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POWDER IN LAD'S METICNITES Spark From Stove Sets Off Explosive, Crippling Gaines ville Boy. GAINESVILLE. GA, July 5.—A vnung son Os B. L. Gamblln. who re .idfs on a rural route six miles from ihi/elty is in a critical condition today. , . the result of being blown up by .■„. ; :ne powder. If he recovers he be a cripple for life and will bear dher marks of his wounds. The boy, intending to have a noisy Fourth of July, picked up a quantity of blasting powder that had been left b v workmen on the new Gainesville and Northwestern railroad. He put the vwder in a pocket and went home, where he kindled a fire in the kitchen Fto ve for his mother. In some manner a spark from the fire burned a hole through the pocket and ignited the iwwder. the explosion resulting. Doctor’s Legs Broken As Engine Hits Auto CUTHBERT, GA, July s.—Dr. F. S. Rogerst a physician of Randolph coun ty, residing at Coleman, had both legs broken yesterday while on a Fourth of July outing, when the engine on the Fort Gaines branch of the Central road struck his automobile. R. C. 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 eon of Mrs. T. O. Bunting, while wad ing in the Satilla river, stepped oft a sand bar into a deep hole. It was' sev eral hours before his body was recov ered. Mrs. 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. is 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. Louth 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 CALHOUN, 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 afternoon. The dead are James Mayfield and Felton Jackson. The Injured Is H. J. Kilgore. The three men, with eight or ten others, had taken refuge from a thunder storm un der a peach shed. Kilgore, although paralyzed from the shock, is expected to recover. Mayfield leaves a wife and several children. Jackson was single. 3 Killed, 17 Hurt in Picnic Car Wreck ILLSA, OKLA, July 5. —Three per sons were killed and seventeen more or less seriously injured last night when an interurban car crashed into a “dead” gasoline car a quarter of a miie east of Sand Springs park. The car was bring ing 300 picnickers from the Fourth of July celebration to this city. Failure of the airbrakes and inabili ’.V to see the gasoline car on the track 1 aused the wreck. The dead; ' ARTER BAXTER, Tulsa. MISS MARY KUBLY, Tulsa. LN UNKNOWN BOY SCOUT. Among the badly injured is M?s. VV. •' Snow, of Ault, Colo. Seven Injured in Street Car Smash Hl ISBURG. July 5. —Seven persons '■ le probably fatally injured last night ". a car on the Pittsburg. Harmonv. ■"tier and Newcastle street •■ar line an into another car which was tak ';' 8 on passengers at Keown station, were hurried to a hospital in this THE LAX-FOS WAY. ia , d a . medicine that would toa^P 8^60 the liver, the stomach, the dm» eys , anu tbe bo "’ els and at the same onto d™>» y ° U "V 0 . 1 ? 8 wllh “ systemic be well? 1 y ° U believe J' ou would soon That's -The Lax-Fos Way.” the man», y ? U , t 0 V Uy ,he flrß ‘ bottle oney-back plan, and you will ask s °. ur druggist t 0 ge)l you the second it keeps your whole Insides right. Fo g ere S ttttthlng else made like Lax- Remember the name—LAX-FOS. ••• EXQUISITE WEDDING BOUQUETS . AND DECORATIONS. ATLANTA FLORAL CO., Call Main 1130. 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. m., arrive At lanta 4 p. m. 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 wind 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 CLERKDRINKSTACKS IN WATER; HE’S IN AGONY POTTSVILLE, PA, July s.—James McKeon, a bar clerk at the Buck Run hotel, at St. Clair, to relieve a thirst, arose in the darkness of the night and rushed to the bathroom, where he seized a tumbler, 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 Bower Company, a new office created en 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 TsHhISSED FOR REFUSING RECONCILIATION PHILADELPHIA, July s.