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no great change In temperature.
The Atlanta Georgian
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In The Georgian.
AND NEWS
"The Bracebrldge Diamonds, H a thrilling mystery story, la now
being printed In The Georgian..
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta quiet, lIHe; Few Tort quiet,
11.80; New Orleans firm. 11 9 16; Liverpool
steady, G.72d; Savannah steady, ll%c;
Augusta firm, 11 9-10; Mobile steady, 11%.
VOL. VI. NO. 48.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1907.
pRTrn?, la Atlanta: TWO Cim
ITXVA^-Ej: Oa Trains: WITH CENTS.
IMELECTl
IS FAVORED
mm
Power of R. R. Com
mission Must Be
Upheld.
GOVERNOR'SPEAKS
AT DEMOREST, GA.
Reforms Must Be Carried
Through to the End, Says
Chief Executive.
Apodal to The Georgian.
Demorest, Oa., Sept. 30.—Governor
Hoke Smith spoke here today before a
large gathering of the people of Ilaber-
shnni and Banks counties and the ad
jacent section. A big barbecue was
t one of the features.of the day.
The governor was emphatic In stat
ing his determination to press forward
the reforms which received the Indorse
ment of the people last yiar by sucli an
overwhelming majority. It was very
dear from what he said, that ho In
tends to redeem every campaign pledge
and make good every plank of the plat
form.
He first discussed disfranchisement,
taking up the various provisions of the
bill under which a citizen could roglster
and vote. He explained that the old re
quirement os to paying taxes still ex
isted. He explained fully and ho satis
fied the audience that there was not a
white man in the gathering who cobid
not register and vote under the const!
tutlonal amendment. He urged the lm
purtanco of this amendment os a per
manent protection against the great
mass of Ignorant negro voters of Geor
gia, and stated that the constitutional!
ty of the proposed law could not be
successfully questioned.
The governor then discussed the sub
Ject of government by the people. He
advocated Axing a time for all the prl
maries and the modo In which nomlna
tlons are to bo mado for all oflico-hold
ers by statute low.
Urge* Primary Law.
In this connection, among other
things, lie Mild:
“The beneAts of popular government
can only be obtained when elections
speak the Intelligent patriotic will of
the voters. The passes of the peoplo
not actively engaged In the manipula
tion of politics aro entitled to the free-
cst and fullest opportunity to register
ut the ballot boxes their wishes as to
who shall represent them in every pub
lic offlee,
"As in Georgia our Democratic pri
maries really amount to elections, in
these primaries the voters should be
given an opportunity to declare their
preferences free from any hindrance at
the hands of machine politicians. You
aro all entitled to know long In advance
Just when your primary for county of
ficers will take place; Just when your
primary for the legislature, for state
house officers and for congressmen will
take place, and a fixed plan for maklni
the nominations should be establishes
so that an executive committee which
happens to be in control of the machin
ery of the party can not manipulate
either the time of the nomination nor
the mode of nomination to defeat the
will of the people, and to sustain the
particular candidate to whom the mem
bers of the committee may be attached.
•'Men are already announcing for the
legislature because they do not know
whether an early or a latp primary will
take place. The same Is also truo of
county officers.
“If we knew that the primary for
the legislature and county offices would
not take place until tho«mlddle of Sep
tember of next year, the public would
Vm» relieved from unnecessary agitation
and candidates assured In advance that
the voters would have a free and full
opportunity for expressing their
wishes." •
Unwise to Elect Too Early.
In this connection, the governor
called attention to the fact that it was
Important to have office-holders elected
a« short a period as possible before the
time they are to take office. He said,
among other things:
"Our present system of electing the
legislature and state house officers one
year with the term of service to com
mence the next year Is unwise, both
on account of the time they are elected
before the service begins and for the
further reason that In many Instances
they are elected long before the old
term of service ceases. The last ses
sion of the legislature should adjourn
and the records of the members of the
legislature should be made up before
the people vote again for members of
the legislature. In this way alone can
an Intelligent selection of public serv
ants. based upon the character of their
service, be reached.
Should Be a Change.
