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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. 19"T.
FEARED TRACKS
WERE THREATENED
BY jNGRY FOLK
B. R. T* Cars Guarded by
Many New York
Police.
By Private W’lro.
New York, Au*. 17.—Fenrlnj? an at
tempt would be made to tear up the
. rails of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company, and possibly wreck trains as
• result of the rioting and assaults on
thousands of passengers, growing out
of the war over the 10-rent fdres,
squads 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 police officials were
reticent, it Is believed a warning was
received that such an attempt would
b* made, and step# were*taken to pre
vent It. Brooklyn Rapid Transit In
specters, Instead of being stationed at
second-fare points, also rode on the
trains and patrolled the track between
the Kensington avenue station and Co-j
ney Island.
Say Girl Was Murdsrsd.
All the travel was confined to thel
elevated trains, the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit running no trolley cars beyond
the old city lino. There was no dis
order during the early hours this
morning and no arrests were made
after midnight.
Coroner Henry J. Brewer has order
ed the police to arrest the motorman
of the car that hurled Miss Fannie
Rodlnsky to her death in Coney Island j
creek. District Attorney Clarke, of
Kings county, has obtained evidence
tending 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 Prspare Test 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 be 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 to
be given to passenger* are ready for
Issuing to all conductors.
ESCAPED
ARE SURROUNDED
IN NECK OF SWAMP
Cut Guard’s Throat When
He Approached aud
Escaped
LOCKED IN PARLOR
♦
Little Eva Gidish Just. Did
Escape From Frenzied
Beast.
INSURANCE PEOPLE
LIABLE FOR LOSS
Though the Home Insurance Com pa
ny of New York had sent u check to
the Chattahoochee Lumber Company
to cancel a fire Insurance policy, and
the policy had been returned to the In
■urance people, the supreme court
holds that the New York concern Is
not absolved from liability.
This rather peculiar cas»* came about
In a curious way. The Clinttahooche
Lumber Company, of Havannah, held
policy for $20,000 with the Home In
suranre Company on Its big sawmill
at Donalsonvllle, In Decatur county.
Learning that the risk was t<n» great
on the property the Insurance people
on February 10, 1005, sent a check ft
$1,292.80, premium on one year's In
surance, minus one month It had bee
of force. It was stated that they re
grettei! to cancel the policy, but the
risk was too great. The president o
the mill dictated a letter acknowledg
Ing the check, and stating that he did
not blame the cntnpnny. The policy
waa mailed to the Home Insurance
Company on February 21, 1905, curly
In the morning.
About 2 o’clock that afternoon th
« mill burned down, and t
lumber company brought i
tlon. The lower court directed
verdict for the plaintiff and the cr
was carried to the higher court. That
court held that the clnuse requiring
five days’ notice rendered the Insurann
company liable for the face of the pol
Icy. Justice Lumpkin dissented.
old mmm
BY AN AUTOMOBILE
An automobile operated by H. Lu
nar nankin, who reside* at MO Peach
trea atrert, struck un<l painfully Injur
,d Annie Tolliver, u negress, 60 year,
old, at th* corner of Fifth and P,
trra street, early Friday morning,
aoon a, the woman could bo picked up
Rankin had her put In Ida machine and
drove to the Grady Hoapltal. She wua
put und*r medical treatment and the
physician, announce that she la doing
very wall. The woman’s arm and lift h
rib were broken, her Itps and cars la
cerated and there were aeveral abras
ion" on the woman's body.
I.nmar Rankin was driving Ida auto
Into town nnd waa passing a car at
Fifth idreet. when the negro woman
stepped out from behind the car which
bad come to a atop.
MEATOROINANCE
TO BE CONSIDERED
HpocJsl to Thn Georglnn.
Charleston, 8. C., Aug. 17.—The sher
iff of thl* county, with a posse, I* In
pursuit of three convicts who killed
their guard yesterday afternoon at the
drainage gang stockade, near Charles
ton, nnd made their escape.
