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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, JOLT 28, W*. Mm*#** Cornet Cloth ti for Mta It’s Not the Price You pay for your clothes that la of so much Im portance to you. The main trouble i« getting a suit that pleases you. one that you know Is absolutely light as to style and lit. These troubles disappear moment you put one of our Suits on. Tou don't have to have some one tell you It Is becoming, and that flts you perfectly—you know It No matter what price a man pays tor a Suit, he Is perfectly satis fled if he gets his money's worth. We have the a*> sortment We have the correct styles—equal tailor-made In all but price, i $12.50 to $30.00. ESSIG BROS. “Correct Clothes for Men 26 Whitehall St HOME COMING A TLONE OAK PROVED A GREAI OCCASION By HARRY AITCHE80N. Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, of Atlanta, Dr. Young J. Allen,' Methodist missionary In Shanghai, China, and Dr. George W. Yarbrough, of Oxford, Saturday were the guests of honor at a grand neighborhood picnic and jollification - held at Lone Oak, Meriwether county, and with the many happy reminders of the former days spent In that loballty as preachers of the gospel or as na tives of the section, the day was one of Joy to all who attended. Dr. Lee, Dr. Yarbrough and Dr. Allen were each former residents of the district and were brought up In the rich section which surrounds the scene of the Jubi lant home coming of Saturday. Dr. Lee was licensed to preach, and de livered bis first sermon at Prospect Church in Lone Oak, where Saturday's exercises were held, and Dr. Allen left for China while living In the vicinity of that village. Dr. Yarbrough was also a native of Lone Oak and preach ed at the church for several years only a short time ago. The affair of Saturday was the event of the year In Lone Oak, and for miles around a stream of visitors continued to arrive until well after the noon hour. Crops were forgoten for the day, the village storekeepers closed their shops and all, old and young, Joined In the grand and glorious welcome to the three sons of the village who have won fame and distinction In their life of Christian endeavor. The three guests arrived In Grantvllle, the near est railroad station to Lone Oak, Fri day night and all three participated In religious exercises at the Methodist Church In that town on that evening before a congregation which taxed the capacity of the church to its utmost. Dr. Lee delivered the sermon and furnished food fof though for many days to come. The three great religious Workers were the guests Friday night of At torney William A. Post, of Grantvllla, formerly a member of the state legisla ture, where they were hospitably enter tained during their stay In the vicinity. .Many of the villagers took advantage of the chance to greet their old friends in an informal manner and the stay at Grantvllle was one of rare pleasure. Dr. Young having been thousands of miles away for many years and Dr. Lee and Dr. Yarbrough being busily engaged in their life work. It has here tofore been Impossible to bring the three men together, and naturally the occasion was one of great pleasure and profit to the guests of the occasion as well as to the hosts. Drive to Lons Oak. On Saturday morning the party was driven 5 miles Into the country to Lone Oak, a pretty little village of thrifty farmer folk. The drive to Prospect Church was filled with Interest to the three clergymen, who for the first time since their start on the road of life many, many years ago, reviewed the old scenes of early childhood and re counted the days when they were young school boys trudging the many long miles each day In an effort to get the education which Is now so easily secured by the average young person. At Prospect Church was gathered a J reat assembly of farmers, their wives, aughters, sons and sweethearts, all eager to meet the famous children of Lone Oak. and all eager for a right merry good time. A committee con- Ustlng of J. N. Hall, J. L. Pritchett, A. O. Lee, J. B. Hopson, J. T. Turner and mnny volunteers met the visitors and for two hours a merry handshake and social chat was enjoyed by not only the distinguished guests, but by many of the country folk, many of whom had not met before In many years. Rev. A. H. 8. Bugg, the present pastor of Prospect Church, was present, and did his share tpward assuring aU a food time. Many Visitors. Delegations of visitors were present from LaQrange, Newnan, Hogansvllle, Greenville, Grantvllle. College Park and many other places. Among the pastors of the vicinity who were pres ent were Rev. M. S. William, of Ho- tansvllle; Rev. J. P. Pressley, pastor of •he Presbyterian Church at Coweta: «ev. <J. C. Andrews, of 'Freeman's Chapel; O. W. Murphy, of LaOrange; Professor John Henry Covin, of Ho- Snnsvllle. Among the Interesting per sonages present were "Grandpa” J. R. Rswall, a relative of Dr. Lee, who, al though over JO years