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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. BIDS SUBMITTED FOB CHINK LABOR ON THEBIG DITCH Mongolians Can Be Had as L<nv as 10 Cents an Hour. DENTISTS CLOSING BRILLIANT SESSION Hour. Washington, Sept. 20.—Proposals "for furnishing Chinese laborers for work for the Panama canal were opened at the offices of th Isthmian canal com mission this morning. The American China Contracting Company proposed to furnish Chinese laborers at 10 cents, gold, per hour for each working day of ten hours; fore men and Interpreters at 2rt cents per hour; cooks and barbers at 15 cents and doctors at 40 cents. The International Contracting Com pany, of Washington, proposed to fur nish laborers and cooks at 13 cents per hour; foremen one and one-half times that; Interpreters, two and one-half times that; doctors, three times, and assistant doctors, twice that amount. Wah Me Lee Hint: A Co., of Haiti more, proposed to furnish laborers, clerks and barbers at 12 1-2 cents; foremen and Interpretors at 15 cents and doctors At 25 cents. Joel Julian Reuben, of Washington, D. C„ represented by Messrs. Cham bers and Bates, proposed to furnish the first 2.500 laborers at the follow ing rates: laborers, 11 cents per hour; foremen. 40 cents; doctors and Inter preters. 60 cents; cooks and barber\ *0 cents. CLOSES ITS DOORS Thursday’s Meetings Were Wholly Technical. N Board of Directors Proposes to Liquidate All Claims. Washington. Sept. 20.—The Comp troller of the currency announces that the Oates National Bank of Butler, Mo., was closed today by action of the board of directors for the purpose of going Into liquidation. W. J. Butler has been appointed re ceiver. The resources and liabilities of the bank as shown by the last report of conditions, September 4, 1904, were 1239,912.74 each. DEAD BODIES FOUND! 3 HELD FOR MURDER Two Brothers Charged With Having a Hand in the Killing. Most of the members bf the National Dental Association, which has held Its annual meeting In Atlanta Septem ber 1#, 19 and 20, leave for their homes Thursday night or Friday, after one of the most successful meetings In the history of the organization. Section 1 of the general association, the section having under discussion such subjects ns bridge work and tooth fixing of that Ilk, held Its session on Thursday morning. Dr. Burton Lee Thorpe, one of the leading dentists of St. Louis, Is the chairman of this de partment. Here's what they talked about: A paper prepared by Dr. C. N. Thomp son, on “Shadows Accompanying Por celain Inlays;” an address from Dr. H. Herbert Johnsop, of Macon, Ga., on “Forced Eruptfon—A Case in Prac tice;" Dr. A. P. Burkhart, of Buffalo, N. Y., who told about “Rubber Dam Method of Abutment, Preparation, In terchangeable Facings and Cementa tion," nnd a paper on “General Prac tice." from Dr. W. Leon Ellerbert. of Salt Lake City. Cne of the most interesting papers presented at the general session was from Dr. J. P. Corley, of Greensboro, Ala., In reporting for the committee on oral hygiene, of which he Is chairman. Thursday afternoon the members of the association are enjoying a tally-ho ride over the city. Wednesday evening a meeting of the Southern branch of the association was held at which President W. G. Mason and the rest of the old officers were re- ejected. It was decided to hold the next meeting at the time of the James- town Dental convention during the Jamestown exposition. The supreme council of the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity is In session at the Piedmont hotel Thursday after noon. 3 LITTLE CHILDREN Lsncsitrr. Ky„ H»pt. SO,—Samuel and Jonea Slmpann, brother,, and Bert East are under arreat here today, charged with the murder of Jamee Ca gey and Nathan Tnylor. The charred bodlea of Cnaey nnd Taylor were found In the rulna of Caaey’a home, which burned laat Hundny night. STIACHAM GOES TO SECUREJMMIGRANTS J. A. 8tlacham. Appointed special Immigration commissioner for Georgia aome time ago. left Wednesday even lng for New York, from where he wll tall on the Caladonla Sunday for Scot land. Commissioner Bltacham will spend several months In Scotland In an ef fort to Induce Immigrants to come to Georgia to locate. It Is proposed to se cure parties of Scotch people who In tend coming to this country to Iota to In Georgia. Special Inducements will be offered In good lands at very rea sonable prices and on easy terms. TRAILED TO HIsfLAIR, FUGITIVE KILLS TWO Hinton, W. Va.. 8ept. 20.