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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. IEITKMBER 1. 1£<6. M [^12 A WEEKI VOL. 1, NO. 7. MONK THOU ART, TO MONK R E T U R N E T H . D a-r w i n. ZOOVILLE CHATTER Forecast Sunshine! tr A WEEKLY PUBLICATION FOR CHILDREN, OLD AND YOUNG. ZOOVILLE, GRANT PARK, SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. PRICE—LE88. ZOOVILLE CHATTER. I. M. MONK. KOI tor. 9sP Finn-red at seroml ctnai mutter July 7, 3>•; at Zoorille Pott Office, Urant Park, on.In Act of Ibo Junglrblndt, March A 1«79. THE RAVEN. A Bird's-Eye Vltw. Tlie storm-god slashed through the thick dmrknett with hit Bery sword, sinking It deep Into the boaom oi Earth, then laughed. N'lght ruthed together with a groan. Barth trembled with pain. , Hut high above the carnage of the elements, tranquilly tinging hit love tong, soared a Soul-bird, at beautiful at the Storm-god's humor was ugly, at happy ae the n'ounded Earth was tad. Why should he not be happy when at hit side floated another Soul-bird, the heart of his heart? They laughed, not a hideout, deri sive laugh, Tike that of the Storm-god, but the care-free laugh of the Moon light. Then they laughed again and laughed foolishly, for tney were lover*. They laughed at the efforts of the storm-god puny compared to their love, and then wondered how It was— their love being no great—they had not f oind It before. And again they laughed. The Storm-god heard. “1 believe you laugh at me!" he growled. "1-augh at you!" piped back the s ul-blrda. “Why we had hardly no ticed you, you are to far beneath us,” they laughed. The Storm-god reached up with one of hit great clammy hands. "Beneath V ,u!" nnd he laughed an twitting, scrambling, falling, the lovers were hurled toward Earth through the hell ish blackness. The s.oil-hirdt were separated. l»ay -lulled down Its balm on the a, hing. trembling, half-unconscloue S,ml-blrd He arose, staggered nnd sunk again to Earth, remembered .and cried out with pain sharper than nny physical wound e'er caused. His bride r'the night before, where was she7 'Twns the cry of a Soul-bird In tor- Then all unmindful of Injurlea he gathered up his broken plumage nnd s mght her. Many moons elapsed. Hois'. In whose shadowy train he had followed for so long a time de parted -the Soul-bird sat and ponder ed. weak and weary. And then he heard a note clear nnd ► >cet In Its plaintiveness, In Its eternal longing Tho heart of the aeeker wee emptied of despair and filled with ec- Mac\ the note wee from the throat he hired, the only lore he had ever known. Twas the cry of a Soul-bird he heard! He listened, unable to .move. ••Doubting, dreaming dreams no raor tnl c\ ei dreamed before; Hut tho alienee was unbroken, ana .the -mines* gnve no token"— Till, summoning up all his courage he leaped forward, flew toward the nia, e from whence came the love-call. Half hidden by a cluster of treee, he snu a little cottage (It wae all atrange to him for he was a soul-bird and lived far nhove the world). Besting ntnlmu the house, he saw a human be ing He was frly 1 tsned, for soul- bird- nre timid nnd fly with but little cause Hut love mastered alt fears dr. lee, of mam, IN PULPIT SUNDAY Dr James W. Lee, who has been spending his vacation very pleasantly in New York, will return to the city In time to mi his pulpit at Trinity church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and evening at 7:1*. Dr t.ee s congregation will gtva him s most cordial welcome after an ab sence of some weeks. While In New Tork ba preached In two or three of the mo-t'prominent churches there. Sam Jones Tabernacle Meetings, Carters- ville, Ga. On Scptempar 15th to 13rd. Inclu- she. the Western and Atlantic rail road will sell tickets from Atlanta- Dalton nnd Intermediate atatlona, to CartrrsvHlp, at rate of one fare for the round trip. Sam Jones will be assisted by i:\sngcllst Oliver and other minister* (if renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will have charge of tbe music, and other gospel singers of note will attend. Three services each day, 10:80 a. m, 3:00 p m. and 8:00 p. m., and tbe people of Cartersvllle will welcome the great crowds with tbe same hoe- pitallty they have always shown. CHAS. E. HARMAN, Qsn. Pass. Agent. and he started toward the house. The strange human, seemingly full of happiness, ran toward him. He es caped. Then cams back and tried to make the human understand that In the house, exchanged wae the heart of his heart, but to no avail. Ho, when at his wits end and there was no other poealble hope whatever, the soul-bird turned to the