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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. rpfPAY, FEBRUARY t, 1*7. Rockers add much to the pleasure of family gatherings these long wintry evening! —In fact uothlng la ^ore oaaentlal to the comfort of home at all timed'. Our Rocker* must be flrat comfortable, then ornamental—you are assured of rocker comfort when buyiug' It hero All styles and sires, $2.60, $6.00, $7.50, $10.00 and up. Everything good in Furniture, Mat tings. Hugs. Sole agenth for the rate- brated Bloch Go-Carta and Carraxoa. Our liberal credit system makes possible every home comfort — you divide the payments weekly or monthly to suit your conven ience. CARMICHACL-TALMAN FURNITURE CO. 74-76 Whitehall St. “The Store That Saves Tou Money.” WRONGTOGRANTNEGRO THE RIGHT OF FRANCHISE, ASSERTS JUDGE PARKER N«w York, Feb. I.—The Maryland F.» iny uf New York held Ita ninth an nual banquet at Sherry's last night. Altnn B. Parker spoke. Referring to ,h, Brownsville alfslr. Judge P»rk>r ,,lj ha believed the president had the Ilrht to discharge the negroea, and wan justified In using that power. He con- -*i«m»«Al-the interference* of the legisla tive branch of the goverimienf. and at- trtbuted its action in the matter to political motives. • It i.v not the Arst time the politician* have used the negroes for their own purposes." said Judge Parker. “They uttd them when they Middled upon the statea to the south of Maryland these people as voters. Kvery Intelligent man. I think, will admit that granting the franchise to the negro at the close of the war was a mistake, un great a mistake for the negro as for the white m»n. "What the South needs and what t has the right to ask Is understanding and conAdence. It does not need m; does It desire Indulgence or pltyy tnr, like any Individual or people anywhet*. It would welcome and should have sym pathy. She can hot he helped by pas sion. She should not be subjected to the denunciation of the demagogue ami bigot or the raving of the funatlc." IDLE RICH IN FRANCE ARE TO PAY THE TAXES Paris. Feb. 8.—-The new income tax mil sure was Introduced In the cham ber of deputies yesterday afternoon. It i« a combination of the system of di rect taxation upon Incomes from what ever siurre, supplemented by a pro gressive general tax ranging from 3 to 4 per r« nt upon general total Incomes in excess of fi.oOo from various source-*, divided into three categories as fol- Reat and personal property will be. taxed 4 |*»r cent: commercial and In dustrial property. 3 1-3 per cent: pay for labor salaries, 3 per cent. Foreign stocks are granted access to the French market on the payment of a stamp-tax of 2 per'cent on their nomi nal value and a per cent upon the reve nue they yield. The measure makes no distinction between foreign stocks and foreign government securities. The bill Is designed to tax the Idle rich and not grind down the poor work ing class. COACH UNCOUPLED, Special Pelha curred ♦astern Atlantli i The Georgian. . Oa„ Feb. S.—A wreck oc- i the Hint River and North- tilway at the Junction of the «'oast Line and Flint River and Northeastern, half a mile north • f Pelham depot, yesterday. A dosen passengers were painfully though not fatally Injured. The rear passenger coach became uncoupled, the engine leaving It behind a distance of several hundred yards, "hen the engine and other cars atop- i*d ut the junction the coach ran Into them with great force. Among the Injured who are being physicians and friends • ared Uint Itlver and i sheriff SHIPP CASES TO BE CALLED TUESDAY f «eorgean. Tenu.. Feb. 8.—On Tuesday • Hock, I tou, James 1». Ma ntled Statea commissioner. PHYSICIAN LASHED BY PRETTY PATIENT St. Clair McKolwnv’s Broth er Victim of a I)on Whip. New York, IVh. 8.—Dr. O. McKel- w»y, brother of 81. «'lair McKelmay. was subjected to a lashing with a il.ig whip In the hamia of Mra. Catherine 8. Reilly, a young ami beautiful pa tient. of 246 Lincoln atreet. Flushing, In hla private office till* morning. Mm. Reilly la the wife of M. J. K. Reilly, a traveling salesman for a Manhattan munufaeturlng houae. Both nre well known In the anclal life of Flushing. Mra. Reilly admitted having laahed the doctor. "Yea. I atruek hint with a dog whip, aa he deserved." aalil ahe. Further titan this. "he would make no atatement. The doctor was equally reticent. r. McKelwny la one of the beat mi physicians In the Fluahlng aec- thin. Ho la about 60 yenra of age and haa a large family. Saloona Preparing to Cleat. Iliaitfvlile. Ala.. Feb S. The local aolo re |ir.q.:irliig to Fast Express Crashed Into Suburban Train at Chicago. /. Chicago. Feb. 8.