Newspaper Page Text
wmmamm
MnnnnMHnHH|
The GertMa Carrie*
• TheBUS
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
VOL. 1. NO. 243.
* ATLANTA» GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
LIVES OF JURORS PROBED;
THAW GETS RABBITS FOOT
THIS PICTURE SHOWS HARRY THAW. NOW ON TRIAL FOR THE'MURDER
WHITE. HE IS IN CHARGE OF DEPUTY WARDETTHARLEY AND IB GOING
BRIDGE OF 8IGH8 PREPARATORY TO GOING INTO COURT.
Prisoner Touched by
the Gift of Virginia
Negro Boy.
ANOTHER JUROR
MAY BE EXCUSED
Jerome, Hartridge and
Judge Hold Long Con
ference at Opening
of Court, "——
00000000000000000000000009
a HERE IS THAW JURY
U ON FRIDAY MORNING. O
O O
O No. 1—DKMINO B. SMITH. O
O aged. to, retired manufacturer. O
O married. O
O No. 2—CHARLES H. FECKE.
O a«ed 46. manager department of O
O steamship line, married. O
O No. 3—GEORGE PFAFF, aged O
O 40. dealer In Hardware und ma- O
O
O chlnery supplies, married. O
« No. 4—OSCAR A. PINK, aged O
O 41, a salesman, married. O
O No. 6—HENRY C. HARNEY. O
O aged to, manager of piano wars- O
O house, married. O
O NsT «—HARRY C. BREARLEY. O
a aged 33. advertising agent, mar- O
rled.
6 No. 7—MALCOLM B. FRASER. 0
O aged 35, clothing salesman, mar- 0
1—CHARLES D. NEW- O
O TON. aged .45. retired railroad O
O official. married. O
O No. 5—WILBUR 8. STEELE, O
I aged 40, a manufacturer. marrled.'O
, a*. in intlV a ft .
ELECTRIC CO. f S INCOME
OVER TWO MILLIONS;
SHOW HEA VY INCREASE
The total receipt* of the Georgia Railway and Sfcctrlo Ootnpasy for i$o«
were v ‘ r-•- •'
Of this the total amount received by the city, which*la 2 per cents
mtmli aft taxex wntitcpiisetf. 1» $$0,944;t9. —~“
The total receipt* of the company fbr 1901, the .year previous, were
$l,95M99.62i w $361,916.22 leee than wea-rctrelred the pant year.—
The total amount received by the city of Atlanta In 1905, minus all
tuxcH and license#, was $26,449.50, or I4.534.S6 less than woe received by
tin* city last year.
Tliv receipts are from fares and tolls collected from passengers and
property, electric lights, power and steam heat. The contract “With the city,
as einbmlled In
{ at Is known ns the "Consolidation Ordinance" of 1902.
he first three yeara the city waa to rat 1 per cent of the
total receipts, for the next twenty years, from 1905 to 1925, the city waa io
get 2 per cent, ami from then on until the expiration of the character, 3
l-er cent.
It waa specified that the amount of llcensea to be paid by the company
to the city and the franchise tax should bo deducted from the percentage of
receipts paid the city. This amounted to $15,451.96 this year. But,for this,
the city would have received $46,436.32, instead of $80,984.36.
The licenses and taxes paid by the company during 1906 ware: Rail*
way, steam heat and electric light licenses, $350; plumbing Ucense t $50; sani
tary tax, $98.80; franchise tax, $14,953.16.
In 1905 the deductions were $12,749.50. as compared to $15,451.96 last
War. - £
O ~*No. 10—JOHN B. DEN NEE. O
O aged 33, traffic agent Southern 0
0 railway, unmarried. O
O Np. 11—JOHN H. BOLTON, 0
O aged 87. a clerk, married.
ODOOOOOOOO0O0OO0OOOOOOOOOO
New York, Feb. 1.—Harry K. Thaw
waa In an angry mood when he uwak-
ened today.
