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■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, MAY <!, 1W. “Correct Clothes tor Men." The label that mean* much to the man who wants correct style fea tures, correct patterns, best ma terials, combined with the best workmanship, which means clothes satisfaction to every wear er of Alfred Benjamin & Co.’s made-in-Xcw York Clothes. See to it that your suit has that label —They are made in New York and look the part. When you get your clothes from our store, yon know that you have the best there is to be had in men’s clothes at a moderate cost. Suits $15 to $35 ESSIO BROS. "Correct Clothes for Men. 26 Whitehall Street HALTED BY STRIKE Partner Atlantan Says Ho , Will Invoke City and State Protection. 8an Francisco, May 6.—After falling to get an 8-hour day and a flat daily wage of $8, 1,500 motormen and con ductors on the local system quit work yesterday. Trouble Is expected today when an attempt will be made to es tablish schedules. * ■ ,Pnt Calhoun, president of the United Railways, says the company will op erate Independently of the labor un ions, and If resisted will deihand city und state protection guaranteed by law, ana will call upon the Federal govern ment, If necessary. He claims this enn be done, as the company Is a Now Jersey corporation. BANNEY ARRESTED ON FORGERY CHARGE Grand Rapids, Mich., May 6.—The charge against M. C. Ranney, arrested in New Tork Saturday, Is forgery. Ran ney and a woman who said she was his wife, registered here last week. J. E. Rice, proprietor of the hotel where Ran ney stopped, cashed the check for $50. Later the check was found to be forged. Teething Children Teething always sets sa s shock to the child's delkmtw ncrviais system. Thenactlea Is first reflected by the stomach through nausea (maw Mas). Comet this at once, aadothsedlaordevs of n mom sorfaua nature will be oselded. Fltfs Carminative digests tha food by salat- lag the UMnach in Its natural functions, cun lag flatulent or wind colic, stomach pains and thus preventing Diarrhoea. Cholm Morbus, Chslsrm-infsntsm and unnatural drains from ths stomach and bowels. Guard the little onas throsgh the critical teething period by small doaca of Pitt's Carminative - ths fiirmlf hnnwhoH BMdtclnc for tettb* ioff children, fit t' a Carmtnatlva gan tains no opium or other harmful sub. ALL DKVCCtSTS il CIS. THE UMAR & RANKIN DRUG COMPANY ATLANTA. GEORGIA GRAFTER'S PROFITS IN PENfUAPITOL Mercurial Gold Fixtures iu Building Were Merely Lacquered. Pittsburg, May 6.—Attorney General Todd will bring suite, both civil and criminal, against those responsible for tho scandal In connection with the elaborate furnishings of the state cap- Itol building. J. II. Henderson & Co., general con tractors; J. M. Huston, architect for the building commission, and J. H. Shumacher, former superintendent of grounds and buildings, are among those Involved. Enormous Profits. It Is cstltnnted that Sanderson's prof. Its on Hie $5,556,785 paid him for the furnishings were $3,500,000. The testimony also shows that while the more elaborate of the $2,000,000 worth of lighting fixtures was to be mercurial gold, the bulk of those In stalled were merely lacquered, the lat ter process coating one-tenth the price of the former. VETERAN CAVALRYMAN ANSWERS FINAL CALL enca of !>r. J. J. Knott, in Kast Point, tin., will t* oonilnctw! Monriny nftornoon nt .1 o'clock. Th« Interment will fce lu Oak land Jen* Wheeler, and wn» per- Hiiptlit church, will officiate itt the ncrv icea. The following gentlemen will act aa paIIbearers: Colonel John H. Prather. Colo nel J. P. Atiatln. Comma inter II. V. Loi rs Major Nathan l.y ■■■■■■■■■ Wehater, Major T. ONE MAN KILLED BT Fellow Workman Seriously Injured in Trying to Save Him. After coming In contact with a live wire In the Davit street plant of the Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company Sunday afternoon. J. H. Ba ker, on employee of the company, was shocked to death, while F. F. Noyea, another employee, la In, the Tabernacle Infirmary aa a result of trying to save hla fellow worker from electrocution. Both men were at work In the plant when In some manner *yet to be ex plained Baker caught hold of a live wire connected with the transformers and hla body became a conductor for some 28,000 volte. A shriek