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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Bill Framed by Tootle Would Bar
Soldiers From Shooting Cit
izens for Disobedience.
A resolution# designed to prevent
conditions similar to those that arose
in Augusta during the street car
strike last year and that takes away
the power heretofore held by the rhil-
ftia and makes the military subserv
ient to the civil authorities, was in
troduced into the H^use Wednesday
morning by Reprei v. cive Tootle of
Tattnall.
After setting forth that the opera
tions of the military power of the
State shall be entirely controlled by
the Civil authorities^ the resolution
declares that “U Is the sense of tht
General Assembly of Georgia that—
“Soldiers when called out by the
Governor have no legal right to Are
upon a civilian citizen or citizens for
the mere crossing of a so-called dead
line, but in such case where the cross
ing of the dead line has been done
knowingly, willfully and without
cause, the limit of the military power
Is to arrest said citizen and turn him
over to the civil magistrate for trial.
Penalty Is Fixed.
“That where any soldier in obedi
ence to orders or otherwise shoots
and kills the-citizen who is not en
gaged in a riotous attempt to destroy
life or property such shooting or kill
ing is a felony, and the officers issuing
the orders shall be held equally guilty
with the perpetrators of the crime as
principals in the first,degree.
“That no military officers calling
themselves a court-martial have any
jurisdiction whatever to try any citi
zen of this State for murder or any
other alleged infraction of the penal
laws. Such trial by military officers
Is no trial at all.”
Representative Tootle’s resolution
has aroused considerable discussion in
the lobbies of the Capitol. It is gen
erally understood that the Augusta
delegation will support the measure
solidly, and It also Is reported that .t
it will be fought bitterly by
officers of the militia, who contend
that the passage of the resolution
would render the military forces of
the State useless.
Other New Measures.
Other bills Introduced into the
Hcfiise were:
By Hardeman of Jefferson—-A bijl
to provide for the election of United
States Senators by the people and for
filling vacancies.
By Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of
Bibb and others—A bill to submit to
the voters the question of changing
the location of the State Capitol from
Atlanta to Macon
By Dodd of Bartow—A bill to pro
tect the streams of Georgia, and to
declare it unlawful for any person or
company carrying on mining opera
tions to flow or drain refuse into the
streams.
By Miller of Bibb—An act to pro
vide that the General Assembly may
at its discretion abolish the fees of
county officers and prescribe a dif
ferent method of compensation.
By Hopkins of Thomas—A bill
providing for the selection by the
Governor of bank* in certain cities
and towns therein named as State de
poeitories.
Snake Rattles Seat
To TJ.S. Postal Chief
WASHINGTON, July 30.—Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Blakes-
lee, in charge of rural free delivery,
to-day found among his.mall a small
pill box containing ten rattles and
two buttons from the tail of a rat
tlesnake, and the following letter from
Sarah Deles, of Pleasant Views, Colo.:
“I killed the rattler on the morning
of the 19th inst. on the way to my
letter box. I am 78 years and two
months old."
Caminetti and Diggs
Triala Start Monday
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30—Drew
Caminetti and Maury I. Diggs, ac
cused of violating the white slave law
by taking Lola Norris and Marie
Warrington from this State to Ne
vada, were called in Federal Court
here to-day to plead to the charges.
The trial will be started Monday, ac
cording to expectations of attorneys
on both sides.
Charles Harris, a Sacramento at
torney, accused with Diggs of sub
ornation of jury, was expected to en
ter a plea of not guilty.
Africa Strike Sends
Food Prices Soaring
JOHANNESBURG, July 30.—Food
prices are soaring in Johannesburg to
day. The continuation of the suspense
over the difficulties' between the rail
road men and the miners on one side
and the Government on the other will
-work hardship on the inhabitants.
The Government still remains firm
In Its determination not to grant the
demands of the labor leaders.
Dream Tango and
Horse Trot Make
v Others Look Slow
NEW YORK, July 30.—Two new
dances, the dream tango and the horse
trot, soon will mak© their appearance.
Uriel Davis, dancing: master to the
“four hundred,” who arrived from
Europe to-day. says the new dances
will make the tango, the turkey trot,
bunny hug, banana peel glide and the
others look like an old straw bonnet.
He is going to teach the summer
colony at Newport the new ways to
glide. The horse trot, he said, is a
modified turkey trot, the dancers flit
ting over the waxed surface like
prancing steeds, instead of gobbling
all over the floor.
He declined to tell what-4iis new
tango *is like.
