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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FEARED TRUCKS
WERE THREATENED
BY ANGRY FOLK
B. R. T. Cars Guarded liy
Many New York
Police.
By I*rlvnf*» Wln».
New York, Au*. 17.—FearinK an at
tempt wmild he made to t**ar up the
rails of the Brooklyn Hnphl Transit
Company, and possibly wrerk trains aa
a result of the rioting and assaults on
thousands of passengers, growing out
of the war over the M<>-cent fares,
•quads of police r«nle on every train
to and from Toney Island last night
and today, to be on hand In ease of
emergency.
Although the police nfflrinls were
reticent. It is believed a warning was
received that such an attempt would
be made, and steps were taken to pre
vent It. Brooklyn Hnpld Transit In
spectors. Inntem) of being stationed at
eeeond-fare points, also rode on the
trains end patrolled the track between
the Kensington avenue station und (V
ney Island.
Say Girl Was Murdered.
All the travel wus confined to the
elevated trains, the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit running no trolley cars beyond
the aid city line. There wus no dls
order during the early hours this
morning and no arrests were made
after ipldnight.
Coroner Henry .1. Brewer has order
ed the police to arrest the motonnan
of the car that hurled Miss Fannie
Rodlnsky to her death In Coney Island
creek. District Attorney Clarke, of
Kings county, has obtained evidence
fending to show that the girl was mur
dered. Witnesses have asserted that
the motorman deliberately ran down
the people on the bridge, despite the
protests of passengers.
To Prepare Test Cate.
Today the test case to determine If
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit has a legal
light to charge a 10-cent fare to Coney
Island will be prepared.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit has an
nounced that It will not resume the
funning of trolley cars to Coney Island
until the receipts for the extra fare to
be given to passenger* are ready for
fiaulnv to all conductors.
INSURANCE PEOPLE
- LIABLE FOR LOSS
ESCAPED CONVICTS
ARE SURROUNDED
IN NECK OF SWAMP
Cut Guard's Throat When
He Approached and
Escaped.
\Y, AI i; I HT 17, 1»».
Hpceltil h» Th« Georgian.
Charleston, R C., Aug. 17.—The sher
Iff of this county, with a posse, la If
pursuit of three convicts who killed
their guard yesterday afternoon at the
drainage gang stockade, near Charles
ton, mid made their escape.
Herman (>. Htello, the white guard,
had his throat cut by the negroes after
lie hud approached them with a bucket
water. They were playing off us
sl<k, and had been left In camp with
he single guard. The escaped convicts
re now- In the Charleston neck
vamp.
There Is no talk of a lynching.
LANDRUM WIRES
AT
LOCKED IN PARLOR
Little Eva Gidisli Just Did
Escape From Frenzied
Beast.
.Missing Son Returns From
Voyage to London,
England.
M|mm'|hI to The <i<*>rgliin.
Rome, (#«., Aug. 17.—F. Elton Idtn-
drum, whose strange disappearance
from New York, which was. reported
In yesterday’s Georgian, haa been heard
from. His father, L. M. l«andrum, rf-
celved s message from him this morn
ing stating that hf had Just arrived tn
New' York on a steamer from Liver
pool.
His family la greatly rejoiced of glad
news.
Though the Home Insurance Compa
ay of New York had sent a check to
tha Chattahoochee Lumber Company
to cancel a fire Insurance policy, and
the policy had been returned to the In-
auranre people, the supreme court
holds that the New York concern Is
not absolved from liability.
This rather peculiar case came about
In a curious way. The Chattnh«»ochce
Lumber Company, of Havannah, held a
policy, for 120,000 with the Home In
surance Company on Its big sawmill
•t Donalsonvllle, In Decatur county.
Learning that the risk was too great
on the property the Insurance people
on February Ik. 1905, sent a check for
$1,292.80, premium on one year's in
surance. minus one month It had been
of force. It was stated that they re-
R vtted to cancel the policy, but the
ak waa too great. The president of
the mill dletnted a letter acknowledg
ing the check, and stating that he did
not blame the company. The policy
waa mailed to the Home Insurance
Company on Februury 21, 1905, early
|n the morning.
