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FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Til! TORBAY, MAIHTI 5, }*A. M. L. THROWER, 39 N. Porsytli St. A well-built 5-room cottage with porcelain bath, .sew erage, cabinet mantels and on a corner lot for $1,550. This is in Grant Park sec tion; car line in front of door and in a home community. Terms, .one-half cash and balance $15 per month. The place would be cheap at $2,000. Shows That This Was Nec essary That Teachers Might Be Paid. L PERSONAL MENTION "] FRANK C. DAVIS CO., Real Estate and Renting, 325 Empire Bldg. Bell ’Phone 28.95. DECATUR BARGAINS. 18 LOTS. 50x164 feet dMp, in half block of street car line. We are offering for 1200 each; one-fourth cash, balance one, two and three /ears. 7 LOTH. 100x180 feet deep, on car line and Georgia railroad. We ofTer to day for 2850 each, on terms, as above. ONK LOT. 100x180 feet, perfectly level, wlfh a beautiful oak grove. We offer for 2810; one-fourth cash, balance one, two and three years. ONE LOT on corner. 100x180 feet, all facing car line. We wltt take 81.050, same terms. The above lot is a recent subdivision, and In the best section of Decatur, tla., Inside of one-half mile of Agnes Scott College; land on op posite side of the street can't be bought for less than 825 per front foot. Come at once and pick out your lot. NOW LISTEN: A brand new 8-room dwelling with 6 acres of land, on main street In Decatur, On. We will sell for 28.000. or will exchange for a good farm. Will give or take difference, as the oc casion demands. Like to have It near Decatur. Ga. 16,600 BUYS a 11-room house, close In, large lot, two baths, good neighbor hood, a nice home, or rent property. We are offering this dirt cheap and can give liberal terms. Attacks the quarterly payment of pen sions coming from all parts of the state,, ond Uio saltation continuing. Governor ftinlth Thursday gave out so Interview on the matter. Governor Hpilth defemla the change, and ahowa hy facta and figures how necessary this course was to preserve the financial Integrity of the state. He shows that If the annual payments bad been of force this year that the teachers of the state would have received no money for several months of the year. Ilia statement In full is as follows: Governor Smith's Statement “The continued agitation of the change from annual to quarterly payments of Pen sions requires that the exact facts should be furnished to the public. *Tbe m-nsloos which will be jal'lQMr- terly this year are the pensions for 18*. “The pensions for 1»T were paid In 1907. - “The appropriation set for 19-« o7 provided 8860.00') anunnlly for pensions, when th? legislature met last summer the fact was brought to their attention that lu a number of counties the pensioners hud received nothing for 1907. The appropriation was 842.7I7.CS short and the commissioner of pensions asked this as a deficiency appnK* print Ion to In* {mid at once, lie aim) asked that the regular appropriation be Increased to 8950.000 annually, as he considered that sum necessary to meet the pension roll. This really made an Increased charge upon the Income of the state of 2142.7l7.6o. The niuomit paid for pensions wss st first small, but It has gradually Inereased year by year until It requires about one-fourth of the en tire Income of the state. * “The state school commissioner shout the same time brought to the attention of those barged with handling the finances of the their work than ever In-fore st the same pe- *We Sell Farms” MOORE-GAUJJT CO., Real Estate, Rent, Loans. Century Building. J2.750—GOOD STORK and 4 room, on South Hid*, beside* a line Industrial plant, where a good buslneai would be easily built. On a corner lol, (0x150, paved atreet and car line. Terma. Room to build another houee. JJ.no—ONK or THE NICEST cot- tagea on Georgia Ave., everything modern; beet material and workman ship: 0 nice rooma and hall, dreaalng ami bath room and 1 trunk mama. Can rail on term,. Will accommodate two famllis*. 22.500—FOR FIVE ROOMS and en- cloeed rear porch; only 10 mlnutee' walk from Terminal elation. Elegant location for a railroad man. Can cell on your own terme. HAVE SEVERAL pretty Grant Park new homee In ( and (-room cottage*, on eaay term*. VK BUT AND SELL purchaae-money notee. and make loan* on real eatate. GIVES LAFAYETTE’S SWORD TO U. S. NEW YORK, March 5c—Boron Per ron# de San Marltlno, of Italy, arrived In New Tork on the steamship Fred- ' rich der Groaee today, with the In tention of diapoalng of the aword which General Lafayette uacd during hi* life. "W# prlae It very highly In our faml. ly." he raid, "but berauae of the aaao- clatton* between General Lafayette and America we feel that It ehould b« tn thta country." ENGINEER O’NEILL DIES OF INJURY CULLODEN. 