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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, MAT H. lMf. 3 Saturday's Sale Will Include Sensational Specials Skirts and Petticoats Grand offering of Ladies’ Skirts of Taffeta Voile and Panama; worth up to $10.00; choice Silk, imported $3.88 Ladies’ Skirts of plain and fancy all-wool * fabrics; worth $4 to $5; at $1.90 Guaranteed Silk Petticoats, cut extra full and well made; $5.00 value................ $2.98 New Mercerized Petticoats in black and best colors; $2.50 5’alue 69c Final Clearance of Spring Suits Tomorrow we begin tlie final clearance of all Spring Suits now in stock, including beautiful Eton and Pony Coat effects of fine, plain and fancy Panamas and mixtures and smart Jumper Suits of guaranteed Tnf- feta Silk. These suits are worth up to $25.00; but vou can take choice in this sale for $7.75 MUslin Underwear on Second Floor Ladies' Furnishings, Etc. Elbow length Silk Mitt*. 11.00 values. Ladle*’ plain white hemstitched Handkerchiefs 98o 29c 2c Ladles’ regular 15-cent Hose Supporters, 10c Ladles’ real 60-cent Lace Lisle Hose; 19c Misses’ Lace Lisle Hose, white or tan; 15c Children’s and Babies* white or tan 1C A Socks IOC Notions Pure Castile Soap lc Best English Pins .. 3e Best Hook* and Eyas .. .. .. ,. Sc Best Safety Pins .. ., Sc Pure Talcum Powder 4c Darning Cotton .. lc Hair pins, package .. .. .. ,, lc Brown Linens All-linen Brown Linens for walats, Dresses, etc.; 25c. 10c value at Towel Sale Good, heavy Huck Towels, with col ored borders; 10c CS*a value We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS' Ladies’ Corset Covers and Draw ers, nicely trimmed; 50c values.. 19c Ladles’ Parasols in various pretty designs; worth $1.50; at 39c Ladies’ lace trimmed Muslin Skirts, worth $1.00; tomorrow... 39c Ladles’ Vests—Mercerized lisle, silk taped; 25c values 8c Ladies’ Gowns and Skirts, worth up to $1.50; choice 47c Children’s Wash Dresses of pretty fabrics; sizes 4 to 14 57c Ladies’ Gowns and Skirts, lace and ribbon trimmed; $3.00 values. 98c Baby Caps—Nicely made in pret ty styles; 50 to 75o values 25c Millinery at Less Than Cost Clearing sale of all $8.00 and $10 Pattern Hats; tomorrow, choice.. $2.90 Children's Ready-to-Wear Hats in various styles; $1.00 values 39c Silk Chiffon Hats, beautifully trimmed; 5vorth $5.00; tomorrow’ $1.98 Ladies’ plain flat Sailors, would be cheap at 50c; tomorrow., 25c Ladies 2-piece Mushroom Sailors of vvhite or black Jap straw 69c Big line of beautiful French Flow ers,’worth $1.00; at, per bunch... 25c Ladies’ Hat Shapes, “Mushroom” and' other styles; woi*th up to $1.50; at 50c Pretty bunches of Violets, Roses, etc., worth up to 40c; choice 10c Grand Sale Of Waists Big line of new White LawnWaiRts J _prettily trimmed with lace; elbow sleeves;’ll values. 50c Netvlace and embroidery trimmed Lingerie Waists, 5vorth up to $3.00; at 98c China Silk Waists; lace trimmed; white or black; $5.00 value $1.50 Full Silk-lined All-Over Lace Waists, real $7.50 5’alue; only $2.69 Men's Furnishing Goods Big sale of new Negligee Shirts, worth up to 21.50; tomorrow «... ... ••* • Men's 76c Elastlo Seam Drawers; at, per pair Fine Balbrlggan Shirt* and Drawers; 60c choice, 3Q C 39c . 25c Big line of 60-cent Silk Four-In-Hands .. — .. -25c Men's Ilke-Guyot Suspenders, 26o „.10c Big line of Men's plain and fancy Socks — • . Men's hemstitched Union Linen Hand- 10c 4o Umbrella Sale Big sale of Men’s and La<(les' Um brellas, worth up to A Oo S1.00: at Counterpanes Full sire White Crochet Counterpanes In Marseilles QOn uattems »OC Hair Brushes 8perlsl offering of fins pure Bristle Hair Brushes with solid wood backs, worth up to $1.00; take choice of tho lot tomorrow 25c BASS’ 18 West Mitchell, Near Whitehall. BBT OF ILL" President Talks to Far mers at Lansing, Mich. WIFE ON FARM NOT A DRUDGE ‘Parents Are First of Sov ereign and Most Divine of Priests.” Lansing, Mich.. May 31.