gods. A mighty prayer he sent up to high heaven that ha might be given the language of the human, to he could make the human understand. The storm god heard and laughed. Then bethought himself. He planned n revenge more wicked than was evTr planned before. “I will glva you the speech of the human If you will give In turn what ever I wish that Is yours," said the storm god. "Whatever Is mine you may have If you will but give me speech," answered quickly the soul-bird. "Then speak," said the storm god. The soul-bird tried, but could not. "Hpcak,” mocked the storm god. The soul-bird tried again and again, until finally he spilt his tongue with trying. Then he could speak. He fold his utory to the human, told It so eloquently that the human sadly muttered to himself. “Ah, this Is the voire of the Inevitable. I must release this soul I have loved and the soul- bird was released. The seeker flew to the side of the freed soul-hlrd, a great Joy rushing over him. He could not understand’ he fell bark, then went again toward her. Hhe knew him not. Bur a while she hovered around the little cottage, then started through the woodland. The soul-bird followed, un til exhausted by his long labors he stopped at a limped pool there to drink. He looked Into the waters. The setorm god laughed and waved hts sward In triumph, spread his black clammy hand over the face of the earth and again gleefully roared. The soul-bird standing at the wats-'a edge understood. Ills reflection 1, -i.e pool was ns black ns the Inky Yght through which he and she had been hurled down, down to earth. The lately freed soul-bird rose up Into the henvens. The Haven, the cruel storm god hnd changed him Into Haven, tried to follow, but coutd nut she had gone far above him. Through the hellish blackness of the night he returned to earth, while the storm god still laughed his wicked laugh of revenge, a revengfc more cruel than even the gods had sver prepared before. And as he dropped through the dark ness, "1 sliull see her nevermore," quoth the Raven, "nevermore." Through the night he made his way bark to thn pottage, where she had once been. "I shall enter and shall lenve," quolh the Raven, "nevermore." "I shall enter and there remain for the human therein, loved as 1 loved, and the one I loved, nnd I will not be Jealous, for he loved her In her earthly form, while I loved her aa u soul-hlrd." Then while the human sat' within the lonely cottage pondering Over many a curious volume of for gotten lore, Suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping. Rapping at his chamber door—only that and nothing more! Open, then, he flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, fn there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But. with mien of lord or lady, perch ed above the chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas Just above the chamber door— Perched, and aat and nothing more. The human was not of the ordinary clay, as most humans are. He, like the Raven, had within him a soul, one that was released for short times, and he believed the Raven had been a soul- bird, and asked of hla departed. Rut the Raven could think of nothing but the one He had lost, and his tongue would only form the word, as he thought, "I will eee her"—the word "Nevermore." And the Raven, never fitting, still Is silting, still Is sitting. On the pallid bust of Pallas, Just above the chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that Is dreaming, And tha lamplight o'er him stream Ing throws his shadow on the floor: And his soul from out that shadow that Ilea floating on the floor, Shall be lifted—nevermore! MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY. A Cheerful Duet. (By Sore-Tall Rear and Cross-March Hare.) Th' nights er mighty short, TIT days er awful long; So don't you 'epee' nothin’ From nobody nor no whar; Then If you don't git It You won’t seem much to car'! Thar ain't n-ithfn to It, 'Opt heeps and heepa of fuse. Things la bad es kin he Air alers growln' wus! INSURANCE PERSONALS Manager Thomas Eglcston, of the Hartford Firs, and Turner Ooldsmlth. the local represetnatlvc of that com pany, both returned this week from vacation tripe. Manager 6. Y. Tupper, of the Queen Insurance. Company, returned from a reception stay In the Carolina moun tains this week. Manager George J. Dexter, of the Western and British America Insur ance companies, and Mrs. Dexter sail for home Saturday on I .a Provence, leaving Cherbourg. Manager Nat F. Jackson, of the FI- ellty Mutual Life Insurance Company, has paid to the estate of the late