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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 80.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900
i FIVE CENTfc
JNO. D. WALKER DECLINES TO SERVE;
“SELECT MAN OUTSIDE ASSOCIATION”
FOUR EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
Nobody Chosen to
Take His Place as
Investigator.
•‘BE BUSINESSLIKE,”
ANDERSON SUGGESTS
Representative J. Randolph
Anderson Writes Letter
to Hon. Harvic
Jordan.
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0 HON. JOHN □. WALKER 0
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0 Special to* The Georgian. O
0 Sparta. Ga., July 28.—On 0
0 receipt of notice of hla ap- O
O polntment on .the Investigating 0
O committee named by President 0
0 Jordan to Inquire Into the charges' O
0 made by Representative Anderson 0
0 relative to the officials of the 0
0 Southern Cotton Association hav- 0
O Ing an Interest in the Piedmont 0
O Brokerage. Hon. John D. Walker 0
0 Immediately wired President Jo,- 0
0 dan that It would be Impossible 0
0 for him to serve, and suggested 0
O that some one outside of the as- 0
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Hon. John D. Walker, of Sparta,
treasurer of the Georgia’ division.
Southern Cotton Association, who was
appointed member of the Inveetlgatlng
committee by President Harvie Jordan,
declines to servo.
He also suggests that some one out
side of the association be named In hla
place.
Nothing has been heard from Hon.
W. L. Peek or M. L. Johnson, the other
two appointed committeemen, as to
whether or not they will serve.
It was stated at the headquarters of
the Southern Cotton Association Satur-
The following communication from
Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern
Cotton Association, has been handed
The Georgian for publication:
Prior to my connection with the
Southern Cotton Association my time
for many years had been given to
growing cotton on my plantation In
Mississippi. I had long felt that I
waa not getting fair value' for the
commodity I had to'sell, and, there-
fore, hailed with pleasure the organisa
tion of the association, believing it
would be helpful to all producers.
At its organisation I waa elected sec
retary of the association without any
day morning that nothing had been solicitation on my part, and many of
heard from Mr. Walker. Hon. Harvie | my friends, especially my wife, oen-
BUCKET SHOP INDORSED
BY ATLANTA CREDIT MEN
The Georgian has received the following letter from a subscriber, who
la a merchant at Loganvllle, Ga.t
“Editor of The Georgian: I sea from your paper that the Atlanta
Credit Men's Association has been Jumping on you for an editorial on bucket
shops.
"I encloee herewith a circular lefter giving for reference, and to Induce
confidence and trade, some of theee same nice folks. They tote water on
both Ihouldera or somebody la fooling somebody. Read'It.
"Very truly, "COUNTRY MERCHANT."
Enclosed waa a circular Issued by L. J. Anderson & Co., of Atlanta,
brokers and commission merchants. Manager Anderson, when questioned •
by •» Georgian reporter, said the names as references were ueed by per
mission.
This company la declared to be a "bucket shop” by The Trade Index, of
New Orleans, the authoritative cotton paper of the country. *
The circular Issued by the Anderson company contained as references
for reliability the following named firms having membership In tha Atlanta
Credit Men’s Association:
Arnold Hat Company.
D. O. Dougherty, president of Dougherty-Ward-Little Compeny.
J. C. Hallman, of Hightower, Hallman & Co.
C. F. Batnwell, of Everett-Rldley-Ragan It Co.
Truitt Sllvey Hat Company.
John 'Sllvey A Co., by A. C. McHan.
H. S. Anderson, of Anderson Hardware Compeny.
Gramllng Spalding Company. s
W. H. Kiser, of M. C. Kiser Company,
SECRETARY CHEATHAM
MAKES A STATEMENT
Jordan was gut of the city, got having
returned from Beqotp. wherp he went
Friday morning.
Mr, Walker's declining to serve and
tits suggestion that some one outside
of the association be appointed In his
plaea will meet with tho general ap
probation of nil who wish the charges
against tho officials of tho Southern
Cotton Association to be investigated
Vigorously and wlthodt bios of frlend-
«Mp or relation.
