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Second Section
The Atlanta. Georgian and News
VOL. VI. NO. 70.
Second Section
CENTRAL SYSTEM
MAY BE OWNED BY
ms,
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1907.
PRICE:
PILOT OF WINNING BALLOON
"No Change in Situation,
Thorne Telegraphs Pres
ident Hanson.
Macon, Ga.. Oct. *5.—There seems
to bo no foundation here for the report
eil sale of the Central of Georgia rail
road to thc.Horrlman Interests.
President J. F. Hanson yesterday
wired Oakletgh Thorne, of New York,
Asking him for Information of the re
ported sale of the controlling stock of
tl,o Central of Georgia. Last night he
received a reply by wire, signed Oak
lelgh Thorne, saying:
"Absolutely no change In situation.
NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN
MAY CONTROL CENTRAL,
Special to The Georgtuu.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 25.—According
to reports here, the Central of Georgia
mllroad has been sold to the Norfolk
and Southern. Qaklelgh Thorne, one of
the owners of the former property.
Is said, admitting In New York on
Tuesday that It had been sold, hut de
dined to give the names of the pur
chasers. .Marsden J. Perry, part owner
with Thorne, Is chairman of the board
of directors.of the Norfolk and South
ern Railway Company, which controls
practically all of the network of the
lines In eastern North Carolina, with
Norfolk as the main port of entry.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Norfolk add Southern at Norfolk'on
Wednesday the action of the directors
In vollng an Issue of bonds, amounting
to 125,000.004 for the purchase of equip,
tnent, wns approved. Frank S. Gannon,
the president. Is an old Southern rail
way man. There arc two opinions an to
being that rthc Southern railway Is
the real ownership of the company, one
barking It and the other that the Stand
ard oil Company holds the controlling
Interest.
Starting with a handful of short lines,
the Norfolk and Southern has gradually
extended Ita territory, having acquired
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road from Goldsboro to Morehead and
tlie sett for a term of ninety-nine years.
With a link to Augusta and connec
tion 'here with the Central of Georgia,
and Us 2,000 miles of-track, the re
organised concern would bo one of the
strongeat In the South.
From Raleigh, N. C„ to which point
the line haa Just been opened, there are
projected roads to Augustn, Ga., and
Charleston, S. C„ the ownership of
which haa been somewhat In’ dispute.
The general Idea ls that the Norfolk
and Southern wlW get control of the
road from the capital of North Carolina
to. Augusta, there, to connect with the
tracks of the Central of Georgia. In
the event of this the parent road would
touch Norfolk and Savannah, on the
ocean, extending to Chattanooga, Blrm
Ingham and Montgomery and renchlng
Atlanta, Macon and practically the en
tire business heart of Georgia.
SITUATION IS
CLEARING IN N. Y.
Continued from Page On*.
America, the Colonial Trust Company
and the Lincoln Trust Company and
the Dollar Bank.
Men and womi
In front of these Institutions, so
they might be the flrat to withdraw
their money today.
$10,000 Cheek Cloaed Bank,
The Wflllamtburg Truat Company,
Broadway and Kent avenue, Williams
burg, closed Its doors at 1:15 p. in.,
being unable to cash a check for S10.000.
Frank Jenkins la president. The bank
bee n capital of|700,000. Liabilities are
estimated at 19,676,484.
The International Trust Company,
N’o. 266 Broadway, Manhattan, an
nounced Ita suspension until the re
storation of public confidence.
The United States Exchange Bank
posted a notice before banking hours
organ, announcing Its temporary sus
pension. The Borough Bank, of Brook
lyn. and the Brooklyn Bank, both lo
cated In the Borough of Brooklyn, also
Posted notices of suspenalon.
FINANCIAL SITUATION
CLEARED IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Oct. 26.—With nddl
llonal millions In money now deposited
In Pittsburg, United Btates depositories
t>y Secretary Cortelyou, and announce.
">ent that the Weatlnghouse plants will
continue In full operation, he situa
tion In this city has tremendously Im
proved, Still more gold Is promised by
treasury official*. Local bankers and
•rust company officials fear nothing.
