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Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1906 POPULISTS MET, THEN ADJOURNED TO AUGUST 28TH About Sixty Present at Mass Meeting Wednesday. TEDDY TO FIGHT BLIND MAN IS PUT AS DJ_LINCOI.il, BY THEJOCIALISTS He Admits There’s a Full State Ticket to be “A flaih In the pan,'' pn\t|cted Judge J. K. Hlnea, of the Popullat ■tate convention, Wednesday. A flaah It was, showing that Judge Hines la something of a political prog nosticator. When the meeting Anally assembled In the hall of the house of representa tives at noon, after It had been stated that the convention would be held In room 11, on the third floor, some alxty or seventy people were present. Conspicuous' figures were Yancey Carter and John I. Fullwood. 'When Chairman Holloway had called the meeting to order a resolution was In troduced to adjourn to meet again on August 28 (six days after the state Democratic primary) to nominate a full ticket. Prior to this meeting live lonesome figures assembled In room 23 to elect delegates from Fulton county to the convention. It was a solemn and awe-inspiring moment. Called for 8 o'clock, the mass meeting of live waited silently for some one else to appear. He didn’t come. So at 8:80 o'clock J. W. Rowe was made chairman and G. W. Adams sec retary. Amid Impressive silence from the gathering It was resolved “by the Populists of Fulton county, In mass meeting assembled," that It would be unwise and Inexpedient to put out a state ticket. Then J. W. Rowe, J. K. Wilson, 8. ,8. Braswell, J. N. Allgood, M. P. Roltn and C. T. Parker, all of Atlanta, were named as delegates to the convention. Rowe, Allgood and Wilson were pres ent. • AT RACE TRACK IS HIT BY A BULLET 8heepshead Bay, L. T„ July 4.—The racing grounds were thrown Into v a •tate of consternation here today on what appeared to be a murderous at tack on Robert Pinkerton, chief of the famous detective' ngency which bears his name. While standing beneath the stewards' stand at the finish of the third race, a revolver shot whlsxed past him and hit a casual spectator, Inflicting a severe scalp wound. The wounded man dropped In his tracks and was' speedily removed to the emergency hospital, Coney Island, where he gave his name and address as William H. Fowlels, No. 140 Sen eca street, Buffalo, N. Y. An alarm to the large force of Pink erton police who patrol every fifty yards of the course was Instantly giv en. The bullet had entered the hat of the stricken man In such a way as to Indicate Its route of travel from the neighborhood of headquarters of the pool room manipulators just beyond the back stretch, a quarter of a mile away. \Great Deal of' \ Wrongdoing. V. /— By Private t.easpq Wire. Oyster Hay, N. Y., July 4.—Presi dent Roosevelt delivered a patriotic Fourth of July speech here today. Ashamed of the Men. Xn the middle of the president's ad dress a thunder storm came up and for a half nn hour he spoke In a driving rain. Those on the outside of the crowd ran away In search of shelter. The president Interrupted his remarks to say that he felt sorry for the women and children, but had no.sympathy for. and was ashamed of. the men who ran away. Some one hoisted nn umbrella over the president's head, but he said he did not core for It, and continued his ad dress with the rain beating on his bare head. Plenty of Iniquity. Mr. Roosevelt talked against corpor ation Iniquity and admitted that there was a great deal of Iniquity which' he was anxious to see suppressed. "He did not want to go at the problem In the spirit of revenge, but wished to handle It Uke Lincoln did In his time. When Lincoln found a wrong ho did Btijjta. his best to conquer It. “There are a great many wrongs,” said the president, “committed by men of large means, but at the same time there are many wrongs committed by