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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY DOT. A SUPERIOR DRESS SHIRT In »ppe*r*nc« and fit the equal of the production of the chop. The SHIRT Exceptionally good value at $1.50 and more. CLUCTT. PEABODY A CO.. E AND PASS CHARGE, REPLIESMR. COCKE Chairman of Committee Answers Denunciation of Senator Bailev. Pi eo'nl to The Georgian. .\u«tln, Tex., Feb. 14.—Chairman O'Neil, of the Bailey Investigating committee, nn- nouuced yesterday that a message from Mr Johnson, attorney of the Watera-I’leree Dll Company, stating that the Water* rierce book* and witnesses left Rt. Louis jesterday, and abould arrive In Auatlti Thursday night, and that he would nr- range a future date when the aub-enmiult* tee might aecure the te*timotiy of II. Clay Pierce. Hie real feature of the *o*alon jester- •lay «va« the reply of Representative Cocke to n *tntement made the day prior by Senator Halley, who. lu vigorous term*, tie i.Hiifio-d a* untrue certain ii<cu*.itlouH. Mr Cocke mid that he did not under •♦and that he (Cocke).wa* referretl to by Sn ttor Halley, a* waa re|H>rted In the i,.- < «|>a|H>r*. Hut If I am tnl*tnkcn.*' Mr. Cocke con- timid. "and Halley tlld call me it liar. I t.<-ii<l simply cmialder the aotirce. tlnlv tut-, and d»g* tight, and bullies browltent. S iiator Hnlley waa not pre*cnt when tbla nat. incut wa* made, und Mr. Cocke ex- l >. «.ed regret because of this fact. It uim decided tbnt the witnesses who t'i arrive from Rt. I»ul* Tburntlay —slmnM -ccmelt* -here- until Monday. 4«» mI- i'.H 111.. •Mib-ctunilllttee. who anticipated Ih-- lag In St. !>ouIn Friday, nu opportunity t.. i.e present ut the examination of the GEORGIA CITIES TO GET BUILDINGS w.i-hlngton, Feb. 14.—Secretary' Fh.nv !m* announced that the follow ing Itrs for the location <*f public i*tn dings In Georgia have been se lected: Site Jn Marietta, Ga.—Bounded by Winter. Andernon and Atlanta street*. J. .1 Block, agent. Price. $9,750. Sit** In Amerlcus, Ga.—Known n* the Rank of Southweat Georgia place, bounded by Lee. Lamar and Windsor erects. Price $15,000. SOCIETY PEOPLE ARE SUBPOENAED IN DIVORCE SUIT Posing as Wealthy Man, De tective Collects Evi dence in Case. Asheville, N. C.. Fob. 14—Some high, ly ftenoHtional aflblnvltn were Intro* ducccl In evidence In the case of Merrill Beech Mill*, the New York and De troit yachtuman and manufacturer, known n< the “stove IUuk." who Isgath- erlnK evidence here for the purpose of brlnxInK a counter divorce »ult against his wife, Mrs. Mills tiled her suit against her husband last spring. At the hearing before United States Commissioner J. J. Britt there were two affidavits filed by Harold Emmons, a lawyer of Detroit, Mich., made by Gilliland Ktlkeleather, a well-known young society man, whom Mills Is suing for (100,000 damages on the charge of alienating the affections of hie wife. The affidavits made by young Sttke- leather were obtained by u detective, who came here In the early part of the summer and posed as a man of wealth and social position, under which guise he obtained Ingress to a club to which Stlkelenther belonged and won Stlke- .leather's confidence. Htikeleather says .that he was drink ing. or “drunk” when he made the two affidavits, but the notary, President Ray. of the citizens' Bank, testified that to the best of tils knowledge Stlke- leather wa* perfectly sober at the time Ray Is borne out In his testimony by Cashier John Campbell, of the Citizens' Bank. There were also some suhpenas Is* sued against several prominent young society people, who, along with coach men and chambermaids, have been dragged Into the case. Charges of bri bery of witnesses are made by both sides. F, RENDRI FREE CATARRH CURE Bad Breath, K’Hawklng aid Quickly Cored—Fill Out Free Coopon Below. TO HEAD COLLEGE IN FIRST DISTRICT Special to The Georgian. Statesboro. Ga., Feb. 14.—It 1* offi cially announced by the chairman of the executive committee of the Agri cultural College for the Flrat District that Professor J. Walter Hendricks has accepted the position of superin tendent. He was elected to this place Home time ago, but it was not known that he would accept Work on the building la being pushed. The superintendent trill move here aft er the close of hla school at Douglas. PRESSCLUBROOMS My New Discovery Quickly Curat Ca tarrh. H —C. E. Gauss. , t .ili ant only dangerous, but It eau*ea , '**>. ulceration, death and decay of -’•of thinking and reaaonlng power. ;, and energy, often causes In** . 