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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER I. !!»'*. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONK THOU ART, TO MONK R E T U R N E T H D a r w i n. Forecast | Rain! ZOOVILLE CHATTER Forecast Sunshine! r A WEEKLY PUBLICATION FOR CHILDREN, OLD AND YOUNG. VOL. 1, NO. 7. ZOOVILLE, GRANT PARK, SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. PRICE—LESS. ZOOVILLE CHATTER. I. U. MONK, Editor. Entered n> Mcond-clas* nutter July 7. !fr< *t Zoovine Poet office. Urtnt P«rlt. under Act of tbe Jun*1.bladt, March 3, 1S79. THE RAVEN. A Bird's-Eye View. The Storm-god slashed through the thick darkness with his fiery sword, sinking it ‘deep Into the bosom of Earth. then laughed. Night rushed together with a groan. Karth tremblad with pain. Hut high above the carnage of the, elements, •tranquilly singing his love sing, soared a Soul-bird, aa beautiful as the Storm-god's humor was ugly, as happy as the wounded Earth waa aad. Why ahould he not be happy when at hla side floated another Soul-bird, the heart of his heart? They laughed, not a hideous, deri sive laugh, like that of the Storm-god, imt the care-free laugh of the Moon light. Then they laughed again and laughed foollahly, for they were lovers. They laughed at the efforts of the storm-god. puny' compared to their love, and then wondered how It was— their love being so great—they had not found It before. And again they laughed. The Storm-god heard. “I believe you luiigh at me!" he growled. "Laugh at you!" piped back the Houl-blrdi. "Why we had hardly no- tired you, you are so far beneath us," they laughed. The Storm-god reached up with one of his great clammy hnnda. “Beneath you!" und he laughed ns twisting, scrambling, falling, the lovera were hurled toward Earth through the hell Ish blackness. The Soul-birds .were separated. Day smiled down Its balm on the aching, trembling, half-unconscloua Soul-bird. He arose, staggered nud sunk ngnln to Earth, remembered and cried out with pain sharper than any physical wound e’er caused. Hla bride of the night before, where was she? •Twas the cry of a Soul-bird In tor- enl. Then all unmindful of Injuries he pothered up hla broken plumage and sought her. Many moons elapsed. Hone. In whose shadowy train he had followed for so long a time de ported—the Soul-bird sat and ponder ed. weak and weary. And then he heard a note clear and sweet In Its plaintiveness, In Its eternal longing. The heort of the seeker was emptied of despair and filled with ee- staev*—the note was from the throat he loved, the only love he had ever known. ’Twee th* cry of a Soul-bird he heard! He listened, unable to move. ■•Doubting, dreaming dreams no mor- tal ever drenrned before: But the ellenee wae unbroken, and the stillness gave no token”— Till, summoning up all hla courage he leaped forward, flew toward the are from whence catne the love-call. Half hidden by a cluster of trees, he W a little cottage (It was nil strange him. for he wae a soul-bird and ...l for above the world). Heating nlnst the house, he saw a human be- g He was frig* tened, for soul- rd* nre timid andvfly with but little use. But love mastered nil fears Pi and he started toward the house. The strange human, seemingly full of happiness, ran' toward him. Ho es caped. Then' came back and tried to make the human understand that In the house, exchanged was the heart of his heart, but to no avail. So, Arhen at hla wlta end and there waa no other poaalble hope whatever, the soul-bird turned to the gods. A mighty prayer he sent up to high heaven that ha might be given the language of the human, ao he could make the human understand. The storm god heard and laughed. Then bethought himself. He planned a revenge more wicked than was ever planned before. "I will give you the speech of the human if you will give In turn what ever I wish that Is yours.” said the storm god. "Whatever la mine you may have If you will but give me speech.” answered quickly tha soul-bird. "Then speak," said the atorm god. The soul-bird tried, but could not "Speak," mocked the storm god. The soul-bird tried again and again, until Anally he apllt his tongue with trying. Then he could speak. He told his story to the human, told so eloquently that the human aadly muttered to himself, "Ah, this Is the voles of the Inevitable. 