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The Atlanta Georgian
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V0L.VL NO. 62. ATLANTA, GA.,. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16,1907,
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SOME CLASSY HORSES AND THEIR DRIVERS ON FIRST NIGHT
MISS HILDA FLETCHER.
Driving Grandma Lock, first prize winner Tuesday night in class 5
for ladies' turnouts.
D’ARCY PARKER.
Driving his tandem team Hilda and Hildegarde, which won first prizo Tuesday night in class 7, driven
as a team.
J. H. SCOGGIN.
Driving Alabama, which won first prize Tuesday night in class 1 for
harness horses, single to four-wheel vehicle.
Horse
in
Show
Burst
Splendor.
Opens
of
Arrayed in fashion's finest, the
beauty and the chivalry of Atlanta
gathered In the Coliseum at Piedmont
park Tuesday night t<5 pay homage to
the king of four-footed animals, the
i" - and until near the hour of mld-
t'iey cheered with enthusiasm
plt/ufld equine display sntered
ft I Me first night of the Atlanta Horae
Shut
Approaching perfection In every de
tail, with scarcely a disturbing circum
stance of more than passing moment,
with entries composed of horses and
equipages the peer of any In the land
and with magnificent attendance, the
upenlng exhibition of the Atlantn
Hnr«e Show will go down In history
ns one of the most successful ever held
In the South, anil aa epoch-making In
Atlanta's social life.
In keeping with the occasion the
vast Coliseum was brilliantly lighted
with myriad electric lamps, while sus
pended 'from every conceivable point
was a wealth of decorations of yellow
and black, the colors of thj horse
“how. Intertwined with red and green.
Added to the artistic decorations of
• he building was the vision of hun
dreds of Atlanta's most beautiful
women clothed for the occasion In the
height of fashion and rivaling the
equine display In the admiration of
the beholder. Viewing the comblna
tlon of silks and satins, ostrich plumes
and feathers and hot house flowers,
i he most casual observer had brought
to ndnd the suggestion that even Sol
omon In all his glory was not arrayed
like one of those.
Amid strains of music rendered by
two bands, located at either end of the
tan-barked arena, the first class of the
exhibition entered the paddock
promptly at 8 o'clock, but so numer
ous were the entries and so close wae
the competition that the Judges, skill
ed ns they were In Judging horses and
5-CENT FIRE
Reduction in Effect
on November
First.
300 MINERS ENTOMBED
BY GIANT EXPLOSION;
HORROR IS GROWING
Troops Guard - What
Is Left of Fontanet,
Indiana.
MANY MINERS
BELIEVED DEAD
T
ROOSEVELT IN I
;l
Fully 1,500 People Are Now
Without Shelter, But
Relief is Coming.
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O POWDER TRU8T GIVES O
O GOVERNOR CARTE BLANCHE.
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0 Indianapolis, Oct. 18.—Governor O
O Hanley this afternoon received a 6
O message from the Dupont Powder O
O Company, of Wilmington, Del., O
O authorising him to draw for any O
O amount necessary for the relief of O
O the sufferers at Fontanet. O
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decisions, and It-was almost the
of midnight when the last prise-win
ner was announced and the vast throng
filed out of tho Cpllseum.
In order to facilitate matters' and
finish the exhibition before the hour
became too late. It was decided to
tllmlnate the young ladles’ riding class,
but with this one exception the entire
Program was carried out In detail.
But One Accident.
In spite of the large number of en<
tries which were exhibited In the pad'
dock on different occasions, there was
only one accident which threatened se
rious danger to either horse or driver.
This was In Class No. 8, the ladles'
turnout, driven single.
Mlse Elisabeth Oregg was driving
Anna Bain, the handsome chestnut
mare of D. N. McCullough, and in at
tempting to cut In between two vehicles
<he wheel of her buggy became locked
In the rear wheel of the vehicle drlyen
by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrow, Jr.
The mars plunged ahead and Miss
Gregg's vehicle was overturned and she
was thrown to the ground. In spite of
Ihe herd fall she regained her feet In
stantly and declared that she had sus
tained no Injury.
