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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1M.
MRS. THAW CARRIES DAINTIES
TO HER HUSBAND IN THE TOMBS
TO
TO ENFORCE SYSTEM
OF
ING FIGHT
ON W. fl. HEAQST
IN
With His Wagon Had Part
ly Demolished White
Woman’s Buggy. 1
Grand Jury Chooses
Known Merchant Jus
tice of Peace.
Radicals Hold Caucus at Al-
bany and Indorse
Suizer.
An Insolent negro driving a wagon of
the Gem Plumbing Company would
have been handled roughly by a crowd
«»f enraged white citizen* at noon
Thursday had he not sought safety In
the nearby woods, Into which
idunged as fast as hls feet would carry
him.
About noon Thursday, while Mrs. C.
K. Lamar, of Chamblee, Ga., was driv
ing along Highland avenue, with an
other lady In the buggy, and when just
opposite No. 537, the negro driver of
the plumbing wagon drove Into the
bttffy. tearing up one of the wheels.
When Mrs. Lamar asked the negro
for his name, he laughed Insolently,
replying, "O, Just Albert Jackson."
Three or four white men came up
about that tliqe to handle the negro,
and he jumped from the wagon and
took to hls heels, plunging Into the
woods near by, making hls escape, and
leaving the horse and wagon In the
street.
The proprietors of the Gem Plumb
ing Company, when asked for the ne-
gro’a name, said they had only em
ployed him Wednesday and did not
know what hls name was.
Charles 8. Klngsbery, for mi
years a clothing merchant-of Atlai
was Thursday morning selected by
grand Jury as a Justice of the
and Notary Public to succeed Jus
tlce Walter E. Ormond, who fell over
board and was lost recently while on
sea trip from Savannah to New
York. The selection was made
a large field of candidates.
The Jury reported Indictments In
about forty cases and adjourned until
September 27. About eighty true
and half a dozen non-true bills
been found thus far.
OIL
IN
AT
WAITED FOR NEGRO
Citizens Enraged Over Mar
riage of White Girl
1 to Wilson.
Special to ■nu> Owirglnn.
Albany, Ob.. Sept. 6.—It wan current
ly rumored on the streets here yes
terday afternoon that a crowd of citi
zens of Lee county were here for the
purpoae of lynching A. T. Wilson, the
negro who palmed himself off os a
white man and married a white girl
of Lea county, and who was reported
to have been captured In Waycroas.
When the train from Waycross ar
rived last night a large crowd was at
the depot, as It waa supposed that the
officer In charge nf Wllnon would bring
him here. But the officer came with
out the prisoner, stntlng that It wan the
wrong irtan. It Is believed here that
the negro arrested was the right one
and was carried to some other place to
prevent a lynching, and will be taken
to Leesburg later.
AFTER CARRIERS
By Private Lense^WIre.
Washington, Sept. «.--UnJust, un
reasonable and discriminatory rates on
cotton fabrics shipped to Wichita are
charged In petitions died today with
the Interstate commerce commission
by the Johnston-I«atitrter Dry Goods
Company, of Wichita, Kans., against
the Mallory line of steamers sailing out
•*f New York, the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fa railway, the Wubash and
ubout forty other lines.
Georgia Oil Company Start
ed Wagon Out
Thursday.
There's a lilehmnnd In the field.
The Georgia Oil Company started a
wagon out In the streets of Atlanta
Thursday morning.
This wagon la selling oil at 11
cents n gallon.
The Htundard Oil Company Is selling
oil at li cents a gallon. Since the new
company was projected here In Atlanta
the Standard hna lapped one cent off
the price.
Exactly why this was
been clearly explained
Standard officials.
Messrs. Boardman and Banbury say
the reduction wan made by the octopus
for the purpose of throttling them.
Anyway, the Standard at the same
time raised the price of gasoline here
and didn't lower the price of oil else
where. so far ns can be ascertained.
Messrs. Boardman and Basbury say
they can’t afford to sell their oil for
less than 13 1-3 cents, and that they
aye going to depend on the sympathy
of the people with them In their "»ew.t
busting'' venture.
At any rate, an oil war
on In Atlanta.
TARE
WILL SELECT THREE
STATIONS THURSDAY
Tho roads and bridges committee of
the county commission meets Thurs-I
day afternoon at A o'clock to select
]• t.itions for the three stations at each
of which twelve men of the county pofl
lice force will be located when the]
twenty-four new men are sworn Ini
The new men have been filing their
qualifications and bonds since their se-|
lection at the meeting of the commie-1
slon Wednesday morning and
probably be sworn tn this week.
