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HtlllAY. KKl'l'I.MBKU 7, 1>«.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WARSHIPS LINED UP FOR GREAT NAVAL REVIEW OF LAST MONDAY
SNAPSHOT TAKEN DURING LABOR DAY’S GREAT NAVAL REVIEW, SHOWING THE PRESIDENT’S YACHT,*MAYFLOWER, ON THE LEFT AND SOME OF THE WARSHIPS LINED UP.
YARBROUGH MAY GET
KILPATRICK’S PLACE
Water Board Mix-Up
Creates Much Talk
. in City.
David W. Yarbrough will, In all
probability, be the water commlaaloner
fr«»m the Fourth ward to aucceed J. W.
Kilpatrick, resigned. There la at 111
doubt aa to who will he the next sec
rotary of the water board to aucceed
W illiam R Dlmmock, deceased.
Widespread Interest la being taken
In the light which was brought to
light and the facta truthfully stated
in Thursday's Georgian. The account
published by other evening papers la
being criticised to no little degree.
In a word the situation is as follows:
Mr. Kilpatrick resigned from the wa
ter board Tuesday luat, expecting to
made secretary of the water board.
It was previously planned, on abort
ti rice, to put M. M. Welch on the vs*
ter board to aucceed Mr. Kilpatrick.
This was learned a few minutes be
fore council and the plan wax balked.
There was no election held and Wed
nesday there was no secretary elected
by the boartL.
In the Fourth ward the general sen
tlinent Is toward Mr. Yarbrough, he
having been In the ward for many
years and thoroughly understand.ng
things pertaining to the water depart
ment, whereas Mr. Welsh moved Into
the ward only alx weeks ago.
Councilman F. O. Foster stated Fri
day that Alderman Hlrsch, of the
l -irth ward, was out of the city, and
that there had been no c<di*ultatlon
with Councilman E. K. Pomeroy.
"I am glad the election did not come
ofT at the last meeting of council," said
Mr. Foster, "for the people of the
Fourth had not been consulted ns to
their wishes. Then 1 uin strongly In
fnvor of putting new blood Into alt
Imnrda and 1 think Mr. Yarbrough Is
admirably suited for the txisltlon as he
is a master plumber and understands
the technical matters that arise In
connection with the waterworks."
Major Pomeroy said that as he had
not talked with Mr. Foster he was un
able to express his opinion.
Mr. Yarbrough, although he could not
I • seen Friday because of being on an
inspection tour In West End. is work-
i >g among his friends for the |s>sltlon.
J' is staled that he was somewhat In-
t ised at the manner in which the slate
was brought before council and will
«. • everything to Ik* the successor of
Mr. Kilpatrick. Ills friends are leav
ing no stones unturned to accomplish
those ends.
"1 Was Asked to Run.*'
Mr, Kilpatrick said Friday:
"1 had no bleu of running for sec
ret siry of the water hoard until four
of the commissioner* came to me and
asked me to. That was on Saturday
and 1 told them 1 would not decide be
fore Sunday or Monday. I was called
«.(x the following day and consented
with the proviso that there would be
no tight or friction. I was told that
the majority of the commissioners hud
j i mised to vote for me. Even then l
wished to delay the matter, but 1 was
asked to resign Tuesday s«» ns to stop
t - Hood of applicants for the
i n. Under these conditions 1 entered
the race. I am now In It to a finish."
\S\ Z. Smith, who commands five
vote* out of the nine, said Friday that
be was anxious for the promotion, but
bad rather not have It than cause any
ti qble In the waterworks department.
Mr. Smith has held every position In
tin waterworks office up to secretary
and on several occasions has been act
ing secretary. . . ,
Manager Park Woodward stated
I V lay that the report about the slate
b. . jg made up before Mr. Dlmmock
' vu cold in hls grave was not true.
'’ his, to hls personal knowledge, as
M Kilpatrick was not asked to run
until after the death, and then did not
consent until the following day. "I
have nothing to do with the selection
•f the secretary'. That Is the business
f the board, but the applications were
t jrned Into me and, of course, I know
v ; -n the different applicants entered
th< race." _ ... .
