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Xlllh AU(A^ J-.il. A+\U w THE ATLANTA GEORGIA (AND NEWS) •'OHN TEMPLE CHAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, lEseept Saotiaj) 3y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rato: One Tear fl.W PI* Month* t.W Thin* Month* 1.® By Carrier. Per Week » Telephone* connecting all depart* ments. Ixing distance terminals. resenfatlres for all territory outak If yon hare any trouble reftlnr TUB GEORGIAN AN V D NEWS telephone the circulation department and hare Ilona Intended for publication In GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to tOO words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, ss an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS ctlonable ad* print whisky prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does It ‘ or ony liquor ads. ni!R~pi,AjFORMt The Georgian and News stands for Atlanta's owning Its owp gas and electric light plants, as It now owns Its water works. Other an as low a* CO the city. This European cities. can he done now, and It may be some years liofore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta hnnld set Its face In that direction should NOW. Have We Forgotten Our Mexican Veterans? Messrs. Sebastian Shaw and Joseph Davis, old veteran! who (ought In the Mexican war under General Jackson and General Nelson, and who also (ought In the Gon(ederate war (rom tlrat to last, called at The Georgian office to see It an Interest could be aroused (or an organisation ot the Georgia veterans ot the Mexican war. Tho purposes o( this organisation would bo two-fold. First, the pleasure of an occasional reunion of the old soldiers who (ought under Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis so many years ago. And second, that by the nteani of this organisation a sufficient Interest In Georgia’s Mexican Veterans might be aroused to Induco the good women who havo already adorned tho Confed erate heroes with crosses to provldo tho same badge for tho heroes of tho Mexican war. It occurs to us that this Is something that ought to be done. There are prob ably not more than 60 or TO of the old veterans of the Mexican war surviving in Georgia, and the expense of provid ing badges for them would be com paratively small; Ot course these veterans could buy badges for themselvea, but than they wvuld not carry the honor and distinc tion that rested with a badge provided by the state or by tbe noble and pa triotic women of the state. To have any value at all these badges must be . uniform and come front such an organ isation as would by Its very merits and distinction confer an honor upon the (ouvenira whose holders might hand them down from generation to generation aa an evidence of their par ticipation In the war with Mexico. Georgia It very derelict In the recog nition of her Mexican veterans. South Carolina medaled tbe Palmetto Regl n)cnt and all of her Mexican vetarana aa soon aa they come back from the strife with Santa Anna. Virginia did the same, and ao did Maryland, and most of tho states of the republic ex cepting Georgia have Conferred these Simple and Inexpensive badges of hqn' or upon the soldiers who represented their states on Mexican battle fields. Nearly all of the veterans of the Confederate army have received their crosses of honor which they cherish among the moat valued possessions of their llvee. Many organisations have been perfected to honor and to medal the veterans of the Spanlah-Anterican war. . . Out our Mexican veterans go unrec ognised and unrewarded. We forget who neglect these sol diers of Zachary Taylor that the Mexi can war was one of the moat impor tant If not the moat Important In the history of the republic. It gave an empire to America, it added to our territory nearly all of the vast era occupied by the states of the West. It doubled the site of the republic and made Its limits Imperial In scope and in possibility. Surely the few surviv ing relics of this fateful struggle should be remembered while they live with the simple but Inexpensive badge of heroism which will become In time souvenirs of priceless value to their children and to their children’s chil dren. Perhaps If the surviving veterans of the Mexican war would write to Mr. Sebastian Shaw, of No. 12 Marion ave nue, or to Ur. Joseph Davis, of Rich ardson street, an organised effort might be perfected to brirfg about this much to be desired result. HOKE SMITH AND CHARLES CULBERSON AS PRESI DENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. Wo