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VOL. XL NO. 33.
GDV. WILSON
TOTNKEUP
FISHT 01
STUMP
Democratic Nominee Abandons
Plan to Remain at Home
During Campaign.
TO MAKE“TOURS”INTO
DOUBTFUL TERRITORY
Will Make a Trip Each Week
Until November, Missing
Only Pacific Country.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.—An ex
tensive series of stumping trips is to be
made by Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Democratic candidate for the presi
dency. This was announced by the
governor today while he was traveling
from Atlantic City to Jersey City to be
the guest of a Democratic club.
He stated that he will make a trip
similar to the Western trip planned for
next week every week hereafter until
the campaign is over. The trips are
now being arranged by the Democratic
Campaign committee and will embrace
practically every doubtful state in the
union, exclusive of the Pacific coast
states. The governor x, ;!I not be able
to go to the'eoast.
Persuaded By Me Ad -3 o
To Get. Into Fight.
It whs not the governor's intention at
the outset of the campaign to make
man.' long trips or to deliver many
speeches. He had announced that he
would make most of his speeches in the
state of New Jersey and that he would
visit only a few important points out
side of the state. Acting Chairman Mc-
Adoo within the last few days has per
suaded the candidate, however, that a
fairly complete tour of the country is
necessary. The governor likes to call
them trips rather than tours, how
ever.
"A tour takes in a considerable sec
tion of the country at one sweep," he
said this morning. "A trip is started
from a specific point, going out to an
other place or places and returning to
the original base. In that respect lam
like a baseball player. 1 make my start,
cover the bases and return to the home
plate.
"Then I start out again and make
some more runs. That will be the idea
of weekly trips 1 am to make through
out the campaign."
Blind Senator to
Succeed McComb
• 'Hit AGO. Sept. 11.—Senator Thom,
as P. Gore is to become chaitman of
the Democratic national committee, ac
cording to reports about national bead
quarters here today. <‘hairman Mi -
f'ombi has been forced to retire because
of bad health, and William F. McAdoo,
of New York, acting chairman, has also
found it impossible to continue with
the work. Under the circumstances,
Governor Wilson has expressed a pref
eren e foi Senator Gone who has de
voted mu-h time and energy to the
' tmpaign
M'ADOO DENIES CHANGE.
XF.W YORK. Scpi. 11. Acting
f'hairman McAdoo of the national Dem
ocratic committee denied in the most
ci'-itivo terms here todhy that William
P. McCombs was to resign a- chair
man of the committee.
Few Rule U. S.,
Says Gov. Wilson
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 11.—That a
small group of persons dictate the gov
ernment of the United States was the
declaration made here today by Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson. He made a
campaign speech before thousands of
enthusiastic Democrats while the guest
f the Hudson County Democratic
club. In the course of his speech he
predicted the success of the national
Democratic ticket in this fall's election.
BERTRAM SPENCER
MUST DIE IN CHAIR
FOR SLAYING GIRL
BOSTON. Sept. 11.—Bertram G.
Spencer, under sentence of death at the
' h-irlestown state penitentiary for the
Hing of Miss Maltha B. Blackstone, a
Springfield school teacher, must die in
I'* electric chair. Governor Foss re
fused to refer to the executive council
al 'day s meeting the petition for the
1 i.ai ion of Spencer's death to that
de imprisonment. Spencer piob
■x ill be electrocuUrtl shortly after
midnight Sunday.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—-Use For Results.
A STATEMENT
1 ii<‘ members of the Atlanta Web Pressmen's I nion who
failed to reach an agreement witli the publishers of the three
Atlanta daily newspapers on the night of August 31 have re
turned to work in the respective newspaper press rooms.
I lie Atlanta Web Pressmen s I nion for several years has
been working under a contract with Ihe Atlanta Constitution,
ihe Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Georgian. Failing to re
new this contract, the web pressmen retired from the press
rooms ot ihe three newspapers and other men filled their places.
As all three newspapers had previously been union shops.
■ and as the publishers and the web pressmen apparently coujd
not agree upon a new contract, the Atlanta Federation of Trades
sought to settle Ihe matter. At a recent meeting of that body.
: on the motion of Luther Still, president of the Atlanta Typo
graphical I nion, a committee on conciliation was appointed.
