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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MARCH I, lftff. o more Alcohol end altrrative effect*, without ^^■arion. When • stimulant Is MM, your doctor will know it, and wftaiyMsfit. Conaali him freely. JW2?Z£X2X gggfc MIIISTER OR STAND REFUSED TO DIVULGE INFORMANTS' NAMES Legislative Investigation In* .to Charges of Corruption May be Sweeping. apodal to Tbe Georgia*. Relaigh. N. C, March 'The same Invratlgstlon committee that was ap pointed for the purpose of making Edl- a tor Simpson divulge the names of par ties from whom he obtained Informa tion Friday afternoon, summoned Rev. Plato Durham, a leading Methodist preacher of Charlotte, and one of the most prominent divines In the state, to Raleigh and endeavored to make him tell on what Information he based hla statements In a sermon preached last la the sermon he said It was time Car heeetsm'to cease In North Carolina and sited' aa Instance of what he termed the results of -bosslsm. It ' i charged that a law eras made to apply to a corporation In order to please the E The minister said he baaed hle'con- Clnshms on the general report and on private Information and he refused to divide* tbe name of his Informant. He chasgsd before the committee that an naportaat conference committee was directly Influenced by the alleged bom. The summoning of a mlnlelrr of the roe pel for statements made la a asr- men la aaM to be without precedent aad the Incident was ths sole subject of conversation here last night. The charge made was of a very eensatlonal nature. The editor and preacher both rafaaed to divulge the names of their It the InvestlgaUon continues • large number of the member* of the MMature win probably be summoned aad examined. •TRUCK KYE WITH 8CISSOR81 QIRL MAY LOBE BIGHT, Spec 1*1 to The Gterglsa. Washington. Oa, March 9 — Utile *va Lulls Heard, the S-year-old daugh ter of Mr. arid Mrs. T. V. Heard, of Danburg, was the victim of a serious accident on Friday evening, which tnay cause her to lose her eight. While sit ting In front of the Are trying to undo a hard knot which bad got In her shoe stria* by using tbs scissors' point, the child's hand slipped, with the result that her hand flew suddenly up and the scissors' point was burled In the child's ays. She was taken to Atlanta Immadiately and placed under the care of an oculist, but the extent of tbe In jury la yet undetermined. Ti Owners Breath— foul Odor of IndlfMtion, Bmok- Imp. Kfi¥ w r or Drinking Stop- pedatOno# With 8tu- art’s Charcoal LoMBgct. Trial Package To Prove It Bent Free. Bilious breather*, onion eaten, tndl geetlon victims, cabbage consumers, smokers, drinker* and thoae with gaa os the stomach are In a close all by themselves, distinguished by a power ful had breath. — They all breathe, and as they breath* they whiff out edor which makes those standing near turn their beads away In disgust. The pitiable part of It la that these victim* do not realise what a sickening thing a bad, offensive breath la to others. Charcoal Is a wonderful absorber of gases and odors. It abaorbt 100 times It* own volume of gaa Btuart'a Charcoal l.nseng*s will put a atop to your bed. offensive breath, and te your belchliuts. whatever the causa or source, because the char coal quickly absorbs all noaloua, un natural odors and gases. It you suffer from Indigestion and belch gas aa a result, ntuert'e Char coal Lraeagaa will absorb all the gaa aad make you atop belching. smell It yourself, i Charcoal Loaengoa will get rid of It for you quickly. , If you.have been smoking or chew ing. or have been eating onions or other oderou* things. Btuart's Charcoal will make your breath pure men Town of Woodstock Is Visited by Burglars. Verdict for Or. Pierce Professional burglars visited the lit II* town of Wood, lock, In Cherokee county, eonte time Friday night and robbed three *1 ore# arid the poalofflc- as the result of which the town and adjacent country has bteo thrown Into S -state of e'scltement. Telephonic Information of the whole sale burglaries was received at the po lice station In this city Saturday morn ing from Claud* Chandler, a merchant of Woodstock, and a nephew of Acting Station Sergeant Kd Chandler. Mr. asked that bloodhounds be Chandler Charcoal I* also the beet laxative ■RBBwnr “Tno ran take a whole boxful and no harm will result. It 1* a won derfully easy regulator. Aad then, too. It niter* your blood.