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The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. I. NO. 62. , ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906 •PRTPT . In Atlnnta TWO CENTS. A Oo Train* FIVE CENTS. CREDIT MEN OF ATLANTA URGE BITTER WAR ON BUCKET SHOPS Declare Futures Gam bling Most Dam nable of All. WHOLLY INDORSE THE BOYKIN BILL Stirring Meeting in Its Fa vor Was Held at Kimball Friday Night. The day of bucket ahops and future dealing In Georgia Is nearing an end. If the many utterances at the smoker of the Credit Men's Association Friday night may be regarded as at all pro phetlc. In the ball room of the Near Kim ball, where the smoker was held, there were gathered together about 160 mem bers of the Atlanta Credit Men's As sociation and the Georgia general as. sembly. There were gome of the most prominent men In Georgia there and every one pledged his support to put an end to what was termed the most pernicious form of gambling existent today In tho South. It Is a significant fact that the At' lanta Credit Men’s Association, com' posed of thewen In Atlanta who de termine who snail and who shall not be credited at the different stores and banks and other commercial Institu tions, has taken up the fight against the bucket shops. These men are all of the opinion that the bucket shop Is responsible for more suicides, bad credit, failures and such than any other one cause. • The meeting Friday night was. held with a view to presenting the views of some prominent laymen to the mem bers of the general assembly, before which there Is now pending a bill to make It a misdemeanor to either deal In futures or run a bucket shop In tho state of Georgia Hugh White, of Everett, Ridley & Co. called the meeting to order at 8:10 o'clock and the discussion of the bucket shop question was taken up at once, with the Introduction of James H. Doykln, of Lincoln county, the au thor of the anti-bucket shop bill, and also of the substitute which will be offered for It at the present term of the legislature. Boykin’s Argument. The following extracts were taken from the remarks of Mr. Boykin: "When I Introduced tlgts measure I thought the only thing necessary to secure Its passage would be the sup port of the business men of the state." "Dealing In futures, bucket shop gambling. Is a menace to our moral welfare and future prosperity.” “Bucket shops are robbing the people of the South of <60,000,000 every year and Georgia contributes <3,000,000, and what does this state get In return? About $50,000 In licenses.”^' “Consider for a minute the wrecked lives, fortunes and homes that have resulted from this form of gambling." “It Is no wonder that the merchants and bankers are aroused. These buck et shops bring nothing but disaster." “The courts of our state have de creed that future dealing Is gambling, ' pure and simple." “I believe this measure will pass the general assembly.” Joseph A. McCord, of the Third Na tional Bank, was text called on. He said In part: “The evil of stock gambling Is per meating the entire South and by stock gambling 1 mean dealing In cotton fu tures as well. “I could stand here all night and tell you the evils that result from people dealing In futures. “Whenever I hear that a cashier has gone wrong I look Immediately to see If It was caused by the bucket shop, and such Is almost Invariably the case. “A' man who gambles for a living should be ostracised. “Shall we license such gambling? Cause of Failures. "Our credit men have from time to time Investigated failures here In At lanta and the result of the Investigation Is almost Invariably the. same, some FULTON’S REPRESENTATIVES ‘ ARRAIGNED BY WILMER MOORE Wllnter Moore severely arraigned the three representatives of Fulton county in the house of representatives for not btng present at the smoker and pledging their support to the anti-bucket shop bill. Ho said: “Gentlemen, of Fulton's three representatives not one Is here tonight. Is It not due the Credit Men's Assosclatlon, backed by the strongest men In Atlanta, Indorsed by bankers, that.these men be herd and give us their support? As' It Is, they have completely Ignored us. I move, gen tlemen, that we pass resolutions calling on these three men, demanding, not requesting, that they support this measure, no matter what their per sonal views may be." (Applause.) ANTI-BUCKET SHOP BILL * INTRODUCED BY BOYKIN “HEAVEN GAINED IN 15T MINUTES WOULD BE AN IMMORAL ONE” That be Is opposed to the get-rlch-qulck scheme either In business or religion, was stated at the Credit Men’s smoker at the Kimball Friday night by Dr. C. B. Wllmer, rector of Bt. Lukes Episcopal church. “I have already gone on record, as some of you doubtless know,” said Dr. Wllmer, “as being opposed to a get-rlch-qulck scheme, either In bus iness or religion, for I believe that any heaven that could be gained In 16 minutes would be an Immoral heaven-' (Applause.) Dr. Wllmer made one of the most logical and one of the strongest speeches at the smoker. He showed the underlying principle of business to be to get something for something, a fair exchange, while In gambling It was to get something for