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business takes lead WITH FRATERNITY MEN ON THEIR SECOND DAY HE LOSES HIS LIFE TO SAVE A CHILD THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER !»»>. s. A. E. Convention Gets Down to Work. Nearly three hundred delegates and visitors to the semi-centennial S. A. E. convention were called to order in the second day’s business session Thurs day morning In the convention hall of the Piedmont by Eminent Supreme Ar- t .j,on Levere. The attendance of the opening day *was materially increased by the crowds of delegates coming Into the city on belated trains Wednesday' niirht and Thursday morning Fully five hundred visitors will have arrived In the city by Thursday night, and the closing sessions of the conven tion Friday and Saturday will show a full attendance. The lobby of the Pled tnont was a scene of activity Wednes day night, decorated with the colors of many colleges and the colors of the S. A. E. fraternity, crowded 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 in 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 t’.'c college men went In a body to the steps of the state capltol, where a large photograph was made. This re quired considerable time and difficulty, and when the photographer had fin ished. the delegates and visitors wont to luncheon. The afternoon business session was called to order promptly. Thursday night the visiting delegate: will l><* the guests of the Atlanta Alum nl Association at the Grand to witnesi the performance of Richard Mansfield In "Peer Gynt.” All of the available boxes have been secured and will be cupled by theater parties organized among the visitors. Considerable dlffl culty was experienced in securing th< tickets, several people being kept In the line at the theater Sunday night for the opening of the box office Mon day morning to secure a sufficient nu n ber of seats to accommodate the guest* of the local alumni. One of the most prominent visitors who irrived Thursday morning was \V. M Wooten, of Albany, Ga. Colonel Wooten Is commander of the Fourth regiment infantry. Georgia stute troops, and Is one of the' most prominent men In the southwestern section of the state. Prominent Members. Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville. 8. C.. registered at the convention headquarters Thursday morning. Mr. 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 ardent suporter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Georgia has always been prominently Identified with the affairs of the 8. A. E. fraternity, having furnished two ex- n-utlve heads for this organization "Ithln the past ten years. One was F. Furlow, the other G. H. Harrison. Roth 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 Russell and J. Pope Brown. 8ome Late Arrivals. Among the late arrivals were: H. W. Elgin, Virginia Military Insti- Young Wife Sees Husband Drowned in Effort to . Rescue. Morristown. X. J„ Dec. 27.—\Vhile his young wife looked on yesterday, George Davis, aged 25. lost his life in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue John Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drown- !"*• The b °y went out on the Ice of the Rockaway river and broke through. Davis and his wife saw Arke drop into the water, and Davis cut down the clothes line In his yard and tied one 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. Stock Reduction Sale Begins Saturday, Dec. 29th, At 9 O’clock. See Friday’s Georgian 1 For Grand Bargain List We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS Goods Must Go; Prices Will Do The Work 9 IFWMitcheik Near Whitehall IN OLD CITY HALL y of many depart- eminent in the un- “More room!" * This .till he the ineutH of the city mini reports to eomieii. The t'hmuher of commerce has already had to move out. Icon use of the luck of comfortable mid decent rooms nt the city hall. The Atlanta freight bureau has a committee out now looking for suitable quarters. The water works department Is scratching its head In an effort to get something Ilk*' suitable office*, the present quarters In the city hall Is lng liiedeqii.it*. . The city tax collector will nsk to: larger offices to do business In. Two time* worn