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CHEAP RAILROAD RATES TO ATLANTA
ON THE OCCASION OF ■ — ■■■
Atlanta’s Great Ait Exhibit
Beginning November 19, Ending December 4
And Covering the Period of Chief Activity of
THE HOLIDAY TRADE SEASON
When Everybody Wants to Come to Atlanta
Round Trip Fare from All Points in Georgia
Third Fate
regular fare upon proper validation at the exhibit hall of
ever brought South, many of the pictures being the work
in regard to the Art Exhibit, address Secretary Atlanta
Tickets to all points to Atlanta sold at the usual
the Atlanta Art Association, 38 1-2 Whitehall Street.
This is to be the greatest exhibition of Paintings
of the world's greatest masters. For full information
Art Association, 31 West Baker Street, Atlanta, Ga.
ME ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
|MANY CATTLE KILLED;
GIN HOUSES WRECKED
ii Tbe (ieolfliut.
Columbia, Oa., Nov. If.—It wa»
llearnei! here today that a small cy-
Iclone swept the vicinity of Double
Churches, 5 miles north of thla city,
[HUNDREDS GREET
NEW STEAMSHIP
I fcwlal to The Georgian.
II Brunsw ick, Oa., Npv, 19.—The ateam-
I ■hip Satllia, the flrat of the fleet of the
I Brunswick Steamship Company, ar-
I five,! in port yesterday morning. By
I previous arrangement the Are bell gave
|» special alarm, notifying the entire
I'll)' when the big steamer passed St.
I Simon's light house. Fully five hun-
lilreu people greeted the Satllia.
“THE DAYLIGHT CORNER."
early Sunday morning. Many cattle
were killed, several gin houses and
fences were damaged. Damage Is es
timated In the thousands.
No nno killed.
DR. WILLIS B. PARKS’
PROHIBITION PLAN
Dr. Willis B. Parks, In an open let
ter to Atlantans, sets forth a plan
where practical prohibition will be
broughi about In Atlanta wlthodt an
election,
ectlon, according to his judgment.
He recommends complete abstinence
on the part of alt prohibitionists and
their families, that Is, they will not
poseB. He says that If the prohibition
families and ministers of the city will
adhere to this pain strictly for one
year that prohibition will very nearly
obtain.
MANY LIVES ARE. LOST;
PROPER TY WRECKED
BY SOUTHERN STORM
Cyclones Originating
on the Gulf Sweep
Northward.
FLOODS FOLLOW
THE WIND STORM
GOLDEN AGE SECURES
GREAT BIBLE SERIAL
BOYS’ SUITS.
With the eol&r weather will
jconif n dem&d. for Boys’
IOutlies. Besid's, the holidays
jatv almost her? Better fit your
limy out befop they are upon
I.V011. /» |
« xpCialty of . this De-
li'arimcnt. *11 the nobby things
ere indnilor, Norfolk and
I Blouse Silk
Suits fom $2.50 to $9.00.
| Overcoats $3.50 to $10. Un
car, Shirtwaists, Neck-
I"'"or. II*,,.
EISEIIAN
WEIL,
Sol Whitehall St.
W. D. Upshaw, who returned Sunday
from the Texaa Baptist convention,
announces that he has secured for his
weekly periodical. The Golden Age, the
serial rights for Dr. G. Campbell Mor
gan'a "Track Through the Bible."
Dr. Morgan Is considered the greatest
living expounder of the Bible and his
series of articles will cover the book
from Genesis to Revelation, extending
through about two years’ Issues of the
weekly.
GRAND JURY TO PROBE
OPEN BAR CHARGES.
Special to The (ieorgbtn.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 19.—The Chat
ham county grand Jury will hold ses
sion this noon at which the charges
made by Rev. Isaac P. Tyson, relative
to the keeping open on election day of
two of the principal Baloons of the slty
are to be probed. One of the witnesses
Is himself a member of the grand July.
His status In such a case Is giving him
some worry. The matter Is yet to be
passed upon,
ooodochxhjooooooooooijoockkw
O THEY WANT GARFIELD O
O TO HEAD THEIR "TECH.” O
Mass., Nov. It.—A O
O movement has botn started by O
O alumni and some trustees of the O
O Massachusetts Institute of Tech- O
O nology to Induce Secretary J. R. O
O Garfield, of the bureau of cor- O
o porntlons, to accept the presidency O
O of the school.
