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SUPPLY YOUR WANTS, FEW OR MANY, THROUGH THE GEORGIAN, FREE OF CHARGE
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Friday; colder Fri
day.
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Phe Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, holiday: Atlanta, steady.
1114; New York, quiet, 11 40; New Or
leans. holiday; Savannah, firm. 10H; Au
gusta. steady, 11; Mobile, steady, 10%;
Wilmington, nominal, 10 9-16.
VOL. VI. NO. 129.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY, 2,1908. ‘ , PRIGS:
5. Davies Warfield and
R. Lancaster Wii
liams Named.
receivers are to .
BORROW MONEY
Court Gives Direction to
Pay Indebtedness Due
New Years.
Richmond Vo., Jan. 2.—Judge Prltch
nril. of the United State* circuit court
of the eastern dlatrict of Virginia, thl*
morning entered a decree naming S,
Davie* Warfield of Baltimore, Md.
and R. Lnncaater William*, of Rich
mond. receiver* for the Seaboard Air
I.lnc Railway.
Bond Is required in the sum of ISO,
000 each, conditioned on faithful per
formance of duty and with sufficient
sureties to be approved by the court.
The appointment, contrary to the
original plan, was made upon the ap
plication of attorney* representing the
Seaboard Itself and not by either fac
tlon In the directorate.
Continue Operation,
The receiver* are fully authorised to
take possession of all the property of
the corporation, "to continue the opera,
tlon of said railway system and to. run
and operate the said railway* and such
other railway property as the com
pany holds and in such a manner as
will In thalr Judgment produce the
most satisfactory results; to exercise
the authority and franchises of the
complainant and to conduct syetematt
cally the business and occupation of a
common carrier of passengers and
freight.”
Protect Property,
Tht receivers also are ordered
preserve and protect the property so
that It may be advantageously used
nnd developed. With them lie* the
power to employ and discharge and fix
the compensation of such employees,
lawyers, superintendents, agents as are
needed to old them In the discharge of
their duties. They must, of course, as
certain and report the assets and lia
bilities and collect ail rents, Income,
tolls and profits.
May Borrow Money.
The receivers are authorised In their
discretion to pay all expenses Incident
to their trust and to the operations of
the system and such, rentals and In
stallments as may become due on and
after January 1 ItOS for the use of any
portion of said railroads or other prop
erty or for the use or purchase of lo
comotive*, cars and other rolling stock
or equipment heretofore sold or leased
to sold company.
The court has authorised the
celver* to borrow sufficient money to
meet the Interest payments on the
various Issues of bonds which are due
today.
The Annual Report.
The annual report of the Seaboard
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1007,
was made public ,a few days ago.
showed the company to be unable to
pay Its Interest and rental charge*.
The grogs Income of the company
last year was 117,204,182.24, and the
j ><»» nun «a i l eui,io».ei, cuiu
operating expenses and taxes amount
ed to 314,10£l48.J0, leaving net earn
ings from operation amounting to 13,'
101.0S3.84.
To this must be added Income from
other sources amounting to 331,208.88.
which gave a total net Income of 93,-
132,838,80. Thl* latter sum was all the
company had to meet Interest charges
and rentals amounting fo 33,175,434.88.
$42,598.06 Deficit.
In other words. Its report showed a
deficit on this Item of fixed charges
amounting to 343.583.66. The actual
deficit under charges, which was ahown
by the company’s own report to exist
on July l, last, was 3304,190.26.
The Seaboard's October statement of
earnings was the most favorable of
any given out by the road during the
current year. In October the road
showed a surplus of 372.848 after the
payment of all fixed charges, and It Is
said that the November statement,
which has not yet been given out, will
also show a surplus. The reports for
the first three months each showed a
deficit. In July the deficit amounted
to 3116,0(1, In August 379,528, and In
September, 355,891.
Seaboard’s Officers.
W. A. Oarrett I* president of the Sea
board; L. Sevier, vice president; D. C.
Porteou*. secretary; R. L. Nutt, treas
urer and assistant secretary, and Leigh
" Watts, general counsel.
Th* board of directors of the Sea
board Is composed of the following:
James A, Blair. New York: Thomas F.
Ryan, Oak ridge, Vs.; T. Jefferson Cool-
Continued on Page Three.
