Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 04, 1907, Image 6

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the Atlanta Georgian and news. miCAY, OCTOBER 4, wr. So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chance* are Its from an in i' active LIVER £, With a well'conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. It can be kept In healthfutactlon by, and only by Tutt’sPills TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL TO AID PROSECUTION TOCONVICTEDTURNEB COTTON INTEBESTS Committees Named By the Farmers'’ Union, Crushers and S. C. A. Lexington, Ky, Oct. 4.—Mrs. Martha A. Burchett, of Froxen, Creek, Breathitt county, pasted through thla city on her way to Chattanooga. Tenn.. to oaalat In the prosecution of Ed Turner, formerly of Breathitt county, who la charged with having murdered his 16-year-old wife, Lillie Turner, laat April, by cut ting her thrftat. Mrs. Burchett said: "Ed Turner got my girl to go away from home with him nnd then mur dered her. I think his life ought to pay for It.” Mrs. Burchett can neither read nor write. The killing occurred last April. Tur ner and the girl were living In Chatta nooga and went to Lookout Mountain one Sunday to spend the day. Turner missed his wife finally and went In aearch of her. It Is alleged, finding her In the arms of a young man from At lanta. Turner rushed upon the couple and killed the girl by cutting her throat. He fled and - was chased through Chattanooga. He kept run ning, however, and finally eluded his pursuers, escaping Into Elliott county, Kentucky, where for more than a month he lived In a cave, relatives bringing his food to him. He was captured about two months ago by special officers, brought hero and delivered to Tennessee officials. He said here that he killed his wife be cause, she wag unfaithful to him, and that When he saw her with the other man he was so angered that hs grasped her by the head, turned It back and cut her throat. He believes he will be ac quitted. What a Heap of Happiness It Would Bring to Atlanta Homes. Hard to do housework with an ach ing back.' Brings you hours of misery at leisure or at work. If women only knew the cause—that Backache pains come from sick kid neys, Twould save much heedless won. Doan's Kidney Pills 4uro sick kid neys. Atlanta people endorse tHlg: Mrs. Rebecca Dick, of 193 Whitehall street, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of a terrible pain In my back and a urinary trouble, from which I suffered for years. The pain wns al most unendurable,.and when I sat In one position for nny length of time I could hardly get up. I had to have eome support, and had great difficulty In getting about to do my work. The eecretlons from the kidneys were very dark and hard to retain, particularly at night* They caused me to Ion a great deal of reat. None of the many remedies which I tried did me much good until I began using Doan's kid ney Pills, which I procured of Brannen ei Anthony's stores—to: Whitehall street and SO Marietta street. Sines inking a thorough treatment I hnvs been entirely cured of backache and th" kidneys are again working as they should, l’or this reason I am always ready to recommend Doan's .Kidney Pills, which I consider to he the only good kidney remedy on the market." For sole by all dealers. Price. 54 cent a FoetcrrMllburn Co, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other The 115 foreign delegates who will attend the cotton spinners' convention in Atlanta will leave Washington at 7 o'clock Friday night, and will arrive In Atlanta abont 1 o'clock Sunday morn- lug on a special train. These delegates are from seven for eign countries, and, according to Hon. Harvle Jordan, president of the South ern Cotton Association, they are the most successful and prominent cotton spinners In Europe. The same will hold true of the dele, gates from the East. About 300 may be expected, says Mr. Jordan, and thsy ore the wealthiest and the best known of the cotton spinners In this section of the country. The general committee of reception and arrangements. Dr. J. D. Turner, chairman, met at 4:80 o'clock Thura day afternoon at the Chamber, of .Com merce, and upon suggestion of Couq oilman Charles M. Roberts, Mr. Jordan made a brief talk on the personnel of those who will visit Atlanta during the convention next week, and also spoke In general of the convention plans. Dr. Turner suggested that there Should be various sub-committees to look after the various features connect ed with the entertainment and recep tion of visitors. His views were sup ported by the other members of the committee, and he was called upon to name these sub-committees. Hotels Are