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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
vcuNEMDAy, JULY IT. 1WT.
CLOTHES OF CLASS
VYT’E wish to announce to our patrons
and the public, in order to make
room for our exceptionally large and hand
some stock of Clothing, purchased for
fall, we are.offering our
USUAL DISCOUNT OFF
on all Clothing.
LEVY & STANFORD
Furnishers and Clothiers. 17 Peachtree Street.
P^Bbskold up train I
Des Molne». Iowa, July IT.—A awarm of mosquitoes, millions In num
ber, literally stalled a Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad train at nativ
ity last night. For two hours the train was held up. while the passen
gers, driven from the coaches, built flres along the track, making a dense
smoke, which afforded them a little relief. The smoking embers were thon
carried Into the coaches and the mosquitoes finally driven out. Many of
the passengers had hands and Voces almost eaten raw by the attack.
WILD MAN TERRORIZED PEOPLE;
KILLED IN PITCHED BATTLE
Chicago, ni„ July IT.—A "wild man"
was killed yesterday afternoon In the
desolate region near Pine Station, Ind.,
after he had dangerously wounded one
iwllccman and Inflicted lesser Injuries
on four others. For three days the
strange man had terrorised the scrub-
cak country along the Indiana shore.
The hunted men was killed after a
running fight with a jihsseof fifty men.
Ho finally was surrounded and In the
tusllade that followed It Is said SOL
shots were exchanged. He hod a re
volver and shot gun, plenty of ammu
nition and a long knife. The police
man who did the killing swam the.
river, holding his gun above his head"
before sending a bullet through the
forehead of the desperate man who was
holding the posse at bay.
FIGHT IN COUNTY
SHOULD BILL Ft
BEFOREJSSEMBLY
A Rousing Meeting This
Week For Prohibition
* Movement.
Four routing prohibition meeting* were
held In Atlanta yoeoday night end more are
planned for thle week, the largest of which
will probably be the rally at Capitol Ave
nue Baptist church Thursday night, when
lion. W. A. Covington and F. L. 8eely,
publisher of Th# Georgian, will be the
speakers.
Under the general anpervlalon of the Ful
ton County Antl'fieloon league, rallies and
committee meetings are being held. Every
where the announcement Is made that
should the legislature fall to pass the bill,
a prohibition election will be
carried. The aim In organizing
mltteei la two-fold—to pass the!
enforce It.
t Judge W. A. Covington, speaking to i
large audience at the Westminster church
Tuesday night, declared that if the bill In
the legislature failed, an election In Fulton
county would be called. .
"We’ll Pass it, Too!”
We’ll peas It, tool” crlafl half the au
dience almost as one man.
Judge Covington was Introduced by Wal
ter McElrestb, chairman of the atroug
Fourth ward committee, who made a brief
but pointed speech.
"I have not come here to Insult the Intel
licence and character of this audience by
dlscuMlng the question of whether yon will
lose any money by this law. That Is not
the point,” sold Judge Covington, who pro
ceeded to show the great neneflta of air
kinds that would be derived from probib!
tion.
Representative Hhnw, of Clay county; Rev.
. C. Holoinon, state superintendent of the
Lntl-Snlooji League; Michael Riley, a prom-
erlng at the Temph
day night.
8peaker Slaton Fair,
speaker Hinton has acted very fairly In
appointing a committee on temperance with
majority favoring prohibition,” said Mr.
Shaw,
Mra. Armor addressed a good audience
’ ladles at Wesley Memorial church Tues
day night, and made a stirring speech. At
West Ena Rnptist church, a Seventh ward
committee meeting wns held, and George
Gordon elected chairman, and J. O. Hard
wick secretary. A committee of 100 was
selected.
The rally nt the Capitol Avenue Baptist
church Thursday promises to be one or the
—* -- - - -flp.
Molten Metal
Injures Many
Plttaburg, Pa. July IT.—By th# ex
plosion of a largo quantity of hot motal
at the Woat Homestead plant of tha
Meata Machine Company thla morn
ing, saveral man working at the mold!
wars aerloualy burned.
The Injured ora: John Kenl.fr.
Charla* Knglleh, John Fugb, Edward
Crawford, Vargo Bain. Two other
workmon ware taken to their homea.
MAN DISAPPEARED;
.-CHECK AWAITS HIM
INVITE OFFICIALS
TO TOBACCO FIELDS
Danvjlle, Vo., July IT.—The officers
of the department of justice of the
United States will be Invited by the
farmer! of Virginia and North Caro
lina to visit! the tobacco growing sec
tions and the markets of the two states
In order to qld them in the proceedings
Instituted agal — - *
cco Company.
BUT ONE VOTE CA8T
AGAINST WATERWORKS.
