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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1HT.
MASTER MASONS TO GATHER '
AT BUILDING OF NEW TEMPLE
Cornerstone Is To
Be Laid
May 8
on
Forty-one yean m&rki the period
between the laying of the eomer-itone
of Atlanta's first Masonic temple and
of the magnificent new temple now un
der construction at the corner of
Peachtree and Coin streets.
No event could more strongly stress
the remarkable growth of Atlanta than
the ceremony of May 8, when the cor
ner-stone ceremony for this great tem
ple of the Masonic organisations of At
lanta will take place. Here, upon one
of the great thoroughfares of the city,
will rlso a great building of marble,
stone and steel, to house the several
Masonic fraternities of Atlanta.
It will be the finest and most com-l
pletn Masonic home In the South and
one among the most palatial In the
country. Forty-one years ago occurred
the ceremony of the corner-stone lay
ing of <tho old temple, then lust started,
now marked by the site of the Bijou
theater. The history of the failure of]
that enterprise Is well known.
By a happy coincidence the corner
stone laying ceremony of the new Ma
sonic temple will take place during the
annual conclave of the Knights Temp
lars of Georgia, with 100 to 000 knights|
here for that event M ■
Distinguished Visitors.
It will also mark the presence of
many distinguished visitors from a dis
tance, Including George M. Moulton, of
Chicago, eminent grand commander of
the Grand Bodge of Knights Templar
of the United States, and Grandmaster
W. H. Norris, of Iowa, who will de
liver the principal address at tHe cor
ner-stone ceremony. Besides, Invita
tions have been sent Out to the 505
Blue lodges of the state to attend tho
event, and It Is expected that over a
thousand will accept the Invitation.
The corner-stone laying ceremony
will take place at 1 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. May 8, under the auspices of
the Grand Bodge of Georgia. The mas
ter Masons, local and visiting, will as
semble at the Masonic Hall, corner of
Forsyth and Mitchell streets, and
march to the site of the new temple.
At the Piedmont Hotel the Knights
Tetnplnr will have formed, and will
swing Into line with the master Masons
en route to the site, and act as an es
cort.
The Great Parade.
The parade will be ao planned that
tho ceremony of the corner-stone lay
ing may begin promptly at 1 oclock.
Judge Max Mcyerhardt. grand master
of tho Grand Bodge of Georgia, will
preside over the event and perform the
ritualistic work. ....
Grand Master W. H. Norris of Iowa,
will deliver the address. He Is not
onlv one of tho most popular Masons
In tho country, but an orator of dis
tinction. Other members of tho grand
lodge who will be present to take part
In the ceremonies will be: Thomas H.
Jeffries, Atlanta: Henry Banks, Ba-
Grango: George M. Napier, Monroe; W.
A. Wollthan, Macon, and J. M. Rushing,
Boston. .
Marble Corner-stone.
Tho comer-stono of marble Is now In
preparation. In It will be deposited n
copper box. containing many articles
of historical Interest. Hon. Thomas H.
Jeffries will have charge of the article*
to go Into this box, but he has not yet
' completed hie list. The Inscription on
tho new atone will be ns follows:
A# L. 6907,
Laid by ths Most Worshipful Grand
U ^aV8, G 1w7. U '
Side by side with tho new eton* will]
rset the old one ueed In the proposedl
tcmplo at the ceremony. September 25,
1886. After the abandonment of the
templo project at the Bijou theater site,
this atone was removed, and has been
kept at tho present temple. Fbreyth
and Mitchell street*, up lo a few days
a~o. when It was tumsd over to tho
•tone dressers to bo prepared for the
ceremony of May 8. The Inscription
on tills old slons Is as follows:
JOHN HARRI80N, M. W. Q. M.
A. D. 1868. . A. U 6868.
Rsy & Corput, Architects.
At ths top of the stone le the square,
the compass and tho circle; at ths bot
tom the square, the level and the plane*
It Is still remarkably well preserved,
and with polishing will look as good as
ths day It was laid 41 years sgo.
With the laying of ths corner-eton*
of tho great new temple, work will
progress rapidly on ths building. When
completed the Meson, of Atlanta will
hav, the ftneit home In the South.
