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ATLANTA
| Population 131.000
I JIOJD08 26.M0
j T»ifWNtM 36,000
I Main lines of railroads 8even
• MOh of street railways 160
I lltinklnic capital.“.... >22,000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population 2,500.001
Miles of steam railroad*.,..... 6,S'*)
Miles of electric railway* 400
Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 3,500,000
Hales cotton consumed In 1905. 510,000
Value of 1906 cotton crop fKM.000.000
YOL. 1. NO. 108.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906.
PPTf*IR« Atlanta two cent*.
XT£UA^rj. On Trains VIVF CENTS.
CISjEBPLE
“If You Don’t Do
Something, City
Will,” He Says.
COMPANY BEGINS
TO TAKE NOTICE
MRS. CRESS SEEKS DIVORCE
AND ASKS $50,000 ALIMONY;
TO NAME CO-RESPONDENT
Wife of Man Who Presented Zoo to Atlanta,
Charges Spouse, Now a Resident of
New York, With Misconduct.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, SCENE OF HIS RECEPTION,
TWO SPEAKERS AND ROUTE OF GREAT PARADE
Committee Did Nothiug Ou
Tuesday Because of Lack
of Quorum.
"If the gas company doea not do
something the city will own Ita gat
plant aa aure aa the aun rlsea In the
east and sets In the west," said Aider-
man James 1,. Key, chairman of the
special gas Investigating committee, to
T. A. Hammond, attorney for the At
lanta Oas Lighting Company, Wednes
day afternoon.
The mien of the gas company haa
undergone a remarkable change since
the election In which there was such
a clamor for municipal control.
When Alderman Key drat declarad
the gas company should be Investi
gated the officials of the monopoly
hooted at the Idea.
Now they wish to patch mattera up
and. It possible,, to stop the Investiga
tion.
The special committee was to hold
session Wednesday, but It was found
Impossible to get a quorum. Alderman
Key and Councllmen Draper and Cur
tis were the only members In attend
ance. After waiting some time, during
w hich there was a spirited conversation
between Alderman Key end Attorney
Hammond, the meeting was adjourned
until next.week.
To Formulate Report Later.
u ,. Because of Labor day, .council will
adjourn at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon
and hold session at tho regular hour
on Tuesday. This will give the Inves'
tlgatlng committee sufficient time to
hold another meeting, during which
the report, to be considered by council,
will be formulated.
The report will be similar to the one
presented by the committee to council
at a recent session. This was returned
so It could be put In more concise
form. The principal features of the
new report will be a provision fur
inspectors to look after gas meters, a
bureau of complaint, w r here any one
may report his grievances against the
company and have them Investigated
by the city, and the amendment to the
rlty charter allowing the people to
builrl and operate a gas plant If It Is »o
desired.
“We’ll See What May Be D6ne.“
Although there > was .no meeting
Wednesday, Mr. Key opd Mr. Ham
mond had a long talk, during which
the gas light attorney asked the aider-
man to put what he wanted In writing
and the gas company would see what
could be done. "Just tell us what you
want done, Mr. Key,” said Mr. Ham
mond. "and maybe all this alleged In
vestigation can be cut short.”
In reply. Mr. Key said:
"The city wants your company to
make only a fair Income from your In
vestment: wants your meters Inspected
by a city Inspector who can represent
the people In all controversies, and the
city wants you to pay a fair and equit
able sum for the franchise under which
you do business.”
Mr. Hammond asked that thla be put
In writing, so that the company could
thoroughly understand It.
A suit for total divorce and $50,004 alimony has been tiled by Mrs. May
Nelson Gress against G. V. Gress, the prominent lumber dealer of South
Georgia and formerly a cltlien of Atlanta.
Mrs. Gress asked for an Injunction to prevent the withdrawal of $$$,-
000 on depoalt at the Fourth National Bank to the credit of Sir. Gress. This
was granted by Judge Pendleton, who set the hearing for November 10.
It Is set forth In the petition that Mr. Gresa had on August 7 recognized
her claims for divorce and had deposited $30,000 In the Fourth National
bank aa a settlement, this to be paid out when a check drawn by Samuel D.
