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The Atlanta Georgian.
GCORGIA
Value of 1906 ■
VOL. 1. NO. 115..
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1906.
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HIPPLE PLANNED TO KILL SEGAL
AND SELF SO THAT DEPOSITORS
WOULD GET INSURANCE MONEY
Wrecked Bank May
Open for Business
Satui day.
SUGAR TRUST NOW
likely TO BE SUEP
Segal, Arch Promoter, Knew
Nothing of Hippie’s
Plan to Insure
Him.
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0 TO TELL ON EMPLOYERS.
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0 nt all clerks In financial Instltu- 0
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B.r Private I .eased Wire.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Amazing de
velopments today In "connection with
the deliberate looting of the Real Es-
1 tate Trust Company, led the authorities
to believe that President Frank K.
Hippie, In his last desperate struggle,
conceived the Idea of Insuring Adolph
Segal's life and then killing both Segal
and himself, after arranging for the
! Insurance to go to the depositors, who
had been robbed of 15,000,000.
It was learned today that three
months ago Hippie tried secretly to
have placed on Promoter Segal’s life
an Insurance policy for 1100,000. Had
he been successful, It Is believed, he
would have taken out other policies In
other companies.
May Sue 8ugar Trust.
The scheme failed, however, because
i of Hippie's manifest agitation and un
certainty as to details. It- Is shown
upon investigation' that Segal knew
nothing of Hippie's efforts. ,
District Attorney Bell today was se-
I rlously considering bringing criminal
prosecutions against the sugar trust
In connection with the looting of the
| trust company. An efTort also Is to be
made to have the Federal authorities
I prosecute under the Sherman anti
trust law.
I It Is alleged that the sugar trust,
| by conspiracy, Juggled 51 per cent of
I the Shackamaxon Sugar Refining Com
pany out of Segal's hands. Segal, It
Is said, discovered that the capitalist
| to whom he had assigned the stock was
I an agent of the Havemeyers, who fur-
I nlshed the money. The sugar trust by
this loan obtained control of the Shack-
nmaxon Sugar Refining Company
without the necessity of buying It.
Directors Face Arrest.
Segal at once retained counsel to
devise and carry out a plan to recover
the 51 per cent of stock, or falling In
that, to force the sale of the other
49 per cent. Matters were at this stage
when Hippie killed blmself.
Within three days five directors of
the trust company are to be arrested,
was the declaration made today by
Banking Commissioner Backey. They
are accused of having attested the
false statements of the bank's condl
tlon.
There Is a report that two of the
directors, who are high In their pro
fessions as lawyers, have received In
the past year $750,000 from Segal as
payment for passing favorably upon
the securities he offered for big loans.
Bank May Resume.
The Real Estate Trust Company will
resume business probably tomorrow or
Monday. Several meetings have been
held between the directors and Receiver
WANTED TO FLOG
$
USE II. S. CASH
bays Money in De
positories Is Not for
Speculation.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 7. — Secretary
Shaw today Issued the following Im
portant notice to all depository bunks:
I am advised that many banka scat
tered throughout the country are loan
ing their surplus funds through brokers
and others, In New York, on call, at
high rates of Interest.
"Money loaned on coll la well nigh
universally for speculative purposes.
"I recognize the right of any Indi
vidual to speculate In .stocks or In
lands, and the legal right of any bank
to loan money at appropriate rates of
Interest, at home or abroad, on ample
security, even with knowledge that It
Is being used tor speculative purposes.
"I am not willing, however, that gov
ernment money shall be enticed away
from the locality where It has been de-
wslted for the purpose of being used
n this way.
"Public deposits are made In aid of
legitimate business as distinguished
from speculation, whatever Its nature.
"Depository city banks are expected
to loan at regular rates or not at all.
and they must not be tempted to act
Moorish Officer 1
Anxious to Punish
Prisoner.
WRECKER GETS CELL
OF THOMAS HUNTER
By Private Leased Wire.
Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 7.—Paul O.
Stensland, the Chicago bank wrecker,
today was transferred from the cus
tody of United Stales Minister Gutn-
mere to that of Consul General Hoff
man Philip, who will be the arrested
banker's official custodian from now-
on till lie Is placed aboard ship to be
taken to America.