—After fol lowing A. L. Herman across the con tlnent and Anally locating him li Brlmm. Raleigh county, In an effort to arrest him for the murder of Jerry Davis, Frank nnd Kenner Finley, the former of whom was Herman’s broth er-in-law, were shot and instantly killed last night at Herman's home near Prison. JOHN M’GRAW TAPS A BIG OIL WELL Cumberland. Md. f Sept. 20.—John T. McGraw. the West Virginia Democratic politician, who Is experimenting for oil near Grafton, struck a third gasser on the Morrow farm which flows a mil lion feet daily. His three wells flow f.ooo.ooo feet, enough to supply Grafton and the adjacent country. FRATERNITY QIVE8 DELIGHTFUL BANQUET. Throwing aside th© technical discus sions and studies of the day, those members of the National Dental Asso ciation who are members of the Inter state Dental Fraternity met for a most enjoyable banquet at the Piedmont on Wednesday night. Composed ns It Is of the brightest and most congenial spirits of the na tional organization of one of America’s most cultured pro feet ions. there is that about these visitors within our gates that warms the heart to good fellow ship and cordiality. Acting os toastmaster was that most perfect host and gentleman. Dr. T. P. Hlnman, of Atlanta, and the Arst to re spond was Dr. Frank Holland, who. In u speech of welcome, told the visitors that each was a red rose to him. ths Aower he loved best and pressed often- est to his heart. The toast, "Our Fraternity," was re sponded to by Dr. J. D. Patterson, 4! Kansas City. In Introducing the next spenker Dr. Hlnman referred to him ns the silver- tongued speaker of the fraternity, and right well did he live up to his Intro duction. Dr. Burton Lee Thorpe, of St. Louis, spoke of "The Houtbland" Dr. Thorpe said In part: "I>r. Holland In his welcome tonight has exempliAed that characteristic trait so prevalent nnd typical of the Houth- ern hospitality, and has given us the same welcome as did the Hon. John Temple Graves, when he said to Presi dent Roosevelt on his recent visit to Atlanta, *1 present to you In the blood- red petals of this Georgia rose the warm heart of the South.’ “The whole South Is a wonderful country from the standpoint of geog raphy; Its mountain peaks are so high that one can stand on their tops and shake hands with the Democratic an gels In heaven, nnd Its valleys are so deep that when In their bottoms one can kick Ice on the sweltering heads of the Republicans In hell. "From the mountain tops flow that park ling crystal beverage which Dr. tilnimiQ assures me no true Southern gentleman would drink, a liquid At only for bathing purposes, while In many valleys I* secreted the Illicit still where Is brewed that amber colored distillation of white and yellow ’cawn* hloh Is so clear that when held to the sunlight one can see the nigger boy nnd white mule that plowed the 'cawn. one drink of It will soften the cockles of the most hardened heart and mnke the whole world kin with brotherhood; and three drinks of it would make u ‘rabbit spit In a bull dog's face.' “Georgia Is a great state; iffnce 1902 It 1ms led In the pnnluctlon of peach es. supplying Eastern markets. Walk ing down the streets today 1 saw' a hundred or more ‘peaches,’ any one of whmn would have made Adam forsake the Garden of Eden. “The state of Georgia has done her share toward contributing to the na tion’s brilliant achievements. She gave us that Anlshed orator whose tlery elo- quenco entranced Ids hearers, one of the greatest painters of words the world has ever known—Henry W. Gra dy. Atlanta has given u» Richard Mai- com Johnson, whose dialect stories of the old time ’mammy’ and the old uncle’ have Immortalized the old time darkey of 'befoh de wah.’ And 'Uncle Remus,* the greatest exponent of dla lect folk-lore in the world, and one of the most celebrated American literary men of the day. “In closing Just a word of tribute to the most charming feature of the whole South—her women. All hall and all honor to God’s choicest gift, the Aower of all creation, the Southern woman. hether she be sweetheart, wife or mother.” The other toasts responded to were: “The Shade Drive"—Councilman F. O. Foster, of Atlanta. “The Past’’—Dr. James McManus, of Hartford, Conn. "The Present"—Dr. George E. Hunt, of Indianapolis. “The Future ’—Dr. B. Holly Smith, of Baltimore. _ _ "The Country Dentist"—Dr. F. O Hetrick, of Ottawa, Kans. BY THIER FATHER Jam,, R. Patty, one, connected with the Atlanta police force, la being aought by the police. At hla home, 165 Hun* nlcutt atreet, there are three children, two glrla, 14 and V years old, and tgie boy, 12 year, of age. Their mother la dead. Notice has been given that the chil dren will hare to leave, aa the rent has not been paid. Patty disappeared Tuesday morning. When he left the,home he gave no warning of a long absence, and It la feared that some mishap hua befallen him. The children believe that he would not forsake them. Deaths and Funerals. WILL PAY REGULAR DIVIDEND. Boston. 