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‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 190!).
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.Atlanta,-
FOREIGNERS CLUBBED LIKE DOGS
IWCU« M’lendon seeks
August 20, 19CT9.
To the Editor of The Atlanta Georgian:
I think your 500,000-Atlanta edition of The Georgian
a great conception. Why should not Atlanta have 600,000
population in the ftext few year's? Her central location, her
and the pro-
TO PUT CRAY OUT
Mrs. Susan Ehlin
Springs Sensation
in Case.
transportation lines', her climatic advantages,
verbial thrift and enterprise of her people have pushed her
irresistibly to the front, and there she is bound to stay.
Not only should every Georgian be proud of Atlanta,
but every Southern pian -Should have a like feeling of pride.
Atlanta, during the years *1863-64, was the strategic goal
toward which the energies of the United States Government
and the Confederate States Government were directed. Never
was there a more masteriy game.of tactics and strength
displayed.than in the struggle for Atlanta, and when
Atlanta fell the heart of the Confederacy was pierced and
its backbone broken.
So, today, we can truthfully assert that Atlanta's
prosperity sets the pace for prosperity in Georgia ’and the
South.
Very truly yours,
HE WILL MAKE RACE
FOR CITY ALDERMAN
Quo Wartanto Proceed
ings Instituted in
Savannah.
Not mentioned until now In the vn*
rlous petitions tiled In the litigation
over the estate of the late J. B. Craw
ford. which so far have alleged that
Mr. Crawford died without heirs, lire.
Susan Ehlin, aged 15 years, a resident
of Floyd county, tiled a petition in the
ordinary's court Saturday stating that
Sick and Discontented
Men Kept Hidden
in Foul Pits.
commission. Instituted quo warranto
proceedings In the superior court at
Savannah Saturday morning to oust
from office Joseph P. Gray, of that city,
who was appointed by Governor Brown
to succeed him as a member of the
commission.
Judge W. A. Charlton, before whom
the bill was filed, set It down' for a
hearing on October 14.
In his bill Mr. McLendon charges i
that the act of 1879. under which ex- ;
Governor Smith discharged him. Is un- I
constitutional, null and void; that the I
act of the legislature sustaining the,
suspension Is Illegal and unauthorized .
by law, and that the charges lodged
against him by the governor were po
litical In their nature and do not ac
cuse him of any misfeasance or mal-.
feasance In office.
. Mr. MoLertdqn Is represented by At
torneys Candlers. Thomson & Hlrsch,
of Atlanta; Judge IV. A. Little, of Co-
lumbus; Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of
Athens, and Judge Joseph R. Lamar,
of Augusta. The bill which they filed
for Mr. McLendon In Its entirety fol
lows;
Georgia. Chatham county.
To the Judge of the Superior Court
of Said County:
The application of S. G. McLendon
Continued on Page Five.
she Is the daughter of the late J. 13.
Crawford and Is entitled to share in his
estate.
She alleges that Attorney J. J. Barge
has In his possession a paper purport
ing to be the will of Mr. Crawford,
which, she alleges, however. Is not his
will, but Is Invalid and void. She risks
that the paper be brought into court
and the question of Its validity deter
mined. The hcnrlng of the case was
set by Ordinary Wilkinson for Septem
ber 8.
Other litigants, according to the
statement of Moore & Branch, attor
neys for Mrs. Ehlin. have evidently
proceeded so far In Ignorance of Mrs.
Ehlln’s existence and that Mrs. Ehlin
Is Mr. Crawford’s daughter by his first
wife, Mrs. Melissa Crawford.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 28,—One hun
ted and fifty more Imported men left
the Pressed Steel Car plant today and
the indications are that the balance
of them will leave.
They gave startling evidence of the
tbuse suffered at the hands of the
company’s agents.
The government investigation resum
ed this morning at 10 o'clock and It
was expected that much of the evi-
F. J. SPRATLING.
Popular councilman from the
Seventh Is candidate to succeed Al
derman Hancock next year.
