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ATLANTA: TTi.VW population. *.<v*) boniM. l.VM triephon#*. The Atlanta Georgian. CrONGtA: ? p<->pulntl> nll**M ol«*trlr LT." YOL. I. XO. 81. ATLANTA, GA., .MONDAY, “CHEATHAM HANDLED THE MONEY AND BOUGHT AND SOLD FUTURES ACCORDING TO HIS JUDGMENT” —MIKE O'GRADY “I Can Gamble If Want To,” He Says. M. L. JOHNSON LATE; PROBING DELAYED “Investigation’' Will Be Be gun at 3 O’Clock Mon day Afternoon. Because M. L. Johnson, of Benton, president of the Georgia division of the cotton association, failed to arrive Monday morning, the “investigation,' which the officers of the Southern Cot ton Association were to conduct at 10 o'clock, was postponed .until 3 o'clock In the afternoon. Mr. Johnson and Hon. W. L. Peek, of Rockdale, will conduct the Investigation. Mike O’Grady was present In the of fices of the cotton association when the Investigation was due. It was Mike O'Grndy In the flesh, who came all the way from Chattanooga td explain why he bought and sold cotton through an Atlanta exchange In preference to us Ing the home exchange. He says Richard Cheatham did hls trading for him here. “I CAN GAMBLE IF I WANT TO,' DECLARES MICHAEL O'GRADY. Michael O'Grady Is vice president and manager of the Wakeman Distilling Company, of Chattanooga. He Is Republican, a leader of the Brownlow faction in East Tennessee politics, and a man of some wealth. As he re marked Monday: “I am In such circumstances that I can GAMBLE If I wont to." dr. "'(irmly was seated In an Inner office when the newspaper representa tives called to be present at the In vestlgatlon. The' representatives o The Journal and News were led Into the Inner sanctum by Richard Cheat ham and Introduced to Mr. O’Qrady. The Georgian representative was not officially Informed that any such per-, son was present. When he called later and asked Mr. Cheatham If Mr. o tirady were In the offices, Mr. Cheat ham remarked: "Where did you hear that? You cnn hear anything around these bucket •hops.” Mr. Cheatham steadily refused to state whether or not Mr. O'Grndy was present. Michael O'Grady himself was more communicative, however, and ex- { ilalned his connection with the At- snta cotton markets and why hls name had appeared on the books of one * On July 24 the Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, representative from Chat ham county, /declared In an address before the lower house of the legisla ture that certain persons had been speculating In cotton under the name of Mike O'Grady and A. P. Lee, and that It was the duty of the directors of the Southern Cotton Association to Investigate and find out who was spec- ulating under thoao names. • CHEATHAM HANDLED MONEY AND USED HIS JUDGMENT. Mr. O'Grady, of Chattanooga, de clares that It was he who was trading on the Atlanta exchange, but that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, was han dling tile money and using hls Judg ment as to when to buy and when to sell. Mr. O'Grady gave'out the fol lowing statement Monday morning: ”I have had Cheatham work several trades for me, In cotton eltogether. He did this at my earnest solicitation. For business reasons, I did not cars to lend myself to speculation In Chattanooga, where I live, and, therefore, wrote Mr. Cheatham to handle my trade* for me In Atlanta. . . . "Mr. Cheatham told me that he had a friend In nn exchange here who was strictly honest and reliable and who could be depended upon to keep hls business to himself. "I HAVE KNOWN CHEATHAM FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEAR8.” "I have known Cheatham for four or five years. I knew him In Mississip pi and In Memphis, Tenn. I gave him a specific sum to Invest for me, with Instruction* to use hi* own Judgment about when to buy and sell. Thee* investments began In February or March, or possibly in January of this year. "I came to Atlanta of my own ac cord, after hearing through a Chatta nooga newspaper man that my name had been used In connection with the matter, and that I was attaining some unenviable notoriety. I hed no desire to get Into the limelight aa a gambler on stock exchangee, though I *mm such circumstances that I can gamble It I want to." , A. P. Lee, who was also mentioned by Mr. Anderson ss trading on tne exchanges, was not present end Inqui ry failed to ehow that any euch person "ILiX^an arrived from Bir mingham Hunday night end announced that the Inveetlgatlon would begin Monday morning at 10 o'clock. At that hour Mr. Anderson, of Chatham coun- •y: Hon. W. L. Peek, a member of the executive committee, and a number or interested persons were In attendance. Mr. Jordan announced that he had re ceived word that M. -L. Johnson, of Benton, president of the Georgia divis ion, could not reach Atlanta before 1 o'clock, and that It would be necessary to postpone the Investigation until 3 o'clock. "CHEATHAM 8AY8 rT WILL BE REAL INVESTIGATION. Mr. Cheatham stated that It was to be a real Investigation, and that Jor dan and he would not “Investigate themselves," as had been Insinuated. He said that the two officers wlto would conduct the investigation were the super! r officers, with power to ‘O’SRADY NAME IS NEW TO ME.”