For this event and tho Knights Tem
plar* conclave the railroads havn grant
ed a rate of one far* from all
ln Georgia and many of tho nelgl
Ing states. Several thousand visitors!
will be In Atlanta during this time,
GEORGE M. MOULTON,
Eminent grand commander of tho grand lodge of Knights Templars of
tho United 8tates, who will tako a prominent part In laying ths corner
stone of the new Masonlo Temple,
WESTERN FOE FOR
THEATRICAL TRUST
Chicago, April *7.—Kohl A Castle
have announced another move In their
fight to control tb* Western vaudeville
field and prevent the entrance of Klaw
& Erlanger. They will bull<r a theater
costing at least *75,000 In south Chi
cago.
CZAR RECEIVES
PEASANT DEPUTIES
St. Petersburg, April 87.—Emperor
NIchola# today receive* the twenty-two
peasant deputies who will express their
desire to work la harmony with the
emperor and their hope of a system of
general education. The application for
an audloncs has been the subject of
passionate arguments In the lobbies of
the lower bouse for two day*.
Alcohol
not needed
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla la not a strong
drink. At now made, there Is not a
drop of alcohol in If. It is a non-alco
holic tonic and alterative. Ask your
o»n doctor about four taking this
ihedWittforthin.Impureblood. Fol
low his advice every time. He knows.
— * — mpsrnlasa. - ' ——
APPEALTO FRIENDS
Crippled Battalion Wants
to Go to Re-
Union.
The "Crippled Battalion." that organ
isation composed of gallant Confeder
ate veterans with empty sleeves and
wooden legs, asks friends to give a lift
financially.
The vete want to attend the reunion
at Richmond, and they want to go to
gether. To do this they need money,
and It's up to the friends of the gallant
veterans to com* to their rescue.
If they were to march down White
hall street In a body behind a band
Playing tb* Inspiring strains of "Dixie,"
btrdly a man In Atlanta but would dig
deep In his pocket and turn the con
tent* over to this crippled band.
Just picture In your mind this body
of men. bent with age and hobbling
along with the aid of crutches and
wooden legs, some with empty aleevet
tucked away In pockets. Whistle
"Dixie" to youreelf, and tend a con
tribution either to The Georgian offleo
or to Major W. II. Bettle, In Ordinary
Wilkinson's office,
It I* Major Bettle, himself with only
one leg, who commands this pathetic
company- Major Betti* saw four years'
hard service under General Fat Cle-
boume, and It was on the bloody field
In this band If they haye lost either
an arm or a lag, and there are many
of them. Here la the list composing
this gallant hand at present;
T. W. Arwood. J. B. Allen. V, B. Var
iety W. H. Bettle. F. 8. Billings. B. C.
Brantley, William Bugs. J. M. T. Bates.
H. K. W. Childress. H. P. Cooke. M. J.
Darby, B. B. Durham, J. G. DuPree, 8.
D. Farmer, 1. N. Farmer, J. E. Gadd, G.
W. Garner, B. B. Hearn. J. F. Harrison,
Henry G. Jordan, J. K. Kelly, J. M.
Kemp, J. H. King. 8. B. Band. J. B.
Bangley, James Manry, W. P. Marlow,
W. T. Newman. Louis Orrie, J. R.
Palmer, Thomaa Phillips, J. W. Pierce,
C. A. Ritchie, F. T. Ryan. J. F. Rags
dale, N. D. Sherman, James W. Smith,
J. R. Stamps, W. F. Stewart, R. P.
Tatum, W. B. Thomas, H. C. Thomason,
J. R. Thompson, W. W. Thompson, J.
C. Todd. William A. Weight, W. H.
Hinson,
INTEREST INTENSE
IN BRANNEN CASE.
Special to The Georgian.
Statesboro, Oa., April 87—More than
ordinary Interest Is shown In the trial
here of Ernest Brannen, charged with
murder. In June, 1865, on Sunday
night, a party of young men, return
ing from a visit to the home* of young
ladles, met In a lane about six miles
from this town and shooting began.
Jack Ellis was mortally wounded and
another member of tha party ahot In
GARRETT AND HITT
TALK TOSPINNERS
American Manufacturers
Convention Will Be Im
portant Gathering.
Philadelphia, April 87.—Arrange
ment* are progressing rapidly for the
eleventh annual convention and exhibit
of the American Cotton Manufactur
ers’ Association, to be held In this olty
during the-week of May It. Tho gath
ering will bo the most representative
of any In the history of the association.
The features of tho program are tho
addreese* of E. J. Watson, commission
er of Immigration of South Carolina;
C. 8. Barrett, Atwater, Ga., and R. G.
Hitt, Atlanta, Ga.
