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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ABRAHAM PLEADING FOR SODOM — GEN. 1$: 16-33. By DR. GEORQE A. BEATTIE. GOLDEN TEXT—Men ought always to proy and novar faint. LUKE 11; 1. Tbrrr i. nothing In tbla laaaoa that ralla for mmltlon nr i*iplanatton. It la a alniplr Ibnt any child can understand. Th* rrntral truth la emphasised la tha p»l*Jrti test. Tha Story. A bra haw ta gluing at tha door of hla tatil la slauirr. when thrra atranpara approach rbmu hr tnvttra to partaka of hla hospi tality. tun- of tlic thraa araa tha "ooial of thf rovrnnot." tha laird Ulmaalf. Whan that ilrpirtml Atirabam want with than a abort dlttaere to aco tbrm off, aa we now a<vnin|tan.T our cants to tha depot. Two of thorn went on. labile the Lord tarried tilth Atirnlmni nnd made known to him Sodom's Imopntllne doom on account of Ita front wlokcdttcaa. Kan Framlico wna aald ta ba tha wicked o.t t ilt in Amcrlrn. and anyone who hae Tta- I!—I It Will not dleputP It. 8L Martinique waa >ahl to tic thn wlckedeat city la the « or 1,1. When you rlait the rulna of Pompeii your rjaafe triir im ttcrmlt ymir wlfcxr mr tatty to accompany you m aouM apartmeata aa thor oxiitwl Ih'fore the deetrucllon of the Oily. .Nor will your guide la tha muaettm at Ni|>lr> permit woman to aaa aautc pic- Inrr. that were foind In rauipell, all uf ■bioh prove that the city waa another Kiel,nil. There are man who lay that tha wick >.lwno. II.’ three rltlee had aathlaa la do with thnr iiratrnctloh by aarthaaakc aid Th-' tin,to tetta na that Aha flood etna aa • itMnnmt. amt That noacss waa deal royail r„r u» wii kcdncm. The lightning came from honvou and Ignitad tha bitumen In ib-w.it wtoi-thc rltlee ware coaeamad. -The L,n| know Ihnt Ahraham waa Intareated In th-lr peril, their Mhe the city may ium«i iMiriJa nuu tuigi and then tan. The laat nutulter miM Inrlnile all of 1/tt'a family. It will !" “"I'd. that the Lord graated aa long preeumptlon la that If Itltfl n«kn| for flv«» till rMBMt WOUld fUlTP -II cruniMi. but Nib city would not hove ns only four — , ?. ,hp M, . nc TMtcrday. today ami for lim to come to u«. Ml Me did to Abraham, and He can Influence u L? r a1 0 " tro1 U 1 *.force* of nature for our protection or of tho«e In whom we are In tereateil. Proof testa and Incldeuta. many, could bo *4dur«4 from the lW»4e In atmUcntaibm But there arc uinm ouniide ihe Bible. The Elephantl and tha Jaws." A remarkable cnae of dellverajicfl from persecution and puulshmeut vlaneil upon cruel peraecutora la recorded by the Jewish colony at Alexandria, about 200 II. c. Plotemy I'hllopaton. furiously ausry at the high priest, I because be would not per mit him to enter the temple courts at Jeru salem on hla return to Egypt, dung luto prison all the Jews he could aelse. There was nt Alexandria a huge hippo drome used for gladiatorial shows, and here a boat of capthe Jews were confined. The Iking decreed that elephaniN made furious by Intoxicating drinks should lie let loose upon them In the arena of this amphitheater, aud allowed to trample them to death. Foe two djuri hla own drunken revela du layed the execution of this horrid decree, and for two days there weut up Davenport Collapsed When He Saw Mur dered Wife. gpeeltl 1C ThC Georgian. Brunswick. Ok. March 1—R. U Dk. venport hai proven Ui«t he .wka nt hla boarding houee, on Nawcaalle itreet, from 1:10 to the time of the krreaC aft er hla wife was shot In the park. He waa ret.aacd lift night. Teddy Mamina, a Greek, owner of the reataurant where Mr*. Davenport worked, waa under suspicion, aa ha was •aid to be very much In love with Mre. Davenport and jealous of Brown. How ever. a fellow Qreek. N. Qaveroa, aaya Marcatos went to Savannah Monday night. No one haa been found who haa «een him alnce that time. Hmwn waa carried lo ihe city hos pital several houra after the tragedy occurred and died laat night. Hla •worn statement was that ha believed Teddy Marcatoa waa the