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I XXLHi Ail/MVI'A UJlUtlUlAIN AINU IN Hi W S3. MEETS MTU: FIFTEEN INJURED: Blockton Accommodation Wrecked in Yards at Johnson. Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 23.—The Blockton accommodation on the Louis vllle and Nashville, en route to Blr mlngham, 1vas derailed at Johnson, 28 miles out, today, the two rear coaches leaving the track. Jim Smith, a negro porter, who waa standing alongside the track, was caught by the overturning coaches and crushed to death. Fifteen passengers were Injured and brought to St. Vincents hospital treatment. They will recover. The cause of the derailment Is not known. The track was soon cleared. The dead: JAMBS SMITH, colored porter. The injured are: Mrs. Perry Tate, of W'yhim, bruised on the.head; Miss Bessie White, cut on the arm; W. A, Kirkpatrick, hand bruised; Miss Lulle Pardo, elbow sprained; Mrs. R. E. Gray, sprained arm; Mrs. E. J. Crandall, bruised on side of head; E. J. Crandall, broken fingers; Mrs. M. McBride, arm and head bruised; Mrs. Sarah Kennedy, head bruised; J. R. Kennedy, broken fingers; Mrs. Hlllbrldge, bruised on head; L. J. Webber, several .teeth knocked out; Mrs. Gafiaher, of Besse mer, badly bruised bud Internally In jured. THINK THEY HAVE HOLD-UP GANG In the arrest of three negroes by Plain Clothes Officer Lockhart and Call Officer Bentley, the police think they have captured at least part of a gang here for nearly two months. This bant was made up of delivery wagon drivers and their accomplices. The former stole stuff and the latter disposed of It. Edward Atkin, Henry Webb and Goodwin Thomas wer arraigned In the recorder’s court Friday. The first two were employed by the Kirkpatrick Hardware Company and the other by the Beck & Gregg Hardware Company. The testimony showed that they had taken a case of shoe nails and a set of tools and sold them. Several witnesses supported this and all the men were bound over In 3600 bond. SOCIETY 1 PASSING OF THE WOMAN’8 CLUB, “The club of literary and social pleasures of men and women will be the woman's club of the future." This Is the rather startling prophecy of the secretary of the Maryland State Fed ■ration of Women’s Piubs,' who, more over, declares that the era of woman's clubs, as they are now constituted, nearing Its end. "In small towns where the power of eucji clubs Is Just begin ning, this Is not evident but In the large cities everywhere reports show that the woman’s club of old Is pass lng." It was only fifteen years ago that the woman's club became a recognized possibility. It probably grew directly from the need of public reforms and developed at once Into an organization devoted to public Improvements. The principal aim of the first woman's club was not to secure a place In w'hlch women might meet each other for the sake of social converse, or to read the papers or even to be alone, as Is the case with men's clubs, but a place In which questions of vital In terest could be discussed, and where plans for Improving existing conditions and doing certain necessary things that men had no time to consider, could be made. The child labor law was passed medical Inspection In the schools hai Its Inception there, and Interest Jn home economics, In traveling libraries. In the tuberculosis movement. In civic Improvement, and many other public reforms dependent upon concerted ac tion were the Inspiration of the woman's club. It has been the propagator of many Ideas that tended to Improve the con ditions of life for women and chil dren. Now reaction has set In. Perhaps women have wearied of set ting a good example, perhaps they do not feel the necessity of clinging to tradition as men do, perhaps they are more Individual than men are, and hence can no longer put up with the- amount of herding together which is necessary to make a woman's club, or Indeed a club of any sort, a success. At all events, the woman's clubs that bid fair |p outlive their contemporaries are those In which men have been admitted to membership, and the social elsment predominates over the Improvement, methods element. Women have none of the club In, stlnct that men have. When they want to sit around and talk they give teas In their own homes. When they fead they like the comfort of their own library, or a couch and dressing gown hi their own bedrooms. They have no such bond as tobacco to hold them to gether for hour after hour of good fel lowship, and card playing they consider * sort of home product and not In olgenous to club soil. To make a woman's club thoroughly Interesting to moat women, therefore, the Introduction of a masculine element has become almost compulsory. Even the most conservative women's clubs »re constantly Introducing special fea, tures. to which men may be admitted without Impropriety, and the strictest regulations that have formerly obtained are strained at the breaking point for the purpose of helping out certain so cial features of the club by the Intro duction of black coats. CALLY RYLAND. Committee Repre senting Every Section Will Make Call. New York, Aug. 23.