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NEGRO FIREHAN
BILE 15 PASSED
BE HOUSE
Measure Aimed to Bar Blacks
From Locomotive Stoking
Barely Gets Majority.
By a hare majority of 93 votes, the I
lowest number which can pass a bill, I
the Garrison bill, intended to bar negro |
firemen from the locomotives on Geor- I
gia railroads, passed the house this aft
ernoon, slightly amended. The bill I
came up for passage yesterday, was de- j
bated hotly and went over as unfinished j
business until today.
The bill prescribes an educational '
test for firemen of engines on all rail- ■
roads operating in Georgia, a test which
will virtually eliminate the negro, and i
it was fathered and supported by union
firemen and other labor organizations.
Representative Bowen, of Decatur
county, gave notice that he would move
for a reconsideration of the bill, and if
a few votes can he changed it is pos
sible that the measure may yet be de
feated. It has yet to pass the senate.
Veterans Can Hold Jobs.
The bill was amended to put the law
into effect six months after its pas
sage, instead of four, and its operations
were limited to regular common car
riers, excepting short lumber roads and
other Jines not really within the Intent
of the measure. An amendment pro
viding that the law shall not affect
present employees was adopted, giving
the veteran negro firemen now In ser
vice the right to hold their jobs.
The house of representatives today
voted for the first afternoon session of
the year, and at the end of this week
the first Saturday session will be held.
The house will be in session this after
noon from 3 io 5 o'clock.
The, legislature is dropping behind in
its work and the leaders are realizing
the necessity of more work, harder
work and less talk. The rules commit- :
tee put over a report today limiting j
all debate on any bill to 30 minutes, I
holding individual members down to
five minutes, and even taking away
from the chairmen of committees
their cherished privilege of talking 20
minutes at the conclusion of all de
bates.
Speaker Holder had to order the
doors closed and send pages scurrying
into the lobbies when the session open
ed to round up late comers who had
stopped to finish after-breakfast cigars
in the smoking room and halls. There
was a bare quorum voting after several
attempts to draw the members to their
seats.
Flood of Local Bills.
A flood of local bills on passage fol
lowed. Speaker and clerks ran verbal
races to read their captions, announce
an arbitrary vote, record a bill as “pass- r
ed” and go on to the next. Perhaps :
score were made laws in 30 minutes,
with few members paying any atten
tion to bill or vote.
Representatives Alexander and Field
had a bill passed giving the town of
Decatur the right to condemn land for
school purposes.
The invitation to members of the leg- '
islature to attend a barbecue at Coch- |
ran. in the new county of Bleckley, was <
accepted by the house today, but it
precipitated a heated debate over hold
ing a Saturday session for passing Io
cal bills. Members who have local
legislations pending were up in arms.
Mr. Deese, of Pulaski, author of the in
vitation. even offered a motion that the
house meet at 6 o’clock Saturday morn
ing, transact its business, hold the spe
cial train for Bleckley county until bus
iness is ov< r and then take the trip.
Cochran To Entertain.
The house, in an uproar of laughter,
passed the motion, but quickly recon
sidered.
The matter was settled by deciding
on a Saturday session and granting a
leave of absence to all members de
siring to go to the Cochran barbecue.
There will hardly be a quorum in the
house Saturday.
The Cochran board of trade wlh pro
vide a special train, free transportation,
a brass band and a big feast to cele
brate the creation of the new county of
Bleckley, which it has been trying to
put over for several years. Cochran is
just below Macon on the Southern rail
way.
SAVANNAH DRUGGIST FINED
FOR SELLING MORPHINE
SAVANNAH. GA.. Aug S. —S H Op
penheimer, a druggist, accused of mak
ing illegal sales of morphine, has been
found guilty in superior court and sen
tenced to pay a fine of SI,OOO or serve
twelve months in the chaingang. R. E.
Burkhalter, his clerk, under a similar
charge, has the jury deadlocked Both
eases were stubbornly contested. Th?
officers found the drug in transit from
the ding stole to a woman who testified
that she had frequently purchased mor
phine of Burkhalter.