And hla dacllnatlon to serve will re
inforce many In the belief that Presl-
flent Jordan mado a mistake In ap
pointing subordinate officers of the
Georgia division aa sole Judges and
Investigators.
EXPECT INVESTIGATION
TO BE A “FROST.'
On many aides it la believed that tbs
Investigation Monday will he pretty
much of a frost There ie no power In
the committee to force' witnesses to be
present and there Is no power to force
answers to questions. Manager Love,
of the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
whose testimony would doubtleea be of
great Importance to one aide or to the
other, says he doesn't Intend to b^
present He says he doesn't car* to
get further mixed up In the affair and
that he will have business to attend to
Monday morning.
Representative J. Randolph Ander-
eon, of Savannah, whose chargee made
Tuesday In the house precipitated the
afTalr, says In an open letter to Hon.
Harvie Jordan that l?e Intends to be
present, but declines absolutely to be
placed In the position of prosecuting
attorney or that of a defendant.
'Uggests that the investigation
pursued In a business-like way ant
like a kaleomlnlng exhibition. He eaya
In his letter:
"For the Inveetlgatlng committee to
•It up and call a public court or trial,
and Just Invite the public to come In
and give Information, and then render
Judgment upon what they might learn
In this way would not. It seems to me,
he satisfactory either to them or to the
public or to the members of the South
ern Cotton Association.”
His card follows:
MR. ANDERSON'S CARD
TO HON. HARVIE JORDAN,
Atlanta, Ga., July 27, 1204.
Hon. Harvie Jordan, President South
ern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: I am this* morning In re
ceipt of your letter of July 2t advising
me that you have appointed an Inveatt-
aatlng committee, which will meet at
lour office next Monday morning, the
30th instant, and requesting me to at
tend that meeting.
In reply I beg to say that It will give
tue pleasure to attend the meeting of
•be committee, and give them such In
formation and assistance as I can In
the conduct of their Investigation. 1
elated In my remarks In the house on
•be 25th Instant that. It an Investigation
was had. and I was dealred to do so, I
would gladly give to the Investigating
committee all the Information I had
h»artng on tho subject matter of the
Investigation, and would cheerfully co
operate with them and give them such
suggestions as I could to help them In
•ue • nurse of their Investigation*.
Now, It waa not my purpoee, neither
4 ? 1 Intend to be placed In the position
« prosecuting attorney, and I moat
cvrtalnly do nut propose to be placed
sured me severely for accepting a po
sition which. Involved my leaking my
business In the hands of others. Be
lieving that something could be done
to benefit the cotton producers, of
which I was one, I decided to under
take tho work, and up to this time,
notwithstanding the attacks of our en
emies, have no regreti for having done
so. The organisation of the Southern
Cotton Association was a signal to the
"vultures of commerce," the parasites
who had been fattening upon tho cot
ton producers, that their craft was In
danger, and very naturally they rallied
under their black flag to fight us.
In pursuance with my work In the
aeaoclatlon I have associated with ev
ery class of men who at any point
touched upon the cotton Interest—
farmers, manufacturers, exchange
members, bucket shop men, commission
brokers, etc., from Galveston to New
York. I have mixed up with them and
have fathered much Information, which
has been of value to mo In carrying on
my work. The enemies of the associa
tion have resorted to every method of
warfare, and have at times deluded rep
utable men and reputable newspapers
Into giving them support for a season,
much to the regret of these reputable
men later on.
The latest attack of the "vultures"
through their spokesman 1s one aimed
at my official Integrity as secretary
of tha association. This attack Is due
to the fact that the business men of
Georgia, awake to the evils of future
gambling, had projected into the Geor
gia legislature a bill' for tta’ suppres
sion, and the moral and commercial
sense of the lower house had carrl> 1
It through that body by the. over
whelming majority of 132 to 15.
Something had to be done to divert
the attention of the senate from the
main Issue, and that something was a
renewed attack on the Southern Cot
ton Association, In the shape of ln-
uendo and slanderous Insinuation
against the Integrity of Its officers,
without specifications. As far as that
la concerned, I will take ample cara of
It at the proper time, for my part.
