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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THURSDAY. ARPTL 8, Iflflf.
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NOWBELIEVE
111E WILE HE SPEAKER
AMONG EDUCATORS
New Light Is Thrown
on the Death of
Pope Hill.
MYSTERIOUS POLICEMAN
/ TURNS UP AT STATION
Unknown Creates a Sensation Among Cops—Appears
in New Uniform, Stands Around and Vanishes.
Nobody Knows Him—What’s the Answer?
Who was the mysterious man who
appeared; at the police station at mid
night Wednesday, attired in a complete
policeman's uniform and carrying full
police equipment, club and pistol? .
What became of this stranger when
the morning watch went on duty at
midnight?
Why was he there?
These are questions that are Thurs
day puzzling the. officers and men of
the morning watch. They are trying
assiduously to solve the mystery, but
so far have been unable to find the
answer.
And now they are all wondering;
Will he reappear Thursday at mid
night?
If he does it’s a clhch he will be-
shadowed and that every member of
the morning watch will endeavor to
learn his motive. The Inexplicable
presence of this phantom policeman has
given the real policemen a Jolt and has
set their nerves on edge.
The stranger came on the scene Just
as the morning watch was assembling
In the rol) call room. He entered the;
room swinging a billy in his hand and,
strode about with the ease and self- j
confidence of a man who might have,
been on the force for years.
His presence excited immediate com-;
ment, as no one knew him and no one |
had ever seen him before.
"Who is that fellow?” asked Cap- i
tain Norman of Sergeant Terry.
"You’ve got me,’’ replied the ser
geant "I never saw him before.”
Sergeant Torry then whispered the
captain's question to Sergeant Sheri
dan. The latter took a good look at the
stranger, a perplexed expression over
spread his face, and he whispered
back.
"He's a new one on me. I don't know
him."
The men were in the same boat.
They couldn't figure hirp out. All,the
while, the man of mystery seemed per
fectly at home. He could not help but
notice the furore he had occasioned,
hut never a word did he speak. If he
he had any explanation of his presence,
he kept It to himself.
It was suggested that he might bo a I
new supernumerary, Just added to the >
force, hut close questioning of all the:
officers failed to bring out any Infor- ■
matlon. If a new aupe had been put on ,
'he force, they would have known It.
This theory was soon shattered any
way. for while the roll was being called..
>he strange man vanished ns mysteri
ously as he had appeared. Ho could
he found nowhere. This only added
more mystery and caused the police
men to experience a peculiar sensation'
In their legs.
There Is a firm belief among some
or the officers that this Is some stunt,
or the police commission. When com
missioner* were asked about the
?:. ra "*« r Thursday, they merely re
visit they had heard ot h,s s'mngo
Jennings, when asked what he
th# affair, said he didn't know
anything.
The Price
Of Diamonds
. *ot a single time within
ten years has the price of
diamonds dropped. On the
other hand it has has stead-
% advanced
ONE OF SPEAKERS'
AT THE CONFERENCE
McRae, Ga., April 8.—Upon addi
tional evidence secured? which throws
some light on the mystery of the death
of Colonel Pope Hill, It Is reported that
the coroner's Jury may meet again t<
consider further the suicide theory,
which was first rejected.
The evidence is to the effect that Hill
left Macon Saturday ostensibly for
McRae, that he changed cars at Bul
lards, returned to Macon, registered at
a Macon hotel or restaurant, and spent
Saturday night there. He did not go to
his residence or see his family.
Just what the significance of these
actions is no one seems to know. The
lthdrawal of the reward offered adds
to the belief that It was suicide.
No arrests have been made as yet,
and public opinion Is still divided be
tween suicide and murder.
It Is believed In Atlanta that the new
evidence, tending to show .that Pope
Hill killed himself, Is the reason for
Governor Smith’s withdrawal on Wed
nesday afternoon of his intended $250
ard offered for. the murderer or
murderers of Mr. Hill. It Is known
that a conference between Governor
Smith and Captain Nat Harris, of Ma
con, Mr. HIH’b former law partner, was
held during the forenoon, and that the
withdrawal of the reward proclomation
followed this.
