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«IVpapHlPBR Tii ATLANTA GEORGIAN. IIDAY, AUGUST 17, lira. ran COMBES SMS POPE SA Y WALL S7REE7 BROKERS WERE DRAWN INTO NET BY SPIRITUALIST SEANCES and you will re ceive by return mail free our U teat improved sewing ma* chine catalog. Our special offer on our 112.50 machine and three month's free trial p'.n W. c.rr, nothin* but ttolIKt T m proved machines, guaranteed for ten veer. W.anTttu Ur*..t atyck «„ d Atlanta theaamedavorderU received. You e*n save several dollars on freight Write today tor catalog No. 33 wrl " John Foster Co. 269*267 Decatur Street. Atlanta, Georgia. LOW RATES Ex-Premier of Prance Com ments on Pontiff’s Encyclical. By Prl i n to Leased Wire. Paris, Au*. 17.—The Matin publishes an Interview with M. Cobes, ex-pre mier and ex-minister of the Interior, on the pope's latest encyclical. M. Combes was practically the father of the law. He said that the pone has rung th* death knell of the Catholic church In France. The state would dp led Inevitably to suppress the pen sions granted to the clergy, commis sioners are losing possession of the churches and presbyteries. HOT CONTEST IS ON FOR REPRESENTATIVE Special to The Georgian. Jasper, Ala., Aug. 17.—That the po litical situation Is growing Intensely warm is everywhere evident. There are a number of close contests In this •ounty. There are four candidates and wo are to be chosen. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Warm Springs, Gs $ 3.75 Chick Springs, S. C ,. 3.50 Asheville, N. G 10.50 Wayr.esville, 74. G. 11.60 Hendersonville, N, C 10.00 Lake Tokaway, N. C 12.70 Tryon, N. C 10.00 Tate Springs, Tenn 11.35 St. Simone, Ga 12.00 Cumberland Island, Ga 13.00 Atlantic Beach, ! la' 14.50 Chicago, III 32.05 Saratoga Spring*, N. Y 43.80 Atlantic City, N. J 40.00 At bury Park, N. J 41.50 Detroit, Mich 30.05 The above rates are for the Round Trip. Tickets on sale daily limited for re turn until October 31, 1906. Pasaenger and Ticket Office No. 1 Peachtree Street. ’Phono 142. J. C. LUSK, District Pasienger Agent. I respectfully announce myeelf candidate for council from the Third ward, aubject to the white primary on Auguat 22. C. W MANGUM, I respectfully announce myeelf a candidate for council from the Fourth v.ard, subject to white primary on August 22. DR. B. E. PEARCE. JOHN W. GRANT. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. JAMES G. WOODWARD. County Treasurer, tub- DECATUR CITIZ2NS WANT NEW RAILROAD. S| ltd to The Georgian. Jackson, Mias., Aug. 17.—The citizens - f Decatur, Newton county, have petl- tioned the railroad commission asking that the Mobile, Jnckson and Kansas I'lty road be made to build Its main line via thnt town, as ordered by the circuit court of that district a year ago. The decision of the lower court has been appenled from and until the supreme court passes on It the railroad commission does not have much Juris diction. At the top Is a photo of Mrs. James Pemberton Brown, who Is Implicated In the married scheme business Invented and used by Mrs. Vorrault whose picture is shown In tho small .panel below. On the ex treme left arc two other photos of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Vorrault Hamil ton is the beautiful New York wo man of mystery,, who, jaislng as a wealthy widow, anxious to re-mar- ry. It. is ,charged, duped wealthy men la. nil parts ,of - the country. She Is now under ball accused of having used the t'nlted States mall for the purpose of swindling. A Standard of What You Should Get When You Pay .50 Not that a Muse Special is more than we believe a three-fifty’s worth. Other three-fifty shoes ought to be better, we believe. The "RIALTO" 1357 Patent Colt Blucher Oxfords, narrow, flat last, high military heel, $3.50, 1375 Gun Metal Calf Blucher Ox- fordB, same shape as above, $3.50. The “RIALTO” In Tan 1389 Tan Russian Calf Blucher Ox* ford. Very swell. $3.50. MUSE’S 3-5-7 Whitehall Street. LOW FREIGHT BIUES SECURED ON ROADS 8p«*olnl to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17.—Tho board of trade, through ita transportation committee, has secured reductions in freight In 770 shipments made over railroads by shlpppers to merchants In this city recently. When the discrep ancies were called to the attention of the railroad people the reduct Iona w greatly pleased at the work of the com mittee In their behalf. Another com mittee is at work formulating plans for an nil water route via Apalachicola and hope to have them ready for the next regular meeting. U. S. District Attorney in New York Getting • Evidence. PEACE IN BANTAM ST A TES IS ASSURED, SAYS COMBS By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 17.