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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
rmiDAT, itnm u, jmt.
I SCENESr^ROM
-Boats Are Sent Out
to Rescue the
Refugees.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Jnn. 18.—On a block
known u* 'Turkey III<!*<*,'' In the caat
•nrt. 2.00*1 1 pcrmnjr have been* cut -oft
from the malnlaml by tlie river flood.
The (I*•<»(!«■«I ifgl-in cover* n dlatance «»f
400 mile** and thnu*umU of |ieoplc are
hoineleea and aufTcrlnv.
The mayor han hlgnl/tcd hi* Intrntl »:i
to draw on th*» emergency fund
f«u the relief of the aulferara,.and fU*
arhool building* rind churche* In th«
eiu»t •ml* haw* been opened aa tempo*
rary home*. *'.
BOATS ARE 8ENT OUT
TO BRING IN REFUQEE8.
KvnnwvlHo*. Ind.. Jan. II — Htorte* of
Hreat deMUutlon are coming In almost
•very houi from the flooded dUtrlcI*
fl«miih me being aent out to bring In
•efugrea. ; ;
FLOODS IN KENTUCKY
CAUSE HEAVY L088K8
Lexlntft<>n. Ky., Jan. 18.—Flood con
dition* continue nil over eitMrrn Ken-
TD-KT'Toilnv. lfrnvy-mln* nre fnlttng
and I he Utkin" Itlg Handy, Kentucky
and lied river* have all overtbl ««|
their Imnke. Main amull town* have
been inundated, the inhabitant* leav
ing their hutiiM * In boat*. Thou*and*
of log* on the rivet* lmv« been b»nt In
the flood*. The |i*ifr In eaatern Ken*
tucky will reach faUO.OOO.
LEVEE AT 8HAVVNEET0WN
SMASHED BY FLOOD
Hprlngfleld. 111., Jan. !«.—Aa a re
sult of the flood In the nhlo rtver the
levee at Hhnwnretnwn. III., broke thta
! morning Hhawneetown, vvhleh lies In,
•an elbow of the Ohio river. I* protect-1
—ed—l»y «» dike t*n tlui caat ami aouth
from the waters of the-Ohio.
SAFE DYNAMITED;
MONEY IS TAKEN
FROM POSTOFFICE
Special to The Georgian.
Bcottaboro. Ain*. Jan. 18.—The post-
office at Rb-vcnaon, Ala., wna robbed
laat night by unknown parties. A new
safe was blown open and money to
the amount of about $2iu and stomps
to the amount of 1200 were stolen,
also one money order book. Profes
sionals are suspected of the deed.
FACING A SENTENCE
New York. Jsn. IR.—Tbe eleven Municipal
League aldermen mentioned In the briber v
ease* of William Clifford, charged with tak-
l.« Koon for the delivery of eleven vote*
for Judge rowing for recorder. a|»ent an
other day of torture before the grand Jury.
Conflicting and confuting atateiuenta are
•aid to have Item made by tho aldcrtiieu
tinder examination. Uue of the aldermen la
fxittcted to "squeal" and maks knowu the
detail* of the alleged plot.
SEIZED BY NEGRO
WHENJHE AWOKE
Special to The Georgian.
Meridian, Mlaa.. Jnn. 18.—A bold at
tempt to aaanult Mm. Kttn Thottmann,
1 the young wife of Frnnk Thomason, a
member of the Meridian lire depart
ment. was msde by a negro yexterday
morning shortly after midnight. Mm.
Thomason waa suddenly awakened to
find a burly negro in the room. The
negro, she pays, grabbed her. saying
that he would kill her If *he screamed.
In her fright she screamed st tie top of
her voter and the negro lied.
in fleeing from the room through the
Window he had entered, the negro left
hla cap. which w n» a hack man'a cap
with tho nano* of u transfer company
for which he worked. In twenty min
utes after the police were notified Floyd
Campbell, it negro hack driver, waa ar
rested. Kvcry circumstance point* to
the guilt of the negro, hut ho denies all
knowledge of the crime.
STORAGE WAREHOUSE
FOR SOUTHERN ROAO
IS BEING PLANNED
The fhclnla of the Southern railway
have etvcritl proposition* under con
sideration looking to the erection of u
big IIre*pt of storage warehouse on
the w'est rJ b of the railroad between
the Nelaon and Mitchell aired viaduct*
The atrpet flo« ; of the warehouse la to
front on Mnnti.n street.