COMMISSIONER GREENE _
MAKING INVESTIGATION.
Special to Ths Georgian.
Raleigh, N. C„ April 27.—Civil Ssrv
lae Commissioner Greene Is here from
Washington to Investigate the charges
of activity on the part of Republican
office holders, the charges having been
preferred by Senator Simmons. Mr.
Greene reached hers today.
the leg.
Kraati
tua Brannen and Ellis had pra-
ously fought and bitter feelings ex-
ted between them.
At the trial In October, 1805, Bran
nen was found guilty and sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. He was grant
ed a new trial and has been III Jail
since that time. The entire local bar
I* employed and Judge H. II. D.
Twiggs, of Savannah. Is prosecuting
while Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta,
appears for the defense.
FINE RECIPE
FOR COLDS
Mix half nint of good whiskey
with two ounces of glycerine and
add ona-half ounce Concentrated
Oil of Pine. This latter cornea in
one-half ounce visit packed secure
ly in round air-tight cases, which
are intended to protect it from light
and retain all th* original exon*.
Don’t use bulk oil of pine or imita
tion! of Concentrated, which ar* oft
en found using simildr name and
.style of package. They are insolu
ble and work havoo to the kidney*.
Any druggist has the Concentrated
oil of pine. It will alto be found a
most excellent remedy for lumbago
and all forma of urio acid rheuma
tism. For this purpose it is taken
raw, a few drop* en sugar at night
and morning.
Concentrated oil of pine it the re
mit of many year* experimenting by
on* of Philadelphia's foremost doe-
tore, who after endlees research, at
last secured a truly soluble oil of
pint, so make aura to get the real
thing. It also makes an excellent
aalv* to b* applied externally on ths
lungs. For this purpose it is mixed
with lard or vaseline.
Knights Templars of
Georgia
Meet.
to
r
BUY A
j PHONOGRAPH
| Small Payments Weekly.
| PHILLIPS SCREW CO.
‘ 37-39 Peachtree St.
Atlanta never entertained any flher
body of men or more representative
citizens than It will have as guests May
8-9, when the forty-seventh annual
conclave of the Knights Templar of
Georgia meets.
From the eighteen regularly const!
tuted commanderiea and the six under
dispensation, will come from 400 to 500
splendid men. Every section of the
state will bo represented by delegations
of Knights, many of them bringing
wives or woman members of their fam
ilies.
The conclave will begin with the an
nual parade at 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning; May 6, always a brilliant and
Imposing spectable. This parade la for
tho purpose of escorting the officers to
th* hall. Tho commandery will form
In front of the Piedmont hotel at 10
o'clock, marching down Peachtree to
Harris street, then counter-marching
on Peachtreo to Whitehall, to Mitchell,
to DM Masonlo Temple.
Here tho visiting Knights will be
welcomed by Governor Joseph M. Ter
rell and Hon. John Temple Graves In
eloquent addresses. Responses will be
made by visiting Knights, not yet
named. Adjournment will follow for
luncheon, and In the early afternoon the
Grand Commandery will open In full
form.
Annual Address.
The annual address of Grand Com
mander John J. Seay, of Rome, will be
delivered, committees will be appointed
and then adjournment for the corner
stone ceremony.
At 8 o’clock Wednesday evening the
liturgy of tho order will be read In the
First Baptist church, and the annual
address delivered by Sir Knight R. S.
Belk, pastor of the St. Mark's Metho
dist church, who Is a member of Geor
gia Commandery In Augusta. This
service Is a very solemn and beautiful
part of the annual conclaves.
Thursday morning the meeting will
hold Its final business session, at which
time new officers will be elected and all
matters completed. At 2 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon a fine barcecue will be
served at tho Cold Springs Cuo Club,
which will practically mark the end of
tho conclave.
A special committee of Atlanta la
dles have been appointed to look after
the entertaining of the visiting ladles.
Many ladles will come with the Knights
for the conclave. Immediately follow
ing the parade, the visitors will be
given an automobile ride about the
city to be followed by a luncheon at
the Driving Club. Thursday breakfast
will be served at the East Lake club
house. \
ROME FREIGHT RATE
CUT BY COMMISSION
A trial quickly proves the won
derful efficacy of Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, the ; great Spring Medicine.
Lassitude and languor disap
pear. Good appetite returns;
dyspepsia and indigestion are at
once relieved.