.C.A.
SALE IS CONCLUDED
Deed Conveying Property to Real
Estate Firtn-Signed When Last
$65,673.71 Is Paid.
TAX EQUALIZERS
T
The formal transfer of the Young
Men’s Christian Association building
at the corner of Pryor street and Au
burn avenue to the Chamber of Com
merce Realty Company took place on
Wednesday at 10:30 o’clock, when a
deed was signed by Captain J. W
English, chairman, and J. K. Ottley,
secretary of the board of trustee’s of
the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion.
.At the same time a transaction was
consummated by which a loan of
$100,000 was placed upon jthe prop
erty by the New York Life Insurance
Company. Of this amount $60,000 was
paid to-day and the remainder will be
paid by the insurance company when
improvements on the building are
completed about the middle of De
cember.
The building was purchased from
the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion more than a year ago by the
Chamber of Commerce Realty Com
pany for $160,000 and final payment
was made to-day with two. checks
aggregating $65,673.71. payable tn
Robert J. Lowry, treasurer of the
Young Men’s Christian Association,
and delivered this mornrng to Marion
Jackson, president. 1
Those present at the formal trans
fer were Marion Jackson, president;
Captain J. English, chairman of
the board of trustees; J. K. Ottley,
secretary of the board of trustees, and
J. P. Jackson, general secretary, rep
resenting the Y. M. C. A.; W,, G
Cooper, secret iry of the Chamber of
Commerce, and Shepard Bryan, rep
resenting the New York Life Insur
ance Company.
This brings to consummation the
first and most important feature of
Wilmer L. Moore’s program an
nounced when he began his term as
president of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce.
Improvement of the building al
ready has begun and a committee on
manufacturers’ exhibits is engaged
upon a plan to organize an associa
tion of manufacturers to place the
manufacturers’ exhibits in four floors
of the building above the second.
CAMP MEETING PLANNED.
ROME.—Plans are just about com
pleted for the annual camp meeting
at Morrison’s camp grounds. The ses
sions last for two weeks and during
that time the camp grounds resemble
a tented city.
ATLANTAN’S BROTHER DEAD.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„.July 30.—Eb-
en R. Clark, aged 71, brother of Mrs.
Laura Merrill, of Atlanta, Is dead «t
his home here of heart failure. The
burial will be Thursday in Albion. N.
Section of Lipscombe Bill Giving
State Power Fought at First
Afternoon Session.
For the first time since the present
Legislature convened, the House held
an afternoon session Wednesday, for
the further consideration.of the Lips
comb tax reform bill, which creates
State and county boards of tax equal
izers. The vote on the motion to hold
an afternoon session, offered by
Hardeman, of Jefferson, was 73 to 56
ir. favor of it.
The fight over the tax reform bill
was more strenuous at to-day's ses
sion than at any time since the bill
was Introduced. While fifteen sec
tions of the bill were adopted Tues
day, the whole of Wednesday morn
ing was taken up with the discussion
of section 16. This section is con
sidered one of the most important of
the bill, and those who oppose the
Lipscombe measure have trained their
guns on it.
Section 16 defines the duties of and
confers certain powers upon the pro- 1
posed State board of equalization. It
provides that the Sr&ate board shall
have supervision over the county
boards, and that it shall be the duty
of the State board to compare the tax
digests of the various counties to as
certain whether there is a uniform
valuation of property. The section
gives the board authority to deduct or
add to the tax valuations of the prop
erty as returned by the county board.
Shoperd’s Measure Scored.
Sheperd, of Sumter, was severely
criticised by Smith, of Muscogee, for
introducing a substitute to the Lips
combe bill which abolished the State
board and left only the county
boards.
“It is up to this House,” said Mr.
Smith, “to determine whether Mr.
Sheperd is sincere in offering his sub
stitute, or whether he is offering a
sham and a fraud to mislead the
members of the House and the people
of Georgia. He tries to make people
think he is working for tax revision,
and he is doing nothing of the kind.
He says he is the friend of. the far
mer, yet he wants to establish coun
ty boards with no supervision and
saddle the necks of the farmers with
the same yoke that increased their
burdens twenty years ago,
"He admits that the county boards
alone, as tried in 1891, were a failure,
yet he wants to establish them again.
The establishment of a State board
will not increase the taxes of the
honest man in Georgia one penny,
but it will get those who do not
make honest returns on their prop
erty.”
Mr. Shepard declared that the
State board idea is a farce, and said
so muCh power should not be vested
in three men.
