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Picture of James Gordon Bennett, proprietor and editor of The New York Herald, who has been Indicted
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SCENES IN FORSYTH STREET AS COTTON ARRIVES.
VOL. 1. NO. 158.
Gn Trains FIVE CENTS.
irlxlijr*: i„ Atlanta TWO CENTS.
GRIFFIN OWNS WATER AND LIGHT PLANTS,
AND MAKES BOTH PAYING PROPOSITIONS;
CITIZENS ENJOY LOWEST RATES'IN STATE
p. jsperous City Gives
Lesson in Municipal
HERE ARE SOME NEW SIGNERS;
IS YOUR NAME IN THE LIST?
FLEECY WHITE STAPLE ARRIVING IN CITY;
IS LATER AND LIGHTER THAN LAST SEASON
Big Cotton Wagons
Rumbling in With
SECTION
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1906.
The Atlanta
Ownership.
interesting report
HAS JUST BEEN MADE
yhows That Several Thou
sand Dollars Over Oper
ating Expenses Went
to Betterments.
pay a corpora-
l’lease note in the report be
low of the operations of Griffin’s
municipally owned water and
electric light plants the item—
“Estimated free services to city
per annum.”
The city of Griffin burns 95
arc lights, which it estimates at.
$75 each. If the report went into
detailed costs, it would be shown
that the cxicnsfe is nothing like
that rate, lint that’s what Grif
fin would have to
tiou. >,
Now Griffin operates its own
plants. It has enlarged and kept
in repair its electric system and
the report shows a balance on the
right side.
WHY CANNOT ATLANTA DO
ON A LARGE SCALE WHAT
A TOWN LIKE GRIFFIN DOES
ON A SMALL SCALE?
IT IS CHEAPER, COMPARA
TIVELY. TO OPERATE A
LARGE PLANT THAN A
SMALL ONE. THE PROFITS
TO ATLANTA WOULD HE
PROPORTIONATELY LARGE.
YOUR DIVIDENDS AS A
STOCKHOLDER WOULD HE
WORTH CONSIDERING. THEY
WOULD HE. PAID IN THE
SHAPE OF A SAVING IN YOUR
BILLS. YOU WOULD DRAW A
DIVIDEND EVERY TIME YOU
PAID A GAS OR WAffKR BILL.
DID THAT POINT OF VIEW
EVER STRKE YOU? '
GET IN THE" OA.VlE. SEND
IN YOUR APPLICATION. DO
NOT WAIT FOR OTHERS TO
ACT. LEAD IN THE MOVE-
MKNT. Y.OU’LL HE PROUD
OFIT SOME'DAY,
BE A CHARTER MEMBER!
GrllTIn i> not the biggest city in
Georgia. ,but It Is target enough and
live enough to own Itn own water and
electric light i>I*rttP. ’ In.a report pub
lished this’ week, the light, aewer and
water commission of Griffin make* the
statement that the jplty ha* made mon
ey on It* business. An extract from
the report follows:
The annual report of the light, water
ntul sewerage commissioners of the
city of Griffin was made to the city
council last night and Is published be
low.
chairman Brawner puts the Invest
ment of the city In the light and water
plant. Including the original purchase
anti the betterments made at 1100,000.
Counting Interest at 5 per cent and
wear and tear at 6 per cent, would
make the account stand at' the end
of each year 1111,000. To this must
he added the 13,000 given by the coun
cil for maintenance.
Balance on Water and Light.
Aaulnst this the commission shows a
balance of $329.51 from water and
13.S60.7, for lights after deducting run
ning expenses. This has mostly gone
toward betterments, and betterments
must continually be made In such a
l lant to keep up with Its necessary ex
tensions; these, however. Increasing
th.- value of the plant. The main and
i' illy only proper source.of Income to
the dty from such a public utility, Is
'lo- free service It gets In the way of
Uglits and water, which la figured at
llt.068, as fully detailed In the report.
Lowest Rates in Georgia.
"n the other hand, .If the city did
n-itWiwn the plant, It would be an
available source of taxation, both dl-
f'-ct and through license! and feea. So
that, on the whole. Chairman Brawner
estimates that the ellj comes out
about even on It* municipal ownership,
s ' far as the monetary side Is con-
■ernedt yet It has the advantage of
• control and gives Its citizens the low
est rates on lights In' the atate, being
1" cent* per kilo-watt hour.
