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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
fATI'IIDAT. ArOl-*T 4. 1904.
THAW AND MOTHER WALKED FROM ROOM
HAVE WORDY WORK ™ ™NCED
II TOMBS PRISON AN0 JJ0E ESCAPE
AMERICAS BEAUTY DOES NOT APPEAL TO UN-
GALLANT GAEKWAR OF BARODA
Jrneys Rand and Os
>mc Arc to Represent
the Prisoner.
tu Private I^enseii Wlrs.
N>w York. Aug. 4.—Harry K. Thaw
fl’-'l hi* mother had another disagree
jn'-nt in the Tombs today.
Mrs. Thaw came to see her son, ac
com panted by the latter's wife, and the
t ' • visited Thaw at the same time.
During the course of the hour they
v'•re otitejde the prisoner** cell, Horry
7 . in** voice could be heard at fre-
<ri* ni intervals In retorts.
His mother was extremely pale when
*'•• reached the prison. But when she
Jeff the Tombs she had regained her
< • >r. and her eyes Imre an angry ex
ft* salon.
Former 'Assistant District Attorney
Wpllam Hand, Jr., It was reported to
il;* . has been retained to defend Harry
T>, w and negotiations an* pending for
t> * retaining of former Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James Osborne in assist
Mr. Rand.
RELATIVE OF H. K. THAW
WILL BE NEAR HIM
IV' Private Wire.
New York. Aug. 4.—Much specula
te’0 resulted today among friends of
Harry K. Thaw, to he tried this fall
{•<» the murder of Stanford White,
when plans were died for changing and
remodeling- the two handsome four-
story houses at 1054 and 1055 Fifth
avenue, owned by Benjamin Thaw
Is having the work dine In anticipa
tion of moving to N»w York that he
might be nearer hfs klnsnfnn to aid
him In preparation for hl^ trial and at
the same time not be subjected to the
inconveniences of hotel ll(e. The pro-
p cd changes will cost about $40,600.
GIRARDEAU APPEALS
BROKERAGE TAX CASE
The quest bin ns to whether or not u
real estate or Insurance broker not op
erating an Independent business la lia
ble to n tax for conducting such n
business was again brought up Thurs
day afternoon In the recorder’s court
when ex Councilman t*. H. Girardeau
was lined $50 and costa by Council
man Terrell, who occupied the chair,
on the char”© of doing business with
out a license.
Girardeau has desk spare Ip the of
fice of M. L. Thrower, the real estate
dealer. In the Prudential building, and
it is said has been conducting an Inde
pendent brokerage and 1 nsuraneeibusl-
tu-vh. When nrrnlgned In court he
clalifted to be a solicitor for J. L. Riley
a Company 8nd for no other him.
t* r reby not being liable to it tax gy an
fndapendent solicitor.
An appeal from the fine Imposed J>y
the acting recorder was taken by Ulr-
a:<!eau and the case will be tuken to
the superior court.
Speeds} to The Georgian.
Amerlcua, Ga.. Aug. 4.~In a rather
peculiar and unique manner Tom
Heath, a negro, charged with pointing
a pistol at another, escaped from the
court room this morning. Jailor Cov
ington brought him from the county
Jail over to the court-house for a com
mitment trial. After he was tried he
arose and deliberately walked from the
court room, the speetntora thinking ho
was Koine to make bond.
Nothing has been seen of him since.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Charter for Bar Association.
A petition for a charter was hied In
•Hie superior court Haturday morning
by the Atlanta Bar Association, the
objert of the association being to “main
tain the honor and dignity of the pro
fession and to advance the science o;
Jurisprudence and administration oi
Justice, the promotion of legal ethics
In the community, establish and cul
tivate the social Intercourse among Its
members and care for tht sick and the
dead among members of the associa
tion.”
K. of C. Barbecue.
The minus! burbecue of. the Knlchta
of Columbus will be held at the home
of the Cold Kurinas Cue Club on next
ftaturdajr, August II, and the members
arc nutiHpatlnif the usual good time
which always attends this annual af
fair.
Not So Many as Expected.
