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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1007. 3 J. M. HIGH CO. J. M. HIGH CO. Great Stock-Reduction Sale Commencing Tomorrow, June 4th, Prices Lowered A 11 Over tl ie Store. Unprecedented Weather Con- ditions Cause 1 fhis Great: Merchandise Movement. „ / E ;argains IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. We take our semi-annual inventory of stock on July 1st, next. This only leaves us four weeks to reduce this mammoth stock to normal pro portions. e BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. PRICES WILL BE KNIFED RIGHT AND LEFT throughout the store. Our entire five floors will participate in the sale. We must get the stocks down as quickly as possible—odd lots and broken lines; various merchandise will be closed out in many instances far below its intrinsic worth. Bargains in Silks, Dress Goods, Dress Trimmings, Linings,, Laces, Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Knit Underwear, China Closets, Hosiery, White Goods, Table Linens, Dress Linens, Muslin Underwear, . Infants’ and Children’s Wear, Corsets, Gloves, , Millinery, Women’s Suits, Waists, Skirts, Notions, Jewelry, Parasols, Umbrellas, Veils, „ Shoes, Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, Lace Curtains, Linoleums, Awnings, Hotel China, Crockery, Art Ware, Neckwear, Furniture, Dining Room Suits, Bedroom Suits, Brass and Iron Beds, Chairs, Bed-Davenports, Parlor Suits, Dining Tables, Etc. It Will Pay You Handsomely To Visit This Store Daily During This Stock-Reduction Sale. J. M. HIGH CO. DRY GOODS, CARPETS AND FURNITURE. J. M. HIGH CO. F BIG POINT OF LAW, SAYS MAGNATE H. H. Rogers Talks of Pres ident’s Speech on Rail roads at Indianapolis. New York. June 3.—Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate. Interviewed In Parle on Preetdent Rooeevelt’a In- dlnnapolla speech and asked (or hie opinion about the president's constru ing the post roads clause of the consti tution as giving the Federal govern ment the right to supervise and control the railroads of America, said: "Mr. Roosevelt seems to have dls covered a point of law. If the law holds, there will be no more to be said, hut that question will be brought out In the United States by lawyers. "It la an entirely new thing to me, and I would not like to express an opln. Ion here. It would be best left to the lawyers at home." SAILORS’ STRIKE MAY END MONDAY Parts, June 1.—Hope Is entertained that the seamen's strike which tied up all French shipping ports wlll'be ended by tonight. As a result the strikers are deriding at Marseilles today to seek a compromise with the government. ONE MAN SHOT IN STRIKE RIOT Cleveland, Ohio, June 8.—A riot oc curred today at the yards of the Amer ican Shipping Company, where a strike has been In progress several months. A tarty of strike-breakers were attacked by strikers and sympathisers as they reported for work. Stones were thrown, clubs used and one man, a foreigner, was shot, URGED CARMACK TO ENTER RACE special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June S.—Leading Democrats of Chattanooga had what waa termed "a dinner of the disap pointed” Saturday afternoon. Present were all thoae active In pushing Messrs. Frawiey and Faldley for the election commission. Governor Patterson was almost the sole topic at the dinner, and some of <he things said about him were of a harsh tone. The climax waa the adop tion of resolutions urging former Sena tor E. W. Carmack to become a candi date for governor against Governor Patterson. Mr. Carmack waa In the city Saturday night. He wae told of the action taken, and asked what he Intended to do. Mr. Carmack said he appreciated the honor shown him. but wished his friends would stop men tioning him for the governorship at this early day. AUTO SMASH-UP DEVELOPED WIFE HAD PRETTY RIVAL T New York, June 3.—The plans of Mrs. Louis G. Meyer, whose millionaire husband and Mrs. Katherine Conrad Fuller Harkness were Injured In an automobile smashup at the Hotel Gra- mantan, were made public today. Brief ly, they are: "To love my husband. "To punish my rival." She already lovea her huaband: the punishment of her rival is yet to come. "Not only will Mrs. Meyer bring Mrs. Harkness Into court, where her whole career will be made public." said her attorney, Henry Meyerchant. today, "but If Mrs. Harkness persists In en ticing Mr. Meyer 1 know that Mrs. Meyer will make good her threat to horeewhlp her beautiful rival "Mrs. Meyer proposes to pursue that woman until she has Inflicted on her punishment commensurate with her of fenses. There will be no letup. The first action will be a civil suit against her for the alienation of Mr. Meyer' affection. That will serve the purpose of publicity. "Other actions will probably grow out of that. In the meantime a close watch will be kept on Mrs. Harkness and If she even once approaches Mr. Meyer In any manner, Mrs. Meyer will take apeedy and perhaps strenuous no tice of It, to the personal discomfort of the offender. WILL SEND LABOR TO SOUTHLAND \ Spinners May Accept Jor dan’s Offer and Come to Atlanta Meeting. London, June !.—A number of dele gates to the International Cotton Con greta, held In Vienna last week, are now in thla city. One of the delegates ■aid today In all probability the Invi tation extended by Mr. Harvle Jordan to have the next congress meet In At lanta, Ga„ will be accepted, and that aa a result of the work of the Ameri can delegates at Vienna, plana will be perfected for the turning toward the cotton belt the cream of Immigration which now goes to the West. TAFT MAY BREAK HIS LONG SILENCE Washington, June 3.