577 M 7rch 5 — Engineer . .Charlea O’Neill, who wee fatally In jured In the exploeton of Southern local • freight engine No. 12J, at Champions Spur, yesterday, died last night at hla home tn Fort Valley at 7: III o'clock. O'Neill *u formerly of Atlanta, but waa living In Fort Valley. Fireman Walker and two negro brakeinen, who were'.badly scalded and bruised, are tn a critical condition, and Walker may die.. The wrecked engine ~nd four box cars were cleared away gbt and trattle waa resumed thla morning. SALES FAR EXCEED COTTON RECEIPTS AUGUSTA, Ga, March Spot cot ton Is taking a Jump In Augusta. From Saturday thru yesterday the receipts were 7.535 bate*. The sales from Sat urday to last night were J.07J bale*, a considerably greater amount than rame onto the .market. The general opinion In the cotton section, based on r.iinment by the farmer* themselves, la that there will be a material reduction In the acreage In this section this year, due almost entirely to the exceeslve rouble experienced during the past arresting reason In getting hands. ' /** , -■*»/ Ul ibltlon blH, cutting off . .. of revenue of the state. The annual Income of the state Is slxjut 84,200,000 In excean of convict hire, nnd convict Jilre la no louger available for general expenses. A Million for Veterans. ‘Two millions ate appropriated for the 4‘oiiiiuon schools. One million for peuainn* ami the Holdiera' Home, nml the balance de frays the expenses of the eleeuiosknary It ■ Interest on our public debt. 1100,ooo for the sinking fund. sml meets the salaries of tliom* engaged In the servlet of the state. Koine of these Items are vary large. Interest and the sinking fund amount to 2416,000.000. The rare or the Insane rails for 8370.000 annually, and the Academy for the Itllud and the Behind for the Deaf sml Dumb are among the Institutions that must lie provided for. * t waa perfectly apparent that the money rh the state would hare on hand could not pay up the 842,717 which bad not been met In 1907, and also p *"*“* vsnre to the pensioners i rear 1908 and nlao meet ... Inbllltles of the state. If the pensioners had liceit (Mild lu advance this year there would have lieeu no money to pay anything on the salaries of the school teachers until months after the work done by them which earned their salaries. “It was In this condltlonof affairs that the legislature almost unanimously passed the Mpl to pay the pensions for 1808 to the vet* In honor of Mr. Henry Mosler. of New York city, the members of the Birmingham Art Association gave a reception yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mr«. W. 8. Lovell on Ridge Park-ave. As the reception was the first since the association was organ Ixed, It was of unusual Interest, but .the presence of Mr. Mosler made It quite memorable. The name of Mr. Mosler has been revered In art circles for near* 1/ half a century. He la considered to stand at the head of what critics call genre painting, and museums and. gal lerles In thla country and In Europe contain many of hts works. # Mrs. Prank Butt has returned from a very enjoyable visit to Mrs. Edward Barrett, In Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Butt was entertained at a number of beau tiful parties. She was a mudh admired guest ht the beautiful costume ball which Birmingham' society people. In common with those of all other cities, enjoyed Just before Lent. The Age- Herald thus describes Mrs. Frank Bar rett's costume at the ball; “Mrs. Bar rett wore a Pierrot costume of white satlh striped with black polka dots, a Pierrot muff and tall cap, with black polka dots, black gloves and masque." It '*«• to i qusrterly Instead «>f paying It lu ad* Work done liefore receiving pay. me legislature adopted the iMillcy of paying Its various liabilities monthly mid quarterly ns the llnhllltte* mature. The plan waa not suggested' by ine— condition* forced It. Quarterly Pensions Right. "I approved the bill to make the pari of the pensions «|iiartcrly. I believe It was right and Just. Rut the legislature In Ita desire