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WITH FRATERNITY MEN
ON THEIR SECOND DAY
HE LOSES HIS LIFE
TO SAVE A CHILD
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER !»»>.
s.
A. E. Convention
Gets Down to
Work.
Nearly three hundred delegates and
visitors to the semi-centennial S. A. E.
convention were called to order in the
second day’s business session Thurs
day morning In the convention hall of
the Piedmont by Eminent Supreme Ar-
t .j,on Levere. The attendance of the
opening day *was materially increased
by the crowds of delegates coming Into
the city on belated trains Wednesday'
niirht and Thursday morning
Fully five hundred visitors will have
arrived In the city by Thursday night,
and the closing sessions of the conven
tion Friday and Saturday will show a
full attendance. The lobby of the Pled
tnont was a scene of activity Wednes
day night, decorated with the colors of
many colleges and the colors of the S.
A. E. fraternity, crowded 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 in 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 t’.'c college men went In a body to
the steps of the state capltol, where a
large photograph was made. This re
quired considerable time and difficulty,
and when the photographer had fin
ished. the delegates and visitors wont
to luncheon. The afternoon business
session was called to order promptly.
Thursday night the visiting delegate:
will l><* the guests of the Atlanta Alum
nl Association at the Grand to witnesi
the performance of Richard Mansfield
In "Peer Gynt.” All of the available
boxes have been secured and will be
cupled by theater parties organized
among the visitors. Considerable dlffl
culty was experienced in securing th<
tickets, several people being kept In
the line at the theater Sunday night
for the opening of the box office Mon
day morning to secure a sufficient nu n
ber of seats to accommodate the guest*
of the local alumni.
One of the most prominent visitors
who irrived Thursday morning was \V.
M Wooten, of Albany, Ga. Colonel
Wooten Is commander of the Fourth
regiment infantry. Georgia stute troops,
and Is one of the' most prominent men
In the southwestern section of the state.
Prominent Members.
Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville.
8. C.. registered at the convention
headquarters Thursday morning. Mr.
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
ardent suporter of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity.
Georgia has always been prominently
Identified with the affairs of the 8. A.
E. fraternity, having furnished two ex-
n-utlve heads for this organization
"Ithln the past ten years. One was F.
Furlow, the other G. H. Harrison.
Roth 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
Russell and J. Pope Brown.
8ome Late Arrivals.
Among the late arrivals were:
H. W. Elgin, Virginia Military Insti-
Young Wife Sees Husband
Drowned in Effort to
. Rescue.
Morristown. X. J„ Dec. 27.—\Vhile
his young wife looked on yesterday,
George Davis, aged 25. lost his life in
an unsuccessful attempt to rescue John
Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drown-
!"*• The b °y went out on the Ice of
the Rockaway river and broke through.
Davis and his wife saw Arke drop
into the water, and Davis cut down the
clothes line In his yard and tied one
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.
Stock Reduction Sale
Begins Saturday, Dec. 29th, At 9 O’clock.
See Friday’s Georgian
1
For Grand Bargain List
We Give Green
Trading Stamps
BASS
Goods Must Go; Prices
Will Do The Work
9 IFWMitcheik
Near Whitehall
IN OLD CITY HALL
y of many depart-
eminent in the un-
“More room!" *
This .till he the
ineutH of the city
mini reports to eomieii.
The t'hmuher of commerce has already
had to move out. Icon use of the luck of
comfortable mid decent rooms nt the city
hall. The Atlanta freight bureau has a
committee out now looking for suitable
quarters. The water works department Is
scratching its head In an effort to get
something Ilk*' suitable office*, the present
quarters In the city hall Is lng liiedeqii.it*.
. The city tax collector will nsk to:
larger offices to do business In. Two time*
worn planks served last year ns the me
dium over which iitmut $2,500,001 pnisei
from the hands of tax payers to the tax
BUI WILL RECOVER
Mr*. Fred AukJ, of Elberton, Ga., who
as thrown from a Southern railway
train near Madison, 8. C*., Christmas
day. Is still at the Presbyterian Hos
pital under the care of physicians.
Mrs. Aubl has never regained con
sciousness fully, but seems to he suf
fering mainly from the two hours’ ex
posure In the cold. So far no symp
toms of pneumonia have developed, and
the physicians are hopeful that no se
rious complications will arise.
