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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. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O CONSPIRACY CHARGE 0 O FAILS TO 8TANO. O O O 0 Special Cable—Copyright. O O Manila, Aug. 17.—The Lukban 0 O brothers, who were sentenced to 0 O five years’ Imprisonment for con- O O spiring to overthrow the govern- O O inent. have been acquitted by the 0 O supreme court of the Philippines. 0 O O 00000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 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.