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The Atlanta Georgian
A XT"P\ XT |j'"\Tt TQ ‘The Brscebrldge Diamond#,” a thrilling myatery atory, la now
xViN mJ L*l J—/ V t O being printed In The Georgian.
For Georgia: Fair Monday night
and Tueeday; variable winda.
Full and Complete Market Reporta are Printed Every Day
In.The Georgian.
ATLANTA, GA., y[ONDAY, SEPTEMBER
i HOSTS OF LABOR CELEBRATE GREAT NATIONAL HOLIDAY
PRTfTFT.. «» Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
c Xt-LL/H: . on Tralna: FIVB CUNT*.
THE WEATHER.
H. H. CABANISS.
Chairman Finance Committee.
J. M. BOHLER.
Chairman Committee on Floata.
ARTHUR AR.DERY.
Vice Preaident Federation of Trades.
W. C. PUCKETT.
Chief Marahal of Lab'or Da/ Parade.
H. F. GARRETT.
Chairman Committee on Location.
H. A. AGRICOLA.
Chairman Committee on Amuaements.
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Some Knotty Prob
lems Face the
Agents. .
INTERSTATE RATE
. . IS NOT CHANGED
Many Complications Arise
Through Enforcement
of Commission’s
Order.
15-CT. COTTON
TOE DEMAND
OF f,
Texas Union Leads
Way at Convention
at Little Rock.
Southern Railway—21-2c. Per Mile
From Atlanta to—
Old Rate. New Rate. Savins.
Macon $2.63 *2.18 .45
Brunswick .... 8.24 0.87 1.37
t'olumbua 3.50 2.76 .75
Rome 2.05 1.72 .33
Central of Georgia—21*2o Per Mile.
Old Rato. New Rate. Saving.
Cnlurabua $3.50 $2.77 .75
Griffin 1.29 1.08 .21
Savannah 7.80 0.94 .80
Western and Atlantic—2c Per Mile.
Old Rato. New Rate. Saving.
Daiton $2.00 $1.98 $1.02
Rome 2.05 1.72 .33
Chattanooga—»nme rate; no change.
On rate to Rome, 2 cente l» charged
to Klngaton and 3 cents on branch line
from Klngeton to Rome.
Georgia Railroad—21-4o Per Mile.
Old Rate. New Rate. Saving.
Augueta ...... .$5.1$ $3.86 $1.28
Covington .... 1.23 .92 .31
Madleon 2.04 1.63 .61
Greensboro .... 2.04 1.98 .00
Atlanta and West Point—2c Per Mile.
Old Rate. New Rate. Saving.
Falrbum $ .64 $ .38 $ .1}
Palmetto 75 .50 .25
Newnan 1.17 .78 .39
Hoganavllle ... 1.74 1.14 .80
LaOrnnge 2.13 1.42 .71
West Point .... 2.81 1.72 .89
Old Rate.
New Rate. Saving.
Cedartown 1 ...
.$1.79
$1.60
.29
Roekmart ....
1.42
1.18
.24
Dallas
. .92
.77
.15
(loins East—
■flberton
. 3.22
2.68
.64
hens
2.19
1.82 .
.37
vjder-
. 1.55
1.29
.26
^ incevtlle
1.04 .86
.18
Wfc
m
ay la bargain day In railroad
[ • are marked down and regular
>: are being bought cheaper than
befere. Of course, the rallroada
excursion and other kinds of
-hlch are as low as four-tenths
I it per mile.
r the straight, regulation, one
oad ticket that folks have
■10 habit of paying for at the
,ee cents a mile, the bargain
yjgBE
• i* .'t the official* In the ticket
i 1 they had the services of
elphla lawyers to figure
, r them. Every road af-
> order of the railroad
■ v t the rates Into effect,
-ta of work and worry
tralght.
,V f the complication and
all around, no through
■ purchased where the
more than one road,
hrough Ticket*.
.ger went to either the
Central of Georgia and
cket to Tlfton, On, there
doing. Either office
•|ek»t to ilacon. but there
r would have to get his
Macou over the Georgia
,n and Florida.
only exception made to this rule
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O GREATEST EVER HELD, O
O SAYS PRESIDENT BARRETT. O
O ; O
O Special to The Georgian. O
O Little Rock. Ark, Sept 2.— O
O President Barrett, - of the National O
O Farmers’ Union, today gave The O
O Georgian the following statement: O
O ’’This will be the greatest con- O
O ventlon of our national organlza- O
O tlon. Reports from all the states O
O are Indeed, gratifying and en- O
O couraglng. The members are O
O working In perfect harmony and O
O great good will be the result of O
O this meeting/'
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Special to The Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 2.—Delegates
from every Southern state, from the
states of the Pacific slope and as far
north as Nebraska, who will represent
1,500,000 members of the Farmers' Ed
ucatlonal and Co-operative Union of
America, will assemble at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning In the hall of the
house of representatives for the na
tional convention of the organization,
which will be In session three days. The
fixing of the minimum price on the
growing cotton and grain crops that
will be demanded for the harvest of
1307 and the consideration of plans that
will broaden the scope of the farmers'
union will be the features of the con
vention.
