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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Georgians View With Interest Ef fort to Make Two States of Southern Peninsula, By JAMES B. NEVIN Georgians generally will be inter esrted in the movement now aggres sively under way to divide the State of Florida into two States, to be ' known, respectively, as East and West Florida. Every now and then, a motion has been made to divide the grand old State of Georgia—as the stump speak ers call it—into t\vo separate com- monwelaths, and this proposition bobs .up now and then in the suggestion - that.Macon be made the capital of the State instead of Atlanta, but it never ha« gone to anything like the length that the movement to divide Florida has gone. * A bill already has been prepared for Introduction in the Florida Legisla ture—as a matter of fact, it is sched uled to be sent to the House for a first reading Wednesday, Mav 7—and there can be no doubt that the movement is on in dead earnest and in all se riousness. A poll of the State Legislature, moreover, is «eaid to favor the idea, and every indication is that the bill will pass. After the passage of the bill the measure will be submitted to the peo ple for a vote, and if ratified, the Gov ernor will take the matter up with the Florida congressional delegation and proceed at once to'apply for statehood for both the proposed new States, without any further action in the Florida Legislature. The newspapers of the State are nearly all in favor of the movement. The matter has gone so far that al ready keen rivalries have sprung up between cities in both thb proposed new States, wishing to be the capitals thereof. Citizens generally seem to view the forthcoming division—if It ever arrives—with calmness and poise. Nobody seems to be mad with any body particularly—somehow Florida appears merely to think that it just as well be two States as one, if pot bet ter! One aspiring city, with somebody possessed of a happy sen$e of humor a press-agenting its claims, to the capi- " tal plum of one of the new Stages, gravely asserts that it is entitled to the honor because “the town is utterly ' free of insects, and is popular with the politicians.” Whether the one statement nega tives the other is, of course, for the gentle reader to say. The Vidalia Advance, in publishing the following unique communication from a correspondent, has solved something of a mystery, and thrown an illuminating and serious light upon a matter considered for many years more or less of a joke: “Editor Advance: I notice in a re cent issue of your paper where you say that you will hereafter leave off ‘Colonel’ from the names of attor neys, in which I heartily agree with you, as I think, the highest title an American in civil life can pave. is Mr.,' writes L. J. Cowart. “But as to how they came to be called Colonel l will explain for the benefit of posterity. Some time in the distant past every Solicitor General \v t as, by virtue of his office, a pieipber of the Governor’s staff, with the rank of colonel, and there being but few lawyers in the State, they were soon nearly all solicitors or ex-soliictors general, and for fear of robbing some of them of their military title, of which they were very proud, the peo ple, and more especially strangers, called them all “Colonel,” until finally it is applied to all alike, some of whom I am constrained to believe would scarcely make a good country ’squire, “Yours, etc., C. N.” Governor Joseph M. Brown delights to talk of nothing so much, perhaps, as of his big Cherokee County farm, where every now and then he spends a few hours—sometimes a day or more—looking over things. He can catch an early train out of Atlanta, ride, four miles through the country and back, catch an aft ernoon train back to Atlanta, and not be absent from the executive of- — flee more than six or eight hours, f When h * gets to the farm, however, he keeps things on the jump, for every minute counts. He can get .over a surprising amount of territory in a mighty short time, and he generally comes back to the Capital with his cuffs covered with minute pencil memoranda, about this, that and the other things, big and little, need ing attention in some way. He knows all the country folk ( about his farm, and they are to a man proud of their neighbor, both as a statesman and a farmer—for they look upon him as an eminent success in both lines of endeavor. John R. Cooper, of Macon, is an Atlanta visitor. Mr. Cooper says his late Congres sional race, although he failed to win, 1 has not greatly discouraged him. Hi intimates that he may have another try at that plum some of these days. Brenau Composer Given Signal Honor Otto W. G. Pfefferkorn Chosen by Godowsky to Help Arrange Ideal f>iano Course. | Georgia has been signally honored j through the selection of Otto W. G. Pfefferkorn, director of music at Bre nau College, Gainesville, Ga.. as a collaborator with Godowsky, the worjd famous pianist, in the preparation of an Ideal course of study for piano stu dents. Mr. Pfefferkorn received the invita tion from one of the leading publish ing companies of America.