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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TRUIISDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 190H.
TAKES TO FLIGHT
l AS WHITES COME
With His Wagon Had Part
ly Demolished White
Woman’s Buggy.
An Insolent negro driving a wagon of
the Gem Plumbing Company would
have been handled roughly by a crowd
"f enraged white citizens at noon
Thursday had he not sought safety In
the 1 , nearby woods, Into which he
plunged a* fast as his feet-would carry
him.
About noon Thursday, while Mrs. C.
B. 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
buggy, 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 time to handle the negro,
and he Jumped from the wagon and
took to his heels, plunging into the
woods near by, making his escape, and
leaving the horse and wagon In the
street.
Plumb-
AS SUCCESSOR OF
LATE W. E,
Graud Jury Chooses Well
Known Merchant Jus-
tice of Peace.
The proprietors of the Gem PIu
ing Company, when asked for the
gro’s name, said they had only em
ployed him Wednesday and did not
know what his name was.
AT
WAITED FOR
Citizens Enraged Over Mar
riage of White Girl
to Wilson.
Special to Tlie Georgian.
Albany, Ga., Sept. (.—It was current
ly rumored on the atreeta here yea-
lerday afternoon that a crowd of citi
zen* of Lee county were here for tho
purpose of lynching A- T. Wllaon, the
negro who palmed hlmaelf oft aa a
white man and married a white girl
of Lee county, and who waa reported
to have been captured In Wnycroas.
When the train from Waycros* ar
rived laat night a large crowd waa at
the depot, aa It wa* auppoaed that the
officer In charge of Wllaon would bring
him here. But the ofllcer came with
out the prleoner. Hating that It waa the
wrong man. It la believed here that
the negro arreated waa the right one
and waa carried to aome other place to
prevent a lynching, and will be taken
<o Leesburg later.
Charles S. Klngabery, for many
years a clothing merchant of Atlanta,
waa Thursday morning selected by the
grand Jury aa a Juatlce of the Peace
and Notary Public to succeed Jua
tlce Walter E. Ormond, who fell over
board and waa tost recently while on
a sea trip from Savannah to New
York. The aelectlon wa* made from
a large Held of candidate*.
The Jury reported Indictment* In
about forty cases and adjourned until
September 27. About eighty true bill*
and half a dozen non-true bill* have
been found thu* far.
OIL WAR NOW ON
IN CITY OF ATLANTA
RIVAL TOOCTOPUS
Georgia Oil Company Start
ed Wagon Out
Thursday.
By Private Leased Wire.
Waihlngton, Sept. Unjust, un
reasonable and discriminatory rate* on
c olon fabric* shipped to Wlchlt* ar*
■ barged In petition* filed today with
the Interatate commerce commission
by the Johnaton-Larlmer Dry Goods
i ompany, of Wichita, Kan*., against
the Mallory line of ateamera tailing out
of New York, the Atchison, Topeka and
Paata Pe railway, the Wabash and
Blaiut forty other lines.
WILL SELECT THREE
STATIONS THURSDAY
The roada and bridges committee of
the county commission meets Thurs
day afternoon at ( o'clock to select
1.nations for the three stations at each
of which twelve men of the county pofl
lice force will be located when thm
twenty-four new men are sworn In.
Tha new men have been tiling their
qualifications and bonds since tlielr se
lection at the meeting or the commla-
.l.m Wednesday morning and will
probably be eworn In this week.
Many of the volunteer deputy sher
iffs provided for In the same resolu
tion Treating the new positions on the
county police force have been selected
by Sheriff Nelms, but will not be sworn
In until the full quota, six men from
>ach militia district, have offered to
•erve.
FAIRBANKS IS BACK
FROM SPELL-BINDING
Ily Private Leazed Wire.
Chicago, Sept. (.—Vice President
Fairbanks arrived In Chicago today
from the far West, where he has been
aa a representative of the Republican
l«rty on a stumping tour. In the
course of hla Journeys Mr. Fairbanks
has spoken In Wyoming, Washington
and Idaho.
He la visiting hla son. Warren C.
Fairbanks, of this city, today, and 1*
expected to proceed to hi* home at In
dianapolis tonight. Later In the cam
paign he will again go on the stump
O HIDEOUS DREAM ■
D KILLED WOMAN. O
o o
O Hy Private Leased Wire. O
O Columbus, Ohio, 8ept. (.—Crazed O
with a frenzy of fright at the O
dream that n negro was trying O
^■ti kill her. Ml** Annie Morgan O
waa overcome with an attack of O
heart trouble ant) died within a O
O few minutes. O
O O
DOOnnortfiODODOUOOODDODOODOO
There's a Richmond In the field.
