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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Tuesday.
The Atlanta Georgian
Full and Complete Market Reports are Printed Every Day
In The Georgian.
AND NEWS
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being printed In The Georgian.
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady; 7.47. Atlanta, nomi
nal; 13%. New York, qnlet; 13.50. New
Orleans, quiet; 13 7-10. Augusta, steady;
Savannah, steady; 12%.
VOL. VI. NO. 18.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 26,1907.
PRICE* I" Atlantal TWO CENTi.
rAil/a* On Trains: FIVE CENTS.
HILLYER AND CALLAWAY
APPOINTED MEMBERS OF
RAILROAD COMMISSION
JUDGE GEORGE HILLYER.
These are the two new railroad
HON. FULLER E. CALLAWAY,
commiaiioners appointed Monday by
Governor Hok: Smith under the no w law increasing membership.
Reorganization Brings Out Plans of New
Body and Attitude on Pass
Question.
Atlanta Paid the Bell Company for the
year 1902 $2,656.50
(Telephones were previously charged at as high as $125 a year each, or over
$10 a month.)
July 1,1903, a new contract was made, after the competing company had
bid, and in order to meet the rate, the Bell Company gave 33 1-3 per cent off their
regular rates and 12 free telephones.
The competing Company bid to supply the same number of ’phones at $3 a
month, and now supplies 22 'phones at $3 a month, 25 'phones at $2.50 a month,
and is now giving, and always has given, the city 25 free 'phones.
5 DEPUTIES
APPOINTED
L
SOME BELL SERVICE
Judge George Hlllyer, of Atlanta,
and Hon. Fuller E. Callaway, of La-
Grange. are the new railroad commis
sioner,.
Governor Hoke Smith announced the
appointment of these two gentlemen
to the newly created places on the
board of commissioners Monday morn
ing. At noon the board was reor
ganised. S. Guyton McLendon, re
cently appointed by Governor Smith,
was elcted chairman, and George
F. Montgomery was re-elected sec
retary of the commission.
The members of 'the reorganized
commission will be:
Hon. S. Guyton McLendon, of Thom
as county, chairman.
Hon. Hiram Warner Hill, of Meri
wether county.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, of Terrell coun
ty.
'Ion. Fuller E. Callaway, of Troup
county.
Judge George Hlllyer, of Fulton
county.
George F. Montgomery, secretary,
Commission Organized.
On motion of Commissioner Stevens
the selection of the stenographer to
the commission was left entirely In
the hands of Chairman McLendon.
The question of a rate expert went
over to some future meeting of the
commission. A question arises as to
whether or not under the bill creating
this place any provision Is made for
paying the *4,000 such an expert la to
receive.
Commissioner Stevens did not reach
the cnpltol Until shortly after noon, aa
he did not arrive In the city from Daw
son until near that hour. All of the
other commissioners were on hand be
fore the hour fixed for the meeting.
Mr. Callaway and Judge Hlllyer had
received the oath of office from the
governor earlier In the day.
In calling the commission to order,
Chairman H. W. Hill said:
“Before putting the motion of Com
missioner Stevens, placing Mr. McLen
don In nomination for chairman of the
reorganized board, I should like to
make n few observotlons. In point of
service I am the oldest commissioner
on the board, having served four years,
two of them as chairman.
"I have endeavored to do my full
duty In discharging the duties Imposed
on me. That I have made mistakes Is
probable. The only man who never
erred was crucified. It may be that
we will make mistakes, but I believe
they will be mistakes of the head and
not of the heart. This commission
conies with the big purpose of carry
ing out the new law, aa the old com
mission endeavored to administer the
old law. The old commission asked re
peatedly for Increased powers, but the
legislature failed .to give It.
Honest Differences.
“This new commission, I believe,
will be characterized by wisdom, Jus
tice and moderation. You will find,
»lr, that nothing will add to the effi
ciency of this commission rbore than
the loyalty and co-operation of your
colleagues—such loyalty as I had. We
have not always agreed, but our dif
ferences were honest ones. Because
men differ this body was Increased to
five members to get wisdom In In
creased numbers.