About 2 o’clock that nfterntmn the
mill burned down, and the
lumber company brought ac
tion. The lower court directed a
verdict for the plaintiff nnd I ho case
waa carried to the higher court. That
court hold that the clause requiring
five daya’ notice rendered the Insurance
company liable for the face of the pol
icy. Juatlce Lumpkin dissented.
old negbesThurt
BV AN JTOMOBILE
An automobile operated by H. I«a-
mar Rankin, who resides at 950 IVoch-
trea street, struck and painfully Injur
ed Annie Tolliver/ a negress, 60 years
old, at the comer of Fifth and Peach
tree streets early Friday morning. As
soon aa the woman could be picked up
Rankin had her put In his machine ami
drove to the Grady Hospital. She waa
put under medical treatment and the
phyaldans announce that she is doing
very well. The woman’s arm and rtfth
rib were broken, her lips and ears la
cerated and there were several nhraa-
lons on the woman’s body.
Lamar Rankin was driving his auto
Into town and was passing a car at
Fifth street, when the negro woman
stepped out from behind the car which
had come to a stop. %
MEAT ORDINANCE
TO BE CONSIDERED
At tha Friday afternoon session of
the special committee, appointed to In
vestigate the Atlantu meat situation,
the ordinance regulating abattolra and
the manner of handling meats from the
time of slaughter until It reaches the
consumer will be gone over and re
vised. The ordinance will then be pre-
aented to the city council.
The meeting will be held In the
council chamber at 2:30 o*ch>ck. The
session will be a Joint one. so that
the board of health, vitally interested
In the present move, and the special
committee, which has had the Investi
gation In charge, will thoroughly agree
upon the ordinance.
From what can be gathered, the ordi
nance Will be passed through council
almost unanimously.
The changes t» i*. made in the ordi
nance from the original will be of minor
Importance and based upon the Sug
gestion of the local but vhers.
After the passage of the ordinance,
about five months win elapse before
ft la put Into effect and it is believed
that during that time there will bs a
central abattoir erected. '
EAGLES AT SEA
OVER ELECTION
By Private Leased Wire.
Milwaukee, Wla., Aug. 17.—The elec
tion of officers at the Eagles' conven
tion t>egnn today ahd will continue un
til late tonight.
A startling change In the political
situation was when Wood A. Farr, of
Pennsylvania, one of the leading can
didates for the office of grand w’orthy
president, withdrew- In favor of Henry
D. Davis, of Milwaukee, nominating
him for re-election. This move, al
though coming unex|K*cte’dly, wus
greeted enthusiastically. It la expect*
ed that Mr. Davis will carry the elec
tion today. Edward Krause, of Wil
mington. Del., Is Mr. Davis’ strongest
opponent.
Although It has been the custom to
restrict u chief executive's Incumbency
to u single term, a precedent bus been
established by the fact that Delegate
Hary Hmltli, a former grand worthy
president, has succeeded himself.
Delegates state that Mr. Davis'
chances for reelect Inn will not be hurt
becuuse of his having served a previous
term.
8. W. Wadsporlh,'of Council I Huffs,
Iowa, who has been mentioned for
grand worthy president, nlso withdrew
In favor of Mr. Davis and J. Barrett,
of Omaha, Neb., Instructed Ills follow
ing to vote for Mr. Krauae.
For the office of grand worthy vies
president two candidates. Theodore
Bell, Napu, Col., nnd Lieutenant Gov
ernor Charles H. Coon, of port Town
send, Wash., were nominated. The re
sult of the elections will be announced
Haturday morning.
THREE MADE HAPPY
Pardons for three, declinations for
nnd n large iiuiiiUt of |M>tltlnii* postponed
until next meeting concluded the work of
the prison cottmilslNon Friday morning.
.Iiiiiim Meeks, sent up from Polk county
with another party for rolddug nn old ne
gro, was-pardoned. Meeks was only nlNUit
15 years of age when the crime was com
mitted. lie was denied a pardon mice lie-
fore, lait r«N*eiitlv mi uncle from Texas
came here and sold lie would take the lad
out there If he was puidoued.
The uncle's name la J. F. Ilunuleiitt, and
ns Ills ranch Is 125 miles from a railroad,
he says lie lielleres he call keep Meeks oilt
of trouble.
