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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Clear
ing thla afternoon or tonight; fair
Wednesday: colder tonight.
The Atlanta Georgian
CONVENTION EDITION
AND NEWS
CONVENTION EDITION
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady; 6.67. Atlanta, steady;
11%. New Orleans, quiet; 11%. Ntw
York, quiet; 11.85. Savannah, steady;
11%. Augusta, steady; 119-16,
VOL. VI. NO. 55.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDA Y, OCTOBER 8,1907.
PRICE:
National Rural Route
Men in Conven
tion.
addresses occupy
OPENING SESSION
Postoffice Officials to Arrive
Wednesday From Wash
ington For Addresses.
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O LETTER CARRIERS’ PROGRAM 0
O FOR CONVENTION TUESDAY. 0
O Morning, 9.—Convention called §
0 to order. Papers on the follow- 0
0 Ing subjects: • "Most Suitable O
O Horse for Hilly Country." J. C. O
O Carpenter, Irnsburg. Vt.; "Most 0
0 Suitable Horse for Level Coun- 0
0 try." E. E. Kennlcott, Glenview, 0
0 111. Each paper will bo discussed 0
O after being rend. 0
0 10.—Address, Hon. A. S. Clay, 0
0 United States senator from Geor- 0
0 gin. O
0 II.—Address, Hon. W. R. Spill- 0
0 man. superintendent division ru- O
O ral free delivery. Washington, O
0 D. C. O
O 12.—Opening question bo*. 0
■O 1 p. m.—Adjournment for lunch. O
O Afternoon, 2.23.—Convention re- O
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8 2:20.—Address, Hon. P. V. De- 0
Graw, fourth assistant postmast- 0
O er general. °
0 4. — Discussions. Subject^ O
0 "How Old and How Heavy It Is O
0 Advisable to Purchase Horse for O
0 Route Service," "What Vehicle O
0 and What Harness Is Best Suited O
0 for Rural Mall Service?” "How, O
O What and When to Peed n Route 0
O Horse.” "Ideas.” J. H. Sykes, 0
0 Bellevue, Mich.
O 6.—Report of standing commit
0 1< T:‘|0.—Report of epednl com- 0
0 mlttees.
0 Adjournment. -t
0 Evening.—The evening of the O
O 9th will be epent at the Bijou O
0 Theater, the guest* of Sears. O
0 Roebuck & Co., of Chicago.
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From the Canadian border to the gulf
coast and from the Pacific to the At
lantic the rural mall candors have
gathered In Atlanta tn annual conven-
tlop.
If the opening session was an augury
for all those to come, thle convention
promisee to be one of the best and moot
eventful In the history of the organisa
tion. While the opening session was In
the nature of a fellowship meeting, It
. wes evident that a spirit of doing things
pervaded the. body, and that the con
vention will get down to hard, telling
work Monday afternoon.
One of the moet Interesting facte of
the morning session was evidences of
the great personal popularity of Na
tional President Paul Lindsay, of Tuck
er, 0*. When ho opened the meeting he
wee greeted with thunderous applause,
and the frequent and affectionate men
tion of his name by the speakere was
tlways received with cheers.
It Is a splendid body of men who
have come to this Important meeting.
Rturdy, Intelligent and cordial In bear
ing. they represent one of the greatest
Institutions of the country.
The fifth annual session of the Na-
tlonal Rural Carriers' Association was
called to order by President Paul Lind
say In the eenate chamber at tho capi
tal Tuesday morning at 19:30 o'clock.
The hall was almost filled with dele
gatee, though many had not arrived for
the opening session. Seated on the
stand with President Lindsay was Vice
President Crum and Secretary Cull.
Immediately after calling tho associa
tion to order, President Lindsay named
the following credentials committee:
John M. Htoddom, Ohio, chairman;
D. B. Child, Iowa; G. W. Ewing, Okla
homa; J. M. Boyd, Kentucky; D. W.
