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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24

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OLD BOOKS MAY BE BARRED.
Interesting Development in Alabama
School Situation.

Montgomery, Ala, August 22.-(Special.)
A mild sensation is brewing in connection
with the contract recently made with the
publishers of school books by the state
textbook commission.
The question has been sprung as tC
whether under the contract, and under
the law creating the commission, the
school children of the state can use any
book already in use in the common schools
and which has been adopted by the com
mission without exchanging such book
for q new one,
Under the contract, in order to protec'
the book concerns with whom the state
made contract for books and to avoid
other books sent in to Alabama second
hand to be exchanged for new
books. which they are required to do IN
der their contract, allowing so per cent
of the value of the new book in exchange
the book concerns are not only permitted
but are required to so stamp their books
as to distinguish them. and thus prevent
fraud and imposition upon the publishers
by teachers and pupils. But in inserting
this clause in the contract the state 1all-
ed to provide that wherever book was
already in use that had been adopted by
the commission, such book could be useo
or additional expense.
IF the publishers take advantage of
this clause in the contract to force the
school children to exchange old for new
books and pay the difference between
the old and the new books, there VIII
go up such q howl from all over the
state as to force a decision of the courts
in favor of the state, when the matter
gets into the courts as 1t is sure to 90.
A moo will be nothing compared to the
Indignation among the people If the pub
fishers should attempt to take a technical
advantage to make the parents and
school children of the state buy new
books when the books they have would
serve every purpose.
When State Superintendent I. W. Hin
was seen by The Constitution correspond
ent this morning. he was inclined to treat
the point raised very lightly. but he said
that the question having arisen the whole
matter had been submitted to the attor-
ney general, and a decision was expected
from him in a few days He did not be-
lieve, however, t..at the publishers who
had contracts with the state could afford
to take advantage of that clause in the
contract which gives them the right to
stamp all their books to be used in the
public schools to force an exchange of an
old book for a new book of the same kind
but he admitted the doubt on the point.
My suggestion. and to avoid any
trouble alon. this line, Is that the pub
fishers simply require school teachers to
certify to their agents that such book
has been in use in the school, and this
certificate ought to he sufficient protec-
ton to the publishers and guarantee
that no fraud is being perpctrated upOr
them. "
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ONE MOURNEK-NO PREACHER.
Funeral of Marie Gordon Was Unu-
sually Sad Spectacle.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. August 17.-(Special)
The saddest funeral that has ever taken
place in this city took place yesterday
when Marie Gordon. formerly Marie
Lytle. who committed suicide In Chi
cago. was laid to rest at the lakewood
cemetery. There was only one hack
that followed the hearse and that hack
contained a single mourner, the mother
OF the young woman. Al the cemetery
this mOurner was Joined by her son,
W. r. Lytle, a brother of the deceased.
who is being held here at fne Jail until
tho United States court passes upon the
habeas corpus proceedings brought to
have him released. He is wanted in Chi
cago for assault with intent to murder.
There were four officers of the law with
him. This small number of mourners
filed to tne grave. where Marie Gordon.
or Marie Jytle. once a beautiful society
belle of Tennessee. but who had lately
fallen from her position in life. was put
beneath the earth
The saddest part of the burial now
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Oigets Of All The Counties Have
Been Received by the
Comptroller
TOTAL INCREASE IN VALUES
MAY REACH $40,000,000
Che Increase in the Returns Made
by Fulton County Property
Owners Is Greater Than
the Increases in Any Of
the Other Counties.
Increase in returns from
counties. s22, 35O,7o1
Increase in railroad prop
erty.. :. :. 100000
Estimated increase from
franchise tax law. $1,000, 900
Total increase for the
year. .. =. $3.50, 95O,7O1

In the above statement of returns OF
taxable properties. as shown by the di-
gests of the receivers of tax returns. OFF,
CiaI retuSls have been received from all
the 1877 counties of the. state. The Consti-
tuition last week published reports from
134 counties The last three have since
been received. as follows:
Telfair- s1oo.912 increase.
Coffee-sl6 1863 decrease.
Dooly-s i94, 561 Increase.
OF the 1877 counties in Georgia but Is
year. All of the others show gains rang
ing from $1,000 in Meriwether. to the mag
nificent increase of s., 5i55 $50 reported from
Fulton COUNTY.
Fulton thus leads all the rest This
spleudid showing was a good deal of a
surprise to Comptroller General Wright
and Captain Harrison. because 1t had
been ruulored that Fulton would show a
loss; so that the return when 1t came
was doubly welcome on that account.
Railroad Property and Franchises.
The increase Of railroad property shown
Is in round numbers s.. 100000
Add 10 this the probable return for
franchise taxation the amount of which
cannot be definitely determined until the
arbitrations are completed. and the total
increase for the year will run very close
TO $4,000 1t may be even more.
1t is regarded 4 conservative estimate
to place this total for franchises of all
kinds at sl5,Ooo,ooQ. There Is possibility
that ii may run even higher. but until
the arbitration boards selected to pass
upon the big railroad systems have COM
pleted their work there is nothing but
guess work in 1t all. In the smaller arbi-
trations, the assessments of the comp
troller general have either been accepted
or not materially cut-save in one in
stance. 1t Will remain. however. for re-
ports from the arbitrators chosen to pass
upon the big systems before 1t will be
possible 10 estimate with any great de-
; gree OF accuracy the return from this
source
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GOV. JELKS WON'T INTERFERE.
He Fights Shy of Coffee County
Court House Trouble

