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TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1915
Father and Son Held in Connec
tion With Alleged Thievery
_ at Steel Plant,
J. T. Ross and his son, Leonard
Ross, who live near the Atlanta Stee]
Company, were locked up in the po
lice station Tuesday while Detective
Starnes swore out accusations in the
City Criminal Court charging “mis
demeanor.”
Chief Lanford, of the detective de
partment, said the men were accused
of stealing wire from the Atlanta
Steel Company, at which plant young
John Wurm was believed to have been
murdered. J
Chief Lanford admitted the men
were being held in connection w!(hl
the Wurm case, but said he did nml
know what the arrests would lead t-‘ui
Both Lanford and Starnes were reti
rcent ]
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 admission
of Vaster Dogan, negro suspect,
that he had been offered S3OO by .“a
certain employee of the steel plant
to leave the city,” Wednesday cen
tered their activities on the theory
that the youth was drugged before
he was thrown into the Chatta.hoo-;
chee. |
Interest in this theory was in
creased by reports that detectives
have obtained evidence tending to
show that young Wurm, on the Sun
day night of his disappearance, 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 young 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, nor anv other
white man, called at their home on
that particular 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 poison in the bodv of Wurm,
further developments would come, in
the opinion of officers.
The report of the doctors was ex
pected by Solicitor Eb T. Williams
Wednesday or Thursday.
Rockefeller Labor
.
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
glven the capitalistic press agents a
chance to talk, write and print.
“The real substance of this plan,”
said McLennan, “is that the employer
herds his men together, 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 been
advertised as a cure-all for laborers’
ills, but it has in reality failed to cure
anything.”
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It brings your friends.
It protects the home.
And the cost is as low as
$2.00 per month.
Call Contract Dept. 309.
““The Home Company."’
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. . PHOTO. BY_INTERNATIONAL . FILM SERVICE.
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 Shackl!eton, 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 to the rescue expedition
which is being sent to Elephant
Island by the British Admiralty.
Mathewscn 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-
.
Democratic Leaders
.
In Council Over War
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Plans
for the opening of the national Dem
ocratic campaign took definite shape
here today. following the arrival of
members of the Democratic National
Campaign Committee. They held a
meeting 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. S. Hudspeth, of
New Jersey, and Albert Sahm, of In
diana.
$23,000 School Bonds
Voted in Fitzge
gerald
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
{s 10 replace one destroyed last fall by
fire.
E Little Fi
Lvery Little Fine
~ Helps Poor Atlanta
‘ J. O. Barber, of No. 8 Ashley street,
was up in Police Court Tuesday for
being drunk.
“Judge, I'm only a poor working
boy,” Barber pleaded.
“Can’'t vou 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—s3.7s," said Judge
Johnson,
The fine was paid.
. .
U. 8. River Captain
At Memphis Suicide
(Bv Internatinnal News Service.)
MEMPHIS, TENN, Aug. 15.—~Cap
tain Charles 8, Jackson, commander
of the United States snaghoat Ma
lcumh and one of the sldest river men
in 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 e made from
Montevideo about October 1, tne
Discovery then proceeding to the
Falkland Islands, where a stop
will be made for additional su»-
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 whether or not the
mer‘bers of Shackleton’s crew
are Still alive. When they were
left on Elephant Island they had
scarcely enough supplies to last
through the wintér. Shackleton
insists, however, that thoy are
still living.
! Mathewson was the only
American photographer to ac
company General Pershing on
expedition into Mexico, follow
ing the rald on Columbus by
Villa. His present trip is prob
ably the longest and most im
portant to which a motion pic
ture photographer was ever
assigned.
Lansing Will Choose
ansing Will Ch
.
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 facto 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
ing some impatience at the apparent
ly inexplicable delay in naming the
Americans, and proceeding imme+
diately to the consideration of the
questions-at issue,
While the administration is main
taining deep silence on the subject, it
is impossible to cover up the fact that
difficulty is being experienced in se
curing men of large enough caliber
who are willing to serve as the Amer
ican commissioners. Justice Bran
deis has declined to serve on account
of his Supreme Court duties. Secre
tary Lansing has before him now a
list of the eligibles for the position,
and will bend every effort in attempt-
Ing to secure the consent of three of
them to act for the United States.
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Postmasters Will
Meet Here Aug, 16
MANASSAS, Aug. 15.—R. E. Eason,
acting State president, Georgla branch
of the National League of Third and
Fourth Class Postmasters, has called
a State convention to be held at the
Aragon Hotel in Atlanta August 16
and 17.
The State League will he reorgan
ized, delegates will be elected to tha
national convention which meets in
Davton, Ohio, September 20-23, and
other important business will be
transacted,
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Letimbro Refugees
(Bv International News Service.)
ROME, Aug. 15.—A Tripoll diepateh
reports that one of the missing H!opmau
of the steamer Letimbro, sunk by an
Austrian submarine, reached the coast
of North Africa whh eight survivors,
who had heen given up for dead, bus
that the entire party was captured by
Arabian rebels and carried into the In
terior.