to serve the veterans changed the plan <•" slower before thru r ...PBL In Atlanta at the treasury, either coming for It or sending a power of uttorney to some one to collect ft. Now the pensions are paid In the different comities hy the ordinaries and a pensioner baa nothing to do ‘Then* may lie cases where HffH.. trouble thla year to pensioners who did not receive all of their pcneUma In advance, hut many of our teachers have widowed mothers and aged father* dependent upon them. Would It tie fair to leave them to put all Its liabilities upon the same footing and provide to meet them from time to time at they matured/' DENY NEW TRIAL FOR PORTER JONES A new trial la denied Porter Jones, of Putnam rounty, aentanced to, life Imprisonment for the murder of Robert A.lauis, by the supreme court tn a de cision affirming the action of the lower iurt In denying M«w trial. In some of Its phases this Is one of the moat remarkable case* In the crim inal annala of the state. Robert Ad am*. a farmer In Putnam county, was shot down whllo at work In the field. Before dying lie told hla wife that Al- >rt Jones shot Mm. On the afternoon of the aante day. It was testified, Robert Jones entered u store In Eatonton. where the following conversation occurred: Who killed him?" asked the store- ■SEuiad who?" replied Porter Jones. Robert Adams." Is he dead?" and on being told that he waa, Jones exclaimed: * * "Tltak God! 1 killed him." The brothers were tried, convicted of murder and sent up for life. On an ap peal for a new trial. It wag, granted to Albert Jom*. but denied Porter Jonea. Porter Jones asked for a change of venue on the ground that he could not secure a fair trial In Putnam county. False rumors and threats of mob vio lence. This was also denied. Porter Jones Is said to have stated that he killed Adams because' Adams asked Porter for a drink of whisky, a deadly Insult he would brook from no man. He said also that Adam* had killed one of hla brothers. Justice* At kinson and Holden dissented from the denial of a new trial. >John Randolph Cooper, of Macon, represented Jonea. NEW CHURCH PAPER TO APPEAR IN MARCH. The marriage of Mis* Margaret Berry and Mr. J. Preston Lyons will be a so cial event of much Importance to their many friends. The wedding takes place Thursday evening at the home of the bride. In West End. the hour of the ceremony being 5: JO o'clock. A recep tion will, follow the wedding. Among the out-of-town guests In Atlanta for the event are Mr. and Mr*. James S. Kuhn, Mr. and Mrs. H. X. Murphey, Miss Dunbar and Miss O'Nell, of Pitts. urg. Pa.; Mrs. C. B. Speer and Miss Ipeer, of Pasadena, Cal. The ladles of An Saints church are much gratified with the success of their 1 musicals given at the residence of Mr. Frank Dancy thle week. They cleared a gratifying sum for the mlsklon work at LaGrange, and the muslcale was an artistic triumph for the singers and other performers. A large company rilled three rooms at the Dancy resi dence on the evening of the muslcale and enthusiastically received the pro gram, which was splendidly presented. ' The box party at which Mr. Edward Lovejoy entertained Thursday afternoon was complimentary to Mrs. John Me- Klnlock, of Chicago, and the guests of the occasion were Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. McKInlock. Mrs. Robert Lowry. Mrs. Henry Porter, Mrs. Jack Cohen, Mrs. Lowry Arnold. Mrs. Everett Ginn, Mrs. 8. C. Calkins, Mrs. James Free man. Mrs. W. 8. Elkin, Mrs. T. D. Meador, Airs. Edward Barnes, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. McAllen Marsh. »' The dance at Segadlo's on Friday evening will be a delightful compliment to a number of vlaltlng young women now In the city. Among the honor -guests will be Miss Nutting, of Cali fornia; Misers Lucy and Mattie Irwin Penn, of North Carolina; Miss Lota Watts, of Btaunton. Va.; Miss Camille Hatch, of New York; Miss Ethel Huff, of Cornelia, and Mias Annie Terhune, of New York. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Hawthorne, of Richmond, Va.. who have been the guests of Mr. D. O. Dougherty, erenow visiting Mr. and Mrs. Woods White at 201 Capltol-ave.' Dr. and Mr*. Haw thorne are' grently beloved here, and have been delightfully entertained In an Informal way. I Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ruden will re turn front Houston. Texas, next week and will be cordially welcomed tq^thelr many friends here. Mrs. Ruden has been bonur guest fit a number of pretty Miss Mattie Nutting, of Macon, who has been the guest Of -Mrs. Osgood Wynn for' a week, left Wednesday for Macon, where nhe will Join Miss Claire Bolfeulllet and go to Washington. D. C., for a visit to Miss Bolfeulllet and Mr. John T. Bolfeulllet. Dr. and Mrs. George T. Rrown re turned to the city yesterday after a most delightful 'stay of five wceka In Mexico nml Texns. where they were delightfully e'ntertalned. Dr. and Mrs. Jlrown nre at home to their friends at 194 East Plne-st.. Mr. nml Mrs. Frank P. Brinkman, of Terre Haute, Ind., arrived In Atlanta on Thursday gt noon and are the guests of Mrs. Lewis Harwell at her home on Peni-htree-at. They wlH be In the city for n week and will be delightfully en tertained. Mlaa Epaie Nutting, of California, la spending a month with Mrs. J. R. Nut ting on Merrltta-ave. Mlaa Nutting la a charming debutante of the present seaaon and Is receiving pleasant social attentions during her stay In Atlanta. ilndame Fannie Bloomfield Zelsler, who Is spending this week at the Pied mont, went to Knoxville Thursday. She will return to Atlanta Saturday for her) concert ut the Grand Saturday even- j Ing. Miss Maud Foster, the bright little I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Foster, w as hostess this week at a pretty birth day party, about thirty children en joying the hospitality of life occasion. Miss May Burke was the hostess on yesterday afternoon at a small tea giv en in honor of Miss Anne B. Phlnlsy. of Athens, who Is the guest of Miss Josephine Jones, In Macon. The two Atlanta representatives In the University of Georgia Glee Club which will appenr In Atlanta In April are Messrs. Saunders Jones and Ed ward Brown, Jr. The many friends of Mr*. Nathaniel F. Jackson will ‘be gratified to learn that she Is Improving, after an opera tion performed on Tuesday at St. Jo sephs Infirmary. . Miss Nettle Poole and Miss Nell Lovelace, who have been pleasantly entertained as the guests of Miss Eddie Lou Campbell at “Femcllff."' have re turned home. Mrs. Mark Johnston, who has re turned from a visit to Mrs.’ W. G. Charlton, of Savannah, will leave the city on Saturday to Join her husband at New Orleans. Mr. T. Weatherly Carter, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Carter for several days, left on Thursday for his home In Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. George S. Alexander, who has been visiting Mrs. Thornton Marye In Atlanta, I* the guest of her sister, Mrs. Willis Heard.—Savannah' pres*. Mrs. M. L. Brittain leaves Saturday for her home In Reading, after a stay of some length In Atlanta with her daughter, Mrs. Allgood Holmes. Mrs. Earl Skinner, of Atlanta, Is one of the guest* at the house party given by Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy F. Patterson at their home In Balnbridge. Mrs. Howell C. Erwin, Jr., and daughter. Kuna Patterson, of ’ Decatur, are the guests of Ml. nnd Mra. LeRoy F. Patterson In Balnbridge. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Kiser leave soon for Palm Beach, where they will enjoy the beauties nnd pleasures of the spring season In Florida. Mr*.:C. Decker Tefio and son, LeRoy Pattsrson, left for a visit to Mrs. Tebo’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy F. Patterson, In Balnbridge. Miss Bessie Dew Martin, of New York, will arrive the latter part of the month to spend some time with Mrs. John M. Slaton. Miss Enid Scott, who Is spending the. week with Mias Elelo Landrum, will go back tq Mra. Frank West’s on Monday next. Mrs. Frank -Butt, who I>as been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Barrett, of Birmingham, returned home yester day. Mra. James Huntley, Mra. Willis Jones and Miss Jeannette Swift will spend the month of April In New York. Miss Louise Johnson Is being delight fully entertained In Montgomery as the-guest of Miss Mary Selbies Ball. Mra. Brfglet, the guest of Mr*. WII Ham Hunt In the Avalon. Is better after several day's’ Indisposition. MlW Eugenia Bitting, of Dalton. Is the attractive guest of Mrs. William 8. Richardson on Spring-st. ■>. Mia* Joy Harper, of Rome, Is visit Ing her brother. Mr. Houstoun Harper, at the Piedmont. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce Bl|ss have taken nn apartment In The Hall on Sprlng-st. Mrs. Mark Tolbert left Thursday morning for Birmingham to visit Miss I,mile Lane. Mra. Willis Jones has recently re turned from a delightful stay at Palm Beach., Miss Louise Hawkins has gone to Mississippi to spend a month with rela- tlves. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Harris, after!a two weeks' visit to Cuba, are again at home. SENATOR-PROCTOR. OOOOtJO 00000000000000000000 O LAW-MAKERS WHO O HAVE DIED RECENTLY. O O ■ WASHINGTON, March 5.—The O O following senators have died since O O last spring: O Senator Morgan, of Alabama. O Senator Pettus, of Alabama. O Senator Mallory, of Florida. O Senator Latimer, of South Car- O O ollna. O Senator Proctor, of Vermont. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WASHINGTON, March 5.—Out of respect to the memory-of Senator Red- fleld Proctor, of Vermont, who died suddenly In hla apartments at the Champlain last. night, both houses of congress adjourned after convening tb- day. When the senate met at noon Chaplain Hale referred briefly Jo the death of Senator Proctor. The vice president named the following commit tee to attend the funeral In Vermont Friday: 1 Dillingham, of Vermont; Daniel, of Virginia; Brandegee, of Connecticut Perkins, of California; Taliaferro, oi Florida; Overman, of North- Carolina, and Hemenway, of Indiana. LITTLE GIRLS FOUND, FLAMES SAYS JANITOR Continued from Page One. TAKE NOMINATION HIS BURGLAR SON Minnesota Chief Executive Says He Can't* Accept. AUGUSTA. Ga„ March (.—An nouncement Is made today that the first Issue of The Augusta DtstrJct Evan gelist. the new publication uf the North Oeorgtu Conference of the Methodist church. will appear tbe middle of the month. Dr. Heldt, presiding elder; Dr. Richard Wilson and Dr. Fletcher Wal ton are handling the paper, which Is to be a monthly publication. AUGUSTA, Ga, March 5.—A benefit circus will be given In Augusta March 20 and II by the Elks’ lo0ge. No. 105, the John H. Sparks aggregation being used as the attraction. 8T. PAUL, Minn., March 5.—Gov ernor Johnson, says he would not ac cept the nomination for the presidency If It. were offered him. He Is reported to have said that under the circum stances he can not afford to accept the nomination now. HAD LETTER WRITTEN BY “RED GANG NO. 13” SPARTANBURG. 3. C„ March 6^- Acmrdlnt to a letter found on young Lee Dowden. w ho. with Crawford Boss*, waa arrested Monday night In connec tion with the robbery of the hardware store of Montgomery A Crawford. "Red Gang Number Thirteen” has been or ganised In thla stale for the purpoee of committing crime. When searched, a letter was found on Dowden addressed tn a cltlxen In the lower part of the state, stating that "Red Gang Number Thirteen" Intend ed to visit hi* town and proposed to kill him. The letter also told of a safe that bad been robbed tn tbe lower part of-the state and claimed the credR of robbing the safe. DALTON, Ga, March 5.—The coal thieves have been buay In the city for a number or weeks and last night Horace Springfield captured two of them while they were robbing a car of coal beireigtng to him. The persons caught are two negroes. Moss Lewis add Dan Keith. Heir to $500,000 Caught While Staggering Under Load of Loot. NEW YORK, March 5.-“If I were the Judge on the bench and had to sen tence you. 1 would give you the fullest penalty provided. You have broken your mother's heart. Now I am done with you.” Thus Adolph Koch, of the Bronx, de nounced his son, William Arnold Vic tor Kuch, aged 24. sol* heir to a' fortune of 1540,000, who had been arrested for burglary. The prisoner was arraigned In the Tombs police court today. Youhg Koch was caytured fairly staggering under a load of loot he had taken from the home of Arnold Kohn, president of the State Bank. SIXTEEN ENGLISH MINERS ENTOMBED BIRMINGHAM, England, March 5.— Fire In the Hantetead colliery near here ■till render* It Impossible for rescuers to reach sixteen miners entombed with in. It ts believed they must have al ready perished. CHARLES B. LANDIS IS RE-NOMINATED FRANKFORT. Ind, March 5.