—The steamer Alli ance, which arrived hint night from Colon. Panama, brmuiht Leslie Combs, the Ameri can minister to Guatemala and Ilondurnfc. In a few days Mr. Combs will go to Wash ington and as soon as he has reported the details of recent events in the countries to which he Is accredited he will he given leave of absence ami will visit his homo in Kentucky. Iteg •osta Hicn. when nonce was re- between Guatemala on the one I the allies, Honduras and Salvador, other, Mr. Combs said: were provisions in the compact that I am quite sure will resujt In a peace- president of the t'nlted States and to tho president of Mexico for settlement any case thnt may arise by arbitration' will effect this. am sure It will creato n moral press- nre thnt will eliminate the revolutionary tendencies with which these countries have been afflicted. The formal participation of President Idas with President Roosevelt In lessening these recent troubles In Month America is exactly III lino with the prln- elples that Mr. Root has beeu enunciating in South America, of Interesting the strong est Latin American republics in helping to smooth out difficulties In neighboring c— tries.” I AT THE THEATERS .1 SHINGLE LATH BUYERS We have tor sale. Immediate delivery: 300 M. "Carolina Specials” Highest grade Cypress Shingles, full dimension, 6x16, Bests-Prlmes. 500 M., each All Heart Pine, full dimension, 4x18 and 6x16 Shingles. 500 M. No. 2 Pine 4x18 and 6x16 Shingles. 1,000,000 Standard Green Laths, 4 feet long, exactly 1 1-2 Inches wide, exactly 3-8 Inch thick. . , . „ ..... We can deliver carloads and mixed carloads to all points m Georgia at satisfactory prices. Drayload lots a specialty. 800 tons Hair Fibre and Wood Fibre Plaster ready for Im mediate shipment from Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery. Dehydratlne, the highest g.ade Damp and Water Proofing Compound. KEYSTONE LIME—THE PUREST, 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 CEMENTCO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. J At th# Casino. And another great big gathering en joyed the Casino performance Thurs day night, and there Is another largo advance sale tor the performances yet to be given. The theatergoers agree that this Is one of the cleverest attractions yet of fered In Atlanta. It Is absolutely vaude ville and It Is winning. The ftlenore sisters have won a great impression, and will ever be welcome stars In the future. And the other acts on the bill are the sort that make a vaudeville bill a real success. The Bijou box office opened Friday for the sale of. Casino seats. The transfer will be made from the Grand box to start the Bijou along for Its season. The bill for the Casino show for the week that will start on Monduy seems to be one of the regulars. Stuart Barnes, the cleverest singing comedian in vaudeville, will be the special fea ture, Holcomb, Curtis & Co., another great vaudeville success, will be on the bill, and one of the novelty features will be Chester, the statue dog. The bill looks good, and the sale of seats will start at the Bijou box office Saturday morning. AGED MOTHER TO HEAR THREE SONS PREACH Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, X. C., Aug. 17.—At the lit tle Methodist Church at Blenheim, S. C., on next Sunday there will be a touching and an unusual gathering, at the request of a gray headed and aged mother, whose three sons arc- now all preachers, one a college president, the second a presiding elder and 4he third a prencher In North Carolina. The mother Is Mrs. Kute Kllgo. of Blenheim, and her desire to see all of her sons in the pulpit together will be fulfilled by those sons at the Sunday services. Hr. John CV Kllgo, president of Trin ity College, on«f of the most richly en dowed institutions of the South, is one By Private I^nsed Wire. New’ York, Aug. 17.—Assistant Uni ted States District Attorney Carmody had nil his available men busy today trying to locate two millionaire stock brokers whose names aro almost as well known In Wall street ns that of John W, Gates, In order to secure them as witnesses against Mrs. Blna F. Ver- rauIt-Hpmllton and Mrs. James Pem berton Brown, known as the "Cassfe Chadwicks of New’ York.” The search for the two Wall street millionaire s followed revelations of tho alleged activities of Mrs. Hurnllton and her friend, Mrs. Brown. According to the information which has reached the United States district attorney, the tWo women used theJr matrimonial bait merely as a side Issue. The chief vic tims, It Is alleged, were wealthy Wall street brokers, and to get them It Is declared that they resorted to every thing from spiritualism to a roulette and faro layout. Seances and Rouletta. Tho handsome residence of this syn dicate In West Eighty-second street, it Is declared, was the scene of gambling revels, while frequently In another part of the mansion spiritualistic seances were going on, calculated to Impress prospective victims with the necessity of contributing munificently to the syndicate's bogus stock companies. Mrs. Brown bus furnished the brains and Mrs. Verrault has furnished the beauty. Twenty years ago the former ped from Halifax with J. P. Brown, a civil engineer. They were murried In Brooklyn. Brown was twenty years older than his bride. Five years ago -he died. - The widow w ent to Boston, where she met Blna Finnegan, who af terwards became Mrs. Verrault. Organized a Company. Mrs. Brown came to New’ York and secured a position a* a cloak model. Later she became a stenographer for a Wall street man. His wife died and he asked her to marry him, but ahe re fused. In 1902 she Installed herself in a mansion at 114 West Seventy-third street. She advertised In the "per sonal” columns of a newspaper and scores of replies came. Then she called upon Mrs. Verrault to go Into partnership with her. Then they be gan using spiritualism as a side Issue. Mrs. Brown formed a concern W’hlch she colled the Kentucky <*oal and Fuel Company.' At the eennoes which w’ere conducted by Mrs. Verrault and George Mason. Mi’s. Brown's brother, visitors were advised to buy stock In the Ken tucky company. By means of these mystic “tips” $.