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ATLANTA GEORGIAN. KILLED BY TRAIN MAY BE DETECTIVE ELEVEN MEMBERS AT LARGE NAMED Was Struck by Train While Walking Along the Track. * jpcrUI I" The Georgian. Elbert on, Go., Sept. 7.—On the ev ening of September 4 the Incoming Southern train from Toccoa struck end fatally Injured an unknown man juet within the city limits of this place, who died from Injuries sustained last night. He was walking up the Sea board track and, It is supposed, thought the approaching train was a Seaboard train and stepped on the Southern track In front of the locomo- He was hurled a great distance from the track. Afterwards he never trained consciousness. Great my, -la tl,„ f,lant regained consciousness. Great mys tery surrounds the Identity of the dead man He Is of middle ago and his ■kin while comparatively fair, denotes exposure. He carried a suit case which contained two good suits of clothes and n new pair of shoes, a number of raxors and pocket knives. On his person was found the descrip tion of escaped convicts, and fugitives from Justice, which lends to the belief that he may be a detective. Hla body bas been embalmed, photographed and wiil be held for. several days In hopes that he may be" Identified.' GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Two From Three Dis tricts and Three Dis tricts Not Honored. Loss Will Reach $40,000. Special to The (lenrglnn DeSoto, Ga.. Sept. 7.—Fire destroyed Weilnesdny night eight principal busi ness houses In DeSoto and about 50 per cent of their-contents. Messrs. Moore, Scarborough, Session Luke Bagiev, Ferguson & Son and Delamar burned out. The loss Is $40,000. Moore, Bagley, Ferguson’s loss Is partly In sured for $7,000. 8torm Not Violent. Special to The Georgian Ravannnh, Ga., Sept. 7.—Storm warn ings have been put up against the traplral 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 Dalagation. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7.—There waa some change In the Chatham delega tion to the congressional convention at Statesboro, M. A. O'Byrne, vice chairman of the convention, not re 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 police department was received as In formation. One feature was the action of Dr. Hnrmon In voting against recelv. Ing the report, though he rvns the man who drew It up. Accepts Call to Quincy. special to The Georgian Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The Rev. Wyllys Rede, who recently resigned a» rector of St. Marks Protestant Episcopal church. In this city, has ac cepted a call from the diocese of Quin cy to become dean of the cathedral at Quincy, III., nnd will go to Quincy some time during the present month. Big Vessel Clears for Sts. special t„ The Georgina Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The steam ship Vatixhall, a British tramp, and about the largest vessel that has been In this |«irt for some time, has Just cleared from Brunswick with n full car- go of rosin nnd spirits, consigned to parties In Hamburg, 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 targe. They are as follows: Pope Brown, of Pulaski. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd. John P. Knight, of Berrien. 81m 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 Miller called a meeting of the executive com mittee for September 12 at noon In the Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, to discuss the new court of appeals. The question of the election of the three Judges wilt 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 pr Ninth districts. Just why these districts are Ignored does not ap pear. 1 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. 0000000O00000O0O0000Q00000 0 O 0 WRITES TO WIFE, a THEN DRINKS ACID. 0 0 0 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 O Carlo, III., Sept. 7.—J. F. Rob- 0 0 erts, of Martin, Tenn., commit- 0 0 ted suicide In a hotel here by O 0 drinking carbolic acid. His body 0 0 was found at 6 o'clock this morn- O 0 Ing. He left a letter to his wife. O O 0 00000000000000000000000000 I DRIFTS TO IN BIS AIRSHIP DEMOCRATS MEET TO CANVASS VOTES AND NAME COMER Conspicuous in Capital City Is Senator Pettus, Now Re-elected. TRUSTEES TO PLAN FOR NEW COLLEGE When Last Seen, Matterey Was-Over Lake Mich igan. Oconto, Wls„ Sept. 7.