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TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916.
Young White Man Questioned as
to Movements on Night of Dis
appearance of Timekeeper.
Interest in the long and rather
fruitless inquiry into the mystery of
the death of John Wurm, the slain
timekeeper at the Atlanta Steel Com
pany's plant, was revived Tuesday
when Leonard Ross, a young while
man, was called to the police station
and questioned concerning his actions |
the night of the disappearance of
Wurm and his paossible knowledge ofl
the theft from the plant of some wire, |
such as was found binding the hands |
of the slain timekeeper when the body |
was recovered from the Chatta
hoochee River.
It was said that Ross was not under
arrest, but was being ‘“questionedq
closely” by Detectives Starnes, Camp- }
bell, Gillespie and Cowan. Chief Lan- |
ford would not discuss the new de- |
velopments in the case other than to
say that Ross was being asked about
the report that he had been seen at
one of the gates of the plant the night
Wurm disappeared and another ré-'
port that he might know something |
of the wire thefts at the plant |
Although the report of Drs. John|
Funke and W. L. Cousins as to the|
result of the second autopsy last;
week on the body of Wurm, |
had not been received, inves-|
tigators, following the ;I(lmi¢.<l-m!
of Vaster Dogan, negro suspect, |
that he had been offered S3OO by “a |
certain employee of the steel plant |
to leave the city,” Wednesday oon-|
tered their activities on the theory
that the youth was drugged before
he was thrown into the Chattahoo
chee.
Interest in this theory was in
creased by reports that detectives
have obtained evidence tending to
show that voung Wurm, on the Sun
day night of his disapnearance, went
to the home of Ruby Watkins, a ne
gress who lives close to the steel‘
plant and who sells soft drinks, and
lunches to the employees, and that
he drank a soft drink there in com-‘
pany with several other voung men. |
The names of these men ‘were said
to have been obtained by the detec
tives, who are carqfully investigating
the movements of the party on the
night of the murder.
This reported evidence is in di
rect conflict with the heretofore per
sistent declarations of both Ruby
Watkins and her daughter, Ruby
Parks, that Wurm, ner any other
white man. called at their home on
that particvlar night for soft drinks.
Detectives did not divulge the source
of their information, and it was not
known whether these women had
changed their statements.
Should the tests being made by
Drs. Funke and Cousins reveal traces
of noison in the bodv of Wurm.
fuither develanments would come, In
the opinion of officers
The report of tho ducliors was ex
pected Ty Solicitor Eb T. Williams
Wednesday or Thursday.
Rockefeller Tabor
.
Plan Called Failure
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.
Aug. 15.—1 n his annual report to the
State Federation of Labor today,
President John McLennan declared
the so-called “Rockefeller industrial
plan” to be an ‘“unqualified failure
from every standpoint but one—it has
given the canitalistic press agents a
chance to talk, write and print.
“The real substance of this plan.”
said McLennan, “is that the employer
herds his men toegather, keeps tab on
each, tells them when, where and how
to ;meet, attends their meetings and
overawes them with his presence.
Meetings purely for the men have no
place in the plan. This plan has heen
advertised as a cure-all for lahorers’
flls. but it has in reality failed to cure
anything.” 1
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Tracy Mathewson, native of
Augusta and formerly staff photog
rapher of The Atlanta Georgian and
American, has sailed from New York
for South America, where he will
join the relief party to rescue the ex
pedition of Ernest Shackleton, the
explorer, stranded in the Antarctic.
The New York American carried the
following story Sunday on the de
parture of “Matty” from New York:
Bearing a letter from William
Randolph Hearst to Sir Ernest
Shackleton, Tracy Mathewson,
staff correspondent of the Hearst
International News Pictorial,
sailed yesterday on the steamer
Byron for the vicinity of the
South Pole to take moving pic
tures of the rescue of Shackle
ton’s crew, stranded on Elephant
Island.
The International Film Service,
Inc, had the signal honor con
ferred upon it of being allowed
to appoint the official photog- *®
rapher (o the rescue expedition
which is being sent to Elephant
Island by the RBritish Admiralty.
Mathewson will be the only
American to accompany the ex
pedition.