RUSSELL TELLS HISTORY
OF SOME SEABOARD DEALS;
R YAN AND WILLIAMS FIGHT
HEADS SEABOARD. | . 7777
1 Magazine Writer Gives
., Sidelights
Finance.
on
In the Oetolier nntnber of Everybody’*
magazine. t'hnrlp* Edward Russell give*
an Interesting account of the Benltoard'n
change In mnnagemept and endenvora to
kIiow that 'thla receivership la the culmina
tion of one of those financial deni* which
took n road with bright prospects out of
the hands of on old Houthern honking house
nn«l transferred It to Thomas Fortune Ryan
und his Wnll-st. associates.
According to Mr. Russell, when this trans-
TOMS
III! I
ON FATAL CAS
Found Dead in Room
at 178 Ivy-
' St.
LEFT TWO NOTES,
ONE NOT SEALED
AT A TIME LIKE THIS--
To reduce the advertising appropriation will
be one of the first foolish things to do. If you
need cash, advertise more liberally and get the
cash from the increased sales.
Body Taken to Undertakers
to Await Result of Cor
oner’s Inquest.
Police Think
Mud-Stained
Man Is Slayer
far took place, John Hkolton Williams, of
the old banking firm of John I*. Williams
A Hons, of Richmond, wn* the bead of the
enterprise. Ry modern business methods
and Integrity, taught blui by his Virginia
father. Mr. Williams bunched n lot of short
rsllroads Into Jhe Hen 1m»iird system nnd In
1899 he was president of this system, when
only 33 years of age.
It In further pointed out by the author
that Williams was a stranger to the kind
of financs which wrecks roads and unloads
watered stock on the public. Uls road pros
pered until It Interfered with the plane of
Rynn and Morgan. Then his doom was
sealed. From tlint time the Wsll-at. knife
waa sharpened for him and It ended In
1901, when Ryan, while professing friend
ship for him, scut the knife home, threw
Williams out of the road, made a pile of
money out of stock and bond transactions
and secured control. Hlnce that time the
Heal>oord has had a hand-to-mouth financial
existence.
Rysn first got next to Williams, accord-
r Huai ~
tag to Mr. Russell's recital, by professing
friendship and gsttlng him a loan, after
what was declared to ho a well-planned
New York trust company failure had em
barrassed the Imliking houses of Williams
* 7W. Mlddcndorf ft “
Now York, Jan. 2.—A startling new
clew to the slayer of the beautiful girl
whose nude body was discovered In
the dismal marsh at Harrison, N. J.,
today started the police at work on
fresh lines.
A man laboring under great excite
ment boarded a trolley car at New
ark at 4:40 o'clock on the morning of
Christmas day. There were five new
ly made scratches on the left side of ^ ^ **,uwuuur* «
his face from which the blood was th - bf ’ w htchTwe re ‘ f limly' alM ed*
oozing.
The left side of his trousers, hat and
coat were covered with a thick swamp
mud and cinders, as also were his
shoes. His hands were similarly soil-
The man appeared nervous and
when the conductor went for his fare
he tendered a $10 bill.
Had Big Roll.
The conductor could not change It
and the man went into his pocket and
pulled out a large roll and offered an
other $10 bill.
The conductor looked at him sus
piciously and waited for his fare,
whereupon the man pulled out a lady’s
diamond stick pin and offered it to
the conductor as fare.*
Well, maybe you’ll take this,” he
said.
He rode as far as Monroe-st., where
be alighted and disappeared In the di
rection of the Lackawanna station.
Near Scene of Crime.
Broad and Market-sts., where the
man boarded the car. Is about 6 min
utes’ walk from the Center-st. bridge,
which I* the shortest cut from where
the body of the swamp victim was
found. The police believe this man Is
the slayer of the girl and today they
began a systematic search for him.
Th* mud-stained man was seen by
Theodore Vol»e, manager of the Unions
Ice Company plant at Newark, a well
known and responsible cltlxen of that
city.
PILLSBURY TAKES
BROWNSON’8 PLACE
AS BUREAU CHIEF
Washington. Jan. 2.—After a brief
conference with the president thl*
morning Secretary of the Navy Metcalf
announced the appointment of Captain
John E. Plllsbury to succeed Rear Ad
miral Brownsoo a# chief of the bureau
navigation.
place sou# Rynn men on the board of di
rectors. Then began his downfall In fhu
Bonbon rd. It wasn't long, says Mr. Russell,
before Williams was given the alternative
of a receiver or a bond scheme of five mil
lion and an Issuance of bonus stock of
twelve nnd a half millions. This bonus
stock was secretly thrown on the market,
HeolKMrd stock went on the toboggan, Wil
liams was eruHbed for tbs time belug nnd
Ryan and his friends secured control
road, besides making big money.
