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The Atlanta Georgian
the weather.
Forecast: Fair Friday night anti
Saturday- Temperatures Friday
(taken at A. K. Hawkes Company's
store)- ^ a. m.. it degrees, 10 a, m.,
77 degrees; 12 m.. SO degrees: 2
SPOT COTTON.
'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN'
‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN'
AND NEWS
On Trains: FIVE CENTS
In Atlanta: TWO CENT*
PRICE
Mail Clerks' Of ficers Re-elected
Champion Illicit Dis
tiller Turns From
Evil Way.
Philadelphia Street
Car Co. Accedes to
All Demands.
Test Vote Favors Sepa
ration of Two Civic
Branches.
Finance Secrets Leak
Out, and Everybody
Wants More.
Lafayette, Ga„ June 4.—George
Bradley Is a “quit man."
The champion moonshiner of north
Georgia has reformed and has writtep
a letter to the public ■ renouncing the
past and expressing the determination
to do better in the future.
has been arraigned before the
often than any other man
Non* that the facts about the .June
apportionment sheet have been learned,
there Is a small army of prot< st, an
uprising as It were, against some of its
provisions—or rather against some of
the things it does not provide.
For Instance, there’s the Marietta-st.
paving. Council adopted an ordinance
providing for the paving of Marietta-st.
from Peachtree to Spring, and another
providing for the paving of Mr“*~**~
from Spring to Foundry. Th
committee made provision for
lng of the street only tc c \* **'
“We’d rather pave from
Foundry, now," *■* ~ ”
Unless there Is a change of one vote
In the sub-committee on commission
government of the charter revision
commission, the report of this sub-com
mittee will be adverse to commission
government.
A test vote has already been taken,
the proposition being to separate the
legislative and administrative boards of
the city. Commission government—or
at least the commission charter pro
posed—provides that the legislative
and administrative boards be the same.
There are seven members of the sub
committee, all of whom, were In at
tendance when the test vote was taken
In the office of the chairman, E. V. (’al
ter. The chairman did not vote. The
vote was four to two In favor of sep
arating the two branches of govern
ment. While It Is not announced, the
vote probably was as follows:
For separation: F. A. Quilllan, Hugh
T. Inman. Judge George Hillyer and
Alex W. Smith/
Against: Charles T. Hopkins and Ed
gar Watkins.
It Is said, however, that those In fa
vor of commission government in the
committee did not hold out on this
point. It being planned to adopt a char
ter which Is in the nature of a com
promise—which will abolish all boards,
will provide for the referendum and the
recall, and which will bring the heads
of the departments nearer to the people
and give them more authority and
greater control over their departments.
At the city hall It Is believed the
committee will agree on such a charter
and that It will be adopted by the
charter revision commission, which will
meet between now ana June 10. There
Is still the possibility, however, of get
ting commission government unalloyed.
The sub-committee meets again at
2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon In thf
office of the chairman, E. V. Carter.
ed today. It resulted In a sweeping
victory for the strikers.
Mayor Reyburn, after a conference
with the officers of the Rapid Transit
Company that lasted until 2 a. m.,
wrote a formal letter to President
Parsons, In which he recommended
that practically all of the demands of
the union be granted. President Par
sons conferred with the board of di
rectors of the company and then sent a
letter to the mayor stating that his
Suggestions .would be carried out.
As-soon, as'.the letter of President
made
J. T. CANFIELD.
Of Syracuse. N. Y.. president.
GEORGE A. WOOD,
Of Portsmouth. N. H., secretary.
P. J. SCHARDT,
Of Saukvllle, Wlf., vice president.
Marletta-sL
The finance
. : the pav-
Sprlng.
, Spring to
„ said Councilman \Vlnn.
Fifth ward member of the streets com
mittee, “ '
ought to be given money
STILL AT THE HEAD
OF R. M. A. AUXILIARY
George
courts more
In Georgia—so often that, as he says
with grim humor, he has at times been
accused of desire to run for Judge or
solicitor, so experienced he Is In legal
procedure.-
But now George—the lion-hearted
and lawless George Bradley—has said
his valedictory to evil ways. And his
valedictory Is a document to be read:
After spending the best part of my
life In riotous living and dissipation,
the light has dawned to on humble
resident of Walker county.