Herman G. Stello, the white guard,
had bis throat cut by the negroes after
he had approached them with a bucket
of water. They were playing off a*
sick, and had been left in camp with
the single guard. The escaped convict*
are now In the Charleston neck
swamp.
There I* no talk of a lynching.
LANDRUM WIRES
AT
Missing Son Returns From
Voyage to Londou,
England.
gpsclsl to The fjeorglnn.
Rome, On., 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
vived a message from him this morn
ing stating that hr had Just arrived In
New York on a steamer from Liver
pool.
His family Is greatly rejoiced of glad
news.
At the Friday afternoon session of
the special committee, appointed to In
vestigate the Atlanta meat situation,
the ordinance regulating abattoirs 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
sented to the city council.
The meeting will he held In the
council chamber at 2: SO o’clock. 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 ran be gathered, the ordi
nance will be passed through council
almost unanimously.
The change* to be made In the ordi
nance from the original will be of minor
Importance and based ujn»n the sug
gestion of the locnl butchers.
After ths passage of the ordinance,
about five months will elapse before
It Is put Into sited nnd It Is believed
that during that time there will be u
central abattoir erected.
EAGLES AT SEA
OVER ELECTION
By Private Leased Wire.
Milwaukee, WIs., Aug. 17.—The elec
tion of officers at the Kaglea* conven
tion began today and will continue un
til late tonight.
A startling change In the political
sltuutlon was when Wood A. Carr, of
Pennsylvania, one of (he leading can
didates for the office of grund worthy
president, withdrew In favor of Henry
D. 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., la Mr. Davis’ strongest
opponent.
Although It tins been the custom to
restrict a chief executive’s Incumbency
to a single term, n precedent has been
established by the fact that Delegate
Sary Smith, a former grand worthy
president, has succeeded.himself.
Delegates state that Mr. Davis'
chances for rcelectlon will not be hurt
because of bis having served n previous
term.
H. 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 Ojnaliu, Neb., Instructed Ills follow-
g to vote for Mr. Krause.
For the office of grand worthy vice
president two candidates, Theodore
Hell, Napa, Cal., nnd Lieutenant Gov
ernor Charles B. Coon, of Port Town
send, Wash., were nominated. The re
sult of the elections will be announced
Saturday morning.
THREE MADE’HAPPY
mis for three, derliimtloire for live
liirge number of petltlons*|N>sl|Niue«|
tint II next meeting com-1 inlet l the work id
Lie prison oommlsison Friday nioridag.
James Meeks, sent up from I'oik eounty
llh another party for robbing an old ne
ro, was pardoned. Meeks was only about
» years of age when the crime was com-
lilted, lie was denied a pardon once lie-
•re, but recently an uncle from Texas
line here aud said lie would take the Ind
ut them if lie was psrdonetl.
The uncle's inline Is .1. F. Iliinuleutt, and
« Ills ranch u 126 miles from a railroad,
._e says lie believes he can keep Meeks out
of trouble.
pardon was granted Jim Clark, of
Minuter count), sent iip for ten yearn In
PSK for attempted murder. Ills health Is
miihi to he bad. Will Nance, of Gordon
unity, sent up for two years for a nils
lemertiior, was also granted a pardon
Clemency was denied W. V. Harwell, of
k; Charles l.evati. of Chatham: Silly
When little Eva Gidish, of 47 Trinity
avenue, went into the parlor Thursday
afternoon a large dhaggy dog possessed
of the rabies, leaped from under
couch, 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.
Oldish, 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
cheeks she locked the dog In the re
ception room. The police station was
notined 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, knock
ing over chairs and table* In Its fren-
*y. Officer Hulsey yvent to a window
In the front amNralsed It, Officer Dor-
sett opening the door and 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, one 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, hut both recovered.
POLLER Off CLOTHES
SLEPT IN GUTTER
The
Night’s Lodging on Cobble
Stones Cost Him
i $2.75. .