—Commenc Ing almost with daylight, regular and special trains disgorged crowds of peo ple from all sections *of the state who come primarily to ljelp celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Michigan Agricultural College, the first of Its kind In the world, but prln clpally to see and hear President Roose velt. Every store and every residence Is decorated with Hags and bunting and everywhere can be seen members of the state militia who escorted the pres, tdent through cheering throngs to the state capltnl. The president reached here on a spe. clat Lake Shore train at exactly 10 o'clock amid the booming of cannon and was immediately driven to the cap- itol building, where a reception was held In .the governor’s parlors. After this he addressed the members of the house and senate and gave a 10- minute speech to a crowd estimated at 15,000 from th« balcony over the main entrance. After beginning his speech President Roosevelt reviewed the benefits afford ed the agriculturists of the United States by the big department of agri culture; th* apparent results through the country and the future of agri cultural pursuits. He spoke of the farm labor question and the problems facing the farmera of today. President Roosevelt said: Lack of Farm Labor. ’’All over the country there Is a con stant complaint of paucity of farm la bor. "I would like to 'point out that you can never get the right kind, the best kind, of labor if you offer employment only for a few months, for no man worth anything will permanently ac cept a system which leaves him In Idle ness for half the year. The Farmer's Wif*. S- -And most Important of all, I want to ■ay a special word on behalf of the one who Is too often th* very hardest worked laborer on the farm—the farm er’s wife. Reform, like charity, while It ahould not end at home, should cer tainly begin there. ••I emphatically believe that for th# great majority of women .the really•in dispensable Industry in which they should engage Is ths industry of th* home. Should Not be Drudge. "But this does not mesn thst she ts plenty that Is hard and rough and disagreeable In the necessary work of actual life, and under the best circum stances, and no matter how tender'and considerate the husband, the wife will have at least her full share of work and worry and anxiety; but If the man Is worth his salt he will try to take as much as possible of the burden oft the shoulders of his helpmate. Children Best Crop. “The best crop Is the crop of chil dren; the best products of the farm are the men and women raised there on; and the most Instructive and prac tical treatises on farming, necessary though they be, are no mors necessary than the books which teach u* our duty to our neighbor, and above all to the neighbor who I* of our own house hold. “Mrs. Wlggs of Cabbage Patch.” “You will learn the root principles of self-help and helpfulness toward others from 'Mrs. Wlggs of the Cab bage Patch;’ Just as much as from any formal treatise on charity. No Sympathy With Hysterics. “Do not misunderstand me. I have not the slightest sympathy with those hysterical and foolish creature* who wish women to attain to easy lives by shirking their duties. I have os hearty a contempt for the woman who shirks her duty of bearing and rearing- the cftlldren, of doing her full housewife's work, as I have for the man who Is an Idler, who shirks his duty of earn ing a living for himself and for his household, or who ts selfish or brutal toward his wife and children. “I believe In the happiness that comes from the performance of duty, not from the avoidance of duty. But I believe also In trying, each of us, as strength III given us, to bear one an other's burdens; and this especially In our own homes. No Place Like Home. 'Nothing outside of home can take the place of 'home. The school Is an Invaluable adjunct to the home, but It i wretched substitute for It. The family relation I* the most fundamen tal, the most Important of all rela tions. No leader In church or state, In science or art or Industry, however great his achievement, does work which compares In Importance with that of the father and the mother, 'who are the first of sovereigns and the most divine of priests.'" POSTOFFICE CLERK IS Charged with opening a letter and abstracting (4 therefrom. Osee L. Free man, a stamp clerk and distributor em ployed In the Atlanta postofilce at Sta. tlon B, was arrested by government officers Friday morning. He will be arraigned before United States Com missioner Carter, In the Federal build ing, for a preliminary hearing Friday afternoon. It Is claimed that Freeman opened the letter Friday morning and his arrest quickly followed. CHEYENNE MAN PAYS $19 FOR JOKE Johnstown, Pa, May II.