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MONDAY, DECBHBBR i«, uo». 8 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. HE BULLET FELLS TWO IT One Dead and One Is Slightly Injured From Shot. PISTOL DISCHARGED IN BIG CROWD Was Warding Off Negro When Shot Was Fired Through Body of Young Man. HALF MILLION FIRE. VISITS MARIETTA, GA. ; BIG PLANT DESTROYED pp.-.lnl in Tim Georgian. Pnnalsonvllle, Ga., Dec. -I.—Yenter day afternoon nt 3 o'clock at the At lantle Coast Line passenger station eliontlnK affray occurred, In which young white boy named Will handling uas instantly killed and Al Sasser, an oilier young white man and cashier at the bank In this city, was slightly wounded, by Malcolm Adams, another voting white man of tills place. The shooting occurred In a large crowd at the depot who were waiting for the train. It Is said that a negro man who hud taken offense at something young Adams had said was advancing upon Adams and Adatns was hitting at the negro with his pistol, trying to keep him off without shooting hint, when the pistol discharged, accidentally hit ting voung Handling, the ball going through his body and striking Sncser, slightly wounding him. All the parties are very prominent hero and the accident Is very much regretted. Adams Is being held pending an In vestlgatlon. MAY MUSTER OUT TIIE POISON SQUAD Washington, Dec. 24.—A resolution requesting the secretary of agriculture to Inform congress by what authority Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bu reau of chemistry, department of agri culture. conducted his boradc acid or ‘•poison squad” tests, will be Introduced in the house Immediately after the Christmas holidays by Representative James Hay, of Virginia. The resolution will stato that. In view of allegations that the test resulted in the death of Robert Vance Freeman son of Mrs. I.urea I.atham, of 617 Thirteenth street, Northwest, and whereas. If this be true. It would seem u menace to the health of human be Ings to subject them to such tests, con gress would like to know by whose dl r.'ctlon such tests nre made. HAD BAD MONEY; LOCKED IN TOWER l.uchw William* I* now **tlwflt»<l that all tluit gUttiTH In not gold. Union* ho oan ni*h a $500 iMind ho will hnvo to remain In tl»* Tower until Thurariny, when he will l*o arraigned before United States Uommls *l«»ner Colquitt on ti charge of passing n counterfeit gold piece. He wan arrested Saturday by Patrolman Kerlln of the police force anil Mondny he "ns handed over to the federal authorities and a temporary bond won (lied. GOVERNOR JELK8 QOE8 HOME TO 8PEND CHRISTMAS. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—There are many officials at the capltol today notwithstanding tomorrow !h Christ mas. but .several have gone to their homes where they will spend the holl- with their families. Governor Jelkz has gone to Eufaula; Auditor Carmichael la In Ozark; Su- leimtendent of Education Hill 1« In <J i*H«ien; Treasurer Craig Smith Is In Dallas county; Dr. W. H. Sanders, President of the board of health, Is In •Mobile; Adjutant General W. W. Bran don is in Tuscaloosa. SECTION or BIG PLANT WHICH WA8 DESTROYED BY FIRE. Fire Was Discovered at 2 O'clock in the Morning and it Raged Unchecked For four Hours. ' By W. C. CARRIKER. SperlnI to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga., Dee. 24.—Mari etta was visited by the most disas trous fire in its history early thm morning, and as a result property to the value of half a million dol lars is in runs. The property destroyed is the mammoth plant of the Georgia Manufacturing and Public Service Company, of which M. M. Ses sion is president. The comapny is capitalized at. .to00,000, and the plant, which covered four acres of ground, is almost totally de stroyed. Four Hour. Unch.cktd. The Are was discovered In the stock buildings ut 2 o'clock In (lie morning, raged unchecked for four hours and was not under control till after day light. At 10 o’clock the Are was practically out. The lire wo* discovered by the night atchmnn and a general alarm was sounded. The entire city was aroused, as It was thought the Are would spread to other factories near by and from there to the business and residential along the streets ringing door bells and tiring off pistols to arouse the people In that section of the city. Hundreds were called from their slumbets and congregated about the Are and on the buildings to watch the grand spectacle. Many rushed In to aid the firefighters In their chilly work on such a cold, bleak morning. Spread to 8tore Rooms. The Are spread from the stock rooms to tlja store rooms and then Into the main paper manufacturing plant. The store buildings and the stock sheds were entirely destroyed c.nd the greater portion of the main factory burned. Thousands of dollars worth of ma chinery.. stock and Anlshed product was destroyed. The machinery was warped nnd bent and In some Instances mashed to pieces by falling walls, all of which gave way In the portion which was totally burned. 