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10 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1*JT. A GREAT DAY OF ECONOMIES FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS At 8:30 O’Clock Every mother knows how many little gar ments the little folks demand. And every mother appreciates a chance like* this to buy at less than regular prices thejjort of Children's Dresses, Hats and Caps Chamrerlain- JohnsotfDuBose have. Some of these things have gotten a little soil ed. In some cases we’ve too many—more than we care to carry in stock. Friday at 8.30. Hats at 25 Cents Children’s Hats in George Washington shape. Dainty little affairs with tucked and shirred crowns and brims, closely corded, and edges trim med with Val. lace frill. Regular 50c hats. In this lot are also a few’ Tam O’Shanter Hats in pique that were 1.00 and 1.25. Sale of White uuimps White Guimps in sheer Persian Lawns and fine Batiste. Some are trimmed with dainty embroidery insertiiigs or frills. Some with Val. lace edges and in sertion neck and sleeves.- Some of these have gotten a little soiled, as these white things are bound to become ^n showing. They are marked at no more than the actual cost of the lawn in this sale. All sizes 4 to 14 years. / 50c and 75c Guimps . 38c . 1.00 and 1.25 Guitnps. 58c 1.50 and 1.75 Guimps. 88c Thrse Specials In Hand Mads Caps at 38c Whits Lawn Hats at 48c Handmade Caps of fine white Lawn. Hand tuck ed and trimmed with fine round thread Val. laces in frills, edges and insertings. Regular 75c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 Caps. White Lawn and Chiffon Sw’iss Hats with • *. * broad, flat, shirred and plaited crowns. Crown and brim both circled, with full ruche of embroidery and lace. 1.00 and 1.25 Hats. Dresses in a range of sizes from 1 year to 6 years. White Lawns, fine sheer, cool lawns, beautifully made. Some have groups of hemstitched tucks at yoke and on cuffs. Some have yokes' of embroidery and Val laces. In the higher priced ones .the skirts are most elaborate with VaL laces, in sertions and edges, or finished with deep ruffies of embroidery. There are also a few piques in this lot. 1.25 and 1.50 Dr?ss?s 1.75 and 2.00 Dt-essSs 2.00, 3.00 and 3.50 Dresses at 75c at 1.00 at 1.45 G ian ribcrl ih-J loli inssn-D uBose Company COTTON OIL MEN TO MEET IN JONE Georgia Crushers to Assem ble at Atlantic Beach, Florida. Hon. J. A. Aycock, president of the Georgia Crushers’ Association, will, from his home In Carrollton, Ga., In a few days Issue a call for this associa tion to meet In annual convention at Atlantic Beach, Fla., on June 34 and It. It has been the custom of this asso- , elation to meet each year at Llthla i Springs, Os., but this year the dele gates listened to the call of the waves and voted for the Atlantic ocean re sort. An especially strong feature which la proposed for the meeting will be an address by Dr. George Brown, of At lanta. president of the Antl-Tubercu- losls League of America, In which he will go Into details concerning his re cent Investigations whereby he has proved the efficiency of cotton seed oil over cod liver oil as an emulsion to be used In the treatment of consumption. Another will be an article by lion. J. L. Benton, of Montlcello, Ga., for merly secretary of this association, but who Is now In Europe os a United States government expert op cotton seed oil and Its by-products, who will write an Interesting article on his In vestigations In that country for this Southern product. This year the association will have as Its guest the president of the Inter state Cotton Seed Crushers’ Associa tion, L. A. Ransom, of Atlanta, who will be elected to this honor at the annual meeting of the association now In session at Jamestown. The convention will be In session for two days, during which the Georgia rules will be made to conform to those being adopted by the Interstate asso ciation. Large delegations of cotton seed oil manufacturers from Atlanta, Columbus. Macon. Augusta, Savannah. Athens, Albany, Rome, Way-cross and LaGrange will he In attendance upon this meeting. There are IAS oil mills In Georgia, and each of these Is to be represented at this meeting. DEKALB VETERAN HAS PARSED AWAY The funeral ierrlee« of M. A. Steele, wtto died Wednesday aftemoou at hli reitdeure ir, Oa., will t>e conducted Thura* ___ J the oldeet realdenta of DeKalb coonty, baring rcaided there since 1123. He area Itorn la Pendleton ill* trier. South Carolina. March 17. 