Instructions were Issued officially
placing Stensland In the hands of the
United States. As Minister Gummere
Is going on an Important mission to
the Sultan at Fez, he transferred the
banker to the consul general.
Friend Cables Banker.
A fr|end of the prisoner, from Eau
Claire, Wls., who Is waiting at the
Auditorium Hotel In Chicago for a re
ply to his message, tried to complicate
matters by sending a cable message
which may bring him In contact with
the law. This friend signs the name of
Knutson. The message told Stensland
to appeal to the Sultan of Morocco
against returning to New York, and an
nounced the employment of Maltre La-
borl, the celebrated French advocate
who defended Dreyfus.
Wants Stensland Flossed.
One Moorish official was greatly as-
tonlshed when told that under no clr
cumstances would he be flogged. The
Moor wished to have Stensland flogged
to force him to tell what he had dune
with the money stolen from his bank.
He said he dhl not see how on earth
the ends of Justice were to be attain
ed without a morning and evening flog-
BASEBALL
Atlanta 100 100 OOx -2
L. Rock—-100 000 000-1
as agents Instead of correspondents for l _t n „ It was Imnreased on him that
other depository banka, in making call fhe United States a jiiiBenvr most
°ZS^SrZ?aTe,l h ^.Tb r ^..e^'io^.^sp^meXn^ld^
I .reat,n^a e cri m .na, ^m^he quiesced
please return It to the treasury for It
can be promptly placed where It will do
much good. This does not apply to
banks with large reserves regularly on
deposit with city correspondents.”
Continued on Page Three.
■TOR II CELL
HIS BIG WIT
IH HIS POCKETS
Dresher Is Alleged to Have
too Many
Wives.
Toledo. Ohio, Sept. 7.—Held ae a
fugitive from Justice, Dr. J. M. Dresher
“** ln prison cell awaiting the action
of several police departments. His ar-
"st was made yesterday afternoon by
Detectives Howard and Carl who were
"'ationed In the qostoffice awaiting the
coming of a doctor for his mall. The
*t"r> of Dresher In a tale of two cttlee.
,,p Is alleged by the police to have
a surplus of wives—one residing away
uut In San Jose. California, the other
m -be town ot Deeafar, Indiana, and It
* as the Interest he displayed Ip escort
ing the woman from the latter town
0 a train In this city Sunday that led
Present predicament.
'hen searched at the police station
,'*«tor had $4,94(1 In cash wrapped
m.i n n newspaper. California offi-
r„ , " ant to know about that also.
Drr/her now awilts the arrival of da-
wvtlves from felirnmls.
FEDERAL EXPERT
LAUDS ATLANTA'S
CITY
Statistician Praises Munici
pal Improvements and
Bookkeeping.
Starke M. Grogan, statistician for the
United States department of commerce
and labor, Is In the city, and Friday
morning had many things of excep
tionally complimentary nature to say
about the government of the Gate City.
“In going through the books In the
comptroller’s office there were two
things which especially caught my at.
tent Ion,” said Mr. Grogan. “The first
Is the enormous per rent of money ex
pended by the city which Is placed In
permanent Improvement. For Instance,
last year $1,879,198.39 was spent by the
city, out of 'which $383,829.03 was put
in permanent Improvement. This Is
about 20 per cent. The average Is
about 8 or 10 per cent, and some cities
go for years without making any per
manent Improvements at all.
The other feature Is the debt, ’ntere
are only a few cities In the United
States which have so small a debt com
pared to the population as Atlanta.
Many of .the cities have from three to
four times as large a debt per capita.”
As to the manner of keeping the
books, Mr. Grogan said Atlanta had
the finest system In the United States,
and that It was the hope of the depart
ment of commerce and labor that It
would be Installed throughout the
states. Mr. Grogan said further that
the system put In by J. H. Goldsmith,
city comptroller, had been adopted by
Chicago.
"You can not say anything too good
about the way Atlanta’s government Is
run," said Mr. Grogan. In conclusion.
Mr. Grogan Is a Georgian by birth
and claims Atlanta as his home. He
Is a young man. not yet 30, and has
been exceptionally successful In his
government work.
the American minister honor him by
Intrusting Stensland to his care, the
banker would be treated ns an honor
ed guest.
Gets Hunter's Room.
