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THE WEATHER.
p-alr Wednesday night and
Thursday. Temperatures Wed
nesday (taken at A. K. Hawkos
Co.’s store): 8 a. m„ 75 degrees: 10
a. m., SO degrees; 12 noon, 84 de-
The Atlanta Georgian
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, nominal; IIS- Liverpool, easier;
7.0*5. New Icrk. quiet; 11.60. Augusta,
steady; 117*. .Savannah, steady; 11 15-16.
Norfolk, steady; 11%. Houston, steady;
11V Memphis, nominal; \2K. Galves-
"Noihmg Succeeds Ltke—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN"
ton, steady; 11%. Mobile, quiet; 1114.
HOM E ( 4th ) EDITION
ATLANTA, QA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1911.
HOME(4th) edition
PRICE:
Observers Everywhere Are
Commenting on the Prince-
’ tonian’s Popularity.
STAR IS STILL RISING
Opinion Seems To Be General
That He Is Choice of the
People.
Tbs Democratic
epportunlty It hs* ha
anti re control of tho
Has
. fa facing tha batf
•Inca 1892 to aacura
Extreme Precautions Are Being
Taken to Prevent Any At
tempt at Suicide.
AUTHORITIES ARE ALARMED
Report, Thru an Unexplained
Source, Reaches Them That
Prisoner May Kill Himself.
Chesterfield County Court House, Vs.
rrnY*'h..- .-m.Jorlty'’fn l ?h n .* , h? 0 u»: n n'S;?ly «r-E*treme precautions are being
a majority Irv th* sonata, and a aplendld taken here thlf afternoon to prevent
epportunlty to *ln the presidency next any attempt at suicide by Henry Clay
wr. It *M o,pend., however, on tho * ... ’
The Georgian believe* that at preeent
there I* no man within the party who I*
,o itronci ae Woodrow Wllaon, former
Seerdlen, new governor of New Jertey.
His polltlc.l career haa been brief but
brilliant. If In the next twelve month# he
maintain# the record he hat made to fir,
ae other Democrat will have Wllaon'
strength. . . .
So. ballavlng that Re readora detlre to
keep epeelatly In touch with the career of
thla logical lender. The
llsh e complete report i
New York, Sept. 5.—According to tho
sentiment of tho country, as shown by
Interviews In newspapers as well*as
editorials, the trend' toward the noml
nation jof Governor Woodrow Wllaon of
New Jersey for the presidency la grow
* In* atronger every day.
One of the most interesting features
of the past few days Is an Interview
Martin T. Manlon, of New York, gave
The Denver Post while In that city.
Mr. Manlon Is a law partneM>f Bourks
Cockran.
"It seems to me,” said Mr. Manlon,
"that Woodrow Wllaon’s chances are
the best of any whose names have been
mentioned for tbo leadership of the
Democratic party in the next presldon
tlal campaign.”
“But will New York be for him?” he
wae asked.
“Oh, yea; I 'think so," he replied.
"How about Tammany?” /
"Well, while Tammany might not
naturally be supposed to favor him,
Tammany la always for the tnan that
Tammany believes will win, and tho
strength that Wilson has developed all
over the country has convinced tho big
New York organization that he can
win, so Tammany will most likely stand
i solid for him.”
Judge John W. Judd, of Nashville,
Turn., haa been a visitor at Salt Lake
City and every 'paper In town printed
in Interview with him.
"I believe," he sold, "that If tho con
vention wore held today Woodrow Wll.
nn would be the Democratic nominee.
Mr. Wilson la regarded In the Rant as
« man well titled for the presidency.
The feeling favorable to Wilson la
tlcularly pronounced in New York,
Jersey and aome of the New England
Hates where I have been.
"I do not believe there Is any ques
tion of Democratic victory next year,"
he continued. “You would be surprised
11 you took a trip thru the East to learn
thq great extent to which the partisan
garment has been loosened. Thla la
particularly truo^TTBong Republicans.