A rescue expedition ig being formed
to effect their release., who include sev.
eral women X y
‘THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Neill primary bill Tuesday was
in the position of a tennis ball in a
hot matgh. When it reached the
House with several Senate amend
ments, the House promptiy disagreed
lwith 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
lments 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 sec#ion making the hours of
opening and closing the polls uniform
throughout the State.
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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. i
To amend an act providing for the
collection of commutation tax in all
counties of over 36,725 and not over
50,000 population.
To abolish a system of public schools
for the district of Sylvania.
To amend an act incorporating the
city of Helena.
To permit women to practice law in
Georgia.
Trippe Explains
rippe Explain
Charge of Contempt
Walter Trippe, United States Dep
uty Revenue Collector, who was re
ported sought in Savannah for econ
tempt in failing to go before the Grand
Jury to give evidence of violations of
the prohibition law, 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.
.
Bank Measure Dies
In House Tuesday
The Senate bill to empower banks to
|do a trust company business was killed
in the House Tuesday. It came over as
'uinfinlshed business from Monday's ses
sion.
Representative Cooper, of Ware, spoke
for the bill, and Representative Atkin
son against it. The vote was 64 to 36,
96 votes being required for its passage.
lEnt:omology Board
.
Bill Passes House
The Senate bill providing for the
appointment by the Governor of two
members of the State Board of Ento
mology, in place of the heads of the
State horticultural and agricultural
societies, who, with the Commissioner
of Agriculture, are ex-officio mem
bers, was passed by the House Mon
”ria_v.
Fullbright Urged
rullbright Urge }
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~ For Appeals Court
| Representative Fullbright, of Burke,
| will be urged for appointment on the
‘henrh of the Court of Appeals, under
the terms of the bill passed by the
Legislature providing for three addi
‘tional members, |
A petition was circulated in the
House Wednesday, asking for his ap
pointment. It was signed by nearly
rvery member.
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‘State F 1 'M ‘
tate Flower’' May
Soon Bloom for Ga.
a.
' Georgia may soon have a “State
flower.”
} The House Tuesday adopted a reso
lution designating the Cherokee rose as
the State floral emblem The resolu
tion was signed by Representatives At
kinson, of Fulton; Bale, of Flovd, and
.(‘-rlffln. of Lowndes. It has the in
!vlor.wm»m of the Georgia Federation of
Women's Clubs,
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+ B & A, Soliciting
Agents End Meetin
A two-days’ session of the soliciting
agents and representatives of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rall.
way Company is to end Tuesday night at
the Pledmont Hotel. More than a hun.
,drod delegates are in attendance
A dinner Monday night at the Pied
mont Driving Club was the principal so
clal event of the session,
H Shies at
Legislati
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.
Thely wouldn't have it—no, no, 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 l.egislative Association or
ganized Monday afternoon by Senators
and Representatives,
The officers elected are: President,
W. H. Burwell, Speaker pf the House;
secretary-treasurer, Devereaux F. Me-
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 membership 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
mfla‘l 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
Marketing stable commodities will be
facilitated through the bank acceptance
Senate bill passed hy the House Mon
day afternoon with little opposition.
It provides that State banks and trust
companies may accept drafts and bills
of exchange drawn by their customers
against marketable collateral, having
maturities of six monthks or less, in un
limited amount.
It also provides banking institutions
may {ssue letters of credit, authorizing
thelr customers to draw such drafts and
bills of exchange upon them.
.
House Passes Bill
To Relieve Courts
By a 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, Tt
more clearly defines the duties of the
two courts, to harmonize the work to
relieve the congestion.
State High Bill
The Highway Commission bill was
ready Tuesday to go to the Governor
for his signature to make it a law.
The House aereed with the Senate
amendment, only two dissenting votes
being cast against it. The Senate
amendment makes the State Geologist,
the professors of engineering of the
University and Tech members of the
commission with the Prison Board.
Pay Crankshaw Bill
U'nless the Senate reconsiders its ac
tion of Monday afternoon, Charles W
Crankshaw will have seen another ges
sion pass without collecting for the sil
ver service furnished for the battleship
Georgla,
The resolution called for $1.300 for the
payment, but an amendment reduced the
amount to $750. Then the Senate voted
not to pay anything at all
l
Asks $25,000 for \
Alleged Slander
Mrs. W, €. McNab, formerly cash
fer in a downtown movie theater,
Tuesday brought suit, through Attor
ney Forrest A. Roberts, agzainst 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, ‘
Drive on Traction
Bill Is Blocked
|
An effort to revive the fight over the
interurban railway charter bill, passed
by the House Monday, was killed in
the House Tuesday.
Representative Sheppard, of Sumter,
moved to reconsider the action In pass
ing the bill. The motion lost by 50 to §9,
DR. L. A, BROWN TO PREACH.
