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The Georgian Carries
The BUSINESS '
. And All Oflt Clean
The Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Carries
The BUSINESS
• And All Of It Clean
VOL. 1. NO. 211.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1906.
ppm?. Atlanta TWO CENT*
ITXUAjEj: on Trains F1VH CENT*
SOUTHERN PLANTERS TO ASK POSTOFFICE
DEPARTMENT FOR A FRAUD ORDER
AGAINST NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE
CEO. PERKINS
Congressman Living
ston Receives Letters
of Complaint.
SAY THAT “ROTTEN”
BALES ARE GIVEN
Want Matter Rectified at
Once by Government .
Regulation in
Some Way.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Representa
tives of the cotton growing Interests
of the South are preparing data on
which to base a request that the post-
office department Issue a fraud order
against the Now York cotton exchange.
They are certain that the Information
they will file will make the issuance
of such an order imperative. The mat
ter was tentatively, presented to the
department late yesterday afternoon.
The grounds on which the postal au
thorities will be asked to deny the big
New York concern the use of the mails
Is that it conducts a business which Is
not legitimate.
Southerners Making Fight.
The Southerners are not making a
fight on the business of dealing in fu
tures, per se, as they assert that the
New Orleans cotton exchange handles
Its affairs In a way which Is entirely
legitimate, and which Is altogethor
different from the methods of the New
York exchange. If the postolHce de
partment pursues the course that is
usual In such matters, the promoters of
the movement say that an order for
bidding the metropolitan concern from
using the malls for the transmission
of contracts certainly will be forth
coming.
The principal complaint against the
New York exchange is that the cotton
delivered on contracts noljl on Its floor
is not of the middling grude, or Its
equivalent, but a “rotten” commodity
which cannot be spun, which is only
fit for making horse collars, mat
tresses, etc., and on which the buyer.
If he does not dispose of his contract
before notice day, must In some coses
lose more than $10 per bale, regardless
of price fluctuations. In New Orleans,
It Is asserted, cotton delivered on con
tracts purchased In the usunl course
of future trading Is always the grade
called for In the contracts.
Discrepancy in Prices.
Persons who are Interested in the
matter point to the wide discrepancy
between the price of cotton in New
Orleans and New York In support of
their contention that the New York
exchange does not do business on a
straightforward, above-board basis.
This difference now Is not far from a
cent a pound, while the difference be
tween January And March on the New
York exchange Is from 80 to 31 points,
or nearly a third of a cent a pound.
Today Is notice day, and recent dis
patches from New York are to the ef
fect that many Arms are willing to re
ceive cotton on contracts, If tender
ed, Inasmuch as the difference Is con
siderably In excess of carrying charges,
and that a profit would, therefore, re
sult from such action. Southerners
who are In touch with the movement
against the New York exchange as
sert that nothing of the sort is pos
sible, since any cotton delivered would
be of the “rotten” variety already al
luded to, and that anybody receiving
It would certainly lose, despite the dif
ference In prices ' on January and
March contracts. There are only a
very few bales of middling cotton in
New York, and It Is the same In other
Quarters.
Livingston Qsts Lettera.
Representative Livingston, of Geor
gia, who keeps closely In touch with all
matters affecting cotton, when seen,
disclaimed positive knowledge of the
movement to bring about the Issuance
a fraud order.
Re told, however, of having received
* letter from a well posted Southerner
who asserted that cotton growers In the
Southern states lost $31,000,000 the past
year us a result of the practices of the
New York exchange. Mr. Livingston
turned this letter over to the secretary
agriculture, who replied through the
chkf of- one of his bureaus, that the
department could do nothing In the
premises.
The Georgia congressman says that
efforts to secure the enactment of reg
ulatory legislation has failed and that,
•n his opinion, the only way to get at
[he root of the trouble Is through the
Issuance of a fraud order.
Farmers Are Interested.