Statement From Welch.
M. M. Welch gave out the following
statement:
-ft has been made to appear that I
am a party to a pre-arranged slate.
Thie la entirely erroneous. I did not
know that Mr. Kilpatrick had resigned
nor that my name had been suggested
os hls successor at the last council
et<ng until I saw the fact stated in
, newspaper# the following day.
-Mayor Woodward is quoted as hav-
..g said: 'Mr. Welch was to vote for
•r. Kilpatrick for secretary of the
•a.?*.' If the mayor had no better i
foundation for other statements con-
HIT IN THE NECK
BY WAGON SHAFT!
IS BADLY HURT
Stanhope Erwin, of Athens,
Meets With Bad Ac
cident.
MINIMUM. PRICE
Stanhope Erwin, of Athens, Oa., son
of Judgo Alex Erwin was struck by
a wagon at Pryor and Decatur streets
Friday afternoon and was very badly
hurt. The shaft of the wagon struck
him In the neck.
The young man was carried to 8t
Joseph's Infirmary and It Is believed
lie Is In n precarious condition.
lie Is 'one of the best known young
men of Athens, and Is a relative
lion. Hoke Hmlth.
The negro driver of the wago^ was
not arrested.
mis WILL APPROVE
FRANK JL_ PITTMAN
Edwin R. Hays, who for a number
of years was a prominent contractor of
this city, and Is now with Randolph
Brothers, will oppose F, A. Pittman for
the office of city building Inspector.
Mr. Hays Is a resident of the Third
ward. Hls home Is at 323 Mouth Boule
vard. He formerly lived In the Fifth
ward, where he also has many friends.
alabam/Tdemocrats
TO INDORSE BRYAN
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7.—The
Democratic state convention of Ala
bama, which meets In Montgomery on
Monday, will be asked to adopt resolu
tions Indorsing William Jennings Bry
an for the next Democratic nominee
for the presidency. The motion will
be made by the Hon. John W. Tomlin
son, a delegate to the convention from
Jefferson county, who has Just re
turned from New York.
e was a member of the committee
mimed to meet Mr. Bryan.
NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
Hpi'Clnl to The Georgian.
Jackson, Mla^, Sept. 7.—An appll-
atlon has been made to the governor
for u charter for the Claremont Rail
road Company, which Is to run an
electric line from here to Clinton and
from there to Copper's well, with au
thority to build one to Hrnndon.
talned In hls Interview than he had for
this, they are entitled to very little con
sideration. I wish to say emphatically
that there has been no such under
standing. either directly or remotely,
and that the question of my vote on
the election of secretary, or on any
other subject, has never been mention
ed In my presence.
"I have had nothing to do with the
suggestion of my name as the sue-
■essor of Mr. Kilpatrick on the board
of water commissioners, beyond con
senting to serve if elected. F did that
reluctantly, and only when It was rep
resented to me that my years of ex
istence on the board rendered me ef
ficient for such service, and I was
appealed to -from the standpoint of
duty to the public.”
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
No Matters of Importance
Taken Up by Cotton
Association.
Nppclnl to Tht 1 Georgina.
Llttlo Rock, Ark., Sept, 7.—The
Southern Cotton Association, which It
In session, «i>ent all the forenoon today
discussing the minimum price ot cot
ton.
No other questions have been taken
up yet. -
Tho Interstate executive committee
of the Southern Cotton Association be
gan Its regular tall session yesterday.
More than 1,000 return postals In an
swer to Inquiries as to the condition
of the crop were submitted to the
committee, and representatives of the
various sections gave testimony which
will be used as a basis In arriving at
the minimum price. ,
The making up of an estimate of this
year's crop nnd the report of the coin'
mlttee appointed at a meeting In At'
Innla last month to Investigate charges
against oUlcers of the association of
dealing In futures and other Important
muttors will occupy the time of the
members during the session, which will
probably continue through three days.
Fourteen of the members of the ex
ecutive committee and ten of the presi
dents of state associations were pres
ent when the meeting was called to
order by President Hnrvle Jordan.
