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JWU.iWU'MI ■■I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. JOHNSON'S CAFE, 111 Peachtree Street, js never doped. The best of service .-ill -naht. Telephone Your Any Time Order and we will deliver it any place within the city limits. COMING DOWN STRETCH IN SIZZLING FINISH FOR GUBERNATORIAL SIAKES\ Additional Sporting News FOR FULL PAGE CF SPORTS SEE PAGE TWELVE. m RHYS KILL HEW YORK FOLK ONJAST SIDE Ten Thousand . Persons Sleep on Sand at Coney Island. B.r Private lanscd Wire. New York, Aug. 6.—Many dead and dozens proatrated la the record of the heat today. Although, the weather forecaat states that showers are due before nightfall, there was not much proapect of relief In this direction dur ing the morning. tin all sides during,last night there was nothing but deep tragedy In the terrific spell of weather. Ten thou# and persona , sought relief during the night by throwing tl)8msclves on the beach ot Copey island, bands 4>f thleves operated among these sufferers. They beat one man with a club until Ids skull was crushed In. and then stripped him of nil his clothing. Another man was robbed of all he had while crowds on the beach watched three thieves struggling with him and thought It was Just a friendly struggle. The most pathetic rase was on the crowded East Side, where thousands of persons, unable to get to the sett, had to get along aa best they could. Mothers with- babe In arms slept on lire escapes. Those who knew Just what to do went to the small, parks, which were kept wide open all night and every restriction about lying on the grass was abolished. , . At dawp a great rush Vaa made for the public bath houses by a riotous crowd. Most of those who spent the night n« the Coney Island beach were from the East Side, nailers the suffering from the Intenso heat Is greatest. Round Trip — Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain , . . $4.10, via Western & Atlantic R.R. Battlefield Route. 8horte«t Line and Quickest Time. Tickets on sale every Saturday; good till Tuesday following. An‘opportunity to visit Chlckamau- ga Park duHng the encampment of the Georgia 8tate Guard. For tickete, schedules and further Information, call on J. A. THOMAS, City Pass. A Tkt. Agt. 'Phones 169 M. Bell; 153 Atlanta. C. B. Walker, Depot Ticket .Agt. ’Phone 213 Main. C. E. Harman. G. P. A. They’re on the last lap and are com ing down the stretch In a driving flh- |lsh for the gubernatorial stakes. Whether or not some of them are run ning together like brothers, the rnco [ looks like a red-hot affair, "o-as-yoii- please, catch-as-catch-can,’ with not even the strangle hold barred. Just fifteen days are left before the primary of August 22. Two of these are Sunday, reducing the campaigning opportunities to thirteen da; *. They are days of activity for every one of the five candidates. Speech-making arid hand-shaking by all and editorial ising by three will be cut* loose with redoubled energy, arid there will be no peace In the land. Are Getting Assistants. The two candidates moa* prominent before the public are enlisting aid In speechifying. Reuben Arnold, one of Hoke Smith’s staunchest lieutenants, has taken the stump and will shell the woods thjs week and next. Air. Howell will have several assistants In his cam paigning, his brother, Albert Howell, and Judge Enoch Callaway, of Augusta, being among the number. Judge Russell will this week some what diminish the speed of his whirl wind campaign. He is sort o' slowing up In order to pet his second wind. But look out for him next week. Down In southeast Georgia .Colonel EstlU's voice Is being heard with un wonted vigor, but the campaign con ducted by him and his marshals some what suffers in the matter of volume uf fuss when compared wjth the efforts of his Atlanta and Winder brethren in the ^Ffqm the wall-tilled fields of Smlth- onl*t- comes a sound now and then, but Farmer Jim’s aggressiveness, lacking In a newspaper organ, Is somewhat ob scured. t 1 • ; Here are some' of the speech-making appointments: Hoke Smith. Carlton. Madison county. Monday August l Athens, Clarke county, Monday, 8 p. m., August 