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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, JULY 1907.
■A FEW HOURS MORE TO BUY>
GEORGIA PETROLEUM STOCK
AT 40 CENTS PER SHARE
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time to secure these shares before they will have to pay par for them.
We can only say that we have made 90 feet progress in drilling our second well during the last 24 hours and have added more evidences to the already long
string of proofs that an oil field will be opened up in the next two or three days and that the stock will be worth $50 to $200 per share inside of the next week.
Oil is constantly flowing from our second well and the geological formations are such as to convince us that we are very close to the main oil deposit.
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OTTO G. TAGUE, President
1001-1002 NATIONAL BUILDING Dato 1907
8AVANNAH, QA,
I, the undersigned, hereby subscribe for
shares of the Capital Stock of the GEORQIA PETROLEUM COMPANY at 40 centa per share of the par
value of One Dollar per Share, full paid and non-assussablo, amounting to
.Dollars, which sum I Inclose herewith.
Namo.
Street Address.
City and State.
Our Local Representative, Mr.R.O. Foard, 400Austell Bldg.,will be glad to call on you onreceiptof request*
A nnfpcc
OTTO G. TAGUE - - President
1001-2 National Building, Savannah, Ga.
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THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
Frank (Ihr hero) and Itorinatd Bmre.
Iirldfi- fentmliis) meet n marvelously ImuiiII-
fnl woman <m ttio pUita at Rntatosa.
Woman, tnurli iinurmplrd, exhibits sbjeet
terror upou slriithif among party ot now
nrrirala a foreign looking man. Frank
lanrna ah<- la Mmr. Vara fllsvinaky. Tbat
night Ilrgluald dlaappaara and Frank Duda
him at tha gamins tablr.
CHAPTER 1—(Coneludad)
Ilia face waa tranaformed. In repoae
Reginald waa a good-looking young
c hap with a very pleaalng countenance,
but at tha gaming table the mark ot
the least peeped out and It waa n
frenaled vlaage upon which Frank
looked, a trembling arm which Frank
grasped.
"Come away, 7«g.~ said Frank.
"Come.” In hla frenay Reginald did
not recognise the hand that touched
him, the voice that pleaded with him.
"Curas you," he aald, "leave me alone,
fellow!" and he struck at Fmnk.
Frank grasped the hand flrmly In hla.
lie started to apeak again, but the
words froze on hla llpa.
Tha chips dropped from the nerve
less hands that held them; the croup
iers stopped with wheel half whirled.
From out on the grounds surrounding
the Casino there had come a woman's
scream.
CHAPTER II.
Tht Coveted Paper,
All was confusion In an instant. The
people poured out Into the grounds,
but found no trace of any human ba
ling, no sign of a struggle. Only the
calm beauty ot the night met their
* The sound" of bursts of laughter and
shrill shouts came from the servants'
ball.
"One of the maids screaming In pre
tended terror." suggested one of the
women, and the eolutlon of the problem
waa accepted.
The players thronged back Into the
Casino. But Frank Bracebrtdge start
ed at a brisk walk In the direction from
which had come the ehriek.
Reason It out he could not, but hla
Intuition taught him that somewhere
In that beautiful grove a woman waa
struggling for her life.
HI* thoughts flew back to the hour
before when he clasped by the hand a
hnlf-falntlng woman, when he whis
pered “Courage" Into the shell-ilk* ear
of- the beautiful unknown, whrp the
glorioue dark eyes of Vera K’/tvlnsky
melted In tender gratitude before they
masked with the oalm acceptance of
the terror Dr. Mueller's presence hail
brought har.
Was It possible that aha waa out here
In this grove facing danger?
“Impossible." he repeated to himself,
but tb* premonition of danger to the
woman who had Impressed him as hud
no otbar woman he had ever met kept
him going farther and farther Into the
grove, whan hla common sense told hhn
that he was on a wild goose chase and
would be better employed looking after
Reginald In the Casino..
"You Coward!"
He bad heard no sound since the
ei ream, ep that he was startled Invol-
uuiarily when the aound of voices from
a clump of shrubbery at his left fell
upon his ear.
“You coward! You contemptible
cad!” were the flrat words he heard
uttered In the silvery voice whose ac
centa he had haard that day for the
first time.
Frank Bracebrldge's well-regulated
heart bounded. So she waa put here
after all. But waa aha In danger? Waa
It her voice that uttered that shriek of
terror?
There waa no fear h the Icily calm
tones with which ahe was talking.