A |Mtrdoii was grnutc! Jim Clark, of
Sumter county, scut up for ten years In
Itit* for attempted murder. Ills health Is
said to In* had. Will Nance, of Gordon
«— nils
ent up Mi
_Aiiity v . . . „ —
lemeniior. wns also grunted n hard
Clemency was denied W. F. Harwell, of
Hancock; Charles l.evnn, of Chatham; Silly
Stokes, of Dougherty; Eugene Matthews,
f I InII. and J. II. Heavers, of Cobb. The
oimulssloii will meet again next week to
decide upen tin* disbursements of the ap
propriation of «3.mo for furnishing
equipping the Juvenile reformatory
prison farm.
on the
DRANK TOGETHER;
MONET DISAPPEARED
Charged with drunkenness nnd with
stealing money from J. L Powell, with
lioni he had lieen drinking. Ilob Greer,
white man 21 years old. wss locked np
Thursday night by Detective Spradlin.
Powell was nlso arrest**! on the charge
of drunkenness.
I. L Powell. It Is said, had Just **otne
iui his home In Ijitlrsnge. nnd cashed
.•heck for HI*, lie met Greer, with whom
laid a slight acquaintance, and Invited
him to have a drink. * The two stepped
lair rtsitii on Decatur street, ami
l res ted.
Greer treated, and after that, so
stated tills Horning. Powell knew
nothing. When lie woke up
lug III the isillee station.
missed his
•fore Iwitig
was found
ami notified the tnrnk<
When Gr*-er was search'd l*c
put into the station house. $43.26
"rfiey It’ It Shropshire I- representing
II. ami will prosecou* Giver uu the
charge of »(valin*
When little Eva Oldish, of 47 Trinity
q venue, went Into the parlor Thursday
afternoon a large shaggy dog possessed
i)f the rabies, leaped from under a
Couch, where It had secreted Itself, and
attempted to bite the little girl, rfinarl
Ing and snapping furiously.
The child, nearly frightened out of
her wits, made a rush for the door and
closed it with a slam. Mrs. J.
Oldish, hearing her child scream, had
come to the parlor to nee what the
matter was. The little girl explained
that she was not bitten, and with team
of thankfulness coursing down her
cheeks she locked the dog In the re
ception room. The pMlce station was
notified and officers Hulsey and Dor-
sott rode In “hurry-up” fashion to the
house.
When the officers arrived the dog
was running around the parlor, .knock
ing over chairs and tables In Its fren
zy. . Officer Hulsey went to a window
In the front nnd raised It. officer Dor-
sett iqienlng the door nnd chasing the
beast out of the window with a broom.
As the dog leaped from the window
Hulsey, who was on the outside, fired
two shots, .me taking effect. The rabid
animal went on, however, only to be
killed under a negro house seven blocks
away by the two officers.
In May of last year two of Mrs. Gld
Ish’s smaller children were bitten by
mad dogs, but both recovered.
POLLED OFF CLOTHES
SLEmN GUTTER
Night’m Lodging on Cobble
Stones Cost Him
$2.75.
After hanging his hat, coat, shirt
and trousers on the sidewalk at the
corner of Decatur and Butler streets,
and making a bed of the gutter, Mercer
Stowers, a young white boy, was ar
rested Friday night by Patrolman Pate.
The officer stated that Stow*ers was
making a bed out of the public high
way. The boy was drunk at the time
and said In court Friday morning that
he remembers nothing of the affair, and
that wiille lie was In the Intoxicated
condition he was robbed of his watch,
stick-pin nnd some money.
Acting Recorder W. W. Draper Im
posed a flpe of 12 nnd costs, remarking
that a bed on the public highway,
although harder than a bed In a board
ing house, was much costlier. N
HAD TO” PAWN THINGS;
SUES THE RAILROAD
Because of the mental anguish which
he suffered when he found himself pen
niless in a strange city without friends
and obliged to pawn- his watch, stick
pin and other articles to get money
enough to proceed on his way home to
Atlanta, Hanford Burge, of this city,
has filed suit In the city court against
the Henbonrd Air Line railway for
91,000. and the case will be heard at
the November term.
Burge states In his allegations that
on July 30 of this year he purchused
In Atlanta a return ticket to Washing
ton, D. (*., and proceeded to that city
to spend his vacation. The final limit
of the ticket was August 8 and on Au
gust 3 he Imd the ticket validated at
the Washington office and the follow
ing day started home. At the train,
however, he was refused admission be
cause the ticket had no coupon good
between Washington and Richmond
and Burge was obliged to remain In
Washington two days and to pawn
nearly everything he had to get money
enough to reach home.
