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THE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
PLANTER'S SCHOOL
WILL BE HELD AT
GORDONJNSTITUTE
farmers’ Union Takes Steps
to Systematically Study
Cotton Crop.
nwlri 10 The Georgian.
Barnesvllle. Oa.. March *1.—At the
m „ unB of the Bute Cotton Conven-
„„n and Farmen' Union of Georgia.
W (,lch was In aeaalon here Tuesday,
, trpa were taken which will ultimate
ly w »ult In great good to the planters
,( the etate and. It Is hoped, will !n-
ir es.-e the price of the fleecy staple.
The meetln* of the union waa attend
,a by a Inrge number of delegates
(ram all parts of the sUte and marka
he beginning of a concerted action on
.art of the planters of the state to
enlighten themselves on the market
.no work for an Increase In the price
,/ the product. -
’ Sysfpm of Warehouses.
The plan adopted at the meeting con
templates the perfecting of the chain
t, f narehnuses. already begun over the
(i.tte. far the purpose of storing up the
crop This la to be a uniform system
ft ro.nperatlve warehouses. Already
the union has completed and ready for
u , r about thirty warehouses, scattered
aver the state. These thirty ware-
houjn. ore capitalised at about $460,-
t„„, Tlie plan adopted at the meeting
Tuesd.iv was to double this number,
bringing the total up to 'about sixty,
ahull will represent a capital of aMlut
r,„When these are completed
the farmers will be enabled to hold
about I. '.odd bales of cotton, or about
one.half 'f the crop of the state. These
ihirtv additional warehouses the union
eipeii- to have completed by the first
of non August and ryady for the next
year's i rop. This means an outlay by
iho planters of the etato, during the
coming summer, of about $460,400.
School for Plantere.
The niher movement of vast Impor
unro to the planters of the state was
the creation of a state cotton eehool,
to be hold every summer. - This eehool
sill last six weeks, and will be held at
Gordon Institute, Bameavllle. Here
in- pi.,nuts from all over the slate
will gather and etudy and dlscuae the
methods Of grading, handling and mar.
ketlnK 4*ntt4»n.
Tin- school will be held, beginning
,h„tu July 16 of each year, the flrat
less ten I" he held this summer.
President It. F. Duckworth and Sec
retary <; M. Davis, of the Farmers’
I'nlon. ate both working hard to ac
complish these results, and It looks now
that their efforts are bearing fruit.
Cheney's Expectorant cures
coughs, colds, laQrippe and croup
50 years on the market. All Drug-
gilts 25c.
WATCH JOB ILLUSTRA
TED PAGE OF BRIDGE
PORT IN TOMORROW’S
GEORGIAN.
Miff CASK
hie to Tram
OMIlEii
BE BUB
The Seaboard May Operate
Trains Between Macon
and Atlanta..
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Os.. March II—The
nouncement that the Southern railway
has offered to make a trackage ar
rangement whereby the Beaboafd Air
Line Is to use the tracks of the South,
ept from Atlanta to Macon, In order to
get a line to the eea, and the accept
ance of the proposition by the Sea
board, has caused a great deal'of In
terest In Macon. If the arrangement
la consummated, Macon -will have an
other line to tidewater, as the Seaboard
will use the M.. D. & S. line, which It
has recently required, to Vldalla, as a
connecting link for a straight line to
Savannah.
The new line will be much shorter
than the present ond to Savannah.
IT IS
Speetal to Tbs Georgies.
Greenville. 8. C.. March 22.—'The
•tore of Klllott Batson waa burned this
morning before day by Incendiaries, It
Is believed, with a loss of $7,000, with
26 per cent covered by Insurance.
Batson Is superintendent of the post-
ofllee 'sub-station and the toes
stamps may be quite heavy.
The Are was preceded by a robber)-.
It la said.
GYPSY EVANGELIST
BEGINSJS WORK
Message For the Peo
ple,” Says “Gypsy”
Smith.
hi-
assured fact that the peonage
non pending In the United
court of the northern district of
'e m, .ignlnsl F. B. Cole. H. I-.
''-•us -1 an,I Jean Relnhotd, all of Cow-
' inly. Georgia, will be of Inter-
r.a:i- n,,l interest. The cases will come
“P f ■ tilal on April 1.
" n Bheppard. of Washington, as-
•-un’ m Charles Bussell, assistant
i nit. i states attorney general, has
' Atlanta several days for the
t"-' l of taking testimony and se-
tiring data to be used In the proseou-
" n f the eases. Mr. Sheppard has
r.'V’ “ n, l conferences In his rooms
*■ tr.i- fi, iimnnt and haa done etHclent
•oil. it, -eeurlng evidence.
