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the atijAjnta mtmmmmu A Victor Talking Machine ■■■Wifor $10 8-In. Victor Records 35c Ea. No home should be without a Talking Machine. Come to our warerooms and hear the new Victor Jun ior Gramophone and let us explain how this outfit may be bought on easy weekly payments. Phillips & Crew Co, 37-39 Peachtree Street, The Largest Talking Machine House in the South. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS —LUKE 15| 11-32. CHINA IS REFUSING TO KEEP TREATY Her Refusal as to Antung Causes Comment in Japan. REFUSE TO TESTIFY AND ARE IN JAIL Gross Irregularities Found in Denver Ballot Boxes When Opened. Special Cable—Copyright. Toklo, Japan, Aug. 10.—The lnalat ent refusal of the Chlneae government to lire up to the spirit of the treaties made With Japan and the United Slates to open Antung and seventeen other Manchurian cities as places of International residence and trade. Is causing unfavorable comment In gov ernment circles here. China contends that the opening of Mukden means the opening of an un occupied area outside the city, and that foreign trade and residence be confined to that area. Furthermore she Insists that goods entering Mukden from that area shall be liable to all duties and taxes which China may continue to Impose, as hitherto. CAN’T OBTAIN A SITE FOR PROPOSED CUSTOMS. By Private Leased Wire. Pekin, Aug. 10.—The establishment of Chinese customs at Antung, on the - v-,. - under the Ameri- between the poll books and the num- lalu. a port opened u " [l meet-! b * r fdun<1 In the bo*. In the box con- can treaty of October 8, 1903, Is meet talnlng ballots on the proposed ordl- Ing with difficulty. The Japanese have I nance for the purchase by the city of By Private Beassd Wire. Denver, Col., Aug. 10.—The four men sent to jail Wednesday for contempt of court In refusing to testify In the franchise election frauds Investigation are still In fall. William Evans, gen era! manager of the Tramway Com pany, may join them. He was sub- penaed to appear In Judge Lindsey's court and tell what he khowx of the alleged fraud, but hts office was found locked yesterday. He Is on a "vaca tion.’’ It developed later that there has been a regular exodus from the city of tram way and gas company employees who are wonted In court to explain how they came Into possession of tax re ceipts which entitled them to vote on the franchises. The majority are known nor to own any property. Gross Irregularities were found when the ballot boxes In ward 4, In Mayor R. W. Speer's home precinct, were opened. The box containing ballots on the proposed ordinance for (10 arc lights showed a discrepancy of 88 votes propria tad for a nominal payment ng their military occupation, the ■lc river frontage for several miles, all the land outside the native city .liable for foreign settlement. This - lira It Impossible to obtain a site for i a- proposed customs. TWO ARMYDESERTERS CAUGHT BY MARSHAL Special to Tht Georgltn. St. Augustine, FI*, Aug. 10.—James NewJand and Jamca Blankenship, charged with deserting from the United States army eighteen months ago, while stationed In Atlanta, were ar rested here last night by a detective and United States marshal. They were taken to Fort Bcrlven for further in vestigation. Mrs. William Carter. Mrs. William Carter, 45 years old. died at her home on the Sandtown r»>ad at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The funeral services were held at tne Mt. Olive church at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, the Interment being In the churchyard burying ground. ANNOUNCEMENTS I r.ip.otfully snrioune. mysrif a candidst. for counoll from tns Third waid, subject to ths whits prlmsry on August 22. a w . MANGUM I respectfully announce my seif - ndidate for council from ths Fourth »rd, subject to whits primary on igust 22. dr b E PEARCE. I respectfully announce myself candidate for council from the Sixth ward, subject to the white prlmsry on August JOHN W. GRANT. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. JAME8 G. WOODWARD. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for County Treasurer, sub- j«. ’• " hi ” "iEKToM cThar* AMUSEMENTS CASINO TONIGHT—MATINEE SATURDAY. VAUDEVILLE. ABD’EL KADER AND HIS THREli WIVE8. Johnson and Hardy, Will Dockray, Charles F. Semon, Eddie Mack, Brin- damour and Cameragraph. Sale at Grand Box Offlcfe. Next Week, VAUDEVILLE. an electric light' plant there were found lit for and 118 agalnet. The poll hooka ahowed only 173 peraona voted. The municipal ownership party claim that the same evidence of collusion be tween corporations and election Judges to doctor the returns will be found In every precinct. STORE PLUNDERED BY BOLD ROBBERS By W. O. CLEMENT. Bpeel,I to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Aug. 10.