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Some Strong Points =OF THE; IUST COMPANY OF OA. Equitable Building, Atlanta, Georgia. 119 Company has an exceptionally LARGE CAPITAL, of Half a Million Dollar*. |has Surplus and Undivided Front* of J17I.070.01 beside*, and In addition Its stockholder* are liable for half a million more. Ills Company OWNS ITS BUILDING. /his Company has an unusually STRONG DIRECTORATE. /hi* Company pay* 31-2 per cent INTEREST and COMPOUNDS It QUARTERLY. , rby not be Identified with thl« STRONG Bank? ERNEST WOODRUFF, Pre*. J. CARROLL PAYNE, Vice Pro*. WM. 8. MeKEMIE, Treasurer. DIRECTORS: CLIFTORD L. ANDERSON ROBERT J. LOWRY Dll. A. W. CALHOUN CHARLES A. CONKLIN CHARLES A. DAVIS THOMAS K. GLENN JOEL HURT HUGH T. INMAN H. E. IV. PALMER J. CARROLL PAYNE W. O. RAOUL CHAS. A. WICKER8HAM GEORGE WINSHIP ERNEST WOODRUFF 'MAKING OF A NE WSPAPER" TOLD GEORGIAN CARRIERS WORK OF PARDON BOARD TOUCHES HUMAN SIDE Court of Mercy Always Open—Many Pardons Granted—Commission Can Accept Only Evidence Submitted. By JOHN REESE. Is the prison commission of Georgia granting too many pardon* and com putation*? There I* a well denned distinction ha ween “pardon" and “commutation,' t/ough the practical effect, so far a* uie liberty of the [tarty Is concerned. Is Identical. A pardon not only restores liberty, but the right to vote. Com mutation of sentence give* liberty, but doe* not restore the right of franchise. Georgia’s prison commission has been In existence for about eight years, The commlsalon practically dominates the guidance of the state's convict la bor and It passes upon every applica tion for pardon. While the governor's signature Is necessary, and he, after all, forma the court of Anal appeal, no Instance Is of record where the chief executive passed a case over the com mission's head.' Undoubtedly strong pressure Is brought to bear on the commlsalon In most cases to Influence favorable ac tion. At every monthly and special meeting held, from five to twenty law vers are present to argue for clients. I Out this Is not tha hard part of the commission's work. Often old and sorrow-bowed' women come there to plead for wayward sons or husbands. Though the convict has no shadow of ground on which to base a plea, the com in Is* loners must steel their hearts to the tears and pleas and act accord ing to the evidence. A Court of Mtrcy. Georgia's commission Is made up of Chairman J. 8. Turner, Hon. Tom Kason and General Clement A. Evans. In their annual report of last year It Is stated: "It frequently happens that the same case Is heard and considered several times, even after It ha* been declined, on account of new facts or condition* nhlch have arisen, which are thought to demand or appeal for the clemency sought. Tha commission never hesi tates to re-open, and reconsider any ALLEGED LOTTERY TICKEUMUGGLERS TWO MEN ARRESTED BY UNITED 8TATE8 MARSHAL IN NEW ORLEANS. case already declined, believing that the court of mercy should be always open to the condemned criminal. After seven years of experience as a board of pardons the commlsalon Is confi dent that this course has Improved the conduct of the convicts, making their discipline and behavior morn exemp lary, In order that they may earn fa vorable consideration.” Below Is given the record from the official report of the work of the par don board for the years of 1904 and 1903. The official year of the commis sion runs from June 1 of one year to May 31 of the following year. For the year beginning June 1, 1908, and ending May 31, 1904, the record Is as follows: Capital Catsi. Recommended commutation to lift Imprisonment 5 Declined to recommend 18 Other Felonies. Recommended pardons Recommended to commutations Declined to recommend Misdemeanors. Recommended pardons Recommended commutations .. Declined to recommend Removal of Disabilities. Felonies 14 Total 357 For that