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SCENES IN FORSYTH STREET AS COTTON ARRIVES.
t» 'mo Georgian—msy
Atlanta charier light!
Picture of James Gordon Bennett, proprietor end editor, of The New York Herald, who ,ha> been Indicted
by the United States grand Jury on eight chargee of sending “lewd, laeclrloux and obscene” printed matter
through thh malls. The Indictment grows out of the Hearst crusade against the “Personal'' or "Red Light”
column In The Herald.
SECOND SECTION
The Atlanta Georgian. j SECOND SECTION
VOL. 1. NO. 158.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906.
T>T?Tr<l?. On Trnlnn FIVE CENT*.
rLxlXjrj: in Atlanta two centil
griffin owns water and light plants,
AND MAKES BOTH PAYING PROPOSITIONS;
CITIZENS ENJOY LOWEST RATES IN STATE
FLEECY WHITE STAPLE ARRIVING IN CITY;
IS LATER AND LIGHTER THAN LAST SEASON
P. jsperous City Gives
Lesson in Municipal
Ownership.
INTERESTING REPORT
HAS JUST BEEN ftADE
Shows That Several Thou
sand Dollars Over Oper
ating Expenses Went
to Betterments.
Please note in the report be
low of the operations of Griffin’s
municipally owned water nnd
electric light * plants the item—
“Estimated free services to city
per annum. V
The city of Griffin burns 93
are lights, whielTit estimates'at
ifT.'i each. If the report went into
detailed costs, it would be shown
that the expense is nothing like
that rate. Blit that’s what Grif
fin would have to pay*a corpora-
/tion.
Now Griffin operates its own
plants. It has enlarged and kept
in repair its electric system nnd
the report Shows a balance on the
right side.
WHY CANNOT ATLANTA DO
ON A LARGE SCALE WHAT
A TOWN LIKE GRIFFIN DOES
ON A SMALL SCALE!
IT IS CHEAPER, COMPARA
TIVELY, TO OPERATE A
LARGE PLANT THAN A
SMALL'ONE. nTHE PROFITS
vTO ATLANTA WOULD BE
PROPORTIONATELY LARGE.
VOI R DIVIDENDS AS A
STOCKHOLDER WOULD BE
WORTH CONSIDERING. THEY
WOULD BE PAID IN THE
SHAPE OF A SAVING IN YOUR
HILLS. YOU WOULD DRAW A
DIVIDEND EVERY TIME YOU
PAID A GAS TfR WATER BILL.
DID THAT POINT OF VIEW
Tver strke you?
get IN THE GAME. SEND
IN YOUR APPLICATION. DO
NOT WAIT FOR OTHERS TO
ACT. LEAD IN THE MOVE
MENT. Y.OU’LL BE PROUD
OK IT SOME DAY!
BE A CHARTER MEMBER
I Griffin Is not the biggest city In
(Georgia, hut It Is large' enough and
Uive enough do own Its own water and
electric lifght giants, 'in a report pub-
lluhcii ihls week, the light, sewer and
water commission of Griffin makes the
ttntemcnt that the ylly has made mon
ey on Its business. An extract from
the report follows:
The annual report of the light, water
«tnl sewerage commissioners of the
elty of Griffin was made to the city
jouncil last night and la published be-
I'halrman Brawner puts the Invest-
itn n! of the clfy In the light and water
Uant, including the original purchase
*nd the betterments made at *100,000.
•'minting Interest at 5 per cent and
"ear and tear nt *• per cent, would
Hake the account stand at the- end
”f each year *111,000. To this must
m added the *3,000 given by the coun-
Cl1 for maintenance.
Balance on Water and Light.
Against this the commission shows a
lalance „f 1129.51 from water and
IJ.6C11.77 f ur lights after deducting run
ning expenses. This has mostly gone
•award betterments, and betterments
nmst continually be made In such a
Hunt t,, keep up with Its necessary ex-
ten.i.ns; these, however, Increasing
value of the plant. The main and
•* a| l> only proper source of Income to
'Ky from such a public utility, la
he free service It gets In the way of
and water, which Is figured at
as fully detailed In the report
' Lowest Rates in Gtorgia.
