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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, lWr.
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Right Clothes for May Days
We begin May with the clothing stock in better
shape than at any time before. New arrivals of latest
styles from America’s greatest clothes-makers—Hart,
Schaffner & Marx and Rogers', Peet & Co.—are ready for
your choosing.
The new two and three-button cutaway sacks with
long roll lapels are shown in a great variety of fine
worsteds, cassimeres, crashes and other fashionable fab
rics—and the more conservative modes are here, of course.
But no need to go into details—every style that’s
good and every fabric that s worthy is included in the
showing. ,
Spring Suits $15,00 to $40,00
Best Hat Styles
Best styles in
and' stiff—$3.00 to
$5.00.
Stetson Hats—soft
$6.00; Miller hats,
New Straws—$1.00 to $5.00; Pan
amas—$5.00 to $25.00.
\
Gordon Suspenders
Gordon Suspenders, regu
larly 50c, on sale tomorrow
at 35c; 3 pairs for $1.00.
Smartest
Great showin
tan Shirts,at $1
other brands, $1.
Shirts
|f Manhat-.
50 to $3.50;
00 to $3.50
Copyright 190'. by
Hart Schaffner W Mars
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Railroad Commission De
nies Reports of Its
Plans.
•'Nobody has any authority to apeak for
this commission, collectively or Individually,
as to what It will or will not do In tbo
matter of the passenger rate case," said
Chairman II. W. Hill. Wednesday morning.
“As a matter of fact we have not made
up our minds yet what will be done, be
cause wo bavo not gono Into' tbo data sub
mitted at all, and It would bo foolish for
us to say what wo would do until we know
all the facts, and have the facts In hand
ou which to Intelligently predicate a de
cision.
"It Is true we have discussed tho case
among ourselves In every possible phase,
but that Is only In a tentative way, nnd to
bring out every possible viewpoint of It. As
1 say, we have not even laid down a pos
sible line upon which we will work, and
will not do so until all the facts are well
lu lined. . ..
•*\Ve will go Into the mntter fully, care
fully and with painstaking rare, and our
findings finally will be based on what we
tee nnd believe to be right. Accounts now
of whnt we will or will not do are purely In
the realm of speculation."
TO FIGHT SHAM BATTLE
AT FORT OGLETHORPE.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, .Tenn., May 1.—Prepa
rations are already being made at Fort
Oglethorpe for a aham battle on July
t between the Flrat and Third squad
rons of tho Tweflth cavalry. The first
squadron Is to attack and the third to
try to hold the fort. There Is much
rivalry between the officers and men of
tho two squadrons, and great Interest Is
being shown In the secret practice
wurk now going on.
“The Daylight Corner.*
20E
Thu historical dates this
month arc Dewey’s Victory at
Manila, May 1, 1898; the first
English settlement in the U. S.
fit Jamestown, 1607; Lewis &
('lark’s start across the conti
nent May 14th; Death of Co
lumbus and Decoration Day.
It’s the month when Nature
and our stock are in full bloom
and never before in the history
of modern dress were clothes
for men so attractive in colors,
becoming in cut, and so skilful
ly made.
Our store is headquarters for
‘he best. Suits from $10 to $35.
Eiseman&Weil
1 VVhitehall St.
F r « "Tha American Boy” Mag-
,or •'* months with avary pur-
?V* of 15.00 or more of Boy.* or
'Idren'a Clothing or Fumiahinga.
Claims Exemption From
Tax on Most of
Property.
Returns of the Georgia railroad were
Bled with the comptroller general Wed
nesday.
As the road claims exemption from
taxation, under Its charter, for roadbed
and equipment on main line and
branches, with the exception of the Ma
con and Augusta division, returns are
made not for taxation, but for “Infor
mation.”
On the entire property, with branches,
a total valuation of 1(1,909,689.21 Is
placed. The question of exemption, or
just how much of the property Is en
titled to It, Is now pending In the Unit
ed States court. As conditions now ex
ist the road pays taxes of one-half of
one per cent on Its net earnings.
For the year past the gross earnings
were returned at 82,727,723, with op
erating expenses and taxes of 12,209,-
632. This leaves a net Income of 3518,-
070.36, which will give tho state an In
come of 32,690.35.
For the Macon and Augusta branch
returns of 3940,197 are made, with the
franchise valued at $153,550. On real
estate holdings returns of 154,750 are
made.
SaWannah Gas Company.
