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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, JANT'AHT II, Off.
DELEGATES TO JEWISH COUNCIL
ARRIVE IN ATLANTA MONDAY;
GREATLY PLEASED WITH CITY
SE WANEE ALUMNI FORM
ASSOCIA TION IN GEORGIA;
TO OBSER VE ANNIVERSARY
LOUIS KROHN,
«l Cincinnati, for Twonty.fiwo Yoaro
tho Troaourar of Union of
Hobrow Congregation*.
LOUIS GOLDMAN,
of Cincinnati, Vieo Prooidont of tho
gationo in Soooion I
MORRIS M. COHN.
Prominent Llttla Rook Man, Who
Will Dolivor an Addraao
Thuraday Afternoon.
Opening Meeting at
Temple Monday
Ni^ht:
rabbi berkowitz
TO MAKE ADDRESS
1'oinit‘il to Draw Together
Great Men of
Rftec.
The first session nf th# twentieth
,oum ll nf the Union of American He
brew (’..ngrogatlon* will be held Mon
day evening nt II o'clock at the Jewloh
temple on South Pryor atreet.
Regular rellgloua aervlcee, conducted
by Itabill David Man, will be held,
and a special program of muatc will
be rendered. The feature of the oerv-
l,e u III be a oermon by Rabbi Henry
Rerkowlt*. of Philadelphia, one of the
meet distinguished divines , In tho
American pulpit.
Iir llerkowlto ha* chosen for the
out'ieci of hi* dlacourae "Th* Primacy
of die Congregation." HI* text will bo
from Malachal lit: 6, "Recauaa I. the
Eternal, change not, ye, the son* of
dor-'b. are not consumed."
11“ will. In n way, be the spokeo-
Tain of tw centra! conference of
American Rabbi*, wntch, at Ha last
erosion, proclaimed that "Religion I*
the tie a lib h unite* the Jews: the syn
axogue I* tftr bn»tc Institution of Juda-
Ism and the congregation tta unit of
representation."
Dr. Berkowltz Arrival.
I)r. Herknwlto arrived In Atlanta
Monday morning.
' 1 am surprised at the beauty and
the evident enterprtae and bigness of
this city. I might add that I am pleas
ed with her good people," he said, en
thusiastically.
"In regard to my sermon, there hn»
lieen much said and written In the**
Inner year* about the Jewish people |
being bound racially, politically or so
cially. It la religion that binds the
Jewish people together ahd It la thl*
. which. 1 .util seek to ahow In my *C -
Thc services will be the Inauguration
-t the council. The tint business aes-
,ton will be held Tuesday morning al
r- o'clock at the convention hall of
th, Kimball house, which Is headquar-
FORMER CONSUL WAS FIRST
TO ARRIVE FOR COUNCIL
Hon. Dr. D. May*r, of Charleston.
W. Va., one of the most distinguished
members of the Jewish faith In Amer
ica, was the flrst delegate to the Coun
cil of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations to arrive In \tlanta.
Dr. Mayer arrived Saturday and reg
istered at the New Kimball, the head
quarters for the convention.
Until a short while ago. Dr. Mayer
was the consul general to Duenos
Ayres. Argentina. He was orlglnaily
appointed consul by President Mc
Kinley. a short while before the mar
ly redpresTdent fell the victim fiTfti
assassin's bullet. He and McKinley
were warm personal frlenrip.
When Roosevelt took the executive
head of the government he< too. having
always been a friend to Dr. Mayer,
promoted hint from consul to consul
general. After serving several years.
Dr. Mayer and his wife left South
America for home, to take a short and
well-earned vacation. ,
Death on 8hipboard.
While on the ship coming back to
their country. Mrs. Mayer became ill.
and In fifteen minutes passed away.
The consul general, after landing, re
ported to Washington and handed in
his resignation.
President Roosevelt begged Dr. May
er to reconsider, and finally persuaded
him to resume his duties In the South
American republic as the representa
tive of this country. Dr. Mayer re
turned. devoted a year to winding up
the business of the nation there, and
came back, formally tendering his res
ignation and refusing to serve any
longer.
The sudden death of his wife had
stricken him with grief. Besides this,
he w as an old man. nearly 7o. and
DR. D. MAYER.