nothing. Too . such principles could not exist in the same community without great damage to the former, de- dared,Dr. Wllmer. . member of the Arm had been speculat ing, had been dealing In futures. “The great trouble Is that the young men of this country are going the pace that kills. There are In every com munity young men on their road to ruin because of the bucket shop." Hon. Harvle Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, and a man wKo has acquired an Intimate knowledge of the methods of cotton manipulators, was called on for a speech. He branded the New York Cotton Exchange In no uncertain lan guage. He said: “The Southern Cotton Association In every meeting ever held has passed strong resolutions against future deal ings. "I feel It my duty to work against the shops and wire houses In every state In the cotton belt. “The bucket shop Is no worse than a wire house or local exchange. “The foundation of the whole evil Is on the New York Cotton Exchange, which Is like a great octupus with Its arms stretched out over the South sucking In the money of her people, wrecking lives and homes and every thing else with which they come In contact “Even the cotton exchange has out lawed bucket ahops, and I don't be lieve that anything that was outlawed by the ootton exchange could get a place even In the lower regions. "I am Informed that orders placed In bucket shops are never placed on an exchange. “1 don’t believe there Is a greater hot bed of corruption on the face of this earth than the New York Cotton Ex change. “I have never bought or sold a con tract and never expect to. "I know cltlxens In this city who have lost every dollar they had In the past six months In future dealings. “This business will go on as long as you license It." , Mr. Flanders, of the lower branch of the general assembly, arose to explain the status of the anti-bucket shop bill now In the house. He suld It had not been retarded, but was merely waiting Its turn on a crowded calendar. Mayor Woodward's Views. Mayor James G. Woodward said he had no views on anything unless they were decided and on the bucket shop question he had most decided views that he would gladly express: "The responsibility Ilea In the legis lature. As long as this business Is ilcensed we can do nothing. Just give us the iaws and we will do the rest. I will see thnt there does not remain a single bucket shop In this town. "I attribute more suicides, ' hank failures and similar disasters to this pernicious form of gambling than to any other. “A |>oor negro goes out and shoots craps and loses a quarter and gets twelve months, and a man who squanders thousands of other people's money gets no penalty at all. "Lots of good church people specu late. The legislature legalises future dealing and the people take advantage of It. "There Is no difference between a bucket shop and a faro room. Monte Carlo In Its palmiest days could not compare with the New York Cotton Exchange. “Say It Is gambling, you men of the legislature, and we will do the rest." Short talks were mode by other men present, after which light refreshments were served, while those present dis cussed Informally the bucket shop evil. The following resolution was drawn up and passed: “Whereas, Tho bill for the abolish ment of speculating In futures on mar gins has hod the Indorsement of the business Interests of Atlanta through the Credit Men’s Association and'the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; there fore be It "Resolved, That Representatives Sla ton, Blackburn and Bell, the repre sentatives of Fulton county, are hereby urged to use their support and Influ ence to the passage of substitute for house bill No. 37, etc." Tho nntl-bucket shop bill, known as substitute for house bill No. 37, Intro duced by Representative Janies H Boykin, of Lincoln, Is as follows: A bill to be entitled an act to pro hlblt contracts hnd agreements for the sale and future delivery of cotton, grain, provisions and other commodi ties, stocks, bonds and other securities upon margin, commonly known os deal ing In futures; to declare such trans actions unlawful and to constitute a JAMES H. BOYKIN. Representative from Linooln, who Introduced anti-bucket shop bill. misdemeanor on the part of any per son, association of persons or oorporn- partlclpntlnx therein, whether dl- ly or Indirectly, to define what shall constlute prlma facie evidence of guilt; to compel all persons participating In such transactions to testify concerning their connection therewith; to provide that no. discovery made by any witness which would tend to subject him to conviction or punishment under this act shall be used against such witness In any penal s'r criminal proceeding. CABIN IN WOODS HELPS BOYS TO GET EDUCATION Finding It hard to pay their ordinary college expenses at the Tech, and being fully determined to go through the In stitution, W. M. Fambrough and S. L. Snowden, two students, several years ngo hit upon a good method of cut ting down the amount of money nec essary to carry them through. They had reached what was then known os the middle class, corresponding to ju nior at collegiate Institutions, and