My official actions will benr nil the
Investigation anybody wants to make,
and the purpose of this card Is not
a personal defense, which will bo made
at the proper time and place, but to
put the public on notice that oil the
din and smoke and noise and dust 1s
raised to obscure the real Issue and
to divert the minds of the members of
the Georgia stale senate nuny from the
merits of the BoyMn bill for the sup.
presalon-af-future '■gambnug In Oeor
gla.
I want to hvlofly.rA-ntlon the case of
A. A. Fairchild. The association or
dered the publication of Its convention
proceedings In magaxlne form. Aa sev
era! hundred thousand copies were
contemplated, an enormous expense
was Involved. To assist In meeting
this expense A. A. Fairchild, an ad
vertising and compiling expert, was
employed to secure advertisements of
their business from the friends of tha
association, and succeeded to that ex
tent that the book of proceedings be
came a source of revenue. Instead of a
dead expense. He was an employee,
not an officer of the association, and
It Is a question yet to be decided as to
the extent to which the association
should supervise the Investments of Its
employees. If any one doubts the ben
efits ot the association, permit me to
quote one case taken from The LS'
Grange Reporter of July 27, 1808:
"Mr. A. 11. Handley has Just sold his
crops o( 1804 and 1945, amount to
839 bales of cotton, for 111-18 cents
per pound. When the association waa
organised his 178 bales of 1904 crop
was worth C cents, or 88,210. for the
178 hales; by holding - It eighteen
months he received 89,1736, a gain of
nearly 14,500, or 8o per cent."
Comment la needless, beyond saying
that Mr. Handley did not hold this
cotton on the blackboards of the coun
try, but In the warehouse). Regardless
of scurrilous rumors Incubated In buck
et shops, I am In this fight to stay,
and mountains of mud shall not deter
me from keeping up the fight for the
hard-pressed producer.
RICHARD CHEATHAM.
NOTORIOUS “AL" ADAMS.
BACKS THE SAGE SYSTEM
Coincident with the muddle of the Southern Cotton Association affairs
cornea the charge In Everybody's Magaxlne of July that the M. J. Sage
system of exchanges la in fact controlled and dominated by the notorious
A1 Adams, the New York “policy and bucket shopf king."
It has been stated that the Piedmont Brokerage Company uses the
Sage wire and Is connected, with the M. J. Sage ayatem. In fact. It has
been Intimated that Sage himself has had some Intimate connection with
the Piedmont Brokerage Company within the last few weeks.
A1 Adams has only recently emerged from the penitentiary at Sing
Sing, where he served a five-year sentence.
A. A. Fairchild, one of the officers of the Southern Cotton Association,
admitted Thursday that he had owned a one-eighth Interest In the Pied
mont Brokerage Company.
In the attitude ot a defendant on trial.
I mention this because there are certain
expressions In your letter which seem
to lean that way—where you say that
I will be given ample opportunity to
present auch evidence or testimony aa 1
or others may have, and where you aay
that I will be given a perfectly fair and
Impartial hearing; end also because
from what I see In the public prints
It would appear that you contemplate
that this investigative shall be some-
fete. lor the committee to attempt to
hold a court and be governed by the
methods of court procedure or the
technical rules of evidence would, I
respectfully submit, be In the nature of
a solemn farce.
I would suggest that this Invaatlga-
Don must mean a business Investiga
tion or nothing; and that It should be
conducted In the sams way and by tha
same methods that a business man
would use In looking Into the workings
thing in the nature of a public court and conditions existing in hla own bus-
trial, In which I am to pose In the dual Ineaa. * ——* 1
role of prosecuting attorney and de
fendant.
Permit me to aay that If an Inves
tigation of this kind Is to amount to
anything It should be conducted as a
business Investigation, or It runs the
risk ot becoming what is usually looked
upon as a whitewashing process
For the Investigating committee to
sit UP end call a public court or trial,
and Just Invite the public to come In
and give Information, and then render
Judgment merely upon what they
might learn In this way, would not, it
seems to me, be satisfactory either to
them or to the public or to the mem
bers of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion. The committee has no power on
earth to compel any one to appear, or
to make any one gtve testimony or
A purely formal sitting will not.
