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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2f*. JIK#.
$1.00
Stjrt. an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with tho
book only In tho
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THENEAL BANK
Interest allowed at tho rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually.
E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Cashier.
H. e. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier.
COMPANIES WILL SAVE
BY CLEVELAND'S DECISION
ON INSURANCE REBATES
Bj- Prlrste Leased Wire.
New York, Aug-. It.—Grover Cleve
land has handed down his first decision
as rebate referee for the three big life
Insurance companies. Hi. decision will
result in a big saving for the com
panies, but will greatly decrease the
amount of business written by the
American companies In Great Britain.
The Income tax law of England, un
der the Interpretation given out by the
English courts, allows those who are
subject to the payment of the tax to
deduct from their taxable Incomes the
amount paid by them for premiums on
lire Insurance policies Issued by Eng
lish companies.
In the case of premiums paid on poll-
cleg In the American companies, how
ever, the law has been construed ae not
permitting such deductions, and It has
been the practice of most of the Amer
ican companies to absorb this tax by
granting to the English policy-holder a
rebate equal to the tax. This was the
only way the American companies
could compete on equal ground with
those of Great Britain.
Mr. Cleveland holds that this can not
be done by the American companies, as
a continuance of the practice would
constitute a rebate under the new law.
To give or receive a rebate under the
Armstrong committee code Is a mis
demeanor.
NEGRO BUSINESS MEN
BEGIN THEIR SESSION
Booker T. Washington
Dominates the
Meeting.
A convention absolutely dominated
by one man, and that one man almost
the least noticeable figure In the hall—
Such Is a characterization' of the first
session of the seventh annual conven
tion of the National Negro Business
League, which was called to order at
10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning In
the auditorium of Big Bethel church,
on the corner of Butler street and Au
burn avenue.
Booker T. Washington was the pre
siding genius of the meeting, Just as
he has been the central feature of the
league ever since Its organization In
Boston seven years ago. And yet
Washington had less to say and said
(hat more quietly than any other
speaker on the platform.
The league was called to order by
W. B. Matthews, president of the At
lanta Negro Business League, and he
Introduced first Mayor Prd Tern John
11. Harwell, who, In the absence of
Mayor Woodward, welcomed the mem
bers to Atlanta. In a short spesch
Mr. Harwell told the visitors that they
were welcome, since they came as
“business men,” and In denning the
term he made It Include all "busy men,”
and then went on to add, "Busy men
don't commit crimes. They don't have
time."
Mr. Harwell was followed by 8am
D. Jones, president at the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, who comment
ed on the name of the organization,
first, that It was national and not sec
tional In Its scope, and second, that Its
founders had seen fit to call It what It
was. a negro organization.
Hev. I. N. Ross, pastor of Bethel A.
M. E. church, followed on behalf of the
negroes of the city.
Washington Takes Charge.
At this point the convention was
turned over -to Booker T. Washington,
president of the league, and he called
on A. N. Johnson, of Mobile, to re
spond. Johnson made a strong appeal
to the negroes to become Independent,
and stated that ae soon as they' be
came of enough Importance to take
rank In business affairs they would bo
recognized and treated with considers
tlon by the whites. He called atten
tion to his own experience, which dated
from the time when he bought goods
by mall and they were shipped with
bill of lading attached to a draft, until
bow when the drummers who go to
Mobile look him up and take him to
their sample room* at the hotels and
show- him their full lines.
"We heard a great deal when the
negro was first given the ballot about
a bayonet that would be behind each
and every ballot, and the negro's vote
w-ould be counted," continued Johnson,
"but pretty soon all that was dropped,
until now- w* have absolutely no politi
cal rights. Why was that? It wa*
because the white men of the North
|nd the white men of the South were
i much drawn together by the bonds
commerce and rather than have
|o«e bonds broken the North aban-
»ned the bayonet scheme. If the na
pe* of the South want recognition
fv wit) have to make themselves Im-
gtant from a commercial standpoint.”
lohnson commented upon the crlml-
Tty iif a portion of the negro race,
I declared: "I have no sympathy for
the criminal or the Idler who will not
*ork, but draws his sustenance from
the fruit* of others' toll.” Johnson
*** warmly applauded by the audience.
•• Madison Vance, of New Orleans, a
well-known negro lawyer of New Or
leans, also responded and spoke along
the same lines.