Eddy, New York; H. P. Rugg, Con
necticut; E. A. McMahon, Texas; E.
K. Loop, Oregon; P. E. Cull, eecretary
ex-offlclo.
Mayor Joyner, who woe to welcome
the delegates to tho city, was unablo to
be present and Mayor Pro Tern. P. A.
Qullllan made the address of welcome.
Mr. Quilllan’s Welcome.
He said Mayor Joyner regretted his
Inability to be, present, but extended a
hearty welcome to the city.
He said he recognized In this conven
tion one of the moBt Important gather-
ngs that had ever assembled In At
lanta. They represented a constitu
ency reaching from tho lakes to the
gulf and from the Atlantic to the Ps-
clflo.
Mr. Qullllan said that rural mall
service had passed from the experi
mental state until now there are more
than 17,non carriers engaged dally In
carrying the malls.
He said the service would never be
completed, however, until the national
government had established In connec
tion with It postal banks.
“And parcel post," said a delegate.
HI* speech was well received and
frequently applauded.
Georgia's Efforts.
When Hon. Clark Howell waa Intro-
25,1 FANS
FIGHT TO SEE
PAUL LINDSEY.
He Is from Tucker, Go., and
president of the National Associa
tion of Carrier*.
ATLANTA PASTOR
T
E
Rev. Wilmer Delivers Ad
dress to Episcopalians
at Richmond.
Men andWomen Fight
Like Beasts at the
Ticket Windows.
CUBS MEET TIGERS
FOR WORLD PENNANT
5,000 Detroiters Come to
Chicago to Witness the
Opening of Series.
CONDUCTOR IS HELD
I iiuuulu nnu uiiuT
Robbery Was Committed
While Trolley Was Being
. Turned.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 8.—Frank Knigh
ton. aged 21 years, died at noon t<(lay
from a shot ^received at midnight, when
held up, robbed and shot by two mask
ed men at tho terminal of the car lino.
Knighton was a conductor amf waa
changing the'trolley when some men
stepped out from the darkness and pre
sented guns.
The robbers got only a small amount
of money. - ‘
An effort made to trace the rob
bers with bloodhounds was fruitless.
The motormnn was at the other end
of the car In the darkness whllo the
men held up Knighton.
CETTOCETHER
AND CUT OUT
SPECULATOR
Spinners and Growers
Want Closer Re
lations.
Mayor Joyner, James Lawrence, Esq., Wgltor Cooper and J. R. Gor
don. On right, Edwin Butz and William Gross, of Germany.
Richmond, Va., Oct 8.—The general
convention of the Episcopal church tn
America has finally settled down to
work. His lordship, the bishop of
London, has departed, carrying the
hearts of all Richmond with him. Jun'
kotlng Is over and the really serious
questions'before the convention aro to
the fore.
The moet important action of yester
day was the division of Georgia into
two dioceses, the northern one to be
Allied the dldcese of Atlanta and the
southern one the diocese of Savannah.
Of course, the action of the house of
deputise has to be concurred In by the
house of bishops, but as the proposition
la perfectly regular, no opposition Is
expected:
There waa a lively debate over Dr.
Huntington’s proposed preamble to the
constitution, which eliminates alto
gether the old title of Protestant Epis
copal.
Immediately after the reading of the
minutes thle morning the Rev. G. E.
Eckkles, of Baltimore, chairman of the
committee on canons, received the rec
ommendation for canon 6, which deals
with the requirements of candidates
for holy order*. Considerable discus
sion waa aroused over the question
whether Engllah should be one of the
required studies. The house of bishops
had recommended It. but by a tremen
dous vote It was not concurred In by
the house of deputies. An Innovation
was established In the Insertion of the
words "any church In communion with
this church" In section 7 of canon 8.
The committee recommended the Inser
tion. The canon deal* with the read-
mission of failed candidates for the
ministry.