men of lesser means. It's a mighty good thing to celebrate the Fourth of July, but there Is little respect for the man who celebrates nbroad and then abuses his family. Such a man does not amount to much, no matter how much patriotism he may show.” Presented Before the People. While the PopultBts were In process of blowing up. the Socialists, small In numbers but brimming with enthu siasm, were busy In the senate cham ber Wednesday nominating a full state ticket from governor on down. It was the first Socialist state con vention ever held In Georgia. Con spicuous among the delegates were four ladles, two of whom were nomi nated—Mrs. M. A. Thomas, of Augusta, for state school commissioner, and Miss WTUle Thomas, of Augusta, on the executive committee. J. B. Osborne, the nominee for gov ernor, Is totally blind. He has consid erable local notoriety through an ad dress against Dr. Torrey while the evangelist. was holding nls meeting here. The full ticket nominated is as fol lows: For Governor—J. B .psbome, of At- Dr. George H. lanta. Secretary of Stab Erhhom, Augusta. Comptroller-General—Max Wllk. At lanta. State Treasurer—F. P. Branch, Au- MAN FROM ATLANTA . DIES IN NEW YORK New York, July 4.—Payton Bibbs, 45 years old, of Atlanta, Go., died sudden ly today In his apartment at No. 60 West 35th Street. The cause of death Is believed to be heart disease. Bibbs, with a friend, said lo be his .partner, took rooms at the above place. Last night Mr.' Bibbs' friend left for Atlantic City. Bibbs complained of feeling 111 and when the landlord went to bis room the man waa found sitting In a chair, .with his chin resting on .his breast. A doctor when summoned said the man was dead. •There Is no Payton Bibbs In the At lanta .city directory, nor'are there any whites In the name of Bibbs. ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT. New York, July 4.—A bold highway robbery which has not been reported by the police became known today. It- ‘occurred In broad daylight on Monday In 82d street, near Central Park, West, and the victims was Thos. L. James, Jr, the 10-year-old grandson of former poetmuiter-general, and present presi dent of the Lincoln National Bank. The highwaymen were boys. State School Commissioner—Mrs. M. A. Thomas, AngtsgU. Attorney-General—J. Allen Alette, of Augusta. Prison Commissioner—A. J. Estes, of Buchanan. State Executive Committee—Martin Conner, Waycross; A. Schwarts, At lanta: Dr. George H. Erhhom, Augus ta: Max Wllk, Atlanta; I)r. 8. J. Me- Knight, Dalton; Miss Willie Thomas, Augusta; J. B. Osborne, Atlanta; B. A. Hubard, Atlanta; A. J. Morgan, Val dosta; John Qeiss, Atlanta. When J. B. Osborne, state organiser of the Socialists, called the convention to order at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning about thlrty-flve delegates were present In the senate chamber. Four ladies woro.the red badge of the K rty. In opening the meeting Mr. Oa- me, who Is totally blind, said: "This Is the flrst stato Socialist con vention ever colled together In Georgia and wo are here for business. Only- one Interest Is now supremo In this country, and all the grent machinery of government is only In their Inter ests. "Clark Howell dries not represent the struggle of wage rarners, nor does Hoke Smith. There Is only one politi cal party that represents the Interests of the wage earners—the Socialist Said “Populist:” Msant "Socialist." J. A. Mette. of Augusta, was nomi nated ns temporary chairman, and Al bert Wamser, of Atlanta, secretary. In assuming the gavel ' Chairman Metts said: .... “This Is the first Populist conven tion ’ev*r called In Georgia.” “Not Populists,” said Osborne.' “Bfeg pardon, we've been thinking a Continued on Page Three. BREAK8 WORLD'S RECORD. Hawthorne Track, July 4.