The Georgia Oil Company started a
wagon out In the street* of Atlanta
Thursday morning.
Thla wagon l* selling oil at 12 1-2
cent* a gallon.
The Standard Oil Company'ls selling
oil at II centa a gallon. Since the new
company was projected here In Atlanta
the Htnndard has lapped one cent oft
the price.
Exactly why this waa done has never
been dearly explained by the • local
Standard ofllclals.
Messrs. Iloardman and Rasbury say
the reduction was made by the octopus
lor the purimae 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 as can be ascertained.
Messrs, llonrdman and Rnsbury say
they can’t afford to sell their oil for
less than 12 1-2 cents, and that they
are going to depend on the sympathy
of the people with them In their vtrust
busting" vsnture.
At any rnte, an oil war appears to be
on In Atlanta.
IY ARE HURT
IN JAPANESE RIOT
Street Car Strike iu Tokio
Cause of the
Trouble.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Tokio, Sepl. 6.—A number of men.
Including 12 policemen, were hurt In a
riot here caused by street car strikers.
More than 00 cars were damaged by the
strikers.
T CONCERTS END
OUT AT GRANT PARK
No more, at least for some months,
will those addicted to moonlight strolls
through Orsnt park listen to the music
of the band.
Superintendent Myers said Thurs
day:
"The night concerts have been done
away with for thla year. The Bunday
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 Bunday
afternoon throughout September we
will have to give up the evening con
certs."
During the hot afternoons and close
evenings of the sdmmer Ihe music has
been enjoyed by thousands of citizens
not so situated ns to leave the city for
seaside nr mountain-top resorts. The
appropriation to this feature of the
park has probably been enjoyed more
and by a greater number of citizens
than any other municipal donation to
the police.
TRIED TO “VOODOO”
IIIS CONGREGATION
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, Sept. (.—J. R.-Lawson,
a negro preacher, pastor of Auaterlitx
Street Baptist church, is languishing
In Jail on a charge of Toodoolem." 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 his own Imagination.
MRS. THAW CARRIES DAINTIES
TO HER HUSBAND IN THE TOMBS
Thla 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 dally 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 does much to cheer those who. like her husband, are kept behind the
bars of cheerless cells.
CUBAN REBELS AGREE
TO TEN DAYS TRUCE
By Private Leased Wire,
Havana, Sept. (.—General Ashert.
lender of the rebels In llavnna prov
ince, and General Loynaz, hlz chief
lieutenant, have agreed to a truce of
ten days at the request of General
Menoeal. It la believed Guzman and
Guerra will also agree to an armistice.
The movement to have the members
of congress all resign, to that a new
election may be held, la growing In
strength.
WORK WILL SOON BEGIN
ON THE MASONIC TEMPLE
DEVOID JIFJNTEREST
Only Excitement Is Where
Local Contests Are Be
ing Waged.
Mr*. Alie* N. Clark.
Funeral services over the body of
Mr*. Alice E. Clerk, wife of Dr. John
('. Clark, were held at the residence,
15 Forrest avenue, at 5 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. The body waa ta
ken to Smlthville, Go, for Interment.
J. A. Scott.
Funeral services of J. A. Scott will
be held at the residence, 1» Longley
avenue, Howells Station, at 10 o'clock,
Saturday morning.
Before the winter months have come
around, work will start on the Masonite
temple to be erected at the comer of
Peachtree and West Caine streets.
Thomaa 11. Morgan, of Morgan &
Dillon, the architects who drew the
plans for the $200,000 building, stated
Thursdoy that work of raising money
to build the temple had begun again
and 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, "but when the exposition mat
ter came up most of those working for
the temple were Interested. Then tho
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 $75,000
or $80,000 already raised and the work
could start Immediately, but tl la the
wish of the committee to have as little
debt on the building as Is possible."
The lot at the comer of Auburn ave
nue and North Pryor street, which was
owned by Ihe Masons, wa* sold some
time ago for $40,000 and Ihe Peachtree
lot, $0 by HO feet, wa* bought for $$(,-
000.
the building fund and the several local
lodges raised the rest of the $80,000 aa
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 ststed Wednesday that
It was also probable that one of the
main entrances to the building would
be on Peachtree. In the plans now
complete, there are three stares on
'he Peachtree side and the main en
t-ance Is 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 tt Is be
lieved that the center store will be
don away with from the beginning.
The entrance on Catn street will also
remain.