1821. In IMP he married Mies Martha Smith, daugh ter of Robert If. Smith, of DeKalb county. Mra. Steele died tn IMS. Fire children ear- rlre Mr. Sfeele-Mra. J. H. A. Tilly of I**- catnr, Mra. M. C. Medlock of Norrrnae. W. <>. Steele of Atlanta. L. J. Sto le of Dec*- tar. aud R. S. Steele of Fort Yu Hey. T h I Bankruptcy Petition, voluntary petition In bankruptcy was filed in the United States court on Thursday by J. N. Macon, who gives his occupation as that pf a car Inspec tor. Hie Itabilltlea are scheduled at 1632.10, with no assets. THIS SCHOOL, COSTING$40,800, IS TO BE NAMED BY BOARD IN HONOR OF MAJOR SLATON THE W. F. 8LATON SCHOOL. Handsome Building To Be Erected at the Corner of Grant and Pavilion Streets. Contract Is Let. The achool which Will bear the name of the retiring auperlntendent of the Atlanta public achoola. Major W. F. Slaton, will be one of the hand- aomeat public achool bulldlnga tn the city or the etate. It will be located at the corner of Grant and Pavilion ttreeta, and the estimated coat wtl!' be 140,100. The contract haa been awarded to Gude & Walker. The building will be one of graceful proportions, attractive outside and commodious within. The architect la Eugene C. Wachendorft, he having drawn drat prlae In the competition. CHICAGO MAN CHASES HIS WIFE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Brussels, Belgium, May 33.—After de voting throe months In the chase nn.l following a fugitive wife and her lover companion th- entire distance from Chicago to this city, the Chicago hus band l as forgiven the woman and will probably return without her. The husband located the couple at a hotel here today and Immediately ar ranged for their arrest and meanwhile sought an Interview with his wife. Upon her plea he forgave her and with drew his complaint lodged against the COREYS ARE FREE OF CARE .. IN THEIR VILLA NEAR PARIS Paris. May 33.—Wllllaqi E. Corey, the head of the Steel Trust, and bis now wife, formerly Mahalte Glllman; the actress, arc apiuirently very bappy. spending their honeymoon at the Cha teau VlllegenlJse. which Core* bought for 31.000,000 and gave to his wife be fore their marriage. All accesa to the couple Is barred, the grounds being heavily guarded, and an army of aerv- ants Is to be passed after the mansion Itself Is reached. A business man, via- Ittng the chateau today, aays the bride and groom have apparently forgotten that wire exists, and came way with the ImpriVtion that Corey was very happy. T TO MEET FRIT The Georgia educational conference of business men will open In the sen ate chamber of the state capitol Fri day morning at 11 o'clock. Fifty of the leading men of the state will gather for thla important confer ence on the subject of ec/icatlon. S. M. Inman Is chairman of the commit tee of fifty, and will preside at the meeting Friday. At the session In the senate chamber, speeches will be made by 8. M. Inman, G. Ounby Jordan, W. A. Covington, J. Pope Brown, Judge Thomas O. Lawson, Judge E. H. Calloway, Professor T. J. Woofter and Senator A. S. Clay. A luncheon, tendered by the board of directors of the Chamber of Com merce, will be served to the commit tee In the Kimball it 1:30 o'clock. Flve-mlnute talks will be made. Be tween 5:30 and 6:30 o'clock, a recep tion will be given at the executive man sion by Governor and Mra. J. M. Ter- In the ball room of the Kimball at 8 o'clock the business session will ba held. Addresses will be made by C. M. Candler, W. B. Merritt, Lawton B. Evans, C. B. Gibson, Governor Joseph M. Terrell and Governor-elect Hoke Smith. HEARING ADJOURNS IN CENTRAL CASE The hearing tn the Injunction suit of the Central of Georgia against the state railroad commission was ad journed Wednesday afternoon until June 10. Thla was done on the motion of Attorney General Hart and Attor ney W. A. Wlroblah that thay may study the evidence submitted by the Central. The Central placed Its last witness on the stand Wednesday afternoon and rested Its case for tha time being. The evidence was all technical and la of such a nature that considerable time will be necessary In order to read it and get thoroughly familiar with every detail. - - MAJORITY THINK NEGROES GUILTY Waahlngton. May 23.