planks served last year ns the me dium over which iitmut $2,500,001 pnisei from the hands of tax payers to the tax BUI WILL RECOVER Mr*. Fred AukJ, of Elberton, Ga., who as thrown from a Southern railway train near Madison, 8. C*., Christmas day. Is still at the Presbyterian Hos pital under the care of physicians. Mrs. Aubl has never regained con sciousness fully, but seems to he suf fering mainly from the two hours’ ex posure In the cold. So far no symp toms of pneumonia have developed, and the physicians are hopeful that no se rious complications will arise. HANDED A LEMON; YELLOW FRUIT WAS BID AS A MELON Homebody ha* handed The Georgian n lemon. W. H. McCombs, of Murphy. X. C., did It. At least, his name was oil the wrap per. Untlier surprised everybody In the of- tlec when the Imix was opened. It came In the day after Christum*, heavy, carefully wrapped, mysterious. The boss opened It. tore away the Inner wrappings—and out tumbled a lemon. And such a lemon! It wa* ns big os a young cannon ball, and weighed at least a pound. It filled lip a whole cigar l*ox— one of those big. square "hundred” boxes, you know. Charley Barrett, who is head of tin* Farmers’ Union, looked nl It Jealously, ami said he could raise big ger ones, but In* didn’t prove If. Mr. McCombs tins handed us a lemon, but we don’t mind. It will lie carefully pre served until the occasion arises, when w< hand It on to some deserving friend. FELL DOWN HOLE; EXCURSION CRUISER WH1CHWAS WRECKED AND WHOSE CAPTAIN KILLED HIMSELF lute. J- X. Perry, Virginia Military Insti tute. E- P. Brown, Pittsburg. I- J. Rlson, Perdue. A- J. McElroy, Syracuse. N, Y. John J. Heflin. Nashville. II. C. Power, Lexington. Roy D. Stubbs, Eatonton. Ga. Charles I. Moll, Athens. If I*. Hill, New York. Charles L. Llckler, Memphis. Bate Williams, Memphis. A. c. Montgomery, Birmingham. R. J. Dunn, Birmingham. Sett O. Lyon, Clarksville, Tenn. Joel Dean, New York. Guv Garrard, Columbus, On. E- If. Flckler., Washington, Ga Ibnry P. Moore, Augusta. U A. Gamble, Jaspfer. Ala. Joe W. House, Jr., Arkansas. Karl Musser, Wichita, Kan* I Newton M. Wagener, Kansas City, I**. R. A. Daniels, Thomasvllle. George S. Cox. Thomasvllle. R D. Brown, Hnwklnsvllle, Ga. R < r . Collier, New* York. E>'**«! Shepherd, Chattanooga. M. Barr, Chattanooga. G E. Patterson, Detroit. Victor Zedwlck, Seattle, Wash. 1- Prince, Anderson, 8. C. J P. Johnson, Athens, Ga. 'V- E. Wooten, Albany, Ga. s F. Parrott, Macon. Wednesday's Sessions. Routine business occupied the ut- bti'.n of the Sigma Alpha Epsilons th<* afternoon session of the conveh- " Wednesday. William C. Levere, n n«-nt supreme archon, read the pres- ent ’H report, from which It was learn- that the fraternity was as prosper ls *u It had ever been. Marvin E. Holdeme**, of Nashville, ilnent deputy supreme archon. rend ' xcellent report, and was followed • larence E. Stowell. Providence, R. ' ininent supreme recorder. Robert “'"ti. Jr„ president of the board of closed the business with a j st **e report. Levere then appointed the many nlttecs necessary to the transac- " of the business and many details emi-centennial convention. With •• i’Hdntment of these committee the Mention got down to haid uo;k und next two days will be devoted to EOH NEW STEAMER A party of tourists consisting of fif teen or more Atlanta people, will be made up to make a trip to Hnvana, Cuba, on the maiden trip of the new steamer Brunswick, of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, which will leave Brunswick at noon January 8. The party will leave Atlanta in a spe cial sleeper the day previous over either the Southern or Central. The steamer will arrive In Havana Thursday, January 10, sailing the fol lowing Saturday on the return trip. The Anal limit of the passage, however, will be January 28, allowing nt least sixteen days In the Cuban capital. Once fully established, this schedule will be maintained every other week, leuving New York every other Saturday. The road will offer exceptionally low winter tourist rates for Cuban points, the transportation from Brunswick to Havana und 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 latnkruptcy hn* been filed In lbe bankruptcy divNIon of the United States