*the gifted American director being chosen at the request of Godowsky himself. Godowsky, who is jdt Vienna, is one of the foremost musicians of the day. Mr. Pfefferkorn, who has been con nected with Brenau Conservatory for twelve years, is a composer himself, his work being widely known. The Austrian and American musi cians were chosen in order to make the ideal course of study one of Inter national scope and interest. GOES AFTER SUSPECT. GADSDEN, ALA.. May 6.—An of- » ticer left here to-day for Cedartown, Ga., to investigate a report that a negro held by the police of that place is Warren P^yor, wanted here for the murder of G. F. Quest, superin tendent of the Alabama Power Com pany. White City Park Now Open HE THRIVESON POISON. CHAMPAIGN, ILL., May 6.—Henry Peters, aged 50, a farmer, was alive and well to-day. Last night he drank more than an ounce of nitric acid. Ten days ago he swallowed two ounces* (it sulphuric acid and recovered. U.S. Asked to Aid in Battle Celebration • Representative Howard Promises tc Try to Interest Federal Gov ernment—Socities Meet. The semi-centennial of the Battle of Atlanta will he celebrated by At lantans. Wllmer C. Moore, president of the Chamber of Commerce, ha» been working on the plan, and at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday a meeting will be held at which all of the patriotic so cieties in the city trill be represented. Arrangements for the celebration will be made. An effort will be made to obtain Federal aid in holding the celebra tion. Representative William Schley Howard ha* been communicated w ith by President Moore and has written that he will try to interest the Na tional Government, other members, of the Georgia delegation are also being communicated with. MILITIA CAPTAIN RESIGNS. MACON.—Captain John Harris, of the Macon Volunteers, has tendered his resignation as company com mander, and Lieutenant Balkcom is in line for the position. Sergeant A. < \ Brown will probably succeed to the lieutenancy. ODDITIES —in the— DAY’S NEWS Atlantan Arbiter in Raleigh Water Fight ! Benjamin H. Hall Fixes Price for Plant—Daniels to Sue for Burn ing of Newspaper. JUDGE REVENGED ON MILLI- NER8.—j/'I’ve been ‘soaked’ by milli ners ever since my honeymoon and now I’m getting even,” said Judge Uhler, of Chicago, when he fined William Ravid. a milliner, $15 for violating the ten-hour labor law. 77 LOVE LETTERS NO PROOF OF INSANITY.—“When a man 77 writes love letters, the fact does not constitute evidence of insanity,” said Judge Ellison in the Court of Ap peals of Kansas City. This ruling was laid dow;n in the case of a son who sought to % break his father’s win. TALKED IN SLEEP; GETS NEW TRIAL.—The State Supreme Court at Denver has held that a person may not be convicted of murder by admission made while talking in his sleep. Joseph E. Martinez, convicted of murder and sentenced to life im prisonment, will be tried again. At the first trial a witness testified that Martinez in his sleep muttered. “I killed her.” Benjamin H. Hall, an Atlanta en gineer, is back in the city to-day after spending several weeks in Ra leigh, N. C., as a member of a board of arbitration to settle a suit for the possession and operation of the Ra leigh waterworks. The arbitration board decided on a price of $250,000, suggested by Mr. Hall. Figures were based on a care ful survey and estimate of the water power plant and the distributing sys tem. An impounding basin Is planned. Heretofore there has been no reserve for fire or emergency. It Is under stood that Josephus Daniels, Secre tary of the Navy, will sue the city for the difference in the loss of his news paper plant and the insurance he car ried. He will base the suit upon the assertion that the property was in sufficiently protected by the city. • Queen Mary Painted As Parisian Beauty Llewellyn's Portrait at Royal Acade my in Sharp Contrast to One By Lavery. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 6.—The most inter esting feature of the Royal Academy exhibition is tne con trait between the work of the royal portrait paint ers, John Lavery and William Llewel lyn. The former has painted a por trait group of the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Mary. It is a realistic Anglg-Teutonio family, stiff, almost wooden. Llewellyn has produced a portrait of Queen r Mary making her look like a Parisian beauty. BANK TELLER $15,000 THIEF. ST. LOUIS, May t>.—A statement issued by the Third National Bank stated that H. C. Baseler, a paying teller, hart confessed to a shortage of $15,000. DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT EXPECTED TO RECOVER Spiral Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 6.—Encouragepient for the ultimate recovery of the Duchess of Connaught, wife of the Governor General of Canada, who was twice operated upon for intestinal obstruction, was given to-day by the attending physicians. A bulletin issued at noon stated that the duchess had pa.ssed a good night and that her general condition showed improvement. WHY KENTUCKY MAN’S TRIAL WAS CONTINUED „ MURRAY, KY., May 6.A Young man from this county indicted In the Federal Court at Paducah asked for a continuance of his case. “On what plea?” Inquired the Judge. "If it please your Honor, one of my witnesses is in the penitentiary, one in the asylum and I have been In Jail since Christmas.'