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GEORGIA
Population 2,600.000
Milos of stonra rnllronrt* 6.500
Milos of electric railways.
Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1.600,000
Itnles cotton consumed In 1905. 500,000
Value nf 1905 rot ton crop fl00.000.000
VOL. 1. NO. 117
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1906.
Morning Edition.
DPTffl?. In Atlanta TWO CE!fT§,
JriilCill: qd Trains FIVE CENT*.
“OFFERING A REWARD
for Lynching negro
OUTRAGE ONDECENCY’
' —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 Idea of a newspaper's of
fering a reward for lynching, or coni'
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
Fix 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 Nazarene, and human
nature as it Is and as its promptings
for revenge would lead us.
"I have been hurt to And ministers
who 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, He Saye.
“The recent political campaign has
greatly excited our people in this mat
ter, and I have been told by a promi
nent politician that the great ground
swell which swept over the state was
due In a 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 decided to have for discussion for
meetings in the near future the sub-
E
E
Serious Allegations
Against Two of
Officials.
COMMITTEE BEGINS
ITS INVESTIGATION
REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
Who arraigned lynch law 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, which 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 his plans in the campaign
he expects to prosecute during the com
ing year.
Ponce DeLaon 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 bo delivered by pastors of neigh
boring churches. The following named
members will .be -on. the B Dcogram-iut
tne Monday evening service:
Rev. Charles O. Jones, D.D., pastor
St. Mark Methodist church.
Rev. Z. S. Farland, rector All Saints
Episcopal church.
Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, 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.
BR YAN INDORSED B Y
ALABAMA DEMOCRA TS
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 10.—The
platform of the Democrats of Ala
bama was presented to the convention
Just before adjournment for the after
noon session and It strongly Indorses
william Jennings Bryan for president.
It says: “We Indorse all essential
principles and policies advocated by
Democracy’s great leader, W. J. Bryan,
especially his arraignments of trusts,
private monopolies and abuses of pub
lic service corporation. We proclaim
nlm the greatest Democrat of our time
an<l believe in his overwhelming elec
tion us president of the United States.
7 indorse him as the standard-bearer
©four party in 1968.’’.
‘be platform will be adopted this
Afternoon. It also favors the abolition
•nil extermination of bucket shops, fa
vors local option Immigration, but is
against importations of coolie or other
cheap labor, and favors the child labor
!*"’• it disapproves of the action of
im sf lte l ' omm ittee in requesting can
didates for governor to pledge them-
•mex in advance to make appoint
ments to flu vacancies anticipated in
the United States senate. It favors the
regulation of railroad rates, election of
^nited States senators by the people.
This convention la composed of 614
delegates. Besides the delegates,’ there
ar e at least 500 visitors, and when the
convention was called to order In the
auditorium, the hall was packed.
Comer’s friends cpntroi the conten
tion. This Is the news which is float
ing around among the 614 delegates to
the state convention this morning. It
was discussed on all sides before
the convention was called to order by
Temporary Chairman R. B. Barnes, of
Opelika. The conference of Comer’s
friends In Birmingham Saturday was
also the talk'among delegates. At this
time It looks as if the opponents of
Comer will make an effort to some
what offset some of the predictions
made by the friends of Comer,
The Idea of the friends of Comer to
increase the number of the committee
men on the state executive committee
has met with favor among oil of Coin
er’s supporters. From the outlook now'
there will be 45 members of the com
mittee instead of 36. Four are to be
selected from each congressional dis
trict and nine from the state at large.
The only change asked by Comer’s
friends is that nine from the state at
large be selected and let the old rule of
four from each congressional district
stand, but they are to be selected by
the convention at large. *
The plan of Comer to capture the
state executive committee has caused
considerable gossip and those who op
posed him are much wrought up.
LEAPS OFF BROOKLYN
BRIDGE; IS UNHURT
■N’ew York, Sept. 10.—An unknown young man leaped from the center of
Hie Brooklyn bridge at 1 o’clock this afternoon, turned several somersaults
In midair and disappeared beneath the water to arise a few seconds later,
apparently unhurt, for he swam easily and leisurely to a tug that was evt-
dently waiting for him, was hauled aboard and from the deck waved a hand
kerchief to the men peering over the railing of the bridge hundreds of feet
••love him.
EXPOSITION MONE Y
FOR PEACHTREE STJ
Y'“ lm,n w - H. Patteraon—"The
0 Exposition it absolutely dead."
^bsirmtn Robert Maddox—"I do not
■ii eve , th#t th# P««pl* of Atlanta will
*!*• bo*rJ ^ x P 0, '^' on P** 11
*wuon- lr " paving"versus 1*10 Ex-
,wo Important matters were
t. , a “* aln!,t each other In a rather
'■“‘lar “e»nner 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 as 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 1910 Exposition has been used
for other purposes, of It $8,400 has
Continued on Page Two. •
Session Will Be Held at
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. v
These charges were given to press
representatives Monday afternoon. Im
mediately after adjournment of the
committee, by one of the members.
