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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1S07.
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SOME NEW BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS
FRAULEIN SCHMIDT AND MR.
ANSTRUTHER.". By the author of
••Elizabeth Qnd Her German Garden.”
(Charles Scribners Sons.) To any one
who has read “Elizabeth and Her Ger
man Garden," It Is entirely unnecessary
» n go into^any details of how charm
ing anything must naturally be, from
ti'.o pen of the same author. Some au-
thors do sometimes disappoint us sore.
lv after a great success, but it Is not
so In “Frauleln Schmidt and Mr. An-
struther." The whole book Is delight
ful “Frauleln Schmidt,“ with her
father a poor German professor and
hi« second wife—-(Fraulein's step
mother)—live In Jena. To supplement
the income of the family, a lodger Is ta
ken from among the students of that
college town. Mr. Anstruther, a young
Englishman, lives for a year with his
German household. In discussing Mr.
-Anstruther, words simply fail—a re
viewer. There aro no doubt many of
his kind In real life, but it Is surely a
pity for any of them to be put in books
even to work out the charm of his an
tithesis. We all have our "Anstruth-
ers,” but sometimes In real life we es
cape them, but not always or entirely,
for we see nearly every day charming
"Frauleln Schmidts" marrying “An-
stiuthers,” and vice versa, to our great
wonder and surprise.
Mr. Anstruther Min the book) needed
n year of living In the same house with
' frauleln Schmidt to discover her fas
cination. As soon as the reader gets
that far In the book he thoroughly un-
dei stands what a wcoden-headed crea
ture Anstruther was. At any rate, the
••mutt" goes bock to England, after
•thing Frauleln to be his wife, and the
L> iok now under discussion is composed
vf the beautiful, interesting, bright let-
ttrs which Frauleln wastes upon An-
•iruther. 4 Is Just these letters which
make up the book. That does not
, bound thrilling as all will admit, but the
letters aro charming, unique and de
lightful. He loses the Idea that we
arc reading letters, for they are the
outpourings of one fine woman's heart,
ti an unappreciative man (unapprecia
tive until too late) and we are all so
glad that It was too late. Anstruther
breaks his engagement to Frauleln to
engage himself to a richer woman, then
afterwards he wants to be taken back
again. And was h»» reinstated? Well—
jt is simply refreshing to know thai h
v as not. When he gets Into this plead
ing frame of mind (It Is a pleasing
thing to faec a big sap-head on his
knees—there ought to be more of them
in (h-Mr knees than feet) and
tills Fruuieir. Schmidt, after her
ih.-covery of what little there
v. ns tn Anstruther to
f.»r, that she would learn again to love
i.Ini—that he could make her love him,
ttc. (You know that kind of crea
ture!). Frauleln, in one of her letters,
throws at him the following:
You make me tbmk. of those nu-
tm rous husbands who fall In love with
their wives because they are just what
they are and after marriage expend
tlitIr energies training them Into some
thing absolutely different."
h?ven this did not hold Anstruther —
he evidently came back In his plead
ings. many, many times, for Frauleln
\win kept busy telling him to keep
away, and so the letters end, with live
t.f tes or telegrams saying, respectively,
"It would be useless." “I would not
»ee you." “I do not love you." "I
will never marry you." “I shall not
write again.”
Did Anstruther got his deserts? He
surely did. Judged from many points
of view. Why, any full-blooded and
clear-minded man. In. thirty minutes
would have loved Frauleln Schmidt and
If she had lived In Georgia, or any
o'.her part of Dixie, she would have had
Pj employ a bodyguard to prevent her
from kidnaping by eligible young men.
Frauleln Schmldt'n criticism of those
men who want to change their wives
fiom something they loved before mar
riage and which was the very thing
which attract*d them as lovers,
tolled to,the attention of Ihls reviewer
l :• a charming young matron of here
abouts. who hopes this idiosyncrasy on
the pan of Anstruther may arest a
similar tendency on the pari of many
hi'bands, whose tastes seem to altec
if tor matrimony.
