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THE ATLANTA ULURGIAN. MONDAY, SEPTEMflBR 24. 13*0. 1 1 Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Women's Sheer Linen Handkerchiefs With Hand Embroidered Initials. Now comes this remarkable news of Handker chiefs for women—Linen Handkerchiefs, very soft and. sheer, with dainty little initials embroidered bv hand. Two hundred dozen at 5e each. We never had anything like them before at this price. Not as fine as these, with initials. They are ev ery thread pure linen and all the usual run of letter’s are shown. Underwear •--Right Kinds Women's and Children's Not too heavy; not too light; right kinds, indeed! Exactly what is wanted for the first early change before the real cold days have’ come. From the best makers, evenly knit and perfect in proportion; pi'oper- ly fitting garments, these, finished with precision. In comfort they very greatly outbalance the cost. Knit Women’s long sleeve, high neck Vests, of pure white combed Egyptian cotton, nicely finished with tape; 25c each. Lisle Vests for women, hand-finished, Merode make, with silk tape; high neck and long sleeves; 50c each. Light weight knit Corset Covers, Jer sey ribbed and drawn up with tape; 25c each. Hand-finished, Lisle Thread, 50c. _ For children—medium weight knit Vests and Hants, good, soft, serviceable quality ; all sizes; 25c garment. Light weight cotton Union Suita for children; 50c suit. Boys’ separate Shirts 'and Drawers, medium weight, Jersey ribbed, 50c gar ment. Knit Sleeping Garments with feet, for children, 50c. A finer quality at 75c. Most Stylish New Gloves . Here now you will find, at moderate prices, the newest shades and ef fects in kid and fabric Gloves for fall. Only the best makes, and of these, many novelties—late styles not generally shown. We are very proud of this stock, and justly so, for we know that such Gloves and the variety here will satisfy and please every taste. Some -of the most popular kinds:— For general wear. Suede Lisle Gloves in brown, blue, red, green, gray, black and white, with two pearl clasps; 50c pair. Silk Gloves, with silk lining, Kayser’s, in blue, brown, gray, white and black, very serviceable; $1.00 pair. 12-button black Glace Kid Gloves— three-quarter length—$3.00. pair; Suede $2.50. 16-button length, black Glace Kid Gloves, $3.50 pair; Suede $3.00 and $3.50. v White Gloves for dressy wear, very stylish; 12-button length, Glace Kid, $2.75 pair; 16-button $3.00 und $3.50. Red Gloves, the new shades, also blue, gray, pink and lavender, 16-button length, Glace Kid or Suede, full range of sizes; $3.50. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Store of Many Departments. N. E. FUNK. of Bloomsburg, Pa., aaalatant of- department of eleetrical and ex perimental engineering. Mrs. Gielow Writes of Mountain Whites and Home Missions ■ About twenty-five yeare ago the Wo man's Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church was organised and brought Into existence for the purpose of bettering the religious and educa tional conditions of the emancipated slaves of the South. With but a small beginning this organisation has not onfy established many schools for ne gro girls In every state In the Union, but has extsnded Its Christianising aid Into many foreign lands, and last, hut not least, now supports and operates four schools for the white, girls of the mountain districts of the South: The Rltta Home at Athens, Tenn., the Bennett Home at Clarkson, Miss., the Mitchell Home In Cedar Vatley, N. C„ and the Rebecca McCluskey Home In Boas, Ala. The drat mission In the Southern mountains was established, however, by the Presbyterian board at Asheville, N. C., twenty years ago, and through the efforts of these untiring workers for humanity It schools and 14 missions now stand to their credit. Other mis sion boards and denominations have also joined In this noble work to uplift the white womanhood of the mountains, until we are informed that there are now || schools established. With 18 religious schools and with public schools, the question Is asked, "What more do they need to solve the problem of the mountain whites?” What more do they need! That Is a very pertinent question, and I am glad to be able to respond to It. "What more do they need?" Well, let us see. The area cov ered by the Appalachian region extends from West Virginia throughout the Southern states to Alabama. It Is esti mated to contain nearly three million people—one-half of which live In the high and Inaccessible mountain tops of this wonderful and beautiful range, and