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f ' A THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATfBDAV. OCTOBER IJ MORROW TRANSFER COMPANY OFFERS TO GENERAL SHIPPERS THE BEST STORAGE FACILITIES EVER KNOWN TO THE CITY Storage Room jof 36,000 Square Feet Built on Plans ‘ Stipulated by City and Insurance Regula tions, Which Gives the City the Best Storage Plant in the South. View of th* Interlof of tho General Office of the Morrow Trenefer Co. Almost every Inhabitant of Atlanta baa heard of, whether they .have had* actual experi ence with the Morrow Tranafer Company or not. Tills company waa organized and established In 'fr,g and Incorporated In 1900 under the code Of the state of Georgia. The reputation of the Morrow Transfer Company was built on a single principle, and that principle Is expressed In a single word,. Reliability . They baro made it a. rule of their business never to make a promise unless they knew that they could fulfil such promise promptly. Ry maintaining this reputation they hare- became known throughout the Southern 8tatca as the most (reliable concern In the Gate City. Formerly their business has principally been the transfer of household and other portable goods from one' section of the city to another. Cut Shows One of the Furniture Vans of the Morrow Transfer Co. STORAGE BECOMES LEADING BUSINESS This company has recently completed a commodious warehouse, which fronts 185 feet on the Central of Georgia Railroad, running from Mechanlci' to Rhodes streets, and extending 50 feet deep, furnlahlng floorage apace of 30,000 square feet. This bullying was Imllt according to the specifications of the City Ordinance add the Southeastern Tariff Association requirements. The building la two stories high and has a base ment which Is equal to a story, all of which. In cluding the basement, are al)ore ground. This building Is Intended for the storage of carload shipments from out-of-town parties for distribu tion In the city and nearby towns. THE DISTRIBUTION “• BUSINESS EXPLAINED Suppose a firm Ilka Buckeye 8oap Company should make a shipment of a car or mote of their product' to bo distributed to several Atlanta merchants and merchants In ' adjoining towns. Tho Morrow Tranafer Company will lake this shipment, store It in their warehouse and distrib ute to the respective merchants. Ry this method the merchant obtains goods at carload rates with out the .necessity of making an Investment to the extent of a carload, and. at the same time, the manufacturer Is enabled to consolidate his ihlp- ments of small quantltlea into carload shipments. .This |a a feature of ft transfer business itaat The Morrow , Company will.devote eqppclal attention to They have made an Investment of over $50,000 in the building referred to above and have equipped It with electric lights and electric, elevators so that they may efficiently transact any business tljat may be entrusted to them. THE PERSONNEL OF THE MORROW TRANSFER CO. The Morrow Transfer Company when It was Incorporated In 1900 elected as Its President, G. H. -Morrow; as Superintendent, J. TV. Morrow, Jr., and aa Secretary and Treasurer, ti. S. Mitch ell. All of these gentlemen are well known In the commercial world of Atlanta, and are business men worthy of any trust. » THE LARGEST STORAGE 3* CONCERN IN THE SOUTH This corporation la not only one of the larg est concerns In the city, but there la none throughout the entlro-South that will equal It In equipment and capacity for handling shipments. Their equipment Includes 125 wagons of all kinds, furniture vans, express wagons, heavy trucks, etc. They are prepared to handle anythlug that Is portable, any time and anywhere. They also operate the "Merchants' Express." in the trans action of their enormous business they give regu lar employment to 150 people. HOW TO REACH THE MORROW TRANSFER CO. This company maintains offices with