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VOL. VIII.
M’LENDON ADMITS MAKING
MONEV ON THOSE BONDS
Deposed Chairman of Railroad
Commission Tells Investigating
Committee He Made About
$1,500 on Different Deals.
FIRST DEAL BROUGHT
$1,312.50; SECOND SALE
NETTED HIM ABOUT SIBO
In Statement McLendon Says W.
H. Patterson Gave Him Profit
on Sale of Bonds—Gives Ex
cuses for Accepting Profit.
♦ «
,♦ McLendon’s Reasons
♦ for Accepting Profits ♦
♦ Mr submits this some- ♦
♦ what amazing excuse for selling the ♦
«■ bonds: ♦
♦ "The law on the whole subject ♦
♦ is too plain to admit or eontrover- -e
♦ ay or difference of opinion. The ut- ♦
♦ moot limit to which unfriendly ♦
♦ criticism could go would be to say ♦
♦ I made a mistake. But if I did. it ♦
♦ was one which had its Inception tn ♦
♦ an effort to help a man tn pofitl- ♦
♦ cal distress. who had been my ♦
♦ friend; if a mistake. It was free ♦
♦ from any taint of corruption and ♦
♦ was hallowed in its birth by as ♦
♦ pure a purpose of friendship as ♦
♦ ever prompted human heart.** ♦
8. Guyton McLendon, suspended rail
road commissioner, admitted to the
investigating committee Monday that he
given the profit on the sale cf ISfI.W
of Athens Street railway bonds, which
was made through W. H Patterson, vice
president of the Central Bank and Trust
corporation.
Mr. McLendon said Mr. Patterson gave
him SL*» on the first transaction of K 6.-
000. The bonds were offered at par by the
company and sold at 106. He got the prof
it. He couldn't recall the amount of
profit on the second transaction.
WAS NO AGREEMENT.
Mr. Patterson's offer was voluntary.
Mr McLendon said. There was no agree
ment between them about the profits.
Mr. McLendon said he had no trouble
selling the first Installment through F.
DoC. Sullivan, a New Tork broker. On
tbs strength of this success. Mr. McLen
the Athens people-he eotrtd
•HI the second Installment. There was a
hiteh. however. Mr. BnlHvan*s customer
being away; and rather than disappoint
the street railway, he delivered the bonds
to Mr. Patterson, and gave his demand
note. Later they were sold also.
COULDN’T QUITE EXPLAIN*
Mr. MeElroath asked Mr. McLendon. In
connection with his statement, why he
bad sought the opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Hart the day after he handled the
first installment of bonds, instead of the
day before Mr. McLendon couldn't quite
explain .this, except by saying that he
understood the Candler bill to exempt
sueh. by making no mention of cases
like mis.
He didn't see that the attorney gen
eral's opinion was binding. Mr. McLendon
wag excused.
Mr. Patterson was called to the stand.
PATERSON TAKES STAND.
Mr. Patterson said that the amount of
the profit on the first transaction was
54H.10. The second transaction was oq
July ». 1906. The bank paid 125.466.50 for
these bonds, and Mr. McLendon gave his
demand note. This sale, which was de
ferred until October. Mr. McLendon's
profit was about SISO. This and the pre
vious profit were placed to Mr. McLen
don’s credit. Mr. Patterson said the bank
made the exchange and Interest.
He and Mr. McLendon had been friends
for thirty-five years. Mr. McLendon had
befriended a brother of Mr. Patterson'a
He thought Mr. McLendon was entitled
to the profit. As to the propriety of the
deal, he left that to the committee.
"WANTED TO HELP SMITH."
Mr. McLeiidon. ho said, explained that
he wasted to aid Governor Smith's ad
ministration No mention was made of
eomtniasion or profit. He treated Mr. Mc-
Lendon just as if Mr. McLendon had
owned the bonds \
A motion to extend the sedsion to 2
o'clock and finish the Investigation, failed
to pass. Adjournment was taken to 2
ocioek
INVOLVES IMPEACHMENT?
Persons attending Monday's hearing, at
tached particular significance to one hap
pening. The committee had handled the
suspension snd the bond transaction sep
arately When it got to the bond fea
ture*. Chairman Burwell, a senate mem
ber. said that the senate members would
not care to go Into the bond question. He
aeeotdlnglv withdrew, and Walter Mc-
Elreath. a house member, took the chair.
