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MINISTER'S IE
FREED GT BULLET
Rev. C. 0. Bennett Slain by
Cousin on Eve of Divorce
Suit She Had Brought.
WAYCROSS, GA., May 20.—Mrs. C.
O. Bennett, of Millwood, who was suing
her husband for divorce, has been freed
from her’ domestic bonds, but Carrey
Bennett, a cousin of C. O. Bennett, and
not the law. is responsible. In front of
a large crowd at the railroad station
in- Millwood Carrey Bennett shot
hand. Sunday morning.
The trouble between the cousins had
been standing for a long time. The
preacher Bennett was 38 years old and
Carrey was only 20, but the young man
was said to he unusually attentive to
his cousin s wife, a short while ago
Mrs. Bennett, with her four children,
departed from Millw ood. Her last let
ter from her husband told her never to
come back.
Death Stops Lawsuit.
Not long after she left, divorce pro
ceedings against Rev. .Mr. Bennett wore
filed. Although the latter showed no
desire to resume marital relations with
his wife, he contested the suit and was
going to fight it in the courts.
Until yesterday Mrs. C. O. Bennett
had not visited Millwood. Shortly after
she came Carrey Bennett arrived from
Kirkland and before the train had left
the station the pistol duel had begun.
C. O. Bennett is said to have fired the
first shot.
When the smoke cleared. Rev. C. O.
Bennett was lying dead and Carrey
Bennett had wounds in his left hand
and breast. Stray bullets went into the
crowd. J. W. Murray, the station agent,
was struck in the foot and Sam Murray,
an eight-year-old boy, received one in
his leg.
Relatives to Fight Widow.
Carrey Bennett has completely recov
ered from the shock of his wounds and
is resting easily in the Ware county
jail In this city. Counsel has been em
ployed by his relatives. It is under
stood that he will claim that he killed
iiis preacher kinsman in self-defense.
The other victims of the duel, J. W.
Murray and Sam Murray, are nut se
riously wounded.
The relatives of the deceased intend
to fight any effort the widow of the
minister may make for a share of the
estate and may endeavor to take from
her the four children.
In his last letter to Mrs. Bennett the
minister stated that he would send soon
for the children and would arrange fm.
her to see them occasionally. A state
ment of his in this letter indicated that
their separation might cause further
trouble, the nature of which he did not
disclose.*
The differences between the minister
and Carrey Bennett regarding the lat
ter’s alleged relations with the former’s
wife are given as the cause of the
shooting Carrey Bennett had been em
ployed at his cousin’s farm, and it is
alleged that In the minister’s absence
from home the young man and Mrs.
Bennett were much in each other s so
ciety.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON.
Rev. E. D. Ellenwood returned today
from Loganville. Ga., where he deliv
ered t lie commencement sermon to the
graduates of* the Loganville High
school.
“Correct Press for Men”
HEADS IP
Nestle your head in a
straw hat that comforta
bly tits.
Our straw hats are built
and blocked in such away
that they are bound to
conform to any known
head.
At last —a straw hat
which neither wiggles nor
wabbles on the top of
your head.*
We have straw hats ga
lore. a size for every head,
a shape for every face.
Split Straws. Sennits and
Milan?.
$2.00 to $4.00
Straight from Siam:
Bangkok Straws, finely
woven, light as a feather.
Cool. Smart. Rakish.
$5.00
Essig Bros. Co.
“Correct Dress for Men”
26 Whitehall Street
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Here is the new automobile>garbnge truck used for up-town garbage collection by the city
of .Atlanta. It is red and speedy and holds a tremendous load of refuse, but it is open to the
winds, ami when piled high with loose papers and trash its contents are blown away-as fast as
the truck is loaded, scattering disease-laden refuse into the air and causing eases of fever.
Body Sunk With Iron
Looks Like Man Last
Seen Flashing a Roll
LOS ANGELES, May 2ft. —The body
of a man with a piece of iron tied to
his arm floated to the surface in San
Pedro harbor and was recovered by a
fisherman. Today the police are seek
ing to solve the second murder mystery
of the last few weeks, while the first is
still a puzzle.