Subsequently this committee was given plenary powers to set
tle all differences between the publishers and the pressmen. It
was a joint committee of the Atlanta Federation of Trades and
the Atlanta Web Pressmen's Union, composed as follows:
S. B. Marks, chairman; .Jerome Jones. Luther Still, Carl
Karston. M A. Jernigan. R. B. Hackman. J. A. Miller. T. J.
Whit ley.
After negotiations, lasting for two days, a contract satis
factory to both the pressmen and' the publishers was entered
into. A better understanding was reached, and concessions
were made by both sides.
This morning the members of the Atlanta Web Press
men s Union returned to work, and today the three Atlanta
newspapers, as heretofore, are being printed by union pressmen.
Both the publishers and ihe pressmen feel that without the
co-operation of the Atlanta Federation of Trades a satisfactory
settlement would not have been effected so promptly. Both
sides appreciate the Federation *s efforts and action in ihe mat
ter.
ATLANTA ID DEM
BRUNT OF TAX
INCREASE
City Now Pays Unjust Share
of County and State Levies,
Declares Nutting.
Following the declaration of John S.
Candler, acting mayor, that the city tax
rate should be increased five mills and
the action of the county commission in
increasing the county rate one-half of
one mill, city and county officials are
wrestling with the need of general tax
reforms.
Aiderman James R. Nutting, chair
man of the council tax committee, said
tlie city is badly in need of more
money, but that an even worse condi
tion was the fact that Atlanta was-pay
ing far too large a share of the taxes
of Fulton and DeKalb counties and of
the state, of Georgia.
He said Atlanta's proportion of
state’s taxes had increased this year
from one-seventh to one-sixth of the
entire amount. Atlanta pays practical
ly all the taxes of Fulton county and a
good portion of DeKalb county.
The increase in the county tax rate
means that the property owners of At
lanta must pay the bill.
Other Cities Suffer.
Aiderman John S. Candler today ex
plained the cause for the discrimination
against Atlanta by the state and coun
ty tax systems. He said that Atlanta
was not alone, but that every city in
the state suffered for the same reason.
In the cities property is taxed on as
sessments fixed by city officials. In the
country the county tax receiver re
ceives property at the assessment of
I he ow ner.
Property in Atlanta is assessed at HO
per cent of its real value. The county
tax receiver then takes three-fourths
of city assessment for the state
; gj|^ ?l iit\ taxes, or at 45 per cent of
IWW*I value.
Tlte returns to the state comptroller
show that while Atlanta contains only
about one-twentieth of the state's
property value, this year the city will
pay approximately one-sixth of the en
tire state taxes. The city rate is 1.25
per cent, the count}’ rate now .65 per
cent and the state rate .50 per cent.
At the meeting of the county com
missioners yesterday afternoon the
problem was to get more money for the
Fulton count} court house. The build
ing will cost more than SBOO,OOO. The
commissioners alreadj have provided
$450,000 of this amount.
County Owes No Money.
H. E W. Palmer. S. B. Turman and
Tull C. Waters were much opposed to
ihe increase at first, but finally voted
for it. The county owes no money, ex
cept a f>" incidental amounts. It was
urged that what "as needed more than
could be provided from the regular in
come should be borrowefi. It could be
secured at four per cent Interest.
The increase provided will mean an
increase of 50 cents per Sl.uOO of as
sessment. It is figured that it will
bring an additional income of about
SBO,OOO into the count}, and Increase
the county’s income to about $900,000.
The commissioners provided that $150..
000 should be set aside for the new
building from next year's income.
<'ommissioner *'. L. Anderson said
that b} passing raws that may or may
ATLANTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912.
BANK CASHIER’S
FRIENDS SEEK
MINI HERE
Fear Expressed That Herbert
McVicker, of Ellenwood, Ga.,
Has Been Slain.
Believing that 1. Herbert McVicker,
cashier of the Bank of EllenjWood, El
lenwood. Ga.. who has been strangely
missing since Monday night, has met
vflth foul play, several friends of the
young man came to Atlanta today from
Ellenwood to aid the police in a sys
tematic search for him.
So far, however, not the slightest
trace of the young cashier has been
found, and every effort to unearth a
solution of the disappearance has prov
ed futile. Police, bank officials and
friends of the missing man are baffled
by the mystery.