because of their remoteness are cut off almost entirely from the progress of civilisation. One-half million of these highlanders are located In the moun tains of Western North Carolina, where It la said that the public schools "have always been.” though of "low grade and short duration,” and that they nave not been "uplifting to the people concerned." Certainly the grade m«st have been exceedingly "low” not to have had more encouraging results, and it seems very evident that much mis sionary work la needed where "the Public schools have.failed to Inspire and uplift." in reply to the question "What more do they need?" I would say *8 more missions, and a better grade nnd longer system of public and Industrial schools. Jforth Carolina Is a grand old com monwealth. She. can proudly boast of "«r many cultured, men and women, and she Is struggling bravely with the problems that have fallen to her ami to her sister states. Bhe has lately added 1 two-mllllon donation to her annual donated ten millions to that fund had It been possible to do so. For this good old mother Is first In Illiteracy with 18 per cent of Illiterate native-born white children over ten years of age on her hands. A body of white Illiterates that In 1(00 more than doubled the numbei of the combined white population of her sixteen largest cities. (See Twelfth Census of the United States, volume 1, page IS.) If North Carolina could have do nated (10,000,000 Instead of (2,000,000, It would not be sufficient for the work necessary to be done In her rural dis tricts alone. If a mission home could be established In every one of her seventy-six counties It would not be one too many. With all that Is being done In the Old North State and In other states for these, "our contem porary ancestors," so-called by the president of Berea College, much Is yet to be done, for In the language of Miss Snider, the national organiser of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, “the Hied Is so vast, and the workers so few, It seems an almost hopeless task" And Miss Smith,»of the New York board of domestic missions, writes "that the work among the mountain whites is both encouraging and discouraging. Encouraging In the wonderful results, discouraging In that the pathetic cry of these people for more light must bo disregarded for lack of helpers." In fact. It can easily be learned that In every one of these mission homes for the mountain whites "every year more girls are turned away than are admitted—for the want of more room and more money.” If there Is any doubt that more helpers, more schools —"Christian,” "Industrial" and pub lic”—are needed, go visit these In accessible districts, where the lone mleslon worker tolls and see for your self. For, as Miss Snider told me, and as I already knew, "only those who have gone and seen with their own eyes can ever know or realise the pitia ble condition of these people." A very good Idea of what work Is being done and of the work that needs to be done among these highlanders of our South ern mountains, can be easily gotten during the winter season In New York city from what we hear In the pulpit and on the platform. For New York is not only the headquarters of “mil lionaires" and "trusts." but that great metropolis Is also the headquarters of philanthropists and missions, and It Is to this Mecca the earnest workers of the mountain missions and the various missionary fields all over the world turn for help, and seldom fall to re ceive It was In New York I heard a young deacon from Virginia who was on his annual solicitation visit to the metropolis tell of the destitution of and Ignorance of thousands of the Isolated ever pervading poverty and Ignorance of the mountain people he was endeav oring to uplift.- I heard a stanch young deacon from South Carolina speak on the subject of child slavery In the cotton mills of that state, picturing the horrors of their condition with a pathos be yond words. It was there I heard the venerable silver-haired bishop of Ar kansas plead fqr aid, that he might carry the light of the gospel to the "two hundred nnd fifty thousand chil dren of Arkansas," who had "never seen the Inside of a school house nor heard a sermon." There (rere missionaries from Ocor gla and Tennessee, and my heurt yearned to lay a million at the feet of the good archdeacon of the Valle t'rucls school when I heard him talk of the great work nnd the great need In that district—where Bishop Horner la giv ing his life for the mountaineers of North Carolina. And I longed to re spond to his appeal and to the appeals