Vou will llnd any number of men^who
have always voted the Republican tick
et who openly - vow that It la time a
change were wrought."
Tho name of Representative Edgar P.
Haney, of Clay county. Texas, was In
cluded among those attending the Har
mon conference a few days ago, and ha
promptly wrote the editor of Tin
. „ The Dallas
.Vena declaring that he was a support
er of Governor Wilson for the presi
dency.
"As governor of New Jersey." Mr.
Haney wrote, "he haa demonstrated
that he la not only a student, a scholar,
nut a practical, constructive statesman.
In sympathy with the masses of the
people of the country." s
Hon. w. C. Campbell, Democratic
leader of the house of delegates of
'Vest Virginia. Is quoted In The Par
kersburg Sentinel as strongly favoring
Governor Wllaon for the presidency.
"He la a man," he said, ‘Young
enough to Inspire enthusiasm In the
ranks of the young Democrats. He can
meet any man In debate. He Is a pro
gressive, and while he la a profound
scholar, he Is practical. This was dem
onstrated by the fact that he succeeded
m fulfilling every Democratic pledge
Continued on Laat Page.
I WANT ADS
jmNm
papers for the week ending
September 2, 1911, six
days to the week:,
Georgian 2,729
Journal 2,042
Constitution 1,120
On yesterday the Atlanta
papers carried Want Ads
as follows:
553
Journal 356
Constitution 199
geor GIAN print* no beer,
wniiky or unclean advertising.
-I.T?- B lh0M who are out of a do
th v 5L wft* dsalrs a better one,
■TIh. •jJOHQIAN print* want ade
tbs classification "Situations
-/anted free, other clasaincetlone
ONE CENT A WORD
Beattie, Jr. Thru some source, as yet
unexplained, a report reached the au
thorities that Beattie contemplated
ending his life, and as a result the
most careful guard possible was kept
upon him every moment
10 RM STOCK
They- Will' Not- Have to' Call
Upon Bankers for Help if
This Is Done.
TO HOLD COTTON FOR 136
Union Is in Fine Financial Con
dition—There Are Now 3,-
000,000 Members.
ATTORNEYS CONFER
WITH JUDGE WATSON
Richmond, Vs, 8epb 6.—While Henry
Clay Boattle, Jr., the young dandy ac
cused of tho murder of his wife, chafed
at Chestertleld court house today coun
sel for the defense and tho prosecution
conferred with Judge Walter A. Watson
In Richmond upon tho points which
shall bo emphasised when the jury is
charged by tho court. „„
BeaUio-spent most of the morning , n raising stock to light the beef truth
The farmers aro advised to raise stock.
Shawnee, Okla„ Sept. 6.—Farmers of
the couhtry are advised In a report sub
mitted to tho Farmers union today by a
al committee to raise more stock;
stock raising la the basis of good
farming, and that the farmer who raises
stock need never call upon a banker for
money to keep him from starving.
This report, by far one of the most
Important ever presented at a conven
tion of the union, was made by a com
mittee composed of Messrs. Campbell
and Russell, of Oklahoma; J. E. Faulks
erson, of Missouri, and Maurice Mc-
Aullff.o of Kansas. The report states
that an additional million milch cows
and an equal number of.breed sows In
the South .would add ten dollars to
every bale of cotton and Increase the
value of other products. It says that
there are not enough farmers engaged
strolling on the court house lawn, while
a little distance away the jurors sat,
'aylng cards and thoroughly
iclr respite In the open air.
Tho most disappointed actor In the
Beattie tragedy today was Beulah Bin-
ford, the seventeen-year-old sweetheart
of Beattie, who, according to the com
monwealth, was the motive for the I
crime. ■
"Beulah Blnford and Paul Beattie
probably will be released before night,
said Sheriff Kemp of Hcnrloo county In
discussing the disposition of the two
chief witnesses against Beattie.
The Blnford girl haa longed ever
since the trial started to share the
limelight with her former lover, and
she bad primed herself to make a daz
zling display before hundreds of spec
tators In and out of the court room.