guilty one and not Davenport, aa he first believed. He also stated that Marcatoa had followad them nn several occasions. Davenport visited the undertaking establishment yesterday and on aeelnff hie wife, col lapsed completely. Joseph Brown, a prominent business man of Americas, a brother of the vic tim. arrived laat night and will take charge of the bpdy of hla brother. FARMERSHOOTSir crlng In 1727. In Lincoln college. Oxford, where John ami rbarlea Wesley. Mr. Mor gan nnd Mr. Klrkhtm met for conference and prayer, burdened with the apostate con- dHMn of tartunrn, Six years after these meeting* began, there were but fourteen who Assembled, but out of that prayer meeting. Methodism waa horu. that mighty, modern movement, known for evangelical filth and evangelis tic work. It baa (men a praying church more than n preaching church, and that haa been the Ae- cret of Ita wonderful aoccaaa. Hod beard those prayers, and Whltdeld and tha Was- of pen- . frigid »n». but Prayar a Positive Powar. In nmn'4 relations with God It Is In aomo r*-.(*a-. t« Hi,. most vital, practical question, t"»iihinj* lb** 11‘llgloua Ufa of our day. "f miracles may be past; super- may no longer l»a wrought In ,l "' fn which they once astonished mauklml. th**rc may lm no more need of j.iii.il.- nttiRtatlon aud authentication of and power. r today affirms a poatlve ndvnn- I" iTilnyr rffta<M-mfwytao..taocmfwyp in |T.iy#*r. ,, Thl* poor man prayed. and u‘.. " nr, l h 1 *”. delivered him out l !l I** - trmihlcs,” "The angel of tin* ' ••i | rnui|tcth round altont them that lll»n. nn.| dcllvoreth them.” ‘ The fer* ••ffi-ctnaI prayer of tho righteous I' Mi much.” Janie. resisted by n rigid, church, drive* luto telds and commons, but so reaching ths people as they could have been reached In no other way. Jonathan Edwards in A marl on. Janotban Edwards, In America. flung broadcast hla mighty tract, urging concert- ed prayer upon the American churches at the very time, when, beyond the naaa. went i,-m ui. mgpiPM ■ forth a summon* to all disciples, to unite it lie'who del|\ • I •** apertal prayer “for the effusion of tioi’s a den wwld ih» vhwrehea aad apoa tha Ilia kelpie,, people. Tke tklrd day rame I whole kabTtable earth." and the infuriated monster* were drives | Revival of 1780. forward , 0 17w aMlber *lfffcty tide of r* ^ vital under the Influence of ibt Holdimi* Andrew Fuller, Howland Hill, and-others, all of whom belonged to that grand apes- »<d*c succesalon that kept up tha mlval Area during that period of rsfarwhUdU. raised up In such Humbert. and in auch n crisis, by Him who answers prayer, to item that awfut - rida-thnt—waa awrepin away every landmark of rallglou and moral the full slgulflcance of those concerted prayers can never In* known till we aaa their results In eternity. In answer to them came tho era . of modern missions, the fonndlng of the first foreign missionary society In England, and the consecration of William Carey to the woik. who translated the Bible Into forty different languages. India Opened. Even more may be traced to that con- rertrd prayer. To reiiell Asia with the gospel, we must get to the heart of the continent, and In* lu was the working renter. England waa there In the East India Com pany. but that company waa Inimical to mission*. Rut Hod was moving. lie gave Itrttniii a foothold In this cen tral Held and n scepter over 200,000.000 of people. This made It necessary to main tain nu open highway of traffic nnd travel, mid hence came In the providence of Hod Hint reinnrknble Influence which determined the attitude of every nation along tbut highway, to lie at least neutral, Slayer Was Accused of Attack on Little •fir!. Bloomington, III, Mart'll I.—TtinnUM Baldwin, aged ft, a rich farmer and formtr merchant, of Colfax, .hot and kllltd Charles Kehnsdy and wife and Mrs. 81m BUman and daughter, Cora, Baldwin waa wrested. Baldwin, who la a wldow.r, ta titular bond charged with criminal aaaault on Cora Usman, who waa but 14 yaars of ax*. He acctued the Kennedy* and Mrs. Elaman of cauilnx his arrest after he had paid the fflrl'a father soma money. After Ihe killing hla Ilf. waa threatened by a crowd of farmer. miTTHi Ml Hi LITER St. Petersburg. March 1.