Committees Namtd.
“he appointment of committees was
next gone Into, the following being
named by the president:
On Resolutions—R. B. Hudson, Ala
bama, chairman; Robert C. Houston,
Texas; A. EL Manning, Indiana; I. T.
Montgomery, Mississippi; J. A. Lank
ford, District of Columbia; E. C.
Brown, Virginia; J. W. Maund, Geor
gia.
On Auditing—J. C. Napier, Tennes
see, chairman; J. S. Hopson, Kentucky;
William Porter, Ohio.
On Credentials—Dr. S. G. Elfert. Del
aware, chairman; William Isaac Johh-
son, Virginia; P. J. Smith, District of
Columbia; F. H. Gilbert, New York;
J. C. Guy, Kansas.
The topics for the morning's dis
cussion were as follows:
"Insurance and Real Estate”—W. L.
Pollard, Washington, D. C.; W. T. An
drews, Sumter, S. C.
"Fraternal Insurance”—W. O. Vance,
New Albany, Ind.
"Conducting a Laundry”—Harry
Pratt, Baltimore, Md. ■
"Building and Contracting"—Charles
A. Whitney, Topeka, Kan.; R. F. Wal
ker, Macon, Ga.
"Plaster Conti
ston, New Orleans, La.
The first thing on the program for
Wednesday night will be the annual
address of the president, Booker T.
Washington. After that the following
topics will be treated In short talks:
Evening 8e«slon, S O’cloek.
The president’s annual address.
"A Negro Department Store”—Sandy
W. Trice, Chicago, III
"The Wholesale and Retail Drug
Buelness"—C. E. Thomas, M. D.,
nlston, Ala.
"The First Negro Drug Store
Georgia"—Moans Amos, Atlanta, Ga.
"The Modern Drug Store”—J. M.
Moseley, M. D„ Fort Worth, Tex.
"How I am Helping to Solve the
Servant Problem In Washington"—
Mr*. L. R. Clarke. Washington, D. C.
"Moderp Undertaking”—O. \
Franklin, Chattanooga, Tenn.; A. D.
Price, Richmond, Va.; W. O. Emory,
M. D., Macon, Ga.
Prominent Negroes PrsstnL
Among the prominent negroes pres
ent were the following:
T. Thomas Fortune, editor New York
Age; R. T. Greene, ex-consul tq Vladl
vostok, Russia; O. L. Knox, publisher
of Indianapolis Freeman; A. E. Man'
nlng, editor Indianapolis World; Rev.
W. L. Taylor, president United Order
. rr. ’ till- T, l.T a—tiui.n
ROADS ARE LIKELY
10 IKE FIERI
ON Bill OF RATES
President of the Santa Pe
Says Systems Can’t
Comply.
By Private I.<*a*cd Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—A tremendou* le
gal conflict between the vested railroad
interest of the country and the inter
state commerce commission, as a re
sult of the new rate bill, is predicted
today In railroad circles. President E.
P. Ripley, of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad system, voiced the
key note of the impending clash when
he said:
“We are not violating in any particu
lar the spirit of the Elkins or Hepburn
acts, but It will be a physical Impossi
bility for us to obey the letter of the
law In every particular. The members
of congress who drafted and approved
the Interstate commerce act were al
most wholly ignorant of the railroad
business.
“The law requires that we shall post
In a conspicuous place for the benefit
of shippers the adjusted tariffs and
extra charges of switching, refrigerat
ing, elevator charges, etc. If we were
to comply with that provision It would
take all eternity to compile the figures
'and make a book a hundred times the
sice of Webster's unabridged diction
ary. That shows how much our law
makers understand the difficulty under
which we labor."