* He got It. GAMBLERS QUIT MACON ON ORDER OF SHERIFF MACON, GA., May Sheriff Jim Hicks has given notice to ail gam blers that they will not be tolerated In Mnoon. “Biscuit” Smith, one of the oldest professional gamblers of the city, who has been arrestsd twice In a week’B time for running a poker room, declares that the Sheriff means what he says, and he has advised his associates to follow his example and leave the city. (( Figure It Out yy How can you expect to possess Rood health if you are careless with your Stomach, Liver and Bowels. These organs are the “control- ing power" and must be guarded against weakness. To this end you really should try a bottle of HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters T Woman Is interested and should know about the wonderful Marvel j Askyourdruggistfnr It. If he cannot sup ply the MARVEL, accept no other, hut send stamp for book. Marvel Co . 44 E. 23d SI.. H.lf. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Company We want out out-of-town customers to share, every advantage of this store, through our Efficient Mail Order Service. Wednesday Is the Day Hundreds of Atlanta Women Have Waited For The Great May Sale of Undermuslins Here They Are—Siraowy and ___ Summery as a Sea Gull An Event Signalized by Unusually Good Specials—- An Occasion for True Economy The backbone of a Sale of Undermuslins is the inexpensive garments. We want you to test this sale accordingly. There are plenty of beautiful and exclusive things as a matter of course—for t his snowy sale was planned for three classes of people: June brides, women going away for the sum mer, and women who simply want their Imt- weather wardrobes replenished with The Best Underclothing for the Least Money But no matter what the price of the garment, you may be sure of three things: Snowy, fresh materials. Shapes of the new fashion. Careful workmanship. More good garments at $1 than in any pre vious White Sale. Night downs for instance, in at least, twenfy- five styles, at $1.00. , Other items of keen interest to the thrifty woman are these straight-line, fiat trimmed Pet ticoats; some with embroidered front panel— at $1.00. There are Gowns for as little as 37c, and good Corset Covers for 25c, which are the best, we do believe, to be found in a day’s shopping. The Whole Undermuslin Store on the Third Floor will be devoted to this event—with plenty of extra salesladies to insure prompt service. Note These Features of Special Interest Petticoats at 35c One of the Chief Attractions will be this assortment of beautiful, lacy, Huffy muslins at the special price for Wednesday. For instance: $2.50 and $3 Night Gowns at ) $2.50 and $3 Combinations at ( $2.50 and $3 Petticoats at . $1.98 Gowns for Special Selling at 37c Made of nainsook, chemise style: dainty embroidery al neck, beading and rib bon. Teddy Bears in Ten Styles at $1.00 Some trimmed with Irish crochet lace, others with dainty embroidery, lace and beading, ribbon run. Women arc enthusiastic over these garments, and these are of the style and value that sell as fast as th»y are shown. Dainty Mull Princess Slips at $1.00 You may have pink, blue or white; trimmed with Valenciennes lace and bead ing drawn with ribbon. Night Gowns at $1.00 That Are Irresistible Very dainty, pretty Gowns of soft, crinkly crepe, pink, bine or white grounded with wee Dresden roses'; they are trimmed with lace and beading, ribbon run. 36 to 40-inch lengths, em broidery trimmed or with tucked ruffle. Petticoats at 50c Made of good cambric with Amifrench embroid ered ruffle; fitted band. New Flat Petticoats at $1.00 You would not, believe that these flat-trimmed Petticoats could be so artistic, nor in so many charming styles. Some are embroidered, oth ers lace trimmed. Hand-Embroidered Drawers, 49c Real French made garments with embroidered scallop ruffle; with bands. $1.00 value. $1.25 Petticoats at $1.25 Night Gowns at $1.25 Drawers at $1.25 Princess Slips at $1.50 Night Gowns at $1.75 Princess Slips at $1.25 Corset Covers at $1.25 Chemises at * 79c $1.00 $1.29 $1.00 ■ 49c June Is Just Ahead The Month of Brides and Roses Which Brings Up the Question of the Wedding Corset 1 “Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue." Let the Veil be of choicest old Irish point or Duchesse lace, if you will; and let her wear some borrowed trinket tucked away amid the laces, and the "blue bird of Happiness” singing in her breast—but one thing must be new, bridal new, and chosen and fitted with infinite care—the Wedding Corset. We know very well what the bride insists upon, and we’ve remembered her daintiest whim in providing the superb Corsets here—the real bridal kind, all brocaded and beautiful—or plain, if milady chooses. And she need not confine herself to one kind nor ofie price, for many fa vorite makes are here, models for every figure, and all prices, from $3 to $25. Also White Gloves, White Stockings and White Shoes, of Special Interest on the First Floor,