Some people professed to see in this
an admission that the bond question was
one affecting Impeachment, and as Im
peachment could come only from the
house, it would be unnecessary for the
senate ’to investigate further.
INTEREST ATE UP PROFITS.
That Mr. McLendon did not make a
larger profit on the second bond transac
tion la due to the fact that the interest on
the note he gave ate up his protfis. the
Jbonds net having been sold for several
months He was so sore that they would
be sold that he assured the Athens people
that they could count on their being
•old
The investigation will end during the
afternoon Only one more witness will be
examined He will be Judge J. K. Hines,
special attorney of the commission.
HE COULDN'T RECALL.
Mr. McLendon couldn't recall how much
the railroads had lost since the reduction
of fares, except that the A. C. L. had in
creased Its passengers 6 per cent and de
creased Its revenue 24 per cent, or 1146. W.
Mr. McLendon said he understood Gov
ernor Brown's figures of M.OtW.OOO loss to
railroads as a result of lower rates to
apply to Georgia. Mr. Wright said, in
reply to an objection, that these facts
were Ineluded tn a communication from
Mr. McLendon to the commission, which,
be considered, was an able argument
against port rates. Further investigation
along this line was ruled out.
The McLendon investigation opened
Monday with Asa G. Candler. Judge
Hines and W. H. Patterson as wit-
The chairman read a letter to Mr. Mc-
Lendon from F. D. C. Stillman, a New
Tork broker, saying it was impossible for
him to handle a 1390.000 bond issue of
Uflmtfa l&mruM
M’LENDON, MAKING EXCUSES,
SAYS THE LAW JUSTIFIED HIM
IN HIS RAILROAD BOND DEALS
Telli How Bonds Were Placed With W. H. Patterson and Profit
Was Paid to Him—Says He Was Justified Under Law and
Handled Securities to Help Hoke Smith Administration—Tells
All the Details Covering Two Transactions—Full Text of tho
Statement.
Following is Mr. McLendon's state-'
ment and his excuses in full:
ATLANTA. Go . July 19, 1909.
To the Joint Committee:
AU the information which you pos
sess. or which the public possesses, in
regard to my efforts to ’ help the
Wrightsville and Tennille railroad and
the Athens Street railroad to find bqgers
for their bonds, is information which I
have, from time to time, and with de
liberate purpoaes. given or caused to be
given. I did so because I believed the
people of Georgia respect a-truthful and
an honest and a fearless man.
In May, 1908, during the period of
this effort. I wrote to no one outside of
Georgia on the subject of the Athens
Street railroad bonds, because my prin
cipal effort was to find a buyer for the
Wrightsville and Tennille bonds. Hav
ing written to Mr. Sullivan, of New
York, on this subject, I sent a verbal
message to him about the Athens
bonds, requesting him to see if Me Could
not find a buyer for twenty-five bonds,
and if so, at what price. I received a
reply to this message that he eould find
a buyer for the bonds at 106. In this
situation. I went to Mr. Patterson and
stated to him that the Athens people
were offering these bonds st par and
Interest, that Mr. Sullivan ha<f offered
the price above named, but Stated to
him further that, according to my un
derstanding of the law, I could neither
buy nor sell nor otherwise deal in such
securities. He said that he could and
would, and accordingly requested me
to notify the Athens people to deliver
the bonds to him and to advise Mr. Sul
livan that he could have the bonds at
the offer made. These things I did, and
Mr. Sullivan sent his check to Mr. Pat
terson and received in return the bonds.
There was no agreement or understand
ing between Mr. Patterson and myself as
to what he would do with the profit made
on this tiansaction. He did not agree
then, nor was there any discussion on this
JERSEY CITY IS NOW ONLY
3 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
(By AMocUted PreM.) (
NEW YORK, July 19.-Jersey City is
today within three minutes of Broadway,
the result of the formal opening of the
two down-town tubes of the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad company. The New
York terminus of these tunnels under
the Hudson is at Church, Cortland, Day
and Fulton streets, and the Jersey City,
terminus Is at the Pennsylvania railroad
station.
