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1 6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 1907. ■A FEW HOURS MORE TO BUY> GEORGIA PETROLEUM STOCK AT 40 CENTS PER SHARE We have no time, to spare to dictate an advertisement today. We are busy every hour in the day and part of the night filling orders of those who are acting in time to secure these shares before they will have to pay par for them. We can only say that we have made 90 feet progress in drilling our second well during the last 24 hours and have added more evidences to the already long string of proofs that an oil field will be opened up in the next two or three days and that the stock will be worth $50 to $200 per share inside of the next week. Oil is constantly flowing from our second well and the geological formations are such as to convince us that we are very close to the main oil deposit. 40c PER SHARE UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY—THEN $1.00. You have until midnight Saturday t oget this stock at 40c per share. All orders postmarked before that hour will be filled in the order they are received at that price. After that hour all who desire to purchase the stock will be compelled to pay at least $1.00—no telling how much more—probably as much as $50 to $200 per share. MAIL-TELEPHONE—WIRE YOUR ORDER AT ONCE. OTTO G. TAGUE, President 1001-1002 NATIONAL BUILDING Dato 1907 8AVANNAH, QA, I, the undersigned, hereby subscribe for shares of the Capital Stock of the GEORQIA PETROLEUM COMPANY at 40 centa per share of the par value of One Dollar per Share, full paid and non-assussablo, amounting to .Dollars, which sum I Inclose herewith. Namo. Street Address. City and State. Our Local Representative, Mr.R.O. Foard, 400Austell Bldg.,will be glad to call on you onreceiptof request* A nnfpcc OTTO G. TAGUE - - President 1001-2 National Building, Savannah, Ga. nan THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure Frank (Ihr hero) and Itorinatd Bmre. Iirldfi- fentmliis) meet n marvelously ImuiiII- fnl woman <m ttio pUita at Rntatosa. Woman, tnurli iinurmplrd, exhibits sbjeet terror upou slriithif among party ot now nrrirala a foreign looking man. Frank lanrna ah<- la Mmr. Vara fllsvinaky. Tbat night Ilrgluald dlaappaara and Frank Duda him at tha gamins tablr. CHAPTER 1—(Coneludad) Ilia face waa tranaformed. In repoae Reginald waa a good-looking young c hap with a very pleaalng countenance, but at tha gaming table the mark ot the least peeped out and It waa n frenaled vlaage upon which Frank looked, a trembling arm which Frank grasped. "Come away, 7«g.~ said Frank. "Come.” In hla frenay Reginald did not recognise the hand that touched him, the voice that pleaded with him. "Curas you," he aald, "leave me alone, fellow!" and he struck at Fmnk. Frank grasped the hand flrmly In hla. lie started to apeak again, but the words froze on hla llpa. Tha chips dropped from the nerve less hands that held them; the croup iers stopped with wheel half whirled. From out on the grounds surrounding the Casino there had come a woman's scream. CHAPTER II. Tht Coveted Paper, All was confusion In an instant. The people poured out Into the grounds, but found no trace of any human ba ling, no sign of a struggle. Only the calm beauty ot the night met their * The sound" of bursts of laughter and shrill shouts came from the servants' ball. "One of the maids screaming In pre tended terror." suggested one of the women, and the eolutlon of the problem waa accepted. The players thronged back Into the Casino. But Frank Bracebrtdge start ed at a brisk walk In the direction from which had come the ehriek. Reason It out he could not, but hla Intuition taught him that somewhere In that beautiful grove a woman waa struggling for her life. HI* thoughts flew back to the hour before when he clasped by the hand a hnlf-falntlng woman, when he whis pered “Courage" Into the shell-ilk* ear of- the beautiful unknown, whrp the glorioue dark eyes of Vera K’/tvlnsky melted In tender gratitude before they masked with the oalm acceptance of the terror Dr. Mueller's presence hail brought har. Was It possible that aha waa out here In this grove facing danger? “Impossible." he repeated to himself, but tb* premonition of danger to the woman who had Impressed him as hud no otbar woman he had ever met kept him going farther and farther Into the grove, whan hla common sense told hhn that he was on a wild goose chase and would be better employed looking after Reginald In the Casino.. "You Coward!" He bad heard no sound since the ei