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CITY GAS LIGHT PLANT
WOULD BE ECONOMY
Facts anJ Fiat,res Ga ^RE YOU A CHEERFUL IDIOT?
To Show What It
Would Save.
REPORT OF EXPERT
BEFORE COMMITTEE
What Other Cities Are Do
ing—What Atlanta
. Can Do.
Doubt an to the practicability and
benefit to the people dr a municipally
owned gat plant should be removed
from the minds of the most skeptical
by the facts and figures secured by Al
derman James L. Key, chairman of the
special committee on municipal owner,
ship of council, and submitted by him
at the meeting of the committee on Fri
day.
As a rule, figures, especially columns
of them, arc unattractive to most peo
ple. Hut to those people who take an
Interest In the welfare of their city and
who are always looking for something
that will put a dollar In their pockets
and Into the treasury of their city at
the same time, the figures are Inter
esting,
They show conclusively that munici
pal ownership Is profitable. They
show, too, that when a city owns Its
own gas plant, it can use all the gas
for the streets and in public buildings
necessary, give gas to the people at a
rate cheaper than that charged by the
grasping corporations running gas
plants for {heir own profit and at the
lame time put money In the shape of
profits Into the city-treasury.
Sort of a good proposition, eh
But that Is Just what n report made
to Alderman Key by tho Hall-lllges
Company shows.
What Report Shows.
Out of a list of twenty gas plants,
two were owned and operated jiy the
city, and these two made the best
showing of the bunch. One sold gas
to the people at 11 a thousand, knocked
off 25 per cent when paid within a cer
tain time, used over 16,000 worth for
public purposes, and even then made a
profit of over $28,000, which meant a
profit of 15,3 per cent on the Invest
ment. This same municipally owned
plant produced gas cheaper than any
PMvately owned plant, except one. Ami
this one exception Is only another ar
gument why the city should own that
Plant. It cost this private monopoly
46 cents a thousand to produce the gas,
and yet It collected $1.20 n thousand
from the people, with a 20 per cent
reduction for prompt payment.
Nice, gouging profit to make at the
expense of the taxpayers, wasn't It?
This second municipally owned plant
sold gas to Its stockholders—the people
of the city—for <$1 a thousand, used
over $12,000 worth for public purposes,
made a clear profit of over $76.o«0 In
cold cash. Ix-slde, and earned 12.4 per
cent on the investment. It cost this
city 65 cents to produce the gas It sold
to Its stockholders.
Now. If you can pay taxes by paying
gas bills. Isn't It better than having
to pay bigger gas bills i}nd taxes, too?
Rather,
With very few exceptions every ono
of the plants mentioned In the report,
and which were owned by private cor
porations, arc down as paying abnor
mal Interest on the Investments, and
the figures In this report made no ac
counting fin- water which Is Injected
Into the stock of most privately owned
gas plants.
Why Not Atlanta?
Sow, If other cities can own their
gas plants, use all they want for streets
and public buildings, sell cheap gas and
then make big money, what's keeping
Atlanta fro* doing the same tiling?
It’s up to you—you who foot the
bills. The monopoly in Atlanta that
sells you electric light and gas Isn't
running a charitable Institution.
Big money making monopolies are
not going to turn loose o good thing.
They are not going to >11111 gouging you
until you make them, and It's up to
you to inako a noise—a real loud noise
that will be heard In every nook and
corner of the city hall: one that will
make your servants In council sit up
and take police.
Alderman Key has other pertinent
points about municipal ownership. He
lias received letters from other dlles
as to what It eosts to produce gas..of
course gas cannot be produced for the
same price In different cities, hut when
such a multitude of cities libve found
tjint they can produce it cheaper that,
monopolies und when they sell It for n
tritic above post and save millions to
the people. It Is a ten 10 one shot At
lanta can do the same thing.
Appropriation Voted.
The special gnunlclpal ownership
committee has unanimously recom
DID YOU READ THE BOOKLET
“SOMEBODY” MAILED TO YOU?
‘Somebody” is Sending Out Anti-Municipal
Ownership Literature To All Signers of
The Georgian’s league List.
Ate you one of those Cheerful Ichots
with whom the pres* agent of the gns
and electric light monopoly Is In cor
respondence?
Yes, the monopoly’s press agent Is at
work, and, judging frojn the literature
sent out, all Atlanta people who are
espousing the cuuse of municipal own
ership are cheerful idiots.
