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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. UK*. KILLED By TRAIN MAY BEDETECTIVE Was Struck by Train While Walking Along the Track. Sprolal to The GoorKtan. Etberton, Ga., Sept. 7.—On the ev ening September 4 the Incoming Southern train from Toccoa (truck end fatally Injured an unknown man j us t within the city limits of this place, who (lied from Injuries sustained last night. He was walking up the Sea- hoard track and, It la supposed, he thought the approaching train was a Seaboard train and stepped on the Southern track In front of the locomo tive He was hurled a great distance from the track. Afterwards he never regained consciousness. Great mys- terv surrounds the Identity of the dead man He Is of middle age and his •kin’While comparatively fair, denotes eiooeure. He carried a suit case which contained two good suits of clothes and a new pair of shoes, a number of razors and pocket knives. On his person was found the descrip tion of escaped convicts and fugitives from justice, which leads to the belief that he may be a detective. His body has been embalmed, photographed and will be held for several days In hopes that he may be Identified. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Loss Will Reach $40,000. Special to The Georgian DeSoto, Ga., Sept. 7.—Fire destroyed Wednesday night eight principal bust ness houses In DeSoto and about 5i per cent of their contents. Messrs. Moore. Scarborough, Session Luke Bagley, Ferguson A Son and Delamar burned out. The loss Is 440,000. Moore, Bagley, Ferguson's loss Is partly In-* aured for $7,000, Storm Not Violent. Special to .The Georgian Savannah, Ga, Sept. 7.—Storm warn. Ings have been put up against the tropical storm from the West Indies. It Is not thought that It will strike this port with sufficient violence to do any damage to shlpnlpg. Change in Chatham Delegation. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7.—There was some change In the Chatham delega< in to the congressional convention at Statesboro, M. A. O’Byrne, vice chairman of the convention, not turning. Captain U. H. McLaws Joined the delegation this morning. Voted Against His Measure. Special to The Georgian Savannah, Ga„ Sept. 7.—At a meet Ing of the city, council the report of the police committee 'regarding the polled department' was received formation. One feature was the action of Dr, Harmon In vqtlng against recetv. Ing the report, though he was the man who drew It up. Accepts Call to Quincy. S|i‘ol:il to The Georgian Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The Rev. tVyllys Rede, who recently resigned as rector of St. Marks Protestant Kplscopal church, In this city, has ac cepted a call from the diocese of Quin, cy to become dean of the cathedral at Quincy, 111., and will go to Quincy some time during the present month. Big Vessel Clears for Boa. Special to Thy Georgian Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The steam ship Vnuxhafl, a British tramp, and about the largest vessel that has been In this port for some time, has Just cleared from Brunswick with a full car go of rosin and spirits, consigned to parties In Hamburg. Cotton Oponing Fast. Rpcoini t„ The Georgian Harnlson, Ga., Sept. 7.—Cotton la opening fast. Scarcity of labor to gather the crop threatens the farmers. ELEVEN MEMBERS AT LARGE NAMED Two From Three Dis tricts and Three Dis tricts Not Honored. Negro Procures 14 Warrants. Special t„ The Georgian perntur, Ala., Sept. 7.—Ben Hayes, colored, swore out warrants against fourteen men yesterday, charging them with trespassing. The cases are set for trial In 'Squire William Douglass' court today. Minister Declinea Call. special to The Georgian. Darien, Ga., Sept. 7.—Rev. Dr. N. KefT smith, who some time ago waa given a unanimous call to the Presbyterian thumb at Rock Spring, Ga., and who nas been supplying, that church for several Sundays, declined to accept the tall to the pastorate. To Become Y. M. C. A. Secrotary. 8 Pet la I to The Georgian Oxford, Ga., Sept. 7.