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MOCK MARRIAGE LOST HER DOWER Mary Lee Turpin Was Not At lanta Hotel Man’s Legal Wife, Court Declares. , DUBUQUE, IOWA, May 13 The $250,000 fortune of the late F. M. Tur pin. whose hotel interests in Atlanta were large, will not be divided to give Mary Lee Turpin a widow’s share. Circuit Court Judge Benson has put forth a decision declaring that Mary Lee Turpin was never legally married to the hotel man. in- spite of the fact that she hhd lived with him in New York and .L'lucago. ...... .- . The case was one in which one of the oldest families of Georgia was con cerned. September 21. 1910, Mary Lee Turpin filed a petition with the dis trict court asking for a divorce from Turpin, then proprietor of the Julien hotel of this city, and also interested in hotel property at Macon. Ga.. Knox ville, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga. Before service could be obtained on the defendant, he died at the home of relatives at Macon. A few days after his death, the woman* claiming to be the widow", had an administrator of the estate appointed. This was H. J. Grace, of Dubuque, a clerk in the office of the clerk of the district court. Mother Fought Suit. March 3. 1911, the woman applied to the court for. a-widows allowance. Suit was resisted by decedent’s mother, who alleged that the woman claiming the allowance was not the widow of her son, never had been his wife, and that he never had intended to make her his wife. in the trial, attorneys from Macon and Chicago assisted the best local lawyers. Witnesses were brought from New York, Chicago. Macon. Atlanta and Jacksonville. Fla. In her suit for divorce the plaintiff alleged she and Turpin were married in New Ydrk city in September, 1908. and that they lived at the Hotel Girard as husband and wife. She alleged that the suit never came to trial before the death of the defendant. In the trial under the petition for a widow’s allowance the plaintiff said she was 32 years'old; that she was born at Brunswick. Ga. At the age of about 14 she was married to James C. Smith, a locomotive engineer. In 1904, saiij he was killed in railroad accident. After that the plaintiff alleged she worked for Captain James McKay, own er and operator of coasting vessels, as stenographer, bbokkeper and confiden tial secretary. Claimed a “Mock” Marriage. She was called to Jacksonville by the Illness of a brother, and there met Tur pin. From that time on they met fre quently anti eventually became engaged to marry, tlie plaintiff said. Early in ’September*'!Wfcsh * r Lurpin sent her a telegWfH’TO' jotlrtley Tci New York, ■where they■■ were t <■«■+><*■ married. She made the trip, fnet him in Jersey City, went to an office building in New York city, was married by a man she sup posed was a civil officer. Then the two went tmt+ie;Hotel~Girard. She showed In"court pages of the ho tel register centaHii+ig their names.- ; In the spring of 1910 at the Majestic hotel in Chicago the woman said Tur pin told her they were not married, and that the ceremony was a mock one. Then she -tried to- commit suicide by drinking water which had been poured over matches. The house physician saved her life. . On the part of the defense it was nol denied that the plaintiff and Turpin had lived as husband and’ wife at-varied places, but it was denied that they were ever married. . . TWENTY DIE, 15 VILLAGES BURN IN FOREST FIRES SAN JUAN. COSTA RICA. May 13. Twenty persons have been burned to death and fifteen ( viPages destroyed by forest fires on ,the % Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ’ • Feel Equal To Any Task When digestion is good; nerves are steady, and brain works clear. Give yourself a fair show to earn and achieve. If coffee and tea are found to interfere, stop and use POSTUM It ‘ aids digestion; steadies the nerves; and clears the brain. Read letter to right. a Reason” Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle Creek, Michigan. Dog-Fondling Women Not Worthy of Name Os Wife, Says Pastor Dr Chariest O. Jones, of Grace Meth odist church, thinks that a woman who fondles a dog instead of a- baby is un worthy of the name of wife. He told his congregation so tn a ser mon on "The Duties of Motherhood,” preached last night. "They as-ked Napoleon what was the greatest need of France,” said Dr. Jones, “and the emperor answered that France needed mothers.” Dr. Holderby, of Moore Memorial church, took occasion Sunday to criti cise the action of the Methodist bishops in recommending that the ban be lifted from theatergoing, card playing and dancing. "It is a clear compromise with the devil,” said Dr. Holderby. "Should these recommendations be adopted the whole church will receive a tremendous blow. “In this compromising the church is surely losing power. The old-time gos pel of sin and judgment and eternal punishment is no longer being preach ed. The world is demanding a soft gos pel of the church, and 1 am ashamed to say it is getting it.” Dr. E. Dean Ellenwood, of the First Universalist church, took the opposite view of the question. He told his con gregation that the old-time religion would not satisfy the twentieth cen tury. "Not that there is a lack of religion.” said Dr. Ellenwood, "but the religion that is- preached fails to appeal to the love of reason, to the love of fair play, which is the predominant character istic of our enlightened age. The old time religion is not enough." FIRST PRESBYTERIAN INSTALLS DR. WALKER AT NOTABLE SERVICE Dr. Hugh K. Walker is today official ly pastor of the First Presbyterian church. He was installed at a. special service attended by the entire member ship of the church and many- visitors. Since coming to Atlanta from Los Angeles two months ago. Dr. Walker has become one of the most prominent figures in Christian work in the city. Officiating at the installation service weie Dr. W. L. Lingle, of Richmond Theological seminary, who preceded Dr. Walker in the pastorate; Dr. A. R Holderby, who presided: Dr. J. Lynn Bachman, of Knoxville; Dr. A. A. Lit tle. Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden and Elders John J. Eagan and S. M. Inman. Dr. Lingle read the Scripture lesson and delivered the sermon; Dr. Bachman delivered the charge, expounding the duties of the pastor to the church, and John J. Eagan, one of the elders, closed the ceremonial part of the service with prayer. PICTURE SLIDES TO HELP DEVELOP LOVE OF ART IN ATLANTA - Reproductions in hand-colored slides of the world’s famous art masterpieces with a short lecture on each one is planned by the Atlanta Art Association for every Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock at the Montgomery theater. There will be no extra charge for the slides, which have been secured by the local association with a view of educating Atlanta people to an appreciation of art. The slides have been secured wMh the co-operation of the American Federation of Arts, the Metropolitan museum and the Detroit Museum of Art. Rev. W. W. Memminger will make a short talk ex plaining each picture as it Is shown. On next Friday samples of English art will be shown. These will be followed by French, Flemish and Italian master pieces LANDSLIDEJN VIRGINIA DELAYS THE SOUTHERN Passengers on Southern train No. 29, the Birmingham Special, did not arrive today at 10:30 o’clock as scheduled, and will not arrive until 5 o’clock this after noon. A landslide in Virginia covered the Southern tracks and delayed service. No trains were caught in the slide and no Injuries except to the tracks were re ported. GOVERNOR FIGHT IS ND LOVE FEAST Slaton’s Friends Consider Un derwood Victory Helpful to Their Cause. Despite recent pious protests from prospective participants therein that the forthcoming gubernatorial primary is to be devoid of factional feeling or endeavor, and notwithstanding evidence cited to prove this significant conten tion true, it is becoming painfully ap parent that factional feeling may once more be invoked, nevertheless, in de termining the identity of Georgia’s next governor. From the Slaton side of the guberna torial controversy there came Sunday this- significant promulgation! “Friends of John M. Slaton consider the situation very much simplified since the presidential primary of May 1. While he personally took no part in the presidential contest, it is well known that the Joe Brown element, with which Mr. Slaton has always been allied, though he has many friends In the other political camp, was back of the candidacy of Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, who,carried Georgia by a plu rality of some 15,000 votes'.” A great many observers of events and things are taking this to mean that Mr. Slaton will be the avowed candidate of the "Joe Brown element,” of which the promulgation speaks, and that the time has come when Georgia may as well be acquainted frankly with that fact. Watson For Slaton. In addition to this. Thomas E. Wat son. in the current issue of his Pro gressive Democrat, practically declares himself in favor of Slaton. Watson quotes Senator Hoke. Smith as having said, when governor: “If Jack Slaton had not held up my- ap pointments I would let him become governor." Watson then adds: “We can elect Jack Slaton governor, even if he did hold up those appointments. ’ . Watson then warmly commends Sla tons attitude toward the income tax amendment to the Federal constitution, when it came to the consideration of the Georgia senate, and, speaking of certain offices in the state, says: “After we have elected Jack Slaton governor we will make those offices elective, and we ll put into them men more worthy than Smith’s appointees.” Mr. Watson does not recite the names of the Smith appointees, however. Looks Like Old Line-up. Looking things over, many politicians seem to find these significant facts: Mr. Slaton’s "friends” are expressing pub licly much gratification that Under wood swept Georgia, because "it.is well known that the Joe Brown element, with which Mr. Slaton always has been allied, was back of the Underwood can didacy;” that Thomas E. Watson, who also was more or less "back” of the Un derwood candidacy, and who has been Identified with the "Joe Brown element” in Georgia polities for several years, Is supporting Mr. Slaton and fighting Tom Hudson, and that Senator Hoke Smith’s acts as governor already are being set up as targets at which some of Mr. Slaton’s supporters are to fire their heavy artillery. • Wherefore, these many politicians, bj'ing human and apt at putting two and two together, opine that there is to be, after all. no small degree of faction alism manifested in the forthcoming gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. WOMEN WILL BE GUESTS AT NEXT REALTY DINNER A Sinner will be given by the Atlanta Real Estate Men’s association at Du rand's