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TIMS ATLANTA GEORGIAS. tills TELLS OF SENSATIONAL BALLOON FLIGHT Was Carried Up 5,000 Feet with Big Gas Bag Ba'dlv Torn. Augusta, Ga., Nov, 1,—Dr. Jullun P. Thomas was almost exhausted yester day evening when ho returned to tho fair ground after his sensational night In his big balloon. Speaking of the lllght. lie said: “I came to Augusta to make an as- oeslon and after great difficulties I made It In spite of the fact that tho balloon buret before It left the ground. For three days and nights I worked hard St fill the great balloon with gas. .lust as we had accomplished this task, the njnd became so strong that It took hundreds of bags of sand and forty men to'hold'the great monster on the gioutjd. '’In spite of these combined efforts the balloon swayed nnd tossed, back ward and forward, beating Itself on the ground and breaking electric wires In every direction. Finally we succeeded In freeing It from the wires and draw ing It .onto a large flat boat on the canal, held It steadily there.. In this manner It Waa conveyed a mile or more up the canal toward the fair grounds until a bridge was reached, surrounded by overhead electric wires. "While moving the balloon from the flat boat to the land to free It from these wires It struck against a large tree, tearing a great hole, 6 by 4 feet. In the upper portion of the balloon. "There was nothing to do but to ascend Immediately or give up the cent entirely, f was determined to make the ascent. I had all the ballast cast off Immediately, ordered the men to turn loose. I then disconnected my anchor, then my heavy guide-rope (I had two). Next I disconnected my bas ket and climbed Into the rigging, hitch ing on one bag of ballast. I gave the word to let her go, and up I went like a rocket But unfortunately my second guide rope caught on a post and I waa being drawn down on the tops of the buildings at the rate of 30 miles an hour. "There was only one thing that could save me. This was to cut the guide rope, which 1 did, as I harl carried in my mouth a long, open knife ns a pre- enutlpnary measure. Instantly I shot up to a heighth of 5,000 feet. For the flrst time In my ballooning I felt rath er uncomfortable, to sny the least, for I was hanging on one of the ropes of the rigging by one log. At the height of 5,000 feet I made myself more com fortable. "I traveled Very rapidly when In the lower currents, but not In the upper. “As I had no ballast but my shoes 1 removed them and tied them together to be used when necessary. For the flrst time In.my life I wished that my feet were larger, that my shoes might have been heavier. “When the balloon started to descend I again struck the rapidly moving wind currents. I should say that their ve locity was something like 35 miles an hour. I was descending, however, very nicely until tho balloon passed over some body of water, when the gases contracted and the balloon dropped to the earth with frightful velocity. "I landed on my feet and attempted to pull my rip-cord. I could not break It to save my life. Just stt that mo ment a powerful gust of wind struck It and I was hurled Into the air Sod or 1,000 feet, hanging by gpe hand.. There DETECTIVE AND DEFEND A A V ALMOSI EIGH1 IN COURI lf o . y-. —. . i unted that Lockhart was swearing olllt Uver C^iOW R’in(rc ,al * l >' umI <in he exclaimed, In- v - ,uvv u - 1,, 6 3 |dlcatlng Detective Lanford: on More Trou ble. 'Judge, you can believe fleer says. but be careful of tlmt cither man." And lie pointed toward Lockhart. •i can’t stand much more of thin/’ declared the detective," u.m he walked i | •ip clone to the prisoner, us If to resent the remark with force. The two men had some heated words j result* Judge Bro ed both men to have no further words, at which Taylor remarked: Well, Judge, this man can't Insult ine.” "Xo, and you must not Insult him either,” responded the court. The trial then proceeded without any further clash. Taylor was bound over to the state Dtiriug a trial in police court Thurs day morning, Cltv Detective Lockhart | und >°°hed as though trouble would jj und Frank Taylor, a furniture sales-' Judge Broyles, however. ad\‘is- ‘ man, who was on trial, came near hav ing a personal difficulty. Recorder Broyles finding it necessary to take a hand and quiet the two men., Taylor Is acdused of trying to swin dle Miss Alice Oulbreath, of 3" Oar- nett street, out of a cow* by reporting the animal dead when It was really alive, and