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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THURSDAY. JULY 3, 1808.
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A BURGLAR III THE
(Continued From Pago One.)
shoving the letter Into the boy', face.
"Why. yea.” said George. "I wrote
It for thin prisoner. What'a the mat'
'"’You wrote this about the food and
these other things, didn’t you?”
"Why, yea: but he dictated It:
wasn't my letter.”
"You’re a Mar.” said the officer. "You
put him up to kick.”
"I didn’t, really I didn't.” said the
"You're a liar and a Sneak,” aald the
officer, "and now you'll get what's
coming to you."
The next day the prisoners were lin
ed up for the slave mart, and George
was promptly chosen.
Gehenna—a Convicts' Camp.
He was taken to a convicts’ ramp at
a place that I shall call Gehenna. That
Is not Its name on the map, but It will
do well enough for our purposes. It
was one of many convict camps; some
better some worse. The company that
bad bought,of the state of Georgia this
particular batch of slaves was engaged
in making brick. Its camp was remote
front the cities and ordinary ways of
men; nobody knew what went on there
and nobody cared.
It was morning when George, with a
fresh detail of purchased slaves, arriv
ed at Gehenna. With the first glance
at the camp, a chill struck to his heart;
there was something moat forbidding
about the wild and desolate spot, mnde
more hideous with the ragged, dirty
structure and the black chimneys of
the brickyard. In one corner was a
high stockade with guard pend about
It and men with rifles on guard; within
the stockade were wretched, dark,
dilapidated, and most filthy huts In
which other men were doomed to sleep
and eat. About the factory yard were
men at work, In the broad stripes of
the convict, some preparing the clay,
some wheeling the yellow, damp, new
bricks to the furnaces to be baked.
George noticed that all these men were
very badly clad, and some went almost
naked. Beyond the brick-kiln the land
sloped Into a swamp, a promising
breeding place for disease.
George and the others of the new
gang were led to one of the filthy sheds,
where they received a breakfast of one
slice of boiled salt pork and one piece
of greasy corn bread. There were no
knives nor forks, and George took the
pork Into his fingers. He felt some
thing move under his fingers. He saw
what It was that had, moved. It was
worms.
Slave Women In Georgia.
Struggling hard with himself, he
managed to swallow a little of the corn
bread (after he had carefully examin
ed It), and with the rest of the gang
he was marshaled Into the yard. His
work was to wheel loads of those fresh
clayey, yellow brick from the place
where they had been shaped to the
place where they were to be baked.
When he went the first time to the place
where the bricks were to be shaped, he
was amazed to see that the persons en
gaged In removing the bricks from the
drying belt were women. He remem
bered then that the state of Georgia
has no prison for convicted women,
and that they are rented to slave brok-
era Just as the men. slaves are rented.
The work that these women were do
ing seemed very laborious; with bend
ed backs they must toll hour after
hour, lifting the heavy bricks and piling
them. A man with a rifle stood and
watched the women. They regarded
him with manifest terror. If for an in
stant he turned away, they were wont
to stand up and straighten their backs
and draw In long breaths of air.
From the place where bricks were
shaped to the place Where bricks were
' burned thero wound thru the yard a
path about <00 feet long. George was
’ told that by this path he must take upon-
the wheelbarrow each time from fifty
to seventy bricks and that he must de
liver at the furnaces not fewer than
105 loads In the day sixty loads from
sunrise to noon and forty-five loads
from the end of the noon hour to sun
set. He was also told that his work
would be checked up every few hours,
and that If he were found to be fall
ing behind he would with good reason
be sorry. This Is the substance of the
Information conveyed to him; I need
not quote the words. Each of the un
baked bricks weighed between 6 and 6
pounds. That made usually a wheel
barrow load of more than 800 pounds.
George weighed 110 pounds and he had
ben certified by the prison doctor to
have heart disease.
Under the Taskmaster's Lash.
He has not proceeded far with that
first day’s work when he has an op
portunity to learn exactly wbat are the
good reasons for regretting a failure to
complete an apportioned task. There
Is a commotion In the yard, and two of
the guards appear, leading forward a
convict to a place where a great bar
rel lies on Its side. A big, authorita
tive man comes forward and gives
orders. The convict Is stripped. Then
he Is bent over the barrel. Two negroes
hold his arms and his head. Two oth
ers hold his legs. He begs and pleads
nnd struggles. The negroes hold him
fast Another man stands by with an
Instrument. It Is made of sole leather
about 3 Inches wide, S feet long and
3-8 of an 1 Inch thick. It ha* a stout
wooden handle. The man lifts the In
urnment high In the air. He brings
It down, swish! upon the naked man on
the barrel. The man on the barrel
screams aloud with sudden agony. He
does not shout nor exclaim, he screams
» horrible shrill scream of unutterable
pain.
The other man raises the Instrument
and brings It down, swish! again.
Again the man on the barrel screams.
A blow and a scream; a blow and a
f ream. Presently It Is a blow and a
foh: the man on the barrel Is crying.