-Cheatham “KNOWN CHEATHAM FOR YEARS.”—O'Grady Richard Cheatham, secreta ry Southern Cotton Association, said in The Constitution of July 25: “I have nothing to say touch ing Mr. Anderson’s charges in which Lee and O’Grady are brought into the limelight. The NAMES ARE NEW TO ME, notwithstanding the historical prominence which many Lees and O’Gradys have attained.” Michael O’Grady, vice presi dent and manager of Wakeman Distilling Company, of Chatta nooga, Tenn.: “I have known Cheatham for four or five years. I knew him in Mississippi and in Memphis, Tenn. He made a number of investments for mo on Atlanta exchanges last February and March and possibly in January. He used his own judgment in the investments.” OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION DEMANDED FOR OFFICIALS From The Albany Herald. The Investigation which President Harvle Jordan has ordered of the Implied charges mode by a member of the legislature In a speech In the house of representatives a few days ago, to the e/Tect that some of the officiate of the Southern Cotton Association had some sort of connection with an Atlanta bucket shop, will amount to nothing. Instead of ap pointing that committee hlmaelf, President Jordan should have asked somebody else to do It. Under the circumstances, nothing but an exon eration and vindication of the officials of the Southern Cotton Association will be expected by the public, and then those who are unfriendly to the association or Its officials will say that the whole matter has been “white washed" by a committee composed of those officially connected with the association and appointed by the association’s, president. And, besides, this committee Is without any authority to compel witnesses to testify, end If those who ere summoned or Invited to testify refuse to do so, a searching investigation may not be had. 1906 On Trains FIVE CKNTH IERSD JAIL Belcher Gives Self Up After Twelve Months. SENATE APPROVES APPEALS COURT AND CHILD LABOR BILLS With one senate committee amend ment on both measures, the court of appeals and child labor bills passed the senate Monday without debate. On the child labor bill, the Bell measure which was passed overwhelm ingly by the house, the vote was 27 to 0—no aye and nay vote being called for wheh It came up for passage. The amendment made by the committee rel ative to the educational feature was adopted without a dissenting voice. Then came the vote on the passage of the completed measure. There wee no debate, no crowd In the galleries or the rear of the senate and no ap plause, making strong contrast with a year ago when the senate defeated the bill by a vote of 23 to 17 after the house had passed It by a large vote. It was Immediately transmitted to the house. If that body concurs In the senate amendment, which It Is un derstood It will do, notice will be sent to the senate and the measure will go to the governor at once for hls signa ture. Court of Appsals Passed. The court of appeals bill was fixed for the first business on Monday, but at that tlmi not enough members were present for the requisite-constitutional majority, and Senator Miller moved to temporarily table It. The child labor bill was passed, and as , many members had come In the court of appeal bill was token tram the table. The amendment of the commit tee relative to the election to be called In November to elect the three Judges for terms of two, four and six years, was adopted. Without debate the completed bill then passed by the following vote: Ayes—Alsobraok. Bennett, Blood- worth, Bunn, Candler. Carlthera, Cars well, Copelan. Crum, Foster, Foy, Furr, Hamby. Hand. Hogan, King, Lumsden, McHenry, Miller, Odum, Parker, Pey ton, Phillips. Reid, Rom, Steed, Strange, Walker, Westbrook, Wheatley. Wilcox, Williams—33. Absent—A. C. Blalock. O. A. Blalock, Bond, Fitzgerald. Fortner, Grayblll, McAllister. Mills. Birmans. Not voting—Adam*. The bill was Immediately transmit ted to the houM. If that body concurs In the amendment It will then go to the governor for hie signature, and the constitutional question will be sub mitted to the people In the regular fall election. Athens Dispsnsary Ssf*. By adopting the recommendation of the senate commute on