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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY. JULY 17. MOS.
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GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
LAKE SHORE
BY HISJ1ENCE
Grammar Takes Imrauuity
Bath by Going on
Stand.
By Private Leased Wire.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 17.—Captain O.
J. Grammar, vice-president of the Lake
Shore, whom. It was hoped, wopld be
inclined by the grand Jury, Investlgat
Inx the Standard Oil Company and the
Lake Shore, appeared before the grand
Jury this morning, thus making him
immune from Indictments.
Just what Grammar, who occupied
the -tand all the mornnlg, told the
grand Jury, could not be learned at
noon. In the hope that an Indictment
could be secured against Grammar,
plan* for summoning him at the be
ginning of the Inquiry were counter
manded by Washington. The confer
ence of District Attorney Sullivan In
the East with Moody had for Its results
the catling of Grammar.
Another was the announcement of
a grand Jury Inquiry at New York. It
Is now bettered the cancellation of
Chicago storage charges of the Lake
Shore against the Standard may have
been made In the New York Central
unices In New York and that arrange
ment for the rebatee were made there
by big oil and railroad officials. With
the return of 8ultlvan to Cleveland
Tuesday morning, the grand Jury be
gan a (Inal effort to secure concluelve
evidence.
Heal sweat-box methods wsre In
vogue. All the Lake Shore men pre
viously Examined were recalled for
more minute examination. To nx def
inite responsibility, on certain high
xtnndard officials Is'now the great aim
of the prosecution, which hopes the
needed evidence will be secured from
Grammar.
CHILDREN TAMPERED
WITH ARC LIGHT
PICTURE OF THE WRECK AT SALISBURY, ENGLAND,
IN WHICH A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WERE KILLED;
YOUNG BRIDE WHO WAS MADE A WIDOW BY DISASTER
As the result of several accidents In
front of the court house on South Pry
or street rerently when several teams
have fallen Into a ditch at that point
during the dark hours of tht night, due,
It hss been said, to the fact that the
electric light at that point has not been
operated-as It should, II. A. Stockton,
foreman In the employ of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, ap
peared before Judge Broyles Tuesday
morning to expluln why the light wae
so seldom lit.
The testimony of Mr. Stockton anil
other representatives of the company
was to the effect that everything pos
sible had been done to keep the light
In good condition, but that children or
others maliciously Incllhed had con
stantly tampered with the globe of the
light and prevented the beams from
throwing their rays where tha danger
point has been. The recorder was con
vinced that the fault was not with
Stockton, and ordered his discharge.
FATHER M'OSCAR
. LEAVES ATLANTA
The Rev. Father Peter McOacar, S.
M , assistant pastor of the Sacred
Heart church, has gone to Weeterly,
Rhode Island, where he will assume
charge of the church. Father McOscar
will have a large pastorate In his new*
Held. For two years he has bun at
the Sacred Heart church and has won
many frlsnds, who regret his departure.
LEAPS FROM I
AND MEETS HIS DEATH
Special to the Georglsn.
Collins, Miss., July 17.—Crated by a
blow on the hud Indicted by Willie
Holland, George Boothe, of Kola, Miss.,
leaped from the window of S'traln on
which he waa being conveyed to a doc
tor Saturday and was crushed to death
under the wheels of tfc* moving train.
It Is alleged that Boothe had been
making disrespectful remarks about
Holland's wife, and Holland called
upon Boothe for un explanation. A
quarrel ensued and Uoothe was struck
on the head with an ax. It la slated
that the wound Indicted by Holland on
Hnothe's hud wu a fatal one. Thle,
however, will have to be determined,
hi the immediate cause of death re
sulted from being rruehed beneath the
train. Raallalng that his wound was
severe, Boothe boarded a train and
IW trying to reach this city for the
purpose of obtaining a surgeon. He
became mad and frantic, resitted the
attempts of his frlsnds to hold him on
the car, rushed wildly out and leaped
from the moving train. -His body waa
terribly mangled.
Holland hat not yet been appre
hended.
