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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-16

Joined the Bill Posters association to
get protection. Mr.. Crawford says he
did not discharge us for attempting to
form a union, but because we were not
doing our work. AS to this want to
say that saw Mr.. Crawford about this
matter and he told me in presence of
that we were fired for attempting to
organize.
THE union does not ask for an in
crease in pay, despite the fact that
stage hands are paid but 80 cents a
show or 81 per week. What we want
is simply a square deal We only ask
that our union be recognized. Under
the bylaws of our international it is
impossible for us to ask for raise in
pay for one year. The laboring people
support both the Majestic and Novelty
theaters. Mr.. Crawford gets lots OF
money from the laboring people of To-
peka and he should be willing to stand
by those who help his business. We
are asking nothing unreasonable-oply
that he reinstate US and recognize our
union.
LAS far as not doing our work is con-
cerned, 1 want to say that the records
will show that scenes have been set
at the Grand from five to seven min
utes ahead of what they have been at
the Willis Wood and other Kansas City
theaters. We have started no disorder
of any kind around any of the Craw-
ford houses, nor will we. 1t is the in
tention of our international to take i'm
mediate action in this cause. ALI of
the big shows coming to Topeka are
worked by union labor. These men will
be called out if the Crawford interests
do not act pretty soon. The calling out
of the union men with the shows will
of course prevent them from playing
in this city.
"Mr. Crawford says we have no I'M
ion. Well we have. We have a char
ter from our international and have
been recognized by the local union
bodies as well as by the Industrial
cOuncil"
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UNITED
DOCTORS
Office at 61O Kan. Ave, Topeka, Kan.
TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD.
Cheerful Reports From All Sides Come
to Bradstreet.

New York, April 16.-Bradstreets says:
Crop, trade and Industrial reports are
rather more cheerful this week. This
date conditions as it does to great
basic factors likely to be effective in
the future and as yet it may be said
that the improvement is one of tone or
sentiment rather than of actual eX-
pansion in demand or distribution. In
deed except at a few markets there is
little apparent expansion to be chroni-
cled, and on a basis of business done
the turnover is probably little different
from a. week ago.. with repression or
even disappointment visible in a num-
her of lines.
On the side of favorable happenings
may be placed the undiIestionaGle tenor
of reports received from the farming
districts except from q few states where
winter wheat damage has been consid-
cradle. There Is also less evidence OF
strain in the labor situation, and last
but certainly least, the sagging of
prices of a number of agricultural prod
Ucts from the high levels of few
months age is regarded as amel<orat1ng
he position of business generally and
likely in time to benefit our unques-
tionably poor export trade.
Fall buying seems to await clearer
views of crop and price tendencies. The
weather favors outdoor activities in
high degree and hardware implements,
Sc eds, fertilizers and building material
are active. There is a distinctly better
tone to lumber.
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ON SUNDAY QUESTION.
r. e. KatterreId Makes an Appeal on
Behalf on Labor.

To those who are signing the petitions
for Sunday opening of theaters:
Are YOU in favor of working seven
days a week? Do you believe it right
to force others to work seven days a
week merely for a living? Do you not
know that the present Sunday laws are
not so much blue book laws as labor
laws? That their purpose is not so
much to force religion on to men as it
is to protect workingmen in their one
DAVIS rest? DO you not realize that an
s'open Sunday under the present IN
dustria1 system means that hundreds
and thousands of men will have to Ia
Dor Just that much more each week?
And you, Messrs. Billiard, Miller &
Co, who are so very liberal, DO you
mean to deny the stage hands and
Dlayers a day of rest? You claim to
he working in the interests of the toll
ers. YOU pirate about their rights" to
have the SANE pleasures that the rlch
man has but in reality you are work
ing only in the interest of those -ex-
p1oiters of labor who happen to be
running theaters. Mr.. Miller, you VINO
FUSED to be- a union barber, dare you
be consistent in your present attitude
and propose the Sunday opening OF
barber shops
No. the wav to ease the lot of work
ing men. the way to stand up for the
rights of the working class, is not to
work. for open Sunday'-that would
merely force some to work longer
hours for their living-but to work for
shorter working days and half holt
day on Saturdays. That would enable
the workers to get their recreation and
amusement during the week. the same
as the shirkers are getting theirs now.
To that end all the working men. in
Topeka should unite. The unions
especially should take the matter up
and push it. Defeat the present at
tempt to re-establish the old conditions
of seven day-a-week labor. Get to-
gether in a positive movement for more
leisure time.
l.. r. KATTERFE1.D
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Topeka Hide Market.
Quotations furnished by James c. Smith
Hide Co.. los East Third ST.

