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icing at 8 o’Clock
We Offer Five Hundred
Children’s Presses,
Worth $1 to $1.50,
EACH
This is the strongest bargain offering
we’ve ever announced, and our popular
Second Floor will be packed Saturday
morning. So come early.
These Dresses are for ages 6 through
17 years, are made exactly as you would
wish, so come now and buy two, four,
or even a dozen, while you can save so
much money. All are made of the best
ginghams, chambrays, reps, and there
are dainty percales and lawn dresses for
Juniors that have never been carried in
Atlanta before. Choice of five hundred
$1.00 to $1.50 Dresses, while they last,
75c each.
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F reshPar isFlo'wers as
Trimming for Gowns
And Hats Newest Fad
RSUfSDLVElT
Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceed
ings Begun Against East Ala
bama Street Bank.
Action in the United .Stales Fourth
l brought to a head to-day the trouble
that haii been brewing In the affairs
, of the Guarantee Trust and Banking
j 1 'ompanv foij some weefch.
Dissatisfied stockholders and hold
%rs of the Investment bonds which
* the corporation sells have died a long
* Ust of cnees against the concern ask
ing for a receiver. J. H. Kirby. T. F
’ Rogers and J. H. Ruse ell. bondholders
yesterday appeared in the Federal
Got^rts. taking action in bankruptcy ■
proceedings and charging Insolvency. |
I Attorneys say suite iri the Superior
Courts will be amended so as also t<
charge insolvency.
The action in the Superior Courts
. was filed some time ago and for -i
week or ten days depositions of ofll j
cers and directors of the company J
have been taken. It is as a result <»f
the information gleaned from these I
depositions that the charges of insol
vency have been made.
Calls Charges Unfounded.
The Guarantee Trust and Hanking
Company, through Henry O. Peeples,
its attorney, declares that the charge*
are unfounded, that the corporation
is solvent, and that it has a perfect
right to pay preferred creditors, if it
so wishes. One of the charges in the
Federal Courts- is that it lias paid
preferred creditors while insolvent.
Seven years ago, when the compa
ny was organized, it began conducting
a banking bui • rth coramei »
and savings, besides its trust busi
ness
Eighteen months ago the company
disposed of its banking business to
the City .Savings Bank. Since that
time it ha* conducted an investment
business.
Its principal activity has been the
selling of bonds on the installment
plan. The company agrees to pay lib
eral interest on these bonds and to
invest the money thus received, re
paying the principal on maturity.
The complaining bondholders charge
, Mat instead of investing the money
> arefully and wisely the Guarantee
hA* been dissipating the funds in
peculation and unwise investments,
together with too heavy expenses.
Bondholders Pay $300,000.
•''bout $800,000 ha.s been paid in by
bondholders, against which a reserve
of about $300,000 is held. ,
i'h*' case in the Federal courts has
u peculiar legal angle. Under Federal
statute, any concern can be thrown
into bankruptcy upon a proper show
ing of insolvency, except insurance
companies, railroads or batiks. The
Guarantee has a banking charter, but
has not boon doing u bank try; busi
ness for eighteen months. Thus it is
questioned whether the Federal
‘ourts have Jurisdiction. If they do.
all action in the 'State courts is su
perseded.
A recent statement of the Guaran
tee Trust and Banking Company, of
which Samuel E. Smith is president,
shows total assets of $864,014.10; cap
ital stock of $328,183.34; legal reserve.
$383,9S3.38; bonds valued at $316,705,
and real estate valued at $297,860
Allegations are made that the stock
and bond holdings, and the real
estate holdings, are carried at an in
flated value, representing the com
pany’s estimate of their worth, not
the purchase price or what the prop
erties could bring at sale.
Matthew Delaney, of Augusta,
owner of a $5,000 bond, and J. .1. Rus
sell, J. S. Rivers and E. E. Skipper,
stockholders, are the leaders in the
State court litigation. Ten or fifteen
inverventions have been filed by
bondholders, and 30 or 40 more wlil
be filed by Monday, attorneys say.
