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TOT: ATmSTA GEORGIAN. . I, I I , ■ 1 r, IT !NEW COMMITTEES AT ALABAMA TECH TO WORK FOR EXPO DECREES were conferred UPON FIFTY-SEVEN. Spectacular Military Drill Won Admiration of Visitor!, Compa ny B Being Winner. fecial to The Georgian. Opelika. Ala.. June 7.—The thirty- fourth annual commencement exercises -f tile Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, Ala., came to a close with lM grand military ball at I-angdon hall lut night. One of the most pleasantly remem wred occasion* of the week was the commencement sermon by the newly alccted bishop, Rev. John J. Tigert, op. of Nashville, Tenn. There were able young orators and future statesmen In the senior class iMt-is-to-be next year, as was ev denied by the Interesting anti closely contested oratorical contest between the Junior class Monday. The speak ers were: Ernest Wood Thornton, of Talladega; Benjamin O'Connor Childs, of Georgia; William Lewis Perdue, of Butler county; James Alto York, of Pale county; Charles Mell Hudson, of IK county; William Robert Holley, of Henry county; Norman Burns McLeod, of Clark county, and Thomas Byrd Mobley, of Mississippi. The annual event that Is one of the most enjoyable pleasures of commence ment was the “Festival of Lights Monday night. A feature that always Interests vis ■fors to the commencement Is the mil iary display and the review of the cadet battalion by his excellency. Gov ernor William D. Jclks. in the after noon Monday, which was witnessed by an Immense crowd. The maneuvers were admirably executed and received hearty approval. Langdon hall was crowded Tuesday morning for the alumni oration, which was delivered by- Mr. Henry' Hinds Peavey (1895), of Birmingham. tt 1 o'clock a business meeting of the alumni was held, after which an el egant luncheon was served—covers be ing laid for 150 guests. ✓ The competitive company and Indi vidual drill Tuesday afternoon was a most Inviting spectacle. Company B was the winner for the best drilled company In the battalion. The evening exercises consisted of the senior class orations and the lit erary address before the societies by the Rev. James W. Lee, of Atlanta. In a pleasing manner President Charles Coleman Thaeh. of the A. P. L, delivered the following trophies of vie tory; T. B. Richardson, of Marshall coun tv, as best debator in the Websterlan Literary Society, E. T. Collier, of Montgomery county, ns the best es sayist; (htampe S. Andrews, an nlum- nus of the A. P. I., and one of the committee on Junior class orations, was called upon to deliver the medal to the best orator. The commencement address yester day morning by Francis H. Smith, LL.D., University of Virginia, was a masterpiece of eloquence anil made a ■ep Impression on all present. The delivery of degrees was then made by the president. There was 57 members In the class. Thirteen freshmen received dlstlnc tlnn. end three highest distinction (a grade of over 95 per cent for the year). In the sophomore class eighteen re ceived distinction anil two highest dis tinction. Two special students re ceived distinction; aid in the Junior class eighteen received distinction. The master of science degroo was con ferred Upon six: degree of civil en gineer. one; mechanical englner, one; electrical englner, one; mining engi neer. one: professional degrees as fol lows: Mechanical englner, live; civil engineer, three; electrlcnl engineer, ie. The social features of commencement week were most thoroughly enjoyed— there having been several dances and dinings to engage the young people. THROUGH 3LEEPING CAR LINE TO Wrightsville Beach, N .0. Commencing Saturday, June the 9th, nd continuing each Saturday during the month* of Juno, July and' An- Mil, through sleeping cars will be up- ermted, delivering passengers at the K* at "'rlghtsvlllo Beach, leaving at 9:35 p. m.; returning, leave Rnghtsvllle each Thursday, arriving Allsnt* the following morning at 3:10 Season tickets $18.55; week (nd tickets, good for live dayB, $8.25. COMMITTEE OF FIFTYWILL'MEET THURSDAY TO PERFECT THE PLANS TO RAISE MONEY. SEABOARD. R ALEXANDER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS mi l ^ ! ’ xan der, who went to Ashe- rj*' three weeks ago for his *ahh. died there last night of pneu- 1,.