This means that Stensland will oc
cupy a small room that opens on a
liny garden. Inclosed with a high
spiked Iron fence with soldiers to the
right and left. The same place was
occupied by Thomas Hunter, the At
lanta, Ga., embezzler.
ATLANTA—
11
H
TO
A
E
Winters, rf
1
2
0
0
0
Crozier, If
0
1
3
0
0 '
S. Smith, c .’
0
3
6
6
0
Morse, ss
1
1
1
3
1
Hoffman, 3b
, 0
0
1
1
0
Jordan, 2b
0
0
4
2
0
Fox, lb
0
2
12
0
0
Wallace, cf
0
0
0
0
0
Hughes, p
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
2
9
27
15
1
LITTLE ROCK—
R
H
PO
A
E
Zimmer, c
1
0
3
3
0
Gilbert, cf
0
1
3
0
0
DeArmond. rf
0
2
0
0
0
Allen, If
0
0
1
0
0
Bird, 3b
0
0
1
1
0
McCay, 2b
0
0
5
3
0
Johnson, ss
0
0
1
1
1
Kimnieriing, lb
0
0
10
1
0
Brady, p
0
0
0
6
0
Quick, If
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
1'
4
24
16
1
CZAIPOOPS
KILL OFFICES.
Here Is how the game went Friday
afternoon before about 750 peoplt:
First Inning.
Zimmer walked. Gilbert sacrificed
out, pitcher to, first. DeArmond sin
gled. Zimmer scored. DeArmond to
Becond. Quick out, short to first Bird
out, second to first One hitf one run.
Winters singled. Crozler sacrificed
Winters to third. Sid Smith doubled.
Winters scored, Morse singled. Smith
to third. Hoffman grounded to pitch
er. Smith out nt pinto. Hoffmnn safe, grounded out to first. Winters singled.
Jordan out. plicher to first. TfirtCUlflfT ‘Winters out trying to steal. Ons
410 BALLOTS
STILL NO CHOICE
FOR CONGRESS
8pscial to Ths Georgian.
Statesboro, Gs„ 8ept. 7.—After 410
ballots ths congrsssional convention
adjourned at noon to msst again this
afternoon. There eeeme to be no poe
eibility of an agreement.
Brannen'e men will not agree ti
calling of another primary. They de
clare the nomination should go ti
Brennan on tho basis of a popular ma
jority.
WIFE OF MAYOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
Rperlnl to Tbp Georgian.
Buckhead, Ga.. Sept. 7.—Mrs. R. M.
Baker, wife of Mayor Baker, of this
place, yesterday morning swallowed ,
dose of laudanum w4th aulcldat In
tent, from effects of which she died
this morning. She was formerly Miss
Mattie Lou Felker, of Monroe, Ga.. and
her family Is one of the most promi
nent in the state. She was married
to Mr. Baker last May. The cause of
her act Is supposed to be despondency
and III health.
one run.
Second Inning.
McCay grounded out to first. John
son fanned. Kemmerllng fanned. No
hits! no rune.
Fox singled. Wallace grounded to
pitcher; Fox out at second. Wallace
out trying to swipe second. Hughes
out, pitcher to flret.One hitf no rune.
Third Inning.
Brady fannedy. Zimmer filed out.
Gilbert beat out a bunt. Gilbert out
trying to purloin second. One hitf no
rune.
Winters out, second to first. Crozler
fanned. Sid Smith filed out No hits)
no rune.
Fourth Inning.
DeArmond filed out. Quick singled.
Bird out, catcher to first McCay out,
short to flret.One hit) no rune.
Morse popped fly to short, who
dropped ball. Hoffman sacrificed out,
pitcher to first Morse to second. Jor
dan filed out. Fox singled. Morse
scored. Quick In Little Rock’s left
garden was asleep and ha Van sent to
the bench, Allen relieving him. Wal
lace fanned. One hit; one run.
Fifth Inning.
Johnson out, short to first. Kem
merllng fanned. Brady fanned. No
hits; no runs.
Hughes grounded out to first. Win
ters out, third to first. Cro itr sin-
OKion -pai3u[s mini p; pjg -p»|8
'wo hits) no runs.
Sixth Inning.
Zimmer lined out to second. Gilbert
out, third to first. DeArmond ground
ed out to first. No hits) no runs.
