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/ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY* AUGUST Ifl, 1 Vfr. August Clearance j= OF MEN'S WEAR. Glotfiing, Hats, Haberdashery. The Eiseman Bros. Standard of quality, style, fit and finish is proverbial for its dependableness, exclusiveness, perfection and elegance. The same splendid garments—-Men’s and Youths’ Ready Suits, in fancy mixed Worsteds and kindred weaves in patterned effects, now selling at rad ically reduced prices. Men’s high-class Straw Hats and Panamas, exactly one-half former price. 3 Children’s Section All Children’s Straw Hats 50c Extra Special *1 Discounts are in force for a Banner Day tomorrow. €| The usual midsummer discounts are more drastic* throughout many lines of our best Ready-Suits than at any pre vious season in the history of our popular “Sales-at-a-Saving” Our efforts in this direction will be more pronounced tomorrow than ever before. Painters and decorators will begin early A WONDERLAND OF SEASONABLE BARGAINS The Children's department is a rendezvous of the sea son’s best juvenile styles at greatly re duced prices. All hoys’ and Children’s fancy mixed Worsted Ready Suits and Wash Suits O £ (y less—supplemented with ■ hundreds of special bargains, previously reduced. Mother’s Friend Shirtwaists, the 50c and 75 c values; - 35c Three for $1.00 Eiseman Bros. floor under the “rules of renovation” and pending that time we must dimin- Eiseman Bros. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall Street ish stock. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall Street ATLANTA tj “A word to the-wise,” etc. ATLANTA T7TT WANTS TO KNOW ON FREIGHT RATE House Has Resolution To Investigate Advanced Prices. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON • AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC AN OLD FACTOR IN NEW TIMES Th. International Sunday School Lcaaon for Auguat 18 la, ‘The Day of Atonamant," Lav, 10:8-22. The Golden Text It, "Wherefore ha la Able to 8ave Them to tha Uttermoat That Coma Unto God by Hlrn," Heb. 7:25. E IS SPLIT BY A resolution calling for the appointment of t committee to conduct nu Invpatljnt tlon and And out who la getting the benefit of reduced freight rate* waa introduced In the bouse Thnradny afternoon l»y Mr. Johneon, of Jaaper. The resolution call* for a committee of Are to be appointed by the speaker of the house, and It Is based upon the statement that, although freight rates have been re duced. In many Instances tbo prices of com modities have steadily advanced, thus de priving the consumer of any benefit from rate reduction. Mr. Johusoti. in his resolution, cites the fart that, although the freight rate on shoes nas reduced 187 per car .on February 2. 1106, that the price of shoes linn over 63.0UO per car. He alao sets forth while the freight rate ou blnukets baa been reduced 127 per car, the price of thla article has advanced over 1760 per car. The resolution also points out the fact that while the freight rate on stoves has been materially reduced, yet the consumer is non* paying more for this household article than he ever pa! The resolution wus laid on the table to bo acted upon by the house Friday. When the house met-'at S o'clock Thurs dn afternoon, the rules committee made u report recommending that the railroad com mission bill, which bus the special order for the afternoon, Ih» displaced until Fri day morning Immediately after the reading of the journal, and that other house Mils be taken up for ’consideration, since the •hd of the session bbb so near. Tile rec ommendation B'aa made u*ltb the consent of Mr. Candler, author of tue bill, and the house adopted the recommendation. The house passed the bill by Mr. Wise, of Fayette, raising the tax levy for the year 1W7 from 4.80 mills to 6 mills. the senate, and It B’aa sent hack to that bodv as originally framed by the author. The following resolutions, memorializing congress, were adopted by the house: To Kouth for cotton burned during the Bar, and to omstruct the St. Marys canal. The bill of Mr. McMIchnd, of Marlon, making n few minor amendments to the school low levying taxatlou for school pur poses, was also passed. At 4:55, the bouse adjourned on accouut of darkness, the lights having refused to burn longer. MISS M’KIXLEY BURIED FRIDAY The funeral of Mlaa Junta McKinley, who died Wednesday at the family res- Idence In Kirkwood, was held at 10 o'clock Friday morning, and the Inter* ment waa in Oakland. Miss McKinley waa one of the found- «rs of the Daughters of the American Rerolutlon and the members of the Piedmont Continental Chapter and th* Atlanta Chapter of that organisation attended the funeral in a body. By WILLIAM T. ELLI8, B ENFATII nil tta diversity of'news In the daily papers, there la one grim, ugly undercurrent which Is uever absent for a day; namely, the existence In the day's events of the thing called sin. Debates aud books sud con- hands, that is to