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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN THURSDAY, DKrRSinr.il 27. 15W. 3 business takes lead WITH FRATERNITY MEN ON THEIR SECOND DAY A. E. Convention Gets Down to Work. Nearly three hundred Relegates and Visitors to the semi-centennial 8. A. E. convention were called to order in the second day's buainesa session Thurs day morning In the convention hall of ,!,» piedmont by Eminent Supreme Ar- chon Levere. The attendance of the opening day was materially increased by tli» crowds of delegates coming Into the dty on belated trains Wednesday nislit and Thursday morning Fully live hundred visitors will have arrived In the city by Thursday night, HE LOSES HIS LIFE TO SMA CHILD Young \\ ife Sees Husband Drowned in Effort to Rescue. -Morristown. X, J.. Dec. 27.—While his young wife looked on yesterday, George Davis, aged 25, lost ills life In an unsuccessful attempt to rescue John Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drown- mg- The boy went out on the Ice of arrived m toe coy ■■■«■». ‘ DavSf a^Vl^w^^awArk^Top and the closing sessions of the comen- , into the water, and Davis cut down the tion Friday and Saturday will show a clothes line In his yard and tied one ful! attendance. The lobby of the Pied m ont wns a scene of activity Wednes day night, decorated with the colors of many colleges and the colors of the 8. A. K. fraternity, crpwded with college men of many states, the yells and songs kept the enthusiasm running high. Only routine business was taken up at the morning session of the conven tion. Mr. Levere was ln,the chair, and began by appointing the many various committees to consider the details of the convention business. The balance of the morning session was taken up with reports of other committees. To Take Photograph. At noon the convention adjourned and the college men went In a body to th* steps of the state capitol, where a largo photograph was made. This re quired considerable time and difficulty, and when the photographer had fin ished. the delegates and visitors went to luncheon. The afternoon business *es*ion was called to order promptly. Thursday night the vlslttng delegates will be the guests of the Atlanta Alum ni Association at the Grand to witness the performance of Richard Mansfield in "Peer Oynt.” All of the available boxes have been secured and will be oc cupied by theater parties organized among the visitors. Considerable diffi culty was experienced In securing the tickets, several people being kept In the lino at the theater Sunday night for the opening of the box office Mon day morning to securo a sufficient num ber of seats to accommodate the guests of the local alumni. One of the most prominent visitors who irrlved Thursday morning was \V. I!. Wooten, of Albany, Oa. Colonel Wooten is commander of the Fourth regiment Infantry, Georgia state troops, and Is one of t.he mo*t prominent men In the southwestern section of the state. Prominent Member*. Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville, H. <\. registered at the convention headquarters Thursday morning. McCullough was graduated from the University of South Carolina in the class of ’87. He Is one of the most prominent men of his state and Is an arden* suporter of the 8lgnm Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Georgia has always been prominently Identified with the affairs of the 8. A. E. fraternity, having furnished two ecutlve heads for this organization within the past ten years. One was F. c. Furlow, the other G. ft. Harrison, both were graduates of Georgia, Tech and made capable and efficient eminent supreme archons. Many prominent men and members of the fraternity are expected to arrive Thursday or Friday. Among them are Thomas E. Watson, Judge Richard Itussell and J. Pope Brown. Some Late Arrivals. Among the late arrivals were: H. W. Elgin, Virginia Military Inati- end to his wife and started toward the boy. Lying down Davis reached out and seized Arke, and shouted to his wife to haul In on the rope. She drew her hus band back from the hole until the boy was out of the water. As she started to pull again the rope broke and the man and boy slid back Into the water and were drowned. NEED MORE ROOM IN OLD CITY HILL “More room!” This will lie the cry of many depart ments of the city government In the an ti uni reports to council. The chamber of commerce has alreadv had fo move out. because of the lack of comfortable and decent rooms at the city hall. The Atlanta freight bureau has a committee out now looking for suitable quarters. The water works dijiartmeut is scratching its head In ail effort to get something like suitable office*, the present quarters In the city hall being