"Efficiency will depend on the unity
of action' of the members composing
this commission. I believe we will
hold up the hands of the new chair
man. and will present a united front
In protecting every Interest we may
have to,pass upon. The Interest of the
shlnner and the common carrier will
he protected.
"1 have known Mr. McLendon a
long while. We served side by side for
two years In ths old Capitol, and I
learned to love and admire him then as
1 do now. His nomination as chair
man of the commission Is pleasing to
me. When the people of the state un
derstand that harmony prevails In this
body, great good Is -sure to result.”
■He said that the first vote he ever
oast was for Judge Hlllyer ae a dele
gate to a national Democratic conven-
[lon. He said that Mr. Callaway was
born within a few miles of where he
ved and that their mothers had been
lifetime friends.
Following Mr. Hill, and before his
WELB01 HILL TO
BEST IN OAKL
Funeral of a Well-Known
Man to Take Place Tues
day Morning.
Continued on Page Seven.
Welborn Hill, of 4*6 Peachtree
street, for many years one of Atlanta’s
most prominent citizens, died at the
Preebyterlan Hospital Monday morn
ing at 1:46 o'clock, after on lllnese of
two or three weeks. Since he was
f ’:_t taksn 111, Mr. Hill's condition has
been' precarious and he was removed
to the hospital late Sunday afternoon
In the hope that an operation would
save, or at least prolong, hie life. Fol
lowing the operation Mr. Hill rallied
for a short while, but late In the night
he declined rapidly until death ended
his suffering.
Mr. Hill was 61 years old. and has
been a resident of Atlanta for nearly
forty years, having moved to this city
from Wllkee county shortly after the
war. Since his residence here he has
been closely Identified with the busi
ness Interests of the city and for a
number of years he was connected with
the Gate City National Bank. He also
served for awhile as deputy In the
sheriffs office and as city marshal. Of
Decent years Mr. Hill has been asso
ciated with Harry C. Stoekdell In the
Insurance business, In which he was
encaged at the time he was taken III
Mr. Hill Is survived by his wife, who
was formerly Miss Lucy Ewln, of At
lanta; four soils, Hugh Hill, of West
Point; Lamar Hill, Ashby Hill, A. W
HIM, Jr., and Thomaa Cobb Hill, of At.
lanta; one daughter, Mrs. Lewis Hill,
of Newnan: a sister, Mrs. Ida Hill
Carey, of Wilkes county, and three
brothers. L. J. Hill, of Atlanta; Dun
can Hill and E. Y. Hill, of Washington.
The funeral will be conducted Tues
day morning at 10: *0 o'clock at St
Marks Methodist church, with Bev. S.
R. Belk officiating. The Interment will
be In Oakland cemotery.
GAYNOR GRANTED
PERMISSION TO GO
TO INDIAN SPRINGS
Federal Authorities Are
Preparing For
Struggle.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 26.—Word waa re
ceived In Macon this morning that
permission had been granted Colonel
John F. Gaynor, who haa been con
fined In the Bibb county Jail, to go to
Indian Springs, forty-five miles from
this city, for rest of summer. -
The order was signed by the Judge
of circuit court of appeals.
For some time Colonel Gaynor has
been troubled with asthma, and Jukt
recently locomotor ataxia has set In
and he le In a serious condition.
Captain Ben Green will remain In
this city. Colonel Gaynor will leave
for Indian Springs Tuesday morning
with his wife and Deputy Sheriff
White.
Secy Taft Is
In Joplin, Mo.
