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'Xhe Weather: tVentber forecast tor Atlanta anil vicinity is as follows: Partly cloudy tonight anil Sunday; no marked change In tho temperature. Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: Liverpool. holiday *•aOy; 11 15 19. Orlenug, 9.t«*wly; 12c. York. Btendy; 12.15, August!!, sternly; 12*j VOL. V. NO. 273. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 18,1907. PPTm?. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. AAVIAjIL. On Trains: FIVE CENTS. i BE SURE TO START READING “THE GH0ST"~1T BEGINS TODAY Condemn Plan to Elect Officials by That Body. RAILWAY EMPLOYES HOLD MEETING Pledge Themselves Not to Vote for Men Support ing Plan. In strong and unequivocal language, the employees of the Southern railway shop* assembled In mass meeting Sat urday at noon, condemned the reported intention of the city council to change the charter of the city so as to allow that body to appoint to office the city engineer and the commissioner of pub lic works, and pledged themselves not to support any man who votes for the proposed amendment. The meeting was called at 12 o'clock and every employee of the Southern shops, to the number of about 300, was in attendance. Mike Riley presided and delivered a short address, in which he declared that such action on the part of the city council would serve to curtail the rights of the people and take out of their hands the Inalienable privilege to elect whom they pleased to office. "It means,” declared Mr. Riley, “that If the council is allowed to change the charter so fis to give them the power to appoint the city engineer and the com missioner of public works, that In a short while conditions will be the same as they were a tew. years ago, when that body had control r every city of fice and appointed whom it pleased. We DINNER TO GOV. TERRELL AS A PARTING TRIBUTE Three Hundred Georgians Will Honor Re tiring Executive cn Anniversary of , His Nomination. At a dinner at which 300 of the most prominent men from every section of Georgia will be present, on the evening of June 6, a most remarkable tribute will be paid to Governor Joseph M. Terrell, who will lay down the reins of state government on June 26. For the first time In the history of the state a retiring chief executive will be given evidence of public esteem In * great banquet arranged by his friends all over the state. And credit for the initiative belongs to an Atlan tan. a prince of good fellows and a warm peraonal friend of Governor Ter rell, F. J. Paxon. The date is especially auspicious—it will mark the governor’s forty-sixth birthday anniversary, also the anniver sary of his nomination for governor of Georgia five years ago. On the day following Governor Terrell will leave with his staff for Jamestown to attend the Georgia Day exercises. Many Invitations. Mr. Paxon, in whose hands rests the details for the banquet, sent out 250 Invitations to prominent men lb all parts of the state. Political party or affiliation was Ignored. Men well known for their public or professional char acter have been asked to come to pay tribute to the retiring governor. A large per cent are the personal friends of the chief executive. In a few days Invitations will be sent to fifty Atlantans. Though the first Imitations were sent out only a few days ago. Mr. Paxon has already re ceived 180 acceptances. The tone of every letter Is most cordial. Most of them say that they are delighted to take part in any event that will honor one of the best governors Georgia ever had. Many say that Governor Terrell will retire from office stronger In the esteem and confidence of the masses of people than he was when elected four and a half years ago. Not for Politics. Mr. Paxon expects a very small per cent of declinations to the banquet, which will be held In one of the lead ing hotels. The event Is absolutely without political significance, and is purely an effort on the part of the gov ernor’s hosts of friends to pay him a deserved tribute. The local committee on arrangements consists of the following well-known Atlantans: Joel Chandler Harris. Samuel M. In man. Judge John T. Pendleton, J. K. Orr, Colonel Robert J. Lowry, Dr. John E. White, Judge John 8. Candler, John M. Slaton. Dr. W. W. Landrum, Henry S. Johnson, M. J. Cofer, Dr. David Marx, Dr. E. L. Connally, Samuel D. Jones. Dr. J. W. Lee, Colonel J. W. English, Jr., and F. J. Paxon. WJ.SU Board of Education Holds a Meeting Unannounced. gC00000000000O0O0O0000000g 0 PROF. SLATON CHOSEN: O 0 CONTEST DISCONTINUES O 0 0 0 Since Professor Slaton ha* al- 0 0 ready been selected by the board O 0 of education os the new superin- O 0 tendent of schools, there Is no 0 0 need for continuing the children’s O 0 voting contest, suggested by The 0 0 Georgian Friday afternoon. 