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8 t PERSONALS So.’ L____________, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Webb and litt •■ Hf Bon. Sidney, will leave Sundav L>r a visit to relatives in Alabama Mrs. J. Edgar Hunnicutt was hostess 9 at the meeting of the Tuesday Aft*: - noon Euchre club this week Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dleket an nounce the birth of a daughter at theft home on Peachtree road Mlsa Helen Barnes, of Maron, will arrive tomorrow to spend several dots with Mrs. John Marshal! Slaton ■r Dr and Mrs. Dunbar Roy wil' >ave during August for Boston and «i sail «■ from there for Nova Scotia. Ig Mrs. A. D. Adair l« convalescing it her home on Peachtree street, after a never* illness Mr. C. E. Sergeant .in-i Miss Lui* Sergeant have returned after a short BL visit to Mr. and Mrs fountain Rice, K Jr., in Chattanooga Miss Fram es Clarke entertained very informally at a bridge party of two ta bles for her guest. Miss Alma Jagger, of Southampton, I, 1 Mrs. Warren E. Hal! and her three children are at home in Kirkwood after spending a month with Dr. and Mrs S. T. Harris, at Highlands. N. Mrs. F. A. Murray, who has been In Porto Rico for the past four years, has if returned for a visit with Iter sister, Mrs. B. M. Hall, at 495 Spring street Mrs. S. H. Marcy entertained at bridge this afternoon for Mrs. J. A. Childs, of St. Petersburg, Fin., the guest ot her sister, Mrs. W. F. Manry. Mr. and Mrs Robert Thomas Ster rett, of Philadelphia, are guests of Mr and Mrs. Howard Muse at their apart ment in the Marlborough. Mrs. Mack Ixtlrd has given up her apartment in the Hampton Court on Peachtree street and is with her par ents, Mt. and Mrs. Cephas Brown, at 331 South Pryot* street Mrs. John Oliver and Mrs. Louise Spalding Foster have returned home after spending a few days as guests of Mrs Henry Smith at her home. “Way side,” near Macon. The trip was made in Mrs. Olivers touring car. ■■ ■— Misses Edith and Antoinette Kirk patrick, accompanied by Miss Fannie Ixtu Cozart, of Washington. Ga.. have returned from Wrightsville Beach, where they were chaperoned by Mrs. George Forrester and Mrs. W. C. Jar nagin. Mrs. William Perrin Nicolson, Misses Caroline Nicolson and Helen McCarty, and Messrs. Perrin and Lowry Nieol son will leave Sunday for Atlantic City, where Dr Nicolson will join them later. Mrs. Thomas Philip Hinman enter tained informally at tea at the Pied mont Driving club for Miss Louise Broyles and her guests, Misses Harriet Benedict and Sara O’Farrell. of Athens. Mrs. Hi ninan leaves next week to visit her sister. Mrs. John Corrigan, in Washington. IJ. C. *“ Miss Harriet Benedict, of Athens, has returned home after a short visit to Miss Louise Broyles, on their return from Wrightsville Beach. Miss Broyie.- legves today to visit Misses Con stance ami Mary O’Keefe in Greenville, Tenn., and will be accompanied home by the Misses O’Keefe on the comple tion of her visit. » . Mr. and .Mrs, Henry Bernard Scott will have as their guests for the week end Mr. and Mrs James R. Stevens, of Huntsville, Ala., for whom they will en tertain at the dinner-dance at the Piedmont Driving club Saturday even ing. Mr. Stevens conies to attend the meeting of the National Bank Exam iners in Atlanta. # - Mrs Blair S. Bernard and children, of Meridian. Miss., who have been dom iciled at the Kimball for the past ten days, have left for Asheville, N. C.. where they will spend the summer. Mrs. Bernard is the wife of one of Mississippi’s leading newspaper men, Mr. Bernard being manager of The Me. ridtan Dispatch. Mr. Bernard joined his family here Sunday rn route home from Baltimore, where he attended the national Democratic convention as a delegate from the Magnolia state. HARRIMAN'S WIDOW RESCUES 2 IN OCEAN KINGSTON. N Y .lull I. Directing the lowering of >< launch from her yacht Sultana. Mrs E. II Harriman stood at the tail unfll two men were rescued in midstream off Kingston Point. Mrs. Harriman and a party of ! friends have been spending the last week on her yacht on the Hudson. (“Lower the launch.' cried Mrs Har riman. The <tew acted promptly and | in a few moments the luckless men were taken aboard They returned to ‘ the Harriman yac ht, wlu i. one of the canoeists thanked the wife of the S' former railroad magnate foi het prompt action. He is Dr. Samuel t'astille a well-known jihysletan of this city. He was nearly exhausted w hen rescued CREW IN DANGER AS LYDDITE SHELL FALLS LONDON. July 4 The crew of H m 8. Thunderer, now at Plymouth, had a t narrow escape while placing ainmunl- I tion in the magazine. A fully charged << lyddite shell slipped from the slipg ami MW fell from the upper deck to the floor of the magazine, a distance of Jo feet. The men in the magazine as well as those on the deck scattered, but Im klly there was no explosion. FREDERICK MARTIN BUYS RIGHTS OF FRENCH PLAYS I'AlSs, July 4 Frederick Towmsend Martin has acquired the American rights ■£ of ”R»niß SHinagls by Mitony Mars Mj.tanw ainllle ('lenmiii' wtmt, l« Sb.. SteL* : c-. <•■ 1. .- 1,.