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r? -:-r - row* CREDIT SPRING STYLES * They are arriving daily. Let us fit you out with new doth* ing on the easiest terms of payment : : : : SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ABRAHAM PLEADING FOR SODOM GEN. 1«i 16-33. By DR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. GOLDEN TEXT—Man ought alwayo to pray and navar faint. • LUKE 1li 1. God I* the same jri**t*rdtty. today and for' ll«* ruiMlMN-MMll to to ’IB, Rft Il«» diil to Alirnhatu. and lit* can Influence control the tor cot of nnturo for our Tiif»|.* it nothin's In tbla Icaaon that calls f.. r i \|M’sltion or csplAUfltlon. It la n ajuipl Piorr that nujr child enu understand. The great cciifral truth la emphasised In the golden text. Th# Story, | Ai.rnii.un !■ sitting nt the door of hla tent lu Muuuo. n hen three atraugcra approach nlinm ho In rife# to partake of hla, lnwtpl tslity. One of the three wa# the “uugcl of the fiivenant.” the Lord lllmaelf. When they departed Abraham went with them a »hort rilatance to see them off. aa we now meouipnur «>ur guests to the depot. Two ,.f tlirin went on. while the Lord tarried with A lira ham und made knowo to ldm SiI.mii b imepndlnfl doom on account of Its great wickedness. San Frnnclsro was aald to ha the wicked* '*»! city in America, and anyone wko baa rlo* lte.l it will not dispute It. 8t. Martinique a hr *nid to Ik* the wickedest city lu the world. When you visit the rulna of Pompeii your rtidr will not permit your wife or any lady f TO~wnnaa part meat bttt they existed liefore the destruction of the city. Nor will your guide In the museum nt Naples |H*rmlt women to ere noun* pic ture that were found In f*ompetl, all of whl.-h prnre that the city was another Smtolil. them nre some who any that the wick* -Jicrs rf-Hiew dries-hori wotblue to do Hith their deatruefipp by earthqoa|u and Th**' HlNe tells'on that the flood came aa • und that Inflotn waa deateoyed -fer tt» wirkcdnems. tte lightning came from henveu <iml tfnlMa the bltumcu In iht* »nii nnd the cities were ceesutt»e<1. The ~r<>ni knew that AbrohAhi was Interested in i"» nnd his family, and acquainted him of • heir peril, sad then Bo prays that for their Bake the city may be spared. He *»k* if fifty liahteoua can be found that It tuny Ik* spared. and then forty*fleo, ami thru forty, nod then thirty, and then twenty, nnd then teh. The last number M "Uhl Include nU of Loft family. It will noted that the Iforu granted sa Iona as / H1 _!■ *?. * Ik*" ***"" created. I*r«»f text* nnd Incidents, many, could Im* adduced from tbo Bible In <*oitdrimtl!oii. gjlI tJicre arc others outside the Bible The Elaphants and tha Jaws. A remarkable case of deliverance from persecution and punishment visited upon cruel persecutors Is recorded by the Jewish colony nt Alexandria about 200 B. C. I'lotcmy I'hllopntou, furiously angry at the lilfb priest, because be would not per mit lilui to enter the temple courts at Jem* Mib*m ou Ida return to Egypt, flung Into prison nil the Jews he could seise. There was at Alesaodrla a huge hippo* droihc used for gladiatorial shows, tod here a boat of rapt!re Jews were confined. The king decreed that elephants made furious by Intoslcstlag drinks should be let loose upon them In the arena of this amphitheater, nnd allowed Is trample theta to dentil. For two days hla own drnnken ravels de- le»ed ♦he- esefloilon -of this horrid deerse. nb uuiy roar wece suvro. nf ihoi In Abrahaui wo tare aa Illustration of Mllli .! pcrklstcnt Importunate prayer. Prayer a Positive Power. In ninira relations with God It Is lu some fespe«*f«. the moot vital, practical questlou, touching the religious Ufa of onr dny. Th.- age of mlroelet may ba past: super* natural slgus may no longer be wrought In th'- forms In which they once astonished innnkIud; there may be no more uead of i , «»i«i!.* attestation ami authentication of < ••*•! « supremacy end power. *»ur lesson today affirms a poetlve savan* ...... .. to Israel's God that He who deliv ered Daniel from the lion’s den would rea cm* Ills helpU'SB people. The third daynrns and the Infuriated monsters were driven Into the amphitheater a to ttrrtnro tho prtnoucr*. ^ Bo^t.