There is no longer a tendency
to scrofula, pimples and other such
symptoms of impure blood.
Health and sleep take the place
of insomnia.
Before the first bottle is gone one feels better,
looks better, eats and works better.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla makes people well and
keeps them well. Buy a bottle today.
Onuentfehc To meet thejfflsbea of those who prefer
medicine In tablet form, we are now pot
ting up Hood’s Sarsaparilla In chocolated tablets called Sareatabe
ns well ns In the nenal llqald form. Snraatabs are prepared from
Hood's Sarsaparilla Itself by n process of evaporation and dis
tillation, and bave Identically the earns curative properties.
Sold by druggists or sent promptly by mall on receipt ol price.
GD COL Lowell, Mass.
CHATTANOOGA PHYSICIAN
STUDYING CAUSE OF CRIME
Rome's protest against paying S cents a
hundred on brick shipped to Atlanta, walls
Calhoun enjoyed n rets of 2 cents, proved
effective before 'the railroad commission
all
:t in ten nays.
ilsston has approved the pine
812,000 Seaboard depot In Ath
I a new depot st Abbeville, on
Tho bearing for freight re-elsssIBcntlon of
III Atlanta, Birmingham nn'
fixed for May *
Class D.
Thnt Is LAXATIVE BltOMO Q
llsrly named remedies aom.tfmes deceive.
Th. first and orignal Cold Tablet !■ n
WHITE PACKAGE with black antfred let
tering, and bssrst be signature of E. W.
GItOVB. 3c.
SENATOR “BOB’
ON “TEMPTATION”
Robert B. Taylor, orator, politician,
raconteur, the earn* as of old, only It
Is now "Senator Bob" Instead of "Gov
ernor Bob," delivered hie new lecture,
"Temptation.” at the Baptlet Taberna
cle Friday night.
A lair audience heard the lecture and,
by their applause, put their stamp of
approval on thla the most serious of
his lectures. The lecture Is brimful of
rood atdrfes and new ones, told only as
Bob Taylor can tell them.
The senator says; "We are a race
of gluttons, a race of money-mad peo
ple, n race of liars, and a race of
slelght-of-hand performers.” Hs seeks
to prove It, but preserves throughout
a\ note of optimism, always Insepara
ble from anything that the distinguish
ed Tennesseean says.
BUTLER DOES NOT
AGREE WITH GRAVES
Washington. April 27.—Ex-Benator
Marlon Butler has lust returned from
North Carolina and 1* In a happy frame
of mind over the political situation In
Ms state and the South.
He was asked If be agreed with the
recent statement of John Temple
Graves, and; after a pause, soldi
"No, I do not believe that ‘on* word
from Roosevelt' would or could make
Bryan president. The president Is not
omnipotent. Even his power'and popu
larity, great as it la, has Its limits."
Child Labor Bill Passed.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 28.—The sen
ate passed the child labor bill by a
majority of two and the measure is
now to go before tbe house.
Company E Is Inspected.
Special to The Georgian. x
Waynesboro. Ga., April 27.—Company
E, First Infantry, stood an Inspection
Thursday evening from 4 to 7. The
company had 104 per cent attendance
and went through the Inspection In
good shape. Guard mount, guard duty
and skirmish drills ware special fea
tures of the Inspection "End music was
furnished by th* Augusta Marine band.
The Inspecting officer* were Colonel
W. G. Obear and Lieutenant Case.
Twelfth United States cavalry. Captain
Jowltt, of Augusta, attended tha In
spection.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 27.—Dr. B.
H. Brown, city food Inspector, Is study
ing criminology and gathering some
Interesting Information during his spare
time. From the local police records for
the last ten years Dr. Brown hopes to
be able to determine at what season of
the year crime Is most prevalent and
also to learn to a large extent what ef
fect weather, climate, etc., have upon
morals.
Dr. Brown also Intends to settle, so
far as Chattanooga Is concerned,
whether criminals ore most active m
prosperous or hard times. He will get
the clearing house statements by
months for ten years and compare these
with the police records.
GENERAL PLOTTED
BARILLA’S DEATH
City of Mexico, April 87.—In their
confeselon, the assassins of General
Manuel Barillas state that General
Jose Marla Lima, who commanded
President Cabrera's artillery during the
war with Salvador last summer, was
the man who Issued the orders under
which Morales and Mere committed the
crime. General Salvador Toledo, chief
aid* to Barillas, they say, was tdso
marked for death, but escaped.