Now the question is: If there is noth
ing In municipal ownership for the
people, why should the monopoly spend
money and take time to knock the
plan?
And It Is an important question. It
Is a verdict, a pica of guilty by the
monopoly that has Its grasping ten
tacles around the throats of Atlanta
people.
Ever since the names of Atlanta peo
ple joining the Municipal Ownership
league were published In The Oorgliin.
these believers In the municipality—the
people—owning such trifles as gns and
electric light plants, have been deluged
with antagonistic literature on the sub
Ject.
Most of the time of the monopoly*!
press agent has been spent in sending
out a pamphlet, alleged to have been
written by John Kendrick Hangs, en
titled "As to Municipal Ownershii “
This pamphlet Is declared to be a sup
pressed chapter of "Coffee and Re
partee,” and the Cheerful Idiot, tho
municipal ownership enthusiast, Is
made, to say considerable on the sub
ject.
Just a Knock.
Of course It is a knock. But If the
monopoly officials and the press agent
could read some of the • multitude of
letters sent to The Gorglan by Atlanta
l>eople who have received them, they
would be grieved to think Jhc money
had been wasted.
For It does cost money to operate
a campaign of knocking such as is now
being operated. And one again. If there
Is nothing in municipal ownership for
the city—for the people—why should
the people who now control franchises
that rightfully belong to the people
spend money on a knocking campaign?
Listen to this letter and Judge how
well this Cheerful Idiot campaign Is
working:
An Atlanta Postmark*
‘To -The Georgian: **
‘T inclose herewith a (6h-page book
let called ’As to Municipal Ownership.’
This little medium of underhand abuse
and 'education* reached me this morn
ing through the regular mall, bearing
the Atlanta post mark. I presume It
as sent to me, as well as to others
ho have rent In applications to you
for membership In the proposed Munic
ipal Ownership League, li Is not diffi
cult to Imagine who had this booklet
sent out, and It Is hard to see how the
sender expects to convince me against
municipal ownership through such
cheap methods of argument In which
I am made to nppear as an 'Idiot.* I
would thank y6u to answer this ten-
page t-irkly attempt at browbeating In
such detail us you may deem fitting
Us bushwhacking nature. If the formu-
lators and sender wish to 'educate* me,
let them print what they have to say
In a plain, intelligent manner, sign
their names to It and place same In
my hands like horient men who have
nothing to fear, and their arguments
will receive careful consideration."
The Idiot didn’t make much of an
impression: that Is, u favorable Impres
sion, did he?
J>ld you who have received this class
of literature think It was an accident?
Don’t you know that publicity bureaus
moke blc money from various kinds of
trusts and monopolies that are wAXing
rich beyond the dreams of avarice by
squeezing the people?
No? Well they do. A few years ago,
before the people of this country be
gan to sit up and take notice and
think about these tplngs, these pocket,
squeezing monopolies ignored the peo
ple.
But now they see what’s coming.
They see that their huge protits on In
flated and watered stock, profits that
come out-of your pockets, arc In dan
ger of being diverted where they right
fully belong.,
Octopus Is Scared. \
Hence this campaign of "educa
tion."
Now, on the level, gentle reader, Isn’t
this scheme easy to pee through? Isn’t
It money In your pocket, money in the
poekdt of every Atlanta citizen, rich or
poor. If It’s money out of the pockets of
the monopoly magnates? ,
And If It Isn’t money out of their
pockets why. then, this frantic haste to
’•educate" Atlanta people by comparing
them to cheerful Idiots? i
But maybe the monopoly magnates
are right aftor nlL It might be true
that the people of Atlanta have been
idiots for many years by allowing their
valuable franchises to get in tho hands
of scheming and money-makjng corpo
ration gangs. And U might be true
that they have been cheerful about It,
too.
But Isn't It time to quit being n
Cheerful Idiot-and get what’s coming
to you.
Ish’t it time to join the Municipal
Ownership League and help boost the
game?
Think It over and sign the applica
tion.
He Was Well Known and
Popular in At
lanta.
The body of Edward F. Riddick, who
cqmmlted suicide in Birmingham Fri
day, will be brought to Atlanta, where
further funeral arrangements will he
made, lie went to Birmingham five
months ago for the purpose of opening
a tailoring business under the name of
Riddick & Cerf.
