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Newspaper Page TextJURY TO PASS ON SLAYER’S SANin Clay Goes to Trial Wearing Lunatical Expression Which Experts Say Is Assumed. Wearing an expression that three At lanta alienists have declared Is hut an assumption of insanity. Robert L. Clay, who shot and killed his wife, Katie Clay, in the Lee street home of her sister, Mrs. W W. Hughes, two months ago, was put on trial for his life in criminal division of superior court to day. The prisoner came Intn the court room wearing the same wild-eyed, haggard expression he has affected since the night he entered his sister in-law’s home and opened fire on his wife. He took a seat at the left of the court room with his lawyers and apparently paid little attention to the examination of the jurors. Drs. James Baird", J. M. Ellis and S. H Green, named by Judge Roan to make an examination of the man as to his sanity, took the stand in the order named. Each testified that Clay had upon three different occasions been submitted to the insanity tests and in each instance the tests had proved he was merely shamming lunacy. Enter Special Insanity Plea. Shortly after the jury was drawn Clay's lawyers. W. M. Smith and Spen cer McClelland, entered a special in sanity plea, and the case went to trial upon that phase. When court adjourned at 1:30 o’clock but four witnesses had been examined. Deputy Sheriff J. M. Suttles, who has been in charge of the prisoner since his Incarceration tn the Tower, assert ed that Clay had at different times dropped his hunted expression when be thought that his jailers were not watching him. The action of Clay’s lawyers, in en tering an insanity plea will give Clay two trials. If the jury finds the man sane, he will be put on trial for the murder of his wife. FOUR SPEEDERS FIN ED; ALL AUTOISTS GO TOO FAST ON PEACHTREE "All autoists in Peachtree street ex ceed the speed limit,” asserted Police man Chiles today in police court, in giving evidence against several alleged speeders. Officer Chiles Is on special duty in Peachtree tn round up th" speed maniacs. Recorder Broyles agreed with the of ficer, remarking: “Yes. they all run entirely too fast out there.” Four autoists were fined on toe showing made by Officer Chiles. <’. W. Johnson, chauffeur for J. Carroll Payne, was fined $10.75 for speeding and driv « tng to the left. HJ. Lee. an auto deal- • er. and T. J McGill, agent for the • Westinghouse Electric Company, were j fined a similar amount. Alex Johnson. a. taxi driver, was fined $5.75 for vio i lating the muffler ordinance. The police say they are determined s to break up speeding in Peachtree, as i well as all other thoroughfares. YOl ING PRIEST’S KIN HEAR HIM SAY HIS FIRST HIGH MASS Father Edward P. McGrath, a young Atlantan, is receiving the congratula tions of his friends upon attaining full priesthood In the Catholic church. Fa ther McGrath, who was raised to the priesthood by Bishop John E Gunn last Thursday, said his first solemn high mass at Sacred Heart church yester day. in the presence of hls father and four brothers, who occupied reserved pens at the front of the church Edward McGrath is one of the five sons of John H. McGrath, Sr., a well known Atlantan. He was graduated from Marist college in 1900 and after ward from the Catholic university in W ashington, whet;e he was ordained by Bishop Gunn last week. He is 22 years old. A number of dignitaries of the church from other cities came to Atlanta to attend the mass, and the ceremonies, with the long procession of clergy and acolytes, was particularly impressive. Father McGrath had the unusual pleas ure of administering the sacrament to every member of his family. GEORGIA WOMAN 102 YEARS OLD DIES IN WILKINSON COUNTY DUBLIN. GA , June 24. Mrs Betsy Billue is dead at her home in Wilkinson county, l less than a month after her one hundred and second anniversary. She was born in North Carolina on May 24. 1810, but moved to Georgia at an early age. her family settling in Wil kinson county. where she spent the re mainder of her life. Her brother, Zo nas Fordam, of Laurens county. Is still living at the age of 92. On the occasion of her last birthday a family reunion was held at Mrs. Bfllue's home, when she talked to more than 100 of her rel atives for the last time. WEST SIDE CHURCHES APPROVE VICE BOARD AND WAR ON RESORTS 'Che west side churrhes joined today in resolutions approving the act of Mayor Winn in appointing a city vice commis sion indorsing ’lie attitude of the Men and Religion Forward Movement tn the vice crusade, and declaring against seg regation. The resolutions followed addresses made Sunday by Secretary Joseph C. Logan, of me Associated Charities. and Mrs. l,aura M White, principal of the Atlanta night school ami associated with the i hlldren s Borne society Mr Logan addressed a meeting of men it the Walker Street Methodist church jnd Mrs White a meeting of women at t\ allace Presbyterian