Mathewson's exact destination
is being kept a secret in compli
ance with orders issued by the
British Admiralty. At some point
on the South American continent
he will meet the members of the
expedition which sailed from
Liverpool on Friday. The expe-
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Democratic Leaders
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~ In Council Over War
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i (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Plans
for the opening of the national Dem
-locratic campaign took definite shape
‘here today. following the arrival of
'members of the Democratic National
Campaign Committee., They held a
‘me@ting at a local hotel and expected
to have luncheon with President Wil
'son later, at which a definite date
would be selected for the Democratic
notification ceremonies. Also it was
planned to take up the President's
speech-making itinerary. All the
members of the committee were pres
ent except Judge R. 8. Hudspeth, of
New Jersey, and Albert Sahm, of In
ldla.na.
$23,000 School Bonds
" Voted in Fit
zgerald
FITZGERALD, Aug. 15.—The $23,-
000 bond election for the erection of
two new city school buildings was
carried by a satisfactory majority.
The erection of the new buildings,
one in the Second Ward and one in
the Third Ward, will commence im
mediately. The Second Ward build
ing is to accommodate the overflow
caused by the greatly increased en
rollment. The Third Ward structure
is 1o replace one destroyed last fall by
fire.
Every Little Fine
Helps Poor Atlanta
J. O. Barber, of No. 8 Ashley street,
was up in Police Couurt Tuesday for
being drunk.
“Judge, I'm only a poor working
boy,” Barber pleaded,
‘Can’'t you pay a small fine?”
“Yes, sir, but 1 need every cent of
my money'!"”
! “I don’t think you need it any worse
than Atlanta—3s3.7s," said Judge
Johnson.
The fine was palid.
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U. 8. River Captain
At Memphis Suicide
(Bv International News Service.)
MEMPHIS, TENN,, Aug. 15,—~Cap
tain Charles 8. Jackson, commander
of the United States snagboat Ma
comb and sme of the oldest river men
lin the Federal service, committed sui
cide today by shooting.
dition will use the ship Discov
very, especially constructed for
the trip, and will be accompanied
by a British naval escort.
The start will be made from
Montevideo about October 1, tnhe
Discovery then proceeding to the
Falkland Islands, where a stop
will be made for additional sum
plies. The trip is an exceedingly
hazardous one.
Several months ago the Uru
guayan Government attempted
the rescue of Shackleton's crew,
but the relief ship was compelled
to turn back because of the ap
proaching antarctic winter. With
the coming of summer the Brit
ish Admiralty hopes to be suc
cessful,
There has been much specu
lation as to whéther or not the
members of Shackleton’s crew
are still alive. When they were
left on Elephant Island they had
scarcely enough supplies to last
through the winter. Shackleton
insists, however, that thzy are
still living.
Mathewson was the only
American photographer to ac
company General Pershing on
expedition into Mexico, follow
ing the raid on Columbus by
Villa.. His present trip is prob
ably the longest and most im
portant to which a motion plc
ture photographer was. ever
assigned.
Lansing Will Choose |
.
Mexican Peace Board
- (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Selec
"tion of the commissioners to repre-‘
sent the United States in the parley
with the de fact6o Government of
Mexico has been turned over by the
President to Secretary of State Lan
sing. Pressure of other matters is|
‘now a compelling reason why the
President himself will not select the‘
American commissioners.
| Information has reached here that
the Carranza Government is evidenc
iing some impatience at the apparent
ly inexplicable delay in naming the
;Amerir'zms. and proceeding imme
~diately to the consideration of the
questions at issue.
~ While the administration is main
taining deep silence on the subject, it
i 3 impossible to cover up the fact that
‘diffirulty is being experienced in se—'
curing men of large enough mllher{
who are willing to serve as the Amer- ‘
iifz'm commissioners., Justice Bran
‘dpis has declined to serve on accmmt!
of his Supreme Court'duties. Secre- |
tary Lansing has before him now al
llst of the eligibles for the position,
Er,nd will bend every effort in attempt
ing te secure the consent of three of
them to act for the United States.
B S 8 g o e
Postmasters Will
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‘Meet Here Aug. 16
MANASSAS, Aug. 15.—R. E. Eason,
| acting State president; Georgia branch
of the National League of Third and
| Fourth Class Postmasters, has called
a 4 State convention to be held at the
Aragon Hotel in Atlanta August 1§
and 17,
The State TLeague will be reorgan
ized, delegates will be elected to the
' national convention which meets in
| Dayton, Ohio, September 20-23 and
| other important business will be
' transacted, .
|
Arabs Carry Away
|
Letimbro Refugeesl
' (Bv International News Service.)