"1 think we should either change the
time for the section of the legislature
or change the time for election of the
members of the legislature. We should
either elect our governor and state
house officers at a much later time than
•hey are now elected or we should com-
rnence the period of their service at a
viuch earlier time than it is now com
menced."
The governor then discussed the great
ugglo which has been In progress
b 'ween . corporate greed and the
n %h#*s of the people. He called at-
t- L-i^n to the fact that the fight had
n t been limited to Georgia; that it had
BOX SCORE OF GAMES
IN THE GREEN EXTRAS
Detroit and Philadelphia, of the American League, play a
double-header at Philadelphia today.' Detroit' is but seven
points ahead of Philadelphia in the pennant race. The Geor
gian will, in its GREEN EXTRAS this afternoon, give a com
plete running story of each game of today’s double-header,
inning by inning, and also accurate box scores. The eyes of the
sporting world are now turned toward qimkertown, and if you
wish to keep posted, buy the GREEN EXTRAS.
Three Others Injured
and Atlanta Boy May
Not Recover.
i.p.
DELEGATE IT
Hundreds of Episco
palians Gathering
at Richmond.
"BOBLY", WALTHOUR.
Atlanta bicycle rider la reported
seriously hurt-In a race in Ger
many.
Berlin, Sept. 30.—“Bobby”
Walthour, the bicycle rider of At
lanta, Ga. ( is in a serious condi
tion today, as a result of a smash-
up during n 100-kilometrc race on
the Spandnti bicycle track yester
day, in which he wns caught.
Walthour sustained u severo
contusion of the brain and at the
hospital where he was taken it
wns stated today he may not re
cover.
One man was killed and three
others injured during the race.
The pacemaker’s tire burst, throw-
ins the rider. An ambulance attend
ant rushed to his assistance when Hoff,
man, Walthour’a pacemaker, struck
him. killing the attendant instantly.
Walthour went down In the heap. Hoff'
man Is also badly hurt.
"Bobby” Walthour tailed for Ger
many about two weeks ago to All a con
tract to ride four races In Berlin. Wal
thour made this contract some time
but later turned It over to Met
j, the "School Boy Wonder," from
Boston, on account of the danger In
following the pace set by a 40-horse
power motor.
Mottling was killed In the first race
he attempted to ride. Walthour was
then called upon to All the contract and
narrowly escaped death himself In the
Am race In which he attempted
lew the terrlAc pace set by the me
Walthour was accompanied by his
wife and children on the trip and ex
pected to return to America In time to
enter the six-day race at Boston on
November II.
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Richmond, Va., Sept. 30.—The general
convention of the Episcopal church will
begin Its session* here on Wednesday,
and already several hundreds of dele
gates and visitors have reached the
city. It is estimated that there will be
more than 5,000 persona In attendance
upon the sessions, which will run three
weeks, although many of the Magrtfi
will not remain that long. J. Plerpont
Morgan,, a lay delegate, arrived today.
He brought one of the famous Sherrys
along from Now York ns Ills chef.
Tho opening of the convention will he
preceded with lli.- iledlciillmi nf llnl.v
Trinity church tomorrow morning. Tho
bishop of London will roach tho city to-
lii'irrnw sh'Ttly after imen an the
"Bishop’s Special," from Washington.
Bishop Satterloe, of Washington, nn l
the bishops of Canada and Mexico will
he here, lit-hies a number Ilf the mis
sionary bishops.
The city will he pretty well taxed to
accommodate the large crowd, as tho
state fair and Imree show people have
enllltilueil I" Mil file hotels and lit.my
I'llvate residences. The Mpls.'opiillans
are In the hands of the home committee
and many of litem have leased hot
10 Jm held during the convention.
The convention proper will begin nt
11 o'clock Wednesday morning nt his
toric 81. Paul's church, where a branch
postofflee has been established for the
convenience of the delegates. The city
Is decorated In honor of the visitors.