English China
The present vogue for English China
JJ*inply met In our charming collec-
Dinner and Tea services, seta of
odd pieces—all In pattorna of
°°« artistic type.
Maier & Berkele
of True Reformers; Giles B. 'Jackson,
director general of negro department
of Jamestown exposition; Charles
Banks, cashier negro hank at Mound
Bayou, Miss.; Isaiah T. Montgomery,
founder of negro city, at Mound Bayou,
Mis*.; Philip A. Payton, president of
Afro-American Realty Company, New
York; Cyrus F. Adams, assistant reg
Ister of tho United States treasury
Warren Logan, treasurer of Tuskegee
Institute; R. W. Thompson, staff cor
respondent of Indianapolis Freeman
anti general representative of The In
dlanapolls Freeman, and general rep
resentative of the negro pres* of the
country'; J. Mndlson Vance, of New
Orleans, La.; William Porter, under
taker, Cincinnati, Ohio; A. N. John
son, undertaken, Mobile, Ala.; J. O.
Napier, cashier American Cent. Sav
ings Bank, Nashville, Tenn; J. Alex
ander Chiles, Lexington, Ky.; SI. M.
Letvey, editor Florida Sentiment,
Pensacola, Fla.
SOUTHERN HAS ABSORBED
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Special to The Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 2».—It I* stated
here, on the hlgheet authority, and
generally believed, that the Virginia
and Southwestern railway ha* either
been sold or leased for a long term to
the Southern railway.
The Virginia and Southwestern
150 miles long, connecting the Virginia
coal and Iron mining region with con
nections to middle Southern states and
the Atlantic seaboard. According to
one report, the price paid was slightly
over 16,000,000 for the cotnmoa stock
and that the purchaser assumes *5,-
000,000 of outstanding bonds, making
the total cost *10,000,000.
The other rumor I* to the effect that
the Southern leases the road, guar
anteeing a certain dlvldemr annually
on the common stock and guarantee
ing also the payment of Interest on
bonds. Henry K. McHarge. of New
York, Is president of the Virginia and
Southwestern and also of Its allied
company, the Virginia Iron, Coal and
Coke Company.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
ville. Ga.
On Septemper 15th to 23rd. ludu-
give, the Western and Atlantic rail
road will soil tickets from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate stations, to
Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of renown. Prot E. O. Excell will
have charge of tt •> music, and other
gospel singers of note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they hare always shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
$100
GIVEN AWAY
=F REE
JIT THE LYNWOOD LAND SALE ON 0AMW00D IND CONFEDERATE AVENUES,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 3 P. M.
$100.00 IN GOLD will be given away FREE to those who attend. Ten Prizes each of $10.00 IN GOLD
will be distributed among the grown people present. You do not have to buy a lot to share' in this
generous offer. Why not liavo a pleasant afternoon’s outing with the prospect of getting $10.00 IN
GOLD for nothing?
There mil be twenty-six beautiful lots and two railroad fronts auctioned at this sale. This is about the
last chance to get desirable property of this kind in the Grant Park section.
These lots lie beautifully, are convenient to South Boulevard School, to the Fair street car line. You
have Grant Park for a playground for your children and the best neighborhood anywhere around Atlanta.
These lots are in the midst of a section which is improving faster than any other around Atlanta and
a lot which you buy now at a low price can’t fail to increase greatly in value. Remember the date, Satur
day, September 1st, 3 p. m. Ten people will got $10 each simply'for being present. You may be one of-
these ten.
J.W. FERGUSON,
AUCTIONEER.
W. A. FOSTER, Agent,
12 S. BROAD ST.
•T
By Private leased Wire.
New York, Aug. It.—Dragged, robbed
and then thrown out on, the sidewalk
at Seventh avenue and Thirty-second
street, a. man who Is supposed to be
Gilbert R. Sayres, vice president of the
Metropolitan hank, was found early to
day by a policeman.