“THE, HAUNTERS OF THE SI
LENCES." By Charles O. D. Roberts.
(L. t\ Page & Co., Boston.) For sale
In Atlanta by Lester Book and Sta
tionery Company. ^
The average reader is not well enough
versed in animal lore to question au
thoritatively such romances or stories
nf the brain power of animals or flsh os
are collected under the tJtle of “The
Haunters of the Silences’’ written by
Mr. C. G. D. Roberts. The principal
Illustration from “The Haunters of
the Silences.”
public and private schools. But when
anyone, even the president of the
United States, attempts to change or
suggest to school boards, proper books
for its pupils, all they have to do to
realize the size of the undertaking and
its impossibility, Is to remember that
the Southern states have been for for
ty-two years attempting to have a fair
history of the Civil war. used in Its own
fK hools, by Its own teachers—with very
little success. Mr. Roberts’ stories take
in all kinds of “fish and. fowl,” from
the polar bear to the cuttle flsh—from
the North polar regions to the Chinese
sea. The story of “The Terror of tho
Sea Caves’* seems to be the beat of the
lot. All of the stories are Interesting—
whether based on facts or fancies—
and none^of them leaves the reader in
the condition of mind of a young mil
lionaire of'New York, a great would-be
sport, an aeronaut, a lover of subma
rine boats, who said: “I have been up
as .high In the air as I can go—I have
dived down In the sea as far as I can
go, and in either caso there is nothing
to It but air and mud.”
to be to excite and hold the^interest .
tho reader. /'Tho Haunters of the SI
lemes” docs/thls—whether legitimately
>r not—.the reader must decide for hlm-
wlf. This collection of stories Is ob
viously for animal end fish lovers. For
those who do not care for “fish or
fowl" in their reading or experiences,
the book will be found amusing, in Just
tho same way that it evidently affected
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. In a recent
magazine the president ridiculed one of
these stories, “On the Night Trail," us
follows:
“Many of the nature stories of
Charles G. D. Roberts are avowedly
fairy tales and no one Is deceived by
them. When such is the cose, we all
owe a debt to Mr. Roberts, for he Is a
"harming writer and he loves the wll-
3* rness. But even Mr. Roberts fulls
to consult possibilities in some of his
itories. The lynx seems to have an
unholy fascination for these realists
ind Mr. Roberts has succumbed to It.”
On the Night Trail" is a story In
*hlch it is told of a tranner who, hav-
tn* caught a lynx and taking It home
In a bag, Js attacked by * pack of
solves. The trapper throws down the
■ ar ’k to fight the wolves, but, being
n.indlcaped In the faco of numbers, in
1 moment of Inspiration he cuts open
sack in which the lynx Is confined.
"1»« lynx takea up the fignt. and quickly
oiling oil of the wolves (eight) escapes
nto the woods, leaving the dead wolves
f r the trapper to skin and sell. About
ihls thrilling fairy tale Mr. Roosevelt
•avs; -The lynx, according to Mr. Rob-
N*t-\ goes Into the fray with the wolves
"hh a sort of savage exultation. Sev-
tral of the wolves receive slashes which
**n«l them yelping out of the battle.
Nr > v, the thing Is so utterly ridiculous
fhnt any matt w ho knows both the won
“t'd the lynx loses patience. Real
,v Ives would have made shreds of a
ff-’U lynx within a twinkling of the
tinu* they closed In to the attack. The
ttiimal of the etory would*have stood
p' 1 more chance with the eight wolves
th.ir. & house cat would stand In a light
*tth eight bull terriers.”
In the preface to his book Mr. Rob
erts 6ays: "I have spared no pains to
Jpske these stories accord as far as
the facts of natural lilstofy are con-
Cr rned with the latest scientific Infor
mation."
