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■ -‘"‘e "fV I . ^ a*.. V SECOND SECTION The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. L NO. 62. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906 CREDIT MEN OF ATLANTA URGE BITTER WAR ON BUCKET SHOPS Declare Futures Gam bling Most Dam nable of All. WHOLLY INDORSE THE BOYKIN BILL Stirring Meeting in Its Fa vor Was Held at Kimball Friday Night. The day of bucket ahope and future d.allnc In Georgia la nearing an end. If the many utterances at the smoker of the Credit .Men's Association Friday night may be regarded as at all pro phetic. In the ball room of the New Kim ball, where the smoker was held, there were g.thered together about 150 mem I, era of the Atlanta Credit Men’s As- eeolation and the Georgia general as- aemhly. There were eome of the moot prominent men In Georgia there and even- one pledged hie support to put an end to what was termed the moet pernicious form of gambling existent todav In the South. It la a significant fact that the At lanta Credit Men’s Association, com posed of the men In Atlanta who de termine who shall and who shall not be credited at the different .stores and hanka and other commercial Institu tions, has taken up the light against the bucket shops. These men are all of the opinion that the bucket shop Is lespnnslble for more suicides, bad credit, failures and dfcch than any other one cause. The meeting Friday night was held with n view to presenting the views of some prominent laymen to the mem bers of the general assembly, before which there Is now pending a bill to make it a misdemeanor to either deal In futures or run a bucket shop In the state of Georgia. Hugh White, of Everett, Ridley & Co.. called the meeting to order at S:30 o'clock and the discussion of the bucket shop question was taken up at once, with the Introduction of James II. Boykin, of Lincoln county, the au thor of the anti-bucket ehop bill, and also of the substitute which will be offered for It at the present term of the legislature. Boykin’s Argument. The following extracts were taken from the remarks of Mr. Boykin: "When 1 Introduced this measure I thought the only thing necessary to secure Its passage would be the sup port of the business men of the state.” "Dealing In futures, bucket shop gambling, Is a menace to our moral welfare and future prosperity.” "Bucket shops are robbing the people of the South of 150,000,000 every year and Georgia contributes 11,000,000, and what does this state get In return? About 110,000 In licenses,” "Consider for a minute the wrecked lives, fortunes and homes that have resulted from this form of gambling.” "It Is no wonder that the merchants and hankers are aroused. These buck et shops bring nothing but disaster.” "The courts of our state have de creed that future dealing la gambling, pure and simple.” "I believe this measure will pass the general assembly.” Joseph A. McCord, of the Third Na- llonal Bank, was next called on. He said In pnrt: "The evil of stock gambling Is per- ttteatfng the entire South and by stock gambling I mean dealing In cotton fu tures ns well. "I could stand here all night and tell you the evils that result from people dealing In futures. "Whenever I hear that a cashier has gone wrong 1 look Immediately to see It It was caused by the bucket shop, anil such Is almost Invariably the case. "A man who gambles for a living should he ostracised. "Shall we license such gambling? Cause of Failures. "Our credit men have from time to time Investigated failures here In At lanta and tile result of the Investigation is almost Invariably the same, tome FULTON’S REPRESENTATIVES ARRAIGNED BY WILMER MOORE Wilmer Moore severely arraigned the three representatives of Fulton county In the house of representatives for not bMtg present at the amoker and pledging their support to the anti-bucket ahop bill. He said: "Gentlemen, of Fulton's three representatives not one Is here tonight. Is It not due the Credit Men's Assosclatfon, backed by the strongest men In Atlanta, Indorsed by bankers, that these men be here and give us their support? As it Is, they have completely Ignored us. I move, gen tlemen, that we pass resolutions calling on these three men, demanding, not requesting, that they support this measure, no matter what their per sonal views may he” (Applause.) “HEAVEN GAINED IN IS MINUTES WOULD BE AN IMMORAL ONE” That he Is opposed to the get-rlch-qulck scheme either In huelnees or religion, was stated at the Credit Men's amoker at the Kimball Friday night by Dr. C. B. Wilmer, rector of St. Lukes Episcopal church. "I have already gone on record, aa some of you doubtless know,” said Dr. Wilmer, "as being opposed to a get-rlch-qulck scheme, either In bus- 'I believe that any heaven that cohid be gained In 15 Iness or religion, for lutes would be an Dr. Wilmer made one _ speeches at the smoker. He showed the underlying principle of business to be to get something for something, a fair exchange, while In gambling It was to get something for nothing. Too such exist In the same community without great damage dared Dr. Wilmer. . minutes would be an Immoral heaven." (Applause.) of the most logical and one of the atrongeet Too euch principles could not to the former, de