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THE ATtiSTA GEOKOTAN. 'HEW COMMITTEES CELEBRATE LANDING AT ALABAMA TECH 10 WORKjOR EXPO OF CEO, OGLETHORPE ioR EES WEBB CONFERRED UPON FIFTY-SEVEN. xctacular Military • Drill Won Admiration of VUitora, Compa ny B Being Winner. COMMITTEE OF FIFTY WILL MEET MOVEMENT STARTED IN SAVAN- THURSDAY TO PERFECT THE NAH TO OBSERVE AN- PLAN8 TO RAISE MONEY. NIVERSARY. I tr> The Georgian, tllka. Ala*. June 7.—The thirty annual commencement exercises BL, Alabama, Polytechnic Inetltute i Auburn, Ala., came to a close with airand military hall at Langdon hall might- ' " \ , of the most pleasantly remem j occasions of the week was the uencement sermon by the newly rte d bishop. Rev. John J. Tlgert, of Nashville, Tenn. I wore able young orators and statesmen In the senior class ,t.ls-to-be next year, aa was evl by the Interesting anil closely nested oratorical contest between , Junior class Monday. The speak, (•were; Ernest Wood Thornton, of Benjamin O'Connor Childs, roeorgla; William Lewis Perdue, of tier county; James Alto York, of le county: Charles Mell Hudson, of e county; William Robert Holley, of ary county; Norman Burns McLeod, Clark county, and Thomas Byrd ■obley. of Mississippi. iTtie annual event that Is one of the ■.A. .nloyable pleasures of commence- |£t was the "Festival of Llghta' ^i"T?ature h that always Interests vis Ton, to the commencement Is the mil hrv display and the review of the let battalion by hls excellency. Gov or william D. Jelks, In the after ,, n Monday, which was witnessed by Immense crowd. The maneuvers admirably executed and received HPty approval. , , _ lUnxdon hall was crowded Tuesday 1 .mng for the alumni oration, which delivered by Mr. Henry Hinds [vey (1895), of Birmingham. ,„t 1 o'clock a business meeting of le alumni was held, after which an el int luncheon was served—covers be. t laid for 150 guests. pctltlve company and Indi I Tuesday afternoon was i [sTinviting spectacle. Company B s the winner for the beat drilled ampany In the battalion. I The evening exerclaea consisted of It senior clasa orations and the llt- ary address befora the societies by , Rev. James W. Lee, of Atlanta, pleasing manner President _ j Coleman Thach, of the A. P. I Invert'd the following trophies of vie .. B. Richardson, of Marshall coun- as best debator in the Websterlan fterary Society; E. T. Collier, of ■ontgomery county, ns the best es- lylst; C.hampe 8. Andrews, an alum, its of the A. P. I., and one of the Kmmlttee on Junior clasa orations, was kited upon to deliver tho medal to the kst orator. |The commencement address yester- y morning by Francis H. Smith. ,.D., University of Virginia, was a asterplece of eloquence and made a Jep Impression on all present. (The delivery of degrees was then Tide by the president There was 57 lembers In the class. (Thirteen freshmen received dlstlnc. I and three highest distinction (a ade of over 95 per cent for the year). the sophomore class eighteen re. Ived distinction and two highest dts. hctl„n. Two special students re. jived distinction; and In tho junior it eighteen received distinction. .The iter of science degree was con- upon six; degree of civil en- , one; mechanical engtner, one; ftrlcal englner, one; mining engl- kr, one; professional degrees as fol- Mechanical englner, five; civil (glneer, three; electrical s engineer, The social feature* of commencement ■ek were most thoroughly enjoyed— fre having been several dnnees and pings to engage the young people, THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINE TO prightsville Beach, N .0. wmenclng Saturday, June the 9th, d continuing each Saturday during * month!. of June, July and Au lt. through sleeping cars will be op. [ted. delivering passengers at tho I® *t Wrlghtsvlllc Reach, leaving Jnti at 9:35 p. m.; returning, leave "fhtivllle each Thursday, arriving **nta the following morning at d:70 , Season tickets 318.55; week ilcketi. good for five days, *8.25. By