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ATLANTA:
g#rrit wain Un#a of railroads.
150 niflHi Of atrwt railway.
000,000 of banking capital.
The Atlanta Georgian.
oconr.iA:
VOL. I. NO. 77.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1906
SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION
MAY BE PROBED TO THE BOTTOM
BECAUSE OF ANDERSON’S CHARGES
Jordan and Cheatham
Say They Court
Investigation.
DR. J. M. CRAWFORD
SAYS HE WAS TOLD
CHEATHAM WAS IN
He Himself Owned One-
Eighth Interest in the
Piedmont Broker
age Company.
The Southern Cotton Anocl&tlon will
probably be probed to the bottom by an
Investigating committee, and If there
Is any Are under the smoke which has
been growing denser and darker from
day to day during the last two weeks,
It will be brought to view. This Is In
evitable, for both the public, aroused by
the sensational charges sprung by Rep
resentative Anderson, of Chatham, In
the house Tuesday, and the officers of
the association themselves say they ars
anxious for such an Investigation.
Wednesday morning the sensation of
Tuesday was repeated In the house
when Mr. McMullen, of Hart, took the
floor and demanded that Mr. Anderson
give proof of the allegations he had
voiced the day before. Mr. Anderson
was not at the time on the floor, but
his colleague asked that the matter be
taken over until the gentleman from
Chatham returned.
“Will Inform a Committee."
When seen before going on the floor
by a Georgian reporter, Mr. Anderson
said:
“1 will not give out any of the proof
1 have against certain officers of the
Southern Cotton Association to the
public, for this would enable them to
cover their tracks, but If an Investigat
ing commltee Is appointed I will give
to It all 1 have and will do everything
In my power to help the committee get
ut the bottom of the matter.”
While Mr. Anderson was talking to
the representative of The Georgian, the
Hnn. Joe Hilt Hall passed by, and, tak
ing Mr. Anderson's hand, asked:
"Have you got Abe papers to show
them up?"
Mr. Anderson replied: “I have the
proof all right."
It was understood that B. C. Coth
ran. manager for Ware & Leland, held
a portion of the Information on which
Mr. Anderson based his sensational
statement. Mr. Cothran was called
upon and gave out the above signed
statement and also Imparted other In-
formation of less importance.
hr. .1. M. Crawford, when asked about
the bucket shop matter, and what con
nection Secretary Richard Cheatham
had with the one under the Piedmont
hotel, reiterated what Mr. Cothran said.
Ur. Crawford was one of the eight
original stockholders In the Piedmont
bucket shop.
"Said Cheatham Held Stock."
He said In part: “I was approached
and asked to take an eighth share In
the Piedmont bucket shop and was
tohl that all the shares but one had
been taken, and that It would cost me
IlM.
“I was told at the time that Secretary
Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, was one of the stockholders,
and I took the remaining stock. The
stock was Issued In blank. There were
no names on It, and It was understood
that the names of the directors would
be kept quiet, but I knew at the time
and stated that the names would come
“ut. I considered the matter as an
Investment. Just as If I ihould purchase
a house and lot, and I see no harm In
dealing In futures, this, every one
snows.
“Cheatham Gave Me Tips.”
"Cheatham never said to me that he
was one of the directors, neither did
he ever deny It, and Itook loftr granted
that he was, as I often ate with him
at the Piedmont and we discussed cot
ton. On a number of occasions he gave
the tips, which I used. It was for this
reason, of course, that I took the stotdt,
*nd it never entered my mind that
Cheatham was not one of the directors
—on the quiet, as all the others were."
Dr. Crawford then made a most em
phatic and sensational statement.
"At the bottom of this whole thing,”
•aid the doctor, "are the nffleers of the
association, Last year Jordan and the
others gave out Information that cot
ton would reach 15 cents, and Implored
■he farmers to hold their cotton until
they could get this figure. This many
J; the farmers did and bought futures.