"As long oa there le no danger, 1
shall not Interfere, only perhaps to be
aeorned as an eavesdropper,” mused
Frunk, "but I ehall remain near here
where I can help her If ahe needs It.'
He shrank Into the shadow of the
tree under which he waa standing,
grasped the heavy (tick he carried with
u tight hand, and wotted.
"Hard words break no bones, my
dear,” were the next words he heard
uttered In a suave voice with an tn-
desert table foreign accent. Frank
knew Patlncttvely that It was the
volce of Dr. Mueller; he realised also
that the word* "my dear” uttered by
the foreigner hnd struck him with u
strange unreasoning pang.
"You know what I want,” went on
the smooth' tones "You know what 1
will have, too, tf I have to follow you
around the world and break every bone
In that beautiful body of yours, and
shed every drop of your Insolent blue
blood."
Frank had all he could do to keep
from killing the man as he stood, there
waa such venom expressed In the words
uttered ao softly, so smoothly. Frank
could Imagine the slow, devilish smile
that must he on Mueller’s face.
Hue the woman was not daunted.
"You can do all that, and more, too,"
she said a* determinedly an himself,
"but you shall never have that paper
nor the stone."
Why did Frank Bracebridge start so
suddenly at the last words? Why did
ho clasp his hand Involuntarily to his
breast und murmur: "Can It be? Im
possible! Yet Uncle eald the missing
maps and atones were held on the
distaff side of tha family."
He strained his cars to hear the
next words.
"I am putzled to know, Carl." said
Mudame Vera, "what possible Interest
you can have In the papers. Ilow you
learned about them Is a mystery, and
I repeat now what 1 have tnld you ao
often, thut even If you gained posses
sion of them they would be ns useless
to you a* they are to me. They are
only fragment* of the whole. The rest
are missing. One Is of no use without
the other."
"Yea, but suppose 1 told you what 1
nerer have told you before, that 1 have
one of the other nilastng fragments and
that I know where the others are; that
one of them Is In our hotel at this mo
ment, and that still nnother lies In easy
grasp of a chattering fool also lu the
hotel, who does not know that be can
get It?"
There was no reply for an Instant.
Then came wonts that made Crunk
gasp, so strange were they lUtrred !n
a tone of terror, but slightly masked
by Hie woman's Iron will.
would not hnve told mi the'* things.
But that will avail you nothing. I
have not the paper with me. It Is se
curely hidden at this moment."
"You lie," cried Mueller In a rage,
and sprang toward her, all hts smiling
composure gone.
The little gurgling cry which showed
that Mueller had grasped her slender
throat had scarcely left her llpa when
the lithe form of Frank Bracabridge
sprang Into the thicket and hurled
Itself upon Mueller.
CHAPTER III.
Ths Battle.
"Sacre!" gasped Mueller oa Brace-
bridge hurled himself upon him, and
with sinewy muscles, tore away from
the slender throat ot Madame Vera the
muderous hand that would have choked
her life out.
The rescued woman atnggered against
a tree, too exhausted for a moment to
do more than watch the terrific strug
gle going on before her eyes, of which
her life was the stake.
It was a silent struggle, silent for the
same reason that Madame Vera re
pressed tho screams that a woman’s
fears naturally drove to her llpa Not
one of the three wished to have the
sensation. the notoriety that would fol
low the coming of rescuers.
Frank Bracebridge had another rea
son. Over him again hnd come that
curious psychic feeling that there must
be a duel to the deuth between him
and the man struggling In hie grasp,
that by his hands alons must come
the punishment that the smiling devil
merited.
It was a combat worthy to be chron
icled. this silent struggle In the dark
ness of the grove surrounding the Caal-
>.
The men were evenly matched In
strength and skill. They had clinched
when Frank tore Muller's hands from
Madame Vera's throat, nnd now they
swayed backward and forward, each
seeking to clutch the other's throat.
'• 'Foetnan worthy of my steel.’" quoth
Mueller mockingly once when the two
pntised for an Instant, each holding the
other In an iron grip.
Through Frank’s hrnht was humming
constantly the thought, "8halJ I? Dare
cd toward Mueller while the pressure
ot the foreigner's elbow against the
vertebrae of his back gave him Intense
pain.
Mueller knew the trick and had
played It. Frank was In imminent
peril.
But quick and cat-like as Mueller
waa, Frank equaled him. How he
blessed the memory of his father, as
he countered the trick, and regained
hla lost advantage.