H- ha. been materially assisted by
ur / . i rrel-tjusllsnstetn, German con-
"n.| membera of the conaullte In
Allan:., I,.- securing evidence end wit-
• "tnny of whom were etttsens of
b'rmain nnd subjects of the kaiser.
a»r.\ - Itnessee have already been In-
terrorr, :.,i nn d strong evidence ee-
cure.i .
I">l ,,-ohes from Waehtngton lndl*‘
»' Cut everything poeelbie will he
inn- secure a conviction and no
non- ,. ,u be left unturned In the search
, r •' i i- nce. When the cases come up
fnr trial p, carter Tate. United States
r sttorney, will assist In the dl-
i >f the prosecution.
Petition In Bankruptcy.
' ,. Th , Georgian.
M r '*»• mery. Ala., March $!.—WII-
‘••n Timothy has filed a petition In
' ■' bankruptcy In the United
.ourt.
"I hare a message for the peepl,
for all the people,” said "Gypsy” Smith,
Ihs world-famous evangelist, who was
born In a gypsy camp and followed this
Ilfs In wandering over Europe seven
teen years without sleeping under a
roof. He arrived In Atlanta, accom
panied by Mrs. Smith and his daughter.
Miss Zlllah Smith, Thursday 'night,
having been on the joad from New
York since Tuesday. Mr. Smith wilt
assist In the ten days' revival at
Broughton's Tabernacle.
"I believe 1 preach the simple gospel
of Jesus Christ, the Savior. 1 want
to assist In saving souls and 'do what
1 ran for humanity. I am not a fad
dist. and 1 do not preach a new tangled
religion. It la In line with the pure
word or God as 1 see It. I have noth
ing else to do but preach. It Is my
bu»lne*s“nd any man who nttends to
his business Is'kept busy. I have been
preaching fur the past quarter of a cen
tury. This Is my sixth trip to America^
but my first visit South.”
Real “Romany" Blood.
Gypsy Smith nnd his people are of
the pure-blooded Romany stork. Ro
many, he explained, la t|m gypsy word
for gypsy. He has appeared In all of
the pulpits of note In Great Britain.
Austria anil South Africa, and haa had
wonderful success In America.
"My name Is Gypsy Smith,” said Mg.
Smith as the Interview drew to a clone,
"and 1 am proud of II. Just as proud
of It as you are of being an American.
1 got the name of Gypsy when a boy
and It has stuck to me ever since, not
withstanding my Christian name le
Rpdncv rut l go by the name of Gyp-
sy Smi.it. and I am not ashamed of
"’Melvin.K. Trotter, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Mrs. Trotter have also ar
rived In the city. Miss E. Stafford
Millar, of Melbourne. ^Australia, who
will also assist In • fie revival at
Broughton's Tabernacle, Is In the city
ami will participate In Friday's serv
ices.
Two Days’ Program.
The speakers for the Friday program
follow: At 11 o'clock. "Gypsy" Smith;
o'clock. Miss E. Stafford Millar; 4
o'clock. Professor W. C. Pierce; $
clock. "Gypsy" Smith.
The Saturday program Is as follows;
At * o'clock. Melvin Trotter, of Mlcht*
gan; in o'clock. Dr. C. L. Oooddell. of
New York; It o'clock. "Gypsy" Smith;
2 o'clock. Miss E. Stafford Millar; 4
o'clock. Dr. C. L. Oooddell; 8 o'clock,
Gypsy" Smith.
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FURNISHINGS FOR MEN
Do* you know what Chamberlin- Johnson- DuBose Co.s name in, men’s
furnishings means? *
i i - *' t
It means the best interpretation df fine garments to ’be had for the money.
And plenty of sizes and styles to select from.
Men's Underwear
A small odd lot of Men’s
Gauze Wool Drawers—SeV-
en pair No. 28,5 pair No. 30,
5 pair No. 44. Price $1.00.