—Amid hisses from a crowd of men and wom en who were in 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 wjfe 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 AWBROKEN7BOY 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 dam. on the Broad Mountain, into 40 feet of water. In the fall he broke his right arm. but pluckily swam ashore with his left arm. walked all the way home unas sisted and had the fracture reduced. Auto Kills Boy at Jacksonville Outing JACKSONVILLE. FLA., July 5 Gordon Pert, a sltxeen-year-old lad, who 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. fit- MiitrllAC Specialist in Nerve, Uii nUglieS Blood and Skin Diseases 16' 2 NORTH BROAD STREET, ATLANTA, GA. I AM AGAINST «IGH 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 la 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 without the slightest obligation on your part If he finds your case Incurable he will frankly tell you so and advise you 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 be will positively make you no charge if he falls to effect a cure. SI make the above statement so that you will know you consult a regular physician and sur geon who Is making a specialty of certain dis eases. 1 possess skill and experience which few can share, and you can feel assured when you come to my office no deceit will be prac ticed. I meet you as man to man. open and above board. I invite you to come to my office I will ex plain to you my treatment for Varicocele. Stric ture, Hydrocele, Hernia. Nervous Debility, Blood Polson. Piles. Fistula, Kidney, Bladder and Prostatic Troubles, and give you FREE a physical examination; if necessary, a microsco pical and chemical analysis of secretions to de termine pathological and bacteriological condi tions. Every person should learn their true condition. A permanent cure Is what you want. Cpeclfle or Non-Speclfls Chronic Diseases. My Treatment For Disorders. Kidney and Bladder. "Nervous Debility.” lnfiln?maHon r and Tr'rffJ' Vrlnary Trouble Blood You have probably tlon stopped in day or Polson or been treated for this two. This bad disease inherited). Piles, Pirn- so-called trouble and cured In 1 days. < hron- pies, Ulcers. Skin Dis- helped temporarily or ic in zi days. . x , I also cure Contagious eases, Nervous Trou- maybe not at all. This Blood Poison and all b!pq condition is merely a complications from ra . flrrh successfully «'mptorn of some deep- these ailments .Mv Catarrh successruii) seated and obscure com- treatment and cure is treated all dropping plication. My direct no new discovery with and hawking stopped treatment removes the me and has long since in a few days. Chronic cause, thereby making passed the experimental Diseases of Men ami permanent cures and stage. I cure this dis- Women curad to stay restoring strength, ease never to return. 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 » 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 9 TO 1. FREE—CONSULTATION AND EX AM INATION —FREE Call or write for information before taking treatment, as you wifi find mv charges lower and treatment quicker and better than elsewhere. DR. J. D. HUGHES THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 5. 1912. DEATH LIST FROM IW TOTALS 41 Fifteen of Victims Still Uniden 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 all night and today trying to establish the names 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 issued 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. Pitiful 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 moved 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 Lackawan na officials that Engineer Schroeder either overlooked or disregarded sig nals, the first three witnesses Who 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, George Laird of Brooklyn. 75 years of age. The elder Laird had not been away from home for 40 years. He was going to Buffalo to see his son. At the side of the aged man lay the shattered body of William Laird's wife and nearbk’ 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 FORGIRL THAT POPPED QUESTION PITTSBURG. July 5.-—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 be granted and that a girl had the same right to pop the question as a man had. CASTOR IA For Infanta 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 office 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 cdLUMBUS, GA.. July s.