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Night Edition The Atlanta Georgian. ** VOL. 1. NO. 182. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1906. PRICE: VALE TEAM DEFEATS HARVARD BEFORE TREMENDOUS CROWD Game Is Played Ideal Football Weather. in VALE STARTS CHEER FOR HARVARD TEAM FINAL SCORE YALE, 6 HARVARD, - O Several Changes Made in Line-Up as Result of Accidents/ New Haven, Conn., Nuv. 24.—There were alternate clouds and sunshine an hour before the game, and with the elouda rame an occasional flurry anow, but from the player's atandpolnt (t wan an Ideal football duy. There waa u strong northweat wind blowing, hut the held wua partially protected by high north and west atanda. The playing held waa aa hard and dry aa u chip, apparently, and harked very fast much to the disappointment of Ynle'a adherent*. It waa announced that Knox, the speedy halfback, could not poaalbly play, being unable to lift hla Injured arm. Roome waa placed at right half back and Morae at fullback. The change, however, did not aeetn to Imlu- enre the betting. A pretty feature of the affair, Juat prevloui to the game, waa Yale's cheer for Harvard and the Immediate reclpro. cation of the courteay by a long cheer by Harvard for Yale. Yale Squad le Cheered. Promptly at 1: SO p. in. the Yale squad daahed on the field. There waa a wild burat of rheera from the east aland, where Yale partlaana were moaaed, and the atand had on a de cided Yale tint. The varalty eleven took preliminary practice, and tho team waa full of vim and vigor. They looked a hueky lot. It waa not noticed that Howard Jones played right end In tho preliminary practice. Instead of Al- cott. Yale won the.tosa and chou to de fend the north goal, with the wind at her baeV, giving Harvard the kickoff. Howard Jonea waa at right end for Yale. FIRST HALF. Burr kicked of? to Yale'a 10-yard line and Jones, catching tho ball, ran It back to Yale's 40-yard line. A pret ty dash It waa. On a futile smash at Harvard'* center, Yale failed to gain. Veeder punted and the kick was block od, the bpll going to Harvard on Yale'a r.O-yard llna. A brilliant forward pass 10 Starr carried the ball to Yale's 20- yard line. Lincoln went through Yale's center for three yards. Foster tried for the goal from the held, but the kick was low and wae blocked by Veeder, the hall bounding back to Yale's 45-yard line. Veeder had a clear held to Har vard'* goal, but fumbled and was downed. Veeder Punt* to Foeter. Veeder punted to Foster on Har vard's 10-yard line and ha ran back to Ills own 50-yard line. On a triple pass. Harvard made fife yards. A plunge ihrough center by Wednell gave Har- iard three yards more. A run around Hie left end failed to gain, and Harvard was penalized five yards for off-side playing. on u quarterback run. Harvard xalned three yards, the ball now being on Harvard’s 60-yard line. Foster punted to T. Jones on Yale'* 45-yard line, but the ball waa decided not m play, nnd therefore was brought back ind Harvard was penalized 15 yards for fouling. Knox Goes Into Game. Foster again punted to T. Jones, wb w as downed without gnln on Yale's 40- .'ml line. A quarterback run netted Vale 20 yards, Knox began playing oltback in place of Roome, Veeder ounted over Harvard's goal line, the Ml waa brought nut 25 yards, giving Harvard a free kick. Alcott replaced H. Jones as Yule's • ight end. There were many consulta- ii'*ns between the oltlclals on the side lines, but the point of Issue waa not •• lent. Foater punted to Knox on Vale's 40-yard line and he ran the " HI back by splendid Interference. He ‘lashed through a broken Held for 40 ords. Yale cheer* rent the air. 11 « os a magnificent run. ■Morae went through Harvard's cen- '■• •• for five yard*. Alcott Makes a Fumble. The ball was on Harvard's 12-yard ns. Another dash by Knox through “ft tackle gave Yale a first down on Harvard'* I-yard line. Harvard mad* ' grand brace. *t this stage and with- ">isl the next lunge. Alcott made a ' irrlble muss of a splendid forward pass. Foeter fell on tne hall on Har old's 5-yard line. Foster punted out i "lunger to Harvard's 30-yurd line. 1 m a double pass Yale made 5 yards "'■•und left end. In his next attempt at 'he same play Knox woe downed for CALVE IS READY TO SAIL FOR AMERICA ON YACHI OF MAN SHE’S JO WED Paris, Nov. 24.