About The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1906)
ATLANTA population nocn<« •jvipphonrti \is\n line* of rallr^da...,, 8!i°i of street railway.... hanking capital The Atlanta Georgian. Mile, of Hectrlc railway. VOL. 1. NO. 149. ATLANTA, GA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1906.’ PRICE: In Atlanta TWO CBM MRS. DA VIS TO REST B Y SIDE OF HUSBAND MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Funeral to Take Place at Richmond, ; Va., Thursday. 00CH«aOCKKKK«KKKl<H>O<KKH«H>O 0 MAYOR EXPRESSES D ATLANTA’8 SYMPATHY. O s — ° 0 Mayor Woodward aent the fol- O o lowing telegram Wednesday mom- O 0 Ing to Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, O O daughter of Jefferson Davis, who O 0 was with her mother at the time 0 0 of the latter’s death: 0 0 Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, Hotel Ma- 6 0 Jestle, New York: O J The city of Atlanta extends to O 0 you its most sincere sympathy In O 0 this hour of your deep bereave- 0 0 ment over the death of your no- O 0 hie mother. O 0 J. Q. WOODWARD, O 2 Muyflr. O 0 0 000000000 OOOtMWOOCOtKtOtXHJO New York, Oct. 17.—Plans were com pleted today for sending the body of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who died about 10:25 o’clock last night at the Hotel Majestic from pneumonia, to Rich mond, Va, tomorrow, where It will be burled beside that of her husband, the first and only president of the Confed eracy, and their daughter. Miss Win nie Davis, known as tho “Daughter of the Confederacy," Mrs. Davis was 80 years and five months old. She had' been tn poor health since last spring, and when she naught cold a week ago the had little strength to withstand the disease which set In. Tor 24 hours before death she was unconscious. When the end came those at her bedside were her daughter, Mrs. .1.. Addison Hayes, and Dr. Ger ald Webb, Jefferson Hayes Davis and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. Davis died at the same hour of me .lay and on the same day of the >mr (October 18) as the two sons. Mrs. Jefferson Davis was 80 years , °n May 7 last. It has prob- r’’ 1 ' passed from the minds of many Mrsons that Mrs. pavls was of North- ern stock. Her grandfather was Rich ard Howell. He was a plain man of t’S’ople, descended from Welsh pa- rsnts wh0 se tt!ed Delaware In 1729. "'"father raised a family of eleven tittdren. He himself became gover- m of New Jersey, to which state his lad,!f'i 5 lad r * mov *d When he was a .governor Howell was a Federalist of me Staunchest kind, and when Wash- ngton passed through Trenton on his New York to be Inaugurated, oernor Howell received him officially i. f. a considerable display of loyalty Personal and political cause, 'unor Howell led the New Jersey tl ''“ring the so-called “whisky rebellion." and led them well. She Was Born at Natchsz. Mrs. Davis was bom In Natches, Continued on Page Two. MR. ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE — / Washington, Oct. 17.—President Roosevelt this morning sent a mes sage of condolence on account of the death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, as follows: "To Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, Hotel Majestic, New York:—Pray accept the most sincere sympathy of Mrs. Roosevelt and myself. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” The president also directed that a suitable floral tribute be sent frdm the white house conservatories for the funeral. BUNDRICK RESPITED AS HE FACED DEATH With the gallows ready for his ex ecution and death only a few hours away, Governor Terrell respited George W. Bundrlck for thirty days Wednesday morning. Bundrlck was to have been hanged In Cordels at noon Wednesday. The governor’s respite was based on the rcoomntendatlAn of Judge Little john and Solicitor Hooper. Judge U. V. Whipple, who haa represented the condemned man since the trial In 1902, made such an earnest plea before them for further time to present reasons for commutation that they Anally con sented to Intercede. Last week the prison commission de clined to recommend Bundrlek for com mutation. This action was approved by Governor Terrell, though Judge confined In Crisp county Jail for the six months past. He was delivered to Sheriff Sheppard, of Cordele, at Anter- Icus yesterday afternoon and brought Immediately here from Americus. . Bundrlck has discussed his Impend ing fate but little and appears to have no hope of further respite. The ex ecution today will be In private, as usual. COFFIN WA8 READY WHEN RESPITE CAME. Special to The Georgian. Cordele, Ga., Oct. 17.