO
WAS LAST GREAT STORM
Sunday, February 5, 1906, was very
much the same kind of a day as Sun
day, February 9, 1908. And when At
lantans started to work on Monday,
February 6, 1905, they were met with
almost the same conditions as on Mon
day, February 10. That spell of Ice,
sleet, snow, rain and freexlng temper
ature In 1905 was the worst bit of
weather Atlanta has ever had. For
nearly ten days local traffic was block
ed, and the city was practically cut oft
from telegraphic communication with
the outside world.
The bad weather began on Sunday,
February 0, and by Tuesday. February
7 there was some moderation. Rut a
second rain and freexe resulted In worse
damage lasting for nearly n week.
sultatlon beforehand, the advice of the
senator or congressman, who Is elected
and has peculiar means of knowing the
wishes of his constltutents, being taken.
But where s senator treats this not as
mattsr of consultation or mutual
agreement, not ns a matter of conven
ience and expediency, but ns a matter
right on hla part to nominate whom
ever he chopses, the custom Is necessa.
rlly discounted.
Southern Appointments.
In the south Atlantic and gulf
states, which have contained neither
senators nor congressmen of my own
party, I have been obliged to seek my
advice from various aourcts. In thnae
states 1 have appointed large numbers
Democrats, In certain states the
Democrats appointed outnumbering Re
publicans. For advice In appointing the
Republicans I have relied, wherever
possible, not on officeholders st all, but
upon men of standing and position,
who would not take offices and on
whose Integrity I could depend. As In
stances merely, 1 will refer to Colonel
Cecil A. Lyon, of Texas, commanding
one of the Texas national guard regi
ments, and a man of Independent
means, engaged In active business; and
Mr. Pearl Wight, of Louisiana, and
41 r. Combs, of Florida, alto men of
Independent means, and of large busi
ness affairs; all of them being aptong
the most respected men In their several
states. These men and most pf the
others upon whom I rely could not be
persuaded to take any offices In my
gift; 11ml I could no more coerce or
contrbl their political action than I
could, for Instance, that of presidents
' chambers of commerce or colonels of
national guard regiments In. similar
states In the North. In all of these
states I have done my best, when I
came to appointing Republicans, to put
the best men In office—those whom the
people of the locality accepted os Such
and regarded as leading cHIxeifl; and 1
have every reason to believe that the
average of my appointments Is very
high."
The president referred tp various
newspaper reports and branded them as
false absolutely, and In most cases In
vented. He gave a detailed explanation
In each case.
•There remains th# allegations as to
the appointment of Taft workers' to
postofflees In Ohio. In Ohio I have
made fifty-eight appointments, twenty-
seven of these were reappointments,
thirty-one were.now appointments, the
last Including the cases tn which thn
Incumbent had died, had been removed
for cause or had resigned. Generally
the appointment was made exactly as
In other stntes, upon Ihe recommenda
tions of congressmen from the district.
In various cases, however, as at Mau
mee, Straaburg, BlufTton, Greenville
nnd Lelptlc, the nominations were
made upon the recommendation of both
Sonators Foraker and Dick, or of on.-
or the other. In four cases, the nomi
nations were rejected by the senate. In
two of these, Dennison and Uhrlchs-
vllle, the nominations of the new men
were made on the recommendation of
the then congressman.
Officeholders Are Warned.
"In my letter to the civil service com
mission of June 12. 1902, which now
holds good, and will be enforced, offi
cers are warned not to use their places
to control political movements, not to
coerce their subordinates nor to neg
lect their public duties for political
work, not to cause any public scandal
by their political activity,'but outside
of the classified service they are not
otherwise limited In political activity.
No officer will be permitted to violate
the above Injunction, with my knowl
edge. no matter,for what consideration
he may be worklnr. and I may add
that the .only officers as to whom any
question of violation of this Injunction
has hitherto arisen have been men who
are not working for Mr. Taft.
"The above Is a full statement of the
facts. Not an appointment hits been
made that would not have been made
If there had been no presidential con
test .impending, and In no case has
there been a deviation from the course
that It would have pursued had none of
those who actually are candidates for
the nomination been candidates. Yours
truly,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Hon. William Dudley Foulke, Rich
mond. Ind.”
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