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2 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATUEDAT. APRIL 27, 1WT. MASTER MASONS TO GATHER AT BUILDING OF NEW TEMPLE Cornerstone Is To Be Laid May 8 on Forty-one year* marks the period between the laying of the corner-stone of Atlanta's first Masonic temple and of the magnificent new temple now un der construction at the corner of Peachtree and Cain etreete. No event could more strongly Stress the remarkable growth of Atlanta than the ceremony of May 8, when the cor ner-stone ceremony for this great tetn- f >lo of the Magonic organisations of At- anta will take place. Here, upon one of the great thoroughfares of the city, will rise a great building of marble, stone and steel, to house the several Masonic fraternities of Atlanta. It will be the finest and most com plete Masonic home In the South and ono among the most palatial In the country. Forty-one years ago occurred the ceremony of the corner-stone lay ing of the old temple, then Just started, now marked by the site of the Bijou theater. The history of the failure of that enterprise Is well known. By a happy coincidence the corner stone laying ceremony of the new Ma sonic temple will take place during the annual conclave of the Knights Temp lars of Georgia, with 400 to 600 knights here for that event. Distinguished Visitors. It will also mark the presence of maity distinguished visitors from a dis tance, Including Oeorge M. Moulton, of Chicago, eminent grand commander of tho Grand Lodge of Knights Templar of the United Btates, and Grandmaster W. II. Norris, of Iowa, who will de liver the principal address at the cor ner-stone ceremony. Besides, invita tions have besn sent out to the 606 Uluo lodges of the state to attend the event, and It Is expected that over a thousand will accept the Invitation. The corner-stone laying ceremony will tako place at 4 o'clock Wednesday . afternoon. May 8. under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. The mas- 'ter Masons, local and visiting, will as semble at the Masonic Hall, corner of Forsyth and Mitchell streets, and march to the site of tho new temple. At the Piedmont Hotel tho Knights Templar will have formed, and wjll swing Into lino with the master Muons cn route to the alte, and act aa an es- cort. The Grest Parade. The parade will be so planned that the ceremony of tho corner-stone lay ing may begin promptly at 4 o'clock. Judge Max Meyerhardt, grand muter of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, will preside over the event and perform the ritualistic work. Grand Master W. H. Norris, of Iowa, will deliver the address. He Is not only one of the most popular Muons In the country, but an orator of dls- Unction. Other membera of the grand lodge who will bo present to take part In the ceremonlee will be: Thomasi H. Jeffries, Atlanta; Henry Banks, La- Grange: George M. Napier, Monroe; W. A. Wolllban, Macon, and J. M. Rushing, Boston. Marble Corner.stone, The corner-stone of marble Is now In preparation. In It will be deposited a copper box. containing many articles of historical Interest. Hon. ThomM H. Jeffries will have charge of the articles to go Into this box, but he hu not yet completed his list Tho Inscription on GEORGE M. MOULTON, Eminent grand commander of the grand lodge of Knight* Templars of the United States, who will take a prominent part in laying the corner stone of the new Masonio Temple. Knights Templars Georgia Meet. of to Atlanta never entertained any finer body of men or. more representative citizens than It will have as guests May (-9,* when the forty-seventh annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Georgia meets. From the eighteen regularly const! tuted commahderles and the elx under dispensation, will come from 400 to 600 splendid men. Every seotlon of the state will be represented by delegations of Knights, many of them bringing wives or woman members of their fam- I begin with the an- o'cTock Wednesday the new stone will be as follows: A. L. 5907. Laid by ths Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Georgia, MAY 8, 1907. Side by aide with the new eton* will rest ths old one used In the proposed temple at the ceremony, September 25, 1866. After the ebandonment of the temple project at the Bijou theater site, . this etone was