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/ ATLANTA
r»nnr>lnt!on 130,000
SffpTfones 15.000
U,m line* Of railroads Sevan
iritis of street railways 150
■V." l?lnl cspItH - 1^.000.000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEOROIA mu***
Population 2.500.00®
Mile* of atonm railroads
Miles of electric railways..... jM
Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1.M6.000
Bales cotton consumed In 1905. oOO.WO
Value of 1S*<> cotton crop 1100.000.000
VOL. 1. NO. 117
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1906.
PRICE: SSft*
"OFFERING A REWARD
FOR LYNCHING NEGRO
OUTRAGE ON DECENCY”
—DR. JOHN E. WHITE
Baptist Ministers Ap
prove of Arraign
ment.
“SUCH IS ABHORRENT
TO OUR CIVILIZATION”
Pastor Makes a Plea for
Christianity in Dealing
With Negro Prob
lem.
"The very ldea'of a newspaper’s of
fering a reward for lynching!, or com
mending it, Is an outrage upon decency,
and abhorrent to our civilization,” said
Rev. John E. White, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, at the regular
weekly meeting of the Baptist ministers
Monday morning.
The question of topics for the coming
•lx months was under discussion, and
Dr. White started off his speech with
the remark:
"The situation In regard to the ne
gro problem Is growing more and more
acute every day,” he said. “Christian
ity Is on trial In the South today as It
has never been before in any age or In
any part of the world. We are con
fronted with two Ideas which we as
Christian ministers must keep sepa
rate. These are the Christianity of
Christ, the lowly Nazarone, and human
nature as It Is and as Its promptings
for revenge would lead us.
"I have been hurt to And ministers
tvho are as bitter against the negro as
the yellowest politician would have
them. I consider It the very lowest
form of Christianity to say that the re
ligion of Jesus Christ has no message
for this situation. Are we not willing
to give Christianity a chance to solve
this problem?
Politics Figures in it, Hs Says.
"The recent political campaign haa
greatly excited our people In this mat
ter, and I have been told by a promi
nent politician that the great ground
•well which swept over life state was
due In n large measure to a desire to
do something against the negro."
It was at this point, that Dr. White
made the remark he did about newspa
pers which have commended lynching
and urged the formation of societies
outside the pale of the law. Dr. White's
remarks met with the warm approval
of the ministers present.
On motion of Dr. A. T. Spalding It
was derided to have for discussion for
meetings In the near future the sub-
E
Serious Allegations
Against Two of
Officials.
COMMITTEE BEGINS
ITS INVESTIGATION
REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
Who arraigned lynch taw Monday
morning.
Jects: "Nihilism and Socialism,”
"Christian Socialism," and "Socialism
In Politics.” Prefacing his remarks,
Dr. Spalding stated that within the
next five years there would be an Im
mense amount of discussion of social
ism, whfch seems to be gaining ground
every day, and he thought It wise and
well that the ministers should be ful
ly advised on all of these subjects.
-It was decided to ask Dr. W. W.
Hamilton, the general evangelist of the
Southern Baptist church, to talk to the
meeting next Monday morning on the
subject of hts plans In the campaign
he expectB to prosecute during the com
ing year.
Pones DsLeon Church Completed,
Rev. Junius W. Millard announced
the completion of the Ponce DeLeon
Avenue Baptist church, and stated that
the opening exercises will take place
next Sunday morning. Dr. W, W. Lan
drum will preach In the morning and
Dr. John E. White in the evening.
On the Monday evening following a
number of congratulatory addresses
will be delivered by pastors of neigh
boring churches. The following named
members will-be on the program for
the Monday evening service:
Rev. Charles O. Jones, D.D., pastor
St. Mark Methodist church.
Rev. Z. S. Karla nd, rector AH Saints
Episcopal church.
Rev. Richard Ormc Fllnn, pastor
North Avenue Presbyterian church.
Rev. C. T. Willingham, supply at
Jackson Hill Baptist church.
Rev. T. P. Bell, D.D., editor Chris
tian Index.
