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.THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN*
KKUHUAKV 1, 1307.
Our Grand February Sales Begin Tomorrow
Clearance of All Suits
The final efearanc* of all winter weight Tailored Suite continue* to
morrow with tho offering of all cur 111 to ill itylee and a few exclusive
Aronson models that were priced seen more—Eton, pony '—
end helf-fltting coat effects all at, choice
$6.90
Very handsome sad exclusive styles In Ladles' Psrls and New York
fftdtvand Costumes that were origlnslly priced ISO to fiO; gfQ QQ
all to go la tomorrow's sale at, choice
Ladies’ and Children’s Coats
Lffdles' very handsome long Cost* of fine Imported cloths and
mixtures; satin lined; worth, up to $25; at, choice
ladles' long Coats of fine Kerseys and London plaids; well
made and worth $10 to $15: choice, tomorrow
final clearance of Misses' and Children’s plain and fancy
~osia, worth tin id him h; h... ,
$6.98
$3.75
$1.75
Eton Jacket* of guaranteed black
taffeta silk, allk-llned and nicely
trimmed; |8.so value;
tomorrow
Grand Sale of Gloves
ladles' full elbow length Gloves of finest French Kid In black
and colors; $4.60 value; pair
$2.49
Ladles' regular $1.60 two-clasp Kid Gloves In black and colors; AA.
tomorrow D9C
Men’s glace and undressed Kid Glove*, lined and unllned; also AA.
fine knit Gloves; 76c to $1.50 vslues; choice.,... nesIG
Men's Wool Qloves, Worth ayhslf dollar; tomorrow ^
Handkerchiefs
Corset Sale
^Corsets, R. & O. .make, new style
with hose supporters front A’Jm,
and sides; all sixes; only... ■Hi#
Ladles' plain white hemstitched
unlonjlnen Handkerchiefs,
in tomorrow's sale at...
We Give
nji
> Green
Trading
Stamps
BA
SS
Sale of Waists
In tomorrow s sale we offer 200 brand new and very
stylish Waists of:black and colored guaranteed taffeta
silk and of white Japane se silk; Wslsts that
would be cheap at $6.00; at, choice
$1.98
A brand new Hue of beautiful White Lingerie Waists of
finest, sheer chiffon and lawns, lace and embroidery
trimmed; worth $2.00 and $2.60; In tomor-
row's sale, si, choice
98c
Sale of Skirts
This sal* of Skirts Includes beautiful new plaited styles
of line chiffon Panamas, Imported voiles and other fash
lonable fabrics, exquisitely tailored and worth up to
$8 and $10. all sixes and lengths In the $3.75
lot; at. choice..
Dig line of Misses' Sldrta of excellent quality wool fab
rics In plain colors, fancy mixtures, etc.; P4 Aft
real values $2 to $5; lu tomorrow's sals at. 9 ■ >wU
Silk Etons
and nicely
$2.98
Sale of Furs
Special sale of small Fur FA.
Neckpieces at QUG
Vary handsome Purs. WB
worth up. to $15; at.. Iw
Underwear
ladles' and Misses' Union Butts,
-I-adl**' Vests and Pants and Boys
Shirts and Drawers; 18c
only
Ladles' Drawers of good muslin, well made and neatly
trimmetf *.
Ladles' Oowns of good muslin, nicely trimmed and worth
$1.00; tomorrow
Ladle*’ Petticoats of good muslin, extra well made and
finished —:—
Sale of Flannelettes
A big tableful of new Flannelettes and Outings In solid
colors, fancy plaids, checks, stripes, etc—real 13 1-2 ^nd
16-cent qualities; all offered tomor
row at, choice, per yard
5c
Sale of Skirt Lengths
200 Skirt Lengths nl beautiful Imported tailor Suitings,
Cloths, Cravenettes, fancy mixtures and other fabrics,
worth $1.26 to $2.00 a yard; tomor
row, per full skirt length
$1.98
Four Big Bargains in Basement
Full alia 3-pound Feather
Pillows, covered with
good ticking,
39c.