removed, and has been • kept at the present temple, Forsyth 1 and Mitchell streets, up to a few days . a-o, when ,lt waa tutned over to the stone dressers to he prepared for the ceremony of May 8. The Inscription on this old stone Is as follows: JOHN HARRISON, M. W. G. M. A. D. 1868. A. L. 58*6. Ray <L Corput, Architects. At the top of ths stone Is the square, *. ths compass and the circle; at the hot. - tom the square, the level and ths plane. It Is still remarkably well preserved, and with polishing will look as good as ths day It was laid 41 years ago. With the laying of the corner-stone of the great new temple, work will progress rapidly on the building. When completed th* Masons of Atlanta will have the finest horns In ths South. For this event and the Knights Tem plars conclave the railroads have grant ed a rate of one fare from all points in Georgia and many of the neighbor ing states. Several thousand visitors will bs In Atlanta during this llms, WESTERN FOE FOR THEATRICAL TRUST Chicago, April IT.—Kohl * Castle have announced another move In their light to control the Western vaudeville field and prevent the entrance of Klaw & Erlangcr. They will build a theater costing at laut *76,1 cago. CZAR RECEIVES PEASANT DEPUTIES St. Petersburg, April 27.—Emperor Nicholas today receives ths twenty-two peasant deputies who will express their desire to work In harmony with the emperor nnd their hope of a system of general education. The application Tor an audience hu been the subject of passionate arguments In the lobbies of tho lower bouse for two days, m APPEALTO FRIENDS Crippled Battalion Wants to Go to Re- . Union. 1,000 In south Chi- Alcohol not needed Ayer’t Sarsaparilla is not a strong drink. As now made, there Is not a drop of alcohol In it. It is a non-alco holic tonic and alterative. Ask your own doctor about your taking this medicine for thin, impure blood. Fol low his advice everytime. Heknows. w. pubil.h th.formalu S.O.Sr.rCo.. .fI - Sim. The "Crippled Battalion," that organ ization composed of gallant Confeder ate veterans with empty sleeves and wooden legs, asks friends to give a lift financially. • Th> veta want to attend the reunion at Richmond, and they want to go to gether. To do this they need money, and It's up to ths friends of ths gallant veterans to coma to their rescue. If they were to march down White hall street In a body behind a band playing the Inspiring strains of "Dixie,” hardly a man In Atlanta but would dig deep In hla pocket and turn the con tents over to this crippled band. Just picture In your mind this body of men, bent with age and hobbling along with the aid of crutches and wooden lege, some with empty sleeves tucked away In pockets. Whittle "Dixie" to yourself, and send a abn- trlbutton either to The Georgian ofilce or to Major W. H. Settle, In Ordinary Wilkinson's ofilce. It la Major Settle, himself with only one leg, who commands this pathetic company. Major Bettle saw four years' hard service under General Pat Cle- bourne, and It was on the bloody field of Chtckamauga that he left his leg. All veterans are eligible to membership In this band If they have lost either an arm or a leg, and there are many of them. Here Is the list composing this gallant band at present: T. W. Arwood, J. B. Allen. V. B. Var. lett, W. II. Bettle, F. S. Billings. B. C. Brantley, William Bugs, J. M. T. Bates, H. K. W. Childress. H. P. Cooke. M. J. Darby, B. L. Durham. J. G. DuPree, 8. D. Farmer. I. N. Farmer, J. E. Uadd, O. W. Garner, B. L. Hearn, J. F. Harrison, Henry E. Jordan, J. F. Kelly, J. M. Kemp, J. H. King, 8. L. Land, J. B. Langley, James Manry, W. P. Marlow, W. T. Newman. Louis Orrle, J. R. Palmer, Thomas Phillips, J. W. Pierce, C. A. Ritchie, F. T. Ryan, J. 6’. Rags dale. N. D. Sherman. James W. Smith, J. R. Stamps, W. F. Stewart, R. P. Tatum. W. B. Thomas, H C. Thomason, J. R. Thompson. W. W. Thompson, J. C. Todd. William A. Wright. W. H. Hinton. INTEREST INTENSE BARRETT AND HITT TALK TOSPINNERS American Manufacturers Convention Will Be Im portant Gathering. Philadelphia, April 27.