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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Cornet Cloth <t /o T-Ntu It’s No± the Price Tou pay for your clothe* that 1* of *o much lm portance to you. The main trouble la getting a autt that pleaaea you, one that you know I* absolutely right as to style and fit. These troubles disappear the moment you put one of our Suits on. Tou don't have to have some one tell you It Is becoming, and that fits you perfectly—you know It. No matter wbat price a man pays for a Suit, he Is perfectly satis fled If he gets his money's worth. We have the as sortment. We have the correct styles—equal tailor-made In all but price. $12.50 to $30.00. ESSIC BROS., “Correct Clothes fpr Men 26 Whitehall St.« HOME COMING A TLONE OAK PROVED A GREAT OCCASION By HARRY AITCHESON. Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, of Atlanta, Dr. Young J. Allen, Methodist missionary In Shanghai, China, and Dr. George IV. 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 locality as preachers of the gospel or as na- tfres 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 his 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 seve/al 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 grnnd 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 Orantvllle, the near est railroad station to Lone Oak, Fri day night and all three participated In religious exercises at the Methodldt Church In that town on that evening before a congregation which taxed the cni icily of the church to Its utmost. Dr. Lee delivered the sermon and fSir. ishedil food for , though for many days to come. . The three great religious workers were the guests Friday night of At torney William A. Post, of Grantvllle, formerly a member of the state legisla ture, where they wera hospitably enter- I mined 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 Orantvllle 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 ns to the hosts. Drive to Lone 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 great assembly of farmers, their wives, daughters, son* and sweethearts, all eager to meet the famous children of Lone Oak, and all eager for a right merry good time. .A committee con sisting of J. N. Hall, J. L. Pritchett, A. Lee, J. B. Hopson, J. T. Turner and many volunteers met the visitors and for two hour* a merry handshake and social chat was enjoyed by not only PROSPECT CHURCH AT LIVE OAK, here Dr. J. W. Lee, Dr. Y len and G. W. Yarbrough of the country folk, many had not met before In many years. Rev. A. H. S. Bugg, the present pastor "f Prospect Church, was present, and did his share toward assuring all * food time. , Many Visitors. Delegation* of visitors were present from Ijiorange, Newnan, Hogansvllle, Greenville, Orantvllle, College Park and many other places. Among the lestor* Of the vicinity who were pres ent were Rev. M. S. William, of Ho- ganeville; Rev. J. P. Pressley, pastor of the Presbyterian Chtirch at Coweta: Rev. a. c. Andrews, of Freeman's t’hapel; Q. W. Murphy, of LaOrange; Professor John Henry Covin, of Ho- gansvlllq. Among the Interesting per sonages present were ''Grandpa” J. R- Raw all, a relative of Dr. Lee, who, al- th .ugh over 80 years old, and the old- cat member of the church, attended the Picnic In his buggy which was wheeled np close to a window of the little rhurrh, where he was able to hear the axerclses 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 spirit of the day, and, although unable <" take an active part showed by hi* presence and jovial manner of the Pride which he took In assisting In the raeeptlon for the visitors. At ll o'clock as many of the party *> could find accommodations entered little white church where short ex- jr' lies were held. At this hour fully M ‘t people were on the grounds and are you going to paint: Linseed OH Is the life of paint See |“ st it is pure. Spencer Kellogg Old {toccss Linseed Oil la the oldest brand In the United States. Sold by F - J. COOLEDGE & BRO., Atlanta, Savannah. not more than half that number were nble to crowd within the little chapel, the remainder crowding about the doors and windows In an effort to heal' the words of the speakers. Dr. Lee'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 preached his first sermon after recelv Ing his license, and devotion to the villagers who made, up the congrega tion of that church. Ho took for the topic of his sgrmon "Conditions of the Spiritual World. as Contained In the Bodk of Revelations,” and In a forceful manner Impressed upon his hearers the Importance of keeping the three great requisites of this day, "law, order, right eousness,” and gave as Illustrations points which he brought out In his 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 Interred that Rusala will soon get her just deserts. Praise for The Georgian. At the conclusion of Dr. Lee’s talk, which made a profound Impression ot all who heard It, a few brief remarks were made by the pastor and other* present. Dr. Lee took occasion to re quest the congregation to Indorse The Atlanta Georgian, which he