Hie price on water Is not so low.
except by meter, as the city has not an
unlimited supply at all seasons, yet It
I-* reasonable, being 76 cents per spigot
l*r month. The supply at present Is
100,090 gallons per day—much more
than I* used in the winter—of which
muy 6,Ooo Is necessary to flush the
m w sewerage system.
Wtll Lighted Town.
Kuiiertntendent Hammond estimates
that there are now over 6,000 Incan
descent lights now Installed, with the
number constantly Increasing; and to.
carry this load, he expects during a
h'w hours in the evening In the com-
m* busy season he will have to run
me old 150-horsepower engine as well
•" 'he near 350-horsepower one.
v allowing Is the report, which will
Have YOU sent In that application for membership In the Municipal
League?
Lots of others have. If YOU are late it's YOUR own-fault!
Better get In early and become Identified with the movement. Re
member It's YOUR business. This Is a matter that concerns us and YOU
and your next door neighbor.
Read what some Atlanta men have to say about city ownership. They
have thought It over, slept on It. considered It at length. Here are some
of their expressions.
DR. M. L. DUMAS, 23 Augusta avenue—1 desire to thank you for your
editorials pertaining to municipal ownership, and trust that the voice of
■ your paper will not be stilled until such a thing as monopoly In Atlanta Is
unknown.
\V. L. SWICEGOOD, coal dealer, 280 Decatur street—Inclosed find my
application for membership. I think this Is the greatest movement ever
gotten up In the interest of ALL THE PEOPLE.
C. L. BOONE, railroad clerk—Municipal ownership is a good thing.
All good things need to be pushed along. 1 am pleased, therefore, to fill
out your blank, which I Inclose. In this connection I desire to express my
appreciation of the editorials appearing In your paper, especially on .the-
negro problem. 1 trust that you will be successful In both the negro so
lution and municipal ownership.
C. R. KING, physician, 220 East Hunter street—I favor the govern
ment ownership of every public utility.
A. T. FULLER, 162 Holdernet* street—I favor municipal ownership
■ of electric railways and government ownership of all railroads. Let the
public utilities pity all taxes and furnish service at much lower cost to
customer* and consumers. „
M. V. MARTIN, weather bureau, 206 Ivy street—I am heartily In favor of
It. I have been for some time. It Is only a matter of time until the people
awake to their rights and -bring It to pass. May your efforts greatly* has
ten that good day, as I am sure they will.
I. L. FORD, 166 South Pryor street—1 also strongly favor government
ownership of railroads.
W. T. WINN, bookkeeper, 61 Cherry street—I am heartily In favor of
your fight.
S. L. SMITH, a railroad man, 612 Fourth National Bank building—I am
not In favor of the city owning the street railway, but Its gas and lights.
Push the good work ahead.
DR. GEORGE 8. BROWN, one of the most prominent physicians In
Atlanta, favors the city owning Its ga* and electric lighting plant.
MARK W. JOHNSON, a seed dealer, of 26 South Pryor street, says:
"Everything honorable should be done to reduce taxes, which are now fear
fully burdensome.”
GEORGE C. FIFE, loans and Investments, 612 Austell building, writes:
“Let us have It by all means. It's a business proposition.”
C. B. PALMER, salesman, 7 East Mitchell street, Is terse and to the
point: "Good thing. Push It along.”
HARRY L. FLYNT, dental surgeon, Austell building, believes "that this
Is/a good thing for the people of Atlanta."
W. F. WHITMIRE, bookkeeper, 348 Ormond street, thinks that municipal
ownership might solve some other problems. "Also the street railways. 1
am tired of standing up In going home every evening."
H. F. SANDERS, real estate, 49 South Pryor street—I an| in.full accord
with The Georgian’s position on municipal ownership.
S. M. TRUITT, coal dealer/ 416 Marietta street—Atlanta Is able and
ought to own her .own gas add electric‘plants. And by dll mean*, Atlanta
ought to control her own streets Instead ot letting any corporation own
and control the principal streets with electric,car lines and electric wires
H. C. HUDGINS, 224 Grant street—I sign this with nil the earnestness
of my nature. \
T. B. WEST, traveling man, 649 Woodward avenue-^I will support any
man who believes In municipal ownership.