—The senate coin- mitt tv on military affair*, which la Inrea- the Rrownarllle affray, held an exArutfr*itenloa at the cloae of the hear point of view. . 1*0. A majorll. members of the committee argot _ that the testimony already provea con clusively that the negro troops Old the •hooting and that nothing would be gain* ed by taking the trip. MAY IRWIN TO WED MANAGER New Tork. May 33.—May Irwin, the comedienne, has confided to her friends that on Sunday next ahe will be mar ried to Kurt Elsreit, her manager for the last two seasons. The wedding will be at Mias Irwin's Island home. In the St. Lawrence river, and will be wit nessed only by her two sons. HELLO GIRLS JUST CAN'T STAND THA 7 PHONOGRAPH; IT EVEN GOT PERSONAL Canned Music Nearly Broke Up Whole Central Outfit. Those patrons of the Southern Bell Telephone Company - who have been thinking for the past few weeks that the company had a private music fac tory'located aomewhere In the neigh borhood of "central's" office, have been disillusioned. The strains of music which have fall en with exquisite sweetnesa upon their ears every time they have taken down the receiver and secured connctlon with ••central," did not emanate from the of. flees of the Southern Bell. The whole story was laid bare In po lice court Wednesday afternoon, and now telephone users alio know why the nerves of the "hello" girls have seemed to be on edge, and why they have given numbers with auch fever ish haste and nervous energy. On complaint of the employees of the Bell Telephone Company, L. H. Llghtfoot, who owns the Edlaonla Electric theater, at the comer of Mitch, ell and Pryor streets, facing the office of the company, was arraigned before Recorder Broyjea for failure to abate a nuisance. m The “nuisance" conslatsd of a phono graph which furnished canned music by the square yard from the early hours of the morning until late at night. The business end of the ma chine was trained directly Into the win dows of the telephone company, where doaena of girls were busily engaged making telephone connections. For the first few days after the ma chine was put in they didn't mind. The music was a novelty and It served to lighten their labors and made the lead- enrwlnged hours tly swiftly by. But after a while the music began to pall on them. Novelty began to fade away Into monotony, and then monotony de generated Into positive nausea. Day by day the untiring phonograph went on. From the brasen mouth of the mualc box, ever'turned toward tha office of the telephone company, rang out with pitiless persistence the stir ring strains of "Farewell, FarewelL Motile, Darling," Interspersed with "Won't You Come Over to My House?" "Tell Mother I'll be There," "I Want to Be a Soldier," while "Hello, Cen tra], Give Me Heaven," caused mut tered threats of what central would prefer to give. The "hello" gl Incessant mualc was getting on their girls grew frantic. That nerves. They grew peevish and Irrlta ble, and tha time' between answering telephone calls was spent In express ing. both publicly and privately, very pronounced vlewa In regard to all phonographs and phonograph opera tors. Finally, a strenuous kick was regis tered, and the phonograph operator was asked to abate the nuisance. But ths ROYAL ARCANUM’S DEATH BENEFIT Boston, Mass., May 23.—The recom mendation of the committee on laws of the supreme council Royal Arcanum permitting the' new members to start with 11,500 death benefit, has been ac cepted at the session of the supreme body. The report of the special com mittee on elck benefit was also ac cepted. 13 VACCINATED PRISONERS DIE Manila, May 23.—Dr. R. R. Strong, of the bureau of science, who Inocu lated prisoners In the Blllbld prison with a cholera aerum, resulting In the death of thirteen of them, has been exonerated from personal responsibility by both the committees appointed to Investigate the affair. The attorney general finds that he was not guilty of negligence. The fam ilies of the victims will be provided for. . INSURANCE CHIEF RESIGNS JOB New York. May 23.