If they had made money, nothing would
have been ssid, but they lost". The
bucket shop Is not the root of the trou
ble hut llarvle Jordan and the other
officers. In order to cover up their mis
take, are making the shops the scape
goats."
Cheatham Firmly Denies.
Those on the other side are as em
phatic In their denlsls of the allega-
'tons as those making the allegations
ar " ln holding them up.
Secretary Cheatham said Wednes-
day:
"If the public Is Interested enough I.
*™ 1 believe President Jordan think"
J' 1 " same way. am perfectly willing
•bat an Inveatlgatlon be made. We
vourt an Inveatlgatlon, and I want to
■W right here that I do not own, and
"ever have owned any atock In a buck-
«t shop."
Secretary Cheatham aald that he
bad lived at the Piedmont and might
?* T * been teen with R. El Holt, form-
manager of the Piedmont Broker-
**" Company, and that probably the
rumor started that way.
"Civs the Devil His Duea."
Manager Love, who has been In
«£. the Piedmont bucket shop
R. E. Holt, who la now with the
* Company, of Richmond. Vs.,
'-■'•‘anta. aald Wednesday:
a, Tb* people St the head of the
•butharn Cotton Association have hit
“PROMOTER SAID CHEATHAM
OWNED STOCK IN BUCKETSHOP"
Investigation among the exchanges of Atlanta of the charges made
against high officials of the Southern Cotton Association, developed the
following statement by Barry C. Cothran, manager of the local offlee of
Ware A Leland: •
“When the Piedmont Brokerage Company was organised one of the
promoters cams to me and asked that I take stock, saying that there
w-ould be only eight stockholders, and that they wanted to get In parties
who could bring In business, and that If I were a member 1 could throw
them the small orders which I could not execute.
"I declined, stating that I worked for s legitimate commission house,
and that should I become connected with a bucket shop In any way I
would undoubtedly lose my position.
"He then told me that Richard* Cheatham, of the Southern' Cotton
Association, was an eighth owner, and that If he could afford to take stock
he thought I could. • ,
< "I myself have often seen Mr. Cheatham In company with the man
ager of the Piedmont Brokerage Company and In their office at the Pied
mont hotel."
ANDERSON, CALLED ON,
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Member Who Made Charges Against Cotton
• Association Officials Doesn’t
Retract.
“Show your hand,” was the call given
Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, Wednesday
morning by Mr. McMullen, of Hart,
who protested on the floor of the
house against the charge made Tues
day by Mr. Anderson, who declared
that a rigid Investigation was needed
In the Southern Cotton Association,
charging a “back door” leading from
the association office to the Piedmont
Brokerage Company's shop. Mr. Mc
Mullen aald:
“The gentleman from Chatham re
flected greatly on the Southern Cotton
Association by making Insinuations on
the floor of tbs house Tuesday of Im
proper conduct on the part of certain
officials of tho association. I don't be
lieve hb had the right to make such
charges here.
Call for Specifications.
"I am a, member of the Southern
Cotton Association and I feel It Is my
duty to call on the gentleman from
Chatham to be specific In his charges
and not Insinuate,
"All the inoneyepald out by the asso
ciation Is done so by official checks
like this. As I understood the gentle
man, he claims.that money was paid
td.a bucket shop on one of theao official
checks, and thereby Is Involved the
honor of the officials of the Southern
Cotton Association.
"I demand that the gentleman from
Chatham name his men and make clear
hla Insinuations. He must either show
up. go out—or ahut up.”
Mr. Anderaon was not in the hall
while Mr. McMullen waa speaking. Hla
colleague, Mr. Stovall, aald:
“I, of course, know nothing of the
charges made by Mr. Anderson, but I
do know enough of my colleague to
know that he would not make charges
he couldn't substantiate. I therefore
ask that the matter be dropped until he
arrives."
Mr. Anderaon arrived, but (lid not get
a chancg during the morning to make
his speech.
