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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
*rnoWjffDAT, REFTEMBEIt 21, 100/t
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fo The Voters of Atlanta
Tomorrow you will have anoth
er opportunity to express your desire
to elect certain ministerial officers of
the City by vote of the people. One
year ago you declared your purpose
by an overwhelming majority to elect
by popular vote, but the politicians
were strong enough to prevent the
City Council and the legislature from
carrying out your wishes. Last year
you voted on them all in a lump, and
the enemies of the reform contended
that it was not a fair expression, be
cause the people had not been given
an opportunity to vote on each one
separately and they seized on that ex
cuse to defeat the measure. This year
that objection has been removed and you
will have an opportunity to vote on
each one separately. On the ticket you
will find “For the election by vote
of the people” and “Against the
election by the vote of people
This you will find in the case of each
office to be voted on.
If you desire that the people shall
have a voice in selecting whom shall
serve them and whom shall collect
their money and pay it out, you will
strike a line through the. words
“Against the election by vote
of the people*’ in each case, and your
vote will be recorded in favor of this
measure.
The people have 1 been trifled with
in this matter long enough, and to
morrow will mark the beginning oi
the end of clique rule in the city of
Atlanta. /
A. L. CURTIS,
Alderman 1st Ward
| Killed Aunt and Fired
Two Shots at
Girl.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.—GustaveEb
I erhardt, on trial In Hackensack for the
I murder of hla aunt, Mre. Ottilia Eher
I hardt. whom he lured from Austria,
together with her daughter, Mlea Ot
tills, for the purpose of robbery, was
today sentenced to thirty years In the
| state's prison at hard labor.
Vote for J. G. WOOD
I WARD for Mayor and save
trouble of two elections,
| VAIN EFFORT MADE
TO SECURE FACTS
Continued from Page One.
In a very general way, and could not
I repeat anything specific or pa
I as to what he heard on that occasion
I and also that he had burned up hla
stenographic notes of this and all pre-
I vloua meetings for the past two years,
I the witness was excused and a recess
| taken until 2 o’clock.
After the Records,
Apparently all efforts are now belm
I centered In bringing out the records of
the meeting of the conference commit
tee of the Southeastern Freight Asso
ciation held at Hot Springs June 8,
1908. when the proposed advance of
freight rates August 1. on grain, hay,
flour, packing-house products and simi
lar commodities Into the Southeast was
I discussed by traffic officials of the rall-
| roads.
Chairman Hinton, of the Southeast,
I em Freight Association, was again on
I the stand. Asked by counsel for the
I Alabama railroad commission, one of
I the complainants In the case. If these
I traffic officials voted on the proposed
Increase In rates August 1, Chairman
Hinton agalh and again stated that no
I vote was taken at this meeting, and,
I more than this, that no votes were ever
I token regarding advance or reduction
I of rates or votes on anything pertaln-
I Ing to rates at* any meetings of the
Southeastern Freight Association or at
a joint meeting of this and the Missis
sippi Valley Freight Association, as
I was the case at the Ho. Springs meet
| Ing.
-Simply for Discussion.”
The chairman emphatically stated
again and again that all advances or
reductions of rates were settled by the
I railroads Individually. More than this,
he testified that these meetings were
simply for a discussion and Inter
change of Information: that no votes on
rates were ever taken nor did these
I meetings or reports affect any change
[ In the rates.
The chairman was excused, with or-
Iders to bring more flies from his office
| for the afternoon session.
The Interstate commerce commission
| resumed Its session Wednesday morn
ing In the Federal court rooms of the
| custom house.
Attorneys for the complainants eon-
I tlnued the method of examining wtt-
I nesses for the purpose of showing com-
I paratlve prices of grain, lumber. • ee-
I mont, packing house products and other
I commodities, wages paid, tonnage, la
bor, traffic and other statistics for the
A, RUSSELL PEABODY
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.—A. Russell
Peabody, one of Harry Thaw's chief
counsellors and a prominent young
lawyer, died of pneumonia at hla sum
mer home at Babylon. L. L, today. He
had been III for about two weeks.-
Mr. Peabody was a natlye of New
York city and prominent socially as
'*11 as In legal circles. He was a
l*rt.ner of Clifford W. Hartrldge, at
the time Thaw shot and killed Stan
ford White, and the firm took up
Thaw's ease, conducting his defense In
hi* "ret trial, with the aid of Delphln
M Del mas, of San Francisco.