The erection of such n warehouse at
this point will I- of interest to At
lanta shippers an<l brokers who have
for many yearn felt the necessity for
storage apace The prop.t*it!ons were
made by private parties who wished
to lease tha ground fir this purpose,
the railroad being Interested only In
this manner.
The csr shortage tn attributed by the
railroad people to !*• due to a great
extent to the ship!*!* and broker** who
hold loaded.cam «*n the sidetrack*, pm-
fining -•« |ay the detnurrha** rather
than unload them. It Is said that them
la no available site more favorably
suited to the erection of a railroad
warehouse than th«* Mangum street
property, and the decisbm of the oftl-
• *iaU wUl bt regarded us lmportaaL
ORIENTAL RUGS
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Our $40,000 Stock of Oriental Rugs
Re-marked for Quick Selling
An extraordinary cut price sale of our entire stock of genuine Turkish and Persian Rugs is now going
on. We bought these Rugs before the recent advance in prices—therefore we can afford to sell them at
. first hand as cheaply as any house in the United States. A comparison of our prices upon sizes and
qualities will show you that even legitimate profits of Oriental Rug selling have been eliminated in this
great sale. Every Rug, in this immense stock has been selected by our expert. > We have for many
years been the largest buyers and distributors of Oriental Rugs in the. South. Our guarantee is back
of every Oriental Rug we sell. We own these Rugs. We know what we are giving our customers. We
will show you choice and rare Rugs from every reputable Rug weaving district of the Orient, in every
size from a mat to the largest size Rug.
This sale will take place in our new store, third floor. We now have a grand place for the display and sale
of our magnificent Rugs, large, brilliantly lighted and entirely adequate. We list a few prices to show
what reductions we are giving. ' ■
SIS.SO, 113.50 and 314.50 Cara-
bugh and Ouendjea Jlugs, now
tan an a Kurdlitnn Rug*, now
$19.50
f 10.00 Moussoul. Shlrvan, Kasac
and Ouendjea Rugs, at
$23.50
ran Carpet, site 9-1
waa 3200.00, now
$160.00
Herai Carpet, site 11x11-9, waa
9160.00, now
Ooerevan Carpet, alte 9-11 by
12-6, waa 6200.00, now
$187.50
man Rug, alia 9-4x13-9. •
0.00, now •
$348.00
'revan Carpet, alxe 10.2x!
i 1217.60, now
$167.50
hkabad Rug, alte 8-4x1
i 1166.00, now
$120.00
CHILD FALLS IN WELL
AND MEETS DEA TH
CO.
$177.00
Klrmanehah Rug, t-10xll-10,
waa 6226.00, now e
$185.00
Mlchkabad Rug, S-9xll-9. waa
6100.00. now
$67.50
Feraghan Strip; (xlt-l, waa
1160.00. now ——
$85.00
wnd SlrlR—6,1x13.—wax
0. now
$175.00
Moutaoul Strip, 6-4x11.9, waa
(76.00. row
$59.50
M. RICH & BROS. CO.
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While playing on the hack porch, of
hla patents* home at 2 far Ntreot
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Frnnk,
t ht*-Httle- 8-year-nld son of i > L. M»mre.
an employee of the Scnbtmrtl Air Line,
fell Into a well and by the time neigh
bor* recovered him In icaponac t*> the
frnntlc cries «»f the horror-stricken
mother, tho little fcllojp was dead.
An examination after wards showed
that tho child probably waa killed be
foro he struck tho water, as his skull
wns crushed In. r-
The well wan situated on the buck
porch nnd the child had pushed a chair
up to the edge and wns looking over,
when the chair tilted and with u scream
he fell downward to hla death.
ATLAS LINE STEAMER
ASHORENEARKINGSTON
New York, Jnn. 18.—A London report
■ays that the /\tln* lino steamer Prlnx
Waldo mar la ashore at Plum Point, Ja
maica, near the Ill-fated »tenmer
Prtnceiftn Victoria l«nulae, which wont
ashore on December 12.
Not a dollar of loss wns suffered by
any American tiro Insurance company
ns a result of tho curlhuunke and fire
in Klugston, all of the insurance ear
lied there wns placed In twenty-three
nrtttsh companies, through their colo
nlul branches.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
ARE BOOSTING ATLANTA
Considerable work has been going on
quietly among tho Republican officials
In Atlanta toward securing the sub-
treasury and strenuous efforts have
been exerted toward placing the city’s
Interests'tn aa fnromhic a position aa
possible before the officials at Wash
ington In the light to land this big In
stitution.
