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ROCKEFELLER story
CAUSED INDIGNATION
AMONG THE MINISTERS
Baptists Denounce the
Author of Published
Telegram.
rockefeller gets
PART OF ROAST
pr. Iti'uiiK'llton Takes Oeea-
gjmi til Plead Not Guilty
of Talking;.
ek
*Thr Biii'il'l ministers of Atlanta are
,1 jumiliitf for the newspaper man
lulm. has been sending nut
relative to tin* weekly cun-
(ll-f lie"
"f Mir pastors.
The) went Imperially aftei* tltc new*,
man wltu went a special to n
patter, w hich Uaalt In a aenaa-
mannrr w ith an alleged dlacua-
*,0 ,.f J .tint U. Rockefeller and Ilia
utitlHHlH, In connection with
'«< t.fi ..r i:.'.noo.<)on to general edu
cation.
-jimiM nak the newspapers of
it> rutted Ur. John K. White,
;e! ..tit thla matter. In order that
lb. i.«.il profession may be cleansed of
till, in-in. who Insists on sending out a
pak „r Her to Northern newspapers,
putting U.r In a false attitude, and re-
ttwarly interfering with our best Intcr-
"tt, white said lie bad received a Tel-
1,, ft.,m n flilcago man: Inquiring If
h were true, us a Chicago paper had
■ubii.liml In ii s|ieclal from Atlanta, that
I, |t, White, had Introduced a resolu
tion iml.ir-lng Mr. Rockefeller.rand that
i hair dnsen ministers Immediately
jumpeH in I heir feet, denouncing Mr.
6, la-feller and criticising him.
Rockefeller Ditcuased.
-A, a nintlcr of fact," explained Dr.
While. 'I dill not even attend the meet,
leg n which Mr. Rockefeller was dls-
nittd. although, frankly. I would have
nigKiruil Mic inoilon made by Dr.
Spalding if I had uttended. No mlnla-
tns mpeil in their feel, and I know
there was no denunciation of Mr.
Ickifeller.
I unilerstaml there Is
urn-paper man who is in the habit of
filing I heir things."
Dr. .1 W. Millard slated that. Inas-
aiu.li ns I lie newspaper men who at*
knil-tl tin* meeting published no such
hitch.-
it most have been the ease
lliai Mime minister told a newspaper
nan. who perverted the facts.
“Thu was the cusa with a previous
meeting We should not allow nur-
*he> I" he placarded In any sudi
xuntin If i here Is any preacher who
h, Seen giving out this Information
1e Hillside newspaper men It should be
fheimilnued."
In l.en ii. Broughton immediately
•0Isc, f
Thi* goes me a splendid oppprtunl-
h In sa> what I have been wanting to
«> f "i a l<mg lime.
Dr. Broughton Speak* Out.
I under .land that II lias been stated
mil'll,h before this conference that I
O'c "lit the Information aboul this
**'■<*1 school. This was said when 1
• « n a i,etc. or them would have been
I rumpus |i f. just as bad to mis-
represent a fellow behind bis back as It
kto telegraph a lie to Chicago.
told nqy man on this earth,
around II. or above It. any-
ui that matter. I did not
■ Itoekefeller meeting. In
s a tlinugand miles away,
e my. name gels In the tatpef
think I always have It done,
don't. I do some of the time
most of the time—hut not at-
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O GOSPEL IN JAPAN MEANS °
O SALVATION FOR WORLC
0 •
° “If *’e can save Japan we can 0
O nave I he world.” maid Rav. J. 8. O
O French, pastor of the First Metho- O
O dial church, Monday morning at O
0 the meeting of Methodist mlnls-
8 0 ters In the discussion of the mis
sion work In that church.
“The evident design the Japa-
O ncse have on the future of China. O
O the clearly deflned Intention of O
O that nation to control the deatinlea O
O of the Orient, prove conclusively 0
O that If the goapel Is Implanted O
O In the smaller nation It will In O
O time Include the empire."
0 O
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iif the Standard Oil Company. We
know, however, that his money still
controls It. In a way, he Ii a fugitive
from.Justice. There arc about twelve
indlelmofils now hanging over Hla head.
