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THE WEATHER.
ForecMt: Fair Monday nlaht and
Tu.oday. Temperatures Monday
(taken at A. K. Hawkes Company's
store): 8 a. m., 74: 10 a. m., 80; 12
noon. 84; 2 p. m., 85.
The Atlanta Georgian
'•Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
AND NEWS
VOL. VIII. NO. 280.
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
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HOME EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1910.
HOME EDITION
PRICE:
i Trains FIVE CENTS
6 SHOT BY DESPERADO
WHO IS KILLED AT LAST
nn KILLED
This Will Soon Look Different
DYING SHERIFF PHONES
FOR ADDITIONAL TROOPS
Adjutant General Orders Companies From Fitzgerald and Al
bany to Ocilla—Mclnnis, Mortally Wounded, Supported
by Friends as He Telephoned to Gen. Scott.
Desperado Shot to Pieces After
He Has Wounded
Six Men.
HOLDS OWN IN BATTLE
FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
Barricaded in House He Fights
Until Shot by Military Com
pany Ordered to
Scene.
Ths dead:
W. H. BOSTWICK, desperado who
gave battle.
STEPHEN DAVIS, chief of police of
Ocilla.
TIM SHEFFIELD, deputy sheriff of
rwin county.
JAMES GILL.
Mortally wounded
J. P. McGinnis, ahtriff of Irwin
county.
T. C. Base, deputy sheriff of Irwin
county; shot in abdomen and arm
broken.
Dangerously wounded:
Wyatt Tucker,
win county.
deputy sheriff of lr.
Mystic, Ga» June 27*-
wick, whose de
-W. H. Boat-
deadly aim from hia bar*
headed homo had felled six men end
held e hundred ethere at bay for almost
24 houra, was shot to death by a volley
fired into the house by the Albany
soldiers, the Fltagerald troops forced
morning. •
After the volley fired by the Albany
troope, the Fitzgerald troops forced
their way into the house, finding Boat-
wick in a dying condition, being terri
bly mangled from the deadly fire of the
militia.
The militia arrived on the scene after
a second battle had been fought this
morning in which James Gill wee killed
Bostwick had sent hie children away
f om the house during the night,
S. Davie, Tim Sheffield and James
Gill are dead.
Sheriff Mclnnis ie resting easy.
H. C. Base and W. A. Tucker ere
wounded.
Jim Gill, the third, wee killed this
morning.
SHERIFF J. P. M'INNIS.
il« was seriously wounded by W.
H. Boatwlck In siege of letter's
home near Ocllln Sunday.
With life fast ebbing away and grow
ing weaker every minute. Sheriff J. p.
Mclnnis. mortally wounded by W. H.
Rostwlck In a battle of bullets Sunday
/allowing an attempt at arrest, had to
be supported by attendants at his home
in Ocilla late Sunday night and bodily
hold up to the telephone that he might
all up Adjutant General A. J. Scott
ind ask for troops to save the life of
he man who shot him.
Two Infantry companies, one from
Fitzgerald and one from Albany, were
rushed to Ocilla, where wagon trans
portation was called Into requisition to
enable the soldiers to cover the twelve
miles to the Bostwlck form, where
Bostwick had barricaded himself with
several small children.
"The sheriff's voice was so weak that
I could hardly understand him." aald
Adjutant General Scott Monday. “He
hod to be held up to the telephone by
attendants to enable him to talk with
me. Later the sheriff’s instructions
wore repeated. Shortly afterwards I
heard that ho was dying and finding
•ut that he was a very popular official
In that , county and fearing that a
lynching would result, I called out the
company at Albany under Captain Seay
•vith instructions to proceed at once to
the scene and prevent any possible
trouble."
When apprised of the trouble at Ocil
la. Governor Joseph M. Brown instruct
ed Adjutant General Scott to take
whatever measures he thought advisa
ble to uphold the law.
Photo by Abananzn. *
VIEW OF MARIETTA ST. TODAY, TOO NARROW FOR ITS GROWING BU8INES8.
This pioture was taken from the roof of building at junction of Marietta and Walton-ata., looking west. The
street will be widened by taking ten feet from the buildings on the right of the photograph, the north side of the
street.
VOTE OF PEOPLE IS
Ocilla, Ga., Juno 27.—Four men shot
to death, two mortally wounded and
one dangerously wounded Is the result fm BH .
of a battle between officers and the i t huslasm that has appeared In the jaat
desperado, TV. H. Boatwlck. who was f ew days *111 cause council to heed the
Fhot to pieces by a volley fired Into his | }e . B but n will not he unan-
■ from a company of state militia: lm0M , )n action.