®*' He leaves a wife, who was i Mri l™ nk Bridges, of Atlanta, nnd * >»»>•• The body will be brought • Allan a for funeral anil interment. under bad been with the toe rL a il‘ bart . Company, office furnl- rwid., w™.?/ Atlanta, and with tho r»]i-I., , Allen Company. He was n a® 11 favorably known In the busl By- the end of the week numerous new committees will be at work rais ing the remainder of the guarantee fund for fhe 1910 exposition. The committee of Bfty. which was to have met Thursday afternoon, will, on ac count of the death of John W. Grant' little son, Hugh, meet Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock when the work done by the specially appointed committee of five will be considered and the new committees appointed. From the lists which have been com piled by the committee there are some 1.250 local firms able to subscribe to the fund, out of which 500 have been seen, lenvlng 750 to be reached. These firms will first be given the considera tion of the committees and afterwards 3,000 citizens which are able to sub scribe and who .have not been seen. The work will take several weeks. There Is $161,000 of the $600,000 guarantee fund to.be raised before the pledges become binding. Counting two members to a firm there art 4,d6o persons to be seen, and If the average of $50 Is given by each, not only the guarantee fund, but also a safe mar gin will be left for collection. To make up this average, however, many of those who are called upon will have to respond liberally. To the Editor of The Georgian: Aa the name tor the exposition In 1910, allow me to suggest this name: “The Great Southland Exposition." Very truly yours. Atlanta. F. C. Bishop. CELEBRATE LANDING OF GEN, OGLETHORPE MOVEMENT STARTED IN SAVAN NAH TO OBSERVE AN NIVERSARY. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., June 7.—At n moot ing of the city council, a communica tion from the Society of Colonial Wars waa read, relative to the celebration In February, 1908, of the one hundred nnd seventy-fifth anniversary of the land ing of Oglethorpe upon the site of Sa vannah. The matter was referred. The following organisations have been invited to take similar actio Georgia Society of Colonial Dames, the Georgia Society Sons of the Revolu tion, the Savannah chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, the Lach lan McIntosh chapter, Daughters the American Revolution, the Union Society, St. Andrew’s Society, North Carolina Society, Georgia Historical r n . ! lil*.■! iilan . ' I- t man Friendly Society, Solomon’s lodge, Fn and Accepted Masons, nnd the Midway Society. WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH BEING ACCOMPLICE Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 7.—Mre. Ollle Oliver te under arrest here aa an ac complice to the murder of D Beavers, nn employee of the Pratt Consolidated mines, at Mineral Spring*. According to the verdict of the coro ner'* Jury, the *hot wn» fired by W. D. Oliver, husband of the woman under arrest. Oliver made his-escape. THE PROFESSOR AND THE TIGER By J. SACKVILLE MARTIN. •tecl.l Kill*! orl Fir,t Trip. The Georgian, bhh' , an °°**' T«nn., June 7—William ‘h. name of the rural mall ~ w . a * run over a »d killed I Dai,'- m ? n >lng by a Southern train tath ani1 not J- D. London, b, th. e ®° ne out that morning Li" ar,t Hme. taking Mr. London’s B Racelets in all the fetching styles that _ Art the summer girl affects: *he m-ked Tim ™J "Not, I.' Bravery, Doctor (said my friend, the third officer). Isn't such a simple thing aa you think It. One man la brave In one way, and another In a different one. Often enough, that which Is called bravery Is nothing more than custom, You wouldn't go up on the fore-royal- yard In half a gale to reef sail, would you? Not you! You’d be afraid. Well, you might think me a brave man be cause I would. But then I'd be afraid to cut a chap's leg off, and you wouldn't. That was what old Captain Hoskins, whom I used to sail with, could never understand. If a man was a bit nerv ous about the sea, he used to look down on him as all aorta of a coward. But there came a day when he learned better. , It happened when I was with him In a three-masted sailing ship called tho Arrow. We lay at Singapore, alongside