from the Morganton district, where Bishop Satterlee'a son gave up his life In tolling for these people. Pleading, pleading, pleading, all pleading for aid for this great educational work In our Southland. And these missionaries whom I heard—came to see me at the Park Avenue hotel, to ask my Inter est, and to secure aid and help from tile Southern Industrial Educational Association—grateful for even the promise of one scholarship for a boy or girl—be It for (5« or (25. It was In New York, too, I lifted my own voice In unison with theirs— In behalf of these people of the South ern highlands—"these people strug gling toward the. tight, these people who will use with anxious gratitude each guiding thought put In their way." We asked in the name for the na tion aid for these children of the na tion—for to the nation they beiong— North, South, East and West—and It Is to the nation we desire to restore her own neglected offspring. And In New York I heard Booker T. Washington pleading, not for a few scholarships, or a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars, but for "one million eight hundred thousand," to complete a three million endowment on one school for his people. His plea was eloquently seconded by Embassa dor Choat, Mr. Ogden and Mark Twain And on a subsequent occasion this eminent negro not only spoke In behalf of his own race, but grandiloquently asked the good people of the North to "help lift up the poor white brother along with the-black." If there Is no need for this work among our moun tain brothers, why the many appeals from the workers In the field? Why the hundreds of leaflets asking for aid distributed by the mission boards all over the land? The vast per cent of Illiteracy In our Southern states speaks for Itself and answers our question. There are 19 per cent of the native born whites of North Carolina over IS years of age needing Christian nnd Industrial edu cation to lit them ror citizenship: 1? per cent In Louisiana, 13 per cent in whites tc the mother state, _ In New York 1 heard a worker from; South Carolina, It per cent In Oeor- en«.minie"e' eoe"»e‘57il7i«-'';„‘‘kl."‘.‘^'heni Kentucky tell by words and show by! gla, nearly 15 per cent In Alabama. »«««. i!id n no P §X^woSld gt.dy tave plc?i« .Udes eftne war present and Then who l>a. th* right to hush the With practically every old student back, and with hundreds of new' ones seeking admission, the authorities of the Georgia School of Technology are preparing for what they hope will be the most prosperous year In the history of the Institution. Already the dormi tories are crowded to their utmost ca pacity und many are seeking board in homes close to the school. The num ber who have reported for entrance examination. Is the largest in the his tory of the institution. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees an assistant In the depart ments of electrical and experimental engineering was authorized, and Pro fessor N. E. Funk has b?en secured for this work. Professor Funk Is a grad uate of..Lehigh University and since leaving college has taken the full West- Inghouse apprentice course in the snop of Wesilnghouse Electrical Company nt Pittsburg, which is considered one of the best training schools In the world for practical engineers. Only graduates nf technical schools who show exceptional ability are allowed to enter for this course, and a certifi cate from there is considered one of the best recommendations that can be given. For adjunct professor In the depart ment of drawing Di. Matheson bus se cured Professor Dwight Lowell. With the appointment of these two men the faculty of the school Is now complete, and every department Is In charge of trained specialists, who are in a position to give the very best of attention to the men In the various partments. With the new chemical laboratory ready for opening, and the construction of the library soon to be under way, the Tech Is now probably the best-equipped Institution of the kind In the South, and everywhere Its graduates are recogniz ed as the very best. Last year there were 30 positions open to the 15 grad uates In the electrical engineering course before the graduation exercises, and it has become a byword that i diploma from the Tech Is equal to i position any day. During the past sum mer the chemical department has re celved several requests for men which they were unable to fill. On Friday the last of the entrance examinations will be over, nnd Mon day morning the regular recitation work will begin. Friday night a reception for the new students has been