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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. tct*DAT. SEPTEMBER JO. DOT. 7 4% 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 Cashier. GUARANTEED PURE UNDER U. S. SERIAL NO. 13472 VIVA NETHERY Manufactured tn extract form only by W. B. Kethery 63 South Pryor SL Atlanta, Ga. Sold In large bottles for 6c. by druggist* and grocers. VIVA NETHERY THE OLD ORIGINAL, SWEET AND WHOLESOME. 13472 IS Allen & White, Real Estate Dealers, Sever Rela tions. •The Arm of Allen & White Is this day dissolved. J. A. Allen has disap peared, and I don't know where he Is. 1 want to put the public on notice that he Is no longer connected with this firm. - ' That is the way In which C. 8. White severed business relations Tuesday with his erstwhile partner In the real estate business, J. A. Allen. Now he is going It alone. Until Monday Allen & White was a real estate firm, with offices on the twelfth floor of the Candler building. According to Kir. White's statement AJlen disappeared Monday after col lecting 3100. •‘Allen went to the real estate office of M. M. Snyder, collected 3100 as com mission on a real estate transaction," said Mr. White, "and In order to get the money he gave, a bond on which had been written InAtddltlon to his own signature, mine and that of A. C. Pad gett. Mr. Snyder turned the money over to him and I haven’t seen him since. All the debts of the firm will be paid promptly." . Allen had been a member of the Arm since May 30, and came to Atlanta from Virginia. Hla wife Is now In Pulaski in that state and Mr. White says he bo. lieves Allen has gone there. Mt. White refuses to take any legal steps against his former partner. DEMURRAGE CASE BEING CONSIDERED A discussion of the question of re ciprocal demurrage In whlcl! represen tatives of the railroads and of the ship pers of the state took part, consumed the time of the railroad commission at the session Tuesday morning. A number of the representatives of the railroads accepted the Invitation to present their claims as to why the poi: Icy of reciprocal demurrage should not he adopted and would work a hardship upon the railway companies. It was claimed that the railway com panies always respond as quickly as possible to calls for cars and that they should not be subjected to a fine when their failure to do so Is caused by a physical Impossibility to comply with the demand. It was also claimed that a shipper might be Justly subjected to a fine when he falls to load or unload a car within reasonable time, because lie anticipates the arrival or departure of the car, but that In the case of the railroad the reverse Is true. OIL OCTOPUS GOT U. S. CONTRACT Washington, Sept. 10.—The navy de partment, after considering all the proposals submitted for supplying a vast quantity of various classes of oil for use at navy yards and on warships, has finally decided In favor of the 1 rill MniMnanlf e\t YhU' VnrU PIH RITE USE Railroad Commission De fers Action Until Offi cials Return. On account of the absence from the city of the officials of the Bell Tele, phono Company the railroad commla slon Tuesday morning postponed the hearing of the petition filed by A. A. Smith to compel the telephone company to restore its night long-distance rate. Judge H. E. W. Palmer, attorney for the Southern Bell Telephone Company, appeared before the commission and requested that the hearing bo post poned with the understanding that the officers of the company will appear be fore the commission and present their side of the case as soon as possible aft er their return. FLOUR IS CAUSE OF APPENDICITIS Vienna, Sept. 10.—The story printed In The London Lancet, the medical weekly, to the effect that appendicitis could be traced to American flour which had gone through iron rollers, was printed here some time ago. Deputy Biiuchlnger yesterday raised the question Ih the landtag as to wheth. er the government was willing to pro hibit the Importation of American flour If the conclusions of The Lancet proved correct. COUPLE ADVANCED WEDDING HOUR Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala. Sept. 10.