ONE LITTLE CALF
CAUSED DIG ROW
WINS BIG TAX CASE
Will Get Near Half Million
Dollars in Back
Taxes.
OTHER BOUNTIES LOSE
Two judge*, four lawyers slid' six twill
Ills *|MMit flirt** hours Thursday In Jii^v
Orr s court trying to get straight a case
that Involved the ownership of a calf val
ued st $3.6*1
It seems Hint (lie cnlf was levied on ns
the |»ro|»erty of Arthur Peyton, u negro,
|»y (\ ||. Met’rary, a constable In the court
Of Justice Virgil Jones, And then there
followed a multiplicity of suits nnd cross
suits Involving |M»rJnry and various other
crimes, which suits wexe nil ultimately
settled mid withdrawn, •but IVjrton fail
ed to get buck bis calf, lie thereupon
brought ball trover proceeding* against
Jiydlcc Jones slid t'onstnble McCrary to
r**-over the aforesaid calf. To get back
st him. McCrary swore out n warrant In
Justice Orr's court charging false swear
ing. In that the cnlf w*s not Iji Justice
Jones' itosaesslnti. After hearing the evi
dence. It lokod ns though It would take
several Philadelphia lawyers many hours
to tiiiruvcl the various ends mid twists the
esse had taken, but Justice Orr cut the
Gordlnti knot by dismissing It oti the
ground that IHjytou bad not Intcutlotinlly
sworn falsely.
Said x That Hon. Boykin
Wright Will Receive
Big Fee.
Richmond county won Its cu, for
back taxes on 16,000 shares of Westarn
Railway of Alabama stock held by the
Gaorgla Railroad, antf that county and'
the rlty of Augusta will get close to
half u million dollars thereby.
Incidentally, It la. said that Hon.
Hoykln Wright, of Augusta, who fought
the rase through the courts, wlil re
ceive a fat fee ranging from $50,00# to
*76,000.
The supreme court, handed down a
derision upholding Richmond's claim
against Greene, Taliaferro, Oglethorpe,
Walton. McDuffie and Columbia coun
ties, and certain municipalities for par
ticipation In these taxes, sustaining
Judge I'endleton's denial of the man
damus brought atiolnst * Comptroller
Wright to prevent his paying over the
money to Richmond as the situs of tha
Georgia railroad in this state.
Justices Cobh and Lumpkin were dis
qualified In this case, and aa the attor
neys for tha other counties Jnslsted on
• full benrh,. Governor Terrell appoint
ed Judges Freeman nnd Littlejohn
from the superior court to sit. Judge
Littlejohn and Justice Atkinson dissent
from the opinions of the others.
It Is held that “stock In a non-resi
dent railroad corporation owned by a
domestic railroad company la taxable
for county and municipal purposes In
that county and city wherein the prin
cipal office, of such corporation Is flxed
by its charter or by law. 8uch prop
erty la 'located' property In the mean
ing of the law of this state providing
the machinery for distributing tha
property of railroad companies for
county und municipal taxation."
By a previous decision of the su-
ireme court the Georgia railroad haa
icen held liable for taxes on the stork
of the Western Railway of Alabamu
owned by It. Taxes are due from
18*5 to 1*05.
IN CITY SCHOOLS
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WESTINGROUSE AGENTS
TALK ABORT BRAKES
Representative!) From Several
Cities Meet in Atlanta and
Discuss Machinery.
Attendance will Reach 14,
000—Vertical Writing
Will Be Dropped.
By October 1 there will be 14,000
children In Actual attendance at the
public . school of Atlanta, Is the opln
Ion of Assistant Superintendent of
Public Schools Landrum. Heretofore
11,200 has been the top notch In at.
tendance. >
Already there have been 247* tick
els made out for new pupils and pu
pile changing schools, and before the
hools open, September 4, It Is be-
ived that this number will he greatly
ilarged.
On the last day of August tha exam
Inntlnns will be held for entrance and
deficiencies.
Ur. Lnpdrum staled Friday that the
new Pryor Street school would be com
pitted between November 1 and Jan
uary 1.- •
“The Pryor Street school will be the
finest In tha city. It. will be the only
grammar school with on. auditorium.