The returns of the Savannah Gas
Company have been made, but the
comptroller has not had an opportunity
for examining them closely. Total re
turns of 3416,335 are made, with from
cblie valuation of 3163,350. This Is
probably a falling off from last year's
returns.
The company has a bonded debt of
$1,000,000 and stock of the same
amount. Operating expenses were
3169,386.77 with gross Income of 3215,-
479.29, giving a net Income of 346,-
092.63. The comptroller thinks the re
turns should be near $1,600,000, accord
ing to these figures.
ATTORNEY KILLED
AS HE ALIGHTED
FROM NIGHT TRAIN
Special to The Georgian.
Center, Texas, May 1.—Carroll B.
Short, a prominent attorney of this
city, waa shot and killed last night by
Dr. Buck Paul, as he stepped from a
train here. , , .
The shooting grew out of a feud of
several months' standing. In Decem
ber last a brother of Dr. Paul was shat
and killed by a negro In the employ of
Short and his brother while leading a
posse which was attempting to arrest
the negro.
It was charged at the time that the
killing waa Instigated by the Shorts as
an outgrowth of political matters. Tho
■hooting last night was a result of tho
former affair.
russiansTo hold
SECRET CONGRESS
la reported to be held In England or Swedeu>
during the preeent month for the purpose
of dectdlug whether the party will continue
to rely oa the doumn to work reforms or
revert to the old method of strikes aad re
volts la the campaign against the govern
ment.
BOSTON TEAMSTERS
JOINED BY STRIKERS
Boston, Mass., May 1.—The four
great branches of labor today Joined
the striking teamsters In refusing the
present system of wages and hours. The
strikers' ranks Include 1,200 boiler
makers. 210 cement and asphalt work
ers, members of wood, wire and metal
workers' union*. .
MRS. THAW GIVES
$50,000 TO COLLEGE
New York, May 1—A statement was
made today that Mrs. William Thaw,
mother of Harry K. Thaw, had given
160,000 to the new Westminster Uni
versity at Denver. It Is said Mrs. Tkaw
will give 1100.000 additional If the Kw
trial of her son Uoca not coat too much.
TROLLEY TO MACON
WILLJE. PUSHED
Directors of Road Expect
to Complete It
Soon.
“When we get through with our work,
Atlanta people will be talking about Ma
con •• a suburb. Macon will not be 'for
ty-live minutes from Broad street,' hot It
will he less than two hours away."
W. J. Maasee. vice president of tho • At
lanta, Griffin nnd Macon Electric Hallway
Company, or the Interurban, at it la pop
ularly called between Macon snd Atlanta,
made this statement Wednesday while In
Atlanta on business for the company.
He declared that the work of coustrueflag
the trolley line from Atlanta to Macon
would be rapidly pushed, and that cars
would be running within eighteen munthr.
With him came John T. Moore, ~
It 'was after a meeting of tho directors
TIE BUIE
MDEMBT;
Scrugham Inspired Probe
and Is Himself in
Custody,
New York, May 1.—George R.
Scrugham, the manager of the In
ternational policy holdera' committee,
arersted yesterday with two assist
ants, charged with conspiracy In con
nection with the recent election of Mu
tual and New York Life Insurance
companies, was arraigned today before
a magistrate for a few minutes' hear
ing.
He was released on 32,500 ball. The
hearing wilt be resumed Monday. His
assistants In custody are Charles Stlr-
that Mr. Mnssce made the statement regard- rup an( j Charles F. Corrigan. Other
meeting was’held^on 11 w/dnesday^mad pffi! tti.nt
thoroughly*I■cussed^* * ™«‘ rUC,,on A, the SENT*
BOOSTEDATSiWOKER
Guests of Mr. Parrott Talk
Business For At
lanta.
inrougnly discuased.. . ,
Mr. SlnMoe Is president nnd RPnernl ninn
ager of tho interurbnn road now being con
structed between Miron and Albany* and
It Is with this road that the line from At
lanta to Macon will connect. Al of those
attending the directors’ meeting W cdnemisj
are not only hustlers, but have pleuty of
money to carry tho work through.
Especially Is this true regarding \ Ice
President Mnssee, who Is conceded to be
one of the I**t hustlers and. brainy young
business men In the South. An. the head of
the Standard Brick Company, of Macon, he
la on# of the best known brick manufac
turers In the country, nnd he declares be
will rapidly push tho completion of both
BASEBALL CLUB TAX
BEFORE COMMISSION
Ths question of whether the Atlanta
Baseball Association Is subject to taxation
arose during the meeting of tho county
commissioners Wednesday morning and was
refarred to tbs county attorney ns referee
In the matter. . . . ,
From a petition presented by John I-.
