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Georgian. SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906. On Trains FIVB Csntc WHEREIN THE OFFICE BOY BUTTS INTO A FLIRTATION Vain Search For Mr. Futrell at a Very Busy Hour Shows Lacy Was Living a Double Life. By .WIDEMAN LEE. It wan generally supposed that Lacey, the office boy In the local news room, had only a thinking part In the play pulled oft at The Georgian office every day, but he turned out to be the whdle show. The time was late In the afternoon, when Impatience among the bosses was rampant, for the baseball extra was be* log made up. There was a lot of hurry and hustle around generally, and added to this was the sudden signal from the long distance telephone room. A re. porter who stood near answered the call. "Is Mr. Feutrell there?” came the re sponse from the sweet feminine voice of "Long Distance *1"—not 2>. "Feutrell?—wait and I'll see.” Johnny, a little chap about three feet high, who considers It hts chief duty to Incur the displeasure of the tele graph editor by never being in sight, happened for once In his life to be on hand, and was Immediately sent out on a still hunt for Feutrell. Lacey was nowhere around, so could not assist In the search, but Johnny conducted It as successfully as he ever does anything, and came back with the announcement, "There ain’t no Mr. Feutrell here.” Cen tral was so Informed by the reporter, who grew rather Impatient when she Insisted that Mr. Feutrell did work on the second floor of The Georgian build ing, for she had talked to him. The telephone rang several times, and with the same Inquiry In the same voice for Mr. Feutrell, of whom no one had ever heard. Lacey could not be found. It was thought that he might settle for all time if there was a Feu trell In The Georgian office. The calls continued and the manag ing editor answered one. Wrathy would not express his feelings when he con cluded it—only his side of the con versation waa'heard: "Central, there’s no Mr. Feutrell In this department—WHAT?—you know there Is?—well, there Is no one here by that name, never has been, and never will be If I get a cbance at him, so please ring off, for you are annoying us extremely." As the managing editor finished talk ing, he heard the central remark to one of her colleagues, ‘‘Ain't that man the limit!" Central was not to be outdone, so she continued to call and ask for Mr. Feu trell, while every one became more and more Infuriated—yes, Infuriated. No one would have minded It so much If Lacey had been around to answer the ■whone, but he couldn’t be found on the place—a habit he has when wonted. After the managing editor, the entire force of reporters, and Johnny, the other office boy, who had remarked during the Interim that the telephone ought to belong to the whole Dam family, had become thoroughly Irri tated, and all were calling down ven geance on Feutrell, who ever he might be, and his sweet-voiced Central friend, Lacey' arrived. He had In his mouth a piece of chewing gum so large that It dislocated his Jaws about every third chew. He was reading the sporting news as he walked up the steps, while sticking out of his pocket was a yellow back novel, “special serial” on “Dia mond Dick’s Daring Deed, or the Se quel to Who Robbed the Milk Wagon." "Lacey," yelled the managing editor. "I want you to stay here and answef the ’phone. What do you think we want you here for, to look at?" Lacey never would take a prise at a beauty show. His face Is a little one sided, freckled, too, and the reddest hair, well, they are Just the kind an office boy like Lacey should have. The 'phone rang, Lacey whistled as If he had forgotten something of which the 'phone had Just reminded him. He seemed to forget that there was any one around, as he ainbled to the 'phone TO WREST RUBBER INDUSTRY FROM CONTROL OF A KING John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Is planning to become the head of a great rubber monopoly, and Is even now endeavor ing to corner the rubber market, driv ing King Leopold, of Belgium, out of business. Cut shows at the top a por trait of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, wife of the new rubber king and sis ter of E. B. Aldrich, who Is Rockefel ler’s partner. Below from left to right are John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr, and Bernard M. .Bar uch. their right hand man In their rubber plans. SCHWAB’S STENOGRAPHER OWES DEATH TO DRUG Ily Private Leased Wlrp. Cincinnati, Ohio, June H.—Myrtle Howard, who cams' to Cincinnati from Pittsburg on May 14 In the hope of being cured of the morphine habit, died at the city hospital shortly after mid night. She was 30 years of age. A few days ago. when It was thought she had mastered her worst foe, she was attacked with pneumonia, and her en feebled condition mitigated against her recovery. . Borne months before she came to Cincinnati Myrtle Howard was tho stenographer of Charles Schwab, the steel magnate. Her fondness for the drug that finally mastered her resulted eventually In her losing this position. 