^wnnderfol^ to ^relate.^^lusb^^^of^Ot iwroed «pe» the guards and spectators killed many of them. Flotemy was so Impressed with the power of the find of the Jews that be releeoed the pnobnor* noth like Aheaoeros. permitted thou* tu Uctsroy tliclr fort. ,, , I Uaiiy Instance# might tie given la which Ood has been! the prayers of His people. Even In the turnlug of the scale of national history null destiny, slid no philosophy can account for such cates, which denies a di vine providence ruling In human affairs. The power of prayer Is a perpetual sign of the supernatural. Without doubt much of the IwMicflt and blessing received by the prayerful might be recounted for by the natural RwonUsry enures. But lu hundreds of other hi stances we must cither deny the facte or admit a supernatural factor. Jonathan Edwards may he taken aa an Davenport Collapsed When He Saw Mur dered Wife. l**rl*l t* It. Gsnrgtaa. Brunswick, G*.. March 1.—R. 4 Dx-^ T.nport hu proven that he «u at hi.' boarding house, on Newc.nl* .treat, from 1:10 to tb. time of thaarreat. att ar hi. wife waa .hot In tb* park. He waa released laat night. Teddy Marcatoa, a Greek, owner of the raataurant where Hre. Davenport worked, wae under suspicion, aa he waa aald lo ba very much In love with Mr*. Davenport and Jealous of Brown. How- evar, a fallow Greek, K. Oaveros. eaye Marcatoa went to Bnvannah Monday night. No one hoe been foutn] who baa aeen him alnre that time. ' Brown waa carried to the city hoe- pi Lai aeveral hour, after the tragedy occurred and . died laat night. HI* ■worn atatement waa that he believed Teddy Marratoe waa the guilty one and not Davenport, aw he Drat believed. He al.o stated that Marcatoa had followed them on aeveral occaalona. Davenport visited th. undertaking eitabltabm.nt yesterday and on weeing hi. wife, col lapsed completely. Joeeph Brown, a prominent bualneaa man of Amerlcua, a brother of,the vic tim. arrived laat night and will take charge of the body of hla brother. erlng lo 17117. In Mantle college, Oifotd, where John and t.'barlea Wealey. Mr. Mor- gait and Mr. KlrkUnnj met for eoofereoc. and prayer, burdened with the apostate cob. dltlou of the cbnrch.‘ Bis yaaro altar um meciiuga btBnr and.. t wni hi. power tul preaching converalon of ’*«>• In prdaynrStaocmfwylao..tnocuifwyp In prayer. "Tbla poor man prayed, nod 'll" l.lird heard him. aad delivered him out ’•< ill hla tmnhlea." "The angel of the -r.l encampotk round nhoet Them that fear Him. and dellvarath them." "The fer- "•in. effectual prayer of the rlghleoua fit .lll.-t I, nmch •• that waa the meant ao mnnv aoula. Thla one mau In the nildtt of an apnatacy from Him! that wrllulgb wrecked rcllatona life III Knaland and America pea led out hla trumpet call, auminouluit the whole Christian world to prayer In 17,7. In that tract In which he appeals for "a vlalble anion of Ood'a people lie eitraordl- nary prayer." he refers to the day of fast ing nnd "prayer «t Northampton the year liefore. which was followed the same night hv the ntter dispersion and defeat of the French Armada. That' call to universal prayer marked a turning point In modern history. This Is one of thorn* In.t.ncm In which th* nuhjact ran l» understood from "high twist of pro.pect that awoepa n wldi* horlaon. Th. B.ginning of Mathodism. Of such a character waa that little gath. there were hut fourteen who uaonahlod but not or that prayer meeting. Methodism waa bora, that mighty, a»4«ra morewont, known for erangallcal faith aad evaotalla. tic work. It hae neen a praying church more than a rracblaa church, sad that haa been the ao- ret of lie wonderful naerrea. Und heard tone prayers, and and the, Wes- leva began to preach with tougnes ofpeu- tccoaial flame, real.ted tiy a rigid, frigid church, driven Into grids and comntona. Him to reaching the people a. they canid have been reached la no other way. Jonathan Edward. In Amkrlea. Jn nothin IM wards. In Amrrirt. flung broadest hi. mighty tract, urging concert cd prayer upon the American church*, at the e.ry time, when; beyond thn nan., treat rofth n auminon. to Itt tttr tMc», wntw* t “for the effualon of Bod’s i rkarchea aad upon the rth." Revival of 17W. i|gh •of th. Hold.mi. Howland of whom belonged to that graod apos tolic ancceulon that kept up the ravlral Im dating that period of reformation, raised lip In tmeh now bora, and la sucks c rial a. by Him who anawera prayer, to Mew that awful tut. that waa nrraplng awuy every laudinartrof rrltgten and aural rurin a suiuiuuue In tpeclal prayer “fa spirit upon all tbo whole habitable earl In 17W came another mighty tide of ra- rlval under the Influence ’rhe full algnlflcnace of Ibone concerted prayer, can never he haowp till we Me their reault. la enmity. answer to thrm ram. tb.