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£ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TRAGEDY RESULTS REUNION WEDNESDAY FROM OLD QUARREL Six-rial to Tho Georgian. Newberry, S. C.. June On Sun day afternoon at 1 o'clock Dave Chap- mnn. a yomuf white man 11 year* of an was Phot by Jaraea Jackson, alao white, at tho home of Mark Ruthor- foid, three mile* from Saluda Court- liMita A pl*tol mu u«ed.'the bullet enter- ln;: above the left eye, penetrating the In i,in. Chapman lingered In an un- < -i-doit* state until « o'clock, when he i'» I ltd. T' e killing was the result of an old quarrel. Jackson has been lodged In AT THE FIRST BAPTIST At the First Baptist church Wednes day evening at 8 o'clock there will be a reunion In the Sunday school room. This promises to be one of the most enjoyable occasion* In the history of the church, A. I’. Stewart, the popular tax col- PREPARING TO MOVE GEORGIA PEACHES Si-rrlal to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June d.—Fruit c i livers of this territory who have hi rge peach orchards In Georgia fear that the crop will ripen rapidly and thnt it will be necessary to move It In about ten days. F K. Wolcott, manager of the Fruit Grower*' Express, la looking for 1,000 earn to 1)0 chipped from th# North • Georgia ecctlon. The crop will begin t« move about Juno 25, but tho earlier trarlftlos will begin to move in two In reference to tho berry crop In tho Nashville illetrlct Mr. Wolcott has re ceived a telegram from W, H. Martin, agent nr tii,, 11ie and Nashville, st Nashville, in wbi,-it he says that the .Nashville berry ttmwera have flatted iover 110,000 from tho crop there this aoaeon. Some of the growers realized 11.76 per cralo. The, letter further states that about thirty can era to bi moved from that section. The grow, era In this section have realized about 1300,000 from the berry crop. 1 About too con were shipped out of this district. lector of Fulton county. Is tho super intendent of the Sunday school, and under his leadership of many years the school haa grown from a email lot to one of the largest In the city. An excellent musical program will be WILL BEGIN SOON Special to Tho Georgian. Dublin, Ga, June 0/—The time for tho opening of the fifth annual melon of the Dublin Chautauqua li near at hand. The first seeeton of the Chautauqua was hehl In a cotton warehouse, the micend > .-li in a i .-Tit, and the third and fourth session* were held In the court house, and this year the flfth eeealon la la he hold In the Chautauqua’s home. The auditorium, which la nearly com pleted, Is probably th* beat arranged im.i most commodious In middle or South Georgia. it Is esttmtoed that the building will mslly and comfortably seat 2,000 peo- III appear during the week: Sunday, June 17, 8 p. m.—Sermon by In 1 U Herbert, l.odl, Ohio: sub- Jn i, 'Seeing Him Who la Invisible.'' •Monday, June 18, 10:80 a. rn—Dec line- by Edward Amherst Olt, Chicago, in -object. "Tha Spenders;" 8 p. m, li-i-tur,- by Dr. Herbert, subject, "A Mnn Among Men.” Tut sday. June 18, 10:10 a. m.—Grand roni . it and entertainment participated In In K.tier's orchestra of Macon, Royal .Mule Quartette. Dea Moines, Iowa, and stnr entertainer* of Dantvllle, Mich.; I IV III. lecture by Professor Ott, sub ject. 'The Haunted House." Wednesday, June 30, 10:80 a. m.— Lecture by Dr. Herbert, subject, "A Trinity of Power;'' I p, m., grand con cert and entertainment by orchestra, entertainers and male quartette; 8 p. in., lecture by Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama, hero of lh** Merrimoc, subject, "America's Mlabty Mission." Thursday, June 11, 10:10 a. m.—Hu- porma lecture entertainment by Her bert 1. Cope, Chicago, III., subject. "Tbi- Smile That Won't Como OIt;" I p. in. grand concert and entsrtatn- jinent by orchestra, entertainers and Wle quartette. Friday, June IS, 10:10 a. m., old- '/anhh'ried song service participated In by eevi-ttty-flvo voices and directed by Mr. J. A. Warren; I p. m., Inter-public zctinni declamation conteat participated ,|n by pupils of the leading public School*; g p. m„ humorous lecture en tertainment by Mr. Cope, subject, "The Religion of Laughter. t ARE YOU GOING AWAY? If an, tvi\.