'Hello—oh, how are you?- Feutrell—had a hard time getting me? —well. I was out on a story—yes, I'm a reporter—no, I ain't seen you yet. but I wants to meet you. I like yer voice— oh, get out, you cut up—hurry, here's the boss behind me—(Loudly) I can'f understand the score—Valdosta 3, Co lumbus 2. All right, call when the other games are over. All right, I’ll do my best—what's my first name?— Lacey.” Lacey looked around after he had hung up the 'phone, and what he saw was too much for him. There stood the managing editor, the city editor, a half doxen reporters, all with gaping mouths, as they gasped almost In ono voice: MR.—MR.—Feutrell, well what do you think of that!” Lacey had never been known by any other name, but now every one In The Georgian building Is aware that Mr. Lacey Feutrell, age 9. slxe 4 feet even, thin and ugly. Is employed there, and a busy kid he is, with no more flirtations over the ‘phone with Cen trals, who are supposed to give him the results of the Georgia State League ball games. II THE LAST KING, SAYS BRITISH RULER EDWARD VII LAUGHINGLY MAKES PROPHECY AS RESULT OF RADICAL 8UCCESSE8. By RICHARD ABERCORN. Siieclal to The Georgian. London, June 14.—The labor and radical members of parliament are threatening to expose the nepotism and Inconsistency of Arthur Balfour, aris tocrat, late premier prime minister, and leader of the Tory party In par liament. Before the people kicked him and his party out of office, Balfour Placed his brother, Gerald Balfour, on the political pension list, with a pen sion of 210,000 a year for life. A more stnndalous political Job hasn't been perpetrated In England for decades, and It has aroused the labor and radi cal members of the house of commons t" Indignation. The labor members remember that the aristocratic Mr. Balfour opposed the hill to pay the members of parliament * $1,500 a year. Mr. Balfour salary of obviously believes that the labor mqn do not deserve to be paid, but that his aristocratic brother Is well worth $10,- noo a year for life as a political pen sioner. What makes the scandal worse Is that Gerald Balfour Is rich and doesn't need a pension. Balfour’s grandfather made a huge fortune as an army contractor In India and with Ids wealth married his children Into the highest circles of the aristocracy. BOYS OF Y.M.C.A. PREPARE ERR CAMP TWENTY LADS WILL GO TO DEM- OREST JULY 5 FOR TWO WEEK8. For two weeks from July 6 some twenty happy youngsters from the boys' department of the Young Men's Christian Association will go Into camp at Demorest, Go. This wilt be the sev enth annual camp. The boys will leave Atlanta on i special car at 7:30 o'clock on the mom Ing of July 5, and will be In charge of W. W. Willis, secretary, of the boys' department; T. R. Weems, physical di rector; Rev. Oeorge Mack and W. J. Fagan. In the past not an accident and practically no sickness ever marred the pleasure of one of these outings. The best care 1s taken of the boys, and they spend the time In swimming, baseball and other healthful outdoor amusements. To date the following boys have decided to go: James B. Scales, Lock Crumley, Arthur Bass, W. E. Campbell. Jr., Harry and Dan Wood ward, Robert Manly, William Rawaon, Edward J. Reid, Arthur Llnpold, Ran dolph Loeb. J. D. Bowen. Earl Knight, George West, Gray Carter, John Mc Rae and Ward Evans. Other boys who desire to go to camp should communicate with the secretary or the Young Men's Christian Associa tion. “I Am the Last King.” A curious story of King Edward's comment on the liberal and labor vic tories In the January elections Is being t»ld discreetly In political circles. It I- said that when the continual suc cesses of the radicals were announced to the king he exclaimed laughingly: I am the last king df England." Is Earth Pear 8haped? A novel theory as to the shape of the mrth Is put forward by Professor W. J. Soiias, who has been lecturing In Lon don on “Man and the Glacial Period. H” contends that this planet Is not a sphere, but pear-shaped, with the Paci fic ocean at the broad end, and Africa » here the stalk Is attached. Professor Kotlas believes that the thickness of the geological formation of the earths <rust is about 60 miles, rejecting the “ccepted theory of a 12-mlle crust, and his estimate of the period neces sary for the formation of the stratified rocks Is 24,009,000 years. These rath er upsetting suggestions he puts for- "ard In his recent book on "The age °f the earth.” Pictures a Good Investment. How pictures may be good Invest ments has been shown by the sale of •he collection of T. H. Woods, a part ner In Christies, the famous art auc tioneers. The collection brought in nearly $100,000 though Mr. Woods probably did not spend more than la.000- on forming It. Borne of the ptc- >ures were sold at an amaxlng ad- ' ance on what Mr. Woods, who natur ally was an expert buyer, gave for them. For Instance, Hoppner*s "Lady "ladegrave,” for which Mr. Woods Paid $120 In 1S91 nos- fetched 4.000 fulness ($31,604); Romney's "Stan- hope Children” rose from $147 In 1472 the original price of which Is unknown, was sold for $16,760, a record price for a moderate slxed work of this master. !'