20.~T1»»* regular quarterly dividend of iv 4 per cent on the slock of the Chicago. Burlington nnd Oulncy |(nll r«»*d Company will b«» until OetoWr 1. IbMtkn cJom* September 25 aud reopen Oeto»»er 2. Mrs. John Snavel. Hpeclnl to The Georgina. Decatur, Ala., Sept. 20.—Mrs. John Snavel died here Sunday after an Ill ness of several days. Her husband survives her. The remains were taken to Trinity for Interment. Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. Bpeclnl to The Georgian. Marietta. Ga., Sept. 20.—Mrs. J Caldwell died at her residence on Cher okee street Tuesday morning and the body was burled In Atlanta today. Mrs. <‘aldweil Is survived by her husband, Jasper W. Caldwell, and one daughter. Miss Eleanor. Mary Lou Eubanks. Mary Lou Eubanks, two years of age, nnd daughter of Mrs. 8. A. Eu banks, of 171 Kelly street, died Thutu day morning, on Friday the body will be taken to Tate, Ga., for Inter ment. Mrs. C. D. Barron. Mrs. C. D. Barron, age 34 years, died at her home In East Point, Thursday morning at 3 o’clock, after an illness of only three or four hours. She leaves a husband and five children. The fu- eral will take place Friday at 2 o’clock, the interment at West View cemetery. Wilhelmina Will. The (nteimtyit of little Wilhelmina Will, the two-year-old daughter of J. L. Will, of Flat Shoals road, who died recently of diphtheria, will take place Friday at 2 o’clock, on the Flat Shoals road. Jack Kelly. Jack, the four-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. <\ H. Kelly, 119 Garnett street, died Thursday morning of men ingitis. The funeral will be held Fri day at 2 o’clock and Interment at West View cemetery. Robert W. Powell. H|>©clnl to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Robert W, Powell, aged 32, died yesterday noon at 3 o’clock at his home In the Fifth ward, after an Illness of several months. He Is survived by a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pow ell, live sisters nnd one brother, Dais Powell. The sisters are Mrs. W. H Simmons, Mrs. P. R. Roser, Mrs. W. J. Roser, Mrs. Mark Hill, all of Rome, and Mrs. A. 8. Pierce, of Mobile, Ala. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. C. L. Conn. Mary Elizabeth Wilson. Hpeclnl to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Marie Eliza heth, the two-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilson, died yes terday at the homo of her parents. In East Rome. Her father Is a conductor on the Southern railroad. The remains of the child will be carried to Buford for Interment. Mrs. Mary A. Walker. Mrs. Mary A. Walker, uged 76 years, died at 42 Atiburn avenue Wednesday night at S o’clock. She is survived by daughters. Mrs. A. M. Moll Inshed and Mrs. V. E. Bailey. The funeral will be held at the residence Friday at 2 h’clock and Interment at Hollywood cemetery. SANITY DF SAGE TO DE ATTACKED IN CM WILL Charge That Aged Financier Was Unduly Influenc ed Is Expected. New York, Sept. iO.—When court to day takes up consideration of the will of RusseJI Sage It will be urged that he was mentally Incompetent and that lie wa, also subject to undue Influence. The principal light agalnat the ad mission of the will Is to be made by the Adirondack Trust Company, Saratoga, which 1s guardian of the estate of Edson Cooney, eight years old. The will has a clause which states that any person contesting It shall forfeit hla share of the estate. FLOYD SUCCESSOR TO BURTON CLARKE A. B. Floyd w*aa appointed secretary to Manager Park Woodw*ard at the regular session of the water board, hold Wednesday afternoon, to succeed Burton Clarke, resigned. Mr. Floyd was for a number of years secretary to C. A. Wlckersham, presi dent of the West Point system, and has both a pleasing manner and the experience to All the new position with much credit. OOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOQOOO CENTENARIAN DIES AT HAWKINSVILLE Hpeo|*l to The GeorgUn. Hawklnsvllle, Ga., Sept. 20.—Amanda Love, the oldest person In Pulaski county, was buried Sunday. She hud reached the age of 102 and was one «>f the good old-time negroes who had many friends among white people. MAYOR JOHN W. MADDOX AOORESSES WILDER'S MEN Hpeelnf to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Teun., Sept. 30— General Wilder’s tuen were the guent* of the Joe McConnell L’ulted Confederate Veteran camp nt Chlcknmnuga. Over 3.000 soldier* and their frlenda f>«rtldpnte.l In the re ception. The principal uddretses were tuade by ex Congressman John W. Mnddos and Congreaman Gordon Lee. of Georgia. Others who spoke were General John T. Wilder, of Kuoxville. who arrlted lu the city laat night; General Smith It. Adkins, nnd President t. 8. Kilboru. of Muttoou, Ills. born, Colonel M. B. Cnee. General Wilder and others delivered addresses. A entnp t the auditorium tonight will close the reunion. No Harm Wat Meant. New York. Sept. 20.