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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1907. Price Reductions That Mean Something Americas Best Clothes at 1-4 Off—Furnishings Reduced, Too At regular prices, our Rogers, Peet & Co. and Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes represent the greatest values obtainable. ‘And, now when we offer 25 per cent discount throughout the line, they are real bargains. Staple blacks and blues are included, as well as fancies—there’s no reserve. ' . > Furnishing goods are also reduced a fourth—and we offer you the greatest stock in the South to choose from. All straw hats—including Panamas—at half price. And usual credit courtesies are extended during this sale. Going Away? Get the Suit Case or Bag Here at 25 Per Cent Off Daniel Brothers Co. L. J. DANIEL, President. 1 ■ 45-47-49 Peachtree-Opposite Walton St. See Window Dis plays—Lots of Specials Shown Each Day NEW' BUSINESS IN OLD SALOONS Owners Will Find New Uses For Rooms Rendered Vacant. That the passing of the saloons in Atlanta will affect real estate condi tion* but little is an opinion that Is growing among property holders and agents. Already the owners of rooms now used as saloons are making other ar rangements, which will take effect on January 1, when the prohibition bill goes Into operation. Joseph Jacobs stated Monday that his firm would probably use the space now* occupied by the liquor de partment In Marietta street for some other branch of the business, line art are probably. The growing demands f the concern, he said, would make the additional space, valuable. Harry Silverman stated that the bar om In his establishment would prob ably be converted Intb’a cafe or soda water stand. \le considers It a *ood opportunity to Increase the scope of the restaurant and to add new features. The organisation and Incorporation . the Oppenheim Cigar Company prob ably means that the new firm will take over at least one of the .store rooms on Alabama street now occupied by the liquor house, and convert It Into an >-to-date cigar store. Mr. Oppen- ...lm, however, declined to discuss his Plans, which, he said, wero bb yet Im mature. . The bar In the Piedmont Hotel will converted Into a tea room or soft drink establishment and Will greatly add to the attractiveness of the hotel. In many ca*«s the proprietor* of the laloon. have long lea*e» and will nave sub-let the property. In other* there a prohibition clause In the lease hlch nullifies It when »aloon* are 11 shed. SOFT DRINK IN' WANTTO GET EVEN County Sellers Say City Fountains Must Close on Sunday, Too. Case* may be made against the large soda water firms of Atlanta within the next day or so for violating the state law which prohibits the sale of eoft drinks on Sunday. If the law be taken literally It Is said convictions In the state court may follow. Under the state law the co'unty po lice have been making numerous coses against the Sunday soft drink sellers In their territory outside of the city. Several convictions have resulted nnd fines were Imposed. It le said that there are now.hardly halt a dozen soft drink stands In operation in the dis tricts. In some quSrters this has resulted In complaint of discrimination. The L CALL RALLY OF-ALL ATLANTA T0"GETT0GETHER" President Pope of Chamber of Commerce Is Optimistic. TERRELL TO INSIST Councilman Not Satisfied With Report On Water works. JUDGE ELLIS HEARS ’ HIS FIRST CASE Judge W. D. Ellis, newly appointed to the superior court bench by Governor Smith, heard his first cose in the coun. ty court house chambers Monday morning. It waa the Injunction suit of Rev. A. C. Ward against the Georgia Terminal Company, which Involved the closing up of Mangum street Incident to the construction of the company s new yards. • . The first case was a long one, lasting all day, with the usual Intermission. It *111 probably be continued Tuesday, for there Is much evidence and more argu ment. Judge Ellis’ first official act was ex- ecuted about a week ago, when tie au- thorlzed the commission of a notary public. He ha* been In the court room hundreds of times during his career as an attorney, but Monday was the first day he ever sat as a real Judge. OLD CANNON BOOMS AS WORK ON ROAD BEGINS. Special to The Georgian. Saint Marys, Ga.. Aug. 6.