ream, ep that he was startled Invol- uuiarily when the aound of voices from a clump of shrubbery at his left fell upon his ear. “You coward! You contemptible cad!” were the flrat words he heard uttered In the silvery voice whose ac centa he had haard that day for the first time. Frank Bracebrldge's well-regulated heart bounded. So she waa put here after all. But waa aha In danger? Waa It her voice that uttered that shriek of terror? There waa no fear h the Icily calm tones with which ahe was talking. "As long oa there le no danger, 1 shall not Interfere, only perhaps to be aeorned as an eavesdropper,” mused Frunk, "but I ehall remain near here where I can help her If ahe needs It.' He shrank Into the shadow of the tree under which he waa standing, grasped the heavy (tick he carried with u tight hand, and wotted. "Hard words break no bones, my dear,” were the next words he heard uttered In a suave voice with an tn- desert table foreign accent. Frank knew Patlncttvely that It was the volce of Dr. Mueller; he realised also that the word* "my dear” uttered by the foreigner hnd struck him with u strange unreasoning pang. "You know what I want,” went on the smooth' tones "You know what 1 will have, too, tf I have to follow you around the world and break every bone In that beautiful body of yours, and shed every drop of your Insolent blue blood." Frank had all he could do to keep from killing the man as he stood, there waa such venom expressed In the words uttered ao softly, so smoothly. Frank could Imagine the slow, devilish smile that must he on Mueller’s face. Hue the woman was not daunted. "You can do all that, and more, too," she said a* determinedly an himself, "but you shall never have that paper nor the stone." Why did Frank Bracebridge start so suddenly at the last words? Why did ho clasp his hand Involuntarily to his breast und murmur: "Can It be? Im possible! Yet Uncle eald the missing maps and atones were held on the distaff side of tha family." He strained his cars to hear the next words. "I am putzled to know, Carl." said Mudame Vera, "what possible Interest you can have In the papers. Ilow you learned about them Is a mystery, and I repeat now what 1 have tnld you ao often, thut even If you gained posses sion of them they would be ns useless to you a* they are to me. They are only fragment* of the whole. The rest are missing. One Is of no use without the other." "Yea, but suppose 1 told you what 1 nerer have told you before, that 1 have one of the other nilastng fragments and that I know where the others are; that one of them Is In our hotel at this mo ment, and that still nnother lies In easy grasp of a chattering fool also lu the hotel, who does not know that be can get It?" There was no reply for an Instant. Then came wonts that made Crunk gasp, so strange were they lUtrred !n a tone of terror, but slightly masked by Hie woman's Iron will. would not hnve told mi the'* things. But that will avail you nothing. I have not the paper with me. It Is se curely hidden at this moment." "You lie," cried Mueller In a rage, and sprang toward her, all hts smiling composure gone. The little gurgling cry which showed that Mueller had grasped her slender throat had scarcely left her llpa when the lithe form of Frank Bracabridge sprang Into the thicket and hurled Itself upon Mueller. CHAPTER III. Ths Battle. "Sacre!" gasped Mueller oa Brace- bridge hurled himself upon him, and with sinewy muscles, tore away from the slender throat ot Madame Vera the muderous hand that would have choked her life out. The rescued woman atnggered against a tree, too exhausted for a moment to do more than watch the terrific strug gle going on before her eyes, of which her life was the stake. It was a silent struggle, silent for the same reason that Madame Vera re pressed tho screams that a woman’s fears naturally drove to her llpa Not one of the three wished to have the sensation. the notoriety that would fol low the coming of rescuers. Frank Bracebridge had another rea son. Over him again hnd come that curious psychic feeling that there must be a duel to the deuth between him and the man struggling In hie grasp, that by his hands alons must come the punishment that the smiling devil merited. It was a combat worthy to be chron icled. this silent struggle In the dark ness of the grove surrounding the Caal- >. The men were evenly matched In strength and skill. They had clinched when Frank tore Muller's hands from Madame Vera's throat, nnd now they swayed backward and forward, each seeking to clutch the other's