Facts and figures have been gath
ered-by-certain official* ami forwarded
to Secretary Hlmw which tend to show
that this city la geographically, tlnsn-
tally nnd commercially the most con
venient nnd most Important city In
the southwest for the location of the
aub-trensury. Maps and statements
have been forwarded that have the of-
flclnl stamp of genuineness and are
devoid of any exaggeration or stretch
ing «*f fact#; :
Letter* have been written to con-
gross men nnd to Influential officials
In the treasury department seeking to
secure every available furco possible
In bejiaif 4jf_ the city's uucst Every
point has been strained nnd not a stone
hns been left i^nturncd to enhance At
lanta's chances.
COL, ROOT, EBERHARDT
ANSWERS LAST BUGLE
The funeral *cr\l«'** «»f Colonel Robert F.
Kberhardt. the veteran of two wars, ntu*
died ThuMwlriy nHeritoob,. nt hla realiU-nee.
»i L«‘4* afieet. Hill l*e coitdacted Hatnrdny
inorttlng m the residence, ltev. John I*,.
HrtfK* h 4)1 efflrMte.
t'olouel Li . rhurdt won. dlatlnctlon dm lag
the civil nrer a* ItiMitenant eolonel of the
Trldt)-eighth Geurtla, lu the Army of
Northern Virginia, In which lie served tin-
General llclert K. Lee. i\*l*»in l Kl»er
hardt ol».» served thraughout the Nhnra-
■nan eaui|*algn with General Wititaiu Wul-
lie oatne t«» .Vftrnta from ogtetlicrne
i*oiint) and for yeir# vm engaged la the*
Wholesale *ln*o ‘•u*lm***a. lie ho T: veer* »
«*r age, nnd U survived hv lit- wife, tour
mvo. John l.. Thomas L. \l W aud
llnrrv Klierhsnlt. oi.d thre»* duughtei*. Mra.
A. It. MALLORY BURIED
THU RSI) A YAKTERXOON
The funeral service* of Alonxo R.
Mallory, who committed suicide Wed
nesday morning In the grocery atore
of D. A. Winkle. 2J6 t'apltol avenue,
were conducted Thursday afternoon at
hla residence, 247 Capitol avenue. The
interment wns In West view cemetery.
Mr. Mallory Is survived by his wife,
a son. Howard Mallory, and a daughter.
Mis* Myrtle Mallory. ,
i: Mo
ilef i
i hardt.
ul MIm< i
id tlu*
PRESIDENT WANTS
TWO BATTLESHIPS
Washington. Jan. 18— In a letter to
Chairman Fo*«. <»f the naval affairs
committee. Presblent R.vosevelt urges
that an appropriation should be made
at <>iuc for two first-class battleship*
of i he maximum size and *pce<l, and
with primary batteries all »>f 12-Inch
gun*.
S*mi-Aonual Dividend.
Bpe. inl to The Georgian.
Covington, Ua.. Jan. X%.—At the laat
meeting of the directors of the Hank
of New'ton County a semi-annual div
idend of 4 per cent waa declared, car-
ri'lng I-'.Ovj to the surplus fund.
OFFICER SLUMBERED
CHAINED TO PRISONER
With nn nUrged murderer hnudenffed to
hi* arm, Conntjr iNdlivntnn E*lu«ls slept*
Thur*4lay moftiliig In what I* protwddy the
nmat pHViillsr situation e\er vx|*erlt‘ii.vd by
nil offlror «»f tld* county.
Early Thursday iitornlug. County police-
mail r.oh.d* lix'atiHl I». K. Jsrrnrd. ngi*d
st*out nineteen ye.ir*. who Is unuo.d at
Ihthloiiegs, l.umpklii 4*oiinty, on the « hargr
of murdering a young uutn there Christ-
win*. ri».* either had Ihhii out all night,
and was !•**• tire*! to nnlk to the jail
lie bniubuifled the prisoner to hi* aim. and
the two lay donn together nt the officer's
; home anil went to -hep.
I After d*vllght. tin- prisoner wna taken
j to the Jail. Sheriff l»a\la. of launpkiii
| county, wna notified .larrnrd any* the
i stunning *avurrrd w hlle some young uien
went M*reiudlng Chrlotnia* night. A wn.l
i fi«»ui the gtin liMiged In the \Utlui's kg, uml
j ho ilhl Wednesday.
I BOARD OF HEALTH
TO 8ELECT MEMBERS.
H|»cclnl to The Georgian.