Resolutions Call For Con
demnation of Council and
Appeal to Assembly.'
A tallyho filled with a band and with
streaming hannera floating from Its
sides paraded thru the streets of At
lanta Monday, advertising a mass meet,
lng to be held at the Auditorium on
Tuesday night to assert the popular
will In regard to the "election by the
people" issue.
It is practically certain that the en
home
ordered to the scene after the man had
fought for twenty hours against Irwin
county officers from his house In which
he barricaded himself. In the western
section of the county, Sunday and de
fied arrest.
During Sunday afternoon and into
the night the officers and deputies, two-
•eore in number, made attacks on the
house to dislodge Bostwick, and each •
time were repulsed with loss. After
nightfall the officers withdrew for some
distance and ceaaed hostilities until
morning.
Battle la Renewed.
Bostwick then aent his six children,
who had been with him in the house.
vay and prepared to fight to the death.
He had suspected that tne troops would
arrive this morning from Albany.
The attack was renewed on the house
by officers Monday morning and the
Mxth victim of the desperate man's aim
w as left on the field.
The officers retired some distance and
waited until the two companies of mi
litia, one from Albany and one from
FitsgenMd, which had been ordered out
by Governor Brown, arrived.
All night long the desperate man
Hood guard after the battle yesterday
nfiemoon In which the six men were
shot down.
The deadly conflict between Bost-
'lek and the officers of the law began
yesterday afternoon when Sheriff Mc
lnnis, with Chief Davis and Bass and
Tucker, attempted to arest him. He
pened fire without warning as they
approached the house, and Chief Davis
Many candidates for office will be
present at the meeting In the Audito
rium. The opinion In .political circles
lb that there will be speeches by them.
It Is said that James G. Woodward
will be present and will be edited on to
make a.speech.
James L. Key will preside at the
meeting, and the following resolutions
will be Introduced:
Ths Rssolutions.
"Whereas, the voters of the city of
Atlanta, in two separate Instance*,
voted overwhelmingly In favor of the
election by the people of the general
manager of the waterworks, city elec
trician. building Inspector, city warden,
clerk of council, city marshal city
comptroller and city recorder and fol- i
lowing this expression by the people
the general council of 1909 passed a
resolution requesting the general as
semble to so amend the charter of the
city of Atlanta that thcuo officials
should be elected by popular vote; and.
••Whereas, the general council of 1910
has rescinded the former action to the
extent of withdrawing the offices of
clerk of council, recorder, city wnrden,
city electrician and building inspector
from the proposed amendment, there
for**. he it ...
• Resolved by the citizens of Atlanta
In mass meeting assembled:
"First. That we condemn the action
of the general council of 1910 In strik
ing five offic ials nnd leaving only three
officials out of eight named by the peo
ple to be elected by popular vote, and
AFTER RIS WATCH
Satisfied. That Young Wife-
Slayer Is Perfectly
Normal.
Jtr$*y City, N. J„ June 27.—“Porter
Charlton U eane and haa conducted
hlmielf aa a eane man since he
came an Inmate of the Hudson county
Jail " Thle declaration waa made to
day by Warden Sullivan.
Since Jaat Friday the warden has
watched him carefully and while he can
not qualify as an-expert on Insanity, he
can nevertheless compare the youth's
actions with those of other prisoners
who haved>een deemed of sound mind
and from Ihls point of view his state
ment Is Important to Captain Scott,
brother of Mr». Charlton, who la trying
to show the prisoner Is sane and have
hlin eent back to Italy, there to stand
trial for the crime to which he ha* con
fessed.
“Charlton doea not seem to take hla
Imprisonment seriously," a aid the war
den. “He Is quiet and haa little to ear
to the sheriff or myself. While I don't
believe he would attempt suicide, I am
not (nklng any chances. A rigid guard
Is being maintained."
Assistant Proaecutor Vickers said to.
day that no word had yet been re
ceived from the government at Wash
ington as to the attitude of the United
States In the matter of extradition.
Chariton will br arraigned tomorrow
before Judge Ftlalr and another contin
uance will probably be taken. Mean
while his case will probably he trans
ferred to a United States commissioner
Continued on Last Pags.
Dr. John E. White Urges Great
Revival to Bring the City
Back to Religion.
"The Atlanta Spirit Is a, spirit of
commercialism, of worldllnsss." de
dared Dr. John E. White, pastor of the
Second Baptist church and Inns of the
foremoat ministers In Atlanta, Monday
morning before the Methodist Minis
ters association. He headed a commit
tee from hla church which Is endeavnr-
ta* to arrange for s great revival In
Atlanta this full, and In which all the
churnhea will Join.
