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Miles Of strailways 150
Drinking cnpltnl 122,000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population
Miles of atpnm railroads
Miles of electric railways....
< '..1 ton fart• »rles in stdndles
Dales cotton consumea I11 1001
Val'K* 1-f 1 " r.itton crop
VOL. f. NO. 108.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906.
Morning Edition.
j Trains FIVE CENTAL
(ME
‘If You Don’t Do
Something, City
Will,” He Says.
r
JOMPANY BEGINS
TO TAKE NOTICE
PERTURBED PACKERS
SEEK SB.WILSON;
“ WHERE AivE WE AT?
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, SCENE OF HIS RECEPTION,
TWO SPEAKERS AND ROUTE OF GREAT PARADE
Washington, D. C., Aug. 80.—Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson today held
another seance with the perturbed rep
resentatives of packers and food dis
tributing agents, to And where they
will stand when the meat inspection
law takes effect.
Packers’ representatives from all
over the meat country came to discuss
the* matter with the secretary. <*hlef
Chemist Wiley and Dr. Melvin, chief
of the bureau of animal Industry. The
gathering was larger than the previous
one which considered the same set of
problems.
The packers have been rather unduly
deliberate about getting ready to com
ply with the new label requirements
Imposed Jointly by the pure food and
meat Inspection laws. Now they are
fearful that they cannot posibly get
their labels ready for use by October
1, when the inspection law will be in
effect. They want the department to
show them a way out of their troubles;
if not that then at least to look sympa
thetic and say a few kind words.
Instead the departments countenance
Is as stone, and the only language It
knows Is the letter of the law.
Committee Did Nothing On
Tuesday Because of Lack
of Quorum.
"It the gag company does not do
something the city will own Ita gas
plant as sure as the sun rises In the
east and sets In the west,” said Aider-
man James L. Key, chairman of the
special gas Investigating committee,
T. A. Hammond, attorney for the At
lanta Gas Lighting Company, Wednes
day afternoon.
' The mien of the gas company has
undergone a remarkable change since
the election In which there was such
a clamor for municipal control.
When Alderman Key first declared
the gas company should be Investi
gated the officials of the monopoly
hooted'at the Idea.
Now they wish to patch matters up
and. If possible^ to stop the Investlga
tlon.
The special committee was to hold
session Wednesday, but It was found
Impossible to get a quorum. Alderman
Key and Coundlmen Draper and Cur
tis were the - only members In attend
ance. After waiting some time, during
which there was a spirited conversation
between Alderman Key and Attorney
Hammond, the meeting was adjourned
until next week. *
To Formulate Report Later,
Because of Labor day; council will
adjourn at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon
■ vnd hold session at the regular hour
. on Tuesday. This will give the Inves
tigating committee sufficient time to
hold another meeting, during which
the-report, to be considered by council,
will be formulated.
The' report will be similar to the one
presented by the committee to council
at a recent session. This was returned
so It could be put In more concise
form. The principal features of the
new report will be a provision for
inspectors to look after-gas meters, a
bureau of complaint, where any one
t may report his grievances against the
company and have them Investigated
te city, and the amendment to the
£ charter allowing the people, to
and operate a gas plant If It Is so
desired.
“We’ll See What May Be Done.”
Although there was no meeting
Wednesday, Mr. Key and Mr. Ham
mond had a long talk, during which
the gas light attorney asked the alder
man to put what he wanted In writing
and the gas company would see what
could be done. "Just tell us what you
want done, Mr, Key," said Mr. Ham
mond, “and maybe all this alleged In
vestigation can be cut short.”
In reply, Mr. Key said:
"The city wants your company to
make only a fair Income from your In
vestment; wants your meters Inspected
. by a city Inspector who can represent
the people In all controversies, and the
city wants you to pay a fair and equit
able sum for the franchlso under which
you do business.”
Mr. Hammond asked that this be put
In writing, so that the company could
thoroughly understand It.
DEAL JACKSON TELLS
BLACKS TO WORK HARD
“Talk About ‘Ploomers’ from Colleges—You
Wants to See Good Niggers That
Got ‘Ploomers’on My Farm.”
Negro Thompson Spirited
Away and Carried
To Birmingham.
Kpecfal to The Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. JO.—A mob, num
he ring over 3,000 persons and led by
determined men, attacked the Mobile
county Jail shortly after 10 o’clock last
night for the purpose of burning at
the stake the negro. Will Thompson,
the self-confessed assailant of chil
dren.