.Prior to this accident Miss Gregg had
displayed considerable nerve by calmly
retaining her seat when Anna Bain
reared In the shafts and fell to the
(round. The animal was uninjured by
tne rail a n d its restlvenesa was due to a
new bit, to which she was unaccus
tomed.
In the gentlemen’s riding class this
["are. ridden by C. E. Alderman, won
nut prise, and the magnificent ap-
R** r *»ee she made was appreciated by
ine audience. She wee loudly trpplaud-
,** "he pranced around the arena.
'he final class W. O. Jones at
tempted to drive the mare with the
* W. A. HANCOCK.
Councilman Hancock has been
largely Instrumental In securing
the reduction of fares on the river
car line.
A 6-cent fare will be granted for the
river car line beginning November 1.
Preston S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Railnuy and Electric Com
pany, made announcement of the re
ductinn Tuesday afternoon. The Geor
gian has persistently urged the reduc
tion of fares on this line, which serves
a large population along Hhe route.
It was brought about largely through
the efforts of Councilman W. A. Han
cock, who asked for a conference with
President Arkwright and who present
ed the side of tfte people living on the
river line.
Universal transfers to all the lines
In the city will be granted on the river
cars, and. the patrdns of this line will
be on exactly the same basis as the
residents of College Park, East Point
and Decatur.
In making the reduction, President
Arkwright makes one restriction. The
B-cent rate will be effective only to
Fisher street, at Bolton, about a quar
ter of a mile from the river, the rea
son given for stopping here being that
It Is the same distance os the College
Park line, and that this should be the
limit of the B-cent rate.
Councilman Hancock was very much
pleased with the action of the street
car officials In granting this reduction
end was unstinted particularly In his
praise for President Arkwright.
"People can say what they please,”
he stated, "but I have never yet found
Mr. Arkwright unwilling to hear or to
heed the Just willies of the people. I
never knew him to refuse to give his
reasons for any policy pursued by his
company or to refuse to hear the rsa-
Fontnnet, Ind., Oct. IB.—More than
300 miners are entombed In this vicin
ity today as tha result of the explosion
of the Dupont Powder Mills yesterday
morning. All last night men worked,
many of them until they were over
come by fatigue, but with little appre
ciable progress.
How many of the miners who were
Imprisoned by the falling wells were
killed outright and how many have
died since, la of course not known, but
It Is feared that when the truth Is
known many scores will bo added to
the list of victims from the explosion.
The havoc wrought by the disaster
seems to grow after svery hour of In
vestigation. It Is not possible, nor will
It be, to learn how much damgae has
been done to the town, for the place
has been absolutely destroyed and lies
In ruins as complete os though a greet
hand had crushed It to the ground.
The exact number of dead has not yet
been full/ ascertained, but the number
of Identified reached 36 with many
more believed to be dead and scores
In a critical condition from the injuries.
Exhausted by the terrora and Inju
rlee of yesterday, the work of the men
to rescue the miners Is neceeea
Missouri Democrat Thinks
These Will Be Next
Nominees.
Roo’sevelt'and Bryan will be the op-
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riiy Iflow and at times almost hopeless.
Had not volunteers from all parts of
the state arrived In large numbers
scarcely anything could have been
done for the miners during the night
At least BOO persons were injured
In the explosion. Of these alx died at
the Terre Haute hospital. Scores are
children whose parents have been
either killed or Injured or have not
yet learned where the members . of
their scattered families are. It Is at
the hospitals that many more persons
will die during the day.
Not a house remained Intact In Fon
tanet. Fully 1,600 persons are -with
out ehelter except such as they were
■one of other people why any policy
should be changed.”
The reduction In fares will do much
toward building up property along the
river route and It la probable that the
Increased travel resulting will necessi
tate shortening the schedule. Care
now run every SO minutes.
The Georgian advocated from the
first the reduction In the rates on the
river car line and the concession mads
by President Arkwright proved the Jus
tice of Its contsntlons.
WOMAN IS HURT;
FALLS DOWN STAIRS
Sirs C. A. I'suip, of 30 West Alexander
street] wss badly hurt early Tneadey night
Centiued on Page Three.
I,j necMvntaJty felling down a long Bight
lief trains are coming In. With little
food to sustain them their condition
Is deplorable. Troops are guarding
what Is left of the town. Suspicious
characters are not allowed to pass the
pickets.
posing candidates In the next race for
the presidency.