the Tanjong Pagan wharf, loading with i general cargo for Liverpool. The principal object In thnt cargo—or, at Jeast, the one we took most notice of— was a tiger that we were shipping for London. It lay In a strong cage of wood and Iron, with a door in the front, through which It could bo fed. It was a fine big brute, and every time it stretched Itself you could see the mus cles slipping over Its sides, and the big. wicked-looking clawa peeping out of the pads of Its feet in a way that made you very thankful for the bars. We bad a passenger or two. One of them wa* a young glrIwho went bythe name of Hilda Sandford. She had been a governess In the family of one of our agents out there, but the climate hadn't suited her, and she had to go home. She wa* coming with us Instead of by steamer, because she got her pas sage for nothing and she waan t too well oft. Directly the old man set eyes on her trim figure and tto WMlth ol golden brown hair about her head, he WAS struck all of a heap. »o to apeak, and I could see that he was promising himself a mighty pleesant voyage The other passenger was a strange ...tie. drled-up man, who wore gold pince-nez and kept peering about the ship In a mo«t unco ™ f f ,rt {X l ® crave his name an Mr. Hay Profs* for Hay. he called himself, though we hadn’t found out what he professed until later. Of course, the tlgsr had Its attendant, but he berthed forward. An hour or two before we started thu Mr iiav came up to the old man and ££.n «k?n« hlm a lot of quea- ‘'“^antaln.'' he said nervously. "I hope we shall have a quiet passage. ••I don't see why we shouldn t. aald Hoskins genially, . Mr. Hay looked up at the sky. "There seem* to be a good deal of ” "Pretty* $»lr," «'d Hoakins. '"That', whit's going to take u* bome. Not be ing a steamer, we r*" t ,?,° 'Vnti'rf sure its sate ? asked Hay* Bart!" says the old man, gettlnr on hi. Mgh horse. "Safe! I'm sailing this The Httle man smiled •P“logetl«»Y; saw 0 ”'! ao X t C m»n m a e ny C oC«. The b Wmr,^iF ihtt sort of Kood-nstured cOTtempt^ “You’ve no call to be aiarmea, w said; enough. 1 ■ ittrai * Hoskins looked after him. nlty of clearing oft to another pert at deck. Shortly afterwards we ■ put to sen. For the next few days w# had the best of weather and everything went smoothly. I had my time pretty well taken up with my work, but for all that I Could see one or two things that set me thinking. The first was that the old man was making himself un commonly attentive to Miss Sandford. The second was that this Mr. Hay, In a quiet and timid way, was thinking a good deal of her, too. Hoskins sa' quickly enough that he had a rival,' bt as he had started off with a healthy contempt for him he didn't disturb him self over and above much. For my part, I thought the girl fancied Hay rather than Hoskins, and though she couldn't avoid the old man. anil could not help listening to his sea yarns, I could see her eyes turning forward to ward the waist, where Hay was put ting In hie time looking at the .tiger. ■ One afternoon the sklpifer- was sit ting beside Miss Sandford on the poop deck, when Hay came up the compnn ion and made hla way toward them. "There's something I want to tell you, Captain,” he said. “It's getting on my mind and making me quite un comfortable. That man whose busi ness It Is to look after the tiger Isn't doing his work. The animal Isn't, get ting enough food. It Is developing a savage nature. And yesterday, when I went to see the man about It, I found that he wa* Intoxicated. I really think you should Interfere.” Of course, the old man should have Interfered. But he didn't like being told his duty by the little Professor, espe cially When the girl wa* about. So he Just sneered. "I suppose youlre afraid of th* beaat escaping?" ho said. “I should certainly regard It as un fortunate,” the little man replied. "You see, a drunken man might bo careless about the fastenings. I must really Insist upon your speaking to him." "He's not one of my crew," said Hos kins. *'I have enough to do to look after them. If any of them get drunk, they'll hear pf It. But this chap la a passenger, even If he-ls only a steer age one. He can do aa h* likes with hla spare time. If you’re ao darned frightened about the beast, you'd bet- Thnt'a