To close out ,
49c
Odd. lot Men’s soiled white
medium weight cotton Vfests
and Drawers. Price 75c; to
close out,
Men’s . soft, cool. Japanese
Silk Shirts, coat style, ath
letic neck with full cut knee
drawees to match. Price
2.00
Men's white or Egyptian
lisle Shirts, long or short
sleeves. Drawers to match,
knee or ankle length,
49c
Men’s Balbriggan Shirts
and Drawers; summer gar
ments, Price -
75c
Men’s white lisle Union
Suits, knee length, athletic
neck; no sleeve. Price
50c
Men’s checked Nainsook
Shirts, coat style; no sleeves,
athletic neck, with knee
drawers to match; cut full
and wide. Price
1.00
Men’s White lisle Union
Sfiits, ankle length, high
neck, short sleeves. Price
50c
Men’s plain soft, fine Nain
sook shirts, coat st\ie with
full cut knee drawers. Price
1.00
Men’s pure round thread lin
en Shirts, coat style, athlet
ic neck and with full cut
knee drawers. Price
1.50
1.50
Men's medium weight Egyp
tian Cotton Union Suits,
high neck, long sleeves, an
kle length. Price.
1.50 and 1.75
Men’s Athletic Neck Shirts.
Prices
25c, 50c and* 75c
Men’s Ballfrifgan Shirts and
Drawers to match,
50c
Men’n Seriven Drawers; the
genuine clastic seam. Prices
50c and 1.00
Night Shirts
Men’s Muslin Night Shirts
without collar, trimmed or
I ilain; full cut and thorough-
y comfortable. Price
50c and 75c
Men’s soft Nainsook Night
Shirts trimmed or plain, cut
full, and long. Pried
1.00
Men’s Negligee Shirts in
neat choice patterns, black
and white, blues, pink and
lavender and all white, Price
1.00
Men’s famous Broadway
Negligee Shirts, pleated bos
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1.00
Pajamas
Men’s Pajamas made from
the choicest patterns of
white Pajama Cloth, finish
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for fit and thorough com
fort,
1.00 and 1.50*
Men’s Guyot Suspenders in
colors or all white. Every
man knows what a Guyot
suspender is. It is comfor
table and durable. Price,
50c
Hosiery
Men’s fancj’ embroidered
Socks. Prices m
25c and 50c
Men’s Shaw-knit Sox in all
black or with white feet.
Price,
25c
Men’s Black Silk Lisle Sox
double heel, toe and sole.
Price"
50c
Men’s Balbriggan Sox, knit
from the best Egyptian cot
ton; soft and durable for
wear. Prices
25c, 35c and 50c
Men’s Pure Silk Black Sox,
plain or embroidered, at
2.50 to 3.50
Men’s Pure Silk Sox in grey,
tan or brown, at
2.50
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.
Dr. Palmer’s Little Black
Pills.
These are different in every way from the old-
Miioned purgative pills. They act as a mild ana
-' Title cathartic,'and at the stame time tone un and
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' in. Most pills debilitate, those have a tome cf-
1 Put in boxes,*13c. Smnll size in bottles, 13c.
Jacobs’ Pharmacy,
0 8-10 Marietta St.
I [theaters”!
"The Tanks. Csntul."
the John P. Slocum Company will
present at the Orand Friday ntcht and
Saturday matinee and nl(ht the popu
lar muelcal comedy, 'The Yankee Con-
eul." The production Is said to be
elaborate, the costumes ftVsh and daln
ty and the company one fully capable
of doing full Justice to the tuneful ecore
of the opera. A good advance sale
pmml.es s large audience for the open
Ing performance.
Sacred Concerts Sunday.
The famoue "Kiltie.' hand will be
heard at the Grand opera houee Bun
day afternoon at $ o'clock and again
Sunday night at 1 o'clock, when sacred
convene will be rendered. The organi
sation Is composed of forty people and
contains some of the world's greatest
musical soloists. The band baa traveled
more than 160,0*0, miles, giving con
certs, and Is now en route to James
town. where'll will play during the ex
position. _
The members of ttfs band appear In
the uniform of ths Gordon Highland
ers. wearing brightly colored clothes,
kills, bare knees and headgear peculiar
to the Scotch army.
"•asking e Husband."
If ihe truth must be known. Kitty
ttJs heroine uf the fascinating comedy.
■Ths Marriage of Killy." which will be
seen at the arand on Monday matlflee
and night, goes up to London In search
of a husband—nothing more and noth
ing lee*. She telle her godfather she
can do tots of things, "anything, In
fact, to earn an honest living." but
when the various livelihoods are enum
erated to"her she turns her back on
them all and quietly says to her guard
ian that he luw left out one of the old
est and most honorable means of get
ting a livelihood, "the old-fashioned
thing called marriage."
The production will be made by
Messrs. Richards and Singleton, tho
popular ticket sellers at the Grand.
Many play-goers are taking this Oppor
tunity to reciprocate the courtesies ex
tended them In the past by the young
Is entertaining and amusing; Iti short,
all things desirable for a play. To the
world weary It Is Infinitely refreshing
In He bright spontaneity; to the senti
mentally Inclined the tender love dtdrv
of Joe Mayfield and Belle Gordon and
lie delicious touches of pathos will be
moat welcome. “At Cripple Creek" will
he the attraction at the Bijou next
week.
