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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 22,1907.
PRICE:
Milk Dealers Will
Crowd Out Middle-
DECLARES JURY
FREEOM JAIL
Mrs. Holder and Her Father
Released From
Tower.
GENERAL’S DAUGHTER
SHARES HIS HONORS
men.
OLD MILK DEPOTS
WON’T PAY PRICE
But No Relief for Consumer
Is Yet In
Sight.
Now that the dairymen have organ
lreil Into a union, they propone to un
Ionize the whole milk bua|neaa.
At the meeting of the union Saturday
night It nan decided to open up union
depots for the aale of milk, and mem
hers of the union will not be allowed
to sell milk to any but theae.
This action wa* precipitated "by the
refusal of tha, proprletora of many of
the milk depots in Atlanta to pay the
increased wholesale price of the dairy
men. It I" also stated that several of
those who have refused to pay the In
creased price to the producers have
nevertheless rajsed their prices to con
sumers.
There are only a few who are now
charging the same retail price as be
fore the pure milk ordinance went into
effect. The union now comprises about
three-fifths df the dairymen of Fulton
county, and If they agree not to furnish
any milk to the depots who will not pay
the Increased price. It Is more than
likely they will win their point.
Thousands Subscribed.
Several thousand dollars were volun
tarily subscribed Saturday night for
the establishment of the first union
milk depot In Atlanta, and others will
be established, It is stated, as the ne
cessity arises. These depots will be
operated by the union.
"The union has progressed nicely so
far." stated President Kcl L. Wight
•Monday morning, "and this attitude of
some of the milk depot men Is the only
obstacle that has come in our path.
MaNWrimNtsico of production luur been
great!/ Increased by the many pro-
—visions, restrictions and regulations re.
-lulrod by the new pure milk law. Wo
had to make a smalt raise to overcome
this, and as far os I know, the people
understood tbs situation and raised no
objection.
"Hut If the milk depot men refuse
to pay us an Increased price and yet
charge more to consumers, the public
loses and the dairymen lose also. It
Is manifestly unfair, and the union has
no way to combat with the situation
but to establish her own milk depots
and refuae to sell to the others.
"We will have depots In all sections
of the city and we will keep them go
ing nfter their establishment.”
Fifteen members were elected to the
union Saturday night, one man coming
all the way from Duluth to Join.
INDICTED OFFICIALS
W ANT JURY MINUTES
New York, April 22.—The morning
session In the court of general seaslona
was occupied with lengthy arguments
by attorneys representing the Indicted
officials of the New York Central on an
application for an Inspection of the
minutes of tho grand Jury which In
dicted ttie officials for manslaughter !n
connection with a recent wreck In
.which twenty-four persons were killed.
The court reserved its decision.
No Game Today;
Raining at Park
•Montgomery, Ala., April 22.—There
will be no game at Montgomery today,
h is raining hard and the grounds are
<l«l> In mud.
RACE RESULTS.
AQUEDUCT.
' F -rat Race—Kerry, 13 to 5, won;
thuniberless, 6 to 1, second; Alla, 8 to
>■ 'bird. Time, : 56 2-5.
Second Race—Dulclan, 4 do 5, won;
"on, Cogan, 3 to 6, second; Dick Shaw,
» 5, third. Time, 4:24.
PIMLICO.
, First Race—Etta Louise, 6 to 1. won;
•lawless, even, second; William M. Ly
ons, ..ut, third. Time, :491-2.
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After deliberating about five minutes,
a Jury In Ordinary Wilkinson’s court
Monday morning declared that David
Milne, a Scotchman, 80 years of age,
and his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Holder.
45 years of age, wife of Samuel Holder,
a messenger In the employ of the de
partment of {he gulf, are of sound mind
and not fit subjects for the Insane
asylum.
The writ of lunacy for Mrs. Holder
and her father were taken ot(t by Sam
uel Holder on Friday, April 12. Since
that time the aged Scot and his daugh
ter have been Incarcerated In the coun
ty Jail.
The trial Monday consumed the en
tire morning. Mr. Holder employed At.
torney H. W. Jones to<conduct the In'
vestlgatlon Into the sanity or Insanity
of the couple, while Dr. Carnes, repre
senting the Humane Society, secured
the services of Attorney Linton Hop
kins In proving .the sanity of the de
fendants.
The Humane Society became Inter
ested In the afTalr at the solicitation ».
neighbors of the Holder family, who
stated that the family relations of Mr.
and Mrs. Holder had been anything but
pleasant, and further expressed the be
lief that neither Mrs. Holder nor her
father are Insane. A number of wit'
nesses were Introduced by each side.