— •wary particle of poison end Impurity In your blood la destroyed, and you br ain to notice the difference In your, face Ant thing;—your clear complex ion. Stuart's Charcoal Leunia are made from pure willow charcoal, aad Just a little honey la put la to make them pal atable. but not too sweet They will work wonders In your stomach, and make you feel flue and fresh. Tour blood and breath will be purified. Ton will -feel risen inside. We want lo prove all this to you, so just send for a free sample today. Than after you get ft and use It you will ilk* them m well that yoa will go lo yoar dl attlM aad get a tic boa at these Btuart's Charcoal Lotcnge*. Bead us year Mat and address to ds- end we will at one* aeod you by maU.t «B9i<JMcka<( frn. y. A. Stuart Co, t> Stuart Bldg, Mar- shaft. Mirk. arte on tbe part of the police to get the dogs tailed. Tbe stores burglarized ware thorn of Kemp Bros, J. H. Johnson and L. M. Reeves. During tbe night n stranger appeared before Mr. Johnson's boms and called to him, but the latter failed to go to the door. It la supposed the burglars ware In front of the house and Intended to fores Mr. Johnson to open hla safe. The store* were entered by miens of Implements stolen from a near-by blacksmith shop. A small amount of money aad jewelry la all that was missed. Only One “BP Tbit Is LAXATIVI! llerljr named rei whitbpacka' TELLS OF MARRIAGE AFTER LONG JOURNEY OVER TR£ COUNTRY Taylor Carried Girl Into | Four States Before Wedding. Special to The Oeorgtas. Alhevlltr. N. C, March f.—A new and morn jertia>*..«hargT.„h** doveljped against Samuel J. Taylor, who Is now a fugitive charged with having ab ducted Gertrude Clonts, a pretty 17- year-old schoolgirl of Caaton, N. C. Tb* girl, who returned to her borne laat Thursday, had steadfastly refqaed to make a statement of any kind to her parents In regard to her where abouts since her departure with Taylor, until today, when she Informed her fa ther that she had been married to Tay lor at Ureenvlllt, ft. C. Telegraphic Inquiry promptly elicited a reply from the Rev. Vaughan, at Oreen street, that city, to the effect that he had married J. B. Taylor end oertrude fronts. Taylor has a writ* aad two children living In this county. Papon were at once mad* out for the apprehension of Taylor on the bigamy charge and placed In the hand* of Bhariff Hunter, who has been making a vigorous search for Taylor, who will when captured, have to etand trial for bigamy. ft Is now learned that after Taylor met Mis* Clonts In Asheville, after their departure from Canton, the rouple went from here to Tennessee, from there to Kenturky. then aa far flouth as Georgia and beck to areenvllla, 8. C.. where they were married. They then went te Spartanburg, where Tay lor, It Is believed by the girl's father, learned that officers were after him and put the girl on a train for her home at Canton and then disappeared. Bher. Iff Hunter Is of the opinion that he will coon have the man located. ESCORT OF HONOR FROM POSTBJ.P.A. The funeral services of tv. W Hyatt, who died Thursday night, were con ducted at hie residence, lot E. Pine street. Saturday morning at li o'clock. Dr. J. B. Preach officiating. Mr. Hyatt was connected with -the Arnold Hat Company and wae a member of the Poet R T. P. A. He te survived by bis wife and child, hla mother, two sitter* and four brother*. The following member* of the Post It. T. P. A, acted as nn earort to the body; U. A. Ores ham. C. I. Hr* nan. J. K Maddox. IL R. Wilder. U. 8. Pos ter. W. P. Anderson. C. J. lloltlagx- wprih, XV. o. Stamps, P. C. Caahman. G. K. Johnson. B. O. Miles K. F. Mor- r i. C. H. Kelley. James M. Andrew*. J. Thornes. J. H Rletterman. It. M. Aahe. N. J. XX’oodlng, M M. Anderson. R. XV. Eberhardt. A. XX'. Pickett. M. A. Smith. XV. B. Peadheretone. J. O. Huu- llgny. R. A. Broyles. TO ISSUE SPECIAL EDITION FOR MONUMENT FUND. LuBes’ Home Jour—L graffiag (rath after a Be. It t* an old maxim that *a lie will travel seven league* while truth Is getting Its boat* on," and BO doubt hundred* of thousand* of good people read tb* unwarranted aad malicious attack upon Dr. B. V. fftowa and falt'Favorlto Prescription "publlihed In th* May (1904) number of the Ladlae' Home Journal, with It* great black dis play heeding*, who never saw the hum' bis, groveling retraction, with It* Incon tplcuout heading, published two months It was boldly charged In the aland- and libelous article that Ur. Plerea's Favorite Prescription, for. the cure of woman’s weaknesses and ailments, con tained alcohol and other harmful Ingredi ent*. Dr. Pierce promptly brought tuli against tb* publish*!