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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909.
CHINA CALLED
TO THE PHONE
. MODERN AMERICAN SYSTEM OR-
BERED TOR PEKIN.
S 000 Inatrumeats. of the Band-Ringing
Sort, in th. Erapiro Now—By 1930 tho
Yankees Who Got Thla Contract Expect
There’ll Be 100.000.
rdd an Inch to every shirt tail in
,.o A some disciple of Walter Ballard
has figured t> nnd our Southern
So " l , j’ isoo.ooo more bale, of cotton
r°" h. O P riSt every year. Prophetic figures
ibout ChiS-but which have to do ?-•-
f.Ienhonle installation—were spun out a!
the same lines yesterday in the offieea of
n-estem Electric Company at 163 West-.,
when O. D. Street, of the i\ cstern Electric
^ iern £££&&£.* SSSHSMtA
C ssra
i states
• the
empire to his
English- Oerman
manufacturer,.
French and other foreign
'""rommiss'lon composed of three CMnene
rnvernment official. toured Europe -"6
in,erica about two years ago to look -
n-lephones. The oommiaston agreed with —
Western Electric people—who manufacture
», W *t.i? P «T
Eo»«.^feicb,Ssi|
,r The n two fwAchboarde that will first be
in Pekin, one at each end of the *
Sfl! eo*t approximately $150,000.
•‘Thi* opening contract, explained
Bireet Veaterday, "will .attention to
» city,
Mr.
the
a«Mt-veaterday. "will call .attention to the
A nU - now open to electrical com*
niniea throughont the United States, for thia
f. but a beginning and the field ia open to all
it's another indication of the awakening
rhineae to the value of modern thinga.
th *'China really in a no telephone ayatem now.
.11 the 4)6,000,000 or more aoula In the
there are about 2,000 telephone*.
The P e are *H oithS old hand ringing, ob.o-
III kind and are Installed mainly In the
homes ef foreigner., who use them merely
for soei.l intercourse, not for shopping and
, , do. They couldn't nae. them as
v.w Yorkers do If they wanted to beeana#
Mfh little exchange connects with about 100
phones, and no two exchanges hare trank eon
"'ttr’Vweet Rare n better notion of the pos-
sthllttiea open to enterprising Amerfcan
mnniifnrturera when he rave a forecast of
Shat will come to pma If Chinn ahowa
IwreaS ofoSly 1 per cent In the use
telephone! In the next twenty years.
has been eatlmated that If the United
states keepa np only Ita present rate of tele-
chon’ expansion there will be one telephone
fo every fire Americans twenty yearn
’’'’Hot enpposc Chinn’s Increase during
like period, ’ said Mr. Sweet, ’’were only .
ner cent a* ridiculously low figure, compared
{o^ura—China in UI0 will herejoo.m tele
phones, which with the awitchboarde and
Sther equipment will menn a Chinese expen
diture of 11,000,000,000.’’
When the Chinese telephone commission
visited New York nnd European cities two
years ago ererybody got busy. The West-
ire Electric sent one of the company en
gineers, G. E. Pingrec, to Fcktn, where he
wss Joined by representatives from Siemens
* Ilalske. the Dig German concern: the
Erisaon people nnd the English nnd French
M The r ”denth of the Chinese dowager cm
B ress and of tbo emperor delayed negotla
ona for some time. ’The emp re, howeycr.
will go ahead tentatively with the two
switchboards, several hundred thousand feet
o f lead "covered iterlnl and underground ca
ble—mmft of it underground—and a flrat In
atallaUon of 2,600 telephones si s starter.
Later on the government intends to In
stall plants nt Tientsin, Canton. Hankow,
and other big Cblnene cities. Tim switch
boards will he conies of the board used In
New York and the telephones will be of
modern type. It la probable that the ’’hello
pereone will be Chinese glrle. The Chinese
irtrls make excellent operators In the Chi
natown exchange of San Francisco. -
"The Chinese,” Mr. Sweet remarked, “are
fortunate In starling out with n trunk aya
tcm of the very latest type. We re hnd to
learn nnd progress here by experiment nnd
experience, wrecking the old equipment ns
we went along. The bosrds we shulllnstnll
• In Pekin will nave n capacity of 10,000 tele
phonea. The government of course will
control tho service. .
