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■ I.RIH IMQlipU THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Rumor That Hardwick Will Leave Sys tem. A shake-up In the passenger depart ment of the Southern Railway la ached uled to take place on July 1, If the deductions of those In close touch with railway affairs count for anything, fact, changes among the higher of ficials have been rumored for some time, and recent happenings have strengthened these rumors. The fact that President Finley has made several trips to Chattanooga re- cently and that on the last one of these trips he held a long conference with C. A. Benscoter, assistant general pas senger agent with headquarters there, lead many to believe that the latter to be appointed general passenger agent on July 1. Telegraph dispatches from Chattanooga Indicate that this true, and the friends of Mr. Benscoter firmly believe he Is to be promoted. In connection with this, a paragraph In a Montgomery paper Is looked upon as significant. This paragraph was to the effect that on July 1 S. H. Hard wick, passenger trafric manager of the system, would leave on July 1 for Eu rope. It Is believed In some quarters that Mr. Benscoter Is slated for Mr. Hard' wick’s position and that the latter will or has already resigned his position. In other quarters It Is believed that Mr. Benscoter is slated to take the place of General Passenger Agent W. H. Tayloe, and that the latter's reslg nation Is a probability. It has been said In railroad circles for some time that this resignation might be looked for. and If It Is true, the news will be received with genuine regret by those who know him. Than W. H. Tayloe, few railroad men are better liked and his friends In this part of the country can be count ed by the hundreds. There have been rumors, however, that there Is frlc tlon somewhere among those higher up In the Southern. At present those who keep posted on railroad affairs know of no one In the Southern’s passenger service who would likely be promoted to take the place of Mr. Hardwick as passenger traffic manager, but It Is not consid ered outside the range of possibilities that later on It may be tendered to Mr. Benscoter. At present he IS the ranking assist ant general passenger agent of the road, and Is considered not only thorough railroad man, but a conserv ative one. Since the death of President Spencer there has been a change In things, and It Is known that President Finley does not have the weight on hls shoulders that President Spencer had. Mr. Spen cer ran the system, both financial and operative, but this is said to not be the case with President Finley. With the financial management of the road he Is said to have nothing to do, but Is an executive to carry out the orders of the Interests controlling the Southern. Necessarily, it Is pointed out. changes are bound to occur. If Mr. Benscoter Is promoted to one of the two vacancies that are believ ed will be made In Washington, other changes will be necessary to fill the of. flee of assistant general passenger agent now held by Mr. Benscoter. and as a result considerable Interest la be ing manifested. And In the meantime those Interest' ed are looking towards July 1. Bargains For A Big Cut of One-Third Off the Price of All Wom en’s Suits, Coats, Silk Waists and Mil linery. MENTER & ROSENBLOOM CO., the largest Credit Clothiers in the world, and operatora of 72 retail stores with a store In thie eity over 71 White, hell etreet, announce that beginning today thoy will sell every Women'e Suit, Coat, Silk Waist or Hat in the store at one-third off tho regular price. You can make the reduction yourself, the price tage are the same as they have been all season. For instance, a suit or coat that ia marked $24 you can hava for $16. Thirty dollar suits are now $20.00 Twenty dollar suits are now $13.33 Eighteen dollar suits are now....$12.00 Fifteen dollar suite are now......$10.00 Twelve dollar suite are now..;... $8.00 Ten dollar suite are now $8-8® And you can hava credit, too. If you desire—that is what makes this won derful offer more remarkable. You can Buy at one-third offi have your pur- chase charged and pay in small pay ments of $1.00 a week. , There is a wonderfully good etock of women's stylish garments here, and •very woman in need of new clothing should call as early ae possible. Mr. W. H. Nunnally, the manager of the Atlanta store, said that when he got the order to close out women s goods at one-third off, he thought It wee a mistake, and telegraphed the Home office of Menter & Rosenbloom Co., at Rochester, N. Y., to confirm the order, which they did. Go and see theee great bargains early while chooa- •no is best. You don't need money to take advantage of this great offer.