—Thomas Curry, vice president of the United Workers of Cheyenne, Wyo., was turn ed over by the conductor of a Penn sylvania passenger train to officer* In Cresson yesterday and paid a fine of tit for what he called a Joke. Curry sprinkled cayenne pepper on his broad hat and cost sleeves and shouldera He rapidly passed through the three coaches full of passengers, the pepper flew about and soon 200 persons should be an overworked drudge. There were ineextng. . . Meeting at Aragon of Prominent Atlan tans. BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS APPOINTED Chairman Davison Tells the Story of the Great Work and Its Needs. That Atlanta will have a splendid and permanent home for Its aged. In firm and dependent women Is now practically assured through the organ isation of a number of Atlanta's most solid and public-spirited business men. a meeting held In the Aragon Hotel Thursday evening permanent or ganisation was perfected, and the en tire scope of the plan outlined In de tail. The gentlemen gathered on this noble work were the guests at lunch eon of Proprietor J. Lee Barnes. Beaumont Davison was elected pres ident; H. M. Patterson, vice president; Joseph A. McCord, treasurer, and W. O. Foote, secretary. These officers, with the following, form the board of trustees: William M. Nixon, W. T. Gentry, J. Lee Barnes, J. B. Smith, W. D. Manly, Walter P. Andrews, Dr. J. W. Hurt, Evelyn Harris, Louis Regen- ■teln, Dr, J. E. Sommerfield, A. K. Hawkes, W. 8. Wltham, F. L. Seely. T. J. Kelly and John Brice. Since It* Inception the “Old Wom en's Home" has been operated under the direction of the King’s Daughters, who have performed a great work through heroic sacrifice and devotion. In the present home there are fifteen Inmate*. Thslr Great Need. As an Indication of the great need for commodious quarters, where all the eomforis may be had, statistics have been secured to show that there are now In Atlanta over 200 aged la dles who need such a home and would occupy It if there was the necessary ac commodations. The business organisation that now takes charge of the affairs of the home has In sight about 110,000 for a permanent and commodious home. Every effort of the organisation will be bent now toward raising 125,000 to 120,000 for such a home. Every public- spirited cltlsen of Atlanta should lend aid to the movement. Mr. Davison’s 8peech. At the meeting Thursday evening Mr. Beaumont Davison thus outlined a history of the home, and told of Its needs: “Some four or five years ago a small company of charitably Inclined women banded themselves together In this city for the purpose of doing such little acts of charity to old and Indigent women as waa In their power. They got up little entertainments to raise funds, and they begged money, sup plies, clothing, eatables and all such from their friends and from door to door to relieve the suffering they found sponslblllty. \ among poor and aged women. They kept this up with more or less success until June, 1904. It was at this time that the McKinley fund was being raised throughout Georgia, with the late Mr. William A. Hemphill at Its head. As most of us remember, when Mr. Hemphill died the raising of this fund was dropped, then tt was that these same consecrated women formed themselves Into the “Gordon Circle of King's Daughters," with Mr*. Sarah J. Purtell as lta president. One of the first things they did was to pledge themselves to th* work of maintain ing a home for respectable and Indi gent old women. They accordingly took the subscription list to the McKinley fund, wrote to every subscriber, ask ing for the amount they had subscrib ed, and from this fund they received something like 2500. "This was the beginning of the nu cleus from which the present Home for Old Women sprang and which Is being carried on today by'these devoted phil anthropist*. Mt first they worked with out a charter and naturally being with out any legal papers they met many obstacles and frequently they reached the place where the work was so te dious. so thankless, so little appreciat ed. that they all but gave It qp, never theless when failure more thnn once seemed Imminent, they worked with more harmony and with greater vim, and so continued the noble charity. It Is being carried on and maintained to day by these same good women