had been arrested by Detec tive^ Lockhart and T. B. Lanford. At I commit iarceny .... one point In the hearing. Taylor Insln- j was fixed ut $f»0U. $15,000 Clothing Seasonable Be Closed Out in Thirty Days. . His bond AUDIIORIUM COMMIT I EE GEIS DOWN TO BUSINESS Dedalte plan* for the erection of Ike im mense auditorium, for which more money thnti Is needed hits l»ee|i mined, will lie de cided upon nt a meeting to be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce. The nieetlug will be of tbe commit lee of twenty-five citizens whose efforts contrib uted to the raising of the $35n,ono subscrip tions to the building. The council committee of five, of which Alderman F. A. Quintan is chairman, wfil meet with the citizens, having lieen In vited to do so. In addition, Mayor James O. Woodward and Mayor-elect W. It. Joyuer have lieen Invited. While It la not known |s»alMvely Just what netlou will lie token, It la generally under stood that n number of imimrtnnt matters, such' ns location, material, etc., will bo taken up and possibly disposed of. Hon. James It. dray Is chairman of the cltlzena' committee. Tbe conncll committee is couumsed of STATE TO PRODUCE FINE CANE SYRUP Commissioner of Agriculture T. (J. 11ml- >n haa returned from Waycross. where he made a thorough Inspection or the scientific cane syrup plant Installed there by tbe United Stales department of agriculture. Commissioner Hudson will recommend that by Dr. L. G. Ilnrdemnn and Colonel Toni Crittenden. The United St a tea government Installed some SD.OOJ worth of the most improved machinery for making cane syrup In order to educate Georgia fanners In the science of syrup making. Commissioner Hudson wll recommend that the tleorgln Kx|»erlmciit Station, take the Increase of Capital. The committee may also act upon the suggestion to increase the capital stock of the amlitorluiu-arniory from $330,000 to $3*V 000. There Is strong sentiment ill favor of this. It is said. This, however, will lie set tled by council next Monday nt the regtt* lar meeting, council having orlglually sot the capital stock $350,00). If It is derided to Increase the capital stock little or no trouble, it Is anticipated, will be encountered'in raising the differ ence. As a matter of fact. $3G2.0u0 has already been raised, subscriptions to the amount of $8,010 having come In after the re|K»rt of $334,000 was made Wednesday afternoon. The latest subscrlliors are: Heck & Gregg Hardware Co., $5,000; Mnicr & Herkele, jew elers, $3,000; and M. II. Berry, $3,000. STRIKE BREAKERS LEAVE CHARLESTON Special to The Georgian. Charleston, 8. C., Nov. 1.—Twenty strike breakers came here thin morn ing from Washington for the South ern Railway shops. Eighteen of them persuaded by the strikers that they-could do better elsewhere. Five arc lit work In the, shops. The men did not walk out until they had got ten a good look ut the barricaded shops and then eighteen said "skld- doo for us; we are free men." A local representative of the strlk- TL'V"orm!L, nH ui'Vre Ihl: offfcla?* 10 *" """ pro****.* I, n inont wotuli'rftil one, Anri the ] HvfllIon with the official!). fluent rnne' .yrtip 1, prod need. |t will mine j 111,, mnrkft vnlne of the product eotnthlon), I w’ftx nothing for me to do but to climb back Into the rigging;. The balloon again gradually descended, but an It did no I becamo entangled In the net work. I could at that tlpie have cut myaelf looie, but did not care to loie my balloon, »o I allowed myself to be dragged a quarter of a mile at a Bpeed faster than the average horee can run. Up to this time I had carried the open NEGRO BADLY HURT IN RAILROAD YARD While attempting to get out of the way of a Georgia railroad train about « o'clock Thursday morning near the Boulevard crossing. Arthur Gray, a ne gro. residing In Reynoldstown, was struck by a passenger train, backing through the yards, and seriously In jured. He was sent to the Orudy hos pital by Policeman Hannah. WANT GRAND LODGE TO REMAIN IN MACON ——L Final Session at Georgia Grand I.otlffo Annual Meetiifg Honrs Re|iorts. Special In The Georgian. Macon. Ga., Nov. 1.