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BASS'
Sheets and Cases
Full size Bleached Hemmed Sheets,
worth $1.00, in this sale a
at
Full size Bleached Pillow Cases, ex
tra well made, in this Q
sale 9C
Second Floor
Ladles’ Wrappers of fancy
lawns and percales; #JQ A
extra well made Dvb
Ladies’ Parasols of white
and colored linen em-Q^ _
broidery trimmed... O 1 C
' Gowns, Drawers and Petti
coats of fine muslin OOf*
nicely trimmed wvv
Ostrich Plumes in black and
colors; worth up to QQ-.
$5; choice wOC
Grand Wash Goods Sale
Tomorrow morning we continue the grandest
bargain sale of Wash Dress Goods ever held in At
lanta. Great center tables will be piled high with
beautiful, new, fresh fabrics in best colorings and
patterns, including: ^
200 pieces of Mercerized Voiles, in black, white,
pink, blue, green, red, etc.
300 pieces Fancy Lawns and Organdies.
150 pieces Grenadines and Mercerized Novelties.
125 pieces Batistes and Novelty Tissues. These are worth
up to 49 cents, but you cau take choice tomorrow at, a yard...
We Give
Green
Trading
Stamps
BASS'
Either of These
Tabourets . .
Large, well made
Mission Oak Tabou
rets in either style
shown
here . .
Linens and Lawns
White and Brown Dress Linens, 36
inches wide, worth 50c a <
yard ™
Fine, sheer 40-inch White Lawn; in
this sale at, per
yard . \.
Second Floor
Ladies’ Sailors of rough Jap.
Straw; worth up to •< Q A
$1.50; choice I vw
Ready-to-Wear Hats in vari
ous styles; worth up QQa
to $3; choice...... Dvv
Children's Dresses of fine
Madras and Cham- QQ A
bray; $1.50 values.. Oww
Boys’ Wash Suits of fine
Chnmbrny Madras. AQ.
worth $2.50; at QvC
JP 18 West.
Mitchell,
Near
Whitehall.
TO RESIGN OFFICE
Will Retire From the Na
tional Cotton Asso
ciation.
Spwlal to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., July SO.—Dr. W.
H. Woods, national secretary of the
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association,
hu announced that he will tender his
reelgnatlon to President Harris Jordan.
Pressing business duties are given aa
the reason for Dr. Woods' Intention
to resign. Dr. Woods states that he will
locate In Natchez and practice medi
cine.
Secretary Woods has been In offlce
but a few months, but has accom
pli* tied great results for ths farmers.
He maintained his headquarters at
Jackson, Miss., believing he could be In
cloier touch with the situation. He
Inaugurated the weekly bulletin serv
ice on condition of the crop.
Preeldent Harvle Jordan Is absent
from the city. At the offices of the
Southern Cotton Association It was
elated that Mr. Woods' resignation had
not been received, and that no such
action had been anticipated.
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~ Macon merchant, who runs 0
2 » large grocery store and saloon 0
0 combined, has tersely stated a vl- O
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2 In announcing hts position on the 0
2 pending prohibition bill. Much to O
2 'he surprise of his friends, he O
2 Jeclared he would be glad to see O
2 *hc law passed and enforced. 0
| 2 "How’s.that?” questioned a mys- 0
■ 2 tlnt, l hearer. 0
2 "Because." he replied, "I am 0
2 damned tired of seeing men come 0
2 Into my storo and buy 10 cents 0
2 worth of meal and 15 centa worth 0
2 of whisky." 0
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EASON TO RETIRE
after long service
"I will not be a candidate for prison
Mtnmlssloner at the expiration of my
present terra.”
This is the first positive statement
Commissioner Tom Eason has made
relating to the reports that he will not
he a candidate.
"I made up my mind to this effect
more than a year ago," continued Col
onel Eason. "I have been in public life
wntlnuously for thirty-two years, and
‘ am ready to take a rest.”
t-olonel Eason was appointed sollc-
u°r of the Oconee circuit by Governor
«mes M. Smith in 1876. At that time
■ne solicitor generals were appointed
the governor. Two years later he
•as elected to the position by the gen-
eral assembly, the law having been
changed. In 1882 Colonel Eason was
•lected to the legislature from Pulaski
_ oum >'. and served for four years. He '
*,>n the legislature that approprlat-
'd 11.000,000 for building the present
“ate capitol.
