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/THE ROLL OF HONOR
FELDER, CAMP, HENDERSON, 15fh. HUGHES, MATTOX, STEPHENS, WALKER,
AKIN, COWART, HENDERSON, 39th. JOHNSON, PEACOCK, SIKES, WILKES,
BORN, DOBBS, HUDSON, MARTIN, STAPLETON, TURNER, WILLIFORD.
These are the twenty-one men in Georgia’s senate who on Wednesday formed the bulwark against which the infamQUs convict lease system of forty years’ standing went to pieces. Do the
people of Georgia fully realize the service these men have rendered the state by their integrity and steadfastness? No greater service has ever been rendered Georgia in her whole history.
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VOL. vn. NO. 33.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1908.
PPTYTR. tn AtUatl..TWO CENTS.
CMUl/ILI oo Trains..FIVB CRNTS
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May Recover $75,000
Illegally Earned
by Lessees.
A resolution will be Introduced In the
house of representatives Thursday aft
ernoon directing the governor and at
torney general to go after the money
made by lessees on the "overs" In con
victs awarded them by the prison com
mission. It Is expected to get back
from these lessees a sum'sufficient to
defray the expenses of the extra ses
sion.
Representative Claude Smith, of
Campbell county, who Is a member of
the penitentiary committee of the
hcuse. has prepared the resolution after
conferences with high state officials,
and after .searching the testimony of
severs! lessees before the Felder com
mittee. principally the testimony of Dr.
W. B. Hamby, who now has 178 con
victs above his contract number of 600.
The resolution to be Introduced Is In
efTert as follows:
“Whereas, one or more lessees Have
received conviots'known as “over*;"
end,
“Whereas, the testimony before the
Investigating commiltoe Indicates that
the state has a valid claim against such
lessee or lessees on account of the
“overs;" thereforo, bo it
“Resolved, That tho governor and at-
Continued pn Pags Sean.
PEACH MEN
BECIN WORK
More Than 300 Grow
ers Are Here For
Organization.
FOREST FIRES
NEAR DULUTH DIAMONDTHIEF?
Sea of Flame Has Al
most Reached Min
nesota City.
PrU’TH, Minn., Sept. 10,-The forest
«res which hare been raging In this vicinity
hav, nt last almost reached this city, dres
having broken out this afternoon In tbs
•nhnrha of Loster Tark. Reports hive been
revived here that hundreds of campers on
lair Royals. In Lake Superior, ere In danger
“f being burned to death Id the flumes that
are sweeping thru the thick timber on the
Island.
The ear ahops of the Wisconsin & Mlebl-
»nn nt reshtfgo hare been destroyed, co
ining a loan of 270,000, and the town Itself
‘ " with total destruction. Many
erty losa Is' threatened Tf heavy rains do hot
••t in toon.
flames are approaching
FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO
fort william, Ont., Sept. 10.-The
■"rest (Ires which hove mode a clenn swesp
" r , 'his whole district ara approaching the
*'7» Smite and a desperate light la being
“■■“le agnlnst the approach of the tlamop.
la reported that a Canadian Pacific loco-
? J'r? w " left In the dames and fell thru
* bridge 25 feet Into a ravine.
Between 200 and 800 peach growers,
representing every section of Georgia,
met Thursday morning for the purpose
of organising an association looking to
& general betterment of all condltlrfno
pertaining to the raising, shipping and
marketing of the great peach crop,
which haa become one of the most val
uable of the resources of Georgia.
Never ha« there been a finer looking
assemblage of men than that In the
New Kimball ball room.
From the first It was evident that
they were In Atlanta for the purpose of
business and no time was lost In get
ting down to a careful and thorough
consideration of the Important matters
In question.
Officers Are Named.
A. O. Murphy, a prominent grower of
Bamesvllle, was the first to speak and
named Harvle Jordan as temporary
chairman and Ernest E. Dallls as tem
porary secretary. Later Judge George
F. Gober, of Marietta, the largest peach
grower . In the South, was named aa
permanent chairman and E. L. Wore
aham, the state entomologist, perma
nent secretary.
H. C. Bagley, of Atlanta, who reg
istered from Amerlcus because of hla
large peach orchard there, then stated
that there were many who had come
to the convention with plans for a per
manent organization and moved that
all these ho brought before the conven
tion. This was later changed and a
committee of fifteen named for the for-
mulatlng-of such plans and for thb re
ceiving and consideration of all such
plans ns might be submitted to them
from tho attending growers.