Mr. Peabody remained as Thaw's
personal counsel during his second
trial, which was conducted by Martin
" I-Ittleton, and has since aided Thaw
in hie fight to be released from the
•’Mum. He was named as one of
Thaw’s principal creditors In the pris
oner's bankruptcy proceedings, but he
did not bring suit against "his client.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ Sept. 23c-
The news of the death of A. Russell
reabody, personal counsel of Harry K.
I,h**'. who Is confined In the White
Plains jg||, was told to Thaw this
morning and he appeared to be greatly
fore the Interstate commerce com
mission Wednesday morning. This ex
amination was for the purpose of
showing comparative figures and prices
before and at the time the recent ad
vance In freight rates Into the South
east was made effective August 1. .
H. L. Dunning and V. H. Krtegsha-
ber, both prominent Atlanta business
men. were examined In this connection.
Their testimony was to the effect that
the recent financial depression had oc
casioned a general drop In prices on all
commodities. v
The testimony wss also to the effect
that business conditions had Improved
during the past six month*, and while
there were many unemployed a few
months ago, most of these were now at
work.
Chairman E. H. Hinton, of the South
tern Freight Association, was, then
called to the stand. '
Judge W. D. Weakley, representing
the Alabama railroad commission, again
began a grueling cross-examination,
basing his nuestlnns on the files from
Chairman Hinton's office, which were
supplied by an order of the commission.
Judge Weakley again demanded that
more flies of the correspondence, tele
grams. records of meetings, etc., per
taining either directly or Indirectly to
the recent Increase of rates be supplied.
Referring to some of these records,
correspondence, etc., Judge Weakley
said: "You have not supplied these pa
pers, have you?"
“I brought all files bearing directly
on this case, to the best of ray Judg-
CINCINNATI, Sspt. 23.—William H.ImenL” returned Chairman Hinton.
ONCE KINO, NOW CLERK
Lsnuo. Bully*.
King of Cotton
Twice, D. Sully
Is Now a Clerk
NEW YORK, Sept 23.—Daniel J.
Sully, who twice won and lost the
crown of "Cotton King” In Wall-st.
has resigned the presidency of the
Cerro-Colorado Mining Company and
one to work as a clerk for Hayden.
Itone ft Co., to give their cotton clients
the benefit of hla experience.
Mr. Sully’s new office Is at No. 25
Broad-st., Just across the narrow ex
change place from the dismantled of
fices of the Cerro-Colorado Mining
Company.
'Y am thru with speculation forever.
know that the new life Is directly
opposite to that opinion of me which
the general public formed from follow
ing my past operations. I know that I
the pioneer of advertising my .
one In direct appeals to the peo
ple. But I know that I never did an
act that was not honorable, and I will
now show them that a speculator can
quit."
In 1904, before his fortune came
tumbling about his ears In the great
cotton crash, he ranked among the very
rich men of the country. It was hard
to estimate his wealth, but he certainly
was worth at least 85,000,000, and per
haps $10,000,000. He made hundreds
of thousands a day when'he was the
cotton king and the world of finance
bowed to him as one of Its foremost
leaders.
Bully's salary In his new office Is not
known, but perhaps 8100,000 a year
would be a nearly correct guess at It.
SEVENTY MEN HURT
IN TROLLEY CRASH
PHILADELPHIA, S*pt. 22.—8«r«oty-two arter lz o’clock when the Hocking
men were Injured, seven fntnlly, *• the re- j J®y traJn.^ bearing William J._ Bryan,
E
COIPERSTALKS
Labor Chief Answers
Questions in In
junction Suit.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Acting
under protest, but still recognizing the
order of the dletrlct supreme court.
