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HORSEWHIPS HER
FOE IN BATTLE
FDR DIVORCE
Mrs. Petitt Uses Cowhide on
Man Who Testified Against
Her in Court.
u ,.<. Lillian Petitt. of 42 Doane
. tre »f. is today under bond of SIOO be
she cowhided C. B. Reeves before
, score of spectators in broad daylight
~ ,he corner of Marietta and Spring
streets.
Reeves had testified against her in a
divorce suit won by her husband, A. P.
Petitt manager of the Joel C. Roper
Cigar Company of Ivy street. Her
brother -in-law. Edward Hurst, who
held Reeves’ bands behind him while
th,, infuriated woman literally wore out
a whip across his head and shoulders,
has thus far eluded the police, but a
£n end Vernon Hines, who stood by
and applauded the thrashing, is also
uniiei $l n 9 bond in Justice D. K. John
ston's court.
Evidence Helped Husband.
! \ week ago Petitt won his first ver-
dict in the divorce suit before a jury in
th » superior court. His principal wit
ne9 < ind the one who gave the most
damaging testimony against Mrs. Petitt
■1.,. Reeves, an employee of Petitt’s In
nt. cigar factory.
lust after the verdict Mrs. Petitt
wa . informed that it was Reeves’ evi
ls dHwe that had won her husband the
suit, and she set out promptly from her
Doane street home to get revenge.
Hurst and Hines joined her and, after
, ;>ing the city a day, she spied
Reeves entering the store of Steve
near the corner of Marietta and
Spring.
\|.'=. Petitt did not follow him at
oner. She stepped to the curbing,
~ here a negro's dray was standing.
' -nd borrowed his long, heavy whip. At
the ?anv moment Reeves, all unsuspi
cious <>f his danger, emerged from the
shoi, door and started leisurely up the
street.
Pinned Him For Whipping.
Hui.-I rushed at him.* according to
his account, and pinioned his two hands
I behind his back. Then he faced the
man toward the enraged woman. The
crowd at the corner looked on wonder
ingly.
.You'll li° about me. will you?” cried
Mrs. Petitt. raising the heavy whip
! above her hem.:. “Well, take that for
it. yen cowaril ”
Tht whip dr«■ ■■■ndeil again and again
upon the hriii of the helpless Reeves.
Grea' '.< ;■< roc- where the thong struck
hiti Mrs. Petit! rushed around him
plying the whip with all the strength
of he arrtis, while Hurst still held him
In .1 .icelike grip, so that he could
r,: , ■ run nor resist. Ymidst the swirl
of s' woman’s blows the horsewhipped
m.< crie. to the spectators for help,
bu: iie got no aid. Hines stood by, it is
lev..: .«!, either expressing his approval
or advising Mrs. Petitt how to reach a
particularly tender spot. Mrs. Petitt
had given the agonized Reeves a severe
lashing when the whip, worn out by
the strenuous thonging, snapped near
the butt.
Rut “ne was not yet satisfied. Hurl
ing the useless whip end into the street,
she ran at Reeves and slapped him sav
agely mi his cheeks and swollen jaws.
When she was finished she gave, a sign
to her male companions and they
Walked calmly up the street, unmolest-
Reeves consulted a doctor first and
then a lawyer, and warrants charging
assault and battery for Mrs. Petitt and
her two relatives brought her and Hines
to Justice Johnston's court. Hurst could
not be found.
tn court yesterday Mrs. Petitt told
the justice that she was proud to admit
even detial of the whipipng and would
do again. Reeves said he had been
■ owhided for simply telling the truth
upon the divorce trial. Mrs. Petitt and
Hines gave bond for appearance in the
■riminal court on respective charges of
assault and battery and abetting as
sault.
Reeves, evho is making the complaint,
wn rep esented by Attorney Waller
Sim." as prosecutor, and Mrs. Petitt
a"'! Hines by Attorney Thomas B.
Brow n.
WURTS BOWIE, HEAD
OF CHEROKEE LIFE CO.,
DIES OF APPENDICITIS
R'I.ME. GA., July 12. —Stricken in
' anta with appendicitis. Wurts W.
■ president of the Cherokee Life
1 ince Company, was brought home
■on die.| shortly after an operation at
ntry home, near Rome.
