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' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, Bfl Jacob Haas D. I. MacIntyre Haas & MacIntyre Fire, Tornado, Liability, Bond, Burglary and Plate Glass INSURANCE Suppose You Have a Fire Tonight! We Will Give You Insurance ThaHnsures in the Following Companies; ASSETS Hartford. $21,000,000 Liverpool & London & Globe <U. S. Branch) 12,234,948 Royal (U. S. Branch) 8,429,932 Commercial Union (U. S. Branch) S,067,450 Philadelphia Underwriters'. 7.77777. 19,958*252 North River 1,796,459 Travelers of Hartford (Liabitity) 51,125,526 Total Assets .$119,612,567 Total Assets • . . . $119,612,567 307 to 312 Century Building. Both Phones 1235. LUMPKI FORfv WITH BJ, TORRANCE Effective Tuesday. January 1, a part nership between Thomas H. Lumpkin and B. W. Torrance In the Atlanta agency of the New England Life Mu tual Insurance Company, will become affective. Ru.tnM. with the agency here ha« Increased so rapidly that Mr. Lump kin found It necessary to associate with himself In the management a 'competent man. He made no mistake In forming the alliance with Mr. Tor rance, who has wide and varied expo- ' lienee. Nine years ago the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company en tered Georgia with general agency headquarters In Savannah. Six ycara ago the headquarters were moved to Atlanta, and In 1803 Mr. Lumpkin waa appointed general agent hero. By close application and personal attention he built the business up steadily until now It Is one of the larg est In Georgia. Mr. Torrance has been In the Insurance business for some ten years, tnd has a wide ac quaintance. He has line executive tl... - . -ri-i-rci ability and will lend strength to the firm. The combination will begin the new year with every assurance of doing a phenomenal business. ALIENIST DECLARES THAW IS LUNATIC . . New York, Dec. 31.—Dr. A. McLane Hamilton, the alienist, who has re turned from a trip to London, eaya llarry K. Thaw le In a dangerous pre dicament. •in my oidnlon," said he, "Thaw (■ worse than Csogloes. 1 think District Attorney Jerome would accept a plea of Insanity.” EDITOR FLEMISTER BUYS GRIFFIN PAPERS. CIRCUS GRISAKOWSKY IN POLSEMUCKEL By ALFRED VON HEDEN8TJERNA Special to The Georgian. Griffin, Ga., Dec. 31.—Colonel P. It. Flemlater, who ha« been editor and publisher of The Franklin Newe and Banner for the paat y*ar, has pur chased the plant of The Grlflln Evening Call and will assume control of that paper and The Middle Georgia Farmer, the weekly edition, on January 1. The Farmer has been In existence about two years and The Call was ona year old last October. Msny After Vacant Office. Special to The Georgian. Albany, Go., Dec. it.—The race for the unexplred term of tax receiver of Dougherty county, made vacant by the death of 8. \V. Gunnison, Is waxing warm. During the past week there have been five to make announcement and It Is stated that there will be oth ers. i gnve nil klnda of'artist* n frlrndly reception; but Clrctia Grlankowaky waa their apeclsl favorite. Money, however, waa alwaya scarce/ In IN>l*t»muokel, nud there waa. of course, no riding nmdeiny which might have I icon rented by the two nnd four-leg nrtlata; no, therefore, the mull* Htnnll wonder, therefore, that under tbeae rlreumatnncea It wns uor possible to get higher jprleoii Gian 75 pennies for the nrat arrived loaded with debts, moat of which «*»n!d he attributed to the everlasting ne cessity he felt to quench a Are in hit atom* aeh with cheap brnndy, and hit noble team of two white stallions, tiealdea a anlendld nnpetlte. It finally enme to a financial crash. Proprietor Grlsakowaky waa ruuntng nil over roltctuuckcl offering hit property as security to hla creditors. The owner of the livery stable got na security the two white horses, which he had fed for the Inat two weeks at hla own expense; the butcher. In whoae house Grlsakowaky nnd hla wife hnd stayed, received the trained pig, and the flying dog was given to a book- bluder who was In love with n female artist nud who from purely unselfish Interest In art had lent the proprietor s eot.pl* of ten mark bills. Outside the train, which waa to carry off their beloved master, stood the two-legged artists and demanded each a small amount of money to enable them to live until Ids return; but iho manager calmly told them that with their tnlents they ought to be able to make a living for theuiaelvea, and mngnanlmously said that he should not consider It a breach of contract If they occasionally, during hla ab sence, tried to make an extra penny by flre-entlng or rope-dancing. Aftor wishing them this last kind consideration ha gave them his blessing, expressed his hopo that God would help them nnd left. It went better thnn anybody bad ex pected. The "strong Indy' who used to break Iron rods nud lift heavy anvils waa given a Job aa uinnseuse to the mayor’s wife. The mnn who used to swallow Are and awrorda was picked up by the grocer, who attracted customers by having him consuming hla unusual victuals In hla store window. If a drummer came to Poise* mnckcl, whnt was more natural than that he should Invite bis customers to the Inn of the Golden Men and while they ant there drinking nnd smoking a ballad dnneer came through the room nud waa Invited to take supper, the drummer never suspecting that she hnd n secret agreement wHh the land lord to iiftmioie tar MtSv of wine. The bookbinder ne?er left hla house unaccom panied by the flylug dog, who never tired of performing hit tricks Jumping through Imaginary hoops all nlong the street. The village constable went to the butcher and Informed him that It waa against the Inw to keep hogs Inside the village limits. •Thia nnlmnl, which so resembles a com mon swine. Is nevertheless no swine, but a great artist with n beautiful voice and con siderable more common sense thnn