—To force offl clals of the Western Union Telegraph Company and Pdstaj Telegraph Com, pany to show their hands, a committee representing every section of this coun try will be appointed by the strlklnc telegraphers to confer with heads oil the two companies. President Small, of the Telegraphers' Union, decided upon this move when he was told that the officials had declared they would not confer with the open ators for the reason there was no one to confer with. Should the officials stand firm In their decision not to treat with the strikers, the strike will be carried on more fiercely than ever. Postal’s Concession. According to G. M. Henderson, a for, mer Postal employee, the companies have already made a decided conces sion to the men. Henderson applied for reappointment and was told the company had decided to abolish the bonus system, which Is 1 cent per mes sage after a day's Work, and establish a straight salary schedule for all "over time” wires. This guarantees an op erator 3100 a month, and Is what the strikers have been working for. Funds are being collected by the strikers, and their new weekly paper, Fair Play, will make Its first appear ance tomorrow. The first hundred cop ies will be sold at auction In City Hall Park tomorrow. It was reported yes terday that Charles F. Murphy, by re quest of the Tammany executive com mittee. had subscribed 38,000 to the strike fund. $1 From Each O. R. T. A communication from L. W. Quick, grand secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, was read to the strikers. It was an official call for a contribution of 31 from every working railroad telegrapher for the benefit of the striking operators. The order has between 30,000 and 40,000 working members, and a generous re, sponse Is assured. Acting on a suggestion made by United States Commissioner of Labor Neill, piling are being made today by the strike leaders to send a delegation to visit President Roosevelt, at Oyster INy. and ask him to help them In hav ing their strike settled. The men are confident that the chief executive will do all In his power to help their cause. Chicago, Aug. 23.—uit Is time that the rulers of the nation step In and Hive these men Justice. It Is time that ,he conscience of the nattqn awoke and rallied to their relief." This most star tling utterance from an authoritative raphers' strike was delivered by Presl dent II. N. Sager, of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Sager added lie of the Intellectual caliber that these t elegraphers present is convinced that It Is being wronged, and conditions arise such as the strikers say exist, I say It is time for the rulers of the na tion to net." COMPLIMENTARY TO MISS KING. Mrs. Frank Atlee, at Chattanooga, entertained with an Informal tea Thursday afternoon In honor of her guest. Miss Kate King, of Atlanta. Nasturtiums and ferns were used to decorate the handsome Oak street home of the hostess. Mrs. Atlee and Miss King were assisted In recelv- ing by Mrs. Moses, of Knoxville, mother Atlee, and Mrs. T. O. Trotter, l, Chattanooga. The guests were a *arg» number of young matrons and young lad lea LOCAL TELEGRAPHER8 WILL GIVE A BENEFIT According to statements made by representatives of the local telegraph strikers, the strike eltuatlon remains unchanged with no Important new de velopments. i The telegraph companies, say the strikers, are coming out with bluffs re porting that operators at other points are going back to work. This Is done, they claim, In the effort to get os many of the men ae possible to go back to work. The operators deny that any of the strikers have gone bock to the companies and they base their denial upon dally reports which they are re ceiving from other points. Many of the local operators are leav ing town to accept positions as railroad telegraph operators and In othsr lines of business, and It Is claimed by the operators that If the strike should be settled eoon there would be a lack of euflldent men to fill all the positions. The operators have closed a deal for the Casino at Ponce DeLeon Friday night of next week and the Wills Com edy Company will give a performance for the benefit of the strikers In At lanta. ' Friday night at 7:30 o’clock Dr. C. A. Ridley will deliver on address to the operators and the members of the Ty pographical Union In the telegraphers' hall on Viaduct Place. A check for 31,000 on the Insurance policy of her husband was received Thursday by Mrs. H. M. Killian, widow of H. M. Killian, a telegraph operator who died a short while ago. HOUSE MEN NEED COME TO ATLANTA Citizens Meet to Plan Invi tation to National Party. A meeting of a number of prominent citizens of Atlanta Is being held Frl day afternoon In the office of Walter G. Cooper, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, 608 Empire building, for the purpose of discussing the proposl tlon to Invite the national prohibition convention to hold Its meeting In At lanta next summer, when it meets to nominate a candidate for president bf the United States. Among those who are attending the meeting are: H. Y. McCord, Walter G. Cooper, Rev. M. J. Cofer. Charles D. Barker, Jacob Patterson, Dr. A. C. Ward and others. Charles D. Barker, editor of The Southern Star, received a letter from the secretary of the national convention nt Chicago Friday, In which he stated, that the convention Is anxious to meet In Atlanta, and that he thinks It prob able It can be secured. The national prohibition committee, of which Charles R. Jones, of Chicago, Is chairman, and which has