Ha paced the floor of hla Tomb* cell
nearly all nlfht and to the firm keeper
who greeted him thla morning made
aotne hareh crltlclama about the melh-
ode of the dletrlct attorney. He rrltl-
claed hla action In aweaiing In Jumra
and then dlamlaalng them aa a simple
ruae to prolong the trial knowing welt
that ho could not moke ( out a case
ogalnal him.
It waa bearing heavily on hie nerves,
ho .explained to the guard, and ex
pressed the wlih that Jerome “would
reaa* such unfair methods and go
ahead with the case.
Slautha Watch Juror*.
Thaw'* anger, however, did not np-1
pear to have any effect upon hi. appe-1
tlte. For breakfast he had a large •
•trloln steak, halt a doien rolls, some j
HON. TOM WATSON'S GREAT SPEECH
IN FULL IN SATURDAY'S GEORGIAN; •
DON’T FAIL TO GET COPY OF IT
The tienrKiun will print In Saturday's Issue the full text of the ad
dress delivered by H«m. Thomas E. Watson befhre the rally of delegate*
from th« National Farmers' Union In Atlanta on the evening of January
»rt of ... ...... —.
Distribution <w Wealth.** Is conceded by .»H who hoard It or have sines
rend It to be one of the greatest speech**# delivered In Oenrgla In many a
day. Because It deal# so fully and ho ably with questions affecting the
great bAd.v of farmers of this country, and because It must go down.In
history us a notable piece of literature, oratory ugd statesmanship. The ‘
Georgian, despite th- fact that It published a rather full synopsis of the
H|K*rch the day after its* delivery, bus deemed It worthy of reproduction In
full. 9 •
More than 3,«»oo farmers heard the Speech and applauded It to the
echo. The fame of the effort has gone abroad, and there have been many
request* for a full report of It. both by those who heard It and those
who were not so fortunate.
The report in Saturday’s Georgian will be the lint complete
text of the speech printed, and extra copies of the paper may be
secured at The Georgian office or will be mailed on request
FAIR STREET SCHOOL >
VISITS THE GEORGIAN
The Rainy Weather
Doesn’t Diminish
Enthusiasm.
MAILING ROOM
IS BUSY PLACE
Calhoun Street School Next
on List of Georgian’s
Visitors.
Fair Btrtel School sent Its seventh
and eighth grade* to vtalt The Oeor-
glan Friday afternoon, nearly a hun
dred boy* and girl*, healthy, earnest
Interested looking. They fairly awarm
ad over the plant from bualnesa office
to linotype room.
Thee* visit* of Atlanta’s future men
and women have come to be eventa In
The Oeorgtan office. It la not to be
presumed that the visitors are the only
unee entertained. Everybody In The
Oeorgtan building, from basement to
top floor, look forward eagerly to th*
coming each Friday of these bright-,
fared, earnest, wholesome young peo
ple.
It la good for the blues to have them
about—not that anybody about a new*.
newed test and interest In their busi
ness. And how thee* young people do
abeorb Information! If they don't quite
understand about something (hey won't
be aattsfled until they do.
And that la what The Georgian
wants. The purpose In Inviting the
pupil* of the public schools waa to
give them Intimate and comprehensive
knowledge of how their dally paper waa
made In every datall. So the questions
help In that purpose.
After a cartful Inspection of the ed
Itorlal- roomy, the marvelous linotype
machines and the various mechanical
Th*
some
processes In the work of maklug
Georgian, the VMltork stopped for *
time In the mailing departmrnt.
.. xmuB&ra
methodical The traveling carrier com
ing' up from the basement, where the
great press Is turning out papers with
all but Incredible swiftness, brings ai
steady stream of papers,
sed and passed tn the
These are eel
long tables where the mulling
work. A bundle o! Georgians Is thrown
under n -.my machine written-1* wanted
swiftly by hand. Each motion cuts
from u green printed slip the name of ,t
subscriber..the same motion pasting It
at the top of the paper.
Wend.rfut Speed.