J. W. BOONE. Jeweler, 260 Marietta street—You are working In the
right direction. I .
R. c. BLACK, electrical supplies, 216 Capitol avenue—Succees! It’s
Just what we badly need. "
REV. R. F. DEBELLE, 100 East Georgia avenue—I am very desirous
that it should be accomplished.
SAM BOKRITZKY, a student, at 12 Piedmont avenue, strengthens
his views by versification. Listen:
I knn...
entire itntr.
1 you read
The honest editorials In Tlio Georgian sheet.
We lu Atlanta wouldn't have got wise
ir The Atlnntn tieorlgan hadn't opened our ere*. ,
No here's to The Georgian—msy (t win Its fight,
. And give Atlanta cheaper light"'
SALESMEN AT BYCK'S—The salesmen In Byck's shoe store are
practically a unit for municipal ownership along the line 1 advocated by The
Georgian. Witness the following members of the League: Roy F. White,
303 South Pryor; R.'0. Herndon, 155 West Alexander; B. L. Tfoutman,
105 Cooper; H. J. Fears, 647 Woodward avenue; T. 8. Brantley, 326 Court-
land; S. V. Thrower, 39 Park avenue; Ed Nehemlaa., 308 South Pryor; C.
• E. Gibbs, 20 Connally; J. H. Thrash, Edgewood; J. C. Sage. 397 Cherokee
avenue; T. S. Coart, 268 Washington.
OTHER SIGNERS IN LINE—Others who commit themselves dlreotly
to the plan, and Judging comment unnecessary are: W. L. Kleimoachter/
railway mall clerk, 376 South Boulevard; Thomas P. Holliday, bookkeeper.
Prudential building; W. 8. Smith, aaleeman, 391-2 Whitehall, and Dr. E. O.
Jones, Century building; Rev. C. A. Langston, clergymen, 92 Moreland ave
nue; J. C; Burson, traveling man. 63 East Georgia avenue; A. McDonald
DuPont, Y. M, C. A.; F. E. McCord, clerk, SO Ivy street; W. U. Watson,
bookkeeper, 625 Capitol avenue; E. K. Blair, merchant, 137 Edgewood.
Still others who have signed the applications and speak a word ot en
couragement for the movement, are:
B. L. Hearn, 111 Crew street.
Charles Heilman, 169 Pulliam street.
J. H. Everett. 392 Auburn avenue. , .
R. W. Davis, 180 South Pryor street. •
There Is a long' list still—too long to publbh now. The names are all
on file.
also be Interesting to the taxpayer, a*
showing what was done with the $100,-
000 of bonds recently Issued for sew
erage and the Improvement of the light
and water plant:
Annual Report of Light, Water and
Sewerage Commissioners, City of
Griffin, Ga., From Septem
ber 30, 1906, to Septem
ber 30, 1906,
WATER.
Receipts.
Current dues collected
Supplies and Installations..
From city
From city (public schools)..
.$ 6,136.07
.. 708.87
. 1,600.00
.. 606.05
$7,845.90
Bisburssmsnts.
Salaries
Coal
Labor and sundry expenses
Repairs •
Supplies
.$ 2,448.89
. 8,243.06
. 1,188.67
263.39
. 474.68
Balance
$7,620.68
. 229.61
LIGHTS.
♦ Receipts.
Current due* collected
Supplies and Installations..
From city
...$ 976.47
. 2.212.62
. 1,500.00
813,688.10
Disbursements.
Salaries
.$ 2,448.40
Coal $.242.99
Labor and*sundry expenses.. 1,492.64
Repairs 947.93
Supplies 1,955.47
$10,017.33
Balance .....; 3,600.77
Total balance from light
and water $ 1,830.28
Cash on hand September 30,
1906 917.55
Total 84,7*47.13
Expended For Betterments.
Light $ 1,$25.99'
Water 1,824.2$
Sewerage and sewerage con
nections 1,052.85
Cash on hand 264.71
Estimated Frt* Service to City Per
Annum.