She was crestfallen over the faot that
sho was not to go upon tho stand, and
plainly showed It.
Tho girl’s disappointment over her
failure to show oft her pretty new
frocks was keener than her pleasure at
tho prospect of her Immediate release.
Tho custom bf conference between
Judge and counsel ovor features of the
court’s charge to the Jury followed a
century old prooedure In this state.
This was held In Chambers D, Rich
mond Law library. - J
Another Indictment Likely.
Intimation was made today that an
other Indictment may result from the
murder of Loulso Owen Beattie.
Luther L. Scherer, the detective who
directed the working up of the case
against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and
who was employed by the Owen family,
was asked If there was a probability of
Paul Beattie being Indicted as an oc
ceesory before the'fact on his own tes
timony that ho bought the gun which
did the murder and secretly gave It to
Henry.
I "If anybody Is Indicted," he replied,
•It will be Beulah Blhford.”
The fact haa been established that
Henry Beattie, charged with the mur
der, spent the night before the crime
was committed with Beulah. Paul
Beattie testified on the stand, that when
he took a message to Beulah after the
crime waa committed telling her for]
Henry to stand by him, that she exi
claimed; I
■When all this Is over Henry and I
maintain small packing plants In their
back yards, and thereby protect their
own pocketbooks. The former who has
milk, butter, beef, bacon and vegetables
Is the only farmer who can bo Inde
pendent, so tho report declares
The committee on finance reported
that the union la In a better financial
shape than It haa ever been. Tho com
mittee on membership reports that New
York, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska and South
Dakota are tho new states to enter the
organization. There are notv 22 states
represented and 3,000,000 members of
the order.
At the time of the adjournment of the
morning session at noon the delegates
were discussing the holding of cotton
for better prices. Telegrams continue
to come In from all portions of the
country calling - upon the delegates to
adopt measures provldln
lng of the staple. It 1
the product will not be sold on a bull
market. The union Intends to fix
minimum price, and members are ex
pected to sell when that figure Is
reached. The majority of tho delegates
favor thirteen cents as the minimum.
Arrested For Speeding.
Motorcycle Officers Pittman and
Baker, of the county police force, ar
rested G. F. Longlno, of College Park,
for speeding, Tuesday. He appeared
and gave a bond of 125 for hla appear
ance before Judge Andrew Calboun
when hla case la called.
will be married.”
May Indict f
Beulah Binford,
In the'investigation of the question
whether there was an accessory before
the fact of the murder of Mrs. Beattlo,
Detective Scherer today turned up two
witnesses who were closely questioned.
The result of this Is that L. O. Wen'
denburg, representing the common
wealth, decided to lay the matter be
fore Judge Watson. The witnesses. If
their stories ore found to be true, will
prove the means of having the next
-rand Jury take up the case of Beulah
hnford aa a suspected accessory, hav
ing guilty knowledge.
"I can not tell you Just now what
these two witnesses have told the in-
vwtlgators for the commonwealth,"
said Mr. Scherer today, “hut their
statements are of such a nature that
Judge Watson will be informed of them.
It may be that Beulah will stay In Jail
longer than she expects, but of this
nothing con be said with certainty until
Continued on Loot Page.
Executive Committee Defers
Call for Primary Until After
September 27.
OPPOSITION HAS ORGANIZED
Now picture* of the two cousins playing loading roles In the great
est murder trial in the history of Virginia. At tho left Is Paul Besttls,
who declared on tho stand that his oousin confessed his crime, photo-
f iraphed while lolling outside the oourt house during roosts. On tho right
t the cousin, Henry Clay Beattie, defendant in the cate, sntsring court,
REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN;
BUT A FEW DA YS ARE LEFT
Registrar Stewart has opened
branch office In Pitts’ cigar store, In
Poachtree-at., near Decatur-st., that all
voters may more conveniently qualify
before tho closing of the books on Sep
tember 12 f"r the charter election of
September 27.
