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ior pie I I • . I v 'T| • tn| *M ca.l , v «g ■r * 41 °ry~> f(l tg | that "’hit I n it I islm I ‘■tie, | ca». Piet I thtl ate % I the floup I "> alter 1)C ( | tot I 'the L SECOND SECTION. The Atlanta Georgian and News SECOND SECTION. VOL. V. NO. 302. ATLANTA, GA., SAT URDAY, .TUNE 22,1907. RACE IN SENATE FOR PRESIDENCY PRICE: MA YORALTY HANDICAP HAS MANY ENTRIES; STARTERS GROOMING FOR COUNCIL STAKES Akin of Bartow and Felder of Bibb Named as Leaders. Who will be president of the senate of 1907-'0S? With the opening of the general as sembly only throe days away, there Is a growing belief among political ob servers that the race lies between Hon. John W, Akin, of the Forty-second, and Hon. T. S. Felder, of the Twenty- second. But this does not reckon with Hon. J. D. Howard, of the Twentieth: Hon. J. J. Flynt, of the Twenty-sixth; Dr. L. O. Hardman, of the Thirty-third, and Hon. W- C. Martin, of the Forty- third. It Is rumored that Senator Mar- tin will throw his strength to Senator Akin, though the rumor Is not au thenticated. Senator Felder and Senator Akin have both booh In Atlanta during the past week. Both express confidence of success but decline to discuss the race. It Is believed that the issue will be de termined without the long fight that was necessary, to settle the senate pres idency In the last general assembly. It Is believed that both branches will organise quickly, and get down to hard work with a minimum of delay. This legislature has gome big things cut out for It already, and It Is going to be work from the Jhmp under high pres sure. V Seven Candidates May Run For Mayor’s Place. They May Banish People, and Suspend Papers Without Resort. 8t. Petersburg, June 22.—An Imperial ukase has been Issued to the governors of the provinces, of Archangel, Novgo rod, Olmetz, Pskoy, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tyer And Teroslay according them spe cial powers, empowering them to sus pend newspapers, disperse meetings, banish, undesirable persons and take other measures for the maintenance of publlo security by administrative pro- cess, without having to resort to the courts and to Inflict punishment up three months' Imprisonment and 1600 fine. A second manifesto was Issued by the National socialists. It Is a colorless document, describing the douma's relations with the gov emmenj. Its most effective phrase characterizes the session of the douma ns "a hundred days of captivity." The manifesto sets forth as the policy of the four socialistic groups a plan to reject the budget and to refuse to agree to recruiting until the government be comes responsible to the people. PRESSMEN VOTE AGAINST AGREEMENT New York, June 22.—The Interna tional Association of Printing Pres; men at Its convention at Brighton Beach by a vote of 102 against 92 dele gates repudiated the five-year agree tnent with the- United Typothetae of America, which was entered Into on January 18 last. This agreement af fected 19,000 pressmen In book and Job offices throughout the United States. BAKER WITHDRAWS FROM EDDY SUIT Concord, N, H, June 22.—Fred W. Baker, of Epsom, N. H„ a second cou sin of Mrs. Mary Baker O. Eddy, has died In the superior oourt here his withdrawal as one of the "next friends,” plaintiffs In the suit for an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's property. He withdraws on the ground that oth ers nearer of kin than he to Mrs. Eddy ■re acting as plaintiffs, and that his Presence among them Is unnecessary. PEOPLE EAT MORE; FARMERS RAISE LESS Washington, June 22.—In the opin ion of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, ■he recent Increase In the price of meats Is entirely natural, and even a further advance In prices may be ax- fected. That the cost of meats Is greater today than ever before Is oon ceded by Secretary Wilson, who be- ilevee that American prosperity Is at the bottom of the situation. The peo- i!e are eating more meat and the farmers are not raising aa many cat tle as formerly. Retail Jewelers to Meet. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., June 12.