J. R. Whitehead, president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, a life Insurance pol icy of 116,000. This policy was taken by Mr. Whitehead less than a year , v ago, and but one premium had been latter makes INCREA8E. Population It Ra pidly Growing. The population ■t. Zoortlle la ra p'll,. growing. ,’Mhln the last week there has been ah Increase of two Inhabitants and It la with pleasure that Zoo- vllle welcomes to Its midst Mr. and Mrs. Alligator. Mr. ami Mra. Al ligator liule from tlie sunny shore of the Florida coun try where the birds sing nil day and the snakes rattle all night. The elaborate 'Oator home furn ishes ample room for the new coin ers, and, although the waters are not quite as muddy as those which the family has been used to In former days there Is plen ty of scandal to keep the fair sex busy with the rake. It Is rumored that the park- keepers will soon Incur porate the great Improve ment of giving the 'Gators the genu ine Alligator bait »f the deep, dark hue of which they are so fond. Mortuary. It gives us little pain to an nounce that John Quill P o rcuplne, the greatly belov ed and one of the' sharpest cltlxens of Zoovllle, died I a a t Friday, week ago, Just too late for the an nouncement to ap pear In The Chat ter of the follow ing date. Tho sad occurrence moves us Ing verse Lads, we pine for Porcupine, Gone like many of our kind Where he can’t be reached, lads, Kven by our big want "ads!" Equinimlty. P e c u liar those who get the horse laugh usually lack horse senae. Out-doing Atlanta If the Crocodil ian family contin ues to grow as during the past few months we'll have to name Zoo vllle "the 'Gator City." A Bad 8pell. Since Teddy and Andrew got their heads together Little Jumbo signs his name L. J-’ant. months of 1000 there were Ilf railway passengers killed In accidents nnd >,<07 Injured. Of the fntnl accidents <> were caused by collisions, snd >2 by falling while getting on or off cars. The number of rnllrond employees killed during this period was 1,012 nnd 14,503 were Injured In various ways. Vice President Robert Lecky, Jr., or the Virginia State Insurance Company, of Richmond, Va.. Is In Atlanta. While here he will probably appoint a suc cessor to Special Agent Otis Murphy, who recently resigned the representa tion of the company In Georgia and Alabama. of Greensboro, will next week apply for admission to the state of Georgia. H has 2600,000 capital and $260,000 sur plus, nnd will undoubtedly secure strong local representation In Atlanta. It will operate on .a strictly tariff basis. paid upon It. A second premium of 2907.60 would have been payable the day after the death of Mr. Whitehead. The latter carried an equal amount of Insurance In other companies. Includ ing 110,000 fraternal Insurance. Fred Cole, the Atlanta agent of the Liverpool end I-ondon and Olobe Insur ance Company, and others, returned to iwclty this week after a two weeks' tlatlon. City Manager Wllllnm I. Walker, of the Travelers' Insurance Company, Itea the following figures from the recent bulletin of the Interstate com merce commission as potent reasons for accident policies. In the flrat three At the Roll Call VULCANITE Will have the call It'i got it already. Good on all buildings, flat or steep roofs. TOUCAN PUT IT ON’ LOOK FOR THIS TRADE MARK ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents, and 31 South Forsyth Stroct ATLANTA, GA. 1 C iiuinui. fmKrrt C t. nU, Secret.,. The Hass A MacIntyre agency, which has grown to be one of tho largest In the city, wa\ this week appointed to represent the American Bonding Company, of Baltimore, locally. The latter makes a specialty of fidelity, surety and burglary business, a line which some of the companies are back ward about writing, but which la more freely written In the South and West than elsewhere on account of the gen erally effective method of "shoot first and Anil out about It after” protec tion. The policies Issued by the Amer ican cover money, currency, coin, bul lion, hank notes, checks, uncanceled postage stamps, money order# of all kinds, debentures, negotiable securities, demand and time drafts nnd promisso ry notes, not overdue, and the policies further cover the destruction of any such papers Incidental to the blowing open of safes In the case of banks or commercial houses, which Is a provis ion many other companies do not In clude. Policies are written to cover all kinds of property lost by "hold ups," "Mysterious disappearance" of valua bles or losses on account of sneak thieves. REDUCED RATES TO MACON Via CENTRAL OP GEORGIA RAILWAY. Account of Democratic State Conven tion September 4th, The Central of Georgia Railway will, on September and 3d. and for trains scheduled to arrive Macon before noon Sep tember 4th. tell tickets from all points at rate of one tare, plus 25 cents, for round trip; final limit, re turning, September 8th. W. H. FOGG, D. P. A. Atlanta, Oa. OFFICERS STATE SOCIETY Pres. Hon. Dupont Guorry, Macon lit Vice Prea., Rev. A. R. Holder- by, Atlanta 2d Vice Free., Dr. E. C. Peete, Macon W. Torrence Scc.