Babies' . Cradles,
made* of polished
tomorrow only *
well
Oak;
9fb.
Three-quarter or full six*
Enameled Iron Beds;
$3.50 value,
$1.98.
Babies' Go-Carts with
steel frames and rubber
tires;.
$1.98
OPEN UNT1 10 O’CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT
Boys' Knee Pants, well made of good wool-mixed
materials; worth 60c
Boys' 8ults of plain and fancy mixed fabrics; real $1.60
value; only
Boys' Overcoats, long, heavy and excellently made; very
special tomorrow
Men's Overcoats of good kerseys; extra well made In
every detail; $8.60 value
Boys' and Men's Clothing
.19c
.. 69c
. 98c
$3.88
Sale of Muslin Underwear
19c
39c
47c
Men's Furnishing Goods
Men's fine wool Underwear, regular $1.26 grade; In tomorrow's 7Rga
sale at per garment f 9v
Men's heavy fleeced Underwear that usually sells at 76c a gar- AfU
ment; tomorrow, only Oww
Men's extra fine all-wool merino Hose, sold elsewhere fit 40c
a.pair; here at
Men's plain while hemstitched Handkerchiefs In tomorrow'a 3c
19c
sale at
Comfort Sale
Umbrellas
Finest real Eiderdown Comforts
covered with fancy French jateenj
real $8.50 value;
only..
$3.90
Big line of Ladles' and Men's Um
brellas—regular $2.80 to $4.00
ues; choice;
tomorrow
98c
BA
C C> SK
a »r ■ Near
Whitehall
Wall Gives Away and
Water Spreads Over
Portion of Memphis.
Special to The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 1.—Over
five hundred people were caught
by an overflow of the Bayou
Gavoso, in North Memphis, when
the cornor of the bridge and re
taining wall on Winchester ave
nue gave way to the water pres
sure shortly after midnight, and
were forced to flee from their
homes.
A section of the city five blocks
long by twd blocks wide, situated
about haif a mile from the heart
of the city's business district, has
been inundated by the giving
away of this 'bridge, and when
daylight broke this morning a
scene of desolation presented it
self. Scores of skiffs brought into
requitition last night, were en
gaged in moving the frightened
men, wthneu and children from
their partially submerged homes
to places of safety, and hundreds
of laborers in charge of the city
engineering force were waist
deep in water, endeavoring to
mend with sacks of sand and dirt
the gap through which the flood
was pouring.
The flooded area lies between
Johnson avenue and Poplar ave
nue and Third street, and Thorn
ton. The street car service in
this section has been abandoned.
The property loss will be heavy.
For fourteen hours no informa
tion has been received here re
garding conditions at Ilollybush.
Ark., where the water, at noon
yesterday, was within 5 inches of
the top of the'levee and rising at
the rate of half a foot in *J4 hours.
Levee Gives Wsy.
Til* lev re prnlectlns Thiril sired
from ih* Bayou Onyoso. In north Mem
phis. nt the Inlrrscetlon of Auction
broke early thin morainic. flooding sev-
oral blocks between Auction and t.'on
W-rA»n Tplrd elr**J Thr water stmtv
three (**t dec|i. mill Is rising fnj'ldl)
Forty families have been competed t
pi* would b* rendered homeless and.
a property damase of nearly 11,000.000
caused.
Planters In this district are lending
every effort to the government In the
work of strengthening the levers.
Large forces of men from the Imperiled
towns nnd plantations have been rushed
la HntlvKo.h and nut to work
An effort will be made today by the
United States boat Vlrglnlus to tow a
large load of sand from Memphis to
Hollybush If the fog lifts.