* He was associated with the tailor
ing establishment of Edward Cerf &
Company, In Whitehall street, for six
or seven years and had close friends
In this city. He was well and popular
ly known among the young men of
Atlanta.
Dispatches from Birmingham say
that nothing further than that he took
his own life by shooting himself was
developed at the coroner’s Inquest. The
theory of financial troubles as being
the cause of his action Is not believed
among his acquaintances in Atlanta.
Those who were close to him say that
he was not tlnaifcluily embarrassed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cerf, parents of the
young man, are on their way to At
lanta from North Carolina, where they
have been visiting. They were not
notified of the death of young Riddick
until <i dispatch was forwarded to them
by Edward Cerf, the former business
purtner of Riddick.
CITY WILL RECEIVE $83,109
FROM PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
Street Railway Js At
lanta’s Biggest
Taxpayer.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PAYS BIG TAXES
Animal Report Shows Tax
able Value of Railroad
Property.
The c ity of Atlanta will receive $83,-'
109.43 from the public service corpo
rations doing business here during 1906.
Tho taxes for the year have been
tnnde out by the comptroller general
and turned over to the city comptroller
for collection. The report contains the
physical values of these corporations,
the exact value of the property In the
turned in. the franchise values, the
whole taxable property, which com
bines the two, and the aggregate, which
CORPORATIONS—
Control of Georgia .*
Seaboard Air Line Belt Line
Seaboard Air Line. G.. C. iiihV N
Sombern Knllroud, <1. P. JUyImIoii
Southern, and B. Division
Southern, A. and t\ Division
Atlnutit and West Point Belt Line
Atlanta and West Point to West Point....
Atlantic Terminal Company
Charleston and West Carolina
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis
Georgia hallway and Electric Company
Atlanta Gns Light Company
North Georgia Electrie Company
Southern Express Company
Aiuerb-an Telegraph and Telephone Co
Atlanta Postal T s *’
Western Union
Southern Bell Tel.
Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Physical
Vnluoa.
$ 239,887
170.63»J
18,491
89.721
346.189
67,73$
7,412*
. 59,880
1.450.611
625,000
4.000
65,619
4.971
1.836
2,880
Franchise
Values.
$ 31.933
8.987
2,855
13,599
51.290
7.876
3.975
Whole
Taxable.
» 271.820
179,623
21.346
103.320
397,479
. 75,614
11.38?
86.267
1.000,000
1,68?
85,000
31.014
29,000
1,660
2,646,864
900,000
4,272
208,799
M4S
Aggre
gate.
$3,397.75
2,246.29
266.83
1.291.50
4,968.49
943.18
142.34
1,078.31
1,250.00
1.25
362.50
20.75
33,085.80
U,250.00
53.40
2,600.99
69.30
28.44
57.00
6.385.06
2,359.1$
Totals $3,768,431 $2,880,317 $6,648,751 $83,109.43
Is the taxes to be paid on this prop
erty to the city.
The corporation from which the city
gets the greatest amount of taxes Is
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany, which pays $33,85.80. Tho com
pany’s physical values are placed at
$1,450,611; the franchise values ore
$1,196,263; the whole taxable being
$2,646,864.
The Kouthem, of course, pays more
than any other railroad. The Sou them
bus to pay on three divisions—the
Grand Pacific, the Churlestoil and
Brunswick and the Atlanta and Char
lotte—$1,291.50 on the first, $4,968.49
on the second and $945.18 on the third.
The Central pays Into the city treasury
for the year $3,397.75.
The charleston and West Carolina
has a physical value of only $100 and
has no franchise value. This company
pays the city just $1.25. Tile Loulsvilld
and Nashville and the Nashville, Chat
tanooga und St. Louis also have no
franchise values.
The only company returned that has
not physical value is the Atlanta
Terminal Company, whose railroad,
stock is- not yet here. The franchise
value of the Atlanta Terminal Company
Is the highest of all, being $1,000,000.
The total physical value of all the
public service corporations in $3,768,-
434. The total franchise value is $2,880.-
317. The whole taxable is $6,648,751.
The aggregate representing the amount
of taxes paid to the city Is $83,109.43.
LOVE LA UGHS A T SPEED LA WS, POLICEMEN,
IRATE PARENTS AND CONVENTIONALITIES
BLOW OF AXE CAME
I
Continued From Pag. One.