Topeka, Kan, April 16.
No I01kc, No. 91zci green salt cured, side
brands, 40 lbs, up, No. S1zc; green salt
cured side brands 40 lbs, down 71zc;
green salt cured, bulls and stays. No.
/ &c, No. 2 s c.; tallow, NO: &c. No. 2 sc:
bees wax, No. Csc. No. 2 15c; horse hides,
No. / s25Oq3.25, No. 2. $1.5O92.25; ponies
and No. 8, 15cQ$15o.
DRY HIDES-Dry flint, butchers
heavy, 1Sc; dry flint culls lie; dry salt
heavy. as lbs. and up). 15c; dry salt, light
(under Is lbs), 12ci dry sheep pelts, lOq13c.
choice medium combing. 25Q27c; medium
clothing. 24426c; low and braid, 20G22c:
fine, 1SQl20c; Kansas, Nebraska and Okla
homa: bright medium, 20Q22c; dark
fine, 12d15c; Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
and Texas: light medium, 1S020c; light
on bury wool from Base per pound.
Short earthly or defective stock proper
tionately lower.
? Angora mohair. II months. 22924c; COM
mon. bury and defective. half price.
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New York stool Market.

Wall ST., New York, April 16.-STOCKS
Opening prices of stocks today showed
mixed changes and the trading was quite
brisk. The low range of quotations in
London pulled down some of the interna-
tional stocks a fraction. International
Paper preferred declined 1. Federal Min
ing preferred rose 1; American Steel
Foundries p.
Dealings livened for while an active
buying of the Copper stocks, but when
that demand was satisfied trading again
became 1ifeless. Amalgamated Copper adj
vanced 1ss and American Smelling, Ana
conda, Erie and the first preferred l: Kan
awha and Michigan certificates 511
The market closed irregular. The ag-
gressive advance in the Copper stocks
was of slight effect the general list.
Rumors were current of heavy sales of
copper metal as a result of the weeks cut
in prices. Speculation in general was in
clined to await next weeks showing of the
extent to which public interest in stocks
has been aroused by this weeks rise.
Federal Mining preferred sold at an ad-
vance of ga, Amalgamated 2ss. American
Smelling 2 Anaconda IL, UtUah Copper
IL and Great Northern Ore certificates,
Southern Railway preferred, Minneapolis
and St. Louis. Interborough Metropolitan
preferred, American Tobacco preferred and
American Linseed l. Profit taking sales
caused recessions in the late dealings.
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EXPLAINS THEIR STAND.
President Stage Workers Union Denies
Statements of Crawford.

81 want the people to know the truth
about the organization of the stage
employees of this city, declared Ed
Neff, president of the new Stage Hands
union, this morning. ''Mr. Crawford
grossly misrepresented the facts in the
case in his interview Thursday. 1 wish
to correct the matter in the mind of the
public
1.-THE members of the union are not
boys as Mr.. Crawford represents, but
men. All but three members are mar
ried. All are working men who have
to make a living and who are organic
ing for the same purpose MIR. Crawford
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increase.
REFUSE Them GOODS.
Small Harness Shops in Trouble With
Large Atchison Dealers.

Atchison, Kan, April 16.-The union
men of Atchison insist that the local
saddleries have threatened to refuse to
sell goods to the small harness shops
here if the small shops continue to en-
ploy leather makers who walked out
Of the saddleries. They claim that j.
F. Fletcher was compelled TO dlScharge
Two of his leather makers on this &C
count
At a meeting held the leaders of the
trades council decided to take the sit
nation to the state society of labor
and industry on the ground that the
saddleries are carrying on boycott.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. April 16-wHEAT-Wheat
p SitSis, IN IN the early trading today kept
orally steady with indications of strong
bearish sentiment; Commission houses
with September the favorite investment
In the first hour the distant option gath
low point fonc and re from ats
sold at s1 6ssA sagging Slightly little
were less general although danger to the
growing crop from cold, which is general
many traders concern July opened IN
changed to nc higher at $1.03 to $10314,
%as s Se5s s started s. ns - 4; lower
Abundant offerings flooded the pit in
the final half hour of the session. July
top. The close was weak all around at
nearly the bottom with July 1@11sc off at
$lO17sQ1.o2 and September &c off at $1,000
CoRN-In the corn pit prices started
by goed de e1 ne a frn n fS
A@%c and resting with the other futures
May delivery O We're 5sssc to c soeS i0' 'ne
The slump in wheat extended to the
dragged all around. May declined from
5ss4 q5Szsc to 5724c. The close was weak
With 6hT Nay zse off at CATS 5G was without fea
ture, the market following the course of
f corn and t keeping 'nag within narrow bounds
tween. 423sc and 4Sc, its opening figures.
and the other months showed slightly
greater firmness. At the outset May was
a shade lower to a shade higher
PROVISIONS-Libera offerings of all
classes of products sent provisions prices
down at the start and the demand was
Inadequate to counterfeit the pressure.
Pork fell off from zoe to 55c, lard from
TIC to 25c and ribs from 1215c to 40c at
the start and in the first hour Rugged
the bottom. Opening prices for the May
products were: Pork, no; lard, $12521z
to $12.4711, and ribs, $3.50.
The decline continued through the day
and all products fell off, May pork clos
ing 921zc down at S21.O5.
RYE-Cash: 7S679c; May, 79c.
BARLEY-CaSh: 46663c.
TIMOTHY-Cash: $3.50; October, $500.
IOXER-Nothing doing
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New york Produce Market.