— Your credit is good, _ ( ON.FOURTH OF JULY Will Be No Parade, but General Closing of Busi ness Houses. At the meeting of citizens In the mayor's office Monday morning for the purpose of taking action relative to the proper observance In Atlanta of tho Fourth of July, a motion was passed requesting Mayor Joyner to Issue proclamation calling upon the mer chants of the city to close their stores at noon and asking for a general deco ration of homes, business houses and other buildings. The motion was made by Colonel Harry L. Bchleslnger, and was passed unanimously. Mayor Joyner has sign! fled hls Intention to Issue such a proc tarnation. It was decided that Inasmuch as there would be a big parade and plen ty of speaking on Saturday at the gov. ernor's Inauguration, and as a program of exercises had been arranged by the Daughters of the Revolution for the Fourth, and also that the Red Men would have a big celebration that day, a parade would be unnecessary. DALY SAYS 2-CENT FAREr:::i: Big Four and Erie Roads Will Figlit Flat Rate. New York, June 24.—The report of a ae cret meeting of high railroad officials at Chicago, at which It was decided to reduce •II passenger rates throughout the United 8tntes to 2 cents. Induced Charles F. Duly, rice president of the fourteen lines of the New York Central system, to make _ statement of the railroads' position In re gard to the 2-cent fare. “The adoption of a 2-cent fare by the railroads, os atoted In that dispatch," said Mr. Daly, “Is nn absurdity. It Is s physl- il impossibility. The railroads > It and continue to do btislm. . President Underwoods of the Erie rail road, said: OF FRENCH REVOLT Wives and Families of Riot ers are Quitting Besiers. Bealera, France, June 21.—Franc!, War rington l)awaon wires that be waa a cor. rraponrtrnt. anti merle a canraaa of the en tire disturbed dlatrtct where the wine-grow, era' trouhlea have been on. He aaye the re volting peeaenta are matlere of the sHun- tlon. A wholeaele exodus of wlvee and Pun- flat of the aggrcaalve rlotera la ou from here today. GEORGIA WILL SUE Mill llll Mil L LEGISLATURE The Hotel Lobbies Are Thronged Monday Morning. It la probable that a part of the |30,- 000 appropriated for the Georgia ex hibit at Jameetown will be returned to the atate treasury, aa It aeema now that the entire amount will not be needed. A brief meeting of the Georgia com mlaalon waa held Monday morning In the office of Governor Terrell. To date about half of the original approprla tlop has been expended, and the heav iest expenses have been met. Executive Commissioner Yeates re ported that Georgia had the finest min eral exhibit the state had ever sent to any expoaltlon, and that It Is attract ing a great deal of ‘attention. 1ESLEY FUND GROWS; RAISE $2,000 MORE Aa a result of collections taken In various churches on Sunday, nearly 000 additional was added to the fund for the Wesley Memorial enterprises. The amounts so far reported are: The Irat Methodist church. 11,200; Ep- worth church, 1246; church at Dun- ody, Oa., $68.60 additional; East Point church, M1.25 additional; Sandy Springs. $30 additional; St. Lukes, $20 additional. Good elxed amounts were raised In other churches which have not yet been reported. It la believed that the total amount raised Sunday will amount to nearly $2,000. man electrocuted AFTER LONG FIGHT Oaslnlng, N. Y„ June 24.—After a two years' light for hls life, John John son died In the electric chair thll morn. Irg. In hls protracted legal battle Johnson waa aided by Albert T. Pat rick. who had a cell close to hls In the death hous* Hotel lobbies are beginning to sume the appearance of political as semblage In the advance guard of the lawmakers already In the city for the opening of the generbl assembly Wed nesday. A few reached Atlanta Saturday and Sunday, but they began coming ftumtyers Monday. By Monday evening the lobby of tbe Kimball will look like old times. Four candidates for the senate presl dency have opened headquarters In the Kimball and are ready for their friends. Hon. John W. Akin, of Bartow, has rooms 106, 108 and 110. Hon. T. S. Felder, of Bibb, has rooms 113 and 116. Hoo. J. J. Flynt, of Spalding, has rooms 117 and 119. Dr. L. G. Hard man, of Jackson, has headquarters In rooms 216 and 230. This race Is being watched with keen Interest. Besides the four who have opened headquarters, Hon. J. D.