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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, ocTOnr.n iwr.
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"THE DAYLIGHT CORNER”
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We open our doors on
October 2d with the
highest quality of cloth
ing for men and boys
ever shown in this city;
not the cheapest, but
the lowest in price for
the quality.
Our line of Business
Suits at $20 and our
School Suits at $5.00
are wise economy for
you.
Eiseman & Weil
1 Whitehall St,
RUEFTDTELL
HIM Am
New Yorll, Oct. I.—Attorney General
% Jackson won a preliminary victory In
Ills effort to annul the charters ot the
Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies when he secured a supreme
court order today directing both com
panics to show cause why such action
should not be Instituted.
The order was Issued by Justice
Ford. ot the supreme coltrt, and Is
made returnable before Justice Sea-
bury In port one of special term on
Frldny. It orders the two telegraph
companies to show cause why the dis
trict attorney should not be granted
leave to begin action to vacate the
charters of the two companies and an
nul their corporate existence on the
ground that they have violated the
statutes of the state prohibitive of mo.
nopoly and unlawful restraint of trade
and competition.
Expected to Testify o;
Apportionment of
$200,000.
San Francisco, Oct. 2.—Abe Ruef will
take the stand In the Tlrey L. Ford
bribery trial today. From the best In
formation obtainable he will tell that
Ford and Abbott brought him the $200,-
VOfl. a part of which was used In the
passage of the overhead trolley fran
chise.
He will tell ot passing some of this
money along to "Big Jim" Gallagher to
distribute among the other supervisors.
$4,000 each to the common horde, $10,-
000 to former supervisor and present
State Commissioner Andrew Wilson,
and $26,000 for Gallagher himself. He
may say he gave Mayor Schmltx $50,
000 of the $200,000.
He will say that the money was paid
him as a fee to secure his Information
toward the trolley franchise ordinance.
It was expected that the defense will
attack the motives of the prosecution
and seek to show extortion on the part
of Ruef and the Schmltx administra
tion.
FRANK C. BLOCK
FELL IN CEMETERY
Special to Tbo Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct 2.—Henry Hartley,
aged SO years, was struck and killed by
a Southern railroad freight train bound
from Atlanta to Macon, near the River
side cemetery, this morning. Hartley
was on the Vincvllle trestle and when
ho saw the train approaching he began
crawling on hts hands and knees to the
edge, but before he could reach a place
of safety the pilot of the engine struck
him In the hip throwing him Just over
the bridge Into Riverside cemetery. The
body has not been Identified beyond
several papers found In his pocket
bearing the name of Henry Hartley.
More eyes than there are In Atlanta
read these pagos every day. For $0
cents you can place any want you may
have before them In our want columns,
and Friday and Saturday get a 40c box
of Wiley's Candy, Free.
MOTION TO TAKE
CASE FROM JURY
Boise, Idaho, Oct. I.—The crucial
point of the trial ot Senator Borah was
reached yesterday when a motion to
take the case from the Jury with
vcrdlpt of acquittal was argued. The
government's attorneys said they had
produced all the evidence they had
against Senator Borah and without any
Intimation of a motion from the defense
they added that they were ready to be
heard as to the value of their evidence
In connecting Borah with the consplr
acy.
May Call New Pastor.
8pec!al to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga„ Oct. 2.—It Is rumored
here that the First Presbyterian church
will, In the near future, call a new pas.
tor. The name of Rev. J. W. Rogan.
D. D„ of Memphis, Tenn., Is mentioned,
but the committee having the matter In
charge will authorise no statement.
Member of Well Known
Family Passes Away
At His Residence.
Wedding Silver
If you’ve any silver-
buying to do, we’d like to
talk with you. When you
have Been what we have—
and our stock at present
amply sustains our repu
tation as the best house in
town—then compare val
ues and prices. You will
bu\’ here,, undoubtedly.
Maier & Berkele
Francis C. Block, a son ot Frank £1
Block, the well-known manufacturer,
died Wednesday morning at 9:30
o'clock at his home, 16 Kimball strset.
at the age ot 40 years,
Mr. Block Is survived by his wife and
4-year-old daughter, Margaret, and by
hie father and mother. Two brothers,
Dr. E. Bates Block and Hamilton
Block, and two sisters. Miss Lucretta
Block and Mrs. Hugh Bancker, also
survive him.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Mr. Block's death ensued after an
Illness of two years. At that time he
gave up his active business duties as
treasurer of the Frank E. Block Com
pany. and had since been under the
careful attention of physicians. Al
though everything possible was done
for him, he declined gradually and con
tlnued to grow weaker until Wcdnes
day morning, when the end came.
