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THE ATLANTA GEORG TAX. FRIDAY, Ai r.rsT l'\ lym. ( 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 lnelat- ent refusal of the Chinese government to live up to the spirit 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, la causing unfavorable comment In.gov ernment circle* 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 liable to all duties and taxes which China may continue to Impose, as hitherto. CANT OBTAIN A SITE FOR PR0P08ED CUSTOMS, By Private Leased Wire. Pekin, Aug. 10.—The establishment of Chinese custom, at Antung, on the Yalu, a port opened under the Amerl can treaty of October 8, 1908, la meet, Ing 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 customs. io ini® CAUGHT BY MARSHAL REFUSE TO TESTIFY AND ARE IN JAIL Gross Irregularities Found in Denver Ballot Boxes Wlien Opened. Special to The Georgian. St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 10.—James Newland and James Blankenship, charged with desertlng-from the United States army eighteen months ago, while stationed In Atlanta, were ar rested here last night by a detective nnd United Btates marshal. They were taken to Fort Scrlven for further In vestigation. Mrs. William Carter. Mrs. William Carter, 15 years old, died nt her home on the Handtnwn road at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The funeral services were held at the Mt. Olive church at 2 o clock Friday afternoon, the Interment being In tne churchyard burying ground. By Private 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 waa sub- penaed to appear In Judge Lindsey's court and tell what he khowa of the alleged fraud, but his office waa found locked yesterday. He Is on a "vaca tlon." It developed later that there has been a regular exodus from the city of tram way and gas company employees whe are wonted 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. dross 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 ordinance for 860 arc lights showed a discrepancy of 86 votes between the poll books and the num ber found In the box. In the box con taining 'ballots on the proposed ordl by the city of nance for the purchase an electric light plant there were found 186 for and 135 against The poll books showed only 173 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. STORE PLUNDERED BY BOLD ROBBERS ANNOUNCEMENTS respectfully announce myself a ldldate for council from the Third rd, subject to the white primary on gust 22. c w MANQUM. respectfully announce myself a ndldate for council from the Fourth ird, subject to white primary on *“** ^ DR. B. E. PEARCE. I respectfully announce myttlf _ candidate for council from the Sixth ward, eubject to the white primary on AUBU “ * 'jOHN W. GRANT. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. JAMES Q. WOODWARD. I respectfully announce myself candidate for Co ... bounty Treasurer, sub, jeet to white primary on August 22. MACON C. SHARP. AMUSEMENTS CASINO TONIGHT—MATINEE SATURDAY. VAUDEVILLE. ABO’EL KADER AND HIS THREE WIVE8. Johnson and Hardy. Will Dockray, Charles F. Bemon, Eddie Mack, Brin- damour and Cameragraph. Sale at Qrand Box Officfc. Next Week. ( .VAUDEVILLE. By W. O. CLEMENT. Special to The Georgian. Rome, On., Aug. 10.—The two brick bulldlnga owned by W. W. Brooka and 'Mra. W. T. Turnbull, on Broad street, which were considerably damaged by fire several weeka ago, were yeeterday condemned by Mayor Maddox and are now being torn down. ' They will be replaced with handsome atructurea. Robbers Plunder 8tore. The store of J. H. Radcllffe Compa ny, near Rome, on the Central railroad, aa broken Into by robbera Tuesday night and a considerable amount of goods carried away. Sheriff Byara la In pursuit of the robbers with blood hounds. Polioaman Resigns. Joseph Johnson, who has been t member of tbe Rome police force for the last eight years, has resigned his position and will enter other business. His successor has not yet been ap pointed. Mr. Jobnaon has made an efficient officer. Gibeon-Ruggles. 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 waa witnessed by relatives and friends of the contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles are well known In Rome, and they have the beet wishes ot a large circle of friends. First Baptist Revival. The revival service which was begun at the First Baptist church last Bun- 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 public la cordially Invited. BUSINESS FIRMS MAKING CHANGES Bpectsl to The Georgian. Covington, Oa, Aug. 10.—On Sep tember 1 several new business firms will begin business in Covington. First la the firm of Cash, Mobley A Com pany, who will take tbe store room now occupied by W. L Adair. Both re side In Covington and are well known here. In the store room vacated by O. T. Smith, E. H. Mobley will open up a dry goods and notions business. Mr. Smith moves In the new Covington bank illdlng. E. E. Parker leaves the firm of Bwan- Davla Company to open up a general merchandise business In the store room now occupied by C. C. Robinson. Mr. Robinson will occupy the store room of Lea A Anderson, who will re tire after a long and active career. THE PARABLE OF -THE TWO SONS —LUKE 15i 11-32. N' Golden Texti Return unto Me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord. —Mai. 3i7. AMINO of the parables was not dona by Christ nor by the dis ciples who heard them, but by men long afterwards who wished to designate them by some appropriate name that would exprese the central truth of tha parable or the leading character In It. A better name could have been eelected for eome 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 Laxarus" had been bet