TRYING TO OUST
EDWARD HARRIMAN
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 17.—That the light
for control of Wellg-Fargo A Co. le
becoming bitter was made clearly evi
dent today when W. C. Stoke* A Co.
lit a circular to stockholders of the
former company accused E. H. Har-
rlman and the Wells-Fargo A Co.
management of deliberately Issuing an
Inaccurate balance shut of the com
pany. If the movement to ouet Har-
rlman from the company Is tuccusful
Stokes A Co. promise a thorough In
vestigation of the company's afTalrs.
WAITER FELL DEAD
WHEN HE GOT TIP
By Private Leased Wire.
Klkhart, Ind„ July 17.—Martin Pgue,
a waiter at the Imperial hotel here, was
given a flve-dollar bill as a tip at the
dinner hour yuterday by Henry Cole,
who la reported to have been a big
winner at dice the night before. Pgue
looked at the bill, and dropped to the
floor, unconscious, and died fifteen
minutes later. The coroner pronounced
T a case of heart failure.
TPP n- H I?wEL C T U r ":^ 1I if‘ A l ; R .9 1 l U.i > Iii ■?5o A r.SF. n . l f,^K? F: .ef^?J 0G J RAPH 3 C O^ ! i 1 flE’RA 0 | 6 LR6A V D'wREC a K S AT SALISBURY, ENGLAND. TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISAS-
SUGRaT^BR.Dl^AVEWWEEKS^HOSE^HUSBAND W^S KILLED^^ALSO^HOW^ K ' LLED AN ° ' NJURED - A P ' CTURE ° F MRS ' C0SSITT ' DAUGHTER OF JUDGE
Judge Shaw Delivers Em
phatic Charge to
the Jury.
INAL
Big Newel Post on Top of
Building Smashed Down
Through Roof.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Something of a panic waa caused In
the Terminal station Tuesday after
noon at 1:21 o'clock by the terrific
noise of lightning striking and dislo-
eating one of the newel posts on the
south tower. The post, composed of
material akin to concrete, was hurled
to the several roofs of the station,
parts striking the asphalt walk In front
of the station.
No one was Injured, although many
were badly frightened. A depot horse
was struck on the nose by a flying
fragment. The horse started to run,
but waa caught before causing any
damage.
The tunder bolt first tipped the top-
most plnacle of the south tower, then
caromed down to the northeast cor
ner, where It dislocated the newel and
several of the pillars In the balluatrude.
All of these, were given a tremendous
Impetus, some landing on the roofs and
soma thrown far out Into the drive
way.
Some ten or twelve largo holes wore
knocked In the terra cotta rooting, but
none of the fragments came all the way
through.
The accident would probably have
caused the loss of life, had not the
heavy rain driven all pasaersby and
those waiting for trains to the Into
rlor of the building.
Shortly after 11 o'clock a thunder
bolt struck In the vicinity of the gas
tanks, not far removed from the Ter
minal station. No great damage was
done.
TOM TAGGART ASKS
FOR ROAD FRANCHISE
lly Private Leased Wire.
Memphis, Tenn., July 17.—Applica
tion for a franchise Jn this county for
the Lakevlew Traction Company, of
which Thomas Taggart, of Indianapo
lis, Ind., Is president, was made In the
county court yesterday. The request
waa made for the privilege of locating
and maintaining for a period of it
years single and double tracks, poles
and other equipment necessary In the
proposed electric line from here to
Clarksdale, Miss. This line wilt touch
at Lakevlew, Miss., a summer outing
place, where. It Is said, there Is to be
created a casino, with nil sorts of
amusements provided for patrons of
Indoor and outdoor sports.
MARCHING THROUGH DIXIE
13 BAD BOLL WEEVIL.
Special to The Georgian.
Baton Rogue, La., July 17.—The
statement that the cotton boll weevil la
migrating eastward very rapidly, and
that he believes It will get Into Missis
sippi by the close of the season, has
been made by IV. 8. Hunter, entomolo
gist of the United States government,
and In charge of the government's boll
weevil work In Texas and Louisiana.