Again a moment, and his blood trickles
down his side; he Is screaming, sob-
n ng. crying now—and bleeding. The
blows fall upon his bruised and bloody
back; he wriggles and twists about;
the negroes can hardly hold down his
head and his legs; the other men stand
•""o gase; the guards hold their rifles;
°hd from the bluest of skies the soft
r, m of Georgia looks Upon the frightful
feen». an< j th« sweet spring air from
’he Southern woods blows over It.
"'it the man hda done jvrong: he has
c rnmlted a fault.
***, from sunrise to noon he has
''heeled fifty-seven loads of fresh
brick; the regulations of this hell on
’"rill require that In such a time he
'• ••! wheel sixty loads. So, haring
y l,ls transgressed, power and law and
■] rice as administered In the state of
’corgta exact from him thla penalty
un tll he screams and cries and dobs—
end bleeds.
He walks with difficulty, this offend.
r r “gainst the majesty of the state of
orgi a and Its slave contracta. George
notices his limping gait and thinks It
“rises from the punishment the offend
er has earned. But day after day
George notices that the offender walks
always with the same difficulty. Then
George learns that the offender Is a
fripple: he has chronic rheumatism In
™ back. So that la why he offends
concerning the three loads missing
' r '>m his tally between sunrise and
noon. He fs lame, he la no longer
I r, ung, about 85, George thinks; he
rannot with ease wheel 800-pound
mads. So thereupon the state of Geor-
means of the slave contractors t,»r the
llia t It tolerates quickens his movs- designed to make life wretched for the
ments with 3 feet of sole leather, well
laid on.
So grinds on the first day. For din
ner they have each a piece of boiled
salt pork, a piece of greasy com bread.
41tho he Is nearly famished, having
worked all morning in the open air,
George looks upon the food before him.
and at the recollection of his break
fast his stomach revolts upon him and
he turns sick and faint. But he gulps
down the com bread and, at last, turn
ing the .salt pork to the light and
shredding It with his fingers, he man
ages for aheer hunger's sake to swal
low a little of it. The rest Is begged
by the hungry man next to him. For
supper he hajs boiled salt pork and a
piece of corn bread. He learns then
that the state of Georgia does not
furnish these viands: they are provid<
ed at the sole charge and cost of the
company to which his slave labor has
been sold.
State-Made Criminals.
A light begins to daw*n upon him. He*
perceives that he Is no concern of the
state of Georgia and no concern of the
edmpany to which he . has been sold.
Between the two he Is the lost and for
gotten outcast and pariah. The state
turns him over to the company and
does nut care; the company can get
all the convicts It wants and does not
care. Nobody cares. , Why, then,
should the convict care what war he
makes upon the society that has thrust
him Into a pit and left him there?
The days that followed that first day
were to George like days in a mad
man's dream. He must learn
face the salt pork and
animated contents; he must harden
himself against the dally whippings, he
must harden himself against the Inces
sant. brutality, vile smells and abomi
nable sight*. While all else is being
hardened In him, shall bis soul escape?
At night he crawls, sore and weary.
Into his horribly bestenched prison
house, where whites and negroes, young
and old, veteran criminal and novice,
decent and vile, herd together indis
criminately. Every few days his stom
ach, which, however his mind may fare,
will not become accustomed to the salt
pork and greasy corn bread, rebels and
rejects the poisonous stqff, and then
he works on in the sun ready to drop
of weakness and weariness.
The Process of Soul-Killing.
Once he falls In a faint at his task
and his companions In misery carry
him to his filthy bunk, and even th6
camp doctor admits that he can work
no more that day. And so he lies there,
and a million Insects that Inhabit his
bed crawl over him and feed upon
him, and for weakness he can hardly
lift his hand to brush them from his
face. So he lies there two days, three
days, four days, five days, delirious
part of the time, happily unconscious
part of the time. The doctor comes
and glances at him and goes his way;
the slave contractor's agent looks In at
the door and curses him. There Is one
person that seems to feel a spark of hu
man Interest In him. She comes in at
noon and gives him a drink and lays
her hand on his head and straightens
the pillow and chases away tho Insects.
She Is one of the convict women that
pile brick down there at the drying-
place.
At last he comes back from the shad,
ow-land where he ho* strayed, and the
insects drive him to his feet, nnd he
puts on the broad stripes and staggers
Into the yard. And then his wheelbar
row Is put into his hands again and he
begins to wheel brick. But they do not
exact of him that day nor for many
days the 105 loads. JJven^g^he brick
yards of Gehenna there Is a limit to
brutality. Or maybe it would be 111 if
In such a way he should die on the
slave contractor's hands. Long after
wards he learns that In'the near by
town some church society or Salvation
Army or some one else had learned that
there was a very sick convict and had
sent him Invalid’s food and chickens to
be made Into broth. *But he never re
ceived them. He knew why. And If
the agents of society practiced theft
upon him, why should he not practice
theft upon society?
