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ATLANTA
KrtS” if railroads
gift of Ttreet railways
llanfclof CiplUl
.. Seven
..$22,000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
mraU roads.'.
Miles of efeofrlc railway* 400
Cotton fnrtorle* 130. *t»1n«1lpR.. 1.600.000
Rules cotton ponmnnea In 19)5. 600.000
Value of 1905 cotton crop IIOO.uoO.OOO
VOL. 1. NO. 113
ATLANTA? GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1906.
PPTGR 1 . In AttMta TWO CENTS.
. on Trains FI VP CENT*.
NEGRO attacks
WOMAN IN YARD
Family on Porch, Mrs.
Gregory Is
Seized.-
IS BADLY CHOKED;
NEGRO GETS AWAY
Affair Happened at 193
Whitehall Street, in
Heart of City.
With her husband and other mem-
btn of the family In the front part of
the house, Mre. Gregory, wife of J. H.
Gregory, a Southern Express employe,
*as attacked by a negro Tuesday
night about 8:30 o'clock.
The negro seised her by the throat
■s she stepped on the rear porch of
their home at 193 Whitehall street,
leaving the prints of his fingers In the
tender flesh. Though frightened hor
ribly and her breath almost cut off,
Mrs. Gregory managed to scream,
bringing her husband and neighbors
qulrkly to her rescue.
As they rushed to the rear of the
dwelling the burly form of a negro was
teen running away. Mrs. Gregory lay
on the ground all but unconscious from
the severe choking she had received
and the fright. Attention was first
given to ministering to her, and It was
some time before It was known Just
what had happened to her.
When she had finally become calm,
Mrs. Gregory said that she had stepped
from the kitchen to,a rear porch, when
the negro Jumped and seized her.
all happened so quickly that she could
give Utile Idea of the man's appear,
ancc. The police have been notified and
are on the watch for suspects.
Mrs. Gregory Is a delicate, refined
little woman, and is almost prostrated
from her terrible experience. Mr.
Gregory left the kitchen Just a few
minutes before the assault.
TO
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Directors Hope to
Door of Con
cern Soon.
Open
GEORGIA WOMAN
TRIES SUICIDE
Mrs. Dorothy Williams Is
Badly Burned by Car
bolic Add.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. B.—Despondent be.
cause of matrimonial troubles, Mrs.
Dorothy L. Williams, formerly of Law.
rencevllle, Ga., 23 years old, living with
her slater, Pauline Benson, at 341 Bry
ant street. Northwest, attempted ti
commit suicide by taking carbolic acid
about 8 o'clock last night In the park
In front of the new Freedmen's hos
pital building. Her life was saved by
officer Delavlgne, of the Eighth pri
cing, who approached the woman and
knocked the bottle from her hand aa
she raised It to her lips.
She was badly burned about the face,
chest and shoulders, bqt after being
treated rit the hospital was able to go
home. The police notified the woman's
huihand, C. P. Williams, who lives at
598 Twelfth street. When he arrived
at the Eighth precinct station he told
the police he did not believe his wife
had attempted to commit suicide, but
•aid he had reason to believe she had
been assaulted.
At the home of her sister Mrs. Wil
liams declined to be seen, and Miss
Henson said she did not care to dis
cuss the case. Mrs. Williams is the
mother of four small children.
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By Private leased .Wire.
Philadelphia, Sept. B.—On warrants
charging embezzlement and making
false returns, sworn out by a deposi
tor of the wrecked Real Estate Trust
Company, Adolph Segal, promoter;
William F. North, treasurer, and M. S.
Colllpgwood, assistant treasurer of
the wrecked Institution, were arrested
today and arraigned before Magistrate
Kocheraperger at Central police court
At a secret meeting of directors of
the Real Estate Trust Company, which
lasted nearly all night, a. plan of re
organisation submitted by Receiver
Earle was practically adopted this
morning. The plan when promulgated
will effect a complete reorganization
of the company with an entire new set
of employees from the president down;
liquidate every cent of the, 17,000,000
Indebtedness and the doors of the InJ
stltutlon will be thrown open within
a week.
They Expected Arrest,
The arrest of Segal, the arch pro
moter; Treasurer North and Assistant
Treasurer Colllngwood, in no way
will affect the plans of the .new
organization. Segal knew last night
that he was to be arrested. All along
he felt that the blow would fall. He
was ready to eriter ball In any sum
that Is required. North, too, felt that
the arm of the law was after http.