300 Out of Employment. The Georgia Manufacturing and Public Service Company were manu facturers of news and wrapping paper, and employed 300 laborers, working both a day and night shift. It also op erated an electric light plant and the waterworks, supplying the city with lights nnd water. As a result of the Are both the light and water plants’ nre crippled and the city is temporari ly without lights and water. The plant stood beside the railroad and as a result of the Are all 'the tele graph wires out of 'the city are down. Several W, & A. freight cars standing on the siding were totally destroyed GREAT REVIVAL FOR METHODIST} IN EARLY SPRING It was unanimously decided at the meeting of Methodist ministers at the Wesley Memorial tabernacle Monday morning that a great and general viva! In Methodism would be Inaugu rated In Atlanta next April or May. committee was appointed to formulate plans and make suggestions to this end, select a certain date and report to the meeting one week from next Mon day. While no definite action will be taken until the committee reports. It Is un derstood that several well-known evan gelists will be brought to the city to take part In a revival that will be greater In results than anything yet undertaken by the religious element in this section. The revival will possibly continue several weeks and will take place In all the twenty-six Methodist churches in Atlanta simultaneously. r rtie proposition was generally d cussed by the ministers at the meeting Monday morning. While several plans were suggested, no one I run-clad rule was adopted that w'ould bind any min ister or his congregation. The meeting was addressed by Rev. J. H. Moore, aged 77 years, and 50 years in the conference. He was very earnest In his remarks. The committee appointed by J. Eakes, presiding elder, consisted of Revs. C. C. Jarrell, chairman; H., i\ Christian, 8. R. Belk, W. T. Hamby and J. S. French. A collection taken up in ail the At lanta Methodist churches Sunday for the benefit of the Wesley Memorial hospital was reported by several of the preachers, and the Indications were that quite a large sum will be collected. The total sum collected will be pub lished by the presiding elder at next Monday's meeting. BASKET DINNERS TO Happiness In the shape of Uhrlstnias din* ■vr* will be given t«\ the 1,200 of Atlanta’s poor Monday night, ami on Christmas day that rnauy persons will -have, one good, square meal. This happiness will be si-atlered by the S'alvatlon Army nt the headquarters on Ma rietta street at 7 o'clock, when 240 baskets, each containing u dinner for (Ive persons, will be given nwny. At first it was the InteiUlou of Major Tier- rlmnn nml his staff to provide dlnuers for people, but so many were tho requests It was necessary to Increase this din- . All of the 240 people who will nnidv Monday night for their baskets have JA CK Fit OS 7 PL A YS JOKE ON HOLIDA Y SHOPPERS; COLDEST IN 7 WO YEARS Evidently wishing to hand out At-I tom of the glaas. On February 14 of lanta folks a taste of sure enough j that >’*ar the thermometer registered ti Christmas weather. Mr. Jack Frost ;l«*t«ee»a b oyo zero, nnd for eight days made himself conspicuous In Atlanta The official forecast for Monday says Sunday and Monday, and aa a result it will be fair and continued cold for the lowest temperature since February 1905, was recorded on the official ther mometer at the weather bureau. Monday morning tho thermometer registered 16 degrees above zero, but In some places about the city It was even lower. At Weather Forecaster Mar- bury’s residence the mercury showed 15 degrees above and other thermom eters easily affected took serious tum bles. But the people generally took the ad vice of the weather man on Saturday and prepared for the weather. Some, however, forgot about the danger of frozen water pipes and many of the pldmbers received hurry calls Monday morning. This weather Is the first Arctic In stallment handed out since 1905. when the mercury played tag around the bot- Monda.v night, with a minimum tern perature of about 20 degrees. Tuesday partly cloudy nnd not so cold. This weather la not the limit by any means, for on February 13, 1899, the thermometer registered 81-2 degrees below zero. As a result of the cold a plumbing firm Is all to the bad and ft Jackson residence is without plumbing that should have been installed before this. Crooks discovered a bunch of swag nt this residence In the shape of consid erable fixtures and lead pipe and ab sconded with the lot. The plumbers would like to wait and recover