Receivers are appointed
„ FOR FISHERIES COMPANY.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25,—Local banking
»nd business circles were surprised yes-
if.njay when It became known that the
fisheries Company, a corporation
" t hlch Is the principal factor In the
Menhaden fishing Industry, with offices
In this city, has been declared Insolvent
•id temporary receivers appointed.
Theodore Stevens of the Second Na-
tlonol Bank said today:
The panic has had absolutely no ef
fect on banking business here. It I*
entirely local to New York and has not
“*•» felt here.
currency bill
„ TO CORRECT EVIL8.
Washington, OcL 25.—A new curren
cy bill will be Introduced In the coming
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£ AGED man in line
S STOOD TILL HE COLLAPSED. O
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“ „ N ’«W York. Oct. 25.—Arthur C. O
Simpson, aged 60. had stood In the O
“ line of depositors making th* run O
” ;>n the Dollar Savings Bank so t»
f. ’-I-S that today he collapsed. O
“It was believed that he had O
“ neen In tine since daybreak yes- O
“ terdny and that ho had had no O
“ nourishment. O
“ The run on the Dollar Bank set O
“ n With renewed vigor today, there O
« “dng more. than 400 persona In O
“ line. Many of the depositors wets O
“ women who had been In line a O
a *r ea, *r Part of yesterday and a}l O
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BY DREADED 13"
Tenor Travels Far But Even
Atlanta Hands Him
Fateful Number.
I« Signor Oulaeppe Cumpnnnrl, the futnoua
tenor, being pursued by n singular fate that
bode* him evil?
He think* he la, aud ns a result he Is go
ing to get back to that dear old Broadway
Just r.a ao4)ii as lie can.
Hlgnor rampanart arrived ’n Allan** Fri
day morning from Athens, where he sang
Thursday night, a ml hi* recital at the Pied
mont Hotel of the strange ehatu of clrcum-
ns 1 can.” And ns be sold It
he look in his eyes showed bis singular ad-
enturea were getting on hts nerves.
All of these udventures come, believes
Hlgnor Cnmpanarl, ns the result of th« j>er-
IT IS A REAL COUNT
WHO FOLLOWS VIOLINIST
New York.
ckrt.
OSCAR ERBSLOH.
He has issued a challenge to the American Aero Club and It haa been
accepted. The race will be from Dallas, Tex., eaetwsrd (for the Lahm cup.
Three balloon* ylll be.entered. ~ ,
congress to correct the evils that are
responsible for the money panic,
declared Senator Elkins this morning,
after he had had a long talk with Pres
ident Roosevelt. The senator did. not
say In so many words that the presi
dent would back the bill, but Intimated
that It would have strong backing from
the dominant side of the senate.
•[BULLOCH COUNTY
WINS FIRST PRIZE
No Trouble in Buffalo.
Buffalo, Oct. 25.—Buffalo bankers are
Arm In their declaration that no trou
ble Is In eight for their Institutions and
there Is apparently little loss of confl-
dence on the part of depositors.
Detroit Banks Steady
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 25.—In pleasant
contrast to the reports from the fever
ish Ananolal centers of the East were
the scenes at the Detroit hanks yester
day anil today. The banks In Detroit
are perfectly solid and the eastern sit
uation has not affected them In the
least.
Cincinnati Unaffected.
Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 25.—The Press
Post publishes Interviews with leading
bankers of this city and all are unani
mous In saying that the Ananclal Hurry
In New York has not affected the sit
uation here and they don’t anticipate
that It will do so.
Run on Baltimore Bank.
Baltimore, Md.. Oct. 25.—The run on
the eaatern branch of the Home Bank
continues today. The crowd, held
In check by police, has already with
drawn 860,000. Other banks seemingly
are unaffected.
London Market Stronger.
London, Oct. 25.—Sentiment In rela
tlon to American securities has been
much strengthened by the support glv
en to the situation by the Federal
treasury and our leading financiers and
the late rally on the New York ex
change yesterday. 1
Chicago Financiers Ready.