Ihe ise of Mr. Bowie in the busi
' m id has been phenomenal. When
' °ly out of his teens lie became
■v'zer of a large clothing store here,
shortly after the organization of
''herokee Life Insurance Company
its president. He was 32 years
'nd leaves a wife and child, father
''other and two brothers.
CONTEMPT BILL PASSES.
" A-SHIXGTON. July 12.—Th: house
passed the Clayton contempt
' vote of 233 to IS. The Repub
ubstitute offered for the Demo
btll was defeated on a viva voce
Close of Proverb Contest
has been postponed. All so-'
•utions must either be re-;
c eived at this office or bear
postmark to show mailing
t ' n ’ e p r j or noon Tuesday,
July 23. 1
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS "
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Curses be upon the head of Cadmus,
the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that
invented the custom of permitting legis
i lators. on an aye and nay roll call, to
i explain their votes!
| Os all legislative time killers from
which nothing whatever comes particular
ly worth while, the vote explaining busi
ness easily,ranks as Exhibit A.
The honorable gentleman from /imph
gets up, and assures the speaker and
the. house that be could not possibly be
happy unless he, right then and there,
let loose upon a helpless world his rea
sons for doing that which everybody in
the range of his voice knows he is going
to do. and why.
He doesn't think the house understands
the gravity of the crisis upon the state,
and he is quite sure he does. "He there
upon proceeds to unwind a large and
classy lot of talk for back home consump
tion. if by any measure of good luck it
gets back home, after which he takes
GREAT pleas-ure. Mr. Speaker, in voting
"No!!"
1 he speaker, allowing only a, construc
tive recess to intervene between the gen
tleman's "no!" and his own customary
ejaculation, exclaims hastily. "Thegentle
manwillberecordedasvotingno!”
Rang! goes the gavel, the name of the
gentleman from Humph is then called, and
unless the Lord Is very good that day.
another vote explanation immediately en
sues!
Surely, the vote explaining business is
the legislative maximum of effort for a
minimum of return
In these piping times of Tippins
bills, the fight for the' perpetuation .
of a Peachtree street fountain is emi
nently in order, of course. Only, as a
matter of fact, nobody ever thought of
moving the fountain.
Representative B. M. Turnipseed, of
Clay, was the man behind one of the
best and most effective speeches deliv
ered Tuesday in favor of the Tippins bill.
' Mr. Turnipseed was Intensely serious—
even dramatically so—in parts of his ora
tion. and held the close attention of the
house throughout all of ft.
He got a good laugh, however. In which
he heartily joined, when he exclaimed at
one point, “Why, gentlemen, this bill will
make the prohibition law so plain that
even a judge on the bench can under
stand it!"
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun thinks
the state Democratic executive com
mittee was presumptuous in assuming
the right to instruct the Georgia leg
islature. As a matter of fact, how
ever. what difference does it make?
——
•I’he notion that it is. sowehow, a
finer thing to be a United States sen
ator than a governor Is somewhat
rudely jarred when one thinks of the
fate of Governor Wilson and Governor
* Marshall!
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, objected to the
bill which sought to provide a pension
for the widows of the late Governor Can
dler and the late Governor Gordon, when
it came before the house Thursday for
consideration, upon a motion to disagree
to the adverse report of the committee.
Mr. Hall believes that the bil) is plain
ly and unmistakably- unconstitutional, and
that to vote to pass it. in those circum
stances, not only would have been an
unrighteous thing to do. under his oath
as a legislator, but a poor compliment
to Mrs. Candler and Mrs «Ekfrdon, if not
an absolute insult.
"If it be proposed to amend the consti-
There was an old woman—indeed 'tis no dream—
Who lived upon little but Toasties and cream;
And if you would know her delight in such diet,
Just purchase a box at the grocer's and try it.
Written by ALBERT FITCH.
Central City, Nebr.
One of the 50 Jingles for which the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich., paid SIOOO.OO in May.
Down Go the Prices
MEN'S SUITS, WOMEN’S SUITS,
DRESSES, MILLINERY, ETC.
This Great Housecleaning is Your Opportunity
Orders from
headquarters ALL
read: “Carry NEW summer
no goods over styles
the season. ARE red uced
/ Never mind 30 to 50 CENTS
profits, never ON THE
IK 1 mind cost— dollar
will just slash!”