“The only difference between my
bill and the original bill,” he said, “is
the establishment of the State board.”
Several Amendments Offered.
Others who discussed the bill were
Fullbright, of Burke; Myrick, of
Chatham; McMlchael, of Marion;
Blackburn, of Fulton, and Wimberly,
of Bibb.
Four amendments were offered to
the section by Representatives Full-
bright, Greene, Moss and Straddle.
Representative Straddle, of Elbert,
wanted to amend the bill by striking
out section 16. Mr. Green, of Hous
ton. wanted to amend the bill by
striking out the section and inserting
the following:
“The Comptroller General shall
have supervision over the county
boards, and-shall inspect and investi
gate the tax returns. If he dissents
with them he shall send the ‘State
Property Inspector’ into the county
to investigate and report to the
Comptroller General, who shall
change the returns as he sees fit.”
Moss, of Cobb, presented an amend
ment to Fullbright’s amendment,
which provides that if the county
and State boards disagree, the Comp
troller General shall determine a fair
return on the property.
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Bail Allowed Trooper
Who Killed Comrade
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., July 30 —
At the request of Major Gordon W.
Balin, judge advocate of the Indiana
National Guard, Judge Collier to-day
fixed the bond of Sergeant Edwin
Ball, indicted by a special Grand Jury
for first degree murder, at $5,000. The
amount probably will be furnished by
officers of the National Guard.
Ball fatally shot Guardsman Walter
Dowell, of Madison, Ind., when the
latter attempted to escape while un
der military arrest for having a quart
bottle of liquor in his possession while
en route to the State encampment.
GIRL NEAR DEATH
Continued From Page 1.
HE REALLY
Uncensored Report of Tribe's Ex
termination by U. S. Troops
Calls It Slaughter.
me, however, but being caught in bad
company, I am having to suffer the
consequences, while the other girls
paid their fines and are free to-day.
“I was without friends or money
and in bad health, too, so I couldn’t
pay my fine* but had to come to Jail,
being, ignorant of the law, I knew not
how to prove my innocence and had
no money to pay a lawyer to defend
me. y
“I beg you from the depths of my
heart to grant me the release. I am
not bad at heart, your honor, and my
only desire is to return home to my
dear mother, who is an invalid, and
be a good girl. God will surely bless*
you if you will permit me to go. 1
will never get in any trouble any
more, for I will go home and be a
good girl. I trust and pray that you
will grant me the release.”
Plea Touches Governor.
Governor SLiton’s heart was touch
ed by the appeal. He investigated the
case carefully and Wednesday morn
ing wrote out this brief statement,
which will carry Jack Davis back to
her home and her mother:
“Petitioner has been in jail for two
months, during which time she has
been subjected to a capital surgical
operation. Her offense is not vicious
and I approve the application.”
The Governor also granted a pardon
Wednesday to Joe Playmale. a negro
convict in Brooks County, who is on
the verge of death.
Strike Intensified by
Delaying Arbitration
CALUMET, MICH., July 30.—Five
representatives of the mine operators
in the Calumet copper region had not
been selected to-^ay to confer with
Governor Ferris and five union dele
gates at Lartsing in an gfrort. to end
the stike of 18,000 mines. The oper
ators would not say whether they
would join the conference.
The strike situation appeared to be
more critical to-day.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.—The
story of the killing of 2,000 Moros in
the Philippine Islands by General
Pershing’s soldiers was related here
to-day by John McLean, a civilian
employee of the United States army,
quartermaster’s department, who ar
rived from Manila on the steamer
Persia.
He said 196 women and 340 chil
dren were killed in one day's fight
ing.
When the Moroa saw the battle was
lost to the American troops, they held
their women and children in front of
them as shields, and the fire from the
rifles and machine guns of the troops
mowed them down by scores.
“The news of the fighting was
strictly censored at Manila,” said Mc
Lean. “The American and Philippine
officers only allowed the most mea
ger reports to leak out of Jolo while
the treacherous Moro bandits were
being exterminated.
“At the battle of Bagsak the scenes
after the fighting were horrible. Ai
the American troops rushed up the
side ot the mountain to the edge of
the crater, the Moros seized women
and children, many mere infants, and
held them up to snield themselves.
Hundreds of them were literally shot
to pieces.
“It was believed that every Moro
that took part in that battle was kill
ed. By General Pershing’s order, aI.
of the bodies were burned.”
ARTILLERY FOR ROI^E.