the end of the week numerous new committees will be at work rais ing the remainder of the guarantee fund for the 1910 exposition. Tho committee of fifty, which was to have met Thursday afternoon, will, on ac count of the death of John \V. Grant's 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 tome 1,250 local Arms able to subscribe to the fund, out of which 500 have been seen, leaving 750 to be reached. These Arms will first be given the considera tion of the committees and afterwards 3,000 citizens which are ablq to sub scribe and who have not been seen. The work will take several weeks. There Is $161,000 of the $500,000 guarantee fund to be raised before the pledges become binding. Counting two members to a Arm there are 4,500 persons to be seen, and If the overage 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: As the name for the exposition in 1910, allow me to suggest this name: “The Great Southland Exposition.” Very truly yours. Atlanta. F. C. Bishop. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga^ Juno 7.—At a meet Ing of tho city council, a communlc tlon from the Society of Colonial Wi was read, relative to the celebration In February, 1908, of the one hundred an seventy-flfth anniversary of the land ing of Oglethorpe upon the site of 8a vannah. The matter was referred. The following organizations hnv been invited to take similar action Georgia Society of Colonial Dames, th Georgia Society Sons of the Revolu tion, the Savannah chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, the La lan McIntosh chapter, Daughters the American Revolution, the Union Society, St. Andrew’s Society, North Carolina Society, Georgia Historical Society. Hibernian Society, German Friendly Society, Solomon’s lodge, F and Accepted Masons, and the Midway Society. WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH BEING ACCOMPLICE Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 7.—Mra. Ollle Oliver I* under arrest here aa nn ac complice to the murder of E Beavers, aa employee of the Pratt Consolidated mines, at Mineral Springs. According to the verdict of the coro ner's jury, the shot was fired by IV. D. Oliver, husband of the woman under arrest. Oliver made hla escape. THE PROFESSOR AND THE TIGER By J. SACKVILI.E MARTIN. Bravery, Doctor (said my friend, the third officer), Isn’t such a simple thing as you think It. One man la brave In one way, and another In a different one. Often enough, that which la called bravery Is nothing more than custom. Tou 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 tha sea, he used to look down on him aa all aorta of a coward. But there cam# a day when he learned better. It happened when I waa with him In a three-masted sailing ship called the Arrow. We lay at Singapore, alongside the Tanjong Pagan wharf, loading with i general cargo for Liverpool. Tho principal object In that cargo—or. at .oast, the one we took most notice of— waa a tiger that wc were shipping for London. It lay In a strong cage of wood and Iron, with a door In the fronL through which It could be fed. It was a fine big brute, and every time It stretched Itselt you could see the mus cles slipping over Its sides, and the big. wicked-looking claws peeping out of the pads of Its feet In a way. that made you very thankful for the bars. We had a passenger or two. One of SEABOARD, R ALEXANDER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS ■t* ^'.^* an der, who went to Ashe- r £•* three weeks ago for hlH th. <ll*d then last night of pneu- leave# a wife, who was nn k u nk Sridft*. of Atlanta, and WJSS*; T i* e bod >' wiU be brougl wnta for funeral and Interment. t7\ ander bad been with the ■» !L, obart Company, office furnl- Atlanta, and with the t r* * Allen Company. He was , * nd favorably known in the busl- * »orld. Killed on First Trip. «l to The Georgian. “‘"anooga, Tenn., June 7—William tUr nAn )* of the rural mail « **« run over and killed morning by a Southern train (th h./^' * n<1 not J- D - London, fh.ai b*?