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■H ATLANTA •talf/td V. 130.000 population ...» . 26.000 15,000 if railroad. Beven 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 °W- *• — President t , 1, , *“ d ? Jr handed a gold medal a I,-,ml 1 " r* u i p " 8tr *ub, who,-during rush.-i into ,h„'“ 0n “ ven yeBrB a *°, a '"unde, , h ®‘‘?* n «■<! carried a fsTfoot »! J? cover, although S u “' and rlscuei U “ eU foUowed rt ‘- 00000000000000000000000O00 0 , o O “This Is to notify you that by 0 0 force of circumstances over which 0 0 we have no control, and on ac- O 0 count of the misconduct of our 0 0 operator In making trades with- 0 0 out our knowledge, we will be O 0 forced to liquidate. 0 0 "We are now preparing a state- 0 0 ment for all our customers, and 0 0 by Monday, October 8, at 12 0 0 o'clock, we will make a statement 0 0 of settlement and pay every cue- ~ 0 tomer. If not In full, every cent 0 that our assets will realise. O “We ask your kind Indulgence O until we can make this state- 0 ment. 0 “ATLANTA STOCK AND O 0 "COTTON EXCHANGE." 0 a o 00000000000O0000000000000O 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 (Continued on Page 3.) 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 Continued on page 3-