They are to the effect that the trus
tees kept In position for months a wom
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 the old soldiers, often striking
them, and that for three years he has
been under Indictment In Fulton supe
rior court for assaulting an old sol
dier.
Meet Tuesday Morning.
After organising and providing for
subpenalng witnesses, the committee
adjourned to meet Tuesday morning at
9 o'clock at t*e Soldiers’ home, when
the Investigation will begin In earn
est.
It was about 12:30 o'clock when Sen
ator Adams called the committee to
order. There were present: Senator
George W. Adams, of the Twenty-
eighth; Representatives Ben Mlllkln,
of Wayne: F. M. Longley, of Troup.
fiL-W-Willlams, of Laurens; J. P.
Knight, of Berrien, and Dr, C, D. Rud-
lcll, of Chattooga.
Senators A. C. Blalock, of the Thir
ty-fifth, and W. C. Bunn, of the Thir
ty-eighth, and Representative* Joseph
H. Hall, of Bibb, and Dr. T. J. M. Kel
ly, of Glascock, were absent.
The organization was perfected by
electing Senator George W. Adams
chairman, Representative Ben Mlllkln,
of Wayne, vice chnlrman, and Repre
sentative J. P. Knight, of Berrien,
temporary secretary.
Stenographer Secured.,
committee of three, consisting of
Williams Mlllkln and Longiey, were
named to procure a stenographer who
will act as permanent secretary.
After n recess of ten minutes they
reported the selection of D. O. Smith,
of Atlanta, who was accordingly ap
pointed by the others.
Upon the motion of Mr. Williams, nf
Laurens, the 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 Btart at the beginning and
asked that the charges Died by several
old soldiers In the Home during the
last session be read, and accordingly
they were read by Temporary 8ecre-
tary Knight.
Charged in Petition.
They allege cruel treatment, misman
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
cents per day, and that the Inmatee
there fare better than those at the
Home upon a 50 cents per day per cap
Ita.
They also charged that the lnatltu
tlon Is overburdened with useless of'
fleers.
WONDERFUL*!
CUBAN REBELS
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 $IEDLCE, POLAND;
MEN, WOMEN AND BABES SLAIN
Town Is Fired J3y In
cendiaries Dining
Fight.
TROUBLE STARTED
BY TERRORISTS
MACHINISTS' SCALE
NOT YET ADOPTED
Washington, Sept. Kb—The new wage
scale for the year beginning this month
for the machlnslsts employed by the
Southern railway Is held In abeyance.
The counter proposition, submitted by
the Southern to the committee repre
senting the machlnslsts, has not yet
been passed upon by the several
lodges. The answers will be here to
morrow and then the committee* will
make known to the officials of the
Southern the answer of the men.
In the new scale submitted by the
committee to the Southern last week
the men asked a nine-hour work day,
and an Increase of 2 1-2 cents. This
was met with a counter proposition,
which the lodge* are now voting on.
GOLD DISCOVERY IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Salisbury, N. C„ Sept. 10.—While
digging a well for the water necesaary
to supply the engine of the big lumber
plant, *ome employees of the Fred
Brenner Lumber Company, this city,
Saturday afternoon discovered some of
the richest gold ore "that lias ever been
found In this country, the beBt gold re
gion In the state. Experts will be sent
here to test it and It is believed that a
large vein run* through the property.
Warsaw. Sept. 10.—Artillery wa»
called Into service today by the troops
engaged In the massacre of Hebrews
at Sledlce, and the houses In which
Hebrews and their revolutionary allies
had entrenched themselves and were
firing on the soldiers, were quickly des.
troyed.
Following the destruction of the Jew
Ish strongholds and the extermination
of the defenders, the town Is becoming
quieter. Desultory firing still contin
ues In aome sections of the city, but
some semblance of order Is being re
stored and It Is believed the worst Is
over.
Traces of .the ruin wrought by the
soldiers are to be seen on every hand
More than one hundred and fifty He
brew shops were entered and looted.
At almost every Bhop there was i
figlu before the soldiers gained admls.
slon. Bullet holes In the buildings
show the sevlty of the soldiers' fire
and In many of the houses the bodies
of owners still lie where the victims
fell.
Warsaw, Sept. 10.—The great baxaar
'of Seldlce I* aflame. Already six build
ing* are ablaze and there Is little possi
bility of checking the fire because of
the utter demoralisation ' of all the
town’s resources,
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.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—Sledlce,
Russian Poland, today Is In flames and
hundreds of persons, killed or wound
ed. are victims of the latest massacre
that equals In horror the slaughter of
Hebrews In Blalystok 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.
Poland in a Ferment.
Troops were dispatched on special
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
Hebrews of Warsaw are panic-stricken
at persistent rumors that a plot Is on
foot for a general massacre.
A dispatch from Tlflls says the revo
lution In Trans-Caucasia Is suddenly
gathering great force. The military and
civil authorities are at loggerheads.
Georgela, Imrltla and MIIGrelta are ab
solutely terrorized, being dominated by
revolutionists and brigands, and the
viceroy has asked to be replaced.