Sayres was also a hand-writing ex
pert In the Mollneux case and has also
appeared In ether cases.
womaTihiciim
OF MANIAC’S KNIFE
TEACHERS MEET
TO DISCUSS PLANS
Attendance in the City
Schools Will Reach
14,000
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—The mystery
surrounding the murder of Annie
Moore, who was found dead In her
room at No. ( Second street, her body
mutilated with knife wounds, like the
victims of "Jock the Ripper," has
deepened. It Is believed she was killed
by a maniac.
The police and coroner ere not sat
isfied that James Moore, the brother-
in-law of the dead woman, who 1s un
der arrest on suspicion, Is the slayer,
and they arc searching for another sus
pect. It Is believed now that the
bloody thumb print found on the sheet
that covered the slain woman will clear
Moore, who Is a consumptive, and. It
Is believed, has only a few weeka to
live.
MEETING TO SELECT
CANDIDATE CALLED
For the purpose of nominating a can.
dldate for county commissioner a meet
ing will be held In Judge Puckett's
court room at 505 1-2 Marietta street
Thursday evening at 8; 30 o'clock.
All candidates who have announced
for the place are Invited to attend the
meeting, when It Is hoped that ar
rangements can be mado to center on
some one man.
CHILD BURNS TO DEATH
IN TUB OF HOT WATER.
After the long somniferous summer
days the Boys' High school was
awakened Wednesday morning by
pleasant strains of music and merry
laughter. All the public school teach
ers of the city gathered therein for the
purpose of discussing school books,
classes, to practice singing and to
make final arrangements for the
“exame” to be held on the last day
of this month, and Incidentally to talk
over their summer vacation, fall styles
and plans for social organizations.
Both purposes' were carried out,
work being mixed pleasantly with
pleasure, and everything Is now ready
for the fall term* to open next Tues
day, September 4.
The entrance examinations, to be
held Friday, will be the last chance
for pupils to skip a grade, make up
deficiencies and to enter grades other
than the first. The examination* will
be held at 8:80 o'clock. The listing of
class** and teachers will not be com
pleted before Thursday afternoon.
The results of the examinations will
be made known Tuesday morning,
15 "HOTELS" RAIDED;
SIKH PERSONS HURT
Police of Chicago Start
the Woi;k of Cleaning
Up.
take up. the work of
the ensuing school year. A list of
books will bo furnished each of the
pupils along with tho assignment to
the grades. The real work of tho term
will commence Wednesday morning.
Although the exact number of pupils
who will attend the public schools this
year can not bo ascertained until after
the examinations, It Is safe to say there
will be a very much larger attendance
than ever before.
Assistant Superintendent Landrum
states that the actual attendrthce will
amount to 14,000 pupils this year. The
Improvements, additions and new
buildings will Afford ample facilities for
the handling of the large Increase.
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—In what was per
haps the most spectacular and best or
ganized raid over seen In Chicago, sev
enty policemen and detectives under
the command of Captain Gibbons last
night stormed the "Bad Lands" of
the down town hotel district and car
ried captive to the police station more
than sixty Inmates of fifteen "hotels.”
AH books and registers were confiscat
ed by the police.
The Brunswick hotel caused all the
trouble. It was from'this “hotel” that
Miss Josephine Olson early lqst Frl-
day, learning: the character of the place
and of her companion, Jumped from a
window In an endeavor to escape and
waa .badly Injured.
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF J. 0, WHITEHEAD
FIRST APPLICATION
FOR REFORMATORY
Jackson County Has Boy
Fit for the State
Institution.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
ville, Ga.