Houses Blown Down, Wires
Prostrated and Crops and
Live Stock Are
Destroyed.
8peclal to The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19.—As the
result of the heavy wind, rain and
electric storm which swept over the
South Saturday night and Sunday It is
believed that at leats a dosen persons
lost their lives and scores were Injured,
while property amounting to thousands
of dollars was wrecked. Eight persona
are known to have perished and It is
feared r>thers have met a like fate.
The storm, which originated on the
gulf Saturday night, swept northeast
ward through portions of Alabama,
central and northern Mississippi and
western Tennessee and In Its north
ward course raxed scores of substantial
buildings, partially demolished hun
dreds of others, caused a complete de
moralisation of railroad tralflc, and
cut off telegraphic communication with
many points In the affected territory.
Cotton In the fields was blown down
by the wind and beaten Into the
ground. When complete reports have
been received it Is feared the loss to
both life and property will be greatly
increased.
Southern Towns Wracked,
Throughout almost the entire district
ralp continued last night, but In de-
ENAMELS.
complete line of Lucas & Neal’s
Enamels, Iron Bed Enamels, Bath En
amrl. Enamel for all purposes,
PAINT
GEORGIA
GLASS CO.,
40 Peachtree
AND
creased volume.
The storm approached Athens, Ala.,
from the west and cut a path three
hundred yards wide through the south
ern portion of that city. A score of
buildings were wrecked, but no one
was killed or seriously Injured.
At Winona, Miss., the Catholic,
Christian and negro Methodist churches
and the Hesty brick yard were de
molished, and numerous buildings un
rooted and badly damaged. Among the
largest buildings damaged at this place
are the postofllce, opera house, the oil
mill, the compress, warehouse of the
Jackson Mercantile Company and the
residence of E. J. Dunkston. About
twenty-five smaller buildings were al
most - completely destroyed.
Of those buildings not totally de-
$1.00
Starts an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with the
book only In the
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THE NEAL BANK
Interest allowed at tho rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually.
H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Cashier,
H. C. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier.
was done.
At Arcadle the electric storm was ae.
vere, several residences being struck
by lightning and damaged. The elec
tric light plant was put out of service
and the town was In darkness all night.
stroyed, the compress was probably the
i roof or this
most badly damaged. The _
building was torn off by the wind,
falling nn the home of E. J. Dunkston,
250 yards away. .The wind storm was
preceded ar.d followed by heavy rains
causing serious washouts along the
.route of the Illinois Central railroad.
Engine Fell With Trestle.
At Nonconnah creek, a few miles
from this city, a railroad trestle fell
under the weight of a switch engine,
the engine plunging Into the swollen
stream, carrying with It Engineer C. V.
Peterson and Fireman A. R. Ritchie,
who were drowned.
At Mathison, Miss., nearly every
building In the southern portion of the
town was destroyed. These include
the Baptist church, public school build.
Ing, several brick buildings and a num
her of residences.
At this place a negro woman was
killed and several others were Injured.
Near Okolona, Miss., three lives were
lost.
At Maben, Miss., Ben Wofford, a tel
egraph operator, and his wife sus
tained Injuries which may cruse their
death. At this place the Maben bank,
and several brick buildings were de
molished.
At Bolivar, Tenn., 9 Inches of rain
fell in 24 houra, and thouaanda of head
of cattle were caught In the low lands.
All of the railroads paaalng through
Jackson, Tenn., are tied up by wash
outs near that city, and about 1,000
feet of the'Moblle and Ohio tracks neat
McNalry, Tenn, has been, washed
away.
Grenada, Miss., where serious dam
age wns reported to. have occurred,
escaped practically urscathed, the dam
age here being Insignificant.
Among those points In the storm’s
path from jvhlch communication Is cut
off are West Point and Columbus, Miss.
LOUISIANA TOWN
WAS IN TOTAL DARKNES8.