First Delegate to th# Council to Ar-
rivo in Atlanta.
wtadied to spend the remainder of hi*
days In peace and quiet at his old home
In Charleston.
To Dr. Mayer, probably more than
to any other one man. Is due the thanks
of the Republican party for the present
strength of that party In West Virginia.
He assumed the leadership when the
party was hopelessly outnumbered and
built It up until now It Is one of the
most doubtful of the doubtful states.
Token of Esteem.
Before leaving Argentina for the last
time, the Americans In Buenos Ayres
presented Dr. Mayer with a beautiful
walking cane, made of ebony and with
a solid gold handle, on which hjs name
was inscribed In raised letters. The
estimated value of the cane la S400.
Shortly after hia return, a dispatch
was sent through the country by the
Associated Press that ftie ahlp he was
on had been wrecked and that he had
te down with ft. Like Mark Twain,
~*#yi
TfiuttfTi. -py. Mayer atya the repur
of his death were greatly exaggerated.
“I have a nephew dowm In Albany,
and other relatives In Tampa, and
some of whom I have never seen.** said
Dr. Mayer to a representative of The
Georgian.
••I was the first to come to Atlan
ta for the convention, and If my first
Impression of this beautiful city does
not diminish, and I don't think It will.
I'll be the last to leave. Atlanta la cer
talnly a splendid city."
A'!.!re*sea of welcome will be dellv-
by Governor Terrell, Mayor Joy
ner and a member of the local congre-
V4»i.. n The response will be made by
Samtiri Woolner, of Peoria, 111., ptesl-
den; *»f the union.
^resident Rsachss City.
Mr. Woolner arrived In Atlanta Sat
urday. He. too. expresses surprise at
thf great growth of Atlanta, and tjte
rntt-rprlse which manifests itself on
*o«ry hand. He la registered at the
Piedmont, but will apend part of his
tim. at the home of Dr. Dak. his
brother-In-law*.
Tit.* mnventlon will last through
Th'i*>.|ay 'morning. Sessions will bs
mornings, afternoons and nights.
Mfin- H.H'lal events have been planned
f r the week, and the delegates and
th* ir wives will be entertained by the
I - ,i congregation In a manner which
forego the possibility of any «>f
th* • ^.,„ n losing the pleasant recolleo-
th a* .»f the visit.
Vm d.lent Woolner has called a meet-
f the executive board for Monday.
idt* rr.non.
Th- ladles* entertainment committee
'i i net at 3:10 o’clock Monday aft-
frr »n at the private apartments of
•' l- ifhenthal In the New Kimball, to
**le arrangements for the enter-
u nt of guests to the convention.
I iowing Is a list of the delegates
* ad arrived at noon Monday:
Delegates to Council.
• * dries, Martin Marks, f'harles
* man. Isaac Haas, Cleveland, Ohio:
I,r I' Mayer, Charleston. W. Va.;
H ‘ «n .Sternberger, E. Lowenberg.
' »»ibiis. Oa.; Israel AAron. A. op-
!*• '•inter, Buffalo; L. Mayer, Dernopo.
!: * a \ ; M. Oberdorfer. P. Jacobs,
J * "nvllle. Pla.; Leo Franklin. !*»-
Sam Hlrschberg. Milwaukee; Al-
r *l Moses. Mobile; B. Manhhelmer.
-Moines; Hy Rerkowlts, Phlladel-
CLYDE BROOKS PASSES A WA Y
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS
Death came to Clyde Brooks, one of
Atlanta's prominent attorneys, Monday
morning at 2:15 o'clock at his home. *0
West Peachtree Place fololwlng a brief
Illness from pneumonia.
The crisis In Mr. Brooks' Illness was
reached Friday, and though medical
skill and loving care, combined with
his own brave fight against death. It
did not avail. Mr. Brooks had been a
resident of Atlanta many years, and
was a prominent member of the local
bar. ...
