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The Atlanta Georgian.
Cotton fnptorlon 130.
Vnlno of 1906 potto
VOL. 1. NO. 113
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, ,1906.
Morning Edition.
‘prJTprp . In Attests TWO CENT*.
XT. on Trains FIVF CKNTa
negro attacks
WOMAN IN YARD
Family on Porch, Mrs.
Gregory I s
Seized.
IN GEORGIA
With her husband and other mem
bers of the family'In the front port of
,he house. Mrs. Gregory, wife of J. H.
Gregory, a Southern Express employe,
va s attacked by a negro Tuesday
night about 8:80 o'clock.
The negro seized her by the throat
u she stepped on the rear porch of
their home at 198 Whitehall street,
leaving the prints of his Angers In the
tender flesh. Though frightened hor
ribly and her breath almost cut off,
Mrs. Gregory managed to scream,
bringing her husband and neighbors
quickly to her rescue.
As they rushed to the rear of the
dwelling the burly form of a negro was
seen running away. Mrs. Gregory lay
on the ground all but unconscious from
the severe choking she had received
and the fright. Attention was flrst
given to ministering to her, and It was
some time before It was known Just
what had happened to her.
When she had finally become calm,
Mrs. Gregory said that she had stepped
from the kitchen to a rear porch, when
the negro Jumped and seized her.
all happened so quickly that she could
give little Idea of the man’s appear
ance. The police have been notified and
are on the watch for, suspects.
Mrs. Gregory Is a delicate, refined
little woman, and Is almost prostrated
from her terrible experience. Mr.
Gregory left the kitchen Just a few
minutes before the assault.
IN WASHINGTON
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 8.—Despondent be
cause of matrimonial troubles, h^rs.
Dorothy L. Williams, formerly of Law-
rencevllle, Ga., 86 years old, living with
her sister, Pauline Benson, at 341 Bry
ant street, Northwest, attempted
commit suicide by taking carbolic acid
about 8 o’clock last 'night In the park
In front of the new Freedmen's hos
pital building. Her life was saved by
Officer Delavlgne, of the Eighth pre
cinct, who approached the woman and
knocked the bottle from her hand as
she raised It to her lips.
8he was badly burned about the face,
chest and shoulders, but after being
treated at the hospital was able to go
home. The police notified the woman's
husband, C. P. Williams, who lives at
EOS Twelfth street. When he arrived
at the Eighth precinct station he told
the police he did not believe his wife
had attempted to commit suicide, but
•aid he had reason to believe she had
been assaulted.
At the home of her sister Mrs. Wil
liams declined to be seen, and Miss
Henson said she did not care to dis
cuss the case. Mrs. Williams Is tl)e
Final Smashing of Old
Time Political Ma
chinery.
Directors Hope 'to
Open Door of Con
cern Soon.
mother of four small children.
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Bperlnl t„ The Georgian.
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 6.—Nat Thorn
hm. of Atlanta, who put Krelgh Col
■ms, the Chicago tennla expert, out of
•he running In the singles In the trl-
Staie tennis tourney, was himself de
feated Wednesday, with hla partner,
Bryant Grunt, In the doubles. They
{*" < ‘ as >' victims to Carl Kehr and R.
D- Little, New Yorkere, regarded as
•he beat doubles in the tourney. Little
? “■* man who was recently defeated
<>y Uothler for the national tennla
r PJ ,lon " h| P- All the sets were easy
,, ‘he New Yorkers, the scores being
*•}. 6-2, and 6-4.
m the singles this afternoon Nat
Thornton plays Cowan Rodgers, the
otnoxviiie (Tenn.) who, who Is regard-
va a* dangerous tn the touhley. Thorn
ton a playing in the singles Is winning,
much applause.
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Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—On warrants
charging embezzlement and making
false returns, sworn out by a deposi
tor of the wrecked Real Estate Trust
Company, Adolph Segal, promoter:
William F. North, treasurer, and M. S.
Collingwood, assistant treasurer of
the wrecked Institution, were arrested
today and arraigned before Magistrate
Kochersperger at Central police court.
Segal’s ball was fixed at 126,000 and
that of North and Colllngswood 310,000
each.
At a secret meeting of directors of
the Real Estate Trust Company, which
lasted nearly all night, a plan of re
organization submitted by Receiver
Earle was practically adopted this
morning. The plan when promulgated
will effect a complete reorganization
of the company with an entire new set
of employees from the president down;
liquidate every cent of the 37,000,000
Indebtedness and the doors of the In-"
stltutlori will be thrown open within
a week.
