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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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AFTER MUCH TALK,
COMMITTEE WILL
SEND FIRST REPORT
Gas Franchise Investigators
Hold Final Meet-
El ing.
The dove of peace and the eagle of
*nr vied for flrat place at the epeclal
meeting of the gat investigating com
mittee, held In the mayor*a parlora
Tuestjay morning. The meeting waa a
long one. It lasted teveral hours, at
fh ■ end of which the committee wa»
about at the point from which it had
started. It eras decided to return the
former report to council unchanged.
In calling the meeting to order A1
derman James L. Key, chairman, said
the purpose of the meeting waa aa to
whether or not null should be brought
against the gat company, and If so, In
what form.
City.Attorney James L. Mayson. aft
er discussing the matter at length,
stated that the city could not decide
ui n the life of the gas company’s
charter, bat could only take the matter
t ■> the court to decide whether or not
thp company was overstepping the
bounds of its contract which gave It
th<- right to distribute gas within one
mile or the center of the clty»
Letter to Council.
Attorney Mayson then put In writing
tin* following;
"To the Honorable Mayor and Gen
era 1 Council; We, the undersigned
i«i '<*lal committee to whom was re
ferred the matter of Investigating the
right* and the franchise of the Atlanta
• ins Light Company, beg leave to re
port ;
"First. We recommend that the city
attorney Institute action of quo war
ranto In the superior court of Fulton
• aunty to oust the Atlanta Qas Light
Company, If It claims to use the
streets of this city outside the one-mile
limit for the purposes of said
pany.
"Further, to oust said company of
its claim and use of streets of the city
f<>r purposes of distributing gas for
any use other than lighting."
Attorney Mayson said this would be
the only lines upon which the city
WIFE WILL GET ALIMONY
FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS
lljr Frivste lit**d Wire.
New York, Sept. 4.—Here la sad newa
of more than ordinary Intereat to di
vorced men who keep without the New
York atate llnea to avoid payment of
alimony.
Under the terme of a declalon Juat
handed down by Juatlce Gtegerich, In
apeelal term, part I, of the eupretne
court, Annie M. Shepard, who some
two yeara ago got an abaotute divorce
from her huaband, Walter B. Shepard,
la now about to get the greater, If not
all, of a legacy of ,1,000 left to Shepard
by hla grandmother, who waa the wid
ow of the late "Billy" Florence, the fa-
moua comedian.
For nearly ten yeara Mra. Shepard
haa been waiting to collect arreara of
alimony from her former huaband, who
haa evaded punlahment for contempt
of court In falling to pay the alimony
awarded to her by remaining out of
the jurisdiction of the aupreme court
and living In New Jeraey. The decree
which Mra. Shepard obtained from her
huaband direct# him to pay to her ali
mony at the rate of 16 a week and <3 a
week for the aupport of her child.
There la nearly ten yeara of arreara of
alimony due with Intereat and coat.
BOYKIN WRIGHT
ISTI
FULCH POISON MYSTERY
MAY SOON BE SOLVED
Mpsrlal to The (Jcorjrliin.
Thomasvlflc, Ga., Sept. 4.—After
many weeks of careful Investigation In
which one of the best detectives In the
South was employed, It Is believed that
the Fulch poison mystery has been
solved. Ollle Cunningham and his
wife, two negroes on the Fulch place,
are how In Jail charged with at leaat
being Implicated In the poisoning.
W. G. Phillips, of the Piedmont De
tective agency, of Atlanta, Is the man
who haa ferreted out the case partial
ly, and he Is still at work. Other de
velopments will likely follow. Mr.
Phillips has been on the scene for some
time and haa worked In such a clever
way as to allay all suspicion as to the
object of his visit. On Friday he got
a search warrant and went to the
home of Ollle Cunningham. He search
ed the place and found over the door
a bottle containing arsenic and also
some rat poison. Arsenic was the
poison used in the desperate attempt
of the criminals to get rid of the mem
bers of the Fulch family for some time.
The officer believes he has proof to
convict her and her husband. When
asked as to the motive Mr. Phillips
said that he had not yet completed hla
Investigations and did not care to
make any further statement other than
giving the facts above stated.
Other developments will likely fol
low.
could proceed. So action was taken
on the paper, but It will doubtless be
brought up In council Tuesday after
noon, and there the real light will be
made.
Tilt During 8peaking.
Attorney Hammond, for the coin-
r-iny, stated that he council was too
fair and Just minded to take from the
ga* company the use of Its pipes out
side the city limits even If It could and
it was not worth while to bring on liti
gation. He discussed the charter,
bringing out the point that the fran
chise was given for the city of Atlan
ta. and that aa the city had grown so
had the work of the gas company, that
Atlanta was the same city, no matter
h«»w much it spread. His argument
was based along the ethics Involved.
Toward the close of his speech Mr.
Hammond again referred to the state
ment of Alderman Key, made before
i"uncll, which was In effect that he
was prompted by no other motive than
bis h«»nest belief and the desire to win
the nlaudlts of the people In bringing
on the preaent fight.
“What* Did You Git?"
Alderman Key Jumped to his feet
and asked:
"What do you work for; you were In
council, what did you then work for?”
