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LAW BROS. CO.’S NEW SPRING Silk... Derby. Soft... .$8.00 $5.00 $5.00 S T E T SO*N Soft, $5.00 Flexible Derby, $4.00 LAW’S SPECIAL Soft or Stiff ) $3.00 MAKERS OF ATLANTA CELEBR.A TE A YEAR OF SPLENDID RESUL TS Continued From Page One. mo. Frank 3eck and Brigadier Gen tnl Edferlr. Admirably Arranged. The banquet' bad beta, arranged In u admirable manner 1 by Secretary Cooper, ot the Chamber of Commerce, «sd everything went oft with velvet emoothneae and militaryprecision. At I.J.o o'clock an Informal reception eei tendered Prealdent Finley In the front parlora of the Piedmont. Many of the aueeta came early .to graep the kuda of the prealdent' ot the great Mined, whoae web la ipun over every hook end corner of the emitheaatem ttetea. Mr. Finley, alwaya genial and clever, expressed great gratification u the hospitality shown him. while those Who had not known him pre- riously were, surprised at the sincere tone and frank manner which char- eetertsed the expreeel on of Ma views. It was close to I o’clock when the teeati took seats In the large dlulng room By actual count, there were its people in attendance when the first eoereo of the delightful menu was eerved. and others arrived afterwards. A general feeling of good cheer perms- *** meeting from the first, and os II the last guest had left at 11:10 eclxk-unueuaily delightful hour for «g u l hMMNM a word was •eld which dampened the ardor and W Of a single gueat • m *n of affairs laughed and "surd under the Inspiration of the mom, nt , n( i the f M )| n g 0 f fellowship «d oneness, like great overgrown Children But It was not all frivolity! Secretary Cooper’s Report »brn the menu, which was pro. iounird one of the mdst delightful •wr served at the Piedmont, had been •wved. President Pope, who presided •• toMtmaater. announced that there »ouW he a short business session, tard * h ch ,he 'PfccSca would be ,.®* c ”'i»ry Cooper was called upon t» make his report. The report ehowed • •ub.iamlal Increase In the member- SvJ* n d a balance In the bank of about Si.." *•*'"■* • deficit the year be- " f 191. t*. The report was cheered' ton y Prealdent Pope and other •proUi, paid tribute to the work of % V.""w. F" lowing this report and one by »* treasurer. J. T. Orme, Hon. Sam o. Jan.a, who fetlred aa president at [he first of the year, waa called upon *°f a rotronpect.** in the earnest manner which charac. irrrje, «|| his utterance!, either public Mr - Jon *» told of the great jws that had been done In Atlanta In Pn.i few year*, and ehowed the *5?* " n ’> material hand which the Mmhcr of commerce had taken In • upbuilding. 8sm D. Jens*’ Address. H' Pleaded for an Increaae In Inter- t oi the work done by the organise- h on.l for a great Increase In mem- T’" | P He spoke of the poeelblllly Atlanta the great musical ' lhe South hy having a $10.- P'lv organ put In the auditorium. uti.e M YT*J*« *"• oreallon of the po- '^Industrial agent, whom duties ttfKiS '° work In conjunction with «lhr„r: , 'r r . of rn ' , 'fi'*we to get man Th. * ,n ,oc »<* here. Um,, h*4 to atop several ' "hie hla hearers mads the walls Al Jhe conclusion of his talk. kSldot i».* ll l ne ! restored. R. F. 1st ‘nlrodueed ■ resolution, thank- ™ rLJZ!** *br hla great work for a« n ?. T b ' r I* Commerce of Atlanta. J "tded by acclamation. J 'Vine Pope, president, fol- 1 a talk on tha work that re-echo with applause and l>«r,i WILEY’S WAXENE AT K0R6IA PAINT 4 MASS CO., « PEACHTREE. AT THE OEAITO. ind Ev(n|n(| MARCH 24. i ~*ACREO CONCERT*—Z “KlLTIE8’ l ’~BAin). « K 1 ®® 1 ? 00 ? HIGHLANDERS) UIld* ,n Full Killed Reg,men- EL"'® 1 Aftsrooeo 25c and SDo- "" ,n » »«. Me and 76c. had been done so far this year, and that contemplated for the remainder of the year. He advocated an Interest In politics, to that extent which would In- sure a proper administration ot the city affairs. Prssidtnt J. W. Pope. Among the things he specified as mattsrs In which the chamber should take an active Interest were: To pre vent a recurrence of scenes of a riot: to persuade railroads to give tonnage on greet commodttlee; to secure high- class Immigration: a chamber of com merce commercial exchange: plenty of good public schools and parka “We want good water, too." exclaim ed President