If anyone cares for snlmal legends
best way bo view these and similar
ft- rles is simply as we read the “Ara-
£. Ja n Nights" and . “Grimm’* Fairy
Tale*/* We all of us accept the latter
a* untrue, but we enjoy them neverthe-
|* sv The point that Mr. Roosevelt
mokes, and It Is a correct one. I* that
"“lit these stories are Interesting In
j^tr fairy.Bke descriptions of animal
"PRISONERS OF FORTUNE," by
Ruel Pcrley Smith. (L. C. Page & Co.,
Boston.; for sale in Atlanta by Lester
Book and Stationery Company.) “Pris
oners of Fortune" Is a story of pirates,
shipwrecks, hunt for hidden gold, und
(you can be sure) love, spelled with a
capital "L." It is agreeably free of
blood and thunder or any of rhe dime
novel forcing of Interest. However, it
niav be that n force pump, judiciously
used, would have helped the book.
The story Is told in the first person,
by an old sea-rover, who leaves this
history of his struggles for love and
fortune for the benefit of any possible
posterity, although the writer is not
clear on this subject of his heirs.
Philip Campbell tells tho story—how
he lived In Boston, during the time of
Cotton Mather—also of the pirates.
There had been captured a bunch of
pirates, who were to be hanged at Bos
ton. Philip Is kind to one of the pi
rates, who leaves with Philip a sketch
and some doggerel about a hidden
treasure. It is about the hunt for this
treasure, with all the ramifications
the rot. that the book elongates Itself.
Philip, his uncle and some friends build
a boat to search for this treasure;
they and the boat become shipwrecked
up on the coast of Maine, on an Is
land occupied by a band of send-retired
pirates. Numerous and exciting expe
riences take place on this island, upon
which enters Cupid, and In line with
his general behavior he mixes up things
considerably. The semi-retired pirates
enter into an agreement with . Philip
Campbell and his friends to find the
treasure. They make a voyage of ex
ploration therefor. The author, keeps
the reader a little too much on the
anxious seat as to the finding of this
treasure; he overdoes the tension, and
when the time does come lor his read
ers to swing back Into a normal condl
tlon, they ure way off somewhere else.
As a more than fair and good sample
of pirate stories, filled with killings,
shipwrecks and a little love making,
"Prisoners of Fortune*’ Is quite good.
but it Is far too long drawn out. It
seems to a fair reader that Mr. Smith
might have cut his 392 pages down to
about half, thereby not losing, but
gaining interest In his tale. It is clean
sometimes exciting, but the exciting
things are too few In comparison with
the dull ones, long drawn out. The
story might b c well described as a
small body of exciting adventures, en
tirely surrounded by dull happenings.
Where the love, with the capital
“L” comes in, as stated. Is on the Is
land. oft the coast of Maine. Philip
Campbell finds there a lovely maiden.
Mary Vane, who had been cared for
by the pirates. Philip wins Map’. mar “
rles her. and on the three hundred and
ninety-second page he tells us that
Hhe stand*. waiting at til* t*blea»hf
write* out hi* memoir*. Evidently
growing weary of hi* writing, a. *ure-
|v do hi* reader*, she doth take the
nen from out my Anger*, growing wen-
25 and bid* me write no more qf
bloody deed* and cruel men
iiml sine* It be these two-ncore year*.
Since first I dhl her bidding. I think
In truth. It wlll be too late now to he-
* l ThU wn°* b very kind of Mary; there
I* no telling how many more MgM.of
•'bloody deed* and cruel men PalMp
would have 'worked off on us. If unin
terrupted. and the only thing we have
against Mary I* that "he did not real-
?ze her duty to the reeding public some
hundred or so |wge* earlier, for such
I, woman’* duty t» man, namely the
restraint of man’s Inborn ®*lhlnlty.
