The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, September 04, 1906, Image 3
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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municipal ownership
FIGHT BEGINS TUESDAY
pirst Guns of Battle
Fired in Commit-
Room. •
tee
GAS PROBLEMS
TO GO TO COUNCIL
Special Committee, Will
Adopt Report and Send
It to Council.
Thf fight for municipal ownership
will commence with renewed ardor on
Tuesday morning In the committee
room and be waged In/council, at the
adjourned meeting in the afternoon.
The special committee appointed some
months ago tb Investigate the fran
chise of the Atlanta Gas Light Com
pany will hold session at 10 o'clock.
James I. Key. chairman of the com-
m lttee, along with several other of the
members, and backed by thousands of
Atlanta rltliens who have clearly
ahown their strong Inclination toward
city control of public utilities, will, It
Is believed, succeed In getting council
10 adopt a report providing for munici
pal Inspection, and an Investigation Into
the legal merits of the franchise, as
well as getting an ordinance passed
changing the city charter so as to
make It legal for the city to own and
—oio n gna nlnnt.
LABOR CELEBRATES
IN MANY CITIES
Hundreds of Excursionists
in Meridian to Partici
pate in Festivities.
operate a gas plant.
These three points are all deemed
e.sentlal. The first will protect the clt-
liens front any Imposition the gas
companv might be guilty of, while It
(till holds a monopoly. At the present
time there is no way of protecting the
citizens through the city laws.
The second. It Is believed, will result
In' the gas company's charter being
fund null and void.
The third will give the citizens the
opportunity to build a gas plant, for
which they so unmistakably clamored
In the last election.
The Investigation of the gas fran
chise has been watched with the great
est of Interest. Despite the efforts to
side-track It at every turn, both In
council where the committee has been
tends* to report and has reported sev
eral times, and In committee.
After fighting the matter. In commit
tee, Mr. Key succeeded In getting two
provisions of his former report report
ed upon favorably. One of these pro
vided for municipal Inspection, the
other for a change In the city charter,
allowing the citizens to decide whether
or not they wished a municipal plant
and making It possible for the desire
to be carried out.
When this report reached council an
effort was made to table It. This was
not successful and the report was sent
back to committee.
Since the voice of the people has
ctlled so loudly for municipal control
It Is believed the opposition to
Other features of the report will not
receive such bitter opposition as here
tofore. *
Because of the national holiday,
eouncll will meet, only to adjourn Mon
day, and for this reason the gas fran
chise matter will not be taken up until
Tuesday. At the session of council
Thomas H. Goodwin, who had munici
pal ow nership as the chief plank In his
mayoralty platform, will appear before
council and speak In favor of munici
pal ownership. It * Is probable that
other citizens will appear.
Special to The (leorglan
Waycross, Ga., Sept 3.—Labor Day
was appropriately observed In Way
cross today.
In the morning the colored labor
unions gave a very creditable, parade.
In the afternoon the various white
labor unions met at the baseball park,
where they formed a parade and
marched through the principal streets,
music being furnished by 'the Bruns
wick band. There were a number of
handsome floats In the parade.
Practically all the business houses
closed for the afternoon to allow their
employees to take part In the celebra
tion. After the parade speeches were
made at the ball park by Judge J. S.
Williams and Colonel J. Walter Ben
nett, of Waycross, and Rev. Mr. Thorn
ton, of Brunswick, and others.
THREE SPEAKERS OF THE DAY
HUNDREDS AT MERIDIAN
« , ,♦ rm, J £ ,N J N CELEBRATION,
Special to The Georgian.
Meridian, Miss., Sept. 3.—Labor day
Is being observed here In grand style.
All of the principal business houses in
the city are closed and every union
man In Meridian Is participating In the
program that has been arranged for
the occasion.
A little over three weeks ago, dele
gates were selected from the various
unions throughout the city and shortly
thereafter a general meeting was held
and a committee to formulate plans for
the festivities of today was organized,
Funds to defray the expenses Incident
to the occasion were raised by Indi
vidual subscriptions among the locals
and ball games played by select teams
from their numbers.
Every train that has arrived In the
city since yesterday morning has
brought visitors from the neighboring
towns and, villages, and it is believed
that there are fully 30,000 people upon
the streets today.