church H>r lent pie Baptist and McDonald Baptist -hurches joined in the resolutions. This Miss "Outkellermanns” Kellermann GIRL WATER ELF A MARVEL ~ » ir‘r-■ i - // \\ 7/ Kl VT n\ x\ aßjaßk, ■/ "*z 1 j — - ■ » ‘ .4 JL aWte:. T GA %V . ■ ■ ■' ■ -9>jW - PLAY PARK HEADS TOGOmtNEHERE Th* 1 Atlanta Nnditorlnm will Ba con verted into one vast indoor playground next spring, when HOO delegates to the convention of the Playground and Rec reation Association of America will be held here Experts in the comparatively new playground movement will gather from cities representing every part of the country, and manufacturers of appa ra.tus for helping the kiddies enjoy fresh air will exhibit the latest ideas in chute the-chutes. swings and outdoor games. The convention at Cleveland a feu’ days ago was attended by several Atlantans identified with the playground movement. Miss Mary Barnwell, the supervisor; Mr and Mrs. \’ H Kriegshaber, of the play ground committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and Dan Carey, manager of parks, were the Atlanta delegates, and between addresses and meetings they talked Atlanta constantly. They so ini pressed the convention with the popularity of the playground system here and the general desirability of Atlanta as a con vention city that the delegates immediate ly derided they wanted to rome South. Mr Carey extended the convention an in vitation, and though Los Angeles, Seattle and other cities sent formal invitations, backed up by official letters from their mayors, the directors derided in favor of Atlanta. Leiters verr received today by Manager Carey. Joseph C Logan, of the Associated Charities, and Mr Kriegshaber, ot the chamber of Commerce, from Secretary II S. Baruolmp of the national associa tion. accepting Ntlanta's invitations. • These < <»nventions always meet in the spring, just before the opening of the play ground svsiem. ’ said Mr Carey “The convention is growing into one of the really big meetings of the year. At Washington last year thrr» were 309 del rg-’tp'j; a’ t’levpland there v<ere -150. ami at least f.nn may be expected in NtlTnta It will cost about $2,500 for the expenses, bm I am sure this can easily be raised by the < ity and organizations and hull viduals ' specially interested.'’ STATIONARY ENGINEERS PLAN CONVENTION TRIP Pi-ppara’iotis To attend the national con vention of stationary engineers, which is In bn held this September in Kansas Fits, j,-p being made by the local association, which meets at $ o’clock tonight In the ball at the Red Men’s wigwam. L. H. Penn, state organizer lor ten vears. u ill entertain the members with a .moker. < >ffi< ers for the coming y<m will p|.,-le<l and short talks will he made bv several prominent engineers Among these -ire P W I'-mglas. E W ' <>llins. i' It Llovd, <’. E. Johnson and W. F. ’JHL ATLANTA GEUKGLAN AJX D 5tW S. MUMIA Y, J(J N E 24, 1912. Little Miss Jennie Perkerson, who outclasses all women—-and most of the men—swimmers in Atlanta, eaughf in t,\vo bathing Atlantans Can See Rare Exhi bition of Swimming and Diving at Piedmont. Atlantans who care for diving and swimming exhibitions needn’t go to New York and see Annette Kellermann or even wait for her to come to Atlan ta. A trip to Piedmont park and a slant at little Miss Jennie Perkerson. 57 East Twelfth street, will keep busy the best pair of eyes in the city any old afternoon. Those who have seen the aquatic wonder of Piedmont say that when Miss Kellermann learns of her, Dick Croker will thing he caught a green lizard for a pet and not a diving girL Miss Perkerson, who hovers some where between the mystic ages of eight and twelve, can do most, anything a fish can. She can stand on a spring board and dive off in good old Queen Eliza beth fashion or she can execute three loops w hile in the air and come up with her right foot in the palm of her hand. When in the water she swims the over hand stroke, "dog fashion,” sailor stroke, on her hack, on her side or cm her h«=ad if necessary. She can stay under water.for such a long time that people begin to look for her, and she can outsw’im In long-distance, races th° strongest man who frequents the lake. Outclasses Them All. She has been pronottrtced the best young swimmer in the South by all Atlantans who know the specific gravi ty of water and who understand and appreciate the difficulties in the path of an ordinary fish. Having all these good swimmological assets, Miss Per kerson says she will likely go on the stage If she ever receives an offer. When Piedmont lake opened last summer the clerk • smiled broadly at the little brown-skinned girl who came up and wanted a dressing room. This year he takes off her hat and asks the little girl, who is none other than Xiiss Perkerson, what dressing room she w ould prefer. "■Who taught you how to swim?” some one asked her once. "I taught myself,” was the prompt reply. She then explained her methods. First, she learned