—Secretary of War Taft’a long silence upon the sub ject of hie possible candidacy for the Republican nomination may be broken when he addresiee the Republican ■late convention at Tulsa. Oklahoma, next Thursday, .after hla Oklahoma visit the secretary will make an of ficial tour of the great military poets. OFFICERS ARF. ELECTED BY FARMERS' OIL MILL. Special to The Georgian. Newberry. 8. C.. June 3.—At the fourth annual, meeting of the atockhold. e/e of the Farmer*' Oil Mill, of this cltv, the following director* were elect. • Alan Johnstone. W. H. Long. W. Senn. O. C. Glasgow, H. T. Fellers. C. Hlpp. A. Black. H. A. Long. J. 8. Dominick. At a subsequent meeting of the board of directors, Mr. Alan Johnstone waa re-elected president, and John H. Wicker, manager. HAYWOOD’S TRIAL Prisoner Appeared Haggard and Drami From Illness. Boise. Idaho, June 3.—The work of securing a Jury In the case of William D. Haywood, charged with the murder of former Governor Steunenberg, waa resumed at II o'clock today. Although a little drawn and pale as a result of the medicine and the opiates adminis tered to relieve him from the acute pain which he suffered yesterday morn ing, Haywood appeared to be In hla normal condition Monday. Judge Wood la firm In hla determina tion to permit no further delay that ran possibly be avoided, and It la not at all Impossible that James H. Hawley will at least begin hie opening speech for the prosecution before court ad journs for the day. It Is now said by counsel for the prosecution that It will take at least three weeks to present their case to the Jury. The defense will take A* long and with the rebuttal and surrebuttat It Is not regarded as likely that the case will go to the Jury much before the first part of August. Scottish Rite Masons. A special convocation of White Ea gle chapter. Knights of Rose Croix, No. 1. will be held In the Masonic tern, pie Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The fifteenth and alxleenth degrees will be conferred with full ceremonials. The seventeenth and eighteenth degrees will be conferred on Wednesday, June 13. Rural Deliveries. Y.'ashlngton. June 3,—The following rural delivery routea have been estab lished. service to commence August 1: North Caroline—Laurlnburg. Scott & Co. (additional service route 4). length 15 miles. Population s'rvcd. .38; (sm iles. 192. Insular Assembly in Manila Next October Will Keep Secretary Busy. Washington, June 3.—With nearly a dosen parties In the field, Secretary Taft will have difficulty In keeping par ty lines distinct when he attends the opening of the first Insular assembly In .Manila next October. Campaigns proceeding for mid-sum mer elections are now In full swing. The subject of forming a basis for all platforma, according to reports reaching the war department. Is Inde pendence for the Islands. MILLER ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR MACON MAYOR Special to The Georgian. Macon, Os., June 3.—Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, today announced hla candidacy for mayor of Macon In the coming primary to be held In Novem ber. The announcement of Mayor Bridges Smith, the present mayor, for re-election has already been made. The rare promises to be an Interesting one, as Miller was defeated by Smith two years ago by a majority of 83 votes. Both men will have a full atdermanlc ticket. It Is understood. TENT MEETINGS DRAWING CROWDS Rev. Sam W. Small preached t» three large congregations In the gospel tent at Pulliam and Crumley streets Sunday, the evening service being es pecially well attended. A splendid program of mualc had been arranged for the evening, and added to the interest of the meeting. The subject of Dr. Small's sermon was ‘The Blood That Makes Fellow Citi zens df the Saints." The sermon was pronounced a pow erful one, and at Its conclusion twelve java their promise of being Christians tereafter. OOO0OOOO0OOOOOOO0OOGOOOO00 O O O 8NOW IN NEW YORK O O MAKES RECORD FOR JUNE. O O O O .New York, June 3.—Snow fell O O here Sunday, the first Sabbath In Q O the summer month of June. The O 0 flakes were not those that made Q O sleighing, but coming from a O O colder strata they swirled about O O the tope of the skyscrapers and O O before dissolving added a mid- O O winter touch to the most remark- O O able June that New Yorkers have* O O known. O O O WO00OOO0000O0000000000000V CARRIEOON ROLLS Array Witness Testifies He and Two Others Pocketed Results Since 1903. Washington, June 3.—Sensational testimony was given at the prellml nary hearing In Manila of the cose against Captain Frederick Cole, charge of the quartermaster yards In Manila, who Is a native of Mississippi, and appointed to the army from Flor ida. and Francis P. Thornton, chief clerk In the yards. According to the latest advices, M. R. Qulrke, former clerk In the yards under Cole, testified to an alleged un derstanding whereby he, with Cole and Thornton, carried many fictitious names on the payrolls and pocketed the result. Qulrke teatifled thla al leged collusion had been In progress since 1303. TECH DOESN’T NEED SUCH ALARGE SUM Equipment of Mining De partment Will Cost Com paratively Little. President Matheson, of the Georgia Technological School, states that the published report that the school will ask the next legislature for $100,000 for a mining school department, is an error. We shall ask for an appropriation for maintenance,” said President Muth- eson. "and probably for a sum for the establishment of a mining department. But we shall not ask for any such amount as $100,000, for we could not expect to get that much, and we do not need It. ‘The Tech has nearly every depart* ment needed for conducting a mining school branch, as It is now equipped for chemistry and kindred branches. We will need some mining machinery and other apparatus, but these will not cost such a sum.” KING EDWARD HOLDS LEVEE London, June 3.