tela- -phone connections at ajl of the various freight depots In the city'and men-of experience and capacity are In charge of these various offices. While this company will make a specialty of the storage warehouse business, they will con tinue to give the same care and attention to the transfer of household and’ other furniture that they have done In the future. With the long and satisfactory service this company has given the city, It Is no wonder that they have steadily grown in popularity and la capacity, and It I* a safe bet that they will con- ' tiaue to be the leaders In their line. 9 — j J. K. Ottley Is * Elected 1 -Member of the Execu tive Committee. Arknn*n*. 1 George *t! 8{>*irk*, Fort Hmlth; Florida. T. Plrlw Or liindo; Georgia, John Mat nn!i; Kentucky, MHB atlgan. Hnvtfn- l*hlll|> T. TV liken*. Lake Charles: Mississippi. 1 s. MerUllsn; North Edw Morris, Meridian; North Carolina, Charles M. Evans, Wilmington: Okla homa. K. P. Illake, Blackwell; South Carolina. E. P. Grice. Charleston; Ten nessee. . Wesley Urane. Clarksville: Tex**.- \vj .11. Fefisf Austin; Virginia. TV. F. 'Lambert.- Alexandria; Cuba, H. M. Jarvis, Havana. t HI. Louis. Oct. 10.—Officers of the f American Bankers' Association were ! elected yesterday and the convention i adjourned. Th* retiring president waa ( presented with a solid silver punch Howl by Colonel R. J. Lowry, of At lanta, on behalf of the association. * Tf»'officers Sleeted am President—O. B. Whitson, vice pres ident of>‘tlia r KBtt<ntat City Bank, 'New ; Terk. ^ , , t First Vice President—J. I». Power*. 1- vice prikldent "of the Citizen* - ' State " Bank, Middle*born, Ky. E Members of the executive council to f represent the state associations: I F. "O. Watts, Nashville, Tenn.; Clay f H. Hollister, Grand Rapid*. Mlclt.; C. Q. Chandler, Wlrhlta, Kan.; K. C. i.Chamberhiln. Han Antonio. Texas; '•Frederick Hasten. Milwaukee. WIs. Members of Executive Committee at Large—J. A. Lewis, Bt. Louis; F. H. •- Curtis. Boston: l>. A. Culver, Ht. Paul; •jJ, K. Ottley. Atlanta; John T. Tre- nory. Pawnee City, Nebr. Member* of the executive council to " represent sections: Trust Section—Festu* J. Wade. Ht. s Louls; Philip H. Babcock, New Yolk: V .A. A. Jackson. Philadelphia. 5 Savings Bank Section—Byron J. .Latimer. New York; Lucius Teter, Chi- . cego; John Johnson. . Clearing House Section—Walker Hill, Ht. Louis: Fred E. Franswortlt. Ire tied t ; August Blum. Chlcngo. Vice presidents of the states Include the following: Alabama. J. H. Frye. Ihrmlnclrain: LIFE FOR AGED MURDERER Hpwifll t«» Tin* Georglaii. Blue Rlrig* Go.. Oct. 20.—Fannin ■upertor court adjourned • yautarday. Two murder cuw were tried during the term which attracted con»ldernble Interest, namely, the case* of the Btate \V. Hftie f Tawford and the State va. Kd Greer. Crawford aome time In li»*t June ahot and killed Will Frey. The jury re turned n verdict,for rpufder, with a recommendation that he be punlahed by confinement In the penitentiary for life. (Tawford la an old man, about HO yea re of ngf. The verdict meet a with universal aatiafaitloi!. T. A. Brown appeared for the atate. The clicuiUHtaiicea In the other caae were: Bd Greer, a rltlsen ot Tenneeaee. waa acting aa mnrahal of the town'of McCaykvIlle, Ga„ and while attempting to arreat nnd put handcuff* on Char lie Fierce hlrmk him with a police club, which resulted In hla-death about two weeka ago. The Jury found the defendant guilty of Involuntary man- elAUghter while In the performance a lawful art. without due caution and circumspection, and the court i*eh- tenced him to pay a fine of $1,000 and coat, or In dcfuult that he be confined In ihe chnlngang at hai*T labor for twelve montliH. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS 9. 8. Piper. Covington. Oa., Oct. 2«.—8. 