I The county authorities learned of
the stuck In time to spirit Thompson
away. Urged on by Its leaders, the
Dob rammed the gate from Its fasten
ings, and with a rush crossed the court
yard of the Jail, demanding the negro.
When told that he had been removed.
Tie mob battered the Iron door down,
gaining admission.
During the attack several volleys
were fired by deputies within the Jail,
but without effect. At the threshold
the mob was met by the deputies and
a hand-to-hand struggle resulted. Sher
iff Powers was disarmed and held, but
his release was forced by deputies.
learning that the negro had been
removed, the mob dispersed.
Thompson was taken to Birmingham
for safe-keeping.
"Negro” means "black,” and surely
Thursday was "Negro” day at the
meeting of the National Negro Busi
ness League.
In the absence of the president,
Booker T. Washington, who was at
tending a meeting of the executive
committee, the session was called to
order by the third vice president of
the league, Charles Banks, a coal black
negro, who Is cashier of the bank at
Mound Bayou, the negro settlement In
Mississippi.
The reports from several of the na
tional officers, which were scheduled
to come Immediately after the Invoca
tion by Rev. H. H. Proctor, were omit
ted, and the first subject on the list
was taken up for discussion, "The
Negro In Agriculture."
Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder of
the negro city of Mound Bayou, Miss.,
was the first speaker. Montgomery
was said to have been at one time the
largest cotton producer In the United
States, and In a well-set and stirring
address he called upon his people to
realize the need of working out their
own salvation. One of the most sig
nificant statements he made waa when
he declared that two-fifths of the cot-
grown by negroes, who either own or
lease the farms on which they plant.
Deal Jackson 8peaks.
The next speaker was Deal .Jack-
son, of Albany, Go., and his talk was
easily the feature of the morning ses
sion. Jackson, like Banka and Mont
gomery, Is of the coat black type, with
little pointed bit of whiskers bob-
lots of gold teeth In his mouth, which
he seems to take great pride in show
ing. Jackson Is an uneducated negro
with a fondness for long words, which
he frequently gets mixed up, to the
delight of Ills audience. He was lis
tened to with close attention, however,
and when his time wns up frequent
cries from all over the hall of "go on,"
"keep It up." etc., caused him to keep
on talking for several minutes.
He told of his early struggles; how
he had started out with one mule and
plowed day after day and hauled his
produce to Albany with his "britches"
rolled up to his knees, but how he was
able to buy another mule the second
year, and another the third year, and
so on, until now he owns two thousand
acres of good land In Dougherty coun
ty and has all of his own farming Im
plements.
"They say a nigger can't work nig
gers," he said, "but I know better.
Come down yonder and I will show you
where I hove over a hundred on my
plantation, and I don't have no trouble
In getting help. I’se got lots of young
niggers working for me that'll soon be
plowing for demselves," he continued.
"You may tell me about the ’ploomers’
(he evidently meant dlptomns) what
you gits at Morris Brown and Tuskee-
ge« and all these other colleges, but If
ton produced In this country today Js V nu wants to see n good nigger you
blng off from the end of hts chin, and 1 at Topeka, Kans.
come down and sec some what got
’ploomers’ from my farm." Incidentally
It might be mentioned that for the last
ten years Jackson has regularly pro
duced the first bale of cotton to be
marketed In Dougherty county, and It
usually brings him about twice the
market value.
The executive committee decided
Thursday to hold the next convention
II NOT YET
Nebraska’s Favorite
Son Is Yet Un
decided.
THOUSANDS READY
TO WELCOME HIM
Big Parade and Reception
Take Place Afternoon
and Evening. ,j
NO DOPE FOR MRS.• PE TRE TA;
HIT BY AN AUTO, SHE SA YS
Mrs. J. Herbert Johnson, sometimes
known as Mrs. Fetreta Johnson, de
clares firmly that she never took any
morphine at the Gas and Electric
building Wednesday afternoon. She
wouldn't do such a thing, for she had
an uncle once who was a dope fiend and
she didn't like his habits. She ex
plained all this at the police station
Thursday morning, where she was held
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Johnson has furnished more
than her share of police department
news recently, Wednesday afternoon
she began again by walking Into a toi
let room In the Gas and Electric build
ing and going Into a trance on a sofa.
She was rushed to the Grady hospital,
where she tried to start trouble with
several physicians and nurses before
retiring for the night. She was trans
ferred to the police station a little
later.
“I was struck by an automobile," de
clared Mrs. Johnson Thursday morn
ing. “I was crossing the street when
the motor car struck me and ran over
me, and I went Into the building to
rest. That was all.”