NECK BROKEN YEAR AGO.
WINS WRESTLING MATCH
NEW ROCHELLE, Aug. 8. Waldorf
Miller, whose neck was broken off July
4. 1911, won an impromptu wrestling
match last night by throwing hi.’
friend. Harry Bardue. to the floor and
holding him there.
MONROE FARMER VERY ILL.
FORSYTH. GA . Aug B.—Lero\ Na
pier. one of the most prominent of
Monroe county's farmers, is critically
ill in the Macon hospital. The physi
cians are as vet unable to diagnose his
case.
Mr. NaJ'ie is a son-in-law ..f Dr. C I
H S Jackson, president of Be sie Tift
college. H' Is op. rating one of the ■\-
perim. nl t'g.ms of the Central of Geo. • !
gia railway. |
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who has confessed to complicity in the slaying of Herman Rosenthal,
the Xew York gambling king. His confession, which involved Police
Lieutenant Becker netted him a promise of immunity from prosecution.
Lffl GROSVENOR
GDESWPSMG
LONDON, Aug. R. Lady Arthur Gros
venor. in whose remote ancestors Ro
many blood must have coursed, has gone
a-gypsying again, this time far afield
And many aristocratic and wealthy
women are following her admirable ex
ample. “Caravanning” has become more
than a fad and, which is rare, a most
healthy fad.
Almost certainly the fad will spread
to America, w’here so many women de
light in the charms nf the open country,
feel the enticement of green lanes and
by-ways and yearn to lose themselves and
their arduous social duties away from
the beaten paths.
Lady Arthur Grosvenor, whose husband
is heir presumptive to the duchy of West
minster, has started a-gypsying from her
home. Broxton Hall. Cheshire A Leeds
firm built for her two light caravans,
which her horses can draw twenty miles
a day. Her three children accompany her.
Robert Arthur, seventeen years old; Con
stance. twelve, and Barbara, eleven
Journeying as she pleases. halting
where she likes, free from all care
about hotels and luggage. I«ul> Arthur
will ship her “land yachts” to Bordeaux,
and with her children will proceed In
them at a most leisurely pace through the
south of France. There the\ wilt visit
the hunting chateau w’hich the Duke of
Westminster maintains
So the aristocratic gypsy will have
new’ opportunity to indulge her fondness
for gathering the legends and folklore
of the regions through which she trav
els Naturally musical, possessing a good
voice. Lady Arthur illumines and vivifies
gypsy songs which she learned direct
from those to whom they have come down
from generations of wandering country
men.
As everybody knows. Lady Arthur, call
ing herself ’ Syeira Lee. 1 <ensed hawker.”
has passed several seasons in < ara van
ning where sin* pleased in England, while
she peddled Baskets and collected songs.
Romany legend- and old pewter, copper
and brass.
THE ATLANTA GEOKG IAN AND NEWS. THUKSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1912.
REBELS CAPTURE
THEKEYTOHAVTI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. -Alarming
news of widespread revolt in Santo
Domingo was received by the state de
partment today. Minister Furniss at
Port-Au-Prince, Hayti, reported that
Dajabon, on the frontier between Hayti
and Santo Domingo, had been captured
by the rebels after a battle lasting
fourteen hours. The rebels are said to
liave lost 300 men before taking the
(town.
Dajabon is considered a point of
, vantage for the invasion of cither Hayti
I or Santo Domingo.
It is feared here that this action may
precipitate open war between Hayti
and Santo Domingo, which has been
threatening for the past two weeks.
The Santo Domingo government al
leges the rebejs were aided by Haytiaris
;;nd it is thought the Haytian govern
ment is behind the movement. If Santo
Domingo wishes to retake Dajabon
their troops will have to cross the
border, an action which th' negro re
public could not but construe as a dec
laration of war.
The customs house at Dajabon is In
< barge of an American ami there aie a
number of other Americans residing m
that city and vicinity whose lives ami
proper,’ nra\ be endangered.