8. Piper, formerly of till* county, but who ha* been an Inmate of the sanitarium at MtlledgeirHIe, filed yesterday. He will be Interred at the family cemetery. FREE SAMPLE FILL OUT COUPON BELOW, MAIL TO F. R. PENN TOBACCO CO., 404 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. We wish to send you FREE sample SQUARE and HONEST Chewing Tobacco Cleanest and best piece Tobacco on Earth. * . FREE COUPON Name. Street- Town. CLIP THIS OUT AND MAIL. Riflemen Giv, Balt. Hpeelal to The Georgian. Brunswick. ,Oa- Qct.,20.—Tho.Bruns wick Riflemen celebrated their forty- neventli gndUeraary. lain night with a Mi.MlJ the'psjbdSS «f *he Ogle thorpe hotel. An unusually large crowd attended and the occasion was much enjoyed. Negroes Want Officss. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Oa.. Oct, 20.—The suggestion mode some days ago to police the coming negro state fair In Macon with negro officers has resulted In a flood of applications for Jobs. The Idea took wall with the negroes, and Chief Fun ner and Mayor Hmlth have had enough request.<« for Juba to police several fairs. 8§nt Wreath to Riehmend. Hpeels I to The Georgian. Athens. Ga.. Oct. $0.—The Ruther ford chapter. Daughters of the Con federacy, sent a lovely wreath of Hoar- era to Richmond In honor of Mr*. Jef- ferson Davis, the daughter of whom, the “Winnie Davis Memorial Hall" waa named. Hanged Self in Veranda. Hpeclnl to The Georgian. Comer, Ga., Oct. 20.—Ml** I«etltla Key committed suicide yesterday by hanging herself In the back veranda of her nephew’s home, about four miles from this place.. 8h»* waa about 45 yeara of age. Her mind had been un balanced for some time. Jordan Found Guilty. 8|>eclal to The Georgian. Athens, Ga.. Oct. 20.—E. W. Jordan was found guilty before Judge Brand In Clarke *iif>erlor court of forgery. He pasaed a forged check and was aentenced to a term of five years. He has applied for a new trial. Brokerage Houee Cloeee Out. Hpeclnl to The Georglmt. Macon. Ga.. Oct. 20.—The third bro kerage house to close up shop and quit Macon as a result of the “anti- bucket shop* law, Is that of Ware A l.eland. and today the familiar quota tions on the blackboard are missing. Turpentine Men to Organize. Kptvlnl to The Georgian. Valdosta. Ga.. Oct. 20.—The tuipen- , tine operators In the counties adja cent to Valdosta are called to meet In this city on Wednesday, October 24, for the purpose of forming nn associa tion. The organization will be on the lines of the one recently formed at Huvannah. Negroes Condemn Crime. 8|H*clitl to Tin* Gcorglmi. ’ovington. Ge.. Oct. 2t.—At a meet ing of colored ministers, teachers and eltlsens of Newton county resolutions » |Missed regretting the horrors of recent outbreak In Atlanta and attributing the cause to criminal as saults of vicious negroes upon tbe pu rity of the whtte families. Lyceum Course Booked. kperlal to Thi* GeiM-glan. Covington. Oa.. Ck*t. 2»>.—Messrs. 81ms and Harrison, managers of the opera house here, have secured Hie Alkahest lycetam course for the com ing fall season. They will have the, best bill here. Deaths and Funerals. Thomas Olin Jones. Thomas Olin Jones, aged 66 years, and a well known musician of Atlanta, died at 6 o’clock Friday afternoon at his residence, Hemphill avenue, Mr. Jones formerly lived In Coving ton. Ga, but had been a resident of Atlanta for - several yeara. He was for several years foreman of the wood- shops at the Tech. The body will bo rerhoved to Cov ington Sunday morning for the funeral and Interment. Besides hi* wife to aurvlve him are two sons. C. J. and G. H. Jones, and four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Sneed and Misses Lula, Cussle and Avis Jones. Mrs. 6. P. Burlington. At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Ervin, of 129 Hunnlcutt street, Mrs. 8. P. Burlington, of Mos cow', X. Y., aged *8$ years, died Friday afternoon. She Is survived by her daughter. Mrs. Alice McClalr, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Preston P. Williams, of