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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1S07. 7 SOME NEW BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS FRAULEIN SCHMIDT AND MR. ANSTRUTHER.". By the author of ••Elizabeth Qnd Her German Garden.” (Charles Scribners Sons.) To any one who has read “Elizabeth and Her Ger man Garden," It Is entirely unnecessary » n go into^any details of how charm ing anything must naturally be, from ti'.o pen of the same author. Some au- thors do sometimes disappoint us sore. lv after a great success, but it Is not so In “Frauleln Schmidt and Mr. An- struther." The whole book Is delight ful “Frauleln Schmidt,“ with her father a poor German professor and hi« second wife—-(Fraulein's step mother)—live In Jena. To supplement the income of the family, a lodger Is ta ken from among the students of that college town. Mr. Anstruther, a young Englishman, lives for a year with his German household. In discussing Mr. -Anstruther, words simply fail—a re viewer. There aro no doubt many of his kind In real life, but it Is surely a pity for any of them to be put in books even to work out the charm of his an tithesis. We all have our "Anstruth- ers,” but sometimes In real life we es cape them, but not always or entirely, for we see nearly every day charming "Frauleln Schmidts" marrying “An- stiuthers,” and vice versa, to our great wonder and surprise. Mr. Anstruther Min the book) needed n year of living In the same house with ' frauleln Schmidt to discover her fas cination. As soon as the reader gets that far In the book he thoroughly un- dei stands what a wcoden-headed crea ture Anstruther was. At any rate, the ••mutt" goes bock to England, after •thing Frauleln to be his wife, and the L> iok now under discussion is composed vf the beautiful, interesting, bright let- ttrs which Frauleln wastes upon An- •iruther. 4 Is Just these letters which make up the book. That does not , bound thrilling as all will admit, but the letters aro charming, unique and de lightful. He loses the Idea that we arc reading letters, for they are the outpourings of one fine woman's heart, ti an unappreciative man (unapprecia tive until too late) and we are all so glad that It was too late. Anstruther breaks his engagement to Frauleln to engage himself to a richer woman, then afterwards he wants to be taken back again. And was h»» reinstated? Well— jt is simply refreshing to know thai h v as not. When he gets Into this plead ing frame of mind (It Is a pleasing thing to faec a big sap-head on his knees—there ought to be more of them in (h-Mr knees than feet) and tills Fruuieir. Schmidt, after her ih.-covery of what little there v. ns tn Anstruther to f.»r, that she would learn again to love i.Ini—that he could make her love him, ttc. (You know that kind of crea ture!). Frauleln, in one of her letters, throws at him the following: You make me tbmk. of those nu- tm rous husbands who fall In love with their wives because they are just what they are and after marriage expend tlitIr energies training them Into some thing absolutely different." h?ven this did not hold Anstruther — he evidently came back In his plead ings. many, many times, for Frauleln \win kept busy telling him to keep away, and so the letters end, with live t.f tes or telegrams saying, respectively, "It would be useless." “I would not »ee you." “I do not love you." "I will never marry you." “I shall not write again.” Did Anstruther got his deserts? He surely did. Judged from many points of view. Why, any full-blooded and clear-minded man. In. thirty minutes would have loved Frauleln Schmidt and If she had lived In Georgia, or any o'.her part of Dixie, she would have had Pj employ a bodyguard to prevent her from kidnaping by eligible young men. Frauleln Schmldt'n criticism of those men who want to change their wives fiom something they loved before mar riage and which was the very thing which attract*d them as lovers, tolled to,the attention of Ihls reviewer l :• a charming young matron of here abouts. who hopes this idiosyncrasy on the pan of Anstruther may arest a similar tendency on the pari of many hi'bands, whose tastes seem to altec if tor matrimony. “THE, HAUNTERS OF THE SI LENCES." By Charles O. D. Roberts. (L. t\ Page & Co., Boston.) For sale In Atlanta by Lester Book and Sta tionery Company. ^ The average reader is not well enough versed in animal lore to question au thoritatively such romances or