Session Will Be Held i
Home Tuesday Morning
Beginning at 9:30.
Two additional charges, one of
startling nature, will be investigated by
the Soldiers’ home committee, appoint
ed by the last legislature to probe Into
the filing of the charges made by In
mates of the home In a petition to that
body.
These charges were given to press
representatives Monday afternoon, lm.
mediately after adjournment of the
committee, by one of the membi
They are to the effect that the true
tees kept In position for months a worn
an of known Immoral tendencies, and
that she was only removed about two
weeks ago, and that Night Watchman
Maddox was cruel In his treatment of
some of theiold soldiers, often striking
them, and that for three years he has
been under Indictment In Fulton supe
rlor court for assaulting an old sol
dler.
Meet Tuesday Morning.
After organizing and providing for
subpenalng witnesses, the committee
adjourned to meet Tuesday moraine
9 o’clock at t%e Soldiers’ home, wl
the Investigation will begin In earn
eat.
It was about 12:30 o’clock when Sen
ator Adams called the committee to
order. There were present: Senator
Oeorge W. Adams, of the Twenty,
eighth; Representatives Ben Mlllkln,
of Wayne: F. M. Longley, of Troui
Q. W. Williams, of Laurens; J. 1-
Knlght, of Berrien, anil Dr. C. D. Bud
EXPOSITION MONE Y
FOR PEACHTREE ST.t
EXPOSITION IS NOT DEAD,
SAYS COLONEL R. F. MADDOX
When told that the 1910 exposition had been termed "a dead one” by,
several members of the finance committee Monday morning, President
Hubert Maddox, of the Maddox-Rucker bank, and chairman of the com
mittee of flfty which has charge of the exposition, said:
"I have been out of the city for the past five w'eeks, and If there
has been any change of sentiment during that time I do not know of It,
but It Is my belief, that the citizens of Atlanta will not allow nearly fialt a
million dollars, which they have subscribed lo the exposition, and all the
advertising It will bring to this city go by the boards.
"The committee set Its next meeting for October 2. and we will then
deride what to do. The will of the people will be the will of the commit
tee."
It will be remembered that $340,000 has been subscribed by the citizens
Of Atlanta. Tbla Is aside from $50,000 subscribed by the railway com
pany, $10,000 by the telephone exchanges, $25,000 by the city.
Councilmsn W. Hi Patterson—“The
1310 Exposition is absolutely deed.”
Chairmen Robert Msddox—“I do not
belisve that the people of Atlanta will
•Mow the 1010 Exposition to peso by
•ho boards."
Peachtree paving versus 1010 Ex
position!
These two Important matters were
Pitted against each other,In a rather
peculiar manner at the meeting of the
finance committee of the city council
Monday morning. A condition was re
vealed at the meeting by Chairman
Patterson which came ns a surprise to
many of those present. "
The $25,000 laid aside or rather plac
ed In the contingent fund by the city
for the 1810 Exposition has been used
for other purposes. Of It $8,400 has
Continued on Page Two.
PRETTY MYRTLE ALLEN,
DRESSED IN HER BEST,
WANDERS FROM HOME
Pretty Myrtle Allen, one of the army
Atlanta’s sewing girls, tied on her
r UP fah and kissed her mother good
ie Saturday afternoon and went out
• or a walk on her half holiday. She
na* nut returned to her home and her
mutler Is frantic with grief over her
•ughter’s disappearance.
•Mrs. Allen lives at 115 Chapel
treet, far beyond the Terminal Sta-
mn. In a quiet street, where the real-
?*ncca give appearance of anything
at wealth. She Is a widow with three
-•tighter 1 . Myrtle, who li 16, being the
. Mra * Allen came to Atlanta
on i ,Jumbos a month ago and with
-r daughter has been earning a living
r sewing. She is a frail woman,
", * r,ef at the girl’s disappearance
v." “Jmost tested her strength to the
•"■taking pomt.
e afternoon the young girl
herself In a white muslin dress
tn purple flowers and tied a blue rib-
,JU. aro “nd ber waist. She wore her
nite shires and a white leghorn hat
"iked as though she were ready
’ 1 “hupping expedition. She foiled
to return and after several Inquiries the
mother appealed to the police for help,
asking the officers to lock her daugh
ter In the station If It were found nec
essary to make her return.