Montgomery. Ala, August 22.-(Special)
Governor Jels this afternoon issued a
statement in which he declines to inter
fere with the removal of the court house
of Coffee county from Elba to Enter
prise
There was bitter fight for removal
and large delegations for both sides have
seen the governor. Enterprise presented
a petition of 1900 names asking for
removal. This was attacked by the citi-
zens of Elba. They claimed about 800
were qualified voters Governor jerks
turned the petition over to the examiner
Of public accounts to verify. The eX-
aminer reported that there Were not
enough qualified voters to the petitions
asking for removal, az is required by
law The governor says he will not APP
point a commissioners nor call an cleo
ton under the circumstances.
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KINGSTON rs MORE HOPEFUL.
Planters Take More Cheerful View OF
Hurricanes Work.

Kingston, August IA slightly more
hopeful feeling now prevails among the
planters regarding the disastrous situa-
ton brought about by the recent hurri-
cane. The work of clearing the banana
plantations is proceeding and a great
quantity of provisions can be saved.
Efforts ire being made on all sides to
retrieve the disaster, but thousands of
the peasantry still homeless. The
government has authorized nine p9rochial
boards to spend Professionally $1,000 each
o,1r inf
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BLACKSMITH PREACHER"
TO AID REV. SAM P. JONES

Knoxville. Tenn, August O-(Special.)
Rev. J. r. Sexton. of this city, who is
widely known as the BLACKSMITH Preach
en- has accepted an invitation to Join
Rev Sam p. Jones at the latter's homo
at Cartersvile Ga, on September 6, and
to assist in a big revival al Cartcrsviiie.
which begins on that date.
Previous to entering the evarEelistlc
field. Rev Mr.. Sexton was blacksmith,
conducting an establishment al Mary
vile, Term, 16 miles from this city.
He has been eminently successful lie
was at the Gainesville revival held last
fall
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M, D. & S. Franchise Award.

The award of the arbitratOrs on the
franchise tax returns of the Macon. Dub
lin and savannah railroad was made 10
Comptroller General Wright Saturday.
the amount being fixed at $55,i52
This Is the first award made by any
of the arbitrators over the franchise re-
turns since the letter of the comptroller
general urging prompt action in order
that the state might have the benefit OF
these returns in fixing the tax rate for
the current year. This is one OF the
small corporations. however, and the re-
turn in this case will not help much.
II is the returns from the big systems.
the Sea board. the Southern, the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Atlanta and West Point.
the Western Union Telegraph Company
and others of this class that are wanted.
but it begins to look as If none of them
will be in hand until after the tax rate
has been fixed
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took place. Mrs. Lytle. the mother Of
the deceased. knelt down at her son $
knee beside the open grave. and prayed.
There was no preacher present. Such a
picturet A gray-haired mother asking
God 10 forgive her wayward daughter and
kneelins a che feet of her son who is
wanted for assault with intent to murder,
and surrounded by officers of the law.
When she finished praying there was not
a dry eye to be seen among those pres
ont. An officer who was present said
the prayer was the most beautiful and
the most touching that he has ever
heard
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see these men and place them either on
the Vardaman or the Critz side
In several towns it IS said that next
week business will be suspended, and this
may be said of all over the state There
will be few business transactions next
week and on Thursday, the election day.
business will be a side line with al men.
Rusiness has been very dull since before
the first primary.
To men in the soliciting business. such
as insurance agents and book agents.
the political fight has been deadly In It's
effects and they have been unable 10
thrive.
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held the farmers gather in great mum.
bers from all over the county and from
the surrounding counties. big barbecues
are held. and the occasions are made
memorable in the history of the county.
The occasions are more enjoyable be-
cause the farmers In this state never had
at the same season of the year more
promising prospects for big crops
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24
NEW YORK MOB KICKS PARsoN
He Made Uncomplimentary Hefer-
ance to Two Women.