FLOOD BULLETIN ISSUED
BY THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Washington. Feb. 1.—The flood bul
letin Issued last night by the weather
bureau Is as follows:
"The kllssleelppl river at Memphlu
stood at 1X.4 feet Thursday night, a
rise of .7 since Wednesday night. It
will come tu a stand by Sunday or
Sunday night with n crest stage some
what over 40 feet Stages at other
points Thursday morning were os fol
lows:
"New Madrid 3!>. a fall nf ::; Helens
47.7, a rite of .8; Arkansas City 50:
Oroenvllle 44.8. and Vicksburg 47. a
rise of .4 foot at each place; Ninches
45.6, a rise of .2; Bston Rouge 33.7,
and New Orleans IX.2, a rise of .1 at
each place. 8toges as follows are now-
indicated below Vicksburg:
"Natches between 4# nnd 60 feet by
February 18; Baton Rouge IA,'between
IS and 1'5. nml New Orleans about 20
feet during the same time." -j
Thousands of Aerss Floodsd.
Dense fog on the river atm prevails
and It Is Impossible for officials here
to reach the threatened district.
Thr situation
LETTER BRANDS BELL
AS SLAYER OF DOCTOR;
NEW ARREST
Witness Is Unable to
Identify Street Car
Man.
N>w Yt»rk. 1.—A letter wrlten l«j
John noil to nimr Quirk, of Hfclnwnj-, L.
I.. nml mulleil hot n few hour* nfti>r tlif
tlm«* l>r. r. Wlhnot Townwnri klllrtl,
practically act tie* tb« doubt that Bell la
tlu* murderer of tb« wealthy Statenviand
phyalclan.
Tho letter wni put Into the handa of the
police today by Quirk, who la one of &
wltiieMM'a aunitnoneil to the office of Ini
tor Krhuilttburger fur examination.
uapeo
The
Bell killed I»r. Town-
. JnralHan cou* *
when ahe waa dying.
could Identify
NotWtthaUlMiag ma poure iwiiptf turj
have the right man In Bell, they will prob-
Ulr make another arreat toalght.
Three anonymoua communications ban*
BROTHER OF HIPPLE,
IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE,
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Philadelphia, Feb. 1.—E. P. Hippie, brother of Frank Hippie of the Real
Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, committed sulcld* this morning, It Is
presumed because of financial Double. . , . .
Frank Hippie also killed himself after he found that his company had
been wrecked by his own speculations. , . . . ,
Mr. Hippie was 70 yeys of age, and had been In the real estate business
f ° r HhTwIfeTnd other members of rh# family were at breakfast when they
heard an unusual noise up stairs. Mrs. Hippie tent her eons to lnveetlgata
They found Hippie In his bed room, with a bullet wound tn hie head-
He was still alive, so an ambulance woe summoned, and the wounded
men was taken with all holts to a hospital. He died tn the ambulance.be
fore the hospital woe reached.
He shot himself with a revolver. Ths weapon was found by hb> side.
335 MEN WALK OUT
AT AUGUSTA SHOPS
AFTER CONFERENCE
Arc Demanding Increase of
Wages and Recognition^ i
of the Union. 1
mlt the rrtme.
lumr of x Utatrn _
thla person the poMce are aeektog.
them* gtre the
LOOKED LIKE ECLIPSE;
DARKNESS WAS UNUSUAL
Fog. clouds and smoke about noon
of Memphis, where the Wolf river
levees are reported to be weakening
fast. Thousands of seres of lowlands
are already under water In that district
and much property loss ami suffering
by both humans and stock have re
sulted.
The stage of the river reached on the
Memphis gauge laet night at 7 o'clock
was 39.4, a rise of .4 font for thr pre
ceding twelve hours, which larks but
little over s font of the maximum gauge
predicted by Forecaster Emory, 40.5.
and there la sn Interval of at least two
ds.'-s before the erest I* due here.