1 must release this soul I have loved and the soul- blrd was released. The seeker flew to the elde of the freed aoul-btrd, a great Joy rushing over him. He could not understand, he fall back, then went again toward her. She knew him not. For a while she hovered around the little cottage, then started through tha woodland. The soul-bird followed, un til exhausted by hla long labors he stopped at a limped pool there to drink. He looked Into the waters. The setorm god laughed and waved hla sword In triumph, spread hla black clammy hand over Uie face of the earth and again gleefully roared. The aoul-blrd standing at the wate-’s The human was not of the ordinary clay, as most humans are. He, like the Raven, had within him a soul, one that waa releasad for short times, and he believed the Raven had been a soul- bird, and asked of his departed. But the Raven could think of nothing but the one he had lost, and his tongue would only form the word, thought, "I will see her"—the word "Nevermore." And the Raven, never fitting, still sitting, still Is sitting, On the pallid butt of Pallas, Just above the chamber door: And hla eyes have all the seeming of demon's that Is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him stream Ing throws his shadow on the floor; And his soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted—nevermore! MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY, A Cheerful Duet. (By Sore-Tall Bear ahd Cross-March Hare.) Th’ nights er mighty short, Th* days er awful long: Die worl' am simply fierce An' so am dla hear song! So don't you ’spec' nothin' Frum nobody nor no whnr; Then If you don't git It You won't eeem much to car'! tyar ain't nothin' to it, 'Copt heeps and beeps of fuss. Tblngs Is bad es kin be An’ stern gropin' wus! edge understood, ills reflection ti. -..e pool was aa black aa the Inky vght through which he and she had been hurled down, down to earth. The lately freed soul-bird rose up Into the heavens. The Raven, the cruel storm god had changed him Into a Raven, tried to follow, but could not —she had gone far above him. Through the hellish blackness of the night he returned to earth, while the storm god still laughed his wicked laugh of revenge, a revenge more cruel than even the gods had ever prepared before. And ns he dropped through the dark ness, "1 shall see her nevermore,” quoth the Raven, "nevermore.” Through the night he made his way bark to the cottage, where she had once been. "I shall enter nnd shall leave," quoth the Raven, "nevermore, I shall enter and there remain for the human therein, loved as I loved, and the one I loved, nnd I will not bo Jealous, for he loved her In her earthly form, while I loved her as a soul-bird." Then while the human sat within the lonely cottage pondering INCREASE. Over many a curious volume of for gotten lore. Suddenly there came n lapping, Ae of some one gently rapping, Rapping at hie chamber dooi*-only that and nothing morel Open, then, he flung the abutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there etepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the leaat obeisance made he; not a minute Mopped os etayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perch ed above the chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas Juet above the chamber door— Perched, nnd eat and nothing more. Population !• Ra pidly Growing. The population 1: Zoovllte Is ra p’ll-, growing. Nothin the laat week there hae been an Increase of two Inhabitants and It la with pleasure that Zoo- vllle welcomes to Its midst Mr. and Mrs. Alligator. Mr. and Mrs. Al ligator hale from the sunny shore of the Florida coun try where the birds Sing all day and the snakes rattle all night. The elaborate 'Gator home furn ishes ample room for the new com ers, nnd, although the waters are not quite an muddy ns those which the family has been used to In former days there le plen ty of scandal to keep the fair eex busy with the rake. It Is rumored that the park- keepers will soon I n c o r pornte the great Improve ment of giving the 'Gators the genu ine Alligator bait of the deep, dark OB, LEE, Of TRINITY, III PULPIT SUNDAY Dr. James W. Lee, who has been spending hie vacation very pleasantly In New York, will return to the rlty In time to till hit pulpit at Trinity church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and evening nt 7:10. Dr. Lee's congregation will give him a mnet cordial welcome after an ab sence of some weeks. While In New York he preached In two or three of the most prominent churches there. Sam Jones Tabernacle Meetings, Carters- ville, Ga. On Scptoinpcr 15th to 23rd, Inclu sive. the Western and Atlantic rail road will sell tickets from Atlanta- Dalton -ini', intermediate atattons, to Carteravllle, at rate of one fare for the round trip. Sstn Jones will be aaalated by Evangelist Oliver and other ministers of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will