Many were the horrible sights he
witnessed and shuddered at In those
days before the crushing of the system
nad atrophied In him the last nerve of
conscious revolt and he had arrived at
the state In which he did not care.
Three times in one day he saw that
same old man whipped, the man that
had rheumatism In his back; three
times, and for no fault but for falling
to make the required number of loads.
After the third whipping he was too
sore to move and had to be helped to
his cot. His rheumatism was very bad,
but he lay on his filthy bunk with no
covering but a cotton sheet, and be
tween the chinks of ths wretched wall
of that hut the night wind blew sharp
ly upon him. The rags wherewith he
was clad scarcely covered him; his
rheumatism grew worse; It was In his
legs now as much as In his back. To
see him struggling along the path with
his barrow of heavy brick was a pitia
ble sight, but after a time George
dldp't notice It. He was sinking Into a
lethargy of indifference. He had learn
ed to eat his salt pork now—sometimes.
Aqd when he could not, his companions
would beg It of film.
The. whippings went on. Nobody
cared, except those that were whipped.
George learned, after a time, that the
men In charge were obliged by the
rules to report to the state prison com
missioners every case of punishment,
with the cause thereof nnd the name
of the person punished, but In fact not
one case In twenty was ever so re
ported. He knew that because, writing
a neat hand, he was employed to copy
the reports and had monthly before him
the evidence of the dereliction.'
Serving Two Matters.
The deputy warden that represented
the state In clterge of the cami^was
also In the jlay of the company, which
paid him three times as much as the
state paid him and to which his obllga.
tlon was in the same proportion. To
the contracting company his use seem,
ed to be to extract from the convicts
the utmost labor at the least cost. To
the state his duty was much vaguer.
The contracting company was obliged
by its contract to feed and clothe the
slaves; the function of the state seemed
to be that It kept the convicts from
running away. Simply that and noth
ing more. Nowhere appeared the slight,
est suggestion that any of these unfor
tunates were men—men, made In the
divine image nnd In spite of follies and
weaknesses and sins like our own, still
men to be pitied and helped antj/re-
SET OF
$5.00
GOLD CROWNS
$4.00 and $5.00
Goig Fillings $1.00 and up
Silver Fillings 50c and up
Painless extractions FREE when
plates are ordered.
All work guaranteed 10 years.
American Dental Parlqrs
Cor. Peachtree and Decatur Sts.,
Entrance 191-2 Peachtree St.
ATLANTA. *
formed and redeemed
There were rules, George found, of
the most beautiful and humane char
acter, rules evidently, ileslgned hy kind,
hearted men to prevent cruelty and to
secure some measure of comfort to the
convicts, but all thfc rule* were merely
a Jest among the perrons In charge of
the camp; no one pretended to observe
them. Thus, It was prescribed that the
contracting company should • furnish
ample food of good quality, good and
sufficient clothing, good and clean beds.
All these rules were as If they had
never existed. In that remote and sel
dom-visited spot the deputy warden
was the unquestioned master and
seemed to have no limit to his sway
except the Interest of the contractor.
All the conditions seemed framed and
victims of this terrible system. In the
beginning the contractor had bought
the labor of the convicts for 111 a head
for each year. Now competitive bid
ding had Increased the price to 8225 a
head a year, and even more, and be
sides the contractor bore the expense of
feeding and clothMig: That he might
secure a profit on such a bargain it
was necessary that the men should be
driven .thru long hours to the utmost
rapacity of their enduranc. And that
was why the deputy warden was on the
contractor's pay roll.
The Mockery of Inspection.
Once In a long time an Inspector from
the state prison department came to
visit the camp, but hts cdjnlng was In
variably known In advance, and the
mciCwerc set to work to clean-up the
barracks and whitewash the stockade;
and when the Inspector capio, for that
one meal the men had decent food,
and the whip was out of sight. The
Inspector went among the convicts to
receive compIalntB, but a deputy war
den or a yard boss went with him ev
erywhere, listening to every word said
to him, and the convicts knew too well
what would be the consequences to
them of any complaint. They were In a
trap.
In the middle of George's second year,
the term of the old rheumatic sufferer
expired. He had made A faultless prls.
on record, for there Is one gleam of
mercy In this system of evil In that the
whippings for Insufficient work are not
allowed to bo entered against a con
vict's record. Therefore, tho old man
had earned for good behavior eleven
months' commutation. He knew It and
was filled with Joy as the day of his
freedom drew near. The prison com
mission In Atlanta looked over his rec
ord and found It good, and the cus
tomary order was sent for his release.
But he was not released. Instead, he
served out his full time, nnd for eleven
months longer he tolled with his heavy
wheelbarrow up and down the path,
battened upon scrape, nnd endured the
lash. Another kind of man would have
complained, or his friends would have
complained for him. This old man was
Ignorant, friendless, helpless—and a
criminal. So he bore his lot and went
forth at last with another sense of In
jury burning at his wronged heart.
Lessons in a School of Crims.