ROME, Aug. 15.—A Tripoll dlspateh
‘rnpm’t« that one of the missing lifehoats
of the steamer Letimbro, sunk by an
l\ns'finn submarine, reached the coast
|of North Africa with eight survivors,
| wha had heen given up for dead. but
that the entire partvy was captured by
Arablan rebels and carried into the in
terior,
A rescue expadition I 8 being formed
ltn effect their release., who include sev
eral women
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Neill primary bill, Tuesday was
in the position of a tennis ball in a
hot match. When it reached the
House with several Senate amend
lme-ms. the House promptly disagreed
with each and every one of them. It
now goes back to the Senate for ac
!tion on that of the House. This leaves
the bill with a slim chance of being
passed, as the House has shown a
disposition not to submit to the Sen
ate amendments,
Representative Neill, of Muscogee,
author of the bill, led an unsuccessful
fight for the adoption of the Senate
amendments.
Representative Sheppard, of Sum
ter, made the fight on the amend
ments. He declared he had opposed
the bill in the beginning. The amend
ments made it more objectionable to
him, he declared. The provision that
no second primary would be neces
sary when either of two candidates
having the highest vote also had a
majority admitted too many danger
ous possibil\ties, he declared,
First Amendment Killed,
This was the first amendment voted
on. It was killed by an overwhelming
vote. Mr. Neill sought to save some
of the amendments. but the strength
against him was overpowering, The
other amendments were voted down
in rapid-fire order, with large ma
jorities.
Another Senate amendment provid
ed for the election on Tuesday in
stead of Wednesday, as proposed in
the measure. Another would strike
out the section making the hours of
opening and closing the polls uniform
throughout the State.
.
Bills Passed by
€
Senate Tuesday
Bills passed by the Senate Tuesday
were:
To amend the charter of Milledgeville.
' To create a depositary for Coffee
County.
© To abolish the office of Treasurer of
Walker County.
To amend the charter of Milan.
To fix the salary of the clerk of the
Board of Commissioners of Fulton
County.
To amend section 4,688 of Volume 1,
Code of 1910.
To amend the charter of Watkins
ville.
To amend an act creating the office
of superintendent of roads and reve
nues of Gwinnett County.
To amend an act establishing the City
Court of Houston County.
To amend an act providing for the
collection of commutation tax in all
‘(»ounties of over 36,720 and not over
50,000 population.
| To abolish a system of public schools
Iror the district of Sylvania.
To amend an act incorporating the
lcit,\' of Helena.
To permit women to practice law in
Georgia.
Trippe Explains
rippe Expl
Charge of Contempt
Walter Trippe, United States Dep
uty Revenue C(Collector, who was re
ported souht in Savannah for con
tempt in failing to go before the Grand
Jury to give evidence of violations of
| the pronibition 'aw, reported to Col
lector Blalock Tuesday in the Federal
Building. Mr. Trippe declared that in
refusing to give evidence, he was car
rying out the orders of his superiors,
but that if he should be cited for con
tempt he would go back to Savannah.
In the meantime Mr. Blalock has
written a letetr of explanation to the
court.
It is a rule of the office for none of
the deputies to give information on
their investigations of liquor condi
' tions for tax purposes, but by applying
at the office here, solicitors and other
officials can obtain information on
persons who are violating the State
law,
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lßamnk Measure Dies
In House Tuesday
’ The Senate bill to empower banks to
do a trust company business was killed
lin the House Tuesday. It came over as
unfinished business from Monday's ses
slon.
I Representative Cooper, of Ware, spoke
for the bill, and Representative Atkin
lsnn against it. The vote was 64 to 36,
lw; votes being required for its passage.
Entomology Board
.