Tlie Style of composition In 'Prisoner
, ,,„*»•* is very good indeed, but
It* takes more tlmn style to fill up with
Inters? M2 page, of verbose de.crlp-
ten At very strong book. “Growth” is
not such a book as the reader will want
to hurry through, to see who marries
whom and “lives happy ever after"
It Is an entirely different kind of vol
ume from what now unfortunately
constitutes our best “sellers.’’ To some
of us, this statement means that the
book must be worth something, and
it Is.
“Growth" has most of its scenes laid
In Scotland—not among ths clans.
There are no knights In armor, sword
thrusts or “escapes by the winding
stairway," but the plot is laid among
the students In. the present day at
Edinburgh. Through the wanderings
of some of her characters, the author
gives us very charming pictures of
Florence, Rome nnd parts of 'Portugal.
The story tells of the growth in mind,
body and soul of young Dugald Dal-
glelsh, a student at the University of
Edinburgh. Dalgleish is the son of a
non-conformist preacher and all of
his associates are of that church. They
are Mr. Dobbs. Mr. Thatcher, Mr.
Scrymgeour, Miss Browg (Dalglelsh’a
landlady) and Miss Judith Lemaistre
(whom DaJglclsh thinks he loves), to
say nothing of a wonderful actress,
Iolanthc Brooke (really Thatcher's sis
ter), whose oorsonality and attractive,
ness forcefully appeal to Dnlgletsh.
"Growth” is Just a good, clean story
of Student life at Edinburgh—of the
lectures there, the life of the students
and theJr opinions expressed at debat
ing societies. In the book, it |s shown
strongly.the growth of the character
of Dugald Dalgleish; there are pictures
of his falterings, pointed and acute at
times, especially when under the fas
cinations of the actress. Miss Brooke,
he steals 60 pounds from his sister’s
legacy to fellow Mira Brooke to Portu
gal. There Is shown also the wonder
ful hold the Roman Catholic church
has upon Its member; the fascinations
It has for people of certain tempera-
menu; who even .being allied with an
other church, are really Komar. 1sts, In
their hearts and join the Roman church
at the first opportunity, given their
temperament to manifest itself. Mr.
Thatcher leaves his church to become
a Catholic and In this way, the author
has an opportunity, which she uses
carefully and not irritatingly—to show
the good and possible bad sides of both
sects or churches.
Dugald Dalgleish, realty through the
the assistance of his friends, become?
a big strong man. He, poor chap, was
not of any too much “candle power”—
he was worse than Incandescent a.t
many times, but as in. real I f-*, t o
helping hands of frionds sirtuhcu out,
were grasped and he f.>u;id his selid
ground.
“Growth" Is a splendid book. On?
should read It If only to gat her from
the perusal of its pages a dlspoj.it! m to
view fairly and generally the religious
opinions of others.
The publication of Just s uch books
as “Growth” indicates that worthy con-
Reviewed by
Arthur Pendennis, Jr.
trlbutlons to literature are appreciated
and read, and we surely need Just such
hopeful manifestations as we struggle
with and sometimes emerge from the
flood of the “best sellers” of today.
“FOUR SEASONS IN THE GAR
DEN." By Eben E. Rexford. (J.j B.
Ltpplncott Co.) “FyuY Seasons In the
Garden” Is a book oh gardening for the
home maker, by one of the foremost
amateur gardeners * of the United
States—Mr. Eben E. Rexford. It treats
of all phases of the subject, from the
simple bed or two along the fence .n
a city back yard, to the most ambitious
garden tho happy suburbanite or coun
try dweller can manage without Uv
services of a professional.
The growing of house plants and the
use of plants for household and tablo
dt-corat ion art Important features oi
the book. There are two chapters on
lural and village Improvement which
carry the home gardening plan Into tho
larger field of community work.
The first chapter on the' “Making
and Caring for Lawns" Is very Inter
esting and Instructive reading. From
the present appearance of Peachtree
street, this chapter alone. If properly
applied, would make the “submerged
tenth" of Atlanta very grateful to aom<
of the owners of these pseudo-lawns.
