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V AND NEWS PRICE ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1907 OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON BRIAN'S ANNOUNCEMENI BLISTERED BY C0RTELY0U THE WEATHER. Kor Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Saturday; aomewhat warmer. The Atlanta Georgian spot COTTON. VOL. VI. NO. 88. COV. SMITH Says Over Speculation / *' Caused Money Panic. must enforce PROHIBITION LAW Georgia’s Example Will Be of Great Benefit to En tire Country. Rpeclal to The Georgian. McRae, Gn., Nov, IB.—Governor Hoke Smith addressed a large gathering o* •relfalr county people today at the cel ebratlon' of the centennial of Telfair county. The county tvaa organized Just 1Q0 years ago, since which time It has given up territory to surrounding countlea. invernor Smith mine upon Invite lion of O. P. .McRae, editor of The Tel- fair Enterprise and chairman of the i entennlal Celebration committee. A big barbecue tvaa one of the features of the day. The speech of Governor Smith was one of the moat Important he has de Peered since his Sparta speech. He re viewed the work of the legislature, the work of the railroad commission and further reforms which he expectu from the legislature next summer. He elaps ed the reform® advocated in the last campaign and the Macon platform under four hbads: Clean primaries disfranchisement: corporation regua^ tlon. and the restriction of the liquor Governor Smith declared that all of these reform. had been accomplished, with the possible fxcepllon of tlie las* named, and rttiqAiinder a different method than fvaTprolWSeif tl*'th»- Ma con platform. , Along this line he said: Hopes for General Prohibition. "It Is true that the temperance legis lation took a different shape from that suggested In the Macon platform, and went even beyond the provlelon of the platform. It not only prevented the shipment of liquor from a county when liquor was sold In Georgia to a county where the sale was prohibited, but pro. hlblted the sale of liquor In any county of the atate. "In opening my. campaign two years before the legislature met I frankly told the people that I was a local Optlnnlst. that I would vote against the sale If c alled upon to vote In my own county, but that, while I did not advocate a state prohibition law. I would approve It If the legislature passed It. "At that time 1 did not believe the sentiment of the state was sufficiently sitting against the sale of liquor to en force prohibition all over Georgia. I have never believed It wiee to under take by legislation to prohibit the sale unless public sentiment had sufficiently developed to euateln the law. During the two years between my first an nouncement for governor and the meet ing of the legislature the temperance sentiment In the state grew wo V‘ tterful strides, and the legislature. In passing a atate prohibition bill, re sponded to the overwhelming will of the white people of the atate. “Since the legislature adjourned the temperance sentiment has continued to grow, and 1 believe In the near future a state prohibition law will drive the sale from Alabama. Tennessee and North and Bouth Carolina, and I hope to see Florida. Texas and other South ern states fall Into line. Law Must Be Enforced. "While there are advantages In per mitting a local vote upon title subject, with the conviction that the local sen timent of the white voters In practical ly every county Is against the sale. It Is useless to leave this disturbing ques. tlon to harass the people longer In county elections. I conelder It wise to adhere to the legislation which has passed, amending the bill, perhaps. In some particulars, as experience teaches us how to make It more perfect. "I say this In advance and thus post, lively because I trust to see the ques tion relegated from politics In Georgia for years to come, and the way to relegate It Is to let those Interested In the sale understand how uselesa It will he for them to make a struggle for the sale. The cause of prohibition will be on trial next year In Georgia. If we can •top the sale then prohibition will be a success. Not alone will Georgia be benefited by our doing so. but the fact