At th.. expiration of his present term
colonel Eason will have served ten
rears as prison commissioner.- Six
Cf!" a *o he carried 110 counties with
2* f “f Police AVlIey Williams, of Co-
Inmbus, as hl^gpponenL
can you beat a man who de-
j“*t*tely and knowingly walks In to a
nouae and shakes hands with a man
jown with smallpox?” some one said
"wntly. -That Is what Tom Eason
L? In hla campaign. You can’t down a
"t* Ilk* that.”
Is believed that Senator P. M.
“*»es, of the Thirtieth district, will
the race.
I WILL GO TO AN ASYLUM,
BUT NETTIE MUST GO, TOO;
SA YS PRETTY LOUISE ONTRE
SENATE ADJOURNS
One of Two Girls To
Be Examined For
Lunacy.
I am not crazy. I era perfectly sane
and will prove It I dimply love Nettle
Day better than anyone on earth and
if they separate us we will both kill
ourselves.
This declaration was made in the po.
lice station by pretty 15-year-old
Louise Ontre, whose strange Infatua
tion for Nettle Day caused the two
telephone girls to form a suicide pact
and go to the river Sunday morning to
carry It out. The girl had previously
been informed that arrangements were
being made to place her In the Insane
asylum and this provoked her vigorous
denial that she Is Insane.
Dr. J. L. Campbell, the family phy
sician, and Mayor Sims, of Hapevltle,
a friend of the Ontre family, held a
conference Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock and prepared lunacy papers for
the girl. A writ will be sworn out be
fore the ordinary and the trial held as
soon as possible.
The Ontre girl declares she will fight
this move and will show to the Jury
that she Is sane.
“1 am sane, but It they Insist on
sending me to the asylum anyway. I
am willing to go, on one condition,”
said Miss Ontre tc a Georgian reporter.
'If I go, Nettle must go too. If I am
crazy, she Is crazy. But neither of uz
lrtrasy. We love ench other and don't
want to be separated. 1 can not stand
to be parted from Nettle. It Is cruel of
them to think of zuch a thing. If they
separate us we will both kill ourselves.
That Is all there Is to It.” .
As soon es thejunacy writ Is taken
out. Miss Ontre will be transferred from
the police station to the Tower to
await a hearing.
The girl still refrains from eating the
prison food and seems to want nothing
but eandv. She has eaten nothing for
the past two days but candy furnished
her by newspaper men.
It lz stated that a brother of Miss
Ontre Is at present an Inmate of the
Insane asylum.
BAIL THETTIBONE
Moyer Did Not Want . to
Leave Partner In
Jail.
Boise. Idaho, July 80.—Judge Wood
today denied the motion made by At
torney Clarence S. Darrow, to admit
George Pettlbone, one of the Western
Federation of Miners’ leaders, accused
of complicity In the murder of former
Governor Steunenberg, to ball.
When told that Pettlbone would be
left alone behind him, Moyer Instantly
declared that he would not accept ball,
but changed his mind.
CASE MS, COURT
Famous Kentucky Murder
Case May Take New
Turn.
Disfranchisement Bill Occu
pies Entire Attention
Tuesday.
Ouches* of Manchester III.
juiy 30.—xne
Manchester, who has been III for sev-
I? 1 .weeks past, baa been In a serious
.,7“ n for three day*. Her husband ,tole away wn
Zimmerman, her father, f£!rfi» < Ba V annah f or Columbia.
*• been summoned from Ireland. leaving Bavannan
BUILD COURT ROOM
FOR NEW JUDGE
The county commissioners decided
Tuesday to construct a new court room
on the first floor of the court house
annex If practicable, to supply the need
which has been made by the appoint
ment of Judge Ellis and the creation of
a new branch of the superior court.
