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VOL. V. NO. 316.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 9,. 1907.
INCOMPETENCE cause
of THE MUDDY WATER,
SAYS KEY TO COUNCIL
Arraigns Management
of City’s Water
Works.
name committee
TO INVESTIGATE
TO 111 SENATE
Cause of Present Conditions
in Water Supply Brings
Hot Meeting.
"The cause of the condition of At*
junta’s water supply la due to nothing
In the world but mlaerable, damnable
,nd Inexcusable Incompetence."
With this hot shot, Alderman Jamee
I. Key, before council, Tuesday morn-
ins. concluded an arraignment of the
waterworks system of the city which
almost made the building shake.
• The general manager of the water-
worke," he said, "promlaed us, and the
president of the water board promised
us, they were going to give us muddy
water. .Vow, they are giving It to us
just becuuse they made the promise.
We prevented the Indiscriminate bar
tering of those water bonds, we touched
that money, and now they are going to
show us a few things.”
When the address of Alderman Key
,was concluded, and after the president
of the water board, several members
of council and a number of cttlxens had
been hoard from, a resolution by Coun.
cllman/ Terrell was offered calling for
an Investigation of the situation by a
council committee of five, assisted by a
hydraulic engineer and three cltlaeni,
Judge George Hlllyer, W. C. Shearer
and Anthony Murphy. It was adopted.
Alderman Key at first ottered a
resolution providing for an Investigat
ing committee of three councilman and
three engineers, but he accepted the
substitute offered by Councilman Ter-
rsll.. Th# substitute offered by Coun
cilman StyroH, authorizing the water
board, In Us discretion, to Increase the
pressure on the pumps, was lost. The
Sibstltute by Councilman Longlno, pro.
vidlng that the mayor and council and
a committee of twelve citizens compose
tbs Investigating committee, met a aim
Har fate.
An ordinance. Introduced jointly
by Aldermen Key and Petera, providing
for the cutting off of all sprinkling of
lawns and gardens for the next sixty
days, wax referred to the, ordinance
committee, by retfuext.
Mr. Key’x Roast.
Chief Interest centered around tho
address of Alderman Key, os It waa by
his request that the meeting waa called.
The alderman wasted no time but fired
Into tho waterworks department as
soon os council was called to order at
11 o’clock.
“I will not speak on personal privi
leges,'• stated Alderman Key In begin
ning, “because this Is an Important
matter Into which I did not wish to In
ject my personality. What I want to
do Is to help the city and to arrive at
some conclusion as to how this muddy
water can be discontinued.
“All of you know of the effort to sad
dle this thing on me. You have read
House and Senate In
vite Him to
Speak.
the stories In The Constitution saying
inat I and my ordinance caused It all,
ami you know who Inspired those
•lories. The reporters of tho papers
Were called In a few days ago and
asked not to print stories that would be
damaging relative to the waterworks
•Ituation. The Constitution reporter
was released from tills by the general
manager. In my presence and without
my solicitation. Alderman Peters gave
rue Constitution reporter the facts und
asked hill) to publish them In Justice
to me, but those facts have never ap-
keared.
"This paper la trying to misrepresent
me, either by overt charges or by sup-
prtsslon.
Deep Political Play
"There is a deep political play going
0" In Atlanta. It Is a little too deep
lor me. i can't tell whether It la an In
sldlous effort to poleon the mlnda of the
Woide »o that the waterworks may be
sold or not. I don't know whether or
Jf Is an effort to defeat the election
o' '!>• manager of the waterworks by
mt people or not. Neither do I know
.Jjf'ner or not It Is to alarm council
and have this body loosen Its hold on
mat *350,000 of bond money so that the
.tf works may spend It as some of
'he utftclals please. It looks like a ho-
cus-pocus play to get that money.
Acting In accord with a resolution
originating In the house of representa
tives and which was unanimously
adopted by both branches, the gen
eral assembly of Georgia will meet in
joint session Wednesday morning at 11,
o'clock to listen to an addresa to be
delivered by Senator A. O. Bacon, who
■at unanimously elected United States
senator from Georgia Tuesday morn
ing,
Tho resolution was Introduced by Mr.
Hall, of Bibb, and after Us adoption by
the house was transferred to the sen
ate, where it was unanimously adopted
There was no opposition to Senator
Bacon and he received 168 votes, the
total number cast In the lower house.