6. Jefferson, Jackson county, Tuesday, August 7. Macon, Bibb county. Thursday, 8 r m., August 9. Dalton. Whitfield county, Saturday August 11. Lawrenrcvlile, Gwfnnett county Wednesday. August 15. Valdosta, Lowndes county, Thursday, August 16. Augusta, Richmond county. Friday, August 17. •- y « - Reuben Arnold. Griffin, Spalding county, Monday. August 6. • Carrollton, Cnrroff county, August 7. Ringgold, Catoosa county, August 8. CTossUmd,* Colquitt county, August 10. Powder Springs, Cobb county, Fri day, August 10. Spring Place, Murray county, Augir 15. Jiidge R. B. Russell. , Monday, August 6, Jefferson, Jack- son county. Tuesday, August 7, Dallas, Paulding county. Wednesday, August 8, Carrollton, Carroll county. Friday,tAugust 10. Stone Mountain, DeKalb county. Friday afternoon, August 10, Dora- vllle, DeKalb county. * No campaign appointments for the weelc are announced by Messrs. How ell, J. Bmltb *>r Estlll. Mr. Howell will he In north <Jeorgla the early part of “CRIME HAS NO COLOR,” ' £71 y.S NEGRO CONGRESS By Private l,enso(1 Win-. Washington, Aus. 8.—The much-her-, nlded ‘'Address to the American Pub lic," which had been awaited with In terest by the colored people of the country, waa read last night at the conclusion of the second quadrennial convention of the Negro Young Peo ple's Christian and Educational Con gress at convention hall. The document torches on every phase of the social end educational welfare of the race. Some of the points were: "Equality before the law and behind theilnw lies at the-basis of our Insti tutions." ' ' Crime hns no color; the criminal no race. The wrong-doer should be Iso lated and dealt with as an enemy to so ciety. To Impute to a race the evil deeds of Individuals tinds to promote rather than diminish crime. It engen der* race animosity and Incites tho spirit of revenge and reprisal, which always ilnds lodgment In the breasts of baser members of both races, thus perpetuating a constant state of hatred and strife." "We advocate, national aid to local education in those states and parts of states where existing conditions de mand It. "We nre grateful to Northern philan thropy for means' nnd service contrib uted. In dur behalf-. \Vo_#l»o appre ciate the fact that the Southern states have' devoted : a considerable port of their general fund to the education of the negro youth. -We wlsh'to commend the fair-minded attitude of those Southern white melt who stand for equal educational advantages for all the children of their respective states." HOKE SMITH RALLY TO BE HELD MONDAY There will be a Hoke Smith rally, at the Bijou theater Monday night, begin ning at 8,o'clock. Bartow Blount will '"Anion* tho speakers wRl to rfeuben Arnold, Senator W. A. Covington Bap *> joncK. H. I'/ Peeples, H. H. Caba- nlss, Hudson Moore, William . Van Houten, J. T. Tophen and Judge George Hlllyer. ' BIG BOATING PARTY SAVED FROM FALLS By Private Len»e«l Wire. Buffalo, N. Y„ Aug. 6.—A party of young people, headed by Mr. and M^s. Arthur Walsh, # of Niagara Falls, had A nm rrmv nDe from going over the narrow escape from going American falls last night. While ojjt on the upper river In a. launch tue propeller dropped off. The oars wet-e shipped and fair progress was being made In the direction of the shore, when one of the bare snapped nnd the boat drifted awlftly toward the current dead line. Their crle. were heard by members of the Lobster Club. «nd a CARRIER is’DISMISSED party went to their rescue. A UP* «»*, thrown out nnd the party brought ,to safety. CHATTANOOGA WHITE GIRL IS MARRIED TO CHINAMAN Special Jo The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. Ling Moy la perhaps the first Chlna- trmn to marry a white girl In this country. This native of the Celeatlal kingdom married Miss Josephine Cald well. a white girl residing In this city, yesterday. 8am Ling Moy halls from Florida, and It Is said that he will take Ms bride to the "Land of h lower*, where they will re«lde.^ TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN GEORGIA REGIMENTS PITCHED TENTS ON VOLUNTEER SECTION ■New Program oOIaueuvers Has Commenced at i • Chickaniauga. League Tail-Enders Do Some Very Fancy Stunts SATURDAY’S RESULTS. <• & Dart«hi 5. M. Kota 4. [ A Cjrc^x 15. Itcgrnatrlu 9. •y 15, Wot Mod tf. LEAGUE STANDING. ..6 Lost. P. IV , 1 * J& S . •££ .167 Tho Wmi End* team got tholr* from J. Hllrcy, which team la 'the longue surprint*. Thl* victory put the J.. gtlrey bum tied for eccoml place. The fteitifm In .the rommerrl.nl League In drawing to n tfbeg.'nnd the lntt»rv»t lu the rorn li Increasing every day. Any one of tin* three (ending tennis may cop the pennant, and n close rare Is reflate to be on tap. SILVEY A CO. BEAT STARS. John Sljve.v & (V 'defeated the West Knd star* Saturday at Fort MeJ’hernoii by it score of 15 to 6. A larg preHont to witness the game. Kelley, of the Sllvey team, held the Went Knd bob tied tho proceed* I ter* completely at Ills merry at nil etngr* The Georgian*! pen- ! of the game, striking out n total of nine- . | teen men. nod not giving up ft Iwae on unbeatpn. oiul Writ ball*, fa the eighth Inning. Kelley struck nevei lost, except t.» out *t\ men, wblrb was rather nn uiiuhiiiiI The defeat of the two lending tefnis lu lie I'oinniercInDI.engur Saturday rifTetooob nd the vlrtor.v of the |yu teams which are Men busily occupied In bringing up lie tear decJilprtly « lngs In the .rare foi Kutx. hitherto F.nd. which team ha« the M. Ktitx lir.tieh, both went dm n I' lie g.m» up only the lilt Dario*. tho league tnll-eiidera. did the i which were well scattered. nnd won hls stunt to the lenders, nnd the score was j game handily. The catching of to 4. Shield* pitched g****! hall for the • was also a feature. Only oure were the wite & Davies bunch, and he was support* West Knd boy* able to reach home plat by a team which was hitting the tall. j until the eighth Inning. STUNT BALL GAME PLAYED AT PICKENS FAILED TO PAY BILLS Special to Tho Georgina. Slontgombry, Ala, Aug. 8.—E. J. Lswls, a negro letter carrier, who had been connected with the postolTIce here Since'1MI, lias been dismissed from the service because Tie failed to pay hls bills. — ICE CONTRACT LET BY ARMOUR LINE fipert.il to The Ueorgtsn. Wilmington, N. (■'., Aug. 8.—The In- dejwndent Ice Company of this city, having closed a contract with the Ar mour car tinea for the refrigeration of all Its vegetable and strawberry cars In this territory, will begin at once the construction of a large Ice plant at 'hadbourn. Heretofore the Icing for the ('hadbourn berry belt ha. been done at Wilmington. The coat of the plant will be $70,000.' Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1st,' 1906. To our Patrons and Friends. c Twenty-live years ago this month, h • J. Cooledge & Bro. commenced business in Faints and Glass, No change has been made in the name until today. Ten years ago the Brother, A. F. Cooledge, died, and soon af ter his interest in the business was withdrawn. It is w ith pleasure that we announce that Fred J. Looledge, dr., lias been admitted and name will now be F. J. Cooledge &Son. . We thank you, each and everyone, for the part yon have done in helping the old firm in doing the largest Pauit, Putty, Window, and Plate Glass business in the South'. Yours very truly, _ F. J. COOLEDGE i: BRO, * We will try and merit the 'same liberal patrona fl e you have fllven the aid firm. No change will be made now In any of our plant! or warehouaee. F. J. COOLEDGE & SON, River and Indian Sts. . 12 Nor,h For,yth 8t v _ . Atlanta Savannah Special to The Georgian, i .• Chattanooga, 'Tenn., Aug. 8.—A netv program ot maneuvers was commenced at Chlckamauga today. With the go ing the South Carolina troops to their homes, came the three Georgia regiments 'wHo arrived at the camp Saturday afternoon.; They pitched camp in the volunteer section ot the park. The Seventy-first Virginia and the First Alabama have broken ramp and returned to their homes. AT THE THEATERS Veudeville at the Casino. The vaudeville offering thl* week at the Caalno bid* fair to be the very best of the season If one may judge from the splendid reputation of the various acts that go to make..up the bill. The feature/, or head Uric rict of * Die show will be Abd’el Kader and hls three wives, whose sketch act Is said to be replete wlthnovelty. Abd'el Kader Is an Algerian