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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND N EWS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 19TFT. t:ic»:;:i:icic>:ictc»iOiO{c?oi>: KISER BUILDING, ATLANTA, Business Course .. $40 Shorthand Course. $40 CRICHTON’S IMPROVED SYLLABIC METHOD Munson-Graham Pitman The Greatest Discovery of the Century A large majority of Shorthand Students complete the course in 3 months. 5 ijaaagaaaaaaaaa^r^ajiaseietaciiot^ PERSONAL MENTION a number of lovely girls Lucy Cobb Institute this winter, among Them M'ss Mattie Lewis Dodson, of Americus; Miss Annie Sykes Rice, of a Manta; Misses Laura and Anna Ash ley and Misses Lamar Lewis and An- Fender, of Valdosta; Miss Sarah Rawson. Miss Lillian Yow, Miss Bes- pope and Miss Agnes Harrison, a 1 Atlanta, will attend this delightful and popular school.—Macon News. and little Mrs George Simpson ana in; Aiushter and Miss Helen Reeves left fhu morning for Atlanta, where they ‘"m Join Mr and Mrs. T. H. Mab.on and will leave for Lithla Springs to "nd several weeks.-Montgomery journal. Benjamlnc Jones and her charm ing daughter, Miss Josephine Jones, have been at Lake Toxaway for the" past three weeks, left there re cently and are at Indian Springs for a brief while.—Macon News. Mrs Orme Campbell is at her farm, Argvle,” chaperoning a merry party of boys, consisting of Masters Orme Campbell. Wllnter Moore, Robert Fore man, Sam DuBoso, William Lllls and Howard Magllt. Miss Ruth Hollingsworth, of Atlan- Ga„ Is visiting her sister. Mrs. VV. Gridin; on South Mint street.— Charlotte Observer. and Mrs. Edmund Randolph Preston, who have been on a visit to New York, have returned m charlotte rnd are at home there all Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. West, Miss West and Miss Clifford West have returned from a trip to the Canada lakes and New York. Mrs. Lucian L. Cocke, of Roanoke, Va., Is In the city. Mr. and Mrs. John Hill will leave Saturday for the Highlands to spend ten days. Air. and Mrs. J. K. Orr have returned to the city. Miss Marlon Goldsmith Is the guest of Miss Frances Ansley, In Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Kiser have re turned from Birmingham. Mr?. Robert Jones Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Floyd Foster, In Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Near and children have returned from Tallulah. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Douglass are spending a month at Battle Creek, vtth Mrs. Stone- Mrs. O. T. Latimer, Jr., and little [laughter, Myrtle, after a pleasant visit 1 several weeks to Asheville, Lake ixaway and Chattanooga, returned to the city Tuesday. Miss Marian Gay, who has been the guest of Miss Alline Porks, left Tues day afternoon for Gtiflln. from which town she will go to Forsyth to visit her grandparents. Mrs. Ralph Van Landingham and children, who have spent the summer it their country place near Roswell, lave returned to town. Mr* Clyde King and children will eturn soon from North Carolina, where hey have spent the summer. Mrs. Marian Goldsmith Is the guest f Miss Frances Ansley In Decatur, for i few days. Mrs. William S. Armstrong and little n, and Miss Dell Black, of Brunswick, are returned from Porter Springs. month of October in New til spen York. Miss May Stokeley, of Tennessee, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Ran kin. Mr. Charles D. Hill has returned from Tate Springs. * Mr. and Mrs. Victor Smith will spend the month of September North. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Witham leave soon for the East to spend several weeks. Miss Martha Whitman continues 111. ALL CITY SCHOOLS OPEN SEPTEMBER 9 Ur. and Mrs. Floyd McRae pend the month of October In York. Mrs. J. L. Cobb has been the guest af relatives and friends In Carrollton. Miss Eunice Cochran, of Atlanta, Is Isltlng Miss Julia Dunbar, of Carroll- s. R. E. Randall, of West Point, Ca., Is visiting Mrs. Benjamin H. Mor ris. at her residence, 316 Crew street. MIfs Claude Hartsfleld Is the guest f her sister, Mrs. A. P. Stevens, of rlton. Mrs. A. R. Davies nnd Mrs. O. W. Horne, of Vienna, Oa., are the guests of Mrs. John O. Davleh, nt 46 Currier street. W. Nelms, at guest East All the public schools of the city will o#en on September 9. There seems to have been some mis understanding In regard to the date and Superintendent Slaton wishes It positively announced that all the schools, Including the two high schools, wilt open on September 9. Those who must stand examinations for entrance to school must report on Friday, the 6th of September. The normal close will meet on September 4 and 9. MONEY TO RUSH CANAL COMPLETION Washington, Aug. 27.