The “oi polio!" "strap hangers” and
pedestrians of Atlanta feel that while
It might be a ipecics of foreign inter
ference or perhaps Impertinence to
even suggest such a heresy to thos
who "ride !n chaises,” and own the
lots upon which lawns could he grown
properly, it ir tespecffqlly request? 1
that the owners fix up these now scirl-
bsiren s.u ts on t or brag street. “Four
Seasons In the Garden" will give the
desired InvtrjctSrn. A careful read In?
uf this brad;, tegethe*. with «ome ntreu-
eous exercise, mtf r.eccsairi.y cm tit’’
part of Peachtree owners themselves
will On the work. * *
There Is no danger of another coun
cil committee being a,'pointed to In
vestigate thl? lawn qiu>.Ln of Peacn-
tree street, along with our "muddy wa
ter," but this latter commodity wcuftf
bo very good f:r lawns, uny way. and
cur present condition of silt should b«’
taken advantage of.
Mr. Rexford tells us all about the
making and care of flower beds, bad;
yard gardens and window boxes—the
growing of bulbs, and mimtcement of
green houses. In fact his bock cov?:v
* pretty nr.tr:v :!1 growing things, whit »
j wc P.r3 liable to plant, footer or ne.;-
I !c« t (excel i idem:).
I The chapter devoted to “Tho Use • '
! G%>wincr Plant* for Toble Decoration*
j S>> it subject rn* re. in line with the s •*
{«!«■:>* department of :h»“ paper than 1
.\exvy. imfjXervstiPg b>yok review, sti.’h
t-ti vto.ved by < ne y ho*knows very lit
tle about oucli thinye, H would sort
that this chapter, along with tho one on
lawns, might be found Inrtruc'ivo un
In Jv.ful t<» a’l persons who apprecio
the beautiful Mds of home Mfo.
REFORMS OF CAMPAIGN
ARE NOT YET MADE LAW;
ASSEMBL Y IS INDEPENDENT
GROWTH. By Graham
<H*nry Holl & <’° >
Margaret Todd,
D., under the
JJ- they should not be use*? as text- " U ‘^*J Travers.” has wrfV
s*:., „ jme ot. them* ai«G lu eur oaaw oi Graha^a ir»>c .
Disfranchisement and
Anti-Pass Bills Strike
a Snag.
Will this general assembly enurt Into
laiv any of the Important reform meas
ure* advocated by Governor Hoke
.Smith und demanded by the Macon
platform?
The session of fifty days was half
concluded Wednesday, counting out
three dies non, and not a single re.
form measure ha* run the legislative
gamut. Some bill* havo passed the
house, others the senate, but not one
has finally passed both branches. And
the reform meusures In which the gov
ernor I* most deeply Interested have
not pussed either branch In the shape
desired by the administration.
In the house, alt nntl-pass bill wns
favorably reported that met the view*
und wlahea of the governor. It was a
substitute for both the Hall and Perry
bills. Mr. Hall fought so vigorously
against (his action In Ignoring him
that he finally forced a reconsideration,
and his own bill was then recom
mended.
In the senate. Senator Born Intro
duced one of the moat drastic antl-
jsiss bills ever offered In Georgia. But
It was turned down, und the Felder
bill, making many exceptions to the
restrictions as regards the Issuance and
acceptance of passes, was passed.
In the senate, the Candler bill for.
Increasing the number of the railroad
commission to five and giving It widely
Increased .powers was passed, but It
did not meet the governor’s most
earnest desires as regards adding two
more members to the body. Notice of
reconsideration has been given, and the
matter will come up early next week.
The house committee ha* not yet acted
on the Candler bill.
That there will bc rough sailing for
the disfranchisement bill In the senate
next week aeems assurefl. Some of the
strongeat men on that side are girding
themselves to combat It. It will prob
ably come'up Tuesday, and will bring
on a hot fight.