This picture shows a group of prominent European cotton manufacturers, some of whom are delegates
to the cotton conference at Atlanta next Monday, and whoso trade associations will all be ropreaentod at the
meeting. At tho top, from left to right, are: H. Higson (second representative of England), Jean De
Hemptmne (Belgium), Eduardo Calvet (Spain), Frltz*Jenny-Durst (Switzerland), H. P. Taveira (Portugal)
and Giorgio Myltus (Italy). On the lowor row is shown from left to right, Ferd Gross (Germany), C. W. Mac*
ara (English), Caaimir Berger (France), and Arthur Kuffler (Austria).
DR.GEORGEH.MACK
TO LEAVE ATLANTA
Aepepts Pastorate of Cum
berland Presbyterian In
Columbia, Tenn.
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” FIRST GAME.
DETROIT 010
PHILADELPHIA.3.0
Batteries: Donovan
Dygert and Schreck.
and 'Schmidt;
First Inning.
Jones died at Arst; Schaefer Aled out
to Oldrlng; Dygert failed to touch Arst
on Davis’ throw of Crawford's short
one. Cobb Aled to Oldrlng. NO HITS;
NO RUNS.
Hartsel singled and stole second;
Nlcholls sacrlAced, Hartsel going
third. Seybold got baso on balls. Da
vis’ hit was too fast for O’Leary, and
he waa safe on Arst, Hartsel scoring,
Seybold going to second. Murphy sin
gled, Ailing bases. Collins Aled out to
Jones. Seybold scoring. Oldrlng dou
bled, scoring Davis. Smith wns out,
O'Leary to Coughlin. THREE RUNS;
FOUR HITS. ,
FIRE CHIEF
KILLED IN AUTO
Plttaburg, Sept. 30.—George E. Coop
er, chief of the Are bureau of Harris
burg, Pa., was Instantly killed and John
Chilly, Harrisburg, and James A. Clark,
of Pittsburg, a commissioner of Alle
gheny county, were badly Injured this
morning in an automobile accident,
which occurred on the Grant boulevard,
near Jones avenue.
BIG WAVE OF CRIME
STRIKES CHICAGO
Rev. Dr. George H. Mack, pastor of
tho Cumberland Presbyterian church of
Atlanta, tendered his resignation to the
congregation of that church Sunday
morning at tho regular service.
Dr. Mock will go to Columbia, Tenn.,
at) November 1 to take charge of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church there.
His successor here has not yet been
chosen.
Dr. Mack Is really the founder and
the organizer of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church In Atlanta. He came
here six and a half years ago and took
up the work of organisation. Under his
guidance the congregation has grown
steadily and substantially and he leaves
It in a better condition than It has.ever
been before.
The church of, which he has accepted
the pastorate Is In the union and tho
decision of the supremo gourt recently
handed down will bring the local church
also Into the union.
Dr. Alack Is president of the Evangel
ical Ministers' Conference nnd he will
tender his resignation at tho regular
meeting of the conference next Monday
morning.
He Is well known and universally ad
mired and loved In Atlanta and his
Continued on Page Eleven,
Chicago. Sept. SO.—Chicago was yes
terday seized by a wave of crime and
when the last reports of the day were
In the police were confronted with two
baming murder mysteries, one murder
and suicide and one killing. In which
the murderer Aed.
In addition there was another attack
upon a white girl by a negro, the victim
In the last case being a child 6 years
old.
The crimes reported:
Body of unldentlHed man taken from
river, handa tied and clothing weighted
w ith stones.
Body of Joseph Genlssltl taken from
the lake at the foot of Twelfth atreet,
police think It a murder.
Ross C. Price murders his wife be
cause the baby cries all night, and then
commits suicide.
John Goss, struck on head with Iron
b«r In qusrr*!: murderer escaped.
Hilda Andersoi). aged 6. latest victim
of attack by negroes and flftli to be re.
GO0O00O0O000O0000O00O0P000 ported to the police within ten days.
CAMPBELL RELEASED
ON $5,000 BOND
Special to The Georgian,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 80.—Wood
Campbell was released today on a bond
of 36,000 after a trial lasting nearly 1
three days before Justice; Hargett on
the charge of killing Loxla T. Edwards
on Labor Day.
Campbell charged Edwards with In
vading his homo. The unwritten law
and self-defense pleas were the de
fense.