It Is planned to open the connection on
the New Jersey side with the Erie and
Lackawanna stations August 2, and it ia
prolntsed that within two years the New
York extension to the Grand Central sta
tion will be in operation. The total cost
of the system as at present projected ia
177,000.000.
The event of today was celebrated by
an excursion of New York station and
city officials and capitalists to the Jersey
City hall where public exerciaea were
held.
Incident to the ceremony was the read
ing of a letter to President William G.
McAdoo, of the Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad company, from President Taft,
congratulating him and his associates on
16 SINK 10 DEATH
IN NEW YORK BAY
Squall Strikes Vessel of Pleasure
Party, Which Is Overturned,
Throwing Out Passengers, Who
Struggle in Vain.
NEW YORK. July 19.—As the result of
the capsizing of the excursion sloop, Rox
ana, carrying twenty-two passengers, in
lower New York bay, midway between
Coney Island Point and Hoffman hotel,
late Sunday afternoon, ten persons, five
of them women, were drowned.
Six other persons were drowned as the
result of other accidents during the day.
Os the survivors, one woman, Mrs. C.
Knudsen, of Brooklyn, is in such a seri
ous condition that she probably will die.
Her two daughters were drowned.
OTHER DROWNING ACCIDENTS.
The other drownings, with but one ex
ception. were swimming accidents. Ste
phen Ernst, 2S years old. of Brooklyn, was
drowned off Coney Island while learning
to swim Charles Hendrlcksen, 42 years
old. of Brooklyn, met death in the same
vicinity by the upsetting of a row boat.
William Yaeger, a 16-year-old boy. of
New York, slipped on some rocks and fell
into the Hudson to his death.
Off Bell Moore, L 1., Charles Conn, 32
years old, got beyond his depth and sank;
Giane Rizzo, a laborer, 21 rears old, per
ished while swimming in the Harlem riv
er. Lastly. Edward Wall. 35 years old, of
East Orange. N. J-, was seized with
cramps and drowned in the Morris canal
near Newark.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
In the Roxana disaster, the following
perished:
SELINA SAMEASON, New York.
ELLA OLSEN. Flatbush. L I.
OLGA AND SELMA KNUDSEN, sis
ters. 14 and 11 years old, respectively,
Brooklyn.
JOHN CHR-IBTENSEN. Brooklyn.
ABRAHAM HUN6ON, Brooklyn.
▲BRAHAM JAMISON, Brooklyn.
► point, that he would give me the profit he
made m the purchase and sale of these
bonds, but as a matter of fact, and tor
reasons which Mr. Patterson can state
for himself, having bought the bonds at
the price put upon them by their owners
and having sold them at a price which
was offered, Mr. Patterson did give me
his profit.
PLEADS CANDLER BILL.
It was this Incident that brought about
a discussion in the commission room of
section 2 of the Candler bill. Judge Hines,
Judge Hlllyer and myself agreed that sec
tion 2 of the Candler bill meant what it
said and that any person who was a voter
and thirty years of age and not interest
ed In any mercantile business was eligible
to membership of the commission, be
cause said act provides that such peribn
"shall be eligible." I still hold that opin
ion. I never owned or saw or in any way
had in my poasession or control a single
one of these bonds.
My Athens friends told me at this time
that later they would probably want to
sell more of these bonds. In July, 1906. I
took the question up with them and felt
so confident that Mr. Sullivan would taXe
the bonds that I told him they could con
sider them sold. As a matter of fact they
were not sold and Mr. Stfllivan could not
place them, as he explained, because the
party who had taken the first lot was out
of the city on his vacation Supposing
that this vacation would be for a short
period. I asked Mr. Patterson if the Cen
tral Bank and Trust corporation would
not take the bonds and hold them for a
few days until Mr. Sullivan could place
them. '
MADE HIS NOTE.
This he agreed to do, and then sug
gested that I make a note for the
amount which the bank had paid for
the bonds. Wishing to keep absolutely
within the law and not intending to com
mit an act of disqualification, I wrote
Continued on Page Three
hta happy results of their great work.
►' r he letter follows:
“Mr. Dear Mr. McAdoo—
"l am sorry not to be able to be pres
ent on so important an occasion as the
opening of the Hudson and Manhattan
railroad tunnels under the Hudson river.