Attomej Hammond said:
•I worked for what 1 thought was
right.”
• What did you get?’ demanded Al
derman Key.
Attorney Hammond replied:
"I didn’t get anything.”
Alderman Key:
"Yes. that’s It; you didn’t do any
thing and you didn’t get anything.”
Attorney Hammond then stated that
It was his belief that the council would
never take anything from the gas com
pany.
That Limitless Franchise.
Mr. Key then declared that the coun
cil should Investigate the merits of
the so-called limitless franchise which
the company claims to hold.
President Arkwright, of the gas com
pany, addressed the meeting. He stated
that the fight wan not a personal one.
Mr. Key declared that he had been at-
• tacked by the gns people every time
there was a meeting.
"Kvery time we meet you come and
lumber at me,” said the alderman.
"Now. I put you on guard, 1 will In
the future lumber back. You may at
tack me from every eUle. 1 have noth
ing In my private or public life 1 am
afraid to have brought before the pub
lic. You may talk u» much as you
please, but I put you on notice. I will
give back as much as you will ever
give me, and probably more."
The gist of President Arkwright’s
M*»*ech was that although the gas com
pany did not want a suit or the matter
t,ken into courts, It was ready to take
up the matter whenever the city was,
and would be glad to get rid of the
question once and forever.
Curtis Favored Courts.
Councilman Curtis asked Mr. Ark
wright If It would not be better for the
company to pay for the privilege of op
erating outside of the one-mile limit.
Mr. Arkwright replied that this had
been tried and was not a satisfactory
manner of settlement.
Councilman Curtis then stated that
he wished to serve all his constituents.
Including the gas company, to the best
of bis ability and that he believed the
suit would be the thing.
Alderman Key spoke again of the
personal trend the Investigation had al
ways taken.
Councilman Patterson stated that he
thought the gas company was paying
an equitable amount to the city.
The committee then voted to return
the original report to council.
EXPRESS FRANKS CALLED
IN BY ALL COMPANIES
Uy Private' »«mI Wire.
Washington, Hept. 4.—The express companies have called In their
"franks." They have notified the holders that their Interpretation of the
new railway rate regulation law makes them unlawful. Cabinet members,
senators, congressmen and heads of tho government departments were
among the holders.
NO UNEMPLOYED THERE.
From The New York Hun.
Hlr Joseph M’nrd. prime minister of New
Zen In ikI me I hem! of- the LllM*raI party,
which hits lieen In power there since 1691,
arrived here recently from Knglnnd on hli
ray home. He bus been mround thr
world. He wns necompnnled by Lady
way
world. He w’iis necomnn ...
Ward, Miss Ward and Vincent Ward, his
children; WHIInui Gray, minister of posts,
and his private secretary.
“ * *pl» hnd mi engagement to luneh
_ . ifdent Jlooserelt lit Hngnmore IIIIJ
recently. After he kept this engagement,
he started Immediately for Hun Fran
I SCO.
”1 regard President Roosevelt ns thf
greatest man In the world~n innii without
n compeer," said Hlr Joseph, "There are
other great men, but he Is the elected
entntlve of s great people.”
Joseph wns the guest at a lunch-
.. ..t the lawyers' Club. It wns ar
ranged for him l»y his friend, C. W. Me-
.Murrmi.
At the luncheon he met several editors.
Including l.ord Northedge, who need to Ik*
Hlr Alfred Ilnriiisworth. Hlr Joseph. In n
speech, told how- the government of New
Zenlnnd controlled business, and expressed
n desire for a treaty with this country
by which we would tnke New* Zealand
wool In exchange for some things of which
we hnd an overabundance.
Regarding government ownership In New
Zen hind, he snld:
"We . have hnd to nmko provision to
prevent the n I nines from which the older
countries have suffered, nud we have suc
ceeded. We hnve legislated to prevent
the nggregntlon of large estates. The
stnte may acquire estates by compulsion
and lease them for productive purposes
for 999 years. By the creation of that
system we hnve Induced people to go
Into the country. Instead of settling In
the cities ami creating the elnsn of Idlers.
We don’t know the niennlng of the term
unemployed. We hnve no such data, be
cause the opportunity to labor alwnyn ex
ists In the Interior.’ 1
Hlr Joseph described the system of la
bor bureaus, under which any surplus of
labor In oho place la rcimrted nil over
the country, and persons registered nt the
bureaus orb trsnsported by the stnte to
places where there It n dearth of la
Regarding the government owners***^ of
railroads, Hlr Joseph said:
"Our system Is based on fbo theory
that the railways are tho Spinal marrow
of the country, and should carry ou the
business of a community at the lowest
IMtsstble price. We make It conditional that
whenever the earnings increase over J
per cent, the rates shall be lowered pro
Susan Glegg Talks
On Divorce.
BRIGHT’S DISEASE
KILLED PEEK LCDS
Special WIrelesa, via Sagaponik, N
Y., Steamship Kalaer Wilhelm Der
Groaae, Sept. 4.—Herman Oelricha died
very unexpectedly on the momlnir of
Saturday, September l. Bright', dis
ease waa the cause which brought
death.
Mr. Oelricha waa III when he came
aboard. He waa under the doctor'll
care, but waa In good aplrlta and per-
ilated In keep about until Thursday.
