The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-02
CORPORATIONS IN
 HURRY ID REGISTER
Three Hundred Make Returns
 In One Day
NO EXTENSION OF THE TIME
President ArkWrisht of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Road Asks Further Time To
 File His Report.

Atlanta Ga, November 1.-(special)- Three hundred corporations from all parts of the state made their returns to Sec retary of State Phil Cook yesterday, the last day allowed under the law. for reg istration, and these were received by him in the first mail this morning. His pri- vate office today looked like a substation postoffice, for in every instance the fees of S1 for the first time and 90 cents for each subsequent registration fee was paid in stamps or in a money order. Stamps were piled high and all day was spent in opening letters and registering corpora tions
 After reading about the heavy penalty imposed corporations early in the day began to call up this office and ask if their registration had been received. During the morning there were 9 local and nine long distance calls received at this office. Even with this there are left over 300 corporations in Georgia against whom executions for $50 and costs, in addition to the registration fee, will be issued by the secretary of state this month.
 There will be no extension of time.
 Preston s. Arkwright, vice president of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, was an early caller at the office of the railroad commission this morn ing to secure an extention of time within which this road is to file the report called for by the commission in the circular sent out to the corporations Of the state on August 24 This extension was grant ed At the office of the commission MT Arkwright, who is the president of the ~ afaf,, g1ax was assured that the commission had neither considered nor discussed any proposition to issue an order compelling that company to issue six tickets for 25 cents, and that nothing would be done on this matter until after the hearing before the commission on this subject, on November 12.
 If it can be established by the fran chises granted this company that there IS a contract between the city and this cor poration to allow it to charge 20 and lo cents for certain hauls on one line and 10 and ) on another the commission can not interfere but if this is not fact it is reported that six and not eight tick cts for quarter will be ordered sold. United States Senator A. O. Bacon, re- gently returned from Europe, while in At lanta in attendance upon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce committee on the Atlantic canal,' to connect the At lantic ocean with the Mississippi river, stated that the national Congress would doubtless pass an anti-jug law at the coming session which would effectuaily prohibit the shipments of intoxicants from a wet into dry state
 At this meeting Senator Bacon stated that at the forthcoming session he would ln- troduce a bill in Congress call.g upon the President to order a survey Of the proposed canal and that he felt sure 1t would be passed.
 Continuing on the subject of the anti jug law, Senator Bacon stated that one of the most difficult barriers to be over come was that which claimed such a law would interfere with interstate commerce., but that it could be so worded as not to interfere with this constitutional right, but would give dry states control over in- toxicants after it passed within it's bor- ders. This will not absolutely prevent the shipment of intoxicants into dry states but will be a great thing towards breah- ing this evil up.