of our city. In June, 1904, this little company of women found out that Mr. Jasper Smith (or Jack Smith, of House-that- Jack-bullt fame), was giving rent free to three decrepit old women, not a home, but a house In which they could sleep. It was out on Neal street, this city. Some of the Gordon Circle visit- ed them there, found out their needs, reported It to the balance of the circle at thslr next meeting, and without a dis senting vote the circle agreed that by their united efforts they would support and provide for these three old worn- From Smsll Beginning, “They did so and did It nobly; they worked hard, furnishing such nscessl tie* as would keep body and soul to gether and such few luxuries a* some of our charitably Inclined cltlpens saw fit to give them. Mind you, they begged for all they received, supported by their earnest prayoft and their own personal gifts. This little place on Neal street was the first Old Women's Home In our city. It waa only an humble ■hack, but It opened the way for great er things; It spurred the Gordon Cir cle on to greater efforts; It kept those good ladles banded together In a com mon cause for good, and tonight, you, gentlemen, are asked to help further this grand movement by your assist ance and co-operation. "After supporting these three women for some months, It was deemed wise by the circle to move up town and to better quarters. Mrs. Purtell se cured the house at the corner of Cain and Peachtree, the Identical place where the Masonic Temple Is now be ing erected. In less than three weeks twelve old women were being cared for when thla building had to come down for the erection of the Masonic Temple; the home had to be moved. A house was then secured on Mitchell street. It Is the present Home of the Old Women and la owned by 51r. A. K. Hawkes. At present fifteen women are being taken rare of. The house Is entirely too ■mall, even for the fifteen, and al most dally some poor, friendless, hut respectable, old woman comes knocking at the door for admission. On the Sth of January. 1904. a charter for the car rying on of the home was granted. This was given by Fulton superior court, for the term of twenty year*. The appli cants were seventeen women and twen ty-three men of our city, Mr. J. I* Key being the attorney. As soon as the charter was secured the city council voted the home an advance allowance of ISO per month. This lasted for one yesr and on the first of January of this year we were given 215 a month, which sum we are still receiving. The county gives 24 per month for each Inmate, adding 210 per month to the Income. Ovsr 200 Dependent Women. "The Home only admits women who have at least three Indorsers as to their good moral character and our city for at least one whole year and they must be at least 60 years of age. It has been told me by members of the Gordon Circle, that there are In Atlanta alone at least two hundred de serving women who are eligible and who would be glad to enter the Home If suitable quarters could be given them. This meeting tonight la to provide ways and means of establishing this home for old women, putting It on a business basis, electing different committees necessary to the successful launching of this worthy charity. “At Its Inception the Gordon Circle saw th* necessity of owning a larger and better equipped home, and be It ■aid to their everlasting credit, they then and there established a building fund which Mr. McCord, who follow* me, will fully explain. All the monies given by both the city and county have religiously been turned Into this build ing fund, also all money donations and subscriptions. Not a dollar has ever been touched. It 1* now Intact and Is tho nucleus from which the now home must spring. Adequate Home Needed. 