—On tne night of Augubt 1 the old British can non, which has laid at the docks since 1*12. where the British. In their hurry to get away, found It expedient to leave It, boomed out a loud salute In announcing the arrival of an engine and two new flat cartt to ibegln the work of laying rail on the Saint Marys, Klngsland, Waycross and Nashville railroad. The road will be rapidly completed »* far as Klngslsnd, where connection will be made with the Sea board Air Line. A number of Saint Marys citizens enjoyed the first ride on a railroad at St. Marys. If you are looking for the prettiest of the new things in Jewelry, you will find them here and at the most reasonable prices. Maier&Berkele Atlanta's Best Jewelers. Shall the citizens of Atlanta hold a big get-together rally, such as has been proposed and Indorsed by many of the most prominent business men In the city? This question will be acted upon and decided by the board of directors of the chamber of commerce at the regu lar monthly meeting at the headquar ter* In the Bmplrc building Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. No announcement to this effect has been made, but It Is generally under stood that the board will take action. on this question, as ha* been suggested pose.’’ country sellers say that they have as.Ji nd indorsed so generally. The move- much. right to dispense soda water on men t Is known to meet with the favor Sunday as have the city dealers. Ope „f a number of the directors, man who was arrested and placed un-1 This movement Is Indorsed by pro- der bond, by the county officers said hlbltlonlats, by antl-prohlbltlonlsts and Monday that he expected to take out by local optionlsts, and It Is believed that the board of directors will take advantage of the opportunity present ed to hold such a rally and such a re union of patriotic Atlantans as prob ably lias never been held before. President Pope's Views. Relative to the passage of the prohi bition bill and the proposition to hold a big rally, where all differences on this quostlon which Is now settled, may be adjusted, J. Will*-Pope, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who has Just returned from New York, made the following statement to a repre sentative of The Georgian Monday morning: “My views on the prohibition bill ai It was proposed were well known. I was opposed to It. I do not believe, however, that Atlanta’s prosperity or future growth Is, In'any way, depend ent on whisky, or on any one thing. “The prohibition question to my mind Is settled. We should now begin work on other things important to the wel fare of Atlanta. Let us turn our faces to the future. Further agitation of the prohibition question, now that It has been settled, would be more hurtful than prohibition—that Is, If prohibition is hurtful "I will Insist that council employ an expert hydraulic engineer or a commit tee of three of them to make a thor ough Investigation of the waterworks and the waterworks department." So stated Councilman W. H. Terrell Monday morning to a representative of The Georgian. “I don’t mind saying frankly that I am not satisfied,” continued the coun cilman. “I don’t know that there Is nothing wrong with tho waterworks. •For one thing, we seem to have pumps that are not doing wnat they were sup posed to do when we purchased them. An Investigation Is necessary, and 31.- 000 could be spent wisely for that pur- T BILL TO CONDEMNS Right of Ownership and Development of State In Opposition. forty-live state warrants against the most prominent soda water Arms In Atlanta. There is no city ordinance against selling soft drinks on Sunday, and the municipal police have made no effort to close up the stands. Tht$ Is proba bly because the city authorities believe that the state law ts none of their business unless the offense In question Is a crime or upless complaint is made by citizens. On the other hand the county author ities believe apparently that the police powers of Its officers should not Include territory within the city which has Its own policemen. Between the two no cases have ever been made against the Atlanta soda water stands, which con tinue to refresh the public on Sunday ns well ns during the week. It Is not belloved that any strong effort to doss them will be made. MUST PAY MORE OR LOSE OFFICIAL Together with the question of buying a pump will, no doubt, come another effort to have an Investigation of the waterworks. The resolution by Coun cilman Longlno, providing for ths ap pointment of a committee of throe councllmen and three citizens to make the, investigation, assisted by an expert enlilneer, Is still hanging Are. TWO COUNTY COPS Make Nine Negroes Walk to Jail Ahead of Captors. Without an Increase In the salary of the atate entomologist, It Is Improbable that Georgia will b« able to retain the services of Professor Ralph I. Smith. This official now receives only 11,600 per annum, a smaller salary than re ceived by any other heed of a state department. Professor Smith has re ceived several flattering offers at In creased salary within the past year, but at the earnest sollcltatlikl of Commis sioner of Agriculture Hudson, he has remained here at a financial loss. A bill Is now pending In the house to Increase his salary. As drawn It gave him $2,400, but the committee cut the amount down to $2,000. It Is practical ly assured that unless this increase Is allowed that Professor Smith can not be retained. , With the enormous development of the peach Industry and other fruits, hls service Is In constant demand, and the department he presides over has grown in Importance and work. Two county policemen—Officers Johnson nnd Mitchell—broke In upon n party of twenty railroad negroes engaged In s crap S ame In a ear at the new Inman ynnls Hun- sy afternoon, arrested nine, bound them a get-together meeting such as has been proposed and will advocate It at the meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. I know of no opposition In the board to this splendid suggestion." NEW PATIENT DIES IN FEW HOURS and handcuffs ami brought tb«*ui to /nil as though tucy were so many decile sheep. » ‘•After we got them ‘stood* It wasn’t nny trouble,” sul»rOffleer Mitchell. “There whs right mueh of n panic when wv first broke In. Th»y Jumped over our heads through the window and in every other direction before we could calm them down with guns.” There wns no shooting, but there might !*»'•» been bad the two-handed raid not been so sudden. The officers entered from either door uml with billy nud pistol force' as many negroes h* they could bnek Into WAS DESPONDENT; DRANK MORPHINE 8 peril I to The Georgian. Marietta. On.. Ang. 5.—Charles Csniss died bers yesterday morning shoot It o'clock result of taking an overdose of mor phine. Despondency Is given ns the esnse. Mr, Carnes gas shout thirty years of a**, nnd leave* a wife and three or fonr chil dren. neck was broken BY LIGHTNING BOLT. Fulton, Fla.. Aug. 6.—Charles Leldy, Jr., 14 years of age, was killed by a stroke of lightning yesterday, the bolt running down the front of a building and entering a door. It struck the boy on the neck, breaking the spinal cord. Three others In the building were ren- dered unconscious. Barely able to make hls way up the steps of .the Grady Hospital Sunday afternoon, E. A. Wllbem collapsed Into a chair, and twelve hours later ho was found dead In the ward to which he hail been assigned. It Is thought that death was due to natural causes. Wllbem told Superinundent Meador that he had come from Albany upon advice of a physician he had consulted there. He said the physician had given him to understand that the hospital here would be prepared to receive him, through a letter that had been written. Superintendent Meador knew of no such letter, but be saw the man was In bad shape and summoned a doctor, who Imd him taken to a ward where ho could remain until further examination could be made Monday. The belief I* that the trip and the man's walk trom the station to the hospital caused an already weakened heart to stop. Wllbem wae a machlnlet, 46 years old. and had been suffering ’ from a complication of diseases for years, he said. Hls wire has been notified of hie death but several hours after send. Ing the message Superintendent Mead or had received no reply to It number, tnnnnce.1 to caenpe. When thing* hnil quieted down somewhat the officer* nrocecdcd to tie their captives' hand*. Mounting their horses, they walked the nine to town. Tlie negroes, who will bo tried at this term of court, nre: Alex Walker. Cliff Hightower. Peter Hammock, .?<m» Thomas, Kd Preston, Will Jordan. Charlie Campbell, James Davis and Kdgnr Echols. INTER STATE TRAFFIC MAY BE SUSPENDED COTTON REPORT I8SUEO BY SOUTH CAROLINA. 8teward on Vacation. John X>. Steward, deputy clerk of tho United State* court, leave* Tuesday morning for the mountain* of north Georgia, where he wilt spend hls vaca- 857$ twoweeks. Mr. Steward will make hls headquarter* at Turaersvllie, several miles from the railroad, and will spend P«rt * Columbia, S. C, Aug. 6.a-Probably the tlrst attempt on the part of any branch of a stats government in the South to give a report of the condition of the cotton crop was that Issued by Commissioner of Immigration snd Agriculture E. J. Watson, of this state, on August L That Mr. Watson’s In formation was authentic was verified by the government report Issued the following day. showing the condition la mountains ofweetern North Carolina. South Carolina to be 8L Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 6.