-How- ard, of Baldwin, and Hon. W. C. Martin, of Whitfield, are candidates. Undsr the law It takes a majority of those voting to elect a president, and not a majority of the body of 44, as Is com monly supposed. House Committees. It Is believed that Hon. John M. Sla ton, who wilt be elected speaker with out opposition, will select and name Ills commlttteei much earlier than us ual, as he has no contest on hls hands, and a very large percentage of the mid members return. The body now consists of 183 mem bers, and Instead of 88 votes to pass a measure, 92 will be required. There are nine new counties, but only eight will have representatives. Ben Hill, the newest county, will not have < member. Hon. J. E. Dormlny, of Ir win. will serve both counties. Hls postofflce Is In Fitzgerald, the county alts of Ben Hill. There Is much speculation as to the placing of tho big committee chair manships. It Is only speculative talk now, but this Is what one hears around hotel corridors: Chairmanship "Dope." Appropriations—C. M. Candler, De Kalb. Ways and Means—J. W. Wise, Fay ette. General Judiciary—Boykin Wright, Richmond. Amendments to Constitution—H. H. Perry. Hall. Western and Atlantic—Hooper Alex- ander, DeKalb. General Agriculture—L. H. O. Mar tin, Elbert. Temperance—W. A. Covington, of Colquitt, or Seaborn Wright, of Floyd. Labor—Madison Bell, of Fulton. John Bolfeulllet will be re-elected clerk of the house, having 178 members out of 183 pledged to him. Hls working force will not be changed and will con sist of the following: Hon. D. F. McClatchey, of Cobb, will be the reading clerk; O. L. Gresham, Journal clerk; E. B. Moore, calendar clerk; Troy Kelley, message clerk. For Doorkeepers. Four candidates seek the place of doorkeeper of the house, as follows: Williford, of Fayette; Cochran, of Hall, and two others. Cochran claims to have the Job cinched. Pittman, of Fulton; Beauchamp, of Butts, and Smith, of DeKalb, are candidates for messenger of the house. C. Sr Northen will be secretary of the senate, and hls working force wlU radically the same as last session, With This Wsek Passes J If the **Blue un?, and rices Upon Tag P Furniture Go With It You’ll thahk us for soimding and resounding this net? of warning about the “Blus Tag’’ Furniture Pries Rsductions. Opportunities teo profitable to you who are horns buildefs te let them pass unimproved. If_yeu can look ahsad and see whsre you’ve furniture to buy, taking advantage ef thess prices will provs a shrewd investment-earning of a big psreentags upon your money. Even though yeu are het ready to take thsse things bstween new and hext Saturday night, you can turn this sale to good account. Thsy can be held for future delivery—to be taksn whsn you are rsady for them. Chamherlin-Johnsoh-DuBese Co. GIRL'S FATHER IS BEING TRIED Continusd from Page One. FEAR OF LEGISLATION MA Y BRING NEW OWNERS will not come back. Colonel Flem Greene, of Baldwin, will probably be named doorkeeper of the senate. T TO INSTRUCT JUDY Defense Asserts He Cannot Be Punished Outside Department. Washington, June 24.—Following the rul Ing of Juatlce Stafford, In tba cotton leak case, this morning, that the testimony of James D. Gibson, of Chicago, relative ‘ an Interview with Secretary Wilson c corning tbe condition of the wheat crop for the spring of HM wat Iramat - *“* bla source of Information waa not the bureau of statistics. Attorney ... lister, for tbe defense, the government having reated, addressed tbe eport. asking that the jury be instructed to bring in a verdict for tbe defendant. Attorney Lester maintained that ■* any one else be nunlsbed. ? the de- Have a Real Vacation and read The Georgian and News every day while away. Sent everywhere 45 cents a month, 10 cents a week. Phone 4928 or write circula tion department The Geor gian and News. No trouble to change address. The Hop. James Bryce, the British ambassador, haa taken a pew at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, Washington. He Is a member of the United Free Cburqb at Scotland. the shooting he told several bystand ere that there was no use to send for physician, aa the man waa dead, and he had shat to kill. The trial promises to be more sensa tional than that of the Strother broth era for the murder of their brother-ln law, Bywater. In the present case the evidence of the daughter may be a sensational feature of the trial. Barksdale Presiding. Judge* William R. Barksdale, of Hali fax, was designated by the governor to hold court for Judge Bennett T. Gor don, of Nelson, who retired for per sonal reasons. Judge Barksdale, on motion of the defense, ordered the case transferred from ifelson county to Halifax, and fixed the trial for June 24. The sheriff has summoned a venire of sixty-four men from Halifax, from which to select a Jury. There are eev- en lawyers In the case—four for the de fense and three for the state. The de tense Is represented by Aubrey E. Strod, of Amherst; John L. Lee. o Lynchburg; R. Walton Moore, of Fair fax, and W. P. Barksdale, of Halifax. For the prosecution—Wood Bouldln, commonwealth's attorney for Halifax; B. B. Whitehead, commonwealth's at torney for Nelson county, and Daniel Harmon, of Charlottesville. Girl Drank Whisky. Sunday, April 21, young Estee took a Mies Kidd out driving. Miss Loving was stopping with Miss Kidd, and when the couple returned Mies Kidd request ed Mr. Estes to take Miss Loving for a drive. The young man was obliging, and about 7 o'clock they drove off. Miss Loving had complained of feeling badly, and It waa thought the drive would do her good. It Is alleged that while out on the road Estes, who was a delicate man, gulled from hls