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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, APRIL 1, asr. WILL ADDRESS BAR GREATER CITY WILL RISE ON RUINS OF NEWBERRY Brilliant Missourian Will Visit Georgia During Month of Mar. Spseigl to Tbs Georgian. Mar.m. On., April 1.—Secretary Or villa Park, of the Georgia Bar Awn. elation announced today that Hon. , I’hamp Clark, of Mluouti, ha* accepted the Invitation of the Georgia Bar As- soctntlon to deliver the annual addreaa at the meeting which will lie held ■ 1 Tybre laland May 30 and 31. Colonel Patted*on, commanding the . United State* troop* at Port Screven, has invited the a**oclatlon to Inapecl ' the fortifications while on the Island. CORPSE LAID AT DOORi DOGS LAPPED BLOOD FROM DEATR WOUND Richmond. Va.. April 1.—Isaac B. Rlt ter, a veteran of the Bpanleh-Amerlcan war, was shot and killed Saturday night by Otho N. Hilliard, at Carper* ' Valley. Hilliard, who make* hi* home with VT. a. Carlisle, claim* that Ritter ' attempted to force his wn^' Into the ' house, and that h* shot In self-defense. Ritter bled to death In two hours and ■ was left lying where ha fell until the • (coroner’* Inquest yesterday morning Dogs lapped up the blood from his 'wounds. A woman,Is said to be at the I bottom of the alfalr. Hilliard I* In Jail. Every Respect GIRL WROTE LETTER TO ORPHANS' HOME WAG READ BY SISTER Special to The Georgina. Macon, Ga., April 1.—Thera I* now another chapter of the story of the 14 year-old girl, Ida lllsland, who was brought to Macon from an orphanage at Water Valley, Miss., and who ran away from her employer*. In tho early part of laat month Mr. Wetherstone reported that Ida had run away from hla home In Vlnavllte. few days later she waa heard of at a home for the friendless. Then the la dles governing the home secured place for Ida at the Methodist Orphan age and she waa to start next morning. In the meantime a family In the nelgli borhood desired very much to take the girl and raise her as one of the family, but arrangements having been com pleted to take her to the orphanage the . offer waa declined. On the night pre. vloua the girl secretly left the home and was found at the horns of the family that wanted her. , Mr. Wetherstone, who* felt as though he was responsible for the girl, wrote to the Water Valley orphanage with a view to returning her to that Institu tion. It was then learned that he or phanage had been burned and he In mates scattered. The girl herself wrote to the old home, but received no reply. Recently a married sister of the girl, at Mr*. Evans, living In Atlanta, vis ited Water Valley, and while there saw the girl's letter begging to return to her old home, and this was the first news of her young sister's whereabouts In two year*. Mrs. Evan* returned at once and came direct to Macon, where the two sisters wars reunited, and went away to Atlanta, where Ida will now find a home. BEGINNING OF NEWBERRY'S FIRE. Building in flamee is the residenc* of R. C. Williams, where the fire originated. MAIN STREET, NEWBERRY, LOOKING WEST. Thlt shows ths loss of propsrty on Msin street, In the butinese eeotion. Hotel Frederick at right, which wac caved by heroic work. Special to The Georgian. - Newberry. 8. C., April 1.—Since fhe dla- nitrons conflagration visited this city tho situation has been tnken well In band by the Authorities, and the work of clearing nway the ruins and rendering nsslatnncc to ths sufferers la being dnnn In a ays- tematte mnnner. Mnyor A. Brown and his aaaorhites In tho town government are giving their personnl Miration to this work, and are reeelvlng the henrty co-oper ation of the cltlsens of tho town. The people arc not despondent In the least ns a result of the rerent catastrophe, but nro lending n helping hand inward I clearing away tbo debris, whleb Is the preparatory atop toward the ereetlon of I hnndaome lirlek structures on the sites re-1 ccntly occupied by wooden hnlldlngs. f Steps are already being taken In this di rection, and It wilt bo n matter of only n| four months before n greater Newberry I will rise Phocnlx-llke from the ruins of I the old. While the number of buildings destroyed I wn* great, a conservative estimate places I the total losses at 1175,000, with 1*5,000 In surance. This Is considerably below the Drat estimate of the losses. Every Respect COL, THORNTON