* gone out that morning “r*t time, taking Mr. London’s them waa a young girl who went by the name of Hilda Bandford. She had been a governess In the family of one of our agents out there, but th# climate hadn't suited her, and she had to go home. She was coming with ua Instead of by ateamer. because aha got her pas sage for nothing and *he wasn t too well off. Directly the old man set eye; on her trim figure and the wealth of golden brown hair about har head, he waa struck all of a heap. *o to apeak, and 1 could see that -he was promising himself a mighty pleasant voyage. The other passenger was a strange little, dried-up man, who wore gold plnce-ne* and kept pccring about the ship in a moat uncomfortable way. He xavo hla name a* Air. Hay Profes- Jor Hay, he called hlmrelt thftugh w* hadn't found out what he professed until later. Of course, the tiger had Its attendant, hut he berthed forward. An hour or two l 1 !*^ this Mr. Hay came up to the old man and began asking him a lot of quea- '"•Taptaln,” he said nervously, "I hope W V h d« a wCVS«d„'t- ..Id K Mr.* IIay*look«*J up at the aky. "There seems to be a good deal of W “Pretty 1 fair.* «ld Hoakina. "That’s what’a going to take us home. Not hj{- Ing a steamer, we * You’re sure lta »af«£* iayf the old man, getting on hls high horse. "Safe! I'm sailing this The little man »mlled apok«etlca!Iy. “You will excuse me, Captain, ,ne ssid '1 did not mean any offense. The have never bMft abtejWL? v i{S”55' t |, . The old man looked at him with a sort of good-natured contempt. "You've no call to be alarmed, he said; "we'll take you to England safe * n AI U r Hay smiled again and walked off 2ft£Sii5sSrtSJ8a » -as sitting near. h ;^r o, "V^ p .MrouV b t^ yZ know, I hsve a fellow-feel ing for h°m. Captain." .he answered. “I'm afraid of the son myself- -aa " he eald, “but you re * *omen. A bit of fear ta all right In a woman. It'a natural to them. “Jll Fltb a inan It's different. A man ought to be af -Are 0 you 0 M™fd"of nothing. Captain?” “No't k t" said Hoakina. “You can 5 HACELETS in all the 3 fetching styles that “ the summer girl affects I'llC VOgue Of the nave me Vhmnk you short sleeves makes the % *£* u h brtng» a ’u**H the good in a •let preeminently desir- and we have a stunning p/'tion—all the new things. •d.’iin. jewelled, chains and ties.' I MA.IER & BERKELE. ,n *It mu»t be nice to be brave,” she eg- Cl “Oh. d ifs all right when yo"'™ used to It.” »ald tteaklna. mode»tly. A brave man and a pretty woman are two of the flneat eights In creation. They ought always to be together. There was son,etMa^hiemwth«d nlty of clearing off to another part of the deck. Shortly afterwards we put to eea. For the next few days we had the best of weather and everything went smoothly. I had my time pretty welt 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 wal making himself un commonly attentive to Mist Sandfqrd. The second waa that thle Mr. Hay,In a quiet and-timid way, waa thinking a good dec' of her, too. Hoskins saw quickly enough that he had a rival, but as he had started off with a healthy contempt for him he didn't disturb him self over and above much. For ray part, I thought the girl fancied Hay rather than Hoakina, and thou ' ' couldn't avoid the ok! man, an< not help listening to hla sen yarns, I could Bee her eyes turning forward to ward the waist, where llay waa put ting In hla time looking pt, the tiger. One afternoon the skipper 1 was sit ting beside Ml»s Bandford on the poop deck, W'hen Hay came up the compan Ion ami made hls way toward them. "There’s something I wont to tell you. Captain," he said. “It’s getting on my mind and making me quite un comfortable. That man whoso busi ness It Is to look after the tiger I,n't doing hls work. The animal isn't get ting enough food. It Is developing a savage nature. And yeiterday, when I went to see the man about it, I found that he was Intoxicated. I really think you should Interfere." Of