0 000O0000O0000000O000000000 TRAINMEN SATISFIED WITH OLD OFFICERS TWO WORKERS WHO ARE HONORED AGAIN. Grand Master P. H. Morrissey and Secretary-Treasurer A. E. King were among tho officers re-elected by the Brotherhood of Railway Train men. SIS BODY TO ACTION Leads Way to Col lection in Address Be fore Convention. ATLANTA DELEGATES VERY PROMINENT changed it onco nml put. the election 4a -tnu. ,lc ^lyceen Broad and Forsyth ' * ' vand If council attests In an ei the hand* of the people, takes this action we will do It again.” Adopt Resolution. Mr. Rliey concluded his remarks by submitting to the meeting a resolution embodying the position of the Southern employees. The resolution was unani mously adopted and the chairman was given power to appoint a committee of one from each of the shops to enter a formal protest to council before the meeting next Monday, at which time the proposed amendment will be acted upon. Tho resolution was as follows: "We, the Southern railway employees, protest against the action of the mayor and general council of the city of At lanta in proposing to appoint the offi cers to the positions of city engineer, commissioner of public works and other offices that might be sought by the peo ple. and request that all officers be elected by the people Instead of being appointed by the cliy council, and that pledge ourselves not to support any candidate who advocates any such measures, us we think that It Is an In- dirert way of disfranchising the people of their personal liberties. "Resolved, That a copy of this be pent to the mayor and general council and also the press of tho city of At lanta." LAFAYETTE DOES STUATS WHEN HIS PRIVATE CAR IS SMASHED I A \ ARDS Bang! Crash! 'Mli! shattered cut glass chandeliers and bric-a-brac, the Great Lafayette found himself out of bed and on the floor, one of the actors In a scene of destruction. It was the quickest trans formation scene he had ever com pleted. Two big freight cars had been Jam med against his private car on the side JOHNSON RESPITED EOR SHORT PERIOD Will Johnson will not Iinug Friday, May -J. r»r criminal naanult on Mrs. Georgia Ufinhrpc, the prison commission, with the sanction of the governor, respiting him Sat* "May until June 14. J*T was granted beenuae the com- “ " nut * all the facta Iwfore passing hS# lly .°? l h " AH evidence In lie- '■* Johnson has been sifted thoroughly, ?. i . / 'unmlHslon now wants a little time ,0 into the other side of the case. Roasted Alive In Molten Iron Ilurf.ilo, May 18.—Patrick Smith, aged i' Vaa r °asted alive In one of the wckawannn Steel Company’s blast 'urnacea laat night. When Smith’s ™ y »»* rescued from the molten mass of coke and pig Iron In the fur- "«» burned to a crisp. Smith he was going down Into a dead turnnre to light the gas. *V0 VERDICT IN CONSPIRACY CASE May 18.-The Jury In chL.. lb5 ' StPe * Tube Company case, .ml? "* ’’ehsplracy to defraud the In. rn , me " t - announced to Judge Ew- th.L ', ' e United States court, that to r» c °u“ l not a * re e. and were unable •talKf th/lury.'