stories nf the brain power of animals or flsh os are collected under the tJtle of “The Haunters of the Silences’’ written by Mr. C. G. D. Roberts. The principal Illustration from “The Haunters of the Silences.” public and private schools. But when anyone, even the president of the United States, attempts to change or suggest to school boards, proper books for its pupils, all they have to do to realize the size of the undertaking and its impossibility, Is to remember that the Southern states have been for for ty-two years attempting to have a fair history of the Civil war. used in Its own fK hools, by Its own teachers—with very little success. Mr. Roberts’ stories take in all kinds of “fish and. fowl,” from the polar bear to the cuttle flsh—from the North polar regions to the Chinese sea. The story of “The Terror of tho Sea Caves’* seems to be the beat of the lot. All of the stories are Interesting— whether based on facts or fancies— and none^of them leaves the reader in the condition of mind of a young mil lionaire of'New York, a great would-be sport, an aeronaut, a lover of subma rine boats, who said: “I have been up as .high In the air as I can go—I have dived down In the sea as far as I can go, and in either caso there is nothing to It but air and mud.” to be to excite and hold the^interest . tho reader. /'Tho Haunters of the SI lemes” docs/thls—whether legitimately >r not—.the reader must decide for hlm- wlf. This collection of stories Is ob viously for animal end fish lovers. For those who do not care for “fish or fowl" in their reading or experiences, the book will be found amusing, in Just tho same way that it evidently affected Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. In a recent magazine the president ridiculed one of these stories, “On the Night Trail," us follows: “Many of the nature stories of Charles G. D. Roberts are avowedly fairy tales and no one Is deceived by them. When such is the cose, we all owe a debt to Mr. Roberts, for he Is a "harming writer and he loves the wll- 3* rness. But even Mr. Roberts fulls to consult possibilities in some of his itories. The lynx seems to have an unholy fascination for these realists ind Mr. Roberts has succumbed to It.” On the Night Trail" is a story In *hlch it is told of a tranner who, hav- tn* caught a lynx and taking It home In a bag, Js attacked by * pack of solves. The trapper throws down the ■ ar ’k to fight the wolves, but, being n.indlcaped In the faco of numbers, in 1 moment of Inspiration he cuts open sack in which the lynx Is confined. "1»« lynx takea up the fignt. and quickly oiling oil of the wolves (eight) escapes nto the woods, leaving the dead wolves f r the trapper to skin and sell. About ihls thrilling fairy tale Mr. Roosevelt •avs; -The lynx, according to Mr. Rob- N*t-\ goes Into the fray with the wolves "hh a sort of savage exultation. Sev- tral of the wolves receive slashes which **n«l them yelping out of the battle. Nr > v, the thing Is so utterly ridiculous fhnt any matt w ho knows both the won “t'd the lynx loses patience. Real ,v Ives would have made shreds of a ff-’U lynx within a twinkling of the tinu* they closed In to the attack. The ttiimal of the etory would*have stood p' 1 more chance with the eight wolves th.ir. & house cat would stand In a light *tth eight bull terriers.” In the preface to his book Mr. Rob erts 6ays: "I have spared no pains to Jpske these stories accord as far as the facts of natural lilstofy are con- Cr rned with the latest scientific Infor mation." If anyone cares for snlmal legends best way bo view these and similar ft- rles is simply as we read the “Ara- £. Ja n Nights" and . “Grimm’* Fairy Tale*/* We all of us accept the latter a* untrue, but we enjoy them neverthe- |* sv The point that Mr. Roosevelt mokes, and It Is a correct one. I* that "“lit these stories are Interesting In j^tr fairy.Bke descriptions of animal "PRISONERS OF FORTUNE," by Ruel Pcrley Smith. (L. C. Page & Co., Boston.; for sale in Atlanta by Lester Book and Stationery Company.) “Pris oners of Fortune" Is a story of pirates, shipwrecks, hunt for hidden gold, und (you can be sure) love, spelled with a capital "L." It is agreeably free of blood and thunder or any of rhe dime novel forcing of Interest. However, it niav be that n force pump, judiciously used, would have helped the book. The story Is told in the first person, by an old sea-rover, who leaves this history of his struggles for love and