Jonesboro, 8. C.; Mrs. Robert A. Ervin and M. D. McClalr, both of Atlanta. The body will be taken to Wulhalla, 8. C., for Inter ment. Mra. Etta Dennis. The funeral of Mrs. Etta Dennis, aged 44 yeara, who died at 14$ Oliver street Friday morning, waa held at the residence Saturday morning and the Interment took place at Hollywood cemetery. W. H. Hesry. W. H. 11 eery, aged 82 years, died Friday at noon at 16 1-2 Kdgewood a venue. The funeral services will be inducted at II. M. Patterson's par lors Sunday morning at 10 o’clock by Capital laodge. No. 60, I. O. O. F., and the Interment will take place at Oak land. DETECTIVES FIND', TRIP FOR TOURISTS -J. Travelers in tho Tyrolese Aljts 'Qonp to Death ' BCFamily. V Dirkstt Fry Jordan. Hpeclrit to The Georgian. Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 20.—After protracted Illness Blrkett Fry Jordan died at his residence In this city, aged 50 years. Mr. Jordan for twenty-live years has hail the aiTectlon* of the people and Is- universally mourned. He controlled a large insurance business, was a secret order man of prominence. He leave* a wife, -two small' children and three sister*. . > Mrs. F. H. Ames. flat to Tbe Georgian. • Brunswiil>. Ga., Oct 20.—Mrs. F. H. Atiies. of this city, tiled at her home on F street Friday evening. She leaves one *on, Walter €\ Ames. The funeral occurred yesterday from the residence. your" eyeglasses ival rye • ••ujfo. u. Far uuil uear rlFluti in one gin**. Made «•*»•! u«lveir t»r inn. I.. Moore £ Hum In Go.inri... 42 North Brand ntreet, Findent In I btiflUIng. ALABASTINE, The best tint for plastered walls. Beautiful line of col ors. We also carry muresco. Georgia Paint & Glass Co., 40 Peachtree. By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE. Paris, Oct. 20.—French detectives, sent out by th. secret service depart ment hsv. discovered In the Tyroles. Alps grewsome Indications of the ex istence of a death trap for tourists which has been In operation for several year*. The own had been sent Into ■ the mountains to Investlaste the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Dep uty Alphonse Braunschweig, a Swiss, who disappeared August 10. Paul play was suspectad and the detectives traced the deputy to an Inn In the Tyrolese Alp* kept by a family ot peasants having s very bad reputa tion. In the last six yenrs many tour ists have disappeared on their way to and from excursions In the neighbor ing mountains, and In every case they were known to have passed the Inn. A thorough search of the Inn re vealed a suit of clothes which had evi dently belonged to the lost deputy, and which showed signs of having been worn by the owner during a violent struggle. It la surmised that he was' murdered at the Inn nnd his body dragged through the forest and thrown over n precipice. Peasants living In liuts nit the mountain side report hav ing heard tho watch dog at the Inn howl dismally during an entire night shotily before the deputy's disappear-, once was noted. While searrhlng in th. district a body In an advanced stage of decom position was found buried near the Inn. It Is believed to he that of another tourist who disappeared a few months before the Hwlss deputy. The Inn Is In the district lying under the Jurisdiction of the court at Bozen. The detectives asked the authorities for n warrant to arrnat the Innkeeper and his entire family, but were re fused. The-.Austrian ambassador here has- been approached by M. Haiuard, chief of the I'rench secret service, and ha* communicated with Vienna. Develop ments are anxiously awaited. Counter* Stanislas de Castellano, «ls- ter-ln-law of Anna Gould Castellano, and nleee of the late Sibyl Sanderson, hus i err I veil the Dowager Queen of Italy at the historic Chateau of Chen- treat Th. 1 Marquise de Vlllatnarlna accompanied her majesty. Count Stanislas Is the youngest of the Marquis de t'ustel- lane's sons, and ao far his young Amer ican wife has not. like her sisters-in- law. hud lb* privilege of entertaining royalty. Now. however. Countess Stanislas need envy no one. Kvldently the queen enjoyed her visit, for she visited nut only all the rooms, but also Instated on going over Uta gardens, and atayed to too.