—G. V. Rogers, driving a Mitchell car, broke the 100-mlle world's record this after noon for touring cars, winning the big race In-two hours twenty-five minutes and twenty-five seconds. F. L. WHITE NAMED AS NEXT PRESIDENT OF HARRIERS Fourth Annual Con vention Held in At lanta Wednesday. The fourth annual convention of the Georgia A.-snclatlon of Rural Free De livery Mall Carriers met Wednesday morning at Federal hull and completed one of the most enthusiastic sessions In Its history. The business session as followed by a barbecue and cele bration at Piedmont park. Fred 1,. White, of Buekheed, one of the youngest members of the organiza tion. a as elected president to succeed A. Giles, who announced his retire ment. Addresses were made by Mayor O. Woodward. President Giles. Julian Harris. Edwin F...Myers, of The Georgian, and others. A number of amendments to the by-laws were ndopted ami strong efforts to Increase the membership were pledged by the members. Delegatee to the national convention at Peoria, III., next October were elected. , Meeting Called to Order. George C. Nealy, president of the lo cal committee on arrangements, called the meeting to order at 10 o'clock. , The room was filled with delegatee, about 360 being In attendance. He extended a hearty welcome to the visitors and promised a pleasant and profitable day. He stated that Mayor Woodward had been unable to deliver the address of welcome. He Introduced the Hon. Ju lian TtarrH who welcomed the mall carriers in'sn eloquent and Interesting address. He reviewed the origin and growth of rural free delivery and showed the advantages which had re sulted to the country districts. He Im pressed the vnlue of a congressman w Mild watch.'the Interests of the system In his state. Mr. Harris was given n round of applause. It wns announced that the Hon. John Temple Graves had found It Impossi ble to address the convention, but would be present at the afternoon cele- bratlon. President Lindsey Speaks. Paul Lindsey, of Tucker, Ga., presi dent of the National Organization of Mall Carriers, delivered a short address. In which he thanked the dally papers of Atlanta for their service In behalf of tlm rural freo delivery system. He called attention to the fact that the nnttonat organ of the association had turned against the good of the organi zation, and It wns the newspapers which had come to its roltef. Mr. Nonly then turned the convention over to state President J. A. Glles. of Elberton, Ga. A recess wns enrriera to Join the Roberts, of Monroe, Ga, wee made sergeatnt at arms. Mayor Woodward arrived at this . tint and was given hearty apt as he began hie address of we He dpoke of the good which the mall carrieiwmlght accomplish. Edwin F. Myers, of The Atlanta Georgian, was Introduced. ■ UNUSUAL DISTINCTION ACCORDED THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN IN RESOLUTIONS OF INDORSEMENT ADOPTED BY BANKERS fr Continued on Psgo Threo. LATE NIGHT BULLETINS LIGHTNING KILLS FAR; Shelbyvllle, Ind, July 4.—Edw« ble, a farmer, and hie team of horaee were killed by lightning-here yester day. Ills wagon waa splintered, STORM KILLS LIVE STOCK.— Newcastle, lnd, July 4.—Many der ricks were blown dawn, much stock waa killed and other damage was done by a severe storm and lightning In this vicinity yesterday. CANNON KILLS YOUTH.—Mem phis. Tenn, July 4.—Hurled twenty feet up Into the branches of a tree by the bursting of a toy cannon, Ed ward Guthrie, a 17-year-old boy, last night furnished the Memphis sacrifice to/ihe Fourth of July. WITH CRUISER FOrTyACHT SECRETARY OF STATE SAILS New York, July 4.