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I fll'CSI’AY. NO\ KMIIKi: I. I>VT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
1 THOMAS TELLS
OF SENSATIONAL
BALLOON FLIGHT
Was Carried Up 5,000 Feet
with Big Gas Bag
Badly Torn.
Augusta, Ga., Jjov. 1.—Ur. Julian I*.
Thomas was almost exhausted yester
day evening when he returned to the
fair ground after his sensational flight
in his big balloon.
Speaking of the flight, he said:
“I came to Augusta to make ni
ceslon and after-great difficulties l
made It In spite of the fact that the
balloon burst before It .left the ground.
For three days and night* I worked
hard to All the great balloon with gns.
Just its we had accomplished this task,
the wind became so strong that It took
hundreds of hags of sand and forty
nien to timid the great monster on the
ground.,
"In spite of these combined efforts
the balloon swayed and tossed, back
ward and forward, beating itself on the
ground and breaking electric wires In
every direction. Finally we succeeded
in freeing It from the wires and draw
ing it onto a large flat boat on the
canal, held it steadily there. In this
manner It was conveyed n mile or more
up the canal toward the fair grounds
until a bridge was reached, surrounded
by overhead electric wires.
"While moving the balloon from‘the
Hat boat to* the land to free It from these
j. wires it struck against a large tree,
tearing a great hole, 6 by 4 feet, In the
upper portion of the balloon.
"There was nothing to do but to
ascend Immediately or give up the as
cent entirely. I was determined to
make the ascent. I lmd nil the ballast
cast off Immediately, ordered the men
to turn loose. I then disconnected my
anchor, then my heavy guide-rope (I
had two). Next I disconnected my bas
ket and climbed Into the rigging, hitch
ing on one hag of ballast. I gave the.
word to Jet her go, and up I went like
a locket. But unfortunately my second
guidfe rope caught on a post and 1 was
being drawn down on the tops of the
buildings at the rato of 30 tulles an
hour.
"There was only one thing that could
save me. Tills was to cut the guide
rope, which I did, as I had carried In
ujy mouth a long, open knife as a pre
cautionary measure. Instantly 1 shot
up to a hetghth of 0,000 feel. For the
first time In my ballooning I felt rath
er uncomfortable, to say the least, for
1 was hanging on one of the ropes of
the rigging by one leg. At the height
of r»,©oo feet I made myself more com
fortable.
"1 traveled very rapidly when In the
lower currents, hut not In the upper.
"As I had no ballast but my shoes I
removed them and tied them together
to be used .when necessary. For the
first time In my life I wished that my
feel were larger, that my shoes might
have been heavier. • •
"When the balloon started to descend
I again struck the rapidly moving wind
currents. I should say that their ve
locity was something like 35 miles an
hour. I was descending, however, very
nicely until the balloon passed over
some body of-water, when the gases
contracted and the balloon dropped to
the earth with frightful velocity.
"I landed on my feet and attempted
to pull my rip-cord. I could not hreuk
It to save my life. Just at that mo
ment a powerful gust of wind struck
It and I was hurled Into the air 600 or
1,000 feet, hanging by one band. There
was nothing for me to do but to climb
hack Into the rigging. The balloon
again gradually descended, but qs It
did so I became entangled in the net
work. I could at that time have cut
myself loose, but did not care to lose
my balloop, so i allowed myself to be
i DE TE Cl 1VE A ND DEFEND A A 1
ALMOST FIG HI IN COUR1
on More Trou-
. ble.
Uuriiig a trial In police court Thun
0 # ^uated that Lockhart was swearing
Suit ( JVPr (,nw R r inor< ,fu,se l>’ aml ,au * r u, ‘ ,u * exclaimed. In-
' JUIL Cl U. !ll£> ,Heating Detective Lanford:
“Judge, you can believe what this of-
tlcer suyi{, but Ik* careful of that other
And he pointed toward Lockhart.
"I can’t stand much more of this," i
declared the detective,” as he walked I
•ip doscHo the prisoner, a* If to resent .
the remurk with force.
The two men hud some heated, words
day morning, City Detective Lockhart j aml 11 J‘ M,k . ed a* though- trouble would
and Frank Tavlor » ruinitm* uIm. ' Judge Broyles, however, advls-
A , llUe s “ ,e * Jed both men to have no further words.
man. wl/o tyfis on trial. came near hav
ing a personal difficulty. Recorder
Broyles finding It necessary to take a
hand and quiet the two men. v
Tailor Is .accused of trying to swin
dle Miss Alice Culhrautli, of 33 Gar
nett street, out of a Cow by repotting
the animal dead when it was really
alive, and hud been arrested by Detec
tives Loclchurt mid T. B. lauiford. At
one point In the hearing* Taylor insin-
menu
at which Tnyhs remarked:
Well, Judge, this man can’t Insult
me.” ...
