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POWDER IN HD’S POCKET IGNITES Snark From Stove Sets Off Explosive, Crippling Gaines ville Boy. GAINESVILLE. GA.. July 5.—A vrvine -on of B. L. Gamblin. who re on a rural route six miles from ... . _ , itv jg in a critical condition today. ,7 the result of being blown up by b' ting powder. If be recovers he ,bi be a cripple for life and will bear marks of his wounds. The boy, intending to have a noisy y.mrth of July, picked up a quantity ,c blasting powder that had been left it. vmkmen on the new Gainesville and Xorthwestern railroad. He put the p,.uder in a pocket and went home. | lP re he kindled a fire in the kitchen .rove for his mother. In some manner 3 spark from the fire burned a hole through the pocket and ignited the powder, the explosion resulting. Doctor’s Legs Broken As Engine Hits Auto ■ TTHBERT. GA.. July 5. -Dr. F. S. Rogers, a physician of Randolph coun ty. residing at Coleman, had both legs broken yesterday while on a Fourth of julv outing, when the engine on the Fo t Gaines branch of the Central road struck his automobile. R. White, who was with him. escaped injury by jumping. The automobile was wrecked The engine sustained a little damage and the engineer, Asa Clark, was in jured slightly. 2 Drownings Mark Fourth at Way cross WAYCROSS. GA.. July s.—Two drownings marked the Fourth of July at Waycross. Elmer E. Bunting, eleven-year-old ton <>f Mrs. T. O. Bunting, while wad ing in the Satilla river, stepped off a sane] bar into a deep hole. It was sev eral hours before his body’ was recov ered. M s T E. Atkinson was drown ed at the county bridge while bathing. Her body was not recovered until to day A. Mack Brown, who. with his wife, had a narrow escape from drown ing. i~ in a serious condition today. The Bunting boy was a member of a picnic party that had gone to the river. The place where he lost his life has claimed one or more victims each year for several years. E. W. Loifth was drowned in the same hole on the Fourth of July four years ago. Three were drowned there at one time. Lightning Kills 2 on Fourth Near Calhoun •’ALHOUN. GA.. July s.—Lightning killed two and seriously injured a third man on the Veach and Turner planta tion between this city and Adairsville yesterday bfternoon. The dead are James Mayfield and Felton Jackson, lhe injured is H. J. Kilgore. The three men, with eight or ten others, had •aken refuge from a thunder storm un der a peach shed. Kilgore, although paralyzed from the shock, is expected t" 'Denver. Mayfield leaves a wife and several children. Jackson 'Vas single. 3 Killed, 17 Hurt in Picnic Car Wreck 1 i LSA, OKLA., July 5. -Three per son- were killed and seventeen more or seriously injured last night when an interurban car crashed into a "dead" gcw.'ine ear a quarter of a mile east of " n ‘i. ■''brings park The car was bring ing .-.no picnickers from the Fourth of • o' • "libration to this city. ~ adure of the airbrakes and inabili- -c-e the gasoline car on the track ■» I'-oJ the wreck. The dead: '. *RTER BAXTER. Tulsa. JIS-S MARY KUBLY. Tulsa. A> I NKNOWN BOY SCOUT ' "one the badly inlured is Mrs W A 'now, of Ault. Colo. Seven Injured in Street Car Smash -'£>•/ '’ a -- v o.—Seven persons , ' : rohably fatally injured last night p . ' a >' on the Pittsburg. Harmon' and Newcastle street car !in c . r . : nto another car which was tak passengers at Keown station, hurried to a hospital in this ~ , LAX POS WAY. v. • Kth'lr, h ?u "h m ® rticine 'hat would kOrev, ’be stomach, the ii • rmkl” 1 the bowel 3 and at the same ■ taW wlth a syatenuc 1- well? U believe you would soon s "The Lax-Fos Way." t! l.° V Uy ' he ” rs ’ hn "le on ). : d orViut P n 11 ’ and you will as ‘< If 10 se ll you the second. 