say, not of this creation, nor yet through the blood of goats aud calves, but through his own blood, entered In once for nil Into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption. For If the Mood of goats and hulls, nnd the nshes of a heifer sprinkling them that lmve hoeu defiled, sauctlfy unto the cleanatug of the flesh, how nnii'li more shall the blood of Christ, who tr “ ffrwl himself cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” This emphasis upon the fact of sin, nnd Its dcadlluess. Is peculiar to Judlaam nnd Christianity. The uon-Ctirlattan religions dal questions of the time are multiplying at a rapid* rate; but where Is the church’s dear declaration that the very genius and core of these Is that terrible faetor In hu man society which the Itlble designates ns sin? All the modern terms for the roots of undesirable social conditions are nothing less than synouymn for the ltlble-old curse of nln. President Woodrow Wilson recently at tracted B’lde attention by bis dodnratlnn at the Jamestown exposition that the henda of law-brenklng corporations should he sent to Jail. Hts Idea wan to make responsibility particular and Individual. Similarly, If we were to stop tnlktng about the Ills of our time as If they were abstract things, and talk more about the fact of Individual aln- ning. we might hope far an earlier solution of some of our problems. ”l*nt up” to the inan responsible his accountability, and he will be likelier to mend his ways. Hut so long ns conditions, and not persons, ars accused, he will disregard clamor aifd agi tation. Tha Man at tha Top. The present day has wandered far from the concrete conception of sin taught to the early Israelites In the Scripture which ts the Sunday school lesson under discus- 25: fA* “fu* thl* JTSini? a°nietlmeB necodnt themselves the chief of gone nut of fashion, even !u the pulpit. I «* speech of the day abounds, Instead, alnners. Indeed, It may be safely said that - Jgtng In certain forms of sin until hs Is glutted. The Seven Deadly Sine. It will l>e said that alna depend upon definition. The ripest taint will mourn at n great sin that which lower standard* would not adjudge aa a sin at all. Tha fluer one's spiritual life the keener nne'e sense of sin. Thus It comes about, para doxlcally, that they who are least sinful The speech of the nay nhounds, instead, In hlgn sounding phrases concerning the In nate nobility of man. the divinity of hu manity. aud an fortb.HBMMM All this poetising ni (noble nature does notBHWBWBMMPBiH that, left to himself, outside of the power ful Influences of lnu- and religion, man bel comes n l»east. Give this same glorified hu-1 jinnn nature half an opportunity, and It ■■■lily is In untiling alliance with all lowest forces of the uether regions. Whoever knows human nature as It Is must shudder at a contemplation of the depths Itnwhleh man can descend. ■M|e plain truth is that man docs not ■■Mute” out of sin—else so many gross sins would not be found at the top of juclety, where birth, breeding, education ■nd wealth have presumably done their best. As Dr. Charles A. ParkUurat once forcefully pointed out. New York city never more thoroughly resembles the Infernal re gions than on the night of some great In tercollegiate athletic event. The news dis patches frequently make the public poign antly aware of the heinous sins of men and B’onien of eminent snctnl position: so that the question haa been raised'whether “high society” Is not really ”Iob* society.” Evo lution Is uot the remedy for sin; for, given a chance, man reverts to type. ■ Among the Benighted People. A sharp ififference between the old He brews and the Idolatrous people by whom they were surrounded w*a the emphasis which the Hebrew ritual laid upon sin. lAa the lesson story shows, the high priest, after ceremonial cleansing nnd clothing, of fered a goat on the great dny of atonement, aa a sacrifice for the people's- sin, and another goat, tke scapegoat, waa sent Into the wlldernesa to l>ear away the people’s sins. Aa the Epistle to the Hebrews shows. Ings rtf the niton the cross by Jesus, “the Iamb of God that taketh away the aln of the world." Hays the Inspired writer: having come a high grtest a sense of sin Is one nerer-sbaent proof of spirituality. They who are nearest to the spotless Christ best realise their own Impurity. He who removes aln first makes plain its odlousnesa. Undoubtedly, there has often existed a strange confusion of mind concerning the relative magnitude of sins. The church has created too meny "man-made sins,” and has put this black brand upon some pr»n* nor commendable, nnd, happily. It has been outgrown. The centuries bare agreed, however, upon seven forms of moral transgression which have come to be known nu "The Seven Deadly Bins.” Many old books have been written upon them, and a recent little vol ume of this name by Jamea Stalker afforda Interesting and profitable rending. In this compass ft la only possible to name the •even deadly sins, which are, pride, avarice, sensuality, envy, appetite, anger und sloth. A consideration or these is as timely to day at when the divines of the middle ages thundered against them. They are popular, contemporaneous sins, and Important fac tors In the life of oar own time. After we have got through with them* perhaps we shall fie ready for a discussion of the numerous "problems” proposed by the aocl* ologtfltO. McCallister Home Toni To Pieces and Residents Stunned. HUNDREDS'FLEE FOR LIVES FROM THE TORRENT CAUSED BY BURSTING WATER MAIN 8hlpp For Third T,rm. Kpeclal to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. IS.