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> THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TRAGEDY RESULTS REUNION WEDNESDAY FROM OLD QUARREL: AT THE FIRST BAPTIST 8portal to Tlio Georgian. Neii berry, 8. C, June On Sun- <luy afternoon at 1 o'clock Dave Chap man. n young white man 22 years of «g«\ was ahot by Jamea Jackann. alao white, at the home ot Mark Ruther- ford, three mllea from Saluda Court- House A pistol tvaa uaed. the bullet enter ing aiime the left eye, penetrating the InaIn Chapman lingered In an un- l onsn <na atate until 4 o'clock, when he ill.-.) The killing waa the reautt ot an old nuurrel. Jackaon haa been lodged In| Jolt PREPARING TO MOVE GEORGIA PEACHES Pperlal to The Georgian. < tattnnoogs, Tenn., June Fruit in <> wart of thla territory who hare large peach orchards In Georgia fear (hat the crop will ripen rapidly and th.it it will be neeeaaary to move It In ulmut ten days. i'. K Wnirntt, manager of the Fruit drowera' Expreag la looking for 2,000 ■ears in bo shipped from the North Georgia section. The crop will begin to amove about June 20, but the earlier vaW-tles will begin to move In two weeks. In reference to the berry crop In the Nashville district Mr. Wolcott haa re ceived a telegram from W. H. Martin, agent of the Louisville and Nashville, at Nashville, In which he says that tha Nashville berry growers have netted over 210,000 from tha crop then thla season. Home at tha growers realised 21.75 !>er crate. The - letter further slates I hat about thirty can are to be moved from that section. The grow ers in this section have realised about Jioo.noo from the berry crop. About SCO can were shipped out of this district. At the First Baptist church Wednes day evening at 2 o'clock there will be reunion In the Sunday school room Thla promises to be one of the moat enjoyable occasions In the history of the A. p. Stewart, the popular tax col lector of Fulton county. Is the auper- Intendent ot the Sunday school, ant under hla leadership of many years DUBLIN CHAUTAUQUA WILL BEGIN SOON fpodnl to The Georgian. Dublin, Ga., June 6.—Tha time for tin- opening of the flfth annual aeaalon nf tb<- Dublin Chautauqua la near at hand. Tim first session of the Chautauqua was held In a cotton warehouse, the »■cnml year In a tent, and the third and fourth -esaiom wart held In the court - house, and this year the tlfth session la til b» held In the Chautauqua'a home. 'rim auditorium, which la nearly corn- tad, la probably the beet arranged I moat commodious In middle tth Georgia. , I t ts estlmtaed that the building will ly and comfortably seat 2,000 peo i-'oltowlng Is the program In detail Imt Will appear during the Week: Sunday, June 17. I p. m.—Sermon by •r 1. O. Herbert. Lodi, Ohio; eub- Seeing Hint Who la Invisible.” Monday, June 12, 10:20 a m.—Lec- by Kdward Amherst Ott, Chicago, Kt ,» u j>. m., by Dr. Herbert, aul i Among Men.” ursday. June to, 10:20 a. m.—Grand -ert and entertainment participated v Killer’s orchestra of Macon, Royal i- Quartette. D*s Moines, Iowa, and i-ntrrtalnera of Danavllle, Mich.; m. lecture by Professor Ott, aub- "Tba Haunted House." rJnceday, June 20, 10:20 a. m.— lire by Dr. Herbert, subject, “A itty of Power;" 2 p. m., grand con- and entertainment by orchestra, rtUlnars and male quartette; 2 p. If,dura by Congressman Richmond rein - ,n Hobson, of Alabama, hero of th„ \i. Minute, subject, "America's Might! Mil urn,lay, June 21, 10:10 a. m.—Hu tu lecture entertainment by Her- L. Cope, Chicago, III., subject. Smile That Won't Coma Off:" in. grand concsrt and entertain- by orchestra, entertainers and quartette. day. June 22, 10:10 n. m, old- om d song service participated In Sr seventy-five voices and directed by sir .i A. Warren: 2 p. m.. Inter-public sdiool ilc i.,'.,,itton contest participated v pupila of the leading public dIs; 2 p. m, humorous lecture en- (Tinlnniont by Mr. Cope, subject, “The RcIIki >n of Laughter," ABE YOU GOING AWAY? If H have The Georgian malted to >u Mailed to city eubacHbere while vi ' from home for the summer BB*“ at the regular rate of ten centa >■<«—no charge for matting. Rent nr address In the United Htales or ula. Foreign postage extra. the school haa grown from a small lot to one of the hugest In the city: An excellent musical program will be a feature: besides all the Sunday school superintendents of the'clty wl I make short addressee. MATERIAL INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS Special to The Georgian. * Newberry, S. C., June 2.