The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-24
NEWS OF ATLANTA
HAPPENINGS OF A DAY IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
PEACH GROWERS COMPLAINT
HEARD ny THE INTERSTATE COM
MERGE COMMISSION.

Imposed Upon Them by the Rail-
rOads-HcnrinE to Last Several
Dnys-LOdge of the IA. of p. Sus-
pended by the Grand Chancellor.
City Mt Issue With the Controller.
Atlanta. Nov. 23.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission met here to-day,
for the purpose of hearing the case
of the Georgia Fruit Growers Asso-
citation against the Atlantic Coast Line
and all the other railroads that as
sist in carrying the Georgia peach crop
to the northern markets. The mem
bers of the commission present are:
j. w. Fifer of Illinois; Judson Glenn
ents of Georgia, and Charles A. Prouty
of Vermont. z
f. w. Hazelhurst, secretary and
treasurer of the Fruit Growers Assoc
citation, was on the witness stand prac-
tically all day. He stated that the
association desired to have the mini
mum car load rates reduced from 20, 900
pounds to about 900 pounds, and the
maximum from, 22,5OO to about is, 900.
He stated that the freight on a car
of peaches from Macon to New York,
according to the present rate, is about
1852, with SOS additional charges for
icing the car, and other incidentals.
When a full crop is made, as in 1885,
he stated, the price received in the mar
ket, just about paid the freight charges
and incfdentals. The cost per crate of
raising peaches. including packing, the
witness stated to be about 60 cents.
The fruit growers contend, Also now
that the annual peach output is sew
eral times larger than it was five years
ago. and prices are correspondingly
lower that there should be a proper
tionate reduction in the freight rates.
The hearing will last some two or
three days.
X. of p. Lodge Suspended.
Grand Chancellor Milan of the
Knights of Pythias has issued orders
from Gainesville suspending Capitol
City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of At
lanta, for contempt of orders issued by
him in connection with the case of NJ .
Cronheim who was tried and suspend
ed by the lodge in violation of the or
ders of the grand chancellor. In spite
of the order of the grand chancellor,
directing the lodge to postpone Cron-
helms trial, the trial was held, he was
found guilty and expelled from the
lodge.
The grand chancellor's order of sus-
pension has created CONSERVATION
among the members Of the lodge. and
the lodge has appointed a committee
to call on the grand chancellor at Car
feVsG Ia 10 e.,
action, and to urge that the order of
suspension be revoked. The report
from the committee is now being
awaited.
Gen. Harris Commissioned.
Gov. Terrell to-day signed the COM
mission of Adjt. Gen. Sampson W
Harris, who will take charge of the
Adjutant Generals office on Dec. /.
The report of the board of examiners
was made to Gov. Terrell this morning,
and he promptly signed the commits
sion which will he forwarded to Judge
Harris at his home in Carrollton.
Mrs. Wood Gave Bond.
Mrs. w. ]. Wood, recently convicted
of assault with intent to murder her
husband and sentenced to two years
at the State Prison Farm, managed to
give bond for 81 500 to-day, and was
released from Jail. Her case is now
pending before the Supreme Court on
motion for new trial.
Issue Joined with Wright.
Another controversy is about to arise
between the city of Atlanta and Con-
troller General Wright. The city has
just received a check for 1913 as its
share of the taxes on the personal
property of the Atlanta Terminal Com
pany. which is building a new passen-
ger depot here and which made its
returns to the controller general. City
Attorney Mayson has advised that this
check be returned on the ground that
the returns of this company should be
made direct to the city, and that its
value should be passed on by the city
assessors. This course has been pur-
sued because of the city officials be-
lieving that a much larger tax can be
secured from the terminal company in
this way.
Atlanta Will Exhibit.
At a special meeting of City Council
this afternoon a resolution was adopt
ed accepting on the part of Atlanta
the invitation of the Louisiana Pud-
chase Exposition Company, for this city
to be one of twenty-five to join in a
municipal exhibit at the exposition.
AlldIlld Is lIlNlleu " EITHCI u T1OQel
depot as a part of the model city, and
the resolution this afternoon calls for
an appropriation of $4,000 for this pur-
pose. Mayor Howell announced that
he would raise an equal amount outside
the city treasury, thus securing enough
to enable Atlanta to make a creditable
showing. The twenty-five cities were
selected because of their size, progress
siveness and civic pride. The action
of Council this afternoon settles the
question of Atlanta's exhibit at st.
Louis.
School Books Bids.
Seven school books bids had been
filed by publishers at the time the Of
flee of Secretary of State Phil Cook
was closed yesterday evening. The
bidders are Eaton & Co. of New York,
Newsome & Co. of New York, Morse
G. Co. of New York, Eldridge & Bros.
of Philadelphia, Lippincott & Co. of
Philadelphia, Globe School Book Com
pany of New York, and Christopher
Sewer Company of Philadelphia.
All OF those submitted bids the first
time, and none have added anything
to the samples of books submitted,