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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, MAT 31, 1397.
The First
Dividend
Many n capitalist of today re
ceived his first dividend years ago
in the form of interest on a mod
est little savings account.
When you start a'savings ac
count you can never tell what it
will lead to. It’s a sound founda
tion for the erection of a : suc
cessful career in any degree, from
a moderate competence to an in
dependent fortune.
You can openan'account in our
Savings Department with a ; dollar,
or as much more as you like.
Interest compounded twice a year.
Central Bank &
Trust Corporation,
l Candler Building,
Branch Cor. Mitchell and Forsyth.
ABIDE BY RULING
ON A..B.&A. SYSTEM
No fight will be made by the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic on the re
cent freight rate reduction on Its lines
by the Georgia railroad commission.
It has been Intimated that the road
might seek an Injunction against the
commission to prevent the enforcement
of its freight reduction order, but It Is
learned from reliable sources that no
such thing wilt be done.
It Is to be the policy of the Atlantal
Birmingham and Atlantic to abide the
rulings of the commission, and then If
the same should be unjust to show It to
the commission by the facts. In other
words fighting by Injunction and long,
tedious court process Is not to be a
part of Its policy.
WESLEY COMMITTEE
WILL DISCUSS PUNS
The committee of 100 on the Wes
ley Memorial enterprises will hold an
Important meeting Friday afternoon,
beginning at 3 o'clock, to discuss the
situation.
Walker White, recently selected as
secretary to take charge of the work
and who will work with the executive
committee,twill be l'le^nt to detail, the
progress to date.'
Full details of the plan for raising
the 3200,000 necessary to make good
the offer of (50,000 from Asa G. Can
dler, trill probably be announced An
nouncement may also’be'made of other
large donations.
The movement Is growing In public
favor all tho time, and the promoters
feel certain that the enterprises will go
through to successful consummation.
Rev. Frank Eakes, pastor of Wesley
Memorial and head of the hospital, ex
presses himself as very much gratified
at the progress made.
Enough sugar was produced In the
United States In 1006 to supply one-
third of the total amount consumed In
this country, according to a statement
madS by a special agent of the agri
cultural department.;
FATHER TRIES TO THROTTLE
ABDUCTOR OF HIS DA UGHTER
New \ork,.May 31.—There wns ft dramatic
■cene In the Harlem police court ,ye»ten!ny
when Andrew Grady, father of pretty
Elisabeth Grady, the plrl victim of XPo-
S2T5 Theodore J. Hess, sprang upon
throttle* him. """
'Til kill yon, you scoundrel,” the father
cried, as ,he leaned from his seat and
caught Mess by the collar.
Grady's • eye. blrr-ed with rage, and he
. the court officers
back by mol
justlod out of tb
nos held in 14.500 ball.
FALLS FROM FLYING TRAIN;
5-YEAR-OLD FOUND UNHURT
.. • Iowa » May 31.—The 5-year-old son of a‘woman named Kar-
Unelli fell out,of a car window of an Illinois Central* westbound train
H!?.j at 80 mHea an houivlaat night, while,his'mother was asleep. The
child was found walking on the tracks later by the train crew of an
eastbound train. Except for a alight cut the boy wa^ unhurt.
FOUR ARE CHARGED
Well Known Railroad Men
Are Held on Serious
Charge.
The robbery of two freight cars In the
yards of the Western and Atlantic railroad
the ulght of May 23 resulted Thursday
night In the arrest of four men, three of
whom are connected with the railroad com
pany.
These men are Hobert L. Ilognn. a well
know’ll engineer of the Western aud At
lantic; M. Wler and W. E. liynn, switch
man of the same road, and Charles I). Har
ris, engineer at the plant, of the Swift Fer
tiliser Works, The quartet Is accused of
complicity In the robbery.
Hftgnn nnd Harris were locked In the
Tower, while Wler and Ityan were placed
In the state word at the police station. The
arrests were made by Special Officers Me-
criminal court agalngt the four men. charg*
Ing them with larceny from a railroad car
In two esses. Escb of the quartet denies
he Is guilty and protests he knows uotblng
whatever of the robbery.
Their bonds were fixed at 1200. . Hogan
succeeded In making bond Friday morulug
nnd was released., . .
The case wns turned over Friday to De
tectives Itoherts and'I-ockhnrt and they tiro
at work In an effort to throw nil or the
light possible bn the r crime.
The four men nre iiccused of robbing two
cars, from which a lot of hats, shirts, hand
kerchiefs, and cigars were stolon. One hat
officers, are now on u still hunt for the re
mnlndcr of the booty.