—Kllhu Root, sec retary of state, accompanied by hie eon and daughter, set ant today from this city on the United States cruiser Charleston, for hie South American trip. No secretary of state has ever had aueh an extended tour from this - country. Among the many parcels delivered aboard the ships were heavy overcoats, heavy flannels and blankets, so that the Roots, when they reach the far south ern latitude, will not be obliged to shiv er or to stick does to a stove while passing through Magellan. Secretary Root, during his voyage, will be a member of the mysa and will pay his share just as does Commander Winslow. Mr. Root, Jr, and Miss Root will be as members of the staff. Big supplies of fresh meats have been taken aboard, and the ship has a fine refrig erating plant. M'GOVER N D~BRnT~ MAY BE MATCHED {By I'rirete Leased Wire. New York. July 4.—Joe Humphries, I manager for Terry McGovern, received a telegram today from Colfroth, the I fight promoter of San Francisco, pro posing a meeting in California between . Terry McGovern end Jimmy BrltL Britt was In the East • short lime ago , and refused all offers to meet McOov- ; em at that time, preferring to meet him at hla own home. I Humphries has wired Coffroth that . a meeting might be arranged If Terry its allowed 310,000 for the fight, win. I lose or draw. Ha asks for 11,680-traln- - Ing expenses and demands that tha club poet the remaining 11.680 with tbe Examiner of San Francisco. LECTURES PISTOL SHOOTERS. New York, July 4.—Ten young lads wore taken before magistrate Walsh, In the Westchester police court today, charged with firing revolvers to the •longer of the public. Tbe magistrate. In tbs majority of coses, after giving the young.offenders a good lecture, dis charged thlm. RESOLUTION BY BANKERS INDORSING THE GEORGIAN Tho unqualified and unanimoua indorsement (fivfn /£he Atlanta Goorf?inn by the AVithani Bankers’ Association at Warm Springs Tuesdny was made in the following strong terms: Whereas, Tho Witham banking system, having banks located in a large number of the counties in Georgia, tho same being managed by boards of directors, composed of about 600 of tho most prominent and influential citizens in thdir respective counties and indorsed by more than 25,000 friendly depositors; and, Whereas, "Money Getting” is not the sole purpose of our existence, and this wide spread influence lias always been and will be used for and in behalf of clean government, Christian education, tcmporance, highest standard of commercial integrity and for pure lit erature; therefore, Bo it resolved by the Witham Bankers’ Association, in convention assembled at Warm Springs, That wo .welcomo into the arena of journalism Tho Atlanta Georgian, because it comes as n co-worker with us in the upbuilding of our commonwealth; Because it comes as an enemy of hurtful and sensational publications, refusing to print for pay iniquitous advertisements and lifting its standard abovo what is generally known ns "Yellow Journalism.” Resolved further, That wo uso our influence to introduco Tho Atlanta Georgian and other publications of like moral influence into oilr bnnks, nnd into tho homes of the officers and pat rons of the Withnm banks. Resolved further, That wo today join hands with tho management of this clean newspa per in its efforts to elevate the tone nnd character of tho press of the state of Georgia, nnd wish them Godspeed. RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS RISING VOTE OF CONVENTION Special to The Georgian. Warm Springs, Os., July 4.—An un qualified end unanimoua Indorsement as a newspaper and .Its policy of clean liness In journalism waa given Tha Oeorglan Tuesday by the Witham Bankers' Association, now holding Its annuel convention here. In keeping with the long established principles of this association* for business methods of the highest tone, and strictest. In tegrity and methode of clean commer cial traneactlons, the officials of sev enty-four Witham banks put. The Georgian beside' their own eplendld In stitutions for the Improvement and de velopment of the state along the lines of “the greatest good for the greatest number." Hon. John Temple Gravee addressed the convention on Tuesday aftsrnoon. He delivered 'a brilliant address on the growing development of the South end what Ita richness and resources meant to the financial Institutions of Georgia and adjoining states. He spoke of the Continued en Page Ten. ooooooooooooooooooo o ROJESTVENSKY’S TRIAL IS ON AT CRON8TAOT. O O O O O o o o o 0 o ooooooooooooooooooo OKLAHOMA INCLUDED INSALUTE AT MANILA Manila, July 4.