—King Edward held the third levee of the season at St. James palace today. Borne fifty officers who took part In the Indian mutiny Were present. Ambassador Retd at tended the levee accompanied by ex- Ambassador Choate. 35 TRUE BILLS T Trial Opened Monday witli Eight Jurors in • _ Box. Sen Francisco, Cel., June 3.—The third week of the trial of Mayor Schmitz, on a charge of extortion, wae begun today with eight Jurors In the box and with tha prosecution limited to but one peremptory challenge and the defense to two. The accusation'on which Schmitz I* being tried Is one of the first five In dictments returned against him In con nection with the extortion of money from French restaurant keepers under threat of forcing the police commis sioners to withhold permits of liquor licenses. Since the trial began thirty other true bills have been found against the mayor by the grand Jury. Fourteen charge him with bribery of supervisors In connection with the trolley grants, fourteen charge similar offenses' In connection with the fixing of gas rates and itvo accuse him of having accepted bribes from the United Railways and from the gas company. WILL ASKROAlf TO BUILD NEW DEPOT8. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 3.—The Cincinnati. Now Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad must build about fif teen new depots between Chattanooga and the Kentucky state line, unlesa It finds some way to get around the or ders of tho Tennessee railroad commis sion. Commissioner Avent says the depot at Dayton Is the only one which la up to the law's requirements, and states that tho road will receive an ultimatum In regard to tho others with in the next few days. Ssven Saloons Out. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 3.—The new excise commission has already Bounded the death knell of seven Chat tanooga salos>na. Twenty-six licenses expire this month, and only nineteen 111 be renewed. Fell Over Embankment. While attempting to hack hi. wagon' within tho fraction of in Inch of a 15-foot precipice In She roar of the court house aaturda, afternoon, a negro driver and his horse i,V wagon felt over the emlmuktheut and Into the Isick yard of a hotel front ing on Mitchell street, without serious data- age to either. Postmasters Appointed. Washington, June 3.—Following are fourth-class postmaster appointments announced today: Alabama—Bashl. Clarke county, Wil liam C. Smith, vice T. M. Pugh, re signed; Monroeville, Monroe county. Nicholas J. Stallworth, vice S. A. Mc Duffie. deceased; Flnklea, Monroe county. Eliza Dye, vice B. O. Mason, resigned. Georgia—Bowman. Elbert county, Aaron like, vice C. P. Hairston, re signed. SHOTARMED NEGROES WHO STOOD AT DOOR Officers Patrolled .Vicinity of Tragedy During Night to Keep Order. _ j Augusta. On, June 3.—Tillman Barnes la dead and bis brother, Joe Barnes, le dying because of the mis carriage of a plan to assassinate R. J. Morgan, a prominent farmer who lives about six miles from Augusta. The Barnet brothers, who are ne groes, called at tho residence of Mor gan early Sunday morning and asked him to step to tho dootk Morgan eus- pocted something, find slipped out of the bock door. As be got around the corner of the house, ho saw Tillman Barnes standing on the ground with a drawn revolver, while. Joe .was at the door with a long knife lit his hand. He called to the negro with tha gun to drop the weapon. Tillman Barnes raised the pistol to fire at Morgan, but before he could pull the trigger he fell ' with a bullet through hla heart. The other brother started to ruih at him, but before he had taken .two steps .Morgan dropped him with a bullet through the lung. Yesterday negroes of the community were drinking and talking ugly, and all day and last night a detachment of county police and guards from the pen itentiary patrolled the vicinity. No further trouble has been reported. The cause of the trouble was the burglary of Morgan's house. He had good grounds for believing that the Barnes negroes did It, and war going to take' action. The coroner’s jury ren dered a verdict of Justifiable homicide. NO GRADUATING CLASS AT WASHINGTON SCHOOL. Special to The Georgian. Washington, Ga, June 3.—For the first time In Its history, there wilt be no commencement exercises and no graduating class to commemorate the closing of the Washington- High School for 1307. The work of the ■prlrig term will be completed on Fri day, June 7, as the week of final exam inations In the several departments commenced today and will be finished the last of the week. The year Juat closing has betn. a successful one In every particular, ojd the fact that there will be no gradual, a to receive diplomas Is no refiectptn upon the school, nor upon the excellent corps of Instructors who have been In charge. The unprecedented sltnatl on grew out of the continued Illness of the first assistant Instructor, during which time the class which should have he. u graduated this year was thrown con siderably behind In their work. Edward H. Lucas, one of the m >st widely known telegraphers In the United States, died In Little Rock Fri day after a protracted Illness. A wife and child survive him.