Hewlett, then Mrs. Gress' attorney, should be presented.
Since then Mrs. Gress has changed her attorney.'
Mr. Gress Is declared In the petition now to be it resident of New Jer
sey.
Mr. and Mrs. Gress were married In 1IS2 at Indianapolis, Ind. They
have no children living. '
DEAL JACKSON TELLS
BLACKS TO WORK HARD
“Talk About ‘Ploomers’ from Colleges—You
Wants to See Good Niggers That
Got ‘Ploomers’ on My Farm.”
“Negro" means "black," and surely
Thursday was "Negro” day at the
meeting of the National Negro Busi
ness League.
In the absence of the president,
Booker T. Washington, who was at
tending a meeting of the executive
committee, the session was called to
order by the third vice president of
the league, Charles Banks, & coal black
negro, who la cashier of the bank at
Mound Bayou, the negro settlement In
Mississippi,
The reports from several of .the na
tional officers, which were scheduled
to come Immediately after the Invoca
tion by Rev. H. H." Proctor, were omit
ted, and the first subject on the list
was taken up for dlscusalon, "The
Negro In Agriculture.”
' Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder of
the negro city of Mound Bayou, Miss.,
was the first speaker. Montgomery
was said to have been at one time the
largest cotton producer In the United
States, and In a well-set and stirring
address he called upon hla people to
realize the need of working out their
own salvation. One of the most sig
nificant statements he made was when
he declared that two-flfths of the cot
ton produced In this country today Is
grown by negroes, who either own or
tease the farms on which they plant.
Dsal Jackson Speaks.
The next speaker was Deal Jack-
son, of Albany, Ga,, and his talk was
easily the feature of the morning sea-
slon. Jackson, like Banka and Mont
gomery, Is of the coal black type, with
a little pointed bit of whiskers bob
bing oft from the end of hie chin, and
lota of gold teeth In hla mouth, which
he seems to take great pride In show
ing. Jackson Is an uneducated negro
with a fondness for long words, which
he frequently .gets mixed up, to the
delight of his audience. He was lis
tened to with close attention, however,
and when his time was up frequent
cries from all over the hall of “go on,”
“keep It up.” etc., caused him to keep
on talking for several minutes.
He told of his early struggles: how
he had started out with one mule and
plowed day after day and hauled his
produce to ’Albany with his “britches”
rolled up to his knees, but how he was
able to buy nnother mule tho second
year, and another the third year, and
oo on, until now he owns two thousand
acres of good land in Dougherty coun
ty and has all of his own farming Im
plements.
"They say a nigger can’t work nig
gers,” he said,, "but I know better.
Come down yonder and I will show you
where I hare over a hundred on my
plantation, and I don't have no trouble
In getting help. I'se got Iota of young
niggers working for me that'll soon be
plowing for demselves," he continued
"You may tell me about the 'ploomers'
(he evidently meant diplomas) what
you gits at Morris Brown and Tuskee
gee and all these other colleges, but It
you wants to see a good nigger you
come down and see some what got
■ploomers' from my farm.” Incidentally
It might be mentioned that for the last
ten years Jackson has regularly pro
duced the nrst bale of cotton to be
marketed In Dougherty county, and It
usually brings him about twice the
market value.
The ezecutlve committee decided
Thursday to hold the next convention
at Topeka, Ksns.
11T YET
Nebraska’s Favorite
Son Is Yet Un
decided.
THOUSANDS READY
TO WELCOME HBI
Big Parade and Reception
Take Place Afternoon
and Evening.
SPAIN FAVORS
AMERICAN GOOLfS
By Private leased Wire.
Waahlngton, Aug. 30.—Reciprocal
tariff concessions have been entered
Into between Spain and the United
States, according to a proclamation
made through the state department.
American goads are to pay according
to Spain's second tariff schedule, and
In return there are to be reductions .on
the Importation of wlnea and other
Spanish Imports Into the United
States.
RUSSIA TO RAISE $2*,000,000
TO AID THE FAMINE SUFFERERS
By Private L&sed Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. $0.—The government has published an ukase
authorizing the Izaulng of 4 per cent rentes to the nominal value of
$25,000,000. The purpose of the Issue Is to raise money for the relief
of famine sufferers In many districts.