The advance guard of delegates have
already arrived In Little Rock, and
are quartered in the Capitol Hotel,
which will be tho national headquar
ters. The greatest Influx of represen
tatives will come today, and late trains
tonight will bring In the full represen
tation. The members of the board of
directors reported last night, and they
held their Amt meeting this morning,
preparatory to submitting their annual
statement.
Miss Lutle Gresham, daughter of the
founder of the farmers’ unlonTarrlved
today, and she will be the guest' of
honor at the convention. She la but
eighteen years old and her home Is
at Point, Range county. Texas, where
the farmers’ union had Its Inception
four years ago.
National President Barrett, of Ah-
water. Ga, arrived several dayi ago
from Conway, Ark., where he had been
III for the poat three weeks.
The secretary of the Arkansas state
union. Hon. Ben L. Griffin, will deliver
the welcome address at the opening
session; President Barrett and a rep
resentative from each state will re
spond.
The Georgians present are: R. F.
Duckworth, state president; J. L. Bar
ron. state secretary; J. L. Lee, state
organiser; Q. 51. Davis, state lecturer;
J. G. Eubanks, state business agent;
J. M. Han, of Clayton county; S. R.
Taylor, of Dodge county, and J. E.
Bodenhamer. DeKalb county.
This being Labor Day, Little Rock
Is In Jtala attire, all lousiness Is sus
pended and a well arranged program
will be carried out In honor of the oc
casion. State Proliant R. F. Duck
worth, of Georgia, wljfl be the orator of
the day at the big celebration at Won-
ii'Tl.iiii i'.irk.
Fifteen Cant Cotton.
President D. J. Noll, of the Farmers'
Union of Texas, ha* Issued the follow
ing manifesto to member* of tho Farm
ers' Union of Texn.i:
$5,000 SAVED ON SCHOOL BOOKS HFAR^T PAYS I
Tlifl rtporcrian Tina arrntiornH a nlfl.n W mkinli f.lia fatJiAra anH mnfliArfi nf At- ■ ■ ^ ■ I I 1 I w
The Georgian has arranged a plan by which the fathers and mothers of At
lanta’s school children will save 20-per cent on every text book purchased—one-
fifth of its cost. This will effect a saving of $5,000 or more in the cost of school
books in-Atlanta this year.
For particulars of the plan, see page 3, this issue.
Thief Ends Life
of Policeman
and Shoots Self
Continued o
n Page Sewn.
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n price i
TliMrin
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pect of winning 15-cent cotton Is far
more bright and rosy than when we
made the stand for 10 cents. Our mem
bership Is educated ami trained, our
organization is more complete anil re
liable, our ineonu of communication 1*
quicker and elfucllve.
. -In fact, everything is propitious In
our favor, and we have to only act as
one man to win a decisive victory.
"Now, therefore, I proclaim that on
and after September 1. 1907, the mlnl-
New York, Sept. 2.—While taking
two burglars to jail at Haverford, N.
J.. early today. Policeman George Cas
sidy was shot throngh tho heart and
Instantly killed by. one of the men.
After tho murder the two men broke
away. One of them ran to the Passaic
river, but not knowing the vicinity,
wns soon enrnered. Finding that he
could not escape, the murderer pulled
the gun with which he had killed the
policeman and sent a bullet through his
right ear.
Posses have been formed and are
now scouring the towns and vlllagesin
the vicinity of the shooting for the
missing burglar.
IS LAjDJO RES!
Police .Guarded Home From
Throngs of Idly
Curious.
FOUND IN CLOSET
AT BRIDE'S HOME
Father Has Him Locked Up
To Prevent Hasty
Marriage.
New York, Sept. 2.—While guards In
plain clothes formed a cordon about the
country home of the late Richard
Mansfleld In New London today
prevent the Invasion of tho merely
curious, who had crowded tho lawn and
stood in a downpour of rain, the sim
ple Impressive services of the Episcopal
church were read at the bier of the
actor.