New York, Oct. 25.—A conference of
promlitent financiers at the clearing
touse haa Juat adjourned. James Still
man said that the conference had ar
ranged to throw 814,000,000 Into the
stock exchange money market.
Planty Caah in New Orleans.
New Orleans. Oct. 25.—Local banka
made preparations months ago to take
care of the drain that was sure to be
made upon them. For months no loans
were made of any extent and the local
banka held plenty of money In their
vaults.
MARSDEN PERRY’S
BANK SUSPENDS
Providence. Oct. 25.—The Union
Trust Company, the largest financial
Institution In title city, cloaed It* door*
today, potting a notice that It waa com-
pelled to do to because of the strin
gency In the money market.
|uap|»*Id SJ|A *| Auaj r u»P*J»I<
COAST LINE CLOSE8
SHOPS AT MONTGOMERY.
Special to Th* Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala. Oct. 25.—The
Montgomery shop* of the Atlantic Coast
Line, employing 846 men, and with a
monthly pay roll of 816.000. wa* cloaed
yesterday, and the men let out of em
ployment Matter Mechanic Peanall
announced that a few of the men would
be retained after November l and the
company would operate email repair
shops here.
Awards at State Fair Being
Rapidly Completed by
Judges.
For the best, Inrgeat find most nrtlstleul
fr displayed agricultural exhibit at the
tt«fe fair thla year, Bulloch county was
awarded the flrat prlan of $1,200 by three
competent Judges Friday at noon. The an
nouncement that Bulloch county had cap-
fit red the flrat prise was made by the Judges
Ju*t before Lieutenant Governor (.’hauler,
of New York, began bis speech, and It was
received with great applause.
The necond prlxe, of $1,001, was awarded
to Cobb county, which tin* been a flrat
prise winner for three or four years.
There were aeven counties eon testing for
prlaea, and the order In which the other
awnrd* were made la n* follows: Worth
county, third, price, $84); Hall county,
fourth prise. $200; Hatwrubam county, fifth
prise, $200; Camden county, sixth prlxe, $290;
Cherokee county, seventh prise, $IW.
Bulloch cimnty’a exhibit at the Ntute fair
this year la In charge of J. L. Miller, ed
itor of The Htateaboro News. It was one
of the largest, moa
tlntlc agricultural
Georgia State fair.
hlbit* wen* of an unusually high class,
and the Judges figured closely In making
their awards.
Individual Exhibits.
Mr. Miller, who waa In chargs of the
Bulloch county exhibit, also won the flrat
prise of $Sfc> for the best, largest and
most artistically arranged Individual agrl
cultural exhibit. The second prlxu in this
class waa $299, and waa awarded to Mrs.
Monk, or Worth county. The third prise
of $190 was awarded to T. M. Clod bey, of
Camden county.
The cotton awards were oa follows: Best
a. IKills attar
flrat
w>nd
•talks or ses Island cot*
Attached* J. R. Miller, of Htates-
John It. Broadwnll,
prise, $$; J. o. Morr.
j>ris*| Ijy Best ten stalks of
f; hu '\|orrisT second prixe. $£
—- Prlxe. .$$; Be»t two |K>unilt of lint
rotton, abort, Johu B. Broadwell, 6r»t priie,
88: ‘ ~ ‘ ‘
Broadwell, Brwt prise. 816: arcond. J. O.
51orris. 85. Large*! yfcid of cotton from 1
•ere. J. U. Broadwrrll. Unit prlxe, 819; J.
O. Morrl,. accond prlie. 85.
Other Awards Soon.
Th* other sward* for agricultural e>8H>lta
will ba announced ae eoou ne the Met, which
l( n very lengthy one. can b* gotten rendy
for pnbllcntlon.
Th* nnnonnrement of the prlxe winner* In
.a- poni.,, .how will probable 1- mail*
*atunt«j.' 'Thla fiat I. alao n very loo.: on*,
and requires conaldernlila time In which to
I> Konr-piano* plneeil on exhibition by tbn
w II flowunl liana Company, of Atlanta,
were decorated with bine ribbon* by Bee-
retnry Wddha Frida/ morning. The Plano*
•re of tha Hmltb k Barne* nuke, and bare
already* been aold to the following Atlanta
fiacretaryof Ktat* Philip Cook
I(r/U. Adolpbua. Mra. 11. T. Connally ami
Hr. Braateton. of the Andereon Hardware
Company. The nhIMte of the lluwanl
It.no.'ompany were la charge of Mr. W.
