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•ROPS ARE DAMAGED
ONE-HALF AT ALBANY.
I 3?. i" The Georgian.
I ’ ubanv Ga.. April 15.—Planters and
I ' ' ' ,; b o are 111 a position to know
Milmale that the f° tton c' r °P <n this
Ion has been damaged 50 to 75 per
n .{nil that the cantaloupe and peach
' has been damaged 50 per cent by
recent cold weather. The damage
■ otlon and cantaloupes ran be offset
, a great extent by replanting, while
[e damage to the fruit crop Is Irrepa-
I table. _____
damage will amount
1 TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
v l„l in rue Georgian.
Gadsden. Ala.. April 15.—A heavy
«h|[e frost fell here and Ice formed to
il, e thickness of a fourth of an inch.
I practically all tender vegetation above
. ground was killed anil great dam-
. «as done to the fruit crop. The
om ig peaches In the lowlands were
frozen hut the owners of • the large
mountain orchards claim that their
cn) p nos only slightly damaged,
tlir large orchards of the Elliott Fruit
Company large log fires were kept
liurnlnc throughout the night and the
Imt was kept off In this way.
I Farm crops, such as oats, corn, wheat
and grasses, suffered greatly and gar
den vegetables of every description
iiere killed. The loss will run up Into
the thousands of dollars In this part of
| the elate.
('•young peaches killed
IN NORTH GEORGIA.
[ .«i»., liil In The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 15.—Au
thorities on fruit growing say the cold
weather did damage In the neighbor-
liood of *100.000 in the Chattahooga
district. The principal damage was to
the fruit crop, the young peaches In
north Georgia and north Alabama be
ing frozen on the trees.* The peaches
w turning black and falling off.
Its mage to strawberries was consid-
irable. and the whole crop will be
delayed. .Much garden truck was also
destroyed. There was Ice Saturday
morning and snotv flurries at Intervals
all day.
frost was general throughout north
Alabama.. Reports from Huntsville says
there was Ice, and all vegetables, early
;"'' a 'yberries and much of the fruit was
killed. The thermometer, registered .’7
at Decatur and all grapes were killed
In that section. In Birmingham the
frost was as heavy as ever seen here In
mid-winter.
FRUIT ALL DESTROYED
IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY.
Special to The Georgian.
Summerville. Ga., April 15.—Peaclte.1,
plums, strawberries and all other fruit
were totally destroyed In Chattooga
county by last night’s freeze.
FRUIT IS ALL KILLED
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
Special to The Georgian.
Gainesville, Ga., April 15.—There will
be but little fruit In northeast Georgia
during the present year. The contin
ued cold of last week, with Its frost
and lea several mornings, practically
killed all the peaches and vegetation of
all kinds. Garden truck Is practically
killed.
DAMAGE TO COTTON CROP
HEAVY AT COLUMBUS,
in Tbe Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., April 15.—The opln-
prevnils that much damage has
been dune cotton and young vegetables
throughout this section. A great deal
•if the cotton will have to be replanted,
some estimates being that tliree-
f.imths of the cotton first planted early
ihie spring has been killed.
HEAVY FROST PREVAILED!
FRUIT DAMAGED AT ROME.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga., April 15.—There waa some
ice and a heavy frost her# last night.
The peach crpp and truck gardens have
been considerably damaged, but to
what extent Is not known yet. The
fruit growers are making an investi
gation anti It will probably be several
days before the amount of damage Is
known.
ONE-THIRD OF CROP
AT MARSHALLVILLE.
Special to The Georgian.
Marshailvllle. Ga., April 15.—While
thete was frost this morning and the
fruit In the low lands badly Injured,
otherwise It was not injured by last
night’s cold. . Previous injury has cut
down the estimates here to one-thlril
of a crop.
FRUIT CROP IN BIBB
ALMOST TOTAL LOSS.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Go., April 15.—There was s heavy
frost here this morulng, with Ice also.
It Is believed that nil vegetables In tbe
truck cordons nre killed.
Cotton and corn are badly damaged.
The fruit crop Is almost u tots! loss.
GRAPE CROP KILLED
BY FROST IN ALABAMA.
special in Tbe Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., April 15.—Heavy
HIGHLAND PEACHES SAFE,
SAYS PROF. SHOWALTER.
Special to The Georgian.
Dalton, Ga.. April 15.—Professor A.
J. Showalter, a prominent peach glow
er of Dalton, states that the peaches on
the highlands are safe. All low land
peaches are dead.
A half crop Is expected.