Extreme weakness compelled him to re
main In bed the last two days of hla
life. He suddenly collapsed and be
came unconscious. He did not regain
^Jds senses. Tha body will be taken to
Mr
|M*OJplS .
with other countries, although they hnv.
12.0U0 miles of water between them and
the home market.
In our country, we have been charged
times with giving to the government
functions which l»etong to private owner
ship. That Is not correct. The people, as
focussed In a government. Is the only pow
er which can grapple with certain protv
letns- F«r that reason, we hare decided
ou the stnte ownership of railways, tele
graphs. life Insurance, trusteeships aud
other things. We hnve found It the only
power aide to secure a continuity of the
system by which all pay the same rate.
Wc have tha most up-to-date system to be
found In the world. No party which may
come Into power will dare ti> repeal any
one of these so-called Koclallstk nets.
"We can not hnve any such thing at
private rebates. All our rates are public
ly gsxctted, and any attempt at uislad-
mint strut b*u would be at once detected by
the system of public audit, and no
government that shut Its eyes to abuses
would hold office forty-right hours."
Hlr Joseph talked at some length of the
system or old-age iwnslou. Any one over
sixty live years of age gets a pension. He
said that It had l»een erltlrlsed. but that
the |MH»ple had approved of It overwhelm
ingly nt the last election.
"If we were not paying old-age pen
sions we would hnve poor houses. They
sre almost nonexistent with use. While
we are told this Is paternalism, wc hnve
done wbnt we believed the people wanted.
There sre degrees of prosperity, hot all
classes ore doing well. This kind of leg
islation the people have reaffirmed by In
creasing majorities. Most of the cities and
towns own their lighting and water works.
Private concerns or this kind earning over
I per cent must divide the surplus esru-
lugs with the people of the rouutry. Wt
hnve acquired the coal mines for the reason
that the prices were excessive. If the
same thing happened with the Ice supply
we should acquire that In the same wgjr.
Hut wc hsvej*vohl«Minterfering with prl
a fire
the rates were lowered 3$ 1-3 per cent.
"There is only one power that rontrola
the trusts." he said, "and that Is the par
liament of the country. There wen* many
men then* opposed to this theory ten years
ttgo. They are now In favor of It. It Is
hard to make the leopanl change his
spots. It can l*e done only by eilm-atlng
tin* |>eople to the fset that public eoit-
venlem-es slmiibl not t»e allowed to pay
— power on
By ANNE WARNER.
(Copyright, 1906, by K. N. Blrdsall.)
"Well," said Miss Clegg, one eve
ning after the weekly Sewing Society,
"we had a very pleasant time today.
Mrs. Macy was back from Meadvllle,
an’ she was full of Judy Lupey’s di
vorce. We ain't,never had a divorce
here, an’ every one was Interested to
know Just how to do It, an' I will say
as Mrs. Macy was nothin' but glad
to tell ’em nil about it.”
"She—’’ Interrupted Mrs. Lathrop.
"Seems,” continued Susan, calmly,
“as the Lupeys Is most awful upset
over it. Mrs. Macy says as Mrs. Lupey
didn’t say It in so many words, but she
hinted pretty plain as It seemed hard
oh the only one of the girls to get
married should be the name one to be
gettln’ divorced. Mrs. Macy said she
see the p’lnt of view, but to her order
o’ thlnktn’ the world don’t begin to
be where old maids need consider di
vorces yet a while. She says she
cheered Mra. Lupey all she could—she
says she told her to her best ear, as
no one but a mother would ever have
dreamed o' dreamln' o' Faith or Ma
rla's ever marryin’. She said Mrs. Lu
pey said It was the quickness of Judy’i
gettln’ tired o’ Mr. Drake as had fright
cned her. Why, she says as before the
baby was done teethin’ In her day,
Judy was done with Mr. Drake. AH
done with him an' home again an* the
family not even countin’ to consider.
, "Mrs. Macy says as she’s learned
a awful lot ns she didn’t know before.
Mrs. Macy says as them ns suppose dl
vorcea Is simple had ought to go an'
stay at tne Lupeys a while. Why,
she says the way the Lupeys Is com
plyknted is suthln* beyond belief. Ti
begin with Judy decided to be desert
ed because she thought It’d be easy,
an’ she hated to bother with bein’ black
un’ blue for witnesses. But it seems
bein’ deserted with the husband rldln 1
a bicycle an’ not carin’ where he meets
you l« Just nigh to madness. Why,
Mrs. Macy says Judy can’t go out to
walk a tall, not ’nless Faith walks a
block ahead and Marla a block be
hind, and then he’s liable to come
coastin’ down on ’em any minute. She
says its very tryln*. an* Judy gets so
mad seems as If they Jes' could not
stand It.
"Then there’s other trouble, too.
Judy got Solomon Drake for her law
yer because he knowed the whole story
through eatln’ dinner with ’em every
Sunday. She thought It'd save such a
lot of explainin’, because Mr. Drake
Is very hard to explain, It stems. Well,
seems as Judy never calculated
Solomon's kccpln* right on takin’ Sun
day dinner there, but he does, an’
none o’ the Lupeys think It looks well,
an’ Judy finds It moat tryln’.
