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OOQOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' 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 E 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. £ i:H ^9OOOO000O0O000OO0l»O* S NATIONAL bank keeps 0 2 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. O n O 2 B 1 Private Leased Wire. O 2 -Baltimore, Md.. Sept. B.—The O 2 Third National Bank has begun 0 S “ '"enty-four-hour banking busl- O 2 ucss. It la the first national bank O 2 in the country to make the O O change. 0 0 >0 Mooo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ^00000000000000000000000 MOTHERS TIE IN RACE O and feeling is bitter, o 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 Covington, Ga., Sept. B.—The O first two balea of cotton railed O m -Newton county this year were 0 brought into town Saturday and 0 •old for to cents. The bales be- 0 .'"IP?. to ,wo brothers, Marvin 0 nnd Howard Mlddlebrooka, who O "«n separate farms, and who 0 "ere striving to be the first man 0 to bring the new bale In town, 0 "hen one saw that the other 0 had been the first to get his cot- o ■on to gt n brotherly animosity O showed Itself and came near re- 0 "uiilng in a personal encounter, O nut soon after they laughed at the 0 Incident. * O Doth are successful farmer*. 0 0 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 0000000000O000000O00000000 o 15 0 GIRL IS IN8ANE 0 0 FROM CIGARETTE8. O 0 O O By Private Leased Wire. 0 0 Leander, W. Vo., Sept. B.— 0 0 Bertha, the 10-year-old daughter O O of Jerry Clay, a prosperous farm- 0 0 er of this county, has been ad- O 0 Judged Insane owing to her secret O 0 and Incessant smoking of cigar- 0 0 ettes. She will be sent to a san- O O Itarlum at Baltimore. 0 • 0000000Q000O00000000000000 GOO000OO00O0O0OO0OOO00O0OO O INVALID FATHER CH|L0 ^ g O 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 Asbury Park, N. J„ Sept. 0 Frances Wadsworth, of Newark, 0 0 a daughter of Frank Wadsworth. 0 O was drowned yesterday at Brad- O 0 ley Beach while her invalid fath- O O er, half distracted, watched her O O body sink out of sight. g C 00OOO000000000O0000000000'00000000000000000000000090 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» WbMk ■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. g000bO0000000OO0000000000g O THIS VERSE WOUi-D MAKE 0 0 HEAVENS WEEP ANWAY. O O O 00000000000000000000000000 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- Intoxl- CKOM WSRKi SPOT WBtSf UMB. OU6HT TO BX 11 I’ve looked from garret to cellar- 0 Where Is that aasued umbrella? Q O I know I'm profane, O O But it’s going to rain, 0 O And I loaned It to some other fel- 0 0 low. 0 0 O 0 The forecast salth: o O "Cloudy with occasional show- O 0 era Wednesday and Thursday." 0 - Wednesday temperatures; O 7 o'clock a. m. , 8 o'clock a. m. , O 3 o'clock a. m. O 10 o'clock a. m. , 0 it o'clock a. m. , O 12 o’clock noon . O 1 o'clock p. m. , 0 2 o'clock p. m. , 0, ..73 degree* 0 ,.73 degrees 0 ..73 degree* O ..74 degree* 0 ..73 degree* 0 ..79 degree* O ..79 degree* O ..80 degree* O O O0000000O0000000000O00000C 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-