make baste to assure our esteemed friend of The Houston Post that The Georgian had not tbe slightest disposition In Its recent editorial to connect Senator Charles Culberson, by any motion of bis own, with the Influence of Wall street upon the discussion of Ills name for tho pres idency of the United States. It was not remotely In our mind cither,to think or to say this. Sen ator Cnlberaon la above suspicion-as a public man. Hla name Is golden In loyalty and a tower of strength to his party and to hfs people. W know that no negotiations could be opened with him by the Wall street agencies In any public capacity that Involved Ills personal fortunes. What we meant to say, and what we say now Is this: That Wall street, which Is ever active and always meddling with presidential poll tics, has beeh bestirring Itself to havo tho namo of Senator Culberson exploited In this connection, not because of any Interest In the Texan statesman, but because Wall street Is supremely anxious to defeat tho nomination of William Jennings Bryan for tho presidency, and recognlieB tbe Texas senator as perhaps the most eligible and potential flgurO around which to rally an opposition to the Nebraskan’s candidacy. More particularly fa the Wall street strategy set to tho de-BryanlzIng of the South. We trust that our position Is clear to our friend of Tho Post and to other friends of Senator Culberson with whom we are cordially In sym pathy. * We are willing to say this In concurrence with The Post’s advocacy of Senator Culberson, that outside of Mr. Bryan himself there are no two names that would bo more potential In a Democratic nomination than those of Culberson, of Texaa, and Hoke Smith, of Georgia. . The only Democratic candidate that can win, and the only candidate that has even n clinnco to win In tho coming election. Is a definite can dldate of tbe Bryan-Culberson or Hoke Smith type. If Uryan does not run, It ta our honest judgment that the bCBt and wisest thing for the Democratic party to do. If It Intends to run a candi date at all, la to fearlessly and unhesitatingly choose that candidate from the South. Wo would conaei the Democracy not to consider for a mo ment the speculative apprehension of the timid that tbe time Is not rlpo for a Southern candidate and that a Southern man would weaken tho ticket. • ’■ We believe from far better reasons Gian those suatalnfng tho majority of those who take tbe opposite view, that a Southern man would positively strengthen tho national Democratic ticket. Provided he was (feflnlto In hla candidacy and atood for tho people against graft and greed and the ag gressions of predatory wealth, he would be a far more eligible candidate than any Democrat from the Eastern or even from tho {diddle states. We positively know from personal contact with the Northern and Eastern people that they would welcome the opportunity In tho candidacy of a Southern man to proclaim to the world that the war was ended and that the feeling of tbe North toward the South was not only friendly but In fact fraternal. * We honestly believe that either Charles Culberson rfr Hoke Smith would poll the full and overflowing Democratic vote of tbe South because they are definite and clear cut Democrats. We believe that either Charles Culberson or Hoke Smith would poll tl|p unbroken numerical vote of tho Democratic party In the North, and that the mere fact that they were Southern men of that New South-which has worked thla material miracle of recuperation and which In proportion contributed the largest quota of Union soldiers to the Spanlsh-Amerlc'an war—would break Into the ranks of the Republican party In tho North and Weat and give to theae Southern candidates a larger vote than Northern or Western man could possibly carry. There are theorista and frreconcltables who as usual will scout this Idea without knowing the conditions and without any other basis than their speculative conception of thecontlnuod existence ot sectional feel ing: but tbe editor of The Georgian for thirteen years has traveled 37,000 miles every year among these people and knows their feelings and sonti- ments better than nine-tenths of tho politicians who assumo to speak for them. And we are thoroughly and positively convinced that any South ern candidate of the type of Culberson or Smith would poll much more than tho normal Democratic strength In the Northern and Western states. If tho Democracy Is going to nominate a candidate, and If that can didate be not Bryan, we do not see upon