'The fifteen old women that the Cir cle are supporting are being fed, cloth ed and cared for entirely by the char ity of our people. It Is now with this body to say whether or not tho work ■hall he continued and enlarged. If It I* to be continued a home must be ourchassd where adequate accommo dations must be p'ovlded for the over increasing demann upon the home, and while on this subject, let me say that the only present existing committee consisting of Messrs. McCord, Kelly, Patterson, Mamfield and myself (which Is only a temporary one) have looked at several homes and building sites, notably the Nelson home. This mag nificent property, facing 400 feet on the Boulevard, with a grand and very large brick residence In the middle of the lot which extends back some 200 feet, ran be purchased for 225,000. We al ready have several large donations promised provided we raise enough funds to purchase this property for the home. "Now, gentlemen, I think I have out lined the scope, the Intention and the hopes for the future of the home, and 1 leave It with you In your hands. The formation of the committees or any plans for running the home I have not mentioned, deeming It beet to leave that to a matter of discussion. 55 e will therefore, after hearing Mr. McCord on the finances, be glad to hear from any and all of you on what Is best for the permanent establishment of the At- SENATOR DANIEL CHEERED BY VETS Continued from Page One. lanta home for old women." GROOVER JUROR SICK; DELAYED HEARING Case Will Go to Jury witli Close of Argument—Ear ly Verdict Expected, They must have lived in noon. 8p*?lsl to The Georgian. Summerville, Oa.. May 21.—The case of G. L. Groover, charged with the murder of Mrs. Hooka, will go to ths Jury this afternoon. It would doubt less have reached the Jury late last night had not one of the Juror* been taken sick yesterday afternoon, which necessitated an adjournment over till this morning, when the sick man, Mr. Wimple, was able to resume his place In the box. Judge Wright allowed five hours for ar-umenl or. each side, and Solicitor Genera.! Ennis began speaking for the state at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was followed by Judge Bellah for the defense and Colonel Paul Wright for tha prosecution. This morning Judge Henry ar.d Col onel Copeland spoke, and thla after noon Colonel Seaborn Wright, of Rome, trill close for the state. A verdict U looked for this afltr- Captaln George S. Essex, of Chicago. Of course, Chicago Is not In Georgia, but Captain Essex was a Georgian when he wore the gray uniform. He Is now a prominent member of the board of trado of the 5Vlndy City, and, it Is said, he has made a good fortune there. Tennessee headquarters are In the Johnson building, Eleventh and, Carey streets, and they hove made a real camn of tha two iloor* allotted to them. Five hundred of th* Tennesseeans have already arrived. General Clement A. Brans, of Atlanta, was one of the most prominent sttnetlone among the dletlngnlehed veterans wbo filled the grand lobby of tbe Jeffereon lest night, end while sitting In a Urge arm chair be was Introduced to nutty ladles and gentle men, without being permitted to rUs be cause of the fatigue of the day. Brilliant Pageant. At noon yesterday the first session of tha reunion adjourned for the vet eran* to take part In the unveiling of the equestrian statu* of General J, E. B. Stuart, erected by the Cavalry As sociation of the army of northern Vir ginia. The parade Incident to this ceremony started at 2 p. m.. and was a brilliant pageant. The weather was beautiful and the display was witnessed by a vast concourse, estimated to number 75,000 to 80,000. The people were packed along th* whole court* of the parade, a distance of about two mile*. The whole number In line and on th* sidewalk* Is estimated at from 125,000 to 150,000. There are about 10,000 act ual veteran* In' the city. Of Son* of Veteran* and other auxiliary bodies there are about 20,000. and In addition to these, there are about 20,000 visitors In the .city. At the head of ths unveiling parade rode Governor Swanson and his staff. Then In a carriage cime the sponsor- In-chlef of the Unltod Confederate Vet erans with her maid* of honor, and next In line waa th* Seventieth Vir ginia regiment. Next came the Rich mond Light Infantry Blue* battalion, and after the Blues, the carriages con taining the sponsor-ln-chlef of the Sons of Veterans and her maid* of hon or. followed by the marching Sons of 5’eterans, led by Commander-ln-Chtef Thomas 8. Owen*, of Alabama, and his staff. Then the veterans, the divisions Indicating the states from which they hall, preceded by General 8. D. Lee, with his chief marshal and staff. The first body of veterans was the Cavalry Association of Virginia and next came th# Forrest Cavalry corps, under the leadership of General H. A. Tyler, of Kentucky. Afler Forrest’s men In the line was the North Carolina brigade, thirty-five hundred strong, and offer North Carolina the South Carolina dt vision, numbering two thousand men. 8tuari Monument Unveiled. The state* represented In the parade, other than those already mentioned, were Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala bama. Missouri. Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Louisiana. Texas, Ohio, Ore gon, ' Indian Territory. Oklahoma and the District of Columbia. At the monument the ceremonies were opened with prayer by the Rev. 5V. K. Hulllhan. of Staunton, who was a member of General Stuart's staff. Major A. R. Venable, one of Stuart's staff officers, then Introduced General Theodore S. Garnett, of Norfolk, the orator of the day, who paid tribute to the dash and bravery of Stuarts Mayor McCarthy, In a brief address, accepted the statue on behalf of the city. The cord holding the veil upon the statue waa then drawn by Virginia Stuart Waller, granddaughter of the famous cavalry leader, and the statue was revealed to the multitude. There was enthusiastic cheering, clapping of hand* and waving of hand kerchiefs and (lags, th* "rebel yell" rose shrill and clear, and a major gen OOaOfHSOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOG O CHURCH BELL8.TO TOLL 0 O DURING THE UNVEILING O O OF DAVI8 MONUMENT. O O O Special to The Georgian. O O Macon, Oa., May 31.—For a pe- O O rlod of five minutes all the church O O bells in Macon will toll Monday O S afternoon next, beginning at 2 O . o’clock. O O At this hour the monument that O O haa been erected at Richmond. O O Va, In memory of President Jef- O O ferson Davis, of the Confederate O O States of America, will be unveiled O asked to lay down Its business O O duties for the space of flvo min- O- 0 utes. O a O oooooooooooooooooooaoooooo o o O BODY WANTED TO LIVE, O O BUT INTELLECT DIDN’T! O a HIS INTELLECT WON. O O O O Boston, Moss, May 30.—"My O o body wanted to live, but my In- O tolled wanted to die. Jly Intel- O o lect won.” O , O This note was left hy Herman O O Unger, of Pittsburg, explaining O ; O why he killed himself yesterday. O . O While tho Memorial Day parade 0 • O was passing Unger locked him- 0 O self In a hotel room and drank O ! O poison, leaving the abovo note. O 1 ■" "It's a pity wo can not live and O die without disturbing others,’! O , said another note. O O 0( O000000OO0O000O000O0O000O:3 Deaths and Fimsrals Regger Craft. Regger Craft, the 4-year-old aon of Mr. and Mrs. R. Craft, died Thursday I afternoon at tho family residence, 370 : Formwalt street, after on Illness of | two days with meningitis. The body i was sent to Monroe, Ga- Friday morn- j Ing for Interment.. * Miss Nota Baker. The funeral service* of Mias Nola , Baker, aged 19 years, who died 5Ved- nesday night at the residence-of her father, J. T. Baker, near College Park. Go., were conducted Friday morning at 1 11 o’clock at'ML Gilead church. The Interment-was In the church yard. Miss Loretti Ward, The funeral services of Miss Loret ta Ward, aged. 17 years, who died Thursday morning at her rosldenco, 150 Chapel street, were conducted Fri day afternoon nt 2 o'clock at the 55’alk. er Street Methodist church. The Inter ment waa In 5Vestvlew cemetery. Miss Georgia Gaddis. The funeral services of Miss Georgia Gaddis, who died Thursday night et her residence, corner East Fair aa-1 Pine streets, were conducted' Friday afternoon at 2:20 o’elock at the St.' Lukes Slethodlet church. The Inter- _ ment was In Sylvester cemetery. Amaretur Jones. The funeral services of Amaretur. ths Infant daughter of 3!r. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, wno died Thursday morning at the family residence, 3 Bryan streeL were conducted Friday morning at 11 o'clock. The Interment was In 5Ve*tvlew cemetery. Mrs. W. H. Overby. Th# funeral services of Mrs." 55’. IL . Overby, who died Thursday morning . at a private sanitarium, after a - long I Illness, were conducted Friday after- : noon at the St. Johns Methodist church. 1 The Interment wna In 55'eatvlew ecu tery. Aged Mason Dead. Richmond. Va.. May 31.—Robert Brvce Ambler, a native of Accomao cojnty, died In the city home here to ddy at the age of 107 year*. He waa '.he oldest Mason In the United States euJ.'s salute waa fired by the t rtlllery. according to his claim. l i