to Noyes told that workman of Baker's peril and without a mo ment's hesitation he grasped hold of hla unfortunate fellow workman and attempted to jerk him loose from the death-dealing wire. The result was that Noyes received the current through hla own body, but the force of the fremtled pull he gave to save Baker broke the contact and both men were thrown from the platform to the floor below. When they were found, Baker waa dead, while Noyea waa In such a condi tion that he waa sent to tho Infirmary. Monday morning It wo# reported he had spent a good night and was In no Immediate danger. The dead man is survived by hla wife end five children, the youngest being only six weeks old. He was 88 years old and was bom In Chattooga county. The man whom Ba ker had succeeded at the plant met death In a similar manner. scarcity¥labor FOR THE COTTON CROP 1 Work of Replanting Will ecessitatc a Reduction of Acreage. SAM D. JONES TO BE ORATOR An Invitation to deliver an addrrae at a banquet to be given by the nlumnl of Richmond College, at Richmond, on June It, has been received bv Sam D. Jones, of Atlanta. The banquet will be given In celebration of the serenty- flfth anniversary of the founding of tha Institution. Mr. Jones graduated from Richmond College twenty-five years ago. Boys Who Are Healthy Need “healthy” shoes—the kind that can stand wear and tear. We co-operate with parents in securing sturdy shoes that will satisfy every demand of the strenuous wearer, and at the same time please the parent in price. Boys 9 Mannish Shapes a Specialty. 25 Whitehall Street ‘The Shoe and Stocking Shop.’ Special to The Georgian. Washington, Ga„ May 8.—Farmers of Wilkes and adjoining counties are be ginning to realise the scarcity of rella. ble labor In this section. Cotton chopping time Is at hand and the laborers are few. Crops are con siderably behind for this time of the year, being the result of the^ recent cold weather which necessitated the re planting of all the crops and In some instance the plowing up of all seed and the commencement of the work In every detail Just as If the season was Just now at hand. Indications are that more commer cial fertilisers will be used this year In proportion to the number of. acres In cultivation than was the case last year. Reports show that there will bo a con siderable reduction In the cotton acre age this year which was brought about mainly by the recent cold spell. 0OOO0OO0OO0O0OOOO0O0OO0O0g O GREAT BUG FEUD 0 EXISTS IN KANSAS) 0 0 LADY BUG TO RE8CUE. 0 O 0 O Kansas City. May 8.—The green 0 0 bug, which has been doing much D 0 damage to wheat, Is developing 0 0 Interesting features. The main O 0 effort Is being directed In the col- O 0 lection and distribution through 0 0 the affected districts of the so- O 0 called lady bug. which Professor O O Hunter, state entomologist, re- O O cently discovered to be a destroyer 0 0 of the green bug. O0OOQ000OO0OO0OO0O00000000 IAN MACLAREN REPORTED BETTER Mount Pleasant, la.. May 8.—The con dition of Dr. Wateon, ‘Tan Maclaren,” who arrived here III two weeks ago, was some better today, but the abcese In his right ear still Is a source of trouble. Continued Improvement Is looked for by hie physicians. PLAN RECEPTION FOR GEN. KUROKI Norfolk. Va.. May 8.—When General Kurokl and lit, staff of naval and military aides come to visit the James town Exposition they will doubtless he Impressed. Plans are beginning to take shape for the reception of the distinguished tighter from the Orient. Brief News Notes DECIDE YOURSELF The Opportunity is N*ra« Backed by Atlanta Tsstimsny. Don't take our word for IL Don't depend on a stranger's state' ment. Read Atlanta Indorsement. • Read the statements Of Atlanta clti sens. And decide for yourself. Here Is one cose of It; B. L. Williams, employed as shipping clerk at the shops of the L. & N. rail road, and living at $86 Windsor street, has tried Doan's Ointment and Doan'f Kidney Pills and speaks of his expe rlence with them as follows: "I used both preparations and found rpllef from Itching plies In the use of the Olnt ment. while the kidney pills relieved me from the torment of backache. Some one says that war Is hell; Itching Tea are worse. You con not get away iroir them and they stick to you night and day and In every kind of weather. There Is a tantalising torment and