the horizon any two natnos that carry as much of shining bopo and promise as the governor-elect of Georgia and the junior senator from the state of Texas. BOSTONIANS AND THE DARKEY. The down-trodden African has fallen upon hard lines In that great cen ter of philanthropy known ns Boston. _ After coming all the way from Mississippi to secure apartments (or his mother. In Boston, ox-Sonstor C. William Hinds, one of the most prom inent colored educators In tho South, was profoundly discouraged by Bos ton's attttudo toward his race. After visiting nearly every real oBtate deal er in tho city and suburbs, and after offering to rent a good sized store In half n dozen different localities In order to secure a bouse, he has failed In every effort. In one case a prominent dealer told hint outright that ‘‘he would not rent to a ’nigger,”’ Dozens of other Bostonians havo trebled their rents In the attempt to discourage him, and cx-Senator Hinds, colored, goes back to Missis sippi with tho statement that he has met In Boston the most discouraging and outrageous treatment that he ever oxpcrlenced In his life. The tragedy of this Incident rests In tho fact that after Senator Hinds bad shaken tbe dust of the South from hla feet and had gone to Boston to “really live” and to baak In tbe sunlight of a glorious social equality, he was coldly repulsed by the philanthropic Boatonlana. CARRYING FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS THROUGH THE AIR. A new and startling factor enters now into tho transcendent prob lem ot transportation. No question presses so largely at this time upon the commercial In terests of this people as the facilities for moving tho produco of our farms and mills to and from the markets of the world. The universal cry of trade Is "Give us better transportation facilities; glvo us more rail- reads and Improve tbe waterways.’’ In partial answer to this ery President Roosevelt has appointed a special commission to prepare a comprehensive scheme to utilize the navigable streams everywhere and to connect them by cannals. Ail tbe genlua and energy of tho railroad world la being concentrated Just now upon the problem of Increased and superior (acuities for transportation. But thla la not what we started out to say. Another startling and sensational factor looms upon tho horison of possibility. Graham Bell, the scientist and Inventor, la In London at thla time, and the other day The London Post printed with him an Interview of aerial navigation which, If true, la ot enormous significance and Impor tance to the world. If Graham Bell said half of what la attributed to him, the water ways commission may well pause In Its deliberations, and tbe managers of rail roads may wait awhile before entering upon any new extensions. Tbe sci entist It credited with the positive and unquallfled assertion that the problem of aerial navigation has been solved, and that within five years we shall be creasing tbe Atlantic with passengers and .freight at the rate of 200 miles an hour. Mr. Graham Bell Is not given to idle speech, and has mado a pro found study of the subject. If there Is any real foundation for tbe atate- meot he has made, and we cannot think be has spoken Idly, tho water ways and the railroads for the transportation of passengers will toon be come obsolete. The poealblHtles opened by thla statement are practically Infinite; not only will the great question of freight and passenger transportation be solved, but In matters of pleasure, the dispatch of business, and tbe ebangee in .our life would be colossal. A flying machine for one person would be Inexpensive, and several persona might ride In an aerial car at not nearly so great a coat as an automobile. And the transit for one of these would be ao much more rapid and agreeable than anything now In existence thdt It would speedily supplant all other modes of locomotion and become practically universal. The Wright Brothers, who are Americana, are even now In Europe wijh a machine which sclentlata'pronounce practical and successful, an! Whose secret they are keeping from tho publlo until they can fell their discovery at the highest possible price to one of the great and progressive governments of the world. We who are skeptical must remember that in our fathers' time the telegraph and the telephone would have been regarded as Just as Imprac tical and Impossible as we who arc living now are supposed to look upon the triumph of aerial navigation. The age In which we live does not per mit of obstinate