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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WARSHIPS LINED UP FOR GREAT NAVAL REVIEW-OF LAST MONDAY 1
8NAPSHOT 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 MixrUp
Creates Much Talk
in City.
David \y. Yarbrough will. In all
probability, be the water commissioner
ri .in the Fourth ward to aucceed J. \V.
Kilpatrick, resigned. There la still
ii ilit as to who will he the next seo-
t.iary of the water honrd to succeed
William R. Dlmmork, defeased.
Widespread Interest Is being taken
In the light which was brought to
light and the facts truthfully stated
in Thursday s Georgian. Till* account
published by other evening papers la
Iwfog criticised to no little degree.
In a word the situation Is as follows:
•Mr. Kilpatrick resigned front the wa
ter bonrd Tuesday Inst, expecting to
b- made secretary of the water board.
11 ti as previously planned, on short
notice, to put M. M. Welch on tho wa
in board to succeed Mr. Kllputrlck.
This was learned a few minutes he
roic council and tho plun was balked.
Tin re was no election held and Wed
nesday there was no'secretary elected
by the board.
In the Fourth Word the general sen
timent la toward Mr. Yarbrough, he
Inning been In tits ward for many
years and thoroughly ■ understanding
thing* pertaining to the. water depart
ment, wheretts Mr. Welsh moved Into
tip ward only six weeks ago.
Councilman F.,0. Foster stated Fri
dn> that Alderman lilrsrh. of the
Fourth ward, was nut of the city, and
thst there had been no consultation
with Councilman E. E. Pomeroy.
"1 am glad tho election did not conte
off at the Inst meeting of council," said
Mr. Foster, "for the people of thC
Fourth had not bean consulted ns to
their wishes. Then I util strongly in
favor of putting new blood Into all
boards and I think Mr. Yurbmitgh Is
mlmlrably suited for the position as he
It a master plumber and understands
He technical .matters that arise In
c unectlon with the waterworlgi."
Major Pomeroy said that us he had
not talked with Mr. Foster he was un-
able To express his opinion.
Mr. Yarbrough, although he could not
-on Friday bemuse of being on an
limpentton tour in West End, Is work
ing among his friends for the ismltloti.
u t* stated Unit he was somewhat In-
c< no d at theenatmer In which the slute
wa* 'brought before council and will
do everything to be the successor of
Mr. Kllpattjck. Ills friends are leav
ing pn stones unturned to accomplish
these Utds.
“1 Wat Asked to Run.”
Mr. Rllputrlck said iFrWay:
"I had no Idea of running for sec
retary of the water hoard until four
of the commissioners came to me anti
asked me tu. That was on Bat unlit y
and 1 told them 1 would not decide be-
fotn Sunday or Monday. I "tut called
,m the following day and consented
with the proviso that there would be
n ' tight or friction. I was told that
the majority of the commissioners had
lu tuned to vote for me. Even then I
uo-hed to delay the matter, hut l was
asked to resign Tuesday so as to stop
thi flood of applicants for the posl-
i m Under these conditions 1 entered
tho race. 1 atn now In It to « finish.”
\V. z. Smith, who commands live
v. t, * out of thp nine, said Friday that
h< iias anxious for the promotion, but
l.ad rather not have It than rause any
t: mbit In the waterworks department.
Mr. Smith hns held every position In
the waterworks office up to secretary
gnd ort several occasions has lieen act
ing secretary.
Manager Park Woodward stated
Friday that the report about the slate
bi lug made up before Mr. Dlmmoek
was cold In his grave was not true.
Thu. to bis personal knowledge, as
Mr Kilpatrick was not asked to run
until after the death, and then did not
J.U —rtf until the following day. -I
have nothing to do with the selection
..f the secretary. That Is the business
cf tin board, but the applications were
tinned Into m* and, of course, I know
w h,-n the different applicants entered
the raca." _ .....
Statement From Welch.
M. M. Welch gave out the following
statement:
•it has been made to appear that I
am a party to a pre-arranged slate.
This |s entirely erroneous. 1 did not
kn ar that Mr. Kilpatrick had resigned
por that my name had been suggested
as his successor at tke last council
meeting until I saw' the fact stated In
the newspapers the following day.
• Mayor Woodward la quoted as hav
ing raid; ‘Mr. Welch was to vote for
Mr. Kilpatrick for secretary of the
board.' If the mayor had no better
foundation for other atateinenta con-
HIT IN TIE NECK
BY WAGON SHAFTi
IS BADLY HURT
Stanhope Erwin, of Athens,
Meets With Bad Ac
cident.