—The fate of Wllilam Matterey, an aeronaut from Chicago, who could not control the air ship in <whlch he made on . ascension, nnd drifted helplessly for 14 mllea while 2,000 feet above the earth, Ms a matter for conjecture only. When last seen he and his air craft .were (fritting out ovrfr Lake Michigan. R was then growing dark. No word has come of him today. • 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 trus tees of the new $100,000 agricultural college will meet In conference with the board of trustees of the State Uni- verslty 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. L. Hand, Mitchell; Hon. A. J. McMullen, Hart; Hon. L. H. O. Martin, Elbert; Judge B. 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. O. Hudson, commissioner of agri culture. Those of the 8tote 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 1>. McDaniel, A. \. Boen. D. B. Hamilton, .John T. New- Cotton Opening Fast. Special to The Georgian Haralson, Ga., Sept. 7.—Cotton Ii opening fast. Scarcity of labor to father the crop threatens the farmers. Negre Procures 14 Warrants. Special to The Georgian Decatur, Ala., 'Sept. 7.—Ben Hayea, colored, swore out warrants against fourteen men yesterday, charging them nlth trespassing. The cases are aet <or trial In 'Squire William Douglass' court today. ton, Howard Thompson. E. H. Callo- wny and John W. Bennett. P. W. Mel- drim, of Savannah, and George Foster Peabody, non-resident, are also mem- b< These two boards will map put the plan of campaign for the new Institu tion and set the machinery In motion for the erection of the new bulldlnga. It Is expected to prove one of the most popular Institutions of learning In the state, nnd the new district col- leges provided for by the Perry bill Mill prove good feeder* to It. INCENDIARY EIRE CRTS Off WATER By Private- ta-nsed 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 be summarily dealt with if discovered. Special to The Georglnn Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—The state Democratic executive Committee waa 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 tile state convention, which' meets Monday. Many of the delegates to the state convention are In the city n watch the proceedings of the commit tee and.to see who .will be the tern porary chairman. The state commit tee also makes all arrangements for holding the convention, which wilt be held In the auditorium. Secretary John Pugh, of Btrmlng ham. Is present, and so is Pat' Me. Gnuley, the ofllclal stenographer. John C EVster,a prominent member of the committee. Is absent on account of III no**. A conspicuous figure In the etty Is that of Senator E. W. Pettus, of Selma, who arrived here yesterday. He la be ing greeted on all sides by his friends. He appears to be In good health nnd fine spirits, and the alternate senators will.not have a chance to fill his place In the next six years, unless his health falls considerably. He gets about live ly and Is a splendid conversationist. Another well-known figure Is that of A. M. Tunstnll, 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' Endeavor Union Meeting. The annual meeting of the Atlanta local union of Christian Endeavor will take place at the Central Congrega tional church Friday night at 8 o'clock. A special program has been arranged, Including music by a quartet and vio 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. i Will Have Charge of Music. The state convention of the Sacred' Harp Singers will have charge of'the Sunday morning services at the Bap tlst Tabernacle nnd will,, take part In the singing at night, Rev. W. L. Walker preaching. Is Believed That the Sheridan Is a Total Loss. By Private tossed Wire. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 7.—Congressman Edwin Dundy today received the fol lowing telegram from Major General Ainsworth, military secretary In Wash ington: . "All pasengers In steamship Sheridan reported safe. Friends desiring 4o 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. Miniatar Daclinta Call. Speclnl to The Georgian. Darien, Ga., Sept. 7.—Rev. Dr. N. Keff Smith, who some time ago was given a unanimous call to the Presbyterian church lit Rock Spring, Ga., and who nu« been supplying that church for teyeral Sundays, declined to accept the rail to the pastorate. To Bscoms Y. M. C. A. Secretary. ,Special.to The Georgian ' Oxford, Ga., Sept. 7.