Ready. Lee Barnes, proprietor of the Are gon, Informed the committee that the hotels could easily accommodate the 600 visitors expected. The Farmers' Union, the Bouthern Cotton Association, the Interstate Cot ton Seed Crushers' Association and the Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers' Anno- elation will all be represented by large delegations at the convention. President L. A. Ransom, of the In terstnte Cotton Beed Crushers' Asso elation, has named the following cone mlttee: M. 8. Harper, J. A. Ayoock, J. L. Benton, E. P. McBurney and C. DouthlL The committee appointed by Prenl- dont Harper, of the Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers' Association, Is as fob H. McKInslo, of Montenuma; D. Carter, of Macon; L. G. N'cnl. of Atlan ta; R. O. Riley, of Atlanta; J. D. Price, representative of Oconee county, ond Fielding Wallace, of Augusta, President R. F. Duckworth, of the Oeorgla division of the Farmers' Union, and President M. L. Johnson, of the Georgia division of the Southern Cot ton- Association, will name similar committees. The Farmers’ Union delegates from the various stales are nlready arriving In Atlanta. Many others are expected Saturday. According to O. M. Davis, of the Farmers' Union, there will be 200 delegates from the union In attend ance at the convention.' ARMY OFFICERS MUST TAKE RIDES In accordance with the decree of President Roosevelt, General J. M. K. Davis of the department of the gulf has ordered all line officers of the ar my In his department to keep In rid ing form, by a series of practice rldeg of about fifteen miles. Next Tuesday has been named as the date of the first of these rides for the officers at Fort Oglethorpe and the Tuesday following for the officers nt the headquarters of the department In the Candler build ing. .. t ■ , . , As army officers must rid. horses without the easier gslts, the fifteen- mile Journey which Is to ba made at a walk, a trot and a gallop will be no pleasant Jaunt for the unaccustomed.. Man From Breathitt Calm ly Relates His Bloody Record. LEAGUE IN SUPPORT State Organization "Working For His Election to Con gress From Fifth. Circular letters calling upon the vo ters'of tho Fifth congressional district to lend their subport to Hon. James L. Maysun In his race for congress have been Issued by the Georgia Anti-Sa loon Ikisguy. The voters are urged to support Mr, Mayson In his race for congress upon the ground that he Is one of the strong est supporters of prohibition and was among the leaders When the successful light Was made Recently against ' ky In this state. The letter statei It le Intended to carry the fight for pro hlbltlon Into the national congrees and that Mr. Msyson, If elected, will be of Inestimable value to thq-qaiiae. Tbe letter further cites the fact that Mr, Mayson has been Indorsed by thi Toung Men's .Prohibition League o Atlanta, the traveling salesmen nud the Confederate veterans.' TO INSTALL PASTOR Rev. James A. Gordon to Assume Formal Charge of Pulpit. TORE UP CHECKS; COULDN’T TESTIFY WHO GOT CASH New York, Oct, 4.—Lemuel E. Qulgg, at the hearing of the street railway tfisrger-matters yesterday, admitted that he tore up 843,378 In checks so that he could not testify to whom they were When asked by the public utllt- ittomey, he said his memory was faulty. Secretary D. C. Moorehead, of the Metropolitan Company, stated on the stand that ht had been unable to locate the checks charged to the "special con Structlon account," and that he was certain they must havs been destroyed.' Do Your Cooking By Steam And Save Half You* Fuel, Timet Labor and Food. Yes, Madam, we mean every word of iff ,' The O-HI-O Steam Cooker not only prepares Meats, Fowl, Vegetables, Fruits and Desserts BETTER than the old way, but— —Saves half your Fuel, Time and Labor, and cuts your grocery and meat bills 25 per cent. We Will Prove It Presently Beginning next Saturday, Oct. 5th, we will give a free demonstration at our Peachtree street store. Kina Hardware Co, FORAKER IS BIFFED' Commissioner Says Rebate Receiver is Worse Than Chicken Thief. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 4.—A vigorous defense of the policies of President Roosevelt and the administration and the law* which have been enacted and enforced against corporate abuses un der them wns made before the National Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 6.