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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Show ers tonight and Tuesday, warmer tonight The Atlanta Georgian SPECIAL SPINNERS’ AND NEW S [convention EDITION SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, ongfer; 6.61. Atlanta, steady; 11V New Orleans, quiet; llbi. New York, quiet; U.y>. Savannah, steady; 11V Augusta, steady; lltf. VOL. VI. NO. 54. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY'. OCTOBER 7,1907. PIJTfn?.. la Atlanta: TWO CENT*. XT lVA.L>Ei. 0o Trains: FIVB CFNT1. BETTER ACQUAINTANCE BEGETS BETTER BUSINESS RE-ELECTED First Session of Con ference Is Held Monday. governor extends GEORGIA WELCOME Addresses Made by Lead ing Cotton Men of Eu rope and America. All the officers of the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers were re-elected without opposition at the first session of the conference, held In the hal lof the house of representatives at the state capitol Monday morning. The recommendation that the officers be re-elected was made by the commit tee on organization, of which Herr Huffier Is chairman, and it was adopted without a dissenting vote. The list of officers of the conference Is as follows: President—James R. MaColl, Provi dence, R. I. Vice President—C. W. Macara, Man chester, England. Vice President—Harvte Jordan, At lanta, Ga. Vice President—S. B. Turner, Hen rietta, N. C. .--vice President—Charlss S. Barrettt, Atwater, Ga. Secretary—C. J. H. Woodbury, Bos ton. Mass. The first session of the International Congress of Cotton Growers and Spin ners was called to order by President James R. MacColl, of Providence, R. I, In the hall of the house of representa tives at the state capitol, at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Seated upon tne platform with Presl- dent MacColl were Governor Hoke Smith, Mayor W. R. Joyner, C. W. Macara, of England, chairman of the International Cotton Splnnera' Associa tion of Europe, and J. Wllle Pope, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The following committees were ap pointed for the purpose of nominating officers for the permanent organization and to sstect chairmen and vice chair' men for the sectional committees; Committees Named. National Manufacturers — Messrs. Emery and Montgomery. American Manufacturers — Messrs, Tompkins and Bryant. Southern Cotton Growers—Messrs. Maxwell and Clarke. Farmers' Union—Messrs. Ben Orllfin and K. L. Brooks. The session was opened with an ad dress by President MscColl, In which he reviewed the organization and growth of the conference, the mutual benefit which It has proven to both cotton grower nnd manufacturer, and the further promotion of the Interests Of each, which. It Is hoped, the present conference will subserve. Following President MacCotl'a ad- Rev. George E. Mack, of the dress, itev. George E. Mack, or the Cumberland Presbyterian church, de livered the Invocation. Governor Hoke Smith was then In troduced by President MaColl, and de livered the address of welcome on the part of the state. During the course of his remarks Governor Smith was frequently ap plauded and the cheering was pro longed at the conclusion of hla address. . Governor Smith was followed by C. "■ Macara, president of the English Master Cotton Splnnera’ Association, ino addresses appear In another col umn. Mayor W. R. Joyner followed Mr. Macara In an address of welcome for the city Of Atlanta. Mayor Joyner’s Address. "I have given the police department °f absence while you are here,’’ •aid Mayor Joyner, “and the city Is »■««*. you see anything you want. If you don’t see what you want, ***.f or 11 4n< * y°u will get It. Now, Mr. Chairman. I think It "•"“•Or for mo to turn over to you I, •, keys of the city, as some of our business houses are required by law to olMe at 10 o’clock at night” Amid the shouts of the audience the mayor presented the chairman with a huge wooden key made of Georgia pine ,. b * arin * * he lettering, ’’Atlanta, 1907.” ,_ At **>a conclusion of the mayor’s ad- ban<1 Played. "There’ll be a dot Time In the Old Town Tonight.” Arthur KefTler, of Vienna, fol- the mayor In a response to his •ddre,, of w »| com# lam much pleased with the mayor's address.” said Herr Huffier. "His ex- .f y ’ * h * governor, told us that we nould all consult with each other In “*lng the price of cotton. That was Continued on Pegs Two. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo % O 2 MORE COTTON NEW8. O _ Additional news of the big cot- O “ ton conference In Atlanta will be O a 2“5S on «*«*« 2. *. 