—Joseph B. VanValkenburgh, a well-known young hardware merchant of this city, and Miss Margaret Powell were married last night at 10 o'clock In the First Methodist church, and left an hour later on a honeymoon trip of several weeks. ' The wedding had been announced for today, but the couple concluded to set It up a few hours and take their friends by surprise. Rev. Harry C. Howard, pastor of the church, officiated. SIGHT-SEER LOST HIS ROLL OF $45 Washington. Apt. 10.—Harry Ser. geant, who gave his home address as Greensboro, N. C., arrived In Washing ton early last evening, and started'out to see the town. He met a well dressed, middle-aged man, who Invited him to have a drink. Later Sergeant reported to police headquarters that his new found friend had snatched his roll— 346, all hs had In the world—and made his escape. Detectives are trying to recover Sergeant's money for him. Vacuum oil Company, of New York, which Is recognised as an agent of the ■Standard. The total contract price will aggregate about 3300,000. Deaths and Funsrals FAMILY FOOD Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No Cooking. A little boy down in N. C. asked hi* mother to write an account of how Grape-Nuts food had helped their fam ily. She says Grape-Nuts was first brought to her attention on a visit to ' linrlotte, where she visited the mayor of that city, who was using the food by the advice of his physician. She says: "They derive eo much good from It that they never pass a day without using It. While I won there I used the Pood regularly. I gained about 16 pounds and ifelt so well that when I returned home I began using Grape- Nuts In our family regularly. "My little'16-rponths-oId baby short ly after being weaned was very III with dyspepsia and teething. She was sick nine weeks and wo trlod everything. She became so emaciated that It was padful to handle her and we thought we were going to loee her. One day a happy thought urged me to try Grape- Nuts snaked tn a little warm milk. “Well. It worked like a charm, and she began taking It regularly and Im provement set tn at once. She Is now getting well and round and fat as fast as possible on Grape-Nuts. "Some time ago several of the fam ily were stricken with lagrlppe at the same time, and during the worst stage* we could not relish anythin* In the shape of food but Orape-Nut* anil oranges, everything else nauseated u«- "We all appreciate what your famous food has done for our family." "There's » Reason." Read "The Road to Well-. vUIe,” In ukgs. A. T. George, Jr. The body of A. T. George, Jr., the In fant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. George, who died Monday night at the family residence, 73 Whitehall terrace, was sent to Llthonla, Ga., Tuesday morn ing. The funeral services and Inter ment will occur In that city. Glennes Tate. The funeral services of Glennes Tata the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tate, who died Monday afternoon at the family residence. 17 Glenn street, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Intermeqt was at Wes ley chapel church yard. N. T. Rutherford, Marietta, Ga. Special to The Georslsn. Marietta, Ga., 8ept. 10.—Newton T. Rutherford died at his residence Sun day afternoon. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services were held at the residence yesterday after noon. Interment was In the city ceme tery. Analyze Huntsville Water. Special to The Georgian. Huntsville. Ala. Sept. 10.—Professor Robert 8. Rhodes, chemist of the geo logies! survey of Alabama, arrived in Hu»t«vtMe vesterdav to make analyses of the waters of the Huntsville spring, Sanaqua wells, Johnson well and the mineral well at Merrimack. The an alyses will be made for advertising pur- poses. ' OOOOOOO0OOOO<KK1<HMXH3OOO<KW O INDEPENDENT 'PHONE CO. O q inuc 8 * to B£ RE0RGAN|ZED . o O Rochester, N. Y.. Sept. 10.—A O O statement has been Issued by the O O reorganization committee of the 0 O United States Independent Tele- 0 O phone Company that. the* bond- O O holdets have consented to the re- O coooooootXHjooooooooooooooo HARDWICK GOT HOI WITH ATTORNEY IN It M HEARING Question of Veracity Almost Brought to Point in '• Court. Washington, Sept. 10.