—One man la dead and twenty-live Injured, name aertoualy. In n coltlalon between a vreatbound Chi cago, Milwaukee and St, Paul railroad express and a euhurban train crowded with conunulera at the Elisabeth atreet creating thlt morning. CHINKS CLEARED OF CHARGE OE RUNNING "JOINT" After being nut half ah'hour. Ih Jury In the caaea of Charlie Jung Topi amt Ju Jung, tha Chinamen accused of operating a "hop" joint and blind titer, returned a verdict of acquittal Thursday afternoon at 2:80 o’clock: The Celestials were represented by At torney! Harvey Hill and J. B. Ridley, while Solicitor Lowry Arnold appeared for the prosecution. The rate waa hard fought and wna on trial two daya. OLIVER FELL DOWN ON CITY CONTRACT} TO LOSE FORFEIT If council acta In accordance w ith the expressed'opinion of Mayor Joyner, the city will have saved to date $*.100 from contractor#, who fglteri to !|ve up to their contracts, and the Agure Is grow ing larger every day. W.,J. Oliver, the bidder for the Panama canal contract. Is one of the contractors. The contract with the Oliver Com pany for the construction of section No. 2 of the Washington atreet viaduct stipulates that the contractors shall pay damages to the amount of *60 for each day after Decembfr'l. 190*. until the work la completed. The same provision applied to the contract with Grant Wilkins for section No. 1 of the viaduct. The contract with Will R. Maher for tlte paving of Madison avenue pro vides that, 1n like manner, the con tractors shall pay *!« per day for each day after October IS. There having been 111* daya, the city must be paid 3iasnziIamagggznTiigreL-tmvy hgyn *t daya since the viaduct should have been completed and this ut $100 a day makes $6,900. The sum Is still grow ing. The communication of the mayor to council which was referred 'to‘the finance committee, concludes ns fol lows: "I am of the opinion that when the city enters Into a bona Adc agreement with a contractor, such contractor should be made to abide by the provi slons of the agreement In every partlc ulur.” A Brief Resume of the Muse February Reductions Men’s and Youths’ Suits in fancy mixtures that were $10.00 to $40.00, now $7.50 to $30.00 All Odd Trousers Reduced Trousers that were $3.50 to $10.00, now $2.75 to $7.50 Men’s and Youths’ coats, Raincoats and Over- Top Coats, $15.00 to $50.00 Coats, now $11.25 to $37.50 Boys’ double-breasted Suits in fancy weaves, $3.50 to $12.50 Suits, now $2.65 to $9.40 Colored Stiff Bosom and Negligee Shirts $1.00 Shirts reduced to..., 65c $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Shirts, at 95c ATLANTA’S OLDEST SAVINGS BANK Incraaaas D,po.it, One Hundred and Four Thousand Dollars in This Cut is just 1-4 the actual *i*e of the machine. FOWLER'S RAZOR SHARPENER. ., 1 I,H-rs |latent in five «liff.;ivni "'.'“V " ’ ih! is much needed and in which "* " «« make a just and deal with tl. ritrhl ' ho will iiHsiiit me to put il on I lie mnrkei. ■•tails furnished by writ inn H. P. POWLER, P. 0. Box 633, Atlanta. Gt- The Georgia Having* Hank 4k Truitt Company haa enjoyed a steady growth Mnce Itn organisation, and the lent twelve month* haa been particularly gratifying, ah the increane haa been more than one hundred and four thou Mind dollar*. The new year haa Mart- out with it ru*h of new account* and the ruah I* Mill on. Everybody and anybody that in making an honest ef fort to Wave their motley, I* welcome*! at thl* solid Institution. There are hundred* of families In Atlanta who can trace the ownership of the roof over their heads to the Aral dollar saved in this old savings bank. It wojld do >oii good to see the working l>eople line up on Haturday afternoon* from 4 to 6 to defioMi a portion of their earnings The growth of the bank | shows tl.e growing (Hipularlty of tne bank. The> hail on deposit Feb. r». 1900 Feb. 5. 1901 Feb 190?. i Feb. ... ll*t»3 Feb. 5. 1904 Feb. f*. 190.*, *. ... Feb. r». 1906 Feb. 5. 1907 Th« officer* and Ulrectoi* M Brown, president. J«»seph A. Me* Ci.nl. vl*e picsldent: Josoph E Boa- ton. «ecietar> and treasurer. D. Wood- waul Arnold Broyles. John L Tye. Elijah A Brown and Fred B. law The «npltal stock Is SlOo.OOO.QO and ♦be -*u* plus, uul umllvluvfl t*rulU*J3<l •too oo. making it *>ne of the N stlongest Institutions In the city 4 per cant per annum tnteraat paid on amounts from $UX> to ^Sr000 and Outing Night Shirts and Outing or Oxford Paja mas REDUCED. 