"When the Chinese commission visited
thla country they found thnt the United
States had about 2,000 exchanges, each
larger than the two we ate. to place for
them combined, and about 15,000 other ex-
rhanges, any one of which Is larger than
either of the Pekin exchanges.. But they
need not be ashamed of the plant they -will
have In operation very soon over
The contract specifies thnt the t
moat bo delivered nt Tieotaln Of .whm,
s. 1910. Consequently it has to. be rannu-
factnred and sent half-way around the
world In Just six months. The Installation
will be under the supervision of American
engineers, who will remain In Pekin until
the Chinese operators have mastered the
work;
There seems to be no worry about the
abort time allowed for the delivery of the
equipment. Last fall when" tho Guttenberg
exchange, which handles tho calls of the
busiest section of Purls, was destroyed by
fire, the French government put s time
limit on- the contract for now equipment
that scared nil the European manufacturers.
American enterprise Jumped in unafraid.
A switchboard was rando In Hawthorne, a
suburb of Chicago, In a hurry. Then. It was
shipped-to New York nnd sent to-Franco
by fast boat. It wns accepted In Parts by
the French government Just 60 days from
the time work was begun on it In Illinois.
At the Casino.
Miss Edna .May Spooner and com
pany welcomed one of the largest au-
d’cncen of their summer engagement
nt the Caalno Wednesday night. The
friends she has made since her sum
mer engagement began In Atlanta seem
io be loath to let her go. The won
derful ability displayed by Miss
Spooner and the splendid company she
has surrounded henielf with have made
for themselves a home In the hearts
of Atlanta theatergoers, and every one
of them will find a warm welcome on
any return engagement.
"A Scrap of Paper,” which Is the
closing bill, la a French comedy drama,
In which the cotjnedy 'predominates. Mr.
Chesterfield ranks close tp Miss Spoon-
tr In the lines of the play, and has one
af *he most pleasing parts he has yet
been seen In In Atlanta. A matinee
Saturday and three more night per
formances Is the end,
Downtown ticket place at'the South
ern Soda Shop, Peachtree and Au
burn.
At ths Vaudette.
An unusually strong bill Is on at the
Vaudette Thursday. For the flrst time
three absolutely first-run pictures will
he shown during one performance.
The head-liner of these new pictures Is
A Mnld of the Mountains," a 1,009-
foot "Essany" film, full of action nnd
human Interests The two other pic
tures are "Pompey’s Dream" and ’’The
Becriflce." By special request Joe
Elllotte will repeat his great character
*ong, "Shoo, Skeeter, Shoo!”
loo GIRLS IN PANIC
Packing Plant Burns With
$100,000 Loss..
Buffalo, N. Y„ Aufl. • 12.—A panic
Y*n caused among tne 100 glrla at
Jork In the hug and beef building of
he Jacob Dold A Sons’ packing plant
n East Buffalo by e fire which broke
•ut today. There were a .number of
-hrilling escapes, but beyond (hinting
'Pefis none was seriously Injured. The
Abiding was totally deitrdyed. Loss
»»‘r UOO.OOO.
MEETJEDNESDAY
Not Known if Shuhert Mat
ter Will Be Con
sidered.
# Aaaoelatlon
of Southern Theater Manager*, has called »
meeting of the board of directors of thd as
sociation to be held in Atlanta on Wednea-
day, August 18, for the purpose of consider
ing matters of importance to every manager
in the South.
Altho President Well* has not so atfcted in
h*» announcement of the meeting, it ia pos
sible that one of the important matters to
be considered is the Shubert matter and
the question of the "open door."
PRIVATES ARE PRAISED,
OFFICERS ARE CRITICISED
BY INSPECTOR GENERAL
United States Army Official Makes Report on National
Guard of Georgia—General Average of Guard
"Very Good"—Discipline Js "Very Poor."
know why we persist.
n Want Ad. you
ATLANTA MAN HELD
Meyer Hendel Finds Her
Wedded to New
Yorker.
ATLANTA MAN—6
New York, Aug. 12.—When Edward
C. Tobey appeared in court early today
as complainant against Meyer Hendel,
a traveling salesman of Atlanta, * Ga.,
who Is staying at 351 West 36th-st„
whon* he charged with annoying his
wife, he was astonished to hear that
Hendel claimed the woman as his wife,
producing what purported to be a mar.
rlage certlflc&te to support hfs asser
tion.