It is indeed a great achievement and
those who have been associated with the
work during the last four and a half
years may justly feel proud when behold
ing the results of their labors. It is an
engineering feat of vast magnitude—a
monument to American enterprise—and
great credit Is due to those who have
been idented with the work in having suc
cessfully overcome the extraordinary dif
ficulties encountered In such an undertak
ing.
"I congratulate those who have been
so long associated together in this work,
and who at last see It an accomplished
fact; but I congratulate more the people
of your city and vicinity in having se
cured so valuable an accession to their
ease and cbmfort in traveling from one
state to another. Sincerely yours,
. "WILLIAM H. TAFT.”
William McAdoo, the designer and
chief engineer of the big tube, is a for
mer Atlanta contractor, and is well-known
In this city. For years he has been in
charge of the engineering work of a large
New York firm, which digs gigantic tun
nels.
ALICE ENGLESON. Brooklyn.
PETER 8. PIELSON, Brooklyn.
JOHN THOMPSON. Brooklyn.
The captain of the Roxana and the 12
survivors were picked up under great
difficulties in a ■ rough and choppy sea
by the tug Lamont.
BEER WAS SERVED.
The Roxana, with her skipper, Captain
Samuelson, was chartered at Ulmer beach,
Brooklyn, this afternoon by a party from
Brooklyn for a sail across the bay to
Midland beach, Staten Island, and back.
The first leg of the voyage was made
without mishap, and all hands piled
ashore to make merry. Beer was served,
and some of the survivors could give
but a hazy account of the accident.
All the afternoon there was a stiff
breeze from the southwest which left a
nasty cross sea. Toward 4 o’clock the
Roxana, reeling homeward across the
bay under all the sail good Judgement
would permit to be carried, slipped into a
squall.
The tug Lamont saw the sloop when it
was overturned and went to the rescue.
The survivors were taken to a hospital
on Staten Island. ,
KNOXVILLE CASHIER GETS
FIVE YEARS IN PEN
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 19—Isaac
A. Martin, for many years cashier of
the Knoxville Water company, today
submitted in the criminal court of Knox
county to the charge of embezzlement
and was given a sentence of five years
in the state penitentiary. He was ar
rested several months ago in Texas.
The sum involved was $6,000. He was
given a chance to raise the money and
settle the case, but was not able to do
so. He is prominently connected.
BRITISH STEAMER IN
A DANGEROUS SITUATION
MOBILE, Ala., July 19.—The British
steamer Inkum, McKegg, master, 3,046,
that put to sea Friday, bound for the
continent, put back into the lower bay
with a dangerous list to starboard. It is
believed that one of the water tanks on
the vessel bursted, but on account of the
remoteness of the vessel, could not be
verified at this time.
GIVEN THREE YEARS
FOR STEALING CHICKEN
MOBILE, Ala., July 19.—Peter Brown,
convicted of stealing one chicken in the
night time, was sentenced to three years
hard labor for the offense.
.ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1909.
TRIES TO FLY OVER
ENGLISH CHANNEL;
FALLS INTOWAFER
Latham, French ’ Aviator, Has
Thrilling Experience—ls Pick
ed Up Out of Water Peacefully
Smoking a Cigarette.
GIRLS CROWD ABOUT
AND HUG AND KISS
HIM AFTER RESCUE
Several Thousand Persons Assem
bled and Entire Population of
Neighboring Village Lined the
Shore Below. s
(By Associated Frees.)
CALAIS, July 19. —Herbert Latham, the
French aviator, after waiting for over a
week for a favorable opportunity to at
tempt a flight at crossing the channel
from Calais to Dover, made a start this
morning, but after covering about 16
miles, and while at a great height the
motor failed and the machine fell into
the water. The French torpedo boat de
stroyer Harpon was close at hand, and
rescued both Latham and his mono
plane.
Latham’s start was made from the top
of the cliff at Sangatte, and under pro
pitious circumstances.
Anticipating an early jtart, Latham
slept in a shed of the old tunnel works
at the foot of the cliff, where the mono
plane was housed, while M. Lebavasseur,
the Associated Press correspondent, and
the constructor of the machine, who was
to give the signal when; the start was
to be made, slept on board the torpedo
boat destroyer Harpon off Cape Gria-
Nez.