Hopkins A Hons, attorneys for the aaaoels-
tlon. tt appeared that Tax Collector Htewsrt
has levied n t»x upon It for 1906 amuunttng
to 8201. The tex collector based his valua
tion upon the origins! capital stock of the
association, which Is 811.690.
The association strenuously objects to be
ing taxed, upon the ground that It has ex
pended Its capital stock «n«» »»»'
no rent estate property and that Its easels
consist of the contract* which It has with
baseball pluyers.
PARIS POLICE
MAKE 150 ARRESTS
Paris, May 1,—Strikers and many
other workmen began asaembling In the
Place Republlque early this afternoon,
where they were addressed by agita
tor* who tried to Incite dleordere. The
police have made 150 arrest*.
SAILING UNDER
ASSUMED NAME
Washington. May 1,—The arrest in
San Francisco of a man who gave hie
name ae R. K. Plover, la of considerable
Interact in Waehlngton for the raasin
that recently the man Is said to have
represented himself to be Captain Rich
ardson Clover, U. 8. N„ and under that
name has been Involved In fraudulent
practices.
BRYAN IN NEW YORK'
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Albany. N. Y., May 1.—William J.
Bryan, who waa to addraaa the senate
here today and lunch with Gpvemor
Hughes, missed his train connection end
was delayed In Boston. He has an en.
gagement to speak In New York tonight
which will probably entirely prevent his
visit to Albany at this time.
Decorators Chsrtsrod. \
W. E. Browne and Adolf Xeubauer,
of Fulton county, and H. R. Edgertou.
of Cook county. III., Wednesday filed
application for a charter for the W. E.
Browne Company. The company will
engage In the business of Interior ami
exterior furnishers, decorators and
painters and will be capitalised at
$22,600.
At the Hotel Tie! inout George It. Scrugham
gave out the following statement:
“A esse of an entirely legal nature has
l>eeu misconstrued so as to make It appear
that an attempt was made to circumvent
tho laws governing the Insurance clectlou
and to procure the counting by fraud of bal
lots thst were not properly executed. As s
matter of fact, these charges In so fsr as
they were reported In the morning
for the district attorney’s office
deemed It necessary to apprise mo of the
contents of the complaint—do not have to
do with the alleged tampering of ballots at
all. Bnt they refer to the flUlr -
numm » ml addresses on envelopes
ballots were sent to the Inspectors nt the
New York Life Insurance Company.’'
EK ROUTE TO ATLANTA
The Gordon eUttue Is en route to At
lanta, having been loaded aboard the
Baltimore and Ohio at tho work* of the
Roman Bronte Works In Brooklyn.
This should Insure Its arrival here In
plenty of time to be placed on the pe
destal for the unveiling May 25.
CHARLOTTE WANTS
COTTON MEETING
Charlotte, N. C/, wnnta the next conven
tion of the Southern Cotton Association.
I»r. WUI%I. Woods, secretary of the asso
ciation, has Just received a letter from
W. T. Corwlth, secrotary and treasurer of
the Greater Charlotte Club, lu which the as
aoclatlon Is cortf
uext convention i
— delegates and that every pro
vision for them will l»e made. The uext
convention of the association will be held
In January, 1908.
SECRETARY TAFT
BACK AT WORK
Washington, May 1,—Secretary Taft
returned to his desk today after his
visit to Ohio, where he delivered sev
eral speeches. He made an early visit
to the white house to discuss several
Important matters with the president.
The secretary maintained silence.on
politics.
May Locate Ragan.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., May 1.—It seems that
Ragan, the absconding postmaster, has
not covered his flight as completely as
some are wont to think. From infor
mation the secret service men are hot
on his trail, and It may not be any
great number of days until he will
again be In the Model City to answer
the charge of embesxflng the funds of
the United States postofflee depart
ment.
Considerable impetus to tho movement for
making the state fair permanent In Atlanta
was given Tuesday night when a number of
repreaeutnlve Atlanta men gathered at the
Piedmont for a smoker as the guests of
George W. l’arrott.
Not only were plans tending to tiooit tho
coming state fair In the fall thoroughly dis
cussed, but tho Idea of making the state
fair a permanent institution for Atlanta
met with a very favorable reception.
