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Opposes Power Company's De
mand for Hgher Rates and Fa
vors More Pay for Teachers,
“Declaring his opposition to the pro
posed plan of the Georgia Railway
and Power Company to raise its rates
and urging the people to support ev
ery patriotic movement to help win
the war, James L. Key, in a letter to
The Sunday American announces his
candidacy for the nomination for
Mayor of Atlanta at the city primary,
July 10,
The candidacy of Mr. Key has been
discussed for some time by local poli
ticians, but no definite announcement
wos made until Saturday morning.
Mr. Key points out that public school
problems in this city “should not be
obscured by political questions.” He
is strongly in favor of increasing sal
arles of publig school teachers to
meet the a,dvanied cost of living.
Mr. Key's statement follows:
I beg to announce my candi
dacy for Mayor in the primary of
July 10, and in doing so, Is ask
space for a brief discussion of
some of the issues that are before
the public. G
The foremost duty of every
Government—city, State and na
tional--is to help win the war,
Sines our hoys are golng “over
there” to serve, to sacrifice, to
sicken, and some, perhaps, to die,
the least we can afford to do is
all we can do. It is for our na
tion to command and for us to
' obey. 4
The proposed ratse of the rates
to the amount of 33 1-3 per cent,
_ which is demanded by the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company,
I 8 unfair and undeserved. It
~ would be an unjust burden upon
-the business and homes of the
~ people of Atlanta. |
Encourage Homeseekers. ‘
Not only that, but if the ecity |
shall prosper in the future, it
must encourage growth in popu- |
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lation, new investments, expan
slon of business, and location of
new enterprises. This can not be
done if investors and homeseek
ers are to be advised that not
only are our present high rates to
be maintained, but are to be in
creased in gn amount equal to
two-thirds of the ad valorem
taxes paid by propgrty owners, If
we advertise a ralse In tax rates
of 66 per cent, how much enthu
siasm will we rouse in prospec
tive homeseckers and investors?
If this ralse in rates was de
served, in order to secure a fair
return on the money [nvested,
the people would not complain,
but they are not willing to bear
this super-tax of $1,800,000 per
year, to pay dividends on watered
stock and replace funds frittered
away.
The report of the committee of
Council on rate investigation,
filed May 6, 1918, shows that in
1901, when the Atkinson interests
took over the local utilities,
$1,430,000 of water was poured
into the capitalization. In 1907,
when the earnings of the Georgia
Rallway and Electric Company
showed a net profit of 16.7 per
cent, $2,004,666, more water, was
poured into it. In 1912, when the
power company leased the elec
tric company, more than $10,000,.
000 -of water was put into i’t
Even this does not tell the whole
story. These items have no_ ref
erence to the water In the power
company caplitalization. These
items are embraced in the capi
talization of the electric company,
and in the lease to the power
company, the latter guaranteed
fixed dividends to the electric
company stockholders. This is
after all expenses of whatsoever
character are paid. These three
items aggregate $13,434,666. The
fixed yearly charges aggregate
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HEARST’'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. —— A Newsnaper for Peopvle Who Think — SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1918.
around $1,000,000. 'This s a huge
sum to pay on stump water and
blue sky. This comes out of the
pockets of the people, In addi<
tion to this, they want $1,800,000
more. They are not entitled to it.
A raise in rates to the amount
of $1,800,000 per year, capitalized
at b per cent, would represent a
bond issue of $36,000,000, With
such an increase in earnings, sucn
an amount of bond issue could be
supperted. Then would follow
another riot of capitalization, and
another burden of “fixed charges”
to be borne by the public.
What City Could Do.
By such an increase in the rev
enue of the city of Atlanta, the
city could support a hond issue
of $25,000,000 and provide for
both interest and sinking fund
and with such a bond igssue the
city could reproduce twice over
the gas, street railroad, and eleec
tric light systems, held under the
lease to the power dompany.
In 1918 the gross earnings of
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company were $6,985,782; its net
operating revenue $3,459,533. In
1911, when the electric company
was taken over by the power
company, its plant was valued on
its books at $23,643,649. This was
the book: valuation, to help bal
ance its capitalization, As there
was more than $104000,000 water
in the capitalization, it is fair to
assume that the plant did not
cost in money more than $lO,-
000,000, In 1911, the net earn
ings were $2,387,824, which was
22 per cent earnings on the cash
invested.
The city could build a plant for
$10,000,000, with bonds at 4 per
cent, ind after interest and all
operating expenses were paid,
have a saving of nearly $2,000,-
000, After a liberal allowance
for maintenance and repalr,
which includes depreciation,
there would be $1,5600,000 net
profits. The ecity could reduce
the neét earnings 33 1-3 per cent,
set aside $1,000,000 per year, pay
for the plant in ten years’ time
and own it free from debt.