course, the old irran should have Interfered. But he didn't like being told hla duty by tho little Profeasor, espe cially when the girl wa* about. So he just sneered. « “I suppose you're afraid of tha beast escaping?" he said. “I should certainly regard It aa un fortunate," the little man replied. "You see. a drunken man might be carelesa about the fastenings. I must really Insist upon your speaking to him.” "He’s not one of my crew,” said Hoi- klns. “I have enough to do to look after them. If any of them get drunk, they'll hear of It. But this chap la a passenger, even If he la only a ateer- i one. He edn do as he likes with spare time. If you're so darned frightened about the beast, you'd* bet ter look to the fastenings yourself." Excuse me,” said the professor stiff ly, "that la not my business. The an imal does not belong to . me. I have done what I believe to be my duty. I can lay no more.” He turned away without eran a glance at the girl. . “That man,” said Hoskins, looking after him, "Is frightened of hls own shadow. Let me give you a hit of fatherly advice, Mlaa Sanford. When you arc looking for a man to marry never select a coward. A girl like you wants some one who will protect her In time of danger; soma one the can rely on and look up to.” “L'm not thinking of getting mar ried,” said she, shyly. "But when I do I'll bear your advice tn mind, captain." HOME COMING WEEK FOR KENTUCKIANS. THROUGH SLEEPERS Atlanta to Louisville. On account of the above occasion the W. A A. B. B. and N. C. * St. L. Ballway will sell round trip ticket! on June 10, 11 and 12 at rata of ono fare pins 25 cents for the round trip, the rats from Atlanta being *13.5.7. tickets good to return until Juno 23. 19M. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cent*. However, tickets will be extended until July 23/ Three trains daily, leaving Atlanta at 8:t5 a. m., 1.50 p. m. and 8.50 p. m.. all carrying standard Pullman nleeir era Atlanta to Nashville and Nashville to Louisville. In addition to thla service there will be through sleeping care operate.! on the 4:50 p. m- trslna ol June 10 and 11. Atlanta to L/nilsvllle without chant'. , arriving Louisville next morning at 8:20 a. m. Route Is via Chattanooga. Nash ville and Mammoth Cave. Ftor further Information write or call oo J. A. THOMAS or C. B. WALKEB. C. P. * T. A. U. T. A. Peachtree VladucL Union Par, SLa.| 1 ' CHARLES E. HARMAN, General FweSftr Agent 'That'* It," sal.l Hoakina. "Think It over carefully. And aa for getting married. I'd be glad If you'd think over that, too," She started llko a frightened horse. “Oh, captain!" sho said, "I don't un clr ret and. What do you mean?" "V'.ii iln understand," he m.l.l, ten derly, drawing Ids chair a bit nearer to her. "Mias Sandford—Hilda! Have not )ini n wi.nl |..r a poor old eeanian who worships tha vqry ground you tread on? Think over It. None but the brave deserve the fair, you know.” "You mustn’t speak llko tills,” she exclaimed, rising as though aho wero distressed. "You ora older’than I am. And I don't know that you are a brave mun. I have only your word for It. Please don't speak to me about this again." The old man saw that be had gone a little bit too far. "Walt!" he said, "don’t be frightened. promise not to **y n word until we reach England. Before wo get there. If we have a bit of rough weather. Ml show you tha sort of man I nin. 1 should love a bit of danger for your sake.” For the next few days ho went about whistling for a wind, ns though he wanted to send us all to Davy Jones' locker. 