When the house convened at I
o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr. An
derson arose and aald:
"1 dealre to rite this afternoon to a
question of personal privilege. On yes
terday, In my remarks upon the anti
futures bill, the expiration of the time
limit, under which I waa speaking,
cut short my remarks before they were
quite concluded.
"Mr. Speaker, so far as I am sure,
I have never In my life, knowingly,
done any man an Injustice or Inten
tionally treated any man otherwise
than with fairness and courtesy. I
have never made a charge affecting
sny man without having Information
which seemed to me sufficient to Jus
tify It.
• ' Should'Investigate.
“Now, sir, on yesterday I said that
the directors of the Southern Cotton
Association should hold an Investiga
tion to And out who It la In their head
quarters had been speculating In cot
ton under the name of Mike O'Grady
and P. A. Lee; who It Is that assisted
In forming the Piedmont Brokerage
Company bucket shop, and what per
son or persons In their headquarters
had had stock In that bucket shop,
standing In their names or ware direct
ly or Indirectly Interested therein.”
No One Msn Meant.
"Now, sir, I did not ‘say, and I did
not Intend, that these remarks referred
all to one person. Neither did I say
or Intend to say that any of these
remarks referred to Mr. Hanrle Jordan.
If my time had not expired I wquld
have staled that I meant no reference
to him.
"The Southern Cotton AaesOfrllH la
on organization which takes froip lime
to time certain decided steps, with a
view of affecting and enhancing the
value of the cotton crop. These posi
tions taken by It are Intended to Influ
ence the action of the cotton producers
of the South. It would bo Intolerable
that any one In the headquarters of the
association, from the highest official to
the lowest clerk, should be permitted
to attempt to make use of his position
and Inside knowledge for the purpose
of speculating In cotton.
Sufficient Evidence for Probing.
'1 take It for granted that the direct
ors of the Southern Cotton Association
would not tolerate and would not per
mlt any Individual In their headquar
ters either to speculate In cotton or to
be In sny way, shape or form Inter
ested In or connected with a bucket
shop. I have stated here that I had
evidence and Information sufficient, In
my Judgment, to Justify me or any man
who feels an Interest In that great as
sociation to ask an Investigation as to
these matters. If they hold any Inves
tigation, any and all Information or
.assistance I have or can give I will
■gladly give them If they desire It. I
will cheerfully co-operate with them to
the extent of my ability end offer to
them such suggestions as are In my
power. If the result of that Invsstlga-
tlon shows that the Information I had
was not sufficient to have Justified my
statement that nn Investigation ought
to be made, It will give ms the greatest
pleasure to make ample apologies and
a retraction of that atatement.
SWELL CROOKS DYNAMITE
EIGHTEEN SAFES'AND GET
$25,000 CASH AND PAPERS
By Private Leased Wire..
Rockford, Ills., July 25.—Four dar
ing cracksmen blew up eighteen safes
and stole 125,000 In cash and valuable
papers In the heart of this city early
today. Two were caught, but two es
caped In a big automobile, carrying
most of their booty with them.
The men, who are believed to have
been expert crooks from Chicago, were
dressed In the height of fashion, with
patent leather shoes and diamonds. The
scene of the robberies was the seven-
story Brown building, and the men
worked all night long, blowlpg open
safe after safe with nitroglycerine In
the most daring fashion.
Cams In Red Auto.
The four men entered the city yes
terday afternoon In a monater red tour
ing car, and rode around the city, stop
ping at a saloon or two. # They were
apparently men of wealth and position
and behaved quietly. They streeted
no attention, except the slsc and beauty
of their automobile-
They evidently had planned their rob-*
berlea with the greatest care.
They stationed their big car In an
alley back of the Brown block and dis
appeared.
They Were Experts.
It Is supposed that they entered
the building'and secreted themselves,
beginning operations as soon os the
building was -locked up for the night.
Their method In each csss was the
aame. The safe doors wars drilled In
the most workmanlike fashion, the
"soup,” as robbers term It, poured like
Ink. and then exploded with a time
fuse*
The amount of money secured Is not
positively known, but will exceed *26-
000.
me at every turn, and I might taka
this chance to get even If I so desired,
but I will give the devil his dues.