—Frederick A. Burnham, Indicted for grand larceny and forgery, tendered hts resignation from the presidency of the Mutual Life Insurance Society yesterday. The res ignation was accepted, and Archibald C. Haynes, formerly general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, was elected to eucceed Burnham. ILLINOIS MEDICOS AFTER “QUACKS” Rockford, III., May 23.—If the men who moke laws and grant applications down at Springfield had been present at yesterday's session of the annual meet ing of the Illinois State Medical Society their ears would have tingled. President J. F. Percy demanded to know whether the etate la to be given over to quackery and spectacle ped dlers. He asserted that "pathles and lama" have received recognition by the legislatures while high-minded men and women were laughed out of the state house. CABRERA’S ASSAILANTS COMMITTED SUICIDE. Mexico City, May 23.—A dispatch re- celved here from Guatemala reports that four of ths men who attempted to take the life of President Cabrera on April 29 had committed aulclde. phonograph remained unchanged and the Incesaant music continued to dis turb the peace of mind of the telephone glrle. • Then the manager of the phonograph got Into court for falling to abate the nulaance. A compromise was effected, Mr. Llghtfoot agreeing to switch the muelc factory around so that the vol ume of sound will sweep away from the telephone building and waete fta sweetness on the dusty air of White hall, where hurrying pedestrians do not tarry long enough for even dust to be come a nuisance. CHILD IS BITTEN Little Dorothy Winbum At tacked by Great Dano and Hurt. While playing In the yard of her father's residence, CM North Boulevard, Wednesiiir afternoon Dorothy, the S-yesr-old daughter of Charles Wlnburn was attacked by a large dog of the great Dana variety end wi» severely bitten on the head and right leg. Dr. Marlon McH. Hutl was amninoned and attended to tha Injuries and expressed the opinion that the wounds were not se rious unless blood poisoning developed. Call Officer Haslett of police hendonsr- tere was called to the houee, and ended the animat's exlilenee with six shots from hts pistol. The dog belonged to e son of Mrs. F. J. Taylor, a neighbor of the Wlnhnrn*. An examination of the dog failed to show ony traces of hydrophobia. CANNON STANDS PAT ON TARIFF Washington, May 23.-Rpeaker Csnnon. when bis-attention was called to a report which hts gained enrraney that he Is out for tariff revision ns a presidential enndl- date, and haa abandoned the stand patters, “I'do not know where the 'grape-' 10 ’' originated. The only knowledge I have in the matter la the report .. "In the campaign of a year age, the Be- pnhllean party won a victory, which gate the Itepnhllcans a majority of fifty-eight a the atxtleth congress, which organises u Deeamber next upon the cry. Let wen enough alone,' and I have no doubt that the sixtieth congress so elected will be jras to the pledges mads In the campaign- KUROKI GIVES MANY PRESENTS New York, May 33.—General Kurokl distributed presents among the Hotel Astoria employees. Bell boy. waiter, clerk or other employee who contribut ed to his comfort received money, in* total bounty amounting to nearly law- ROOSEVELT’S RETURN TO WASHINGTON Waahlngton, May 31.—President and Mra. Roosevelt, who have been enjoy ing a six ddya' vacation at Pine Knot, Va, the country home of Mra. Boom velt, arrived In thla city at 8:46 oUoc* last night TWO MEN ADRIFT WEEK AT SEA Seattle. Wash., May 23.—W. I- » nd C. K. Ball, the two Chicago m*n In a disabled launch off Prince W *•> aound, Alaska, laet week, were reseneo yesterday by the launch Flirt. «■ ' des. oft Lerler bay. They W drifting for a week. They were craze from exhaustion and exposure. Chlcaflo Strike Imminent- Chicago, W, 2I.-Prertdent > stirred the employee* of the cm City Railway llnea yesterday b> ‘.ng them hla second refusal Jo their demands. By hla action the um» was placed on the defensive.