Being tired of drink and Its horrid
accompaniments, I have decided to
quit. From now on I intend, by the
strength of all that Is In me and with
the courage that any one has If he will
use It, to leave off my former ways and
"get aboard the water wagon." Mine Is
not a case of religious conversion. I
wish It were, but It Is Jtist a case and
resolve to "stop." And Just hero I de
sire to say that I speak from "experi
ence"—a teacher that never teaches
falsely—and say that drink will lead you
In the wrong way: It will lead to a mile
post whose direction is only "down
ward.” I.have, In the years that are
gone and whose return, I regret to
say, I can’t recall, wasted many years.
I have punished tlio "booze,” and while
I have punished It. It has more than
punished me. I have sold It: I have
Continued on Pag* 8evsn.
"nnd do the other later. We
~ enough
nigh.
to do both. We need It ba
There’s the police department, which
wns "Just bound" to have $50,000 addi
tional. and which got not a cent, nnd
the library board, which cried out In
distress for $2,500 more for books, nnd
received a batch of sympathy, nnd so
on and so on. Then. too. there was the
Parsons had been made public the
striko sympathizers ceased their dem
onstrations.
This Is what the strikers win:
A working day of ten hours, with the
shifts arranged so that the employees
will not have to spend most of their
time around the car barns. A flat rate
of 22 1-2 cents an hour for motormen
and conductors. They asked for 25
cents. They have been getting 21
cents. Reinstatement for all strikers
and recognition of the union.
A provision that the motormen and
conductors may buy their uniforms of
any one of live reputable tailors. They
had been compelled to patronize ono
man. The strikers did not consider the
terms of Mayor Reyburn and President
Parsons until late In the day.
While the peacemakers were bring
ing the two sides Into a mutually con
ciliatory attitude last night, rioting
broke out afresh.
Starting at Wayno Junction, a mob
of more than 1,000 persons swept down
Oermantown-ave., os far os Susque-
hanna-ave., and for four hours wrecked
trolley cars, atoned end,beat nxrtor-
men and conductors, injured policemen
and passengers and strewed their path
with the debris of their raid.
Scores of persons were wounded-by
bricks and other missiles. Seven cars
were utterly demnllshe,]. Roofs and
sides were stove In, trolley .poles were
smashed,' windows were broken and
seats were torn from their fastenings.
Tho crews were scattered In all direc
tions. Several are In hospitals.
Kansas City Gets the
Next Convention of
Postal Men.
Government Reports
Reduction—Condi
tion Near Normal.
mittee voted unanimously not to give
out a word—not even the first syllable
of a word.
Despite this, all the facts concerning
the sheet were published on schedule
time In Thursday’s Georgian. The
councilman held a secret meeting of
council once, apd one of the members of
the council was telling the reporter all
about what happened as ho rode down
— " ?hamber.
_* 1. the
„ of the ctfh-
„ nevertheless, the-
councll does not know u
cfT.Cl-IIy. Therefore*, sev
eral members of council aro In favor of
postponing nctlon on the sheet, tearing
It up, burning It up, or wearing It out
with conversation nnd criticism.
The finishing touches to the seven
teenth annual convention of the Rail
way Mali association were accomplish
ed Friday morning and the delegates
are now ready for an assault upon
Chattanooga, which will begin Satur
day morning.
.The old officers of the association
were elected at a meeting tyhlch held
over Into the early hours of Friday
- morning. These aro the men who have
held down their jobs so efficiently tho
last year and who will serve until, tho
next convention:
J. T. Canfield, Syracuse, N. Y., presi-
* * — 1 • ** *—Saukvllle, Wis.,
Washington, June 4.«—Tho crop re
porting board of the bureau of statis
tics estimates that the area planted In
cotton this year, 1909, In the United
States, including that already planted
and that expected to be planted. Is
about 95.6 per cent of the area planted
in-catton la^i year, equivalent to about-
31.980.000 acres and compared with 33,-
375.000 acres Indicated by the bureau
of revised estimates of last year’s plaht,
a decrease of 1,455,000 acres, or 4.4 per
cent.