—Sher iff J. N. Shipp, whose trouble* with the United State* supreme court over the lynching of the negro Ed. Johnson, have mad* him known over the coun- 'ilut Chrtet' try, ha* announced that he will be a ‘ the good candidate for a third term. A bolt of lightning struck Idlewlld, th* beautiful residence of A. C. Mc- Calllster, near College Park, at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, injuring four per sons and badly wrecking the dining room on the north side of th* house. Mr. and Mr*. O. C. Weslsy, who weft) staying In the house, T. A. Fields, the overseer, Mr*. Wesley's little child and two visiting ladles, all of whom were In a room on the south side at the time, suffered from the electric flash. The shock threw them to the floor, rendering Mr. and Mrs. Wesley and Mr. Flelde unconscious. The baby fell to the floor but was uninjured. Tbe two visitor* escaped, unharmed. Mr*. Wesley Is suffering severely a result of th* shook. Mr. Weeley, It Is reported, will recover. Mr. Fields was able to be out Friday morning and at work. Th* damage done to the beautiful residence by the lightning will amount to about 81,000. A part of the dining room was spilt off from the main body of tha house. Th* residence was re cently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Me Canister, who moved to College Park. ATLANTA MASONS ATTEND MEETING Sposl.nl to The Georgian. Stone Mountain, Go., Aug. 16.—The fourth annual convention of the Fifth congrea atonal district Masons met at Stone Moun tain Tuesday afternoon. The Atlanta dele gntlon came out on a apsclal car. The con vention waa held In tbe apncloua gymnasium hall of the University BchOol for Boys and waa under the direct supervision of Hon. J. E. McClelland. On account of tnc absence of Worshipful Master Hon. CJeorge M. Na pier, the routine Imslnees of the convention was postponed until Weduemlay morning, when a lodge of Master Masons was called on for work. The entered apprentice degree B’as continued by X'ast Master II. A. Hen- dersou. Tbe place selected for the next meeting was nt I.lthonla, Ga. The old otfl- cers were re-elected for the ensuing year. $100,000 DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED SLANDER Newark, N. J, Auguat 1*.—A §um- mons which has been Issued from the sheriff's ofllce in a suit for 810D.000 damages has been brought by Assem blyman Edward H. Wright, Jr, of Es sex, against former United States Sen. ator Jamea M. Smith, for a slanderous statement alleged to have been made recently by Smith at the governor's cottage at Seagirt. Chicago, Aug. It.—Flood waters just across the Chicago river on the north side, which are still raging unabated, have driven hundreds of residents from their homes In the darkness early this morning; thousands of dollars worth of property are being destroyed; at least twenty horses have been drown ed and more people are fleeing for their safety every minute. The flood started at midnight with the bursting ofn thirty-six-inch water main which supplied the north side. Already the foundations of a score of houses and buildings In a district four blocks square are Inundated. The Stock Hotel, six stories high, Is about to collapse. In come places the water already has attained a depth of 14 feet. The flood resists all ef forts to check It. Police ambulances and patrol wag ons are moving hundreds from their homes. Two thousand families have been rendered homeless. The streets suddenly have been con verted Into a whirling stream carrying all manner of household goods and property before them. In some places the water has reached the second floors of dwelling houses and many are threatened with momentary collapse. The district Inundated Is next to the Polish colony In the sixteenth ward, the moat thickly congested area In Chicago. Italians predominate and *lx and seven families dwell In one house. The hardship Inflicted upon them Is great and most of them have been deprived of all of* their house- hold possessions. LOWE STIR STITT Texas Headquarters Are Re moved To New , _ ' Orleans. Jilt WOULDN'7 TR\ SUICIDE IF NOBODY TOOK INTERESI Jock Horner, tbe former baseball player who recently attempted to commit suicide while locked up at the police station, was preparing to repent the performance Thurs day morning, when Turnkey Whitley