"But Mra. Maqv says that ain't all,
neither, she says'what do you think of
Mr. Drake’s goln’ an* gettln’ Busby Bell
for his lawyer, with all Meadvllle
knowtn’ as Its Busby os Judy’s goln’
to marry next! Mrs, Lupey says as
Judy would have took Busby for her
own lawyer, only they was so afraid
o’ hurtln each other's reputations, an*
now Its really terrible, ’cause Busby
says as he don’t well see what’s to be
done If the worst comes to the worst,
n,nd Judy needs one more man than a
husband to get her her divorce. Mrs.
Macy says Mrs. Lupey says os Busby
said as he was always ready to be
the other man, but as Mr. Drake’s law
yer he can’t help Judy no tnore’n If
he was Mr. Drake himself. Mr*- Macy
says Mrs. Lupey cried, an* she told
her as she knowed as there was any
number o’ quiet elderly men as any
one could depend on right here In our
own community as’d be nothin’ but
glad to go over to Meadvllle an’ help
Big Surprise Sprung in
Tenth District Com
mittee.
By JOHN C. REESE.
Macon, Oa, Sept. 4.—When the
Tenth district delegates met this mom-
Inr to select executive committeemen
a big surprise was sprung when they
declined to recommend Boykin Wright
for the member at large from the staff
end named Clem Dunbar Instead,
la underatood that Hoke Bmlth told Mr.
Wright that Irrespective of what they
commended, he' would Inelst on
Wright’s being named as a member at
large.
The Incident has created a great deal
of comment about the lobby of the
Lanier.
E. H. McMIchael, of Marion, another
of the local school tax bill le a candi
date for speaker pro tern, of the next
houae and xo far the only candidate.
TO CLAUDE ROWE
Private Detective Is Now
in Fulton County
Jail.
Claude E. Kowe, a private detective,
waa arrested Tuesday morning by the
city police on a warrant charging big
amy. sworn out before Justice of the
Peace E. H. Orr, the same official who
married him to a Mlsa Thomason about
two weeks ago.
The warrant waa sworn out by
Charles Hairston, a brother-in-law of
the girl.
It la claimed that the flrat wife of
Rowe, formerly Mary Jenkins, whom
he married In Alabama, Is now In At
lanta.
SOME OF THE PLANKS
OF THE NEWPLA TFORM
Decided'Stands Are To Be Taken on Certain
Public Questions-—Bryan To Be
— Indorsed.
Macon, Oa., Sept. 4.—The Democratic
platform which Is to be adopted at the
session at the state convention this af
ternoon recommends some radical
changes which Oeorgla Democrats will
have to stand for the future. It puts
the party squarely on record In Geor
gia for certain reforms and the de
mands for these reforms are made In
no uncertain manner. The following
are a few of the features among the
many planks:
Hon. William Jennings Bryan Is In
dorsed for the Democratic presidential
candidate for 1808.
The abolition of conventions for the
nomination of governor and tjie sub
stitution of the majority rule.
Recommendation that candidates tile
under oath Itemized statements of cam
paign expenses.
Law preventing lobbying.
Negro disfranchisement.
Domestication of foreign railroads In
Georgia.
Free passes denounced and law
recommended preventing giving them
away.
Change In election of state senators
to give each county with population of
20,000 a senator and to redlstrlct the
etate, making the senate to consist of
85 or 70 members Instead of 44 aa at
present. .
Present small number of senators Is
declared not to fully represent the peo
ple and to be easier to control than a
larger body.
Regulation of rates and railroads and
more powers for railroad commission.
Two-cent passenger fare and lower
freight rate, lower rates from Oeorgla
ports to Interior points.
‘STENSLAND IS THIEF,”
SA YS HENR Y HERING
DURING A CLASH
IN PANAMA CITY
Political Brawl Occurs Bo-
tween Friends of Can
didates.
By Trlrnte Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 4.—Dl.patche,
to Washington report that several p* r .
sons were wounded in a street tight la
Panama today.
Partisans of General Obaldla vies
president of the republic, and Senor
Guardla, former secretary of forelaa
affairs, rival candidates for the vies
presidency, clashed. The police too*
sides. Several of th* combatants fen
during the brawl and one congress
man was shot down.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—"Stensland Is
thief; he always was a thief; he was
a thief before I knew him,” declared
Henry W. Herlng, former cashier of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank, In the
county Jail today In answer to the
charges of Paul O. Stensland, the cap
tured bank looter, that the cashier In
stigated the plan to loot the bank.
Herlng was In a rage when he made
the declaration and Insisted that he had
THE SELFISH MAN.
By W. B. MAXWELL.
* STATISTICS.
Ill* |N*Opl*
* a!
profit*. Than* I* u r
earth which would make our |ns>pli* git
I Kirk on the principle of atate control.
Im*t a oa.* eyery man know* that under It
he gets a fair chance. Aa a proof, we
an* the rfeheat community per raplti* In
the world."
New Zealand la going to hohl Ita flrat
International exitoalflon In November. Hlr
Joaeftb aaM he hopetl that America would
tie repreaented. aa It Would t* a great
aflimtl’ia to direct trade Ik*tween the taro
countries.