The total number of registrations for
the year up to Saturday morning was
10.nan, and unless th« voters uppear
faster Than they have thj paat week,
the ni|ml»ei will not total more than
12111)0 or 13,000, as only alx more daya
remain In ivhlcii to do so. Andy Stew
art-states that the expected rexlstra-
tlon of 10,000 or over will hardly be
realised at this late day.
Sues For Loee of Arm.
Because'of Injuries received while
employed at the Oate City Cotton
Mills In which his arm was cut off In
ri! 1 na machine on May 14, Boyd
Abercrombie, through his next friend,
C. \V. Abercrombie, has filed suit In
the city court for ft,000. Attorneys
fusion & lillllps are counsel for petl
tinner.
Hand Lost In Press.
J. C. Turner, a minor, has brought
suit In the cltv court, through his next
friend, J. L. Turner, against The At
lanta Jouranl Company for 15,000 for
Injuries received In the press room of
defendant company on May 19 In
hlch the petitioner had hts hand and
nrni ground off.
BLUE JACKETS KICK
. ON UNSOUND MEAT
P.r Private fanned Wire.
Nyw York, Aug. 4.—Ail mint I Couhlnit,
of the lirmikl.vtt navy yard, renl-
!». w that no one thing will Impair rtlsel-
pllnt alumni »hl|i ho quickly an |nnm* fowl]
Il'Miee he linn «He<l promptly
.* la tut a of the Win* JaeketH that the meat
fundshed them la not 111 for human food.
“There has l»eeii a lot of Miuoke around
irre,” aakl Admiral ('oglilnn. 'I want to
linl out whether It h»M been etrasod by
«a«led prajeetltea or Iduuk ertrlrlflgea.”
H*» he haa npiMdnted a lamnl with rap
Thrown From 8tr**t Csr.
Mary laitilso Murphy has filed suit
In the city court against the Georgia
Hallway ami Electric Company, ask
Ing for *10.000 for alleged Injuries gut
mined on July 25 when she was thrown
to tht* pavement while alighting from
oar of the defendant company at the
corner of Garnett und Whitehall
streets, Hhe claims serious Internal In
juries were the result of the conductor
signalling the oar to proceed while she
was In the act of alighting. Jams* L.
Key Is attorney for plaintiff.
Court Convents Monday.
The oilmnal branch of the city court
will I'onven** Monday morning at the
court houae with Judge Calhoun on the
bench, only petty cases, are set for
trial at this *©**■!• <n of the court.
To Rseovtr Old Debt.
A suit for Judgment for $1,010.14 was
bled In the superior court Haturday
mornln? by the Acme White Lead and
t’olor \V*»rk* to recover on a bill of
goods alleged to have been purchased
by th»» West Lumber Company.
CONTRACTOR KILLED 1
IN EALL FROM ROUSE
fin Hianioii nl Hie big cruiser I'obmuh. ...
t* head to make tt searching Investigation.
This Is ito{ the only trouble the meat
, „ * hospital nn* suf
ferlgg from ptnimdue poisoning mused by
siting canned meat: and also. Italy tins
barred all meat products from the I'nlicd
Mates unless a cc« mt nnu lei I by a eertlftcute
tmtlfytug to tts sotiudness.
FEVER VICTIM'S BOO!
MOVED TO THOMASTDN
The city hoard of health haa grant
ed permission for the removal of the
body of John C. Carruthers, who died
at the detention hospital on Septem
ber 5, 190$. The body will be carried
to Thomaston, Oa., for Interment.
There I* no danger to any one on
account of this removal, and the health
authorities are sure that no one will
suffer even the allghtest danger, or they
would not have granted the permit f.
the removal.
GOTHAM TO HEAR
DR. BROUGHTON
By Private Leased Wire.
: New York, Aug. 4.-—The Rev. M. W.
Jenkins, of Georgia, nn evangelist of
I wide reputation In the Houth, will open
a week of services In Tent Evangel.
N ». ?, Fifty-seventh street and Broad
way, tomorrow. He will be followed
, one week by the Rev. I*en O. Brough-
; ton. one of the most celebrated speak-
\ trs at the Northtteld conference.
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Sue. (or Small Amount.
(4. <). t 1 . l-lmkney lx the defendant In
nn urth>n brought In the superior court
Haturdav nmrnlng by Hcott * Peavy
lo collect 9219.72 aliened to be due pe-
lllloners for nn ol-l debt.