Th** understanding in Washington Is
that the Co-operative Farmers' Union
I* taking a lively interest in the mat
ter, and some who are In touch with
the situation here think that that or
gan ination will submit the request for
S fraud order to Postmaster General
Lortc-lyou.
President Barrett, of tha Union, has
5*ad«iuartere in Barncsvilfe, Ga. It Is
thought to be probable that the South
trn t'otton Growers’ Association, of
*hl.-h Harvle Jordan, of Atlanta. Is
f r,s i'Unt, will also take an active*>art
[n tli<- matter. Mr. Jordan’s organlea-
!‘" n la the one which waged war on
Ul * bureau of statistics of the depart-
or agriculture and succeeded In
frtving chief Statistician John Hyde
tn ’' K. 8. Holmes out of the service.
*econd cotton conference
CALLED BY JAMES M’COLL.
I! .ton. Dm. j»._a call for a iecond
'w.f-r.-nc of the grower, of cotton In
1 untry and cotton manufacturer.
L-**n sent out by James R. McColl,
'Went of tbe National Cotton Manu-
“'•'iftnr Aaaoclatlon. The conference
i <■ for the general discussion of
" 'ton .Ituatlon for the purpoae of
r?"«!nK about cloaer union and rela-
PRESIDENT CHAS. BARRETT
ADMITS UNION WILL FIGHT
President Charles S. Barrett, of the Farmers' Union, was called up
over long distance telephone at headquarters In Barnesvlte and asked
concerning the report from Washington that the unloq was backing the
movement to secure a fraud order from the postoffice against the New
York Cotton.Exchange.
* " Ye 2' ' ve I4 have started such a movement,” admitted Mr. Barrett. “As
yet no definite action has been taken, but the union Is going.to combat
that" €nemy ot t,le * armer * -A™ 1 the New York Cotton Exchange is Just
Further than this.Mr. Barrett would not go, but he said that he would
probably have a statement to give out In a few days.
GREEK LETTER MEN
ELECT ALL OFFICERS;
ATLANTANS NAMED
George Kimball, of
Denver, Supreme
Archon.
Charged
nection
With
With
Con-
Life
Insurance Fraud.
WALL STREET MEN
ARE ALSO INDICTED
New Yox-k Life Deals Being
Probed by New York
Grand Jury.
FRED STONE, ATLANTA, |
EMINENT TREASURER.
Big Fraternity Dattce At
Kimball Friday Evening
Will be Event.
GEORGE D. KIMBALL,
Denver, Colo., Eminent 8upreme
Archon.
$000000000000000000000000^
Atlanta was given two representa
tives In the supreme council, of the
Slema Alpha Epsilon fraternity In the
election of officers In the convention
Friday morning at the Piedmont, when
0 _ O : Fred L. Stone, Tech '03, was elected
t\ nrcirroc ci c/vrcn n eminent supreme treasurer, and
O OFFICERS ELECTED
O FRIDAY MORNING. O
O O
O Eminent Supreme Archon— O
O George D. Kimball. Denver. Colo. O
O Past Eminent Supreme Archon O
O —John B. -Rudolph, Pleasant Hill, 0
0 Ala. .0
0 Eminent Supremo Deputy Arch- 0
0 on—Carl E. Shelton. Sterling. 111. 0
0 Eminent Supreme Recorder—C. O
O W. Stowell, Rhode Island. 0
0 Eminent Supreme Treasurer— 0
O Fred L. Stone. Atlanta. O
0 Editor of The Record—Charles O
0 P. Wood, Atlanta. O
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IKY BE FIRED
Sentiment Grows in
Favor of Disbanding
Black Regiment.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Congress will
be urged to rid.the army of all Its ne
gro soldiers, when it next takes up the
consideration of the Brownsville af
fair. This drastic action has been pro
posed and Is receiving serious consid
eration from army officers a?
members of congress. Four regiments
will be affected—the Ninth and Tenth
Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth Infantry.