year there were 1,115 fel ony or state convicts and, 1,9(4 mis demeanors. Out of a total of J57 case* considered, 197 received favorable ac tlon, Including 14 cases In which slm ply disabilities were removed. The report for the year beginning June 1, 1904, and ending May II, 1909, while showing a considerable Increase In both state and misdemeanor con victs, notes** decrease In the number of petitions for clemency considered, and a corresponding falling off In the number given favorable action. The official record Is aa follows: Capital Cases. Declined to recommend commute- tlon Recommended commutation to life sentence gpeclel to The Georgina. Pensacola, Fla., June 2.—Deputy L'nlted States Marshal Wolf yesterday afternoon arrested 31. L. Roch and Hoi Levy, on charges of conspiracy to transport and mnrket lottery tickets. In Violation of the federal law*. F. W. Marsh, United State* com missioner, nxed the bond of the two gentlemen at il.000 each. The bonds were readily furnished. The arrest caused quite a sensation, as both parties arc prominent In busi ness here. STUDY in marble or Bronze would be a very charming wedding gift. The refinement and culture which the pres erce of choice statuary be- fteakB in the home is unrais- tikable. Our marbles and Ironzcs include large and mall pieces with wide range )f Bubjects. Medallions, snd busts and full-length fig ures with pedestals of marble, ebony or onyx. Maier & Berkele. Other Felon!**. Declined to recommend Recommended pardons Recommended commutation of sen tence .. ..' Misdemeanors, Declined to reoemmend Recommended pardons .. ,. ,. .. Recommended commutation of sen tence Removal of Dieabilltlss. Felonies Misdemeanors .. .. .. .. .. .. One Hundred and Twenty-Five Route Boys Assembled Friday Night to Hear Talk by Alfred Zimmerman. F OR th0M who llkt boy*—and who does not?—there wai a great •Ight In the mailing room of The Georgian Friday evening from 7:10 o'clock till nearly *10. There were gathered together the 115 city carrier boy* of The Georgian. They assembled, acting on an Invitation, without promise of reward and with out suggcatlon of duresa. That expla nation la timely In view of the fact that they came to listen to what they dpubt- leaa thought waa a didactic talk. Doya usually don't respond very unanimous ly to that aort or entertainment. Dut the ipeech or lecture or talk, aa one would have It, waa about “The Making of a Newapaper." Alfred 21m merman, circulation manager of The New York Evening World, and one of the beat-known newapaper men In America, waa the apenker. The boya were merely told when they reported to the superintendent of carriera Fri day afternoon that If they came around to the office that evening they would ha •old mil about the making of the news papers they deliver and would be told ho v they might earn more money than they are now making. They came In aquads, platoons, flocka and droves. Some of them with long routea In the edge* of town doubtlea* went without their suppers to be on hand on time. Although 8 o'clock was the hour appointed, fully a hundred boy* were assembled at 7: SO o'clock, and many of them Arrived at 7. Who Zimmarman la. Mr. Zimmerman, who waa to talk to them, has been In Atlanta a week, and has spent moat of that time In the cir culation department of The Georgian. He Is an expert on circulation building and circulation handling. Some years ago he took charge of that department of a paper In Newark, N. J., and In creased the circulation so much and made the service so nearly perfect that he was secured by The New York Evening World and put In entire charge of the dlrtrtbi\tlon and handling of the papers. He knows the business In Ity every phase, having started out as a seller of papers on the streets, ris ing to the dignity of carrier of a route, then working In the mailing room, and so on up to the very top. Because of having