Tobey, who Is an employee of a nur
scry In Jersey City, was walking with
his wife at Broadway and lBIth-st.,
when Hendel approached and spoke to
her. Tobey had the man arrested.
Hendel made the statement that hq
married Mrs. Tobey eighteen years ago
and had two children—Moses, who is
now seventeen years old, and Earl,
fourteen.
When the pair separated the court
gave the two children Into the custody
of the woman. It was for ths purpose
of seeing Moses and Ear] that he had
come to the city, Hendel asserted. He
said he met his wife later and was re
married to her In Canton, Ohio, on Sep
tember 15, 1908. They lived together
only a short time. In February last
Mrs. Tobey left him.
The salesman produced a paper set
ting forth that the pair hod been mar
ried at tho time stated. The court ac
cepted It as genuine and asked Hendel
If he wished to enter the charge of
bigamy against the woman. Hendel
refused to do so, saying he only wished
to see his children. The magistrate
said he wished to Investigate further,
and paroled Hendel until Saturday.
Meyer Hendel was formerly con
nected with The’(Hub at 20 Decatur-
A.: but If waV stated at the store
Thursday morning that nothing had
been- heard' from him since he’ left
there more than a year ago.
BECK WILL APPEAL
Will Fight "Sentence For
• Murder.
LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 12.—Colonel M.
U. Mooty, of thla city; Hon. B. H.
Hill, of West Point, and Jesse F.
Stallings, of Birmingham, Ala., attor
ney for Henry Beck, convicted of mur
dering William Taylor, will appeal thr
case to the higher court.
The Jury In the case of Beck, charg
ed with the murder of his stepfather,
William Taylor, In Weet Point, sev
eral monthe ago, returned a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter. Judge Price
Gilbert passed sentence, giving Beck
flvejyears In the penitentiary.
TURKS READ GREEK
Ambiguous Paragraph Is
Worrying Cabinet.
Constantinople, Auq. 12.—Orand VI-
zler Hllml Pasha announced today that
examination of the Greek reply to Tur
key’s demands In the Cretan question
had not been finished. One ambiguous
clause Is giving difficulty to the cabinet.
The grand vlxler would not say what
the paragraph relates to, but intimated
that a better understanding between
Greece and the Ottoman empire Is
necessary before the menace la entirely
cleared away,
French Torpedo .Boats Collide.
Paris, Aug. 12.—Torpedo boat No. 205
collided with the destroyer Calnpulte tn
the English channel today, noth crafts
were bndty damaged, but no lives were
reported lost.
KILLS HIS RELATIVE
Claims Slain Man Slapped
Wife.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 12^-Charles
Pons, of Duval county, who telephoned
to Sheriff Bowden last night that he
had killed his brother-in-law, Charles
Wiggins, at his home near Gravely
Hill seven miles from Jacksonville,
and requested the sheriff to place him
under arrest, was allowed to go on his
own recognisance for the time.
Pons alleges that Wiggins slapped
Pons' wife, and they commenced to
tight; that he drew a revolver and
shot Wiggins four times. _
Train Kills Contractor.
Washington, Aug. 12.—Struck by the
same train at the same spot where his
son was killed fourteen years ago, the
mangled body of Joseph A. Blundon, a
prominent contractor of Washington,
was found this morning beside the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio at
Rlvei-dale. Md., 100 yards from his
home.
$100 REWARD.
For the apprehension and arrent ^ of
Duncan N. Ingraham, of Atlanta. Geor
gia. on the charge of theft, forgery and
mlnrepr**entlng himself a* the repre
sentative of Dr. Carl Schiyf. to hi a cus
tomers and the public generally. For
further Information see or address.chief
of police. Atlanta. Ga.
DR. CARL SCHARF,
Magazine Circulator.
The\meek and lowly private of the
National Guard of. Georgia gets his
inning at last.
Ha - is coirtpllifiented - by Inspector
General F. E. Palmer, 'United States
army, retired, in' the report on the
recent inspection. Just made public, for
his zeal, enthusiasm and willingness
and reliability, altho there were many
instances of shortcomings traced
rectly to lack of military training.