Besides Ills wife, he leaves tu-o chll-
dren. a boy and a girl. , i‘ l,| le irul»PV
aged 13, and Clyde, aged .. HI* moth
er Mrs B. R. Brooks, of Atlanta, and
one Sister and live brother* survive
him Mrs J. B. Mell. of Atlanta, Is the
rtrtir, and the brothers. Woodford and
Lawrence, of New York; Percy, of To-
ront" Krnest. of Cincinnati, and Shlr-
lov V.. Of The Atlanta Georgian.
The funeral will lie private, with no
flowers, and will lake place at the tale
residence Wednesday morning nt 11
o'clock The service* will be conducled
by Rev. K. <> Fllnn. paster °{J S "". h
Avenue Presbyterian church. The pall-
Itearera will be J. A. M right, R. I*
A vary. J. T. IColleman, 8. E. Smith. J
obis- t'harlee K Davis. Sol Sox. J. W
phla. < nanes n.n Hess
C. Wayt and F. R. Alston. The Inter
ment will be In Westvlew cemetery.
The funeral Is set for Wednesday In
order that Mr. Brooks' brothers msy
arrive from New Vork and Toronto.
3 MEN CLAIM $130
REWARD FOR CAPTURE
OF LUNOY, MURDERER
If. G. Hunch, H. L. Bunch and John
Nubreul have Iliad claim with the gov
ernor for the $ir»0 reward offer**! for
the capture of Jeff Lundy, who killed
K<! Hlnlon In Hancock county early
In lft*t November.
In the capture of Lundy, just after
he had committed the crime, he was
wounded, nnd the sheriff took him to
Augusta for treatment In Lamar Hos
pital. As he was a desperate man. he
was chained to the cot to prevent es
cape.
But he did escape on .November 23,
and swimming the river, wan In Routh
Carolina, on December 31 the three
pnin. » n " r '" Dan lies*. Carolina, on December 31 the three
hrelberg, I » • waiter Frledlnmler. men nsmed captured him In that state
berg. I. " f ' sirfnev Prlt* Lewis and delivered him to the ofllccr* In Au.
Ln.L™ A O Schwab! J. <"><•'«• tusta. The reward will probably be
SSSS0ng«' , »O. *' ....... I —,.,. nel.l In .ha alnlmshl.
25°io Reduction
On 8nite and Over-
coata— including
bluet and blacki.
Levy & Stanford
helmer D. t. Trager, Llpman Levy.
David Phlllpson. Louis Ooldman. Louis
Krohn. Ed tlelnshelmer M Toblas Leo
wise B Bettman, J. It rrahkel. A.
Froetberg. K. Kohler, Louis nro«"'nnn,
Jacob Mlclblser, rinclnnstl: B- . w< 5|j
o»r Charles Lev. Peoria. III.; Sol
Suliherger New Vork; M. Newfleld.
? Btriner E. Le*»*ii Birmingham.
Yin 1 Lcwlnthnl, Nathan Cohen.
Nashville; Sin""' «’*»'•'
D Lefkowlts. Dayton. Ohio. H. VJ.
rttipson Fort Wayne; H. t • Enren-
.!-h "t wrrsus*. Montgomery; Max
Raial'n ^Gabriel Jacobson, Meridian.
Mtas: M- Samfleld, Memphis, Tenn..
1 k °' S,'ramo7 r P« jirPh lUr":
!cago;' George Solomon, Savannah. E.
i v* I’giurh Rlchm«»nd; Abram Levy,
H O Knel'ow, Charles Goldsmith. Da-
I: tfirsch. Alf Hellgman. L«nilsvtlle;
I rvv G*'ttschalk. "****** l ? , i.
BalUmore; Morris M Cohn Llt le
: n.*ck M. Hy i «hen. Tampa. Fla., M.
Cronbsch, Ml. VernoiL‘nd^: Mas llel-
11, r New Orleans. I*a-. Max Merritt,
Fvansvllle Ind.; Jonah Wlae. Portland;
IpnSSSA- Schoenfeld, Columbus,
ulila*
paid to the claimants.
YOUTHFUL BURGLAR
CONVICTED BY JURY
HihtIsI to Tbs Georgian.
Meridian, Miss, Jsn. 14.—This morn
ing in the circuit court, Walter Dear-
man. a lti-S'ear-old boy, was convict'd
of burglary. He had a companion of
the same aged, who burglarised two
stores last week. Strickland plead guil
ty. ' The Jury finding Dearmnn gulltv.
recommended him to the mercy nf the
court.