styled "the best 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 Methodists In dorse The Georgian, which 1s 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- K r of the Methodists of Grantvllle and ne Oak. Immediately after the morning ser vice the entire party repaired to the grove 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 mis sionary, who for the first time In near ly fifty years had visited his old home and met a few of his old acquaintances. The doctor held the closest attention of his hearers, and making no attempt at preaching a sermon, told of his early life In Lone Oak. He spoke of the day as being one of peculiar Interest to him, a* he had never expected to again have the opportunity of visiting his old home and friends. Business mat ter* however, had required that he pay a visit to the United States, and he would have felt his visit but half com plete If Lone Oak and its surroundings had not received a call from him. "There Is no spot on earth which Is so Identified In my memory and my history as fsr as my life Is concerned, as this," said Dr. Allen. "Protracted Isolation of many years makes coming home a glad and Joyful event. There are very few here who knew me or whom I knew fifty years ago, when I left the little house up yonder with my young bride for far-ofr China. There are many among the young people who greatly favor those whom I knew In my GOURD AIN NOW THREATENS TO BUILD A .PRIVATE JAIL NEAR U. S. SUPREME COURT Famous Eccentric Tells of His Strenuous Life in the South. By Private leased Wire. Washington. July 22.—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, Qourdaln was Inter viewed. “Are You Playing Crasy?” 'Are you craay, or only playing crasyT' he was asked. Well," he replied, "If I am crasy there are a good many other people who would like to be as crasy. I am not playing crasy by any means. I want to return to the penitentiary. If I cannot get there I'-wlll build a small one Just 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 prisoner, 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 to Washington to stay until the' supreme court meets I may build a miniature Jail near the supreme court. Wouldn’t that be line? The justices would know I meant business then, wouldn't they?" Story of His Life. Seated In the ^rawing room of the Congressional limited, Qourdaln told his story, or as much of It as he wanted to tell to the correspondent. Here It la: “I wns born March 7, 1888, a short time after the close of the civil war," said he. "My grandfather on my moth er’s side was Dr. Scudday, who stood by the side of General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. My father was Major J. K. Qourdaln, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars. He command ed the Louisiana Tigers at Shiloh and was killed at Liberty Monument In New Orleans In 1874. He left 8188,000 to mother, but her good friends who advised her In the management of the estate got all of It but 180,000. This was soon reduced to 88,000, which was given to my brother to start In the commission business. Fights Big Lottery Concern. In 1888 I went to Oklahoma, bought land In Oklahoma City, and sold It the .following year. In 1891 1 returned to New Orleans and established the Louisiana State Loan and ..Trust Com pany, with an ‘authorised capital of 880,000,000 and a paid-up capital of 81.800,000 to carry on a building and loan association. This was run In op position to the Louisiana State Lottery, which had enjoyed a monopoly of the lottery business for twenty-live years. Our Louisian* Grand Lottery paid prison based on’the drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery. The latter got after me for conducting a lottery business and had my places raided, but I' had other places and. a complete set of records on a yacht, nine league* out In the Gulf of Mexico. It was largely through this mlx-up that the entl-lot- tcry law In Louisiana was passed and the lotteries went out of business, al though the Honduras Lottery Is con. ducting 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 members of the city council and several were sub sequently indicted for fraud. O’Malley turned on me, however, and wanted to get me sent to the penitential? on the charges of embexslement and grand larceny. I dismissed my attorney. Judge Evans, and pleaded my own case, which made some people think I was crasy. I played the crasy act from every con ceivable standpoint. I was thrown Into the Louisiana Retreat, but the same night. I escaped through the aid of a pass key. I disguised myself and went home In the morning. The searching policemen did not recognise me, but my little boy did. I ran upstairs, but after a hard fight of two hours was recaptured and taken back to the Re treat. The following day I again es caped, another prisoner picking the lock* of my chain*. ; ■ . "After a trial, ,In which I acted my own counsel. I was freed of the charges against me." ■ LOUI8 A. GOURD AIN, He Is the rich Southerner who wants to break into jail. I Accused of Assault on Little Girl, and is Lodged in Atlanta Jail. childhood days and these are 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 Is pleasant and looks well. Over In China we feel that we know, the Chinese, but they don't know us. They don’t understand us. We can un derstand the Chinese much more faster than they can understand us.” And then, after telling the good peo- of the great country In which they dwell and the great opportunities open to them, he told of hi* personal expe rience and struggle* In early life be-, AGENT FITZWATER DROWNED IN RIVER Rpeclsl to The Oeorftan. Savannah, Oa., July 28.