They Expected Arrest,
The arrest of Segal, the arch pro
moter; Treasurer North and Assistant
Treasurer Collingwood, In no way
will affect the plans of the new
organization. Segal knew last night
that he was to be arrested. All along
he felt that the blow would fall. He
wps ready to enter ball In any sum
that Is required. North, too, felt that
the arm of the law was after htqi.
Collingwood was not aware that a
warrant was out for hla arrest today.
He was under the Impression that be
would be Immune, but that North
would have to suffer.
Auditor is Safe.
Horace Hill, the auditor, who la 76
years old and broken In health, will
not be arrested. District Attorney Ball
aaya he was merely a figurehead and
a tool used by the looters.
The district attorney In explalnlnr
today how the conspiracy was carrlei
out, said:
’’Blank notes with Segal’s name at
tached have been discovered and I
think that we are on the track of -an
explanation of the 32,300,000 difference
In the amounts of loans as given by
books of the bank and In the state
ment of Mr. Segal.
Had Wildcat Schemes.
“Evidently Hippie and Segal were
parties In all the latter’s wildcat
schemes. Hippie, while he was not di
rectly Implicated as a stockholder or
director In the various companies or
ganized with the funds of the com
pany, was represented In each of them
through his son, who was treasurer of
four of the companies.
“Segal’s method of doing business
was to buy up or organize a company
at an expense of 350,000. He would
then mortgage It for eight or ten times
this amount, Issue bonds and pledge
these as collateral for more money.
“Mr. North appears to have been
the executor of the Hlpple-Segal plana
and Collingwood knew what North
knew.”
Says He Warned Hippie.
Auditor Horace Hill, who passed the
bogus lists of wildcat securities, by
which President Hippie threw millions
Into Promoter Segal’s hands, confessed
today that he Warned Hippie a year
ago of Impending ruin and that the
president had promised to reform. He
said he had taken hla word for It, and
had tried to save the suicide.
Logan Bulllt, millionaire coal opera
tor and candidate for congress from
the Fifth district, has served formal
notice upon Receiver Earle that unless
he at once began proceeding* to estab
lish the liability of the directors to
pay each depositor In full, he would
begin civil and criminal suits,
Mr. Bulllt said he Intended to get
every cent of his money back, and that
he thought that 48 hours was ample
notice to the receiver.
It now looks like the general assem
bly of the Presbyterian church will
lose a great portion of the 3903,000
trust funds held by this company.
THE GEORGIAN WINS ITS FIGHT
FOR A RIGID MEAT INSPECTION;
TAYLOR MEASURE IS PASSED
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i'mpany collided head-on late laet
collided head-on late laet
while on the road between this
vl 'V' 1 Wont Lake Park. Cheat
superintendent of the wood
*ork. ‘‘ nt °*. th * Kilby Locomotive
badly hurt In the back and
was cut on the noee by broken
i two cars being slightly damaged.
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Not
a Dissenting
Voice Heard in
Meeting.
The ordinance which for all time
will assure clean, wholesome meats for
this city, was unanimously passed by
council Tuesday afternoon.
The deplorable conditions and lack
of laws to change them, first brought
to the public notice by The Georgian,
will soon be a thing of the past, as the
ordinance goes Into effect January 1.
Already the exposures have worked
great Improvement In the local abat
toirs.
Walter A. Taylor, who has been the
active leader In council against the
filth of the slaughter pen, who la au
thor of the long and drastic ordinance
pnd chairman of the special committee
appointed at hla Instigation by the city
council, said when asked what would
be the amount of cost to maintain the
regulations:
M If It rn*ti
'If It costs the city 3100,000 a year, It
should be passed. There Is nothing
more Important than the health of the
people, and there Is nothing which af
fects the health of the people more
than the meats they eat. The ordinance
Is alike for the benefit of the poor and
the rich—every one In the city of At
lanta.”
Cost Not Over $10,000.
It In estimated that the cost of main
tainlng Inspectors and Carrying out the
ordinance from year to year will not
exceed 310,000 per annum.
The ordinance as passed Tuesday Is,
with a few minor exceptions, the lame
as first drafted. The wording was
changed In several places Tuesday by
Alderman James L. Key. The vote
was then taken ahd not one dissenting
voice waa heard.
The first Idea of the condition* exist
ing in the local abattoirs was brought
to the notice of the public several
months ago by The Georgian. This
was followed by an exclusive Interview
from Meat Inspector Waseer, of the
health department. The facts related
In the first article were corroborated.
At that time It was claimed by aeverat
of the members of the board of health
that the statements published were ex
aggeratlons. President C. F. Benson,
of the board of health, however, was
04 Uie UUttlU U* licaiui, uunutci, wan
from the start one of the strongest
advocates of the new regulations, and
for a number of year* has attempted
to better the conditions.
