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awe$!Vi2i. j o,.- , x THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON,. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1908. EillG THE GEORGIA "A Trade Mark'' I Still S y (From L ;terary Digest.) If the newspapers of Georgia aie to bo taken as' a gage, that State has definitely mad ) up its mind to do nway with Its Lonvlct-lease system. A legislative committee has been ap pointed to mi ike a careful and ex haustive investigation, and, if half of the horro: s uncovered by their probing prov real, the State press .seem convinced that Georgia will "have abolished the lease sjstem be fore the close of the present session of the legislature. Convicts hi vo been hired or leased to contractor! In Georgia for almost Tialf a contuJy, the State thus treat ing its prisoners as an asset for prod ucing revenue. It has long been al leged by the Georgia press that the convicts hav s been treated In an in human manner, and that the leasing because ho was too weak to work. An old negro, sick and exhausted, was tortured to death in the fields be cause ho failed to perform his allott ed labor." Cases of this nature, of which doEens have been revealed, are not hard to find. The newspapers are full of horrifying details which have been brought out by the investigating committee. The Atlanta Constitu- liuu jiuuubuuu iuu lUBiiiuuuy in u iy- of prisoners has instigated a system of bribery which has slowly worked its way Intofthe oftlces of many State officials. "The revelations which have been b ought out by the search ing investlg ltlons are nothing short of unspeak ible," says the Atlanta Journal. " ndlsputablo facta sUfll- cient have jeon brought to light to make any pan who loves the State hang his hrad In shame and sorrow at the pity (of it," Indignantly asserts plcal case, to quote: "A large negro became unruly, backed up against the bank In a rail road camp, and defied the assistant warden to take him. One convict of fered to subdue the negro, and arm ed with a pick approached him, dodg ed a lick with a heavy pick and stuck his own pick up to the handle in the negro's face, the point reaching down to the negro's lungs. From this wound the negro died in a year or fifteen months with pneumonia or tuberculosis." A still more pitiable example of the atrocities committed i3 cited by the Atlanta Georgian thus: "A mother with her two-days-old babe sat on the ground leaning against a building in ono of the AT THE DALLES Eight Pay $05,000 For 1,000 Acres Near Tho Dnlles. THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 11. The Columbia Land & Produce Com pany has purchased 1000 acres of land eight miles west of the city from W. H. Wilson and Davis Bros., of this city, the consideration being 165,000. The Columbia Land & Produce Company Is composed of eight Japanese, who have secured large tracts of land in various parts of the Northwest for tho purpose of carrying on trusk gardening, fruit growing and stockralslng. GABLER. ESTABLISHED 1856 NEW YORK BULL GORES BOY. tho Atlanti Georgian; and, likewise, camps the birth took place there, v. aiI Pnnoiifiitinn itohii vlttin. A mmrd Hn.w hor nnd ordered iuu ixLiuuiH juij,Ai,iAi.jn wivi.o tav J "atrociousconditions" alf nothing haxUoi- arUarle brutality." The Atlanta Journal, in comment ing further upon the attitude of Georgia and the problems which must be met In the tremendous loss of revenue, which the abolition of the system will mean to the State Treas ury, says: "The people of Georgia are impa tient of delay in the extinction of the Infamous convict-lease system. It Is with difficulty that they restrain their Impatience oven to the extent of per mitting further contracts to be made from year to year during the three years which the system will be allow ed to continue under tho Holder bill. "Practical men realize that the expenses of tho State Government must be kept, that provision must be made for the support of the convicts when tho lease system is abolished, and, in short, that an institution which is the outgrowth of more than forty years can not be extirpated in a day. "Governor Hoke Smith expresses the opinion, however, that the school fund will not suffer even If the con