carried to other states that prohibition tan and does prohibit In Georgia will help the cause of temperance all over the land, and aid In the elimination of the use of liquor front the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to the gulf. Won’t Hurt State Finances. "I wish to say to you furthsr that, although wa will have a lost of 1250,000 in revenue which the state haa been re ceiving from liquor licenses, and al though our appropriation carries an In- creaae of over 2250,000 for educational purpoaea next yexr, I expect to be able to meet every obligation of the state from the revenue which will be coj- lected. ‘in this connection let me add that, although our political enemies knew the treasury was being turned over to <>• the first of last July almost empty, ond although they smilingly looked for- Csntinued on Page Four. Certain gentlemen in and around Wall street are feeling a hot wave which ehows no sign of abating. N01INATI0I Says He Won’t Even Pass on Eligi bility. COMMONER BREAKS , HIS LONG SILENCE Savs That Books of Party Must Be Opeu and Clean. FLOOR FALLS WITH CROWD WAITING FOR ROOSEVELT; VICTIMS GO TO HOSPITAL 50 People Fell and Two Were In jured. Washington. Nov. 16.—There was some excitement at Howard Unlverelty. a negro college, this afternoon, caused by the collapse of a temporary plat form. President Roosevelt, who wae to address the gathering, had not ar rived when the accident occurred. About fifty people were precipitated Into a pit 12 or IB feet deep. Two were Injured and were taken to the Freed man’s hospital. The occasion was the installation of the new president of the university. Dr. Thlrkleld. ENGINEERS' STRIKE IS Organization Will Ask For Reinstatement of Dis-- cliarged Man. IS MADE A MAJOR t'aptnln <-‘arl Rclchman. of the Sev enteenth Infantry, formerly stationed at Fort McPherson but now In Cuba, and who was la the limelight about a year ago by reason of a letter written to a friend which It was alleged crit icised the war department, haa been •romoted to be major, according to or ders received at the deportment of thu gulf Friday morning. Captain Relcliman was well known In Atlanta during the time he was sta tioned al Fort McPherson, and tile pub lication of the letter created quite a sensation here. It was stated that Cap. tain Rclchman alleged In. the letter to a New York friend that he was being discriminated against because of the fact that he was of German birth and had never been naturalized. Entering the army shortly after the Vlvll war Major Relchman rose to the rank of captain by fine service. He was sent to South Africa to witness the Boer war and gained some distinc tion by his report. Although much was said and written about the now famous letter, the war department took little notice of It anti hie promotion Is taken as an Indication that he has not alto gether lost favor with the powers that Major Relchman will return from Cuba to Governors Island, New \ ora, here he will await the home-coming of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, to which he haa been a" 1 *"* 1 -.. — ‘ First Lieutenant John «. Wright, of the Fifth Infantry, has been made captain and will be assigned to the Seventeenth to succeed Major Relch man. He will probably be ordered to Cuba. OIL DIVIDEND OF $10 PER SHARE vaw York. Nov. 15.—The Standard oil Jf New Jewy todey declared a dividend of 110 per ehore for the Uj*t quarter, inroe a* lait year.* fthare I® eatimated at about $2,500,000. Augusts, (la . Not. 15.—Arconllnf to tbe stoteinent of Assistant Grand Commander j A. F. Bnrgeaa, of the Brotherhood of Ixi- coinotire Engineer®, unleaa Englnr^r Bins- blngnme la liuiuodlntety reinstated and paid for the time lo®t alnce hla recent <11* burg.