The suggestion grows out of the fact
that ever since the Incidents which led
the president to discharge three whole
companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
a regular wave of crime, seems to have
swept over the negro troops.
Sentiment With Sleyden.
Whether or not It was a member of
the Twenty-fifth infantry who shot
Captain Macklin at El Reno, as Is sus
pected, there Is no denying the par-
llclpancy of members of the negro reg
iments in two disgraceful affairs on
Christmas day.
Representative Slayden. of Texas, has
Introduced a resolution in congress pro
vldlng for the discharge of ail negro
regiments, and he intends to press it
after the holidays. UndouMedly the
recent crimes of the negro soldiers will
increase the sentiment in favor of Its
passage.
Protsst Was Ignored.
Representative J. N. Garner, of Tex
as, who represents the Brownsville dis
trict, says when the order was issued
to send troops of the Twenty-fifth regi
ment to Fort Brown he protested to
the war department, but 11 did no good.
He believed before the troops were sent
that their presence would be a menace
The Southern Cotton Association,
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
Union National Glnners’ Association,
American Cotton Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, National Association of Monu-
faetuiers and International Federation
of Master Cotton Spinners and Manu
facturers' Association are Invited to
attend and participate In the confer-
betweta tja growers and the enca.
Charles P. Wood, also of Tech, was j
elected as editor of The Record. The;
elections were unanimous.
The most Important business taken
un by the morning business meeting
was the election of officers, and the
enthusiasm of the college men was a?
its highest. The hallways and corrl- 1
dors rang with the college and fra
ternity yells, and the Interest In the
fraternity was Intense. The conven
tion hall was crowded and a full at
tendance was recorded.
George D. •Kimball, University of
Denver, class '05, Zeta chapter, was
elected to succeed William C. Levere
as eminent supreme archon.
John I). Rudolph, Pleasant Hill, Ala.,
the only surviving member of the band
of eight who, with DeVotle, organized
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
over fifty years ago, was unanimously
elected past eminent supreme archon.
The position Is an honorary one.
Carl E. Shelton, Sterling, III., Uni
versity of Illinois, class '02, was elected
eminent supfeme deputy archon.
E. C. Stowell. Rhode Island, was re
elected eminent supreme recorder.
After the elections the convention ad
journed for luncheon.
Dance at Kimball Friday.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance In
the ball room of the Kimball Friday
night Is of all-absorbing Interest to
the visitors. This occasion has been
looked forward to with eagerness and
will be one of the most brilliant social
functions of the closing year. Invltu-
tlons have been extended to u great
many Atlanta people, and the largest
crowd of the season Is expected to be
present.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Little will lead
the german, which will follow the reg-
u!*»r dance, with which the evening will
open. The ball room has been appro
priately decorated with the college and
fraternity colors, and everything tend
ing to make this occasion a success has
been arranged by the local alumni.
The Invltntlons and programs bear tas
tily arranged mottos and emblems of
the Sigma Alphu Epsilon fraternity.
An invitation was extended to the
convention by Walter Brown, the well-
known member of the park board, to
visit Grant Park and the great paint
ing representing the “Battle of Atlan
ta.” Commissioner Brown Is an en
thusiastic 8. A. E. man and is taking
the greatest Interest In the convention.
After a session Friday afternoon and
possibly two business sessions Satur
day the convention will close with the
semi-centennial banquet In the con
vention hall of the Kimball. On this
occasion several men prominent In the
affairs of the state and the fraternity
are expected to address the gathering.
About 350 covers will be laid.
PRESIDENT A. J. CASSATT
OF PENNSY RAILROAD
DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA
Did His First Railway
Work in State of
Georgia.
HIS LIFE ENDED
BY HEART DISEASE
Recognized as One of the
Foremost Figures In the
Railroad World. -
Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—Presi
dent A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, died suddenly at
home, No. 202 Rittenhouse Square,
at 1 p. ni. today of heart disease.
He Worked in Georgia.