old, and the old est member of the church, attended the Picnic In his buggy which was wheeled up close to a window of the little church, where he was able to hear the exercise* of the day. Another old member of the church and former play mate of Dr. Allen was Robert Pow- hdge, who also joined heartily In the ■pint of the day, and, although unable to take an active part showed by hi* Presence and jovial manner of the ►ride which he took In assisting In the teception for the visitors. At li o'clock as many of the party as could fl n d accommodations entered •he little white church where short ex ercises we re held. At this hour fully tof 1 people were on the grounds and PROSPECT CHURCH AT LIVE OAK, Where Dr. J. W. Lee, Dr. Young J. Al len and G. W. Yarbrough Preached. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? Linseed Oil Is the life of paint. See !“*• It Is pure. Spencer Kellogg Old Process Linseed Oil Is the oldest brand In the United States. Sold by * J. COOLEDGE & BRO., Atlanta. Savannah. not more than half that number were able to crowd within the little chapel, the remainder crowding about the doors and windows In an eitort to heal the words of the speakers. Dr. Les’s Talk. Rev. A. H. S. Bugg, pastor of the church, presided, and after a short musical program and prayer by Dr. Yarbrough, Introduced Dr. J. W. Lee, of Atlanta. Dr. Lee was visibly af fected by the great demonstration of welcome which had been made In his behalf, and In a cordial manner assured the assemblage of his undying devotion for the little church In which he J trenched his first sermon after recelv. ng his license, - and devotion to the villagers who made up the congrega tion of that church. He took for the topic of his sermon "Condltlonb'of the Spiritual World as Contained In the Book of Revelations,” and In a forceful manner Impressed upon his hearers the Importance of keeping the three great requisites of this day, "lat eousness," and gave as Illustrations points which he brought out In hts sermon, the dominant notes In the .lives of great men of this and other ages. He gave assurance that no nation on the earth will submit today to tyranny and Inferred that Russia will soon get her just deserts. Praiss for Tha Georgian. At the conclusion of Dr. Lais'* talk, which made a profound Impression on all who heard It, a few brief remarks were made by the pastor and others present. Dr. Lee took occasion to re, quest the congregation to ladorse The Atlanta Georgian, which he styled "the heat paper In the South today, and one which Is a credit to the state and the city.” Continuing, he said: “If I had the time to spare I would visit every community In the state of Georgia and endeavor to have the Methodist* In dorse The Georgian, which la undoubt edly the finest, cleanest and brightest newspaper published In this vicinity." concluded the Atlanta guest, and al though no formal action was taken, The Georgian was Indorsed as the pa- E »r of the Methodists of Grantvllle and one Oak. Immediately after the morning ser vice the entire party repaired to the gtove close by the church, where a sumptuous dinner was served by the ladles. It was a delightful feast, there being more than enough for everybody and the spirit of good cheer, which was prevalent, only added to the sense of pleasure which nervaded the grove, Dr. Allen's Address, After the Inner man had been satis fied and the heated part of the day had been spent In rest and quietude with social chat, the party again went to the church to listen to an address by Dr.' Young J. Allen, the famous ml* sionary, who for the first time In near ly fifty years had visited hi* old home and met a few of his old acquaintances. The doctor held the closest attention of his hearers, and making no attempt at K caching a sermon, told of his early e in Lone Oak. He spoke of the day as being one of peculiar interest to him. os he had never expected to again have the opportunity of visiting his old home and friends. Business mat ters, however, had required that he pay a visit to the United States, and he would have felt his visit but half com plete tf Lone Oak and it* surroundings lad not received a call from him. "There is no spot on earth which I* so Identified in my memory and my history as far a* my life I* concerned, as this." said Dr. Allen. "Protracted ■eolation of many yearn makes coming home a glad and Joyful event. There are very few here who knew me or whom I knew fifty yearn ago, when I left the little house up yonder with my young bride for far-off China. There are many among the young people who greatly favor those whom 1 knew In my childhood days and these sre probably the children of those old playmates of years ago. .... . . , «I know you are all Interested In China and the people there. There Is one thing certain, they know how to dress more comfortably than you do In hot weather over there. No heavy gar ments on the Chinese, and although they dress lightly, they dress In a fashion that I* pleasant “J, »•»; Over in China we feel that we know the Chinese, but they don't know us. They don't understand us. We can un- . - i .k. fixinoa* mnrh more ranter dentand the Chinese much more faster than they can understand us. And then, after telling the good peo- ,,,# of the great country In w£l<3 they dwell and the great opportunities open to them, he told of hla personal axpe- if.nra id struggles in early Ufa be- GOURDAIN NOW THREATENS TO BUILD A PRIVATE JAIL NEAR U. S. SUPREME COURT Famous Eccentric Tells of His Strenuous Life in the South. By Trlrate Leased Wire. Washington, July 23.