Mr. Block had resided In Atlanta all
of his life and was widely known In
the business world. He was a man of
splendid qualities and had hosts of per.
sonnl friends, being popular both so,
dally and In a business wny. Mrs
Block, his wife, was formerly Miss
Elisabeth Ormc, member of a well-
known family.
The funeral will take place Thursday
afternoon and will be private. Services
wllLbe conducted at the residence at $
o'clock by Rev. Richard Orme Fitnn,
pastor of the North Avenue Presbyte-
rlan church. The body will be placed
In the family vault In Westvlew ceme
tery.
The following well-known cttlsens
will act as pallbearers: Robert F. Mad.
dox, John W. Grant, John M. Slaton,
Charles W. Crankshaw, Hugh Rich
ardson, Charles E. Sclple, Dr. C. Dun
bar Roy and Frank Hawkins.
CITY TAX NOTICE.
CITY TAX BOOKS WILL
BE CLOSED OCTOBER
10TH. PAY NOW BEFORE
FI. FAS ARE ISSUED
AND COSTS CHARGED.
E. T. PAYNE,
City Tax Collector.
Imitations Pay the Dealer a Larger
Profit.
otherwise yon would never be offered s sab,
•tltnte when yon ask for an advertised art).
CHAMBER RECOMMENDS
CANAL ACROSS SOUTH
Would Build Great
Waterway From
River to Ocean.
A movement to secure the construc
tion of a canal which will connect the
Atlantic ocean with the Mississippi by
way of the Ohio, Tennessee, Coosa and
Ocmulgee rivers, was projected at a
meeting of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday afternoon.
A resolution Introduced by C. E. Cav-
erly was adopted, providing that the
United States senators and representa
tives from Georgia should be urged to
secure a surrey of the proposed canal
with a view to arriving at the probable
cost of Its construction and n commit
tee of five was appointed to take up the
matter and to discuss what further
■tei ‘ —
PROPOSED CANAL TO OCEAN.
It would extend from the Mis
sissippi to the Atlantic, using big
livers for greater pert of route.
RAIN DAMAGES
CROP OF COTTON
eps should be taken.
This committee Is composed of the
following gentlemen: C. E. Caverly, H.
L. Rchleslnger, F. J. Paxon, W. S.
Duncan and R. L. ForemanI
J. IVllle Pope, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and C. E. Cav
erly have been chosen as the delegates
from the local Chamber of Commerce
to attend the Deep Waterway conven
tion, which meets In Memphis, and they
will leave for that city Thursday.
While no announcement has been
given out. It Is the Intention of the del.
agates to bring the canal project before
the convention. It possible. President
Roosevelt speaks ht the convention on
Friday, nnd It Is not at all unlikely that
he will be approached on the subject
then.
“We hope to bring It before the pow
er* that be,"-stated Mr. Pope, “but
whether or not we can get an audience
with the president Friday Is a matter of
doubt."
The project of constructing a great
canal which would open Georgia and
the entire Southeast to water freight
has been on foot before and In 1812
engineers of the Untied States army
made the survey and estimated the
cost of construction at $40,000,000. Re
cently, however, the government has
reduced this cost to $$2,000,000, and It
Is believed the expense dan be still fur-
ther reduced.
Some time ago Colonel C. P. Good
year, of Brunswick, again took up the
proposition to build the canal and his
agitation of the proposition Is largely
responsible for the uctlon taken by the the state to take some action on the
Rome. From Rome the route of the
Etowah will be followed as far as Owl
creek, ten or twelve miles above Car
tersvllle, thence the route to proceed
north of Atlanta toward the vicinity of
Suwanee and there turns south to the
head waters of the Ocmulgee, following
that stream until It reaches the head of
navigation at Macon. . The Ocmulgee
from Macon to the Atlantic ocean Is to
bo cleaned out. This completes the
waterway from the Atlantic to the Mis
sissippi river. The Tennessee flows
Into the Ohio about flfty miles above
Cairo.
"The .
water canal
Great Western canal all the more Im
portant.
Factors In Our Favor.
"We will probably count on the Influ
ence of the president, because he Is al
ready Interested In the subject, and has
appointed, of his own motion, a com
mission to outline a plan for the gen
eral development of Inland waterways.
"Senator Bacon stands ready to In
troduce nnd push a resolution providing
for a new survey of this canal. He is a
strong believer In this projecL and the
first thing he did on entering the senate
twelve years ago was to Introduce a
resolution on this line.
