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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. A Victor Talking Machine for $10 8-In. Victor Records 35c Ea. No home should be without a Talking Machine. Come to our warerooms and hear the new Victor Jun ior Gramophone and let us explain how this outfit may be bought on easy weekly payments. Phillips & Crew Co. 37-39 Peachtree Street. The Largest Talking Machine House in the South. CHINA IS REFUSING TO KEEP TREATY Her Refusal as to Antung Causes Comment in Japan. Special Cable—Copyright. Toklo. Japan, Aug. 10.—The Inslat' eni refusal of the Chinese government to live up to the-aplrlt of the treaties made with Japan and the United States to open Antung and seventeen other Manchurian-cities as places of International residence and trade, Is causing unfavorable comment In gov ernment circles here. china contends that the opening of '.Mukden means the opening of an un occupied area outside the city, and that foreign trade and residence be confined to that area. Furthermore she Insists that goods entering Mukden from that area shall be’ llnble to all duties and taxes which China may continue to Imimse, as hitherto. CANT OBTAIN A SITE FOR PR0P08ED CU8TOM8. By Private Leased Wire. Pekin, Aug. 10.—The establishment of Chinese customs at Antung, on the Valu, a port opened under the Ainerl can treaty, of October 8, 1808, Is meet, log with difficulty. The Japanese have expropriated for a nominal payment during their military occupation, the whole river frontage for several miles, and all the land outside the native city available for foreign settlement. This makes It Impossible to obtain a site for the proposed custom** TW0 armyTeserters CAUGHT BY MARSHAL REFUSE TO TESTIFY .AND ARE IN JAIL Gross Irregularities Found in Dcuver Ballot Boxes When Opened. Special to The Cleorglan. St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 10.—James Xewiand and James Blankenship, Charged with deserting from the United States army eighteen months ago, while stationed In Atlanta, were ar rested here last night by a detective and United States marshal. They were taken to Fort Striven for further In- ventigatfon. Mrs. William Csrtsr. Mrs. William Carter, 45 years old, •lied at her homo on the Sandtown road at 5 o’clock Thumday afternijon. The funeral aervlcea were held Mt. Olive church at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, the Interment being in the churchyard burying ground. ANNOUNCEMENTS I respectfully announce myself candidate for oouncil from the Third ward, subject to the white primary on August 22. c w MANQUM. I respectfully announce myaelf a candidate for council from the Fourth ward, subjact to white primary on AU#U,t **• DR. B. E. PEARCE. I rsspsctfully snnounes myself candidate for council from ths Sixth werd, subject to the whits prlmery on August 22. JOHN W. GRANT. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. JAMES G. WOODWARD. I rsspsctfully snnounes myself s candidate for County Treasurer, sub ject to white prims AU^uet^jEL amusements IASI NO TONIGHT—MATINEE SATURDAY. VAUDEVILLE. ABD'EL KADER AND HIS THREE WIVES. Johnson and Hardy, Will Dockray, Charles F. Scmon, Eddie Mack, Brln- damour and Cameragraph. Sale at Grand Box Office. Next Wetk, VAUDEVILLE- By rrlvate leased Wire. Denver, Col., Aug. 10.—The four men sent to Jail Wednesday for contempt of court In refusing to testify In the franchise election frauds Investigation are still In Jail. William Evans, gen eral manager of the Tramway Com pany, may Join them. He wae sub- penaed to appear In Judge Lindsey’s court and tell what he kfiowi of the alleged fraud, but his office was found locked yesterday. He la on a “vaca tion." It developed later that there has been a regular exodus from the city of tram way and gas company employees who arp wanted In court to explain how they came Into possession of tax re ceipts which entitled them to vote on the franchises. The majority are known not to own any property. Gross irregularities were found when the ballot boxes In ward 4, In Mayor R. W. Speer's home precinct, were opened. The box containing ballots on the proposed otdlhmnce tor 1f¥ ’ ate lights showed a discrepancy of 85 votes between the poll books and the num ber found In the box. In the box con taining ballots on the proposed ordi nance for the purchase by the city of an electric light plant there were found lit for and 185 against. Ths poll books showed only 178 persons voted. The municipal ownership party claim that the same evidence of collusion be tween corporations and election Judges to doctor the returns will be found In every precinct. STOREPLUMB BY BOLD ROBBERS THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS -LUKE 1Sl 11-32. By PR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. N J Golden Tsxti Return unto Me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord. —Mai. 3t7. AMINO of the parables was not dons by Christ nor by the dts clples who heard them, but by men long afterwards who wished to designate them by some appropriate name that would express the central truth of the parable or the leading character In It A better name could have been selected for some of them than