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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
THURSDAY, DKrRSinr.il 27. 15W.
3
business takes lead
WITH FRATERNITY MEN
ON THEIR SECOND DAY
A. E. Convention
Gets Down to
Work.
Nearly three hundred Relegates and
Visitors to the semi-centennial 8. A. E.
convention were called to order in the
second day's buainesa session Thurs
day morning In the convention hall of
,!,» piedmont by Eminent Supreme Ar-
chon Levere. The attendance of the
opening day was materially increased
by tli» crowds of delegates coming Into
the dty on belated trains Wednesday
nislit and Thursday morning
Fully live hundred visitors will have
arrived In the city by Thursday night,
HE LOSES HIS LIFE
TO SMA CHILD
Young \\ ife Sees Husband
Drowned in Effort to
Rescue.
-Morristown. X, J.. Dec. 27.—While
his young wife looked on yesterday,
George Davis, aged 25, lost ills life In
an unsuccessful attempt to rescue John
Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drown-
mg- The boy went out on the Ice of
arrived m toe coy ■■■«■». ‘ DavSf a^Vl^w^^awArk^Top
and the closing sessions of the comen- , into the water, and Davis cut down the
tion Friday and Saturday will show a clothes line In his yard and tied one
ful! attendance. The lobby of the Pied
m ont wns a scene of activity Wednes
day night, decorated with the colors of
many colleges and the colors of the 8.
A. K. fraternity, crpwded with college
men of many states, the yells and songs
kept the enthusiasm running high.
Only routine business was taken up
at the morning session of the conven
tion. Mr. Levere was ln,the chair, and
began by appointing the many various
committees to consider the details of
the convention business. The balance
of the morning session was taken up
with reports of other committees.
To Take Photograph.
At noon the convention adjourned
and the college men went In a body to
th* steps of the state capitol, where a
largo photograph was made. This re
quired considerable time and difficulty,
and when the photographer had fin
ished. the delegates and visitors went
to luncheon. The afternoon business
*es*ion was called to order promptly.
Thursday night the vlslttng delegates
will be the guests of the Atlanta Alum
ni Association at the Grand to witness
the performance of Richard Mansfield
in "Peer Oynt.” All of the available
boxes have been secured and will be oc
cupied by theater parties organized
among the visitors. Considerable diffi
culty was experienced In securing the
tickets, several people being kept In
the lino at the theater Sunday night
for the opening of the box office Mon
day morning to securo a sufficient num
ber of seats to accommodate the guests
of the local alumni.
One of the most prominent visitors
who irrlved Thursday morning was \V.
I!. Wooten, of Albany, Oa. Colonel
Wooten is commander of the Fourth
regiment Infantry, Georgia state troops,
and Is one of t.he mo*t prominent men
In the southwestern section of the state.
Prominent Member*.
Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville,
H. <\. registered at the convention
headquarters Thursday morning.
McCullough was graduated from the
University of South Carolina in the
class of ’87. He Is one of the most
prominent men of his state and Is an
arden* suporter of the 8lgnm Alpha
Epsilon fraternity.
Georgia has always been prominently
Identified with the affairs of the 8. A.
E. fraternity, having furnished two
ecutlve heads for this organization
within the past ten years. One was F.
c. Furlow, the other G. ft. Harrison,
both were graduates of Georgia, Tech
and made capable and efficient eminent
supreme archons.
Many prominent men and members
of the fraternity are expected to arrive
Thursday or Friday. Among them are
Thomas E. Watson, Judge Richard
Itussell and J. Pope Brown.
Some Late Arrivals.
Among the late arrivals were:
H. W. Elgin, Virginia Military Inati-
end to his wife and started toward the
boy.
Lying down Davis reached out and
seized Arke, and shouted to his wife to
haul In on the rope. She drew her hus
band back from the hole until the boy
was out of the water.
As she started to pull again the rope
broke and the man and boy slid back
Into the water and were drowned.
NEED MORE ROOM
IN OLD CITY HILL
“More room!”
This will lie the cry of many depart
ments of the city government In the an
ti uni reports to council.
