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THE
rA GEORGIAN.
ON ROME WAGE
READYFE
Sexton and Marshal Claim
They Can Clear Their
Administration.
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS
Secretary Charlie Northen la not n
heartless man. He feels for his fel
low man. He can even do noble and
unselfish things.
For some days prior to last Wednes
day the big bottle of Llthln water ac
customed to stand on Ills desk to the
left of the president was missing.
Members floated up and after trying
the faurot and finding n drouth, went
•way Brick Miller threatened to In
troduce a resolution to require the sec
retary to keep the necessary Irrigating
substance on hand.
Thursday morning the bottle, filled
to the bursting point with cool, limpid
Linda aqua. Invited the thirsty. By
way of parentheala It is stated that tiie
•cue to the members was held Wednes
day afternoon. And the crowtr about
that fount of coolness all during the
session Thursday was about like a
watermelon cutting In Darktown. And
Secretary Northen smiled benlgnantly
upon them, and now and then to«k a
refreshing alp himself.
Senator McHenry, with accustomed
eloquence and vehemence, was making
the senate rafters ring In advocating
his Western and Atlantic lease. The
senate hung breathless on his every
utterance.
Then one of the porters ripped I he'
top off a crats of luscious peaches from
the exnerlment station. The ubiqui
tous pages moved on the feast as u
unit. Some senator way to the rear
caught sight of a big red-cheeked
peach half burled In the eager mouth
of a small boy.
"Indian peaches, by gosh,” he ejacu
lated and mads a rush. Others saw
the precipitate frontal attack, and
w atched curiously for the cause. They
saw, hesitated and fell. In a moment
half the senate membership had moved
to get some of the loot. In a few
minutes more everybody was com
placently munching fruit.
After that, Senator McHenry’s elo
quence fell on deaf ears.
The vote on the Williams bill to slset
the railroad commissioners by the peo
ple was on.
The author’s name Is the last on the
roll call. He had spoken for the meas
ure, fought for It, and nsserted that It
-was tho crowning glory of his political
career.” The call of senators on tho
passage of the bill progressed to
"Senator Williams."
No response.
"Senator Williams,” In a tone heard
In the corridors.-
Deep silence answered.
"Senator Williams,” rumbled the call.
Then Williams came out of his rev-
"Be it enacted that from and after
this date that nil Methodist preachers
be elected by the ’dear people’ without
reference to pnst or present or future
polltlcnl ofllllatlons.”
Somebody facetiously drafted tl)e
above the other day, and said he
thought*lt a good Idea for the senate
to pass It since the demand was to
elect everything and body by the peo
ple.
Senator Copelan says that the ’cue'
Wednesday didn’t feaze him. but It had
a bad effect on his watch. He came In
the senate chamber at ten minutes to
eleven Thursday morning, and was sur
prised to see everybody down to work.
“What you fellows meeting before 10
o’clock for?” he asked.
“Copelan. I’m surprised nt you,” said
Senator Wheatley. "Our regular hour
for meeting Is 10 o'clock and it Is now
near 11. Ain't you over that barbecue
yet?”
"It’s all the fault of my watch. It
played me a mean trick at an Inop
portune moment.”
The senate Isn't talking any, but
nevertheless It Isn't passing any house
bills except looal moasures, and most
of the senators have a personal inter
est In such bills. And the lid's going
to stay down until the house gets good
and passes somo senato measures, they
assert
Mr. Knight, of Berrien, made a
speech Friday.
Mr. Smith, of Greene, dl< Vt.
Possibly by Monday the members of
the house and senate will get over the
effects of the barbecue.
As a presiding officer Mr. Butts, of
Glynn la a howling success. It was ru-
t ..iii.l lb- Imusi, Friday Ihul
the gentleinnn from Brunswick had
been practicing for 'the Job nn<l had
asked,the speaker to give him one
shance before tho session was over.
The house wouldn’t pass the antl-
cusslng bill-
It Is rumored that the military com
mittee of tho sennte has a sub-rosa
chapter In the house.
Mr. Boss, of Upson, has a son In the
house as a page. He lost the little fel
low- at the barbecue the other day, but
then tho gentlemnn from Upson says
he was trying to keep up with Madison
Bell, and those, who were with him.
MERCHANTS KICK
OFF SARATOGA .LID
By Prlrete Letted wire.
.Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Somebody
has kicked the lid oft and some of tho
gambling houses which wero closed by
order of Police Inspector King, are
doing business today. According to
the gossip of the sporting world the
Saratoga Buelness Men's League rais
ed such a storm over the close down
of the gambling houses that Senator
Brackett, who originally promulgated
the anti-gambling order, was forced to
rescind It. In the meantime the sports
and merchants are shaking each other
by the hand In the Joy of the big “do
ings’’ ahead.
GREENE-GAYNOR
Their Examination as to
Claims Takes Place
Sept. 27.
Insurance
That
Insures
Is what a man wants when he
seeks protection for tboso de
pendent Upon him.
A Policy
In the PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE
protects him, while ho Is pro
tecting them, as It provides In
surance against tho loss of his
Earning Power by AccldenL Ill
ness or Total Disability as well
as by Death.
