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ATLANTA
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population ...» . 26.000
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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1. NO. 140
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1906.
MOB OF 206 MASKED MEN
HOLD UP MOBILE TRAIN
AND LYNCH TWO NEGROES
prisoners Taken From
Officers and Car
ried Into Woods.
ajoB gave orders
TO TRAIN CREW
Prisoners Begged Piteously
for Their Lives, But Mob
Was Determined—Ne
groes Armed.
g|»rhl to The C.eorglan.
.Mobile, Ain., Oct. 6.—A mob of 200
men, heavily armed and wearing
mask?, boarded the Southern train at
Mount Vernon, Ala., 30 miles above
Mobile, about noon today and took
complete charge of the train, notify
ing the conductor and engineer that It
must be run according to their orders.
The leaders surrounded Sheriff Pow
ers, taking possession of Thompson and
Robinson, the negro assailants of
white children. The word was given
and thn train with the mob on board,
proceeded to a point three miles north
of Plateau, 8 negro settlement, nine
miles from Mobile, where the train was
stopped In a dense forest.
Dogging piteously for their lives, the
two negroes were carried from the
train. The conductor was notified not
to start his train until orders were giv
en. Then the lynchers left the train
and took the prisoners Into the dense
forest, where they are reported to have
been Ivnched and their bodies riddled
with bullets. Persons arriving here
report that the negroes there are up In
i and trouble Is feared.
era up
He Says the Telegra
pher Wreck
ed It.
OPERATOR DECLARES
THOMPSON IS AHEAD
Atlanta Stock and Cotton
Exchanges Promise to
• Pay Something.
WILL BE REQUESTED
FOR CITTEMPLOYES
That Is, For All of the
White Work-
Tbe Federation of Labor will, at the
next ineellng of the city council. Intro
duce a resolution providing that no
white employee of the city be paid less
than $2 a day.
Jt Is stated that an ordinance will
probably be prepared providing for this
minimum scale and Introduced by a
member of the council In sympathy
with the labor element,
Vnd»r the present salary, scale
number of workmen employed by the
city ure paid much less than 33 a day,
the wages running from 11.60 to |1.75
*nd 32.
HIGHER LICENSE
FOR ALL SALOONS
Recorder Offers This Plan
to Prevent Decrease in
Revenue.
Apropos of the published statement
J** ,h “ annual revenue of the city
"III be decreased 326,000 by reason of
of 41 saloofls,' Recorder
h, t!?, s tm * suggested a remedy which
■ , ‘lines will relieve this situation.
.... rr, ‘'order Is in favor of wiping
cei« ,n » ‘by Increasing the 11-
f'w saloons.
er ir dgures suggested by the record-
cr no- as follows:
""■'■ease the re
'0 32,000.
3Joa l ” a jf 0 J5 e wholesale license from
from . 'he license of beer saloons
‘■w-i.k 0 to ,50 °-
csm*. T,' h , an Increase In the II-
«ald Judge Broyles, “the reve-
rsasonahh
a hy o
Bust nc
,i , , un, ‘srr oi a uecrease.
his Increase In the licenses Is
f ih„ enol i gh an<1 l don t believe
' i . w hisky men would quit
In the face of It."
HERO of battle
given a medal
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a I,-,ml 1 " r* u i p " 8tr *ub, who,-during
rush.-i into ,h„'“ 0n “ ven yeBrB a *°,
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The death knell sounded for anoth
er local wire house Saturday morning
when the foregoing card was pasted In
the window of the Atlanta Stock and
Cotton Exchange, 7 Viaduct place.
The place' was owned by Joseph
Thompson, and Incident with the fail
ure, Milt T. Pope, a telegraph operator,
who has been employed by the concern
for the past week, was locked up In
the Tower, charged with embesxle-
ment.
It la claimed that Pope took a flyer
on cotton to the amount of 650 bales,
as well as dipping hia finger In stocks.
This statement was made by Mr.
Thompson.
"Pope sold the cotton; then when
It continued to go up, of course he
lost,” ho said. “We were greatly sur
prised to receive a statement from
O’Dell A Co. stating that we were shor
32,000, Instead of having 3700 comini
to us. We then found that Pope ha,
taken the flyer. O'Dell was not will
ing to stand for the loss, although we
wired that It was not a transaction
that we had anything to do with, and
when we refused to pay the 32,000 he
cut out our wires."