The chamber of commerce has alreadv
had fo move out. because of the lack of
comfortable and decent rooms at the city
hall. The Atlanta freight bureau has a
committee out now looking for suitable
quarters. The water works dijiartmeut is
scratching its head In ail effort to get
something like suitable office*, the present
quarters In the city hall being Inadequate.
The city tax collector will nsk for
larger offices to do business In. Two time
worn planks served last year as the me
dium over which about $2,5O0.ft0O pnsseJ
from flu* hands of tax-payers to the fi
collector.
Stock Reduction Safe
Begins Saturday, Dec. 29th, At 9 O’clock.
See Friday’s Georgian
For Grand Bargain List
We Give Green
Trading Stamps
BASS
Goods Must Go; Prices
Will Do The Work
9 18 W. Mitchell,
Near Whitehall
A
YELLOW FRUIT WAS
> BIG AS A MELON
Somebody has handed The Georgiau a
EXCURSION CR UISER WHICH WAS Vi RE CKED
AND WHOSE CAPTAIN KILLED HIMSELF
W. S. McCombs, of Murphy, N. C., did
At leant, his name wns on the wrap
tute.
J.
tUtc
X. Porry, Virginia Military Instl-
E. P. Brown, Pittsburg.
I. J. Rlson, Perdue,
8. J. M('Elroy, Syracuse, N. Y.
John J, Heflin, Nnnhvllle.
B. V. Power, Lexington.
R".v It. Stubbs, Entonton, Ga.
Charles I. Mell. Athens.
H P. Hill, Now York.
Charles L. Llckler, Memphis.
Rote Williams, Memphis,
c. Montgomery, Birmingham.
”• K. J. Dunn, Birmingham,
s-oit c. Lyon, Clarksville, Tenn.
Dean, New York.
Luv Garrard, Columbus, Ga.
; - K. Kidder, Washington. Ga.
Hemy p. .Moore, Augustn.
C- Gamble, Jasper, Ala.
J'"' W. House, Jr„ Arkansas.
Errl Musser. Wichita, Kans.
ae» ton M. Wage tier, Kansas City,
jt- R. A. Daniels, Thomasvllle.
George s. Cox. Thomasvllle.
R. D. Brown, Hawklnsville, Ga.
[! c. Collier, New York,
rred Shepherd, Chattanooga,
h. M. Barr, Chattanooga.
K. Patterson, Detroit.
'lehr Zed wick. Seattle, Wash.
V « Prince, Anderson, 8. C.
■ Johnson, Athens, Ga.
'' K. Wooten, Albany, Ga.
■ I Parrott, Macon.
Wednesday's Sessions,
kiutine business occupied the at-
"titl.in of the Sigma Alpha Epsilons
,l lt "’ afternoon session of the conven-
1 Wednesday; William C. 'Levere,
•Wti-tu supreme archon, read the pres
ent - report, from which It was learn-
M 11,1,1 the fraternity - was as prosper-
<lU ’ a- It had ever been.
Marvin E. Holdemess, of Nashville,
Bsinem deputy supreme archon, read
il **• "dent report,' and was followed
J 1 1 ' fence E. stowell, Providence, R.
-tnlnent supreme recorder. Robert
1 Jr, president of the board of
s. closed the business with a
, report
’ latere then appointed the many
Cjwmtee, necessary to the tranaac-
n "l the business and many details
ih« , - centennial convention. With
I 'intrncnt of these committee the
ihe , ‘ tlf)n * ot down to hard work and
tii.t" xt ,u " days will be devoted to
nti'm ol lm P°rtance to the organl-
Jl Un .' hf ‘ business of the afternoon
STILL UNCONSCIOUS
BUT WILL RECOVER
Mrs. Fred Auld. of Eiberton. Ga., who
was thrown from n Southern railway
train near .Madison, 8. C., Christmas
day. is still at the Presbyterian Hos
pital under the care of physicians.
Mrs. Auld has nevet^ regained con
sciousness fully, but seems to be suf
fering mainly from the two hours’ ex
posure In the cold. Ro far no symp
toms of pneumonia have developed, and
the physicians are hopeful that no se
rious complications will arise.
per..
