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A "W -» *•- ... —jr---''7~‘ ^ -Tr.~.'~m, Nigw Mtion the Atlanta Georgian, m Edita VOL. 1. NO. 149. ATLANTA, GA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1906. PRICE: Id Atlanta TWO CIlfTfe. MRS. DA VIS TO REST B Y SIDE OF HUSBAND ^g£rCx \L • .'X * N • 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 hns 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. MRS. JEFFERSON OAVI8. Funeral to Take Place at Richmond, Va., Thursday. >OV0000OO0OOO0OOOOO0000O00 3MAYOR EXPRESSES 3 ATLANTA’S SYMPATHY. O 5 _ O 3 Mayor Woodward sent the fol- 0 3 lowing telegram Wednesday morn- O 3 Ing to Mm. j. Addlaon Hayes, O 3 (laughter o{ JelTeraon Davie, who O 3 was with her mother at the time O 3 nf the Intter’a death: O 3 Jlrs. J. .Vlillsan Hayes, Hotel Mtt- O 3 Jostle, New York: 3 The city of Atlanta extends to 0 3 you Its most sincere sympathy In O 3 this hour of your deep bereave- O 3 inent over the death of your no- O 3 hie mother. 0 3 J. Q. WOODWARD, O 3 Mayor. O 300(3000000000OO000000O0000 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 Mm. 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 he sent- from the white house conservatories for the funeral. New York, Oct. 17.—Plans wsre com peted today for sending the body of Mr.,. Jefferson Davis, who died about l °:25 o'clock last night at the Hotel Majestic from pneumonia, to Rich mond, Va, tomorrow, where It will be Juried beside that of her husband, the Jrst and only president of the Confed- Iracy, and their daughter. Miss Win- Me Davis, known as the "Daughter of ‘he ('nnfederacy," v Jlrs. Davis was >0 yearn and live months Vrt. She had been In poor lealth since last spring, and when she -'aught cold a week ago. she had little (•rength to withstand the disease which' let In. For 2( hours before death site was inconscious., When' the end came ■nose at her bedside were her daughter, me*. J. Addison Hayes, and Dr. Qer- 'M Webb. Jefferson Hayes Davis and Mr,. JoMeph Pulitzer. Mrs. Davis died at the same hour of •he day and on the eame day of the •ear (October 1$) as the two sons. J 'Nerson Davie waa 10 yearn « on May 7 Inst. It has prob- cassed from the minds of many »r»on, that Mrs. Davis was of North- oh u° ck ' Her grandfather was Rlch- V. Nowell. He was a plain man of »n.f* op , e ' descended from Welsh pa- ’nt» Who settled In Delaware In 1720. •hiirf. 1 * 1 . raised a family of eleven , l „J d ""' He hlmaelf became gover- „’New Jersey, to which slate his *'l of , 'i5 had remoTed when he was a Governor Howell was a Federalist of naini aumhe *t kind, and when Wash- ,5'. ” passed through Trenton on his •over, New York to be Inaugurated, , i,i. p, ' r Howell received him officially „ ?,* ro »*fderaWe display of loyally V.v.V Pstjanal and political cause. r" r . n "r Howell led the New Jersey daring the so-called "whisky and led them well. She Was Bom at Natchez. * LaVIk tvaa k,\e*s I« Vn BUNDRICK RESPITED AS HE FACED DEATH With the gallows ready for his ex ecution and death only a few houm away, Governor Terrell respited George W. Bundrjck for thirty days Wednesday morning. Bundrlck was' to have been hanged In Cordele at noon Wednesday. The governor's respite wag based on the recommendation of Judge Little john and Solicitor Hooper. Judge U. V. Whipple, who has 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 finally con sented to Intercede. Last week the prison commission de clined to recommend Bundrlck for com mutation. This action was approved by Governor Terrell, though Judge Whipple came to Atlanta and pleaded for a reconsideration. Bundrlck shot and killed _ Shrouder In the public road of Deely county lh 1102. 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. confined In Crisp county jail for the six months past. He was delivered to Sheriff Sheppard, of Cordele, at Amer- Icus yesterday afternoon and brought Immediately here from Amerlcus, Bundrlck has discussed his Impend ing fate but little and appears to have no hope of further respite. The ex ecution today wJU be In private, as usual. / ' CONVICTED RAILROAD ON REBATING CHARGE New York, Oct. 17.—At 1:55 p.m. to day the Jury In the rebating case brought In a verdict of guilty against the New York Central Company and (ended Frederick L. Pomeroy, general traffic BUNDRICK CARRIED TO CORDELE TUESDAY Special to The-Georgian. Cordele. Ga., Oct. 17.—Everything 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 Amerlcus, where he has been manager. MILITARY HONOR8 FOR MRS. DAVI8 Richmond, Va., Oct. 17.—Mrs. Sayres, granddaughter of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wired this afternoon that It was the wish of the family that the funeral should be conducted with full military honors such as marked the burial of her daughter, Winnie. Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor Elli son will respect the request. The fu neral will lake place Friday afternoon from St. Pauls Episcopal Church, the church that President and Mrs. Davis attended. I>avl* we, bom III Natchex, Continued on Page Two. FATHER OF MRS. NORMAN TAKES HIS LIFE FOLLOWING SUNDAY NIGHT TRAGEDY Special (o The Georgian. Moultrie, Ga.. Oct. 17.—Mlmsey May. a well-to-do planter, of (he eastern part of this county, committed suicide this morning-at the breakfast hour In putting the muzzle of a shot gun to his temple and blowing his brains out. It Is believed that he had became Insane as a result nf 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 mind continually since the tragedy Sunday nlghL By W. P. DOUGLASS. Special to Tbo Georgiao. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 17.—* Jacksonville stands in the fore front today as an 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 the proposition. An act was passed by the legis lature in the year 1899 creating the board of bond trustees, which then assumed control of the city electric light plant in June, that year. The city was bonded for $1,- 000,000, and ont of those moneys (lie al PC trie, light plank was pur. chnsed and installed. The following statement hns 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 tho financial status of th.e electric plant in line with the report of the expert accountant made in the winter of 1901-2. That report, pub lished in our annual for 1901, covers an 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 or 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, the 31st day of December, 1904, wo find that the plant has paid for itself to the last dollar. Ten years ago 'the citizens were paying $15 per month for 2,000 nominal candle power open arc 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 Ruch 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 1,000 watts/ This great reduction in price was se verely 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 hAS paid fully for itself in Jess than ten ears. We mean by this state ment, supposing every dollar the city put into this plant (other than the plant’s own earningR) 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. Special to The Georgian. Greenville, 8. C„ Oct. 17.—Following the dynamiting, last Friday nigh), of a negrq college at Seneca, a email town between Greenville and Atlanta, that place waa early thle morning burned to the ground. It te eald the fire waa the work of Incendiary negroea, eeeklng revenge for the deetructlon of the college. r Harrell College, the negro school destroyed, waa presided over by Rev. J. F. Williams and aupported by Northern white people. Williams had made hlmaelf 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 Is not known, placed dynamite under each corner of 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. Last night. It seems, matters were brought to a head, for at. 1 o'clock an alarm of fire waa sounded from several parts of the town, which has a population of two thousand or more. The fire burned furiously and fast consumed structure after structure, until It-occurred to some one to use dy namite to break the path of flames. This was not done, however, till the greater part of the town had been destroyed. The town whs without fire 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. t ^ ' 1 • Mrs. F. M. Coleman's residence. Two stores adjoining the hotels. A clothing store. Drug store. A grocery and one hardware store were badly damaged. The fire broke out In the basement of the Oconee Inn, which waa 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 $200,000, with about $50,000 Insurance. HUNDREDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO EVANGELIST SAMP. JONES Funeral at Cartersville Set For Thurs day. THEORY OF INCENDIARISM IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION Special to The Georgian. Anderson, 8. C, Oct. 17.—The town of Seneca, In Oconee county, $5 miles from here, had a $100,000 fire this morning. Ths fire started In the basemenf of the. Oconee Inn. The origin Is not known, but there Is no suspicion 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 fire last night was started by negroes. J. F. Hollemsn, cashier of the Bank of Seneca, In conversation over the long distance telephone this morning, said there wss no foundation, for this report, and that the people of Seneca do not believe the negroea bad anything to do with the fire. By CHARLES E. HARP. Special to The Georgian. Cartersvllle, Ga., Oct. it.