—The fol lowing details of the murder at Kar- ■ynoyarak, Siberia, of General Koslev- ■ky, tha commandant of that town, have been received here; The general wa* walking In the (tract at I o'clock In th. afternoon with tome friends, and he jokingly re- ferrad to a threatening letter he had received, saying Tre would b. kilted at * o'clock. Drawing his watch from hla pocket, the general remarked, laugh ingly to hla friend*: ''You ate, I am still alive." At about 4 o'clock, when General Koslevsky was returning home alone, a man called upon him to halt and then tired three revolver ahota at him. The general dropped dead. Itnr, wonderful to rvt.fr. tmtssit nt *t- tacking aud detirogisg these Jew., , bvj turned upou the suards aud spectator* sad killed uianv of Ikrui. i. Ijusr,te*d wit e Jews That k* relaaiaod the prlaooera and. like Aks.ueraa, permitted them fo .Tet.mr fprlr foes. Many loalsnres uilcht lie glren lu wkleh Bod tan. beard tke prayers of Ilia people. Keen lit the tiirnloir ef (lie srnle of national bletnry nnd deatlny. nnd nn philosophy ran srentmt for aurh enKes, whlelt denle. n d! Tine provldenee railing In human agalrt. The power of prayer la a perpetual al*n of Ihe anpernnlural. Wlthoiit donlit mueh of the lielietlt titnl IlleaalllE received by the prayerful Ullirbt lie ueeousted fpr by Ihe iintiirnl aeeondary eauaea. But In hmnlreda of otluT luatmieea we inuat either deny the fneta or atltnll n anpernnlural faeior. . ...... .....r Jnnatlinn Kilwarda muy l>e lakeu aa an .Wer'inirr-ht MV uuporiunais prager. mat was the means of the conversion of so many souls. This one man In the mblst of an apnstnry from God that well-nigh wrecked religious life In Euglawd nnd America |«ealetl out Ills trump*** call; suniiiMUilng h«»lv riirlst Ian’world to prayer in lit: lu that trait lu which be visible union of Hod'* |>«'| ^ _ narv prayer.” he refers to the «lav of fast lug' and prayer nt Northampton the year liefore. wlileh was followiil the same night by the utter dispersion and defeat of the French Armada. That call to universal prayer marked n tinnlnc point In modern history This !<• one of those Instances In which the subjei-l • an be undersiftod from n high point of proapeet that sweeps a wide boriaon. Tha Baginning of Mathodism t»f such 4‘haracter was that little fath favorable to 4*hr|stlntdl.v. Ami to cause the I tattle of I Massey In 1757. which determined irotestatitlsm and not papacy should rule lu India And - — iwuiig the great Eng J3 DECIDE That you will improve your standing in the Community by saving a portion of your income. You can do it if you will. We stand ready with our $500,000.00 capital and splendid Equipment to aid and encourage you by paying Four per cent per annum compound interest On deposits in our Savings Department. One dollar opens an account We furnish free to depositors a beautiful and Unique little recording home batik. We want the business of young men and young Women; of school teachers and professional men; of Traveling men and mechanics; and especially of All married men, their wives and children. Central Bank & Trust Corporation, , Candler Building. Branch, Cor. Mitcheli and Forsyth Sts. GARRETT CALLS MEETING OF SEABOARD OFFICIALS. Id ln\H next Monday upon the brder dent W. A. Garrett, the! newly elected head of the system, who will preside at the meeting. The assistants, ns well a* heads of depertmema, have keen requested to attend. SAVANNAH WILL HAVE PIECE tN GEORGIA SILVER SERVICE Special to Tks 0 for stall. Bevsnnsh, On.. March 1.