Putting In a partition and purchasing
furniture will, It Is expected, be all that
'*Judgea a pendleton and Ellis have de
cided to divide the work of the civil
branch of the superior court, one hear
ing Jury business and the ether mo
tions. In turn. As the hearing of mo
tions requires less si>ace, the judge en
gaged In this will use the smaller court
room which Is to be Improvised out of
the unused space on the lower floor of
the annex. There will be times, how
ever when no motion business will b,
on hand, aid then the smaller court
room will bo crowded when the court
‘“The county^onunlisloners expect the
Improvised Sourt
temporarily, or until the new court
house building Is erected.
special to Th* Georgian
Savannah. Ga., July^O.-Mrz. Lena
Beard yesterday swon/out a warrant
against her husband. Adam T. Beardf
■President of Columbia. S C., charging
kidnaping. It 1. alleged that white W.
wife was attending a Pl cnlc a f
drop he came to the house and^ask^
the landlady Mrs. s-yea’r-old
permission to »e« his mue ^ ^
Georgetown, Ky., July 80.—During a
heated controversy today between op
posing counsel in the trial of Caleb
Powers, on the charge of complicity In
the killing of William Goebel, before
Special Judge Robbins, developed that
the defense contemplated another ap
peal to the Federal court In an effort
to have that tribunal take Judicial cog
nizance of the case. Argument arose
upon request of prosecution for fur
ther time to procure counter affidavit
to that filed by defense.
GEORGIA-CAROLINA
RAILWAY CHARTERED
A charter was granted by the secre
tary of state Tuesday to the Georgla-
Carollna Railway Company, which Is
to be elzty miles In length.
The company Is organised with
million dollars capital, and Is to begin
at Athens and extend through Clarke,
Madison, Franklin and Hart counties to
a point on the Savannah river near
Hartwell. Oa., and Anderson. S. C.
The Incorporators are H. H. Hodgson,
W. F. Dorsey. C. J. O’Farrell. James
White. Athens: A. N. Alford. J. W.
Williams. J. H. Hodges. A. J. McMul
len. T. J. Linden, W. L. Hodges, Hart
well; O. W. ’ Westbrook, Ila; D. W.
Brooks. Royston; Berry T. Moseley,
Danlelsvllle; A. J. Owens, Canon; J. R.
Dortch, Carnesvllle. -.
CIGARETTE BILL .
NOT ACTED UPON
At a meeting of the senate temper
ance committee Tuesday Morning ac
tion on the Camp substitute sntl-clga-
rette bill wss postponed Indefinitely.
This strengthens the Idea that there
will be no legislation along this line at
this session. „ _
Favorable recommendation for Sen
ator Dobbs' bill to the relief of peach
and fruit growers, came from the spe
cial judiciary committee. It was read
the second time and will 1
up for passage this week
Without reaching a vote on.the dis
franchisement bill, the senate adjourned
at 1:20 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
A motion to adjourn at 1 o'clock was
defeated. A second motion twenty
minutes later carried without a dis
senting voice."
It Is expected that debate will end
Wednesday and a vote will be reached.
It will take two-thirds of the Vntlre
senate, or thirty votes, to pass the bill.
Up to Monday night, when a long con
ference was held among the friends of
the measure, It was believed that the
bill would lack votes enough to pass It.
Doubt as to the outcome still exists
with many, but the friends of the ad
ministration say It will go through all
right. Congressman T. W. Hardwick
watched the fight with interest Tues
day, and frequently consulted with ad
vocates of the Williams bill.
When the WIIIlsms-Felder disfran
chisement bill came up os the special
order on Tueeday morning. Senator
Hawes offered a substitute to the whole
measure. It elmply odds two para
graphs to article two of the constitu
tion of the state.
v It provides that thoss who have not
paid all taxes for a period of three
years can not vote unless the right Is
restored by a county tribunal to be
established.
This tribunal can not, however, re
move disability unless the person up*,
prating has lived In the county and*
state twelve months prior to filling the
application, that he has not been con
victed of any crime Involving moral
turpitude or crime punishable by Im
prisonment, unless a pardon has been
granted, has had a fixed place of abode
In the county for twelve months, or
has regular employment during the
twelve months, has property sufficient
for support or earns enough to do so
The second paragraph requires these
county tribunals to meet once a. year
and no more, and such meetings can
not be held within six months of any
general stats br Federal election. The
general assembly must provide a law
providing for appeal front the Judg
ment of the tribunal.
Several Amendments.
Several amendments were offered to
the original bill. Senator Dobbs of
fered an amendment to the section
giving the qualifications nwessary
the franchise, simply strengthening and
making It more certain that no white
voter would be disfranchised under th*
act.