New York, August 17.-Because he mace
a reference which the crowd considered
uncomplimentary to two women VINO Were
listening to him. the Rev MaXweli T.
tombstone. an evangelist who holds open
air meetings at Twenty-thlrd street anu
Fifth avenue. was interrupted by seV-
eral men, who started to mob the preach
err. He was jostled and pushed apou,;
and his malSeshift pulpit was kAchen 1
through the streets. No one at'elnpieu 70
strike the minister, however ana tile
noIice finally rescued him. Meantime the
women. who appeared to be refined per
sons had fled.
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Pennsvlvania's Biggest Man Dead

Bristol, Pa, August 20.-NNilson Lip
pincott, the largest man In Pennsyl-
vfnia has just been buried. Lippincott,
who was once a noted Jig dancer d,
weighed $50 pounds at the time of his
death A derrick was used in handling
the casket at the grave after thirteen
men had carried 1t there
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Strikers Return to Work.

Philadelphia, August lit is estimated
that between 5000 and 7,Go0 textile strik
ers. principally in the rug branch, re-
sumed work today. The manufacturers
made no concessions The strike was be-
gun eleven weeks ago and of the original
$1,000 strikers, but 600 remain out.
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CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS
PASSED ITS DIVIDEND.
Officers Of Virginia Carolina Com
pany Issues Statement to It's
Stockholders.

Richmond Va. August 1s-The vir-
GINA Carolina Chemical Company direc-
tors decided this afternoon to mass the
dividend on the common stock. The fol-
lowing statement was issued:
ITO the Stockholders of the Virginia
Carolina Cemical Company-Your board
or directors desire to say that for the
year ending June Is, 1903. the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company actually sold
| and delivered $4,000 tons of fertilizer, be-
Ing an increase of &c per cent over its
business OF the preceding year. In addi-
ton to this, they manufactured 100, 900
tons more Of completed fertilizer which
they were unable to deliver because tho
railroads could not furnish the transpor-
tation.
This large increase in business neces-
sarily involved the use of more capital
during the period between the sale and
delivery of the fertilizer and the pa yrnent
thereof by customers This additional
capital has heretofore been easily obtain
ed through the discounting of the COM
pany's bills receivable. of which. on
July Is, 1903, the company had on hand
over $1,000, 900. averaging about $1,000 each.
and over 100000 of accounts receivable
convertible into bills. These bills have
always been considered the choicest pa
per issued in the south and as such have
been readily available for current funds
In the unusual financial conditions which
existed this year, this course of business
has become impracticable and it was
accordingly necessary that your company
should provide Itself with sufficient adj
ditional cash capital to carry it's bust
ness over to the fall months, when its
bills receivable are collected
Your company therefore applied to
Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. of New
York who have organized syndicate,
including Messrs. Blair & Co, the First
National bank. the National City bank.
the Morton Trust Company, the National
Park bank and the Bank of America,
to advance to the company, from time
to time, during the next twelve months,
as required; amounts which together
with its other resources your directors
deem Will be amply sufficient for all
your companys needs Such advances
will be made upon the unsecured notes
of your company. leaving your companys
assets in its treasury free for use in its
eating the high credit which it enjoys
among the leading bankers.
"Although the company now has more
tn an sS,5G0OOL cash working capital. the
business offering each year has increased
to such an extent that your directors
be devised for the permanent provision
of additional cash working capital. so
that the necessity FOR borrowing so large
an amount Of money during certain
months of the year may be avoided 1T
is expected that through the ccopcra-
tIon of the bankers above mentioned:
some adequate plan will be devised at
an early date to accomplish this purpose.
In the meantime until such permanent
arrangements shall have been completed,
your directors have thought 1T best to
suspend the payment of the dividend
upon the common stock
VIRGINIA CAROLINA ClttMlCAL
COMPANY
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lieutenant Sulnon Dropped.

Washington. August 1SThe war de-
partment has dropped from the rolls See
ond Lieutenant Max Sulnon, who has been
absent from the department of Texas
without leave for several months. He
stands charged with desertion.
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Sullivan Found Guilty.

jefferson city. Mo, August 2o-state
Senator William =. Sullivan, accused Of
soliciting 4 bride for three votes on the
anti-alum bill during the session of the
legislature last winter was found guilty
this afternoons and his punishment fixed
at 500 fine
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by -. L. Nf0T I'LL ~ - {
Atlanta Director Retires.

w. B. Chisholm, Of Charleston, S c..
retires from the directorate and is sue
ceeded by Edward T. Stotesbury, Nom
Der of the firm OF Messrs. Drexel, Nor
gan & Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
Director f. .. Dancy. of Atlanta. also
retires and Is succeeded by Norman $.
Meldrun president of ths Securities
Company Of New York, New York city.
e. r. Stotesbury. Samuel Spencer and
Henry Walters form a new finance com
mittee.
The following directors were present
at today's meeting:
Il, b, Addison. s D Crenshaw, L. A.
Carr. A. r. Ellerson, s. 7, Morgan, >
W. rravers. Henry Walters, + w. ilit-
tie. r. r. Stotesbury and Norman .
Medium. the last two Just eiecteoc
Absent; J. u. Duke and Samuel Spen-
Ger
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RATE DEPENDS ON ACTION
OF ARBITRATION BOARDS

, when the state tax rate must be fixed
by the tax commission. only s3.5S934S in
franchise tax values has been finally set
tied. while S25 9S6. 900 in assessed values
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24
Don't Die of
Consumption.
Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh,
and Any Throat OF Lung Trouble
Are Sure symptoms of the
Deadly Consumption.