Tuesday morning in the lower house
was unproductive of ar.y Important
legislation on account of the few num
bir of bills which have been acted up
on by the committees, and with the
exception of the election of Senator
Bacon, the Introduction of a number
new bills and the reading of bills
fer the second time, there was very lit
tle business transacted.
number of resolutions for and
against the prohibition bill were sub
mitted to the speaker pf the houae and
were read by the clerk.
The house met at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning accordjng to • adjournment,
nnd was called to order by Speaker
Slnton.
The session was opened with prayer
•by Chaplain Parks, after which the
roll was called and the Journal of the
previous day's session read and adopt
ed.
Mr. Swilling, of Franklin, who haa
been absent f*oin the sessions of the
house, was present Tuesday, and was
sworn in as a member of the lower
house by Justice Cobb of the supreme
court.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, offered a resolu
tion that Senator A. O. Bacon be In
vited to address the general assembly
In Joint session Wednesday morning.
The resolution was unanimously adopt.
0il,
A communication to Mr. Hall from
Secretary of State Phil Cook wax read,
and was aa follows:
“I have made arrangement* to aup
ply the house with llthla water, but
have found It Impossible to secure even
a pint before Wednesday. I hope you
THE RUIN© OF 1886-87--
THE BANKS: In 1885,there was one savings
bank, in 1887 there were four; one of the new
ones had $60,000 working peopled savings.
Where did the money go to before that?
, In 1885 there was $1,300,000.00 banking
capital and surplus in Atlanta banks. During
1886-87 there was added to this banking capital
$1,355,000.00.
A VOICE OF AUTHORITY---
Colonel R. F. Maddox said in a speech on
the night of Nov. 13, 1887:
“I have lived in Atlanta twenty-nine years,
and Atlanta is more prosperous tonight than it
has been any year since I came here.”
don’:
kill
■mow but that It ts an effort to
! ne politically. I have been killed
•o often I don't mind It any more.'
AWei-man Key. continuing, gave the
ih„. ,rom the waterworks, showing
th « Water ta higher In the reser-
than when clear water wa.
* furnished. Councilman Martin
wl with a defense of the Key or-
l,'n which he showed that the
n.i election would not have passed If
“ IK'I ni 't been adopted.
'wing Is the council committee
by the mayor pro tern, to In-
der, the waterworks situation: AI-
K «y and Peters, and Counell-
°™nL Harmon and Martin.
SKIDELL turns
DOWN STATE JOB
Att-rtoo Seidell has definitely decided not
iur. ,l,r t'°*ltt‘ , n of state chemist to
AorTt i” who will retire on
•p!'>"lirr'! l 7' , SI! d tb»t the department of
i.f Mr I !Washington thought so well
'“Mnieut 1 ' ."!** t* Incrwied hi. sslsry
W **K«on b * •» remain In
siSKSlatr »f Agriculture Hudson I. In
Is 5/ iv2!? ct y.th a well known rhemlal
*ru t "«t. and l» hopeful of muring UU
will see that It *a not wasted.'
Mr. Jackson, of Jones, offered a res-
olutlon thanking Benjamin M. Black-
turn. secretary of ex-Governor Terrell,
for the beautiful carnations whlcit he
presented to the members of the houso
Monday. The resolution was unani
mously adopted.
J3y unanimous conrcnt the rules were
suspended to allow the Introduction of
a number of new bills which were read
for the first time and referred to the
proper committees. .
At H o'clock the house went Into the
election of a United States senator.
Senator Bacon Elected.
Senator A O. Bacon was nominated
for the United Stntes sennte by Mr.
Ryals, of Bibb. The nomination was
seconded by Messrs. Young, of Troup,
ond Slater, of Bryan.
Upon the call of the roll th* vote for
United States senator wa* 168, Senator
Bacon receiving the entire number of
vote. ca.t.
The home took up the bill of Mr. Ed
ward., of Habereham, providing for
the rotation of superior court Judge,
and which was ad tersely reported by
the committee having It In charge.
Mr. Edward* spoke In behalf of his
bill. He declared that since superior
court Judge* are elected by the people,
the rotation system should be adopted
In order to remove any temptation of
“ffi® of Bibb, opposed the pass
age of the bill. He declared It would
disrupt the pres.nt sys'em otoperating
superior courts in Fulton ®na other
counties, where the Judge of another
circuit 1* paid by Individual countie,
to preside over certain dlvl.toifa of
their superior courts.
Mr. Adams, of Chatham, also opposed
the bill upon practically (he same
grounds advanced by Mr. Hall.
The report of the committee wa.
adopted and th* bill waa defeated.
