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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TRAGEDY RESULTS REUNION WEDNESDAY
FROM OLD QUARREL
Six-rial to Tho Georgian.
Newberry, S. C.. June On Sun
day afternoon at 1 o'clock Dave Chap-
mnn. a yomuf white man 11 year* of
an was Phot by Jaraea Jackson, alao
white, at tho home of Mark Ruthor-
foid, three mile* from Saluda Court-
liMita
A pl*tol mu u«ed.'the bullet enter-
ln;: above the left eye, penetrating the
In i,in. Chapman lingered In an un-
< -i-doit* state until « o'clock, when he
i'» I ltd.
T' e killing was the result of an old
quarrel. Jackson has been lodged In
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
At the First Baptist church Wednes
day evening at 8 o'clock there will be a
reunion In the Sunday school room.
This promises to be one of the most
enjoyable occasion* In the history of
the church,
A. I’. Stewart, the popular tax col-
PREPARING TO MOVE
GEORGIA PEACHES
Si-rrlal to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June d.—Fruit
c i livers of this territory who have
hi rge peach orchards In Georgia fear
that the crop will ripen rapidly and
thnt it will be necessary to move It In
about ten days.
F K. Wolcott, manager of the Fruit
Grower*' Express, la looking for 1,000
earn to 1)0 chipped from th# North
• Georgia ecctlon. The crop will begin
t« move about Juno 25, but tho earlier
trarlftlos will begin to move in two
In reference to tho berry crop In tho
Nashville illetrlct Mr. Wolcott has re
ceived a telegram from W, H. Martin,
agent nr tii,, 11ie and Nashville,
st Nashville, in wbi,-it he says that the
.Nashville berry ttmwera have flatted
iover 110,000 from tho crop there this
aoaeon. Some of the growers realized
11.76 per cralo. The, letter further
states that about thirty can era to bi
moved from that section. The grow,
era In this section have realized about
1300,000 from the berry crop.
1 About too con were shipped out of
this district.
lector of Fulton county. Is tho super
intendent of the Sunday school, and
under his leadership of many years
the school haa grown from a email lot
to one of the largest In the city.
An excellent musical program will be
WILL BEGIN SOON
Special to Tho Georgian.
Dublin, Ga, June 0/—The time for
tho opening of the fifth annual melon
of the Dublin Chautauqua li near at
hand.
The first seeeton of the Chautauqua
was hehl In a cotton warehouse, the
micend > .-li in a i .-Tit, and the third and
fourth session* were held In the court
house, and this year the flfth eeealon la
la he hold In the Chautauqua’s home.
The auditorium, which la nearly com
pleted, Is probably th* beat arranged
im.i most commodious In middle or
South Georgia.
it Is esttmtoed that the building will
mslly and comfortably seat 2,000 peo-
III appear during the week:
Sunday, June 17, 8 p. m.—Sermon by
In 1 U Herbert, l.odl, Ohio: sub-
Jn i, 'Seeing Him Who la Invisible.''
•Monday, June 18, 10:80 a. rn—Dec
line- by Edward Amherst Olt, Chicago,
in -object. "Tha Spenders;" 8 p. m,
li-i-tur,- by Dr. Herbert, subject, "A
Mnn Among Men.”
Tut sday. June 18, 10:10 a. m.—Grand
roni . it and entertainment participated
In In K.tier's orchestra of Macon, Royal
.Mule Quartette. Dea Moines, Iowa, and
stnr entertainer* of Dantvllle, Mich.;
I IV III. lecture by Professor Ott, sub
ject. 'The Haunted House."
Wednesday, June 30, 10:80 a. m.—
Lecture by Dr. Herbert, subject, "A
Trinity of Power;'' I p, m., grand con
cert and entertainment by orchestra,
entertainers and male quartette; 8 p.
in., lecture by Congressman Richmond
Pearson Hobson, of Alabama, hero of
lh** Merrimoc, subject, "America's
Mlabty Mission."
Thursday, June 11, 10:10 a. m.—Hu-
porma lecture entertainment by Her
bert 1. Cope, Chicago, III., subject.
"Tbi- Smile That Won't Como OIt;"
I p. in. grand concert and entsrtatn-
jinent by orchestra, entertainers and
Wle quartette.
Friday, June IS, 10:10 a. m., old-
'/anhh'ried song service participated In
by eevi-ttty-flvo voices and directed by
Mr. J. A. Warren; I p. m., Inter-public
zctinni declamation conteat participated
,|n by pupils of the leading public
School*; g p. m„ humorous lecture en
tertainment by Mr. Cope, subject, "The
Religion of Laughter.
t ARE YOU GOING AWAY?