—When the eesslon of the hearing In the North Carolina rate case began this morning. Captain Thom continued his direct ex amination of S. H. Hardwick, passen ger traffic manager of the Southern, who went on the stand yesterday aft ernoon. Captain Thom read hts ques tions from a list prepared before the hearing began and Mr. Hardwick’s an swers were likewise read. Mr. Hardwick was asked If he had not at a previous hearing testified that the Interstate and Intrastate earning* of the Southern railway were kept separate. Mr.-Hardwick denied that he had so testified. .Captain'Thom ob jected on the ground that the witness could not be made to testify regarding the operation of other departments than hla own. This followed a request from Mr. Bryant, counsel for the state: that Mr. Hardwick furnish Information on this point Immediately for the purpoie of Incorporating it In the record. Captain Thom here objected and Judge Montgomery Interposed. He In formed the lawyers for the state that they could not question the veracity of the witness and would therefore have to produce a record of the evidence In question. Mr. Bryant said he had a record of the proceedings. The testimony of Mr. Hardwick was found and It proved that he had been asked whether the inter state and Intrastate business of the Southern In Virginia had been kept separate and he had testified that such was the case. This Mr. Hardwick Informed Mr. Bryant was an entirely different ques tion frpm the ono propounded, and added hotly: "You have no right to Bay that I testified to such a thing.” The early part of Captain Thom’s examination. of the witness waa de signed to show the disastrous effect of rate laws and questions tending to show that reduced rates do not Increase passenger traffic. HE FIRES AT WIFE, THEN SHOOTS SELF NEGRO LEGISLATOR ' OOITSJSSEAABL McIntosh Member Express es Disapproval of Dis . franchisement. . The resignation from the general as- sembly of W. H. Rogers, the negro member of the legislature from Mein tosh county, was received at the gov- amor's office Tuesday morning. Gov- ernor Smith Is out of the city this week, but It ls # probab!e that Bogers' resignation will be accepted upon his return. Rogers gave no reason for his res< Ignatlon, but It Is probable that the passage of the disfranchisement bill caused him to decide upon this course of action. ■ Washington, Sept. 10.—Unable to ef fect's reconciliation with his wife, from whom he had been separated, William B. Herbert last night fired five shots Into a crowded room where hts wife waa seated, slightly wounding hef sla ter, Mrs. George W. Northy. Several others tn the room narrowly escaped being struck. With' one remaining car. trldge In his pistol, Herbert turned the weapon upon himself and sent a bullet Into his left breast and below the heart. Seeing the revolver pointed at her, Mrs. Herbert grasped one of her young children and threw herself prone on the floor. The shot missed her. She crawl ed toward a door and a second shot passed over her, striking Mrs. Northy In the arm. A third shot grazed Mrs. Herbert’s cheek. MOUNTAINEERS FIGHT TRAIN CREW Special to The Georgian. Bristol, Va, Sept. 10.—Because one of their number had been put off the trajn, a band of mountaineers stopped passenger train on the Virginia and Southwestern In Carterl county, Ten nessee, and attacked the coiuluctor and train crew. A battle followed. In which pistols were used freely. Captain Robert Carnahan, the con ductor, Brakemen R. B. Taylor and D. A. Ross had narrow escapes, the latter being badly beaten. • MOTOR BOAT BREAKS RECORD Norfolk, Sept. 10.—The motor boat Dixie, the winner of the British Inter national cup and the fastest boat of her class, beat her own previous record In a practice run here, running a nautical mile tn 2 minutes and T 4-6 seconds with wind and tide, and the same mile In 2 minutes and 18 seconds against tide and wind, an average of a little better than 31.206 statute miles an hour. SAVANNAH MAN DIES IN BOLIVIA Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Oa, Sept. 10.—Dr. James a. Van Marter, aged 37, formerly of Savannah, died In South America about two weeks ago. He was with a com mission appointed by the Bolivian gov. eminent to establish the boundary be. tween Bolivia and Brasil. The newk of-hls death waa received by hla family through the state department. Dr. Von Marter was born In Switzer land. He married Miss W. H. Calkins, In 1893, In Tacoma. He moved to Sa vannah In 1193, leaving here for South America. T WITH OK TRAINS Jackson, Miss., Sept 10.