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ATLANTA | Population 131.000 I JIOJD08 26.M0 j T»ifWNtM 36,000 I Main lines of railroads 8even • MOh of street railways 160 I lltinklnic capital.“.... >22,000,000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Population 2,500.001 Miles of steam railroad*.,..... 6,S'*) Miles of electric railway* 400 Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 3,500,000 Hales cotton consumed In 1905. 510,000 Value of 1906 cotton crop fKM.000.000 YOL. 1. NO. 108. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906. PPTf*IR« Atlanta two cent*. XT£UA^rj. On Trains VIVF CENTS. CISjEBPLE “If You Don’t Do Something, City Will,” He Says. COMPANY BEGINS TO TAKE NOTICE MRS. CRESS SEEKS DIVORCE AND ASKS $50,000 ALIMONY; TO NAME CO-RESPONDENT Wife of Man Who Presented Zoo to Atlanta, Charges Spouse, Now a Resident of New York, With Misconduct. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, SCENE OF HIS RECEPTION, TWO SPEAKERS AND ROUTE OF GREAT PARADE Committee Did Nothiug Ou Tuesday Because of Lack of Quorum. "If the gas company doea not do something the city will own Ita gat plant aa aure aa the aun rlsea In the east and sets In the west," said Aider- man James 1,. Key, chairman of the special gas Investigating committee, to T. A. Hammond, attorney for the At lanta Oas Lighting Company, Wednes day afternoon. The mien of the gas company haa undergone a remarkable change since the election In which there was such a clamor for municipal control. When Alderman Key drat declarad the gas company should be Investi gated the officials of the monopoly hooted at the Idea. Now they wish to patch mattera up and. It possible,, to stop the Investiga tion. The special committee was to hold session Wednesday, but It was found Impossible to get a quorum. Alderman Key and Councllmen Draper and Cur tis were the only members In attend ance. After waiting some time, during w hich there was a spirited conversation between Alderman Key end Attorney Hammond, the meeting was adjourned until next.week. To Formulate Report Later. u ,. Because of Labor day, .council will adjourn at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon and hold session at tho regular hour on Tuesday. This will give the Inves' tlgatlng committee sufficient time to hold another meeting, during which the report, to be considered by council, will be formulated. The report will be similar to the one presented by the committee to council at a recent session. This was returned so It could be put In more concise form. The principal features of the new report will be a provision fur inspectors to look after gas meters, a bureau of complaint, w r here any one may report his grievances against the company and have them Investigated by the city, and the amendment to the rlty charter allowing the people to builrl and operate a gas plant If It Is »o desired. “We’ll See What May Be D6ne.“ Although there > was .no meeting Wednesday, Mr. Key opd Mr. Ham mond had a long talk, during which the gas light attorney asked the aider- man to put what he wanted In writing and the gas company would see what could be done. "Just tell us what you want done, Mr. Key,” said Mr. Ham mond. "and maybe all this alleged In vestigation can be cut short.” In reply. Mr. Key said: "The city wants your company to make only a fair Income from your In vestment: wants your meters Inspected by a city Inspector who can represent the people In all controversies, and the city wants you to pay a fair and equit able sum for the franchise under which you do business.” Mr. Hammond asked that thla be put In writing, so that the company could thoroughly understand It. A suit for total divorce and $50,004 alimony has been tiled by Mrs. May Nelson Gress against G. V. Gress, the prominent lumber dealer of South Georgia and formerly a cltlien of Atlanta. Mrs. Gress asked for an Injunction to prevent the withdrawal of $$$,- 000 on depoalt at the Fourth National Bank to the credit of Sir. Gress. This was granted by Judge Pendleton, who set the hearing for November 10. It Is set forth In the petition that Mr. Gresa had on August 7 recognized her claims for divorce and had deposited $30,000 In the Fourth National bank aa a settlement, this to be paid out when a check drawn by Samuel D. Hewlett, then Mrs. Gress' attorney, should be presented. Since then Mrs. Gress has changed her attorney.' Mr. Gress Is declared In the petition now to be it resident of New Jer sey. Mr. and Mrs. Gress were married In 