Special attention Is being given to the
heating, lighting and plumbing, all of
which will l>e of the best,” he sold.
The school will have eight rooms and
the auditorium will seat about 260 peo.
pie.
The only change In tha curriculum
from Iasi year will be the supplanting
of the vertical writing by the “Inter
mediate slant.” It Is believed that this
style of penmanship la mors practical
than the old style.
MITGRELL KING DIED
AT ELATJCK, N, C
Son of Mr. nntl Mrs. Alex C. King
Panne* Away
Friday.
Mitchell Kill*, son of Mr. sml Mrs. Alex
King, of 894 lVs«iitr*** strooi, «ll«*il Friday
morning lit 10 o'clock at their summer home
st FIs I rocks N. l\ Ho had lN*en In Imd
lien I Hi for some time.
Mitchell King wns one of the l**st ktiosri
young men In Atlanta. Us wns graduate),
from the Fnlvcrslty of Georgia with the
class of 1902. nnd completed bis edur
nt Harvard Fnlvcrslty.
Ills father and mother were with him at
the time of his death. No funeral arrange
ment* have yet 1*een made.
SUPREME COURT BRITS
UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST
Air brakes, compressed air and hot
air were Hie leading topics at a dinner
nt the Capital City Club Thursday eve.
nlng when the representatives of the
Westlnghouse companies in the Bouth
met at the table. The dinner followed
a meeting of the Southern and Houth-
western Railway Club at the Piedmont
hotel Thursday morning.
At the railroad men's meeting Rob
ert Burgess, Southern representative
of the Weatlnghouae Air Brake Com
pany, presented a paper on late types
of air brake equipment for locomotives.
The dinner In the evening was attended
by the following representatives of the
Westtnghouse Interests:
E. A. Craig, general auditor and
Southern manager; Robert Burgess, of
Richmond. Va.; 8. D. Hutchins, of Co
lumbus. Ohio; I. H. Brown, of Cincin
nati; T. L. Burton, of New York; J. R.
Gordon, H. A. Coles, H. D. Winn, Joe
Paulson, A. J. Brown, W. B. Crabtree,
John II. Gordon, Thomas 8mlth, W. E.
Forman, E. A. Thom well and Frank
8. Tucker, of Atlanta, and H.
Cameron, of New Orleans.
A number of representatives of cor
porations allied with the Westlnghouse
Interests were also eresent.
ACCOUNTANTS REPORT
ORDERED EXAMINED.*
H|»cclal to The Georgian.
Rome, Oa.. Aug. 17.—In the Injunc
tion proceedings against Norris 8mlth,
executor for the Halstead Smith es
tate, Judge Moses Wright decided to
let the injunction stand for 90 days
longer and allow the executors to em
ploy an expert accountant to Examine
the report of A. J. Haltiwanger, in
which the alleged shortage of Halstead
Smith was charged, and to ascertain
whether or not the report was true.
M*CURDY*8 80N-IN-LAW
HAS RETURNED HOME
B. L. Heartiine.
B. L. Heartline, 34 years old, died at
8:30 o'clock Thursday night at Ills res
ilience on the McDonough roau. He
wns a member of the Masons and Old
Fellows. The funeral services were
held nt the residence at .1 o'clock Fri
day afternoon and the Interment wus
In the Masons' lot at Oakluml.
John A. Roberts.
John A. Roberts, aged C4 years, a
mfederate veteran and an Inmate of
the Soldiers* Home, died at the Home
at S o’clock ThunwVty night. The fu
neral services will he held nt Poole’s
hapel Saturday, and the InteVment will
»•- at West view.
Ity Private Leased Wire.
Morristown, N. J.* Aug. 17.—Louis
A. Thebaud son-in-law of Richard A.
McCurdy, former president of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, and a
prominent figure in the affairs of the
company, has returned to his home
here. The fact that he spent the night
at his home did not become known un
til today, when he appeared at the
railroad station nnd took the 8:22 train
for New York, lie refused to talk.
POLICE ATTACK PEOPLE
AFTER BOMB EXPJ.08ION
Special ('able—Copyright.