—It I* stated here that Mme. (’a I ye has boarded the yacht Varuna. owned by Eugene Higgins, the American millionaire, which Is ready to sail for America. It Is'believed that Higgins Is the man Mme. Halve le to marry. EXTRA! WHOLE DAM FAMILY PERISH IN THE FLAMES The Electric theater at 127 Whitehall street was turned Into a morgue Fri day night liy a lire which burned to a crisp the whole Dam family, with the exception of the Dam dog, which barely escaped with very severe singes. The holocaust waa a rival of that which burned the glue factory and stripped the horror laurels from the Are which consumed tho Welherwurat gravy boat. The members of the Dam family died without a groan and only a few charred lumps of gelatin remained to tell of the fate of one of the most prominent and foremost households In America. The firemen came. The Incident waa made notable'otherwise because It In itiated "Bill" Humming* Into his new position of lire chief. The chief does not know yet wliut happened at that (Ire. Tho members of the Dam household had no warning of the approach of the dames. The Dam dog Snust have been asleep on the rug In the sitting room before a coxy nre. Anyway ho woi) not participating In the : family row. The names caught old lady Dam breaking a washboard over the poll'o'f old man Dam on the stairway. Lixxy and Willy MRS. CAMP NOW SA YS JOHNSON IN NEGRO WHO ASS A UL TED HER Quivering with fear, crying hyster ically. and turning her head so as not to have to gate at'the negro, Mrs. J. N. Camp Saturday afternoon Identified the negro Will Johnson ns her assail ant of two weeks ago. Believing that Johnson, and not Glenn.-whom Mrs. Camp Identified sev eral days ago In court as her assailant, was the negro who criminally assault ed Mrs. Camp. County Policemen Bun- lyn Saturday afternoon escorted Mr*. Camp to the Tower, to take a look at Johnson. Johnson attempted to hide his face when Mrs. Hamp entered the room. When hie hat was pulled from over hie eyes, Mrs. Camp took but one look, when she went Into hysterics. She cried: "He’s the negro who assaulted me.' She then turned a deathly white,and was unable to speak further. As she sat In her chair she quivered like leaf. Mrs. Csinp showed more certalnty Saturday afternoon In her Identifica tion of Johnson than she was In that of Glenn. She waa unable to (dentlfy Glenn until she had taken a second look. She Identified Johnson at once. Glenn was released, the Jury believing him to be the wrong man. Ill HIS CELL 00000O000O0000000O0OOO0OO0 O 0 O DEAD AND WOUNDED 0 O IN CONFLAGRATION. O o o O I. B. DAM. 0 0 MRS. I. B. DAM. Ot 0 IT. 11. DAM. O 0 LIZZIE DAM. O O WILLY DAM. 0 O RABY DAM. O O The Injured: O O THE DAM DOG. O 0 . O 00000000000000000000000000 Dam were quarreling. Baby Dam waa In hie crib yelling lustily. IT. B. Dam was barring the door against the po lice. "Zip!” and all waa darkness! An ex posed wire had set Are to the celluloid Aim used in the -moving picture ma chine, nnd tho work of the Are fiend was complete. About 500 feet of tho 800-foot Aim was consumed. Tho wall- paper was churred aomewhat, but otherwise the building was uninjured. T|ie remaining eild of the Aim shows the Dam dog, minus his tall, headed down the street. The damage Was about **• Experts Declare That Chester Gillette Is Sane. ROCKEFELLER SOBS IN GRIEF AT PIER IN NEW YORK CITY; DAUGHTER’S BODY ARRIVES New York, N'liv. 24.