Delegates to Convention.
Special t«» The Georgian.
Hawklnavllle, On., Sept. 4.—The del
egates to the Macon convention to
nominate a governor are Judge G. W.
Jordan, Hon. Warren Grice. Hon. J.
Pope Brown and Dr. T. D. Walker.
any way they could, but Mra. Lupey
asked Judy an* Judy naked Busby an*
Busby said men aa you could depend
on anywhere wasn’t no uae a tall In
divorce sulta. Mrs. Macy eaya It real
ly aeema awful to think how the Lu
peys need a man. an’ the only man
they’ve got Judy’s gettln’ rid of as hard
as she can.
"Mrs. Macy says It’s almost upset-
tin*. Rhe soys she never lived through
nothin’ like It afore. Judy's cross
’cause she can’t go out an’ meet Bus
by without runnln’ the risk o’ meetln’
Mr. Drake, an* losln’ all the time she’s
put In being deserted. An’ then
there's a many things as a outsider
never would know* about or even guess
at 'nless they lived In the house. Mar
tha Hock, as does the wnshln’ for ’em
all, Is forever forgettln’ and sendln*
Judy’s wash home with Mr. Drake’s.
That wouldn’t be so bad, only Mr.
Drake watts for Rolomon to get ’em
Sunday, an’ Rfdomon’s kind-hearted an’
gives ’em to Busby, so as to gt\;e him
a excuse to go an* call. Well, Mrs.
DEATH8.
Miss S. K. Hhitw, R3 years old, died of
leuinntlsin nt 299 Spring street.
Aaron J. Adkins. 63 years old. died of
Houston street,
years old, died of heart
• - -pnue.
years old, died at
malarial fever at 62 Houston street.
jlll, G5 years old. ** *
disease st .186 Capitol avenue.
•l«
John H. Can
BUILDING PERMITS.
$260—Rater Ilros., to change stor*» front at
136 Decatur atreet.
$Apo-llornateln» A Hater, to chungu atoro
front at 89 Decatur atreet.
*260-Hhltno(T Ac Kaplan, to ctuuigo store
front at 119 Whitehall atreet.
$326—R. J». Jackson, to add to one-story
frame dwellhig at 26 Kirkwood avenue.
$250—John Neville, to add to one-atory
. repair three
one-atory framu dwellings at 47-61 Gray
street.
$4^290—Mrs. T. W. Atkinson, to build two-
story frame dwelling at 306 N. Juckson
atreet.
$2,800—C. It. Ileuehler. to build one-atorj
frame dw’elllng at 179 North avenue.
$600— K. H. Rutter, to build one-story frame
dwelling nt 66 Hreensferry avenue.
$600— Mrs. F. C. Austell, to build one*
story frame dwelling nt 42 Kxxanl street.
$60-C. F. Smith, to add to oue-story frame
dwelling nt 69 Tyler atreet.
PROPERTY TRANSFER8.
$400—K. C. Chnnilterlnln to J. T. Lynch,
lot on corner Calvin and Lee streets. War
ty deed.
.700—Mrs. A. J. F. McLeod et al. to II.
Etheridge, lot on corner of Ormewood
and Confederate avenues. Warranty deed*
$1,100—11. A. Etheridge to (1. R. Houghton.
it on Confederate avenue near Ormewood
avenue. Loan deed.
$1.10>—Same to same, lot ou corner Ortuc-
wood and Confederate avenues. Warranty
deed.
$60,000, Penal Hum—K. II. Thornton, exec
utor, to Reid A Farmer, lot on corner at
Houth Pryor and Mitchell atreeta. Bond for
title.
$9,000, l'onal Hum—Mra. E. 8. Langston to
Mrs. H. L. Murphy, lot on Jackson street
near North avenue. Iloml for title.
$19,400—Forrest Adair, executor, to E. G,
Willingham, lot on Wells atreet.
Aa he lAy In bed of a morning while hla
servant brought bis tea, made the Are and
fetched the hot water for hla bath, his
mliul waa like a large, dimly lit hall, and
his thoughts were like the colored pictures
thrown ou a screen by a magic lantern.
When a pretty thought appeared on the
screen he used to think. "By Jove, that la
pretty. Heforc ulght fails I'll try to trans
late that thought Into action." *
Now, there waa only one thing wrong
with hla thoughts—they were all about
himself.
"By Jove, yes.” he thought one day, wal
lowing In Ins snuggery beneath the fcltti-
keta. "that’s what I’ll do." He hnd Just
seen the picture of Kthel giving him' arter-
NEGRE8S MURDERED
IN BRUTAL MANNER
Special to The Georgian. •
Meridian, Miss., 8ept. 4.—Almy
Blackstorm, an aged negress, was mur
do red In her home by unknown parties,
miles from Philadelphia, Neshoba
county. Gene Reale, a negro youth,
who told the first story of the crime, Is
In Jail, charged with the murder. The
woman’s throat was cut, her clothes
tom off and her body slashed with a
knife.
Republicans Choose Heermant.
Roanoke, Va., Sept.. 4.—The Sixth
district Republican convention yegter-
day nominated C. A. Heermans, of
Chrtstlansburg, for congress to appose
Carter Glass, of Lynchburg, the Demo
cratic candidate.