This committee composed the fol
lowing growers:
C. TV. Wlthoft, Fort Valley, chair
man; A. O. Murphy, Barnesvllle; A. M.
Kitchen, Baldwin; H. C. Bagley, Amer
lcus; E. P. Dobbs. Marietta; L.
Continued on Page Seven.
NO“CONTRACT”
VOTES LABOR
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Federation Protests
’AgainstAny Convict
Lease Plan.
The effort of the convict lease advo
cates In the legislature to continue the
old system thru the "contract" amend
ment to the'Holder bill hoe aroused la
bor circles all over the state and reso
lutions strongly condemning the pro
posed amendment are being adopted.
Representative Hooper Alexander, of
DeKalb county. Introduced In the house
>; ednesday a memorial carrying the
views of Llthonla's citizens, aa adopted
In a. mass meeting Monday night, and
Wednesday night the Atlanta Federa
tion of Trades took similar action to
put their views before the general aa-
sembly.
Following Is a copy of the Atlanta
Federation resolutions:
The Resolutions.
Whereas, there haa been Introduced
Ir. the session of the legislature an
amendment to the bill now before the
legislature for consideration looking to
the settlement of the ionvlct lease, pro
viding for the contracting of convicts:
and,
'■whereas, It Is apparent to all that
this amendment means that convicts
can and may be leashd in competition tb
free skilled labor; and
"Whereas, It Is well known that an
effort has been made In that direction
from time to time; and,
"Whereas, the working people of At
lanta have been vigorously and per
sistently fighting the convict lease as It
Is at present end In the pnst has been
carried out, we view with still greater
alarm the use that would be made of
these convicts If this amendment It
adopted; therefore, be It
"Resolved. That the Atlanta Federa-
50,000 GEORGIA UNION MEN
WILL OPPOSE ANY MEASURE
THAT WILL LEASE CONVICTS
Called to action by State President B. Lee Smith, of Atlanta, the Georgia Federation of
Trades, the parent body of 50,000 union laborers in the state of Georgia—eyery one of whom
is a voter—will by‘memorial of the trades assemblies of the leading cities of the. state protest
in unmistakable terms against the enactment of any bill which provides for the leasing of con
victs. / • I
These memorials will be transmitted to the state legislature as expressing the desire of this
great body of citizens.
The State Federation of Trades has for years been opposed to the leasing of convicts in
competition to free labor, but this movement, started Wednesday night by the action of the At
lanta federation, and taken up with vigor by the state president Thursday morning, will put
the body on record before the legislature in such terms that it can not be ignored.
Here is the call sent out Thursday to the lenders of the federations in Augusta, Savannah,
Macon, Rome and Waycrosst ' I
“Call special meeting Trades Assembly, protesting against any bill which places convicts
in opposition to free labor by lease or otherwise. Wire resolutions in full to me.
“B. LEE SMITH, President State Federation of Labor.”
TO BE AIDED
Says Suggestions For
Good Government
Are Welcome.
“If you Autre, I wtiuld like to confer
with yiu. If yml have arty augge'stlons
for improving the elty’e method* of
Arrest in Richmond
May Solve Waldorf-
Astoria Mystery.
k +
{• CONFESSES FINANCING +
t- GANG OF DIAMOND THIEVES +
£ RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 10.— $
+ Mrs. F. F. Hageman, wife of +
or may be leaned for any purpose, class
or character of work. *
"Reoolved further. That we do vig
orously protest against this amend
ment."
Final Decision in $29,
000,000 Fine Case
. in October.
+ Theodore Hageman. the New York
+ millionaire, who waa murdered at
the Waldorf-Astoria, haa con- +
fessed to being financial backer +
+ of a gang of thieves. A warrant +
+ has been Issued for the man eus- +
pected of the murder and his ar- +
rest la hourly expected. T
t +
WATKINS TO SPEAK
AT TABERNAOLE
®*v- Aaron 8. Welkins, of Ohio, preieher,
, hr tod lecturer, candidate for-vie# pr.il
J™’ "• the United States on tha prohibition
, will lecture at tha Baptiat Tabarna-
Sunday night, Introdoeed by W. 8.