member of the firm had been speculat ing, had been dealing In futuree. "The great trouble Is that ths young men of thla country are going the pace that kills. There ar«^ln every com munity young men on their road to ruin because of the bucket shop." Hon. Harvle Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, and a man who has acquired an Intimate knowledge of the methods of cotton manipulators, was called on for a speech. He branded the New York Cotton Exchange In no uncertain lan guage. He said: "The Southern Cotton Association In every meeting, ever held has passed strong resolutions against futurs deal ings. c ”1 feel It my duty to work against the- shops and wire houses In every state In the cotton belt. The bucket shop Is no worse than a wire house or local exchange. "The foundation of the whole evil la —i the New York Cotton Exchange, which 1s like a great octupus with Its arms stretched out over the South sucking In the money of her people, wrecking lives apd homes and every thing else with which they come In contact. "Even the cotton exchange has out lawed bucket shops, and I don't be lieve that anything that was outlawed by the cotton exchange could get ■ a place even In the lower regions. T am Informed that order* placed In bucket shops are never placed on an exchange. "I don’t believe there Is a greater hot bed of corruption on the face of this earth than the New York Cotton Ex change. . ■ 'T have never bought or sold a con tract and never expect to. "I know citizens In this city who have lost every dollar they had In. the past six months in future dealings. 'This business will go on os long as you license It.” Mr. Flanders, of the lower branch of the general assembly, aroee to explain the status of the anti-bucket shop bill now In the house. He said It had not been retarded, but was merely watting Its turn on a crowded calendar. Mayor Woodward'* Views. Mayor James O. Woodward said he had no views on anything unless they were decided and on the bucket shop question he had most decided views that he would gladly express: The responsibility lies In the legis lature. Ae long as this business Is licensed we can do nothing. Just give us the laws and we will do the rest. I will see that there does not remain a single bucket shop In this town. "I attribute more suicides, bank failures anil similar disasters to this pernicious form of gambling than to any other. "A poor negro goes out anil shoots craps and loses n quarter and gets twelve months, and a man who squanders thousands of other people's money gets no penalty at all. "Lots of good church people specu late. The legislature legalises future dealing and the people take advantage of It. "There la no difference between a bucket shop and a faro room. Monte Carlo In Ita palmiest days could not compare with the New York Cotton Exchange. "Bay tt Is gambling, you men of the legislature, and we will do the rest.” Short talks were mode by other men present, after which light refreshments were served, while those present dis cussed Informally the bucket shop evil. The following resolution was drawn up and passed: "Whereas, The bill for the abolish ment of speculating In futures on mar gins has had the Indorsement of the buelness interests of Atlanta through ths Credit Men’s Association and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; there fore be It “Resolved, That Representatives Sla ton, Blackburn and Bell, the repre sentatives of Fulton county, are hereby urged to use their support and Influ ence to the passage of substitute for house bill No. 27, etc.” ANTI-BUCKET SHOP BILL INTRODUCED BY BOYKIN The end-bucket ehop bill, known ae eubetltute for house bill No. 27, Intro duced by Representative James Boykin, of Lincoln, Is as follows: A bill to be entitled An act to pro hibit contracts and agreements for the sale and future delivery of cotton, grain, provisions and other commodl ties, stocks, bonds and other securities upon margin, commonly known as deal ing in futures: to declare such trans actions unlawful and to constitute a JAMES H. BOYKIN. Representative from Lincoln, who introduced anti-bucket shop bill. misdemeanor on the part of any per son, association of persons or corpora tion participating therein, whether di rectly or Indirectly, to define what shall constlute prlma facie evidence of guilt; to compel all persons participating In such transactions to testify concerning their connection therewith; to provide that no discovery made by any witness which would tend to subject him to conviction or punishment under thla act shall be used against such witness In any penal or criminal proceeding, and that he shall be altogether pardon ed therefor; to exempt from the opera tion of this act purchases and sales of commodities by manufacturers or wholesale merchants in the ordinary course of business; to provide that regular commercial exchanges and oth er bona fide trade organisations may post quotations of market prices; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be It enacted by the gen eral assembly of the state of Georgia, and It Is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act It shall be unlawful for any person, association of persons or corporation, cither ns principal or