The condition of the growing crop to
May 25 was 81.1 per cont of the normal
tioapltlda^compared with 79.7 per cent
MRS. GEORGE E. CRANS.
She was re-elected president «»C
■of Woman’s Auxiliary' to Railway
Mall Clerks.
the elevator from the council
So* while, as a matter of fact,
council Is not in Ignorant*
tents of the sheet,
oretlcftlly.
thing—not ofilcinlly
dent; P. J. Schardt, ~BI - —*
vico president; George A. Wood, Ports
mouth N. H., secretary. and W. W.
Bishop, Solon, Ohio, auditor.
Kansas City got the next convention,
as forecast In The Georgian.
At a meeting Friday morning, after
the delegates secured a night’s rest, the
THE NEW CAPTAIN
OF HORSE GUARD
CHOSEN MAYOR OF
CITY HE PROMOTED
Washington Attorney
Addresses Meeting
of Association.
Mayson Says “Nice
Place;” Austin Says
“Infamous.”
Impossible to Account
For His Where
abouts.
Warm Springs, Ga., June 4. -The fea
ture of the morning session of the con
vention of the Georgia Bar association
was the address of Hon. Hannla Taylor,
of Washington. Mr. Taylor’s address
consumed the forenoon, he having
closed at 12 o’clock.
At last night’s session of the con
vention of the Georgia Bar nssorlatlmi
the subject for discussion was: “Tho
Best Method of Electing Judges and
Solicitors." AH of the speakers agreed
the present method of election by tho
people Is the worst possible, and advo
cated the appointment by the governor
and confirmation by the senute. It was
also agreed that the term of service
(four years) should be Increased to
eight or twelve years. The speakers
were George W. Owens, of Savannah;
F. Norris. CartersviUe; John W. Pope,
Albany; Hewlett H. Hall. Newnan.
One hundred and seventy-five promi
nent Georgia Judges and lawyers were
present when the convention met yes
terday morning.
J. Hansel Merrill, of Thomasvllle, de
livered the president’s address.
Committee reports were made by
Al^x W. Smith, of Atlanta; H. C. Cun
ningham, of Savannah; J. R. Lamar, of
Augusta; R. C. Alston, of Atlanta; H.
W. Goetchlus, of Columbus; T. A.
Hammond, of Atlanta.
Warren Grice, of Hawklnsvllle, the
nestor of the Georgia bar, gave reml-
nlscejices of the good old times when
many counties had neither a
a lawyer.
Hamilton Douglas, of Atlanta, spoke
in favor «>f the guaranteeing of bank
deposits by state and Federal govern
ments.
Walter A. Harris, of Macon, spoke
on amendments restricting the fran
chise.
The feature of the afternoon session
was an address by William H. Flem
ing, of Augusta, on the treaty-making
power of the president nnd senate and
how restricted by congress.
The social side of the meeting h a
brilliant success under the chairman
ship of John E. Donalson. of Bain- \
bridge, ably assisted by Mrs. Donalson.
Is the city stockade a health resort,
where people should be required to pay
a stiff price for Its manifold benefits,
or Is it an inferno, fit only as an abid
ing place and den for the imps of black
ness, p ‘‘ ——■* ■'*“*—
Washington, June 4.—Senator La-
Follette resumed his remarks in the
senate today and In openfng he offered
an apology to Senator Gallingor, of
New Hampshire, for having failed to
be courteous to him yesterday. He be
came dramatic and during his speech
wept.
Touching upon the Penrose Incident
°f last night, when the Pennsylvania
senator said. In commenting on LaFol-
lette’s absence, that he was only feign
ing Illness, LaFolIette replied that Pen
rose would be serving the country bet
ter by accounting for his own actions.