GEORGIAN KILLED
ON BOARD ILLINOIS
Washington, Sept. 30.—Lieutenant
John H. Furse, U. S. N„ of the bat
tleship Illinois, died this morning from
Injuries received yesterday by being
thrown against a hatchway of the ves
sel during a storm. The Illinois was at
Capo Cod Bay at target practice.
The Illinois put Into Boston, where
the body of the young officer waa taken
ashore.
Lieutenant Furse waa bom In Oeor
gla In 1880, but was appointed from
South Carolina to the Naval Academy
on May 20, 1897,
TRAFFIC WILL BE BLOCKED •
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
CHARLES WRIGHT MACARA.
He It chsirman of the Committee of the International Federation of
Master Cotton 8pinnere and Manufacturers' Associations.
WISEOFFICIAL
Thus-Roosevelt Sums
Up Character of the
Former President.
ADDRESS OF DAY IS
TENDER TRIBUTE
Appeals to Capital and La
bor to Reach Under
standing. \§t.
SPINNERS SPEND DA Y
LOOKING A7 GOTHAM
Special to The Oeorgian.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 80.—Aa a result
of a wreck and washout on the Sea
board Air Line near Helena, Ga.. In
which four people were killed. It will be
three or four days before traffic can be
resumed between Savannah and Amer-
Icus.
Twenty Hurt in Wreck.
Stanton. Mo, Sept. 80.—The south
bound Texas limited train on the Friscu
rood, which left St. Louis last night,
collided with a freight train near here
shortly before midnight and about
twenty persons were Injured, three of
whom may die.
New York, Sept. 30,-pThe. European
delegates to the Atlanta Cotton Con
ference—that Is, a large - number of
them—devoted the day to sightseeing.
Points of Interest were visited, some of
the delegates being shown about by
members of the cottomexchange. Sev
eral, of the delegates, Including Presi
dent C. W. Mn'cara. of the International
federation, left early this morning for
Boston and Fall River. In the latter
city they will Inspect the large cotton
mills and mnke notes.
No special program was prepared for
the delegates today. On Wednesday at
1 p. m. the delegates will visit the
cotton exchange In a body. In the
evening of the same day they will at
tend the banquet given by the cotton
exchange at the Waldorf-Astoria. The
delegates are still talking of the de
llghtful time they, had at the banquet
given by Edward F. Buchanan at the
Waldorf-Astoria Saturday night. Mr.
Buchanan was born'In Georgia.
RUSS SAILORS
SHOOT OFFICERS
Sebastopol. Sept. 30.—A serious mu
tiny In the Aeet here has broken out.
When their ruse was discovered the
sailors Ared upon the officers, mortally
wounding Captain Novlroft and se
verely Injuring another officer named
Poletyov, and escaping In the confusion
that followed.
Another Fact to Discredit the
Calamity Howler
The Liquid Carbonic Company.
S-7-9 and It Nelson Street.
AUahta, Ga, September 28, 1907.
Your paper haa doubtless been very severely criticised by a number
of well-meaning people on account of your position on the prohibition
question. 1 know that a great many people honestly believe prohibition
will drive a great dear of capital from the city and state. That tt will
drive some capital away Is admitted, but I am pleased to advise you
that a great many of the saloonlsts. and especially the ones of large
mumetal Interests, are going to remain here and Invest their money In n
different line of business. As an Illustration of this I beg to Inform you
that during the past week twe of the largest and most prominent saloons
of this city, namely. Tho Mecca, at 17 Marietta street, und J. T. McCoI-
lough A Son. 166 Peter* street, have placed orders with us for very
handsome modern soda fountains, costing over 36,000 each, and they In
tend to dispense soft drlnkc on an even more elaborate scale than they
are at present serving alcoholic drinks.
Tills shows that the capital Is going to be kept here and Invested
In a much belter cause. I think you will agree with me that this Is a
very convincing answer'to those calamity howlerr who are claiming that
the busings Interest# will be driven away from our city.
LIQUID CARBONIC COMPANY.