doubts upon any question. This Is the century’ that Is constantly turning the Impossible Into the real and practical. And wo ourselves, not to speak of our children, may llvo to see aerial navigation supplanting all other means of getting about In the world. WHI8KER8 AGAINST 14c COTTON. The statement Is made In a jocular way by Mr. James Patten, of Cblca go, that he "will not shave until wheat is $1.50 a bushel and cotton sells at 14 cents a pound. ' This comes from a shrewd and successful speculator—one quick to sea and take advantage of conditions either for or against any specula tlve commodity, and as conditions In both wheat and cotton are practically the same, he has probably named the price in each Instance. Wheat, besides being affected by unfavorable weather. Is being seriously damaged by the green bug. The European crop Is also In a poor way, and their needs must be supplied by America. America has no competitor in the production of cotton, and the spin ners of the world must have American cotton. It Is an admitted fact that cotton fs two weeks later than last year; that many* fields havo been replanted, not only once but twice or even three times, and It has yet to come to a good stand, due to faulty seed. Doubts are now entertained that a crop can now be raised of suffi cient proportions to meet tho world's requirements for the ever-increasing consumption. Cotton has had and Is still having unfavorable weather, and It has not reached tho weevil stage yet These Industrious little pests are yet to be heard from. If the backwardness of tho crop does not furnish 14c strength, Mr. Patten will be compelled to allow his whiskers to grow until they put in their appearance. Army-Navy Orders —end— MOVEMENT OP VESSELS. The Paragraphers and the Here after. Fairly confronted with the question of facing the hereafter, tho brilliant paragraphers of The Washington Her ald and The Houston Post quibble and by artful subterfuge seek to dodgo tho real issue. Paragrapher Nevln, of The Wash ington Herald, assumes a degree of cocksureness as to tho ultimate future of htajdan. Whether or not his sweep ing assertion that paragraphers are destined for pearly portals embraces the entire school, or Is confined to shad-pampered paragraphers alone, he falls to make clear. There has been much discussion In Tho Herald aa to tho value of Trenton limestone as flavor for shad. The Houston Post hks sneered at tho Idea. With that we have nothing to d6, but It Is but atraw In tho gale to show how Par agrapher Nevln grabs at trifles to mako bis case. The Houston Post frankly confesses that It has no call for titles clear, and goes further In admitting that even the other place may be blocked to his clan. Here Is a state of total abandon difficult to conceive. Where Is a man to go when ho has stopped his work of paragraphing and finds that bo Is too depraved for admittance to either of the post-mortom terminals? We shall not attempt to say, but leave The Houston Post to reform or go merrily on Its way to—what? After all, The Houston Post Is the franker of The Georgian's dissenters. The Washington Herald's.effort to shift re sponsibility for total depravity, punish ment to the shoulders of the sporting editors is but a mere quibble In spar ring for tlmo. Backed squarely to tho ropes by Tho Georgian, TJio Houston Post blithely remarks that It docs not know or care merry hoot what lies before, Just so It has strawberries,the year round and Jack-rabbit fattened bass six months of the twelve. Again' we ask, can a paragrapher win tho pearly portal? Stop dodging or quibbling, and come out and answer right off tbe reek- yes or no. In deference to tbe genealogical re search of Tho Charleston News and Courier, reinforced by the admission* Tbe Houston Post, Tbe Georgian Is compelled to confess that wo claimed overmuch In the statement that Sena tor Culberson, of Texas, was born In Georgia. It seems that the senator was accidentally born In tho atato of Alabama, but his father before him was born and partly reared In Georgia, and tho spirit anil traditions of the Empire State havo been carried through a militant and vigorous sire to the present Illustrious grandson of Georgia. A PLEA FOR STARVING RU8SIA, To the Editor of The Georgian: Will you please, at your earliest con venlence. enter a special plea through the columns of your valuable paper for the ktarvtng millions In Russia and China? It fs time the famine was stopped. The Russian and Chinese governments won’t do It, or don’t: the problem