Minneapolis, July IT.—Depressed by
financial troubles, Zemer Wells, an
attorney of Minneapolis, disappeared.
Had he waited three years longer he
would have found all hla troubles dli-
•IpatrJ by the arrival of a draft which
amounts to a fortune and the settle
ment of all hie flnanolal difficulties
would have been easy.
BEAT HIS CHILD
WITH HORSE WHIP
Accused of thrashing hie little I
year-old boy with a whip used for hla
hone, Joe Knowles, of IT (Jaiklll street,
was lined 15.75 Wednesday morning by
Recorder Broyles.
Knowles admitted that he used the
whip on the child, bat said he did so.
only In a mild manner and for the pur.
pose of making the little fellow obe
dient The recorder said he didn’t con
sider It necessary to use a whip on a I-
jrear-old child. Tha case was made by
Policemen Cooper and Kddleman.
1,200 EMPLOYEES
GO OUT ON STRIKE
Elkhart Ind, July IT.—Twelve hun
dred employees of the Lake "bore
machine ehops here struck this morn
ing In support of their demand for
abolition of the pyro-work system.
The men say the strike will extend to
other shops of the New York Central
JUSTICE BROWN UNWELLi
CA3E IS TRANSFERRED.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go, July IT.—Justice of the
Peace Brown announced yesterday aft-
emoon that be would not try Julia
81ms, alias Julia McKInleg, on the
charge of complicity In the recent
murder of Arthur Dyche, and that the
case would go to Justice Burnett’e
court. Judge Brown has been III re
cently, and for this reason made the
change. -
The case was to have been heard
yesterday afternoon, but was post
poned until 10 o’clock this morning.
e
Said Boarder. Raised Row.
Complaining that boarders In the
home of Mrs. Sarah Cain, 1* Gaskin
street, were disorderly and kept them
awoke at night, neighbors hid a case
entered against Mrs. Cain by Police
men Cooper and Eddleman and she ap
peared Wednesday morning before Re.
corder Broyles.
Mra. Cain admitted that a tight oc
curred In her house last Friday night,
but denied that her boarders created a
general disturbance every night. Judge
Broyles dismissed the case, but warned
Mra Cain aha would have to conduct a
more orderly boarding house.
fipoelal to Tho Georgian.
Commerce, Go., July IT.—At tho
election railed to eubmlt to the people
of Commerce the question of estub<
llshlng waterworks and sowerage syr
tom for this place, there were 189
votes polled. Of this number 199
votes were In favor of waterworks,
while one vote wns cast against wa
terworks. Proceedings will be Imme
diately Instituted fur validating the
bonda, and as soon as that has boon
done a thoroughly up-to-date water
works system will be eatobllehed of
fast ag men and money can build It
CHAINQANQ AT WORK
ON ROAD NEAR COMMERCE.
Special to Tha Georgian.
Commerce, Ga, July IT.—Through
the efforts of Mayor G. J. Hood, assist-
ed by othor prominent cltlsens of this
place, tha county chalngang haa been
located recently near this place and
will proceed at once, under the dlrec
tlon of Hon. F. L. Pendergrass, chair
man of commissioners of roads and
revenues of this county, to put tho
roads leading to this place from tho
counties of llanks, Franklin and Mad
ison In first-class traveling condition,
preparatory to largo fay trade which
is always enjoyed by the thriving mer
chants of Commerce,
ABANDON EFFORTS
TO REORGANIZE COMPANY.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July IT.—Vigor-
ous efforts to reorganise Company A,
Third Tennessee regiment, once known
through this section as the crack Gaha.
gnn Rllles, have been In vain, and or
ders to muster out the eommnnd hove
been Issued by the adjutant general.
For reasons not In evidence, the mein-
here of the command lost Interest In It
a few months ago and It lioa gone down
hill rapidly.
QUARTERLY PAYMENTS
FOR OLD SOLDIER8.
The senate committee on corpora
tions met Tuesday morning and passed
upon several matters of a local nature.
Among the bills favorably recommend,
ed was charter amendments for Ala-
paha. Sparks and Norman Park, and
dividing Conyers Into three wards.
The committee on county and county
matterc passed on several purely local
matters.
Tha committee on pensions recom
mended fer pasasge the bill providing
for quarterly payment of Confederate
veterans Instead of annually as Is now
the case. a
Governor Declines Invitation.
Owing to the press of Important
business here. Governor Smith has beer,
compelled to decline an Invitation to
visit Fort Screven, where the Fourth
regiment and the heavy artillery will
be camped until June 24.
Postmaster Appointed.
Washington. * July IT.—Charles 8.
Gibson has been appointed postmaster
at Chalker. Washington county, Geor
gia, In place of A. S. Mathis, resigned.