—It la as serted this morning that the Southern Railway Company will withdraw from state business In Alabama. It is even possible that the Interstate business will be abandoned. However, this has not been definitely determined, though It seems the railway officials ire ready to make any move to check mate the state's assaults. With the arrival of J. S. B. Thomp son, who la assistant to President Fin ley, In Montgomery, this morning. It was conjectured the litigation between the state and the Southern railway would be begun today. This was de nied by one of Mr. Thompson’s staff, and It appears that no positive move will be made by the Southern or the state before Tuesday or Wednesday. the Southern quits Its Inter state buslneas there can be no freight or passenktr communication be. tween Birmingham and Mobile by way of Selma, which eliminates one of Uie state's -main arteries of trade. Strenuous opposition to what ono of the opponents terms a "gum shoe bill" has developed to the bill now before the legislature which wjll *lve water power companies the right to condemn private property. Several property owners whose land adjoins stream* which may be used for water power purposes have arrived In Atlanta with their lnuj'ars and will appear before the senate committee Monday which le considering the bill. One of these Is J. A. Benson, one of the wealthiest men of Wilkes county, and with him Is hls attorney, Frank Colley,- of Washington;; Gd. Another of those opposed to the bfll Is R. L. Moss, Jr., who own* A large tract of land along the Tallulah river at Tallu lah Falls. While many are opposing the bill, others there are In town \f\i are work ing Tor Its passage. Wltji their attor ney. W. A. Slaton, J. H. and Tom Eltz Patrick are In the city and will appear before the committee to urge the pass age of the bill. Are Fighting Bill. The latter are Interested In the An thony Shoals Power Company, which has spent somo $300,000 along tho Broad river, in Wilkes county, and which Is said to have fifteen millions behind It. Mr. Benson owns somo land that the company wants, It Is said, and Mr. Benson says If the bill becomes a law It will allow a foreign corporation to rob him of hls property. Mr. Moss and hls family have owned laree tracts of land at Tallulah for many years, and they pay a large amount each year In taxes Just to keep the property Intact. They visit there each summer and have cottages built there. Mr. Moss says the bill will al low a corporation to take hls property bv condemnation proceedings, nnd this he does not want done. It Is said the bill had its Incepttbn In the mind of Loqlf B. Mngld. who Is Interested In developing water pow er properties In the vicinity of Tallu lah Falls, and who has been Interested In silk worm culture. Develop Resources. While those opposed to the bill de clare It will confiscate their property, those who are urging Its passage claim that 1t will result In the water powers of the state being developed and that millions of cnpltal will come here. They say that Eastern capital can not be raised because under the present law one property owner may hold up the entire matter by demanding an exor bitant price for hls property. Both Mr. Benson and Mr. Moss were strong In their denunciation of’the bill and said they would fight It to a finish. Mr. Benson said the bill was a "gum shoe measure," and that he believed It would have passed without any trouble Had not some of those Interested heard of It and made preparations to present their side of the question. It Is stated by the ch:u$|lons of the bill that one land owner In Wilkes county has demanded $10,000 for a small plot of ground which will be overflowed by water when the shoals are developed, and which ts only worth a few hundred. It Is further stated that he has refused an offer of soveral times its value. The champions of the bill declare that no man's property will be taken under the bill proposed un less full value Is given, as provided already by law, and that Its purpose Is to prevent - obstinate land owners from "strong-arming" people who con template Improvements. IN PEONAGE CASES Railroad Construction Mon To Be Tried in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.. Aug. 6.—At Beaufort, N. C„ today there began a special term of the United Statea. district court for the oastern district of North Carolina, Judge Purnell, of Raleigh, presiding, for the trial of cases of alleged peon age. There are about a dozen defend ants, but the principal man being pros ecuted la Construction Boss McNeill, of the Nprfolk and Southern railway. There are eight Russians, recently ar- rived In this country. In Jail, where they have been held for months as gov ernment witnesses In these cases. Not one of them can speak a word of Eng lish. Assistant Attorney General Rus sell, of the department of justice at Washington, Is in charge of the prose- outlon, assisted byptsfrtet. Attorney Skinner. Court Meats In Dallas. Dallas, Ga., Aug. 6.—Superior court convenes here today and Dallas ex pects a large crowd during the week. This will not only be court week, but the Sunday echool convention Is held during the week. Vardainan Concedes Noth ing, But Gives No Figures. Special to The Georgian. Jackson,-Miss., Aug. 6.