B MEADOW GOLD
BUTTER I
g 30c lb. |
H 1-4 lb Tea and "7/* I
1 doz. Lemons */ C |
S CASH GKO. CO.
J 118 Whitehall St. ■
TH SME PATENTS
FROMMONDPOLY
Congressional Committee Rec
ommends New Laws Aimed
at the Trusts.
W ASHINGTON. Aug. B.—Changes in
the existing patent laws to prevent mo
nopolies in patents are proposed in a
bill introduced in the house today' by
Representative Oldfield, chairman of
the committee on patents.
The bill, which was accompanied by
a report of the committee, proposes
three important changes in existing
laws, which, the report frankly states,
are aimed at the Standard Oil, tobacco
and shoe machinery trusts. The three
most important changes are:
Regulation of prices at which pat
ented articles shall be sold with re
spect to cost of production.
Nullification of existing provisions
that the owner of a patent may specify
unpatented articles to be used in con
nection with his patent.
Creation of the right to issue "com
pulsory licenses” and thereby' prevent
the suppression of patents in the In
terest of a combination in restraint of
trade.
Changes Only Helpful.
While expressing its belief that the
remedies urged in the present bill will
tend to prevent the “shelving" of pat
ents and the suppression of inventions
in the interest of great combinations,
the committee expresses the belief that
further changes are necessary before
the patent laws will fit the needs of
commerce.
The present methods of trying pat
ent cases is found by the committee to
be "wasteful and procrastinating.” It
is now possible, the report asserts, for
the representative of a monopoly to
delay indefinitely the final decision of
his case. As a remedy, the committee
urges the present rule by which the
plaintiff must show a trust to be an
illegal combination to be done away
with should the combine previously
have been found guilty of operating in
restraint of trade.
The methods of taking examination
in courts of equity is condemned. It
is urged the selection of an examiner
to take evidence with no ordinary rules
as to cross-examination is useless.
Delays Should Be Remedied.
The committee concludes with the
opinion that the delay now permitted
in the patent office should be remedied.
The applicant for a patent should be
required within two years to show the
merits of his article.
In addition to specifically denying
the right of "fake patents,” the bill
contains a clause which prevents a
corporation from transferring titles of
patents not in use to non-residents of
this country and permitting them to
suppress the use of the patents through
the laws of a foreign country. It also
provides a forfeiture of patents used to
restrain trade.
BISHOP PUTS BAN ON
PEEK-A-800 WAISTS
BALTIMORE, MD., Aug. B.—The ban
on decollette gowns by the Catholic
clergy of Europe and America for so
cial functions to which priests have
been invited have been extended by the
church to peek-a-boo waists and other
less formal but scanty summer waists.
Following an announcement from the
pulpit of St. Martins Catholic church
by Rev. Thomas J. Broydrick, the pas
tor, that such garments were a profa
nation of the temple of God, Bishop
Corrigan today said that the theme,
was one that any priest might well
preach upon.
“COCKTAIL CANES” ARE
VERY POPULAR IN MAINE
BAR HARBOR. ME.. Aug 8. In this
summer resort, which is like a sleep
loving village, autos and the "turkey
trot" are barred, but the cocktail cane
flourishes. Even on the hottest days all
women carry canes. But there are
other things concealed in the tops of
these canes. Some ape made in the
form of tiny drinking cups with gold
top tightly screwed on so no one would
imagine that it was the "lid" on a cock
tail. But when a dainty matron takes
off the top and proceeds to sip the
beholder must believe it.
MONKS TO INVESTIGATE
S. AMERICAN ATROCITIES
LONDON. Aug. 8. An ecclesiastical
mission of four Franciscan monks from
English monasteries was appointed to
day by Pope Pius to go to the Putu
mayo rubber district in South America
and investigate on behalf of the Vati
can reports of atrocities perpetrated
upon the natives by rubber hunters.
Iron Clad
College Trunks
made to stand all the bumps of hard travel and
constant daily use.