the stuff, but the people In the house say this weather won't let them wait. So it's a case of the plumbers buying another supply and standing the loss. They declare it Is a pretty mean crook who would steal lead pipe with the ther mometer as low as It Is. 400 LIVES SAVED BV BRAVE CAPTAIN AND VESSEL'S CREW Meu Stick to Posts as Flaming Ship Races . For Shore. S' UNION HANDS LEMON 70 “STAGE’STRUCK” GIRLS Chicago, Dec. 24 >T -Some axioms de veloped from hard experience, which the Actors* Union hopes will be Influ ential in discouraging the 1907 crop of "stage struck" young women, was handed out yesterday at the union meeting at 165 Randolph street. A few of the words of wisdom, ad dressed to the members of the union and "applicants," are as follows: "It Is better to be a stenographer with a steady salury of $10 a week than an actress out of a job." "Every woman who goes on the stage ,doe:< not get married within three months." "There ate severul persons In the theatrical profession drawing $1,000 a week, but that Is not the average sal ary." BA By SA W HIS FA THER COMMIT DOUBLE CRIME FATHER OF BESSIE JONES A SEED HER 70 COME HOME The following are copies of the two letters written by D. H. Jones, father of Bessie Jones, and which were found In the dead girl’s room: July 5, 1906. "Mrs. Bessie Hightower: Will you please send Bessie Jones home, or will 1 have to send an officer after her? She Is not of age yet and If you hnrbor her up In your house another night I will send an officer after both of you. "D. H. JONES." This Is the letter to the daughter: "Bessie—I will not come after you, but you had better come. Your mother and Ruth are both sick I need you here. I will send after you If you don’t come home tonight. „ Your father, ”D. H. JONES." Continued from Pag* On*. lug. Knch of those to whom a basket Is coming has been provided with n and these will be presented. IS ready citizens to get the fire THE CENTRAL BANK t TRUST CORPORATION OFFERS TO DEPOSIT ORS EVERY FACILITY WHICH THEIR BAL ANCES, BUSINESS AND RESPONSIBILITY WAR RANT. 31-2 PER CENT COM POUND INTEREST PAID IN SAVINGS DEPART MENT. CAPITAL - - - $500,000.00 ed ut once and alue«l by hundreds of B a herol^ fight was begun be Re ‘ ,u,,t * under control. I President Hcsalons stated to The Hydrants Frozen. I Georgian correspondent that the plant At first the work of fighting the fire j would be rebuilt. The work will begin an hampered because of the hydrants ' at once and. Mr. Sessions stated, will be ■In* frozen, but noon this wns over- j an fust a» men and money can . 1. i J do It. Aa everyone In the city know* come and some ten I that this statement earrlea with It tho In* on the lire front different aides. The , ))lir | )0)(( , s of OJ)e of , he m o»t energetic sprinkle ** n ' JP * J 1 ®. ’’i'JiJ 1 ®, anil public-spirited men here. It I* a a an turned on and at ted effectlvelj In , B u Hn ,n , ee t|mt , V en a greater plant checking the onward , will rise on the ruins of the one de- flnme*. The Are hose of the Marietta | _ lr ., vp ,i fhalr Company, which stands near by,." 1 ' ’’ *' was also brought Into piny nnd the lire ,'h* Insurance, was prevented from spreading to llt.it j The loss, Mr. Sessions stated, Is fully plant. I covered Ity Insurance and will Hundred* Watch Fir*. j probably nmount to 80 per cent of tho Hesldes the general alarm turned in ! loss. The exact amount of Insurance by the Are department, people ran I could not be leurned this morning. SISTERS FIGHT FA TAL DUEL OVER A MAN ROTH LOVED Havana. Cuba. !>•*«•. 24.—Two ri»ters. Ma ria nnd CnrnifH Hldnlguet, who lived on a farm near Ln* I.:»Jn*. foughr a duel with pistols l»eeau*e each loved a handsome youth named Jnnlllo. who lie dl- lietween the two Kirin went to a lonely tobsrro field nnd fought. Carmen returned home alone Itural guards found the body of the *lttlo In the Held. Carmen flldalgnoz has not CHEROKEE LANDS SOLD FOR TIMBER; CHIEF SIGNS DEED Special to The Georgian. Asheville, N. C., I>ec. 24.—A deal. Involving 35,006 acre* of virgin limber land, has Just been consummated here, whereby the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have sold to Wirt iWurd and associates a pat* of the Qualla boun- dary In Swalno county, the considera tion lielng 121.'),000. I The negotiations for this land have been j .ending before the commissioner of Indian affairs and the secretary of the Interior since last October. The deed Is signed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, through toeli principal chief nr.d council. Tills band of Cherokee Indiana was Incorporated by the legislature of North f nrotlna in 1 'tUI* land has I e'en tied up since the treaty of New Echof Fnltcd States g Cherokee Indian between the vernment and the The Indians still re* of tine Umber land “CARNEGIE LAKE" IS THREATENED New York, Dec. 24.