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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIPAY. At’OT ST 17, l!*ow.
FEARED TRACKS
E THREAT!
BY ANGRY POLK!
ESCAPED CONVICTS
ARE SURROUNDED
IN NECK DF SWAMP
jC'ut Guard’s Throat When
B. R. T. Cars Guarded by lie Approached and
Many New York
Police.
Ur Private Wire.
’ New York, Aug. 17.—Fenring an at
tempt would he made to tear up the
rail* of the Brooklyn Rapid Tranalt
Company, and possibly wreck trains as
ft result of the rioting and assaults on
thousands of passengers, growing out
of the war over the Irt-cent fares,
•quads of police rode on every train
to and from Coney Island last night
And today, to be on hand In case of
emergency.
Although the poke® officials 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 Rapid Transit ln-
■ pec tor?. Instead of being stationed at
•econd-fare points, also rode on the
trains and patrolled the track between
the Kensington avenue station und Co-
ney Island.
Say Girl Was Murdered.
All th® travel was confined to the
elevated trains, the Brooklyn JRapId
Transit running no trolley cars beyond
th® old city line. There was no dis
order during the early hours this
morning and rto arrests were made
After midnight.
Coroner Henry J. Brewer has order
ed th® police to arrest the motornuin
of the car that hurled Alisa Fannie
Rodlnsky to her death In Coney Island
creek. District Attorney Clarke, of
Kings county, has obtained evidence
tending to show that the girl was mur
dared. Witnesses have asserted that
the motornmn deliberately rnn down
the p®ople on the bridge, despite the
protests of passengers.
To Prepare T#®t Case.
Today the test case to determine If
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit has a legal
right to charge a 10-cent fare to Coney
Island will he prepared.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit has an
nounced that It will not resume the
running of trolley cars to Coney Island
until the receipts for the extra fare fo
be given to passengers are ready for
Issuing to all conductors.
Escaped.
Little Eva Gidish Just Did
Escape From Frenzied
Beast.
Special to The Ceorplnn.
Charleston, 8. C. t Aug. 17.—The sher
iff of this county, with a floztte, la In
pursuit of three convicts who killed
their guard yesterday afternoon at the
drainage gang stockade, near Charles
ton. and made their escape.
Herman 0.*8tel|o, the white guard,
had his throat rut by the negroes after
he had approached them with a bucket
pf water. They were playing off as
sick, and had been left In camp with
the single guard. The escaped convicts
are now In the Charleston neck
swamp.
There Is no talk of a lynching.
LANDRUM WIRES
AT
INSURANCE PEOPLE
LIABLE FOR LOSS
Though the Home Insurance Compa
ny of New York had sent a check to
the Chattahoochee Humber Company
to cancel a fire Insurance policy, and
the policy hail been returned to the In
surance people, the supreme court
holds flint the New York concern Is
not absolved from liability.
This rather peculiar case came about
In a curious way.. The Chattahoochee
Humber ComiMHiy, of Savannah, held a
gtillcy for $2«,f»no with the Home In
surance Company on Its hig sawmill
at Donalsonvllle, In IH»cntur county.
learning that the risk was too great
on the pr«»|>erty 4he Insurance people
on February 1!». 1905, sent a check for
ll.292.8U, premium on one year's In
surance, minus one month It had been
of force. It was stated that they re
gretted to cancel the policy, but the
ritk wn* too great. The president of
the mill dictated a letter acknowledg-
fflg the check, and stating that lie did
not blame the company. The policy
was mailed to the Horne Insurance
Company on February 21, 190.1, early
In the morning.
About 2 o'clock that afternoon the
mill burned down, and the
lumber company brought ac
tion. The lower court directed a
verdict for the plaintiff and the case
wus carried to the higher court. That
court held t lint the clause requiring
five days* notice rendered the Insurance
companv liable for the face of the pol
Icy. ’
Missing Son Returns From
Voyage to London,
England.
Justice Lumpkin dissented.