"No man could undertake," he ex
claimed, “to account for the where
abouts of the Pennsylvania senator
without transgressing the rules of the
senate,"
Senator Penrose Interrupted to call
attention to a statement made In La-
{•ollette’s magazine that the state of
Pennsylvania Is 879,000.000 in debt and
jnould go Into the* hands of receivers.
Penrose showed that the man quoted as
making this statement did not exist
un<i that instead of being In debt his
stutf has a balance to its credit of
111.000,000.
LaFollette explained that the state
ment had been taken from a Chicago
mmy newspaper and reprinted in his
magazine, and that an editorial correc
tion was made when the error was dis
covered.
Can’t Change His Purposes.
ex I»Ialned at length his antt-cor-
poratlon course as governor of Wlscon-
and flsht against tne transpor-
auon companies. He had been bltter-
> assailed then, he said, and could not
n«nv b e swerved from his course in the
hJ erC8lH he believed to be right
° u c ?ntlnuatlon of these attacks.
Re then renewed his assault on the
cotton schedule of the tariff bill. Sen
ior LaFollette exhibited a large num-
ot samples of cotton goods nnd ex-
chelr process of manufacture,
0n ** production nnd the duty there-
(*n 70 classes of cotton goods he
nowed increases In the rate and dc-
t faw ® °n only 29. while the remainder
^nohangad from the present law.
v„ n ,^Ingley rate, he said, was far be-
th , e difference in cost of produc-
” and very great reductions could be
aae without injury to the industry.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4.—The Na
tional leuguc baseball magnates met at
the Slnton hotel this afternoon to con
sider the question of recalling Harry
Pulliam Into active duty as president of
the National league. One faction wants
to depose him, while President Herr
mann. of the Cincinnati team, and
President Dovey, of the Boston club,
were said to be standing by Pulliam
nnd ready to fight to the last to keep
him In his position. Another element
was In favor of putting the matter to a
test vote at once, by recalling Pulliam
to the chair and If his health Is such
that he Is not yet able to perform the
duties of the office, then to replace him
with another man. Pulliam’s friends
say he has been in Oshkosh, Wis., for
some time visiting his brother and that
he is in good health, having fully re
covered from his nervous breakdown of
some months ago.
The National league directors will
consider the protest of two champion
ship games, one by Cincinnati nnd one
by Brooklyn, both against the Pittsburg
club.
attended Saturday night at the Hotel
Patten.
The final session of the Ladles’ Aux
iliary was held Friday morning and
Mrs. G. E. Crans, of Syracuse, was re
elected president; Mrs. E. A. Jones, of,
St. Paul. Minn., elected first vice presi
dent; Mrs. F. W. ‘Carter, of Seattle,
second vice president; Mrs. L. R. Ty
son, of Cheyenne, Wyo., re-elected sec-!
retary, and Mrs. W. W. Bishop, of
Solon, Ohio, was re-elected treasurer.
The offices of recording secretary and
corresponding secretary were combined
Into the one office of secretary and Mrs.
Tyson, who had held the latter posi
tion. had no opposition.
The following members of the ex
ecutive committee were elected; Mrs.
H. A. Kaercher. Detroit; Mrs. Stephen
Bllheimer. Little Rock, and Mrs. G. E.
Low. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The members of the auxiliary were
profuse In their thanks for the man
ner In which they had been entertained
by the local auxiliary under the leader-
poisonous reptiles and vicious
beasts?
This is the Interesting question that
was put to Recorder Broyles Thursday
morning In the trial of the case of Dr.
W. W. McAfee, proprietor of the Eureka
Pharmacy In Decatur-st.,, charged with
violating the liquor laws, and which
will no doubt be finally passed on by
the court of appeals.
Judge Broyles was confronted with
this stockade puzzle by Attorney James
W. Austin, of the firm of Kontz &
Austin, counsel for Dr. McAfee, who is
waging a strenuous technical fight to
save his client from a stockade term, or
from any punishment nt all. In making
the point that a person can not be sen
tenced to a place of infamous punish
ment, except after a trial by Jury, At
torney Austin declared the stockade
to be a place of Infamous punishment
and attacked the whole stockade sys
tem, on the Idea that It Is a place unfit
for human beingB.
