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ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
AMVSEMENTS
XASINO
TONIGHT—MATINEE SATURDAY.
VAUDEVILLE
EDDIE - nrt JE8SIE
OIRARD * no GARDNER,
Jupiter Bros., Marseilles, the Three
Csrtmells, A. O. Duncan and
Cameragraph.
Sale at Grand Box Office.
Next Week:
“A WARM MATCH."
DONCE DELEOIJ
r pwrk n
Direction JAKE WELLS, Pres.
ATLANTA’S BARDEN OF EDEN,
WITH ITS
Fairy Tale Delights.
BIND CONCERTS TWICE DAILY.
Picnic Grounds Now Open
STATE GEOLOGIST
COLLECTING FOSSILS
fipwlal to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Go., July JO.-State .Geologist
n - tt. Veates tm* been lo the city for the
P««t two or three days’for the purpoee
(>t ■'‘curing more ypeciinen* of foeolle and
•hell* from the mass of matter thrown ui
K ,hp .^fedge Atlantic at the alto of thi
urmijtwlck Steamship Company's dock*.
A« a result of hla preaeut trip, Geologist
h<l ! !•{**•* to Atlanta, taking
him two large caaca pecked full of
fo* , ll» ami shells. He stated before 1“
[n* here that the collection of aho
jTjh which he secured la one of toe largest
»na most valuable to be found anywhere
In the United Staten.
NEGRO murderer
IS APPREHENDED
■p*"'lnl to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., July JO.—Henry Tay-
“ r . a self-confessed murderer, was ar-
w»tc| by city Detectives Moore and
™ ra( r at a negro house In this city
yesterday nnd locked up to await the
arrival of nfflrers from Rock Springs,
"here he la wanted for killing a
xnlte man on June 9. When arreated
susplrlon of being the negro want
'd. Taylor voluntarily confessed that
If "’>» the man and.told the officers
taere was a reward of (100 out for him.
*• B. ROOSEVELT’S WILL
LIKELY TO CAU8E ROW.
Trieste Lraaod Wire.
Rayvllle, L. I., July JO.—The will of
the late Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of
President Roosevelt, leaves real estate
ftaelly divided betwen three chiklrn—
v-. n S’ ,nd Robert B. Roosevelt and
Kimberly. Loytus Lake, the
IT'? ’ eat of th « late Mr. Roose-
v,„'. tt bone of contention. Mrs.
Kimberly, daughter of the deceased. Is
M possession of Lotus Lake. Mrs. John
L , .t veU “Jr» ‘he Klmberlys are
B °t privileged to stay there.
POLITICS IS LIVELY
. IN CHATTAHOOCHEE
Russell to Canvass and Smith Dis
tributing Advertising
Matter.
Special to The Georgian.
Cuaseta, Go., July JO.—Hon. Richard
B. Russell la advertised to make three
speeches In phattahoochee county on
July 25 and 26 as follows: Cuaseta,
July 25, 11 a, m.: Harp’s Mill, July 25,
4 p. m.; Pine Knot, July J6, Ism.
To make such a campaign requires
about a forty-mile drive across the
country and the people of the country
districts mentioned express admiration
for the only candidate who haa so far
advertised to speak in the country dis
tricts.
Hon. Hoke Smith has already spoken
here and has many strong friends in
the county. He continues to make
strong campaign In the county, whero
he Is now distributing thousands of
circulars at great expense.
Hon. Clark Howell will speak In Cua
seta early In August.
WANT ACT CREATING
FLOYD CITY COURT
By W. O. CLEMENT.
8peclsl to The Georftsn.
Rome, da., July 20.—There will be
Introduced during the present term of
the general assembly a bill to amend
the act creating the city court of Floyd
county, enlarging the powers of the
same, to Increase the qualifications and
compensation of the judge of said court
and disqualifying him from practice of
law, to grant said court the same pow
er as Is exerclspd by the superior court.
This step was decided upon by the
Rome bar several days ago.
Grand Masonio Dedication.
On Thursday, July 26, the new hall
just completed by the Masons and Odd
Fellows of Gordbn Springs will be ded
icated with Imposing ceremonies.
Orand Master Max Meyerhardt, of
Rome, District Deputy S. K. Berry, of
Dalton, and many other visitors are ex
pected to be present and take part In
the exercises. Orand Master Meyer
hardt and Captain J. M. Jackson, of
LaFayette, will deliver addresses In the
Interest of Masonry.
Hon. 8. R. Maddox, ot Dalton, will
speak for the Odd Fellows. In the af
ternoon work In the third degree will
be exemplified. Orand Master Meyer
hardt will preside.
Nearly Kills His Wife.