SPENCER A T THR 0 TTLE
TOOK'ROAD OFFICIALS
ACROSS DRA WBRIDGE
Special lo The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. 1.—Profes
sor Roy Baylor, of this city, was n
school mate of the late Samuel Spen
cer, at the University of Virginia. He
entered the school during the year tlutl
President Spencer graduated from the
course of civil engineering. He says
that President Spencer was unusually
bright In mathematics.
President Spencer was to have deliv
ered ’nn address before the graduating
class of Baylor’s University School, of
this city, next June. Professor James
B. Buy lor, professor In the University
of Virginia and a brother of Profes
sor Roy Baylor, was a member of the
graduating class of President Spencer.
The death of President Spencer
have no effect on the plans of the
Southern railway to erect a half-mil
lion-dollar passenger station and to
complete the Stevenson extension. In
cluding the tunnel through Lookout
Mountain and other important work
In this Immediate section.
Major IV. D. Jenkins, civil engineer
In charge of the plans for the passen
ger stutlon. tells a story of one of the
peculiar characteristics of the dc^id
president. In which he says that when
the long drawbridge across the Susque
hanna river on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad was completed, .President
Spencer took hold of tho throttle of
the big locomotive which drew a spe
cial train of officials und guided the
monster across the bridge with the
courage of a veteran engineer.
JOHNSON MUST HANG;
NEGRO ASSAILANT IS
GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
Will Johnson, aged about 26 years,
the negro charged with criminally as-
\ saulling Mrs. Richard Hembree, near
j her home, at Battle Hill. August 15, was
mended that an appropriation $500j found guilty by the Jury which tried
be made for the purpose of tndRng a [him In the criminal branch of the supc-
tborough Investigation as to the cost of
producing gas * In Atlanta and how
much a municipality owned p’aiit
would cost.
Council may and may not adopt the
report of the committee ami make the
appropriation. It Is tip to the people to
get busy and see that council does the
right thing. The other side Is busy
now—mighty busy.
The case of the city of Humllton,
Ohio. Is an Illustration of how much
gas monopolies make out of tho people
who gave them their tight fo do bus
iness.
The population of Hamilton is ab »ut
24,000 and the people were compelled
to pay $2 a thousand to the monopoly.
The people made a noise for lower
rates, but the monopoly officials de
clared they could not sell any cheaper
and make money and they also refused
to sell their plant at a reasonable
figure.
Beat the Monopoly.
The result wtm that the suffering
people built at plant of their own and
went Into competition with the monop
Judge Roan for their efforts to have the
negro’s neck. The attorneys stated
they did not know a* yet whether or
not they will appeal the case.
Hoars Hit Doom.
At 9 o’clock Saturday morning John
son was taken into the criminal court.
The Jury had •been out from about 5
o’clock Friday afternoon until 12
o'clock* Friday night. They state.1 they
had reached a verdict und It was read,
"Guilty.” At 10 o’clock Judge Roan
again called Johnson Into court to
tfor court Friday afternoon and
given the death sentence by Judge
Roan Saturday morning.
Judge Roan set January 4, 1907. be
tween 7 o’clock In the morning and 2
o’clock In the afternoon, an the day for
lh *i^n C m!» M iidD\^ofThe l ’tdiaiire" said place" sentence upon him. Johnson
i J am Ja Kv If ■ atated be was tin Innocent man. He
Johnson. u hen nsked b> Jiulge H wit If j wa * very calm and did not appear at
he wished to say’ t _« am n ' lull shaken by the verdict,
nocent as an angel In hen'en. Judge Roan then sentenced Johnson
The verdict in the case was not [, . * January 4 1907
reached until n *2S5*fta!&r 1 As Johnsor was being taken from
and was not mode known until 8ttur- | j| )0 j A || j 0 the court house Saturday
day morning. Johnson, however, had a mornlnf ho l0 |cl Balllfr.Brydnt that he
dream b ridgy night. In w hich he saw | haU hA(] a lerr \^\ e dream Friday night,
the court sentencing him to be hung. He dronmet i the jury in his case had
Attorneys \\ alter McLlreuth. M. ' . i brought in a verdict of guilty. John-
Tolbert and Alex W. Stevens, who de- „ on however, he did iu»t think the
tended Johnson at the request of the j ( ] ream would come true, as "dream
court, were highly complimented uy hooks" said that dreams always turn
. —— out opposite from what they are.