bqw him. Horner had been itslccp, and when be woke tip he felt bad* which waa not to be marveled nt. considering the condition he wos In when arrested the night before. "Jack." said Turnkey Whitley. Vyon can twist that handkerchief up nnd put It around your neck and hang yourself If you wnnt to, but I'm not going to cut yon dowu thla time. I'm tired of Indng both ered with you. If you wnnt to do it, here’# your chance, for I'm going out nnd eat brenkfust.” The bluff went. Jnck went on tying the handkerchief around hla neck, bat when the turnkey didn’t come back he derided a drink of water would taste good, and he got up nnd got It. Then he borrowed a cigarette and felt better. Perhaps If he had known the turnkey was watching all tbe time, however, he would have carried out hla plan to strangle himself. MRS. J. W. CRUFT DEAD IX COLORADO News of the death of Mrs. J. W. Cruft, mother of Mrs. Harry L. Eng lish, at Colorado Bprlngs on Tuesday, reached Atlanta Thuraday, just a week after the death of Mrs. J. W. English, mother of Harry L. English. Mrs. Cruft, who often visited her daughter In Atlanta, had a wide circle of friends to whom her death comes as shock. Mr«T* English wag on Iter way to her mother’s bedside when Iter death occurred. Mrs. Cruft was the wife of J. W. Cruft, a prominent cltlien of Terre Haute, Ind., where the inter ment will take place. EDUCATIONAL RALLY TO BE HELD FRIDAY. Special to The Georgian. Douglasvllle, Ga., Aug. 14.—Friday, August 21, will be a red letter day In the educational history of Douglas county. It will be a general educational rally of alt the schools of the county. There will be addresses during the day by School t'ommlsqloner W. B. Merritt, W. E Dendy and Mrs. Walter B. Hill. There will be an elocution contest in which already twenty schools have slgnlfled their Intention to par ticipate. BOLD, BAD PIRATES GIVEN A PAROLE Acting Recorder Hancock scuttled the ship of the eight boy pirates when they were arraigned In court Thurs day afternoon. Two of the youthful exemplars of Captain Kidd were bound over to the city court on a charge of larceny under bond of 8100 each, and the remaining six were placed on probation. The acting recorder could think of no more poetic and flttlng punishment for the cave-dwellers that terrorised the neighborhood of Williams and Fifth street than to put them on probation- bandits, pirates, demons of the forest- on probation! The octette of. youngsters appeared considerably tamed when standing be fore the recorder Thursday afternoon, surrounded on all sides by big police men. Foreman Is Fined. Acting Recorder Hancock Thursday afternoon Imposed a fine of 810 and coste on Nell Lancaster, a foreman of the Fulton Cotton and Bog Company, for an alleged Insult to a young girl because she did not work hard enough to satisfy him. Lancaster denied th* charge. New Orleans, Ang, ]&—As s result of the new Texas anti-trust Isw, til the salesmen of the American Tobacco Company, now un der prosecution by the Federal government as a trust, have withdrawn from the ste'e. Tbe Tessa headquarters hare removed to New Orleans. Under the new law every employee of a tmst It anhjeet to criminal proaecutlon aud the totuiccn salesmen could not have worked safely In Tesun. The alleged Harvester trust, which h«s Ms headquarters at Dalits. Tei., It 1s uu derstood, la the uext to be attacked. TECH MAT RECEDE MORE EROM STRTE An eloquent appeal for the comma* schools of Georgia before the aenate appro priations committee Thursday afternoon hy Senator 8teell resulted la su Increase over tbe amounts fixed hy the house. Instead of 81,8(0,000 for 1900, the senate committee put It to 82,000,000; and Instead of 8L000.000 In 1*», It was Increased to 85.2S-V Increases were also made In the appropria tions for rtrlous state Institutions. The committee added 88.000 to the Tech appro priation. making It 805,000; 85.000 to the i.oor- gls Normal and Industrial, making It jniM5,«."l to tha guts Normal, making » CLX.Y AND NORTHEX BILLED TO SPEAK Special to The Georgian. _,, _ , Acworth, Ga, Aug. 18.—Tha Odd Fel lows will have a celebration here, next Wednesday, August 21. One of the best bands In the state will furnish muelc. Senator A. S. Clay. Ex-Gover nor Northen and Hon. 8. J. Helnx are on tha program for addrease*. A ms basket dinner and watermelon outturn will be had. * . In the afternoon a game of ball Be tween Marietta and Acworth will M played, alao a contest between two flte companies. Reduced rates will be *"■ en to Acworth tor the occasion. HOLINESS MEETINGS STIR EXCITEMENT Special to The Georgia tf. ■" Athens, Ga., Aug. 18.—There are number of Hollneos people conduct!™ services nt Georgia factory In ,w county and they have been stirring “J no little excitement trom » standpoint It Is said that during th*J» meetings, when the religious ex ' ment Is at Its height, th* leaders of tnc meetings really speak In tongue* "" are unintelligible to the average iui era