95 arc lights. $76 each $ 7,126.00
120 Fire Hydrant at $60 each. 6,000.00
Water for flushing sewerage. 250.00
Griffin hospital, lights and
water 112.00
Stading Greys' armory, lights
and water 193.00
Fire department, lights and
water 72.00
Police station, lights and wa- *
ter i 33.00
Public drinking fountains 180.00
Public schools,Tight and water 12.00
City attorney's office, lights.. 12.00
,tal iTiToVToo
PROPRIETOROFNEWYORK HERALD
INDICTED BY THE U.S. GRAND JURY
AS RESULT OF “PERSONAL” COLUMN
TAMMANY LEADERS
PLEDGED TO HEARST
District Men UrgeTheir
Followers to Support
Democratic Ticket.
New' York. Oct. 27.—Thera I* no
longer any question but that Tam
many Hall, as an organlaatton. will
support Hearst to the utmost on elec
tlon day. Word has gone out officially
lo every district leader to atand by the
ticket from top to bottom, and It has
gone out In such a way that It Is bound
to be heeded.
Last night and today leaders of the
various districts called together their
election district captains and the mem
bers of their general committees, and
gave them heart-to-heart talk*.
Dsniss Ihmssn's Charge.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the state Republican committee, de
nies the charge made by Max F. Ihm-
sen, manager of Hearat's campaign,
for the Independence League, that
Postmaster General Cortelyou came to
New York to show Woodruff how to
raise an enormous campaign fund from
ihe corporations. Mr. Woodruff says
the .campaign fund this year Is too
small to meet absolute neces*ltles. of
the state committee, and that not a
dollar has been contributed;by any cor
poration.
Bunsen say* that the ‘ election . Is
won, and "that the victory can only be
taken from Mr. Hearst by the Republi
cans stealing It."
Decision Affects Local Ticket.
The appellate division of the supreme
court. In reversing the ruling of the
board of elections, has declared many
nominating positions filled by the In
dependence League to have been Im
properly made, In that they were In
tended to nominate candidates who
were to run In overlapping or extend'
ed districts..
The exceptions to this ruling were
mostly nominees against whom no pro
tests had been made, nnd'whose cases
consequently did not come before the
court. Many Democratic candidates
were among those removed, all
whom sought places under the league's
emblem of the balanced scales. The
league's Judiciary ticket alone remains
Intact. The league will carry the mat
ter to the court of appeals If that body
can be convened In special session.
Although the decision directly af
feet* the local ticket only, some con
cern is expressed regarding Its possible
effects up-state In places where the
same practice In the matter of noml
natlng petitions has been followed.
OFFICIALS OF SOUTHERN
PA y A VISIT TO A 7LAN7A
A party of Southern Railway offi
cials, composed of President Spencer,
Vice Presidents W. W. Finley. J. M.
('ulp and C. H. Eckert, General Mana
ger H. B. Spencer and Assistant Gen
eral Mfinager W. H. Foreacre. Birming
ham, and Superintendent G. R. Loyal I,
Knoxville, were In Atlanta Friday and
made a personal inspection ot proper
ties. President Spencer and Vice
President Finley left Friday night for
Chattanooga, the others going to
Washington.
Nothing was gvlne out officially,-
but it was understood that the strike
situation was reviewed and the ques
tion of switching Louisville and Nash
ville cars to local yards was discussed.
Local coal men are of the opinion that
the official* of the Southern will soon
decide to relieve the situation In At
lanta and consent to do the switching.
President Spencer held conferences
in his private car throughout the aft
ernoon. It is believed that the end of
the strike was brought nearer by the
visit of the offlcials. but none of the
officials could be coaxed Into sbumit-
tlng to an Interview on this Important
topic. President Spencer addressed a
crowd of 2,000 at West Point on hla
way to Atlanta from Montgomery.
H. C. Swope.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 27.—H. C. Swope
died at his home In this city Thursday
night at 11 o’clock, and his funeral took
place Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He
wa* born In Owensboro, Ky. At the
age of 7 he moved with hli parents to
Wood county, Ohio, where he remained
until he was a man. He moved to Co
lumbus a number of years ago and
had been a contractor and builder here.
He was 72 years of age. A *on and
threedaughter* auvlve him.
Heavy Loads.
The white tide, bringing the golden
shekels, fe beginning to roll into every
city, town and village throughout- the
great cotton belt.