So, with the session more than half
gone, no Important measure haa yet
passed both branches and to the gov-
EVIDENCE POINTS
TO
Grocery Store Damaged By
Fire To Extent of $5,000
to $8,000.
Copyright 1907 by
Hut Schiffncr W Mu*
One thing about
this store doesn’t
change with the thermometer
nor the almanac,; Our stand
ard of quality keeps steady
in one place; hot or cold,
July or January, we mean
to sell the best goods made.
As evidence of that pur
pose we remind you that we
are the Hart, Sehaffner &
Marx people of this town;
and we Ve got some very fine
summer clothes of their
make waiting to be used.
Hurry up.
Dan iel Bros. Co.
45-47-49 Peachtree*
ROOSEVELT AFTER
~T
in Addition to Suit lie Has
Made Flank
Move.
Circumstantial evidence goes to show
that the fire which partly destroyed
the retail trocery store of Johnson 4
Perdue, 602 South Pryor street, and
gutted the frame cottage adjoining
early Saturday morning, was Incen
diary. • The total lots was between
10,000 and 18,000.
A broken door, an open cash drawer
and a rash register, which was moved,
all tend to show that the blase was the
work of burglars, whether Intentional
or accidental.
The fire was first. discovered In the
residence of X. C. Rice, adjoining, and
It was some time after the alarm hail
been turned In before any one realized
that the store was also ablaze. The
department worked well and subdued
the names after a hard fight.
New
Italian Ware
Exceedingly artistic
is the new Italian pot
tery which we are show
ing. Many interesting
specimens are displayed
in our Art Room win
dow.
The'ware with very
attractive and charac
teristic Italian decora
tion comes in vases,can
delabra, trays, pitchers,
and so on.
This is something
new. See it. It is very
popular. s'
Maier & Berkele
GRAFT IMMUNITY
SCHEME UNFOLDED
San Francisco, July 27.—Sensational
disclosures which lay bare the whole
immunity scheme of the graft prosecu
tion have Just been mado public
through a letter written to the super,
visors by th-lr attorney, Hugh M
Owens.
Despite the fact that the prosecution
attempted time and again to have It
published that Mayor Kugene K.
Schmitz was clamoring for a chance
to unburden his mind and tell all, It
develops that Heney and Burna were
dally making Immunity overtures to
the Indicted mayor, and had planned
to allow Ruef and him to go scot free
with the boodllng supervisors, provid
ing they could secure his confession
and us# It against those ’’higher up.”
$35,000 SUIT FOR
SHERIDAN’S STATUE
N’e.w York, July 27.—After congress
has passed a law authorizing the ztatue
of General Phil Sheridan and aftsr
Sculptor J. Q. A. Ward had made two
models because of many criticism' of
the general's widow, the models were
rejected by the government. The
sculptor now sues for 125,000.
Wool Growth 8e!d.
Donatasonvllle. Oa., July 27.—The
annual sale took place here Thursday
for the wool crop for this part of the
state. About 50.000 pounds vtere sold
bringing 24 cents per pound. A. Ehr
lich & Brother, of Savannah, Ga., were
the purchasers.
emor for hi* signature. Of course. It
Is not too late to do It, but the fact
that the senate and house seem In
clined to act according to their own
views, rather than by the wlahes of
the administration, means that It pas
not been a general assembly altogether
In accord with the view* of the gov-
emor.
In the next two or three weeks, how.
ever, the tangled snarl of legislation
ma- be straightened pnd legislation
passed in conformity with the gov
ernor's views and uiJabes.
Washington. July 27.—President
Roosevelt has begun a flank attack oh
the tobacco trust, which. It Is sold,
threatens to do more execution than
the direct attack In the courts. The
new weapons he will use will be regu
lations of the internal revenue bureau.
On* of the new regulation* will pro
vide that when cigarette dealers pay a
tax of 54 rents per thousand and up.
ward, they have not contracted and will
not contract to handle the goods of
any one concern exclusively. It Is
moreover made the collector's duty to
see that this agreement I* carried out.