fortune for the benefit of any possible posterity, although the writer is not clear on this subject of his heirs. Philip Campbell tells tho story—how he lived In Boston, during the time of Cotton Mather—also of the pirates. There had been captured a bunch of pirates, who were to be hanged at Bos ton. Philip Is kind to one of the pi rates, who leaves with Philip a sketch and some doggerel about a hidden treasure. It is about the hunt for this treasure, with all the ramifications the rot. that the book elongates Itself. Philip, his uncle and some friends build a boat to search for this treasure; they and the boat become shipwrecked up on the coast of Maine, on an Is land occupied by a band of send-retired pirates. Numerous and exciting expe riences take place on this island, upon which enters Cupid, and In line with his general behavior he mixes up things considerably. The semi-retired pirates enter into an agreement with . Philip Campbell and his friends to find the treasure. They make a voyage of ex ploration therefor. The author, keeps the reader a little too much on the anxious seat as to the finding of this treasure; he overdoes the tension, and when the time does come lor his read ers to swing back Into a normal condl tlon, they ure way off somewhere else. As a more than fair and good sample of pirate stories, filled with killings, shipwrecks and a little love making, "Prisoners of Fortune*’ Is quite good. but it Is far too long drawn out. It seems to a fair reader that Mr. Smith might have cut his 392 pages down to about half, thereby not losing, but gaining interest In his tale. It is clean sometimes exciting, but the exciting things are too few In comparison with the dull ones, long drawn out. The story might b c well described as a small body of exciting adventures, en tirely surrounded by dull happenings. Where the love, with the capital “L” comes in, as stated. Is on the Is land. oft the coast of Maine. Philip Campbell finds there a lovely maiden. Mary Vane, who had been cared for by the pirates. Philip wins Map’. mar “ rles her. and on the three hundred and ninety-second page he tells us that Hhe stand*. waiting at til* t*blea»hf write* out hi* memoir*. Evidently growing weary of hi* writing, a. *ure- |v do hi* reader*, she doth take the nen from out my Anger*, growing wen- 25 and bid* me write no more qf bloody deed* and cruel men iiml sine* It be these two-ncore year*. Since first I dhl her bidding. I think In truth. It wlll be too late now to he- * l ThU wn°* b very kind of Mary; there I* no telling how many more MgM.of •'bloody deed* and cruel men PalMp would have 'worked off on us. If unin terrupted. and the only thing we have against Mary I* that "he did not real- ?ze her duty to the reeding public some hundred or so |wge* earlier, for such I, woman’* duty t» man, namely the restraint of man’s Inborn ®*lhlnlty. Tlie Style of composition In 'Prisoner , ,,„*»•* is very good indeed, but It* takes more tlmn style to fill up with Inters? M2 page, of verbose de.crlp- ten At very strong book. “Growth” is not such a book as the reader will want to hurry through, to see who marries whom and “lives happy ever after" It Is an entirely different kind of vol ume from what now unfortunately constitutes our best “sellers.’’ To some of us, this statement means that the book must be worth something, and it Is. “Growth" has most of its scenes laid In Scotland—not among ths clans. There are no knights In armor, sword thrusts or “escapes by the winding stairway," but the plot is laid among the students In. the present day at Edinburgh. Through the wanderings of some of her characters, the author gives us very charming pictures of Florence, Rome nnd parts of 'Portugal. The story tells of the growth in mind, body and soul of young Dugald Dal- glelsh, a student at the University of Edinburgh. Dalgleish is the son of a non-conformist preacher and all of his associates are of that church. They are Mr. Dobbs. Mr. Thatcher, Mr. Scrymgeour, Miss Browg (Dalglelsh’a landlady) and Miss Judith Lemaistre (whom DaJglclsh thinks he loves), to say nothing of a wonderful actress, Iolanthc Brooke (really Thatcher's sis ter), whose oorsonality and attractive, ness forcefully appeal to Dnlgletsh. "Growth” is Just a good, clean story of Student life at Edinburgh—of the lectures there, the life of the students and theJr opinions expressed at debat ing societies. In the book, it |s shown strongly.the growth of the character of Dugald Dalgleish; there are pictures of his falterings, pointed and acute at times, especially when under the fas cinations of the actress. Miss Brooke, he steals 60 pounds from his sister’s legacy to fellow Mira Brooke to Portu gal. There Is shown also the wonder ful hold the Roman Catholic church has upon Its member; the fascinations It has for people of certain tempera- menu; who even .being allied with an other church, are really Komar. 