now confronts the world, and It Is not a question of who la under the greatest obligation to send relief, but who will do It. and do It quickly, now becomes tho duty of whoever loves God and humanity. This calamity fs America’s opportunity. God has given us years of unparalleled prosperity. We have stored up wealth untold, and It ts our privilege ;o become the Egypt to furnish relief In this, the most terrible famine In the history of tho world. We can not as Christians overlook this duty. Hear the words of Christ "Depart from me, ya cursed, Into ever- lasting Are. • • • For I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat. » • • Inasmuch as ye did It not unto one of the least of these, ye did It not to me." / Furthermore, there Is no time to de lay. In China alone the famine covers an area of more than 40,000 square miles, the whole population of which will be wiped out unless relief be sent at once. Think of the people eating green scum from the ponds, white clay and rice hulls, scratching roots and blades of grass from tho soil and scraping bark from the trees, and, worse than this, parents killing and eating their children, while we Americans are spending money that could save their lives, for Ice cream, coca-cola, theaters and card parties! Can’t we, .In the name of humanity, lay aside amusements and needless luxuries for one week, or even deny ourselves a few at the so-called neces alttes and end this famine nt once? I know the United States has given some aid, but our obligation to our Lord doesn’t cease as long as wo can save one life. - I, have not written this for publica tion. but only as an appeal to you to express this matter before the public In your own Inimitable way. May the Holy Spirit Inspire you to sound a bugle call that will arouse the entire nation to Immediate action. Yours for tho sake of suffering hu manity. DAISY M. GIFFORD. SERGEANT FOWLER' WINS DRILL MEDAL The prise for 1»eln* the best drilled man tbe Fifth regiment of the National Guard Georgia was awarded to Sergeant Fowler of Company 1» by the Judges of the prise drill held In the armory on Mitchell afreet Tues day night. The prise was a handsome gold medal. The Jiulgea were Colonel Clifford I* Anderson of tbe Fifth regiment, Captain aguet and Lieutenant Holliday of Fort ei'heraou. The drill drew a erowd of neonla to tbe military fair, and an a result the various tooths did a lively business after the medal had lieen nwarded. Among the visitors who were present i Major Slet’ov. from Fort McPherson. Lieutenant Harris, of tho Putted 8t army, who has charge of the military partment of the school at Hsblonegn. * number of Indnrements nre offered the goers Wrtlnesdny night. In addition to .... attractive line of articles on display nt tbe booths, n canary bird, a valuable shot- n ami several other articles of value will raffled. FIRE INCENDIARY, PEOPLE BELIEVE Special to The Georgian. Cotmnbln. S. C.* May IS.—A Are. which Is thongnt to have been Incendiary, wiped oat half the town of Rethune. Kershaw county, Tbe U xai ia.30*. and theTuramnce Is only S4.SG0. I. W." t'opel.n.l lost a feoetal Mock of 112,009, with no Insuraac*. Robber. Take $10,000. Topeka, Kan.. May 15.—Officials of the Cltitena’ Bank of North Topeka bave admitted that the safe had been entered some time between Haturday night last and Monday morning and robbed of $10,000. SHATTERING DAY DREAM8. In judgment Do'we dream of a lott ambition. Of plant that bare gone awry? Du wa >ee the grim ghoat, Duty, That came and went away? Do you tea a vlslnu of sweetness, Willi hair so gold and fine? -o yon «eo those eyes so tender Ixiok reproach Into thine? Do you see the chain of life all broken, fhanc* the link yoji wonld not tee. And remorse, like a merciless Vnmplre, Draw thee Into eternity? Do yon drrnm of conquests and glory You might hare won Would you Imt yield to temptation And liar to Its siren tong? Could we hnt mold our tires •> we would haro them Would we drown them In the shallow enp And forget tlie heartache and wrong? -MItS. JOHN B. WHITESIDE. Atlanta, tie. ECKSTROMER’S CASE MAY BE REOPENED Washington, May IS.