And the commissioned officers are
rapped hard—
Says the Inspector In his resume:
“It Is hot believed that any one. after
making such an Inspection, could fall
to be convinced that practically all of
the deflciences and InefficJences of the
enlisted men are directly traceable to
their officers. Where such officers are
themselves efficient, Just in proportion
thereto the enlisted personnel has been
found to be efficient and not subject
to adverse criticism. But not always
do the officers themselves take the
pdlns to make themselves efficient,
which involves time and study; hence
they are not fitted.to teach what they
themselves have not'prevloualy learned.
‘ “It Is. self-evident that the enlisted
men can and will know and will do
only what they have been taught and
required to do and‘do properly.”
Faults of Officers.
Inspector Palmer says in no uncer
tain terms that the reason for this is
that too many of the officers accept
commissions for “personal reasons” and
not for the “good of the service.” He
says also that the non-commissioned
officers are appointed for personal rea
sons pnd not for efficiency, and in
many ihstances are made Just to All
“vacancies,” carrying with the ap
pointment the right to attend parades,
drills and encampments, to wear uni
forms and insignia of rank, and "for
social reasons generally.”
However, the inspector^ says the
commissioned personnel In general is
able, competent, Interested, zealous, re
liable and fairly efficient, even accord
ing to strictest military standards, and
Improving each year.
Discipline is Poor.
The inspector puts the general aver
age of the state national guard at 68.80
percent, and when the mental strain of
Large Attendance at Con
vention of Agricultural
Society.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 12.—The sixty-
third annual convention of the Geor
gia State Agricultural society. In ses
sion at Quitman, la ‘attended by dele
gates from all portions of the state.
The convention will close this after
noon. .
Tho address of the president of the
society was the-feature of the session
yesterday. •
Hon. L. W. Branch welcomed the
members of the convention to Quit-
man. The response was made by Col
onel A. T. Dallas, of Troup.
An address was made by Rev. J. A.
Wynn on the subject of. ’’The Impor
tance of Elevating the Rural Home,"
which Had been assigned to Dr. Cope
land, of Hall, who could not be pres
ent. During the afternoon session an
address was made by D. G. Hughes,
of Twiggs, on "Farming a Business."
His suggestion was that every farmer
should keep a regular set of accounts'
all concerned la considered and the lia
bility of wrong commands or. commands
not heard In test drills Is considered,
this percentage Is considered ’’very
good." Yet ns to discipline 1n general
the average Is given ns 66.30 per cent,
which Is considered “very poor,” Inas
much as what Is required Is only honest
and Intelligent effort; and not actual
accomplishment of some "dellnlte or
difficult feat," as the Inspector naively
expresses It.
The general average strength for all
the troops Is given at 83.84 per cent,
which Is regarded by the Inspector, ac
cording to the national standard, as
"very good."
For the state the average percental
of total efficiency Is 68.79 per cent, and
the Inspector says this Is regarded as
highly satisfactory, when It Is consid
ered what the troops have had to con
tend with.
The low percentage of discipline, says
the Inspector. Is directly traceable to
the failure of the officers to give the
proper Instruction and to enforce It, as
the men themselves are energetic. In
terested and amennble. Very few cases
would arise, he sayB, where harsh ac
tion would be necessary If the officers
had previously given the proper In
structions to the enlisted men.
Major Palmer predicts a marked Im
provement on all sides by the time the
next Inspection Is made.
He recommends that all organisa
tions not attaining a general efficiency
record of 60 per cent be disbanded ns
soon as practicable; that six non-com-
mlssloned officers' schools be held every
year; that no men be discharged ten
days before Inspection except for ex
piration of enlistment; that no officers
be commissioned unless they have had
practical experience or Is on the active
list; that all organisations be permitted
to share In the state clothing allow
ance.
The new Auditorium-Armory came In
for Its share of disapprobation, when
the Inspector said the only advantage It
bestowed upon the Atlanta troops was
the fact that no rent was paid: -that the
quartermaster’s rooms were too small
and Inaccessible.
“This building Just completed Is not
regarded aa a success from a military
point of view,” says the Inspector.
LABOR MEN PROUD
OF DRUM CORPS
LARGELY ATTENDED
4
Proving of Great Benefit to
Negro Farmers of
State.
The necond nnnunl Farmers’ Institute,
which la being conducted this week nt
Clark university for the benefit of the
Professor J. H Melanin, of the
experiment station; Jx>rlng Brown, mnnn-
gor of the Belmont farm nt Smyrna, nnd
Bishop jl. L. Holaey, of tho African Aleth
odist church.