When asked whether or not he would
open up again, Mr. Thompson said he
could not tell, but that It was highly
Improbable, as the Boykin law would
be effective In two mrinths. Mr.
Thompson also stated that the failure
was not for a large amount of money,
nnd that everything possible would be
done to settle up with the customers.
About Fifty Patrons.
There Is an average of some fifty
patronB of the place.
Pope was arrested last night and
charged with embexstement. He Is an
Atlanta man, 26 years of age, clean
shaven and haB none of the ear marks
of the criminal In his make-up. For
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
GAINS 104 NEW MEMBERS
soclated Press operator at Chattanooga
and only returned to Atlanta a few
days ago.
When seen nt the Tower he said:
1 do not care to make a statement.
Whether or not I sold cotton I will not
say. but If I did they can not do any
thin- with me. That place Is nothing
but a gambling house, and If I owe
them anything It Is a gambling debt.
“Wanted to Close.”
“Two or three days ago Thompson
told me he wanted to close for he
could make more money In other busi
nesses, I understand that he was way
ahead of the game, an<| I believe he la
only taking this as an excuse to close
down on his customers.',’
There are three exchanges In the
. PRICE:
WAGNER WINS AUTO RACE
ONE SPECTATOR IS KILLED
AND SIXTEEN OTHERS HURT
“That Boy Is Going
Some,’* Declares
Dr. Hopkins.
“SURE, I’LL FORGIVE;
I HAVE A GIRL NOW”
Happy Pair Ar c* Now
Honeymooning in
Canada.
Half Million People
Witness Great
Contest.
FAST TIME MADE
BY CONTESTANTS
Hundreds Flock on to the
Course and Accidents
Follow in Quick
j. Succession.
Strong Arguments
Made for*Fast*Grow-
ing Movement.
BETTER CAR SERVICE
DEMANDED BY MANY
WHO JOIN LEAGUE
■Political Corruption and
Corporate Influence Are
Severely Arraigned
by Citizens.
(Continued on Page 3.)
One hundred and four loyal, patriotic
cltlsens Saturday morning sent r ln ap
plications for membership In tne Mu
nicipal Ownership League.
The movement Is growing with leaps
and bounds. The people are aroused.
They are aroused because they have
been thinking the matter over since
The Georgian Inaugurated the move
ment for the city to own her gas and
electric lighting plants. So deep-
seated has become the conviction that
many conservative cltlsens have gone
far as to Insist that the city take
over the street railway system as well.
City Electrician Fred Miles had
something to say about the coat of
making electricity.
The largest Item to be considered In
making electricity Is the price of coal,”
he said. “The cost of coal should reg
ulate the cost of electric lighting."
Coal In Atlanta Is about as cheap as
In any city In the United States. While
the cities In the East and middle west
are paying from 33 to 35 a ton At
lanta Is getting coal for 32.36 a ton.
That Is the price signed by the city for
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WAS DIMINUTIVE DE WE Y,
TINY TOT OF A NEWSBOY,
SEIZED B1 KIDNAPER?
Dewey Garbett, 6 years of age, the
youngest newsboy In Atlanta, whose
diminutive form and pera|stent and
childish cries of “Here your paper,”
"Paper, mister,” have made him a
striking and familiar figure In the
stre.efs. of the business district, has
Vanished.
".♦And Dewey’s mother, Mrs. Rosa Gar-
bett, of 85 Central avenue, beltoves her
boy. has been kidnaped,
The little fellow mysteriously disap
peared from his home Friday afternoon
o'clock, and since that tlms not
the slightest trace of him has been
found. Despite a thorough search by
his mother and friends, not the least
semblance of a clew has been# un
earthed that would tend to reveal the
whereabouts of the strangely missing
child.
After a long wearisome night of ter
rible anxiety, the frantic mother Sat
urday morning reported the disappear,
ance to the police and asked their aid
In finding little Dewey. The city will
be searched and every posslblo effort
made to dissipate the mystery and re
store the lost boy to hl|i mother.
Dewey has never before remained
away from his mother and home dur
ing the night or for any considerable
length of time, without letting the
mother know where he was, and this
fact, coupled with the tender- age of
the boy, leads her to believe he has
been kidnaped and spirited away for
some unknown motive.
When Dewey was first missed Friday
afternoon his mother supposed he had
tone down town to sell papers as usual,
3Ut when he failed to returq at night
fall she became uneasy. As the hours
passed and the child still did not show
up, the mother became frantic with
anxiety and sounded the alarm.
