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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1106.
KHil
OF
m ONE IN JAIL
IS NOT ASSAILANT
PEOPLE RALLY TO
A negro, who on Thurzday morning
worked (or about two hour* on the
home of Frazier Morgan, In Oakland
City. la now being .ought for aa the
man who aasaulted Mr*. John A. Kim
ball later that aame day. He asked
Mr. Morgan for work about S o'clock
In the morning and was put to split
ting stovewood. After working about
an hour he quit and left without aak-
lug for pay or anything to eat, going
In the direction of the Kimball home.
Charlie Clayton was released from
the Tower Friday evening. Ho had
been held alnce Friday night, but Mrs.
Klmb.il said after one look at him
that he was not the right man.
The man who had been working for
Mr. Morgan la believed to have come
to his place for the same purpose wl
he afterwards accomplished at - the
Kimball home. On account of the
presence of a negro woman servant In
the house and a negro man working for
A. P. Morgan in the yard next door he
realized, however, that he had no op
portunlty for the crime and left
He was dressed just as described by
Mrs. Kimball In blue army trousers and
a khaki coat was very black and had
his hair closely clipped. This Is ex
actly the description furnished by
vlctlmlof the assault.
It Is said that the same negro was
recently on the chalngang for several
months. For the last week or two he
has been hanging around Oakland City
and vicinity, part of the time being en
gaged In helping haul wood from the
woods near the Kimball home.
The county police are pretty certain
they have this man located and hope to
arrest him within a few hours.
Judge Andy Calhoun Is doing his
part toward getting rid of the Idle
class to whom these crimes are at
tributed by aendlng every person, white
and black, on whom a vagrancy charge
Is proved, to the chalngang for twelve
months, without the option of paying
a fine During the past week several
each i
TILLMAN IS ASKED
TO
AT BIG CONVENTION
It Is probable that Senator Benjamin
R. Tillman, of South Carolina, will be
one of the speakers at the banquet to
he given October 25 In honor of the
Carriage Builders' Association. Com
munications urging the acceptance of
tho Invitation have been sent the die
tlngulshed South Carolinian by Gov
ernor Terrell and Mayor Woodward.
The banquet will be one of the larg
e»t affairs, If not the largest, ever given
In Atlanta aa there will be 2,000 dele
gatee to the joint convention of the
Carriage Builders' National Associa
tion. A. G. Brunsender, of Cincinnati,
president of the Southern Vehicle As
sociation; Lucius Gregory, of Chase
City, Va., president, and the National
Farm Wagon Association; Max Robin
son, of Marllngsburg, West Va., presl
dent. The other speakers who have
been Invited to address the association
on the evening of the !(th are Hoke
Smith, John Temple Graves and Luolus
Gregory.
Secretary Elliott Dunn, of the At
lanta Vehicle Club, who has worked
unceasingly for the past two months In
arranging the big convention has com
pleted the’program. Jt Is as follows-
October 22, 10:20 A. M.—Meeting
called to order In agricultural building,
Piedmont park.' Address of welcome
by Governor Terrell and reply by F
r>. Jones, on behalf of the Atlanta
hide Club. In the afternoon, 4:20
o'clock, joint meeting of the three as
soclatlnns. In.the evening, 2:20 o'clock
reception at the Kimball House In hon
or of the three presidents and their
wives.
October 24, 10:20—Business meeting.
At the same hour there will be a trol-
hv ride for tho ladles and escorts. At
1:30 a reception on roof of the Candler
bullillns. In the evening, 8:30, grounds
at Piedmont Park will be opened and
the public invited to. Inspect the ex
hibits of the associations and to par
ticipate In the music and other features
furnished.
‘' totter 25, 10:30 o’clock—Business
meeting. 1:30, barbecue at Piedmont
Park. 8, theater party to the ladles
land escorts. Bnnquet at the Kimball.
The banquet will l>o the annual affair
"f the kind, and If It Is found impossi
ble to arrange for sufficient scatjng ca-
I'sclty at the Kimball, will be given at
the skating rink at Ponce DeLeon.
October 26—Trip to Palmetto, where
the cotton fields will be shown to the
delegates and where refreshments will
he ,-erved.
OFLIGHTING PLANTS
Continued from Pegs One.
AND NOT PARDON
New York, Sept. 22.—The American
t »l ,v prints an Interview with Albert
1 Patrick, condemned to death as the
, :, '"r of Millionaire William Rice, In
Vhi h the prisoner Intimates that he
o ' .n't care for a pardon, but wants
vindication. Patrick says he would
mt .cr die in the electric chair than
•tii a term under sentence.
for" TOWING VESSEL
Honolulu, Sept. 22.—Three hundred
«'usand dollars Is the amount demand-
the Paclitc Commercial Cable
" : ny because Us steamer, the Re-
towed the disabled Manchuria
attachment wan taken
. 1 the vessel W being held by an
**"ttkan umcer.
certainly think the city should light Its
own streets."