Pope. “Nothing means more to the upbuild- Ing of a city. Our waterworks should be so managed that not even the whls- ir of private ownership may be heard, go many of our public utilities are >w owned by private corporations." At the conclusion of his address, President Pope Introduced Mr. Finley, •resident of the Southern, with a few ttlng words. President Finlay. The applause was loud as the presi dent of the great railroad, the speaker of the occasion, arose to begin his ad dress. Mr. frlnley read from manu script, but there was a ring of sin cerity to hts voice, and a business-like strain to his language which compelled attention and held Interest. The frankness of the speaker, the clear presentation of the facts of the railroad problem an seen by him. a railroad president: the straightforward, sincere manner In which his plans and policies were set forth, were nothing short of amatlng to those who heard him, and the applause which greeted him. coming aa It did from business men. wgs nothing short of remarkable. Following this nddresn. L. A. Rnn- anm, vice president of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association, spoke In a happy vein of the work done by the state association, and explained that the brevity of Ills address was due to the fart that he had been substituted at the last moment for J. A. Aycock, president of the state association, who could not attend. It was n little after tl o’clock, the time set for adjournment, when Presi dent Pone arose to dismiss the guests As'he did so, there esuts-cries from all sides of the house for "Graves! Graves!" The toastmaster. tried Id explain that the time for departing had arrived, but the cries only Increased In volume. Colonel Graves Called. Seeing the hopeleeenees of his posi tion, President Pope, smiling, turned and bowed to Colonel Graves. "They will have nothing else but a speech from you. colonel," said the toastmaster, "and I take great pleasure In Introducing you to your friends." Colonel Graves explained that he waa unprepared, staling that he had hoped that this would be one occasion where he could do the listening, and he had congratulated himself on the realisa tion of this hope, only to have to spsak at the Inst moment. Colonel Oraves regretted the absence of the editors of The Georgian's two contemporaries, and after a taw happy words, launched Into a free and fear less discussion of the railroad problem, showing the attitude of the people of Georgia, reciting the things they de sired and emphasising the things they f °¥he' addressee of the evening are published In other columns of The Oaorgtan. STATE ASKS INOUIHY INTO THAW'S SANITY Continued from Fife On*. by Jerome, that Thaw waa Insane whan he killed Whits rand could not have known the nature of the act nor that It was wrong. "Tour honor will recoil," «ald he, "that Air. Hmlth (Stanford White’s brother-in-law) waa accessible to the prosecution at any time, was not called until we had rested." After a recess of fifteen minutes. Dr. Hamilton resumed the stand. Doctor, did Harry Thaw know at the time the act was committed that the act waa wrong T" asked Del mss, after the witness had read tha Indict ment brought against Thaw. Objection by Jerome sustained. Drs. Charles W. Pilgrim. Minas Gregory, Charles O. Wagner and Brit. ton D. Bv *- yesterday proeecutlo „ Mr. Delmas. They gave It aa their opinion that Thaw's reason waa so de fective when he killed White that he did not know the act waa wrong. Objection te Letter. When Dr. Evans, tkA laet of the ex perts, stepped from the stand, Mr. Del- mas asked permission to Introduce In evidence one of the letters sent on from Pittsburg by Mr. Lyon. Mr. Jerome objected uplesa all the letters were ad mitted. OIL KING SAYS ROADS CANNOT GET U. S. CASH Centinued From Page One. pURGLARS PLED, LEAVING TOOLS AND CASH IN SAFE Mpnlal to The Oeorglen. „ CbStt.tuiH.ac. Trull.. U.rrh 50.—The pout- nffti-e nl Keel C1,,tt«n.HHt« was burxUrlt.d and rot,led early this uinrulne. and stamps •WVSWM throuirh . t.rh ,1,J»r rtlil ,h '* ***'• ■MIL frighli'lHil flnl. Imtlwr |l® Ih? «f burglar loot* (HI tin* Aloof. , Voted Not to Striko. Buffalo. N. Y.. March 20.