Htlll I did not put It on tilts ground.
I didn't want to put the conference In
a false attitude. That's atl."
Dr. Moncrlcf Is president of Cox Col
lege, but hla resignation bus been of
fered and accepted and he will re-enter
the ministry.
Dr. White Introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted unsnl
mously:
"Resolved. Thai Hie Atlanta Baptist
Ministers' Conference puta Itself on
public record In repudiation of Ihc ills,
patch sent front Atlanta to a Chicago
impcr with reference to Mr. John D.
Rockefeller's donation to .the general
education board. The report was thor
oughly false. The conference tool: no
action on the matter. No member of
the conference attacked nr Impugned
Mr. Rockefeller In any way. and the re
port In no way truthfully represented
the Atlanta Baptist Ministers' Confer
ence."
DEEM AS BLOCKS
JEROME'S EFFORTS
Continued From Pago One.
tnmty *ay(ng 'Thin poor girl now
dead," fluid Dolman.
During tin* argument growing out nt
the AtnrtcR of Ethel Thoma*. AI-. T>el-
tnn* Raid:
"Mr. Dillingham atated to Mr*.
Thaw"—he Mtnpped abort right here,
and then added: "Perhapa 1 had better
not recall It. The district attorney will
find It In the minutes of the tr'al."
Delimit* blocked an attempt of Je-
rome to lead up to the famous Hummel
affidavit In which Evelyn Is alleged to
have sworn to alleged abuttes by Thaw-
while In Europe. The dlatrlct attorney
sprung a big aurprlao In his argument
« M b>* declaring that he purposed to show
ft hat the Hummel affiduvlt, which Eve
lyn said had been burned In her pres
ence. had not been destroyed, but was
at this very moment In the possession
of the defense.
Jerome explained that he tvaa thus
trying to lay the basis to get secondary
evidence as to the contents of the affi
davit. Thaw’s lawyers showed surprise
at the sudden turn Jeromo took. Jerome
asked Longfellow If any messages he
had received from Evelyn related to
the famous affidavit. The.witness said
bsf.iih i
Writs
fcvrj.
‘I .ll.j .
I Moucrlcf, upon request.
Ids reason .for opposing the
Mr. Hpuldlng.
• not on the ground of taint-
i 'n >n. > i»m solely because I knew It
hr impossible to frame up a res-
Lii-n v'Mill would not be construed
an indorsement of Mr. Rockefeller
w in* business methods.
«' mi s i,o In no longer the head
•No.*'
Longfellow, when questioned, said
Mrs. Evelyn In November. 1903. hud
bunded him A paper which purported
lo he an affidavit. He had given It tv
•one of the attorneys" some time Us*
summer. Jerome asked Lawyer Hart*
Idge to produce the paper. De.lmae
said the paper had never been handed
to any of the lawyers for the defense.
Jerome wanted to know If he would go
n the stand nnd make such a state
ment.
•This Is a w holly unnecessary an I
Insulting way of treating my answer."
exclaimed Dolman. "Ask your witness
If you want to know what became of
that paper."
Annweiing h question, Longfellow
said he had never before seen an affi
duvlt similar to the one which Jerome
had. handed him to Identify.
Thaw- turned to tine of the newspaper
re|s»rters sitting near and said:
"1 bud never heard of the existence
of such an affiduvlt until after June 25,
Coroner's Physician Timothy Lahane.
who performed the autopsy An the
bodv of Stanford White, was called tv.
the stand nnd Assistant District Attor
ney Oarvan began to question the wit
ness. but ran up against on objection
by Delmus. Thaw’s counsel raised the
point that the direct examination or Dr.
Lahanc covered all the Information the
KIONAPEB YOUTH.
IS BELIEVED HELD
CAPTIVE! GOTHAM
Philadelphia Police on Hunt
For Negro Suspect
in Case.
Nett Turk. March 11.—Clean (level-
oped today In the kidnaping of four-
year-old Horace Marvin. Jr., Indicated
strongly that thr lad had beep brought
to New York and Is being kept In hid
ing here. .