LATHAM CLAPPED HANDS.
At the first streak of dawn Latham
came out of the shed clapping his hands
with joy at the sight of the smooth sea.
The sky was overcast, but the wind was
hardly perceptible. A few minutes latei
a gun fired on the Harpon confirmed the
daring aeropianist's opinion that condi
tions were right, and an automobile was
dispatched to Calais to apprise the au
thorities that a start would be made be
tween 6 and 7 o’clock.
While the monoplane was being taken
out and pushed to the top of the cliff a
crowd of several thousand persons as
sembled to witness the start and the en
tire population of the neighboring vil
lages lined the shore balow. Latham was
in high spirits as he carefully Inspected
every pari of the machine, and on mak
ing several trials with the eight-cylinder
motor found the machine perfect. Thero
was a wait of an hour until the torpedo
boats and tugs, strung out in a line to
ward the horizon, took up their positions.
Finally all was in readiness and the
monoplane was pushed back two hundred
yards from the crest of the cliff, which
has a precipitous fall of two hundred feet
to the sea. Latham was clad in a Knicker
bocker suit and had donned a life-pre
server. He showed no signs of nervous
ness as he shook hands with his friends
on mounting the saddle.
"START THE MOTOR.”
"Start the motor,” he cried to his as
sistants, and then with a nod of his head,
"See you in Dover,” with the starting
the machine running along the ground
with increased momentum at every turn.
Just before reaching the edge of the
cliff the aeronaut touched the horizontal
lover and the machine, with its white out
stretched wings rose gracefully and sailed
out over the shining waters, amid a roar
of cheers from the cliff and shores. The
monoplane, after leaving the cliff, ascend
ed gradually until it probably was three
hundred feet above the sea. Then, straight
Sjs an arrow, it continued its flight to
ward the English coast, apparently under
perfect control, at a rate of about 35
miles an hour. The black hulled destroyer
Harpon kept almost under her aerial com
panion, and at the end of ten minutes
both disappeared in the haze on the
horizon.
AVIATOR GETS OVATION.
When the torpedo boat destroyer enter
ed the harbor with Lathtm andLebevas
seur aboard, the daring aviator received
a tremendous ovation. Dozens of times
he was compelled to kiss girls who threw
their arms about his neck.
M. Latham said the motor failed about
twelve miles out and owing to the slow
ing down of the engines he was unable
to remain longer in the air. The aviator
was neither injured or discouraged and
declared his intention again of trying to
cross the channel.
Watchers at Dover
Were on the Lookout
DOVER, July 19.—Although starting un
der the most favorable conditions, Her
bert Latham, the French aeronaut, fail
ed in his first attempt to fly across the
English channel. Watchers at Dover,
Latham's objective point, were warned to
be on the lookout. When the machine
never appeared the greatest anxiety pre
vailed and when the report that the mon
oplane had fallen Into the sea came. La
tham's friends, who had hoped he would
be the first to accomplish the channel
flight, were disappointed.
When the day broke a heavy fog hung
over the French shore, a light rain was
falling argl it was expected here that tfie
flight would be given up. The sky clear
ed and by five o’clock the wireless instru
ments brought the information that the
Frenchman had decided to make the at
tempt. Tugs were sent out and every
preparation made for the protection of
the avaiator. It was not until half past
ten that definite news was received here
of the rescue of M. Latham. A brief dis
patch then said that the torpedo boat de
stroyer Harpon had returned to Calais
with the aeronaut aboard. When picked
up, the dispatch said, the monoplane was
still floating and Latham was sitting
calmly in his seat smoking a cigarette.
The monoplane had dropped into the
water several miles from the French
coast.
ANOTHER MURDER NOW
MYSTIFIES N. Y. POLICE
NEW TORK. July 19.—Another myste
rious murder has been given to the New
York police to solve. William Roway, a
character in the eastern section of Brook
lyn, was last seen alive Saturday night
when he was walking with two strange
men toward a clump of woods. His dead
body has been found, face down, with
stab wounds in the back, either one of
which would have been fatal. The motive
has not been established. Roway was not
known -to have any monqy. /
SOUTH, SAFE FROM PANIC,
ENTERS NEW PROSPERITY,
DECLARE BRADSTREET MEN
- - JR- "-V ■
5 * aft JWK* IfaSwWal OWHHIh
Camera catches delegates of Bradstree t convention standing in front of the Empire building and posed especially for
The Atlanta Journal. Photo by Edwards.
INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH
THEME OF BRADSTREET
Officials from All Over South Meet in AnnuaJ Conference to Dis
cuss Needs of Territory and Plan Methods Which Will Result
in the Betterment of Conditions—Reports Show That South Has
Fully Recovered from Financial Depression and Is on the
Threshold of New Era of Progress.
Superintendents and managers of the<
great link of offices of the Bradstreet
company, that surrounds the south, met
in Atlanta Mpnday for the annual confer
ence of southern officials to discuss the
betterment of conditions of this territory.
The meeting was held In the offices of
Superintendent J. E. C. Redder, of the
southern division, in the Empire building.
The meeting will be in session for three
days, during which time the problems of
business conditions, the future welfare of
this section, and methods of assistance to
southern business and trade will be am
ply discussed. The meetings, which are
held each year, always result in the great
est good for commercial conditions.
Annual reports of the year’s progress
are made, and every detail of manufac
ture, agriculture, trade and business is
presented for mutual discussion.
PEDDER PRESIDES.
The conference was presided over by
STDRY OF SUTTON’S
deathjsjelated
Lieutenant Adams Tells of Strug
gle He Had in the Dark With
Sutton After a Quarrel —Illus-
trates Story as He Tells It.
(By Associated Press.)
ANNAPOLIS. Md„ July 19.—The court
of inquiry investigating the cause of the
death of Lieut. James N. Sutton, U. S.
M. C., of Portland, Ore., opened at 10
o’clock today. Lieutenant Sutton’s death
on the night of October 12. 1907, result
ed from a pistol shot wound In the top of
his head. The bullet, afterward found
within the skull was apparently the same
cartridge as is used in the regualr 38-cal
ibre service revolver. Immediately fol
lowing the fatality, an investigation was
made by the naval academy authorities
with the result that Lieutenant Sutton
was officially recorded as having com
mitted suicide.
Since then the mother and sister of the
dead lientenant have been unremitting in
their efforts to have the case re-opened.
The court is composed of Commander
John Hood, U. S. N„ president Lieut.
Henry N. Jensoon, U. S. N., and Maj. C.
Wendell C. Neville, U. S. M. C., with
Maj. Henry Leonard, U. S. M. C„ judge
advocate.
The latter has declared that the pres
ent investigation will be most thorough
and when it is concluded thare will be no
doubt in any impartial mind as to wheth
er Lieutenant Sutton committed suicide or
not.
The formalities incident to the opening
of the court which is conducted behind
closed doors, soon concluded, then the
hearing was thrown open and the taking
of testimony began.
Only fifteen witnesses had been sum
moned today. Major Leonard is author
ity for the statement that if from the tes
timony It appears that any others than
the fifteen can throw light upon the death
of Lieutenant Sutton, they will be sum
moned if they are within reach of the
mandate of the court of inquiry.
The court, after organizing, adjourned
until 1 P- m., to meet In the auditorium
of the academic buiffiing, where more!
commodious quarters could be had. Ma
jor Leonard read the various official com-;
municatlons from Secretary Meyer, of
the navy, governing the proceedings, and
then administered the oath of office to the
members of the board. ■
Major Leonard announced that daily
sessions would be held after and
the proceedings conducted with all possi- •
ble dispatch.
Among the witnesses so far supenaed i
by the government is Surgeon George
Pickrell. U. S. N., of the navy yard, j
Charleston. S. C. .
At the opening of the first session this
afternoon. Judge Advocate Leonard read
into the record the government order f* at |
the hearings should be open to the public, j
Lieut. Robert E. Adams, a party to the
Inquiry, was the first witness. The
judge advocate asked him to tell of al! his I
movements from 8 p. m. to 2 a. m. on the ;
night of October 12-13, 1907, the night!
Lieutenant Sutton was shot.
The witness said he attended the dance
at the academy on that night and after- i
ward went to Carvel hall with Lieutenant 1
Osterman and Lieutenant Utley. There;
they met Sutton, and later on started In
Owens' automobile from Carvel hall with
Sutton to the marine camp.