A broken leg or a caso of ty
phoid fever would not seem so
bad If he knew his Earning
Power was Insured and he was
not suffering a Financial loss as
welt as pain.
Annual
Dividends
to reduce the premium or In
crease the Insurance as desired.
In asking for Information and
rates, give your age and occu
pation.
J. Clements Shafer,
MANAGER,
413*14 Peter* Building,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
By Private Leased Wirt.
New York, Aug. 4.—At the request
of Kellogg and Ross, counsel for
Greene and Gaynor, under conviction
for embezzlemen In connection with
harbor Improvements at Savannah, Ga^
the attorney general of the United
States has fixed September 27 os the
date for the examination by the gov
ernment of Greene and Gaynor in their
claims now pending against the gov
ernment In the court of claims. The
examination will be held at the prison
In Macon, Ga., where Greene and Gay
nor are confined. i
•This is the action,” said Mr. Kel
logg, “brought by the Atlantic Con-1
trading Company, under which name
Greene and Gaynor did business,
against the government to recover
damages for breach of the same con
tracts which formed the basis of the
charges on which they were recently
convicted at Savannah. Our clients
claim amounts to $360,000 actually
earned and certified by tho government
officers In addition to over 9600,000 In
profits on work remaining to be done.”
LICENSE INSPECTORS
ARE AFTER SOLICITORS
By W. O. CLEMENT.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Gil, Aug. 4.—As a sequel to
the report of the expert auditors, dis
closing the alleged shortago of the late
Halsted Smith, former city clerk, ad
ditional charge^ are made against W.
S. Simmons, deputy marshal, and C. L.
King, city sexton, who held office dur
ing Smith’s administration, alleging
that they were also short In their ac
counts.
Since the publication of his alleged
shortage, Simmons is said to have
cleared himself by producing receipts
of moneys * paid to Smith, which
amounts were charged to him by the
auditor’s report.
Always Took Vouchers.
In speaking of the charges, SlmmoTls
said:
“I nover, all during my term of of
fice as deputy marshal, paid a cent Into
the clerk’s office without taking a
voucher for It. and as for the charges
as to my shortage, I have receipts
which speak for themselves.”
King Can Account for All.
Pormer City Sexton King, In speak
ing of tho charges against him. said:
"As to the report of my alleged
shortage, I can account for every cent
received by me and paid over to tho
city clerk during my term of ofllce.
As to the fees I am reported to have
received for the sale of lots and tho
digging of graves and having not made
proper returns, I will be able to dis
prove. It has been the custnm for ne
groes to dig their own graves, at loast,
It was during my term of office. The
records show that during my adminis
tration there were L’w; lots sold to ne
groes at $4.10 per lot. In order to
obtain a deed for them the money had
to first bo paid to the city clerk.”
Auditor's Report
In A. J. Haltlwanger’s report to the
mayor and city council he says. In
reference to the books In the clerk’s
office:
. "We have had to deal with such ma
terial as we could gather. In the
clerk’s office there Is no such entry
as a collection of taxes not on digest.
Every one familiar with the collection
of taxes knows that there Is quite a
volume of money collected in this way.
This entire sum Is a total loss to the
city. Had the s'ubs been obtainable
©very dollar could have been easily
traced. Hack of this period (1*94)
there are not only no stubs, receipts
and checks, but there are no digests.
The crude records attempted to be kept
are not a perfect chain, many of tha
books being missing.”
Mr. Ilaltlwanger supplements his re
port with the statement that he can
prove every dollar of tho shortage
named In his report.
Bond Is Worthless.
As several of tho original bondsmen
of the late Halsted Smith are either
dead or have left the state, and as the
latter bond given by the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company Is so
hedged about with conditions, compe
tent legal advisers of tho city maintain
that there can be no recovery from
this surety.
This being true, it means that the
total peculated sum shown by the aud
itor’s report of $34,630.60 is a total
loss to the city, unless the municipal
corporation can legally recover the
amount of the valuation of the Smith
estate. What the value of this estate
ift remains a problenvWt It Is supposed
to be far below the amount of the al
leged shortage.
Insurance Money Held.
The country residence of the late
Halsted Smith was destroyed by fire
threo weeks ago, which wan Insured
for $4,860. The executors are trying
to collect this Insurance, but the city
asks the court to restrain them from
doing so, which petition has been tem
porarily granted. If the city can col
lect this Insurance It will be that much
toward the recovery on the shortage.
The city further alleges In its pe
tition for Injunction that a largo por
tion of the alleged shortage was used
to pay premiums upon the Insurance
on the life of the lato Halsted Smith,
and that In view of tbla fact, the city
la entitled to recover this Insurance.
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License Inspector, Ewing and Hayes
nre hot after the real elate solicitor..
In Atlanta there are many men In this I
buetneee and only comparatively few |
have conformed to the ordinance which I
reads:
"Heal estate solicitor, connected
with office, of licenced real estate
agents and selling on comml.elon,
U nun 110 annually.”
Inspector Ewing said Friday that
ca.es would be made again,t any of
the solicitors who refused to pay the
license tax.
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