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THE ATLANTA GEUHlilAiN A.Nu KbWii. jfrKBUAT. UIJTUtfisn ay, lmrt. FARM STAPLES STATES MAY I™ IE. iuEAMDYOF CREATE GREAT FIX FLATRATE CREDITABROAD! OFZI-ZCEITS Europe’s Gold Being Drawn to U. S. by Products. New Yilrk, Oct. SO.—With the runs in the varloue banka of thla city at an •ml and money In abundance, leader* In lnanclal circle* declare today the situ- it Ion n lll aoon be normal. Telegraph dispatches from cttlee hrmighout the country atate that the noney market la rapidly Improving, but :o protect thetnselve* and their de positor* many of the Western banks lave taken advantage of the clause irovldlns for a time notice on with Irawala. Gold Coming In. It Is announced by ail the larger cur jorationa that there will be no dlffl- ■ulty In the payment of November cou- xm* on the flrst day of the month. It ilso became known that S8.oou.0oo In pmd ta aboard the steamship Kron- irlnsessln t'ecelle bound for thla coun. ry am] that SIO.OOD.OOO will arrive In Ills city early next week. Kiirwpean lankera have begun to place obstacles II the way of further shipments of gold 'rom their countries. Cotton Sold Short. Millions of bales of cotton are being s>ld for December. January and Marcti lellvery by people who never owned }r raised a bale of cotton to depress :he prlre and scare the farmer Into telling *o they can pay their debt* In Europe. It the farmer takes advantage of the iltuatlon anil holds lie Is bound to got u food price for bis cotton. American Products to Hslp. •The enormous Influence which Amer- :<dn products are exerting In building ip a credit balance abroad lias been the xio'st signal development of the Ilnnn- ilal situation. Reports from all quar- era show that the great American sta ples—wheat, cotton, copper, tobacco, sit,' meats—are on their way to Eu rope. this being the season of the year when American products are marketed ibroad. The Immediate effect of this ihlpment Is to give the United Slates •rfdlt abroad which can ho speedily W*verted into cash. Staples Art 8olld. These natural resources of the coun try promise to exsrt even greater In- luence than tl\e sale of American ae- ■ufltles. abroad. The latter liuve to tome extent suffered discredit under •scent pressure, but' the Intrinsic value if American Staples used abroad and :helr colossal aggregate at this period if the year IS beyo'ml the'reach of financial distrust. Plans adopted lo conserve the cash if the banks and trust companies have prevented any further hoarding and :hts fact of Itself la ons of the best features working to strengthen the •Ituatlon. In the Interior, throughout the West and Mouth, ths honks und financial Institutions have taken time tar the forelock and have required no des* of 30 and Cu duy* to depositing lefors funds can he withdrawn. Exchange Closed in Pittsburg. Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. tin.—The stock exchange board of director* voted to remain dosed today.' No nnnuunre- mept was made other than that bust, ness would not be resumed today. DUCKWORTH CALLS Reported That Gov ernors Will Fix Rate. Asheville, N. C„ Oct. JO.—An agree ment haa practically been reached. It la said, between the governor* of North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama where by the existing low passenger rates put Into effect by the last legislatures of these states will he set aside and a uniform rate of X1-2 cents a mile substituted. By the asms tentative agreement. It Is said, this 2J-2-cent rate Is to b* applicable not-simply between points In each stalk, but on Interstate business throughout these three states. If not all Mouthern states. Only the details of the arrangement. It I* declared, remain lo be worked out. It Is added that a conference among Governor Glenn, of North Onr- ollna; Oovernor Hoke Smith, of Geor gia. and Oovernor Comer, of Alabama, and probably Governor Swanson, of Virginia, was called to lie held In A(. lanla on Friday for the purpose of fur. mully adopting the plan. The sole question to be settled. It I* asserted, relates to the method of car rying the agreement Into