1IS2 at Indianapolis, Ind. They have no children living. ' DEAL JACKSON TELLS BLACKS TO WORK HARD “Talk About ‘Ploomers’ from Colleges—You Wants to See Good Niggers That Got ‘Ploomers’ on My Farm.” “Negro" means "black," and surely Thursday was "Negro” day at the meeting of the National Negro Busi ness League. In the absence of the president, Booker T. Washington, who was at tending a meeting of the executive committee, the session was called to order by the third vice president of the league, Charles Banks, & coal black negro, who la cashier of the bank at Mound Bayou, the negro settlement In Mississippi, The reports from several of .the na tional officers, which were scheduled to come Immediately after the Invoca tion by Rev. H. H." Proctor, were omit ted, and the first subject on the list was taken up for dlscusalon, "The Negro In Agriculture.” ' Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder of the negro city of Mound Bayou, Miss., was the first speaker. Montgomery was said to have been at one time the largest cotton producer In the United States, and In a well-set and stirring address he called upon hla people to realize the need of working out their own salvation. One of the most sig nificant statements he made was when he declared that two-flfths of the cot ton produced In this country today Is grown by negroes, who either own or tease the farms on which they plant. Dsal Jackson Speaks. The next speaker was Deal Jack- son, of Albany, Ga,, and his talk was easily the feature of the morning sea- slon. Jackson, like Banka and Mont gomery, Is of the coal black type, with a little pointed bit of whiskers bob bing oft from the end of hie chin, and lota of gold teeth In hla mouth, which he seems to take great pride In show ing. Jackson Is an uneducated negro with a fondness for long words, which he frequently .gets mixed up, to the delight of his audience. He was lis tened to with close attention, however, and when his time was up frequent cries from all over the hall of “go on,” “keep It up.” etc., caused him to keep on talking for several minutes. He told of his early struggles: how he had started out with one mule and plowed day after day and hauled his produce to ’Albany with his “britches” rolled up to his knees, but how he was able to buy nnother mule tho second year, and another the third year, and oo on, until now he owns two thousand acres of good land in Dougherty coun ty and has all of his own farming Im plements. "They say a nigger can’t work nig gers,” he said,, "but I know better. Come down yonder and I will show you where I hare over a hundred on my plantation, and I don't have no trouble In getting help. I'se got Iota of young niggers working for me that'll soon be plowing for demselves," he continued "You may tell me about the 'ploomers' (he evidently meant diplomas) what you gits at Morris Brown and Tuskee gee and all these other colleges, but It you wants to see a good nigger you come down and see some what got ■ploomers' from my farm.” Incidentally It might be mentioned that for the last ten years Jackson has regularly pro duced the nrst bale of cotton to be marketed In Dougherty county, and It usually brings him about twice the market value. The ezecutlve committee decided Thursday to hold the next convention at Topeka, Ksns. 11T YET Nebraska’s Favorite Son Is Yet Un decided. THOUSANDS READY TO WELCOME HBI Big Parade and Reception Take Place Afternoon and Evening. SPAIN FAVORS AMERICAN GOOLfS By Private leased Wire. Waahlngton, Aug. 30.—Reciprocal tariff concessions have been entered Into between Spain and the United States, according to a proclamation made through the state department. American goads are to pay according to Spain's second tariff schedule, and In return there are to be reductions .on the Importation of wlnea and other Spanish Imports Into the United States. RUSSIA TO RAISE $2*,000,000 TO AID THE FAMINE SUFFERERS By Private L&sed Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. $0.—The government has published an ukase authorizing the Izaulng of 4 per cent rentes to the nominal value of $25,000,000. The purpose of the Issue Is to raise money for the relief of famine sufferers In many districts. Negro Thompson Spirited Away and Carried To Birmingham. Ilpedal to The Georgian. Mobile, Ala., Aug. $0.