It," sold llnsklns. "Think It over carefully. And as for getting married, I'd be glad If you'd think over that, too.” She started like a frightened hors*. "Oh, captain!” she said, "I don't un derstand. What do you mean?" "You do understand," ho sold, ten derly, drawing his thalr n bit nenror to her. "Miss Sandford—Hilda; Have not you a word for n poor old seaman who worships the very ground you tread on? Think over It None but Hi. I'l'.'ivi* dii* r\ Ui" fall', ymi It it. m 'You mustn't speak like this," she exclaimed, rising a* though she were distressed. "You arc older than I am. And I don't know thnt you are a brave man. I have only your word for It. .Please don't speak to me about this again." The old man saw that he had gone a little bit too far. "Walt!” he said. ".I..n't lie frightened. promlss not to '..'I a Word until Ml' reach England. Before we get there. Mr? Hay smlled agaln and walked off to the waist, whert ve hM fi a ’.oW auction for him. for he I U 0 .n. nt .oi,k a ed t a‘f« and rten U turned*to"mi** Sandford, who ™ vTra sort"” chap to have on a ship,” he raid. *A man like that ought to ’"Well! you know. I have ? Ing for him. Captain, *h«t answered. said*"hut’you’re a woman. you A s«. AMt of f«r Is all right a woman. It's natural to them^ Bo. »lth a man It's different. A man ougnt to oe afraid of nothing.” . rontain’" Are you afraid of nothing. Captain. T. « , ., I ••NoT'b" said Hoskln*. £5 The vogue of the lmve the'bigge.t storm ever totebed -liort sleeves makes the; J* tb * f/brinU"*™ *u the good in * It must be nice to be brave." she e*- OIlVs all right when you're used It" said Hoskins, modestly. A ... m!in Hn ,l a pretty woman are > of the finest sights In creation. They ought always to he together. There was something In hla tonetnai made her blush. And though she agreed wltb Dim she took the first opp'-rtu- ®J«let preeminently desir-' “te and we have a stunning ] ch Wkrtion—ail the new things. t0 Jjfiin, jewelled, chains and' bI poesques. tiAlER & BERKELE. ter look to the fastenings yourself.' “Excuse me," said the professor stiff ly, "that Is not my businsss. Tbs an imal does not belong to ms. I have done what I believe to be my duty. I can aay no more." H# turned away without even glance at tbs girl. "That man,” said Hoskins, looking after him, '1* frightened of hi* own shadow. Let ms give you a bit of fatherly advice. Miss Sanford. When you ar* looking tor a man to marry never select a coward. A girl like you wont* some one who will protect her In time of danger; some one ehe can rely on and look up to.” "L'm not thinking of getting mar ried,” Bald she. shyly. "But when I do I’ll bear your advice In mind, captain.' HOME COMING WEEK FOR KENTUCKIANS. THROUGH SLEEPERS Atlanta to Louisville, On account of the above occasion the W. & A. IL 'R. and X. C. & St. U Railway will sell round trip tickets on June 10, 11 and 12 at rate of ono fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, the rata from Atlanta being $1$,55, tickets good to return until June 23, 19M. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents. However, ticket* will be extended until July 21. Three trains dally, leaving Atlanta at 8:35 a. m„ 4.50 p. m. and 8.50 p. m., all carrying standard Pullman sleep ers Atlanta to Nashville and Nashville to Louisville. In addition to this service there will be through sleeping cars operated on the 4:50 p. m. trains of June X0 and 11, Atlanta to Louisville without change, arriving Louisville'next morning at 8:20 s. m. Route Is via Chattanooga, Nash ville and Mammoth Cavo. For further information write or call on J, A. THOMAS or C. B. WALKEF C. P- * T. A. L\ T. Peachtree Viaduct. Vnlon Pan CHARLES E. HARMAN. Gci. nl I'an-i.