HANDED A LEMON;
YELLOW FRUIT WAS
BID AS A MELON
Homebody ha* handed The Georgian n
lemon.
W. H. McCombs, of Murphy. X. C., did
It. At least, his name was oil the wrap
per.
Untlier surprised everybody In the of-
tlec when the Imix was opened. It came In
the day after Christum*, heavy, carefully
wrapped, mysterious. The boss opened It.
tore away the Inner wrappings—and out
tumbled a lemon.
And such a lemon! It wa* ns big os a
young cannon ball, and weighed at least a
pound. It filled lip a whole cigar l*ox—
one of those big. square "hundred”
boxes, you know. Charley Barrett, who
is head of tin* Farmers’ Union, looked nl
It Jealously, ami said he could raise big
ger ones, but In* didn’t prove If.
Mr. McCombs tins handed us a lemon, but
we don’t mind. It will lie carefully pre
served until the occasion arises, when w<
hand It on to some deserving friend.
FELL DOWN HOLE;
EXCURSION CRUISER WH1CHWAS WRECKED
AND WHOSE CAPTAIN KILLED HIMSELF
lute.
J- X. Perry, Virginia Military Insti
tute.
E- P. Brown, Pittsburg.
I- J. Rlson, Perdue.
A- J. McElroy, Syracuse. N, Y.
John J. Heflin. Nashville.
II. C. Power, Lexington.
Roy D. Stubbs, Eatonton. Ga.
Charles I. Moll, Athens.
If I*. Hill, New York.
Charles L. Llckler, Memphis.
Bate Williams, Memphis.
A. c. Montgomery, Birmingham.
R. J. Dunn, Birmingham.
Sett O. Lyon, Clarksville, Tenn.
Joel Dean, New York.
Guv Garrard, Columbus, On.
E- If. Flckler., Washington, Ga
Ibnry P. Moore, Augusta.
U A. Gamble, Jaspfer. Ala.
Joe W. House, Jr., Arkansas.
Karl Musser, Wichita, Kan*
I Newton M. Wagener, Kansas City,
I**. R. A. Daniels, Thomasvllle.
George S. Cox. Thomasvllle.
R D. Brown, Hnwklnsvllle, Ga.
R < r . Collier, New* York.
E>'**«! Shepherd, Chattanooga.
M. Barr, Chattanooga.
G E. Patterson, Detroit.
Victor Zedwlck, Seattle, Wash.
1- Prince, Anderson, 8. C.
J P. Johnson, Athens, Ga.
'V- E. Wooten, Albany, Ga.
s F. Parrott, Macon.
Wednesday's Sessions.
Routine business occupied the ut-
bti'.n of the Sigma Alpha Epsilons
th<* afternoon session of the conveh-
" Wednesday. William C. Levere,
n n«-nt supreme archon, read the pres-
ent ’H report, from which It was learn-
that the fraternity was as prosper
ls *u It had ever been.
Marvin E. Holdeme**, of Nashville,
ilnent deputy supreme archon. rend
' xcellent report, and was followed
• larence E. Stowell. Providence, R.
' ininent supreme recorder. Robert
“'"ti. Jr„ president of the board of
closed the business with a
j st **e report.
Levere then appointed the many
nlttecs necessary to the transac-
" of the business and many details
emi-centennial convention. With
•• i’Hdntment of these committee the
Mention got down to haid uo;k und
next two days will be devoted to
EOH NEW STEAMER
A party of tourists consisting of fif
teen or more Atlanta people, will be
made up to make a trip to Hnvana,
Cuba, on the maiden trip of the new
steamer Brunswick, of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic, which will
leave Brunswick at noon January 8.
The party will leave Atlanta in a spe
cial sleeper the day previous over either
the Southern or Central.
The steamer will arrive In Havana
Thursday, January 10, sailing the fol
lowing Saturday on the return trip.
The Anal limit of the passage, however,
will be January 28, allowing nt least
sixteen days In the Cuban capital. Once
fully established, this schedule will be
maintained every other week, leuving
New York every other Saturday.
The road will offer exceptionally low
winter tourist rates for Cuban points,
the transportation from Brunswick to
Havana und 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 latnkruptcy hn*
been filed In lbe bankruptcy divNIon of
the United States court by T. C\ Bruy
t’o., contractor*. The ».itedule shows
liabilities lonouutlng to I3.021.C7. No assets
were scheduled.