Special to The Georgian,
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 26.—All day
yesterday the people of thla state dis
cussed with much Interest the latest
move of the elate authorities, in the
clash with the federal court In the
railroad case. But few grasped the
true meaning of Attorney General
Garber's refusal to appear In the fed
eral court; few realized that It was
simply another ahrewd move of Gov-
ernor Comer in the Interest of state
rights. Late Saturday night friend*
of the administration admitted that
Governor Comer was acting wisely In
hfs latest stand and stated their be-
lief that the governor now has the
railroads in his power. Since the ad'
jnurnlng of the legislature, the gov
ernor hns threatened to reconvene the
lawmakers to prepare laws which can
be enforced, but he has not lot any
one spook of his strongest card, that
of prohibiting the moving of freight
trains In the state of Alabama an the
Sabbath day. The governor knows
that by holding such a law over the
heads of the railroad companies he-ls
almost sure to force them to concede
to the present demands. The position
taken by the nttorney general hns
caused much talk. Declaring that It
waa futile for him or other attorneys
to go Into the federal court represent-
Ing the solicitors and sheriffs of the
state, when the presiding Judge hnd
already prejudged the case at Issue,
the attorney general declined to ap
pear for the county officiate who were
responding to the enlarged Injunction
obtained by the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad. Inasmuch as the etate
wae not represented Judge Jones made
his temporary order granting an In
junction permanent.
Louisville and Nashville railroad
men are much concerned aa to tho
probability of being arrested and late
Saturday night a delegation of em
ployees waited on Judge Jonea for the
purpose of Anding out whether or not
the employees would In case of ar
rest secure the protection of the fed
eral court. Judge Jones In assuring
them protection, said:
“However divided the good peoplo
of Alabama may be os to the prop
er rate of transportation, they have
no sympathy In the efTort to prose
cute you In order to get a decision of
that matter In the criminal court,
where It does not belong, and take It
away from the court where It does
belong. A good many of these
threats are mere newspaper talk.
'it le popular sentiment, or
least men think It la popular, to talk
about arresting you In violation of
the order* of the court, but when.they
And out, aa they will, that all good
citizens are Indignant at the insult
proposed to be put on you, and
through you on all other laboring men
you will hear very little of It In the
future. • * • Moreover, the or
ders of this court were not made to be
disobeyed by anybody. Any one
knows the duty of a Judge when an
order of the court has been deAed.
In view of the threats which
have been publicly made It Is emi
nently right and may save trouble
for me to say to you now, aa I do
say, that If you are arrested, you will
be Immediately released on habeas
corpus, and the officer making the
arrest In contempt of the court will
be very severely punlzhed, ad that he
will remember It for a very long tl
under the power Invested In this
court by section 726 of the revised
statutes of the United Btatez, as soon
as the offtcera of the court can lay
their hands on him, and can have
hearing before me. This Is a land of
law and order. The constitution and
laws are still supreme. The public
sentiment of this state and of other
states and the powers of the United
States are behind the orders this
court has made for your protection.'
The Kansas City. Memphis and Blr-
EMERGENCIES.
In esse of sickness, Are or other emergency, employees In
charge of offices of this company will extend aid to subscribers In
summoning assistance or obtaining Information when consistent
with the performance of their regular dutlea. It la underatood that
such services are given ae an accommodation to the subscriber, for
which the company can not aeiume responsibility of any natura.
—FROM BELL 'TELEPHONE COMPANY’S INSTRUCTIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
a. ETueniDOE
ETHERIDGE & ETHERIDGE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
1004-8-6 Century Building,
ATLANTA, GA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Having just spent three minutes by the watch try
ing to get “Central" without success, I write to add my
protest to that of other sufferers who are victims of
the Southern Bell Telephone Company’s rotten service.
Some time ago my wife and I were startled during
the night to find the rear of the house on fire. I ran at
once to the 'phone in the hack hall, which was per
fectly dark. After what seemed an age central an
swered. "Give me the fire department quick!" said I.
"What’s the number?" said central. I replied that I
didn’t know the number, hut that my house was on
fire, and I must have the fire department quick. She
then informed me that it was against the rules to con
nect with any one unless 1 gave the number. While I
was searching for a match to make a light in order
that I might find the number which I knew was on the
back of the telephone book, my wife came in to say that
she and the cook had extinguished the fire and that I
needn’t trouble central further.
