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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, MAY SI. 1907. 1 June Clothes Are Ready: Come See Them Newest Styles from Americas Greatest Clothes-Mal^ers— I fart, Schaffner & Marx and Rogers, Peet & Co. Hats and Furnishings Ready to start June with magnificent showings of. the newest styles in Rogers, Peet & Co. and Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes—and with pros pects of the greatest month’s business in our his tory. If you’ll look at this clothing and compare it with what you see elsewhere, you’ll understand why our sales are so large—and you’ll add your patronage to the rapidly growing list. You simply get more value for your clothes- money when you come here, that’s all; better fab rics, better patterns, better styles, better workman ship and better fit than anybody else will give you at equal prices. And you know that you’re buying all-wool clothes, with no taint of mercerized cotton—the labels guarantee that. Tomorrow we feature a line ol two and three- piece suits at $22.50 that will surely attract your admiration. Plain' and fancy fabrics—perfect-fit ting, faultlessly-tailored. Daniel Bros. Co. L. J. DANIEL, President. 45-47-49 Peachtree—Opposite Walton St. Specially good values in a line of genuine Panama Hats at $7.50—all styles. Other Panamas—$5 to $50. Split Yachts—$1 to Mackinaws—$3 to $5. $5; Soft Milans and Newest patterns in Manhattan Shirts at $1.50 to $2.50; other shirts—$1.00 to $3.50. Every good sort of summer underwear- extra values in plain and fancy lisle at 75c. Real 35-cent quality Lisle Hose at 25c. Splendid showing of new Neckwear. MAN’S BODY IS DISCOVERED SCORCHING IN FIER Y FURNACE Cincinnati, Ohio, May SI.—Either th. mo.t atroeloui murder or th. mo.t rs- mirk.bl. suicide In the annals of Cin cinnati's police history was discovered when the charred body of a man was pulled from a (Ire box in the furnace room of a soap factory today. McDermott, the engineer, says there was little Are at 4:30 o’clock, and on his return at 6:30 o'clock he found the man's feet sticking out of the furnace door. He pulled the man out and found the flesh had been burned from Ills head, ahouldera and arms. There was nothing on the body to Identify the dead man. CONVICT LOSES • HABEAS CORPUS If William Howard, alias William Houlihan, IS real good In the Federal pen from now until next October, he will secure his liberty, but he found there was nothing doing In the liberty line Friday morning through the habeas corpus route. After hearing argument on his peti tion for a habeas corpus, Judge Don A Pardee ordered tlmt he be returned to the Federal prison to finish serving out his tefm. ARREST TWO MEN WHO WANT LABOR •Ither a city or stato license, E. Bogart, of New Orleans, and Z. T. Thomas, of Birmingham, were arrested y by City License Inspector Ew Friday Ing. Bogart, the license Inspector says, has been In Atlanta trying to get non union laborers to break the machinists' strike In New Orleans. Thomas Is charged with employing laborers for a cotton mill. The city li cense Is |100 and the state license 3300. RAILROAD ENJOINS MISS BACON TO BE BRIDE , OF PROMINENT BOSTON MAN F IN RAGING STREAM REDUCING ITS RATE G. S. & F Takes Its Case Into the Federal Court Friday. MORE BUILDINGS THAN LAST MAY The building permit* for the month of May amounted to $411,259. Although about 150 more dwellings were erected the past month than dur ing th* corresponding month of last year, the total permits for May of this year. This Is attributed to the fact that no permits for large buildings were Issued the past month. On the complaint of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, through Its attoruejs, John I. IltU nod J. E. Hall, of Macon. Judge Poo A. Pardee of the United States court Friday afternoon granted a temporary Injunction restraining the state rnllrond commission from putting Into effect circular No. $31, which was recently issued and which placed the road* tdgether with otli* era. In Clast D from dabs'A; ' The. Injunction will remain In force until June 20 at 10 o’clock, when the defendants, the members of the ntllnmd coimulealon and Attorney-General Hart,* are ordered to ap- K ar before the court mid show cause why e prayers of the railroad should not be granted. * .. Tho petition filed by tbe railroad Is n long one.and contains fifty pages. It Is claimed that the railroad commlaslon can not legally change the clanslflcntlon of lir them and Florida and reduce CROPS DAMAGED BY HAIL STORM gperlnl to Tbi> Georgian. Wsyiiesltoro, Oa„ Mny ll.