-When-tlw Hw for a poatofflce1rrom-~
pleted, the pile of papers la toaesd to
another man who placea a ttttck wrap
per about them all, and the bundle Is
completed with posting the name of
the town on th* wrapper. And all of
ActionTakenbyTknk-
ruptcy Referee on
Petition of Creditors.
THE FAIR STREET SCHOOL.
PUPILS OF UPPER GRADES
• IN FAIR STREET SCHOOL
Th# Two Grades.
Thr following are th# |>uplla of tin* sev
enth and eighth cradta of the Fair street
school:
SavantH Grad*.
Kathleen Mark*.
Norma MH'laln.
WtUte Cirmlrbtcl,
Allot* II after.
Asm Porter,
Mam Took.
Hcott Standard,
* ‘I III
CYcIIIa Woods.
fUctwt rofceu.
__ilpb Minor.
Walton BoImi.
James E. Unngum,
iata-lWMf,
Chant# Cook,
imasfe.
Ik la. I loll) rook.
Kellie Cook,
qbarlty Uavln,
Marl# Main*!,
Katie Antrejr.
Kellie Mtraoaa.
laurlle Callahan.
Mabel Mmith.
Kmtljr
a. a L
Wood*
fl.ron Robinson,
Frank lionling.
Fannie Ctdeman.
Helen Bass.
Inn Mat Harris.
Eighth Grnda.
Lottie Bell Arnold,
ltnhy Coat right,
Florence.Mum.
Norma McClain.
Mattel Klim*.
Mary Vernejr,
Annie jr Hill.
Kelta O'Handler.
WUUe Mae Hcott,
Era M. BridweU,
laemmle IVttr.
Jimmie AlnaUe.
Fannie Davenport,
jMSKV*
DarH Coleman. *
Kohl
Ruby Eubanks.
Mettle Poindexter,
Charley Coleman.
JeMan Camp,
Fred Martin,
Ham I'atteraon,
Finley R. Illll,
IMWItt rfathorn, _
Annie Mantle Muilth, Mnv Wallace,
Pearl Cooley. KuU ilogau.
** • ?k»t(
Klnaey,
Mary standard,
Hay Coleman.
Frances '
com
urn
this la dune with such speed that II
leema many error* would ocour. Bui
(he parentage of papers undelivered
for the ark of Incomplete address Is
very, very small.
, Th* bundles an rushed lo a Walt-
Ing wagon, which when loaded Is driv
en lo the station for the outgoing train.
Very often th* margin of time Is so
short that bundles are losaed on trains
already In motion. But her* la an
other thing—missing u mall la a very,
very rare occurrence.
The Fair Street visitors enjoyed their
visit to Thr Georgian plant In splto of
rite disagree.* blp w eal her outside. And
The Georgian enjoyed having (hem
On next Friday iho pupils of the i*v.
enth and eighth glades of the Calhoun
street school will visit The Georgian
plant.
CZAR’S CHIEF
ho had hnlshcd the meal he ;
mado preparations to go lo the court j
bout*, where the trial was lo he re-1
eumed with eleven Jurors In the box..
loth side* are confident that the lust'
of Sha twelve men will bo aecured with-1
It a few hours, and that by tomorrow ;
loornlpg the taking of evidence will be j
*Tliat detectives are rat to work to
thi eti
ramoraolcsaly expose the entire past of,
over/ juror th* Instant ho I* uccepted i
and lakes his sea: In th* jury box to
Continued on Papv Thin*.
NE W EE A TURE FOR GEORGIAN;
MEN’S FASHION DEPARTMENT
IN THE SATURDAY EDITION
The Georgian will Inaugurate In Its Issue of Saturday a department of
Men's Fashions. This will be maintained as a regular feature of th*
Saturday edition, mid It Is believed, will prove an attractive addition tn the
mony good f,-mures which have popularised (he Saturday Georgian.
This depiirtnjent of Men's Fashions will bo devoted to showing, In a
dignltt.-.l manner^ the correct modes In mil’s wear. The rorreet dress
for looming, afternoon am! evening affairs, formal ami Informal, will be
shown. The rlinngra In men's fnshllons, from lime lo time, will be noted.