A strong speech on the further elab
oration of the quallllcattons necessary
for admission In the Episcopal church
In the prayer book Itself was made by
the Rev. C. B. Wilmer, of Atlanta, Ga
in support of this measure, which was
presented as a memorial by the diocese
of Georgia. It was moved that the
matter be referred to the committee on
the prayer book.
Rev. Dr. Bamuel Hart, eecretary of
the house of bishops, presented a num
ber of messages from the upper house,
the most Important of which were the
bishops had appointed Blahope Whitta
ker, of Pennsylvania; Potter, of New
York; Anderson, of Chicago, and Bish
op Vincent, of Southern Ohio, as
members of the Joint committee to ap
point a place of meeting for 1910. That
a Joint commission 1 of Bishop Brooke,
of Oklahoma, and Bishop Coleman, of
Maine, have been appointed to elabo
rate a plan for the uniform registra
tion of candidates.
The bishops' committee to raise 66,'
000.000 for the general clergy relief
fund consisted of Bishop Kendricks, of
Arizona; Bishop Burgess, of Long IS'
land, and Bishop Mann, of North Da.
koto.
Dr. Alsop reported that Qcorgta'e
new diocese would be thus divided:
The new diocese to consist of that por
tion of the state of Georgia lying north
and west of a line beginning at the
state line at the northeast corner of
Columbia county and running south
and west from said Junction of the
stato line of Columbia county and con
tinuing north nnd west of the counties
of Columbia and McDuffie, Glascock,
Washington, Wilkes, Twiggs, Pulaski,
Dooley Bum ter Webster and Stewart.
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30000000000000000000000000 boasted'of hli crimes.
BATTERIES.
Detroit—Donovan and Schmidt.
Chicago—Ovorall and Kling.
Umpires—O'Day, at the plate; Sheri
dan, on bases.
By JAME8 CRUSENBERRY.
(Chicago American Expert.)
West Side Baseball Park, Chicago,
Oct. 8.—Tho greatest crowd that ever
witnessed a gamo of baseball since the
game was founded In 1888, today fought
for admission to the West Side grounds
to see tho first game of the series
that shall determine whether the Chi
cago Cubs or the Detroit Tigers shall
be hailed the baseball champions of the
world.
More than 25,000 persona were within
the vast Inclosure two hours before
play was called and hundred* were
lighting on the outside.
Weather Ideal,
By stretching Just a point the weath
er might be called Ideal. Early this
morning It was really chilly, but with
the coming of tho eun and clear skies,
the tomperature rapidly rose and when
the players appeared on tho held for
practice the thermometer stood at
about 5$ rteirrorr.— ' -
Thousands sought the roofs or adja
cent dwellings and before 1 o'clock, an
hour and a half before the game, fully
80.000 maddened rooters were lighting
to see the exciting battle. Bex was for.
gotten as the terrific throng crowded
the six ticket windows, fighting like
beasts for the privilege of paying for
the little bits of paste board that en-
titled them to eee the first game of thle
desperate series. - ■
Murphy Very Happy.
The crowd began Its struggle nt 9
o'clock In the morning. At 1 o'clock
the vaet Inclosure looked as If the
thousands had been freed for a picnic.
Lunch boxes were taken out and the
noon-day meal eaten amid a flaring
scene. President Chorlee W. Murphy
was supremely happy.
"This crowd breaks all records since
the organisation of baseball," ssld he.
I am superlatively confident.
Teams Enter Field.
A tremendous shout arose at 12:45
o'clock when the Tlgere came trotting
over the field. At their head tnurched
Hughey Jennlnge, the marvel of the
year In baseball. "E-e-yah" shouted
6.000 enthusiastic fans who had fol
lowed the team from the Michigan city.
They had barely reached the visitor*
bench when the Cubs esme trotting
over the green sward.
It was noted that the Cubs Instead
of being clad In bright new uniforms,
wore their traveling suite. This Was
to overcome the hoodoo that followed
them lout year when they failed to win
a gamo whllo clad in their white unl-
f °By B thla time the crowd waa terrific.