Inadequate. The city tax collector will nsk for larger offices to do business In. Two time worn planks served last year as the me dium over which about $2,5O0.ft0O pnsseJ from flu* hands of tax-payers to the fi collector. Stock Reduction Safe Begins Saturday, Dec. 29th, At 9 O’clock. See Friday’s Georgian For Grand Bargain List We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS Goods Must Go; Prices Will Do The Work 9 18 W. Mitchell, Near Whitehall A YELLOW FRUIT WAS > BIG AS A MELON Somebody has handed The Georgiau a EXCURSION CR UISER WHICH WAS Vi RE CKED AND WHOSE CAPTAIN KILLED HIMSELF W. S. McCombs, of Murphy, N. C., did At leant, his name wns on the wrap tute. J. tUtc X. Porry, Virginia Military Instl- E. P. Brown, Pittsburg. I. J. Rlson, Perdue, 8. J. M('Elroy, Syracuse, N. Y. John J, Heflin, Nnnhvllle. B. V. Power, Lexington. R".v It. Stubbs, Entonton, Ga. Charles I. Mell. Athens. H P. Hill, Now York. Charles L. Llckler, Memphis. Rote Williams, Memphis, c. Montgomery, Birmingham. ”• K. J. Dunn, Birmingham, s-oit c. Lyon, Clarksville, Tenn. Dean, New York. Luv Garrard, Columbus, Ga. ; - K. Kidder, Washington. Ga. Hemy p. .Moore, Augustn. C- Gamble, Jasper, Ala. J'"' W. House, Jr„ Arkansas. Errl Musser. Wichita, Kans. ae» ton M. Wage tier, Kansas City, jt- R. A. Daniels, Thomasvllle. George s. Cox. Thomasvllle. R. D. Brown, Hawklnsville, Ga. [! c. Collier, New York, rred Shepherd, Chattanooga, h. M. Barr, Chattanooga. K. Patterson, Detroit. 'lehr Zed wick. Seattle, Wash. V « Prince, Anderson, 8. C. ■ Johnson, Athens, Ga. '' K. Wooten, Albany, Ga. ■ I Parrott, Macon. Wednesday's Sessions, kiutine business occupied the at- "titl.in of the Sigma Alpha Epsilons ,l lt "’ afternoon session of the conven- 1 Wednesday; William C. 'Levere, •Wti-tu supreme archon, read the pres ent - report, from which It was learn- M 11,1,1 the fraternity - was as prosper- <lU ’ a- It had ever been. Marvin E. Holdemess, of Nashville, Bsinem deputy supreme archon, read il **• "dent report,' and was followed J 1 1 ' fence E. stowell, Providence, R. -tnlnent supreme recorder. Robert 1 Jr, president of the board of s. closed the business with a , report ’ latere then appointed the many Cjwmtee, necessary to the tranaac- n "l the business and many details ih« , - centennial convention. With I 'intrncnt of these committee the ihe , ‘ tlf)n * ot down to hard work and tii.t" xt ,u " days will be devoted to nti'm ol lm P°rtance to the organl- Jl Un .' hf ‘ business of the afternoon STILL UNCONSCIOUS BUT WILL RECOVER Mrs. Fred Auld. of Eiberton. Ga., who was thrown from n Southern railway train near .Madison, 8. C., Christmas day. is still at the Presbyterian Hos pital under the care of physicians. Mrs. Auld has nevet^ regained con sciousness fully, but seems to be suf fering mainly from the two hours’ ex posure In the cold. Ro far no symp toms of pneumonia have developed, and the physicians are hopeful that no se rious complications will arise. per.. Rather surprlMpfl everybody In the of- •c when the box was opened. It came In the day nfter Christinas, heavy, carefully wrapped, mysterious. The boss opened It, tore away the Inner wrappings—and tumbled a lemon. And such a lemon! It wns ns big ns n young cannon ball, and weighed at least pound. It lilted up a whole cigar Ih>x— tliow big, square “hundred” boxes, you know. Charley Barrett, who Is bend of the Farmers’ Cnlon, looked at It Jealously, and said he could raise big ger ones, but he didn’t prove It. Mr. McCombs has banded us a lemon, but don’t mind. It will be carefully pre- FELL DOWN HOLEi Through her attorney, Kptelle Har ris, who lives on Formwali street, and works as a servunt on Linden avenue, has petitioned that the city of Atlanta pay her $2,000 for Injuries sustained because of the alleged poor condition of Formwnlt street. The petitioner says she weighs about 200 pounds and on the night of No vember 18 fell Into a hole in the street about two feet deep. She claims to e suffered severe, and probably | manent. Injuries, not having been able to lift her foot out of bed since the accident. Excursion cruiser Prinzessen Victoria Luise, which was wrecked on a rotfky ledge at the lighthouse off Port Royal, Jamaica, Just after leaving Kingston, on the return trip to New York. Below the picture of the steamer Is shown FOR NEW STEAMER Gib«. tru«t, tru-t, A party of tourists consisting of fif teen or more Atlanta people, will be made up to make a trip to Havana, Cuba, on the maiden trip of the new steamer Brunswick, of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, which will leave Brunswick at noon January S. The party will leave Atlanta In a spe cial sleeper Ihe day previous over either the Southern or Central. The steamer will arrive In