have charge of tbe music, and other gospel singers of note will attend. Three services each day. 10:30 a. m., 3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the people of Carteravllle will welcome the great crowds with the same hoe- pitallty they have always shown. CHAS. E. HARMAN, Gen. Pass. AgsnL hue of which they are ho fond. Mortuary. It (Ives ue little pain to an no'unce that John Quill 1- o rcuplne, the greatly belov ed and one of the sharpest cltlzenn of Zoovllle, died last Friday, week ago. Just too late for the an nouncement to ap pear In The Chat ter of the follow ing date. The sad occurrence moves us to the follow ing verse: 1-ads, we pine for Porcupine, Gone like many of our kind Where he can’t be reached, lads, Even by our big want "ads!" Equlnimlty. P e c u liar those who get the horse laugh usually lack horse sense. Out-doing Atlanta If the Croeodll Ian family contln ues to grow during ’ the past few months we'll have to name Zoo vllle "the 'Gator City." A Bad Spell. Since Teddy and Andrew got their heads together Little Jumbo signs name L. E. Fant. INSURANCE PERSONALS Manager Thomas Egleaton, of the Hartford Fire, and Turner Goldsmith, the local represetnatlve of (hat rotn- pany, both returned this week from vacation trips. Manager B. Y. Tupper, of the Queen Insurance Company, returned from a reception May In the Carolina moun tains this week. Manager George J. Dexter, of the Western and British America Insur ance companies, and Mrs. Dexter sail fur home Saturday on I.u Provence, leaving Cherbourg. Manager Nat F. Jackson, of tha Fi delity Mutual Ufa Insurance Company, has paid to tbs estate of the late J. II. Whitehead, president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, a life Insurance pol. toy' of 125,000. This policy was taken by Mr. Whitehead less than a year ago, and but one premium had been latter makes months of 1>0( there were 114 railway passengers killed In accidents and 1,867 Injured. Of the' fntal accidents 62 wers caused by collisions, and 13 by falling while getting on or olt car*. The number of railroad employees killed during this period was 1,012 and 14,503 were Injured In various ways. Vice President Robert Lecky, Jr., or the Virginia State Insurance Company, nt Richmond, Vn„ Is In Atlanta. While here he will probably appoint a suc cessor to Bpeclal Agent Otis Murphy, who recently resigned the representa tion of the company In Georgia and Alabama. The Dixie Fire Insurance Company, of Greenaboru, will next week apply for admission to the state of Georgia. It has 1500,000 capital and 1250,000 sur plus. and will undoubtedly secure strong local representation In Atlanta. It will operate un a strictly tariff basis. paid upon It. A second premium of 1917.50 would have been payable the day after the death of Mr. Whitehead. The latter carried an equnl amount of Insurance In other companies, Includ Ing 310,000 fraternal Insurance. The Haas St MacIntyre agency, which has grown to be one of the largest In the rlty, was this week appointed to represent the American Bonding Company, of Baltlmort, locally. The specialty of fidelity Fret! Cole, the Atlanta agent of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insur ance Company, and others, returned to the city this week after u two weeks' vacation. City Manager William I. Walker, of the Travelers' Insurance Company, cites the following flgures from the recent bulletin of the Interstate com merce commission as potent reasons for arrtdent policies. In the flrst three At the Roll Call VULCANITE Will have the call. It's got it already. Good on all buildings, flat or steep roofs. ‘YOU CAN PUT IT ON* LOOK, for this trade mark ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents, 29 and 31 South Forsyth Street ATLANTA. GA. L C CKllHFlllD. Presided C A «f*. 5rcr*#*?- surety and burglary business, a line which some of the companle* are back ward about writing, but which la more freely written In the South and West than elsewhere on account of the gen erally effective method of “shoot first and And out about It after** protec tion. The policies Issued by the Amer ican cover money, currency, coin, bul lion. bank notes, checks, uncanceled postage stamps, money order# of all kinds, debentures, negotiable securities, demand and time drafts and promisso ry notes, not overdue, and the policies further cover the destruction of any such papers Incidental to the blowing open of safes In the case of banks or commercial houses, which Is a provis ion many other companies do not In clude. Policies are written to cover nil kinds of property loat by “hold ups,” “Mysterious disappearance” of valua bles or losses on account of sneak thieves. REDUCED RATES TO MACON Via CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY. I Account of Democratic State Conven tion September 4tb. Tbe Central of ; Georgia Railway will, on September 124 and Id, and for trains acheduled I to arrive Macon before noon Sep- j tember 4th, sell ticket* from all points at rate of one fare, plus 25 ] cents, for round trip: final limit, re- i turning, September 8th. I W. H. FOGG, D. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. OFFICER? STATE SOCIETY Pre*. Hon. Dupont Gucrry, Macon 1st Vice Pres., Rev. A. R. Holder- by, Atlanta ' 2d Vice Pres., Dr. Macon E. C. Peete, Sec.-Troas., Dr. Joife*, Atlanta W. Torrence Annual Meeting, May, 1907, at Macon, Ga. SOCIOLOGICAL EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wllmer, J. D. Cleaton, vln Underwood, Dr. R. R. Klme. Jf Sociology and Sociological Societies the Alm,‘ObJecta and 8cope of the Work. To the reader, of The Atlanta Geor glen and those Interested In the soci ologlcal development of the human race we dedicate the sociological depart ment of this paper. It will appear regularly In each Sat urday's edition, and we hope to make It worthy of consideration and a benefit to the city, state and nation. The editorial work will be under the direction of committees from the Georgia State and Atlanta Sociological Socletlea. Through this department we hope the general public will become better ac quainted with the alms, scope and tj until ten >viiii mo c&iiiip, OLupts work of sociological aoclatlea, state and local. , The sociological matter will be ao printed that those who ao desire can cut It out add file It'away tor future reference. Work of 8oeiety, Ae an Introduction we will state that the Georgia State Sociological Society was organized nnd held Its first an nual session in Atlanta June 24, 25 and 26, 1802. This soelety has met annual ly since that time and has yielded a quiet, but effective, Influence for good. Subjects of vital Importance to us, as people, have been discussed by the leading men and women of the etate, which has accomplished much good In developing a public sentiment along sociological lines. This society Is doing active, efficient work along educational lines and de serves the co-operation and support of all who desire to uplift and better the condition of the human race. We quote from It* constitution: "The objects of the society are to organize all the professional, buslnoss and Industrial Interests of the state In the most efficient manner possible; to foster and encourage the study and Investigation of all social'questions that pertain to the welfare of mankind. "To endeavor especially to ascertain the primal causes of crime, vice and disease. Instituting measures of preven tion by eliminating the cause of each and dtsslmlnatlng such knowledge as IN STATE OF GEORGIA Interesting Figures in the Comptroller’s Annual Report. The annual report of the Georgia Insurance department Issued this week from the office of Comptroller General William A. Wright, contains very In teresting Information concerning the business done In that line during the year 1905, which period the report In cludes up to nnd Including April 30. A new feature of the report this year Is complete directory of all the .Insur ance agents of the state with their place of buslnese, as far as obtainable. Complete etatltstlcs of every com pany of any kind operating In the state are glveri* showing their financial con dition In detail. Slxty-elx stock fire Insurance com- pnnles, home and foreign, transacted business In Georgia, having 3274,885,- 240.75 Insurance In force with 33,855,- 689.11 In premiums. They paid out In losses 32,560,991.25. They were repre sented by 3,637 2-3 ngents. (It would be Interesting to know who the 2-3 of an agent Is.) Total of taxes paid by these concern Into the state treasury as 349,872.13. Old line life Insurance companies had 3197,919,426.18 of Insurance In force in Georgia on which 36,618,772.04 was paid In premiums. That the rltliens of the state received a large return In proportion to their premiums Is shown by the fact that these same compan ies paid In losses during the year 33,- 443,227.43. There were In the state 1,04 A life Insurance agents, and the to- tnl taxes paid by the companies dur ing 1906 amounted to 370,718.76. Assessment Insurance In Are. life and accident lines showed a very great growth In the state, forty-six compan ies doing business on that plan, all of which ara native organisations with the exception of three, the Home Friendly Society of Baltimore, the Loy- at Protective Association of Boston and the Great Southern Home of Bir mingham. These companies had 312,- 681,243.05 Insurance In force of all kinds, and received In premiums 3267.