Mr. Jordan said that the finances of
the association are In bad shape, that
no salaries have been paid since Feb
ruary, nnd thut there Is no money In
the treasury with which to conduct n
campaign of any kind, lie closed by
referring to tha 'report of the special
committee appointed to Investigate the
charges that certain olllcers of the as
sociation hnd dealt In futures while OC'
cupylng their offices.
A motion by Committeeman J. A.
Brown, of North Carolina, for tho ap
pointment of a committee of five to six
to fix the minimum price at which cot
ton should be sold, was carried, but
before the committee was named by
President Jordan, E. D. Smith, of South
Carolina, moved a reconsideration,
which carried, and n substitute motion
by Mr. Smith that the committee, ns a
whole, go Into executive session to dis
cuss the minimum price, prevailed.
By Private Leased Wire.
Denver, Cola, Sept. 7.—New evidence
has been accumulated against Dr. J.
D. Kgglest on. son of the president of
the Pacific Express Company, and
graduate of Georgetown (D. C.) Uni
versity, who was arrested July 27 by
the local United States secret service
agents, charged with counterfeiting.
According to County Clerk Doughty,
of Delta, Dr. Eggleston told him that
a friend of F.ggleston's, who was then
engaged with the government In the
Washington offire, was to furnish the
plates. Kggleston wanted Doughty to
join him In opening offices In New
York for the ostensible purpose of buy
ing government bonds In large quanti
ties. The doctor's argument for such a
amimlgn was that with these arrange
ments as n "blind" the New York finan
ciers would be deceived und the field of
of>cratlons would be unlimited.
STRANGERS SIGN
BOND FOR GENTRY
By Private leased Win*.
Salisbury, X. C„ Sept. 7.—George
Gentle, acquitted of jaltbreaking and
onsplracy, with the recent lynching
party here, was released this morn
ing upon $2,500 bond to appear before
the November term of court on a
charge of murder In the first degree.
The popular sentiment against thla
move was well shown when tiauper's
bond was Immediately signed by three
strangers.
Congressman Kluttx, counsel for
Gentle, prepared for hls release, but
Judge Ferguson thought the case!
should be thoroughly Investigated.
PRESIDENT BOARDING YACHT
TO REVIEW BIG NAVAL PARADE
Snnpshnt of President Roosevelt In a mackintosh, during a drlxxllng
rain, leaving hls own pier to board the Mayflower and review the great
naval parnde held last Monday.
TWO MURDERERS DIE
FOR CRIMES OF PAST
JEFF HILLHQUSE
PATS THE PENALTY
Induced Two Children to Go
Into Woods and Com
mitted Crime.
CRT FOR TRAILERS
EIGHTJY COME
ICouneilnian Foster Inti
mates There May Be
Something Doing.
President Preston S. Arkwright, of
the Georgia Railway and Electric Light
Co., says he Is entirely In sympathy
with the public demand for "trailers’
for handling negroes.
But, to put trailers on certain of the
car lines would be expensive.
So President Arkwright says, "It is
Impossible to have the trailers."
Councilman F. O. Foster, of the
Fourth ward, who has accomplished
many things In council this year for
suffering humanity, such as closing up
exceptionally obnoxious saloons, pro
hibiting children working In wholesale
liquor houses, etc., is the principal lead
er in the fight for trailers and Is backed
by nearly every white cltlxen of At
lanta, and many of the shadier inhabi
tants.
It Is true that trailers will cost the
railway a Utile money," said Mr. Foster
Friday morning. "It Is also true that
It will probably be some trouble to the
railway company, but we need then);
every one wants them, and they are
going to have them.
M W« hope to get the trailers in an
amicable way and everything will be
done to accomplish the purpose with
out a fight. If these means should fall,
well, then we will see what can be
done. President Arkwright Is In favor
of the trailers, und 1 guess he will find
a way of putting them on.”
'"Aside from the matter of switches.
President Arkwright states that U
2,000 PERSONS SEE -
MAN FALL TO DEATH
While 200 Feet in Air Ath
lete’s Hold on Trapeze
Breaks.
Topeka, Kan*., Sept. 7.—A crowd of
2,000 peraons at the fair at Oekalooaa.