charge of the selection of a place of meeting, will meet In Chicago In a short while for this purpAse, and It Is probable that at the meeting Friday afternoon'a com mittee may be appointed to attend this meeting In Chicago and urge the se lection of Atlanta os the meeting place. Chairman Jones has stated to Mr. Barker that he Is in favor of meeting In Atlanta, and will be In the city In a short while for the purpose of talk ing over the matter with Atlanta citi zens. , i Should Atlanta be selected by the convention aa the place of meeting, It will mean the gathering here of nearly 20.000 people from all sections of the country. GOVERNOR'S VETO (ILLS TWO BILLS Davison and Guyton tliors of Vetoed Meas- Au- ures. Out of more than a hundred bills sent to him, Governor Smith has vetoed two. One was the bill of Mr. Davison, of Greene, making the president of the board of trustees of the state normal school an ex-offlelo member of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia. During his campaign Governor Smith advocated the complete separation of the university and Its branches, and keeping their matters from conflicting In any way. Aa this measure contem plated In some part the very thing Ife opposed, that was his reason for not approving it. The other vetoed measure was one by Mr. Guyton, of Effingham, adding the Effingham County Bank qt Guyton Inasmuch as the authority to name the banks for state depoelts le vested solely In the governor. Mr. Guyton made the error of ape dfically naming the bank In which the ~ -posits were to be made. Friday le the final day for the gov, emor to approve or disapprove bills and resolutions passed by the general assembly. The clerk of the house and his corps of assistants completed tne work of enrollment Thursday evening, HUIA Ui CIIIUltmvili tiiuioua/ ctciiiuks and Over a hundred bills were carried Into the governor's office for signing Friday morning. As It Is his purpose to know exactly the provisions of a bill, whether local or general, before affixing hie name, the magnitude of the task to be com pleted may be understood. ,y bill which Is not acted on by him becoi omes Inoperative. BREWER IN LEAD IN STATE. PRIMARY Has Probably Received the Nomination for Gov- Washlngton, D. C„ Aug. 28.—District Attorney Baker today ordered the ar rest of Chesley & Spence, Wade A Hedges, Allison C. Jenkins, Frank Kane, stock brokers, for violation of the statute making It an offense to set up gaming tables within the District of Columbia. The brokerage firms are al leged to have been operating "bucket shop*” and as such are said to come within the provisions of tbe statute. “Every man connected with the bus iness," said the district attorney today, "will be arrested. We are determined to have a clean city. If we prosecute handbookmen, why not go after tbe men higher up. A wave of reforrq will be Instituted and those who demand that the nation's capital City shall be a clean city will get It." SHERIFF GILL FEARS LYNCHING Alexandria, Va., Aug. 21.—Bo Intense Is the feeling at Chester, Chesterfield county, Va, against tbe negro William county, va, Bgamgl in> m-gm n imam IlaVrls, charged with attempted as sault upon Mlsa Lena Rowland, that Sheriff William C. Gill stated before leaving with Harris that they dared not take the negru to Chesterfield county. Jackjon, Miss., Aug. 23.—A long dis tance message from Mr. Brewer, at 11 o'clock today, says that according to hla figures he has a majority of 2,400 for governor In 64 counties, with 24 more counties to hear from. W. C. Moore Is elected sheriff over C. L. Guna by 60; T. G. Rayner, At 12 o'clock, (2 counties heard from give Brewer 2,700 majority. Sixteen counties are yet to be heard from. Returns for the other offices are dom ing In slowly. NEGRO ASSAULTED • 5-YEAR OLD GIRL New York. Aug. 21.—Little Amy Vra. man. aged 8, weak and groaning In the arms of her mother. Mrs. Frank F. Vraman. waa taken to the Harlem court today as complainant against Carlo Malango, a bootblack, 80 years old. charged with assaulting the child. Yesterday little Amy complained of feeling III and a physician was sum moned. Ills examination showed that ■he had been horribly maltreated, and she finally overcame her terror and told what had happened. Malango was held In 16,000 ball for examination on Monday. r Davi&on-Paxon-Stokes Co. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Prominent Among the Offerings for Saturday Fifty Splendid $5.00 Skirts In This Remarkable Sale at $2.00 The reduction of summer stocks, and tbe opportunities to secure, at profitable savings, tbe very goods for which there is immediate demand, proves conclusively each day, by evidence, the great advantage of coming here while this sale is in progress. For Saturday more remarkable offerings appear, in every section; and among them, not least in importance, is the news first announced. $2.00 For Skirts, Worth Regularly• $5.00 This is a collection of brand-new Skirts, in best of styles; a variety that will especially inter est women who care for novelty effects, stripes, checks and plaids, for of these there is an ex cellent showing. The Skirts are stylishly pleated and finished with two bias folds. The materials are Panama and Worsted, not too heavy, just right, in a great range of fashionable mixtures, in cluding grays, tans