Husband’s Testimony.
In Ills statement to the Jury Samuel
Holder said that his wife Is of unsound
mind, resulting from protracted Illness.
He testified that In the early part <
April she went to the department of the
gulf, where he Is employed and de
nounced him to Colonel Pope and
others, charging that he had mistreat
ed her and that he had failed to give
her money. Holder further stated that
his wife made an attack upon him
shortly afterward, and that her father
threw a bowl at him while he was
trying to defend himself.
Dr. C. F. Benson stated that he had
treated Mrs. Holder for epilepsy and
believed that she Is of unsound mind, at
times.
Drs. Robinson and W. T. Asher, In
troduced by the defense, stated that
they hod visited Mrs: Holder and Sir.
.Milne In the county Jail and expressed
the opinion that they are both sane.
Other witnesses Introduced by the de
fense to testify to the sanity bf the
couple were Mrs. SI. B. Shannon, John
’ Shannon, Charles Deckner, C. W. Lyle
and Sirs., Lyle.
Both Sirs. Holder and Sir. Slllno woro
examined by Dr.- J. B. Roberts, fore-'
man of the Jury, and both gave very
lucid accounts of events In their life
and answered all questions Intelligently
and without hesitation.
E. F. Holloway, day Jailer at the
county Jail, testified that Sirs. Holder
had an epileptic fit while she was In
the Jail, but with that exception seemed
perfectly rational.
When the verdict of the Jury was
announced Sirs. Holder and her father
thanked the JurorsMnd shook hands
with each. ■“
A warrant charging him with assault
and battery and \v|fe-beatlng was
sworn out against Samuel Holder Fri
day afternoon by Dr. Carnes and Is now
pending against him in the city court.
Mrs. Holder stated that her husband
has always.been kind to her, except
upon one occasion, on April 6. when he
choked and beat her and treated her
very roughly. She stated further that
she did not want him punished, but
added that she intended to get a di
vorce, after which she snd her father
would retutn to their old home,
Scotland. .
NEGRO NURSES
ARE NOT NEEDED
It Is probable the board of trustees
of the Orady Hospital will Tuesday
afternoon consider the proposition of
placing negro nurses In the negro
wards of the hospital.
This question has been agitated for
a number of years, and at one time,
about ten years ago, negro nurses were
given a trial. Dr. Brewster, the su
perintendent, says these nurses were
Incompetent, could not be depended on
and had to be dispensed with.
Both Dr. Brewster and Mrs. W ardell,
superintendent of nurses consider the
plan Impracticable. Mrs. Wardsll states
there has been no complaint from the
nurses at having to do duty In the
negro wards, and says the work there
Is really easier than In the white wards.
Negro orderlies, she says, do the rough
work.
GEORGIA PARTY
GOES TO VIENNA
Berlin, April 22.—Hoke Smith, gov
emor-elect of Georgia; William W.
Williamson and G. Qunby Jordan have
arrived here.
Mr. Smith and his associates will go
to Vienna from here. They believe that
the outlook for Increasing the Immi
gration of some of the Auetrla-IIun-
garlan race to the South Atlantic states
s better than the prospects of indue-
Ing Germans to go there Just now.
DR. MARVIN’S BOY
NOT YET FOUND
Olovervllle, N. Y., April 22.—"The
child held Is not Horace. Suspicious
circumstances surrounding his Identity
convince me these are the parties Mur
phy trailed. Murphy should be sent
here to watch them closely. They
know much more than has been dis
closed and are evidently members of an
organised band. Wire me here your
conclusions." This was the message
sent to Dr! Horace Marvin by Miles
Blandish, who was sent here to Identify
TO BE SPENT
WIFE WANTED HER BLOOD
PUT INTO GIMBEUS VEINS
New York, April 22.—Mr*. Charles Glmbel, of Philadelphia, who
watched at the bedside of her husband who had opened his veins with a
piece of glass In an attempt to suicide, begged the surgeons at St.
Marys Hospital, Hoboken, to'open a vein In her arm and transfuse her
own life blood Into the veins of her husband.
Climbers three brothers, Charles, Ellis and Isaac, also begged to be
allotted to sacrifice their own blood to save him. After a consultation.
It was decided that such an operation would be useless.
Convention Here Wil
Mean Paying Out
of $175,000.
MISS BOTHA.
This picture shows Miss Botha,
the pretty daughter of the Boer
general, now premier of the Trans
vaal, whcf> shares In the honors
awarded her father by England.
REV.J.R.STRATON.