—At the Wed- nenday evening prayer meeting J. A. Brou n , of Jacksonville, Fla., made an interesting talk on the “Duties of thrljtian People." Mr. Brown Is a member of the 1S0« class of Emory Col lege and Is now on his way to the I nlverslty of Mississippi, where he will JT*. »* a Young Men's Christian As •aviation secretary. Deaths ahd Funerals. „ Henry Cass Dsad. ep-tloi to The Georgian Decatur, Ala., Sept. 7.—Henry Case “ |p d at hla home in East Decatur r °nt a stroke of paralyils. Some days •go he was overcome with heat and Pad to be carried to his home. Later '* ‘a* 1 ln the dining room from a par- huer° Btroke ' fbsultlng In his death Mrs. Amanda Lea. Hr» Amanda Lee, 60 years old. died inurMay at Orady hospital. Funeral gf). *1 w «* held at Swift & Hall e » n cha P** at 4 o’clock Friday after- * sod Interment was at Westvlew. Joseph A. Scott. 8c °tt died Thursday af- i/" “ n at 1 o'clock at his home, I* Fun . av *nue, Howell's Station. rrawl 31 wrv, cea Will be held at the i-_ nr f «t 10 o’clock Saturday mom- viL Bn ?. ln,erm *nt will be at Weat- «n- .him* ** * urvlTed by a wifp and Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, chair man of the state Democratic executive committee, Friday morning named the eleven members of the executive com mittee from the state at large. They are as follows: Pope Brown, of Pulaski. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd. 2°hn P. Knight, of Berrien. Sim T. Blalock, of Fayette. Newton A. Morris, of Cobb W. J. Bush, of Miller. E. H. Mason, of Glynn. Boykin Wright, of Richmond. Fuller E. Callaway, of Troup. Reuben R. Arnold, of Fulton. Robert L. Berner, of Monroe. At the same time Chairman Milter called a meeting of the executive com mittee for September 12 at noon ln the Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, to discuss the new court of appeals. The question of the election of the three judges will be discussed. Though the committee was supposed to represent the eleven congressional districts It will be observed that two members are named from the Seventh, Seaborn Wright, of Floyd, and N. A. Morris, of Cobb; two from the Sec ond, Knight, of Berrien, and Bush, of Miller; two from the Sixth, Blalock, of Fayette, and Berner, of Monroe. No committeeman Is named from the First, Eighth or Ninth districts. Just why these districts are Ignored does not ap pear. As predicted In The Georgian, Boy kin Wright was named from the Tenth In spite of the endorsement of Clem Dunbar by the delegates from that dis trict TRUSTEES TO PLAN FOR NEW COLLEGE OGOOOOOOOCHKiOOa OOOOtKHJOOOO 0 WRITES TO WIFE, 0 0 THEN DRINKS ACID. 0 0 0 O By Private Leased Wire. 0 g Carlo, III., Sept. 7.—J. F. Rob- 0 g erts, of Martin, Term* commit- 0 O ted suicide In a hotel here by 0 O drinking carbolic acid. HIs body O g. was found at 6 o'clock this morn- 0 O Ing. He left a letter to his wife. 00000000000000000000000000 DRIFTS TO IN HJS_ AIRSHIP When Last Seen, Matterey Was Over Lake Mich igan. Joint Meeting of Boards Will Be Held Mon day. The district agricultural colleges will prove good feeders for the State Ag ricultural College provided for In the Connor bill. On next Monday, the 10th, the true tees of the new $100,000 agricultural college will meet In conference with the board of trustees of the State Uni versity at Athens to provide-for the establishment of the new college. This, Is the new college provided for In the Connor bill. The trustees re cently named by the governor are Hon. J. J. Connor, Bartow; Hon. J. A. Thrash, Meriwether; Hon. J. I.. Hand, Mitchell; Hon. A. J. McMullan, Hart; Hon. L. H. O. Martin, Elbert; Judge E. H. Calloway, Richmond; Hon. R. C. Neely. Burke; Hon. John W. Bennett, Waycross; Hon. L. G. Hardman, Jack- son; Hon. D. M. Hughes, Twiggs; Hon. T. G. Hudson, commissioner of agri culture. Those of the State University are: From the state at large, Hamilton Mc Whorter, George F. Gober, Clark How- ell, Jr., W. E. Simmons; from the city of Athens, A. L. Hull and Howell Cobb; from the eleven congreslsonal districts, Samuel B. Adams, Byron B. Bower, Jr., William H. Fish, Henry Persons, Henry D. 1 McDaniel, A. V. Boen, D. B. Hamilton, John T. New ton, Howard Thompson, E. H. Callo way and John W. Bennett. P, W. Mel- drlm, of 8avannah, and George Foster Peabody, non-resident, are also mem bers. These two boards will map out the plan of campaign for the new Institu tion and set the machinery In motion for the erection of the new buildings. It Is expected to prove one of the most popular Institutions of learning In the state, and the new district col leges provided for by the Perry bill will prove good feeders to It. Oconto, Wis., Sept. 7.