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at. 'i dbttihli AlliisTa I :-e-tJ _ SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14,1M7. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. CAPITALISTS HIS DISCARDED WIFE I EARLE Want Conservative Party to Combat So* Called Radicalism. Greensboro. N. C„ Sept. 14.—It 1* tnnounced here that about twenty-five prominent bonkers and manufacturer* lave begun the organization of a con- lervatlvo political party to combat the co-i.UlrJ radicalism of the dominant political party In the ztate, partlcuarly n It. 1 attitude toward corporation*. The innaunctmem la mao* In “Every thing.'' a local magazine. It says t “The Idea Is to start with 100 citizens —manufacturers, capitalists, tazpny- *rs. Republicans, Democrats and pro* ttlbltlonlsts—and declaim for a conser vative party regardless of politics. The flea of the conservative party Is to nn):e an appeal to the people, the small jiercmat. the taxpayer, the wage- worker. and to shot; taein that the .■'resent- attack on the commercial life of the state means ultimate destruc tion of ill Interests, and while the con. ■trvatlvo party "III have no offlee- lOlders or office-seekers, It will stand *«ady to deliver Us vote to the enntll- late who stands for Conservatism." It Is asserted that men of prominence n seven different towns ulrendy have riven support to the new party. It Is !he plan of the conservatives to enlist the support of a dally newspaper nl- •aady established, or to subscribe money to the amount of 1210,000 to es tablish a paper somewhere In the state to espouse their cause. She Says She Will Go To Paris To Sue For Di li, lV.—B1 Colors, Sept. if.—Mm. Ferdinand Plnney Earle disembarked here from the Rhyndam ehartly before 11 o’clock last r.lffht on her way to Paris*. She was accompanied by her 2-year-old son. Harold, whom her husband sur rendered to her care. Mrs. Earle declared her husband sometimes beat her and when he was in til health he was Irritable. Bhesatd she had no reason to rwet the courte she had adopted and would pursuo it to the end. “Would you go back to your, husband if his ‘affinity* turned out not to be all she appears?” she was asked. “No, I would not,” Mrs. Earle replied. "I feel that I have crossed the rublcon.” She said she Intended to leave for Paris today, when she would Institute proceedings/for divorce. She said she then Intended to live very quietly with her father, M. Flshbacher, a publisher of religious books In Paris. GEOGRAPHY IN RHYME; GREAT-GRANDMOTHER TELLS OF CHILDHOOD LESSONS Mrs. Nancy Lineh Remem bers Old Peter Parloy. A unique Imt p(Ti*«»tIn» metboil of teaching tier cblldreu, grandchildren ami irrosttgruud* children »» general Idea of the earth's foruifl. tlou lieforc they are old ^enough to dlstlu* gnlsh states, couutrlcs, <bemlipheres. ote.. Is titployed l»y Mrs. Stfitcy P. Bollu Lineh, of M7 I’ullfnin street. Although Mrs. I.lnclt was horn In 1S24, iiiRl Is £3 years old, she has a splendid mem ory nul fin* rtrm lesson shi» ever lc:trm*d In geoarnoliy lias never lieeo forgotten. K Is In the shape of a poem called “tleogrnphy a thll tf 8| H —m In luKnffilfpfl," it ml , bleh sh children, twenty-two the lesson in tree and tv.cnty-ttvo great grand«5ili»lren. Mrs. Mnefi stsfes Unit »he Icurlied tjie MONDAY MORNING AT 8 O’CLOCK. lie ou time and get a choice sent for the 3rent Lyceum Court**. MISS. RAILROADS WERE INDICTED FOR PASS-GIVING Special to The Georgian. - Jackaon, Ml sc.. Sept. 14.—The Hinds jounty grand Jury has returned In- llctments against the Illinois Central md the Tnzoo and Mississippi Val- ey. For several yenrs there has been z law on the statute hook, which pro hibits the Issuance of free passes to individuals not entitled to them. The feature of the whole matter Is •be part the railroad commission Is ■aid to have played. It Is generally understood that theso paesess were Is sued by the railroad companies at the Instance and at the request of inem- bers_of the commission. Secretary Maxwell, of the railroad commission, was ordered before the grand Jury to oring his record'of passes Issued. He went and the Inference Is that the truo bills were returned on ,ne strength of what he had to tell. ARTIST EARLE CALLS ON AFFINITY AT BETHLEHEM, Hethlohem, Pa., Sept. 14.