agent, to establish, muintAln or operate an office or other place of business forbidden by this act, commonly called dealing In futures on margin. Kec. 2. Be It further enacted, that every contract or agreement, whether not in writing, whereby aiw person or corporation shall agree to •sell and deliver, or sell with an agreement to deliver, any wheat, cotton, corn or oth er commodity, stock, bond or other se curity, to any other person or corpora tion. when, in fact, It Is not In good faith Intended by the parties that an actual delivery of the article or thing shall be mAde, Is hereby declared to be unlawful, whether made or to be per formed wholly within this state or partly within and partly without this state; It being the Intent of this act to prohibit any and all contracts or oementH for the sale and delivery any commodity or other thing of value on margin, commonly called dealing in futures, when the Intention or understanding of the parties Is to receive or pay the difference between e agreed price and the market price the time of settlement. Kec. 3. Bo.lt further enacted, that every person who shall becoino a party to any such contract or agreement ns Is by this act mnde unlawful, and every I person who shall ns ngent directly or Indirectly participate In making or fur thering or effectuating the same, and every agent or office of any corporation who shall In any way knowingly aid In making or furthering any such contract or agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Hec. 4. Be It further enacted, that every person within this state who shall become a party to any such con tract made or to be made In another state, or who shall do any act or In any way aid, within this state, In the snaking or furthering of any such con- PPTriF. 10 Atlanta TWO CENTS. Xiviuri. On Trains FIVE CENTS. GEORGIA'S NEXT GOVERNOR; HOW HE WILL BE ELECTED Workings of the Primary and the Organi zation and Methods of the Demo cratic Convention. CABIN IN WOODS HELPS BOYS TO GET EDUCATION Finding It hard to pay their ordinary college expense, at the Tech, and being fully determined to go through the In stitution, W. M. Fambrough and S. L. Snowden, two students, several years ago hit upon a good method of cut ting down the amount of money nec essary' to carry thorn through. They had reached what was thsn known as the middle class, corresponding to ju nior at collegiate Institutions, and so with the. entire class they one day re paired to the woods back of the school and built for themselves a home. It was a plain frame structure, only one room, but It satisfied their needs. In it they lived the balance of that and through their senior year, and finally were graduated Into their chosen pro fession of engineering. Having no further use for their home, they sold It for as high a price as It would bring, and again "mlddler," owned It. And so from that time till now It has passed down from hand to hand, an unwritten law governing the sale and use of It lo the extent that only a member of the two upper classes could use It. From this and the occa sion of Its building It gained Its name, 'The Mlddlers' Mansion." Beds Upon ths Air. M'hlle rough and uncouth on the out side, the house Is very well finished on the Interior. The beds are set on sup ports six feet high. In the northeast nnd southeast corners of the room, thus nllowlng for the utilization of the space umlernenth. In a house where two must live space counts If the house Is only 12 by 14 feet. They have springs and mattresses all right, and other than the fact that It takes a ladder to get Into them, are not different from those In the ordinary hdme. The walls on the Inside have been papered with skilfully ezecuted me chanical drawings of all manners of machines, and with carda such as .the Tech teams use to advertise their base ball and football game*. One whole side of the house Is covered with these placards. Such a celling makes the house very, snug and warm In winter, when a fire has been started in the little stove .that sits near the center. Each man who has lived In the house has contributed more or less to It In the way of pictures nnd useful Implement,. One of the curiosities of the house Is the alarm clock, which each year Is passed 'over to the new occupnnt, and the name of the outgoing student with his class year and specialty Inscribed Continued on Pag* Three, This Section. on the face. One of the most highly prized aou- vcnlrs of the "Mansion" Is shown In the accompanying cut, and Is one of the two Hags which decorated the stand from wli|ch President Roosevelt spoko when he was 1 in Atlanta last November. Another Is one of the red and black placards used to advertise the recent championship series when Tech was triumphant. That Is the dominant Idea all the way through In the decora tions, to show Tech victorious, and such has been tho record of the athletic teams of the Institution.during the past few years that this has been a com paratively easy mntter. Occupants of ths House. The men who have occupied the house In the past are: Fambrough, M.E., '03; 8. L. Snowden, M.E., '03; C. A. Jones, T.E., '04; C. \V. Matthews, T.E., '04; J. G. Wntson, T.E., '05; E. II. By JOHN C. REESE. “By voting this ticket, I hereby d* hire