—Con gressman Charles B. Landis was re nominated on the first ballot at th* Ninth Indiana District Republican con vention today. It U hi* seventh nomi nation for congress. fZSSHBall *.4 :j(C Ing that he was on the way to the basement, Just before he discovered the blase when he' met three little girls running upstairs. They told him. he said, that there was a tiro below. Her- ter seems dazed. He Is giief-etrlcken over the death of his .own children, which has unnerved him and he has not tdld In detail the circumstances leading to the-breaking out of the fire. Undertakers wfere active, throughout the suburb this, morning. All manner of vehicles Conveyed little coffins to sor rowing homes. White, fluttering crepe appeared on doorway* throughout the village with the suddenness of mush room growth. The people of the afflicted communi. ty. benumbed yesterday, this morning awoke to a grief more acute than can be chronicled. ‘■Who Is To Blame!” doe* not bloc! rlated. speculation of "Who blame?’.’ s ' Flrea with the consequences of yes terday should not occur and the offi cers of the town are trying to find out who ts at fault. The real cause of the fire will probably never be known, uti les* some one who knows comes for ward and tells. There le the work of Incendiarism- natural Indulgent nf sensational speculation always to be heard after such n tragedy, but with no known foundation of fact. The rumor Is re garded as an Idle one. Some tell of an overheated furnace, the only logic accounting for the origin of the fire. Coroner Burke made a terse state ment today. "The construction of the school I* an outrage,” he said. "The hallways were narroj* and there wns practically only one mode of exit. The children were, caught like rats in a tran.” ' I The Door Opening Inward. When the ’little ones In the -North Colllnga'ood school got to the halls they sniffed emoke, they felt heat and they felt danger. Their step quickened. Three or four boys broke for the door. This door opened inward. On such a detail hung scores of live*. Had the door opened outward those with terror In their legs would hare bounded thru and the others who were marching would have gone on to safety with the preclelon of a regiment> on parade. One boy. as nearly as can be learned, tried to, pull the door toward him. An other thought. In his terror, be could do so more quickly. There was a scram ble. One of them went down, then an other and another, until there waa a heap at the door. The line, exulted by cries, by the struggle, .by the danger In voluntarily Impressed upon them, could hold together no longer. It would have 00<hJOOOOOO<h3«i<K>OOOOOOOOiJO O O O GREAT FIRE DISASTERS O IN PAST FIFTEEN YEARS. O _ 1893. June 9—Ford’s Theater O O collapsed, Washington: 22 killed. O O 1892. April 8—Davidson's .Then- O O ter. Milwaukee; 9 killed. O . 1898. December 7—The Front-*t. O Theater. Baltimore, fire panic; 27 O O killed. O 1897. May 8—Grand Charity Ba- O tar. Paris; 143 killed. O „ 1828 November (—Wonderland O 6 Theater. Detroit, collapeed; 15 O O killed. _ O O 1801, January 12—Turner's hall, O O Chicago; A killed. O O 1801. November 8—Klondike O O Theater. Hurley. Wl*.: I« killed.'' O O 1943, December SO—Iroquois O 0 Theater. Chicago; 700 killed. O O 1904, June 15—Steamer General O O Slocum; 958 killed. O O 1808. January 18—Opera house, O O Boyertown. Pa.: 189 killed. O O 1908. March 4—The Colllngwood O O School. Cleveland, Ohio; 1JS chll- O O dren kilted. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BBNHHfiS WILL MAKE STUDY OF CITY BOND PLAN 1 AND THEN REPORT Chamber of Commerce Com mittee Will Get To Work. M’KEE SEVERELY To give careful consideration to the proposed 21,000,000 bond Issue and re port to the. Chamber of Commerce, a committee will bfc named shortly by President Asa O. Candler of the cham ber. It will consist of twenty-five of the most prominent members of the chamber and will consider every phase of the bond proposition before making Ita report. At the meeting of directors of the chamber Wednesday afternoon, the resolution qf F. J. Paxon. providing that such a committeo be appointed, waa adopted by a vote of 7 to 2. the minority believing that the request for the appointment of such' a committee should come from council, which has the power of deciding upon a bond elec tion. The majority believed that coun cil would welcome a suggestion from the chamber and would be glad to gain such information as mlghi be devel oped by the committee. Mr. Paxon's Resolution. Whereas, A resolution providing for nn lMUe of city I Minds for the stun of 8LWO.OO0 for various public work*, nnd creating n commission for the disbursement of the pro ceeds of mild tNiuds. was introduced In the city council Inst yenr, sad an agitation for n xi in I In r measure Is now going on: nnd Whereas, The tnetnlter* of this chamber nre