Through exclusive contracts of thla
sort It Is claimed the American Tobac
co Company has largely built up Us
control of the tobacco and cigarette
trade.
Another new regulation la designed
to prevent under-value for Internal
revenue purpose*. The tax is 54 cents
for cigarettes which sell for not more
than 12 per thousand and double that
amount for cigarettes selling from 22
to 14.
It Is alleged that the company ha*
been getting around thle by selling to
subsidiary distributing concern* at a
figure a little below |t.
Iowa Maidens
Fight for Lover
DESIRABLE POSITIONS] COMMITTEE LEAVES
TO INSPECT ROAD
Excellent Opportunities For
Advancement Arc Of
fered in the Field
of Telephony.
Davenport, I tug*. July 27.—Violent
Indeed wee the love which Miss l.ulu
Crawford, a muelc teacher of this city,
and Miss Opal Adair, tf,stenographer,
had for a young man of Davenport. In
a prearranged fist light they clawed,
hit and cuffed and (lulled each other’s
hair until the music teacher yelled
murder. The referee fled. The young
man decided ne wanted a wife of le*B
fistic ability and would wed neither.
IMPORTANT MOVE
IN EDDY CASE
Concord, N. H., July 27.—An Impor
tant move In the case of Alary Bakec
G. Eddy by her "next friends” against
Calvin Frye et al. was made when
Judge Robert N. Chambcrloln was
asked by Samuel J. Elder and Oliver K.
Branch, counsel for the defense, to ap
point commissions to lak* depositions
In MassachuseHs. New York, South
Dakota and Vermont. This move >
made In order to compel the "next
friends” themeelves to give their dep
osition* to be used In the case. Judge
Chamberlain announced that he Kill
grant the motion. .
OFFICIALS DISCUSS
DOMINICAN TREATY
Y’oung ladles who are conelderlng
the matter of engaging In work that
will bring remuneration and will not
prove dlnagreeable will do well to con-
elder the advantage* offered In the
field of telephony. The opportunities
for advancement are unusual and
bright young women, between the ages
of fifteen and twenty-five, are paid a
salary while they are learning to be
come telephone operators.
The Southern Bell Telephorte iand
Telegraph Company desires to place
u number of young ladles In its train
ing school. The requirements are a
common school education and proper
references. The coin puny pays each
pupil a •salary whiles they attend the
school, and If tho examinations are
successfully passed a permanent posi
tion Is provided.
Telephone operators are surrounded
with every possible convenience for
their comfort. Spacious retiring, rooms
are provided, where lunches may be
secured and where literature Is fur
nished. . The work Is made as pleasant
and congenial as possible and frequent
periods of rest are given during busy
hours of duty.
Young ladles desiring to enter the
training school should apply In person
at the training school, fifth fldor Mall
exchange, 7* South Pryor street, At
lanta,' Ga.
Members of House Take
Special Cars fpr Chat
tanooga Saturday.
U.S. Will Issue
10 Cotton Reports
Washington, July 27.—The cental
bureau has perfected Ita arrangement*
tor collecting cotton ginning statlatlca
covering the cotton crop of 1207-08.
There will be ten reports, the first ap
pearing September 8, and the last
March 20.
The Intermediate dates of publication
will be October 2, October 22, Xovem
ber 8, November 20, January 0 and
January 21. In each Instance except In
that of the March' rcporUthe statement
will represent the condition of the
crop about a week before the date of
publication. The report or-March 20
will deal with the condition
March 1.
Washington. July 27.—Senor Velas-
quez, the Dominican minister of finance,
accompanied by Mr. Joubert. Domini
can minister here, had a long confer
ence with Acting Secretary Bacon to
day relative to the execution of that
part of the Dominican treaty Just pro
claimed, which provide# for the floating
of a loan of 220,000,000 to settle with
the foreign credltora of/Santo Domingo.