Neither President Jordan nor Secre
tary Cheatham owns any of the stock
of this company and neither of them
has traded with me. I know nothing
of either P. E. Lee or Mika OOrady,
Neither of these names appeara on my
books. If you desire you'may look and
* Rumors ars thick around the city
about the matter. It Is stated that
Secretary Cheatham and R. E- ”(«•»
the ex-manager of the Piedmont bucket
Sbofl, were fast friends and were often
seen together. i
It Is believed the charges will be
thoroughly Investigated and that the
whole mailer will be cleared up In a
manner satisfactory to the farmers of
the South, who are really the ones
moat Interested.
TWENTY HOUSES
ARE SWEPT AWAY;
PEOPLE MISSING
By Private leased Wire.
Lyon*, France, July 25.—More
than twenty houses were swept
away by a mammoth waterspout
at Fearneaux tie Maurienne Ma
donna today, and about thirty
persona are missing. The railway
is submerged in mud.
Special Committee
Heard Astounding
Statements. •
CENTRAL ABATTOIR
IN GENERAL FAVOR
Leading Butchers and Meat
Sellers Approve of the
Plan of Municipal
Inspection.
Atlanta’s packlngtown Is to be In
vestigated and the sensational charges
against some of Atlanta’s slaughter
houses will be thoroughly probed,
If the sentiment expressed Tuesday at
a meeting of a special committee of
city council can be taken as a good
starter on the work The Georgian has
Initiated.
At tbs meeting Tuesday afternoon.
In addition to the committee, which
consisted of Walter Taylor, chairman;
Aldermen McEachern and Sims and
Councilman Oldknow and Glass, many
butchers, sanitary Inspectors and oth
ers Interested In the matter under con
sideration here present.
It was shown at the meeting that
there Is much tainted meat sold In At
lanta It was clearly evident that a
rigid inspection of all meals sold In this
city should be Inaugurated and per
fected. That many of those having In
charge the killing of cattle for sale
have little regard for the health of their
patrons was brought out by the talks
mada at Tuesday's session of the spe
cial committee. It was evident after
the meeting was over that those pres
ent were flrmly convinced that no time
should be lost In taking up the work
so badly needed.
One of the most sensible talks mads
Tuesday afternoon was that of Carl
IVolfshelmer, owner of a large slaugh
ter house, and a man who knows the
Contlnuad on Paga Thres.
YOU COULD TAKE A
VACATION
On the jroBt derived
from RENTING that
spare'room. You can
ren t that spare room If
you use The Georgian
FOR RENT
ROOMS COL.
TRY THESE LITTLE
WANT ADS
[“THEY DO THE WORK.”
SOME REVELATIONS
BY INSPECTOR WASSER
The Georgian's fight for a rigid local Inspection of all cauls killed
and Sold In Atlanta Is getting results, and the necessity for such nn In
spection Is no longer In doubt In the minds of the special coamlttre of
city council appointed lo look Into the mailer. '■ The re eolations made
Tuesday at a meeting of tIM special ■ committee" by nttpscM* Wnssei
were sufficient to conrlce the councllmen and aldermen that The Geor
gian's light for sound meat was an urgsnt One.
In talking of the condltlnne existing In Atlanta's slaughter houses at
present. Inspector Wasser said:
"Out of fourteen slaughter pane In and around Atlanta, only thraa
are In good aanltary condition. ,
"I found one slaughter pan where only filthy sewer water from a
eewer branch was used to wash the meat.
"There are slaughter pens around Atlanta where the water comes
from shallow wells Into which runs the dirty water that has already
been used.
"People kill relree too young to market In the woods and bring the
meat Into the city at night In bundles and sell It to restaurants.
’T have found as much as a car load of meat that had bean killed
only thirty hours and which bore the government stamp, which I had to
condemn and have thrown away."