Senators Hardman and Taylor both
offered amendments to strike the para.
>-raoh which requires the reading of a
paragraph of the constitution and wrlt-
tho paragraph placing the time limit
of January 1, 1210, on the section glv-
Inr ns qualifications good character and
those who understand the duties and
obligations of citizenship.
Senator Felder explained and defend
ed his bill under a running fire of
questions from Senator Hawes.
Senator Hawes followed In advoca
cy of his own amendment to the en
tire bill. He read his remarks, nnd
proceeded. Senator Knight
asked:
“I would like to ask the senator If
he did not submit this matter to—’’
'I object," said Senator Felder, hur
riedly. "It Is a matter entirely per
sonal."
"Let him ask It, let him ask It," said
Senator Hawes, his face flaming In
sudden anger.
Point Is Sustained.
"The point of order Is sustained,”
declared the president. It wss a tense
moment in ths session, and senators
sat watching the event with keen In
terest. This closed the Incident, how
ever, aod Senator Hawes continued his
remarks.
The venerable Senator CrUtenden
spoke feelingly against the Wiliams
bill. Hhe received the closest atten
tlon throughout his remarks.
Senator Felts advocated the hill
briefly, then moved the previous ques,
tlon. Senator Flynt moved adjourn
ment, but It was lost by a vote of
22 to 17.
Tho motion for the previous quei
tlon bill was withdrawn, and Dr. Taj
lor resumed the argument for {be bill.
Local House Bills Passed.
The following house bills were
passed by the senate;
By Messrs. Heard and Atkins, of
Dooly—To establish a charter for tho
town of Lilly.
By Messrs. Heard and Atkins, of
Dooly—To Incorporate the town of
Doollng.
By Mr. Orr, of Coweta.—To amend
the charter of the town of Moreland.
By Mr. Odum, of Baker—Fixing the
liquor license In llaker county at 820,-
000 f>cr annum.
By Mr. Barrow, of Chatham—To au
thorise the mayor and council of Sa
vannah to close certain lines and thor-
oughares.
By Mr. Barrow, of Chatham—To pro-
tcct bridge*, culverts, trees, etc., along
the public roads of Chatham.
PHYSICIAN STANDS
T
Dr. G. Y. Pierce Says Whis
ky Has No Place In
i Medicine-
whisky has no place In medicine,'
says Dr. G. Y. Pierce, formerly at
derman of Atlanta, and who Is ardently
In favor qf state prohibition. He has
given to The Georgian the following
statement
‘Prohibition Is ths great question of
th* century. Compared to It, all other
questions pale Into utter Insignificance.
Its adaption Invariably produces har
mony-and happiness, peace and pros
perity.
'As alderman of the city of Atlanta,
I favored prohibition, but In deference
to the wishes of others whose displeas
ure I did not desire to Incur, and be
cause of the existence of both state and
municipal law recognising It, no ogl
tatlon was had. Whisky has no place
In medicine, there being numerous sub.
atltutea well known to the profession
Infinitely superior to It.
"My first vote, of which I am still
proud, cast soon after attaining my
majority, was for the great .principle
of prohibition.
‘In years of contact with tho masses,
I have observed whisky's harmful, ruin
ous eftecL The Jail and gallows, poor
house and penitentiary aro Its legiti
mate offsprings.
"Tears and anguish, sorrow and sad
ness, suffering and poverty and a thou,
•and crimes are the products of Its mis
erable exlstenoe.
Let any man look Into gie Innocent
faces of mothers, wives and children
who are the real sufferers, andjhen see
around him the hopelese, helpless vic
tims of this awful curse, and surely ev
ery spark of manhood would rebel
against Its longer toleration. In all
the years it has produced nothing but
ruin find wretchedness. It has soothed
no sorrow and brightened no hour.
"Disease and darkness, destruction
and death, stand like milestone* along
Itf track.
“May God Almighty In His wisdom
INSURANCE RATES
NUT THE RAISED
Tariff Association Has Not
Contemplated Any
Such Action.
"The Southeastern Tariff Association
Is not considering any advanco In fire
Insurance rates because of any Atlan
ta pump. The association has not com
sldered any such raise or In any way
concerned Itself about any pump. In
fact, the pump question has never even
been brought to the attention of tho
association."
