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"THE FINAL RALLY"BY T. E, POWERS
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SUCKS FILI JAIL
AFTERWILD NIGHT
Police Court Overflows With
Darkies Who Celebrate Jack
Johnson's Victory.
Judge Broyles’ court room o'erflow
«d today with denizens of Durktown
who had celebrated lndependenc< Day
with a too liberal absorption of pa
triotism and beei "n the tlooi below
the long rows of cell- bulged with slid
slumbering victims of blind tlgei <otn.
and irt Grad\ hospital, -i.mnid the cor
ner. doctors and nurses were bust pit'-
ting fresh bandages on long ami sho I
slashes left by the deft n**’ of razors
There wa- a bullet wound oi two to
be probed, too. Rut the hospital "asn '
half »> busy as the police station.
Surely, Parktown had enjoyed its
Fourth .
When the news reached Decatur
street that one Arthur Johnson. col
ored. had put the Indian sign on a
husky Caucasian named Flynn, it was
as though some philanthropist had an
nounced that sixteen kegs of free b< ci
had been tapped and were running to
waste Darktown started in to drink
the health of its champion- and it
drank freely and often as the evening
progressed By ’’ o'clock Decatur stl.'H
was sa full Os negroes as a pienh
watermelon time It looked like trou
ble. and it "«•“
"Landed on" Detective
netectivr B V Berry found that out
when he tried to arrast a negro corn
vendor near the Vendpnw hotel, a m
• 1-0 resort in Ivy street. Just off De
(alu .in the heart of Darktown. Some
body- landed on the back of Petty s
head with a pair of brass ’ knocks m
a billy. ,
Then Policeman Alewine arrested
bad man. who put up a fight.
y White man telephoned to head
Quarters, and the mounted squad, heal
in reserve for trouble, dashed up Un
st ft. With Chief Beavers in the lead
Tn thre minutes it looked like bun
da'." remarked a bystandei Hum
darkies W- nt every wav al on. e Vxiep'
up There wasn’t no more trouble af
ter that, except s. altered So. I 'lon t
think more'n a dozen cm run "vei. Io
hurt.'’ _ .
But though 'hr charge n
mounted squad brok. UP the Decatur
street disturbance there was Mattered
trouble al! through the night
Slashed Wife and Baby.
Will Thomas, a negro who lives at
200 Orme street, "ent hmm from ilie
celeb ation with a razm in his hand,
and "hen he met hi- wife " the do,a
with he-- baby In her a-ms h- ears
both of them so free!' that they wi
sent to the hospital Thmnas is locked
up with a charge of assault to . mntm.
murder registered against him "n- m
two negroes were .-hot in gen.- i fi
for-a'l mix-sips In the suburbs, and
the doctors bad many caller* who
walked In to have a head bandaged
or a cut -ewed up Um 'l'' '■'noy
physicians believ, none will die
The Fourth "as singularly lucky so
far as firework- we e concern, d There
wasn’t ca.«*» nf fireworks in.iui) at
Grady, nor a R--man < amlh* b'az» »»n
thp hi p department lecord Tin nignt
ambulance His at G’aUv \vcu <»ni>
twelve, against 4'»o on the l'»»urth a
vea a * Rut \\ ba I the celebration
lacked in injuries it niad<‘ up in dis
order. f'»r Fb < o det U s found I'l.
c H cpv nn his p'dice d«»< !<♦* when h»-
opened court. I' was fai in ' da .
when he had sent up the last offendei
fm thirtx da> in Hu stockmh and
the afternoon session promi?«*»d t»» i» ( .
equally ae lonr
BAR CLERK DRINKS TACKS
IN WATER: HE'S IN AGONY
Pft I TSVII J.E, PA . July e Jam.--
McKeon, a bn - clerk’ at the Huck Run
hotel, at St t'lai. io relieve a ihl'-t.