throat. '• 'Foetnan worthy of my steel.’" quoth Mueller mockingly once when the two pntised for an Instant, each holding the other In an iron grip. Through Frank’s hrnht was humming constantly the thought, "8halJ I? Dare cd toward Mueller while the pressure ot the foreigner's elbow against the vertebrae of his back gave him Intense pain. Mueller knew the trick and had played It. Frank was In imminent peril. But quick and cat-like as Mueller waa, Frank equaled him. How he blessed the memory of his father, as he countered the trick, and regained hla lost advantage. Mueller started back In amassment. "Aha!” he gritted savagely, "I thought ao. So you are In the neat, too. my line fellow? Well, ao much the better. I shall kill two birds with one stone tonight, that pretty canary over there, and you, my fine Jay bird." He spit- the last words out with ven om, and the next second had sprung at Frank with a fury ao unexpected that Bracebridge etaggered. The two men had been lighting with a fury so un expected that Bracebridge was unpre- ■Hired for the sudden cat-like fury with which Mueller sprang ht him. He staggered and fell backward, car rying Mueller with' him. Then the struggle went on upon the ground with a ferocity that would have mado the philosophic observer ponder over the way men revert to primeval Instincts when In anger. , But there was ■ no one to see save tho woman who watched with her heart In her cyea. Frank on the ground was at a dis advantage. Gradually Mueller's crush ing weight robbed him of wind. It was evident that the younger man would keep him busily occupied for the next few momenta, but that In the end Bracebridge must lose. Mndame Vera saw this. 8ho did not hesitate. She slipped her hand Into the mi of her priceless lace gown and k forth something that glittered In the pnl* moonlight. She adjusted It carefully, and then with It concealed In her hand ahe crept close to the struggling bodies Muel ler was lying partly on top of Frank now, Ills arms gripping the prostrate man. Frank's locked around him. Mueller's sinewy forearm, bare to the shoulder In the struggle which hnd torn Ills shirt away, was before Mad amt. She grasped the arm with one slen der hand and struck deep Into It with the tiny gleaming thing ahe held In the other. She withdrew It and struck again. Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC A GREAT MAN AND SOME LITTLE PEOPLE Tho International Sunday 8chool Lesson For July 28 Is, "Tho Golden Calf," Exodus 32: 1-35.. Tha Golden Text Is, "Little Children, Keep Yourself From Idols." John 5:21, By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Go to Meriwether White Sulphur Springs and spend Sunday—new West Point thinking of An old wrestling I Route to Columbus—leave Atlanta 4:10 p. m., arrive Meriwether White Sulphur 7:15 p. m. Round trip tick ets $2.25, good until Tuesday —fine Music, Swimming Pool; elevation 900 feet. That mean? hut one tb'r.g. Car’. You im-un to kill tonli«», or you I?" trick taught him by hln father year* before, the secret of which he had sworn to that father to guard sacredly, und which lie also solemnly promised never to use unless he wrere In danger of death. It was a trick that, unless countered, meant the breaking of the back of the antagonist upon whom It was tried. It would be murder to try It on the man before him. Unless—would ft be murder, after I? Frank pondered. His mind went back to the myste rious words he had heard Mueller ut ter. the words “the maps, the stones.” Frank had good reason to suspect that. If the wild guesses he dared hardly make were correct. Mueller might be one of the four or five people In the world to know the deadly wrestling trick. As the two sinuous belles swayed and writhed In the shadow of the trees the question was suddenly decided for Frank. lie tilt himself suddenly tw 1st- foreman. BARTOW GRAND JURY CONDEMNS ACTION OF MINORITY. Special to The Georgian. Cartersvllle, Ga., July 26.