SAVANNAH OB8ERVES
NATIONAL LABOR DAY,
SpeHul to The Georgian
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3.—Labor bay
Is being appropriately celebrated here.
parade was given In the morning
and contests at Tybee In the afternoon.
All nearby resorts are filled.
All business was suspended in the
afternoon.
CELEBRATION HELD
AT BIRMINGHAM.
Special to The Georgian
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 3.—Labor
Day was Appropriately celebrated here
with an Industrial parade. Exercises
are being held at East Lake this af
ternoon.
The chief speaker Is Charles H. Nell,
United States commissioner of labor.
NO CELEBRATION
HELD AT ALBANY
STATE CONVENTION
MEETS TUESDAY
Continued from Page Ons.
In**, j. E. Maddox and a number of
others.
The Hoke Smith Club of Fulton
county will go down to Macon at 6:16
Tuesday morning. It was originally
planned to run a special train, but It
has been decided to carry the contin
gent In special coaches, attached to the
tegular train.
Mr. 8mlth gave out his list of dele
gates and alternates 8unday morning.
In fourteen counties the appointments
"ere not given, the naming of same
Mng left to friends of Mr. Smith in
the counties thus designated. In all
"f the counties delegates have been
named In accordance with the rules
laid down by the state Democratic ex
ecutive committee.
However, alternates have been
named In practically all the counties,
{ tne number varying. For Instance,
ulton has six delegates, but seven-
en alternates have been named. Mr.
m lth will Insist In the convention
that delegates and alternates be
placed on the same footing.
This means, o." course. If the pro
gram I* carried out, and it undoubt
edly "III be. that the unit rule will
prevail. Instead of being composed of
s, the convention will, there-
>niethlng like 600 strong. .
All Ons Way.
Inrk Howell, Judge Russell, Colonel
E * t,, l and Colonel Jim Smith, It I*
understood, will not attend, nor will
tn >’ of them name delegates to the
invention for the counties they caf-
Sml l b® all on® way. Hoke
smith win be nominated governor
practically by acclamation.
tri°r to the opening of the conven-
non a great deal of the work will he
Put tinder way, so that there will be
. 'lelav *n the actual business of the
f»'" V , Pntlon - Credential, platform,
laminating and other committees will
nanmd at once and retire to form-
0l !L'» 'Mr reports.
, *"'Platform ha. practically been
‘I?""" 1 , "nder Jntnes R. Gray and
ieader* of the new regime. It
Mr ^urbody the principle, upon which
fight Hmith ma< t® an< * won hi. great
K« I .. .
hire, be
A. to th. Platform.
• " ln indorse legislation to curb
“nd Influencing legislation.
"'right'" 1 alan ® ,he lines of Seaborn
Special to The Georgian.
Albany, Ga., Sept. 3.—Labor day was
quietly observed In Albany. The banks
of the city are closed on account of It
being a legal holiday. Labor organi
zations here are making no demonstra
tions.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., 8ept. 3.—Today being
a legal holiday, the banks, public of
fices and post office are closed, as are
most of the manufacturing plnnts and
business houses of the city. The prin
cipal attractions of the day will be
three baseball games between the An
niston Giants and Kingston Giants of
South Carolina, sports at Oxford Lake
and a traveling minstrel troupe which
will exhibit under canvas afternoon
and evening. Several hundred people
from this section Journeyed to Atlanta
8undav to take In the parades and olh
er events of the day In that city.
LARGE VOTE BEING POLLED
IN ARKANSAS ELECTION
LOOTER STENSLAND TS
CAPTERED IN MOROCCO
Continued from Page One.
HON. B. M. BLACKBURN.
Who will deliver one of the ad-
drss.es.
JAMES O'CONNELL,
The orator of Labor Day in Atlanta
HON. MADISON BELL.
Whose child labor bill wai one of
Labor’s victoriei.
er, R, j. Guinn. Louie Gholstln, W. D.
Harwell, S. D. Jones. J. K. Orr,' E. P.
Burns, If. M. Patty, Isaac Haas, H. H.
Whitcomb and C. W. Bernhardt.
Besides Hon. Hoke Smith for gov
ernor. the following state house of
ficers will be nominated by acclama
tion, the vote In the primary being
given:
Attorney General—John C. Hart,
168,727.
lanta.
Secretary of State—Philip Cook.
167,653.
