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full In the* fare, thr* little girl wan
I half knocked down by the of
the wobbling stream, and tin* Jnck-o*-
lantern waa left, a drowned wreck,
with naught left of It. pristine beau
ty.
The young couple returned to the
girl's home, presumably for repairs,
but they were not so absorbed going
back.
sweetheart, against whom no charge
of beard could be preferred. The girl
was beautiful, her splrttuelle face be
ing made all the more entrancing by
the filmy white dress she. wore.
. They were talking, and were lost to
the world.
The little girl, pulling alone the
gaudy Jack-o'-lantern, drew- nearer,
but the couple wotted not- The little
girl didn't either. She was rabbeting
across the street, and brushed ngalnM.
the vision In whiter
Then there was a flash of flame, n
frightened flutter, ‘and a frenzied, fu-
rioso shriek. The girl's III my skirt
had caught Are In tne rear from the
Jack-o'-lantern!
Then came' the ludicrous rescue. A
buxom matron, who was sprinkling
the lawn before which the tragedy
took place, calmly turned her hose on
the flaming girl, the deluge of cold
water Immedhitey . extinguished the
blaze that was about t» consume the
youthful She; the boy caught a'^last
SUPERINTENDENT RICHARDS IS
SUES STATEMENT TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
CONGRESS HOLDS TEDDY
FROM OYSTER BAY HOME
Tha Anti-Saloon League of Georgia
expects to entry the fight for prohibi
tion before the voters of tho state at
an election to be heh
My Prlrnte Leaped Wire.
Washington. June 23.—President
Roosevelt nnd stair hope (o get away
from Wnshlnglon for Oyster Ray
within a day or two after congresa ad
journs.
Practically all preparations have
been mdde to that end. It Is not known
at the White House, of course, when
congress will wind up Its buslneaa. If
Jt should do do by next Thursday, oa
some hope, the president will leave for
hlb Oyater Bay home the Saturday fol
lowing.
next year. A
statement has been given to the press
by Superintendent Q. B. Richards, In
which he teljp of the work of the league
and what It hopea to accomplish In the
against tha liquor traffic In Georgia.
The officers of the league are: Judge
W. R. Hammond, attorney, Atlantn,
president; Will D. Upshaw, editor of
The Golden Age, Atlantn, first vice
president; Rev. A. W. Quintan, pastor,
Thomson, second vice president; Bev.
J. L. White, pastor, Mncon, third vice
president; Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor, At
lanta, secretary; Hon. J. X. McEach-
.ern. Insurance, Atlanta, treasurer;
Rev. J. c. Solomon, A.M., state super
intendent; J. B. Richards, district su
perintendent.
The state board la composed of tbs
following gentlemen: Rev. A. R. Hoi-
derby, pastor, Atlanta: Rev. J. W.
Millard, pastor, Atlanta; Hon. James
L. Mayson, city attorney, Atlanta: .Mr.
Charles Holt, tailor, Atlanta; Rev.
Sparks W. Melton, castor, Augusta;
Hon. G. J. Peacock; merchant, Cnlum-
Cinclnnatl,
June 21.—Henyr Burk
holdt, former cashier of the Franklin
Bank, was Friday noon Indicted for ob
taining money under falsa pretenses as
a result of the Investigation Into the
city coal contracts by tha Hamilton
county grand Jury.
Rudolph H. Bleybolte, millionaire
vice president of the Marmot Coal
Company, was Indicted on the same
charge. —
connected
pony, was
with per-
sd against
him. Th* Margot Coal Company and
tha Luhrlg Coal Company aa corpora
tions, were Indicted for violating the
Valentine anti-trust law. It Is not
known what bearing thla charge has
on the city coal contracts.
An Indictment on tha charge of be
ing Interested In public contracts was
returned against E. P. Crltchell, for
mer superintendent of city parks of
Cincinnati. It waa charged by the
Drake InveaUgatora recently that
Crltchell sold to Forest City' plants,
which he, as superintendent, had in
his charge.
Something about this new hotel—It is five stories high,
has 138 sleeping rooms; its floor space is 200,000 square feet.