* Iijr the Georgia railroad, erery engineer on the line will walk out ou atrlkc next Monday. It la averted that the ndvl»o;jr hoard now In aemdon will aend tbl® ulti matum to tbe officials of tbe road tbl® afternoon. In tbe conference with Mr. Burges* tbl® morning ware General Chairmen Whit don. of the Southern road; T. J. Blssett, of tbe l.nut*vUI* nud Nn®hrllte; J. II. Welch, of the Na®hrlUe. Chattanooga and Ht. I.ou1n; J. J. Jennings, of the Atlantic Coast I.lne; J. L. Ftokllug of the Central of Georgia; W. 1*. Walton* of the Keaboard Air Line; W. I\ Knhlke, of tbe Cbarlenton and West ern Carolina, and 8. L Darla, of the lleor* gin railroad, htsldea member® of tbe gon- ernl Iwurd of aitrlrers of tbe Georgia rjl- road, who are II. K. Florence, O. 15. Bat* lam and J. B. Straus*. The Ulicbnrged engineer had l**n In tbe service of the road for twenty-seven year®, and the brotherhood assert® he was turned out without cause. The rood’* officials will make ko state ment. LOUISVILLE HAS A STREET CAR STRIKE Louisville, Ky., Nov. It.—The threat, cned street car strike occurred this morning. whspeifiDQ members of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees struck against the Louisville Railway Company. The men demand an increase of wages and the reinstatement of several discharged men. Few cars are running and these were protected by policemen. OOOOOOOCtOOOOtHl000000003000 O HEAVY FROST FRIDAY: O O WARMER WEATHER DUE. O O O O Frost Friday mornnlg was the O O heaviest of the season, the earth 0 O hating the appearance of a light 0 O snowfall. Going to be much O o warmer, however. Saturday. Fora- O O cast: 0 S “Fair Friday night and Sttu. c , dav; warmer." e |0 Friday temperatures: o O 7 o'clock a. rn .27 de,:; - - O o « o’clock a. m 38 c i O 9 o’clock a. m. 41 O O 10 o’clock a. n, 44 ii « •<•» 0 O it o'clock a. m 47 i t ... o| O 12 o’clock noon '.1 . •. o ; I o’clock P. TO :» K *P* O | ■; o'clock p. rn *i5 i>*Rre«ti o i o OCOOOCKtttO 00 0OOOOOOO0 OQOOOO 000000000 0000000 0 OO000 0000 0 O 0 BRYAN SAYS HE WONT 0 SEEK THE NOMINATION. O 0 0 Ray® Mr. Bryan: 0 0 “Now that the election'of 1907 0 O I® past and-plans arc being: made O 0 for next year ® campaign, Mr. Bry- O 0 on fools that a statement Is due 0 0 to the public. 0 O “Mr. Bryan will not ask for or 0 0 seek a nomination, and he will not 0 O assume to decide the question of 0 O hla availability. If the rank and 0 O file of the Democratic party de- 0 O «lr*e Mr. Bryan to make the race, 0 0 he will make It, no matter who 0 t may be the Republican nominee." O 0 0 0000O0000000000000O0000000 Lincoln. Nebr.. Nov, U.—Xot only will William J. Bryna not ®oek the nomination of tbe Detnocrntlc party lu 190$ for tbe pres idency, he will not assume to decide tbe question of his availability, nnd If tbe prise falls to another he will neither be dis appointed nor disgruntled Tbla statement was authorized by Mr. Brynn in answer to what he believe* tbe Democrats of tbe country shwild know. Must Depend Upon Merits. ’1 I, .len-iiiiircau-iit • MtJtlnu*'* Hr assume* that they wilt not select him unions (Wjr desire to nanke an ng grcislve fight for the .application of Dem ocratic principle® to present conditions and he alao tnkea It for granted tbnt tbe organi sation of fbe party will he lu harmony with the platform, nnd will be composed of men whose political record will Invite confidence, and give aaaurauce that a vic tory. If won, will not he n barren victory. “The Republicans niuat nominate either a reformer, A standpatter or one whose position on public questions la unknown, hut the conrae of the Democratic party abonld be the same no matter which ele ment controls the Republican convention. The Democratic party rauat make Ha light for what It lxdlevo*. While If may take advantage of Kepuhlh-an mistakes. It muat depend upon Its merits for success and upon tbe errora of Its opponents." Books Must be Open. accept the nomination, whether the Indications point to defeat or victory. A defeat can bring no disgrace where tbe canse la u Just one. hut cowardice would No one would furor Mr. Bryan's nomlna- .Ion unless tbe party la willing to opeu Its books ami show where It* contributions come from, nnd for what the money Is ex- K nded. The Ilepahllcan party ought tn cuatlenged lo conduct Its campaign In this open and honest way, and If the Re- f tnhlican lenders refuse to accept tbe cbal eage, tbe Democrats can well afford to leave the Issue with the public. NEW YORK WORLD ON BRYAN’S STATEMENT. New York, Nor. IS.—Tbe New York World comments ou Mr. Bryan’s statement briefly and In an unfriendly tone. “Of course Mr. Brynn will nccept the Democratic nomination," It concludes. “ ‘ Chicago, Nov. 15.