. In tin- darkness of the night and
rusher to the bathroom. w her< h
s. izi-d a tumbler, filled it with walei
and drank its contents- at a gulp. The
g .-- - was paitly tilled with loose car
ml 'a. as and a numbei of these were
■ d down into his -tomai h be-
*' ■ di»<ov>- i-<l his mistake 1,0 c.-i
II- ha', given him tempora '
c ' ’ " i« believed that the tacks
mood without an opcr-
H' -oft mng g eat agony.
GECIRGIAN want ads.
- FILL ALL WANTS,
h BOTH PHONES 3000
Doctor’s Legs Broken
As Engine Hits Auto
'T THBERT. GA., July Dr. F. R.
Rogers a physician of Randolph coun
ty. residing at Coleman, had both tegs
broken yesterday while on a Fourth of
July outing, when the engine on the
Fort Gaines branch of the f'entra! road
-truck his automobile. ft. <'. White,
who wa.- with him. escaped injury by
jumping. The automobile was wrecked
The engine sustained a little damage
and the engineer. Asa ('lark, was in
jured -slightly.
2 Drownings Mark
Fourth at Way cross
W AYt'RORR. GA.. July 5. Two
diownings marked the Fourthz’f July
at Waycroas.
I',liner E. Bunting, eleven-year-old
son of Mrs. T. < >. Bunting, while wad
ing in the Satilla river, stepped off a
bar into a deep hole. It was sev
eral hours before bis body was recov
ered. Mrs Adkins. Wife of a Way cross
barber, was drowned al the county
bridge while bathing. Hei body has
not been recovered.
I'h, Bunting hoy was a member of a
pnicnic 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. Louth
was drowned In the same hole on the
Fourth of July four years ago.
Lightning Kills 2 on
Fourth Near Calhoun
I’ALHi’I X. GA., July Lightning
killed two and-seriously injured a third
man on the Veach and Turner planta
tion between this city and Adairsville
yesterday afternoon. The dead are
James Mayfield and Felton Jackson.
The injured is H. J. Kilgore. The three
men. with eight or ten others, had
laken refuge from a thunder storm un
der a peach shed. Kilgore, although
paralyzed from lhe shock, is expected
to recover. Mayfield leaves a wife and
several children Jackson was single.
NEGRO KILLS OFFICER
TRYING TO ARREST HIM
BIRMINGHAM. AI.A July Ar
nold R< ske. special agent for the Tide
water street railway line, was killed
at Ensley by an unknown negro when
he was attempting to arrest him on the
Fourth Reske whs on the city patrol
wagon assisting in answering a call,
when lhe negro, leading a cow. was
met. The officer dismounted from the
patrol and approached the negro, who
opened lire, inflicting a wound that
caused death later. The negro escaped.
FOUR GIVE THEIR CUTICLE
TO MEND WOMAN'S SCALP
I'RENTItN, N J , July .V To give
a new -< alp lo Mrs Mary Deletsky.
the young woman who was terribly in
jured some time ago when her halt
caught in machinery at a worsted mill,
the doeto's at M< Kinley hospital at e
performing a difficult operation that
of grafting new skin to the top of het
head.
Her husband, sister and two broth
ers have given skin from their bodies
for lier.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IN
COLUMBUS CHURCH
FOU MRI'S GA . July 5. Early in
September lhe Rose Hill Baptist
church one of the strongest in Geor
gia, wilt Introduce an innovation by
operating n night -chool fm the purpose
of giving instruction along industrial
line- a competent i-orps of teachers
has hl en secured ind all classes wIP
be taught fre< In the church. Stenog
raphy ind bookkeeping will be two of
th. principal course.- given. Rev. R.
Granbetty. pastot of tliv church, orig
inated and tierfeitcd the plans for the
school.
COLUMBUS POWER CO.
GETS PENSACOLA MAN
<< >1 I’.MBI S. GA July 5. R. M
Herding, of Pensacola Fla , has been
appointed general superintendent of
Hie * 'olumbus- Railroad t 'ompsny ant.
the Columbus Power Company, a new
office creat-d >n ae, mint of the growth
of the Stone and Webstet- interests in
this city The stone and Webster peo
ple have recent]' invested more than
,2.000.(100 in Improvements in and
atound t'olttnibu' .’ml ii ha- be, ,me
necessary to create a n*w offi, e to
handle tin in t<.a. • -«.i i (fairs
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND FRIDAY. JULY 5. 1912.