1sts, In their hearts and join the Roman church at the first opportunity, given their temperament to manifest itself. Mr. Thatcher leaves his church to become a Catholic and In this way, the author has an opportunity, which she uses carefully and not irritatingly—to show the good and possible bad sides of both sects or churches. Dugald Dalgleish, realty through the the assistance of his friends, become? a big strong man. He, poor chap, was not of any too much “candle power”— he was worse than Incandescent a.t many times, but as in. real I f-*, t o helping hands of frionds sirtuhcu out, were grasped and he f.>u;id his selid ground. “Growth" Is a splendid book. On? should read It If only to gat her from the perusal of its pages a dlspoj.it! m to view fairly and generally the religious opinions of others. The publication of Just s uch books as “Growth” indicates that worthy con- Reviewed by Arthur Pendennis, Jr. trlbutlons to literature are appreciated and read, and we surely need Just such hopeful manifestations as we struggle with and sometimes emerge from the flood of the “best sellers” of today. “FOUR SEASONS IN THE GAR DEN." By Eben E. Rexford. (J.j B. Ltpplncott Co.) “FyuY Seasons In the Garden” Is a book oh gardening for the home maker, by one of the foremost amateur gardeners * of the United States—Mr. Eben E. Rexford. It treats of all phases of the subject, from the simple bed or two along the fence .n a city back yard, to the most ambitious garden tho happy suburbanite or coun try dweller can manage without Uv services of a professional. The growing of house plants and the use of plants for household and tablo dt-corat ion art Important features oi the book. There are two chapters on lural and village Improvement which carry the home gardening plan Into tho larger field of community work. The first chapter on the' “Making and Caring for Lawns" Is very Inter esting and Instructive reading. From the present appearance of Peachtree street, this chapter alone. If properly applied, would make the “submerged tenth" of Atlanta very grateful to aom< of the owners of these pseudo-lawns. The “oi polio!" "strap hangers” and pedestrians of Atlanta feel that while It might be a ipecics of foreign inter ference or perhaps Impertinence to even suggest such a heresy to thos who "ride !n chaises,” and own the lots upon which lawns could he grown properly, it ir tespecffqlly request? 1 that the owners fix up these now scirl- bsiren s.u ts on t or brag street. “Four Seasons In the Garden" will give the desired InvtrjctSrn. A careful read In? uf this brad;, tegethe*. with «ome ntreu- eous exercise, mtf r.eccsairi.y cm tit’’ part of Peachtree owners themselves will On the work. * * There Is no danger of another coun cil committee being a,'pointed to In vestigate thl? lawn qiu>.Ln of Peacn- tree street, along with our "muddy wa ter," but this latter commodity wcuftf bo very good f:r lawns, uny way. and cur present condition of silt should b«’ taken advantage of. Mr. Rexford tells us all about the making and care of flower beds, bad; yard gardens and window boxes—the growing of bulbs, and mimtcement of green houses. In fact his bock cov?:v * pretty nr.tr:v :!1 growing things, whit » j wc P.r3 liable to plant, footer or ne.;- I !c« t (excel i idem:). I The chapter devoted to “Tho Use • ' ! G%>wincr Plant* for Toble Decoration* j S>> it subject rn* re. in line with the s •* {«!«■:>* department of :h»“ paper than 1 .