Mrs. Johnson made her first appear
ance In the limelight three weeks ago,
when she arrived at the depot and said
her husband had gone out to buy
lunch and then deserted her. She be
came obstreperous at the. police sta
tlon and was fined. The man whom
she said was her husband, but who
did not acknowledge It, paid the fine.
Saturday night Mrs. Johnson ngaln
visited the station. This time she had
wandered down to a Are engine house
and asked one of the firemen to pro
tect her on her way home, as It was
growing dark. Subsequent disorder led
to her being locked up on that occa
sion.
RUSSIA TO RAISE $2?,000,000
TO AID THE FAMINE SUFFERERS
By Private Leased Wire. ,
St. Petersburg, Aug. 30.—The government has published an ukase
authorizing the Issuing of. 4 per cent rentes to the nominal value of
395,000,000. The purpose of the Issue Is to raise money for the relief
of famine sufferers In many districts.
LITTLE MISS BONNIE MA Y
FINDS A KNIGHT ERRANT;
THEN THE YGO EXPLORING
Miss Bonnie May Turner went out
for a walk Wednesday afternoon, de
termined to cast oft home ties and see
something of the world. She met a
knight errant a few blocks away and
together they began their quest of
world beautiful.
Miss Bonnie May Is only three years
and a few months old. and as pretty
as her name. She is the daughter of
W. H. Turner, of 141 Walton street,
and a granddaughter of Turnkey Jeff
Whitney, of the police department.
Bonnie May gathered her dearest
doll, Matilda Jane, under her arm at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and aft
er providing herself with two lady-
fingers and a doughnut for sustenance
on the way, began a tour of discovery.
When her parents missed her there
was a great hue and cry on Walton
street, and the police department was
notified.
At 8 o'clock that night three gentle
men who had learned of Bonnie May's
disappearance met a little girl and a
little boy marching out a street a mile
or more away from home. Bonnie May
clung closely to her knight and refused
to leave him. The knight himself was
uncommunicative. He had met Bonnie
May, admired her and wax satUAed to
wander through life In her company.
Bonnie May wept bitterly when sepa
rated from her youthful protector and
remonstrated at being sent home. The
protector preserved his Incognito.
It was not Bonnie May's Arst de
parture from home and mother.. She
wandered away last Monday night and
was found on the street. At the police
station she said she didn't wont to go
home a bit, but the ofAcers thought
she would sleep better In her own
trundle bed than at the station, and
returned her to Walton street. Bonnie
May will muke a great traveler In time.
BT HIS WIFE
Charging Infidelity
She Asks $50,000
Alimony.
A suit for total divorce and $50,000
alimony, charging indflellty to mar
riage vows, has been filed by Mrs. May
Nelson Oress against G. V. Gress, the
prominent lumber dealer of Houth
Georgia and formerly a citizen of At
lanta. She will later name co-respond
ents.
Mrs. Gress uxked for.an Injunction to
prevent the withdrawal of $36,000 on
deposit at* the Fourth National Bank
to the credit of Mr. Gres. This was
granted by Judge Pendleton, who set
the healing for November 10.
It Is set forth In the petition that Mr.
Gress had on August 7 recognized her
claims for divorce and had deposited
$30,000 in the Fourth National Bank
l settlement, this to be paid out
when a check drawn by Samuel D.
Hewlett, then Mrs. Gress’ attorney,
should be presented.
Since then Mrs. Gress has changed
her attorney, T. F. Corrigan now rep
resenting her.
Mr. Gress is declared In the petition
now to be a resident of New Jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. Gress were married In
1882 at Indianapolis, Ind. They have
no children Uvlnfr.
G. V. Gress has ben for many years
one of the best known men in Georgia.
He Is worth about $500,000. He started
the Gress Zoo at Grant Park by pre
senting a number of animals to the
city In 1892.
MILNER ON TRIAL
FOR THE KILLING
OF B, H.
Special to The Georgian.
Jonesboro, On., Aug. 30.—When Clay
ton’s superior court convened this
morning at 8:30 o’clock the case of
Leon T. Milner was called, charged
with the murder of B. H. Dorsey, broth
er of Judge R. T. Dorsey, of Atlanta.
At It o'clock the work of securing
the jury was still In process, seven
men having been secured for the case.
On Dec 25, 1905, Milner shot Dorsey
on the streets of Jonesboro and on the
following day Dorsey died from the
effects of the wounds. Since that time
Milner has been In the county Jail
awaiting trial.
