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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