tux-payers, hearing a Inrge pi.rt of the burden of city government, nnd aro enter prising nnd nrogretMlve cltlxen*. olive to nil that /*,f«r the best Interests of the city and '** people; nnd Wberens, This chamber Is the business inn's forum for the discussion of nil mut ters of (xmceru to Its uietutwrs; therefore he It * — — Iteso dent point at bIs leisure a committee of the «blent and wisest men of sffnlr* umong our tuemlKTs to consider nnd report to this board ss early as practicable upon the fol >—■— nubtceta of Inquiry: at Important work* or Improvement* nre demanded hy the needs of the public service or* the best Interest* of the city*: 2. What will be the probable cost of such Improvements? 8. Which of them may or should be paid for out off current funds, nnd for which should the future t>e taxed? 4. Doe# the extent .which , public'credit to obtain them? 6. Is the mnrkct for material and labor nnd the necessary land favorable for- i*on- st ruction upon a large scale? 6. Is the money market favorable for the flotation of city of Atlanta bonds at n fair rate of Interest? 7. To whnt extent will such construction employ lnbor, nnd whnt kind of labor, and to what extent will It create a demand for home products? 8. Are the ordinary revenues of the city sufficient for Its need*, and If not, how can they Im» Increased? 9. With school attendance Increasing 25 per tent where the numlier of wage earn ers Increased 60 per cent In five years, what can be done to Insure adequate provision for the public school system of Atlanta? Mr. Candler Wants Bonds. The nttltude of the entire board was that off seeking Information. President Aan ('nndler made a vigorous speech, advocating the bond Issue, and others admitted that they favored It. nltho practically all auld some Investigation to determine Us wisdom waa necessary. So dfaector desired the bohrd to pasq upon the bond Issue proper. Aldcnnnn *V. 1^. Curtis, who was present, altho not a director, said he had come up to —ft some light upon the bond Issue, ns would hare to vote upon the question In BY WifLS LAWYER Famous Divorce Suit Now On Trial in Paris. PARIS, March 5.—The Hart-McKea divorce trial began yesterday. Mattre Barboux, Mra. McKee'* lawyer, opened with a bitter arraignment of McKee for re .?L y lo **1* wife's divorce petition with a counter ault. He severely scored the American press for sensatlon&llv exploiting the divorce litigation*. He nccuaed McKee of deceiving his wife, en *5*^ ol 8?.marriage, by represent ing that his father's fortune waa hla own. He declared the huaband fre quently threatened Mrs. McKee with a pistol, and accused the defendant of other misconduct. He finished by read ing a batch of affidavits by witnesses of brutalities McKee la alleged to have heaped upon hla wife and charge that he tried to buy testimony against her. MOONSHINERS DUE AT FEDERAL COURT Mounahlner* and tlfclr friends from the mountain* will be largely In evl- denee Monday In the United- States court, and they will continue to fie the week* Ut attrae,lon ,ur “ couple of Then the Federal court will open for the March term and for two weeks Judge Newman will hear the criminal docket. Most of the cases set for trial are for violations of the revonuc regu- atlons and consequently there will be large numbers of mountaineers of moonshine fame In the city. GIRL is MISSING - FROM HER HOME Oxella Rodger*. 14 year* of nge I* reported to have dlaappeured from her home, 17 Mechanlr-*L. and the police have been a*ked to find her. The girl Is said to have been taut «een In com- pnny with Kdna Samuel, 15 year* old It la thought both girls have left the city. Georgia Rural Carriers. WASHINGTON. March S.-^h, fol lowing appointment* In the rural letter carrier force have been made; Georgia—Union Point. Kdgar P Young, carrier, nnd Luther H. Young! sub-route No. 2. \HHAND —... • * soiuunn ui(.nrmjn LILLIAN RUSSELL HI IlElt LATEST COMEDY. “WILDFIRE” PRICES 25c ¥o 11.59. . Ix>nd the dler. R. I*. Foraman, David Woodward, u, 8. Duncan. R. C. Callaway, C. K. Cavsrty, John K. Murphy, bkmuel Stone nnd A. Maler. been a miracle If they .could have done Then what followed can be Imagined. Girls and boys fought with each other. Some went down, then arose ss other* wont down. It waa like water In i whirlpool, or like tKe tossing of quick sand. Dying, Writhing Bodies. A minute of this was enough to keep some of the children on the floor and their bodies, dying and writhing, were twisted Into horrible masses. 