—With, tears streaming down his cheeks, John D. Rockefeller waited at the French-Una pier today with nearly all the member* of his family, to meet the French steamship Lu Provence, on which won brought the body of the multi-mil lionaire's daughter, Mrn. Charles A. Strong, who died In France after an Illness of many years. On the steamship were Professor Strung, of Columbia, her husband, nnd their daughter. Marguerite. They have come here to live permanently, having gone to France only because Mr*. Strong's Illness necessitated living In that climate. Rockefeller Sob* at Pier. With Mr. Rockefeller was with his wife, his son, John D. Jr., and hla sons- ln-law. Harold F. McCormick, of Chi cago, und E. Parmlee Prentiss. When approached by a reporter Mr. Rockefeller said: "If We could have our way we would not have a word of tills sad occasion In the pa|iers. It Is a very great blow to us—a very great blow." With these words he • choked nnd tear* coursed down his cheek*. As lie felt for his handkerchief he sobbed violently. Her Death a Shock. Halining himself lie said: "When I saw my daughter In Fiance last summer she seemed greatly im proved In health. Indeed, 1 wus so fu- volubly impressed 'that I wanted her to return with me to America, but those who had been with her nnd the French doctors advised ugalnst It. Everything has been arranged for the obsequlea and we shall go from the pier to my home In Fifty-fourth street.” * Kieied His Granddaughter; Mr. Rockefeller, whom face was working with emotion, turned and Joined the party, who, by special ar rungement with the company, were taken aboard liefora the passengers came off. In the saloon they found Professor Strong and little Marguerite, who is 10 years oil, Mr. Rockefeller strode forward, and, bending over, seised the child In his arms. Hs kissed her several times before he spoke ami then he once mole broke down uud wept as she patted tils cheek fondly. The child was gently taken from hitn by her father and then all of the party except John D., Jr., hurtled to their automobiles and started for uptown. The younger Rockefeller remained be hind to look after the baggage. Sexton Ritter, of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, took charge of the casket con taining Mrs. Strong's body, but would say nothing of the funeral arrange ment*. Mr*. Strong Feared Poverty. Mrs. Strong's Illness was one of the great aorrnvm nt Mr. Rockefeller's life. Despite lilt enormous wealth, she be lieved she wus doomed to die In povet - ty. lief great desire ws* to prevent waste and extravagance. This became a passion with her, nnd, combined with physical Illness, reduced her to such it weakened condition that she was taken abroad several years ago. It was to sec fttaa flint \f e ll,wil/a#alluf* inedo tile* fe 3 Herkimer, N. Y„ Nov. 24.—For the purpose of forestalling an Insanity plea as a defense to the charge of murder ing his sweetheart, Gracei Brown, for which Chester Gillette Is on. trial, the prosecution decided to have the prison er's mental faculties Inquired Into by three alienists, who were brought here secretly to make the test. Them experts were unanimous In declaring that . Gillette Is perfectly sane. Father Wee a Fanatic. Gillette's father la a follower of John Alexander Dowle, and Is "11 let to bo n religious fanatic. He sacriAced all hl> property to the Zion City ."prophet." The (,rls.-n.-r'.- Kinmiruiliei. Alherlus Gillette, Is eald to Jiave been mentally weak. . .... When the alienists arrived at the Herkimer jail Gillette was told that he would have to undergo an examination, and he readily consented. Gillette was piled with question* con cerning hla paqt life to test his power of memory and observation, after which the alienists applied the "nee dle” test. It was found that Gillette was equally sensitive on both sides of his body. He was blindfolded and a flatiron dropped on his foot. .' Gillette Rehssrset Story. Designed to combat every point the stste has made against him. Chester Gillette believes the story he will tell the Jury will save him from the electric chair. He rehearses his story dally In his cell. The prisoner each evening goes carefully over the evidence given during the day's proceeding* und con structs his stoVy so as to overthrow the points the state had scored In It* case. Gillette has prepared maps' of the Adirondack region, where the tragedy occurred. The movements and posi tions testified to by witnesses are care fully traced out on the maps by the prisoner, who has constructed small pawns of crushed paper to represent persona. These pawns he moves about on the map. Mystery Shrouds the Death of Pair in Chicago. Chicago, N6v.'24.