Among those who made tnlka were Sec
retary Frank Weldon, of the Fair Associa
tion; C. T. Ladson, Mayor Joyuer, George
W. Parrott and Henry Cnboulss. Mr. Lad-
sou heartily Indorsed the permanent fair
Idea and agreed to be one of fifty or more
citizens to contribute 9100 annually toward a
permanent fair fund.
In addition to talking business, the guesta
enjoyed Mr. Parrott'a hospitality In the
shape of lunch nnd refreshments.
A committee consisting of several prom
inent men was appointed to start out Thurs
day morning on a “come back" collecting
tour. This committee will visit n number
of business houses where former commit
tees were instructed to come back for con
trlbutfous. •-
WED WEEK AFTER
HUSBAND’S DEATH;
NOW WANTS DIVORCE
WED ONE WEEK—3
New York, May 1.—Mrs. Charles T
Yerkes-MIxner, the former wife of th£
traction millionaire, ha* filed suit for
divorce against Wilson Mlsner, the
young Californian, whom she married
In romantic fashion scarcely a week
after her first husband had been burled.
The attorney for Mrs. Mlsner made
every effort to keep tho matter quiet,
but the new, of the divorce action came
out through the appointment of the
referee.
Deaths and Funsrals
New Paymaster Her*.
Captain Thomas H. R. McIntyre has
arrived in Atlanta for the purpose of
relieving Captain Preston Brown as
paymaster for the department of the
gulf. Captain Brown Is making ar
rangements to proceed to Cuba, where
he has been ordered. Before coming to
Mrs. Willie Eberherdt.
Mr*. Willie Eberhardt, aged 25 years,
died at her residence In East End
Tuesday night. The body will be sent
to Forest Park, Oa.. for funeral serv
ices and Interment.
Jaeeph Grizzsrd.
Joseph Grizzard, aged 73 year*, died
at a private sanitarium Tuesday after
noon after a long Illness. The funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock In the chapel
of Harry G. Poole. The body will be
sent to Smyrna, Oa., Thursday morn
ing for burial.
Miner P. Sanders.
Maner P. Sanders, aged 46 years, died
Wedneeday morning at a private sani
tarium after an lllneae of several weeks.
The body was removed to the under
taking establishment of Greenberg,
Bond ft Bloomfield, from there to be
sent to White Plains. Oa.. for burial.
Mr. Sanders was a brother of L B.
Sanders, of the firm of Sanders, Smith
ft Co., real estate agents In the Peters
building.
Mrs. I. M. Harris.
Mrs. I. M. Harris died at a private
sanitarium Tuesday morning, after an
Illness of several months. The funeral
services will be conducted In the chapel
of H. M. Pattereon ft Son Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Interment
will be In Weetvlew cemetery. Rev. H.
L. Edmondson will officiate.
J. MTTutler.
J. M. Rutler died Tuesday night at
his residence, 625 Highland avenue. The
funeral service, will be conducted
Thursday morning at II o'clock at the
Rock Springs church. The Interment
will be In the church yard.
Combination Means More
Stars ancf Better in
South.
The merger of the Shuberts and the
Klaw ft Erlanger theatrical forces will
mean the coming of several atars to
Atlanta next year, whom local theater
goers have been deprived of aoelng,
because of the absence here of a Shu-
bert theater.
H. L. DeGIve, manager of the Grand
opera houee, stated Wednesday morn
ing that he had not received any offi
cial notification of the merger, and
was, therefore, unable to say anything
definitely about the matter.
“I am satisfied, though,” ho said,
“that a number of the Shubert attrac
tions will be at the Grand next season.
What theao will be and Just bow many
la, of course, merely a matter of spec
ulatlon."
It le believed that six or eight of
these attraction, will surely be here,
and Inasmuch as they have not been In
this section for several years, they will
no doubt be the favorites of the season.
Virginia Harned. Mary Mannering.
David Wartleld, Eddie Foy. DoWolf
Hopper and other* are among those
who will probably mako a tour of the
South next season.
The Shuberts had fourteen theaters
In the South, and It la believed that
moat of these will be transformed Into
vaudeville houses. Possibly a few will
be made popular-priced theaters.