* of the Ladle*' Bom* Journal, for000400,00 damage*. Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Uok. tb* editor, maliciously published th* article containing each false aad defamatory matter wipr the Intent of Injurlhg hla urtbermore, that no alcohol, or float, or hshlt-formlng, drugs «. contained In bit "Fa- , rlptlon"; that said medicine Mm native medicinal root* and /no harmful Ingredient* what- 1 that Mr. Bok's malicious state- :ew York Buts which promptly ecrelct In the Doctor's.fsvor. Pacers cams to grist sod tbtii i were related. Bpeclal to The GeolvUn. Rome. Ga, March 9—Th* X. U Forrest chapter, failed Daughters of the Confederacy, will Issue a special Ion at The Rome Tribune on Memo- day, April it. Tbe ladtoe expert to make It the handeomeoi "special *dt- UM|".CVtf NWCt It Root. The proceeds ere to augment the monument funds. WEST POINTERS AT JAMESTOWN ON GEORGIA DAY The West Point cadets will be at tho Jamestown Exposition on aeorgla Day, June-10. That’s another feather In the cap of Oeorgla. The day art aside for the elate celebration promises to be tbe test at the exposition. >r a month past XV. Norwood Mitch all, the Georgia commissioner for the exposition, has been trying to secure the XVest Pointers. Saturday he re- relvrd a letter from the commandant of th* United Btatea Military Academy, saying that plana had hern completed definitely and the SiO young American* who make up Uncle Bom's future of ficer* will b« on hand for aeorgla Day. The naval cadets of Annapolis are next. Mr. MltcheTI Is trying to secure from tho authorities permission for the middles to go to tho exposition oa a ■pedal ship of war. to be present on Georgia Day. He thinks he will auc- President Roosevelt helps. XVhen he premised to attend the exposition and deliver an address In honor of the slate of hie mother 1 * birth. It mail* other thing! easy. The XVest Point cadet* will act ns a part of his escort. It should prove easy to secure the naval cadets as well, and most everything rite ought to join In honoring the K resident. Ho Georgia Day promises to e ths red-letter day at Jamestown. SEVENTY-FIVE GIRLS ESCAPE FROM FIRE ^New York, Murch The four-story building occupied by XX'llllain Green, a printer, from whose presses the "Hmart Bet" and "Town Topic*'' are primed, was burned last night, causing a lots of about 5209,000. Seventy-nve girls were working In th* place when the Are wus discovered In th* stereotyping department on th<\ fourth floor. All escaped without In jury. W, R, HEARST ILL AT GOTHAM HOME; CANCELSSPEECHES His Condition is Reported as Being Serious. New York. March WUIIam Ran dolph Hesrst la seriously III at hie home, according to an announcement, and his engagements for some time to come have been cancelled. / Mr. Hearst recently contracted a se vere cold. THE WHOLE FAMILY. Mother Finds a Food far Grown-ups and Children aa Well. Food that can he eaten with relish wild hem-til by the t-MIdreu es well aa the older member* of the family, makea a pleasant household commodity. Such a food Is Grnpe-Nute. It not only agrees with and butlde up children, but older persons who. from bad habits of eating, have become dyspeptics. A Philadelphia lady, after being ben- eflted herself, peretpided be* hushsnd to trv (Irape-Nuts for stomach trouble. Bhe writes: "About eight years ago I had a se vere attack of congestion of stomach and bowel*. From that time on I had to he very careful about eating, aa nearly every kind of food then known to me seemed to cause pain. -'Four yean ago I commenced to use Grape-Nuts I grew stronger and bet ter and from that time I seldom am without It: have gained In health end strength aad am wow heavier than I ever waa. "My husband was also in a bad ren dition—his stosiach became so weak that he could eal hardly anything with comfort. I got Mm to try Grape-Nuts Mid he iMvoa found hla stomach trouble disappeared. dy girt and boy. 5 anti I years old. do not want anything else (or break fast but Grape-Nut*, and more healthy children cannot be found." Nam* given by Posluoi Uo-.Battle Creak, Mich. Read ine little booklet. "Tns Road In H'sllvllle,” in pkga. "There’* a reason." FEARTHAT PRESTON LOST FIRM'S CASH WHILESPECULATING Sudden Death From Poison Reveals Romance of Marriage. New- York, March t.