Havana Thursday, January 10, sailing the fol lowing Suturday on the return trip. The final limit of the passage, however, will be January 28, allowing at leust sixteen days In the Cuban capital. Once fully established, this schedule will be maintained every other week, leaving New York every other Saturday. The road will offer exceptionally low winter tourist rates for Cuban points, the transportation from Brunswick to Havana and return being $30. The round trip from Atlanta to Cuba will be $43.75, against $58, the regular ex cursion rate. The holiday business of this new road has been exceptionally heavy, the officials reporting heavy traffic in the southern portion of the system. Contractors Bankrupt. A voluntary petition In bankruptcy Ims been filed in the bankruptcy division of the t'nUed Smten court by T. C. Bray k Co., contractor*. The schedule shows liabilities amounting to $U,021.67. No assets were scheduled. HIGH FREEMASONS WILL GATHER HERE Interest In the coming or Hon. James D. Rlchurdson. of Tennessee, sovereign grand commander (or the entire South ern Jurisdiction, Is high among At lanta Masons. Commander Richardson and other members of the supreme council for the, thirty-third degree come to Atlanta Monday night to Institute the Valley of Atlanta, Ancient and Accepled Scot tish Rite of Free Masonry. At that meeting will be gathered the most dis tinguished body of Masons perhaps ever assembled In Atlanta. The program for the event Is a work of art. The music will be an especially fine feature of the occasion. The choir will consist of Mrs. T. H. Wlngfleld. so prano; Mrs. J. M. Cooper, contralto; Mr. J. \V. Marshbank. tenor; Mr, J. H. Mullln, basso; Air. P. M. Hubbard, organist. COMING TO ATLANTA The Indications are that even more and larger conventions will be held in Atlanta during 1907 than were held here the year Just coming to a close. Houstoun Harper, of the Piedmont, has returned from a trip and says every thing Is coming his way. Among the large conventions which are already down on the books as com ing to Atlanta are: The National Child Labor conven tion. The National Baraca Association, In March. The Jewish Congressional Associa tion, which meets here Janunry 14. The National Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, In May. The American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association, In October. The American Association of Gen eral Passenger Agents. KING PETER'S LIFE BY LETTER WRITER Premier Receives Notes In timating That Death Awaits Ifnler. the Island of Jamaica and the point where the steamer was wrecked. A tone of tragedy was given to the wreck by the suicide of Captain Brunswlcg, commander of the steamer. The dot ted line shows the course which the steamer was to have taken. Itelfcrndc, Dec. 27.—King Peter, of Bervln, is confronted with tunny difficult problems, not the least of which is the renewed ac tivity of the supporters of the Inte Kina Alexander mid Oueen Drngn. who were murdered. I’render Pnsles has received threatening letters, intimating that the present dynasty will meet u fate similar to that of its predccesior. WA GEINCREA SE IN A TLANTA HAS NOT KEPT UP PACE WITH THE COST OF LIVING DOAR IS PROMOTED TO eus: T. J. Ripley, Atlanta, amt Mr. Coleman. Smoker a Succtoo. The fi ret aoclal feature of the con vention was the smoker tendered the del.nates and visiting frats by the At lanta Alumni Association nnd the Georgia Phi Chapter at Tech In the American dining room of the Piedmont. The .iccaslon was presided over by William C. Levere. who made It an In formal affair and at the name time ob server! a proper procedure. The big dining room was decorated with the college colors of the «8 insti tutions which maintain chapters. The lunoheon wns exceptionally good, those present being presented with souvenir steins bearing the Greek letter, of the fraternity motto. The colleges ta,.; uumneiM UI mi* UIWIIWVII Iinix....v| - v .'had been completed, Mr. Le- Maine to Mexico were represented and JOil , u P°n several well-known I , hc students from each, acocrdtng to nlty rwJra? m ' mber s of the fraler- ( reDrMMltet |on. formed and marched a£!"« the j around the room giving .become fra- d • address the fraternity men. H- ternliy yells. Georgia Tech was fol- to The Georgina. Augusta, Go., Dec. 27.—R. G. Thomp son, formerly chief clerk to Huperlm tendent Lynch, of the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, has been appointed trainmaster of the road to succeed F. M. Doar. The appointment of Mr. Thompson Is meeting favor uni versally with the offiflalH of the road and he Is very popular here. Mr. Doar has been appointed super intendent of the Savannah division of the Atlantic Coast Line and will move his family from Augusta to Savannah, as the latter city will be his head quarters. CHARLESTON TEAM NOW IN GOOD HANDS •III !'