Through her attorney, Estelle Har
ris, who lives on Formwalt street, and
works as a servant on Linden avenue,
hus petitioned that the city of Atlanta
pay her $2,000 for Injuries sustained,
because of the alleged poor condition
of Formwalt 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
have suffered severe, and probably per
manent. Injuries, not having been able
to lift her foot out of bed since the
accident.
Excursion cruiser Prlnxeasen Victoria
Lulse, which was wrecked on a rocky
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
Interest In the coming of Hon. James
D. Richardson, of Tennessee, sovereign
grand commander for the entire South
ern Jurisdlcitlon, 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 Accepted Scot
tish Rite of Free Masonry. At that
meeting will be gathered the most dls
tingulshed body of Masons perhaps
ever assembled In Atlanta.
The program for the event Is a work
of art. The music will be un especially
fine feature of the occasion. The choir
will consist of Mrs. T. H. Wingfield, so
prano; Mrs. J. M. Cooper, contralto;
Mr. J. W. Marshbank, tenor; Mr. J.
II, Mullin, basso; Mr. P. M. Hubbard,
organist.
DOAR IS PROMOTED
TO TRAIN MASTER
ens; T. J. Itlplcy, Atlnnia, ami .Mr.
Coleman.
Smoker a Succosi.
Til*? .first social feature of the eon-
ventlon tvas the smoker tendered the
delraates and visiting frnts by the At
lanta Alumni Assoclatl in and the
Georgia Phi Chapter at Tech In the
American dining room of the Piedmont.
The occasion was presided over by
Wlllla n C. Levere, who made it un In
formal affair und at the same time ob
served a proper procedure.
The big dining room was decorated
with the college colors of the OS Insti
tutions which maintain chapters The
luncheon was exceptionally good, those
present being presented with souvenir
of Importance to the organl- j ^inV hearlng the Greek letters of the
den the business of the afternoon | fraternity motto. The ccllege* from
"a had been completed. Mr. Le- Maine to Mexico were represented un-l
■ailed upon several well-known I .tudenfs from each, acoerdlng to
I r inlnent members of the frater- ; ri .. irfstnla t|on. formed and marched
• . 'dress the fraternity run. He temlty yells, fhmrgla Tech was fol
• I'v.vpe! in a hap>y adtlrtaa by j |«w#h1 by Emory. Mercer, Georgia, Ten- i
A. i. i r.vuit. cx-iuyor and nt ,s«e. Auburn. Alabama and others.
’ v' ' ', 'T ) r v -„..'L a U H»ndry T1,c b,vkc “P wel1 uf, * r n,1< H
YuLYt S. MeH, Ath- night.
HpcWsI to Tin* Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27.—R. G. Thomp
son, formerly chief clerk to Superin
tendent Lynch, of the Charleston and
Western Carolina railway, has been
appointed trainmaster of the road to
succeed F. M. Door. The appointment
of Mr. Thompson Is meeting favor uni
versally with the officials of the road
und 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,
n* the latter city will be his head
quarters.
CHARLESTON TEAM
NOW IN GOOD RANDS
H peels I to The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C„ Dec. 27,—The
haiieston baseball club has been sold
> a syndicate of local men. Postmas
ter W. L. Harris is president of the
newly organized Charleston Baseball
Association, which ha* secured the
franchise, und the players left over
from the post season.
Wilson Matthew* has been elected
manager of the team, but ha* not yet
signed a contract. It Is thought, how
ever. that he will accept the offer tr.i
i mage the local team.
COMING TO ATLANTA
The Indications are that even more
und larger conventions will be held In
Atlanta during 1907 than were held
here the year Just coming to a clone.
Hountoun Harper, of the Piedmont, has
returned from a trip and says every
thing Is coming hi* way.
Among the large conventions which
are already down on* the books as corn
ing to Atlanta are:
The National Child Labor conven
tion.
The National Buraca Association, In
March.
The Jewish Congressional Associa
tion, which meets here January 14.
The Nutlonal Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, In May.
The Amerlcun Boiler Manufacturers’
Association, In October.
The American Association of Gen
eral Passenger Agents.