Alexander Johnston Cassatt was fn
the service of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company for nearly half a centu
ry and was famous as a railway man
throughout the world. He was born In
Pittsburg In. 1839. His father was n
wealthy man, but was not an advocate
of luxury. In 1859 young Cassatt was
graduated as a civil engineer.
He went first to Georgia to assist
in locating a railroad. In 1861 he was
back In Pittsburg, soliciting a place In
the service of the Pennsylvania rail
road. The best he could do at the
time was to secure a position as rod-
man. By 1867 his ability had becomo
so well recognized that he was en
gaged ns superintendent of motive
power and machinery for the entire
system. In 1870 he became general
superintendent of the system.
In 1889 Mr. Cassatt was made presi
dent of the Pennsylvania. Early In
1906 rumors were afloat that Mr. Cas
satt Intended to resign the presidency,
owing to disclosures that officers of the
company had been accepting graft from
coal concerns. Mr. Cassatt was called
home suddenly front Europe, there
were numerous changes among the
heads of the departments, but Mr. Cas
satt continued to hold the presidency.
Among railroad officials throughout
America Mr. Cassatt was acknowledged
to be one of the master minds of truns-
|M>rtatlon. He practically reconstruct-
PRE8IDENT CA88ATT.
Head of Pennsylvania Railroad,
died of heart diaeat# in Phila
delphia Friday aftarnoon.
ed the greatest railroad In the world
In order to anticipate the coming prob
lems of American commerce and Indus
try. He controlled, directly or Indi
rectly. more than 17,000 miles of road
and directed the work of more than
100,000 men. There was said to be
absolutely no detail In the whole prob
lem of railroad management of which
he was not technically and practically
the master.
In addition ot his country place at
Cheswold, Pa.. Mr. Cassatt hod a fine
home In South Rittenhouse square,
Philadelphia. He was somewhat of a
patron of sports, and also a great
lover of art. Mr. Cassatt married the
niece of President James Buchanan.
She and several children survive him.
One of his sons Is Major Edward B.
Cassatt, who served for a time as mil
itary attache of the American embassy
in London.
GEORGE W. PERKIN8.
New York, Dec. 28.—The grnml
jury today brought in an indict
ment against 0. W. Perkins, part
ner of J. Pierpont Morgan, in con
nection with the New York Life
Insurance frauds.
70NSORJAL 1 RUST HERE;
35 CENTS FOR HAIR CUTS
AFTER JANUARY /, 1907
Woman Said To Have
Confessed to
Friend.
IS END OF MYSTERY
NEAR AT HAND?
to the peace of the community.
He says the regiment had a record of
lawlessness, members of It had commit
ted murder In Texas and other states,
and the Browsnvllle people knew by
experience that their Insolence and
overbearing ways were a constant
menace to the peace of the community.
New York, Dec. 28.—It was nnnounc
od today that two celebrated Wall
street business men have been Indicted
for frauds In the conduct of the New
York Life Insurance Company. Both
men are business associates of J.
Morgan. The names will not bo offi
cially revealed till later.
One of those Indicted Is a life In
surance man of International reputa
tlon, who was conspicuous In building
up the New York Life to dangerous
proportions, and was n member of one
of the important committees of the
Now York Life, which passed on Ille
gal transactions through which policy
holders suffered.
Forgeries In false entries are chiefly
alleged. The grand Jury has been In
vestlgatlr.g the cases uctively for more
than a week. Important men have been
witnesses.
George \V. Perkins hns been before
4he grand jury several times lately,
Lewis A. Delafleld, hls counsel, has
been active about the criminal courts
buildings.
One of the Indictments alleging for
gery in the third degree la declared to
relate to u dummy transaction In De-
comber, 1901, by which 5,300 shares of
Chicago, Milwaukio and St. Paul stock
and 10,000 shares of Chicago and
Northwestern stock, then owned by the
New York Life, were transferred to the
New York Security and Trust Compa
ny, so that the New York Life could
seemingly comply with the law pro-
Jiibitlng a life Insurance from owning
stock.