the sufferer Is continually scratching, but the effect Is not os good as pouring water on a duck's back. Nothing I could do gave me any ease until I got Dotn's Ointment at Brannen & Anthony's drug store. I applied the aalve and found that the first application relieved the Itching. It has never returned since. The pills I used' for backache, from which I had been suffering for some months. My kidneys wers evidently out of order for the secretions were dark and full of sediment and there was a weakness which bothered me greatly at night and I suffered contin ually from a dull pain right acroes my loins, which made me feel like a man of 80. A number of remedies which I tried failed to bring the results and I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Brannen A Anthony's drug stores. 102 Whitehall street and 80 Marietta street Since using them according to dlrec tlons I have been free from the back ache, the muscles of my back are strong and the kidneys have been re. stored to a normal condition. The se cretlons are clear In color and contain no sediment. I feel like another man, and you can put me down as a firm friend of Doan's Ointment and Doan's Kidney Pills. They a re two of the best remedies I ever saw and I have tried nearly everything." For sale by all dealers. Pries 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Company, Buf falo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan'*—and take no other. REPORT ON OAKLAND TO Chairman Taylor Calls At tention to Faults in Cemetery. The special cemetery committee of ell. of wblch Councilman Walter A. Taylor Is chairman, bus prepared an exhaustive and comprehensive report on Oskland cem etery, which will be submitted to council Monday afternoon. The report show the condition that It should be. .It gives at much ns It known of the history of tho cemetery, the records of Atlanta In pioneer dnyt tielng quoted. Then follows an account of the Impor- riding for the purchase of a complete new set of cemetery flint snd records, and for the keeping of til Important cemetery i that the sexton notify nil Int owners ol condition of their lots, snd the fnnltt there with; that the city appropriation be In creased; that reinforced concrete vaults he purchased. Instead of slnte; that the ceme tery committee he Instructed to receive bids from landscape engineers to look ovor the entire cemetery snd snggest how It moy bo placed on modern principles q8 cent etery effort snd at whnt cost. It Is also recommended that stepa bo taken to perpetuate Oakland cemetery. The siiggeaunn la made that It would bo better IT tho aexton were elected by conu- ctl. The report la the result of Ion* snd hard work on the purt of Councilman Taylor. It Is probable that rounell will adopt the ree- FEET CAUGHT IN HARNESSi BOY MET HORRIBLE DEATH. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, On.. May 6.—A young ne gro boy named Newsom met a horrible death Friday afternoon In the northern portion of the county, his body being dragged for a distance of four mllee by a runaway mule. The boy was returning to hla hom« from the fields, where he bad bean at work, when the mule he wee riding became frightened and tha boy was thrown off. His fceet caught in the plow harness and he was thus dragged on the ground behind the crated mule until tne animal reached the town of Hahtrs. The eight-story brick warehouses of Sahwarsschlld A Sulsberrer. packers, were partially deetroyed by Are Sunday afternoon. The lots Is said to be $109.. The Britleh cruiser squadron passed out of the Virginia capee Sunday. The Argyll, Good Hope. Roxburghe and Hampshire will visit Bermuda and Hal. Ilfax before returning to England. After the weather had forced a post ponement until Monday, and the vis itors ha^l consented to stay over, word has been received from the faculty or dering the Tale crew to return to New Haven. The schooner . Benjamin A. Van Brunt. Savannah for New York, and the Alicia B. Crosby, Portland for Phil adelphia, arrived here Sunday crippled, as ths result of a collision at sea. AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY 18 FOUND ON TRACK. \Vlnston-8aIem. N. C„ May 8.—The body of a strange man was found ,on the railroad track at Guthrie, a flag station on the road between this city and Oreensboro. early this morning. The coroner's Jury derided that the man. supposed to bt an Italian, was killed by a train. LONG STAPLE PLANTERS ARRANGE FOR EXCHANGE. Special tp The Georgian. Charleston, S. C„ May 6.