"I believe that In a year's time we can
get the survey completed with a defi
nite recommendation to congress by the
president. In other words. I believe we
can. during the present administration
of the Chamber of Commerce, set the
machinery In motion to build this canal.
By the time the survey Is completed we
can get a memorial passed by the Geor
gia legislature, and may be able to get
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday afternoon.
At the meeting Tuesday Secretary
Walter G. Cooper submitted a general
report ott the feasibility of the proposi
tion. which, In pert, was as follows:
"The Tennessee at Guntersvllle Is to
be connected with the Coosa at Gads
den. The Coosa le navigable as far as
subject. The governor says that If the
Georgia division can be constructed for
$18,000,000 the state can well afford to
do the work. I am sure that we would
have hts Influence for all that It Is
worth, and I feel very confident that we
wilt have the Influence of the president.
I believe that now le the opportune time
to start the movement."
GILDED YOUTH WEDS GIRL
OF FASCINATING FLORA CHORUS
New York, Oct. 2.—Oliver Wendell
Barnes III. who swooped down on New
York some months ego with money to
burn and a liking for greenback smoke
and who startled Broadway by scatter
ing his Inheritance among the thirsty
end hungry, wss married suddenly In
Jersey City at 1 o'clock this morning
and today he and hie bride are enjoying
their honeymoon In Manhattan.
The bride, who said she was Edna
Browning McOoron, of No. 201 Lexing
ton avenue, Brooklyn, Is a member of
the chorus In the ‘‘Fascinating Flora'
company.
Young Barnes' marriage so soon after
his experience at Newport, where he
went on a chartered motor boat with a
girl who accused him of keeping her on
board the craft against her will, creat
ed surprise. After this episode a dis
patch from Pittsburg, where Barnes'
grandfather held forth and mode his
millions, said a guardian was to be ap
pointed for the young spendthrift.
LOOTERS GOT $10,000,000
FROM TILL OFN. i. ST. R\S.
Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas
. Hudson returned Tuesday night
from south Georgia, where he has been
the past few days on a visit to his
family.
While absent from the city Commie-. .... .
sloner Hudson took occasion to Inves- ^ solvency and*
tlgate the condition of crops In the cen
New York. Oct. 2.—There wee much
consternation today among the looters
of the New York City and Metropolitan
street railways when the full signifi
cance was understood of Attorney Gen
eral Jackson's proceedings for receiver
ship In the state courts for both rail
roads. Including a plea for the dissolu
tion of the concerns on the ground of
tral and southern sections of the state.
is heavy rainfall haa
cotton crop In those
sections.
"The rainfall has been the heaviest
that the southern section of the state
has seen In some time,” said Mr. Hud
son. “It has rained almost contlnu-
ously-for several weeks, and as a result
cotton Is greatly damaged. The cotton
that Is open Is seriously damaged, and
that which Is not open Is rotting,
should think that the crop has been In
Jured from 16 to 20 per cent.
"The weather was fair when I left
end the Indications are that good
weather will prevail for a while."
Gobblers to Meet.
Atlsnfs Gobblers will bolj s special _
Ing Monday olein In tbc I'rynlal theater. 16
\iadnrt plai-e, lietwcen lVacniree and llroad
purpose of Initiating a data nf Bfty new
members Into Ibt mysteries and arerels
of tbe new order, liana wilt lie nude to
carry a loud of OohMefs to Columbus, Go.,
to take part In the Installation of officers
In Iteeemlier. and committees will lie ap
pointed at Ibis meeting lo arrange for a
masquerade ball for tbe Atlanta lodge.
accounting from the officials for fraud
and extravagance. The deficit Is said
to be $10,000,000.
WMIe Justice P
order upon these officiate to answer tbe
state's complaint. Inquisitor Ivins, be
fore the public utilities commission, was
dragging from the lips of unwilling
witnesses a series of amaxtng facts
which rival the revelations of the lnau
ranee Investigation.
Of $7$$,000 described as "a construe
tlon fund." but reglly the “yellow dog
fund” of the company, the auditor was
able to produce cancelled checks to the
amount of $20,000 only. All the other
checks have disappeared, and nothing
remains to show how the money was
disbursed.
In the attorney general's proceedings
for a state receivership for the concern
there la a similar exposition of frenzied
railroading. One Item alone shows how
one road wee retracked at a charge of
$602,900 per mile.