-rnp-i Agent s bui ii uciutD way liici c. If we have a bit of rough weather, I'll show you th# sort of man I am. I should love a bit pf danger for your sake.? Foe the next few days he went about whistling for a wind, aa though he wanted to send us all to Davy Jones' locker. I believe he would have been glad of a typhoon Just to show his seamanship and his contempt for dnn ger. As for his seamanship, no ono ever questioned It; and os for hla con tempt for danger, he wn* to get hi* chance all light, though not quite In the way he expected. It waa about a week after 111* con versation with the girl that It earns. Hilda was sitting on the poop deck, reading a book. Th* old man was marching up and down with a quarter deck trot, casting glances at her and thinking how pretty she was, whan suddenly he lef off a howl that would have frightened an elephant and sprang Into the port mlxten rigging. I wasn't far from him at the time, and I looked at him, wondering whether he had gone mail. Then I saw what he had seen, and I went up the starboard mlz ten shrouds as quickly as he' bad gone up th* port ones. The girl raised her head and looked up at Ilosfclns, and he gaped down at her and 'tried to shout. But for some time he could only make faces. Look! look!” ho yelled at last. "Come up the rigging! The tiger Is loose!" i She sprang to her feet and looked about her. Not four yards away from her the tiger was playing with a coll of rope. It was paying no sort of at tention to her at the moment, but ahe felt that It might take It Into Ite head to spring at her at any minute. As sh* stood sh# wa* cornered between the stern of the ship and thb cabin door. There was nothing to be done but to climb up the rigging. Sh# tried, but the first step was too high, and sh* could not manage It. And when she realized that, I thought she was going to faint- Hoskins was Just going down to glv# her a hand, but at that moment tbs rer looked up and saw him, and gav* kind of roar. The old man stuck when he ws* then and son of sMv- I ered all over like a Jelly In • gale. A* for the girl, 'sh* went whit# all over and gave herself up for lost. And ut of th# cabin came Professor Ha: - Sta. m H*- junt took on* look round and a&w he tljyer. Then h« picked up a broom hat one who bud been washing 1 J —K* had left leaning ai: <,ln*t the >uv4*. and pushed at the tiger looking It straight In the eye*. *d of th<* power of the Jiuman •re, hut I had never believed ft ut afti-rnoon. He h^F fore him right In to tho wnlat nnd Inn k Into Its rage. \\’h«‘ii In* hud If unfely foatened In, he cnfho netem again, looking not the leant bit excited or worried, and put the broom care fully back Into Its place. Tho girl was looking hard at him, and her eyoe wore nhlnlng, but ho'dldn’t peem to be aware of It. Hoflklnn had come down the rig ging and w&i looking a trlflo ashamed of himself. He didn’t know It was so easy to push tigers Into their cage with a broom, or ho might have had a try at It. After a bit ho spoko up. “That wu a fine bit of work, sir," ho said. ”If I hadn’t seen It 1 couldn't have believed It” ”Oh, It’» nothing,” said tho professor. “It’s my business. 1 tamo wild ani mals.” After that he seemed to dismiss the whole subject from his mind and went Into the cabin. Rut I saw him later In tho evening talking to that girl, and he must have had something impor tant to say to her, for, when the old man met her next morning and began making excuse* for himself, she cut him short. * “Captain,” she said, ”do you remem ber advising me to marry a bfrave man?” “I do,” said Hoskins, a bit pusxled. “Well,” she said softly, “he askm] me yesterday and I’m going to take your advice/* Which shows you, doctor/that‘bra very Is very much a matter of custom. As for poor old Hoskins, we had mill* pond weather the whole way home, and he hadn’t oven a chance to show him- •elf. ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE AND CONVICT WAS KILLED Special to The Georgian. Chester, S. C, June 7.—Early laat night while th* guard* of the county chain gang wor* at *upp«r, Fraser Gist, a colored convict, while trying to pe, waa shot and mortally wounded by a negro "trusty" who was doing guard duty. TIRED OF LIVING ~ FARMER TAKES HIS LIFE Special to The Georgian. .Chester, H. C, June 7^—W. D. Mob ley, Jr, • prominent farmer living near town, suicided early yesterday morning by shooting himself In tho stomach with a shotgun. H* had been heard to say several times that ha waa tired living. CARED FOR HIS STOCK THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE DUBOSE GIVES BOND ING IS RELEASED Special to Tho Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 7.