HprcUl to The Oeorxlea.
Covington. On., Aug. 4.—A report
reached Covington this morning that
tv. It. Orahnin. a highly respected citi
zen of Newton county, living about a
mile from here, tvus killed In an acci
dent at Mansfield. ,
»tr. arnhnm Is a contractor and
builder, and while at work on the
residence of Kiijuh Campbell this
morning he fell from the aocond story.
A block of shingles from above fell on
him. He died In a few hours.
Mr. Graham was about 45 years of
one anil leaves a wife and several
children. The Interment will occur to
day.
Suits Still Coming,
Three more suits against the Atlanta
und West Point and the Central of
Georgia roads were filed In the city
court Saturday imirninx as the result
of a wreck of the Pqnrl Spring, picnic
train In thin city on the night of June
7. one suit for is.oon for Internal In
juries, was filed by Mrs. M. 4). Brant-
lav m behalf of her daughter, Minnie
l.ee Brantley; another of $5,000 by
Mrs. Nina V. Price, and a third for
12,000 by Mrs. Cnrrle Stone, oil alleg
ing Internal Injurlee as the result of
the shock.
Deaths ahd Funerals.
John C. Bprton.
John 0. Burton, a minister, was taken
111 with epilepsy Friday afternoon and
died on the Stookiul© load. He Is sur
vived by his wife, .vho live* at 381
East Full* street. The body was sent
to Social f’lrcte for funeral services and
Interment Haturday morning.
Watermelon Cutting.
W. H. Ellis gave a. large number of
hi* friends a watermelon cutting on
Thursday night at Kirkwood avenue
and Pearl street. The affair was great
ly enjoyed. Mr. Kills la a well-known
merchant at Harrow and Pearl streets.
Goes to Montgomery.
Charles G. Day, for several month*
day clerk at the * Mul’Ion Hotel, has
severed his connection with that firm
und has accepted a ism tt Ion with James
2. Hickey, manager of the New Ex-
hange Hotel at Montgomery. Air.
Hickey was In the city Saturday at-
ternoon renewing acquaintance* wll^
hi* hotel friends In the city. Mr. Day
leaves for the Alabama city on Sunday,
His successor at the Ala lion will be
\V. J. Freenuin, n well-known hotel
of l^noxvllle, Tenn.
Miee Christine 8. Grant.
Miss rhrlstlne B. Grant, the 14-
yenr-old daughter of Ed Grant, died at
the residence nf her ptrents, 195 Euclid
avenue, at 3 o’ejock Haturday morning,
after an Illness of two weeks, from
typhoid fever. Funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the residence, and tie Interment will
be at Decatur.
The Geakwar of Baroda wears
‘blinkers, ’ and canont sep any
beauty in American women. He
calls our girls honest but plain.
Here Is the answer to the Gaekiyar
of Baroda, who ungallantly says
American women are not beauti
ful: On the left Is shown a pic
ture of Mr*. Anthony flomadka,
formerly Miss Gene Dolan, whom
Prince Henry of Prussia called the
most benutiful girl In America. On
the right Is Mrs. Hobart Chatfleld-
Taylor, whom Prince Boris of
Prussia styled the prettiest wom
an he had ever seen en hi* trav
els. In the cinter. at the bottom,
Is Mrs. J. J. As tor, after n paint
ing by Prince Troubetskot, who de
clares she I* the moat beautiful
woman he has ever painted. In
the center at the top Is the Mr-
haranl of Baroca. who represents
the type of beauty that most ap
peal* to the Gaekwnr.
USE KNIFE ON ALL
TO KEEP ’EM GOOD
COUNTESS CASSINI ABANDONS
COUNTR Y FOR CA THOLIC CREED
By Private Leased Wire. j Petersburg. If, I
Washington, Aug. 4.—Mile. Marguer- ( run the risk of r
Ite Cassini, the adopted daughter of ostracism.
Count Cassini, formerly Russian am ‘ | f* r «nrn»
bassador to the* Cnlted States, now*
representing the czar at the court of
Madrid, Is reported to have abandoned
the Russian state church and Joined
the Roman Catholic communion.