The verandas are 300 feet long, 20 feet wide; the dining room
45x65 feet, ball room 45x60, main lobby 50x50, guests’ waiting
rooms 28x30 feet, main parlor 25x40, besides on each floor a
parlor 20x30. The fittings and furnishings are the best that
could be found in the markets of the North and South. There'
RAILROAD MOTES.
could be found in the markets of
are 750 electric lights. The orchestra engaged for the season
is the Quaker City, of Philadelphia, Pa^ famous at Atlantic
City and other noted watering places. The hotel has its own
laundry and ice plant. Each room has the hotel and long
distance phone connections. For further information write
for booklet, rates, etc., to
A new Una of railroad from Nash
ville, Tenn., through Huntsville, Ala.,
with diverging lines via Birmingham to
Pensacola, Fla., and vis Anniston and
Talladega, to Pensacola, Atlanta and
the East, thereby making one of the
most Important railroad systems In the
South, Is the possibility of the next
few weeks, and locdl railroaders are
taking considerable Interest in tha re
ports which are coming from the scene
of aoUon.
At a meeting at Nashville on Fri
day afternoon a trade waa mado
A. A. GATES, PROP
HEARD ON AM OPEM OAR;
THE IMPERTURBABLE MAM
Ing of the road that will connect Nash
ville by a direct route to tho Bir
mingham district, and thence to At
lanta and the coast.
Mr. Connor Is authority for the state
ment that tha new purchasers have
agreed to complete the road within
Continued from Page Ons, 2d 8#ction.
"Everybody works In Brooklyn" Is
the title of a unique verse, a parody
on "Everybody Works But Father,"
composed by R. S. Morrison, of 20
Rock street, following the crusade
against loafers In that celebrated sec
tion of Marietta street by Officer Zach
Rowan and hla corps of plain clothes
officers.
The plain clothes officers recently
mads a tour through "Brooklyn" and
put a good atxed gang of loafers on the
fourteen months, and that already the
second division of the line Is nearing
completion, the American Railway
"No, he Is.working for
ib. U— b- ;c'.-' tr
, Won't that bo swell 7’
•I want that _ transfer.
"*"OoodnessT I thought
that horrid man had gone.”
Fat man: ' haw: at.
gone, and I am not goln' till I gat that
Her friends: "l,_— —
an auto garaah. Sex ha la goln’ to
take ua riding. *■
Fat man:
Think I am going to pay 'nuttier fare?”
Thin woman: ' ’ “
rapidly. This company also hns the
contract for the building of the second
section of the rood, which connects
— — — and work
rgln next
Huntsville with Nashville,
on that division la to I
week.
From Huntsville, Ala- the road' la to
continue south, and will cross the Ten
nessee river at either Point Deposit,
Neeman's Ferry or Whlteaburg. Cross
ing Sane Mountain the route will be
through Anniston, Talladega, Mont
gomery and so on to the gulf.
In discussing the sale Mr. Connor
has stated that negotiations for tha
sale had been pending with the New
York people for soma time, and while It
had been regarded as a sura thing, tha
Eastern capitalists had held back on
account of the price.
A study of the map shows that a
road from Huntsville, via Anniston, to
Montgomery, through the counties of
Madison. Etowah, Calhoun and Clay,
would travaraa the moat attractive
field In the entire South for a new
railroad enterprise- By diverging a
•No, madam. I have not
transfer. What do I care for a ntckle?
There (throws four pennies and a
dime In the street).”
IIIIO 111 lire ■lICvW, ,
Hum of awe and surprise through
te car. ,
Small boy: "Kldo, there's goln' to be
fight. Gee whllllklns. I'm glad I’m on
it> r:.r'
Dtrty-faced man: "Walt till my can
didate Is elected. Tha common people
will get their rights. Kick fer your
transfer, old man.”
Wan-faced one: *Cur«e tha trusts.”
Fat man: "Gimme my transfer."