Many of the volunteer deputy sher-l
Iffs provided for In the same resolu
tion creating the new positions on the
county police force have been selected
by 8herlff Nelms, but will not be sworn
in until the full quota, nix men from
each inllltla district, have offered to |
serve.
FAIRBANKS IS BACK
FROM SPELL-BINDING
Ity $*rlrate Leaned Wire.
Chicago, Bcpt. *.—Vice President
Fairbanks urrtvad In Chicago today
from the far Weak where he has been
as a representative of the Bepubltcnn
party on a stumping tour. In the
course of hts Journeys Mr. Fairbanks
hsx spoken In Wyoming, Washington
and Idaho.
He Is visiting hls son, Warren C.
Fairbanks, of this city, today, and ta
expected to proceed to hls home at In
dianapolis tonight Later tn the cam
paign he will again go on the stump
aOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOO
O HIDEOUS DREAM 9
O KILLED WOMAN. O
0 By Private Leased Wire.
O Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 8.—Crazed O
O -Ith a frenzy of fright at the O
O dream that a negro was trying O
O to kill her. Miss Annie Morgan O
O -"as overcome with an attack of O
O l ean trouble and died within a O
O few minutes. O
O O
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOO
Street Car Strike in Tokio
Cause of the
Trouble.
Hperlat Cable—Copyright.
Tokio, Sept. 6.—A number of men,
Including 12 policemen,'were hurt In a
riot bore caused by street car strikers.
More than 50 earn were damaged by the
(striker*.
NIGHT CONCERTS END
BUT AT GRANT PARK
No more, at least for some months,
will those addicted to moonlight strolls
through Grant pnrk listen to the music
of the band.
Superintendent Myers said Thurs
day:
"The night concerts have been done
away with for this year. The Sunday
afternoon music will continue through
out September. The money appropri
ated for music In the park Is getting
low, and to have the band on Sunday
afternoon throughout September we
will have tn give up the evening con
certs."
During the hot afternoons and close
evenings of the summer the music him
been enjoyed by thousands of citizens
not so situated us to leave the city for
•euslde or inounlnln-top resorts. The
appropriation to this fenture of the
park has probably been enjoyed more
und by a greater number of citizens
thun any other municipal donation to
the police.
TRIED TO “VOODOO”
HIS CONGREGATION
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, Sept. 8.—J. B. Lawson,
a negro preacher, pastor of Austerlltz
Street Baptist church. Is languishing
In Jail on a charge of "voodoolsm." The
board of trustees of the church took
the steps that resulted In Lawson's ar
rest. They assert he tried to enforce
upon the congregation certain "voodoo"
ritualisms of hls own Imagination.
This picture shows Mrs. Harry Thaw as she appeared when about to enter the Tombs prison In New
York to visit her Imprisoned husband. On her arm hangs a basket In which she daily carries to him fruit or
some delicacy to tempt the palate. Mrs. Thaw's face Is now quite familiar to the prison officials and her-dally
appearance within the dreary corridor docs much to cheer those who, like her husband, are kept behind the
bars of cheerless cells.
CUBAN REBELS AGREE
TO TEN DAYS TRUCE
lly Private Leased Wire.
Havana, Sept. 6.—-Gencrnl Aabert,
leader of the rebels In Havana prov
ince. and General Loynas, hls chief
lieutenant, have agreed to a truce of
ten days at the request of General
Menocal. It la believed Guzman and
Guerra will also agree to an armistice.
The movement to have the members
of congress all resign, so that a new
election may be held. Is growing In
strength.
WORK WILL SOON BEGIN
ON THE MASONIC TEMPLE
DEVOID JMNTEREST
Only Excitement Is Where
Local Contests Are Be
ing Waged.
Mrs. Alice N. Clark.
Funeral services over the body of
Mrs. Alice E. dark, wife of Dr. John
('lark, were held at the residence,
15 Forrest avenue, at 5 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. The body was ta
ken to Smlthvllle, Oa., for Interment.
J. A. Scott
Funeral services of J. A. Scott will
be held at the residence, 19 Longley
avenue, Howells Station, at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Before the winter months have come
around, work will start on the Masonlj
temple to be erected at the corner of
Peachtree and West t'alne streets.