(J. B. Crawford, a wealthy resident
of West Penchtree-st.. aged 74 years,
died .March 29. He had only a short
while before been married to his last
wife. Mrs. M. B. Crawford. Following
hln death. Mrs. Crawford applied for
letters of ndmnlstratfon on his estate,
which Is valued at several hundred
thousand dollars. This application was
resisted by a number of Mr. Crawford'/
relatives. The various suits filed ari
now ponding In the ordinary's court.)
Confirmation of Many Stories,
Sensational confirmation of the many
stories In circulation of brutal treat
ment of workmen and confirmation of
the charge that men competent to give
damaging testimony were concealed in
Continued on Pago Three.
Present Convict System
Big Success, Says Tuggle
Candidate To Succeed
W. A. Hancock in the
Seventh Ward.
Govsenor
Inspector, Just Returned From a Tour of Camps in Va
rious Counties, Says Roads Are Being Vastly Im-’
proved and Prisoners Are Properly Treated.
BEATING CREAM OF FRENCH A VIATORS
Counollman P. JVSpratllng- Saturday
announced himself as a candidate in
the primary election of next year, to
succeed Alderman Hancock, of the
Seventh ward. Councilman Spratllng
Is the first to get Into next year’s race,
and will wage on active campaign from
now until the date of the primary.
Mr. Spratllng's term as councilman
•III expire Junuary 1, next year, bu^
Pastor, It Seems, Will No)
Go to London, as Re-
ii , ported.
ter cared for thon Is required by the
law. The food they get Is good and
substantial, and a number of the camps
give the men blecults whenever they
want them."
Judge Z. T. Manson, ordinary and
county commleeloncr of Clayton coun
ty, returned to Atlantn with Mr. Tug
gle to make arrangements for more
convicts for his county.
Judge Manson and his warden, A. J.
Whaley, have been highly commended
by the inspectors for the excellent con-
"Thc present system of working con-
vlcts un the roads Is proving a great
•access, all the camps are in good
shape and the counties are doing a
peat work in building up their roads.”
So spoke Inspector Hill Tuggle In
discussing the new convict system
xhlrh was adopted when the, old lease
•/item was abolished. Inspector Tug
gle has Just returned from a tour of
Impection, having paid a spoclal visit
to the camps In Clayton and Muscogee
counties.
“All the camps are being satisfacto
rily conducted,” continued Mr. Tug-
lie, "and the county authorities are
meeting with more success In working
the convicts than many of them antici
pated. The convicts all appear to be
•aliened with their treatment, and In
many of the camps they are being bet-
Alderman Hancock's term will not ex
pire until January 1, 1911. The pri
mary, for the nomination of a suc
cessor to Alderman Hancock and all
other officers whose terms expire at
this time, Including the mayor, will be
In III n. \t Minim -r.
Councilman Spratllng has been urged
by hosts of his friends to make tho
race, and finally decided to nnnounce
at once. Mr. Spratllng has been tire
less In his efforts In behalf of his ward
and the city at large since he has been
In council, nnd has mnde a splendid
record. He Is chairman of the police
committee, and by reason of this ohalr'-
manshlp Is also a member of the pollre
commission, which has brought him
Into close contact with the police af
fairs of the city. Mr. Spratllng has
been energetic In both council nnd the
police commission, and hns never let
nn opportunity slip to do what he
thought would be good for the city.
He Is a successful business man.
"The report rnnerning spy rail to Wo.t.
miniter Chnpel {London) is only nuw.pspc/
talk."—L*n G. Broughton.
Thus l.ri.fly and trlc-Krnphlrally, from Xrw
York, where ho Id nrrupylnx temporarily
the pulpit of the Fifth-vo. Presbyterian
eliurch. Dr. Hronzhton Informed The Georgian
Saturday of Ilia position with rentieri to tho
FIRST MOTOR STREET CAR
dltlon of their camp nnd the treatment
they have accorded the convicts. Since
receiving their quota of convicts from
the state under the new law, they have
made enormous Improvements upon the
roads of Clayton county, and they are
determined to keep It up until It ranks
with the best In the state. *
CHARGED
DISTRICTS
Alterations in School Boun
daries Announced.
