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LAST ROUND OF THE GUBERNATORIAL BATTLE IS BEING FOUGHT TODAY # 7 ~‘yj- »■ — -~ / wfIHH w V- x<^r ; //Of 7 A r -W®\wc ■ ■^.f<~^—F M\ B? j fjMJ/ ' ' u\! i^Hnh l'i fP -.w T w os ts»W// w// • ; W w \w W f f x ®V iii \Ls» ;: F ' 'B W V 7/ \(«fe 8r jRaB -'I I udßlwz . x v|Hk > v lif \\» < . JI 2/ ‘ Joe Hill Hall, Bibb county’s candidate for chief executive BICMGESIN IHK M Comptroller Will Still Head De partment, But Will Receive Salary Instead of Fees. The passage of the.general insurance bill and its approval by the governor means radical changes in the adminis tration of the comptroller general’s of fice. While the bill creates a separate department of insuramCe. Comptroller W. A. Wright, who has been ex-officio administrator of the state’s insurance laws, will be the real head of the new department. Tnder Genertl Wright will be a dep- ! uty < <>mti:esi, nor of hi - own naming. I who shail have tad aetuariai expe rience. Poth the coratnissioner and his t'eput' p receive tin annual salary of ?’’.oott. lit- r anee foes, one-fifth of which h‘ rotofora w> nt to the comptrol ler. will he after revert to, tin stale! treasui y. What New Law P-ovidcs. In brief summary the insuran.e bill | provides: « No change in the fees charged in- | sttranee companies under the present | law, except to fix fees for assessment and fraternal companies, not now li censed. The insurance commissioner is re quired to examine into the affairs of every insurance company once every five years. He is given power to make i an investigation of any company at any I time, and is backed by law in demand-I ing from companies all books required ■ in making such an investigation. The insurance commissioner is given power to revoke license under the fol- I lowing conditions: The company must I have ten days notice of this inten’mnl and then must make a showing before a I board, composed of the commissioner, I th ' attorney general and the governor, anil show cause why its license should | not be revoked. Fake misrepresentation' in or about policies are made misdemeanors. Companies are required to make an nual reports in December. False Reports Misdemeanors. False statements in reports are pun ishable as misdemeanors. No stock company ■ tn be organized with a capital less titan $25,00f1. Twen ty-five thousand-dcdlar companies can not sell policies for more than SSOO. Such companies tire required to de posit 60 per cent of their capital with the state treasurer. No stock s ile-rn tn ■ in ’ il- • more than ten p< r cent commission or. in surance stock. No olllci t - or directors can partieijate in commissions on the sale of stock. Rebating and the selling of policies known as special and board contracts is prohibited. A strict medical examination is re quired before life policies are sold. Can Name “Fire Commissioner.” A uniform policy is required of all fire insurance companies. The insurance commissioner shall have power to appoint a "fire inspec-| tor” at an> time he- 4eems fire losses need investigation. This officer's com- I pensation is left to the judgment of the i commissioner. Surety, fidelity and bonding eompa-; nies are required to deposit $25,000 with | the state treasurer before operating. Foreign fran rnal ord-is are required to submit evid- nee of liability with the insurance commissioner before a li cense is issued. The license fee for such companies is to be S4O annually. j Home fraternal --mp.in:'< are re-I quiied to show 300 buna fide members befori selling insurance. The fee for Georgia companies is $4” <’ .-operative companies are r< <,uired to deposit SIO,OOO with tin- state treas urer 1 io companies are requiied to de posit JliHi.oiiii. as 's U"v. i.■ mired **} was cured of diarrhoea by one dos. 'f <'ham’oerla in’s I'olie. < ’holers am’. rl - ■ lb m- d? " ■■ rit< .« M. E. I’-eb.’ ■'!’ 