effect. Governor Smith still maintains si lence as lo the conference, or any probable line of discussion or pri sltlon to lie advanced therein Krli It Is his.Idea that whatever transpires In that meeting of the governors should not go out to the public now, at any rat*. FOR LOWER FARES President Arkwright Shows Company’s Side of Argu ment Before State. HORNER RESIDENCE SOLO TO fKENZIE Mr*. T. Mitchell Horner, who recent ly sued her husband, “Jack" Horner, for divorce, sold her beautiful reel- deuce In Peachtree Tuesday through Torrent and Cieorge Adnlr. real estate agents, to George M. Me Ken lie, for merly of Marietta, for 130,000. Mr. McKensle, who Ih a brother of VV.> M. McKenzie, purchaser of Brook wood, the Thompson residence, ad joining. lins put a force of men to work c'oanlng up and renovating the Horner home;'find will move Iri tVlthlriGi slibrt time. . ’ , • • I ■’ { The Horner house, which In set In a lot 125 by 300 feet, was built fur Mr. nd Mrs. T. Mitchell Horner by her father, Dr. Isaac Kmerroti, the Bromo- Selfzer millionaire, who sent his archi tect and contractor from Boston to erect the house. It In one of the hand- Moment In Peachtree, being splendidly finished within and without. No one In Atlnnta knows Its cost. The deal has been pending for some time. Shortly after Mr. Horner filed sensational suit In Baltimore against bln wife's parents for $100,000 damages for alienating her affections, Mrs, Kohler came to A Hants. A week later -she Hied wilt for divorce, after putting the residence on the market. Mi 4 . McKenzie took the opportunity buy a home adjoining that of bin brother. 'The two resUietu'es are among the fluent In Peachtree. National President C\ 8. Barrett has 'tiled nil the county unions throughout ;ht cotton belt to meet on November 9. Following this call. President Buck- worth has issued a call for all of the Georgia unions to meet on tho same Jate. His call Is us follows: *To the Members -of the Farmers’ ' Union of the Btate of Georgia: “^Following ths call of National Pres ident C. B. Barrett for all counties throughout the cotton belt to meet on November 9. I hereby call a meeting of all county unions In the state of Geor gia to.meet at Id o’clock a. m. Saturday. November 9. for the reasons mentioned n President Urn met Fa call. Where it Is 1e«m*d,best you may Invite non-union farmers and ethers interested in ob- ninlng the Farmers’ Union minimum to meet with you In tho afternoon. “R. f \ BUCWORTH. •President ( Georgia Htate Farmers' Union. “Barnvsvllle. Ga.. Oct. 2$, 1907.” s dinner given in New l'ork recently One of the advantage! of Grape- Nuts food is that it is pre digested in the process of manufacture. The starch contained in the wheat and barley is transformed into grape-sugar by exactly the same method as this process is :arricd on in the human body, that is. by tho use of moisture and ong exposure to moderate .varmth, which grows the diastase n the grains, then long baking :ompletes the remarkable change !rom starch to grape-sugar. Therefore, the most delicate itomach can handle Grape-Nuts ind the food is quickly absorbed nto the blood and tissue—certain parts of it going directly to build ind nourish the brain and nerve i«nterg. “There’s a Reason.” FREE PASSES CUT OFF BY COMMISSION Continued from Pago One. jurisdiction of the rail rom I commission of Georgia, to transport from one point to another point In till* Mate any arti cle or «itides, or marcha mil**, or freight, of any kind, free of charge, except such articles or commodities a?* may he necessary and Intended for Its own use In the conduct of Its business us a common currier, and except ore, toal, stone, timber and the manufac tured products thereof, manufactured, mined or produced by It, on .w from Its own property. Provided, boo ever, that for purely charitable purpose* free transportation may be glut ted, hut when such Ik granted It mtivi be promptly reported to this • omnllsslon. Provided, further. Hint reduced or free irmisvortntton of the goods or ef fects of U- boni tide employers may be given by u common carrier. Provided, further, that the commis sion will, upm application and proper showing made, authorize free or re duced transportation to fairs, exhibi tions or for other public purposes. Bv older of flu* board: S. t?. M’DKNBON. Chairman. geo. F. MONTGOMERY. .See. Calling for Charters. Ordered, That within ten days from this date nil terminal companies, cor* poratlon* or persons owning, leasing or operating terminals under the juris, diction of this commission, shall fur nish Ibis commission with copies of their charters, rates and rules, and that on the Uth day of November. 