This Is the opinion of Hon. Champ
Clark, congressman from Missouri, and
one of the leaders of the Democratic
party, expressed In an Interview given
to The Georgian Wednesday morning.
Congressman Clark arrived In At
lanta at noon and will deliver a lecture
at the Jewish Synagogue on "Pic
turesque Public Men” Wednesday
night.
When asked who would be the pres
idential nominees this year, he made
the following statement:
"Since congress adjourned, March 4,
I have spoken and'lectured In seven
teen states. I have listened to all sorts
and conditions of people. My conclu
sion Is th»* the Republicans will nom
inate Roosevelt and the Democrats will
nominate Bryan. Perhaps the politi
cians In the two parties would throw
them both overboard If they could, but
what Governor Hogg, of Texas, de
nominated the boys at the forks of the
creek are for Roosevelt and Bryan—
the Republican boys for the New York
er and the Democratic boys for the
Nebraskan.
"Having said that much I say this;
Whether elected or defeated, a nomina
tion In 1908 will moet probably there
after eliminate Bryan as a candidate,
for he has declared over and over again
for one term only. Consequently thb
day after the election I am In favor of
beginning a thorough and systematic
effort to nominate a Southern Demo
crat In 1913 and kee pit up until we
elect one.
"The fact that the citlsens of fifteen
great states are as completely debarred
from nsplrtng to the presidency as It
we were citlsens of the FIJI Islands, la
uot good for the South or the North or
the republic. Our public men are cer
tainly as able as those anywhere else
and as patriotic, and there Is no sense
In our sitting st the foot of the political
table any longer.”
F
WILL APPEAR
Bryan and Chanler
May Speak
Out.
BIG BROKERAGE
FIRM FAILED
New York, Oct. 18.—One of the big
gest failures In the history of Wall
street came this afternoon when the
suspension of the firm of Gross &
Kleeberg, 36 Broad street, was an
nounced on the floor of the stock ex- v
change a few minutes before closing
time. It Is said the Arm's losses have
amounted to more than 83,000,000.
The downfall of the Arm, U Is ru
mored, means that the fortunes of
many wealthy men who were tha Arm's
customers bava been swept away.
TWELVE WORKMEN DROWNED IN A SCOW
Chicago, Oct. 18.—Twelve workmen,
employed by the Economy Light and
Power Company, were drowned early
this afternoon, when a big scow, upon
which they were crossing the Illinois
and Michigan canal. 13 miles south of
Joliet, ceaslzed. There were twenty-
three men on the scow when It turned
turtle. Five bodies have been recoV'
ered. Seven others are missing.
The men were working on a new
plant and were crossing the stream for
their dinner.
THREE KILLED, IT HURT IN TROLLEY CRASH
1 stairs St her home.
Cincinnati, Oct. 16.—Three persona were killed, and 17 in
jured when an Alberon avenue trolley car turned turtle on a
sharp curve this morning.
"William Jennings Bryan nnd Lieu
tenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler, of New York, the ti
likely contestants for the Democratic
presidential nomination, will probably
Are the flrat guns of their campaigns In
Atlanta,” said Forrest Adair Wednes
day morning, In speaking to the com
mtttee which met In the mayor's office
to arrange the functions to be tendered
the young New York "possibility” on
his visit here October 24.
As Mr. Adair, chairman of the com
mittee, spoke, the faces of the twenty-
five prominent Atlantans present beam
ed with Interest. Not one present but
realized the unusual political situation
which has developed and will be
brought to a climax within a few days.
From the rostrum of the auditorium
at Piedmont park the two men to whom
DemocraUc eyes are turned In expecta
tion will first dsllvsr their rival
speeches, will first be pitted against
each other, one speaking on Saturday,
the other on the following Thursday.
The one Is the veteran of two great
political campaigns and many smaller
ones and represents one wing of the
party; the other Is a young man who
has Just attained prominence by being
elected lieutenant governor of New
York when a Republican was made
governor. He Is believed to represent
the Eastern Democrats.
Mr. Bryan will speak first on Satur
day, October 18, at Piedmont park. He
will be given a dollar dinner by the
Young Men's Democratic League and
will receive a royal reception.