—Auditor W. W. Cromer has mads up hla abstract of tha real and personal property of the county, and haa forwarded it to the comptroller general to be passed upon by the state board of equalization which meats In August. Tha figures may be slightly changed and those on the abstract do not In clude railroad property. Tha Increase for tho county Is a lit tle more than a halt million dollars over, last year. The atate board haa the power to raise or lo a wer the property In any county. Tha auditor has not received the returns of tha railroad property and Insurance companies, as these return! come through the comptroller general'! office. It Is understood that the rail road aseessments have been materially Increased this year. Accepting tho as- sessment ot these corporations os they stood last year will show a total as sessment of 22,122,222, or an Inertaae over last year of 2102,120. SUES IRON WORKS FOR $20,000 DAMAGE Spactal to Tha Georgian. * Columbus, Ga, June 2.—Mrs. R, R Brooks, of Girard, Ala, has sued for $20,000 for tha life of her husband, R. R Brooks, whosa death was caused by a piston-head exploding at the Co. lumbua Iron works two months ago. It was a peculiar accident, and only the aecond one of the kind within the knowledge of old employees ot tha Iron works A pleton-haad from a cylinder nf a steamboat waa being hasted In a fur- nace when It exploded, creating hav oc, and fatally wounding Brooks, who was standing near. Thomas F. Totta also sues fop 210,- 000 for Injuries received In tbe soma accident. HOME COMING WEEK FOR KENTUCKIANS. THROUGH SLEEPERS Atlanta to Louisville. On account ot tbe abovo occasion tho \V. & A. H. U. and N. C. & 8t. L. Railway will sell round trip tickets on June 10, 11 and 12 at rate of one fare plua 35 cents for the round trip, tha rate from Atlanta being 113.55, tickets good to return until Juno 23, 1902. By depositing ticket and paying fee ot 60 cents. However, tickets will be extended until July 33: Tbrco tralni dally, leaving Atlanta at 8:35 a. m., 4.50 p. m. and 8.60 p. m all carrying standard Pullman sleep- era Atlanta to NashvjUe and Naihvlllo to Louisville. In addition to thla senrloe there will be through sleeping ears operated on the 2:60 p. m. trains ot June 19 and 11, Atlanta to Loulavtlle without change, arriving Loulavlllo next morning at 8:30 a m. Routs la vts Chattanooga, Nash vllle and Mammoth Cave. For further Information write or call on. J. A. THOMA8 or C. B. WALKER, C. P. ft T. A. U. T. A. Peachtree Viaduct. Union Paaa Hla. . CHARLES E. HARMAN. Oeneral Passenger Agent ' THE VICTOR SANITARIUM 321-323 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. OPIUM, WHISKY a?«£ - PtUtnti do not suffer as they do si many institutions. Comfort of patients carefully looked af- Saaltartum ts home-1 ike and pleasant, and not a prison, as some Imagine Treatment entirely free from any harmful results. For full t- tr ultra call or address Ths Victor Sanitarium, or Dr. D. M. Woolley, Lock Box 387. Self-lichtfor bv*ner—old prloo, 81.23, cut to 90 cents. Pn’eC 8J.00 •it] upwarda. Mulf ct Pm AJujttftim i» Two Stylet, Eapiw »»d Cftiniftl. #1* 4x1*9, 4 to I4cupa/ X€ you want Coffee, in'our *T*nl« rerssJ;" It has no equal. $2.50 f]to$5 This Is the rich season for the germs to got In their work- The carpet-sweeper cuts out millions of them. Price, %2 50 an<i up. AHOT IRON Almost for tho prlco of an old- farhloned Iron. You can get the Cold Handle for only 65 cents. Tor the e'.rk room or tor a hun dred email things, the alcohol lamp Is very handy. Price only 60 cents. the largest line of s thla season that we arried. Prices very Only Have Just received large ship ment of !«*wn Swings. The best on the market. Better order now; they go very fast. The Joys of June In the border will be found just a few things that will add very much to home comforts during the hot summer months, AND AS A REMIN.DER, let us suggest that every day delayed in buying these things is just so many days that you have been minus these comforts. A Hammock would not be bad; a new Lawn Hose and Sprinkler would cool things off a little; the doors and windows- nicely screened would cause the fly and mosquito families to take new quar ters. Or, to make a long story short, we have all the things to make home very cozy and cheerful during the summer months. give me Main 1007—THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, if you can’t get down town just when you wish, and your order will get very quick and accurate service. ♦ King Hardware Co• 53 PEACHTREE ST. 116 DECATUR ST. 87 WHITEHALL ST. 203 PETERS ST. $3*00 (Don't wait any longsr. W® sell tha very beat thing In the way of Lawn Mowers. So get the full use of a machine by ordering now. Big lino of Canary and Mocking bird Cage*—every size: and for the balance of season the prices are cut. • The Servant Hot a Necessity The work is so simple and light on our ‘Climax" Ofli Range, and you can feel Independent of a servant and at the « am # time cut your ga# bill nearly i n half. The very newest thing in Warn® Ireni- heert shaped. They are beauties. We have sold thousands this season, end we guarantee every Refrigerator w« send out—a dozen different makes and styles. Our new patented Fly Fan Is ornamental as well as doing the duty Intended for It. You should have one quick. Concentrated heat m*an# cool cooking Suppose you try on# of our * Blue Flame" WickU-rx Oil 9tov«a—from 84.80* to 89 00. MURDERED MAN'S WIFE PLACED UNDER SUSPICION 8pecU) to Tbe Georgian. New orleane. La., June R.—The au- thnrltle* are clearing up the mystery ot the death ot the young Italian gro cer, Joieph Picon., whoMlIfeleu body was found In hi* bedroom Bunday evening- Murder le the theory upon which the Investigation le being fol lowed. Bo fsr the Identity of the party who committed the deed ha* not been learned, but Mr*. Throne, the dead man'* wife, h«* admitted that ahe threw the revolver, with which the deed wo* probably done, Into a privy vault In the roar ot the premlae*. She *ald at that time alao that «he woe a*!eep when her huaband met death, and bad heard no pistol shots and had not sesn any weapon nsar when ahe discovered her hueband'a body. Nursing Mstesrs and Malaria. The Old Standard, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out Malaria and builds up the system. Bold by all dsalers for 27 years. Price 50 cents. WOMAN DIES IN OAB AFTER VISITING DOCTOR By Private Leaaed Wire. Detroit, Mich., June •—Mrs. Belle Berger, wife of 8. Wellington Berger, of the manufacturing Arm ot Gustave Berger ft Bon, died suddenly and alone In a carl rear while being taken last evening from Dr. Bhurly'e office, where •be had been treated for lung trouble, to her home at 129 Trumbull street. Her father, Superintendent of Police Downey, had ordered the cab to take the young woman home. Arriving at the destination, the driver of the cab opened the door of the vehicle and found the young wom an deed. Doctors pronounced death due to heart trouble. Mrs. Berger was married lest October. ' STRUCK ON HEAD; BECAME UNCONSCIOUS Special to The Georgian. Portsmouth. Vs.. June 2.—Russell Reynolds an engineer employed by the Seaboard Air Line railway, In Its freight service, wee struck on the heed by a projecting plank on a'freight car In the North street yards of tbe Seaboard In this city at I o'clock Sun day morning, as he was running past In his cab. Reynolds tpimedtatsly lapsed Into unconsclousnes. He waa removed to tbe King's Daughters’ hot- dial, where he haa been unconecloue ’or more than thirty-six hours. CANINE POPULATION SHOWS GREAT INCREASE COMMENCEMENT CLOSES; AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 2.—Ten graduates from Owsnten Collage were today awarded diplomas. < They are: Coleman L. Sumner, of Dolomite; Carl C. Gregory, Birming ham; Clyde H. Vann, Albertville; Elh- elbert M. Norton, Ely ton: Herndon O. Dowling, ot Russellville: Virgil C. Herndon, of (Jadsden; Arthur E.'Wilks, of Bessemer; Robert B. Hayes, of Woodlawn; Daniel C. McNutt, of Birm ingham, and James D. Huntsr, ot Pratt City. The commencement exerdees came to a close with the awarding of diplo mas and medal* Tho boccalauredts address was delivered by Dr. Enoch Marvin Banks, of the University ot Pennsylvania. Owenion College 1* under the di rection of the North Alabama confer ence and will be enlarged during the coming year. Only recently many thousands ot dollar* .were raised tor the contemplated Improvements. Special to The Georgian. Newberry. 8. C, June ft—One ot tbe Interesting Items of the county tax as- dog* over last year. ditlon ot over I Money, .utd credits are also Increased j GET THE BEST MAM) PkI/I liitilu'.sl Aw.ml V worn D'.s ( Allf M lOI'IS WLBSI I RS INTERNATIONAL > DICTIONARY BEST MAN IS ARRESTED ON EVE OF WEDDINO By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 2.—Frank Robin son, a Buffalo business man, spent an anxious night In tbe tenderloin police station wondering whether.be would be balled out In time to appear a* beet msn today at the wedding of his sla ter, who le to be married to Frank Hanley, the prisoner's business part ner. Robinson was arrested for playfully upsetting a half dosen potted plants at Murray’s restaurant, Broadway and Thirty-fourth street. In an exuberance of enthusiasm following Hanlty's bachelor supper. BUILD THIRTY-MILE IRRIGATION CANAL Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., June 2.