Hoffman out, pitcher to first. Jordan
filed out Fox out, second to first. No
Hits; no runs.
8svsnth Inning,
Allen out. pitcher to flrsL Bird out
second to first. McCay walked. Mc
Kay out trying to steal. No hits; no
runs.
Wallace out, second to first. Hughes
no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Johnson-walked. Caught out playing
off first. Kemmerllng hit on the arm
and walked. Brady safe on Morse's er
ror. Zimmer popped out. Gilbert out
to left. No hits! no runs.
Crozler out, short to first. B. Smith
singled. Out trying to steal. Morse
filed out ,
Ninth Inning.
DeArmond beat' out a bunt. Douglas
batting for Allen. Douglas hit on arm
and walked. Bird bunted to pitcher.
DeArmond out at third. McCay
hit to plate; out at first Johnson
fanned.
Soldiers at Warsaw
Mutiny and Over
power Guard.
TRIES SUICIDE
WHEN OFFICER
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.—The director
of the prison at Warsaw has been shot
by mutinous soldiers of the garrison,
who then overpowered the guard and
set free all the revolutionists, 58 In
number, who were confined In that sec
tion of the prison. The mutineers left
the prlsqn with the men they had re
leased.
The Jail at Penea was fired by the
prlaonera who attempted to escape,
The flames were extinguished, how
ever, and the prisoners were held.
The famine situation Is giving the
government greet concern, and It la
feared the lack of food will cause the
peasants generally to Join the dlaor
derly elements. M. Stolypln Is be
nldlng every effort to meet U> situa
tion and relieve the most pressing dis
tress.
It Is not Improbable that a heavy
port duty will be Imposed on .grain In
order to keep It In the country avail
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Proprietor of Atlanta
Hotel Had To
Cough Up.
Birmingham.... #$♦ 0C0 0CO —0
New Orleans... 20$ HO lit -2
Fallce nod Matthew*: Brettensteln and
Itapp. Umpire*—Pfcnnlager and Itjnn.
Montgomery ... (14 0#J 2a "I Z
Shreveport fill 10; —■ J
Wslih and Gultteres; Lee and Gradius.
Umpire—Campsu.
Nnjhvlll COO IS 12 -S 5
Memphis ....... 20C 32 21 ~S 5
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Adlournsdi No Choice,
Special to The Georgian.
Statesboro, Ga., September 7.—Af
ter 414 ballots, the congressional con
vention adjourned till next Thursday
without a choice. _
RACE RESULTS.
8HEEPSHEAD.
PULLIAM GETS UMPS.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 7.—President
Pulliam, of the National League, today
signed a new umpire, Charles Rlgler.
who will Join the staff at the close of
the Central League season.
Hsym Elactsd Clsrk.
Hperlsl to The Georglin
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7.—J. R. Haym
was elected by the council clerk of
Dollce court to succeed himself, without
opposition. —— —
Three ballots were blank.
Want 50 Men to Inspect Oil
But For the Jobs 2,000 Toil
There Is a horde of hungry office
seekers In Georgia.
Commissioner of Agriculture T. O.
Hudson will have a Job on his hands
appeasing the disappointed.
There are 2,000 applicants for the
seventy oil inspectors' places to be
filled by Commissioner of Agriculture
filled by Com!
T. G. Hudson.
Of this number the commissioner has
already appointed twenty, and. there
fore. for the other fifty places, he has
an average of forty for each place, and
•he relume ere •*' *"
Hardly a day passes but the com
missioner Is besieged either by letter
or In person.
As soon as these oil Inspectors are
named, the commissioner will turn hls
attention to the guano Inspectors.
The oil Inspectors are paid by the
fee system, the guano Inspectors re
ceiving a yearly salary of $1,000.
The best oil Inspectors' Jobs are lo
cated In the larger cities, the Atlanta
Job being the fattest one In the gift
of the commissioner.
Those of Macon, Augusta and Sa
vannah corns next In line.
FIRST RACE—Eudora, 8 to I, won;
Yorkslt, 8 to 1, second; Fish Hawk,
$ to 1, third. Time, 1:09.
SECOND RACE—Cotton Town, 7 to
10, won; Zienap, 3 to 6, second; Single
Shot, 8 to 5, third. Time, 1:39 1-6.