IN SHORT METER
P. P. CLAXTON.
Prominent Unlventty of Ten-
neiuiee man who will speak at con
ference for education.
Negro Educators Meet.
Montgomery, Ale., April 8.—The Ala
bama Negro State Teachers' Associa
tion, which met In Montgomery Tues
day, will continue In session until Fri
day night. Their opening session was
addressed by O. J. Kern, distinguished
educator of Illinois.
Prominent Optician
t prepL -
MEMORIAL DAY parade 'aml celebration
April -6. Grand Marshal W. D. Obear. In
charge of the ceremonies, has appointed as
I'hlef of staff for the occasion Captain 8.
D. Rucker, United States army, retired.
Mllltnry and other schools of the city and
vicinity, together with nil uniformed nodi'
founders of
ornaments, which have
recently been purchased,^are.said.to be one
of the finest and most complete seta In the
diocese.
No. 497 Peachtree-st. is now No. 53 East
r.luden-st. This change of btise, or rather
of number, was caused by the notion of
the house in TURNING AROUND (with
assistance) so that It faced East Linden In
stead of Peachtree-st. This slight change
j At the directora* meeting of the Atlanta
I chamber of Commerce Wednesday It wa»
! decided to publish a MONTHLY JOIJR
NAL. or ntngnzlne. devoted to the Interests
of Atlanta and of the chamber. It Is ex
pected this publication will be Issued under
. jtnlng exhibit and lectures of the National
Antl-Tuborculosls Association, which will
begin next Monday In the bnaement of thf
Central Congregational church. It waa nhw
decided at the meeting to urge the various
commercial bodies in Atlanta TO ATTEND
the exhibition and to lend their influence
In getting this Important campaign before
the general public.
W. J. Pnnlnn, of the Savannah Chamber
of Commerce, Is lu Atlanta for a few
i The primary object of his visit Is Ir
. interest of good roads and the presentation
before the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
I of an objection to the proposed Increase
j In DUTY ON ASPHALT from $1.50 to $3.S0
Application has boon made to the superior
court by DENNIS F. SULLIVAN, who was
recently adjudged Insane, for a new trial.
He Is 80 years old and-has property valued
nt about $35,000.
A charter has been asked In the superior
court by the INTERSTATE LUMBER
COMPANY, with n capital stock of $30,000.
The application was made by Edward
Young Clarke and others.
The DUNHAM RUBBER Company Is the
name of a new orgnnlxatlon for which n
charter has been asked. It# capita) stock
Is $15,000 and Its Incorporators are P. W.
Dunham, George 8. Lowndes. Jr., and Hol
land II. Lowndes.
court to Mrs I.lxxle Moyer. She chnrged
J. Y. JOYNER.
Superintendent of Instruction of
NoVth Carolina and president of
Association of Southern States Su
perintendents.
GREAT SEMINOLE
Tallahassee Dies in Ever
glades of Southern
Florida.
! The TELKPftONR at the headquarters of
like American Anti-Tuberculosis Exhibition.
(Central Congregational chuecli. Is Ivy 2938.
Among the scores of calls that arc pm In
cute.
The prison commission Thursday heard
argument upon the application for a nnr-
don of LUTHER HALL, a young white
man who Is serving « life sentence lot
killing a man named McCullough. In Cow-
da county. In the year 1904. It lvclaimed
DR. C. L. LEWKOWITZ,
Who Has Invented • New Lens.
An Invention of much intercut to
wearers of glasses, especially those
who have optic trouble In a complicated
form. Is the hi-focal lens which has re
cently been Invented by Dr. <L. Lew-
j kowltx. of The Globe optical Company.
. A diamond is a splendid of Atlanta. This len* will be ground in
m.. . *■ one single piece, doing away with the
wafer or necessity of cement. This
'nvostment.
Our diamonds are of the
y er y first quality and we
nave them in practically
ever}- size. Match stones a
special feature.