Negro Thompson Spirited
Away and Carried
To Birmingham.
Ilpedal to The Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. $0.—A mob, num
bering over 2,000 persona and led by
determined men, attacked the Mobile
county iall shortly after 10 o'clock last
night for the purpose of burning at
the Make the negro. Will Thompson,
the zelf-confeaaed assailant of chil
dren.
The county authorities learned of
the attack In time to spirit Thompson
away. Urged on by Ita leaders, the
mob rammed the gate from Its fasten
ings, and with a rush crossed the court
yard of the Jail, demanding the negro.
When told that he had been removed,
the mob battered the Iron door down,
gaining admission.
During the attack several volleys
were fired by deputies within the Jail,
but without effect. At the threshold
the mob was met by the deputies and
a hand-to-hand struggle resulted. Sher
iff Powers was disarmed and hsld, but
his release was forced by deputies.
Learning that the negro had been
removed, the mob dispersed.
Thompson was taken to Birmingham
for safe-keeping.
LITTLE MISS BONNIE MA Y
FINDS A KNIGHT ERRANT;
THEN THEY GO EXPLORING
Miss Bonnie May Turner went out
for a walk Wednesday afternoon, de
termined to cast oil homa ties and see
something of the world. She met a
knight errant a few blocks away and
together they began their quest of
world beautiful.
Mtsa Bonnie May Is only three years
and a few months old, and aa pretty
as her name. She Is the daughter of
W. H. Turner, of 141 Walton street,
and a granddaughter of Turnkey Jell
Whitney, of the police department.
Bonnie May gathered her dearest
doll. Matilda Jane, under her arm at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and aft
er providing herself with two lady-
flngers and a doughnut for sustenance
on the way, began a tour of discovery.
When her parents missed her there
was a great hue and cry on Walton
street, and the police department waa
notified.
At 8 o'clock that night three gentle
men who had learned of Bonnie May's
disappearance met a little girl' and a
little boy marching out a street a mile
or more sway from home. Bonnie May
clung closely to her knight and refused
to leave him. The knight htmaelt was
uncommunicative. He had met Bonnie
May, admired her and was satisfied to
wander through life In her company.
Bonnie May wept bitterly when sepa
rated from her youthful protector and
remonstrated at being sent home. The
protector preserved his Incognito.
It was not Bonnie May'e first de
parture from home and mother. She
wandered away last Monday night and
waa found on the street. At the police
station ahe said she didn’t want to go
home a bit, but the offleera thought
she would sleep better In her own
trundle bed than st the station, and
returned her to Walton street. Bonnie
May will make a great traveler In time.
WILL PROSECUTE
MANY SHIPPERS
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. $0.—Hsrbert Knox
Smith, of the bureau of corporations.
Is to go to SL Louis and Lot Angeles
to prosecute shippers who have obtaln-
BRITISH CRUISERS
TO AID REFUGEES
By Private leased Wire.
London, Aug. 30.—The British gov
ernment, realising the poeslblllty of
refugees from Persia making a dash
for the coast, has assigned two war
ships to cruise In the Persian gulf to
protect any one who may need assist
ed rebates from Ute railroad.companies, ance.
After Conference, Members
Pay Visit to Mr.
Hearst.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 30.—John Temple
Graves, editor of The Georgian, of At
lanta, Ga., and chairman of the Geor
gia delegation to the Bryan reception,
arrived with his party last night. The
Georgia delegation held a meeting at
noon today.In the reading room of the
Waldorf-Astoria, to which all Geor
gians of New York were invited. Aft
er the meeting a call was made upon
Mr. Hearst.
SHARP ADVANCE
MADE IN PRICE
OF IRON STOVES
Five Per Cent. Increase
Made and Another Is
Coming.
Owing to sharp advances In the price
of pig Iron and the necessity of In
creased wages for all classes of la
bor, stoves advanced 5 per cent In price
Thursday.
A stove trust?
They say not.