4, 5, *. 7 and * O „ or this Issue. 00000000000000000000070000 mi BIG OIL PROBE Preferred to Pay Trust Higher Price For Oils. Sew York. Oct. 7.—Philip Tlarrlnon. of the New York Lubricating Oil Company, teatlfle<I today at the Htamlard Oil hearing that tho trust drove his company out of South Africa, ns he hn«l to buy Standard OH In that country to fill contracts. IIo al leged the Louisville a ml Nashville refused to renew Its contracts for lubricating oil, preferring to'pny the Standard a higher rnte. He also had the same troulde with EPISCOPAL CHURCH MAY CHANGE MAN Question Brought Before Convention at Mon day’s Session. Richmond, Va., Oct. 7.—The second week of the Episcopal general conven tion was opened with early communion at St. Mark church at 6:45 and 7:10 o'clock today. At 9 o'clock this morn ing prayer was offered at St. Jamea and at 10 o'clock the house of bishops went Into session tt the state capitol and the house of deputies met at St. Pauls church. At this same hour the Women's Auxiliary c onvened at the Mazonlc temple. The convention ad Journed at 1 o'clock and at 1:10 I luncheon wax served at the Masonic temple. Rural Route Men Meet on Tues day. President Lindsay and State President DeBrosse Open Headquarters. Atlanta will be turned over to rural free delivery carriers on Tuexday, when th* convention of the Rural Free De livery Carriers’ Association of tha United States will open In the senate chamber of the «*apltol. very train Monday brought In dele gates for the convention, nnd by noon the lobby of the A rag-on, the headquar ters of the organization, presented • busy scene. resident Paul Lindsay, of Tucker, head of the national organization. Is In Atlanta and has opened headqunr- nnd. with President George De- H80, of Statesboro, president of the Georgia division. Is making arrange- its for the opening of the cunven- vMU be i OBJECTS OF ATLANTA COTTON CONFERENCE To bring the planter and the manufacturer In closer touch, to plan better methods of baling and warehous ing the ginned product, nnd to discuss methods for the elimination of the cotton speculator, are the leading ob jects of the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturer^, now In session In Atlanta. To this end have gathered cotton spinners from England, Belgium, France, Austria, Italy and Portugal, and from the manufacturing states of America, to meet the cotton planter from the South. In tho conference arc Included the Association of Cotton Manufacturers, the American Manufacturers’ Associ ation, the International Cotton Splnnera' Association of Europe, the Southo.m Cetton Association nnd the Farm ers’ Educational anil Co-operative- Union. It Is the greatest gathering of foreign representatives of foreign countries ever held In the South. . > BANK ROBBERY STORIES ARE DENIED BY OFFICERS Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 7.—In a long- battle with robbers at Seddon. distance message to The Birmingham Ledger the sheriff's office of St. Clair county. Pell City, denies that safes have been robbed at Pell City or Sed don, In the same county. W. H. Crow sheriff of St. Clair and not John Williams, reported killed In an alleged long-distance message from The Ledger's correspondent at Leeds, In this county, denies the reported bank robbery there. At the sheriff's office In Birmingham nothing has been heard of the alleged safe blowings. No Information bos been Received at Montgomery. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO PICK FLEECY STAPLE CHASE IS BEGUN BY ROOSEVELT President Spent Quiet Sun day in Camp at Tensas. OO0OOOOOOOC0OOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O RAIN CAME MONDAY: 0 O WILL BE WARMER, TOO. 0 O 0 O A flock of high and low pres- 0 0 cures Is dragging eastward out 0 O of the "wild and wooly,” and rain 6 0 Is likely to turn loose In this vl- 0 O clnlty almost any old time. 0 0 Forecast: 0 0 "Showers Monday night and 0 0 Tuesday, warmer Monday night.” O O Monday temperatures: O 0 7 o'clock a. m 64 degrees. O 0 g o'clock a. m 64 degrees. O O 9 o'clock a. m.. .. ,.66 degrees. 0 0 19 o'clock a. m.. O it o’clock a. m.. 0 12 o'clock noon.. 0 1 o'clock p. m.. 0 2 o'clock p. m.. , ..69 degrees. ..71 degrees. ..76 degrees. ..77 degrees. ..71 degrees. 