On Soptamnor 15th to 23rd, Inelu
slve, the Western and Atlantic rail
road will ,cll tickets from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate station,, to
Oarteravlllc, at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver sod other ministers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge of the music, and other
gospel singers of note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the
jeople of Cartersvllle will welcome
he greet crowds with the same hos
pitality they have always shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Gen. Pass. Agent
Hpcclnl to The Oewfrtan.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 2,.—Julian R., the
18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Brown, who reulde at Whiteside,
died yesterday from burn* received In
a tub of hot water i t the home. The
Iloor was being scryobed Monday and
a big pot of hot water had been put |
Into a tub in the ream, and while play- put on th« trail and soon treed the
Luther Hayee Caught.
Luther Hayes, a negro, who broke
out of the stockade In .Bartow county
several weeks ago, will take up the
pick and shovel under hie old boss.
Luther made the mistake of coming to
Fulton county after his escape, and he
spent Tuesday night In the police sta
tion. The negro Came lo Atlanta and
found a Job driving a wagon at Don-
elson’s convict camp near the city.
Patrolman Hood took a ride In that
direction Tuesday night to find him and
located Luther In a house close by.
When the negro heard the officer com
ing he Jumped out of the window In
his night clothes and ran, finding a
hiding place under a house. Dogs were
Funeral services of Joseph Brown
Whitehead, who died at Thaxton, Va,
were held at the residence, 58* Peach
tree street, at 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning. Rev. J. W. Millard, pastor
of Pence DeLeon Avenue Baptist
church, officiated. The following act
ed as pallbearers: Mr. George
Browr, Mr. Asa O. Candler, Judge John
S. Candler, Mr. J. T. Lupton of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Mr. H. F. Haley, Mr,
Sam B. Erwin, Mr. Robert Cook of
Chattanooga, Tenn, Mr. Cator Wool-
ford, Mr. Frank Hawkins, Mr. Evelyn
Harris.
The following Intimate frlende of the
deceased acted as an honorary escort:
Mr. C. V. .’Ulnwater, Mr. William G.
Humphreys, Mr. James Nunnally, Mr.
Roby Robinson. Mr. F. M. RoMnson,
Mr. W, O. Mashburn. Mr. 8. C. Dobbs,
Mr. J. E. Scofield, Mr. C, N. Jackson,
Mr. M. A. Fall. Mr. A, Montgomery.
Mr. Asa O. Candlen Jr, Mr. Alfred
Newell, Mr. Willis Ragan, Mr. C. T.
Ladson, Mr. N. P. Pratt, Mr, R, L.
McKennle, Mr. Howard Candler.
The hoard of deacons of the Ponce
DeLeon church: Governor W. J.
Northern, Mr. George M. Brown, Dr. J,
M, Crawford, Mr. George W. McCarty,
Mr. J, W. Wills, Mr. Fred B. Law.
The Interment was at Westvlew.
LESS THA
CORPORATIONS ARE IN
Ing little Julian run backward against negro, who came out to face a re
the almost boiling receptacle and was I volver. He will be turned over to the
Immersed head forward. [sheriff of Bartow county
Less than a hundred corporations
have registered with Secretary of State
Cook so far, or. to be exact, eighty-
four. Fourteen of these come In Wed
nesday. A Savannah 1 corporation fail
ed to send the dollar fee, contending
that they had paid all fees In Savap
Secretary Cook will write the Sa
vannah concern to fork over the fee.
live dollar, or else by November they
will be subject to the *50 penalty.
Secretary Cook says there are vari
ously estimated from 17,000 to *0,000
of these corporation* In the state to
register, and, aside from having a cen
tral bureau of registration. It wa* also
the purpose of tne lawmakers to add
about $20,009 to the revenue of the
state.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
Secretary Goodloe Yancey received
Wednesday notice from the Jackson
county authorities that they had one
boy 18 years old, to send to the etate
reformatory when opened. This Is the
first reply Captain Yahcey has received
so far.
This boy was convicted on the 22d
day of February, 1906—Washington's
birthday—on two charges of burglary,
rocelvlng sentences of two and three
years, and ha* been working on the
county chain gang of Jackson since.