The arrests of Thursday night followed n
quiet tip given the officers. All of the ac
cused men nre well known and their arrest
and the charge against them has occasioned
great surprise among their friends.
OF
TO SUE FOR RIGHTS
Present King of Spain Will
Be Sued by Hlegal
Brother.
Madrid, Spain,' May 31.—The in,
preme court has declared Itself compe
tent to try the suit of the heirs of
Elena Sanz, the singer, against the
heirs, of "King Alfonso XII.
Elena Sanz was a Bohemian opera
singer, with whom Alfonso. XII, fa
ther of the present king of Spain, be
came enamored.
She bore the king two sons, the eld
est of which she named Alfonso. The
singer was banished from Spain after
the death of Alfonso XII and died poor
and friendless In Paris In 1898, though
the' king Is said to have provided
fully for her In his will, leaving her
an ample annuity, which was to revert
after her death to/ her children, until
they came of age.
The terms of the will, however, ap’
pear not tb have been carried out, and
the eldest son of Mme. Sanz zecured the
service of Sertor .Monguez, a well-
known Republican lawyer and member
BLOWN THIRTY FEET
BY EXPLOSION
Brief News Notes
According to the figures based on
an Investigation conducted by Harbor
Commissioner Stafford, there are Ap
proximately 40,000 persons Idle In San
Francisco as a direct result of the ex
isting labor troubles.
The French cruiser Chanzy, which
went ashore on one of the Saddle Is
lands, May 30, will,prove a total loss
and has been'abandoned.
According to reporte by the bureau
of statistics, the value of manufac
tures of - the United" States lb 1(05
was fifteen times as great as In 1850,
while the value of exports of the same
class of articles In 1805 was twenty-
four times as great as In 1850.
Special to The Georgian.
Pickens, S. C„ May 31.—Yesterday
evening Thad Brown and William
Hodges, white convicts, by attempting
to blow up a stump on a road near
Easley, wore seriously hurt. They had
six dynamites under the stump and
lighted the fuse and thought It had
gone, out and went back to relight It
when the charge went off, blowing
Hodges twenty feet high and, thirty,
feet from the stump. He Is not ex
pected to live.
Both men were brought to the county
jail. • . '
REFORM MOVEMENT
ON IN CHARLESTON.
8|HM'lnf to The Georgian.
Charleston, S. C., May 81.—A re
form wave has hit this city.. Orders
have been Issued by the chief of police
to close all bars on Sunday,-and 'for
the first time In decades Charleston
promises to be dry ion'next Sunday.
The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion board of managers recently at
tacked the lax enforcement of liquor,
and gambling laws, and Mayor Rhett
and the police are getting busy.
STRAWS ARE IN.
WHEN WILL YOU BE IN?
IS CIUJM
Had Done Much to Pro
i mote Good - of City
During Long Lif e.
Another landmark passes .with the
death of Michael Mahoney, who died
Thursday afternoon at his home, 161
Richardson street, at the ripe old age
of 83 years. •
For forty-nine Years he had'been
resident of Atlanta, and had seen
grow from a raw village to a great city.
And In the growth and progress of At.
lanta he played no small part .as com
mlssloner of public works, as alderman
and aa progressive citizen.
.Mr. Mahoney Is survived by eight
children, four sons and four daugh
ters. Two sons, M. S. and Edward Ma.
honey, reside In Dublin, Ga.; John Ma
honey In Gainesville, Tex., and J. P.
Mahoney In Atlanta. Of the daugh
ters, Mrs. L. -C. Green, Mrs. John
Lynch, and Mrs. Daniel A. O'Connor,
reslde'ln Atlanta. Sister M. Vincent, a
Catholic nun, resides In Denver. The
absent members have been reached by
telegraph and will probably come to
the funeral.
Born in Ireland.
Michael Mahoney was born In White
gate, * coiinty dork, Ireland, June 24,
1824, and came to America In 1846. He
lived In Boston several years and mar.
rled In Woonsocket, R. I. Removing
to Albemarle county, Virginia, he su
perlntended the construction of the
Blue Ridge tunnel on, the Chesapeake
and Oh'io railroad, considered then one
of the finest pieces of. engineering In
the country.
In 1858 he came to Atlanta, where he
resided to the day of his death. For
over twenty-five years he was engaged
In mercantile pursuits here. He served
Atlanta ns an alderman from 1869 to
1671; was the first commissioner of
public Aorks, and also one of the first
police commissioners and organized the
police force. He was known for hlB
strict Integrity and his zeal for the
welfare of his home city. At the pme
of his death he was president of the
Hibernian SavIngB and Loan Associa.
tlon, a position he had held for thirty
years.