00000000OOO000000000000000 the Protestant Episcopal churcl America the men will unite In making the thank offering Wednesday, which will bs devoted to some monumental work assured by a recent donation of nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the women's missionary board. It Is estimated that the offering this week will considerably exceed 11,000,- 000. house of deputies that the name "The Protestant Episcopal Church In Amer ica” be changed to the "Church of America.” There was reported a reso lution on creed, Introduced and carried over on the calendar. HORSE SHOW SEATS ARE PUT ON SALE MRS. M. HIRSCH DIES SUDDENLY 8p«*la! to Tho Georgian. Btnrnhonl, La.. Oct. 7.—President Room- velt apent a quiet day Sunday In hla camp on Tensas bayou, and begnn bis bnnt early today. There Is no church In the neighborhood, so the president. It Is stated, spent the day Vicksburg, Miss.. Oct. 7.-Presld#nt Roose- velt Is going to do one stnnt on his pres ent bunting trip In north I.ouIslana that no other president of the United States has done, that Is, while on an excursion of this kind any way. The president Is going to tsks occasion to get out luto the maturing fields of a regular Southern cotton planta tion and pick some of the fleecy atapla with hla own executive hands. Ten days ago. Major Lee Richardson, of Roosevelt Jokingly expressed be could pick cotton. The major wrote T..B. — ts r l»--L._ Vs— llelasns whs 6 — to John P. I'srker, of Nt« Orleans, who Is largely responsible for tha present hunting trip, nnd outlined to Mr. Parker a plan for the president to here hi, desire—"a Thin Mr. Parker bin ar ranged. and President Roierclt will nhow the picker, how the work I, don«. GET THE GREEN EXTRA! The first of the world’s championship baseball series will be played at Chicago on Tuesday between Detroit, of the American League, and Chi cago, of the National League. The Georgian'in Tuesday’s GREEN EX TRAS will carry detail and box score of the game. Don’t miss it tent la a walfsd structure shout 15 feet squsrs, and there la a lsrge mess tent, and also s cooking tent floored. The pres ident has b4»en presented by Manager Shields, of the Porker plantations, with a handsome bay horse, but will not use blm when on the hunt, trained ponlee being sup plied for this purpose. The hunting force of the psrtr has livn reinforced by the addition of lien LlJley, who emigrated from this section to Texus many years ago, but who bad even then made so excellent a reputation at a nlmrod as to cause him to be sent for. 7 HAWS NEX7 TRIAL DEC. 2 New York, Oct. 7.—On the applica tion of Martin \V. Littleton, attorney for Harry K. thaw, Supreme Court Justice Dowling today fixed Decem ber 2 aa the date for the second trial of the alayer of Stanford White, Mrs. Maurice Hlrsch died at her residence In the Frederick apartments, IBS Whitehall street, Hundsiy morning at 2 o’clock, after a very short Illness. Mrs. Hlrsch was the wife of Maurice Hlrsch, the well-known clothier. Her death was very sudden. Mrs. Hlrsuh Is survived by her husband and two brothers, Frank nnd Milton Lleb man. Kbe was the daughter of Mrs. Lfstfe Llehman. Funeral ceremonies will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the '*tdenco, nnd the Interment will be In Oak land cemetery. RAILROAD MAN HAS DISAPPEARED William M. Hargrove, a freight con ductor for tha Central of Georgia rail road, mysteriously’ disappeared from Atlanta Saturday morning and It la feared may have committed aulclde. The missing conductor was last seen at his boarding house In Walker street Saturday morning. He left there with out giving any Intimation of his Inten tions. If the demand for aeats for the At. lanta Horse Show Is any Indication, the show will be largely attended. The sale of seats opened Monday morning at the store of Daniel Bros, and all the morning the sale went on briskly. In addition to the many who called to engage seats, many telephone calls were made to have seats reserved. More boxes, too, were sold, but there are atlll a few choice ones left. The officials of the Horse Show Association are welt pleased with the outlook for n big attendance during the three nights the show will be on. and they believe It will be a success from an attendance viewpoint, as well as from the program. Entries are still being received, es pecially in the claesee for Atlanta and Fulton county amateurs, and thla promises to be a feature of the show. U. S. HOLDS UP ENVELOPE DEAL Washington, Oct. 7.