—A note torn into bits and concealed Inside her kimono, was found today upon the body of Mrs. Elisabeth Delaney, wife of Chafles H. Delaney, who was found with her hus band, both shot to death, In a hous* at 492 La Salle avenue, and Immediately the Inquest was adjourned for a week. The note was tom into such small bits that It will take more than a day to put them together. Meantime, deep mystery surrounds the death of the couple, both of whom were well known, he being president of the American Shipping Company, of Chicago and New York, and hie wife being the daughter of a retired Texas millionaire lend owner. Seemed to be Happy. The friend* of tho couple declare that neither of them had n revolver and that they were happy, and Inelst that the mystery when solved will reveal a double murder with a third person as the murderer. The police asked to have the Inquest continued In order to Investigate this theory. ■ The woman wae shot through the side of the head, like her husband, and both her eyes were blackenod by the shock. In her forehead, though, there le a two-inch clean-cut gash, made by a sharp Instrument and penetrating to the bone. Police Not Satisfied. Captain of Police Barca said: "1 cannot account for a good deal in this dose. There Is not enough evi dence to warrant our dosing the rase. We will Investigate further and have hnd the Inquest continued to give us time to search for two women that called on Mrs. Delaney before the tragedy." FOOTBALL YELLOW JACKETS DEFEAT MERCER TEAM TECH 29 MERCER O The line-up: • Tech. Mercer. Plttard Center .Adamson Bell ’....Right Guard Wood Means Right Tackle. .Westberry HIM Right End ....Melton Henderson.... Left Guard..- Sams Mlsc Left Tackle.,..Scoggins JnrviS Left End Mallory Davies Right Half. Hogg Emersqn Left Half.... Loftln McDonnell.... Quarter Connor Stout Fullb/ck Shaw Empire—Simmons. Referee—Odon- nell. Head linesman—Moore. Twenty minute halves. Macon, Ga., Nov. 24.—Tli> wearers of the yellow Jackets arrived In Macon twenty-Ave strong Saturday to meet the eleven of Mercer.' Before the game Coach Helsman expected to wlneaslly, car 0. but had no desire to run up s large score, ns lie wished every mail to he In condition for tile his game > till Clemson on Thanksgiving day. Under a biasing sun with the ther mometer at 70 In the ahade, Tech tack led the football hopes of Mercer for the Arst time In three years. Attracted by the prowess of Helsman's yell"" tn.-l. - ets a large erowd was present. As pre dicted Helsman sent In almost all of the second varsity at the opening of the game, with the varsity In reserve. Mercer kicked on third down to Dtivles, who returned 14 yards with steady rushes. Tech carried the ball over for a touchdown and after crossing Tech fumbled the ball. Mallory got It ami was thrown for a safety, giving Tet li two points. Scors first half—Tech 24, Mercer 0. Second half—Score: Tech 29, Mer- RACES. BENNING. Wselilngtoii, Nov. 34.—Here ere Hie re sult* of today's races: FIRKT MACE—Seven furlongs: Work man, 142 iMHIrr), 5 lo 2, won; BelleStro, 106 (la's), 7 to 6, aecolld; Asollnn. 94 (Not ter), 4 to 5, ttilnl. Time 1:29 2-6. RBI'OND HACK—Three to 114 a: Tnllfarr. 