“Work For This Movement."
Judge George Hlllyer, the pioneer mu
nicipal ownership advocate In Atlanta,
said:
"I made a carefully prepared address
before the chamber of commerce in a
debate specially called and held to dis
cuss municipal ownership about eight
years ago. If I do say It myself, the ar
gument has never been answered and
never can be. This I am proud to say
was, as I think, the pioneer movement
In favor of municipal ownership In our
city. Experience justifies the remark
that the argument never has been
answered and never can be success
fully.
"I have repeated the argument on
various occasions, notably at Mercer
University and again before the Na
tional Municipal League In Detroit.
There Is great comfort to all people
who love our city in the belief that
these opinions now almost unlveraally
prevalt. .
"Our city once voted In a primary by
over 5,000 majority In favor of Atlanta
erecting and operating an electric
light plant of her own; but such were
the adverse Influences that nothing
came of It.
"It Is greatly to be hoped that the
movement In favor of both an electrlo
light plant and a gaa plant owned by
the city has now received such over
whelming favor that nothing can stop
"Let everybody put personal ambi
tion to the rear and right-minded men
come to the front on the basis of an
honest desire to benefit, not themselves,
but the public and give this additional
priceless heritage to our children and
our children's children. Let us love
this good work because It la good, and
because It Is good work for It. If It
needs be make sacrifices for It, not
for any olflcea we are going to get or
any rewards we may hope for only that
of an approving conscience and the
oval of upright and honorable
men. These rewards are worth more
thaif diamonds or gold and nowhere In
our times have they come In sight more
plainly than now held out In this la-
suo for attainment by men who love
their city and state.
Tee, I am In favor of forming a mu
nicipal ownership league and will glad
ly join such an organisation when
properly set on foot and organized on
the basis proposed as I understand It."
From COURTLAND 8. WINN.
"The city of Atlanta can, and should,
own and operate Its own gas and elec
tric lighting plant. The city should ap
point a commission composed of mem
bers of the general-council, charged
with the duty of Investigating thor
oughly the practicability of Installing
and operating these plants. The com
mission should employ a practical ex
pert engineer, who should report to this
commission plane and cost of construc
tion. i
From Information acquired as
member of the general counall of the
years 1802-’0J. and aa a member of tbe
electric lighting committee for said
years, I am convinced that the city
should build these plants, even If to do
so should require a bond Issue to raise
the money necessary to equip and
operate such plants. I believe n close,
careful Investigation of the matter will
demonstrate that It will be good busi
ness policy and a matter of genuine
economy to Issue bonds to raise funds
for this. purpose, and that the saving
In the coat of municipal lighting alone,
until the maturity of the bonds, will be
a sum sufficient to go a long way to
ward, If not completely, paying the
bonds at maturity. A great many of
the needs for operating such plants
are already In the city’s possession
and control—conduits are now In the
streets and controlled by the city. The
city owns the Lakewood or old water
works property, where there Is already
a water power that could be utilized
to generate electricity. If this should
not be sufficient, the power st the
present waterworks station on the
Chattahoochee could be used for this
purpose. The time seems auspicious
for municipal ownership of gas and
electric lighting plants In Atlanta and
I believe the general council will And
the way to put It In practical opera
tion."
Will Give Time and Money.
1 am glad The Georgian has taken
up this light. It Is something that
must come. We must have It. I am
with the movement and the league
heart and soul, and will give both my
time and money toward 4t.”
This coming from L. J. Daniel, presi
dent of Daniel Brothers' Company, 45
Peachtree street, and one of the moat
prominent merchants In Atlanta,
sounded encouraging, but not half as
encouraging as the rest of what Mr.
Daniel had to say on tho subject.
"I am not carried away by munici
pal ownership through any sudden de
cision,' said Mr. Daniel, "but have ad
vocated It for years. I have attempted
to get two other papers In the city to
take the matter up. but because of
their policy they have hung back.
“I am not against capital. I am not
In politics, and don't aspire to office, so
I have no axe to grind, hut let me say
that this matter of paying an enormous
per cent on stock, watered all out of
proportion. Is something we should not
stand for. It la all right to pay a reas
onable per rent on the capital Invested,
but so long as public utilities are In
the hands of private concerns we will
never do this. I do not criticize the
men who gave away the franchises to
the railway and the lighting companies.
They gave theee so-called perpetual
franchises many years ago. It was
necessary then, but now tlmt the com
panies have made money on their In
vestment and have had everything their
way for years, Atlanta should again
take In her hands what Is her own. I
am sure a Just and equitable arrange
ment can be found for the taking over
not only of the gas and electric light
plants but the street railway system as
well. I see no reason for halting at
this last proposition, at Atlanta's great
resources and brilliant future abund
antly Justify her In doing so.