the one by which they are gen erally known. A better name for the Sower" would have been "The Dif ferent Kinds of Soil." That of the "Rich Man and Laxarua" had been bet ter named "The Danger of Unbelief." The parable In our lesion la generally known as that of the "Prodigal Son." The International committee has chosen to call It ths "Parable of the Tw Sons." The elder brother has been sufficiently recognised to be mentioned, and that Is all. Read the parable and Its exposition In all the let.ion helps, and you will And that all they have to ■ay Is shout the younger son. In many of them the elder is not mentioned. Most of preachers have a series of ser mons _on the prodigal son and haVe never preached on the elder brother. Visit the picture galleries of the old world and of the brother __ __ , the poems that have been written. The truth of the matter Is that the elder brother Is the principal character In the picture, and the atory of the prodigal Is only the bsckground. Preachers and posts and painters have reversed this. In nearly every Instance, and It may be all, the ble was suggested by something Jesus saw, or heard, or read In the hearts of His hearers. It Is not always recorded, but It Is In this as In many others. Why Hs spoke this parable was I cause He consorted with publicans and sinners. Ills object was to reprove the natiirs. bear our alas and die of a broken heart on Calvary. Story of a Bible. The story Is told that a man once took a Bible home, and In the eve nings need' It to his wife, who eald ."Husband, If that book la true, we are lose A few. evenings later she re marked: "If that book Is true, we may be saved." That was Christ's mission on earth—to teach us that we are lost and that He had come to save us. See how God's love Is portrayed In- the father’s treatment of the prodigal. By W. O. CLEMENT. Hpedal to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Aug. 10.—The two brick bullrings owned by IV. W. Brooks and Mrs. W- T. Turnbull, on Broad street, which were considerably damaged by fire several weeks ago, were yesterday condemned by Mayor Maddox and are now being torn down. They will be replaced-with handsome structures. Robbsrs Plunder Stors. The store of J. H. Radcllffe Compa ny, near Rome, on the Central railroad, was broken Into by robbers Tuesday night and a considerable amount of goods carrlsd away. Sheriff Byars Is In pursuit of the robbers with blood- hounds. Pollcsman Resigns. Joseph Johnson, who has been I member of the Rome police force for the last eight years, has resigned his K isltlon and will enter other business. Is successor has not yet been ap pointed. Mr. Johnson has made an efficient officer. Gibson-Rupglss. Charles R. Ruggles and Mias Leona Gibson were married last evening at the home of the bride on Upper Broad street. The ceremony was performed by Ordinary John P. Davis, and was witnessed by relatives and friends of ■he contracting parlies. Mr. and Mrs Ruggles are well known In Rome, and they have the best wfshsa of a large circle of friends. First Baptist Revival. The revival service which was begun at the First Baptist church last Sun day by the pastor. Dr. R. B. Headden, Is dally growing In Interest and at tendance. Two services are being held dally—afternoon and night—to which the publjc Is cordially Invited. BUSINESS FIRMS MAKING CHANGES Bpedsl to The Georgies. Covington, Os., Aug. 10.—On Sep tember 1 several new business Arms will begin business In Covington. First Is the Arm of Cash, Mobley A Com pany, who will take the store room now occupied by W. L. Adair. Both re side In Covington and era well known here. In the store room vacated by G. T. Smith, EL H. Mobley will op«n up a dry goods and notions business. Mr. 8mlth moves In the new Covington bank building. E. R Parker leaves the firm of Bwxn- Darls company to open up a general merchandise business In the store room now occupied by C. C. Robinson. Mr. Robinson will occupy ths store room of Lee A Anderson, who will re tire after a long and active career. In the character of the and Inspire hope In the heart of the Gentiles In the father's treatment of the prodigal. He had come 'To seek and save the lost," and both these sons were lost—the one In the "far country" and the other In the father's house. He would portray God'a love In the treat ment of both. This Is generally re garded as the pearl of all the parables the great teacher strung on the thread of his discourses. It is ths climax of the three parables spoken on this oc casion near the close of Hla ministry; the silly wandering sheep, the Insen sate coin and the self-willed son. All lost and all found. All lost not only here, but In all His teachings Chrtst emphasised the great truth that we are all lost. VVe live In lost world, and we belong to. a lost race. How would we be found or saved unless we had been lost? If man had not been lost Christ's coming' to earth would be like throwing ropes and lifeboats to a man on dry land, where there could be no possibility of his be ing drowned. God Is a God of econo my. He never makes a useless expend iture of 'force In nature, providence or grace. He would never had sacrificed His Son and Jesus would never have left His home