The funeral probably will take place
on Sunday morning, but final arrange
ments are awaiting word from John F.
Mahoney,,who Is In Texas.
IS TWICE STOLEN
Tom Bailey Held For Rob
bing Finger of Corpse
At Undertaker’s.
GOOD STRAW is good from the start and
still good at the season’s finish.
There are good straws and cheap straws.
*Some are cheap in price because they’re cheap
to produce—they're glued together—not made together.
Pay enough and get what s coming to you.
Muse’s sells them
Panamas, .... $5.00 to $10.00
Poncy Hat Bands, ... 25c to 75c
Coif Caps and Duck Hals, 50c and 75c
Auto Caps, .... $1-00 to $2.50
1.50 to 5.00.
MUSE’S,
3-5-7 Whitehall.
The mysterious disappearance of
ring from a Corpse resulted Friday
morning In Tom Bailey, a negro, be
ing placed behind the bars of a Tower
cell on the charge of larceny.
Notwithstanding the superstition
and fear of negroes generally In regard
to the dead, Tom Is said to have ban
ished all such fear from his systsm
when he sighted a handsome ring on
the finger of a corpse that reposed In a
coffin In the undertaking establishment
of David T. Howard. Tom Is an em
ployee In the undertaking establish
ment, and this fact probably accounts
for his lack of superstition. At any
rate, Tom Is charged with coolly
swiping the ring from the clammy fin
ger of the dead.
According to the evidence, the ring
disappeared twice, being found the first
time. It Is said. In possession of Bai
ley. He Is said to have replaced the
ring and the matter was dropped.
Shortly afterward, however, the ring
again vanished and since then no
trace of It has been found. Tom de
nies he took the ring the second time.
The recorder decided he would give the
negro a chance to explain matters to
a Jury, however. In the meantime the
corpse has been burled minus a ring.
VAUDEVILLE BEGINS
AT WHITE CITV SOON
High-class vaudeville at popular
prices will be put on at White City,
Atlanta’s new amusement park, next
week.
Announcement to this effect has
been made by W. C. Puckett, resident
manager, whose efforts wers largely
responsible for the great crowds that
attended the opening Wednesday night.
White City Is now In tip-top shape.
Only a few little details were necez
sary at the opening to finish up the
work, and these having been added, all
that Is necessary for the park to enter
fully Into the summer season Is rea
sonably fair weather.
With a commodious vaudeville house,
a figure "8" toboggan, much larger
than any other that has been put on In
Atlanta, a circle swing with wicker
work seats, a miniature railroad that
travels at a fast rate around the pret
ty lake In the center of the grounds,
moving pictures, soda water and cigar
stands, a barbecue stand and restau
rant. and many other attractions.
White City will be a boon to the pleas,
ure-lovlng public of Atlanta during the
dull aummer months.
The Fair street car to Grant Park
goes directly to the grounds, and all
Grant Park cars stopping at the Chero
kee entrance leave the passengers only
a short walk from the center of the
grounds.
White City looks good.
CHICAGO PAPER
SUSPENDED FRIDAY
Chicago, May 11.—After twelve years’
existence. The Chicago Chronicle sus
pended publication today. Horatio W.
Seymour, the publisher of the.paper,
says In an editorial ‘that suspension
HIGH’S
HIGH’S
HIGH’S
Just Received
By today’s express five cases Women’s Snappy Gibson
Ties in Patent Leather and the popular Russet Browns
in newest models, with the large eyelets and silk rib'
bon laces.
$2,50, $3.00, $3.50 AND $4.00 A PAIR
J. M. HIGH CO.
BILLY BEARD, MINSTREL,
JOINS PRIMROSE BUN.CH
Billy Beard, an old Atlanta boy, who
has been steadily climbing towards tho
head of the procession In minstrelsy,
will be with George. Primrose's min
strels next season. .
Beard was with llavoriy last year,
and Haverly opened the season at the
Bijou. Who doee not remember the
Says Bad Record Is Dis
grace to All American
Negroes. >
Baltimore, Md, May 81.—Lincoln
Post, Q. A. It., composed entirely of
negroes, was addressed last evening by
Attorney General Bonaparte. The only
other white man In the hall was C. P.
Manning, one of Mr. Bonaparte's law
partners.