" n t he other hand, if the city did
•not own the plant. It would be an
•valla!,!e .„ ur ce of taxation, both dl-
and through licenses and fees. So
n the Whole, Chairman Brawner
HERE ARE SOME NEW SIGNERS;
IS YOUR NAME IN THE LIST?
Have YQU sent In that application for membership In the Municipal
League?
tots of others have. If YOU are late It’s YOUR own fault.
Better get In early nnd become Identilled' with the movement. Re
member tt’i YOUR business. This Is a matter that concerns us and YOU
and your next door neighbor.
Read what some Atlanta men have to say about city ownership. Tljey
have thought It over, Blept on It. considered It at length. Here are some
of their expressions.
DR. M. L. DUMAS, 23 Augusta avenue—1 desire to thank you for your
editorials pertaining to municipal ownership, and ‘trust that the voice of
■ your paper will not be stilled until such a thing as monopoly in Atlanta la
unknown.
W. I- SWICEGOOD, coal dealer, 280 Decatur street—Inclosed And my
application for membership. I think this Is the greatest movement ever
gotten up In the Interest of ALL THE PEOPLES.
C. L. BOONE, railroad clerk—Municipal ownership Is a good thing.
All good things neejto be pushed along. I am pleased, therefore, to nil
out your blank, which I Inclose. In this connection I desire to express my
appreciation of the editorials appearing In your paper, especially on tha
negro problem. 1 trust that you will be successful In both the negro so
lution and municipal ownership.
C. R. KING, physician, 220 East Hunter street—I favor tha govern
ment ownership of every public utility.
A. T. FULLER, 152 Holdemcas street—I favor municipal ownership
of-electric railways and government ownership of all railroads. Let the
public utilities pay all taxes and furnish service at much lower cost to
customer? and consumers. •
M. V. MARTIN, weather bureau, 205 Ivy street—I am heartily In favor of
It. I have been for some time. It Is only a matter of time until the people
awake to their rights, and bring It to pass. May your efforts greatly has
ten that good day, as I am sure they will.
< I. L. Ft»RD, 165 South Pryor street—I also strongly favor government
ownership of railroads.
W. T. WINN, bookkeeper, 61 Cherry street—I am heartily In favor of
ygur fight.
S. L. SMITH, a railroad man; 412 Fourth National Bank building—I am
not In favor of the city owning the street railway, but Its gas and lights.
Push the good work ahead.
DR. GEORGE S. BROWN, one of the most prominent physicians In
Atlanta, favors the city owning Its gas and electric lighting plant.
MARK W. JOHNSON, a seed dealer, of *5 South Pryor street, says:
“Everything honorable should be done Jo reduce taxed, which are now fear
fully burdensome."
GEORGE C. FIFE, loans and Investments, 412 Austell building, writes:
"Let us have It by all means. It’s a business proposition."
C. B. PALMER, salesman, 7 East Mitchell etreet, is terse and to the
point: “Good thing. Push It along.”
HARRY L. FLYNT, dental surgeon, Austell building, believes "that thla
Is a good thing for the people of Atlanta."
W. F. WHITMIRE, bookkeeper, 348 Ormond street, thinks that municipal
ownership might solve some other problems. "Also the street railways. I
am tired of standing up In going home every evening.”.
H, F. SANDERS, real estate, 49 South Pryor street—I am In full accord
with The Georgian’s position on municipal ownership/.
S. M. TRUITT, coal dealer,; 416‘Marietta street—Atlanta Is able and
ought to own her own gas and electric plants. And by alL -means: Atlanta
ought to control her own streets Instead of letting any corporation own
uud control the principal streets with electric car tines and electric wlrea
H. C. HUDGINS, 324 Grant street—r sign this with .’all the earnestness
of my nature. , > r ‘ - •
T. B. WEST, traveling man, 549 Woodward avenue—I will support atiy
man-who believes In municipal ownership.-- ’•
J. W. BOONE, Jeweler, 28(TMarietta street—You are working In the *
right direction. ' •
R. c. BLACK, electrical supplies, 365 Capitol avenue—Success! It’a
just what we badly need. - .
REV. R. J-\ DEBELLE, 100 East Georgia avenue—I am very desirous
that It should be accomplished.
SAM BOKRITZKY, a student, at 83 Piedmont avenue, strengthens
his views by versification. Listen:
"Munlcipsl ownership, I know. Is crest—
We ought to have It in our entire stale.