temperance, the . fight on the Athens dispensary la ended, with a victory for the rank. The commute unanimously recom-1 mended that the bill do not pass, snd tha houM adopted It without question., The houM passed the bill to abolish the 1 tank, but the senate declined to ac quiesce. Endowments Exempted. A bill by Senator Candler, which Is a constitutional amendment, exempts endowments of churches and colleges from taxation, passed the senate Mon day by a vote of 33 to 0. Vote to Inorees* Pay. With only Senators Hamby and Peyton voting “No," the senate Monday passed Senator Carswell's bill to In crease the pay of members of the gen eral assembly from 34 to 37 per day, and the speaker of the house and the president of the senate to $10. It prohibits any member of the gen eral assembly from accepting any rail road or street oar -pose or tsH^raph. telephone or express frank. It. affects ' >• members of the legislature, he resolution by Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn end Bell, of Fulton, to me morialise congress to make an appro priation for a national military park about Attaiga was adopted. tion of the convict and common eel funds. Altogether Monday was both a busy and a fruitful day In the Mnate, end It all came with buelness-ilke dis patch. 8snsts Bills Paired. By Senator Candler: To amend the constitution so as to exempt endow ments of churches and colleges from taxation. By Senator Carswell; To amend the By Private Leered WlrvJJ ' New York, July 30.-% man, wet and dejected, early today dodged through the darkness and rain, hiding now and then behind freight care, pushed opened the gate at the entrance of the Pater son, N. J., Jell and timidly rang the hell. Dan Berger, brother of the sheriff, opened the door. “I want to get la" said the man. shaking the rein from hls hat. “You can't," said Berger. “But I’m • Porgsr." "But I'm William N. Belcher, former mayor. I'm a forger and embesslsr and I surrender.” "Then corns In,” replied Berger, now thoroughly excited, and the door clanged on the man who had robbed rich and poor alike, qnd for whom the police of the entire country had been watching. Former Mayor Belcher, penniless, friendless and broken down In health, was behind the Iron bare to await sum mons for hls trial. He had stolen ap proximately $100,000 from banks and the public, end had been a fugitive from justice a year. Discovered by Reporter. Belcher was discovered In this city byi a reporter and as a result of this discovery he returned to Paterson. “What are you doing In New York?" the mayor was asked. "I am on my way to Paterson,” he replied. "I am going to give myself up. "Boys, I tell you It's been a year of hell. Every voice behind me sounded like that of some one I knew. Every footstep seemed to be that of an ofilcer. From dawn until sundown, from night until morning, ther” wst the pall of guilt hanging over me nil the time, ruined me physically;- It bus almost shattered mo mentolly." Fugitive a Year. Hines tho first day of August, 1303, William N. Belcher, who In hls con duct of thd ofilre of mayor of Paterson, wns unlmpeachablo and a synonym for rectitude, and yet. In private life, brought woe upon himself through em bexslsment end forgery, hoe been i fugitive from Justice. SIX ATLANTA GIRLS TAKEN ON A JAUNT BY EX-CONFEDERATE constitution to Increase -the compensa tion of member:: from 14 to 17. House Bills Paired. By Mr. Singletary, of Thomea: To establish the city court of Cairo In the county of Qrady. By Mr. Lane, of Jasper: To author' Ise Monttcello to extend waterworks end electric lights beyond corporate limits. , ' New Bills. By Senator Bonnet; To emend an act creating the prison commission. By Senator Alsobraok: To regulets the running of automobiles In Catoosa county. By Senator Bennet: To amend code curing to the several counties of tha state their pro rata of the common school fund. By Senators Steen, Candler and Mil ler: To establish a board for the ex amination of accountants, to provlda for the granting of certificates to ac countants and to provide punishment for violation. At 1 o’clock the Mnate adjourned until 10 o’clock Tuesday. The Mc Henry Western end Atlantic lease bill I* the special order to be fnllgwed Im mediately by the Candler substitute to the Hall tea assessor measure. Photo by Edwards A Son. LIEUT. W. R. McENTIRE, C. 8. A. Who Is going to take daughters of tlx of his old comrades on s private car picnic. Black Tells Horrible Details of Brutal Crime. Youth Shoots Woman, Girl and Babe and Sets Fire to House. Lieut. W. R. McEntire, Wealthy Texas Ranchman, to Honor Daughters of Com mand With Private Car Tour. Six young ladles, daughters. of the surviving members of hls