II. Howard.
;s
•ole „ __ ,
money from his pianist to get back home.
Troubles in Arkansas.
It waa on October 1$ that Hlgnor Camps*
narl left Fort Hmltb, Ark., for Raleigh. It
took him fonr <lay». The flrat misfortune
waa the burning of a bridge In front of the
train. Then he had to walk n plank over a
nwnlug chnar * -
At MemphtaHBBHPH
ended. But they weren’t. _. ■
lu n sleeping ear. the best he could get. uml
across from blm was a dying consumptive.
“Alt night loug,” said the famous slnr
“the poor man coughed, moaned and “
for his aon. I could not sleep. The
of death haunted ine all the night."
At Birmingham the dining cur conductor
was left and it wns with difficulty the great
were focked'un nud tbe guests had to use
telegraph blanks. Thu waiter took several
orders, nil of which were numbered, and
when ho hu tided Hlgnor Canipauart bis tele
graph hlnnk It was numbered—
THIRTEEN!
Lost His Bank Roll.
At Raleigh Hlgnor Cnmpannrl sung, but
he was taken sick sad could not All the
engagement In Charlotte, lie was so 111
with feVer he bnd to get back to New York,
William Jennings Bryan was there, and so
was a big crowd. At the railroad station a
man took Signor Cam pa nail’s grip. The
signor started to chase him and In the chnsc
two pickpockets relieved him of bis wallet,
containing the $1,200. HBrnmgjmH
lie got better In Ni
Houth agnln to slug l .
he had troubles wjileb l>eiran by getting n
room with a T1URTKKN lu It. Them was
no lock on the door, nod the signor put his
bed Against It, because be hud not forgotten
bis recent loss.
He came to Atlanta Friday mornlng-n
bad day to hogln a Journey, he thougbt—and
here he fully believed his troubles would
end. He went to the Piedmont, registered
and was sent up to bis room. He was
about to enter when h»» looked nt the door.
He saw the number-two hundred and—
THIRTEENI
Down be went to (he clerk and got .an
other rodth.
appearance constantly of that number,
is bringing me all sorts of mlsfortuue. To-
uui going to the theater to take a
j«i I’ll wager a supper they put mo
lu seat IS.”
Hlgnor Campanarl leaves Saturday for
~‘ ~' after
New
believes
the fact flint he gets $1,000 a night causes
kefs to watch him, but he didn’t l>e-
i New York, and then came
Chattanooga, where lie will slug, nf
which he says he will get back to ,Ni
York ns quickly as possible. He belle*
RmU L tlU he had rubbed In on him that
number—
THIRTEEN!
QUI8EPPE CAMPANARL
He says that he la being haunt
ed by “Thirteen” wherever die goes.
FIREMEN’S BRAVERY
SAVED THREE LIVES
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 28.—Brave. >
of the firemen who rushed up to gaa
tanks that were llabl* to explode at
any moment, saved the plant of th*
Chattanooga Gas Company. When the
firemen reached the ga* plant a short
time after the explosion yesterday they
were warned not to go too near, aa
other explosions were likely at any
moment. Faying no heed to the want
ing, the firemen rushed Into the plant
and soon had the blaxe under control.
John and Grant Hammlll and Perry
Lane, the men dragged out of the gen
erating room after tho explosion, are
badly burned from head to foot, but are
expected to recover.
POOR RUSSIANS
DYING LIKE FLIES
Vienna, Oct. 26.—Cholera la raging
with frightful violence throughout
southeastern Russia and the poor peo
ple are dying like files. At Kelff alone
the death Hat it averaging a hundred
dally. The hoapltaia are filled and phy-
alclnna nre unable to care for half the
patients.