WM 7 TJ Believe us,
F we are “slash- the beauty
Ak II / in £-” We are of
SI / slaughtering. THIS sale
’ gi i 1 All new, is that
seasonable YOU do nt
i Nothing, too. need cash.
a rt/ Gctsornethin £ ALL BILLS
ri nice for vacation PAYABLE
‘ at th* B sale ‘ BY
Charge everything. THE WEEK
V Pay by the week.
71 1-2 Whitehall Street
ATLANTA. GA.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN A XT) NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912.
tution in such wise that this thing may
be done legally. I will gladly vote for
that, and will bend my every effort to
help pass it through the house. 1 want
to see the thing done that this bill con
templates in its intent. Let’s put the
matter in legal shape, ft would be wrong
to pass it in any other form. ", said the
gentleman from Bibb.
So far as "dry” laws are concerned
in Georgia, it never rains but it pours,
apparently.
William H. Burwell, of Hancock. Is be
ing warmly congratulated upon his re
markable performance with respect to the
so-called "material man’s lien bill," which
he succeeded in bringing to life Thursday
after it had apparently passed unmistaka
bly .and unrecallably to that undiscov
ered country from whose bourne no trav
eler is alleged ever to return.
How that bill, with an adverse report of
the committee attached, ever got on the
calendar and subsequently up for a sec
ond reading nobody save Mr. Burwell
knows. Not only that, but, being up
with that adverse report, how Mr. Bur
well succeeded in getting the house to dis
agree to the report of the committee by
the overwhelming vote of 107 to 58. is
another thing its opponents can not fig
ure out.
Nevertheless, those very things hap
pened. and now the bill is happy on its
way to a,third reading and its passage.
And that is why one of the members of
the house has applied for letters patent
on a new- verb. "To burwell." He says
it shall mean "to get things up and
through the "legislature, in spite of hades
and high water?'
MILITIAMEN KILLED
BY LIGHTNING TO GET
MILITARY FUNERALS
ANNISTON. ALA., July 12.—The
bodies of Charles Kirby and Herbert
Rape, of Birmingham, who were killed
when a bolt of lightning struck the
Second Alabama regiment mess hall at
Camp Pettus last night, were removed
to the Kidd undertaking parlors here,
where funeral services were held this
afternoon. Both will be taken to Bir
mingham for burial, accompanied by a
military escort.
Field Jefferson, who has made his
home within recent years at Selma,
Mobile and Birmingham, and Charles
J*-kson, of Birmingham, are still crit
ically ill. according to repprts from
the camp hospital today. Jackson has
been delirious since the shock. It was
necessary to strap him to his cot in the
hospital last night.
Captain C. H. Seals, who was knock
ed down while shaving, is fully- recov
ered. The others injured are: M. C.
Sullivan, E. V. Lockhart, Herbert
Moore, H. I. Leonard, James Jameson,
W. T. Evans. Leopold Speigler. Sam
uel Walters. R. R. Parsons. Earl Hol
comb, Travis Downing, J. R. Robison
and two negro cooks. All will-recover,
their injuries being slight.
Colonel C. R. Bricken, in command of
the Second Alabama regiment, stated
that he was heartbroken over the dis
aster. A gloom has been cast over the
entire camp. The Alabama boys have
been partially excused from maneuvers
today. None attended the grand ball
given the camp officers last night.
ORYSADDSII.OOO
TO BUTTLE FOND
Convention Delegates Boost the
Amount for Campaign to
$42,000.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July 12. The
first session today of the National Pro
hibition convention ended with the choice
of the party for presidential and vice
presidential candidate yet unmade. This
delay was due to the enthusiasm of the
delegates in responding to the pleas for
campaign funds to which the early hours
were largely given over.
More than SII,OOO was subscribed in
amounts ranging from SI to SI,OOO. This
brings the prohibition campaign fund up
to $42,000. The national committee hopes
to increase this to $150,000 before No.
vember.
During the opening session the presi
dential situation showed little change,
though there was a trend of insurgent
favor toward F. W. Emerson, of Califor
nia, a close personal friend of Virgil G’
Hinshaw, who was elected national chair
man by- 'he insurgents last night.