If an, tvi\.- The Georgian mailed to
you Mail. .I to city subscriber* while
ivr.v from home for the lummer
month- at the regular rate of ten cents
a week no charge for mailing. Sent
tn any uddreaa In the United States or
t'anmlii Foreign poatago retro.
MATERIAL INCREASE
IN ASSESSMENTS
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C, June 8.—Auditor W.
W. Cromer haa made up his abstract
of the real and personal property of the
county, and haa forwarded It to the
comptroller general to be passed uppn
by the state board of equalization
which meets In August.
The figures may be slightly changed
and those on .th* abstract do not In
clude railroad property.
The Increase for the county 1* a lit
tle more than a half million dollars
over last year.
The state board haa the power to
raise or lower the property In any
county. The auditor haa not received
the returns of tha railroad
Insurance companies, as
come through the compt
office. It la understood ■
road assessments have been materially
Increased this year. Acctptlng the as
sessment of these corporations as they
stood last year will ehow a total as
sessment of 22,416,128, or an Increase
over last year of 2501,110.
SUES IRON WORKS'
FOR im DAMAGE
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., June 8.—Mrs. R. E.
Brooks, of Girard, Ala, baa sued for
220,000 for the life of her husband,
R. E. Brooks, whose death was caused
by a piston-head exploding at tho Co
lumbus Iron works two months ago.
It was a peculiar accident, and only
the second ope of the kind within the
knowledge of old employees of the iron
works,
A piston-head from a cylinder of a
steamboat was being heated In a fur
nace when It exploded, creating hav
oc, and fatally wounding Brooks, who
was standing near.
Thomas F. Potts also sues for 210,-
f.-i Injuries re,-e|ye,l In Hie -him..
accident.
Self-kghtfhg btgner-pld price, 21.25,
cut to 80 cents
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HOME COMING! WEEK
FOR KENTUCKIANS.
THROUGH SLEEPERS
Atlanta to Louisville.
On account of tho above occasion
the W. & A. It. It. and N. C. ft St.
Jj. Railway will sell round trip tickets
on Juno 19, 11 and 13 at rata.of ono
faro plus 25 cants for tho round tiii
the rate from Atlanta being 211.5
tickets good to return until Juno IS,
1808. By depositing ticket and paying
fee of 50 cents. However, ticket* will
be extended until July IS.
Three trains dally, leaving Atlanta
at 8:15 a. m, 4.50 p. m. and 8.50 p. tn,
all earning standard Pullman sleep-
era Atlanta to Nashville and Nashville
to Louisville.
In addition to this service there wilt
be through sleeping cars operated on
the 4:50 p. m. trains of June 18 and 11.
Atlanta to Louisville without change,
arriving Louisville next morning at
8:20 a. m.
Route I* via Chattanooga, Nash
ville and Mammoth Cave.
For further Information write or
call on
J. A. THOMAS or C. B. WALKER.
C. P. ft T. A. U. T. A.
Peachtree Viaduct. Union Pass. Sta.
CHARLES E. HARMAN.
General Passenger Agent
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THE VICTOR SANITARIUM
321*323 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
OPIUM, WHISKY ts
Patients do not super as
1! ,l» at many Institutions. Comfort of patient* carefully looked af
ter. Sanitarium I* home-like and pleasant and not a prison, as some
• Treatment entirely free from any harmful reeultt, For full
i .i- ■ ,r* call or address Th* Vieter Sanitarium, or Dr, B. M. Woolley,
Lock Boz 187.
edaaad U» 14 cups/
If you want Hml Coffee, try our "Uni
versal!;" It haa no equal.
$2.50 flto$5
Thl* Is tha rich aeaaon for tha germ*
to tot In their work. Tho carpet-sweeper
cuts out millions of them. Price, *2 SO
on<i U P-
A HOT
IRON
Almost for tbs pries of an oM*
fashioned Iron. Tou can cat the OoM
llandlo for only 65 cents.
For the sick'room or for a hun
dred small things, the alcohol lamp
is very handy. Price only 50 cents.
We carry the largest line of
uportlng goods thl* season that we
have ever carried. Prices very
reasonable.
Only
Have Just received large ship
ment of Lawn Swings. The best on
the market. Better order now;
they go very fast.