“No,, and you ;must not Insult him
either,” responded the court.
The trial then proceeded without any
further clash.
Taylor was bound over to tie* state
court* on the charge of attempting to
commit larceny after trust. HI* bond
was fixed at $S<HL* *
A UD11OR1UM COM Mil 7 EE
GETS DOWN 70 BUSINESS
Definite plans for the erection of the im
mense auditorium, for which more money
flliilt In needed has been raised, will he de
villed upon nt a meet ins to la* held Friday
afternoon at 3:30 u'eloek at the ('bomber
of Commerce.
The meeting will he of the committee of
twenty-five cltlxeii* whose/ efforts contrib
uted to the raising of the $250,000 nul.mrlp-
Hons to the building.
The council committee of live, of which
Alderman F. A. (Jtiillinn Is chairman, will
meet with the citlxens. having I wen lit-
Ited to do so. lu addition. Mayor James
(J. Woodward and Mayor-elect W. It. Joyner
hare been Invited.
While It Is not known positively ^u»t what
action will !>o taken. It U gewer
under
up .... . ..
James It. Gray Is chairman of the citlxeiiM‘
•onimittee.
The eotim-il committee D composed* of
STATE TO PRODUCE
FINE CANE STROP
Increase of Capital.
The committee tuny also act ujm«ii
suggestion to Increase the capital *t*M-k
the auditorium-armory from S250.0M to $:
00ft. There Is strong sentiment In fnvoi
this. It is said. This, however, will he
tied by entitle!! next Monday at the t*
Inr meeting, council having originally
the enpttn! stork at $250.00).
If It Is decided to Increase the capital |
stock little or no trouble, it Is anticipated,
will be encountered In raisiug the differ
ence.
As » matter.of fact, $2(12.000 has already
been raised, subscriptions to the amount of
IS.tsrt having route lu after the re|K»rt of
1254,00ft was made Wednesday afternoon.
The latest subscrlliers are: Iteck «V Gregg
Hardware Co.. $3.<K»: Haler & Herkele. jew
elers, |2,«»; and M. It. Berry. |3.onu.
Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. IIml
sou has returned from Waycross. where lie
made a thorough Inspection of the scientific
cane syrup plant'installed there by the
United States department of agrJcuJiine.
Commissioner Hudson will reconimcii#that
by fir. L. G. llhrdetnait and Colonel Tout
Crittenden. The United Slates government
Installed some $:;j,o-ni worth of tie* most
Improved machinery for making cane syrup
In order to educate Georgia farmers la the
science of syrup making.
Commissioner Hudson wll recommend that
the Georgia Experiment Station take the
pluiit over and ^operate It. ns this Is the
proposition of the government. He says the
print*** Is n most wonderful one. and the
finest earn* syrup Is produced. It will raise
the market value of the produet considera
bly.
STRIKE BREAKERS
LEAVE CHARLESTON
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C\, Nov. 1.—Twenty
strike breakers canto hero thla morn
ing from Washington for tho South
ern Railway shops. Eighteen at them
were persuaded by tho striker* thut
they could do hotter elsewhere. Five
are nt work In the shops. Tho men
did not walk out until they had got
ten u good look at tho barricaded
shop* and When eighteen said “skid-
Uoo for us; * wo are free men.”
a local representative of the strik
ers has gone to Washington to get into
arbitration with the officials.
NEGRO BADLY HURT
IN RAILROAD YARD
While attempting to get out of the j
way of a Georgia railroad train about
6 o’clock Thursday morning neat- the
Boulevard crossing, Arthur Gray, a tie- j
gro, residing In Reynoldstown, was
struck by a passenger train, bucking
through the yard*, and seriously In
jured. He wuh sent to the Grady hos
pital by Policeman Hannah.
$15,000
Clothing
Out
in
of
To
Thirty
Seasonable
Closed
Days.
Filial Session of ‘(WftpjjiH'
I,oil go Annual M Yl in^
Hears Report*,
•ami
Special to The Georg bill.
Macon, (lu., Nov. 1.—The final ses
sion of. the Masonic Grand Lodge of
Georgia was held today and by tomor
row there will he few of the visitors
knife which I had removed from my
mouth and carried In my hand. 1 had - ,eri ,n town.
held on to the knife to be used In case i Lust night the third degree was ex-
dragged a'quarter of a mile at a speed I of the extremity which balloonists empflfled In the grand lodge room of
faster than the average horse can run. | sometimes come under such clrcuni- j t | lo Masonic temple and the session to-
| day was taken up in the reading of
inrmT. the report* and In consideration of
them.