In this deal M. M. Mattlson. a clerk,
and a negro messenger named Marshall,
in the financial bureau of the New
York Life, gave dummy notes for hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. At that
time Charles 8. Fairchild was president
of the New York Security and Trust
Company and a member of the finance
comnMttee of the New York Life.
John A. Delpy.
John A. Delpy, aged 24 years, died
Thursday night at a private sanitarium.
The funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock In the
chapel of Harry O. Poole A Co. He Is
survived by hls wife.
Long hair and long faces will be all
the go after January 1.
The main squeezes of the Atlanta
tonsorlal parlors of Atlanta did It.
They got together In a chunk Thurs
day night, when all good people should
have been asleep, and took advantage
of the helpless fellows whose beards
spring up In a night, filled the barber
price balloon full of gns and let her
go u-snlllrg.
On January 1 the balloon will reach
35 degrees ubove zero—35 cents for a
hair cut, 35 cents for a shampoo and
35 cents for a hand massage.
Holy horrors; And other sanctified
bad things!
You know the barbers decided sev
eral weeks ago that the price of these
face commodities should bo raised to
meet the Increased demand, the Im
proved skill and the high prices of the
necessities of life.
Fourteen barber shops were repre
sented at tills gathering—all the shops
thut charge 15 cents for a shave. One
of the fourteen wus represented by a
proxy. Ho really, there were only thir
teen proprietors In attendance. Un
lucky number—so say the fellows with
the fertile heads.
The price of n shave was not touched.
It remains stationed at 15 cents. The
sequels to the shaves were not contin
ued stories, though.
A shampoo, after thq happy New
Year, will be 35 cents. Likewise, tho
hair cut and the hand massage.
The master barbers also formed an
organization, to be 1 nown as the Mas
ter limbers’ Association of Atlanta.
The f<dlowing officers were elected: L.
G. Rickets, Aragon, president; Joseph
Leppert, Fourth National Bank build
ing, secretary; H. C. Mills, Jackson Ho
tel, treasurer.
"Next!”
BUSCH, RICH BRE WER,
IS REPORTED DYING
New York, Deo. 18.—Adolphus Hunch, tho St. Louis millionaire brewer,
I. rt ported to be dying from pneumonia.
OF YOUNG COLLEGE
YIELOS TO DEATH
Mpeclnl to Tho Georgian.
TlioiiiiiNville. (In., Doc. 28.—After nn III-
no** of aoremt weeks, !*rof«>«eor John E.
linker, who wan pn**>!«lfiit of Yonng’N Fe
male Collect* of this city for ubout u quar-
of u century, died b*1uy Juat In-foro
■fount of dofllulug atreuifth and udvuncod
«Ko.
E. Enjstron.
The funeral services of E. Enjstron,
who died last Friday morning, will be
onducted Sunday afternoon In the
chapel of Barclay A Brandon, at 2:30
•’clock. The Interment will be In Wed
View cemetery.
ARCTIC WEATHER IN ENGLAND
AND A USTRIA TAKES MANY LIVES
NINE PERSONS FROZEN
IN ENGLISH DISTRICTS.
London, Dec. 28.—Nine persons have
been found frozen to death on roads In
England alone during the lust 24 hours.
The list doubtless will be much length
ened when communication with fsolat-
parts of the provinces, now snow
bound, Is restored.
RAILROAD8 IN 8COTLAND
ARE REPORTED SNOWBOUND.
Galashiels, Scotland, Doc. 28.—The
snow storm on the Scottish border,
which began fhiistmas night, is the
worst that has been experienced for
30 years. All railway traffic with the
south and Edinburgh has been com
pletely stopped.
MANY PERSONS FROZEN
TO DEATH IN AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Dec. 28.—Heavy snow stoinis
throughout Austria-Hungary for three
days have seriously Interfered with
MERRITT SPEAKS
BEFORE EDUCATORS
AT MONTI
Delayed Trains Keep Many
Speakers From the
Convention.