-Treaa., Dr. Jonee, Atlanta • Annual Meeting, May, 1907, at Macon, Ga. SOCIOLOGICAL EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—R^v. vln Underwood, Dr, R. R, Klme, C. B. Wllmer, J. D. Cleaton, E. Mar- J Sociology and Sociological Socletfei; tha Aim, Objectc and 8cope of the Work. To the readera of The Atlanta Geor gian and those Interested In the soci ological development of the human race we dedicate the sociological depart ment of this paper. It will appear regularly In each Sat urday's edition, and we hope to make It worthy of consideration and a beneflt to the city, state and nation. The editorial work will be under the direction of committees from the Georgia State and Atlanta Sociological Societies. Through this department we hope the general public will become better ac quainted with the alms, scope and work of sociological societies, state and local. The sociological matter will be so printed that those who so desire can cut It out artd tile It away for future reference. Work of 8oci«ty. As an Introduction we will state that the Georgia State Sociological Society was organised and held Its first an nual session in Atlanta June 24, 26 nnd 26, 1902. This society has met annual ly since that time and has yielded a quiet, but effective, Influence for good. Subjects of vital importance to us, as a people, have been discussed by the lending men and women of the state, which has accomplished much good In developing a public sentiment along sociological lines. This society Is doing active, efficient work along educational lines and de serves the co-operntlon and support of nil who desire to uplift nnd better the condition of the human race. We quote from Its constitution: "The objects of the society are to organise all the professional, business nnd Industrial Interests of the state In the most efficient manner possible; to foster and encourage the study and Investigation of all social questions that pertain to the welfare of mankind. "To endeavor especially to ascertain the primal causes of crime, vice nnd disease, Instituting measures of preven tion by eliminating the cause of each and dlsslmlnatlng such knowledge aa will uplift and better the condition of the human race. Non-secretarian. “This society la non-secretarian, non- political In character and under no circumstances allowed to align itself with any church or political party as such." The members are free and untram meled by any code or creed and left free to follow the dictates of their own conscience In working for the good of humanity In the community In which they live. A sociologist is not an Individualist, socialist nor an anarchist, but one who has the altruistic spirit and able to comprehend the bread principle of the brotherhood of man from a social buia. Science of 8ociety, Sociology means the science of so ciety—the philosophical study o’f so ciety—In application, It Is the art of living together for the mutual beneflt of each other. The term sociology was first used by Comte In 1338; later It was popularized by Spencer* In his treatise on the Principles of Sociology In 1876, since which time numerous articles and books have appeared on the subject. 'This Is a day and age of sociological study and Investigation. The develop ment of society, the community, city, stale and nation demand it. Reform and purification In municipal and polit ical affairs Is but the result of sociolog ical Investigation and application. That community, state or nation that studies and applies the true principles of sociology will be the most progres sive and secure, "the greatest good to the greatest number," thereby lessen ing crime, vice and disease, attaining the highest physical, mental and moral development of each Individual. When Organized. The State Sociological Society was organized with a view of bringing to gether the minister, lawyer, physician, teacher, philanthropist and those en gaged In commercial, Industrial and agricultural pursuits, Including those representing capital nnd labor. In one common cause, on one common ground, to study and Investigate social ques tions of vital Interest to one and all. ‘Am’ I my brother's