Lods. Aug. 17.—Two people were
killed and twenty-one Injured In the
streets here on •Thursday by the police
following the explosion of a bomb
which was thrown in the third district
police station. The explosion Injured
five soldiers, who are said to be in
a dying condition. The cAptaln of po
lice and his wife were nlso painfully
hurt. All traffic has been suspended
In the city, shops at* closed and mar
tial law Is In fore*.
After long nnd arduous ls1*ors, the
preine court adjourned Friday until the
first Monday III October. Friday the court
handed down a Id* hnteh of decisions, slid
the Justices will now take a much-needed
As nn Indleatlon of how the docket Is
rowded, und the need of the court of ap
peals. over 300 cases will gt* over from the
March term. Within the next few days
the Justices will go nwny for rest and
recreation preparatory to the bard *
Itefore them from Oetolier on.
P08TMA8TER 8U8PEND8
TWO OFFICE EMPLOYEES
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Oa., August 17.—Superin
tendent E. B. Pilcher, of the clerks and
carriers of the local postnfflee, and
Clerk A. R. Jordan hod a personal dlf
ficulty In the postoffic* this morning
with the result that Postmaster John
has suspended both of them pending
an Investigation.
The fight resulted from Jordan call
ing Pilcher a “liar,’’ It Is stated.
LIGHTNING"PLAYS HAVOC
IN BIG POWER H0U8E.
Special to The Georgian
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 17.—Lightning
struck the Salisbury-Spencer Electric
railway power house last night and so
badly burned out the generator that
cars have been laid off for a week.
The house was not wrecked.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
8ala .of Domestic Win,,.
Nn municipality haa the authority to
pan* ami enforce an ordinance forbid
ding the sale of domestic wines within
its corporate limits, because the state
law regulates the Sale of such. One Du-
ren wns arrested In Thnmasvllle for
selling domestic wines, and when tried
before the mayor wns convicted and
put to work on the streets on the
ground that he had violated a local or
dlnance. The rlty authorities of Thom
Seville had no right to pass and at
tempt to enforce such an ordinance.
Indictment Faulty,
A fault In the drawing of the Indict
ment has thrown the action brought
In Savannah against Charles \Y. Hoh-
ensteln, a Justice of the peace, charged
with mulpractlre In office. It was
charged that Hohenateln had a warrant
Issued against a certain party simply
to collect the fees for It. The Indict
ment was faulty, and the supreme court
so holds In an opinion handed down
Friday morning.
Sues For Being Scalded.
The Aral suit for the November term
of the city court waa Aled early Friday
morning by John Ingram against the
Southern Railway, the amount asked
being *1,000 for Injuries sustained by
Hie plaintiff on July I at the North
avenue round house when a steam pipe
burst and he was badly scalded.
Smith Succeeds McMillan.
_ E. Smith, depot passenger agent
of the Hlg Four road at Minneapolis,
Minn., has been appointed traveling
pa’senger agent of the same road, with
headquarters In Atlanta, to succeed \V.
C. McMillan, who left several weeks
ago for the West. Mr. Smith Is ex
pected to arrive In the.clty next week
to begin hla new duties.
Street Committee Meet,.
The street committee. In session at S
o'clock Friday afternoon, will give Anal
consideration to the Atlanta, Macon
and Grtfitn Interurban electric line. The
nmmltte* will also consider the new
gas franchise.
TWO MEN KILLEO
AND TWO INJURED
FROM IN EXPLOSION
Fire Box on Unlucky Engine
Thirteen Blow* To
Pieces .
Uperisl to The (Icorglnn.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. IT.—'The fire
box of engine No. li in the Birming
ham Southern railroad blew up this
morning at Enalty, killing Instantly
Engineer Edward Brinkley and Fire
man Claude White. Tha engineer of
the blowing engines at the furnace
plant and a colored switchman were
seriously Injured.
PEMPINTS
WERE SATISFACTORY
Lack of Cars Caused Some
Loss—Plans for Next
Year.
Tha Georgia peach season for 1906 Is
over and with a total shipment of *,200
cars, the commute. In charge of the
work of the Georgia Peach Growers'
Association are satlsAed with their la
bors of the year. Ever since the Arst
of the season the association haa had a
local ofAce In the Austell building,
where Walter Hawkins, of Jackson
vllle, Fla., has had charge of the de
tails of the shipments from all part,
ef the state.
Mr. Hawkins was found In hla ofAce
Friday morning busily winding up the
work of the year.