—An active canvass has been commenced by the mayor, trade bodice and banks for th* tl.eott fund for the candelabra which Savannah will present to th* battle ship Georgia nt Jamestown. Therd Is no doubt about the amount being railed, and whatever Is left over will be devoted to th* Savannah room at the exposition. Court It Adjourned. Special to The Georgian. Savannah. Oa.. March t —Th* Uni ter States court for th* eastern division or the southern district of Georgia ad journed today after a very Important * ‘ - P and the officers STEPPED ON TRACK IN FRONT OF TRAIN AND WAS KILLED Special to The Georgian. Rome, gul, March 1.—This, morning about fl:M o'clock John Pevolor, of Knox county. Tennessee, an employee ~ ' l railway, waa killed by Sfashvlllet orar to the side of Ckrlstlon minions. Tksss ere only the outlines of • grand month of erents. nil of which Iwgan under lb* bogle call of the angel of the Lord In SMWef lo prayer. * ““J/ -of tnttny Instances that Wight be given. Illustrating how prayar TCT.^rld'-Td^oT Bonjgmfn Franklin. Will not be arrusrtl of bring a Christian - - tellcrcr, yet. In the national convention 1 of irn. at that moBMatoua crisis when no of lhe court for M#con * progrcaa accoMHl to lie «**»»i**g to a closer bonit of union t^tS T #cb (hr rdnffffcmt«*d state*, he srose, ssd addressing the preet dent, ssht: "Hoar, lut It Ifpppnttl air. Uni. irao< Ihp so U»ag lu th« Art. fllrMod In duf nplti- Ions, and now ready to asps rate, wo. have plylag to the great Father of Light to |l< lumlnale our aadcratandlnga? Iii tho lw< glaalag of oar coatest with Rritalti, when we wrro erilbk of daagar. wc had dally prayers lu thla room for dlrlae protection. Our prayera, air, were beard and graciously answered.” And Franklin then moved that ”heaee< forth pmyera Imploring the assistance of heaven aud Ita bleesluga upon our dellbora tlona l»e bold In -this assembly every morn man agencies and moans ns channels through which the divine shall work, bnt I think we have noire reason to lie alarmed at the waning faith In the supernatural* found even within tbe nominal church. The drift la toward n blank, bleak not* urnllsm. The Inmdrntlon of the Bible Is ml luto the Inspiration of genius; Ihe Inellnnilou of (iod la t*hrlst Into au Imper sonation of g«Mf1y character; the divine atonement by blood, luto a mere human martyrdom. And 04i the supernatural power of pray er I* refined nway. The churvh ties lost much of her power bccauso of the neglect of prayer. jirayerless church Is n powerless church. **•*• — •- — “ Dies gf Fntumvnia. •p*cl*l to Th* Georgian. Bpsrt*. On.. March l.—On Tuesday afternoon at the home ot her mother, Mra. Matile Johnson, sla-jtaar-old Sa rah Johnson sQccumbad tn an attadr of pneumonia. Mrs. Johnson resides and St. Louis train, just Inside the limits. He stepped from the Southern track to th* Naahvlllc. Chattanooga and St. Loula track, not seeing tbe Incom ing train, and waa ktllad Instantly. Pavalar waa about to yean old. UTICA Y. M. C. A. LOST $200,000 BY FLAMES Utlfca. U. Y.. kjarch L- A. building here waa burned today. The loaa I* estimated at 4100,440. The eaua* of th* Hr* waa defectlva electric light wiring. Smashed Big Window. Aa tha mult of a fight Thuraday night between bn unknown white man and negro on the sidewalk on tha EXECUTION WAB BTAVBS AT THS ELEVENTH HOUR Special to Ths Ooorgtea. Spartanburg. 8. C., March 1. Jabg Shelton, colored, convloud of kllllaff his father-in-law, who waa to hav* been hanged this mornlag, haa bsast granted a reprieve until the meeting of the supreme court, la April by Gov ernor Ansel. The order staying tha execution tvas received not an hour tew soon, for all arrangement* had baa* mat*-"- den OOGOO0OOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOO6 O PLAYS AND PLAYERS. O o a oGooooaaoooaaoooooaootioooo Exehang* Building Completed. Ipeelal tn Tha G**rslaa. Brunswick. Ga., March 1.