<After hanging Ills hat, coat, shirt
and trousers on the sidewalk at the
corner of Decatur and Butler streets,
and making a bed of the gutter, Mercer
Blowers, a young white boy, was ar
rested Friday night by Patrolman Pate.
The officer stated that Stowers waa
making a bed out of the public high
way. The boy wus drunk at the time
and 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 his watch,
stick-pin nnd some money.
Acting Recorder W. W. 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.
HAD TO PAWN THINGS!
SUES THE RAILROAD
Because of the mental ungulsh which
lie suffered when he found himself pen-
nllosH in a strange city without friends
nnd obliged to pawn his watch, stick
pin and other urtlcles to get money
enough to proceed on his way homo to
Atlanta, Snnford Uiyge, qf this city,
has filed suit In the city court against
the Hcnboard Air Line railway for
91,000, and the case will be heard at
the November term.
Burge states In Ids allegations that
on July 30 of this year be purchased
In Atlanta a return ticket to Washing
ton, D. and proceeded to that city
to spend his vacation. The final limit
of the ticket waa August H and on Au
gust 3 he had 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
CAUSES BIG ROW
WINS BJGTAXCASE
Will Get Near Half Million
Dollars in Back
Taxes.
OTHER COUNTIES LOSE
Said That Hon. Boykin
Wright Will Receive
Big Fee.
Richmond county won Its case for
back taxes on 15,00(} shares of Western
Railway of Alabama stock held by the
Georgia Railroad, and that county and
the city of Augusta will get close to
half a million dollars thereby.
Incidentally, It' Is said that Hon.
Boykin Wright, of Augusta* who fought
the case through the courts, will re
ceive a fat fee ranging from $50,000 to
$75,000.
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*
damns brought aualnst Comptroller
Wright to prevent his paying over the
money to Richmond as the situs of the
Georgia railroad in this state.
Justices Cobb and Lumpkin were dis
qualified In this case, and as the attor
neys for the other counties Insisted on
a full bench, Governor Terrell appoint
ed Judges Freeman and Littlejohn
froTn 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 Is taxable
for county and municipal purposes in
that county and city wherein the prin
cipal office of such corporation Is fixed
by Its charter or by law. 8uch prop
erty Is located’ property In the mean
ing of the law 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 taxes on the stock
IN CITYJCHOOLS
Attendance will Reach 14,-
000—Vertical Writing
1 Will Be Dropped.
By October 1 there will be 14.00ft
children In actual attendance at the
public school of Atlanta, Is the opin
ion of Aaelatant Superintendent of
Public Schools Landrum. Heretofore
11,100 has been the top notch In at
tendance.
Already there have been 2.171 tick
ets made out for new pupils and pu
pil* changing schools, and before the
schools open, September 4, tt Is be
lieved (hat this number will be greatly
enlarged.
On the last day of August the exam
inations 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 *
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 curriculum
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 mor* practical
than the old style.
MITCHELL KING (LIES
AT FLAT ROCK
TWO MEN KILLED
AND TWO INJURED
FROM AN EXPLOSION
Fire
Box on Unlucky Engine
Thirteen Blows To
Pieces .
H|km*IoI to Tbe Georgina.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17.—The fire
box of engine No. 13 In the Blrmlng'
ham Southern railroad blew* up this
morning at Ensley, killing Instantly
Engineer Edward Brinkley and Fire
man Claude White. The engineer of
the blowing engines at the furnace
plant and a colored switchman were
seriously Injured.
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WESTINGHQUSE AGENTS
TALK ABOUT BRAKES
HeprcHentatives From Several
Citlea Meet in Atlanta and
Discuss Machinery.
I 111
Son of Mr. and Mr*. Alex C. King
Passes Away
Friday.
Mitchell King., son of Mr. sad Mrs. Alex
King, of KH IVnclitre* street, illeil Friday
morning nt 10 o’clock *t tbelr summer home
st Flat rock, N. L\ He bad l*>en In Imd
health for fcotue time.*
Mitchell King was one of the Dent known
young men In Atlanta. He was graduated
from the Vnlversltj- of Georgia with the
class of 1902, and completed nls education
at Harvard University.