Macy says the come-out of It all Is as
when Judy wants to take a bath all
Meadvllle has to turn out to see where
under heaven her clean clothes is.
I tell you, Mrs. Lathrop, tailin' It
all to you doesn't matter so much, but
to hear Mrs. Macy makes you wonder
if it’s worth while to try on’ leave a
man as you can’t live with. . Mrs. Macy
says as she met Mr. Drake several
times herself on his bicycle, an* he
looked most bloomin’. No one’s sor
ry for him, and not many Is sorry
for Judy. Rpt Mrs. Macy says there
la one person as all Meadvllle'* sorry
for, an’ that's Busby Bell."
Mrs. Lathrop stirred somewhat.
"Yes,” said Hunan, In answer to th«
stir. "Elijah said the same thing when
told him. He said It would be Just
like congress, after goln* an’ smash-
In* even* one else’s divorce, to come out
1th some new* law as'U upset# Judy
Lupey. I know one thing, If Judy
wakes up some fine day after she’s
married Bnsby an* finds as the govern
ment has give her Mr. Drake back
ag'fn. no Vanderbllt'lt be maddeFn
she’ll be, an’ they say as they none
of ’em was pleased at flndln* tne way
they w*as all unfixed.” 1
cold. I would sooner he Indoors than out.
I will tell KthcF on the telephone that she
la going to have this treat.”
Under hla pillow there were two things
like eggs on strlnga. One worked the elec
tric bell; the other worked the electric
light.
"Yea. sir,” said the servant, answering
the bell. ,
"Jarvis, I have lain so long I think the
bath water baa chilled. Bring some more,
quite hot. • • • And, Jarvis, what la
there for breakfast?”
"Hausages, air.”
"Again? Ah, well. In a sense 1 suppose
It la what one would call a aauaagcy morn
ing.”
"Oh, yer, air. Regular sausagey; 10 de
grees of frost or more." , , ^
"Ho It so, then. But keep cook Informed
of how my dressing goes ou. I wish them
done to n turn.”
He used to breakfast In gowu and slip
pers, and then finish dressing after bis
first pipe, it would have made you laugh
to watch him at this final work; he took
everything so seriously.
"Which shall 1 wear!” be anld to him
self, "my violet tie or my spotted gray
silk? Which will !>e most of a treat for
Kthel! One thing Is certain: If It la the
violet, I must use the pearl pin. If It la
the gray l must put my turquoise In It.
lie wns a long time choosing a waist
coat—till suddenly he said to himself: “By
Jove! that’s a confounded silly thing to
do—atandlog here shllly-shallylug In my
shirt sieves. I might have caught my
death of cold.” , .
Then, hastily, he chose the creamy wool
en waistcoat twit hnd l*cen knitted for him
by somclHMly’a imtlent fingers.
He did not In the least know whose
patient fingers. He laid the atrougeat oh
joctions to girls knitting flea or waist
coats for him. it only meant being forced
to give some thumping present In return.
Whereas, if you bought the thing In a shop
you ouly gave the market price for It;
S ou did not see on the b
12 10a extra for sentiment.
Nearly all morning he thought about what
he would have for lunch at the club.
"I think I will have wild duck, cJr, it It
la possible. I will have simple* boiled beef
with the jolly little pudding and carrot*.
But I will not I»other about that. It la
often wlaeat to truat to the Inspiration of
the women.” , ,, .
Ho purposely he remained undecided.
When hla servant held up hla fur coat
for hltu to put on, be cried put loudly:
"Jarvis, are you mad? \ou hare for*
gotten my muffler.” . .
Outside, as he walked down the frosty
street, a flower girl pestered him to buy a
■W do, kind gentleman," tho girl
whined. "1 sin tluit cold nn' 'nnxrj. Oh,
good gentlrmsn! For th* lore of roerejr,
give me something to get s thimbleful of
gin to keep the eold out."
Then he stopn<ni short.
"Sew, my girl,-sre yon going to lesve
me stone, or sm 1 to sir* you In chsrgoi
He wss quite undecided Still when he
stood before the center able In the elu >
coffee room, end lleeror. the big club
wnlter, lilted tbe silver covers, one sfte.
■mother, to show him the smoking food.
••Buddie o' mutton, sir. Irlnh stoo, sir.
Wild ducke Boiled beef, sir.” Then
with n flourish up went tbe Isst cover.
"Fork chops, sir. ... . . .
•Oh, I ssy. Ileevor, snd he isugbed end
no part In the plundering of the Institu
tion.
"It wan bom In him to fleece the bank
and rob the creditors,” shouted Herlng
from his prison cell. "He duped every
one that came In contact with him, and
I am one of his ylctlms.”
Stensland, now on the verge of pros
tration, Is declared In cable dispatches
of today to have dragged Herlng Into
a bold conspiracy to fleece the Mlhvau-
kee Avenue State bank out of Its rev
enues.
ADMIT CREDENTIALS
OE BOSTON MEN
Spcrlnl to The Genrglnn.
ttavnnimb, Us., Sept. 4.—The morning
session of the Nntlonnl Association
I’oatoiricc Clerks was taken up In hearing
tbe report of the credentlnln committee un
two dolcgntlona from Boston, the commit
tee reporting In fsror of John O'Brien,
president of Branch Xo. 5.