Comptroller' General—W. A. Wright,
124.366.
State Treasurer—R. E. Park. 168,060.
Commissioner of Agriculture—T. G.
Hudson. 168,874.
School Commissioner—W.. B. Mer
ritt, 102,986.
Prison Commissioner—C. A. Evans,
157,424.
Chief Justice (unexpired)—W. H.
Fish, 169,204.
Associate Justice (full term)—Mar
cus Beck, 167,890.
Associate Justice (unexplred)—S. C.
Atkinson. 151,097. .
Associate Justice (unexplred)—j. H.
Lumpkin. 161.427.
Associate Justice (full term)—J. H.
Lumpkin. 162,029.
Associate Justice (full term)—S. C.
Atkinson. 161,070.
United States Senator—A. O. Bacon,
159,293.
Special arrangements have been
made In Macon for the comfort and
care of the delegates and visitors. The
big auditorium will be cooled by elec
tric fans and plenty of Ice water will
be on hand.
The special over the Central will
leave Macon Tuesday night for' At-
THOUSANDS APPLAUD
THE HOSTS OF LABOR
Continusd from Page Ons.
Deaths ahd Funerals.
B. F. Baker.
B. F. Baker,, 78 years old; died mid
denly at hi* home on the Campbelltown
road Saturday afternoon at 6 o’clock.
The funeral services.were held at Wes
ley chapel at 10 o’clock Monday morn
ing:. and .the Interment was In the
church burying: ground. '
Mies Fannie May Nolan.
Funeral services over the body of
Miss Fannie May Nolan, who died at a
private sanitarium Sunday morning at
9 o'clock,. were held at Poole’s chapel
at 11:30 .o'clock Monday morning, Rev.
John E. White officiating.) The body
was carried to West Point, Ga., for.In
terment at 12:40 o’clock.
Ruby May Perkin*.
Ruby May, the 1-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Perkins, died
at 3 o’clock Monday morning at the
residence of the parents, 176 Lindsey
street. Funeral services will be held at
the residence at 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning, and Interment will be at Cas-
churchyard.
gay ribbons, evincing the large num
ber of Atlanta’s women out In honor
of the gala day, was also a feature, and
probably the most pleasant of the day.
Certain bt the boys In line had their
heads turned to no little degree by
these cheering members of the fair
■ex.
The 1 Whitehall and Broad street via
ducts presented a study In the semi-
nude. Lining the Iron railings were
the newsies—one hundred and ten
bare legs to a side, all swinging In
cadence with the music.
In the parade Itself, aside from the
men, the major float, the water tower
and the 30-foot ear of corn, which was
a portion of H. M. Rose’s exhibit, re
ceived the most comment,
Although business was suspended
throughout the city, the office window
ere crowded with anxious sight-seers
all along the route taken by tne pa
rade.
Order of" Parade.
The length of the parade can be well
gathered frotn the number of organi
zations represented. They were In thfc
following order:
First Division.
Mounted police.
Military band.
Chief marshal and aides.
Band.
Federation float.
Farmers’ unions.
Granite cutters from Lithonla and
Stone Mountain.
Second Division.
First, marble workers; second, steam
and gas-fitters; third, granite cutter^;
fourth, plumbers; fifth, carpenters and
Joiners, No. 439; sixth, brick masons,
No. 14seventh, painters and decora
tors; eighth, carpenters and Joiners,
No. 866; ninth, stone cutters; tenth,
electrical workers. No. 84: eleventh,
sheet metal workers; twelfth, electri
cal workers, No. 78; thirteenth, car
penters and Joiners, No. 39. .
Third Division. I
First,- holler makers; second, black
smiths; third, brewers; fourth. Broth
erhood Locomotive Firemen, No. 247;
fifth, barbers^ Sixth, bartehders; sev-
TWENTY-THREE TANKS
IN STATE OF GEORGIA
Surprising Number of Dis
pensaries in State—Ter
rell Count v Leads.
There are "twentjMhree” dlspensarie
Georgia, to which the more ardent
prohibitlonlNt* would like to sn.r “skltfoo.”
Comptroller General Wright received nt
Inquiry from n prominent railroad official
as to the number of dlspemnrle* non
operation In Georgia, and General Wright
found that unlucky .number existing upon
examination.