At Helena, Ark., the north protec
tion levee has been awept away, and
the main levee Is endangered. The en.
tire north section of the city and sev
eral small towns In the vicinity urc In.
undated.
made Friday one of the darkest days
In the history of Forecaster Marbury's
serious just north connection with the Atlanta bureau.
been
desert thrlr homes nnd tufts art- beltu
constructed to remove their househal
goods.
At 7 o'clock Ihl* morning the Missis
slppl river here was 39.S on the g.l'if,
« rise of eight Inrhes. It Is now corn
dently predicted that It will go to 4o.
four Inches above the previous hlg'-
water mark.
40,COO Livts Imperded.
A strip of terrlt *rv SO qdi*- v'
nnd 69 miles lone, embracing the
towmwof Marlon, CrnnfontavRI*. Vin
cent. Edmondson rnil Eerie. Ail.. I*
Imperiled by the Hollybusn situation.
nnould a rtevassc occur. 49.099 peo*
HUNDREDS ARE RESCUED
FROM THE LOWLAND8.
Vicksburg. Miss.. Feb. 1.—The Yazoo
canal In front of the city Is swollen tn
such proportions that It If nearly as
wide as the Mississippi during nnr-nal
conditions. The back-water In the
Yatoo and Sunflower rivers has already
overflowed n large stretch of country
anti every steamboat Is bringing In
cattle and human beings front tin low.
lands. The government boats In the
Imrbor have steam up and are ready to
move to any |>o!nt nt a moment's no-
lice. • /
The river here re*rhei| 47 feet yes-
tcrJnt. or 2 feet above the danger lint
RIVER OVERFLOWING
LEVEE IN NEW ORLEAN8.
sreclni to The (icorgtan.
New Orleans, l-u.. Feb. 1—The river
has reached the top of the bank nml Is
overflow ing nt the font of Canal street.
The water Is being kept from flooding
the street by the placing of bags if
.and along the low pIbcck.
Since Forecaster Msrbury came to At
lanta ten years ago there have been
many dark days, but Friday le one of
the w-orat In this line that he hoe eeen.
And It all come about because of the
cold currents coming In contact with
the warm currents of air and because
there wnsn't enough wlqd to ncstter
the mlete.
High up In the air there were a heap
of clouds which put old Sol out of busi
ness and made folks help swell the
treasure chests of the gss and electric
light companies.
And down nearer the earth the fogs
were buey and still there wasn't
enough wind Kssend them on to neigh
boring place*. But t» calm the fears
of the superstitious It mlghl be sold
that the real dark hours during the day
are not signs that the world Is earning
lo an end or anything of that soret It
reminded some of- the ante-bellum
dsrkys, however, of the time‘when the
light of the eun went out 'way back
yonder before the war when the chick
ens went to roost Ih the day,time.
But thr darkness of Friday wasn't
caused by any eclipse of the sun. Just
fogs and clouds.
The forecast:
•'Partly cloudy tonight nnd Saturday,
somewhat warmer tonight.”
The temperatures
7 o'clock a. i
X o'clock o. m.. ,
X o'clock a m.. .
10 o'clock a. tn.. .
11 o'clock a. m. ...
12 o'clock noon...
1 o'clock p. in... .
2 o'clock p. m... ,
.... 40 degrees
.. ..40 degress.
.. .. 41 degrees
.. .. 46 degrees.
4* degrees.
67 degrees.
60 degrees
4* degrees.
T
TO ATLANTA FIRM
TO BUILD SCHOOL
Special to The Oeorglan.
p.iuglae. Ga.. Fob. I.—Governor J.
M. Terrell an* the truxteea of the Kiev,
enth rongreeiMonal diet riot met In
Dougin* yeeterdny to agree on the lo-
•atlon of the hulUlInge and to receive
UUIm for their construction. 1 '■
Tin* board Nome time ago accepted
a fine site of son nurtM In the southern
portion r.f the town and has n-uy nnlv
to Inntc the place for the buildings.
This tract of land Is one of the best In
the wlregrn*i» section of Georgia, and
a Urge purl of It lies within the lnr»ir-
politic limit* of the city of Douglas.