140 (Ihinehnei, 3 to 1, won: Eases, 117 intone), • to 6. second; Mount llenry, 142 tMr. I’ese), 2 to 5. third. Time, 4:17. Til litl> HACK—Five anil onr-linif fur longs: TemernJre. Ill) (Miller), 4 to L won Narrcllc, 110 iDIckaon), 5 to I, accouii; Am bush, 107 (Horner), even, third. Time, 1:102-6. FOURTH RACE—Mile and a half: Banker, 113 (Miller), 12 to 1, won; Cederstrome, 112 (W. Doyle), 10 to 1, second: Dainty, 109 (Notter), 1 to 3, third. Time, 2:41 3-5. FIFTH RACE—One mile and seven ty yards:. Oxford, 116 (Miller), 0 ti 20, won; Pretension, 107 (Schilling), even, second; Ormonde's Right, 112 (Nutter), out, third. (Pretension die qualified for fouling.) SIXTH RACE—Mile and three-alx- teentha: Emperor'of Indio, 102 (Mil ler). even, won; Ivanhoe, 112 (Let), 2 to 1, second; Winifred A., 99 (Mer cado), 1 to 2, third. Time ,2:06 3-5. ~NEW 0RLEAN8. New Orleene, La., Nor. 24.—Here Is the result of today'* races: FIH8T HACK Optional, 8 lo 'I. won! Quinn hrndy, even, .second; laser, 13 to 1, third. SECOND RACE—Glial, 7 to 6, won; Beau Brummel, 2 to 5, second; Jocumo. 4 to 6, third. THIRD RACE—Judge Coats* 6 to 1. won; Dr. Hprulll. 9 tb 2, second; Oily, even, third. FOURTH RACE—Belmere, 7 to 5. won; Meadow Breese, 4 to 1, second; Hnnnlhnl Bey. 2 to 1, third, FIFTH RACE—Toboggan. 8 to 6, won Cutter. 4 to 5, second; Allencon, 7 to 10. third. ..,sis* THREE T OTHER FOOTBALL QAME8. 81. Johns, 2; Johns Hspkina, 0. Annapolis. Nov. 24.—St. Johns' fool- ball team this afternoon defeated Johns Hopkins by a score of 2 to 0. Minnesota 8. Indiana 4. Dartmouth 0. Brown 28. Amherst 0. Swarthmore 21. Army.0, Syracuse 4. Lafayette 33. Lehigh 0. Navy 6, Virginia 0. Chicago 33, Nebraska 5. Medico Chi. 0, Jefferson 11. AGENT KILLED; BLOODHOUNDS , ARE ON TRACK Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 24.—Blood* hounds are scouring the country in search of three robbers who secured $6,000 after shooting Agent Adame, of the Adame Expreee office at Kayford early this morning. Adame had re turned for something he had forgotten and was attacked when he tried to en ter hie office. Adame waa bound and carried some distance away.. After robbing the of fice the desperadoes set fire to the building. Adams will recover. OILLEAS TO RESIGN 3d V.-PRESIDENCY STOPPED WORK SUDDENLY; SAID LORD COMMANDED HIM NOT TO MOVE AGAIN Trembling with fear anil with deathly pallor mapped In hi* face, wflrker nnmed Dunn suddenly ceased labor at the Brookwood Green-houses, Peachtree road. Friday morning stif fened In hi* track*, and declared that the Lord had commanded him to quit work and not to move nn Inch until given permission by Him to do »o. Under the Influence of his *uppo*ed ommand, Dunn stood on the spot where he stopped work from 10 o'clock In the morning until 8:30 o'clock in the He refused to eat a bite of * of 6 yard*. Veeder then ti led a J anything and all the pleading* of nti- I from the Held on hi* own 40-yurd 1 m< , r „ UI< friend* failed to move him an ne. but the ball went wide by 10 yard*. ] (nc-2l li" ball wn* brought bark to Hnr- : when he was Anally takefi from the -irrt’aa 25-yard line and Foster punted .,| H ,. 0 w here he stood by sheer force, he ■ Bigelow In inldlleld, who ran It book ,. riru | nP( ] |,|„ physical control —■* ' yard*. On an Inside kirk Yale ... , rum ,i lr house . and walked from the’house, apparently as well a* anyone. . , At 10 o'clock Friday morning em- **• F t '* n **>" bnl ' 7 n ,he ployees of the grcen-h.iuse were star- v hoi fniin.1 >-, main V ,Is aii [| (M j h) . [|, r siublrn stiffening of a co worker, Dunn, In hi* track*. Dunn had been working among the flowers, when he received what he believed to be a command from the Lord. When hi* companion." saw th- healthy glow on the man’* face turn to a deathly pallor, they crowded about him. They excit edly demanded to know the trouble. "Lord Commanded Me." line,! 