A Ilfs conitct In Hie Anilnninns li.d
nerved some long period when nu order re.
eenlly enme for Ids rei'ense. All the time
he had lieeu 111 the hand, anil had evi
dently mi fnf forgotten that he was a
prisoner that on hit release be out In n
els tan for s ,tension on treouai of his long
and faithful service as a garcrasieut nerv-
«Lt. -Msdr.n Mali. "
Sons of ths University of the South,
Sewanee, mat at tha New Kimball Sat-
urday night and around the banquet
board formed tha nucleus of a state
alumni organlsattbn to tie known hs
the Georgia State Alumni Association
of th* University of the South. About
forty former Students of the old 'varsi
ty wars present, and the graduates of
tha college among the mountains who
are now living In Oaorgta are numerous
enough to swell th* auoclatlnn to a
largo membership.
The principal feature of thr evening
was ah addreai by Vice diamdur B.
L. Wlggln, active head of the univer
sity, who cam* to Atlanta especially to
meat the former (tudents. S. A. Crump,
of Macon, an old Sewanee student,
wo* toastmaster, and his happy wit
added a great deal to the pleasure of
the evening. A number of a|ieakers
paid tributes to their alma mater.
Next year will mark thr fiftieth an
niversary of the University of the
South, and It la the Intention of tho
alumni Co make the keml-centennlal of
Sewanee one of the greatest years the
university has ever known. Alumni
associations have been formed In near
ly every state In the South, and Geor
gia's will rank with thr foremost. It
was derided Saturday night that the
Georgia association wilt charter a spe
cial train and attend the commence
ment -exwolaas-aoxL^spring. i —
After the dinner and speeches the
organization of the state body waa
E. H. HINTON.
First President of doorgia State
Alumni A.iociatlon of Stwtn*,.
completed, and officers elected a, fol
lows;
E. H. Hinton, chairman nf the
Southeastern Freight Association, pres.
Ident; Dr.-W. E. Wllmerdlng. seers
tary; Richard DeSaus.ure. treasurer,
and Henry W. Grady, press agent.
I
ADOPTS NEW RULES,
IMPORTANT TO BAR
Monday morning the supreme court
ndopted new rules under which mate
rial changes are made In requirements
aa .to.the preparation, filing and service
of briefs. In the payment of costs and
In the preparation of bills of excep
tions and transcripts of record. Rules
have been adopted covering the trans
fer of cases to the court of appcnla and
the certification of questions hy tha
court nf appeals to the supreme court.
Changes have also been made In tho
rules relating to rehearing. Complete
copies of the rules will be furnished to
members of the bar. without charge,
upon application to the clerk of the au
preme court.
In preparation of briefs, counsel will
be required to rite authorities by the
names of the cases, as well ns hy the
volume and page. Briefs must be
served upon npiioslng counsel at least
five days, and shall be filed with tho
clerk *1 least three day* heforo tho
case ts reached for argument, and
counsel for plaintiff tn error Is required
to. pay all costs due In tha case upon
tiling his briefs, or. If a pauper's af
fidavit la relied on. to call that fact to
the attention of the clerk. Evldenco
of the service of briefs must also be
furnished at the time of tiling.
Hereafter the use of thin transparent
paper ts—pnmihUod, and no earhen-
enples wilt be allowed In bills of ex
ceptions or transcripts of record. If
such copies appear In bills of excep
tions It will subject counsel to punish
ment for contempt, and If appearing In
tho transcript of record the clerk of
the suprome court 1* required to return
the same to the clerk of the trial court
for correction.,,
OFFICERS ELECTED
HARRY SILVERm
ENTERS FIELD FOR
2ND WARD PLACE
Colonel Harry L. Rllverman an
nounced Monday that he will be a can
didate for councilman from the Second
ward to succeed K. W. Martin, whose
The board of trustees of the Central
Bank and Trust Corporation held a
meeting Monday at noon In the offlcen
In the Candler building and elected the
following officer# for the preaent year:
Ami G. CAndler, president; William H.