Macon. Go.. Jan. 18.—Re fore the
board i*f health holds its next regular
meeting, on the second Wednesday’ In
February, a new member will be added
| in till the vacancy caused by the elec
tion last night of T. A. Cheatham to
ihs olUcv of fo.nl tnaiwctur.
(UK WORKS TO
HID H F, i
Washington. Jan. 18.—If Representa
tive Griggs, of Georgia, has his way,
the pay of rural letter carriers will be
Increased from $10 a month to 9900 a
year.
He has Introduced a bill In ths house
calling for on Increase, and he will
urge the adoption of the measure be
fore the committee on postofllces and
post roads.
SENATOR BAILEY
ADDRESSES HOUSE.
IN OWN BEHALF
8pei'liiI to The Georgian,
Aii-tln, Tex.i Jse. lx,—in response to an
Invitation from the *i»ectnt advisory cost
mlttee of the.senate that tf any one want
ed ti» pronounce-efuirg«»s and summons wit
ne*<i‘* la the Halley Investigation, that
they were willing to accept notice. Repre
sentative Cocke gave notice that he prefer
red tin* i-hargea against Senator Halley es
outlined lu tha.houiie resolution, demand
Ing uu Investigation, nnd desired that 8eu
•tor Halley lie aummoned as the principal
wit in
In the forenoon yeatenlny a resolution
win* adopted Inviting bene tor Halley to ad
dross the house daring tbi* afternoon. This
artlou wns tskeu after 8n nmeudment to
the rcdolutlott, declariug that In doing
he Inhl Idmaelf open for luveatlgatlon, bad
been mi ltd down.
Inirlng the aftern*v.n. Hen*tor Halley sp-
pen re* l lnfore the house and In a three
hours* *pe*M*h denied In toto the autben
licit!, or the reliability, of the documents
In tin* i><'*«*-sshnt or Attorney General Da*
rld*4*n. rutineetlng the s*>untor In any man
tier with the Waters--Pierre Oil Company.
Following hla apee* h. the member* pro
ceeiled 14! u further di«.*usalon of the Hallej
lnve*tlgntlnn reaobithm. and adjourned un
til iimrnlug without tlnnl action.
Tim luldreas by Senator Halley, the post
ponenient of a concurrent resolution provlib
lug f4>r hi* re'el«H*thui »*n January 2.'. and
the aci'cptaiicr of a ehidlenge from the
lineiitlgnthtu committee appointed by the
senate, to prove Hatley'* connection with
Waters-Pierce Gil Corapeny, were the
DR. T. R. KENDALL
IN CITY FOR VISIT
Rev. Hr. T. R. Kendall, of Louisville.
Ky.. well known In Atlanta, Is In the city,
and atoptdng with hU son, T. *R. Kendall,
780 Marietta street.
Kendall wa*» pastor of Trinity
MetlnMlut t'huroh f«»r r.otr year*, and waa
also pastor of Gn*v church for the eame
length of time, lie has host* of friends
here, who will Welcome him back to the
city.
Few minister* In the Meth««dltt church
have had more *ue<-4-s«fnl pastorates thau
Dr. Kendall, lie will be In the city eev-
erst days.
qen. Holmes invited
TO MAKE AN ADDRESS.
Bprelal to Tho Uoorxtan.
Mnron. On.. Jnn 18.—Gfnorxl JsmM
O. Holm*,, of thl* dty. xml fonnerly
of CTikriMtnn. s. hu r*c*lv*d nv*
oral Invitations to take prominent pnrt
tn the celebrntkin of the one humlredth
nmilv*r*»ry of the birth of Oeneral
Robert R Lee In t|ie t'lty by the Be*.
He liaa alao been naked to be pmunt
at the reception xhren by the Daugh
ter., of the Confederacy from 9 to l(
o’clock In the evening.
School Hout* Too Smell.
Special to The tieortten.
llaralaon. Ga.. Jan. M —The whool
is full to overflowlnc. More room te
badly needed.
W. A. PINKERTON IN TOWN; ~
MYSTERY OF RYAN JEWELS
TAKES ON NEW-OH FUDGE!
There urx, a commotion In the city
editor’, room. There wen hurried
call, to c*v era I reporter, and thl, «u
followed hy hasty direction, and a xtlll
more harried exit of the bunch.
Far If not, why would euch a men a.
William A. Pinkerton, head of the big-
(teat hawkahaw outfit In the world,
stoop to dip Into the mystery by hieing
hlmteir hither to Atlanta?