He ratne here to observe the summer
and fall migration of the pest, which
Is appearing this year In low, wooded
portions of Louisiana. Never In ths
past have the entomologists had the
weevil under Inspection In these sec
tions, and as the result of Mr. Hunter’s
visit, two additional government In
spectors have been assigned to Louis!-
Chattooga’s Representative.
Hon. 13, II. Edmondson was nomi
nated at Chattooga aounty'a represen
tative for the next legislature at a
primary held there Saturday. He will
succeed the venerable Dr. R. Y. Rudl-
cil. Mr. Edmondson 1s one of the
leading business men of Summerville
and Chattooga county, and Is one of
the leading peach growers of that sec
tion.
8tory Was a Faks.
hotel In a serious condition, was nr
ralgnod before the recorder Monday
afternoon anil retracted his sensational
story In regard to being thrown out of
the window by a woman, stating that
he was simply on a drunk. Tho usual
fine of 73 and costa was Imposed.
New Livs Stock Company.
The Farmara' Live Stock Insurance
Company, of Macon, waa granted ,i
charter Tuesday morning. It la a mu
tual concern and. all tha Incorporators
are residents of Jefferson county. They
are: G. F. Dixon, W. J, Rollins. E. M.
Walden, F. M. Rivers and J. D. Denton.
HE DEMANDS $25,000
FOR IHS WIFE’S LOVE
By Private Leased Wire.
Clerelsud, Ohio, July 17.—Dr. F. B, Car
veil, who waa married a month ago, was
sued yesterday for 122,000 by .William C.
I'tiilnor, a mechanical engineer, for the
alleged alienation of the affections of hla
Fisher, a nuree.
FIRED HIS PISTOL,
CAUSING STAMPEDE
Special to The Georgian.
Albany, an., July 17.—A serious riot
was narrowly averted at the ball park
during a game of ball between the
colored teams of Cordele and Albany
yesterday afternoon. Henry Howard,
a negro, drew a platol and began firing,
though without effect. In the stam
pede that followed several were knock
ed down and bruised.
The entire police force waa called
out to quell the disturbance and a
good many arrests followed.
DECLARED THE RABBI
LED A DUAL LIFE
Prlmti* feMiMHl Wire,
ranavllto, Ind., Juljr IT.—Rabbi Free-
laudor. of tho li'.Nal Moacho Jewlub con-
Itrogntlon of this city, haa ■luMuuly takeu
bla departure from thla city becauao of the
rhnrgo ntninut him that he wna leading
a %lu*l life. The rabid remit* here four
moiitha ago to aaann\e charge of the B'Nat
Moache congregation and brought along a
woman whmu he called hla wire.
All went well until^one^ dujr^a^ rialtjng
hail U a° wife
-Ity and aald that FreelnuL ....
and three children living lu New York and
that be had deaerted them. The truateea
of the cliurrh railed a meeting to Inveatl-
gate the charges, and when the rabbi waa
asked for au explanation he declared bla
Innocence.
FROM NEW ORLEANS
TO CHICAGO BY WIRELESS
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
New* Orleans, La., July 17.—Thomas
Wood, manager of the Pacific Wireless
Telegraph Company, has announced
that his company will soon be ready to
transmit .commercial messages to Chi
cago. The company proposes to have
a station in Mississippi and to cover
the entire Mississippi valley, commer
cially sneaking.
FOB CONVENTION
The seventh annual convention of
the Georgia Retail Grocers' Asiocia
tlon will be called to order at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon In the convention
hall of the New Kimball by the presi
dent of the association, J. W. Kilpat
rick, of Atlanta. There are a number
of Important matters to come before the
convention this year, the moat promt
nent being the pure food bill and the
question of the trading stamp compa
nies. The convention will also discuss
the question. of a fair profit for the
dealer, at the same time Insuring for
tho customer a square deal. A matter
which will probably call forth more or
less academic discussion Is the credit
system and the opening of new ac
counts. . -
There will be present at the meetln,
John A. Green, president of the Nations
Grocers' Association, and J. A. Van
Hoose, the president of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers’ Association, both
of whom will make addresses.