Mrs. Mansfleld, the actor’s brother
and about twenty of the men and worn,
en who belonged to hla Intimate per
sonal and professional circles were
present as mourners.
Gibbs Mansfleld, tho 9-year-old son
of the actor, who had for several days
been kept In Ignorance of his father’s
death, was secluded from tho mournful
scene of the funeral services.
Many noted actor* and actresses
whose engagements kept them far away
from New York at this time of the year
and countless men otherwise prominent
publicly sent telegrams. Thousands of
such messages were delivered at the
Mansfleld home today.
The services were performed by the
Rev. Dr. Alfred Poole Grant. The
ceremonies closed with the singing of
'Lead, Kindly Light," by the choir of
St. James church. This was done at
the request of Mr. Mansfleld.
agreed on and adopted by the Farmers'
Union of the state of Texas will be In
full force and effect; that you are hereby
commanded and directed to proceed to
carry into effect the Instructions at our
grand state union: also you arc hereby
reminded that $16 per ton Is the mini
mum price for cotton seed, all of which
Is In line with union agreements and
recommendations."
Officers Present.
Preaident Charles S. Barrett, of Geor
gia, arrived yesterday and established
headquarters at tho Capitol hotel.
Ifany delegates are reaching the city
today and by the time the convention
meets Tucsdny, It Is expected that MO
member* with many more proxies will
he preseat. The national board of di
rectors now In session Is composed of
the following:
estdent Charles S. H.irrett. ox-of-
II. I.. |.hull man. ,.f Uc.irgl.i; \\ A. .\|..r-
ris. of Alabama; \V. fi. Miller, of T*x-
Is N. McAllister, of Louisiana;
mpbell Russell, of Indian Territory'.
1 James Butler, of Kansas. Thl*
trd, which l« the executive commit-
of the union, will probably I*. In
klun until the convention meets.
Mt, Vesuvius
In Eruption;
People Flee
Romo, Italy, Sept. V—Vesuvius again Is
In active eruption. The activity began on
Friday, making an Impressive spectacle.
Lava Is pouring forth from scores of fis
sures In the earth, which Is subject to fre
quent seismic tremors.
The main lava stream Is advancing to
ward the village of Torrennunzlntn. and
tho Inhabitants are terrorised and fleeing
from their homos. These people narrowly
escaped the last ornptlon and are much
frightened at the latest d tmonstratlon of
the volcano. Many of thorn sleep In tbo
open air.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Makes Important Dec
laration in Speech
at Jamestown.
THE SWEETHEARTS.
Miss Lizzie Rayfield and Carl Meier,
from a snapshot.
Asserting that his son bnd Income so
madly Infatuated with Miss Llxxle Rnyfleld
that he was not In his right senses, and
Intended to celebrate Labor day by making
her his bride, John J. Meier, a pattern
maker for the Ilouchlu Manufacturing Com
pany, caused the arrest of his boy, Carl,
early Monday morning.
Carl, who Is held In the juvenile ward by
the police under the assumption that he Is
not sixteen yesrs of age, looks to be nearer
twenty years old. Ho was found at the
home of Mrs. Thomas Rayfield, mother of
tho girl be admits be hopes to wed, after
midnight When the police officers reached
her home, 24 Dodd avenue, It was denied,
they state, that he was then*, and Officers
IUshop and Barfield were about to leave
when they heard a noise in a closet. Young
Meier was there, covered with some doth
lug. The police say that after they found
him and also on the way to the station,
he made desperate attempts to get away
from them.
Quarreled With Father.
jiinoe, It scorns, while the father
upon having something to say
about It Tbo quarrel took place about
foundry, and also met
Ray
tho film
With
field.
ttf .
... nnd since that time he has t
living at tbo Bayfield home. The father
says that !q the last ten days kls boy
hits been home to 1S1 Irs street only twice.
Sunday he heard.that hla sou had planned
Miss Hnvfhdd on Labor day. He
Id home, failed to sue
night went to the
car Oloer, to whom
e explained ?n<» Hiiuntiou.
Mr. Meier called at tho police station
I outlay morning and was closeted with his
in for nearly an hour. When he left he
i!<! lor had not decided what course tq
amue.
Intends to Marry.
Carl olso refused to talk. He declined to
tell hU age or hla Intentions. l*roud the
' t that he Intended to marry MK-rJlar-
Washington Beats Phllly.
At Washington. First game:
Score: . R.II.B.