1 believe he would hnve been glad of a typhoon Juet to show hls seamanship and hla contempt for dan ger. As for hls seamanship, no one ever questioned It: and ns for hla con tempt for danger, he was to get hls chance all right, though not quite In the way lie expected. It was about a week after Itls con versation with the girl that It catne. Hilda waa sitting on the poop deck, rending a book. The old man was mnrrhlng up and down with a quarter deck trot, casting glances nt her and thinking how pretty she was, whan suddenly ho lef off a howl that would liavo frightened nn elephant and sprang Into tho port mlzicn rigging. I wasn't far from him at the time, nnd I looked at hlin. wondering whether he had gone mad. Then 1 saw what he had seen, and I went up the starboard mix- zen shrouds as quickly aa he had gone up the port ones. The girl raised her head an.l looked up at Hoskins, and he gaped down at her nnd tried to shout. But for some time he could only make faces. "Look! look!" he yelled at last. "Come up the rigging! The tiger Is loose!" She sprang to her feet and looked ab out her. Not four yards away from her the tiger waa playing with a coll Of rope. It was paying no sort of at tention to her at the moment, but she felt that It might take It Into Its head to apt ing at her at any minute. Aa she stood she was cornered between the stern of the ship and the cabin door. There was nothing to be done hut to climb up the rigging. She tried, but the first step was too high, and she could not manage It. And when she realized that, I thought she was going II. Skint waa just going down to give he. a hand, hut at that moment the tiger looked up and saw him. and gave a kind of roor. The old man stuck where he was then and sort of shiv ered nil over like a Jelly In a K*Je. An for th#* fflrl, she went white all over and *av#; hemelf up for loet. Am! then—out of the cabin came Trofwor fore him right In to tho wolat an< hack Into Its enge. When li« hml If fiinl •• 11 • * < I in, he oifiH* JiHhm ngafn, looking not the leant bit excited or worried, and put the broom care* fully back Into itn place. Tho girl wan looking hard at him* nnd her oyeo wero fdilnlng, but ho didn’t noem to bo awaro of It. lloHklns had corno down tho rig ging nnd wan looking a trifle nnhamed of himself. He didn't know It was so easy to push tigers Into their cages with a broom, or he might have had a try at It. After a bit he spoke up. ‘“That was a fine bit of work, sir, he said. ”If I hadn't seen It 1 couldn’t have behoved It.” "Oh, It's nothing,” said tho professor. "It's my business. I tamo wild anl mnls.” After thnt ho soemed to dismiss tho whole subject from hls mind and went Into the cabin. Rut 1 saw him later In tho evening talking to that girl, and ho must have had something Impor tant to say to her, for, when tho old man met her next morning and began mnklng excuses for himself, she cat him short. -Captain,” she said, “do you remem ber advising me to marry a brave man?” -I do,** said Hoskins, a bit puzzled -Well,” she said softly, ”he asked mo yesterday and I’m going to take your advice.” Which shows you, doctor, thnt bra very Is very much a matter of custom. As for poor old Hoskins, we had mill pond weather Ike whole way home, and he hadn’t oven a chance to show him self. Ha He just took one look round and saw tho tiger. Then he picked up a broom that Ft.mo 4/n#* who had been washing th- dorks had left leaning against the d# < k house, and pushed .at the tiger wi*h it, looking It straight In tha eyes, rd of the power of the human >ro. but I bad never behoved It at afternoon. He kept walking , pu-hlng the beast gently be- ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE AND CONVICT WAS KILLED Special to The Georgian. Cheater, 8. C. June 7.—Early last night while tha guards of the county chain gang were at supper, Frazer Gist, a colored convict, while trying to escape, was shot and mortally wounded by a negro "trusty" who wa* doing guard duty. TIRED OF LIVING FARMER TAKES HIS LIFE Special to Tha Georgian. Chester, 8. C., June 1.—W. D. Mob ley, Jr. a prominent farmer living near town, suicided early yeaterday morning by shooting himself In the stomach with a shotgun. He had been heard to eay several times that ha waa tiled living. CARED FOR HIS STOCK THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C„ June 7.