1907. a public hearing be had at which said companies and their patrons, as well as ihe local authorities, may be heard, with a view to Itnprov'ng the service, and If In any case a monopoly or ex clusive right Is claimed, tin* ground* of such claim are directed to be- pre sented and will be open to discussion by u:i i 'iiikci nfil, ordered further. That a copy hereof be mailed to each of *uld companies without delay. By order of the board: S. G. M’LENDON. Chairman. GEO. F. MONTGOMERY. Sec. COL. GRAVES TO SPEAK AT NEW OPERA HOUSE. EpcHal fo The Georgian. Winder, Ga.. Oct, 3t$—Hon, John Temple Graves will lecture at the new opera house here November I. This will be the second attraction In the Lyceum course. The people here are prmid of Mr. Graves as u Georgian and uue of the foremost speaker* of the country. In the hearing before the state railroad commission Tuesday of the petition of W. II. Terrell for a reduction In street car fares to eight for 25 cent*, the Georgia Hall way and Electric Company submitted a com plete and lengthy answer to the charges made by Mr. Terrell. In tbla answer. Pres ident Arkwright Set forth that under the law the compnny bad an old contract with the clly*. which permitted the company to charge as much as 10 rant* for abort dis tances nud 20 cents for long dlatancea. Upon this contention, the hearing was ad journed until November 12. lu addition to this purely legal point, the company made answer to the conten tion of Mr. Terrell .that the service was Inferior, and that the company could af ford to. reduce Its rotes. Mr, Arkwright’s answer gives a full showing of the present equipment of the company and Its deal ings with the public. It Is glreii lu full: Tha Company's Answer. “To the lion urn Me KaHrosd Commission of the .State of Georgia: Georgia Hallway and Electric Company nutwera the com plaint Hied by William H. Terrell In the above stated matter, and shows: averments In “1.'Respondent shows that the uulforni fare on Its street railroads Is 5 ceuts, re- B miles* of dlstauce; Hint the fare ou the ver Hue Is 10 cents, but respondent linn agreed And Iium published Ids Intention of reducing this fare to 5 cents, beginning No vember 1, 1907. Respondent shows that for one fare of 5 cents h passenger may ride- on any of respondent's street car Hues from any pot tit on any one of such lines to any point on any other of such Hues: that re- s|Hiitdeiif issues universal transfers from any one line to any other Hue. ItespoudeiiL slums that for one fnfe of 5 cents ii pasaeii gee may travel from College Park fa At Isuia. a instance ,,f p mile*, nud tmnsfei to the river l|ne by the use of n trsnsfei ticket, and travel u distance of 9 mile* on the river line Iq Holton, making the fil ial distance traveled of 18 miles for 5 Cents. Twenty-two Linos. “Respondent .show* that It optrirtM twen ty two separate nud distinct routes of street railway lines; Hint Its lines cover the city of Atlanta and all ths surrounding territory for a distance of 9 miles out from the city of Atlanta; that a person may travel on of snld lines lu any direction, or by use ralister* on any two of snld lines from any one point to any other point In or around the city of AHautn. for one fare of .1 cent*. Respondent states that tin* fares charged by It are low. Respondent denlc Hint, it could sell eight tickets for 25 eeuti and further denies Himr It could make a roi Hoiirtble profit on Its Investment when *el lug ell'll! ticket* for i'» cents, but assert that it count not sell eight ticket* for 25 cents and earn the Imre operating pi *11 sc*. “Respondent denies the nverfnetits ..... mined In paragraph 4. 