—The Al abama Retail Jewelers will meet In Montgomery next Tuesday, June 28. fnd It Is expected the meeting will be largely attended. R. Heine, of Tal- indega, is president of the association. Improvements At Ststlon. Bpeclal to The Georgian. Covington, Oa, June 22.—The Geor gia Railroad Company haa Juat com peted Important Improvements In the depot facilities at this point. Water- H . 0 r. an<1 lavatories have been In- •tai.ed, the watting rooms renovated end papered and the entire building pyesenta a near and up-to-date appear- »»C*. Tho committee meeting Friday, which set the date for the next pri mary for August 7, means that candi dates for city offices must get In train ing. That the race will be a hard one, there Is little doubt. That majority plan will not affect the coming primary election, and the race will be won by the candidate re ceiving the largeat number of votes. But a "run-off” will be held next time, It the people so vote at the August primer^ Up to date, Just about forty candidates have been mentioned for tho big city hall futurity to be tub In the fall. Forty—count ’em—forty! Great, live, sizzling, steaming, genulno Georgia candidates! Some Scratches Expected. These ore Just those who have been men tioned so far. Some probably will not go any further than tho "mentioned” stage, and others will wish they hadn’t. Some will retire In "the interests of peace and harmony,” while others will, “after ma ture deliberation,” decide that “the pres sure of business duties will not permit" them to attend to the duties of the office. On the other hand, there Is every like lihood tbit other entries in the futurity will he made before the race begins. The Indications are that there will he an aver age of at least three entries for each purse. But the candidates are up a tree. They ore hunting for platforms and finding that the timber Is m what good timber I JAMES G. WOODWARD. There are those who say that if "Jim” Woodward starts In the race against a big Held he will "win In a walk." appropriated to build np the bonfire of one who got there before. Municipal ownership will furnish the ma terial for several platforme probably. The election of city ball offlclele by tbe peo ple la strong enough to bold severe! can didates. Tbe wblaky question may be In jected Into the campaign, but thla la hard ly probable. And there are several other old etond-bye which will como la handy. 8ev*n In Mayor’s Stakes. In the race for mayor, seven names have been mentioned. H. H. Cabanlss hie announced. Court- land 8. Winn, James L. Key, F. A. Qull- llnn, Dr. A L. Curtis and Thomas II. Good win are among tbe probable entries, and 05hKhJO5hS5hW5kKKWIOO0O5h»iW^ O 0 0 SEVEN WHO MAY ENTER 0 0 RACE FOR MAYORALTY. 0 0 0 0 Courtland S. Winn. 0 0 James Q. Woodward. 0 0 H. H. Cabanlss. 0 0 James L. Key. 0 0 F. A. Quillian, 0 0 Dr. A. L. Curtis. 0 0 Thomas H. Goodwin. 0 0 0 Q00000000000000000000000051 It Is by no means doubtful that James G. Woodward will not be In the mtdet of It. If n more virile and militant sextet of candidates could be picked from tbe whole city, those who know these will have to be shown. Think of "Jim” Woodward, "Jim” Key, "Kletcb" Quillian. "Tom" Good, win, "Doc” Cnrtle, Henry Cabanlss and Courtland Winn mixing It np on the one track. It there ever were splendid Indica tions for a race royal end to the finish, tho struggle for the mayoralty In tho next campaign offers It There are four aldermen end eight coun oilmen to be elected next fall. Following li the “dope" by wards es far ae con be gathered: In Counoll Handicap. First Ward—Councilman W. II. Terrell re tires. A. J. Johnson, George F. Kubanka, J. J. Welt and E. F. Childress are men tioned ae candidates. Mr. Johnson has mode formal announcement. Second Ward—Councilman E. W. Martin retires. Engene Dodd, the well known young attorney, and Colonel Harry L. Sil verman, than whom few men In Atlanta are better known, are practical certainties, the latter having formally announced. Charles Barrett has been mentioned. Third Ward—Aldermen J. Sid Holland re tires. The possibilities here are great For- mer Councilman William Oldknow hoe been mentioned, but It Is etatod positively be will, not bo In tho race. Councilman C. L. Chosewood and formor Councilman Jamee E. Warren, tho attorney, ore practically car. JAMES L. KEY. Mr. Key has been prominent In the public eye, and hie work for lower light rates has made him mighty popular with the people. !