'Tiou, Pa. Th'l'v is noth ing better. For sale by ail dealers. **• JUDGE PARK REPLIES TO CRITICISM FROM i DOUGHERTY OFFICIAL AI RANY, GA., Aug. 21 N. F Tift, chairman m' the county commissioners, set - r ly criticised Judge Frank Park of the superior court in a card pub lished in The Albany Herald lust Mon day for his action in summarily dis missing the jury commissioners of Dougherty county. Judge Park addressed a letter to the editor of The Herald today, in which he evidently takes cognizance of the at tack made upon an official act of the court and which may have a very sig nificant meaning. In his letter, written at Sylvester, he says: “I shall not defend a judicial act through, the columns of the press. The law invests the court with suffici nt authority to protect its order and dig nity." ! ONE-HALF POLICE “BUSY:” HALF DRUNK: BOTH FIRED rvr.wiA. ILL.. Aug. 21 -When l " ! found one-half of the police force in- | toxieated and the other half talking to a young r una.t. while on duty. Mayor I i-' iss fired 'em both, and aited as po ■:ice force himself. i EMPLOYERS PAY FINES TO OBTAIN LABORERS i PrrTSRI’R(4. Aug. 21.—Scarcity of labor horn has resulted in employers going to police stations and paying the fin» s of men who will go to work for t hem. Supreme Court of Georgia. (August 20, 1912.1 Judgments Affirmed. First National Bank of Sumter. S. C., i vs .Innes, trustee, et al.; from Fulton su- I perinr court Judge Roll. George R ! Rush, for plaintiff in error. Moore & ' Pomeroy. Etheridge & Etheridge. Alvin ' M. Richards, contra. Cone vs. ‘ ->ne: from Bulloch -Judge • Rawlings. John F. Brannen. James K. i Hines, for , : : n < . Johnston A- (’one. Deal & I.‘<mfr« ■. >■ > il-ra. Tarver et aL vs. Barb r et al.: from Screven -Judge i«•. |in gs . h. b Strange. White & Lovett. Brannen & Booth, for I plaintiffs in error. H. \. Boykin contra. D »bbs. administrator vs. McCltire: ' from Cherokee Judge Morris. j p ' Brooke, i». \V. Blair. T. >: Latimer, fori plaintiff in error. p. I*. Dul're. i. ' Teaslpv, .1, Z. Foster, contra Hurd et al. vs. Davenport; from Haral- s P n Judge Edwards .lame Beall. B. F Boykin, for plaintiffs in error. Griffith & Matthews, contra. Cody vs. Kinsey: from Warren Judge Malker. L. I). McGregor, for plaintiff in error M. L Felts. < ontra. Huff et al. vs. Yarbrough et aL: from Cobb Judge Morris. Walter McElreath. J. A. Watson. Jr., for plaintiffs in error J. Z. Foster, contra. Georgia Kailway and Electric Co. vs.' TomnLuns; from Fulton Judge Bell. | Colon ti X’ Conyers, for plaintiff in err<»r i Janies L. Key, contra. Watson & Strickland vs. Parian Pain’ I Co.; from Haralson Judge Edwards G. FL Hutchens, for plaintiffs in error. B. F Boykin, contra. Darsey vs. Darsey et aL; from Decatur J Judge Frank Park. Hawes. Pottle Wright, for plaintiff in error. M. E i O’Neal. Pope Rennet, contra. vs. State; from Morgan Judge .‘ari\. Rogers A- Knox, for plaintiff in error T s. Felder, attorney general. J I*,. Pottle, solicitor-general, contra. Affirmed on Condition. Davenport vs. Richards; from Hall-- Judge Jones. (Attorney's fee written off » J G. Collins, for pidintiff in error H H | Dean, contra Judgments Reversed. Cobb Real Estate Companv et al vs lilolnus; from Colquitt -Judge Thomas. I Shipp «<• Klin<*. L L Moore, for plaintiffs in err< »• E. K. Wilcox, T. H. Parker, contra Pou,- Industrial Insurance C.». vs. Eid i'ii; from Fulton Judge Ellis. .\nder- I F»ld< i r, Rountree A W’ilson, Dean A- I Dean, for plaintiff in error. Napier, j Wright A - Cox, Stevens A.- (tgbtirn, contra. Simmons vs. Thompson: from Newton Judge Roan. C. C. King, for plaintiff in error. Rogers & Knox, contra. Thigpen, ordinary, vs. Tanner: from Washington Judge Rawlings. Hardwick A- Wright, for plaintiff in error. Evans A- Evans, contra. Estill vs. Savannah Bank and Trust from (’hatham Judge (’harlton 1;. I (’elding, for plaintiff in error. \V Ij. (’lay. contra. CiH of Tallapoosa vs. Brock from jHa’. !<oii Judge Edwanis l,lo><l 'l’l -A as. M. J Head, for plaintiff in error I G. Brock, con'ra. Western and Atlantic Railroad Com pany vs Casteel, from Cobb fudge Mor ris Tye. Peeples Ar Jordan. I». W Blair for plaintiff in error Cla\ A Morris, contra. Addison vs Edwards, from Haralson Judge Robinson A? Edwards (’ R H"* l hens, for plaintiff in error GriffGh \ Mathews. < ntr;. Seaboard Mr Line Railwa> v*y Southern Flour and Grain t’ • from Fulton Judg* P‘ndle , »n ft: ov n A T?a• ’• ’• •|• park' ”- a hi piaintift in error. Wahe< M» • Elreath, • >• THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEATS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1912. % gft ■ y ' / // /m ’ F f ft/ft ft . bw IW6’ Hi ’ > ■ 5k J 1 » ■ PWR ';. GWUA ■ JL St-. ! ■HhI K A- J Ty ; -.C / / /.j, -- ; I //O w . LT. . ,\\ •'' ■' “ dlr - I I \ Wjjjjßß u / / \w XWIBMIt: ‘w// John M. Slaton, of Atlanta. pj<si<ient o' (ii-or.'ia ■ • <■. one tin- < . .n<lidat< > for trovernor. JURY WRANGLES OVER BERNSTEIN VERDICT; W O M A N PACES CELL j CHICAGO. Aug. 