The officers of the association are:
president, J. W. Kilpatrick, of Atlanta;
vice president, B. J. Ford, of Bruns
wick; secretary, John Bratton, and
treasurer, L. O. Tisdale, of Fltxgerald.
The convention will last two days,
the sessions being held at S In the
morning and 7 In the afternoon.
Deaths and Funerals.
A. W. Evans, Jr.
A. W. Evans, Jr. the 5-months-old
son of A. W. Evans, of Bandersvtlle.
died Monday afternoon at & o'clock at
the rciltdencc of Supreme Court Justice
Beverly D. Evans, No. . 730 West
Peachtree street. The body was car
rled to Snndersvllle for funeral and
Interment at 9:15 o'clock Monday night
Horace P. South.
Horace P. South, 23 years old,
died at Ills residence, No. 1 Dillon
street, Monday afternoon. The body
was carried to Roswell, Ga. for funeral
services and Interment at 7:50 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
I. Otichger.
Funeral services were conducted at
Patterson’s undertaking establishment
Monday morning at 10 o'clock over the
body of I. Oeschger by Rev. William
Vollbrecht, of the German Lutheran
church, and the exercises at the grave
were In charge of 8chlUer lodge. No. 7L
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Dies After Brief Illness.
Special to Tht Georgian.
Macon, Oa. July 17.—The young son
of Alderman and Mrs. Jessie B. Hart
died here thle morning after a short Ill
ness.
MONROE DOCTRINE
TO BE ATTACKED
By Private lasted Wire.
Washington, July 17.—History tor
the three Americas, and thost Impor
tant history, will be made at the third
International conference of American
republics, which Is to assemble In Rio
de Janeiro July 26, with Secretary of
State Etlhu Root as advisory counsel
for the United States.
Heretofore the conferences have been
without any momentous results. Rep
resentatives of the various govern
ments ■ have met. discussed, trade re.
latlons and treatlee add adjourned.
Diss of Apoplexy. *
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga.. Jnly 17.—Noah L.
Laney. an old citlxen of Alabama, who
resided part of the time In this city
and part on his plantation In that state,
died Sunday from the effects of a stroke
of apoplexy at the home of his son,
Wesley T. Laney, In this city. He was
63 years of age and, leaves a wife and
live children.
Receipt Is Acknowledged.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Yesterday
Mayor Alien received official recogni
tion of the 73,000 that waa appropr'
ed by council for the sufferer*
'Frisco. There was about 36,000 sent
from Augusta, counting what was
raised by popular subscription.
Augusta's Home Coming.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Augusta's
home coming week, which will be held
during the fall fair, promises to be an
occasion that will long be remembered
by tbe people of Augusta There have
been a number of Invitations sent out
by the secretary of the fair association
and yesterday he received hla first re-
to the Invitations, this being f
M. Turpin, of Louisville, Ky.
Names Stricken Out
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 17.—The county
board of registry supervisors have
finished up their work and have strick.
en from the registry list a total of 47
names, the majority of whom arc
stricken on account bf non-payment of
taxes. »
THOUGH CARVED UP
Returns from Berrien county, at Brat
glance, showed an amaxing slump of
over 3700,000 In ' Its tax returns for
1906, but Captain Tip Harrison soon
discovered tbe trouble.
In making his comparisons the Ber
rien tax receiver fttled to leave out
Tift and part of another district, which
were cut off to form Tift county. With
the proper comparison Berrien county
actually shows a gain of about 3800,-
000, which la a magnificent Increase,
everything considered.
Catoosa county falls Into line with
an Increase of 342,977. The returns
tor 1905 were 3958,269 and tor 1906
31.001,146.
PEEK-A-BOO, SUITS
ARE UNDER BAN
By Private Leased Wire.
Cleveland. Ohio, July 17.—Joe Goldsold,
blef of tbe park polfce. hss set himself
p as a sensor of the bathing beach**, and
..uk drown tbe line on peek-a-boo bathing
suits. as well as those emistrncted of gtusy,
clinging stuff and white muatln. Open
work roatumes don't go.