—A mob, num bering over 2,000 persona and led by determined men, attacked the Mobile county iall shortly after 10 o'clock last night for the purpose of burning at the Make the negro. Will Thompson, the zelf-confeaaed assailant of chil dren. The county authorities learned of the attack In time to spirit Thompson away. Urged on by Ita leaders, the mob rammed the gate from Its fasten ings, and with a rush crossed the court yard of the Jail, demanding the negro. When told that he had been removed, the mob battered the Iron door down, gaining admission. During the attack several volleys were fired by deputies within the Jail, but without effect. At the threshold the mob was met by the deputies and a hand-to-hand struggle resulted. Sher iff Powers was disarmed and hsld, but his release was forced by deputies. Learning that the negro had been removed, the mob dispersed. Thompson was taken to Birmingham for safe-keeping. LITTLE MISS BONNIE MA Y FINDS A KNIGHT ERRANT; THEN THEY GO EXPLORING Miss Bonnie May Turner went out for a walk Wednesday afternoon, de termined to cast oil homa ties and see something of the world. She met a knight errant a few blocks away and together they began their quest of world beautiful. Mtsa Bonnie May Is only three years and a few months old, and aa pretty as her name. She Is the daughter of W. H. Turner, of 141 Walton street, and a granddaughter of Turnkey Jell Whitney, of the police department. Bonnie May gathered her dearest doll. Matilda Jane, under her arm at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and aft er providing herself with two lady- flngers and a doughnut for sustenance on the way, began a tour of discovery. When her parents missed her there was a great hue and cry on Walton street, and the police department waa notified. At 8 o'clock that night three gentle men who had learned of Bonnie May's disappearance met a little girl' and a little boy marching out a street a mile or more sway from home. Bonnie May clung closely to her knight and refused to leave him. The knight htmaelt was uncommunicative. He had met Bonnie May, admired her and was satisfied to wander through life In her company. Bonnie May wept bitterly when sepa rated from her youthful protector and remonstrated at being sent home. The protector preserved his Incognito. It was not Bonnie May'e first de parture from home and mother. She wandered away last Monday night and waa found on the street. At the police station ahe said she didn’t want to go home a bit, but the offleera thought she would sleep better In her own trundle bed than st the station, and returned her to Walton street. Bonnie May will make a great traveler In time. WILL PROSECUTE MANY SHIPPERS By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. $0.—Hsrbert Knox Smith, of the bureau of corporations. Is to go to SL Louis and Lot Angeles to prosecute shippers who have obtaln- BRITISH CRUISERS TO AID REFUGEES By Private leased Wire. London, Aug. 30.—The British gov ernment, realising the poeslblllty of refugees from Persia making a dash for the coast, has assigned two war ships to cruise In the Persian gulf to protect any one who may need assist ed rebates from Ute railroad.companies, ance. After Conference, Members Pay Visit to Mr. Hearst. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 30.—John Temple Graves, editor of The Georgian, of At lanta, Ga., and chairman of the Geor gia delegation to the Bryan reception, arrived with his party last night. The Georgia delegation held a meeting at noon today.In the reading room of the Waldorf-Astoria, to which all Geor gians of New York were invited. Aft er the meeting a call was made upon Mr. Hearst. SHARP ADVANCE MADE IN PRICE OF IRON STOVES Five Per Cent. Increase Made and Another Is Coming. Owing to sharp advances In the price of pig Iron and the necessity of In creased wages for all classes of la bor, stoves advanced 5 per cent In price Thursday. A stove trust? They say not. It Is stated by Sam D. Jones, presi dent of the Atlanta stove works, that second advance of 5 per cent will probably be necessary within a very short time. But the advance will not affect etoves alone, but every class of manufactured goods In which Iron Is used. A meeting of the Southern Associa tion of Stove Manufacturers was held In Chattanooga Wednesday, at which time It was unanimously determined to at vance prices on stoves 5 per cent at once. Mr. Jones could not attend the meeting, owing to an Important engagement here, hut he stated Thura- day that the advance was In accord with hla own views and Intentions. Ha Mid: "Within thirty days pig Iron has ad vanced nearly $4 per ton, and Is now quoted at 318. with a treat scarcity existing. I look for a further