—D. D. Edwards, who Is on trial here charged with killing Tom brooks last December, created,a sensation in the court yes terday by the startling confession. "I have shot and probably killed fourteen men In my time, and the list may run up to twenty-five," made while under cross-examination. He was asked by the attorney gen eral If he killed any one previous to the killing of Brooks. Edwards ad mitted that he had killed a man In Kentucky. "Is that all?" asked the attorney general. "Well," said Edwards, "I have shot and probably killed fourteen me: my time." He stated that most of this occurred In Breathitt county, Kentucky, tn feuds and in a strike In Chicago several years ago. He Is a native of Breathitt county and recently aided In capturing In the mountains of Breathitt the Look out mountain wife murderer, Ed Tur ner. Edwards did not change expression nor give any Indication of feeling when he confessed to hts bloody record, but after getting off the witness stand, add ed that the list might run up to twenty, five, "if everything was included." TWELFTH BOMB BURSTS IN SALOON Chicago, Oct. 4.—A dynamite bomb was exploded In the rear of Edward F. Brennan's saloon last night. It wns the twelfth dynamiting In the Chicago gamblers' war. The bomb directed at Brennan was placed against a barn which he used os an automobile garage. It blew away a comer of the roof, but otherwise did no material damage. Grain Dealers’ convention here by Mar tin A. Knapp, chairman of the Inter state commerce commission. He began his speech with a reference to Senator Foraker's talk before the convention. In which he attacked the anti-trust laws. "I disagree with the .distinguished senator who addressed you yesterday upon the effect of criminal prosecution. The only effective way to prosecute dls. crimination on the part of the public carriers Is by criminal punishment, the same as for violation of the postal laws or any other crime. "There Is a greater degree of moral delinquency on the part of the man who will accept favors from the carrier companies than In the case of the pick pocket or chicken stealer, and I believe the time Is near when this man will be shunned. Discrimination should bo placed In the category of crimes and should be treated accordingly.” OITY TAX NOTICE. CITY TAX BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED OCTOBER 10TH. FAY NOW BEFORE FI. FAS ARE ISSUED AND COSTS CHARGE*). E. T. PAYNE, City Tax Collector. COLONEL’S GARB" COMES VERY HIGH The contract for furnishing uni forms to the members of Governor Smith's staff has been let to the M. C. Lllley Company nt a cost of jl0< each. For the present only tho service and dress uniforms are' to be purchased. Should the staff so desire, the full dress uniform will be purchased Infer at an additional cost of 375 or 3100. the the afternoon'nml returned the next morn. Forty-rent liox ef Wiley's best randy free with caeh thlrty-crnt ’•want" ad. In kntur* day's Georgian. REV. JAMES A. GORDON. Ite Is Pastor of Newly Completed Associate Reformed Church. Rev. James A. Gordon, the new pas tor of the Associate Reformed Presby terian church ot Atlanta, will be regu larly- Installed at services to be con ducted In the new church budding at the coirner of Whitehall street and Whitehall Terrace Friday evening at 7:45 o'clock. The handsome new building has been completed and the Installation services will be among the first to be held In It, Kev. C. M. Boyd, of 1 Anderson, S. C,. and R. R. Caldwell, of Hopewell, will officiate. Dr. Gordon, the new pastor, Is a min ister well known throughout tho South. His acceptance of the call from the At lanta ehnrch promises a period ot great growth and activity tn the congrega tion. HE DREAMED OF OIL; NOW HAS TEN WELLS on city, Pa.,- Odt. 4.—"I had a great dithnsc'-SaM JaMb Fehnal; of Front! fW- W B4 Yilfeenr morning ‘recently, *r »h* 'two oil derricks 'out there-oh theV'hHIeWe- end tthe olk-was spouting up hundreds of feet'and running In the gully In a great-stream* Fennel marked the spot and later In- duced operators to develop the lease. As a result ten of the biggest wellB In what Is the best pool ever ’ struck In Butler county, are yielding GOO bar rels a day. ATKINSON WILL MANAGE A., B.&A, President H. M. Atkinson, ot the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail road. will, on October 16, also become general manager of the road. At’pres ent George Dole Wadley Is second vice president and general manager, but acting ns general manager bt the road and being In charge of the construction work has been too heavy a burden. After. October 15 Mr. Wadley will de- vote considerably more of his time to the construction work of the road, which Is rapidly Increasing. A rnlushie sold bracelet was lest by s young lady une mnrninx. It was advertised In the "leMf column of The Georgian In jhe afternoon and returned the next moru- ^orty-eent hex of Wiley's best esmly free with each tblrty-cent "want" ad. In Sntur- day s Georgian,