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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER IS. 19W. 17 ATLANTA MARKETS. fRU' TS AND PRODUCE. f f -ore-CandM. acHre. 89c. II FfvK POL-LTRY—Henj. active. J2H«»e I ‘V. l l. rUckse* plentiful, BC=c each: ^ s*t; elgln. We each; puddle. SCKe , Jw. full f-<itl>er*d. «>c each; tar- «"• T.TiTe lie pound. k, An'FSKKD POULTRV-Geese. undrawn, "if pound: turkey*.undrawn, lift ISC pound: fcene. undrawn. iw V iv pound: ducks, undrawn, finer, iv iiolmfl: cneatnuis ncuTe. - . .iriMl nnnles. *e pound; white p«e» R.50 buihel; tody pent, JS.00; itock. B ;-*ME-Qn**l. Me «Mta: ilnres. re ,'; A 'y ,.*ch: ducks. mallard.- letlTe. Me iiiirk* mixed* uetlv«», 2*»e eneb; ”,'iJ't„r«-ref le«ieti, lie pound: rnhhlti, ic „l|il turk J» ( , h s( ,|il-- r ,'U 1 netlve. Me ench “V,v'iin" itreried. leMVe, lie pound; opoe "fflUlW-Reuiooi*fStoJj^Memenn, M.50® linnnn*. iwr linneh. culls. nctlro, L£,,A straights. ll.SWi(£ I'luenppletu .toek. per crate. IT.Of). Oranges Florida .(nek owing to «lsn and cendltfol '* H, r ”>• l2.iWJ.50. Apple;. ". Je llen Davis. C.2I«SA9; fnney, &]5: J. York itite npples. winter vnrte- S ,Price, per luu-rel. JS.2Wj4.50; fancy, r,' ~tgfi m firnpua, N#w York fi>6*lk #Wl*Concord*. smVAc: Niagara*. 22*AO a^SitSCS. THFZ'fr- Ct*nb*rrle*. fMicy ft* Cm*' CoU*. p^t * 1^}\rMn v , $11.00. Orxne fruit. WorWn J*vk "•» IBB to t \ rr color, per luix J1.50 irS' I luie*. Florid* mock, per hundred, fifa 1 Nut’’ fancy, tailed. In hoie*. tier l 'lusiKc. Coeonnuli. heavy rullnnl. I", r of I'd. relive, lit 11.59 rack. Peanuts la ** I. ,.eriialM« MO pouuda eiefc, owlar t» Sid’ per iHiund. 4Wi«c. ‘iiV’rTdlibB*— Bi*et». cehtuiie crate*. „.ihe' sr. DO crate; cabbage. atimlnrd crate*. 'slid: cabbage. horn-la, 2c pound; ' ni'int. active. 12.50 crate; enenni- XL ri 69 crate; toiuitnee. fnticr. net left ■lid' crate; touiatoe*. choice. active. 12.00® Fc erefc bean*, round green. *6.00 crate, Sen. die. active. 11c bushel: Irish poU- Ii tlr'e No. 1. We liuabel; rel-ry. ran; Lr C'fiWic lumcb: peiiper* active. 12.23 nim, ill Imket*. suinll. *550 crate, 'ti mer, active. WlOe pound; lettuce. £.., i,"l ll>>»2 dlllio: sweet potatnei. *0!- K'.,Clive. «1 liuabel: aweet notntoee.whira. L°ii,c 50c bushel: kraut. halt-barrel. f,i''ii,ns» turnips. like. UtranrUcrrles. *«tOc cntti*. ( flour, grain and provisions. rioMt—Hbtlient, pa tool. ILH; belt rat- ... « to; Standard patent. 14.25: ho If pit- Int it so: utiriuff urlirat patent. St. i\R V-*Cholt**? ml coIn, 69c; No. 2 wblt*, • voll**ur. 07«*: iwiMl. «•«*: ol'l «'n»p tSr. oKI trop No. -*• **<-•: old frop ;;r: wnv while. «k*; crack s 1 < •ii»»lrI*^Yvhlte ellprsMt. 4'M; No. 2 174*; Xu. 2 mlfed. i>; Texu• ru»t* Ml'Al.-'-Vlal" %rnt#r-ffron»»«l. ptr buahal. cv i i-'tftl. 1W-i»«uui! Jutp*. jier t»usbcl 00e: Kh«r»R. while. H.Mjaedlnmo 11.40; hrowo. I! 3 |.nre lirnn. $1.25; mlxitl brand. $1.15. HAY—Tlinoth/. cbolctf Inr» hale*. $1.25: J ,. rt of,*» small bale*. $1.3; do.. No. 1 ui.*r. iuIvhI, $1.20: do.. N«». 2 clover nixed l*. rholcc Bermuda. DOc. I» y i; i!corgln. $1.00; Tennessee, 90c. Bar- firleus are f. o. b. A riant*. I'ROVIHIONS—Stinrem# bam*, ltr. Dot* lu.v lw-. California hnin*. $9.00. Dry salt , lilt-. $9: lielllea. 2S6 |miuih1m. fnf . irks v*i; philea. 8.00; “ Kuiiw Inlft (-uiapouud •ut. |Kimi 1; blue, flail. Sc pound: pom- no. lSlfjOe ihmiimI, lllncker^»l%• inmiihI. nilx- tk- iiounil; fresh wtarr trout. SftlOc ninl; !«tr s’wd. wO^COc; rock ihaU. 2&U30c. GROCERIES. M GAn-stutMtnrn *rabuiat«Nl. «.it. son York i♦•flnod. 4*ic; plautaflon, $e. LVl’FKK—Roaafed Arhockle’*. |1< SO: balk i 11urs or burrcla. ISHd »reen 11012c. RK'E-t'arollM. 4H4$7V^c. according to tb« crude. rilEl'XE-Ptncy full cream dairy, UHc; twins. 15c. Mired fled ld*cirlt. $5 cn*e: No. 2 rolled Its. 13 case. Hack grit*. 92-pound Iws*. $1.6. Oysters, full weight. $1.75 cate*. HjrtJt ‘cbt. $1.10 wise. KvnponitiHl apples ml. repper. ISc. unking powder*. $3 Red saliuou, $5 case. l*1nk salmon • esse. Cocoa, 30r; «h<M-olste 35c: snuff. Im'iiihI Jars. 48c. Itonst lteef, $1.30 ease. •»nivd l*ecf. $1.9) case. Catsup. $1.80 case. Simp: New Orleans. .Tk*•gallon; corn 3c : t’uba 35e gnllou; fleorgla cane, 35c. 1 GO-pound. 50c. Axle grease, $1.73. ■ntrkor*. fi’ac non ml; lemon 7*ic; or*. «fr 7c. Barrel cniuf.v, per pound. 6c; mix* *•<1 per |H»tni|. «VAc. Tomatoes, 2 pound. I! >/ case; 2 pound, $2.3. Nary beans. 92; Lima In'iiiis, 5>i<'. nest umtebes. per gross, IL'-i. Mnrnruul, rA®7c per pound. Sar dines. in us fa nl. S3.25 case. Potasti. 