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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.