It Is stated by Sam D. Jones, presi
dent of the Atlanta stove works, that
second advance of 5 per cent will
probably be necessary within a very
short time. But the advance will not
affect etoves alone, but every class of
manufactured goods In which Iron Is
used.
A meeting of the Southern Associa
tion of Stove Manufacturers was held
In Chattanooga Wednesday, at which
time It was unanimously determined
to at vance prices on stoves 5 per cent
at once. Mr. Jones could not attend
the meeting, owing to an Important
engagement here, hut he stated Thura-
day that the advance was In accord
with hla own views and Intentions. Ha
Mid:
"Within thirty days pig Iron has ad
vanced nearly $4 per ton, and Is now
quoted at 318. with a treat scarcity
existing. I look for a further advance
In the raw material within a very short
time, and manufacturers will have te
meet It In order to live.
"The labor problem has struck the
Iron producers hard. Many big fur
naces have had to close down because
of Inability to secure competent labor.
It has made pig Iron scarce and hard
to obtain, this condition affecting every
part of the Union.
•'We manufacturers have the same
problem. Labor Is growing scarcer,
wages are higher and the quality of the
labor Is deteriorating somewhat. It Is
Imperative that we advance our prices
In order to live, and, aa I stated, a
further advance of 5 per cent tn atovea
will probably raault within a very short
time."
WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT'
FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA
"Who le that I hear ao far off?" The
Savannah line steamship "City of Co
lumbus," plowing through the deep At
lantic flashed out the sentence Into the
thick darkness of the night.
"Couldn’t tell you,' replied Charles
ton. without tho least difficulty, al
though 100 miles of water separated
her from the steamship.
Then Atlanta broke In and convers
ed fluently over land and sea to the
City of Columbus, to Charleston and
even farther, to New Orleans.
In other words the DeForrest Wire
less station, situated In and on top of
the Candler building, made Its first
test last night. The test was remark
ably successful and within a month,
so Captain K. 8. Finch, district man
ager In charge of the local station,
states, the station will be ready to
send commercial 'aerograms.
The preliminary test made shortly
after 9 o'clock laet night proved be
yond p doubt that Atlanta Is splendidly
situated for a station. At nearly every
station put up In the South and many
erected In other portions of the globe
there has been difficulty In adjusting
the apparatus. In some Instances It
has taken from three to six weeks to
get a message after the station had
been erected. The Atlanta station,
however, went off without any dtffl
culty.
Captain Finch declares this Is due to
the soli and altitude.
NO DOPE FOR MRS. PETRETA;
HIT BY AN AUTO, SHE SA YS
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Mrs. J. Herbert Johnson, sometimes
known as Mrs. Petreta Johnson, de
clares firmly that, she never took any
morphine at tho Gas and Electric
building Wednesday afternoon. She
wouldn't do such a thing, for she had
an uncle once who was a dope fiend and
she didn’t like his habits. She ex
plained all this at the police station
Thursday morning, where she was held
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Johnson has furnished more
than her share of police department
news recently. Wednesday afternoon
she began again by walking Into a toi
let room In the Oas and Electric build
ing and going Into a trance on a sofa.
She was rushed to the Grady hospital,
where she tried to start trouble with
several physicians and nurses before
retiring for the* night. She was trans-
ferred to the police station a tittle
later.
‘T was struck by an automobile," de
clared Mrs. Johnson Thursday morn
ing. "I waa crossing the street when
the motor car struck me and ran over
me, and I went Into the building to
rest. That waa all."
Mrs. Johnson made her first appear
ance In the limelight three weeks ago,
when ahe arrived at the depot and said
her husband had gone out to buy
lunch and then deserted her. She be
came obstreperous at the police sta
tion and was flnad. The man whom
she said was her huabend, but who
did not acknowledge It, paid the fine.
Saturday night Mrs. Johnson again
visited the station. This time she had
wandered down to a fire engine house
and asked one of the firemen to pro
tect her on her way home, as It was
growing dark. Subsequent disorder ted
to her being locked up on that occa
sion.
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By Prlvnte LeKseil Wire.
New York, Aug. 30.—This was Bryan
day' In New York.