We will have It If you read
The honest <-tutorials In The Georgian sheet.
In Atlnntn wouldn't have got wise
“ ' oed oti
ivlu Its
SALESMEN AT BYCK’S—The salesmen In Byck’s shoe store are
practically a unit for municipal ownership along the line advocated by The
Georgian. Witness the following members of the League: Roy F. White,
308 South Pryor; R. O. Herndon, 165 West Alexander; B. L. Troutman,
" 105 Cooper; H. J. E’ears, 547 Woodward avenue: T. S. Brantley, 126 Court-
land; 8. V. Thrower, 89 Park avenge; Ed Nehemlas, 308 8outh Pryor; C.
El. Gibbs, 20 Connally: J. H. Thrash, EMgewood; J. C. Sage, 197 Cherokee
avenue: T. S. Coart, 269 Washington.
OTHER SIGNERS IN LINE—Others' who commit themselves directly
to the plan, and Judging comment unnecessary are: W. L. Klelmoachter,
railway mall clerk, 374 South Boulevard; Thomas P. Holliday, bookkeeper.
Prudential building: W. 8. Smith, salesman. 39 1-2 Whitehall, and Dr. E. O.
Jones, Century building; Rev. C. A. Langston, clergyman. 92 Moreland ave
nue; J. C. Burson, traveling man. 63 East Georgia avenue; A. McDonald
DuPont, Y. M. C. A.; F. E. McCord, clerk, 80 Ivy street; W. U. Watson,
bookkeeper, 535 Capitol avenue; E. K. Blair, merchant, 137 Ehlgewood.
Still others who have signed the applications and apeak a word of en
couragement for the movement, are:
B. L. Hearn, 111 Crew street.
Charles Heilman, 169 Pulliam street. •
J. H. Everett, 192 Auburn avenue.
R. W. Davis, 180 South Pryor street.
There Is a long list still—too tong to publish now. The names are all
on file. *
PROPRIETOROF NEW YORK HERALD
INDICTED BY THE U.S. GRAND JURY
AS RESULT OF “PERSONAL” COLUMN
also be Interesting to the taxpayer, as
showing what was done with the *t00,-
000 of bonds recently Issued for sew
erage and the Improvement of the light
and water plant
Annual Rsport of Light, Water and
Sewerage Commissioner!, City of
Griffin, Ga., From Septsm-
bes 30, 1905, to Septem
ber 30, 1906.
watIr.
Rscoipts.
Current dues collected.
that.
that the city cornea out
•wit even on Its municipal ownership,
1 to as the monetary side la con-
r,1 "'i ; yet it has the advantage of
V n '” ,„. r kll0 . watt hour . hr ° m
TTlce on water Is not ao low,
"•) 1 by meter, as the city has not an
supply Bt aIl seasons, yet It
•'"'--ruble, being 75 cents per spigot
J" tn-nth. The supply at preaent Is
gallons per day—much more
•" b used In the winter—of which
' Is necessary to flush the
' age system.
: Well Lighted Town.
',, “•'‘•'""ntlent Hammond estimates
■" thi-to are now* over 5,000 tncan-
l,ght * now Installed, with the
"mstantly increasing; and to
thl " 1 " ad * h e expects during a
lot i, 11 " In the evening In the com-
6* , season he will have to run
it it,' 1 -"-horsepower engine as well
v,330-horsepower one.
L “ - ing it the report, which w ill
. ...* 6,136.07
708.87
1,600.00
606.05
E’rom city (public schools)....
*7,845.90
Bisburssmsnts.
* |'«««
Coal
Labor and sundry expenses
Repairs
Supplies
Balance
1,188.57
263.39
476.68
"*77*20.48
229.51
LIGHT8.
Receipts.
Current dues collected
Supplies and Installations.
From city
Salaries
Disbursements.
...» 975.47
. 2,212.63
. 1,500.00
*11,688.10
.( 2,448.40
Coal 3,242.99
Labor and sundry expenses.. 1,492.54
Repairs 947.93
Supplies ; 1,955.47
Balance 3,600.77
Total balance from light
and water * 1,880.28
Cash on hand September 30,
1905 917.55
Total *4,747.83
Expended For Betterments.
