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1 “Municipal ownership, I We oucut to -bare It 111 Picture of James Gordon Bennett, proprietor and editor of The New York Herald, who has been Indicted by the United States srand Jury on eight charges of sending “lewd, lascivious nmG obscene" printed, matter through the malls. The Ihdlctment grows out of the Hearst crusade against the “Personal*' or ".Red Light 4 ' column In The Herald. • • , . 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.