Rather surprlMpfl everybody In the of-
•c when the box was opened. It came In
the day nfter Christinas, heavy, carefully
wrapped, mysterious. The boss opened It,
tore away the Inner wrappings—and
tumbled a lemon.
And such a lemon! It wns ns big ns n
young cannon ball, and weighed at least
pound. It lilted up a whole cigar Ih>x—
tliow big, square “hundred”
boxes, you know. Charley Barrett, who
Is bend of the Farmers’ Cnlon, looked at
It Jealously, and said he could raise big
ger ones, but he didn’t prove It.
Mr. McCombs has banded us a lemon, but
don’t mind. It will be carefully pre-
FELL DOWN HOLEi
Through her attorney, Kptelle Har
ris, who lives on Formwali street, and
works as a servunt on Linden avenue,
has petitioned that the city of Atlanta
pay her $2,000 for Injuries sustained
because of the alleged poor condition
of Formwnlt street.
The petitioner says she weighs about
200 pounds and on the night of No
vember 18 fell Into a hole in the street
about two feet deep. She claims to
e suffered severe, and probably |
manent. Injuries, not having been able
to lift her foot out of bed since the
accident.
Excursion cruiser Prinzessen Victoria
Luise, which was wrecked on a rotfky
ledge at the lighthouse off Port Royal,
Jamaica, Just after leaving Kingston,
on the return trip to New York. Below
the picture of the steamer Is shown
FOR NEW STEAMER
Gib«.
tru«t,
tru-t,
A party of tourists consisting of fif
teen or more Atlanta people, will be
made up to make a trip to Havana,
Cuba, on the maiden trip of the new
steamer Brunswick, of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic, which will
leave Brunswick at noon January S.
The party will leave Atlanta In a spe
cial sleeper Ihe day previous over either
the Southern or Central.
The steamer will arrive In Havana
Thursday, January 10, sailing the fol
lowing Suturday on the return trip.
The final limit of the passage, however,
will be January 28, allowing at leust
sixteen days In the Cuban capital. Once
fully established, this schedule will be
maintained every other week, leaving
New York every other Saturday.
The road will offer exceptionally low
winter tourist rates for Cuban points,
the transportation from Brunswick to
Havana and return being $30. The
round trip from Atlanta to Cuba will
be $43.75, against $58, the regular ex
cursion rate. The holiday business of
this new road has been exceptionally
heavy, the officials reporting heavy
traffic in the southern portion of the
system.
Contractors Bankrupt.
A voluntary petition In bankruptcy Ims
been filed in the bankruptcy division of
the t'nUed Smten court by T. C. Bray
k Co., contractor*. The schedule shows
liabilities amounting to $U,021.67. No assets
were scheduled.
HIGH FREEMASONS
WILL GATHER HERE
Interest In the coming or Hon. James
D. Rlchurdson. of Tennessee, sovereign
grand commander (or the entire South
ern Jurisdiction, Is high among At
lanta Masons.
Commander Richardson and other
members of the supreme council for the,
thirty-third degree come to Atlanta
Monday night to Institute the Valley
of Atlanta, Ancient and Accepled Scot
tish Rite of Free Masonry. At that
meeting will be gathered the most dis
tinguished body of Masons perhaps
ever assembled In Atlanta.
The program for the event Is a work
of art. The music will be an especially
fine feature of the occasion. The choir
will consist of Mrs. T. H. Wlngfleld. so
prano; Mrs. J. M. Cooper, contralto;
Mr. J. \V. Marshbank. tenor; Mr, J.
H. Mullln, basso; Air. P. M. Hubbard,
organist.
COMING TO ATLANTA
The Indications are that even more
and larger conventions will be held in
Atlanta during 1907 than were held
here the year Just coming to a close.
Houstoun Harper, of the Piedmont, has
returned from a trip and says every
thing Is coming his way.
Among the large conventions which
are already down on the books as com
ing to Atlanta are:
The National Child Labor conven
tion.
The National Baraca Association, In
March.
The Jewish Congressional Associa
tion, which meets here Janunry 14.
The National Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, In May.
The American Boiler Manufacturers’
Association, In October.
The American Association of Gen
eral Passenger Agents.