8p«>clal to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 28.—On ac
count of late trains only three speakers
were heard this morning at the meet
ing of the Southern Educational Asso
ciation, they being Superintendent of
Education-elect H. C. Gunnells, of Ala
bama; Superintendent W. B. Merritt,
of Georgia, and Superintendent J. H.
Fugua, of Kentucky.
I. 8. Culver, of Atlanta, of the Tech
nological School, made a short address
on the purposes of the Southern Draw
ing Teachers' Association.
There will be no program on tomor
row', as announced by President Aber
crombie, the program being carried out
during tho day.
The new committee on necrology
consists of J. 8. Stewart, J. V. Judd,
. _ . .. ... . I. W. Hill, M. A. Cassidy, J. W. John-
traffic. and a number of persons have 1 wn> Dr L ,„ lan w# juhnson and Miss K.
been frozen to death. M. Haley.
Efforts of Georgian in Fa
mous Killing Case Bring
Startling Devel-
i opments. ,jilj£j
Baa Mra. Willie Stamper confossed
to another veralon of the killing ot
Bailiff John O. Dodgen?
A friend of the dead man eaya she
has. Not only that but he has In
formation to the effect that the denies
firing the fatal ahot while the bailiff
—as endeavoring to break Into her
house and Instead declares anothspi
fired the shot
According to the Information re
ceived Friday, Mrs. Stamper declared
to a friend of the dead bailiff that sho
was tired of shouldering tho responsi
bility, and told who handled the platoL
Following closely upon tho addition
al evidence secured by The Georgian
concerning the Identity and wherc-
nbouta of the myeterious companion of
Dodgen on the night that he met
death, this Information goes to con
firm what reporters for The Georgian
have already learned.
That Mra. Stamper has made some
statement there Is little doubt. Friday
all efforts on the part of Georgian re
porters to see the woman In the Tower
were blocked. The detectives of police
headquarters had orders Issued that
obody be admitted to see Mrs. Stum
er. and the Jailer declined to allow
er to be Interviewed.
The man she Is sold to have declared
fired the fatal shot la one wlw ill*
closely the description secured bv
Georgian reporters of the mysterious
companion of Dodgen on the night thut
he was dealt to death.
The efforts made by The Georgian to
run down the murderer of the young
bailiff have aroused widespread Inter
est, and as a result It Is probable that
a reward will be offered by the Fulton
county commissioners, and Governor
Terrell will In all probability offer a
reward Friday afternoon of |SOO for
evidence to convict
100 SALOONS GO
AS RESULT OF NEW
CITYJDINANCEi
Tho Bounds of Whisky Dis- 1
trict Marked Out in tho 1
City of Nashville.
gpectil to Tbe Oecrglsn.
Nashville, Temt, Deo. IS.—Under tha <
provisions of an ordinance passed by j
the city board of mayor and aldermen 1
last night tbe saloons will be restricted
to the business section of tbe cltyv Tho |
law goes Into effect July I, 1(07, and 10:
means that over one hundred barrooms
will be wiped out
Tbe board also passed a bill, effec
tive on the earns date, which prohibit*
saloons from using any screen which
might obstruct the view from tho street
Into the drinking place.
This action on the part of the board
came as a result of a moat bitter and
long-drawn-out fight iled by Dr. Folk,
president of the state Anti-Saloon
League. The fight before the board and
campaign by the league has been la
progress for a year and public senti
ment was molded strongly In iu ta-
vor.
The Anti-Saloon people claim equally
as great a victory In tbe “anti-screen''
clause of the ordinance as In the work.
Ing out of the bounds ot tha salt-tt
district.
ON LY ONE PERSON
SAVED FROM WRECK
Coruna, Spain, Dec. 21.—The Span
ish steamship Primero has found-red
off the coast and all on board, ex. ept-
Ing one, were lost
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