KING PETER'S LIFE
NOWTHREi
BT LETTER WRITER
Premier Receives Notes In
timating That Death
Awaits Ruler.
the Island of Jamaica and the point
where the stenmer wan wrecked. A
tone of tragedy wn* given to the wreck
by tho itulclde of Cuptaln Brunawlcg,
commander of the ateumer. The dot
ted line HhowH tho eouriio which the
steamer wn* to hnvo taken.
DR, GILES' FUNERAL
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral services of Dr. Columbus
Richard Giles, n prominent physician
who diet! nt his residence. 591 White
hall street, Wednesday afternoon, was
conducted Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock. He was In his fifty-eighth
year at the time of his death. Dr.
OUe* is survived by his wife and five
children—Mrs. W. T. Spratt, Jr., of
nnkiund City; Rolf Giles, of Phlludel-
phln, Pa.; Carl, Norman, Elo and Miss
Hutu Giles, of AI lanta.
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
und Sunday the fortieth anniversary of
Its existence. Originally created dur
ing the war as a society for the exer
cise of charity, as Its name implies. It
was merged Into a congregation In
January. 18«7. In 1875 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 ho sung by the Oratorio'
Society. under the direction of Pro
fessor J. F. Richardson; while on Sun
day morning ut 1\ 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.
MONEY TO BORN;
CITY TD DESTROY
Belgrade. Dec. 27.—King I’eter. of Mervla,
I* roil fronted with ninny difficult problem*,
not the least of which I* the renewed
tlvlty of the NUpporters of the Inte King
Ali'xnr.der mid Oueeii Drags, who were
murdered. Premier I'ssies hns received
threatening letter*, intlmntlng that the
preNetit dyiMMfy will meet n fnte Nlmllnr to
Hint of It* predecessor.
WA GE INCREASE IN A TLAN7A
HAS NO! KEPT UP PACE
WITH THE COST OF LIVING
New York, Dev. 27.—In n telegraphic
symposium on wage, and the coat of
living, the New York World thin morn
ing publishes the following dispatch
from Atlanta:
Atlanta, tin., Dec. 2«.—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 has not fared so well as has
Atlanta. All over the state the living
price has greatly Increased. In At
lanta, rent ha* gone to the skle*. nnd
both the luxuries und necessities In
food have vastly Increased.
"Nym McCullough, wholesale- mer
chant, says that foodstuffs are far more
expenstv
IT'S ILL GOING UP;
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
The scml snnnfll Interest columns of tho
Hty tmnds will Ih> duly destroyed Thursday
afternoon at 3:39 o'clock.
The Ann nee committee baa been callsd to
meet at the Maddox-Itncker hank to witnesi
and participate In tbo burning. Tbe Inter-
eat ia about $55,000.
SAY HOTEL
“Everything is high und Is going
higher nil the time,” said if. M. Dut
ton, manager of the Piedmont hotel,
but thinks that the 'increase "Every article we need In the dining
In cost or living Is only slightly In ad
vance of the Increase In wages. Mayor
Woodward declares that the Increase
in both has been equal. Jerome Jones,
editor of The Journal of Labor, aaya
that within the last five or six years
wages have Increased at the rate of 20
to >5 per cent, but that the starting
point was unequnl, very poor wages
being paid before that time. He snys
thut rent coat* at least 5 per cent more
In Atlanta than In Nashville, and fig
ures an Increase In living In advance of
the Increase of return for work done.
Everything costs more.”
DISOWNS DAUGHTER
BECAUSE SHE ELOPED
Portland, Me., Dec. 27.—Helen Ster
ling. pretty 17-year-old daughter of u
wealthy retired ship builder of Pike*
Island, Me., who disappeared mysteri
ously a week ago, has been found and
is a bride.
She had eloped with Edward Carter,
a paymaster's clerk In the army at »
salary of $15 a week. She had been
forbidden to communicate with Carter,
whom she met last summer at .Fort
Williams. Her father has disowned Hprim
her.
room has Increased In price from 25 to
40 per 'cent In the past two years,
and there Ik no end In Might. I am not
posted on compensation, but should Im
agine thAt wages huve increased pro
portionately."
After an extensive trip through the
West, Houstoun Harper has returned to
Atlanta, and he *«y* everything Is high
In that section of the country.
“So high," he said, "have provisions
become out there that the hotels are
abandoning the American plan and are
sticking to the European. Prices have
been Increased about 40 per cent and
even at that the hotel people are not
making any money on the dining
rooms."