- JUd “ Bwln * d,, - AI» A( IIEKID’S SKULL WILL GO^TO YALE May IS—The skull of li„. ,J 1 *' Ki'l.” the most notorious out- thirtv ,, Southwest and a murderer lime* nver, with a government ' n ■. . ,* 9 i l)no °n 111* head, lay today fhl.'». ,a “ S_ lR a doctor’s office In III fit ?; lh * skull will be presented Tsla,* 1 ind B oo*» Secret Society, of . effort to tear down the stone piers of (he Forsyth street bridge. But the bridge did not fall, and, as a result, the beautiful private car. In which the clever entertainer travels, wns a wreck. While peacefully sleeping In his artis tically decorated bed room about 7 o'clock Saturday morning, two freight car* were *ma*hed against the Lafay ette car and when thing* again became quiet, the end of the palace on wheel* was driven agaln*t the big *tone pier of the bridge, was off the track and the Inside was a wreck. End of Car Crushed. The front of the car was crushed In, while the entire car was so sprung and twisted that doora already shut could not be opened and those that were open could not be shut. Beautiful cut glass chandelier* and electric light fix ture* were broken and thrown to the floor of the car, while hardly a dish In the kitchen was left Intact. The range was several feet from where It belong ed and nearly everything made of glass was broken. The Great Lafayette wo* thrown vio lently out of the bed with Imported silk covering* and that he waa not hurt he consider* marvelous. Strange to say he landed on his feet against his bath room door and around him were pic tures ana works of aVt that he had thought Immovable on the walls of the car. "I can hardly estimate the damage,” said Lafayette to a Georgian reporter. “Every few minutes I find something else broken or ruined and I am afraid to make a thorough Investigation. I doh't believe I have enough dishes left for my chef to get breakfast. An en tire *et of exquisite, dlshe* that were a present to me and which rost 8125 is smashed to bit*. Silver coffee pot* and dishes have her” "“lied In and bent Into shapeless i Must Use I An Investigation , . • wreck waa made by N, C. and Si. ... officials, on whose tracks the car wax standing, and they liavo agreed to send the car Im mediately to the shops in Nashville and have It placed In the proper condition. And In the meantime they must furnish Lafayette a Pullman which will cost something like 868 a day. Even at that he cannot take with him his horses and carriages, anil he estimates the loss of these at 850 a day. He says that out side of the pleasure he gets from them they are worth that os advertising to him. This car was one of the moat beau tlful and artistic In Its furnishings ever seen In Atlanta. Throughout It showed the artistic temperament of Its occupant. For Lafayette travels with only his two dogs for companions and makes his car his home for ten months In the year. He was to have left Sun day for Richmond, Va., but even If he gets n private Pullman from the N., C. & St. L. road, tt will take him a day to move his effects and what la left of his art treasures. SPIES DOG FOOTSTEPS OF ALL IN BIG TRIAL Boise, Idaho, May 18.—The most prominent feature about tha Haywood trial today la the eaplonage aystem. which Is comparable to that of darkest Russia, and muy eventually preelpl- tat* trouble. Paid spies dog the foot steps of every’ one In any way con nected with the case. Attorney Hawley’s statement tl8‘t Jock Simpkins, a former organizer of the Western Federation of Miners. Is sure to be tried with Moyer, Haywood anil Pettlbone, for the Steunenberg murder, caused much speculation as to his whereabduts. Examination of Juror* was resumed at 10 o’clock this morning. Isaac Be dell. formerly a Colorado miner, was passed by the state. Bedell is now a farmer and stock raiser. Replying to Richardson, he declared he was free oj bias and would bo a fair and Impartial Juror. He is a client of Senator Bo rah. but that makes no difference, he " B Bedell qualified and was passed by both sides. Haywood. Darrotv. Rlch- OOOO00O00000O0OO000O0OO0O0 0 ANOTHER “LOW” MOVING O O | N JHI8 DIRECTION. 0 0 * **~ O Another one of them "low” O 0 things Is cavorting around In O 0 Texas, showing a tendency to O 0 Jump over Into this vicinity on O O the slightest provocation. The O 0 "low” brings the sky Juice, hence O O the apprehension. Forecast: O 0 “Partly cloudy Saturday night .0 O and Sunday; no marked change 0 temperature." 0 Saturday temperatures: 0 7 a. m. O 8 a. m. 0 9 a. m. O io n. m. 0 II a. m. 0 18 noon O 0 0 . 