SHORTAGE OF $50,000
IN FUNDS OF ROME, GA.;
SUICIDE IS EXPLAINED
Hprelal to The Gnorglnn.
Rome, Ga„ July 25.—A tremen
dous sensation lias been created
in Koine over the discovery of an
alleged shortage in the city
clerk’a office of the amount of
$115,000, which occurred during
thc.admiuistration of the late Ilal-
sted Smith.
About two months ago, when
the present administration took
charge of the city’s affairs and
the new officers were elected to
nearly every department of the
city government, two expert ac ;
(■(Militants, C. P. Cole and A. J.
llaltiwanger, of Atlanta, were em
ployed to audit tho books of all
the outgoing officers, and as a re
sult of theirinvestigation the al
leged shortage of Smith was dis
covered.
When Mayor John W. Maddox and
his new board of aldermen were Inaug
urated last April many changes were
made In the various offices of the city
department. J. R. Cantrell was elected
to succeed Hml lb os city clerk and the
latter was appointed city attorney.
Shortly after Smith's retirement as
city clerk Cantrell went to tfmlth *o
ascertain the whereabouts of s certain
check for 111,000 received for railroad
taxes. Smith replied that he was busy
at present and would look Into the
matter end let lilin know the following
Monday morning. Following this In
terview within twelve hours afterward*
came the announcement of Hmlth'a
tragic death, which wts a shock to the
entire city and (tale.
Whether Ilia check In question had
anything to do with the tragedy or
not remains a mailer to be surmised.
Hmlth came to Roms In 1*75, and be
Ing a lawyer of marked ability and a
man of courtly bearing and affable dla-
poaltlon, gained a large circle of ad
miring friends, who stood by him In
Ilfs and who silll mourn his tragic ds-
mlso. He filled many offices of public
trust with credit end so straight had
been his dealings that no man dared
to doubt Ills honesty, nor question bis
Integrity.
In 11*5 Smith was elected city dtrk
of Rome, which position he held for
eleven years, unlll hla retirement last
April. AH during hla term of office he
never was for ones susplcloned of any
wrong doing end he was never known'
in wrong a human being. With his
long well standing In this community
and with the post good record which
lie seemed to hear, his friends and the
people of Roms generally cannot un
derstand his shortage. But the report
of the auditors Is before the-city coun
cil, und there stands out In glaring
figures the ghastly sum of 125,004
which cannot be accounted for. The
city will be a total loser, as It Is un
derstood that Smith's last bond was
utterly worthless.
The Investigation of tbs auditors
does not end with Smith's shortage.
Thslr report, which Is being considered
behind dosed doors by Ihe city council.
Is far-reaching and will show, when
made public, it Is slated, that there ars
other shortages In connection with this
department of the city government,
which may Increase Rome's total loss
lo 150,004. Other sensational develop
ments are expected as a result of the
auditors* report now before tbs city
council, and It Is rumored that several
arrests insy follow.
PRICE:
Sixty Filipino Fanatics
Wounded During
Fight.
FT. MTHERSON BOYS
HEADY FOR BATTLE
Only One American Soldier
Hurt—Another Bloody
Engagement Is
Expected.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE LAUNCHES
A MEAT INVESTIGATION HERE
CZAR’S OFFICER SLAIN; .
RIOTING ON FRONTIER
By I'rlrsts Leaned Wire.
St. Petersburg. July 25.—Additional
reports of the activity of the revolu
tionists came In as the day went on.
At Warsaw an assassin plunged a
knife through the heart of a colonel of
gendarmes, Ssimstoff, and succeeded In
making hla escape before tbs police
were able to catch him.
At Alexandrovo, on the Pruaelan
frontier, .mutineers have destroyed a
number of government buildings, and
It Is atsttd that hard lighting Is going
on between the mutineers and the loyal
troops.