that I am an organised Democrat, and I hereby pledge myself to support the organised Democracy, both state nnd national.” For the first time In tjie history of the state the official ballot for the Democratic primary of August 23 will bear this pledge. It will place upon those voting In the primary at least ths moral, obligation to adhere to the party In state and national etectloni. No ballot cast In the primary without this pledge will be counted In the re suit. I Secretary J. W. Goldsmith has bad printed the rules-and regulations for the primary as adopted by the state Democratic executive committee at He meeting In this city on April 30. Fur ther to emphasize this pledge, rule 7 slates: "While white voters, without regard to past political affiliations, who desire to nllgu themselves with ths Democrat ic party, arc hereby Invited, In good faith, to participate In said primary, this Invitation la extended nnly to such voters as accopt In the same spirit of good faith In which It Is extended. "Inasmuch as there has arisen a con troversy as to the Intent of (he word 'align' In the foregoing, we declare that, as herein used. It ineuns to join the or ganised Democratic party and become a Democrat In good faith.” The offlrlul ballot will hear the names of the following candidates for the Democratic nominations: Gover nor. attorney general, secretory of state, comptroller general, chief Justlco of the supreme court, state school commis sioner, three associate justices of the supreme court, one United Htutes sen ator, one prison commissioner, Judges of the superior court and solicitors gen eral. Five candidates are now In the field r governor*—Clark Howell, Hoke Smith, Judge R. B. Russell, Colonel J. H. Estlll and James M. Hmlth. Unless one or more drop out before the pri mary, the ticket will bear these nve names. Only one other state official lias ex position within the party, Htato School posed by lion. Mark Johnson, of ; Where Many Tech Men Have Burned the Midnight Oil. Busaey, T.E., '05; E. P. McGhee, M.E., ■05; 8. K. Smith. E.K., '05; F. M. Row an, T.E., '09, and B. 8. Brown, K.C., '07. Almost without exception the men who have lived In this house have per severed In their work and finally r#' celved their diplomas. Fambrough and Snowden were graduated In 1902, and Matthews and Jones In 1901. Watson was to have received his diploma In 1005, but left a month before the close of school to arcept a position with the Coca Cola Company, und Is now man ager In Cuba for that concern. Bussey 1005, while McGhee and had the house In their senior year, were graduated at the same time. M m or the two men who have occupied It dur ing the past year. Rowan graduated, and the other made the senior class and expects to bs graduated next year. TO STAMP OUT FEVER AND TUBERCULOSIS ipeels 1 to Tlic Georgina. Augusta, Ua., ‘July 7.—In order to prevent the spreading of tuberculosis In the city of Augusta, .also .contagious fevers, the secretary of fits board of health has written to the undertakers, asking thorn to take charge of rooms when- people die with the above men tioned diseases until a health officer ran he notified, and an Inspector sent to the house 1 to fumigate the rooms. JTlje fumigations are free of charge. Charter for Furniture Company, An application for a charter wna filed In the superior court Friday afternoon for the Htlllnmn Furniture Company, to be capitalized at 16,000 with the privi lege of raizing this to 150,000. The In corporators nra King * Stillman, Leo Htlllman, Wiley Jones and W. P. dow ers. Jordan Will Filed. The will of John P. Jordan, a depu ty sheriff who died a short time ago, wns filed In the office of the ordinary Friday. The widow is made the sole legatee. win. The voter strikes from the ballot the names of such candidates as he does not desire to vote for, leaving only those whom he favors. How the Primary Works. On the day following the state pri mary the county executive committees are to met and consolidate the vote. The chairman of the committee sh ill appoint as delegates to the state con vent Ion such men a* the candidate for governor entitled to the vote of tho county shall designate In writing. Illustrating this, suppose Hoke Hmlth carries Fulton county by even a vet y narrow margin. He would then have the right to designate the six men he wished'to go as delegates to the con vention throughwritten Instruction to the county chairman, who must name these men as delegates to Macon. They gn to the convention thus In- "inicted to cast their solid vote for Hmlth. until such time as the candi date himself may Instruct otherwise. With a Odd of five candidates It innv be seen that the possibility 'of splitting the delegations to the con tention so that no one hns sufficient to Insure his nomination. Then the convention becomes o mighty interest ing nfridr, ami combinations and coun- ter-comhlnntlons are made. It I* the consensus of opinion that If Hoke Hmlth does not go Into the convention with enough votes to nom inate on the first ballot his chances are dead, and It Is along this line he Is making Ills fight. In Homs ha charged directly that the field had com bined'against him, and Issued the de fiance: . - "1 Undertake to defeat the field." If Hmlth falls to land the pinto, and other candidates decline to throw In,.." strength to some of their present rivals. It would mean finally the nomlnatl ii a "dark horse.” 