vict Bystem is abolished at once. It Is pointed out that there Is more money to the credit of that fund than there has ever been before. If this fihould prove to be truo, then nothing Would stand in the way of the imme diate suppression of the system, as boot as existing leases expire on April 1 of next year, if indeed the flagrant violation of tho rules of the commission has not already worked a forfeiture which would automatically ' tterminato tho leases, and at the same iitimo bring twenty-five por cent of "the secur!ty bonds into tho State 'Treasury. loo. A guard saw her and ordered her to go to work. She couldn't and was shot with the little ono in her arms." The Washington Herald Is of the opinion that Georgia might easily solve tho problem confronting It If it' would make up its mind to forego any further revenue from Its convicts and agree that they shall become an Ashland Lad Impaled On Beast's Horns. ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. 11. Clar ence Corthell, aged 8 years, was at tacked by an angry bull at the Cor thell farm home, just south of Ash land, Tuesday evening at milking time, and impaled upon the horns of tho infuriated beast, which penetrat ed the abdomen of the little fellow and Inflicted injuries which are seri ous, if not fatal. Ho was brought to the hospital at Ashland for treatment. Representing Absolute Legitimacy . -MANY-ARE INJURED. initial expense rather than an come-producer. in- Twenty-Slx Hurt In Collision In Brootlyii. (By Associated tress.) NEW YORK, Sept. 12. George Koellner, a motorman, and about twenty-five passengers were more or less Injured in a rear-did collision between two elevated trains In Brooklyn yesterday. In Name In Value NOTED GRAIN MAN DEAD. In Chas. McDonald, Jr., Succumbs Baltimore. (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, Sept. 12. Chas Mc Donald, Jr., the chief grain Inspector of the Baltimore Chamber of Com merce, and probably the best known grain Inspector throughout the trade In this country, died yesterday. OF NOTICE. All persons indebted to the Blanco hotel, or Ferry & Flanagan, will please call and pay same or on before tho fiist of October. All accounts not paid by that time will be placed in tho hands of our collector. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION PARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing be tween Waldo L. Waley and Hugh C. Brown, both of Coos county, Oregon, has this day been dissolved by mu tual consent, and that the business conducted by said partnership under tho firm name and style of Coos Bay Bedding and Upholstering Company, will hereafter be carried on by said Hugh C. Brown, and that all bills, notes and accounts due said part nership are payable to said Hugh C. Brown, who is personally liable for and will pay all outstanding bills against said partnership. Dated at Marshfleld, Coos county, Oregon, this 25th day of July, 1908. WALDO L. WALEY, HUGH C. BROWN. In Quality ! In Price JAt Haines M m I ' ri rff'-peoplo of Atlanta . . . express the rBentiments which wo feel sure are lin their minds and hearts as a result of these disclosures, tho legislature k'Vwlll be spurred to the necessity of f finding tho monoy with which to meet tho expenses of tho State and thereby permitting tho absolute and Immediate overthrow of a system If which has brought shame and re Jw vproach upon tho great State of Geor gia gla. )r" "Indignation meetings aro being Uphold all over Georgia.... The ex posures which have followed fast tpon ono another during tho past few ays havo stirred our people to tho jighest pitch and they aro anxious or an opportunity to place them-' elves on record. "Let every citizen . . . start a 'vavo of enthusiastic protest which fvIll make any further trifling with i; tho question absolutely Impossible. 