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The Weather: for At Jtf !• i tlier forecast Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: r; . N Orleans, steady; 12H. GnlrestOD, steady: 12V August*, steady; 13*4. VOL.-V. NO. 285 ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 1,1907. DPTm?. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. X AvLVili: On Trains: FIVE CENTS. FIVE MINUTES TO MEMORY! Jefferson Davis’ monument will be unveiled at Richmond on Monday promptly at 2 p.- m. It has been suggested that appropriate recognition of the moment of unveiling be taken throughout the South. The Georgian hopes that in Atlanta and throughout Georgia those at the head of all lines of industry will per mit employees and machinery to stand idle for five minutes to pay a silent tribute to the memory of the leader of a cause once very dear to the hearts of the people of the South. 2-CENT FARE IS MARK SET BYT.P.A.MEN State Officers to Meet Saturday Night in Atlanta; BEGIN CAMPAIGN FOR LOWER FARE Drummers Claim They Are Not Given Fair Deal by Roads. A campaign for 2-eent Interchange able mileage, to bo waged to a suc cessful termination, will be planned and set In motion Saturday night, when the director* of the Georgia di vision of the Travelers’ Protective As- aoclatlon meet In the Austell building. President Carey J. King, of Rome, and Secretary and Treasurer J. H. An drews, of Atlanta, will be there, and with them will be the resident directors In Atlanta and others from other cities In the Mate. Thoae expected.4o be present are: R. A. Broyles, R. J. Thomas, W. P. Anderson, C. J. Hol lingsworth and- J. B. Blatterman, of Atlanta; Max Banner, of Colilmbus; G. C. Carmichael, of Macon; J. P. Eck stein, of Savannah, and G. W. Tim merman, of Augusta. For a long time the drummers of the state have been talking and urging a 2-rent Interchangeable mileage, but all this pleading and talking has reached deaf ears when It reached the railroad officials. But now a vigorous campaign will be waged and the officials of the Travel ers' Protective Association arc deter mined to make It a tight to the tlnlsh. Pins for this campaign will be made at the meeting Saturday night, and then the movement will be launched. It la pointed out by the drummers that there arc about 2.000 traveling men In Georgia who are paying fo( mileage at 21-2 cents a mile. It Is further pointed out that the drummers are taxed by the railroads more than uny.other claaa of people. There are plenty of cheap- excursions for other folks; reduced rates for conventions | and lark* parties, but for the drummer It Is nothing but straight fare. With the' regular rate of 3 cents a mile and tha cheap rates often put Into effect, the Traveler*’ Protective Asso ciation officials declare tl^at the aver age charged people other than travel ing men 1s less than 21-2 cents a mile. They also point out that the drummer Is compelled to ^Ide In order to do business, and for that reason the railroads do not make any concessions. The officials say they are not partic ular ns to what denomination 2-cent mileage books are sold In—they don’t care whether they are In the shape of one, two, three, four or nve thousand mile books, but they want them for - cents a mile, and want them lnter- , changeable. They are wholesale purchasers of I transportation, they declare, and for 1 that reason they should get some re- I ductlon, as In any other business. 1 The meeting Saturday night will be lithe llrst gun In the battle to-win this. idol m loses IN TENNIS MATCH ! AI-lHB Giyit and Thornton, of At- anta, Drop Gulf-States Championship. ' 1(11 t.< T|,e Georgian, t'* ' Orleans. La.. June 1.—Phelps KuAb**”, , *’ e I’’ 0 ii 1 pair, won the y , Sl,, te« tonnlB championship In 1 ’ e« ti.m, Thornton and Gnnt. of gun"'"’.'n'it,"’ Pheliw nr.il Lo- dav " „ " *•«* out of tlitre Thur:*- i Phe'n. n ", 1,1 '' third set today, 6-1. pnna i'i p? b tying Thornton this uft- fcle,. 