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mmmmm THAT TELEPHONE TAX While our city fathers are fussing an d being fussed at about the tax be collected from the telephone com pnny. let the -working people of Atlan ta not lose sight of the fact that the oldest savings bank In the city, the Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Com pany, accepts deposits as small as " and pays 4 per cent per annum Into est and compounds it twice a year. What an opportunity for any one to eave in a small way! Have you any money In the bank? Are you teaching your children to save? Think of these questions seriously, and then say to vourself, "I am so many years old, what jiave I accomplished In this world? What have I got to show for the years of hard work that I have had to do, and what is the outlook for the fu ture?" A great many men die, some of them you perhaps have known, without having saved up enough money to bury themselves, and their family Is left burdened with this debt. How would It be if you were to die? Think of these things now, and if you have no bank account, come to this old sav ings bank on corner Broad and Ala bama streets and get a pass book. Tou have seen the sign in large golden letters, SAVINGS BANK, many a time. Open every Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6, in addition to regular morning hours. Write or call for one •f their circulars, and It will be given to you gladly. SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOO If You Are Interested In the Cor rect and Thorough Education of Your Children, Cut Out and Pre serve for Future Reference This Notice of THE 8UKINY SOUTH INSTITUTE, George C. Looney's School for Boys and Girls; open at 97 Washington street Sep tember 2, 1907; liberal, corapTt-henslve lemuor «« j.-vi, imcrni, wuiiiniufiiBiYt course, or special courses In Latin, mathe matlcs or English, with lectures on phyal ble by the month of four weeks; hea< f i&rtment (George C. Looney' “• and Mr?. primary (Mrs. l’trmelee), dally sessions’ 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m.; the last half hour the boys In'military department will be tynder to do .... eept the primary department, which will be dismissed at naif past 12. Our elocutionist, Mrs. Parmelee, teaches physical culture, expression, oratory. She toft7«rr ‘ ‘ * ' !i a very superior lady and teacher. This school Is kept too bnsy to allow o any wrongdoing or Idleness In the school Therefore, the discipline, while not rigid, Is perfect Any student shore s veritable blockhead, can learn easily and rapidly under our in duettre, seductive and thoroughly explana tory manner of placing things clearly “■* fore the mind’s eye. tleman in the city, or In Georgia or who has kept^aeg with, the. educa tional Interests o? the South for the past forty-two years, as to'the honesty of this statement as well as to our success In teach ing. COMPTROLLER PUT EXPLAINS REPORT Answers Criticism of Fig ures on Road’s Earnings, Waihlngton, Aug. 28i—Comptroller Plant of Southern, yesterday continued his testimony before Special Master Montgomery. Mr. Plant said that the figures submitted by him yesterday rel ative to earnings from Intrastate busi ness in North Carolina and the effect upon those earnings of the legislative rates were very conservative, and not as favorable to the company as they might fairly have been made. Consid erable criticism has been launched at the Southern Railway Company for a difference qf the reports of the compa- -Jorth Carolina corporation commission concerning the earnings of the company in Intra-state operations In North Car olina. The figures of the commission show the earnings to have been for the year ended June, 190(1. 111,972,093,03, while the books of the company show them to have been 112,043,727.13. Mr. Plant was closely questioned concerning this today, and stated that In the capitulation prepared by the commlrslon the earnings of the Atlan tic and Danville nnd of the North and South Carolina railroads had not been Included In the commission’s report. $29,000,000 FINE AGAINST VENEZUELA ASPHALT TRUST. Washington, Aug. 28.