Among the allegations made
against the Guarantee Trust and
ft!
*4 Minks ths-
Vr&h (3ba£Ti W-fST
Re.il flowers as trimming for gowns
and hats will ho used by the smart
woman tills summer, according to dis
patches from Baris'. They will take
first place in the budget of .fashion.
As a trimming for gowns they will he
made up in long strings and scoured
by jeweled clasps.
They wiil be worn along the borders
of coats, the hems of sleeves, around
the waist, and even on the hems of
folds in draped skirts. Small.May
roses will be popular for the trim
ming, but daisies and other field flow
ers. because of their lasting qualities,
will be extensively used.
Hats, large and small, will contain
fresh flowers, a craze started largely
to stamp out the luxury of aigrettes.
One of the novelties this summer
will be the wearing of a single Ameri
can Beauty rose with a long stem in
place of the usual bouquet. The rose
is curried in the hand and not fast
ened to the dress, the arbiters of fash
ion pointing out that the length and
grace of the American rose enhance
the beauty of line and the slimness of
the wearer.
Banking Company by complainants
in State and Federal courts are:
1 That it lias paid preferred
creditors, while insolvent.
L\ That “unconscionable salaries’’
have been paid to officers.
I’hat -i "Mcd of its banking
business in violation of its charter
and of the rights of stockholders.
4. That it ceased making sworn
statements tu the State Treasurer,
depriving the stockholders of pro
tection.
5. That Information has been re
fused stockholders.
6. That officers refused to permit
an audit of tho books.
7. That investments have been
made in Unban bonds and In lands
near Tampa. Fla., which petitioners
believe are of little value.
8. That dividends were paid in
1912 when the company was not earn
ing a profit.
9. That the stock, sold at par. has
declined to 46.
10. That stocks and bonds held by
the company ha investments, includ
ing cemetery lots, are carried at in
flated values, and that if listed at true
values, the company would be shown
to be in Advent
Attorneys representing the peti
tioners «re Smith & Hastings.
Charles T. and Unton Hopkins,
Hughes & Foster, and Dorsey, Brew
ster, Howell ! leyman.
Hardest atrd Most Decisive Anti-
Alien Fight Due in California
Senate To-day.
special Cabl* to The Atlanta Georgia^.
TOKIO, May 2.—That Japan
may grow unrest' ainoble the
State of California fails (© rood if v
its anti-alien law attitude, was
pArt of a resolution adopted at a
mass meeting here to-day.
A number of fiery speeches were
made by radicals.
HAi’RAMBNTO, UAL. Ma.vw2 The
hardest and bitterest fight rhat yet
itas been waged around the anti-alien
legislation In the California Legis
lature was due to take place In the
Senate beginning at II o’clock to
day, when the Thompson bill was to
be made a special order of business.
Protest against the Webb draft of
tire anti-alien land bill was voiced in
a telegram from President Wilson to
Governor Johnson to-day. The tel
egram said:
I take the liberty of calling
your attention to the Webb bill,
which would involve an appeal
to the courts on a question of
treaty rights and bring on what
might be long and delicate litiga
tion WOODROW WILSON.
Bryan Decides to Stay.
Secretary of State Bryan announc
ed that in light of the present compli
cations in the situation he would not
start for Washington to-night, as had
been planned.
It was understood that the Curtin
Joint resolution will be reported at
that time, calling upon the {legisla
ture to delay Indefinitely action on the
pending bill and leave the entire sub
ject. of anti-alien legislation to the
Government for- settlement through
a new treaty wun Japan.
Bill Certain to Pass.
A poll of the Senate to-day showed
that the Thompson bill will pan*
when it comes to a final vote. The
Democrats were endeavoring to delay
action. They were ready to offer nu
merous amendments, bn the final
vote, however, they were expected to
line up solidly for the measure. The
| Democratic platform pledges them
I to an anti-alien bill.