Mueller started back In amassment.
"Aha!” he gritted savagely, "I
thought ao. So you are In the neat, too.
my line fellow? Well, ao much the
better. I shall kill two birds with one
stone tonight, that pretty canary over
there, and you, my fine Jay bird."
He spit- the last words out with ven
om, and the next second had sprung at
Frank with a fury ao unexpected that
Bracebridge etaggered. The two men
had been lighting with a fury so un
expected that Bracebridge was unpre-
■Hired for the sudden cat-like fury with
which Mueller sprang ht him.
He staggered and fell backward, car
rying Mueller with' him. Then the
struggle went on upon the ground with
a ferocity that would have mado the
philosophic observer ponder over the
way men revert to primeval Instincts
when In anger. ,
But there was ■ no one to see save
tho woman who watched with her heart
In her cyea.
Frank on the ground was at a dis
advantage. Gradually Mueller's crush
ing weight robbed him of wind. It
was evident that the younger man
would keep him busily occupied for
the next few momenta, but that In the
end Bracebridge must lose.
Mndame Vera saw this. 8ho did not
hesitate. She slipped her hand Into the
mi of her priceless lace gown and
k forth something that glittered In
the pnl* moonlight.
She adjusted It carefully, and then
with It concealed In her hand ahe crept
close to the struggling bodies Muel
ler was lying partly on top of Frank
now, Ills arms gripping the prostrate
man. Frank's locked around him.
Mueller's sinewy forearm, bare to the
shoulder In the struggle which hnd
torn Ills shirt away, was before Mad
amt.
She grasped the arm with one slen
der hand and struck deep Into It with
the tiny gleaming thing ahe held In the
other.
She withdrew It and struck again.
Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC
A GREAT MAN AND SOME LITTLE PEOPLE
Tho International Sunday 8chool Lesson For July 28 Is, "Tho Golden Calf,"
Exodus 32: 1-35.. Tha Golden Text Is, "Little Children, Keep Yourself
From Idols." John 5:21,
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Go to Meriwether White
Sulphur Springs and spend
Sunday—new West Point
thinking of An old wrestling I Route to Columbus—leave
Atlanta 4:10 p. m., arrive
Meriwether White Sulphur
7:15 p. m. Round trip tick
ets $2.25, good until Tuesday
—fine Music, Swimming
Pool; elevation 900 feet.
That mean? hut one tb'r.g. Car’.
You im-un to kill tonli«», or you
I?"
trick taught him by hln father year*
before, the secret of which he had
sworn to that father to guard sacredly,
und which lie also solemnly promised
never to use unless he wrere In danger
of death.
It was a trick that, unless countered,
meant the breaking of the back of the
antagonist upon whom It was tried.
It would be murder to try It on the
man before him.
Unless—would ft be murder, after
I? Frank pondered.
His mind went back to the myste
rious words he had heard Mueller ut
ter. the words “the maps, the stones.”
Frank had good reason to suspect that.
If the wild guesses he dared hardly
make were correct. Mueller might be
one of the four or five people In the
world to know the deadly wrestling
trick.
As the two sinuous belles swayed
and writhed In the shadow of the trees
the question was suddenly decided for
Frank. lie tilt himself suddenly tw 1st- foreman.
BARTOW GRAND JURY
CONDEMNS ACTION OF MINORITY.
Special to The Georgian.
Cartersvllle, Ga., July 26.—The Bar
tow grand jury 'In session here today
presented a resolution strongly con
demning the action of the minority In
the house of the legislature In prevent,
ing a vote on the temperance bill. Th*.
t< solution was signed by J. E. Field,
Sometimes one marvels that tho politi
cians, even the cheap, coarse, crude kind
that one would scarcely Invite to his home,
are so successful In deceiving the people.
On the other baud, when one beholds howr
readily the people may Ihj fooled—and how
they seem to love It—nnd how cnslly they
are satisfied, the marvel becomes that this
strange thing called human nature has per*
•lste«f throughout the centuries. Had It uot
been for an Indulgent and protecting I'suv-
ldencc, surely the race would have died of
Its own folly. A . . .