Mr. Bell, of Fulton, asked unani
mous consent to have house bill No. 3
read a second time. When Mr. Bell
stated that the bill affected the At
lanta waterworks , >'*". rn '
cheered by the bouse and the unani
mous consent waa readily given.
Test Born Invention,
A resolution. Introduced by Repre
sentative N’l*. ®f Gwinnett, requesting
the railroad commission to Investigate
the merit, of the .afety appliance for
preventing rallroed wreck*. Invented
by Dr. M. A. Born, of Athens wa.
adopted by the house. The resolution
atao provided that the Interstate com-
WHEN THE MUD IS IN THE WATER
M0R.NiNG,.S?RjN'r foR TH&
SfRiN^
Nor WdWtyiNOi
AJOOT
ne
WATEJ?’
Soppu;
Mean wo rtAteiO
HEAT RECORD OF 96 REACHED TUESDAY
Old Sol went out for the 1907 record
Tuesday, and landed It with a temper
ature of 96 at 2 o'clock. Sunday was
a alxsle? when the mercury reached
96, but Tuesday the diver thread
slipped upward a couple of notches.
It should be remembered that thle
I reading I. made from the top ot the
Empire. The temperature In the streets
was probably several degrees higher.
Relief Is In sight, however, with thun
der showers In prospect. Forecast:
“Fair Tuesday night; Wedneeday
probably local thunder showers."
Tuesday temperatures:
ENGINEER DYING IN CAB,
TRAIN PLUNGES ALONG
TO DISASTROUS WRECK
Special to The Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., July *.—Several persons
were seriously Injured ns a result of a
collision between a northbound pas
senger train on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad and a switch engine standing
on a aiding, sis miles north of this city,
at 7: SO o'clock this morning.
The Injured are L. G. Murray, mall
clerk.
Ben Evans, a negro, fireman of the
passenger engine.
T. V. Laken. a passenger.
The wreck waa due to the fact that
Engineer Thomas J. Dense, of the pas
senger, was struck by a mall crane
shortly after leaving the city, and
thrown back In the cab unconscious.
The big boiler hid him from the view
of the fireman. Beyond control the pas.
senger train continued at full speed
until (t struck th* switch engine. Both
engines were wrecked.
Engineer Desee was taken from the
engine after the collision with a frac
tured skull, the result of the blow from
the mall crane, and died two hour*
later.
Several passengers were bruised by
being thrown forward when the colli
sion occurred. ■
7 o’clock a. m
9 o'clock a. m
9 o'clock a. m
10 o'clock a. in
11 o'clock a. m
12 o’clock noon
1 o'clock p. m.
2 o'clock p. m
78
80
86
89
92
94
96
96
degrees
degrees
degrees
degrees
degrees
degrees
degrees
degrees
TWO FATALLY INJURED
IN REAR-END COLLISION
Special to The Georgian.
Meridian, Miss., July 9.—Mobile and
Ohio local passenger train due here at
il:40 o’clock wa* wrecked near Whist
ler this morning by running Into the
tail-end of a through freight. Engineer
Tom Deane and Conductor William Mc
Kinley, of the passenger train, are re
ported fatally Injured and the colored
fireman had both legs cut off. All three
reside in Meridian. Several passengers
received slight Injuries. Every coach
ot the passenger train was thrown from
the track.
(Continued on P*BJ Four.)
SWELTERING WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SOUTH
Washington, July 9.—The weather bureau Issued the following bul
letin today:
Unse aled weather will continue tonight and Wednesday In the east
and south with continued high temperatures, although It will be slightly
cooler tonight In the northern portion of the middle Atlantic state*.
The winds along the South Atlantic coast will be light to fresh and
mostly southwesterly; on the east gulf coast light ant* variable, though
mostly southerly.
Bronze Statue
ToSen.Morgan
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala.. July 9.—Senator
Reese, of Dallas, offered a resolution
today to have a bronze statue of the
late Senator John T. Morgan placed In
Statuary Hall at Washington.
Capital Raised
For New Bank
8pedal to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. July 3.—Macon will bare a
new national bank. It will be the Exchange
National and will l»e capttallaed at 3250,000.
It will be located where the old Exchange
bank waa, *mng*mente baring been made
today for a four-year leaae on awe propeiy.
II. I\ O'Neal. T. N. Baker, K. O. Karri*,
Walter Dannenberg, T. J. Carling and oth
er* are flnanelug the new bank.
Hfwk holders of the old Exchange bank
will be glren an opportunity to buy atock
for biialncea Augtmt 1, and that It will un
ably take orer the old Exchange bank.