Neighbors Joined with the mother
and a search was Instituted. Play
mates of the missing child were
aroused and closely questioned, and his
favorite places of play visited, but all
to no avail. No one had seen Dewey
"DEWEY.”
Whose disappearance Is worrying
knew what had become of him. All
during the night Mrs. Garbett awaited
some tidings of little Dewey, but they
never came. When day dawned she
determined to ask the assistance of
the police.
The little newsboy, known familiar
ly about the newspaper offices and In
the streets merely as “Dewey," Is a
favorite with all who know him. He
1s Mrs. Garbett's only child, and, not
withstanding his tender years, he has
for several months bravely gone out
Into the city’s thoroughfares and sold
papers In order to help his mother. As
soon as he would dispose of his batch
of papers he would always go directly
home and turn his earnings over- to
the mother, for whom he was working.
The popularity of the little tot made
him an immediate success as a news
boy, and he had no trouble In selling
his papers.
Mrs. Garbett,, her eyes swollen and
red from weeping and loss of sleep,
was seen Saturday morning, nnd, In a
. voire that Indicated her burning anx-
since the early afternoon, and no one lety, made the following statement re-
“Well, I’ll have a girl In the house
now," said Dr. J. R. Hopkins, Satur
day morning. “I’ll have a daughter-ln
law.”
The doctor was all smiles as he led
the way Into his private office and
pointed out an easy chair. If there
happier man In Atlanta today
would be hard to find him. Happiness
fairly exuded from the father of Rus
sell Hopkins, whose elopement'Thurs
day with pretty Vera Seogrlst, of New
York, filled the newspapers Friday,
'Object? Well, I should say not.
let Russell do os he pleases.
'No, I hadn't heard a line from him
until I got a telegram at 10:80 o'clock
this morning. He was In Montreal,
Canada. Tift boy Is going some now,
Isn't hd?
"His telegram just said:
“ ‘Married Vera yesterday. Hope
you will forgive us.’
"Well, 1 reckon I will. I’ve got
girl now.”
Dr. Hopkins laughed again as he sat
back and thought over his son’s capt
ure of the girl he loved.
“Yes, I know her. I’ve met her here
and up north, too. She’s as sweet and
pretty as she can be and I’m glad Rus
sell won her. And I’m mighty glad
we’ll have a girl In the house. That
was a fine picture of the two In The
Georgian.’’
It Is evident that the splendid Hop
kins ‘home at Peachtree and Baker
streets will be the scene of more mer
riment In the coming winter than In
years before. Just when the couple will
return for the parental blessing Is not
known, but the father evidently ex
peels his new daughter to come to At
lanta soon.
“The young lady’s grandfather has
decided to give his blessing, after all,”
remarked the newspaper man.
Dr. Hopkins chuckled. One would
have guessed that he didn’t care a rap
whether the other side, of the family
objected or not. He Is satisfied, the
bride and bridegroom happy, and that
ought to be enough for anybody.
HUSBAND’S DEATH
MAY KILL WOMAN
Washington, Oct. «.—Louis Duane,
great grandson 'of Benjamin Franklin,
and for 22 years a clerk In the treasury
department, died suddenly of heart
failure Thursday night. His wife was
at Freehold, N. J:. and upon her arrival
here last night In response to a tele
gram, she fell in a faint and has since
remained In a semi-conscious condl
lion.
gardlng the disappearance:
“I was In my room yesterday after
noon about 2 o'clock and Dewey came
to mo for some money with which to
buy his papers. I was busy at the
time and told him to run away and
come back later. He walked out of
the room and that Is the Inst I have
seen or heard of him. I supposed he
was out at play with some of the other
children In 4he neighborhood, hut when
I went out and called him he was no
where, to be found.
“Dewey never remained away from
me before, and I am satisfied he Is not
staying awas* now of his own accord.
I believe somebody has kidnaped him
and Is holding him for some unknown
purpose. He loves me too well to wil
fully pain me In this way.”
/jP
THE GEORGIAN REGRETS THAT THE 1910
Exposition practically has been laid on the shelf. About $350,000 was pledged for
it. If anything is needed in Atlanta half as badly as an exposition, it is an armory that
can be used as a Convention Hall, with a City Hall front, as it were. One half of the
$350,000 pledged would build it. The Georgian moves that all the subscribers to the
exposition pledge one half the amount of their subscriptions for the “Capital City
Armory,” and hereby puts itself down for $2,500, which is half of its $5,000 exposi
tion pledge. Who’ll second the motion?