—The fate of William Matterey, an aeronaut from Chicago, who could not control the air ship In which he made an ascension, and drifted helplessly for 14 miles while 2,000 feet above the earth, Ms a matter for conjecture only. When last seen he and his air craft were drifting out over Lake Michigan. It was then growing dark. No word has come of him today. s COTS OFF WATER By Private Leased Wire. Ripley, Ohio, Sept. 7.—An incendiary Are early today destroyed the pumping station of the city waterworks. The ■waterworks trustees will ask for an In vestigation. The Incendiary will summarily dealt with If discovered. DEMOCRATS MEET TO CANVASS VOTES AND NAME COMER Conspicuous in Capital City Is Senator Pettus, Now Re-elected. Special to The Georgian Montgomery, Ala., Sept 7.—The ntate Democratic executive committee was called together at noon today by Chair man H. S. D. Mallory, of Selma, to canvass the returns, declare the result and to name the temporary chairman of the state convention, which meeta Monday. Many of the delegates to the state convention are In the city to watch the proceedings of the commit tee and to see who will be the tem porary chairman. The state commit tee also makes all arrangements for holding the convention, which will be held In the auditorium. Secretary John Pugh, of Blrmlng. ham. Is present, and so Is Pat Me. Gauley, the official stenographer. John C. Eyster.a prominent member of the committee. Is absent on account of 111 ness. conspicuous Agure In the city Is that of Senator E. W. Pettus, of Selma, who arrived here yesterday. He Is be ing greeted on all sides by his friends. Ho appears to bh In good health and fine spirits, and the alternate senators wilt not have a chance to All his place In the next six years, unless his health falls considerably. He geta about live, ly and Is a splendid conversationist. Another well-known Agure Is that of A. M. Tunatall, former speaker of the house. He Is taking much Interest In the meeting. SHIP'S PASSENGERS ALL REPORTED SAFE it ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Christian Endsavor Union Meoting. The annual meeting of the Atlanta local union of Christian Endeavor will take place at the Central Congrega. tlonal church Friday night at 8 o'clock. A special program has been arranged, Including music by a quartet and vlo lin solos by David Silverman. A re view of the past work of the local union, as well as plan for the future, will be presented at the meeting. All members of the society are cordially Invited. Any others Interested In the work of Christian Endeavor will be welcome. Will Hava Charge of Music. The state convention of the Sacred Harp Singers will have charge of the Sunday morning services at the Bap tist Tabernacle and will take part in the singing at night, Rev. W. L. Walker preaching. Ice Cream Festival. For the beneAt of those who held tickets and were unable to get served Thursday evening, owing to the large crowd present, the ladles of the Pryor Street Presbyterian church will give another festival on the church lawn Friday evening, at which tickets sold for the former occasion will be valid. hipple planned TO KILL SEGAL Continued from Page One. Earle, and a plan has been adopted In an Interview with Receiver Earle he authorized the following statement. He Is to be president of the concern and will give $100,000 toward Its reor ganization. HIs acceptance Is as fol- lows: "J accept the position In the hope that the company can be saved rather than liquidated, and \ have been In session with the members of the board seek ing their co-operation to this end. No Pspsrs 8igned. I now