93.290 SA't i n sc. Ten nuts. 5*4e. Roi»e, 4-ply cot* ten L'l'.fce. Soap, $1,504/4 case. Personal Mention Continued from Page Nine. Mri and Mri. James Dunlap, who have recently mvived here from Atlanta, have purcluueti. the Hanahan home, H01 Snuth £leeenth street.—Birming ham Mews. Dr. Archibald Smith hue moved to Iimtpn Park and Is making his home with Mrs. Randall.at 958 Hdgewood av enue. Mr. Wylie O. Cbirke Is. spending a few daya Jn Birmingham. Mrs. Edvard Hasper will spend the Ohrintmus holidays In Augusta with per parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cal vin. Miss Anntf Butler, of CStlcImmauga, Ga., Is vtsHitw Miss Flaye Bowden, of Bast Atlanta. MUsw Hagtle and Demise Price are tlie guests of Miss Mary Truitt at La Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Risaell and Miss Edith Russell have moved fruni the Marlbor ough and are occupying an apartment In the Lenox orr Pi rter Place. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Tounsiey and lit tie son, Douglas, will spend the holidays In Perry with Mr. and Mrs. L. R Tounsiey, Mr. R. 8. Tounstey’s parents. Misses Annie Maude and Mabel Well born have returned from a visit to friends at Greensboro, Qa. Mrs. John Maddox Is visiting her pa. rents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cham plon, at Greensboro. Miss Edna Frederick, of Marshall vllle, Is the guest of her' brother, Mr. Holmes Frederick, on Merritt, ave nue. Mrs. B. M. Hall Is visiting friends.at Decatur, Ala. Mis, Kate Fort will spend the holl days with relatives at Chattanooga. Miss Helen Bagley Is the guest of Mfsn Mary Bagley. at Amerlcus, and la receiving many social courtesles«lurtng her visit to thnt city. Mrs. Lorenxo Ctisby. of West. Point, Miss.: Mrs. G. -Mortimer Williams, of Birmingham, and Mrs. Minnie B. A1 len. of Montgomery, arc the truest* of Mr. George R. Browder and the Misses Browder. Mr. and Mrs. 7 T. L. Tinsley ,nnd Miss Bernice Tinsley will leave .lanuary for Denver. Colo., where they'wlll make their home. Mrs. Burton Smith will return from New York Monday. Miss Julian Perdue and Mrs. James English Vaughan. Jr„ returned home Thursday. They were accompanied by Miss Emily Wooten, of Dawson. in HEAVY DELIVERIES EXPECTED ON .TAN. Y-'v York, I)cc. IS.—The Hun any*: *•"•*'*» 1 effect of the Inrge receipt* l " u nml Interior town* n;>* nppnroiit both blir shipment* of cotton toward the • nt home nml aliroml or not. The nr- - both nt the port* nml the town* Inrjfe. nml. moreover. *o fnr n» I he •MoatIon la concerned, effort* nre Ik*'- depreoH the innrket by Hreu- ... ... If remains f" Ira- Neeri whether the dellrerlen wdll be «*r not. Meniitime, the stock nt New ;'"i' !■* certainly lneren«lng. nml, cer- H'li'ly. tiH», the dlfferetieea on low Krndu *here nre not so favorable to the £;-‘v.;r of stiehf grades «* they are at the N,, 'v Orleans. I»ih-. 15.-The Time* I>em- oci.tt s-iys; “A monster movement; fear o'" tin* next Kinuers’ report may Ik* hull- l,|,; •oitlpjHlean advice* eoneernliiK the *l N,t markets; some eonjerture over the f' r "|i:ifi|e effect of imsailde re selling of now 'I* and replaecf! cotton: the proo|H>et "f tic- necessity for the further replacing •• ♦‘••t ton on w hich delivery ha* been de- '■ 1 because of transportation compllca- • nd an eiitniigleinent of Idea* con- - the standard net nml stondnrd *" weight Istlc nasi* of supply and re- 'fur. i.icut ♦tileiiliitions were some of the •'onflletiiitf luituence* at work on . r.lny’s cotton market. In the nlweuee ‘-iiin^h snpiiort. therefore, price oiijmv Jf ntN ••xperleiieiHl little difficulty In aluiv- ***7 ’alius to an attractive level. .Homo timrket fnetors wert* euiplutnlxed rather l' r,, iiiliu*ntly, but no fresh ones developed, “ ,1,1 out si i |e interest wn* difficult to In- ►imv 'j'he neck’s movement was not wind- ! '"•■•iiisli. Irlieti carefully analysed."— *‘ ,M *rt it Olay. STOCKS REVIEWED BY NEW YORK SUN N» , York, Dec. 15.—The Sun «avs: i u. stock market ban so often within n ■ '•t four month* attested Its power !" l *tt,idly reverse Its dally movement :; lat the Impetuous turn about face In ''“lent rally in the price of the lead- inK >u»eks, aside from the Great ^'Tthern and Northern Pacific shares, [' lll# 'h carried thelf price so far up- , ar,t to wipe out In a majority of glances all the losses made In them * nun-day, and In some Instances to ausA gains to be recorded over the <i,IN uig quotation* of Wednesday. The " ll ' feature of the movement that was * all « urb»ijs was the failure of the *';*< ailed mu stocks to sympathize ,, 1 It In any notable degree. These nl. *’■ H,t houah they closed higher an they did on the preceding day, still rose but slightly In comparison . di their recent