Ills father and mother were with him nt
the time of his death. No funeral arrnng"-
ment* have yet lieeu made.
of $3,000 far fiiruUhlug
liilpplug the Juvenile reformatory on the
DRANK TOGETHER!
MONEY DISAPPEARED
Charged with drunkenness and with
steullug money • from J. I* Powell, with
horn he had lw*»*ii drinking. Bob Greer,
white man 21 years old. wss lin ked ut>
Thursday night l*y Infective gprndllti.
Powell was also nr re* ted on the charge
of driiukenne**.
. Iz Powell, It I* said, had Just come
til hfs home In l*nGriiuge, A|id cashed
heck for $•>»>. lie met Greer, with whom
hud a slight ncqualiititncv, and Invited
him to have a drink. The two stepped
to * iwir room on !>ecatur street, and
•well treated.
Then Greer treated, and after that, so
. iwell ntnted this morning. Powell knew
nothing. When he woke up this morn
ing In the t»ollio station, be missel bis
money, and notified the tnrnkev.
•II Greer was searched before being
put iuto the station house, $13.26 was found
1 III* |MT*o||.
Attorney K. It Xhmp*hlre Is repre-eiitlitg
_ on ell, mid will prosevuts Utwr uu the
charge of stealing.
Judges, four lawyers and *lx bull
Iff* spent three hours Thursday In Jtr^f
Orr’s court trying to get straight n case
that Involved the ownership of a cnlf val*
lied at $3.5'V
It Nseins that the cnlf was levied on nt
the property of Arthur Peyton, a negro,
by F. II. Mef’rary, a constable In the court
Justice Virgil Jones, and then the
followed n multiplicity of suits and. cross
suits involving perjury and various other
rimes, which suits were nil ultimately
settled and withdrawn, but Peyton fall
ed to get Istck his cnlf. He thereupon
brought hall trover proceedings ngnltist
Justb’e Jones nnd t’onstnhle McCrary to
recover the aforesaid cnlf. To get back
him, MfCrnry swore out s warrant In
Jolie:
denei. ..
severs I Philadelphia lawyers
to nnruvel the various ends nti ....
case had token, tint Justice Orr cut the
Gordian knot by dismissing It on the
gmuud that Peytot bad not lutentlouully
Deaths and Funerals.
B. L. Heartline.
B. L. Heartilne, 34 years old, died at
S:30 o'clock Thursday night at hts res
idence on the McDonough road. He
was a member of the Masons and Odd
Fellows. The funeral services were
held at the residence at 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon and the Interment was
In the Masons* lot at Oakland.
John A. Roberta.
John A. Roberta, aged 64 year*, a
Confederate veteran and an Inmate of
the Soldiers’ Home, died at the Home
nt 8 o'clock Thursday night. The fu
neral service* will be held at Poole’s
Impel Haturdav, and the interment will
be.at West view.
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 fable. The dinner followed
a meeting of the Southern and South
western Railway Club at the Piedmont
hotel Thursday morning.
At the railroad web's meeting Rob
ert Burgess, Southern representative
of the Westlnghouse Air Brake Com
pany, presented a paper on late types
of air brakt 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.; 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 Smith, W. E.
Forman, E. A. Thornwell nnd Frank
S. Tucker, of Atlanta, and H.
Cameron, of New Orleans.
A number of representatives of cor
porations allied with the Westlnghouse
Interests were also * resent.
SUPREME COURT OUITS
UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST
After Ion* nnd nnliinun tabors, the •it-
prente emirt adjourned Friday until the
flr.t Monday In October. Friday the court
hnmletl tlnwn u til* tuiteh of decisions, nml
the justices will now take n much-needed
ref.
A. nn tmllcntion 'of how fbo docket l«
crowded* nnd the need of the court of np-
pesls, over 100 cane, will go nrer front the
March term. Within the next few da.v«
the jtiatirea will no away for real nml
reerentlon preparatory to tho hart! work
Iteforr them front October ou.
ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT
ORDERED EXAMINED.
Special to The Giairglnn.
Rome, On.. Aug. 17.—In'the Injunc
tion proceeding" agalnnt Norrla Smith,
executor for th* Halstead Smith ea-
tnte. Judge Mono* IVrlght decided to
let the Injunction aland for to day*
longer nnd allow the *x*rutora to em
ploy un expert accountant to examine
the report of A. J. Haltiwanger, Iti
which the alleged shortage of Hnletend
Smith tvnn charged, and to uncertain
whether or not the report waa true.
M’CURDY'S 80N-IN-LAW
HAS RETURNED HOME
Ily Private Iraml Wire.
Morrlatown, N. J., Aug. 17.—Louie
A. Thebaud aon-ln-law of Richard A.
McCurdy, former president of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, and
prominent figure In the affair* of th*
company, ha» returned to hla home
here. The fact that he apent th* night
at hi* home did not become known un-
til today, when he appeared at the
rallrond atatlon and took the »:22 train
for New York. He rofuaed to talk.-
POLICE ATTACK PEOPLE
AFTER BOMB EXPLOSION
Special Cable—Copyright.
I*odc, Aug. 17.—Two people were
killed and twenty-one injured In the
atreete here on Thureday by the police
following the exploalon of a bomb
which was thrown In the third district
police atatlon. The exploalon injured
live aoldleru. who are said to be in
a dying condition. The captain of po
lice and hla Wife were alao painfully
hurt.' All traffic ha* been suspended
t In the city, shops are closed and mar-
1 tiai law ix io force.
POSTMASTER SU8PEND8
TWO OFFICE EMPLOYEES
Special to The Georgian.
Auguata, Ga., August 17.—Superln
tendent K. B. Pilcher, of the clerks and
carriers of the local poatofflee, and
Clerk A. R. Jordan had a personal dlf
ttculty In the postoffice 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 "Ilnr,” It la stated.
LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC
IN BIO POWER HOU8E,
Special to The Georgian.
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 17.—Lightning
struck the Sallsbury-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
* Sal* of Domestic Wines.
No municipality has the authority to
pass and enforce an ordinance forbid
ding the sale of domestic wines within
It" cor|Mirnte limits, because the state
law regulates the sale of such. One I)u-
ren was nrrested In Thomasvllle for
selling domestic wines, and when tried
before the mayor was convicted und
put to work on the streets on the
ground that he hud violated a local or'
dlnance. The city authorities of Thom
asvllte 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 \V. lloh-
ensteln. a Justice of the peace, charged
with malpractice In office. It was
Charged that Hohensteln had n warrant
Issued against a certain party simply
to collect the fees for It. The Indlct-
mcnf was faulty, and the supreme court
so holds In an opinion handed down
Friday morning.
Susi For Being Scalded.
The first suit for the November term
of the city court was Hied early Friday
morning by John Ingram against the
Southern Railway, the amount asked
being 11,000 for Injuries sustained by
the plaintiff on July 1 at the North
avenue round house when a steam pipe
burst and )e was badly scalded.
Smith Succeeds McMillan.
E. E. Smith, depot paeMOger agent
of the Hlg Four road at Minneapolis,
Minn., has been appointed traveling
passenger agent of the ?tme road; with
headquarters In Atlanta, to succeed \V.
C. McMillan, who left several weeks
ago for the West. Mr. Vmlth Is ex
pected to arrive In the "*»y next week
to begin his new duties.
Street Committee Meets.
The street committee. In pension nt I
o’eloek Friday afternoon, wf,l give final
consideration to the Atlanta, Macon
and Grlftln Interurbon eleetyle line. The
committee will also consider the pew
ga* franchle*.
Lack of Care Caused Some
Loss—Plans for. Next
Year. ,
The Georgia peach season for 1906 Is
over and with a total shipment of 3,200
cars, the committee In charge of the
work of the Georgia Peach Growers'
Association are satisfied with their la
bor* of the year. Ever since the flret
of the season the association has had a
local offlee In the Austell building,
where Walter Hawkins, i of Jackson
ville, Fin., has had charge of the de
tails of the shipment* from all parts
of the state.