—Arrange ments are progressing rapidly for the eleventh annual convention and exhibit of the American Cotton Manufacture era' Association, to be held In this city during the week of May ft. The gath ering will be the most representative of any In the history of the association. The features of the program are the addresaes of E. J. Watson, commission er of Immigration of South Carolina: C. 8. Barrett, Atwater, Un.. and R. G. Hitt, Atlanta, Ga. , COMMISSIONER GREENE MAKING INVESTIGATION. Special to The Georgian. Raleigh, N. C.. April 27.—Civil Serv- Ise Commissioner Greene Is here from Washington to Ihvestlgate the charges of activity on the part of Republican office holders, jhe charges having been preferred* by Senator Simmons. Mr. Greene reached here today. nual parade at 10 o' morning. May 6, always a brilliant and Imposing spectable. This parade is for the purpose of escorting the officers to the hall. ' Tile commandery will form In front of the Piedmont hotel at 10 o'clock,. marching down Peachtree to Harris street, then counter-marching on Peachtree to Whitehall, to Mitchell, to the ■Masonic Temple. Here the visiting Knights will be welcomed by Governor Joseph M. Ter- 3 11 and Hon. John Temple Graves In oquent addresses. Responses will be made by visiting Knights, not yet named. Adjournment will follow for luncheon, and In ths early afternoon the Grand Commandery will open In full form. Annual Address. The annual address of Grand Com mander John J. Seay, of Rome, will bo delivered, committees will be appointed and then adjournment for the corner stone ceremony. At 8 o'clock Wednesday evening the liturgy of the order will be read In the First Baptist church, and the annual address delivered by Sir Knight R. S. Hoik, pastor of the St. Mark's Metho dlst church, who Is a member of Geor gia Commandery In Augusta. This service Is a very solemn and beautiful part of the annual conclaves. Thursday morning the meeting will hold ita final business session, at which time new officers will be elected and all matters completed. At 2 o'clock Thurs day afternoon a fine barcecue will be served at the- Cold Springs Cua Club, which will practically mark the end of the conclave. A special committee ^of Atlanta Id- dies have been appolnfed to look after the entertaining of the vlBltlng ladles. Many ladles will come with the Knights for the conclave. Immediately follow ing the parade, ‘the visitors will bo given an automobile ride about the city to be followed by a luncheon at the Driving Club. Thursday breakfast will be served at the East Lake club house. A trial quickly proves the won derful efficacy of Hood’s Sarsapa rilla, the great Spring Medicine. Lassitude and languor disap pear. Good appetite returns; dyspepsia and indigestion are at once relieved. There is no longer a tendency to scrofula, pimples and other such symptoms of impure blood. Health and sleep take the place of insomnia. IN BRANNEN CASE. Special to The Georgian. Statesboro, Ga., April 27—More than ordinary Interest Is shown In the trial here of Ernest Brannen. charged with murder. In June, 1906. on Sunday night, a party of young men, return ing from a vlelt to tha homes of young ladles, met In a lane about six miles from this town and shooting began. Jack Ellis was mortal# wounded and another member of the party shot In the leg. Erattue Brannen and tills had pre viously fought and bitter feellnge ex ited between them’. ... _ At the trial In October, 190j, Bran nen was found guilty and sentenced to Imprisonment for life. He was grant-1 ed a new trial and has been In Jail, since that lime. The entire focal bar) Is employed and Judge H. H. D. Twiggs, of Savannah. Is prosecuting! while Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta, appears for the defense. FINE RECIPE , FOR COLDS * ■ Mix half olnt of good whitksy with two ounces of glycerine and add one-half ounce Concentrated Oil of Pine. This latter comet in one-half ounce vials packed tecureT ly In round air-tight cates, which are intended to protect it from light and retain all tha original ozone. Don’t use bulk oil of pine or imita tions of Concentrated, which art oft en found using similar name and atyla of package. They are insolu ble and work navoo to the kidneys. Any druogiat has tha Concentrated oil of pine. It will also be found a most excellent remedy for lumbago and all forma of uric arid rheuma tism. For this purpoe* it it taken raw, a few drope on sugar at night and morning. Concentrated oil of pine it th* re. suit of many years experimenting by one of Philadelphia's foramoet doc tor*. who