FORMER ATLANTAI
GOES TO MORE
Declines to Accept''Uall of
, United Church, in
Chicago,
Chicago. April 22.—The Rev. John
Roach Straton, pastor the Second
Baptist church, has accepted a call to
the Seventh Baptist church of Balti
more, Md„ of which he will assume
charge on September 1.
The Second church of this city, of
which Dr. Straton has been pastor
sines 1894, united with the Centennial
Baptist church last December.
The united congregation, which re
tains the name of "Second Church,"
desired to retain Dr. Straton as pss-
tor, offering him a large salary, but he
declined to accept.
Rev. J. R. Straton was well-known In
Atlanta several years ago. He made a
number of visits to this city and was
married here to Miss Georgia Hillyer,
one of Atlanta's moat charming young
women.
KILLED jUANDITS
Monastery Is Sacked and
the Abbot Slain bv
Bulgarians.
Vienna, April 22.—Bulgarian bandits
sacked the monastery In Macedonia,
after killing the abbot and thirty Greek
monks. Few details are known hero.
The bandits, according to reports, re
sorted to barbarous cruelties on the
monks opposing them.
CLERKS FROM DIXIE
DON'T JUKE TYLER
New Negro Navy Auditor
May Cause Many Res
ignations.
The first Installment of a vast
amount of work that must be done bo
fore the convention of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen opens on Tues
day. May 7, was undertaken Monday
morning by the claims committee o'f
that organization In the Kimball House.
The committee, composed of William
Dougherty, chairman, of Colllnwood,
Ohio; J. H. Wesley, of Easton, Pa.
J. P. Ogden, of Troy. N. Y.: K.. R.
Vought, of Renova, Pa., and P. Steele,
of Toronto, Canada, will be In session
dally until the convention opens and In
that time the committee will pass
upon some 235 claims.
These claims are from members of
the organization for benefits and they
Involve a sum amounting to (250,000.
The committee acts somewhat In the
nature of a court of review and passes
upon the validity of the claims made
against the organization.
The opening of the convention, which
Is held every two years, will mean the
expenditure of a large amount of money
In Atlanta. There will be about 800
delegates present and many of these
delegates bring their families. In ad
dltlon to the money they spend for their
expenses jnrhlle here, It was pointed out
by one member of the claims committee
Monday that nearly all come with well
tilled purses, and he estimates that
during the eleven days In which the
convention will be In session 8175,000
will be spent here.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men Is one of the strongest labor or
ganlzattons In the world. It has about
.90,000 members, with something like a
million and a half dollars In the treas.
ury. As an Illustration of the amount
of tnoney to be paid out In the expenses
of delegates hnd In the payment of
claims. It Jh pointed out that Secretary
and 'JNDStVT A.'I” TCIng came pre
pared wo expend about 1500,000.
Tho following are the offlccra of the
organization: P. H. Morrissey, grand
master; W. G. Lee, assistant grand
master; T. R. Dodge, first vice grand
master; Val Fltxpatrlck, second vice
grand master; W. T. Newman, third
vice grand master; James Murdock,
fourth vice grand master, and A. E.
King, secretary and treasurer. The
headquarters of the national organlxa'
tlon are In Cleveland, Ohio.
Real Estate Has Activity
Such As Never Known
Before.
Washington, April 22,—Clerks who
are showing uneasiness at the pros
pects of having a negro official over
them are asking for transfers from ths
department over which he Is to pre
side. These transfer* of dissatisfied
clerks will not be made.
Colonel Brown, now at the heed of
the department, stated that of the
clerk* In his "department about one-
rhe"boy" hrid on "suspicion of being fourth of them are from the South, and
M„rvm Jr. . most of them arc women.
Atlanta Is on a building boom.
The proof of It lies In the unprece
dented activity In real estate circles
during the past few months. Never In
the history of Atlanta's marvelously
rapid growth have more lots been
bought and sold and more building of
homes witnessed than has been the case
during the past few weeks. Tho real
estate offices are working overtime to
supply the demand, and It appears that
the notion of buying a home has struck
every citizen of Atlanta who Is with
out one In the same way and at the
same time.
The greater part of the Improvement
Is being made In the suburbs. Lots are
being bought and Improved and hand
some and 'comfortable residences are
being erected In almost every uvailnble
section of the city's suburbs. Wood
lands and vacant Helds are being trans
formed Into desirable resident sections
and tumble-down and unsightly shacks
are being replaced by cottages and
more pretentious dwellings.
The phenonienal growth is not con
fined to ivhat are, at present, known as
the suburbs of the city, but new fields
are being explored and the sound of the
hammer and saw Is being heard In sec
tions outside of the city, where the lone
call of the whip-poor-will and the oc
casional whirr of a partridge wing
alone disturbed the silence.