- 563.37. They paid In loaaes 3203,285.85 and were represented by 203 agents. Their taxes amounted to 36,848.38. Miscellaneous stock companies doing accident, marine, surety and plate glass Insurance business had 399.830,- as.* m a 8m foeoa n-l t ll 3277 _ will uplift and better the condition of the human race. Non-secretarian. "This society le non-secretarian, non political In character and under m circumstances allowed to align Itself with any church or political party aa such." The members are free and untram meled by any code or breed and left free to follow the dictates of their own conscience In working for the good of humanity In the community In which they live. A sociologist Is not an Individualist, socialist nor an anarchist, but one who has the altruistic spirit and able to comprehend the broad principle of the brotherhood of man from a social basis. Science of Society. * Sociology means the science of so ciety—the philosophical study of so ciety—In application, It la the art of living together for the mutual benefit of each other. The term sociology was flrst used by Comte In 1838; later It waa popularized by Spencer In hla treatise on the Principles of Sociology In 1876, since which time numerous articles and books have appeared on the subject. This Is a day and age of sociological study and Investigation. The.develop ment of society, the community, city. Mate add nation demand It. Reform and purification In municipal and pollt leal affairs la but the result of sociolog ical investigation and application. That community, state or nation that studies and applies the true principles of sociology will be the most progres sive and secure, "the greatest good to the greatest number,” thereby lessen ing crime, vice and disease, attaining the highest physical, mental and moral development of each Individual. When Organized. The State Sociological Society was organized with a view of bringing to gether the minister, lawyer, physician, teacher, philanthropist and those en gaged In commercial, Industrial and agricultural pursuits, Including those representing capital and labor. In one common cause, on one common ground, to study and Investigate social ques tions of vital Interest to one and all. "Am I my brother’s keeper?" Is not doubtful question of the twentieth century, but an established fact. So ciology has demonstrated that no so ciety, community, city or state can ex ist and prosper without recognizing the rights of others; that the Individual Is only a unit,, and can not live to himself alone physically, morally or mentally, but must receive aid from others and In some proportion Is ren dered under obligations to humanity and society demands a Just and equit able recompense for the same. As to Self-effort. We, as Individuals, are' enjoying the blessings and privileges 8jf an enlight ened civilization and a free country, to which we Justly owe our best efforts to maintain, support and develop to high er standards, and a more perfect civi lization. This can only be attained by a united effort with a proper concep tion of the results to be attained. This requires study and Investiga tion of society as a whole, as well as of the Individual; of the cause and effect of good and evil forces, that tend to produce health, happiness and Im provement or bring vice, crime, dis ease and degeneration. Each class of society has Its duties and functions to perform; each profession Is under many obligations, while the trades, business, commercial nnd Industrial Interests are vitally concerned. All are Interdepend ent on one another, and must rise or fall together. Society Is Just what each community makes It, and If we have crime, vice and disease We are re sponsible for II. Such things do not come by chance, but are the results of existing forces and follow naturally the line of cause and effect. - Elimination of Evils. If we would eliminate these evils and Improve-society aa a whole, then each must do his part and In doing so each one becomes a sociologist. The eelflsh, sordid Individualist may aay, "I am not my brother’s keeper; I have enough to do to look after myself and my own”• A community of such would soon reap ns a reward disease, degenera tion nnd destruction. Typhoid fever, tuberculosis, small pox, yellow fever, etc., are no re- spectors of persons, neither are the sine and vices of moral degeneration: each le as Insidious In Its onward march, and aa malignant In Its re sults. The true sociologist searches for the primal causes of each and lends his brother a helping hand In preventing the evil results and Is not only his brother's keeper, but Indirectly the preserver of himself and prevents hla own destruction. To Live to Benefit. The greatest privilege given to man Is to live for the benefit of others. The highest aid given others Is to teach them to help thenselvee, and then they In turn may become a source of help to others. The Georgian State Sociological So- OFFICERS ATLANTA SOCIETY Pres. Dr. R. R. Klme Vice Pres., E. Marvin Underwood Sec.