—The Bar tow grand jury 'In session here today presented a resolution strongly con demning the action of the minority In the house of the legislature In prevent, ing a vote on the temperance bill. Th*. t< solution was signed by J. E. Field, Sometimes one marvels that tho politi cians, even the cheap, coarse, crude kind that one would scarcely Invite to his home, are so successful In deceiving the people. On the other baud, when one beholds howr readily the people may Ihj fooled—and how they seem to love It—nnd how cnslly they are satisfied, the marvel becomes that this strange thing called human nature has per* •lste«f throughout the centuries. Had It uot been for an Indulgent and protecting I'suv- ldencc, surely the race would have died of Its own folly. A . . . ••Substitution” Is an evil to be. found not Slone In the drug business and lu the gro cery business; It exists In |K>lltlcs, litera ture. religion and wherever else genuine ness Is expensive. The fashion did uot lie- glu when the ChlWlreu of Israel substituted olden calf for the Lord Almighty, •'**- ..... It end there. Only a few weeks there gathered at n business establishment wbleh finds n diluted mid adulterated type of religion a profitable side-line, a company of men nml women who thought to-prove themselves “advanced” thinkers bv giving nsMMit to the Idiosyncrasies of their lender the latter lielng. by court records, a prov«! charlatan and adulterer. Naturally be. ami others like him who desire a wider moral latitude than the law allows, wants some easier, more accommodating god than He thundered Ills laws on the mount. They are trying to devise a cheap and convenient substitute ft»r Jehovah, even as did Anrun. at the behest of the foolish ex-slaves whose Impatience could not abide tho ft»rty ilays* absence of their leader, upon their service. Little Children Largsr Q«>wn* Htfio* 01 which — — v , ment of the end of the story, but. Interrupt constantly with questions nnd Interjections. The younger the child the greater the Impa tience. Now that was shout the luteU«*c- tunl condition of the Children of Israel: they were' children Indeed. With Moses out of their sight they could not wait; waiting Is a man's art. a sign of maturity anil strength. The essential Immaturity of this people whom Moses list Is a character istic of the story that stands out Isildly. Had they been more fully developed, they would have had more acute. Itut stay; l»cfore we throw stone* clear over Into the Sinai wilderness let us con sider whether It I* not true that the new people of this Western world are also af flicted with the same restlessness nnd lui- R ttence. We do not know how to wait. itucdlntones* la cur motto. Like the mou- keys In the Jungle, we must lie ever In mo tion. never able, like the stronger Jungle folk, to win our prise by patience. Wbst we want we want right away; If It Is not at hand, we art willing to accept any sub stitute. 0.111* P. Huntington, that curious admix ture of cunning, cruelty, selfishness and time. There Is only one thing lu the world that can bent me at waiting, and that Is working for Is also worth waiting for. Ilml they not beeu utterly childish. the rblldren of Israel would* have waited the return of Moses, and then have perceived the benefl- cent purpose of his absence. They, like later pilgrims to the Land «»f Promise, needed to star ‘ Is God. books may care to verify by the this assertion: The greatest nations are those which have the greatest God. “Like master, like man." The people which has the most exalted conception of the Deity Is the one which has the most exalted type of manhood, Little gods mean. In the long run, a little people. Slowly, through the centuries, the monotheism of the .lews elc vntod them above the surrounding Idola trous nations, and made them u peculiar people, a (Miw'trftil people and a persisting people. After more than a little first hand ob servation of Idolutry, I aiu prepared to *uv that Idol worship Is nlways ou a desceti ese who can give an Intelligent explanation of tho character nnd purpose of the greater figures lu their pantheon; hut the plain people worship nil Idols, nny Idols, only from blind fear und an Ignorant hope of receiving favors. I hnve n doxen or more charms that I secured at various heathen temples, which engage to protect me from nil tho Ills of iHNly nnd spirit. The |»eople who start with one Idol soon have many Idols, and enstonis of the grossest. Those Jews nt first wanted a mere repre sentation that would fix their thoughts upon Jehovah—an “aid to devotion,' ns lovers of linages nnd pictures say—but It was uot long ere they “rose up to winy,” after the atmmlnnhle manner of the heathen excesses. He whose devotion Is not centered upon the one supreme object of devotion will find himself swinging In strange orbits, and worshipping unexpected gods III unholy ways. Qkill and Superstition. Those who consider civilisation matter of material skill nnd progress may lie reminded that some of the finest me chanical arts are possessed liy |ieoples far down «>n the Intellectual nml moral scale. The embroideries of obi .fnpnn. the carv ings of