Stanhope Erwin, of Athena, Oa., aon
of Judge Alex Erwin was struck by
a wagon at Pryor-and Decatur streets
Friduy afternoon and was very badly
hurt. The shaft of the wagon itruek
him In the neck.
The young man was carried to S|.
Joseph’s Infirmary and It in believed
he Is In a precarious condition.
lie Is one of the best known young
men of Athens, and Is a relative of
Hun. Hoke Smith.
The negro driver of tho wagon was
not urrested.
HAYS WILL APPROVE
FRANK A,
Edwin B. Hays, who for a number
of years wan a prominent contractor of
this city, and la now with Randolph
llrothern, will oppose F. A. Pittman for
the office of city building lns|iector.
Sir. Hays Is a resident of the Third
ward. His home Is at 323 South Boule
vard. He formerly lived In the Fifth
w ard, where he also has many friends.
ALABAAAA DEMOCRATS
TO INDORSE RRYAN
Special to Tin* Georgian*
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7.—Tho
pemocrat It* mate convention of Ala
bama, which tneeta In Montgomery on
Monday, will be naked to* adopt reaolu-
tlona Indorsing William Jennlnga Hry-
un 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.
lie was a member of the committee
named to meet Mr. Bryan.
No Matters of Importance
Taken Up by Cotton
Association.
Sperlfll to The Georgian/
Little Rork, Ark., Sept. 7.—The
Southern Cotton Association, which Is
In session, spent all the forenoon today
discussing the minimum price of cot
ton.
No other questions hnve been taken
up yet.
The Interstate executive committee
of the Southern! Cotton Association be
gan Its regular fall session yesterday.
More than 1.000 return postals In an
swer to Inquiries as to the condition
of the crop were submitted to tho
committee, and representatives of the
various sections gave testimony which
will be used ns a busts In arriving at
the minimum price.
The making up of an estimate of thl*
year's crop and the report of the com
mittee appointed ut a meeting In At
lanta last anemth to Investigate charges
against officers of the association of
dealing In futures and other Important
mutters 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 ton of the presi
dents of state associations wero pres
ent when the meeting was called to
order by President Hartie Jordan.
Mr. Jordon said that the finances of
the association arc In bail shape, that
no salaries hnve been paid since Feb
ruary, and thut there Is no money in
the treasury with which to conduct a
umputgn of tiny kind. He closed by
referring to the report of the special
committee appointed to Investigate the
charges that certain officers of the as
sociation had dealt In futures while oc
cupying their offices,
A motion by Committeeman J. A.
Brotvn, of North Carollnn, for the ap
pointment of a committee of five to six
to Ox the minimum price at which cot
ton should be sold, was carried, hut
before the committee was named by
President Jordan, E. D. Smith, of South
Carolina, moved a reconsideration,
which carried, and a substitute motion
by Mr. Smith that the committee, us a
w hole, go Into executive session to dls
cuss the minimum price, prevailed.
NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 7.—An nppll
cation has been made to the governor
for a charter for the Claremont Rail
road Company, which Is to run an
electrl- line from here to Clinton nnd
from there to Copper's well, with au
thority to build one to Brundon.
talned In Ills 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 minutely,
and thut the question of my vote on
the election of secretary, or on any
other subject, has never been mention
ed In my presence,
“1 have had nothing to do with the
suggestion of my name as the suc
cessor of Mr. Kilpatrick on the board
of water commissioner* beyond con
senting to serve If elected. I did that
reluctantly, and only when it was rep
resented to me that my years of ex
perience 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
lly Private Leased Win*.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 7.—New evidence
It am been accumulated against Dr. J.
D. Eggleston, son of the president of
tho Pacific Express Company, and a
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 Eggleston's, who was then
engaged with the government In th#
Washington office, was to furnish the
plates. Eggleston 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
campaign was that with these arrange
ments ns a “blind" the New York finan
ciers would be deceived and the field of
operations would be unlimited.
STRANGERS SIGN
BOND FOR GENTRY
By Private l-etlsed Wire.
Salisbury. N. C„ Sept. 7.—George
Gentle, acquitted of Jailbreaking and
conspiracy, with the recent lynching
party here, was released this morn
ing upon 12.500 bond to appear before
the November term of court on a
charge of murder In the itrst degree.
The popular sentiment against this
move was well shown when pauper's
bond was Immediately signed by three
strangers.
