The looking glass. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1894-????, April 07, 1894, Page 11, Image 11

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See Our $4.50 Oak Marjtels. HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH CO. APRIL FOOL. TWO ASTONISHING JOKES PERPE TRATED BY WIRE. Clyde Shropshire one Victim and James Gordon Bennett the other —Both from Atlanta. The custom of playing practical jokes on April Ist has gone somewhat out of date, but two sells of a very astonishing character were neverthe less perpetrated from this city on that day. One of the victims was Clyde Shrop shire, now of Paris, and the other James Gordon Bennett, also of Paris. The joker has not been as yet discov ered. All the old timers here know Clyde Shropshire. He is a plausible young gentleman with a more pronounced taste for society than hard labor, who went from Georgia to Paris some years ago and has lived in the French capital ever since. He is nominally vice consul at the American Legation but leads rather a butterfly existence. All Georgians who vis t Paris encoun ter Clyde, whom they report as appa rently prosperous and exceedingly agreeable. More than this no man knoweth. It seems that on April Ist a cable gram was sent to him from this city, signed by Gov. Northen’s name and tendering him the appointment of U. S. Senator to fill the Colquitt term. Who sent it has not been discovered, or at least divulged, but it was appa rently regular enough and the charges, $19.40 were duly paid. The joker was evidently not afflicted with poverty. Late on the same night the Consti tution received a message from New York asking particulars of Shropshire’s appointment. Its receipt occasioned great surprise and on inquiry by wire developed the fact that the news of the cablegram had leaked from the office in the metropolis and reached the papers. Governor Northen was ques tioned and was as much surprised as any body. It has since turned out that the message reached Mr. Shropshire all right and occasioned him great satis faction. He promptly recognized the wisdom of the Governor’s choice and was trying to make up his mind whether it was worth while to swap the joys of Paris for senatorial honors when the news of Crisp’s appointment arrived and it dawned on him that he had been hoaxed. It was to say the least a very strange joke. Mr. Bennett was also April fooled by a message believed to have emi nated from Atlanta and very possibly from the same hand that so cruelly deceived Mr. Shropshire. It was signed by Gov. Tillman’s name and was in the nature of an explanation of his attitude toward the dispensary trouble. Here it is in full: To the Editor of the Herald: That I am in any way responsible for the present condition of things in this State is utterly false and absolutely without foun dation in fact. I did not make the dispensary law. On the contrary I protested against its enact ment and predicted, from my knowledge of the people of the State, that it would lead to violence and bloodshed. I have not tried to enfoice its monstrous provisions. On the contrary, I have urged that its constitutionality be determined by Smoke Gate City Pride; Fragrant and Pure. The Best sc. Cigar. All Dealers. the courts, and that the people yield a ready obedience to the law once the law has been determined. I did not appoint desperate or irresponsi ble men to enforce the law and arm them with rifles with instructions to shoot any one who might resist by look or word the infamous work of the whiskey spies. I did not pardon, before reading the evi dence in the case, the first of the spies who was convicted, although his offense was searching premises without a warrant and striking a woman, the mistress of the premises. I have never declared that I would head a mob to lynch a man for any offense what ever. Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor. The cost of this little joke was just $2.65. The Herald, strange to say, accepted the message as genuine and printed it in a very conspicuous place - in Sun day’s paper. This was a tolerably stupid thing to do and will probably lose an editor or two their jobs. Any one in the slightest degree conversant with the situation in South Carolina can easily read between the lines of the message, the next to the last para graph being especially transparant. Mr. Bennett would like to get his clutches on that humorist, particular ly as Gov. Tillman was furious when he read the hoax, and at once sent on a denial, claiming everything that the first telegram repudiated. INSANE SURELY. The Sad Case of Dr. Candler of Elec tropoise fame. The only explanation of the case of Dr. Geo. H. Candler is that he has a few slates loose, so to speak, on his mansard. He is crazy, in other words, insane, demented, and ought to be taken care of. At any rate he is no fit subject for a criminal prosecution. Dr. Candler is best known in Atlanta through his con nection with the Electropoise Co. The Electropoise is a mysterious medicine that is supposed to cure most of the ills that flesh is heir to, and Dr. Candler was engaged to look after the Atlanta office. Prior to that time he traveled through this part of the country for the Helvetia Milk Co. He carried a stere opticon and several operators with him and gave free entertainments for adver tising purposes. At that time he did not announce himself as a . hysician but as a humor ist and lecturer. He proved to be a capital fellow and made hosts of friends wherever he went. The fact is that Dr. Candler is a man of very unusual abil ity, and were it not for his convivial tastes would certainly make his mark. He has a charming wife and an interest ing family. The Dr. was with the Electropoise Co. only a few months, and since leaving its employ figured in a sensation at Macon. He went to the Brown House there and in a few days had a bad case of mania-a-portia. Friends were sent for, and the next that was heard of him he was arrested on a charge of larceny. He was taken to Marietta on this case this week. Its details are not known, but it is believed to be the outgrowth of his recent vagaries that point clearly to an unsound mind. Everybody who has ever known Can dler regrets his downfall. He is cer tainly much to be pitied as is his family, who are in destitute circumstances. VIGNAUX’S Is the acknowledged leading caterer of the South, and when you want some thing good to eat, it is to his place you should go, then you can find everything in and out of season, and at prices the lowest of the low. The Looking Glass. HAMMOCKS. Largest variety and smallest prices of any house in the city. Lowry Hard ware Co. GO Peachtree. S irking THE ONLY TAILOR That will give you Satisfaction in every detail Cutting, Fitting, Altering, Cleaning and Dyeing, 4/a EAST ALABAMA ST. APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. GEORGIA. 