ter named “The Danger of Unbelief." The parable In our leiaon la generally known aa that of the "Prodigal Son." The International committee has chosen to call it the “Parable of the Two Sons." The elder brother haa been sufficiently recognised to be mentioned, and that Is all. Read the parable and Its exposition In all the lesson helps, and you 'will find that all they have to say la about the younger epn. In many of them the elder is not mentioned. Moat ot preachers have a series of ser mons 'On the prodigal aon and have By DR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. nature, bear our alns and die of Visit the picture galleries of tha old world and you will see many paintings of tha prodigal son, with hla elder brother left out. The aathe la true of the poems that have been written. The truth of the matter Is that the elder brother la the principal character In the picture, and the story of the prodigal la only the background. Preachers and poets and painters have reversed title. In nearly every Inetanee, and It may be all, the para ble waa suggested by something Jeaua eaw, or heard, or read In the heart! of Hie hearers. It la not always recorded, but It le In thle oa In many others. Why He epoke this parable waa be cause He consorted with publicans and tinners. Hla object waa to reprove the self-righteous Pharisee by painting him In the character of the elder brother, and Inspire hope In the heart ot the Gentllea In the father's treatmant of the prodigal. He had come "to seek and save the lost," and both these sons were loat—the one In the “far country" and the other In the father's house. He would portray God's love In the treat ment of both. Tills Is generally re- arded ns the pcnrl of all the pnrnblee, he great teorher strung on the thread of hla discourses. It le the climax of the three parables spoken on this oc casion near the eloaa nt Hla mlnlatry; the willy wnnderlng sheep, the Insen sate coin and the oelf-wllled sop. All loat and all found. All lost not only here, but In all H|a broken heart on Calvary. Story of a Bl ibis. The story la told that a man once took a Bible home, and In the eve. ntnga read It to hie wife; who laid: "Husband, If that book Is true, we are loat." A, few evenings ■ later she re marked': "If that book la true, we may be saved." That wee Christ's mission on earth—to teach ua that we are lost and that He had come to save us. See how God's love la portrayed In the fat her V treatment of the prodigal. Jesus drew the picture from real life. No doubt the story, recalled similar In cidents with which they were familiar, and many eyes were filled with tears, and many hearts throbbed with pain, aa they thought of. eome wandering boy, between whom and them, no matter how long absent, or widely separated, the cable tow of love, woven with griefs, had never truth that we ars i We live In race.. How wouL. __ W 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 la a God of econo my. He never makes* useless expend iture of force In nature, providence nr rrace. He'would never had aacrlfiobd ; Ils Son' and Jeaua, would never !)kve left Hla home In glory to assume our been severed. The younger son, like many a boy today, had become tired of the parental restraints of home, and he wanted to go out and aee tbe world: have a good time, and "sow hla wild oats." Unwilling to wait for hla fath er'a death to get hla share ot the estate, he sake for It now. This request was granted, and with hla mother's prayers and hla father's blessing he goes to the "fnr country," and, like hundreds of young men In our land today, ho be gins a life of dissipation and wanton ness. A father's saving ot many years la loon expended. With his money gone his friends.are gone. At last he came to want. He Is too proud to go home and confess hla prodigality and aak forgiveness. If he ever returns, ha wants There le no alternative. Bo he hires nut to some man to take Care of hla hogs, the most menial occupation. He la so nearly starved that he was willing to eat the "husks," the beans that grew on the carob tree tkfit were fed to the hogs. When a man la reduced to that condition he la apt to think of home. In hla waking thoughts and In hla dreams he haa visions of the boyhood home. He sees tho tears In hla moth er's eyes aa she kissed him goodby; he heare the notes of lova In the trembling tones of hla father's wprds of farewell. The boy Is pretty safe who In memory la otter anchored to hla childhood's home. Plenty In the Father's house and poverty In the far country. This brought him to himself. Bln le a spe cies of madness or Insanity. He hnd been beside hlmeelf. Every man comfi to himself before he comes to God. He realises that he le a sinner, that he la lost, that he haa wandered from the Father's house, that the world cannot satiety the soul. ■ The good resolution to arise and go to hla. father Immediately followed. He would go and confeaa hla sine and seek ' irglveneas. He has forfeited sonehlp, id would bo 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 saved n sinker.