In my humble Judgment, be a proper
investigation. The committee, or some
of them, will find It necessary to make
personal Investigations for themselves
aa to some facts, anl to hold personal
Interviews with various persons, just as
a business man would do under like
circumstances.
Yours truly,
J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON.
Safa Arrival in Camp.
The safe arrival of the Seventeenth
Infantry at Chlckamaugs was reported
to the headquarters of the department
of the gulf Friday afternoon. All tbs
members of tha regiment were reported
to be In good health and no regiment
In the camp better equipped for a sum-
. - mer campaign than the companies from
disclose Information or exhibit papers, Fort McPberso-
ENDS LIFE OF
O.S.
Lieutenant on Board
the Chattanooga
Done to Death.
.RECALLED IN PICTURES BY CARTOONIST.BREWERTON.
WILLIAMS WEEPS
MWILDSM
GAME CALLED ON
ACCOUNT OF RAIN
Desperate Prisoner Wins in
Sensational Fight
For Life.
CASE PASSED TO AUG. 6
Brilliant Flank Movement
of Counsel Stays the
Execution.
Speclsl to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., July 28—There
was a wild demonstration In the crlm
Inal court, today, when Judge Hamuel L.
Weaver decided that he had jurisdic
tion over the body of John Williams,
the man condemned to die on the gal
lows at Cullman, Cullman county, yes
terday for the murder of State Senator
Robert L. lllpp, and whose life waa
saved at tha twelfth hour by,a writ of
habeas corpus. It took the combined
effort* of the sherllf of Jefferson coun
ty, Chlsf of Police Wler and half a
dosan daputlas to keep the crowd from
stampeding around Williams, who wept
with Joy.
Judge Waaver overruled tha motion
dismiss tha petition fof a writ of
habeas corpus and passed the case to
August 8. The condemned man was
remanded to the sheriff of this coun
ty, where he waa brought May 81, 1808,
just after being convicted.
A countermand was given for the
special train chartered to carry Wil
liams to Cullman In the event the de
cision had been the other way.
8ansational Struggle Ends,
The opinion of Judge Weaver this
morning put a temporary end to forty-
eight hours of the most strenuous tlms
In the history ot criminal court annals
In Alabama Even though Williams
should be hanged the next moment It
may be said that hla attorneys literal
ly stepped In st the twelfth hour end
snatched the gallows from under him.
It waa tha most spectacular fight aver
ut up In this stale for a human life,
t Is the one absorbing topic In Bir
mingham, the scene ut the mighty
drama In real life.
At Cullman, Ala, fifty miles from
here, where the killing occurred four
teen months ago, the entire commu
nity le worked up over tha case.
Prisoner Fights Officer*.
Had Williams not armed himself
with a heavy Iron bar, which ha man
aged to get In hla call In soma mys
terious way, and fought tha officers
whan they went to hla bell Thursday
night to take him to Cullman, thtr*
would have unquestionably been trou
ble at Cullman when the train reached
there. Hla'defiance of the officers who
had coma for him was the beginning of
the many sensations that followed. The
train had gone when the officers final
ly got him out of the cell with am
monia, and It waa decided to place him
under a guard In the sheriff's office
and take him to Cullman on tha early
Continued on Page TH••*
Atlanta Scores One Run in Her Half of
First Inning—Four Thousand Fans
Disappointed.
Before 4,000 fans on the Piedmont
diamond Saturday afternoon tha Pall-
cans and tha Firecrackers met for the
last gam* In th* series on the home
grounds for this week. The rain which
threatened to come down any , moment
was the cause of tha starting of tha
game fifteen minutes In advance of
the scheduled time.
First Inning.
The game In detail.
Rlckert filed out tothe pitcher. Cargo
out third to Aral. Broulhera filed out to
left. No hits, no rune.
Crosier fanned. Jordan out, pitcher to
first. Winters groundered to third and
on wild throw Into tha crowd want to
third. Hid Smith blngled lo right and
Winters scored. Smith out trying to
steal second. One hit, one run.
