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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, lWr. 7 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 Write or call for a copy of the Hart, Daniel Bros. Co. Schaffner & Marx Style Book• H >s L. J. DANIEL, President. a Beauty--and FREE. 45-47-49 Peachtree-wauSTsmet. Come in and get a Complete Schedule and Score Book °f dll Southern League Games for 1907. It's FREE. IS FOR PUBLICATION 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