heavy decline. It ' nt lenst evident, however, that vv «« no resumption yesterday of ... liquidation In these Issues, and street, after Us usual fashion, t ,! -M to trouble Its mind with Inquiry , r r " l ^e causes of the heav>' selling J ! stocks in the Inst few days”— G'Wt & Clay, Miss Wllhelmlna Drummond Is Forsyth, Ga., where she will remain un til after Christmas. Mr. Rees Marshall has returned home after a week's stay In Savannah, Ga. Miss Sallle Cobb Johnson, who has been visiting l|i Waynesboro, has re turned home. The dance at Segadlo’s last night was one of the most enjoyable given by the young dancing set. Alore than one hun dred young people were present. Major nnd Mrs. George C. Ball left Saturday afternoon for Montgomery. They w ill return Monday evening. Mr. H. S. Penn left for New York Friday night. Miss Anita Penn left for North Car olina Friday night, after a delightful visit to Miss M. A. Phelan. DESERTER - FROM NAVY SURRENDERS TO POLICE w. H. Powell, an Atlanta boy, coxnwaln In the navy, walked Into the police station Saturday morning and surrendered to Captain Mayo, announc ing he in a deserted and dclrea to be sent back to the navy. Tho young man will he accommo dated. He wan locked up and will be tdken to Norfolk, He ntuten that he denerted last June from the Louisiana at Norfolk, having become wearied of navy life. He In formed Captain Mayo he has now tired of civil life and wants to take his pun ishment nnd get hack on his ship. KILLED ms NEIGHBOR OVER OLD TROUBLE. gpoclul to The. Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 15.—As the re sult of an altercation growing out of prevloun trouble, Paul Garst shot and Instantly killed Mack Smith at the Southern depot nt Jonesboro. Tenn., last evening. Garst escaped but later surrendered. , , , Garst and Smith were nelghbor young men nnd both had been held In high esteem. Miss Kimssy Elaettd. Bpeelsl to The Georgian. Gainesville, On., Dec. Io.—Miss Min nie Klmsey, of Cleveland, a daughter of Judge J. J. Klmsey. has been elected a teacher In the Gainesville public schools to succeed Miss Jennie Kendall, who has resigned F, CARTER THE F. Carter Tate, United Htates district at torney, returned to Atlanta from Washing ton Saturday mornltig nnd put to rest ;i recent report thnt Important changes would take place In his offlcc. "You can say there will be no change In this office,*’ said Mr. Tate. "There will be an attorney and two assistant nttorneya. Both the present occupant* will not be changed, but will retain their positions." Mr. Tate went to Washington lu the In terest of the court house nt Home, more room being needed for the federal courts. He said he wns almost certain thnt suffi cient appropriation would be made to secure the additions necessary. REJECTED SUITOR Denver, Colo., Dec. 15.—Because hi# fiancee In Austria wrote him that he gambled too much und did not save his money, wherefore she would not marry him, Joseph Tomlc, of Delagua, Colo., Jumped into a huge coke oven, which was being run at a white heat. READY TO EQUIP ARE TO BE PROBED New York, Dec. 15.—Asserting that startling conditions exist In many of the private- Insane asylums In this city, that many persons have been commit ted to them Illegally and are being held in them, and that many of the places have no licenses, the state com missioner of lunacy announces that he will begin a searching Investigation that will close many of the sanita riums. The Investigation has been under consideration for some time, but It has now been brought to a head by the sui cide of two victims In salntariums within the last week. Last Tuesday Mrs. Cora Thomas killed herself by Jumping from a window in a sanitarium of Dr. A. Josephine. Ethel M&croberts, who escaped from the sanitarium of Dr. Jaubrey Vaugh, Brooklyn, Jumped Into the sea at Coney Island. MRS.SOOTH LECTURES ON LIFE BEHIND OARS ELECTRIC RAIL! So far has the work progressed the preliminary arrangements for building the lnterurban trolley line be. tween Atlanta and Macon, via Griffin, that plana were wade at a meeting held Friday afternoon by the” directors of the Georgia Construction Company to purchase the equipment for the new road. At this meeting, held In the offices Kills, Wlmblsh & Ellis, in the Pru dentlal building, reports were made from the various engineering corps which have been In the held, which show that everything Is now ready for the work of construction. Three routes have been surveyed be tween Atlanta and Macon, and while each one of these three Is shorter than the shortest route by steam railroad, “le directors have not yet decided hlch one to select. At the meeting the w’ork of selecting -iff electrical equipment was gone Into and plans made for the purchasing the cars and machinery for the power plant. The Georgia Construction Com pany Is the corporation wdilch is build Ing the road for the Atlanta, Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company, and as soon as the road is finished will be turned over to the latter cor poratlon. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VIA GEORGIA RAIL ROAD. On account of Christmas holiday tickets will be sold at all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi river, Bt. Louis, Mo., Included, at rate of one and one-third first-clans fare, plus 25 cents, for the round trip. Tickets on sale at all stations De camber 20 to 25, .30, 31 and January final limit January 7, 1907. • For further Information apply to any ticket agent, or A. Q. JACKSON, C. C. M’MILLIN G. P. A. A. G. P. A. Augusta, Ga. STATISTICS. An appreciative audience greeted Mrs. Maud Balllngton Booth, the fa mous lecturer, who spoke at the arand opera house Friday night on "Llghta and Shadows ot Prison Life.” Mrs. Booth Is an earnest speaker, and the audience heard her with manifest enthusiasm. Mrs. Booth la devoting Haturday to visiting the places ot Interest In the city, especially the prisons. Sunday morning she will conduct services out at the Federal prison. She has apart ments at the Piedmont hotel. She ar rived here Friday afternoon over the Seaboard from Greenwood, 8. C. WOMAN ATTACKED WHILE IN BUGGY Wheeling, W. Va., Dec, 15.—Mrs, J. L. Held, an aged woman living near Roundsvltle. W. Va., was attacked and brutally handled by a negro yestor day afternoon. Mrs. Reid was In her buggy on her way to the village. She was dragged from the buggy and overpowered when the negro was frightened away by the approach'of a vehicle, which contained B. H. Worth ington and his wife, Mrs. Reid was taken back to her home. WITTE, IN ANGER. TO QUIT RUSSIA St. Petersburg, Doc, 16.—It Is said that Count Witte, who la disappointed at the reception given him, will leave Russia In January. He has not said where ho will make his future home. It is denied that he has presented a memorandum to the emperor. Evidence given by Vice Admlial Rojestvensky regarding the condition of the ships of his squadron and the officers were contradicted by several witnesses. DR. CURTIS COMES TO AID CHHjDREN Arrangements have been completed by the Associated Charities and the Atlanta Sociological Society for the lecture to be delivered Monday night b» Dr. Henry S. Curtis on play grounds for the children and of what benefit th Tlie "lecture will ho given lit the hall of the Y. M. C. A. and It will be fully Illustrated by a large collection of stereopticon views which Dr. Curtis hnn collected In various parts of the coun- DEATH3. Amanda Colbert (colored), aged 80 Year*; died of old age at Falfon county alms ItOUNC. Mr*. Krnnia Bell, aged 26 years; died nt y*?*rs, PROPERTY TRANSFERS. $3,500—J. J. tlurlnud to W. B. Wharton, house anil lot at Stf Fust Plus street. War rnnty deed. $23—Holly wooi! Cemetery Company to Ilarrlman (’.lender, lot lu Hollywood cem etery. Wantitify deed. $2,650— Mr*. Harah T. Hewitt to James B. Haley, lot on Ponce DoIakiu avenue, near Jneknon street. Warranty title deed. $550—Amedu* A. Lyon to Cyutbln K. Lyon, lot on Bdwaril street, uenr Ilusb street. Warranty deed. Pryoi street, to make alteration* In brick build 1 ’j490-Dr. E. L. Conley, to build frame terr. nnt’n house at 4G5 Hunter street. $1,500—W. 1*. Inmnn, to build one-story frame dwelling at 204 Bast Georgia avenue. $425—W. P. Itnnnu, to build oue-story frame dwelling at 515 Glenn street. $425—W. P. Inman, to build oue-story frame dwelling *t 617 Glenn ntreet. $45'>—J. T. Clements, to build addition to oue-story frame dwelling at 354 Highland avcuue. REBEL LEADER ENDS OWN LIFE Guayaquil. Ecuador, Dec. 16.—Rebel Leader Vega, who was captured at Ayancuy, shot and killed himself yes terday at Cuena, when an effort was mads to rescue the rebel prisoners. The troops fired and dispersed the mob. Then Colonel Vega drew his revolver and committed suicide. Friends of the rebels say he was as sassinated. NEW SPENCER AVENUE JS NOT YET NAMED The proposltl&n to change the name of Madison avenue to Spencer avenue was held over by the streets commit tee of council Friday afternoon. The members wanted more time. In which to find what the people on Mad ison avenue thought about the pro posed change. The ordinance will not be acted -upon by the committee until after the meeting of council Monday. ur . . urtis will make a tour of the