TAYLOR’S
Saturday Sale
Men’s Suits
Fine all-wool blue serge Suits;
$12.50 values, forslo.oo
Another lot of all-wool gray
worsted Suits f0r57.50
Worsted Pants, all woo!.. ..$3.00 ■
Latest style Fur Hats . .$2.00
Fine Percale Dress Shirts. . . ,50e
Underwear at2sc and 50c
Real Silk Socks2sc
Ladies Shoes
All of our $3.50 and s4.no Pumps.
Straps and Colonials. In black,
white or tan, now $2.95
Another lot of fine low-cut Shoes,
in white or black: $2.50 values,
f'>rs2.oo
Misses' white Shoes. $1 and $1.50
Misses’ Slippers.. ..$1 and $1.50
Fine Gauze Hose2s c
Real Silk Hosesoc
Neckwear2sc and 500
Wash Dresses
Ladies’ and Misses’ Dresses In
many pretty new styles, from
98c t 053.00
Another shipment of those white
Pique Skirts so much In demand
now. at9Bc
Childs’ white Dresses.
Boys' Wash Sults. *
Boys' Cowboy Suits.
Misses’ white Dresses.
For Boys
Blue Serge. Suitss3.9B
Blue Serge Pants. . ,50c and 98c
Blouses and Shirts 50c
Large size Hoselsc
Straw Hata and Serge Caps. 25c
Open Saturday Night
Till 10 o'Clock
Specials
Men's real Silk Socks ,25c
Ladies' long Silk Gloves . . 98c
Misses’ and Ladies’ Gauze
Hose2sc
Ladies’ Neckwearloc
Sale of Dresses at9Bc
Sale of Waists atsoc
Sale of Millinery at .. Half Price
Monday Sales
Real Ramie Linens 25c
Remnants of 27-In. Silks . 15c
Imitation Ramie Linens .12 1-2 c
Mill Ends Ginghamsßc
Dress Goods sale at2sc
TAYLOR’S
240 Marietta Street
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$ Store Open Saturday Night Until 10 o’Clock. g
cc I Extra Special Bargains on Sale From IP. M. Until 10 P. M. $
3 Another Great Scoop of 500 New |
I Summer Dresses at y 3 Value I
. co
$ Our New York buyer has just shipped us another
a great lot of new Summer Dresses which he secured
$ from overstocked makers at about one-third regular >
S wholesale prices. These will go on sale tomorrow
Zn at three prices, as noted below: §5
1 Lot No. 1 Lot No. 2 Lot No. 31
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“ New Linene, Rep and Very stylish new 'E
Fancy Madras Dresses Dresses of excellent Dresses Voile Dr A es S
< in many pretty styles, quality linene, in white, rmb roiderpd Linen
lace-trimmed and em- tan, blue and pink—all utoJ C 0
broidered—made to re- new models, made to re- H k Dresses . value , >
tail at $5.00 and $6.00 toil at from $5.00 to ™ne Dresses values cj
Sin this sale at $8.00; take choice for $ ’fe
! $1.95 $2.95 $4.75 I
J Suits and Waists Great Skirt Sale g
v 4 . ... Sample Skirts of all-wool serges, Panamas Z?
< New Norfolk Lo»t Suit, of .x W |knl q »d.ty ,nd voile.; made to sell np CO QE
“ whtte rep; real ♦6.511 values; COQE to W. 50; tomorrow $2.39 0
rr. in this sale at, onlv w&aavv ~,, . „ ,
New White Rep ana Pique Skirts, very styl
-1,000 sample Waists, including all-over em- ish models; to
CQ broidered lingerie effects, lace-trimmed sheer sell at, only vOS
lawns, plain white linens, etc.; values up White Linene Skirts, well made and worth
(/) to $2.50; choice of CQ* fully $1.00;
the lor UwC at, onIv WWW on
OQ
« Other Bargains in Ready-to-Wear g
Ladles’ Black Mercerized Petti- Ladies’, Misses’ and Children's Ladies’ House Dresses of good.