Johnson was arrested after Invest!-
came In a weak and plaintive voice
from the prostrate woman.
This was all she said. Her eyes were
dim and she did not recognize even
her two children, who stood by her
side weeping hysterically.
“Oh, papu has threatened to do this
thousand times!” cried out one of
the little fellows as some one Inquired
as to the cause.
Goes to Hospital,
The wounded wife was quickly taken
to the hospital, where the physicians
at once began efforts to save her life.
The body of the dead husband was re
moved to the undertaking parlors of
Hurry G. PooJe & Co., where an In
quest will be held some time Satur
day.
The scene of the tragedy is a double
house, the other side being occupied by
the family of J. V f Puckett. Mrs. Puck
ett was at home ut the time of the kill
ing, but knew nothing of it until the
discovery by the little boys.
She stated Saturday morning to „
Georgian reporter that she hearth no
commotion of any kind on the Cooper
side of the house and did not even hear
tho report of Cooper’* pistol. She said
she knew nothing of the differences be
tween Cooper and his wife, ns she had
a fulling out with them some time ago.
, Mrs. Dennui'd, who was an Intimate
friend of the family,- says Mrs. Cooper
had told her that Cooper hud tnnde
threats to take her life and then kill
himself. She says tho little boys had
also told the sunie thing.
Uncls Took Childrtn.
Shortly after the discovery of the
tragedy, Zeko Pursley, an uncle, took
churge of the two boys and carried
them to his home.
In speaking, the affair Saturday
mortyng, Mrs. Dennard said:
"Mrs. Cooper was at my house yes
terday afternoon und remained here
until 4:3ft o’clock. Her husband went
down town during the afternoon and at
4:30 returned. I was iij. my back yard
und he came out In his back yard and
asked me If his wife WASgUt my house.
I told him she was, and ho said lie
wanted her to come home. She left
immediately. Mrs. Cooper and her hus
band hud a disagreement In the morn
ing. Mrs. Cooper told me shq^md re
ceived a message that her motfler, Mrs.
Pursley, who resides out on the river
car line, was 111 and wanted her to come
and see her. Mr. Cooper, she said, ob
jected to her g^lng and advised her to
wait until today. Mrs. Cooper (lnully
agreed to tills.”
Cooper la said to have been n drink
ing man. but whether he ivas Intoxi
cated Friday afternoon Is not known.
Mrs. Dennard says she could not tell
whether he was drinking at the time
he asked for Ids wife.
Mrs. Cooper Is 62 years of age and
her husband was hut little older. He
had been twice married. He lias two
children by his first marriage. Mrs.'
Pearl Luther, who resides near the
waterworks, and John Cooper, whose
home is In Atlanta.
Cooper Is said to have worked but
little during the past several months,
stating he was not able to work. His
wife and two boys have been working
and supporting the faintly.
COUPLE ARRESTED
AT THE STATION
St. Louts. Dec. 1.—Orville K. Sher
man, a grand-nephew of General Wil
liam T. Sherman, and Miss Esther Ber-
son were arrested when they stepped
from a Burlington train at the union
station. They had eloped to St. Louis
t(J*get married. .
Too young to gain their parents' con
sent, they sought to give the old folks
the slip, with the result that the elders
caught on quicker than was expected
and wired to Chief of Police Creecy to
catch the runaways as they came to
town.
Orville Is 17 and Ills fiancee one year
younger. He lives at Peoria, 111., and
she at Moueon, III.
WEDDED ABOARD
BIG OCEAN LINER
New York, Dec. 1.—Partly because
they wanted to do something out of the
ordinary und partly because they vv<
running away from an Irate father,
couplo were married aboard the Cu-
narder Slavonia, when that vessel was
tossing about In the wind storm on the
18th of the month In the Atlantic ocean.
Sigmond Adalbert Engelhach, the
bridegroom, It was said, Is from Cin
cinnati. Tho bride Is Miss Marla Joscfa
Kormann, of Vienna, where her father
Is a wealthy wine merchant.
NEWSBOY KEPT GOLDPIECE
UNTIL OWNER TURNED UP
There is at least one honest newsboy
In Atlanta.