—The two brick bulldlnga owned by W. W. Brooka and Mra. \V. T. Turnbull, on Broad street, which were considerably damaged by lire aeveral weeks ago, were yesterday condemned by Mayor Maddox and are now being tom down. They will be replaced with handsome structures. Robbsrs Plunder Stors. The store of J. H. Radcllffe Compa ny, near Rome, on the Central railroad, was broken Into by rubbers Tuesday night and a considerable amount of goods carried away. Sheriff Byars Is in pursuit of the robbers with blood hounds Polieemsn Resigns. Joseph Johnson, who has been I member of the Rome police force for the last eight years, has resigned his n and will enter other buslr iccesaor has not yet been pointed. Mr, Johnson has made an efficient officer. Gibson-Rugglas. Charles R. Buggies and Mlsa Leona Gibson were married last evening at the home of the bride on Upper Broad street. The ceremony was performed by Ordinary John P. Davis, and waa witnessed by relatives and friends of the contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs. Buggies are well known In Rome, and they have the best wishes of a large circle of friends. First Baptist Revival. The revival service which was begun at the First Baptist church last Sun day by the pastor. Dr. R B. Headdsn, la dally growing In Interest and at tendance. Two services are being held dally—afternoon and night—to which the public la cordially Invited. BUSINESS FIRMS MAKING CHANGES Special to The Georgias. Covington, Ga., Aug. 10.—On Sep tember 1 aeveral new business Arms will begin business In Covington. First Is the Arm of Cash, Mobley A Com pany, who will take the store room now occupied by W. L. Adair. Both re side In Covington and are welt known here. fn the store room vacated by G. T. Smith, E. 11. Mobley will open up a dry goods and notions business. Mr. Smith mores In the new Covington bank building. R R Parker leaves the Arm of Swan- Davts Company to open up a general merchandise business In the store room now occupied by C. c. Robinson. Mr. Robinson will occupy the store room of Lee A Anderson, who will re tire after a long and active career. N aming of done by C clples wh< Golden Text: Return unto Ms and I will return unto you, asIth the Lord. —Mai. 3i7. the parables was not Christ nor by -the dls who heard them, but by men long afterwards who wished to designate them by some appropriate name that would express the central truth of the parable or the leading character In It. A better name could have been selected for some of them than the one by which they are gen erally known. A better name for the “Sower" would hare been "The Dif ferent Kinds of Boll." That of the "Rich Man and Lasarus” had been bet ter named "The Danger of Unbelief." The parable In our lesson Is generally known as that of the "Prodigal Son." The International committee has chosen to call It the "Parable of the Two Sons.” The elder brother has been sufficiently recognised to be mentioned, and that Is all. Read the parable and Its exposition In all tho lesson helps, and you will And that all they have to say la about the younger eon. In many of them the elder Is not mentioned. Most of preachers have a series of ser mons _on the prodigal son and have never preached on the elder brother. Visit ths picture galleries of the old world and you will see many paintings of the prodigal son, with his. elder brother left out. The seme Is true of the Poems that have keen written. The truth of the matter Is that the elder brother Is the principal character In the picture, and the story of the prodigal la only the background. Preachers and poets and painters have reversed this. In nearly every By DR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. nature, bear our aim and die of Instance; and It may be all, the para ble was suggested by something Jeaua saw, or heard, or read In the hearts of His hearers. It la not always recorded, but It Is In this as In many others. Why He spoke this parable waa be. cauae Ho consorted with publicans and sinners. His object was to reprove the self-righteous Pharisee by painting him In the character of the elder brother, and Inspire hope In the heart of ths Gentiles In the father’s treatment of the prodigal He had come “to seek and save the lost,” and both these sons were lost—the one In the "far country" and the other In the father*t house. He would portray God’s, love In.the treat ment of both. This Is generally re garded as the pearl of all tho parables, the great teacher strung on tlm thread of hit discourses It Is the climax of the three parables spoken on this oc casion near the cloao of His ministry; the silly wandering aheap, the Insen sate coin and the aelf-wtlled son. All lost and all found. , All lost not only here, but In all Hla sellings Christ emphasized the great truth that we are all lost. We live In a lost world, and we belong to a lost race. How would we be found or saved .unless we had been lost 7 If man had not been lost Christ's coming to earth'would be like throwing ropea and lifeboats to a man on dry land, where there could be no possibility of hls be-. Ing drowned. God la a God of econo my. He never makes a useless expend iture of force In nature, providence