'die. Indigestion, dyspepsia, raw ! I reaches to genera) debility. Idiocy . ulty. It need* attention lit once. "Hli Gan**’ t'rttarrh Cure. It I* a ; ' “heal, permanent cure, Iternuse It *»v*teoi of the poison germ* that , 'tarrh. f to prove to all who are Buffering - •l.iugcroMN and loathsome disease , « .iturrh Cure will actually cure ,,f catarrh quickly, no matter how ; • 'j.'Mng or how had. I will send n , % K “»'e ay mall free of nil coat. Heml " line and nddre«t today and the m by return tnnll. cure *o that yon Instead of shunned by •J; F. K GAt'HS*. KfiA Main St., Midi nnT»ni csinwirTkdow. FREE •mmon I* giNMl for one trial ••r Gauss' Combined Catarrh “died fr»«o in plain package ml In your name and ml»lh*w • d line* below and mall to E - GAUS8, 8650 Main StrMt, Marshall, Mich. Although only formally opened since Tuesday, nlready the home of the At lanta Press flub now presents a most attractive appearance, and Indications point to nn even more attractive ap pearance within a short time. Original cartoons have been present ed to the club by many famous artists, and these have been (ranted and placed upon the walls of the rooms. News papers from innny cities are now being placed-on file In the rooms for the use of the members, and besides these are all the Intest niagnzlnes. A library Is being collected and innny books have been presented, with promises of more, which will make this feature of the club In Itself a strong drawing card. While complete ar rangements for serving meals at the rooms have not yet been made, lunrhsa tnny he secured, and many members of the club enjoy their midday mcnl there. For the convenience of the members, desks and writing material have been placed In the rooms, where anything from a love letetr to a magazine arti cle may be written. HEADQUARTERS OFFERED FOR COTTON CRUSHERS > The Atlanta rimmher of Commerce Wednesday afternoon, through board of directors, adopted resolutions Offered by F. J. Pax on and BE. Fore man. Inviting the Cotton Seed Crusherz' Association of Georgia to designate the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. In the Empire building, as stntc head- nuarters and I" further designate the rooms ns a point of arbitration of all disputes In trading. The resolutions also embodied nn In. vltatlon for the crushers to attend the annual dinner of the Chamber of Com* merer, which will he given next month. MOKSK CONTROLS THE WARD LINE Nm- York, Feb. It—Charles F. Morse has purchased a controlling In* terest In the New York and Cuba Mall Steamship company, commonly known ns the Ward l.lne. h>' taking over the Stm k offered by Henry P. Booth, pres, idem or that company. SOON TO BEGIN WORK ON ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. tal to The GeorglsB. {trllka. Ala. Feb.' If.—H. L McKee, titly receive! a franchise to ; as plant, electric light plant and a street railway from thla city t« Auburn. «»' companl"'! to and gits'plant that In a ' % • Who Makes the Cigars You Smoke Perhaps you never thought the matter of very much importance—but consid ered it enough to know the retailer from whoip you bought. But when you are repeatedly stung with poor cigars you cannot always blame the retailer—that isn’t the way to avoid unreliable brands. Because that very same retailer probably carries in stock the best brands of cigars made—if you only ask for them. You ought to KNOW When you get a poor cigar—and you don’t know who made it—how are you going to avoid the other brands of the same manufacture? Don’t you see that there is no way to prevent dis- honest or incompetent manufacturers from re peatedly imposing on you by offering you unidentified brands of different names? The NEW The American Cigar Company stands back of its brands with a responsible guarantee of their quality. We stamp the boxes of our standard brands with our Triangle A merit mark so you can immediately distinguish them wherever you go. Then we invite you—even urge you—* to go to any store and ask for any one of our Triangle A brands—then judge it strictly on its merits in critical compari son with the cigars of any other manu facture sold you at the same price. Isn't that a square deal ? Do you know any other cigar manufac turer who stands back of his product in the CREMO is convincing evidence of the improved quality which the Triangle A guarantees. Every box is extra- wrapped in glassine paper to keep the cigars dean, fresh and in perfect smoking condition. same unmistakable way and on the same re sponsible basis, with as plain a guarantee of value? • AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer TO OPEN WHITE SCHOOLS TO JAPANESE CHILDREN; IT IS UP TO CONGRESS Washlnfton, D. C., Fab. 11.