Philadelphia 000 001 000-1 6 r
' 000 002 100-8 6 1
Jtnbs and Veto reck
C. Smith nnd Block. Umpire, O'Loaghlln.
DETROIT BEATS CHICAGO.
At Chicago. First game:
Score: R.II.E.
Detroit .010 801 000-6 12 ‘
Chicago ....... .000 000060-5 0 .
Batteries: Killian nml Moren; Smith.
Owen nnd Sultlvau. Umpires, Evans and
Hurst.
CLEVELAND WINS FROM ST, LOUIS.
At Cleveland. First game:
Score: R.II.E.
Ht. Louis 001 000 000-2 7
Cleveland 010 100 001—3 0 _
Batteries; Howell nnd Spencer; Joss nnd
Clsrk. Umpire Connolly.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Defeats Phllly.
At Phll*<lrl|>!ila. First sum*: „ _
Hroro: R.II.E.
Phils•l.'lpbls 100 000 000-1 ‘ '
IlMton 080 200 00*-: „ .
IlnttPri**: Moran anil Doran; Llndemnn
nml Brown. Umpire*, t'arpsnter and John
ston.
NO SECOND GAME,
rhllndelnhls lloiloii second xnme post-
[mill'll on nrvount of rain.
I'lttshurf-Clnrln
nccoiint. of rsln.
RACE RESULTS.
8HEEPSHEAD BAY.
First Race—Keator, 6 to I, won;
Marwk Anthony, 7 to.5, second; Cres-
slna, 7 to 5. third. Time,, 1:141-5.
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O Everybody Is having a holiday <3
O and buying pink lemonade— O
13 today. O
O The Georgian wants the news- O
O boys to have one and money with O
O which to buy the lemonade—so we O
O are going to give the second O
O GREEN EXTRA to the boys, O
O FREE. O
O Buy the GREEN GEORGIAN. O
O and If you have a nickel, don't O
O worry about the three pennies. O
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was going to leave, end be asked that, he
might board at my borne. I consented, tak
ing him ns I would any other alee boarder.
Girl Is Just 16.
It wss only occasionally that he would
go out with my daughter, I.lzllr, ami there
was Do courting and no thought of marry-
Ing. as far a- I know, on the port of
either, lie Is only aliont seventeen nnd my
da ashler Is jn.t -sixteen.
-Hnsdsy morning Ids brother. I think,
came aronnd nnd n.ke.1 mo aboot Carl,
snd at to whether be wm* going to retnrn
home or not. I told bin: ho .aid be would
stay where he was If left alone, and wonld
leave AtJsnU If hi, folks persisted In mis
treating him.
"That night. Ms father ram.- around, but
Carl had gone ont with uiy daughter.
It wn* half past l o'clock tills moraine
en I wit* awakened by an officer nt
door. When 1 found oat who It »■>.
railed my step-son. who roomed with
' ml told him an "
Jamestown Exposition Grounds. Sept.
2.—A great crowd assembled early hole
to greet William Randolph Heurst, nnd
when the boat on which he wns a pas
senger arrived the original crowd had
swelled until It reached three squares
back from the river front Mr. Hearst
received a most enthusiastic welcome.
When he -reached sho.re a parade,
which had been formed as an escort,
led the way to tho hotel at which ho
will stop while here. Feople all along
the way cheered heaertlly. Flags waved
and Mr. Hearst was obliged to ac
knowledge salutations from tho time
the procession started until ho reached
the hotel. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Hearst.
Tho weather was clear and pleasant
and the Labor Day demonstration one
of the greatest ever held In this coun
try. Tho meeting addressed by Mr.
Hqarst was the most Important event
of the day. A great crowd assembled
early and waited tho arrival of the
principal speaker.
What Mr. Hearst Said.
In part, Mr. Hearst said:
"Labor Day should rank with July
tho Fourth ns nn American holiday.
The Fourth commemorates the means
by which wo gained our Independence;
Labor Day Is the means by which we
made the nation the most powerful,
progressive and prosperous In the
world. Capital Is the accumulation
of wealth which the employers nnd
employees create together. Wages are
but the division nt capital. As dong ns
the division is Just, there will be no
occasion for conflict. If tho division
Is unjust. It can be made Just by arbi
tration."
Mr. Hearst dwelt on tho cost of ma
terial going up after tho San Fran
cisco disaster, and Bald when the In
crease In the price of labor was asked
a great howl went up against tho un
ion. He said to govern corporations ns
Individuals, and urged a prison penal
ly against the powerful criminals ns
well ns the weak and helpless. He
urged the organization of tho union to
ire serve the government as patriots
lad founded It.