New York, April observation-disclosures
weak. Creamery specials, $50; extras. 32c;
third to first, 26@31c; held, second to spec
ials, 25G31c.
CHEESE-Market steady and I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market steady. Western storage
selections, 22sz@23Ac; ditto, regular pack
ed, extra first, 22A@23c; ditto, first 221z@
221zc.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; fowls, 2O1kc:
turkeys, 14@20c. Dressed, firm; fowls. 15Q
19c; turkeys, 17q2Sc.
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kansas -ay Produce Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 16.-WHEAT-
$1:o3Q1.O 90; No. g., $1.O1@1.O7; No. 2 red $1.0i
GLIB; No. 3, 81. O6@I1 II.
CORN-Market unchanged to nc lower
No. mixed, 571k@5Sc; No. 3, 55a67c; No
2 white, 60q601zc; No. 3, 59G591kc.
OATS-Market unchanged and nominal
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy, $500; choice prairie, $10.75G11.00
BUTTER-Market unchanged. Cream
cry extras, 30c; firsts, 2Sc; seconds, &c;
packing stock zoe.
ceipts new cases, 1918; miscellaneous
cases. $50; southerns, g. 45; storage pack
ed, 1913.
WHEAT-Receipts. 81 cars
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, 81 .021z; July
972 Q977kc; September, $685. 961zc
CORN-May. 573zc; July 59asq5911c; Sep
TENDER, 5S1k45S5sc.
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- YORK Money Market.

New York, April 16.--MONEY-Money on
dull: 60 days, 3azd4 per cent; 80 days, 4d414
per cent; six months, AZ per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper Az to
5 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S4.30@4 "a. 40
for so day bills and at $4.S7.S0 for demand;
commercial bills, 81. S3sz "a. S414.
SILVER-Bar silver, 5S19c; Mexican dol
lars, 44c.
SteadV
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Liverpool cables: Wheat A@5sd lower;
corn unchanged.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat &C. corn
236 oats 11S
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 40,
corn A. oats 10.
Northwest car lots today 217, last year
Chicago Downs and Ups-Good for next
week:
May Wheat-Downs, $1.031z Ups. $1.1S1k.
May Corn-Downs, 561zc; Ups 6O3zc.
July Wheat-Downs, $LO0; Ups, $1O51z
July Corn-DOwns, 6Oc; Ups, 63Ac.
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Robbers Drop $3.50.

Haskell, Okla, April 16.-The First
State bank of Haskell has been rob-
bed of $500 early today. In leaving
the bank, after having blown the safe
the robbers dropped a sack of silver
containing $3.50. The robbers failed
to find $4,000 in currency in another
compartment of the safe. They es-
capped after a posse had pursued them
for six miles.
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York Sugar and Coffee.