—W. J. Johnson, who has returned from the Argentine Republic, says no harm was meant Secretary Root while he was there, and that the report* that he was stoned were based on a boy throwing a stone wildly. O TYPHOID FEVER HOLDS O 2.20S AT QUARANTINE. O O New York. Sent. 20.—Health of- O O fleer Doty decided today to hold O O the White Star liner Cedric, on O O which a case of typhoid fever de- O Canada was announced by the mlnis- O veto pod during her trip here from O' ter of mine* In the legislature of On* • : O Mediterranean |w>rts, at quaran- Oltarlo. The report I* that extensive . . 8 ,? * * 0 . ^ O ttne until every one of the 2.20* O j beds of anthracite exist on the Hudson M harii-Mown, " • ' Sept. The j q p a n**nger* has been rigorously O hay *lo|>e. In the neighborhood of Al- ■nth annual convention of the United O examined. Ojhanv river, which forms the dividing daughters of the Confederacy for West! O O I line between Ontario ar.d the north- -Virginia convened here today. I hOOOOQOODOODOOOOOOOOODOOOQ weat territory. ASTOSCHOOL TAX ACT According to an opinion rendered Comptroller General Wright by Attor ney General Hart, the provision* of the revised McMlchael school tax act are not operative until next year, In so far aa the school districts ere con cerned. He holds, however, that under the old act the taxes In the counties are collectable this year. The recent amendment passed expressly states that the provisions are not effective until January. 1907. Judge Hart holds that this will probably prevent the col lection of special school levies In dis tricts, but where the entire county has passed upon Jt that the tax can be collected. This opinion Is of especial interest to FuJton county, as the entire county outside of Atlanta has voted for the special tax. DISTINGUISHED FOLK AT SAGAMORE HILL Oyster Bay, N. Y„ Sept. 20.—A dis tinguished list of guests took luncheon with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today. It Included Archbishop Ire land, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Bishop O'Oorman, of Kansas City; Ja cob A. Rlls, William Allen White, of Kansas, and Horace B. Knowles, of Wilmington. All the guests declared their visits were without political slg nlflcance. By CHARLOTTE STEWART. The most talked of, thought of worn an In Atlanta Thursday la Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. Upon being told that Mrs. Bryan would tee me. I hurriedly left the parlors of the hotel and to on was knocking at the door of her apart ments in the Piedmont. The door was opened by Mrs. Bryan herself. She jald she was lying down taking a rest before the reception. She wore a black silk kimono and did not show the least sign of fatigue after her long Journey. This well-known woman would not consent to be Interviewed, so after talk ing some time to her, one can only give an Impression, since she was very guarded In what she said. To begin with, Mrs. Bryan appears to be a wom an of wonderful physique. She Is above the average In height, and although not fleshy, she Is very solid. Her hair Is Just turning gray and was parted In the middle and brought down over the temples and done In a loose knot on the top of the head. 8he wore only a few jewels, these being rings. Mrs. Bryan Is a person of great aelf-posaes- alon and la capable of meeting any emergency, whether It be success or defeat. There is nothing of nervous energy or excitability about Mrs. Bry an. She Is Just a plain, matter-of-fact woman, who makes the best of every thing. The wife of the great man thoroughly understands men In general, or she never would have taken op the study of law just to be an Intelligent listener TO her husband. She knows well that men do not want advice—all they want Is some one to listen. During their travels abroad Mrs, Bryan learned to use the typewriter and copied all the articles Mr. Bryan wrote for the papers. While In the old country Mr. Bryan and his wife were entertained by a great many celebrities, but not even they could turn this worn an’s head, so great Is her self-posses sion and poise. Another Impression gleaned from few minutes' talk Is that the wife of the great commoner, like a number of other people, likes newspaper people, but not their methods. PUIS CIVIL SERVICE WISHED MOTHER CR UCIFIED AND BURNED ON A CROSS New York, Sept. 20.