1 Respondent- shows Hint It doe* furulsli proper Service; that Its «-ir* arc adequate for Hie travel and Unit It does furnish enough cars to haul ■ft** passenger* d« comfort. ■• Itstpotrdeftt stole* that It Is I ijuc thnt at • cor fa In times III the day and' ou eeftufn occasions pns- igors stand in the car* for the lack of a t. Respondent states Hint this Is a •essary and ifutivoldnlde Incident In the are of respondent’* business; that In all les where practically the entire popula tion moves lit practically the same time It is utterly Ituin^slhlo to furnish scats for every punM’iiger: that If It were possible It would be unreasonable to demand of re spondent. or of any *tre«t railway company, •lint It should provide car* and service suf- Heleni to nicer lustnutnncuindy the greatest possible maximum demand. Has Good Equipmont. "Respondent denies thnt It operates cars Hint are old. out-of-date nud dirty. He- *pon-lent avert that It* equipment will com- ire favorably with the equipment furnish- I lu nuy city of the United Htates, or In any city In the world; that on an average i equipment Is far superior to the equip- ant found on street rnllwn.v lines (u >st of the el Ilea In the United States. Re spondent states thnt It is true that it oper ates some bmgifndliial-seated cars ou the Marietta Decatur street Hue and on a few of the other lilies, Respondent shows thnt similar cars ate in common use In other cities of the t ulted Htates. Respondent concede* Him under the conditions In At lanta. particularly with regard to the sep aration of the races, these longltudfmtt- 4.»:it cats are not, lu respondent’* opinion. icim adapted. A short time ago respondent »v.is requested by some of Its patron* to edislltttte cross-sent cars for these longttn- llual sent ears ou one of re*|Htiuleut’s liues, tamely, the McDaniel Irwin streets line. In answer to this request, respondent pro posed sod announced Its intention of sub stiltitiiig cross-sent ears for the longitudinal seat cars ou the particular line covered by the request, ami also on all other of It* lines. Pursuant to this announced inten tion. respondent Is substituting moss scat . nrs for the Imigltitdlnal seat ears just as fast as the new ears can t>o turned out of the fclinps. ntnl contemplates that all of there longitudinal-sear ••am will bo retired from service on nr before the flrst day of January, I9MS. Good Light and Powor. Respondent d**nie< the averments con- tafned In paragraph 5, except ns the same are herein admitted. Respondent shows ht Its electric light and power service la .••seeded- In guy locality: that respondent best machinery nm| electric y be oli Improvei 10. HOTEL Police Are Puzzled by Tragedy in the Waldorf-Astoria. ’ New York, Oct. 30.—No solution In the mystery, of the death of Herman Bradley Potter, an Insurance agent of Doylestown, Pa., a man of excellent so cial standing and comfortable means, who was found dead In his rooms on the fourteenth floor of the Waldorf-As toria last night with his skull fractured In two places, his nose broken and bleeding and bruises about bis legs and face, showing that lie had been horribly beaten, has as yet been found. Whether the man was murdered In the hotel or whether he was beaten In the street and pent to his room to die Is not yet determined. A question of posslblo poison al*o figures In this ex traordinary mystery. There Is a sus picion that a Jar of while powder found In (he room after the discovery of the body contained cyanide of mercury. An autopsy will be held today to reveal whether or not there are traces of the drug In the man’s stomach. Mysterious Letter. At the same time there was a mys terious letter written by Mr. Potter to his wife In Doylestown. which puts the whole affair In a different phase. When the man’s body was found Coroner Httrberger was sent for and after an examination, said: -This man has been beaten to death. I can't say that he was killed In the hotel, but a murder has been commit ted. On a table in Ills loom was a let ter addressed to Mi's. H. Bradley Pot ter. Jr., of Doylestown, Pa. The letter