1 r lt, e championship- In sin- TO COT BATE YERUITTLE Will Shift Responsi bility to Next Legis lature. A decision may he reached by the railroad commission Saturday after noon In the passenger reduction case, though a hitch .has come In some of the details that may hold the decision until Monday. It Is believed, however, that the decision will be rendered Sat urday afternoon late. The base rate will be 2 1-2 cents per mile, with a 2-cent rate for distances over 200 miles. This rate will affect the Southern, the Central of Georgia, the Atlanta and West Point, the Sea board Air Line, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Western and Atlantic, the Alabama Great Southern, the Georgia Southern and Florida, the Charleston and Western Carolina and probably the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. No Hat 2-cent rate will be granted, though It Is known that one of the commissioners wanted It on three or four of the more Important lines. A 2-cent rate will be granted perhaps on tills basis: For the first 100 miles, 2 1-2 cents; for the second 100 miles, 11-4 cents, and for all over that distance, 2 cents. It it upon this ,{>olnt that one of the hitches hah occurred. The commis sioners vary In their views as to what the distance should be, one favoring 60 miles, another <6 and the third 100 miles. This rate, of course, will affect only class A lines, as designated above, though slight deviations may be made. In class B will be a large number of short but fairly prosperous roads that will be allowed to charge a 3-cent rate. It would Include such lines as the Al bany Northern, the Chattanooga Southern, the Wrlghtsvtlle and Ten- nllle, the Augusta and Florida, the Gainesville Midland, the Georgia, Flor ida and Alabama, the Wadley South ern, the Savannah and Statesboro and several others In that class. For class C will be a number of lines allowed to Charge 4 cents, which will Include roads like the Hartwell, the Louisville and Wadley, the Hawkins- vllle and Florida Southern and several others. One road, Hon. James M. Smith's private road of a few miles on his big Oglethorpe county farm, will be permitted to charge 5 cents .per mile. It Is also said that the orjler of the commission, affecting passenger rates, will not become effective for ninety days, or on September 2. That will give the general assembly time to act upon the demand of the stifte Demo cratic platform for a flat 2-cent paa- senger rate In Georgia. Whether or not the legislature will take action upon this matter Is not known yet, but the plank Included In the Macon Democratic platform was definite and specific In Its demand for a 2-cent rate. Tho commission wants to afford the lawmakers an opportuni ty to take such steps as they desire, and then, If there Is an Injunction. It will fall on the Georgia legislature, end not the Georgia railroad commission. Acquittal of Bush Leaves Detectives Without a Clew. Detectives practically have aban doned the search for the person who sent the Infernal machine to the home of Mrs. McCarthy, more than three weeks ago. The acquittal of Fred Bush, the only person suspected by the detectives, who had been arrested Immediately after the explosion of the machine, leaves the department at a loss for a' clew. The detectives had bent their energies to ward securing evidence to support the theory that, Bush was the right man. They hava.npt a way to turn. ’’We have not the slightest clew,” sold the detectives Saturday morning. ‘‘Of course we shall keep our eyes open for anything that may turn up which might throw light on the case, but th* trail Is closed.” Detectives Simpson and Campbell, who worked on the case with energy, declined to discuss the verdict of the JU ?tie question Atlanta has been ask Ing for three weeks and more. “Who sent that Infernal machine, and why?" may never be answered. Since a jury of twelve men hae de clared that Fred Bdsh Is Innocent of the crime of sending an Infernal ma chine to the home of Mrs. Julia Mc Carthy, on th* night of May 8, public opinion Is gravitating toward ths senti ment that Increased effort should now be put forth to. locate and punish the guilty person. A suggestion that Governor Terrell should offer a reward for the apprehen sion of the persbn who committed the diabolical crime was made by Attorney Thomas H. Goodwin, leading counsel for Bush, Saturday morning. “I thtnk the governor should offer a reward of J1.000 for the capture of the guilty person,” said Mr. Goodwin. "The crime was an outrageous offense and the perpetrator should be brought to Justice. "The amount of money suggested for the reward would put a couple of good detectives on the trait and the mystery would be cleared up. I