—Ferdinand Plnney Earle ar.d Julia Kuttner, Ills "affinity,” are once more united. He slipped Into Bethlehem by way of Ma plewood and went direct to the home of the Kuttners. The girl, who says she Is ready to marry hint ns soon as hie wife obtains a divorce In France, wae waiting for Earle just within the door of the house. As he entered lie extended both hands to her. Then the door was closed. uits the morphine hnldt at homr without eknes, or pain. Write Msnloe Medicine ompnny, 432 North Comptou aveuue, St. OFFICERS RIDDLE Woman’s Son Opposes Dep uties Serving Disposscs- sory Warrant. NEW BRIDGE OVER ST. MARY’S RIVER St. George. Gn„ Sept. It.—The American Bridge Company Is putting \ steel bridge across the St. Marys river at this point for. the Georgia Southern and Florida. About thirty men are working and they expect to ,-omplete the bridge about January 1. The Sutton Saw Mill Company has received lte engines and sane and the plant it now In operation. Owing to the hot weather, the open ing of school was postponed for two weeks and jvlll begin September 1G. It i'bxpected thntthe attendance will l>e unprecedented, as vacant houses are rapidly being taken by families In tending to send children to school. CHAMPION FEMALE CUSSER IN TROUBLE Another new champion has arisen. She I. Laura Joyner, and she has been conceded tho “champion cusser of Oarktown." Two weeks ngo her houso was raided by the police and several prisoners taken, but Laura escaped by Jumping through the window. Her companions were fined. - Friday there was unotner call for the police sent In from that neighborhood, ind It was found that Laura was hav ing trouble with Marla Case, a tenant in the same building. The pyrotcchnl- ekl profanity that Lnurh was shooting off shocked even that community. Laura was Indlgtu'-nt at the charge. She said she was the one who had been cussed out. She said she never cussed hereelf. "Do you mean to say that you didn't answer her when she called you these awful names you have repeated?" naked the recorder. “Oh," said Laura In an apologetic tone, "after she cusseu me, i cussed back." She was fined 810.75 on two charges and Maria got off tot 45.75. LUCIAN KNIGHT RESTING EASILY A dispatch from Lob Angeles, Cal.. ■tatcB that Lucian L. Knight, who \va» reported as critically r.l there. Is rest ing easily in .the California hospital. Mr. Knight went to Los Angeles more than a year ago and has devoted hlm- wlf to literary work since that time. Telegrams received several days ngo stated tha^ he was In a critical condi a result of nervous prostra- Easy to make POSTUM palatable— BOIL IT IS MINUTES. "There’s a Reason' Rperlrtl to The fteorglnn. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 14.—The event leading up to the killing of Jo seph Wise at the New Merkel water works station Friday morning by dep uty sheriffs are very much like the causes leading up to the murder of State Senator Robert L. Hlpp, of Cull man county, several years ago, by John Williams, who.wns condemned to die for the crime, and whose sentence has Just been commuted to life Imprison ment. In the killing Friday tho offi cers got In their work lirat, while Wil liams succeeded In killing the man who accompanied a deputy sheriff for the purpose of being placed In possession of •Williams’ homestead. A writ to dispossess the Wise fami ly of their homestead, Ijnlf a mile from tho town of New Merkel, which Is six miles from Birmingham, was the cause of the trouble. When the officers reached the house Mrs. Wise sent to the field for her sons. Tho deputies told her tlint tho best thing to do would be to give up quiet ly, but she Insisted on sending for tho boys. When the three sons took In the situation Joseph Wise grabbed up an ax and throw It toward the officers. He Is said to have been advancing on them when his body was riddled with bul lets. The officers took another brother into custody and for a time serious trouble was feared. There was no further trouble. po»»iii years ngo from Peter I’nrley’s gttogru phy, mid that U ninth* such it stron jiri‘«slou on her youthful mind tint but uercr forgotten It. GEOGRAPHY IN A NUT8HELL. brill. I*bv world Is round and like u .S.