The building will be, when completed
not only one of the handsomest fra
ternal buildings In the South, but In
every way suggestive of the organisa
tion tt will house This ha* been car
ried out with such knowledge and ar
tistic skill that even the lodge rooms
will suggest In the Interior architect
ure the otders that will occupy them.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., Sept. .(.—Demo,
cratle primaries are being held today
throughout Louisiana. There la but lit
tle Interest except In the Sixth Con
gressional district, where Judge Geo.
Favrot Is making a strong light
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 and Henry Hunsleker, there Is
considerable Interest.
TO ENFORCE SYSTEM
.OF
Postoffice Clerks Want Mat
ters Taken Out of Hands
of Postmaster.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga.. Sept, (.—The morning
session of the postofflce clerks wits
taken Up with a continuation of the
report of the resolutions committee. It
as decided to appropriate 20 cents per
capita of the dues to pay a elate 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 the mat
ter In their hand*.
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 Nctv York, are mentioned.
For the next place of meeting, Birm
ingham, Peoria, III, Jamestown and
Saratoga Springs are contestants.
Radicals Hold Caucus at Al
bany and Indorse
Sulzer.
Dr Private Leased Wire.
Albany, N. Y„ Sept. It Is bellevej
that the conference of Democrats from '
various parts of New York state, held
here yesterday, had for Its sole p ur .
poso the prevention of the nomination
of William Randolph Hears! for the
governorship.
Last night some of the radicals held
a caucus and declared against \i r
Hearst, criticizing him severely ami
Indorsing Congressman William Sulzer
for the nomination by the Democratic ■
etato convention, which Is to be heiJi
at Buffalo. nel11
The radicals. In a statement Issued
last evening, declared that the Hearst
movement was*Inlmlcnl to that of v r
Bryan, that Mr- Hearst Is a persona
non grata to the Bryan Democrats
District Attorney Jerome was «
prominent figure here at the confer,
ence. Ills speech caused considerable
A Prayer and a threat
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
THINK MISS HADDEN
TOOK HER OWN LIFE
Special to The Georgina.
Oreenvllle, S. C, Sepl. (.—Later de
velopments In the death of Mlaa Had
den tend to show fhat the young woman
ahot herself, whether accidentally of
with suicidal Intent, can not be learned.
The coroner's Jury la now sitting on
the case.
Copyright, 1608, 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 malls. His prayer
ends as follows:
"O, Eeternal Lord, hove mercy upon
us and deliver us from all evil. Amen."
N "At Jerusalem during holy mass a
voice was heard to say: 'They who do
not write 1 this prayer after receiving It
shall be afflicted by a grout calamity,
and he who pays no attention tp It
shall be punlaned 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
The writer of the above will And his
threat a boomerang. All thoughts of
evil sent out from the mind to any one
fly hlme like ravens and carrion crows
to roost.
The mind which conceived such an
endless chain of wrong-thinking needs.
Indeed, to cry "Deliver us from all
evil." But God does not deliver us
from evil If we All our hearts with the
superstition and blaek thought of the
dark ages.
The only evil Is made by the minds
of men, and they must deliver them
selves 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
pessimistic subjects, then I fit myself
for the reception of hypnotic sugges
tlons from some other mind.
I become like the man who destroys
his digestive powers with drink and
drugs and gross foods and other bad
habits, and opens the door to -disease.
When he falls 111, It Is not "a calamity
God has sent .upon him,” but the re
sult of his own mlsuso of his body.
Had he lived properly he would have
mode It Impossible for disease to gain
an entrance at his door.
If I think properly, 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 tho combined
curses of a multitude can not reach
or harm me.
■But every person of that 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
send forth will return to us as events.
So sure as the writer of the above
anonymous communication lives, he or
she will suffer from the effect of such
mental condition. I am sorry for
him and will send him thoughts of
reformation.
We have no right to formulate any
prayer fur another. Each soul- must
make its own petition to the Great
Cause, in order to have It heard. Just
as we must aim our own arrow If
we would hit a mark.
There Is not an hour passes by that
my heart doe* not send forth Its pray
er of gratitude to the Creator for Ilia
glorious gift of life. And added to tt
Is Ihe petition for strength and wl*
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. It for the best develop
ment of my character and must be
so used.
Does the writer of the anonymous
rayer for one Instant Imagine there
i a Oo-.l so pusillanimous and re
vengeful that He would send "acci
dent*" 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, Chrlat, was spoken several
times In this prayer. That gentle being
Is newly crucified by such a follower,
who blasphemes In using His name. It
would be well for many pretenders In
(he 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 talent she climbed to success and
fame and usefulness.