Taylor Takes Matter Up.
Councilman Taylor, having heard
that the local meat conditions were
anything but good and seeing the artl
clea In The Georgian, brought the mat
ter before council, asking that a spe
cial committee be appointed. After In
vestigating and finding the conditions
even worse than had been stated, he
sent letters to all the large cities where
slaughtering Is done to any extent and
In this way combined the good points
worked out by long experience with
the local knowledge that could be
gathered on the matter.
Central Abattoir Assured.
The establishment of the central
abattoir, which Is oseured by the pas
sage of the ordinance, wlit be the
means by which the ordinance may be
carried out to the letter. The central
abattoir will be operated on the co
operative basis, many of the local re
tail dealera being directly Interested
In the project. The plant will coet
1100,000 and In every way be modern
and up-to-date.
The details of the abattoir have not
aa yet been settled. The petition of
W. H. White, Jr., J. L. McLendon and
others to erect the plant on a portion
of the city atockade property has been
referred to the committee on public
grounds and buildings.
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Covington, Ga., Sept. 5.—The 0
first two bales of cotton raised 0
In Newton county this year were O
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brought Into town Satui
sold for 10 cents. The bales be- O
longed to two brothers, Marvin 0
ana Howard Mlddlebrooks, who O
own separate farms, and who 0
were striving to be the first man 0
to bring the new bale in town. 0
When one saw that the other O
had been the flrst to get his tot- 0
ton to gin brotherly animosity 0
showed Itself and came near re- O
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LEADING PROVISIONS
OF NE W ORDINANCE
The Taylpr meat ordinance baa many
features, and each feature la neceisnry.
The ordinance !■ some ten pages In
length, but the more prominent polnta,
epitomised, are:
Workers In the (daughter houses must
liuvo health certificates, stating that
(hey hnre no contagious or Infectious
disease.
The workers must wear sanitary doth*
Ing.
DR. WALTER TAYLOR.
Who led the fight for boter meat
inspection laws.
The floors must tie built of concrete,
properly guttered and graded.
All animals must be Inspected before
and after being killed.
Tho slaughtering must he done In the
presence of an inspector between the
hours of 7 n. ra. and 8 p. tn.
The minimum weight for calves. 60
pounds; fur bogs, 16, and for sheep or
trouts, 12 pound*.
There must lie steam for clennalng
purposes In every nhotttor.
The maximum charges fixed for slaugh
tering are: $1.25 for cattle, 36 cents for
hogs and 80 cents for sheep and goats.
No meat from outside sources can lie
sold In the city unless It liears the gov
ernment stamp and has been Inspected
on arrival In Atlanta.
BRYJIN IS READY
TO VISIT
Can Come to Atlanta Be
tween September
19 and 23.
COMMITTEE THANKS
GEORGIAN FOR WORK
\ Atlanta, Ga., 8ept..6, 1900.
The Atlanta Georgian, City.
Gentlemen: The committee on the Investigation of meat, of which I
am chairman, beg to thank your paper for the hearty co-operation you
have given us In the work that has been executed, ennbllng us to draft
and have passed before the session of the mayor and geneml council an
ordinance which we consider, to be one of the most Important that has
come before this body for many years.
Your recent editorial, at a time when there was being circulated over
the city a petition that would have retarded our progress, was timely, and
the large number of letters received by the committee and your paper
ahow the extent of The Georgian's Influence. As suggested above, the
passage of this ordinance Is a source of congratulation to us and the
city at large. We can only trust that when the ordinance goea Into ef
fect that the board of health will see that It Is properly executed, and
we have no doubt of their co-operation.
The city of Atlanta will be enabled to get a very much better class
of pure meat food, and nt the same time, the ordinance will be an In
centive for-the farmers throughout the state to raise beef and cattle, be
ing'assured that they will get the highest market prices for both the
jive stock as well as the by-products.
Again thanking you for your Interest In the matter, I am, yours truly,
(Signed) WALTER A. TAYLOR,
Chairman.
By HENRY BURNS,
Hpoelsl to The Georgian.
Chicago, III., Sept. 6.—The banquet
of the Jefferson Club to Bryan on
Tuesday night Is conceded by Chicago
papers to be the greatest political ban
quet In the history of the West.
Twelve hundred representative Dem
ocrats from every Western state filled
the great hall of the .Auditorium and
enthusiasm reigned supreme from flrst
to last.
Bryan 8ounds Bugle Not*.