—Expression® of opinions on Bryan'® announcement that he.will accept the presidential nomination are contained In the fol lowing dispatches from prominent Democratic newspaper® and politicians: Chirk Howell, Atlanta Constitution: “If the party can not win next year with Bryan It would win with no other m^n.” Editor American, Nashville: “If he la nominated, he will be defeated. The South should continue to organize for the purpose of nominating a Southern Democrat." Editor of The New® and Courier. S. C,: “He would bo the weakest can- . didate the convention could name. He can't be elected If he la noml na ted. r Editor Age-Herald. Birmingham: "Standing equally on hla sdatform. he can not be defeated." Norman E. Mack, Buffalo: “In my mind he la the strongest man the Democrats could name." BARNEY AND WIEE Family Troubles Said to Have Preyed On His Mind. New York. Nov. 18.—Close friend* of Charles T. Barney, deposed head of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, who committed suicide yesterday Park avenue residence, declared today that worry over his marital relations had no doubt prompted his act as much ns brooding over the loss ’ ‘ financial prestige. The estrangement between Mr. and Mrs. Barney has existed for a long lime and after the marriage of their young est daughter they separated. The banker's attentions to a beautiful New York society woman Is nnld to have been the cause of the trouble and It Is understood Mrs. Barney had already Instituted suit for divorce. Undefended Action. It would have been an undefended action herore a referee with all the pa pers sealed and with only the bare de cree of public record. The name of the corespondent would never have been gained from any of those connected with the caee and It Is understood she was referred to in the papers under tile title of "Jane Doe," or a “woman un known.” In the hour uf his adversity the "other woman” upon whom the banker had showered ninny rlnh preterits, would have no more of him. Aa the Clouds thickened about him and hla despair Increased Mrs. Barney was moved lo pity. A few days sgo shs returned to him, with the offer, It Is said, of every penny of her personal fortune, If It would serve to tide him over. Wife Relented. His friends declare that after this unexpected generosity his despair be came tinged with remorse. At any rate It wae Mrs. Barney who soothed his last hours, holding his head In her lap until the surgeons came and added a merciful anaesthetic. I heard a shot In my husband's room. I ran In there and saw him standing upright. He fell to the floor as 1 approached him. I took his head In my lap. I heard him say nothing that would Indicate that he had com mitted suicide. Indeed I did not know! THOS, F, PURCELL SHOPPERS' FRIEND, IS CALLED TD REST Well-Known Salesman at Keely's Dies Friday Morning. DEFENSE WILL SOON BECIN Government Rests Its Case Against Woman. FOUR WITNESSES WERE OFFERED Two of These Gave' Evidence Favorable to Airs. Bradley. THOMAS F. PURCELL. He was one uf the best known salesmen In Atlanta.. Thomas F. Purcell, for nearly twenty- five years one. of the best known and most popular salesmen at Keely's. died 8 o'clock Friday morning at hla resilience, 326 Hast Georgia avenue, after an Illness coveting the past three months. He wes aged 42 year*. Than Mr. Purcell it Is doubtful If any salesman In Georgia was better known. Ever since the Keely Company was organized he had been connected with the store, and In that time he came to know thousands of shoppers, not only In Atlanta, but from all over the state. Though In U.. dress goods and silk department, he was an ex pert In all departments of the big store. Mr. Purcell came to Atlanta from then that he had been shot. 1 had Just | Cincinnati when the company was or- seen that he had fallen lo the floor In * n< * l , hat , he t 8 * great pain.” said Mrs. Barney. j rwlded here. Not only In business but The bullet wee not fuund until the I ®' lt '* he was I’”n u,a i r . and to know autopsy wa® mad* by Dr. O’Hanlon, lumwa® to be hlsfrlend. jMth a nap- It was Imbedded In the fieeh back „f PI’ disposition and sympathetic nature, the left shoulder. It had entered the t