Assemblyman Bloodgood, of Los
j Angeles, introduced a duplicate of tho
! 'Thompson bill in the lower house last
night
Atlantan Urged as
Brigadier General
Prominent Citizens Present Claims
of Col. William W. Forsyth
for Promotion.
Prominent Atlantans are interested
I In the <-ause of Uol. William W For- |
j ayth, a native of Atlanta, whose ap- j
plication for appointment as Briga
dier General In the United States |
Army has been filed with the War |
Department.
In the appeal sent to-day by his
supporters to .Senator Smith, Sena
tor Bacon and Congressman William
Schley Howard, Is the statement that
Georgia has had no general officer in
the national army since 1863'
Colonel Forsyth Is the son of Wil
liam Forsyth, a prominent Georgian
of ante-bellum days, for whom For
syth Street is named. lie saw ac
tive service with General (’look
against the Apaches in 1883, In the
(Jeronimo and other Indian wars.
He served as acting adjutant gen
eral during the Spanish-American
War. as commander of the Third
Squadron, 6th U. S. Cavalry, during
the China relief expedition and as
ommander in the Philippines.
He, was recommended by General
Chaffee for brevet of major for gal
lant conduct in a battle near Tien
tsin. August 19. 1900. He has been
promoted four times.
Not Enough Heroes
For the Pedestals
Seven Nations Have Failed to Con
tribute Patriotic Statuary for
Washington Building.
Women and Children Among the
Victims of Wreck When Cars
Plunge Into Canyon.
WASHINGTON, May 2, Only
thirteen of the twenty-one republics
on the Western Hemisphere which
form the Pan-American Union, have
raised statues of their national he
roes in the magnificent marble build
ing here devoted to advancing tho
interests of pan-Americanism.
In the main hall of the building
stand twenty-one marble pedestals.
On ten of them are busts of chosen
national heroes, while three other
Latin American countries have se
lected the subject to be thus hon
ored,
George Washington is this coun
try’s contribution to the hall of
American republics fame. Bolivar,
who aohieved the independence of
Columbia, Peru and Bolivar, as well
as of Venezuela, is the representative
of the last named country.
MEXICO CITY, May 2. One hun
dred and sixty men. women and chil
dren. passengers on a train on the
Inter-Oceanic Railroad, were killed
near Ozumba. State of Mexico, when
a brklg. was dynamited by Zapatista
rebels while the train was passing
over It.
Word of the disaster, which occur
red late yesterday, was received here
to-day in a War Department dispatch.
Only ten persons on the train es
caped with their Uvea. They were so
badly injured, however, that they
probably will die.
Ozumba. the .scene of the accident,
is 50 miles from this city.
Troops have been sent after the
perpetrators of the outrage. Orders
were given to execute them without
trial, if caught.
The passenger train was passing
over a long bridge spanning a deep
ravine when dynamite planted at
each end was exploded.
The bridge collapsed and the train
was dropped hundreds of feet into
the canyon.
Fifteen Zapata rebels who were hid
den in the hilLs near by immediately
ran to the scene and robbed the dead.
WHICH IS THE BETTER,
MR. PRACTICAL MAN
OR COLLEGE GRAD?
‘ Which is the better, the col
lege man or the practical man?’.’
For the first time an authority
has diagnosed the two cases.
Howard Kiting, president of the
Chicago Association of Commerce,
after obtaining the opinions of
representative men. has compiled
a table on the college man In
comparison to his brother practi
cal. man
Hu bad points arsi
b Impatience to succeed.
2. Lack of persistence.
3. Tendency to snobbishness.
4. Lack of industry.
5. Lack of thrift.
6. - Lack of technical training.
7. Lacks appreciation of time
8. Easily discouraged.
His good points are;
1. Has more concentration.
2. Knows where and how to get
in formation.
3. Reasons one step to another.
4. is more adaptable.
5. Is more conscientious.
6 Has keener appreciation of
duties of life.
7. Able to solve difficult prob
lems.
8. Has higher ethical and moral
standards.