—At the Wed- nr.oiav. evening prayer .meeting J. A. orown, of Jacksonville. Flu., made an Interesting talk on the "Duties of ( hrlatlnn People." Mr. Brown is , a member of the 1906 class of Emory Col- lose and Is now on his way to the 1 nl 'er*lty of Mississippi, where he will net as a Young. Men’s Christian As •aviation secretary..' Deaths arid Funerals. Htnry Cate Dead. • i'«‘ciai to tIm* Georgian Decatur,.Ala., Sept. 7—Henry Case med at his home tn East Decatur trom a stroke of paralysis. Some days ? K " 11,1 was overcome with heat and hail to be carried' to his home. Later "e ten i n the dining room from a par- al'tb stroke, resulting In his death Mrs. Amanda Lea. ■D* Amanda Lee, 60 yehra old, died Thursday at Grady hospital. Funeral ■"ry ices were held at Swift & Hall * rhajiet at 4 o’clock Friday after- ■n. and Interment was at Westvlew. HIPPLE PLANNED TO KILL SEGAL Continu.d from Pag. On.. Jot.ph A. Scott. t.ro'"’ |,h A ' SroR died. Thursday af- , r "7 n at 1 o'clock at his home, 19 S ngley avenue, Howell's Station, mineral service, will be held at the lr„ n '7 81 10 o’clock.Satuntay morn- a, » Interment will he at West- ' l '". Ha «... .. i a wile an»l Earle, and a plan has been adopted. In an interview with Receiver Earle he authorised the following statement. He Is to be president of the concern and will give $100,000 toward Its reor ganisation. His acceptance Is as fol- low*: . »f accept the position In the hope thnt the company can be saved rather than liquidated, and I have ."i.-ii! with the members of the board seek ing their co-operation to this end. No Papers 8ign»d ; "I now announce that they have re sponded to my solicitations nnd their responslbllltlea 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 preeem nesets of the company I can reopen Its doom nlth every one receiving what I believe to be the full value ot his claims, pro vided the creditors will meet my views In the same spirit that their board of directors already has done. . "No papers have been ns >et signed, uml I am not In physical eondltlon to properly master the details of the plan [hat I wish to submit, so that I must have everv one’s forbeoBsnce for a few days. But for the first time I see daylight and'my conviction has grown almost to certainty that I am tit re ceive my reward In the success of the plans that Induced me to becomea part of this trying situation. I statement, as you know, upon the as sumption that the reports that I. non have will, upon verification, be round correct,' but I sec no present reason for doubting that they are. (Signed) "OEOROE H. EARLE, Jr. Depositors to Got Cosh. Under the plan of the organisation depositors' are to be paid the amount of their deposits In this manner: 3a per cent of the deposits at once upon the reopening of the bank: 36 per cent In preferred stock, guaranteed by col lateral bonds: 40 per rent In thirty or Sixty days after reorganisation. De tails of the reorganisation are tp be settled by depositors and stockholders at a meeting to be held at once. This procedure will not Interfere with the prosecution of Segal, North and C'ollingwood. Ic. Crssm Festival. For the benefit of those who.-held tickets nnd were unable to get served Thursday evening, owing to the large rrowd present, the ladles of the Pryor Street Presbyterian church will give nnother festival on the church lawn Frldny evening, at which tickets sold for Uie former occasion will be valid. Auditor Martin Leaves Central. News has reached Atlanta that B, D. Martin, auditor of traffic of the Central of Georgia Railway, had hnnd ed In his resignation, effective Septem her 15. He will move to New York, where he nil! be connected In a promt nent capacity with n large banking and brokerage corporation. The resig nation of Mr. Martin had been rumored for several weeks, but It could not be ofrtethtly confirmed until today. Probation Restrictions Lifted. Probation restrletlona will be re moved Friday afternoon from thirty- five youths, thirty-one being white nnd four colored. The probation period for erring lads runs from four months to two years, and the thirty-five tn he turned loose from the Job of reporting to Probation Officer Diner every week, have been good and win-the reward of -such conduct. -Officer -Gtoer- nnd Recorder Broyles will make talks to the assembled lads Friday afternoon. B. Y. P. U. Set. Meeting Day. The Atlanta Baptlit Young People's Union will hold their regular-monthly meeting with the North Atlnnta Bap tist Church, corner Hemphill avenue anil Emmet street.. Thursday evening, September 20. This is expected to be one of the most- helpful meetings of the fall work, especially of Interest to the Baptist Young people. A. D. Adair, 8r„ Better. A. D. Adair, Sr., who has been ill for aeveral days at his home on Washing ton street, wps reported very much better. Friday morning and his friends hope tn see him on the streets at an early date. MAY NOT STAND FOR RE-ELECTION Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Sept. 7.