artist woo sketches pictures with great rapidity. This act has ere* ated a veritable furore ip the larger vaudeville circuits and will certainly be highly enjoyed by Atlantans. Johnson and Bob Harty, late with Little Chip and Mary Marble, will pre sent a comedy sketch. Will Dockray. the popular blackface cemedlan, will furnish a monologue and some funny stories. Charles F. Semon, “the Nar row Feller,' will alio entertain In hi# own Inimitable way. Biindamour has been retained foi* a second week and he promises n change at every performance during the week. Hls famous escape from a packing box nailed nnd screwed together wiy be a sensational feature which will set lo cal theatergoers a guessing. Eddie Mack, the baseball dancer, and one of the cleverest dancers on the vaudeville stage, has been secured for this week. The cameragraph will close the in teresting bill. Matinees will be given us usual on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday af ternoons. Special to Tho Georgian. I'lcken*, 8. t’.» Aug. 6.—A niftft rams fits Me game of Itnaeliall waa pull<Ml nff t IMekena ball park Wednesday afternoon. It was n ‘•Indies’ game.’* One team waa composed of nine handsome young ladles, nnd the other of nine of the lending ettl ens dressed as ladles. The Indies were dressed In dainty white dresses nnd caps trimmed with red. 1'lckens Is noted for her pretty girls, nnd they presented n very handsome picture ns they drove Into the ground. The men. on the other hand, appeared In grotesfiue continues. Knrb costume was of Individual stylo nud color, nnd no such conglomeration of .(micros, mother huh* bards, kimonos, sun bonnets, ostrich plumes and slippers was ever l(efore seen lu Pick ens. An enormous crowd had gathered witness tlie -contest, nml Imth teams were loudly chered, as the umpire who was also dressed as n Indy said play ball. Under the rules of the game, the men .were competed, to lint left handed, and Iso to throw with their left linnd. There woa very little kicking.' The young Indy who pitched for the ladles had dog by her side, nnd whenever umpire's dcclelQti failed to suit her, she set the dog on him. At one stage of the game several of the ladles attacked the mupire, and lam Imsted him with Imrrel staves, because he allowed one of the gentlemen to cntch the ball with Ids skirt. Thus, with the as sistance of the trained dog mid the barrel staves, the umpire was compelled to i the narrow path of the married nu At the end of the seventh Inning, w tho sky tvnk cloudless, the umpire called the game “on. account of rain.” and nounred that the score stood 12 to* 8 In favor of the ladles. ANOTHER VER8ION In a game where neither side was aide to pash the wluulng run across tin* plate, the Presbyterians nnd the Maddox-ltucker Hank teams bottled for the mastery Saturday nf* ternooa on the old show grounds until It was so dark 1bnt you couIdn*t see the half. The game was Intensely interesting from beginning end. Xelraer aldo scored until the third, when on n three-bagger, nn error nnd n single. Mnddox llucker scored three runs. In the next Inning tho Presbyterians retaliated by sb icing two men across the rubber, blanking the hank hoye in the next inning nnd souring another run on Itlley’s two-bngger nnd trims* single for the churrh hoys. That tied flu* score In sorb a hard knot that neither side was aide to untie It until the seventh, when the bnnk hoys scored one in their half nnd blanked the church boys In Hyde-half. * n Yi* 1 * Hgbtb —with one innn down—tin* Presbyterian* red two men. thus giving them a lend of • rub. When the ninth tuning was started It was really too dark to play, lint the gnme was continued, and when Dorsey reached first on Sewell's error, stole second nnd third mid came home on Windsor's slngl the game was called on arveunt of dark* The featnre of the game was the nmpl Ing of Mr. Hole. Sot a single kick was re/ istered nnd hls work gnta entire satisfac tion to tiotb shivs. $ The work of Illlry on first nnd 81ms second, the reridvliig of Vlttur for the Presbyterians, the work l»oth In the box and nt short of Havlts nnd «f Hinlrb. who worked behind the tint for Middox Hacker, was rirst^rlnM. STAR8 WIN GAME. The Winder Htnrs won In n tight gnme Bnturrtny from Winder Cat tab Mill. The score, was 5 to 8. The game was called In the seventh Inning on account of rnln. The feature of the game wns the pitching of Tuggle, lie Struck out fifteen men. Toggle gave up one hit. while bis opponent, (iucst, g.ive nn four. Knees mi brills: gle 1. Guest THEY’RE OFF AT SARATOGA ONCE QUIET TOWN INVADED ON SUNDAY NIGHT BY A VAJT ARMY OR TURF FOLLOWERS. By J. S. A. MACDONALD. Ily Private loosed Wire. ■ Saratoga. N. y., Aug. 6.