announce that they.have re sponded to my solicitations and their responsibilities In another manner, no matter what any one may say, and so nobly, that so soon ns I can verify the calculations submitted to me of the value of the present assets of the comnany 1 can reopen Its doors with e«r? one receiving'what I believe to be the full value ol his claims, pro- vlded the creditors will meet my views In the same spirit that their board of directors already has done. "No papers have been as yet signed, and I am not In physical condition to properly master the details of the plan that I wish to submit, so that I must have every one's forbearance for a few days. But for the Arst time I see daylight and my conviction has grown almost to certainty that I am to re ceive my reward In the success of the plans that Induced me to become a part of this trying situation. I make this statement, as you know, upon the as sumption that the reports that I now have will, upon verlAcatlon. be found correct, but I see no present reason for doubting that they are. (Signed) "GEORGE H. EARLE, Jr. Depositors to Got Cosh. Under the plan of the organization depositors are to be paid the amount of their deposits In this manner: SO ner cent of the deposits at once upon the reopening of the bank; 30 per cent in preferred stock, guaranteed by col lateral bonds; 40 per cent In thirty or sixty days ofter reorganization. De tails of the reorganization are to be settled by depositors and stockholders a meeting to be held at once. This procedure will not Interfere with the prosecution of Segal, North and Collingwood. Auditor Martin Lesvas Central. News has reached Atlanta that B, D. Martin, auditor of traffic of the Central of Georgia Railway, had hand ed In his resignation, effective Septem her 1C. He will move to New York, where he will be connected In a promt nent rapacity with a large banking and brokerage corporation. The resig nation of Mr. Martin had been rumored for several weeks, but It could not be officially conArmed until today. Probation Rsstrictlon* Lifted. Probation restrictions will be re moved Friday nfternoon from thirty Ave youths, thirty-one being white and four colored. The probation period for erring lads runs from four months to two years, and the thlrty-Ave to be turned loose from the Job of reporting to Probation Officer Gloer every week, have been good and win the reward of such conduct. Officer Gloer aqd Recorder Broyles will make talks to the assembled lads Friday afternoon. B. Y. P. U. 8ets Masting Day. The Atlanta Baptist Young People's Union will hold their regular monthly meeting with the North Atlanta Bap tist Church, corner Hemphill avenue and Emmet street, Thursday evening, September 20. This la expected to be one of the moat helpful meetings of the fall work, especially of Interest to the Baptist Young people. A. D. Adair, 8r., Bsttsr. A. D. Adair, Sr., who has been 111 for several days at his home on Washing ton street, waa reported very much better Friday morning and his friends hope to see him on the atreets at an early date. MAY NOT STAND FOR RE-ELECTION Rlieclsl to The Georgian., Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—It Is not likely that A. M. Tunatall, of Greens boro. will be a candidate for speaker of the next house of representatives. He Is In the city today, but states that he will later give out a statement, but did not say whether or not he would make the rare. HIs Intimate friends, however, assert he has decided not to run. and that when he makes hla state ment It will be to that effect. He was speaker of the last house and when he was elected again as a member of the house it was predicted he would be come a candidate for speaker. This leaves the Aeld to J. J. Arnold,' of Jack sonville, and Captain Tyler Goodwyn, of Montgomery. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN Is Believed That the Sheridan Is a Total Loss. By Private Leased Wire. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 7.