Dr. L. A. Brown, former pastor of
Temple Paptist Church, will fill the
pulpit of the Jones Avenue Baptist
Church at the morning and evening
servicas Sunday. The pastor, A, L.
mury. '. on a .v.’mu:n-‘
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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
la‘rranging for the event. Forrest!
| Adair announced at the headquarters
on Broad street that all of Mr. |
!(‘andler'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-I
matism. ‘
With the arrival of Mr. Candler, a!
new phase of the Mayoralty contest |
likely will be begun. Up to the pres-i
ent Mr. Candler's campaign hasl
been almost wholly in charge of cit
izens' committees, They have worked |
out a practically complete organi-|
gation and are fighting along syste
matic lines.
On the other hand the campalgn |
of Jesse Armistead has had more of.
|tho 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.
l As has been announced, the Cand
ler forces will hold three ward ral
lies Tuesday night. Mr. Armistead
lwill speak Tuesday night at 8
o'clock at the corner of Pryor andl
' Bass streets to the Second \\'ard’
voters,
Probably big central rallies will be
held in the interest of bhoth candi
dates by the end of the week.
' Speaking in the Fourth Ward on
‘Monday night to a good-sized crowd
of voters, Mr. Armistead said that
‘the city of Atlanta was in need an
several charter revisions, but nnns[
that will preserve re-presr*nmti\'ol
form.
“I will put into operation the co- |
operative policy which the people |
want,” he said, “in which the heads |
of the departments will come togeth
er and advise the Mayor and call a
meeting every Saturday in which an
account will be given of all expen- |
ditures and in this way I shall get a|
higher rate of efficiency and econ-,
omy.” |
Alderman Armisiead made it clear
that he was in the race to stick,
Bank Stockholders 1
\ Sued for $100,009
l Proceedings invelving more than
SIOO,OOO Tuesday were instituted in
Superior Court in behalf of certain
depositors of the defunct Travelers'
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.
IS. Dillon for Coursey Bros. and the
Enterprise Coal and Marble Company,
who are suing 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'
1 Company. |
‘Woman Sues Railway
For Alleged Injuries
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 nnd(
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.,
1 Month Was Enough;
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Wife Asks Decreel
Mrs. Lehman Woodruff Smith, in a|
divoree suit filed Tuesday by Attorney
E. A. Stephens sald she lived wirh‘
her husband, Robert H. Smith, but
one month. Smith's residence was
given as Montgomery,
Mrs. Smith said Smith failed to
support her,
Votes Salary for
{ £
Solicitors Genera,li
' The Senate Monday afternoon passnrl!
a constitutional amendment from the
Housa allowing the various judicial clr-l
cults to place their solicitors general nnl
'a salary basis and eliminate the fee
system. J
ADVERTISEMENT,
D R S —
. 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 tnen
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.
glan- and specifications to be had from
Bem Price, architect, 518-19 Empire
Bldg., Birmingham, Ala., on and after
Monday, August 14, 1618, upon a cash
deposit of $25 with him, guaranteeing
the return of plans to his office not
later than September 11, 1616. On re
turn of plans within time specified, the
deposit in ful' 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 prn]umal, gFuarantee.
ing the fulfillment of the conditions of
the prn}mnal.
The County Commissioners reserve the
right to accept or reject any or all pro
posals. CFEORGE MALONE,
Judge of Probate.—Adv.
‘Mad’ 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
dog—a very mad dog, according to
the feminine beseechings over the
wire,
An hour latar the trusty cops re
turned to headquarters and flipped a
nickel to decide which should write
the report. Wood lost. He wrote:
“The dog changed his mind.”
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
¢hanged his mind abhout the sorry
scheme of things entire and had be
come quite amiable and smiling once
more
Wherefrva he continues to live,
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SENATE PASSES FOWLER BILL,
Bond for all contractors for publie
buildings for municipalities, counties
and the State is required under the
Fowler House bill passed by the Sen
ate Monday afternoon.
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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 howl
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
vou know that statistics 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-1
lion dollars? This was in that
long-to-be-remembered year of
1914, the year the Europegn war
broke out, and the money kings
used the war ery as a bug-a-boo
to get our cotton, the chief
product of our soil, for nothing;
it was in that year that the price
of practically e v erything
soarded upward, except cotton,
and as we people in Georgia are
practically dependent upon cot
ton, the wresult was that the
farmers and merchants of the
State were trailing in the dust
of humiliation, financially speak
ing. Have wec 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 noted
vear of 1914, do you think thatl
it is economy t oraise the freight
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ATLANTA, GA.
Forty Decatur
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 strests, 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 Jefendants, individually and
collectively and “dismissed” was
written after each case on -the
docket,
ratest 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 %‘
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 fi»
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., ¥
Who regulates the intrastate
freight rates? The Railroad
Commission in Atlanta. I am a
candidate for Railroad Com
missioner. lam a farmer, born
and raised on the Red Hills of
(Georgia, hence, I 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 inf
portant? So don’t let the Gow
ernor’s race completely run
away with everything, for there
are other important offices. If I
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 a
monopoly for that of one town
or city over the remaining cities.
and towns. )
Irrespective of who you sup
port for the office, if you think
that it is not economy to revise
the freight rates upward, 3
a protest to the Georgia Rail y
Commission either in person, or
by a personal letter, 4 E&
JAMES H. PEEPLES,
Canon, Georgia. ;.
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