advance In the raw material within a very short time, and manufacturers will have te meet It In order to live. "The labor problem has struck the Iron producers hard. Many big fur naces have had to close down because of Inability to secure competent labor. It has made pig Iron scarce and hard to obtain, this condition affecting every part of the Union. •'We manufacturers have the same problem. Labor Is growing scarcer, wages are higher and the quality of the labor Is deteriorating somewhat. It Is Imperative that we advance our prices In order to live, and, aa I stated, a further advance of 5 per cent tn atovea will probably raault within a very short time." WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT' FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA "Who le that I hear ao far off?" The Savannah line steamship "City of Co lumbus," plowing through the deep At lantic flashed out the sentence Into the thick darkness of the night. "Couldn’t tell you,' replied Charles ton. without tho least difficulty, al though 100 miles of water separated her from the steamship. Then Atlanta broke In and convers ed fluently over land and sea to the City of Columbus, to Charleston and even farther, to New Orleans. In other words the DeForrest Wire less station, situated In and on top of the Candler building, made Its first test last night. The test was remark ably successful and within a month, so Captain K. 8. Finch, district man ager In charge of the local station, states, the station will be ready to send commercial 'aerograms. The preliminary test made shortly after 9 o'clock laet night proved be yond p doubt that Atlanta Is splendidly situated for a station. At nearly every station put up In the South and many erected In other portions of the globe there has been difficulty In adjusting the apparatus. In some Instances It has taken from three to six weeks to get a message after the station had been erected. The Atlanta station, however, went off without any dtffl culty. Captain Finch declares this Is due to the soli and altitude. NO DOPE FOR MRS. PETRETA; HIT BY AN AUTO, SHE SA YS You’ll Like JLse) DOUBLOONS l I o IT O 0 lo Mrs. J. Herbert Johnson, sometimes known as Mrs. Petreta Johnson, de clares firmly that, she never took any morphine at tho Gas and Electric building Wednesday afternoon. She wouldn't do such a thing, for she had an uncle once who was a dope fiend and she didn’t like his habits. She ex plained all this at the police station Thursday morning, where she was held on a charge of disorderly conduct. Mrs. Johnson has furnished more than her share of police department news recently. Wednesday afternoon she began again by walking Into a toi let room In the Oas and Electric build ing and going Into a trance on a sofa. She was rushed to the Grady hospital, where she tried to start trouble with several physicians and nurses before retiring for the* night. She was trans- ferred to the police station a tittle later. ‘T was struck by an automobile," de clared Mrs. Johnson Thursday morn ing. "I waa crossing the street when the motor car struck me and ran over me, and I went Into the building to rest. That waa all." Mrs. Johnson made her first appear ance In the limelight three weeks ago, when ahe arrived at the depot and said her husband had gone out to buy lunch and then deserted her. She be came obstreperous at the police sta tion and was flnad. The man whom she said was her huabend, but who did not acknowledge It, paid the fine. Saturday night Mrs. Johnson again visited the station. This time she had wandered down to a fire engine house and asked one of the firemen to pro tect her on her way home, as It was growing dark. Subsequent disorder ted to her being locked up on that occa sion. gO0O0OOOOOOOOO0O0OO000O0Og O TOTAL IRRELEVANCE O OF SKETCH AND STORY. 0 is one of the most thrill ing novels of mystery, tragedy and stolen for tune ever written. It starts in The Georgian today. Don’t fail to read it. Turn to PAGE 5 and you’ll find it. J Really there ta little connection < 1 his time between the moving 0 6 more or less jocular vein. Q O There la one consolation about 0 O this weather—hot old. wet old 0 0 August le on Its last legs and will 0 O topple over Friday night at 11:80, O O and the more or less brisk Septem- O 0 her will be ushered In for the O O first time since last year. O 0 Partly cloudy Thursday night O O and Friday. 