President Samuel Qompere, of the
American Federation of Labor, this
morning appeared before Examiner
Harper to anewer the question of At
tomey Davenport, of the Buck
and Range Company, aa to the alleged
violations by Gompers and by labor
papers of the Injunction Issued by Jus
ties Gould last winter.
Attorney Davenport directed hie
tentlon during the morning to the
tabllshment of the ferft that Mr. Gom
pers continued to violate the Injunction
order, which was made operative De
cember 23, 1907. He read extracta from
several labor papers published atter
that date In which the Buck Stove and
Range Company wag mentioned as be
Ing "unfair" and not to be patronised
either by Union Labor or by the friends
of Union Labor.
Mr. Gom pare acknowledged that
the extracts brought Into the examina
tion were correct quotations from the
American Federationlat: from clrcu
lars Issued by himself or Frank Morri
son. secretary, or were editorials taken
from The FederatlonlsL
In the Issue of The Federatlonlst
March,. 1908, the "Unfair" or "We don'
patronize" list, which contained the
name of the Buck Stove and Range
Company, was left out. Attorney Dav
enport wanted to know why this Hit
had been left out and yet an editorial
Inserted directing attention to the fact
that organized labor does not have *
buy Buck stoves or ranges because
Justice Gould's order, “nor does It have
to purchase Loewe hats."
Mr. Gompers maintained that he did
not put the editorial In The Federa
tlonlet for the purpose of calling at
tentlon to the alleged unfairness of the
stove company, but merely because '
desired that all men who read the |
per should know that they can I
where they please, In spite of any oourt
decisions.
BRYAN ARRIVES
Thousands Line Streets to
Greet Democracy’s
Leader.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23,-Tt
after 12 o'clock when the Hocklnj
suit of a trolley accident caused by a dam
aged signal box on the Routbwestern Tree
tlon Company'* line near Unlearn. Two
trolley cars heavily loaded with workmen,
running at high speed, collided head-on In a
dense fog and lustantly the dying and
maimed were acattered about the road or
burled under the wreckage. The more seri
ously Injured are Henry Burke, both legs
crushed; John Boyer, all ribs broken; Tho*.
Ryan, both arms crushed; Philip Flanigan,
William Mullen and Edward Smith.
Deaths and Funsrals
TAFT STARTS OUT
ON WESTERN TOURI
Reward* were offered by Governor
omith Wednesday for the capture and
conviction of Com and John Miller.
* no are charged with having murdered
V K. Keaton on August 26. It Is
the Miller brothers entered the
"here Keaton was at work and
" Hterately shot him down. There Is
I,*', offered in each case. Other re-
,-L r , *' w * offered for the capture and
u,-. tlon of Ben Whitehead and Ar-
12**? n Lewis, who are wanted for
“urUer m Lee county. ✓
Taft and hie pirty left this city at 8 ‘iS™ 1, you <5,dn ’ t ,uppIy ,h0 “ w * n, ‘
o'clock this morning on the Republican *<*; . „ ...
candidate's first campaign tour thru ...No, replied Mr HInton. “I dldnt
the West. think It pertained to the recent In-
For this trip the campaign managers cr SJ5®,! n ■ „ ... . .
engaged a special train consisting of ‘Well. I do .WjJ"* Mto Judge
the private car. Constitution, from the w *A*|* y the eh.ic
tform of which most of the speaking Vew _we»..._«gnMac8d_tte chalr-
lo be done, together with two sleep-1 ,hr..t
Inr c*r* and a baggaae car Tbl* interchange or questions threat-
Colonel Dan Ranedell, of Indianapolis, ?2f2_ a t Ei c !fIS?»nt£m. U n“h. l }fmilf'eH?*
eergeant-at-arms of the United States J?d wm?
etnate, was In charge of the train. Col- ' ca J 5sI?S? "J?
onel Ranedell haa managed one or two *wy meJIy rad*or hareh words being
of the Roosevelt campaign trine. | spoken on either side.