-.'ius SW I ill 111 I II*C III till* .ill-; A sky. extends around It nil And stars nrc shining there; Water and land upon the face Of this round world we see. Tin* land Is man's snfo uwelling place. But ships sail on the sea. Two mighty continents there are, And many islands, too, And muuutulns. hills and volleys there, wir ns, hull Ith'level plains we view. Around "the earth, on every side. Where hill mid plains are spread The various tribes of men abide White, black mid copper fed. And'nulmnls end plants there be of various names nnd forms, And In the liosoni of the sen All sorts of fishes swarm. And birds and fowl In this round world Of every »l*e nnd color. The opt rich nml the humming bird, The blue Jay and tho swallow. Now, seogrnphy doth tell -x I Of ail theso pretty stories, Ami If you learn your lesson well I'll set them nil, before you. OR BE SLAUGHTERED French Troops Give Ulti matum to Moorish Tribesmen. Paris, Sept. 14,—Advice, received by the government from Caaa Blanca state that ■ General Druda has given the tribesmen encamped before the city until tlilz afternoon to visit him and accept the conditions which he speci fied. If the tribesmen do not eue for peace by this afternoon General J)rude will carry out the government’s orders to advance and give battle. Fearful slaughter will no doubt result. LUTHERANS PLAN BIG RALLY SUNDAY Lutherans of Atlanta are planning to have .pedal rally day aervlcca on Sunday. The services will begin In connection with the Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock and the whole day will be made a rally day, a special effort being made to have all of the congregation and Sunday school In attendance and rally them for the wo** of the fall and winter. A special program has heen prepared for the 8unday echool hour. One of the features of this pro gram will he the roll call of the entire school, beginning with the cradle roll and going through every department, Including the home department. The special speaker nf the occasion will be the Rev. R. C. Holland, D. D.. of Char lotte, N. C.. who as the president of the board of home nnd foreign missions In the Lutheran chorcn In the South Is one of the best known men In the church In the South. Dr. Holland will also preach at the morning service at 11 o’clock and at the vesper service at 8 o'clock. The Lutheran church la located at the coiner of Trinity avenue nnd Cap itol place. A special effort will be mnhp on Sunday to rally all of the Lutherans of the city to the church of their denomination. The congregation was organised about five years ago by the present pastor. Rev. E. C. Crot^k. Since that time it has attracted the attention of other denominations by Its almost pbe. nomennl growth and record. A splen did stone church has Deen built and a parsonage bought und improved. Be ginning with the rally on 8unday there will be put Into operation plans for the most aggressive work the congregation has ever done. ORDER FOR IRON PIPE AGGREGATES $3,000,000 Younjtittown. Ofcl'i, ll-Tht Youngs* »wu h'licet ami Tttlw Company Is now con tempt.! ting the lm-gcst single order for wrought Irou pipe ever let In the world. It is for tulles of pipe, weighing 5\MQ oiiiuH’tlug the Beaumont. Tex.. NV«v York nml Indian Territory fields |ri|h Mg lliu* PRIESTS ORDERED TO QUIT RESIDENCES FIVE ARRAIGNED ABSOLUTE SECURITY Genuine CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS must bear Facsimile Signatnreof City, County and Railroad Officers Land Men Who ■N Confess. ' . MRS. NANCY F. BOLIN LINCH. Lively Primary Election in Newton For City Court Officers. Special to The Georgian. Covington, Ga., Sept. 14.