planned and n num ber of prominent speakers will address the students. Including Poach Helsnmn and President Matheson. The details of the reception have been In the hands of General Secretary J. Lambert Nell, of the Tech Y. M. C. A., and It has been planned with an Idea of getting the new men ^acquainted with each other and with the old students. This is the first step toward Increasing and mak ing pleasant the social life of the school, something which has to a cer- tuin extent.been lacking In past years, PERSONAL MENTION. Continued from Opposite Page Mrs. Mary Speer, of Urlftln, is the guest of her daughter, Mr*. Renfroe Jackson. Ml3fl Mary Reynold* has returned to Acworth, after a visit to friends in Atlanta. Mr. Elliott Wood, of Aiken. 8. C., ,s arrived in Atlunta to*enter the Tech. Mrs. Curry Caines Is the guest of her father, Mr. D. W. Edwurds, at Toc- coa. Miss Gertrude Allyn torn returned from an extended visit to New York. Mr. Clarence Btockdell has returned from a ten days’ visit to Asheville. „r. and .Mrs. Robert Maddox and children have returned to the city. Mrs. Fred Cole and children are vis iting relatives In North Carolina. Mrs. Charles Williams, of Columbus, Is the guest of Mrs. J. R. Mobley. Mrs. John L. Moore is expected to return from the north Saturday. *, W. W. Stallings Is visiting friends at Beech Island, 8. C. Mr. and Mrs. Mai ion Jackson have returned from s\shcvil!e. Mr. Edward Fortaon has returned from New York city. With the restoration of Atlanta to its norma! conditions, politics Is warming up at city hall. The scurry for places on the park commission Just now* is attracting the most attention, and behind It all lies u surprise. It’s like this: Last June council very quietly pass ed an ordinance, which provided that the park commission shall be made up of the mayor and chairman of the com mittee on parks, each ex-officio, and six other commissioners to be elected by the general council at Its last meet ing in 1906 as follows: Two to serve for one year, two to serve for two years and two for three years; at the end ot these respective terms their successors shall be elected for a full term of three years each. The ordinance, which sort of slipped through without attracting any atten tion or publicity, was Important Inas* much as It deprived the mayor of up- pointing the hoard and piactically put It all in the hands of the present coun cil. ' \ It Is now understood that several members of the present council are candidates for the park board. It Is said that Councllmen OIdknow and Wikle, both of whom retire this year, are In tfje race. Now here Is where the surprise comes in: There is a movem.kit on foot to ah rogatc this.new ordinance and restore the appointive power of the mayor, so amending the original ordinance as to provide for one commissioner from each ward. The politics behind it? There surely must have been some, for there seemed last June no neces sity for a change. And then it was kept mighty quiet. And then It was regarded*as a cinch that Chief Joyner would b« elected mayor. The ordinance was introduced by Alderman Holland and Councilman Chosewood, passed by council Juns i, and approved b> Mayor Woodward June 7. Don't Cling to The Old Methods Advertising may effect a eomplete revo lution in your px’esent business methods— but don’t hesitate to employ this mightiest of modern business forces for that reason. This is an age of changes—old methods are inadequate for present and future needs. Already the business that does not advertise is being pushed into the rut and left by the wayside by those that do. Anil don’t hesitate because you can’t af ford to advertise as largely as some other concern. The biggest advertisers of today started with very modest appropriations. Make u start ivith moderate space in this newspaper—you can’t do better. And get the Massengaie Advertising Agency, of At lanta, Ga., to tell you how to use this space to your best advantage. Washington, Sept. 28.