—Chief Bpe. clal Agent George Fltswater of the Seaboard was drowned early yesterday morning In the Savannah river. He went to relieve Special Agent Waln- wright, who was on duty at Hutchin son's Island, and In attempting to step from one lighter to another Fltswater fell Into the river. The recent troubles among the negro roustabout* have caused the Seaboard keep Its wharves under special guard night, and Fltswater was assisting this duty. R'CH °' RLW0 28 K8 HOTEL WAITER %«* a home o, affluence and refinement and the cul ture of Wellealy College to the position of waitress at a summer resort hotel, la the voluntary change made by Mis* Louise Bosworth, of Elgin, III., 19-year- old daughter of Alfred E. Bosworth. a wealthy banker of the watch city. Mis# Bosworth had taken Into her confi dence a girl who earned her college ex- ,tenses during the summer by serving ana waitress th a hotel and decided on the same course herself. fore he left for China. And a truly marvelous story It was, too, and not a person left the church at the conclu sion but that had h love and reverence for the doctor that nothing else than th* simple telling of hi* life history could have produced. The hour was late when the day was finally brought to a pleasant dose with a farewell hand-slltke all around, and with their hearts filled with pride for the great men who have gbne out Into the world from the quiet Hula commu nity, the congregation quietly dispersed with heads filled with thoughts of th* great words spoken by the pastors dur ing the day. Dr. Allen and Dr. Yarbrough re mained In Lone Oak over Sunday, speaking at morning and afternoon service* before large congregations. Accused of an assault on little Annls Jester, a 12-year-old girl of Griffin, Oa., Elite Connolly, a negro boy 18 years old, was brought to Atlanta Saturday night by Pate F. Phelps, the chief pollco 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 Griffin. Neighbors were Informed and a posse started In pursuit of the negro. He was captdred In a swamp but Chief Phelps and other officers succeded In getting the negro away from the mob and took him to Griffin. A riot almost followed the attempt of the officers to board the train and another crowd was encountered at Experiment Station, but the officer succeeded In. bringing th* prisoner to Atlanta. The negro claims that another negro boy named Emmet Beard Is th* guilty person and denies his own guilt en tlrely. The officers are making search for Beard. COUNCIL'S U Says Ordinance Concerning Policemen and Liquor Is Not Wise. Much comment, adverse and other wise, has been occasioned by the or. dlnance passed at the last session of council prohibiting saloonmen to sell or give liquor to members of the police force. The police force Is against the ordinance to a man,, and Monday morn. Ing Mayor Woodward wrote a strong message of disapproval on the back of the ordinance, although he did not veto It. Mayor Woodward declares that the ordinance gives too much power In the hAnds of on* man for the offense, and also that he Is against prohibiting th* policemen taking a drink when they are off duty and have taken off their uni forms. Uls 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 datlon that It be re-referred to the committee for the purpose of further consideration and perfection. 'It appears to me that your honorable body has made the penalty on the l|. cense* too severe by making him sub ject to a line of 811)0, thirty (20) day* In stockade and revocation of license. The original ordinance from the board police commissioners carried a fine on :he emplgyer and only the revocation of license on the licensee, which, to me, appears sufficiently strong on both par ties for the magnitude of the offense committed. It further appears to me that this Is too arbitrary a power to be conferred upon on* man for such an offense. "At tb* time ot my remarks before your honorable body I was not aware that the verbiage of the original ordi nance, as It came from the police board, after having been fully discus*ed, had been so materially changed:" PEACH CROP SHORT ABOUT ONE-HALE Special to The Georgian. Sparta, Oa., July 28.