—Loch Carnegie, Princeton University's newest play thing, Is threatened. Henry Dunn, assistant superintend ent of the Raritan canal, said today that be "will drain Carnegie Lake whether be gets permission from the lake commission or not." The level of the lake, be says, Is three feet higher than that of the canal, and if It rained for any length of time the lake would overflow into the canal and would flood the streets of Trenton. Big Fire at Moortsvilla. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte. X* C., Dec. 24.—The town of Mooresvllle. on the Atlantic, Ten nessee and Ohio railroad, between here and Htarrsvllle, was visited by a dis astrous fire Friday, entailing u loss of nt least $25,000. the 35,000 acres disposed of will be 1 held for them by the treasury Uepart- nosscss 70,000 acres of fine grocer iano item m. and the $24'*#ooo purchase money for ment ut Washington. A handsome gold headed silk umbrella waa presented to Judge John F. Wilkinson, ordl nary of Fulton county, by the clerks at tached to his office Monday morning. The presentation • speech was made by Thomas II. Jeffries, clerk of Judge Prndleton'i court, In the presence of the donors and t. tew Interested spectators who happened In the office at the time. Mr. Jeffries- In msk Ing the presentation, made sn eloquent, though brief, speech. In which he paid n high compliment to Judge Wilkinson. Moved almost to tears by the remarks of his old friend, Judge Wilkinson begged to be excused from making a speech, simply thanking the givers In a few words. STATE OFFICIALS GET CHRISTMAS TURKEYS State Treasurer R. E. Park and Cap tain Charles F. Furlow, his assistant, will enjoy Tuesday as fine a Christ mas dinner as anybody In Atlanta. Monday a big turkey, plenty of eran berries and a quantity of fine oysters went to the hnmea of these popular of. ficials. with the compliments of the Neal Banking Company. MOTION GRANTED AGAINST CONTRACTORS Judge Pendleton ha* granted an In junction In the auperlor court against Lane Broa. Company, reatralnlng them from further work In plowing up the alley back of the property of the peti tioner, Richard Boettcher, 107, 169 and 171 Haye* atreet. Petitioner allege* that the alley I* the only way In which he can reach the rear of Ilia property, and thi>' the defendants have blocked It up. The property Is worth 130,000, petition states, and Is being damaged by the work of defendant. MONTGOMERY P1.EA8ED WITH APPOINTMENTS. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala.. Dec. 34.—Govern or-eleet Comer’s appointments, recent ly announced, are pleasing to the peo pie of Montgomery. Charles Henderson, who Is to take Mr. Comer's place as president of the railroad commission, was recently elected by a large vote as associate commissioner. tV. D. Nesblt. who takes Mr. Hen derson's place as associate commission er, Is not as well known as the other appointees. Craig Smith, tvho head* the convict department, has lived In Montgomery for many years and has been state treasurer for a number of terms. Hugh M. Wilson, who Is u> be on Ihe board of convict Inspectors, Is one of the owner* of The Opelika News. W. E. Fore, the governor's private secretary, is already popular in tills city. Hightower shot Wilmouth was used to slay Bessie Jones Mondny morning, and the same which sent a bullet Into Hightower's own head. Hightower leaves a wife and three children, tho youngest only two months old. Ho Is nbout 33 years old nnd of a splendid physique. Coroner Thompson will hold an In quest over the b<Hly of Bessie Jones on Monday afternoon. Jealousy the Motive. Jealousy Is believed to have been the motive for the tragedy. It Is known that Hightower and Bessie Jones quar reled Sunday, Hightower upbraiding her for receiving attentions from other men. He is also said to have previous ly threatened the girl. Little Henry Hightower, the 7-year- old lad who was the only eye witness, states that hot a word was spoken by either his father or tho Jones girl at the time of the killing. I have heard papa before threaten to kill Miss Jones,” said the little fel low, "but he didn't say why he wanted to kill her. Miss Jones begged papa to let her live and not kill her.” Mrs. Hightower, wife of the slayer, gave no motive for the deed. When asked If she had ever heard her hus- band threaten the girl, ahe replied: "When Miss Jones first came to live with us, Mr. Hightower told her ho would kill her If she didn’t conduct herself like a lady.” Was a Stenographer. The dead girl, who until about two week* ago worked as a stenographer In the office of the Atlanta Box Fac tory. had been living with the High tower fumlly since July 3 last. Mrs. Hightower states that her husband brought the girl to the house. Her home Is at «« Hampton atreet, and her father Is D. H. Jones, a feed merchant In Marietta street. Why Bessie Jones took up her abode with the Hightower .family Is not known. A relative of Hightower stated Monday that the slayer had known his victim for about live years and that there appeared to be a mutual Infatua tion. Mrs. Hightower, It Is stated, sep- nrated from her husband on one occa sion because of his attentions to the young stenographer. They wore living apart at the time of the Wilmouth tragedy. Two Letters Found. Shortly after the killing two letters were found In Bessie Jones' room, showing that her father objected stren uously to her living at the Hightower home, nnd that he was endeavoring to Induce her to come back to his own home. One of these letters was ad dressed to Mrs. Hightower, advising her to send his daughter home, stating that she was not of age and threaten ing to send a policeman after both of them If this was not done. This letter was dated July 5. 190*. Just two days after the girl went to the Hightower home. The second letter was addressed to Bessie Jones, Ihe father threatening to send after her If she did not come home at once. These two letters ware found in the dead girl's trunk. Whether Mrs. Hightower had received the letter writ ten to her Is not known. Mrs. Hightower stated to a Georgian reporter Monday that ahe was aware her husband and the Jones girl were together in the front room Sunday night. How long they had been to gether, however. Is not known. Mrs. Hightower said her husband was In her room during the early part of the night. Wif* Terribly Shocked. Mr*. Hightower was so shocked and > greatly wrought up over the terrible tragedy she was unable to make a clear statement. She wept and moaned al most continuously and the afforis of sympathetic women neighbors to com fort her only seemed to Increase her grief. Mrs. Hightower was In her kitchen at the time of the shooting, shortly after 6 o'clock, and heard the two pis tol shot*. Instantly she realized what had occurred,' but made no effort to got Into the room. By the time the sound of the last report tiled away her little son. Henry, ran screaming front tho room, nnd. frightened almost out of 111* wits, Informed his mother of his fa ther's deed. Retailing her presence of mind, Mrs. Hightower, weakenod and almost prostrated by the shock, dis patched the little boy to the home of Henry Gault, 12G Powell street, a cou sin of Hightower. Gault hurried to the scene and os he entered the house nnd Mrs. Hightower saw him her nerves gave way and she swooned, falling In a faint to the floor. Police Called In. Gault then notified Policeman J. B. Bishop, who was about two block* away, nnd he took charge of the house. An Investigation showed that the girl was dead, on ugly hole In each side of her head. Hightower, with blood spurt- Ing from a bullet hole In hie own head, lay unconscious and apparently dying. The fatal derringer was taken from hla hand by Policeman Bishop. The Grady hospital was notified and the unconscious slayer taken there In an ambulance. To a Georgian reporter little Henry Hightower. In an excited tone, made the following statement: •'This morning mamma told ms to go In the front room and wake papa. When I opened the door and started Into the room I saw papa pick up his Istol and shoot Miss Jones In the head, le then shot himself. I then ran and told mamma. Neither one of them said anything and I think Miss Jones must have been asleep.” Sams Fatal Derringer. The derringer Is double barreled and of 41 calibre. This Is the second trag edy It lias figured In In less than a year, Hightower having used It at the time he ended the life of Benjamin Wilmouth. officers Coogler and Roaser, after on Investigation, sold they were satisfied Mrs. Hightower was afraid of her husband and for this reason allowed the Jones girl to stay In the house. In addition to Henry. Hightower has two othsr children—Corlnne, aged 2 years, and Gladys Irene, 2 months old. Halifax, N. R. Dec. 24.—The marvet- ouh cc-irage nnd unexcelled bravery on the part of Captain Reid and his crew saved the live* of 40ft passengers when tho steamer Strathconla was destroyed by fire at sea within a little more than a hour. With flames bursting from the mid dle of the stern of the vessel, with tho panlr-atrlcken passengers huddled hi their night clpthlng In the bow. the captain directed streams on the Are. Tho enginemen and firemen stuck *.o their posts below, shoveling on the coal to drive the Strathconla to th* coast several miles away. Passengers in Terror. The glare of the burning ship lighted up the ocean for miles around. Tho faster ahe sped toward the land, the, more the flamee were fanned, until It: seemed that tho outer edge of terror- stricken men and women must ba