The trustees met In executive session
Hi the forenoon und In the afternoon
;»t .1 o'clock they met ut the court
house, where n public receptioni waa
given them nnd many good speeches
! made.
Profensot* J H. Htewnrt. professor of
nodal i education at the Bute l*nt-
i nit Munich is three bid- witr sub- !'wily In Athens, whs here to give
innsmiitn • " * ...... his nsslsiance In arriving nt certain
lilted r u building the Foldleis Until’* lll;llln „ thuit pertain to the curriculum
•'spitnl. one t»f them b’lnft $300 lower; |»rof , '«*enr Parks, president of the
tim the one accepted Thursday, It Is I Norton 1 •‘ollcge nt Mllledgevllle. was
,,K.tide that tlje ; ruetces wilt annul; " !lh Oovernnr Tetrell s.nd IV-
MAY RE-OPEN BIDS
FOR NEW HOSPITAL
- ,, ^ , ..., ... „ Htewnrt. ami made a fine address
u t ontrrn t m icptei. and calf for nee . t ., n ;e i.irge crowd at the court bouse,
it's all around. The contract w‘os awarded to J. A.
The trust*« h mat ,T :'.:re*la\ nnd , ,\pmr»on.‘of Atlanta, at tltf.&OU. The
oened b!»> Tim* of A. .M^GHvru'-. J work Is to Le completed by Fep’entber
f Atlanta for #«.it«'» was lower than • |, nt which time the college for this
ny other, arc! the contract was awanl. j district will b« thrown open.
1 him. Hime then three other bldni The b-nnl did not ele«'t n president
DEATH CLAIMS HERWIG,
MANWHO ENCOMPASSED
THE DEFEAT OFTILDEf
New Orleans, La, Feb. 1.—P. F. Her-
wlg. aged 7a years, at one time a domi
nant factor In the polities of this state,
died yesterday, after a protracted Ill
ness. When the presidential election
between Tllden and Hayee was found
to be so close that either man might
win Herwlg Is credited with securing
enough of the electoral votes from
PAST LIFE OF EACH THAW
JUROR IS INVESTIGATED
Continued from Pag* On#.
Louisiana to ussura tha election
Hayes.
Though worth $500,000 nt the tine
of Ills death, nt time* he had been
minted several times a mllllonaln.
nd was one of the large stockholder*
of the old Louisiana Lottery. He once
carried more than half of the state
bonded debt of $11,000,000. Once ho
corralled half the members of the leg.
Islature on h revenue cutter and car
ried them out to sea to break a quorum.
RELEASED ON BAIL
PENDING HEARING
'iitnptiin. the
snrl nne cf them V Si for t-u thr
j,4'>i. It Is prubsble. therefore, that J ciiltee t >
lei. bills will be fl-kr-1 tor the trusteej cure « *»
tilrge. but sopolntetl
tske thr. iiMttrr Up and pro-
sj.ect.il lo the floor gist,
M'lntguinery. Ala.. Feb
of habeas corpus J. t>.
live sttM-k denier of this city who was
n few days tixo arrested on a charge -if
misdemeanor sntl who wss again lu*t
night arrested on the chnrge of felony,
was granted ball the second time this
morning by Judge IV. II. Thomas, of
■ he city court, pending a henring by
the - ie bench of Alabama.
try Marry K- Thsw for Ms Hfs «t*s
r*v*»tett-tod»y.—
Five Juror* Dismissed.
Two set* of sleuth*. Ilk* bloodhounds
on the trail, trace bock ths live* of the
Thaw jurors, haring every secret, no
matter how far In the post, to Issre
whatever there may have been In their
history that would have a bearing on
the manner In which they would pass
judgment on Thsw; to expos* their
general natures or any misdeed or mis
fortune that would bsvs a tendency to
Influence them.
One set of detectives engaged
ruthlessly baring the secrets of ths
Jurors Is In the employ of the district
attorney: the other Is working In be
half of Ih* Thaws.