—Just In the nick of time Sheriff Sheppard received a message from the governor at 11 o’clock today respiting George W Bundrlck for thirty days. ?vt,i^io er e n om«\n rr Attanta' / and nleaded All preparations for the execution }'!’L pp e ‘",^n lan,a * na Plea had been arranged, and In a few mo- for a reconsideration. Bundrlck shot and killed Bhrouder In the public road of Deely county In 1902. Shrouder’s wife, who was in the vehicle, was slightly wounded. It Is said that a feud had existed between the two men for a long time. BUNDRICK CARRIED TO CORDELE TUESDAY Specie I to The Georgltn. Cordele, Ga, Oct. 17.~Everythlng Is In readiness for the execution of Geo. W. Bundrlck, condemned to death for the murder of J. H. Schouder. and un less the governor grants a respite the execution will be performed today. Bundrlck was brought here last night from Americus, where he has been ments the doomed man would have been hanged. Even the coffin had been secured and every detail arranged A number of people from the cduntry were In town. CHEEK WAS TORN OFF, Special to The Georgian. Adrian, Oa„ Oct 17.—T. I. Harrison, sawyer for the Howard A Perkins Lumber Co., was accidently struck by a piece of timber yesterday morning while at work, tearing one side ot his face almost off. Mr. Perkins brought Mr. Harrison here ter medical attention, and his con dition Is thought to be serious. FATHER OF MRS. NORMAN . TAKES HIS LIFE FOLLOWING SUNDAY NIGHT TRAGEDY Speelnl to Tho GeergtM. Moultrie, Ga. Oct. iy.-Mlmsey May, well-to-do planter, of the- eastern part of this county, committed suicide this morning at the breakfast hour by putting the muxzle of a shot gun to his temple and blowing his brains out. It is believed that be bad become Insane as a result of a family trouble. It was at his daughter’s, Mrs. Perry Norman, about whom Derwood Hard wick was killed Sunday night by the woman’s father-in-law, Virgil Nor man. His daughter's conduct has been a great trial .to him and has preyed upon his ntlnd continually since the trsgedy Sunday night. JACKSONVILLE SAVES MONEY BY OWNING ELECTRIC PLANT; ATLANTA CAN.SAVE EVEN MORE Facts and Figures ShowThat Plant Paid For Itself. • FORMER OPPONENTS NOW SUPPORTERS What Jacksonville Did At lanta Can Do—Value of Municipal Own ership. Jacksonville stands as an exam ple of what municipal ownership has done and what it can do. Jack sonville citizens are paying one- fourth of their old rates for lights. The city plant lias paid for itself since its building. The former op ponents of municipal ownership are now its most earnest advo cates. The city is preparing to go still further and purchase its street railway system. FIRE DESTROYS SENECA; 2,000 MADE HOMELESS; ORIGINATED IN HOTEL Incendiary Theory, Because of Race Feeling, Is Disbelieved By Citizens—Both Hotels Were Destroyed. But Guests Escaped. ' ' ft Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C„ Oct 17.—Following the dynamiting, laat Friday night, of a negro college at Seneca, a small town between Greenville and Atlanta, that place wax early thla morning burned to the ground. It le aald the lire waa the work ot Incendiary negroea, aeeklng revenge for the destruction of tho college, Harrell College, the negro school destroyed, waa preaided. over by Rev. J. F. Williams and supported by Northern white people. Williams had made himself very objectionable to the white people by advising the negroes not to work and preaching other Incendiary doctrines. A letter was sent to him several weeks ago advising him to leave, but to this he paid no at tention. Laat Friday night some parties, whether white or black la not known, placed dynamite under each corner ot the college building and touch ed the whole business off at the stroke of midnight. * The building was not completely demolished, but was badly damaged. Since the dynamiting of this college negroes have been In an ugly mood and meetings have been held nightly In negro lodge rooms and halls. v Last night, It seems, matters were brought to a head, for at 1 o’clock an alarm of fire was sounded from several parts of the town, which has a population of two thousand or more. The. firs burned furiously and fast consumed struoture a tier structure, until It occurred to some one to use dy namite to break the path of flames. This waa not done, however, till the greater part of the town had been destroyed. The town waa without Are apparatus and citizens could do nothing but stand Idly by and watch their property go up In smoke. Advices from Seneca at 10 o'clock this morning say that among the buildings destroyed are both hotels. Mrs. F. M. Coleman's residence. Two stores adjoining the hotels. A clothing store. j Drug store. A grocery and one hardware store were badly damaged. The Are broke out In the basement of the Oconee Inn, which was left unlocked last night, affording access to Incendiaries If they had desired to enter. No casualties are reported, as the occupants of the hotels had ample time to get out. The property loss Is In the neighborhood of 8200,000, with about 280,000 Insurance. HUNDREDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO EVANGELIST SAM NONES Funeral atCartersville Set For Thurs day. . CELEBRATED DIVINES ARRIVE FOR FUNERAL Home City of Evangelist Mourns His Loss—Del egation Will Come Atlanta. IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION Special to The Georgian. Andereon, S. C., Oct. 17.