In glory to assume our cldenla with which they were familiar, and many.eyea were tilled .with tears, and many hearts throbbed with pain, aa they thought of some wandering boy, between whom and them, no matter ' long absent, or widely separated, the cable tow of love, woven with strands of Joys and griefs, had never been severed. The younger son. Ilka many a boy today, had become Jtred of the parental restraints of hom< and ha wanted to go out and see the world; hare a good time, and “sow his wild oats." Unwilling to wait for his fath er's death to get hla share of the estate, he asks tor It now. This request was granted, and with his mother's prayers and hla father’s blessing he goes to the “far country," and, like hundreds of young men In our land today, he be gins a Ufa of dissipation and wanton ness. A father’s saving of many years Is soon expended. With his money gone bis friends are gone. At last he came to. want. He Is too proud to go home and confess his prodigality and ask forgiveness. If he ever returns, he wants to go looking as well as when he left. But he must do something or starve. There Is no alternative. So he hires out to some man to take care of hla hogs, ths most menial occupation. He Is so nearly starved that he was willing to eat the "husks," the beans that grew on the carnb tree (Upt were fed to the hogs. When a man la reduced to that condition he Is apt to think of home. In hla waking thoughts and In his dreams he has visions of ths boyhood home. He sees the tears In his moth er's eyes aa aha kissed him goodby; he tones of his father’s words of The boy Is pretty safe who In memory Is ever anchored to his childhood's home. Plenty In the Father's house and poverty In the far country. This brought him to himself. Sin Is a spe cies of madness or Insanity. He had been beside himself. Every mnn comes to himself before he comes to'- God. He realises that he Is a sinner, that he Is lost, that he has wandered from the Father’s house, that the world cannot satisfy the soul. The good resolution to arlso and go to hla father Immediately followed. He would go and confess his sins and seek forgiveness. He has forfeited sonshlp, and would be willing to perform the most menial service. He not only re solved, but he acted. Delay meant starvation, death. Good resolutions, If not put In effect never cured a drunk ard, never Hived a sinner. The Father's Weloome. 'When he waa yet a great way off.” He (lift not surprise the father by walk ing In tha door. He had been wait ing and watching for the return of his wayward wandering boy, and when he Forewisdom in Summer Shirts Negligee a little the worse for wear and trips to the washtub? Blues show streaks of white—well, they’ve done good service, but now to insure the last half of summer. And the provident man always wants a few “soft” shirts for the lapse of another season. 1.00 Negligee Shirts 75c 1.50 Negligee Shirts 1.15 2.00 Negligee Shirts 1.40 2.50 Negligee Shirts 1*75 3.00 Negligee Shirts 2.00 3.50 Negligee Shirts 2.50 Straw Hats Half Price. Underwear, Too. 50c Underwear 40c 75 c Underwear 60c 1.00 Underwear 75c 1.50 Underwear 1.15 2.00 Underwear 1*50 2.50 Underwear 1.75 3.50 Underwear 2.75 Muse’s 3-S-7 Whitehall. saw him coming ran to most him, fell upon his neck and kissed him. The Greek here implies frequent, repeated klselng. lie does not watt for him to make confeeslon and ask forgiveness. It was enough for him that hla boy had returned. The father's heart had been wounded, but the father's love had never changed. Then the aon makes confession and craves the place of servant, but the father says,' "No, you have come back to your father’s house, you shall be my eon, you shall again fill the place In the home that has been vacant since you left." And then commands the servants to brine In the best robe and substitute It for the rags; and put a ring upon his hand. The seel ring that waa only worn by freemen; "and shoes upon hla feet," a command that Indicated more than a tender regard for him, whose bare, bleeding feet touched the father's heart. Tho servants and slaves wore no shoes, and were thus distinguished from the members of the family. This meant that he wae not to be regarded as a servant, but a eon, with all the privileges of sonshlp: that he who bad never lost his place In the father e heart was now to resume It at his ti' KING ED WARD STANDS SPONSOR AT THIS BOY’S CHRISTENING ble and In hla house. The fatted calf must be killed, there must be feasting and mirth for tha dead haa coma to life, the lost haa been found, and so aa soon aa prepara tion can ba made, music Alls the air and the floor shakes beneath the dan cers' feet while the father looks on with eyes Ailed with tears of Joy. In the father In the parable, we nave a plct ure of Chrlat'a Father and our Father drawn by Christ's own hand. Ring and robe, feast and fatted calf, tha sound of music and the sight of dan cers, ns the scene swims before tho prodigal's eyes convey to him the hap- R y assurance of a father's love; yst ow far Inferior that evidence to the bleeding form that groaned and died on Calvary, That waa love no tongue can express, no pen can picture. The apos- tie ci uId not And any word to