Mr. Bryan's calm Inflexible arraign
ment of Roger Sullivan, of Illinois,
tvas pitched upon the highest moral
plane, and sounds a bugle note for clear
politics that will, It Is believed by many
of his hearers, purify the party and
enthuse the country. It was received
with a long continued demonstration
of approval that foreshadows the de
feat of Sullivan two years hence.
John Temple Graves, of Georgia, was
the chief speaker on the program next
to the great commoner, and ut the
urgent request of the Jefferson Club,
greutly extended the remarks prepared
for the press. Mr. Graves waa cheered
and compelled to rise and bow his
thanks to the audience.
Chicago Papers Praise Graves.
The ^Chicago Chronicle pronounces
Graves’ effort the really great speech
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FOR HUGGING HOKE SMITH
OFFICER MUST STAND TRIAL
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Sept 6.—For hugging
Hon. Hoke Smith on the stage of the
Augusta opera house on the night of
August 18, the night that he spoke
here. Police Officer Tom J. Williams
will have to face the police commis
sion Friday afternoon on a charge of
taking an Interest In politics, something
that ls not allowed In the police de
partment.
There Is a standing rule In the police
department that the members of the
force must not take any active part In
the elections, either state, county or
municipal, and while Chairman Cohen,
of the commission, was on the stage
and a strong supporter of Hon. Hoke
Smith, he could not refrain from pre,
ferrlng charges against the officer who
forgot himself for the moment.
Police Officer Williams has been In
the service for a number of years, and
has always been attentive to hla duty.
HEAVY STORM IS REPORTED TO BE
HEADED FOR STATE OF GEORGIA
8peeial to Tht Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C„ Sept. 5.—A heavy storm off tho Bahamas is moving
rapidly toward the Georgia and Carolina coasts. Residents of tho island
resorts are hastening to tho city.
POLICE INSPECTOR
PLACED UNDER BAN
BY BUSINESS MEN
Hpeeldl to The Georgina.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 5.—Inspector
of Police E 8. Whitaker Is formally
charged In a letter received today by
Mayor Beherman with using vile, pro-
thermore the writer of the missive as
serts that the Inspector said he “would
do him up.” Morris Abraham, a mem
ber of the cotton exchange and owner
of large business buildings, make the
charge. He complains of having at
tempted to get an Interview with the
Inspector to lay before him the matter
of burglaries that have been commit
ted repeatedly of late In one of his
buildings, but a personal talk was re
fused. Whitaker afterward called him
up over the telephohe and shamefully
of the evening. The Inter.
speaks of him as the Wendell Philips
of tho South. Mr. Bryan thanked him
publicly and declared that he had done
Democracy a mighty service.
Mr. Bryan told Mr. Oraves finally
that It will be Impossible for him to
visit Atlanta In October, but thnt he
Is In n position to accept an Invitation
to speak In Georgia between Septem
her 19 and 23. So If the Young Men’s
Democratic League wants him It can
get him.
Bryan Led it Applause.
Mr. Bryan speaks In warm term* of
Hoke Smith, lie thlnka he la a tower
of strength to Democracy.
The moat significant Incident of the
the fact that Mr. Bryan
banquet was
himself, with great henrtbdness, led the
applause nt Mr. Graves' tribute to Wil
liam Randolph Hears!. Mr. Graves left
at noon today for Atlanta amid a
cheering delegation of the Jefferson
Club.
EIGHT ARE KILLER
IN DOUBLE WRECK
OF FREIGHT TRAINS
By Private Leased Wire.
Martlnsburg. W. Vo., Sept. 6.—A ter
rible wreck occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio at Sir Johnsrun, near here,
and the division Is completely tied up.
Wrecking trains have been telegraph
ed for and relief for the Injured Is on
the way.
Reports received here asking for
medical old stated that eight men were
killed and several others so badly hurt
that they would die. Sir Johnsrun la
Just west of this point and la In the
modst of a mountainous territory and
Is filled with heavy grades. It waa on
A NEW REGIME
HOLDS THE REINS
Only Storm in Great Hoke
Smith Convention Caused
by Court of Appeals.
one of thfse that the wreck occurred.
~ freight trains, running in op-
Two
poslte directions, collided and before
another freight following close could
be flagged It came along and plied Into
the debris of the original collalon.
8HOOT8 TWO WOMEN;
_ . THEN MAKES ESCAPE
Special to. The Georgian.
Cheater, S. C., Sept. 6.—Monday night
about 9 o'clock Lawson Addison, col
ored, shot and Instantly killed two ne
gro women. Tlldy McMaster and her
sister, Mamie Halsell, about six miles
from this place. They had been to
church and othera were near enough to
aee the flash of the pistol. Addison
ran off Just as they came up. He and
one of the women had been sweet
heart*. but she waa about to discard
him.
fane and obscene language and fur- abused him In the manner stated.