-La.t night be- tween II nntl 1 u'cloek. the h.nleit rain and b.ll.torui for year, fell here, nearly < Inches filling. The .treat, wers cover- little drowned, bridge, wahbad sway. strsets w»hed up, and the crop, and garden, iu and .round the city were almost ruined. MAYPOLE FESTIVAL - IS' POSTPONED The public school Maypole festival, which waa to bare lK>en given on the lawn of Mrs Jobu Temple Graves' resldcuce In College Park Friday afternoon, has been iHistpoued until 6 o'clock next Monday noon. set forth why this iboNMMH It Is declared that If tbe circular Is oL lowed to go Into effect tin* earuluas of the road for both Interstate and IntrasMte business will bo greatly reduced, and. be- sides asking that tbe commission be re strained from patting the ' Into ef RURAL CARRIERS IN CONVENTION Special to Tbe Georgian. Gainesville, Ua., Slay 21—Tbe Rural Let ter Ctrrlera' Ateoelatlnn of the Ninth Cow greiilonal Dlitrtct of Georgia met jetter day In Galneavllle. They were here from all parla of tbe dlitrlet. The convention waa railed to order by J. C. Smith, of Flowery Ilranch, a. I're.ldent Emory Lord, of Jefferaon, Ga.. waa unable to be pro- of .Irknen. after- WILLIAMS CHALLENGES VARDAMAN TO DEBATE. Special to The Georgias. Meridian, Mies.. May 31.—A letter waa received today from Congressman John Sharp Williams accepting an In vitation to deliver an address at a po litical rally to be held at Lauderdale Spring., June IS. He expreeoci a da ily* to meet Governor Vardaman In joint debate, each to apeak an hour and a half. The flrat then to have a re joinder of half an hour, end the oecond a eur-rejolnder of fifteen mlnutee. Governor Vardaman has .0 far re fused to meet Mr. Williams on the stump In Joint debate. Strenuous ef- forte ere being made to get the gov ernor to accept this challenge. let. The medium. Id. The •loping ahouldera. 3d. The •hort and stout. 4th. The achol- »fly stoop. 5th. The long legged, •th. Tire tall and stout. Here •je all sites to ault and suits for Wl Hie., from 112.50 to 325.00, EISEMAM & WEIL Hurt by Elevator. As the result of a peculiar accident on 8outh Broad street Friday about noon, J. T. Batchelor, of Eegon, Ala., was seriously Injured, hie collar-bone being broken and hie .kull bruised. The elevator at « 1-3 South Broad itreet la Just ott the sidewalk. In the vestibule lading to -Im .tairway A. Mr Easran passed In front of tlwouiHi* inr Friday ejevator wWcU 1 WHITEHALL ST. rod andaome scaffolding hit him. He feU to the sidewalk. . o The Injured tr.an was taken to the Grady hoipitaL I could not preilde ou account was tm,mb ! Galneavllle, ol owlag an- r., Galneavllle; It. >. Cox, of Usyavllte. Os„ ly elected to the rhnlr. rotary John M. Barrett, ef ( llraneh; J. T. Dailey, I'emlergras.; C. J. LIVTCWUlli »». Owrna, Flowery _ jj rauf ||. ChniHlI^r, Oil Ilranch; J. ... , J. M. Miller. Cleveland; J. I». Stringer. Galneavllle: Georg. W. Gould, Gainesville; W. II. Taylor. Gain..- villa: J.me. A Jnhnann, Galneavllle: -Tinman tv. McDonald. Gainesville; Edgar ttairetj. Gainesville; p. J Hayea. Bu ford: B. 8. Dromon, Buford: J. T. White, Cleveland; W. B. Thompson, J. D. Cbf, W. F. Higgins, II. 11. UroWn and John U. Barrett. Negroes Perish Flooded Creek in Texas. WOULD PASS LAW TO HOLD SENTENCE Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Tex., May 31,—Advices were received hero today to tbe effect that a family of negroes by the name of Stephens, consisting of a man and wife and four children, were drowned near Honey Grovo this morning by the sud den rising of Honey Grove creek, caus ed by tho torrential rains which fell there during last night and this morn Ing. AUGUSTA COMPANY MAKES RETURNS Returns or the Augusta Btroet Rail way wero filed with the comptroller general Friday. Ths total amount Is 3697,080. General Wright says that from the figures returned It Is shown that It pays sufficient In earnings to give 5 per cent on 33,000.000. It Is safe diet, " to predict, therefore, that the returns made will not be accepted. Comptroller Wright Is busy Friday figuring on the returna of the Georgia Railway anil Electric Company. Thla company made a return of 33.712.000, but the comptroller wrote Preeldent Arkwright that a figure approximating 317,000,000 would be nearer right. To Permit Judges to Sus pend Punishment and Save Brand of Prison. DAVIS’ BIRTHDAY ON NEXT MONDAY The nlnety-ninth birthday annlver sary of Jefferson Daria, president of the Confederacy, will be honored by Atlantans on next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock In the hall of representatives at ths stato capitol. Colonel John C. Reed will be the ora- tor of the occasion, and the Daughtera of the Confederacy end the Ladles' Me. mortal Association will attend to the Man, 4a Is customary, all vatarana and state officials trill stand uncovered with bowed heads for five minutes at 2 o’clock Monday. > , Claud C. Smith, representative from Campbell county, will Introduce a bill Into the next legislature empowering all Judges of the state courta to sue- pend sentences, pending the good bs-i havlor of the convicted. The bill will allow tho Judges to name the conditions on which the sotvence Is suspended, and it will be optional with, lb will'll,er Ilf will accept the conditions or serve the sentence. A bond may be