—The final details of the funeral ceremonies over the body of the Rev, Sam P. Jones at the tabernacle Thursday afternoon at $ o'clock were completed Wednesday morning, with the selection of the pall bearers. Those who will accompany the casket are: Pallbearers Named. S. Mumford, J. H. Wlkle, James Knight, Dr. R. J. Trlppe, John Leake, William H. Howard. Paul Gllreath, Judge J. W. Aiken. The honorary escort will be made up of visiting ministers, members of the city council, city and county officials and members of 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, Miss.; Rev. Wilburn A. Cleveland. Rev. J. E. Barnard, Rev. Georgs -W. DuValI. Rev. Wall Hol combe, Mayor Gllreath and Judge John W. Aiken. Eacorts will be selected Wednesday by the officers of the local Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges, to accompa ny the casket to and from the taber nacle. Mr. Jones waa a member of both lodges for a number of yen rs. The Rev. E. O. Excell, the 'famous Chicago at 11 o'clock Tuesday, REV. WALT HOLCOMBE TO CONDUCT FUNERAL. Cartersvllle, Ga., Oct. 17.—The fu neral ceremonies over the body of Bam Jones next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, In the big Sam Jones Taber nacle, will bo conducted under the di rection of Rev. Walt Holcombe, who had been assisting Mr. Jones In his evangelistic work In the West. The funeral sermftn will be preached by Rev. George Stuart, well known all over the South as an evangelist and one of Mr. Jones’ closest friends. Addresses will also be made by Rev. J. A. Bowen, of Winona, Miss., and nev. French Oliver, of Chicago. Continued on Page Five. DR. BROUWER ISACQUITTED TABERNACLE IS CHOSEN FOR SAM JONES MEMORIAL Great Mass Meeting To Be Held Sun day Afternoon. The Baptlet Tabernacle In Luckle street hes been eelected for a great memorial meeting to be held Sunday afternoon at $:$0 o'clock to do honor to the memory of Rev. Sam P. Jones. Dr. Len G. Broughton le expected to 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 confined to no denomi nation or creed. W. D. Upshaw, whose suggestion In The Georgian Tuesday that a memor ial meeting be held, was received with enthusiasm by the admirers of Sam Jones, conferred with a number of prominent men Wednesday and It waa decided to hold the meeting In the Tab ernacle. The Grand opera house had been at first suggested, but' whan the ofllcers of the Tabernacle tendered that building It wss at once decided to accept the offer. Dr. Broughton was a close friend of Rev. Sam Jones and '4t Toms River, N. J., Oct 17.—The Jury case of Dr. Frank Brouwer, charged with wife murder, after deliberating an hour and a half, brought In a verdict of acquittal at 6:45 o'clock this after noon. race Results. PIEDMONT PARK RACE8. FIRST RACE—Three-minute trot: Harold G., won; Ibyless, second: Silent Four heats. Best time, Green, third. 2:$2 1-2. SECOND RACE—Three-minute pace, Olga. Won: Sazerac, second; Jack Spratly, third. Time, 2:17 1-4 for first heat, 2:24 1-2 for second heat. THIRD RACE—Free-for-all: Raoul, tvon; Opal Wilson, second: Tracy Boy, Twc m * third. fwo heats. Best time, 2:19 1-4. BELMONT PARK. Belmont Park, Oct. 17.—Here are the results of today's races: FIRST RACK—Six and half furlongs ^■urse: Voorhees, 96 (J. Hen- MRS. SAM P. JONES, Wife 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. straight cour . neasy), 4 to 2, won: Frank’Lord, loo (Garner), even, second: Klamesha, 115 (Shaw), 2 to 6, third. Time, 1:15 1-5. SECOND RACE—One mile: Cressl- nn. 94 (Horner). $ to 1, won; Glnnette, 107 (Miller), out, second; Lady Taran tella, 90 (J. Hennesay), 7 to 5, third. Time 1:38,*. THIRD RACE—Five furlongs: Ken tucky Beau, lit (Miller), 12 to l. won: H. Daniel, 122 (J. Jones), 1 to 2, second; Ballot, 122 (Radtke, 2 to 5, third. Time 1:12 4-5. FOURTH RACE—One mile: Wes, 102 (Finn), SO to 1, won; Grapple, 111. (Shaw), 1 to 4, second; Security. 103 (Sillier), out. third. Time 1:IT 3-5 FIFTH RACE—Seven furlongs: Or phan Lad, 100 (Miller), Olid, 97 (J. ■ 4 to Continued on Pago Elovon. SAM JONES' BOD > 70 REST IN ROTUNDA OF CAPITOL The body of Rev. Samuel Porter Joneo will rest In the rotunda of the capitol on the Hunter street side Friday. Alderman Oeorge H. Sims 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 best plan was to have the body rest In tbs center of the rotunda, so 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 Is for the mayor and the special council commit tee lo meet the body at the train at 8 o'clock Friday morning and eerort It to the capitol. A meeting of council will be held Thursday afternoon, when other arrangements may be made. nessy) Black Mate, 107 (Radtke), 4 to 1. third. Time, 1:2$. SIXTH RACE—One and one-half miles: Woodsman, 96 (Hardy), 16 to 1, won; Calrgnorm, I2t (Horner), 2 to 1, second: Hotacher, 11$ (Moore), out, third. Time, $:$$ $-5. LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14.—Here are the results-of the races this afternoon: FIRST RACE—Fair Calypso, 6 to 1. won; Alsono, $ to $, second; Oasis, even, third. SECOND RACE—Still Alarm. 3 to 2, won; Tanager, ( lo 6, second: Ouardl, 7 lo 5. third. THIRD RACE—Frontenac. 6 to 2, won; Fanlculalrr, even, second: Lady Esther, 4 to 6. third. FOURTH RACE—Creolln. 3 to 1. won: Dr. Keith, * to 8. second; Lady RACE—Minnie Ada 5, won; Shnwana. 4 to 1, eecot cess Orns, 3 to 6, third. 4 to FOOTBALL. Philadelphia 31. Media 4.