hi was the friend of all In trouble and abdomen on the left slde.dak.n an up- *“1** h ■ «•» twenty years In ward course, penetrated the lungs and | Atlanta its has eased the burdens of nearly cut through the beck. | Representatives of all the interests | « r - • —...... concerned In the Knickerbocker com- Tho-nas Purcell, and his sister. Mies pnny Joined In the declaration that, 5lar^te L and _b*sld**_ tb*#e_b* Isaur nothing In hla conduct of the Institution BANK CERTIFICATES FOR ONE DOLLAR WILL BE Certificates of the 81 denomination will be Issued Sat unlay by the Atlanta Clearing House Association. This step hae been decided upon by the trustees of the clearing houee asso elation and is taken at the requeet of the merchants anil business men for certificates of smaller denominations than $S. The plan Is calculated to remove, to a cunsfderable extent, the groat de mand for email currency. Ae It Is now. a person psld off In certificate* gets nothing less than 85. and no mat ter how small a purchase he may want to make he must present a 3S certifi cate. This Inconveniences the merchants considerably, as they often do not have much small currency. The Issuance of <1 certificates does not mean that more certificates will be Issued than originally planned, but slu,ply that the small#!- denominations will be le-uad Instead • f some of the certificates of larger denomlnatlun. The 31 certificates will be Issued at all the hanks of the clearing house association, beginning Saturday. The one-dollar certificates wHl be Is. vueil In time for the pay t olls rn Sat urday morning. They will bear the signatures of the three trustees of the fleering House Aieoelatlon. O. K. Cur rier, R tt.ert J. Lowry nud \V\ L. PeeL has been found which would put hint In any Jeopardy to the extent of caus ing him to commit suicide. "Chat-lee T. Barney’s death may he traced to his late fellow directors In the Knickerbocker Trust Company, who betrayed him," said Charles T. Morse today, with great feeling. "He made the Knickerbocker Truet Company. Ever}- man on the board became a di rector at his Invitation. After these very men hud forred his resignation he lost Interest In life." vlveft by three other sitters, one In Austin. Texas, one In St. Louis and another abroad. He Is also survived by a brother, Joseph Purcell, In Den ver, Cclo. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Church if Immaculate Conception and the interment will be at Oakland, Six months ago Mr. Purcell was com pelled to ake a vacation In the hop# that his heilth would Improve, and for the last three months he has been con lined to his pome. SUSPENSION STANDS; $1,500188 SENT TO REINSTATE GA, kpeclnl to The (Jeorlxaa. Macon. Go.. Nov. 13.—Professor E. T. Holmes, of Mercer, hat received a long distance telephone message from Dr. Dudley, of Vanderbilt, president of the S. 1. A. A.. In which he declined to remove the suspension of the Uni versity of Georgia from the aseoctallon. Georgia claimed that the faculty did not know anything about the charges of men, other then bona fide students, playing In the game, and asked I’rofee. tor Holmes that the suspension be re moved. Professor Holmes communicated with Dr. Dudley, who ruled that th» eu*i>en- •lon muat stand. Professor Holmes has notified Protestor Riggs, of Clem- son, of the decision, and th!e means that unless Clemson also wants to be suspended, the game scheduled for to morrow will not be played In Atlanta. Unless Georgia clears up tbs charge ll is probable • that there will be no Georgia.Auburn game In tyacon on Thanksgiving Day. ~KiTi#d~600 Ducks. Chattanooga. Tonn., Nov. II.—Sam Erwin, clerk end master In chancery, and Nathan Bachman, a Chattanooga lawyer, have Just returned from Reel- foot Lake. In U’eei Tennessee, where In nine days they killed over too ducks. TO HELP CROPS Cortelyou Sends Money to Many Western Points. New York. Nov. 15.—It ie understood In financial circles that (Secretary Cor telyou gave orders, during hla recent visit to this city, for the transfer of 10 per cent of the government depoelte I In local banks to tha Interior, to faclll- I tale the movement of the crops. The actual sum taken from the de poeltory banks In thie city l« believed I to have been 87,500,000. This Is basso’ on the fact that the last bonk state ment showed 275,009,000 government , deposits. FRANCE WON’T LEND U. S. BANKERS CASH I London, Nov. 15.