Jefferson county, aaw Jerry Turner, an
aeronaut, fall 200 feet from a parachute
and have hla neck bruken. The balloon
went up about 3,000 feet before Turner
cut looae the parachute, which had a
trapexe attached and on the bar of
which the batloonlat wna performing.
Ilia hold on the trapexe broke, and he
came earthward, turning In air ao that
he.atruck upon hla hqad.
would he impoaalble for car* to no*!
some of the curve* with the trailer*.
He atated that hla engineer* had gone
over the tinea and had found that the
trailers would be Impractical for thla
reaaon, but there aeem* a very almple
solution to thla—If the car* can't paiyt
on the curve*, they can wait until one
of the cars gets pass the curve.
1 hail a long talk with President
Arkwright, and he said he had also
Investigated the advisability ot putting
on special cars for the negroes. Thla
seems to him and to me be Impracti
cable."
The several petitions on thla subject,
brought up before council at the last
session, have been referred to the cc/e
mlttee on electric and other railways.
They will be considered next week and
referred back to council, when definite
action will be taken.
In the city cnide there I* now a law
under which the railway company can
be forced to put on the trailer*, but
the state law calls for a separation of
the whites and the negroes.
Special to The Georgian.
Perry, Ga., Sept. 7.—Jeff Hllthouse
was hanged here at 1:30 o'clock today.
He made a full confeaalon on the
scaffold.
In June hi the upper part of this
county near Wlllston, Florida King,
a 16-year-old mulatto girl and her
brother, Johnnie, 9 years old, were met
In a path running through the woods
by the negro, Jeff Hllthouse. He forc
ed them to go In the woods with him.
He hnd a pistol. When he raped the
girl and then with a hoe mashed her
skull, breaking It In several places.
He broke the boy’s skull, and then ran
off, and met Crawford Wheeler. He
told Wheeler there was somebody’dead
In the woods.
H% was arrested on suspicion and
convicted at a special term of the
court on August 13.
The boy was taken to a hospital In
Macon and treated. He was nble to
testify against Hillhouse at the trla',
but Is partially paralysed. The boy was
brought Into the court room on n cot
and taken before the Jury. lie Is a
very Intelligent boy.
MEETING ON SATURDAY
ON COURT OF MLS
To boost the passage of the court of
appeals amendment, the award and
prospective candidates for the court of
appeals will have a conference In the
state library Saturday at noon.
This ante-commlngllng- ot the can
didates will be a love feast. After the
passage of the amendment the hair
pulling will begin.
The avowed candidates are: Henry
C. Peeples, Atlanta; Judge A. O. Pow
ell, Blakely; Benjamin H. Hill, Atlan
ta; Judge W. R. Hammond, Atlanta;
Judge Howard Van Epps, Atlanta;
Judge C. O. Janes, Cedartown; Judge
Fred C. Foster, Madison; Emerson H.
George, Madison; Oeorge S. Jones,
•Macon; Thomas F. Green, Athens;
Judge Frank Harwell, LaGrange;
Judge D. M. Roberts, Eastman; T. J.
Chappell, Columbus; Judge W. II. Hen
ry, home; Judge P. P. Profflt, Elber-
ton; Judge W. C. Hodnett, Carrollton;
O. H. R. Bloodwnrth, Forsyth: B. S.
Willingham, Forsyth, and C. S. Reid,
Palmetto.
The prospective candidates are: H.
H. Perry, Gainesville; I. K. Shumate,
Dalton; R. T. Fouche. Rome; E. P.
Davis, Warrenton; Judge James K.
Hines, Atlanta, and Judge R. B. Rus
sell. Winder.
The mode of selecting the candidates
will also be discussed. The-prevail
ing sentiment, It Is said. Is in favor
of another primary. The Macon con
vention having adjourned sine die, no
longer has the authority to act, ac
cording to many state politicians.
It Is scarcely In the minds of the
new executive committee td allow a
free for all scrub race In the congres
sional election In November, and a
primary now seems to be the thing.
The committee will meet here next
Wednesday to take up the matter.