Bill Passes House
The Senate bill providing for the
appointment by the Governor of two
{ members of the State Board of Ento
!mnh»z_v. in place of the heads of the
| State horticultural and agricultural
| societies, who, with the Commissioner
["'f Agriculture, are ex-officio mem
(bers, was passed by the House Mon
| Gay. Ho R e
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'Fullbright Urged
For Appeals Court
‘ Representative Fullbright, of Burke,
will be urged for appointment on. the
| bench of the Court of Appeals, under
the terms of the bfll passed by the
| Legisiature providing for three addi
! tional members
| A petition was circulated in the
House Wednesday, asking for his ap
| pointment It was signed by nearly
lh\n-ry member, %
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S Fl 'M
'wtate Flower’ May
|
. Soon Bloom for Ga.
| st
i GCeorgia may soon have a “State
| flower.”
The House Tuesday adopted a reso
;luHm: designating the Cherokee rose as
the State floral emblem. The resolu
| tion was signed by Representatives At-
Ikms-m. of Fulton; Bale, of Floyd, and
Griffin, of Lowndes It has the in
;dnr.‘&vtnlfln of the Georgia Federation of
Women's Clubs,
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- Agents End Meeting
| i
{ A two-days' session of the solieiting
| agents and representatives of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
| way Company is to end Tuesday night at
| the Pledmont Hotel. More than a hun.
"dred delegates are in attendance
! A dinner Monday night at the Pled
mont Driving Club was the principal so
cial event of the sesgion,
‘ H Shies at
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egislation
e X \
It seems the Legislature just can't
get over being mortally afraid of that
Savannah recall bill. Anything start
ed by the Chatham County delega
tion now operates like a bombshell in
the lower House.
There was Senator Lawrence's lit
tle measure—a perfectly harmless lit
’tle bill, concerning the closing of cer
tain streets in Savannah. Tuesday
morning Representative Jackson, of
Chatham County,.offered an innocu
ous little amendment, to the effect
that the people should elect officials
drawing more than $1,500 salary an
nually.
There was nothing “devilish” in the
proposition, but the opponents of the
said recall got up on their hind legs.
They wouldn't have it—no, so, no!.
So the whole bill, amendment and
all, was duly tabled, by a vote of 87
to 63.
And then the House settled down to
business that did not concern Chat
ham County.
Former members of the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly are being sought to join
the Georgia Legislative Association or
ganized Monday afternoon by Senators
and Representatives,
The officers elected are: President,
W. H. Burwell, Speaker of the House;
secretary-treasurer, Devereaux F., Mec-
Clatchey, Secretary of the Senate, read
ing clerk, John T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of
the House; sargeant-at-arms, Represen
tatice Ed Wohlwender; doorkeeper, Rep
resentative W. T. Davidson. ‘
Constitution and by-laws will be fram--
ed by a committee. The association
starts with a charter membershilp of 200.
Dues were fixed at $1 a year. It is the
purpose of the secretary to prepare a
roster of all living ex-members of the
General Assembly and to keep a record
of all members leaving.
Six Bills Passed
’ Bills passed in the Senate Monday aft
ernoon were:
~ To require contractors for erection of
public buildings to make bond.
~ To appropriate $50,000 for dormitory
building on campus of the Georgia Nor
miall and Industrial Institute at Milledge
ville,
To amend the constitution so as to
allow Solicitors General to be placed on
salary basis.
To appropriate $258,000 for payment of
back pensions and the pension fund of
1917.
To appropriate SI,OOO for the Marietta
Confederate Cemetery
To appropriate SSOO for the Confed
erate Cemetery at Resaca.
Bank Acceptance Bill
~ Is Passed by House
‘ Marketing stable commodities will ba\
facilitated through the bank acceptance
' Senate bill passed by the House Mon
!da)’ afternoon with little opposition.
| It provides that State banks and trust
' ecompanies may accept drafts and bills
of exchange drawn by their customers
‘agalnst marketable collateral, having
maturities of six montks or less, in un
limited amount.
’ It also provides banking institutions
may issue letters of credit, authorizing
their customers to draw such drafts and
bills of exchange upon them. |
House Passes Bill
| ' ]
~ To Relieve Courts
, ki Akl
- 3y & vote of 141 to 7, the House‘
| Tuesday passed the proposed constitu
tional amendment to define the juris
diction of the Court of Appeals and the
Supreme Court. The bill came from
the Senate.
The measure became necessary by
reason of the bill increasing the number
of judges on the Court of Appeals. It
more clearly defines the duties of the
two courts, to harmonize the work to
relieve the congestion.