—With a view to building a 20-mile Irrigation canal the Union Rice and Irrigation Company has been organised. The project Is a big one and when It has a successfully undertaken 25,004 acres of line rice land In southwest ern Louisiana will stand a better show ot development than under present conditions. The cans! wilt extend from Washington across St. Landry parish to Mamou Prairie. The company Is capttslissd at 51,- 204,040, and among the stockholders are a number of prominent Phila delphians, who ere at present on a trip over the route with J. Franklin Schnell and L. E. Lit toll, nf Opelousas, who are In charge of tbe undertaking. COX DENIES STATEMENT THAT HE IS SATISFIED Spedal to The Georgian. Chattanooga* Tenn., June 2.—In a telegram Governor John I. Cox denies the statement that he ts satisfied with the actions of the recent Nashville convention and that he will bow to the will of the Democracy of the state. He says that he would have been satisfied with the wilt of yie majority, but that the wholesale unseating of his dele gates, fairly and honestly elected lit Wilson, Maury, Smith, Weakley, Wash ington and other counties, was not In accordance with the will of the ma jority, but was made, possible by the Greene county trade and hence there Is little satisfaction In the result ot the convention. > Recently Enlarged * , WITH 25,000 New Words Nxw Gazetteer of the World with moro than 23.000 title*, based oa tho latest census returns. New Biographical Dictionary containing tbo names cf over 10.000 noted persons, date of birth, death, otc. 2380 Quarto Pagoa New r-AUs. . MOLimtnlMX IMBIdlia Needed In Every Home Ado W ebaur’s LoUaslat, Otcttoaery r.U r»/ea. 1500 1,1 astral ■*». Rrgu'.ftr Edition Til*i«S »b-*4 D« Luxe E«i.tionc.V**V> t 9 rrtn»*4 Irw XXIllftlXttlOb pep*r. I bo*ut fel Ualb(i FREE, *"Z>tefl02Mf7Wr4>iW*ZttMCf«taipftjBpl>ca. G. & C. MERRIAM CO.. Fubllahsrsg Sprtagflxld, Mu* CONTRACTORS STOP WORK ON PASSENGER STATION Special to Tbe Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, June 1—Wtl Horn Dunbar Jenkins, special engineer In charge of the plans for the new 2500,000 Southern passenger etatton, le Indignant because the city council failed to pass an ordinance closing cer tain streets about the site In the sta tion, so that the work of excavation for the station may go on, and the contractors who had commenced work have been recalled. , LONDON FOLK WON T BUY GOODS PUT UP IN CANS By Private Loosed Wire. London, June 2.—The sales of can ned provisions fn Ixmdon today were InfUnlteslmaUy small. AI1 the deal ers had tbe some (ale,' namely, that for tbe last week their sales had drop ped, until today, when the official con- llrmation of the .hooting dlertoeurve waa published, many of tho Urge pro vision .tone did not sell a .Ingle tin ot meat or pound ot sausage. The boycott uffects Itrlil.h colonial, as weU as American supplies. RAILROAD COMPANY APPLIES FOR CHARTER Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, Juno 2.—Tho Chattanooga Northern Railway Com pany hy. applied for a charter hero for the purpose of building a railroad from this city to tho Walden’s ridge coel and Iron belt and to erect a brldfe across tho Tcnne«»ee river. The capi tal stock Is 2100,000 and tht Incorpora tor* are: W. G. .V. Thomas, Thoms* MacClellnn, J. H. Thomas, Robert J. MacCIclInn and L. M. Thomas. This step followed the recent visit ot Theodor* Crewdaon, of London, Eng land, to this city. THROUGH SLEEPING OAR LINE TO Wrightsville Beach, N ,C. Commencing Saturday, June the 9th. j and continuing each Saturday durta* tho months of June, July and Au gust, through sleeping car* will be op erated. delivering pusB'jigera at the hotels at Wrightortile Reach, leaving Atlanta at 9:35 p. m.; returning, leave WrightovtUa each Thursday, arrlvln Atlanta the following morning at 2:30 a. m. 8eason tickets $1S„",5; week end tickets, good for five days, #8.25. SEABOARD. TELEPHONE TIME One of the attractive features of the Bell telephone is that it is ready for use all the time—day or night. It is always on duty, In an emergency it may save lives. It is necessary in the modern home. Bell Service Is Satisfactory. The Rates Are Reasonable. Call Contract Department, Main 1300. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.