On Sunday a neighbor told Mrs. Al
len that Myrtle had been seen Saturday
afternoon at the Terminal Station In
company with a young woman friend
and the two had said they were going
to Columbus. Relatives of the girl at
Columbus have notified Mrs. Allen that
they watched the trains and the girl
never arrived there.
"I do not want this to be published
except that I hope It may help to find
Myrtle," said Mrs. Allen, as the tears
forced their way down her cheeks. ”1
hate two younger daughters and I
would like to conceal It all for their
sakes.
-I do not know of any man she could
have run away with. I do not think
there was any. I don’t know what Jo
think or what to do about It.”
The girl was described to the police
as being about 5 feet In height, slen
der and weighing about 1L> pounds. She
has a gold tooth which Is prominent
when she laughs, light hair and gray
eyes.
Idll. of fchanoogi
Senators A. C. Blalock, of the Thlr.
ty-ftfth, and W. C. Bunn, of the Thlr.
ty-elghth, v and Representatives Joseph
H. Hall, of Bibb, and Dr. T. J. M. Kel
!y, of Glascock, were absent.
The organisation was perfected by
electing Senator George W. Adams
chairman, Representative Ben Mlllkln,
of Wayne, vice chairman, and Repre
sentative J. P. Knight, of Berrien,
temporary secretary.
Stenographer Secured,
A committee of three, consisting of
Williams Mlllkln and Longley, were
named to procure a stenographer who
will act as permanent secretary.
After a recess of ten minutes they
reported the selection of D. O. Smith,
of Atlanta, who was accordingly ajx-
pointed by the others.
Upon the motion of Mr. Williams, of
Laurens, ttye proceedings will be open
to the press and the public and upon
his motion also It was agreed that
either side might be represented by
counsel. Attorney James L. Anderson,
of Atlanta, appeared for the petitioners,
who are Inmates of the Home.
Representative^ Mlllkln suggested
that they start at the beginning and
asked that the charges filed by several
old soldiers In the Home during the
last session be read, and accordingly
they were read by Temporary Secre
tnry Knight.
Charged in Petition.
They allege cruel treatment, mlsman
agement and that the Home Is main
tained at a much higher cost than sim
ilar Institutions of the state, particu
larly the state sanitarium, which Is
maintained at a per capita price of 33
rents per day, and that the Inmates
there fare better than those at the
Home upon a 50 cents per day per cap
Ita.
They also charged that the Inatltu
tlon Is overburdened with useless of
fleers.
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CM REBELS
WITH BULLETS
Government . Troops,
Led by American,
Victorious.
MACHINE GUNS
KILL INSURGENTS
Palma Has Agents in the
States Organizing Rough
Riders for the War
Campaign.
JEWS ARE BUTCHERED BY TROOPS
OF CZAR AT SIEDLCE, POLAND;
MEN, WOMEN AND BABES SLAIN
Town Is Fired By In
cendiaries During
. Fight.
TROUBLE STARTED
BY TERRORISTS
Warsaw, Sept. 10.—The great bazaar
of Seldlce Is aflame. Already six build
Ings are ablase and there Is little possl
bllity of checking the fire because of
the utter demoralization of all the
town's rezourcez.
To add to the terror of the situation,
bands of thieves are looting stpres be
longing to Jewish merchants.
Great crowds of Jews surround the
railway stations hoping to make flight
from the town, but they are prevented
by armed guards, who are refusing to
let any leave or enter the place.
Petersburg, Sept. 10.—Sledlce,
Russian Poland, today Is In flames and
hundreda of persons, killed or wound
ed, are victims of the latest massacre
that equals In horror the slaughter of
Hebrews In Bialystok In June last.