—Postmaster Gen eral Meyer has suspended the payment of all moneya due from his department to the Hartford Manufacturing Com pany, of Hartford, Conn., on account of the alleged violation of a contract which the government had with that firm un til July 1 last for the aupply of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers. Ac cording to the computations of the ex perts of the postoffice department, the company has In the last few years been benefited to the extent of about 1425,000. GOLUCKE ATTEMPTS TO END LIFE IN PRISON Hpeclal to The Georgian. All-tray, (is., Oct. 7,-J, W. Gtftnrke, the Atlanta contractor, confined In the Baker county Jslo charged with misappropriating $31.00) worth of that county's l-onita, at. tempted suicide yesterday. Gulncke Indict ed wounds In his throat anil wrist with a piece of glass. When assistance ranched him he bad hied profusely and was In s atnpor. lie I, now out of danger. Golucke had wrtten , note In which he stated that be was Innocent and would not stand the disgrace which bis confinement Id Jail had brought on himself sod family. f tho greatest In history of the association there Is little doubt. PrcsIdertV'Ltndsnr expects something like 700 carriers and their friends present during the convention. The association Is organized In every state and territory of the Union, nnd delegates to the convention will como from far away California, while the middle Western states will bo heavily represented. Already Kansas. Illi nois. Missouri and several other states are represented by the first arrivals nnd by the time the convention opens most of tho state organisations In the coun try will have delegates In Atlanta. Four Years Old. The association was organized In Chicago In September. 1903, and since that time Itz growth has been marvel ous. State after etate organized, nnd In a short time the association repre sented 37,000 rural free delivery car riers in the United States. Through the Influence of the association the scrvlco has been greatly Improved and It hss the approval of the postoffice officials In Washington. One of these will be hdro to nddress the delegates. He Is Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P. V. DeGraw and he Is expected to arrlvo In Atlanta Tuesday. With him will como W. R. Spillman, superintendent of the rural free delivery division, who will also make an address. Congressman Griggs will nlso be present. During the morning and afternoon on Monday President Lindsay, of the na tional organization, and President De- Broaae, of the Georgia division, wefts-3 receiving the delegates as they arrived at the Aragon, and assisting them was J. L, Erwin, chairman of the local com mittee of entertainment. , Kansas Sunflowers. Prominent among the eqrly arrivals was the delegation from Kansas, the members of which were decorated with artificial sunflowera, . the emblem of their state. Thla party consisted of O. Chacey, of Leavenworth: E. R. Rust, of Netawaka; Jesse Uumgardner, of Holton, and J. A. Kirk, of Winfield. The sunflowers were made by Mrs. Chacey and no attempt was made to make miniatures of them. "We want them to show," said Mr. Chacey, "and let folks know that Kan sas Is represented here at the conven tion.” Mr. Chacey Is a Civil war veteran and served gallantly In the Federal army during the struggle between til- states. This Is his first trip South since the war and then he was not in Georgia. He and the others In the del egation were pleased with Atlanta nnd they spent the morning looking around and seeing the sights. A feature of the convention will be the entertainment which has been pro vided for the delegates and their wives and friends by the local committee In charge of the affair. By the time the convention Is over the carriers will have tested Southern hospitality and will probably have reason to remember Atlanta. A Big Barbecue, There will be a grand barbecue and the visitors from the Xorth and West will have a chance to partake of tho best that can be put up In this line. The ladles In the party will bo given theater parties and there will be trolley rides and carriage drives. The city will be viewed from the high buildings and everything that will make the stay In the city of the visitors pleasant will be done. President Lindsay has everything working with precision and when the time nrrives for the opening of iho convention all business will be In shape. He Is a young man. Imt he has shown by Hie manner In which he handlea the vellmlnarles that he Is u thorough ustness man, and he dlspatchea the' id work like a veteran. to DE GRAW COMING FROM WASHINGTON