0 .65 degrees 0 . .88 degrees 0 ..70 degrees C ..71 degrees 0 ..74 degrees O . .76 degrees Oi 8 p. 81 degrees o j ardson and Wilson sat close together, their head* In a circle. Walter Shaw, whose brother wss a state senator, waa dismissed. M. H. Goodwin, aged 72, took his place In the Jury box. The defense tried to get rid of Goodwin and the state wanted to keep him. in the box. Judge Wood denied the challenge by the defense, and the Jury box waa onca more filled. Goodwin expressed the opinion that President RooseVelt had no business Interfering In this case. PROFESSOR W. M. SLATON. ’ Son of Superintendent W. K. Sla- Professor W. M. Slaton has been chosen superintendent of the public schools of Atlanta. The board decided upon this at meeting held In the office of Rosser & Brandon, at 8:80 o’clock Friday even ing. and It only remains for the formal rote to be taken at the regular session next Thursday. Quietly, and without any notice of any kind having been given out. the members of the board gathered at the office of the president, Luther Z. Ros ser, Friday evening. A. C. Turner waa elected vice president to succeed Dr. L. P. Stephens, resigned. Frank J. Orme waa elected a member of the committee on schools and teach era. and Courtland S. Winn waa elect ed chairman of the committee. Then the board nominally adjourned and the committee on schools and teachers nominally met. What happened was that the com mittee asked the entire board to assist the selection of the officers and teachers, which the entire board did, entering fully Into the discussion, and also voting on the matters presented. This made the recommendations of the committee, to all Intents and purposes, final and effective. Professor W. M. Slaton was rhosen superintendent by what one of the board member* describes as a “prac tically unanimous” vote. Major W. F. Slaton, hla father, and the retiring superintendent, was chosen "superintendent emeritus," an honorary position created for him In considera tion of his year* of service. Professor L. M. Landrum was "rec ommended" for re-election as assistant iperlntendent. Profeesor W. F. Dykes, associate in structor of the Boys’ High School, was chosen a* principal of the school,- to succeed Professor W. M. Slaton. It was "recommended" that the new Third Ward School, corner of Grant and Pavilion afreets, be named the W. F. Staton School, In honor of the re- Convention Re-elects Its Officials Down the List With One Additional Vice- Grand. Grand Master P. H. Morrissey, of .warm personal friends for year*, not- the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, withstanding the fact that there la no will again head that organisation for a “ l ' a ‘‘? n b « t *** n ‘ helr organisation*. At the aftornoon session, the next will again head that organization for the next two year*. Together with others of the grand lodge, officers whose energy and efficiency have made the great labor organization the power that it Is, he was re-elected at the morning session of .the convention on Saturday. W. G. Leo was re-elected assistant grand master; T. R. Dodge, Val Fit* Patrick, W. T..Newman and James Murdock were re-elected vice grand masters, and A. F. Whitney, of Eagle Grove, la., was elected to tho newly created vice grand mastership. Until this convention the vice grand mns. ter* were known u» first, socond, third anil fourth, but the constitution was changed to make five vice grand mas ters. A. E. King was re-electrd grand sec retary rind treasurer, while D. L. Cease, of Phllllpsburg, N. J., was ro-appolnt- cd by Grand Master Morrissey as editor of tho Railway Trainmen’s Journal, the official organ of the organization. At the afternoon session Saturday, tho election of officer* was again taken up. together with other buslncn*. The convention will elect the members of the board of grand trustees, tha grand executive board and tho newly creat ed board of Insurance. In addition, un finished business will be considered, such ns the report of the committee on resolutions and the report of the way* and means committee. Mr, Qompers to Spesk. President Samuel Gompera, of the American Federation of Labor, will ad dress the convention at the afternoon session, and his talk Is looked forward to with considerable Interest. He and Grand Master Morrissey have been meeting place will be selected and this selectlo will end a strenuous race between several cities. While several cities are after the next convention, which will be held two years from now, the race Is generally believed to be between Des Moines, la., and Colum bus, Ohio. Both cities have