—The town of Seneca, In Oconee county, 25 miles from here, had a 2100,000 Are this morning. Tho fire started In the basement of the Oconee Inn. The origin Is not known, but there la no eusplclon of incendiarism. Harrell College, a negro Institution at Seneca, was dynamited one night last week, and this gave rise to a report here that the Are last night was started by negroes. J. F. Holloman, cashier of the Bank of Seneca, In conversation over the long dletance telephone this morning, said there wda no foundation for this report, and that the people of Seneca do not believe the negroes had anything to do with'the Are. TABERNACLE IS CHOSEN . FOR SAM JONES MEMORIAL Great Mass Meeting To Be Held Sun day Afternoon. The Baptist Tabernacle In Luckle street haa been selected for a great memorial meeting to be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock to do honor to the memory of Rev. Sam P. Jones. Dr. Leri O. Broughton Is expected tn arrive from his European trip before Sunday and will make an address at the meeting. Other orators will be drawn from clergy and laity and the meeting will be conflncd to no denomi nation or creed. W. D. Upshaw, whose suggestion In The Georgian Tuesday that a memor ial meeting bo held, was received with enthusiasm by the admirers of Sam Jones, conferred with a number of prominent men Wednesday and It was decided to hold the meeting In the Tab ernacle. The Grand opera house had been at flrat suggested, but when the officers of the Tabernacle tendered that building It wns at once decided to accept the offer. Dr. Broughton was a close friend of Rev. Sam Jones and It By W. P. DOUGLASS. Special to Tho Georgian. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 17.— Jacksonville stands in the fore front today ns nnt eminent exam ple of the success of municipal ownership of "her public utilities. The proof of the pudding is the eating thereof, and Jacksonville has had twelve years to find out that there is no longer any room to question the wisdom of tho proposition. An act was passed by the legis lature in the year 1809 creating the hoard of bond trustees, which then assumed control of the city electric light plant in June, that of incendiarism the electric light plant was pur chased and installed. Tho following statement has been furnished to the board of trustees by A. W. Cockrell, Jr. secretary: Sirs:—In connection with the annual reports of the heads of the various departments under your charge, herewith submitted, I beg leave to call your attention to the financial status of tho electric plant in lino with the report of tho expert accountant made in the winter of 1901-2. That report, pub lished in our annual for 1901, covers au exhaustive financial statement, showing that the net cost of this plant to the city on January 1, 1902, was $69,275.20, This included all moneys paid by the city to oj for the plant, di rectly or indirectly, through the proceeds of bonds, taxation, or otherwise, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum added annually, and deducting therefrom as credits only those conceded to the plant for lights furnished the city and not paid for, and also deducting the cash turned over by the plant to the city. Beginning with this net cost, the same definite method of deter mining the net cost on this, tho 31st day of December, 1904, wo find that the plant has paid for itself to the last dollar. Ten years ago the citizens wore paving $15 per month for 2,000 nominal eamilc power open are lights, and 28 cents per 1,000 watts for incandescent lights. Realizing that this was an exorbi tant- charge, due in great measure to a private plant’s monopoly of public utilities, the city built its electric plant, in the hope that such plant would ultimately pay for itself and at the same time give the citizens reasonable prices. As soon as installed the city re duced the open arc lights from $15 to $7.50 per month, and the incandescent price from 28 cents to 7 cents per 1,1)00 watts. This great reduction in price was se- erely criticised by many, who ac cepted the statement of the city’s competitors that such reduction was below cost and the city would soon