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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 'A';,. T W E & We Make a Specialty of Repairing all Kinds of GAS LIGHTS. - • NX » \^\ N 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.