delega tions of prominent and Influential citi zens here and wide Interest Is being manifested In the decision of the con vention. While every effort will bo made to wind up the business of the convention at the afternoon session Saturday, there Is a strong probability of the convention holding over until Monduy. Salaries Increased. That the convention of the Brother- hod of Railway Trainmen appreciated the excellent work done by the grn officers of the organisation was shown at the session Friday afternoon when the salaries of these officials were In creased. This salary Includes th* grand master, assistant grand master, grand secretary and treasurer, the five vice grand masters and a number of subordinate officials. This action .on the pari of the con vention came as no surprise, as It has been known ever since the convention was In session that the delegates were more than pleased with the excellent manner In which the officers of the organisation had managed their fairs. The balance of the afternoon session Friday was devoted to the considera tion of the report of the coiqmlttee or constitution and this work Was com pleted. No changes of a radical nature were made In the constitution. Ex-Governor Northern Con spicuous Figure In Great Rod}- of Church others. tiring superintendent. Miss Agnes Morgan, assistant prin cipal Boulevard School, waa chosen su perintendent of the W. F. Slaton School. Mias Ella W. Smtlle, assistant prin cipal of the Craw Street School, was recommended as principal of the North Avenue School, now In procesa of erection In the Fourth ward. The committee—or board—further “recommends” that the two new schools be opened at the beginning of the fall term In September, with auch grades as possible with the quarter* that ran be obtained, prior to the completion of the building*. E. P. Burns, of the Third ward, and E. M. Mitchell, of the Fourth ward, were appointed as a committee to as certain whitt quarter* can be obtained. Monster 8hip Named "Delaware." Washington, May 18.—Secretary of the Navy Metcalf has decided to name one of the big 20,000-ton battleships, recently authorized by congresa to be 00000000000000000000000000 “We Used The Georgian Exclusively and Got All That Was Coming To Us.” EAGAN PARK LAND CO., 36 Inman Building and East Point. Atlanta, Ga., May 17, 1907. The Atlanta Georgian and News, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen:— Our land sale of Eagan Park lots, which closed Wednesday, May 15th, went far beyond our expectations, over 200 lots being sold, netting us something over $25,000. * _ This kind of property (suburban) requires more advertising than close-m property, and you are no doubt aware we used The Georgian and News ex clusively in our advertising campaign of the Eagan Park sale. This was the largest and most successful sale we ever held, regardless of the fact that we used all the Atlanta papers for our former sales, which proves to us conclu sively that The Georgian and News alone covers this territory completely enough to give us all that is coming to us. EAGAN PARK LAND CO., C. Q. Trimble, Sec. & Treas. Turkish Bath Boils 4 Men Plttzburg. Pa.. May 18.—Imprizoned In tha ataam room of the Turkish bath at tha Washington Park natatnrlum last night, four men. Edward Schwartz. rubber, and three patrone, Jacob Ooldsteln, Benjamin Ooldstaff and Isa. doro Bernard!, were caught by a sudden ruzh of steam In the email compart ment and almost boiled alive. Schwartz died In the hospital and the three men are In a serious condition as a result of their terrible experience. The ac cident was caused by a door <vl(h a snap-lock. built after the Dreadnaught type, "Del aware” after the state of that name. Aa to the name or the other he la In a quandary. Richmond. Va.. May 18.