In addition to statements from two
person* who are positive that they saw
the mining lad on a Fort Lee ferry
boat. I, A, Dole, of Bast Twenty-fifth
street, has rome forward with the
declaration he la positive he can flnj
young Horace.
The police of Delaware, Philadel
phia and New Vork are confident thal
ahe hoy wan taken out of the atate and
Ik being lield In either New York or
Philadelphia, or near one of these cities,
and their efforts are focuaad upon an
attempt m trap the kidnaper. Into re
vealing the whereabouts of the boy.
The Philadelphia police have sent out
a general alarm for • negro thought to
be the kidnaper.
form¥atTantan
' ACCUSED OF FRAUD
According to a story In The New
Orleans Item, Rudolph Fink Garner, a
former resident of Atlanta, la accused
of defrauding the Southern Partite
Railroad Company out of the sum of
136.000.
Garner. It Ik alleged, also had a pal
In Atlanta who was aiding him In the
job. Gamer was connected with the
Southern Pacific and la aald to have
swindled the railroad on a fake cross-
tic deal. *
The game was exposed.'It Is reported,
as the reault of a woman's Jealousy,
the wife of the alleged Atlanta con
federate. Thla woman ascertained. It
la said, that her husband was In love
with a New Orleans woman, where
upon she reported the “game" to the
Southern Parlflc officials. •
II
SAYSDECENTWOMAN
COULD'NTHOLOPLACE
When I hr board of poller commis
sion six moots Tuenlay night the roslg-
nation of Miss Ruth 8anderson. matron
of thr police barracks, will be in the
hands of thr seerrtary.
"No decent woman can hold that po
sition." nuld Miss Sanderson. In speak
ing o( the matter to a representative of
The Georgian Monday. "I have been
mistreated and persecuted. Everything
has been done to hamper my work and
to throw u had light on my work. I
am not resigning because of any recent
harges. hut because no decent woman
an hold the job." %
Miss Sanderson has hern III for the
past two weeks and saya she would
have given her resignation to <*hlef
Jennings Monday morning but for her
Illness.
MILLINERY
In the Millinery is being shown models for Easter-
Early Spring and Summer wear.
1907
The recreated styles of the
Empire and Directoire periods
are the leading ideas.
Chamberlin - Johnson - DuBose Co.
RAILROADS AT DANGER LINE;
SEABOARD EARNING NOTHING,
SAYS PRESIDENT GARRETT
Special Ladies’
Day Tuesday...
Silhouette Artist
We have succeeded in having Mr. A.
H. Harrison, the tanious Silhoeutte
Artist, set aside Tuesday as special day
‘exclusively for ladies. He. will he
located on the second Hoor ot our
Marietta street store, and all ladies are
invited. Hours from 9:30 a. m. to 12
noon, and from 1 p. m> until 5:3,0 p. m
Jacobs’ Pharmacy.
witness had.
Oarvan Hitt a 3nao*
Justice Fitzgerald allowed thr district
attorrr.v to proceed. Hr asked one
question nnd then gave up In despair,
thr witness being excused.
Believed Thaw Sane.
Policeman Donnl* Wright, who *
rlcd Thaw to thr station house the
night of thr tragrdy, was callrd and
trstlflrd thal. in his opinion. Thaw* was
sanr when he raw him after thr shoot
Ing.
Sergeant Du\ld McCarthy, who was
on the dc-jk In thr West Thirtieth street
poller station when Thaw w*ss brought
In on the night of thr tragedy, said he
believed Thaw was rational on that
occasion.
Dolmas criMs-oxutnlncd thr witness
amt asked him If hr went to Thaw
cell In company with lawyer Dan
O'Reilly thr night of thr killing. Wit
ness answered In thr affirmative. He
denied, however, that hr heard Thaw*
say hr heat'd birds singing In his cell
or that hr heard womep screaming in
their cells.
Recess was then taken.