State Highway Bill
' The Highway Commission bjll was
ready Tuesday to go to the Governor
for his signature to make it a law.
The House asgreed with the Senate
amendment, only two dissenting votes
being cast against {t. The Senate
amendment makes the State Geologist,
the professors of engineering of the
University and Tech members of the
commission with the Prison Board.
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Senate Votes Not to
' Pay Crankshaw Bill
Unless the Senate reconsiders its ac
tion of Monday afternoon, Charles W
Crankshaw will have seen another ses
sion pass without collecting for the sl‘-1
| ver service furnished for the battleship
Georgla ‘
‘ The resolution called for $1,300 for the
| payment, but an amendment reduced rhe‘
amount to $750. Then the Senate voted
!nu[ to pay anything at all. ‘
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' Bill Is Blocked
An effort to revive the fight over 'hfil
interurban railway charter bill, passed |
by the House Monday, was Kkilled {n i
the House Tuesday, ‘
. Representative Sheppard, of Sumter,
i moved to reconsider the action in pags
iin; the bill. The motion lost by 50 to &9,
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Gravestone Makers |
- Merry in C tion
| y muonvention
| gl
(By International News Service.)
! CLEVELAND, Aug 15,—~Grave
| stone manufacturers made merry to
':lu\' on the occasion of the eleventh
annual convention of the National Re- |
‘t:nl Monument Dealers’ Association.
i Up-to-thesminute stvles in monu
ments were on exhibition., They hu\‘n]
changed from the old tall marble
' shafts to a more massive heavy hlock,
with artistic designs and delicate cut
| ting. ;
| As the 750 delegates gathered today |
they discussed the high cost of dying |
| and pronounced busiress "unusually |
| good for this time of the year.” |
| At a banquet there will be muezi.»}
'and dancing and fluids not entirely of
the embalming variety.
Asa G. Candler will return to At
lanta Wednesday at 11:40 o'clock at
the Union Station, and a big delega
tion of his supporters for Mayor will
be on hand to greet him. They will
have a brass band and all prepara
tions made for a big parade up
through the center of the city.
Committees were at work Tuesday
arranging for the event. Forrest
Adair announced at the headquarters
on Broad street that all of Mr,
Candler's friends who could spare the
time were invited to meet the com
mittee at the station at 11:30 o'clock
- Wednesday.
~_Mr. Candler has been at Mount
Clemens, Mich.,, with Mrs. Candler,
who was under treatment for rheu
matism,
With the arrival of Mr. Candler, a
new phase of the Mayoralty contest
likely will be begun. Up to the pres
ent Mr. Candler's campalgn has
been almost wholly in charge of cit
izens' committees. They have worked
out a practically complete organi
zation and are fighting along syste
matic lines.
On the other hand the campalgn
of Jesse Armistead has had more of
the personal touch. He has made
many speeches and still is making
them. He virtually has been his
own campaign manager,
Inferences of Mr. Candler's man
agers are that he now will take a
more active personal part in the
work.
Thus the race will reflect more
about the personalities of the two
men.
As has been announced, the Cand
ler forces will hold three ward ral
lies Tuesday night. Mr. Armistead
wili speak Tuesday night at 8
o'clock at the corner of Pryor and
Bass streets to the Second Ward!
voters. |
Probably big central rallies will be
held in the interest of both (‘andi-‘
dates by the end of the week.
Bank Stockholders
Sued for $100,009
Proceedings involving more than
SIOO,OOO Tuesday were instituted in
Superior Court in behalf of certain
depositors nf the defunct ’l‘ravelers“
Bank and Trust Company against the
stockholders of the bank, about 150 in
number,
The suit was brought by Attorneys
J. L. Anderson, J. R. Burress and W.
S. Dillon for Coursey Bros. and the
Enterprise Coal and Marble Company, |
who are suaing to recover on the bank
liability of stockholders. The assets
of the bank, it was stated, has paid
the depositors about 40 per cent of
their claims. The Atlanta Trust Com
pany is receiver for the Travelers’
Company.
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Woman Sues Railway
For Alleged Injuries
or Alleged Inj ‘
Mrs. A. W. McGahee, who was in
jured August 1 on the C., N. O. & T.