after ondloaa research, at last tseurad a truly aolublt oil. of pine, so make sure to got tho real thing. It alio makes an excellent BUY A PHONOGRAPH Small Payments Weekly. PHILLIPS&CREWC0. J7-J9 Peachtree St. E FREIGHT RATE CUT BY COMMISSION Rome's protest agaloit paying 3 cents a hundred on brick shipped to Atlnuta, while Calhoun enjoyed a rate of 2 cents, proved effective before the railroad commission Friday, nnd the Hill City may shin the brick It enu sell luto Atlanta fc. cents a hundred. The new regulation will go Into effect In ten days. The eoinmtMlou has approved the plan for the new $12,000 Meaboitrd depot In Ath ena; ordered a new depot at Abbeville, ou the Henlumrd, nnd also a small depot at Hutchins on Ibo Athens branch of the Sea board. 8. The road Is uow In Only One “BROMO QUININE" Thnt It LAXATIVE BBOMO Ouialne. 8 llerly named remedlee sometimes deceive. The first nnd orlgnnl Cold Tab et Is e wiim-sj PACKAGE with black and red let and beam be signature of E. Vv I. SSe. tiring. GROVI SENATOR “BOB” ON “TEMPTATION” — Robert L. Taylor, orator, politician, raconteur, the same aa of old, only It la now "Senator Bob" Instead of “Gov emor Bob," delivered his new lecture, Temptation." at the Baptist Taberna cle Friday night. A fair audience heard the lecture and, by their applause, put their stamp of approval on this the most serious of his lectures. The lecture la brimful of good stories and new ones, told only as Bob Taylor can tell them. The senator says: "We are a race of gluttons, a race of money-mad peo ple, a race of liars, and a race of alelght-of-hand performers.” He seeks to prove It, but preserves throughout a note of optimism, always Insepara ble from anything that the distinguish ed Tennesseean says. BUTLER DOES NOT AGREE WITH GRAVES Washington, April 27.—Ex-Senator Marion Butler has Just returned from North Carolina and Is In a happy frame of mind over the political situation In his state and the South. He was asked tf he agreed with th* recent statement of John Temple Graves, and, after a pause, said: "No, t do not believe that 'one word from Roosevelt' would or could make Bryan president. The president Is not omnipotent. Even his power and popu- larlty, great as It la. has Us limits." Child Labor Bill Patted. Tallahassee, Fla.. April 2*.—The sen ate passed the child labor bill by a majority of two and the measure Is now to go before the house. Company E Is Impacted. Special to The Georgian. Waynesboro, Ga, April V-—Company E. First Infantry, stood an Inspection Thursday evening from 4 to 7. The company had 100 per cent attendance and went through the Inspection In good shape. Guard mount, guard duty and skirmish drills were special fea tures of the inspection and music was furnished by the Augusta Marine hand. The Inspecting officers were Colonel W. G. Obear and Lieutenant Case, Twelfth United Stales cavalry. Captain Jojvttt, of Augusta, attended the in spection. gone one feels better, better. Before the first bottle is looks better, eats and works Hood’s Sarsaparilla makes people well and keeps them well. Buy a bottle today. medicine In tablet form, we arc now put ting up Hood's Samparllla In chocolated tablets called paraatabs as well as In the usual liquid form. Sarsatabs are prepared from Hood’s Sarsaparilla Itself by a process of evaporation and dis tillation, and have Identically the tame curative properties. Sold by druggists or sent promptly by mall on receipt of price. 100 doses one dollar, t. I. HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act. June 90, 1906. No. 324 CHATTANOOGA PHYSICIAN STUDYING CAUSE OF CRIME Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, April 27.—Dr. B. It. Brown, city food Inspector, Is study ing criminology and gathering some Interesting Information during his spare time. From the local police records for the last ten. years Dr. Brown hopes to be able to determine at what season of the year crime Is most prevalent and also to learn to a large extent what ef fect weather, climate, etc., have upon morula. Dr. Brown also Intends to settle, so far as Chattanooga Is concerned, whether criminals are most active in prosperous or hard times. He will get the clearing jiouse statements by months for ten years and compare these with the police records. GENERAL PLOTTED BARILLA’S DEATH City of Mexico, April 27.