OTHER GAMES.
AT NABIIVILLB-
Flrst Game—
Nashville 000 000 020 —8 8 3
Memphis ....... 200 101 120 —t It 0
Llebhardt And Hurlliurt; Duggan
and Well*. Umpire—Compau.
SOUTH TtLANTIC,
Jacksonville ...18 0
Augusts 0 3 8
Villi* and Shea; Holmes and Carson.
NATIONAL.
Chicago '..180 000 001— 8 13
Boston ...000 000 000— 0 7
Batteries: Brown and Kllng; Dorner
and O’Nalll.
Pittsburg ... <..008 321 000— 9 IS
Philadelphia .. ..000 003 000— 8 11
Batteries: Leaver and Gibson; 111-
tlngar and Donovan. •
WA TSON TAKES STAND
IN COMING ELECTION
Noted Populist Leader Tells -His Followers
Not To Commit. Themselves For
Future National Campaigns.
■pedal te The Georgleo.
Thomson, On., July 88.—Hon. Thom
as E. Watson announced today In a
speech before the voters of seven or
eight counties gathered here that ha
going to vote for Hoke Smith for
the next governor of tha state of Geor
gia, which Is practically announcing
that he ha* returned to tha Demo
cratic party. He aaked hla supporters
to also vote for the Hon. Hoke Smith,
but waa vary particular In telling them
not to commit their beliefs for yea fa
hence at the national election. There
war* about 400 present at tha meeting,
the moat of whom were visitors In the
City.. The people of tbs village wars
not out at the speaking, many of them
giving their attention to something for
eign to the questions being discussed
by Mr. Walton.
Thomas Hsrdwiek 8p»*U».
Th* speaking waa opened by Mr.
Thomas W, Hardwick. Ha spoke for
about an hour on the disfranchisement
question. Strange tta aay that nqlther
of the speakers waa cheered when he
wlnt upon the platform. All ayes
turned upon them, but not a cheer
from the audience.
Mr. Hardwick's address was along
tha lint of the one he made some time
ago at C'rawfordvIUe on the disfran
chisement question, while the address
ot Mr. Watson waa ot a personal na-
turn toward "Farmer Jim," and tha
farmer candidate waa given a sound
roast by the lost Popullet candidate for
the presidency ot the United States.
Mr. Hardwick stated that ha had a!
ways been for the disfranchisement of
the negroes, and that he hoped to die
in the fight for white supremacy. Ha
says that tha railroad ring la fighting
to retain tha negro In politics and that
It will be a bad time for the slate It
the good whits people do not rise up
and fight the evil down.
Urged “Grandfather" Clausa'.
Ha said ha appreciated the fact that
It was not right for any representative
of 'the national house to taka active
ateps In tha stale fights, but ha con
sidered It waa a right that all white
people had to fight their deadly foes,
and he was going to fight tha negro aa
long aa ha lived.
Ha strongly urged the grandfather
clauAe In the dtefranchlsement bllL He
eaya thta will not bar any white man
who has tha right to vote tha privtlega
of voting. He said It Is a fight for
whits man's rights, and ha will push
the fight to the bitter end. Mr. Hard
wick also entered Into a personal con
demnation of the opposing candidates,
but his denunciations wars not aa se
ver* aa thosa of tha speaker who fol
lowed him.
Vote for Hoko Smith.
Mr. Watoon epoko for just one hour
and fifty-aevaa minutes. H** confit.. I f'riVn.l
his remarks to ths.personal condemns- Iruilroad tins
This Government Is to De
mand an Explanation
and Full Redress. \
Special Cable—Copyright.
Chefoo, China, July 28.—One of the
crew of the French armored crul'-r
du Fetlt Thour, fatally ahot Lieuten
ant Clarence England, U. S. N.,* navi
gating officer of the cruiser Chatta
nooga.
Tha French squadron waa engaged
In email arm practice aa tha Chatta
nooga waa passing out to the target
range outside tha harbor. Have nil
shots etrurk tha American cruiser,
which signaled to the French com
mander to cease firing.