350 Delegates for Convention. Each eounty shall be entitled to ttyo delegates for each member that It haa In the house of representatives. As there are 175 members of the house, this will muk the convention consist of 350 delegates. t'lmlrman Yeomans Is required to prepare a form of tho official ballot to he used In the primary and fur nish aarne to the chairman of each county executive committee at least ten days before said election. In the event of the omission of the name of any of the candidates from the ticket. It Is to be thrown out. The expenses of a state primary are heavy. Each candidate appearing on the ticket Is assessed 150 to meet this expense. This sum must be paid for ty days before tho primary. The time for paying this amount will expire on Saturday, July 14. In many counties local primaries are to be held nt tho same time ns the state, and candidate* for office within the county will help bear the burden. The state convention will be held In lacon on Tuesday, September 4, at hlch time the successful! candidates In the state primary will be placed In nomination.. Organization of Convention. The organization and work of a con vention Iz Interesting. In addition to the 350 regular delegate* hundreds of* politicians from all over the state will (lock to Mnron to watch the game. Chairman Yeomans will call the con vention to order, after which a tem porary chairman, secretary, sergeant at arm* and other necessary officials will be selected. Immediately a platform rommittce, presumably of the strongest men In the convention, Is named, and they retire to frame the platform on which the candidates are to stand nnd make ths fight. Then corns the nominating speeches, settling of any disputed delegations and such Incidental business os may, naturally appear bofore the conven tion. If no gubernatorial candidate go. s Into tho convention with sufficient votes to Insure his nomination on tho first ballot, a long and heated fight may take place. In the event that such a thing transpires Interesting de velopments may come—tho final nomi nation of a "dark horse," leaving »ut of It those who have contended In the primary. In the light of the great struggle for the governorship this year, the Maoon convention of September, 1905, may prove one of unusual Interest. * THINGS SEEN AT THE SKATING RINK BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON CROSS MARKS - ■SPOT WHCRG -tmc ««T V4ILU PROBAJLY LA N P . v. ' 11 h*«venly7" Is what she *aylng nothing—that I £*" hear - There Is really ‘ .thing he could say aloud. For ii in ’, ab ? rink, don't for a ■ mute Imagine what would hap- ? should she fall. Sort of a r rc-and-afler picture, this Is. wh. r> on<> but *h** Pair wonders in ... " n J^uh he brought her, and m .“ t he admitted that the look t 1 ihi, V face would cause one to L h « *■* thinking the same Wow! This Is one of the most popular phrases used at the rink. The cause of the popularity of the word Is not so popular. It might be added. Something In the expres sion of the fat party's face would lead one to think that this skating Isn’t all that It is cracked up to be. The floor will think differently, however, wheo the 250 avoirdupois comes In contact with It. One of the most tantalising fig ures common at the rink Is the fair young girl who skates around with an unconcern that amases as well as bewilders the beginner. Oh, no, she doesn’t know that! Every now and then—the lew of retribu tion is very strong at the rink- some small boy sends her sprawl ing, and then the disgust. Oh, my! Papa learned to skate when he lived "up North.” Of course roller skating Is nothing like skimming around on the Ice, but then there Is no Ice skating here. Papa al ways brings out the small kids, who make It convenient to get be tween the feet of good skaters and cause a general tnlz-up. Huch a papa Is a pest. "fatchlng me" Is a favorite oc cupation with somo of the strong- arm boys, and rah-rah college "stud-nuts” that attend the rink regularly. Being taught Is also a falling of a good many of the fair young maids that are wont to make grace Itself look like 30 rents. It must be admitted that about the most ungraceful thing In the world —Is the pose Illustrated above, and seen so often at the rink. There are a lot of fakirs, but the worst that freqientethe rink Is the fellow who won't admit that he fell just because he couldn't stand up. This fellow Invariably tries to act as If he Just eat down a minute to tighten the etrap on hls skate. You ought to see the dent he makes In the floor. Of course no on* goes up to him and calls him a story-teller, no one at the rink would be so rude, but they all think— The spread eagle skater, the fan cy lad with the curve* and turns, la always on hand. He never la there when the rink Is deserted. No, no; he needs an audience. Ju ■( about the time a couple of 14-year- old girls with thetr hair braid* .1 down their back* begin to gaze at him In awe, he starts to cum in* figure 8s, grape vines and other feats, and Then—suddenly dashes away with a superior eol Gee. what a skater I am! 1