1 FULTON COUNTY, f To The Superior Court of Saw County : The petition of A. M. Jones, L E. Davis, E. A. Freeman and A. S. Hook, all residing in the city of Atlanta in said County, respectfully show’s that they desire for themselves and such other persons as may hereafter become associated with them, to be made and constituted a body corpo rate under the name and style of the CAPITAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. The prin cipal office, place of business and residence of said Association shall be in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, but petitioners desire toe’ privilege of transacting business anywhere within the United States or any foreign country, to establish branch and department offices and agencies, to create and appoint general and local Boards of Directors and officers of said boards for the man agement of said business, to appoint such attor neys, brokers, agents and representatives as may be necessary to carry on the business of said Association, and to confer authority upon them for that purpose and to remove them at pleas ure. The objects of said Association shall be pe cuniary profit for its stockholders; to encourage the saving of money; the accumulation of a fund which shall be paid in monthly installments or otherwise, by its stockholders’, and lending the same on real estate, personal 01 other accept able security to members of said Association, or to persons not members thereof, or to firms and corporations, and to take and hold deeds, mortgages, notes, bonds, executions, liens and other evidences of debt or personal security therefor; to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all such securities or any part thereof; to make, issue and sell bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations based on the securities and property held or owned by said Association; to buy, sell, own and deal in any such real or personal property; to improve any real es.ate by erecting buildings or other appliances for in creasing the value thereof, and to lease or rent the same and sell for cash, on time or on in stallments also to act as agent or trustee for the investment and management of funds forpersons firms, corporations, administrators, executors, guardians and trustees. To act as agent or bro ker for negotiating loans, for the purchase and sale of bonds, stocks, notes and other evidences of debt or of personal property and real estate, and charge such commission therefor as may be agreed upon between said Association and it's patrons, clients or mem ers. To carry out all of which said objects, as well as to do any and all other acts or things necessary and lawful in the prosecution and management of said business and businesses, petitioners pray to be invested with full power and authority. The capital stock of said Association shall be fifty shares of the par value when paid up, of one hundred dollars per share; but petitioners pray for the privilege of beginning business whenever ten per cent, of said capital stock shall have been paid in, and of increasing said stock from time to time, in the discretion cf the Board of Directors, to anv amount not exceeding two hundred thousand shares, said capital stock to be paid by monthly installments on each share after the manner of building and loan associations, or payments may be made in full in advance, or otherwise, as the Directors may prescribe. Fetitioners’further pray for the right to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the gov ernment of said corporation as may be necessary and proper, and to enforce the same by penalties, fines, and forfeitures, provided such by-laws, rules and regulations shall not violate the laws of this state. Petitioners pray for power and authority to borrow money on real estate or personal proper ty, and to execute such notes, mortgages, deeds, transfers or conveyances thereof as may be nec essary to effectuate such purposes; to have and to use a common seal,to sue and be sued,to plead and be impleaded, to contract and be contracted, with, to have such other powers and to do such other acts as are customary and proper to carry out the intent, design, and purpose of said Association. Petitioners pray to be incorporated for the full term of twenty years, with the privilege of re newal at the expiration of said term according to law, and petitioners will ever pray, etc J. HOWELL GREEN, Attorney for Petitioners. Filed in office February sth, 1894. G. H. TANNER, Clerk Superior Court. STATE OF GEORGIA, 1 County of Fulton. I I, G H. Tanner, Clerk of the Superior Court ot said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the files of this office, of the original application for charter for THE ‘'CAP ITAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. - ’ Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this the sth dav of February, 1894. G. H TANNER, Clerk’ Superior Court, Fulton Co.. Georgia figures Are What Talk. CALDWELL BROS. Are now showing the very latest and nobbiest effects in Spring Clothing Furnishings and Hats. Lowest Prices and Best Values Is our Motto. Caldwell Brothers, 9 Whitehall Street. K 1 L K ULATE On Your Grocery Bill I 2:1 pounds Light Brown Sugar .. ..§1 00 22 pounds Standard Granulated Sugar 1 00 22 pounds Rice .. . 1 GO 22 pounds Oat Meal ■ 1 00 11 pounds Leaf Lard 1 00 10 pounds Leaf Lard, in cans 95 Glory Soap 04 Pearline 04 Baking Powder. One Spoon 04 Levering’s Coffee, per pound 24 Meal, water ground, per peck. 13 Meal, water ground, per bushel . 18 New Orleans Syrup, best, per gallon .. 50 Vinegar, Price A Lucas’s, best, per gallon 20 Table Salt, per pound 01 Butterine 18 Silver Churn .... 23 Dove Brand Hams BURNHAM’S CASH STORE, ’PHONE 199. 199 DECATUR ST. J-’WY/L . nrrririTT-m-iiVtrTrL' hf ti'i iiW .Him ii'mrilljWrttTntCjnriHlT mm IT'." 1 . At I a nta' Ga. A PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE • * Pike Dp s l\gs--Finl (hemicajj). * • / 11