—The long staple cotton planters of the sea Islands near Charleston have taken another step to perfect their organisation by providing for a cotton exchange at Charleston. The long staple cotton crop of the sea Islands this year Is some two or three weeks behind, and the planters say that even with perfect weather conditions for the rest of tho season they can not make a full crop. It )■ figured now that about 11,000 bags will be picked. The West Indian plant ing eeems to have failed. and the Geor gia and Florldasplsntera must get their teed from the Charleston sen Islands. If you can’t digest coffee Use POSTUM Foob COFFEE ‘‘There’s a Reason.” Head 'Ths Seed to WeUriUs" la Straw Hats ...and... Panamas Genuine Panamas from Ecuador and Colombia, $5-00 $6-50 $7.50 $10.00 Straws in soft, roil-brim, Milans and Mackinaws and the ever popular yachts. $3 Dunlap 50 and $5 00 Hopkins, $2 00 to $3 50 AT THE THEATERS “The Night Before Christmas.” One of the prettiest plays of the rural type will be the attraction at the Bijou for a week beginning Monday night. It Is "The Night Before Christmas." from the pen of Hal Reid, an author to whom the patrons of the popular- priced theater are Indebted for some of the best plays seen In these houses. ‘The Night Before Christmas” Is said to bo Mr. Rold’s best play. The scenes are laid In Ohio, and the characters are drawn from the hale and hearty men and women of the state that has given wt many statesmen and soldiers. The play opens on Christmas eve, and the first act shows the home of Grandmoth er Phillips. All her children and grand children are coming to the old home to spend that happiest of days. The pre paring of the Christmas tree, the bring, lng In of presents and the children hanging up their stockings for Santa Claus, are shown. The play has a great moral, and a lesson Is taught that mokes better men and women. Some beautiful scenic effects are used In pre sentlng the play, and the cast numbers over a score of prominent players. May-June Music Festival. The sale of season tickets to the May-June Music Festival It Increasing rapidly, and Indications point to a rec ord-breaking attendance upon this ovont, which opens May 28 and closes on June 1. At 518 Empire building, where the tickets are eold. Inquiries are coming from all over tho South. Prices of $3, $4 end $5 for a season of four performances to hear artists who will cost the festival nearly $10,000, have made a hit with the public. Although the total seutlng capacity at the St. Nicholas auditorium at Ponce DeLeon Is MOO. It Is believed that every seat will be taken. Pastime Theater. On Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock and again at 4 o'clock the first per formances of the new bill at the Pas lime Theater on Peachtree street op. poelte the Engllsh-Amerlcan .building, were given. A large number of chib dren took advantage of the S-cent ad' mission allowed them at these perform, ances, attended and were delighted. Manager Holland has prepared a strong bill for this week, which Is composed of the following numbers: Leon end McAllister on the comedy lings; Miss Lee White In Illustrated songs; Law- son Boone, buck and wing dancer; Perry and White In. an original sketch, and a sketch by the entire company. Continuous performances from 7:10 to 11 o’clock each evening. DRUMMER FELL DEAD ON PORCH AT HOTEL Special to The Georgian. Oreenvllle, 8. C., May 8.—M. Michaels, a clothing drummer, repre senting the firm of Simon Schtbt, of New York, dropped dead on the ve randah of Normandie Hotel late yester day afternoon. He hod. been 111. but on hie arrival here yesterday waa appar ently aomewhat better. The Imme diate cause of his death was apoplexy. Tha body baa been shipped to New Tork. MACCABEES HAVE BIG FIGHT ON Chicago. May *.—Fight for control and financial changes In the Illinois of fices of the Knights of Maccabees will begin In Chicago this week, when sev enty-three Cook county delegates to the state meeting In Bloomington on July 11 will he elected. Will Hold Teachers' Inotituts. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell. Ga.. May *.