—The final s sion of the Masonic Grand Lodge of! Georgia was held today and by tomor-I This sale of clothing is undoubtedly the most unprecedented sale that was ever pulled off in the city of Atlanta; coining as it does right in the heart of the fall season when the public is most in need of clothing and it has the money to pay for it. This is the season of the ye^r when all merchants expect to make their profits on every line of merchandise. We Are Going Out of the Clothing Business. For this reason we want to put our stock on the market at ia time when there will be no doubt of a successful sale, but we realize that this cannot be done unless the price cuts a figure, therefore We Have Placed this Stock At and Below Cost All that we ask you to do is to give us ati opportunity to show you our stock which consists of some of the best makes of clothing that are on the market, including the celebrated Spero, Michael & Sons Co., The Mein- hardt, Shaul & Co. and the well known “Kant Be Beat” brand ’manufac tured by Goldman, Beckman & Co., and all of these are of the latest patterns and most approved styles. - . , The Reason for Closing Out this Line is simply that we have found the clothing department of our store to he un profitable and we feel that we can use the spape and devote our attention to the time given this department to Ladies’ Ready-made Goods to much more advantage. • Don’t take our word for this—but cotne, see for yourself REID DRY GOODS COMPANY, 165-167—169 PETERS STREET. knife which I had removed from my' *’* * e,v °* tl,e visitor* mouth ami carried In my hand. I had »> town. ■ held on to the knife to be used In cane i Last night the third degree wuh ex- the extremity which bullonnlatii j tmpllfled In (he grand lodgu room of li clrcum- j t|» c Masonic tempi,, and the session.to- ! duy tvas tuken up In the reading of — ■■ - {the reiiorts and In consideration of them. Feared Removal to Atlanta. I ‘'t yesterday’* session nearly all the ; committee report* were heard. These Were numerous, upd required almost the entire day. The sessions were again held In the city auditorium, and the mouthers thronged the hulldlng ull day. All during the session the probability of moving the grand lodge to Atlantu was discussed with freedom by all the members. There was a general uneasi ness on the pint of members from ren- tral and south Georgia. When Deputy lirund Master Jeffries said last night III Ills address that Atlunta mentliera would not Interfere or raise a voice against the present locution, there was considerable relief to those who hail | j concerned themselves. That Atlanta I Will not urge u change, there Is now lit- X /*• , . . | I . / .» • JJitle doubt. Deputy tiruml Muster Jef- ana first in the hearts or the epicures. I we* declared that «!»»„. member. Words of the Thoughtless Startle the Thoughtful\ A Coffee advertisement says: First in weight, first in quality, j concerned themsHvc CRAWFORD JACKSON SPEAKS IN ATHENS There’s a truth said thoughtlessly. Coffee “in the hearts.” How many epicures and just ronunoii people have in cipient or chronic heart trouble direi-tly caused by coffee* You with weak hearts can prove for yourselves. Try leaving off coffee 10 days and use Postuni Food Coffee. If you find tiie old smothering sensation and the weak flut tering disappear, you will have the truth in a nutshell and will have located an enemy that has been pushing you day by day toward the narrow lot 2 by (i. AU the flaming advertisements of Importers trying to sell coffee and all the sucei's of coffee topers cannot drive the truth from you, on ce you have tested and learned the exact facts from personal experience. “There’s a Reason” for POSTUM j wanted the grand lodge to remain In Macon. Hi* statements were generally taken ux the altitude of all north Georgia. Luxt night the session was held In the MaHonic temple. This session whs ulntcst wholly devoted to an exempll- i Mention of the work In the minder’* de gree. Many of the leading member* of tile order front several rltle* given place* In the lodge for thl* work | and It wn* a in*>st Impressive meeting. Rev. Cranford Jackson, chairman of the executive committee of the Juve nile protectory, returned thl* morning from Athens, Ou., where he *i*»ke sev eral time* In the Interest of the way ward children of that city, of the *tnte and the Houth. On Sunday morning he addressed a large audience at the First Methodist Church. Mr. Juckson has recently organised societies in Asheville, High Point and Greensboro, N. C., looking to the same end*, and In a day of two Is to visit other hading cities for the same pur pose, like Charleston. Wilmington. Ral eigh t and DQyhuin, X. C. M A X yTrEi7rUI8K I > IN BRIDGE CRUSH New York. Xov. 1.