—Congressman Edwin Dundy today received the fol lowing telegram from Major General Ainsworth, military secretary In Wash lngton: "All pasengers In steamship Sheridan reported safe. Friends desiring to hear from any particular passenger should telegraph him care of department quar termaster, Honolulu.” The fact that passengers are only reported safe leads Mr. Dundy to be lieve the Sheridan had broken to pieces. TAKES SIS,000,000 TO THOUGHTS OF GOOD BREAKFAST TEMPTS THIS RELEASED CONVICT . TO BREAK INTO PENITENTIARY Special to Tbe Georgian, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7.—-Because the “grub" at the state prison waa bet ter than that put up by his landlady, Bob Jenkins, colored, a discharged pris oner, “broke In" the state prison here last night. The negro scaled the high atone wall surrounding the pen, swiped a convict’s suit, fell ln line for break fast and then got to work ln the foun dry before being discovered. He claims his landlady would put the butter across the table and only allowed him two biscuits, while "Cap tain Sol," the prison steward, didn't hbld back anything to eat. Jenkins had been discharged on Au gust 10, after serving three years for grand larceny. He will not be allow ed to remain, but the officials will try and get him a home. PLANS BURIAL, DRESSES FOR GRAVE, AND DIES ON EMBALMER’S TABLE By Private Leased Wire. Temple, Texas, Sept. 7.—After writing a note to his employer telling of his determination to commit suicide, and giving full directions for the disposition of his body, W. J. Adams, an undertaker’s assistant, who came here several weeks ago from Little Rock, Ark., yesterday dressed himself for burial, lay down on the embalmer's slab and swallowed poison. It Is said that financial troubles caused the act. MAYOR AND POLICE AGREE TO RESIGN TO ESCAPE COURT Contempt Proceedings to Be Dropped Against Kan sas City Officers. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN WAS ALMOST SUCCESSFUL Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—It haa Just come to light here that a daring effort was made to wreck the Louis ville and Nashville passenger, south bound, near Spelgners Tuesday night. This train usually carries a large num ber of passengers and why the effort was made to wreck it la not known. Two crosa ties were placed upon the rails a mile above Spelgners and the engineer did not see them in time to bring hla train to a full atop, and hla engine hit the ties and they were thrown from the track. The trucks were badly damaged and the train was three hours In gettln ready to move on. The Loulsvlle Nashville officials wired for the state bloodhounds at Spelgners and they were put upon the track and soon two negroes were raptured and locked up. They deny being guilty. Special officers of the Louisville and Nashville are still busy at work on the matter and further developments are expected. WOMAN KEPT IN PRISON CELL AS RESULT OF JUDGES ERROR New York, Sept. 7.—Through a "mis take,” a woman has been held ln the Jefferson market police court, for 12 days, without any charge against her. The woman Is Mrs. Agnes Peterson. She was arrested on a warrant August 27, charged with a misdemeanor. Mag istrate Cornell, who was then sitting at Jefferson market court, dismissed the case and Mrs. Peterson was dls charged. By mistake Magistrate Cornell signed a commitment paper, Instead of a re lease, and the woman waa led back t< prison. It will be Impossible to obtain the woman's freedom from jail until papers of release are signed by Mai: Istrate Cornell, who Is at present ■ North Carolina on an extended vaea tlon. It takes Just four and a half times more “scads” to run the Massachusetts state government than that of Georgia. And this, too, notwithstanding that the population of Massachusetts ex ceeds that of Georgia only a few hun dred thousand. This fact was elicited from a state ment furnished State Treasurer R. E. Park by the Massachusetts money handler. The amount It takes to run the Geor a state government Is about $4,100, 10. It takes over $13,000,000 to keep Massachusetts going. EMORY DINNER SEPT. 1i WILL BE FINE AFFAIR MEN IN STA GE BOX WANTED IO JOIN IN STAR CHORUSES An act not down on the bill was presented to the patrons