—The county board of education held an Important meeting here today and elected Profes sor J. P. Cash, of ths Hartwell Insti tute. to conduct the annual teachers' Institute for this county, which'wlll be held on'the first Monday In July. Pro visions were also made for the payment of the salaries due the teachers for their services the past three months. A & P A & P Fancy Elgin Creamery Butter, pound, 35c This butter constitutes the cream of the Elgin prod uct, and is the standard for butter in the United States—we will be glad to book your orders for de livery on specified days in each week. Bell Phones H62 565 Atlanta Phone %2 Whitehall. DR, RICE TAKES ISSUE - WITH DR, ELLENWDOD Rov. Dr. Theron H. Rice, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, in a eermon delivered Sunday morning, re plied to Rev. Dr. E. D. Ellenwood, pas tor of the Unlversaltet church, whose article In The Georgian some weeks ago caused considerable discussion. Dr. Rice took his text from I Corin' thlans, verses 23 and 24, and sought to show that Dr. Ellenwood's theories ai to the Intcrpvetatfon of the Bible re gardlng salvation were wrong. Dr. Rice argued that a map who sought salva tion by accepting Christ os his sub stitute and receives the forgiveness of his sins on the ground of Christ having suffered In hts stead was no coward. He said that some people set up a man of straw and proceed to demolish If with their arguments. REPUBLICANS PLAN MEETING At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Republican party of Geor. gin, held on Saturday, a resolution was udopted asking Harry B. Edwards, Major J. F. Hanson stid Walter H. Johnson to address the league at a meeting lo be held between July 1 and IS In Atlanta. These referees appointed by President Roosevelt are wanted to discuss Important Issues with Which the party will have to deal next year and also regarding national delegates. A committee of three was appointed to call upon the three Invited. MAYOR TIEDEMAN*WITNE88ED SAVANNAH V/IN GAME. Special to The Georgian. Charleston. S. C, May 8.—Mayor George W. Tledemon, of Savannah, Is visiting his parents In Charleston for a tew days, and was In a box seat with Mayor Rhett Saturday when Savannah beat Charteeton and regained the lead In the pennant race. He said that Sa vannah was looking for the pennant again this year. Mayor Rhett has had an Interesting talk with Mayor Tlede- man that has made the gamblers here uneasy. TIREO OF WANDERING, DECLSBEDJUNDRICK Prisoner Returned To Crisp Will Be Resentenced • To the Gallows. Special to The Georgian. Cordele, Go., May 6.—George W. Bundrick, the escaped prisoner from Crisp county, was returned from Los Angeles, Cal., where he had surren dered. by Deputies L. A. Parker and Frank Musselwhlte yesterday after noon. Bundrick expressed himself ss glad to get home, and soys he got tired won dering over the country trying to evade tho officers. He says he crossed the Mississippi river on a log. No steps as yet have been taken for his resentence. Bundrick was tried and sentenced to be hanged for murder, but during a respite was taken to Amerlcus Jail, where he escaped last December and has been a fugitive ever since, until he gave himself up to s farmer near Los Angeles. ‘‘FRENZIED FINANCE” FOR POPE PIUS X Roms, May 8.—Thomas W. Lawson presented n special dedicated copy of his book, "Frenaled Finance," to Pope Plus X through Cardinal Merry del Val, following his recent audience with the pope ana cardinal. RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK DIES OF PERITONITIS. Special to The Georgian. Covington. Ga., May 6.—Edward L. Jarman, a well-known railway postal clerk residing here, was stricken with peritonitis while on his run between Covington and Macon Saturday and died at ♦ o’clock Sunday afternoon. He was 87 years of age. Besides his wife, to whom he had been married only four months, the deceased leaves bis mother, one brother and two sl«- tars. CURED V IN ONE DAY. Munyon’s Cold Cure Relieve* the head, throat and lungs almost im mediately. Checks Fevers, Stop* Discharges of the nose, takes away all aches and pains caused by colds. It cure* Grip and ob«ti- nate Coughs and prevents Pneu monia. If you have Catarrh or are afflicted with deafness uae Mun- yon’a Improved Inhaler. It cures obstinate and chronic cases. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS 25c.