so with the entire class they one day re paired to the woods back of the school and built for themselves a home. It was a plain frame structure, only one room, but It satisfied their needs. In It they lived the balance of that and through their senior year, and finally were graduated Into their chosen pro fession of engineering. Having' no further use for their home, they -sold It for as high a price ns It would bring, and again "mlddltgs" owned It. And so from that Urns till now It has passed down from hand to hand, an unwritten law governing the sale and use of It to the extent that only a member of the two upper classes could use It. From tills and the occa sion of Its building It gained Its name, “Tho Mlddlers' Mansion.” Beds Upon ths Air. While rough and uncouth' on the out side, the house Is very well finished on the Interior. The beds are set oil sup ports six feet high, In the northeast nnd southeast corners of the room, thus allowing* for the utilisation of tbe space underneath. In n house where two must live space counts If the house Is only 13 by 14 feet. They have springs and mattresses all right, and other than ths facf that it takes a ladder to get Into them, nrc not different from those In the ordinary home. The walls on the Inside have been | papered with skilfully executed me- rhnnlrnl drawings of all manners of machines, and with cards such os the | Tech teams use to advertise their base ball and football games. One whple side of the house Is covered with these R lacards. Such a celling' makes the ouse very snug and warm In wlntdr, when a fire has been started In the little stove that sltsi near the center. Each man who has lived In the house has contributed more or less to It In the way of pictures and useful Implements. One of the curiosities of the house la the alarm clock, which each year Is passed over to the new occupant, and the name of the outgoing student with his class year and specialty Inscribed nnd that he shall be altogether pardon ed therefpr; to exempt from the opera tion of this act purchases and sales of commodities by manufacturers or wholesale merchants In the ordinary coarse of business; to provide that regular commercial exchanges and oth er bona tide trade organisations mgy post quotations of market prices; and for othsr purposes. Section 1. He It enacted by the gen eral assembly of the state of Georgia, nnd It Is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act It shall be unlawful for any person, association of fiersons nr corporation, cither as principal or agent, to establish, mnlntaln or operate an office or other place of business forbidden by this act, commonly called dealing In futures on margin. Sec. 1. Be It further enacted, that every contract or agreement, whether or not In writing, whereby any person nr corporation shnll agree to sell and deliver, or sell with - nn agreement to deliver, nny wheat, cotton, corn or oth er commodity, stock, bond or other se curity, to any other person or corpora tion. when, In fart, It Is not In good faith Intended by the parties that an actual delivery of the article or thing shnll be made, Is hereby declared to be unlawful, whether mnde nr to bo per formed wholly within this state or pnrtly within and partly without this state; It being the Intont of this art to prohibit any and all contracts or agreements for tho sale nnd delivery of nny commodity «r other thing of value on margin, commonly called dealing In futures, when the IntenJIon or understanding of the parties la to receive or pay the difference between the agreed price nnd the market price at the time of settlement. Sec. 3. Be It further enacted, that every person who shall become a party lo any such contract or'agreement as Is by this act made unlawful, and every pei'Son who shall as agent directly or indirectly participate In making or fur thering or effectuating the same, and overFngent or office of any corporation who shall In any way knowingly aid In making nr furthering apy such contract nr agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 4. Be It further enacted, that every person within this stats who shall become a party to any such con tract made or to be made In another state, or who shall do any act or In any way aid, within this state, In the making or furthering of any such con- GE OR GIA *S NEXT GO VERNOR; HOW HE WILL BE ELECTED Workings of the Primary and • the Organi zation and Methods of the Demo cratic Convention. By JOHN C. REESE. Continued on Page Three, Thle Section. on the face. One of the moot highly prised sou venirs of the "Mansion" Is shown In the accompanying cut, and Is one of the two flags which decorated the stand from which President Roosevelt spoke when he was In Atlanta last November. Another Is one of the red and block placards used to advertise the recent championship series when Tech was triumphant. That Is the dominant Idea all the way through In ths decora tions, to show Tech victorious, and such has been the record of the athletic teams of the Instltulton during the past few years that this has been a com paratively easy matter. Occupants of the Houle. The men who have occupied the house