—There Is no apparent change In the figures In tho senatorial contest. Alt available fig ures Indicate that Williams Is nomi nated by from 1,600 to 2,000. Vardaman concedes nothing, but makes no definite claims. 00OOOO0OO00000000000O00O00 O AO O FIVE BIRTHS IN SAME CABIN 0 O.. WITHIN A FEW HOUpS. 0 O Castleton. Va., Aug. 5.—Five 0 0 children were bom on the same 0 0 night and In the same room of a 0 O mountain cabin on the estate of 0 0 Judge Henry C. Stewart, of Rus- 0 0 sell county, Virginia. The event 0 0 took place In the one-room cabin 0 O of a mountaineer, who lived with 0 0 hls wife, hls daughter and her 0 0 hueband. The mountaineer's wife O 0 gave birth to triplets and hls 0 0 daughter to'twins within the same 0 0 hour. Four of the babies are allva. 0 0 0 000000000O00O0000O0OOOO0O0 Lumber Company Organized. Srrelul eo Tlie Grenclaii. Dallas, Ga., Aug. 6.—The Georgia Lumber Company I* the name of a now concern organized by J. J. and B. F. Williams, W. J. Defoor nnd J. It. Wal drop. They will operate In Dallas. To Visit School for Deaf. The senate committee of the school for the deaf will spend Tuesday In Cave Springe examining that Institu tion. The committee will leave Atlanta Monday afternoon and will spend the night in Rome, going down to Cave Spring Tuesday morning. Senator Crittenden* le chairman of tbs com mitted and the other members are Brantley. Boyd. Fanner, Gordy, Mar gin srd Mattox. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the six months ending June $0, 1907, of the condition of the , .UNITED STATES BRANCH OF The Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, L’t’d OF LONDON organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, made'to the governor of the atate of Georgia, in purauance of the laws of said atate. , Principal office In United States, 33 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. I. CAPITAL 8TOCK. 2. Amount paid up In cash In England $1,000,00(1 II. AS8ET8. ‘3. Stocks and bunds owned absolutely by the company $3,397,296.94 4. Stocks, bonds and all other securities (except mortgages) hypothecated with company as collateral security for cash loaned by the company, with tho par and market value of the same and the amount loaned thereon. 6. Cash In company's principal office $ 3,300.00 6. Cash belongtng to the company deposited In bank $.172.07 Cash deposited with trustees with Kidder, Pea body & Co 116,241.17 Total cash Items (carried out) 148,119.24 9. Amount of Interespactually due and accrued and unpaid. 43,477.22 Premiums In course of collection not overdue 820,000.73 Total assets of the company, actual cash market value .. $4,401,888.28 III. LIABILITIES. 6. Net amount of unpaid losses (carried out) $1,089,4(0.00. 10. The amount of reserve for reinsurance 1 1,281,120.16 Due for commissions - : 243.702.11 12. Joint stock capital actually paid up In cash, statutory deposit 260,(100.00 13. Surplus beyond all liabilities and statutory deposit 942,940.22 14. Total liabilities '.. 94J08.II2.23 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIR8T SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1907, 1. Amount of cosh premiums received 11,321,266.30 3. Received for Interest 67,039.63 8. Total income actually received during the first six months In cash 81.488.(84.82 V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1907. 1. Amount of losses paid .- t 810,788.10 8. Amount of expenses paid. Including fees, salaries and commissions to agenta and officers of the company 417,878.85 4. Paid for state, national and local taxes In this and other states 30,916.27 6. All other payments and expenditures, vl*.! $3,088.65 6. American branches of foreign companies will pleas* re port amount sent to home offices during the first six months I 126,158.39 Total expenditure* d&ring the first six months of the year In cash $1,288,327.34 A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified. Is of file In the office of the Insurance commissioner. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.—County of Suffolk. * Personally appeared before the undersigned, Samuel Appleton, manager and attorney for the United State* branch of the Employers' Liability As surance Corporation. Limited, who, being duly sworn, deposes an.l soya that he Is the United States manager and attorney of the Employers' Lia bility Assurance Corporatli/., Limited, and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true. SAMUEL APPLETON, United States Manager and Attorney. • Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 1st day of August, 1907. FRANKLIN P. HORTON. Notary Public. Name of State Ager-F- W, W. CUNNINGHAM A CO. Name of Agent at Atlanta: W. W. CUNNINGHAM .4 CO. William W. Cunningham & Co., General Agents Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, 211 EQUITABLE BUILDING. ’PHONE 2140.