Goldaold make* dally trips of Inspection
to the beaches In an auto boat and with
Held (lasses eesrebe* for Infractions of his
Caught in Steam 8hov*l.
Special to The Georgian.
AlexkUdrin, La., July IT.—William Lsnrie,
a white man. met death In a frightful man
ner yesterday white it work on the Bed
Dies. Usllow Mllw/M.l 1 « nilloa fmm kaM
Castro, dictator of Ytnexuela, has de
termined to make a grandstand play
against the Monro* doctrine and he I*
said to hare the backing of every re
public In the conference except Guate
mala and Salvador la Central America,
and Uruguay and Ecuador on the
southern division of the hemisphere.
Conferences Held Between
Railroad Men and Mail
Service Officers.
Several conferences between the of
fldata of the Atlanta Terminal Com
pany wereGttld In the office of Presi
dent Wlckertham Tuesday, presuma
bly for the purpose of discussing the
status of the case of the United States
against Station Master Patterson, an
account of which was given In Mon
day's Georgian. The official hearing on
the case has not yet been held nor has
the exact date been set, but, according
to Superintendent Terrell of the rail
way mall service, who will Investigate
the matter, for the government, the
case will be taken up with President
Wlckersham at an early date.
A typographical error In the a
.Monday made the account of th
culty between Patterson and an em-
' >yee of the mall service read that
tteraon endeavored to assault the
mall clerk with a knife, when, accord'
Ing to the statement of H. D. Harrison,
It was the employee who drew the knife
when threatened by Patteraon. At this
disturbance the police were notified,
but took no action. ,
The disclosures made In The Geor
gian Monday caused no surprise among
the small army of officials at the Ter
minal because of the previous knowl
edge of the trouble which had been
brewing. It waa the chief topic of con
versation, however, and developments
are being awaited with Interest.
FINDS LABORERS
IN POLICE COURT
J. R. Echols, a contracting agent for
the A. & C. Wright Company, who are
the contractors In charge of the con
structlon <of the Tallulah Falla Rail
way Company, was In the police court
room Tuesday morning making bids
for several of the negroes who are con
firmed loafers to leave with him on the
afternoon train for the site of the work.
Ills timely pie* saved more than one
negro from the chaingang, as several
promised to leave with him at ince.
Mr. Echols states that It is one of
the hardest propositions that he has
been up against for some time to get
men for the railway construction work
Nine dollars a week and board at 32 Is
tha Inducement offered, and atilt the
company has been about 100 men short
all the summer. Mr. Echols spent all
Monday trying to Induce negroes who
art not employed to go to Tallulah,
but out of aixty-flv* promises only two
were at the train when ready to start.
BANK ORGANIZED
AT ARLINGTON, GA.
Special to The Gear (tan.
Arlington, Ga., July 17.—The First
National bank of Arlington, Ga, was
organised here today with a capital
stock of 329,000.
Th* officers are; President, W. EX
Sanders; vice-president, B. H. Askew,
Sr.; cashier, B. H. Askew, Jr.; aaslst-
ant cashier, G. M. Lofton.
Land Owners' League.
Special to Th* Georgian.
New Orleans, July 17.—What Is con
sidered as the Initial step of the or
ganisation of a land owners' league,
which will extend through every parish
In the state, has been taken by promi
nent land owners in. th* vicinity of
Crowley,
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Charlotte, N, C, July 17.—Two tnii
bills of Indictment were found Monda)
by the grand Jury In the celebrated
trial of the twenty-odd alleged lynch,
ers of J. V. Johnson, who was hanged
to a tree at Wadesboro six weeks ago
This marks the beginning of one ol
the most sensational trials that tht
state has ever witnessed, and the tern
of court, a special one that wa* called
to order by Judge T. J. Shaw at 5lo n .
roe, in Union county, adjoining tht
county In which the lynching occurred
may continue ten day* or .even tw«
weeks before the matter Is sifted u
the bottom.