—President Roosevelt has approved Colonel Go- ethal's request to continue expendi tures In exeess v of the pro rata allowed for the construction of the Panama canal for the present fiscal year on ac count of present necessltlea and unfore seen developments since the estimates were submitted. “Jamestown Special” NORFOLK, VA. A New Train With High-Class Day Coachei, Pullman Drawing Room 8l**olng Cars and Dining Cara, Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY Leave Atlanta 1 12:15 noon Arrive Norfolk 10:45 a. m. VERY LOW RATES 10-dav Ticket $11.95 15-day Ticket $18.00 60-day Ticket $21.25 Season Ticket $25.45 (Ten-day tickets on sale TUESDAYS and FRI DAYS of each week, good only in clay coaches.) EXTRAORDINARILY REDUCED RATES Via NEW YORK OITY IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY. ROUND TRIP tickets will be sold from Atlanta to NORFOLK, going direct, thence via Old Dominion 6teamshlp Lino, or Norfolk nnd Waahlngton Steamboat Line (Potomac River), to Washington, and rail line, or Boat to Baltimore and rail line, or all rail line Norfolk to New York; returning to Atlanta direct through Waahlngton, or via Buffalo, Niagara Falls (Hudson River by daylight New York to Albany, If de- aired), Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chattanooga, or Tice ver sa, as follows: 60-day Ticket $31.30 Season Ticket $37.50 STOPOVERS at all summer tourist atopover points, also at Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Chattanooga. Ticket Office 1 Peachtree St. Phono 14*; Now Terminal Station, Phone 4900. U. C. LUSK, District Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Oa. RICH GOULD STARVED TO DEATH; ALLOWED HIS WIFE ONE EGG A DAY! New York, Aug. 27.—George Gould, aged 65, died yesterday In the New Rochelle hospital of starvation and ex posure. Gould, although he died from starva tion, was one • of New Rochelle’s wealthiest men. Mrs. Gould left her husband recently because she alleged that he starved her and allowed her but one egg a day to subsist on. After hts wife left him Gould barred the rest of j the family from tho house. Neighbors had missed him for some time recently, and IH. RICH. S BROS CO. M. RICH & BROS. CO. y, and yesterday, when his house was broken open, the old man | EMBROIDERIES $40,000,000 BOND SALE BIGGEST IN HISTOR Y OF N. Y. I New York, Aug. 27.—The biggest bond sale In the history of the munlcl, pallty will take place on September 10 next, when bids will be opened for 140,000,000 city bonds at the new fig ure of 4 1-2 per cent. It is admitted by the financial authorities of the city that a sale of bonds at this time Is ab solutely necessary In order to provide funds for the city's needs and Impend ing Improvements, and that the largo Issue advertised can all be utilized and | entirely disposed of, according to Act ing Comptroller John H. McCooey, will I put the city In good financial condition | until next spring. 50c and 75c Values, Tomorrow (Wednesday) AM A PATTERSON, ACTRESS, HAS PITTSBURG "ANGEL”I Washington, Aug. 27.—The family of Nan Patterson, who sprang Into noto riety as the result of the mysterious death of Caesar Young and her sub sequent sensational trial on the charge of murder, admitted today that the former chorus girl left Washington last Friday, saying that she was. going to Pittsburg. Beyond this her relatives say they know nothing of the reports from Pitts, burg, In which It is claimed that “Nan," who Is now Mrs. Leon Martin, has In fatuated a wealthy steel magnate of Pittsburg, who. despite her pyrotechnic I career, has willingly become her "an gel." Members of Miss Patterson's family! said this morning that before her de- I parture from Washington, where she had made her home for the last two months. Nan Informed them that she was on her way to Pittsburg to Join a party of six, and would start for an automobile tour, which would last for two weeks. Swiss, Nainsook and Cam bric Flouncings, Corset Cov er Embroideries—our regu lar 50c and 75c values will go on center counters for bar gain sale. English eyelet, blind and combination pat terns in great variety. Be on hand! A YARD Beginning at Nine O’Clock. LEO A/, AGED 9, IS EDITOR OF GEORGIA'S NEW PAPER\ real