do not believe a man can commit a crime like that and then cover it up so completely that It will never be traced to him. The man who did It must have had a motive and It should not be an unusually difficult matter to find one.” In conversation’with a representative of The Georgian Saturday morning Mr. Goodwin for the first time made public an offer to help locate th* guilty man, which was made by Bush while he was In Jail. "Bush turned over 1100 to me and asked me to hire a detective to work on the cose," he sold. "I did not hire Ihe detective, as the sum of 2100 would not have been sufficient to hire the de tective I wanted to get. Bush was at all times anxious to assist In finding the criminal and expressed regret that he did not have more money to spend on the case." FIFTH REGIMENT FUND CONTINUES TO GROW; YOUR GIFT IS NEEDED That Atlanta will send the Fifth reg. Intent to Jamestown for Georgia Day. there remain*'little'doubt; Colonel Clifford Anderson Is show ing his faith In Atlanta-by making preparations for the regiment to en train next Saturday fori Norfolk and Jamestown. But the subscriptions are coming In very slowly, and there Is yet to be bridged a wide gap between the ILM® needed and the 16*5 subscribed. The Atlanta spirit must nwaken. The Fifth regiment of Georgia be longs to Atlanta. There Is a company or two from smaller towns, but the Fifth Is essentially an Atlanta organi sation. It Is planned for the Fifth to have the place of honor at the heud of the parade, when President Roosevelt comes to Jamestown to 'Join with Georgia In celebrating the day. Rut If Atlanta doesn’t lake un n«tlve Interest In the mep of ths’Fifth; Geor gia will have no troops in Jamestown on Georgia Day. nr If there are troops, there will be no Atlantan* among them. Surely Atlanta hasn’t forgotten that Sunday morning last September, when the sight of khaki uniforms came a* an assurance of |»eace and ssfety, after a night of herror. Atlanta eouldn’bdo enough for the soldier* then, .ihe has the opportunity now. The list ot subscription# heads this. Many of them were given to Colonel Clifford L. Anderson. The Georgian received a number rt them, and will be glad to receive yours. . 00000000000000000000000000 a SUBSCRIPTIONS REACH $62$; O O REGIMENT NEEDS $1,500. 0 0 » —— O O Robert J. Lowry .. C R.'F. Maddox O Anderson Hardware Co. O Woodward Lumber Co. . . O King Hardware Co O f. It. Gppenhelm O Fulton County Report ... . 0 W. T. Downing ,. .. 0 Eiseman Bros. - . 0 R. ilt. Rose Co. . 0 Atlanta Brewing and Ice Co. 5 Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBoce O Company .. e 0 Southern Hell Telephone Cmn O pany'.. .. .. .. . O Craig 0 W. H. Kiser C Frank Hawkins 0 Julius L. Brawn S Judge John R. Wilkinson .. . A Friend to Colonel Anderson O Mlfs Daisy Matthews 0 The Georgian ... 0 0 Totar .. .. s. ■■ C Amount neetfa !, 21,5*0. 0 *50 O 25 O 21 O 25 O 25 0 15 0 10 0 . SO 25 O 100 0 100 O 0 50 0 , 0 50 0 :»o lit 25 0 10 O ID O 25 O 10 0 .. 25 0 —-a .26850 U 10000000000600000000000000 ft m He Is Put in Charge of Books and Accounts. Charging that In the books of Secre tary C. R. Setze there are "erors and falsifications, showing a shrewd and careful effort on his part to abstract the' funds of the company, and cover such abstraction by false entries on his books," seven stockholders of the Firemen’s Real Estate and Investment Company have secured tho appoint ment of a temporary receiver for that company, of which Mayor W. R. Joyn er Is president, and Chipley R. Setzo, his br,other-in-law, Is secretary and treasurer. Chipley R. Setxe is also secretary of the Atlanta fire department and secre tary and treasurer of the Firemen’s Benevolent Association. The petition was filed by Jamss L. Ke>’, attorney for the stockholders, and was granted Friday afternoon by Judge Pendleton, who appointed Thomas H, Goodwin temporary receiver. June 8 Is named a* the day on which a hearing will be held, at which time the defendants are required to show cause why the receivership should not bo made permanent. Tho temporary receiver Is Instructed to take charge of all the books, papers and asset* of the company, • ' ■ Report of Auditor. A few days ago The Georgian pub lished a condensed report of the audi tor, W. B. Sheldon, who had been ap’ pointed to investigate the books ot the company. This