The registration books have been
open since October’16, 1910, when taxes
for 1910 were due, and all who regis
tered at the time of paying thulr 1010
taxes or who registered since paying
tbelr 1910 taxes aro qualified to vote In
tho coming election. There aro about
10.000 qualified undor those provisions,
2.000 short of last year's record. Somo
registered for the last city eloctlon who
are not qualified to vote now os their
1910 taxes had not been paid at-’ that
time, their registration having . been
made on their 1909 taxes. No one can
vote who has not registered since pay*
lng taxes for 1910.
The regular office of tho registrar, In
Host Huntur-sL, back of the old city
hall. will, of course, be open. The
Stewart. If necessary, tho offices will
be kept open later than tho regular
closing hour of 5 o'clock, and on Sep
tember 12, the laat day, they will be
kept open until late at night. Tho re
quirement tho officials mnko for reg
istration la an affidavit that last year's
taxes have been paid.
A rush at the offices haa already
started and It la expected that the In
terest In tho new charter will cause a
full registration and a large vote.
1NTED FI
Says He Analyzed It and It Did
Not Come Up to the Spec
ifications.
Charging that paint accepted by the
chief of construction and being used in
the painting of city bridges falsi far
below the specifications required, J.
H. Lewis manager of the Joseph Dixon
Crucible Company, with offlees In the
Fourth National bank building, Tues
day made formal complaint to Chair
man Greer, of the council committee on
brldgea, and later to Captain R. M.
Clayton, chief of construction.
The conference with Captain Clay
ton brought a lively passage at words,
after which Mr. Lewti left the office
declaring he had obtained no satisfac
tion.
According to Mr. Lewis, Captain
Clayton remarked:
“Well, sir, whenever I feel that I need
your aervlces as paint Inspector, I’ll
have you appointed .to the office."
“you can't have me appointed to
anything,” retorted the paint man. "1
Continued on Last Pago.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison Or
ders Investigation of Police
Department’s Connection.
Chairman Pomeroy Names Ten
Men for Work and Lawyers
to Watch for Tricks.
Under the -direction of the citizens
meeting held at the Kimball house
Tuesday, Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, chair
man of that meeting, announces the
two committees that are to conduct the
campaign for the new charter.
This general committee will have en
tire charge of the management of the
campaign:
A. P. Morgan, V-O.-Rankin, George
S. Tlgner, R. -F, Maddox. L N. Brown,
James E. Warren. R. A. Broyles’, G. Y.
Pierce. Eugene R. Black and K. V. Car
ter, and E. E. Pomeroy, ex-officio.-
Here la tho lawyers committee to
GOULD PM MOTORS
Took Ten Days of Easy Going
From Jamestown, Near
Buffalo, to Atlanta.
BIGGEST INQUIRY OF KIND
Jay Gould la In Atlanta. He came
aU the way from New York state by
automobile, traveling nearly 1,000 mllea.
He-started on Monday, August,22, and
arrived at 11:90 o'clock Wednesday
morning, .being en route almost ten
days. But all that time wasn't spent
traveling. Sight-seeing stops were
made at Bradford, Pa., the Gettysburg
battlefield, Luray Caverns and Natural
Bridge, Va., and at points in the Caro
lines. The last overnight stop was at
Winder, from which point the car came
Into Atlanta Wednesday morning.
The return trip, also to be made by
auto, will begin' Thursday, Atlanta be
ing the terminus for the long jaunt
About a week will bo spent going borne.
But the Jay Gould In Atlanta Is not
handle all the'lega! questions affecting, the son of George J. Gould, the multl-
Action Is Brought About by Op
eration of a Game at Gotch-
Hackenschmidt Bout.
the charter:
Alex C. King. L. Z. Rosser, Charles
T. Hopkins, C. T. - Ladson ‘and Edgar
Watkins.
.East Point's Live Business Men
'“ BOARD OF TRADE OF EAST POINT, IN CITY FOR A PURPOSE.