Buried Unidentified.
Special to The Georgian.
Amerirus. Ga., Sept. 6.—After en
deavoring for eight days to discover
the Identity of the stranger who died
here, August 28, aboard a passenger
train en route from Rochelle to Mont
gomery, the remains were Interred
here yesterday afternoon.
By JOHN C. REESE.
Georgia has seen her last great po
litical convention.
Tuesday In Macon tho death knell
to that ancient and time-honored po
litical machinery was sounded. There
were no flowers. -no crape, no sorrow
ing mourners.
From this good day forward the peo
ple will run directly, nnd the schemes
and “deals” of convention bodies will
be known no more In the Empire state
of the South.
A new regime Is In the saddle. The
disgruntled say that It is simply a
new “ring.” The man who Bwept to
unparalleled victory on August 22,
says the people arc the rulers now.
To watch that final convention Tues
day Impressed the unbiased onlooker
with the certainty thnt tho common
people are running things now, at uny
rate.
To the great majority of that body
It was a new game. Tho few old-
timers on hand either took a bnek seat,
or else had scampered to the hand
wagon In time to get in the limelight.
To write the accurate story of that
convention Is to begin with Hoke
Smith nnd end with tho same two
words, filling between with Hoke
Smith. It was n Hoke Smith body of
men almost to n unit; It wns a links
Smith chnlrmon, officers nn.l execu
tive committee; It was a Hoke Smith
platform nnd n Hoke Smith nominee
for railroad commissioner.
And why not? The people had plac
ed overwhelmingly the seal of approval
on him, nnd to carry out his Ideas,
which they Indorsed, the machinery
for Its consummation belonged to him.
Hotels Overflowed.
Macon hotels filled up early Monday
evening, nnd belated comers on night
trains begged the privilege of resting
wearied bodies In office chalra or what
ever might offer a slight resting spot.
Bed* were at a premium.' and Tues
day the hundreds of delegates and vis
itors swept the restaurants clean of
edibles early In the day.
Hot, too. When the weather man
down there turns oh the "caloric’’
you've got something cgmlng to you In
the way of real, sizzling hent. But no
body growled. Everybody wns In per
fect good humor. Wasn't It a unani
mous thing? No rows, no contentions!
Everybody Just brothers, aa somebody
pally put It.
Wet goods emporiums did a record -
smashing business, but not nn Intoxi
cated man was In evidence, which Is
a tribute to the clennness nnd sobriety
of the men who ca’me there from ev-
ry part of Georgia.
They came for one purpose—to nom-
loke Smith for governor and da
Just what he wanted done.
All forenoon the hotels were n seeth
ing mass of perspiring men. Limp
collars prevailed. Delegations were
busied selecting members of the state
executive committee, and finnl confer
ences were being held on tho platform.
It took a long time to shape the plat
form to meet the approval of all con
cerned. As finally adopted much of
the rod-hot matter embodied In the
original draft was shorn away to con
form to the semi-conservative views
of some.
Convention Called to Ordsr.
When Chairman Yeomans rapped the
convention to order promptly at noon,
the big auditorium was Jammed to suf
focation. The delegates got as com
fortable as possible by shedding coats
and using fans. The muchly adver
tised electric fans were conspicuous
by their absence. Borne Ice water Was
furnished.- and ladles at the entrances
did a land-office business selling lem
onade.
When Temporary Chairman T. W.
Hardwick arose, he was given an ova
tion that must have made him tingle
with pleasure. He showed his appre
ciation with a ripping speech. He
speaks vehemently and emphasizes
with B profusion of gesture The - N .
weather was not suited for mat sort
of exercise, but Congressman Hard
wick didn’t let a little thing like heat
worry him. Before he had proceeded
far a tiny rivulet of rersplratlnn was
streaming off the point of his chin to
his shirt front. He didn’t take time to
ply his handkerchief «s n corrective.
8late Slides Through.
Then the convention got down to
business and carried out the slate as
announced. H. H. Cabanlss, of At
lanta, and Professor E L. Martin, of
Macon, were unanimously named as
temporary secretaries, and a little later
were made permanent secretaries. They
were placed In nomination by Murphy
Candler, of DaXalki ■
By a unanimous vote the resolution
of R. L. Berner, of Monroe, to place
the alternate* on the same footing as
the regular delegates, was passed. It
would be Impossible to state how manv
delegates that gave Mr. Smith on the
floor, as the number „f alternates from
the eountles varied.
Secretary Martin placed Judge Mit-
Continued on Paqe Three.