- era of foreign missionary soviet! idtng i In Ei ngliud. nnd work, who translated the Bible Into forty dtgereui languages. India Opomd. Keen more may Ira traced to that coa t-cried prayer. Tu reach Asia with th. gnra*L fra moat get to the heart of th. continent, nnd In dia was the working center. (.'upland was there lu the Bast India Com- IMuy, but that company was Inimical to mlutona. But Uod was moving. He gave Britain a foothold In thla cod* tral Arid and a scepter ov.r Tco.noo.oon of people. This made It necessary to mala, tain au open highway of traffic and trarsl. n* nttltudc of srery nation along 1 gbway. to Iw at fraat,neutral. If rnrahlc to Chrintlanlty. And to cause title a,v favorable la Chriattanlty. And to cause the laittle nf Dasory In 1!if, which determlnail atantlsm and not papacy should rulo Is swung the great Bag Slayer Was Accused of Attack on Little ~“G!rir 'Bloomington, BL, March 1.— 1 Thomas Baldwin, aged U, a rich farmer and formar merchant, of Colfax, (hot and killed Chario* Kennedy and wife aad Mrs. Blm Eli man and daughter, Cora* Baldwin waa arraatad. Baldwin, V ho la a tvldower, Is under bond charged with criminal assault on Con daman, who waa but 14 year* of M. Ha accused th* Kennedy* and Mra. Btaman of causing hla arrest attar bo bad paid th* girl’s father some money. Attar th* killing hla Ilfs was tbraataaad by a crowd of farmer*. LAUGHS AT THREAT; SLAIN HOUR LATER 8t. Petersburg. March L—Th* fol lowing details nf th* murder at Kar- aynnyarsk. Siberia, of General Koalev- aky. rhe commandant of that town, have bhen received here: . The general was walking In the street at 6 o'clock In th* afternoon with some friends, and he Jokingly re ferred to a threatening letter he had received, raying he would be killed nt 3 o'clock. ■"Di'ttwinfTnrTreiarTffiiHTHe pocket, the general remarked, laugh ingly to hla friends:.-You see, 1 am ■till alive.” At about. ( o'clock, when General Koslevaky waa returning home alone, a man called upon him to halt and then Bred three revolver allots at him. Th* general dropped dead. aver to the aide of Chriatlon mission*. These are only tha outline* of a grand the bugle* rail answrr to prajrr. -Zi 1 ? 'i* oul ? u,M ' S£ laatauc*. that might Iw given, lllaatratlng how prayer "7 —lu [suTa"VlTj*«MHiy > ** *>*<«T ■majwnln Rrnnklln. • Will not In accused of betM a Christian lialtarcr, yet. In the nntloatl convention of i;r. at that unaaatous crials when no progress seemed to ho mutiny to a closer hoar! of anion hstwtns the confadarsted “How ha* It happaaad. air, that, grop ing so long la ta# dark, dlshlod la oar opln- . aad saw ready t* aaparate, wa ksvo not hltbarto one* though: of bnmhly sp- plying to tan grant Pathar af IJght DECIDE TODAY That you will improve your standing in the Community by saving a portion of your income. You can do it if you will. We stand ready with our $500,000.00 capital and splendid Equipment to aid and encourage you by paying Four per cent per annum compound interest On deposits in our Savings Department One dollar opens an account We furnish free to depositors a beautiful and Unique little recording home bank. We want the business of young men and young Women; of school teachers and professional men; of Traveling men and mechanics; and especially of All married men; their wives and children. Central Bank & Trust Corporation, Candler Building. Branch, Cor. Mitchell and Forsyth Sts. OARBETT CALLS MEETING OF SEABOARD OFFICIALS. Special In The Ororglan. Portsmouth, Va„ March 1.