been a newsboy himself he was able to talk In a man ner that was thoroughly appealing to the youngsters. He started out by tracing the making of a paper, from the receipt In the of fice of a "tip" on a news story, the work of the reporter In getting It up and writing It, the editing of it, and then tho mechanical work, which he explained Jn detail—the work of the copy-cutter, the linotype operator, tho makeup, the atereotyper, and the press- Then he put before them the propo sition that all of the great labor he i had outlined would go to waste absolutely unless the paper*, after being made and printed, were delivered to acrlbera and purchasers promptly, nently and without mlaslng Then Mr. Zimmerman took up with them the matter of Increasing their own routes. He did It by putting the question, "How would you get new subscribers for The Georgian? There was a tremendous treble squeal of response. One little fellow squealed louder than anybody else that he would “tell the people The Georgian was the best paper In tho South.” The Lins-Up. Ho was brought up and placetl be side Mr. Zimmerman. He \ You know, route boys hnve no names They* nil hnve numbers, and are proud of them. All except No. 23, who hn fight every dny nearly because they call him the skbl Mr. Zimmerman repented tho query, after the clamor had subsided. No. managed to throw his voice above all the others, shouting: “Qlvo 'em some sample copies.” He was brought up and placed besJi No. 57. Again Mr. Zimmerman repeated his query* and No. 18 made more fuss than anybody else. His step was to tell the folks bow the pnper was made. He was colled to the front. The question was put again and No. 2D yelled that he would "tell 'em It had the best editor in the South.” He came to the front in a hurry. The next plan proposed was by No. 62, who anld ho would hand the paper into each house, clean and unrumpled. Once again Mr. Zimmerman asked for a suggestion and No. 6, so little he could hardly be seen or heard, squeaked that he would say* the'paper had leased wires running everywhere. There they were, six In a row. They furnished an object lesson, too, as Mr. Zlmmepman pointed out Th«* plans of the six, he said, if put Into effect by any boy, would sure win a subscriber If a boy would go to a non-subscriber and say The Georgian was the best pa per In the South, as No. 57 suggested leave a snmplo copy, as No. 78 sug gested; tell how tho paper waa made, as No. 18 suggested; aay It had the best editor In the South, as No. 2» sug iper, clean am unrumpled, ns No. Bi suggested, and tell about the telegraph service, aa No. • suggested, there would be no trouble In Increasing his route. “Go on; Go onl” They Shouted, Then Mr. Zimmerman, who had been talking more than an hour, suggested that It was time for him to quit. "Go on, go on!” the boys shouted. Which was rather remarkable. In ,.ew of the fact that th* got wise to the fact th: i • 11 • -Inn.'lit* t<* oilin' But tho speaking was over. Then each'of the 125 boys was given a bottle of coca-cola and a half pound of John son's best candy. After the shouting Incident to such an occasion, the boys nil left for home, each provided with n brnncl-new dlmo to pay for hi* car fare both ways. . t . The entertainment waa somewhat of a novelty for Atlanta. STATE HAPPENINGS IN CONDENSED FORM ToUl cssse passed upon 375 For that y*sr there were 2,330 elate convict* and 2.2U misdemeanor*. The annual report for the year end Ing June 1, 1*09, Is now In course of preparation and exact figures are not obtainable. Secretary Ooodloe Yancey, of the prison commission, however, ex preasee the view that the number o pardon* granted within the period eov ered by the report will show a decrease over the previous report. Recently there has been some critt dam that too many pardons are being granted. Probably tha outgrowth or this criticism hinges upon some knotty