—Recommending that his aged mother be crucified and then burned by a slow Are, It the man ner In which one of the sons of Mrs. Oliva Either. 9* years old, would for ever settle the question of the woman's support. “When spoken to about contributing to the support of his mother,” said Miss Emily Dei Jardlns, a granddaughter, “one of my uncles said, ‘Oh, why don't you crucify the old hag? She ought to be nailed to a cross nnd a Are built undsr her. That's the way to support that old witch. I’d flx her.’" VICTIM OF GEM THIEVES IS HELD IN $10,000 BAIL New York, Sept. 20.—Solomon Ur bach, the Malden Lane diamond deal er. who says he was robbed of 240,000 worth of diamonds on September 11 In a sleeping car on hla way to Balti more. was arrested today on a writ of detention, Issued on the complaint of Hayes A Herchfleld, attorneys for the Jewelers' Alliance. The complaint sets forth, among oth er things, that Urbach Is a chronic sufferer from Insomnia. Urbach al leges he hid the Jewelry in a wallet under his pillow and slept so eoundly he was not awakened when the wallet was stolen. Judge Hough held Urbach In 110,080 ball. On Monday a petition in bank ruptcy wits filed against Urbach. KNIFE DUEL IS FOUGHI BY INTOXICATED MEN Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20.—E. H. Br tin. 2* years old, of New York, a Robert Golden, aged 90, of St. Lou had a desperate knife duel near thi city laat night. The dispute arose be tween the men while drinking, and r.' fought It out. Bectlti suffered two '> wounds In the kidneys and fell at. He wae brought to the city hos- ,al and may die. 141s opponent received two deep wounds In the bedy. He disappeared and has not been seen since. ULTON MEN ARE INTERESTED IN NEW RAILROAD PROJECT CHERRY TREE 0WEN8 IS REPORTED DEAD. Speelsl to The Georglnn. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 20.—Amot Owens, of Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company fame. Is dead at hla home in eatern North Carolina. This noted case was tried In 1202. It was figured that In an endless chain aystem of selling cherry trees the company as sumed obligations of 120,000 In two weeks and ths alleged fraudulent use of the malls brought the death blow to the scheme. CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS TO ERECT BUILDING. Richmond, Va., 8ept. 20.—Richmond Chapter. United Daughters of the Con federacy. him Indorsed the plan of the Jamestown committee that each mem her subscribe 50 cents toward the erec tion of a building at Jamestown. The Atlanta Georgian Is On Sale Regularly at tbe Following Hotels and News Stands. BUFFALO, N. Y. Iroquois Hotel. BALTIMORE, MD. The New Holland, Belvldere Ho tel. BOSTON, MASS. Barker House. Young’s Hotel, Summerset Hotel. CHICAGO. ILL. Great Northern Hotel, P. O. News Co., Palmer House, E. H. Clark, 112 Dearborn sL; Auditorium Hotel, Joe Herron. Jaekson and Dearborn streets. CINCINNATI, O. Gibson House, Grand Hotel, Pal ace Hotel. OENVER. COLO. J. Black, H. H. Smith. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. English House, Grand Hotel. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Hotel Astor, Hotel Imperial. OMAHA. NEBR. Megeath Sta. Co. SAN DIEGO, CAL. B. R. Amos. ST. PAUL, MINN. N St. Marie. 94 E. 5th St. SEATTLE WASH. A. M. Kny ST. LOUIS. MO. Hotel l-aclede. Southern Hotel. Planters Hotel. TOLEDO. OHIO. JelTers.m Hotel. TORONTO. CAN. King Edward Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C. Hotel Wlllnrd, McKinney House, Raleigh House. Speelsl to The Georglsn. Waycross, Ga., Sept. 20.—A petition for a charter for the Georgia and Flor ida Pine Belt railway has been made to the secretary of the state of Geor gia. This railroad will be (0 miles, as near as can be estimated. It will be gin at Waycross, Ga., Ware county, and run In a southwesterly direction through tho counties of Ware, Clinch nnd Eclloli, passing through or near the town of Colon, In Clinch county, Georgia, to the Florida state line, at or near the south-central part of the Thirteenth district In Echols county, Georgia. The capital stock of the railroad company to begin with will be JiO.OOn and the petitioners ask the right to Increase the sum not exceeding 11,00ft,- 000. The principal office of the compa ny will be located In Waycross. The petitioners are: W. B. Ellington, W. W. Sharpe, Leon A. Wilson, George T. Youmans and J. & Bailey, of Ware county, Georgia; W. C. Dodson, C. J. Hoden and B. W. Blnckstock, of Ful ton county, Georgia; W. I,. Hercndeen, of Ontario county, New York, and D. C. Newton, of Tattnall county, Geor gia. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX She Points Out That Divorce Is Preferable to Poison and ChiIJren in a Home of Dis cord Are Worse Than Orphans. Officially Declare for Ex ams For New Cop. At the called meeting of the polict commission Wednesday night It «,,, decided that all applicants for pos|. lions on the police force should sign civil service application blanks to be prepared by the commission. It was also agreed to put civil ser vice Into effect on Tuesday, October 2, at which time the applicants will have to stand a physical examination, on October 3 they will have to stand on educational examination. Commission- er Oldknow was instructed to proceed .with arrangements for these exam Inn- tlons. The educational examination will bo held In the Boys' High School Commissioner Oldknow raised the question as to whether the present so- pernumerarles would have to take the examinations, and It wns ruled they are exempt. Hereafter, however, all appll. cants will have to sign the regulation civil service blank and show themselves competent both physically and mental ly. The physical examination will be conducted by two physicians, to act in conjunction with the city physician Theae physicians will be chosen by Commissioner Venable. Mayor Woodward brought to the at tention of the commissioners the denth of Policeman McGhee, the oldest mem ber of the force, and resolutions of sympathy were adopted. Chief Jen nings was also Instructed to purchase a floral offering, the money being raised by subscription among the commis sioners. The election of a successbr to the late Sergeant,Mitchell was postponed until the regulate meeting. motheheryTl, CHILD PISSES MY While Mrs. W. R. Baldwlnt of Daw son, Ga., was recovering from an oper ation for appendicitis, her little Infant son, Wiley, died Thursday morning at private sanatorium of this city. The body will be taken to Dawson Thursday night for funeral and Inter ment. DRAKE ORDERED HELD BY CORONER’S JURY Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., Sept. 20.—John N. Drake, accused of the murder of hla child, Is In Jail here, with the verdict of the coroner's Jury agalnat him. it charged that night before laat Drake came home about 1 o'clock In the morning, drunk, and at once began to abuse and strike at his wife, who with the child had retired for the night, one lick, possibly meant for his wife, struck the child on the head. The child suf fered much for awhile, It Is charged, but after awhile the mother thought she had soothed It to sleep, for II be came quiet. The mother then fell asleep. On awakening late yesterday morning the child was found cold. In death. Dr. Goss was called In, hnd In his testimony before the Inquest of the coroner stated that the entire right side of tbe child was badly bruised and that Its death was evidently due to vio lence. B (Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal- Examiner.) ACK In the olden day* divorce was not known, or known only to kings who had absolute power to fu*h!on laws to lit their moods and serve their purposes, and then to order them Invalid before other common in dividuals took advantage of them. Today divorce Is an everyday occur rence. Its prevalence Is, Indeed, some thing like an epidemic In the land. Yet In the days when no divorce was possible with the masses, murder by poisoning was almost as common as divorce Is today. Any one who doubts this statement needs only to read histories of the old Italian cities; and not alone in Italy was the amiable art of poisoning pur sued, but In France, Spain and Eng land political diplomats and court in triguers thought little of ridding them selves of enemies and rivals by means of subtle poisons. We can ask no greater proof of the growth of public sentiment toward higher Ideals of morality than Is shown by the widespread horror when a cast ^ poisoning is discovered. The highest circles of Europe did not feel this horror when such occur rences took place a few hundred years ago. There was no newspaper notoriety for the murderer to dread; no law chlch could not be made to serve his end* if he held a position of power, and chemical analysis of the digestive >rgans was not known. So the poison er had things pretty much his own way. The Borgia family was particularly addicted to poisoning people u* a pas time. But they lived live hundred .ears ago, and the human race ought to make progress In half a millennium, surely. There Is no form of murder more deliberate and premeditated than pois oning. It suggests the cold-blooded plan, carefully conceived and unrelent ingly executed. It does not allow the excuse of hot headed anger and momentary Insan ity, but bears witness to hours, and days, and