8ome were held 4>y the leg* ao tightly that they could not be extricated. Even when rescue was at hand more than one child had to be abandoned because a half doxen arms In death grip held them by the legs. When the reacuers pulled hard the flesh slipped from the bones like tender bark. The people of North Colllngwood are unwilling tn believe today that there waa not good reason for this great and sudden terror which ended In the com plete destruction of order. The chil dren were sufficiently schooled In fire drill to get out If they saw half a chance nf doing so. It is accepted sa certain that the lUtls ones left their rooms only to t?e greeted by flnmee. It was the actual alght of fire and smoke and the actual experience pf blistering heat that sent them belter skelter to the bottom of the stairway In heap* to die In torturing struggle. Pilts of Bodies Covered. When the fire had been controlled and It was possible to take nut some of the bodies, one man at the doorway luckily said: "Bring sheets and blankets.” The word waa passed along and women, hastening to the . school, tor tured with doubt as to the safety of their children, stopped, turned, and, with the human Instinct of helping, ran back to their homes for the coverings. It was a good thing that that man thought of sheets and blankets, for he saved many a woman a-sight of horror that would have been vivid with her as long as she lived. At no time would she hare felt grief over the loss of one of her Children without being staggered with recollections of the tangled, twist ed mass of charred bodies. Then they started to take out the bodies. The exertion of strength to extricate them would make them break. An arm. roasted to a crisp, would snap and— But It Is bad enough that the people of Colllngwood were forced to wltneei a horror of this nature, and many oth ers similar without spreading the Shud ders. Suffice It that there Warn a scene In the ruins of the etdiool house—and there still Is one—that rucked the very souls of the people who witnessed It. Wreck Victims Talk of Fir*. Several Cleveland people, victims of the recent wreck at Hiram. Ga.. are still In Atlanta hospitals. Among them are the Misses Studebaker and Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Slcha. * “Colllngwood la a, manufacturing suburb about 12 miles from Cleveland," said Mr. Slcha In speaking of the school fir*. "The people fdr the most part Work In the factories and mills near by. I have been out there several times, but know little nf the achool beyond seeing It as I passed.” SATURDAY NIGHT. MARCH 7. STEINWAY A SONS PRESENT MME. FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER TIJE WORLD'S GREATEST PIANIST. Price, sec to 11.50. Sole now on. THE BIJOU THIS WEEK, Matinees Tues.» Thurs. and Sat. MURRAY & MACK The SUNNY SIDE OF BROADWAY Next Week: “When Knighthood Wa* In Flower.” THE ORPHEUM MAKES ATLANTA WORTH WHILE. MLLE. AGOUSTE AND COMPANY, The Feature of the 8eason. 8even Other Big Acts—Matinees Every Day But Monday—Uptown Ticket Office Jacobs' Pharmacy Soda Fount. Phonta Bell 3146; Atlanta 1764. Next Week: Billy (Single) Clifford. RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Showing the arrival and departure of pas senger trains pf the followtng roads, subject to typographical errors: ATLANTA & WEST POINT R. R. Terminal Station. > RoT" -- ^Arrive Frees- •12 West I*t.. S.la .'44 West Pt. 10.30am It Colamhas. 11.15 am 20 Colombo*. 7.95 pm 41 34 Monts'/.. 8.35 pm 37 36 New Q....1L66 pm No Depart To— 35 New O.... 8.20am 13 Columbut. 6.10 am 33 Montgm'/. 9.40 am “ New O...S 2.15 pm ) pm . 6.45 pi {■ Trains marked • ran daily except buudajT Trains marked ! hm Sunday only. Other trains rnn dally. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY. Arrive From— Deport To— 1 Ydscon ........ 8.00 am Jacksonville.. 19ft am Savannah .... 8.00am Macon 11.50nm Macon 4.50 pm Ht. Augu«t>..10.44am Macon 4.00 pm Jacksonville.. 9.07 pm Savannah .... 8.30 pm Mscpn 11.40 pm tleo. Atlanta; Leave. | ArrtveT Cincinnati and Louisville • 4.00 pm Knoxville via Blue Bids* • 8J0 am Knoxville via CartersrIUe • 4.00 pm I Tate accommodation,,....)! 6.00 pm * ' I 1 . S i \ nfTaTiy ss: • rs sent FJtUA B. M. WOOLLKYhL^ TEETH EXTRACTED positively wlthoat pain. 6oc each. reeth Sa. Mono exs not bar batter- I'lIlLADKLPBIA DENTAL KUO M*. Me. m Whitehall he