Thomas II. Morgan, of Morgan ft
Dillon, the architects who drew the
plans for the $2on,ooo building, stated
Thursday that work of raising money
to build the temple had begun again
nnd that It was the expectation to
break the ground before many months
"There has never been any loss of In
terest In raising the money," said Mr.
Morgan, "hut when the exposition mat
ter came up most of those working for
the temple were Interested. Then the
summer came on and the election, so
the work was laid aside. • During the
last week or ten days It has been
started again. There Is about $?5,0M
or $90,000 already raised and the work
could start Immediately, but It Is the
wish of the committee to have as little
debt on the building as Is possible."
The lot at the corner <4f Auburn ave
nue nnd North Pryor street, which was
owned by the Masons, was sold some
time ago for S40JI00 and the Peachtree
lot, <0 by 140 feet, was bought tor $30,-
000. The surplus, $10,000, was put In
the building fund and the several local
lodges raised the rest of the $80,000 as
bodies. It Is probable now that private
subscriptions will be accepted and if
so there will be but little delay before
the work has commenced.
Mr. Morgan stated Wednesday that
It was nlso probable that one of the
niuln entrances to the building would
be on Peachtree. In the plans now-
complete, there are three stores on
'he Peachtree side and the main en-
t-ance la on Cain street. It was the
original plan to later do away with one
of the stores and to make the main en
trance on Peachtree, but now It Is be
lieved that the center store will be
don away with from the beginning.
The entrance on Cain street will also
remain.
The building will be. when completed
n«t only one of the handsomest fra
ternal buildings In the South, but In
every way suggestive of the organisa
tion It will house This has been car
ried out with such knowledge nnd ar
tistic skill that even the lodge rooms
will sugges* In the Interior architect
ure the oiden that will occupy them.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La.. Sept. Demo
cratic primaries are being held today
throughout Louisiana. There Is but lit-
tie Interest except In the Sixth Con
gressional district, where Judge Geo.
Favrot Is making a strong fight
against Col. Sam Robertson for con
gressman.
At Shreveport, where Railroad Com
missioner W. L. Foster Is being op
posed for re-election by J. J. Mere
dith anil Henry Hunslcker, there Is
considerable interest.
Special to Tho Gcorglnu.
Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 8.—The morning
session of the postoffice clerks i
taken up with a continuation of the
report of the resolutions committee. It
was decided to appropriate 30 cents per
capita of tho dues to pay a-state or
ganizer in addition to national organ
izers.
Yesterday afternoon Thomas Feeney,
of Boston, Introduced a resolution ask
ing for uniform system of promotions.
At present postmasters have tho mat
ter In their hands.
Congress will be asked to enforce the
system!
This afternoon the officers will be
chosen, and a place of .meeting.
For president, the names of Frank
T. Rogers, of Chicago, and Peter
Wynne, of New York, are mentioned.
For the next place of meeting, Birm
ingham, Peoria, III., Jamestown and
Saratoga Springs are contestants.
By Private Leased Wire.
Albany, N. Y„ Sept. 8.—It la believe
that the conference of Democrats from
various parts of New York state, hell
here yesterday, had for Its sole’ pur .
pose the, prevention of the nomination
of William Randolph Hearst for the
governorship.
Last night some of the radicals held
caucus nnd declared against u.
Hearst, criticizing him severely and
Indorsing Congressman William Sulier
for the nomination by the Democratic
state convention, which Is to be held
at Buffalo.
The radicals. In a statement Issued
last evening, declared that the Hearst
movement was Inimical to that of Mr
Brynn. that Mr. Hearst Is a persona
non grata to the Bryan Democrats
District Attorney Jerome was a
prominent figure here at the confer
ence. Hls speech caused considerable
1
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright, 1906, by American, Journal
and Examiner.
A N anonymous correspondent Is
sending his Idea of a prayer and
a blessing, with a "string tied
to It," through the m^Jls. Hls prayer
ends as follows:
"O, Eetemal Lord, have mercy upon
us and deliver us from all evil. Amen.”
"At Jerusalem during holy mass a
voice was heard to say: ‘They who do
not write this prayer after receiving it
shall be afflicted 4jy a great calamity,
and he who pays no attention to It
shall be punished by an accident.