—In xo far the Immigration bill was entirely *At- lefactory to them. Secretary Root par ticipated In the conference, and made a report on hi* nexotlatlons with the Re publican leaders In conxresi and the as President Roosevelt, Mayor Schmitz snd the members of the San Francisco school board are concerned, the Jap anese school controversy Is settled. An amicable adjustment of the question now rests with conjtross. If the amendment to the Immigration bill, proposed by Secretary Boot, ex cluding foreigners who use their pass ports to secure admission to the United States "to the detriment of labor con ditions In this country." Is accepted by the senate and house. And the Immi gration bill Is passed at this session of congress, the San Francisco board of education will rescind It* order es tablishing the Oriental schools unless the Japanese government agrees to a proposition for separate echools, which will provide equal facilities for the Jap- aneee children. Mayor Schmlts and hie aselatants had a conference with the president yesterday afternoon, and Mr. Roosevelt was assured that tho amendment to hers of the school board are still hope ful thst Viscount Aokl, tho Japanese ambassador, will agree to eeparate schools In California, they eland willing to rescind the order establishing the Oriental schoole, and again admit Jap anese children to the white schools. TO EXCLUDE COOLIE LABORER8 FROM COUNTRY. Exclusion of foreigners who use thslr passports to secure admission to the United Btates to the detriment of labor conditions In this country Is pro vided for by nn amendment to the Im migration hill agreed upon by conferees of the Senate and house yesterday, and reported to congress. The amendment Is the result of the demand from the Pacific const states for the exclusion of Japanese coolies. HOUSE OF COMMONS STORMED B Y WOMEN LINE TO COLUMBUS WILL I UPLNLU Officials of the Centra! of Georgia railway believe that the new branch between Greenville and Newnan Junc tion will be completed within two weeks —opening to the traveling public a short line between Atlanta and Co lumbus. and a number of cities and towns In southwest Georgia. This branch taps the Central's Ms* rnn-CImltanooga'llne a few miles south of Newnan. From Newnan to At lanta the rails of the Atlanta and West Point will be used, and the officials expect that regular through schedules lo Columbus will be established In the enrly summer. The road will be opened for freight trains only at first. In order that the roadbed nmy become settled before passenger schedules are established. WILLIAM It. HESTON, AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1865. WHITNER, MANKY & CO. FIRE INSURANCE. Telephones, Jn Prudential Bldg.' SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT _ ^ For the Six Month! Boding December tL 1»06. of the Condition of th» K London Assurance Corporation OF LONDON, ENGLAND. Organised under the Izw. of Great Britain: mads to the governor of the (tat* of Ueurzls In punni.ee. of the laws of sold state. l'rlnclpsl office In United States. M Wall .(rest, New York, N. T. Suffragists Are Injured in Clash With Lon don Police. London. Feb. H.—Rlxty-stx women suffragists who tried to force thetr way Into the houee of rommone and who took part In a demonetisation In front of the parliament building last night, were arrested. All. however, were released on belt furnished by friends. The doors of the house were ehut In the faces of the women, end the police attempted to drive them back. Mount ed men galloped among the women. 5| why In the city yesterday, ac. v F. D. Moses, wn engineer Xpert. Mr. McKee says ‘intends beginning work hero ry short time. SICK HEADACHE [CARTER’S TO Fotmvtvv Cusco BY Tmczz lima rzu. Dyspezla relieved. Constipation avoided. Bowels regulated, do pain, no griping. SMALL FILL. ■MALL DOSB. •MALL FRIO*. who struggled fiercely. Many women were thrown Into the mud and badly hurt. Several women Journalists, who were roughly handled by mistake, fainted. As the house was about to adjourn last night, Claude Georgs Hay, a mem her of the house, called attention to the disturbances and protested against using the houses of parliament os fortress to be filled with police to pro tect tho members against women. Homo Secretary Gladstone said he had little knowledge of what was go ing nn outside, but that the measures employed were for the general conven lence of the members, and he was sure no unnecessary violence had been used MILLEDGEVILLE FOR NEXT MEETING At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the County School Commis sioners* Association, held Wednesday afternoon In the office of State School Commissioner Merritt, Mlltedgevllle wa* selected a* the convention city for 7. and the dates April 2$, 24 and 26. * Following thl* meeting a large num ber of the rommlealonera will attend the convention of the Georgia Educa tional