—The first national aaluta to -Include Oklahoma was fired at Luneta st midnight. July 1. The advent of July 4 was celebrated by the release of (8 men. who are i liargi-d with outlawry, and were serving sen tences In Bllbldoa prison. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, July 4.—The trial by courtmartlal of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and the officers of the torpedo boat de stroyer Bedovl began at Cron- stadt today. EVERY SECTION OF GEORGIA REPRESENTED BY DELEGATES TO WITHAM BANK CONVENTION The delegates sad efflrisls attending tbe Within bank eeneeotlen represented ererr section of the state, as shows by tbs foi Witham, Atlanta. Htewart Withnm, Atlanta. W. I>. Msnler, Atlanta. R*r. John w. Iletdt, chaplain, Atlanta. JT A. Haastr, Atlanta. 0. Mink#, Atlanta. K. M. Clark, Greenville. O. LePorast Wood. Atlanta. A. F. Mart Id, Jr., Ringgold. II. Warner HlU. Jr., cireeavllte. Charles T. Smith, concord. A. H. Priddy, llahlra. J. T. Neal, Jr., Powder Muring*. H. C. Knot. TenalUo. O. |». Mndmr. Wadley. Hon. John Tamola (InrnL Atlanta. Hon. (1. (Juobjr Jordan, Columbus. Itor Jaekaon. Comer. I. W. Chandler. Msfcaa. O. C. MrWhJrttf. Abbeville. J. C\ Shannon. Jeffersonville. I>. 8. Faulk. JeffenM>av|lle. K. K. Jnnrm, Jeffrmonrlll*. It. r. Mar heller. Palmetto. (>. Za. Teseler. lion man. K P. Whitworth. I.ala. W, B. Whitworth. Cornelia. J. W. Peyton. Cornelia. It. It. Leonard. Dallas. James It Hmlth, Atlanta. * A. F. McMahon, Wrens. w. Wren. Wrens. • W. J. Wit*. Wrens. W. K. Hewitt. Hamilton. I. Hudson, Hamilton. C. T. Bacon. MaysvUle. II. J. Aver*. Care kprtag. It. II. Kendrick, Ac worth. Charles llorg Sc Bon. Atlanta. John M. Jacobs, Lawrencerllle. I. . A. Hilbert, Atlanta. , C. I. Walker, Jr., Atlanta. 0. It. Illshon, Adalrsvlllc. Thomas Ho(.kIn«. Orlando. T. Vs. flrowa. Fair mount. A. J. Morgan Acwortb. tt. H. Drown. Atlanta. J. F. lore. Rorston. K. W. Smith. Mayarflle. t\ M- Hunter, leoslnfftoa. H. F. it'irnetr. Itoysn u. T. It. Ishell, Toreoa. , H s. Wenunack. Torres ' W. 4*. Brans. Bartow. W. O. Roberts, Uajton. 1. It. Hod bee, Hagan. W. o. Countr. Care taring. BANKERS END 8E8SION OF SPLENDID CONVENTION AT DELIGHTFUL RESORf Bprclal to The Oeorglan. Warm Springs, July 4—Tho feature of Wednesday's session of tho Witham bankers’ convention, now In session here, waa the addressee of Mr. W. D. Maalay mad Mr. a p. Coles. Both of these gentlemen art widely known In Georgia and their sd- dresnea were given tho closest atten- : tlon by the bankers. ., » The session opehed Wednesday with the usual devotional exercises by Dr, J. W. Ileldt, ihapl.iln ■>( the assorts* 5 11 * * n The "question box” was ootiducted aa a part of the session. This afforded the members of the iuisoclatlon an op- . portunlty to secure Information regard* l Ing perplexing questions constantly arising in the hnnktng business. The convention will adjourn Wednes day afternoon, after one of the most successful nnd enjoyable sessions In Ita eight years of history. The social features of the meeting were very delightful Many of tha wlvea and daughters of the Continued on Page Tan. C. Hhnnnon. Jeffersonville, r. 8 McClellan. Menlo. \ II. YanLamllnghnin. Yldalfa. . r„ D. Hughe*. Dam III*. K’HlwIne. dentil* . is. Thompson, Itnrwic (J. Mallory. CoolMge. nbera O. Fr l»u C. Keen**, Atlan W. Hath, J'em broke J. Bark baiter. Pembroke. I Alii 1*011. I .unlit* J. Carter. Parrott. J j-