In oue county there art* four. This Is
Terrell county, the home of Itnllrnnd Com
missioner O. II. Htbvens. For years. It Is
said, no county lax has been levied there,
the profits frotn the dispensaries meet
ing till necessities.
There are three In Lee county. In tjro
other counties there are two eneh. Gen
eral Wright expressed surprise that there
The list of dispensaries In Georgia In
1906 nre ns follows: Athens. Clarke coun
ty: llnluhridge. Dounlsonvllle, Decatur
county; Itlnkcly, Early county; Home,
Fiord county; Whlghatn. Grady county;
Ocllla. Irwin county; Armenia, Leesburg,
Hmlthvlllc. Let* county: Buena Vista. Mar
lon county: Colquitt, Miller county;
IlarncMvIllc. 1'lke county; Lutnpkln. Wen*
land, Stewart- county; Dawson. Parrott,
Bronwood. Sasser. .Terrell county; Li-
Grange, llogaiisvlllc. Troup county; Jeffer
sonville. Twiggs county.
POSTOFFICE CLERKS
50,000 ARE IN PARADE
IN GREATER NEW YORK
n.r Private l-essed Wire.
New York, Sept. 3.—Labor triumph
ant celebrated It. special holiday today
by general and enthuelaztlc Jubilation,
not only In thl. city, but every .tale
In the Union. New York city and
etate led In the observance of the day.
It wne estimated that 60,00(1 workmen
marched In the parade In this city.
Labor day outings filled every sea
•Ide resort and recreation pork In the
city and It. environ, with happy
throng, of men, women and children.
In the up-.tate cltle. nnd towns the
relebrntlon tva. a. general ae In the
metropolis. Thl. wa. e«peclally true
In Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
»r. i , nr ranroao commix.lon-
>’) (hr people ha. been met by the
b,..'!? 1 a *..mbly pamtng such a law,
bi.»,i.l P'ftform will probably recom-
1 “ broadening of the power, of
SCHOOL BOOKS
ALL supplies at
j °HN M. MILLER CO.'S,
39 MARIETTA ST.
that body.
Other feature, will be disfranchise
ment, development of the educational
xy.tem of the state, prevention of the
use of money or undue influence. In
elections. It I. understood that J. M.
Strickland, of Spalding, will Introduce
n resolution to fix state primaries for
the first Monday In June, and that
this will meet with the approval of
Mr. Smith.
How Convention Work..
As announced exclusively In The
Georgian last Friday, Judge A. L. Mil
ler, of Macon, will be permanent chair
man of the convention. Congressman
Thomas W. Hardwick, of Sandersvtlle,
will be temporary chairman, and H.
H I'nbnntsx. of AtlanlB. end E. L.
Martin, of Macon, secretaries. Chair
man M. J. Yeomans, of Dawson, will
call the convention to order at noon
"^ft^has been practically decided that
S. G. McLendon, of Thomasvllle, will
be nominated for railroad commission
er to succeed Joseph M. Brown. Mr.
McLendon Is Mr. Smith's personal
choice for the position, which means
that no other name wIII he presented
to the convention.
Fulton Delegates.
The Fulton delegates and alternates
are: Delegates—J. R. Gray, B. 31.
Blount. George Hlllyer. J. K. Hines.
G. S. Nix and R. "
Estsll DsLorms.
Estelle, the 3-monthe-nld daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DeLorme, died at 10
o'clock Sunday night at 139 Kelly
street. Funeral eervlces will be held at
Poole's chapel at 10 o’clock Tuesday
morning, and the body will he carried
to Greensboro, N. C., for Interment.
Mies Julia Francs. Groves.
The funeral of Mies Julia Frances
Groves will tnke place from the resi
dence of J. H. Groves at 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon.
Hexekiah Pursely.
Hezeklah Pursely, aged 81; died Mon
day morning at 124 Curran etreet. The
funeral services will be held Tuesday
at the North Atlanta Baptist church,
and the Interment will take place at
Oakland cemetery.
FISHER STOPS GAME
OY AN INJUNCTION
8|ieelnl to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 3.—The morn
Ing game at Athletic Park was delayed
some thirty minutes, owing, to* an In
junction bill filed by the former man
ager and owner of the club, Newt
Fisher, who alleged that 2311 was due
him In back rent fur the park. He oe-
cured en Injunction against the use of
the pdrk and got*hi* money before the
game began.
NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER
THEN MAKES ESCAPE
Special In The Georgian
Greenville, S. C., Sept. 3.—In the
heart of the city, at the Southern
pnsxenger station, this morning, Jim
niaxsingami was shot and killed by
Tom Whitmire, both negro employee*
of the Southern. Whitmire, who Is
cook for a train crew, made his escape
aftci the shooting. He Is now being
hunted by the authorities. The fight
as over a woman. It Is said.
FEE SYSTEM UNPOPULAR
AMONG CHATTANOOGAN8.
Alter-
... Arnold
nates—>1, L. Anderson. W. W. Hyatt
.1 F Maddox. John H. Andrews. R. J
Gridin, S H. Venable, H. H. Hightow-
■eclal to The Georgian
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 3.—Sheriff
J. F. Shipp, who Is to be tried before
the supreme court October 16 on a
chnrge of contempt, has placed his
outside deputies on the fee system,
only Inside men will receive a salary.
This system Is said to be unpopular In
Chattanooga.
enth! Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen:
eighth, carriage'and wagon workers.
Fourth Division.
First, moulders: second, garment
workers; fifth, printers: sixth, stage
employees: seventh. telegraphers;
eighth, web pressmen: ninth, stereo-
typers; tenth, printing preesmen; elev
enth, stove mounters.
Fifth Division.
First, machinists: second, copper
smiths; third, musicians: fourth, leath-
orkers; fifth, horseshoers; sixth,
clgarmakers.
Sixth (colored division)—First, car
penters; second, painters; third, brick-
masons; fourth, plasterers.
Sixth Division.
Merchants' floats.
Those In Carriages.
Aside from the carriages occupied by
public officials, prominent citizens and
the labor leaders there were many of
the union men. The official Hat
those In the carriages was as follow
1. Jerome Jones, J. G. Woodward
James O'Connell, H. F. Garrett
2. H. H. Cahanlss, J. L. Mayaon,
Thomas J. Peeples, E. H, Thornton.
8. Thomas N. Scales, A. S. Clay, C. T.
Ladson. B. F. Maddox.
4. Sam I). Jones, Dan Carey, H.
Quinn,, Dennis Lindsey.
6. Madison Bell, W. (’. Puckett,
R. Joyner, Randolph Rose.
6. Dr. W. W. Landrum, Dr. A. R.
Holrierby, Rev. C. B. Wllmer,
Blackburn.
8. J. II. Hewitt. Albert Steiner, H. L.
Collier, M. L. Blckart.
9. A. J. McGahee, J. M. Slmonton, G.
H. Wade. Simon Einstein.
10. Harvey Johnson, William Strauss,
B. G. Preston.
11. W. P. Andrews, J. M. Russell, Dr.
George Brown, E. C. Bruffoy.
12. Mike RI.ey, J. J. Hastings, Park
Woodward, Jack Wilson.
13. H. W. Quinn, John Jentsen, C.
Cooper, W. J. Tllaon.
14. J. H. Harwell, G. H. Sims, J. Sid
Holland, J. N. McEachern.
15. E. C. Peters, F. A. Qullllan, James
L. Key, A. L. Curtis.
16. W. H..Terrell, Howard Pattlllo, E.
W. Martin, William Oldknow*.
17. C. L. Chosewood, F. O. Foster, E
Pomeroy, W, W. Draper.
I*. 8. ('. Glass. W. D. Ellis, Jr., W. A.
Taylor, l*. A. Wlkle.
19. C. 8. Winn, W. A. Hancock, W.
II. Patterson, C. M. Roberts.
20. A. P. Stewart, J. R. Wilkinson,
W. Nelms, Arnold Broyles.
2f. R. E. Riley, R. M. Clayton, Hugh
Cardoza, J. H. Patterson.
Following the carriages of the first
division were the other divisions, all of
which, with the exception of the last,
were given to the various unions. The
positions were settled Inst Saturday
night nt a drawing held In Federation
Hall.
The last division was formed of the
merchants' floats.