Colonel Charlie D. Hll, of Atlanta,
nnd Colonel O. J. Cooper, of Jonesboro,
are assisting Solicitor Howard In the
prosecution. Brown A Brown, of Mc
Donough; Colonel John D. Humphries,
of Atlanta, and Colonel W. L Waiter-
son, of Jonesboro, represent the de
fendant.
Ay Private leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 30.—Reciprocal
tariff concessions have been entered
Into between Spain and the United
States,, according to a proclamation
made through the atate department.
American goods are to pay according
to Spain's second tariff schedule, and
In return there are to be reductions on
the Importation of wines and other
Spanish Imports Into the United
States.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 80.—Cheered by a
tremendous crowd, Including nsmall but
enthusiastic number of his old neigh
bors, his “home folks,” from Nebraska,
William J. Bryan landed In Manhattan
today at 4:05 p.m.
Tho big throng of admirers acted as
though they would have liked to havo
taken the Nebraskan to themselves and
literally "toted" him up Broadway to
his hotel, but the big squad of police
men directed by Inspector Schmlttber-
ger kept the crowd well In check.
Mr. Bryan left the Yacht Ullnl of
his friend, E. F. Goltra, at about 4
p. m. In the yacht's tender. Ho was
accompanied by Mr. Goltra. Lewis Nix
on and one or two other members of
the committee of reception.
On reaching the hotel Vlitorla Mr.
Bryan was shown at once to his suites
whither Mrs. Bryan and his daughter
had preceded him.
He waa not long to rest, however,
but In a few minutes descended to
the roome where the delegations from
the various states were awaiting him.
WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT
FROM A TLANIA TO THE SEA
"Who Is that I hear so far off?” The
Savannah line steamship "City of Co
lumbus,” plowing through the deep At
lantlc flashed out the sentence Into the
thick darkness of the night.
"Couldn’t tell you,' ’replied Charles
ton, without the least difficulty, al
though 100 miles of water separated
her from the steamship.
Then Atlanta broke In and convers
ed fluently over land and sea to the
City of Columbus, to Charleston and
even farther, to New Orleans.
In other words the DeForrcst Wire
less station, situated In nnd on top of
the Candler building, made Its first
test last night. The test was remark
ably successful and within u month,
E
MADE IN PRICE
OF IRON STOVES
Five Per Cent. Increase
Made and Another Is
Coming.
Owing to sharp advances In the price
of pig iron and the neceeslty of In
creased wages for all classes of la
bor, stoves advanced 5 per cent in price
Thursday.
A stove trust? ,
They aay not.
It le stated by Satn D. Jonet, presl
dent of the Atlanta stove works, that
a second advance of 6 per cent will
probably be necessary within a very
short time. But the advance will not
affect stoves alone, but every class of
manufactured gopds In which Iron Is
used.
A meeting of the Southern Associa
tion of Stove Manufacturers waa held
In Chattanooga Wednesday, at which
time It was unanimously determined
to at vance prices on stoves 5 per cent
at once. Mr. Jones cbuld not attend
the meeting, owing to an Important
engagement here, but he stated Thurs
day that the advance waa In accord
with hts own views and Intentions. He
said:
•Within thirty days pig. Iron has ad
vanced nearly 34 per ton, and -Is now
quoted at 318, with a treat ecarcltjr
existing. I look for a further advance
In the raw material within ijvery short
time, and manufacturers have ts
meet It In order to live.
"The labor problem has struck the
Iron producers hard. Many big fur
naces have had to close down because
of inability to secure competent labor.
It has made pig Iron scarce and l.ard
to obtain, this condition affecting every
part of the Union.
"We manufacturers have the same
so Captain K. S. Finch, district man
ager In charge of the local station,
states, the station will be ready to
send commercial aerograms.
The preliminary test made shortly
after 9 o'clock last night proved be
yond a doubt that Atlanta Is splendidly
situated for a station. At nearly every
station put up In the South and many
erected In other portions of the globe
there has been difficulty In adjusting
tho apparatus. In some Instances It
has taken from three to six weeks to
get a message after the station had
been erected. The Atlanta atation,
however, went off without any diffi
culty.
Captain Finch declares this Is due to
the soli and altitude.
STATE'S DELEGATES,
HOLD_A_MEETING
After Conference, Members
Pay Visit to Mr.
Hearst.