—This year'* peach season, which has just closed In this section, was perhaps the most dis appointing In the history of the peach raising Industry In the county. Until few days before the season opened, one of the largest crop* for years was expected, but the fruit began to rot suddenly before the season opened, and fell off of 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 atue to gather but twelve crate* from bis orchards. While Mr. Moore suffered worse than any other shipper, none escaped great loss. In addition to all of this, the prices received were on the whole unsatis factory. • — Untrimmsd Shapes At $1.00 A new hat to finish up the Summer, and at very little cost, via this sale of un r 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 Eack Chambsrlih-Johnsoh-DuDQse Co. ARTNEH OF GIBSON TELLS WR STORY Ashton Is To Bo a Witness at the Probing of the Kinan Murder. ny Private Leesed Wire. Shelburne, N, IL, July 21.—In a statement. made here at his country home In the White mountains, William . Ashton givss sonii of th* facts about Attorney Burton W. Gibson's dtallngs with Mrs. Stanton, the mother of Mrs. Alice Kinan, who was murdered, which put a new and startling aspect to 1fce case. He will be summoned before the grand Jury as a witness. I do not wish to critlcls* a fallow attorney,” eald he. "Gibson's action was manlfsatly unfair, not altogsther to m# but to our Joint cllsnt, Mr*. Btenton. As the secret purchaser of th* property. It ws* to hi* Intereet to bid It In through hi* dummy at the lowest posslbl* figure. As a matter of fact, th* 188,000 for which Glbeon ob tained control was vary much balow Us true vslue. I had ssnt an expert to examine It and I felt confident from hi* report that It would bring at least 880,000 at the partition sale. That th* expert's Judgmsnt was conssrvatlv* Is shown by th* fact that Gibson had no difficulty In finding a purchaser on th* day ot the murder, which entered Into a contract to take th* property off his hands , for 810,000.” The statement of Ashton contradicts In many Important dstalls the testi mony given by Olbson *t the prelimi nary Inquiry before Justice McDonald. PRIMARY DATE FIXED AUGUST 22 Hpectsl to Tb* deorglsn. Karon. (Is.. July 22.-Polltles did sol crop out Is the meeting of fh* state Dem- erratic esrcutlre commltfr# her* todsy. Nothing concerning th* gubernatorial rsr* was mentioned. The primary date was Hied for Augnat 22. and the role* of the slate Democratic eseetitlre committee were adopted a* the roles for th* county com mittee. Killed IN Fell From Train. Special to Th* Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., July 21.—Samuel Car- a farmer, residing near Bristol, fellfrom a train on the Southern rail way laet night, and was Instantly killed. tMHSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DREYFUS DECORATED O WHERE DEGRADED. O By Private Leased Wire. Paris, July 22.—The Install ing of Msj. Dreyfus as a knight of th* Legion of Honor took place In th* place where he was Dreyfus was dressed for the first time In the uniform of a major, and waa decorated with the cross of the legion, after which the commanding officer In th* name of the preoldent embraced Major Dreyfus. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtrOOOOG GRAVES OF U, C. V. DEAD TOBETENDEB BYSTATE II0U80 Bill Which Will Probably Paw Providea for . , l Thla. The car* of th* graves of Georgia’s Confederate dead by th* state seems to be a certainly of th* near future, as there Is now a house resolution which would Initial* this, ready for passage. A* stated In the resolution by Messrs. Grssn snd Griffin, of Cobb, there are 2,000 Confederate dead burled In the cemetery at Marietta. Th* Lodlea' Memorial Association of that city has lovingly cared for this csmslsry, clean ing It of briars and weeds, snd placing ,headatont* on sach grave. A speaker’s stand has also been erected of stone and brick. The- Ladles' Memorial Association now tendsrs this esmstary to the stale and house resolution No. 71 proridss for th* acceptance of fh* cemetery by th* house and senate for the state. BAPTIST MINISTERS DISCUSS _NEW CHURCH Will Probably Be Locatad Neat Georgia Avcnuo and Grant Street. £ i Routine matters were discussed at thn meeting ot the Atlanta Baptlal Ministers' Association at the First Bap. tlst Church Monday morning, the prine clpal topto being the location of a next Baptist ChurcbIn the city. A commit- [•••, lii'ii'l'M ny Hr. I./iii'lrum, rutunltted a report to thn err,., t that It would be well to establish ono In two or throe blocks of the Intersection of Georgia avenue and Orant street. Thin work was first projected by the Young Mon'S Bible class of the Socond Haptlal Church. Th* matter ot a permanent churoh extension committee waa dlecuaaed, bu| no action w:ut taken. TRY A WANT AD « T IN THE GEORGIAN WASHINGTON, D.C AND RETURN (One Way Rate for the Round Trip) OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC $t 7.75---J 17.75—$17.75 S EABOARI) MR UNE RAILWAY Tickets will be sold for all trains on July 27, 10 and 21, with final limit of August I. Only costa 80 cents to havs limit extendsd until September 8, 1908. ?—THROUGH TRAINS EVERY DAY-? ^ '» ' — Call on any of th* underalgnd for Sleeping car or steamer reser vations. D. W. MORRAH, C. B. WALKER, City Past, and Ticket Agt. Depot Ticket Agent. (City Ticket Office, 88 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.) W. E. CHRISTIAN, A.G.P.A., Atlanta, Ga.