The unusual rush or business Is at
tributed by the real estate men to the
fact that lots are now being sold at a
figure and upon such 'terms that a
home is not a luxury for the rich man
nlone. But the opportunity Is being
given the laboring man, the man of
small means, to Invest his savings In a
house and lot and enjoy the privilege of
living in It while he pays for it accord
ing to his means. This fact. It is said.
Is responsible for the distinction which
Atlanta has won—the distinction ,of
leading every city In the South In the
amount of building permits Issued and
In the amount of money expended by
her citlxen* in the purchase and build
ing of homes.
The building boom Is not confined to
any special section of the city or Its
suburbs. It Is general. Ansley Park,
Highland Park, College Park, Buckhcad
and West End—In fact, from every
point of the compass Atlanta and the
surrounding territory Is building up
and becoming thickly settled, until tho
prophecy seems not amiss that In the
space of a few years Fulton county
Itself will have become incorporated
into the city ot Atlanta.
RED TRAIL OF TERRORISTS
OVER CZAR'S PROVINCES;
DOUMA PRESIDENT CALLED
KILLS CIMBEL
St. Petersburg, April 22.—A mob
terrorists attacked a small detachment
of soldiers and police early yiday. One
police captain and two private soldiers
were killed and several Injured. Two
of the terrorists wereinjured, but were
taken away by their comrades. All
escaped.
RUSSIAN PRISON GOVERNOR
SHOT DEAD IN STREET.
Rostov on Don, Russia, April 22.—
The vice governor of the prison has
been shot In the street here. His as
sassin was arrested. ‘
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
CONDEMN ASSASSINATION.
Lods, Russian Poland, April 22.—To
put an end to conflicts between social
ists and nationalists, which, during the
last three dajls, have resulted In twelve
men being shot dead and sixteen being
wounded, local labor organizations
have Issued proclamations concerning
murder and appealing for a cessation
of the fighting.
TERRORISTS SAY NEPULOFF
WON’T LEAVE 8EBA8TOPOL.
Sebastopol, April 22.—The terrorists
declare that General Nepuloff, who has
been ordered to the command of the
Cosnova quarter, will never leave Se
bastopol. He Incurred the enmity of
CZAR SUMMONS
DOUMA PRESIDENT.
St. Petersburg, April 22,-Arhe esar
has summoned President Golovin, of
the Douma, to an audience at Tsar-
koe-Selo tomorrow.
APPEAL TO DOUMA TO
END STRIKE OF SAILORS.
St. Petersburg. April 22.—All efforts
to end the strike of sailors belonging
to the Naphtha flotilla In the Caspian,
have been In vain. The business Is
practically at a standstill. An appeal
has been made to the douma to take
action to end the strike.
Socialist Lynchsd.
Lods. Russian Poland, April 22.—A
Socialist who Is Implicated In the mur
der of a' 15-year-old girl has been
lynched by nationalists, who declare
that they will deal summarily and
without recourse to the law with all
terrorists Captured.
Students Kill Rector.
Tambov, Russia, April 22.—The
aasalnatlon of Father Simon; rector of
the Ecclesiastical Seminary here, which
was closed during the recent disorders,
Is believed to be the work of ex-stu-
dents.
Hip Dislocated and Face
Badly Bruised By
tlie Fall.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., April 22.—C. D. Tul-
II* Jumped from the second story of tho
Southern Express Company building
hero today, dislocating his hip and
bruising his face badly. He was said to
be drinking. Tullls Is a son of J. W.
Tultls, of Eufauta, Ala., who Is said to
be very wealthy..
KILLS OPERATOR
IN PISTOL DUEL
Merchant’s Wife’s Name Is
Coupled With Tragedy
In Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va., April 22.—A mer
chant named Early yesterday afternoon
at Evangton, Campbell county, shot
and almost Instantly killed Charles
Grossman, a Southern telegraph opera,
tor. It Is alleged that the trouble was
over the wife of thp surviving man.
The men met shortly after Early’s wife
left for Danville and engaged In a pistol
duel. Seven or eight shots were fired.
Early received a flesh wound In his leg.
Bsrscs Union Meeting Postponed.
Owing to revival services the regu
lar quarterly meeting of the city Baraca
Union, which was to have been held on
Tuesday In the United Brethren Taber
nacle, has been postponed.
United Brethren Revival.
Nightly revival services are. being
held this week at the United Brethren
Tabernacle. The song services begin
every evening at 7:45 o’clock.
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MERRY DEL VAL
MAY RESO TO POPE
Reported That Mgr. Kenne
dy Will Be Made New
Secretary of State. ■
New York, April 22.—It Is rumored
that Cardinal Merry Del Val may re
tire from state secretary.