Dr. White, chairman of the commit
tee, announced that the purpose wes
to have the Methodist. Presbyterian
and Baptist churches of the city take
up the queation of the situation, spir
itually. In Atlanta. Dr. White made %
spirited address nn the subject and
Spoke In part as follows:
"The Baptist ministers nnd that the
city Is not aa religiously Inclined today
as It was some ten or fifteen years ago,
and that the people are harder to reach
and they feel the need of co-operation
on the part of the Protestant ministers
of Atlanta to got together and do some
thing that will accomplish, what the
rhurrhea do not accomplish working by
themselves.
There Is a much stronger force of
evil at work than there usm to be. The
spirit of worldltness seems to have ta
ken hold on the people and even on the
minister* themselves. This spirit haa
come to be called the 'Atlanta Spirit'
and haa done so much that we are
hardly In a position to combat It. But
It Is this tame 'Atlanta 8plrlt,' the
spirit of commercialism, that Is calling
our people away from the churchee and
from attention to religious affairs. .It
Is becoming harder for a church to hold
religious revivals than it was formerly
ami harder to get people to come to
Sunday night services, and we can't
afford to lie down and let this steam
roller of 'Atlanta Spirit' crush out re
ligion."
Continuing. Dr. White said that the
ministers of his church had appointed a
committee of live of their number to
Continued on Last Pag*.
Mothers! Read To Your Little Ones
—A BED-TIME STORY
YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE BACK PAOE.
Beginning Today, The Georgian introduces
to its readers a series of most delightful stories
for children, written by
Edith Havens—“Little
Bed-Time Tales."
You mothers who recall the
beautiful days of your own
childhood will take great in
terest in these clean, whole
some, imaginative little stories
read in a few moments to
your little tots before bed
time.
There will be a story for the
children on the back page
every day. Read them to the
little folks before yon tuck
them in for slumber..
ENTERS RACE FOR
Attorney General Springs Sur
prise by Announcing
Monday.
HE OPPOSES CONTEST
OF SMITH AND BROWN
Action of Veteran Jurist Will
Throw Complexities Into
the Gubernatorial
Campaign.
"as Instantly killed. A second charge J ln postponing the election of the
was mada and In this Sheffield fell. ■ ——«•-*■ •«,
Then the officers drew off and after a
consultation decided to appeal for help.
More than 500 persons hurried to the
■‘rene from Ocilla, several miles away.
■md. Joined by farmers from the eoun
tryalde, surrounded the house, but until
night fell no further effort wao made
to capture the man.
Five Are Shot.
Bostwick. well armed with ride, shot
gun and pistol and a good supply or
Continued on Loot Pago.
$2 AD BRINGS
$190 IN SALES
n, Georgian: Inclosed flnd ctwk In
foU for advertising to dstt. Floss# »o-
Una# my ed.
I hsvt received for better rMnltsm
sdnrtistag for ssle my »«• Bemsrd and
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three left to and nfter February 1.1911
“Second. That we hereby request the
senator from this district nnd repre
sentatives from this county to Insert in
the proponed charter nmendment nil of
the original eight officials nnd secure a
provision whereby they shall hereafter
be elected by vote of the iieople In the
regular December 'election preceding
the expiration of their present terms."
Two Sido* of It.
"There Is no argument against re
fusing to obev the will of the people,”
said a well known city official, “but
some of the men who are so strongly
agitating th» popular election question
are of the class who have bee n violat
ing the law. wish to continue to violate
It, and went to get rid of Judge Nash
Broyles There are many In the move
ment. tho. who are honest, sincere, good
citizens."
Eic.pe Down the Ladder.
tine ynnnz woman, trapped In the bouse,
hnd to be taken down n ladder by firemen,
snot tier women become hysterics! and con
siderable eieltemenl was created by n Are
that badly damaged a boarding honae at
Ivy-nt.. the home of a. B. Rlan'on.
Monday morning nt 2-3» o'clock.
The lire hnd gsln-l material headway
when discovered and severil occupants of
the tinnftc fed into the street In their night
clothe. No one was horl. but the young
wctnnn taken down the ladder had » nar
row escape, being shut off
by smoke and flame.
from the stair.
A day or so ngo a lady wan looking over Home
suits for her small son in a well known clothing
store. She gaid to the elerk: “The material-in
this suit doesn’t seem quite up to the mark of
the last suit I bought, but if yon say it’s all right
I believe you, because I have never bought any
thing here that wasn't exactly as you represented.”