<■• the fraternity men. H« \ ternliy yell*. Af l In a happy addre** by by Emory, Mercer, Georgia, Ten- J. CrovaU. ex-ir.ay«»r anti Auburn. Alabama and other i 'nvvpp fif tlmnmvirk. I 1 ’ . ... . u .n n .i New York. Dec. 27.—In a telegraphic symposium on wages and the cost of living, the New York World this morn ing publishes the following dispatch from Atlanta: "Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 28.—That even In Atlanta, the most progressive city of the state, the increase In wages during the past year has not kept count with the Increase In cost of living, Is the statement of experts, while the rest ot the state haa not fared ho well as has Atlanta. All over the state the living price has greatly Increased. In At lanta, rent hns gone to the akles, and both the luxuries und necessities In food have vastly Increased. •'Nym McCullough, wholesale mer- IT'S ALL GOING UPi SAT HOTEL DO, GILES' FUNERAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON The funeral services of Dr. Columbus Richard Giles, a prominent physician who died at his residence, 581 White hall Htreet, Wednesday afternoon, waa conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He was In his fifty-eighth year at the time of his death. Dr. Giles Is survived by his wife and five children—Mrs. W. T. Spratt, Jr., of Oakland dty; Rolf Giles, of Philadel phia. Pa.; Carl, Norman, Klo and Miss rtutli Giles, of Atlanta. Of TEMPLE WILL BE CELEBRATED The Hebrew Benevolent congrega tion. whose house of worship Is at South Pryor and Richardson streets, will celebrate next Friday, Saturday and Sunday the fortieth anniversary of Its existence. Originally created dur ing the war ns a society for the exer cise of charity, as Its name Implies, It was merged Into u congregation In January, 1887. In 1876 It dedicated the temple at South Forsyth and Gar nett streets and worshiped there until 1902, when It moved to Its present place of worship. On Friday evening. Haydn's "Cre ation” will be sung by the Oratorio Society, under the direction of Pro fessor J. F. Richardson; while on Sun day morning at 11 o'clock Rabbi George Solomon, of Savannah, will preach the anniversary sermon. The children's choir will render the song service and all the remaining charter members will attend the service in a body. TO CITY TO DESTROY BRIEF NEWS NOTES The government house at Dawson, which cost 190,000 and contained many valuable furnishings, Is reported to hnve been totally destroyed by fire. General Samuel E. M. Erwin, i lieutenant governor of Connecticut, has suffered a relapse after an extended Illness and Is critically III at his homo in New Haven. He Is about 75 yean old. At the opening of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta, Dadubhl Naroro- Jl. formerly a member of the British parliament, delivered an address Insist ing upon the rights of the Indians as British subjects to govern themselves. Fearing starvation because of the slump In the cloth trade, 9,000 Inhabi tants of Rejar, near Halamanc, Spain, have decided to emigrate en masse. Of fers from Uruguay and Nacaragua of free passage and capital with which to start factories have been accepted. There Is acute distress because of the closing down of several ot the largest factories. "Everything is high and Is going higher all the time,” said, H. M. Dut- chant, says that foodstuffs are far more ">“»»?" of ,he , P1 , ed '" unt „ h ° tel ' „Yiw>nsive hm thinks that the increase Lvery article se need In the dining room has Increased In price from 25 to 40 per cent In the past two years. expensive, but thinks that the Increase In cost of living Is only slightly In ad vance of the increase In wages. Mayor Woodward declarea that the Increase in both has been equal. Jerome Jones, editor of The Journal of I-abor. snys that within the last live or six years wage* have Increased at the rate of 20 to 35 per cent, but that the starting isilnt was unequal, very poor wages being jsrid before that time. He nays that rent costs at least 5 per cent more In Atlanta than In Nashville, and llg- ures an Increase In living in advance ot the Increase of return for work done. Everything costs more." DISOWNS DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE ELOPED Special to The Georgian. Charleston. 8. C„ Dec. 27.—The _ ,, , Charleston baseball club ha. been sold |ln Pdr ^. ? 