snd aggravated cases considered by the board within th* past few months. Has Been Criticism. Among this class may b* named the Burrill Patterson case. While Patter- was not pardoned, but simply saved from the gallows to go to a life time of servitude In the penitentiary, many criticized the board for tha ac tion In going so far. Such xritlcfama came largely from people unfamiliar with the Inner history of the case. It ts not unfair to eay that perhaps me secure pardons that are not ac tually entitled to them, but that fault. It sifted to Its Anal analyst* would not rest upon th* eheulders of the com mission, hot upon over-sealoua people who presented other than th* facts. The commission can only make careful and honest investigation of th* data presented. Favors Reform School, Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Os, June 2.—Superintend ent Otis Admqre, of the city school*, Is out In an Interview In which he strongly favor* a reform school fpr the state of Georgia. . Brick Factory 8old. Special to The Georgian. Whltesburg, Ga* June 2.—J. C. Baa*, of Carrollton, ha* sold out hi* large brick' yard near Whltesburg on the Chattahoochee river. Hon. J. P. Jones, of Riverside, Is the purchaser, and he will enlarge tha yards and prepare to do an txtenslv* business. For Solicitor General. Special to The Georgian. Bamesvllle, Ga., June 2.—Colonel William Wallace I-ambdin, of Barnee- vllle, has decided to enter the race for solicitor general of th* Flint Judicial circuit, and expects to make an active campaign for the office. The election Is more then two year* off. but several have already made known their pur pose to contest for th* place. Ginnery and Oil Mill. Special to Tho Georgian. Llxelta, Ga., June 2.—Llaalla la to have a new ginnery and probably an oil mill In connection soon. Companies have taken steps for their erection. Mayor Seriously Ml. 8peels! to Tho Georgian. Cordele, Ga., June 2.—No change Is reported In the condition of Mayor Cults, who Is seriously 111 at his home. Miss Burns' ConctrL Special to The Georgian. West Point, Oa., June 2.—Mlsa Stella Burn*' annual concert take* place at th* ogera houae next Tuesday night, JU Thl* la an occasion that Woat Point ers look forward to with much Intaroat. Series of Service*. Specie! to The Georgian. West Point, Oa., June 2.—There will he a eerie* of services held at th# Pres byterian church beginning June 7 at I p, m. Th# service* are expected to last a week or ten days. MASONIC CELEBRATION. Special to Tha Georgian. West Point. Oa., June 2.—Tha Ms tonic celebration which will be held In West Point on Wednesday, Juns 27, promises to be oh* of the moat In teresting ever held In this section of ^Secretary Dunn, of th* local lodge, has received a letter from Grand Mas- i*. Max Meyerhardt stating that he will he present to deliver an address. Plans are being made to entertain th* visitors with a barbecue on th* hanks of the Chattahoochee. WEST POINT PUBLIC 8CH00L. Special to The Georgian. Weat Point. Oa* June 2.—The closing exercises of the West Point public school will being tomorrow at 11 o'clock a. m. at the First Baptist church, when Rev. J. T. Daves, of Mll- ledgsvllle. Go* will preach the com mencement sermon. On Monday evening the exercises •»!<( be continued. At (: 15 .o’clock the ex- erctsee of the graduating class will begin, and following Colonel Arthur Heyman, of Atlanta,, will deliver th* addraes of th* occasion. Jefftrson Davis' Birthday. Special to The Georgian. Savannah. Oa* June 2.—Preparation* have been made for properly celebrat ing the anniversary of the birthday of Jefferson Davis on Monday. Judge Cann, of the superior court, will deliv er an address In th* evening on "The Life and Character of Jefferson Davis." Little Girl Diet. Special to Th* Oeorglan. Katonton, Ga* June 2.