ILLi Colonel Albert Thornton, rlco president of the Atlanta National Bank. Is seriously HI at hla residence, fill IVarhtrw street For two weeks he has been under the care of ssveral physicians. A fire which occurred at Colonel Thorn- ton's home several weeks sjro. caused Col- ont-1 Thornton to oror-exert himself, and In u *hort time he was foreed to confine hint- to his home. On Monday he was re- ported to be very lU, though It waa an nounced that no Immediate danger waa .1 BROKE ALL RECORDS FOR FAST BAPTIZING Whe* ths Iter. Peter Bryan baptised 11? niidl<latea In thirty minute* Easter morn- inp. he established a new record and one which will probably stand. The baptising began at l:H o'clock Bun- i«»y morning, and a class which auiprtsed the pastor of the Auburn Avenue Baptist hureh tcoloredi facial the pool prepared fi r th- linmerawna It looked for a time .» ti, »uffk arnny hreakfant* would be de- In-fore the household employ.-.** .-..uld •ntneca the serrices ami return to their xe•ruing work, hot the pastor was equal to he •- • nstoa. He l**gan promptly, and at i -vi.iek the last of the 117 applicant* for nerslyo bad been baptised. BIG AUTO PLUNGES DOWN EMBANKMENT; HEIRESSJS KILLED Niece of Late C. P. Hunting- ton Meets Instant Death. Oneonto, N. Y., April 1 .—Daubing over a dangerous road at a high speed big motor car, Mrs. E. H. Loveland, niece of the late Collfs P. Huntington, met Instant death when the automobile plunged thirty feet down an embank ment. Her neck was broken. Mrs. J. R. Kick ford, of Boston, Mrs. Loveland's daughter, was with her mother, who operated the car. Mr*, lllckford was only slightly Injured and waa able to aid In carrying the body i f Mra. Loveland from the marsh Into which It had fallen. DESPONDENT GIRL DRINKSJJUDANUM Said to Have Made Repeated Threats to Take Her Own Life. HOPE TO WIN CASE AT NEWJRLEANSI Attorneys Will MakeStrongj Fight to Save the Two From Pen. Speclnl to The Georgian. Mason. OiC, April l.-.Mneon people will watch with much Interest tho progress anil outcome of the heerlng In the United Htstea court of nppeals of the case of Ben jamin l>. Greene anil John F. Gsynor, the I two Federal prisoners held In the Bibb I county Jail. Tho case will bo called Ini New Orleans today. The two prisoners arc confident of win ning against the verdict nnd scnteneei Im posed. Attorneys residing in Nnrnunah are their representatives. They will bo ot band when the time for nrgunieut comes. There has been n vast amount of work done In the eaao since Judge Hpeer Imposed the sentences and the fines nt the close of I the long ami tedious Havannah trial laat I spring. The two prisoners nro watching mid waiting for news which they believe will h" ,°f “■> encouraging character. Offi cials who ore nrqunlatod with the eidure before Judge Hpeer are Incline,! to | the belief that the two prisoners will not I be able to overturn the results In tbclrl Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Go., April 1.—Following re peated threats, Miss Bessie Parker, a young lady 20 years of age, committed suicide here Saturday night by drink ing laudanum. The fact that she had taken the poison was not discovered until some time afterwards. Tho young lddy’s mother runs the Parker House, a boarding place on South Patterson street. There was no known cause for the suicide, except despondency. Ths girl threatened her life frequently. It Is stated, and mode an attempt at suicide some weeks ago, according to a report In circulation here. Awnings - For stores, Offices. Residences, Public Buildings, etc., manu factured anil put up. All work guaranteed Lowest price*. Phone or write for estimate*. J. M HIGH GO. Atlanta, Ga. PROMOTERS Of ROAD MEET BYRON CITIZENS! Special to The Georgian. Byron. Ga, April 1.