—It Is not likely that A. At. Tunstnll. 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 any whether or not he would make the race. His Intimate friends, however, assert he has deeldeil not to ran. and that when he makes his state ment It will be to that effect. He wax speaker of the last house and when he was elected again as a member of the house It wan predicted he would be come a candidate for npraker. This leaven the field to J. J. Arnold, of Jark- nonvllle, nnd Captain Tyler Ooodwyn, of Montgomery. TRY A WANT AD • IN THE GEORGIAN TAKES $11,000,000 TO RUN MASS, THOUGHTS OF GOOD BREAKFAST TEMPTS THIS RELEASED CONVICT TO BREAK INTO PENITENTIARY Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7.—Because the "grub" at the state prison was bet ter than that put up by his landlady, Bob Jenktns, colored, a discharged pris oner, "broke In" the state prison here last night. The negro scaled the high stone wall surrounding the pen, swiped a convict's suit, fell in line for break fast and then got to work In the foun dry before being discovered. He clalmB his landlady would put the butter across the table and only allowed him two biscuits, while "Cap tain Sol," the prison steward, didn’t hold 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 wilt 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 embslmer’s slab and swallowed poison. It is said that financial troubles caused tjje act. ATTEMPT JO WRECK JRAJN WAS ALMOST SUCCESSFUL MAYOR AND POLICE AGREE TO RESIGN TO ESCAPE COURT Contempt Proceedings to Be Dropped Against Kan sas Citv Officers. Speclsl to Tho Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—It has Juat 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 is not known. Two cross ties were placed upon the rails a mile above Spelgners and the engineer did not see them In time to bring his train to a full stop, and his engine hit the ties and they were thrown from the track. The trucks were badly damaged nnd the train was three hours tn getting ready to move on. The Loulavlle and Nashville officials wired (or the state bloodhounds at Spelgnera and they were put upon the track and soon two negroes were captured and locked up. They deny being guilty. Speclnl officers of the Louisville and Nashville are still busy at work on the matter and further developments are expected. Ily Private Leased 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 Tooeka today the attorn*}.* for both sld-s teaehed this agreement, three Justice* of the supreme court co inciding. The contempt proceedings grew out of tne fact that Mayor Rose assumed the office of mayor after the supreme court had ousted him for not enforcing tho prohibition law. WOMAN KEPT IN PRISON CELL AS RESULT OF JUDGE’S ERROR New York, Sept. 7.—Through a “mis take,” a woman has been held In the JefTerson 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 was led back to prison. It will be Impossible to obtain the woman's freedom from Jail until papers of release are signed by Mag istrate Cornell, who Is at present In North Carolina on an extended vaca tion. - MEN IN STA GE BOX WANTED 70 JOIN IN STAB CHORUSES 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. K. Park by the Massachusetts money handler. The amount It takes to run the Geor gia state government ts about 14,100,- 000. It takes over 118,000,000 to keep Massachusetts going. EMORY DINNED SEPT, 1i WILL BE FINE AFFAIR 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 In the stage box persisted Imitating Frank Daniels' latest stunt and talking to the girls on the stage. No, they didn’t klsa any of the girls. This was at the Star. Carl Smith and John Lupo, young railroad men, were the defendants In the ca*e. It developed that they had occupied box seats for which another railroader had 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 Ihe exit, the two patrons 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 fine of $5.75 against each of the defendants. The ushers were dismissed. SENATOR DEPEW TO OCCUPY SEAT New York, Sept. 7.—It is 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 Special to The Georgian. Statesboro, Ga., Sept. 7.