South lecturing on this subject, and from Atlanta he will go to several ther lnr«e Kontlicrn cltle-l BOOKS, GUENOARS, XMAS CAROS, PICTURES, NOVELTIES. Gift Children's Books 5e to »3-00 Little Tot's Books *« “0 Latest Popular Fietiona 50e Leather Classics »1.00 75c Burnt Leather Claccict ,...S0e 85c Leather Poem* 50c Very dainty 50e Gift Foams 25c Beautiful Xmas Cards 10c to (1.00 Exquisite Calendars JOe to 83.J0 Framed Pictures 25c to $1.00 Alco The Chriety Girl and One Year’s Subscription to The Reader $3.00 SOUTHERN BOOK CONCERN, 71 Whitehall St. ]. C. GA'OAN, Manager. OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTI L CHRISTMAS UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK. FIVE SUFFRAGISTS WILL GO TO JAIL London, Dec. IS. 5 —Five of the femalo suffragist* arreated for attempting; to meet within the precinct* of parllame it were arraigned and sentenced to nay fine* of $3 each, or in default, go to Jail for a fortnight, In a police court. The women elected to go to prison. DOUBLING THE CAPACITY OF WALTON COTTON MILLS, Sperittl t»» The Ueorglau. Athens, Ga., Dec. 16.—The Walton County Cotton Mills will at once double their output. Machinery Is now com ing In and the entire plant will be doubled In capacity. The present capacity of tho plant is 5,000 spindles, 168 looms. 2,500 bale* ot cotton are annually u*ed, 300 operators are employed and a capital stock uf $140,000 I* used. Hon. C. T. Mobley Is pre*ldent of the company and Is to be congratulated on the great succesa which the business prove*. DECLARES NAVY BILL 18 REPUBLICAN DOCTRINE. Hpedal 1»» The Oorgluo. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 16.—At a meeting of the Hamilton County Demo cratic .Club last night Robert P. Wood ard. a well-known attorney, criticised Congressman Moon, because he said Judge Moon had departed from the principle* of the Democratic imrty, and is now advocating a large navy, which Mr. Woodard characterized a* a Repub lican doctrine. “I cannot support a man who will advocate such doctrines," said he. Answering Mr. Woodard, Thomas P. McMahon sold he was In favor of the passage of a resolution by the club re questing Judge Moon and the two sen ators from Tennesaee to support the measure for enlarging the navy. . The member* of the club may attend the Inauguration of Governor Patter son. NEWS FORECAST OF COMING WEEK Washington, Dec. 16.—Having Indulged In the uausl preliminary skir mishing, congress Is prepared to enter upon the real work of lha ses sion with the beginning of Its third week. To start the ball rolling, the president will on Monday send In his special message on Panama, giving his observations nntl recommendations regarding isthmian affairs, baaed on his recent visit to Panama. The period of two months fixed for the voting to decide who shall control the Mutual and the New York Ufa Insurance Companies will expire Tuesday, and the polls will close on that day. The result may not be announced for some time, as It Is believed It will take weeks to count the hitllots. The opening of bids to complete the building of the Panama canal, which wns to have taken place during the coming week, has been post, pone,I until January. The Association of Virginians In New York city will on Wednesday night give a notahln banquet at Delmonleo's In celebration of the 500th anniversary of tho snlllng of the Sara Constant, Godspeed ahd Discovery from Blackwnll, England, for Virginia, being the Inception of EngllBh colonial enterprises In America. Sixteen persons, In as many different states, ar* under sentence to pay the denth penalty for murder next Friday— ftjur days bafor* Christ ina*. The number is the largest scheduled for any one day In many year*. uuivrai UW.P.T An effort I* being made by the offi cials of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic to secure trackage rights over the Atlanta and West Point from At lanta to IsaGrange, In order that pas senger schedules may be Inaugurated between Atlanta and Brunswick. The matter I* now up to President Wicker- sham, of the West Point Route, who i* out of the city. In the event arrangements can be made thl* service will bo established early In January. The route followed by the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic from Brunswick to Birmingham I* a short line, and when the branch to Atlanta from the main line at Warm Bprlngn I* completed a new route to Brunswick will be opened which will be but a few mile* longer than the Southern from j\tlanta to Brunswick. Notwithstanding this difference of a few miles, the officials of the new road believe firmly that