And because of finding this honest
lad, H. a. White, of the White Wall
paper Company, Is Just $4 richer than
he thought he was.
The honest boy is Oscar Davis, of
52 South McDaniel street.
On Monday last Mr. White pur
chased u copy of The Georgian from
the boy and gave him what he thought
were two copper cents. The next da>
he looked for a flve-dollar gold piece
he diad placed .In his pocket the day
bevre and found it missing.
A little thinking convinced him that
he had given it to a newsboy Instead
of a cent. And when he came to this
conclusion he promptly bade farewell
to his gold.
On Friday Mr. While mentioned his
loss while In the Lowry National bank,
and there he learned that a newsboy
did get It and had been trying to find
the owner.
The kid didn’t know who gave it to
him and Mr. White didn't know the
boy who sold him the paper. -i
But he took a chance, anyway, and
braced a newsle on the same corner
where he had purchased Tho Georgian
when he parted with his gold.
“Didn’t I give you a flve-dollar gold
piece on Monday Instead of a cent?” he
asked the kid.
Now, an Atlanta newsboy Is wise,
and he isn’t giving back money to the
first man who asks for It.
"Where’d you buy de paper?” he
flashed back.
"Right there by that telegraph pole.”
Another minute was spent sizing up
Mr. White, and then—
”1 guess you’re the right guy. Here's
your coin. Been trying to find you ter
nearly a week.”
But before he walked away to get
rid of tho balanpe of his copies of The
Georgian, he porketed a dollar which
Mr. White paid him for Friday’s sport
ing extra.
"Dat guy ain’t so bud, after all,” re
marked the kid to a pal.
"There’s nn honest kid,” thought Mr.
White as he looked for the latest
sports.
WEDDED IN AUTO
CHASED BY COP
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 1.—Pursued by
policemen and speeding through Euclid
avenue ot tho rate of forty milts -an
hour. Miss Itene Dennart and Attorney
Lawrence Damshroder, society people,
were wedded In his automobile last
night.
The wedding was the most remarka*
ble affair from start to flnlah, ac
cording to the blushing bride herself.
Hhc admits that she does not know
where she wns married, but believes
that It must have been somewhere be
tween East North street and East 105th
street, on Euclid avenue. \
The ceremony wns performed by Jus
tice of the Peace A. H. Parker. It
consumed perhaps five minutes, but
was spread over a considerable portion
of Cleveland's aristocratic highway.
BISHOP CANDLER
MANGUM STREET HOUSE
■ STILL IN THE LIMELIGHT
Dr. A. C. Ward, pastor of the Temple
Baptist church, replies Saturday to the
remarks of W. E. Wlmpey, published
In Tl\e Georgian Friday.
Since .Mr. Wlmpey rented the house
on Mangum street to negro tenants the
neighborhood 1ms been in a turmoil.
Policemen have guarded the place at,
night, neighbors have talked loudly
over division fences by day. It has been
a veritable tempest In a teapot.
Dr. Ward’s reply to AH\ Wlmpey Is
brief and he says he hopes It will close
the discussion. It fellows:
”W. K. Wlmpey has said some very
ugly things about me in your columns.
to Incite a race riot ond cause trouble
between the races by putting innocent
negroes where they will not be toler
ated. But for Dr. Ward’s determined
stand against lawlessness and violence,
trouble would even yet follow. Dr. Ward,
again* t the advice of the neighborhood,
stood between the crowd and trouble.
Every itollccman on the beat will tesffy
that he did all in his power to co-op
erate with them In keeping the peace.
It Is due to the persistent stand of Dr.
Ward and the prompt action on the
part of Mayor Woodward and Chief
Jennings that no harm was done.
Changed Hit Mind.
Now we ore all anxious to know why
By CONFERENCE
Body Arose and Cheered As
Noted Missionary En
tered Building. *
Hpecial to the Georgian.
Valdosta, Gn.. Dee. 1.—Bishop W. A.
Candler, who lias Just returned from the
Orient, reached tho city last night, and
was present at the penlng of the goutb
Georgia conference session thin morning.
He was given an expression of tbs appre
ciation In which he Is held by the confer
ence, tlie members rising to their feet toil
clapping their hands. Bishop Ctadler re
ferred briefly to his travels through Cbln* a
Japan and Korea.