1 er. yo -£ whole !nsides right y,, ® is nothing else made like Lax- emember the name—LAX-FOS. ••• 'QUISITe WEDDING BOUQUETS ATT DECORATIONS. ATLANTA FLORAL CO., Call Main 1130. ~ Effective Sunday, July 7, Railway train No. w i!l leave Atlanta for Ma rrn ' Ga., at 12:20 noon, ar ■ lre Macon 2:55 p. m. Re lir ning, No, 5 will leave Ma at 1:25 p. m., arrive At -4 p, in WALKING IN SLEEP. FALLS FROM SECOND STORY; HURTS FATAL Edward M. Sheram, 76 years old. 320 Washington street. Is dead today as a result of his fall from a window at his home while walking in his sleep more than a month ago. He fell from a second-story window and sustained a broken collar bone and other inju ries. Mr. Sheram was a Confederate vet eran and was for a number of years in business at Columbus, Ga. He moved to Atlanta in 1901 and retired. He is survived by his widow and seven children. Mrs. R. E. Grigg. Mrs. Morefield. Miss Alice Sheram and F. A. Sheram. of Atlanta: Mrs. Miles G. Pat terson, of Montgomery, Ala.: George Sheram. of Columbus. Ga.. and Frank Sheram, of Shawnee, Okla. BAR CLERK DRINKS TACKS IN WATER; HE’S IN AGONY POTTSVILLE, PA., July James McKeon, a bar clerk at the Buck Ruti hotel, at St. Clair, to relieve a thirst, arose in the,darkness of the night and rushed to the bathroom. where he seized a tuffibler. filled It with water and drank its contents at a gulp. The glass was partly filled with loose car pet tacks and a number of these were carried down into his stomach be fore he discovered his mistake. Local physicians have given him temporary aid, but it is believed that the tacks can not be removed without an oper ation. He is suffering great agony. COLUMBUS POWER CO. GETS PENSACOLA MAN COLUMBUS. GA.. July 5.—R. M Harding, of Pensacola. Fla., has been appointed general superintendent of the Columbus Railroad Company and the Columbus Power Company, a new office created in account of the growth of the Stone and Webster interests in this city. The Stone and Webster peo ple have recently invested more than $2,000,000 in improvements in and around Columbus, and it has become necessary to -create a new office to handle the increased affairs. HUSBAND IS H.ISSED~FOR REFUSING RECONCILIATION PHILADELPHIA. July s.—Amid hisses from a crowd of men and wom en who were ifi the court, room at the time, Leonard Hasher was led a pris oner from the central station after he had refused to answer the pleadings of his wife and children and return home with them. Never before had such a demonstration occurred in the court room. Hasher had been arraigned on the charge of neglect. Magistrate Cow ard, for the sake of the children, tried to adjust the couple's marital differ ences. but Hasher was opposed to any such arrangement. WITH ARM RROKEN, _ BOY SWIMS ASHORE TO SAFETY POTTSVILLE, PA„ July s.—While with a picnic party composed of Phila delphians. Roy Stine, of this place, slipped from a rock at the breast of the large Silver Creek darn, on the Broad Mountain, into 40 feet of water. In the fall be broke his right arm. but pluckily swam ashore with his left arm. walked all the way home unas sisted and had she fracture reduced. Auto Kills Boy at Jacksonville Outing JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. July 5. Gordon Pert, a sitxeen-year-old lad, who was employed as an office boy by the Southern railway here, was run down and instantly killed at Pablo Beach, seventeen miles from this city, yesterday afternoon by a machine from the Phillips Auto Service. The lad had gone to the beach with relatives to en joy the big Fourth of July program there. Hr* MiacrkAe Specialist in Nerve, VI Blood and Skin Diseases 161, NORTH BROAD STREET. ATLANTA. GA. I AM AGAINST HIGH AND EXTORTIONATE FEES CHARGED BY SOME DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS To men and women my fee is $5.00t0 SIO.OO in all catarrhal chronic disor- ■ ders and simple maladies I furnish you the medicine with the fee which is prepared by me personally in my private laboratory from the purest and best of drugs If your ailment is chronic and you have failed to find a cure consult DR HUGHES vithout the slightest obligation on your part. If he finds your case incurable he will frankly tell you so and advise j’ou against spending your money for useless treatment. But remember DR HUGHES has cured many chronic sufferers whom other doctors had pronounced