-Just aa the day light began to die out and villagers found themselves walking along Its quint avenues to evenlug service, the cry of the Invader rent tho nlr here last night. Roon a mighty horde had swarmed down upon the popu lace, overrun the hotels and filled up Broad way until the man or woman atnudlng on the atreet curbing suffered a pinching of the corns. The famous Cavanaugh special, bearing the Itookmnkers, the Iwttlng ring workers and the general professional following of the turf, had arrived. Its army, of passen gers was on the town, and ou every side the fart that Sara toga’s season had Inaugurated found n realization. was the first giant cracker In the fire works of the town. All thrdugh the night nnd during the early hours of today the visitors couhl lm> seen lined up In Indian file lu front of the hotel counters or trailing along through the Imardlng house districts, “getting straight ened oat,” as one of them expressed It, for the long run through the twenty-five days of racing.' e Haratoga Handicap for S-year-olda and up nt a mile and a quarter, worth $1J, (DO, Is the Idg thing lu the routlue here t* dny. It and t|„. $«V»> Kliirii Stnk.-s f..r J year-olds, which Kysonliy, “king of turf.” won as a JuvpiiIIp two years ngik small hut select field stands In the entry list. Keen chagrin nnd* regret nre every where expressed been use John Hand font de cided early tminy to withdraw the heralded 8-year-old Mohawk II. Tbi foirde are worth I20.000.000. Wliat care they for a 810,000 horse race winning? Ho Mo hawk II Is to l>c saved for Inter events, where the gnme fa not so hard. On next Hatnrday the Trnrers stake will 9 run nnd Bnrntogn will bare a dm nre to see Mysonhy's sum-ssnr under colors, usual. John K. Madden nnd Frnnrh Illtchrork hnre a strong'hand to play In the Hamburg horse. Dandelion. runner-u[i In llie Brooklyn nnd Huhurhan limidlcnpa. nnd the filly Tnngte. n daughter of Meddler, ■uni the mare llandspnn. Of paramount concern to the Inhabitants ind visitors Is‘the situation respecting gnm •ling. There nlll be gaming nt rnnfld Iglit. but only the club house patrons l the list” will be privileged to the Indy of fortune nnd luck beneath the •ft glowing lights over the roulette table nd faro layouts. SHINGLE LATH BUYERS We hive for Rale, Immediate delivery: 800 M. ’’Carolina Specials’* Highest grade Cypress Shingles, full dimension, 5x1 C, Boris-Primes. 503 M., each All Heart Pine, full dimension, 4x18 and 5x16 Shingle*. 600 M. No. 2 Pine 4x18 and 5x16 8hlngles. 1,000,000 Standard Green Laths, 4 feet long, exactly 1 1-2 inches wide, exactly 3-8 Inch thick. We can deliver cafloads and mixed carloads to all points In Georgia at satisfactory prices. Drayload lots a specialty. 800 tons I lair Fibre and Wood Fibre Plaster ready for Im mediate shipment from Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery. Dehydmtine, the highest grade Damp and Water Proofing Compound. KEYSTONE LIME—THE PURE3T, WHIT EST LIME ON THE MARKET, PUT UP IN THE STRONGEST AND MOST ATTRACT IVE BARRELS. SEND FOR SAMPLE BAR REL OF KEYSTONE LIME. CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ATLANTA, CL0K6IA. ! CROWDED VESSEL BECOMES CRIPPLED IN A jENSE FOG Large Fall River Boat is Forced to Cdll for Aid. ; Tug- Winder Httire bare played twenty-clgbf gnlue* nnd won all of them. Batterlew—Tuggle nn«l Smith; Guest, Mar in and L. Uncut. Time, 1:S. Umpire. Mmider*. NOTICE! TO ALL. CAR INSPF.CTOR8 AND CAR REPAIRERS—STAY AWAt FROM ATLANTA. MACON. COLUM- PUS. DIRMINOHAM AND CHATTA NOOGA ACCOUNT OF TROUBLE WltH CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. MEMBERS R. R. a OF A. LIGHTWEIGHT LOBS E. T. Glenn Diet. Hjmh-Iii! to Tilt- f!nirct,ii. Newburn, Al».. Auc. 8.