—Louis A. Gour- daln, the banker, broker, lottery king and general eccentric, of Chicago, New York and New Orleans, who has been making strenuous efforts to get back Into a prison cell, says he will return to Washington to spend a month while waiting for the supreme court to con vene, and that he may build a minia ture jail on Capitol Hill. Just before he left Philadelphia for Chicago Friday, Gourdaln was Inter viewed. “Are You Playing Crasyf" "Are you craay, or only playing craay?" he was asked. Well," he replied, "If I am craay there are a good many other people who would like to be aa craay. I am not playing craay by any means. I want to return to'the penitentiary. If I cannot get there I will build a small one juat beside It. If they get out an Injunction against .me I will build a cell in my office In Chicago and treat myself, as though I were a prlkoner. I will wear a gray suit which one of the jailers got for me at Joliet and will wear my number on It. If I come Washington to stay until the supra: court meets I may build a mlnialt jail near the supreme court. Wouldn' that be fine? The Justices would know I meant business then, wouldn't they?" Story of Hit Lift, Seated In the drawing room of the Congressional limited, Gourdaln told hla Ktary, or aa much of It as he wanted to tell to the correspondent Hera It Is: "I was born March 7, IMS, a short time after the close of the civil war," said he. "My grandfather on my moth er's side was <Dr. Bcudday, who stood by the side of General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. My father was Major J. K. Gourdaln, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars. He command ed the Louisiana Tiger* at Shiloh and was killed at Liberty Monument In New Orleans In 1874. He left 8183,000 to mother, but her good friends who advised her dr the management of the estate got oil of It but 130,000. This was soon reduced to $8,000, which was given to my brother to start In the commission business. Fights Big Lottery Concern, In 1880 I went to Oklahoma, bought land In Oklahoma City, and sold It the following year. In 1801 I returned to New Orleans mid established the Louisiana State Loan and Trust Com pony, with an authorised oapltal of $80,000,000 and n paid-up capital of $1,600,000 to carry on a building and loan association. This waa run In . op position'to the Louisiana State Lottery, which had enjoyed a monopoly of the lottery business for twenty-five years. Our Louisiana Grand Lottery paid prises based on the diifink* ot the Louisiana State Lottery. The latter got after me for conducting a lottery business and had my places raided, but I had other plates and a-complete set of records on n yacht, nine leagues out In the Gulf of Mexico. It was largely through this mlx-up that the anti-lot tery law In Louisiana was passed and the lotteries went out of business, al though the Honduras Lottery 1$ con ictlng the business today. Buys New Orleans Daily. “I then bought the New Orleans Dally Item and placed a private detec tlve of mine, Dominick'C., - O’Malley,. In charge. We attacked the member# of the city council and aevernl were sub- aaquantly Indicted for fraud, 'O'Malley turned on me, however, and wanted to LOUIS A. GOURDAIN. . He ia the rich Southarnar who wanta to break into jail. get mo aent to the penitentiary on the charges of embesilement and grand larceny. I dlamlased my attorney. Judge Evan*, and pleaded my own case, which made some people think I waa craay. I playad the craxy act from every con ceivable etandpolnt. I waa thrown Into the Louisiana Retreat, but the same night I escaped through the aid of a pass key. I disguised myself and went lome In the morning. The searchlm, policemen did not recognise me. but my little boy did. I ran upstairs, but after a hard fight of two hours waa recaptured and taken back to the Re treat. The following day I again es caped. another prisoner picking the locks of my chain*.. . "After a trial, In which I acted as my own coun»el. I WM charges against me.” AGENT FITZWATER DROWNED IN RIVER Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Oa„ July 88—Chief Spe cial Agent George Fltswater of the Seaboard was drowned early yesterday morning In the Savannah river. He went to relieve Special Agent Waln- wrfght, who waa on duty at Hutchin son's Island, and In attempting to step from one lighter to another Fltswater fell Into the river. The recent trouble* among the negro roustabouts have caused the Seaboard to keep Its wharves under special guard at night, and Fltswater waa assisting this duly. R'CH G'RL WORK8 hot£l wa(ter By Private breaed Wire. Chicago, July 28.