He stated that at first sight one would
be well nigh appalled at conditions in
the Hast, but utter four months spent
there he returned with buoyant faith In tba
Christian work being done there. Many
poTTSS
committee on nooks and periodicals.
Young Preachsrs Admitted.
The following young preachers were
altted to the full connection with
plant und nil ex|>ense*. Gas is sold f°rjgatlvn of *ome weeks by County Po-
$1 a thousand and ft costs the city to llccmen HuntyiVand V. D. A. Davis,
muke it 7ft cents, which Includes dr- j Trial is Begun,
predation and art allowance foi tuxes, j The Jury' wns secured shortly after
Thirty cents on the dollar is u nice J 2 o’clock and the witnesses were put
! sum for a city to make. That much ' under the rule. Everyone wan excluded
oly. In 1899 the city was selling gas at | paid In gas bills means that much from the court room except the law-
80 cents a thousand feet and the mo- 1 les* paid In tuve... ycr*. officer* of the court ond the news-
nopoly cut the price t.> about the same I If* only a bustres* proposition after I paper men.
figure and kept In business ut the,! all. It’s up to you to say whether you- Mrs. Hembree took the stand for the
old stand. Quite a reduction tha$: j shell own the gis and electrh light (state. Hhe identified Johnson as her
Richmond. Va.. built a plum In 1852 plants and sell 7o yourself und make I assailant. Hhc salu on me morning of
nml rebuilt It after the war in 1867. In \ the profit yourself m let a monopoly do August It. between 6 and 7 o’clock, sh**
t t , f ., *• pi i for tv D r-f rff** von. met In the i<mi| between her
residence and Rattle Hill. The negro
passed her on the left side and then
turned tyul demanded her purse. She
gave It to him. He took the money
from It and threw It to tho ground.
When Mrs. Hembree tried to get away
Im seised her and choked her. Mrs.
Hembree said she told of the assault ns
soon as possible. Dr. Joe Harper testi
fied that when he examined Mrs. Hem
bree he found that she had been badly
bruised about the neck. With this evi
dence the state rested Its case for the
moment, and 4he defense introduced
testimony.
Negro Testifies.
Johnson look the stand In his own
behalf. He said he had been working
__ Wlmpey has so completely changed his
It is unnecessary for me, after these j mind about this neighborhood. He 1m
long years of public service In At-j simply laboring under a false Impres-
bintn. to offer any defense against his t *lon. We object to the statements he
charges. I will not engage In ubuse or j has made and declare them to be
mud-slfnging, nor will 1 notice what he without foiyutatlon. If Dr. Ward and
says other than to say thut he did try the Temple church do not wish to sell
to buy my property ami the property of! their property to him, we Imdst that he
Mrs. Htokes, both of which properties' has no right to abuse »a and the
bound 120 Mangum. We did n«»t w ish: neighborhood in w hich we live.
lo sell at his figures. The public can > Jessie Wiggins. 1. M. Jett. ft. F. J. H ;, v j ){. McGehec,
draw' Its own Inference nn to why ne- ' Hood, J. I). Meadows. 108 Mnngum; J. c *L»v*tr and Jadge K B. Adams, the
groes were put next door to us. 1 V. Johnston. M. F. Game, J. E. H. latter ln-lug one of the strongest addresses
”A. C. WARD.” ‘ Hlrsch, M. J. Kane, Mr. und Mrs. J. I made. Judge Adniu* was opnoaed to tbs
Citizen Write* Card I Wood, Mr. and Mrs. \\\ o. Withers, j rrsnlutlnn mid.Mid th«t II, .doptkw would
Gilizsn wriwi ware. .«, plow the conference In a ridiculous light
The following reply to W. E. Wlm- ; a Vlmil J12r $ • I nu<L reflect onmany of the bvst.men
I.
K. Chntulter*. Walter Anthony,
dsn and Theodore Pharr.
The admittance of this class Is a dis
tinct feature of the conference every year.
Bishop Ward's remarks In luterrueUlou
of the class were of the most earnest and
eloquent nature.
Rev. B. H. Kontell. treasurer of ths
church extension hoard, reported ths
iiiiiounts as contributed by the several dis
tricts: Mnvaunnh district, gWO; North Ms-
con. $575: South Macon, $5-5.50; Amerlcus,
$495; t’olumhns, $494.50; Thomssvllle. $4.80;
Wnyrro,*, $411.50; M.-Hnr, $967; Dublin, 1504;
Vaidogtn. $613.