Forty Per Cent Damaged.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Fort Volley. Go., April 15.—The recent
cold bas slightly damaged vegetatdee and
tbe gardens here, loiter varieties of penehes
are badly Injured.- but the curlier varieties
will mnko 50 or 60 per cent of a crop. It In
expected that about 40 per cent of nil tbe
pench crop nil around lias been killed.
Cloudiness Follows. Frost.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala.. April 15.—Anniston
was visited by a killing frost last night
with a temperature of 30 at 3:10 o'clock
this morning. A cloudiness followed
so that tide morning the Indlcatlo
were only of heavy dew. Considerable
damage Is done throughout this section
by the frost. ,
Winds at Valdosta Prevent Frost
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta. Ga.. April 13.—Tbe recent cold
weather aud especially the cold winds have
done.untold damage to crops, gardens and
orchards In this city uml section. Tbe mer
cury reached SS degrees Imt there was a
high wind which prevented frost. Reports
from tbe pear orchards indicate that all of
the pears In this sectlou have been killed
by the blight.
Snap Bean* Killed.
Special to The Georgian.
Dallas, Ga.. April 15.—The therinpm.
eter registered’46 degreed here at 10
a. m. Saturday. The fruit, so far. Is
not hurt, unless the cold weather con
tinues. Vegetables are not Injured.’
except snap beans, which were all
killed by the recent heavy froat*.
Damage at Perry.
Special to The Georgian.
Perry, Ga., April 15.—The fruit In
this Immediate community is badly
damaged by the cold, f Some fruit
growers think the damage slight; oth
ers think a large per cent la killed
Fruit Destroyed.
Special to The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn., April 15.—Reports
received from points In Shelby countv
and from various sections of the states
of Mississippi. Tennessee and Arkansan,
announce that many Varieties of vege-.
tables had been Injured. Fruit In some
sections was totally destroyed, and to
matoes. potatoes and other vegetables
suffered severely.
Vegetables are Damaged.
Special to The Georgian.
Wilmington. Nl C„ ^prll 15.—It Is
believed that great damage has been
done to strawberries and vegetables In
the Wilmington trucking belt, by the
continued cold.
coin CAMPION
Traffic Manage^ • Rowland
Announces A. B. & A.
Changes.
J. R. Rowland, recently appointed
traffic manager of the Atlanta, Birm
ingham and Atlantic railroad, arrived
In Atlanta Monday morning from New
York and Immediately assumed his new
duties. Among the first things he did
was to announce the appointment of J.
J. Campion, of New Orleans, as general
freight and passenger agent, as succes
sor to H. C. MeFadden, resigned.
Campion also assumed his duties Mon
day morning.
Mr. Campion came to Atlanta from
New Orleans, \yliere for the last year
he has been Joint foreign agent for the
Southern railway, the Mobile and Ohio,
Character in Hats
and Hat Selling
Just as the style of a hat and the way it’s worn, pro
claims a man’s individuality—just so can a hat store be
fairly judged by its hat styles and the way it disposes of
them. '• /
You’ll find no masquerade at Muse’s:—no three-dollar hats
at three-fiftv. nor four dollar ones at five.
Stock, style aud price pass under scrutinizing eyes at this
store.-
Imperial Telescope Knox Derby A Stetson Novelty
$3.00. $5.00. $3.50.
Worn just as shown in
picture. Pearl trimmed to
The style tliut sets the
pace in hats for men.
A high crown, narrow
" iiu, Kelt Hat, worn telc-
jruped, pulled slightly at
' out. Pearl, with black Feather weight for Spring.
Pearl, with pearl
Style, Cedar, with brown band
and binding, also in black.
hand.
I'i.md, and black. ,
A ilno. Bound edge or raw
edge
match, and hlaek.
HIGH’S
HIGH’S
HIGH’S
HIGH’S
Down Come the Prices On
DRESS GOODS
and SILKS
Startling Price Cuts on This Season’s Choicest
NEWEST DRESS FABRICS
Yard Wide Black
Taffeta Silk,
Tomorrow
$1.00 yd.
50c to 65c Suitings
At 8:30 we’ll place on sale, while they last,
few pieces 50c to 65c Woolen Suitings
.for Tailored Suits and Separate Skirts in
neat stripes and plaids, 36 to 40 inches wide
—as long as they last at the sensational price
yd.
54-inch Brown and
Navy
Brilliantine
59c yd.
NOTE THE CUT PRICES!