ANNoclatlon In Macon April 25, 21 and 27. SALVATION ARMY HOLDS CONGRESS The Initial meeting of the fourth an nual congress of the Southern division of the Salvation Army will be held Thursday night in the Wealey Memo rial Tabernacle, and It I* expected that a large audience will be prenent. Thl* meeting will be In the natufo of a welcome ncrvlce to Colonel IL E. Holt, of Cleveland. Ohio, and Colonel W. A. McIntyre, field secretary of the entire rnlted State*, with headquarter* In New York. In addition to these well- known officer*, many other* of promi nence will be In Atlanta during the con gress. on Sunday neveral pulpit* will be occupied by Salvation Army offi cer*. Funeral of J. A. Finley. Special to Tbs Georgian. Opelika. Ala., Feb. 14—The funeral of J. A. Finley wa* held from the union depot Tuesday afternoon and we* at tended by a number of friend* 'of the deceased. The remain* were accom panied to Opelika by an escort from the Montgomery Lodge. K. of P., of which order the deceased wa* a very devout member, and were met by the local lodge. Start Strong FOOD THAT NOURISHES ALI. DAY- Grape-Nuts WITH CREAM “There’s a Reason.” .... AIM.M ’.ASS LO®' II. A88ET8. . Htooks ami bond! owned iPsoint.lv by tho company, par vsins anus, market value (eorrie.1 out) *.'.154,53.*) ttIHBlIt rn*h In rompany'* principal office «’«*h belonging to the company deposited In bank 7. Cash In baud* of agent* and lu courae of trtnsmlMloa., Total raah itema (carried out)..!!!.!!! ,- r 9. Amount of Intercut actually duo and accrued and unpaid Due from other companies for reinsurance on looae* already paid Total aiMta of the company, actual caah market valua >3.038,tlia ,, . III. LIABILITIES. 1. Lo*ae* uupald. not yer due $ 31,069.00 3. Urn** Iomac* In pnMN>*n of adjuatnieut or lu auapenae, Including all reported and auppoacd lo**c«..' $32,716.00 3. I.o**«>* rcRlNtcd, lueiudlng Interest, coat and all other expenoe* / thereon MHO* 4. Total amount of claim* for lo**e* $7*.$7100 5. Deduct reinsurance Hereon $8,17100 6. Net amount of unpaid Iomc* (carried out) I 10. The amount of reserve for reinsurance HolNrleo, rents, etc $ 7,600.00 Iteturn premium* ®.0! Ilcltmuratirc premium* 42,00.68— 13. Surplus l»c)ou<l nil llnhltlllc* 14. Total liabilities $3.0284113 IV. INCOME DURING THE LA8T SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1901. 1. Amount of caah premiums received $1,375,12*.S3 3 Hreclvod for Interrat 61.974JI 4. Income received from all otkar source*, loan 48,760.IS 6. American branches of foreign companies will please report amount of remittance* from home office Uurlug the *U month* 4.0C8.0H.27 6. Total Income actually received during the lant alt month* In enah.... $5,600.9108 V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906. 1. Amount of Iomcs paid $4,261,364.* 3. Amount of expense* paid. Including fee*, nalnrlea ami commission* to ngcut* ntnl officer* of the company $48,412.7$ 4. Paid for state, national am! local taxes lu thl* and other state* 18,400,7$ 6. All othrr iMiymcnta ami es|M>mllturen. vis: rent, adverttotug. printing nml atatlouery. poRtugv ami *umlrle* 84,997.7$ 6. American branches of foreign cotupanlcN will please report amount aent to the home offices during the |u*t six months 180,90111 Total expenditure* during the last six month* of the year lu rash $5.32,07072 Greatest amount Insured In any one risk $ 90,000 Total amount of Insurance outstanding... 261.50,123 A copy of the net of lucurporatlou, duly certified, la of file In the offlct Of tba Insurance commissioner. STATIC OF NEW YOUK -COI N'TY OF NEW YORK. Personally npiienred before the undersigned. Charles I.. Taae, who, being duly sworn, depone* and say* that be Is the Putted States manager of London Assufuac# Corporation, snd that the foregolug statement Is correct ami true. Cl! A RLE* Ire CASE, Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 26th day of January. 1107. * FItEDEUIPK T. CASE, Notary Pubhe^ New Wk Commissioner of Deed* for tho stnto of Georgia. Office M Wall fft*, NtW York Cltr. Nsuie of Agents at Atlanta-WIIITXER. MANKY A CO. ' HOLT WINS GOLD MEDAL FOR BEST DRILLED MAN. Macon, Ga., Feb. 14.—A. F. Holt, Jr., won the gold medal offered by the Ma con Volunteer* to the best drilled man In the company. A*h**r Ay teg Harris wa* necond In the drill, and made an exrellcnt allowing. In view of the con ditions under which bn labored. He showing. had been confined to hla room during the morning on account of lllneM/but naked t^e drill. He lost by making n fulae move whtn the command. ~R1ght shoulder.- waa glvao. During the drill thl* command waa given in two differ, ent wav*. The Volunteer! were 1 name ted prior |to the drill and made an txceUeal