—Mr. Ade, act ing secretary of state, has found an amusing feature In the action of the Venezuelan court In assessing a fine, which may amount to 323,000,000, against the New York and Bermuda having financed a revolution against the Castro government several years ago. Mr. Ade referred to the statement that the court found precedent In the united States for the assessment of offended the laws of the country. COTTON REPORTS TIED UP BY THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE. POLICE ON TRAIL Little Felloe Held With Two Other Children 37 Days. New York, Aug. 28.—In the remarkable •tory told by little Michael Callla, aged 6, released after thirty-seven days of cap tivity, the New York and Brooklyn police believe they have a clew to a kidnapers’ den, where little children are held for ransom. Ue was found near his home. The boy told of two other children, little boy and girl, who shored bis coptlv Ity, and oven now are In the darkened room In which he was kept away from daylight and the sounds of the streets for more than n month. The police say they will soon have the gang. "We went over the water,” he said today. “Then they took me up, up, up. and the room was dark. When I cried they held a —r knife before me. It had a bright le. They said they would ent ray tongue odt Then they told me If I did not stop crying they would burn my eyes out. They cut my hair and gave me another snlt of clothes. They gave me things to eat when I was hungry. “There were two other children there. One was a little boy and the other a little girl. They would nor let uh talk to each other or tell our names. Nobody came near us, except two men.” PRESIDENT IS HELD Aged Official Charged With Embezzlement of $6,000. Cumberland, Md. t Aug. 28.—Samuel D. Lovengood, the aged president of the Farmer*' Bonk, of Meyersdale, Pa., which ho* closed Its doors, has been placed under arrest. He is charged with the embezzlement of 36,000. When the bank closed its doors there was not a dollar In the bank except the deposits of Saturday. There Is about <200,000 in deposits tied up. FARMS AND HOMES IN SOUTH GEORGIA For Farmers Wishing to Better Their Con dition. The Deen Realty and Improvement Company, of Waycross, Go., offers tho following bargains to farmers wishing to move to south Georgia: At Waycross. Ten-acre farms on public and rail road, between Waycross and Wares- boro, for $2S0. Twenty-acre farms for 3600. Houses on several of these farms, houses to be given free to flrst appli cants. At Offerman, Twenty Mites North of Waycross. Jen-ocrc farms, each with four-room house and lot In town, $1,000, farms within ten minutes' walk of houses. At Nieholls, Thirty Miles Northwest of Waycross. Ten-acre farms, with brand-now five-room houses In town, 31,200, farms within ten minutes' walk of houses. More or less land can be had with all theso propositions at same ratio. Terms, TO per cent cash and balance In four equal annual payments. Ten per cent off for cash. DEEN REALTY A IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Waycross, Ga. RETURNS INCREASED ON WIST POINT ROAD An Increase of $1,200,000 In the taxablo value of the Atlanta ami West Point over Its returns to the comptroller general was allowed Tuesday afternoon by tho arbitra tion beard. Tbe company returned Its tangible prop erty at $1,733,289 nnd Its Intangible at $743,- 189, a total of $2,476,478. Tbe comptroller assessed tbe tangible at $2,185,944, intangible $2,005,156; total $4,279,100. The arbitration fixed tbe tangible prop- ertv at $2,116,600, nml the Intangible at $!,• mill. Ill LUluuii'u*. i rjurarinmi iiiv road; Commissioner Cl. II. Htevens, ‘ ernor A. I). Candler award was signed by all An Ex-Chief Justicos Opinion. Judge o. K. I.orhrnne, of Georgia, In a .jtter to Un Illgger*, states that he never suffers himself to l>e without s bottle of I)r. COME TO THE GEORGIAN OFFICE I Next Friday or Saturday, Aug. 30 or 31, ;AND GET A 40c Box Wiley’s Candy Absolutely Free •WITH EACH 30c TAD Everybody likes Wiley*s Candy and everybody knows it is unexcelled in purity and flavor by any