May Cheat tha Gallows,
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C., 'Oct. 25.—George
Kenny, a negro, who, with two other,,
killed Guard Stello at the county stock,
ade In August. 1666, and escaped, to
be captured later, was sentenced to'
hang on December 6, by Judge Gage.
Kenny ba- dropsy and may not Uve to
be banged. -
MISS MABELLE ADAMS, VIOLINIST.
it Taclgaluto anno
theater throughout tho country and
She says Count Tacigaluto annoys her by chasing her from theater to
' ia in Atlanta now.
Pretty Mabelle Adams Says He Is Annoy
ing Her With His Flowers and
Love Letters.
Is Miss Mabelle Adams, the Attractive
youug woman .whose violin playing Is a
feature of the vaudeville bill nt the Or
phean) this week, being followed by an
Italian nobleman—a real live count?
Miss Adams nays It Is true, aud she
•tamps her dnluty little foot when she
snya ft, aa if she did not like the atten
tions being showured upon her by the. blue
blooded Count Marta Toctgatuto—for that
!• the name the nobleman uenrs.
Miss Adams says further that the count
Is In Atlanta this very day, despite the
fact that she left Boston and came here
for the solo purpose of getting rid of
him. Her statement to a. representative of
The (ieorglnn Friday morning, carrying
with It. ns It does, n romance that would
l»ut ordinary Action to shaine, In extremely
utercNtlng—and she vouches for the truth
fulness of the story.
“I met this man In New York nt a din
ner two years ago,” she Itegan, aa she r-
■tuned a comfortable position In a we..-
upholstered clmlr lu her apartments at the
Aragon.
“That he la what he represents himself
to be I bavo no doubt. In nddltlou to being
n noldemnn, lie Is what Is stranger still—
acnlthy noldemnn.
'From that dny to thla ho has been
following me. It seems that 1 ran not go,
anywhere unless the count Is rlr* * “
ns I am nssiduous In trying to avoid him,
HtlU, he Is always courteous. The notes
he sends me hro always worded Inoffen
sively. lie sends me beautiful books and
flowera all tho time.
“I come hero direct from Boston, and am
going direct back to New York. 1 canto
here this week hoping and thinking possi
bly I cquld spend one week without hnvluj
to suffer his attentions, but who should
see Tuesday night but my friend, tl
count, Intently gnxlng nt me from a bl
and seemingly wrapt Tn the clouds whence
ho hart flown on the wings of the sweet
strains of my vIolTfu* »-
“Wednesday night, be sent me flowers,
which I proceeded to send bock. He baa
been In that box at every |>erformance
since Tuesday night, and it annoys tne
much more thsn I can tell. He has been In
‘ or teu years, but Is sttH
i appearance, suave, eru
live—and I want to get rid of this man:
And no snylug. MIsa Adams* stamped
foroincntloned dainty llttlo foot with fo
lough to crush several noblemen.
, “It wns eltbet tne violin or the costnm
It wasn't lifeShu explained, nnd looked
wickedly at the' violin ami cant a acorn fill
eye nt the trank wherein nestled the
ATLANTA'S HONORED GUEST
1,000 LIVES MAY
BE LOST III RUINS
BY'QUAKE
Three Hundred Dead Bodies
Have Already Been
Discovered.
Rome, Oct. 26.—Latest reports In
dicate that the disaster caused by
earthquake shocks In Sicily and Cala
bria .* even greater than at first *up-
poxed. Th* de*d will number more
than 500 and will poxelbly be as many
as 1,000, while the property loss I*
tremendous.
The government has sent troops to
dig In the ruins of Ferruxxano, where
many people, yet living, are tmprlson-
Three hundred bodlea have been
recovered thus far, and tho city has not
been searched over more than half Its
area. Tho population was 2,000 and
becauso of the panic, which scattered
the survivors. It has been Impossible to
learn how many are left.
At Reggio and Messina houses top
pled over like plies of blocks and many
people were burled. Two walls of the
cathedral at Gerace collapsed and a
number of buildings fell, at Sxlnopoli.
In scores of villages, where the shocks
were violent, the people fled to the open
and now nre encamped, miserable end
tick from the torrential rains.