or grace. He would never hod aacrlAced Hla Son and Jesus would never have left His home In glory to assume our ible. The story Is told that a man once took a Bible homo, and In the eve nings read It to his wlfs, who said "Husband. If that book ts true, we are' lost." A few evenings later ehe re marked: "If that book la true, we may be saved." That waa Christ's mission on earth—to teach ua that we are lost and that He Im.l coma to save ua. See how Ood’s love la portrayed In the father’s treatment of the prodigal. Jesus drew tbe picture from real life. No doubt ths story recalled similar In cidents with which they were familiar, and many eyes were Ailed with tears, and many hearts throbbed with pain, as they thought of some wandering boy, between whom and them, no matter how long absent-or widely separated, the cable tow of love, woven with strands of Joys and grists, had pever been severed. Tbe younger son, like many a boy today, had become tired of the parental restraints of home, end he wanted to go out and see tbe world; have a good time, and "sow his wild oats.” Unwilling to wait for his fath er’s death to get hla share of the estate, he aska for It now. This request was granted, and with hla mother’a prayers and his fathsr*s blessing ha goes to the "far country," and, like hundreds of young men In our land today, he be gins a Ufa of dissipation and wanton- nesa. A father’s saving of many yeara la soon expendad. With hla money gone hla frlenda-are gone. At last he came to want. Ha U too proud to go home and confess hla prodigality and ask forgiveness. If he ever returns he wants to go looking os well as when he left. But he must do something or starve. There la no alternative. So he hires out to some man to take care of hie hogs, the moet menial occupation. Ha Is so nsarly starved that he was wilting to eat the "husks,’’ the beans that grew on the carob tree tkpt were fed to the hogs. When a man la reduced to that condition he Is apt to think of home. In his waking thoughts and In his dreams he has visions of the boyhood home. He sees the tears In hla moth er’s eyes as she kissed him goodby; ho hears the notes of love In the trembling tones of hla father’s words of farewell. The boy Is pretty safe who In memory Is ever anchored to bis childhood's home. Plenty In the Father's house and poverty In the far country. This brought him to himself, sin Is a spe cies of madness or Insanity. He had been beside himself. Every man cornea to himself before he comes to God. He realises that he’Is a sinner, that ha la lost, that he has wandered from the Father’s house, that the world cannot satisfy the soul The good resolution to arise and go to his father Immediately followed. He wouid go and confess hla elns and seek forglveneee. He has forfeited sonshlp, and would be willing to perform the moat menial service. He not only re- eolved, but he acted. Delay meant starvation, death. Good resolutions, If not put In effect never cured a drunk ard, never saved a sinner. Ths Fsthsr’s Wsloomt. "When he was yet a great way off.” He did not surprise the father by walk ing In the <joor. He had been wait ing and watching for tbe return of his wayward wandering boy, and when he Forewisdom in Summer Shirts Negligee a little the worse'for wear and trips to the washtub? Blues show streaks of white—well, they’ve done good service, but now to insure the last half qf summer. * And the provident man always wants a few “soft” shirts for the lapse of another season. 1.00 Negligee Shirts 75c 1.50 Negligee Shirts 1.15 2.00 Negligee Shirts l a 40 2.50 Negligee Shirts la75 3.00 Negligee Shirts 2a00 3.50 Negligee Shirts 2.50 Straw Hats Half Price. Underwear, Too. 50c Underwear... ... 40c 75c Underwear... ... 60c 1.00 Underwear... ... 75c 1.50 Underwear... ...1.15 2.00 Underwear... ...1.50 2.50 Underwear••• 1.75 3.50 Underwear••• 2.75 Mu se s 3-5-7 Whitehall. ■aw him coming ran to meet him, fell upon hla neck and kiaeed him. The Greek here Implies frequent, repeated kleslng. He doe. not wait for him to make confeaelon and ask forgiveness. It was enough for him that hla boy had returned. The father’s heart had been wounded, but the father's love had never changed. Then the eon make, cnnfeulon and crave, the place of a servant, but the father aaye, "No, you have come back to your father', houie, you .hall be my eon, you ehall again All the place In the home that has been vacant since you left.” And then command, tho aervante to brine In the beat robe and aubatltute for the rags; and put a ring upon hie hand. The aeal ring that waa only worn by freemen; "and .hoes upon hla feet,” a command that Indicated more than a tender regard for him, whose bare, bleeding feet touched the father*, heart. The eervanta and slaves wore no shoe*, and were thus distinguished from tho members of the family. Thla meant that ha waa not to be regarded a. n servant, but n eon, with all the privileges of sonshlp; that he who had never lost hie place In the father’, henrt wee now to reeume