3Evory humane nnd Christian sentl- ? went demands It, and tho way seems " Alnnv. in Artnrnilnntn Mia tnnan nw nnd forever." Tho attitude of tho outside press on tho Georgia system has been ono of universal condemnation. "Slavery -in Its worst aspect was novor as cruol," says tho Philadelphia Press, pr nnd tho Dos Molnos Register and ? Loader bolloves that "Nero, in nis 3 nnlmlnnf ilniro M'nci Wrt nrillltv nf inoro hldoous ntrocltlos than thoso which havo beon committed In Geor gia," justifying its statomont thus: "Ono man was lashed by n whip ping boss until ho foil to tho ground, whero ho was loft to dlo from his in juries; and ho was eaten by dogs. A .boy of 16 years was boaton to death , Wlir WORRY about tho baking. Let us take all your troubles off your shoulders about spoiled bread or yeast that doesn't work. Dinmond D or nomemnde will solve the problem always fresh pure and good. Buy either and you can join the Don't Worry Club. COOS BAY BAKERY 'A' Street Opposito Flnnngan & Bennett Bank. 4VV4V4VVVV US1C 10. MARSHFIELD, OREGON Exclusive Representative Southwestern Oregon -"--fr- ----------------'----------- DIRECTORY Of Coos Bay Manufacturing and Wholesale Houses : : : Tho way to build a, city is to stand together. Coos Bay factories and Jobbing houses make and havo for sale many things that Coos County pooplo buy In Portland and San Francisco. Keep tho money at homo. It helps prosperity. Tho following is a list of reliable and up-td-date establishments tiiat aro worthy and deserve your patronage. ""patronize home industry t North Bend Iron Works Phone 321 NORTH BEND, Ore. ron and bronze oastings. All kinds of repair work and logging tools specialty. FOUNDERS nnd MACHINISTS. A V o rW n A mm wm v A K I M A I I m & i m m m M m m m mmm mm m--w - . , Tim rimni mtm o a dctd AfTrn HILL VUUVftm OElDMIH,l K,V, Phone 143 Henry Sengstacken, Mgr. j Leather Goods I " Eg Purses, bill books and money belts for gentlemen, and the latest 1 styles in purses and hand bags for ladies. I 1 In books of fiction, wo havo "The Lure of Mask," fresh from I , tho press. I NORTON & HANSEN I m - - nnnnaiTn nr.Awrn TrrvrriT. - & w T Nelson Iron Works, (inc.) Manufacturers of Machinery and Supplies for Mills, Mines, Railroads and Logging Companies. We are pioneors in the manufagturing and ropahing of Gns Engines. Don't forget our GaB Engine Supplies, i Marshfleld, Ore. ' Foundry and Machine Shop The Modern Company dVjk Wholesale WW CANDY, CRACKhRS Marshfield, Oregon CIGARS PIPES, ETC Pacific Tool Works fSassHsSSl Heavy Forging a Specialty. First Class Logging Tools Give Us a Call. W. Tharp, Prop. MAOT!iE0OT stcSon ------- -- --- ---- - SUNSET BAY STAGE Leaves North Bend stables Monday, Wed nesday and Fridays at 8 a. m. Returning at 4 p. m. Fare $1.50 round trip For Seats Apply NORTH BEND STABLES - Phone t1lj North Bend Manufacturing Co Manufacturer of SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS All kinds of Millwork, Special Furniture and Myrtle-Novelties J. L. KOONTZ :iTintmnc aim Kepair snops GENERAL MACHINIST Stam and Gas Engine Work irolird Boatiiou" Marshfleld, Ore Ilugs, Kobes, Hlk. Deer, licar and Cougar I'eltB Mounted J. E. GRAHAM Taxidermist Formerly with A. Helming & Co. (jau or write lor terms North Front Btrget Marshfleld, Ore, i If you are a Coos Bay Booster you must drink Coos Bay Beer Phone 1271 far a dezen NORTH DCND, ORE Coos Bay Monumental Works ". M. STEWAItT, Prop. Corner 3d nnd D' Sta. Marshfleld, Or., Phone Main 1731 Pettijohn, Nicols & Co. f North Bond- VVV GET IT TODAY. Every family should bo provided with a bottlo of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at this season of the year. Attacks of bowel complaint nearly always come on suddenly and when this remedy is not at hand tho sufferer must bear tho excruciating pains until it can be sent for, or a physician summoned at an expense of several dollars. You or later. Why not buy it now? It nre almost certain to .need it sooner .onlycQsts a,jiuartor. For ale by JOHNiPBBUBS... Oregon WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Cor. Droadwny and Queen Sta. Phono Private Ex 1021 ;- 8 . REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE 'O' Street, between Front nnd llrondway. Writes all kinds of Life Insurance, -8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-B Read the Times' Want Ada. TH0MAS0N & HANSON -DEALERS IN- 'Hay Grain and Feed Free Delivery Phono 1TB1 ', Garden City Tailoring Company Cleaning, dyeing and pressing ladles and gents fine clothes specialty. PHONE 014. , Over Club Cigar Store, Hff I I I .1 I 4 'I i m t I ftU H 'tWtoMMi I 1 B W 1 I' " il -J, m wn i rtfHini., miMuMy I ---fr .. itt .f . . A