21. The jury in the Bernstein murder ease, after discussing ' the < vidence most of the night, resum- d Its deliberations today The jurors are far from agreement, according to re port. It is rumored that the vot. stands nine to three for conviction. Mrs. Florence Bernstein, in her cell, has been in a state bordering on col lapse since the jury lias been out. .Much of the night was spent nervously pacing up and down her < -i-11. This mornit according to bailiffs who took tile breakfast order for the jurors, tin men were tired and quarrelsome and then seemed little chance that a verdict ; would be rem hed within the next few hours. J. J. Brown is a practical, progressive farmer. Vote for him for commissioner of agriculture. I MEN HIDDEN IN COFFINS | ! SAVE 10 CT. BRIDGE TOLL ST. LOI T IS. Aug. 21. I on: i-. >1 win I drove to Madison, HI. in a wagon us< d I two Collins win a ’he-, bro-tch Pack to I i save bridge tolls. Two of tin- men gm | in the coflins at Venice. Ilk. and got ' 'out again on tin- St. Louis side. Th- \ , saved ten <t»nfs. Thele were four coffins in th-- ;mn when it drove up to .1. .1. l.am-y's un dertaking establishment in jl idis ... Two were refus ati-l lie- men v. • ■ - Instructed to take tin m buck to tin makers. A saloon at Venice offered sui -a at tractions to Hie foul men tiny forgot they ii.oi to pay bring- I• • until coins in their pockets w--r>- so m-.iiti- they would lot .'lngle, It was tli'-n two of the men got into the coffins SCHOOL TEACHERS MUST PROMISE NOT TO DANCE l-'.\ YHTTI-l CITY, PA. Am-. 21. Each appli' ant »ot i position as te.i.-lu i' in t-< public ,M. imolr -t \lh-n township i- asked to sign I'll llotn-lad iiuu-i-iiirnl not to dunce during het sei vice tn tin school, I AERIAL FIRE-FIGHTER PUTS OUT FLAMES IN WINGS OF A BIPLANE 1 i 11‘ A < », Aug 21 Chicago's aerial <!:!• .'}Ti)i' , it has met with and con- - ;» si thing tire. The motor i f \ < J.'.it ’ National biplane T flames spread toward Hie v ings ami support-. ■ Lit <• jumped iril • • a W right bi- , - A < .• inkal ti e extinguisher , -h <•: iUe mechanician. In less i i i mimit* the Wight had caught i P b- .Nation-! and the tne< hunt < ian squirted the extinguisher over the i! *ning wings. Ta. tire was pul out before it had iiiii,.- serie ns damage. SLEEPS 148 HOURS; DIES AND DOCTORS ARE BAFFLED HAT I I.E ' KEEK. MI'TI . Aug 21. \ttet a -ontinuous sleep of Hs hours, Im - I». Studley, of Penfield, died al horn- her. Th'- e Battle I‘reek -to worked fully to liuuoc him Hum his deep ekep. Hooper Alexander, of DeKalb county, who has made his | campaign for governor on the prohibition platform. SEARCHING SI DELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES E. NEVIN. It is a circumstance of more than passing Interest, although the matter itself is relatively inconsequential, that the governor should have vetoed the amendment to the deficiency appropii ation hill, which sought to provide for the future appointment of pages in the senate. This subject was kicked around by the legisltaure just adjourned in a manner more or less discreditable to all parties conei’ned In the kicking, and it was disposed or finally, so fat ias the legislature was concerned, in l lan amendment which b gged the whole question. It was provided that the J messenger should appoint the pages for the first twenty-five days, and that the senate might thereafter provide for the appointment as it saw fit. The governor's veto leaves the ap pointment of the senate pages here after in the hands of the president of rhe senate—where it ought to be. A great many people will think the governor did exactly right and they will approve other governors who' fol low his example—in putting the leg islature on notice that he will not stand for things saddled onto the ;fp propiiation bills that are in nowise germane to them, and that ought, in common fairness and legislative de cency, stand by themsetves. The manner In which senate pages shall be appointed is a matter entirely and absolutely foreign to th*- subject matter of an appropriation bill —it Is rm more germant to It than would be a provision for the electrocution of mu (brers, rather than the hanging of th- same. The practice of sticking this. that, ami the other thing onto an appropriation bill, in the hope that it will "skin through" that way, whereas if might fail more directly. Is all wrung. and ought not to be resorted to It is a species