7 %2Eiw daughur of "a syndicate of local men. Postmas- Alfred ship bulMer of Pikes ter W. L. HarrI* I* president of the inland. Me., who disappeared inyzteii- newiy organized Oharlentoti Ba*eball ously a week ago, ha* been found and A**ociatton. whlrh ha* ’secured the I* a bride. . _. . . franchise, and the player* left*over Hhe had eloped with bdward tarter, from the pant *ea*on. ! a paynumteF* clerk In the army at a Wlleon Matthew* ha* been elected | *alarv of Sla u week. She had been manager of the team, but ban not y<?t i forbidden to communicate w ith t/orter. idgned a contract. It I* thought, iiow-j whom *he met la*t *utntner at rort and there Is no end In *!ght. I am not po*ted on compensation, but nhould im agine that wage* have IncreaHed pro portionately.” After an extensive trip through the West, Houstoun Harper ha* returned to Atlanta, and he *ay* everything I* high in that section of the country. ”8o high," he *ald, “have provision* become out there that the hotel* are abandoning the American plan and are sticking to the European. Price* have been increa*ed about 40 per cent and even at that the hotel people are not making any money on the dining room*.” .*ar.,«rr. .n Brufi*^wick- J * ’ ' ker up well after mlJ* | e\4er, that he will accept the offer to * Willlama. 'Ik* were made by O. Hendry Th.jun ker uca manage the local team. her. R. Ocala, Fla; T. S. Mell, Ath- nlghL • MRS. WRIGHT DIES AT HOME SUDDENLY Kpeuial to Tl*e tleofglsn. (tome. i*a.. Dee. 27.—Mr*. Kiln Wright «||«*d suddenly y«**ierdny afternoon at her home on the Summerville roitd. n few mil*** front Itotm-. Mr*, Wright L *urvlved bjr her hoabnud, Hal Wright. »ue of the m«*»t prominent lawyer* In north tie* relative of Seal*orn and Moae# tbf* rltr. - . The rune! a! took pirn ■■■PHI Her father ha* disowned spring* *n»l wn* attended bjr a large uum her ot Borne people. ■ador at Washington, hns informed hi* cou- HtftueiitM thst the appointment will compel hint to give up hi* neat for Mouth Atterdecn. B. Otke, SMilMtsnt solicitor of the of the death In it wr»*ck of Delsvau J. lierenford. the state department ha* noti* fie«I the Ilrltl*h nmlmwiador with a view to having him advise relative* and direct the disposition of the body. luink altout $20.00». arrived home ye*tcrtlay afternoon nnd surrendered. He was accom panied by Mr*. Mtnllard. Waltar Hightower. The funeral service* of Walter High tower were conducted at the residence of hi* mother on Thursday at boon. The Interment wa» in Riverside ceme tery. Miza Margaret Hughes. The funeral services of Miss Mar garet Hughes, who died Monday, were conducted at the family residence, 10 Ihinlel street, Thursday afternoon at I o'clock. The interment waa In the Good Templar* cemetery. Gaorae F. Plunkett. George F. Plunkett, aged 49 years, /lied at hi* residence, 155 William* Wri hl' 1 i vtrect. Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 right of | ,y c tcjolc. He I* survived by his wife today at rsve» an< * several children. The funeral serv- Tlie Homi-annual Interest coupon* ot the city bond* will be duly destroyed Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The finance committee hna been called to meet at the Maddoz-Rucker hank to wltneas and participate In tho burning. The Inter* ent 1* about $S5,000. THE DOOR-KEEPER Special to The Georgian. Kastman, Ga., Dec. 27.—Barred from the akatlng rink here, John Groover Rurch yes terday afternoon shot and killed Harry Har grove. Only ladiea were being admitted to th« rink, and It la stated that wheu Burch ‘ sought to enter with a party of ladles hn • was stopped by Hargrove, who was keep- Ing the rink. They began quarreling sud Burch drew a pistol and shot Uargrovu * twice. Both are well known young men and rep*. resent families prominent In the county, i GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Handioma Residence Burns. JtpKlal to The Georgia a. LaOrange, Go., Dec. 27.—The hand- j some home of Colonel B. G. Swanson ■ was totally destroyed by fire last night.! Nothing was saved of the contents. It, Is not known bow the Are originated, as 1 there was no one at home at the time. ■ The loss was about 110,000. The In surance Is about 18,500. Justifiable Was Verdict. Special to The Georgian. Marshallvtlle, Oa., Dec. 27.—Tuesday night Bike Andrews, night watchman, shot and killed Jonas Belvln, colored. The coroner's Jury, after an Investiga tion, returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide. Two Buildings Burned. Special to The Gcorgiau. Mary's, Go., Dec. 27.—Fire de stroyed the residence of C. Hernandex and the drug store of Dr. A. F. Bar nard yesterday noon. Hemnndex's loss Is 11.000 and Barnard'* $700. No In surance was held on any of tho prop erty. Banquet for Council. Special to The Georgian. Hawklnsville. Ga. Dec. 27—On to night the city council will assemble .it Us chamber and enjoy a banquet with Ed Henry and Forrest Boyer as host*. The entire body from mayor down to the Janitor will be on hand. SpC' » will tie made by the members. VIVA