—Darkness added to the excitement In tin* crush ut tho Manhattan end of the Brooklyn bridge when the bridge and surface cars were j stopjied for a short time during the OLD NEGOO MISSING FROM BROWNSVILLE After an ubsence of nearly a yeur the j family nnd friends of Alex Hmith, a res|>ected negro, who formerly lived In i Brownsville, have finally become un-j easy and have usked the county isillce! to make un investigation. The negro disappeared 011 the night j of January 30 last, leaving his wife ut j a home whlcli, he owned in the Houth i Atlantu suburb. The real estate in Ills name Is assessed at $1,000. The fsdice have been given u “foul * play” theory connecting some of Ids connect Ions with a possible knowledge 1 of the crime, and the police are going* to look Into the matter. Contents Of 216 Capitol Ave. AT AUCTION On account of breaking up housekeeping, will sell the entire house- furniture, c Moquet Carpets, Chairs (all to match), lor Furniture, Secretary's Library, Tables, Rockers, all kinds Rug*. Brie-a-Brae, Coal Husk, etc. i in meaning up Housekeeping, will sen me enure House- consisting of Antique Mahogany Table and Davenport, s, Dining Table, 13-foot long China Closet, Sideboard, 13 natdi), 2 extra fine Bedroom Suits, Cherry and Oak Par- By order of Mrs. Bell. LEO FRESH, Auctioneer. TWENTY-SEVEN BALES BURN IN WAREHOUSE FIRE. S, COURT GOES TO NORTH GEORGIA breakdow the power house. The lights went out also, and the police hud all they could do to control the 5,000 persons that soon gathered at the loops. Scores were bruised and their clothes torn In the mad struggle when the cars finally started. Similar scenes occurred on the “L” platform*. Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, 8. C„ Xov. I.—Twenty- seven bales of cotton, stored in one { of the comportments of a warehouse j at Saxon Mills, were destroyed by* fire j early Wednesday morning. The fire at ] one time threatened thousands of dol lars’ worth of mill pro|»erty and one! hundred and fifty bales of cotton. The j loss Is fully covered by Insurance. PAUL BURKERT Fixed over 2,000 UmbreljaH Inst year. Let him fix yours. 1 Viaduct Place.’ The United States district court of | north Georgia Is getting ready to go with bag. baggage, records and court • officials to Athens, where Judge New man will begin Injslnfx* Monday. It will probably take the remainder of Ills time in Atlanta to finish the hear ing of the civil case grow ing out of the .objection of the 'Central of Gf;drgiu railway to circulate 216 of the Georgia railroad commission. CRUSHED BY LUMBER," MAN DIES OF INJURIES.! Kp**»*lsl to The Georidan. Moultrie. Ga.. Xov. 1.—KG win Brunch. J who was crushed under n toad of lum-1 her Monday afternoon, died of his In- | juries yesterday morning. Ills remains , were taken to Camilla for Interment, j Mr. Branch was a son of Horton! Brunch, a leading citizen or Mitchell • county, and had lived in Moultrie hut a * tshoit time, lie was a young man and | had been married only a few months. r There Will Be A \ Great Bargain Sale Saturday AT BASS’ See Friday Afternoon’s Papers. RAILROAD MEN PAY LOCATION OF POLLS VISIT TO ATLANTA 1 FOB NEXT ELECTION A party of twenty-two im'im-.NVw Hug '• hunt railroad snpertiitetKlcnrs und their wives—arrived in Atlanta Thnrsdsy morn ing from Chattanooga, and u short stop • was made In the city. They left ut 1 o’chs'k over the Heahonrd Air Line on the Nearly had systems ... The trip Houth Is plcilrfliro. lot lollg slops iHirtlciiInr phe of tlie super!n rutlroiot officials. F»i repiviMMitfd In the Is lieliig laud Tm.Iuk he party, made merely for — 3c at any While In Atlatitn several rJjrtet#Jefif# «idled ttfum burnt tit nt. Tin* party is dis Pull- BAXK HELD LIABLE FOR “RAISED” CHECK Here’s where the voting In the cl wards will be done in the congresslo a I a ml court of npiieul* election ne Tuesday; First'ward, 39 West Mitchell; Secoi ward, court house; Third ward. Pooh store, coiner Fulr and Fraser; Four want. Mrs. Anderson's store, com Jackson and Chamberlin; Fifth wai Martin's hardware store, 34S Murlett Sixth ward. Avery’s drug store. North BriHtd: Seventh ward. Mrs. Flo cnee's store, 2nd J^e street; High ward. Justice .Langston's office, t Peachtree. » husband a check for $900 on} • — * He ral$ed ft to $4,900. |riR New York. Xov. 1.—Through a de- and disappeared. She sued t vision of Justice New burger In favor I and lias received of Mrs. William Timble, the Garfield 1 makes banks liable for at' • l.e National Bank stands to lose.$4,000 by‘are raised and honored, unite* means of a new swIndia. Bh^guve her vision lx appealed.*