Speaking of the incident later, the proprietor of the store
said: “Every customer we have would say the same thing if
you asked them, for the simple reason that everything we sell
ii exactly as we represent it to be.
“In all the years I have been in hnsinpsa I have never per
mitted a misstatement in my advertising, nor allowed a clerk to
overstate the value of an article in order to make a sale.
“Everything that’s sold over my counters is sold on its
merits absolutely, and everybody that knows me and my store
knows that fact.
“In my advertising I have held to the principle of giving
the best that I had, and never trying to fool the people, and
I advertise to everybody, in the newspapers t|»at everybody
reads.”
We are not too modest to say that a big portion of this
merchant's advertising appropriation goes to the advertising
columns of The Georgian, j
Mr. .Merchant, it is mrt the easiest thing in the world
to get a good name, hut it is the most valiiBhle asset a busi
ness man ean have.
MARIETTA-ST. MEN 'ELDER OF OCONEE
AGREE TO DONATE
TEN FEET OF LAND
Widening of Street Will Be Be
gun in Short Time—All
to Share Expense.
There is only one sure
the truth to the people day
Tk* but* orlrttoted la th* kltcbtn.
way to get it, and that is by telling
by day and week by week in the
advertising columns of Thet Georgian.,
The Georgian has 200,00^ daily readers to whom you ean
talk, in a five-inch space, at the cost of $4.20 a day.
It is for you to decide whether or not you want these peo
ple for your friends and folloivers.
We’ean supply a aerviee of copy and illustratioaa which
will be a big help to you in aelliug more good*.
Phone 8000.
That the effort* nt Councilman W. T.
Winn for the widening of Marletta-nt.
will be rewarded, was clearly evidenced
by the attendance of the property own-
era at the called meeting held In the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce rooms
Saturday afternoon. The widening of
the afreet Haa been advocated by The
Oeorirfnn for many months.
Nearly every rropert.v owner be
tween Foundry nnd Alexnnder-sts, was
present and those on tho south side of
Matietta-st. expressed their willingness
to compensate the opposite owners f<
whatever land ne*»d be appropriated for
the necessary widening.
It was finally agreed that the street
should be widened ton feet and all the
land will of necessity hnve to come
from the nor»h side owners because of
the narrowness nt the block between
the railroad tracks on the south side.
Inasmuch as all will be equally bene,
fltefl, It was decide^ that five feet of
land should be given the city by the
north side owners and the south side
owners should buy five fe*»t or else pay
for the moving back of the buildings.
This proposition met with the entire
approval of all and It was finally de
cided that a survey should be made by
the city or under the supervision of the
ty engineer.
The following committees were ap
pointed to further the work:
To furnish an estimate of the cost—
W. T. Winn, chairman; Victor It
Smith. W. L. Fain, Emmett Height and
R. A. Hemphill.
To perfect arrangements with the
property owners Victor R. Smith,
chairman; Madison Bell, \V. I,. Fain,
Hugh Richardson. Emmett Might. 8.
8. Rejig, E A Holbrook am) W. T.
Winn compose the committee which
will take In hnnd this work.
Moss Asks Brown to Tell Why
He Didn’t Buy Chattanooga
Terminals.
Order Hospital Building.
Tallahassee, Fla., June 27. -A new
hospital building Is to he constructed
as a part of the Florida state hospital
for the Insane at a cost of 120.000. Th*
board also provided a stenographer for
the medical staff at a salary not ex
ceeding $<0 par month.
When the house of representatives
met Monday-morning a small sensation
was sprung In the shape of a resolution
by Representative Elder, of Oconee,
calling upon Senator* Bacon and Clay
to use their efforts for the removal of
H. A. Rucker, collector of Internal reve
nues In Atlanta. Rucker Is a negro,
and the resolution described him as
"unfit" to hold the office. The resolu
tion will lie on the table one day before
action.
No further light was thrown on the
loiter addressed to Thomas E. Watson
nnd forwarded hy him to the legisla
ture, charging graft In purchasing sup
plies at the capitol. The committee ex
pects to receive a report from Mr.
Watson on this matter later In the
day.
Mr. Moss, of Cobb, Introduced a reso
lution asking that a committee of three
he appointed to wait upon the governor’
and urk him his feason for hfs failure
to comply with the request of the leg
islature at a previous session wfth ref
erence to the purchase of the Western
and Atlantic terminal property at
Chattanooga.
The Elder Resolution.