KING PETER'S LIFE
BY LETTER WRITER
Premier Receives Notes In
timating That Death
Awaits Ifnler.
the Island of Jamaica and the point
where the steamer was wrecked. A
tone of tragedy was given to the wreck
by the suicide of Captain Brunswlcg,
commander of the steamer. The dot
ted line shows the course which the
steamer was to have taken.
Itelfcrndc, Dec. 27.—King Peter, of Bervln,
is confronted with tunny difficult problems,
not the least of which is the renewed ac
tivity of the supporters of the Inte Kina
Alexander mid Oueen Drngn. who were
murdered. I’render Pnsles has received
threatening letters, intimating that the
present dynasty will meet u fate similar to
that of its predccesior.
WA GEINCREA SE IN A TLANTA
HAS NOT KEPT UP PACE
WITH THE COST OF LIVING
DOAR IS PROMOTED
TO
eus: T. J. Ripley, Atlanta, amt Mr.
Coleman.
Smoker a Succtoo.
The fi ret aoclal feature of the con
vention was the smoker tendered the
del.nates and visiting frats by the At
lanta Alumni Association nnd the
Georgia Phi Chapter at Tech In the
American dining room of the Piedmont.
The .iccaslon was presided over by
William C. Levere. who made It an In
formal affair and at the name time ob
server! a proper procedure.
The big dining room was decorated
with the college colors of the «8 insti
tutions which maintain chapters. The
lunoheon wns exceptionally good, those
present being presented with souvenir
steins bearing the Greek letter, of the
fraternity motto. The colleges
ta,.; uumneiM UI mi* UIWIIWVII Iinix....v| -
v .'had been completed, Mr. Le- Maine to Mexico were represented and
JOil , u P°n several well-known I , hc students from each, acocrdtng to
nlty rwJra? m ' mber s of the fraler- ( reDrMMltet |on. formed and marched
a£!"« the j around the room giving .become fra-
d • address the fraternity men. H- ternliy yells. Georgia Tech was fol-
to The Georgina.
Augusta, Go., Dec. 27.—R. G. Thomp
son, formerly chief clerk to Huperlm
tendent Lynch, of the Charleston and
Western Carolina railway, has been
appointed trainmaster of the road to
succeed F. M. Doar. The appointment
of Mr. Thompson Is meeting favor uni
versally with the offiflalH of the road
and he Is very popular here.
Mr. Doar has been appointed super
intendent of the Savannah division of
the Atlantic Coast Line and will move
his family from Augusta to Savannah,
as the latter city will be his head
quarters.
CHARLESTON TEAM
NOW IN GOOD HANDS
•III !'<■•
the fraternity men. H« \ ternliy yell*.
Af l In a happy addre** by by Emory, Mercer, Georgia, Ten-
J. CrovaU. ex-ir.ay«»r anti Auburn. Alabama and other
i 'nvvpp fif tlmnmvirk. I 1 ’ . ... . u .n n .i
New York. Dec. 27.—In a telegraphic
symposium on wages and the cost of
living, the New York World this morn
ing publishes the following dispatch
from Atlanta:
"Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 28.—That even In
Atlanta, the most progressive city of
the state, the increase In wages during
the past year has not kept count with
the Increase In cost of living, Is the
statement of experts, while the rest ot
the state haa not fared ho well as has
Atlanta. All over the state the living
price has greatly Increased. In At
lanta, rent hns gone to the akles, and
both the luxuries und necessities In
food have vastly Increased.
•'Nym McCullough, wholesale mer-
IT'S ALL GOING UPi
SAT HOTEL
DO, GILES' FUNERAL
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral services of Dr. Columbus
Richard Giles, a prominent physician
who died at his residence, 581 White
hall Htreet, Wednesday afternoon, waa
conducted Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. He was In his fifty-eighth
year at the time of his death. Dr.
Giles Is survived by his wife and five
children—Mrs. W. T. Spratt, Jr., of
Oakland dty; Rolf Giles, of Philadel
phia. Pa.; Carl, Norman, Klo and Miss
rtutli Giles, of Atlanta.