simply to keep afloat, then she learned the overhand stroke. After mastering these, she began on fancy stunts, keeping after each until she had a repertoire of stunts that would do credit to a trained seal. All this happened to her in one summer. "Keep Your Face to the Shore.” Having secured for herself the fine points of the game, she is well qualified jo tell others what to do. One of her essential rules is: your face to the shore." That applies especially to those who don’t know ,t stroke. The sight of the shore, she said, always inspires a swim mer with confidence and helps him to keep his head. Miss Perkerson refuses absolutely to stay ro|>ed off with the other children, ind the park officials have about quit asking that of her. Miss Perkerson lias one abiding su perstition. Her superstition Is Lake wood. She is afraid of Lakewood, In spite of the fam that the pond is very shallow all the way across. •’l'm afraid 1 might drown there,” she said. A sprained ankle may as a rule be cured in from three to four days by applying Chamberlain’s Liniment and observing the directions with each bot tle. For sale by a" dealers. • STUART’S IUCHU AND JUNIPER COMPOUND CURES KIDNE y AND BLADOE R TROUBLE 1 30 DOOMED IN DDGK COLLIFSE BUFFALO. N. Y.. June 24.—With six teen bodies recovered and fourteen missing, al! of whom are believed to have perished, scores of police and vol unteer rescue workers dragged Niagara river today for victims of the collapse of the excursion dock at Eagle park last night. Police worked all night with grap giing hooks and nets. They fear that the swift current has carried the bodies of some of the victims over Niagara Falls and that they will never be found. All the bodies taken from the river have been identified and claimed The disaster eame at the end of a day’s outing of Court Amherst, No. 232, Order of Foresters The steamboa’ Henry Koerber had just warped into the dock, which was jammed, while scores of others were crowding upon the staging. Captain Fox, of the steam er. called out to the people to move slowly, but the crush continued. Just as the gangplank was thrown out and those upon the edge of the pier began moving on the vessel, the crash came. The planking held fast to the timbers on both sides of the dock leaving a sort of chute or pocket into which the frenzied stream of men, wo men and children poured. I>l $ II Dr. Leonhardt's won- | I ■ derfully successful In lernal remedy, HUM ROID, is sold at Ja cobs' Pharmacy Co. under guarantee $1 for 72 sugar-coated tablets, lasting 24 days Quit using salves and go after the inside Tause Hern-Roid book mailed free by Dr. Leonhardt Co., Sta. B, Buf falo. N. Y. R Guaranteed Fresh Country Eggs nr 1 Pound Pure Butter I and 1 Pound Aft „ Good Cnttee /HP I Both For A-Ulli California RedßocklOp Apricots 2 cans for •«« No. 3 Tins Apple Sauce . 19c No. 3 Tins Japan Piums . 19c Mother's Cleanser. 3 cans for 6c 10c Cans Pork and Beans, nr. 6 cans for . . . , Zub Cash Grocery Co. 118 and 120 Whitehall Chamberlin Johnson Dußose Company Atlanta New York Paris A Sale in Which Dainty Under muslins Make New Low , Price Records Please understand at once that these are not “Manufactured Bargains,” not the kind of under muslins that some makers put together in some fashion for seemingly low-priced sales. They are— Ihe undermuslins that a woman appreciates. Materials are soft, laces are the kinds that wash without hurt, embroideries are fine and sturdy. They are made as the careful woman would make them for own use. You will not question their real worth when you see them. As for the prices, here-- Gowns FOR SI.OO GOWNS. The material is a very soft grade of Nainsook. Neat Cluny lace around the sleeves and neck. A few are more elaborately trimmed with laces and embroideries combined. ’s9c because they show that they have been handled. 1 of this soft crepe that has won great A favor this spring. The trimmings are linen lace edges about the short sleeves and the low neck; Chemise cut. Drawers CV FOR 50c DRAWERS, of Nainsook-- and splendid quality for 50c drawers. -X They are fitted drawers with exception ally dainty lace and embroidery trim mings. y 79c because they are small lots. Not all sizes of all patterns, but all sizes includ ed. Very sheer and soft Nainsook, ex quisitely trimmed with laces and em broideries. Petticoats TTO C FOR PETTICOATS of nainsook 1 fashioned in the new straight way, with out underflounce and with flat trim mings of both lace and embroideries. Splendid values. $"1 .19 FOR $-2.50 AND $3.00 PETTI COATS, heavy and elaborate flounces of laces combined with embroidery medallions and insertions. Marked $1.19 because there are but a few. « A 95 FOR PETTICOATS TH AT WERE ZL V- 50 T° s l2 - 00 .- Some of the most A richly trimmed petticoats of the season gathered at this price for clearance. Beautiful and dainty laces and em broideries in wide flounces. Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Co. 5