required. If the Judge so stipulates. "Some Judges in the slate practice tills now,- said Mr. Smith Friday morn ing, "but, strictly speaking. It Is not legal. A sheriff may arrest any man out on a suspended sentence In Ihe state at any time and send him to the penitentiary. '3 wish to make It l.gal, and I want ths Judges to take advantage of It. So ciety will forgive n crime, but never Imprisonment. "A young man cmvicted for the first time of a misdemeanor and unable to pay the fine, Is branded for life If he la sent to the penitentiary. Suspend the sentence and the brand Is not there, from the viewpoint of society, the nec essary commingling with hardened criminals Is avoided, anil besides there Is always the spur of this overhanging sentence to cause good behavior. "Suppose two young men. one wealthy, the other poor, were arretted for the first time and ,10 th- -ame of fense. There Is the option of the fine and the Imprisonment. One pays and goes undisturbed on hit way; the other enn not pay. and he Is sent to the peni tentiary, branded for life. "This Is hardly Justice. Wouldn't the suspended sentence more nearly equal ise the punishment T* Mr. Smith Is now working on hi. bill, which he .ays he will endeavor to hla utmost to get through the legislature. Flagman Losss Lag. C. W. Sanders, a flagman from Birm ingham, waa run over at Villa Rica Friday and his left leg was crushed and spHt at ths knee. MISS CON8T&NCE BACON. Miss Constance Bacon is the dau ghter of Assistant Secretary of Stats Robert Bacon, and is to become the wife of John O. Qretnleaf, a wall- known Boston man. Miss Mamie Jarvla Miss Mamie Jarvis, of Rome, Ga., died at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the residence of her brother, Dr. J. L. Jarvis, 398 Whitehall street. Fu neral arrangements will be announced later. EATONTON. On lost Thursday afternoon from 4 to < o'clock Miss Mattie Held Hearn entertained the Bohemians at "Forty. Two.” The prize, a beautiful fan. was won by Mrs. F. S. Hudson. Refresh ments were served by Mias Rebecca Hearn. The next meeting will be held with Miss Agnes Levcrette. ' Mrs. Allen Alford entertained from 4:34 to 4 o’clock at "Forty-Two’’ In honor of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Ste phens Alford, of Mllledgevllle. The prises, a beautiful copy of "LucII." and a fan, were won by Mrs. J. S. Turner, Jr., and Mias Louise Turner, both pre senting the prizes to Mrs. Alford. Deli cious Ices and cakes were served after tho game. Mrs. Nat Ralnay entertained a fenr couples at "Heart.'' recently for Mlaa Nora Cone, of Mllledgevllle. Miss Nina Julia Wingfield was rs- cently the lovely hostess at a, birthday party given at the home of her grand parents. Captain and Mrs. Clark Davis. Alias Minnie 1'ltts, of Mansfield, ar rives soon to be the guest of Miss Lillie Williams. Mlssos Lillie Williams. Genie Nel son, Messrs. Paul Ballard, Edwin Nel- son and Frank Holt spent tha evening of Thursday with Miss Mary Dennis, Forty-Two” being played. PENSACOLA, FLA. Mrs. C. F. Pearson and little Harold are the guests of Mrs. E. II. Gonzales. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson have re turned from a tour In the North, and are now located at the Escambia Hotel. General S. a. French Is visiting hla daughter. Airs. L. Hilton Green. Tha general leaves shortly for New York, here he will spend the summer. Miss Edna,Avery Is at the Old AIlll Inn. Mias DaJole Hyer la In Atlanta, where •he will Join her brother. Airs. Knowles Hyer, In a trip to Sulphur Springs, Va. Miss Josephine Chaffin la at horns agalmafteraJvIsIttohersliiteLMra Fellers, of .\atches, mi--. Captain Van Ord.n, of the navy yard, will be stationed In future at Ports mouth, N. 11. Mr. and Mrs. Wllmer Haywood, who have been visiting In New Orleans, have returned home, accompanied by Miss Celeste Janvier. Edward Arthur Roblnaos, son of the Isle S l ier Boblnxin, tbe I-.tn.lnn ,|rjr goods mm), 24 years old and bankrupt, luring man- axwt to get rid of 12,100,000 .luce be came at age. A “No Duplicates” Service - The shops on Fifth avenue which sell silverware and other articles adapted for wedding presents now make au effort to prevent their customers from duplicating gifts already sent by others. "I'm afraid she’ll havo one of those," said a young matron to her husband as the clerk showed them a sliver teakettle. "If you will kindly let mo have the name,” said the clerk, “I will find out wbat we have sent to the young lady." He came back In a few minutes with a Hat of articles which had been sent to tho prospective *brlde from his es tablishment, and It ahowed that no present of tbe kind under discussion had been sold for this young woman.— New York Sun. We maintain a service of this kind and have done so for years. It is helpful to purchasers be cause it enables them to select desirable gifts. No such stock of Silver, Crystal, China and Art Wares in the South as you will fiud here. Maier & Berkele