—E. T. Glenn died here Saturday after a long Illnraa. He waa treaeurer ftr the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, which noaltlon he hex held for thirty-two year*. For more than fifty yearn he wne a conn Int ent member of the Methodlat Kptecopal Church South. He leave* n family con- elatlng nf Waller Glenn. Prufe**or C: B. Glenn, Mr*. Will Perry. Mr*. Cren shaw. Mr*. Haro - Smith anil Hln AIMe Glenn. He. wo* burled here Sun-lay In the family Inchrsure. AMUSEMENTS CASINO TONIGHT—MAT. TUESDAY. VAUDEVILLE. ABD’EL KADER AND HIS THREE WVE8. Johnson and Hardy, Will Dockray, Charles F. Semon, Eddie Mack, Brin* damour and Cameragraph. Sale at Grand Box Office* By Prlrale Longed Wire. Sew York. Ang. (I—.loo Wngnor, of till* rlty, n;i that KI>1 Murphy nwd not hurl rhnlli*ngf>ft all over the country If ho want* n bout. Wagner «nyg bi* Is only too will Ing to take Mur; by t»n, and will fight any minute. Kid Healer, of H|»okane, who made ettrb a allowing npnfiint Jimmy Wltrfbrt ln»t week. I* nnxhimi to meet any of the light weight* bow doing butlnc**. Hcnler enya he la ready to make n match with Willi* 1 Horcjr, of Albany; Amlgr McUorey or Wil lie Pltxgerahl. Kid Marvel, of fit. I*otilw. and Kid Bern- ateln, of (Tifcngo, have tieen matched to meet In a twenty-round tattle on August 21 at Blnghaub Ohio. Jnrk O’Keefe, of I’hleago. ami Harry I*ewl«, have lieen matched to meet In a fifteen-round eonteat at Dayton. Ohio, on Auguat 18, at 138 pound* ring*Ido. NORTH DAKOTA TENNIS. By Private Wire. Oram! Pork*. X. Ik. Aag. In butli the unmtar and clai* of It* entry Hat the on- mini tournament of the North Dakota lawn Tennis Aggoclnthm. which opened on the Town and f*040fry Hub mart* here today, mmpnre* favorably with •Imtlnr tonrna* • held In other aertlon* of the eoun- There Will l»e rbamplnn*hlp event* In double* and *lugle*, together with the Bed Hirer valley champlon*hfp. For the last named event a CM «llver cup I* offered, the trophy being the nio*t valuable ever offered for a tennla event In the northwent. Tin* entries Include the foremost tenn!* player* of Minnesota. Manitoba, the Dakotas ami other aectlon*. SPORTING NOTES. Manager I’haoce of the Chicago National* any* He has another ••Bark” Ewing In Tom Walsh, the Kanoa* catcher. William 8. (Jnlnn. who went to Harvard early la the rear a* marh of the hammer and ehot candidate*, la to b«* the snrrcimor of Jack He *f a stem ji« trainer of the Har vard footb.rii and other ’vanity athletic team*. rdlng to pinna being By Private !*enied Wire. J New London, Conn., Aug. 6.—Eight hundred passengers on the. Fall River line steamer Puritan, bound from New York to Newport, Fall River nml Bou ton, were frightened at. 12:80 o'clpck this morning when the shaft of the voaacl snapped near Gull' Island, off New London. Following thla they were marooned In a dense *fog off here for nine hours. The bfg boat shivered aa if she had struck a rock or had run aground. Most of the passengers, who were asleep; were awakened in a few minutes and the decks and parlor* were crowd ed with hurriedly dressed tnen and wo men. There wns no pnnlc. The wireless operator began n search for help. In a short time he had gotten In communication with tho steamor Providence. bound from Providence to New' York. The Provi- j Ing. dencc wns nearing New* London and by] eve 1:25 she had reached the Puritan. 1 C J 10 CENTS Young Negro Killed By His Companion at Cordele Sunday. iperlnl to The Georgian. Cordele, Ga., Aug. 6.—Yesterday af ternoon, about 5:80 p’clock. Will John son fired, the shots taking effect in negro, Brandberry Porter. The ne groes got Into a dispute over ten cents at the union depot. Porter booting Johnson with a stick. Johnson then left, going to hla brother's house, Jack Johnson, on Fourteenth avenue. He wns followed by Porter. Johnson se cured a shotgun, came out house and advised Porter not vance on him with the stick Porter made further ndvanr of the x-.ii filed tin* shut Porter's atomach, death. In about three Johnson came up negro, w ho told th tad Johnson Johnson mad oner Sum effect In *ed hls hours town police Jury London. The fog wns heavy and the pace slow. Once one nt the henry ropes by hlch the Puritan wns being towed broke and a new- one wns procured. About 7 o’clock the pnaHengers were taken off. and transferred to train from New London. The Providence, duo In York nt 7 o'clock, wn.s hIho com- j land h« ondon. Join MANY PASSENGERS ON VE88EL AGROUND By Private Leased Wire. TViledo, Ohio, Aug. 6.