Hard'Luck Story Told
by New Head of
S. A. L.
SKIRT CAUGHT FIRE;
IS
Mr*. Will It. Mtcanrl had s nsrmw r«
rape from l»*lng Bui mil i** death nimiit 11
oVtiM-k Mondsv tmintlug lir her skirt ha-
iMidtig ignited while winking about n lm||
Ihr
itrii*i,
form wak rtiu*t«»|M*f| lu flaun-s alamat
Inals ill Ijr. hnt rim emhmorcd t«» lonam her
skirt, sustaining acYrrul bin its on her bauds
nml srtnt. Ilcr arrrsUta brought a teb
employee fnna the house, who
deplume
e to her
Mr. John J- Wilkins was ttgrrlcdly sum
in.•mil. ami drvsmsl the wounds.
Mrs. Hlewnrt la tin* wife of Will II. fltew.
ert. n stereo!yper on The Jourmtl.
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TRIPLEX POWER
PUMP*,
DUNN MACHINERY CO.
M Marietta Slrwt.
• Atlanta, Oa. .
•The rnllniada have reached the
danger line." until W. A. Garrett, new
pre.Idem nf the Seaboard Air Line
system, who arrived In Atlanta Monday
morning with a number of operating
official* on a .regular trip of Inspee-
tlon. "Kxceaalve taxation, tinea, penal
ties. adverse legislation, lowering of
tariff,, have so cut down Ihe earnings
of the railroads that the interest on
the bunds cannot be paid."
The atatement i-^me In answer to a
question concerning a panic among the
railroad stocks because of treatment
and legislation throughout the coun
try. President Garrett, democratic In
every respect, had Just atepiied from
hla private car at the union depot,
tie and hla officials had aturted for
the Terminal Station and Invited the
reporters to walk and folk with him.
•if we don't earn any money." he
he continued, "how ran wa borrow any
and If we can't borrow money how
can we make any Improvements, ex
tend our lines, better our equipment
or secure better facilities? No one
will lend any money to a railroad lhat
la not earning dividends. The moat
Important thing la to pay Ih* Interest
on the bonds.
Seaboard is Lasing.
•The Seaboard has not earned
enough money during the put six or
•even iflonlha to pay.th, operating ex
penses and the Interest on Its bonds.
We have been penalised too heavily
and we cannot secure better facilities
because we have been hampered, lined,
and earnings cut down In many ways.
Many Improvement, might be made.
You might paint your house If you
have the money to spare, but you
won't If you haven't got It. It's the
same way with the railroad.
•There Is no policy of retrenchment
—Just economy on every hand and
the saving of every possible penny.
My policy ns president will be the
same as that of Mr. Barr and Mr.
Wallers. Bvery effort will be tnade lo
give the heal «ervlce with the leaat
coat.
"In thl* unprecedented era of,pros
perity, where everything and every
body but the railroads are enjoying II.
It la coating the railroads more money
to manufacture 'space.' Its only com
modity. than ever before, operating I
expenses have Increased steadily: ma-1
terlal and everything else nearly has
likewise increased. Whay ran't the
railroads enjoy thla prosperity? We
hare reached the denser line."
President Garrett wu accompanied
by General Manager Whlttlesy, W. I»
Redden, chief engineer: J. H. Witt, su
perintendent third division; C. H. Hlx,
general superintendent, and R. P.
Banderson. superintendent of motive
power.
Southern Rumor.
Nothing official has been received al
the offices of General Agent Thompson
or Assistant Oeneral Passenger Agen:
George B. Allen concerning a circulated
report that the Boutharn would With
draw several or Ite trains from service.
Bolh officials said they did nol believe
thr road Intended doing any such thing.
COAL. MINE FOR SALE!
A i public auction on the premises at noon on »ha 10th of April.
Itt* (unless sooner sold at private sale), the mines and equipment ot
the Domestic Coal Company, about 7* miles north ot tihattanoogo,
Tenn., on the C„ N„ O. A T. P. and Southern railroads, at Kmory Gap,
consisting of 1,160 acres of land (boundaries ahown oft premises and
maps and title, subject to Inspection at the office of the undersigned),
with office building, magaxlne. eight • miners' houses, one boiler home,
one blacksmith shop, one 1S0-H. P. boiler, one M8-H. P. automatic Mc-
Kwln engine, one 600-volt Jeffrey electric generator, one Jeffrey electric
hoist, one retarding conveyor, one tipple with Jeffrey conveyor and
screen, one kick-back tipple, two ten-inn monitors, one automatic
Howe track scale, one mine scale, two mules, one wagon, one boggy,
one electric mine pump, one surveyor's transit, a three-rail Incline with
drum, wire rope, etc., blacksmith tools. 10-odd mine cars, and office and
household furniture, and all other property on the premises belonging
to thla company and used In lla mining operations. Thla mine la In full
operation and quality of roal excellent.