tho Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic can operate trains between the two cities on better schedule time than the Southern, thus making a formidable competitive bid for the passenger business. The new line opens a comparatively new section of south Georgia, and will bring It within a few hours of Atlantu. ACCIDENT POLICIES CAUSE OF TROUBLE A bill of roinplnlnt and an Injunction were filed Maturdujr In the United Htates court of the Northern district of Ueorgla by the United Htates Casualty Company against the Vlrg(nln>(’nroIlna Chemical Company, enjoining the latter company from removing from the Jurisdiction of the court any of their hooka or records luddcnt to an nc* ‘omiting to the Insurance company of the mount* of payrolls for certalu years. The hill la dependent to a general 1*111 filed last December against tho head office of the chemical company nnd I* similar to other hill* filed In every district wherein the company ha* headquarter*. The In- aurauce company claim* to have Usued some 28 policies, insuring the chemical com pany ngulnnt damage* growing out of ac cident* to employee*. Tho premium* are based upon the tiumber of employee* and the amount of annual payrolln. The *ub- poenn w«* nerved on It. H. Ham*, repre senting the defendant company In Atlanta. tiouIWns ARE SNOWED IN IS PRESENTED TO St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 15.—The xvoint anow ntorin In ycur* I* reported by the rallrnud* here which hnvn Western ex tension.. It I* reported that aome of tlie Great Northern through train, are completely anowed In. The anow in many caaea la piled 20 feet high and traffic la at n stand.tlll. Special In The Georgian. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 15.—Practically at the aame hour today allvar aarvlcas, tha gift* of the ataten for which they ware named, were preaented to the armored cruller Tenneaaee In Hampton Road, and to the battleahlp Virginia In the Norfolk navy yard. Governor flog, of Tenneaaee, made the presentation apeeclt and Mias Cox, hla daughter, made the preaentatlon on the Tenneaaee. Tha cruller Montana wa# launched at Newport News at 8:66 o'clock thla morning: It waa a complete auceeaa. Tennasits Party. The Tenneaaee party which accom panied Governor John I. Gog from Nashville to Norfolk to attend tha pre sentation traveled on a special train of three coachea. Tha psrsonnsl of tha party was aa follow*; Governor John I. Cox, wife and daughter. Mary; Colonel A. H. Shook, wife and daughter; Rutledge Smith and wife, H. W. and Mr*. Mynderx, N. II. Whlto and wife, Captain Charlea It. Kogan nml wife, R. Houston Dudley and wife, W. B. Romlne and wife, Mra. James B. Fraxler and daughter, Griffin Smith, J. E. Bhlpley, D. P. A. Southern railway; Hon. Lon Fouat. Staff—General J. H. Hardwick and wife, General R. E. L. Mountcaatle and wife, General J. B. Pound and wife, Colonel Harvey Alexander, Colonel J. J. Mitchell Hnd wife, Colonel Ham L. King and wife, Colonel IV. B. Bell und wife, General L. D. Tyaon, Colonel IV. K. Abernathy and wife, Colonel Harris Brown and wife, Colonel Robert Qalla- her and wife, Colonel J. J. Bean and wife, Colonel J, L. Dlbrell and wife, Colonel P. A. Shelton and wife, Colonel W. H. Gasa and wife, Colonel Roy Mar tin. Commission—Hon. John W. Morton and wife, E. 8. Hhnnnon and wife, Hon. A. 8. Williams, Robert L. Burch and wife, Colonel John W. Frys. Committee—J. H. Bruce, W. C. Col Her and wife, J. T. Howell and wife, X* R. Eastman nnd wife, P. M. Kata* and Ife, Edgar Jonas, Dr. J. W. Handley, Judge William Pollard, Roger Kast man, Dr. Hazel Padgett, James Paltnor and wife. GERMANY EACES A SERIOUS CRISIS; STRUGGLE BEGUN Berlin. Dec. 15.—Public Interest la con centrated on the question of the composition of the relchstag which will be elected at the end of January. The government’* action in dissolving the houae I* generally supported, uot because the people favor It* colonial policy, but because thejr were tired of the long tyranny of the (’enter. The real duel lietweeu th* government nnd the Center will only occur When tlie relchstag meets. If, na antici pated, the Center, which command* 8,000,000 out of 11,000.000 vote*. clo*ea the Imperial eleetorate with undltnlnlslied number* and Incomes allied with the social democrat*. It Will he.strong enough at any time to upsut the plan* of the government. ENGII ELECT PRESIDENT Eighty members of the Engineering Society of the South, Including sections from Atlanta, Nashville and Birming ham, met In the eighteenth annual con- ventlon nt the Kimball houae Friday night and elected A. V. Gude, of At lanta, president for