keeper?" la not doubtful question of the twentieth century, but an established fact. So ciology has demonstrated that no so ciety, community, city or state ran ex ist and prosper without recognising the rights of others; that the Individual Is only a unit, and can not live to himself alone physically, morally or mentally, but must receive old from others and In some proportion Is ren dered under obligations to humanity and society demands a Just and equit able recompense for the same. As to Self-effort. We, as Individuals, are enjoying the blessings snd privileges of an enlight ened civilization and a free country, to which we justly owe our best efforts to maintain, support and develop to high er standards, and a more perfect civi lization. This can only be attained by a united effort with a proper concep tion of the result* to be attained. This requires study and investiga tion of society as a whole, as well as of the Individual; of th* cause and effect of good and evil forces, that tend to produce health, happiness and Im provement or bring vice,- crime, dis ease and degeneration. Each class of society has Its duties and functions to perform; each profession Is under many obligations, while the trades, business, commercial and Industrial Interests are vitally concerned. All are Interdepend ent on one another, and must rise or fall together. Society is Just what each community make* It, anti It we hare crime, vice and disease we are re sponsible lor It. Such things do not come by chance, but are the results of existing forces and follow naturally the line of cause and effect. Elimination of Evils. If we would eliminate these evils and Improve society as a whole, then each must do his part and In doing so each one becomes a sociologist. The selfish, sordid Individualist may say, “I am not my brother's keeper; I have enough to do to took after myself and my own.” A community of such would soon reap as a reward disease, Regenera tion and destruction. Typhoid fever, tuberculosis, small pox, yellow fever, etc., are no re- spectors of persons, neither are the sine and vices of moral degeneratlbn; each Is as Insidious In Its onward mnrch, and as malignant In its re suits. The true sociologist searches for the primal causes of each and lends his brother a helping hand In preventing the evil results and Is not only his brother's keeper, but Indirectly the preserver of himself and prevents his own destruction. To Live to Benefit. The greatest privilege given to man Is to live for the beneflt of others. The highest aid given others Is to teach them to help themselves, and then they In turn may become a source of help to others. The Georgian State Sociological 80- OFFICERS . ATLANTA SOCIETY Pres, Dr. R. R. Klme Vice Pres., E. Marvin Underwood Sec.-Treas.. Dr. E. C. Cartledge Regular Meeting Second Thurs day night each month at Carne gie Library. V- - J TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN IN STATEOF GEORGIA Interesting Figures in the Comptroller’s Annual Report. The annual report of the Georgia Insurance department Issued this week from the office of Comptroller General William A. Wright, contains very In teresting Information concerning the business done In that line during the year 1906, which period the report In cludes up to and Including April 30. A new feature of the report this year is a complete directory of all the Insur ance agents of the state with their place of business, as far as obtainable. Complete statltstlcs of every com pany of any kind operating In the state are given, showing their financial con dition In detail. Sixty-six stock Are Insurance com panies, home and foreign, transacted business In Georgia, having 1274,885,- 40.76 Insurance In force with (8,856,- 589.11 In premiums. They paid out in losses 22,560,991.26. They were repre sented by 3,627 2-2 agents. (It would be Interesting to know who the 2-2 of an agent Is.) Total of taxes paid by these concern Into the state treasury was 249,872.13. Old line life Insurance companies had 2187,919,425.16 of Insurance In force In Georgia on which 16,618,772.04 was paid In premiums. That the citizens of tho state received o large return in proportion to their premiums Is shown by the fact that these same compan ies paid In losses during the yenr $3,- 443,327.43. There were In the state 1,047 life Insurance agenta, and the to tal taxea paid by the companies dur ing 1905 amounted to $70,718.76. Asaessment Insurance In Are, life and accident lines showed a very great growth In the state, forty-six contpan- e» doing bustnefs on that plan, all of which are native orgnnlxatlons