—Ox wagons versus railroads. Complaining of poor transportation facilities, planters of this district depending on the Mobile, Jack son and Kansas City railroads will adopt this primitive method of pioneer days to reach a market for their cot ton. President S. A. Neville, of the board of trade, who owns a saw mill on the road In question, says he has lost thousands of dollars because of the In ability of the road to handle Its out- put. He says but one freight train in eight days has put In an appearance. Within a few days Winston, Leake, Newton and-New Bern counties, will be coupled In communication by ox train service. FOR ATTACKING GIRL Richmond, Va. Sept. 10.—William Harris, colored, was convicted of at tempted assault In the Chesterfield court yesterday and sentenced to pay the penalty for hla crime upon the scaffold. His victim was Miss Lena Rowland, aged 18, who escaped from the negro’s clutches through ths interference of her small brother, who frightened the negro away with a gun. The Jury was out only fifteen minutes before returning a verdict. The date of execution will be fixed by the court on Wednesday. JAPANESE IN HAWAII IN REBELLIOUS SPIRIT. Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 10.—Advices from Hawaii state that the plantert the Island are aroused against the Japanese and as a result thousands of brown men are stranded on the Island. A rebellious spirit ha* developed among them because they are not wanted and because labor Is being Imported from Spain and Madeira. The Islanders say the Japanese who cam* tn the (Miami after the Rijma. Japanese war were of no use and that as soon as they attempted to place themselves on the same footing as a white man. they were worthless. The trouble, with the Japanese on the Pa cific roast also stirred up an antipathy which has resulted in turning thou sands of them out of employment. Huntsville 8chools Open. Hrrrlal to The Georgian. Huntsville. Ala.. Sept. ID.—The Huntsville city schools opened yester day and more than 600 pupils were en rolled. Professor George Godard, for merly superintendent of the public schools of Woodlnwn. Is principal, and Professor William J. Humphrey Is vice principal. Special to The Georgian. Dalton, Ga. Sept. 10.—President Frank T. Reynolds, of the "Whitfield County Fair Association, announces that Thomas E. Watson will attend the annual fair at Dalton and will make an address to the Farmers' Unions of Whitfield and Murray counties, on Oc tober 17.' Congressman Gordon Lee, Steve Clay, 'Mose Wright and other prominent Georgians will be present also, GULF COMPRESS CO. MAY HAVE TO PAY $1,825,000 IN FINES Vicksburg, Miss., 8ept. 10.—A suit to prevent the Gulf Compress Company from doing business In Mississippi has been filed In the clrcult.court by Dis trict Attorney Thames. The declara tion alleges a violation of the Mlsalastp. pi anti-trust law, which prohibits the purchase of stock or the acquirement of one corporation by another engaged In the same business. The Gulf com press operates fourteen presses In dif ferent sections of the state. Other suits may run the total of finea to 31,826,000. COTTON DAMAGED AT WHITESBURG Special to Th* Georgian. Whltesburg, Ga, Sept 10.—The most severe norm of wind, rain and hall that ever visited this place fell here Sunday afternoon. There was about two Inches of rain and the ground was literally covered with hall, much of It as large as the thumb. Cotton Is badly dam aged. The downpour continued for an hour and a half. SCHOOLS OPENED ATCEDARTOWN Special to The Georgian. Cedartown, GaT, Sept 10.—The city public schools opened Monday morn ing with the largest attendance In their history. Professor J. E. Purks, who came to Cedartown from West Point, Is the capable superintendent and has started nut with an excellent corps of good teachers for the new year. They nclude Professor S. J. Smith, princi pal: Mrs. Eunice Winston, assistant irlncipal; Miss Cora Anthony. Miss Della Neal. Miss Adel Waddell. Mrs. Mary Jane* Miss Kate Young, Miss Percla Bunn and Mis* Della Russell. NAVAL CADETS MAY NOAV RESIGN Washington,-. Sept. 10.