German troops hers been forwarded
to the frontier to prevent any further
Invasion of the German territory.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, July 23.—In a sec
ond' engagement with the Pula-
janes, in the island of Isryte, Phil
ippine Islands, between the con
stabulary and a detachment of tlm
Twenty-fourth infantry (color 11
yesterday, the natives suffered a
losa of 50 killed and more than 60
wounded, and the American loss
was Imt one man wounded, ac
cording to the official report re
ceived at the war department this
afternoon from General Wood, iu
command of the Philippines divis
ion of the army.
By TH0MAFC08TE8. »
(of The Mantle American.)
tly Private Leased Wire.
Manila, July 26.—A detachment of
the Twenty-fourth (colored) Infantry
nd s company of native constabulary
er« attacked by u horde of Imhilreds
of I’lilulun.n. .< lille „n t^i- irntl tew
IVeMpTlft RWriU If Tdless and Dama-
iii f, I -11111.1 of icvic. :i I), I ,i iliKpcrHia
Imllle took place, resulting In the
routing of Ihs fanatics with a loss of
SO killed and more than 60 wounded.
Only one sergeant of the constabulary
was wounded.
Captain McMsstsr, of tho Twenty-
fourth, anil Major Neville, of the con
stabulary, encounlerd the Pulajnnes
after leaving the town of LubotnlMin.
They Ware In pursuit of the natives,
who cut up Ihs constabulary two Mays
ego, killing Lieutenant Worst* lek,
Scout Mrtirlde and twelve men.
Expected an Ambush.
The punitive expedition learned from
friends Ihe night before that a large
body of Pulsjsnss were moving n "*i,
and would attack during Ihs night, but
not for several hours after resuming
the march wars there any Indications
of hostilities.
The advance guard of tho color* d
troops met with what was thought to
be a small band of the enemy and
opened Are, retiring In the dlrariion of
Ihs main body. llmring the shots.
Captain McMaster rushed forward with
his fifty-five men and Neville w ith fifty
native soldiers formed his men Into
double file, expecting an ambush.
8werm From Jungle.
Confident after the victory of the day
before, the Pulajanea swarmed from 1
the Jungles and the engagement became
a mortal one. A large number of tho
enemy triad to rush In upon lbs troops
and overwhelm them by fores of nuin-
The light was at close quarter*
with bolos, but Captain McMaster*.
realising the value of shock upon tho
fanatics, ordered his regulars to lire hv
volley. Before the Pulsjans* could
cross the Intervening space they were
struck by shot from ths magazines, fol
lowed by a steady Are from the con
stabulary.
The negro troops separated ami tho
constabulary In columns of twos went
forward and deployed for the charge.
Their slaughter of Ihs leaden had the
desired affect and the Pulsjsnea turned
and fled In wild disorder. The artlou
wee quick and sharp, and so deadly
was the fire of troops that the shun
and wounded were piled together.
Ready for Attack.
After the action tho troops moved
forward continuously until high ground
was reached, and then made prepara
tions to repulse an attack, fearing that
the ,1'ulajanes would return In better
order with reinforcements during tho
night.
The lost news from Major Neville
Mated that ha was holding his position
und would remain there during tho
night unless the scouts found the lm-
ir .dials territory had been deserted by
the fanatics. It tii probable he will
wait for reinforcements, as several
companies from the Eighth Infantry,
which had Juat arrived In Leyte, took
Hie field upon disembarking. General
Allen, commander-ln-chlef of the con
stabulary, accompanied the detach
ment and will personally direct the
operations.
McPherson Troops Ready.
Brigadier General Jesse Lee, com
manding Ihe department of the VI-
sayas. has assured Major General
Leonard Wood that there are sufficient
troops In the field, but the transport
Kilpatrick li In the bay with steam up I
ready to sail for Leyte and lbs Thir
teenth and Sixteenth Infantry regi
ments In Fort McKInlsv have been or
dered to prepare for the field.
Army circles here ere Intensely In
terested In ihe condition • r .irraics and
ihe newe of the betlle • real.'.] consid
erable excitement In the various lo
quarters. News of r.nothei engage
ment Is expected II imenlaMly.