with the exception of three, the Home Friendly Society of Baltimore, the Loy al Protective Association of Boston and the Great Southern Home of Bir mingham. These companies had (12,- <61,241.03 Insurance In force of all kinds, and received In premiums (26?,- 563.37. They psld In losses 2203,285.65 and were represented by 20$ agents. Their taxes amounted to (6,843.28. Miscellaneous stock companies doing acrldent, marine, surety and plate glnss Insurance business had 199,830,- 976.34 Insurance In force, with 2577,- 022.62 In premiums. They paid In losses to the state 2248,449.44. Their taxes and fees paid In to the state were (7,692.05. Since the above return* were made there has been a remarkable Increase In all lines of Insurance In the state, particularly In the formation of nomc companies nnd the next nnnual report will no doubt ahow surprising gains even over the above substantial amounts. WALTER BALLARD OP TICAL CO. Lena than one year ago placed on the market the new Ballard Bifocal, giving reading and walking vision In one frame and looking like one glass. They have proven the moat successful of all •he advertised Invisible bifocals. AN ATLANTA COMPANY AFFECTED BY DECISION The Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fire Insur ance Company, of Atlanta, la Interest ed In a recent decision made by the attorney general of Louisiana at the request of the Insurance commissioner of that state. The decision will, how ever, probably be contested, as the uni versal opinion and practice of Insur ance companies has been against It. The decision In part saya; "In the case of the Atlanta-BIrmlng ham Fire Insurance Company, of Birm ingham, Ala., where the capital of the company had become seriously Im paired by losses In the San Francisco conflagration, the attorney general ad vised the Insurance department that the reserve of that company could not be used to reinsure Its outstanding policy obligations with another com pany without the consent of the con flagration policy-holders. ' "As there are a number of compa nies seriously hurt by the Ban Fran cisco losses, which are proposing to transfer their business to other com panies, the ruling of the attorney gen eral will affect the arrangement* made by such companies, and the Insurance department will refuse to recognise such transferred funds as the legal assets of the companies accepting re insurance. "The attorney general holds that the conflagration policy-holders have an equity In the reinsurance reserve of a company which can not pay It* losses with Its capital and surplus. His opln. Ion agrees with the ruling made by the attorney general of New York on the same subject." In the decision ns quoted there are several serious error*. The company had In Its policies a "fallen building" clause which relieves the company of liability for damage by Are after a building has been wrecked. It Is a question, therefore, which the courts will have to decide as to whether the alleged lessee there nre sufficient to Impair the company’s capital lo the extent stated by the commissioner. Concerning the rights of claimants against the coinparft- on the above ground. It Is manifestly unfair that these questionable claims should have R rci-edence over the rights of policy- 1 older* who have no claim, but whose policies are still In force and who are creditors to the company for the un earned portion of the premium. THE WAY TO FLORIDA. When lravelin* to any point in south Georgia or Florida, be sure to eee that your ticket reads via the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway from Macon, Ga. This popular line operates five trains dally from Macon to Tifton; j four train* dally from Macon to Val* j dosta; two trains dully from Macon to ! Jacksonville, and two trains dally from : Macon to Palatka. All night trains carry sleeping cart, and day trains i carry parlor cars and nice coaches, i The Georgia Southern nnd Florida j Railway operates more trains to points In’south Georgia nnd'Florida than any other line running out of Macon. The parlor car service between Macon and Jacksonville Is unsurpassed. Only 50 cents Is charged for a seat In the parlor car between these points. Local sleep- i era running between Macon and Jack-} sonvllle on midnight trains are ready for occupancy at t:10 p. m. Buffet lunches are served In the car to j through passengers. Interchangeable i mileage' Is accepted between alt points j on the Georgia Southern ond Florida MATTHEWS BOOMED FOR COMMISSIONER Special to The Georftou. Sandersvllle, Ga., Sept. 1.