Feared Removal to Atlanta.
J At yesterday’* session nearly all the
, committee reports, were heard. These
were numerous, and required almost
the entire day. Tho sessions were again
held In the city auditorium, and the
members thronged the building all day.
All during the session the probability
of moving Hie grand lodge to Atlanta
was discussed with freedom by all the
members. There was a general uneasi
ness un the part of members from cen
tral and south Georgia. When Deputy
Grand Master Jeffries said lust night
In his address that Atlanta members
would not Interfere or raise a voice
against the present location, there was
considerable relief to those who had
concerned themselves. That Atlanta
wll! not urge a change, there Is now lit-
JJjtle doubt. Deputy Grand Master Jof-
f fi les declared that Atlanta member*
; wanted the grand bulge to rcnmlii In
Macon. Ills statement* were generally
taken as the attitude of all north
Georgia.
Iai*t night the session was held in
the Masonic temple. This session was
almost wholly devoted to an extunpll-
ilcation of the work In the muster’* de
gree. Many of the leading member*
of the order from several cities were
given place* in the lodge for this work
and it was a most impressive meeting.
Fp to till* time I had carried the open stances.”
Words of the Thoughtless
Startle the Thoughtful
1 i
A Coffee advertisement says:
“First in weight, first in quality, ! c
and first in the hearts of the epicures.
This sale of clothing is undoubtedly the most unprecedented sale that
was ever pulled off in the citv of Atlanta; coming as it does right in the
heart of the fall season when the public is most in need of clothing and it
has the money to pay for it. This is the season of the year when all
merchants expect to make their profits’on every line of merchandise.
We Are Going Out of the Clothing Business.
For this reason we want to put our .stock on the market at a time when
there will he no doubt of a successful sale, but we realize that this cannot he
done unless the price cuts a figure, therefore
We Have Placed this Stock At and Below Cost
All that we ask you to do is to give us an opportunity to show you our
stock which consists of some of the best makes of clothing that are on the
market, including the celebrated Spero, Michael & Sons Co., The Mein-
hardt, Shaul & Co. and the well known “Kant Be Beat” brand manufac
tured bv Goldman, Beckman & Co., and *11 of these are of the latest
patterns and most approved styles. !
The Reason for Closing Out this Line is
simply that we have found the clothing department of our store to be un
profitable and we feel that we can use the space and devote our attention to
the time given this department to Ladies’ Ready-made Goods to much more,
advantage.' ,
Don’t take our word for this—but come, see for yourself
REID DRY GOODS COMPANY,
165-167—169 PETERS STREET.
CRAWFORD JACKSON OLD NEGRO MISSING
SPEAKS IN ATHENS FROM BROWNSVILLE
There*s a truth said thoughtlessly.
Coffee “in the hearts.”
Ilow many epicures and justsummon people liave in-
eipient or chrome heart trouble directly caused by coffee.
Vou with weak hearts can prove for yourselves. Try
leaving off .coffee 10 days and use Postuin Fowl Coffee. If
you tind the old smothering sensation and the weak flut
tering disappear, you will have the truth in a nutshell and
will have located an enemy that has been pushing you
day by day toward the narrow lot 2 by (i.
All the flaming advertisements of Importers trying
to sell coffee and all the sneers of coffee topers cannot
drive the truth from you, on ee you have tested and
learned the exact facts from personal experience.
“There’s a Reason” for v
POSTUM
S, COURT GOES
TO NORTH
ltev. Crawford Jacknon, chairman .if
tlw executive committee of the Juve
nile protectory, returned thla morning
from Athene, On., where lie a poke aev-
evul Ilmen In the interrat of the way
ward children of that city, of the atate
and the South, on .Sunday morning
he nddreaaed a large audience at the
I'lrat Methodlit OhurcliA
. .Mr. Jackaim Imx recently organized
a octette.. In Aahevllle. High Colnt and
Qreenabom, X. <*.. looking t» the aaine
enda, and In a day of two ia to vlelt
other tending eltlea for the name nur-
poae, like flmrlenton. Wilmington. Ilal-
elght anti Durham, X. C.
M A X Y~AREBRUISE1 >
IN BRIDGE CRUSH
New York. Nov. 1.—Darkness added j
to the excitement In the c*ru*h at the
Manhattan end of the Brooklyn bridge
when the bridge and *urface car* were
stopped for a abort time during: the
ru*h hour, becau** of a breakdown In
the power hou*e. The light* went out
itl*o, and the polit-e had all they could
do to control the person* that
goon gathered at the loopy
Score* were bruised ami their clothe*
torn In the mail struggle when the cur*
Anally started. Similar scenes occurred
on the •’L” platform*.