pocket a flask contain ing liquor, and Miss Loving drank a •mall portion of the contents. About 8 o'clock young Estes drove up to the home of the Kidds with Miss Lov ing. who was apparently very 111 and partly unconscious. She was lifted from the buggy and placed In bed. and a physician summoned, young Estes going for the doctor. Miss Loving related the circum stances to her mother and expressed the belief that the. whisky given her was drugged. This Information wss Imparted ta Judge Loving, and he pro ceeded to the home of the Estes family In hunt for Theodora Not finding him, he drove to Oak Ridge, some six miles away, and found the young man at work supervising the unloading of a car of freight. Estes Killed. Ordering the two negro men In the car to stand aside. Judge Loving asked: "So you were out driving with ladlee again Saturday night, and without awaiting a reply, Judge Loving la said to have raised a double-barreled shot gun and emptied both barrels Into the yAung man's neck and shoulders. Judge Irving at once surrendered to the offi- Rumors of Central’s Sale Believed To Be True. That negotiations are now on for the sale of the Central of Georgia railroad stock, and that the road will change ownership In the near future Is firmly believed In Atlanta by those posted In railroad affairs. The story In The New York Herald that C. W. Morse was making over tures to secure the road and the Ocean Steamship Company waa not a sur prise to Atlanta people, as such a move had been expected for some time. In fact ever since the New York Cen tral and the Pennsylvania unloaded their stock In other roads because of public agitation all over the country. It wee bolleved that the sale of the Cen tral was Inevitable. Who Owns Central? Just who owns the Central has long been a disputed question, but that It Is controlled by the Southern has been generally believed. It Is pointed out that - when the Richmond Terminal went Into the hands of a receiver, the Interests controlling the Southern bought everything else the Richmond Terminal owned except the stock of the Central of Georgia. These Inter ests bought the East Tennessee road, the Richmond and Danville road, both of which were’ consolidated Into the Southern, and other properties. By buy ing the stock of the Richmond Ter minal, these Intercets became the owners of the remaining asset of the Richmond Terminal, which was noth ing more than the stock of the Central of Georgia. It la said that President Spencer de clared once that It had been the Inten tion of the Southern to Incorporate the Central of Georgia Into the Southern, but changed these plans when the question of tho constitutionality of such a plan was raised. , The result was that the surviving stockholders of the Richmond germinal -Southern railway Interests placed the Central of Georgia stock Into the hands of three voting trustees. Fear Legislation. It Is now believed that the fear of legislation on this particular question by the coming reform legislature, and the agitation all over the country against trunk systems controlling com. Iietlng lines, has determined the In terests owning the Central to unload. Whether or not Morse and the syn dicate behind him In the coastwise shipping trust will get It Is a question. But that It will be sold there Is little doubt In the minds of those in a posi tion to know. Of course it Is doubtful If It Is sold to Interests antagonistic to the Southern. It Is true that there Is a possibility of Harrlman making a bid for ths road to get out of Birming ham after he gets In there, and tbe Frisco System might wnnt It. Whether or not Major J. F. Hanson continues to be president of the road and the steamship company, depends largely upon Its purchasers. The New York Central sold Its In terest In the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Norfolk and Western and the Penn sylvania cold out the stock It owned In the Baltimore and Ohio and tbe Nor folk and Western. So railroad people ask: Why not the Southern? LET IT FOLLOW YOU. Wouldn't it pleats you to read all tho nows ovary day while you sro “vacat ing 7” Ordsr over 'phono 4928 or by lottor to tho circulation department Ths Georgian and News aont you. 45 cente a month, 10 cents a week. No troublo to change sddrois. ••••••••••••••••I made n» statement wTiaUvsr, so that the reason given for the killing when Judge Loving applied for ball Is all that Is known. Ball was allowed Judge Loving In the sum of $6,000. The case was sent on to the grand Jury, and May 27 an Indictment for murder was returned by the grand BE SINCERE I ] * By MAURICE MAETERLINCK. It la Lnpoaalhle to b« sincere with others unices you have learned to be sincere with yourself. Sincerity Is only the conscious ness and analysis of tbe motives of all life’s actloqa. It Is the expression of this con sciousness that one Is nblo later to lay be fore the eyes of tbe being with whom one Is seeking tbe bliss