I am sure I could write of twenty exasperating
experiences a day if I should take account of them.
Very truly,
PAUL S. ETHERIDGE.
SULTAN'SRULEENDS
EUR0PET0C0NTR0L
Thousands of Moors Have
Been Slain In Bat
tle.
Parlz, Aug. 26.—An official dispatch,
received here today, statea that Mulat
HaAd. the new cultan of Morocco, with
large force, 1« marching on Caea
Blanca.
illway t<
mal petition In the United States court,
asking for a modldcatlon of their In
junction, zo as to put Into effect the
21-2 cent pazsenger rate and the 110
commodity rate, thereby acceding tA
the request of Governor Comer.
Five new United States marshals
have been appointed by Marshal Jud
kins.
Race Results.
EMPIRE CITY.
First Race—Hollister, 8 to 1, won;
Ingraham. IS to 1, second; N'lmporte.
I to 1, third. Time 1:02 2-6.
Second Race—Miss Alert, 0 to 6,
won; Water Speed, 8 to 1. second; La
Velta, 1 to 2, third. Time, 1:421-6.
SARATOGA.
First Race—Mark Anthony. 2. to 1.
won; Security, 8 to 6, second; Ed Ball,
even, third. Time 1:28.
Second Race—Kernel, 16 to J. won;
Maxlmllllan, 8 to 2. second; Lights
Out. out, third. Time, 4:27.
Joplin, Mo,, Aug. 26.—Secretary <■-’
War Taft arrived In Joplin last night.
Today he Is to make three speeches In
this city and vicinity. ■ Secretary wits
greeted by 1.600 persons on his ar
rival. Tonight he wUl depart for
SprlngAeld, Mu.
Tangier, Aug. 20.—There Is no lon
ger any government In Morocco. The
InAuence of the sultan has been shat
tered by the uprising In the country
and by revolutionary movements. A
state of autarchy prevails which before
the present trouble ends wilt result In
some radical changes In the country'i
future.
The French soldiers are anxious for
the expedition which will develop a
protest from every nation represented
at the Algeclras convention. General
Drude'a eventual course, however, Is
plain. The natives released by them,
selves from responsibility to the sul
tan’s authority are fanatical, reckless
with the blind fury of a war In a holy
cause, and determined to InAlct pun
ishment on the French and Bpanlsh
soldiers and all Europeans in Morocco.
Priests have predicted success to all
movements calculated to drtve the Eu
ropeans Into tho sea Thousands of
Moors have baen slain In recent en
gagements and the warring trlbee now
face a slaughter that will appall the
world.
CASTRO PLAYS
IN GAME TODAY
Smith Goes Behind Bat and
Zeller Will Do tho
Twirling.
SMALL SAYS ENTIRE
TELEGRAPH SYSTEM
WILL JOED OP
Knows That Companies Are
Now in Worse Fix Than
Ever.
New Orleans, Aug. 26.—The Geor
gian'! correspondent learned by long
distance telephone this afternoon that
Castro would play with the Crackers
In today's game at Shreveport. Billy
Smith made this announcement shortly
after noon. This will permit Smith t»
catch. Zeller will be In the box for
the Cracker*.
Hickman will pitch for Shreveport
and Rapp will ’.ateb-
New ‘ York, Aug. 26.—President
Small, of the Commercial Telegraphers 1
Union, today Issued a statement in
which he said he had positive knowl
edge that by the end of the week, un
less a settlement of the telegraphers'
strike Is brought about, the telegraph
systems of the country will be com
pletely tied up.
The statement, which was one of the
most Important the strikers have given
out, read:
Prospects Bright,
'The week opens with the brightest
possible prospects for the strikers. We
have agents within earshot of every
official of both companies, and, there
fore, know whereof we speak when we
say that the conditions are worse today
for the companies than when the strike
was called.
“It la positively known that the Postal
Company had planned to pull off a
stampede this morning. They failed
utterly. I repeat that those who are
working are on the verge of collapse.