Some Incident* camp to vary the mo
notony of hop-or,. the whippings, .the
tugging at the wheelbarrow, the strug
gle to and fro In the hot sun or the
cold mins. Old faces disappeared as
men died'or as time won for them an
exit from the doors, of hell; new faces
appeared as fresh relays of slaves were
brought up to feed the Insatiable con
tract. At rare Intervals other events
broke upon the stupor In which they
dragged out their days. One of the pris
oners had a mistress, a prostitute of
Atlanta, who came sometimes to the
camp to see her lover, and then the ex
traordinary liberties allowed to this
couple awoke a loathsome comment
thru the camp. And once n convict
stood for a moment by the marge of the
swamp, looking at the bright sunlight
as It lay on the hills far away, and then
plunged suddenly Into the water. In
stantly blazing rifle shots awoke the
echoes, and guards ran and shot and
shouted; an hour passed In excitement
until, covered with mud, the fugitive
was dragged back, to be beaten first
nnd then loaded with heavy shackles
that for weeks he must wear.
Anil once there was something else.
All day the man that was working next
to George complained of terrible pain*
In his chest and stomach. Rome Instinct
of fast-perishing decency must hava
revived in George, for he called’ a
guard's attention to the case. A yard
boss came and looked the man over
and ordered him back to work.
He toiled In agony, holding, when
he could, his hand to his side. At
last he fell In a faint. They car
ried him to his bunk and that night he
died. Hla death was entered nj due to
sunstroke. It was no sunstroke; the
time was the fall, and the weather was
cool^. But what of truth shall the rec
ord* bear that are made In such
place?
Some of the men got pneumonia and
died of It. Sometimes they stood for
hour* to their knees In Icy water while
they worked In the swamp. Always
they were ill-clad, Ill-nourished, and Ip
ne state to withstand the cold. The
contractor furnished shoes as well as
clothes, and the shoes were rotten and
worthless even when they wm new,
nnd went quickly to pieces, sovhat In
winter men with bare prolrudlrtg toes
walked In the slush. Some had no un
derclothes. some had no eoeks. One
received a letter from a friend an
nouncing that a supply of shoes and
socks was about to be sent to him.
Some days later he received one pair
of socks’ but no shoes. Afterward he
noticed a guard that wore socks of a
pattern like his and good shoes. But
he said nothing. He had no desire for
the heavy shackles nor for more beat
ings than fell naturally to hit lot.
The time wore by and George came
to the end of his term. He hod learned
to be as sullen, aa defiant, as hardened,
as reckless as the Indurated men about
him. When at last the doors opened
to set him free, a guard said to him;
••Well, I suppose you are going to
yegg It." * •
And George said: •
"By God, I am.”
He did. He went back to Atlanta and
turned burglar.
The Rights of Convicts and Negroes.
And was he the only man that went
forth from those gates resolved to prey
upon the society that had preyed upon
him? 1 think not. Was he the only
man that ever learned at Gehenna the
terrible lesson* of desperation and re
venge that are taught dally In that
most perfect academy of crime? I
think not, by some thousands. Then
how shall we justify to ourselves the
system that makes criminals and turns
them loose to do evil among us and
then catches and brands still deeper the
very criminals it has mode?
Convicts. I know It. Most of them
negroes. I know It. Convicts and ne
groes, we have decided, are outside the
pale of humanity, having no aouls, nor
rights nor feelings. I know It. The
convict must be punished—society has
so decreed; he has done Ul, he has
brought his retribution upon himself.
I knew It. Then why bother? What Is
all this to us?
Much: It Is very much to us for three
reasons. In the first place, It It had
been a horse or a dog that.had been
thus beaten and maltreated In the
name of the state of Georgia, a million
voices would have been raised In ve
hement protest, a million hands would
have been stretched out to shield the
victim. It Is IU for us all, III for our
common humanity that to anything In
the shape of a man we should do that
which we should not endure to have
done to a brute. And tfcjs Is true, soul
or no soul, rights or no rights.
In the second place, for all these
things the world at large must pay too
dearly.
Is Georgia Worse Than Other Statee?
In the third place, there la back of
the whjpper and his dreadful thong,
back of the screaming man on the bar
rel, back of the armed guard and the
dreary stockade ijnd the contract
slaver, a typical American story that
holds the glass up to us and shows ex
actly what spectacle ws present to the
world when we are engaged In our fa
vorite national pursuit of dosing the
symptoms of an evil lnitead of cutting
out Its source.
This Is a story of "regulation" os a
cure for social wrongs. It Is also a
story of how we fare and how ogr
victims fare under the beautiful po
litical system by which we are en
abled to shoulder our civic responsibil
ities from one to another and to go
smugly and undismayed about our pri
vate alms and personal profit, no mat
ter wfio Is wronged.