Dinner te Chanler.
Mr. Chanler will speak on the foie
lowing Thursday and the committee
which met Wednesday morning will co
operate with the fair In entertaining
him. A popular-priced dinner, which
all Democrats who wish may attend,
will be arranged,
"The fair association Is to bs con
gratulated,” laid R. F. Maddox, at ths
meeting, "for bringing to Atlanta the
two most prominent presidential possi
bilities for the people to look at. Home
are Inclined to think that Mr. Bryan
has crucified the party and that Chan
ler will be the angel of light to open
the tomb and lead us to vlctory. Others
still have faith In the famous Nebras
kan. The'best thing w« can do Is to
pay our money and hear them both,
looking them over critically.
"Although many do not agree with
his political opinions,” said H. II. Cab-
anlss, "none will deny that Mr. Bryan
Is the foremost American citizen In
private life.”
"Mr. Chanler Is the best man New
York Democrats can offer to meet the
situation.” said Joseph H. Johnson, now
of New York, but formerly u prominent
Atlanta newspaper man. to The Geor
gian.
Committees ars Named.
Forrest Adair, who was elected chair
man of the committee to arrange for
the banquet to be given Mr. Chanler,
has appointed the following sub-corn-
mlttees;
Executive Committee—H. (I. Cuba-
nlsa. chairman; R. F. Maddox, T. B.
Felder. John 8. Cohen. W. R. Joyner.
Finance—John E. Murphy. J. W.
Pope. J. W. Grant, Jacob Haas, P. 8.
Arkwright.
Banquet—John D. Little, J. H. Nun-
nally. Shelby Smith. PI. R. Black. Lowry
Arnold. L. Z. Rosser, C. M. Roberts,
Milton Dargon.
Invitation—Colonel Clifford Ander
son, chairman; James R. Gray, Clark
Howell. John Temple Oraves, Aldlne
Chambers. A. C. Newell, P'rank Wel
don. W. P. Cooper, C. I. Ryan, J. M.
Slaton and J. G. Oglesby.
President Aldlne Chambers, of the
Young Men's Democratic Club, has an.
nounced the following committee to
arrange for the reception of Mr Chan
ler: Aldlne Chambers, chairman; Har
vey Johnson, James L. Anderson, Ma
rlon Smith and & V. Carter.
SPEAKS TO FARMERS
DEAN A. M. SOULE.
He delivered a Btrong address to
the Farmera' Unlon at tho fair.'
Tlfl II MIU
UUCH
SODLETALKS
TO
Shows How Science
Can Aid the
Planter.
Makes Significant Speech,
Allaying Fears of
Loyalists.
Manila, Oct. 16.—With lmpr«»«slve care-
monte* and n *lgn Meant apecch by Hccre-
tary Taft, the first Philippine assembly wss
opened today. After conveying the good
wishes of Prestdeut Roosevelt, he said:
“The national administration's policy la to
safeguard the Interests and welfare of the
Filipinos, ami flt the people to maintain a
stable government.”
He said there had been n strong minor
ity- party In the United Mtates denouncing
nolle “* ‘ I ■
policy nnd expressing sympathy for
armed enemies and asnlrtug IS make the la
den t. This
arose this controversy concerning 'the po
litical capacity, and this teuded to divert
Id be believed ^—__ ___
government would be vindicated. Refer-
ring to the failure of congress to ai
* ' ilted M
sugar and tobacco to the United States free
opponents to tho plan.