CQ coats; worth $1.00; in Ready-to-wear and Untrfmmed durable wash fabrics; ftO* > '
this sale, only wWW Hats; up to $3.00 tn sa ' e
<)ne lot of Children's Parasols values . . Children’s Dresses; sizes forages’ W
(/) Will be closed out tomor- INew1 New white uid combination Ra- 2to 6 years; extra !A 3*
row at, choice IVU tine Hats; the real 98© special at, only IWC?
SO Parasols in new and one’ll Suits; Children’s Wash Dresses; sizes fi |O’
, .u nn" ? : p 98c mohairs and serges; Cl QO year ;UP t 0 9&C
to $3.00 values of( value< values Q 3
(/) Ladles’ Corset Covers of fine Ladies’ Rain Coats In good stvles; Children's Rompers, well made of
nainsook, lace and em- 1Q a real $4.00 values. QQ S<»od wash materials; «Q_ C/)
ffy broidery-trimmed . in this sale iplsWO this sale (/)
Gowns. Petticoats. Combination Ladies' Swiss-ribbed Lisle Vests One lot of Ladies’ Short Kimonos
Suits and Princess Slips: OQa with silk-taped neck 7 to c ' oße out - a t> 1 CO
CO up to $3.00 values . ... an( j arm holes < V choice IVv
< .
« From 3to 5 o’Clock Saturday
g Full double bed size Bleached I6=button length Silk Gloves in S
Hemmed Sheets, 75c p black and good cob p A ~
< value, on sale Satur= ors; on sale Satur=l%||ft >
“ day, from 3to 5 day from 3 to 5 JMIj
o’clock only, at, each o’clock only, at pair g
CQ
? Ladies’ and Men’s Furnishings
CQ One lot of Ladles' Silk Hose, in i UMBRELLAS AT 980. I Men’s Negligee Shirts, samples I
black and colors; . r ... °f regular SI.OO and A
C/5 the 50c grade s ■wV One lot of Ladies and Men s Lm- $1.50 grades, choice
Ladles’ Silk Hose, extra fine and"s3 0" grades' *" 'AO Men's Elastic Seam Drawers, the
< $1.50 quality; in this X , 98© 50c and 75c grades; pSft 03
rQ sale at, only r , this sale, only -rj,
Toadies’ Wlii t e Hemstitched Ladies' Patent Leather Belts, Men's Balbriggan, Lisle and
Handkerchiefs; in this sale 1 re ®l 50c values, in OC* Porous Knit Underwear;
at, only t ll * B sale at - on, y WV -q c g ra( j e; per garment fcOC
”2 Children’s and Babies' White and Lot of Ladies' Hat Pins that were Men’s Night Shirts, well mazie of „
Fancy Top Socks; K Q* 50c; to close out at, lA a lightweight cambric;
fiQ 25c kind ww choice IW SI.OO vaJue
- New style Hair Switches of real Ladies’ Hand Bags in various Men’s White Hemstitched Hand-
human hair, black, Clßf> styles: worth up to kerchiefs, worth 10c; C/5
brown, blond wOU $1.00; choice, tomorrow. j n this sale at OO ■
% Specials in Linens, Wash Goods, etc. 4 %
<Z) > C/i
68-lnch rutached Table Damask. Big table of new Batistes. Lawns 18-lnch Bleached Table Napkins,
er worth sl.Wt; In this 30C and Organdies In the prettiest hemmed ready for use.
sale, per yard ww mtterns of the season also new per dozen
' Stylish Dress Linens in whit- VVhite Goods, up to Extra fine 18-lnch Double Satin >
and all colors; real -JA- 25c values: per vard OO Faced Napkins, worth 7Q q CC
*2 50c value; pei yard $1.50. at. per dozen *
20 pieces of yard-wide t’urtain 40 pieces of new Linen Voiles In fine lot of White Jap Silk. worth
CQ Swiss to sell at. ’ P |ain colors and striped ,0 se ' l tomorrow IQfl ~ ..
p ( . r yard patterns; per yard IVV at, per yard• wV
Saturday Bargains in Furniture Department S
Fancy Cpnter Table, as Tomorrow only, we will ®
illustrated. Golden Oak T :rjg-_ sell regular 50-rent co
2 or Early English: 18 quality Linen Window
inches tall, 12-inch top; £ f f V Shades, on best spring
extra special, at B rollers, at. onlv
139 c Ta 19c i
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We Give Si 18 West %
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