That the man had been murdered is
evident. The hands were tied together
with a rope, attached to which was a
heavy piece of iron. One arm was
broken, the skull fractured ami the
limbs were bruised, indicating a terrific
death struggle with his assailants.
The body is thought to have been in
the water three weeks or a month. The
only mark of identification was a gold
ring. On the inside of this ring an in
scription has almost been entirely worn
away, but the police were able to de
cipher initials which they claim to be
"E. R."
The proprietor of the American hotel
at San Pedro declared last night that
Bernard Rein, who came here from De
troit. Mi, It., after declaring he was go
ing to San Francisco. and after having
displayed a large roll of money, disap
peared from his hotel on May 1 and
has not been seen since. Rein's bag
gage is still at the hotel. The proprie
tor declares Rein's description in many
particulars tits that of the body found.
MEYER BROTHERS GO
ON TRIAL AT MACON
FOR WOMAN’S DEATH |
MACON. GA.. May 20.--Lep and Al
bert Meyer, brothers, were put on trial
for their lives in the Bibb superior court
today on account of the recent shooting
of Mary a young woman of the
restricted district, with whoso death
they are jointly charged. Eight law
yers are in the case, five representing
the defendants. The women of the re
stricted section have raised SI,OOO to
prosecute the Meyers, and have en
gaged two of Macon's best criminal
lawyers. Several score of these women
were present in court when the trial
began. Lep Meyer shot Mary Moore,
and his brother was present. He claims
that he killed her in self-defense. The
Meyers went to the .Moore woman s
house in search of/a man who, they
claimed, had insulted their sister. Miss
Ray Meyer, over the telephone.
JUDGMENT?
W» ask judgment r>n the following of
physicians and patients who believe 1
Bright's Disease incurable
The Vice President of an lowa corpora
tion had to abandon his business due to I
Bright's Disease. He declined until Feb
ruary. when he was in bed twelve weeks
He heard that H. AV. .Smith, a wholesale
optician of Mason City. lowa, had recov
ered from Bright’s and wrote him <>n
getting Smith s reply ho adopted the same
treatment.
As to the results obtained patient sends
reports from the Department of Ahammv.
Histologj ant’ Embryology of the State
University of lowa, from the last of which
we miote:
Colornormal, slightly cloudv
Reaction acid
Specific gravitylol7
Albumen negative
Sugar negative
Pathological. .sediment negative
patient adds: ’My heart is in good
condition I -deep well ami look the pic
ture of health. My friends tell me how
well I look anti I surely feel as good as I
look."
We ask physicians and patients to com
pare this October report with the bedrid- |
ilon condition in February The constant '
reiteration by medical works of the in- I
j ‘inability of chronic Bright's ami kidney
I me . o ting thousands of liy< Ful
| ton's Renal I'cmpoimd mu Im bad al
: Franl ‘’Mn’omlson A Bio. 14 South Broad I
I street ..ml m«. x-r’h Pryor street.
I Ask for pamphlet.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. MAA* 20. 1912.
UNKNOWN GIRL'S
SLAYER J SUICIDE
Blood in Satchel Establishes
Guilt. But Identity of Vic
tim Still Puzzles Police.
CHICAGO, May, 20.—Although the po
lice today are confident that Caiphas Co
lumbus Dillon, who killed himself by
jumping in front of a Chicago and North
western train, is the slayer of the woman
found murdered in a. bungalow in Los
Angeles, they have as yet been unable
to identify -the slain girl. The police be
lieved that the mystery had been solved
and that the dead woman was Bessie
Jones, known also as Bessie Howard, who
had been a companion of Dillon In Chi
cago. Later they were informed lhai the
woman was alive and in Norfolk, Va.
The police are convinced that Dillon
was the slayer. They have traced his
movements and have found that he had
just returned from Los Angeles. He car
ried a small yellow handbag and on the
inner lining, stains, believed to be blood,
were found.
Had Tried to Remove Stains.
The police believe Dillon. after the mur
der. wiped his hand on a handkerchief,
put the handkerchief in the handbag, and
did not discover the stains until he
reached Chicago. The man had evidently
tried to remove the strains with carbolic
I acid.
A new clow has been furnished by Dr.