Maier Berkele
lena la expected to revolutionize the
making of bl-focal lenses. Dr. Lewko-
wit* la a graduate of four of the lead
ing eollegea of optlcB In the United
States, viz: The College of Optics of
South ‘Bend. Inrl.: The Philadelphia
College of Optics. The Optholmlc Col
lege of New York and The College of
Optometry of Chicago. Dr. Lewko-
wlt* Is well known throughout the state
and his many Mends will be glad to
learn of his great success.
i pearod to urge clemency.
Attorney-General John C. Hart Is ill with
a SEVERE COLD at bU home in Union Point.
Judge Hart doea not consider hit illness seri
ous and in a letter sent to bis office at the
, capitol Thursday stated that he felt ronsid-
■ erably improved and hopes to be out again
I within the next few days.
’ The prison commission notified Pulton and
DeKtlb counties Thursday morning that there
are twenty-five white convicts now at the
PRISON PARM who will be turned over to
them upon demand. The convicts are those
who have been sent to the farm within the
Ukt few months and who were being held
there pending the purchase of a prison farm.
The Merry Dreamland Theater, a motion
picture show at No. 5 Viaduct place. WAS
CLOSED Thursday morning by Constables
Barnes and Mauldin under claims issued from
Judge Bloodworth's court at the instance of
four of the theater's employees. The em
ployees. thru their attorney, John Y. Smith,
allege that the\theater is in arrears with
their wages in a sum aggregating $41.35. It
Is thought that the debts will be adjusted
soon and the show reopened.
Solicitor LOWRY ARNOLD, of the criminal
court of Atlanta, returned Wednesday night
from Baltimore, where he has been in the
Johns Hopkins hospital for the past two
months. Mr. Arnold's health has been en
tirely restored and he has gsined 39 pounds
while away. II# was present at the court
Monday morning attending to hia duties as
prosecuting attorney. #
JUDGE A. k. CALHOUN, of |he criminal
court of Atlanta, waa presented with a hand-
w>m, Mexiran beetle eearf pin Thursday
morning by Solicitor Lowry Arnold. Ur.
Kiaalmm**, FI*., April 8.—Word han
been received from the everglades by
J. M. Willson, Jr„ of this city, telling
him of the death of Tallahassee, chief
tain of the Semlnoles of Florida.
The message tvas sent by Billy Bow
legs and said: '.‘Tallahassee—big sleep
—one moon.”
The death of the old chieftain marks
the end of one of the noblest as well as
the proudest of his race. When Osceola
with his compatriots went on the war
path, Tallahassee was a small boy And
remembered well when his father and a
few companions were surrounded and
killed by the soldiers hear Tallahkssee,
the capital of the state. When ques
tioned as to his age, the old chief would
’Old—plenty;’’ but he possibly was
not over 80 years.
Tallahassee, with his band, claimed a
pre-eminence over all the Indians of
Florida as having never been con
quered. never yielding to the demands
of the United States government. When
the lost deportation of the Semlnoles
was made, the Tollahasseeans hid
themselves In the fastnesses of the ev
erglades and there remained till peace
and quiet reigned again. Tallahassee
bore no resentment to the whites, but
nobly "burled the tomahawk" and ac
cepted his fate as the cruel fortune of
the red man. Kissimmee people re
member his last visit here. He was In
full costume, wearing the regalia of his
rank, and was welcomed most gracious
ly by mnny white people. Children
crowded around him to shake hands,
and he waa the recipient of many to
kens and presents from the townspeo
ple. As the old chief bade “good-bye"
he said; "Me no more come to Kis
simmee city; old too much." Sad and
prophetic words!
Hft religion was: "Me no lie, me no
steal, me no kill. Big sleep come, Great
Spirit take me." Touching and pathetic
is the fact that with his band he has
been driven before the march of civili
zation until his last camping ground
was significantly named "Hungry
Land," near Okeechobee.
IN SEARCH OF HIS SON
Birmingham Man Came to
Atlanta and Vanished.
What has become of F. V. Putnam, 21
years of age, of Birmingham, who mys
teriously vanished In Atlanta on
March 20?