—A mooting of some of the employee, of the Buffa lo Dork Company, which employs 600 met,, has hern held, and a proposal to Strike w as voted due B. ^1 but, personally, even If I wanted to work a his stork Jobbing scheme I don’t think I would over-capltallse. Tho penalty Is too great. “I think that properties should be capitalised at only their legitimate value and If that were done there would be such a feeling of security In them among the general public thut we would dnd men with a little money holding highly profitable stocks Instead of allowing It to remain at small Inter, eat In saving, hanks. "I am. unfortunately, unable, to eug- seat a remedy. For future corpora tions. however, I would suggest the conservative plan. If the property In creases h, value, let It Increase, end !f the volume of business Is greet, let tho original subscribers get the large divi dends. Then. If money Is needed for the Improvement of the property, the stockholders will be only too glad to advance It rather than allow too many outsiders to get In on a highly profit able Investment.” Can Not Reduce Capital. "Would you suggest that the rail roads and othar corporations reduce their present capitalisation? “No. moat decidedly not. It would. In my judgment, be next to an Impos sibility to reduce capitalisations.' "Do you think tho roads are handled properly?" "I tblnkuhe roads are In a very U' turntable situation. Labor has some- NORFOLKNA VY YARD STRIKE THREATENS PLANS OT EXPO. Washington. March >0.—Work on one battleship and a number of ■mailer war vessels, and also the navy's plans for participation In lbs Jamestown Exposition, threaten to be Interfered with to nn Important extent by a strike which has been started by the plumbers of the bureau of , construction and repair at the Norfolk navy yard. This Is the first strike of any consequence In the history of the Nor folk yard. According to advices received here, dearly all the plumbers went out yesterday because they failed to receive a qilse of pay from 16.75 to 14 a day. PRESIDENI TO DECLARE HIMSELF ON APRIL 26 \\ sshlngton. March 50.—On April SI President Roosevelt will make a speech opening the Jamestown Exposition, ft Is hls-present plan to make a few remarks pertinent to the railroad situation, saying either new things or old things In new ways. It Is pretty certain that Wall street will ugeln become "jumpy" when It hears the speech: Death of InfenL The funeral services of the Infant of Mr. end Mrs W. P. Warren, who died Tuesday afternoon, were conducted Wednesday morning In (be chapel of Greenberg. Bond & Bloomfield. The body waa taken to Cornelia, Oa, for Interment. ' I Quality of Much Silk Ms sans Silk that rustles and glistens and looks so pretty, all plaited, tucked and frilled. They’re dainty things, to buy, but the last ing satisfaction lies in the part you can’t see or perhaps aren’t as' keen to see as we who are always studying such matters. So we let you be enthusiastic about frills and ruffles while we are cold blooded and exacting in our demands for good silks with the makers of petticoats. Superficial beauty never makes us forget quality. We’ve a great lot of new styles in petti- coafts from 5.00 to 15.00. Roitmu stripe silk Petti coats in guaranteed taffetas: Greens deal more money ifbw to employ i than It used to." "You do not mean that tha Increased cost of labor te altogether responsible?" -No. but that te an Important factor, nn the one hand wt have labor going up, whlchjneceesltates greeter expendi tures, end on the other hand are state legislatures cutting down the Incomes lit the roads." Browns Black Navy Blue White Oream Light Blue Regular 12.60 Silk Petticoats With the Wide Reman Clkln, jfnpe At 8.45 10.00! Silk Petticoats in lieavv guaranteed taffeta, with elaborate knee flounce of knife plaited with wide bands of fancy hemstitching In Reseda, Blue, Watermelon Tan Canary White Lavender Black. An Exceptienal Value. Open Until 7i15 P. M. ShHuti Or/ M ANn C«,Im. □IERCEC I Busy Deptltorey 60 Marietta St- Opposite PoetofNce, Center of City. All ears direct or by transfer. Taffeta Silk Petticoats in blue,'black, brown, red, green, gun metal, grey and white. Changeable blue and green, brown and black. ■ Made with deep accordion plaited flounce with two rows of quilting around the bottom. Regular 10.00 Petticoats At 7.50. Chamterlin-JohnsoiirDuBose Cq. .rcT, -a- .