Georgia does 111 to tolerate this abom
inable system. Oh, yes—how easy It la
to say that! Shall the rest of us give
thanks that we are not aa the Geor
gians? How shall we do that when
their trouble Is only one phase of the
universal disease, which Is the domi
nance of corporation greed and the
lack of a way by which our own affairs
can be put Ipto qur own hands. Geor
gia tolerates one form of the evil; the
rest of us tolerate others. For ths same
reasons that New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania allow themselves to be debauched
and defrauded and rotted and ruled bv
corporations, Georgia aJtowa this can
cer to grow within It,
For tjie whole system of leasing con
victs, In other words for the whole
system of convict slavery, the great
majority of the people of Georgia have
only abhorrence. Of the hideous things
the system Involves they know little or
naught, but on general principles and
becauso they are a humane and kindly
people, they abhor It. Against their
will It was forced upon them; they
never chose It nor wanted It nor ap
proved of It. They have always loathed
It; It a proposal to abolish the system
could be submitted to a popular vote,
It would carry five to one. At any time
for many years such a proposal would
have carried. And yet this hateful
thing continues.
Why Conviot 8l*vsry Endures.
Why? For two reasons: First, the
people of Georgia, being, like the peo
ple of the rest of the United States,
ursed and clogged with representative
Instead of popular government, have
no direct control of their own affairs;
and, second, the system Is profitable to
very powerful Interests. So far these
Interests have frustrated every attempt
to end the abomination. Therefore,
and foy these familiar reasons, behold
It still persisting In spite of all the In
dictments of Its horror* that cry aloud
against It and In spite of the plain evi
dence that It Is of no avail In this
world, truly none except to break hearts
and malm bodies and ruin souls. And
these profitable Interests are able to
maintain this system of hell In the
midst of one of the most enlightened
and progressive commonwealths In the
"union. »
Incidentally, the history of this mat
ter Involves a very curious Illustration
of another trait of ours, to-wlt, our
quucksalvlng device of changing names
nnd disguises.
Ten or twelve years ago, when the
Populists wore powerful In Georgia,
they took up convict lsnslng and de
clared In their platform thels Intention
to annihilate the business. The people
of Georgia «t)oweA such a disposition to
respond to this program that the ruling
powers were alarmed and hastened to
make a concession to popular senti
ment. So ten years ago the system of
making leases was gravely abolished.
Thereafter "convict leasing" did not ex
ist In Georgia—according to the ruling
powers. Instead of leases there were
"contracts,” and, tho no conceivable
difference resulted In any essential
particular, the change of name afforded
to some persons thst soothing relief
for the conscience that we all are too
ready to accept when civic duty In
terferes with our Interest.
But however the thing may be
named, lease or contract or what got,
the fact remains that the state does
give over to private, unauthorised and
Irresponsible persons the care,, control
and labor, and therefore the punish
ment, of Its offenders; and that to the
private persons thus most Improperly
endowed with one of the most solemn
and perplexing functions of stale, the
sole Interest lies In extracting the
greatest possible amount of labor at
the least ppsslhle cost. Under such a
system the most terrible conditions,
multiple and Irremediable, are abso
lutely assured. It makes little differ
ence and can make little that the pres,
ent prison commissioners are honest,
fulthful. sealous and kindly; It make*
little difference that to the very utmost
of their power, and unceasingly, they
strive to remedy every abuse that Is
brought to their attention;* It makea
little difference that the legislature re
peatedly Investigates the condition of
the victims of these contracts. The
whole thing la utterly and Incurably
and hopelessly evil. Nothing does nor
ran affect tile great fatal fact that
from the labor of the state's culprits
prlvat* persona make gains, that the
extent of such gains depends upon the
amount of labor that the culprits can
be forced to perform, and that >w.rul-
prlts are and must be practically at the
mercy of those that buy such labor.
Result—More Crime.
For the year ending May 31, 1807, the
state of Georgia had 2,<6< convicts, of
whom 1,880 were contracted Into serv
itude to various private persons and
corporations, and 574 were employed
on the county roads. In 1808 the num
ber was 1,771 to the contractors and
571 on the county roads. From the
labor of these culprits thus sold to pri
vate persons, the state In 1308 received
1311,413.84 and lo 1307 3351.455.56.
These profits are the sole returns from
a system that multiplies criminals,
breeds brutality, encourages crime, and
puts upon one of the fairest states In
the union a hideous blot. If the profits
were a thousand times as great, they
would be dear at that price.
•In the month of March. 1308, the commie-
Some Boys’ Suit Reductions
—Thai- Will , Make thi
Parehtal Pock?tbook Glad
One lot of boys’ suits in gray mixtures—double-breasted
coats with plain trousers.
This lot embraces about 150 suits in many different
patterns. ’ > ' • . •
Suits that were $4.00,
$5.00 and $6.00, reduced to
Suits that were $6.50,
$7.50 and $8.00, reduced to
$2.50
$3.50
All the rest of the boys’ suits in wool weaves or wash
material at a uniform reduction of
25 Per Cent
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LEGAL NOTICE8.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordinary's Office. July l, ----- — -
W. Plaster has applied for lettera of ad
ministration on the estate of I). L. Plaster
deceased. This la. therefore/ to notify n
concerned that the same will he beard o
the first Monday In Auauat. next.