Conductor (firmly): “Can't do It”
Fat man: "Won't, hey?" (Pulla reg
ister laver violently,' ringing up a dol
lar In farts.) “Thera, I guess that'll
way, nemoiore iu luihieli "ui* -
Ing been let on a contract basis.
Joseph Steltenkantp, who has beAi
central passenger agent of the Louis
ville and NashvlUa lines, has resigned
and will becoma recruiting agent In
the Panama canal commlaaioa’a ser
vice. His duty will be to secure lint,
class artisans to go to Panama to work
cool the passenger can of the Louis
ville and Nashville Limited out of New
Orleans this summer. This splendid
train Is composed entirely of Pull-
™ ATLANTA QflOHGim
A SUMMER NIGHTS TRAGEDY
WITH A COMIC DENOUEMENT
To two of the little scene Jt waa a
tragedy; to her whose presence of mind
nnd lawn hose prevented a cataclysm
nnd earned for her a claim to the Car
negie medal for heroism, and the one
w lio, from the point of view of a
\cry much Interested spectator, wit
nessed the whole thing. It was the
funniest bit of extravagant comedy
ever seen on or off the stege.
Here’s what happened:
I The other night, a young couple were
strolling down one of the beautifully
shaded streets of one of Atlanta's most
delightful residence sections. It was
Just after supper: the atmosphere,
warm and balmy, was surcharged with
serenity and peacefulness. There wai
not a noise to be heard, save the oc-
caslonnl lyric of the lanler In a grove
of one of the street's most beautiful
yards, and the raucous scraping of a
Jack-o’-lantern, drawn along the tiled
sidewalk by a little girl.
The couple were very much absorbed
In their conversation. The girl, poa-
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Manufacturers of
Fire-Proof Windows, Doors, Cornices,
Skylights, Crestings, Finials,
Dixie Ventilators.
Contractors for All Kinds of Sheet
Metal Work.
20-22 Trinity Ave. Both Phones 525.
Our Specialty is dimension lumber
for large buildings.
DAVID T. CROCKETT & CO.
Wholesale Dealers
LUMBER, LATHS AND SHINGLES
605 4th National Bank Bldg.
Phone 202. Atlanta, Ga.
B. L.W ILL INCH AM,
President.
W. B. WILLINGHAM,
Gec'y and Treat.
WILLINGHAM-TIFT
H. H. TIFT,
Vlce-Pres.
LUMBER COMPANY
Jloagb end Dressed Lumber, flash. Doors, Blinds, Builders
Hardware. -i Itraw sn
S Murphy Avenue. Tnke Rust l'olnt or College park
r and get off at McCall a Crossing, on' Lee dtregt. Bell
sue K West; Atlanta Phono ?11.
C. A. GOUGE.
83 N. Pryor St.
Tin and Sheet Metal Worker,
made of metal, see me.
BELL PHONE 1443.
If it’s
W. R. JONES.
Practical Slate Roofer.
And Dealer in
All Kinds of Roofing Material.
15 Waverly Place.
Atlanta Phono 843.
Bell Phone 3277 L.
P. O. Box 316.
Bell Phone 3666 J. Atlanta Pfiono 18(6.
FRIDDELL BROS.
Painters, Decorators and Interior Fin-
ishers.
Interior Wall Tinting and Painting a
Specialty.
Out of town work given careful atten
tion. 69 Ivy Street.
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO.
103 S. Forsyth St.
Heating Plans and Estimates Free.
The place to get your furnace. They
install the best for any kind of fuel in
residences, schools and churches.
Both Phones.
Get
All Kinds of Building Material.
Prices From
ALEXANDER LUMBER AND MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY.
Factory and Tarda, corner South Pryor and South
ern Railway. Phone 23S4. City office, 6 North For
syth. Austell Building. Atlanta phone 400. Ball 3(3.
ATLANTA
STRUCTURAL STEEL CO
1020 Fourth National Bank Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga.
Estimate, furnished on all kind, of structural ateel
' shapes. Prompt shlpmenta from stock.
Phones, BeU and Main 4438.
WE SELL MANTELS,
TILES AND GRATES
Cheaper Than Any other Concern.