The receivers appointed by Judge
aril Indicate that noth Ryan and W
Interests are represented. H. Davies War-
field was the president of a Baltimore trust
company and Is said to be the man who
first got Williams Into Ryan’s dutches and
Is generally believed to be a Ryan roan.
It. Lancaster Williams Is a brother of
John Hkelton Williams, and, of course,, will
look sft« the William, Intercu. lie I.
ANOTHER GREAT STORY
The Georgian will soon begin the
publication of a rattling fine story
of adventure In New York. It Is
called "The Man of a Hundred
kiosks.”
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woman, believed to be Marian
Hull, who lived at a rooming houee at
178 Ivy-st., was found dead In bed
about 16:36 o'clock Thursday morning
as the result of asphyxiation.
She left two notes, one to Mrs/ Annie
Faustman, who conducts the rooming
house, and one to her husband, the lot.
ter sealed. The note to Mrs. Faustman
Indicates that It waa a caae of suicide
caused by being "tired of life."
The body was taken to the undertak
ing establishment of H. M. Patterson
A Son. where the coroner will hold an
Inquest.
It la stated that the husband of the
dead woman Is In North Carolina. All
the people In the house were very ret
icent about the Identity of the woman.
WOMA N SINGS AND PRA YSAS
SHE IS ROASTING ALIVE;
:* CLOTHES SOAKED IN OIL
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 2.—Mr*. Elisabeth
Mosher, aged 61. her mind unbalanced
by religious fanaticism, burned herself
to death at her home In Lincoln yes
terday afternoon, prnylng fervently and
singing while her body was being con
sumed by flames.
After kissing her husband and telling
him that she waa going to take a nnp,
the woman went to her room up stairs,
soaked her clothing In a gallon of kero,
sene, lighted a match and Ignited It.
Then throwing herself upon her knees
by her bedside, she began to pray
loudly and to sing snatches of hymns.
Her husband rushed up stairs to find
her enveloped In (lames. 8he screamed
to Mm to go away and continued to
pray and sing, while she was being lit
erally roseted allvo. Mr. Mosher made
a desperate effort to extinguish the
(lames, but his wife fell over dead.
Mrs. Mosher was converted but a
short time ago. and for several days
hsd spent most of her time praying and
sinking hymns.
TWO GEORGIAN WANT ADS
DRA W CROWD TO OFFICES;
HUNDREDS ANSWER THEM
Two unauthorised "want” advertisements the company, stated Thursday that he had
placed lu Thp Georgian Monday and Tues
day caused the Massey Reporting Company,
the twelfth floor of the Fourth National
Bank building, no little amount of worry
Thursday morning and disappointed several
hundred people who accepted the advertise
ments In good faith and applied for the po
sitions advertised.
One of the advertisements called for 100
lioya tietween the ages of 5 and 19 years,
who were retreated to annly at No. 1201
Fourth National Rank building. The other
But Seven Cases Made by
Police Wednesday
Night.
Ruts Pelic* Chief Killed.
Samara. Russia. Jan. 2.—Chief Bbn-
rolf. of the provincial gendarmerie, was
shot dead In a crowded street here to-
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'Office apace In this building for
rent.”
This sign will not actually be posted
on the police station, but some euch In
scription might be appropriate In giv
ing an Idea of the quiet prevailing
since the prohibition law went Into ef.
feet. /
From midnight Wednesday until 8
o'clock Thursday morning a grand to
tal of one case had been made by the
whole of the morning watch.
During this same period the tele
phone bell In the station disturbed the
reigning quiet but one solitary time.
The call officers remained about the
station ready and willing to rush out
Into the night air to answer any
emergency—but that emergency never
arose.
When the telephone bell rang the
one time, sounding thru the stillness of
the office like a fire gong. Call Officer
Pat Gallagher rushed to the ‘phone,
shouting to Call Officer Anderson:
Well, I guess we will have to skldoo
now. Thl* may be a murder or a bank
robbery. Get ready.”
But when the officer quickly answer
ed the 'phone he was greeted by
feminlno voice, which Inquired:
Is Mr. So and So, my husband, lock
ed up there 7” -
Mr. "So and So,” as It happened, was
not locked up. The call officers were
not disturbed by the ’phone any more
until after daylight.
Prior to the time the morning watch
went on duty at midnight, the evening
watch docketed seven cases between
the adjournment of court Wednesday
afternoon and 12 o'clock.
”If thl* keeps up," remarked one po
llceman) “I guess It will be. so after a
while that Judge Broyles will Just call
up here every morning and ask If there
is anything to be tried in court, to save
him from making a useless trip down
here to the court room."