—The friends of Hon. L. Clayton Matthews are urging him to become a candidate for railroad commissioner to succeed Hon. Joseph 'M. Brown. Friends here In his native county have Interested themselves In hls behalf without his knowledge with the hope that he would consent to the use of hls name before the Democratic convention at Macon next week. In the .course of a strong editorial The Sandersvllle Progress says this week: "No man ever reared In Wash ington county has more friends than Clayton Matthews, lie Is an honor able and upright man, honest and sin cere; la thoroughly qualified for the duties of railroad commissioner, and will be acceptable to the people of Georgia aa a member of the commis sion. He was an ardent supporter of Hon. Hoke Smith and an earnest ad vocate of hls entire platform." Mr. Smith’s recent campaign has clety Is endeavoring to develop thought and actions along these lines. Papers on the following subjects have been read and discussed; "Education," "Common Schools," "Physical Develop ment of the Child," "Child Labor," "Crime," "The Criminal." "The Proba tion System va. the Penal System," "Juvenile Courts," "Juvenile Reforma tories," "The Care of the Orphan," "Tuberculosis; Cause and Prevention nnd Need of'Sanatoria." “Alcoholism: Cause and Prevention,” "The Negro: Hls Relation to the White Man and aa a Social Problem,” "Pauperism," "The Care of the Insane," "Relntlon of Capi tal and Labor," "I.awk-ssru*—"The Pres* In Relation' to llie Public and Crime," "Sociological Value of Educa tion,” "Literature of Sociology,” and other subjects of vital Importance to the community and state. Next Annual Meeting. The next annual meeting will occur at'Macon, li«. May, J907. at the Wes leyan Female College building. Hon. Dupont Guerry being president for this year. The Atlanta Sociological Socie ty has been organized but a few months. Its motto Is. “Atlanta a Model City.” It Is already doing efficient work for the city, aided in securing the child labor law, getting the city ordinance preventing minora working In liquor houses and Is now planning to secure a system of parks, playgrounds, etc., and will make an effort to organize the children of the city to aid In ths work. The society will make on effort to aid In keeping the school grounds open during the summer as play grounds for the children, and will from time to time take up such other work as is of vital Importance to the development and welfare of the city. The society desires to aid nnd sup port as far as possible the various de partments of the city In eliminating the evil and developing the good as well as In beautifying and Improving the city. We ask the aid, co-operation and support of the state and city In a work which we feel Is of vital Importance and to the best Interests of each. Any communication or Inquiries de signed for this department should be addressed to The Atlanta Georgian, Sociological Department. Atlanta, Ga. shown the need of having strong nnd patriotic men on the commission, and all who know Mr. Mattthews bollevo that the great Interests of the slate would be safe In hls hands. He la now a resident of Atlanta. COTTON MILL DECLARES 8EMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND Special to The Georgian. Quitman, Ga, Sept. 1.—At the regu lar aeml-annua! meeting of the di rector* of the Atlantic and GuU cotton mills yesterday, a semi-annual divi dend of 4 per cent was declared pay able to the stockholders at once. In addition a handsome sum was put In the surplus fund. This Is one of the best paying cotton mills In Squth Geor gia. Improving Court Houi*. Special to The Georgian. Perry, Ga.. Sept. 1.—The commis sioners are putting a granite coping around tho court house square, which will add much to the appearance of the building and grounds. F. E. PURSE •‘THE PRINTER. ” PRINTING OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 16 1-2 E. MITCHELL ST. ATLANTA, GA. Ground In * deep toric curve, giving n i Railway. large visual field for reading as well as | with Its modern equipment, splendid i walking. They are the moat perfect and , rac | llli am ) convenient schedules. | beautiful glaaa sold. Consult us ytwut the Georgia Southern and Florida Rail- | bifocal*. We have them all. Sales-j u .„y offers the best route to all points! room, <1 Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. louth Georgia and Florida. ••• We Are Closing Out Our Entire Stock Of summer shoes at remarkably low pric«s v splendid bargains. Our repair department is unexcelled. Give u# a call and you will find that we will save you money. CARHART SHOE MANUFACTURING CO., Bell 'Phone 1355. II VIADUCT PLACE.