Five jurors have been dlsmlseed from
the case after having been accepted by
both sides and sworn In. and It Is now
known that the release of a majority
of these men was due to discoveries
made by these detectives of something
that was objectionable to one aide or
the other.
May Diseharg* Anothsr.i
When court reconvened today, with
eleven jurors In th* box. It was report.
that on* or more of these eleven
would be discharged also and the work
mplsttng the jury delayed still
longer. One hundred more talesmen,
rounded up by the subpena eervers,
were In court today, and from thee*
the remaining juror* will be selected.
A stir was caused In the court when
the hint went around that one of th*
talesmen had been approached In the
rise, but nothing developed to confirm
the report
It developed today that the release
from th# Jury of David Strother Walk
*r was due to a statement from a well-
known actress, a star In a Broadway
omlc opera production.
Hsd Expressed Opinisn.
Just after Walker had been selected
this actress brought to the lawyers for
Than the Information that Walker hsd
been known to espress an opinion re
garding the Thaw-White tragedy dls
tlnctly Inimical to the defense.
According to ths Information received
by thr defenee. Walker hnd openly told
the actress that If chosen on tbs Jury
he would, under no circumstances, ren
der u verdict favorable to Thaw. As a
result, ihls Information wa* laid before
the dls..ict Attorney and Walker was
Immediately released.
"The dismissal of at least one Juror
was sanctioned by counsel for defense,"
sold t'llfford Hsrtridge. "We received
absolute Information that Ihls jiror had
slated an opinion Inimical tu Thaw."
Gats a Rabbit's Feel,
urt was no sooner opened thAn Je.
- nnd Hartrldge went Into consul
tation with Judge Fltigerald, and the
result of thla talk was anxiously await
ed by Thsw, the vitally Interested man.
and Ills vitally Interested family—end
It wus gloomily awaited by the crowd
who fell sure that one or more Ula-
mlssa's from the jury box wae coin
ing.
Mcanwhbc, Harry Thaw anti the
Tom Thumb deputy made their usual
appearance crosslnr th* Bridge of
Sight. Thsw had a small batch of un
opened lettara In hla.poduta, which,
from time tu time during the (rial, he
The firnt latter In hie pocket he open
ed waa a fat one. and the envelops waa
In a acrawllng hand and waa addressed
''Personal." When tlw envelope waa
opened and the contents Ashed out. It
waa found tn be a "rabbit's toot” The
letter was from a 12-year-old negro
boy In Virginia, telling THkw he hoped
he would go free.
Consultation I* Closed.
Thaw's own boyish face became pos
itively luminous, but there waa also In
{ hls eye the sign that the little token
had touched him deeply.
The consultation of the counsel end
ed with all outside nt It left lo Igno-
ranee of what had been the result. At
any rate, there did not follow ths sum
mary dismissal of the juror whom ru
mor had It would go.
The matters at thla time remained In
abeyance. One thing la sure, and that
Is. the defense will fight hard at
having thla man expelled from the
Jury box. They Inalat that there Is not
anything In the man's peat or present
character that could be magnified Into
a reason for deciding that he Is unfit
to serve.
Juror Cen Have Opinisn.
Frlende of Thaw declared that the
prosecution Is bending extiliordlnsry
efforts to secure ths Juror's dismissal
because It Is Named that tha Juror
In question had expressed an opinion
strongly In favor of Thaw. Thla opln
Ion he told hit closest friends.
Thla happened, of course, before the
' been accepted as a Juror.. An
man had
opinion does not debar a man from
taking a seat In the box unless he
say* that he could not lay thla opinion
aside and Judge only on and strictly
according to th* law, without sympathy
or feeling.
OCTOPI FALL OUT;
GO INTO COURTS
TIis Southern railway and the A>-
lantu Use Light Company are having a
tilt In the courts.
temporary restraining order was
granted by Judge Pendleton Friday
afternoon to enjoin the Southern rail
way from Interfering with a big gas
main In West Peters street.