> tain to be In the race. Former Mayor J. G. Woodward has been mentioned, but there la practically no chance of hla enter ing. Dr. J. W, Mitchell Is a probable can didate. The term of C. L. Chosewood es council man of tbs Third ward expires next year. Primary Will Gome Off Early in August. Thomae W. Winn, the well known Insur ance agent, !■ an announced candidate. J. C. Harrison, W. W. Galnea and W. L. Hay* good are among the mentioned. Big Field in Fourth. Fourth Ward—Alderman Joseph Ulrich retires. Councilman E. E. Pomeroy has not announced, but It Is believed that ho will be a candidate, and probably without oppo* altlon. Major Pomeroy retires from council from tbe Fourth. B. Lee Spilth, one of the most popular members of the Atlanta Typogrsph* leal Union, and W. G. Bands, for twenty* three years connected with the Atlanta Newspaper Union, are certain candidates. Asa Candler, Jr., and R. C. Bosche have been mentioned. Fifth Word—Councilman 8. C. Glass rs* tiros. Robert H. Shaw, a coal dealer, and Dr. Jamea Sharpe, a druggist, are men tioned. Sixth Ward—Councilman W. A. Taylor retires. Councilman W. A. Hancock has an nounced. Julian Harris, business manager of Uncle Remus’s Magazine, Is mentioned. John F. Daniel, an attorney, may be a can didate. Mr. Hancock retires as councilman from the Seventh. Charles H. Evans, of the Er ins Printing Company;. George II. Wade, a well known electrical man, and F. J. Sprat- ling, a traveling man, are 1 probable candi dates to the finish. A ojrcuinr-sending cam- >algn has already been Inaugurated In the leventh. Eighth Word—Alderman E. C. Peters re tires. ConaoUman Charles M. Roberts Is tho only candidate mentioned. Ho will a--.-.-, be _ . .obsrts retli the Eighth. John 1.. DeGive, Alex Smith been mentioned. CITY COMMITTEE AGIST BEFORENEXT YEAR Vote to Ask Council to De fer Action Until 1908. i A resolution requesting the otty council not to extend the city limits before 1909 wss offered by Waltar R. Brown at tha meeting of the city ex ecutive committee Friday afternoon, and was adoptsd unanimously by the committee. It was shortly before adjournment that Mr. Brown Introduced the reso lution, which, In effect. Is that It was the sense of tho commlttoe that exten sion at this time Is unwise, and that oounoll be asked to postpone action un til 1908. It was adopted without a dissenting vote. Three new members of the commit tee were elected, Thomas E. Veal, to succeed Printlss Reed, resigned; A. a. Hadley, to euccced J. C. Harrison, re signed. and A. W. Stephons, to suc ceed Frank Malone, resigned. The election of executive committee men will be held at the same time as the primary. WIFE FIRES COOK; Domestic Difficulties Culmi nate in Tragedy in Illinois. !h sad Bam Warner nave WHERE THE HOPELESS FIND NEW HOPE; LITTLE MISSION MAKES MEN BRACE UP AND TAKE NEW GRIP ON THEIR LIVES Bums Out of Prison Reclaimed by Re ligion. By PAUL E. WILKE8. A bum staggersd off Decatur street a few weeks ago into Central avenue and ■topped • and stood unsteadily In front of No. 11. He was as broke as when be left prison, and he was wondering who' he could panhandle for a drink. He didn't know why he stopped In front of No. 11. Maybe he thought It was a barroom. He gazed with blood shot eyes through the door Into the lit tle room where there was a small crowd. Then he staggered In and fell heavily Into a seat Nobody threw him out and this sur prised him. He had been thrown out of several dives on Decatur street and he somehow or other knew then that this was not a saloon. Gradually his dead ened brain took In the situation and he learned from the writings on the wall that he was In a Gospel mission. A plainly dressed man whose clothes, although worn, were neatly arranged, was talking. He had gray hair and a white mustache and something he sold made the bum listen. This gray-hatred man was telling how he hlmeelf hod staggered Into a mission four years ago, after having been a bum and a drunkard. Fats's