0L0 NEGRESS HURT
RY AN AUTOMOBILE
An automobile. operated by H. La
mar Rankin, who reside* at 950 Peacli-
trea street, atrurk uml painfully Injur
ed Annie Tolliver, a negro**, 50 year*
old, at the corner of fifth ami l’each-
’trc. street* early Friday morning. An
anon ac the woman could be picked up
Rankin had her put In his machine and
drove to the Grady Hospital. She waa
put under medical treatment ami the
physician* announce that ehe 1» doing
very- wall. The woman'! arm nnd fifth
rib were broken, her Bps and nar» la
cerated and there were aeveral abras
ion* on the woman'a body.
Lamar Rankin waa driving hi* auto
Into town nnd waa passing a car nt
Fifth atreet. when the negro woman
atepped out from behind the car which
had come to a atop.
MEAT - ORDINANCE
TO BE CONSIDERED
Special t«» Tlic G»*«rj:lnti.
Rome, Oa., Aug. 17.—F. Elton Lan*
drum, whose strange disappearance
from New York, which was reported
In yesterday’s Georgian, has been heard
from. His father, L. M. Landrum, re
ceived a message from him this morn
ing stating that hr lind Just arrived In
New York on ti steamer from Liver
pool.
Ills family Is greatly rejoiced of glad
news.
EAGLES AT SEA
OVER ELECTION
By I’rivst# Lettscfl WI re.
Milwaukee, AVI*., Aug. 17. The elec
tion of officers nt the Eagles' conven
tion began today und will continue un
til late tonight. w
startling change In the political
situation was when Wood A. t’arr, of
nnsylvnnla, one of the leading can
didates for the office of grand worthy
president, withdrew in favor of Henry
!>. Davis, of Milwaukee, nominating
him for re-election. This move, al
though coming unexpectedly, was
greeted enthusiastically. It Is expect
ed that Mr. Davis will carry the elec
tion today. Edward Krause, of Wil
mington, Del., Is Air. Davis' strongest
opponent.
Although It has been the custom to
restrict u chief executive'* Incumbency
to a single term, a precedent has been
established by the fact that Delegate
Sary Smith, a former grand worthy
president, lias succeeded himself.
Delegates state that Air. Davis'
chances for reflection will not be hurt
because of his having served a previous
term.
8. W. Wadsworth, of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who has been mentioned for
grand worthy president, also withdrew
In favor of Mr. Davis and J. Barrett,
of Omaha, Neb., Instructed Ills follow
ing to vote fur Mr. Kruuae.
For the office of grand worthy vice
prt'Hldent two candidates. Theodore
Bell, Napa, t'al., ami Lieutenant Gov
ernor Chillies B. Coon, of Fort Town
send, Wash., were nominated. The re
sult of the elections will be announced
Saturday morning.
When little Eva Oldish, of 47 Trinity
avenue, went Into the parlor Thuraday
afternoon a large shaggy dog |>ossessed
of the rabies, leaped from under
douch, where It had secreted Itself, and
attempted to bite the little girl, snarl
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. L.
Gldlsh, hearing her child scream, had
come to the parlor to see what the
matter was. The little girl explained
that she was not bitten, and with tears
of thankfulness coursing down her
chdeks she locked the dog In the re-
eptlon* room. The police station was
notified and officers Hulsey and Dor-
sett rode In “hurry-up" fashion to tho
house.
When the officers arrived the dog
was running around the parlor, ktfock-
Ing over chairs nnd tables In Its fren
zy. Officer Hulsey went to a window
In the front and raised it. Officer Dor-
sett opening the door and chasing tho
beast out of the window with a broom.
As the dog leaped from the window
Hulsey, who was on the outside, fired
two shots, one taking effect. The rabid
animal went on. however, only to be
killed under a negro house seven blocks
away by the two officers. 0
In May of last year two nt Mrs. Old
ish's smaller children were bitten by
mad dogs, but both recovered.
PULLED.Off CLOTHES
SLEPT IN GUTTER
S BIG TAX CASE
Will Get Near Half Million
Dollars in Back
Taxes.
OTHER COUNTIES LOSE
Said That Hon. Boykin
Wright Will Receive
Big Fee.
THREE MADE HAPPY
TI
In no* number c
until next meeting w
the prluuii <*ointtil®l®oi
tterlliiu t loltH for live
f petition® postponed
wt titled the work of
i Friday morning.