''■"hour ***** r'tnlar Bandar night sere-
•I,?” Mr Watkins la a Methodist preacher,
pre.ldeot of tha Ohio Northern Uni-
,222!* • rrafNMr of literature and phll-
•prominent lawyer and aa eloquent
apeaker. Tha epacial aonc
r,l "> Wins at 7:45 o'tlock.
J URY INDICTS
N. Y. POLICEMEN
Dawu**» Sept. 10.—Policeman
av« E ' Shel'urd, of the Hamburg-
aer„.li 4,l 2 n - Brooklyn, arrested and
wheats mur *I e r 'of Barbara Rleg.
the b8<,)r wl, h a bullet hole In
Hnu.. < l fo “nd In the Shelter
& ,rv| og Square park, wit In
gres „ *F of murder In the first de-
Ha Pleaded not guilty.
RICHMOND, Va., 8ept. 10—“Bigger
police departments than this havo
searched for this mysterious man whose
name with us Is Horace B. Courttand,”
•aid a local detective today, and thle,
coupled with positive Information that
the mysterious Mrs. L. Lindsey, who
for three months has been a guest at
the Colonial boarding house, le no other
than the wife of a former New York
millionaire, who Is alleged to be using
her heritage to hack a gang of dia
mond thieves and confidence men, adds
eplce to a story now In the hands of the
Richmond, police tone.
Mrs. Lindsey's real name Is with
held, but In connection with her Iden
tity It may tinjitated that the husband
was found dead In hla room at the
Waldorf-AfTorta Hctel In New Tork
and the mystery of hie death was never
solved, tho the Stetropolltnn officers
stretched tooth and toe nail to capture
thin Courtland, whose Identity le be
lieved to be that of the notorious thief,
guilty of operations In Philadelphia.
New York and other cltlen. and for
whom a reward of 25,000 le standing.
Stoutly resisting being held In Jail,
Mrs. Horace It. Courtland, wife of this
alleged criminal, who wa* arrested yes
terday on a charge of beating a board
bill of 2107 from Mrs. Pearl T. Mc
Kenzie. of East Franklln-st.. appeared
in court today. Thru David Meade
White, aa counsel. Mrs. McKenzie with
drew the warrant today. The board
Mil wan paid to hire. McKenzie In/some
mysterious manner and no one seems
tc he able to tell where the money
caine from.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—The reply ol
the Standard Oil Company to tha peti
tion of the government for clearing the
case In which the circuit court of ap
peals, Judge Peters Grosscup presiding,
wiped out the tl9.000.000 fine Imposed
by Judge Landle, was filed at 18 o'clock
this morning.
Judge Landle originally Imposed this
fine after the Standard had been con-
vtcted of accepting rebates from the
Chicago and Alton railroad.
The reply meets the arguments pre
sented by the government vigorously.
Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Baker
will hear the argument! later and the
decision as to whether or not they will
revise rhelr former opinion Is expected
In October.
The government’s petition was filed
In August 21 and the time limit for the
reply would have expired at midnight
tonight.
The answer first takes up the matter
of the discrimination alleged by the
government to have been shown to the
oil company over Its competitors by
which the oil company paid a 6-cent
freight rate from Whiting. Ind., to East
St. Louis, while lls competitors paid IS
cents. Arguing on the matter of al
leged preference, counsel say:
"There Is - nothing of inequality of
rates a* between different shippers or
of favoritism or preference to this de
fendant or discrimination In Its favor
In the matter of rates, either averred
or proved In thle record. The con
trary Is the fact; the defendant Is
prosecuted for receiving the same rate
as was opened to other shippers under
substantially similar clrctumatances
and conditions and because It did not
pay a rate three times aa much aa
other shippers would have been com
pelled to pay."
If the question of discrimination were
an Issue, say counsel, evidence which
tended to disprove that contention end
to show that the (-cent rate waa open
to all, was admissible. Such evidence,
however, was excluded.
vlct lease bill that carries with It the I receive them anil to follow them if I
(lightest Intimation that convicts can think they are good."
This, In substance, Is the reply of
Mayor Joyner to a communication from
the Good Government League, signed
by E. C. Callaway, president, and
George Gordon, secretary.
While the correspondence has not
been given out. It Is learned that the
league wrote the mayor asking what he
was doing to' prevent violations of law
Ir. the city, and what he Intended to do,
and Inquiring about ’ other municipal
matters.' |
The mayor replied that he would bo
glad to confer with the officers -of the
league at any time, and would be glad
to receive suggestions from them. The
league, It Is said, teplted, stating that
no conference was desired Just at this
time.