—Gordon Dullose, former president of the First National bunk, of Enslty, who wan re cently arrested on the charge of mis appropriating funds In the sum of $4I,« 000, hna given l»*»$$d for hi* oppenr- ance In tho United HtiiteM conn. The bond Is for 810,000, and Is sign ed by ten prominent men of Colum biana, Hhelby county, Alabama, the old home of DuBose. Ij, W, COCHRAN DIED THURSDAY IN PASAOENA Jamen W. Cochran, connected with tho Atlanta office of tho I’henlx Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., an special agent, died early Thursday SOUTH GA, DOCTORS MEET AT CDRDELE Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C, June 7.—A special from Winston says that William Bo hannon, a wall to do farmer, after feeding th# stock and attending to out side duties Wednesday morning, se cured a plow llns, and adjusting It shout his neck, hung himself from a projecting timber In hi* barn. Bohannon waa about 40 yten old and 'as a man well known In bis com- munlty. ONE YEAR VACATION FOR PRESIDENT KILGO Special to Tbs GeorglJ _ Charlotte, N. C, Jun Kllgo, president of Trinity Durham, after being reel, dent for another year, has b n year’s Isave of ab-- Hpeelal to The Georgian. Cordels, Oa, Jun# 7.—There I* a splendid attendance here of the Houth Georgia Medical Association. Many prominent physicians cam* In during ths day yesterday to b* present at the business msstlng In the afternoon, and attended the banquet In the evening at the Buwanet hotel. They are being shown avsry courte sy by the local committee and others. Many of thoa* In attendance enjoyed the day yestarday driving ov*r th* city. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DEDICATE HEADQUARTERS By Private Leased Wire. New Haven, Conn., June 7.—The Knights of Columbus dedicated their new national headquarters yesterday. The principal speaker was Justice >for- an J. O’Brien, of New York. The ad dress on Columbus waa delivered by Justice Victor J. Dowling, of New York, and an address on the church was made by Rev. J. L. Bedford, of Brook* lyn. The morning was taken up en« tlrely In the discussion of certain pro posed changes In Insurance rates. Leonard Bound to Court. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 7.—Kverett Li'.naril, th«- • hit*- man, who shot Pa trolmen Peace In fun eeemlfigly on a car recently has been bound over to the grand Jury on a bond of $1,000. morning In n sanltvrlum nt I’* f’al., of tuberculosis. The ne received by Harry Btockdell, lo< oral agent for the Fhenlx. Mr, dell advUed the mother and m Mi C.Mill .III, v Ii • III*' I ONhlintN Ington, Ky„ and It In believed t will he sent there for fun«*rul tennent. Mr. Cochran was n member Capital City and the Plodnmnt • 'Ini', arid nn.' ..f thf hent knowt ICO men In iIk- South. II*- hi line* t*>d ith the i'hentx f" than fourteen years, traveling i Georgia and the Carolina*. 1 .ip.111infill • In tho t Jr.iml build • '.- in .in u .«* ii distant of Jamen Lane Alien, the K* author, and ooNNeneed to a gr tent many of the charming elm Istk's of his dlutlngiiluhed klmm idena. Tht February. At flr iffi* 1 1 with i-r •d tind b« It III only nine* ih believed hei a. He gr4'wr| until In April] California Ini CONCESSIONS ARE GRANTED, CHARLOTTE BY SEABOARD Special to The Georgian* Charlotte, N. C., June 7. After a long fight - between the city and the Seaboard Air Line Railway f<*r cer tain Improvements, things came to an unexpected adjustment laat night ut the ( meeting of the board of aldermen when a compromise was effected up«m tho recommendation of a special commit tee whereby In « xchunge for th*- right t-. 11 1 11 !<I 'wig'.ii ti.i-k* i.n property ac quired at a gjc.it price by the road, th** K^aboard profftl*** to carry out the long desired and fought for Improve ments. These will Include fln*t of all a ISa- 000 brtdgo over North Try on *tre«*t which will be canl*-d under the trio k* of the road, about 2 r» feet benefit If the railway tracks; watchmen or gateH ut three different polntn. nnd the lowering III mean a of a bridge 4 fe> large outlay by the r the road will make ping all Sunday wo tween midnight an< shifting yard-. hl< h \\ •<i d. Fi the till. i gently be- full salary and all Removed to Larger Quarters Will Kl. Wl. AIU. NOW I’RKPARI'I) to no THK HIGHEST CLASS OF Commercial Printing at Reasonable Prices, Gate City Printing .Company Bi’ll Plione 2025. 2i E. Mitchell Street, Near Pryor.