—At lust night’s session of the Baptist general convention Vice President Joshua Lov ering presided, the session being de voted entirely to the foreign mission cause. A report was made by Rev. li. E. Chapman, of South Carolina, on pa pal fields, that la. Italy, Brazil, Argen tina and Mexico, nnd one by Dr. II. W. Battle, of North Carolina, on the finan cial exhibit of the foreign mlzaton board. Among the speakers were ,P. H. An derson, of Kentucky, who Is soon to go to China as a missionary; J. a. Bailey, of North Carolina, and Dr. O. M. Truitt, of Texas. Atlanta Delegation. The Atlanta delegation Is getting Its share of the convention honors. Sec retary J. J. Bennett Is being congratu lated for eendlng more money to our foreign mission board than any other state secretary. General Evangelist W. W. Hamilton Is a much ndmlred nnd congratulated man for the wisdom nnd strength shown In his special department. The conventlop will enlarge the scope of his work. Ex-Governor W. J. Northen, c/ho has been prominent In the convention for many years, Is especially promlnont this year as one of those dost active in launching a movement to be known as the laymen’s movement. Secretary B. D. Gray Is greatly pleased at the fine showing mode by the heme mission board. W. W. Landrum Is loved and hon ored wherever known, but especially so where he 4s best known. He was -1 pastor In Richmond at one time. Mrs. E. G. Willingham Is president of the woman’s work In Georgln, a* well as prominent In the work of tho South. Dr. Broughton Heard. Yesterday afternoon Dr. I.. O. Broughton, of Atlanta, delivered an ad dress which led to a collection tor the Baptist exhibit, which aggregated 818,000. Rev. F. D. Hall, of North Carolina, read a section of the foreign mission report, showing that the great Inerauso in contributions making over 8400.00a, la still less than 20 cents per member per year, He paid a high compliment to the work being done by Mr. Lover ing, of Baltimore, and ex-Ooverimr Northen, of Oeorgla, in forming a busi ness auxiliary to missionary work. FORAKER HURLS BOMB AT BROWN Washington, May 18.—Senator Fora ger threw another bomb Into the Ohio political situation today by coming uut In a strong statement denunciatory of Walter Brown, chairman of the Repub. Mean state central committee. To be specific, I emphatically resent hla dictation and give him notice that my choice for the presidency will bo numeil, by the next Ohio Republican convention that le lawfully held in nominate state officers and that, so far as I am personally concerned. I shall abide the action of that conven tion aa to whether I shall be a candi date again for any office, and If — w'hat that office shall be.” said Foraker. lator The Oeorttsa record! here escb dty tomi economic not In reference to the oswste march of tha booth. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. For some years, says The Manufacturers’ Record, there was a con siderable decline In the attention given by the South to the production of grain and foodstuffs, but with a strong tendency of recent years toward a greater diversity In agriculture, the South le getting back, rela tively, to the position which It held In 1880 In the raising of grain and live stock. For many years after the war the South almost abandoned, as compared with conditions prior to 1860. the raising of lie own food sup plies, depending almoat wholly on cotton, tobacco and sugar as Its main crops. While giving Increased attention to cotton, .tobacco and greatly enlarging the average annual yield. It le at the same time giving renewed attention to cereals and to live stpek. Between 1887 and 1888 the South raised an aggregate of 6,211,504,125 bushels of corn, wheat and oats, while for the 10 years ending with 1906 the production of these cereals In creased by 787,101,868 bushels, equal to 11.8 per cent, the total being 4,950,- <06,084 bushel*. In 1897 th* South produced 1,818,846 tons of pig Iron. By 1906 this bad Increased to 9,4<7,21< tons. The total production of the South for the last 10 years was 27,342,516 tons, which Is 12,486,835 tons mere Hum the aggregate production between 1887 and 1131. or a gain of 84 per cent The increase during the next 10 yean, already assured by virtue .if the vast expenditures now being made for the enlargement of Iron production, must of necessity be greater during the coming 10 years than during the laat 10. We are quite safe, therefore, In counting up..n the South making In 19K a* a minimum 7,500,000 ton* of pig Iron, against 3,467,000 In 180*. The total production of the South during the Inst 10 years "f 27.342,564 ton* Is almost exactly 8,0(10,000. ton* more than the production of the entire country in 1904. 1