—An appli cation for charter for the Savannah. Statesboro and Western Railway Com pany will be filed with the secretary of state In 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 h** 210 mllea long. The counties through which It will run are Bulloch, Eman uel, Johnson, Washington, Baldwin, Jones, Putnam, Newton, Rockdale, De- Kalb and Fulton. The company Is to be capitalised at 41,000,000. MRS. WM. ASTOR REPORTED BETTER I NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY NATHANIEL MACON By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. It I. my purpose, In Ibli abort article, to bring tu the rememhranee of the Atuerlenti pir |h,, iiiiuii. of one ctf the granileat men rhnt ever IIved In nur srent country, Nathaniel Macon, liorn In Warren North Carolina, December 17. 1757. elntlonnry war liegit stintent nt Princeton, eleetetl n memher of the legislature, where. u|hiii he replied: "Veit ninat lie uiiatuken. Mttre yon got ine ml,cl op with Mtieoti waa n eiiinem ei i rinvviuu. mi. (Villi hie countrymen alruggllng for liberty he eonltl take no further Intereat In hla atmlioa, anti, returning home, lie volun leered na u private aoTtller In n company Itrent deal of Interest l« being shown In the Emory dinner which will take place on September 17. The com mlt’tee 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 most prominent men In Atlnnta axe Emory men, and the 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 ttiose who have achieved prominence since their college days. und some of the traditions—other than academic—of the quaint old college town .will be rehearsed. The college term opens on Septem ber 19, and students from all parts of the state, returning to Emory, v " stop In Atlnnta to attend the dinner. The oldest living graduate ot the col- lege Is Robert \V. Lovett, who gradu nted In the class of 1843. Mr. Lovett lives In south Georgia, and will possl lily be:present. Classes graduated lie fore the war will be represented, as will the classes of the seventies und eighties. Announcements, with return postals, are bring sent to nil the Emory men In Atlanta. It will be Impossible to send these announcements to the grad, uutes and students outside of Atlanta. The committee desires that all men throughout the state who Intend at tending the dinner to send their names, with check for 31,50, 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. Connol 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 ville, when he makes his tour of the South In a few weeks. The Bryan Club held a meeting last night, at the Invitation of F. A. Hood, president of the club, who has Just returned from New York, where he assisted In re ceiving the “boy orator of the Platte.** In an Interview-Jlr. Hood Justifies the During the Hut* that’tried men’* soul* Mu run stood n! ills |M»st like the hero Hint hi* was, never absent from roll call, ninny* ready for duty, nml doing Hint duty like ~ am ii. From 1780 tn 17X6 Macon wn* n memher of the North Curollnii legislature. nml while nervine In that rapacity be urn unyielding fin* of every form of couipro- iiiIne with tyranny nnd oppression. An n member of the uMMemhly he fought to the hitter end against — of the Federnl eoiiNtltlitloii lie did thin, not because he wun imps- I riot h\ lint I teen use he wun iiii intense lover nf liberty, nml was afraid Hint.the govern ment of the constitution would turn out to he the oetopus which should strnngle liberty nml transform the free common- wealth Into so many dependencies upon the central power at Washington ... declared that government, nt best, was a necessary evil, and that the less we had of It the letter. M ls»t the |M*oplo •lone.* 4 he used to "and ther will pretty nearly nlwnys Ho what Is right .. meinlier of ISlrt to 1828 United he resigned his seat. national congress for the iiuig period of thirty-seven years with- . break. . . Nathaniel Maemi never sought an office In his life. The office always sought him. Very modest man. When plough ..... ... ..... Held tine day be was Informed by Ills neighbors that he had just been HomelMHly else. Hut Ills neighbors were right. The neoplo hail elected him to the assembly, nml they kept on electing him to the legislature, to congress, to the senate ami to |nll of the Imnortaut conventions simply because they lielleved In him and wanted him to repre sent them In the public councils. Macon waa absolutely Incorruptible. No man's bribe could buy him. no man's frown could scare him. To what he believed to he right lie was unflinchingly true, and when*ho laid down Ills commission nt It was stainless. pub lie servnuts at home, shoes nml hats made by those same servants, and In his manners he was ns Plain nnd simple ns n little child. Afraid of no man. he despised no uiun, ami was with every one a brother and a friend. Meeting all men upon the level und . xempllfled In hla every netlon tL. pies of the truest and flnest Americanism. Macoii was the warm peraonul friend of Jefferson uml Madison, and those erent tuen trusted him with n eotitldeuce that knew no limit. Jefferson rolled him the "List of the Itomans," and the celebrated John Itnu- dolph mild of him In his will: *ite Is the Huston, Sept. 7.