They came on special car Wsdneiday to seneal to county commissioners far better streets in suburb.
millionaire railroad magnate, nor
grandson of the original Jay Gould, who
first made the Gould name famous. He
Is the son of u well-to-do Pennsylvania
farmer and lives in Jamestown, hear
Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Gould la one of a
party of seven that motored from
Jamestown to Atlanta In a bix seven-
passenger touring car. Otbera in the
party are Dr. J. .W. Scott, a Jamestown
physician: A. D. Htlea, a Jamestown
business man; Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Hlles
and. the two Hlles children. The visi
tors while In Atlanta are registered at
the Piedmont.
The trip, according to members of
the party, was made without mishap,
other than those usually encountered
by motorists. The roads were found In
fair condition, tho considerable rain
and mud were encountered in the Caro-
llnas. Maybe the good luck experienced
by the motorists was due to the lucky
combination of numbers on their New
York state license tag, which reads
"71170.” Two sevens and an eleven
sound lucky anyway!
MRS. MARGARET SMITH
DIED TUESDAY MORNING
hire. Margaret Josephine Smith, It
years old, widow of Dr. Monroe Smith,
died at the resdtence, 159 South Pryor-
st. Thursday afternoon at. 5:50 o'clock.
Mrs. Smith suffered a stroke of paral
ysis at 2:15 Tuesday morning and her
condition rapidly grow worse until her
death a few hours later.
. She Is survived by two children, El
sie aqd Louis Smith; her mother, Mrs.
Mary J. Riggs; a sister, Mrs. Guy Con
ley; three brothers. John W. Riggs and
J. A. Riggs, of Temple. Go., and C. D.
Higgs, of Abbeville, Ala.
Chieago, 8ept. 6.—Mayor Carter H.
Harrison today ordered, tho city civil
aervlce commission to begin at onco on
an Investigation of the police depart
ment to And the connection between tt
and gambling which Is going on all
over the city.
Charges have come from half a dozen
sources recently that the police were
hand In glove with'tho gamblers and
that the city was wide open.
The Inquiry wlll.be the biggest one
of Its kind' «ver undertaken In tho
country.
In a scorching letter Mayor Harrison
dered Chief-of Police McWeoney to
Instantly suspend l'niic.-man McJ'ioi
accused of. permitting a game to run
at Comlskey ball - park during the
Gotch-Hackenschmldt bout Monday.
The letter waa an open criticism of ‘.ho
conduct of tho police department under
McWeeneylo charge.
In a second communication Harrison
ordered the civil service commission to
Investigate the alleged criminal con
splracy between the police and the
gamblers and the punishment of any
member found guilty.
Ho intimated strongly that ho be
Ueved the better port of the charges
were true.
State's Attorney Wayman started a
second gambling Investigation a few
minutes after Mayor Harrison ordered
the civil servlet commission to Investi
gate the police department. Staff de
tectives were ordered to Interview Tim
Murphy and Harry Rrnlaakl, both of
whom mad* charges with a view to In
dicting leading gamblers.
NEWS OF CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Pope Brown.
More emphatic than ever before was
J. Pope Brown's prohibition declara
tion In bis gubernatorial campaign
beech at Calhoun, Gordon county, on
uesday. Mr. Brown returned to At
lanta on Wednesday and will remain
here the rest of this week, not having
any other speeches scheduled until
next week. "
R. B. Russell.
Oir Saturday night at 8 o'clock In tho
R. B. Russell headquarter*. Empire ho
tel, officers for tho Fulton County Rue-
Bell club will bo elected. At a meeting
on Thursday night a nominating com-
ltt<‘«? of twenty, with Alex Stephens
i chairman, will report a recommon-
Campaign Grows Active as
Election Time Approaches.
Don’t Fail to Register. ,
At last, after barriers were encoun
tered at overy turn, everybody Is giving
the right of way to an election on a
new charter for Atlanta. General
council, having done all In Its power
to block an election, voted almost
unanimously Monday to call It; and on
Wednesday morning the city Demo
cratic executive committee sidetracked
the regular October primary until aflstr
the charter election on September 2It
From tho spirit of Chairman W. M.