J. F. Presnell, of Evanston, who says
Dillon came to him with a woman, who
he represented as his wife, and desired
medical attention for her.- The woman
afterwards admitted that she was not
Dillon s wife. She fitted the description
of the murdered woman, the doctor says,
and other matters connected with the
case convince him that she Is the same
woman. Los Angeles police have been
notified.
ATLANTA LAWYERS TO BE
HEARD BY BAR OF STATE
MACON. GA., May 20. —The program
for the annual convention of the Geor
gia Bar association, announced bv Sec
retary Orville A. Park, of Macon, shows
that Atlanta attorneys will take a lead
ing part. Alexander W. Smith is presi.
deni and will make the opening ad
dress. Judge W. R. Hammond will dis
cuss the "EviLand Cure of Monopolis
tic Business Tendency." Robert C. Al
ston will have as his theme "A State
Within a State in Georgia." K. R. Black
will be one of the speakers on the
question of "Shall Women Be. Admitted
to the Bar in Georgia?"
Helps a Judge in Bad Fix.
Justice Eli Cherry, of Gillis Mills.
Tenn., was plainly worried. A bad sore
on his leg had baffled several doctors
and long resisted all remedies. "I
thought it was a cancer." lie wrote. "At
last 1 used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and
was completely cured.” Cures burns
boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. 25
cents at all druggists. •**
Now Is tne time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You can do it by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment and massag
ing the parts freely at each application.
For sale by all dealers.
Every citizen interested
in civic improvement and
how to interest our boys
[should attend Atlanta Thea
ter tonight 8:15. Free.
Fast Train Ditched:
Drummer Escapes
From Car With Ax
i MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., May 20.
The first section of the Pioneer Limited,
crack train of the Chicago, Milwaukee
, and St. Paul railroad, went into I lie
1 ditch near LaCrosse. Wis., todaj. Three
cars left the rails. None of the passen
gers were reported seriously hurt.
William West, a traveling salesman,
caught in a wash room of one of the
cars, chopped his way out. The train
had been warned of washouts and was
running slowly.
FOREIGN COMMERCE
MAKES APRIL RECORD
WASHINGTON. May *2o.—The for
eign commerce of the United States in
April was larger, both as to imports
and exports, than in April of an\ pre
vious year.
Imports were $162,734,359; exports,
$179,068,714. April imports exceeded by
$29,000,000 the highest totai in any
earlier April, that 1910. and exports
exceeded by $21.000,000 th< highest
earlier April, that of 1911.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
AT SMALL COST
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A Simple Remedy Beautifies
the Hair. Cures Dandruff.
Stops Falling Hair.
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What a pity it is to see so many
people with thin, wispy hair, faded, or
streaked with gray, and realize that
most of these people might have soft,
glossy, abundant hair of beautiful color
and iustre if they would but use the
proper treatment. There is no neces
sity for gray hair under sixty-five years
of age, and there is no excuse for any
one, young or old, having thin, strag
gling hair, .either full of dandruff or
heavy and rank smelling with ex
cessive oil.
You i an bring back the natural color
of your hair in a few days and forever
rid yourself of any dandruff and loose
hairs, and make your hair grow strong
and beautiful by using Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur Hair Remedy For gener
ations common garden Sage has been
used for restoring and preserving the
color of the hair, and Sulphur is recog
nized by Scalp Specialists as being
excellent for treatment of hair and
scalp troubles.
If you are troubled with dandruff or
itching scalp, or if your hair is losing
its color or coming out, get a fifty-cent
bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
from your druggist. an<l notice the im
provement in the appearance of your
hair after a few lays’ treatment.
A POLICEMAN RESCUED
FROM A LIFE OF MISERY
Mr. C. M. Mitchell, who reside,' at 30«
Eormwalt street and has been a mem
ber of the force in Atlanta for the past
ten years and for some time past has
been a member of the Broadway squad,
a position which requires ■■■. man to be
alert for the lives of thousands of little
children, axed and unprotected pedes
trians parsing to and fro who would he
trampled to death or run over by cars
or autos on these busy .street corners
only for the timely and ever gallant at
tention of the policeman, is a very
modest man. who doc not > ire for
much pimp of displa . tnd has al <a;
rn foved fairli good health t)|i until
about one year ago, when he com
menced to have a frill of stomach
!fn|||||®||E3 Hfi I are lots of
“ Iw® reasons why
lIKSt -sj , young men should be par
ticular about the style of
■ fly / / iH their clothes; and to be sure
CWfJ I/ / IVS °F getting good quality along
IM V kill with the style; for if you
I et > le style
I/O )| I I w iM sta y them.