HICKS EXECUTED
Professed Religion on Sea:
fold Before the Trap
Was Sprung.
Special to The Georgian.
Amerlcus, Ga., Sept. 7.—This morn
ing a 11 o'clock Jonas Hicks, the negro
who murdered Jarrett J. Davie, a
prominent farmer of Sumter county,
was hanged. Several months ago Mr.
Davis was trying to stpp a light be
tween the negro, Hicks, and another
one of his hands, when Hicks became
angry at him nnd shot him, the wound
proving fatal.
Hicks professed Christianity while
on tho scaffold Just before he was ex
ecuted by Sheriff Bell,
Only friends, relatives and newspa
per men were allowed to see the hang
ing.
BEFORE SUNSET
THE ASSASSIN
MAY BE CAUGHT
Bpoolnl to The Georgian.
Moultrie, Ga., Sept. 7.—At 12 o’clock
today 8herlff Campbell has not re
turned from the community where
John Johnson was assassinated Wed
nesday night.
prominent citizen from the com
munity who has Just reached Moultrie,
makes the statement that the sheriff
will be in town with the slayer of
Johnson before sunset, and that he will
be a white cltlxen of the community,
and one perfectly familiar with the
premises.
He Is equally sure It was a white
man. The neighbors are raising a re
ward to offer for the murderer.
Enthusiastic Rooter (In grand stand)
—Isn’t that pitcher In splendid shape
today, though?
The Young Woman — In splendid
shape! I think he's the awkwardest
and most ungainly looking human be
ing I ever saw In my life.—Chicago
Tribune.
STENOGRAPHER SET TRAP.
Landed a Human Shark Who Wanted
Work for Nothing.
Having been graduated from a business
college, the <*onfidlng stenographer adver
tised for a situation. Her first answer wua
from a man who bad an office in on Im
posing new skyscraper. He was a young
man, gractons In manner — .
not easy to please. Ills
please. Ills stenographer I
ttsfsctonr In general, be
he had been obliged to mr
tieen so uns
plained, that
It a rule that liefore be ...
must Insist upon a trial of the applicant's
speed nnd accuracy. The young woman
pritled herself on 1st proficiency, and sup
posing such testa to be strictly lu tbe
order of buslnesa, promptly consented to
the arrangements.
The young man brought out a pile of let*
tern nud commenced to dictate answers. It
was 3 o’clock when her |*ericil Jotted down
the first address; when nbe laid the heap
of neatly written letters on hls desk It
was 5:30. In that time she hnd written
twenty letters. The young man glntieeil
nt her work carelessly. .. „
"I haven’t time to examine this tonight,
he said, “hut will do so the first thing t>
the morning. Cali at 10 o'clock. , w m
"gain, the youug man met her with a
deprecating siulle.
*1 «m sorry," he snhl, "Imt your wort
has a haphazard look that Is not exactiy
businesslike. I am very particular al»out
, |frr - -r-
morning."
. year ago. .~ r , -
Ing young woman has since worked In oth
er pinccs, and has learned many thing*;
not the leant Important of which Is a brier
history of the yonng man. I*nst week she
hnd occasion to advertise for a position,
and again she received a letter from the
young man. He did not recognlie lH*r.
nud dictated thirty letters to In* written
"ou trial." She rattled off the correspond
ence with the qnlck touch of a master ma
nipulator. .
"I am In a hurry tonight." he explained
when she had fintabed. "Call In the morn
ing. please, nud I will tell you what I
think of yonr work." . . ,
•Pardon me," she said calmly, "bn* *
never do business that way. I have done
J our work and now I .want my pay for u*
Ijr bill Is $10." , .
“Ten dodars?" he stammered. "Ten dol
lars for thirty letters?". _ „
"\ea," she said; "$3 for these, $2 for an*
«»ther liatch I wrote a year ago. ami $» •■
Interest and partial compensation for the
At 10 o’clock next morning she railed
trouble and worry you bare given me.
I put tnla matter in the hands of a law
yer it would cost you more than $10,
able* unpleasant publicity.” . —
ouug man thought hard for a rew
i and then paid tha Idll.-New 1*1