Levi Dodson, a negro, haa been ar
rested here and placed In jail for at
tempting to kill his wife.
Dodson claims that he gave his wife
some money to settle a few debts and
she spent It on a boat excursion. This
infuriated him and he slashed her sev-
eral times In the back with a knife. In
flicting wounds which may prove fatal.
Pipe Breaks, Killing Ons.
Youngaton, Ohio, July 20.—By the
breaking of a pipe In the funare of
the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company
last night, Engineer John Evans was
killed and Orant Kay fatally Injured.
PONDS AND WOODS
SEARCHED FORBODY
OF PRETTY GIRL
Daughter of Massachusetts
Postmaster Is Believed
Murdered.
By Private Leased Wire.
Belchertown.Maaj., July 20.—Believ
ing that Wlneola M. Goodell, the pretty
daughter of Postmaster Ooodell, of
Dwights Station, missing for fourteen
days, haa been murdered and her body
either thrown into vne of the three
ponds or concealed In the woods here
to hide the evidence of crime, search
ing parties, headed by the local police
and urged by the town authorities, are
today scouring the woods and drag
the middle, upper and lower pond
The, select men have offered a
ward of 2100 for the girl's body, dead
or alive, and there Is a prospect that
this will be Increased.
Divers who have' been scouring the
bottom of the upper pond will go down
again today, poaslbly In the other two
ponds, In another attempt to And the
girl's body.
One theory advanced, but not gener
ally credited. Is that there Is a love af
fair mixed up ih the girl's mysterious
disappearance. One of the last things
she did before she went away was to
write a letter to h«r sweetheart, Pro
fessor Frank Bartlett, of Hampton In
stitute, Va. She poeted this letter ten
minutes before she left the house and
went away In the direction of the pond.
The letter was received by Mr. Bart-
lett, who, upon being questioned by
the group and by Mr. Goodell, replied
that he was “too shocked to make any
answer,” and that “there Is nothing In
the letter from his fiancee to clear the
mystery."
MINISTER FALLS DEAD
IN CONVERSATION
Wqs Assisting in Revival Meeting
and in Usual Good
Health.
Scene From The Beautiful Property
of J. B. Hightower In Inman.Park
To Be Sold At Auction
MONDAY, JULY 23d, AT 4 P. M.
Special to The Georgian.
Moultrie, Ga., July ( 20.—Rev. M. A.
McCollum, a well known Methodist
minister of the Thigpen district of
this county, died suddenly In the home
of Harmon Sellars, In Worth county,
yesterday. Death came suddenly, while
he was sitting In a chair engaged In
conversation, and was not preceded by
ty warning. It seems.
Rev. McCollum left his home a few
days ago to assist In a protracted meet
ing In Worth, and was feeling In his
usual health up until the day of his
death.
His remains will bs brought back to
the family cemetery In this county for
Interment. ,
PEOPLE OF INDIA
LOVED LADY OURZON
Special Cable—Copyright. .
Simla, .India, July 20.—India feels, a
sense of personal loss In the death of
Lady Curzon and Its announcement
caused ' a profound shock throughout
the empire. Lady Curzon while vicere
ine devoted a great deal of her time to
the Improvement of the conditions of
the life of the lower classes In India,
and especially of the women. Her
charities were widespread and munifi
cent, though what aha did In this di
rection was entirely without ostenta
tion. The vicereine of recent yean, at
least, had so endeared henelf to the
Teat masses of Indian people tti ' '
leath Is a sad blow to them.
Sub-Division consists of 27 desirable lots. Every lot a
nfficent property of Asa G. Candler. Fine school and
opportunity offered to invest in real estate. Wc could rent 100 houses there,
fourth cash, balance one, two and three years, interest at 7 per cent.
a gem. Fronts DeKalb Avenue, adjoins the mag-
church privileges. Best trolley car service. Best
TERMS: Only one-
S. B. TURMAN & CO.,
I. W. FERGUSON, Auctioneer.
CHAIRS COMPLETE
TO BE MADE HERE
The United States Chair Company
the name of a new concern formed
this city for the purpose of manufac-
TENNESSEE DRUGGISTS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 20.—At
the last day’s session of the Tennes
see pharmaceutical Association, which
was spent on ihe steamer Chattanooga,
a trip to Hale'a bar, officers were
elected for the ensuing year, as fol
lows:
Dr. Dan Lauchan, Monteagle, presi
dent; W. D. Gatee, Whltevllle, Brat vice
president; J. E. Moran, Franklin, see.
ond vice president; J. J. Ingalls, Boutl
Pittsburg, third vice president; E. F
Trollnger, Nashville, secretary, end J.