It 1s also said that he la to be suc
ceeded by an English-speaking priest
and- that Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the
American college-at Rome, may get
this high office. t
Mgr. Kennedy; Is thoroughly conver
sant with the internal affairs of the
Vatican. Should he be called to this
office, Mgr. Kennedy would undoubted
ly be created a cardinal In private con
sistory, as was Cardinal Merry Del VaL
CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT,
THEN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Faithful Wife Falls
Unconcious Across
Cot.
OXYGEN IS USED
TO RETAIN LIFE
Doctors Say Self-Inflicted
Wounds Were Not Suffi
cient to Cause
• Death.
New York, April 32.—Benedict Glm
bel, the Philadelphia merchant, died
today In St. Marys hospital, Hoboken,
from a broken heart.
The wound which he had sashed In
his own neck In an effort to kill himself
after his arrest In Manhattan on sen- i
satlonal charges was not serious, ac
cording to the three doctors attending
him, but tho mental condition produced
by his worries, they announce, super- i
induced his death.
Glmbel’s faithful wife and two of
his brothers were with him when the
end came. For more than ten houra
oxygen hod been administered In a vnln
effort to retain llfo In the breaking
heart of the millionaire.. When the cn.l
came and the heart ceased to bent Airs.
Glmbel threw herself hysterically over
the bed and was carried away uncon
scious.
Mrs. Glmbel was In such a highly
nervous condition today that her
brpther-in-law, Isaac Glmbel, took lier
back to Philadelphia, assisted by Dr.
William Jurist.
In Weather Factory.
Cleve Hallcnbuck, of Tontl, 111., ar
rived In Atlanta on Monday ami took
up his duties In the weather bureau
tinder Director Marbury, of this *»*<■-
tlon. Mr. Ilallenback has recently en
tered the servleo nnd fills a vacancy
caused some months ngo by a resigna
tion.
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Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., April 22.—George
King, colored, cut his wife’s throat from
ear to ear this morning, killing her. He
then cut his own throat and Is In a very-
critical condition. Jealousy Is said to
have been the cause.
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0 day with rising temperature."
0 Monday temperatures:
0 7 o’clock a. m 48 degree:
0 8 o'clock a. m.. .. .. 48 degri
0 9 o'clock a. m..
0 10 o'clock a. m..
0 11 o'clock a. m..
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Orowth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records hero tseb dsy soms
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
During the three months from January 1 to April 1 of this year the
totel amount of bond lesuee decided upon or sold In tho Southern state*,
says the Manufecturers' Record, was (15,631,918. This Included some
85,000,000 of refunding bonds, so that about 810,500,000 of bonds nrc to
be devoted to public Improvements, or (2.000.000 more than -luring the
corresponding quarter of last year. Including Missouri, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, the total amount reported was (21,787,(57, but this addi
tion Included only a small amount of refunding bonds, not enough to
much affect the total of such securities, so that the entire amount to be
expended In the whole section Is well up toward 817,000,000. As com
pared with last year, the amount of refunding bonds among the Issu. * of
new securities Is moderate, so that the proceeds of most of tho bond*
will he expended for various public works, such as waterworks, seu -
ers. electric lights, street paving, good roads, schools, court houses, city
halls. Jails, drainage ditches, levees, etc., thus distributing large
amounts of money, the circulation of which will be of extended advan
tage to the various communities In which these improvements aro made.
During the first quarter of the year there were also reported through
the columns of this paper a number of proposed bond Issues and announce
ments that elections will be tjpld for others, but In these calculation* no
account has been taken of any securities which have not been fully de
cided upon. Of the proposed Issues it Is practically asserted that nearly
all of them will be approved by the people, and that the second quarter nf
the year will see a large addition to the bonded Indebtedness of various
Southern cities, counties and states for the public benefit. These Im
provements are an assurance that there will be a large demand for both
labor and material throughout this section. The following table show*
the amount decided upon In the different states:
Alabama 8 8,024,400
Arkansas.. 317,00-1
Florida 481,000
Georgia 863.000
Indian Territory 815,500
Kentucky 1 099.500
Louisiana 786.000
Maryland 1,003,000
Mississippi 860.000
Missouri 5,344.3.1:1
North Carolina 706.0"--
Oklahoma '•• 556,000
South Carolina ssi.ouu
Tennessee 1.7.'6.5»o
Texas .. 1.4 53,:-18
Virginia 1,157—0
West Virginia 1,496.soo
Ul.767.6Wl
!.'T, Mu. and Okla '. ' 6,155.730
The South - . 813,631,918