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■SEWS HER 1 FOE IN BITTLE FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Petitt Uses Cowhide on Man Who Testified Against Her in Court. Mrs. Lillian Petitt. of 42 Doane |tree t. is today'under bond of SIOO be cause she cowhided C. B. Reeves before , . ( . o re of spectators in broad daylight , the corner of Marietta and Spring streets. Ree ves 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 - hands behind him while the infuriated woman literally wore out a W hip across his head and shoulders, has thus far eluded the police, but a friend Vernon Hines, who stood by and applauded the thrashing, is also under $l2O bond in Justice D. K. John ston's court. Evidence Helped Husbend. \ week ago Petitt won his first ver dict In the divorce suit before a jury In t he superior court. His principal wit ness and the one who gave the most damaging testimony against Mrs. Petitt was Reeves, an employee of Petitt’s in the cigar factory. Just after the verdict Mrs. Petitt wae informed that it was Reeves' evi dence 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 searching the city a day, she spied Reeves entering the store of Steve Glass near the corner of Marietta and Spring. Mrs. Petitt did not follow him at once. She stepped to the curbing, where a negro's dray was standing, .and borrowed his long, heavy whip. At the same moment Reeves, all unsuspi cious of his danger, emerged from the shop door and started leisurely up the street. Pinned Him For Whipping. Hurst rushed at him, according to his account, and pinioned his two hands behind his back. Then he faced the man toward the enraged woman. The crowd at the corner looked on wonder ing!.' . You'll lie about me, will you?” cried Mrs. Petitt. raising the heavy whip above her head. "Well, take that for it. you coward.” The whip descended again and again upon the head of the helpless Reeves. Great welts rose where the thong struck him. Mrs. Petitt rushed around him plying the whip with ail the strength of her arms, while Hurst still held him in" a vieelike grip, so that he could neither run nor resist. Amidst the swirl of the woman's blows the horsewhipped man cried to the spectators for help, but he got no aid. Hines stood by, it is declared, 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. But she was not yet satisfied. Hurl ing the useless whip end into the street, she ran at Reeves an< slapped him sav- j agely on his cheeks and swollen jaws. When she was finished she gave a sign I to liei- male companion". and they n tlked calmly up the street, unmoleat- I Rcevi consulted a doctor first and • then i lawyer, and warrants charging, ■ s, lU it and battery for Mrs. Petitt and her two relatives brought her and Hines i to Ju-tice Johnston's court. Hurst could , not be foiWtd. In court yesterday Mrs. Petitt told ' th. justice that she was proud to admit ev. n detiul of the whipipng and would i do it again. Reeves said he had been ' .er. hided for simply telling the truth: i; on the divorce trial. Mrs. Petitt and Hinet gate bond for appearance in the. ■ riininal court on respective charges of assault and battery and abetting as- j sault. lb •. ■ who is making the complaint, "a represented by Attorney Walter prosecutor, and Mt-. Petitt I’.. Hin ■ bv Attorney Thomas B. Bmwn. | WURTS BOWIE, HEAD OF CHEROKEE LIFE CO., DIES OF APPENDICITIS ROME, GA., July 12.—-Stricken in M .nta with appendicitis, Wurts W. 1'"". ie. president of the Cherokee Life i an<>e Company, was blought home •tu.l died shortly after an operation at - ountry home, near Rome. 'ln Ise of Mr. Bowie in the busi n'' ' orld has been phenomenal. When scarcely out of his teens he became ''••'■•txer of a large clothing store here, shortly after the organization of ' herokee Life Insurance Company " ; ttne its president. He was 32 years and leaves a wife and child, father en ‘‘ mother and two brothers, CONTEMPT BILL PASSES. ISHINGTON, July 12. -The house passed the Clayton contempt 1,1 by a vote of 233 to 18. The -übstitute offered for the Demo bill was defeated on a viva voce ' ote. Close of Proverb Contest has been postponed. All so •utions must either be re 1 ceived at this office or bear postmark to show mailing Dme prior to noon. Tuesday, i July 23. I SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS Curses be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented the custom of permitting legis lators, on an aye and nay roll call, to 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 Bmph gets up, and assures the speaker and the house that he 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 know? 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!!" The speaker, allowing only a construc tive recess to intervene between the gen tleman s ‘no! and his own customary ejaculation, exclaims hastily, "Thegentle manwillberecordedasvotingno!” Bang! goes the gavel, the name of the gentleman from Bumph 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 it. 