- The Georgian mailed to you Mail. .I to city subscriber* while ivr.v from home for the lummer month- at the regular rate of ten cents a week no charge for mailing. Sent tn any uddreaa In the United States or t'anmlii Foreign poatago retro. MATERIAL INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS Special to The Georgian. Newberry, 8. C, June 8.—Auditor W. W. Cromer haa made up his abstract of the real and personal property of the county, and haa forwarded It to the comptroller general to be passed uppn by the state board of equalization which meets In August. The figures may be slightly changed and those on .th* abstract do not In clude railroad property. The Increase for the county 1* a lit tle more than a half million dollars over last year. The state board haa the power to raise or lower the property In any county. The auditor haa not received the returns of tha railroad Insurance companies, as come through the compt office. It la understood ■ road assessments have been materially Increased this year. Acctptlng the as sessment of these corporations as they stood last year will ehow a total as sessment of 22,416,128, or an Increase over last year of 2501,110. SUES IRON WORKS' FOR im DAMAGE Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., June 8.—Mrs. R. E. Brooks, of Girard, Ala, baa sued for 220,000 for the life of her husband, R. E. Brooks, whose death was caused by a piston-head exploding at tho Co lumbus Iron works two months ago. It was a peculiar accident, and only the second ope of the kind within the knowledge of old employees of the iron works, A piston-head from a cylinder of a steamboat was being heated In a fur nace when It exploded, creating hav oc, and fatally wounding Brooks, who was standing near. Thomas F. Potts also sues for 210,- f.-i Injuries re,-e|ye,l In Hie -him.. accident. Self-kghtfhg btgner-pld price, 21.25, cut to 80 cents Sectwul V»». HOME COMING! WEEK FOR KENTUCKIANS. THROUGH SLEEPERS Atlanta to Louisville. On account of tho above occasion the W. & A. It. It. and N. C. ft St. Jj. Railway will sell round trip tickets on Juno 19, 11 and 13 at rata.of ono faro plus 25 cants for tho round tiii the rate from Atlanta being 211.5 tickets good to return until Juno IS, 1808. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents. However, ticket* will be extended until July IS. Three trains dally, leaving Atlanta at 8:15 a. m, 4.50 p. m. and 8.50 p. tn, all earning standard Pullman sleep- era Atlanta to Nashville and Nashville to Louisville. In addition to this service there wilt be through sleeping cars operated on the 4:50 p. m. trains of June 18 and 11. Atlanta to Louisville without change, arriving Louisville next morning at 8:20 a. m. Route I* via Chattanooga, Nash ville and Mammoth Cave. For further Information write or call on J. A. THOMAS or C. B. WALKER. C. P. ft T. A. U. T. A. Peachtree Viaduct. Union Pass. Sta. CHARLES E. HARMAN. General Passenger Agent Id tc O 5 > Id THE VICTOR SANITARIUM 321*323 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. OPIUM, WHISKY ts Patients do not super as 1! ,l» at many Institutions. Comfort of patient* carefully looked af ter. Sanitarium I* home-like and pleasant and not a prison, as some • Treatment entirely free from any harmful reeultt, For full i .i- ■ ,r* call or address Th* Vieter Sanitarium, or Dr, B. M. Woolley, Lock Boz 187. edaaad U» 14 cups/ If you want Hml Coffee, try our "Uni versal!;" It haa no equal. $2.50 flto$5 Thl* Is tha rich aeaaon for tha germ* to tot In their work. Tho carpet-sweeper cuts out millions of them. Price, *2 SO on<i U P- A HOT IRON Almost for tbs pries of an oM* fashioned Iron. Tou can cat the OoM llandlo for only 65 cents. For the sick'room or for a hun dred small things, the alcohol lamp is very handy. Price only 50 cents. We carry the largest line of uportlng goods thl* season that we have ever carried. Prices very reasonable. Only Have Just received large ship ment of Lawn 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 REMINDER, 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 tDon't wait any longer. We sell th* very beet thing In the way of lawn Mowers. So get tha full us* of a machine by ordering now. Big line of Canary and blocking- bird Cages—every else; and for th* balance of season the prices are cut. The Servant Not a