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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1907. NEWS OF THE SECRET ORDERS P.nnrli ku r.l A I I fit KICtI V GATE CITY LODGE OF B'NAI B'HITH TOJWEET MAY 1 The Gate City Lodge of B'nal rlth In vite their friends to a rally to be Held at the vestry of the temple, corner Pryor and Richardson streets, next Tuesday night. May 7, at 8:16 o'clock. This rally will Include a reception to new members, and a splendid pro gram. The following will participate: Speeches—Messrs. Oscar Straus and Emanuel Kaufman. Songs—Miss Valerie Bach and Mr. Herman Cohn. Plano Solos—Miss Katherine Dreyfus and Mr. BenJ. Poller. . Recitations—Messrs. Garfield Elch- berg nnd Percy Rosenberger. Whlsllng Solo—Miss Bessie Stahl. Reading—Mrs. Fred Kaufinann. Every one Interested in the order cordially invited to attend. ' delphTconfers ' OF E Delphi Lodge No. 6$, Knights of Pythias, conferred the rank of esquire last Tuesday night on nine pages. A large number of the members w present and the work was greatly en joyed. It was put on in splendid man ner. The rank of knight will be con ferred next Tuesday night. _ Maxims ef the ! FRATERNAL WORLD Rejoice In your brother member's good fortune. As each day passes the great frater nal system grows in strength. Every member In a fraternal order is a partner in the business. It can be truly said that the edifice of fraternity Is being built to last to the end of time. Stay by your order and your order will stay by you—drop out, and you are alone. Cultivate well that fraternal spirit of doing good for your fellow-man. A live lodge with a good, live degree team Is the kind that the young men want to Join. Personal, political or labor differences should never Influence your vote upon an application for membership In your lodge. There may be a member of your lodge or order that Is endeavoring to make a living conducting a little busi ness around on a back street. As he took the same obligation that you did. you arc pretty sure to get value re ceived for your money and he will ap preciate your trade. M. D. GLEASON. _. „ cLara rebekah degree staff. This Degree Staff, One of the Finest in the City, Gave a Splendid Enter tainment and Drill Thursday Niflht at the Grand Opera House. The Work of the Degree Staff in Clara Rebekah Lodge, Odd Fellows, Has Won Much Favorable Comment. COLONEL GOODWIN VISITS ODD FELLOWS OF ATLANTA Colonel John B. Goodwin, grand sec retary of the Sovereign Cl rand. Lodge of Odd Fellows, with headquarters in Bal timore, was in Atlanta the first of this week mil was warmly welcomed # baejt to his old home. A big meeting of Odd Fellows was held Tuesday night in the Odd Fellows hall, at Broad and Alabama streets, at The greatest Jewel sale ever held In I/ondoii was that of the late Mrs. D>wls- IIIII'm collection, which attracted a crowd of society people and diamond inerclututx to Christie's auction rooms. The total amount realised was the record sum of *474,03. A splendid rope of 229 matched Oriental which Colonel Goodwin delivered the principal address. He spoke at length on matters pertaining to the welfare of the order, and his remarks were enthu siastically received. Colonel Goodwin Expressed himself as being greatly pleased with the prog ress of the Atlanta lodges. The brief stay of the grand secretary in the city was rendered thoroughly enjoyable. pearls was sold to Mr. Undculuuun, the well known Loudon diamond merchant, who also bought' a pearl and brilliant neck lace and a diamond thirn. * The absence of Americans at the auction was generally commented u|n>ii and was un doubtedly due to the recent slumps lit Wall street. TWO HAVE ANNOUNCED FOR NEWTON JUDGE8HIP. Special to Tho Georgian. Covington, Go., May 4.—Hon. J. W. King, of Oak Hill, Is an applicant for the Judgeship of the Newton county. court. Mr. King has been chairman of the county Democratic executive committee, represented Newton In the general assembly In 1904-5, am! for twenty years has held the office of Jus tice of the peace in his district. Judge Capers Dickson, who has presided over this court since Its establishment, Is an applicant for reappointment. Appointed College Trustee. Special to The Georgian. Covington, Ga, May 4^-Joseph St Johnson, of Oxford, has been appoint ed by Governor Terrell as a member of the hoard of trustees of the Fifth District Agricultural College. ^ Newton Farmers to Meet HfH'. ini to The Georgian. Covington, Ga., May 4.