Bleriot Is Second and
Dangerous Com
petitor.
Among chances In the Atlanta school die*
trlet* that will take effect before the open
ing of the next eeholaatic year, sre the r«-
/novel of Seaboard-eve, Ilardee to .South
Moreland -ave., from Faith to the Kdgewood
school district, and the alterations in the
Williams st. school district, the western wild
southern boundaries of which sre now st fol
lows:
Harris, from Peachtree to Havden (both
sides of llsrris from Spring to Hayden be
ing In the Wllllams-st. district), Hayden to
Simpson, Simpson to Orme, Ormo to Third.
OAKLAND CITY MAYOR
RUNS FOR ALDERMAN
Date of Big Show
Will Be Selected
Then.
One Dead, Eight Hurt
in First Few Hours
of Contest.
BA8EBALL SCHEDULE.
MOTOR STREET CAR AT CLARKESVlLLE.
Thia Is the first gasollna motor car railroad In Georgia, and probably
_ . - —- - —-■ — * ----- situated as
Southern League,
Atlanta nt Mobile, two gam!s, 2:30
and 4 p. m.; clear.
Nashville at Little Rock, two games,
3 and 4 p. m.; clenr.
Birmingham at New Orleans, two
games, 3 and 4:30 p. m.; clear.
Montgomery at Memphis. 4 p. m.;
clear.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Jacksonville nt Macon: clenr: 4 p. m.
Knoxville st Columlms; clear: 4 p. m.
Augusta st Columbia: olear: two gamut.
Chattanooga nt Karannah; clear; two
games.
• + Rheims, Aug. 28.—Henri Far- +
|+ man broke all aviation records •!•
: -I- here yesterday by flying 111.78 d-
1 d- mlleif'tn 3 hours. 4 mlnutcu 66 2-5 +
. -J- seconds, winning the Grand Prtx
: -I- de In Champagne. He- wna nl-
most exhausted at the finish and
•I* nearly swooned. He actually cov- v
. ered nn extra 10 kilometers be- -I-
cause the scorers quit work off!-
, -f- dally at 7:30 o'clock.
4- +
j l-X-d-d-l-H-K-H-k-l-W-M-I-H-l-H-H'
Rheims, Aug. 28.—Glenn.'H. Curtiss
won the International aviation cup for
America today.
I His total time by the official reckon
ing WB8 15 minutes BQ3-6 seconds, for
two laps of the track, & distance of
”12.42 miles, beating the cream of the
French aviator*.
Curtiss’ most dangerous rival was
M. Louis Bleriot, whose time was 15
minutes 56 1-5 seconds. Latham made
United States.
the first road built for this purpose In the _
Clarkesvllle, Ga.: Is. one nnd a fourth miles from the railroad Motion, this
new cur line makes It verv convenient for the public, as the car runs from
the station thru the mnln street Into the center of town.
The enr wns built bv the Sheffield Car Company and so far Is proving n
thorough success, both In operation and as a profitable business.
Many small towns could easily boast of such a street railroad and con
venience with verv little cost.
feet and the hate prevented him from
being seen. His machine seemed to
pitch slightly at the end of the course.
The distance to be made in the contest
was two laps of the course, or 12.42
miles.
At 10 o'clock the contestants were
summoned before the committee for
their final Instructions. Cortlandt Bish
op, president of the Aero Club of
America: Lieutenant.Chapin, the naval
attache in Paris, and Bentley Mott, the
military attache, were with Curtiss
when his machine was run out. Cur-
terly manner nnd did not betray the
slightest excitement. »
Curtiss' marvelous flight created con
sternation among the aviators. In pre
vious flights In the early part of the
week Curtiss only made one phenom
enal flight. At that time he was made
a favorite, but later Bleriot rose In pub
lic favor.
The greatest excitement marked the
day. When Cockbum, - — -
BASEBALL.