BIG LAND CASE
TRIED NEXT WEEK
Washington, April 27.—The big land
conspiracy case of 1803 against the
San Francisco real estate tyndlcate,
composed of Fred A. Hyde, Henry P.
Hamond, John A. Benson, J. H. Schnei
der, will be brought to trial here next
week In the supreme court
Underwriters In Macon.
Ths Georgia Bocal Underwriters' As
sociation vylH meet In Macon on May
7 and 8, and between 150 and 200 Geor
gia fire Insurance men will be In at
tendance. Frank G. Lumpkin, of Co
lumbus, la president of the organisa
tion.
MEMORIAL DAY
AT DEQATUR
Memorial Day was fittingly observed
at Decatur Friday, City Attorney James
L. Mayson, of Atlanta, delivering i
splendid oration In honor of the Con
federate dead.
Tha exercises were held In the court
house In the presence of a very large
audience. Mr. Mayson was Introduced
by Hon. Carl D. McKinney, and the
musical features were especially good,
a full orchestra going down for the
event from Atlanta.
Crosses of honor were bestowed on a
number of veterans by Mrs. Wiley Hol-
leman, president of the Agnes Scott
Chapter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. A novel feature warn the
awarding of prizes (o school children
for the moat appropriate floral emblems.
First prise went to Miss Anna Wesley
and tbe second to Master Joseph Green.
Schools Observe Day.
8p*clal‘<o Tbs Georgian.
Newnan, Ga., April 87.—Memorial
Day was fittingly observed by the citi
zens and public school of this city yes
terday. The orator, Professor W. 8.
Gaines, superintendent of the public
school! of this city, wss Introduced by
Major W. A. Turner. The Newnan
brasi band furnished music for the
occasion.
AN ALABAMA TOWN
IS SWEPT BY EIRE
Special to The Georgian.
Luveme, Ala-. April 87>-Wlth ths
exception of tbe two brick stores occu
pied by W. W. Waller and Beall &
Boalii the entire east side of the busi
ness part of tho town was destroyed by
fire yesterday, the property loss being
about 815.000, with Insuranco about
813,000. The fire was discovered about
1 o'clock and Is thought to have origi
nated either In the law office of J. O.
Sentell or the mercantile establishment
Of Reddoch Brothers.
The detailed loss and Insurance Is ns
follows; S. F. Mahonr, general mer
chant, 33,5.00 stock, 33,500' Insurance:
W. W. Waller, 25 per cent damage |o
125,000 stock of merchandise, fully cov
ered; J. O. Sentell, lawyer. 315.000, In
surance 3750; Masonic Lodge, 3300. in
surance 3160; J. T. Veaxey Telephone
Exchange, 1650, with 3500 Insurant".';
25 per cent damage to Beall & Beall,
merchandise, 6,000 stock; small dam
age to the Farmers' Supply Company;
three-story hotel of J. W. McNeill;
postoffice fixtures, 3400, with 3160 In
surance; barber shop building, owned
by T. W. Shows, valued 1700. Insur
ance *486; fixtures owned by J. W.
Commander, 3700, Insurance 3400; va
cant store owned by Mr*. P. C. Throw
er, $1,260, Insured 1700; dentnl office
of Stephen & Llghtfoot, 13,000, Insur
ance 31.862; K. of P. Lodge. $300. In
sured for *150.
YANKEE MILLI0N8
IN PARIS COURT8.
Paris, April 27.—The appeal of Wil
liam Augustus Spencer and Lorlllard
Spencer from the decision of the court
which gave their sister, the Princess
De Vlcovavo, possession of the 12,000,-
000 estate of their brother, the late
Charles Griswold Spencer, will conic
up May 1.
Every Family
Medicine Shelf
ought to contain
Antisepticolly
The Household Surgeon”
which is a bottle of
t
Porter’s
Antiseptic
Healing 03
A Household Surgical Dressing for
cuts, burns, bruises, sores, skin dis
eases; catarrh, or all wounds and exter
nal affections, whetkersligbt or serious.
A preparation unlike any other, originated by an Old Railroad Surgeon. It is essily applied by any one, snd *t th*
same time combine* all of tbe medicinal qualities necessary to a careful and scientific treatment of Injured and discs*? 1
parts of the skin or flesh. It if sought after and continually used by all who give it a first trial. All druggists scli iL tie