“Next year I hope to get the local
ofAce In shape earlier In the season
and therefore be able to do more ef
fective work,”-stated Mr. Hawkins,
when asked If he would return to At
lanta next year. “My work here haa
been very satlafactory to the commit
tee In charge of the shlpmentof peach
es. The South Oenrgla ,'anif Middle
Oenrgla crop waa very Ane thla year,
but that from North Georgia was not
of as good a quality nor wns the proAt
so great to the grower, as fully 40 per
rent was damaged by lack of cars to
haul the fruit to market.
"If we can only convince the Armour
peoplo that we will have refrigerator
cars at any price without ao much tom
foolery, It will be the best thing for
the Georgia peach grower that ever
happened. Complaints are still coming
In daily from shippers stating that
through lark of cars h great portion
of their crop was lost and we are tak
ing up the matter with the railroad
companies, although with little encour
agement.”
The committee In charge of the dis
tributing and Inspection of the crops
of the members of the Georgia Peach
Growers' Association la composed of
l. Matthews, of Port Valley, chair
man; W. T. Cheney, Rome, secretary;
A. J. Showalter. Dnlton, secretary; A.
M. Kitchen, Baldwin: E. J. Willing
ham, Mncon, and L. A. Dean, Rome.
VARDAMAN CALLS
TRUSTEES TOGETHER.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackaon, Miss., Aue. 17—Governor
Vardaman Has Issued a call for a meet
ing of the board of trustees of the
State University, to be held on August
it. for the purpose of electing a chan
cellor and Ailing other vacancies In the
faculty. Just who will ha chosen for
chancellor can not be forecasted. Sev
eral of tha trustees who voted to de
pose Chancellor Pulton now privately
acknowledge that' they have made
mistake.
IN m STREET
More Horrors in Reign of
Terror in Country
of the Czar.
Bj- Private Isoaaeil M’lre.
St. Petersburg, Aug. IT.—Twenty
workmen are reported to have been
killed or wounded today In a Aght with
Cossacks at Kolplne. near Kraenoy,.
Selo.
A dispatch* from Warsaw says twelve
more policemen have been killed ther,
aa a result of conAlcts with terrorists.
LESSEE AND LESSOR
ARE BOTH LIABLE
When n railroad leases n line to nuoibrr
IHirty Isitli the lessee nnd the lessor „rs
liable for damages In netlon Imtiglir in
the courts, neeordtng to the supreme cmtrt
|p a derision handed dnirn Priitiy morning
In the rnse Ilf Nellie Pickens vs. the (leor-
gin railroad.
Nellie I*lekens purehnsed s ticket nt
lloseliton Oil the t/stnesvllle. Jefferson nnd
Hot;them railway, whleli the lleorgln relt'i
•'toluis to hsve leased to tinothvr iiurtv. Her
ticket wss to Atone .Monntnln. tint the
trsln tllil not Stop there, and site <v»s
tigtiinst the
— -fountiitn elr-
cnlf, b«t In*/ liecitllfe It wits held thnt nr.
tlou should have lieen limnxlit iignlnst the
IlntnesTlIlr, Jefferson nnd Southern ns the
lessor.
The stipreme court holds thnt the lessee
ts not absolved from liability. The plnlntlff
Imd the elective right to tiring suit ngnlnst
eltber.
OR, HUNTER COOPER
T BETTER
Dr. Hunter P. Cooper was reported
better Friday afternoon. He has some
symptoms of meningitis following the
case of ptomaine. He was not so well
on Thursday, but was reported as do
ing nicely Friday afternoon.
IN NEED OF CHARITY
INJUNCTION DI880LVED,
ELECTION WILL BE HELD
Hpcrinl to The fieorglnn.
Chattanooga. Aug. 17.—Judge M.
Allison, who Is holding court instead
of Judge George le Burke, at Clave-
land, has dissolved the Injunction re
rently Aled by cltlxens of Bradley
county against the election commis
sioners of that county. The matter Is
now In shape for the election commis
sioners In order an election for county
officers, Including the office of county
court clerk, county register and county
trustee. No election was held In this
county on August 2 because of the In
junction.
TRAN8FER GIRLS OUT
DEMANDING AN INCREA8E
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—About thirty
transfer girls In the Macon knltlng
mill walked out yesterday nn a strike
because of their failure to receive an
Increase of half a cent on the dozen
pairs of half-host which they asked.