50c Night Shirts at. 40c 75c Night Shirts at 60c 1.00 Night Shirts at 75c LSO^ight Shirts at 1.15 3.00 Kight Shirts at 2.00 1.00 Pajamas 75c 1.50 Pajamas" V. 1.15 2.00 Pajamas 1.40 2.50 Pajamas..r;...... 1.75 3.00 Pajamas 2.00 5.00 Pajamas 3.75 Fancy Neckwear. 50c Neckwear reduced to 35c 3 for 1.00 1.00 to 1.50 Neckwear reduced to 60c Fancy Half Hose. 25c Half Hose at 20c 50c Half Hose at 35c 3 for 1.00 Boys 9 Underwear. 50c Garments 40c 75c Garments.. 60c 1.00 Garments 75c •“ f . - - Underwear Reductions, Priced by the Garment 50c Underwear 40c 1.00 Underwear 75c 1.50 Underwear .. f .J.15 „ 2.00 Underwear .1.50 2.50 Underwear L75 3.50 Underwear 2.75 7.50 Underwear 5.00 MUSE’S 3-5-7 Whitehall Street WILL ISSUE BOND8 Ta BEGIN OPERATION Hpt'-lnl t.> Th«* Georgian. ChsiliuiiMiKi, Tenn.. Feb. *.->i«w York. West Virginia. Ohio tad I’riiii.jlvsnla rap I,,11.i, ..tin ere littereateil In Ihe Clrnr Creek I'osl sml Coke t’ompsny. whlrh wan recently chartered In this city «Itli ,01,1ml stork. |tro|Mtw In Isaac tao.twn In lioiiita for Ik. pnri»,«<> .if hegltialns peers lions St nuno In the t'nniltrrltnil coat licit. These cent lent.n own T.OOJ n; res of nisi Unit, bins In Frsnklln nnd Marlon r«mi tie. In the Until.- t'reek district. telilob they pnqawa* to develo|i. compounded January and Jut] Kl ; and Alabama Streets. Suffer from Cer Shortage. Hi<e,‘inl in 1 hr riroretee. IlllnlsvUlr. Ala . Fol*. 8.—The rsr shortsfe on ill.- Houihern railway. ■■ wrll as other linen iqierallne In this aerllun. haa worked a stout liardahl|i ou ImstneM .-otu-t-rua this winter, mol |n’iltl*His are bolne aent to the offh la i* lor i-erltlH relief If e<itsllile fniot non on. From Kuotvllle to lltesphl, Ike tltoatlvu ha, been aertmia SARNESVILLE WANTS ELECTRIC RAILWAY Hnrneavllie. Ge., Feb. 8.—Major E. E. Wlntera. of the Atlanta-Macon Electric rsllwny. linn been here thla week con- fei rtiiR "Itlt the cltltena of the cornmu- nitc nhotit running the line throuffh ItarneexIlia-. At first cnntrmplated. the lino would mlie the city by several miles. The people here went -the mad to Clime throuffh the dtty. and they are nstlatlrd that It tvould be profitable to the company, and. In fart, they do not sre how the officials can afford not to come by such an Important busl. nr»s point Bamesvllle has now about 6.1100 population: does a large nttnu- faclurlm; business, and the city Is grow luff rapidly. i It In hoped that the electric line will I take In Ibtmeavllle. I.KASrNUDK tw: RCHE8- OPPOHKD BY THE POPE Rome. Feb. k.—The complete test of the circular of M. Brland. French min- Inter of public education, accompanied by specimen formulas, which the may ors are Instructed to follow In leasing churches, has retched the Vatican, where - It 'Is commented ni>m aa fdt- lows: "According to the formulas, tlie may- or. are free .not to tenew the lease of churches on a change of parish priests, which means that the’-laltor win ha subjected to the will or whim of the mayors. The tenure of churcbea de pends upon the arbitrary decisions of ihr municipal council* and upon party strife In email center* It Is not ac ceptable. as It hat already been con demned by the pope.” NEW OFFICER8 ELECTED BY MACON RAILWAY. Macon, ria.. Feb. I.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of tho Ma con Rnllway and Light Cqmpany. held yesterday, new offleara and a board of director* were elected aa follows: . Herman Myera, president: Sego My ers. vice president: J. H. Herts, secre tary und treasurer. J. T. Nyhan la f inersl manager In succeed himself. lie directors sre E. O. Harris. T. J. t'arllng. Morris Hayp. Henry Horne, Leon Dure. 8 Uuthman. J. H. Herts J: H. Fall. Regn Myers. Jacob Collins, Jacob Paulson and \V. \V. Osborne and Hermnn Myers. JARRABD IS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Special to The Georgian. Dahlonegs. Oa., Feb. (.—The prelimi nary trial of Bud. Carl and Wash Jar- rard and Cogs Baker, charged with «h* murder of Floyd Walden, who was shot lost Christmas Eva, with a paper wad and dlad January II, was hold her* Wednesday. Bud Jarrard was bound over on a charge of murder. Tb* othet three were released. Jarrard* attor neys. colonel Bawer and Huff, "wn apply to tho superior court Judge fol boll, which will likely bo gran tad, os no evidence showed any malic* on th4 pert of Jarrard. It sasms to have bees a coos of careless Christmas cote*, making. Real Estate Salesman Wanted Man of experience with knowledge of Atlanta and capable of earning $50 to $7.5 i>er week can secure valua ble connection where there's plenty work and good com pensation for the intelligent handling of real estate. »' JAMES L. LOGAN & CO. 308 Peters Building. .