Every teat within the grand stand and
bleachers was occupied.
Federal Court Arguments
Continue Before Judge
Newman.
OF WIFE MURDER:
Prisoner On Stand Told
How He Had Commit
ted Deed.
Argument In the suit of the Central
of Georgia railroad against the state
railroad commission seeking to restrain
the commission from enforcing the re
duced passenger fares was resumed In
the Federal court Tuesday before Judge
Newman.
Attorney T. M. Cunningham, Jr..
Lawton & Cunningham, of Savannah,
counsel for the railroad, continued his
argument ami liie.l r.ie. s hy which fie
sought t.. Show that the governor of i
stnte Is liable to the process of lnjunc.
tlon In particular cases. He argued
that the present case was In that class
and that the commission should be ro
strained. During his argument Attor
ney Cunningham would pause and com
ment on railroad legislation enacted by
Alabama and other states and give his
opinion of them as tricks, scheme* and
devices to thwart the atme of the con
stitution.
He was followed by Attorney Edgar
Watkins, of Wlmblsh, Watkins & Ellis,
for the state. Attorney Watkins re
viewed the coses cited by the railroad
and sought to show that If the facts
on which these decisions were based
were considered, the language would
not seem to sustain the claim of the
railroad.
He then cited cases for the state
tending to show that the state could
not be sued without Its content. In
outlining the state's esse, Attorney
Watkins said they expected to show
that there were no proper parties In
the original bill; that the Federal court
cannot enjoin state courts from pro
ceeding with or elate officers from In
stituting criminal actions and penal
tulte; that the suit In effect Is one
against the state, which Is prohibited
by the eleventh amendment to the
Federal constitution and that as the
complainant Is obeying the order con
tained in circular No. 214, no contro
versy has arisen or can arise and that
the case Is but a moot one, of which
the court will not take Jurisdiction.
Attorney Watkins was still pursuing
his argument when court adjourned
for the day.
TO ENDJUFFERING
Mrs. Dora Hell Slashes Her
self With Table
Knives.
First Barbecue
For Europeans
Two or throe hundred people, many of
them from Europe, enjoyed their first l*»i- j
beetle Tuesday afternoon, when the visiting
cotton spinners and other delegates were
entertained it the Cold Spring 'Cue Club
at a genuine Georgia barbecue.
Promptly at 1 o’clock about 600 people
left the cnpltol In special can for the ’cue
grounds near Eait Point Harry Stock-
dell and) Mayor Joyner superintended the
preparation of the 'cue, which guaranteed
that It won aa line aa could be prepared.
Members of the city council and others
served aa waiters. The foreigners seemed
especially delighted with the entertainment.
FARMERS’UNION
OFFICER SPEAKS
Big Cotton Conference Gets
Down to Hard Work
on Tuesday. /
CAMILE LEON, OF FRANCE.
Race Results.
BRIGHTON.
First Race—.Masque, 6 to 1, won,
Lotus Brand, 4 to L second; ArdrL II
to 1. third. Time 1:10 2-6.
SALOONS ARE VOTED OUT
IN THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 8.—A special from AsheWlle, N. C„ where the
moat exciting contest over the liquor question ever waged In this state
has been In progress for months, culminating In today's election, says
that the voting sbowe a landslide against the saloons and that when the
total vote Is counted tonight prohibition will have won by a vote of about
1,400 to about 700.
At 2 o'clock the vote waa eatlmated at 5 to 1 tn favor of prohibition.
The weather Is clear and a heavy vote Is being polled. Large delega
tions of women and children surround each polling place singing and
praying. Most all shops are closed.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 8.—The Jury
which tried Ed Turner for the murder
of hie wife, Lillie Turner, brought In a
verdict of murder In the first degree
after being out less than half an hour.
Turner ha* not yet been sentenced.