\exvy. imfjXervstiPg b>yok review, sti.’h t-ti vto.ved by < ne y ho*knows very lit tle about oucli thinye, H would sort that this chapter, along with tho one on lawns, might be found Inrtruc'ivo un In Jv.ful t<» a’l persons who apprecio the beautiful Mds of home Mfo. REFORMS OF CAMPAIGN ARE NOT YET MADE LAW; ASSEMBL Y IS INDEPENDENT GROWTH. By Graham <H*nry Holl & <’° > Margaret Todd, D., under the JJ- they should not be use*? as text- " U ‘^*J Travers.” has wrfV s*:., „ jme ot. them* ai«G lu eur oaaw oi Graha^a ir»>c . Disfranchisement and Anti-Pass Bills Strike a Snag. Will this general assembly enurt Into laiv any of the Important reform meas ure* advocated by Governor Hoke .Smith und demanded by the Macon platform? The session of fifty days was half concluded Wednesday, counting out three dies non, and not a single re. form measure ha* run the legislative gamut. Some bill* havo passed the house, others the senate, but not one has finally passed both branches. And the reform meusures In which the gov ernor I* most deeply Interested have not pussed either branch In the shape desired by the administration. In the house, alt nntl-pass bill wns favorably reported that met the view* und wlahea of the governor. It was a substitute for both the Hall and Perry bills. Mr. Hall fought so vigorously against (his action In Ignoring him that he finally forced a reconsideration, and his own bill was then recom mended. In the senate. Senator Born Intro duced one of the moat drastic antl- jsiss bills ever offered In Georgia. But It was turned down, und the Felder bill, making many exceptions to the restrictions as regards the Issuance and acceptance of passes, was passed. In the senate, the Candler bill for. Increasing the number of the railroad commission to five and giving It widely Increased .powers was passed, but It did not meet the governor’s most earnest desires as regards adding two more members to the body. Notice of reconsideration has been given, and the matter will come up early next week. The house committee ha* not yet acted on the Candler bill. That there will bc rough sailing for the disfranchisement bill In the senate next week aeems assurefl. Some of the strongeat men on that side are girding themselves to combat It. It will prob ably come'up Tuesday, and will bring on a hot fight. So, with the session more than half gone, no Important measure haa yet passed both branches and to the gov- EVIDENCE POINTS TO Grocery Store Damaged By Fire To Extent of $5,000 to $8,000. Copyright 1907 by Hut Schiffncr W Mu* One thing about this store doesn’t change with the thermometer nor the almanac,; Our stand ard of quality keeps steady in one place; hot or cold, July or January, we mean to sell the best goods made. As evidence of that pur pose we remind you that we are the Hart, Sehaffner & Marx people of this town; and we Ve got some very fine summer clothes of their make waiting to be used. Hurry up. Dan iel Bros. Co. 45-47-49 Peachtree* ROOSEVELT AFTER ~T in Addition to Suit lie Has Made Flank Move. Circumstantial evidence goes to show that the fire which partly destroyed the retail trocery store of Johnson 4 Perdue, 602 South Pryor street, and gutted the frame cottage adjoining early Saturday morning, was Incen diary. • The total lots was between 10,000 and 18,000. A broken door, an open cash drawer and a rash register, which was moved, all tend to show that the blase was the work of burglars, whether Intentional or accidental. The fire was first. discovered In the residence of X. C. Rice, adjoining, and It was some time after the alarm hail been turned In before any one realized that the store was also ablaze. The department worked well and subdued the names after a hard fight. New Italian Ware Exceedingly artistic is the new Italian pot tery which we are show ing. Many interesting specimens are displayed in our Art Room win dow. The'ware with very attractive and charac teristic Italian decora tion comes in vases,can delabra, trays, pitchers, and so on. This is something new. See it. It is very popular. s' Maier & Berkele GRAFT IMMUNITY SCHEME UNFOLDED San Francisco, July 27.—Sensational disclosures which lay bare the whole immunity scheme of the graft prosecu tion have Just been mado public through a letter written to the super, visors by th-lr attorney, Hugh M Owens. Despite the fact that the prosecution attempted time and again to have It published that Mayor Kugene K. Schmitz was clamoring for a chance to unburden his mind and tell all, It develops that Heney and Burna were dally making Immunity overtures to the Indicted mayor, and had planned to allow Ruef and him to go scot free with the boodllng supervisors, provid ing they could secure his confession and us# It against those ’’higher up.” $35,000 SUIT FOR SHERIDAN’S STATUE N’e.w York, July 27.—After congress has passed a law authorizing the ztatue of General Phil Sheridan and aftsr Sculptor J. Q. A. Ward had made two models because of many criticism' of the general's widow, the models were rejected by the government. The sculptor now sues for 125,000. Wool Growth 8e!d. Donatasonvllle. Oa., July 27.