The feature of the first day la found
In the fearlessness of the charge deity,
ered by the Judge to the member* ol
tbe grand Jury ui to the performanct
of their duty In the cash* against somi
of the leading citizens of the sectlot
about Wadesboro,
Judge Shaw said that the grand Ju
ryman must have the courage of hti
convictions regardless of the cons*,
quences that might ensue In the case
"The guilty,” said the judge, "should
not expect release by the court lot
their actions In the face of law, but
should expect that they receive pun
ishment and that tf such are liberated
they will be disposed to repeat ths
crime and also draw others Into pathi
that are contrary to the laws of tht
country.”
The charge reached a climax when
Judge Shaw said: "God helping me, 1
am going to taka my part of the re
sponsibility In this court, and I am go
ing to place a part upon the grand
Jury. After the trial my skirts shall be
clear, and the responsibility or miscar
riage of Justice shall not be thrust upon
the court.”
Continuing, he said that If any of the
jurors are troubled by men approach
ing them on this subject, Ohe matter
shall bo reported to him, and that such
n man will not talk for many days to
another on the court square.
The judge said that he understood
letters had already been prepared to
be mailed to the grand Jurors, and
that he wanted such letters placed at
once In his hands, so that he might
learn what Influences are being brought
to bear on the Jurors.
The two men against whom true
bills have already been presented are
Tom Adams and zeke Lewis; two of the
first men to be named as an alleged
participators in the lynching of John
ston.
Those against whom Indlctmenti
were returned are:
John McLaurln, Tom Adams, Zeke
Lewis, Joe J. Meacham. Clyde C. Bow
man, John Jones, Elmer Dunn, Lester
Johnson, John W. Nevlns, B. F. Tim
mons, Ottls Martin, Fred Dunn, May
Gulledge, Lewis Adams, Jim Swlnk,
Frank Graham, Will C. Dunn, Will A.
Nevlns and Will Dew.
DROWNED IN CREEK
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., ■ July 17.—While at
tempting to cross Limestone creek oa
horse Dave Jones, a young whits
man, was thrown off and drowned. HU
body waa recovered.
The horse swam to the shore.
IN CII! DF AUGUSTA
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Everything U
In readiness for the city white primary
tomorrow and It Is believed that th*
race will be the closest ev*r held In th*
city for the office of mayor. The city
registry supervisors have about com
pleted their work, with a few little de
tail* that they will have to attend to
this morning, and they will be ready
to make a report.
The election tomorrow will end a
hard light by two veteran*, one Cap
tain W. M. Dunbar, who has served the
city as councilman for three years, ana
Captain W. B. Young, who haa served
the city as mayor for one ter%t. Both
of the distinguished gentlemen are
Confederate veterans.
PROF. HUTCHESON
WILL BE RETIRED
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., July IT.—It l*
learned that Professor Hutchison, who
has_been traveling In South America
under order* from the department of
commerce and labor at Washington, to
study the markets for all varieties ot
American goods, will return to hie col
lege work In California, and will w
succeeded by Mr. Putnam, of
chusetts, a prominent financier, holding
extensive cotton mill Interests.
600 LEPERS VOTE
FOR OWN OFFICERS
By Trlrate Leaied Wire. .
Washington, July 17,-Betnrns have Jan-
been received by th* bureau of Ineu or at
tain oft perhaps, ths most novel elect"*
ever held nnder the Jurisdiction of toe
United State* The six hundred lepo™,
the Island of Cullonby, one of the >n
Ipplnes, voted for a president aqd council
"'Resolution* were *dopted th*nkln« 'JJ
American government for the care
of the leper* __
fN A LABORERS’ FIGHT
THREE MEN ARE HURT
By Private Leased Wire.
Columbus, Ohio, July 17.—In * n *
which took place yesterday » f ternMn
between fifty striking moldera snd »'
en non-union men at work In the tou
dry of th* Hance-Brown casting '*^
Frank Miller, the company's bookkyP
er, and Albert. Angel, a strike break**
employed by the comply, werewn
ously Injured, and Jacob Str «'■£
leader of the attacking party of »'
er* wa* »hot In the left leg below
knee.