nights of plotting a cruel and often torturing death of a fellow being. Ji testifies to the existence of a per sonal devil, inhabiting the human form of the murderer, and watching with re lentless eyes the slow nnd fatal ©f- There Is nothing which proves more conclusively to me that-obsession is a fact and not a superstition than the tecurrence of this crime In the present enlightened era. No man possessed of his reasoning faculties, cultured and educated, und with all his rentes on the alert, could lend himself to such an ubomlnable act ns the destruction of another life by this monstrous method. It surely must be, when the man al lows his reason and his will to become the prey of some hypnotic influence from the border lands of earth, and is possessed by devils, like the two men from whom Christ drove the demons In the country of the Gergesenes, that such an evil deed can be carried Into execution. However alarming seems the divorce epidemic In our land today, It is cer talnly a better solution of marital mis ery than ground glass or arsenic. When two people flml life under one roof and one name obnoxious, separa tion Is the only moral and decent course to pursue. Perhaps there would have been less crime In the olden days, when human life was held at such small value, If divorce had been possible to the com moners as well as to the monarch* of that era. Perhaps, despite our higher Ideals and greater refinement, there would be more frequent crimes today were It not lor divorce. Surely, of the two evils, divorce Is preferable to murder. When the god of love goes out of a household there Is always a chance for the devil to get in. He comes In various disguises. Sometimes as dis grace. sometimes as discord, sometimes as murder, sometimes as Insanity Where reconciliation and a return of the blind god are Impossible In a home, let Its denizen* make divorce welcome before the devil enters to take up his abode In any form. Whether he comes as a great trage dian or a vulgar comedian, he Is pref erable to the devil. Where tove is not. hate too often Is, and hate is the devil. Love, and love only, renders marriage respectable, and only the children rear ed In homes where love exist* are en vironed with respectability. Children brought up In a home of discord are more than orphans. Arretted for Murder, Washington, Sept. 20.—After keeping atch In the down town section of the ity for two days, detectives today ar rested Anot Orter Resold, 37 years old. who Is wanted by the authorities of Los Angeles, Pal., oji a grand jury In dictment charging him with murder. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Spain and Russia are the only Euro- feet* of the awful crime perpetrated pean countries which produce more against another. wool than they consume. Burton Clarke Resigns. As was foretold In Wednesday's Georgian, Burton Clarke, who for a number of years has been secretury to Manager Park Woodward, of the city water works department, tendered his resignation at the meeting of the wafer board Wednesday afternoon. The resig nation was accepted with reluctance after complimentary speeches from every member of the board and the passage of resolutions wishing Mr. Clarke the same success In his new profession ns was his while with the city department. Mr. Clarke leaves f-*r New York Thursday afternoon to enter the Art League. Daily Services Under Tent. Under a new tent at the corner "f Woodward avenue and Connally street services are being held each evening at 7 o’clock. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church. preach** forcefully and eloquently at the*-* meetings, and a splendid revival Is re sulting. The public Is Invited to come out. County Court of Jenkins. Governor Terrell Thursday morning created the county court of Jenkins the grand Jury making the recommen dation. He Immediately named aa Judge of the same A. S. Anderson for a period of four years, and James A. Dixon as solicitor for two years. J* 0 * kins is one of the new' counties created by the legislature of 1905. Four Thousand Qales. Hpecial to The Georgian. . „ Hawklnsvllle, Oa., Sept. 20.—Four thousand bales of cotton have been brought Into Hawklnsvllle this *ea*on. The three warehouses are full and tne compress running at fts full capacity Weather conditions are favorable [ [ picking. The crop Is fairly good In thiz section. Charged With Retailing. Special to The Georgian. .. . Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Benjamin K n- ols, who conduct* a store In » Rome, was arrested yesterday r United States Marshal W. L. i’ap» ‘J a charge of retailing whisky, and bound over to the Federal court un der a bond of |200.