•i wish I had time right now to go Into
the discussion of the matter but I have
not. I feel the need of municipal owner
ship so strongly and have felt It for
years that I am willing to help In ev-
v on* and If nnv innnffv la
B B=, Ha U <2> V
This is what Great-
Great Grandpa used.
When going to bed at
night.
And Great Grandfather, he
msed this
And thought 'twas some
thing tight.
Grandfather had an old
gas jet,
And said it was out of
sight.
Inverted light
Never
Vexes you.
Every cent
Refunded
To you when
Ever it
Disappoints you.
* Lindsay
Inverted
Gas light;
Here
Tis.
MANUFACTURING AGENTS.
The electric current gave:
out on Pa , I
And left him in a deuce of aj
plight.
j
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T
W
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&
We Make a Specialty of Repairing all
Kinds of GAS LIGHTS.
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Now there is nothing so bright, or pretty or neat
As the Lindsay Inverted Gas Light.
WELSBAGH-LINDSAY, INVERTED GJ^S LIGHT,
LIGHTING SUPPLIES,
ETC.
Atlanta Phone 609. Bell Phone 1327.
26 South Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
Phone Message Brings Our Repair Man.
iry manner I can, and If any money Is
needed for printing or anything like
that I am ready to give 2100 right now
to start on.”
Press Huddleston Talks.
Press Huddleston, councilman-elect
from the Second ward, said he was for
municipal ownership and believed It
should be put to a vote.
"I am somewhat of the opinion that
It Is a matter which ought to be ault-
mlttted to the people themselves. They
can generally be trusted on any prop
osition of this kind," said Mr. Hud
dleston. "Personally I favor municipal
ownership of such utilities as gee and
electric light plants. If they are good
Investments for private parties. It cer
tainly seems a good business proposi
tion for the city to own Its own plants,
and save to the taxpayers the proflt It
surely pays to private companies. S'
far as Atlanta Is concerned It seems n
question of how and when. I believe,
though, that that question can be easily
solved. I think some practical, feasible
nlnn should be figured out by the city
council, acting perhaps with a commit
tee of some of our beet citizens, In
which the cost to the taxpayers should
be made clear, and then submit the
mattter to the voters.
'So far as I am concerned I favor
municipal ownership, but I would like
to hear from the voters on the question,
as the city council Is there to serve the
people.”
“In the Interest of the People."
Thomas H. Goodwin said:
"There will be no trouble In getting
several thousand strong men os mem
bers of the League—men who will take
an active part In the fight for mu
nicipal ownership which The Georgian
has taken up.
"In my opinion and In the opinion of
many other attorneys, the Atlanta Gas
Light Company's franchise hB. expir
ed. The first move which should be
made Is to Investigate this franchise
through the courts. The company Is
worth 22,800,000. The actual Invest
ment Is worth less than 2*00,000 and
the remaining 22,000,000 stands for the
franchise. If this portion belongs to
the people of Atlanta they should take
"If the company really owns Us fran
chise why should It be afreld of a legal
Inquiry Into the matter? If It does not
then let the public have that which
would eneue If tho city authorities were
vested with the power to grant or with
hold this franchise.
"I do not think thla Is a time for
asking concessions; but It Is a time to
examine Into the status and the right
of all parties. It would be a distinct
absence of dignity on the part of At
lanta to regulate a corporation which,
perhaps, has no right of operation.
“For the last ten years the Oeorgta
Railway and Electric Company has put
men In the Held anil tried to elect their
men by contributing campaign funds.
For the past four years the company
has taken a decided stand to elect men
looking after the Interests of the com
pany. Now the time has come to put
an end to this and let the city be run
In the Interest of the people. The Mu
nicipal Ownership League will make
this possible, so Jet u* have It.
Join the Municipal Ownership League.
Enroll yourself ns one of those who
want to help the city. Your name
added to the list will Influence some
one else to Join. Take up your duty
of citizenship. Clip out the blank and
send to The Georgian.
BRING HEAVY FINE
FOR NEGRO YOUTH
Was Heard to Make Insult
ing Remarks About
Young Lady.
amusements
“JAP-A-LAC.”
“Liquid Veneer,” “Wax-
ene” at the
GEORGIA PAINT AND
GLASS CO.,
40 Peachtree.
On the charge of making Insulting
remarks about a young lady. Will Wil
son, a negro youth employed In a bar
ber shop at 160 Peters street, wee Sat
urday morning lined 825.15 each In two
cases by Recorder Broyles.
Witnesses, white men, testified they
had heard the negro on two occasions
talking disrespectfully of the young lady
as she pasted the barber shop en route
to her work. The negro denied he was
guilty. .