The Georgi® Rallway ‘and
Power Company is under con
tract with its bondholders to
create a sinking fund, béginning
1919, to pay off its bonded in
debtedness. The lease of the
power company runs for 999
years. The raise in rates
amounts to SI,BOOOOO, One of
the reasons for this demand is
to meet the requirement as to
sinking fund. The bonds repre
rent practically the cost of the
investment. When the bonds
are paid the stockholders will
own the property—free, Since
Atlanta is practically the whole
net income producing territory,
the people of Atlanta are called
on to pay for these propertie:
and give them away. If th
people of Atlanta are to
pay for these properties,
they should buy them for them
selves. Municipal ownership of
gas, electric lights and street
railroads i: the ultimate solu
tion of this question.
The five-year contract between
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company and the city of Atlanta
for light and power expires this
month. The relation between the
renewal of that contract and the
present campaign of propaganda
has not yet been made to ap
pear,
Police Department.
I thoroughly indorse_the policy
of law enforcement and clean
administration of the police de
partment. The vindication and
reinstatement of Chief Beavers
was an act of simple jnstice, and
Goes honor to the present admin
istration and credit to the spirit
of fair play of the city as a
whole.
The present policy of this de
partment, as regards morals
generally, scemed too extreme
when first inaugurated, and
many conscientious men differed
as to its practical application.
This difference no longer exists.
Since that time, city after city
has adopted the same policy. The
national Government has seen
the wisdom of it and has vigo
rously applied it, and today it is
the rule of practically every civ
-Iliged GovernmeMt on'the earth.
The time when the beneflciaries
of vice and profiteers of the un
derworld shall hold the balance
of power and dictate the policy
of this city has passed.
There is cone important ques
tion before the people of Atlan
ta which should not be ob
scured by political questions, 1t
is the .matter of the public
schools. The public school is the
point where the most vital inter
est is centered. The prosperity
of the schools means more to the
happiness of our people than any
other municipal endeavor. :
The public school teachers are
not receiving fair pay. Their lean
salaries are a lame support in
these times of high prices. Expe
rienced teachers are accepting
more lucrative positions else-
Abdominal Supporters, Elastic
Stockings fitted by expert pro
prietor. 7
(V.E.)Perryman, (J.C.)Burson Co.
Ivy 2684. 109 N. Pryor St.,
Opposite Candler Bidg.
where. We have lost more than
100 teachers this year, merely on
this account. The most hurtful
thing is that the teaching body
feel that notwithstanding their
devotion and loyalty, their efforts
are not appreciated. The morale
of the teachers is necessarily im
paired.™ This issue should be
promptly met and adequately
remedied.
Another phase of the school
question is the shametul lack of
provision for the high schools.
That these schools have done so
well, under the circumstances, is
a great tribute to their genius and
loyalty to their orgahizations. At
lanta needs and deserves a great
high school. The high school is
the university of the poor. It is
the stepping stone to broader
fields of education to all
The public school is the most
Americanizing influence in our
country today. The spirit of lib
erty and patriotism is rampant in
them. They deserve and should
have more liberal support.
The mistake that some of us
make is in regarding the public
school as a liability. The true
view is that it is an asset. We
can not afford to fail to give the
schools every dollar that can be
judiciously and economically ex
pended.
Favors Bond Issue.
The proposed bond issue of
SBOO,OOO should ecarry—Bssoo,ooo of
this for waterwerks. This is a
present urgent necessity. With
an additional city of 50,000 people
at Camp Gordon to be served, the
needs are great and delays dan
gerous, k
One hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars is to motorize
the fire department. This is to
modernize the department and
enable it to meet a large and an
increasing demana for service. A
reduction in insurance rates will
mo: < than compensate the publie
for this expenditure.
One hundred thousand dollars
is for the Cyclorama. This is
a simple business proposition.
The profits on the enterprise are
large, but can not longer continue
under present conditions. Prop
erly housed, the Cyclorama would
probably double its net revenue.
Seventy-five thousand dollars is
for avlllg'électrical generating plant
at the crematory, The crema
tory was devised so as to turn the
heat it develops into power. The
boilers and 8%1 attachments are
installed. Fifty thousand dollars’
worth of steam is generated every
yvear. This steam is useless. It
vanishes into thin air. Here is a
place for an electrical generating
plant, owned by the city, with
power furnished free. It will
mark the beginning of-. public
ownership. by the city of At
lanta.
N My idea of a eity government
is ohe where fair consideration
and justice will be accorded to
all; where no man is so big that
he can get away with anything to
which he is not entitled, and none
so small but what he can confi
dently expect to receive all that
is coming to him.
Upon these and other considera
tions, which will be submitted to
the people from time to time dur
ing the campaign, I shall ask to be
elected.
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Interesting Exercises Mark Close
of Fortieth Successful Year
At Seminary.