and blues—some are in cream grounds with hair-line stripes. A remarkable purchase brings them here so much under price, just in good time, for this sale. Skirts of $5 value; all Bizes; at $2 each. Women 9 s Dainty Night Dresses of Nainsook $1.15Each; Value $1.50 Notwithstanding their excellent value at $1.50, these garments, fine in the materials and beautiful in the designs and making, are now offered at $1.15. There are eighteen different styles, every one new and effective. The trimmings, very dainty and pleasing, are applied with rare good taste. Night Dresses of equal beauty, in such variety, have not been offered here this season for so little. Yet these are only a part of the economy attrac tions apparent in the Muslin Underwear store. This occasion makes large savings possible in the prico of many other lines as well. For instance: $1 Chemise and Drawers Now 59c A collection of Chemise and Drawers of Nain sook, in a dozen or more styles and all very effect ively trimmed. This includes regular $1 garments, nt almost half price, 59c. Napkins at $1.39 Dozen Formerly $1.75 Housekeepers, with an eye to economy, can save money here now on the Linens they need. This August event has brought down the prices on some of the best Linens we own. Damask by the yard, separate Cloths and Sets, as well as Napkins. Paying $1.39 for a dozen usual $1.75 Napkins. Does that interost youf They are pure linen—in deed, a fine, serviceable grade of heavy damask Nap kins, size 22 by 22 inches. Bleached Turkish Towels 121c Each; Worth 20c As with Table Linens , also with Towels and Bedding—particularly Towels, as this item will show; These heavy Turkish Towels, absorbent and durable, not small and skimpy, but a good, large size —20 by 40 inches. Instead of 20o, their true value, the price is 12 l-2c each. Taffeta Ribbons, l9c Yard Actually 40c Ribbons, though here in previous sales at 25c. Soft, rich Taffeta and Louisine, 5 inches wide, in light blue, red, white, green, pink and other shades, 19c yard. 50c Linen Belts at 29c Ea. By the same token of economy, manifested so distinctly in the lower pricing of jumraer goods in all sections of the store, is the opportunity to save on little accessories of dress, Belts a good example. Women’s, white Linen Bolts with stylish pearl buckles; neat tailor-made effects; worked eyelets; slightly marked with dust but washable; Belts wo sell regularly at 50c each; now at 29c. Stylish White Lace Hose 27c a. Pair These Hose, for women, light and cool in a su perior grade of lisle, are very effective in openwork patterns—both all-over and ankle designs. In white they of course "go” well with white shoes. It’s a treat to get these for 27e a pair. Ordinarily they sell for more money. And the Hosiery stock, women’s and children’s, is just filled with opportunities to save. Not only the inexpensive and popular priced grades, but among the finer novelty Hosiery ns well. This Offering Saturday of Women 9 s 50c Vests At 15c Each Naturally, as the price would indicate, we re gard this as one of the most remarkable offerings this summer reduction sale hns brought. Women’s" regular 50e Vests—just a few 35c and 25c Vests—at 15c each. There are sheer white lisle Vests—a few black, a few pink; lace trimmed Vests, some rather elab orate with crochet yoke—others more dainty and of splendid qnality, with narrow crochet and silk ribbon tape. A counterful of them, some slightly soiled, selected here and there from the stock and re duced to 15c each. Womens 25c Neckwear At 10c Always distinctive, the Neckwear we sell is desirable, no matter the price. But very ordinary Neckwear would be rather unusual at the low prico of this. 10c for embroidered Collars and dainty Stocks with tabs, cool and attractive in light washable ma terials; good variety—good styles; reduced from 25c. Women 9 s $1 Knit Pants In This Sale at 5 9c Comfortable, serviceable, thin mercerized Pants, fancily knit, cut full and finished with lace. Sold regularly nt $1; here now at 59c pair. Men’s Nainsook Drawers 50c Quality, 25c Pair Half price for men’s featherweight, check Nain- «ook Drawers—splendidly made garments, cool and serviceable, with elastic seams. Mostly small sizes; 00c values at 25c pair. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co., SALVATION ARMY FINDS A RIVAL Two rival Salvation Armies, both of which claim to be working to the same end—serve God and fight fhe devil— but which do no*, have for each other the most friendly feeling in the world, are now camped hi Atlanta. The new army arrived In Atlanta several days ago. It Is known as the American Salvation Army and Is com manded by Adjntant S. B. Williams, with headquarters at 110 Walton street This army is In no way connected with the other Salvation Army which hae been In Atlanta for nearly a quarter of a century. Adjutant WiUlame states that In coming to Atlanta he does not Intend to antagonise the other army, but will strive to do the same work that It Is doing In (be earing of soula and tbe uplifting of humanity. The officers of the other army think otherwise. They intimate that the new army has come to Atlanta to live on tbe reputation of the other, and assert that In several In-tances It has con traded debu which the regular arm; Ita reputation. lied to pay to In the meantlrr going right along