—At a pri mary election held In Newton county yesterday for Judge And solicitor of the city court of Covington, a court cre ated by an act of the general assembly of Georgia at its last session, W. H. Whaley won the race for the Judge ship after ono of the warmest cam paigns In tho history of county poli tics, defeating L. L. Mlddlobrook and Judge Capers Dickson, both of whom arc prominent members of the Coving-- ton bar. The total Vote was as follows: Whaley. 873; Mlddlebrook. 319; Dick son, 221. , The race for solicitor wan not so closely contested,' Janies P. Cooley re ceiving a total vote of 885, against 226 for his opponent. James F. Rogers. Judge Whaley came to Covington live years ago from Jackson, Ga., and open ed a law office. Ho Is one of the young but strong member* of the Covington bar. His admirers have the utmost faith In hts ability and expect him to make a proud record. Solicitor Cooley Is a native of South Carolina, and came to Newton county live years ago?. He taught’ most suc cessfully the Oakland and Livingston High Schools In the western portion nf the county; went to Atlanta In June, 1909, and stood the examination for ad mission to ths bar, passing a most creditable examination. He Is editor of one of the best weekly paper* In the state, the Covington En terprise, and Is also juatlcs of the peace. After a month's work on the part of the city and county police and the peclal agents of the Southorp railway, five* young men have been arrested, charged with robbing three freight cars in the Georgia yards on August 15. Three are said to have confessed and Implicated tho fourth, and they were bound ovgr In 1600 bonds for breaking Into the cars by Recorder .Broyles Sat urday morning. The fit to was held In the same sum for receiving stolen property. , „ The officers on the case were De tectives Wood and Starnes. Special Officers Rowan and Rosser. County Policemen Buntvn and Wright, to gether with C. W. Gurke, special, agent of the Southern,: ar.u several of hi*, assistants. ' - Those arraigned In the recorder’! court were Frank Cline, John Hark- tiess and James Powers, who admit robbing the cars, and C. J. Simmons, who says he saw theoi take the stuff from the cars, but had no part In the thefts himself, and E. E. Curbow. pro prietor of a dairy and Ice depot In Simpson street. Pact of the stolen property was recovered on his prem ises. S hree cars were broken Into, and :c bicycles, four cases of whisky, three cases of hats and a pall of candy stolen. The wheels and whisky were taken to Curbow's place, although both he and others say he dlu not know any of the stuff \yas stolen, nnd. In fact, was not at Home when the bicycles were left there. Most of the hats were recovered from n pawnshop wnere they had been taken by Ralph Davis, a ne gro, now under Indictment. He claims thnt he secured the hats from the men arraigned Saturday.. The railroad officials consider the arrest of these men as highly Impor tant, as they are believed td have taken part in a number of other robberies, but with which the police failed to connect them through lock of evidence. The leaders denied thq^r guilt until con. fronted with the negro, Davis, who Identified them ns the men who had given him the hats to pawn. absolutely Cure BILIOUSNESS. SICK HEADACHb TORPID LIVER. FURREO TONGUE. INDIGESTION CONSTIPATION DIZZINESS. SALLOW SKIN ARTER’S ITTLE IVER PILLS; Tney TOUCH th. L.9 VE Genuine Wrapper Printed on PEG PAPER BLACK LETTERS • Look for the Signature E. C. Bishop. The funeral services of E. C. Bishop, aged 26 years, who died Friday after noon at hi* residence, 134 East Falf street, were conducted Saturday aft ernoon at 3 o'clock. Tho Jntciment was in Hollywood cemetery. Miss Fannie Smith. Mlsa Fannie Smith, aged 30 years, died Friday morning at a private san itarium. The body was removed to Harry G. Poole's chapel. The ftineral arrangements have not been completed. Mrs. Ellie Strickland. The funeral zorvlces of Mrs. Elllo Strickland, nged 43 years, wife of P. M. Strickland, who died Friday afternoon at her residence. 