If at hla ta- KING ED WARD STANDS SPONSOR AT THIS BOY’S CHRISTENING ble and In hla houae. The fatted calf must be killed, there muet be feasting and mirth for th. dead has come to life, tbe lent has been found, and so aa soon as prepara lion can be made, mualc All. the al and tbe Aoor shakes beneath the dan cera’ feet while the father looks on with eyes Ailed with tear. o( Joy. In the father In the parable, we have a pict ure of Christ’! Father and our Father drawn by Christ's own hand. Ring and robs, feast am) fatted calf, the sound of music and ths sight of dan cers, ss the scene swims before the prodigal's ayes convey to him the hap py assurance of a father’s love; yet how far Inferior that evidence to the bleeding form that groaned and died on Calvary. That was love no tongue can express, no pen can picture. The apos tle cculd not And any word to de scribe or qualify It and so he says, "God so loved, the world, that He gave Ills only begotten Bon, that whoso ever belleveth on Him should not per ish, but have everlasting life.’’ Moet of expositors and writers let ths cur tain fall as they look on this picture of God's lov., but there la another act In thla drama In which It la more fully re vealed. , The Elder Brother. When he came In from the Held, heard the music and tha dancing, and when by Inquiry of one of the serv ants, learned tht cause he would not go In and stood outside and pouted. Then the father went out and tried to persuade him to come In. The spirit he manifested was one of envy and selAshnese. It wan abnormal, unnat ural. It waa mating tha father jrnraa than the prodigal ever did, and mu.t have made a greater draft upon hla forgiveness, and yet he forgave him. Hla conduct waa cause of greater grl.f than the prodigal's had ever been. In him we have n picture of the Pharisee* who proud of their ceremonial right eousness, regarded themselves as In jured by the favors shown to Publi cans and sinners. To show them tha spirit they manifested and assure them that notwithstanding l(. God was will ing and anxious for (hem to come In, He spoke Ibis parable; Willingness to forgive Is the greatest test of love. The highest expression of love that ever fall from the Savior’s lips wss when He prayed on the cross "Father forgive them; theg know not what they do." In the father’s treatment of both eons, we hnva a picture of God’s love for us. The God whom ws preach as drawn by tho hand, and seen In the fare of Him whom He sent to sesk and save the loll, to bring us bock, to open a way of reconciliation, the God who la not willing that any should perish. Tbe aun that shines on you shall set; summsr streams shall be locked in Icy fetters, and dee peat wells go dry, hut not Hie love. Ills love la a alrehm that never freesaa, a fount that never fails, a sun that never seta in night. God recognises ths Ant anil faintest Impulse of the sinner to return. Io>t Him but turn bis faca and feet inward ths Fathtr’a bouts, and all the re. deemed will sweep their harpa anew, and with the angels make the arches of heaven ring with their songs of rejoicing. Has there ever been rejoicing over your return? A wireless mse.-ug* cornea down to you In the far country, in the Aeld and factory. In th. maria of trade. In the halls of pleasure, In the haunts nf vice; It Is the Father's voice, "Prodigal eon, prodigal daugh ter, come home, come home. Round Trip — Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain $4.10, via Western & Atlantic R.R. Battlefield Route. Shortest Line and Quickest Tims. Tickets on sale every Saturday; good till Tuesday following. An opportunity to visit Chlckamau- ga Park during tht encampment of the Georgia State Guard. For tickets, schedules and furthsr Information, call on J. A. THOMAS, City Pass. « Tkt. Agt 'Phones 169 M. Ball) 163 Atlanta. C. U. Walker, Depot Ticket Agt. 'Phone 213 Main, C. E. Harman, Q. P. A, J. C. Johnson, Thursday morning at Ills residence at Chamblea, Ga. He Is survived by a wife and one child. The funeral ser vice* were held at Wltleo church at o'clock Friday nfternoon, and the In i’linen! Bin In the churchyard bury ing ground. Best Rates of the Season to the Seashore. OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY ■TO- OLD POINT VA. COMFORT, OCEAN VIEW, VA. CAPE HENRY, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. PORTSMOUTH, VA. To Ail Points Named Above $10i50i roA ” Poi " u Named Above AND RETURN CHOICE OF ROUTES— Via either Richmond or Norfolk. Thl» excellent rato will 1*. given to tho publlo by tbe Seaboard Air Line Railway from Calhoun Falla. AbtMvtlle and Greenwood, S. C., to points mentioned above and return on AugiiHt the lf>th. Parties taking advantage of these rates can board any of the double-daily through trains from the West and Atlanta and thereby enjoy tho comforts of nice vestlbaled coaches, Dining Cars and Pullman Sleepers. For further Information or reservations, address w. K. CHRISTIAN, A. O. P. A., Atlanta. Ga CHARLES II. UVAN, O. P. A., Portsmouth, Va,