A feature of this action Is the fact
that the attorney general stamping the
Federal receivership of the New York
City Railway as collusive announces an
Intention of contesting the right of the
Federal court to override the Jurisdiction
of the New York courts In settling the
affairs of an Insolvent corporation or
ganised under New York lew*.
From 1902 to date $91«,41$.t$ of the
company's funds was paid to lawyers—
for what particular purpose no one re
members. One other peculiar transac
tion shows H. II. Vreelend getting $26,-
000, of which $16,000 Is seld to have
been ror expenses and $10,000 for sal
ary. the entire bill being O. Kd. by Mr.
Vreetand es president and paid to him
self without It protest from anyone.
Anthony N. Brady got $$(6,607.1$ for
the Wall street and Corilandt street
ferry franchises, and there Is a host of
other large payments, cloudy and pecu
liar, which go far to show why It be
came necessary to put the right wing
of the giant merger Into the hands of a
"friendly” receiver.
Bo also Is his action In demanding
a personal accounting from the direc
tors of the Manhattan startling. Inas
much as hts complaint contains a broad
Intimation that gross frauds have been
perpetrated,- which may bring the of
ficials Into the criminal court*. An In
timation of prosecutions for perjury
was also dropped by Mr. Ivins In his
examination before the public utilities
STAINS
Lucas varnish stains—best on earth.
GEORGIA PAINT & GLASS CO„
40 Peachtrse Street.
Thursday ih the Whit? Goods
Some years ago whsn the whit? shirt
waist of thin material lived lik? a gay but
terfly for a few midsummer months, this
sp?cial pricing of sheer lin?n lawn wouldn't
mean so much. But with the she?r shirt
waist claiming th? year rouhd for its own
and these th? very weavss in weight ahd
pattern—well, w? know you’ll b? her? for
them.
Emkreidered sheer linen fer
Shirtwaist's.
Some at Half
Some at Less Than Half
Some Little Mer? Than Half
By the yard and full 32 ihchss
wide.
1.25
at
65c
1.35
at
C/l
n
1.50
at
90c
1.75
at
1.00
2.25
at
1.25
Ahd Some Table
Linen Remnants
In all linen, half bleached; sotnS
ail pure whits and silver bleach.
Lsngths 2 to 3 1-2 yards.
2 1-2, for instance, 1.50, 1.75,
2.00 and 2.25.
3 yards long, 2.00, 2.50, 2.75.
3 1-2 yards lang, 3.00, 3.25 and
3.50.
TOWEL SPECIAL
All lineh Huck Towels, hemstitched,
17]c
19x38 inch's; 30c
Tewels
Renaissance Csnter
Pi
iecss
Round or square with linen centers.
15x15 inches linen center, 35c ones
,at 25c
24x24 inches linen center, 75c ones, at
60c
24x24 inches, open work center, 1.35
ones, at 1.00
30x30 inches, all lace, round or square,
1.25 ones, at 98c
1.35 ones, at 1.00
30x30, with linen center, 1.25, at. ,95c
18x54 Renaissance Scarfs with lace
border and linen center.
1.25 ones, at 95c
1.50 ones, at 1.25
10x10 inches TenneriiFe centerpieces.
30c ones, at 20c
18x18 inches. ‘
85c ones, at 65c
24x24 inches.
1.35 ones, at 1.00
18x54 hemstitched linen bureau cov
ers. Worth 95c, at 75c
Blankets
Fine cotton blankets in dainty pat
terns; light and dark colors; for mak
ing smoking jackets, lounging and
bath robes.
72x90 inches 2.25
Msxican Drawn Work
Pieces 6x6, all linen, 10c ones, at.. .5c
9x9 inches, 12 l-2c ones, at 10c
6x6 linen with Japanese embroidery. *
49c ones, at .39c
9x9—60c ones, at 45c
12x12—75c ones, at 50c :
6x6 Japanese linen pieces worked
with silk. -
65c ones, at ,40c
9x9—90c ones, at 65c
12x12—1.50 ones, at. 95c
18x54 inch half linen bureau covers, '
open work ’. ,60c '
18x54 inch all linen hemstitched bu- '
reau covers 60c
18x54 linen, scalloped bureau covers
65c
18x18 hand embroidered all-linen hem- '
stitched squares; 75c ones, at.... ,60c
1.00 ones, at 75c
1.25 ones, at 95c
Crib Blanket's
Cotton crib blankets in plain blue
and plain pink and white with self or
blue border. j
Also blue or pink with white flower.
36x50 1.00
Whit? Embroidered Flann?I, 36 Inches Wid?, at
45c, 50c ahd 65c
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBos? Co.