20 yard*. Boothe went in for Yale In plai *v nox.. He wa* given the ball or 1st play, hut failed to gain. Yale wa* i-nallxed 5 yard* for off-side playing. U'Hime gained S yard* on a double "P*. In a splendidly executed forward •bs Forhe* got the ball on Harvard's yard line. Yale men In the grand- ■md went crazy. Yale Fails at Lin*. Vein failed nt a line piny. A high Continued on Peg* Three. without the least hesitation replied: "The Lord commanded me to stop working and to stand still until He told me to move. I Intend obeying III* command." , Dunn refused to eat any food during the entire day. "I’m cold; I'm hungry',” he said, "but I can't eat anything,” Pleadings of his friend* falling to have any effect on Dunn, his brother was sent for. Dunn ellll declared his Inten tion of stkying In his tracks until the Lord gave him permission to go. Men were afraid to touch Dunn. There was something weird about the whole thing that put a slight feeling of fear hi the heart* of all. Two policemen who were called Anally took courage enough to lift the man bodily from the spot. »• A* soon a* he wa* removed an Inch from the place where ha seemed trans fixed, Dunn I* said to have recovered completely. He did not appear at the green-hou»e to Work Rnturday and hi, employer* have heard nothing of hltr since Friday evening. Dunn live* nea> Grant park- III In STREET Tentative negotiations looking to the purchase of that property bounded by Ivy and Ellis streets, nn the north and east, the Grand alley on the south and the Aragon hotel property on the west side, are known to be under way by the committee seeking a site for the pro posed armory and auditorium. An In spection .has been made of this site, and its proximity to hotels and thea ters and central location ha* made a favorable Impression upon the Individ ual members of the committee. The site Is regarded as an Ideal on*. The available area Is considerably more than half an ordinary city block. A generous portion of the real estate Is yet unimproved, and other portion* only temporarily Improved. Two very old residences are situated on Ellis street, but they would bring little If plnced on the present msrket. The entrance may be from Ivy street. The large building used some months ago a* a skating rink muy he raxed to make way for one of the _ handsomest auditorium* and armories roughest sections of Fulton county. It' in the country. It Is possible that ar- Alniost within a stone's throw of the city limits, one of the Inrgest, most complete and substantially established Illicit distilleries was captured by local revenue officers Friday two miles north of the city pumping station. The still was not In operation and the owner ship 1* shrouded In a vague mystery. In the raid, made by J. .W. Martin, deputy collector, and M. \V. Hcott, dep uty marshal, 1,000 gallons of beer were raptured. The raiders secured a 100- gallon copper still, cap and Worm, a 40. gallon wooden still and a condenser. The apparatus wa* still warm when the officers arrived on the scene, and the Indications were that the last run had been made Thursday. whisky wa* Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 24.—The coro ner, In hi* verdict rendered In the Bal timore and Ohio wreck at W'nod.vllle, Ind.. place* the blaihe on three train men. The coroner places the dead In the wreck nt slxty-one, HERRMAN 0PP08ED TO HARRY PULLIAM t'lnclnnutl, O., Nov. 24.—”1 am ap posed to the re-election of Harry I’ul- ilnm as president of the National Base ball League," said Mr. Herrman today. "Have you any one whom you will name as hi* successor T he was asked. "P have, arrived a\ this rqnclvilon without reference to anyone, and ant Biting only a* my sense of fairness promps me." "It I* possible that I will name a can didate that I* put forth by some other faction In the National League But under no condition will Harry Fulliam be the candidate to receive my vote." K|H*'I||| to The Georgian. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 24. .Major Michael, third vice president of the 1111- j nol* Central announced todny that he would resign his position st nn early date und go to California to live, gave no Is assign* ment. 1 tv. L. Hmlth recently appointed , Memphis agent and personal represen tative of President Harahan, ha* taken over proctlcnlly all the work devolving j on Ullleas. Major Glllesia ha* been with the , Illinois Central forty-el*hi years, starting a* messenger boy. He was assigned to the Memphis office fifteen years ago. OOOO0Q0OOO0OOO00O0OOO OOOO0 a O 0 MARK TWAIN’S BOOK O O BARRED FROM LIBRARY. O i o o. O New York. Nov. 24.—Mark O O Twain's "Eve's Diary," has been O . O barred from the Charlton public O 0 library of Winchester. Maes. On O O every left-hand jiage la a picture O O of Eve. Garden of Eden style, o O Trustee Waketicl'd decided to act O O after looking at a picture depict- o O Ing Eve pensively reclining on a 0 O rock. O o O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The Fourteenth mountain battery, I Captain Gately commanding, today re turned to Camp Columbia, at Havana, < 'uba. after a ten day*' march In Plnar ■ OHIO ,,-ilmly folded Ills arms and del Rio nrortrs’e. ly protected by the high cliffs and thick was full- and thick undergrowth near that sec tion of the upper Chattahoochee river known as the "Narrows." The officer* experienced con*lderab!e difficulty In getting to the-still and were somewhat exhausted by climbing about the cliffs and struggling with the thick shrub bery. "The still had probably been estab lished and running for the past ten months or a year,” said Deputy Col lector Martin Raturday morning, "ax the arrangement* showed plainly that the owner or operator* were there for business, with no Intention of quitting. The locution was an Ideal one for an illicit outfit. In fact, every Indication showed that the men were shrewd and calculating. The raid Is an Important ons because of the proximity of the s-MI lo Atlanta.” rangement* may be made for u Peach tree entrance Into the pmp.>*cd audi torium, but the exceptionally high price of property north of the Grand theater may make this Impossible because of the limited umounl of funds at the dis posal of the committee. options have been secured on nearly all of this property, and It is almost practically a settled fact that unless other property owners are too high In their price* the site will be decided upon by the committee. A raging prairie fire, which Is report ed to have swept from western Texas Into eastern New Mexico. Is said to have burned over n million tines of grazing and homestead lands. Sev eral people have perished, while nearly J00,000 head of rattle are left without grazing. ACKNOWLEDGES FAULT, BEGS FORGIVENESS OF THE CONFERENCE Rev. Bingham Tenders Credentials as Minis ter of the Gospel. HpeHal to Tin- <le«»rgla*. M llledge vllle. <Sa., Nov. 24.—When Kev. R. J. Blghsm’a name wn* railed tmlay hi* preaiding elder tendered hi* credential* to the conference. The conference, by a vote of 144 to 52, reflated to accept hi* credential*. Then Jtev. II. J. Kill* presented a written accuHHtloti itfpiinNt Dr. Bi*» ham of immorality. Hluhop Ward ap pointed a fotpmlttee to inveHtlirate and report whether or not a trial I* nece** nry. • ’ Dr. Blffham mode a humble ac knowledgment of hi* fault and the forgivene** of the conference On the report of thl* committee the con ference will act a* to forgivene— .>i .i formal trial. The sent • • -nt of li ** body I* largely In favor of forgivene** At the ml**lonao anniversary Ium night Treanurer randier reported o\. r 941.000 collected for inlulon* thl* yeat Thl* amount wa*vlncrea*ed by a •pe dal collection for Korea of |2,50v, aft • or the thrilling adUretm of Rot. J U. Moo*e, for *oven year* mia-iomtr} there. Rev. T. l\ Bettertoa wa* allownJ .* location at III* own reci«if>*t. There \\ •« no dlitru*Mlon of hi* cant. The committee In the Klghuni ch-o In: Dr. J. It. Hamnmud, t\ K. Divvmai). J. K. Dickey. I«ocal pulpit* Sunday will h<* HU a* follow*: Presbyterian. J. W. I.« I. H. Hopkins; Baptist, r. K. J. II. Kuke*; Normal t’olleg.*. i Walton; Military College, it. r. i Sanitarium. W. O. Butler.