BROCK ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Special to The Georgian.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 1.—Bernard
G. Brock, who shot and killed his
brother-in-law, Fred W. Mills. Monday
night, after Mills had knocked down
Brock's mother with a fist blow, was
discharged today by Justice Porter at
the preliminary trial after the coro
ner's Jury had held Brock responsible
for the killing. Brock Is only 17 years
of age, and acted In defense of his
mother.
Mills ha* relatives In Charlotte, N. C,
and he came here from that city. Ho
was a lineman for the Bell Telephone
Company.
THOUSANDS WATCH
SAILING RACES
DEPARTMENT STORES
WILL CLOSE EARLY
Agree to Shut Up Shop at 6
O’clock in Sum-
Mary Laetitia Bratton.
Mary Laetitia. the 16-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bratton,
died at the family residence. It Pied
mont Place (old Thirteenth street)
Wednesday morning after a short III-
ness. The funeral service* will bo con-
AHanta Captain McIntyre wo* station-’ducted Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. _ _ . .
ed In New York on duly al the de- The Interment will be In Oakland cent- cox lwm*_ and came to Savannah, he
partment of the east. etery.
Norfolk, Va., May 1.—Thousands of
people are lined up along the banks of
Hampton Roads watching the free-for-
all sailing race. About a doxen boats,
manned by sailors from the American
and foreign warships at anchor off the
exposition grounds, are entered. Tho
prise Is the Army and Navy Life cup.
IGEO BURGLAR TELLS
STORY Of HIS LIFE
Special to The Georgian.
Bavannah, Ga„ May 1.—The aged
burglar who hag been under arrest here
for several days charged with the bur'
glory of the home of C. D. Cardwell
and who confessed the theft, has made
a full confession. In the confession he
admits the burglary of the home of A.
Hardy Sllcox, of Charleston, a month
ago. A quantity of the silver taken
from there has been recovered here.
The prisoner, who has been giving his
name as J. W. Williams, says his true
name la J. W. Hart. He was bom In
Connecticut, he say*. He went to sea
early In life and assisted In the build
ing of the*Confederate privateer Ala
bama. He bad committed burglary In
Connecticut, he says, and was sen
tenced to ten years, but afterwards was
udjudged Insane and served several
years In the Hate Insane asylum. He
went to Florida, he says, and robbed
the home of the port muster at Key
West. He was sentenced to ten years,
but was pardoned. He started to the
Sailor’s Snug Harbor In New York, but
the vessel In which he was stopped at
Charleston. He got off. robboil the 811-
clalms. He Is 79 year* of age.
Five of tho leading department Stores
of Atlanta have signed an agreement
to close their stores every evening at 6
o'clock, except Saturdays, from May 1
to September 16. This will give the
tired clerks an opportunity for recrea
tion not uccorded them under long
hours, nnd It Is expected that the shop
ping public will adapt itself to the new
agreement.
The stores which will close at 6
o'clock are: Chamberlin-Johnson-Du-
Bose Company, J. M. High Company,
Davlson-Paxon-Stoke, Company. M.
Rich Bros. Company and Keely Com
pany.
CARMACK DENOUNCES
MACHINE POLITICS.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 1.—Three
hundred prominent Chattanoogane at
tended a business men's dinner given
at the Read Home last night by tho
local Young Men's Christian Associa
tion In connection with the movement
to raise 3160,000 for a new building.
The leading speakers were former Sen
ator E. w. Carmack, Dr. Ira. Lan-
dreth and James H. Welcker. Mr. Car
mack was the star of the evening,
and hie rigorous denunciation of liquor
men and machine rings aroused great
enthusiasm. k
Want Dog Law Enforced.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 1.—The City
Beautiful Club, an organisation com
posed principally of ladles, has surpris
ed the chief of police by a demand that
the dog law be enforced this summer.
8utpender Company.
An application for a charter for the
Paragon Suspender Company waa filed
In the office of the clerk of the superior
court Wednesday morning by A. Lan
dau, Andrew Calhoun and others. The
amount of capital stock Is placed at
316,000.
Sheffield Plate
This beautiful ware has
many points of practical, is
well as artistic excellence.
It is not ordinary plate,
but is silver on a foundation
of nickel and copper—a
combination affording won
derful durability.
It ip not a new ware, but
one that has been favorably
known for centuries. It has
stood the test of service and
1ms wide prestige among
buy el's of discriminating
taste.
We are showing the ‘
largest assortment of Shef
field Plate south of New
York. Platters, Trays, Jugs,
Urns, Cups. Let us explain
to you in person the merit
of this ware.
Maier & Berkele