—Government depository banks In Atlanta, Ga., will get $500,000 of the $26,000,000 which Secret a ry of the Treasury Shaw an nounces he will pluce with bunks In various cities. L BUT LIQUOR TRADE," SAYS THE ALL THE FACTS OF RIOTS OH STREETS The grand Jury on Friday morning examined forty witnesses who knew more or less of tho rioting which be gan Saturday night, and the causes which led up to It. It Is understood that these witnesses w^re asked questions dealing with everything from the responsibility tor the starting and failure to stop the riot In its Inolplency to the culmination In the killing of several innocent negroes. When the examination of these wit nesses was finished the Jury adjourn ed until Thursday morning. Mean while It in understood the Jurors will make what individual investigations they '-an Into the various phases of the disorders. I wish to assure every one outsldl and Inside Atlanta that every line of business, with the single exception of liquor trnffic, has resumed Its normal ondltlon," said .Mayor James G. Wood ward Friday morning. The mayor’s desk was again piled with communications Friday from anx ious out-of-town folk nnd his office crowded with anxious citizens making Inquiries about the status of things In general. “Everything is In running order nnd moving as before the trouble,’’ said the mayor, “even the negro restaurants and pool rooms, and no one need have the least fear of coming to Atlanta any more thun they w’ould have had two weeks ago.” Mayor Woodward has under consid eration the ordinance to revoke whisky licenses. He state/! Friday that the matter would be given careful consid eration and that a meeting of the spe- rlul committee to take action on the licenses would be held Saturday. Fri day afternoon Mayor Pro Tem. Har well will appoint the four additional councllmen who will sen's on the com mittee. At the Saturday meeting of the com mittee a plan of action will be mapped out and will be adhered to at the open meeting, to be held next week. or, iTteIjackson DIES AT MONTGOMERY lender appeal that want* to give rhanee to theae lea* fortunate white brother* of our rural dl*trlctn. and who ha* a right to deny them the of fered -aid of Christianity and indus trial enlightenment? There I* no missionary Held In all the world ao appealing a* the mountain region* of the South. "It I* not necessary to re late pathetic stories (o Interest people In the conditions of this region. The Imre statement nf the farts are gen eral and true of the whole region, nnd Is enough. If known, to enlist the lov ing help of those who are able to help," and Ood speed the help. MARTHA H. rjfELOW. President General Southern Indu.trlal Education Association. The death of Dr. Walter U. Jackson, one of the most prominent physlrlana of the South, occurred at Montgomery, Ala., September 32. Dr. Jackson was the father of Mr*. 8. W. Foster, of At lanta. The Montgomery Advertiser, In writ ing of Dr. Jackson’s lung and useful life, sny* In part: “His death occurred In the home In which he had lived for the past 51 year*. , "Dr. Jackaon was ji native of El more county, Alabama, his birthplace oelng Ulleraley,’ near Mlllbank. the home of Ills grandfather, Hon. Bolling Hall, who at the nge of Id years was a Revolutionary soldier, who was a member of the legislature nt Georgia, and. us a representative from Georgia, of thp congress of the I’nlted States. "During nearly I he whole time „f the war between the states Dr. Jackson, as did other physicians of Montgomery, attended sick nnd wounded soldiers In the hospitals here. Twice he attended wounded soldiers elsewhere, first In northern Georgia. Each of his live brother* waa in the Confederate army." L Of AGRICULTURE FOR TTH DISTRICT Tha first agricult urn! school under the recent net of the general assembly ill bo located In the Seventh congres sional district, to be followed at inter- i by meetings of the trustees In the ten other districts for the purpose of selecting the sites. Governor Terrell issued the ynll Fri day morning for a meeting of the new trustees of the Seventh district on Sat urday, October G, at 11 o’clock, in the t’herokec hotel, at Rome. So far only counties out of the thirteen In the Seventh district are competing for the school—Uobb and Bartow. t’obb county has offered 200 acres of land between Powder Springs and Ma rietta. and Bartow' offers the same at Kuhurlee on the Etowah liver. On Monday W. G. Smith., the soil expert from the United States department of agriculture, will begin examining the soils of the two localities and will pre-, sent his report to the Rome meeting. HIh report will have much to do witf locating the school. Governor Terrell, Professor D. J Urosley, educational expert In the agrl cultural work, and W. O. Smith will attend the meeting nt Rome. Sealed proposals for the school in this district will be received by the governor at hts office up to noon Friday, October 5. The right Is reserved to reject any nnd all proposals, and to call tor new offers, or to prescribe conditions that may ren der any proposal already made accept able. The trustees named recently by the ? ;overnor for the Seventh district are as