candy on the market. Now is the time to insert your ad g, in -The Georgian ► want page. Hun- ► dreds are pat- f ronizing it and z everybody is read- ► ing it. Every Man, Woman and Child Can Take Advantage of This Offer | P YOU WANT a salesman,_ saleslady, clerk, stenographer, _ bookkeeper, machinist, office boy, solicitor, agent, ensh boy, porter or auy other kind of help; if you wont a partner in your business, want to sell your business or sell out your sur plus stock readily; if yoir want to buy a homo or investment property; if you want to sell your home or investment proper ty ; if you want to sell a horse, dog, vehicle or any other sala ble article, or if you have any legitimate “want” you would like to place before over 35,000 high-class subscribers, fix up your ad nnd send or 'phone It to The Georgian nnd News Want Ad Department next Friday or up to 12:30 p. m. Saturday for insertion in the Saturday pnper, August 31, and for every ad of 30c or more you will get a half-pound box of Wiley’s best candy, which retails'nt 80c per pound. I P YOU WANT a cook, chambermaid, nurse, housekeeper, 1 butler or any other kind of domestic help; if you want to re duce your rent by renting that “spare” room; if you want boarders; if you want to make some oxtra “pin money” by selling or exchanging that old piece of furniture or other household article that is “only taking room”—get your nds ready and send or ’phone them to Tho Georgian nnd News Want Ad Department Friday at any time during the day or tip to 12:30 p. m. Saturday, nnd they will be inserted in the Saturday Georgian Want l’age, whero everybody who “wants” anything looks for it. With each 30c want ad you will get a 40c half-pound box of Wiley’s best candy, which retails nt 80c per pound. IF IT IS NOT CONVENIENT FOR YOU TO BRING YOUR AD TO THE GEORGIAN OFFICE, ’PHONE BELL 4929 OR ATLANTA 4401 AND WE WILL SEND FOR YOUR AD ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. Special to Tho Georgian. Amorlcus, Oa., Aug. 28.—There Is no change In conditions regarding the telegraphic accommodation which pre vail* here, and there Is ''nothing do ing” yet. All the cotton reports are being received by the telephone. This Is very unsatlsfectory to the cotton buyers. Several telegrams have been eent to other places and sent here by mall. USERS OF Grape-Nuts FOOD don't mind hot weather. “There’s a Reason” Uezd -Tbe Road to WellrlUe” In pkfs. Iiowcl tnmhlcs, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Sold by all Druggists, 26 and 60c bottle. COTTON MARKET LIVELY; 75 BALES IN ONE DAY. Special to Tho Goorchtn. * Amorlcus. Ga, Aug. 38.—Amerlcus li receiving several bales of cotton dally now, and the busy season looks near at band. At least seventy-live bales came Into Amerlcus Saturday, and the out look for 600 bales by the last of this month 1* very promising. FIRST COTTON RECEIVED WEEK EARLY IN WILKES. Special to Tbe Georgian. Washington, Ga, Aug. 21.—Wilkes county's flrst new bale of cotton for tho season of 1807-1 was brought to Washington Monday afternoon by Graves Harris. The bale was classed a* good middling, weighed 641 pounds and sold for 16 cents per pound. Three other bales of cotton- were marketed on Monday, coming In just a few min utes after the Initial bale had been marketed. The prospects for a bumper crop are better than has ever been the case In this county. The flrst bole this season Is Just one week ahead of the flrst bale of last year In this coun ty. ROAD SEEKS DELAY IN RATE HEARING Aycock Will Urge Early Settlement in the Courts. Raleigh. .V C„ Ang. 28.—Yesterday the transcript of the css* In which Jndge Long. In the on perl or court here, lined the South ern railway 330,009 for selling tlchets at more than 314 cents per mile was Sled In the supreme court. The Houthern’a attor neys tiled * protest In the superior court clerk’s office. Former Governor Aycock,* state counsel, will more today that tbe esse be advanced by tbe supreme court and asalgned neat week. Thla the Routherp will reilat. Gov ernor Glenn says the Sonthorn It not keep- lug Its agreement to tdcance the cue. It ta said by other persona that the Southern wants to keep the case pending In the an. greine court until after Judge 1-rttrhard Tbe railway peopli seeks to rush the cm • In the i . jpretue court so as to get an opinion ahead of Jndge Pritchard's, so that when the Pritchard cute goes before the Called Su-.ce supreme court the elate can point to the declalon of Ita own aupreme court. The caoe would regularly come up In tbe supremo court here the second week In Octolier. ROOT AT FUNERAL OF HIS BROTHER New York, Aug. 28.