COURT WILL CALL
JUDGE HARGIS’ CASE
if IET LOSE
Surgeons Watch Pa
tient in New York
Hospital.
New York, July 9.—Physicians at
tending Dr: Julian P. Thomas, million
aire, aeronaut, wfnd-wagonlst and au-
tomoblllst, have not yet decided wheth
er It will be necessary to amputate the
doctor'* right leg, which sustained a
compound fracture In the automobile
accident which ended his midnight ride
with two young girls of tho Bronx
about 11:20 Sunday night.
Miss Frances Haas, whose right leg
was amputated at tho knee yesterday,
Is In a bad condition, but It Is thought
at Fordham Hospital that her chances
for recovery are good. Mis* Alvina
Welssmon, who escaped Injury, with
the exception of bad fright, shake-up
and contusions, which kept her In bed
at her home, Is In a weak condition.
Mrs. Thomas, who wa* at Arverne,
L. I., with her two boys while the doc
tor's ride with Its unexpected conclu
sion waa in progress, got to New York
Mondny afternoon. She was calm and
masterly when ehe visited her husband
at the hospital Immediately after.
Asked for a statement ehe sent this to
the reporters;.
“It Is too early to talk about this
Just now. My place Is beside my hus
band until he gets well. Further than
that I have nothing to say.”
Mrs. Thomas said her brother, Walter
EberhardL who was present, was more
concerned about the doctor's Injuries
and did not Inquire for a single detail
of the doctor's Journey or previous ac<
qualntance with the young women.
Frank Haas, a draughtsman, father
of the Injured girl, said that Dr. Thom
as will have to pay for the girl's In
juries, because he ts going to bring suit
for damages, and what’s mors, ho de
clared, ho Is going to find out how Ills
daughter became acquainted with the
doctor.
Miss Haas Is a very beautiful young
woman and Is a music teacher.
He told the following story today of
his daughter's departure for a motor
run on Sunday;
"Miss Welssmon was visiting my
daughter when two young men In a
big red touring car called. They were
rriends of Alls* Welssmon. They In
vited both girls and Airs. Haas out for
a spin to Sea Cliff, L. I. Aly wife did
not wish to go, and tho girls said they
would go for a run through the park.
They put on their dust coats and veils
and started out. I did not know the
young men.”
WILE CRUISE
Only Newest Fighting
Ships Will Be Sent
to Pacific.
RECEPTION TUESDAY
Governor and Mrs. Hoke 8m!th will
give the first reception to the general
assembly In the executive mansion
Tuesday evening.
Invitations have been sent to the
members of the general assembly and
their wives, state house officials and
about fifty prominent Atlantans.
This will be the first of the large re
ception* said to be planned by Qpvern.
or Smith. The executive mansion will
be handsomely decorated for the occa
sion, which will he a brilliant social
event.
Washington, . July 9.—Two Impor
tant decisions have been reached by the
navy department concerning the an
nounced problem of the dispatch of tho
Atlantic fleet to tho Pacific,
First. Only the newest and most
modern ships will be sent, and, second,
the average age of captains of the
ships will be reduced from three to Are
years. These two points are accepted
In official circles as most Important and
significant.
They menn that when the fleet starts
out on It* remarkable voyage It will
be the most modern and most formi
dable fleet of warships of Its slxe Ball
ing together In any waters of the globe.
Only first-class war dogs will plow
through the waters, and tho youngest
men obtainable, so far aa tho ages of
captains go, will be placed In com
mand.
Already steps are under way to grad
ually reduce the ages of the captains.
Twenty-four vacancies In '.he grades
of captains down to lieutenant have
been created and by weeding out the
dead wood It made room for promo
tions. By this method the average age
of captains of the navy may be reduced
to the average age level of the captains
of Great Britain, France and Japan.
When Admiral Evans starts on his
Journey he will be In command of fif
teen big battleships all but six of which
have been In commission less than a
year.
Most ot these are of the 16,000-ton
class with speed exceeding 19 knots in
almost every case. Aside from the two
new monster cruisers, Tennessee and
Washington, It Is now planned to sen I
a flotilla of six torpedo bont destroyers
with the fleet. Tills will make twen-
ty-threo lighting vessels, while ten or
twelve colliers, auxiliaries, etc., will
necessarily accompany them.
JAPS WOULD ENTERTAIN
OFFICERS OF BIQ FLEET.