Congressman Kluttz. counsel for
Gentle, prepared for his release, but
Judge Ferguson thought the case
should be thoroughly Investigated.
PRESIDENT BOARDING YACHT
TO REVIEW BIG NAVAL PARADE
Snapshot of President Roosevelt In a mackintosh, during a drizzling
rain, leaving his own pier to board the Mayflower and review the great
naval parade held last Monday.
TWO MURDERERS DIE
FOR CRIMES OF PAST
JEFF HILLHOUSE
PAYS THE PENALTY
Induced Two Children to Go
Into Woods and Com
mitted Crime.
CRf FOR TRAILERS
nsmjy M!
(Councilman Foster Inti
mates There May Be
Something Doing.
President Preston 8. Arkwright, of
the Georgia Railway and Electric Light
l'o„ 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 light for trailers and Is backed
by nearly every white citizen of At
lanta, and many of tne shadier Inhabi
tants.
"It Is true that trailers will cost the
railway a Utile money." said Mr. Foster
Friday morning. "It Is alio true that
It will probably be some trouble to the
railway company, hut we need them;
every one wants them, and they are
going to have them.
"We hope to get the trailers In an
amicable way and everything will be
done to accomplish the purpose with
out a light. If these means should fail,
well, then we will see what can be
done. President Arkwright Is In favor
of the trailers and I guess he will And
a way of puttfng them on."
"Aside from the. matter of switches.
President Arkwright atalea that It
2,000 PERSONS SEE
MAN FALL TO DEATH
While 200 Feet in Air Ath
lete’s Hold on Trapeze
Breaks.
Topeka, Kans., 8ept. 7.—A crowd ef
000 perions at the fair at Oskaloosa.
Jefferson county, taw Jerry Turner, an
aeronaut, full 200 feet from a parachute
and have his neck broken. The balloon
went up about 3,000 feet before Turner
cut loose the parachute, which had a
trapeze attached and on the bar of
which the balloonist was performing.
His hold on the trapeze broke, and he
came earthward, turning in air so that
he struck upon his head.
would be Impossible for cars to pass
some of the curves with the trailers.
He stated that his engineers had gone
over the lines and had found that the
trailers would be Impractical for this
reason, hut there seems a very simple
solution to this—IfThe cars can’t p^ss
on the curves, they can wait until one
of the cars gets pass the curve.
"I had a long talk with President
Arkwright, and he said he had also
Investigated the advisability of putting
on special cars for the negroes. This
seems to him and to me be Impracti
cable."
The several petitions on this subject,
brought up before council at the last
session, have been referred to the cry*
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 code there Is now a law
under which the railway company can
be forced to put on the trailers, but
the state law calls for a separation of
the whites and the negroes.
Speclsl to The Georglsn.
Perry, Go, Sept. - 7.—Jeff Hlllhouse
wai! hanged here at 1:30 o'clock today.
He made a full confession on the
scaffold.*-
In June in the upper part of this
county near TVH|«top, 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 Hlllhouse. He forc
ed them to go In the woods with him,
He had 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. Ho
told Wheeler there was somebody dead
In the woods.
Ho 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 able to
testify against Hlllhouse at the tria 1 ,
but Is partially paralysed. Tho boy was
brought Into the court room on a cot
and taken before the Jury. He Is
very Intelligent boy.
MEETING ON SATURDAY
ON COURT OF APPEALS
To boost the passage of the court of
appeals amendment, the uward and
prospective candidates for the court of
uppeals will have a conference In the
state library Saturday at noon.
This ante-commlngllng of the can
dldates will be a love feast. After the
passage of t|te amendment the hair
pulling will begin.
The avowed candidates are: Henry
C. Peeples, Atlanta: Judge-A. G. Pow
ell, Blakely; Benjamin H. 1IIII, Atlan
ta; Judge W. R. Hammond, Atlanta;
Judge Howard Van Epps, Atlanta
Judge C. p. Janes, Cedartown; Judge
Fred C.' Foster, Madison; Emerson H.
George, Madison; George S. Jones,
Macon; Thomas F. Green, Athens;
Judge Frank Harwell, LaGrange;
Judge D. M. Roberts, Eastman; T. J.
Chappell, Columbus; Judge W. H. Hen
ry, Rome; Judge P. P. ProflU, Elber-
ton; Judge W. C. Hodnett, Carrollton;
O. H. R. Bloodtvorth, Forsyth; B. S.
Willingham. Forsyth, and C. 8. Reid,
Palmetto.
The prospective candidates are: H.