—The annual sale took place here Thursday for the wool crop for this part of the state. About 50.000 pounds vtere sold bringing 24 cents per pound. A. Ehr lich & Brother, of Savannah, Ga., were the purchasers. emor for hi* signature. Of course. It Is not too late to do It, but the fact that the senate and house seem In clined to act according to their own views, rather than by the wlahes of the administration, means that It pas not been a general assembly altogether In accord with the view* of the gov- emor. In the next two or three weeks, how. ever, the tangled snarl of legislation ma- be straightened pnd legislation passed in conformity with the gov ernor's views and uiJabes. Washington. July 27.—President Roosevelt has begun a flank attack oh the tobacco trust, which. It Is sold, threatens to do more execution than the direct attack In the courts. The new weapons he will use will be regu lations of the internal revenue bureau. On* of the new regulation* will pro vide that when cigarette dealers pay a tax of 54 rents per thousand and up. ward, they have not contracted and will not contract to handle the goods of any one concern exclusively. It Is moreover made the collector's duty to see that this agreement I* carried out. Through exclusive contracts of thla sort It Is claimed the American Tobac co Company has largely built up Us control of the tobacco and cigarette trade. Another new regulation la designed to prevent under-value for Internal revenue purpose*. The tax is 54 cents for cigarettes which sell for not more than 12 per thousand and double that amount for cigarettes selling from 22 to 14. It Is alleged that the company ha* been getting around thle by selling to subsidiary distributing concern* at a figure a little below |t. Iowa Maidens Fight for Lover DESIRABLE POSITIONS] COMMITTEE LEAVES TO INSPECT ROAD Excellent Opportunities For Advancement Arc Of fered in the Field of Telephony. Davenport, I tug*. July 27.—Violent Indeed wee the love which Miss l.ulu Crawford, a muelc teacher of this city, and Miss Opal Adair, tf,stenographer, had for a young man of Davenport. In a prearranged fist light they clawed, hit and cuffed and (lulled each other’s hair until the music teacher yelled murder. The referee fled. The young man decided ne wanted a wife of le*B fistic ability and would wed neither. IMPORTANT MOVE IN EDDY CASE Concord, N. H., July 27.—An Impor tant move In the case of Alary Bakec G. Eddy by her "next friends” against Calvin Frye et al. was made when Judge Robert N. Chambcrloln was asked by Samuel J. Elder and Oliver K. Branch, counsel for the defense, to ap point commissions to lak* depositions In MassachuseHs. New York, South Dakota and Vermont. This move > made In order to compel the "next friends” themeelves to give their dep osition* to be used In the case. Judge Chamberlain announced that he Kill grant the motion. . OFFICIALS DISCUSS DOMINICAN TREATY Y’oung ladles who are conelderlng the matter of engaging In work that will bring remuneration and will not prove dlnagreeable will do well to con- elder the advantage* offered In the field of telephony. The opportunities for advancement are unusual and bright young women, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, are paid a salary while they are learning to be come telephone operators. The Southern Bell Telephorte iand Telegraph Company desires to place u number of young ladles In its train ing school. The requirements are a common school education and proper references. The coin puny pays each pupil a •salary whiles they attend the school, and If tho examinations are successfully passed a permanent posi tion Is provided. Telephone operators are surrounded with every possible convenience for their comfort. Spacious retiring, rooms are provided, where lunches may be secured and where literature Is fur nished. . The work Is made as pleasant and congenial as possible and frequent periods of rest are given during busy hours of duty. Young ladles desiring to enter the training school should apply In person at the training school, fifth fldor Mall exchange, 7* South Pryor street, At lanta,' Ga. Members of House Take Special Cars fpr Chat tanooga Saturday. U.S. Will Issue 10 Cotton Reports Washington, July 27.