The Nebraskan must have thought
of the qld campaign days long before
the time set for the real big demonstra
tion, of the day arrived. He spent the
night aboard Edward Goltra's yacht,
the mini, In New York boy. having
gone aboard the yacht at a little after
midnight from the home of Lewis
Nixon on Staten Island.
He Goes Over 8peeeh.
Mrs. Bryan and her daughter had
gone quietly to the Hotel Victoria,
where a suite had been provided for
them. Mr. Bryan rose early todav and
prepared for the strenuous reception
which his friends have provided for
him. He made numerous appointments
for each hour of the day up to the
time set for his departure from the
yacht from pier A at Battery A, and
all day long the yacht's tender was
bqsy carrying visitors to and fro.
He spent the first hour or so after
breakfast In going over his speech, tn
be delivered tonight In Madison Square
Garden. He declared that he never
felt better In hla life, and looked It.
Lewlx Nixon waa one of the first
callers and he was followed by other
members of the official reception com
mittee.
Cheered From Boats.
Every up-river boat seemed to know
the ' Illltil, and whenever Mr. Bryan's
well known face was sighted he was
cheered In no uncertain fashion.
At Mr. Nixon's Invitation, Mr. Bryan,
at about 10:30 o'clock went aboard
Mr. Nixon's house boat, the Lougoun,
and there met members of the official
reception committee and prominent
New York Democrats, with whom he
had made appointments yesterday.
Those Included were O. H. J*. Belmont,
Norman E. Mack, Daniel J. Campau.
of Michigan, and others. Mayor Brown,
of Bryan's home town, Lincoln, Nebr..
also saw him.
Mrs. Bryan In the meantime had gone
shopping with Mrs. Goltra.
Mr. Bryan was sean aboard tho Illlnf,
by a reportsr Just before he trans
ferred to the house boat He had arisen
early and breakfasted about 6 o'clock
and waa extremely cheerful. He look
ed In fine health. Mrs. Bryan sat near
him on the deck and, both got up to
greet Mayor Johnson and Mr. Nixon,
who cams aboard tfbout the same time
os the newspaper men.
Bryan Was Saa Sick.
During the voyage Mr. Bryan had to
pay the tribute exacted by old Nep
tune. He was sea sick, not vary bad,
but undeniably sea sick. He took an
active part In the life of the ship. At
the concert he made a graceful and
pleasant speech, which he began with
a humorous story, at the expense of
Reger Foster, a lawyer, who had been
Introduced to him.
Mr. Foster had spoken In very flat
tering terms of Mr. Bryan and In his
speech Mr. Bryan remarked that It re
minded him of an engagement he had
once to make a speech, and when he
was asked how he would like to be In
troduced. v
I asked him,” said the Nebraskan,
to refer to me aa 'Mr. Bryan, a law
yer nt Jacksonville.' 1 had just been
admitted to the bar, and wanted the
fact known. The chairman came to
me half a dozen times to be sure he
had It right, and finally Introduced
me, saying: 'Mr. O'Brien wilt now
•nake.’"
Judge at Qames.
Mr. Bryan served ns a Judge in the
athletic games, and presided at the
captain’s dinner on Tuesday night from
which the captain himself waa absent
ed by reason of a fog which required
him to be on the bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan kept to their
state room until the storm was about
over. Then they came on deck en-
In water proof capes and coats,
and "were In at the death." The ship
wan remarkably steady throughout. In
fact, she did most of her rolling and
pitching when the sea seemed reason
ably calm.
He Enjoyed Voyage.
Asked If he had a pleasant voyage.
Mr. Bryan said:
|I have enjoyed the trip Immensely,
notwithatandlng the fact that I have
been working moat of the time. I have
been very busy preparing my articles
for publication, and during tbe last few
days I have had to devote a lot of time
to the speech which 1 am to deliver at
the .reception In New York to be given
to me on my arrival."
"Will you discuss politics tn your
ipMch?"
"I will touch on politics slightly."
said he, jokingly. "I cannot Indicate nt
this time the subject. This Is not an
opportune time for such a discussion."
Attitude Not Changed.
You have announced yourself as a
candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for the presidency, have you not ?"
"No, I hove not announced myself
ss a candidate. I wrote a letter to for-
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