newspaper, profusely Illus trated, publlehed and edited by e year-old boy, unassisted, Is Georgia's latest publication. The newspaper Is called The News, and It Is the product of the genius and the work of Leon Maddox, Austell’s young prodigy. It Is published without the aid of any machinery other than nature gave him and a few Instruments what the printers call type. Whenever he wants to print a word he carves It out of wood provided he has -not already the carv- BROTHER OF SECT Utica, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Oren Root, brother of Secretary of State Ellhu Rott, and professor of mathematica.and natural science at Hamilton college for twenty-seven years, succeeding his father, died last night at hts home In Clinton. He had been III about a year. His death was due to cirrhosis of the liver. ed word* or letters In stock—and then rubs Ink over It and stamps It on one z IH. RICH & BROS. CO. wmmmmmmm M. RICH & BROS. CO. mmmmm The same with Illustrations. Leon never worries celebrities about their photographs, and does not spend all his profit? having cuts made by en gravers. He carves a man's likeness out In wood Just os he does type. Ha has found that, while It Is better to have the title of each pnge printed, that the special articles thereon can Just as well be written with pencil. The News Is an eight-page paper, and It sells at 5 cents a copy. The News devotes especial attention to sports, society ana politics.' TAFT MAKES SPEECH IN SPRINGFIELD MISSING GROCERIES F FOR U.S. CONGRESS Jamas L. Mayson, city attorney and president of the Fulton County Anti- Saloon League, was Indorsed for con gress from the Fifth district Monday night by the Young Men'e Prohibition League,’ which met and adopted reso lutions. Mr. Mayson has not formally an nounced his candidacy, but his friends state that he probably will enter the race against Hon. Lon Livingston. It has been rumored that Hon. John M. Slaton would also be a candidate for representative from the Fifth. The league elected the. following ex ecutive committee: L. Seely, chairman; J. A. Terrell, rst ward; Paul 8. Etheridge, Second ard; J. B. Brooks, Third ward; Dr. M. Swlcegood. Fourth ward; W. II. Littleton. Fifth ward; A. M. Smith, Sixth ward; R. W. Byers. Seventh ward; Dr. S. D. Warnock, Eighth ward: W. D. Upshaw, at large; Fred Shaefer, College Park. The following resolution was unani mously adopted: "Whcroos, After January 1 It will be unlawful to manufacture or sell whisky In the state of Georgia; and, '•Whereas, There Is urgent need of a law prohibiting the shipping of whisky Into this state from adjoining states; and, "Whereas. The Hon. James L. May- son has been prominently mentioned aa a candidate for congress from the Fifth congressional district on a platform fa voring such a law; therefore, be It "Resolved, That this lengue urge Mr. Mayson to make this race for con gress, and pledge him our united and active support, should he decide to be-) come a candidate." wholesalo stealing scheme dcvel- oped In the recorder's court Monday afternoon-,-wheit-4wo negro merchants and four negro draymen were arraigned after being caught by detectives. result of the hearing, John Scott, Will Henry,. Jap Graves and Babe Greer were held under a 1300 pringfleld, Mo., Aug. 27.—Secretary War W. H. Taft addressed 15,000 persons In Central Park, this city, last night, the largest political gathering In Southeastern Missouri history, after which he attended a banquet. Among the speakers were National Committee man Thomas J. Adkins. St. Louis; Walter H. Dyte, Kansas City, and John E. Woodruff, Springfield. Before leaving for Kansas City this morning, Mr. Taft was driven to the national cemetery over the national boulevard for which a (30,000 appropri ation Is sought from congress. Mr. Taft reiterated his Columbus, speech here. Ohio, Agnes Scott College Decatur, Georgia. From K. G. Matheson, M A., LL. D., President Georgia School of Technology; “Such an institution aa yours, both in its immediate'training of students and its effect upon the community and state in main taining high standards of scholarship and character, is deserving of every encouragement, and I cordially commend your college for its ideals and attainments.” . F. H. GAINES, President. Session Opens September 18th. NO AGENTS. SPENCER SHOPS WELL DESCRIBED DELTA TAU DELTAS MEET IN CHICAGO Chicago, Aug. 27.