MRS. WRIGHT DIES
AT HOME SUDDENLY
The government house at Dawson,
which cost $90,000 and contained'many
valuable furnishings. Is reported to
have been totally destroyed by fire.
General Samuel E. M. Erwin, ex-
lieutenant governor of Connecticut,
has suffered a relapse after an extended
illnens and Is critically III at his home
In New Haven. He Is about 75 years
old.
At the opening of the Indian National
Congress at Calcutta. Dadabhl 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 tjiemselves.
Fearing starvation because of the
slump In the cloth trade, 9,000 Inhabi
tants of Bejar, near Salamanc, Spain,
havo 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 of the largest
factories.
him to give up hi* sent for South Aberdeen.
B. Olke, nsslfttsnt Nolle!tor of tbe
of the death In n wreck of Delavnn J.
BeroNfonl, the state department has noti
fied the British nmbmumdor with n view to
having him advlfle relatives and direct the
dlspoNltlon of the body.
Otto D. Sfnllnrd. former enabler of the
‘eople’s National bank of hVda, Kan., who
disappeared on September 20, owing the
k about $20,00*». arrived home yesterday
nd surrenderee* ”
pan led by Mrs. Htnllard.
Special to The Georgian.
Borne, Ga.. Dee. 27.—Mr*. Ella Wright
died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her
home on the Kimuuerville road, a few mile*
from Itoine. Mr*. Wright I* Miirvlved by
her huiilMUid. Hal Wright, one of tbe most
prominent lawyer* In north Georgia and a
relative of Keutiorn nnd Mo«e« Wright of
thi* elty.
uneral took place today at Cart
Walter Hightower.
The funeral services of Walter High
tower were conducted at the residence
of his mother on Thursday at noon.
The Interment was In Riverside ceme
tery'.
Miss Margaret Hughe*.
The funeral services of Miss Mar
garet Hughes, who died Monday, were
conducted at the family residence, 10
Daniel street, Thursday afternoon at 1
o’clock. The Interment wa* In the Good
Templars cemetery.
George F. Plunkett.
George F. Plunkett, aged 49 years,
died at his residence, 155 Williams
street, Wednesday afternoon at 4:10
o’clock. He Is survived by his wife
and several children. The funeral serv
ices will be conducted Friday morning
at 9 o’clock.
THE DOOR-KEEPER
SpMlxl to Th# Georgian.
Eaitmxn. <!«.. D«\ 27.—Barred from tbs
abating rink here, John GroOTar Burch jrca-
tcrdajr afternoon nhot nnd killed Hurry Har-
groT*.
Only ladlea ware being admitted to the :
link, anil It la elated that when llnrch
nought to aatar with a party of ladln hs 1
wan atopped by Hargrort, who mi heap-
Ing tbe rink. They began quarreling and '
Burch drew a platol and ‘nhot Itargrors
twice.
Both are well known young men and rap-
reacut famlllea prominent In tha county. |
GEORGIA NEWS x
IN PARAGRAPHS
Handaome Reiidence Burnt.
[Special to Tha Georgian.
■ LaOrange, an.. Dec. 27.—The hand- |
some home of Colonel B. Q. Swanaon
was totally destroyed by fire last night, j
Nothing was saved of tho contents. It
Is not known how the fire originated, as !
there was no one at home at the time. ■
The loan wan about »I0,000. The In- 1
surnnee Is about tt.SOO.
Justifiable~Was Verdict.
.Spccl.il to The Georgina.
Matshallvlllc, Go., Dec. 27.—Tuesday
night Bike Andrews, night watchman. '
shot and killed Jonaa Belvln, colored.
The coroner's Jury, after an Invcstlga- .
tlon. returned a verdict ot Justifiable
homicide.
Two Buildings Burned.
Special to The Georgian.
St. Mary's, da, Dec. 27.—Fire de
stroyed the residence ot C. Hernandez
and the drug store of Dr. A. F. Bar
nard yesterday noon. Hernandez's loss
Is 11.000 and Barnard’s 2700. No In
surance was held on any of the prop
erty.
Banquet for Council.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Hawkinsville, Oa., Deo. 27.—On to
night the city council will assemble a:
Its chamber and enjoy a banquet with
Ed Henry and Forrest Boyer m hoate.
The entire body from ttmjor down to
the Janitor will be on hand. Ki.ee. hea
will be made by the members.
VIVA