On the other hand. Assistant City
Continued on Page Seven.
CAPTAIN J. O. SEAMANS.
►Elected captain of Governor'*
Horae Guard.
D. A. CARMICAL.
Elected mayor of Union City In
a spirited content.
ahlp of Mra. H. B. Starr, the prealdent,
nnd declared they would Ion* remem
ber Atlanta.
posse la pursuing Talltl.
Doesn't Look Comfortable
Albany» Ga., June 4.—J. E. Jay, su
perintendent of Femland Farm, a gov
ernment experimental station two miles
west of Albany, and owned by B. M.
Wilson, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself in the head
with a shotgun.
Mr. Jay was about 65 years old.
Jay’s successor arrived last night and
Jay, on learning this, became despond
ent. At 6 o’clock this morning, while
his family was eating twakfast a re-
port of a gun was heard. An Investi
gation found Jay dead In a room.
Mr. Jay was a widower and leaves
several children.
JEWISH ALLIANCE PLANS
A SPLENDID INSTITUTION
Young Men's Hebrew association,
seph B. Jacobs, and 42 other well-
known Jewish men and women, as in
corporators.
The association, being organized for
benevolent purposes, will Issue no
shares of stock. Members of the first
governing board are: J. J. Saul. H. H.
Schaul, Dr. B. Wildauer, L. J„ Troun-
stlne, Mrs. J. E. Sommerfleid, E. Lich
tenstein, V. H. Krleg.shabor, Isaac
Schoen, J. Durfan, Miss Bertha Mon
tag, Hyman Jacobs,- Leonard Haas,
Rabbi David Marx, M. Lichtenstein and
Miss Melanie Feibleman.
Leonard Haas and Arthur Heyman
filed the petition for the applicants. Mr.
Heyman states that In hfs opinion the
rest of the money neeed for the build
ing will be subscribed within the next
few weeks and that the work of con
struction will be begun at an early
date.
For the purpose of Instructing for
eigners of all nationalities In the lan
guage, laws and Institutions of Amer-
lea, a number of prominent Jewish
I people of Atlanta have associated them-
selves together as the Jewish Educa
tional Alliance and will erect an $18,000
brick building In Piedmont-ave„ near
ICdgewood. on the lot belonging to the
Young Men’s Hebrew association.
For the new enterprise the Young
Men’s Hebrew association has donated
the lot. valued at $5,500, and the Jew-
>sh Free Kindergarten will contribute
$1,500 toward the building, for which a
total of J8.000 has already been raised.
Besides both night and day schools,
a kindergarten, classes In sewing and
manual training of all kinds, a gym
nasium and healthful amusements will
be provided. The institution Is de
signed to be operated on the plan of a
similar Jewish educational project In
NVw York city, which hss attained
fame throughout the country.
Application for a charter for the new
organization has been filed In the su
perior court with the members of the
Thau) Musi Stay
In Matteawan
New York, June 4.—Harry K. Thaw j
must stay In the Matteawan state
asylum for the criminal Jnrane. aceord- j
lng to a decision handed down till,
afternoon by the appellate division of ;
the supreme court. Thaw- appealed,
from the decision of Justice Mills re-,
fusal to grant him a new trial to see,
whether or not he Is Insane. Thede-i
Clsion today says he ha* no right to
such trial. Justice Gaynor alone dl*-|
Is there anything you could
use a Want Aw for today?
Both Phones 8000.
2 rK14n: 1 subscribed for The
•orgun during the recent contest, and
hi! ,V** 1 u th « better I like it. It
thm I?.*. 0,d ring to It. and I like
outspoken way in which It
pfoT"? S 11 ,uh J'cti.
Ark. H. V. HERRICK.
POSTPONED GAMES.
Photo by Nelson.
THE BUCKING MACHINE AT CITY STOCKADE.
The prisoner it placed in this as a convenience for besting
heavy strap is used.
sented.