.!nmen Aleck®, sent up from Folk enmity
her |Htrty for mblilng tin old lie
Htrdoued. Menlt® wiih only a I tot it
if ng«* when llie rrluu
milled, lie wn® denied ii pardon once lie-
ore, Init recent 1} an uncle from Texas
•nine here and mild lie would lake the lad
out there If he wn® pardoned.
The unele'a name I® .1. F. Iltinnleutt, mu
i hi® rnm-li I® 125 mile® from a railroad,
i» any® he believe® he eiili keep Meek® out
P trouble.
A pnrdnu wn®
Kiiniter enmity. * ....... ...
ISSN for attempted murder. Ill® health I®
N.-ild to be bad. Will Nance, of l.ordi ..
iMiuiity, scut up for two year® for n ml®-
ilemeaitnr. wn® nl®o granted a rani*
t’lemeney wn® denied \V. F. ltan
Hancock; t'hnrle® l««*vnn. of t'hatlnim: Silly
Stoke®, of Dougherty; Kiigctie Matthew®,
of Hall, and J. II. Heaver®, of mbit. The
emuinlMlou will meet again next week to
ilertde upon the dlnburncmenta of the tip
proorlntiSu of 93AN) for
equip
,Night’s Lodging on Cobble
Stones Cost Him
$2.75.
After hanging his hat. coat, shirt
ami trousers on the sidewalk at the
corner of Decatur nnd Butler streets,
nnd making a bed of the gutter, Mercer
Stowers, a young white boy, was ar
rested Friday night by Patrolman Pate.
The officer stated that Htowers wai
making u bed out of the public high
way. The boy was drunk ut the time
und said In court Friday morning that
he remembers nothing of the affair, and
that while he was In the Intoxicated
condition he was robbed of hit watch,
stick-pin and some money.
Acting Recorder W. IV. Draper Im
posed a flpe of $2 and costs, remarking
that a bed on the public highway,
although harder than a bed In a board
ing house, was much costlier.
RAD TO PAWN THINGS;
SUES THE RAILROAD
Because of the mental angul®h which
he suffered when he found himself pen
niless In a strange city without friends
nnd obliged to pawn his watch, stick
pin and other articles to get money
enough to proceed on hi* way home to
Atlanta, Hanford Burge, of thl® city,
has tiled suit In the city court against
the Hcuhoard Air Line railway for
91,000. nnd the case will be heard at
the November term.
Burge states In his allegations that
on July 30 of this year he purchased
in Atlanta a return ticket to Washing
ton, I). l\, nnd proceeded to that city
to spend his vacation. The final limit
of the ticket wms August 8 and on Au
gust 3 he had the ticket validated nt
the Washington office and the follow
ing day started horn®. 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
CAUSES BIG ROW
Richmond county won It* cam* for
back taxes on 15,000 shares of Western
Railway of Alabama stock held by the
Georgia Railroad, and that county and
the city of Avgusta will get close to
half a million dollars thereby.
Incidentally, It Is * said that Hon.
Roykin Wright, of Augusta, who fought
the case through the courts, wtlt re
ceive a fat fee ranging from 150,000 to
075.000.
The supreme court handed down a
decision 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 Pendleton's denial of the man
damus brought ai.-alnst Comptroller
Wright to prevent his paying over the
money to Rlrhmond ns the situs of the
Georgia railroad In this state.
Justices Cobb and Lumpkin were dis
qualified In this rase, and as the attor
neys for the other counties Insisted on
a full bench, Governor Terrell appoint
ed Judges Freeman anil Littlejohn
from the superior court to sit. Judge
Littlejohn nnd Justice Atkinson dissent
from the opinions of the others.
It Is held that "stock In a non-reel
dent railroad corporation owned by i_
domestic railroad company Is taxable
for county and municipal purposes in
that county and city wherein the prin
cipal office of auch corporation Is fixed
by Its charter or by. law. Such prop
erty Is 'located' property in the mean
ing of the law 1 of this state providing
the machinery for distributing the
property of railroad companies for
county and municipal taxation."