In the past are: Fambrough, M.E., ‘01; S. L. Snowden, M.E., '01; C. A. Jones, T.E., '04; C. w. Matthews, T.E., '04; J. O. Watson, T.E., ‘06; B. H. “By voting this ticket, I hereby de clare that I am an organised Democrat, and I hereby pledge myself to support the organised Democracy, both state and national." ' For the first time In the' hlstofy of the state ths official ballot for the Democratic primary of August II will hear this pledge. It will place upon those .voting In the primary at least the moral obligation to adhere to the party In state and national elections. No ballot cast In the primary without this pledge will bs counted In the re sult. Secretary J. W. Goldsmith has had printed the rules nnd regulations for ths primary ae adopted by the state Democratic executive committee at Its meeting In this city on April 80. Fur ther to emphasise this pledge, rule 7 states: "While white votors, without regard to post political affiliations, who desire to align themselves with the Democrat ic party, nre hereby Invited, In good faith, to participate In said primary, this invitation Is extended only to such voters as accept In the same spirit of good ralth In which It Is extended. "Inasmuch its thero has arisen a con troversy as to ths Intent of the word 'align' In the foregoing, we deelaro that, as herein used, It means to join the or ganised Democratic party nnd become a Democrat In good faith." The official ballot will bear the names of the following candidates for the Democratic nominations: Gover nor. attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller general, chief justico of the supreme court, stato school commis sioner, three associate justices of the supreme court, one United States sen ator, one prison commissioner, judges of the superior court and solicitors gen eral. Five candidates are now In ths field for governor—Clark Howell, Hoke 8mlth, Judge R. B. Russell, Colonel J. H. Kstlll and James M. Smith. Unless one or more drop out before the pri mary, the ticket will bear these five names. . Only one other state official has op position within the party. State School Commlalsoner W. B. Merttt being op posed by Hon. Mark Johnson, of Bald- Bussey, T.E., ‘05; E. P. McGhee, M E.. '06; 8. K. Smith, E.E, '06; F. M. Row an, T.B., '06. and B. 8. Brown, B.C., '07. Almost without exception the men who have lived In this house have pdr- severed In their work and finally re ceived their diplomas. Fambrough and Snowden were graduated In 1001, and Matthews add Jones In 13»4. Watson was to have received his diploma In 1005, but left a month before the close of school to accept a position with the Coca Cola Company, and Is now man ager In Cuba for that concern. Bussey got his degree In textile engineering In 1306, while McGhee and 8mlth. who had the house In their senior year, were graduated at the asms time, of the two men who have occupied It dur Ing the past year, Rowan graduated, nnd the other made the senior class and expects to be graduated next year. TO STAMP OUT I*V*E AND TUBERCULOSIS Special to Tbe Georgian. Augusta, (la, July T.—In order to prevent the spreading of tuberculosis In the city of Augusta, also contagious fevers, the secretary of the board of health has written to the undertakers, asking them to take charge of rooms where people die with the above men tioned diseases until a health officer can be notified, and an Inspector sent to the house to fumigate the rooms. The fumigations are free of charge. Charter for Furniture Company. An application for a charter was filed In the superior court Friday afternoon for the Stillman Furniture Company, to be capitalised at 16,000 with the privi lege of raising this to <60,000., The In corporators are King Stillman, Leo Stillman, Wiley Jones end W, P. Jow- crs. Jordan Will Filed. The will of John P. Jordan, a depu ty sheriff who died a short time ago, was filed In the office of the ordinary Friday. The widow Is made the sole legatee. lot nly win. Tho voter strikes from tl: the names of such candidate* does not desire to vote for, Irav those whom he favors. How tho Primary Works. On the day following the state pri mary the county executive committee* are to met and consolidate the vote. The chairman of the committee shall appoint as delegates to the state con vention such men as the candidate for governor entitled do the vote of tho county shall designate In writing Illustrating this, suppose H ke Smith carries Fulton county by even it vet . narrow margin. He would th> n have the right to deelgnate the six no n lot wished to go as delegates to the con vention through written Ipttrtctl n to the county chairman, who must nntno these int n as delegates to linen They go In the convention Ihm In structed to cost their solid vote for Smith, until such time ns the e.in.ii. dnto himself may instruct otherwise. With n Held of live randldaP- it mev be seen thnt the possibility of splitting the delegations to the con vention so that no one has suit: tit to Insure his nomination. Tin n the convention becomes n mighty Interest ing affair, and combinations and coun ter-combinations nre made. It la the consensus of opinion th.it If Iloke Smith does not go Into the convention with enough votes to nom inate on the first ballot his chan. ■ * are dead, and It Is along this lino he Is making his light. In Rome ho charged directly that the field had com bined against him, and Issued the de-, fiance: “I undertnke to defeat the Held." , If Smith falls to land the plum, and other candidates decline to throw th-lr strength to some of their present rivals. It would menn Anally the nomln.it :) " a "dark horse.” 