was on a letterhead of the Michigan Commercial Insurance Company, of Doylestown. The letter In no way threw llgiit on the mystery. It read: Letter to Wife. "My Dear Wife—In the left-hand drawer of the bureau you will find on envelop* of every (Insurance) company I represent. Write' to every one of them and ask them to uppolnt you agent. "Everything I own Is In the box on my desk, (ioud-bye to you and the children. I forgot to say last Satur day night 1 was put out of business on my way home to the hotel. "I was tackled by three toughs and 1 hud quite an experience. I actually put two of them to Bleep, but the third ducked and hit me with « sand bag on the left side of the head and put me to Sleep. He took m.v watch, locket, cl- gurette cuke, ring and pockeibouU. . "I was picked tip by nn officer, lying In the gutter. Fortunately I had my loom key with me and tile Waldorf liieuns a great deal In New- York. Karev well,.to you all. Good-bye. "HERMAN." • While the letter would seem to In dicate Potter knew death was up- proachlng. It was agreed the wounds on his body could not possibly have been self Inflicted. It was shown the letter was written In a strong hand and by a man who, If In physical suf fering « under a nervous strain, show ed no sign of It In Ills writing. A com. parlson of the writing with the signa ture on the hotel register proved lie- yond doubt that Potter had penned the note. Further examination of the room dis closed the Jar of while powder. Jn the trousers of the dead man was fouhd $0.31 In cash together with papers and other effects that proved Ids Identity. FINEST CANDY FOR GEORGIAN ANT AD PATRONS Free to Everybody J t Thousands of people are our regular Want Ad atrons and the number is increasing every day. ousands have taken advantage of our pati Th Pitillly■ nilopfa any liii|>r<>v«>im»nt iu wa* tilncry ur apparatus that will loml t>i b#t- pi* Hip plrctrip tvrvlc* fitrnlsliiMi hjr It. rills lui* I*h*ii i ^BtionilPiit's rousts lit prsr- Irr. RrspoutleRf, invite* tln» rloMhtt arm* tiny "f Its stations, equlpiurut. apparatus ami nuthiHl*. and nvor* that Hn»y will Hr I on id t to lw» equal to the best known to hr art. Respondaut aver* Hint its tnr- or* nrr constantly Inspected by n force -itipluyct! by 11 exclusively for this pur pose; that these meters are kept as mm- *t is possible for a mechanic*I lie kept; that It mokes constant Inspection* ninl lest* »»f the meters on It* n motion, amt It is its Invariable practice test any meter aInm* which complaint tins Item made. Kehpondent offer* not the slightest objection to any public system >f meter Inspection. ••Further answering, respondent shows: ••Tb.it It operate* n street ninl suburban Icctrle railway system in the count!,•* of Poitou mol DeKulb. and in Hie iniiiiicipali st i«» of Atlanta. Kilgewoisl. Kirkwood. Deca- inr. Dnl bind Ulty. East Uolnl nud Uollrgo 1‘urk. and I* building a line into Hu* mimic. Ipnllty or llrtpevllle; that the city or At* lawn ninl contiguous territory Is well sup- pH..: with r!?•■•.** r«b«**y line, uimiii radius of 9 mile* nround the city of At- lama, the total mileage of respondent’* Hues being about 1M mile* mi a Mingle track Imi si*. Respondent operate** approximately 20Q motor cars. Universal Transfers, in lids system of street railways the fare 5 tents, with n universal system f*t trails- s from any Hite to any other I Inc. This stem of street railways furnishes quick, frnqm nt. safe and comfortable serrltw to population served. The tracks of re- snoudent are kept In tie* very best condi tion. Hosuondetit (ns f>ecn enraged in prac tical! v rebuilding rtie entire track* of Ih lines It bn* use*! for this purpo** lb* ttest matedal that can be bad. The car* ope- ied by respondent are modern. p»wnf«*ria» tile, are kept clean, freshly painted. nr*» tented tu winter and are equipped with tha __ .. . . _ «t«st improved electric apparatus. Respond* Atlanta, Ga., Uft. GREAT FREE OFFER OF WILEY’S CANDY. HAVE YOU 7 •nt avers thnt the street railway serv furnished by It Is unexcelled anywhere and I* equal to the tiest street railway service furnished In any city under anything up- prom-blug the conditions prevailing lit this . territory. Respondent avers that this Is th** general sentiment «»f its patrons mid the public served by Its lines. Respondent Is constantly adding additional cars to Us service. Since this company was organised ill 1903 there lias never been a time when passenger car* were imt III process of von- USm* —-yvl«.