New York, April 16-SUGAR-Raw,
quiet; Muscovado, 50 test, $3.74; centrifu-
gal, s6 test, 81 "a; molasses sugar, 50 test
lated $515; powdered, IS. %.
COFFEE Spot, quiet; No. Rio, SIC;
No. 4 Santos, 9Ac.
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1870; Twins. 1s91s1zc; Young Americas
14014Ac; Long Horns, 1S1AQ133zc.
POTATOESIMarket steady. Choice to
fancy, 26@27c; fair to good. 22Q25c
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
161kc; chickens, 1Sc; springs, 1Sc:
VEAL-Market steady. 80 to SO Id: WITS
76Sc; 60 to So ID. WITS, $3.50; IS to no ID.
WITS, 9d10c.
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Cotton Market

New York, April 16.-COTTON-Spot
closed quiet; middling. uplands, $15.25; mid
ding gulf $3.50. Sales, 200 bales.
Galveston, Tex, April 16.-COTTON-
Market lower. Ia 7-16c.
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Five Dollars Worth of Treatment Free

to
tomake liberal NO CHARGE FOR OUR SER
TOWARD
THE MEDICINES
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Mrs. Julia A. Wiley will serve hot
biscuits made from Forest King flour
at Cope's Big City Market tonight.
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DR.. Senor's lecture at Lincoln Post
hall tomorrow at D. m.
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TnneI1a Market

stuff
Market BEiTsTT PRid A nj d EGGS Is cattle
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
CHICAGO EGGg2oe, NALL
y. Y, EGGs--2214g 221zc;
fWhoiesaie prices furnished by Cope &
EGGs-FF res 20 country nfEaS e ea1dIed. firm,
POULTRY-Hens. heavy 14c; broilers.
TURKEY s-Hens. zoe: Young Toms. 1sc:
GEEsEEuil feathered. Sc
DUCKS-Full feathered. 1Oc.
PIGEONS-Old, per doz.. 75c.
Dairy buffers in Jars and pound prints.
WfHI90SLi WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
Furnished by Sam,l z. Lux, Wholesale
FANCY COLO. BOX APPLES-York
Pippins, per box, $500; Winesaps, per box,
ESQ; Mammoth Black Twings. per box.
WASH. FANCY ORANGES .sO9s5O
BANAN AS-Medium sized punches. per
bunch, s2,75GS0O; per Tb:, &c. -
CALIFORNIA LEMoNs-Per box. $3.50
$500.
FLoRiDA GRAPE FRUTT1Fer box
7f FToRfDA ToMAToEs-Per six baske,
crate, $50; half crate $1.5o; choice, per
PIANTS-cABBAGE - Early Jersey
Wakefield, per 1000 $3.50. per 100 35c; Early
Winningstedt, per 1000 $3.50, per 100 s5c;
100 35c: Early Summer. per 1000 $3.50. per
100 35c; Succession, per LOCO $3.50. per 100
TOMATo-Early Tree. per 1000 $3.50. per
100 35c; Early Dwarf Standard. per LOCO
g. s 1 per o ay pwa sfGP cha%
pfon. per Loo $3.50. per 100 35c. Orders less
Than 500 plants, sc per 100 additional
Qate tomato and sweet potato plants
ready April 20
SOUTHERN SPINACH-Per oushel.
ONIONS & RADIsHEs-Ra per
doz. PUNCHES, Csc; onions per dos.
CRYSTAL WAX oNIoNs-Per GUNNER
Texas BERMUDA oNIoNs-Per cum
LETTUCE-Per' basket of about lbs.
FIELD IETTUCE-Per crate. roc.
ASPARAGUS-Per doz. punches, 6oc.
RHUBARB-Per lb.. &c.
NEW PEAS-Per diamond basket, Sc
GREEN BEANS-Per "a blu. box, 800;
wax Beans beans oIP2 per 15S b. bS box SIS
NEW POTATOES-Florida, per box.
RE RED RIVER EARLY RosE+Per bu..
RED RIVER f. o. sEED-Per bu.. SOC.
KAw VALLEY SEED POTATOES
FABLE SWEET PoTAToEs-Per bu.
SEED SWEET POTATOES yellow
Jerseys, per bu., 75c; fellow Nansemonds.
per bu.. 75c: Southern Queens. per bu.
FI.OfeSDA CELERY-Blue Ribbon. PET
BUNCH. SOC; Jumbo; per bunch. Toe; Nam
CHEESE-L. n. cheese. per bu., TIC;
L4imburger; per h., l71hc; WISCONSIN yell
Icy per III WI, i7fs o Wis Ser White X 1 per ls
low Daisy. go lbs),. per ID, 171sc: White
Daisy go lbs.) per h.. 171sc.
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WeekIy Bank Statement.

of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $10,9SO,OOO
more than the requirements of the 20
per cent reserve rule. This is an in
crease of $4,449, $50 in the proport1onate
cash reserve as compared with last
week. The statement follows:
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Chicago Produce Marker.

Chicago, April 16-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creameries, 26GS2c; diaries, 22@
28c.
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts, "a. 400
cases at mark, cases included, 171k0191zc !;
firsts, 1910; prime firsts, 201zc-
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, lao
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~-,.oaro live Stock Market.