The closing of the fortieth success
ful year of Washington Seminary is
being marked with appropriate com
mencement exercises for the 23 girl
graduates, A
The first of a series of interesting
entertainments took place Thursday
afternoon when a garden party was
given at the school. Friday night the
expression class, assisted by members
of the Dramatic Club, presented “The
Merchant of Venice.,” under the direc- |
tion of Mrs. Merrill Hutchinson. |
Last night the annnal joint debate
between the Alice Chandler Literary
Society and the Washington Liter
ary Society was held, the subject of
the debate being: “Resolved, That
after the war the United States Gov
ernment should acquire control of the
railroads.” g
The program for this evening con
sists of a baccalaureate service to be
held at St. Mark Church. The ser
mon will be preached by Dr. W. R.
Hendrix. Monday evening the an
nual concert- will take place, and
Tuesday the senior class will hold its
class exercises.
The graduation exercises will take
place at the Atlanta Theater at 8:15
o'clock Wednesday night, when the
address to the graduating class will
be delivered by Dr. Thornwell Jacobs,
president of-Oglethorpe University.
PO i o S e APAIRES
Thomson Boy: Makes
Record at Universit
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With an average of 98.8 per cent
for the year, Roger H. Waest, of
Thomson, has made the highest av
erage for any student in the history
of the University of GT)rgia. He has
taken - every honor ddring his four
years at the University, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Irwin Phinizy, of Augusta, and
Robert Bruce Crawford, of <ansas
City, Mo., were second to Jlr. West,
with high averages.
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Fort Valley District Already Has
Sent East More Than
180 Cars,
Ripening ten dayg or more in ad
vance of their usual season and in
larger quantities than have ever he
fore been known in Georgias the early
peaches of the Fort Valley district are
now being distributed to the mar‘kets
of the North and East in.iraniloads.
More than 180 cars had been hanrdled
through the Georgia Fruit Fxcharge
last Wednesday, The total crop of
the Mayflower variety is expected to
go wwell over 200 cars.
Because of the ext}emely early sea
son, the fruit has encountered strong
competition on the Eastern market.
The height of the Virginia and Mary
land strawberry crop was reached at
the time the peaches made their ap
rearance. This has forced the prices
down considecably below what they
ordinarily would have brought at this
time.
The se2nad early variety, the Unee
da, has already begun to ripen, and
shipments were made as early as
Thursday. Tluring the present week
thes major movement of this fruit will
take place. Thz tide of Georgia
peaches will continue to rise rapidly
until its crest in June.
Revised estimates of the total crop
are now quotad at 7,300 ears for the
State of Georgia, with 6,500 of these
coming from south of Atlanta. Over
5,000 cars will be moved by the Cen
tral of Georgia alone.
These figures were arrived at dur
ing a conference of Central Qf Geor
gia traffic officials and representa
tives of the Fruit Growers’ Express
‘and the Georgia Fruit Exchange,
‘whivh was held at Macon on Wed
' nesday. At that time the engire mat
ter of schadules for the year was
investigated and settled as far as
possiblé, The growers were given the
assurance from railroad and refriger
ator officials alike that prompt and
lproper servics would be extended
throughout the season.
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; ‘‘The Infernal Region, ‘‘May 16, 1918,
“To Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, King of Prussia, Emperor
of all Germany and Envoy Extraordinary of Almighty
God: 2
“My Dear Wilhelm: :
‘T can call you by that familiar name for I have always
been very close to you, much closer than you could ever
know. 3 .
" “‘From the time that you were yet an undeveloped being
in your mother’s womb I have.shaped your destiny for my
own purpose. L
‘“ln the days of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as Ne
ro; he was a vulgar ¢haracter and
suited my purpose at that par
ticular time. In these modern days
a classic demon and efficient super
criminal was needed and as\[ know
the Hohenzollern blood I picked you
as my special instrument to place
on earth an annex of hell. I gave
you abnormal ambition, likewise an
oversupply of egotism that you
might not discover your own fail
ings; I twisted your mind to that
of 4 mad man with certain normal
tendencies to éarry you by, a most,
dangerous character placed in pow
er; 1 gave you the power of a hyp
notist and a certain magnetic force
that you might sway. your people I
am responsible for the deformed
arm that ‘hangs helpless on your
left, for your crippled condition em
bitters your life and destrovs all
noble impulses that might other
wise cause me anxiety, but your
strong sword arm is driven by
your ambition that squelches all
sentiment and pity; I placed in your
goul a deep hatred for all things
English, for of all nations on earth
I hate England most; wherever
England plants her flag she brings
order out of chaos and the hatred
Cross follows the Union Jack: un
der her rule wild tribes bacame till
ers of the soil; in due time prac
tieal citizens; she is the great civ
flizer of the globe and I HATE
HER. "I planted in your soul a
cruel hatred for your mother be
cause she was English and left my
good friend Bismarck to fan the
flame I had kindled. Recent his
tory proves how well our work/was
done.- Tt broke your mother’s heart
but I gained my purpose.