The I.mbriah Concert.
Mme. fiembrtch. who la to be heard
here April 6. comae at a lime when her
marvelous powers ere al their richest
and highest development. It It Inter
esting to note the opinion that H. E.
Krrlhblcl, the brilliant New York critic,
held when he first heard the prims
donna several years ego. Mr. Krlehblel
wrote In The Tlmee as follows:
'Vadame Sembrich Is a lovely sing
er—lovely of person, of address, uf
voice; and her artistic acquirements.
In Ihe limited field In which Dunlsel-
tl’e opera called them Into activity at
lettat, are of the highest rank. Her
etyle le exquisite, and le plainly the
outgrowth of a thoroughly musical na
ture."
At the Bijeu.
To say that a melodrama Is hy Hal
Relf Is to guaranies It te Interesting,
and "Cripple Creek" le no exception to
the general rule. If la .pure and sweet
and true and strung; Is convincing and
GOT HIS HEAD BUMPED
II TRYING TO SPIT
PROPOSED 70 MARRY COP;
BUT THIS WAS A7 3 A. M.
"Alt nmokora *plt," Mid the aupreine
court of Georgia once.
Recauae smokers do spit, and
cause. In trying to comply .with the
regulation forbidding expectoration on
a Rome street car. E. D. Salmon got
hi* head humped by a pole, the appel»
late court Friday morning decided that
he had a right to recover punitive dam.
ages.
Salmon (bred forth on a Rome street
car. He went to the rear platform to
expectorate and In sticking htn head
out to «lo so. came In violent contact
with a pole close to the track. It jarred
loone a tooth or so, bunged his nouq and
rendered him unconscious.
Hr eued the City Electric Railway
Company, and got a verdfc* for |2I«.
The cane catne to the supreme court on
demurrer, but was sent barl: on the
S round that there waa cause for action.
Tow the appellate court affirms the
lower court In Its verdict.
Bicycle Policeman John Peyton had
the remarkable experience Thursday
morning of receiving a proposal of mar.
rtage from a woman, a widow, who was
found a^out 3 o’clock fully dressed and
wandering about In her back yard.
The woman who proptised to marry
the policeman, resides In Whitehall
Terrace. neur 9 Olenn street.
Officers Peyton and Payne found the
woman In her yard and stopped to in*
vestlgste the strange circumstance, in
ciarrn snp qan wm inspired ,i> scaren
f»r s nun with spirit and many him. «
Officer Peyton vnlanteered the la, j
formation that ha was'aoch ft bmmi ig U
which the woman quickly remarked: -
"All right. I'll marry you. You'll fie.
You are the second men with spirit t:
heve ever heard o'C
The disciple of “Man and Superman"
was finally prevailed un id gu into tha
house, snd the officers proceeded ea
their way.
CRUSHED TO DEATH
AS RESCUE PARTY
REMOVED WRECKAGE
8perlal tn The Georgian.
McIntosh, (la.. March 22.—A very se
rious wreck occurred at Fleming, sev
eral miles north of this place. Wed
nesday when a heavy south-bound
freight train took an upen switch, on
whlcte. the engine, tender, nnd eight
freight cars were turned over. The
engineer escaped with only a few slight
Injurten. but the Unman was pinned
down beneath a heavy truck with sn
ot hr ■ heavy truck or. top of that. He
tired there In Intense agony while the
people worked heroically to save him.
Ac fast as they would dig the heavy
trucks would care, until he was finally
crushed lu death.
More 'Prises Claims.
Claims of eleven San Francisco pol-
ley-holders of the Atlenta-BtrmlngbtlB,
Insurance Company, agarrgattag as- ■
proxlmatety $20,040, were filed In tha-
I'nlted Slates court Thursday after-
nootk and wen ordered by Judge New*
man to be made a part of the general
credlton' bit In the receivership pro- -
readings against the suspended com-,
pany. The creditors an represented
tiy Moon A Pomeroy, of Atlanta: B.
H. Cross, and Hewlett. Bancroft ft
Bsllantyne, of San Frahcleco.
Edward Elkin.
Edward Elkan, aged 41 yean, died
at hts residence, $70 Washington street,
Thursday night, after a
ken wee a travel"
survived by Ms _
child. Ths funeral arrangement^ win
not ba decided upon until his brother-
in-law. Moeee Blum, who Is also t
traveling salesmen. Is locatet