678 East Fair street, were conducted Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The Interment was at Indian Creek cemetery. Mrs. Lottie J. Groover. The funeral services of Mrs. Lottie J. Groover, aged /O-FOOTfEII FOUND Find Adda Billion Tons Iron Ore to That Already in t > Sight. Special to The (jVorglnn. Htrnilnghnni, Ain., Kept. 14.—A atAtcnifent Ik fflveu out horn that mining eiigltu*ers of the CenBolldntwl Coal nml iron Coinpnujr hure dtMorered n 70*fw>t rein of Iron ore !u Similes Vnllejr tbnt trill give nn Additional billion touA of ore to tlmt Already knov/n to exist In the Birmingham district. With this sensational discovery within the city limits ft 1« pointed ont that Blrmhiff* hnin now has n larger ore field than the * a, * auS VpL entire Lake Superior fields combined. It Is Groover, aged ^41 years, who Qtea Fri i««nlrl that the valuable ttnii of the Alabama day afternoon at her residence, 133 Jett ('ousolldnted gives thnt company fields eon- street will be conducted Sunday morn- tnlniug something like 300,000.000 tons of ore, BIDS FAREWELL . TO GENERAL BOOTH slrdet, will . lag at 9:30 o’clock. The Interment will be at Hollywood cemetery, London, Sept. 14.—Men and women wearing the-uniforms of the Salvation Army tilled Euston road station here yesterday to bid farewell to General Booth, who left London for Liverpool, where he will embark on the Allen Line steamer Virginian foe Quebec! In which city the veteran commander will begin a-campaign which Is to extend over Canada and the United States. Paris. Kept. 14.—A la Prenin special aayt i|mt by the order of the prefect of depart ment nf Flnnatere, alx prleeta maat leave their pastoral residence, within Ufleun days or lie turned out by tho troops. The church LUCY COBB IS BREAKING RECORD f,'pedal to The Georgian. Athena, Ga., Sept. 14.—Lucy Cobb Institute 1a breaking all tormtr records this year. The opening shows more than one hundred hoarders. In addition to tho day pupils In this city. The dor mitories are tilled to overflowing. Miss M. Rutherford, the principal, la well pleased with the outlook. TWELFTH CAVALRY ATTENDS UNVEILING Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Sept. 14.—The flrat and third squadrons of the Twelfth cavalry stnltoned at Foft Oglethorpe, Ga., have received Inetructtone to pre pare to attend the unveiling of the Mc Kinley monument at Canton. Ohio, the latter part of September. The troopera expect to leave Chattanooga on Sep tember 2$. At Jamestown the .cavalry men will be met by .the second squad ron. which boa been at Norfolk since the opening of the Jamestown Exposi tion. STATEN WILL CASE HAS BEEN SETTLED Valdosta.* Ga, 8ept. 14.—The Staten ease, a suit by the natural heirs of the Inte Samuel Staten, of Echols county, to recover many thousands of dollars worth of property which the deceased gave to his adopted children, and an effort also to annul the adoption of the children, was settled In Echols court this week without going to trial. By the terms of tha settlement each of the four children adopted by the de ceased retain the property which wo* deeded to them, being betwetn 100 and 400 acres of land to each one. and oth. ei property amounting Jo 825,000. The South Atlantic Fertilizer Com pany. of thle city, la making arrange ment! to more than double the.capacity of Its plant. The plans are for prac tically three times the floor space of the present buildings. Jobn Lane, man ager, has Just returned from Richmond, where he has been on buatness con nected with the enlargement of the factory. CHILDREN'S LUES BY New York, Sept. 14.