de scribe or qualify It and ao he aays, “God so loved the world, that Ha gave Ills only begotten Ron, that whoso ever helleveth on Him should not per ish, hut have everlasting life.'' Most of expositors and writers let the cur tain fall as they look on this picture of God’s love, but there le another act In this drama In which It Is more fully re vealed. The Elder Brother. When he came In from the field, heard the muelo and tha dancing, and when by Inquiry of one of the serv ants, learned the cause he would not go In and stood outside and pouted. Then the father went out and tiled to persuade him ,10 come In. The spirit ho manifested waa one of envy and selfishness. It was abnormal, unnat ural. It was treating the father worse limn the prodigal aver did, nnd must havo mads a greater draft upon his forglvenrsB, and yst hs forgave him. Ills conduct was causa of greatsc grief than tha prodigal's had arar been. In him wa have a picture of the Pharisees who proud of their ceremonial right eousness, regarded themselves os In jured by tha favors shown to Publi cans and sinners. To show thorn the drlt they manifested and assure them st notwithstanding It. Ood waa will ing and anxious for them to coma In. He spoke this parable: Willingness I -give Is the greatest test of love. Iilghest expression of lovs that aver fall from the Savior’s lips was when He prayed on the crow “Father forgive them; they know not what they do,” In the father’s treatment of both sons, we have a picture of God's lovs for us. The Ood whom we preach as drawn by the hand, and seen In ths face of Him whom He sent to seek and save the lost, to bring us back, to open a way of reconciliation; the God who Is not willing that any should perish. Ths sun that shines on you shell set: summer streams shnll bn .ockrd In Icy fetters, and deepest wells go dry, but not Hla love. Hie lovo le a stream that never frssscn, u r.mat that navart falls, a sun that never sets in night, Ood recognises tho flret and faintest Impulse of tha Manor to return. i.-t Him but turn his face and feet toward the Father's house, and nil the re- ' deemed will sweep their linrps anew, nnd with the angels make tho arches of heaven rink with their minus of rejoicing. Has there ever been rejoicing over, your return? A wireless meHssgn comes down to you In the far country. In the field and factory. In the mens of trade, In the hn’.'s of pleasure, In ths haunts of vim. it t- tin- I'Hther's voice, "Prodigal eon, prodigal daugh ter. come homo, come home." Round Trip — Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain $4.10, via Western & Atlantic R.R. Battlefield Route. Shortest Lins and Quickest Tims, Tickets on sale every Saturday; good till Tuesday following. An opportunity to visit Chlekamau. gs Park during ths encampment of tho Georgia Stale Guard. For tlckots, schedules and furthss Information, call on J. A. THOMAS, City Paw. A Tk*. Agt, ■Phones 189 M. Bell; 151 Atlanta. C. B. Walker, Depot Tlckot Agt. 'Phono 213 Main. C. E. Harman, 0. P. A. J. 0. Johnson. .1. «' .h.liriHiin, 13 yeiira old, died on Thursday morning at hie resldsnce at Chatnblce, Ga. He Is survived by a wife and one child. The funeral ser vices were held nt WlUao church st 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, and ths In- t.-rni.-nt whs in ths churchyard bury* Ink Kiiuind. Special ts The Georgian. Hawklnaville, Ga, Aug. 10.—Pulaski superior court convenes next Monday, August 13, and there are a number of cases to be tried, among them tha case of Seab Hunt and Roswell Daniel, charged with killing Barton Handley, a short while ago, at night, on the streets of Hawklnaville. During ths melee Hunt received a load of biro i in the shoulder and arm, but about well again. Both Hunt and Daniel an In Jail awaiting trlaL OIL TRUST MEN SEE ROOSEVELT By Private Leased Wire. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 10.—Among visitors st Sagamore Hill yesterday ware former Senator James k. Jones, of Arkansas, and n Mr. ~ Pittsburg, wbo were wll tor several hours Thi gentlemen are said to have come as representatives of the standard Oil Company to consult with tha president concerning a controversy over oil lands In ths Indian Territory, between the Standard Oil Company and tha Interior department. r uames re. jones, Mr. Barnaadala, of with the president Thursday. These s E A B O A R D AIR LINE RY. Best Rates of the Season to the Seashore. OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO OLD POINT COMFORT. VA. OCEAN VIEW, VA. CAPE HENRY, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. PORTSMOUTH, VA. To All Points Named Above AND RETURN CHOICE OF ROUTES— Via either Richmond or Norfolk. This excellent rate will be given to the nublio by the Seaboard Air Line Hallway from Calhoun Falls, Abbeville and Greenwood, S. C., to points mentioned above and return on August the 16th. Parties taking advantage of these rates can board any of the doubledally through trains from the West and Atlanta and thereby enjoy the comforts of nice vostlbuled coaches. Dining Cara and Pullman Sleepers. For further Information or reservations, address W. K. CHRISTIAN, A. O. P. A.. Atlanta, Ga. CHARLES B. UVAN, O. P. A.. Portsmouth. Vi. ■I