K. L. Seely, publisher of Ths Georgian,
who will be one of the s|>eakera, has ad
dressed s number of mass meetings, arous
ing much enthusiasm. Hon. W. A. Cov
ington, joint snl'ior of the prohibition bill,
tnd one of Its strongest supporters, ss
well as an eloqnsnt and witty speaker,
will speak at this meeting.
• ■—,-lU he held at Wes-
% Tabernacle, when Mra Mary Harris
or. Dr. W. W. I.nndrum, 'Dr. Jj B.
Todd and Iter. J. C. Solomon will ho tho
arstorn On ths same night there will bo
a mass meeting at Kmanuel Baptist ehnrch,
on Fair street, when Onunellmnn W. H. Tsr.
roll and others will address the gathering.
LADIES—If you want a
box of Wiley’s high grade
Chocolates and. Bonbons,
read the great free offer else
where in this issue.
WILL PROSECUTE
SUNDAY
Special to The Georgian.
Girard, Ala., July IT.—The Law and
Order League of this city, determined
to put a atop to lawleesneea and the
unnecessary sale of goods and whisky
on the Sabbath, has warned thoee who
violate the Sunday laws that they will
prosecute any further violation*. Th*
same measure* have also been taken
by Pbenix City, Just across the line
from Girard, and the council! have also
been urged to more vlgilsntly enforce
these laws.
SALE OF 17,000 YARDS
OF EMBROIDERY,
19c YARD
Thursday Morning After 9 0 Clock
• Y
Thess embroideries are odd pieces of Swiss, Nainsook and Cambric Insertions,
Bands, Edges, Medallions, and seme Flsuncings, up to 12 indies wide. Seme
of these are soiled and rumpled, and again some are not—just as good styles as we
like in stock, but anyone who has the knack ef designing dainty underwear ahd
waists can use these embroideries t° goed advantage.
. But while we brand some as not * A-1 ’ styles, there are many that are exactly
right. We set the one price on all of them.
There are some colored embroideries in Edges and Bands, worth from 35c ts
1.00, for instance; with few of them worth Jess than 50c.
We put the*maximum value in this lot at 1.00, but there are a number that
reach a good bit over that price, that we vs accounted as dollar embroideries.
were
were
NEGRO 18 STABBED
IN ROW AT RE8TAURANT,
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Go., July IT—In a fight
at a negro restaurant Monday oventng.
Qua Brown, a negro, was stabbed near
th* heart by Will Jones, another negro,
and It Is thought he will die. Jones,
who la a fireman on tho railroad and a
"Birmingham negro,” mode his escape.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
MEETS AT TALBOTTON.
Special to Tte Georgian.
Columbus, Go., July IT—Revs. J. V.
A. Cook, J. T. McFevrln and Guyton
Fisher and a number of lay delegatee
from the Methodist churches of the city
have gone to Talbotton to attend the
Columbus district conference, now In
session at that place. The first-named
gentleman te presiding elder of the dis
trict.
PROHIBITION MEASURE
CAU8E8 3URPRISE.
Speelst to The Georgian.
Columbus. Go.. July IT.—The an
nouncement made that the Alabama
legislature had been offered a bill simi
lar to the Georgia prohibition measure
Was a surprise os well to the "prohlt"
her# as to the "antle." One party re
ceived It with satisfaction, while U won
equally depressing to the other.
MEMBER8 OF BOARD
MAY WITHDRAW FROM BODY.
Speajsl to Tb>> Georgian.
Columbus, Go., July IT.—A rumor
was current on the streets today that
when the Board of Trade meets tonight
several of the members will tender
thetr resignation*. This action Is
claimed to be due to tho fact that tha
board went outside of Its bounds In
taking up the prohibition question and
thereby generating hard feelings among
the members, and also on account of
tho rulings that caused twentr of the
members to withdraw from tho meet
ing that adopted resolutions favoring
local option.
LADIES—If you want a
box of Wiley’s,high grade
Chocolates and Bonbons,
read the great free offer else
where in this issue.
Embroideries that'
Embroideries that
Embroideries that were
Embroideries that were
Embroideries
Embroideries
Embroideries
Embroideries
Embroideries
Embroideries
that were
that were
that
that
that
that
were
were
were
were
35c
40c
45c
50c
60c
65c
75c
85c
90c
1.00
Wids Insertions, Narrow Insertions,
Wide Edges, Narrsw Edges,
M?dalli2ns, Flouncss, Bands.
19C
A YARD
Fine Dainty Swiss and Nainsook
rufflings.
About 200 yards of All-Over Embroideries, 20 inches
wide, strips of Val. Lace and Irish Point Embroidery, set
together, made well and all very effective when made into a
waist or yoke of dress, regular values frem 3.50 to 6.00 yd.
At 1.89
The
ese are very new ahd desirable