Smith's call for tho meeting of the ex
ecutive committee, tt waa expected that
the regular October primary for th*
nomination of city officials under th*
old system would be sanctioned by the
committee. But the meeting woe Im
mediately adjourned until September
29. two days after the charter election,
If the charter Is adopted, tho commit
tee may then call a primary for the
nomination of members of the admin
istrative board and the new council. If
tho charter Is defeated, a primary will
b* called to nominate officials to (111
vacancies caused by regular expira
tions under the old system.
Adjourn* to September 29.
It was realized by the advocates of
the charter that the primary would
cause a complication, Indirectly making
Ugh? of the charter election. Dave W.
Yarbrough made a motion as soon as
tho meeting came to order that the
body adjourn until 12 o'clock on Sep
tember 29, It was seconded by Harvey
Johnson.
Chairman Smith said that an adop
tion of the motion would necessitate a
chango In tho rules of tho committee at
the next regular meeting.
“Then we can chango tho rules," an-
vered Mr. Yarbrough.
T. O. Poole sold he did not believe
there would be time enough to call the
primary after the charter election.
'There will bo 58 days before the
general eloctlon," replied Harvey John
son.
When Chairman Smith still hesltat-
I to put tho motion of Mr. Yarbrough,
Mr. Yarbrough insisted that It be put
Mr. Poole seemed to be tho only
member who voted against It.
Opposition Organizes.
Mayor Winn on Wednesday afternoon
signed tho resolution of council calling
the election. Tho opposition to th-
charter crystallized Into a meeting lr
the law office of James L. Key Tues
day afternoon. Judge George Hllly*i
presiding. Wednesday morning theli
campaign headquarters wero opened a*
12 1-1 West Alabama-st..- Archibald H
Davis and T. O. Connally being to
charge. The genoral committee that It
to manage tho campaign In tho Interest
of the charter will meet In the office ol
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy Wednesday aft
ernoon.
Everybody Get* Busy.
Activity Is evident In every quarter
At last the whole of Atlanta Is being
given an opportunity to show Its fait)
In the prosent form of government/ol
dri-lant for u new order.
The resolution passed by eounct
calling tho election contained a long
preamble, condemning the methods aud
the motives of the advocates of thlf
new charter. It had been openly salt
by somo of tho members of council that
Mayor Winn would not sign tho resolu.
tlon on account of theso criticisms
Mayor Winn aays he doesn't agree wttl
the preamble, but he signed the reso
lution calling tho election, anyway.
FOR FORM TERN
Weidlen of New Orleans Takes
Over Great Granite Quar- .
ries From Venables.
A report bat been current that one
of the largest business deals of the
summer wu tho leasing of the fnex*
haustlble granite held of Stone moun
tain by Samuel Venable to a New Or
leans man at $22,000 per year for a
])«riod of 20 years, an aggregate ol
11440,000. Tho lease Is even longer than
that, but the figures were a bad guess.
“The figures are not correct,” naid
Mr. Venable Wednesday. “Mr. Albert
Woldlen, a granite dealer of New Or
leans, haa agreed to leaae Stone moun
tain for a period of 40 years, but be
yond the agreement the deal haa nol
been consummated. I expect Mr. Weld*
len here about October l.**
Mr. Venable would not give the flg-
uree of tho 40-year lease. He said it
would include all the Stone mountain
granite field owned by him.
Venable Bros, will continue to oper
ate their own atone quarries at Flat
Rock, about half a mile beyond Stone
Mountain, where they have a smal.
railroad. Mr. Venable had no news u
give out about the strike there.
datlon for campaign manager In thlf
county. This committee was named a;
a meeting In headquarters Tuesda?
night. Judge Russell will attend Sat
urday night's meeting. On Saturday h«
will sp^ak at Barnesville, this bflng *
new appointment. He spoke en Wed
nesday at Buchanan. Haralson oounty
to a gathering of old soldiers,