THIRD RACE—Penarys, 3 to 1, won,
Joe Miller, even, second ;Ethon, even,
third. Time, It 13 4-6.
FOURTH RACE—Ostrich, 9 to 6,
won; Peter Sterling, 7 to 10, second;
OnJI II, out, third. Time, 2:00 2-6.
FIFTH RACE—Quadrille, 7 to 10,
won; Tea Cress, 4 to 1, second; Cloten,
4 to 5. third. Tim., 1;JS 4-5.
SIXTH RACE—Nealon, 8 to 1, won;
Outcome, 2 to 1, second; Loglstllla,
even, third. Time, 2:05 1-5.
OTHER GAMES.
NATIONAL.
Boston 000 000 000— 0
Philadelphia .. ..000 001 000— 1
Batteries: I.lndermnn and Needham;
Sparks and Donovan,
EASTERN.
Newark 2 i
Baltimore 0 1
Batteries: levy and Dillon; Clancy
and Steelman.
LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky, Sept. 7.—The races
here this afternoon resulted as fol
lows:
FIRST RACE—Miss Lida, 6 to
won; Bon Vivant, 6 to 5, second; Bitter
Anne. 6 to 1, third.
SECOND RACE—Miss Lids, 5 to 1.
won; Perdition, 8 to 1, second; Jay-
Ward, 2 to 1. third.
THIRD RACE—Oberop, $ to 1,
won; San Prlmo, 2 to 1, second;
Light Burn, 6 to 2, third.
FOURTH RACE—Docile, 2 to 1.
won; The Only Way, 2 to 1, second;
Dudley, 2 to 1, third.
FIFTH RACE—Sir Mincemeat, 49 to
1, won; Jay Swift, 2 to 1, second; //eh
Gob. 8 to 5, third.
WIND80R.
Windsor, OnL, Sept. 7.—Here are
the results of the races here this after
noon:
FIRST RACE—Fustian. 9 to 20,
won; Nervotor, IS to 1, second; Many
Thanks, 2 to 5. third. Time, 1:07.
MAN DANGEROUSLY ILL
FROM ATTACK OF HICCOUGH8
Spec!"! to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 7.—F. B. Lucas, a
member of one of the most prominent
families of the city. Is dangerously
■lek from an attack of the hiccoughs.
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THIRD BACE—Knowledge. 15 to 1,
won; Manfred, 5 to A, second; Neva
Welch, 2 to 1, third. Time, 2:0* 1-5.
FOURTH RAUE—Cadlchon, * to 5,
won; Dollnda, 2 to 1, second; Garret
srenvn -Reetoratlon. even, WUaon. even, third. Time, 1:40.
D. N. Baldwin, proprietor of the New
Atlanta otel at 32-14 Houston street,
had some trouble with the Atlanta Gas
Light Company last week because of
the robbery of one of the slot meters In
Ills building. This was on Monday.
Friday an employee of the company
came with a bill for the amonnt sto
len from the meter. Mr. Baldwin want
ed to at me as to the payment of this
bill.
The amount was 31.90.
It had been four days since tho
money wan stolen.
Mr. Baldwin had hls suspicions as to
who had got the money and wanted to
wait a while before paying the amount.
But—
■'If you don’t pay this Immediately
I will shut off your gas right now,”
•aid the employee as he started for the
meter.
It was after 5 o’clock. There were a
hundred guests In the house. Many
of them were stage folka and were get
ting ready for their early perform
ances. There were no lawyers In the
house, so Mr. Baldwin paid the bill.
He thinks the treatment by the gas
company was rather arbitrary.
DECIDE ON 10 CENTS
AS MINIMUM PRICE
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 7/—Ten
cent* has been fixed by the Southern
Cotton Association a* the minimum
price of cotton. Thia action waa taken
at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
The executive committee of the
Southern Cotton Association spent all
the morning and part cf the afternoon
going over thie matter and finally ar
rived at ten cents aa a minimum price.
REBELS DESTROY
Waiting For the Patrol
Wagon White Man
Stabs Self.
IS HELD ON CHARGE *
OF HORSE STEALING
When Arrested He Tried to
Stab Patrolman
Mashburn.