Ur Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 30.—John' Temple
Graves, editor of The Georgian, of At
lanta, Ga., and chairman of the Geor
gia delegation to the Bryan reception,
arrived with his party laat night. The
Georgia delegation held a meeting at
noon today In the reading room of the
Waldorf-Astoria, to which all Oeor-
glebe of New York were Invited. Aft
er the meeting a call was made upon
Mr. Hearst.
wages are higher and the quality of the
FAILURE TO INDICT
IS UP TO JEROME
By Private Leased Wire. ^
New York, Aug. 30.—Through the
evidence or rather the lack of evidence
presented to the grand jury In connec
tion with the Investigation Into the
charges of alleged criminal conspiracy
against the lee trust, that body re
turned Indictments which put the re
sponsibility tor the failure to return In
dictments squarely up to the office of
the district attorney.
The character of the evidence, the
preeentment sets forth, was such that
It was Impossible to nnd Indictments
againstthe officials of the trust against
whom the allegations of conspiracy
liare been made.
labor Is deteriorating somewhat It la
Imperative that we advance our prices
in order to live, and, as I stated, a
further advance of 5 per cent In etoVes
problem. Labor Is growing scarcer; will probably result within a very abort
wam art* hlffher and the nimlitv of the lime ••
New York, Aug. 30.—This was Bryan
day In New York.
The Nebraskan must have thought
of the old campaign days long before
the time set for the real big demonstra
tion of the day arrived. He spent the
night aboard Edward Goltra’s yacht',
the Illlnl, In New York bay, having
gone aboard the yacht at a little after
midnight from the homo of Lewis
Nixon on Staten Island.
He Goes Over Speech.
Mrs. Bryan and her daughter had
gone quietly to the Hotel Victoria,
where a suite had been provided for
them. Mr. Bryan rose .early today and
prepared for the strenuous reception
which his friends have provided for
him. He made numerous appointments
for each hour of the day up to the
time set for his departure from the
yacht from pier A at Battery A. and
all day long the yacht's tender was
busy carrying visitors to nnd fro.
He spent the first hour or so after
breakfast In going over his speech, to
be delivered tonight In Madison Square
Garden. He declared that he never
felt better In his life, and looked It.
Lewlx Nixon was one of the first
callers end he was followed by other
members of the official reception com
mittee.
Cheered From Boats.
Every up-river boat seemed to know
the Illlnl. and whenever Mr. Bryan's
well known face waa sighted he was
cheered In no uncertain' fashion.
At Mr. Nixon's Invitation, Mr. Bryan,
at about 10:30 o'clock went aboard
Mr. Nixon's house boat, the Lougoun,
and there met members of the official
reception committee and prominent :
New York Democrats, with whom he
had made appointments yesterday.
Those Included were O. H. P. Belmont.
Norman E. Mack, Daniel J. Campau,
of Michigan, and others. Mayor Brown,
of Bryan's home town, Lincoln, Nebr.,
also saw him.
Bryan Wat Set Slok,
During the voyage Mr. Bryan had to
pay the tribute exacted by oil Nep
tune. He was sea sick, not very bad,
but undeniably sea sick. He took an
active part In the life of the ship. At
the conceit he made a graceful and
pleasant speech, which he began with
a humorous story, at the expense of
Roger Foster, a lawyer, who had been
Introduced to him.
Mr. Foster had spoken In very flat
tering terms of Mr. Bryan and in his
speech Mr. Bryan remarked that It re
minded him of an engagement he hail
once to make a speech, nnd when he
was asked how he would like to be In
troduced.
“I asked him,” said the Nebraskan,
to refer to me os 'Mr. Bryan, a law
yer of Jacksonville.' I had Just been
admitted to the bar, and wanted the
fact known. The chairman came to
me half a dozen times to be sure he
had It right, and Anally Introduced
me, saying: ‘Mr. O'Brien will now
spake.'"
He Enjoyed Voyage.
Asked If he had a pleasant voyage ni)
51 r. Bryan said:
I have enjoyed the trip Immenselday
notwithstanding the fact that I ha’*ut
been working most of the time,
been very busy preparing my artl"
for publication, and during tho laat
days 1 have had to devote a lot of 1 ...
to the speech which I am to deltv
the reception In New York to be h * , ’
to me on my arrival." vom-elf
"Will you discuss politics ip,
speech?" . {{£
"I will touch bn politics s‘ n . „
said he, jokingly. "I cannot Id< '
this time the subject. This I L j, k( . llK
opportune time for such a «ll.' nny
Attitude Not Chsngr v:lnts [ M| ,pd
"You have announced yo-nf pain. He-
randldate for the Democraktr sister, and
tlon for the presidency, hay* 0 * he ,tprnAl
"No, I have not annouj ,|,„ e u ... is
as a candidate. I wrote s, he spoke tiit
hen