The Elder resolution follow*:
"A resolution requesting the Hon.
Augustus A. Bacon and the Hon. Alex
ander 8. Clay, senators of the United
States from Georgia, to use their best
efforts to secure the removal from office
of Henry A. Rucker, as collector of
Internal revenue at Atlanta, Ga.
"Whereas, Henry A. Rucker, collector
f Internal revenue of the United States
at AtlnntA, Ga.. Is an Improper person
to hold said office; and, whereas, the
said Henry A. Rucker Is an unfit official
a/» collector of Internal revenue; and.
whereawj the electorate and the entire
citizenry of the state of Georgia are
practically unanimous in their desire
that the said Henry A. Rucker shall be
removed from said office; be It
Resolved by the house of representa
tives of Georgia, the *enat# concurring.
That the Hon. Augustus A. Bacon and
the Hon Alexander 8. Clay, senators of
the United States from Georgia, are
requested to use their best efforts to
Continued on Last Pago.
It’s to be a three-cornered race—**
perhaps.
Judge John C. Hart, attorney gen
eral of Georgia, will be in the govern
or’s race. Hfs formal announcement
was made Monday morning and hla res
ignation as attorney general will fol
low as soon as he can get the affairs of
his office In shape.
Hfs announcement came unexpected
ly—very much so. Like a bolt from the.
blue about describes bow It came, and
It caused more thnn nn ordinary ripple
upon the political pool which, since
Hoke Smith's announcement, has re
cently been quite tranquil.
It set a multitude of political ques
tions to humming like telephone wires
In zero weather such as; "How will It
affect the Brown and Smith forces?"
"Will It draw strength from the Brown
or Smith faction, or will It affect both
equally?" or “Will It mean a with
drawal of both Smith and Brown thru
a conference of their friends?"
None of the political forecaster*
seem able to make much of it as yet,
so suddenly did It come.
Doesn't Favor Peasant Race.
Judge Hart's chief reason for en
tering the race, which Is contained In
a statement given below, is that an
other Smith-Brown race will again stif
up factional strife In Georgia, detri
mental to the welfare of Hie state. He
states that because of their factional
leadership both Brown and Smith are
handicapped In their usefulness to tha
state.
"Peace, prosperity and & square deal*
with the emphasis on the word peace."
will be the slogan of hla campaign,
states Judge Hart.
"Good Man," Says Brown.
Governor Broign received the an
nouncement of Judge Hart's candidacy
with the statement that Judge Hart
"was a ipost courteous and 'pleasant
gentleman and If elected to the govern
orship would prove u splendid specimen
of Georgia manhood."
"You'll be In the race until the votes
are counted?" was asked the governor.
"That war my purpose when I an
nounced for the race," replied the gov
ernor.
Governor Brown stated that he had
not heard *of Judge Hart's candidacy
before Monday and that the Judg^ had
not taken him Into hla confidence. '
"Judge Hart says that he consulted
nobody about’ his race but his wife,"
the governor was told.
"In that he was like Mr. Perry," re
plied he. "I understand that Mr. Perry
consulted none of his political friends
before announcing. Both Mr. Perry
•and Judge Hart I conalder to be very
fine types of tho gentleman."
8mith Soys Nothing.
Ex-Governor Hoke Smith was en
gaged In the hearing of a case before
the supreme court when he was asked
for a statement about Judge Hart's an
nouncement. He said that he could
make none, as he wks tied up with the
arguments In the case before the court,
and had been able to give it no thought.
Little was given out Monday about
the campaign of either Smith or Brown.
It Is possible that ex-Governor Smith
will open his campaign In Atlanta dur
ing the week beginning July 4 by a
speech at the Auditorium-Armory, but
this has not been definitely determined
upon. It Is stated also that he will In a
statement to be Issued to the press ad
vocate a system of automatic registra
tion for voters by which all who have
been registered need not register again,
but this could not be confirmed Mon
day.
rernor Brown had nothing to glvs
Continued on Last Page.
Want Ads
On Cent * Word.
On Saturday the
Atlanta papers carried
Want Ads as follows:
Georgian ..... 732
Journal 351)
Constitution. 202)
553
HUM V* wa*v ***•
Georgian prints want ads under tfaa cUa*
aidcatton ^’Situations Wanted" free.
Want Ads published by
all the Atlanta newspapers
for the week ending June
25, 1910, a period of six
working days: The Geor
gian carried 2,886 PAID
Want Ads; Journal, 2,302;
Constitution, 1,226 Want
ads.
The Georgian prints no
Sunday paper.