Patterson, vice president and manager
trust And Investment department; John
8. Owens, vice president, real estate
loans; A. Plckena Coles, cashier; Wil
liam D. Owens, assistant cashier; John
Candler, former Justice of the su
preme court, counsel.
The board pf trustees was elected by
_ meeting of the stockholders held
last week, and Is composed of the fol
lowing named genUemen: I. Y. Sage,
John N
Dancy,
King,
term expires in January, 1908.
Colonel Silverman has been u cltlson
of Atlanta for practically his entire
life, and for about twenty years he has
been a resident of the Second ward
There are few, if any. people In At
lanta who arc better known or who
can boast of more friends. His friends
are confined to no section or walk In
life. I!e la considered one of the most
universally liked men In Atlanta to
day.
•*I will enter this race for the ac
complishment of no selfish end," said
Colonel Silverman.
"I have spent nearly nil of my life
here In Atlunta, and the people of this
great city are my people. I have no ax
to grind, no selfish ends to accomplish,
no friends to reward or enemies to pun
Ish. There are things which I am sat
isfied the people want and deserve, and
which they havo not.
"It shall be my purpose, If elected,
to give the people of Atlanta these
things, as for os my efforts can ac
complish this. After ‘spending the ma
jor portion of my life here. I am satis
fied that the people know me, and T
believe I know them.
—'U- have done my begt-ee * clHien
upbuilding of the city, and has con
trlbuted largely to every public ,1m
prnveinent of note, which depended for
eonsutnmatlon or success upon public
4un*crli>tlon. He will be a candidate
to reckon with In the Second ward, no
matter who announces.
Kugene Dodd, nn attorney. Is men
tinned for this place, although he has
not announced his capdldacy.
n tarn «*!i"™' n
ms KUO
lg namert gentlemen: i. x. page, Issued on the d«v he nssumu
N. Goddard, Sam D. Jones, F. t). t at the city hull. This firs
•y, Norman C* Miller, Oeotwe K. |,- ( m permit .was Issued to u one-l
Issue If. Hindi. William M * violin player on hi* way North
Tanhandtefa, even though they be
rippled, and peddle plaintive music tn
eturn for the shower of nickels nnd
dim e, will be up against It In Atlanta
In the future.
If they strike Atlanta they will
either have to do some kind of work
be able to live without work. For
they won't be allowed to work the
streets and gather In money In return
r music.
This tins been decided hy Mayor
Joyner and hts Inst permit of this kind
was Issued on the day lie assumed his
This first and
legged
from
Nixon, Kugene R. Black, J. I . ! Savannah, but It whs only for ten dnyu
Hams, Charles O. Goodrich. Dr. J. Scott J u, H | enough money might bo secured
Todd. Asa G. Candler. William H. Pnt- ; take him out of town.
terson nnd John 8. Owens. I — i~ ■—
The bank Is extending Its endeavors,
as the branch bank at the corner of
Mitchell and Forsyth streets has been
opened ntul Is doing a fine business.
This Is the first time nn Atlanta bank
has ever opened a branch.
The company pays 4 per cent Inter
eat on savings accounts, and has i
trust department also.
COLONEL F4 FRENCH
GETS IMPORTANT POST
Ltautennnt Unions! Framls H.
rtnch, nf the Twelfth Infantry, has
been iletotlcil for duty os acting In-
spertnr general ond saslgned to the
southwest, with headquarters In 8t.
Louis.
In 1*03 he w*w stationed »t Fort Me.
I’herson with th* Sixteenth, thin hav
ing the rank of major. In I»* and
1*1)4 he was detailed for Inspection ,of
the national guard of Georgia, ami mil
itary men over the stato w 111 he pleased
' 1* Important promotion,
w officers statlonoil hero have ever
won greater personal popularity than
Colonel French. A few months ago ho
was promoted from major to Iteutrnant
colonel.
one million Iwo hundred nnd fifty thou
Mind Itttdee ere contained In the uew ware
houae nf the Hritlah and Forelan Undo
koriety, to Queen Victoria atreet, Lomlon.
EPISCOPAL MINISTERS
FROM ASSOCIATION
Th** Clerlcus «»f Kplarnp.tf Clergymen
*>f Atlanta w a* organised .Monday
mining nt the rectory of St. Philips
<*nth*Mlntl, IS Washington street, with
itlnhop Nelson as president, and Rev.