• 221.160; and Romney's “Head of l-»dy Hamilton* from $60 to $1,576. A — . — -—, ,. portrait of Miss Ogtlvle by Lawrence, says, "may be seen today In the West Peers Besr Foreign Titlee. One of tho 8panlsh grandees who at tended the royal wedding at Madrid, the Duke of Culdad Rodrigo, Is better known In England as the Duke of Wellington, the Spanish title having been conferred on his ancestor for his ridding the peninsula of the French in vaders. Several other English peers bear foreign titles won by the material prowess of their ancestors. Thus Earl Nelson Is Duke of Bronte (conferred on the great admiral by the king of Na ples); the Duke of Marlborough Is Prince of Mindelhelm In Suable, and Lord Dundonald Is Marquis of Maran- ham In Brasil, where his seafaring an cestor so distinguished himself. The Duke of Richmond and Dordon. who descends from Mile, de Qoerouaille, one of the ladles of Charles II*a court, who was created a duchess by Louts XIV, may call himself Duke d'Aublgny. while the Dukedom of Chatellerault, granted by the French king In 164$ on the regent of Scotland is claimed by both the Duke of Aberrant and the Duke of Hamilton. Wealth as Root of Evil. Wealth as the root of all evil Is the keynote of a little book written by James Paterson Gledstone. The writer brings argument and evidence forward to prove that money grabbing Is con trary to the tenets of Christianity, de spite John D. Rockefeller, Jr. "The lives of great hosts of people not pos- sealing wealth,” he says, "show that a fortune ta not a necessity either for the noblest kind of life or the purest hap piness. It la said of an ancestor of Emerson that he nightly prayed that no descendant of his might ever be rich.” Of course, Mr. Gladstone roasts the luxurious living people. "The solidified worldliness which Is crested by the possession of vsst wealth, he NOT A SIFTER IN ATLANTA, SA YS OLD-FASHIONED MAN POUR VESSELS RAGING TO PORTS OP CHINA By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 10.—A race to China around tho Cape of Good Hope Is on between the American bark, E. B. Hut ton and 'the Brltsh barks Alcldes, Blendcon and Arrow. The vessels are loaded with case oil ahlpped by the Standard Oil Company. There la considerable speculation on the race among maritime exchange members, with the yankea boat tbe fa vorlte. THE JUNGLE FOR GEORGIAN READERS THE jungle Ih the name of Upton Sinclair'* powerful novel of Chicago's Packlngtown. It brought about tho Na tional probo into the Beef Trust Methods. It contains facts with which every American citizen should be familiar. Facta make a book Great Don’t Miss This Story. Become a Subscrib' * Today I It contains romantic fiction which keeps in terest keyed to the highest pitch. Fiction makes a book Good Fact and fiction make a great and good book. Beginning Monday the story will be printed serially in The Georgian. It costs the subscriber nothing. If you are not a subscriber, become one at once. You will get a clean paper—a pajicr containing ALL the news. And you will get' THE JUNGLE By UPTON SINCLAIR. End of London, and more or less It Is In every west end of every city In the world. Several yeara a preacher In Westmlnater Abbey had Ihe courage to declare that the “West End la tha greatest danger to tbe British empire.’ It Is the pestilence which breeds In masses of wealth that Is worse than any physical scourge, and the West End represents a great portion. If not the greater portion, of the enormous wealth of the country." “Of course, I don't want to-criticise, but I don't think It was altogether right for David to say 'all man are Hare.’" "Well, at any rate. It was safer than to pick out one man and say It. to him.”