Girl to Be Hanged,
The sentence of death imposed upon
Zenaide Konopllnkovo, the girl who
assassinated General Min, August 26, at
Peterhof, who wa* condemned on Sat
urday by courtmartlal to be hanged,
will be carried out tonight.
She await* her fate calmly. Efforts
to wring a confession from her have
been In vain. She has not given a
clew to sne of the terrorists who *n-
CITY OF VLADIVOSTOK
■ SCOURGED BY FIRE
Special Cable—Copyright.
Vladivostok, Sept. 10.—This city was the scene of a terrific fire today.
The wharves and warehouses Of the volunteer fleet were destroyed and
the flames are spreading.
AVALANCHE OF MUD
BURIES 2?0 PEOPLE
Tlflls, Sept. 10.—In the Kwarle district of 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.
REBELS HAVE TAKEN
SUBURB OF HAVANA
Havsns, 8ap». 10.—'Tha rsbsls havs
captursd Rincon, tha junction of the
United Railway branehsa, 15 mllsa
seuthwsst of Havana. A troop wa* at
taokad at tha train at Artamisia this
morning, but th* rebels wore driven off
with maehin* guns.
300 PERSONS ARE DROWNED
BY FLOOD IN THE CAUCASUS
London, Sept. 10.—Nows agency dispatches tell of the drowning of
100 people by a flood In the Kvavolt district of the Caucasus. Enor
mous damage waa done to property.
AFTER CUTTING THROAT
TELEPHONES A REPORTER
New York, Sept. 10.—Cutting his companionship of women. Early to-
throat from ear to ear, Antonio Pride,
man about town, railed up his physi
cian from the Long Acre hotel today
and then telephoned for a reporter to
give him the story of his suicide. The
man died before he could tell the love
tragedy of his life, w*hich he kept a se
cret for many years.
A first nlghter at the theaters, and
known to everybody on the Rialto, An
tonio Pride lived his life without the
day he sent a hurry call for his physi
cian and then called up a newspaper
office.
"Man lias cut his throat," he tele
phoned. The voice was punctuated
with gasps and gurgles. The reporter
asked who It was. The voice came
back almost Inaudibly: "Tony Pride;
he’s a dead one."
The physician and reporter found
Pride sitting up In his bed In the hotel,
lie smiled feebly, pank back and died.
Building Runs Away, Killing Horses,
But Stops at Senator Clark's Bank
Butte, Mont., Sept. 10.—A one-etory building, being moved on roller*,
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 stop In front of Sen
ator Clark's bank. Several men had narrow escape*. The building
made record time without Injury to Itself.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 10.—That there
has been desperate fighting between
the rebel army of Pino Guerra In Plnar
del Rio and the government folces un
der Avaloez seems certain, but details
of the battle are a* yet lacking.
From the best information available
It appear* 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
American machine guns commanded by-
Captain Webster, an American, enabled
General Diaz, In command of the train,
to stand off the rebels 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 his loss as high
as 200, due largely to the work of the
machine guns. Several other railroad
bridges In Plnar del Rto have been
blown up by the rebels.
That the government Is confident the
danger of an attack on the city Is re
mote, Is evidenced by' the fact that
practically all the troops except some
raw recruit* have -been sent to the
front, leaving the defense of Havana
practically to the police.
Information from a usually reliable
Bouroe reports that the government has
sent representatives to ths 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 Alarmed.
General Menocal, It Is said, lias not
yet given up hope of bringing about an
armistice with a view to bringing the
war to an end.
The foreign colony Is considerably
stirred up over a report that the Hama
Clara rebel chieftains have 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.
tered with her into the plot against FARMER FOUND DEAD)
Min. She was told she would get only
a short term in prison If she would
turn traitor, but In answer she said
she regretted she had only one life to
offer up for the cause of Russian lib
erty.
The girl. It is believed by all, win
go to a stoic’s death.
8UPP0SE0 SUICIDE
Hppeliil to Tlu» ({eoriditu.
Adrian, Oa„ Sept. ID.—Tom Hall a
farmer living about six mile* north of
here, was found dead In his yard this
morning at 5:30. It Is supposed that he
committed suicide.
Speelnl to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga, Sept. 10.—Hon. Robert
Ousley, senior member of the firm of
Ousley A Co., city recorder, and 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 sick for ten
days and his 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 him.
The operation was performed yester
day at 10 o’clock at the Halycon Sanl-
torlum by Drs. Holmes and Little. The
physicians stated that It was one of the
worst case* they had ever seen and
they gave little reason to hope for the
recovery of the patient. He began sink
ing rapidly this morning.
R survived by a wife and two
daughters, a father and brother, be
sides a large circle of relatives and
friends. He was personally one of the
most popular men In Lowndes county.
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THINKS RESIGNATION
OF SEC. CHEATHAM
WILL BE DEMANDED.
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0 nel J. Randolph Anderson declines Q
0 to discuss the action on the coin- O
0 mlttee's report nnent the Cheat- 0
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0 ed of the action of the committee O
O In caucus' and oayi tbgi i- 0
O reason why he should criticize or O
0 commend the action until possess- o
O ed of the facts and at the proper O
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0 Cheatham’s resignation would he o
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