DR. M. L. TROUTMAN,
OF ATHENS, FORMER
ATLANTAN, IS DEAD
ATHENS. GA., July s.—Dr. M. L.
Troutman, paste, of the First Method
ist church of Athens, and former pas
tor of the Park Street Methodist church
of Atlanta died here today, following
an operation for appendicitis, perform
ed early in the week F'uneral services
will be conducted here this afternoon,
and the body will be taken to Rom -,
bls boyhood home, for interment.
Dr. Troutman was one of the leading
members of the Nortfi Georgia Method
Ist conference. He served pastorates at
Lyerly. Harmony Grove. Conyers
Gainesville, Atlanta and Athens during
his ministry.
At the recent commencement of the
Cniversity of Georgia, Dr. Troutman
graduated In law and the university
trustees conferred upon him the degree
•>f doctor of laws and doctor of divin
ity. He entered the university law
school lwo y ears ago and was elected
president of lhe class his Junior year.
Dr, Troutman was about 55 years old.
He is survived by his w idow. Mrs. Bes
sic Battey Troutman. formerly of
Rome; a dauglitei. Mrs. Robert Wil
son. of Athens; three sons. Henry
Troutman, a lawyer of Atlanta; Robert
B. Troutman, of Athens, a student at
( 'olumbla -university layv school, and
Baldwin Troutman, in business al
<'hat tanooga, Tenn. A sister, Mis*-*
Mary Troutman, also survives
BOY BITTEN BY SNAKE
HAS A CHANCE FOR LIFE
HLOtLMSLILRG, PA.. July A cop
rier head three and a half feet long, that
had escaped the teeth of a mowing
machine, sank its fangs into the bare
leg of Karl Wenner, an eight-year-old
.-■on of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Wenner, of
Stillwater, today. The driver of the
mowing machine came tojhe boy's res
cue and killed the snake. The boy's
leg began to swell, but a rural phone
and an automobile enabled a physician
to quickly reach the child ami adminis
ter heroic treatment, which possibly
wJH save his life
FIVE CANDIDATES RUN
WITH DOG TAX AS ISSUE
< ALHOI'N, GA., July 5 in Gordon
county there are five candidates for
representative: Geoige A. Anderson
tor re-election. S. G Pass. Ed B. Lew
is, O. t'albeck and Prof. Ernest Neal.
The chief issue is the dollar tax on
dogs, the candidates being divided foi
and against the law. Many of the vot
ers are urging John Erwin, of Cal
houn. to entei the race against I. t'.
Milner for solleltoi general.
PICNIC IS PLANNED FOR
CALHOUN WRECK VICTIMS
I'AL.HOFN GA . July 5.-- People in
Dalton and Calhoun are planning to
give a union picnic at I nton Springs,
midway between the two elite-, tn
those who were injured in th'e recent
wreck of the Calhoun picnic train just
as soon as all the Injured have recov
ered sufficiently All those who we e
on the 111-fated train and those who
aided in the rescue work at Dalton will
be invited.
LOVERiND SWEETHEART
TRY POISON AND PISTOL
SCRANTON, PA.. July 5 —Discovery
of a hectic love poem brought phys
ical chastisement to sixteen-year-olii
Kate Jeffrey last night and so deep
ly humiliated was the girl that she
drank carbolic acid.
When nineteen - y efit-old Martin
Wagneg. two blocks away heard of
what Kale hail done, he visited the
State hospital, where the girl was tak
en, relumed to his home and shot him
self. H, was an ardent admiiet of tn '
grit'l.
CITY SAVINGS BANK PAYS !
INTEREST FROM JULY IST
The City Savings Bank, at 15 East I
Alabama street, is paying 4 per cent
interest from July 1 to al! w ho open an
account In the savings department be- ■
fore July JO, Why not begin the last
lap of the year right by opening a sav- ;
Ings account with this strong, pro
grestslve and thriving Institution.' ””
Effective Sunday, July 7,
Southern Railway train No.