case Wednesday evening, at which wives, daughters and other rel atives and women friends of the mem bers will be entertained. This is the first time such a dinner has been planned by the association, as at all former ones only men attended. SOAKED IN COFFEE Until Too Stiff to Bend Over. "When I drank coffee 1 often had sick headaches, nervousness and bil iousness much of the time; but about two years ago I went to visit a friend and got In the labft-of drinking Pos tum. "I have never touched coffee since and the result has been that I am now entirely well of all my stomach and nervous trouble. (Tea contains caf feine, the same drug found In coffee,) "My mother was just the same way. We all drink Postum now, and have not had any coffee in the house for two years and we all are well. "A neighbor of mine, a great coffee drinker, was troubled with pains tn her side for years and was an invalid. She was not able to do her work and could not even mend clothes or do anj - thing at all where she would have to bend forward. If she tried to do a lit tle hard work she would get such pains that she would have to He down for the rest of the day. "I persuaded her at last to stop drinking coffee and try Postum, and she did so, and she has used Postum ever since; the result has been that she can now do her work, can sit for a whole day and mend an,] can sew on the machine and she never feels the least bit ,of pain in her side. In fact, she has got well and it shows coffee was the cause of the whole trouble. “J could also tell you about several other neighbors who have been benefit ed by quitting coffee and using Postum in its place.” Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. latok in pkgs, for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellville.” THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 13, IHI2. Special Train Takes Atlanta Baptists to Southern Convention A special train bearing several hun dred delegates to the Southern Baptist convention will leave Atlanta oVer the Seaboard Air Line for Oklahoma City this afternoon. Among the delegates are many prominent Atlantans. The train will leave at 4:40 o’clock, going byway of Birmingham and Memphis, »thence to Oklahoma City, where it will arrive early Wednesday morning. Among those in the party will be Dr. John E. White and Rev. U. I. Masters, M. M. Welch. Walker Dun son. Dr. J. J. Bennett, Rev. William Russell Owen. Rev. B. P. Robertson, Charles E. Smith, lieutenant governor of South Carolina; Mrs. W. J. Neel, president of the Baptist Women's Mis sionary union, and Miss E. L. Amos, secretary of that organization. The party will remain in Oklahoma City four days. Atlanta Seeks Convention. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA.. May 13. Three Southern cities are contesting for the 1913 meeting of the Southern Baptists convention, which opens in Oklahoma City May 15. They are At lanta. Ga., San Antonio. Texas, and Asheville. N C. It has been 20 years since Atlanta entertained the Baptists, and in the meantime the organization has doubled numerically and in impor tance In the religious world. B. N. SEVIER SLASHES OWN THROAT; DIES IN GRADY HOSPITAL Funeral services over the body of B. N. Sevier, of 172 Oakland avenue who slashed his throat with a razor in an unoccupied house on Sat urday night, will be held as soon as the father of the dead man arrives from Louisiana. Despondency over continued illness is given as the reason for Sevier’s sui cide. He had been a patient in the At lanta sanitarium, on North Boulevard, and was out for a walk when, it is presumed, he became morose. He went to the cellar of 668 Eair street and with a rusty razor cut a deep gash in his throat. From the house he crawled 100 feet on his hands and knees and begged several children to give him aid. The police who picked him up found this note: "B. N. Sevier; been • sick so long.” Sevier died at Grady hospital Sun day afternoon at 6 o’clock. He was connected with the Southern Publish ing Company, and leaves a wife and four children. PIONEER’S BODY BORNE TO GRAVE WITH HONORS The funeral of Sampson A. Morris, one of the best known of Atlanta's pioneer citizens, at St. Pauls Methodist church yesterday afternoon, was at tended by an honorary escort from among the most prominent residents. Rev. B. F. Frazer officiated and the interment was in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Mor is died late Saturday after noon at his home, 236 Park avenue, from a stroke of paralysis. He was 69 years of age and as one of the city’s most active business men had accumu lated a considerable estate. He was a Confederate veteran, served two terms in the city council and was affiliated with a number of fraternal organiza tions. He is survived by his wife, one son. T. J. Morris, and a daughter, Mrs. J. H. Ewing | AT THE THEATERS' FADETTE ORCHESTRA HEADS FORSYTH BILL This week the Forsyth has a bill of vaudeville that is of a class almost su perior to any other offering of the season It has features that are out of the ordi nary, and stars that are classed with the positive successes of this class of en tertainment. There are more than 40 people in the combination of acts, and none of them have ever appeared on the same stage before. There will be music, instrumental and vocal, comedy that is real, novelty that is unusual and a sensational playlet that will add materially to the drawing power of