The Rev. John W. Hill, pastor of the
Metropolitan temple In New York, ai T n nrnnn
Methodist divine, was Invited to travel I V0t6 IOT J. Ur. WUUD-
wtth the candidate on the entire route vjr A pT> f nr Mnvnr anrl him
and help out the speech-making. Taft w ****', * or X ' la y 0r ana DUS *
took alio with him a throat specialist Hwegg will return. Everybody
from Washington to look out for hls _ } j yrwjuwur
health. There were a dozen of news- WSS employed ClUnng 1118
paper correspondentsjtiong. administration and at good
BROOK, lnd„ Sept. 23.—As the first wronrna
step In hie campaign speech-making I r,c *b' Ja ’
campaign speech-making
H. Taft came here today I
tour William
to addreee a great gathering of Indiana
farmers and their remlllee at Hazelden
farm, the country home of George Ade.
The program opened at 8 o'clock with a
concert or. Mr. Ade’e lawn by the
Fourth regiment band from Chicago.
_ ___ Vote for W. M. TERRY
farm, the country home of George Ade. on his TOCOrd 38 3 business
Ad?-.* ?ai < ? k b? t th5 man, also as city official.
CITIZENS.
his township to carry the crow,
miles out from town and he had com
missary booths to take care of 40,000
persons.
THIEF DROVE AWAY TEAM
LEFT BY FARMER
ANNISTON, Ala* Sept. 23^-Tuet-
day at the East Tenth-st, wagon yard
an unsuspected thief hitched two mules
to a wagen and drove away without be-
‘ I graduated from Auburn In the summer I Ing detected. The mules and wagon
Fine Chocolates and and will now spend four years In the belonged to a man from the country
— - .. .. I well-known New York Institution com-1 named Chltworth, who did not discover
aon-uons, OUC ID. 1 pletlng his education. 1 bis toes until ready to start home.
Moore Goes to Cornell.
John T. Moore, Jr., son of Hon. John
, . , T. Moore, of Macon, was In Atlanta
Arriving here at noon, Mr, Taft made I Wednesday on hls way north to enter
the principal address. | Cornell Unlverelty. Mr. Moore was
W. A. McWilliams,
W. A. McWilliams, aged 49, died at
the residence of hie brother. George W.
McWilliams, on the Roswell road, sev
eral mllea beyond Buckhead, Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, after a pro
traded Illness. Mr. McWilliams' death
was the second In the family within a
week's time, a brother, D. F. McWll
llama, having died in Los Angeles, Cal.
on last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Me
Williams was a member of Capitol
Lodge, No. 60, I. O. O. F., and West
End Council, No. 18, J. O. U. A. M,
The funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Mrs. W. H. Fuller. <
Mrs. W. H. Fuller, aged 45, died at
her residence, 190 South Pryor-et.,
Tuesday afternoon at 4:90 o’clock. 8he
Is survived by her husband, W. H. Ful
ler. and two children, Bruce Fuller and
Miss Frances Fuller. The funeral
■ervlcea will be conducted at the res
idence Thursday afternoon at 8 o’clock.
The Interment will be at Westvlew
cemetery.
James H, Loftin.
James H. Loftin, aged 75, died at hie
residence, 94 Woodward-are., Wednes
day morning at 6. o’clock. The body
will be sent to Etberton. On., Thuraday
mornlng at 7 o'clock, where the funeral
and Interment will occur.
M. LTFlthlan.
M. L. Flthlan, of 140 Spring-at., died
at a private sanitarium late Tuesday
afternoon. The body will be sent to
Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday night at
9 o'clock for funeral and Interment.
John M, Summerlin.
John M. Summerlin, aged 40, died at
hie residence near Clarkston. Ga.. Tues
day night at ( o'clock. He leaves a
wife and two children. He wee a mem
ber of West End Council, No. II, J. O.
U. A. M. The funeral services will be
held at Sweetwater church Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. M. Llv-
eey officiating. The Interment will fol
low In the church yar$.
Mrs. A. Crfnshaw.