the ensuing year. Th* visitors wars shown tha city Saturday and vlalted alt the point* of Interest to civil englneera. Th* party Impeded the Atlanta Terminal sta tion, th* Washington street viaduct, th* Louisville and Nashville freight tarml. null, th* Gat* City terminal* and tha reinforced concrete work In diffarent eectlons of tha city. The annual banquet of the soolety will be given Saturday night In the banquet hall of tha Kimball and the convention will close. Cranberry Jack- son was elected president of th* Allan, ta section Friday night. G. H, Harris, Birmingham, and B. M. cisyton. At lanta, vice president*: H, M. Jones, Naihvllle. secretary and treasurer; Hunter McDonald, Nashville; a. M. • ‘ ind, Nashvl" director*. ICO TO CONTROL LWAY SYSTEM OE 10,000 MILES FOUND DEAD IN ROAD YOUNG MAN IS IDENTIFIED •peclnl to Tho Georgian. Aahevllle, N. C., Dec. 16.—Th* body of a young man about 18 year* of age found Wednesday afternoon lying In the road neur Leicester with a bullet hole through tho head, hns been Iden tilled a* that of Troy Foster, eon of John Foster, of Houth Carolina. The body waa discovered by two small children. It was removed to Lel center and an autopsy held. It wa* at first believed that the young man had either been murdered or had committed suicide, but after a full In vestigation the coroner’s Jury returned a verdict that death probably resulted from the accidental discharge of Fos ter’s pistol. The weapon, u .38-callbre Smith A Wesson revolver, was found the road a few feet from the body, 1th one cartridge discharged. The theory of the coroner'n phyalclan Is that young Foster was examining the piHtoi andliuldlng It close to his face to look down the barrel, the weapon was ac cidentally dlm'hurged, tho ball enter ing the right eye. CHARGED”WITHM UR DEfT JAME8 PLACED ON TRIAL ,Upe< Ini to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 15.—The prelimin ary trial of Cliff Way, charged with the murder of Policeman J. Lem Jones, on November 24 Is being heard today In Hqulre D. B. Morrow’s court. The trial I ill consume the entire dny. The court room I* crowded, but good order prevails. The case is one of much interest on account of Police man Jones’ popularity. MI88ING MAN MURDERED; TWO ARE ARRE8TED 8pe« lnl •*» The Georgian. Asheville, N. Dec. 15,—A body found yesterday, 2 miles east of Lenoir, has been Identified as that of tsawrence Nelson, a resident of thnt place who mysterlou«l> disappeared some tw» weeks ago. Nelson wns t hot through the neck with •» rifle hull, nnd the coroner's Jury yesterday, after hearing testimony, re turned a verdict that the man hnd been murdered. Hatnp Kendall and John Vickers hnve been arrested for the crime ano are nuv/ in Jail at Lenoir* City ot Mexico, Dec. 15.—The Mexl can government la to merge all of the Important railway lines in the country and control the consolidated system. The line* w hich are to be merged are the Mexican Central, the National, the International, the Intyr-Oceanlc and the Hidalgo nnd Northeastern. The mile age of the ayatem will aggregate 10,000. The Telmuntepee National and Vera Crux and Pacific, two other railroad* controlled by the government, will con tinue to be operated as Independent companies. Banking house* Interested In the deal are Ladenburg. Thalmnnn A Co. and Hallgarten A Co., of New York, bank' ers of the Mexican Central railroad. Speyer A Co., of New York, banker* of the National lines, and Kuhn, Loeb A Co., of New York, who represent the Mexican Central Security Company, Limited, of London. Home of the largest bankers In Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and London are In terested In the banking syndicate. The National Bank of Mexico will partici pate In the financial operations. CARR IS CONVICTED; GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS Fifteen years In tha penitentiary la the price Frank Carr, it young white n an, will have to pay for doing the Jesse James act on D. A. McNabb, on aged white man, at the comer of Strong nnd D'AlvIgny streets on the night of October 20. He waa tried In the superior court Thursday for highway robbery, con victed and given this term ot years In the pen. far attempted to prove an alibi by claiming he waa In a Marietta street anl»m at the time the robbery was committed, but thla failed. When he wa* arreated by Officer Htarne*. of the plain clothes force, the watch chain taken from McNabb and a pawn ticket for the watch were found on him. He claimed he had pnwned the swag for a strange white man un der the Influence of liquor. He waa represented during the Dial by Attorney Wall, while Boltritor Hill acted for the state. FELL FROM 8TEAMER HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. Auguatn. Ga.. Dec. 15.