The correct thing In hats and neckwear nnd nil the little things that men
wear, mid de-tre to have right, will be presented.
The department will be conducted by an expert who will keep closely
in touch with "wlint's what," and will be Illustrated from lime lo time
with photographs of late styles In, men's fashions—hats, neckwear, clothes,
U will be kept Interesting and up-to-date, and will In no way
»ma< k of advertising.
Tin re la m> ih iurtment w hich more interest* women than fashions.
The modern -.nan Is tusl as snxlous thill hi* wear be correct n* any wom
an. Why should he not find In III* pnjicr the Information he desires?
come, and im imlni will be spared to keep It correct anti attractive. •
net-
Band of Terrorists Kill
Head of Secret
Police.
Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 1.—A
band of terrorists shot and killed
Victor Gruen, the chief of the at*-
cret police of thin city, aa ho wan
driving in n cab. The aasaiuim
escaped but the police are search-
ing Warsaw and many suspects
are bcinp arrested.''
Ground Broken, far Depot.
Special to Tbs lirerglaa.
Haalehurst. (la.. Fab. I.—Ground
waa broken for lb* new depot for che
Southern railway her* yesterday. The
ing Haslehurst.
Electrician'* Report.
Th* January report of Krad H. Miles,
city electrician, shows that h* rxaili -
the month. 131 commercial arc* an<!
241 hors* power.
Fourteen separate lulls were theft in
the Federal court Friday shorlly after
soon by the • department uf justice
against Thomas 31. Crumpton ami
Charles B. Byrd, contractors, und Leau-
d*r G. Entrekln and Robert K. Byrd,
st surarits, for the forfeiture of four
teen bands aggregating 53.500.
Another suit waa filed at, the same
im* against the same defendants by
he department of Justice for the re
covery of 14.744.57 alleged actual dam
ages sustained by the United Btalea
In the failure of the defendant! to per
form contracts.
All the defendant* nr* dtlsens or
Carroll county and the suits claim that
Crumpton and Byrd secured several
contract* from the postofllce depart
ment for carrying the star route malls
In several sections of the state. Each
contract la protected by an adaquata
bond, the curettes on each being Lean-
der Kntrakln and Robert E. Byrd.
It Is understood that these contract
or* have been securing contracts from
the postal department to enrry star
route mall* and later farming them
out to other parties. These parries
upon finding that the contracts were
unprofitable, abandoned them, leaving
Crumpton and Byrd to answer to the
government In many Inatnnroa the
United State! has been forced to ^evr
the service performed by private .
ties at a greater expense than the orig
inal contract -price.- and In this caae
actual damage* are au*d for.
The suit* were prepared by Aoslat-
ant Attorney Hanley and caper IIS
typewritten page*.
FIERCE FIRE
in
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 1.—Not sine*
the burning of th* old stats capttol
building ten yeara ago has Harrisburg
been th* scene of pn destructive a con
dagrallon aa that which swept over
the busloeew center of the city—early
ties and rauelng a loss that
maisd at 3i.ooo.THi4. —
The Grand opera house block. In
which there were four atom, was de
stroyed and nothing Is standing but the
walla. The Duncan building acroes th*
street, occupied by three atoraa and a
pool room, was also destroyed. Th*
Park hotel and th* Columbus hotal
were badly damaged by lire and water.
Started by Explosion.
Th* United Telephone Company
building, the Security Trust building,
th* Bijou theater, Roshmon's photo
graph atudlo In the College blocks, the
Harrisburg Gas Company building and
the buildings occupied by the Harris
burg Cycle and Typewriter Company,
the Philadelphia and Albany dentists,
and G. Hoover, jeweler, were also dam
aged.
The fire wag started by an explosion
In line'* hat store In the Grand opera
house block about 2 o'clock, and with
in an hour had practlrally destroyed
building and had badly damaged the
Park hotel, which adjoins the opera
house, and had leaped acroaa Third
st rest to tha Callage block and the Co
lumbus hotel.