—An Informal I meeting of the cltlten* of the town and President Jordan Masse*, General .Counsel Felton Hatcher, of Macon, ac- | companied by Mr. Harrington and Mr. Relst, of New York, who are Interested In the construction of the road, was held Friday for the purposo of finding out Just how the people here felt about I the construction of the Macon, Amerl- I eus and Albany Interurban railway through the town. I liberal spirit of Interest was man- I Ifest throughout the meeting, and ths otticlnls were assured that every rea-1 sonable demand made by the road I would be met with a favorable conald- | erst Ion. Likewise the officials were well I pleaseil with the showing made, and while It Is the established policy of the promoters to give out no specific In formation. Intimations were favorable to the route passing through Byron. POSTAL TELEGRAPH RAISES SALARIES Tho Poutal Telegraph and Cable Com pany announce* an increase In the salarlea I of fta chief operators and clerks, to be In je*flr«*ct Monday. April 1. The increase will I l*e graded according to the length of I M-rvIce. efficiency nnd re«pou*lnlllty of the I l»txdtlniiK. Thin advance la In addition to I the retvnt ten |wr cent Increase given to the operator* uuvl other employees March L T AH Pure _L/lIldl linen—And At Less Than It’s Worth “Worth so and so,”-hackneyed, time-worn, stock ■ advertising expression and one that we seldom resort to, * because it’s all too often abused. But in this instance we use it because we want to say that every item set down here is linen; all linen, all pure linen—woof and warp and the whole—Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. organization behind the guarantee. And because “worth” means “worth” in the figures of the open market. It is only by knowing when, where and how to buy that we can sell these linen weaves for less. 36-Inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 36c, for .. 29c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 45c, for 36c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 50c, for 40q 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 65c, for 50c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 76c, for 60c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 85c, for 65c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 1.00, for 76c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 1.10, for .90c 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 1.25, for l.oo 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 1.50, for 1.25 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 1.75, for * ’,. 1.59 36-inch Sheer Linen Lawns, worth 2.00, for ; 1,65 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 35c, for 29c 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 45c, for 35c 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 50c, for !!!!!!'!!!•!!!! 40c 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 65c, for. . 5q c 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 75c, for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 60c * 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 85c, for gg c 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 1.00, for 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 1.25, for 1.00 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 1.50, for 1.25 36-inch Linen Cambric, worth 1.75, for 150 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for !!!!!!!!.'!.'!.'!.'...... 25c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for * ’.............. 30c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for .............. 36c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for . 40c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for .!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.* 45c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for 60c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for 60o 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for fi6c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for 75c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for g5c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for . 90c 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for ” 10Q 36-inch Irish Linen for Shirt Waists, for ’ * ’ 12 S 90-inch Linen Sheeting for Skirts, worth 1.25, for.... .• g 5c < 90-inch Linen Sheeting for Skirts, worth 1.35, for !" 1.00 90-inch Linen Sheeting for Skirts, worth 1.65, for 150 90-inch Linen Sheeting for Skirts, worth 2.00, for ..... L75 90-inch Linen Sheeting for Skirts, worth 2.25, for ". . . 2.00 40-inch Pillow Case Linen for ant j gg c 42-inch Pillow Case Linen for ....'. 65 and 75c 45-inch Pillow Case Linen for an(J gg c 50-inch Pillow Case Linen for 75 and 90c 54-inch Pillow Case Linen for !" " " " 85c and 1.00 36-inch Colored Striped Irish Linen, White, Lavender, Blue and White, Pink and White, all pure linen, worth 65c for 29c Chamberlin-Johnsoh-DuBose Cq.