DR. SOLOMON GOES
TO FORT GAINES
Rev. J. C. Solomon, atate superin
tendent of the Antl-Baloon League, left
Saturday for Fort Gaines, where he
will address a large prohibition rally
Sunday. He will return to Atlanta In i
time for watching the final fight on |
the prohibition bill In the house Tues- i
day. ^
LOWER EXPRESS
RATE IN NEBRASKA
Omaha, Kebr., July 27.—Judge W. At.
Munger, In the Federal court, yester
day held that the Sibley law, passed by
the. last legislature, providing for a re
duction of 25 per rent In express rates,
is constitutional and denying the in
junction asked by the express com
pany. «•
,, .luce Wtlllnlii of Kwedeii. who will visit
Arnerli n shortly, although he speaks excel
lent Kngffitli, In analoiia to get the right
American aeicut and to Iw conversant with
American cxiirexsloiia. lie has obtained the
hcrvleea of Al. Allehlaa. a well known teaeti.
,-r of Inngiuigoa In r,>|ienhiigeu, to Inatruct
him.
It was a gay party of Georgia law
makers which boarded two special cars
attached to the We*tern"»nd Atlantic
passenger train for Chattanooga at 9
o’clock Saturday' morning for the pur-
poee of making their annual Inspection
of the condition of the atate road.
Although It has been customary tor
both the committees from the house
and aerate to make the trip at the
same time, the houee committee went
alone Saturday, thl senate committee
having decided to make the'trip no\t
week. Practically every member of the
house committee wds In the party nml
many of them acre accompanied by
their wives or daughters.
The committee will spend Saturday
In Chattanooga Investigating the prop
osition of that city to purchase the
right of way from the state In order to
allow the opening of Broad street, and
■will also consider the advisability of
extending the roud to the Tennessee
rtver.
When the Investigation Is completed
the members of tho committee, or a
greater part of them, will go up to
Lookout Mountain and spend the night,
returning to Atlanta Sunday.
The house committee Is composed of
the following members: Alexander, of
DeKalb, chairman; Neel, of Bartow,
vice chaliman: Reid, of Putnam; Mac
Intyre. Burkhalter, Thurman. Frier.
Heard, Anderson, of Cobb: Huff,
Flanigan. Davison. Adams, of Chat
ham; Adams, of Elbert; Lee. Tyson,
Flinders, Townsend, Brown, of Ogle
thorpe; Hall, Glenn, Nowell, Wootten,
Atkinson. Anderson, of Bulloch; Aloorc,
Hines. Rountree, White, of Screven;
Adkins, Slater. Allen, Ashley. Slade,
Barkedalc, Davis,(Harris, Foster. Shef
field, Couch, Whitley. Williams, of
Laurent; Calloway, Brown, of Carroll;
Orr and Edwards.
FEDERATION PLANS
GREAT LABOR DAY
The Labor Day commlttea of the
Federation of Labor will, meet at g
o'clock Saturday night for the purpose
of considering plans for the observance
of the great day In^tlanta this year.
The committee Is making rapid prog
ress In It* plans and the Indications
are that the celebration will be a great
sucoees from every standpoint.
POSTMASTER BACK
FROM TRIP TO EAST
Postmaster E. F. Blodgett returned
to Atlanta Thursday night after a va
cation of two weeks in the North. Dur
ing his absence from Atlanta Post
master Blodgett vtelted Philadelphia.
Buffalo, .New York. Niagara Falls and
stopped over In Washington on his re
turn to Atlanta. He la greatly im
proved In health and ls now ready for
the midsummer and fall campaign In
the postolfice business.
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Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
On and After January 1,1907
‘ TH E NEAL BANK
E. H. THORNTON, President.
W. F. MANRY, H. 0. CALDWELL, F. M. BERRY,
Vice President. • Cashier. Ass’t Cwhier.
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