—The new building to* be uaed a* an exchange by Harrison Grey Flake has all tract for • sew — * ~ be used by inctlr tragi... — ... lute for presentation In tke early fall. „ , Jgnetl • eon- new play by Percy Maekaye to Bertha KnUohe. It Is tn bs n The Metropolitan Opera House manage inent haa eiisaied Anoelinl. so trnllan tenor, for neit neasnn. In niMHInn In Caruso. Anarlwl la it present ._ HI. I'elerslmrs ami la well known In the chief capital* of Knrope. Theater, New York. on Blchmgnd street. S leted and turned over to th* company y th* contractor. Oaaxllng Allurements. We sre rrjevsa to burn that our old frlenil, Jim Zink, who wss s legislature In UM, In roujuiirllnii with n young Myraeose noser, KreUerlek Jackson, ft In eglleil Watteau HbelibertleM." anil -III lot t#M . . glalsture In UM. and tllailngnlabed bits self TLl'iS •>/ net aaylng s word daring tbs entire sen ,!f •“«. deeefted his family shortly afterward JMM, under elrramstesees not st.ltl eredliable to himself. The man who goes Into polities and ihieen't fall oat of tho bast somewhere along tb* riser haa to be fortified by s will Unit It proof against a greet variety of dsa- sllng allnremento.—N'ebrnsk* Bteto JmrnaL Th* latest "Napoleon ot Wall at rest" Is Philip C. Gregory, a school boy If years old. A yaar ago hla fathar. In response to repeated urging*, gave the lad. a couple of hundred dollars with v.-hfph to speculate In stocke, thinking It would he a good leeann to hla (on to Ins* the money. Inatend of doing so young Gregory "got In right." the reault being that now he has a bank account of "The Men on uiualcitl comedy rtymrooe com- What Areuaad Mar. It In related that once epoo s tin, Mra Lytender John Appleton lay very itch. "Wa must arouse her,” said ths physlrlaa. "t'p- on getting her arouood and loterested d*- DPIllU h.»P r.lilr Iml.l sen Ilf. •* ll.e k.sLo.J only hold oa life. Her I whlsperetl In her ear that k* lorsd ter; ste never blinked, (hough It ted tew ysare •lure she ha(j beard It. ssd some we whis pered to her (boot the baby.. Not • bilsh. Then n neighbor Itegan to tel of s s*w anted — ’ ' tl...( .In. at „ party, ami Mra. Appfe- loo set no.: pushed every nn* aside ssd gasper), "What did It I " Globe. f teal* OwP*—Atehteca Joke* and Raligten *0(11 Mia. Thn entire February number vf th* for-empty columns. Thl* poem mteil to a nicety into a corner, parallel with a Hat of devotional book* that are recommended aa beliw suitable for Lenten readiaff: "Malden aeated In the train. Pocket full of money, f Down beside her alta a man— I Malden thinks It’s funny. j "Quickly speeds ths train slang. In tbe tunnel enters, l , Malden's thought mogt anxiously On her pocket center*. . ' . foward the money stealing, Plnds a hand already there. Robbery revealing. "Fiercely dutches she the band. On hysterica verging. Waiting till thn train shall ba Prom the dork emerging. “Into the sunlight now at last Train shoot* like a rocket. Malden finds she has her hand In the stranger's pocket!” Tomorrow Positively Ends This Great Sale Pajamas and Night Shirts One-Third Off. After the Store Closes at /1:30 Saturday Night, No More Reduced Last call on the reductions. Tomorrow night the sale ends and wi it the opportunity to buy Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Rogers, Peet & Co. clothes at the reduced prices quoted below. Are you going to let such a bargain chance go by? Good assortments of sizes in nearly all styles. 15 to $20 Suits rSf jv aa $21 to $30 Suits a gf aa iducedUK 0 ^’ $ A 0.00 ReducedYo rC ° atS ' 15.00 $5.00 $15 to $20 Suits a Reduced to a 7 cf\ For 0dd TpOeC'v/ were $5, We can fit vou. "lSt* $20.00 Trousers that $6 and $6.50 For Odd Trousers that were $7, $7.50 and $8. an Reduced $6.00 For were Odd Trousers that $8.50, $9 and $10. A few more of the $2 to $4 Soft Hats to go at 85c. Plenty of the 50c and 75c Neckwear at 3 for $1.00, and the dollar grades at 50c. Fancy Hosiery at 1-4 to 1-2 off. Fancy .Vests at 1-3 to 1-2 off. Underwear at 1-3 to 1-2 off; Scriven’s $1 drawers at 67c, 75c grade at 50c. And lots of other reductions. But all will be withdrawn after tomorrow. Copyright 1906 by Hut Schafacr iS Mux $alh Robes and Smoking JackeLt at Half Price. Daniel Brothers Co., 45-47 Peachtree—Opposite Walton St.