McVicker left his home In Ellenwood
Moday night to come to Atlanta, but
whether he ever arrived has not been
ascertained. He was to return to El
lenwood Tuesday morning and open the
bank. An all-day search Tuesday fol
lowed his failure to show up. and then,
when this brought no results, an appeal
to the Atlanta police was made Tuesday
night.
Bank's Affairs All Right.
A. M. Stewart, of McDonough, pres
ident of the Bank of Ellenwood, today
opened its doors and took personal
charge of its affairs. The bank had re
mained closed all of Tuesday as n re
sult of the failure of the young cashier
to return to Ellenwood. t
President Stewart told The Georgian
today that a hurried examination show
ed the books and accounts of the
bank to be perfectly straight. He said
l hat a thorough investigation would be
made at once.
"<m the surface, everything appears
to be all right, and there is no reason
apparent why McVicker should volun
tarily disappear,” he said.
McVicker has always been regarded
as a straightforward, exemplary young
fellow, and was held in high esteem by
the officials of the bank and the people
generally in Ellenwood.
Think He Has Been Slain.
The prevailing sentiment there today
is that he has been murdered, or that
harm of some kind has befallen him.
The whole town is stirred.
McVicker is single and lived with his
sister. Miss Katie Lou McVicker. When
he started for Atlanta Monday night
he left the bank keys with his sister. I
but as she is not acquainted with the I
bank's business, made no attempt to i
"pi n the doors yesterday. It was Miss 1
McVicker who reported the disappear- 1
ance to the police.
not be wanted by the people of the !
county, the state legislature puts about |
$25,000 a year increased expenses on the j
county.
The new building will be completed
within about one year. The point was
made that if the county borrowed the
money instead of increasing the tax
rate, it would take the county until 1915
to pay off the indebtedness.
Friends of the county commissloneis
ate joking them today because they i
boasted that they would build a $1,000.-
000 court house without issuing bonds
or raising the tax rate. They blame
the weather, the increased cost of
maintenance of the count} government
and unexpected delays as the causes
for the shortage of funds.
PHONE GIRLS
FORGE THEIR
CHIEF TO
QUIT CITY
G. S. Kennard Leaves Car
tersville for Atlanta After
Threats Are Made.
YOUNG WOMEN TOOK
EXCEPTION TO CRITICISM
Manager Says Loitering Youths
About Office Caused Trouble.
Meant No Offense.
Because he was said to have criticised
the actions of two young women tele
phone operators, daughters of Sheriff C
N. Smith, of Barlow county, and War
ten Donahoo. prominent Cartersville
citizen, G. S Kennard, manager of tin
Cartersville Pell Telephone Company,
was forced to quit the Bartow county
metropolis last night to escape bodily
harm at the hands of a mob of forty
enraged men and is in Atlanta today.
Only the quick action of C. E. Wood-
I ruff. district manager of the Bell com
pany. w ho hut ried from Rome at Ken
nard’s urgent rail, saved the young
manager from harm Woodruff pre
vailed upon Sheriff Smith and Dona
hoo to hear Kennard's version at an
impromptu trial called by Mayor
Young, of Cartersville.
Although I- nnard asserted that his
criticism of young women had be eq,
solely becat. of infractions of the
company's ru|ys arid was merely,a busi
ness criticism. Smith and Donahoo hot It
demanded that Kennard leave town gt
once, and Kennard left for Atlanta.
Said Young Men
I Held Up Service.
According to the story as related by
Bell Telephone officials, complaints had
been made on the night service in Car
tersvllle. Kennard told Major Young
at the trial that lie had discovered
that young men had been hanging
around the Cartersville exchange in th
evening talking to the operators and in
terfering with good service.
He took the information to Miss Don
ahoo. the chief operator, with the re
quest that the conversations be brough
to an end, as they were a direct vio
lation of the company’s rules. Accord
ing to Kennard, the young women mis
took his meaning and complained.
Sheriff Smith and Donahoo. enrage
over Kennard's actions, wont to th'
telephone exchange last night and or
dered him to leave lown. They wen
backed up by forty Cartersville citizens. !
When C. E. Woodruff arrived on the]
scene, Mayor Young was called into
conference, and Sheriff Smith and Mr.
Donahoo agreed to hear Kennard's side
of the affair. Both left the trial not
satisfied with the explanation.
Official Criticism
Only, Says Kennard.