Praises Farmers’ Unions.
Capital. Mr. Hearst said, so long as
It obeyed the law. was worthy of Its
reward and there should be no preju
dice against a proper employment of
capital and a proper return for Its em
ployment. He continued:
And honest, law-abiding organlza-
CHARLE8 BERNHARDT.
President Federation of Trades.
IN HISTORY
Parade Eclipses All
Previous Records
in Atlanta.
GOV. HOKE SMITH
TO MAKE ADDRESS
Sunshine Smiles Upon the
Union Men On Labor
Day of 1907.
Labor’s hosts are remnant in Atlanta
Monday.
To tho steady' roll of drums, the fan-
fnro of bugles, tho strains of enliven
ing music and tho acclaim of thou
sands upon thousands gathered to look
on, tho sons of toll marched through
tho city’s streets.
September gave one of her perfect
offerings for tho day on which labor’s
army' marched In solid phalanx through
tho crowded marts of trade. And
pplndlo, forge, all the vuried affairs
upon which man is busied, paused to
permit sinew nnd brawn to parade.
For the time toll stopped. The click
of typewriter, the whirr of cash sys
tems In the great stores, the hurry of
men nnd women In store and office and
factory', stood to look at labor’s great
■how.
And It was a goodly sight to look
upon. .Men, bronzed by sun, grimed
by forgo or bent In the dally task,
marched In orderly ranks. Danners
fluttered In the wind, bands discoursed
Inspiring music and horses pranced to
tho strains. Banked along the way
Atlanta’s thousands watched In deep
est Interest as the uniformed tollers
passed in apparently endless proces
sion.
Crowds Out Early.
Long before tho hour for the parade
to start the capltoi grounds were
massed with people to look on the Hh-
leldoscopic picture of floats and uni
formed men, with the banners of their
respective unions. Organization after
JJJJU U organisation arrived and took position
tlqns’of capital are valuable not only I on East Mitchell or Washington street,
to ’their own stockholders, but the I seemed aa if every' trado Imagina-
Ifctlc'* combination. ‘VSftflfl'f ^^ratTo'vvonT^comman"^'
t r ,, ^2ol n cSJS5HStSli , *fo‘? It was a a con 8 tamly changing picture,
tlon, but for extortion, and activity o'f rXll'wlhZTuy IluVtf "to
this character I* not Industry, but rob- ^S^eaM^Sy on the veranda*
I *5. « there a great tallyho filled with ladies.
There Is the Bame difference be- j niem bers of the telegraphers union;
tween legitimate organization yonder a banner floated over a long
criminal combination as? .5?” I line of men, old and young, who tolled
tween commerce and piracy, f en | dally j n ^ heat and dust and glare
house building and house breaking.
.Mr. Hearst spoke at length of the
value of farmers’ unions, and tho or
ganization of wnge-oarner.s. He said
If the farmers and laborers are not
prosperous there Is no prosperity.
There is no more dangerous menace
to our form of government, he con
tinued, than that threatened by cor
porate wealth. There Is no greater
traitor to the country than the man
who has made his money under the
liberal institutions of this government
ml who used his money to undermine
hoM Institutions and debauch (he
ovemment.
Cut, — — ffl
door. Naturally, curl
b«* hlil In tf»$* rim
I came t«» Atla
. „ > from AmiUtn
yf.hr shout thn
OCEAN RATE WAR
MAY BE GENERAL
Liverpool, Sept. 2.—That even Cana
dian lines will be drawn Into the pres
ent ocean rate war Is the belief of
leading men In . hipping circles here.
It is regarded ah certain that the rate
fight will be general.
dally in the heat and dust and glare
of the furnaeo.
Although the line of parade did not
move until 10:30 o’clock, there was no
Impatience or disorder of any kind. The
utmost good humor prevailed every
where. and as the different groups
waited for the word from Grand Mar
shal Puckett, they chatted and ban
tered each other good naturedly.
At no time was there the least dis
order or unseemly conduct. Those solid
sons of labor set an example for seemly
conduct that marks the trade unions of
Atlanta as being as fine and orderly
a body of men as can be found any
where In the world.
Great Parade Bsgins.
At 10:30 o’clock Grand Marshal
Puckett rode down Mitchell street and
gave the order to march. Instantly
the lounging ranks closed up In fins
array, and to the heartening roll of th«
drums in th*« hands of Atlanta’s
unique organization—the Firemen’s
Drum Corps—the purade moved.
out of uppurent chaos came perfect
Continued on Page Seven,
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