Sizes 34 to 38 inch SIO.OO
LIEBERMAN'S
The House of Guaranteed Baggage
92 Whitehall St.
AIERCHANT DELEGATE
AT CONVENTION FINED
FOR ENTERING HOME
W. C. Smith, a merchant of Gilmer
county and delegate to the merchants
convention now on in Atlanta, was
fined $50.75 in police court early today
on a confessed charge of having en
tered the residence of Mrs. A. Cabarina,
103 Spring street, late yesterday with
a drawn knife. He also was charged
with intoxication.
Mr. Smith, according to Mrs. Caba
rina, who appeared against him in po
lice court, walked Itpon her porch late
yesterday afternoon and fell asleep. She
went out to arouse him and ordered
him to leave. She says he then drew
his pocket knife and, following her in
her retreat into the house, threatened
her.
A number of Mr. Smith's friends,
who accompanied him to the police sta
tion. testified to his good character in
police court, and showed surprise at
the charges made by Mrs. Cabarina.
MILLIONAIRE PLANTERS
FACE PEONAGE CHARGES
SAVANNAH. GA. Aug B.—Before
States Commissioner W. H. Goodwin
this afternoon in the circuit court room,
E. T. and J. W. Comer, of Millhaven,
millionaire planters, and Mungion Pule,
James Kirkpatrick. R. Lee Chew and
William Chew, managers and overseers
of the Comer estate, will be given pre
liminary hearings on charges of peon
age lodged against them a week ago.
It is alleged by the government that
the Comers, through their overseers,
held In peonage two negroes, Evans
Martin and George Smith, who were la
borers on the Comer farm in Screven
county. The men are alleged to have
been brought back from South Carolina
and forced to work out a debt.
The Comers claim that the charge
was brought to gratify the personal
vengeance of a white man whom the
Comers had caused to be indicted for
illegal traffic in liquor.
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT
CITIZENS PLAN A PRIMARY
FORSYTH, GA., Aug. B.—The execu
tive committee of the Twenty-second
senatorial district met in Forsyth yes
terday afternoon at the call of the
chairman. Dr. J. F. Lancaster, of For
syth. Those present were John T.
Moore and J. D. Crump, of Bibb, Hon.
C. R. Gwynn and T. J. Hunt, of Pike,
and Samuel Rutherford and Dr. J. F.
Lancaster, of Monroe. This is Bibb's
time to elect the senator from this dis
trict, and the committee agreed to
abide by the rules of the Bibb county
executive committee. The primary w-ill
be held on August 21, and the senato
rial convention will meet in Forsyth on
August 27 to name the senator. As yet
there are no avowed candidates for the
office.
CULLODEN OFFERS SIOO
. FOR TIGER CONVICTIONS
FORSYTH. GA.. Aug. B—There
w'ould be no need of the Tippins bill if
all the towns in Georgia would follow
the example of Culloden, in Monro-'
county. The leading citizens of that
section are determined to retain their
reputation as a law -abiding community
and have offered a reward of SIOO to
the person who will report any viola
tion of the state prohibition law- within
Culloden district with sufficient evi
dence to convict.
ENGLIShTaCHTMEN? HELD
BY GERMANS. GE LIBERTY
KIEL, GERMANY. Aug. B.—Five
English yachtsmen, who were arrested
at Eckernfoedo in Schleswig-Holstein
on August. 4 on a charge of espionage,
were today released by the government.
The accusefl men had been taking pho
tos of German fortifications, which led
to the charge against them
FEEL RIGHT
ALL THE TIME
Don’t Let Periodical Spells of Lazy
Liver Ruin Your Temper
and Spoil Your Work.
If your liver doesn't behave right all
the time—ls it sometimes stops work
ing and you become bilious and
"headachy”—don’t take calomel, but
try Dodson's Liver Tone.