—Mrs. William Actor, who is III lit the Hotel Somerset with a complication of Indigestion and a se vere cold, passed a comfortable nighr and Is resting well today. Dr. St**, vena said today that Mrs. Astnr will be removed to Newport probably to morrow. NEGRESS IS SLAIN BY WHITE MAN Ily Private Leased Wire. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 7.—Jack Camp bell, a well-known business man of Kvergreen, Ala., called Abide Kemp, a negro woman, to her door and shot her six times. She died Instantly. STATISTICS. BIRTH8. To Mr. and Mra. II. F. Taas, at 173 Pc street, a son. DEATH8. Mrs. Iln llnwes. 21 years old, died of poisoning nt 861. Marietta street. David II. Kmiillyan, 3 . years old. died of ilysentery nt 343 Kdgewnod avenue. Amanda ^ee, fW years old, died at Grady PROPERTY TRAN8FER8. $900-1 lenry Hlllyer to Miss Alice Ku land, lot oil Hock street near Tyler at liest. purest and wisest man I ever knew." This great nnd noble American died on his farm In Warren county. North Caro lina, on the 29th day of June, 1837, In the children. HLotig before his death Macon selected for iplace of burial a shady ridge* upon hla ^ „ .111 little farm, and there. In a coffin made of idnln boards, he was laid away, with noth ing to mark his resting place hnt a pile of Wnrmuty deed. . . __ $1,500—Mrs. «. W. Sima to Dickinson Trust t’o., lot on Gordon street near !.*• street. Isuau deed. $1—Miss M. €\ Hheeban to K. Gillespie, lot on Little street uear Martin street, gult M. Vertier, lot on Ormwocsl av«*n_. _ Confederate' avenue. Horn! for title. $700— Mrs. Tussle Cantrell to U. D. Tsu lot on Grady place near Gordon *tr< Warranty deed. A. Francis to Frni Itrownell, lot on Whitehall street Hood street. position taken by Mr. Bryan on the government control of railroads ques tion, but declared that Mr. Bryan does not want to commit his party to this doctrine. He termed It an a "big stick,” to be held over the railroads. Mr. Hood believes that Mr. Ilryan will carry',the ■olid Houth. WOMAN ARRESTED IN MURDER CASE Richmond, Vs., Bept. 7.—Mrs. Wil liams Muss, of Roanoks, has been ar rested In a resort In this city In con nection with the murder of C. C. Hen- demon. She was In the house at the time of the murder. She dentes any knowledge of the assault, and subse quent death. A warrant wos sworn out this afternoon for Mrs. Nora Bain, the woman who accompanied Mrs. Muse here on the Norfolk and Western excursion. The two women sre said to have been In company with Hender son and another man, who Is said to have struck Henderson the blow which caused his death. ATTENDED FORTY-ONE 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 Uni versity. 8ome three or four of these were during the time he was a student there. Colonel Meldrlm formerly represent ed Chatham In the house. He was among the trustees of the. university who visited Madison, Wla., to Inspect the Michigan State University, TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN|®. fi m em c^ n r tr« , i h ’timl v ' BUILDING PERMITS. $3,500-T. 4’. Wesley, to build two f story frame dwellings at 50-62 W. F street. (600—Nors Kllen. to build one-story fri —rs. M. Graves, .... dwelling at 349 Ponce DeLeon avenue. $2.000—J. K. McKIroy, to build two st< frame dwelling at 190 I.uekle street. $2J0—Hen board Lumber t’o., to build fru office on Klllott street. $100—Mrs. M. M. Dean, to recover tu om-story frame dwellings at 21 .'7 in* street. $175—J. C. A. Rrnnnon, to ndd to one st»r frame dwelling at 90 Loomis avenue. $160—Mrs. A. K. Ilayne. m build servant' house at ISO i:ilzu!«'th strebi. $2.350—J. I*. A. Ilrnnuou. to build tw« story frame dwelling nt 2S8 Chnm.MHi lt \, nue. $100-11 Ightower Box and Tank iV. to r.< cover two dwellings at 11»>\ s Humphric street. Important Change of Sched ule on Seaboard Air Line Railway. KllPCtlve Sunday, September 9th, imimrtant chance of schedule will he made on the Seaboard Air l,ln*. Par ticular attention Is called to the fact that train No. 38. which now leaves Atlanta, 9:35 p. m.. will on and after Atlanta at 8:011