After an absence of nearly a year the I
family and friends of Alex Smith, a
respected negro, who formerly lived In
Brownsville, have Anally l/emme un- j
easy and have asked the county police I
to make an Investigation.
The negro dlnappeared on the* night j
of Janunry 30 ln*t, leaving 111* wife at;
a home which he owned In the South i
Atlanta *uhurb. The real e*tate In hi* j
name J* assessed at 9Li/po.
The police have been given a “foul |
play” theory connecting some of hi* |
ronnectinnn with a possible knowledge |
of the crime, and‘the police are going
to look Into the matter.
TWENTY-SEVEN BALE8 BURN
IN WAREHOUSE FIRE.
Contents Of 216 Capitol Ave.
AT AUCTION
On accouht of breaking up hounekeeping, will sell the entire house
hold furniture, consisting of Antique Mahogany Table and Davenport.
Moquet Carpets, Dining Table, 12-foot long. China closet, Sideboard, 12
chair* (all to match), 2 extra flne Bedroom Suit*, (.‘berry and Oak Par
lor Furniture, Secretary’s Library, Tables, Rockers, all kind* Uuk«,
Hrlc-a-Brac, Coal Husk, etc.
By order of Mr*. Bell.
LEO FRESH, Auctioneer.
Mperlul to The Georgina.
Spartanburg. 8. C„ Nov. 1.—Twenty-
seven bales of c.otton, stored hi one •
of the compartments of a warehouse
at Saxon Mills, were destroyed by Are j
early Wednesday morning. The fire at !
one time threatened thousaml* of dol
lars’ worth of mill property and one j
hundred and .fifty bales of cotton. The ,
loss I* fully covered by Insurance.
PAUL BURKERT
Fixed aVer 2.0(H) Umbrellas
last year. Let him flx vours.
1 Viaduct Place.'
M- 1
RAILROAD MEN PAY :L0p0N OF POLLS
I The United States district court
north Gcorala I* getting teady to
with bag. |ptgguge, reroid* and court}
■ official* to Athens, where Judge New
man will begin business Monday. I
will probably take the remainder o
his time in Atlanta to ilnish the hear
lag of the civil rase Blowing out of the I
objection of the Central of Georgia j
railway to circulate 31 •» of the Oeorj
mllroid commission.
CRUSHED BY LUMBER,
MAN DIE8 OF INJURIES.!
There Will Be A
Great Bargain Sale Saturday
AT
X|hh-|hI to The Georgian. i
Moultrie. Ga., Nov. I.—Kdv.in Branch. J
who was crushed under a load of lum- [
her Monday afternoon, died of his In-1
Juries yesterday morning. His remains .
■were taken to Camilla for Interment.!
Mr. Brunch was a *#>n of Horton I
, Branch, n loading cltlgen of Mitchell!
j count}, and had lived in Moultrie but a'
• *hoit lime, lie was a young nntlt and*
bad been man led only a feu month*.
BASS’
See Friday Afternoon*s Papers.
VISIT TO ATLANTA
A party of twenty-two person*-N>tr Kng
bind railroad NiiperiuicndentM mid their
wive*-arrived In Atlanta Tbiirmlay morn-,
Ing from Chattanooga, mid a short atop
was made In the city. They left sit I
o’clock over the SenUmnl Air IJne on the
return trip Ka*t.
Nearly all of the larg'* New Cmcbiud rail-
i-oud system* are represented. In the party.
The trip South la lteing tunde merely for
plcnstife. to* long stop* being
Here’s where the voting In the city
ward* will be done In the congression
al and court of appeal* election n \
TuesdaJ*:
First w-ard, 39 West Mitchell; Second
ward, court house; Third ward, Poole’*
sti-re, corner Fair and Fraser; Fourth
ward. Mrs. Anderson’s store, corner
any I Jack suit and Chamberlin; Fifth want,
T**™! | .Martin’s hardware store, 24S Marietta:
Us-1 Sixth ward. Avery’s drug store. T*
rutted. The party Is lravelin* In a Pull-1 North Broad; Seventh ward. Mra. Flor-
, j ' lice’s store. 2ft6 Lee street; Eighth
BANK 11 ELI) LI A BLE i
FOR NEXT ELECTION
rnlloft |||HUI
I .angston’* office.
IfOIi “UAISEl)’’ CHECK
New York. Xov. 1.—Through a de
cision of Justice Xewburger In fuvor
of Mr*. William Tlmble. Hie GaiHetd
National Bank stand* to lo*e $4.*f0o by
no:tn» of a new swindle. She gave het
husband a check for |9*m
He raise.1 it to $4,100.
and diaapi»eared. She s
and ha* received jut
makes bunks liable for a
i$re raised uttd Itottoretl, (
t i«ion la Rpisraied.
the ba