London, July 9.—The Japanese press
displays absolute sang frold over the
massing of American warships In tho
Pacific. It finds thnt It le natural, says
the Toklo correspondent of The Times,
for America to re-dlstrlbuto her naval
forces as a sequel to the adoption nt
an Imperlnl policy. It considers that
tho event In no wise concerns Japan.
Count Okuma, leader of the progress
ive party, remarks that the arrival of
the fleet will happily synchronise with
the chrysanthemum aenson. Hence Ja
pan will bo nble to offer some enter
tainment to tho navy of her old friend.
M’CORMICK WILL
HEAD DIXIE ROAD
New York, July 9.—Aa A. McCor
mick, assistant to the general manager
the New York Central railroad, re
signed today. He will become president
of the Randolph and Cumberland rail
road. which runs from Cameron to
Hinsons, N. C.
JAP ADMIRAL'S SLUR8
NO 8ECRET IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. July 9.—While naval of.
fleers refuse to believe that Japanese
Admiral Sakomoto waa corroctly quot
ed aa casting slurs on tho bravery of
the American navy. It Is no secret here.
The prompt disavowal of the statement
by'tfle Japanese government would
greatly clear the situation. It is not
likely that the United States will make
a formal representation to Japan, as
Aokl says he disbelieves the statement.
NAVAL OFFICIAL SAY8
FLEET WILL AVOID ASIATICS.
Washington, July 9.—“There Is ab
solutely no Intention of sending the At.
lantlc fleet to Asiatic waters," said an
official of the navy department today.
Such reports ar* absolutely ridiculous.
It has never been officially said that
such was the plan and such reports
are only calculated to stir up trouble
between the United States and Japan.'-
RACE RESULTS.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY.
First Race—Scallop, 13 to 5. won;
Montauk, 4 to 1, second; Hal, 3 to 5,
third. Time, 1:98 1-6.
Second Race—Sunglow, 7 to 6. won;
Dick Shaw, even, second; Blue Pigeon,
1 to 2, third. Time, 4:07.
The Georgian records her* etch dsy sods BY
Ssrch’rt fire !km r th!'” nC * ,0 "" 0BW * rt JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Sandy Hook. Ky„ July 9.->Specl*l
Judge VV. B. Moody hen Arrived and
will call the eaaea of Judge Hargis and
others. All of the Hargia faction are
In the city. They preceded Judge
Moody, who came with Attorney Iflnyd
Byrd and T. P. Cardwell, brother-in
law of Dr. Cox.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga., July 9.—The report prepared by the statistician of the port of
Rraoawtck for the year ending July l, 13OT. shows that there were chipped from
Brunswick within the period mentioned 27000,000 feet of timber, 220.000,000 feet going
coaatwlae ami 60,000.000 feet going foreign. This la the largest record ever made In
the history of the port. a
Statistics gathered by the Chamber of Commerce of Greenaboro, X. C„ Indicate
a healthy growth In all lines of financial, commerclll and manufacturing activity,
•ays the Manufacturers' Record. The combined capital atock of the banks haa
grown from 3276.000 In 1300 to 3326,000 In 1307; deposits from 090.000 to 33.445.0-); sur
plus from 319.000 to 3193.000, and total aaaeta from 31.100,000 to 34.476,000. Where there
were no life Insurance companies In Greensboro In 1300 relay flier* are three, having
a combined capital atock of 3549,000; premiums received, 3771.000; assets. 31.011,000.
and busluess In force, 319,271.700. together with six fire inmrance companies. having
a combined capital atock of 3300,000, aurplus 3591,132 and total asset* $2.917.Then*
are 274 corporation* and firm* nnd 96 manufacturing establishments doing business
Id the city and employing In the aggregate 3.000 persons, with an approximate an
nual payroll of Sl,33l.0(k). The cotton manufacturing plants ami finishing mills ship
dally about twenty-five carloads of freight, and two of these, the Proximity nod th**
lhituonn mills, are doubling their present output. The fire cotton merchants and
brokers of Greensboro during 1909 handled 210.00) bales of cotton, valued nt 310.500,000,
while cotton goods handled by the commission houses was valued at 114,000.000 for
]»». In 1^)0 there were three firms engaged In the manufacture of Iron i>
while in 1307 the number has Increased to ten, with seven wholes le mill
and commission bouses, having a combined business of $:, ••• ••>. Then? are
from ttie city oyer ftt.OOO pounds of candy annually and !f,*»,000 cigars, it
of th# latter being 3912.000. There are al#^ twenty-three woodworking plan
wholesale lumber dealers and three Ira plant# In Greensboro, ns against .•!
supple
e* value
ight
rork has bee# done by J.