(\ T. A. Pise as vice president. The
organisation Includes the KplacApal
vlergy In Atlanta, Griffin ami surround
ing towns.
Tho clerlcus will hold monthly meet.
Ings nnd on the Thursday morning be
fore the first Sunday In each month
the members will gather ut the cathe
dral t«» observe the holy communion nt
7:30 o’clock, the service to be followed
by a common hreakfust and the busi
ness meeting Tho early church con-
necteil the teil fraM with the brtR-
nary, ine.il and this Idea serves to bring
religious fellowship Into a closer touch
With material matters.
Those in attendance at the meeting
Monday morning were Iteve. Langley,
Moody. Perry, Patton. Fnrluml, Higgs.
Dellellc, Wllmer, George, Phllilp*.
Hoke, Vice President Pise and Presi
dent Bishop Nelson.
25S Off-And Why
WeVe reduced the price on
all Suits and Overcoats just
twenty-five per cent.
We might figure as most
people do, and consider that
they’ll be worth as much next
season as they are now since
prices have advanced—and
they would to some folks—
but here the “Modes Of The
Moment’’ would have then
lost its prestige.
Levy & Stanford
17 Peachtree
WOMEN SLEUTHS OFFER
TO FIND RYAN J
But All Detectives
Want Retaining Fee
to Start.
Stephen A. Ryan, the banker whoac
(mine In Peachtree street waa robbed
Inal Tuesday morning of 110,000 worth
of diamond* and Jewel., la being har-
usaed by scoria of persletent people,
professing to be detectives, both pro
fessionals and amateurs, male and fe
male. and nil of whom announce their
ability to recover the missing gems.
Included In this bunch of "detectives"
who have sought Mr. Ryan during the
past few days at hts home, his office,
and In the streets, Is Included several
female sleuths, who sssert their femi
ninity will avert possible suspicion and
aid them materially In landing the lost
Jewela.
To all of theso people Mr. Ryan has
one stereotyped reply;
"I have offered a reward of-1500 for
th* recovery of th* Jewel*. Deliver
them to me and the 1(00 la your*."
Sunday a Buoy Day.
Mr. Ryan, decided to spend Sunday
at home, and It proved to b* hlo “busy''
flay. He itatefl Monday morning that
fully fifty people had communicated
with him. some In person and others
by telephone, all tendering their serv*
ices tn finding the Jewels, but most of
them Incidentally asking for a small
retainer, say 125.
I never saw the like," sahl Mr.
Ryan. "I suppose these people think 1
am either hug-house or a fool, and that
I have nothing to do hut stand on the
streets and pitch out ten and'twenty-
(lollar bills. I have offered 1500 for the
return of the Jewels, hut this doesn't
seem to satisfy. Nearly even' caller
wants a retainer, llo nr 136. My re
ward stands good and will be promptly
paid, hut I'm not In the retaining buel
ness at present."
Mr. Ryan stated that the several fe
male detectives had come to him In
great confidence, encli declaring she
thought ahe would lie able within
short time to And the diamonds.
"Find the Jewel* and you are $500 to
the good," the .hunker told each of the
fair sleuths.
Didn't Wont So Muoh.
one energetic man' called Mr. Ryan
up over the telephone and offered to
llnd the diamonds for 125.
Find them and you get $500. replied
the hanker.
But 1 only want $25." waa the as
tonishing response.
The banker bit his lip* and called
bock over the 'phone:
Well, you are either a d—n fool or
a d—n fool. I think you had better
go back Into Ihe asylum, son."
As Mr. Bysn stoml on the sldetvslk
In Peachtree, near lit* ofllc*. he was
approached by a stranger, who thought
he could put his hands nn the diamonds
without unv trouble. All he wanted
as a smali fee In advance.
With a sari Italic smile. Mr. Rynn re
piled:
"My young friend, you go overjwi the
other side of the street; I'm working
this side."
"It seems that a lot of these young
fellows want me t*> l*y them merely
to stand on the corners, look wise and
smoke cheap cigarettes," said the bank-
er with n look of disgust nn his face.