Mre. A. Crenshaw, aged 81, wife of
H. J. Crenshaw, died at her residence,
2(2 West Fourteenth-et* Wedneeday
morning at 11 o'clock. She Is survived
by her hueband, five children and one
brother. W. A. Carr. The funeral
services will be conducted at the resi
dence Thursday morning at 8:20
o'clock. The Interment will he at Sen-
emetercJ
dy Springs remste
Val
Democratic candidate for president, nr
rived at the union station. He was ac.
companled on the trip from Detroit by
William L. Finley, chairman of the
Democratic state executive committee,
and Harvey R. Garber, national com
mttteeman from Ohio.
The streets thru the business section
were lined with thousands who cheered
the candidate along the way. Excur
sions from all directions brought thou
sands from the surround!
and the meeting at Memor
night It expected to eclipse all prevloue
events of like nature In this elty.
10 BALK CHOLERA
8T. PETERSBURG. Sept. 23.—Government
engineer* are working today on plan* for «
new aewer system coating 140,000,000. In or
der to prerent future rarages of /holer*,
per cent.
MANILA. Slept. 21—In the twenty-four
hour* ending last night there bare been
thirty-six new case* of cholera and eleren
deaths, mostly native*, reported. Condi
tions are Improving.
Vote for J. G. WOOD
WARD for Mayor. He has
given Atlanta two of its best
administrations, and all oth
er business prospered. He
has known Atlanta for 56
years.
POSTMASTERS MEET
HERE IN OCTOBER
President 8. R. Pops, of the League of
Postmaster, of th* Fourth-Cits, Offices of
Georgia, bat railed a moating of the organ
Itatlon In Atlanta October I and 9. The
sessions will he held In the ball of tho
honte of repreaentstlres at the cspltol, and
tboi
Con
r George
•peecnei
raters - ' l*nl
i. Both*.
Inspect
Wbll.
erteaw.^ ... Ml ,, ,
Important hnalnete matter, which will come
np for dlwttulon end action the second
dey. All qnesttone pertaining to the por
tal terries, together with eqgge.tlone for
ell .ptaetlcel Improvements, 'will http to
make this gathering one of Importance
etui general Interest.
The officers are 6. B. Pope, Buchanan,
president: W. Terrell Kltehem. Mitchell,
rice president, and Mr,. Bello Wright, Pow
der Springs, secretary and treasurer.
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
I8SUE8 CARD TO PUBLIC
WAYCROSS, Ga., Sept. 23^-J. R.
McDonald, Socialist candidate from
Ware county for senator of the Fifth
district, haa laaued a card to the public,
giving hls Views on the national Iseues
of the campaign In brief.
When M. H. Connor ran against Dr.
W. H. Buchanan for the short term at
representative from Ware some time
ago he polled about 40 votea, and It Is
said all of these were not SocUIiat
votea.
Srass Things, Hand Wrought
by Cl ever Craftsmen, Gleam
in Burmskt Brilliance In
This Special Display.
Mart Twain wrote a letter tLe otter day “to
the next burglar."
‘The kittens are in the basket next to the brass
thing, he wrote. “If you want to burgle the basket,
be sure to put the kittens in the brass thing."
Tomorrow we are going to have a charming dis
play of Brass Things. We feel sure you will enjoy
it and we cordially ask you to come.
For decorative receptacles nothing seems quite so
responsive to the skillful fingers of the craftsman aa
brass. It lends itself most adequately to the straight
lines and the simple curves [that show its unpolisht
beauty or its hurnisht brilliance to such charming
advantage.
To a room in the soft neutral tints, the gleam of
an occasional brass gives rich harmony. A fern dish,
a window box, a slender, shapely vase for long-stem
med flowers, a lamp, a hook rack of this hand-wrought
excellence lends a touch of artistic charm that satisfies.
You'll find in tomorrow's display a very pleasing
variety of articles—thoroly representative of the
best achievements in this line of work. Among them
are these:
Jardinieres of unusual
and unique designs.
Candlesticks of Colonial
pattern with tall wind
shields and pendants of cut
glass.
Candlesticks of innu
merable other shapes -copies
of queer antiques and beau
tiful modern styles.
Fern dishes, all brass and
)rass with art glass inset.