It Is possible that nearly half tha
jopulatlon of Ferruxxano perished. Re.
lef could not reach the city quickly
enough to find out Just how many es
caped, for It Is perched on a hill. Iso
lated by mountains.
Great cracks have appeared on the
surface of the earth, running several
miles In length and hundreds of feet
deep. Heat rises from some of them,
thus tracing the, cause of the earth
quake to tho volcanos, which have been
muttering tor some weeks. The dis
aster will possibly prove greater than
that of 1905, as ths shocks were much
' nger.
The neighboring country Is flooded
with rains, which makes the work
of rescue decidedly slow. There will
be no popular relief because of the
fhlch surrounded the 1905 re-
all
The government will help
o pope, When Informed this morn
ing of the destruction, wan much dis
tressed and said, with tears In his
eyes: \
’Are wo having a reptltlon of the
disaster of 19057 God help the poor
souls.”
The pontiff has decided to send a
aum of money for the relief of the
sufferers. ' - i
COWBOY IS DEAD;
FAR FROM FRIENDS
William A. Underwood, former cow
boy and circus rider, died at a private
sanitarium Friday morning at 5 o’clock
after an Illness of nlno days with pneu
monia.
Underwood was a cowboy with Ranch
101 at the state fair. He came to At
lanta with the show from Birmingham.
Ala., last Thursday afternoon In a very
bad condition. ,
His people live In Virginia, but Just
where no one knows, it was nt first
thought he lived in Richmond but some
claim he resided at Wallace. Va.
The body Is bolng held nt Greenberg,
Bond & Bloomfield's undertaking estab
lishment until his relatives are heard
from.
$136,000,000 FOR
U. S. NAVY IN 1908
'Washington Oct. 25.—Secretary Met
calf has completed the estimates f.n-
the maintenance of the navy depart
ment for the coming fiscal year, nnd
they are by far the largest ever sub
mitted to congress, aggregating more
than 8136,000,060, In each of the bu
reaus of the department a substantial
Increase In the number and salaries of
clerks and the working force of the de
partment has been passed on favorably.
J3jr JXA/iCCAVtW. ■ nm ' r ' mut rmmu-uanoMtt
though tho Republican gubernatorial candidate waa elected. Mr. Ci-anler
io making hit first visit to Geergia, having never been farther South than
Norfolk before
Special to The Oeorglen.
Brunswick, Oa„ Oct. 25.—Argument*
are being heard In the city court In the
case of the city of Brunswick against
IL Neff, of Jacksonville, Fla. Bruns
wick city council granted Neff a fran
chise for a street railway, for which he
put up a 810,000 bond, guaranteeing to
construct the raflwav In s specified
time. The time having expired and no
work having been done, the city Is
suing for collection of the bond.
PROMINENT VETERAN
DIES IN MACON, OA.
Rpeclil to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga- Oct. 20.—David I„ Walk-
aged 76 years, one of the most prom
inent bualnees men and Confederate
veterans of Macon, died this morning
the home of his aon-ln-law, Charles
Rhodes, on Forsyth street, Vlnevlllr.
He la survived by his wife and two
sons. Berrien and Legare Walker, liv
ing In New York, and alto two daugh
ter*. Mrs. N. O. Kvans, of Edgefield, S
C. and Mra. C. B. Rhodes, of M»con.
He was a brother of B. Presley Walk
er and John 31. Walker, of Macon.
Special to The Oeorglen.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 21.—W. P. G.
Harding, president of the Flrxt Nation
al Bank, in discussing the present rail
road altuttfon In Alabama, expressed
ths belief that ths 4«o*ra| demand
throughout the country for reduced
freight and passenger transportation
waa Ill-timed. ' V! vjHB
As a result of this agitation, he says,
the railroad* are abandoning their plans
fur continued Improvement* They are
unable to secure funds ami nre curtail
ing all «»xpendlture*. llu!ftiu>>« every
where ha* wonderfully expanded, re
quiring added equipment, new double
tracking, new sidings ar.d enlargad
terminals.