J. S. Putnam, father of the misting
young man, has arrived In Atlanta In
search of his son and has appealed to
the detective department to aid him In
solving this question. Despite the ef
forts of Mr. Putnam and detectives,
however, not the slightest trace of
young Putnam has so far been found.
His father fears some harm may have
befallen him, as the young man Is said
to have been exemplary and to have
had no reason at all to want to leave
his home.
He Is said to have been In III health
and his mother h*d been advising him
to take a vacation. On March 18 he
left hie home and stated that he was
going to the home of a friend In Bir
mingham to make a call. The next
day his mother was astonished to re
ceive a telegram from her son In At
lanta, In which he atated he had de
cided to take a vacation, as she had
suggested. Since then nothing has
been seen or heard of him, and his
people are alarmed.
In an effort to ascertain what has be
come of young Putnam, his father de
cided to come to Atlanta and make a
personal search. Every possible effort
Is being made to get some.clew to the
whereabouts of the missing man, but
they have all proven futile. "
^ Easter Offerings at Rich’s
Exhibition of Exclusive Novelties
in Ready-to-Wear
We present to the feminine world of Atlanta an
exhibition of latest styles in ready-to-wear that sur
passes anything ever before attempted in the South.
The variety is so extraordinary that we can supply
the demand for inexpensive but satisfactory garments
as well as for the hosts of high-class exclusive novel
ties controlled by us. Of greatest importance will be
the display of Silk, Linen and Lingerie Gowns for
Easter and for the social functions which immediately
follow. Note this great range of prices and come to
our greater Ready-to-Wear Department, on the second
floor, for your summer wardrobes.
Lingerie Gowns $5.95 to $100
Taffeta Gowns $10.95 to $65
Figured Foulards .. .$12.50 to $75
Bordered Foulards . .$35.00 to $75
Messaline Satins $25.00 to $100
LinenPrincessDresses $16.50 to $75
NoveltyWashDresses $12.50 to $35
Paris Model Costumes $45 to $200
Pongee Dresses $20 to $85
Tailored Wool Suits. .$17.50 to $75
Max M. Schwarcz Suits $50 to $90
Tailored Linen Suits... .$15 to $75
Tailored Reps Suits $10 to $25
Gloves for Easter
Our spring stock of both Kid and
Fabric Gloves, in all shades to
match costumes, gives women the
greatest assortment in the South
for selection. We carry the well-
tested and guaranteed qualities of
Gloves. We’ve a very lovely selec
tion of the new buff shades. Cham
ois Gloves will be extremely popu
lar, “they say.” See our lines at
$1 and $1.50 Pair
Parasols for Easter
We can match any shade of cos
tume in a Silk Parasol, beginning
with an excellent Pongee Silk at
$2.00, and going through a range
,of beauties up to the exclusive
styles in colored silks in the new
Tokio shapes, priced from $3.50 to
$12.00. In Linen Parasols, the em
broidered ones, at $3.50, are ex
tremely chie,-and we also have neat
linene. Parasols as low as $1.00 in
price.
Cut Price Sales Tomorrow
A sale of Silk and Woolen Rem
nants at
Half Price
A sale of Wash Belts; 1 A^,
25c values at J.
Cuf prices upon the entire stock
of Pyrography.
Sale of Women’s Dutch Collars;
25c values.
2 for 25q '
Sale of Ascot Stocks, | Q _
regular 25c Values, at IjsI*
Sale of Moire Belting,
in all colors, a yard
19c
We will exhibit tomorrow upon the second floor a beautifully selected
stock of Easter Wear for infants and small children. Don’t buy the
baby's Easter Bonnet until you have seen the cute things here.
M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICD & BROS. CO.
HE IS UNDER FIRE
FOR SECOND TIME
At the Orpheum.
Grfff, flip Jovial Jester hi lbe Orpbeuin
thin week, has nn act which Is an unique an
it !*'Interesting. He Is a clown Juggler with
s line of talk that keeps the audience In nn
uproar of laughter. His Imitation of the
Newlyweds' baby Is a scream. I^iwrence
Crane Is making a great hit with bla “Den
of Mystery."
At the Lyric.