By a previous decision of the su
preme court .the Georgia railroad hus
been held liable for tuxes on the stock
of the Western Railway of Alabama
owned by It. Taxes are due from
1895 to 1805.
IN CITY SCHQOLS
Attendance will Reach 14,-
000—Vertical Writing
Will Be Dropped.
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O Manila, Aug. 17.—The Lukban 0
O brothers, who were sentenced to 0
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WESTINGHOUSE AGENTS
TALK ABOUT BRAKES
Representatives From Several
Cities Meet in Atlauta nnd
Discuss Machinery.
im| Jim (Murk,
At tjse Friday afternoon session of
the special committee, appointed to In
vestigate the Atlanta meat situation,
the ordinance regulating abattoirs and
the manner of handling meat® from the
time of slaughter until It reaches the
consumer will be gone over and re
vised. The ordinance will then be pre
sented to the city council.
The meeting will be held In the
council chamber at 2:30 o'clock. The
seseion will be a Joint one. so that
the board of health, vitally Interested
In the present move, nnd the special
committee, which has had the Investi
gation In charge, will thoroughly agree
upon the ordinance.
From what ran lx* gathered, the ordi
nance will h** passed through council
almost unanimously.
The change® to he made in the ordi
nance from the original will be of minor
Importance and bared upon the sug
gestion of the local butchers.
After the passage of the ordinance,
about live month® will elapse before
It Is put Into effect and It Is believed
that during that time there will be a J |
central abattoir erected 'charge cf steeling.'
DRANK' TOGETHER;
MONEY DISAPPEARED
Charged with dronkonno®® mid with
stenting money from J. !.. Powell, with
whom she hnd Iteen drinking, ltoh Greer,
« white mnn 21 year® old. wn® loeked un
Thursday night by Detect!v* Hprsdlln.
Powell we® nlso nrrested on the clisrge
of drunkenness.
J. L Powell, It Is said, hnd Just come
from hi® home In LiGrauge, and en»lied
n eheek for •*». lie met Greer, with whom
he hnd ® slight Hrqunlntnnre, nnd Invited
him to have n drink. The two stepped
Into n Lnr room on Decatur street, nnd
Powell Heated.
Then Greer treated, and after Hint. ®o
Powell stated thl® morning. Powell knew
nothing. When lie woke up thl® morn
ing In the pnllre station, he ml®®**! hi*
money, nnd notified the turnkey.
Whsoi Greer un® ®eitrelted ltefore Itelng
the station house. 94.120 wu* found
hi® t>er*oii
put luto
Atto
it ell.
Two Judge®, four lawyers nnd six hull
Iff* spent three hours Thursday In
ttrr's court try lug to get straight n ease
that Involved the ownership of a calf val<
tied nt 93.SU.
It Keeins that the eslf was levied on ns
the pre|»erty of Arthur Peyton, ti negro,
by t\ II. MePrnry, u constnblo In the court
of Justice Virgil Jones, and then there
followed n multiplicity of suit® nnd cross
®tilts Involving perjury and various other
crimes, which suits were nil ultimately
settled Nnd withdrawn, hut Peyton fall
ed to get hnek his on If. lie thereupon
brought ball trover proceeding® ngntn®f
Justice Jones nnd Constable McCrary to
recover the nfore®nld on I f. To get back
at him, McCrary swore out n warrant In
Justice Orr'rt court charging fulse swear
ing. In that the calf w.*® not Ip Justice
Jones' possession. After hearing the evi
dence, It lokod ns though It would take
several PltlinUe|p|ii« lawyers many hours
to i
the
taken, hut Justice Orr
Gordian knot hr dismissing It on the
gnmud tliNt l’eytoft had not Intentionally
B. L. Heartline.
B. L Heartline, 34 years old, died at
9:30 o'clock Thuraday night at his res
idence on the McDonough road. He
wn® a member of the Masons and Odd
Fellows. The funeral services were
held st the residence at 3 o’clock Fri
day afternoon and the Interment was
In the Masons' lot ut Oakland.