0 O 7 a. m 71 degrees O 0 8 a. m .. ..71 degrees 0 O 0 a. m. ., .. .. .. ..73 degrees 0 0 10 a. m 78 degrees 0 0 11 a. m 7* degrees 0 0 12 noon ..81 degrees O 0 1 p. m 81 degrees O O 2 p. m S3 degrees O 0000000000000000000000O000 By Prlvnte LeKseil Wire. New York, Aug. 30.—This was Bryan day' In New York. The Nebraskan must have thought of the qld campaign days long before the time set for the real big demonstra tion, of the day arrived. He spent the night aboard Edward Goltra's yacht, the mini, In New York boy. having gone aboard the yacht at a little after midnight from the home of Lewis Nixon on Staten Island. He Goes Over 8peeeh. Mrs. Bryan and her daughter had gone quietly to the Hotel Victoria, where a suite had been provided for them. Mr. Bryan rose early todav and prepared for the strenuous reception which his friends have provided for him. He made numerous appointments for each hour of the day up to the time set for his departure from the yacht from pier A at Battery A, and all day long the yacht's tender was bqsy carrying visitors to and fro. He spent the first hour or so after breakfast In going over his speech, tn be delivered tonight In Madison Square Garden. He declared that he never felt better In hla life, and looked It. Lewlx Nixon waa one of the first callers and he was followed by other members of the official reception com mittee. Cheered From Boats. Every up-river boat seemed to know the ' Illltil, and whenever Mr. Bryan's well known face was sighted he was cheered In no uncertain fashion. At Mr. Nixon's Invitation, Mr. Bryan, at about 10:30 o'clock went aboard Mr. Nixon's house boat, the Lougoun, and there met members of the official reception committee and prominent New York Democrats, with whom he had made appointments yesterday. Those Included were O. H. J*. Belmont, Norman E. Mack, Daniel J. Campau. of Michigan, and others. Mayor Brown, of Bryan's home town, Lincoln, Nebr.. also saw him. Mrs. Bryan In the meantime had gone shopping with Mrs. Goltra. Mr. Bryan was sean aboard tho Illlnf, by a reportsr Just before he trans ferred to the house boat He had arisen early and breakfasted about 6 o'clock and waa extremely cheerful. He look ed In fine health. Mrs. Bryan sat near him on the deck and, both got up to greet Mayor Johnson and Mr. Nixon, who cams aboard tfbout the same time os the newspaper men. Bryan Was Saa Sick. During the voyage Mr. Bryan had to pay the tribute exacted by old Nep tune. He was sea sick, not vary bad, but undeniably sea sick. He took an active part In the life of the ship. At the concert he made a graceful and pleasant speech, which he began with a humorous story, at the expense of Reger Foster, a lawyer, who had been Introduced to him. Mr. Foster had spoken In very flat tering terms of Mr. Bryan and In his speech Mr. Bryan remarked that It re minded him of an engagement he had once to make a speech, and when he was asked how he would like to be In troduced. v I asked him,” said the Nebraskan, to refer to me aa 'Mr. Bryan, a law yer nt Jacksonville.' 1 had just been admitted to the bar, and wanted the fact known. The chairman came to me half a dozen times to be sure he had It right, and finally Introduced me, saying: 'Mr. O'Brien wilt now •nake.’" Judge at Qames. Mr. Bryan served ns a Judge in the athletic games, and presided at the captain’s dinner on Tuesday night from which the captain himself waa absent ed by reason of a fog which required him to be on the bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan kept to their state room until the storm was about over. Then they came on deck en- In water proof capes and coats, and "were In at the death." The ship wan remarkably steady throughout. In fact, she did most of her rolling and pitching when the sea seemed reason ably calm. He Enjoyed Voyage. Asked If he had a pleasant voyage. Mr. Bryan said: |I have enjoyed the trip Immensely, notwithatandlng the fact that I have been working moat of the time. I have been very busy preparing my articles for publication, and during tbe last few days I have had to devote a lot of time to the speech which 1 am to deliver at the .reception In New York to be given to me on my arrival." "Will you discuss politics tn your ipMch?" "I will touch on politics slightly." said he, jokingly. "I cannot Indicate nt this time the subject. This Is not an opportune time for such a discussion." Attitude Not Changed. You have announced yourself as a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for the presidency, have you not ?" "No, I hove not announced myself ss a candidate. I wrote a letter to for- Continued on Page Nina.