Light - I 1,625.99
Water ' 1,8*4.28
Sewerage and sewerage con
nections f 1,052.85
Cash on hand 264.71
Estimated Free Strvics to City Por
Annum.
95 arc lights. (76 each * 7,125.00
120 Fire Hydrant at *50 each. 6,000.00
Water for flushing sewerage. 260.00
Griffin hospital, lights and
water 1*2.00
Blading Greys' armory, lights
and water 192.00
Fire department, lights and
water 72.00
Police station, lights and wa-
TAMMANY LEADERS
PLEDGED TO HEARST
District Men UrgeTheir
Followers to Support
Democratic Ticket.
ter
Public schools, light and water
City attorney’s office, lights..
. *14,06*.00
New York. Oct. *7.—There Is
longer any question but that Tam
many Hall, as an organization, will
support Hearst to the utmost on elec
tlon day. Word has gone out officially
to every-district leadar to stand by the
ticket from top to bottom, and It has
gone out In such a way that It Is bound
to be heeded.
Last night and today leaders of the
various districts called together their
election district captains.and the mem-
be fa of their general committees, and
gave them heart-to-heart talks.
Denies Ihmssn's Charge.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the state Republican committee, de
nies the charge made by Max F. Ihm-
sen, manager of Hearat’s campaign,
for the Independence League, that
Postmaster General Cortelyou came to
New York to show Woodruff how to
raise an enormous campaign fund from
the corporations. Mr. Woodruff says
the campaign fund this year is too
small to meet absolute necessities of
the state committee, and that not n
dollar has been contributed by any cor
poration.
Ihmsen says that the election Is
won, and "that the victory can only be
taken from Mr. Hearst by the Republi
cans stealing It."
Decision Affects Local Ticket.
The appellate division of the supreme
court. In reversing the ruling of the
board of elections, has declared many
nominating posltjous filled by the In
dependence League to have been Im
properly made, In that they were In
tended to nominate candidates who
were to run In overlapping or extend
ed districts.
The exceptions to this ruling were
ffiostly nominees against whom no pro.
tests had been made, and whose cases
consequently did not come before the
court. Many Democratic candidates
w-erq among those removed, all of
whom sought places under the league's
emblem of the balanced scales. The
league's Judiciary ticket alone remains
Intact. The loague will carry the mat
ter. to the court of appeals If that body
ran be convened In t-iw-clnl iwsston.
Although the decision db-eetty af
fects the locdl ticket only, Wome con
cern Is expressed regarding Its possible
effects up-state In places where the
same practice In the matter of nomi
nating petitions has b'edn followed.
OFFICIALS OF SOUTHERN
PAY A VISIT TO AILANIA
party of Southern Railway offi
cials, composed of President Bpenoer,
Vice Presidents W. W. E’lnley, J. M.
Culp and C. II. Eckert, General Mana
ger H. B. Spencer and'Assistant Gen
eral Manager W. H. Forearre, Birming
ham, and Superintendent O. R. Loyal),
Knoxville, were In Atlanta Friday and
made a personal Inspection of proper
ties. President Spencer and Vice
President Finley left E'rlday night for
Chattanooga, the others going to
Washington. ’
Nothing * was gvlne out officially.-
but It was understood that the strlks
situation was reviewed and the ques
tion of switching Louisville and Nash
ville cars to local yards wss discussed.
Local coal men are of the opinion that
the officials of the Southern will soon
decide lo relievo the situation In At
lanta nnd consent to do the switching.
President Spencer held conferences
In his private car throughout the aft
ernoon. It U believed that the end of
the strike was brought nearer by the
visit of the officials, but none of the
officials could be coaxed into sbumlt-
ting to an Interview on this Important
topic. President Spencer addressed a
crowd of 2,900 at West Point on his
way to Atlanta from Montgomery.
H. C. Swope.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 27.—H. C. Swope
died at his home In Ihls city Thursday
night at 11 o'clock, and his funeral took
place E'rlday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He
was born In Owensboro. Ky. At the
age of 7 he moved with hls parents to
Wood county, Ohio, where he remained
Until he was a man. He moved to Co
lumbus a number of years ago and
had been a contractor and Builder here.
He was 72 years of age. A ran and
three daughters suvlvs him.
Big Cotton Wagons
Rumbling in With
Heavy Loads.