A Positive Cure Found by d CeIe bratcd Mich
igdn Physioan-The Doctor Sends Largo
Trial Package Free by Mail TO All
Who Write to Show Them How
Quickly and Surely This Dread
Disease Can Be Cured.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24
LUCKY MAXI ,Sva aso %oxgr

Why can't youe LUCK lies in knowing how t.,
GET LARGE PROFITS FROM SMALL IN
NESTMENTS. Send for Free Booklet-"Guid
for Investors" 1t may be the means of SAY
ING you LOSS or
MAKING YOUR FORTUNE.
stock Guaranty & Surety Co., Dept. o.
1922 Market ST., San Francisco, Cal.
Agents wanted in every city and town.
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Hot Crusade on Migrants.

Macon Ga, August 2.-(Special)-T
Ink tracing the governors signature on
the Calvin vagrancy law vas hardly dry
before the county and city officers here
got busy and as a result the Bibb jail
is filled to overdowing. As soon as the
bill became law the police We're notified
by Chief Murphy to run in all idle per-
sons and they have obeved their instruc-
tons to the letter. Not a day has
passed since those instructions were is
sued but that Judge Freeman has dis
Densed Justice to this class of grafters.
Last night the county officers not wish
ing to let a good thing pass they get 81
per vagrant, worked az they never worked
before and today Jailer Stephens is feed
ing at the countys expense some eighty
or ninety prisoners Deputy Sheriffs
Jones and Smith hustled all night long
ana heforo the word was passed for the
Migrants to skip, the officers had pinched
all in sight and some who were not
AS n result of the raid many negroes
and shftless white men were seen early
this morning hitting the grit along the
railway tracks for other parts where the
coppers We're not so wise. Jones and
Smith will start out again tonight and
the indica tons are that the Bibb Jail
will not be large enough to hold the vic
Tins OF the deputies drag net
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Fourteen Held in Macon.

Constitution Bureau, 467 Second Street.
Macon, Ga, August 21.-(Special)-The
Bibb county Jail was given number OF
new occupants tonight and tomorrow
morning, the prison cooks VIII be kept
buster than they have been in mohths
past
During the afternoon Judge Hodges OF
the city court called the attention OF MS
chief bailiff to the new vagrant law ana
declared that he wanted 1t enforced u"
the letter as far as he was concerned
Shortly before O'Clock a half dozen pal
lifts left the court house in a bnncn
and started for Fourth street. In less
than an hour fourteen arrests had been
made and every one was given cell IN
the county Jail. Three of the prisoners
are white, while the balance are ne
grOes.
The officers promise another securing
tour tomorrow night declaring they in
tend to rid the streets of the groups or
idlers now common.
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Americus After the Migrants.

Americas, Ga. August 19-(Special)-
In the city court this afternoon, Judge
Crisp sentenced to the chaingang large
BUNCH of negroes convicted OF vagrancy,
the defendants being notorious characters.
War against vagrancy was waged in
Americas this week, with the result that
twenty negroes were convicted of va
grancy and sentenced to the chaingang.
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ENFORCING THE
VAGRANCY LAW

Albany, Ga, August 19-(Speciai)-The
authorities of Dougherty county have
wasted no time in beginning operations
under the new vagrancy law. This city
has been cursed for years by horde
of shiftless negroes. who refuse to work.
and all efforts to get rid Of them have
failed.
This afternoon Sheriff Edwards organ
lied q posse and proceeded to make a
clean sweep of the city. The negro bar
rooms and dives in the districts known as
Smoky Row and Sandy Bottom were
ra ided, the police officers assisting. Many
of the Migrants were taken by surprise.
and arrestS wore made by the whole
sale.
The first raid netted twelve vagabonds.
and all during the afternoon aud night
the Jail has been filling up. One of the
first arrests was that 50 a negro preach
err and it is expected that, at least. a
dozen others of his illx will soon join him
behind the bars.
When the news Of the raid spread. doz-
ems of negroes could be seen sprinting
for the city limits through alleys and side
streets. and the excitement amounted al
most to panic. The authorities are de-
termned to get rid of the Migrants and
they are enthusiastically commended for
their course
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At last a cure has been found. Incred-
thle as it may seem. after the centuries