A. Lloyd, Pulaski, treasurer. The of
ficers for the ladles' auxiliary were re
elected as follows:
Mrs. R. L. Thompson, Nashville,
president; Mrs. 51. Fr Hutton, Nash
ville, first vice president; Mrs. C. D.
Moss, Union City, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. A. A. Teager, Knoxville,
third vice president; Mrs. E. F. Tro-
Ifnger, Nashville, secretary-treasurer.
turlng a high grade of chairs and glm.
liar articles? The company was formed
with C. V. Barker as president, I. F.
FTeeman as vice president, A. L. Myers
secretary and treasurer, and F. E.
Spencer assistant treasurer. The four
officers named with D. E. Spencer and
Slg Pappenhelmer make up the board
of directors.
The company already occupies one
building and haa another In course of
construction on Marietta street, just
beyond the plant of the National Furnl
ture Company.
The nr.ipany calculates to have tha
products ready for the market by the
middle of August or the first of Sep
tember, The lines will he the medium
and better grades of chklrs and rock
ers In oak and mahogany and the con
cern will not Job or assemble, but-will
make every piece of goods that It sails.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
“Correct
_ Clothes
tor Men.”
COMFORTABLE
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THIS HOT WEATHER!
A Two-Piece Suit, /Coat and Trous-
ers) in solid Grey Serge, Stripes,
Checks and Blue—tropical weights.
$12.50 to $25.00.
Blue Serge Coats, unlined, single and double-breasted.
Black Silk Coats, Straw Hats, •
Odd Trousers, Negligee Shirts,
Light Underwear, Silk Shirfs.
Neckwear, Hosiery and Many Small Articles for Summer Comfort.
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THEATERS
i
At the Cstlno.
The present vaudeville bill will en
tertain theater-goers for tha remainder
of the weak at the Casino. The at
traction Is ons of the best of the i
ESSIG BROS.,
Whitehall
Street.
For the coming week the manage
ment haa selected the musical comedy
Warm Match,” In which the clever
vaudeville team, Crlmmlna A Gore,
will be the principal fun-makers, a
slated by a number of artists and
chorus culled from the musical shows
which have returned to New York for
the summer months.
Warm Match" Is one of tboee
concoctions of music, melody, mirth
and nonsense In which clever come
dlans, pretty girls and dainty cos-
tumes appear In musical and vnude
vllle numbers. There Is a semblance
of plot, but the Idea of a summer
amusement Is something light and ef
fervescent with plenty of music and
pretty girls.
FOUR-MA8T SCHOONER
CAME NEAR FOUNDERING
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Os., July 20.—As the
four-mast • schooner Robert H. Mc
Curdy, which cleared from this port
with a cargo of lumber, was dressing
the Brunswick bar It was discovered
that she was settling rapidly and waa
apparently about to sink. The cap
tain sent out a hurry-up call, but It
was soon discovered that the sea cock
had been left open, and after the vessel
had anchored and the pumps got to
working she was put to rights, and has
now gone to sea.
C, H. GIRARDEAU
EXPLAINS HIS CASE
Tho following card haa born received
To tho Kill tor of Tho Georgian:
Under date of July n, and under caption,
“Case Ponding Against Girardeau," your
roeporter baa unintentionally placed myaeff
and other* In an unfavorable light before
the public.
, The facta are, I bar# been MoltctUng Are
Insurance for J. f* Illley * Co. for a little
more than a yegr. The bualnea- • •*——
obtained haa bean written by J.
Ac Co.. Who have paid Into the c
ury all llccnae and Income tax .
upon insurance companies. The city baa
fi loat oiio cent upon the bnalneaa I hi
not I
ave
cent upon the tiUNlne**
mmmm: i this company, r |
!or them and through them.
I have never In toy life *• .....
a bnalneaa license of a property tax. I ca
proceeding* ngalnat
low-corn net I tor* where they
* * “ce a
proci ...
me I* aeekTng to bring me under *» ordl
nance which waa created at the time the
Vcimhlc law was operative here. At that
time, Insurance broker* were placing bust-
nee* for tho Globe and It urgent, Msnufar
turer*’ Lloyd*. *nd New York and Chi*
cago Lloyd*, who bad no local agent* here,
an«l they were not paying any licenses or
Income taxes Into the Htv treasury.
81 nee tho repeal of the Venable law. there
hare been no lusuranee broker* In Atlanta,
nor ha* f‘
any one. . ..
There are hundred* of honest persons so-
licit lug Are Insurance, life Insurance and
accident Inaurnnce upon n comralMlon basis
who are just a* technically guilt/ of violat
ing this law a* myself, nnd It f* for their
cause as well as my own that I have re
sisted this matter.