For the last few hours before the
state and defense finished adducing evi
dence for or against Turner an almost
unprecedented crowd of curious per-
sons heard the cool, deliberate and al
most boastful confession of his crime
fall from the lips of Ed Turner him
self; heard D. C. Bailey, a Kentucky
officer, relate the story of Ed Turner's
confession after his arrest, and heard
the battle royal between two alienists,
Dr W. L. Willis and Dr. J. B. Kerr, and
Attorney N. 51. Whitaker. Then the
case went to the Jury'- Turner was the
lost witness introduced by the defense
before the alienist took the stand.
Turner, who Is n product of Breathitt
ninty. told the .tory of hi, life from the
..me Si was 10 years old. In telling of the
murder of his wife, he said:
••I bsd the knife In my hand, with whleh
I hsd I wen whittling, ami I Ju»t .truck her
•nd walked swsy alter she fell."
Turner ho. s re -erd as a feudist nnd has
Horn Iven, w years oiu, uer
Monday afternoon, and. going to tha front
of her home at 90 Conrttand street, used
been In this country shout
four years, having come from Ilustln, and
nearly all her life has been a tufferur from
nervoni complaints, htio haa consulted see-
•ral tperiallats In Atlanta, but uecured little
relief. While conversing with her youngest
daughter, Ustle, and a neighbor Monday
afternoon Mrs. Kell abruptly left the room
and went to Iter bedroom, at the front of
ths bouse. Iler continued absence alarmed
neo, unconscious, wuu i
the breast and abdomen.
Khe waa hurried to the Grady Hosigtnl,
where the .uncross worked over her on the
operating table four hours Dr. Mil- ni l
the Injuries were ao serious that he had
grave doubts at to her recovery. Tuesday
monilng she wss reported ts barely alive.
She bna u husband, two daughters and one
son, the children having been In thla coun
try several yean.
BIG BATTLESHIP
FAST ON MUD BANK
Ort. 8.—While going nt ft
tlMhlp Ken-
nnd hank
, Norfolk, Vi... _ s
moderate rnfe of *i»ee«l, the halt]
tttrky rati h.ml ami mat on n
nenr Lambert* l*olut at 8:85 o’clock today.
‘ * * ' ' ’* the soft
■toil from
timhlF to
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COTTON DELEGATES, ATTENTION
TO THE ORDER OF RECEPTIONS
The attention of delegates of the International Cotton Conference Is
called to the serial order of the receptions to be given In their honor this
evening. They are requested to call at the residences named' In tho follow
ing order: .
Residence of Mr. John E. Murphy, 979 Peachtree street
Residence of Dr. J. D. Turner, 925 Peachtree street.
Residence of Mr. W. A. Wlmblsh. 948 Peachtree street.
Residence of Mr. W. H. Kiser, 165 Peachtree street.
The governor's mansion.
If this order la not observed, some confusion may result.
A special committee of Atlanta gentlemen, headed by Mr. J. W. Pope,
president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, will call at the Piedmont
Hotel with carriagei and automobiles at 8:20 o’clock to escort tho ladles
of the conference to the various receptions.
Special committees will call at the different hotels where delegates are
registered and escort them to the receptions. These committees will be at
the hotels at 8 o'clock. Delegates are requested to be ready at that hour.
INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING
THE AUTOMOBILE RIDE
Alt automobfltote who will assist In the ride to be given to the dele
gates to the cotton eplnners* convention Wednesday afternoon, whether
members of the Atlanta Automobile club or not, are requested to meet
at the Piedmont Hotel at » o'clock, assembling their cars on Forsyth and
tho side streets, and awaiting the instructions of the committee in charge.
After leaving the hotel the machines will proceed slowly, and In line,
down Peachtree and through Whitehall, breaking up after reaching the
railroad bridge, and proceeding then to Fort McPherson, where the
companies of the Seventeenth regiment, now in the barracks, have been
Invited to give a drill in honor of the guests.
From Fort McPherson each automoblllst may proceed at hto or his
guests' pleasure.