Window boxes with
removable linings.
Tall Vases for long
stemmed flowers.
Artistic baskets in sev
eral sizes.
^Vood and Coal Boxes.
Antique Placques.
Umbrella Stands.
Book Racks.
Cigar Chests.
Platters in several sizes.
Tobacco Jars.
Smoking Sets.
Lamps of very artistic
workmanship.
Especially would we call attention to the unusually
large and handsome Jardinieres at $5.00
A 10-inch Jardiniere at $1.98
Colonial Candlesticks with tall glass wind shields $2,50
Chamberlm-Jolinson-
DuBose Company
(COMMUNICATED.)
GREAT ACTIVITY
IN MAYOR'S RACE
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY AND DEVEL
0PMENT8 WERE MANIFE8T
WEDNESDAY — LINES ARE BE
ING TIGHTLY DRAWN AND DFE-
INITE SPECULATION INDULGED
IN.
It la almoat aa hard to predict the re.
ault of a political conteat as It la to
forecaat weather condition*, and one
about aa eaay a* the other. How
ever, neither are Impossible, there are
trained scientific weather prophets, and
there are men whoze lone experience In
politics enables them to "put thell* ear
i:o the (round” and dlatlnrulah between
the rumble of victory and the echoes
of defeat.
The friends of .each of the candidates
are, of course, predlctlnc victory for
their favorite, and Influence of every
kind la being brought to bear to In
fluence vole*.
Woodward's friends are working
hard to land their man In the mayor's
chair, and are quoting hls record dur
ing former administrations. This, how
ever, may or may not assist Mr.
Woodward In hla race. The moral ele
ment, It aeema, are disposed to view Mr.
Woodward’s candidacy with disfavor.
Mr. Hlrsch's friends are proving In
defatigable In hla Interests, and are
making a close canvass In hls behalf,
and are looking forward to the election
with great expectations.
But one of the moat surprising fea
tures of the contest Is th* remarkable
race which I* being run by Thomas H.
Goodwin. Notwlthatandlng the virulent
personal fight whloh one of th* candi
dates haa made on him. attacking him
through the mails and In hla speeches,
has developed untold strength, and
ny of the most astute political fore
casters are predicting that be will lead
the ticket to such an extent aa to elim
inate the necessity of a second pri
mary In the mayor's race.
Mr. Goodwin Is one of the best known
men In the city, and hls numerous
friends have been working night and
day for hls election. Mr. Goodwin's
record as a man of clean morals and
always possible to see vlotory, no mat
ter how apparent It may be In a po
litical contest. It was being freely pre
dicted Wednesday morning that a gen
eral turning of votes has been In
progress during the lost three or four
days, and that Goodwin will be elected
by an overwhelming majority.
Best Candy reduced
to 60c per pound.
Why did Huddleston vote
against policemen, firemen
and school teachers?
GRAYSON HEIDT
QUITS ARMY LIFE
Announcement comes from Washing,
ton Wednesday that Captain Grayson
Heldt, United States army, eon of Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Heldt of Atlanta, has
been retired from the army because of
physical disabilities.
The retirement of Captain Heldt has
been expected for the past three weeks,
as he Is In bad health, and has been
since hls return two years ago from a
two months' tour of duty In the Philip
pine Islands. At the time of hls re
tirement. Captain Heldt was assistant
professor of Spanish In ths United
States Military Academy at West
Point, which place he had held for
more than a year.
On hls return from the Philippine#,
Captain Heldt's health began to fall,
and he was compelled to take treat
ment. Later he was sent on a special
tour of duty to Cuba, and there he be
came much worse. When he returned
he was relieved from active duty and
was given a professorship In the West
Point Academy In the hope that hls
health might be beneffted. It Is not
known whether Captain Heldt will
come to Atlanta.
Are You Building a
New Home?
Do you want the best heat
ing system?
lee us about Vapor Heat.
We take all the responsibil
ity. .
Smith & Guest,
con**rv*tl*m 1* producing him vot#* .a...
from ev*ry quarter. Whil* It la not ingllieerS ana UOntraCtOA