—President Roosevelt ha* shown compassion In the case of two erring midshipmen of the fourth class at the naval academy, and. In answer to their pleadings, has miti gated their sentence from dllmlssal, giving them an opportunity to resign. This action Is contrary to the recom mendations of Captain Badger, super intendent of the uaval academy. The two midshipmen are Oscar O. Salb. of Indiana, and Clarence C. Rlner. of Wy oming, both members of the fourth class, who were accused of taking French leave from the academy and Glimpses at the Little Accessories The Dainty Bows, th? Veils, the Frills and Little Ruffles* Smart Bits that seem mere trifles in themselves, but with almost magic touch they transform this waist or that into some thing different. The chic affairs of lace and cleverness that break the monotony of things. At a glance they all seem te have resulted from the care less twisting together of a little lace and chiffon with a few flufijx frills—but attempt one. You’ll see how much deftness and skill has gone into each stitch and twist and turn. You'll wsnder how we find them to sell for se little. Paris-born ideas—where all must be smart °r net at all. LADIES' NECK WEAR. The chic things in mi lady’s neckwear this season are embroider ed tailored collars, with white mull ties, daintily embroidered at the ends. In all white or colors. Embroidered linen collars, many designs, price 50c Embroidered linen collars, in neatest de signs, price 25c Mull ties, sedate and immaculate. All white or with pink, light blue, navy blue, black, green, lavender and red embroidered ends. Prices ... .25 and 50c RUCHINGS. Tourist ruching, six yards tQ the box. Price 25c Neck lengths of fancy ruching, all white, pink and light blue. Price, each 5c Windsor ties, plain colors, rich reds, light blue, white, pink, black and navy blue. Prices... .25c and 50c Windsor ties, plain with rich Persian bor ders, and some with polka dotted center and Persian borders. Price 25c Velvet “dog collars” in light blue, pink, red, black, emerald green, pretty for fan cy waists. Persian and Roman scarfs for children’s soft, felt school hats, a new and stylish ef fect. Price 50c Pink, white, light blue, black and brown mirabeau stoles. Prices from $10 to $27 Coque feather stoles, in black, light blue, pink, brown, white and mauve. Prices $5 to $15 Mirabeau muffs in brown and black, $10 to $12.50 FANS. ; * ' Fans of all kinds; fans galore. Lace fans, spangled fans, sandle- wood fans, gauze fans, richly spangled and daintily hand-painted fans. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $10.00, to $15.00, up to $25.00. PARIS AND THE VEILS. Paris does not make all the veils, but Paris makes the styles. It approves of this and it becomes fa mous; it disapproves of that and the design is never heard of. Paris is arbitrary, but Paris is always chic. - We’ve drawn our share of yoils stamped with Paris’ mark of approval. £ut we’ve added something to your natural desire to see new things. For Wed nesday and Thursday we reduced a price. 50c VEILS. All our 50c tuxedo veils in black, magpie, white, navy blue, reds —all of the new blues, greens and browns— for Wednesday and Thursday at 39c LAOE VEILS. Lace veils in black, brown,green, red and' navy blue. Prices $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50 to $4.50 values at $1.00, $1.50 and $2. - REMNANTS OF- VEILINGS. Remnants of veilingi, some worth up to $1 a yard and none under 50c; all in this sale at 15c and 25c for the. piece. Lace collars and yokes for trimming net or silk waists, with cuffs to match. Prices $1.50 to $3.50 Chemisettes for jump er suits, made of * round thread laces and fine tucks. Prices $1.00 and $1.50 Coat collar and cuff sets to wear with the tailor coat suits, em broidered or of lace. Prices 50c { 75c $1.00, $2.00 to $3.50. FLUFFY RUFFLES Fluffy Ruffles—Have you heard of them? Gotham has made a fad of them. You’ll find them in The New York Her ald, and we can show you, too. We have them of all kinds and in all qualities. They are ideal on the tail- *1 ored shirt waist or with the coat suits. Fluffy Ruffles are chic and they are beautiful. Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBos? Co.