ROME.—If plans now on foot suc
ceed a company of field artillery will
be formed in Rome. Barry Wright,
who has had considerable military
experience, is back of the movement.
There are now batteries at Atlanta
and Savannah.
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«W«¥« Charge Purchases for Rest of July Go on August Statement.
M. RICH & BROS. CO. 1
Last Day for Silks at these Pre-Inventory Prices—
Final Clearance of 85c to $1.50 Silks at §
Because we won’t invoice broken lines and short lots of silks
we have grouped these rich and fashionable fabrics at, 39c. But you must buy
them to-morrow! If a single yard remains at the tap of the closing bell, it
will be put away or go back to its original price.
The silks are the choice stylish weaves even now selling elsewhere at full price. They are
fresh and fashionable. The lengths extend from 5 to 30 yards. Scarcely a piece shorter than
a dress length. Included are
85c shbweoproof foulards—handsome all silk fabrics; the summer silk par ex
cellence. Staple colorings in neat designs. 39c.
85c chiffon taffetas—a soft, free flowing silk in solid colors and changeables. 27
inches wide. Chiffon taffetas are “good” for fall. Buy now; save over half. 39c.
$1 to $1.50 silks—a glorious miscellany of Jacquard silks, warp prints, flowered taf
fetas, shantung crepe, novelties. Widths from 24 to 36 inches. 39c.
(Silk Annex—Main Floor)
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Chattanooga Widow
Rome Banker’s Bride
ROME, July 80.—The marriage on
July 4 of Mrs. George C. Mahar, a
wealthy woman of Chattanooga, to C.
L. Payne, assistant cashier of the
Exchange National Bank, here, has
just been made known.
Payne’s wife continued to reside in
Chattanooga until this week, when
she paid her first visit to the home
of her husband. This makes her third
matrimonial venture. She was
widow when she married Mahar. He
lived with her only a few weeks and
she obtained a divorce. She owns
considerable property in Chattanooga.
25c Non-Odor
Powder, 16c
“Eversweet,” “Spiro” and
‘Perspiro”—all perspiration de
stroyers that do away with any
odor from summer heat or perspi
ration.
50c Face Powder
Mm*. Isabelle’s face pow- rx n
der, soft and pure. Dainti- ^ / /”*
ly scented; a delightful
powder for summer.
5c Soaps,2c
Standard 5c soap, includ
ing tar soap, glycerine and Ool-
' gate’s hotel soaps.
(Main Floor, Center)
100 Safety Pins
I Usually 5c a dozen ; here are « r-v
8 dozen, 40c worth, for I H P
19c. All nickel plated * v
I Ciradnnted sizes from the very
| small to the very large.
! 18 Collar 1 Q c
Waists
Remember This Is a
Clearance Sale. Not
Many of These Waists
Supporters
I Spiral collar supporters, 6 on card,
! usually 10c a card, 3 cards here to-
| morrow for only 10c.
1 (Main Floor, Center)
Clearing broken lines and short 5*
lots of waists. They’re piled heaping
high on half a doz6n tables. Not
many of a kind, but a goodly number 3?
at each price. ’Twill pay you to look
them over. £
C Qf, for $1 waists—white voiles and J?
I/G lingeries. High or low neck, long ^
or short sleeves. X
I for $1.50 to $2 waists—white voiles
A and lingeries. Summer’s smartest t
styles. 8“
d» 1 /IQ for $ 2 and $ 2 - 50 wa 'sts—man-
A • < tI7 nish shirt styles in white lln-J^
ens; soft cool summer waists in white»
voiles and lingeries. jg
<PO DC for $3.50 to $6.50 waists—the
ones and twos of a kind of jg
our best sellers. Lingerie and voile; 5;
beautifully made. High and low neck. J
$1 .zro Black or colored stripes on white ground. Soft de- 5J
tachahle turn over collars. «£
for $3.50 to $4 shirts—all silk shirts, mannish style.
turi
Waists at Half Price
Our finest numbers of all white lingerie waists, and black and
colored silk or chiffon waists. Former prices.
5;
Were $5.00 to $16.50. J-
Now $2.50 to $8.25.
(Ready-to,Wear—Second Floor) K
BALTIMORE, MD.
$20.85 Round Trip $20.85
Tickets on sale August 1,
2 and 3. Return limit Au
gust 15. Through electric
lighted steel sleeping cars.