Mile. Cassini was the chum of Miss
Alice Roosevelt before the latter he-
•'!. she does
cutlon and social
living In Paris while 1
and it is said that she has
crossed the Spanish border.
Her abandoning the orthodox church
from Count
She haa beJn
* «t Madrid,
v ““ neve-
ndoubtedlv the last act In the
irangement with her guardian, gwl
■HIM I”* "listen, but
abandons
nly
pretty Russian woman sacrifices
hope of recognition at the court of St. J
L,U DIES SUDDENLY
IN ANOTHER TILT
Another lance was shattered between
Mayor 'Woodward and the Louisville
and Nashville railroad Saturday morn
ing. The tilt occurred at an early
hour and ended by the mayor'* threat
ening to jnaUe cases against the of
ficials of the rnllr^id If the sidewalk
In front of the Louisville and Nash
ville freight yards on East Hunter
street Is not put In better order.
Mayor Woodward called up Resident
Engineer Schultz and told him that the
bricks around the center opening left
for Ingress and exit were knee deep In
mud, that dangerous holes had been
made by passing wagons and that If It
was not attended to Immediately enses
would be made against him In the re
corder’s court.
Engineer Schultx stated that the
sidewalk Would be repaired and
cleaned.
Mayor Woodward said to a Georgian
reporter that If the Ixmlaville and
Nashville did not keep the sidewalk In
better condition he would have this
entrance also fenced up.
NEGROES KICK ON
“JIM CROW” CARS
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, 'August 4.—A committee
of the National Colored Teachers' As
sociation held a meeting this moaning
at Gailbreath A. M. E. church and
adopted the following resolution:
We condemn the railroad companies
of this country for the Inequality of
service furnished on their trains, con
tending that the negro Is satisfied with
cars, but not satisfied with Inequality
of service; that the negro Is not fur
nished with accommodations as pre
scribed by law.”
CHOPPED WITH AXE
BY FRUIT DEALER
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, 8. C., Aug. 4.—In the red
light district last night George Bur
bage, a young white man about town,
was quite seriously chopped up with
an axe by a Oreek fruit dealer, with an
unprunouncable name. Tne row occur-
reu over a woman.
Burbage's condition Is serious.
Arthur Jackson, n nntlvo of s 00t .
land, and a stone cutter by trade, died
suddenly at his boarding house at 59
Walton.street Friday night.
Jackson, who was 48 years old, had
been In bad health for 1 some time,
called to his roommate (luring the night
to come to his assistance ax he
sick. Ills roommate found that
wax suffering from a violent hemorl
rhage of the lungs front the effects of
• ■hlch he died In a short time.
Jackson wax a member nf
Knlghtx of Pythlax, Masons, Burns I
Cluh and Stonecutters’ Union. The
funeral services will be held at Bar.
clay & Brandon's chapel Sunday af.
ternoon at 4 o'clock, and the Interment
will be at Westvlew. The Mesons »nd
Stonecutter’s Union will conduct ihe
services at the chapel and at the
grave. So far as Is known the de
ceased had no relatives In this coun-
try.
TAINTED MEAT CRY
KILLS COLLEGE GIF!
Special Cable—Copyright.
Bondon, Aug. 4.—Harvard Universi
ty will pot, for the present at least
secure the English home of John Har
vard, the founder of the university.
19 Harvard home, which is situated
Stratford-on-Avon, Is now the prop,
erty of Nelson Morris, the noted meat
packer Of Chicago. Mr. Morris bought
It with the Intention of presenting it
to the American university, but has
decided to withhold the gift until the
excitement created by the tainted meat
cry haa died out.
PLANNING A MERGER
OF TWO RAILROAPS
MRS. MARY BOYCE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Foster Hunter Camp.
Foster Hunter, the 4-year-old son of
Luther D. Damp, of 38 Wheeler street,
died Friday at the residence of his pa
rents. The body will be sent to Wood-
stock. Go., at 8:30 o’clock Saturday
night for funeral service* ami Inter
ment.
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May.on to Addre.s Young M.n,
Hon. James 1» Mayson, city attor
ney, will address the Young Men’s
Helpers Class at Trinity Methodist
church Humlay morning at 9:30 o’clock.