—Joe Jackson, a negro deck hand. employed on the 8wan. a river steamer which piles be tween Augusta and Havnnnah, fell ftoni the deck uf the steamer yesterday aft- SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. December 14, 1905. Judgments Affirmed. Shumate v. Ryan, from Fulton su perior court, before Judge Pendleton. Green, Tllson A McKinney, for plain tiff In error. R. B. Blackburn, con tra. Gray Lumber Co. v. Harris et a!., from city court of Macon, Judge Hod ges. Lankford A Dickerson, for plain tiff In srror. Lane A Park, contra. Gainesville and Dehlonega Electric Railway Co. v. Austin, from city court of Halt county, Judge Stark. H. H. Dean, for plaintiff In error. R. R. Ar nold, Howard Thompson and F. M. Johnson, contra. Western and Atlantic Railroad Co. v. Callaway, from Whitfield superior court. Judge Fite. Payne A Tye and R. J, A J. MeCamy, for plaintiff In arror. J. M. Rudolph and Sam P, Mad dox, contra. Booker A Prince v. Bass, from city court of LaGrange, Judge Harwell. K. A. Hall, R. A. S. Freeman and A. H. Thompson, for plaintiffs In error. Hat ton Lovejoy and Benjamin H. Hill, contra. Thomason v. Wilson, from Morgan superior court. Judge Lewis. George A Anderson, for plelntlff In error. Fos ter A Foster and E. W. Butler, con tra. Johnson et al. v. Plnaon et a!., com missioners; end Shlngler at al. v. the same, from Worth superior court. Judge Spence. Joseph H. Hall and John B. Hutcheson, for plaintiffs In er ror. T. R. Perry and J. H. Tipton, contra. Butts County v. Woodworth, solicitor general, from Butt* superior court. Judge Reagan. O. M. Duka ‘ tiff In error. O. H. ~ ’ contra. Reversed. Williamson v, Central of Georgia Railway Co., from city court of Floyd county, Judge Hamilton. M. B. Eu banks, for plaintiff In error. Joel Bran ham and G. E. Maddox, contra. Proctor v. Pointer, and Procter r, Thompson, from city court of Carroll ton, Judge Hodnett. E. S. Griffith and I.eon Hood, for plaintiff In error. Beall A Adamson, contra. Taylor v. Globe Refinery Company, from city court of LaGrange, Judge Harwell. A. J!. Thompson. D. J Gaff ney and Evlfia A Spence, for plaintiff In error. F. M. Longlsy and E. T. Moon, contra. Motlens Denied. Greene County et al. v. Wright, comptroller general, from Fulton su perior court. Motions to vacate the , udgment of affirmance rendered at oat term, and for a rehearing, over ruled. Duke, for plaln- B. Bloodwortb. December 15. Judgments Reversed, giiperlor Manuferturieg Company r. Rus sell et si., from city court of Jefferson, be fore Judge mark. Napier, Wrtght A Cox slid J. A. B. Mshaffey, for plaintiff lu error. W. 1. Pike. I- C. Iluss.ll and W. II. (Juar- tertnan, contra. Hopkins v. Itnnch, from Whitfield superior court. Judge Kite. It. J. A J. Mcl’iniy, for plaintiff In urror. Hlimnate A Maddox and A. bougie/, contra Un* v. Vo earwood and vice versa, from Can- t,-i, m imi.iwii, ,. >i. n.no —in, J. M. I.uiiir. for plaintiff In error lu main bill. Htnrr A Krwiti and U. A. Coffee, contra. Morrta-Tratumell Ilrlck company r. Me- U'llllntna, from city inurt of Kloyd county. Judge Hamilton. Heaborn A Barry Wright, for plaintiff In error. IV. 8. Mcllenry and tl. K. Maddox, coutra. Htokea v. httkpa, from Floyd superior »urt, Judge lVrlgllt. Henry Walker, for laintlff lu error. No appearance contra. Oxford Knitting Mills v. Hutton, next friend, tram like superior coort. Judge Hea. friend, train l ike *u|o‘rior court. Judge lira* nan. W. w. Uiubdln. for plalatiff lu error. r M. Hmlth and A. A. Murabey, contra. Cornwall v. Uvarette, from Jaatier au- rlor court. Judge Lewis. W. 8. Florenea, plalutlff In error. A. V. Clement, contra. Terrell County v. Turk, from Terrell au >r court. Judge Reazau. Yeomans A ea nnd Powell A Pottle, for plaintiff In ■. M. C. BUwards and W. It. Uurr, fierier Itatnea Bell Telephone and from Fulton superior rourx, juuge t'enoie- ton. John C. Hart, attorney general, f-r plaintiff In error. Hunt Chtptey, Umar A Callaway and JlcDnolel, Alston A l)la>k, coutra. Judgment* Affirmed. arty r. Southern Railway Company. from Douglas superior court, before fudge Harriett. Lawton amt It. W. Nally, for plaintiff In error. Huh M. Dorsey, coutra. Scarborough v. Holder, from . Laurens superior court. Judge Lewis. John M. stiililia and Akerman A Akerman, for plain tiff In error. Hardeman A Jones, contra. ernoon Into the water, which was vary swift and deep and never arose. HI* hat was found In an eddy severs! hun dred feet from the place where the steamer waa at anchor.