The massacre, which began on Sat
urday night, continued all day Sunday
and Sunday night, and dispatches to.
day say that a reign of terror exists.
Troops have surrounded the town and
refuse access to It. All the Hebrews
that can are taking flight.
The slaughter was begun by terror
ists who started to kill police and sol
diers. Immediately afterwards the
troops attacked the Hebrew quarter
and began a massacre of men, women
and children. The horror of the out
break was Increased by incendiary
fires.
Hospitals Are Full.
All day long the soldiers, drunk from
looted wine, attacked civilian*, Chrta-
tlana or Jews, robbing or murdering
them without discrimination. For
more than 24 hours the city ran with
blood and hundreda of persons were
killed, and the hospitals choked with
wounded. The Infuriated soldiers dev
astated many streets, destroying Jew
Ish houses and shops.
Then flres began to start In all sec
tions and dispatches today aay the city
In flames and that looting and mur
der continues. A regiment of Infantry
has been sent from Della to reatore
order.
News by way of Warsaw says that
the terrorists started the massacre by
killing two soldiers guarding a govern
ment alcohol store In Sledlce. A de
tachment of Infantry then rushed up
and opened Are upon the crowd, kill
ing ten persons and wounding two.
Hebrew Section Attacked.
The terrorists retaliated Sunday
morning by a massacre of police and
soldiers patrolling the streets, and at
noon the drunken troops attacked the
Hebrew section. Than row after row
... houses were sacked and the occu
pants, women and children, were either
shot down or thrown out of windows.
One aged Jew, with white hair and
beard, was thrown from a fourth-story
window and hfs body Impaled on an
Iron-spiked fence. It hung there for
hours until spirited away by relatives.
The populace was absolutely without
protection from the mob. With the po
lice and soldlera engaged In massa
cre, the governor general had no force
to call upon to restore order and tele
graphed to St. Petersburg for assist
ance.
Poland in a Ferment.
Troops were dispatched (jn special
CITY OF VLADIVOSTOK
SCOURGED BY FIRE
Special Cable—Copyright.
Vladivostok, Sept. 10.—This city .
The wharves and warehouses of the volunteer fleet were destroyed and
tht flames are spreading.
was ttie scene of a terrific fire today.
AVALANCHE OF MUD
BURIES 250 PEOPLE
Tlflls, Sept. 10.—In the Kwarle district or this city 250 people have been
burled by an avalanche of mud from a-mountain. In the hope that some
of them may be alive, efforts are being made to dig them out. It Is almost
hopeless, however.
PLAYED WITH GREAT ACTORS;
IS NOW A FEEBLE TRAMP
Special to The Georgian.
Douglasvllle, Ga., Sept. 10.—A man 70 years of age, giving hla name as
Lewis F. Barrett, actor and lecturer, created excitement by having an epi
leptic fit In the 5faln street here yesterday afternoon. He came In town
after having walked many miles.
He says he played with J. Wilkes Booth In Richard III, and tells
many Interesting tales which are borne odt by the press clippings of that
time. He says the week before Booth killed Lincoln they were playing
together In Washington. He says that Booth was a monomaniac, and that
while In his dying moments, said, ”1 died for my country," showing the
spirit that actuated Booth.
The man aaya he . played "Uncle Tom’a Cabin" with one of the flrat
companies that went on the road with that play. He haa letters and
clippings from almost every country In the world.
While he Is now In a very aerlpua condition, It Is thought he will
recover. *•
By MANUEL CALVO.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 10.—That there
has been desperate lighting between
the rebel army of Pino Guerra In Pinar
del Rio and the government forces un
der Avaloez seems certain, but details
of the battle are as yet lacking.
From the best Information available
It appears that the armored train which
was stopped by the rebels Saturday
Was attacked by a large force of rebels
and only the presence of a battery of
Amerlcnn machine guns commanded by
Captain Webster, an American, enabled
General Diaz, In command of the train,
to stand off the rebela until Colonel
Avaloez with a regiment of rurales at
tacked Guerra In the rear, and, ac
cording to government reports, de
feated him with heavy loss.