They’re crowding at every performance
at the Lyric thin week, and once more It
Is being shown that the day of the well-
constructed and properly-produced • melo
drama baa not gone. The appearance of
Thru Death Valley" at the'theater beauti
ful will make tbla week one of the banner
ones of the aeaaon. '
. At tha Bijou.
Bill Jones Is a funny, looking object nn
be steps ont nn the stage nt the Bijou this j
week. Ue's a Unite, every Inch of him.
and the audience Is almost convulsed by [
htn antics. Then, all of a sudden. Bill I
shows up In a different light. He fa n mu- •
slrlao, and such a musician! He vein music
our of almost anything. The lull for the
week Is well worth while.
Arnold has been away on a two montltb’ vs
cation and brought ths pin to Judge Cal
houn as a souvenir.
Services will be held Saturday night at 8
_ clock in St. Pauls Kpiseopsl mission at East
Point. Sunday morning at 9 o’clock Bishop
C. K. Nelson will celebrate the holy com
munion. A special Invitation to attend both
■- THE 90LDIKR8 at
E. Richmond, of Philadelphia, will address
a mass meeting of Sunday school workers at
West End Presbyterian church Thursday
t. Mr. Richmond is a specialist In black
board illustrating. This in an opportunity
for help and suggestions as to how to use
a blackboard.
The ANNUAL CONCLAVE of Coeur De-
Lion Commandery, No. 4, will be held in Its
asylum, corner Peachtree and Cain-sts., Good
" ' ■ evening, at 7:80 o’clock. The order
lits of Malta will be conferred. Re-
officers will be read and offieora for
the ensuing Templar year will be installed.
Dr. Joel T. Davea preached at the WESLEY
MEMORIAL revival Wednesday night. The
pastor. Rev. Frank Siler, wilt preach again
Thursday night at the Armory. 36 Houston-
at., and each night the remainder of this
week. There will be three services as usual
Sunday. At 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon new
embers will be received into the ehurch.
unday school will hold its Easter opening
_/ barrels by classes for the liquidation of
the church debt at this service.
The Greet Players.
In tbla nge of bustle anil striving after
riches, theater-goer* Mhve shown ii marked
preference for the lighter form* of amuse
ment- as against the legitimate drams. This
may account somewhat for the lack of
Shakespearean productions of late years.
But recently there has been a marked
change In things theatrical and there la a
lively demand (or the more aerlotis forum
of drama and Shakespeare Is once more
coming into his own. The younger genera
tion has seldom had an opportunity to wit-
nemi such plays as Macbeth, Julius t’seanr.
Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet, and It la
with unusual pleasure that the manage
ment of tjtc J»rqnrt announces thnt next
week these plays will be presented In a
faultless manney by the Ben Greet Players,
beginning next Monday night with “Mac
beth." *
Louis Mann’s Ideals.
Louis Mann told a magazine Interviewer
a few days ago thut he would like to make
n repertoire consisting df Ibsen's “John
Uriel Borkmaun." Shakespeare’s .’The
■ reliant of Venice." Hauptmann's “Ftiehr-
inonn Hensehel.” nnd Pinero’s “8wf*t Lav
ender.” The Interviewer. Inquired why he
did not do so. Mr. Mann's answer was
that lie believed the public was slow in
revising Its opinion of an actor, and that a
man who had begun In the frivolity of illu
sion! comedy might emerge from It only
by easy stages. He regards the "Man
•Who Stood Still." In which be Is fo net
here soon at the Grand, at the logical out
come sf hfs venture forward from the days
of “The Girl From Parts’’ nnd ’The Tele
phone Girl.”
MIDLAND, TEXAS,
SWEPT BU FLAMES!
Fire Rages, Uncontrolled, i:
Heart of Business ^
District.
i
Dallas, Texas, April 8.—Reports re«*j
reived from Midland today at noon aajl
that a fire which broke out there thin
morning had already destroyed prop-*'
erty valued at over $300,000, and tha.
blaze was still beyond the control o|J
the firemen.
Rome of the biggest firms In Midland {
have already been burned out and the
Indications are that the town will be
wiped out.
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