= r ~
Mlneola, L. I.,' Oct. 6.—Louis IVag-'
ner, driving the 100-horsepower Dar-1
racq car, entered by C. DeMegot, ofi
the Automobile Club of France, won I
the Vanderbilt automobile cup race
over the Nassau county, L. I., course |
today In a maniacal contest of speed j
and skill that cost one life, and the I
Injury of sixteen people In accldonts. I
Wagner’s time for the 297.1 miles of.
the course was 4 hours, 60 minutes and
10 2-5 seconds, an average of nearly |
62 miles an hour. The others who fin- 1
Ished before Referee William K. Van-]
derbllt, Jr., called off the race to pre-;
vent a disaster among the 600,000 peo-!
pie who thronged the course, after the
winner was announced were:
How They Finished.
Vincent Lancia, Italian, 120-horse
power Flat car; time 4:63:211-6.
Clement Duray, French, 120-horse-'
power Dietrich car; time, 4:63:67 3-5.
Camtle Jenatsy, German, 120-horse-
power Mercedes car; time, 5.04:38. i
From the fifth lap on, barring an ac- •
cldent, Wagner was so well In the lead
that he was never headed. Ho kept
on swlngln around the 29:91-mile
course,- maintaining hts terrific speed
without a break. Dp what they could
the three foreigners plying their cars
to the utmost behind him, could not
put down Ills gain. ,
Wagner In Front.
Lap after lap, Wagner whizzed along
always to the front, but there was a
gasp of excited tear hanging over the.
grand stand at Westbury ns word 1
came on Wngner’s last lop that he had
been compelled to stop at Bull's Head
turn, 14 miles from the starting line,
because of trouble with hla tires. I
At the time the leader was 6 min
utes ahead of Lancia. In 4 minutes
word was flashed from Bull’s Head
that Wagner had repaired his machine
and was up and off at more than a
70-mlle-an-hour clip,
Gruelling Spaed Trial.
With the lead of but 2 minutes left
him, Wagner drove his car for every
ounce of potentiality there was In It.
He came tearing down the stretch
along the Jericho turnpike leading to,
the finish In an ever-increasing burst
of speed and flashed past the grand- .
stand amid a burst of applause. ,
Then came the Lancia, followed by ;
Duray, Jenatsy and Clements In quick
succession. The last lap had been a
gruelling trial of speed and endurance,!
for all four of these who wero push- I
Ing Wagner as hard as they could. It
was the greatest contest of Its kind
that has ever been held In America.
Many in.Danger,
That there was no more than ono
person killed during the race was a
marvel. The thousands upon thou-;
sands that lined the course In a long
sinuous lane, repeatedly surged on to .
the course and scattered only In time
to get out of the way of the flying .
machines.
When Wagner had passed the finish
mark, the crowd In and around the
grandstand flooded on to the course In
keep them back. The other autos tv
coming along the last stretch nt a
mile a minute speed. Why some one
was not hurt no one knows.
\ Other Cars Are 8topped.
By this time word came from many
points along the course to William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., that thousands of wo
men and men were swarming over
the course: The racing cars were still
being- driven around the course In a
last wild dash of speed. The danger
was Imminent.
In a moment Mr. Vanderbilt declared
the rest of the race off and sent word
to all the telephone controls to have
the cars stopped as they reached
there. This was done and no further
accidents occurred.
Plunging from the course, beyond
control of the driver, “Dare Devil Joe"
Tracy’s big Locomobile dashed Into
■ crowd of spectators along the road
at the east Norwich turn, the second
the Jericho road, hurling a dozen
people to the ground, mortally lnjur-
ng one boy, and causing a wild panic.
Screams of despair went up from
thousands of throats as the great ma
chine tore a lane through the moss of
humanity that blocked the road lead
ing to Oyster Bay, scattering men, wo
men and children In alt directions and
leaving a dosen prostrate on the
d.
Lad Mortally Injured,
At first It was thought half a dozen
had been killed and there was a mad
scramble .of the people to get away j
from the place, while the runaway Lo- -
immobile continued up the Oyster Bay
road for a hundred yards before the
driver regained control and swerved
back to the course.
Ralph Baldwin, 15 years old, of Nor
walk, Conn, was the mortally injured
lad.
Louis Wagner, while going at more
than a mile a minute speed, swung
around Krug's comer, on the seventh
ground
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