. .. And that wae the sleuth who waa
There waa aomethlng doing on-the —
...a., mv.t.,1) in. at.. tlPPM off to the city editor. He wae
registered at the hotel and a hell hoy
singular mystery surrounding (he dl,
appearance of the famous Ryan Jew
el, And theM reporter, were to hi
several people at once and And out
just whnt wae being done.
“Qna of tha world's moat famous
sleuth, has arrived-In Atlanta," so the
breathless voice over the phone told
the city editor, and wa* already on ht,
way to consult with Steve A. Ryan
shout the case. He waa a man that
would make Sherlock Holmes of Baker
street, and M. Lecoq of gay Parle,
look like eheap spotters for a street
railway trust. He .bad the famous
bunch of sleuths hacked off the boards.
Bo If such a man as this wa, Iq
town on the Ryan jewel mystery, the
rbarkers must have been stolen hy
yeggs or swell confidence men that the
best detectives In the world were seek.
Ing. They must he men who were
wanted fof far more serious crimes.
had heard him ray confidentially to the
elevator boy that hla business In At
lanta was connected with the strange
case of J‘ *
But In
lahed. The hurried history of Sleuth
Pinkerton's exciting life was of no
♦atue. The city editor's pipe went out.
Breathless reporters .Indulged In un-
gentlemanly language.
W. A. Pinkerton waa not a aleuth.
Ho didn't know anything about eleuth-
Wig. He was traveling for a laundry out
of Philadelphia and he Just happened
to have a sleuth's name.
And after tt wae all over, a patrol
wagon driver confidently assured the
police reporter that when the famous
Pinkerton came to a town to work on
a case, he didn't want'It known, and
sometimes used another name, tf he
registered at all.
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Inspect Port Screven.
Brigadier Ocneral William P. Duvall
has returned to Atlanta from Haven
nnh after in Inspection of Port Scre
ven. -General Duvall left Atlanta Wed
nesday with Lieutenant Edward T.
Donnelly, his aide-de-camp. While at
the fort target practice wa. Indulged '
and the men showed their ability
train the big gun, lucceMtully on the
target*.
Dr, Broughton Recovers.
Dr. Len O. Broughton hu recovered
from an attack of la grippe and will
he able to addr,es the Bible das* Fri
day night u usual. He will deliver his
sscond lecture on the book of Romans.
MACON FOOD INSPECTOR
IN NAMED BY BOARD.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Jsn. 18.—At a special
meeting of the board of health, held
last night. Dr. T. A. Cheatham wu
named by the board a* food Inspector
of Mnron for the present year. An ap
propriation wu made hy the council on
Tuesdav night last which made the
office pnetlblr for the Dew year. The
salary for the year will bo (1,200.
Captain Lawrenc, O'Kraf*.
The funeral services of ('nptntn Law.
rence E. O'Keefe were conducted Fri
day morning at the Sacred Heart
church, of which he Itnd been a mem
ber since Its organisation An honorary
escort of Confederate vcletant paid
the last respects to their old comrade.
Miss Msfcsl Moors.
Telegrams received In this city an
nounce the death on Thursday of Mlsa
Mabel Moore, at the home of her
grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. Wharton,
at Eufaula. Ala. Mira Moor* waa the
daughter of the late John M. Moore
and since the desth of her father hu
resided In Eufaula. 8he wu a bright
and lovely girl, and her death la
mourned by a large circle of friends.
Her sister, Mrs. I. 8. Mitchell, resides
In Atlanta. The body arrived In At
lanta Friday morning and the funeral
wu conducted direct from the train.
The Interment wu In Oakland ceme
tery. •
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Representative Mudd, of Maryland,
has Introduced a bill In the house pro
viding for an eight-hour law for rail
road employees In the District of Co
lumbia.
The Florida East rout railway,
whose line extends from Jacksonville
to Miami, Is the first road In Florldi
to Increase wages. It has made a
general advance In wages of 7 per cent.
More than one thousand men arc af
fected by the Increase.
The Caledonia, coal mine In the up
per peninsula of Michigan, which Is
the only co-operative enterprise of Its
kind In the country, hu been such a
success that the company has lira-
ken ground for what will be the larg
est coal producer In the state.
The working children of Pennsylva
nia would, If put shoulder to shoulder,
form a lino twenty-two miles long.
Carpenters' Union No. 22. of San
Francisco, the largest union of the
craft In the world, has 2,(25 members
on Its roll.