At the morning session of police
court Thursday about twelve cases
were tried. Most of these cases were
made Wednesday and some of them
were docketed Thursday morning after
the morning watch came off of dujty.
The first case of drunkenness under
prohibition came up at the morning
session when Bud Curtis, a negro, was
arraigned. He pleaded guilty and was
fined 816.75. Judge Broyles anounces
that the fine for drunkenness now will
be much heuvier than formerly, and
810.75 will probably be the standard
price. The old standard fine of 83.76
has been relegated.
1 KILLED; 2 HURT
DURING STORM
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Ml**., Jan. 2.—Word has
reached .here of a storm bordering on
cyclonic proportions, which swept over
the town of Pocahontae during the
night, unrooting several dwellings and
causing serious injury to the railway
station agent and his wife. A negro
baby was killed by falling timbers.
would he given employment at No. 1216 on
the asms floor. All applicants were to
only «t $ o’clock Thursday morning.
The Massey Reporting Company occupies
both rooms mentioned in the advertise
ments* and not baring nuthorlziHl them,
were taken ^ " ~ ^ ■*
men and boys 1
plrlnjj for the ]
Idea who the perpetrator of the fake
advertlaemeiits could lie.
The advertisements came to The Georgian
thru the regular channels and were accept-
etl by the business office In good faith and
under the supimsltlou that they were au
thorized by the tenant# of the offleea named.
It la not known whether the advertise-
menta were Inserted by a practical Joker or
some one maliciously Inclined, lint In either
event the matter haa proved of oeriona mo
ment for a goofl many persons, nnd la not
rellshiHl by those who accepted In good
faith the Intelligence contained In thfe an
nouncements. The Georgian will nae every
tuehna posslldo to prevent n similar oc
currence In future.
bile regretting the Incotr.
In* to the Massey Reporting Company and
the disappointment of the many persons
who answered the advertisements. The
Georgian ran but feel gratified at the re
markable demonstration of the drawing
power of Ita free want page, whlrh waa
dealgned for the Iwneflt of the luasoea.
3,000 Persons
Jn MuncieRiot;
Police Helpless
Muncle, !nd„ Jan. I—Rioting wa, reaurn
ed today. The police and sheriffs Heeroed
almost helpless. The crowtf drove the
crews from every »tr**t cer fast *• on*
appeared and broke out the window* of
the csrt. A mob of nearly 3,006 Is now
Us way to tho Union Trsetlon ear burns
snd the power station. It Is feared they
will lie burned. It le believed the mllllla
will lie called out at once.
Many shots wsr* fired and ten per
sona are reported Injured.
TROOPS READY TO
ANSWER RIOT CALL
Indianapolis, Jan. 3.—Four compa
nles of Indiana national guard ar*
held under arms ready at a moment's
notice to leave for Munci* under order*
of Governor Hanley. The troops were
atked last night by Sheriff Purdue, who
fears a repetition of yesterday's riot
ing. In which 3.060 persons took part.
Two were seriously hurt.
A telephon* message from Muncle
this afternoon says the police have ta
ken charge of the car* and run them
to the barns. The mob surrounds th*
bam* whsr* the 100 armed strike
breaker* are sheltered and threaten*
to burn the bam*.
The governor ha* »ent General Per
ry. of the mllltja, to Muncle.
MAN KILLS WIFE
AND FOUR TOTS,
THEN KILLS SELF
Kingston, N. Y„ Jan. 3.—Word wo*
received here today of the murder, sup.
posedly by Irving Baker, of hi* wife
and four children at Lelbhardt. Baker
then committed suicide. It appear!
Baker committed the crime* with a
large rough knife, made from an old
scythe.
REFUSED TO ISSUE
LIQUOR LICENSE
8pedal to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Jnn. 2.—Cullman, Cren-
a haw and Lowndes conn Ilea now come Into
the public light been nae of the strenuous op-
position being made to the enforcement of
the prohibition laws, which went Into ef
fect yesterday. In each of theae counties
tbi» citizen* voted liquor out by large ma
jorities under the local option Plnn. Thla
waa not under the general prohibition law.
Iterance the general law does not go Into
effect until January. 1909. The difference
Itetween the counties of Crenshaw snd
Lowndes and Cnllman la that the probate
judges of the first two declined to Issue
Flames Raging
In Philadelphia;
Firemen Trapped
Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—A fire Is
progress In the big furniture store of
J. L. Shoemaker A Co. A number of
firemen were trapped In the basement
and five were taken out unconscious.
It Is believed that more firemen ar*
■tIU In the building and the fire I* not
yet under'control.