Angry because he had been arrested
for stealing a horse and thwarted in an
attempt to stab the officer who had ar
rested him, Eber Echols, 46 years* old,
cut his throat Friday morning and la
In a precarious condition at the Grady
Hospital. Only the prompt interfer
ence of Officer Mashburn prevented
Echols from killing himself at once.
Echols' attempt on hls life took place
in the store of Nathan Teltlebaum, 290
Butler street, near Harris street, at
8:46 o'clock. Officer Mashburn had ar
rested Echols at Harris and Piedmont
streets and went to the grocery to tele
phone for the patrol wagon.
While the officer was using the tele
phone he kept but a light hold on hia
prisoner. A sudden movement caused
him to turn and he found Echols with
an open Barlow knife raised In the air
and evidently in an attempt to stab his
captor. Mashburn grasped his prisoner
by the arm, but could not prevent hls
bringing down the knife and slashing
hls own throat. After a moments
struggle tho officer succeeded in plac
ing handcuffs on the wrists of the pris
oner, who fought until half unconscious
from loss of blood. Echols was ruHhed
to the Grady Hospital, where it was
stated inter in the day that he might
recover. A wound three Inches long
and very deep was made by the knife,
which waa sharpened to a razorlike
keenness.
Echols Is accused of stealing a horse
from a negro named Henry Watts, who
lives at Tenth and Jackson streets.
The officers state that Echols stole the
horse and sold it to n inan at East
Point, Ga. This took place about three
weeks ago and though the police de
partment lias been watching for Echols
ie was not seen until today, when Of
ficer Mashburn found him with two
sets of harness in hls possession.
According to one witness of the at
tempt at suicide, Echols stated thut he
had money to pay for the horse.
"That's all right," said the officer,
'you can settle that at the police sta-
lon after you are locked up."
"I don’t see how I’m going to get my
money if I'm locked up," said Echols.
Then he drew the knife and slashed
at hls throat.
On the police department record*
Echols Is registered ns J. B. Echols,
though a cousin who keeps a livery sta
ble near Decatur street says the right
name Is Eber. He has been living at
10 Corley street, but his home Is In the .
country near Chastain Town* If Echols
recovered from hls attempt at suicide ,
he will be transferred from the hos
pital to the police station and tried on
the charge of horse stealing.
CABANISS SLATED
AS SUCCESSOR OF
T
Former Business Manager
of Journal for Senate
Secretaryship. ^ -
Havana, Bept. 7.—Two bridge, on the
Weetera Railway In Pinar Del Rio
were blown up by rebela today.
CATTLE AND HORSE
KILLED BV LIGHTNING
Hpcclsl to The Georgian.
Scottaboro, Ala., Sept. 1.—Wednes
day afternoon daring a'etorm lightning
on the farm of Thomaa Kirby, five
mllea aouth of here, killed five head of
cattle and a fine mare. A line of
wire fencing rune parallel with a row
of low hanging tree, where during
the atnrm the cattle .ought ihelter.
The cattle had their head, near the
wire, which, being charged with elec
tricity from the contlnuoue lightning,
were electrocuted.
Ie H. H. Cabanlas elated to succeed
Charles 8. Northen as secretary of the
senate of 1907-87
If pereletent rumor la to be credited
Mr. Cabanlss’ friends are hard at work
with that end In view, and claim that
they win undoubtedly aucceed ln land
ing the Atlantan In. the position.
It Ie understood that Mr. Cabanlas
hat said that he la not a candidate for
the place, but ln Bpite of that avowal
hi* friends have gone quietly to work
with the expressed view of landing the
Job for him.
Precedent was smashed in the Ma
con convention by naming others than
the secretary of the senate and the
clerk of the house as secretaries of
that body. H. H. Cabanlss and Pro
fessor *E. L. Martin, of Macon, were
the convention secretaries. That fact
started the rumor that both Mr.
Northen and Mr. BoifeulUet would
have opposition.
It Is said that Gov<
Smith favor* Mr. Cab*
retaryship, and that
carry powerful weight
Secretary Northern I
Is not worrying parti
that he lm»
pet Hoke
the sec-
a fact.
its retention,
take a strong
ences to defca
the most popu
It is
n the meanwhile
cularly. He as-
now sufficient
♦•-elect to Insure
re that It W4)uld i
1 p4>werful influ- r
f**r he Is one of
in the state and
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