Colllngwood was not aware that
warrant was out for his arrest today,
He was under the Impression that he
would tie Immune, but that North
would have to suffer.
Auditor It Safe.
Horace Hill, the auditor, who I* ,76
years old and broken in health, will
not be arrested. District Attorney Ball
says he was merely a figurehead and
a tool used' by the looters.
The district attorney In explaining
today how the conspiracy was carried
out, said;
"Blank notes with Segal's name at'
(ached have been discovered and I
think that we arc on the track of an
explanation of the 33,300,000 difference
In the amounts of loans as given by
books of (he bank and In the state
ment of Mr. Segal. *
Had Wildcat Schemes.
"Evidently Hippie and Segal were
parties In all the latter's wildcat
schemes. Hippie, while he was not di
rectly Implicated a» a stockholder or
director In the various companies or'
ganlzod with the funds of the com'
pany, was represented In each of them
through his son, who was treasurer of
four of the companies.
"Segal's method of doing business
was to buy up or organize a company
at an expense of 150,009. He would
then mortgage it for eight or ten times
this amount, Issue bonds and pledge
these os collateral for more money.
"Mr. North appears to have been
the executor of the Hlpple-Segal plans
and Colllngwood knew what North
knew.”
Says Ha Warnad Hippie.
Auditor Horace Hill, who paaaed the
bogus llata of wildcat securities, by
which President Hippie threw millions
Into Promoter Segal's hands, confessed
today that he warned Hippie a year
ago of Impending ruin and that the
president had promised to reform. He
said he had taken his word for It, and
had tried to save the suicide.
Logan Bulllt, millionaire coal opera
tor and candidate for congress from
the Fifth district, has served formal
notice upon Receiver Earle that unless
he at once began proceedings to estab
lish the liability of the directors to
ray each depositor In full, he would
login civil and criminal suits.
Ha Thraatana Suit
Mr. Bulllt said he Intended to get
every cent of his money back, and that
he thought that 48 hours was ample
notice to the receiver.
It now looks like the general assem
bly of the Presbyterian church will
lose a great portion of the 3983,000
trust funds held by this company,
THE GEORGIAN’S CRUSADE FOR MEAT INSPECTION.
CUT SHOWS ARTICLES, WITH DATES, PRINTED BY THE'GEORGIAN DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE AGITATION, BEGINNING
WITH THE FIRST MENTION OF THE SUBJECT ON JULY 15. ,
THE GEORGIAN WINS ITS FIGHT
FOR A RIGID MEAT INSPECTION;
TAYLOR MEASURE IS PASSED
Not
a Dissenting
Voice Heard in
Meeting.
COST TO CITY WILL BE
ONLY $10,000 A YEAR
Enforcement of Ordinance
Will Assure Clean
Meats For At
lanta.
all time
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The ordinance which for
will assure (“Jean, wholesome meats for
'thUfcityV; Was uiruilmouslj jiussed by
council Tuesday afternoon.
The deplorable conditions and lack
of laws to change them, first brought
to the public notice by The Georgian,
will soon be a thing of the past, aa the
ordinance goes Into effect January
Already the exposures have worked
great Improvement In the local abat
toirs.
Walter A. Taylor, who has been the
active leader In council against the
filth of the slaughter pen, who Is au<
thor of the long and drastic ordinance
and chairman of the special committee
appointed at his instigation by the city
council, said whan asked what would
be the amount of cost to maintain the
regulations:
"If If costa the city 3100,000 a year. It
should he passed. There Is nothing
more Important than the health of the
people, and there ta nothing which af
fects the health of the people more
than the meats they eat. The ordinance
la alike for the benefit of the poor and
the rich—every one In the city of At
lanta.”
Cost Not Over $10,000.
It la estimated that the coat of main
taining Inspectors and carrying out the
ordinance from year to year will not
exceed 310,000 per annum.
The ordinance aa passed Tuesday Is,
with a few minor exceptions, the samo
aa first drafts*!. The wording was
changed In several places Tuesday by
Alderman James L. Key. The vote
was then taken and not one dissenting
voice was heard.