*e oil Its Hues, llespoud crensed the service furnished the paid! andldecreitsed the fare* charged the public. Respondent states that It voluntarily put bn a system of universal transfers mid ex- led the same from time to time ho that ■overs respondent's entire system; Hmt It has Just recently agreed to reduce the fare on Its River line from lit e*nts to r» cents; thnt It has recently largely Increased the uumlier of cars operated l»y it. Right to Charge Mora. Respondent furthermore shows that by youtrnet wRh the city of Atlnutn It has tW right over a large portion of Its titles o charge a* much ns in cent* for short dis tance nud 20 cents for long dlMnucc*. this contract covering the lines formerly known Company, Its * that on another portio Atlauta Rapid Transit Company, respond ent has the tight, by contract wlfn tin* city of Atlanta, to charge 5 cents, nud after midnight and before 5 o'clock u ui. It has the right to charge D touts. Respondent further mUohs that the val uation of its property for taxation has been increased so that the amounts it will [ be coiuneDed to pay for taxation lu tin* year 1907 and subsequently over whnt It paid lu the. year JAM will exceed the sum •».*l SlOO.OUu; Hi'Ut It haa recently agreed n the city of Atlanta to reduce Its price* street lighting, whereby its revenue from this source will lo* from $20,000 to $25,000 js-r annum less than heretofore; that It haa also agreed to reduce the prices charged by It to prlrnte consumers for electric light and power nud its revenue from this source will be reduced approximately $tW.t»» |»*i- annum: that It has recent I v lucres s*G t •*-• wages of Its employees whereby Its pay roll* will lu* Increased approximately per annum on account of this Increased rate of wages; thnt Ii has increased the amount of street railway service furnished, thereby decreasing the amount received l,y J It per car mile and Increasing Hi** expen.o i per car tulle; that the reductions In Ita rev* I enues from the sources above stated will I approximate the sent **f $250,000 |w»i* umtum: I that It is iu no condition to stand nuyi further reduction lu Its earnings. No General Complaint. Kesnoudent furthermore showe that tin* l .4tea of street railway fares enurged $»> §-. , sml the street railway service furnished by It are satisfactory to its patrons and to tin* public ni large; that there Is no general complaint as to the amount of its fares o- qnnlity of it* service: that there Is no gen- eral desire that Its fares should be re duced: Hist It I* generally recognized t»y the public served by rt<*poi»deiit that the fares charged by resfsmdctit are low aid / the service go*»d. slid ;hai respondent vol-! uiitarlly makes every effort to furnish t|c»| best service «t <he lowest prh*e within r«*a-j * For the benefit of those who may not have heard of our FREE OFFER we will again state that with every 30-cent Want Ad sent or ’phoned to The Georgian office Friday or SaMiy, Nov. 1 or 2, To be inserted in the Saturday Georgian, we will give ABSOLUTELY FREE Wiley*s Candy Is Famous. /•harpi) by It arc low and the service good, I sod there is uo jus:ideation for PdadKf such rate# or complaining i UnpetfoilT. You Get Wiley*s Best. fl Half-Pound Box of Wileys Best Candy Wiloy’s Candy is so well-known in Atlanta that it is hardly necessary to sing its praises here; suffice it to say » Wiley*S that there is no batter on the market—with a reputa- tion for purity and flavor that is above reproach—pack- Candy e( i carefully piece by piece in handsome boxes-it retails for 80 cents per pound—this is the kind you get with your want ad in the Georgian. REMEMBER THE DAYS! Friday or Saturday, and if it is not convenient to send your ad, ’p^ one 4929 or Atlanta 4401 and WE’LL PAY THE MESSENGER.