most tenors,” replied the butcher, nnd opened the door nnd got the pig to come out nnd perform Its best tricks for the constable. !tcshle* this, be invited the village consta ble t6 partake of n men! prepared from the ment of nu ordinary pig, whereupon thta representative of lnw nnd order Immediately declared that It wns only by a cruel mis- tnko of nature that thla four-legged artlat waa condemned to grunt and It wns other wise by no menus related to the pig family. The judge of polsemucket received n visit nnd of course the two white stnlllons he had In pawn wore sent. •‘Oh," exclaimed the Judge's motbor-ln- lnw, "whnt beautiful homes; It will Indeed he n pleasure to ride behind such a spirited team. The driver cracked his whip, the elrcus horses ran with the swiftness of antelopes nud everything went splendidly until they enme tb'nn open nlnce lu the wood, where the horses began to run around In a circle: nnd this wns not all. They dnneed and Jumped nnd walked around on their hind legs. upsetting the sleigh nnd throwing I. * three persons lu It—Judge, mother-in-law nnd driver—Into the frozen anow. The Judge was on his feet Immediately and offered his humble apologies to the angry lady, who, however, until her dying day never censed to suspect that this had lieen an attempt on the part of her son-in-law to gut her out of thla world. The ladles of I’olsemuckel nre tnnyhe n little more bashful than their sisters In larger communities, tiut otherwise they nre In no way different. One evening after they hnd been sitting In the shsuty ap plauding the bare-hnek rider of Circus Grit- nkowsky, the most forward of them hnd even thrown-flowers at him. Thinking that he must l>e Just as gifted ns his two nnd four-legged colleagues, they had been Ihtro- duced to' him by their brothers, and hnd naked him If he dbl not know tow to jug gle. Of course bo knew that, amt from now on he Juggled In high society of Poise* niuckel, and absolutely became more popu* lar than hit brother, the sword-swallower. Hut one evening he took It into his mind daughter of the may lady, would you l>e v< ask you for something?’ ,a rhnt—that nil depends on whnt It Is,” whispered the girl, blushing. "Oh. I thought that ns long as you belong to the highest society you might use your Influence to get me n position ns waiter. You will not run any risk by recommending me, for 1 havs l>een a waiter In the best hotel In Buxtehude 'or four years." , "I shall see who t enu do, replied tue girl, now pale ns a ghost, nnd It seemed to her ns If f<*otn this hour an ocean of innrounnlse lay between them. Toward the end of March Proprietor Gris* nkowsky wrote that It hnd been impossible for him to raise any money, but that If his creditors would cancel their claims he would try to come back to Polsemuckel nnd take his beloved circus out of pawn. isobody wanted to cancel their claims; all of them sent new bills nnd added considers hie expenses. In April Grlsnkowsky made the proposi tion to nny 50 per cent, lint as several trav eling Polsemuckellnns hnd seen him at work lu flying trnpexe. In the county aeat. nil the creditors demanded payment In full and threatened to go to court. Toward the emf of May Grlsnkowsky wrote a dignified letter. In which he com plained of hard times nnd said that If his Polsemuckel creditors would give him 300 marks and pnmilw him never to mention the fact that he waa In debt to them he .hould lie very glad to meet them when he came back to take nwaji hla circus. MEXICAN WAR VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL Special to The Gcorxlna. Carternvllte, Ga., Dec. 31.—Funeral aervicea of A. G. B. Vandlvere, aged 84, a citizen of Carteravllle, who died Friday In Atlanta, were held Sunday morning at the First Baptist church In this city. Mr. Vandlvere had been In feeble health for many months, and had re moved from Carteravllle to the home of his son, S. L. Vandlvere, 202 Luckle street, Atlanta, where he died. The deceased was one of the oldest nnd moat highly respected citizens of Carteravllle, having lived' here for many years. He was a veteran of the Mexican and the Civil wars. He Is survived by two daughters and two sons, Mrs. O. M. Montgomery, and Mrs. John IIIII, of Carteravllle, and H. L. and W. J. Vandlvere, both of whom are popular railroad men. SPECIAL SESSION OF FEDERAL COURT , T0.TRY WILL CASES Special to The Georgian. Greensboro. N. C„ Dec. 81,—On Jan uary 14 the United States, district sml circuit courts will begin a special ses sion here for the trial of the bankrupt cy cases of the Summons Hardware Company, creditors, against Hardin, Davis and others, of WUkesboro. At the last term of court Judge Boyd said this case ought to be tried before he passed sentence on two of the parties who had been convicted In the court of frauds against the government as dep uty collectors. This session Is also called to irv the cases of the government against the Charlotte cotton mill men. who are charged with violating the Immigra tion laws, In Importing n lot of cotton mill operatives from England. SENT TO CHAINGANG FOR FAILURE TO PAY BOARD. Special to The Georgina. Gridin, Ga., Dec. 31.—George H. Freeman, who arrived In Griffin seven weeks ago, was fined 3100 for non-pay ment of a hotel bill to the amount ef 1110. Freeman came to this city from Knoxville, Tenn., and has been operat ing as a representative of the Busi ness Man's Journal. He was lodged in jail and In default of a 1100 line will be put on the county chalnaang for twelve months. Lipscomb & Co., Sole Agents, ^ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. Assets $16,815,296.87 Surplus $11,036,010.33 PROFIT BY OTHERS’ EXPERIENCE When You Have a Loss the Best Is None Too Good; Why Not Buy the Best? WE SOLICIT A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE 619-620-621 Century Building, Bell Telephone No. 172 j =