—The cental bureau has perfected Ita arrangement* tor collecting cotton ginning statlatlca covering the cotton crop of 1207-08. There will be ten reports, the first ap pearing September 8, and the last March 20. The Intermediate dates of publication will be October 2, October 22, Xovem ber 8, November 20, January 0 and January 21. In each Instance except In that of the March' rcporUthe statement will represent the condition of the crop about a week before the date of publication. The report or-March 20 will deal with the condition March 1. Washington. July 27.—Senor Velas- quez, the Dominican minister of finance, accompanied by Mr. Joubert. Domini can minister here, had a long confer ence with Acting Secretary Bacon to day relative to the execution of that part of the Dominican treaty Just pro claimed, which provide# for the floating of a loan of 220,000,000 to settle with the foreign credltora of/Santo Domingo. DR. SOLOMON GOES TO FORT GAINES Rev. J. C. Solomon, atate superin tendent of the Antl-Baloon League, left Saturday for Fort Gaines, where he will address a large prohibition rally Sunday. He will return to Atlanta In i time for watching the final fight on | the prohibition bill In the house Tues- i day. ^ LOWER EXPRESS RATE IN NEBRASKA Omaha, Kebr., July 27.—Judge W. At. Munger, In the Federal court, yester day held that the Sibley law, passed by the. last legislature, providing for a re duction of 25 per rent In express rates, is constitutional and denying the in junction asked by the express com pany. «• ,, .luce Wtlllnlii of Kwedeii. who will visit Arnerli n shortly, although he speaks excel lent Kngffitli, In analoiia to get the right American aeicut and to Iw conversant with American cxiirexsloiia. lie has obtained the hcrvleea of Al. Allehlaa. a well known teaeti. ,-r of Inngiuigoa In r,>|ienhiigeu, to Inatruct him. It was a gay party of Georgia law makers which boarded two special cars attached to the We*tern"»nd Atlantic passenger train for Chattanooga at 9 o’clock Saturday' morning for the pur- poee of making their annual Inspection of the condition of the atate road. Although It has been customary tor both the committees from the house and aerate to make the trip at the same time, the houee committee went alone Saturday, thl senate committee having decided to make the'trip no\t week. Practically every member of the house committee wds In the party nml many of them acre accompanied by their wives or daughters. The committee will spend Saturday In Chattanooga Investigating the prop osition of that city to purchase the right of way from the state In order to allow the opening of Broad street, and ■will also consider the advisability of extending the roud to the Tennessee rtver. When the Investigation Is completed the members of tho committee, or a greater part of them, will go up to Lookout Mountain and spend the night, returning to Atlanta Sunday. The house committee Is composed of the following members: Alexander, of DeKalb, chairman; Neel, of Bartow, vice chaliman: Reid, of Putnam; Mac Intyre. Burkhalter, Thurman. Frier. Heard, Anderson, of Cobb: Huff, Flanigan. Davison. Adams, of Chat ham; Adams, of Elbert; Lee. Tyson, Flinders, Townsend, Brown, of Ogle thorpe; Hall, Glenn, Nowell, Wootten, Atkinson. Anderson, of Bulloch; Aloorc, Hines. Rountree, White, of Screven; Adkins, Slater. Allen, Ashley. Slade, Barkedalc, Davis,(Harris, Foster. Shef field, Couch, Whitley. Williams, of Laurent; Calloway, Brown, of Carroll; Orr and Edwards. FEDERATION PLANS GREAT LABOR DAY The Labor Day commlttea of the Federation of Labor will, meet at g o'clock Saturday night for the purpose of considering plans for the observance of the great day In^tlanta this year. The committee Is making rapid prog ress In It* plans and the Indications are that the celebration will be a great sucoees from every standpoint. POSTMASTER BACK FROM TRIP TO EAST Postmaster E. F. Blodgett returned to Atlanta Thursday night after a va cation of two weeks in the North. Dur ing his absence from Atlanta Post master Blodgett vtelted Philadelphia. Buffalo, .New York. Niagara Falls and stopped over In Washington on his re turn to Atlanta. He la greatly im proved In health and ls now ready for the midsummer and fall campaign In the postolfice business. 4 °/o , • Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT On and After January 1,1907 ‘ TH E NEAL BANK E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, H. 0. CALDWELL, F. M. BERRY, Vice President. • Cashier. Ass’t Cwhier. IT—