old com|iany during the civil war, are to be taken nn a pleasure trip to North Carolina, Virginia end Tennessee In a private car Tuesday night by W. R. McEntire, formerly a lieutenant In Company A of the Ninth Georgia battalion artillery, Confederate States army, and now of Dallas, Texas. This Is nn nnnual out ing which 21r. McEntire has given during recent years to the veterans of hls company and their daughters In or der to keep allvo the old memories of years spent on the field of battle. All Daughters of Veteran,. The-party which will leave. Tuesday night will be composed almost entirely of tha daughters of the old veterans of the company. Tha host of the occasion has arranged a moat delightful trip and absolutely without cost to those who are to be members of the, party. In addition to Mr. end hire. McEntire, the membership will Include: Resale May .Mobley, daughter of E. D. L. Mobley, of Atlanta. Miss Mary Woodruff, daughter of J. W. Woodruff, of Atlanta. 21 Ise Leila McCarley, daughter of Pa trolman X- McCartey, of Atlanta. MIm Maud Hawse, daughter of WII Ham Hawes, of Battle Hill. Miss Lula Legr, daughter of T. E. Legg, of Hmymn. Ilf Private lasted Wire. Canoneburg, Pa., July *«.—Storming the car on which Coroner W. II. Blpe. Constable W. P. Wilson and several otheis were taking Elmsr Dempe'er to Washington.at 7 o'clock this n .nun* a mob of upwards of 100 people bent on lynching Elmer Dempeter, succeed ed In securing tha.negro. In a fight which followed, the police regained their prisoner and the motorman of the car, putting nn power, started hls ear to Waehlngton. Several people were Injured when the car was started. The negro made this confession at the Pearce home after having been shown the bodies of hls victims, al though st first he mads a denial: "I saw Pearce starting for Caaons- burg snd I rams over to the hnu- r wanted Margaret, the daughter, to go to tha stable with me. and Mrs. Penn n ordered me out of the house. Wi™ I did not go she walked over to ihn mantle and reached above the dock and got the revolver. I grabbed It and pushed It against her bressL When I shot she staggered and fell and snld: * *"1 wish 8am waa here I' While lay ing on the floor I shot her In the breast. "When I shot her, the kids ran to their mother and caught her by tho dress. I shot Margaret In the back of the bend and site never kicked. Rob ert got the bullet In the cheek. I went over to the crib where the baby was sleeping (Old | .(It the pistol to thu child's bead and fired. Set Fire to the Houee. “Then I idled bedding on the floor •d oil i It Ilf I'c und s It er lorgoiten me oio com- the firet opportunity pro of the living and of the on July 31, 7*31, the firet THE POLITICAL CONCERT elect or discharge Jordan and Cheat ham. and that they were the proper nartlea to conduct the Investigation. Whether any intereated persons or thoM supposed to know anything about the alleged dealings In bucket shops had been Invited to attend the Inves tigation has not been learned. A num ber of persons who have figured In the newspaper ertlclee stated Monday that they had received no notification that they were expected to be present and give testimony. No leader of Inves tigators has appeared, and It now ap- i nears that the two committeemen will beleft to act aa both Inquisitors and ,U That tha Inveetlgatlon will be only •kin deep was the opinion espreesed at the offices by those who inquired a* to who would conduct IL MIks Ada Gann, (laughter of Ed Gann. ofHmyrtia - ■ Ml», Brlnn Danlcll, daughter of J. 8. Danlcll, of Atlanta, the latter a nelce of Mr. McEntire. Party Leaves Tueeday, The party leaves at midnight Tuoe- day In a special car over the Southern road, and will proceed to Hperlanburtf, 8. C, where a brief atop will be made. From Spartanburg, Asheville and other points In the North Carolina mountains will be visited, short stops being mode at the many beautiful resorts In that region. From North Carolina the party will proceed to Itogeravllln, Tenn, where a number of lag cabins have been reserved for tho use of the mem bers, and where several days will be •pent ramping out. Before returning to this city the party will vlalt some of, the resorts In Virginia, resetting home ugaln about the middle of Au gust. Devotion to Old Comrades. That the,members of Company A of ths Ninth Georgia battalion artillery have been kept together through these many years has been entirely due to the efforts of Lieutenant McEntire. Immediately after the war the gallant young officer went west and becoming successful In hls business pursuits. Is today owner of three of the largest cattle ranches In the elate of Texes. Hr has never forgotten hie old com rades snd at the fir pared a Hat dead.. Then on . attempt to reunite the old comrades of hls company was mad*. Mr. McEntire giving a dinner at.