Mr. Hawkins was found In his offlee
Friday morning busily winding up the
work of the year.
"Next year I hope to get the local
offlee 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 noxt year. “My work here has
been very satisfactory to the commit
tee In charge of the shipment of peach
es. The South Georgia and Middle
Georgia crop was very line thla year,
but that from North Georgia was not
of as good a quality nor was the profit
so great to the grower, as fully 40 per
cent waa damaged by lark of cars to
haul the fruit to market.
If we enn only convince the Armour
people that we will have refrigerator
cars 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 tack of cars a 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 nnd Inspection of the crops
of . the members of the Georgia Peach
Growers’ Association Is composed of
H. A. Matthews, of Fort Valley, chair
man; W. T. Cheney, Rome, secretary;
A. J. Rhowalter, Dalton, secretary; A.
M. Kitchen, Baldwin; E. J. Willing
ham, Alacorf, and L. A. Dean, Rome.
VARDAMAN CALLS
TRUSTEES TOGETHER.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17.—Governor
Vartlamnn has Issued a call for a meet
ing of the board of trustees of the
State University, to be held on Auguyt
23, for the purpose of electing a chan
cellor and filling other vacancies In the
faculty. Just who will be chosen for
chancellor can not be forecasted. Sev
eral of the trustees who voted to de
pose (Chancellor Fulton now prlvntety
acknowledge that they have made
mistake.
IN T| STREET
More Horrors in Reign of
Terror in Country
of the Czar.
By Prirate Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 17.—Twenty
workmen are reported to fieve been
killed or wounded today In a’ fight with
Cossacks at Kolplne, near Kraanoye-
Selo.
A dispatch from Warsaw say* twelve
more policemen have been-killed there
as a result of conflicts with terrorist*.
LESSEE AND LESSOR
ARE BOTH LIABLE
When a railroad lenaea n line to auotlwr
party both the lessee and the lessor are
liable for damages In action brought hi
the courts, according to the supreme court
In a derision handed down Friday morning
Id the coat' of Nellie Pickens va. the ticni -
gln railroad.
Nellie lichens purchased a ticket „t
lloachton on the Gainesville. JefTcrson iin.l
.Southern railway, which the (leonfin I
claims to have leased to another party. Her
ticket waa to Stone Mountain! but the
dn dill not stop there, nnd she tvas
cult, but lost Iw»cnuse It was held that ne.
Hon should have Iteen brought against u,»
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern as tho
lessor.
The supreme court holds that the a
s not absolved from liability. The plaintiff
had the elective right to bring atilt agala.t
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 was not so well
on Thursday, but was reported as do
ing nicely Friday afternoon.
IN NEED OF CHARITY
Probation Officer Gloer Is Investigat
ing the case of Mrs. Alamle Johnson,
who la the mother of three Mtle chil
dren, and !« reported to be in destitute
circumstances, at 60 Daniels street.
Mrs. 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 soma
railroad company In Atlanta. He Is •
described as being * feet 2 1-2 Inches
tall, smooth shaven, black hair and has
a decided atoop. Th* police ore on the
lookout for hint.
Mr*. Johnson ha* expressed her w ill
ingness to put the children In some
charitable Institution, and Is willing to
work herself If ahe can get something
to do.
REFERRED TO COUNTIES
l
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED,
ELECTION WILL BE HELD
Spto'lsl t« The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Aug. 17.—Judge M. M.
Allison, who Is holding court Instend
of Judge George L. Burke, nt Cleve
land, has dissolved the Injunction re
cently filed by cltiien* of Bradley
county agnlnst the election commis
sioners of that county. The matter la
now In shape for the election commls-
t loners In order an election forWtounty
officers. Including the office of county
court clerk, county register and county
trustee. No election was held In this
county nn August 2 because of the In
junction.