—Philadelphia Ledger. LOCK TYPE OF CANAL IS ADOPTED BY HOUSE Col. Wesley Shropshire Spent One Afternoon a Sifterless Quest—Don’t Sift Things Here, He Now Asserts. By JOHN C. REESE, the Colonel Wesley Shropshire, of governor's executive stair. Is a sadder and mor« chastened man than he can recall ever being before. And It cornea of being a simple man In hla home life, and somewhat old fashioned In his habits of thought and living. Colons! Shropshire cams from the good old county of Chattooga and the little city of Summerville therein. Recently hla family came to Join him here, and housekeeping began out Washington street. Somehow In transfer of household effects certain articles were misplaced. Therein Ilea (he tragedy now holdlhg Colonel Shropshire In Its grip. “Yes, you must buy me a sifter," said Mrs. Shropshire the other inorn Ing. "Why certainly," was Ihe reply the colonel, Innocent of hla Impending doom. Sifters are used hy all the best fami lies In Summerville, and all Ihe gen eral stores have strlnga of sifters at tractively displayed In show windows. So Colonel Shropshire came up to the ahopplng district early In the afternoon, and stopped In a store where sifters ought to bo sold, “Can I serve you?" politely Inquired a clerk. "Yes, I want a good alftsr." "Yea; for coarse or fine sand?" "Thunder, no. I want a alftsr to sift meal through to separate the bran rrom the good meal." "Horry, air, but we do not handle such articles." Tlint rather Jotted Ihe colonel, but he did not despair. Next place he tried was a ten-rent-establishment. A Huffy haired blond waited on him. ‘Got any sifters?" said tha colonel humbly. “Sir?" haughtily, as though she did not quite rntch Ihe drlfL "Sifters, sifters, sifters. Hay, dnn' you know what a sifter Is? Homothlng you use In the kitchen If you know (now what a kitchen Is like," aald the colonel, ahaken rrom his usual genial bearing. "This la not a country atora. Only Rubes use such things,” and aha of the blond hnlr turned away. "Well, I'll be !" he ejaculated, and swung angrily nut. From store to store Colonel Hhrop shire trudged t-.ntll evening shadows closed the marls of trade. He had met with rebuffs, but no sifter. One clerk. ARAGON HOTEL ADOPTS THE EUROPEAN PLAN MANY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THI8 POPULAR PEACHTREE HOSTELRY. The Aragon Hotel, which haa been run for (ha past fifteen years on both the European and American plan, haa adopted Ihe European plan exclusively, the new arrangement going Into effect on Saturday morning. Manager J. Lee Ilarnea has had It In mind for some time to concentrate all the resources of the house upon the European plan, and In doing so flndi that hs meets the wishes of a-large majority of his patrons who will there by secure better and more aatlsfactory service. Ho on Haturday lha American dining room, as such, was closed and will be used henceforward for banquets, con ventions and other similar demands made upon the house. This will be an Important feature In tha future. The senior class banquet of the Georgia Tech la already planned to be held there on Tuesday, and this will he but one of a long series of such entsrtal merits. The Collier estate la spending ,_rga sum of money In refurnishing and rehabilitating the house, under the direct supervision of Manager Barnes and Oeorge W. Collier. New carpets are being laid throughout the house and the wall |*pererx will soon lend their transforming touch. J. W, Otto, who did the decorative work In the Candler building, will begin at ones to decorate the cafe, which will he made one of the most up to date In the city. The kitchen will be moved from Ihe second to the first floor, so as to facili tate the service, and the number of trained wallers will be greatly reused. A complete system of telephones has been nev.ly Installed, one In every room, and all, of course, communicating with tho ofTtre and tha cafe. Manager Harass and Assistant Man ager Jesse Couch are to be congratu lated on tho brilliant prospect which oje-ns up before them under tbs new arrangement. ELECTRIC RAILROAD MOVEMENT GROWING By Private Leased Wire, Washington, June 14.—It wss de cided by the house yesterday that the Panama canal shall he a lock canal. An amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill provided that.none of the 126,044,004 coined for the canal should be expended on the sea level ‘The question was taken up In com mittee of the whole house, and tbe vote for a lock canal was 110 to 24. The amendment calling for the lock type of canal was offered by Repress nattlvs Llttauer, of New York. A point against the amendment was made by it r. Bartlett, of Georgia, whe Inhlstcl that It was new legislation. lit presented argument along that line. Mr. Burton, of Ohio, said that In the so-called Hpooner law, authorising the Ron-Biiru i»w, ■uuionxmR WV expenditure of 2126,000,000 for the Pan ama canal, and giving the president ■perlal to The Georgian. Columbus. Oa., Juna 10.