Confidence In Chief,
I have every confidence In Chief
Jentnga, of the police department,
•tated the mayor Thursday morning,
“and I believe he It doing everything
possible to prevent lawlessness. He Is a
thorough Christian gentleman, a con
scientious official, and I know of noth
ing ho could so do that he Is not doing.
"If the Good Government League has
any suggestions that will aid In the en
forcement of the law I will be glad
have the benefit of them. My office
always open to the officers and mem
bers pf the league and I am willing to
hold a conference with them at any
time." /
A communication somewhat similar
to that received by the mayor was sent
to tho police board, and Charles M.
Roberts, chairman of the police com
mittee of council, and secretary of the
police board, has replied, citing the rec
ords of the police department as evi
dence of what Is being done to prevent
lawlessness.-
Chicago Teller
Given Liberty
7,000 Rioters Make
Charge on Rich*Resi
dent Section.
GLASGOW, Sept. ID.—Following ..
night of rioting between a mob of 7,000
of the army of unemployed and an
augmented force of foot and mounted
- police, this city today shows the effects
of one of the wildest night's experi
ences In history. The streets ara lit
tered, scores of houses are damaged,
windows smashed and hundreds of ter
ror-stricken citizens are guarding their
property armed.
Beginning at midnight, the mob, un
der the leadership of Socialists, at
tempted to make a raid on the arlsto-
Qtatle residential section. The mount
ed police charged and dispersed the
rioters Into email bands.
COMMODITY CLAUSE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
PHILADELPHIA, 8ept. 10—Judge
Gray, In the United States court here
today, handed down a derision In the
Hepburn bill case dismissing the gov
ernment bill and declaring the com
modity clause unconstitutional.
ANTI-CATHOLIC
RIOT FEARED
Cardinals at Congress
May, Call Off Pa
rade Sunday.
LONDONr Sept. 11.—Ftarinr » hostile
demonstration by the entl CntholIf* aa a re
sult of the agitation hf (he Protestant Alli
ance,' the rardinnla in attendance at the
encharlatic congress conferred today on tht
wlidom of abandonee the great parade sched
uled to taka place Sunday.
Owing to the Inflamed state of mind of the
Protestant radical* the cardinal! realise the
poeiibilitlee of bloodshed and rioting attend
lng the parade.
OF SENATE
Filibustering Speech
Prevents Vote Before
Adjournment.
FOOD APPROPRIATION
HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED
ANNISTON, Aia~8ep». 10.—Sheriff
XV. C. LeGrande ha* received, from the
office of the state treasurer, a commu
nication Informing him that the appro
priation, which Is made annually to
cover the feed bills of the county pris
oners, has been taken up, two months
before the end of the year for which It
was allowed.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10 Geerge W ritlftr-
•Id, former •■•orting teller .1 th. lublou
urjr, was freed today by Jndga Chetlaln In
tha eaaa charging him with theft of (178,000
belonging to the United fltatea government.
Judge Chetletn threw the eaeo ont of court
on hie own Initiative and Fltagerald, who
waa arretted at midnight two wreka ago la at
Saturday night, received the congratulation!
of hla wife and a .core of personal frtenda.
Battlcshlo Kansas Sails.
MELBOURNE, Rapt. lO-The battleship
Kansas and aupplr .hip Coigns astled for
Alhsay this morning
to await tha American
Randall Not Locked Up;
He Denies Charge Made
E. T. Randall, a contractor, waa not
locked up at the police etatlon, as was
published' Inst Friday, but was merely
served with charge* and asked to ap
pear at the recorder’s court. He asks
that a correction be made.
Mr. Randall waa aerveil with a copy
of charges at the Instigation of a wom
an who assarted that he had made a
remark to her relative to a hug and
wa* fined $15.75 by Recorder Preeton.
as there were no witnesses to the al
leged affair to defend Randall. He as
sert* that he was guiltless of any Im
proper conduct.- HI* reputation Is an
exc ellent one.
Parts Journalist on Trial.
PARIS, Sept. SO—Louie Gregory, tho Paris
journalist, who shot Major Alfred Dreyfaa,
—ta glare! ea Mat today.
GEORGE E. MURPHEY.