About three hundied pairs of half
hose made up the dally output of the
mills, and the girls received * cents per
pair for their transferring.
Rally For 8tation.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Aug. 17.—All arrange
ments have been made for the big mass
meeting at the rlty auditorium tonight
at which several addresses are to be
made In the Interest of a new passen
ger station In Macon.
Rotwsll A. Merritt
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—The funeral of
Roswell A. Merritt took place yester
day afternoon at the family residence
on Orange street. The services were
conducted by Rev. W. H. Sledge and
Dr. J. G. Harrison.
To Abolish Secret Caucus.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Oa., Aug. 17.—A move
ment Is on foot to abolish the secret
caucus employed by city council from
time Immemorial. A number of al
dermen have expressed themselves ts
favorable to the move, enough to carry
the measure. ’
Shaw at 8ubtreaeury,
lly Private laiiiaeil wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw Is at the local sub-
treasury and may ba In this city to
morrow also. The secretary snys that
this occasion he will not have any
statement to make of public Interei t
-ogardlog Ananclal matters.
Probation Officer Gloer la Investigat
ing, the case of Mrs. Mamie Johnson
who la tit* mother .of three lltle chil
dren, and Is reported to l>a In destitute
circumstances, at 60 Daniels street.
Mrs. Johnson claims that her hus
band, W. W. Johnson, left Iter lost De
cember nntl went away with another
woman, and Is now working for sums
railroad company In Atlanta. He Is
described as being 6 feet 2 1-2 Inches
tall, smooth shaven, black hair nntl has
a decided stoop. Tha police are on tha
lookout for him.
Mrs. Johnson lias expressed her will
ingness to put the children In some
charitable Institution, and is willing to
work harsolf It aha run get something
to do.
REFERRED TO COUNTIES
Hpeelnl to The Georgian. '
Bristol, Tenn.,. August It.—With the
Republican party hopelessly divided In
the First Tennessee district and two
candidates of the party In the race,
the Democratic executive district com
mittee Is undecided whether to nom
inate u candidate, and It looks as
though the prospects for a Democrat
to win are bright. The committee has
Just decided to refer the question of s
nomination to the counttea to be de
cided September 12.
Professor Hums Resigns.
Mpcrin! to Tho Georgian.
Wilmington, N, C\, Aug. 17.—Profes
sor Harold Hums has resigned his
position In the etate department of
agriculture and will leave tomorrow
for Glen, 8t. Mar)', Fla., to become as
sociated with G. L. Taber In the great
nurseries there. Profeesur Hume Is s
Canadian by birth. He has been con
nected with the horticultural section of
the North Carolina department of agri
culture since 1904 and Is an authority
on. horticulture.
JA8PER, ALA.
Mrs. N. H. Carpenter has gone to
Tuscaloosa and Eutaw to visit friends
nnd relatives for a few weeks.
Miss Blanche Rimin' Is the guest of
Birmingham friends this week.
Mrs. John N. Kilgore has gone to
Patton and Bankston to visit relatives.
Miss Vide Leonard has returned
from Carbon Hill, where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Self.
Mrs. W. A. Sanford, of Sheffield,
spent a few days with Jasper friends
on her return from Carbon Hill, where
she had been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Z. P. Shepherd.
Mrs. J. A. Shook, of Birmingham, "as
the guest of Mrs. j. H. Craig last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ray and Ml’*
Ida Louise Ray have returned front
a few days’ visit to relatives at Fay
ette.
Hon. T. W. Coleman, of Anniston,
spent a few days with his brother. John
A. Coleman, here last week.
Miss Alice Scarles, of Memphis, is
tile guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lomax M-
Smith.
Mins McQueen, of Montgomery, t»
visiting her slater, Mrs. R. W. Long-
Professor W. E. Turnlpseed has re
turned to Jasper after- spending n '
acatlon at Valley Head.
Miss Bessie Haley D at home from
Nashville, where she has been teach
ing In the Peabody Normal. , _
Miss Bessie I-acy, of Anniston. Is the
guest of the family of her uncle. Joan
E. Lacy.
Miss Helen Long, who has been C
Itlng relatives here, has returned to
her home at Carrollton, Ga.