court by T. C\ Bruy t’o., contractor*. The ».itedule shows liabilities lonouutlng to I3.021.C7. No assets were scheduled. Through her attorney, Estelle Har ris, who lives on Formwalt street, and works as a servant on Linden avenue, hus petitioned that the city of Atlanta pay her $2,000 for Injuries sustained, because of the alleged poor condition of Formwalt 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 have suffered severe, and probably per manent. Injuries, not having been able to lift her foot out of bed since the accident. Excursion cruiser Prlnxeasen Victoria Lulse, which was wrecked on a rocky 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 Interest In the coming of Hon. James D. Richardson, of Tennessee, sovereign grand commander for the entire South ern Jurisdlcitlon, 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 Accepted Scot tish Rite of Free Masonry. At that meeting will be gathered the most dls tingulshed body of Masons perhaps ever assembled In Atlanta. The program for the event Is a work of art. The music will be un especially fine feature of the occasion. The choir will consist of Mrs. T. H. Wingfield, so prano; Mrs. J. M. Cooper, contralto; Mr. J. W. Marshbank, tenor; Mr. J. II, Mullin, basso; Mr. P. M. Hubbard, organist. DOAR IS PROMOTED TO TRAIN MASTER ens; T. J. Itlplcy, Atlnnia, ami .Mr. Coleman. Smoker a Succosi. Til*? .first social feature of the eon- ventlon tvas the smoker tendered the delraates and visiting frnts by the At lanta Alumni Assoclatl in and the Georgia Phi Chapter at Tech In the American dining room of the Piedmont. The occasion was presided over by Wlllla n C. Levere, who made it un In formal affair und at the same time ob served a proper procedure. The big dining room was decorated with the college colors of the OS Insti tutions which maintain chapters The luncheon was exceptionally good, those present being presented with souvenir of Importance to the organl- j ^inV hearlng the Greek letters of the den the business of the afternoon | fraternity motto. The ccllege* from "a had been completed. Mr. Le- Maine to Mexico were represented un-l ■ailed upon several well-known I .tudenfs from each, acoerdlng to I r inlnent members of the frater- ; ri .. irfstnla t|on. formed and marched • . 'dress the fraternity run. He temlty yells, fhmrgla Tech was fol • I'v.vpe! in a hap>y adtlrtaa by j |«w#h1 by Emory. Mercer, Georgia, Ten- i A. i. i r.vuit. cx-iuyor and nt ,s«e. Auburn. Alabama and others. ’ v' ' ', 'T ) r v -„..'L a U H»ndry T1,c b,vkc “P wel1 uf, * r n,1< H YuLYt S. MeH, Ath- night. HpcWsI to Tin* Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27.—R. G. Thomp son, formerly chief clerk to Superin tendent Lynch, of the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, has been appointed trainmaster of the road to succeed F. M. Door. The appointment of Mr. Thompson Is meeting favor uni versally with the officials of the road und 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, n* the latter city will be his head quarters. CHARLESTON TEAM NOW IN GOOD RANDS H peels I to The Georgian. Charleston, 8. C„ Dec. 27,—The haiieston baseball club has been sold > a syndicate of local men. Postmas ter W. L. Harris is president of the newly organized Charleston Baseball Association, which ha* secured the franchise, und the players left over from the post season. Wilson Matthew* has been elected manager of the team, but ha* not yet signed a contract. It Is thought, how ever. that he will accept the offer tr.i i mage the local team. COMING TO ATLANTA The Indications are that even more und larger conventions will be held In Atlanta during 1907 than were held here the year Just coming to a clone. Hountoun Harper, of the Piedmont, has returned from a trip and says every thing Is coming hi* way. Among the large conventions which are already down on* the books as corn ing to Atlanta are: The National Child Labor conven tion. The National Buraca Association, In March. The Jewish Congressional Associa tion, which meets here January 14. The Nutlonal Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, In May. The Amerlcun Boiler Manufacturers’ Association, In October. The American Association of Gen eral Passenger Agents. KING PETER'S LIFE NOWTHREi BT LETTER WRITER Premier Receives Notes In timating That Death Awaits Ruler. the Island of Jamaica and the point where the stenmer wan wrecked. A tone of tragedy wn* given to the wreck by tho itulclde of Cuptaln Brunawlcg, commander of the ateumer. The dot ted line HhowH tho eouriio which the steamer wn* to hnvo taken. DR, GILES' FUNERAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON The funeral services of Dr. Columbus Richard Giles, n prominent physician who diet! nt his residence. 