The attorney general was Introduced
by Adjutant General Wilson, of the
post, as a true friend of -the colored
people. After paying a warm trlbuto
to the colored .soldiers, the attorney
general rqade this Incidental reference
to the Brownsville Incident, saying:
"Let me say here now, a colored sol-’
dler who makes a bad. record as a
soldier Is a danger as well as a dis
grace to all colored Americans, but It
Is no less true that a colored voter
who sells his vote and the colored citi
zen guilty of a crime, or sunk In lazi
ness or vice, Is also a danger as well
as a disgrace to his race.
"America has no more room for loaf
ers and lawbreakers than It has for
cowards or mutineers. American citi
zens must know how to work'hard In
jeace and to fight in war; to obey the
aws they help to make and to defend
the country they help to rule, and If
any class of men cannot, or will not,
do these things, they have no rightful
place among American citlsens.”
CIRCULATION EXPERT
TO ATTEND MEETING
inimitable way In which Billy t
"Waltz Me Around Again?" He —
srbres of friends here who. are always
pleased to learn of tils sticce#.
Beard: will be the leading comedian
with Primrose next yeor, and his At
lanta friends will have an opportunity
of setln# him here. Ho Is now In Kal-
uinazoo, Mich.
GOULD BROTHERS
L
Say They Will Support Him
in Allegations Against
Wife.
New York, May 31.—It waa aniioaucetf to-
day that George Gould aud Frank J. Gould,
brothers of Howard Gould, will take the
witneaa stand lu tbelr brother's behalf
when the suit of Mrs. Ilowsrd Gould for
peruianeut separation la brought to trial lu
The two brothers, It la sn|d, will be called
to support allegations made hr Howard
Gould In his reply to bis wife's amusing
bill of< couiplslnt, > In which she declared
that he was “not a tit person to live with/'
SEAMEN STRIKE
IN WORLD PORTS
Paris, May 31.—The contemplated
general strike of seamen engaged in
the merchant marine went Into effect
today. Reports from all great French
ports say the officers and sailors left
the ships together.
GEORGIA MILL BUYS
COTMENGLAND
Like Carrying Coals to New
castle, But It Is
Necessary.
For the first time In cotton mill his
tory In Georgia, a Georgia mill has just
ordered 500 bales of cotton from Liver
pool, and In order to get It has willing
ly paid the transportation and other
charges, which Increase the price of
the staple about 1 3-4 cents a pound.
Never before has such a thing been
known to Atlanta cotton experts and
they declare that this shows better
than anything else the scaoclty of
Splnnabte cotton unsold In the United
States.
The order for this cotton was placed
through Inman, Akers & Inman, and !
not a member of this firm knows of
another instance where a cotton mill
was ever compelled to buy cotton In
Liverpool to spin because cotton of >
that class could not bo sepured In this
country.
It Is pointed out that In the past cot
ton has been shipped from Liverpool to
New York and NewOrleans, when
there waa a corner, but this was only -
done for speculative purposes, and was
not a case where a mill was compelled
to go abroad to secure cotton of the
proper grade to spin, •
That such a thing Is possible and yet
profitable Is shown by tho fact that'dry
goods are selling at high prices, and
even by having to pay a cent and three-
quarters more per pound there Is still
enough margin to mako It profitable.
J. L. Boeshans, circulation manager
of The Atlanta Georgian, will leave Fri
day afternoon for Milwaukee to at
tend the ninth annual convention of
the National Association Managers of
Newspaper Circulation, of which be le
secretary and treasurer.
The convention will be In eesslon
June 4, 6 and 8 and will be attended by
newspaper circulation managers from
all over the United States and Canada.
Mr. Boeshans Is one of the organizers
of the association, and has ala-ays been
one of the movlnr rplrlts In Its deliber
ations. Many Intel, sting papers will
read from well-known managers,
entering every phase of the question of
circulation.
Mr. Cogburn Here.
W. S. Cogburn, editor of The Edge,
field 18: C.).Chronicle and one of the
best-known newspaper men In* South
was due to the fact that The Chronicle j Carolina. Is In Atlanta for a lew day*.
had never been a paying Invt
the on*ner, John It. Walsh.
stment to I at the Piedmont. Editor Cogburn has
| many frlefads In Georgia.
Said of
Soda Crackers f
“They are one of the most eco
nomical, digestible and nutritious of
human foods and- well worthy of
the high estimation in which they
are generally held."
Of course the writer had in mind
Uneeda Biscuit
The on* perfect soda cracker
Fresh from the oven,
crisp and delicious,
in dust and moisture
proof packages.'
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