MOBILE.
. of England.
smashed his machine, narrowing the
contest to America and France pande.
monlum burst forth. When the white
ball early In the afternoon announced
n record for Curtiss the American.-
burst Into a frenzy of cheering.
Latham made his first round In I
minutes and 51 seconds.
Photo by Wliiis .McCVat'
McCGtry.
lAuSOALE.
ties iuu.de no further preparations for
a poor tflght.
M. Louis Bleriot was on the track
almost simultaneously with Curtiss In
his 80.horsepower monoplane No. 22.
He made a trial spin around the track,
making the lap in 7 minutes 68 6-8
seconds. Curtiss was one of the first
aviators on the ground this morning
and made a fast trial night before 10
o’clock, the hour for the Opening of the
International cup contest /
Lefebvre, In a Wright biplane, soared
away In pursuit of Curtiss and Bleriot,
circling the track twice. His total time
for the two laps was 20 minutes 47 8-6
seconds.
He made the first round tn 9 minutes
46 4-6 seconds, which was slower than
either Curtiss or Bleriot.
Weather conditions were perfect
upon the plain and there was an entire
absence of wind.
Curtiss flew high In the air. Some
times he soared to an altitude of 100
Prominent business man who
announces candidacy for alderman
of the Tenth ward.
his flight than to change his coat for a
leather Jacket. Without a single trace
of excitement, he climbed Into the seat,
waved his hand and shouted to start
the propeller.
When the white ball was raised. In
dicating that Curtiss had broken a rec
ord. pandemonium broke loose. The
-- ■ - V* ue uyiiiK.
The force of the crash hurled Patsch-
£ driver of car No. 3. and his mecha-
Man to the track and both Were badly
Urt Pattchke narrowly escaped be-
o Un tlnwn hr one of the other autos.
Roll in Grass to Put Out Flames.
M'jgh Hughes, driving car No. 8, and
“ mechanician were bndly burned
Continued on Pago Three.
id me nirruuBB .... .
Who Were deterred by seem to have stirred up a regular
et being members. It whirlwind of enthusiasm among the
he Invitation Is heartl- breeders and fanciers of this section.
e nresent at the meet- all of whom are simply aching to match
raoML their fowls and dogs against national
important of the pro- wnd International prize winners. And.”
next meeting will be added the. Kimballvllle proprietor,
announcements made "that's. the _very spirit that makes
irwell. Will V. Zimmer shows worth having and worth see
ding the evident Inter- Ing.”
Atlanta shows by It has already been decided to hold
( fanciers In all sec- the show In the Auditorium-Armory,
said to be the equal of any.place In
O be working both America for that purpose, and it will
Mmmer Saturday. "Re- be announced Monday afternoon
■ding firms and world- whether the date will be the second or
in th.- North and East third week In January, one of which It
exhibit In our show Is practically certain to be.
SEEK NEGRO WOMAN
Said To Have Been Spirited
Away From Mob.
, pandemonium broke loose.
cheering lasted fifteen minutes.
Curtiss' speed in the International
cup race was approximately 47 miles
an hour.
Used Scientific Methods.
Curtiss used scientific methods. He
rose to a great height and pushed his
motors to the fullest capacity on a
downward slope, which gave him great
momentum.
At "Graveyard Corner." a portion of
the field over p ravine, a bad current of
wind caught the American and for a
moment It looked as If he would fall,
but Curtiss handled his car In a mas-
A complete list of all
the houses in Atlanta
that are for rent by
agents is published in
the classified columns
of The Georgian on
every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
Dublin, Ga., Aug. 21.—Affairs at Soper*
ton hare not quieted down. A mob ia atill
hunting for Joanna Sweeney,a negro woman
who haa been spirited away by acme white
citUena. Only two negroea hare been killed.
The eonriet, Clark, and a Wey, Jones Sweeney,
who waa Charged with harboring Clark, ft
ia rumored that four or five negroea have
been lynched, but it ia believed that the
rumor* are untrue.