You’ll find smart, nifty,
If i/i I J I reez y styles in these
rM™/ \ I Hart Schaffner & Marx
71 i ! suits, together with that su
s / Jr perb quality of cloth and
iH' —T P er fect tailoring that makes
flj I them stay “good” all the
■ ••I j O’ M -g time,
i I /\ ' \ Extra values at $lB, S2O and $25.
\ \ Our shoe service means marei
/ v . than just selling you the
l\ ' We study each customer’s foot condi-4
/ \ \ ti° n an d give a fitting service to reduces
W / / I any possible discomfort. We follow this*
/ 7/ II 'A with quality and value. Shoes $4,
[ .J S 6 and $7.
. DANIEL BROS. CO.
Copyright Hart Schaffner fc Marx •
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J.M.HWfi COffIANI.
At 8:30 Tomorrow—Tuesday /
SILK DRESS SALE
At 5r.95
Jr Values $12.50
to $17.50
The residue of our Silk Dresses that were reduced to $9.75 and $8.95
will be grouped in this lot to close at $5.95. /
Including Bordered Foulard Dresses and hair line stripe messalines in
black and white, navy and white brown and white effects. All new
one-piece models ztta BBBBf
$ C 3 .SJS
You could positively not buy the materials in
those dresses at the price we quote for tomor- W
row. As there are only 56 of these dresses
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left, you must come early to get your choice, ■, - -
Sale Begins at 8:30
7MSHOTWY I J.MJBCTGmfIY|
mHE WANT AD WAY IS THE MODERN
* way; by no better method can Real Estate be
bought, sold, rented or exchanged, than
through the Real Estate columns of THE
111 II ATLANTA GEORGIAN. /. /. /.
trouble nothing to cause alarm, bat a
soreness. ,i nauseated feeling, especially
after eating. At times he had a raven
ous appetite: again the sight of food
would make him nick. At night, when
he lay down, he would have a smoth
ering spell and many times would have
to get up. Eor months he has had more
or less a headache, sometimes over the
eyes; again it would be in the back of
the head, very annoying and causing
him to be nervous; but that choking
he had at night caused him more harm
than anything ‘ Is. He did nut feel at»
though lp“ could afford to lai off. :in*l as
ue would have a vacation. h< decided Io
‘tick it out until Ilan and have hia
family imi.-m inn loot aft< r hie health.
But he wa recommended to go .'tin see
the Health Teacher who had been at
Cdursey & Munn's drug store and get a
bottle of Quaker Extract that was cur
ing so many people of stomach trouble.
Some were caused from catarrh; some
expelled monster parasites and today
are enjoying good health. So he decid
ed he would give it a trial, procured one
bottle, commenced taking according to
directions on bottle, and behold! on the
following night he expelled a monster
73-foot tapeworm head and all com
plete. alive. Til's is what the wonder
ful Quaker Extract had done for this
man. The case is a \--ii remarkable
one. It simply S'“> >■’ s'imv you can
not toll who is infested with iMia.sites.
In general appearance. Mr. Mitchell
would be one of the last persons tn the
world to be picked out as a victim of
tapeworm, and the Health Teacher says
there are many persons who will never
see a healthy day until they get rid of
those worms that are eating away the
lining in the intestinal tract. Now, it
you are a sufferer from stomach trou
ble, catarrh, indigestion, constipation,
kidney, liver, bladder or rheumatism—
no matter wiiat treatment you have
tried and failed to get benefited Cour
sey w Munn want you to give Quaker
Extract and Oil of Balm one trial.
fall today for Quakei Extract. SI.OO,
3 for s2.or tl for Sa.nil * til of Balm,
<>r for ,s|.nn \i foursey &
Munn » drug store, _'H Marietta Preet,
\\e prepay expn r iharges on all or
ders of id.tW or oi i f.
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