In the absence of the regular leucher.
Mr. Mayson Is a forceful and interest
ing speaker, ,
Joseph T. Whitfield.
Joseph T. Whitfield, 19 months nld.
died «t the residence nf his parents.
Chestnut street, at 10 o'clock on
Thursday night. Funeral services were
held at the residence at 10 o’clock Sat
urday morning, and the Interment was
at Casey's cemetery.
Russian News
STRIKERS ARE INJURED
IN CLASH WITH TR00P8
Inter-urban Ordinance Up.
At' an Important meeting of the
ouncll committee on streets held Fri
day afternoon It was derided to recom
mit the passage of au ordinance allow
ing the Atlanta. Griffin and Macon
electric railway to enter this city. The
ordinance had been drawn up by City
Attorney Mayaon and will go la-fore
council Monday. At the meeting Joel
Hurt opposed allowing Ihe car line on
Exchange place. He argued that the
street was loo narrow und would Inter
fere with the 975,dot) theater be Intenda
building. The committee In executive
session overruled. the objection.
E. W. Gretnway.
Special to Th» Georgina.
Bowman. Gu., .tug. 4.—E. W. Green-
ay. a prominent liveryman, died at
his home here Thursday night after a
short Illness of fever and stomach
trouble. He leaves a wife and three
smnll children.
Mrs. A. E. Finkell.
The funeral services of Mys. A. E.
'Inkell hRve been postponed until Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock In order that
her son, George D. KlnkelL of Phila
delphia. may attend. Rev. G. B. Strlck-
ler will officiate at the services, which
will be held at the residence, 9«1 Wash
ington street.
Ity Prirnte I-ntsed Wire,
t Ismdon. Aug. 4.—A dispatch from
ITsovka, Russia, aays that several
score of strikers were Injured more or
leas seriously today In a conflict with
dragoons, at Donets, a mining and
smelting center.
Six thousand- strikers, singing the
"Marseillais,* marched to the residence
>f Governor General Hartung and de
manded the release of certain orators
who weie arrested at n poular meet
ing last night. The demand being re
fused the strikers refused to disperse.
Dragoons weies called ami threatened
the strikers with gnouts and sabres.
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 4.—The So
ciety for the Protection of Children
from Cruelty here Is having all the
children who come Into Its care oper
ated, upon for the remo.val of every
tendency to evil.
Following the succees of the opera
•ton" which were recently published
five hew operations have Just been per
formed, and the doctors who did the
work say today that they are eatla
fled these will be equally as sue,
cessfut ns the previous ones.
At the same time fifty other children
committed to the society’s rare were
examined and will, within he next few
days, also be operated on for the re
movnl of criminal tendencies.
one of the most fruitful causes of
criminal predisposition, say the doc
tors. springs from astigmatism of the
eye. It Is as if there were close con
nection between physical and moral
obloquy. The removal of the defect
from the eye will, the doctore eay, alee
correct the moral crookedness.
WHO IS COMSTOCK!
ASKS ART EXPERT
Ily Prirnte Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 4.—No one In art
circles was more surprised at the aela.
ure by Anthony Comstock ot“ maga
zines published by the Art Students'
League than Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke,
director of the Metropolitan Museum,
and leading authority on art In this
country, If not In the world. Sir Cas
par will not b« surprised to see the
agent of the anti-vice society ewoop
down on the Metropolitan Museum any
day and eelse some of Ite famous ex
hibits,
"Who la this man ComstockT' asked
Sir Caspar. "la he serious, or Is his
action a Joke? I trust that his action
does no^ mean that the liberty of the
art schools Is to be taken away. There
Is no Indecency In art. All the art
schools employ models In the nude. A
nude figure Is not Indecent, unless It Is
made nude with the object of offending
public morale."
Asked If he thought the museum was
In danger of being, raided, Sir Caspar
said he did not care to expreae an opin
ion.
STRANGER SHOOTS
ESCAPING PRISONERS
GA8QLINE BOAT.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur. Ala., Aug. 4.—While tak-
ng a pleasure ride In a small gaao-
ne boat on the.Tennessee river here.