ollows: Dade—Dr. J. -R. Brook, Trenton. Catoosa—Hon. C. E. Broyles, Ring- gold. Whitfield—Hon. W. At. Jones, Dalton. Murray—Hon. S. M. Carter, Carters. Walker—Hon. John \V. Bale, La- Fay et to. Chattooga—Dr. R. D. Jones, Trlon. Gordon—Hon. T. W. Harbin, Calhoun. Floyd—Hon. I. D. Hilliard, Rome. Bartow—Hon. W. 11. Lumpkin, Car- tersvllle. Polk—Hon. J. A. Peck, Cedartown. Paulding—Judge • A, L. Bartlett, Brownesvllle. Haralson—Hon. W. H. Williamson, Bremen. Cobb—Hon. E. P. Dobbs, Marietta. OUT ON A STRIKE ALL Of THIS WEEK The linemen of the Atlanta Tele phone Company have been out on a strike since Monday. Their grievance wns that they wanted more pay. Some thirty men, employed by thj company, Joined In the walk-out, and the work of repairing llnea and tele phones has been at a standstill all of the neck. It Is said that an adjustment waa reached by the men and the manager of th ’ company Friday, but no Infor mation concerning the strike could be obtained from tho company's officials. SEVEN CANDIDATES DID NOT FILE THEIR EXPENSE ACCOUNTS hjMMinl to The Urorglnn. Montgomery, Ala.. Sept. 28.—Will there be any prosecution of the seven candidates for state office who failed to comply with the law by filing with the secretary of state within thirty days after the primary, a certified statement of their expenses during the campaign? Many are asking this question. W. M. Heldon and John B. Ward, candidates for commissioner of agrl- ulture, W. A. Skeggs, Jr., candidate or associate railroad commissioner, V. K. Sorsby candidate for secretary of state, tA. Allen, candidate tor treasurer, Jesse F. Stallings ami JoliB B. Knox, candidates for alternate sen ator, failed to file their statements. Under the law these candidates are subject to a fine of rot less than $100 nor more than $1,000. However, the law does not make It the' duty of uny j one and It is not likely, there will b$ any prc-wcutfons unless the gran’ I Jury takes the matter up. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 28.—The grand Jury has made some staMllng discoveries. It Is stated, concerning \he manner In which the county's pauper dead are buried. An hwestlgatlon was made of the suppose* grave of Miss Grace Norman, the young woman of Graysvllle,.Gn., and a sister-in-law of W. Van Davis, also of Grnysyllle. Ga., who has been Indicted on a sertms charge In connection with the gftTs death. This Investigation revealed tho fact that the grave which was said to have contained the body of the girl Contained the body of a dead negro baby. Above the grave was placed a shingle which bore this Inscription: “Wife of W. V. Davis, died Jun* 30, 1906; hurled July 1, 1906.’’ The grand Jury Insists that they Investigated th* grave which was said to have contain ed tho remnlna of the girl, and unl-'s^ the grand Jury is mistaken the body Is not In the paupers’ graveyard’ or then the county sexton who buries pi Deaths and Funerals. Mrs. Julia Brown. The funeral ot Mr*. Julia riMivn, aged 47, who died from blood poisoning at Grady Hospital Thursday morn ing, will be hold at the residence. 1ST West Fair, at 3 o'clock Friday after noon. Interment will be at Weetvlew. Mrs. Donohuo Sullivan. Mrs. Bessie Donohue Sullivan, 28 years old, died at her residence, 2i« East Fair street, Thursday night. The funeral will he hold at to o’clock Sat urday morning at the Church of tha Immaculate Conception. The Inter ment will take plaee at Oakland. Mr*. M. E. Snider. Mr,. M. E Snider, age 4* years. died nt 6 o’clock Thursday afternoon at 4* Garden street. The funeral wifi bt hcld at the residence Saturday morning at in o'clock and the Interment will be Oakland cemetery. Mn. Snider pus euos .tnoj eoavai putt .woppw e suns one daughter. H. pTcook. H. I*. Cook, 83 years of age. and & Confederate veteran, died of heart fail ure at the Home for Incurables Thurs day afternoon. The funeral will he held at the private chapel of Swift & Hall F|jday afternoon at 1 'O'clock. The Interment will take place on the Con federate veterans' lot at Westvlewr cemetery. Mr. Cook's wife survives him. Charlie Gibeon. Charlie Gibson, 14 year* old. died of mlnlngltl* Thursday night at 8:3D o'clock at the residence, 361 Frazier street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Petition In Bankruptcy. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 38.—An in voluntary bankruptcy petition has been filed against the I.lon Spoke Works, of this city. In the. Federal court, alleg ing that the concern Is Insolvent. The petition wo* filed by the Dayton Dank * Trust Company. T. E. Stone and Evitt Bros.