JOHN If. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County
Ordinary's Office. July r
Rums, guardian of Lula
nnd Annie Durham, form*?..* *><••••*.
sent* that he has fully discharged the du
August, next, wb
be discharged.
JOHN R.
WILKINSON, Ordinary.
Ingle, guardian of Robert B..
inlaaton. ...... ... - —
K raona concerned to ahow muse. If any
ey can, on or before the first Monday Ir
August, next, why *n!d guardian should no
*» " l * f feft l N*n, WILKHCWW. Orfilnsry,
GEORGIA—Pultun County.
ter, of illmnlmlon. Thl. I,, therefore,
.houlil sot h» ■il.i-hnrgnl.
JOHN It, WII.KISBON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Pulton County. „ „
Orillnnry'. Office, July 8, 1908.—P. tl
Brewster, admlnl.trator c.tnt. of An.eli:
I.clyli, ilrcMiMMl, represents that he hn
they can, on 01
iiefiir* "the first Monday" In Aujust noxt,
why said administrator .Mould not lie <11.
rh"rgBdjon X n w| ,, KINBOX . Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Pnlton Conntjr.
IMIVIIIROII, I r irainie
fully dfarluirged tho duties of hi. jsld trii.t,
nml nrnr. for l.tter, of dtamlo.lon. Thl,
l«. therefore, to notify all person, concern
ed to .how cauae. If any they r«n, on or
Itefore the flr.t Jlond.y In Augnst. nest,
why Mid adtnlnl.ttetor should not b, dl,'
chnrgod^ |x ^ WH.KINfiON, Ordinary,
GEORGIA—Pulton County. .
Ordlnnry’. Office, July 8, 1808—G._ W.
Elterhnri, sdmlnl.trntnr estate of
Ehcrhnrt. deceased, represent, that
fully discharged the duties of his Mid trust,
and praya for lettera of dtanilsslon. Thlr
|a. therefore, to notify ul! persona concern
i*d to show cause. If any they can. on 01
In-fore the first Monday In August, .next,
why said administrator should not !a» din*
Ch * fg *JOHN R, WILKINSON, Ordinary.
Ordinary’s Office. July 8, 1PW.—Jonn it.
Fuller, administrator estate of W. A. Fuller,
deceased, represents that he hap fully dis
charged the duties of Ids said trust. and
»rays for letters of dlamlaslon. This I*,
hcrefort. to notify nl! persona concerned te
iliow muse. If any they can, on or before
the first Monday In Auguat. next, why said
administrator should not be discharged.
JOHN B. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordinary's Office. July 8. 1998.—Forrest
Adair, administrator estate “ ~ ~
nnd prays for letters of dlamlaslon. This
Is therefore, to notify all persona concerned
to show cause. If any they ran. on or In*-
fore the first Monday lo August, next, why
•aid administrator should not be discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fnlton County.
ordlnnry's Office. Jnly 8, 1908.—T. W.
Word, administrator estate of A. R. word,
deceased, represents that be has fully dls-
inus'-d the duties of h!s said trust, and
>rnya for letters t of dismission. This Is,
.herefore, to notify all persona concerned
to show cauae. If any they ean, on or before
the first Monday In August, next, why said
administrator should not I* discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
IA—Fulton County.
rjr’s Office. July 8. lOflw-R. A. Roh.
idmlnjstrntor estate of Mrs. M. II.
contractors. Issued au order forbidding the
deputy wardens to accept auc*^
The commission will Isatie
make nny possible change In
Utlons rjjnt seems to promise tile least bet*
ter went; but bow powerless It la to know
GEORGIA—Fulton Count;
Ordlnar
ertson. ail —.... —... —
|{ol9ertson, deceased, represents that he has
fully dlacharged the duties of his said trust,
and prays for lettera of dismission. This
Is. therefore, to notify all persona concern
ed to show cause. If any they can. on or
t»efore the first Monday In August, next,
why aabl administrator should not be dis
charged.
JOnN R. WILKINHON. Ordinary.
OKoKGIAw-Fttlfon County.
Ordinary's Office. July 8. 1908.—Hattie E.
Massengale. guardian of Alice May, Ethel.
Roscoe, Gordon, Leola and Raymond Mas-
sengsle. minors, represents that she has
fully discharged the duties of her said
trust, and praya for lettera of dismission.
Thl* la. therefore, to notify all neraons con.
why aa!
Id guardian should not he discharged!
JOHN II. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
wbat really goes on In the camps Is shown
and the commission has but lately discov
ered the fact. But of course It la useless
to try to turn a wrong Into a right by hav
ing a commission to sit upon It.
LEGAL N0TICE8.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordlnnry's Office. July 8, 1908.—Hattie
Wilson High, administratrix c. t. a. es
tate of Joseph M. High, deceased, repre
sents that she hns fully discharged the du
ties of. her said front, and prays for let*
torn or dlamlaslon. This Is. therefore, to
notify nil persona concerned to show canse,
If nny they can, on or before the first Mon
day In August, next, why Mid ndmlnlstra-
trlx should not he discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fnlton County.