Of TEMPLE WILL
BE CELEBRATED
The Hebrew Benevolent congrega
tion. whose house of worship Is at
South Pryor and Richardson streets,
will celebrate next Friday, Saturday
and Sunday the fortieth anniversary of
Its existence. Originally created dur
ing the war ns a society for the exer
cise of charity, as Its name Implies, It
was merged Into u congregation In
January, 1887. In 1876 It dedicated
the temple at South Forsyth and Gar
nett streets and worshiped there until
1902, when It moved to Its present place
of worship.
On Friday evening. Haydn's "Cre
ation” will be sung by the Oratorio
Society, under the direction of Pro
fessor J. F. Richardson; while on Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock Rabbi
George Solomon, of Savannah, will
preach the anniversary sermon. The
children's choir will render the song
service and all the remaining charter
members will attend the service in a
body.
TO
CITY TO DESTROY
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
The government house at Dawson,
which cost 190,000 and contained many
valuable furnishings, Is reported to
hnve been totally destroyed by fire.
General Samuel E. M. Erwin, i
lieutenant governor of Connecticut,
has suffered a relapse after an extended
Illness and Is critically III at his homo
in New Haven. He Is about 75 yean
old.
At the opening of the Indian National
Congress at Calcutta, Dadubhl Naroro-
Jl. formerly a member of the British
parliament, delivered an address Insist
ing upon the rights of the Indians as
British subjects to govern themselves.
Fearing starvation because of the
slump In the cloth trade, 9,000 Inhabi
tants of Rejar, near Halamanc, Spain,
have decided to emigrate en masse. Of
fers from Uruguay and Nacaragua of
free passage and capital with which to
start factories have been accepted.
There Is acute distress because of the
closing down of several ot the largest
factories.
"Everything is high and Is going
higher all the time,” said, H. M. Dut-
chant, says that foodstuffs are far more ">“»»?" of ,he , P1 , ed '" unt „ h ° tel '
„Yiw>nsive hm thinks that the increase Lvery article se need In the dining
room has Increased In price from 25 to
40 per cent In the past two years.
expensive, but thinks that the Increase
In cost of living Is only slightly In ad
vance of the increase In wages. Mayor
Woodward declarea that the Increase
in both has been equal. Jerome Jones,
editor of The Journal of I-abor. snys
that within the last live or six years
wage* have Increased at the rate of 20
to 35 per cent, but that the starting
isilnt was unequal, very poor wages
being jsrid before that time. He nays
that rent costs at least 5 per cent more
In Atlanta than In Nashville, and llg-
ures an Increase In living in advance ot
the Increase of return for work done.
Everything costs more."
DISOWNS DAUGHTER
BECAUSE SHE ELOPED
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston. 8. C„ Dec. 27.—The _ ,, ,
Charleston baseball club ha. been sold |ln Pdr ^. ? 7 %2Eiw daughur of "a
syndicate of local men. Postmas- Alfred ship bulMer of Pikes
ter W. L. HarrI* I* president of the inland. Me., who disappeared inyzteii-
newiy organized Oharlentoti Ba*eball ously a week ago, ha* been found and
A**ociatton. whlrh ha* ’secured the I* a bride. . _. . .
franchise, and the player* left*over Hhe had eloped with bdward tarter,
from the pant *ea*on. ! a paynumteF* clerk In the army at a
Wlleon Matthew* ha* been elected | *alarv of Sla u week. She had been
manager of the team, but ban not y<?t i forbidden to communicate w ith t/orter.
idgned a contract. It I* thought, iiow-j whom *he met la*t *utntner at rort
and there Is no end In *!ght. I am not
po*ted on compensation, but nhould im
agine that wage* have IncreaHed pro
portionately.”
After an extensive trip through the
West, Houstoun Harper ha* returned to
Atlanta, and he *ay* everything I* high
in that section of the country.
”8o high," he *ald, “have provision*
become out there that the hotel* are
abandoning the American plan and are
sticking to the European. Price* have
been increa*ed about 40 per cent and
even at that the hotel people are not
making any money on the dining
room*.”
.*ar.,«rr. .n Brufi*^wick- J * ’ ' ker up well after mlJ* | e\4er, that he will accept the offer to * Willlama.