‘“The inherited disease of the
Hohenzollerns killed your father,
just as it will kill you, and you be
came the rulér of Germany and a
tool of mine sooner than I ex
pected. s
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“To assist you and farther hasten
my work I sent you three evil spir
its, Nietzsche, Treitschke and later
Bernhardi, whose teachings inflam
ed the yonths of Germany, who in
good time would be willing and
loyal subjects and eager to spill
their blood and pull your chestnuts,
yours and mine; the spell has been
perfect—you cast your ambitious
eves toward the Mediterranean,
Egypt, India and the Dardanelles
and you began your great railway
to Bagdad, but the ambitions arch
duke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way. It was then
that T sowed the seed in your heart
that blossomed into the assassina
tion of the Duke and his wife, and
411 hell smiled when it saw how
cleverly you saddled the crime on
Serbia. I saw you set sails for the
fjords of Norway, and I knew you
would prove an alibi. How cleverly
done, so much like your noble
grandfather, who also secured an
assassin to remove old King Fred
erick of Denmark, and later that
country of two provinces that gave
Germany an opportunity to be
come a naval power. Murder is
dirty work, but it takes a Hohen
zollern to make a way and get by.
“Your opportunity was at hand;
you set the world on fire and bells
of hell were ringing; your rape on
Belgium caused much joy, it was
the beginning of the fi dation of
a perfect hell on earth, tfidestmc
tion.‘of noble cathedrals and other
infinite works of art were hailed
with joy in the infernal regions, "
| ive to the Red Cross Monday |
R L.N. HUFF
opt°sr‘;e:2s;l ITCH ELLOSI?I't.mH:“I
You made war on friends and foe
alike and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had borne
fruit. Your treachery 'toward neu
tral nations hastened a universal
upheaval, the things I most desir
ed. Your undersea warfare is a mas
ter stroke, from the smallest mack
erel pot to the great Lusitania. you
show no favorites; as a war lord you
stand supreme, for you have no
merey; vou have no consideration
. for the baby clinging to its moth
~er's breasts as they both go down
into the deep together, only to be
torn anart and leisurely devoured
by sharks down among the corals.
“T have strolled over the battle
fields of Belgium and France. T
have seen your hand of destruction
everywhere: it's all your work, su
perfiend that T have made you. T
have seen the fie'ds of Poland; now
a wilderness fit for prowling hegsts
only: no merry children in Poland
now: they all succumbed to frost
and starvation—T drifted down into
Qalicia. where formerly Jews. and
Gentiles lived ‘hannily. together; T
found but rnins and ashes: T felt a
curions pride in myv pnoil, for it
was all ahove mv expectation. T
was in Belglum when vou drove the
speacaful population hefore von like
cattle into slavery: vou senarated
man and wife and forced them to
hard labor in the trenches, T have
seen the most fiendish rapes com
mitted on your women and those
who were forced inte matetnity
were cursing the father of their
offspring, and I began to doubt if
my--own inferno was really up to
date.
'» % =
‘““You have taken millions of dol
lars from innocent victims and call
ed it indemnity; you have lived fat
on the land you usurped and sent
the real owners away to starvation.
You have straved away from all
legalizéd war methods and intro
duced a code of your own. You
have kliled and robbed the people
of friendly nations and destroyed
their property. You are a liar, a
hypocrite and a bluffer of the high
est/magnitude. You are a part of
mine and yet you pose as a per
sonal friend of God. AN, Wilhelm,
you are a ‘wonder. You wantonly
destroy all things in your path and
leave \nothing for cominggenera
t(ions.
Sy e
“I was amazed when I saw you
form a partnership with the impos
sible Turk, the chronic killer of
Christians, and you a devout wor
shipper in the Lutheran Church. I
confess, Wilhelm, you are a puzzle
at times. A Mohammedan army
commanded by German officers, as
sisting one another in massacreing
Christians is a new line of warfare.
When a Prussian officer can witness
a nude woman being disemboweled
by a swarthy Turk, céommitting a
double l!urder with one cut of his
saber, and calmly stand by and see
a house full of innocent Armenians
locked up, the house saturated with
oil and fired, then my teachings did
not stop@vith you, but have been
extended to the whole German na
tion. I confess my Satanic soul
grew sick and there and then 1
knew the pupil had become the
master. I am a back number, a:id
my dear Wilhelm, I abdicate in
your favor. The great key of hell
will be turned over to you. The
gavel that has struck the doom of
damned souls since time began is
yours, . I am satisfied with what
I have donej that my abdication in
‘your favor is for the very best in
terests of h,sll—ln the future I am
at your majesty’s service. Affec
tionately and sincerely,
“SATAN.”