Kennard came to Atlanta last night,
but. according to officials at the South- I
ern Bell Telephone exchange, had not |
called on the superintendent this]
morning. Mr. Woodruff held a short I
conference with the superintendent, and
a statement was issued in Kennard’s
behalf It. said:
"Mr. Kennard says that his criticism ;
was made concerning the company I
business entirely. He found an infrac
lion of the rules, he maintains, and at- |
tempted to correct it, because he had !
received continual complaints from peo
ple in Cartersville about the night serv
ice. He asys he meant no reflection ■
upon the character of the young ladies." |
No action has. been taken by official
of the Southern Bell to replace Ken- j
nard at Cartersville, and it is likely I
that no action will be taken until th' ,
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exi’itenit nt subsides. Kennard will n- i
main away fronn'ai H i svili> tt-uipi ar.
ly. at hast
it is understood tiiat Mayot Young i
Two Prisoners at Tower in Slide for Liberty
DOWN A ROPE 5 STORIES
l notodiagram showing- how
two prisoners tried to escape
from tilth floor of Tower b\ rope Ajjjk
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shown stalled on ledge of third W
floor window. The prisoners cut
through a bar with a meal saw
and one slid safely down the five
floors ihe
"covered" as he reached the " iWe
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last niglil to avoid troubh Ki nnard, il
'< -alii, is < nnt - tnplating bringing legal
Helion.
One Forced to Sit on Window
Ledge for an Hour Before
. Both Are Recaptured.
James Bailey and Oscar Forrest,
Federal prisoners in the Atlanta
Tower, are locked Inside their
cells today after a daring at
tempt to break jail instead of hav
ing the freedom of the kitchen. if
Night Jailer Gilliland had not hap
pened to look out of a window last
night the two prisoners would be
half way back to the north Georgia
mountains today. They were on the
b: it/k of liberty when discovered.
Bailey ahd Forrest are both awaiting
trial tn the United States court here.
Bailey is held as a moonshiner from
Fannin county, while Forrest, whose
home is in Greenville* S. C., is accused
of defrauding the mails. They have
been in the local jail tljree weeks.
Through a window on the fifth floor
of the south wing, squeezing out of a
narrow opening made by the cutting of
one bar, the two men climbed down a
slender cord to the court yard below.
They were ready to scale the wall sur
rounding the yard when Gilliland, mak
ing hie rounds, happened to look nut
of the window
He saw Forrest In the court yard,
ran down the stairs and notified Jailer
J M. Suttles in the main office.
When Suttles called on the moon
shiner to surrender, he show ed fight for
a moment, but the sight of the jailer's
revolver made him take a second
thought and sullenly went back to his
cell.
Sat on Window
Ledge for Hour.
Up on the third floor, sitting on the
ledge of a window. Jailer Suttles spied
Bailey, dismayed at the capture of his
partner.
"I’ve a good mind to take a shot at
you. ' he remarked, pointing his gun up
at the now trembling prisoner.
"Oh, Lordy, don’t do that," cried Bai
ley.
So they let him sit there for an hour
and Anally pulled him in and hack to
his cell.
Bailey and Forrest, held in the county
jail as boarders at Uncle Sam's ex
pense, were awaiting trial set for Oc
tober. Soon after entering the
Tower they were given the en
vied places of cooks and had the
freedom of the kitchen on the fifth floor
at the end of the south wing.
Cut Through Bar
With Meat Saw.
Last night the two men prevailed on
the prisoner- turnkey on their floor to
let them go to the kitchen after hours,
making the plea that they wanted to
prepare for breakfast. They locked
themselves in. took the meat saw used
In the kitchen and sawed through a bar
of the small window. Then they took
from a place of concealment a big coll
of slender tope, a bed cord used In the
jail and which they had stolen some
tint" In the past month. Down this
slender cord Forrest slid, past the win
dows on the floors below, and reached
the ground in safety, with his pal close
behind.
They had only a wall to scale and
this would have been easy. Within a
stone’s throw of the jail lay the railroad
tracks and open freight cars, offering
quick transportation from the city. But
their plans were frustrated by discov
ery and they went back to imprison
ment.