—The Catholic convent at Spar Hill, nearly opposite Nyock-on-the-Hudscn, was partly de J strayed by Are which started early to day while 250 children were aeleep In the building. The heroism of the moth, er superior and asslatanta averted terrible catastrophe. Their bravery enabled them to get every one of the 250 children out of the big building 2 1-2 minutes after the alarm was giv en and before the spread of the fire had cut off any of the exits. .FUDGE J. S. HOOK CRITICALLY ILL Judge J. S. Hook, for many years u prominent merntxr of the Augusta bar, and formerly school commissioner of Georgia. U seriously III at hts resi dence. 521 COurtland street. He Is In hit 83d year and his advanced age causes the members of his family and his multitude of friends fear for hts recovery. Judge Hook has been III for three months and while he has always been active and vigorous, his age great ly handicaps his progress. All his children have been with him for several .days past. They are Mrs Albert Howell, of Atlanta; E. B. Hook of Augusta, a well-known newspaper man; Mrs. F. J. Spratllng, of Atlanta; A. S. Hook, of Atlanta; John S. Hook, of Augusta, nnd Miss Lou-T. Hook and Miss Sue Steiner Hook, of Atlanta. His wife, too, has been constantly bp him nnd everything possible Is. being dono for him. ooaoooooocHjoooGooaooooooot. o o O THIRTEEN-POUND BOY O O BORN FRIDAY, SEPT. 13. O a — O Cartersville, Ga.. Sept. 14.—Bom 43 O to Mr. and Mra. Levi W, Reeves, 13 O a thirteen-pound boy on Friday, 0 O the 13th of September. Mr. O O Reeves la doorkeetwr of the Oeor- G O gla senate. Mr. Reeves aaya he O O has a son who wll be a lucky O O boy. §00000000000.31 0430000000000.3 OO00000000004000004300000000 o o O MODERN WILLIAM TELL O O MISSES APPLE! KILLS MAN. O o o O Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sept. 14. O O A Chilian sharpshooter, Juan Ea- O O panosa, while ah noting an apple O 0 from the head ef another man at O Bank'It Chartered • ° * circus missed by a centimeter O ow. PhmTfWk j.-• O and killed the apple bearer. The O Secretary of State Philip Cook Sat- 0 crowd attempted to lynch Espa- O urday rooming Issued a charter to the | o noon. 0 Bank of Shady Dale, Tha bank has a I O O capital stock of 425.090. < COOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOQO GRAY OF ALABAMA WANTS PROHIBITION Lieutenant Governor Henry it. Gray, of Alabama, passed through Atlanta Friday on his way to Birmingham from Calhoun, Go, where be and his young cat son were the guests of friends and relatives at hl« former home. Mr. Gray la an ardent prohibitionist and Is closely aligned with the reform movements inaugurated by Oovernor Cor*~r7 rl Alabama. In a conversation Friday he stated that in the race for, governor of hts state, which he Intends to make to succeed Governor Comer, prohibition will be ono of the planks In hlB platform. * Mr, Gray stated that his flrst vote was cast for prohibition in Atlanta when Henry Grady led the .party to victory. The lieutenant governor speaks most hopefully of the railroad situation In his state and declares that the reforms already started along this line will be carried Into effect. POSTOFFICE CLERKS TO BE KEPT BUSY There Is all sort* of hard work ahead tar Postmaster Blodgett’* force of clerks when, October 1 rolls around. On that date an order Issued by the postofflee department several months ago goes Into effect, nnd for thirty days the clerks will have nothing but hard work. Beginning then, they will have to weigh all of the eleven class and sub classes of mall going out of the office nnd And the exact amount thnt goes to each state and territory In the Union. That Is hard enougn. but for seven days of that time they wilt have In ad dition to this the work of counting the number of pieces of each class and aub-claas nnd also count the stamps on each piece and And out how much revenue the government receives from the matter. RACE QUESTION FROM THE INSIDE "Hit's Jea' such nlgguhs ns you what am brlngln' de consensus of opinion on us black folks," said John McHenry In the recorder's court Saturday, point ing his Anger at William Cox, whom he charged with cursing him. •‘Jes’ such niggahs what makes out you pm Jes' as white as snow an' other nig gahs am black as Ink, an' what am tnfloo'sen de white folks to depravity or de black man.” McHenry probably would have con tinued for some time, but the recorder wanted to know Just what the trouble had been about. It seems that Cox mended a table for- McHenry and Charged him 75 cents, of which he paid 60 cents. Then Cox began to dun him for the balance. "He come up to me an’ l.e donn apeak like a gentleman, but he say. 