report showed a dis crepancy. or shortage. In the books of Secretary Setse of 814,112.88. The petition for the appointment of a receiver Is said to have grown out of a disagreement between the mem bers of ths finance committee, ap pointed to wind up the attain of the company, and who employed th# au ditor. The petition seta forth that Commit teeman Fincher asked that a demand be made on C. R. Setse for the amount of the shortage, and that the other two members refused; that, likewise, these two members refused to demand of the secretary that he turn over to the committee tor the company the asset# of tho company now In Ida hands, consisting of several thousand dollars In notes and a large sum of monsy; that the two members refused to ask, In behalf of the company, that Mr. Setse resign from his offlee as secre tary and treasurer, and that the two members refused to call a meeting of th* stockholders. The committee Is composed of M. C. Sharp. O. J. Parker and 8. P. Fincher, the last named being one of the peti tioners. The following are the plaintiffs; R. P. Fincher, 10 shares; J. M. Fuller, 8 shares; M. E. Magee, 6 shares; Mrs. S. E. Evans, 24 shares; J. M. Alsa- brook, 4 shares: H. J. Allendale, 8 shares, and J. M. Jenkins, 10 shares. The shares are of the denomination of fioo, par value, each. The petitioners allege that C. R. Setze fills both offices of secretary and treasurer; that he Is not, and has not, been under bond since the etock ma tured, deeptte the fart that the by-laws require thnt he give bond. "Officers Mismanaged.” Section 10 of the petition, In which It Is charged that C. R. Setse Is both secretary and treasurer, concludes as follows: k "Thst the officers of sold company have grossly' violated the fundamental law of said company, and have grouty mismanaged snlil corporation by allow-- ing both of said offices to be filled by the same person, and by a failure to require a bond at th* treasurer of said company, as required by Its iawa." It Is charged that the board of di rectors of the company have failed and refused to examine or to hove ex amined or audited the hooks and ac counts of the company, although re quired to do so every six months un der the by-laws. Secretary Seize I* charged with -gross misconduct,” In thnt he haa made only nno report . of the Offhlrs of the company during the life of the-last series'of stock-(four years), and that was a skeleton,-not a detailed report, and covered only the, flm .year of Ihe company's business. After giving the details of the dis crepancies In the book • of the com pany. the petition, contains this para graph: "To Abstract Funds.” That since ihe filing of said report, petitioners are Inforiped and believe that eald Seize has satisfactorily oc- rountgd for 82,600 of said assets. - That said shortage Is mad* up of- Items showing that the assets of th? com pany that should he In hie hands are Onaccotintcd for. and In a large part, by errors and falsification* of his bock*, showing a shrewd and careful effort on ills part to abstract the funds of the comi*ny, and cover said ab straction by. false intrlea on bis books. UNION CRUSHERS’WALKING DELEGATE The National Association of Manufacturers has decided to wage a war of extermination on labor unions, and for that purpose will raise $500,000 a year.—News Item. Texas Jury Says the Waters-Pierce Co. Must Quit State. Austin, Texas, June 1.—A Jury here has Just returned a verdict of guilty against the Watsrs-Pleiee Oil Com- pany, a subsidiary concern of ' the Standard Oil, which wae charged with being a conspiracy In restraint of .trade. Penalties of 81,602,000 art assessed and the company is prohibited from doing further business In Texas. - . OOO0OOOO0O000000O00OOOO0OO 0 O O ATLANTANS TO ENJOY O A FAIR 8ABBATH. O 0 . !— 0 a Atlantans wifi ’ enjoy a fair 0 0 Sunday if the present prospects 0 O sre fulfilled. Forecast: * O O "FVIr Saturday night and Sun- O Q day. sontetfhat cooler Saturday 0 O night,” 0 O Saturday temperatures: Q O 7 o’clock a. m. ...... .-.45 degrees 0 O 8 o’clock a. m, .,‘ 65- tjegre< a O P * o’clock a.'im .67 degree* 0 O 10 flf<-lo*lea. m ..89 degrees 0 O 11 O'clock q. m 72 degrees 0 O 12 o’clock noun ........