J. E. HUNNICUTT & CO.
.56 Peachtree St.
HUNNICUTT & TURNER.
PLUMBING & HEATING.
Estimates on Short Notice.
105 N. Pryor St.
Phones 1066.
Bell Phone 3686 J. Atlanta Phone 1966.
G W. HAYNES,
Interior nnd Exterior
HOUSE PAINTER
Wall Tinting and Graining.
Office and Shop 69 1-2 Ivy Street.
ATLANTA. GA.
WILLIAM WILSON.
Cement and Wood Fiber Plaster.
BUILDING SUPPLIES
. See our $11.75 Cabinet Mantels with
Grate and Tile.
59 S. Forsyth Street.
BOTH PHONES.
HAHR-DAVIS LUMBER CO.
PLANING MILLS, OFFICE AND YARDS: 333 TO
339 DECATUR STREET.
Rongh and Dreaaed Lumber, Shingle*, Lath*.
Saah, Doom. Blind* and Builder*’ Hardware.
Our saw mill JntereiU In Tift County. Ga., af
ford ua facilities to give prompt aervlco and at the
loweit prices. Dfmenslon Umbers a specialty.
Both Phones 3726.
LIME, CEMENT.
Plaster, Sewer Pipe and other Build
ers’ Supplies Low priceB and quick de
liveries.
SOIPLE SONS.
33 N. Broad St Atlanta.
TOMLINSON & DIDSCHUNEIT,
Contracting Painters.
Out of. Town Work a Specialty.
Bell Phone 1451L. 79 N. Pryor Street.
Atlantn, Georgia.
WOODWARD LUMBER CO.
Hardwood Interior Finish & Mantels,
Doors, Sash & Blinds
Send Your Plans for Estimates.
Atlanta, . Georgia.
WOOD FIBER WALL PLASTER.
The original product, and the only
plaster manufactured in Atlanta. Gan
be put on at as low cost as the lower
grade substitutes that have come into
the market. We can readily show this,
so do not he misled.
GEORGIA WOOD FIBER
PLASTER COMPANY.
Whitehall St. & Cent. R. R. Phone 1152.
r Dixie
r Tile and'
Cement
Works
TILE WALKS,
CEMENT STEPS
AND FLOORS.
Bell Phone 445 West,
538 Whitehall Street.
GEORGIA ROOFING TILE CO.,
Manufacturers of Cement Roofing Tilo.
An Everlasting Roof.-
Bell Phone 3704. 5 S. Broad St.
common people In this here town.'
Young woman with peek-a-boo
waist: "Ain't Fred a conductor on thla
this car.
Fat woman with bundles: "I think It
_ shame for a man to lose hla head.
That money la wasted, when It might
have been given to charity.”
Fat man: "I'm Just standing oat for
my right*. I'll be blanked If any trust
shall rob me. People who let these
conductors run over them are the ones
that's encouraging the packers and
Rockefeller* and '*' a outrage, V what
He say* he I* going to put a atop to
It alL
Car proceeds on It* way, conductor
smiling mad perturbed but lltUe.
on tha canal for the government.
"EVERYBODY WORKS IN BROOKLYN;"
NEW SONG FOLLOWS CRUSADE
run. Morrison, noting the good
fecta of the crusade, wrote his verse
and dedicated It to Officer Rowan.
The following Is Morrison's Ides of
tho crusade:
"Everybody Works In Brooklyn*"
Everybody loafs In Brooklyn,
That’s what they used to soy;
But a man by the name of Rowan
Has g..t things going ’ -
He passes through the bar rooms
Morning, night nnd noon; j
Morning, nigtu ana mwi,
Sow everybody works in Brookiy#
From the best down to the coon.
TELEPHONE
VISITS
Talks over the telephone with friends at
home or far away are practically the same
as personal visits. The home equipped with
a Bell telephone can enjoy this pleasure.
With extension sets you can talk from up
stairs or downstairs.
Bell Service Is Satisfactory.
The Rates Are Reasonable.
Call Contract Department, Main 1300.
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