—From a home of affluence and refinement and the cul ture of Wellealy College to the position waitress at a summer resort hotel, .. the voluntary change made by Mlaa Louise Bosworth, of Elgin. HI.. lf-year- old daughter of Alfred E. Bosworth, a wealthy banker of the watch city. Miss Bosworth had taken Into her confi dence a girl who earned her college ex penses during the summer by serving as a waitress In a hotel and decided on the same course heraelf. fore he left for China. And a truly marvelous story It, was, too, and not a person left the church at tha conclu sion but that had a love and reverence for the doctor that nothing else than the simple telling of his life history could, have produced. The hour waa late when the day was finally brought to a pleasant close with a farewell hand-shake all around, and with their hearts filled with pride for great men who have gone out Into the world from the quiet little commu nity, the congregation quietly dispersed ‘ ads filled with thoughts of the TAMM li Accused of Assault on Little Girl, and is Lodged in Atlanta Jail. Accused of an aaaault on little Annie Jester, a 11-year-old girl of Griffin, Go., Klllc Connelly, a negro boy 11 years ojd, was brought to Atlanta Saturday night by Pate F. Phelps, the chief of police at Griffin, and lodged In the Ful ton county Jail. The negro Is- accused of assaulting the little girl In a field near the Jester farm about nine miles from Grlfiln. Neighbors were Informed and a posse started In purautt of the negro. He was captured In a swamp but Chief Phelps and other officer* aucceded In getting the negro away from the mob and took him to Griffin. A riot almost owed the attempt of the officers to rd the train and another crowd was encountered at Experiment Station, but the 'officer succeeded In bringing the prisoner to Atlanta. The negro claims that another negro boy named Emmet Beard la the guilty person and denies his own guilt en, tlrely. The officers are making search for Beard. COUNCIL'S LAW Says Ordinance Concerning Policemen and Liquor Is Not Wise. mith hea— . _ — great words spoken by the pastors dur- the day. r. Allen and Dr. Yarbrough re mained In Lone Oak over Sunday, I . speaking at morning and afternoon I received were on the whole unsatls- ■ervlces before large congregations. ■ factory. Much comment, adverse and other, wise, has been' occssloned by the or, dlnancs passed at tha last session of council prohibiting ssloonmen to-sell or give liquor to membere of the police force. The police force Is against the ordinance to a man, and Monday morn ing Mayor Woodward wrote a strong massage of disapproval on the back of the ordinance, although he did not veto It. Mayor Woodward declare* that the ordinance gives too much power In the hands of one man for the offense, and also that he la against prohibiting tha policemen taking a drink whan they are off duty and have taken off their uni forms. Hla message to council reads as fol lows: "I return this paper to your honor able body without my signature of ap- proval or disapproval, not for the pur pose of veto, but with the recommen dation that It be re-referred to the committee for the purpose of further consideration and perfection. "It appears to me thatyour honorable body baa made the penalty on tha II cenaee loo severe by making him sub. Ject to a line ot $100, thirty (80) days In stockade and revocation of license. The original ordinance from the board of xollce commissioners carried a line on the employer and only the revocation of license on the licensee, which, to me, appears sufficiently strong on both par ties for the magnitude of tha offense committed. It further appear* to m* that this la too arbitrary a power to be conferred upon one man for such an offense. "At the time of my remarks before your honorable body I waa not aware that the verbiage of the original ordi nance, aa ILcame from Jtha police hoard, after having been fully discussed, had been so materially changed." PEACH CROP SHORT ABOUT ONE-HALF Special to The Georgian. Sparta, Ga., July 21.—This year's peach season, which has Juat closed In this section, was perhaps tha most dis appointing |n ffie history of the peach raising Industry In the county. Until few days before the season opened, one of the largest crops for years waa expected, but the fruit began to rot suddenly before the season opened, and fell off or the trees so fast that not half of the fruit was marketed. R. H. Moore, of Culverton, for years one of the largest peach growers In the county, was Able to gather but twelve crates from hla orchards. While Mr. Moore suffered worse than any other shipper, none escaped great loos. In addition to all of this, the prices Unhimned Shapes Al $ 1.00 * A new hat to finish up the Summer, and at very little cost, via this sale of un trimmed shapes. Shapes of medium or large sizes of white or black chip braids. Shapes that sold at $2.50, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 Tuesday $1.00 Children’s trimmed hats At $1.00 Children’s white milans trimmed with band and pompon, $2.50 to $5.00 hats, $ 1.00 Each Chambsrlih-Johnsoh-DuBose Co. MINER OF GIBSON TELLS TOR STOR Ashton Is To Bo i Witness t the Probing of the Kinan Murder. By Prlvsl* Leased Wire. Shelburne, N. H„ July 28.