The white tide, bringing the golden
shekels, Is beginning to roll Into every
city, town and village throughout the
cotton belt.
To the native-born the scenes of ac
tivity In gathering, preparing, Anrket-
ond handling the crops brings
nothing new or novel. To us It elm-
means pouring Into the arteries of
the South's vast wealth. To the
farmer who grows it. It meaM pay
ment of debts—If he has any, which
la rather the exception than the rule
now In these piping times of prosper
ity—buying warm winter clothes and
many luxuries and comforts he used|to
dream of only.
To the merchants It means revivifica
tion of business, and to the great army
handling the crop, from picker to cot
ton factor, hard work and the heart-
some Jingle of good dollars. In pocket.
With the initial movement of the yehr’s
cotton crop comes a tremendous awak
ening In every avenue <jf human en
deavor In the South, because King Cot
ton Is the mighty money producer.
To the Northern visitor the scenes
In cotton centers like Atlanta dffer
vivid and picturesque sights worth the
trouble of hunting out. The farm
wagons rumbling Into the market
places, piled high'with tte fleecy bales,
the owner or a happy, darky perched
atop; the sampler with hls linen duster
and air of strict business, and the bid
ding, spirited, but good-natured; the
weighing, trucking dhd all the attend
ant scenes are well worth while.
Views are herewith presented of the
busiest day to date of the l906-'07 sea
son In Atlanta. The picture* were
taken on Forsyth street In front of
Will Rlordan's warehouse. The first
scene shows the farm wagons stand
ing In line for the "weighing In," after
the buyers have done their work. The
others show the "weighing In” process
and the busy factors directing affairs.
To the uninitiated onlooker a day when
wagon receipts nre heavy the scenea
around one of the big ware rooms
seems like utter confusion, but It Is
anything else, for system marks every
move made.
The crop this year Is from three to
four weeks late. Receipts at this date
last year In Atlanta totaled 68,326 bales,
while the receipts this year to October
26 were only 29,695, Just a bit over half
of 1905.
Last year Atlanta handled 165,000
bales. If reports of short crops nre
accurate the figures will hardly reach
that this year. Owing to its geographi
cal situation Atlanta is not aa large a
wagon market as a number of other
towns in the state, but It Is neverthe
less becoming one of the most Impor
tant cotton centers In the South.
SIDNEY C,TAPP AS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
The American Republic*, a Maga
zine of Honest Protest," will make its
first appearance on- the newa stands
)ust before Christmas. It Is the latest
of a long list, of new magazines which
have been announced for Atlanta and
which will be published In the near
future.
Sidney C. Tapp will be editor of.the
new periodical and Charles H. Evans
will be buslnfiss manager.. A plant haa
been purchased and a stock company
organised with a capital stock of 110,-
000. The mogaslne will 'be published
In Atlanta and a business office will
be maintained In New York. It la pro
posed to make tlze periodical a monthly
at first and to convert It Into a weekly
after a few months. ’
"It will be Democratic 4n principle,”
sold Mr. Tapp, “but Iconoclastic, too.
We propose to hammer fearlessly
where we think public Interests demand
The magazine will be feerlezz In
handling political topic* of the day.”
Sidney C. Tapp, who Is well known
as a political writer, will have entire
editorial control of "The American Re
public." He. elates, however, that he
will not discontinue hls legal practice.
QUICKLY ACQUITTED
Wellborn Hill, a prominent citizen of
Atlanta, won Friday afternoon ac
quitted In the United States court of
a charge of misappropriating *6 of, the
United 8tates postal funds while he
was financial clerk of the Atlanta
postoffice some eighteen months ago,
Mr. Hill was represented by T. B.
Felder, R. R. Arnold and Judge-elect
B. H. Hill.
The testimony brought out In -'the
trial showed the entire Innocence of
Mr. Hill, and the Jury waa out only
three minutes before returning a ver
dict of not guilty, absolutely remov
ing from Mr. Hill all suspicion and
completely vindicating him. .'
Mr. Hill waa formerly vice president
of the Gate City National Hank, treas
urer of the Atlanta and \Vest Point
Railroad, deputy sheriff of E'ulton
county and marshal of the city of At
lanta. He la a prominent Shrlner and
Mason and was for ten years treasurer
of the local temple of the Shrine.