“We went over the College creek
bridge,” sal dthe witness, "and going
over the bridge the machine was making
considerable noise, and »3,we were out
alter hours, 12 o’clock being the Halt,
Division Superintendent J. E. C. Pedder,
of the southern division, who has charge
of the entire southern territory. The vis
itors included representatives from every
state in the south from Virginia to
Texas.
Among the officials present were the
following superintendents:
George A. Follin, Tampa, Fla.; William
W. Barnes, Augusta. Ga.: Julien Augus
tus Gorham, Birmingham; J. Wingfield,
Macon; F. Crook Whatley. Mobile, Ala.;
Clarence W. Hendley, Jacksonville. Fla.;
John L. Wray, Charleston, S. C.; George
Williams, Montgomery; F. W. Renncker,
Chattanooga, and others.
Superlnendent Linton S. Lewis, of the
Albany territory, one of the best known
officials, was unable to attend the con
ference, as he is in an Atlanta sanitarium,
recovering from the effects of an opera
tion. following a long illness of typhoid
fever. A resolution of regret was adopt
ed by the conference.
ELU GINGLES CASE
GIVENJO JURY
Fate of Irish Lace Maker, Who
Figures in the Case of Alleged
“White Slavery,” Will Soon Be
Known.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July 19.—Assistant States
Attorney Short delivered the final argu
ment against Ella Gingles today and the
case wherein the Irish lace-maker Is
charged with the larceny of two pieces
of lace, but In which the real issue Is
whether an attempt was made to drive
her into “white slavery” was given to the
jury.
Mr. Short, in closing, ridiculed the at
tempt of lawyers for the defense to show
that Miss Gingles’ stories of attacks
upon herself including the sensational
bathroom incident of the Wellington ho
tel, were true. He insisted that the de
fendant is a “nuatural liar."
TWO FELONY CONVICTS
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
MAYSVILLE. Ga., July 19.—Last night
about 9 o’clock two felony convicts es
caped from the Banks county camp. Tom
Malcom, colored, was sent up for life
from Walton coutny for murder, and Rob
ert Young, colored, sent up from Hall
county for voluntary manslaughter. A re
ward of |2OO is offered for their arrest.
Lieutenant Utley suggested we stop the
machine and walk, so as not to be caught.
I reached over and touched the chauffeur
and told him to stop. Sutton called me a
d—n fool, and said he would lick hell out
of me. I unfastened my collar and
jumped out.
"Sutton and the oihers got out and :
as we were preparing to fight, the senior
officer stepped in and ordered to to stop,
and said we could fight it out next morn
ing. We statred sos the barracks and got
under an electric light when Suton and
Osterman mixed it up and struck each
other several times before they could be
separated. I stood from 15 to 25 feet away
during that time. From there we went
by the old road to the barracks to re
port to the officers of the day, leaving
Sutton behind. He refused to go with us.
I told Osterman on the way over I had ,
known, as I heard then, that Sutton shot
up the camp two weeks before, we would
have gotten a rifle to protect ourselves.
On the way over an officer held us up.
It proved to be Utley and he ordered us
back to the scene of the fight to see if
we could find any clothes.
“I started down the path and had gone
thirty or forty paces when I saw some
thing white. It seemed to arise and a
voice said, 'that’s that d d Adams. I’m
going to kill you.’ He fired. I ran at
him. He fired again. We grappled. He
fired a third time and hit me In the fin
ger. As we wheeled around I saw Roel
kcr in a position to assist me I threw
Sutton around and got on his back trying
to keep him from shooting. At that time
someone jumped on Sutton’s left hand.
I don't know who It was. There was a
shot and I cried, ’My God, has he kllle<»
Roelker?’ As I stood up there was a,
flash and I looked toward Sutton to see I
him prostraTS and evidently dead."
At this point Lieutenant Adams Hlus
tra ed hie struggle with Suon wlh an or
derly as bls asslsant. He said here
no argument in the automobile. Suton did
not appear to him to have been drinktag.
Adams Mid, however, he hod h?ar4
Resume of Industrial Conditions
in Interviews Written Especial
ly for The Journal, Shows Rapid
Advancement in Trades.