John A. Roberts. <
John A. Roberts, aged 64 year*, a
infederate veteran and an Inmate of
the Soldiers' Home, died at the Home
at 8 o'clock Thursday night. The fu
neral services will be held at Poole's
Impel Saturday, and the Interment wtlij
be at Weatvicw. 1
Air brakes, compressed air and hot
air were the leading topics at a dinner
at the Capital City Club Thursday eve
ning when the representatives of the
Westlnghouse companies In the South
met at the table. The dinner followed
a meeting of the Southern and South
western Railway Club at the Piedmont
hotel Thursday morning.
At the railroad men’s meeting Rob
ert Burgess, Southern representative
of the Westlnghouse Air Bruke Com
pany, presented a paper on late type*
of air brake equipment* for locomotives.
The dinner In the evening .was attended
by the following representatives of the
Westlnghouse Interests:
E. A. Craig, general auditor and
Southern manager; Robert Burgess, of
Richmond. Va.; H. D. Hutchins, of Co
lumbus. Ohio; I. H. Brown, of Cincin
nati; T. I*. Burton, of New York; J. R.
Gordon. H. A. Coles, H. D. Winn, Joe
Paulson, A. J. Brown, W. B. Crabtree,
John H. Gordon, Thomas Smith, W. E.
Forman, E. A. Thormvoll and Frank
8. Tucker, of Atlanta, and H. F.
Cameron, of New Orleans.
A number of representatives of cor
porations allied with the Westlnghous®
Interests were also ^resent.
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
13,200 has been the top notch In at
tendance.
Already there have been 2.173 tick
ets made out for new pupils and pu
pits changing schools, and before the
schools open, September 4, It Is be
lieved that this number will be greatly
enlarged.
On the last day of August the exam
Inatlons will be held for entrance and
deficiencies.
Mr. Landrum stated Friday that the
new Pryor Street school would be com
pleted between November 1 and Jan
uary 1. . .
"The Pryor Street school will be the
flnest In the city. It will be the only
grammar school with an auditorium.
Special attention Is being given to the
heating, lighting and plumbing, all of
which will be of the best,” he said.
The school will have eight rooms and
the auditorium will seat about 250 peo
pie.
The only change In the cuiTIculum
from last year will be the supplanting
of the vertical writing by the "Inter
mediate slant.” It is believed that this
style of penmanship is more practical
than the old style.
MITCHELL KING DIES
AT FLAJ10CK, N, C
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. King
Pastes Away
Friday.
TWO MEN KILLED
AND TWO INJURED
FROM ftNJXPLOSION
Fire Box on Unlucky Engine
Thirteen Blows To
Pieces.
Mitchell Kins, mil of Mr. nnil Mr,. Alex
King, of K*4 Pencil tree street, tiled Friday
morning nt 10 •‘clock st tliolr smuttier home
St Fintrock. X. i\ He bad Iteen In bad
health for some time.
Mitchell King was one of the l»e*t known
young men in Atlanta. He was graduated
from the 1'tilverslty of Georgia with
class of 1902. nnd completed hi* ednn
st Harvard University.
Hi* father and mother were with him nt
the time of hln death. No funeral arrang*
inent® Itnve yet Ihnmi made.
SUPREME COURT QUITS
UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST
After long nnd arduous tutor®, tlx* su
preme ronrt adjourned Friday 1 until the
first Monday In October. Friday the court
handed down a Idg batch of decisions, nnd
the Justices will now take s inuch-needed
rest.
As nn Indication of how thu docket Is
crowded, hnd the newt at the court of np-
ncnl®. over 309 case® will go over from the
March term. Within the next few tiny®
the Justices will go sway for rest and
recreation preparatory to the hard work
toforc them from October on.
P03TMA8TER SUSPENDS
TWO OFFICE EMPLOYEES
Hpeclnl to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., August 17.—Superln-
tendrnt K. It. Pilcher, of the clerk* and
currier, of the local postofflce, and
Clerk A. R. Jordan had a personal <11 f
Acuity In the postofflce thl* morning
with the re*ult that Postmaster John
ha* suspended both of them pending
an Investigation.
The Mght reunited from Jordan call
ing Pilcher a "liar." It t* etated.