Trusting that the public will suapend
Judgment until the tax committee, who now
has the matter under consideration. hue
paaaed upon the merits of the question, I
“ rer/ ,rUlr - C. II. OIKAI1DBAL’.
Atlanta, Oa., July 1*.
CON8TABLE ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE.
Bp-rial to The flrorgian.
Brunawlck, Os.. July 20.—Edgar Fa
der, who shot and killed Robert .Mayo,
a negro i»i!ly, on Cumberland Island,
.last Sunday, has had s preliminary
trial before Justice of the Peace What-
ford, at Woodbine, and wss released,
Fader was acting as special conr;i-
ble, and had gone to arrest Mayo, ,'he
negro, who has always been regarded
as s bad man, made for Fader with an
ax, and the latter shot him, the negro
dying about forty hours after.
Mayo has been the bully of the sec
tion of Cumberland where he resided
for several years, and has been mlxhd
up In several scrapes.
COLLEGE FRIENDSHIPS.
of' help snd moral strength to
yon send her to Shorter, the greet
(orated st Borne. Oa., It Is tern
that .be will mske s
' ends. sod. sstonlly enoogu, you reel s
sit deni of concern about theae frlend-
Ipa. You do not wlah her to In- Inti-
itn with any lint the heat glrla—modeat,
conartentlona glrla that would He a aoorce
— . _ . . — — to n fr , |f
gleet college,
. ._ __ certain that
ah- will bs thrown with girls from tho
ties! homes of the South. They are the
kind that you woold he wllllus to hats
your daughter rl.lt, anti the kind that yon
would be glad to re. el re into jour own fam
ily rirele. Tbla point la rerta nly worthy
of your conalderatlon—bat It la only one
of s acoro of point. In which yon will he
ron** lulereetcd If J"n will write for s
catalogue of tilts fitness Institution.
WILL CELEBRATE'
BATTLE OF ATLANTA
The Forty-second Georgia Veterans'
Association will meet In Atslnts Sat
urday, which day will bs celebrated as
tha anniversary of the hauls of At
lanta, which wss fought July 22, 1664
They will assemble In the basement of
the court bouse st 10 o’clock, where
such business as comes before the as
sociation will bs transacted, and then
there will bs a great mtlon cut,.and
telling of anecdotes of tha days of the
sixties will bs In order.
As most of the day will bs consumed
with matters of business, It will bs
Impossible to make a trip over the bat
tlefields around tha city, as had been
planned.
A number of prominent speakers will
deliver addresses and the annual elec
tion of officers will no doubt consume
some time. Colonel L. p. Thomas Is
the president of the association.
TENNE88EE DELEGATES'
TO BANKER8' MEETING.
■pedal to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 20.—T. It.
Preston, of this city, president of the
Tennessee Bankers' Association, has
appointed delegates to the annual meet
ing of the American Bankers' Associa
tion, which meets In October In St.
Louis. The regular delegate* are as
follows:
W. A. Sadd, president Chattanooga
Savings bank.
F. O. Watts, president Flret National
bank, Nashville.
E. G. Oates, cashier Mechanics’ Na-
HAND LICKED BY DOG,
CHILD DIES IN AGONY
Bperlnl to Tb* G (•ora I an.
UrUtol, Tenn., July 30.—Mattie, the
6-yeer-old daughter of J. O. fiusong,
near Bristol, died of hydrophobia last
night following hours of Intcnso suffer
ing. The chtld'e Infection by the dle-
1,1.4.• *,iim» nil..1)1 by it ilng suffering
from tho rablee licking a sore on her
hand.
HOBSON AND JUGGLER
WILL BE FEATURES*
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington Court House, Ohio, July
20.— Kin bora to plans are being made
for the Chautauqua assembly to be held
tf (;r* pnll* !'!, « • i• 1«beginning next
Tuesday nnd continuing until s\uguet 7*
Among the attractions will be Captain’
Hobson, ftasanl, Che Juggler; the Welsh
quartet, etc.
ARE YOU GOING TO
PAINT?
If bo, tizo Southern Horne Load and.
Zinc Mixed Paints. Tbo standard of
‘I'Killl> In the .South for tho past
twonty-two year*.
F. J. COOLEDGE Sc BRO.,
12. N. Kori.) th Ht. Atlanta.
m_.
B. M. WOOLLEY, »t. D.
ita, 44a. Office 104 N. Prior Streak
By Telephoning Your Want Ads to
The Georgian You Can Reach Over
23,ooo HOMES
25 Words for 25 Cents.
The Cost—t Cent a Word—is a trifle
when compared to the benefits.
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