The collections this year are s little an
tler last year, though the sssesnients for
this cause are larger thau In previous
years.
Tobacco Resolution.'
The memorial presented to tho conference
regarding the use of tobacco l»y the minis
ters was warmly debated. As first pre-,
seuted It required that applicants for ad-
. T. 1. Neese. Iter;
Tho following replyto « K. v Im-1,/ A . a. Mill-,. Mr,. C. "'Th^Vo,- w.. 7* forltoBO.
poy, wrliton and signed by tho dllienn; Brldwell. Mr*. J. A. Hridwell. Mr,. W. | «7dTo.’ ngihi.t lr.
op August 14 and wrenched his back Kjgn, w
by a fall. He had consequently been j wing to say:
sick at home all day August 13. He! He mlareprei ...
declared his Innocence. i this Is a negro neighborhood. It la not.
’ After minor evidence, the argument i nor is it thickly populated with col
or counsel began. Solicitor General Hill 1 ored people. There Is not a negro fani-
prosecuted, while Attorney* Walter j ily living on Mangum street for three
McElreath, M. C\ Tolbert and Alex W. blocks south and nearly two blocks
Stevens, who were appointed by the* north from Ills house. Only two small j
of the Mangum street neighborhood. T. George, W. R. Story, W. B. Roper. |
lacks the dignity and calm reserve of Offers to Rent.
Dr. Ward’s communication, hut what Dr. Ward received Baturday a let- J
it lacks in dignity* Is made up In ! ter fit»m a well known man who of-
warmth. Here It is: j fered to rent the property at a fair
Replying to Mr. Wimpey’z outrageous I price and keep It In good condition,
statements, made in yesterday's Geor- ; •———
, the undersigned, have the fot. | ^
He ml*repre*ent* fact* when he «y» w , th , )eaBU(u , CMe , combining watch.
pocket book, pencil and tablet, mirror
and puff box. at John L. Moore Sc «4>n«.
42 North Broad street, Prudential
building.
court, defended the prisoner. The state’s
rase rested on the evidence of Mrs.
Hembree ond Dr. Harper, and the fact
that Mr. Mostly, 63 Henley street, saw
u negro something like Johnson not far
from Mrs. Hembree’s the day of the
assault. Mosely could not Identify
Johnson as the man. The defense wa*
an alibi for Johnson, they claiming* it
impossible for Johnson to travel from
his home, two mile* to where Mrs
Hembree was assaulted, and do the
deed ut the time claimed.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
negro houses are on the lower side of
the alley running to Davis street. All
the others are white |>eop!e. No negro; ^_____
has ever lived on the block o( -
Mangum street In which Air. Wlm- J wool).—Tbe friends of Airs. Mu*ra J«m-
pey put C’assle Htephens at 12ft Alan- j Mr*. 31. 7.. Burn*. Air. and
gum street. j Mr*. I». J. Oweu nml family. Air. sod
Wo states he cannot get a whlu Alrw.J. W. Wood, and Mr. nwl Mrs. J.
tenant. This is not true, for lie was of- ; iaUVi^Jeaiiaiti.V'^tv/Jx/at
fered $39 l**r month yesterday by one t,i™^*«*»? her' grand'daughter!
of Atlanta's best citizens. All his talk \|n. 4. 4’bMdm *9 ('apltot avenue, at
of "burning shame about w hite minis- j 3 p. m. fOnntey. Interturnt will be at
ters,” etc., is all rot. He Is simply trying* Brunswick. Ga.
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SAFE IS DYNAMITED:
POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Bite-Ini lo The Georglnn.
Jacknon, Ml**.. Dec. L—TMre wa»
another poxtofilce robbery In *outh
Mle*l**lppl laet night, the third this
week, when the poetoffice at Gnlmtn
wan robbed. The *a(e vu dynamited
and never*! hundred dollar* In money
and .tamp* taken.
omceni are trying to get to the rob*
ber*. but have not lucceeded a* yet.
Bankruptcy Petition.
A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
wo* tiled In rierk Carter 1 * office S.n-
urday morning by R. M. Oriffltb, Wool-
ney. C,a„ a mechanic. Hit llablllt!-,
acre nebeduled at $1,064, while aeeeM
were $>$8.
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