'Ik* were made by O. Hendry Th.jun ker uca manage the local team. her.
R. Ocala, Fla; T. S. Mell, Ath- nlghL •
MRS. WRIGHT DIES
AT HOME SUDDENLY
Kpeuial to Tl*e tleofglsn.
(tome. i*a.. Dee. 27.—Mr*. Kiln Wright
«||«*d suddenly y«**ierdny afternoon at her
home on the Summerville roitd. n few mil***
front Itotm-. Mr*, Wright L *urvlved bjr
her hoabnud, Hal Wright. »ue of the m«*»t
prominent lawyer* In north tie*
relative of Seal*orn and Moae#
tbf* rltr.
- . The rune! a! took pirn ■■■PHI
Her father ha* disowned spring* *n»l wn* attended bjr a large uum
her ot Borne people.
■ador at Washington, hns informed hi* cou-
HtftueiitM thst the appointment will compel
hint to give up hi* neat for Mouth Atterdecn.
B. Otke, SMilMtsnt solicitor of the
of the death In it wr»*ck of Delsvau J.
lierenford. the state department ha* noti*
fie«I the Ilrltl*h nmlmwiador with a view to
having him advise relative* and direct the
disposition of the body.
luink altout $20.00». arrived home ye*tcrtlay
afternoon nnd surrendered. He was accom
panied by Mr*. Mtnllard.
Waltar Hightower.
The funeral service* of Walter High
tower were conducted at the residence
of hi* mother on Thursday at boon.
The Interment wa» in Riverside ceme
tery.
Miza Margaret Hughes.
The funeral services of Miss Mar
garet Hughes, who died Monday, were
conducted at the family residence, 10
Ihinlel street, Thursday afternoon at I
o'clock. The interment waa In the Good
Templar* cemetery.
Gaorae F. Plunkett.
George F. Plunkett, aged 49 years,
/lied at hi* residence, 155 William*
Wri hl' 1 i vtrect. Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
right of | ,y c tcjolc. He I* survived by his wife
today at rsve» an< * several children. The funeral serv-
Tlie Homi-annual Interest coupon* ot the
city bond* will be duly destroyed Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The finance committee hna been called to
meet at the Maddoz-Rucker hank to wltneas
and participate In tho burning. The Inter*
ent 1* about $S5,000.
THE DOOR-KEEPER
Special to The Georgian.
Kastman, Ga., Dec. 27.—Barred from the
akatlng rink here, John Groover Rurch yes
terday afternoon shot and killed Harry Har
grove.
Only ladiea were being admitted to th«
rink, and It la stated that wheu Burch ‘
sought to enter with a party of ladles hn •
was stopped by Hargrove, who was keep-
Ing the rink. They began quarreling sud
Burch drew a pistol and shot Uargrovu *
twice.
Both are well known young men and rep*.
resent families prominent In the county, i
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
Handioma Residence Burns.
JtpKlal to The Georgia a.
LaOrange, Go., Dec. 27.—The hand- j
some home of Colonel B. G. Swanson ■
was totally destroyed by fire last night.!
Nothing was saved of the contents. It,
Is not known bow the Are originated, as 1
there was no one at home at the time. ■
The loss was about 110,000. The In
surance Is about 18,500.
Justifiable Was Verdict.
Special to The Georgian.
Marshallvtlle, Oa., Dec. 27.—Tuesday
night Bike Andrews, night watchman,
shot and killed Jonas Belvln, colored.
The coroner's Jury, after an Investiga
tion, returned a verdict of Justifiable
homicide.
Two Buildings Burned.
Special to The Gcorgiau.
Mary's, Go., Dec. 27.—Fire de
stroyed the residence of C. Hernandex
and the drug store of Dr. A. F. Bar
nard yesterday noon. Hemnndex's loss
Is 11.000 and Barnard'* $700. No In
surance was held on any of tho prop
erty.
Banquet for Council.
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnsville. Ga. Dec. 27—On to
night the city council will assemble .it
Us chamber and enjoy a banquet with
Ed Henry and Forrest Boyer as host*.
The entire body from mayor down to
the Janitor will be on hand. SpC' »
will tie made by the members.
VIVA