The first Idea of the conditions exist
Ing In the local abattoirs was brought
to the notice of thO public several
months ago by The ' Georgian. This
was followed by an exclusive Interview
from Meat Inspector Wasser, of the
health department. The facts related
In the first article- were corroborated.
At that time It was claimed by several
of the members of the board of health
that the statements published were ex
aggerations. President C. F. Benson,
of the board of health, however, was
from the start one of the strongest
advocates of the new regulations, and
for a number of years has attempted
to better the conditions.
Taylor Takas Mattsr Up.
Councilman Taylor, having heard
that the local meat conditions were
anything but good and seeing the arti
cles In The Georgian, brought the mat
ter before council, asking that a spe
cial committee be appointed. After In
vestigating and finding the conditions
even worse than had been stated, he
sent letters to all the large cities where
slaughtering I* done to any extent and
In thla way combined the good points
worked out by long experience with
the local knowledge that could be
gathered on the matter.
After the ordinance was drawn up
by City Attorney Mayson, It was thor
oughly gone over In committee before
the retail and wholesale dealer* of At
lanta. Every line woa polished and
made to fit perfectly Into the local
groove.
The effect* of the ordinance have
been discussed trom time to time by
local authorities. The consensus of
opinion Is that It will prove the great
est step forward Atlanta has ever
taken, not only In the matter of Im
proving and preserving th* health of
the city, but also In raising the stand
ard and extending the scope of the
city's markets.
The more enthusiastic declare It will
make Atlanta the Chicago of the South
—that It will make Georgia and the
adjacent states flourish as of old In
the cattle Industry.
Central Abattoir Assured.
The establishment of the central
abattoir, which Is assured by the pas
sage of the ordinance, will be the
LEADING PROVISIONS
OF NEW ORDINANCE
The Taylor meat ordinance haa many
fenturea, and each feature la ncceaaary.
The ordinance Ja some ten pngea In
length, but the mure prominent points,
epitomized, are:
Workers In the nlaughter honaea must
Imre health cert Men ten, stating that
they have no coutagtous or Infectious
disease.
The workers must wear sanitary doth*
Jug.
The floor* must be built of concrete,
properly guttered and grpded.
All aulumls must be Inspected beforo
and after being killed.
The slaughtering must be done In the
presence of an Inspector between the
Unnrs of 7 a. In. and 8 p. m. ^
The minimum weight for calres, o»
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■Ing
DR. WALTER TAYLOR.
Who led the fight for beter meat
inspection laws.
goats. l£ pound*.
There uiiurt be steam for
purposes lit every uhottlor.
The maximum charges fixed for slaugh*
terJiig are: JJ.2f> for entile, 8ft cents for
hogs and 80 cents for sheep and goats.
So meat front outside sources can ho
aold lu the city unless ft hears the gov
ernment stamp nnd has been Inspected
on arrival In AtHnitn.
BRYAN IS READY
TO VISIT
COMMITTEE THANKS
GEORGIAN FOE WORK
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5, 1903,
The Atlanta Georgian, City.
Gentlemen: l^he committee on the Investigation of meat, of which I
am chairman, beg to thank your paper for the hearty co-operation you
have given us In the work that has besn executed, enabling us to draft
and havo passed before the session of the mayor and general council an
ordinance which we consider to be one of the most. Important that has
come before this body for many years.
Your recent editorial, at a time when there was being circulated over
the city a petition that would have retarded our progress, was timely, and
the large number of letters received by the committee and your paper
show the extent of The Georgian’s Influence. A* suggested above, the
passage of this ordinance Is a source of congratulation to ue and the
city at large. We can only trust that when the ordinance goee Into ef
fect that the board of health will see that It Is properly executed, and
we have no doubt of their co-operation.
The city of Atlanta will be enabled to get a very much better class
of pure meat food, nnd at the same time, the ordinance will be an In
centive for the farmers throughout the state to raise beef and cattle, be
ing assured that they will get the highest market prices for both the
live stock as well as the by-products.
Again thanking you for your Interest In the matter, I am, yours truly,
(Blgned) WALTER A. TAYLOR,
Chairman.
FOR HUGGING HOKE SMITH
OFFICER MUST STAND TRIAL
Special to The Georgias.