First Vice President Feeney, of tho na
tional association, fought for the contest
ants.
The convention Anally accepted the cre-
dential report In full.
A numlter of smeller matters were con-
'nnny, fantastic notion. "Are they
Ileevor! This Is something new. Isn’t It?
lleeror, I believe this la eome of roar non
sense. They aren't really! By Jove!”
A plethoric dnbmate. costing tlowu the
mom s little later, pansed before l\t table.
Haw, haw! I see you've gone for the
R k chops. I didn’t cure, lint now. my
r fellow, let me offer you s tip. ton
glre yourself s thimbleful of gin the mo
ment you’ve done. There sre two things
thst gin lights In the stomnch-eold and
pork; snd whenever I see a fellow -ntlng
pork, don't von know. 1 Just give him the
tip. lots of fellows have tltaaked nte for
It. Haw! llaw!" and the-old boy wnd-
did off.
••Now.” said our friend, as presently lie
climbed the club stslrs on his wsy to the
cosy Millsn! room. "I Irish eome one would
sire me snother tip. snd tell me If It s safe
to tnke coffee on too of pork snd gtu. I
do wish I knew. But I won't risk It.
much ns I should like to;" and, witbont
coffee, he tank down on the luxurious settee
nud drowsily patronised tbe two men who
were "laying billiards.
"Good stroke. Uood stroke sgsln. That
—also— Is—a— good—stro"-*
But here fee dropped .sleep.
"I won't.” ssld Kthel. rather norronslr.
aa she poured out ten for him. "I won't
ssk who made your walatcont. 1 suppose
that's a secret."
•'That's a secret." and he lanabd and
rolled hla bead conceitedly. "Oh, yes,
quite a aeeret."
"I like to Hunk—that, that some cue's
fond of yon." Kthel said eerrmisty.
"Kthel! How long hare I known yon?
ttrer fly* years?"
"Then I'll take the liberty of poking the
CAME NEAR 8TARTING
A SERIOUS RACE RIOT.
Special to The Oeorginn.
Salisbury, N. C., Sspt. .—There came
near being a small race war here yes
terday afternoon, started by two ne
gro employees of the Augusta Brewing
Company and two white men, said to
’he drinking. The negroes were rolling
a wheelbarrow and were ordered to
take It out of the way. They did not
obey with the alacrity the white men
thought they should have done, and the
vehicles were thrown out. The two
came together and one of the negroes
hit a white man named Smith with a
rock; cutting wide open his chin and
also ripped his coat open. He was In
turn slashed with a knife In the hands
of a whits man. By this time there
were many white men on the spot, and
would have made It hot but for the
appearance of officers, who took three
of the men.
ASSAULT 18 CHARGED
AGAINST OPERATIVE
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—W. W. Amer-
son, a coton mill operative, is In the
Bibb Jail ns the result of an alleged
assault upon the daughter of a man
with whom be boarded. According to
reports, Amerson was summoned from
hts room to supper by the lS-year-old
daughter at her mother's request. She
charges that Amerson seised her, and a
physician's examination makes serious
charges.
Amerson's room being some distance
away from the girl's home, It was
said that no one was near when the
crime was committed. When sh?
came back In a hysterical condition
the mother called for assistance and
citizens took charge of him.
Are. IPs plngury cold."
After tea as tney set on tbe sofa Ethel
twined her slender Ungers In her watch
chain, aud her face wns bidden wbl!e sbe
spoke.
.."I've been thinking It fell over." said
Kthel. “I've been thinking ever so much
since I saw yon Inst"
"That's n mistake. Don't think. It tires
one."
"Yes. And I've been tired-very tired.'
and the hidden (see flushed for a moment.
“We couldn't go on Ilk* this forever, could
we? So—at laat—I've said 'Y*s' to Bleb-
srd. Yon. you don't blame me?"
He bad risen, and. after adjusting hie
collar, wss rolling bis head snd staring.
Would you believe It? For Are long yeat
she had been giving him chances to man.
ter. sod he bad not taken on* of them.
Sow. If you please, he wss mightily halted
waust she bad given n chance to some
bode else, who had jumped at It
"Oh. very good,” ana he Unshed scorn-
fully while he picked op hla muffler.
"Don't be unkind to me." said Kthel, ap
pealingly. ns she showed her face and bar
pretty eyes were full of tears. -It—if I
thought—"
"Oh. pray don't let me upaet yonr ar
rangements.” and be pulled on hla cost
"You know your own mind. I sunnose."
snd he almost snorted, be was so bitterly
buffed.
But you will let us lie friends* Yon
I say goodhy nicely?” Kthel wiped her
-yea. "Oh. you will remember old times
and pay gfealhv nicely?"
"No. | won't." b* said, shortly, and yet
pompously—not even shaking bauds,
diudr" to forger your czutence."
"Let down the glass," he shouted to fe!s
cabman "J»’s ptegliev cold.