" ‘They who write this prayer for
nine days and deliver It to persons
through mall beginning the day they
receive It, and sending one only each
day, will receive great blessing after
nine days. Don’t sign your name to
it.’ ”
The writer of thfe above will find hls
threat a boomerang. All thoughts of
evil sent out from the mind to an$* one
fly hime like ravens and carrion crows
to roost.
The mind which conceived such an
endless chuin of wrong-thlnklng needs,
indeed, to cry "Deliver us from all
evil." But God does not deliver us
from evil if we fill our hearts with the
superstition and black thought of the
dark ages.
The only evil Is made by the minds
of men, und they must deliver them-
selve# of It. No one can curse us or
bring-disaster upon us> saVe'our own*
selves.
If I fill my mind with fear and be
come weak and nervous and make no
assertions to the Creator of the Uni
verse, of love, faith and gratitude, but
permit myself to dwell on gloomy and
Ijesslmlstlc subjects, then 1 fit myself
1’or the reception of hypnotic sugges
tions from some other tnlnd.
I become like the man who destroys
hls 'digestive powers with drink and
drugs und gross foods and other bad
habits, and opens the door to disease.
When he falls M, it Is not "a calamity
Gcd has sent upon him," but the re
sult of hls own misuse of hls body.
Had he lived properly he would have
made It impossible for disease to gain
an entrance at hls door.
1/ I think property, which means lov
ingly, kindly, cheerfully and earnest
ly, about life and Its responsibilities;
If I wish no man evil, and all men
good, and envy no one, and worship
my Creator in my own way, honestly
believing In that way, all the combined
curses of a multitude can not reach
or harm me.
But every person of thnt multitude
who sent me a curse, would In due sea
son be afflicted In some manner. For
thoughts are things, as science is
proving, and the kind of thoughts we
?end forth will return to us as events.
So sure as the writer of the above
anonymous communication lives, he or
ihe will suffer from the effect of such
mental condition. 1 am sorry for
tilm and will send him thoughts of
reformation.
We have no right to formulate any
prayer for another. Each soul must
roake its own petition to the Great
Cause, in order to have It heard, Just
we must aim our own arrow if
ve would hit a* mark.
There Is not an hour passes by that
my heart does not send forth its pray
er of gratitude to the Creator for Hls
tlorlous gift of life. And added to It
s the petition for strength and wis
dom to use the great gift wisely and
well and to keep ever In my mental
foreground the knowledge that what
ever comes to my lot, Joy or sorrow,
gain or loss, la for the best develop
ment of my character nnd must be
so used.
Does the writer of the anonymous
prayer for one Instant imagine^ there
gulshlng nil worth-while qualities in a
purely selfish existence.
There was a little magazine publish-
ed In .San Francisco called “Now." It
was devoted to ‘‘new thought." Its ed
itor writes of the great calamity:
"Never so strong In faith as now.
Never so (Irmly fixed as now in truth
and love. Never were we so very deep,
ly grounded In the principles for which
Now stand*. Amid all these conditions,
which no pen or tongue can describe,
wo have rejoiced that we have laid up
our treasures In the heaven of our soul
where neither moth and rust, earth
quake or Are can destroy. Never did
I sense as now the real possession, and
zee the illusion of material things.
“Never was my faith In, nnd my love
for, humanity so great as now, when I
have seen It tested and realized the
true nobility of the men and women
about me Brave, noble, generous, help
ful, patient, and, above all. trustful.
"Humanity stands glorified, the air
filled with new thought vibrations. The
thought of the advanced thinkers nf
the world will crystallze here. This
?lty Is to be the psychic, the spiritual
*apltnl of the nation. The civic capital
s on the Atlantic coast, but this Is Its
real thought and soul capital.
“Not a ‘member of Now folk was
Injured. We were thrown about Wed
nesday morning, but by some peculiar
circumstance, falling furniture did not
hit any one. There were thirteen per
sons in the home.
“I looked at my pleasant sanctum on
Thursday when we thought it, would lx
saved, and said tq Jt: ‘Blessed little
room. You are the pleasantest and the
only one where I have things ns I wish
for my work. J have been happy in
you. But If it Is decreed that I must
lose you, blessed are we for having
each other. I got along before I hm)
so will I get along now. You nix
not necessary to me. I can build an
other!’ After this I could have seen it
bum and said: ‘All Is good!’ In this
same spirit my co-workers met ecery
occasion. Many times they said: i
can get along without it.’