—In statement made here at his country horns In the White mountains, William K. Ashton gives some of the facts about Attorney Burton W. Gibson's dealings with Mrs. Stenton, tha mother of Mrs, Alice Klnnn, who was murdered, which put a new and startling aspect to the case. He will be summoned before the grand Jury aa a witness. 'I do not wish to criticise a fallow attorney," said ha. "Gibson’s action was manifestly unfair, not altogether to me but to our Joint client, Mrs. Stenton. Aa the secret purchaser of the property, It waa to hla Interest to bid It In through hla dummy at tbs lowest possible figure. Aa a matter of fact, the $81,000 for which Gibson ob tained control waa vary much below Its true value. I had sent an expert to examine It and I felt confident from hla report that It would bring at least 180,000 at tha partition sale. That tha expert’s Judgment waa conservative Is shown by the fact that Gibson had no difficulty In finding a purchaser on tha day of the murder, which entered Into a contract to taka tha property off hla hands for 110,000." The statement of Ashton contradicts ... many Important details the testi mony given by Olbson at the prelimi nary Inquiry before Justice McDonald. PRIMARY DATE ” FIXED AUGUST 22 Special to The Georgias. Mseon, <1*;, July a-Pollllcs did net crop out In lbs meeting nf the ntst* Dsm ocrstlc executive rommtUee here lodsy. Nothing concerning the gubernatorial race was mentioned. Tbs primary dst* was Died for Angast 22, and lbs roles of tbs slate Democratic executive committee were adopted as the rules for tbs couoty com mittee. Killed IN Fell From Train. Special to Tbs Georgian. Bristol, Tenn, July 28.—Samuel Car rier, a farmer, residing near Bristol, fell from a’ train on the Southern rail way last night, and waa Instantly killed. riODOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGOO DREYFUS DECORATED WHERE DEGRADED. By Private Lgassd Wire. O Paris, July 88—Tha Install- O Ing of MaJ. Dreyfus as a knight O of tha Lotion of Honor took O S ince In the place where ha waa O egraded twelve years ago. o Dreyfus was dressed for tha O flrat time In the uniform of a o major, and was decorated with Q the crons of the legion, after .O which the commanding offfeer O In the name of the president O embraced Major Dreyfus. O OOCOOOOOCOOOOOGOOGGOvOOOOG GRAVES OF (J.C.V.DEAO TBBETENDED BVSTATE IIouso Bill Which Will Probably Pass Provides for This. The care of tha graves of Georgia's Confederate dead by lha state seems to be a certainly of tha qear future, as than la now a house resolution which would Initiate this, ready for passage. Aa stated In tha resolution by Messrs. Green and Griffin, of Cobl^ there are 8,000 Confederate dead burled In tha cemetery at Marietta. Tbs Ladles' Memorial Association of that city has lovingly cared for this cemetery, clean ing It of briars and weeds, and placing headstones on each grave. A speaker's stand has also bean erected of atone and brick. The Ladles' Memorial Association now tenders this cemetery to tha state and houaa resolution No, 71 provides for the aocsptanc* of tha cemetery by lb# house and senate for the stale. BAPTIST MINISTERS DISCUSS NEW Will Probably Bo Located Near Georgia Avenue and Grant Street. < Routine matters were dlscussod at lha masting of tha Atlanta Bnptlst Ministers' Association at the FtrJt Bap tist Church Monday morning, the prin cipal topic being lha location of a new Baptist Church In the city. Acmmiit. tee, htadad by Dr. Landrum, submitted' a report to the effect that It would b« well to establish one In two or three blocks of the Intersection of Georgia avenue and Grant street. This work waa flrat projected by tbs Young Men’s Bible class of the Second Baptist Church. ■The matter of a permanent church extension committee was discussed, but no action was taken. TRY A WANT AD r IN THE GEORGIAN WASHINGTON, D.C AND RETURN (One Way Rate for the Round Trip) OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC $17.75—$17.75—$ 17.75 S EABOARn AIR UNE RRILWAY v Tickets will be sold for all trains on July 27, 10 and II, with final limit of August t. Only coots 10 cents to have limit extended until September 8, 1908. ?—THROUGH TRAINS EVERY DAY-7 Call on any of tha understand for Sleeping Car or Strame rations. D. W. MORRAH, C. B. WALKER, City Pass, and Ticket Agt. Depot Tickst Agent (City Tltcst Office, 88 Peachtroo Street, Atlanta, Ga.) W. E. CHRISTIAN, A.G.P.A., Atlanta, Ga.