—The Swedish minister la of the opinion that the ad ministration Is not disinclined to open the Eckstromer-eaeo. It develops that a few days ago the new minister re opened the caie In a verbal way with the secretary of state. While not at tempting to question the propriety, the minister made It clear that Eckstromer did not realize the extent of hla offend ing. and he la now repentant and moit regretful. RED LANTERN’S OIL STARTED $10,000 FIRE Altoona, Pa.. May 15—A $10,000 Are or- cnrr*d nt tbs armory of Company K, Fifth regiment, National Gunn! of Pennsylvania, yesterday. It If believed that members of the Black Hand atole a red lantern from a street obstruction near the building, and used the oil to start the Are. Army Order*. Washington, May 15. — Sergeant Charles Starr, hospital corps, from recruit depot, Jefferson barracks, fort Leavenworth. Major Francis Fremont, Fifth Infantry, from New Ybrk city to his regiment In Cuba. Cap tain James Justice, Nineteenth Infan try, from Fort McDowell, report commanding general, department Texas, for assignment to station. Cap tain Ethelbert T. D. Brecklnrldfre, Tenth Infantry, designated special disbursing agent, pay department for Fort Egbert, relieving Lieutenant Colonel Henry Moon, Twentieth Infantry. Recruits Harry R. Lorman, coast ar tlllery; Ray A. Carpenter and Charles O. Mathews, Infantry, recruit depot, Columbus barracks, transferred to boa pital corps as privates to general hos pltal, Washington barracks for duty with Company C, hospital corps. Pri vate (tint*class) John G. Calhoun, hos pital corps, report to oommandlng gen eral, army of Cuban pacification, Ha* van a. Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander O. B. Brad shaw, detached Kentucky, home, wait orders; Lieutenant E. W. Cole, de tached Denver to Ohio; Lieutenant D. W. Todd, detached naval academy to Denver; Lieutenant F. L. Chadwick to Iowa; Midshipman 1>. (>. Copeland, tie tached Louisiana to Denver; Paymas ter's Clerk E. F. Delaney, resignation as paymaster’s clerk for duty on St. Louis accepted; appointed fdr duty at naval training station, Newport. Movements of Vestals. ARRIVED.—May 11, Hull at Hamp ton Roads; May 13, MacDonough at Norfolk, Cincinnati at Swatow, Hanni bal at Newport News, Buffalo at Mare Island. Chattanooga at Kluklang. SAILED.—May 11, Hull from Nor- follrfor Hampton Roads; May 13, Mac- Donough from Hampton Roads for Nor folk. Buffalo from Sawsall for Mare Island. TERRELL PARK LOTS BRING GOOD PRICES The sale of Terrell pork lots was at tended by a largo crowd Tuesday and was a pronounced success, $4,237 belng- reallzed. The sale was conducted by Henry L. Wilson and Steve R. John ston, representing the Terrell Park Land Company, and resulted as fol lows: N. A. Windsor, house and lot, $1,690; W. L. Jones, vacant lot, $200: J. W. Coggins at $200; S. A. Barge at $196; J. A. Hall at $185; Mrs. John M. Mims at $210; Mrs. Mims, ono at $198: J. W. Coggins $200; M. Conley $196; Dr. Barge, two lota. $205: Julius Hayden, one at $95: J. A. Hall $95; J. A. Hay den, at $75, at $96, at $95. and at $95; II. W. Llghtfoot $110; H. W. Llghtfoot $90; M. Connelly $200. Total $4,327. OSBORNE IS MISSING POLICE AID IS ASKED After telephoning hts wife that he had secured a position and was going to Marietta to return the next day, T. L. Osborne, of 92 Garnett street, dis appeared last Friday and has not been heard ot since. Mr. Osborne, according to a state ment of his wife, had been out of em ployment for several days, but on Fri day telephoned his wife that he had secured employment with an Insurance company - which necessitated hit ab sence until the following day. The police have been asked to Investigate i;he case and any Information that may lead to the discovery of tho where abouts at the missing man will be greatly appreciated by hla wife. CHARGED WITH VIOLATING SAFETY APPLIANCE LAW. Special to The Georgian. Jackson. Mlsa., May 15.—Tho depart, ment of justice at Washington has’In structed United States District Attor ney Lee to Institute proceedings against the Illinois Central, Alabama and Vicksburg, Quit and Ship Island and the New Orleans and Northeastern railroads for failure to comply with the federal law In regard to safety ap pliances. We invite all who have any kind of banking bust, ness to transact to call and investigate our terms and fa. cilities. We believe you will be pleased with our banking methods and that after a careful investigation you will favor us with a part, if not all, of your business. Our ample resources en able us to satisfactorily han dle any branch of the bank ing business. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Alabama and Broad Streets. BDBSJJP AGAIN White Nurse For Negro Pa tients Brings Another Hot Discussion. A warm dlscusBlon of the question ss to whether a white nurse should wait on a negro patient took place at a meeting of the board of truateea of Grady hospital held Tuesday afternoon for the especial purpose of taking ac tion In the matter. "It was reported by Councilman E. W. Martin and Dr. T. D. Longlno that under the rules the white nurses at the hospital were compelled to perform the same offices for negro patients that they do for white patients. Dr. Longlno was of tlie opinion that they should not bo required to do this work, and that negro women should be Employed. He was upheld In this vjew by John Har well. Mr. Hlrsch declared that there were already negro women In the hospital employed to do the drudgery, but Dr. Longlno nevertheless expressed sur- prise that Mrs. Waddell, the superin tendent of nurses, should allow them to do the same work for negro men and women that they do for white patients. The discussion moved along merrily and waxed warmer as It proceeded, un til Mr. Harwell ended It by moving that a committee be appointed to take up tho matter with the medical board. This disposition of the matter proved satisfactory tO everybody except Hugh Doraey, who expressed the opinion that tho more It Is agitated the more com plicated it will become. President Hlrsch-appointed Messrs. Martin, Northen and Elkin to confer with the medical board. Two Former Members Re tire After Faithful Ser vice. Charlged With Peonage. Special to The Georgian. - Jackson, Miss., May 15.—The federal grand jury. In session In this city, has Indicted somo very prominent farm era of Rankin county on tho charge of Teenage. These men are now under w?nd, having secured a continuance of the coses until the November term. MAN KILLS WIFE, THEN SLAYS SELF Butter. Ps„ Mey 15.-John U Herr, of Uarmony, e Civil war veteran, and former wealthy oil prodnrer. shot his wife In the abdomen .With a ahottnn. and then sent n bullet from a revolver Into hla head. Mrs. Ilerr Is dying. Iferr may recover, bnt he could not be moved to jail when the uffl- •vra appeared to arrest him. Leach Goes to Chicago. J. P. Loach, formerly of Atlanta, but for the past nine years district eOper- Intendent of the Pullman Company, at Memphis, hts been appointed super intendent of the Chicago eastern dtvls. Ion. He will move to Chicago. THOS. F. RYAN MAY G° INTO POLITICS New York, May 15.—The financial' district has heard for tome time that Thomas F. Ryan would return to Vir ginia. where he would become actively engaged In politics. Mr. Ryan sent out word from hla office yesterday that he would say'nothtng regarding these re ports. » SHOT FIRED DYNAMITE; EXPLOSION WROUGHT HAVOC. Newbern, N. C.. May 15.—Frank Mc- Oeehee was fatally, and Watson Fam- ln critically, Injured and, several others hurt yesterday by the explosion of dynamite In an abandoned tool house belonging to the Norfolk and Southern Railway Company, on the banks of the Neuse river. Being ignorant of the contents of the tool house, McGeehee fired at a knot In the building with a pistol. The Mitt fired the dynamite and an ex plosion followed. At a meeting of tbe board of truateea of tbe Carnegie library held Tuesday sfter* noon, tbe board wna re-organlzed and the following officers elected: President, Georgs Howard; vice president. R. L. Foreman, and aecretnry, T. J. Day. Mayor Joyner and TV. n. Dfabro, tbe new* ly-elected members of the board, were pres ent. * All of the reports made by tbe varlou* committees showed the library to be In a bettor condition tbnn ever before. AyrordJwg to the recent regulations, two members of tlio board retired from actlvt membership at tho meeting Tuesday. These two wero D. G, Jones and A. A. Meyer, nnd when that time arrived, J»rofe*sor Wil liam M. FIaton, of tbo Boys’ High school, paid the retiring members a tribute, and declared It waa with regret the board lost the two members. On the motion of F. J, luxon, the remarks of # Professor Slaton were recorded on tho minutes aa follows; ”Whe*reo», A. A: Meyer nnd D. O. Jo* 5 ** have long and faithfully served the library Interests .with rare Intelligence and effi ciency; and, "Whereas, TheRe gentlemen bnve won a worm place In the hearts of the hoard l»7 uniform courtesy nnd kindness; therefore, "Resolved. That we regret deeply gwl*«J of the service and companionship or rneiw gentlemen from tho hoard and that we ana } cherish with high respect their successful labor* for Atlanta. THE KODAK HOUSE Eastman Kodaks and Premo Cameras. All kinds of ama teur supplies. We do the finest developtn* and finishing In tho Houth. Ask to see the wonderful little Brownie Cameras; »' .and $2. 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