of the Star theater at Thursday's matinee and the members of the cast held a dress rehearsal In the police court Friday morning. It all happened because two young men ln the stage box persisted In Imitating Frank Daniels' latest stunt and talking to the girls on the stage. No, they didn’t kiss any of the girls. This was at the Star. Carl Smith and John Lupo, young railroad men, were the defendants In the case. It developed that they had occupied box seats for which another railroader hud given them coupons. Their unaccustomed prominence went to their heads and they persisted In lending their voices to aid the per formers on the stage. An officer re fused to eject them from the house when the ushers demanded It and the ushers tried It themselves. Arriving at the exit, the two patrqns Invited the ushers to come outside and start something. The ushers declined with thanks. Thereupon Smith and Lupo seised several heavy cuspidors thoughtfully provided for lovers of the Star type of vaudeville and hurled them at the ushers, several of the utensils landing where they would hurt most. Judge Broyles heard the case i length and assessed a, line of 15.76 against each of the defendants. The ushers were dismissed. great deal of Interest Is being shown In the Emory dinner which will take place on September 17. The com mittee in charge Is very much en couraged, and say It will be one of the largest college dinners ever given In Atlanta. Many of the moat prominent men In Atlanta are Emory men, and tbe even ing of the 17th will find them renew ing the associations of their college days. Many jokes will be told at the expense of those who have achieved prominence since their college days, and some of the traditions—other than academic—of the quaint old college town will be rehearsed. The college term opens on Sept ber It, and students from all parts of the state, returning to Emory, will atop In Atlanta to attend the dinner. 7'he oldest living graduate of the col- lege Is Robert W. Lovett, who gradu ated In the class of 1843. Mr. Lovett lives In south Georgia, and will possi bly be present. Classes graduated be fore the war will be represented, a will the classes of the seventies and eighties. Announcements, with return postals, are being sent to all the Emory men ln Atlanta. It will be Impossible to send these announcements to the grad, uates and students outside of Atlanta. The committee desires that all meg throughout the state who Intend at tending the dinner to send their names, with check for $1,60. to T. W. Connal- ly, 24 1-2 Whitehall street. The committee In charge of the din ner Is composed of Thomas H. Jeffries, William D. Thomson and-T. W. Connal- ly. BRYAN WILL COME TO CHATTANOOGA Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 7.—William Bryan Is coming to Chattanooga. He will probably come here from Nash- llle, when he makes his tour of the NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY NATHANIEL MACON By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. IMIlMIIMtIHIIHHIIIIMHHIINIIHMIlli It la my purpose, In this abort article, to bring to the remembrance of the American people the unme of one of the grandest men that ever lived In our grout country, Nathaniel Macon, liorn In Warren North Carolina, December 17, 1757. When the revolutionary war licgnn young Macon waa a atudent at Princeton, but with hla countrymen struggling for lllierty he coubl take no further Interest In hla atmllea, aud, returning home, he volun teered na a private aoTdler In a company he waa. never aboen „ ready for duty, and doing that duty like a man. From 1780 to 1785 Macon waa a member of the North Carolina leglalnture, and while serving la tbat capacity be waa the unyielding roe of every form of compro- mine with tvranur and oppression. An n member of the nHnemhly lie'fought the bitter end ngnlnnt the of the Federal constitution. lie did this, not bemuse he was unpa triotic. but Itecauae he wna nn Intense lover of liberty, and wna afraid that the govern ment of the constitution would turn out t$» In* the octopus which should strangle liberty and transform the