Firs Spreads Rapidly.
The flame* spread with almost in
credible swlftncaa, being fanned by a
COURT LAND-GILMER
FOR AUDITORIUM SITE
PAPER’S INSOLVENCY
IS FULLY ADMITTED
General Manager Daniel Al
so Admits Impossibility
Continuing Publica-,
... tion. ' %
Acting upon tha petition
Lookout Mountain Coal and
company. J. W. Knglls
Hopklr * “
th*
Cok*
. _. h. Jr, and John
L. Hopklna A Sons, Referee-In-Bank
ruptcy Percy H. Adame, in. the ab
sence or Judge Newman of the federal
court, Thursday afternoon appointed
J. K. OtUey receiver of the Atlanta
News Publishing company.
Thla action eras taken by Referee
Adams after the Atlanta News Pub
lishing company, through Charles Dan-
Insolvency and acknowledged that the
averments In the petition of th* credi
tor* war* true, and had consented for
a raoetver to be appointed to take
_ gif the
It waa also agreed by the defendant
the
celrer X
petitioning creditors to give bon
The following Is th* petition of tha
creditors asking that the company be
adjudged bankrupt:
“The petition of the Lookout Moun
tain Coal and Coke Company, of Fulton
county, Georgia, and James W. Ena''
Jr., of Fulton county, Oeorglo. and.
L. Hopkins A Bona, a Arm romponen Of
Charles and L. C. Hopklna. sad the
Southern Engraving Company, all of
Fulton county, Georgia.- respectfully
ASM
That Th* Atlanta News Publish!**
oaipany. a corporation under tba tael
‘ Georgia, haa for the greeter portl.as
or six months newt preceding th* date
of filing this petition, bed Its ;
It* _
county of 1
aforesaid, end <
of $1,000 and more. That your
tlonera an creditor* of said
News Publishing Company, havtag
provable claims amounting latllH
gragata In
them to th* aom of 3300; that the na-
ICr. i I
. and amount of your petltlonerk
claims arc as follows;—
"Th* Lookout Mountain-Coal
I--OM-
Cokt Company, represented by a note
for 12,700, dated December 23. mi.
and due thirty day* after date. -
•James W. English. Jr., In the sum
12,0*0, re presented by a not* dated
tober 31, 1004, duet thirty days after
dank iM * s
“John L. Hopklna X Bona, represent,
ed by an open account forjirofeaalonal
services rendered, kmounflng to 3150.
and your pOUdoner* further represent
that said Atlanta News Publishing
Company Is Insolvent.
"Wherefo
’ore, your petitioner* pray
that service of tbla petition with a
subpena may be made a]
The At-
■■■ ipany. aa
tha acta of congress relat-
cy. and that It may be
lent* Maws Publishing
provided In th* acta of <
ng to bankrui
iptc_.
id judged by the court to_ be bankrupt
within the purview of said act.”
In addition t<> the petition filed ask
ing that the company be adjudged a
bankrupt, another petition waa filed.
asking lliat a receiver be appointed to
take charge of tha assets of the
ny tod pcotect thetn f9t|h« creditor*,
and admitting the Impossibility of con
tinuing th* publication of the paper.
This petition waa consented to by tha
company through Charles Daniel, gen
eral manager, and tha Inaolvancy of
th* company *51 admitted and the
avarmtnta In the petition acknowledge
*1
ad.
The auditorium-armory will be lo- j able for the purpose, all things ann
ealed on the corner of Courtland and i ildtred.
Gilmer street*. Will Cost 3250,000.
Th.- site ha* been selected by the| T1)( , „ f , h0 au( m„ r t um -ar.