They have been up night and day, and
the demands on them are more than
any human being can stand. The
Western Union abolished the double
pay system today. One-hair of the
force working last week faded to re
port after being paid on Friday. Yes
terday and today every chief operator
and higher official was working at the
key at No. 186 Broadway.
"By the end of the week, unless a
settlement Is made, the telegraph sys
tems of the country will positively be
ou* of the Commission, and I assure
yod that this Is no Idle boast.”
O. R. T. WOULDN'T WORK
WIRE AND WAS FIRED.
tanooga, Tenn., Aug, 26.—Be
ts refused to work a wire with
Night Chief Cox. of the local Western
Union office, who refused to go out
when the other men struck; Operator
James Breme has been discharged by
the Queen and Crescent system. A
committee of railroad telegrapher* has
gone to Somerset to demand front. Su-
rlndent Caldwell the reinstatement of
reme. If this Is refused, the men em-
Twenty Men of Ban
croft,Neb., Strung Up
Murderer.
NO ATTEMPT
AT CONCEALMENT
Passengers on Train Viewed
Part of Proceedings
Near Depot.
CRIME WAVE
is
Bancroft, Nebr., Aug. 26.—Twenty masked
citizens of this town, meeting Sheriff Young
when he arrived on a morning train, bring
Ing Louis Illgglna, a murderer, here for
trial, attacked the sheriff, seized 'Higgins,
hauled him In a dray to a big tree and
banged him.
The affair was the boldest ever known In
thla nelghliorhood. It was carried out In
true “wild weat” style, without attempt at
concealment. The depot la In the center of
the town and the whole city viewed the In
cldent. Paaaengera — **- —* “
which brought fllggit
'Begins was a farm fcnnd working for W.
Copple on a farm near Rosalie. He had
a trivial dispute with Copple and determin
ed on an awful rovenge. lie lav hidden In
the barn and shot Copple and Sira. Connie
with a shotgun when they entered. Feeling
rau high In this neighborhood, and for the
safety of I* * —
Douglas c*
became rat
every service held In the Jail.
.Sheriff Young went to Oumlm Sunday
night to get his prisoner and brought him
« -* this morn | n jf B ftralQ.
SEVEN MEN IN JAIL
Officer Shot While Grap
pling With Crowd in
Store.
Cedartown, Oa„ Aug. 16.—Seven men
are In Jail here pending on Investiga
tion of the killing of Policeman Law
rence Hunt, who was shot at Moore's
store, on Glbeon street, Saturday night,
Charles Walker, n Central railway con.
ductor, la charged with the direct kill
ing of the policeman. Three ehote were
Ared, all taking effect.
There are conAlctlng stories about
the killing, but according to reporta
seven men were In the store and u
dlfAcuity arose, when Policeman Hunt
drew his pistol and It wo* Ared twice,
one ball passing through the hand of
Charles Walker, a Central Railway
conductor, and the otfier hitting Tebe
Young, another railroader. A scuffle
followed, and Ed Walker, a brother of
the conductor, who was also a railroad
er, grabbed Hunt's gun and wrenched
It from his hand, throwing Hunt to the
floor. Walker Ared three shots at the
ofAcer, while standing over him, one
ehot liaising through hla brain and
killing him Instantly.
Hunt was 86 years of age, waa a
brave ofAcer and waa liked by the
people of Cedartown. The affair cre
ated quite a sensation here.
Strangler Murders Lit
tle Girl and Hides
Body in Woods.
SIX ATTACKS
IN FORTNIGHT
Men Lay Down Tools and
Join Search for Child’s
Murderer,
Chicago, Aug. 26.—Aroused by tbs
murder of a little girl by a strangler
who lured her from her home In Gary,
Ind., to a dense woods and choked her
to death, armed posses left Hammond
and Crown Point today to track the
murderer with bloodhounda.
The murder was most revolting.