350 Delegatee for Convention. Each county shall be entitled to two delegatee for eneh member that It Im- In the house of representatives. \* there are 175 members of the hou-*\ this will mek the convention consist of 350 delegates. Chairman Yeomans la required to prepare n form of the ofn, In 1 ballot to be ueed In tha primary nad fur nish same to the rh.U. nan - r each county executive committee at i>-,-t ten days before said el. ,n in tho event nf the omission of t nny of the cnndldatcs frotr It Is to lie thrown out. The expenses uf n stale prlinnrv nre heavy. Each candidate appearing mi ,the ticket la assessed 360 lo meet this expense. This sum must be i»il<l f.n ty days before tbe primary. Tin time for paying this amount will expire „u Saturday, July 14. In many routines local primaries are to be held hi Hie same time aa tha atate, and candldaira for offlea within tha county will help bear the burden. The slate convention will he held In Macon on Tuesday, September 4, at which time the successful) candid ties In the atate primary will be plai <1 in nomination. Organisation of Convention. The organisation and work of n con vention la Interesting. In addition to the 360 regular delegates hundreds "f politicians from all over the state wld flock to Mncon to watch the game. Chairman Yeomans will call the con vention to order, after which u tem porary chalrfnan. secretary, scrxnnnt at arms and other necessary offlrinii will be selected. Immediately a platform commltpc. presumably of the strongest men In tho convention, la named, and they retire to frame the platform on which I jin candidates are to stand and make the light. Then come the nmnlnatlii.- ti--. settling, of sny disputed delegation* nnd such Incidental buslrn i n» m»* S aturally appear before tho cooven-' on. ■ ■ • - If no gubernatorial candidal" «■■■•* into the convention with suifh lent voles to Insure hla nomination on th., first ballot, a long and heated light may take place. In the event thnt such n thing transpires Interesting de velopments may comb—the Anal n ml- nation of a "dark hnrile,” leaving out of II those who have contended In ih.i primary. In the light of the great struggle ( r the governorship this year, tha M "n convention of September, 1300, nny prove one of unusual Interest. ket. THINGS SEEN AT THE SKATING RINK BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON OTOT wHtat -rnc tore v«iuu pkoeASLY iaw ’nP "Isn't it heavenly?" la what ahe says. He Is raying nothing—that sny one can hear. There la really nothing he could ray aloud. For the sake of the rink, don't for a minute Imagine what would hap- K n should shn fall. Sort of a fore-and-after picture, this la. Every one but this pair wonders why on earth he brought her, and It must be admitted that the look on Ms face would cause one to* think he was thinking the same thing. Wow! Th|a la one of the moat popular phrases used at the rink. The cause of the popularity of the word Is not so popular. It flight be added. Something In the expres sion of the fat party's face would lead one to think that this skating Isn't all that It la cracked up to be. The floor will think differently, however, when the 250 avoirdupois comas In contact with It. Ona of the moat tantalising fig ures common at the rink la tha fair young girl who skates around with an unconcern that amazes as well as bewilders the beginner. Oh, no, aka doesn't know that! Every now and then—the law of retribu tion Is very strong at tho rink- some small boy sends her sprawl ing, and then the disgust. Oh, my! Papa learned to skate when he lived “up North.” Of course roller skating Is nothing like skimming aroultd on ths Ice, bat then there Is no Ice skating hers. Papa al ways brings out the small kids, who make It convenient to get be tween the feet pf good skaters and cause a general mlx-up. Such a papa is a pest. "Catching me" Is a favorite oc cupation with some of the strong- arm boys, and rah-rah collage “stud-nuts” thnt attend the rink regularly. Being caught Is also a falling nf a good many of the fair young malda that are wont to raaka grace Itself look like 30 cents. It must be admitted that about the, moat ungraceful thing In the world —Is the i-iee Illustrated above, and seen so often a*, the rink. wMtae th* floor CRACKED Thera are a lot of fakirs, but the worst that frequents tha rink Is the fellow who won't admit that he fell just because he couldn't stand up. This fellow Invariably tries to act as If he Just sat down a minute to tighten the strap on his skate. You ought to see the deat he makes In ths floor. Of course no one goes up to him and calls him a story-teller, no one at the rink would be so rude, but they alt think—