SOUTH HAS RECOVERED
FROM EFFECT OF PANIC; J
BUSY SEASON IS AHEAD
Reports from Virginia to TexM
Say That Agriculture, Manufac
turing and Business Is Not Only
Good, but Will Be Better.
Optimistic reports of manufacturing
agricultural and business conditions
over the entire south, and the prophesy
of a new era for this territory, are given
to The Journal, by superintendents of The
Bradstreet company—the officials whole
hand is ever on the pulse of the busy in
dustries of the country.
In interviews written especially for The
Journal, the superintendents, who are in |
closest touch with business and financial
conditions, declare that in every ztate
from Virginia to Texas, the TCRth tag W
covered from the former ftnanclkl de
pression. and that the future is not only .
rosy with success, but that the situation
now is most favorable.
Practically every branch of trad® and
Industry is steadily advancing and tha 1
south has passed the threshold of pros
perity and is safe within the zone of
sane investment and profit.
Below are the interviews written for
The Journal:
ATLANTA. Ga.
Division Superintendent J. E. C. Tedder,
of the Atlanta office, says:
“Business conditions for the city of At
lanta and vicinity were never better, and
the prospects for the future were never
brighter. This city surpasses in bank
clearings, building permits, real estate
transfers, postal receipts, varied enter- I
prises, push and vim of its business men.
nearly all of her sister cities ot the
southern states and is blazing the way .
for the new south from Whitehall to
Broadway. While there is some com
plaint as to the amount of ready cash
in the cduntry districts at this time, this
is but an annual happening that brings j
its harbest in the fall when crops are in.
We are optimistic, but our record stands
open, and I am not the least afraid of an
investigation of the figures of the past
year, no more than I am of what the fu-
) ture holds open for us. The situation
J implies an invitation to every one to get
in the van: an Invitation no citizen, bus
iness or layman, should let pass."
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
The following is the report of Superin
l tendent George E. Williams, of the Mont
gomery office:
“The Montgomery section is unlimited
with bountiful harvests of all kinds of ag
riculture, and the yield of cotton is es
pecially large, and the Indications at this
time point to an average crop. Montgom
ery ranks second to any city in th® world
in the point of manufacturing of fertiliz
er, and the demand is steadily increasing.
Saw mills throughout this section have
, resumed work, with the price of their pro
ducts on the increase. While trade in
the wholesale lines Is of the mid-summer
character, it is up to the average of the j
past seasons. It is believed that by early
fall we will enjoy the prosperous times
of those prior to the panic of 1907.”
MOBILE. ALA.
F. Crook Whatley, superintendent at
Mobile, says:
i “Commercial Interest in Mobile, Ala., Is
j rapidly betomlng normal. Exports show
large increase, especially cotton and lun»- I
i ber. A 1200,000 docking company has re- J
cently been organized to begin business at
once. Building holding up well, and tha
outlook for fall business is very encour
aging. Jobbers are replacing their men
on, the road and many fall orders are ba- 'i
ing placed. Collections normal.”
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.
Superintendent J. A. Gorham, of tha
Birmingham office, says: «'£
"In the Birmingham district there is an
optimistic feeling existing on the outlook
for business this fall and winter. Tie
iron Industries are running on three-quar
ters and full time, and orders are coming
in nicely for future delivery. Lumber
trade is locking up, and there Is an ad
vance In prices. The coal ope:/.tors are *1
feeling better and trade generally Is much
Improved. Building was never so acflva I
as at the present time, and real estate
activity Is very marked."
ALBANY, Ga. ’ . : ip/J
Superintendent Linton S. Lewis, of Al
bany, who is unable to attend the con
ference, reported that conditions in his 1
territory, which includes a large portion
of southern Georgia, were excellent, and
that farming products and lumber indus
tries showed a steady Increase. The out-’
look for this year was better than for
any previous season in many yeans. ■
TAMPA, Fla.
Superintendent George A. Foliin, of
Tampa, rays:
The Seaboard Air Lina railway has
about completed tho moat extenalve ej’s
tem of slips, docks, elevators and oth*r.
terminal facilities for the trans-shlpmani
of phosphate and merchandise. This Im
provement has cost over a half minion
dollars. The cigar Industry, which la tho
largest local feature of buslneM In this
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