—Frances Adame, the 9-mnnths-old daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Wllltirt Dlx Burwell, of Sparta. Ga, after an Illness of ten days, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at th* home of Mr*. Burwsll's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reid, where the mother waa visiting when the child took sick. Valdosta School Closea Special to The Georgian. Valdosta Ga* Junt 2.—Tha gradu ating exorcises of the Valdosta public schools at tha high school auditorium on Thursday night ware th* most large ly attended and successful In the Ma lory pt th* schools, and tho gradual' Ing class was also th* largest. Th* class waa composed of sixteen young ladles and gentlemen. Aged Citizen Oita Special to The Georgian. Rockmart, Ga, June I.—Nawton Cochran, on* of the oldest and leading cplzens of Polk county, was burled yes terday at Rockmart. He was ovsr 90 years of age. Bank Capital Increased. Special to Tho Georgian. Rockmart, June 2.—The Bank of Rockmart has upended Its charter to Increase It/ -mo*'.al stock from 325,009 to 250,010. The oink has shown an Increase of 20 per cut since It changed hands. To Erect New Store. Special to Tho Oeorglan. Griffin, Ga., June 2.—Th* Goode _ Nichols Co, furniture people, of this city, announced thl# morning the pur 1 I" t !,'■ I ‘ -v. fi! A 1 Iji.o-lk r, ■, t.'ii Ing. on the corner where they expect to erect sn up-to-date building four ato- ties high. Decide Fate of Fold. Special to Th* Oeorglan. Griffiln, Ge* June 2.—Last night In formation waa definitely received re garding a meeting of those chiefly In terested, to he held at an early date, when th* fate of a steam rood contem plating coming to Griffin Is likely to he definitely decided. Palmer Institute doses. Special to Th* Georgian. Oxford, Oa* June 2.—After a moat successful session under the supervis or Professor L. B. Sandlford, Pal mer Institute closed yesterday for tho to Perry I and Oredy Adams. Celebrate Davis' Birthday, Special to Tho Georgian. Cordele, Oa* Jun* 2.—Tho Daugh ter* of the Confederacy are preparing to celebrate Jeff Davis’ birthday. In asmuch as this date, June 3, fail* on Sunday, th* exercises will occur Mon- DOWMAN-DOZIER MFG. CO. Manufacturers of Fire-Proof Windows, Doors, Cornices, Skylights, Crestings, Finials, Dixie Ventilators. Contractors for All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work. 20-22 Trinity Ave. Both Phones 525. Our Specialty is dimension lumber for largo buildings. DAVID T. CROCKETT & 00. Wholesale Dealers LUMBER, LATHS AND SHINGLES 605 4th National $ank Bldg. Phone 303. Atlanta, Qa. B. L.W ILL INGHAM, H. H. TIFT. . President. Vice-Pre*. W. B. WILLINGHAM, 8tc'y and Treat, WILLINGHAM-TIFT LUMBER COMPANY Rough and Prsssed Lumber, flash, Doom, minds, Builder*' Hardware. 230 Murphy Avenue. Take r.nat Point or Collet* Park Car ninl cet <>(7 nt Mrf'all * <n>wluf on Le* fttrevt. Hell pbon* 86 West; Atlanta Phone TIL 0. A. GOUGE. 83 N. Pryor St. Tin and Sheet Metal Worker. If it’s made of metal, see me. BELL PHONE 1443. W. R. JONES. • Practical Slate Roofer. And Denier in All Kinds of Roofing Material. 15 Waverly Place. Atlantn Phono 843. Hell Phono 3277 L. P. O. Box 318. Hell Phono 3585 J. Atlanta Phono 1888. FRIDDELL BROS. Painters, Decorators and Interior Fin ishers. Interior Wall Tinting and Painting a Specialty. Out of town work given careful atten tion. 69 Ivy Street. MONCRIEF FURNACE CO. 103 S. Forsyth St. Heating Plans and Estimates Free. The place to get your furnace. They install the best for any kind of fuel in residences, schools and churches. Both Phones. All Kinds of Building Material. Get Prices From ALEXANDER LUMBER AND MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY. Factory and Yards, corner South Pryor and South ern Railway. Phone 2(54. City office, 8 North For syth, Austell Building. Atlanta phone 400. Bell 193. ATLANTA STRUCTURAL STEEL CO 1020 Fourth National Bank Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. Estimate* furnished on all kinds of structural steel shape*. Prompt shipments from stock. Phones, Hall and Main 4421. WE SELL MANTELS, TILES AND GRATES Cheaper Than Any other Concern. J. E. HUNNICUTT & CO. 56 Peachtree St. HUNNICUTT & TURNER. PLUMBING & HEATING. Estimates on Short Notice. 