*7 Church street In Atlanta at which seventeen or the old veterans were present. An organise tlon was formed and an annual re union has been held each year since. Met at Ranch Last Year. One year ago Mr. McEntire enter tained the comrades on on* of hla ranches In Texas, but the distance was so great that only a few of the mem' hers were able to accept hls hospital' tty. Accordingly the pest two yes re the reunion has been held at Smyrna where quite a number attended. This year, however, many of the old soldiers ere III or crippled end others with slck- In their families, made the Idea of a reunion Impossible. Sir. McEntire foreseeing the slate of affairs, and not wishing to allow the year to pas, with out some recognition of hls love for hi* old comrades and families, therefore arranged a delightful trip for tha daughters of ths veterans. Company A Formed In Atlanta. Company A, of the Ninth Georgia battalion of artillery, was organised In Atlanta, and during the war was com manded by Major Leyden. It consist ed of five companies—Company B from Buckhead, Company C from Columbus, Company D from Gwinnett county, and Companies A snd E from Atlanta. Tha regiment participated In all of the larger engagements of the four years' war, and after peace su declared was In a greatly depleted condition. Association Formed. It was at the cIom of the reunion at Hmyma In 1304 that a few of the sur vivors of Company A met together and agreed upon a permanent organisation to be known as "The Survivors' Aeso- etatlnn of Company A, Ninth Georgia Battalion, Artillery.” Its membership Includes only the surviving members of the company who Were to actual service during snd at the cIom of the war and were honorably discharged. The wives, eons and daughters are active members In order to keep alive tho memories of the great struggle I Texas. Dornp- wh»r« Hhortly nor pt til tho urlnjc il. .id I K«t out." After making tho < liter wm tftktn to OftAosssturg ho vm confined In the Jail, t before 7 o’clock Coroner Blpe, •table W. P. Wlleon and eeveral offlcere prepared to tako tho pi to the county Jail. A mob VU about the Jail wh • •ffl« 01 •< nrrlv ri| aii'I f"lf-i« ••'! ih»* their prisoner to the car barna. Grab Trembling Negro. Crlea of "lynch him," "kill th ger," "•tamp him," "bum him," heard, but therp waa no made to take the prisoner waa reached. Juit na the offl about to board the car, * th •urged forward. Several mei the trembling negro and knocked to the ground. Cor drew hla rtvolvar, but thin c dened the crowd. It wa» knew bln Imii'l, und i • x- U* d lynchera pushed forward. T oner waa finally placed In th offlcere etatlooed at both cm When Hamuel Pearae rotor yeaterday he found amoke from the houee. He ruahed ti the blase and then dlacovered bodlea of hla wife and chlldn He Worked on Farm. While no blood etalna were found on the prleoner, suspicion firet rested on him laet night when It wn* learned that he wu the test person *—njtboct the houee before the tragedy. Decnp- eter wee a helper on the Pearce farm. During the ebeency of Bamuel ivi.n.i and hie elttr, Mias Fanny P* in .*, Dempeter le eald to have been looking after the etock farm. Coroner Blpe made no move t • .«r- reat Dempeter until S o'clock thin morning. Then, accompanied by I’-m- atable Miller, he went to the Dan per nr home, about elx mllee from th«* *c»-ne of the tragedy, and took charge of the* negro. 17 LIVES LOST, IT IS REPORTED, AS SHIPS SUNK By Private Leased Wrie. Pensacola, Fla., July 30. -A report reaches here that a steam ship foundered in the (pile Inst night and that seventeen of the crew were drowned. There has been no confirmation of the report and tbc name of the steamer supposed to have gone down is not known. Inde- rnp- whlch the company made pendanct. W. It. McEntire, of Dalles. Texas listed In tho war as a private and Idly attained the position of lleute by hla aggressive methods ■•( warfare and bis popularity with hls fellow- comrades. He le a native of 8. otiand and had been In the South but a short time when war was declared with hls wife he has been a fr.-inmi visitor to Atlanta, and by hls xenial manner and warm heart has won friends by th* score. He Is very wealthy. h.|n* owner of three large ranches in Texas. On Mor.d (1 i nlnit Mr and Mrs. McEntire drove to Battle HI!!, to spend the day with hls old comrade. William Hall whom he has not s— n for some time. Ui»>n hls return from the trip which he Is to Kite the daughters of hls comrades he will spend set era! w.-ek- In Georgia. Tennessee and other (Southern states before returning to