Postmaster Bliun Delivers
Welcome Address and
Rogers Responds.
ery feature of the morning
due to the tireless effort* of the nu
merous committee* In charge. Since It
wa* flr*t determined to have a record-
breaking Labor day celebration thl*
year and the committee* were *elected,
the member* have cheerfully given up
their time and worked In perfet har-
monv. president Jerome Jones, general
'Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3.—The seventh
annual convention of the National As
sociation of postoffice clerk* convened
thl* morning, with the largest attend
ance on record.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Postmaster Blum and Assistant Pierce,
and the response by Frank Rodgers, of
Chicago.
The morning was taken up In a gen
eral discussion.
In the afternoon the delegates visited
Tybee.for the Labor day exercises.
They will be In session here four
days.
him by an eyelash. Vi> went to Tan
gier yesterday and he arrived nt Gi
braltar two hours after we sailed. The
boat on whic h we were returning pass
ed the boat on which he was going six
miles out of. Gibraltar. He passed so
close to us that we could distinguish
the passengers on deck.
Hie Money Tied Up.
We discovered that he had $12,000
In a bank In Tangier. Steps have
been taken by Assistant State’s Attor
ney Olsen to tie his money up. and If
possible restore It to the swindled de
positors.
I was told a story of n woman scorn
ed that let! to the finding of HtenMland’s
trail. One of his numerous friends
who thought she had been shabbily
treated put the correspondent fn pos
session of the first hint as to the fugi
tive's whereabouts. Her Information
was Indefinite, but Investigation proved
Its probable accuracy.
Finally, on August 18, It became cer
tain that he was In Tangier and had
been for sixteen days. He fled from
Chicago on 8unday. July 12. went di
rect to New York and took the White
Star boat sailing on Tuesday for Liver
pool, and stayed In that town two days.
Stensland then took the P. and O. boat,
reaching Gibraltar on July 27. There
he Immediately took the boat for Tan
gier on the northern coast of Africa,
the original haven of the Moorish pi
rates of olden time, who held the record
for freebooting until the modern thiev
ing bank president put them back. The
correspondent nnd Mr. Olsen sailed
from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II on Monday, August 20.
Banker’s Tracks Plain.
Paris was reached on Monday and
was left Tuesday noon. Madrid was
reached Wednesday afternoon nnd Gi
braltar twenty-six * hours later. On
Saturday morning the boat was taken
for Tangier, the Moorish city being
reached early In the evening.
All last night and until 4 o’clock this
afternoon the Investigation proceeded.
At every town Htenslund’s tracks were
uncovered and the last clew pointed to
the Grand Hotel at Gibraltar.
Stensland arrived In Tangier July 28
by the steamer Glbel from Gibraltar.
He apparently made previous Inquiries
regarding the hotels, avoiding the large
and prominent ones such as Villa de
France, Cecil and Continental.
Registers at Norwegian,
He entered the city gate, walked to
the Grand Hotel Oriental. It le perched
on top of a hill and Is the most promi
nent building In the ranks of dazzling
white and blue skies that rise terrace
on terrace, till the summit Is crowned.
It Is the resort of Europeans and by
strange coincidence Is the place where
an absconding railway auditor of At
lanta, Ga., was captured through the
efforts of United States Minister Gum-
mere, six years ago.
Stensland registered as ”P. Olsen,
Norway.” He was given a room over
looking the sea with a view of the
Spanish shore In the distance. For one
day he kept to hi* room, complaining
of a cold on the lungs. The affliction
was real, and for ft few days he was a
sick man. The day after his arrival
he amazed Proprietor Philip Sterwind
by exhibiting, as Sterwind said, “an
awful lot of money and n great number
of big bills.” Ae a banker Stensland
knew which was the best bank In Tan
gier, and mounting a mule with a
small satchel in hand, rode to the
Comptolr Nationals D’Escompte, where
ha said he wanted to make a deposit
and open an account.
Handed Out $12,000.
When he dumped $12,000 on the
counter the eyes of the clerk bulged
out and he called M. Gaurant, the
governor, who questioned the prospec
tive customer. The money waa In
American bills, English bank notea and
French notes. Stensland In answer to
the governor’s Inquiry, said he came
from America, and when further ques
tioned as to why he carried money In
such shape and had no letter of credit,
Negroes Staying Away
From Pdls and Dem
ocrats See Victory.
p|SC-
HpcH.il in Tlu» Georgian
Merriphls, Tenn., Sept. 3.—Ide
tlon weather prevails throughout th*
state of Arkansas and a large vote
will be polled. Very few negroes are
voting In this section of the state. It
Isi predicted that John S. Little. Demo-
era tic nominee for governor, will re
ceive a majority of 25,000 to 40,000 over
Worthington. Republican.