-Treas., Dr. E. C. Cartledge Regular Meeting 8econd Thurs day night each month at Carne gie Library. clety Is endeavoring to develop thought and actions along these lines. Papers on the following subjects have been read npd discussed: "Education," "Common Schools," "Physical Develop, ment of the Child," "Child Labor,” "Crime,” "The Criminal," "The Proba tion System vs. the Penal System,” "Juvenile Courts," “Juvenile Reforma tories.” "The Care of the Orphan,” "Tubereuloals: Cause and Prevention and Need of Sanatoria,” ''Alcoholism: Cause and Prevention," "The Negro: His Relation to the White Man and aa a Social Problem," "Pauperism,” "The Care of the Insnne," "Relation of Capi tal and Labor,” "Lawlessness," "The Press In Relation to the Public and Crime," "Sociological Value of Educa- tldn,” "Literature of Sociology," and other subjects of vital Importance to the community and state. Next Annual Meeting. The next annual meeting will occur at Macon, Ga., May, 1907, at the Wes leyan Female College building, Hon. Dupont Guerry being president for this year. The Atlanta Sociological Socie ty has been organized but a few months. Its motto Is, "Atlanta a Model City.” It la already doing efficient work for the city, aided In securing the child labor law, getting the city ordinance preventing minors working In liquor houses and Is now planning to secure a system of parks, playgrounds, etc., and will make an effort to organize the children of the city to aid In the work. The society will make an effort to aid la keeping the school grounds open during the summer as play grounds for the children, and will from time to time take up such other work ns Is of vital Importance to the development and welfare of the city. The society desires to aid and /up- port as far as-posslble the various de partments of the city In eliminating the evil and developing the good as well as In beautifying and Improving the city. We ask the aid, co-operation and support of the state and city In a work which we feel Is of vital Importance and to the best Interests of each. Any communication or Inquiries de signed for this department should be addressed to The Atlanta Georgian, Sociological Department, Atlanta, Ga. IN ATLANTA COMPANY AFFECTED BY DECISION The AtlAnta-Blrmlngham Fire Insur ance Company* of Atlanta* Is Interest ed In a recent decision made by the attorney general of Louisiana at the request of the Insurance commissioner of that state. The decision will, how ever, probably be contested, as the uni versal opinion and practice of Insur ance companies has been against It. The decision In part says: "In the case of the Atlanta-BIrmlng- ham Fire Insurance Company, of Birm ingham, Ala., where the capital of tho company had become serlolisly Im paired by losses In the San Francisco conflagration, the attorney general ad vised the Insurance department that the reserve of that company could not be used to reinsure Its * outstanding policy obligations with another* com pany without the consent of the con flagration policy-holders. "As there are a number of compa nies seriously hurt by the San Fran cisco losses, which are proposing to transfer their business to other com panies, the ruling of the attorney gen eral will afTect the arrangements made by such companies, and the Insurance department will refuse to recognize such transferred funds as the legal assets of the companies accepting re insurance. "The attorney general holds that the conflagration policy-holders have an equity In the reinsurance reserve of a company which can not pay Its losses with Its capital nnd surplus. His opin ion agrees with the ruling made by the attorney general of New York on the same subject." In the decision as quoted there are several serious errors. The company had In Its policies a "fallen building" clause which relieves the company of liability for damage by Are after a building has been wrecked. It Is a question, therefore, which the courts will have to decide as to whether the alleged losses there are sufficient to Impair the company’s capital to the extent stated by the commissioner. Concerning the rights of claimants against the company on the above ground. It Is manifestly unfair that these questionable claims should have E recedence over the rights of policy* otders who have no claim, but whose policies are still In force and who are creditors to the company for the un earned portion of the premium. MATTHEWS BOOMED FOR COMMISSIONER Special to The Georgian. Sandersville, Ga., Sept. 1.