Friends offering their automobllles who have formed acquaintances
among the visitors are at.liberty to get up their own parties In advance,
and It Is suggested that they be Invited to meet you at some point and
take seats In your machine before the remainder of the guests are given
places.
Closer relationship between produce*
and manufacturer and the elimination
of the cotton speculator were the prin
cipal topics before the International
Conference of Cotton Growers and
Manufacturers at the Tuesday morn
ing session Ben L. Grlflln, of Conway,
Ark., an officer of the Farmers’ Union,
was among the speakers on the floor
who urged a closer relationship be
tween the men who raise cotton and the
men who use It, and who dwelt upon
tho evils of speculation.
As there was no other business be
fore the convention. President Ma^oll
suggested that the discussion of closer
trade relations between the cotton
grower and tho spinner bo continued.
This question was discussed at con
siderable length at Monday's session,
hut !••'<■;iiiso i t Its vast Importance to
both grower and manufacturer the con
ference accepted the suggestion of tha
president.
It was decided to devote one hour
and a half to this discussion, grower^
spinners and representative* of cotton
exchanges alternating In discussing the
question.
Vice President C. W. Marara, of
Manchester, England, was called to tha
chair and opened the discussion by %
short address to the conference.
Ho congratulated the conference upon
i the auspicious beginning of its work
on Monday.
"The sectional committees have dona
good work," said he, "and the con
ference la to be congratulated upon the
success which has attended the open
ing session. *
*We con not hope to do everythin*
In a day. In discussing the various
questions that come before us we must
not forget the diversified Interests that;
aro represented, and I hope that those
who xpe.-ik will say nothing that would
hurt tho feelings of any who are pres
ent."
Bon L. Griffin's Address,
Vice President Macara then Intro
duced Ben L. Griffin, of the Farmers*
Union, of Arkansas.
lie stated that ho represented one
million and a half cotton growers of
the Southern stotes.
,r Wo aro not hero to speak against
tho Interest of any man or set of men."
said he, "but we are hero to speak In
behalf of the farmers of this country
and to domand what we think Is ours
* lit
demand direct trade relatione
with the spinner and we are going to
get It. It has been raid that you can
organize any class of men In the world
except the farmer, but I am happy to
tell you today that tho farmer of this
country has been organized, and or
ganized for all time.
"I want to say, Mr. Chairman, that
tho great trouble with farmers' organi
zations before has been that politic*
has been mixed with It. Now. Hlr, we
have eliminated politics and are stick
ing strictly to business. (Applause.)
And we usk this conference, composed
of spinners and cotton growers, to as
sist us in securing closer trade rela
tions between the grower and the man-
ufacturer, and to assist us In hastening
tho time when tho fluctuations of the
great white staple will depend alone
upon supply and demand."
Liverpool Broker Speaks.
Mr. Buston, of the Liverpool Cotton
Exchange, was next Introduced to the
conference.
'Wo are here for the purpose of dis
cussing, one with the other, the best
method of Improving the interests of
all parties Interested In the cotton busi
ness, and In discussing the question It
Is no time for speeches of an inflamma
tory' nature."
He declared that It would be Impos
sible to do away with future contracts.
"Suppose," said he, "that there is a
million bales of cotton In Liverpool.
Think of the speculation there would be
If this was not hedged In by future
contracts.
"I do not believe It Is the Intention of
this conference to do away with the
associations or middle men. If so. It
will be impossible, for they are indis
pensable to the spinner and the pro
ducer."
Herr Arthur Huffier, of Austria, vu
next recognized as a representative of
the spinners.
He declared that closer trade rela
tions Is the most Important question
confronting the conference.
Herr Kuffler’s Views.
T have two opportunities for trading
In cotton. I can go to tho merchant or
can go to the grower for closer trade
relations.
You tell us you want closer trade
relations, but you tell us that we must
wait until you bring the cotton to us,
an<l that you want us to pay you 15
cents.
If you want cloetw trade relatione
1th us you must make better trades
1th us than the middle man. If
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