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O AT ATLANTA HORSE SHOW. O
O The following classes form the
O program for Wednesday night at
O the horse show:
O Class 33—Ponies, 13 hands and 0
O not ovsr 14 1-3, under saddle, lo- O
O cal. 8 o'clock. 0
Class 29—Harness horses, park 0
O pair, local, 8:13. O
0 Class 27—Girls' riding class, un- 0
O der 14 years, local. 8:30. O
0 Class 18—Combination saddle O
O and harness horses, Rve gaits, O
O 8:43. O
O Class 8—Harness horssa, pairs, O
O 18.3 or over, 9. O
O CIsss 21—Saddle horses,' three O
O gaits, 1S.2 or over, 9:16. O
0 Class 2—Harness horses, sin- O
O gle, 1B.2 or over, 9:30. O
O Class 38—Roadsters, single, lo- 0
O cal. >9:46. 0
0 CIsss 16—Saddle horses, live O
O gaits, under 16.2, 10. O
0 Class 4—Runabout class, 10:16. O
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0 BIG CROWDS TO FAIR. O
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slderably Wednesday, but Increas- O
O Ing cloudiness Indicates that rain 0
O Is not so very far away. State O
0 Fair Is finding tho weather tdesL 0
a and the Influence Is apparent on 0
O the fine dally attendance. Fore- 0
cast: O
"Fair Wednesilay night; Thura- O
O day Increasing cloudiness."' O
O Wednesday temperatures: O
0 7 a. m 62 degrees 0
O 8 a. m ..13 degrees 0
0 9 a. 88 degrees O
8 10 a. m 69 degrees 0
11 a. m 12 degrees 0
O 12 noon 64 degrees 0
0 1 p. m 86 degrees d
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Nearly two thousand farmers, repre
senting every section of the »tate. gath
ered at tho fair grounds In riodmont
park Wednesday morning In uttondanre
upon the annual session of the Farmers'
Union. The meeting was not'only at
tended by tho farmers themselves, but
many of thorn brought along their
wives and children, and the crowd was
sufficiently large to All the grand atanil
where the meeting was held.
The most Important features of the
meeting were Interesting and Instruc
tive speeches by Dean A. M. Soule, nf
tho Agricultural College at Athens:
President H. F. Duckworth, of the
Georgia Farmers' Union, and President
Charles S. Barrett, of the National
Farmers' Union.
The meeting of the union was called
to order at 10 o'clock by Chairman J.
L. Barron. Welcome addresses were
delivered by H. H. Cabonlie, president
of the fair association, and J. J. Con
nor, president of the State Agricultural
Society.
Following Mr. Connor’s address,
Chairman Barron Introduced Dean
Souls, who spoke to the farmers for j
something over an hour. \
Dean Soule's Address.
Dr. Souls urged the farmers to take a
greater Interest In agricultural educa
tion and the colleges that have been
established throughout the state for
the purpoee of teaching them the best
methods of cultivating, their crops.
"When I was called to Georgia to
take charge of thle work," said he, "I
was told that you had spent about
8800,000 to endow agricultural schools,
and I knew then that the farmers of
this state had awakened to the value of
agricultural education.
"I am neither an enthusiast hor a
dreamer and I do not believe that the
gigantic task of educating the farmer
along agricultural lines can be accom-
now that agricultural education Is ah.
solutely necessary to Intelligent farm
ing and I do know that It Is practical.
"The agricultural school Is going to
be run by the farmer and for the farm
er. Your board of trustees are repre
sentative farmers; they have your In
ternets at heart, and they are Interested
In their work."
Dr. Soule referred to the fact that
In one year Georgia . spends about
3300,000 for higher education, and de
clared that this was right, and that the
sum should be doubled, but he added
that something at least should be spent
for agricultural training.
In conducting the school he declared
that It Is his purpose and the purpose
of those Interested In the college to
get in close touch with the farmer and
to teach him all they can in the best
methods of farming.
"We can't tell you all we know,” said
he. "but there are a few things we can
tell you. If you think you are too old
to go to school, write me a letter about
anything you wish to know and 1 will
tell you all I can.
Danger to Cotton Crop.
We can tell you about anthracnos,
that dreaded cotton disease, which Is ,
ruining 30 per cent of your cotton crop,
and we can tell you how to get rid >1
It. A man told me the other day that
there Is no such thing as anthracnos
and that talk about It Is all bosh. But
I tell you that there Is such a disease
and It Is going to destroy your cotton
crop If you do not stamp It out.
What Is Difference?
"I defy any man to provs to me that
there Is any difference In soil orlginallv.
But why Is It that your neighbor raise-
pounds? He has learne
entitle truths and he has applied them
to his farming.
“Agricultural education will make
your unions stronger and that Is what
lyou want. Ths fanner hae been pale
any price he could get for lila product!
In the paat I paid S3 cents for a
pound of beefsteak In an Atlanta hots
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Continued on Pago Fours