591 White hall street, Wednesday afternoon, was conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He was In his fifty-eighth year at the time of his death. Dr. OUe* is survived by his wife and five children—Mrs. W. T. Spratt, Jr., of nnkiund City; Rolf Giles, of Phlludel- phln, Pa.; Carl, Norman, Elo and Miss Hutu Giles, of AI lanta. 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 und Sunday the fortieth anniversary of Its existence. Originally created dur ing the war as a society for the exer cise of charity, as Its name implies. It was merged Into a congregation In January. 18«7. In 1875 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 ho sung by the Oratorio' Society. under the direction of Pro fessor J. F. Richardson; while on Sun day morning ut 1\ 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. MONEY TO BORN; CITY TD DESTROY Belgrade. Dec. 27.—King I’eter. of Mervla, I* roil fronted with ninny difficult problem*, not the least of which I* the renewed tlvlty of the NUpporters of the Inte King Ali'xnr.der mid Oueeii Drags, who were murdered. Premier I'ssies hns received threatening letter*, intlmntlng that the preNetit dyiMMfy will meet n fnte Nlmllnr to Hint of It* predecessor. WA GE INCREASE IN A TLAN7A HAS NO! KEPT UP PACE WITH THE COST OF LIVING New York, Dev. 27.—In n telegraphic symposium on wage, and the coat of living, the New York World thin morn ing publishes the following dispatch from Atlanta: Atlanta, tin., Dec. 2«.—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 has not fared so well as has Atlanta. All over the state the living price has greatly Increased. In At lanta, rent ha* gone to the skle*. nnd both the luxuries und necessities In food have vastly Increased. "Nym McCullough, wholesale- mer chant, says that foodstuffs are far more expenstv IT'S ILL GOING UP; BRIEF NEWS NOTES The scml snnnfll Interest columns of tho Hty tmnds will Ih> duly destroyed Thursday afternoon at 3:39 o'clock. The Ann nee committee baa been callsd to meet at the Maddox-Itncker hank to witnesi and participate In tbo burning. Tbe Inter- eat ia about $55,000. SAY HOTEL “Everything is high und Is going higher nil the time,” said if. M. Dut ton, manager of the Piedmont hotel, but thinks that the 'increase "Every article we need In the dining In cost or living Is only slightly In ad vance of the Increase In wages. Mayor Woodward declares that the Increase in both has been equal. Jerome Jones, editor of The Journal of Labor, aaya that within the last five or six years wages have Increased at the rate of 20 to >5 per cent, but that the starting point was unequnl, very poor wages being paid before that time. He snys thut rent coat* at least 5 per cent more In Atlanta than In Nashville, and fig ures an Increase In living In advance of the Increase of return for work done. Everything costs more.” DISOWNS DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE ELOPED Portland, Me., Dec. 27.—Helen Ster ling. pretty 17-year-old daughter of u wealthy retired ship builder of Pike* Island, Me., who disappeared mysteri ously a week ago, has been found and is a bride. She had eloped with Edward Carter, a paymaster's clerk In the army at » salary of $15 a week. She had been forbidden to communicate with Carter, whom she met last summer at .Fort Williams. Her father has disowned Hprim her. room has Increased In price from 25 to 40 per 'cent In the past two years, and there Ik no end In Might. I am not posted on compensation, but should Im agine thAt wages huve increased pro portionately." After an extensive trip through the West, Houstoun Harper has returned to Atlanta, and he *«y* everything Is high In that section of the