—A meet ing of the Seaboard Air Line railway official* will be held lo Hamlet. X. C„ next Monday upon the order of Preal- dent IV. A. Garrett, the newly elected head of the eyetem, who will preside at the meeting. The assistant*, aa well as hehds of departments, have been requeued to SAVANNAH WILL HAVE PIECE IN GEORGIA SILVER 8ERVJCE Sperial to The Georgian. Savannah, On.. March 1.—An active canvass haa been commenced by the mayor, trade bodies and banka for tba 11,000 fund for tba candelabra which Savannah will present to tha battle ship Georgia at Jamestown. There la no dopbt about th* amount being railed, and whataver la left over will bo devoted to the 8avannah room at tha axpoaltton. Court Is Adjournad. Special to The Georgian. Savannah. Qa.. March 1.—The Uni tor States court for the eastern division of th* southern district of Georgia ad journed today attar a very Important session. Judge Speer and the officer* of th* court- left for Macon. lumlnate *ur understandings’ In th. I*, ginning of our contest with Britain, wh.o wn were sensible of dnnger, ws bed dally prayers lu thla room for dlvloa protection. Our prayers, air, won board and graciously answered." And Franklin then iunre.1 that "hence- forth prayrra hmuoring the saalatnnrr of heaven and Its l>li-s*lnga u:>on our dtllliera. tloos lie held In thla assembly every mom- lug liefore we proceed to bualneaa" I know there nr* some In their Utter days who are disposed to discard all hu man agench-a nad mraua na channels, tlirough which the divine abnll work, but I think we have non* reason to be alarmed t tha waning falls lu the supernatural, limit even within the nominal church. The drift Is toward a blank, bleak oat- urallam. The Inndntlou of tha Bllde la rcaolvsd Into the rasp! rati on of genlm: the lucltnertou nf Und In t’brist Into an Imper- •rtuatfou of godly character; the dlrlne ntouemeut by blood, luto n mere hnwnu martyrdom. * And ••• the supernatural power of pray er la rrflned away. The church haa loat much of her poster tie.-auaa of tha neglect nf prayef. ‘ * ‘ powerless — rt prevail do not ph-ail with Oise of Pneumonia. Spedfll to Tbe qooTfWUb Sparta, Oa. Marcti afternoon xt th* home of har mother, Mr*. Mattie Johnson, elx-year-old Ha rsh Johnson succumbed to nn attack of pnenmoata. Mrs fnbnaan n about aavtn miles east of Sparta. ooooooooooooooooooooooooao o o O PLAYS AND PLAYERS. O §0000000000000000000400000 llnrrlaon Gray Fink* haa signed t con tract fnr a new play by Percy Markaye to lie need by Bertha Msllfhr. It Is to Iw a poetic tragedy and U to ha completed lu lira* for presentation In the early falL The Metropolitan Opera llnuae manage ment haa engaged Anaeluil. au Itallau tenor, for nett season. In nddttlon to “ t'arnao. Auseluil t* at present STEPPED ON TRACK 4N FRONT OF TRAIN AND WAS KILLED Bimetal to Tb* Georgian. Rome, Ga, March 1.—Thla morning about t:!0 o'clock John Peveler, of Knox county. Ttnnnasee. an employ*, of the Southern railway, waa killed by i Incoming Nashville, Chattan- id 81. U>uTa train, Juat Inatd* the ntts. He stepped from the Bout; Chattanooga side tha city llmlta. ito stepped from the Southern track to th* Nashville, Chattanooga and fit. Louis track, not seeing th* Incom ing train, and wae killed Instantly. Peveler was about U year* old. UTICA Y. M. C. A. LOST $200,000 BY flames Utica, N. Y„ March I.—Tbo T. M. C. Utica, U. Y.. March 1.—Tb* Y. M. C. A. building here, waa burned today. Tha loss Is estimated at 1100,*00. The cause of th* Are was defective electric light wiring. ~EMBMwW BH WIbBw*. Ae the result of a fight Thursday night between an unknown whit* man and negro on tha sidewalk on the Whitehall afreet viaduct, a big plat* glass window In the Southern railway oif tha umbalaata knocked tba aiiiat against th* window nnd cracked th* •*!* Bishop Nicholson, plate glue. Policemen were soon on who mad* up ^ the pt tba engne. kiLttagniirin HrMtA t—Intanga Building Completed. Special to Tba Oaorglss. Brunswick. Oa., March 1.—Th* new building to bo used aa an exchange by the Southern Bell Telephone Company, on Richmond (treat, has been • com- ilatad aad turned over to the company iy tha contractor. ”*11111 . to learn that oar old ■ ri.