George E. Murphy, one of Atlanta’s beat known architects and build
er*. and the architect of the Candler building, needs no Introduction to
th* readers of The Georgian. For many years Mr. Murphy has enjoyed
the confidence of the largest property owners. He la a careful, palna-
-aklng architect and a rigid superintendent of construction.
It cost the people of the state of
Georgia something like (400 an hour
for Senator J. P. Knight to make a
noley oration Thursday morning In
the senate for an hour and a half. He
talked nnd talked and talked about
nothing In particular and made lots of
nolee, but he accomplished what he at •
tempted—to hold the floor until X
o’clock—the hour of adjournment—ar
rived.
He began speaking at 11:30 o’clock,
ostensibly "on his own motion that the
senate adjourn until 9:10 o’clock Fri
day morning, a motion that was de
batable, and he continued while some
senators slept end others read and oth
ers left the senate chamber.
His filibustering speech of an hour
and a half wae made to prevent tha
senate taking a vote on Senator Fel
der’s motion to table the report of the
senate conference committee. It was
plainly evident that such a motion
would carry, so Senator Knight offer
ed as n substitute the motion that the
tenets adjourn until Friday morning at
9:16 o'clock. By doing this he got tha
floor and he held It
When the hour of adjournment In
terrupted him and the senators filed
cut to lunch. Senator Knight declared
to one that Jie would resume his speech
uhen the senate convened at 3 o’clock
and It le apparent that he Intends to
prevent the senate taking any action
on Thursday.
Should tho senfito aver get a ehanca
to table the conference committee rr-
K rt, the next order of business would
the consideration of bills favorably
reported. Thle Is the ordor of business
on Tuesday* and Thursdays nnd In this
wny the senate could take up the Born
bill for consideration an a substitute
for the Boyd bill. Senator Knight
knows this and It was to prevent any
such action that he consumed most of
the morning session Thursday with n
speech to which nobody paid any at
tention.
Attempts at Delay,
More evidence of a filibuster was ap
parent In; the senate Thursday morning
when the roll call, commenced Wednes
day afternoon, was continued. This
was on the motion of Senator Knight
to take up th* report of the conference
committee for action.
This roll call had proceeded Wednes
day as far as the name of Senator
Born and waa taken up at that point
Thursday morning. Again explana
tions of rotes were made. Again were
the ayes and nays called on motions to
allow senators to explain their votes.
All this took time and the call of the
roll on a motion made the day before
dragged slowly on.
8enator Felder's View*.
Senator Felder did not take the ten
minutes he waa entitled to In which to
explain his vote, but simply said he was
opposed to taking up the report for the
reason he considered that question set
tled by the vote on the Howard resolu
tion Wednesday. He said he was anx
ious to take up th* Born bill and per
fect. pass It and send It to the house.
He said he believed the quickest way to
settle the question was to take up an
other hill.
Among thoae who spoke at length
were Senators Howard and Knight,
both In favor of the report. After
Senator Knight had concluded. Senator
Williford asked for and received per
mission to explain hla vote at that time.
He created considerable amusement by
declaring that the senators from the
Sixth and Twentieth—Knight and How
ard—were dead and didn’t know It. Ha
made an earnest appeal for the senate
tc stand pat.
In explaining hts vote Senator Steed
declared the senate majority was afraid
of the minority and afraid to let the
matter come to a vote.
Senator Wilkes eloquently defended
the senate and house from the Insinua
tion that delay was caused by a desire
to draw the per diem.
The roll call was finally finished and
the motion to take up the conference
committee’s report for action waa lost
by a vote of 31 to 16.
When the result was announced Sen
ator Felder moved that the rules be
suspended and the Born bill be taken
up for passage.
, Knight Motion Defeated.
Senator Knight moved as a substi
tute that his resolution, offered Wed
nesday. calling on the governor to
adjourn the legislature sine die, he
taken up. After considerable discussion
and after many points of order had
been made and ruled upon. Senator
Felder moved that the resolution he
tabled and the motion was carried by a
vote of 23 to 14.
Senator Felder’s motion to suspend
the rules and take up the Born bill was
lost by a vote of 14 to It, as It required,
a two-thirds vote.
Senator Knight then ssked that the
committee’s report be read. Senator
Felder moved that the report he tabled.
To prevent this being done and to pre
vent th* Born bill from coming up In
regular order upon disposition of the
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