••Substitution” Is an evil to be. found not
Slone In the drug business and lu the gro
cery business; It exists In |K>lltlcs, litera
ture. religion and wherever else genuine
ness Is expensive. The fashion did uot lie-
glu when the ChlWlreu of Israel substituted
olden calf for the Lord Almighty, •'**-
..... It end there. Only a few weeks
there gathered at n business establishment
wbleh finds n diluted mid adulterated type
of religion a profitable side-line, a company
of men nml women who thought to-prove
themselves “advanced” thinkers bv giving
nsMMit to the Idiosyncrasies of their lender
the latter lielng. by court records, a prov«!
charlatan and adulterer. Naturally be. ami
others like him who desire a wider moral
latitude than the law allows, wants some
easier, more accommodating god than He
thundered Ills laws on the mount.
They are trying to devise a cheap and
convenient substitute ft»r Jehovah, even as
did Anrun. at the behest of the foolish
ex-slaves whose Impatience could not abide
tho ft»rty ilays* absence of their leader,
upon their service.
Little Children Largsr Q«>wn*
Htfio* 01
which — — v ,
ment of the end of the story, but. Interrupt
constantly with questions nnd Interjections.
The younger the child the greater the Impa
tience. Now that was shout the luteU«*c-
tunl condition of the Children of Israel:
they were' children Indeed. With Moses
out of their sight they could not wait;
waiting Is a man's art. a sign of maturity
anil strength. The essential Immaturity of
this people whom Moses list Is a character
istic of the story that stands out Isildly.
Had they been more fully developed, they
would have had more acute.
Itut stay; l»cfore we throw stone* clear
over Into the Sinai wilderness let us con
sider whether It I* not true that the new
people of this Western world are also af
flicted with the same restlessness nnd lui-
R ttence. We do not know how to wait.
itucdlntones* la cur motto. Like the mou-
keys In the Jungle, we must lie ever In mo
tion. never able, like the stronger Jungle
folk, to win our prise by patience. Wbst
we want we want right away; If It Is not
at hand, we art willing to accept any sub
stitute.
0.111* P. Huntington, that curious admix
ture of cunning, cruelty, selfishness and
time. There Is only one thing lu the world
that can bent me at waiting, and that Is
working for Is also worth waiting for. Ilml
they not beeu utterly childish. the rblldren
of Israel would* have waited the return of
Moses, and then have perceived the benefl-
cent purpose of his absence. They, like
later pilgrims to the Land «»f Promise,
needed to star ‘
Is God.
books may care to verify by the
this assertion: The greatest nations are
those which have the greatest God. “Like
master, like man." The people which has
the most exalted conception of the Deity
Is the one which has the most exalted type
of manhood, Little gods mean. In the long
run, a little people. Slowly, through the
centuries, the monotheism of the .lews elc
vntod them above the surrounding Idola
trous nations, and made them u peculiar
people, a (Miw'trftil people and a persisting
people.
After more than a little first hand ob
servation of Idolutry, I aiu prepared to *uv
that Idol worship Is nlways ou a desceti
ese who can give an Intelligent explanation
of tho character nnd purpose of the greater
figures lu their pantheon; hut the plain
people worship nil Idols, nny Idols, only
from blind fear und an Ignorant hope of
receiving favors. I hnve n doxen or more
charms that I secured at various heathen
temples, which engage to protect me from
nil tho Ills of iHNly nnd spirit. The |»eople
who start with one Idol soon have many
Idols, and enstonis of the grossest.
Those Jews nt first wanted a mere repre
sentation that would fix their thoughts
upon Jehovah—an “aid to devotion,' ns
lovers of linages nnd pictures say—but It
was uot long ere they “rose up to winy,”
after the atmmlnnhle manner of the
heathen excesses. He whose devotion Is
not centered upon the one supreme object
of devotion will find himself swinging In
strange orbits, and worshipping unexpected
gods III unholy ways.
Qkill and Superstition.
Those who consider civilisation
matter of material skill nnd progress may
lie reminded that some of the finest me
chanical arts are possessed liy |ieoples far
down «>n the Intellectual nml moral scale.
The embroideries of obi .fnpnn. the carv
ings of China, the hrnsswork of India, the
shawls of Cashmere— these are not excelled
anywhere lu the world. In the museum at
Cairo you may see piles of beautiful Jew-
dry. lu cunningly wrought gold nml gems.
It was such ns these thnt the Israelites
wore, slid offered to the melting pot for
the golden calf.
Do the two things seem Itimngrtmus—
thorn* elalMirate oriinmeiits of gold und the
puerile, savage worship i*f th«* molten calf*
Ah. but even today bnrbaiism nml gross
superstition wear Jewels ami silks ami
raiment a In mode. It Is not lu our wealth
nml up-to-dateness nnd materia! grninlenr
thnt the ho|K> of the age lies; but In n
clear-seeing, steadfast and oliedtetit reop*.