«<-t Inspector Exposes Traders' Tricks COW SWAPPERS RAPPED Dairy Inspector tones In an Interview today gave some startling Inside facts of cruelty and erooaedness in the traffic in milk cows, conducted on some of the principal streets of "Atlanta cither city | officials have taken note of the conditions and a movement has been started Io pass more stringent ordinances of regulation besides demanding a rigid enforcement by the police of the old laws. The custom of trading and selling cows on the street at the corner of Marietia and Forsy th streets, which has held since Atlanta was a village, today attracts at tention as one of the unique industries in the city It is as well organized as the horse swapping business during court week tn any small Southern town, despite the modern city business around it. And the tricks of the game are Just as in genious "The man over there sacs that cow lias only had her second calf. ’ said In spector Jones, and he Immediately has the attention of all around him, for he is recognized as an expert and it Is realized that he Is about to tell the real facts about the animal The cow Is at least six years old. Ix>ok at her horns They are thin at the roots and there are many knolls toward the center The horns of a young cow are full al the roots and taper smoothly to the points. Prime Trick of Trade. "You see cows on the street suffering with swollen udders The traders won't milk them for many hours to make them appear big milkers. Most of the cows on the street have full sacks It is the prime trick of the trade. Frequently they low from suffering "It Is seldom I hat you see a milk row for sale without a young call at her side. Rut 1 have frequently seen Jersey cows with scrub calves It is almost easy to sell the calf back to a trades for a good price But 1f the purchaser observes, he may see the same calf with another cow on the next day. "A man told me the other day that he noticed a cow suffering because she had not been milked for many hours. A hun gry young calf was struggling at the end of a rope held by a negro boy to get to the cow. It seemed ravished. He asked the trader why he did not let the calf feed " 'Well.' said the trader with a drawl, '1 will, if you will see that that calf gets home tonight If It Isn’t hungry It won’t follow' the cow when I start home and there will he no way to get ft there un less I haul It.' "Persons have bought cows on the streets of Atlanta a-nd mHked as much as two gallons the first milking But thereafter they would nett get as much as a quart a day. They sometimes think they have a fine, new milker with a young calf When they get home the cow won’t have anything to do with the calf. Rut It la a bard condition Io deal with Many traders have been Indicted for swindling Bit! it is almost impossible to prove It. It Is almost Impossible to tell how long a cow has gone without milk ing. especially when some one swears dif ferent from wrhat you think Some cows’ udders swell and become Inflamed with the best sort of care. But few offered for sale on the streets give the amount of milk they appear they will. Change Affects Milk. "Then, any cow will give less when you change her home They must become ac- A Quick Clearance Os 540 Pairs of Women’s Low Shoes, Former Prices $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 $1.50 494 Pairs of $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 Allen’s Smart Pumps, Ties and Boots $2.50 4 « ■ , x ok -A ik s -A ) Were $3.50 Were $5.00 Were $4.00 Now $1.50 Now $2.50 Now $1.50 By actual count there were at the close of business (July 4. 1 p. m.). 1,034 pairs of the Shoes we have taken out of our regular stock and marked down to $1.50 and $2.50. ']']ic sizes are badly broken. There are not many D and E widths, very tew 4 sand s's, but up to size 4 and over ti. any one in narrow and medium widths can find the best Shoe bargain they have ever bought. We don’t dare advertise too much, or our (large though it is) Shoe Department would not hold you all. But <ome early, be patient. anYl we will find your size in something. We also offer Children's Shoes at greatly redm-ed prices--especially Barefoot Sandals ami White Canvas Ankle- Strap Pumps. We close at 1 p. m. Saturday. J. P. Allen & Co. 51-53 WHITEHALL STREET THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 4. 1912. customed to a place before they will give down all thetr milk. If.the - are not given the right sort of food they get sick and probably go dry." While he was talking a nicely dressed man walked up to look over a cow He pulled a few times at her udder and looked closely at her horns. "That man knows a cow." said Inspect or Jones. "He shows it by the way he examines that one." Inspector Jones said most of the cow. 4 sold here are raised in Georgia. The traders go out Into the country and buy t hem. I >r. Claude Smith, head of the city's laboratory of hygiene, said that uncon sciously flic trader and dairvmen do a great service to the city. The practice keeps cows in Xtlanta practically free from tuberculosis. He explained that most of the tubercu losis Is found in large herds and among fancy cattle that has been kept a long time In Atlanta a cow Is usually sold for beef when she goes dry. In this way the milk producers are continually changed The recruits come from iso lated sections where they have had little chance to become infected with tubercu lar germs POLICEMAN SAVES 3 IN RUNAWAY, BUT IS FATALLY CRUSHED NEW YORK, July 4. — When a run away horse drawing a grocer’s wagon dashed along Underbill avenue. Brook lyn, he was seen by Patrolman John Barrett near Bergen street. Three women, rigid with fright, stood near the curb as the animal swung to ward them. Barrett springing out from behind the women, leaped at the horse's head, seiz ed the bridle and swung the animal back to a straight course. The horse raced on toward Dean street with Barrett clinging to the bridle. Soon the horse stumbled and fell, the policeman being pinned beneath. Men ran to Barrett's aid. but the harness had to be unbuckled and the horse urged to his feet before the un conscious policeman could be reached. Doctors found Barrett had a fracture of the skull and Internal injuries. In the hospital it. was said he would die YOUNG DREXEL GOES TO TEXAS TO ROUGH IT NEWPORT, R. 1„ July 4.