incurable. If he accepts your case for treatment he will positively make you no charge if he fails to effect a cure I make the above statement so that you wil! know you consult a regular physician and sur t I B ® on who !s a specialty of certain dit- ' \ eases. I possess skill and experience which can share, and you can fee! assured when F§ you come to my office no deceit will be prae " tired I meet you as man to man, open and : above board I invite you to come to my office I will ex y plain to you my treatment for Varicocele, Stric- 1 ture, Hydrocele, Hernia. Nervous Debility, J*''--. J Blood Poison, Piles, Fistula. Kidney, Bladder A and Prostatic Troubles, and give you FREE a p. physical examination: If necessary, a microsco- \ pfeal and chemical analysis of secretions to de -4 '\ termlne pathological and bacteriological condi- <lons - Every person should learn their true ’'vwSsioSwv condition. A permanent cure is what you want. Specific or Non-Speclfls Chronic Diseases. My Treatment For Disorders. Kidney and Bladder, “Nervous Debility." inflam”maUon r and le !rrlt a J' Urinary Trouble. Blood You have probably tion stopped in day or Polson (contparted or been treated for this two. Tnls bad disease inherited). Piles, Pim- so-called trouble and fc J ffi d 2i n days ayS ChrWl - Pies- Ulcers, Skin Dis- helped temporarily or I also cure Contagious eases. Nervous Trou- maybe not at all. This Blood Poison and all hi PB condition is merely » complications from symptom of some deep- these aliments My Catarrh successfully seated and obscure com treatment and cure is tre at e d—all dropping plication My direct no new discovery with and hawking stopped treatment removes the me and has long since I in a few days. Chronic cause, thereby making passed the experimental i Diseases of Men and permanent cures and stage I cure this dis- ; Women cured to stay restoring strength, ease never to return I cured health and hapiness MY SERVICES COST YOU NOTHING UNLESS YOU ARE PERMA NENTLY CURED AND SATISFIED It is because my well tried, effective methods cure such a large per cent of cases that I am able to give this ad vantage which other specialists do not offer HOURS: 8 A M TO 7 P M SUNDAYS STO 1 F pcE_CONSULTATION ANO examination-free Cal! or write for information before 'aking treatment, as you will find rfiy charges lower and trea'ment quicker and better than eltewh.ere DR. J. D. HUGHES IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDA Y. JULY 5, 1912. DEATH LIST FROM WRECK TOTALS 41 i Fifteen of Victims Still Uniden-i tified—Railroad’s Officials Put Blame on Engineer. CORNING. N. Y., July s.—With fif teen of the 41 victims of Thursday's Lackawanna wreck still unidentified today, the authorities worked ail night and today trying to establish the name-; of the unknown dead. Coroner Herbert G. Smith is making a rigid investiga tion and is preparing a long list of witnesses for the inquest when it is reopened Tuesday. Three witnesses were heard last night. The death list will probably go above 41, as some of the injured are in a pre carious condition. Beside the dead, 43 were injured. Engineer Schroeder is held respon sible for the accident in an official statement Bsued by General Superin tendent E. M. Rine, of the Delaware. Lakawanna and Western, because, it is charged, he ran past signals set to warn him of the train in front. Schroeder denies that his train was flagged or signalled otherwise. Those whom Coroner Smith had not succeeded in identifying today were eight women, six men, a boy aged ten and a girl aged three. Pit’ful Scenes in Morgue, Pitiful scenes were witnessed at the improvised morgue. The bodies wrap ped in sheets were placed upon cots. Through the flickering glow' of lan terns, deputies from the coroner's office, police and detectives through the night assisting the undertakers or attempting to identify the remains. Most of the dead bodies were badly mangled, making identification exceed ingly difficult. In addition to the investigation the authorities are making the Lakawanna railroad is making a strict inquiry into the cause. Despite the allegation of I-ackawan na officials that Engineer Schroeder either overlooked or disregarded sig nals. the first three witnesses w’ho have testified at the inquest testified that they’ did not see any flagman. One of these witnesses. George Reynolds, of Brooklyn, declared, that he was on the rear platform of train No. 9 and that he did not see any flagman go back to ward on-coming trains. His Whole Family Wiped Out, Early today William R. Laird, of Buffalo, identified the horribly muti lated body of his father. Georfee Laird of Brooklyn. 