—A meeting of the representative farmers and man ufacturers of Newton county will be held In the court house here on the mh instant, ter the purpose of die- cussing the labor conditions of the The various tribes and councils of the Improved Order of Red Men have elected representatives to the great council of Georgia, which meets In Athens the second Tuesday In May. Quite a large number of Red Men will attend this session from Atlanta, as there are nine tribes and five coun cils In Atlanta and each is entitled to one or more representatives. Cherokee elected the following mem bers: A. R. Marbut, Thomas Evans, W. H. Abbott. I. Balagur. J. J. Barge, IL Vvey, J. E. Cooper, Dr. C. J. Vaughn, W. D. Green, L. F. Mllllpan. H. L. Col lier. C. M. Klster, R. F. Knox. Choctaw Tribe, No. 35. elected tho following: V. J. Dennis, VV. L. Ham* brick and D. F. Light. Chippewa, No. 50, elected the , fol lowing: J. A. Hollis, C. W. Harris, W. M. SHvey. Conesauga, No. 23, elected VV'. A. Scott, C. \V_Moon, E. B. Yancey, S. W. Lord. Comanche, No. 6. named Gordon Ivey, E. I*. Ryan, J. E. Bowden, Frank Smith, J. A. Bohanon. I. M. Wallace, N. H. Matthews, J. R. McMIchael, G. B. Beanchamp, S. L. Blanton, C. M. Cain, W. B_ Stewart, J. F. Bradley. The Phoeahontas Councils elected as follows: Silver Cloud, No. 1: J. P. Nash, T. H. Miller. D. E. Green. Tallulah, No. 4, R. S. Moran, Joseph Ivey. We have the exclusive sale of the fine Sayers and Scoville, Schacht Mfg. Co., and John Deere Surreys, Stanhopes, Top Buggies and Runabouts. We will take your old rig on the price of a new one. You should come in and see the largest line of fine guaranteed harness in the city. SOUTHERN FARM TOOL COMPANY, Oorner Forsyth and Peters Street. Atlanta, Georgia. WHEN DRIVEN TO DRINK DON’T FORGET THE V. D. L. COMPANY Corner Broad and Marietta Streets. Your drink troubles end when you come'to us. We operate the meet beautiful and up to date soft drink palace in the South. Everything in Drinkables, Smokables and Read able*, and tne beat high grade candy in Atlanta for 60e per pound. ATLANTA BEAVERS ADOPT BY-LAWS Atlanta Dam, No. 2, I. O. B.. held Its regular communication last Mon day night. Much business of Im portance was transacted. The new by laws were read and adopted. The funeral benefit was raised to (200, and 850 on the death of a mem ber's wife. One candidate was put through the muddy waters. Resolutions of con dolence were adopted on the death ef the wife of Jesse Wiggins. Atlanta Dam Is In a prosperous con dition and has made rapid strides this term. Three candidates were elected to membership. A full attendance Is requested next Monday oh there will be a large class of candidates to be put through tho muddy waters. COLD, DAMP WEATHER CAUSES SEED TO DECAY. Special to Tho Georgian. Dallas, Texas, May 4.—The unsea sonable. weather which has prevailed In all ports of Texas during the past month has resulted In untold damage to crops of all kinds. To begin with, the green bugs practically destroyed the grain crop of the northern part of the Htate, and for the last thirty days the weather hns been so cold that most of the seed planted rotted In the ground. April, 1907, was the coldest April for Texas Hlnco tho establishment of tho weather bureau In this stole, mu! frost was reported in various polls of the state up until the first day of May. The outlook for a big cotton crop this year Is not very encouraging. —" Cornerstone Misplaced. Hpeelal to The Georgian. Washington. Go., May 4.—The build. Ing committee of Washington's new 816,090 Methodist church, which Is In the course of construction, has been advised that tho ceremonlea which havo been planned for the laying of the r,,r- nerstone of the new edifice will bo postponed. The marble cornerslnne has been mleplared somewhere on the road and it seems that considerable difficulty has been experienced In the effort to locate IL t RAZORS CONCAVED Shears, Knives and aH Edge Tools ground and repaired. HEALEY BARBERS' SUPPLY CO., Bell 'Phan* MSS Atlanta. 44S. Hi. 1 18. Parsyth St, Atlanta, On.