be run into bankruptcy. So far from running the city into bankruptcy, the plant 1ms paid fully for itself in less than ten yen’rs. We mean by this state ment, supposing every dollar the city put into this plant (other than the plant’s own earnings) MRS. SAM P. JONES, Wifa of the Dead Evangelist, Is believed that Mr. Jones’ own wish would have been for the Tabernacle rather than the theater. An announcement of speakers who will be given places on the memorial program will be made Thursday or Friday. , Continued on Pago Eleven. SAM JONES' BOD V TO REST IN ROTUNDA OF CAPITOL The body of Rev. Bamuel Porter Jones will rest tn the rotunda of the capitol on the Hunter street side Friday. Alderman George H. Sima and Councilman C. A. Wlkle called on Gov ernor Terrell Wednesday morning to arrange for the use of the capitol for this purpose. It was agreed that the beet plan wee to have the body rest In the center of the rotunda, ii» the hundreds who will wish to view the distin guished dead ran come In the Hunter street entrance and pass out the Washington street side. The tentative plan la for the mayor and the apeclal council commit tee to meet the body at the train at 8 o'clock Friday morning and-escort it to the capitol. A meeting of council will be held Thursday afternoon, when other arrangements may be made. By CHARLES E. HARP. Special to The Georgian. Cartersvllle, Ga„ Oct. 17.—The Anal details of the funeral ceremonies over the body of the Rev. Sam P. Jones at the tabernacle Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock were completed Wednesday morning, with the selection of the pall bearers. Those who will accompany the casket are: Pallbearers Named. L. S. Mumford, J. H. Wlkle, James Knight, Dr. R. J. Trlppe, John Leake, William H. Howard, Paul GUreath, Judge J. W. Aiken. The honorary ejicort will be made up of visiting ministers, members of the city council, city and county officials and members ot the bar. The funeral sermons will be preached by Rev. George Stuart and Bishop Gal loway. Addresses will also be made by Rev. French Oliver, Rev. J. H. Bowen, of Winona, Mias,: Rev. Wilburn A. Cleveland, Rev. J. E. Barnard, Rev. George W. DuVall. Rev. Walt Hol combe, Mayor GUreath and Judge John W. Aiken. Escorts will be selected Wednesday by the officers of the local Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges, to accompa ny tho casket to and from the taber nacle. Mr. Jones was a member of both lodges for a number of years. Tim Itev. E. O. Excel!, the famous singer and hymn writer, arrived from Chicago nt 11 o’clock Tuesday. REV. WALT HOLCOMBE TO CONDUCT FUNERAL, 'Cartersvllle, Go., Oct. 17.—The fu neral ceremonies over the body of Sam Jones next Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. In the big Sam Jones Taber nacle, will be conducted under the di rection of Rev. Walt Holcombe, who had been assisting Mr. Jones In his evangelistic work In the West. The funeral sermon will be preached by. Rev. George Stuart, well known all over the South as an evangelist and one of Mr. Jones’ closest friends. Addressee will also be made by Rev. A. Bowen, of Winona, Miss., and Rev. French Oliver, of Chicago. Continued on Page Five. EJ. IS DEFEATED BY Vanderbilt and Stand By R. Magnate. Astor R. the their road, the Chicago, Oct. 17.—With Cornelius anderbllt at hie back and the Astor millions at his command, Stuyvesant president of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, today defeated E. Hnrrlman, the "wizard of Wall street,” In one of the greatest railroad fights for years, Involving 295,000,000. After months of financial necro mancy, Harrlman believed that he was powerful enough to secure control ot road and oust President Fish at annual meeting today. Vanderbilt and Fish, In league with proxies of the Astor holdings at command, retained control of the and Harrlman sustained one' of few defeats of his career. Behind the fight for a 295.000.ono railroad was the bitter hatred of Har rlman for Fish because of Insurance Investigations In New York. Harrlman has pledged himself, soon er or later, to ruin F’lsh, both finan cially and otherwise. The first struggle was that of today. The first test came tn the directors' meeting held at 10 o’clock In the morn ing. Harrlman himself was not pres ent, but was represented by William Nelson Cromwell, a corporation lawyer of international renown. The meeting waa aecret and little was aald about It after adjournment. “Vanderbilt atuck with Kish," said a man who waa present at the meet ing. "He clearly demonstrated that he and the railroad president can han dle the stockholders' meeting as Ions as they stick together. Harrlman car not get his hand this time un the con trolling IntereaL" I