One of the last shots fired etniek
Lieutenant England, who wn« on the
lirldgn of tha Chattanooga. The bullet
hit him In the back and completely
penetrated the body. No hopo |a felt
fur hie recovery.
BIG CROWD ATTENDS
H, SMITH MEETING
Special to The Georglao.
Palhnm, Oil. July 21.—llokc Smith,
candidate for governor, today address*!
probably tho largest and moat enthusi
astic crowd of voter* over assembled
Knuth of Mm on, with th** <*x« cptIon of
thn Immenso throng that gathered In
Albany Homo work* ago to hear tho
Hmlth-IIowolI debate, Beginning with
hit meeting at Ashburn, Tumor coun
ty, laat week, .Mr. Hmlth ban been
greotod by largo crowd*. At Wn*h-
Ington, Greensboro, Grays, Fornyth and
America*. all of which place* the can
didate ha* v III tad thl* week, the
crowd* have been largo. Tho crowd at
I*<•!hfiin today hurpahhc* In number* nil
others of tho present week. Tho com-
mltteo on arrangement* prepared it
great barbocuo to feed tho people.
Ttrtfty-flv© hundred pounds of meat*
thu* roasted disappeared when tho
crowd waa turned loooe In the after
noon.
Mr. Smith nrrlved here thia afternoon
from Americufl, whero ho spent tho
night. Tho speaking began at noon.
Colonel Ernest Davis, of Camilla, one
of tho well- known lawyer* of th<* Al
bany district. Introduced Mr. Hmlth.
CAR OF POWDER EXPLODER-
Holt Lake City, Utah, July 28.—. car
londod with Jlnnt powder In a freight
train on the Ulo Orande and Western
rnllrnnd exploded ut noon today, en
tirely wrecking tho trnln find #*« ntter-
f*jo equipment over the mountain
It happened at *io*hen, on the
Tlntlc branen. AH wire* are down.
It Is rumored that the entire crew
was killed.
tlon of all the candidate*, with the
exception of Hoke Smith, whom he
said he was going to vote for. Hut he
did not *ay whether he wo* going to
tear off the oath that Ie to be printed
on tho head of tho ballots.
Mr. Watson devoted several minute*
to telling the manner in which Jim
Hmlth got hie largo fortune a* a farm
er. He said It was from tho use «»f
convict labor at a coat that would make
aay man rich. He said the prison
board Investigated hla alleged abuse
of the convict* several times, and one
time there was a fine of 12,500 Imposed
open Mr. Smith for brutally treating a
prisoner he had In his convict ramp.
lo also frequently called attention to
the much-talked-of "Lucinda" story,
which has been used against Jim
Smith.
A* to Other Candidates.
He said*that the only thing four of
the candidates were In tho race*for was
for the defeat of Hoko Hmlth. He de
clared that Eatill* Jim Smith, nor Dick
RUMtll had any Idea of being elected.
He also got Into the personal nature
with hla remarka about Dick Russell,
and stated that he was the candidate
against race suicide, having sixteen
children more or less. He said that
Russell was only helping Clark Howell
toward the defeat or Hoke Hmlth, but
that the combined efforta of the entire
"bunch" could not down the candidate
of the people.
He said that the president of the
United States waa bringing about the
reforms that he (WaUon) advocate.I
more than ten year* ago. He said that
William Jennings Bryan was also talk-
Ing reform* In th* old country aai
that on August 21 there would be ft
sweeping vote ca*t for the people's can-
dldate.
Bryan's Good Chsncs.
In spe-.'iklng "f Bryan h** Kild he
would unquestionably get the Demo
cratic nomination In 1908, and that he
would not gst a man from Maine f r
his second man. but would get a man
who could carry hi* own precinct.
The speeches were characteristic of
the two who made them, and they were
received with applause by their friend*.
Mr. Watson wn.* reported an Intending
to rnako the direct statement that he
going Into the Democratic camp,
but the neareet he got to It was when
he said:
Urges Friends to Vote.
t am going to vote for Hoke Smith
In thl* primary I am a Jeffersonian
Democrat, always have been, and will
die
ut lh<
" i|» out the
of Georg