Professor Melanin discussed “Dairy Exten.
sion Work;’’ Mr. Brown spoke of “Poultrj
Kntsing,'' while Bishop Ilolsey gave “Some
It oa so is for Planting on Certain Phases of
the Moon."
The institute Is proving most successful,
and Professor Parks, who Is in ehnrge.
hones to mnke It n self-sustaining nnnunl
affair br encouraging the negro farmers
to contribute to Its maintenance Just as the
whites are doing.
would know why we persist.
Federation Denies That La
bor Organization Caused
fcisbandment.
erected _ „
were completed, and others were leased In
the some manner.
Mr. Ansley is very optimistic as to the fn
ture of Edgewood-nve. and It Is known thnt
mnny operations on this street hare been
The plot still thickens about the dls
handment of the Firemen’s druiti 'corps.
The latest move came Wednesday even
ing. nt the regtilnr session of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades, when resolutions
were adopted denying the alleged statement
of Chief Cummings that the drum corps
hnd been practically forced to dlstmud be
lie
was opposed to me drum corps coming Into
competition with musicians who earned
their living thnt way. lie repeated his
atntement mnde to The Georgian when tho
affair first came up. that lie did not be
lleve thp drum corps hnd eytr been In
suited by union men while parading.
F. Mnler snid he considered the resolu
tion as being. In n way, unjust to Chief
Cummings. lie an Id the chief had, on the
floor of the Federation, given his reason for
disbanding tie drum corps ns n desire to
bring the firemen composing It Into closer
touch with their duties. • . M
. _ _ - | Former Fire Chief Joyner* In dlscussln
ao tHat he could tell what he was * the matter Informally, stated he did no
doing. John D. IValkor, of Hancock, know of a slnxl. hiatanw where the drum
annkn on “Farmlmr nnd linnkln? ” corps hn,l mr conn- In competition XX-11n
spoke on iqi-min* nna winning. ■ nu , > , rlntla or h „ () , rfr received nnr
compensation for their aervlcea.a, a musi
cal organisation. “The charge It ridlca-
lmia," aald Ihe ex-chlcf. "and their d a-
handment on «uch ground, might gfell be
termed an outrage.”
MANES 2 FLIGHTS,
6 MILES I SouthernersihNewYerk
Williard on Long Island •"J&SSL# To£& a.
Does Stunts With
Machine.
Minneola, L. I„ Aug. 12—Charles
Foster Williard made two flights In a
Herrlng-Curtlss aeroplane today, sail
ing an. entire distance of six miles. On
4hc eecond flight Williard described a
figure "8,” landing within ten feet of
the starting point.
New York, Aug. 12.—Among the
Southerners registered In New York
A. Pentell,
8. O. Smith. J. Gray. 'H. N. Smith.
Savannah—A. O. Cassels.
Maeon. Ga.—H. M. Smith.
Norfolk. Va.—William Butler.
LaGrange, Ga.—R. D. Ollls.
. New Orleans—a H. Addington, Mr*.
C. D. Cooke. Mr*. W. D. McAdoo, J._ S.
Sanders.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
Washington, Aug. 12.—The statement
of gross postal receipts for July, 1909,
os compared with July, 1908, at 50 of
the largest cities, issued today by the
postoffice, department, shows an In
crease during the flscal year of 3584,-
838.43,
The total receipts of the 50 cities
during the year were 97.240,(28.64.
Only two ■ In the list, Scranton, Pa.,
nnd St. Louis, Mo., show a decrease.
The total per cent of Increase during
the year was 8.78. Seatte made the
largest Increase, with Dayton, 0„ a
close secom), the first named with
41.74 per cent and the lattfr with 33.13
per rent.
FIGHT FIRE IN TUNNEL
Flames » Spread Despite
Work of Laborers.
Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 12.—The fire
which started yesterday In the new
tunnel route of the Southern railway
here Is gradually spreading, and at
AERONAUTS_ARE SAFE
Not Killed by Russian Fron
# tier Guards.
Berlin, Aug. 12.—Later In the day a
conflicting report was received from
Betheun. Prussia, that a German mili
tary balloon, carrying three German
army officers, drifted across the fron
tier near Mllowic and landed In Rus
sian territory. This second report said
that the army officers, upon proving
their Identity, were released. The flrst
report said three of the occupants were
killed.