75 years of age. The elder Laird had not been away from home for 40 years. He w’as going to Buffalo to see his son At the side of the aged man lay the shattered body of William Laird’s wife and nearby was the corpse of his five-year-old daughter. Mabel, and his two-year-old son. Thus Laird's whole family’ was wiped out. NO DIVORCE FOR GIRL THAT POPPED QUESTION PITTSBURG, July s.—Lee Ander son. of the north side, was refused a divorce by Judge Cohen today, even though he testified that he had mar ried his wife because she asked him to. The court ruled that Anderson had shown no valid reason why a divorce should he granted and that a girl had the same right to pop the question as a man had. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought U. S. Commission To Probe Wreck WASHINGTON, July 5.-Three in spectors of the Interstate commerce commission left for Corning, N. Y.. to day to investigate the wreck of yes terday. These men will conduct an in dependent Inquiry into the wreck and will work secretly. H. K. Belknap, of the division of ac cidents of the commission, will make a "silent investigation." At the commission's pffice it was stated this investigation will be far reaching and criminal proceedings will depend on the character of the report submitted by the inspectors. MAJORITY OF OFFICIALS OF COLUMBUS RE-ELECTED COLUMBUS. GA July s.—City- Clerk Moore. Treasurer Matthews, Marshal Burrus. City Physician Bland ford. City Health Officer Moncrieff and Fire Chief Pearce were re-elected without opposition. Aiderman Frank D. Foley defeated Recorder Wynn for re-election, while T. T. Miller, the present city atorney. defeated his op ponent. H. C. McCuthen. LIGHT SHOWERS DUE TODAY AND TONIGHT Light showers at varying intervals are predicted for the next 24 hours by the weather bureau. While the weather remains unsettled and refuses to 'clear up or to develop into a steady rainy period, there is hardly any change looked for in temperature. ss IB Us ZW I g The Globe Clothing Company The Globe Clothing Company j g Is, ® S ..A Suit Sale.. I Ck I UMH l—Tl 111 ® Terse—Tempting-Timely | Don’t judge the values by the infinites! f I \ quotations. Jt s our semi-annual clothes K x. ' ißjj / t m feast. This time we've selected several hun- dred Suits, to be given to you at two prices— -4 YS ’7-50- ’ 11.501 IQ 1V: * Suits at $7.50 for Men and Young Men i That would please the average man at their former prices. They S Yj A are good Suits, good material, serviceahle, neat qualities, or we ™ w al 'UpT --I ■ ‘ would dot stand sponsor for them. You get our assurance of sat- §ls V - I | isfaction as to wear and value. There’s plenty uoml colors. Lots Y" ' 1 l , of different weaves, all sizes. All they need is your attention. Ul 07 57.50 I BrS ' / Ww Suitsatsll.soforMenandYoungMen fi » K our an< l 1r ” p clothine salesman remarked to our U I "Ad” man: ‘‘Tell the trade to come expecting great values, for ff 1 they are here.” These Suits at eleven dollars and fifty cents Sil M I represent splendid Suits of Worsted. Cheviots and Vicunas. They H B I 1 W1 " maintain every good wearing feature to the ‘‘end of the n -. .j i chapter. A matter of reduction of price does not prevent these mm B 'IF 1 Suits from hearing the "ear marks” of their former worth. You jt p ' 7’ judge and jury Come and see these splendid values. Bring ™ H your wife, or let her come at d onake the selection If you are kK B f Do * p4 ease d. hack goes your money without argument. This gB ■ 1 his &ale is going on this verv minute. Choice of these Suits /I U 511.50 I I My Few Other Things Priced Right | Underwear -Shirts or Drawers 25c » . r Porosknit and B. V. D 50 c w Soft Shirt, Collars to Match 75 c Soft Collars 15 C Sts ■ - Bathing Suits for Men and Boys 50c s•> | BOYS’ KNEE TROUSER SUITS «Art | WITH EXTRA TROUSERS, SPECIAL qKAVv m -i 2 LJ The Globe Clothing Co J EIGHTY-NINE WHITEHALL STREET VICE COMMISSION OF ATLANTA CRITICISED BY STATE SOCIALISTS MACON. GA. Julv 5. Atlanta'.