As lie drove Imclc to the club hts mind
was like a dismal, cheerless school room,
snd hU thoughts were like boring, meaning
less chalk diagrams on s blackboard, lint
preaently one diagram seemed to have *
meaning, sml In s moment or two he recog
nised ii wss a happy thought, t'fiy Jove.
~es!"
He bad all along Intended to have half
a Iwttle of champagne with hi* dlnuer:
tvow he suddentv determined to hare a
whole bottle. By this means b« ronbl
make quite sure of forgetting Ethel’s ex-
Emory College Dinner.
Emory collegians will be entertained
by the Atlanta alumni September 17 at
Durand's restaurant. The committee
In charge Is completing arrangements
and hope to have many of those on
ther way to Oxford for the opening of
college, September 19, stop over and
participate In the banquet. Aside from
the culinary and vinous delicacies
there will be numerous speeches, city
Attorney James L. Mayson will do the
honors as toastmaster, while Asa Cand-
ler, Luther Rosser, Judge H. E. W.
Palmer and other prominent cltlxens of
Atlanta will deliver the principal
speeches.
Indorsed Dsn C. Lyle.
At a mass meeting of the citizens of
College Park Monday night, presided
over by J. B. Hardin, Dan C. Lyle, now
a candidate for the vacancy on the
board of county commissioners, waj
given unanlmoua Indorsement. The
cltlzena of thla section have thus ex
pressed their confldence In Mr. Lyle'i
capacity and fitness In every wav for
this Important position, and they feel
that us thla Important section of the
county has no representation on the
county board, the citizens of the coun
ty at large are ready to consider -the
force and justness of their’desire ior
representation.
Fred Geissler Hers.
Fred Geissler, the popular western
passenger representative of the Sea
board Air Line, with headquarters nt
Memphis, Is In Atlanta for a short
stay. Mr. Geissler has Just returned
from sn extended trip Into the West,
where he went with a party of militia
men who had been attending the en
campment at Chlckamauga. Mr.
Gelsnler has the largest territory of
any traveling passenger agent of the
Seaboard Air Line, and his success Is
very gratifying to his many friends la
Atlanta, hie former home.
8uit For Divorce.
Rosabel! Wallace, a bride of only s
little over a year. Is suing her hus
band, Henry Wallace, for a divorce
on the charge *f cruelty and habitual
Intoxication. She says In her peti
tion that she was 18 years old when
she married the defendant, July lu,
1905, and that he deserted her April
20, 1908. She claims that, though
she was very III. her husband had no
consideration for her and during the
time they lived together did not pay
over 320 toward her support. She
aske for her maiden name, Rosabell
Roughton, and the custody of an
elght-weeks-old child.
Negro Shot! May Die.
Ed King, a negro, was shot below
the heart Monday night In the alley
known as Pigeon roost, between Coin
and Harris streets. He was sent to
the hospital and Is In a serious con
dition. Call officers Dunton and Gal-
laher were sent to tHe scene of the
shooting. They were told that a negro
row had taken place and that Kins
had been shot by a negro named Tint
Adams, who had made his escape. No
arrests were made.
Deaths ahd Funerals.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
Lawrence Brand.
Lawrence Brand, the 17-monttjH-nlil
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brand, died
Tuesday morning at the residence «l
the parents, 80 Yonge street. The body
will be carried to Ooetanauls, Ga., f"t
funeral services and Interment at f
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Miss 8. E. Shaw.
Miss 8. E. Shaw, 53 years old, died
Monday morning nt 209 Spring street
The funeral services will be held at
the residence at 3 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon, and the Interment will be at
Hollywood.
John.8. Cargill.
John 8. Cargill, 85 years otd, a vet
eran of the civil war, died nt his resi
dence, 188 Capitol avenue, Sunday last
The body was carried to Columbus, Ga.
his former home, at 8:30 o'clock Tues
day morning for funeral services and
Interment. He Is survived by his «lff
and three children, E. K. Cargill. "I
Columbus; James A. Cargill, of At
lanta, and F. L. Cargill, of Dallas
Texas. Mr. Cargill had been In II
health several months prior to hit
death.
Mrs. Jamas G. Lester.
Spool* 1 to The Georgian.
Covington, On., 8ept. 4.—Mrs. Jaitiei
G. Lester, of Atlanta, and formerly ol
this city, who died at her home lari
Saturday, was brought to -CovIngt'C
Sunday, where she was buried. 51 ra
Lester had a host of friends In the cits
who mourn her loss. Her husband. ■<
G. Lester, Is assistant cashier of th<
Maddox-Rucker Banking Company, oi
Atlanta.
CAROLINANS ASK NEGRO
TO LEAVE THE TOWN
8peels I to Tbe Georgian.
Columbia, 8. C., 8*pt. 4.—Thomai
H. Amos, colored, president of Har-
bison college, a coeducational Institu
tion for negroes at Abbeville, 8. C.. »at
waited upon recently by cltlxens o
Abbeville and requested to leave to'
town on account of language uaed !>
hla last commencement address. H-
aald negro women had brought wfl"
women to the kitchen* and hoped tha.
they would Boon bring them to tin
waah tub. Amo# telegraphed tr nn
Baltimore that one of the director
would aoon arrive at Abbeville to tak'
charge of the Institution.
The school Is supported by t®
northern Presbyterian church.