9. Has larger view of life.
NERVOUS PEOPLE
Who droaci having teeth extra* ted filled or | At-
crowned should call at inv office and I will " ,M
demonstrate to your entire satisfaction that PalftlfiSS Ddfltlst
1 can do it painlessly.
$5 a Sat
They never ellp
or drop. I guar
antee then* for 20
yearn.
To mat
Don't Worry
Killing* In silver, Platl-
niim and Amalgam, ROc.
*2-k Gold Crowns. v * m
Porcelain Crowns l v /l
and Bridge Work I W
Dolly » *o x
Suuriay 10 to 3
l.ady Attendant ■ n d
l.adlee’ Kent Room.
Phone Wain 129*4.
Gold Duet A nleanlte seta
do not make the mouth
sore nor have rubber
taste.
73 1.1
Whitehall tt.
DR, WHITLAW. Painless Dentistry
Largest and most thoroughly equipped office In the South.
Entrance 73V* Whitehall Street; fourth door from J. M.
High Co.
(Orer the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Store.) Opposite the
Vaudette Theater.
Reference: My work and Central Bank and Truet Cor
poration.
ANY PURCHASE UP TO $20.00 SATURDAY
CAR CONDUCTOR FINED
UNDER “JIM CROW” LAW
PENSACOLA, FT,A., May 2.—The
first “Jim Crow” case to be tried in
this city in many years and in the
State for several years was heard to
day in Recorder’s Court, when a con
ductor of the Pensacola Electric Com
pany was fined for allowing negroes
to sit among white people on a street
car.
There is talk of preferring charges
against the Chief of Police for nor.
enforcing the law. It is claimed com
plaint was made to him and ignored.
FIRE DAMAGES HOTEL.
AMERICUS - Fire. supposed to
have been caused by defective wiring,
destroyed the roof and fifth floor of
the Windsor Hotel to-day. The hotel I
is owned by I.. G. Council.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
JJiHiGS Comm.
Come to our store Saturday,
select what you want, and if
the bill does not amount to
over $20.00 you can pay as
little as $4.00 down, the
balance $1.00 a week.
Summer Dresses
$10,00, $12.50, Maud $18.00
We can show you a selection
of Skirts, Waists, Petticoats,
Shoes, Millinery, Etc., at
prices positively less than you
can find elsewhere. All sold
on easy payments of $1.00
a week or $4.00 a month.
Men’s Suits Special for Saturday
Extra Special Shoe
Bargains Saturday
Bovs' $2.50 Oxfords $1.69
Patent Colt, Tan Calf, Box Calf; sizes
2 1-2 to 6; Saturday only, pair $1.69
1 attic Boys' $2.00 Oxfords, pair $1.49
Little Boys' Box Calf Oxfords, sizes 5) to
13 1-2. regular value $2.00, Saturdav
only, pair $1.49
Boys and Ynuilis leuiiis, colors Mark
or white, all sizes —
11 to 2. 75c value, Saturday \ . ..59c
2 1-2 to 6, $1.00 value, Saturday 69c
\iisses Patent Calf and (!un Metal
Pumps, sizes 11 to 2. widths C, I).
!•'.. regular >2.00 value. Saturday,
pair $1.69
Women's Kid Boudoir Slippers, w i i h
Pom-Pom. colors pifik. blue, tan,
Mark and red, all sizes, Saturdav,
pair 95c
Women’s Satin Boudoirs, in red, blue and
black; all sizes: regulai *2.00 value;
Saturday, pair . $1.49
4
$1.00
A
WEEK
You cannot imagine what great
values we are giving in these
suits at $1 7.50—the materials
are absolutely pure wool wors
teds and made in this season s
latest styles. Colors, blue, grey,
tan and mixtures; every one
worth $22.50; you can have your pick of about
50 Saturday at $1 7.50. Pay only $4.00 down,
the balance $ 1.00 a week. Don’t fail to see them.
CREDIT
CLOTHING
COMPANY
28 W. MITCHELL ST.