The child's body was discovered short
ly before noon, half concealed In the
wild shrubbery about the new Induz-
trlnl community Just south of Chicago,
In the past fortnight six children of
Gary have been attacked,
Tho murdered child was seen walk
ing away from her home with a stran
ger. Her mother did not miss her for
some time and when a search about
the house failed to reveal' her where
abouts, the anxious parent called
neighbors and. aw lder search was
made.
Tho child’s body was soon discov
ered. When the report spread over
the town that the girl had been mur
dered, workmen laid down their tools
to Join the man hunt. Parties started
In every direction to take up the
search. Threats of. lynching were
made.
BY COLLISION OF
TUG UD DREDGE
Steamer Ran Into Dredge
During a Heavy,
Fog.
Baltimore, Md.. Aug. 26.—Five men
were drowned and twelve saved from
the waters of tho Chesapeake bay. 12
mlie* below Baltimore, In a collision
today between the United Fruit Com
pany's steamer Barnstable, Inbound,
and a tug towing an oyster dredge.
The steamer ran Into the tug In %
fog, sinking It and causing- the dredge
careen so that the crew were
thrown Into the water. The Barn
stable Immediately lowered boats and
rescued twelve of the crews of the
tug'and dredge. The tug sank so
quickly that the crew hod no time to
save themselves. ,
*124 a month to railway telegraphers
at *60 a month and the commercial
telegraphers are at the foot of the list
at *46 a month. Every claas of trade
nearly Is given and Includes twenty-
four different kinds.
Another enthusiastic meeting waa
held Monday morning and this meet
ing showed the strikers to be os Arm
ever and as determined to hold out
for what they believe to be their rights.
Russian Prison
Governor Killed
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26.—The gov
ernor of Vlborg prison. Colonel Ivan-
hof, waa shot and killed today. The
aasaseln was captured.
TELEGRAPHERS COMPARE
MANY WAGE SCALES.
The striking commercial teleg
raphers prepared a statement through
the press committee after the meeting
Monday morning showing the'average
wages paid to various trade* In the
country and, ef the long list given, the
telegraphers are the poorest paid.
This list ranges from bricklayers at
Growth and Progress of'the New Sooth
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
CUB*lxIxll. 14," wil” HI » 4*41'
are the Hkrland Hosiery Ci
ell kinds or knitting goods,
sir**fly been suheertned.
HMHHBL... ootje They
npnny of Flatrock, to manufacture hosiery ynrn and
. 1 .(fn; ib irpM.ou . ,.f which $9,000 haa
The Incorporators, with number of f100 eh area taken by
■ - ' *\ B. Wile— " — -
30 each;
rh.” r
each one. are at follows; J. F. Wilcox and F. 8. Wilcox, of Lynn, N.
8. II. Stillwell, New York. SO. The Barringer Manufacturing Com nan v
to conduct Ip all Its branches the manufacture an 1 sale of cotb
goods, etc., and* to conduct a general merchandise business.
authorized la $150,000. with $3d.000 subscribed In shares of $100 each by the following:
J. W. Garmon, 100; Paul Barringer. 100; Cook Ac Foil, 20; John A. M. Feeler, 10;
Charles II. Klotz, 6; J. U. Hortoiner. W; f. M. Pool., 6.
Fa pert hare been filed it Birmingham. Ala., looking to the Incorporation of the
Textile Frodoeta Company, with a capital stock of $l<».000 and with headquarters
In that city. It Is to bare the following officers: touts Cohn, president aud tress-
urer; John M. Cartwright, rice-president; Sterling A. Wood, secretary.
The new company propnoet to engage In the wanafarturo of textile products fn
the Birmingham district, the chief output to be overalls. The Industry will furnish
employment to sereral hundred operatives.
The amount of money actually paid In is $50,000, moat of the stock being con
trolled by capitalists of that town.
dhe past year. An addition „ __
It Is Completet! these mills will run over 70/-O xpludh
grade of cloth. The constant building cottagr
Inga la evidence of the prosperity of Clinton.
> authorized and
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mai