LIGHTNTncTpLAYS HAVOC
' IN BIG POWER HOU8E.
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
ORDERED EXAMINED.
Hpcclnl to The Georgian.
Rome, Oa.. Aug. 17.—In the Injunc
tion proceedings against Norrl* Smith,
executor for the Halstead Smith re
late. Judge Moae* lVrlght decided to
let. the Injunction »tand for 90 day*
longer and allow the executor* to em
ploy *n expert accountant to examine
the report of A. J. Halllwanger, In
which the alleged shortage of Haletead
Smith wa» charged, and to ascertain
whether or not the report wa» true.
M’CURDY’S SON-IN-LAW
HAS RETURNED HOME
By Private Leased Wire.
Morristown, N. J.. Aug. 17.—Louie
A. Thebaud eon-ln-lan- of Richard A.
Sfci'urdy, former prealdent of the 5!u-
tunl Life Insurance Company, and a
prominent Agure In the affair* of the
company, ha* returned to hi* home
here. The fact that he spent the night
nt Me home did not become known un
til today, when he appeared at the
rnllrond station nnd took the 8:22 train
for New York, lie refused to talk.
POLICE ATTACK PEOPLE
AFTER BOMB EXPJ-OSION
Special Cable—Copyright.
Lodi, Aug. 17.—Two people Were
killed and twenty-one Injured in the
street* here nn Thuraday by the police
following the explosion of u bomb
which wn* thrown In the third district
police Motion. The explosion Injured
live soldier*, who ere raid to be In
lying condition. The captain of no-
e nnd hi* wife were nlso pnlnfully
hurt. All traffic ho* been suspended
In the city, shops are closed and mar
tial law 1s In force.
Hpeclnl to The Georgian.
Rnllsbury, N. C., Aug. 17.—Lightning
sttuck the Salisbury-Spencer Rise trie
railway power house last night and so
badly burned out the generator that
earn have been laid off for a week.
The house was not wrecked.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Sate of Domestic Wines.
No municipality haa the authority to
pass and enforce an ordinance forbid
ding the nule of domestic wines within
Its corporate limits, because the elate
law regulates the sale of such. One Du-
ren wan arrested In Thomaevllle for
selling domestic wines, and when tried
before the mayor was convicted nnd
put to work on the streets on the
ground that he hnd violated a local or
dinance. The city authorities of Thom-
nsvllle had no right to pass nnd at
tempt to enforce such an ordinance.
Indictment Faulty.
A fault In the drawing of the Indict
ment line thrown the action brought
In Savannah agnlnst Charles IV. Hoh-
enateln, a Justice of the peace, charged
with malpractice In office. It was
charged that Hohensteln had a warrant
Issued ngatnst a certain party simply
to collect the fee* for It. The Indict
ment was faulty, and the supreme court
so holds In an opinion handed down
Friday morning.
Sues For Btlng Scalded.
The Amt suit for the November term
of the city court was Aled early Friday
morning by John Ingram against the
Southern Railway, the amount asked
being >1.000 for Injuries sustained by
the plaintiff on July 1 at the North
avenue round house when n steam pipe
burst and hejvas badly scalded.
Smith Succeeds McMillan.
E. E. Smith, depot paaMOger agent
of the Big Four road at Minneapolis,
Minn., has been appointed traveling
pa-senger agent of the 7»jne road, with
headquarter* In Atlantic to succeed \V.
C. McMillan, who left vevernt week*
ago for the We*t. Mr. Ymlth ta ex
pected to arrive In the--Sy next week
to begin hi* new duties.
8trett Committee Meets.
The street committee. IB session at 1
o'clock Friday afternoon, wfll give Anal
consideration to the Atlanta, Macon
and GrlfAn Interurban electric line. The
committee will also consider the new
ga* franchise.
HjhvIsI to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17.—The Are.
box of engine No. 12 In the Birming
ham Southern railroad blew up this
morning at Rnsley, killing Instantly
Engineer Edward Brinkley and Fire
man Claude White. The engineer of
the blowing engines at the furnace
plant and a colored switchman 1 were
seriously Injured.
PEACH MINTS
WERE SATISFACTORY
Lack of Cars Caused Some
Loss—Plans for Next
Year,.