free common- -enlth Into im» many denemlenelcs upon le central power at Washington, lie declared that government, at beat, ..ns a necessary evil, and that the less we had of It the better. "Let tbe people alone," be iiwm! to say. "and they will pretty nearly always do what Is right. Prom 1791 to 1815 Maconi wna n member of congress, and from 1816 to 1828 l ulled Htotes senator, when he resigned his seat, having nerved In the national congress for tbe Jong juried of thirty-seven years with- it n break. . Nathaniel Macon never nought in office In Iila life. The office always sought him, Whan plough- .... ... one day be was luformeil by hla neighbors that he had Just been Ing In hla ttch elected a member of tbe leglalnture. where* Upon he replied: "You must lie mistaken. 1 atn sure you got me mixed up with aomelHHly else." congress, to the senate and to ail of the liniMirtant conventions simply because they Indicted In blui and wanted him to repro' sent them In the public councils. Macon was absolutely Incorruptible. No man's bribe could buy hlln, no, man’s frown could ware him. T$» what he believed to be right he wna unflinchingly true, and when he laid down his coiiimlsalou us pub lic servant It was stainless. A Democrat be was of the old school aud In the lieat and highest sense of the word. He wore homespun clothing made by the wrvauta at home, shoes and hat a made by those same servants, and In his manners Afraid of oo uian. be' despised no ami wna with every one a brother and friend. Meeting all men upon tbe level and parting with them upon tha square, he cxeinpflfled In hla every action the princi ples of the truest and flneat Americanism. Macon wna the warm personal friend of Jefferson and Madison, and those crest men trusted him with a confidence that knew no limit. Jeffcraon called him tbo "Last of thr Homans," and the celebrated John ltan- dolph said of him In hla will: "He la the Iwst, purest and wisest man I ever knew." This great and noble American died on his farm In Warren county. North Caro lina, on tbe 29th day of June, 1887, In the 80th year of bis age, and when It waa whispered abroad that Nnthsnlel Macon wiis no more the people wept like little children. efore bis death Macon ** , of burial a shady ridge upon hla Ittle farm, and there. In a coffin made «»f plain boards, be was laid away, with noth ng to mark bla resting place but a pile of loose atones. position taken by Mr. Bryan on the government control of railroads ques tion, but declared that Mr. Bryan doee not want to commit his party to thle doctrine. He termed It as a “big stick," to be held over the railroads. Mr. Hood believes that Mr. Bryan will carry the solid South. WOMAN ARRESTED IN MURDER CASE Richmond. Va., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Wil liams Muse, of Roanoke, hae been ar rested In a resort In this city In con nection with the murder of C. C. Hen- verelty. COMMENCEMENTS Hon. Peter W. Meldrlm, of Chatham, who will meet with the university trustees at Athens Monday, can claim a distinction due to no other man In Georgia. He has attended forty-one consecu tive commencements of the State Unl- Some three or four of these derson. She was In the house at the time of the murder. She denies ac knowledge of the assault, and subse quent death. A warrant was sworn out this afternoon for Mrs. Nora Bain, the woman who accompanied Mrs. South in a few wcek. The Bryan „„ |he Norfolk and We , tern •lub held a meeting tarf nl * h, ’ a,,h ® excursion. The two women are said Invitation of F. A. Hood, president of . the club, who has Just returned from lo have been In company with Hender- New York, where he assisted In re- »on and another man, who Is said to cetvlng the "boy orator of the Platte." have struck Henderson the blow which In an Interview Mr. Hood Justifies the (caused bis dsatb. were during the time he wae a student there. Colonel Meldrlm formerly represent ed Chatham ln the house. He waa among the truatees of the university who visited Madison, Wig., to Inspect the Michigan State University. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN By Private Leaned Wire. Kansas City, Kans., Sept. 7.