The Joys of June
In the border will be found just a few things that
will add very much to home comforts during the hot
summer months, AND AS A REMINDER, let us
suggest that every day delayed in buying these things
is just so many days that you have been minus these
comforts. A Hammock would not be bad; a new
Lawn Hose and Sprinkler would cool things off a
little; the doors and windows nicely screened would
cause the fly and mosquito families to take new quar
ters. Or, to make a long story short, we have all the
things to make home very cozy and cheerful during
the summer months.
—-
give me Main 1007—THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO, if you can’t get down town just when you
wish, and your order will get very quick and accurate
service.
King Hardware Co.
53 PEACHTREE ST.
116 DECATUR ST.
87 WHITEHALL ST.
203 PETERS ST.
$3.00
tDon't wait any longer. We sell
th* very beet thing In the way of
lawn Mowers. So get tha full us*
of a machine by ordering now.
Big line of Canary and blocking-
bird Cages—every else; and for th*
balance of season the prices are
cut.
The
Servant
Not a
Necessity
Th* !s simple and on o Vr
"Climax'* Gas Range, and you can fe«l
Independent of a ser\-ant and at the same
tlnve cut your gas bill nearly | a h*]f.
The very newest thing in Waffle Iryni-
heart shaped. They aro beauties.
We have sold thousands this season,
and wo guarantee every Refrigerator we
send out—& dozen different makes and
styles.
Best I Price
Fly t Only
Fan A $2- 5 °
Our new patented Fly Fan Is
ornamental as well as doing the
duty Intended for it. Tou should
have one quick.
Concentrated heat means cool cooking.
Supposo you try one of our "Blue Fhuns"
Wlcktesa Oil Stoves—from 54*50 to It.PO.
MURDERED MAN’S WIFE
PLACED UNDER SUSPICION
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., June 8.—The au
thorities are clearing up the mystery
of the death of the young Italian gro
cer, Joseph Plcone, whose lifeless body
was found In hla bedroom Sunday
evening. Murder Is ihe theory upon
which the Investigation la being fol
lowed. Bo far the Identity of the party
who committed the deed ha* not been
learned, but Mrs. Plcone, the dead
man's wife, haa admitted that she threw
the revolver, with which the deed was
probably done, Into,# privy vault In
the rear of the premises. She said
at that time alao that she was asleep
when her husband met death, and hatf
heard no pistol shots and had not seen
any weapon near when aha discovered
her husband'* body.
Nursing Motners and Malaria.
The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic driven out malaria and
builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 year*. Price 50 cents.
WOMAN DIES IN CAB
AFTER VISITING DOCTOR
By Private Leased Wire.
Detroit, Mich., June 8,—Mr*. Belle
Berger, wife of 8. Wellington Berger,
of the manufacturing Arm of auatave
Berger ft Bon, died euddenly and Slone
In a carirage while being taken last
evening from Dr. Bhurly’s office, Where
she had been treated for lung trouble,
to her home at 828 Trumbull street.
Her father, Superintendent of Police
Downey, had ordered tho cab to take
the young woman home.
Arriving at the destination, the
driver of the cab opened the door of
the vehicle and found the young wom
an dead. Doctor* pronounced death
due to heart trouble. Mrs. Berger was
married last October.
STRUCK ON HEAD;
BECAME UNCONSCIOUS
COMMENCEMENT CLOSES;
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 8.—Te'n
graduates from Owenten College were
today awarded diplomat.
They are: Coleman L. Sumner, of
Dolomtt*; Carl C. Gregory, Birming
ham; Clyde H. Vann, Albertville; Eth-
elbert M. Norton, Ely ton; Herndon G.
Dowling, of Russellville; Virgil C.
Herndon, of Gadsden; Arthur E. Wilks,
of Bessemer; Robert B. Hayes, of
Woodlawn; Daniel C. McNutt, of Birm
ingham, and James D. Hunter, of Pratt
City.
The commencement exercise* came
to a close with the awarding of diplo
mas and medals The baccalaureate
address was delivered by Dr. Enoch
.Marvin Banks, of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Owenton College la under the di
rection of the North Alabama confer
ence and will be enlorgad during tho
coming year. Only recently many
thousands of dollars were raised for
the contemplated Improvements.
GET THE BEST
Special to Th* Georgian.
Portsmouth, Va., June 8.—Russell
Reynolds, an engineer employed by the
Seaboard Air Line railway, In Its
freight service, waa struck on the head
by a projecting plank on a freight
car In the North street yards of the
Seaboard In thl* city at 2 o'clock Sun
day morning, as he waa running past
In hla cab. Reynold* Immediately
lapsed Into unconsclousnts. Ho waa
removed to th* King's Daughters' hos
pital, where h* has been unconscious
Hr mure than thirty-six hours.
canineTopulation
SHOWS GREAT increase
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry. 8. C, June 1—One of th*
Interesting Items of the county tax as
sessment of personal property la an
Increase of 100 dogs over last year,
or LIOO In two years, meaning an ad
dition of over 8<oo to the school fund.