of sincerity. Thus understood, sincerity's aim Is uot to lead to moral oerfectlou. It leads else where. higher If we will: In any case to more human and more fertile regions. The perfection of a character, as we gen erally understand It, Is too often but nn un productive abstention, a sort of atarnxy, an abatement of Instinctive life, which Is. when all la said, the one source of all the other lives that we succeed In organizing within us. This perfection tends to suppress our too ardent desires—ambition, pride, vanity, set which nothing can replace. If we stifle within ourselves all tbe mani festations of life, to substitute for them merely the <outemptation of thetr defeat, soon we shall hare uothlug left to coutem< plate. When we bare achieved a sufficient sin cerlty with ourselves. It «1$h‘b uot follow then fWPWWiiili lliged region of confidence laud love, which Is like a delightful shorn where we meet In our nakedness and go bathing toegther under tho rays of a kindly ■un. Until this hour man lived on hls guard like a culprit. He did not yet know that every man baa the right to be what he Is, that there la no ahame In hls mind or lu hls heart, auy more than in bln body. Ho soon learns with the feeling of relief of an acquitted prisoner that that which he thought It hls duty to conceal Is Just the most radical portion of tbe force of life. When we have reached so far tho Idea no longer comes to ua to hide a secret thought or n secret sentiment, however vulgar and contemptible. They can no longer make us blush, seeing that In owning them we dis own them, we sepamte them from our selves, we prove thnt they no longer belong to us, no longer taka part In our !!%••■■*. no longer spring from tbe active, personal and voluntary side of our strength, but from the primitive, formless and enslaved being that affords us an entertainment as amus ing as are all those In which we detect the Iplsy of the Instinctive powers of uature. Imagine Sbylock capable of knowing and confessing hls greed—ho wonbl ceaso to bo greedy, and bla greed would ebnng** it* shape and no longer be odious and hurtful. We all desire to confess our faults, at least at times, but we are long afraid lent those who love us should loro us less If wo revealed to them that which we scarcely dare reveal to ourselves. It seems to us ns though certain confessions would disfigure forever tbe Image which they have formed •s that on which we love. It la not he who makes confessions that should blush, but be who does not yet understand thnt we have overcoma a wrong by the very act of confessing it , It Is not we, but a stranger who now stands In tba place where we committed a “salt. Tbe fault itself we have eliminated 'rom our being. It baa nothing more iu common with our real life. OFFICER KILLS ONE AND WOUNDS TWO Lexington, June 24.—In a fight be tween Policeman Jhon Bollard and ne groes at Winchester, Clark county, the officer shot and Instantly killed Lew Mason and wounded Bob Mack and Morris Mack. Ballard was trying to slop a general fight, In which over 100 negroes took part, and the negroes at tacked him. Mason was shot three times In the breast. Judge Loving and Miss Loving hava jury, holding William O. Loving (or exrimnge kept quiet since the tragedy and have the murder o( Theodore Estes. e-ha r«c what he thinks or feel,. If he tie uncertain whether the truth you propoee to spetilt will be underetontl, do uot utter It. It would apiH-nr In otbera quite different from whet It la In yon, aud, tak ing lit them the npitenram-e of n lie. It wonld do the Name harm ee a real lie. Whatever the alieolute inorulletM tuny igy, na awn nn one la no looser nmoux equal consciences every truth to produce thu ef fect of trnth needs focuslnx. “ ' therefore right thnt 1 > ench man ouly the t.— i room In the bnt or palace which hmi built to admit the truths »f bla life. But let un. nevertheless. give ten or twenty times as many truths as we ant offered tu The new Chinese minister. I.lang jTung Yen. who Is to succeed Sir Chen- tung Liang Cheng at Washington, will he entitled to full membership In the "tennis cabinet," unless he has forgot ten hls athletic days at Yale. Hls fel low student! at Yale used to call him l"Tlng." In hla time at Yale he was one of the most assiduous tennis players Ithere, as well os one of the champions. Like hts predecessor, who won great renown at Amherst as a baseball play er, "Ting" waa also an expert In that game while a student In this country. Ipplne Islands qualified to vote (600 pe- PITCHER RAYMOND SOLD TO ST. LOUIS Bperlnl to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C, June 24.—Manager J. J. McCloskey, of the St. Louts club, was here yesterday and a deal was closed for Pitcher Raymond. The terms are not made public. The deal la effective September 4. McClos key left last night. number only 122,927 voted at the last un of Instinct begins only when municipal elections. _.. •