Captain Yancey prefers brown for
the uniform of the boys In the reform
atory. General Evans Is Inclined to
blue, not only for these boys, but/ for
the penitentiary, says Secretary Yan
cey. ThlB will be decided later.
Under the law boy* under 18, who
are sentenced to over five yenrs will
etlll go to the pen, while those sen
tenced to under five years will receive
Indefinite committals and may be con
fined In the reformatory until they are
21.
ISIS COME
E
1
From 2,000 to 2,500 Visitors
Are Expected
Then .
AT THE THEATERS
"A Message From Mare."
Whatever may be the cause, there
Is no mistaking the fact that nothing
appeals to ths average mortal quite as
much as fine moral sentiment. It is
upon this piano that the comedy, "A
Message From Mars," Is pitched. The
lesson taught by this great play Is
without doubt more convincing than
anything that has ever been given to
the stage. Its one great virtue Is
Its convincing lesson against selfish
ness. David Proctor appeared In this
play In this city last season. He was
then comparatively unknown. Today
he has a national reputation. He trav
eled last season from the waters of the
Atlantic to the wnters of the Pacific
and from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf
•>f Mexico. Wherever he went he made
friend* and admirers by the thousand.
He will again be seen In this piny at
the Grand Thursday matinee and night.
Mr. Proctor has established himself as
one of the very conspicuous young men
of the stage of the present day.
“The County Fair.”
The name of Nell Burgess Is asso.
elated with the "County Fair" os that
of O'Noll Is with "Monte Orlsto,’
Denman Thompson with the "Old
Homestead." "The County Fair" has
lost none of Its many charms. Fresh
as ever, with Mr. Burgess personally
nnd the full New York cast, will ap
pear at the Grand Saturday matinee
and night.
One of the strongest scenes of the
"County Fair" Is In the fourth act,
giving a realistic race scene, with four
thoroughbred horses, Including the
well-known "Cold Molasses’’ and the
mechanical effects are perfect, making
It one of the best rural plays on the
stngr. Nell Burgess as the Inimitable
Ablgnll Prue Is uproariously funny and
Just as true to certain country char
acter aa ever, and certainly adds to
the Joys of life while he Is on the stage.
The story of the •'County Fair" I* well
known, and need not be given here, but
It Is sufficient to say that all of the
excellent features df this drama are
preserved with Mr. Burgess personal
ly and hit excellent company of play
ers whose characters are drawn from
every-day life; no melodramlc cffecls,
but a play that leaves a pleasing Im
pression to any one witnessing It.
Farmers to Organ
Kpi-clnl to The tleorstsn.
Newberry, S. C., Ai
Farmers’ Union will
this city Saturday, notice
ready been sent to the
of the county requesting
eentatlon at the meeting.
From October 1 to 5, Inclusive, the
National Association of Retail Drug
gists will be in session In Atlanta In
eighth annual convention.
W. S. Elkin, Jr., president of tha
Atlanta Drug Association, states that
from 2,000 to 2,600 of the leading re
tail druggists from every part of the
United States are expected here then.
Many of the members will be accom
panied by thelf wives and daughters,
and from Information being
It Is probable that
attend this conventk
vlous one held.
The present plah
slons In the ball roj
house, but In the
prove too small, tU
tatlves at the enpli
last legislature pT
permitting Its uscl
.Monday the firstl
and on Tuesdal
Thursday three si
dally—morning, ail
No social feature.-l
Interfere with the I
the body.
'Cue at Pel
Friday a magntij
be served to the v |
Leon. It Is proha hi
be tendered by thl
pany.' It Is the purj
of the best of
'cues, so the vlslto-
lingering memorle,
tallty.
At the opening
Terrell will dellv/
dress on behalff
Woodward will
B. Freeman, pr
Pharmaceutical
come the dn>/
organization,,
kin, Jr., wllL
Drug Assoc,
The growl
tlon ha, be/
ago the llrf
only abou/
present, j
agates VJ
2,5011 wO/
now I* '
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