Slaughtered by Guns.
Some reports place hla losa as high
as 200, due largely to the work of the
machine guns.' Several other railroad
bridges In Pinar del Rio have been
blown up by the rebels.
That the gqvernment Is confident the
danger of an attack on the city ta re
mote, la evidenced by the fact that
practically all the troops except some
raw recrulla hnve been sent to the
front, leuvlng tbe defense of Havana
practically to the police.
Information from a usually* reliable
source reports that the government haa
sent representatives tn the states with
the Intention of recruiting a regiment
of American rough riders for use
against the rebels. As many of them
who served under President Roosevelt
as possible will, It Is said, be secured.
Foreign Colony Alarmsd,
General Menocal, It Is said, has not
yet given up hope ot bringing nh<iut tn
armistice with a view to bringing the
war to on end.
The foreign colony Is considerably
stirred up over a report that the Santa
Clara rebel chieftains hnve decided to
destroy foreign property with a view to
forcing Intervention by the United
States,
SURGEON'S KNIFE
FAILED IN SAVING
T, OUSLEY
Underwent Operation for
Appendicitis But Could
Not Recover.
300 PERSONS ARE DROWNED
BY FLOOD IN THE CAUCASUS
London, Sept. 10.—News agency dispatches tell of the drowning of
300 people by a flood In the Kvavoll district of the Caucasus. Enor
mous damage was done to property.
Building Runs Away, Killing Horses^
But Stops at Senator Clark's Bank
Butte, Mont., Sept. 10.—A one-story building, being moved on rollers,
got away from the mover on upper Main street and ran for three*
blocks down hill at noon today, killing four horses, tearing down poles
and wires and wrecking vehicles, until It came to a atop In front of Sen
ator Clark’s bank. Several men had narrow escapes. The building
made record time without Injury to Itself.
trains, but It Is not believed they were
allowed to enter the city, for fear they
would Join their comrades In the work
of slaughter.
All Poland Is In a ferment, and the
Hebrewa of Warsaw are panic-stricken
at persistent rumors that a plot la on
toot for a general massacre.
A dispatch from Tlflls says tha revo
lution In Trana-Caucasla Is suddenly
gathering great fores. Ths military and
civil authorities are at loggerheads
Georgela, Imrltla and MIIGrella are mb*
•olutely terrorised, being dominated by
revolutionists and brigands, and ths
viceroy has asked to be replaced.
Girl to Be Hanged.
The lentence of death Imposed upon go to a stoic's death.
Zenalde Konopllnkovo. the girl who
assassinated General Min, 'August 26, at
Peterhof, who was condemned on Sat
urday by Courtmartla! ,to be banged,
will be carried out tonight.
She awaits her fate calmly. Efforts
to wring a confession from her hare
been In rata. She haa not given a
clew to one of the terrorists who en
tered with her Into the plot against
Min. She waa told she would get only
n short term In prison If she would
turn traitor,, but tn answer she said
•he regretted she had only one life to
offer up for the cause of Russian lib-
girl, it Is believed by all, wit
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The
H peels 1 to The Ororzlnu.
Valdosta, Ga,, Sept. 10.—Hon. Robert
Ousley, senior member of the firm of
Ousley A Co., city recorder, find former
member of the legislature and of the
state Democratic executive committee,
died a few minutes before 10 o’clock
this morning, after an operation for ap
pendicitis. He had been aick for ten
days and hts condition was known to be
desperate.
Saturday night an operation was de
cided upon. Dr. J. B. S. Holmes was
called In and stated to the family that
the chances were greatly against hlin.
The operation was performed yester
day at 10 o’clock at the Halycon Sanl-
tortum by Drs. Holmes and Little. The
physicians stated that It was one of the
worst cases they had ever eeen and
they gave little reason to hope for the
recovery of the patient. He began stnk-
ipidly this morning.
Is survived by a wife and two
daughters, a father and brother, be-
aldes a large circle of relatives and
friends. He was personally one of the
most popular men In Lowndes county.
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