Loaded Dice. The bum with the ragged clothes be gan to listen. He looked around and he eaw other people who looked os If Fate had loaded the dice In throwing with them. Then he looked at hie own clothes and thought of his appearance. His shoes were worn so that his bare feet were on the ground. He hod on & pair of dirty ovaralla for trouaera, ragged and dirty ehlrt and no coat. While the elderly man was talking a younger man In plain, worn clothes walked up to the ragged bum and shook hla hand. "Glad to eea you, old pal. Keap your seat and feel at horns.” There wasn’t any pollah to the talk and thera wasn't any patronising air. It was Just a hearty welcome—a wel come Just like one dtlxen of the under world would give to another. In Medley of Street Sound,. When the elderly man finished talk ing. a blind young man began playing a hymn on a piano and the little crowd began singing. Across the street a noisy phonograph was grinding out the EVERYBODY IS WELCOME; NO f RILLS, NO COLLECI ION The Central Gospel Mission la located at 11 Central avenue, Just off of Decatur street In the heart of Atlanta's Bowery section. Everybody la welcome, and bume, drunkards and crooks are made to feel at home and as If they are among friends. No collections are token up. Nobody Is paid to run the mission, few men Interested chip In out of their own pockets and pay the rent of 140 a month. The meotlngs are conducted by first one and then another of those Interested. Former "hoboes” take a prominent part In these meetings. Everything Is Informal and anybody present may make talks. W. W. Thurman, a blind young man who eahee chairs for a living at 308 Grand opera house building, attende every night and plays the piano. All the work Is done and the expense borne for the love of It. No body has a paid Job, nor Is looking for one. that thronged the streets Into a cheap moving picture show. A few doors farther down the street a brats band was discordantly sounding forth rag-time and a bally-ho barker was trying to steer the mob Into a Joint that had glaring electric signs. Crowds of toughs and a sprinkling of crooks passed and repassed the little mission. Many of them were negroes, and some of these would go up the al ley that runs alongside the mission and take drinks from a bottle that one of the gong would produce from a hip pocket. By this time tbe ragged hobo had forgotten about a drink and was get ting sober. Ha waa getting Interested, too. He wanted to hear some more of that little crowd say things. He want ed to know this great Being they talked about, and whether or not He would have any use for a crook and a, bum. Young Man's 8tory. Others did talk. He heard young men like himself—he was only about 18 or 28 years old, though the years In the pen and the years of dissipation hod made him look older-^tell about doing things he hod done. The meeting finally drew toward a close and he asked a fellow next to him If there waa any show for a bum like himself. The fellow reckoned there was, and suggested that the old man be asked. It waa late that night when the meet ing ended. Aa a rule they do not laet long—they are not tiresome—but the bum hlmeelf mode It lost longer that night. He talked with other fellows In the place, men who had been as bad off aa he was, and when the meeting Anal ly did break up there waa a change In him. The Bum’e Own Talk. The same bum attended a meeting In the same little old mission last Wednesday night, but he was a dif ferent looking bum. He had on shoes, a suit of clothes and a collar. He had white mustache did some talking. The bums called him Brother John Daniel. He talked oa before, In his plain, home ly way, and he. didn’t mind teljlng how booze had almozt won out In hie light with It. Didn't get excited and shout, either. Ho Juzt talked quietly to the little crowd. ' After a while the young man who staggered Into the mlsxlon looking for a drink a few weeka before got up to do zome talking. He didn’t have any eloquence. He talked aa If he might be telling his pals a story. H~ didn't try to use a different brand of E-gllth from that he had used In the undor- world. except that he didn't use blas phemous