Adams, Prohibitionist, and Hogan.
Socialist, had a warm contest over
liquor license. They claim they will
arry all counties now wet nnd three
thin harp heretofore been dry.
The Republicans claim n gnln of two
state senators and ten representatives.
John H. Page, secretary of the Dem
ocratic state committee, says the Dem
ocrats will not lose a single senatorial
district nor a single representative
from the Democratic counties. He be
lieves the school amendment to the
constitution. Increasing the school tax
from two to three mills, will receive a
favorable vote In. every county. * 9
The ticket being voted today is as
follow*:
Governor--John 8. Little. Democrat.
Sebastian county; John I. Worthington.
Republican, Carroll county; John G.
Adams, Prohibitionist, Polk county.
Daniel Hogan, Socialist, Sebastian
county
Secretary of State—O. C. Ludwig, of
Pulaski county.
Attorney General—W. F. Kirby, of
Miller county.
State Treasurer—J. L. Yates, of Lo
gan county.
Auditor of State—A. E. Moore, of
Faulkner county.
Btut* I*and Commissioner—L. L.
Coffman, of noone county.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction—J. J. Doyne, of Pulaski
county.
Commissioner of Mines, Manufac
tures and Agriculture—Guy B. Tucker,
of Union county.
Associate Justice of Supreme Court
—J. E. Riddick, of Pulaski county.
Railroad Commissioners—J. W.
CfocketL of Arkansas county; J. K.
Hampton, of Dallas county, and ,R. P.
Allen, oi Crawford county.
MRS. BATTLE SUES
FOR TOTAL DIVORCE;
ASKS BIG ALIMONY
B. Lawrence Battle, Hus
band, Is Worth
$125,000. * NA
DREW PISTOL ON WIFE
Says Husband Is Habitual
Drunkard—Wants $50,-
. 000 Alimony.
MONTH'S STATISTICS
AT BRUNSWICK PORT
N|ixi*l«l in 'I'li. Georgina.
Brunswick, Go., Sept. 3.—The report
of the port statistician for Augu.t has
been made up, nnd .how. total value of
nhiptnent. from Brunswick during the
paxt month wa. 11,812,042. Vend, ar
rived nt thl. port ok follow.: Twenty-
.tenmer., seventeen schooners, three
harks, one brig. Thirty vessels cleared
from th* port with cargoes for United
States ports and nine with cargoes for
foreign countries. Among the domestic
shipments were 60 barrels syrup, 1,100
bole, .heetlng, 495 bale, wool, 200 bar*
rels cotton seed oil, 7,500 barrel,
rosin, 3,000 barrel, turpentine, 800 case,
cedar, 1,100 pieces idling. 161,984 rail
road crossties, 135,000 shingles. 8,582,
000 feet lumber, 30 tons miscellaneous
merchandise Among exports to for
eign countries were the following:
Two thousand eight hundred ton. pho»-
phme rock,'2,100 barrel* turpentine,
In a petition In which she allege, al
most Inconceivable debauchery and In
decency, Mrs. Marie Allen Battle on
Monday sued B. Lawrence Battle, *
rich Innd owner, for absolute divorce.
______ 350,000 alimony and the custody of
said iTe thought he would get the worst t * la,r * w0 children, B. Lawrence. Jr.,
of exchange and concluded It wa* best and Jake Allen Battle. . .if
to carry currency. • The petitioner alleges that "up to
The deposit was accepted, but only
50(1 bonds rosin, 1,240,000 feet lumber,
47.600 shingles, 74,900 rosstles.
The tntol value of Import* for month
of August was 3958.910.
TWO CHATTANOOGA NEGROE8
TAKE THEIR O^fN LIVES
Special to The Georgian.
hnttanooga, Tenn., Sept. 3.—Ne
groes In this city are making a record
solcldes. Two have suicided with
in the pnst ten days. The first was
Jim ('onnor, n saloon porter, who Is
believed to Have ended his life by
Jumping from t)y county bridge be
cause of III health. The second and
Inst Is John Smith, a negro blacksmith
at the (Smdnnntl Southern shops.
chairman: Vice president «'. W. Bern
hardt, chief marshal: the assistant
mnrxhals and the chairmen of the dif
ferent committees are especially IT.*,
serving of credit. Roth President Jones
and Vice President Bernhardt were
highly delighted at the mnnner the
rarefully laid plans were carried out.