The textile workern of Philadelphia
and vicinity have begun a movement
to obtain higher wages.
The Association Union of Steam
Shovel and Drcdgmcn has npiiolnted
a committee, tn ennfer with President
Roosevelt regarding higher wages for
engineers and dredgtnen on the Pnna-
—a canal.
The Journeymen Hnrseshnera' Inter- 1
national Union has raised the per cap.
Itn lax to 16 cents a month amt adopt,
ed the stamp system for the payment
of dues.
New York city tlle-layers have gain
ed Increases In wagea In the past 20
years from 11.50 to 16.00 and a reduc
tion In hours from 69 to 48.
Cheyenne. Wyo., railroad boiler
makers. machinists and blacksmiths
have been advanced 3 cents an hour
and apprentices 1 cent.'
The United Mine Workers during the
next fee- months will conduct an active
campaign of organisation. A series of
mass meetings In all the principal min
ing centers Is being arranged.
The nex: congress will have no leu
than twelve members who are devoted
and pledged to the'advancement of the
cause of organised labor.
Him. Adolph Kraus InterntUoul f.f«T-
dcot of the B'nel B rUh. who we> cl,vtel
presiding officer of tho reeeot rouorll .,f the
I’ulon of Amerlru Hebrew Congreuntlnni,
delivered on address Thtiradsy night nt ths
Jewish temple on the order of B'utl K'rfth.
After giving In detail the work of tbe«.
der, what hu been and I* now being a.*™-
pushed In the way of rellerlng distress*!
brethren, espeelslly In Russia, ks dlsciuml
the forced Immigration of lb* Rnralsn lews,
whom, he decUrad. would make as r>-4
rltlscns ,s German Jew, If gtren th- turn*
opportunities. _
He esld these Immigrant, should ™«t
South and Weet. Instead of golog to ths
congested center, of the North and Unit.
'H. A. Qoodlon.
H. A. Goodson died Thursday after
noon at hla residence, 118 Cherokee
avenue, after a, ahort Illness. Mr.
Good eon was a well-known city em
ployee, having served for eighteen
year, u an official of the city depart-
ment of public works He I, survived
by hi, wife.
Mrs. P,Ionia E. Harris.
Mra. Pelonla E. Harris, aged T2
years, died Thursday afternoon at »
private sanitarium. The body wns re
moved to the undertaking parlors of
Barclay & Brandon, where the funeral
aervlcea will be conducted Rntur.lsy.
She wa# 72 year, of age and la sur
vived by her son, J, D. Harris.
Hunnieut Rseiptured.
8pcc!»l to The Georgian.
Rome. Oa, Jan. It.—Bus Hunnkutt
wu raptured at Foster', Mill, fifteen
mile, from here. He. with two other
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Wednesday.
Visiting In New York.
8p*rlal to The Georgian.
Mneon, Ga.. Jan. 18.—Messrs II J-
Lamar and Henry Lamar. Jr., left yes
terday for New York, where they will
spend several week* with Mr. nnd Sira.
Alton Harris, at their new home, -a
Riverside Drive.
Mra. Hulda Thomason.
Mrs. Hulda Thomason, aged
years, died at her residence. 282 West
Fifth street, Thursday morning The
funeral services will be conducted Hit-
urday morning at 10 o’clock nt 'he
residence. The Interment will he In
Hollywood cemetery-
days. the Mississippi senate defeated
the child labor bill proposed hy the
code commissioners. It made the age
limit 12 yearn, but permitted children
a* young as to to work In factories mx
months In the year.
N. O. Nelaon, a wealthy manufacture?
of Ht. Louis, has offered to ink. .dl
children under the age of 14 from the
mills and fuctorle, of that city ntvi
place them In tehool. He agree- t '
pay one-half the wages earned I ?
tided the women's clubs of the rity
pay the other half.
According to the gtttlxtlce of the M-
teau of labor of New Tork state, thera
nre now more than 1.000.000 tnniil 1 '"
of trade unions In the United Rial*’
and Europe, of whom approxlm itii>
one-fourth are In‘the United St«t<--
Coincident with the growth of bite r
unloqs there hu bran marked pn>g"' •
Th* government of New
proposes to make advance, up to *> •,
to workers who dwlra to tract d *?“‘
Inca on urban or suburban land* ap
plicants mutt not bo In recolpt of tr. _
than 81,000 a yrar, and the loan an |
.. . — Internal (6 per cent) are payable t»
After a debate lasting nearly Svo M year. In half-yoarty paym*®'*'