P. Railway in Kentucky while return
ing to Atlanta from a trip to Detroit,
Tuesday brought suit in the Fulton
courts against the railroad for $3,000
damages.
Mrs. McGahee set out that she was
hurt when a piece of glass fell and
struck her on the wrist. The glass
was broken from a transom in the
coach by the porter, who was seeking
to close it as the train approached a |
tunnel, she said.
Attorneys Nalley & Scott filed the
suit. i
Asks $25,000 for
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Alleged Slander
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Mrs. W, C. McNab, formerly cash
fer in a downtown movie theater,
Tuesday brought suit, through Attor
ney Forrest A. Robherts, against the
movie management for $25,000 for al
leged slander.
Mrs. McNab set out that she was
discharged on August 5, with a state
ment by the manager that reflected
seriously on her honesty,
1 Month Was Enough;
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Wife Asks Decree
Mrs. Lehman Woodruff Smith, in a
divorece suit filed Tuesday by Attorney
E. A. Stephens, said she lived with
her husband, Robert H. Smith, but
one month. BSmith’'s residence was
given as Montgomery.
Mrs. Smith said Smith falled to
support her,
DR. L. A, BROWN TO PREACH.
Dr. 1.. A. Brown, former pastor of
Temple Paptist Church, will fill the
pulpit of the Jones Avenue Baptist
Church at the morning and evening
scrvices Sunday. The pastor, A. L.
Flury, is on a vacation.
Votes Salary for
Solicitox?; General
The Senate Monday afternoon passed
a constitutional amendment from the
House allowing the various judicial eir
cults to place their solicitors general on
a salary basis and eliminate the fee
system. i
ADVERTISEMENT, |
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BIDS FOR COURTHOUSE.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the County Commissioners of Limestone
County, Alabama, at the office of Pro
bate Judge in Athens, Ala., until noon,
Thursday, September 7, 1916, and then
opened, for the erection of a courthouse
at Athens, Ala. The building proper,
the heating, the plumbing and the wir
ing to be let under one contract.
Plans and specifications to be had from
Bem Price, architect, 518-19 Empire
Bldg., Birmingham, Ala, on and after
Monday, August 14, 1916, upon a cash
deposit of $25 with him, Buaranteeing
the return of plans to his office not
later than September 11, 1916. On re
turn of plans within time specified, the
deposit in full will be refunded to the
first ten applicants and sls to all others.
A certified check for SI,OOO, made pay.
able to George Malone, Probate Judge,
to accompany each proposal, guarantee.
ing the fulfiilment of the conditions of
the proposal,
The County Commissioners reserve the
right to accept or re}g‘ect any or all pro
posals. GEORGE MALONE,
Judge of Probate.—Adv.
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‘Mad’ Dog Was
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“MMada Dog Was
Frantic pleas over the telephone‘
summoned Officers Wood and Long at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning to No. 32
Pickard street, there to destroy a mad
ldr»g—»a. very mad dog, according to
'the feminine beseechings over ‘the
| wire. ‘
An hour later the trusty cops re
lturnnd to headquarters and flipped a |
|nickel to decide which should write |
the report. Wood lost. He wrote: |
“The dog changed his mind.” i
That is to say, the dog was merely |
provoked. Something had annoyed
|him. but he had not lost his temper
| irretrievably. On seeing the officers
| thundering to the scene, he had
' changed his mind about the sorry
scheme of things entire and had be
- come quite amiable and smiling once
I more. |
| . Wherefsa he continues to live. }
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SENAT. ~usES FOWLER BILL,
Bond for all contractdrs for public
bulldings for municipalities, counties
and the State is required under the
l]l‘owlt-r House bill passed by the Sen
ate Monday afternoon. 3
=, SPECIAL FOR TEN DAYS
5 ) SET OF TEETH $32
"5 ) BRIDGE WORK ==
ot Work NEW YORK DENTAL OFFICES
| e 281, Peachtre t, Cor. Mariett, l’l.
ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. =
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT?
BY JAMES H. PEEPLES, J. P.
CANDIDATE FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
MR. FARMER, MERCHANT,
LABORER, LAWYER, DOC
TOR—Did you know that the
railroads of Georgia are howi
ing for higher freight rates?