"It Is the greatest parade we have
ever had," said President Jones.
Things could not have moved off
more smoothly.*' said Vice President
Bernhardt.
And both of them voiced the opinion
of the public at large.
provisionally, as the governor was aua
plclous. Stensland'. explanation of his
reason for carrying cash was puerile,
and M. Gaurant thought he was doing
business with a criminal of some kind,
The French notes especially were re
garded with suspicion, the bankers sus
pecting they might be counterfeits. He
was too polite to say so, but shipped
them to Marseilles nnd Paris. They
came back In ten days guaranteed.
As soon as Stensland left the bank,
M. Gaurant sent for Hotel Keeper Rter
wind and asked If he knew anything
about his guest, saying he thought
there was something wrong.
8w«st on Osneing Girl.
Stensland'* attendant nt the Moorish
dance hall was Senorlta Vancetl, a
Spanish girl, from Seville, who per
forms an exceptional fandango at the
Cafe Imperial. Her partiality for him
aroused a feeling of Jealousy In th*
breast of an Arab chief, who enjoyed
the smiles of the maid until Stensland
appeared on the scene.
Every morning Stensland was an
early visitor to the big aoko or market
plure. At the hotel he formed ac
quaintance with a professor from the
University of Cambridge, who Is a bit
of a globe-trotter, He wanted to see
Southern Spain and Anally Stensland
decided to take a two-weeks’ trip In
the southern part of Alfonso's country.
This taking of his foot off what he re
garded as protective soil I* a little as
tonishing, but In keeping with his whole
conduct In Tangier.
On August 14 8tensland and the
English professor and another man left
for Gibraltar, Stensland'. Anal act be
ing to arrange with the Comptolr Na
tionals D’Escompte for a credit of 2,600
pesetas, or about 3400, at the Anglo-
Egyptian bank. In Gibraltar.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
vhlle
three year* ago' the defendant,
never n model husband, wa* fairly so
ber and fairly considerate of the plain
tiff." "Then he began to drink," she
continues, “and has since become an
habitual, confirmed and hopeless
drunkard." Rhe allege* that "since he
became a slave to the whisky habit"
he had made life almost unbearable for
her nnd the children.
The family moved to Atlanta from
Warren county In 1904. and the plala-
11 IT, In her bill, says the defendant waa
"absolutely drunk when he got hers
and ha* been almost constantly drunk
ever since." 8he says that when he
I* drunk he "commits act* of unspeak
able horror to the plaintiff nnd th#
children." It Is claimed that he has
brought home drunken and Indecent
companions who have caroused and
committed unmentionable acts of Inde
cency.
It Is claimed that on Sunday the de
fendant drew a pistol on Mrs. Rattl*.
and that on a former occasion he threw
a stone at B. Lawrence Battle, Jr., th*
8-year-old son.
Mr*. Battle claim* that for the last
year her husband has not provided for
her properly and n large portion of the
expense of the living of herself and
her children was borne byjier brother,
Fred Allen. Rhe claims that she has
had her husband sent to a sanitarium
for drunkards, but that he would not
stay there.
Judge Pendleton granted an Injunc
tion restraining the defendant from
disposing of or further encumbering his
property until a settlement has been
made with the defendant. The court
has set September 8 -is the date for a
permanent hearing.
A partial schedule of the defendant's
property, aa given In tha petition, show:
him to be worth considerably more
than 1126,000. ln this Is Included
life Interest In 3,000 acres of land In
Warren and Tallpferro counties worth
345,000, stock In the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, the Atlanta Oil
and Fertilizer Company, extensive
peach orchards, live slock and note
and account*.
MANY KILLED AND HURT
IN FIGHT WITH COSSACKS
By Private leased Wire.
Warsaw, 8ept. 3.—8lx person* were’killed nnd twenty-two woum
a flffht between Cossacks and workingmen at Raduftnn.<«kft today in
Cor ih» nosseaston of a red flat used at a funeral pn^es-ion.