C. H. Walker, Manager.
Canton, Ohio, Sept. 30.—Surrounded
on every hand by dense throngs of hu
manity kept In check only by the
United States soldiers and militia on
guard, President Roosevelt began the
principal address of the day, a tribute
to former President William McKinley,
nnd commemorating the dedication of
tho McKinley memorial.
Ills address wns confined almost ex
clusively to his predecessor in office,
U liMf.- imtlni*'ly I'tid was tho work ..f an
Hi - rotiiai k* worn greeted by
thunderous cheers and tho utmost en- >
thuslasm prevailed.
President Roosevelt said:
"We are gathered today to pay our
meet^ of respect and affection to the
memory of William McKinley, who, as
president, won a nlace In the hearts of
the American peoplo such ns but three
or four of all tho presidents of this
country have ever won. lie was of
singular uprightness arid purity of
character, alike In public und in private
life; a citizen who loved peace, he did
his duty faithfully und well for four
years of war when the honor of the
ii ' i n called him to arms. As con
gressman, as governor of his state, and
dually • president, he rose to tho fore-
mom place among our statesmen,
reaching a position which would satisfy
the keenest ambition; but he never lost
that simple and thoughtful klndne*,* to
ward every human being, great or
small, lofty or humble, with whom ho
was brought In contact, which so en
deared him to our people. He had to
grapple with more serious and complex
problems than any president since Lin
coln, and yet, whJto meeting every de
mand of statesmanship, he continued to
live a beautiful nnd touching family
life, a life very healthy for this nation
to M'f III Its fun-most citizen; und now
the woman who walked In tho shadow
ever aft. r his death, the wife to whom
Ills loss was a calamity more crushing
than It could be tri any other human
being, lies besldo him here In the same
sepulcher.
There is a singular appropriateness
In tho Inscription on his monument.
Mr. Cortelyou, whose relations with
him were of such close Intimacy, gives
me the following Information about it:
On the president’s trip to the Pacific
slopo In the spring of 1901, President
Wheeler, of the University of Califor
nia, conferred tho. LL. I), upon him In
words so well chosen thnt they struck
the fastidious taste of John Hay, then
secretary of state, who wrote and asked
for a copy of them from President
Wheeler. On the receipt of this copy
ho sent the following letter to Presi
dent McKinley, a letter which now
seems filled with a strango und uncon
scious prescience.
"'Dear Mr. President: President
Wheeler sei\t mo tho Inclosed at my
request. You will have tho words in
more permanent shape. They seem to
me remarkably well chosen and stately
and dignified enough to serve—long
hcnca please God—as your epitaph.
'Yours faithfully,
•JOHN HAT/
'University of California,
'Office of the President.
"By authority vested In me by the
regents of the University of California,
I confer the degree of doctor of laws
upon William McKinley, president of
the United States, a statesman singu
larly gifted to unite the discordant
forces of the government and mold the
diverse purposes of men toward pro
gressive and salutary action, a magis
trate whose poise of Judgment has been
tested nnd vindicated in a succession of
national emergencies; good citizen,
brave soldier, wise executive, helper
and leader of men, exemplar of his peo
ple of the virtues that build and con
serve the state, society and the home.
"'Berkeley, May 16, 1901/"
“It would be hard to Imagine an epi
taph which a good citizen would he
more anxious to deserve or one which
would more happily describe the quali
ties of that great and good citizen
whose life we her** commemorate. He
possessed to a very extraordinary de
gree the gift of uniting discordant
forces and securing from them a har
monious action which told for good
government. From purposes not mere
ly diverse, but bitterly conflicting, he
was able to secure healthful action for
the good of the state.
“In both poise and Judgment he rose
level to the several emergencies he had
to meet as leader of the nation, and,
like all men with tho root of true great -
ness in them, he grew to steadily larger
stature under the stress of heavy re
sponsibilities. Ho was a good citizen
and a brave soldier, a chief executive
whose wisdom entitled him to the trust
which he received throughout tho na
tion. Ho was not only a leader of
men, but pre-eminently a helper of
inen; for one of his most 'narked traits
was the intensely human quality of his
wide and deep sympathy. Finally ha
it- t ni.f’lv preached, he was. that
most valuable of nil citizens in a de-
cy like ours, a man who In th#