The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-21

between Clark Howell and Hoke Smith. Differences, which cannot be settled, are | said to have arisen between the gentle
 men representing each of the candidates, these differences relating particularly to the place where the debate shall be held. Mir Howell is represented In the Rome
 debate matter by W. A. Ennis, J. B.
 Nevin and N. P. MeilSleham. while Hoke
 Smiths friends are Seaborn Wright, Frank Kane and George Reese. According to the statements which come from Rome, MT. Smiths friends insisted that the meeting should be held in the open air and at some distance from the center of the city while MT Howells friends wanted 1t held in the opera house
 or in a public hall in the city. These differences. 1t Is stated are prac- tically irreconcliable and a result it is likely that there will be no joint debate at that time.
 So far as the principals are concerned
 they say they know nothing about it. Both MT. Howell and MT. Smith state
 the matter has been left entirely in the hands of their friends in Rome and they have not been informed as to what has been done.
 It may be yet that the matter will be strengthened out, but at present advices
 the meeting looks dubius. It is stated
 that MT. Smith will speak in the open air at the time designated whether there
 is any joint discussion or not
 Prince Wants Auto Racing.
 Jack Prince, the racing promoter to- day made proposition to the park com l mittee of Atlanta looking to a five years | lease of the half-mile track at Piedmont park which he proposes to bank for au- | tomobile racing. If his proposition is ae-
 cepted he says he will bring here the
 very best auto racers in the country
 and he promises some excellent sport He
 says he can construct a track upon which
 u mile will be made in thirty seconds.
 Deal With Juvenile Offenders. i The Associated Charities of Atlanta has ] taken up the matter of a juvenile court to
 deal with juvenile offenders against the ] laws. both state and city. It is claimed
 that the time of the city recorder is too
 much taken up with the regular class of 1 criminals and that he does not have time t! to give proper attention to and to make full investigation of juvenile cases. The i trustees of the Associated Charities will
 take the matter up and outline a plan after which proper amendment to the city charter will be asked from the legls- lature with q view to carrying out the | plans proposed.
 Interesting Real Estate Deal An interesting deal in real estate took 1 place here today when Walter P. Andrews sold ninety acres on the Peachtree road | Ave miles from n of l,a ait itx, to 1 Frank C. Owens of Greenville. s. C., for s70,C0O. This property fronts 2100 feet on :, Peachtree road. A boulevard will be con-
 structed through 1t, and 1t will be cut up i into building lots.
 Call on State Banks.
 State Treasurer R. E. Park today issued a call on all of the state banks of Geor- gia 373 in number. for statement of their condition at the close of business on June 1 IS. This Is the same day upon which the call was made upon the national banks Of | this and other states by the comptroller l of the currency. A composite statement l will. therefore, show the condition of all 1 the banks in Georgia as a whole. Under l the law the statements called for by | Treasurer Park as bank examiner must
 be in his hands within ten days.
 National Guard Appointments. In pursuance of the plan of reorganiza- | tion of the Third infantry regiment, Na- | tional Guard of Georgia. the following ad- 1 ditional appointments were made today: | Captain J. A. Horne of Milledgeville. quar- i termaster. first lieutenant and battalion l adjutant. V. D. Barbot of Augusta, and first lieutenant and assistant surgeon. w. | D. Travis of Covington. These officers were all reappointed. having been desig- mated by Inspector General w. G. Obeer l fn u,b ha ,i1at nf ba rd | infantry has been entrusted.
 Want Marble Rates Reduced. The North Georgia marble dealers who 1 have applied to the railroad commission | for a reduction in the marble rates with l in the state, did not appear before the l commission today to present their side | of the case. President J. B. Roberts of | the Retail Marble Dealers association, l telegraphed the commission yesterday.
 asking for a postponement for thirty days l though the commission was under the | impression that the marble dealers want
 cd an immediate hearing. The commission replied that the request had come too | late to notify the other side, and there
 fore that the postponement could not 1 be granted.
 The commission notified President Rob- | erts, however. that It would hear from
 
 then take the matter up latter hearing
 the side of the marble people whenever
 they were ready to present it. There were
 here in behalf of the Louisville and Nash
 vile Railroad company in this case Su-
 perintendent C. w. Bradshaw. Assistant | Superintendent Bayless and General | Freight Agent c. D. Boyd
 This morning hearing was had in the
 matter of the application of the Atlanta freight bureau for a reduction in the rate | on fertilizer materials from Savannah to
 Atlanta. it being complained that the present rate of s2.57 per ton is unjust and | unreasonable. Secretary H. T. Moore of the freight bureau: W. l.. Peel and others appeared in behalf of the petition, while for the railroads contending in behalf of
 the justness of the present rate there | were w. F. Estes, general freight agent
 Central of Georgia; c. R. Browder. gen.
 eral freight agent Southern railway; A
 Pope. assistant general freight agent Sea
 board Air Line: J. M Cutler. general
 freight agent Georgia Southern and Flor.
 ida: James Menzies, general freight agent
 Atlantic Coast Line. and others. The com
 mission took the matter under advise l ,aNt