country. “So high," he said, "have provisions become out there that the hotels are abandoning the American plan and are sticking to the European. Prices have been Increased about 40 per cent and even at that the hotel people are not making any money on the dining rooms." MRS. WRIGHT DIES AT HOME SUDDENLY The government house at Dawson, which cost $90,000 and contained'many valuable furnishings. Is reported to have been totally destroyed by fire. General Samuel E. M. Erwin, ex- lieutenant governor of Connecticut, has suffered a relapse after an extended illnens and Is critically III at his home In New Haven. He Is about 75 years old. At the opening of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta. Dadabhl 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 tjiemselves. Fearing starvation because of the slump In the cloth trade, 9,000 Inhabi tants of Bejar, near Salamanc, Spain, havo 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 of the largest factories. him to give up hi* sent for South Aberdeen. B. Olke, nsslfttsnt Nolle!tor of tbe of the death In n wreck of Delavnn J. BeroNfonl, the state department has noti fied the British nmbmumdor with n view to having him advlfle relatives and direct the dlspoNltlon of the body. Otto D. Sfnllnrd. former enabler of the ‘eople’s National bank of hVda, Kan., who disappeared on September 20, owing the k about $20,00*». arrived home yesterday nd surrenderee* ” pan led by Mrs. Htnllard. Special to The Georgian. Borne, Ga.. Dee. 27.—Mr*. Ella Wright died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her home on the Kimuuerville road, a few mile* from Itoine. Mr*. Wright I* Miirvlved by her huiilMUid. Hal Wright, one of tbe most prominent lawyer* In north Georgia and a relative of Keutiorn nnd Mo«e« Wright of thi* elty. uneral took place today at Cart Walter Hightower. The funeral services of Walter High tower were conducted at the residence of his mother on Thursday at noon. The Interment was In Riverside ceme tery'. Miss Margaret Hughe*. The funeral services of Miss Mar garet Hughes, who died Monday, were conducted at the family residence, 10 Daniel street, Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. The Interment wa* In the Good Templars cemetery. George F. Plunkett. George F. Plunkett, aged 49 years, died at his residence, 155 Williams street, Wednesday afternoon at 4:10 o’clock. He Is survived by his wife and several children. The funeral serv ices will be conducted Friday morning at 9 o’clock. THE DOOR-KEEPER SpMlxl to Th# Georgian. Eaitmxn. <!«.. D«\ 27.—Barred from tbs abating rink here, John GroOTar Burch jrca- tcrdajr afternoon nhot nnd killed Hurry Har- groT*. Only ladlea ware being admitted to the : link, anil It la elated that when llnrch nought to aatar with a party of ladln hs 1 wan atopped by Hargrort, who mi heap- Ing tbe rink. They began quarreling and ' Burch drew a platol and ‘nhot Itargrors twice. Both are well known young men and rap- reacut famlllea prominent In tha county. | GEORGIA NEWS x IN PARAGRAPHS Handaome Reiidence Burnt. [Special to Tha Georgian. ■ LaOrange, an.. Dec. 27.—The hand- | some home of Colonel B. Q. Swanaon was totally destroyed by fire last night, j Nothing was saved of tho contents. It Is not known how the fire originated, as ! there was no one at home at the time. ■ The loan wan about »I0,000. The In- 1 surnnee Is about tt.SOO. Justifiable~Was Verdict. .Spccl.il to The Georgina. Matshallvlllc, Go., Dec. 27.—Tuesday night Bike Andrews, night watchman. ' shot and killed Jonaa Belvln, colored. The coroner's Jury, after an Invcstlga- . tlon. returned a verdict ot Justifiable homicide. Two Buildings Burned. Special to The Georgian. St. Mary's, da, Dec. 27.—Fire de stroyed the residence ot C. Hernandez and the drug store of Dr. A. F. Bar nard yesterday noon. Hernandez's loss Is 11.000 and Barnard’s 2700. No In surance was held on any of the prop erty. Banquet for Council. Special to Tho Georgian. Hawkinsville, Oa., Deo. 27.—On to night the city council will assemble a: Its chamber and enjoy a banquet with Ed Henry and Forrest Boyer m hoate. The entire body from ttmjor down to the Janitor will be on hand. Ki.ee. hea will be made by the members. VIVA