'Xiggah, when you gwlne pay mer an’ Ah say. ’Xiggah, Ah doan stop on a down grade to pay no debts no time/ Then he begin t" cuss." McHenry had a witness to support his testimony, and Cox was fined 43.75. Kirby Trial Postponed. Jackson. Miss.. Sept. 14.—Advices re ceived from Greenwood yesterday state that tha preliminary trial of R. L. Kir by nnd Dr. Grover C. Klroy. charged with killing J. D. Mont*. Jr., and the serious wounding of- Colonel J. D. Money, flxed for today, has been post poned until Monday. .Justice J, P. Montgomery granting the continuance at the rcqugxt of the defendants who were not In readiness for the hearing. Mrs. L. C. Carroll. Mrs. L. C. Carroll, aged 27 years, died Friday night at her residence, 272 1-3 Peters street. The funeral services will be conducted Sunday morning at 9 o’clock In the chapel of Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield. The Interment will be at South Bend cemetery. Joseph Pusatori. Joseph Pusaterl, the 14-year-otd son of Mr. nnd Mrs. L. Pusaterl, died Sat urday morning at a privato sanitarium, after a short Illness with typhoid fe ver. The funeral service* will be con ducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Church of the Immaculate Con ception. Cesldes his parents he is sur vive’ bv. *\vo brothers, Frank and Tony Pusaterl, and one sister, Josephine Pus- ateri. MEXICAN TROOPS KILL GANG LEADER Dougin*. Arl*., Sapt. 14.^*Wortl tin* b*en received hero from Hermono. Mexico, thnt the . chief of the notorious Lopes tinud of Mextcnn Indlnns, together with three of his men. has been killed on the lnqul river by Mexican soldiers. ELBERTON BAR HONORS JUDGE H. M. HOLDEN. Speclnl to The Georgian. Elberton, Ga., Bept. 14.—Elbert su perior court has adjourned, marking the close of Judge Horace M. Holden’s career on the bench of the northern circuit. Practically liis last act was to sentence John Jones to be hanged Oc tober 18 for the murder of his wife. The evidence show 1 that Jones killed his wife because he did not want her to be baptized. At tho tflese of the cgurt resolutions by the bar were passed congratulating Judge Holden cn his appointment to succeed Justice Cobb on the supremo bench, nnd also congratulating Judge Joseph N. Worley on his appointment as successor to Judge Holden. MACON NEWS EDITOR GOES TO NEW HAVEN, CONN. cumpniileM In the work The discovery Mentis thnt . shaft mining wilt be introduced In the Itlnulngbnin dis trict ou « Inrge senle. FOREIGN POSTAGE CHEAPER IN FUTURE Beginning October I, It will not cost as much to send letters and flrat-class postage to foreign countries. On that date the new foaelgn postal rates go Into effect, n nd for people who have considerable correspondence, there will be a great saving. The rate Is now live cents for the flrat half ounce and fraction thereof. Tho new rate will bo live cents for the flrst ounce and three cent* for each additional ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards will be sold for two cents for the single cards and four cents for the double cards. Thl* schedule comes as the result of the Universal Postal Congress, which met In Romo In last Slay, and decided upon the new rates. These rates will apply to all foreign countries In- the postal union except Cuba, Panama, Canada and Mexico, where the domes tic rates prevail. CHANCE IS GOOD FOR CONVENTION Should Atlanta mnke a sufficiently strong showing at the meeting of tho prohibition national committee It is very probable that she will secure the prohibition convention In 1808, This opinion has been expressed by Chairman Charles R. Jones, of the pro. hlbltlon committee, In a letter address, ed to Charles D. Barker, editor <Jf The Southern Star. m Mr. Jones states that there are many efforts being made In various parts of the country to secure the convention, but adds that he Is sure that a'great many members of the committee will look with favor upqn the Idea of taking the convention as an experiment to tho Mecon, Ga.. Sept. 14.