"Oh! but it was an awe-inspiring
spectacle to see square miles of noble
biuldings in flames. It was a moment
of'Intense concentration, as we four
sat on the hill together and knowing
the pow’er of thought wo said of the
church on Dolores street that was the
crucial point: ‘It Is safe!’ Tho steeple
caught Are. If that went then the fire
would back up to our llune. When
heroes saved It, never went a ’praise
God* more devoutly than went from
our hearts. To our blankets In t..e
park we went and slept. The home
was saved, not for us, but for tne
needy. To our brothers and sisters in
need, Now, Its publishers and their
property Is devoted." , ,
This Is the religion the world needs.
Not the anonymous letter, with its “or
thodox" prayer and postscript of «
curse—not the creed which says: "lou
shall be damned If you do not worship
In my way!"
Away with such creeds to the ra|
man! They are moth eaten.
BAIL IS GRANTED
TO MRS. BIRDSONG
HELD FOR MUBDEB
THINK MISS HADDEN
TOOK REN OWN LIFE
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville. S. C., Sept. 6.—Later de
velopments In the death of Miss Had
den tend to show that the young woman
shot herself, whether accidentally ol
with suicidal Intent, can not be learned.
.The coroner’s jury Is now sitting on
the case.
God so pusillanimous and re
vengeful that He would send "acci
dents" and "calamities" to me If I fail
ed to say and send out a prayer of an
other's wording? I am glad I can not
conceive of such a Creator.
The name of the Great Master and
Teacher, Christ, was spoken several
times In this prayer. That gentle being
Is newly crucified by such a follower,
who blasphemes In using Hls name. It
would be well for many pretenders In
the court of Christianity If they could
realize that accidents are not always
calamities, but many times blessings
In disguise.
A woman, famed the world over,
never knew she possessed talent until
she was the victim of an accident
which caused her to be confined to her
room for many months. The self-sup
porting occupation In which she was
engaged, at the time of her "calamity"
was cast away as a broken reed, and
on the-ranlte stairway of her discov
ered taient she climbed to success and
fame and usefulness.
Thousands of people who suffered tn
the great calamity of the Pacific coast
will yet date the hour of their greatest
prosperity, and their best mental and
spiritual development, from that event.
There Is no ralamlty for a human be
ing so great as the loss of self-respect
and faith la eternal justice.
It Is a calamity to forget the real
purpose of existence, which Is develop
ment of character. In the mad rare for
wealth, fame, power and worldly
achievements. It sometimes occurs That
accidents, disasters and sorrows
awaken men to the true conception of
life, and save them from utterly extin-
Hpeclnl to The Georgian
Jackaon, Miss., Sept. 6.—Chancellol
Gaslnad Lyel today granted Mrs. Bird
song, who kilted Dr. Butler, ball, tn*
hearing having come up on a writ •>'
habeas corpus at Haselhurst M°nd*f
Mrs. Birdsong has been In Jail rlni<
February. ,
The killing took place at Monti™**
last February, and was one of tne
most sensational In the history of fit*
state. Mrs. Birdsong accusing I)r. Bui-
ler of having ruined her reputation.
She Is to be tried at Haselhurs.,
having gotten a change of venue.
BUTLER PERMITS
THIEF TO ESCAPE
By Prlrate Leased Wire.
Larchmont, N. Y.. Sept. 6.—The po
lice are searching today for the bur
glar who escaped here after he nao
been trapped by the butler In the horn*
Of j. A. Fordyce, fleet surgeon nr
Larchmont Yacht Club, who Is ",
lleved to be the burglar who rob«c
half a dozen houses In Larchmont >
the last two weeks. .
The butler thought he heard a noi«
In the dining room, and, stealing in'
the room, found a negro burglar bu >
packing up the silverware. ...
Wheeling quickly, the burglar saio.
"I'm caught, but, you see, I ha
not taken anything yet." , „
Drawing a revolver and pointing
at the butler, with the Injunction no
to make a noise, the burglar flea. *
butler did not make any noise until t
burglar wan out of the house. Then
'phoned to the police.
A D. Adsir, 8r„ la Better.
A. D. Adair, 8r„ a pioneer “
Atlanta, who has been quite III at y
residence. 94 Washington street,
several days from an attack of
coughs, wa* much better Thursdaj
ternoon. nnd there seems now no u-u*
of hts early recovery.
Postoffice Clerks Want Mat
ters Taken Out of Hands
of Postmaster.
JAKES TO FLIGHT
AS WRITES COME
LATEW,