- The father's Welcome. When he waa yet a groat way off.” He did not surprise the father by walk ing. In.4be door. He had beeh wait ing anil watching for the return of hla wayward wandering boy, nnd when ha 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 tbe 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 75c 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 Mu se s 3-5-7 Whitehall. klaalng. He does not watt fnr him to make confession 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 son makes confession and craves the place of a servant, but the father aaye, "No, you have come back to your father's house, you ehall be my eon, you shall again fill the place In the home that haa been vacant since you left,” And then command* the eervant* to brine In the beet robe and substitute It for tho rags; and put a ring upon hla hand. The aeal ring that waa only worn by freemen; "and shoes upon hla feet," a command that Indicated more than a tender regard for him, whoso bare, bleeding feet touched the fatheFe heart. The servants and slaves wore no shoes, and were Ihu* distinguished from the member* of the family. This meant that he waa not to be regarded as a servant, but a aon, with all tha privileges of sonsblpj Jhnt he who had never lost hie place .In the father** heart waa now to resume It at hla ta- KING ED WARD STANDS SPONSOR AT THIS BOY’S CHRISTENING ble and In hla houaa. The fatted calf must be killed, there must be feasting and mirth for the dead haa coma to life, th* loat haa basn found, and so as soon aa prepara tion can be made, mualo fill* the air and the floor shake* beneath the dan- cere* feet while the father looks on with eyes lilted with tear, of Joy, In tha father In the parable, we have . pict ure of Christ’s Father and our Father drawn by Christ's own hand. Ring and robe, feast and fattnl calf, the sound of music and tha sight of dan cer*. as the scene swims before the prodigal's eye* convey to him the hap- K y assurance of.a father'* love; yet ow far Inferior that evldtnee to the bleeding form that groaned and died on Calvary. That waa love no tongue can express, no pen can picture. The apoe- tle cculd not find any word to da-, scribe or qualify It and so he says, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begottan Son, that whoso ever belleveth on Him should not per ish, but have everlasting life.'* Moat of expositor* and writers lot the cur tain full aa they look on this picture of God's love, but there Is another act In thl* drama In which II la more fully re vealed. Tha Eldar Brother. When he came In from tho field, heard the music and the dancing, and when by Inquiry of ono of tho serv ants, learned the cause he would not go In and stood oulaldo and poutod. Then the father tvent out and tried to persuade him to com* In. Tho spirit he manifested was one, of envy and eelflahnesa. It' was abnormal, unnnt urnl. It was treating the father worse than the prodigal evar did, nnd must have made a greater draft upon Ills forgiveness, and yet h* forgave Mm, HI* conduct wa* cause of greater grief than the prodigal'* had ever been. In him we have a picture of the Pharisees who proud of their ceremonial right eousness, regarded themselves a* In jured by the favors shown to Publi cans and sinners. To show them tha spirit they manifested and assure them that notwithstanding It, God was will ing and anslnus for them to com* In, II* apoke thl* parabla: Willingness evar fall from the Savior's lips was when He prayed on the cross "Father forgive them; they know not what i*y do." In the father's treatment of both sons, w* have a picture of Ood's tov* for us. The God whom w# preach as drawn by the hand, and saen In the face ot Him whom He tent to saek and save the lost, to bring ua back, to open A way of reoonollTatlon! the, God who Is not willing that any should perish. The aun that shines on you shall *#»;■' auminer streams shall bo locked In icy: fetters, and deepest wolt* go dry, but not Ills lore. Hla love la a stream that never freezes, a fount that never I falls, a stin that never sole In night, God recognises the first and faintest Impulse of the sinner to return. Let* lllm but t III II Ills flue mill feet towsrd: the Father's house, and nil the re-j deemed will sweep their harps anew, 1 nnd with the nngels make the arches Ilf lienven ring with their songs of rejoicing. Has there ever been rejoicing over your return? A wireless message' comes down to you In the far country,' In tha field and factory. In tho marts of trndo, In tho holla of'pleasure, in the haunt* of Vico; It la tho Father's voice, "ProdIgul eon, prodigal daugh ter, come home, come homo. Round Trip — Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain $4.10, via Western Si Atlantic R.R. Battlefield Route. Shortest Lin* and Qulokaat TTma. Tickets on eal* every Saturday; good till Tuesday following. An opportunity to visit Chlekamau- ga Park during tha sneampment of tha Georgia State Guard. For tlcketa, schedule* and furthon Information, call on J. A. THOMAS, City Pate. A TkL AgL 'Phone* 189 M. Bell; 1#S Atlanta. - C. B. Walker, Depot Ticket Agt. . 'Phone 213 Main. C. E. Harman, G. P. A. J. O. Johnson, C. Johnson, 38 years old, died on Thursdny morning at hln residence at f'hamblce. Go. lie le survived by a wife anil one child. The funeral ser vices were held nt Wllleo church at 8 o'clock Friday afternoon, and the In terment was In the churchyard bury. Ing ground. Best Rates of the Season to the Seashore. OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY ■TO OLD POINT COMPORT, VA. OCEAN VIEW, VA. CAPE HENRY, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. PORTSMOUTH, VA. To All Points Named Above $l0.50S>mJdX^"“ AND RETURN CHOICE OF ROUTES— Via either Richmond or Norfolk. Thl* excellent rate will be given to the publlo by the Beaboard Air Line Railway from Calhoun Falls, Abbeville and Greenwood, H. C, to point* mentioned above and return on August tho 10th. Parties taking advantage of these rates can board any of the double-daily through trains Irom the West and Atlanta nnd thereby enjoy the comforts of nlco vestlbilled coaches, Dining Care and Pullman Sleepers. For further Information or reservation*, address W. E. CHRISTIAN. A. O. P. a.. Atlanta, Ga. CHARLES II. RYAN, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va.