CAPTTHOiSDODD
WAS GEORGIA MAN
EWELSj
: WORKS 4
FOR BIG CHANNEL
Viuc President of Railroad
Died at Laredo,
Texas.
••jMN'Ing Gwt it ho *
ill.I not ml ah t<
ItiiiiipHin iiiitgletmti* f$N'$-»itl>r rtiitil
iiii*g$4• itrliMiiM-r. for liming In lllldt jmhuw *
<*r f.Mir Italia nf 114111111. ID*', with th.'
nlimruathe of ete month*' rlguruus ImprU
u u meet.
New York, Jan. 14.—t'aptaln Thomas
Dodd, vice president of the Texas-Mex-
trail railroad, w ho died at Laredo, Tex.,
yesterday was born In Bartow county,
Oa.. May. 1»40.
After Kiaduatinx at the town action),
he entered tho University of Georgia tn
IKK. and was graduated In INfiD.
In 1*44 he entered the railway aerv-
Ice as sn attorney nnd land agent. In
IXS4 he was elected vice president of
the Texss-Mexlran railway and gen
eral nttorney for the Mexican National
railroad. ,
Thinks a Larger Appropria-1
, tiou Will Be Made |
in Future.
Washington, Jsji. 14.—Represent*. >
live Hardwick, of Georgia, when seen
today relative tn the amount hla fill*
trict would probably get out of tha;
river* and harbors bill to be reported
to the house tht* week, said:
"Only small appropriations fbr main- I
tenance, amounting Iff all'the $11,000,'
have been recommended by the en
gineer 1 * department for the Savannah
river...,) | . .
“I have requeued the committee to
appropriate at leaat that amount. If not
a larger amount, and t am hopeful that
we will get at least $10,000. and poa-
slhly some mor*. for maintenance for
the present work. It to very difficult
to get the committee to exceed the oo»
tlmato of tho engineers. The most (m.
portant matter connected with the Sa-,
vannah river project Is a proposition
to have a survey for the Savannah riv. j
er below Augusta with a view to do*
termlnlng the best method of perm*,
nently* controlling the sand movement
and constant bar formations In this
part of th* river either by locks and
darns or by such othtr method as may
seem best
made and
If this appropriation la
the survey had, I am our*,
appropriations will eventu*
ally be made and th* Savannah gtraa
a permanent 6-foot channel alf tha
year round.
"I have every assurance that thd
present river and harbor bill will proa
vide for this survey.”
FRUIT CROP SAFE,
SAYSENTOMOLIGISTji
DANGER NOT OVER
As yet Ihe peach crop In Georgia It
not In serious danger. Such la tha
opinion nt Stale Entomologist R. L
Smith, who has returned from an la.
spectlon of orchards near Sparta and
Fort Vqlley, the great Elberta peach
section. —
Professor Smith says that the buds
have swollen very lltlle, and that th*j
big growers of that section are not ap.
prehenstve now.
The ilanger lies, however, tn a con*
nominee nt prevailing weather for a.
week or ten tlaye. That would send
tho dormant life courting through th*
anil swell the buds so that sever* j
cold or frost would
.•rop.
annihilate th*,
TRIAL OF GROOVER
WAS POSTPONED
Hpeclol to The (Icorstan. ■
Summerville, (la, Jan. 14.—Th* trial
of G. L. Groover, el-poatmaater. at
Chrises, on n charge of the murder nf
Mrs. Hooks, wus postponed this morn
ing by agreement nf coun**l.
The case will .he heard by Eaqulra J.
. Rose and an associate Juetlca Fri
day
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS'
SENTENCE FOR MOORE.
kpeelsl to Ths (Jsorcten.
Decatur, Ata.. Jan. 14 — At a faw min
utes to midnight Saturday night th*
Jury that was trying Waymond Moor*,
accused of the murder of Policeman J.
Lem Jones, returned a verdict of guilty
and fixed Moore's punishment at twen
ty-live yesrs In th* state penitentiary.
Moore's attorney filed a bill ef ex
ceptions. hut Moore wilt go to th* state
penitentiary at one* and will cl-nmenc*
to serve on his time.
The Jury In Moore's case wer* out
nine hours.