—The steamer Greyhound, of the White Htar Line, ent aground In the mud x»ff Hickory Island loat evening and was not releas ed until about 10 o’clock thl* morning. The boot curried 1,400 pasdengers who had been upending the day at Sugar In- land, nnd Detroit, and these were com pelled to remain In the boat until 8:30 o’clock this morning, when they j enteenth annual ere taken on board tho steamer I Mississippi Con leasure and returned (•• thl* city. I j„ j n k The hoot was caught by a nqunll In the , 29 narrow channel between Hygnr Island J ’ nnd Hickory Island, and the crew was ra, ‘ ° unable to control her. - J day. j- | The Church Plans Accepted. Bperlnl to The Georgian, Wilmington, N. Auguat 6.—The Jail awaiting a.comml Neither of the negroes were years old. Porter lived here ’and' wns black. Johnson lived nt At heni n a reputation of bring working negro and well beha\ BUSINESS CONGRESS IS CALLED TO MEET By Private Lmsc Kansas City, governors have tatlons to alien vhlch Aug 6.—Thirteen ady accepted invl- d address the sev- slon of the trans gress which City, Mo., Novem- . next, the official* •sued here yester- clal nltt dtr rt at- to th* tentlo verted action on effecting navlgntk slsslppl ror some con- reat question >n the rtvera itAtes. In va- ns- Mississippi atural water- government erdnl factors intes to which have accepted the pin architect, nnd will soon Award the con* I r, oua sections of the i tract for n handsome church edifice. | region there are mans The building will be erected .on Mnrket ways which only n< nnd Tenth streets. aid to make them cor , I In the upbuilding of thi they arc tributary, tournament for the American billiard rbsro-1 - ■ ■ —■ ■■■ — pionsblp, 18-lneli balk line, taro wits hi. ‘ AFTER LINGERING ILLNE88 will in* held In New York early In Dcptem* CORDELE MAN DIES. 1st for s trophy ami a cash prise. . - * •— Hpccial to The Georgian, if a movement stnrte.1 by William A. Cordelft Ga. Aug 6 Ham Jones, of lark, Jr., son of Pntted Htries Heuator ... , ' „ , „ lark, and several nMixinti** goes Girongh f p ’ , *e nnrtbweat will anna have n Idg raring °* ,er a lingering llln Irralt. It l« planned to have about ISO I Mr. Jones wns 59 y ilaya «f raving during the arnaoii. Tbs pro- bom In Lee county ’ vlrcult Is to lie made up of Hesttls. .. ... . ... Great Fa 11*. Itotte, Denver, Hpokane. tire life In this secth lo Springs nnd prohahlj ouo or two of this year he was other point 1 find am fight prmuotera perhaps will git . .. |u and spent hls en- n. L’t» to the first engaged In farm- Ing. but i in the an I lie leaves a m a brother, Leo three sons. Willi I and two dnughtt The funeral «•# tern* the ha> mill bunln this Week pt Dss Molnei A. Jacl Iterred engaged its. Ho|>e Jones, ies. a wife and inmie and Rules, I and HerthA. occurred thl* af- icted by Rev. C. ■mains were In- •emetery. FURNITURE AUCTION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7th, AT 10 A. M. At 123 WHITEHALL STREET. Taro full lot, ot furnlturr, cen»IMlng of blrd'x-py-- map), milt ta ble. chain, rockar and aecratary d-.ka to match, four real fin. etoh- Inga. braaa atnnd with onyx top, mission lamp, bamboo table, antique mahoxany cheat with large gin** knoba, roll-top ileak. *ood aa now . foldlnfi be-1 with French plate mirror, oak bookcase, dtnlnit extension tabic, several fine odd na-kera. cherry dresser and waahatand, three Iron beds, wardrobe, ateel range. Ecllpsa gas -tove, minting, ruga, re frigerator, oil paintings, braaa andlr nn and kettle, several coal hofia. Ice cream freezer, water cooler, ;-irretnln lined preeervlng kettlt- and a lot nf beat Millville fruit lira, all idzen, at half price. By order of the consignor. LEO FRESH, Auctioneer. Office and Salesroom 123 Whitehall etraaft. \ \