words for emphasis. "It ain't no usa,” he began, “to tell u folks what happened to me. You ow's well as I do. T'ree weeka ago I come Into dls place a bum and a crook. Now It's a job fer mine and living on the level. I wish I could tell youse fellers what the good Lord done fer me. But I ain't got Into the habit o' gettln’ eloquent. All I can do la to ehow you meself now and let youae see how I cut out tha past. Up From tha Dsptha. "An' I didn't need no Keely cure, neither. Ever since I was fourteen I been a crook. I been a sneak t’lef, bur glar, dip, drunkard, bum and cocaine doper. I served sixty days In the Es sex county Jail at'Newarkf N. J., and within alx hours after I got out I waa paralyzed. I turned a trick which sent me up the river for eighteen months. I been worse than moat of youse fellers, but I wasn't too bad fer the good Lord to take hold of and pull outer the gut ter. "I waa quite a time gettln' wise to t'tnga I didn't know much about be fore. But I did and I kept the meetln’ late. What does I do? The first t’lng I does I goes out around the Joints and I gets me pal and I brings him In here. He was as bad as me. He got wise, too, and dere's as big a change In him. Dere's plenty o’chances fer youse fel latest tones to draw the motley crowd a Job, too. - Tha same man with the lera. Give da good Lord a show and Faithful Workers Ask No Pay For Salvation. He'll pull you t'rough. The devil had me for a long time,, but, tellers, Fvo whipped him." And then this man, who hod done time In the pen and who bad known nothing except the ways of the under world since he was fourteen years old, dropped down on hie knees and offered a prayer for any bume who had not gained what he had. It was a simple prayer In hi* own language, but It came from tha bottom of hla heart. What Listener Heard. Thera wars other* In thla meeting Wednesday night who told similar tales. One young man from Alabama declared he had been a thief, drunk ard, burglar and strong-arm man— highwayman—and had flfid to New York and lived on the Bowery and East Side to keep from going to the pen. He woe well dressed, had a good Job and with pride he declared that tbe glaring clectaUi signs, the saloon* and the rag time music of tha placaa near tbe mis sion had no attraction for him now. And any one could see that It waa true. Atlanta people hear much of the fashionable churches and of others that are not so fashionable. They hear of Atlanta's great preachers and the en terprises they are conducting. But few Indeed have heard about this little mission down In the midst of toughest Atlanta. They don’t have any denominations down there. And they don't have any preachers. All they have are a few plain Christian men who pay their own money to try and save a tew people the preachers and churches never see. They come in contact with men who would never think of going Inside a church In Peachtree street, and who think they would not be welcome. From Pockets of Poor. The rent Is 310 a month and these men chip In and pay It. The mission has been running on and off for about eighteen months. Several times ’he mission was broken up by Oreek* rent ing the room, so that a cheap restau rant could be established. Finally they secured the room they have now. They are such men as John Daniel, a plain working man who tells how he staggered Into a mission four years, two months and to many days ago after being a drunkard of the worst type for yean. The workers Include such men as Charito Holt, the tailor on North Pryor street; Thomas B. Epps, with Elscman & Well; W. W. Thurman, a blind young man who canes chairs for a living at| 808 Grand opsra house building, and who spends his nights trying to help eave bums and crooks; George W. Lewis and Chauncsy Foots They hold meetings every day except Sunday from 12 to 1 o'clock and every night at 7:30 o'clock. There are al ways some of those Interested present at the mission to do some talking, and those who have found the mission help ful to them are steady visitors. There Is no particular form of service and anybody who wonte to talk may do so. Madison. Bl., Juno 22.