The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
FIGHTS SALE OF
LAND TO ENGLISH
Jordan Thinks it VIII Make
SerfS in South
REDUCE PRICE OF COTTON
Defective Indictment Causes Postpone
ment of Riot Cases In Atlanta.
other News of the Geor-
gia Capital.
REDUCE PRICE OF COTTON

Atlanta, October 25.-(speeia10 -Presi-
mt Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cot
ton association is advised in a private
letter from London that a party of
Englishmen have arrived in New York,
en- route to Atlanta, for the purpose of
buying 100000 acres of land for an Eng
lish syndicate to be cultivated for Eng
fish manufacturer with the alleged pur-
pose of keeping the price of cotton down
as much as possible. President Jordan
is heartily opposed to the proposed plan
and will fight to keep southern farmers
to sell their land to alien capitalists.
1T will have a tendency to make serfs
of the southern people, who till this
soil owned by English capital" declared
President Jordan, like they are in Cey-
Ion and other places where English syndi-
Gates own land and have the native
inhabitants till the soil and do the work
while the English reap the harvest of
profit. I think the southern states should
pass law prohibiting the sale of large
tracts of land to foreigners.
"If these foreigners wish to buy land
II they simply wish to buy and work
our southern help, reap the profit and
help to lower the price of our cotton,
1 am opposed to the plan and shall fight
1t to a dnish,'
May Be No Conviction After All.
1t now looks as if there will be no
conviction in the alleged riot cases dur
ing which fifteen negroes and one white
man were killed and one white woman
dropped dead from fright This morning
when the sixty alleged negro rioters were
placed on trial in the criminal branch
of the superior court, before Judge Roam,
the indictments were temporarily quashed
on account Of a defect in the drawing
up. Alex Walker was Jointly indicted with
fffty-nine other negroes, charged with
causing the death of County Officer
Heard. All were charged with the deed
by using "a pistol or some other weapon
Of like character to the grand jury
unknown" Attorney j. d. Fitzpatrick de-
clared the indictments defective because
the weapon charged was in the disjunc-
tive; because 1t was not charged who
used the weapon and because there were
no allegations of concert of action or
conspiracy SOLICITOR Hill admitted the
error, and declared he would appear be-
fore the grand jury oh Friday and have
the negroes indicted again. Attorney Kill
patrick demanded the release of the pris-
oners but this was denied. 1t Is recalled
that Edmonds, the alleged white rioter,
was released and the boy who testified
against him before the grand jury,
charged with perjury.
To Plead RawIins Case.
The fate of the Rawlins boys under sem
tence of death for the murder of the
Carer children will be decided by the
prison commission of Georgia on Friday
morning. Attorney John r. Cooper will
argue before the pardon board then, ask
Ing for Communication for his clients to
life Imprisonment. He will go to Wash
inston on October 20 and argue before
the supreme court of the United States
for a new trial for old man Rawlins on
the ground that the old man was former
~ preacher, and the jury which tried
him did not have preacher on it.
Half of Amount Subscribed.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars or exactly half of the guarantee
fund necessary to secure the erection of
the handsome auditorium needed
for Atlanta has been secured. The mer-
chants and citizens are giving literally
will be complete. 1t is proposed to sell
1t back to the city on installments of
$4,000 year. 1t is contended that stock
In this company which Is to be chartered
Is as safe as Atlanta bonds.
Commission Let's Rates Stand.
Following the storm of protests hurled
at the railroad commission of Georgia
yesterday by the shippers along the At
1anta and West Point to the petition OF
that road to be allowed to Increase its
mileage schedule by four miles on ac-
count of the belt line circling the city,
the commission today unanimously re-
fused to grant the petition. The road
asked for this raise alleging that the road
was four miles longer and hence should
be paid for the extra four miles, notwlth-
standing the fact that the extension was
made to accommodate the road and not
the shipper. The increased mileage would
have netted the road So car or more on
all hauls. 1t would have cost the ship
pers along this line $l500,000 year.