—John R. Drexel, Jr,, is determined that he shall not be numbered among the idle rich. Young Drexel, who came of age last year, will go to Texas to engage in the lumber business within a fortnight. He' declares he is capable of roughing it in Texas with the toughest of them. He is a great favorite In society here, of which bls mother Is a leader. He has finished his education at Yale. FUTURE EVENTS Mrs. Jesse M. Wood will entertain at an informal tea tomorrow afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock at her home on North avenue in honor of her guest. .Miss Albert Hinton, of Miami. Fla. Mrs. Wood will be assisted by "Mrs. T. T. Stevens, Mrs. J. C. Henderson, Mrs. G. T. Bradley, Miss Edna Walraven, Miss Grace Jolly and Miss Allene Pullen. Mrs. T. T. Stevens will entertain for Miss Hinton next week and Mr. and Mrs. Wood will give a dinner party for her at East Lake. SOCIAL NEWS | For Mis* Pip>r. Miss Edith Piper, of St. Louis, whose visit to Mrs. Shirley Brooks has been the occasion for a number of pretty parties, was the honoree of an informal bridge party tendered by Mr. and Mrs. clarence Blosser. There were three tables of bridge and the prizes Included correspondence cards and a deck of cards in a leather case for top scores and a hatpin holder for consola tion. The decorations were of pink carnations and ferns, and supper was served. Mrs. Blosser was attractive in laven der chiffon veiling lavender satin and combined with lace. ANNOUNCEMENTS fclecta chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will hold a regular meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock at Masonic tem pi e. KISS COSTS MAN $25 AND WOMAN PAYS FINE 0F.515 FORT SMITH, ARK., July 4 —Forty dollars Is a fair value of a kiss, accord ing to Police Judge John Harrington. Abe Freeman was fined $25 when the husband of Mrs. Frank Smythe testi fied he caught Freeman kissing Mrs. Smythe. Smythe also had his wife arrested. She testified Freeman stole the kiss from her. Freeman said she allowed him to kiss her. Because Mrs. Smythe did not prevent Freeman kissing her she was fined sls. "This court does not intend to allow a kissing bug epidemic," declared the court. "The nexit time a man comes before me charged with kissing a. mar ried woman the kiss market is goi®g to touch a new high price." YAWN ATToNVENTION NEWS DISLOCATES JAW ELGIN, ILL., July 4.—While reading re port* of the Democratic national conven tion in Baltimore, Mrs. William Roepke dislocated her jaw yawning A physician was summoned and set her jaw. Chamherlin=Johnson Dußose Company ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS Friday==A Good Luck Day in the Corset Department We doubt if any store in America has stricter ideas of the value of its merchandise than Cham berlin-Johnson-Dußose Co.—strict ideas in the sense of always being sure that the merchandise is worth every penny that we claim for it. It is never necessary to make allowances for exaggera tions in our advertisements; we never encumber them with exaggerations. Apply these principles to this sale of corsets and you will readily see just what your savings will be. *7Qc for sl, $2, $2.50 Corsets jjr 79c now because we choose to clean up the stock early rather than later. All are models that have won their place this sum mer-long skirt, medium and low bust; some with four, others with six hose supporters. Those who require the smaller sizes are urged to come early— they are in a limited quantity. $ 1 .98 for $2.98 to $5.00 Corsets J In fact, there are several that were originally SIO.OO. The greater part, however, are corsets that were $3.50 to $5.00 —as you will appreciate the moment you lay your eyes on them. The materials are coutil, batiste, brochet and brocaded silk; styles are the wanted ones. Priced $1.98 because there are no sizes 20, 21 and 22. Circumstances Have Reduced Prices on Undermuslins $1.50 Gowns for 79c Their freshness as new garments gone, they have lost nearly half their price! 79c for gowns that will, after one trip to the tub, be as dainty and charming as any gown that ever sold regularly for $1.50. Just see them! You could hardly imagine finer or softer nainsook, and the trimmings are either very elaborate with French Valenciennes laces in the sleeves and front, or very daintily simple with linen laces and hand-embroidered medallions. Some ten styles to choose from. Smart women will buy by the half-dozens. New Princess Slips at 79c and 95c Just arrived and just little better than we have ever been able to offer at this price. Nainsook is the material; the trimmings are variously Valenciennes and linen laces and head ings run with ribbons. You will notice that the flounces are flat, trim med with laces and insertions. Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Company