Augusta, Go., Sept. 5.'—For hugging
Hon. Hoke Smith on the stage of the
Augusta opera house on the night of
August 18, the night that he spoke
hebe. Police Officer Tom J. Williams,
will have to face the police commls-
alon Fridny afternoon on a charge of
taking ah Interest |n politics, something
that la not allowed In the police de
partment.
There Is a standing rule In the police
department that the members of the
force must not take any active part In
the elections, either state, county or
municipal, and while Chairman Cohen,
of the commission, was on the stage
and a strong supporter of Hon. Hoke
Smith; he could not refrain from pre
ferrlng charges against the officer who
forgot himself for the moment.
Police Officer Williams has been In
the service for a number of years, and
has always been attentive to hla duty.
HEAVY STORM IS REPORTED TO BE
HEADED FOR STATE OF GEORGIA
8pecial to The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C., Sept. 5.—A heavy storm off the Bahamas is moving (
rapidly toward the Georgia and Carolina coasts. Residents of the island
rasorta are hastening to tho city.
means by which the ordinance may be
carried out to the letter. The central
abattoir will be operated on the co
operative basis, many of the local re
tail dealer* being directly Interested
in the project. The plant will coot
3100,040 and In every way be modern
and up-to-date.
The details of the abattoir have not
as yet been settled. The petition of
W. H. White, Jr, J. L. McLendon and
others to erect the plant on a portion
of the cltyotockade property has been In operation.
referred to the committee on public
grounds and buildings.
Although there will be a central
abattoir, this will In no manner smoth
er the smaller dealers, who, hardly
without exception, have determined to
comply with the ordinance and to con
tinue with their business or to place
their capital In the new concent.
After the ordinance goe* Into effect
the first of next year there will proba
bly be four slaughter housea In all, the
central abattoir and three others now
Can Como to Atlanta Be
tween September
19 and 23.
By HENRY BURNS.
Special to The Georgian.
Chicago, 111, Sept. B.—Tho banquet
of the Jefferson Club to Bryan on
Tuesday night Is conceded by Chicago
paper* to be the greatest political ban
quet In the history of the West.
Twelve hundred representative Dem
ocrats from every Western state filled
the great hall of the Auditorium and
enthusiasm reigned supreme from first
to last.
Brymn Sounda Bugle Note.
Mr. Bryan’a calm Inflexible arraign
ment of Roger Sullivan, of Illinois,
was pitched upon the highest moral
plane, nnd snundH n bugle note for clear
, politic* tlmt will. It Is believed by many
[ or hi- lies hm s, I'liitry the I'm tv imd
enthuse the country*. It w*as received
with a long continued demonstration
of approval that foreshadows the de
feat of Sullivan two years hence.
John Temple Graves, of Georgln, whs
the chief speaker on tho program next
to the great commoner, nnd at the
urgent request of th* J*ff*r*on Club,
grently extended the remarks prepi
ror the press. Mr. Graves was cheered
and compelled to rise and bow hlB
thanks to the audience.
Chicago Papers Praise Graves.
The Chicago Chrontclo pronounces
Graves' effort the really great speech
of tho evening. The Inter-Ucean
speaka of him as the Wendell Philips
of the South. Mr. Bryan thanked him
iblldy and declared that he had t
emocracy a mighty service.
Mr. Bryan told Mr. Graves finally
that It will be Impossible for him to
visit Atlanta In October, but that he
Is In a position to accept an invitation
to speak In Georgia between Septem
ber 18 and 23. So If the Young Men's
Democratic League wants him It can
get him.
Bryan Led id Applause.
Mr. Bryan speaka In warm terms of
Hoke Smith. He thlflks he Is a tower
of strength to Democracy.
The most significant Incident of the
banquet was the fact that Mr. Bryan
himself, with great heartedness, led the
applause at Mr. Graves' tribute to Wil
liam Randolph Hearst. Mr. Graves left
at noon today for Atlanta amid a
cheering delegation of the .Jefferson
Club.
Final Smashing of Old
Time Political Ma
chinery.
A NEW REGIME
HOLDS THE REINS
Buried Unidentified.
Special to The Georgian.
Ameiicua, Ga, Sept. B.—After en
deavoring for eight days to discover
the Identity of the stranger who died
here. August 28, aboard a passenger
train en route from Rochelle to Mont
gomery, the remains were interred
here yesterday afternoon.