—Notwithstand ing disclosures that Leonidas Preston, secretary and manager of the Llmken Roller Axle Company, supposedly a millionaire, who was killed by pruaalc arid In his apartment* at th* Hots! Cumberland, had been speculating heavily and apparently bad Involved bis firm, there were many circum stances In connection with ths death which the coroner and the district at torney's office considered mysterious. Into which they began an Investigation today. Coroner's Physician OTlanlon said i examination showed there, wax enough poison In Preston's stomach to kill six men. Romanes is Revealed by Death. Preston's tragic death, when his bull, ness associates were on their way up stairs to his room after receiving ■ telephone message In the office of the hotel to come up to his room and see him, has revealed a strange romanee In his life. It has brought nut that hi* marriage tol the beautiful girl he first met In a New York department store two years ago. and Just after the death of hie first wife, was unknown to hla relatives or business partners. XV. F. Jonks. of No. X4« West One- Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, an Intimate friend and fallow Mason of Mr. Preston, raid he-eouM hot Imagine any reason why Prraton should take hi* own Ilfs. Expected a Fortune. If* told me," said Mr. Jenks. "that within a few month* he would toll heir to two or three million dollars from some Southern estate." , Charles K. Beckman, lawyer for E. R. Hewitt, aon of former Mayor Hew itt, and member of the Llmken Com- pnny, said that when he and Mr. Pres ton's business partner* were In hie apartments examining Preston's paper*, a lawyer representing Mr*. Preston, nnd a young man who aald he was a brother of Mrs. Preston, appeared and wanted to seal up the papers so the other* could not properly examine them. Fear Accounts 8hort. 'i fear and suspect," said Beekuian. Ilmt we shall find that Preston had overdrawn and that the company Is perhaps embarrassed. Of course, I do not know that yet, and It may not be so. but I fear It greatly." Mr. Preston came to Naw York from Dallas. Texas, some years ago. He re turned from a business trip to New Or leans. two weeks ago, suffering from n severe attack of grip, complicated with .bronchial troubles. WANTED You to call and see drop- head Singer sewing machine left at our store by party leaving town. You ran buy this machine at a bargain for cash. Call at Btnger store. Look for big red 8. XX’hltehall 8t. Telephone*. Hell, tSl-2; 194 Decatur 8t„ Bell 6175; 752 Marietta St., Hell 590. TWO LAW FIRMS JOIN INTERESTS Cards are out announcing the con solidnllon of two of Atlanta's most prominent law firms. These are An derson A Anderson and Felder, Rnun tree A XXilson. In the future the Arm will he known ns Anderson, Felder A XXilson. with offices In the Equitable building. The consolidation was ef fected some time ago, at which time ineution was made of 11. but the ap pearance of the cords I* the first official announcement to the friends and cli ents of those Interested. The members of the firm are ainung the most bril liant and prominent of the Atlanta bar, WOMEN OVERCOME BY FUMES OF GAS New York. March_ 9.