—Secretary Root left Muldoon's farm today to attend his brother's funeral, at Clinton, N. Y. His health Is much Improved, hut will require about two weeks more at Muldoon's to complete the "rest cure.' MRS. CARTER HELPS SELECT HER JURY N>w York. An*. -28.—Laura M. Carter, at her trial l*efore Judge Whitman, appear ed to he delighted when the twelve jnrora aeleeted to determine her fata awore that. would give as much credence to her teatl moor ns they would give any other worn mu Um f'aelae fnolr a gyeit InfAPntt In CASTOR IA For Tnfanta and ChiMren Till Kind You Have Always Bought Sears the Signature of L. & N. BELT LINE ALMOST COMPLETE By November 1, It Is expected to run trains over the new belt line of the Louisville and Nashville Into the new freight terminate on Waverly Place. This belt has been completed for some time and has been used but not for heavy freight trains. The belt extende from Ellen N, five miles around the city, to the ft'elght termi nals, and will greatly relieve the con gested condition arising from the using of the Western and Atlantic tracks by the Louisville end Nash ville. IMMUNITY AGAIN OFFERED TAYLOR Frankfort, Ky„ Aug. 28.—A" letter addressed to Commonwealth's Attor ney Robert B. Franklin, of this city, chief prosecuting counsel for the state In the Goebel murder cases, Governor Beckham assures that official* of hi* co-operation will see that William B. Taylor |« protected from arrest and allowed to return to the state of In dlana. MILLIONAIRE TOBACCONIST DIES AT HOME IN DANVILLE AMERICUS MERCHANTS EXPECT PROSPEROUS YEAR. Hprclal to The Georgian. Amerlcus, Ga., Aug. 21.—Amerlcus merchants are all returning front East ern markets, where they have been to eupply themselves with their fall stock*, and all of them report large purchase* In anticipation of.one of tho busiest seasons that has ever been seen Amerlcus and thla section. The prevailing prices of the cotton and the splendid crop* In this section make I he merchants all believe that this will be a record breaking fall In the mer chandise line. Danville, Va., Aug. 28.—James Ga briel Penn, millionaire tobacconist and capitalist, died at his home here after a long Illness, In hta sixty-second year. He was probably more closdiy Identified with the business Interests of Danville then any other citizen. He was a large stockholder and officer In practically all the large corporations nnd .enterprises of thte city. OLIVER WANTS TO GET ON JOB Washington, Aug. 28.—William J. Oliver, whose endeavor to secure the contract for the Panama canal made him a national figure, Is In Washing ton. He expects to. get. Up .contract f. r furnishing dirt cars for the canal., and Is Incidentally closing i>i.->n-> f.*r engineering feats In Brazil. He has lately come from New York, where his eon. Irwin, IS years old. la III with typhoid fever. The last reports indi cate that the boy will recover. Mr. Oliver says he could ilnlsh the canal In five years. A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. Donald Fraser Sc doea high grade a for toys. Recently ates entered Annapn It—Mr. < Ir1g*l Point, Go. Send tc The ol. Decatur. Go, thorough work ie of Ita gradu- with great cred- na*. of Union indHiime catalog. O. II. QARDNKR, Principal. Hagan’s Magnolia Balm, Affqaid preparation for face, neck, »rm« and hnnd*. Make* the akin like yon want it Doetlt (n « me* ment. Not »ticky or greasy. It’s harnile*«.cle«n,refreshing. Can’t be detected. Uaeitmarim* non aud night, Winter,Spring,Summer, Fall. SamplcRRSB. Ljoa JAlfc. Co. 44*. Fifths t . Uiuukly u, 24. Y. i?». • v.V/iV '.:yt