—Tha move ment to build an electric railroad from this city to Dothan, Ala., and thence 8L Andrews Bay, its.. Is taking shape, a large number of Ihe business man of this city having signed an agreement to heartily support Ihe proj ect, both morally and financially. The aurcesa of the Atlanta-Maron electric railroad has aroused new Internet In the horns project, and It la probable an organisation will be effected shortly and the road financed to the polnS where work will begin. the right to Inaugurate this movement and carry It to a successful conclu sion, the type was left with the presi dent with certain specifications and limitations. He aald the question of type of canal should be settled without delay. He declared thirty-four of the ablest eiv S neers of the world were for the Irak vet type and he believed this Judg ment should be accepted. evidently not long from rural parts, vouchsafed Information that he had heard of sifters, and, perhaps, a tin smith would, under stress, turn out one for him. Mad, disgusted and slftertcss, Colonel Hhropshlre returned home and reported hla bootless quest. Hhucks, this town's Retting blamed hlfalutln when It goes past sifters. Guess the folks eat bran. meal, trash and all. I don't sec nnythlog for us to do but adopt the stylo nnd chock the whole business Into the stove and run the risk like the balance of 'em seeta to do." LESTER WAS A MEMBER OF NINE CONGRES8E8 Rufus Eseklel Lester was born In Rurke county, Georgia. December 12. 1127. He was graduated from Mer cer University In 1487, nnd ««< admit ted to the bar In Havsnnnh nnd com menced the practice of Ion- In 1859. In 1141 he entered the military ser vice of Ihe Confederate slates nnd re mained In the service until tile end of the war. lie then resumed the prac tice of law. He was state senator from the First district from 1870 to 1372, and was ju• - t-l.-nt ,.r the stats senate during the Inst three years of service. From January, 1332, lo January. 1339, he was mayor of Savannah. He was elected lo the fifty-first, fifty-sec ond, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh nnd fifty- eighth congresses nnd re-elected to the fifty-ninth congress receiving 7,!!44 votes to 322 for D. a Itlgdon. Repub lican, and 70 for R. M. Hitch, Independ ent. ' s Home time ngn he announced his In tention to retire from active political life at the close of hlH present term In congress, nnd several candidates have announced to succeed him. Work Began on Thsatsr, Hpeclal lo The OrorgtaB. Decatur, Ala.. June 16.—Work has started on tho new Lyceum theatsr, at the corner of Cans] and Church streets, nnd tho building Is lo be completed hy September 11. Tho building will cost 115.400 Tin- (healer Is owned by tho Lycoum 8tock which com pany Is composed of local business man. FOR MANYi - OTHERS RECLINED PRISON COMMISSION ACTeD TWENTY-NINE CASES THIS WEEK. big- vies. After deliberating from Tuesday to Thursday afternoon, tho prloon com mission completed Its work for June and adjourned. Twenly-nlno rnses were considered Thirteen received favorable recom- inendatlona and alxteen were declined. Five of Ihe latter were murder caeca. Three murder cases were commuted [to present service. The commission determined to seg. regale Ihe tubercular patients at tht farm, atyl a hospital will bo establish ed to proiterly core for those oulTerlng from that trouble. The petitions act ed upon were as follow: R. C. Gully, Decatur county nmy; remove disabilities. Isaac Williams, t'obh county, lory manslaughter; ten yean; mute to present service. Frank Adntns, Dodgn county, tier. life, commute to present « t'harlee Royden, Fulton county, lar ceny, live years; commute to present [service. Rill Lewie, Hancock county, chest ing and swindling, eight months, com mute to present service. Florence Rivera, Montgomery coun ty, misdemeanor; nine months, com mute to present service. Reuben Kitchens, Ulnscnck county, murder, life; commute to present serv- [ice. Lon Martin, Tift county, larceny, three years; commute to present serv ice. Willie Jones, Moscogee county, va grancy; twelve months; commute to present service. L. J. Majors, Marlon county, lar ceny; fine; remove disabilities Abe Gormley, Humter rounty; rub bery; ten yeara; commute to present service. Horace Hammond. Dade county, murder; life; commute to present service. Walter Brown, Fulton county; lar ceny; six months; reductl ifrom $100 to $64. The .commission declined the following rnses: Jack Meeks. Folk county, Henry Carden. Ptke county, rape; enty years. , F. T. Tric e, Pike count)$ selling li quor; twelve months. H. C. White. Fulton county, larcenyj $544 or twelve months. E. D. Martin. Fulton glary; six years. Issnc Harris, Monroe glary; ten years. Lovett Bryant, Rlbb der; life. Floyd Harrison, Fulton stealing; twenty yeara. Zeb Carlton, Ranks co commit murder, five William Colquitt. Ma robbery; fifteen years. Dews Halley, Miller cou life. Florence Halley, Miller der; life. George Phillips. Miller county; mur- BS life. ■Fkyst'" Tlfb.n Walker county, at tempt to murder, -even years Rosa Spencer, Rrooks county: sell ing liquor; $144 c,r ten months. Sceve Glea-on, Liberty county; mur der; life. fine Interfere obber bur- bur- cunty. attempt ounty. nurder; -unty. mur- ' Asatu -u* L** -a.