China, the hrnsswork of India, the shawls of Cashmere— these are not excelled anywhere lu the world. In the museum at Cairo you may see piles of beautiful Jew- dry. lu cunningly wrought gold nml gems. It was such ns these thnt the Israelites wore, slid offered to the melting pot for the golden calf. Do the two things seem Itimngrtmus— thorn* elalMirate oriinmeiits of gold und the puerile, savage worship i*f th«* molten calf* Ah. but even today bnrbaiism nml gross superstition wear Jewels ami silks ami raiment a In mode. It Is not lu our wealth nml up-to-dateness nnd materia! grninlenr thnt the ho|K> of the age lies; but In n clear-seeing, steadfast and oliedtetit reop*. «>se spiritual Ideals which follow . **. *» f . ,h '* Intelligent worship of the true nml living God. Materialism can not make n nation great nny more than a big bouse and lavishly spent inonev can qualify a person to move lu truly* good society. * ■ T. 1 * '• * ,m worahlpped today. The bull, ns representing life nml reproduction, Is s common object of heathen veneration. Even the (lvlug hull la wor- MV 1 ", 1 "',"'I- ,B S ,h f Of Ben.rra JJS. , nf ".•“ '•-•"'"fr 1 •mile. rostulii* nt hlsbwsy,. en.l pillaring miuiolrat.il front tbe Turanrs. The lumuiuT "f * * n ' 1 •'« rralohil temple tomb. l'a '» «•* Th, Swift Vengeance. '•>- molten ralf did not S roou “'- where Jehorah , *• forever those who stoop to folly Is to suppose that “nobody cares; 1 ' whereas the whole social bodv on res, and so does tho God above, lous for the welfare of his |icu* with ths perverse Israelites—only to find them as shifty, evasive and Irresponsible as they had been Idolatrous. They who IN- ol»ey God In any one point soou find other sins easy and Inevitable. Moses burned with hot lndl—*■' *“ man's caper anger caused the tables of _ hnd written; for of what use was law such characterless people ns these? And he grouud to powder the golden calf, m l he sent an avenging sword through tin camp among the impenitent, so that there fell three thousand men. All who o\er- turn the law must fall beneath the law. A Great Man in a Crisis. What n biasing figure Is the old prophet, as he strides about tho cowering camp, the very Incarnstlou of divine Judgment! n.‘ picture quickens the Imagination, let it Moses had tremendous powers of lndl?lo tion he hnd still greater powers of comp• • slon. In this crisis he proved blmselr i conversationalist. Jrhovnh was ready ! ' repudiate tills miserable :>eople who hnd -* Insultingly repudiated him. The narrative, with strong anthropomorphism, represent■« Jehovah ns wnxlng so wroth against tie* consume them Then arose Moses, the majestic, ns r tercessor. “Yet now,” he cried. " i In- If th"T wilt forgive their sin—; and If uor. blot m-. I pray thee, out of the Imoks which t.ni bast written.” Thera spoke the very •l ,ir JJ of Calvary. Moses so Identified hliu-if with the people and loved them so 1 letter titan they loved themselves, that f"- their sake* he waa willing to Is* accuron. That Is the sort of prayer Jehovah nlu nj hears. Is It suy wonder that be nnswc.vo tho plea of Moses? Nevertheless, the pe; !"*- should suffer for that calf: the Jews tb- is- selves hive a trndltlou that nt least * ounce of the powder of the golden calf na# l>een mingled lu each of their later catem.* The practical application of the wM* lesson Is admirably put by le'ou.ct. “Never think, when you lake a start. in Idol worship, that you will stop there. l Idol must nave so altar. Tho sltsr nu.'i hnvo an offering. The whole must na\ • ‘ temple. Every sin Is self-perpetuating. ; • gin to love money more than God, nml a great Idol of mammon will noon iuaku j temple of yoar life.” 12:30 p. m. tomorrow (Saturday), will be your last opportunity to get a 40c box of Wiley's Chocolates and Bon Bons free with your lit tle 30c want ads. This offer will not be repeated after these dates. Bring or phone your ad to The Georgian of fice. Phones: Bell 4929, At lanta 4401. VIRGINIA MAY ENFORCE TW0-CENT RATE LAW Richmond, Vs., July 2*.—•• stl11 r * mains to be seen what the Virgin > authorities propose Joins in conn« tlon with Judge Pritchard's tory Injunction, which In ttlact for th* state corporation commissi from doing anything whatever » two-esnt rets matter until the cas - settled on Its merits In the veo courts. It Is the belief th4t v l * _sl Where Idols Are Plentiful. Indifferent to tb. doihnnf rarththZn •» standlnff on n much wronger The reodot who hss s raste for follow- earth Iwoflura. Due of the mistakes of foundation than her sister state.