Moneys and credits arc alao Increased
by 224,185.
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BEST MAN IS ARRESTED
ON EVE OF WEDDING
By Private Leased Wire.
New York,.June (.—Frank Robin
son, a Buffalo business man, spent an
anxious night In the tenderloin police
station wondering whether he would be
balled dut In time to appear as beat
man today at-the wadding of his sla
ter, who Is to be married to Frank
Hanley, the prisoner's business part
ner.
Robinson was arrested for playfully
upsetting a half doten potted plants
at Murray's restaurant, Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street, In an exuberance
of enthualasm following Hanley’s
bachelor supper.
BUILD THIRTY-MILE
IRRIGATION CANAL
COX DENIES STATEMENT
’ THAT HE IS SATISFIED
Special to Tho Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 6.—In a
telegram Governor John I. Cox dentes
the statement that he Is satisfied with
the actions of the recent Nashville
convention and that he will bow to the.
will of the Democracy of the state. He
says that he would have been aatfifled
with the will of the majority, but that
the wholesale unseating of his dele
gates, fairly and honestly eleoted In
Wilson, Maury, Smith, Weakley, Wash
ington and other counties, was not In
accordance with the will of the ma
jority, but was made possible by the
Ureene county trade and hence there Is
little satisfaction In the result of the
convention. '
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Publishers, Springfield, Maes.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., June 8.—With a
view to building a 30-mlle irrigation
canal the Union Rico and Irrigation
Company haa been organised. The
project la a big one and when It has
been successfully undertaken 25,000
acres of fine rice land In southwest
ern Louisiana will stand a better show
of development than under present
conditions.' The canal will extend
from Washington across St. Landry
parish to Maniou Prilrte.
The company la capitalised at 81,-
800,000, and among th* stockholders
are a number of prominent Phila
delphians, who are at present on a trip
over the route with J. Franklin
Bchnell and L. E. LlttelL of Opelousas,
who are In charge of the undertaking.
CONTRACTORS STOP WORK
ON PASSENGER STATION
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn, June 8.—Wil
liam Dunbar Jenkins, special engineer
In charge of th* plana for the new
8500,000 Southern passenger station. Is
Indignant because the city council
failed to pass an ordinance closing cer
tain streets about tho.slte In th* sta
tion. ao that the work of excavation
for the station may go on, and the
"'mi
LONDON FOLK WON’T BUY
GOODS PUT UP IN CANS
By Private Leased Wire.
London, Jane 4.—The sales of can
ned provisions In London today were
Infllntteslmally email. All the deal
er* had the same tale, namely, that
for the last week their sales had drop
ped, until today, when the official con
firmation of the allocking disclosures
waa published, many or the large pro
vision stores did not sell a single tin
of meat or pound ofsausaga-
The boycott afreets British colonial,
as wsll as American supplies.
RAILROAD COMPANY
APPLIES FOR CHARTER
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 8.—The
Chattanooga Northern Railway Com
pany has applied for a charter here for
the purpose of building a railroad from
this city to the Walden’s ridge coal
and Iron belt and to erect a bridge
across the Tennessee river. The capi
tal stock Is 2X00,000 and the Incorpora
tors are: W. G. M. Thorne". Thomas
MacClellan, J. 11. Thomas, Robert J.
MacClellan anti L. M. Thomas.
This step followed the recent visit of
Theodore Crewdson, of London, Eng
land, to this city.
THROUGH SLEEPING
OAR LINE TO
Wrightsville Beach, N ,C.
Commencing Saturday, June the 9th,
and continuing each Saturday during
tho months of June, July and Au
gust, through sleeping care will lie op
erated, delivering linseijigor* at tho
hotels at Wrightsvfllg Beach, leaving
Atlanta at 9:85 p. m.; returning, leave
WrightsriUe t-nch Thursday, arriving
Atlanta the following morning at 6:.W
a. m. Season tickets $18.55; week
end tickets, good for five days, 28.2a.
SEABOARD.
TELEPHONE
TIME
Onfe of the attractive features of the Bell
telephone is that it is ready for use all the
time—day or night. It is always on duty,
In an emergency it may savo lives. It is
necessary in the modem home.
Bell Service Is Satisfactory.
The Rates Are Reasonable.
Call Contract Department, Main 1300.
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
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