Shreveport, Ia,' Nov. 19.—A heavy
wind, rain and electric storm awept
over north Louisiana Saturday night,
nd In rectl-ns eeriott* damstn
PROPERTY 18 WRECKED
BY FURIOUS CYCLONE,
Fayetteville, Tenn., Nov. 19.—At 2
o’clock yesterday morning Lincoln
county was visited by a cyclone from
the southweat, which left wreck, and
ruin In its path, which was about one.
fourth of a mile in width.
Residences, barns, fencing and tim
bers were wrecked. No deaths or se
rious injuries have bean reported. The
damage to property will amount to
many thousand dollars. Following Is a
list of those who suffered the heaviest
loss:
William Vickers, tenant, house blown
down and orchard destroyed.
Mrs. Jasper Harbin, house and barn
blown down.
Bob Downing, residence torn
pieces and bam wrecked.
McLaughlin, school house wrecked.
Henderson Fanning, R. K. Locker, A.
M. McLaughlin, James Moyers, Jack
Tucker, Alexander McGee, James No
els, James Routt. Blankenship Broth
ers and others lost heavily by the de
struction of their bams. Two tenant
houses on the Douglas farm, six miles
from Fayetteville, were blown down;
also the residence of Nathan Young.
Robert Crowley, W. W. Terry and Riley
Grubbs, near Mulberry. There Is no
telephone connection with other sec
tions of the country through which
the cyclone passed.
8EVERAL LIVES LOST
IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
New Orleans, Nov. 19.—Storms of al-
moat tornado proportions visited «CV'
day night, leaving
destruction. Three persona were killed
near Okolona and a number of houses
blown down and others unroofed.
At Tchula, a woman and her child
wero burned to death as a result of
their home being wrecked by the storm
and set on fire by the kitchen stove.
At Maben, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Wofford were caught in the debris of
Ihelr home and are believed to be
fatally injured,
At Wlnoila, where the property loss
la reported to bo greatest and where
forty persons are said to be injured,
but none seriously, the storm was pre
ceded by a light rain. Suddenly the
wind shifted from south to east and a
terrific electrical storm broke loose.
Lightning struck the electric power
house and left the city In tlnrkn
The path of the cyclone was diagonal
through the city and its work of de
struction was accomplished In less
than 5 minutes.
At Lexington the building occupied
by The Lexington Advertiser caught
fire and was completely destroyed.
The housewife needs The
Bell Telephone every day.
Listings for New Directory
close December 1. Call Con
tract Dept., Main 1300.
The regulations governing army re
cruiting ha 1
■■ML JSVe been amended
provide that unless an applicant has at
eaBt four serviceable double (bicuspids
or molar) teeth, two above and two
below, and so opposed as to serve the
purpose of mastication, he shall be re-
Marie Antoinette China
Have you seen this very attractive waref
The quaint simplicity of the decoration, the distinc
tive “plaited weave” used to edge many of the pieces and
the historic interest attaching to everything connected
with the beautiful woman whose name it bears, give it
prominence in the favor of artistic people.
We have a splendid collection of this Marie Antoin
ette China.
Notice to the Public.
The P. F. Sturtevant Company lias today
discontinued Its office In Atlnutn, nml In
matters In this territory will hereafter be
handled through its traveling represeutn.
Mr. M. H. Deane, who has been
algned, and la no
company. f «T0RT»VAMT COMPANY.
November 16, 1906.
ALABASTINE,
The best tint for plastered
walls. Beautiful line of col
ors. We also carry muresco..
Georgia Paint &'Glass Co.,
40 Peachtree.
THE BIJOU
TONIGHT—MATINEE TUESDAY.
The Famous American Spectacle,
Black Crook.
A Great Caat—Elaborate Scenic Effect
The 5 Donazettas, the 8 En^liah Girla
BALDWIN-MELVILLE STOCK GO.
and- W**dneaday '
“THE BLACK HAND.”
i . . - ■ 1.1 V, V II III | S’l t Ml’il..y Night j,
Friday and Saturday Matinee*.
“MAN’S ENEMY.”
THE STAR
Week of November 19.
Sensational Drama Entitled
“HAPPY JACK”
Large Chorus of Pretty Girls.
New Moving Pictures
Matinees Monday, Wednesday
Thursday and Saturday at 2:30. Ever
night at 1:15.
The Georgian, one of the
South’s best afternoon dai
lies, is giver, free with pur
chases of $5.00 or more at
Smith & Higgins. Both
store*.
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