Im committee of 26 cltlxen* and the j m , ir) . w(1 | |25n,.ion. —This leaves
luncll committee of Itve,-and the price j iigi oqq fur the structure itself. The
*Th>- lot°l* owned Jointly by.six or *"tlowlng advantage* were what Influ-
seven parties, all of whom were reply-[‘need the committee to select the Oll-
sent’ed In the negotiations by A. J. 31c-1 m- i'-f'ourtl«ml site:
Bride. The silo ..insists of (O.ono It contains 40.0AII sqpnro feet. It
square feet, fronting ion feet on tlllmer front* 200 feet on Courtland street and
street and 300 on Courtland. It ta on I Son feet on Qtlmer street. It Is tocal-
an elevation und ta In the geographical ed on the crest of a hill anil Is one of
center of the city. the 1110*1 elevated and commanding
According to.architects consulted by | site* In the city. It I* un Ideal site for
the Joint committees, an auditorium-1 a magnlltcriu public stiuciurc.
armory can be built on this site which It Is central, being within the quar-
wtll have a seating capacity of MOO ter mile limit. It Is within three short
people No time will be tost In getting block* of th.- ger.graphlcat center of the
thing ready for the actual
to begin.
John K Murphy, who was ehblrman
of the sub-committee on sites, was up
tty and Silverman’* corner the center
of strrel car system.
It now |mi**»■**•** splendid street car
facilities. Th. street car bain, where
pointed, by motion, at the meeting of! all eat* of the city are housed at night,
tl.e cltlxen* and the council committees I Is vfltldn 2*0 feet. Every car In the
Thursday morning to. be chairman of J'
similar committee to close with Ml.
ktcltrlile. provided he could get the lot
for a satisfactory figure.
r. Murphy has been notlfled that tie
can g->t the property for 339,.via and' he
he* accepted. It only remain* now for
council Monday to close th. .Jeal, which
will be done probably without a dls-
naming vote.
The committee at drat waa aomewhat
divided aa lo whether to aelect the lot
on the northaaat corner of Ellis and
Ivy atreets or the northeast corner of
he men.befs agreed
unanimously that the latter iva* prefer-
. ttliln three Jtk
site. It is accessible fr.nn all portions
of thr city.
This section ts destined to be on* of
th* b.-st In the -tty. The Washington
street vlvduct. that .-.meeting link be
tween the north and south sides, will
be constantly used. The Boys' High
Hcho.il In Just opposite.
Tl.e natural topography of ground la
such that street level entrances into
ground floor can be made from tvith
Uourtlan.l and Gilmer stieets and at
tile same time the main entrance can
be made with slight elevation a atreei
level entrance Into floor above at the
cores- of Courtland and Oiliner atreets.
It was on th* strength of thla that
Referee Adami appointed th* receiver.
The caae waa sat for adjudication by
Referee Adams on February 14. Re
ceiver Ottley's bond was fixed at 310,-
000.
Th* Atlanta News waa founded
as editor-in-chief and
as managing editor. Colonel Grave*
left The Newa and on April 35 outlin
ed the editorship of The Atlanta Geor
gian
stiff northeast breese that drove them
In great ahaala acroaa Ui* street and
sent sparks flying for blocks, threat
ening *0 large a section of Ih* city that
Manager 0rnaa wired lo Lancaster.
Carlisle and Mechanlcaburg about 5:34
o'clock and aakad th* lira companies
of those elite* to hold themselves In
readiness lo com* to tha md of Harris-
burg.
Fortunately, however, the necessity
did not arise and by 3 o'clock th*
flames ware under control, though they
burned stubbornly for two hour* long
er.
Ecsnery ta Destroyed,
The wardrobe and acenary #f Charles
_ Chaplain's stock company,
was playing at the opera I
week, were destroyed, tha
523,000.
Two firemen, C. W. Gilchrist and S.
Downey. Jr., were hurt by a falling
t or v-aaries
•ny. which
houas kMn
loss hung
wall while dfbactlng a stream hpon
the smoldering rulna of th
f the opera house
nay's Injuries nr* serious,
the Karrtabnrg hospital.
It ta In clou proximity to Grady 1
plte.L police htadquarlen, county
city hall, county court houre and at are
capital.
IlC-
y l«i.