Ordinary's Office, July 8, 1908.—Lucy Les
ter. executrix will of Walter II. Lester, de
ceased. represents tjbnt she has fully dis
charged the duties of her snld trust, nod
prays for lettera of dismission. This Is.
therefore, to notify all persons concerned
to ahow cauae. If any they can,, on or be-
fore the first Monday In August, next, why
Mid executrix should not be discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordlnnry's Office. July i, 1908.—Mrs. F. M.
Kimble, formerly Evn N. Houser, adminis
tratrix estate of Edward H. Houser, de
ceased. represent# thnt she Bns fully dis
charged the duties of her snld trust, nnd
prays for letters of dismission. This Is.
therefore, to notify nil persons concerned
to show cause. If nny they cnn. on or be-
for* the first Monday In August, next, why
snld ndiulnlsftntrlx should not be dls-
rh " r *"!jonS n. tVIl.KI.NKON. Onllnnrj\
GEORGIA—Fnlton County.
Ordinary's Office. Jnly f. 1998.—Daisy R.
Harrison, executrix will of John W. Harri
son. deceased, represents thnt she ban fully
discharged the duties of her snbl trust, nnd
prays for lettera of dismission. This Is.
therefore, to notify all persona concerned
to show cntise. If any they can, on or be
fore the first Monday In August, next, why
snld executrix should not In* discharged.
JOHN R. Wll.KINBON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordinary's Office. July 8. 1998.—Mary F.
Thompson, executrix will of Carle R. Thomp
son. deceased, represents that she has fully
discharged the duties of her snbl trust,
nnd prays for letters of dlsmlMlon. This
Is, therefore, to notify nil persons concerned
to show enuse. If nny they cnn, on or before
the first Monday In August, next, why snld
executrix .should not lie discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fnlton County.
Ordinary’s Office, July 8. 1908.—Fnnnle G.
nnd R. 1,. Ktover, ndmlnlstra tors of es
tate of John A. Stover, deceased, represent
that, they hnve fully discharged the duties
of their Mid trust, nnd pray for lettera of
dismission. This Is, therefore, to notify all
1 >ers<>ns concerned to show canse. If any
thev can, on or before tho first Monday In
August, next, why Mhl administrators
should not In* dlsi'hnrgcfl.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fnlton County.
Ordinary’s Office, July 8. 1908.—Trust Coni*
iiauv of Georgia, administrator eatate of
William II. Kean, deceased, represents thnt
It baa fully discharged the duties of Its
snbl trust, nnd praya for lettera of dtsmla*
slon. This is. therefore, to notify all per
sons concerned to show csiim. If any they
cnn. on nr liefnre the first Monday in Au
guat. next, why Mid administrator should
«0t lie discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Ordlnnry's Office. July 8, 1908.—W. R. Joy-
per nnd George K. Johnson, executors of
will of Jacob Emtnell, deceased, represent
thnt they have fully discharged the duties
of their snbl trust, and pray for letters
of dismission. This Is. therefore, to notify
nil persons concerned to show cause. If any
they can, on or before the first Monday In
August, next, why Mbl executors should
not l*e discharged.
JOHN H. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA-Fnltpn County.
Ordlnnry'a Office. July 8, 1988.—J. Wylie
Smith has npplled for lettera of administra
tion on the estate of Pannle W. Ilnllejr, de-
censed. Tbla 1* therefore to notify nil con
cerned that the Mine will be beard on. the
flr.1 XMfiajt jj> fviT.KINSON, Qntinarr.
OEOHfHA—Fulton Conntjr.
Orilln-rz*. Offire. Jul. 9. UOfl.—D. J. Ba-
k*r. z’l.rill.n of Alz.nl. B.k.r and A. B.
Latham, minora. rrprrarBta that hf has fall?
fllnobarcml th. dull., of hla asld treat, and
prajr. for l.tt.r. of dl.ml.alon, Thla la
therefore to notify all persona concerned to
■how cause, If «ny they cao. on or before
the first Monday in August next, why Mid
guardlsn should not he discharged.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Court of Ordinary, Chambers. July 8, 1908.
—To the heirs at law of J. E. Crane, de-
ceased: John 1*. Coleman having applied
for an order requiring Robert Crone, the ad
ministrator of the estate of Mid deceased,
to execute title under a bood for title, you
are hereby cited to be and appear at the
next August term of aald court, to lie held
on the first Monday In Anjraat uext. then
find there to show enuae. Ir any you can,
why said order should not be granted.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fnlton Connty. *
Court of OrdlnaYy, Chambers, Jnly 8, 1908.
—To the heirs at law .of Rouse H. Egejston,
ilreraMd: lira. Annie WIIII.rn.on h.rlnz
.ppllnl for an ord»r requlrinz William |
Scott, the executor of the will of said de- |
censed, to execute title under n bond for !
title, yon are hereby cited to.be and appear
at tne next Augnst term of Mid court, to
be held on the first Monday In August next,
then and there to show cause. If any you
can, why eald order should not In* granted.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
LEGAL N0TICE8.
their objections. If any they hare, on or
before the first Monday In August next,
else leave will then be granted aald appli
cant, as applied for.