The Georgia peach season for 1906 Is
over and with a total shipment of 3,200
care, the committee In charge of the
work of the Georgia Peach Growers'
Association are satlsAed with their la.
bora pf the year. Ever since the Arat
of the season the association has had a
local ofAce In the Austell building,
where Walter Hawkins, of Jackson
ville, Fla., has had charge of the de
tails of the shipments from all parts
of the state.
Mr. Hawkins was found In his 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 satisfactory to the commit
tee In charge of the shipment of peach
es. Tho South Georgia and Middle
Georgia crop was very Ane this year,
but that from North Georgia was not
of as good a quality nor was the proAt
so great to the grower, as fully 40 per
cent was damaged by lack of care to
haul the fruit to market.
"If we can only convince the Armour
people that we will have refrigerator
can at any price without so much tom
foolery. It will be the best thing for
the Georgia peach grower that ever
happened. Complaints are still coming
In dally from shippers stating that
through lack of car* a great portion
of their crop wus lost and we are tak
ing up the matter with the railroad
companies, although with Itttte Encour
agement."
The committee In charge of the dla
tributlng and Inspection of the crops
of the member* of the Georgia Peach
Growers' Association Is composed of
H. A. Matthews, of Fort Valley, chair
man; W. T. Cheney, Rome, secretary;
A. J. Slmwalter, Dalton, secretary;. A.
M. Kitchen, Baldwin; E. J. Willing
ham, Macon, and L. A. Dean, Rome.
VARDAMAN CALL8
TRUSTEES TOGETHER.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackaon, Mias., A tie. 17.—Governor
Vardanian ha* Issued a call for a meet
ing of the board of trustees of the
State University, to be held on August
23, for the purpose of electing a chan
cellor and Ailing other vacancies In the
faculty. Just who will be chosen for
chuncetlor can not be forecasted. Sev
eral of the trustees who voted to de
pose Chancellor Fulton now privately
acknowledge that they have made a
mistake.
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED,
ELECTION WILL BE HELD
Special to Ttyo Gcorfctnn.
Chattanooga, Aug. 17.—Judge M. M.
Allison, who is holding court Instead
of Judge George L. Burke, at Cleve
land, haa dissolved the Injunction re
cently Aled by cltlxens of Bradley
county ngatnst 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 thin
county on August 3 because of the In
junction.
IN m STREET
More Horrors in Reign of
Terror in Country
of the Czar.
By l'rtrste Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 17.-Twenty
workmen are reported to have been
killed or wounded today In a Aght with
Cossacks at Kolptne, near Kraenove.
Selo.
A dispatch from Warsaw says twelve
more policemen have been killed there
a result of conAlcts with terrorists.
LESSEE AND LESSOR
ARE BOTH LIABLE
When a railroad lenses n line to another
party both the lessee and the lessor nre
liable for damages In actloii brought In
the courts, according to the supreme ,„„rt
In a decision hamlet down Friday morning
In the ease of Nelllo Pickens vs the t;,,, r
rIm rnllmnil.
Nellie Pickens nnrebased a ticket at
llosehton oil the Gainesville, Jefferson and
Southern railway, which the Georgia nil
claim* to have leased to another imrtr Iter
ticket was to Atone Motintnin! htlt the
train did not atop there, nnd she was
brought on to Atlanta.
She brought suit for damages agnlnst thn
Georgia railroad In the Atone Mnmunhi >-ir-
I'lilt, hot lost Iteesuse It was held that nr.
tlon should have been brought ngnin.t n.-
Galnesvllle. Jefferson and South" ra ni »
lessor.
The supreme court holds hint the le.««
'■ not shaolvw 1 front llsbllltv. The plaintiff
had the elective right to bring atilt agnliut
DR, 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 waa not so well
on Thuraday, but waa reported ns do
ing nicely Friday afternoon.
IN NEED OF CHARITY
Probation Officer Gloer la Investigat
ing the case of 5Jr*. Mantle Johnson,
who Is the mother of three Mtle chil
dren, and la reported to be In destitute
circumstances, at 50 Daniels atreet.