—May or Rose, V. J. Rose, chief of police, and J. K. Kelly, captain of police, today agreed to resign their offices upon promise of the state officials that con tempt proceedings brought against them recently in the Kansas supreme Court would be dropped. At Topeka today the attorneys for both sides reached this agreement, three justices of the supreme court co inciding. The contempt pr»>cee<1Inga grew out of the fact that Mayor Rose assumed the office of mayor after the supreme court had ousted him for not enftirclng the prohibition. law. SENATOR DEPEW TO occupy SEAT New York, Sept. 7.—Ifcjs learned that United States Senator Chauncey De pew has so greatly Improved In health that It Is likely he will be In his seat In the senate when congress convenes this winter. He has been suffering from a nervous breakdown. ROAD IS PROJECTED TO ENTER ATLANTA Bpwlsl t« The Georgian. Statesboro, Qa., Sept. 7.—An appli cation for charter for the Savannah. Statesboro and Western Railway Com pany will be filed with the secretary of state ln a few days. It will be an ex tension of the Savannah and States boro, which operates between Savan nah and Statesboro, and the extension will reach Atlanta. The road will be 210 miles long. The counties through which It Win run are Bulloch. Eman uel, Johnson, Washington, Baldwin, Jones, Putnam, Newton, Rockdale, De- Kalb and Fulton. The company Is to be capitalized at $1,000,000. MRS. WM. ASTOR REPORTED BETTER Boston, Sept. 7.—Mrs. William Astor, who is ill at the Hotel Somerset with a complication of Indigestion and a se vere cold, passed a comfortable night and Is resting well today. Dr. Ste vens said today that Mrs. Astor will be removed to. Newport probably to morrow. NEGRESS IS SLAIN * BY WHITE MAN By Private Leased Wire. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 7.—Jack Camp bell, a well-known business man of Evergreen, Ala., called Abble Kemp, a negro woman, to her door and shot her six times. She died Instantly. STATISTICS. BIRTH8. To Mr. and Mrs. 11. F. Pngs, at 173 Powell street, s son. To Mr. niul Mrs. W. J. O'Brien, at Hlmpwm street, a »on. *'■ ” L. Harris, at 140 DEATH8, Mrs. lla Hawes. 21 rears old, «1I«» 8 1 of ItolBotiluc it 861 Marietta street. Dsvld It. 8m ally an, 3 years old, dleil of dyaentery at 343 Kdgewood arenue. Amanda I.ee, to yeara old, died at Craily hospital. propkrty”tran8fers. •900-Henry kliUyer to Ml ha AIIcu Huther- land, lot on Itock street uear Tyler gtreet. Warranty deed. • 11,500—Mrs. II. W. 81ms to DI< klnaoa TruNt Co., lot on Gordon street near Lea gtreet. I.oun deed. $1—MIm M. t\ Sheehan to K. Gllh^ple. lot ii Little street uear-Martin street. Quit elalm deed. |»j0. Penal Hum—I.ynwood Land Co. to A. 1. \erner, lot on Ormwood avenue Confederate avenue. Bond for tltlu. : 1700— Mrs. Tussle Cantrell to G. J». TunuJf, it on Grady place uear Gordon Ht * Warranty deed. |6, Isovp and Affection—C. It. Wes Mrs. Laura Wai hendorff, lot on Mure avenue. Warranty deed. $4,»>—Mrs. J. B. Francis tq French Brownell, lot ou Whitehall street Hood street. BUILDING PERMITS. 13,506—T. C. Wesley, to build two story frame dwellings at M2 W. Fifth street. ISOO-Xora Ellen, to hulld one-story frnnii dwelling at 334 Walnut street. 1200— Mrs. M. Graves, to move frame dwelling at 349 Ponce DeLeon avenue. 12,000—J. K. McBlroy. to hulhl two story frame dwelling at 180 Luckle street. 1200—Seaboard Lumber Co., to hulhl frame fflee on Elliott street. 8106—Mrs. 8. M. Dean, to re-cover one-story frame dwellings at 21-27 1 street. •175—J. C. A. Brannon, to add to om* * frame dwelling at 90 Loomis avenue. 1166—Mrs. A, K. Hayne. to hulhl servn huiise at 150 Ellxalietb street. 82.3&-J. C. A. Brannon, to hulhl I story frame dwelling at 2\S Glen wood . Important Change of Sched ule on Seaboard Air Line Railway. Effective Sunday, September 9th Important chaneo of schedule will be made on the Seaboard Air Line. Par ticular attention Is called to the fact that train No. 38, which now leaves Atlanta. 9::!r, p. m.. will on and after September 9th. leave Atlanta at 8:04 p. in.. Central time.