To the native-born the scenes of ac
tivity In gathering, preparing, market
ing and handling the crops brings
nothing new or novel. To us It sim
ply means pouring Into the arteries of
trade the South's vast wealth. To' the
farmer who grows It, tt means pay
ment of debts—If he has any, which
Is rather the exception than the rule
now In these piping time* of prosper
ity—buying warm winter clothes and
many luxuries and comforts he used to
dream ot only.
To the merchants It means revivifica
tion of business, and to the great, army
handling the crop, from picker to cot
ton factor, hard work and the heart-
some Jingle of good dollars in pocket.
With the Initial movenSht of the year s
£otton crop comes a tremendous awak
ening In every avenue of human en
deavor in the South, because .King Cot
ton Is the mighty money producer.
To the Northern visitor the scenes
In cotton centers like Atlanta offer
vlvhl and picturesque sights worth the
trouble of hunting out. The farm
wagons rumbling Into the market
places, piled high with the fleecy bale*,
the owner or a happy darky perched
atop; the sampler with hla linen duster
and air of strict business, and the bid
ding. spirited, but good-natured: the
weighing, trucking and all the attend
ant scenes are well worth while.
Views are herawlth presented of the
busiest day to date of the 1906-'07 sea
son In Atlanta. The pictures were
taken on Forsyth street In front of
Will Rlordan's warehouse. The first
scene shows the farm wagons stand
ing In line for the "weighing In." after
the buyers have done their work. The
others show the "weighing In" process
and the busy factors directing affairs.
To the uninitiated onlooker a day when
wagon receipts are heavy the scepes
around one of the big ware rooms
seems like utter confusion, but It Is
anything else, for system marks every
move made.
The crop this year Is from three to
four weeks late. Receipts at this date
last year In Atlanta totaled 68,325 bales,
while the receipts this year to October
26 were only 29,695, Just a bit over halt
of 1906.
Last year Atlanta handled 165.000
bales. If reports of short crop* me
accurate the figures will hardly reach
that this year. Owing to Its geographi
cal situation Atlanta la' not ns large n
wagon market as a number of other
towns In the. state, but It Is neverthe
less becoming one of the most Impor
tant cotton centers In the South.
SIDNEY C.TAPP AS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
"The American Republica, a Magn-
slne of Honest. Protest," will make Its
first appearance on ‘ the news stands
Just before Christmas. It Is the latest
of a long list of new magaxlne* which
have been announced for-Atlanta and
which will be published In the near
future.
Sidney,C..Tapp will be.editor of the
new periodical am) Charles H. Evans
will be business manager.' A plant has
been purchased and a stpek company
organised with a capital stock of $10,-
000. The magaxlne will be published
In Atlanta and a business office will
be maintained In New York. It Is pro
posed to make the periodical a monthly
at first and to convert It Into a weekly
after a few months.
It will be Democratic In principle,”
said Mr. Tapp, "but Iconoclastic, too.
We propose to hammer fearlessly
where we think public Interests demand
The magazine will he fearless In
handling pblltlcal topics of the day.”
Sidney C. Tapp, who is well known
as a political writer, will have entire
editorial control of "The American Re
public.” He states, however, that he
will not discontinue his legal practice.
WELBOHN HILL
Wellborn Hill, a prominent citizen of
Atlanta, was Friday afternoon ac
quitted In the United States court of
a charge of misappropriating $5 of the
United States postal funds while hr
was financial clerk of the Atlanta
postoffice some eighteen months ago.
Mr. Hilt was represented by T. B.
Felder, R. R. Arnold and Judge-fleet
B. H. Hill.
The testimony brought out Irfi the
trial showed the entire Innocence of
Mr. Hill, and the Jury was out only
three minutes before returnlng’a ver
dict of not guilty, absolutely remov
ing from Mr. Hill all suspicion and
completely vindicating him.
Mr. filll was formerly vice president
of the Gate City National Bank, treas
urer of the Atlanta and West Feint
Railroad, deputy sheriff of Fulton
county and marshal of the city of. At
lanta. He Is a prominent Shrlncr nnd
Mason and was for ten yean treasurer
u! the local temple of the Shrine.
SECOND SECTION
—
Georgian.