—Mr*. Jennie Bradley, on returning to her homo, »t 121 XX’est Ttventy-flflh slreel, late last night. In turning off the gun accldeatal- ly left on* of the Jets tpened. Mrs. Jones, who occupies the neat room, was awakened by the fumes sml traced them to Mrx. Bradley’s room. Bhe save nn slarm and then collapsed. Dr. Truestlsle. of the New Y--*k ho-pl'al. found Mrs. Hradlry dead on his arrlt nl. lie managed lo revive Mrs. Jones. Saloons Voted Out (perlal to Tbe tlrorgiaa. Bristol. Tenn. March 9 —At the close of a heated campaign Bristol, Tenn. yesterday voted to abolish salons* with only IT votes agalast the proposition. Rristol. X’e.. votes on the same prepo sition April -2. Hood’s Sarsaparilla The Spring Medicine Prepared from Sarsaparilla root, Blue Flag, Yellow Dock, Juniper Berries, Uva Uni, Pipeis- setra, Gaaiac, Wild Cherry, Bitter Orange Peel, Gentian, Mandrake, Dandelion, Senna, and other valuable ingredients, by a combination, proportion, and process peculiar to itself, unknown to any other medicine, and giving it curative value peculiar to itself. This is shown by its great cures of Spring Humors scrofula, eczema, all eruptions, rheumatism, catarrh, kidney and liver troubles and all other complaints caused by impure blood or low condition of the system. It is an honest medicine of genuine merit T* ■**( the wish** of those whs prefer asdlrias hi teMst form, w* ire paw puttlag up Hood’s Sarsaparilla la ekscolttsd •*•**“"* Sarsatabs Bsrxttahs are prepared treat Beod-a Sarsaparilla ttaslf by s I ssaa at evaporation sad C an i assist of pries* ONLY ATLANTA DAILY THAT GOT IT RIGHT , WAS “THE GEORGIAN” Our venerable co-eva). Th# Atlanta Constitution, cam* oat os* morn ing recently with a double-column editorial and a single-column local, scoring the railroads for striking "A Blow to a Great Atlanta Industry” Th* blow was an alleged "tnrreaa* of 25 per rent In the freight rat** on Southern Iron” to Atlanta and alt other Southern point*. Another esteemed co-temp., Tho Journal, followed In the afternoon w ith a demand for an Investigation by th* Interstate commerce commis sion. Both The Journal and The Constitution cited tho pathetic caa* of one Atlanta Industry which would suffer "a dead lora” of 510.9*0 a year by reason or the advance In th* Iron rates. The let* tribune of the peoplo. The News, alio took a dying (hot at the octopll for the arbitrary Increase The editorial criticisms were of the “Important If true” clast, but, aa la usually the rase, the statement was not true. Of the four Atlanta dallies. The Georgian waa the only one which got the facts right. The proposed advasre did not apply to the 8outh, but only to pig Iran going to th* Ohio and Mississippi rlvfr gateway* and bej-ond; Rate* , Chattanooga. Nashville nnd all other Bouthem pt^pta remain GEORGIA AGENTS OF MUTUAL LIFE TO HOLD MEETING IN SAVANNAH The Georgia State Agency Associa tion of the Btat* .Mutual Life Insurance Company will meet In Savanna!) March 14 and 15, a call having been Issued by th* president of the association. Dr. XVblter A. Taylor, of Atlanta. Th* headquarters will be at the D*- Soto Hotel and the business sessions Will be held at th* Chamber of Com merce. Many agenl* from South Car olina. Florida and Alabama will attend, as well as those from Georgia. Fallowing are the officers of the state JL • teelt «w! d DUNN MACHINERY CO, 54 Marietta Strut Atlanta, Oa. association: President. Dr. Walter .' Taylor: vtea president, J. T. Tucker. W. A. McNeely, F. R. Allleon. E. XV. Brandon. O. B. Reynolds and t Oamble; secretary, H. E. Fulenwllder; treasurer. C. M. Fort: governing boar-1. A. D. Johnson, J. T. Tucker. XX'. Malone, L. E. BroWn and C. M.-Rob inson. Th* State Mutual surpassed even highest hope* of her officers last yes." and the enthusiastic agents are antici pating a splendid meeting. OODOOOOOOOOOODODOOOOOOtWOo CALr i T N H T2°^R A DC^N RE ARMY. 0 _ Tangier, March 1 the troops 0 o posted on laid* the town fast night o O ware aarloualy alarmed. A calf ° a escaped from- a neighboring farm 0 and approached the ootpoats. who o believing that the united force* nf *> the pretender and Rnleull were O upon them, opened fire. 3, Cavalry' mu hurried.to the scene o and fusillade* were delivered for o a long time. Th# call was euhse- ” w — O quentli found browsing, It had 0 —*n hit. The troops till* “ . morning were reported suffering o O from (hock. O OOOOOOOOOOOODOOOPOOOOOOOOO Every Family Medicine Shelf ought to contain "Th« Household Surgeon” which It 4 bottle of Dr. Pinter’s Antiseptic Healing Ofl A Household Surgical Dressing f° f cuts, bums, bruises, sores, skin dis eases. catarrh, or all wounds and exter nal affections, whether slight or serious jgfcaBxjggataagAss-ra» i essWyjM | y-.» r .'rt..--.g parted! the akin or fleth. It la aooght alter and coniicuzlljr uaed by all whogiv* It a fint trial. All drnggUU aril it. **