>2 degrees 0 0 l o’clock p. m. 73 degree* O 0 1 o'clock, p. m . .73 .degree* 0 00000000000000000000O00000 RACE RESULTS. BELMONT. First Race—Rosemour.L ,16 ;lo 6, won; Aar abet, 4 to 1. second; Royal Onyx. 3,to 1, third. Time t ;$$»,$. Thal'ssjd C. It. Seise is now Indebted to said rArapnny |n the sum of III,. 619.$*, nr-other large sum,-besides In. terert from th* time of said defalca. tion." ' • The bonk# have been turned rover temporarily to Peter F. t’ldfk, cashier of th* Germania Savings Bank, and no expert bookkeeisw, -who has been em ployed by Mr. Seize. When he com pletes his Investigation ijie receiver will be given possession of the books. . GEN. STEPHEN D. LEE CHOSEN COMMANDER; GEN. EVANS HONORED Richmond, Va., June 1.—Ths, follow ing officers were chosen by the United Confederate Veterans today: Cammander-ln-C’hlef—General Ste phen p. Lee. • Lieutenant Ganeral of the Depart ment of the Army of Northern Vir ginia-General Irvine Walker. Lieutenant General ot the Depart ment of Tennessee—General Clement A. Evans. , , Lieutenant General of the: Trans-* Mississippi Department—General ’ Wk I,. Cabell. Birmingham, Ala., was chosen as tho city for the nezt (eighteenth), antnfgl reunion for the veterans..- Other eltlnas, competing were San Antonio and Nash ville. The vote at first stood' about 1,600 to SCO In favor of the Alabama town. The vote was finally ‘made unanimous In favor of Birmingham. CORTELYOU TALKS TO OLD ALUMNI Westfield, Mass., June .1.—Secretary of tho Treasury Corlelyotvaa president of the Alumni Association of the State Normal K School, attended commence ment exercises today and addressed his fellow aluinnl. Ho declared the struggle for wealth,, ptaco and preferment could be safely carried out only when guided by the' two essential Influence# of home and school. Cortelyou was a member of the class of 1882. r Growth and Progress of the New Sooth The Georchtn records here each day son* reeoomi- *—‘ *- — — •“* starch i »Y JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The Journal and Tribune. Knoxville, Tenn.', on May 39 Issued a spe cial Jobbers’ and manufacturers; edition. In which It gives facts and fig ured showing that Knoxville Is enjoying unprecedented prosperity, and Is far ahead In a general business .way of many of Its sister cities. Among otper’thtngs It says: * '■” Knoxville has had a wonderful growth In manufacturing. In five years Knoxville increased the number of its manufacturing - establishments forty-eight per cent. Increased the amount invested 75.7 1 per.cent. InsJCSsed the wages paid to) labor 97.1 per cent and Increased the vwwesptjthf output 100.6 per cent. ’ ... No city in tho South shows so wonderful a development for th* half deendo between 1900 aftd 1905 a* sl)jwn by these figures taken from reliable government reports. • The grop th has been proportionately • fast 4n fifteen year*, according to government .reports, the amount of cap ital Invested In manufacturing In Knoxville Increased; 144 8 per cent, tha number of wage-earners 140.4 per cent, the value of.products 138.4 per cent. Where is thord-a city In the countsy that can show a better record than this? e ' a ... • • , On* hundred and’seventy-two kinds,of articles are manufactured In JbtokMRF-tt.V'iS A'viS Knoxville haa,B manufactured output that reaches nearly 321,000.900 annually. . ■■ .* • ‘ This Is the largest hardwood mantel manufacturing worltL . *»- , , „ .- _ l4tf# Is tlie’largest clothing manufacturing point In the South. This Is one of the most prosperous textile and Iron manufacturing point* la the South. Ip several lines Knoxville has the largest manu facturing plant* of their kind In all the Southern states. 4 Over fifteen: thou i.md iieople are employed in the manufactu. ,ng plants of Knoxville and siibuMf , '■Twelve million dollars Is about ihe amount of capital stock In *11 of* th* concerns. - A-' * . . . v .’lx* Knoxville does a large amount Iron. Foundries, machine shops, r- rl*ty of manufactured products., ‘As a hardwood manufacturing facturyh a great variety of artjefex surrounding'mountain* and ships able Of the globe. ,e Ms re •• foiJml the fm»'»as l 'rchi ^ -f™*- r.irv*i Into tl ■ of u*«fUl anil ornamental thtnfk^ Immense tor the inarKfft. point In the Iniriinoi In the manufacture ot Dili*, turning out a great va- Knoxville lx strong. It rnanu- ’h*» lumber received from the ( the products to the opposite that U manufactured or bio mUis saw the, fn • :itn k!ali.« <>r form 4 >