—A special from Winston says that William Bo hannon, a well to do farmer, after feeding the stock and attending to out side dutlee Wednesday morning, re cured a plow line, and adjusting It about hls neck, hung himself ln.m a projecting timber In hm barn. Bohannon waa about f 0 years old and as a man well known lq hla com munity. ONE YEAR VACATION FOR PRESIDENT KILGO DUBOSE GIVES BOND AND IS RELEASED Special to Tho Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 7.*—Gordon DuRohc, former president of the Flrel National bank, of Enuley, who was re cently arreated on the charge of mil- appropriating funds tn the sum of $48,* 000, has given bond for hla appear ance In the United Stales court. Tho bond la for $10,000, and la algn- ed by ten prominent men of Colum biana, Hholby county, Alabama, the old homo of Du Does. SOOTH GA, DOCTORS MEET AT CORDELE Special to Tho Georgian. Cordela, Go., June 7.—There la a splendid attendance here of the South Georgia Medical Association. Many prominent physicians came In during th* day yeaterday to be present at the business meeting In tho nfternoon, anil attended the banquet In the evening at the Huwanee hotel. They are being shown every courts- S ’ by the local committee and others. any of those In attendance enjoyed the day yeaterday driving over the Rjr. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DEDICATE HEADQUARTERS By Private Lrased Wire. New Haven, Conn. June 7.—The Knights of Columbus dedicated their new national headquarter, yesterday. The jirinri|.fll speaker was Justice Mor gan J. O'llrlen, of New York. The ad- I on Columbus waa delivered by Ju.tlce Victor J. Dowling, of New York, and un address on the church waa made by Rev. J. L. Bedford, of Brook- n. The morning waa tak.n up eo- rely In the discussion of certain pro poned changes In Insurance rates. Leonard Bound to Court, Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn , Juno 7<—Everett Leonard, the white inan, who shot Pa trolman Peace In fun seemingly on a car recently has been bound over to the grand Jury on a bond of *1,000. J. I COCHRAN DIED THURSDAY IN PASADENA Jarnon \\T. Cochran, connected with tho Atlanta office of ttfc Phcnlx Fire Intjurnnco Company, of Hartford, Conn., nn apodal agent, dlad early Tlnirmluy morning In a aanltarlum at Pamdonu, Cal., of tuberculoid*. Tho newn \ml* Is'i e-1v•'(J bv Harry Mf• •« l<«!«• 11. loral k n- ernl agent for tho PhenlX. Mr. Hto< k- dell aulvlaed the mother and slater - f Air. Cochran, who ure resident* of Lex ington, Ky.. and It Is believed thd body .•.hi in* p.-iit Mieje f..r funeral and in terment. Mr. Cochran wil n member #»f tho . Capital «" 1 f y nnd tin Piedmont Driving I Club, nnd ono of the beat known inaur- ’ with tht ■en years, tr id tho Caro tith. Ho bud tn rtments in tho I priNHejoieil to »l great e of tho '-harming eharaote dlatingulMhod klnarnan. until in April , February. At flrnt It ••red with pneiini ho rapidly, bmvevi Phenix sent him hope that hi* 1 •A tad. CONCESSIONS ARE GRANTED CHARLOTTE BY SEABOARD flpcclol to The i Charlotte, N. long tight betwr Seaboard Air I tain I m prove me i unexpected adjustme meeting of tho board a compromise wan recommendation of i teo whereby In exeh to build wagon tnu I qulrcd nt 1 a great prt Keaboard proariat* long desired and foi manta. These will Include 000 bridge over No which will be carrlc# of the road, about 1 taliway tracks; three different j] of a bridge 4 fi large outlay by the road will n ping all 8i rglan. , June 7.—After a the city and tho ■ HitIIway for cer- thli if hiMt i ts, and th#* In t wi Idnlght shifting yards Special to Tha Georgian. Charlotte, N. C* June 7.—Dr. John C. Kllgo, president of Trinity Collage at Durham, after being reelected presi dent for another year, a year’s leave of absenc full salary and all i grant# ii broad * paid. Removed to Larger Quarters WHERE WE ARK NOW PREPARED TO HO THE HIGHEST CLASS OK Commercial Printing at Reasonable Prices. Gate City Printing Company 1W-1I Phone J026. 2i E. Mitchell Street, Near Pryor.