OOCOOO0OOO000O00O | Brlckct Draper and Rhoe Mason, two | hands
popular young men. came near losing
i heir lives. They were In the middle
nf the river when the boat took fire.
The current of the river wae very
swift. Draper took to the water and
swam to shore while Mason succeeded
In paddling the boat to short with his
RUSS REBELS ABANDONED
VESSEL THEY CAPTURED.
By ITIvsIe leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.—The Tersk,
a mining vessel, which had been cap
tured by a mutinous crew, arrived at
t’rnnstadt today. The vesael hsd been
abandoned by the re beta
By Private leased Wire.
New. York, Aug. 4.—A suspected
thief, who wee being arrested early to
day, was probably fatally Shot by an
unknown person after he had knocked
down and beaten the policeman and
was escaping.
The prisoner was Patrick Hennes
sey, of 451 West Twenty-ninth street.
He Is In Roosevelt Hospital with a
fractured skull as the result of the bul
let wound.. Hennessey, who Is a pow
erful man. had almost overcome Po
liceman Dale, who waa. trying to ar
rest him, when a pistol shot rang out
and Hennesaey fcIL
By Prints Bestod Wire.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Mrs. Mary E.
Boyce, Widow of William E. Boyce,
who was a member of congress from
South Carolina from 1853 to 1851, when
he was elected a member of the Con
federate congress, died last night at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gall-
lard, widow of Captain Robert W,
Oalllard, 304 Houth Fairfax street,
Alexandria.
New York. Aug. 4.—J. P. Morgan &
Company, acting at the request of hold,
ers of large amounts of stocks of the
Hocking Valley Railway Company and
the Kanawha and Michigan Railway
Company, gave notice that they have
prepared a plan for the consolldatlbn of
thefr companies, and have consented to
manage the project.
YOUTHS ROBBED
CHIEF OF SLEUTHS
Bj* Private Leninl Wire.
Pittsburg. Pa., Aug. 4.—In company
with seven other suspect*, Clark Duffy,
18 years old, was taken before Judge
Hawkins, of thiv orphans’ -court►-*«hi*
morning and Captain of Detective
Kgan positively identified young' puffy
an nnr of ;i t mwil of y<»ung m-n v-! t
nssnulted and n»bb«Ml him last U'< 1-
nesday night while walking n$ar hie
home In the East End. .. • ,
CHARGE OF CHEATING
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Ry Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Assistant Sur
geons Theodore Normand Pease and
Harry Bee Brown, of the United State*
navy, have been ordered by the secre
tary of the navy to appear before a
cuurtmartlal board Monday and an
swer tu the xerloue charge of "goug
ing," the naval term fur cribbing or
cheating, while being examined last
week for promotion.
MR. J. HAM LEWIS
OPPOSED TO BRYAN
By Private leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 4.—James Hamilton
Lewis, former member of congress, and
now corporation counsel of the city of
Chicago, looks askance ,upon what he
said today was "this combustible
move” to moke Bryan the nominee of
the Democratic party. Colonel I<ewls
thinks a political blunder Is being
commltteed which will lead to the re
election of President Roosevelt as i
defensive measure. Mr. Lewis Is at
the Hoffmnn House.
CONDEMNED NEGROES'
SENTENCES COMMUTED.
Hpcctal to The Ueorgtnn.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 4.—The state
board of pardons yesterday commuted
to life Imprisonment the death sen
tences of Caldwell and Larkins, sen
tenced to hang for the murder oi N.
W. Eppea, county superintendent of
public Instruction. Isam Edwards was
hanged last November for this crime,
a stay of execution being granted to
Caldwell and Larkina on the claim of
new evidence.
This Is the case where an alleged
before day club” Is said to have plan
ned the murder of Eppes.
Russell's Appointments.
Judge R. B. Russell’s appointments
for the ensuing week have been an
nounced, and are as follows:,
Monday. August- 8 (noon) Jefferson.
Tuesday, August 7 (noon) Dallas.'
Wednesday, August 8 (noon), Carrol-
ton.
Friday, August 10 (11 a., m.), Stone
Mountain.
Friday, August 10 (4 p. m.), Doravflle.
BIRTHS.
To Mr. nnd Mrs. Ahsoleni I.ubel.' nt 154
Mr. sad Mrs.. J. I). Crenshaw, at
1991 airiTi, a nnuBiiier.