of legislative legerde main that the governo' does well to ib lish, in so far as he Is able. In so fai as the appointment of the senate pages fs concerned, the senate should put the responsibility for that light where it belongs the hands of the president of the senate arbitrarily, or in the hands of a com mittee on senate attaches A Northwest Georgia politician - they call them all statesmen up that way, even if they are not—has taken coun sel with himself, and he sees gloomy times ahead for Georgia politically, unless something is done to head off he < nation of new counties in South 11 ;* orgia. "South Georgia, with a few more new counties created, will be the ruler |of the Georgia legislative roost, all i right." he said today, dismissing the melancholy outlook, from his point of view. "Every legislature that comes along is asked to create a new county or so— always from (bar old Fouth Georgia. There is a pious lot of protesting around and wabbling about, and event ually the new counties are created. Pretty soon. North Georgia will bo eating out of South Georgia's hand just as lamblike as can be. "I know what I am talking about—■ ami 1 intend to keep my eye peeled In th* direction of the South Georgia politicians hereafter.” Representative E S. Youmans, of Emmanuel county, is a happy man to ils y. The governor has signed the bill abolishing the city court of Swains boro, upon a vote by the people of Emmanuel directing the same. The primary anil ultimate purpose of Mr Youmans’ coming to the legis lature was in order that the county court of Swainsboro might be abol ished. Beyond the consummation of that desire, representative Youmans took only a passing and a passive in terest in things legislative. There was considerable opposition to the abolition of the city court of Swainsboro and still Is but You mans was elect* *! on that issu*'. ami he • ,-s ibqi i tnfned to provide a toboggan I tor the disuppeutaneg ul the thing, even if he had to come back to the legisla ture another time. Mr. Youmans was "Exhibit Z" on the house roll, and he enjoyed an immense popularity in both the senate and the hi >use. If Governor Brown ever runs again for pis present office, one of the planks in his platform likely will he either f* wer legislative hills to pass upon, or more than five days in which to do the passing. The last day of the time allotted to the executive for the consideration of I legislative enactments after adjourn ment still found the governor with hun dreds of bills on his hands. Some of thesi he was reasonably familiar with, and a large proportion of them were local bills, to be sure—but, at that, he was obliged to retire to a remote room somewhere in an unfrequented— except by Alex Lawrence- part of the capitol, there to lock himself up, denied to all visitors, in order that every bill might have his attention before his time limit had expired. Eor hours upon hours, he and Jess Berry labored over the mass of legis lative matter before them—and got away with it! SAVES MAN 4 FLOORS UP WITH A 15-FOOT LADDER NEW YORK, Aug. 21. —Walter Sig ner. fire engine driver, rescued John Robinson. a tailor. weighing 187 pounds, by carrying him from the fifth Hom of a burning tenement house down a la-foot ladder that reached only from floor to floor. The little driver mounted to the fifth story by hooking the ladder to the lowest win dow, to which he climbed and then pulled the ladder up after him. In this way he scaled to the burning apart ment, and then he carried down ths unconscious Robinson In the same manner. A dirty, unsigned circu lar, headed “Took Money Out of a White Child’s Mouth,” is being circulated 'by the supporters of Alex W. Stephens. This filthy circular is a tissue of unmit igated lies, put out on the day of the election without the character of any man being behind it, and when it is too late To make a detailed reply. We assert this sort of tactics is sufficient to condemn any man running for any office. We sign what we write. J. D. Kilpatrick, Chair man. C. T. Ladson, Fred J. Paxon, Lucien Harris, Tull C. Waters, Thomas J. Lewis, A, A. Meyer, Marion Smith, James A. Branch, Marion M. Jackson, J. A. Fischer, E. D. Thomas, William A. Fuller, Executive Committee. My campaign has been conducted by my friends. This circular referred to is so knowingly, corruptly, maliciously and wilfully false, that I desire to per sonally denounce it. John T. Pendleton. 3