Terms: Cash: title good. Bidders required to depoalt'rertlfled check
for II.oihi to qualify as bidders. All checks of unsuccessful bidders to be
returned. For further particulars, apply lo the undersigned.
DOMESTIC COAL CMMIT, 701 ftUOEITUL WLBft
| «ywyL l
ISSUED STATEMENT
TO PRESS TELLING
WHY HE SUICIDED
BULGERIAN PREMIER
IS ASSASSIN A TED
Sofia. liitlgHriit. .March 11.—M. the portfolio of minister at the in
terior, hinee November 5,
Vettkuff. premier, wax asaamnna-
led today. He had tieen at the
head of the ifovernmeiit. holding
when the I’etroff eahinet resigned.
M. I’ftlkoff wax a member of the
StamhuloflT party.
PTOMAINE. POISON
KILLS H,H, WALTON
Hubert flail Walton, aged 36 years,
died as a result of ptomaine poisoning.
Munday nigh; at hla raaldaace. 376
Luckte street.
on Haturday. while at dlnaer,' Mr..
Walton nte very heartily, of Ihrer and _ —•. ■ ■ 1
onions Whrn he cam. home Saturday SpecUMi T*c “•
night ha complained of Mag pi. going Raleigh, K L', March
to bed.
He Inst ronaMousness Haturday night
and was unconscious until his death.
Mr. Wallon la survived by hi* wlfn and
aged mother, who will arrive In Atlanta
from Kingston, (la. for the funeral,
which will be conducted Tuesday af
ternoon al tha Moore Memorial church.
Rev. F. Walton, n prnmlnen'. Metho
dist minister of Augusta. Oa., waa a
brother of Mr. Walton. The Interment
will lie lr. Decatur. On.
SENATE EUaSTITUTE BILL
PASSED SY LEGISLATURE.
Special lu The Georgian.
Charleston. 8. ('., March II.—M. 8.
Harris, tqrmer manager of Ihe Postal
Cable Company here, committed sui
cide at I o'clock today at hla resi
dence. 36 Meeting street, by shooting
himself in the hesd. He loft several
letters lo hla wife, to the superintend
ent of Ihe company at Augusta, and f>
thr prow.
He said to the press:
"I have lived honratly and treated all
men falHy according to my lights. A
complete breakdown In health and In
ability to perform my duties Is Ihe
cause of this act."
Mr. Harris had lived In charleston
for several years. He came her* from
Georgia. He leevee a widow and chil
dren. — (j-
Norlli Carolina legislature adjourned
today without accomplishing any anti,
irusi legislation.
The house loused a radical hill,
aimed especially at Ihc American To-
bacco Company, but the senate re
fused in peso It and substltutad a more
general bill mil so stringent. The eon-
foreneo failed lo agree and so reported
lo both houses.
12,716,000 BALES
IS COTTON CHOP
FOH PAST TEAfl
It liicliulf* rot too glnnwl*
_ mud taslrs roantvd ■■ half
nml lliitvm not Ittrlntlstl.
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Total
owing to Ike very gnat
west, the reports say Ike ^— ---
picked very amok awr* ejsseli (has asoal
soil till. (t.. larrwuwl the reap at les.t
latles. If ant awfe. »ar ry|«vt. I adi
eu te lhat there will set be mock ehsageto
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TANKS ANC
ID
TOWERS,
DUNN MACHINERY CO.
M Marietta Brrtt.
Atl.nta^Oe. |
Maddox-Rucker Banking Cn.
Capital and surplus $ 700,000^0
Total resources $3,000,000.®
Nem accounts invited. Wc offer to depositors
every facility which their balances and business re
sponsibility warrant.
1 psr cent paid on limited amo mts in our Savings.
Department.
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