—The friends of Hon. L. Clayton Matthew* are urging him to become a candidate for railroad commissioner to succeed Hon. Joseph M. Brown. Friends here In his native county have Interested themselves In hla behalf without his knowledge with the hope that he would consent to the use of hla name before the Democratic convention at Macon next week. In the course of a strong editorial The Sandersville Progress says this week: "No man ever reared In Wash ington county has more friends than Clayton Matthews, He la an honor able and upright man, honest and sin cere; Is thoroughly quallfled for th* duties of railroad commissioner, and will be acceptable to the people of Georgia as a member of the commis sion. He was an ardent supporter of Hon. Hoke Smith and an earnest ad vocate of his entire platform." Mr. Smith's recent campaign has shown the need of having strong and patriotic men on the commission, nnd all who know Mr. Mattthews believe that the great Interests of the state would be safe In his hands. He Is now a resident of Atlanta. COTTON MILL DECLARE8 SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND Special to The Georgian. Quitman, Ga., Sept. 1.—At the regu lar semi-annual meeting of the di rectors of the Atlantic and Gulf cotton mills yesterday, a semi-annual divi dend of 4 per cent wa* declared pay able to the stockholders at once. In addition a handsome sum was put in the surplus fund. This Is one of the best paying cotton mills In South Geor gia. Improving Court House. Special to The Georgian. Perry, Ga., Sept. 1.—The commis sioners are putting a granite coping around the court house square, which will add much to the appearance of the building nnd grounds. F. E. PURSE THE WAY TO FLORIDA. 6.34 Insurance In force, with 3677,- 022.62 In premiums. They paid In losses to the state 3248,449.44. Their taxes and fees paid In to the state were 87,692.05. Since the above returns were made there has been a remarkable Increase In all lines of Insurance in the state, particularly In the formation of home companies and the next annual report 111 no doubt show surprising gains even over the above substantial amounts. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN WALTER BALLARD OP TICAL CO. Less than one year ago placed on the market tbe new Ballard Bifocal, giving reading and walking vision In one frame and looking like one glass. They have proven the most successful of all •he advertised Invisible bifocals. Ground in a deep toric curve, giving a large visual A*ld for reading as well as walking. They are the most perfect and beautiful glue sold. Consult us about bifocals. Wa hare them all. Sales room, 61 Peachtree. Atlanta, Ga. When traveling to any point In south Georgia or Florida, be sure to see that your ticket reads via the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway from Macon, Ga. This popular line operates live trains dally from Macon to Tlfton; | four trains dally from Macon to Val- j doata; two trains dally from Macon to Jacksonville, and two trains dally from I Macon to Palatka. All night trains | carry sleeping cars, and day trains carry parlor cars and nice coaches. The Georgia Southern nnd Florida Railway operates more trains to points In south Georgia and Florida than any other line running out of Macon. The parlor car service between Macon and Jacksonville Is unsurpassed. Only 50 cents Is charged for a seat In the parlor car between these points. Local sleep ers running between Macon and Jack sonville on midnight trains are ready for occupancy at 9:30 p.' m. Buffet lunches are served in the car to through passengers. Interchangeable mileage la accepted between all points on the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway. With Its modern equipment, splendid tracks, fast and convenient schedules, the Georgia Southern and Florida -Rail way offers the best route to all points j In south Georgia and Florida. “THE PRINTER PRINTING -*• OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ^ We Are Closing Out Our Entire Stock Of summer shoes at remarkably lo> Our repair department is une find that we will save you money. prices, splendid bargains. and you will CARHART SHOE MANUFACTURING CO., Bell 'Phone 1355. 11 VIADUCT PLACE.