*>0,000 worth of stock was sold In the concern. A brewer who lives In Brook lyn gave $10,<*0(» as soon as a "spirit” told him to contribute and later he put In $15,000 more. MEDICAL SOCIETY HOLDS A MEETING The regular meoflng of the Fulton County Medical Society waa held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In the Carnegie Library and several Impor tant medical matters were discussed. Among-those taking part In the pro gram with papers or talks along scien tific subjects, wefe Dr. IV. S. Elkin, Dr. O. 11. Noble, Dr. J. O. Earnest. Dr. R. R. Klme, Dr. E. C. Davis, Dp. A. L. Fowler, Dr. W. F. Westmoreland, Dr. W. P. Ntcolson, Dr. Marlon Hull, Dr. S. A. Vlsanska and Dr. 8. T. Bar nett. STRONG CHARGE TO JURY ON LYNCHING QUE8TION Special to Tho Georgian. Charlotte, N. C„ Aug. 17.—Judge Peebles, In the opening of the criminal term of court for August In the city yesterday said some pretty strong things about lynching. He said of lynching that It was nat urally the work of cowards, anti that the reputation of this state .for bravery could not be always maintained If such men us the lynchers become to he re garded will* any favor. He recited the fact that lynchers are murderers, and expressed himself clearly on that point. Red Men Elect Officers. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 17.—Appalachia Tribe, local Red Men, have elected the following officers for the next six months: L. E. Chandler, sachem; Percy Todd, 8. 8.; Ernest Todd, J. 8.; R. James, prophkt; E. L. Patten, C. of R.;.w. P. Johnson, K. of W. The oth er officers who are appointive will be named at the next regular council, by Deputy Grand. Sachem Johnson of this city. ND TRIP Summer and Convention Rates. Round trip summer excursions from all points East to Pacific Coast and Northwest, from June 1 to September 16th, with special stop-over privileges, ODfl good returning to October 31st, 1906. Summer Rates to Colorado, June lsttoSept.30 Use the splendid through service of the SOUTH ERN PACIFIC from New Orleans, UNION PA CIFIC from Kansas City or Chicago to all points West, Northwest and Southwest, including palatial steamship service from San Francisco to Japan, China, Australia, etc. Through Pullman Tourist cars from Washington, Atlanta, Montgomery, etc., and from St. Louis and Chicago to California. WRITE ME FOR LITERATURE AND INFORMATION. J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agt„ 124 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. R. 0. BEAN, T. P. A. G. W. ELY, T. P. I FEELING IS GROWING AGAINST BUCKET 8HOPS Special to Tho Georgian. , Gmlxden, Ain., Auguat 17.—Since the defalcation of Cashier Chleolm, of the First Rational Bank of Birmingham, and the revelations of tho part tho bucket shops have taken In the mat ter, feeling Is Very strong against the evil In this city. Last spring, when the revenue schedule was being made up by the city council, the license of bucket shops was doubled, and was paid under protest. It Is believed that the city will follow the example set by Birmingham and will refuse to license them at all. FARMERS RAISE ENOUGH TO LAST TWO YEARS H|h>cIs( to The Georgian. Gadsden. Ain., August 17.—Reports received from different pnrtR of the great Sand. Mountain plateau stated that the corn crop Is tho most bounti ful In many years. Most of the farm ers have made enough this year to last them two years. The cotton, too, Is very fine. The et weather so far has not Injured It to any great.extent. .. There Is nn abundance of fruit, vege tables and poultry. TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND Special to The Georgian. Indian Springs, Oa., Auguat IT.—The Indian Spring* holiness camp meeting Is growing In Interest and attendance every service. Wednesday night thero were present at the regular 8 o'clock service more than 2,000 persons. At every service many people Join the church. Rev. Bud Robinson and Will Huff are doing the preaching. More thnn 1,200 people are no*- encamped on tho grounds. At tho meeting of the cot tage hohlere and their friends yester day 14,000 was raised to pay for the Improvements of this year. Several have taken lota to build cottages for another year. Sunday Bud Roblnaon will preach, and 10,000 people are expected, to be In attendance. This man, not knowing a letter tn the alphabet at the age of 22 years, the graduates of now s|maks as one of a theological college. Rights Away 8*eur*d. Special to The Georgian. Haralson, Ga., Auguat 17.—The At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail way Company has secured deed* to the right of way through Haralson. THIS COOK STOVE FOR $14.35 of her non*, while the others are both well known—J. \V. Kllgo being tiron Id- InK* elder of one of South Carolina'! leading districts. ' • • <r'•!"7v> Has the largest oven of any cast Iron cook stove made, being 21x20 Inches. Retail Dealers Would Sell It for $22.00 to $25.00 Our price* mean a big aavlng to you. Cook Stove* from $4.50 up. Ranges from $15.00 to $23.50 Our catalog No. 29 Is free. Write for it or call to aee us. JOHN FOSTER GO., ■T£ 265-7-9 and 271 Decatur St., Atlanta, Ga J