JOHN B. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
GEORCJIA—Fulton County. . ‘
9«£ ou ^ of binary, at Chambers, July 8.
19QJL—The appraisers on the application of
Belinda Peavey McGregor, widow of Malcolm
McGregor, deceased, for « twelve months'
support for herself, having duly filed their
return, all persons are hereby cited to show
cause. If any they have, at the next Auguat
term of this court, why said application
should not be granted.
JOHN U. WfLKINBON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton County. r ™
Court of Ordinary, at Chambers. July 8,
1908.—The appraisers on the application of
Alllo Anbury, widow of Kpple N. Anbury,
deceased, for a twelve hionths' support for
herself nnd minor children, having duly filed
niiKimi ii:rni m inm inuri, wny snu
entlnn should not be granted.
JOHN B. WILKINwON, Ordinary.
ill!I A L'liltnh I'nnnlr
(I Finite 11 A—Fill ton County.
Ordlnnry's Office. Jnly 8, 1908.—EUn 8.
Webb, gunrdlnn of Hasel E. and Vivian E.
Conner, minors, has applied for lenre to
sell the land of Mid minors. This Is there
fore to notify nil concerned to file their ol»-
Jeetlonn, If nny they have, on or before the
JOHN B. WILKINHON, Ordinary.
frteORGfA—Fnlton County.
Ordlnnry's Office, July 8. 1908.-W. n.
Mitchell, administrator estate of W. s.
Martin, deceased, has applied for lenve to
sell the land of sab! deceased. This la
therefore to notify all concerned to flic their
objections. 1/ any they have, on or before
the first Monday In August next, else lenve
will then be granted said appllrnnt, ns ap*
piled for.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordlnnry.
GFloROli—Fnlton bounty. .
Ordlnnry's Office, July 8, 1908.—Mnry Hng-
land, administratrix estate of George Hng-
land. deceased, has applied for leave to sell
the land of an Id deceased. This Is therefore
to notify all concerned to file their ohjec-
tlnns, If any they hnve, on or before the
first Monday In August next, else lenve will
then be granted snbl applicant, as nppltal
JOHN R. W1LKIXHON, Ordinary.
I" flinw rniisr, 14 nuj 11
tho first Monday In Angustmext. why
If. Winn, administrator estate of Thomns Courtlnml fc«. Winn, ns n.lmlnNt-nt r am!
|J. Pollard, deceased, has applied for leave gunrdlnn as nfore-i.iM. should net l»e dts
to sell ihe land of sold deceased. This Is charged from sold trusts
thtrefpfc to , notify all concerned to fila JOHN U. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Fulton Bounty.
Cotjrt of Ordinary, Chambers, Jnly 8, 1908.
—To the heirs at law of Martha C. Fleming,
deceased, who reside out of said State:
Hnrnh Margaret Fleming having, ns execu*
trfx, applied for probate In solemn foym of
the Inst will of snld deceased, you nre here
by cited to In* slid sppesr nt the next Au*
gust term of snbl court, to he held on the
first Monday lu August next, ns said will of
said deceased will then be offered for pro
bate In solemn form. ■ .
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary,
GEORGIA—Fulton Comity.
Ordinary's Office. July 8, 1908.—Notice Is
hereby glveq to nil concerned that Stephen
A. Ryan, Inte of snbl county, died Intestate,
nnd no t>crann tins npplled for administra
tion on the estate of snbl deceased, nnd that
administration will In* vested In the county
Tor, or some other fit ami proper
the first Mnndny In August next,
unless valid objei-tlon la made thereto.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary-
Ilea. July
Tlrnsnolskl has applied for lettera of admin
istration on the estate of Kilns Tower, .de
ceased. This Is therefore trt notify all con-
' that the same wilt he beard on ths
londny In August next.
JOHN R. WILKINSON. Ordinary,
This Is therefore to notify all con-
that the same will be heard on tha
first Monday In August next.
JOHN' 11 WILKINSON, Ordinary.
Ordinary's Office. July 8. 1908.—Daisy E.
Monday In August next.
JOHN R. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
ordinary's Office. . ... _______
ley Smith has npplled for lettera of ad-
llatrntlon on the estate of F. X. Bliley,
eased. This Is therefore to notify oil
icerned that the same will he heard on
first Monday In August next..
JOHN B. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
Ordinary's Office, Jnly 8. 190B.-S. J. Mitch-
II has applied for loiters of administration
n the estate of J. J. Mitchell, deceased.
JOHN It. WILKINSON. Ordinary.
Winn, as administrator ef the estate
... D. Latta. all deceased, nnd as
guardbin of Fiord Crrmes, Frieda Ilentchd
Irby. Era and Cedi Usher and John Albert,
minors, represents that he hns fully dls