T:» Mr. and Mr*. .1. K. Petty, et 59 Ban*
dotph afreet, a daughter.
DEATH8.
Infant of T. B. Dickey, 2 wetke 6ld, died
— 8. Hightower, „
accident at Grady hoepltal. ^ ■
Ml** Florence Lanier, 38 jeer* old, died
at 135 Pearl street.
J. T. Whitfield, l year old, died of diar
rhea. *f (ill Chestnut street.
Mis* Uuth Harrison, 19 year* old, died of
appendicitis, nt Gradjr hospital
John C. Burton, $8 yeara old, died of
epilepsy on Htockade road.
Foster II. Camp, 4 years old, died at
I Wheeler-street.
Hallle Schell, Infant, died at 214 Bast Hun
ter ktreet.
Kiln Finkell. 5$ yeara old. died of heart
disease, at 381 Washington atreet.
Isense, at 361 Washington atreet.
Gordon Glorer, 2 months old, died of »uf-
focntlon at 31 Lingley avenue.
Sir*. Lillie Mauldin, M ye*re old, died of
apoplexy at *170 Echo street. . ,
Arthnr Jackson, 48 years old, died of
hemorrhage at $8 Walton atreet.
PROPERTY^ TRANSFERS.
$WW. P. T. Honor to Mery Ann Fa**,
lot on Lea, »treet, near Oreeneferry *ve-
nue._ Warranty deed.
tt,750-J. M. Stephens to W. A. Hancock,
lot on corner Gordon and Al»by atnl't*.
Warranty deed
KM. M. Crawford to Georgia Savings
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D«>g days are batting .1000* f»X O
O the end of one wek. It having O
O rained even* day since last Sat- O
O urday, when they officially start- O
Qed. 0
The w*eather haa paid so O
0 little attention to the predictions 0
0 of Mr. hfarbury during the week 0
0 that he haa quit prognosticating O
0 ’’fair” and. haa turned to -rain” 0
0 as a last reoort. He says: 0
"Shower* Saturday night and 0
Sunday.” O
Saturday's Temperatures. 0
7 o’clock *. nu 71 degree*. 0
f o'clock a. m., 72 degree*. 0
9 o'clock *a. m, 72 degree*. 0
0 10 o'clock a. m., 74 degree*? 'O
0 II o’clock a. m., 75 degree*. O
O 12 o’clock, noon. 76 degrees. 0
0 1 o’clock p. m.*, 75 degrees. O
0 2 o’clock p. m., 75 degrees. ^
2:30 o’clock p. 70 degrees. u
11.000—Mrs. Bell# Martin to Thoma* J.
Iturhnnnn. lot on Fowler street, near Alex-
a Oder street. Warranty deed. _
JS.jwG—Krm-st Woodruff to B. D. Lupo,
lor on Bnrltd avenue. Warranty deed.
$1.250-W. l>. Owens and A. D. Tbonfen
to Home Investment Company, lot*on Reo*
Hold street, near Fort atreet. Warranty
$50>» Penal Bnm—Coea-Cola Company to
Mrs. Nidlie L. Thompson, lot on corner
rlettit street in elmpion. Bond for tv
tie.
BUILDING PERMITS.
S7.500-J. P. Gill, to build brick ataWe.**
Piedmont aveane.
kn-nr. d. Horn™. — -- -- ^
— -- .\orth Boulevard.
Iloaati _
to odd to one story
•sme dwelling nt ©0 North Boulevard.
Kir*)— Dr. L r. Stephens, to add to frame
welling at 142 West linker street.
$123—It. Ijingford. to build frame office
at II I’entral nrenor. . „
Ijso-w. i\ ink,I, to Instal furnace at
62U West IVcrkfl* street.
$30-A.
frau
dwellin
Tenth street*.
at
to instal furnaca in
West Peachtree and
4220—11. M. Pearson, to Instil fnrnaca
it SO North Jn< k**Mi street. .
$2SO-Mr« F * Whittle, to loatAl far*
me# at 4*} Cnlaiiildn irvsoe.
4 Petty, to^baild,
»• ry frnn
filing* at 61S i
$2.7
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