licked up by them. Finally, after what seemed an age, the ship’s bottom grat ed on a reef a short distance from shore, and all were taken off In boats. The fire was discovered In tho after hold. Notwithstanding the efforts nt Captain Reid anil the crew, tho fire de-. veloped amaslng headway, and It waa seen within a quarter of an hour thajb the vessel was doomed. Maddened With Faar. At the cry of fire the passengan, many of whom were students from Dolhouslo University, Halifax, rushed on deck In their night clothes nnd dashed for the life boats. Tho rush of scores, maddened with fear, must have at this point resulted In the loss of life had not tho officers and crew kept them bock. The sailors prepared the boots for use In case the flames envel oped the entire ship before tho laud could be reached. Then the passenger* we*e driven to the front of the boat, while her nose was pointed for Port Dufferln. CHIEF TURNER'S MEN DO NOT FORGET HIM Chief Turner of tbs Fulton county police wa« the recipient of s Christmas remem brance from the members of the force Monday. The gift, a handaome gold seat ring, ha* the Initial “T” set la diamonds In the i seal, while Inside the circlet Is cn- nntler le ring Chief Turner's command. There FREEDOM 18 GIVEN ALLEGED M00NSHINER8. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Dec. 24.—United States Commissioner Erwin has given free dom to four of the six men brought to Macon by Deputy Relley on a charge of moonahinlng. The two men detained are George Evans and Jesse Goodlsh. HARPER8 8TILL AT LARGE) ENGLAND CANNOT RECOVER, Special to The Georgian. Mineral BlufL Ga, Dec. 24,—In "Hot 1 House” settlement, three miles west from Mineral Bluff, late Friday evert ing Alison England, a quiet. Inoffen sive young man. wblta driving his team along the public highway, waa met by two Harper brothers, who lived near by. one of whom ordered him to hold up his hands, and Immediately began fir ing at him with a pistol, three ball* piercing hie body, aa he sat In hi* wagon, from the effects of which he will die. There Is no chanca for hla recovery. The perpetrators of the deed are stilt at large. SURVEYING NEW ROAD THROUGH DOOLY COUNTY; Special to The Georgian. Americas, Os, Dec. 24.—The corps of surveyors locating the Western and; Gulf Railroad are .pushing the work this way through Dooly county. Hon. Crawford Wheatley, one of the corporators, and who Is tairing a deep Interest In the connecting line, return ed Saturday from a trip through Dooly county, when ha waa Inspecting tho route and working up the people In tho Interest of tho Western and Gulf. ADMITS SHE STOLE $15,000 FROM STEIN Utica, N. \\, Dee. 24.—Madeline Kreger, who, with Franz XledselskI, has bwn ar- rested here on the charge of stealing $15,000 frqm Charles V. Hteln, of Chicago, nud try- DR. KIRBY-SMITH TO RETURN TO CITY Dr. Reynolds Klrby-Smlth, of the well-known Southern family and for mer resident of Atlanta, has resigned his commission In the United Ntates Army and will return to Atlanta, where he will begin the practice of medicine. He Is expected to arrive in a short time. Driver Is Hsld Up. Special to The Georgian. Decatur. Ala., Dec. 34.—While re turning from Auatlqvllle, a suburb of this city, where he had delivered a load of coal Saturday night. Worth Red ding, a negro who drives a coal wagon, was held up by an unknown man and robbed of f!l9. |54 of ihe money be longing to the negro and 15 to the osl • rd. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BUILD A HOME. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga. Dec. 84.—A provision for a sinking fund will bo Incorporated In the new charter of the Macon Chamber of Commerce, out of which a hand some office structure Will be erected ts provldo a home for the body. Tha plans were discussed at a meeting und Secretary Anderson and Attorney Washington are drawing the charter. Each member of the body will have a stock certificate, which will give the required property Interest In the build ing and home. Arrangements, when compIefM, will be such as to require a steady fund to be set aside as the sinking fund. This, when sufficient, will be spent In a handsome building. SENATOR BACON AT HOME TO SPEND CHRISTMAS. Special to The Georrlan. Macon,' Ga., Dec. 24.—United st.v,-* Senator A. O. Bacon has returned from Washington to spend the holiday*. While In Washington Senator Ba.-on took an active part In several Ma-Mns of the senate and seemed glad to reach hfs home again In time for th* Christmas festivities. December 24, IX. To the thief of Police: In tho Interests uf lb* . Iter of the city, jrou are hereby I that every plaee where i u liquors are sold, either lined close at 4 o'clock p. u... , hW:. nuil remain cloned until L , . .. 1986, nl 5 o'clock n. m Yon will see th.it