$1.50 Newest Woolen Suitings cut to $1.15 yard
\
$1.25 Newest Woolen Suitings cut to i 89c yard
$1.00 Quality Woolen Suitings cut to 79c yard
54-inch Blac kAlt-
man Voile,
$2.25 Quality
$1.50 yd.
This sale includes the choicest, newest Woolen Suitings
brought out this season. Fabrics on which Dame Fash
ion has affixed her approval. Beautiful shadow plaids
and the little block checks for tailored suits and separate
skirts. These fine Suitings have only been in stock a*
few weeks. This is the chance you’ve been looking for:
$1.50 Suitings cut to $l.^yd.
$1.25 Suitings cut to .. 89c yd.
$1.00 Suitings cut to 79c yd,
Don’t
Miss
Great
This
Cut
Price
Sale
Exquisite Quality
Marquisette
VoUe
$1.00 yd.
45-inch Black Gen
uine French
Voile
$1.00 yd.
69c,. 75c and 85c
Fancy
Waist and Dress
Silks cut to
This lot consists of about 75 pieces choice Waist and
Dress Silks—ueat stripes, checks and plaids. A great va-!
riety of patterns aud styles to choose from. Were 69c, (
75c and even 85c yard, now cut to 59c. yd.
Cents
a Yard
J. M. HIGH CO.
A fine selection of Young Men’s Hats at $2.00.
Fancy Hat Bands, 25c and 50c.
MUSE’S,
3-5-7 Whitehall
the New Orleans and Northeastern, the
Cincinnati, New Orleana and Texas I’a-
clflc ami the Alabama Great Southern.
He hod charge of all the Joint foreign
business for these railways through the
ports of New Orleans and c’halmette.
Previous to that position Mr. Cam
pion served the Louisville and Nash
ville railway In a special capacity, after
having served a* industrial agent «t
Louisville for the Kentucky Henning
Company. For twelve years prevlouv
u> that connection he was with the
Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton with
headquarters In Cincinnati, serving
through the Southern territory. He
went with the C.. H. A I), from the
Erie system, where he began hlr rail
road career. , „ , ,
Mr. Campion I* a native of Kentucky
NOTICE i
The Union Dajry Compa
ny is ready to serve the pub
lic at 66 and 68 Ivy street,
with the best milk, cream
and ice cream to be obtained.
Personal attention given all
orders-
and t* known throughout the South liy
practically every raBroad man an “Col
onel.” Those familiar with hl» career
state that he Is especially adapted tor
the class of work for which he has been
selected, and express the opinion that
he will do much to Increase the busi
ness of the A., B. & A.
Mr. Rowland will make headquarters
In Atlanta and New York, Mr. Campion
being In charge of the Atlanta office in
the absencej>f Mr. Rowland.
WASH INGTON ODD~FELLOWS
TO HEAR JUDGE DANIEL.
ftpcobii to Tbe Georgian.
Griffin, Ga.'. April 15.—Grand Rep
resentative Robert T. Daniel, of this
city, will deliver the anniversary ad
dress to the Odd Fellows In Washing
ton, D. C. Judge Daniel is one of the
most prominent secre: order men In
Georgia and is an orator of almost
matchless eloquence. He receives In
vitations to deliver, addresser every
where, and while he was great Incoho-
nee of the Improved Order of Red Men
several years ago spoke In every town
of Importance In the United Rtates.
SURPRISE EXPECTED
, IX EDDY LITIGATION
tlm^ a deed conveying the Eddy prop
erty to the three trustees be vacated
on the ground that Mrs. Eddy Is Incom-
tent to execute such an Inatrument.
INTEREST GROWS
IN BIG REVIVAL
Two splendid revival services were
held Sunday at the Jones Avenue Bap
tist church, Rev. M. M. Wamboldt, of
Jacksonville addressing large congre
gations both morning and night.
Interest In the revival la growing and
It la believed much good le being ac
complished. At the conclusion of both
the morning and night services num
bers of people went forward and gave
Mr. Wamboldt and the pastor. Rev. W.
L. Savage, their hand. The meeting
will continue throughout this week.
Concord, N. H., April 1G.—Another
surprise la expected In the Eddy equity
case today when the answer filed to
iha iwliUnner’s bill which demands
Silver Tea-Sets
Of chaste and elegant pattern anti of a quality leav
ing nothing to he desired. These tea-sets are admir
able for wedding-gifts.
May we have the pleasure of showing you our
superb line? If an intending purchaser, you will cer
tainly be interested in the values; if you are “just look
ing,” you will be well repaid. We shall be glad to
show you what we have.
Comparison of prices invited.
Maier & Berkele.