Dining cars on most con
venient schedules.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
19c,25c,39c&50c| A r
Jewelry to Go at ■1”'-
I Odds and ends that we don’t care to in-
! voice. But if the one piece you want, is here—
; and it doubtless is—the saving will be worth
! while. Choose from
Bar pins—Sash Pins—Belt Pins
Brooches—Beauty Pins.
! Variously gold and silver plated and set with stones.
69c Lavalliers 39c
I Chains of German silverwith Sterling or German
1 silver incidents. Some with stone settings.
$1 OperaChains at49c
' Popular 54-inch opera chains. Some German sUver
| with platinum, gun metal finish; others of real
1 gun metal. Enriched with pearls and stones.
[ (Main Floor, Center)
98c Petticoats 49c
! Made of fine cambric, fit smooth and snug without
1 a wrinkle. Cut in the new narrow styles. Made
' of fine white cambric, finished at bottom with
| embroidery scalloping.
i (Muslinwear—Second Floor)
75c Long Silk Gloves
39c
Forget the price—these are not
flimsy, make-believe silk gloves. No,
they are pure thread silk in the ,
Tricot weaves—firm and flexible. 16-button length, i
too, full fashioned and finely finished. I R uble ]
tipped fingers. Broken sizes in black and white ; |
about all sizes iu tan, pongee, navy *ind lavender. !
(Gloves—Main Floor, Left)
50c to 75c Stocking I
29c
August
Furniture Sale
Starts Friday,
August 1st.
Save up to Half
Broken lines and sizes of boot
silks and all-silk stockings in col
ors only, and embroidered and
lace lisle stockings in black and colors. Most 2
extraordinary values, because we with to 5j
avoid invoicing broken lines. IJPj
35c & 50c Stockings 25c s;
Their maker say they’re “seconds”—let*,
him have his way. We’ve examined the stock Jf>
ings; the “hurts” are hard to find. Made of
fine lisle, full fashioned and finely finished. All 5-
sizes. Black only. < Mai " Fl00r > 51
Clearing 50c to $1
Belts at '25c
Some are the last of broken lines; i
others are odds and ends; still others '
that are the ultra-smart styles too dis- j
tractive to meet the popular taste, j
Choice 25c. There are
—$1 calfskin belts in solid brown.
—$1 black and white kid belts.
—$1 black and white silk-striped elastic
belts with pearl buckle.
—50c white kid belt trimmed with black
patent leather.
—50c black patent leather and white kid
belts, ribbon run with Bulgarian silk.
—Choice of the lot 25c.
(Belts—Main Floor, Center)
$1.50 Ratine 95c
| The fashionable ratine in
! the tousled Turkish toweling
! weave. It bears your favor;
! you have bought it freely all
! season long at $1.50.
1 , T jst two pieces left—a Copenha-
' gen and an Alice blue. Scarce-
; ly worth invoicing two pieces,
therefore 95c, instead of $1.50.
! 45 inches wide.
! (Embroideries—
• Main Floor, Right)
Toys, Games, Etc.,
at Halved Prices
Dolls, scores of them;
games of many kinds; vehi
cles ; doll carriages; baseball
bats and gloves; toys; sand
tools, et cetera, are at about
half price and even less.
Great opportunities for the
kiddies.
(Main Floor, Right)
Ribbon Remnants
at Half Price
A tropical flower garden; rain
bow colorings riotously awhirl;
fashionable Roman stripes;
captivating plaids—just a lit
tle bit of everything that has
been popular this season.
Widths from 1 to 8 inches.
Lengths from 1-2 yard to 3
yards. Prices
Were 5c to $1.50
Now 3c to 75c.
inal One Day Sale of Laces at
Formerly Selling at 35c, 50c, 75c to $1.50
What a glorious day’s lace selling there’ll he! Atlanta, we believe, has
seen nothing like it before.
For there are fashionable shadow lace/s in bands and flounoings from 5 to 18 inches
l! I wide Formerly 35e to 69c, now 25c.
3g —There are Venise Bands, Filet and Val Laces in hands from 3 to 5 inches wide and
2 edges up to 9 inches. Formerly 39c to 75c, now 25c. , „ . . . .
—See these prettv insertions in cotton Jorchons, \ als. Oriental and \ erase laces. 1 to
2 o i 9 indies wide Formerly selling at 60c to $1.50 the dozen yards, uow 12 yards for 25c.
2 1-2 mcnes wiue. ru . 6 (Ready at 8:30. Laces—Main Floor. Right)
mm m. rich & bros. co. wmm , m. rich & bros. co.