—R, P. Walker, city editor of The Macon News, will sever his connection with that paper and start next Saturday for New Ha ven, Conn., where liv will take a spe clnl course In English. He expects to take up newspaper work again In New York city. Bibb Schools Open Next Woek. Negro Park for Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 14.—A public pnrk for negroes is -one of the plan;: under consideration by the trees and parks commission of the city of Au gusta. which was reorganized yester day by Mayor Dunbar, with Messrs. J. M. Welglc, P. H. Armstrong, George V/oltch, G. E. Goodrich and W. L. Mar tin i..oV.lbers. A special committee Is Investigating the advisability of recom mending the park tor negroes, and It Is unofficially announced that their de. clslun will bu favorable. Macon Politicians Busy. Macon, Gu., Sept. 14.—The meeting of the city executive committee held at noon yesterday for the purpose of calling a primary election for mayor and to fix the rules for the primary has caused n big stir In the city political circles, und a flood of aldermanlc can didates are expected to announce with in the next few days. ' Fighter Used Cotton Hooka. Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 14—A blood)* street fight yesterday between Mark Mlllor and Will Baker, In which one man used a shot gun and the other a cotton hook, was prevented from being fatal by the tlmfly Intervention of the police. n«krr was shot through the arm ami Miller was cut about the head. The men were both sent to the hos pital. D. H. Morrah Here. D. H. Morrah. traveling agent for the Seaboard Air Line In Atlanta, left Atlanta Saturday to spend a few days at ills old home In South t’aro'.Ina. So great has been the rush of business at the Seaboard offlte In Atlanta during the summer thnt the force has been compelled to take vacations at week ends. South. The meeting of the committee will probably be held In Chicago on Novem- ' ber 20. and Atlanta will have a strong delegation present tq present her clalmj for the convention. DOCK STRIKE ENDS; . RAILROAD GIVES IN San Francisco, Sept. 14.—The strike of 1,000 Southern Pacific dock worker* ended suddenly yesterday afternoon. The railroad acceded to the demands of the men after falling to secure strike breakers. • MEMPHIS EXCHANGE BIFFS WIRE COMPANY Memphis. Tenn., Sept. II.—Strang renolu- tlmiK cmideuinlng the Western L'nlun nml , PiMtnl Telegraph tumpniile* nml the tleld nml Htnek Telegmpb Cumpniiy for lumlp- qnnlo ,1'nlrw, nml nuking for relief, were imsseil l>y inemliers of the Cntto-j Ex change at a ■pprl.il meeting presided ovef by Acting President A. J. Warwick yester day. J. Meyer, a prominent member, made ■trang arraignment uf the «erricu given 'I'e cotton exrbaugu. He mid: The elnlina ef the telegraph companies nf n good nr linprnred service are utterly fnlsw- us far n» tin- elty of Memphis l« row eerttnl. As air Instem-p. Important enhlc- grotuw art, revel red h, tgc exchange from II hours to it day late.’.' Hunt to Leave City. J. Lawrence Hunt win leave At lanta Monday afternoon for Columbus to take up the duties of his new office with the Central of Georgia In that city. Mr. Hunt resigned as traveling passenger agent for thu Southern In Atlahta to take a similar position with the Central; Bibb County Schools to Open. Macon, Ga.. Sept. 14—Bibb county schools will open next Wednesday, Sep tember IS. Superintendent C. B. Chap man has been exceedingly busy for the ; paat three weeks making preparations for the opening, and In an interview- today he stated that he wa* expecting the largest attendance In the history of tha schools.