This Is the statement given nut by A.
B. Andrews, manager of the Southeast
ern Tariff Association, In regard to tho
published report that n ralso In Insur
ance rates may follow the delay In buy
ing a new pump for the waterworks.
BACK HOME AGAIN,
BOY TELLS OF RESCUE
THE GEORGIAN STANDS FOR WHAT MEN
AND WOMEN WANT IN EMPIRE STATE—
To the Editor of The Georgian:
When Rev. Charles M. Sheldon took charge of'The Topeka (Kan.) Daily Capi
tal for one week in March, 1900, to show “how Christ would publish a newspa
per," quite a little ripple was set in motion, upon whose wavelets religious and
moral interests was borne some little distance out in the nation. He stated that
the paper would advocate prohibition from Maine to California, and quoted
Governor Stanley assaying: “I believe prohibition at its worst is better than
high license at its best."
I was in college at the time this “Sheldon edition” was published, and, of
course my ideals were set high and'I was reaching for everything that would con
tribute to their maintenance; and in the newspaper line, I thought I had found the
only example I would ever find.
But The Georgian beats it. It lives up naturally, every day, to my ideal of a
good newspaper, much better than the studiously conducted Capital on an experi
ment of one week’s duration. It has fought for what men and women in the state
of Georgia longed to see, if but to see it and depart in peace. To it we owe the
realization of ‘our civic hopes for moral cleanliness. Victory is virtually ours,
thanks to its leadership and its fearless stand for civic righteousness, clean homes
and manly men.
Ithank you, Georgian, for what you have been, for what you are, and I thank
you in advance for what you must continue to be—the ideal newspaper to meet the
ideals of Christian youths our broad land over. I am, Sincerely yours,
O. T. MONCRIEF,
Special to Tho Georgian.
Au&ata, Ga., July 30,—No more
weird story has ever been heard In
Augusta than the.account of John Mo-
ragne Fleming, the 11-yoar-old son of
Frank Fleming, gives of his experience
In the mouth of Broad river, nvr Fort
Royal, S. C., where he was mvept out
of the river Into the ocean last Friday
afternoon and remained In the surging
waters for mors than five hours.
Young Fleming was mourned for ns
dead by his relatives and friends, and
200 floral offerings had been ordered by
hU_boy_ companion* as a last tribute
to~the supposed deceased. Young Flem-
Ing. with - his* brother, Frank, nnd un
cle, Hal Erwin, were flshTng In the
mouth of Broad river, which Is seven
miles In width, when In the effort to
get a bucket which was on the oppo
site side of the boat to him, John Mo-
ragne fell overboard. and could not be
rescued. The boy In telling the story
after he was rescued from ‘ a lonqly,
uninhabited Island, said that tho boat
came near him many times, but on ac
count of the water being so rough he
couldn't be seen.
REGISTER BIRTHS
IN EVERY COUNTY
Senator George W. Deen, of the Fifth
district, has under preparation a bill
which has as Its purpose to require ths
registration of every birth In each
county of tho state with the ordinary.
Senator Deen’s bill will require phy
sicians to keep a record of births to ho
filed with the county ordinary at stated
Intervals. He believes It Is a measure
that should be enacted Into law and will
urge Its passage.
FILLED A FRIEND
FULL OF IIYPO. DOPE
Asa Hammond, a tinner, was found
near Victoria etreet and the rallro.. !
Monday night unconscious from the ef
fects of morphine, and wai token to
the Grady hospital.
Shortly afterward Tom Smith, a^
brick-maker, residing In Kennedy
street, and who Is addicted to the mor
phine habit, was arrested charged with
doping Hammond. Smith admits he
shot the dope Into Hammond’s arm.
but said the latter requested him to do
so. Both men, according to Smith,
were drinking together Monday night.
Smith says he gave Hammond only an
ordinary dose.
BLUE JACKET
KILLED BY BOILER
Monticello, Ga.
y v
sstor Monticello Baptist Church.
Washington, July
as received at th
today announcing th.- 1
bunted yesterday on t
mlngton at Naklng, Cl
ere scalded. Klremi
as killed and the tw
t/ected to recover.
30.—A dispatch
navy department
at a boiler tube
the gunboat WIU
hlna. Three men
Frank Hlnda
them are ex-