Kira. Johnson claims that her hus
band, W. W. Johnson, left her last De
cember and went away with another
woman, and Is now working for some
railroad company In Atlanta. He In
described as belqg 8 feet 2 1-2 Inches
tall, smooth shaven, black hair and has
a decided stoop. The police are on the
lookout for him.
Sir*. Johnson has expressed her will
ingness to put the •children In some
charitable Institution, and Is willing to
work herself If she can get something
to do, •
TRAN8FER GIRL8 OUT
DEMANDING AN INCREASE
Special to Tbe Georgina.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—About thirty
trennfer girls In the Macon knttlng
mill walked out yesterday on a strike
because of their failure to receive an
Increase of half a cent on the dozen
pairs of half-hose which they asked.
About three hundred pairs of hulf-
hose made up the dally output of the
mills, and the girls received 3 cents per
pair for their transferring.
Rally For Station.
Hpeclnl to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—All arrange
ments have been made for the big moss
meeting at the city auditorium tonight
at which several addressee are to be
made In the Interest of a new peeaen
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 nt the family residence
on Grange street. The services were
conducted by Rev. W. H. Sledge and
Dr. J. G. Harrison.
To Abolish Secret Caucus.
Special to The Georgian.,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 17.—A move
ment t> on foot to abolish the secret
caucus employed by city council from
time Immemorial. A number of al
dermen have expressed themselves <a
favorable to the move, enough to carry
the measure.
Shat* st 8ubtrcssury.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw Is at the local aub-
trensory and may be In this city to
morrow also. The secretary says that
on this occuslon he will not have any
statement to make of public Interact
regarding Ananctal matters.
REFERRED TO COUNTIES
Special - to The Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., August 17.—With the
Republican |tarty hopelessly divided la
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 a candidate, anti It looks as
though the prospect* for a Democrat
to win ore bright. The committee hnn
Just decided to refer the question nt a
nomination to the counties to be de
cided September 12.
Professor Hums Rtsignt.
Special to The Georgian.
Wilmington, N. C„ Aug. 17.—Profes
sor Harold Hume has resigned his
position In the state department of
agriculture and will leave tomorrow
for Olen, St. Mary, Fla., tu become a»-
aoclated with G. L. Taber In the great
nurseries there. Professor Hume In a
Canadian by birth. He has been con
nected with the horticultural section ’f
the North Carolina department of agri
culture since 1904 and ta an authority
on horticulture.
JASPER, ALA.
Mrs. N. H. Carpenter ha* gone to
Tuscaloosa and Eutaw to visit friends
and relatives for a few weeks.
Miss Blanche Rpain I* the guc-t of
Birmingham friends this week.
Mrs. John N. Kilgore has gone to
Patton and Bankston to visit relatives.
Miss Vlcta Leonard has retain, I
from Carbon Hill, wh>re she has been
visiting her sister, Mr*. Charles Pelf
Mrs. W. A. Sanford. of^Sheffield,
spent a few days with Jasper friend*
on her return from Carbon Hill, where
she had been visiting her daughter.
Mrs. Z. P. Shepherd.
Mrs. J. A. Shook, of Birmingham, was
the guest of Mrs. J. H. Craig last week.
Mr. And Mrs. J. J. Bay ami MM
Ida Louise Ray have returned from
a few days' visit to relatives at Fay
ette.
Hon. T. W. Coleman, of Anniston,
spent a few days with hi* brother. John
A. Colemnn, here last week.
Mis* Alice Scarles, of Memphis. I*
the guest of Mr. anti Mrs. Lomax M-
Bmlth.
Miss McQueen, of Montgomery. :»
visiting her sister, Mr*. H. W. Long
Professor W. E. Turnlpseed has re
turned to Jasper after spending nt*
vacation at Valley Head.
Mias Bessie Haley Is at home D ■ 1
Nashville, where she has been tea- If
Ing In the Peabody Normal.
Miss Bessie I-acy. of Anniston. I"
guest of the family of her unde. J' ■>
Lacy.
Alls* Helen Long, who ha* been '<*
Itlng relatives here, has returned to
her him e at Carrollton. Ua.