Thousands of people who suffered In
ie great calamity of the Pacific coast
will yet date the hour of their greatest
prosperity, and their best mental and
spiritual development, from chat event.
There i* no calamity for a human be-
Ing so great a* the loss of self-respect
and faith In eternal Justice.
It Is a calamity to forget the real
purpose of existence, whft-h Is develop
ment of character. In the mad race for
wealth, fame, power and worldly
arhlsvements. It sometimes occur* that
accident*. disasters and sorrows
awaken men to the true conception of
life, and save them from utterly extln-
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 firmly fixed as now In truth
nnd love. Never were we so very deep,
ly grounded In the principles for which
Now stqnde. Amid all these condition*,
which no pen or tongue can describe,
we have rejoiced that we have laid up
our treasures in the heaven of our soul
where neither moth and rust, earth
quake or fire can destroy. Never did
I sense as now the real possession, and
see the Illusion of material things.
"Never wns my faith In, nnd my lovt
for, humanity so great ns now, when I
have seen it tested and realized the
true nobility of the men and women
about me. Brave, nobl.c, generous, help,
ful. patient, and, above all, trustful.
"Humanity stands glorified, the air
Oiled with new thought vibrations. Th»
thought of the advanced thinkers of
the world will crystallze here. This
?lty Is to be the psychic, the splrttuzl
•npltal of the nation. Tha civic capital
a on the Atlantic coast, but this Is iu
rent 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 na
Thursday when we thought It would be
saved, anil said to Iff ■Blessed little -I
room. You are the pleasantest snd the
only one where I have things aa I wi*h
for my work. I have been happy In
you. But If It 1* decreed that I must
lose you, blessed are we for having
each other. I got along before 1 bad
you, so will I get along now. You are
not necessary to me. I can build an-
other!' After this I could have seen It
bum and said: 'AH Is good!’ In this
same spirit my co-workers met eeery
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
bluldlngs In flames. It was a moment
of'Intense concentration, aa we four
sat on the hill together and knowing
the power of thought we said of the
church on Dolores street thnt was Ihe
eruclai point: it Is safe!' The steeple
caught fire. If that went then the fire
would back up to our H>me. when
heroes saved it, never wont a 'praise
God’ more devoutly than went from
our hearts. To our blankets In the
park we went nnd slept. The home
wns saved, not for us, but for Ihe
needy. To our brothers and sisters In
need, Now, Its publishers and their
property Is devoted." , ,
Thla I* the religion the world needs.
Not the anonymous letter, with Its "or
thodox" prayer nnd postscript of »
curse—not the creed which says: "Y"U
shall be damned If you do not worshtp
In my way I"
Away with *uch creeds to the rag
man! They are moth eaten.
BAIL IS GRANTED
TO MRS. BIRDSONG
HELD FOR MURDER
Special to The Georgian
Jackson, Mina.. Sept. 6.—Chancellor
Gaalnad Lyel today granted Mrs. Bird-
•ong, who killed Dr. Butler, ball, the
hearing having come up on a writ of
habeaa corpus at Haeelhurat
Mra. Blrdaong ha* been in Jail s»m.e
February*. ,
The killing took place at Monti** 1 *®
last February, and wa* one of tna
moat sensational in the history or tw
atate, Mrs. Birdaong accusing Dr. u®*
ler of having ruined her reputation.
She I* to be tried at Haeelhurst.
having gotten a change of venue.
BUTLER PERMITS
.THIEF TO ESCAPE
Dy rrtvato Leased Wire.
Larchmont, N. Y..' Sept. (.—The po
lice are searching today for the bur
glar who escaped here after he ha
been trapped by the butler In the home
of J. A. Fordyce, fleet surgeon of «*•
Larchmont Yacht Club, who I* .
Ilcved to be the burglar who robbw
half a dozen houaes In Larchmont
the last two weeks. .
The butler thought he heard a non*
In the dining room, and, stealing im
the room, found a negro burglar ou ’
packing up the silverware.
Wheeling quickly, the burglar saw-
"I’m caught, but. you see, I h 1 ' 1
not taken anything yet.”
Drawing a revolver and pointing; •
at the butler, with the Injunction n
to make a noise, the burglar fled ■"
butler did not make any noise until'-
burglar waa out of the house. Then n
’phoned to the police.
A D. Adair, 8r„ is Better.
A.‘ D. Adair, Sr., a pioneer clllse" ™
Atlanta, who ha* been quite III a 1 "
residence. »4 Washington M""? „
several day* from an attack of me
coughs, wa* much better Thursdat
ternoon, and there seem* now no
of hla early recovery.