Jury Is Out
In Powers Case
Georgetown, Ky., Jan. 2.—The Jury
In the Caleb Powers (rial retired at
a. m, today. -
WILL BE FORMED
Atlanta Building Men Plan
Organization of In
terests.
ERWORKS
SHE
11PASTMR
Increase of $32,978
Over the 1906
Record.
PRESIDENT RICE
SUBMITS REPORT
Urges Completion of New
Reservoir and Filter- s
ing System. J
The totnl earning* of tho waterworks
department for tho year 1907, as shown
by the report of Frank P. Rice, presi
dent of the water board, were 1496,-
692.45.
The cash receipts were 3323,460.06. In
addition the freo and public service
rendered by the department amount*
to 3173,1*3.40.
■ The Increase for the year 1* 132,-
978.81. The estimated Increase for 1908
I* 340,000. President Rice estimate* tho
value of the waterworks at 38,000,000.
The report of tho president, giving, as
It does, an Intelligent account of the
work done during the y-nr and
talnlng many Important recommenda
tion* for Iho future, especially urging
that the waterworks be never.gold, Is
Interesting from beginning to end. It
follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and General
Council:
On behalf of tho board of water com-
mlseleners I have tlm honor to submit
herewith the annual report of tho water
department for the year 1907.
For a full und detailed .statement of
th.- opoi.tti.ins ..r the department, I re
fer you to the reports of the general
manager and secretary, herewith sub
mitted.
It Is highly gratifying to me to call
your nttcntlon to the good work done
by this department during the past
year, and the great results obtained.
The cash receipts for the year from
water rent* were *289,295.35. Add to
that the cash receipts from new taps
and replaced meters 327,308.74, and
for material turned In thru the city
clerk's office 38,296.78. making a total
of 3323.400.06, being an Increase In
wntrr sales of 332.978.31 over the year
1906.
In addition to the above cash Income
this department has furnished for free
nnd public use. Including charitable In
stitutions, public buildings, hospitals,
schools. Jails, etc.. 3173,192.40 during the
yenr 1907. Add to this the cash re
ceipts und the grand total of tho earn
ings of tho water department Is 1496,-
692.45.
Should the city continue to lay
mains tho revenuo derived from this
department would rapidly Increase. I
confidently hope nnd estimate that our
Increased receipts for 1908 over 1907
will be not less than <40,000.
Need of More Funds.
I can not too urgently Impress upon
your hnnnrablo body the necessity of
furnishing thl* department the neces
sary funds to meet tho demands mads
upon It by the peoplo, who arc clam
oring before our board at each and
every- meeting for extensions of mains.
The money that you Invest In water
pipes and Improvements comes bark
with a large percentage of gain, say 20
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A movement Is on foot to organise In
Atlanta Builders' Exchange, which
will Include all‘firms interested In
building, from the architect Who draws
the plans to the company that contracts
to put In the plumbing.
So far about 100 firms, some of which
■re among the best established In the
city, have signed the agreement. Ef
forts are being made to secure the en
trance of all firms Interested and when
this I* done the Builders' Exchange
will be organised.
The purposes of tho new organise
tlon are varied. One of the chief fea
ture* will be the establishment of a
bureau of Information, where Atlanta
builders and mstsrial men may keep
posted on prices, conditions, proposed
buildings In other parts of th* country
and other matters. This will be In
charge of a secretary, and, ft I* said,
will be to the building Interests what
th* chamber of commerce Is to the
commercial and civic Interests.
The exchange will' also serve ts
market place where material men may
exhibit- their goods to the builder*. The
exchange will also regulate contracts
and make agreements of different
kind*. It I* said that In case of strikes
th* members of the organisation will
stand together.
In the new organisation win be lum
ber men, plumbers, brick men, stone
firms, qrchlterts, contractors, cement
firms, glass and paint establishment*,
and In fact every kind of business, pro.
feselon or trade Interested In building.
Only the master builders and no Jour-
Continued on Pag* Three.
Free “Wants” in
The Georgian
No Charge
for Local
Advertisements
of a Personal
Nature Under
Wanted Help. Wante«l Situation*.
Lost anil Found, Wanted Room*. For
Rent ItiKuna, For Kzcbnnge. Wanted
Miscellaneous, For -Suite Miscellane
ous
If answer* fall to come the flrat
time, we In*, it** rh many insertion*
a* are neeesgaiy to secure what you
advertise f4>r. We wish the Kdvertls-
era to feel that they are not tnipoa-
lug on us by using our free columns.
THE GEORGIAN
Is the Home Paper
of Atlanta,
And Through It
the People of Atlanta
May Alway* Have
Their Wants Supplied.