—Frati»rnlty men from bond each for trial, while W. A. Graves, I forty etnte* In the union, France, Can' of 198 Martin street, was held under I min, Mexico and the Philippine latnuds, a $1,500 bond, and Mayo Snow, of Fra- are In Chlcngo for the thirty-ninth biennial ser and Clarke streets, had bis bond conv * n,,< " 1 , of ne 'i* wU,'!?’,™' fixed at 31,000. I Kim yesterday, nnd. will continue until Frl- of headquarters, and W, A. Poole, of the secret staff of tho Central, that a One hundred delegatee repre sent tho fifty chnpters of tho organization. conspiracy existed between the dray- FAMILY SKIPPED • men and the merchants, and that a | LEAVING BILLS land office business In stolsn goods from the freight depots was being done. The two sleuths caught OraveB and New York, Aug. 27.—Mrs. E. M me two oicums rnugni uraveB ana I _ „ ho Will Henry with the goods, according Grennell and family, claiming to be to the evidence In police court. They I from Alabama, will find a general wel- sald they saw the drayman put a tub come among the store keepers at Bay of lard on his dray nnd that It wa*l shor , £, i if they will drop In with not among the artlclos checked off by Tl’ J. ', mnn - v thI .t was always the clerk. They followed him on his ,h * bnrrel of m0 " ey Journey, saw him leave the goodB where about to come, and settle a long list ot they belonged, nnd then saw him take accounts which they contracted. Bay the tub of lard to Gravea' store. Then Shore Is very anxious to find the Gren- both were arrested. nells now that they are gone. A war- Babc Greer was gathered In at the rant Is out today for the woman head Central depot, and he made a Confes-1 of the hodse. slon, Implicating John 8cott, and said Mayo Snow had received the swag. The, . ..... detectives said thby found tobacco BROWN MAY ENTER RACE boxes In the stores of both negroes | FOR COURT SOLICITOR without any revenue stamps on them, ! SAILOR FELL OVERBOARD; WA8 DROWNED IN SEA Special to Tho Georgian. Brunswick, Cs.. Aug. 27. Elleff O! sen, aged 63 years, a steward on the steamer- Charles H. Evans, waa drowned at the Mallory docks, Sunday. ' Olsen was on board the Evans, per- I forming his customary duties. About i 11 o’clock. Captain White, of the Ev ans, discovered a corpse floating near his vessel. When _ the cadaver waa brought aboard, it was discovered that the body waa that ot Mr. Olsen. and this feature was reported to the I gnrrlnl to The Georgian. Federal authorities. I Elberton, Ga„ Aug. 27.—It Is believed * _ , ... that Colonel T. J. Brown, of this place, Firat Bale at Opelika. I win announce hln candidacy for ao- Hpeclnl to The GeorKlnn. I Heitor general of this circuit nt an early Opelika, Ala., Aug. 27.—At auction date. Colonel Brown has been the so- yesterday’the first bale of cotton to be I “**!>! Pl ty SSf'LSV.I’wlll'SS . .... , . , i for a number of years and ho will get brought to the market from Lee coun- rt of this county If he decides ty was sold for 22 1-3 cents. The cot- t o enter the race. It Is probable that ton was classed as good middling. The 1 Colonel J. H. Skelton, of Hartwell, will bidding started at 20 cents. W. C.|aIao be In the race. Jlmmcrson. of near Liberty, gets the credit for bringing In the first ba!e| this year In Lee county. TO OPERATE 8IX SHIPS ON IMMIGRANT LINE. Steady Growth Is An Evidence of Strength CHURCH ORGANIST WEDS LONDON MERCHANT. Roanoke, Vo., Aug. 27.—Mrs. P. L. Kennedy, organist at the Second Pres byterian church, this city, was mar ried yesterday to James A. Finlay, of London, England. The marriage was a surprise. Mr. Finley, who la a mer chant In London, left at once for Eng- . land, and will be followed In a month ' by bis bride. Feby. May Sept. •Ian. July $472,516.97 $1,153,929.23 $1,235,912.35 *1,826.404.46 $2,053,802.37 ftpaetsl to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C.. Aug. 27.—Baron von Pills, of Bremen, here to look aft er the establishment of a steamship line between the Mediterranean and Charleston! was entertained with an excursion about the harbor today, and will be banqueted by the city o* Charleston tonight. Ex-Govemor Hey. ward. Commissioner of Immigration Watson, Count Wedei. an Immigrant .planter, and C. Van Leuven, of Wll- 1906 mlngton. N. C„ are here with Von 1I Pills. He will be In Aggusto Thurs- "’Lday. His proposed line will have six 1906[steamships and handle Immigrants and inn; j cotton, 1907 An Interesting story of what a roll road may do for a town is published In the August number of the Railroad Record and Common Carrier, which Is Just out. In this story Editor Frank Weldon deals with tha town of Spencer, N. C., where the big shops of the Southern railway are located. Not only Is the story Interattngly told, but It Is pro fusely Illustrated with half-tone en gravings showing the thoroughly mod em plant and the many men employed. DEPUTIES IN SEARCH OF ESCAPED C0NVICT8. Hpwlnl to The Georgian. Moultrie, Ga- Aug. 27.