—Negotiations for ' a loan from the Bank of France to New j York bankers are definitely broken off. ! according lo a Central Nswa dispatch . from Paris. Newspapers are printing ridlculoua stories us to what us# the 1 United States Would put the loan. Many said It was for a war with Japan. By THEODORE H. TILLER. Washington. Nov. 15.—After spend- Ing an hour of the fourth day of the trial of Mr*. Annie M. Bradley, charged With tbc.murdef Of Senator Brown, in argument between counsel ns to wheth er certain rtatement* made by A Bradley, it I® alleged, to policemen. Ju*t after the tragedy, should be admitted the court got down to business at 11 o’clock today and at 12:15 o'clock the government had rested Its case. Contrary to all expectations, the gov ernment introduced but four witness. * from Halt Lake City. These were A Brown, aon of the senator, who simply testified as to his Identity and hi* fa thers death; James Rowan, watchman al the Brown residence In Salt Lake City; A. B. Moseley, a passenger agent, who exchanged a ticket Airs. Brad lev had purchased to Los Angeles for on« to Washington, nnd Albert H. Kelley. She Threw Stones. Rowan told of having seen Mr* Bradley around the Brown residence several days before the senators de parture for Washington, and testified that at the ’time he had seen a pistol in her hands, which she afterwards told him was for the senator and anv one who cam* between him nnd her. Rowan tuptttlcd also to having s„n ii.r at the Brown residence a second time, when she tnrew stones against the house "In order ,to give Brown a good night's neat/ Kelley told of having hiff a conversa tion with Mri. Bradley several month, before the tragedy. In which she hnd threatened to take the senator’s life unlesz "he doe* the right thing by me and acknowledge* the parentage of my children.” Government Re*t* Ca*e. The action taken by the government In resting It* ca*e catne ns n surprise I — i haps to every one In the court room. In all frankness It must be said that the only way In which the government has established the defendant's con nection with the shooting Is through the testimony ot the policemen and officer* who nay that Mr*. Bradley admitted after the killing that she shot him and that «he had brought tn- plstol with her to Washington from the lVe*t. It must be said that a portion of the government'* testimony ha* been fa vorable to Mr*. Bradley, considering the defense of Insanity. In Hint three witnesses have testified that Mrs. Brad- ley had seemed *l!h*r dazed or \e: v nervous, or that her faco was dis torted. James Rowan, the watchman, who may perhaps bo tegnrded a* the star witness for the government, testified us follows: She Hsd Pistol. ”1 heard- Mr*. Bradley come through the front gate and went up the from yard to see what she wanted. I told her that I had Instructions not to let anyone In and she said that she was Sirs. Brown nnd that It was very strange that she was not allowed t,, enter her own house. I told her that she wa* not Mr*. Brown, for Mrs. Brown had been dead for a number of years. Then sh* wanted to go up ou the steps and sit down and I let Iter do 2hls. "I saw a pistol, t saw her take It from out of hsr coat or somewhere and put it In her muff. Soon after she started down the steps and left Le Place.” Seven Dead In Big Wreck In Canada Ottawa, Ont.. Nov. 16.—Whlla a light engine was running west on the Ca nadian Pacific railroad at an early hour this morning. It collided with the Boo express No. 3, bound east, enar Moore’s Lake, about fifteen miles, from Mu:- lewa. and seven persona were tailed and many Injured. The dead: ENGINEER J. E. YOUNG, of North Pay, i EsNGIXEER HENDRY, Bay. FIREMAN MEADOW’S. Bay. A. CLARK. I real. J. K. "brakeman North Bay. PRENDERGASTS FATHER. PRENDERGAST, ot Race Results. AQUEDUCT. First Raca—Hessian 5 i.j 2. «on; Suffrage. 4 to 6. second: I.ad of Lang- don. 4 to 6. third. Time. l:2»L Second ILxce—Merry Knslaml. <i «•» 1, srop; BM New®. I to 5, second; 1 to 9 third. Til 1 47