105 N. Pryor St, Phones 1066. Hell Phono 3565 J. Atlanta Phono 19M. G W. HAYNES, Interior and Exterior HOUSE PAINTER Wall Tinting and Graining. Office and Shop 69 1-2 Ivy Street. ATLANTA, GA. WILLIAM WILSON. Cement and Wood Fiber Plaster. BUILDING SUPPLIES See our $11.75 Cabinet Mantels with Grate and Tile. 59 S. Foruvth Street. BOTH I'll ONES. HAHR DAVIS LUMBER CO. PLANING MILLS. OFFICE AND YARDS: 333 TO 339 DECATUR STREET. Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Laths, S.isil, . Iiifn.lv ;111 • I HuIMms’ Ifanlwnre. Our Siiw 11)111 111♦ e I#-Mt 4 In Tift futility, (la., af ford ua facilities to giro prompt aorvlco and at the lowest prices. Dimension timbers a specialty. Doth Phonos 3725. LIME, CEMENT. Plaster, Sewer Pipe and other Build ers’ Supplies Low prices and quick de liveries. SCIPLE SONS. 33 N. Broad St Atlanta. TOMLINSON & DIDSCHUNEIT, Contracting Painters. Out of. Town Work a Specialty. Bell Phone 1451 L. 79 N. Pryor Street. Atlantn, Georgia. WOODWARD LUMBER CO. ' Hardwood Interior Finish & Mantels, Doors, Sash & Blinds Send Your Plans for Estimates. Atlanta, . Georgia. WOOD FIBER WALL PLASTER. The original product, and the only plaster manufactured in Atlanta. Can be put on at as low cost as the lower grade substitutes that have come into the market. We can readily show this, so do not be misled. GEORGIA WOOD FIBER PLASTER COMPANY. Whitehall St. & Cent. R. R. Phone 1152. DIXIE TILE & CEMENT WORKS. TILE WALKS. Cement Steps and Floors, Bell Phone 445 West, ( 538 Whitehall St. GEORGIA ROOFING TILE CO., Manufacturers of Cement Roofing Tile. An Everlasting Roof. Bell Phone 376-1. 5 S. Broad St. J Elected on th* Beard. Special to Th* Oeorglan. Sparta, Oa* June 2.—John D. Walker, well known to th* peopl* of Georgia on account of hi* prominent connection with tho Southern Cotton Orower*' As sociation, I* in receipt of a telerrsm from President DuPont Oarrry, of 1 hardly neceaaary, oa It hod already brrn decided by th* committeemen to return an unfavorable report on tho ordinance, aa appeared In Friday 1 * Georgian. The committee con*l*t*d of Chairman William Oldknow, James L. Kay and C. M. Roberts. Th* rot* waa unanimous. Dr. Whits dollvared an aarneit ■peach before tho commttt** and de- leyan Female College, advising him of dared that If a favorable report waa th* fact that he ha* been elected as a I returned ha would appear before coon- member of the board of education of ctl Monday with 190 citizen* to da- that Institution. I feat'It. DR. WHITE THREATENED PROHIBITION ELECTION RESIDENCE DESTROYED; HOUSEHOLD GOODS LOST The threat to fight th* liquor people to a finish and to hav* a prohibition party If tha ordinance extending tha whisky limit* on Mdgtwood avenue waa not killed was thrown at th* heads of th* police commute* member* Friday afternoon by Rev. Dr. John E. White, who declared ho represented a com mittee of too rltlxen*, <9 ministers and 11,990 church people. The threat, though menacing, wo* Special to The Georgian. Clayton, Oa* June- 2.—Thursday night tha residence of Nolaon Filler was destroyed by fire, th* family barely escaping with their lives, not having time after th* fire waa discovered to aav* any of tho household good*. Thar* waa no Insurance on tho build ing, os It had Just been completed. Th* origin of th* fire I* not known. FIRM GETS CANAL CONTRACT 13 TO FURNI8H ABOUT 300 CARS FOR WORK AT THE "BIG DITCH.” By Private Leased Wir Washington, June Atlantic Car and Mant pany, of Savannah an to get a contract for bt used In the work the Panama canal. th the cai tha contract Arm. Tho c Jer for 100