—A guard at county convict camp, seven miles north of Moultrie, was assaulted Sun day night and probably fatally wound ed, while flvo of the prisoners made their escape. There were eleven con- ▼Icta In the aquad under one white man, S. W. Smith, who was guard and superintendent of road work. Seven of the convicts made their •scape, but after a time two of them came back to the camp. Four refused to leave the ramp and aent word to Moultrie of the affair. A number of deputies have been sent out after the escaped men, whar had about twelve hours the start of them. A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN if often (llHtrertftcd l»y Gray oe Blenched Ilnlr. Imperial Hair Regenerator la the only mire nml absolutely harmless remedy for either] easily applied; any nntural shade pro- lossy. It Is mi equaled for l or mustache. Sample rtf hslr col ored free. Privacy assured corre spond! uce. Imperial Chemical Mfg. Ca., 135 W. 23d St. N. T. Sold by Jacobs* Pharmacy, Atlanta, Go, UNION DENTAL OFFICES. 701-2 PEACHTREE ST. EX-CONGRESSMAN BUNN IS DEAD AT WILSON. A Set of Teeth $2.00. A Gold or White Crown 2.25. The painless extraction of Teeth and the Insertion of new ones without the old roof plate a specialty. Phone 1944. 8WAN80N COMMUTES SENTENCE OF NEGRO- Wilson, N. C„ Aug. 27.—Ex-Con gressman B. H. Bunn, a prominent lawyer at Rocky Mount, died at his residence here yesterday. He ably served the Fourth North Carolina con- MabeT Risl’ey, ‘n^Mre.'Yorreri’oMdZ greeslonal district for two terms. Ing, of Washington, D. C. Richmond, Va., Aug. 27.—Governor Swanson yesterday decided to commute to life Imprisonment the sentence of Joseph Thomas, alias John Wright, colored, who, but for executive clem ency, would have been hanged In the Alexandria county Jail yard next Fri day morning for an attack upon Miss SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the six months ending Junne >0, 1907, of the condition of The Illinois Life Insurance Company, Tho above figures, allowing the WAR ON BLIND TIGERS Htcady, continuous • increase of CL08E8 MANY 8HOPS. our deposits since we begnu busi- gp^n.i to The Georgian, ness, proclaim more clearly than Charleston, 8. c„ Aug. 27.—Sixty- words, the thriving Strength of on® revenue licenses have been eurren. .hi, b.„k «n.i character of its service to depos-1, 0 B ^ fLm p them out of the city. This itors. | shows a decided result In the fight for enforcement of the Uquor laws of tha Central Bank & Ex-Confederate Diet. Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 27.—J. H. Ber- aged 72 years, died at his home In Mayavllle precinct after a lingering Illness He was a Confederate veteran and a prominent and well esteemed clt- _ .... , „ , _ .. ilzen. His widow and three sons and a Branch Cor. Mitchell and Forsyth. I daughter survive him. Trust Corporation 3 * • |the ; Candler Building, of Chicago, Organised under the laws of the state of Illinois, made to the governor of the state of Georgia, In pursuance nt the laws of said state. Principal office, 134 Monroe Btreet, Chicago, III. I. CAPITAL 8TOCK. Whole amount of capital stock .,,, ... inn.anoim II. ASSETS. Total assets 36,370,170.48 III. LIABILITIES. Total liabilities... ... - 36,370,170.48 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST 8IX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1907. Total Income J SMi.654.jo V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1907. Total dlabursementa 3 771.992.79 A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified. Is of file In the office of the Insurance commissioner. STATE OF ILLINOIS—County of Cook. Personally appeared before the undersigned, Oswald J. Arnold, who. being duly sworn, deposes and says that he U the secretary of the Illinois Life In surance Company, and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true. OSWALD J. ARNOLD. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of August, 1907. HERBERT W. PACKARD. Notary Public. J. C. TUMLIN, State Manager, 501 English American Building. L. — —