—Benjamin < Walters, a merchant of this place, com mitted suicide os the culmination of a series of domestlo difficulties, tha cli max being the action of his wife In fir ing the Walters family cook. The cook, Mrs. Delaplane, says that twenty minutes before Walters shot ' himself he begged her to disregard his wife's authority and retain, her position In hla household. Overbearing a quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Mfs. Delaplane says that she reconsidered her Intention to 1 yield to Mr. Walters' request, packed ier belongings and left the place, NATHAN HALE WANTS ROOSEVELT Washington, June 22.—Represents- i ttve Nathan W. Halt, Republican, of ' the Second congressional district of : Tennessee, has declared In favor of tbe ■ election of President Roosevelt for on- , other term. Ho said that If again nom inated, Roosevelt would carry several Southom states, as tbs country wanted ' him to have an opportunity to finish al and the several < The mission Is undenominational and there aro no frills. Everybody feels at home; In fact, tbe wholo thing might be summed up In Luke 24:14: "And they talkad together at alt these . things whloh had happened.” * 7HE WEEK IN C07TON By JOSEPH & LIVELY. Ion opened with tbe boars tu entire control i to catch stopdoss orders forced prices ahoi were sided In manipulating tbe market by i control of the'mar- lower on « era reiutted ■harp break.'- ~ On tbs old cropa the bearlab Influence# Included talk that the Norfolk ttock waa going to be shipped bare for July delivery, and that a large part of tbe Liver pool atock Is to be hurried back to Now York to be dumped bare on contraoi. The week-end figures ware bearlab, while tbe bearish Influence but Id tbe afternoon tbero was s absrp sdrsnea whle „ above tbe cloalng of Saturday, followed by aggressive bear selling due to renortL that a woman statistician would Issue a bearish report. Tbo close on Monday was b,r »/ r wif.ei. n d u biray, n In the lata morning a drive at prieea advancing points early in tha session. morning a drive at tha little bull* regulfed In a sharp decline* which wag later recovered, tbe market at times being quite bnoyant. Tbe cloee on Tues day was steady points higher. For the remainder of the week the market was dull and fluctuation* were confined within narrow limits. On Friday. June 22, tho close waa very steady, with prices HP points above the closing of the day previous. The latter part of the past week bae been a wafting one In the cottoo mar ket. The bnlla and bears have not been disposed to moko extended ventures un der existing conditions. The weather has been favorable to tb< ■ existing conditions. Tbe weather has been favorable to the growing ore TJbopt in southwestern Texas, where the crop fa In need of moisture. Iii oth$r sections tbe plant Is showing some Improvement from a decidedly unfavorable It - of 12,000,009 bnl-s. It and prb-jj merce and labor saysT^H * * *1 tho great cotton-conaumlng countries of the world have. In tha last year, >d their drafts upon the United States for raw cotton. In the ten months oh detailed figures are available, the quantity sent to the United Kingdom K grown from 1,502,000,000 pounds last yaar to l.S&.OOO.OOO; to Germany, from 830,- [m pounds Jo 1,1^,000,000; to France, .from. 373,C->V-» pounds to 40,000,' 000,000 bales. It la highly probable that 11.750,000 will bo tho maximum yield, aa a crop of only H.780,000 will fall abort of tb* consumptive demand, the at which ft will ba sola need not worry th* farmer. recent bulletin Issued by tha bureau of statistic* of tbo depsrtmsnt of com- Increai present there are no signs of tbe demand aUcktnlng, which makes for firm be coming sea bod. WEEK’8 RANGE IN FUTURES. NEW YORK. NEW ORLEANS. July September . October December ... Jaannry 11.23-24(11.47-48 11.4144 11.63-84 MHH1LR44 4 1 *■ * e i ii in fiat. : i 11 i 8KS?!Lsr.: December [U.72-74 January SPOT COTTON QUOTATIONS. Friday, June 21. 7.04 u.te 12.08 12.22-34.11 mei Il.7S-79lU.9j. ! 11.64.1L71-73 1LS2-, I n.s$ t ii.M.;f H.M- Ltverpool New York Now Orleans Savannah if Galveston 1* Norfolk Mobile 12' Atlanta ... Y IT Augusta a, ,..,.13' Memphis .....12' Sf. Louie 12' Friday, June U. ill UlMf 1241 12 15-18 18*4 12*1 12.15-18 1-V&-18