6 will leave Atlanta for Ma
con, Ga., at 12:20 noon, ar
rice Macon 2:55 p. m. Re
turning, No. 5 will leave Ma
con at 1:25 p. nr, arrive At
lanta 4 n. m.
FIRST WOMAN WIRELESS
OPERATOR GOES TO SEA
SEATTLE. July 5.- Probably the first
woman wireless telegraph operator
afloat—certainly the first on the Pa- ■
elfle— will be Miss Mabelle Kelso, of
Seattle. ;
She has passed the examination, re- 1
si n 1 i g
| The Globe Clothing Company The Globe Clothing Company |
S -A Suit Sale., i
Terse--Tempting- Timely a
Don’t judge the values by the infinitesi
3 wuif l\ rnal quotations. Its our semi-annual clothes fj?
t■ \ j /A {east. This time we’ve selected several him-
[H||: I dred Suits, to be given to you at two prices---
/1 YS ’7.50 -’ll .501
w' ow ’ W" I .... = g
f° r Men and Young Men |
I T That would please the average man at their former prices. They
/'"" " lift. f a,p £ o °d good material, serviceable, ueal qualities, or wr *’[
Y fl p t "ouid not stand sponsor for them. You get our assurance of sat-
rep-. .-A&jß I -I WwllX isfaefion as to wear and value. There’s plenty good colors. Lots |||
> I different Weaves, all sizes. All they- need is your attention. 4>|
WL t’ome and see for vourself. Choice of these Suits now
Cm $7.50 i
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// F Wil / ® ‘^ s 0111 tr ' aQ d true salesman remarked to our
/f E ' Wife “Ad” man: “Tell the trade to come expecting great values, for
U 1 B arP ,1P1 ’ P These Suits al eleven dollars and fifty cents W
M ‘ I I represent splendid Suits of Worsted. Cheviots and Vicunas. They I*;
m 1 i'W"! maintain every good wearing feature to the “end of the SS
W - • VW' chetpter. A matter of reduction of price does not prevent these gw
Jf ; i Suits from bearing the “car marks” of their former worth. You
H W w j : • ,1P i u< Jg p ai ’d .jury. Come and see these splendid values. Bring ’J*
0 ! \x7 your wife, or let her come and make the selection If you are ?’?
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B tJw / iW' sa ' P * S g°’ u F ou VP, V ni ' uu ' p - Choice of these Suits S|S
I U $11.50 J
I A Few Other Things Priced Right f
Underwear—Shirts or Drawers 25c m
' Porosknit and B. V D 50c
Soft Shirt, Collars to Match 75c 815
Silk Sox and Neckwear 25c S'?
—— - Bathing Suits for Men and Boys 50c »!J
I BOYS' KNEE TROUSER SUITS .<t c; Afi - 1 8
sis WITH EXTRA TROUSERS, SPECIAL <JaJ*VV - "
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The Globe Clothing Co J
EIGHTY-NINE WHITEHALL STREET
ceived one of the highest marks given
at the government's naval wireless
training school at the Ptigei Sound
navy yard and been assigned to the
steamer Mariposa, sailing for Alaska
July 1.
!
The young woman is 25. good looking j
and has been employed as a stenogra
pher.
LOVESICK GIRL SENDS
BULLET THROUGH HEART
ALLENTOWN. PA.. July 5.-Because
her parents objected to the attentions
of a young man w hom she loved. Beu
lah Kline, aged eighteen, shot herself
in the heart. She was found when her
parents returned from Allentown, ly
ing dead upon the kitchen floor in a pool
of blood with the shotgun grasped in
her hand.
Miss Kline is described as an unusual.
1y pretty' girl. About a year ago while
attending a Sunday school picnic she
met a young man with whom she be.
came infatuated. The young man. it 1*
said, returned the affection, but the
girl’s parents objected to their daugh
ter receiving him at their home.