You are safe in taking Dodson’s Liv
er Tone. It's a harmless, pleasant veg
etable remedy that starts the liver
without stirring up your whole system
as calomel often does. It is especially
good for children who need a liver tonic
once in a while, but who should not be
dosed with strong drugs.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is sold by al!
druggists. They guarantee ft with a
clean open and shut guarantee—yout
money back with a smile if It fails to
satisfy you. Price, 50 cents a bottle,
and your money Is as safe if you had
it in your pocket. If you need the med
icine you need it badly—if it doesn't
satisfy you—your money back. Buy a
bottle from any Atlanta druggist to
day under this guarantee.
RAINFALL RECORD
ILW BROKEN
Precipitation in Atlanta in
Seven Months 48.44 Inches,
Average Yearly Amount.
Weather records for the past 53 years
went to smash at 11 o'clock today when
the delicate instrument in the local bu
reau registered a rainfall of 48.44 inches
for the present year.
The normal rainfall for a whole
twelve months amounts to only 48.44.
and for that much rain to descend
within the period of seven months and
a few days Is unprecedented. The
weather bureau has been kept here by
the government since 1878 and records
are obtainable on local rainfall since
Staying Home
This Summer?
Well, you ve got one big advantage over the
run-abouts.
You can go to Atlanta s Own Show.
It s really a delightful place. It boosts you
up. Inspires. Makes you love Atlanta better.
It s a Show of Atlanta-made-goods.
There are surprises for you dow r n there.
You 11 see miniature factories running top
speed actually making the goods.
See the Overall Girl. The Pants Makers,
Watch the man making barbed wire and nails.
Look at them engraving wedding invitations.
See the near-human machine making shoes.
Meet the picklc-man. Greet the ginger-ale
girls. Get souvenirs of all sorts.
Ten cents takes you in. Afternoons and
evenings.
The Auditorium
come and break
bread with us
Visit the “sun-lit. sanitary haker”
while in Atlanta. Taste some of Rogers’
famous Atlanta-made bread—that deli
cious. healthful bread that heats the best
baked in home kitchens. See the modern
machinery and ovens.
Take the Houston-Copenhill ears. Get
off at the door.
Jos. Rogers Co.
57 Highland Ave.
THE NEW
NON-PARTICIPATING
POLICY
NOW BEING WRITTEN BY
THE SOUTHERN STATES HFE INSURANCE CO.
The rates in keeping u'ith the lowest
and its provisions are as liberal as any
In addition, this policy contains a disability clause writ
ten exclusively by this company. In case of total disability
it pays to the insured one-fourth of the face of the policy in
cash and the premiums on the remaining, as long as the
insured is disabled, or until the policy becomes a claim.
Any Agent of The Southern Staten Life will cheerfully submit for your
consideration this policy contract, without your assuming any obligation*
Genera! Agents wanted in unfilled territory
Local Agents wanted in all territories
The Southern States Life Insurance Co.
ATLANTA
G A.
W. S McLeod,
'Siip'Tvisof of Atrents for the
state of Geor^ia -
WILMF.R L. MOORE. Pres.
1859. There has been no rainfall like
that of the present year in the history
of al! weather officials.
"It just rains and keeps on raining:
don't ask me why." says Weather Man
C. F. VonHerrmann. "Os course, the
rain today is the result of a storm area
that swept down fiom lowa. But what
put the storm in lowa, I don’t know.”
If the normal rainfall for the remain
ing months of the year is kept up At
lanta will have 64 inches of rain during
1912 a record that has never been ap
proached.
Tonight and Friday, more rain Is
due. By Saturday afternoon weather
conditions should return to the •'ormal
and a clear, sunshiny day is predicted.
LAKE STEAMERS CRASH;
ONE SINKS; ALL SAVED
MARQUETTE. MICH., Aug B—The
steamers James Gawly and Rensselaer
collided 43 miles east of Manitou island
early today. The- Gayly sank and the
Ransselaer came Into port with four
fed of water in her forward compart
ment. Passengers and crew of the Gay
ly were taken off by the Rensselaer.
Damage estimated by owners at $300,-
000.
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