TRANSFER GIRL8 OUT
DEMANDING AN INCREASE
Special to The Georgian.
Mocon, Ga., Aug. 17.—About thirty
transfer girls In the Macon knlting
mill talked out yeaterday on a strike
because of their failure to receive an
Incrgaae of half a cent nn the iloxen
pairs of half-host which they asked.
About three hundtetl pairs of half
hose made up the dally output of the
mills, and the girls received 3 cents per
pair for their transferring.
Rally For 8lation.
Special to The Georgian.
Atacon, Ga., Aug. 17.—All arrange
ments have been made for the big mass
meeting at the city auditorium tonight
at which several addresses are to be
made In the Interest of a new passen
ger station In Macon.
Roswell A. Merritt,
Special to The Georgian.
Alacon, Ga., Aug. 17.—The funeral of
Roswell A. .Merritt took place yester
day afternoon nt the family residence
on Orange street. The services were
conducted- by Rev. W. H. Sledge and
Dr. J. G. Harrison.
To Abolish Socrot Caucus.
Special to The Ueorginil.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 17.—A move
ment le on foot to abolish the secret
caucus employed by city council from
time Immemorial. 1 A number of al*
dermen have expressed Ihemselvee ■<*
favorable to the move, enough’ to carry
the measure.
Shaw at 8ubtrea*ury.
By Private Lenaed Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw Is at the local sub-
treasury ami may be In this city to
morrow also. The secretary, says that
on tills occasion he will not have any
statement to make of public Interest
regarding financial matters.
Special to The- Georgian.
Bristol, Tenh., August 17.—With the
.Republican putty 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 a candidate, nnd It looks «s
though the prospects for a Democrat
to win are bright. The committee has
Just decided to refer the question of a
nomination to the counties to be de
cided September 12. *
Professor Hum* Resigns.
Npcrln! to Thu Ueorgimi.
Wilmington, N. C„ Aug. 17.—Profes
sor Harold Hunts has resigned hla
position In the state department of
agriculture and will leave tomorrow
for Glen, Ht. Alary, Fla., to become as
sociated with G. L. Taber In the great
nurseries there. Professor Hume la a
Canadian by birth. He has been con
nected with the horticultural section of
tile North Carolina department nf agri
culture since 1901 and Is an authority
on horticulture.
It
’ JASPER, ALA.
Mrs. N. H. Carpenter has gnne to
Tuscaloosa and Eutaw to visit friends
and relatives for a few weeks.
•Miss Blanche Spain Is the gueat of
Birmingham friends this week.
Air*. John N. Kilgore has gone to
Patton and Bankston to visit relative".
Mlsa Vlcle Leonard has returned
from Carbon Hill, where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Felt.
Air*. W. A. Sanford, of Sheffield-
spent a few days with Jasper friend*
on her return from Carbon Hill, where
ehe had been visiting her daughter,
Alra. Z. P. Shepherd..
Airs. J. A. Shook, of Blnnlnghpm " a *
the guest of Airs. J. H. Crolg last week.
Air. and Airs. J^J. Ray and Ml-'
Ida Loulee Ray have returned from
a few days’ vlalt to relatives at Fay
ette.
Hon. T. W. Coleman, of Anniston,
spent a faw days with hla brother. John
A. Coleman, here last week.
Atlas Alice Scarlea, of Memphis. Is
the gueat of Mr. and Airs. Lotnnx M
Smith.
Alisa AIcQuecn, of .Montgomery, I*
visiting her slater, Mrs. R. W. Long.
Professor W. E. Tumlpseed bus re
turned to Jasper after spending hla
vacation at Valley Head.
Alls* Bessie Haley Is at home from
Nashville, where she has been teach
ing In the Peabody Normal.
Miss Bessie Lacy, of Anniston. Is to*
guest of the family of her uncle. J n! ’-' 1
E. Lacy.
Miss Helen Long, who has been vis
iting . relatives here, has returned to
her home at Carrollton. Ga.