—In their confession, the assassins of General Manuel Barillas' state that General Jose Maria Lima, who commanded President Cabrera’s artillery during tho war with Salvador last summer, was the man who Issued the orders under which Morales and Mera committed the crime. General Salvador Toledo, chief aide to Barillas, they say, was also marked for death, but escaped. BIG LAND CASE TRIED NEXT WEEK Washington, April 27.—The big land conspiracy case of 1903 against the San Francisco real estate syndicate, composed of Fred A. Hyde, Henry P. Hamond, John A. Benson, J. H. Schnei der, will be brought to trial here next week In the supreme court. Underwriters in Macon. The Georgia Local Underwriters' As sociation will meet In Macon on May 7 an<M, and between 160 and 200 Geor gia fire Insurance men will be In at tendance. Frank G. Lumpkin, of Co lumbus, Is president of the organiza tion. MEMORIAL DAY AT DECATUR Memorial Day was fittingly observed at Decatur Friday. City Attorney James L. Mayson, of Atlanta, delivering a splendid oration In honor of the Con federate dead. - The exercises were held In the court house In the presence of a very large audience. Mr. Mayson was Introduced by Hon. Carl D. McKinney, and the musical features were especially good, a full orchestra going down for the event from Atlanta. Crosses of honor were bestowed on a number of veterana by Mrs. Wiley Hol- leman, president of the Agnes Scott Chapter of the United Daughters bf the Confederacy. A novel feature was the awarding of prizes to school children for the most appropriate floral emblems First prize went to Miss Anna Wesley and the second to Master Joseph Green, Schools Observe Day. Special to Tbe Georgian. Newnan, Gq., April 27.—Memorial Day waa fittingly observed by the citi zens and public school of this city yes terday. The orator, Professor W. 8. Gaines, superintendent of the public schools of this city, was Introduced by Major W. A. Turner. The Newnan brass band furnished music for the occasion. IS SWEPT BY FIRE Special to The. Georgian. Luverne, Ala., April 27.—With the exception of the twoTjrlck stores occu pied by W. W. Waller and Beall As Beall, the entire east side of the buti- nees part of the town waa destroyed by fire yesterday, the property loss being about 116,000, with insurance about 113,000. The fire was discovered about 1 o'clock and Is thought to have origi nated either In the law office of J. O. Sentell or the mercantile establishment of Reddoch Brothers, The detailed loss and Insurance Is ns follows: S. F. Mahone, general mer chant, *3,600 stock, $2,600 Insurance; W. W. Waller, 26 per cent damage lo $25,000 stock of merchandise, fully cov ered; J. O. Sentell, lawyer. $15,000, In surance $750; Masonic Lodge, $300, In surance $150; J. T. Veazey Telephone Exchange, $6S0, with $600 Insurance; 26 per cent damage to Beall & Beall, merchandise, 6,000 etock; smnll dam age to the Farmers' Suppls* Company; three-story hotel of J. W. McNeill; postoffice fixtures, $400, with $150 In surance; barber shop building, owned by T. W. Shows, valued $700, Insur ance $486; flxturee . owned by J. W. Commander, $700, Insurance $400; va cant store owned by Mrs. P. C. Throw er, $1,260, Insured $700; dental office of Stephen & Llghtfoot, $$,000, Insur ance $1,862: K. of P. Lodge, $300, In sured for $150. YANKEE MILLIONS IN PARIS COURTS. Paris, April 27.—The appeal of Wil liam Augustus Spencer and Lorillard Spencer from the decision of the court which gave their sister, the Princess De Vlcovavo, possession of the $2,000,- 000 estate of their brother, the lata Charles Griswold Spencer, will come up May 1. Every Family Medicine Shelf ought to contain "The Household Surgeon” which is a bottle of Dr. Porter’s Antiseptic Healing 03 A Household Surgical Dressing for cuts, bums, bruises, sores, skin dis eases, catarrh, or all wounds and exter nal affections, whether slight or serious. Relieves Pain Antiseptically Cleanses—Heals. A preparation nnlike any other, originated by an Old Railroad Surgeon. It is easily applied by any one, and at the tame time combines all of the medicinal quslities necessary to a careful and scientific treatment of Injured and diseased parts of the skin or flcih. It is sought after and continually used by all who give it a first trial. All druggists sell it. 25c