Necessity Th* !s simple and on o Vr "Climax'* Gas Range, and you can fe«l Independent of a ser\-ant and at the same tlnve cut your gas bill nearly | a h*]f. The very newest thing in Waffle Iryni- heart shaped. They aro beauties. We have sold thousands this season, and wo guarantee every Refrigerator we send out—& dozen different makes and styles. Best I Price Fly t Only Fan A $2- 5 ° Our new patented Fly Fan Is ornamental as well as doing the duty Intended for it. Tou should have one quick. Concentrated heat means cool cooking. Supposo you try one of our "Blue Fhuns" Wlcktesa Oil Stoves—from 54*50 to It.PO. MURDERED MAN’S WIFE PLACED UNDER SUSPICION Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., June 8.—The au thorities are clearing up the mystery of the death of the young Italian gro cer, Joseph Plcone, whose lifeless body was found In hla bedroom Sunday evening. Murder Is ihe theory upon which the Investigation la being fol lowed. Bo far the Identity of the party who committed the deed ha* not been learned, but Mrs. Plcone, the dead man's wife, haa admitted that she threw the revolver, with which the deed was probably done, Into,# privy vault In the rear of the premises. She said at that time alao that she was asleep when her husband met death, and hatf heard no pistol shots and had not seen any weapon near when aha discovered her husband'* body. Nursing Motners and Malaria. The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic driven out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 year*. Price 50 cents. WOMAN DIES IN CAB AFTER VISITING DOCTOR By Private Leased Wire. Detroit, Mich., June 8,—Mr*. Belle Berger, wife of 8. Wellington Berger, of the manufacturing Arm of auatave Berger ft Bon, died euddenly and Slone In a carirage while being taken last evening from Dr. Bhurly’s office, Where she had been treated for lung trouble, to her home at 828 Trumbull street. Her father, Superintendent of Police Downey, had ordered tho 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 dead. Doctor* pronounced death due to heart trouble. Mrs. Berger was married last October. STRUCK ON HEAD; BECAME UNCONSCIOUS COMMENCEMENT CLOSES; AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 8.—Te'n graduates from Owenten College were today awarded diplomat. They are: Coleman L. Sumner, of Dolomtt*; Carl C. Gregory, Birming ham; Clyde H. Vann, Albertville; Eth- elbert M. Norton, Ely ton; Herndon G. Dowling, of Russellville; Virgil C. Herndon, of Gadsden; Arthur E. Wilks, of Bessemer; Robert B. Hayes, of Woodlawn; Daniel C. McNutt, of Birm ingham, and James D. Hunter, of Pratt City. The commencement exercise* came to a close with the awarding of diplo mas and medals The baccalaureate address was delivered by Dr. Enoch .Marvin Banks, of the University of Pennsylvania. Owenton College la under the di rection of the North Alabama confer ence and will be enlorgad during tho coming year. Only recently many thousands of dollars were raised for the contemplated Improvements. GET THE BEST Special to Th* Georgian. Portsmouth, Va., June 8.—Russell Reynolds, an engineer employed by the Seaboard Air Line railway, In Its freight service, waa struck on the head by a projecting plank on a freight car In the North street yards of the Seaboard In thl* city at 2 o'clock Sun day morning, as he waa running past In hla cab. Reynold* Immediately lapsed Into unconsclousnts. Ho waa removed to th* King's Daughters' hos pital, where h* has been unconscious Hr mure than thirty-six hours. canineTopulation SHOWS GREAT increase Special to The Georgian. Newberry. 8. C, June 1—One of th* Interesting Items of the county tax as sessment of personal property la an Increase of 100 dogs over last year, or LIOO In two years, meaning an ad dition of over 8<oo to the school fund. Moneys and credits arc alao Increased by 224,185. imND PRIZE I IliUho.-,! AwuRl ' . W0ULD5 FAlfr-' -I .SUO.UIS WEBSTLR'5 INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY 1 Recently Enlarged . % WITH 25,000 New Words Now Gazetteer of the World with more than Si.000 titles, based on tbo latest ectmu* ration*. New Biographical Dictionary rtto names of over 10.00 ato of birth, death, etc. BEST MAN IS ARRESTED ON EVE OF WEDDING By Private Leased Wire. New York,.June (.