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Only Storm in Great Hoke
Smith Convention Caused
by Court of Appeals.
By JOHN C. REESE*
Georgia has seen her lost great po
litical convention.
Tuesday In Macon the death knell
to that ancient and time-honored po
litical machinery wr.s sounded. There
were no flowers, no crape, no sorrow
ing mourners.
From this good day forward the peo
ple will run directly, nnd the schemes
and "deals" of convention bodies will
be known no more In the Empire state
of the South.
A new regime Is Iq the saddle. The
disgruntled say that It is simply a
new "ring." Tho man who swept to
unparalleled victory on August 22,
says the people are the rulers now.
To watch thnt final convention Tues
day Impressed the unbiased onlooker
with the certainty that tho common
people are running things now, at any
rate.
To the great majority of thnt body
It was a new game. The few old-
timers on hand either took a bark seat,
else had scampered to the band
ngon In time to get In the limelight.
To write the accurate story of that
nventlon Is to begin with Hoke
nlth nnd end with tho same two
»rds, tilling between with Hoke
Smith. It was a Hoke Smith body of
men almost to a unit: It was a Hoke
1th Chairman, officers anti execu-
f committee; It was a Hoke Smith
platform nnd a Hoke Smith nominee
for railroad commissioner. ,•
And why not? Tho people had plac
ed overwhelmingly the senl of approval
on him, nml to carry out his ideas,
which they Indorsed, the machinery
for Its consummation belonged to him.
Hotels Overflowed.
Macon hotels filled up early Monday
evening, nnd belated comers on night
trains begged the privilege of resting
wearied bodies In office chairs or what
ever might offer n slight renting spot.
Beds were at n premium, and Tues
day the hundreds of delegates nnd vis
itors swept the restaurants clean of
edibles early In the day.
Hot, too. IVhen the weather man
down there turns on the "cnlorlc*’
you’ve got something coming to you In
the way of real, sizzling heat. Rut no
body growled. Everybody was In per
fect good humor. Wasn't It n unani
mous thing? No rows, no contentions!
Everybody Just brothers, ns somebody
patly put IL
Wet goods emporiums did a record-
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man was In evldt
a tribute to the cleanness and sobriety
of the men who came there from ev
ery part of Georgia.
They came for one purpose—to nom
inate Hoke Smith for governor nnd do
Just what he wanted done.
All forenoon Hie hotels were a seeth
ing mass of perspiring men. Limp
collars prevailed. Delegations were
busied selecting member* of the Male
executive committee, and final eonfer-
enres were being held on the platform.
It took a long time to shape the plat
form lo meet the appruvnl of nil con
cerned. As finally adopted much -if
the red-hot matter embodied in the
original draft was shorn away to con
form to the semi-conservative views
of some.
Convention Callod to Order.
When Chairman Yeomans rapped the
convention to order promptly at noon,
the big auditorium was Jammed to suf
focation. The delegates got aa com
fortable as possible by shedding coals
and using fans. The muchly adver
tised - electric fans were conspicuous
by their absence. Some Ire water was
furnished, and ladles at the entrances
did a land-office buslnesa selling lem
onade.
When Temporary Chairman T. W.
Hardwick arose, he was given an ova
tion that must have made him tingle
with pleasure. He showed his appre
ciation with a ripping speech. He
speaks vehemently and emphasizes
with a profusion of gesture. The
weather was not suited for that sort
of exercise, but Congressman Hard
wick didn't let a little tiling like beat
worry him. Before he had proceeded
far a tiny rivulet of perspiration was
streaming off the point of Ills chin to
his shirt front. He didn't take time lo
ply hla handkerchief me o corrective.
Slate Slides Through.
Then the convention got down to
business and carried out the slate as
announced. H. H. Cabanlss, of At
lanta. and Professor E. L. Martin, of
Macon, were unanimously named as
temporary secretaries, and a little later
were made permanent secretaries. They
were placed In nomination by Murphy
Candler, of UeKalb.
By a unanimous vote the resolution
of R. I, Berner, of Monroe, to place
the alternates on the same footing as
the regular delegates, was passed. It
would.be Impossible to state how many
delegates that gave Mr. Smith on the
floor, a* the number of alternates from
the counties varied.
Secretary Martin placed Judge Mil-