-mi. who wss s member of the legtslstura Is IM. end dlatlngnlshad himself Th* Bngllah version of "hhlome" Is to be sent on tour this spring by Joseph M. Galles. Cheridah fllmpanu la to be the prlum donna of the company. inn hoi, naa written n muoirai ronieuy In eonjniiolbm with a yoanx Hyrsense com- power. Krederlrk Jsrkson. It to rolled "The wnttexi Hhepltertlena." nnd-will be rendy fur prmlurtlru neit foil. Daxsllng ire grieved Jim /.Ink. » .... ure I* IM, a ■ Italian tenor. I p. not anylng n want during tha enUra ana- to revngaglng t f„„. deaertad hla family shortly afterward ent singing In a „drr rlrrnmsUnrn* nut at all rradltabl* to hlmnelf. Th* man who goe* Into polltlrs and doesn't fall out or the boat somewhere along th* river haa to be fortlfled by a will that li proof against a grant variety of daa- allurtta —— - * rvmenu.-Kehraakn But* Journal. Th* Intest "Napoleon of Wall street'' I* Philip r. Gregory, a school boy It yearn old. A year ago hla father, In response to repeated urging*, gave tha lad a couple of hundred dollars with which to ipoculate In stocks, thinking It would be a good lesson to hte eon to lose the money. Instead of doing so young Gregory “got In right," the result being that now he has a bank account of ito.nnn. EXECUTION WAB STAVED AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR Special to Th* Oeorglah. Bpnrtanburg, B. C., March 1.—John Shelton, colored, convicted of killing Ms father-in-law, who was to have been hanged this morning, has baoa granted a reprieve' until the msating of the eupremejauirt. In Aprll. br Gov ernor Aheal. The order staying tba execution wae rceelved not an hour f What Aroused Her. It Is ralatad that ones upon a time Mrs. Lysandar John Applaton lay vary sick. "Wa most arouse her." said tha physician. "Up. on salting bar aroused anti Intaraatad de pend* har oely hold oo llfa." Har husband, whispered In har ear that ha loved kar; aka saver blinked, though It had been year* •Inre aha had heard It, aid com* sa* whia- parad ts har about th* baby. Nat n bllek. Than n neighbor began to tel of n naw salad •erred that dfly at s party, sod Mra. Apple- tan net np. puehed every one aside, aad geapad. "What did it Mite Bkir-At. hiaoc Joke* end Rellglen Dent Nix. The entire February number of •hurch Times, published by th* B| IBs Pipdf, J»Hi mT, _ tor empty ctounne. Tills poem flttnd to • nicety into a are recommended ns being suitable for Lenten rending: “Malden seated In the train. Pocket full of money, Down beside her sits a man-* , Malden think* it’s funny. • "Quickly spaed* th* train along. In tha tunnel onten, i Malden's thought most anxiously > On her pocket i— — "Quietly her little hand. Toward the money stealing; Finds a liaad already thin, Robbery revealing. “Fiercely clutches ah* tbo hon4 On hysteric* verging. Waiting till the train shall be From th* dark emerging. "Into ih* sunlight now at last Train shoots like a rocket. Malden finds ehe ha* her hand In the stranger'* pocket 1" Tomorrow Positively Ends This Great Sale After the Store Closes at 11:30 Saturday Night, No More Reduced Prices. Last call on the reductions. Tomorrow night the sale ends and with it the opportunity to buy Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Rogers, Peet & Co. clothes at the reduced prices quoted below. Are you going to let such a bargain chance go by? Good, assortments of sizes in nearly all styles. r$20 Suits -I s\ f\s\ $21 to $30 Suits <g £ S\f\ Overco.*, $10.00 |^ c ,?T 01te ' $1.5.00 $15 to' $20 Suits and Reduced cn For 0dd tPOeOV/ were $6, $21 to $30 Suits and Reduced' Trousers that <hr aa For Odd Trousers that $6 and $6.50 «!pD*UU were $7, $7.50 and $8. We can fit vou. « $20.00 $31 to $40 Suits and Reduced rtv/2 AA For Odd Trousers that $v.vU were $8.50, > $9 and $10. A few more of the $2 to $4 Soft Hats to go at 85c. Plenty of the 50c and 75c Neckwear at 3 for $1.00, and the dollar grades at 50c. Fancy Hosiery at 1-4 to 1-2 off. Fancy Vests at 1-3 to 1-2 off Underwear at 1-3 to 1-2 off; Scriven’s $1 drawers at 67c, 75c grade at 50c. And lots of other reductions. But all will be withdrawn after tomorrow* Copyright 19 06 b r Han ScbtHocr Mux &alh Robes and Smoking Jackets Daniel Brothers Co., Pajamas and Night Shirts at Half Price. 45-47 Peachtree—Opposite Walton St. One-Third Off.