H. Perry, Gainesville; I. E. Shumate,
Dalton; R. T. Fouche, Rome; E. P.
Davis, Warrenton; Judge James K.
Hines, Atlanta, and Judge R. B. Bus
sell, Winder.
The mode of selecting the candidates
will also ba 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 to sllow a
free for all scrub race in the congres
sional election In November, and a
primary now seems to be the thing.
Tho nrtmntlHsa •■•III moo* I. „
The committee will meet here next
Wednesday to take up the matter.
STENOGRAPHER SET TRAP.
Landed a Human Shark Who Wanted
Work for Nothing.
Hnvlng been graduated from a business
rotlege, the founding stenographer adver
tised for n situation. Her drat answer wns
from s man who bad nu office In an Im
posing new skyscraper. || e wns s young
nun, graeionn in manner, yet apparently
not easy to please. Ills stenographer bad
phT/ncd? ffKtt JffiS
It n rule that l*cfore he engaged on* he
unit Inslat upon a trial of the applleant'a
•peed and accuracy. The young woman
prided herself on her prottetener. and sup
posing such teat* to l>« strictly la the
Professed Religion on St-af
fold Before the Trap
Was Sprung.
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
Amerlcun, Ga., Sept. 7.—Thin morn
ing a 11 o'clock Jonas Hlcka, the negro
who murdered Jarrett J. Davis, a
Pfomlpent farmer of Sumter county,
was hanged. Several months ago Mr.
Davis was trying to stop a fight be-
tween the negro, Hicks, and another
one of hln hands, when Hicks became
angry at him and shot him, thd wound
proving fatal.
Hicks professed Christianity while
op the scaffold Just before he wns ex
ecuted by Sheriff Bell.
Oplj' friends, relatives anti ne« s pa-
PPr men \v c re allowed to see the hang
ing.
BEFORE SUNSET
THE ASSASSIN
MAY BE CAUGHT
Hpeelnl to The Georgina.
Moultrie, On., Sept. 7.—At 12 o’clock
today Sheriff Campbell has not re
turned from the community where
John Johnson wag npkamilnated 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 tjie slayer of
Johnson before sunset, and that he will
be a white citizen of the community,
and one perfectly familiar with the
premises.
He Is equally sure* It white
man. The neighbors are raising a re
ward to offer for the murderer.
Enthusiastic Hooter (Jri grand stand)
Isn’t that pitcher In splendid shape
today, though?
The Young Woman — In splendid
shape! I think he’s the awkwardcst
and most ungainly looking human be
ing I ever saw In my life.—Chicago
Tribune.
order of business. promptly consented to
the arrangements.
the first address; when she laid the heap
of neatly written letters on his desk It
was 5:30. in that time she bad written ,
twenty letters. The young wan glanced
at her work earelessly.
. "I baren't time to examine this tonight,
be snbl. “but will do so the first tblug H
the morning. Call at 10 o'clock. , w .
again, riie young uutn met her with «
deprecating smile. .
“I sru sorry.’’ he sold. "hut your worj
has n haphazard look that Is not exinti.r
businesslike. I am very najtJenliir alM»nt
uiy letters. Anyway, 1 amiiffsld you nr*
look farther. Good morning."
. That was nearly a year ago. The connji-
In* young woman bas since worked In, 0 *®'
er places, nnd bos learned many thin**-
not the least Important of which Is «
history of the young man. Imat week she
had occasion to advertise for a position,
and again she received a letter from »b*
young man. He did not recognise b‘*r.
nnd dictated thirty letters to In* written
"on trial/’ She rattled off the correspond*
nee with the quick touch of a master ma
nipulator. , .
"I am In a hurry tonight," he explain™
when she bad finished. 'fall In the morn*
Ing. plena*, and I will teU you what I
think of your work." , , *
“Pardon me.” abe said calmly, 'bn* J
never do business that way. I hnve don*
jronr work and now I want my P*Y f,,r
My bin is $10." _ . .
“Ten dollars?*’ he stammered. "Ten dol
lars for thirty letters?" M
“\e». * she said; “13 for these, $L for ■■*
other hatch I wrote a year ago. and f»
Interest and partial compensation for
At la o’clock next morning she e»li?I
YIIllil* anil tram »nn Isnyt gfvfU UtS- 11
t put tala nutter in tlw bs
T*t It would post roll more
side* unpleasant pnbltrltjr. 1 '
The .touu* man thought hard for a fJJ
minute, and then pah! the bill.—hew lock
Brens.