Who pays freight? The pro
ducer. So you see in the event
of a rate revision upward, where
the extra money will come from.
If we buy a barrel of flour we
pay for the flour, plus the
freight. If we sell a bale of cot
ton, we sell the cotton less the
freight, hence the difference in
the price of cotton in Philadel
phia and here. The railroads say
‘“there hasn’t been a revision of
freight rates upward since
1880."" What of it, if there
hasn't? The question with us
freight payers is, Have they
needed revision upward? We
think not, at least in a general
way.
There was a freight rates
hearing to have been before the
Georgia Railroad Commission
June 21st, 1916, but it has been
postponed until August 17, 1916.
Farmer, merchant, laborer, do
you know that .statisties show
that in the year ending June
30th, 1914, that the gross earn
ings of the Railroads of Geor
gia were fifty-three million dol-‘
lars and of this amount the
net earnings was thirteen mil
lion dollars? This was in that
long-to-be-remembered year of
1914, the year the European war
broke out, and the money kings
used the war ery as a bug-a-boo
to get our cotton, the chief
produet of our soil, for nothing;
it was in that year that the price
of practically e verything
soarded upward, except cotton,
and as we people in Georgia are
practically dependent upon cot-‘
ton, the result was that the
farmers and merchants of the
State were trailing in the dust‘
of humiliation, financially speak
ing. Have we recovered from
that awful year? With the
earnings of the railroads of
Georgia as above referred to
duly considered, and before we
have recovered from that nosed
year of 1914, do you think that
it is economy t oraise the freightJ
Opportunity not only
knocks—it clamors
for recognition through
The Georgian-American’s
“Business Opportunities”
column. Keep an open
door by consulting it daily.
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Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
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~ATLANTA, GA.
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Forty Decatur
Dog Owners
‘Rounded Up’
Names of forty of Decatur's lead
ing citizens appeared Tuesday on the
police records of the DeKalb County
town as defendants in the Mayor's
court. And, it was all because of
violations of the dog ordinance
passed by Council some time ago.and
made more stringent recently.
Owners were not inclined to re
gard seriously the ordinance which
required dogs to be muzzled when on
the streets, whether accompanied by
an attendant or running at large.
Consequently, Marshal Googer made
cases against the owner every time
he found a dog on the streets with
out a muzzle.
The forty ‘“most prominent” ap
peared in court Monday night. May
or Steele decided he did not want
to try the cases, and put it up to
Mayor Pro Tem. Scott Candler. Lec
tures and warnings were dealt out
to .the defendants, individually and
collectively and “dismissed” was
written after each case on . the
docket.
rates? What do you say, Mr.
Merchant, Farmer, Laborer, ete.,
cte.? If you say that the freight
rates should not be revised up
ward, go before the Railroad
Commission on August 17th,
1916, and submit your protest in
person, or write them your views
in a personal letter, for that is
the date that the hearing is to
begin. Now, Mr. Freight Payer,
get out. your pencil and paper
and figure just what a one, two
or three per cent raise on the
amount above referred to would
amount to, and you will very
readily see how easy it would be
to raise the freight rates to such
an extent that it would cost us
freight-payers hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. These earn
ings are not all for freight re
ceipts, but I presume that the
revenue from freight is the chief
one, v
Who regulates the intrastate
freight rates? The Railroad
Commission in Atlanta. lam a
candidate for Railroad Com
missioner. lam a farmer, born
and raised on the Red Hills of
Georgia, hence, T am no stranger
to the task of earning my bread
by the sweat of my face. I con
sider this one of the important
offices in the State. If you aim
to elect a man to represent ‘the
people in which millions of dol
lars is involved, isn’t that im
portant? So don’t let the va*,-;
ernor’s racee completely '
away with everything, for re
are other important offices. f
am elected Railroad Commis
sioner, I promise to stand for the
economic adjustment of freight
and passenger rates; will favor
rates that don’t tend to form &
monopoly for that of one town
or city over the remaining citi@‘
and towns. '
Irrespective of who you mfi»
port for the office, if you think
that it is not economy to rev ;
the freight rates upward, ll:fi
a protest to the Georgia Railroad
Commission either in person, or
by a personal letter. T
JAMES H. PEEPLES, i %
Canon, Georgia, |
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