- vice commission was severely criti cised by speakers in the annua! con vention of the Socialists of Georgia to day. It was declared that the commis sion was an absolute failure, because it was seeking to operate along the oretical rather than practical lines. J. I.indberg and Mr. and Mrs Al i Schwartz, of Atlanta, and Paul G. Den- - nie, of Augusta, were the speakers. I The Socialists nominated the follow ing candidates for state officials: A. F. Castleberry, of Columbus, for govern or: W. O. Selgler. of Augusta, for comptroller general; W. K. Johns, of Tifton, for commissioner of agricul | ture. and M. W. Gibbs, of Waycross, for secretary of state. HUNTS FOR DIAMONDS IN i MUD WITH OYSTER TONGS i PROVIDENCE R. 1., July s.—Har . bor Master Maguine was asked how > to recover two diamond rings that are resting In the mud of the river at Great Bridge. Marquet square, and as a result. Jerry Potts, veteran oyster man. is working in a boat at the bridge , trying to pick up the rings with a pair of oyster tongs. The young man who asked how to i recover the rings had been keeping - company with a young woman for sev- - eral years, and during their courtship ■ he gave her two rings, costing $75 each. They quarreled and she threw ■ them into the murky waters of the Woona squat ticket. Voice Every woman’s heart responds to the charm and sweetness of a baby's voice, because nature intended her for motherhood. But even the loving nature of a mother shrinks from the ordeal because such a time is usually a period of suffering and danger. Women who use Mother’s Friend are saved much discomfort and suffering, and their systems, being thoroughly prepared by this great, remedy, are !n a healthy condition to meet the time with the least possible suffering and danger. Mother’s Friend Is recommended only for the relief and comfort of expectant mothers; it is in no sense a remedy for various Dis, but Its many years of success, and the thousands of endorsements re ceived from women who have used it are a guarantee of the benefit to be derived from its use. This remedy does not accomplish wonders but sim ply assists nature to perfect its work. Mother's Friend allays nausea, pre vents caking of ♦ the breasts, and 54S ’7 fc Fricni' strong, healthy * •**••*. motherhood. Mother’s Friend aol ’ at drug store... TZ.’t* for our fre < hook for expectant ’Othm.’X BRA3FIEL’' GEORGIAN WANT ADS. FILL ALL WANTS. BOTH PHONES 8000. HOTELS AND RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL. Virginia ave . near Beach and Steel Pier, open surroundings. Capacity 500. Hot and cold sea water baths. Large rooms, south ••in exposure. Elevator tn street level, tpa cions porches, etc. Special week rates: up daily. Booklet Coaches meet trains COOPER & LEEDS. [ THE AWMR i I ’jßknhetm' fITLfINTICCITY.h I I ' , Leading Rcsori House of Uic World | U* JOSIAH WHITt A SONS COMPANY’ I ' 1 ." J ' TETTERINE CURES PILES. ' "One application cured me of a case of Itching piles after I had suffered for five years/’ RAYMOND BENTON. . Walterboro, S, C. , Tet'erlne cures eczema, tetter, ring worm. ground itch, infant's sore head, pimples, dandruff, corns, bunions and all : Skin affections At all druggists or by • mail for 50c sent the Shuptrine Co., Sa ! vannah. Ga. CORSYTH ) T.d.y,M» B Atlanta's Busiest Theater J Tonight B:3# Gus Edwards Himself. j N a ® xt "Squaring Accounts" — ton. Isabelle • « n D’Armond & Kappeler A. Brunay— Frank Car Henry & Francis —Britt ter, Ed. Wood—Cycling Zonors. p/Jy®* 4utan NEW SONG REVUE. Song Birds. 9