- Grand .Duke Alexl* vtailed tile Cha teau the same day and had Just left hen Queen Margarita arrived. Chen- oneeau I* oqe of the most celebrate.) architectural ■treasure* of France, and k. annually visited by numerous loitr- Ists. Mr. Terry preferring to keep up the English custom which opens the doors of celebrated castles to the public on certain days, than to shut visitors off entirely, as if often done by Americans purchasing historical dwellings. An amusing feature of the fetes which have been going on at the Cha teau of Josaalln In Brltanny. In honor of the engagement of young Prlnee Jehnn de Rohan to Mile, de Tathouet Koy, have been the peasant dance*. In which the fnmtlys of the duke and his guest* have participated. Josselln la one of the very fewrt ties In France where the eld selgaerlal custom* prevail, and one of the pret tiest features of the repent celebra tions was to see the noblewomen In ex quisite Paris gowns mingling with the peusant girls in their quaint coatumes. Parisians were startled the other day nn seeing the river Heine on Ale. The names were caused by n large case of petroleum w hich was being unloaded on H quay. Slipping overboard and striking- against a barge, bunting and spilling the oil on the water. Juzt then an angler Ashing off a bridge threw a lighted match down and It Ignited the oil. For fifty yards the 'Heine presented the appearance of a. stream or burning lava. Several. barge* .were damaged and ntimeroua small boats' destroyed, while traffic was Interrupted for sev eral (lour*. DISCUSS NEW COUNTY BEFORE THE GOVERNOR. kpcrlsl t« The licorglnn. Augusta. Oa., Oct. 2#.—The Heyward county proposition will be discussed before Governor H. C. Heyward, of Houtli Carolina, today, and he will be asked to call 'an election as soon as possible for the people to decide wheth er there will be n new- county formed just across the river, from Augusta. FUNERAL NOTICE. OJCRL'IIX—'The frlcuds of Mrs. Mary I). Oslrorn. Mrs. A. M. llergstrom, Mr. sod Mrs. \V. It. Xtey, Mr. and >fra. J. T. Howlriiiii, Mr. and Mr*. Wheeler Ms,- gua. Mr. J. I.. Patrick, Mra. Jail* Or- burn and Mr>. Mary Jones and faallr nre Invited to attend the fnncr.il of •Mr*. Mary K. Oslmra. Sunday. October . MM, fro*. Trinity Methodist Kpla- i-opal ehurrli. at j p. in. Intsrtueut st Oakland. Tho following gentlemen will please net. ns nall!>e*rera and meat st the office of T. M. Pstters.li k Son, ut 1:3) p. in.: Mr. IV. A. Foster, Mr. Ileorge Knoll. Ur. K. 1.. 1'onnstly. Mr. M. T. Ijtllslle. Jndgo It. T. Dorsey nnd Mr. TV. If. Holcomb. TRIED TO SLAY CREW DURING VOYAGE. Special to The tieorgUn. Brunswick, Ga„ Oct. 20.—H. Deariral, n Greek, was brought to Brunswick In Irons on the English steamer Wild- croft, 'which arrived yesterday from V«ra Cruz, Mexico, to take on a cargo of crossties for the Panama canal. Deadral had made several attempts to stab members of tho crew, and It was found necessary to place him In Irons- He was given a hearing before Vice-Consul Roaendo Torres, and re- leaved on promise of good behavior. STRICKLAND ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE. Special to The lleorgl.n. Chlpley,. Oa.., Oct. 20.—Harris supe* rlor court yesterday adjourned fur the sesilon. The caae ot the State va. John Htrlckland. charged with the killing <>f B le In-In. won concluded, the Jury erlng a verdict of not guilty, be ing out only eighteen minutes. Th* other parties connected with tho trage dy will not be tried at this session of the court, and moat likely will not be prosecuted. 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