John Goes, another negro, was Hired
825.15 for cursing a small white boy.
A negro woman was one of the chief
wltneseea against Goes, testifying he
used vile language - toward the white
boy. The arresting officer also stated
ho found an open knife In Oose' pocket.
nmTexpebts
EXAMINED THAW
New York, Sept. 22.—Harry K. Thaw
yielded to the entreaties of his mother
and the advice of hie counsel today and
submitted to being examined by three
alienists, who subjected him to a va
riety of teste for the purpose of de
termining his sanity.
District attorney will resist an at
tempt to transfer the Thaw case to the
supreme court.
BRYAN II
GUEST OF VARDAMAN
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson. Miss., Sept. 22.—W. J. Bry
an arrived In Jackson this morning
at 8 o'clock and was met by a fair-
sized crowd at the union depot, who
greeted him as he alighted from the
train. He was taken In charge by a
committee and escorted to the govern
or’s mansion, and will bq the guest of
Governor and Mr*. Vardaman while
here. There are several thousand peo-
pie in the city to hear him speak this
afternoon. He delivers hie lecture, the
Prince of Peace," here tomorrow after-
soon at 4 o'clock.
XGR'AND
MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT,
™ E AL G. FIELD
GREATER MINSTRELS.
85 PEOPLE 85
The Great Army of Funmakars
headed by
PRESS ELDRIDGE.
Night, 25c to 81.00. Matinee 25c
to 75c. Sale now open.
™ BIJOU
TONIGHT — MATINEE TODAY.
SPENCER A ABORN’S GREAT
EMOTIONAL DRAMA,
“A WIFE’S SECRET.”
Next Week;
‘HOW BAXTER BUTTED IN.’
CASINO
Special Attraction
One Week, Starting Monday, 8ept. 24.
-HAMNET'S TRAINED
BIRDS, GEESE AND DOGS
Every afternoon and night. Children
15c. Adultc 25c.
VANDERBILT DATE
FOR COMING WEEK
ftpedal to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22.—Vander
bilt play* the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor on November 3. The
Commodores succeeded in getting Wa
bash to cancel the (late they had with
Vanderbilt for that Saturday. October
16 is still open, but it looks as though
Mississippi will be here to play on the
state fair grounds on that Saturday.
CITY OF DECATUR, GA.
$44,000.00 5 Per Cent Bonds.
Seeled bide invited for part or ell ef
issue aggregating $44,000.00 of thirty-
year municipal geld -bonds, velideted
end incontestable, denomination $100.00,
annual interest 5 per cent, payable
semi-annually.
Certified check payable to the under-
cigncd for 5 per cent ef bid must ac
company same and forfeited by bidder
if he fails to comply with bid. Right
reserved to reject any and all bide. Bide
reeeived up to neon, October 15, 1808,
at the Mayor’s office. •
Information cheerfully furniehed.
Mark bide PROPOSAL FOR BONDS.
J. A. MONTGOMERY,
Mayer Decatur, Ga.
2
THE GRAND
ll6 “ ,s Monday, Sept. 24
With Matinee Tuesday
The Important Event
JULIAN MITCHELL’S
MAGNIFICENT
PRODUCTION
From the Majestic Theater
NEW YORK
“WONDER
LAND’'
Misic by VICTOR HERBERT Book by GLEN MacD0N0U6H
Authors of “BABES IN TOYLAND”
BRILLIANT CAST OF SEVENTY HEADED BY
LITTLE CHIP and MARY MARBLE
EIGHT MARVELOU8 STAGE PICTURE8.
FIFTEEN MUSICAL NUMBERS r
CHALLENGE BEAUTY CHORUS
Prices: Matinee 25c to $1.00; Night 25c to
$1.50. SALE NOW OPEN.
WEDNESDAY Hi THURSDAY, SEPT 26-27-MATINEE THURSDAY.
A NOTABLE EVENT.
JANE KENNARK
IN CLYDE FITCH’S MASTERPIECE,
THE TOAST OF THE TOWN
VIOLA ALLEN'S GREAT 8UCCESS.
A GREAT CA8T, INCLUDING
CARL ANTHONY, LILLA VANE AND OTHERS.
NIGHT, 25c TO $1.50; MATINEE, 25c TO $1.00
8ALE OPEN8 MONDAY.
NEXT WEEK
—Matinees Tnesday, Thursday and Saturday—
VANCE A SULLIVAN CO. Present the Magnetle Young Star,
SYDNEY TOLER
AS BILLY BAXTER
In the Massive and Most Pretentious Melo-Dramatic Comedy.
HOW BAXTER BUTTED IN
NEW IN THEME—INTENSELY INTERESTING AND TRUE TO
LIFE AND CHARACTERIZATION.