ABDUL HAMID ILL
Former Sultan of Turkey
Reported Near Death.
Salonika, Aug. 12.—The death ’of
former Sultan Abdul Hamid Is de
clared to be Imminent today as a re
sult of a severe attack of angina pec
toris. Three surgeons from Constan
tinople have arrived here and nn oper
ation on the deposed ruler will proba
bly be performed In a desperate effort
to save hfs life.
least 460 feet of the tunnel Is doomed
to fall In. Heroic efforts are being
made to atop the blase at the north
ern end, which Is the farthest from the
Are. This end Is being closed up with
a bulkhead, and holes are being driven
Into the top of the tunnel, thru which
Are hose will flood the timbers In the
hope of stopping the blase.
LOT
SOLD Ml,000
Enhanced in Value $2,400
Within Sixty
Days. ,*
llnm H. Ansley. the well known real estate
man. on the same piece of property within
60 days.
He concluded the sale of s lot 110x156 feet
.1 Ed/rewood-nve. below I’ledmont-nve, to
James T. Anderson, of Marietta, for $21,000.
This In Itself Is Interesting, but this price
Is an advance of $2,400 over the price paid
Into the possession of Mr. Anderson.
•>ir. Ansley admitted the figures met
tloned were correct, and said ft wag only
one of the many Instances recently where
property Tallies rapidly Increased on 1 Edge,
wood ave. During the past year thousands
and thousands or dollars have been spent
In building along this thoroughfare of con
nection with the outside from the east, and
there is every indication that the entire
street will be Improved with modern stores
a Want Ad. you
know why we persist.
Clippings ih'Window
Cause Street Fight
New Orlsans, La., Aug, 12.—,Sheriff
Warton L. Swords, of St. Land cry par.
Ish, this morning figured In A sensa
tional encounter at Pelousos with Fe
lix DeZauche, correspondent for The
New Orleans Item, at that place. De
Zauche posted clippings In the win
dow of his place of business attack
ing Swords, and the latter asked for
an explanation, at the same time slap
ping DeZauche’s face. DeZauche
struck • back and Swords drew n
volver, with which he Inflicted two
scalp wounds, striking DeZauche with
the butt of the pistol.
would know whr wo peralat.
TAFT SOON NAMES
Friday Is the President’s
Busy Day at
Golf.
rly,
OK I
Taft took things easy today and spent
the morning with John Hays Ham
mond on the Miopia golf course, and
the afternoon talked over official
business for a while'with Secretary
Carpenter. Tomorrow will be the
president's busy day. In the morning
there will be the golf doubles, with
the president and Mr. Hammond play
ing against Geneml.Ames and AY. J.
Boardman. The president was beaten
at the last match betw’efn tha .Tour.
Word was received today that As
sistant Secretary of Cqrftmerce and
Labor Mcllorg and Census Dlroctor
Dana E. Durand will meet the presi
dent at his home and talk over the ap
pointment of census enumerators In
each of the etatea for the nest cen
sus.
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock
arrives from,Washington tomorrow for
several weeUs' stay In Massachusetts,
and will be present at the conference.
The list of appointees Is expected to be
made public within the next week.
Commons Hold, Long Soraion.
London, Aug. 12.—The house of com-'
mnns adjourned another flftcen-hour
session today, when It arose at * o'clock
this morning. The entire night was
given over to a dtscusion of the bud
get. the most troublesome question
which has disturbed parliament In somo
time.
In the effort to Induce him to enter
the race for council from the First
ward, a committee of 35 leading citi
zens called upon Joseph L. Cobb, Jr.,
Thursday morning and urged him to
announce his candidacy. Mr. Cobb,
who Is a well known young business
man. connected with McOahee & Co.,
on Peters-sL, practically consented to
MAKE THE RACE and will probably
Issue his announcement In a few days.
Recorder Nash Broyles left Thurs
day morning on a THIRTY DAYS’
VACATION. Recorder Pro Tem.- Pres-
ton Is acting In hit place.