The ratlruad Is doing some excava
tion work at this point and has uncov
ered a large main. The gaa company
claims that thla Is dangerous, that the
exposure may cause explosion, asphyx
iation ant' other horrible conditions.
They pray that the defendant road he
enjoined forever from Interfering with
the gaa pipes.
The hearing Is set for March X and
In the meantime the temporary Injunc
tion will stop Interference with ths
main.
Augusta. O*., Feb. 1.—Demanding •
that their salaries be Increased I cents
per hour, and that their employers; re
spectively, recognise their workers' an.
Ion and Agree, to. sign yearly contract* _
with th* car workers In their employ
ment, 200 workmen from the Georgia
railroad shopa, consisting of carpen
ters, painters, car repairers, tinners ;
and negro laborers, laid down their f
work this morning at I o'clock, and are 1
now on a strike, demanding the conoee- )
■Inn* and saying that until they get
them they will not return to work. At
the -same tlm* l»4
Charleston and Wax
way, who worinn ths sam*
nl#™ down Uxelr work,
total of 315 men who have
work any further until they secure
what they demand.
Ths action of ths ear workers wss
taken after a monster meeting had been
held laat night at which time they
agreed to lay doom their work at ■
o'clock this morning If thn contracts
were not signed.
Roads Rsfussd to Sign.
The railroads rsfussd to sign ths
contracts, and after reporting for work
this mornlrtg alt assembled In a body
In the Georgia railroad paint shop,
and after discussing their plans march a
ed In a solid body of morn than 390
under the union depot, where they sep
arated until the meeting tonight which
promises to be larger in attendance
than before, so th* cor workers soy,
■nd at which time they will complete
ly perfect all their plans for the strike.
E. L. McTIghe. a labor organiser, who
Is ths recognised leader of th* mss
who stopped work today, said that tha
action taken by the car workers wss
not a piece of fanaticism, but that the
men who are affected are pears*bis,
law-abiding cltlsens, God fearing, and
with the purpose of doing the right
thing Hi the matter of securing better
wages and contract* from the rail
roads. .
Brand Issuss Statement. r
The following statement his been Is- ;
sued by Superintendent Brand, ot the
Georgia railroad. In reference to tha |
strike of the car workers:
On January 24 or II n committee j
from members ot Woodlawn lodge. No.
International Association ot Car I
Workers, presented a request for car- .
tain changes In ifi* matter of pay and '
regulation of the shop rules. This re- J
quest was presented to John 1 S. Cook, I
master mechanic. The committee was I
promptly told that neltbsr Cook nor ,
any other official of th* Georgia road i
could act upon a petition, except Gea- j
eral Manager Thomu K. Scott.
"They were further told that Mr.
Scott was then too III to attend to
business, and that their request would I
be put before him as soon as he rs--i
covered sufficiently to give thn matter >
attention. The rommltteo apparently
acquiesced In ihls delay.
"The commute* again colled upon
Mr. Cook on Thursday afternoon. Jan
uary 31. He Informed them. In re
sponse to their Inquiries, that Mr.
Scott's Illness and the lack of power
to act of th* other officials of ths road
no response of any kIM could be glr«i
to th* petition by tho hour named.
Mannfiaa hfivlnis Kom » J Xw 1
No response having been received by
the committee, nu»i of ih* men In th#
iur v'wiiimiiT, iHu«i ye quo iiiau ih lira
car shop end repair yards stopped
work at 8 o'clock today. Mr. Scott Is
stilled confined to hls room by lltnees.
It le not known whnt direction he will
give the petition,"
Frederick Jentesn.
The funeral service* of Frederick
Jentsan, who died In a private *anl-
tarlum. were conducted In th*>dl
of Greenberg. Bond * BloomfMd
day morning. Thn Interment
Wcetvlew cemetery.