Chicago, April 16-CATTLE-Receip
estimated at 200. Market steady. Beeves,
e. SoS0S IeSas steers s4SO ana western
So. 5G6.6O; cows and heifers, $2.75G7. 25;
calves, $7O098.50
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 10000
Market 1Oc lower. Light, SO. 60G10.00; mix
ed, $9.60Q9.05; heavy, s9.60Q9.95; rough,
$9.6OG9.70; good to choice heavy, $9.70Q9 50
pigs, SO. $4,000; bulk of sales $9.S0Q9. 95.
SHEEP1Receipts estimated at 1900.
Market weak Native. s45OdS.35; western,
s.. Oo61S. 40; yearlings. $7.256S.S0; lambs, ma
tive, 81. 75G9.7e; western, $SO0Q1O.O0.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, 1900 bushels; ship
ments, $50 400 bushels.
CORN-Receipts 161, 600 bushels; ship
ments, pa, 100 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat &c cars, with 4
of contract grade; corn 126 cars, with of
contract grade; oats 11S cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapoIis and Duluth today were 243 cars,
compared with 303 cars last week and 173
cars the corresponding day year ago.
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Bank C1earings.

Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
the week ending April IA shows an aggre-
gate of So, $50 $50, 900 against 1856, 512 600
last week and 81, S37, III. coo in the CORE
spending week last year. The following is
a list of the cities: Pet. Pet.
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Market Goss.u.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
OFFICE liz East Fifth ST. Phons4S6
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Range II Prices on Stocks.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Furnished by j. E. Gall, Commissions,
Orfice liz East Fifth ~. Phone ASH
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Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ]. E. GALL Commissions
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
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The percentage of actual reserve of
the clearing house banks today was
1928.
The statement of banks and trust
companies of Greater New YORK, not
1erartirer TO the clearing house shows:
80 - INecreaS
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----eas city 1--we Stock Market.

kansas City, Mo-, April 16.-CATTLE-
Receipts 1000 No southerns- Market
steers, S. 2598. 90; southern cows, $35005 70
native cows and heifers. $4O0a7-50; stock
ers and feeders. 81 50q6.S0 bulls. $400Q6 90;
calves So 756S. 90: western steers, $.7506.00
western cows, $400d6.25.
Receipts 1900. Market SC to 10c
lower Bulk of sales, $95049.75; heavy.
So zoos IS; packers and butchers, 5000
$50: light. $s.s0a9.7O; pigs, sS.5O9900.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Muttons S. 5OGS.50; lambs. IS. 2569.7 fed
western wethers and yearlings, $0069. 10;
fed western ewes, $6>50dS.25.
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Chicago Grain Market.


FURNISHED by J. e. Gall. Commissions
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and stocks
Office 112 East Fifth St Phone 4S6.1
Open High Low Close Yes.
Chicago AOriI 16
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Oper High Low Close Yes.
Kansas City. April is.
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Grnin Market

FURNISHED by j. B. Billiard, corner Kan
sas ave. and Curtis St.1
Topeka, Kan. April 1s.
WHEAT-No. = S1.VU.
CORN-5sc.
OATS2S340os
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-08
TURNED DOWN GRAND JURY
Sumter County Officers Would Not
Let That Body Take Peep at
Their Income Accounts,

AMERICUS, Ga.-A little differ
ence of opinion is said to have arisen
this week between some members of
the grand jury and the county Off
Gals, difference not at all serious
and yet said to have been quite
marked
1t appears that some of the grand
jury, according to the reports, were
DESTROYS of ascertaining how much
money the various officials working
under the state fee system made.
The purpose, it is said, was to make
"a public statement of the income
from the various offices.
The law fixes all the fees that are
collectable in any office, and lays
down very rigid rules governing the
business of the officials. Heretofore
the grand jury members have con-
tented themselves with seeing that
the fee schedule was not violated;
that the books were kept properly,
and that otherwise the business of
the several Offices was conducted as
it should be.
Naturally, there was some irrita-
eAOAA "h0h sumo VI IHS SIduu jurors
began to make direct inquiry as to
how much money each official of the
county made. The officials, so it is
said, could not see that this was part
of the official duty of the grand ju-
rors, but regarded it as beyond their
power. AS result, it is understood,
there was declination to get up in
formation along these lines.
There is no power vested in the
grand jurors, it is stated, to require
otflcials to make up statements show
ing how much income they derive
from their Offices.