SPECIAL
Half-Price Suits and Pants Sale
A broken-lots and broken-slses sale of Men’s and Youths’ mixed and
SUITS
Serge Coats and ~
Separate Pants
We have sorted and sifted and culled and collected from amongst fast
'depleting lines that mid-summer discounts have occasioned, the result be
ing a decision to make a radical reduction of
hr
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Amongst the lot In both mixed and solid color suits are a large number
of large sixes—for men who can wear 40 and larger. The quantities being
limited and the .values this sale represents will necessarily make Its dura
tion brief. Prompt 1 response to this ad. alone will, insure a selection.
Regular lines of Men's and Youths’ Suits, 331-3 per cent off.
Eiseman Bros.
11-13-15-17 Whitehall.
Atlanta, Ga.
COUNTY FORCE IS OILING
STEWART-AYE. SPEEDWAY
Test Will Be Made of New
System For Over 3 Miles
Leading to Track,
ler the valuo oif' rosd-olllnf,
tty comralBZlonrrA now have a fores
v. «... xt work on StiwrMvf. trenting the
road In this manner, and k when It U finished,
there will be a .dustiest speed way three ana
a half miles long. .4 ,
A short time ago the rommUaioners horan
Investigating road oiling nnd in order to try
it out,- mnde a eontrtrt with H, J. Baquo, of
the Standard Road oiling Company, to treat
three and a half mile*, of 3t#wort-ave. at a
cost of $46« a mile.
This treatment la guaranteed to last at
leaat s year and it will be seen at a fUnre
that for dust-allaying purposes only, this is
cheaper then sprinkling with water. In ad
dition to eliminating the dust, the treatment
proteeta the-road from the automobile—the
road’s worst enemy* next to rains.
This sound* singular, fmt Forrest Adair,
countr i'4»mim»ioi.«*r and road and real estate
e»»»ert, readily deotairnffatML-how this is no.
ID points out how.au Ipfttomfrbllo tire flattens
at the point of contact, with the road and
then Inflate* n* It Ifitve* the point
of contact. An observation taken of.an auto
flattening against the road nnd then inflating'
aa it leaves the point of contact create* a
vacuum and this, with the friction of highi
speed, gathers up portlclea of the road and'
shoots them to the rear.
This, however, applies more particularly/
to high speeding,' ff»r nothing-!* gentler with
. .. - * ohUs'OV** dhd sane 1
better thoroughfare could bf
tryln* out thU piling system tha
are. This is the highway leading to the new)
automobile race track near Ilapoville. And'
all sorts and kinds of autos from the run
about to the death dealing speedster will be
using thi* road next fall. The oiling nroces*j
protects the road from thnt vacuum-frictioni
process of the automobile tires and at tho*
same time makes a dustiest boulevard.
The caae,of City Councilman Charles.
L. Chosewood and Dr. W. J. Lanford,
growing out of the 8ERIOUS CTTT-i
TING of Rufus Wilson a fewinlghta
ago at White Ci$y, wns called Thurs
day nvimlng In police, court, bjjt was
continued by Rpc^rdto Pro Terns Pres
ton Indefinitely. This vea* dope be-,
cause Wilson has not recovered, suffi
ciently to leave the hospital. %
FAIR DODD
325-7-9 Prudential Building.
Liability and Bonds
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
.For the six months ending June JO, 1909, of the condition, of the United
States branch of the
Frankfort Marine Accident and Plate Glass Insurance Go.,
Of Germany,
Organised under the laws of the eirfplre of Germany, made to the governor
of the state nf Georgia, In pursuance to the laws of said state.
Principal office. United States branch, 100 Wllllam-st.. New York city.
I. CAPITAL 8TOCK.
Amount of capltal.jtock paid up In cash'- 3250,000.00
Jl, II. A8SET8. •
Total asset! Jl.605.720.81
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities *1,505,720.81
IV. INdOME DURING THE FIRSTSIX M0NTH8 OF THE YEAR 1909.
Total Income 3520,612.94
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
1 YEAR 1909.
Total disbursement* 3549.49, 74
Greatest amount Insured In any ohe risk, net :lO.OOO.no
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified; la of tile In the office
of the insurance commissioner.' ,
8TATE OF NEW YORK—County of New York.
Personally appeared before the undersigned C. H. Franklin, who. being
duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is the United States manager and
attorney of the Frankfort Marine Accident and Plate Glass Insurance Com
pany, and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true.
C. H. FRANKLIN.
United (hates Manager and Attorney.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22d day of July, 1909.
GEORGE H. CASST,
Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia.
Office. 56 Wall-Bt., New York city.