the show The star feature will be the Fadette or chestra of Boston, a combination of pretty girls, eighteen of them, under the skillful direction of Caroline B. Nichols, one of the best known musical conductors in the country. This act is classed with the tremendously big features of modern vau deville and will be an act of wonderful drawing power in Atlanta. Keller Mack and Frank Orth, the popu lar song writers, the six O’Connor sisters, the singing sextette. Captain Powers and company, the ventriloquists, the three Jossetty brothers In European gymnastic exercises. Ben Smith, the singing come dian, and Sullivan and Bartling, In "The Fighter and the Boss," make up the rest of the program. It Is a bill of wonderful variety, with something to suit the fancy of all classes of theatergoers, and collectively a bill that will measure to the highest standard the Forsyth has yet established. There is an unusual demand for reser • vat lons. MERMAIDA IS FEATURE OF BIJOU’S BILL THIS WEEK The sensational feature of this week's Bijou bill will be Mermaida, the Diving Venus. This is one of the most remark able bills in vaudeville, and its booking for a bargain price house is unusual. Mermaida is one of the biggest drawing acrds on the vaudeville stage and pa trons of the Bijou have a treat |n store for them. Mermaida is called America's most scientific diver, and her wonderful feats in diving and swimming will prove an exciting novelty. The other three acts on the bill will prove quite as entertain ing as the headline feature, and com prise Al an eccentric comedy juggler, Qulgg and Nickerson, comedy blackface musicians, and Bessie Brown ing, a character impersonator of charm ing stage presence and an elaborate and beautiful wardrobe. These . four acts make up a bill that will be hard to equal !at bargain prices. In addition there will be the usual Interesting run of motion plctuers to open and close each perform ance Matinees are given dally at 2:30 and 4, and night shuns at 7:30 and 9. ' Children don’t care! A 1111111 If they did care they !|||ll| would forget! j!||||||k ||||| Wrigley’s E|| ||Si makes it easier for them FfwH Bran to care for their teeth ||||g| than not to care. HHm If your children chew 1111111 it every day, the friction H||||| and the mint leaf juice |||||||| |||||| preserve their teeth M|g| 11111 l indefinitely. WSI lIQlt While they chew it they gaME ■hm also help digestion. raH ■EgS Most children don’t chew Slh 11111 l food properly don’t SH| ggjsSi create enough saliva. I|||!|| Chewing this dainty helps Mjffl digest the “gulpings.” And all this applies to HBB Igllll you—Mr. or Mrs. or Miss! wllk Buy it by the Box ||||| of any dealer. It costs less. Pass it around after meals. Look for the spear ypj The flavor lasts IA F" - SPOTLESS TOWN •w Hobart, a city in far-off Tasmania, enjoys the distinction of being called “spotless town.” Help make Atlanta “spotless” by using “GEORGIA CLEANER” I / (’leans instantaneously. For use on any painted or varnished surface. Removes every particle of soot, grease, grime or soil of any description. Get a 30c can. If it doesn’t do more work than can be done in any oth er way for $3.00, your money back. Georgia Paint & Glass Co. 35-37 Luckie St. CHILDREN’S LIVES ARE SAVED t . Mrs. A. L. McClendon, who resides at 175 Kelly street, and is the mother of three children, aged respectively six years, ten years and thirteen years. All of them have been in very poor health for the past two or three years. They seemed to be in a weak, run-down condition, had no appetite, no ambition or life to play that children should have at these ages; very restless in their sleep, bad dreams, screaming out. grat ing of the teeth, foul breath, especially in the morning: dark circles under the eyes, fevers, bilious attacks, kidneys very weak. The mother said at Cour sey & Munn's drug store that her medi cine bill ran from $6 to $lO a month for the past two yeafs. "and if the children were improving I would not mind the price at all, but thev seem to be getting worse. A neighbor of mine told me Mtw.ut thia Quaker Extract and how many children had been brought back to a healthy condition after using it, and that many of them excelled mon ster worms, and 1 am going to try one bottle." The mother went home, commenced giving it to the children and in a few days the thirteen«year-old girl expelled a number of stomach worms. The child was being eaten alive. No wonder she was delicate. She commenced to im prove right away. The other children did not expel any worms as the mother knew of. but the weak kidney trouble they hadt al night, has dis appeared and there is no more bed wet ting at that home. The child! en all eat well, sleep tine and they are getting as red and rosy as can be. “and I wish to say I believe Quaker Extract the great est medicine in the world, for when it can restore my children to the perfect health they are in today, and in such a short space of time, they’re worth their weight in gold." Quaker Extract, 6 for $5.00, or 3 for $2.50, SI.OO a bottle; Oil of Balm, 25c or 5 for SI.OO. Tiie Health Teacher w hen here said again the wonderful power of the Qua ker Extract is shown. < 'ases of this kind should convince even the most skeptical of the wonderful p avers of the Quaker remedies that he has intro duced at Coursey & Munn's drug store, 29 Marietta St. We prep.n express charges on all ders of $3.00 or over. 5