—Frank Robin son, a Buffalo business man, spent an anxious night In the tenderloin police station wondering whether he would be balled dut In time to appear as beat man today at-the wadding of his sla ter, who Is to be married to Frank Hanley, the prisoner's business part ner. Robinson was arrested for playfully upsetting a half doten potted plants at Murray's restaurant, Broadway and Thirty-fourth street, In an exuberance of enthualasm following Hanley’s bachelor supper. BUILD THIRTY-MILE IRRIGATION CANAL COX DENIES STATEMENT ’ THAT HE IS SATISFIED Special to Tho Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 6.—In a telegram Governor John I. Cox dentes the statement that he Is 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 aatfifled with the will of the majority, but that the wholesale unseating of his dele gates, fairly and honestly eleoted In 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 Ureene county trade and hence there Is little satisfaction In the result of the convention. ' 2380 Quarto Pagoa XavI-bM. . U00 Cutnlicu. BkX Needed In EveryHome Abo V.chsur’e Collegiate Dictionary IKJ n**~v )»W I” jstr*u -a. regular EditionTslOxtH lacfc**. t D« Luxe Edition S U. fram ~~~t. }*ft8N. (gU.-*|s-»r. S lei'.' t .1 Idrat ago. FREE, -D*«fcra»i 7 TrrtftiWI'Juum*! peaphieu. G. <3t C. MERRIAM CO„ Publishers, Springfield, Maes. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., June 8.—With a view to building a 30-mlle irrigation canal the Union Rico and Irrigation Company haa been organised. The project la a big one and when It has been successfully undertaken 25,000 acres of fine rice land In southwest ern Louisiana will stand a better show of development than under present conditions.' The canal will extend from Washington across St. Landry parish to Maniou Prilrte. The company la capitalised at 81,- 800,000, and among th* stockholders are a number of prominent Phila delphians, who are at present on a trip over the route with J. Franklin Bchnell and L. E. LlttelL of Opelousas, who are In charge of the undertaking. CONTRACTORS STOP WORK ON PASSENGER STATION Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn, June 8.—Wil liam Dunbar Jenkins, special engineer In charge of th* plana for the new 8500,000 Southern passenger station. Is Indignant because the city council failed to pass an ordinance closing cer tain streets about tho.slte In th* sta tion. ao that the work of excavation for the station may go on, and the "'mi LONDON FOLK WON’T BUY GOODS PUT UP IN CANS By Private Leased Wire. London, Jane 4.—The sales of can ned provisions In London today were Infllntteslmally email. All the deal er* had the same tale, namely, that for the last week their sales had drop ped, until today, when the official con firmation of the allocking disclosures waa published, many or the large pro vision stores did not sell a single tin of meat or pound ofsausaga- The boycott afreets British colonial, as wsll as American supplies. RAILROAD COMPANY APPLIES FOR CHARTER Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 8.—The Chattanooga Northern Railway Com pany has applied for a charter here for the purpose of building a railroad from this city to the Walden’s ridge coal and Iron belt and to erect a bridge across the Tennessee river. The capi tal stock Is 2X00,000 and the Incorpora tors are: W. G. M. Thorne". Thomas MacClellan, J. 11. Thomas, Robert J. MacClellan anti L. M. Thomas. This step followed the recent visit of Theodore Crewdson, of London, Eng land, to this city. THROUGH SLEEPING OAR LINE TO Wrightsville Beach, N ,C. Commencing Saturday, June the 9th, and continuing each Saturday during tho months of June, July and Au gust, through sleeping care will lie op erated, delivering linseijigor* at tho hotels at Wrightsvfllg Beach, leaving Atlanta at 9:85 p. m.; returning, leave WrightsriUe t-nch Thursday, arriving Atlanta the following morning at 6:.W a. m. Season tickets $18.55; week end tickets, good for five days, 28.2a. SEABOARD. TELEPHONE TIME Onfe 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 savo lives. It is necessary in the modem home. Bell Service Is Satisfactory. The Rates Are Reasonable. Call Contract Department, Main 1300. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. 1