«>se spiritual Ideals which follow
. **. *» f . ,h '* Intelligent worship of
the true nml living God. Materialism can
not make n nation great nny more than a
big bouse and lavishly spent inonev can
qualify a person to move lu truly* good
society. * ■
T. 1 * '• * ,m worahlpped
today. The bull, ns representing life nml
reproduction, Is s common object of heathen
veneration. Even the (lvlug hull la wor-
MV 1 ", 1 "',"'I- ,B S ,h f Of Ben.rra
JJS. , nf ".•“ '•-•"'"fr 1 •mile. rostulii* nt
hlsbwsy,. en.l pillaring
miuiolrat.il front tbe Turanrs. The lumuiuT
"f * * n ' 1 •'« rralohil temple tomb. l'a
'» «•*
Th, Swift Vengeance.
'•>- molten ralf did not
S roou “'- where Jehorah
, *• forever
those who stoop to folly Is to suppose that
“nobody cares; 1 ' whereas the whole social
bodv on res, and so does tho God above,
lous for the welfare of his |icu*
with ths perverse Israelites—only to find
them as shifty, evasive and Irresponsible
as they had been Idolatrous. They who IN-
ol»ey God In any one point soou find other
sins easy and Inevitable. Moses burned
with hot lndl—*■' *“
man's caper
anger caused
the tables of _
hnd written; for of what use was law
such characterless people ns these? And
he grouud to powder the golden calf, m l
he sent an avenging sword through tin
camp among the impenitent, so that there
fell three thousand men. All who o\er-
turn the law must fall beneath the law.
A Great Man in a Crisis.
What n biasing figure Is the old prophet,
as he strides about tho cowering camp, the
very Incarnstlou of divine Judgment! n.‘
picture quickens the Imagination, let it
Moses had tremendous powers of lndl?lo
tion he hnd still greater powers of comp• •
slon. In this crisis he proved blmselr i
conversationalist. Jrhovnh was ready ! '
repudiate tills miserable :>eople who hnd -*
Insultingly repudiated him. The narrative,
with strong anthropomorphism, represent■«
Jehovah ns wnxlng so wroth against tie*
consume them
Then arose Moses, the majestic, ns r
tercessor. “Yet now,” he cried. "
i In-
If th"T
wilt forgive their sin—; and If uor. blot m-.
I pray thee, out of the Imoks which t.ni
bast written.” Thera spoke the very •l ,ir JJ
of Calvary. Moses so Identified hliu-if
with the people and loved them so
1 letter titan they loved themselves, that f"-
their sake* he waa willing to Is* accuron.
That Is the sort of prayer Jehovah nlu nj
hears. Is It suy wonder that be nnswc.vo
tho plea of Moses? Nevertheless, the pe; !"*-
should suffer for that calf: the Jews tb- is-
selves hive a trndltlou that nt least *
ounce of the powder of the golden calf na#
l>een mingled lu each of their later catem.*
The practical application of the wM*
lesson Is admirably put by le'ou.ct.
“Never think, when you lake a start. in
Idol worship, that you will stop there. l
Idol must nave so altar. Tho sltsr nu.'i
hnvo an offering. The whole must na\ • ‘
temple. Every sin Is self-perpetuating. ; •
gin to love money more than God, nml a
great Idol of mammon will noon iuaku j
temple of yoar life.”
12:30 p. m. tomorrow
(Saturday), will be your last
opportunity to get a 40c box
of Wiley's Chocolates and
Bon Bons free with your lit
tle 30c want ads. This offer
will not be repeated after
these dates. Bring or phone
your ad to The Georgian of
fice. Phones: Bell 4929, At
lanta 4401.
VIRGINIA MAY ENFORCE
TW0-CENT RATE LAW
Richmond, Vs., July 2*.—•• stl11 r *
mains to be seen what the Virgin >
authorities propose Joins in conn«
tlon with Judge Pritchard's
tory Injunction, which In ttlact for
th* state corporation commissi
from doing anything whatever »
two-esnt rets matter until the cas -
settled on Its merits In the veo
courts. It Is the belief th4t v l * _sl
Where Idols Are Plentiful. Indifferent to tb. doihnnf rarththZn •» standlnff on n much wronger
The reodot who hss s raste for follow- earth Iwoflura. Due of the mistakes of foundation than her sister state.