In the Tower at the time of the at
tempt to escape were the five negroes
brought from the Marietta jail last
night to avoid a possible attempt at
lynching by the same mob which slew
a negro at Cumming yesterday after
noon. The men were sent to Marietta
for safe-keeping last Saturday, but the
ferocity of yesterday's mob made the
authorities fear an attempt to storm
the Cobb county jail. The prisoners
wefe brought to Atlanta by automobile
last night am! locked In the Tower.
TO FINE POWER COMPANY
WHEN SERVICE IS POOR
MACON. GA . Sept. 11 a resolution
entailing a pecuniary forfeiture on the
Macon Railway and Light Company every
time, the yity lights do not shine or street
cars do not run because of a lack of cur
rent has been passed by the city council.
The resolution provides the ‘•tine" shall
be deluded from ihe amount due from
the city fur its light bill.
HOHL
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ B °
IMS IN
CUMMING:
MCE RIOT
FEIRER
•
Negroes Reported To Be Pre*
paring for Uprising—Blaze
Inflames Whites.
I
ANOTHER NEGRO RUSHED
IN AN AUTO TO ATLANTA
Incendiary Fire Raises Pas
sions to the Danger Mark.
Many Arm Themselves.
J f
CUMMING. GA., Sept. IL—Rumors
that the negroes two miles south of
< ummtng are rising and arming them
selves has led almost to a panic among
the women of the little town, and <*wen
the conservative men feat that the
lynching of yesterday and the burn
ing of a store today are merely the first
movements In a race war which may
sweep the county and bring death to
many, citizens are arming for trouble
Old squirrel rifles, shotguns, ancient
and modern, and every variety of pis
tol possible are being loaded and held in
readiness. The rejatri of the rising has
not. been confirmed, but the terror
among the negroes has made them des
perate, and a meeting with armed white
men might bring almost any result.
It was reported at ihe court house
that troops will be sent to the scene,
but there are no soldiers nearer than
Gainesville and Marietta, and so far nc
official appeal has been made to the
governor for assistance. The troopa
which were here last Saturday were or
dered back to their homes next day.
Another Negro / <
Rushed to Atlanta.
A third negro Implicated in thb as
sault and murder of a girl near ths
town last Sunday was discovered, today,
arrested and sent flying toward. Atlanta
In an automobile, with Sheriff Reid as
his escort. He will arrive late this aft
ernoon and be placed in the jail for
safe keeping. The negro’s name is Ed,
Collins, and he confessed.
Bloodhounts are still on the trail of
the men, believed to be negroes, who
burned the store of W. J. Dulce at an
early hour today. The posse has not
been heard from since It began its
chase. The trail led into a remote part
of the county, far from telephones.
The burning of the store was plainly
Incendiary, and it is believed to be the
work of negroes, in retaliation for the
lynching of Rob. Edwards
afternoon. The posse in chase Is com
posed of private citizens from the coun
tryside, and should they catch their
prey there is little likelihood of a trial
save that before Judge Lynch.
Cumming Still
Filled With Hillmen.
Cumming is far from quiet today.
The men of the mountains are still in
town, armed and sullen. They are not
satisfied with having dragged Ed Col
lins, slayer of a young girl, from the
jail and hanged him to a telephone
post. The burning of the store has led
them to believe that the negroes are
tn sympathy with the assailants of
womw. It will take but a little more
to fan their fury into an attack on the
blacks, which will mean a race war.
There is no love lost between the
mountaineer and the negro at the best,
and their hatred has grown even more
violent in the past week.
Rob Edwards, confessed accomplice of
the slayer of an 18-year-okt girl last
Sunday, was the only victim the mob
was able to reach, all other prisoners
arrested in the recent troubles having
been sent to jail in Atlanta or Mariet
ta. Edwards was brought to the Cum
ming jail yesterday afternoon and lock
ed in a cell.
An hour later a mob of 1,000 men. In
broad daylight and without effort to
ward concealment, marched on the jail,
battered down the door sledge
hammers and crowbars, tore the negro
out of his cell and hanged him to a
telephone post before the courthouse
door. His body swung there until it
was cut down by the county authorities
a few hours later. It is said that the
negro was dead from the rain of bul
lets poured into his cell before his body
was hung from the pole as a lesson to
other negroes.
All the men accused of crimes against
white wom< n are now in the Atlanta
Tower, a building too strong and too
well guarded by city police for its
jailer to tear the attack of a country
Federal
Prisoners
in Futile
Attempt
to Escape
From
Fulton
Tower