—City Clerk Moore, Treasurer Matthews, Marshal Burrus, City Physician Bland ford. City Health Officer Moncrief* 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. tAere Is hardly any change looked for in temperature. XIX KI | The Globe Clothing Company The Globe Clothing Company £•>> —— •—* S I ..A Suit Sale.. Terse-Tempting-Timely Don’t judge the values by the infinites! \ 'j \ mal u£' V W wH 1 I A feast. This time we've selected several hun- | W / to be given to you at two prices— < i yA, ’7.50 - ’ 11.50 F r M Z Suits ats7.so for Men and Young Men '''■ I Vsldr That would please the average man al their former prices. They Wg ' iWk- are good Suits, good material, serviceable, neat qualities, or we WL -3K;would not stand sponsor lor them. on get our assurance ol sat ’R* | isl'avt ion as to wear and value There ’s plenty good colors. Lots » ■' I ”1 ditlerent weaves, all sizes. All limy m'ed is your attention. t " Come and sec for voursell. ('lioicc of tlvse Suits now 07 $7.50 Or | / I a Suits at $11.50 for Men and Young Men lx ,1 W' As our tried and true clothing salesman remarked to our if •/ ' “Ad” man: “Tell the trade to come expecting great values, for if 1 they are here" These Splits at eleven dollars and fifty cents // I i represent splendid Suits of Worsted. Cheviots and Vicunas. They kF 1 I 1 "’’l mainltiin every good wearing feature to the “end of the B chapter. ’ A matter of reduction of price does not prevent these 0 i 1 Suits from bearing the “ear marks of their former worth. You B i '' I ;,l "l .i lll '.'- Come and see these splendid values. Bring B •Wa I llfp 5 I your wife, or lot het come art! make the selection If you are H I iW | pleased, back goes your money . without argument. This B f I Sll ' p ’ s 0,1 verv minute. Choice of those Suits /a U $11.50 I t A ewer Things Priced Right v ® Underwear—Shirts or Drawers 25c Porosknit and B. V. D 50c jßfety ' Soft Shirt, Collars to Match 75 c s °ft Collars 15c Silk Sox and Neckwear ’..... 25c i 8 BOYS’ KNEE TROUSER SUITS «£7 (in 1 WITH EXTRA TROUSERS, SPECIAL qKAvV La The Globe Clothing CoL™ 1 EIGHTY-NINE WHITEHALL STREET . VICE COMMISSION OF ATLANTA CRITICISED BY STATE SOCIALISTS MACON, GA.. July s.—Atlanta's vice commission was severely criti cised by speakers in the annual 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. Lindberg and Mr. and Mrs. Al Schwartz, of Atlanta, and Paul G. Den nie. of Augusta, were the speakers. The Socialists nominated the follow ing candidates for state officials: A. F. Castleberry, of Columbus, for govern or: W. O. Seigler, of Augusta, for comptroller general; W. E. Johns, of Tifton, for commissioner of agricul ture, and M. W. Gibbs,*of Waycross, for secretary of statq, HUNTS FOR DIAMONDS IN MUD WITH OYSTER TONGS 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'V>yster 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 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 water.- of the Woonasqua tucket. Bab 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 in 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 ills, 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. Friend allays nausea, pre vents caking of the breasts, and EOfiUS in every way ♦ a contributes to strong, healthy motherhood. Mother’s Friend ’t sol ’ at drug store... V. t" for our fre' book for expectant 'th ’’’. BRA3FIEU' UF GEORGIAN WANT ADS FILL ALL WANTS. BOTH PHONES t.OCO. HOTELS AND RESORTS ATLANTJC CITY. N. GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL. Virginia ave . near Beach and Steel Pier, Open surroundings. Capacity 500. Hot and cold sea water baths. Large rooms, ern exposure. Elevator to street level, spa cious porches, etc. Special week rates; $2.50 up daily. Booklet. Coaches meet trains COOPER & LEEDS. r the np.ll’lb j ’jßknKcim' t Leading U* JOSIAH WHlff « SONS COMPANY | I • ’ TETTERINE CURES PILES. ’ “One application cured rne of a case of ilchinK piles after I had suffered for five ’ years'' RAYMOND BENTON, . ’ Walterboro, S. C. . Tetterine 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 th-. Shuptrine Co., 0a ! vannah. Ga. grORSYTH I Tod ">’ i ■ Atlanta’s BusicstTheater j Tonight 8:80 Gus Edwards Himself. “Sauaring Accounts’’ — ton, Isabelle • . _ D'Armond <S. Kappeler «. ranh car Henry & Francis —Britt t e r . Ed. Wood—Cycling Zonors. Z a a n y “ NEW SONG REVUE [Song Birds. 9