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? The 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 bill 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. Gordon, if not an absolute insult. "If it be proposed to amend the consti- There was an old woman—indeed ’tls 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. ' ' " ' "“N " 1 ” ~— 11 " 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 m i n d cost— dollar vj f 1 just slash!” J T* Believe us, itHllT f we are “slash- the beauty /yf I ! y ing.” We are of \ : if J slaughtering. this sale k K I A All ncw ’ IS THAT I A. seasonable you don’t |1 Jnfe clothing, too. need cash. j' | ‘ Get something ALL BILLS I I S! y nice for vacation PAYABLE l| at this sale. BY V Charge everything. THE WEEK V Pay by the week. oTHenter CSb Rj>osenbloom Co. 71 1-2 Whitehall Street ATLANTA, GA. By JAMES B. NEVIN. 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. I want to see the thing done that this bill con templates tn its intent. Let’s put the matter in legal shape. It 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 bn fts 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, ’“ ho 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 Jackson, of Birmingham, are still crit ically ill, according to reports 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. 1. Leonard, James Jameson, W. T. Evans, Leopold Spelgler, Sairf 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. mu ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912. DRYSAOOSiILBOO TO BITTLE FUND Convention Delegates Boost the Amount for Campaign to $42,000. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J 4 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 $1 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 the insurgents last night. TAYLOR’S Saturday Sale Meo’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 wool.. ~53.00 Latest style Fur Hats .. . $2.00 Fine Percale Dress Shirts. . . ,50c Underwear at2sc and 50c Real Silk Socks2sc Ladies Shoes All of our $3.50 and $4.00 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, tor 12.00 Misses' white Shoes. $1 and $l5O Misses' Slippers.. ..$1 and $1.50 Fine Gauze Hose2sc Real Silk Hosesoc Neckwear2sc and 50c Wash Dresses Ladles’ and Misses' Dresses tn many pretty new styles, from 98c to ....$3.00 Another shipment of those white Pique Skirts so much In demand now, at9Be Childs’ white Dresses. Boys’ Wash Suits. Boys’ Cowboy Suits. Misses’ white Dresses. For Boys Blue Serge Suits ... $3.98 Blue Serge Pants. . . 50c and 98c Blouses and Shirts 50c Large size Hoselsc Straw Hats and Serge Caps, 25c Open Saturday Night Till 10 o’clock Specials Men's real Silk Socks23t Ladies’ long Silk Gloves . 98c Misses’ and Ladies’ Gauze Hose »25c 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 BASS | BASS ! BASS ! BASSI BASS BASS BASS'BASS |BASs j BASS BASS ' BASS' ; Saturday Sale at Bass’ CQ $ Store Open Saturday Night Until 10 o’Clock. g S | Extra Special Bargains on Sale From IP. M. Until 10 P. M. & S Another Great Scoop of 500 New » 1 Summer Dresses at 'A Value I co $ Our New York buyer has just shipped us another co great lot of new Surrimer Dresses which he secured $ from overstocked makers at about one-third regular > 2 wholesale prices. These will go on sale tomorrow/ at three prices, as noted below: > | Lot No. 1 Lot No. 2 Lot No. 3| New Linene, Rep and Very stylish new g g? Fancy Madras Dresses Dresses of excellent Voile Dresses * <in many pretty styles, quality linene, in white, losses v ed LUn ~ “ lace-trimmed and em- tan, blue and % broidered—made to re- new models, made to re- Dresses . value<4 > tail at $5.00 and $6.00 ta.il at from $5.00 to A’ 1 2in this sale at $8.00; take choice for £ ™ $ w I $1.95 $2.95 $4.75 I » Suits and Waists Great Skirt Sale g x . .. Sample Skirts of all-wool serges. Panamas g New Norfolk oat Suits of excellent^quality and voiles: made to sell up CO QE « white rep ; real $6.50 values; QE to $8 - )0 tomorrow CJ J in this sale at. only MrCuiWW , n e . . , . . t New White Rep and Pique Skirts, very styl- 1,000 sample Waists, including all-over em- ish models; to QQa CQ broidered lingerie effects, lace-trimmed sheer sell at, only vOw lawns, plain white linens, etc.; values up White Linene Skirts, well mad* and worth W (/) to $2.50; choice of OGa fully $100; Eft**. Fzi the lot WWW at, onIy WWW (/) ® * * « Other Bargains in Ready-to-Wear > Ladies’ Black Mercerized Petti- Ladies', Misses’ and Children’s Ladles’ House Dresses of good. CQ coats; worth $1.00; in • i Ready-to-w r ear and Untrimmed durable wash fabrics; U this sale, only Hats; up to $3.00 * n tfl * a sa ' e (/■) One lot of Children's Parasols values ...wWv Children’s Dresses; sizes fbr ages OS r/5 will be closed out tomor- 1 New white and combination Ra- 2to 6 years; extra IGa row at, choice IWW tine Hats; the real 080 special at, only IWw (/} fiQ Indies’ Parasols in new and of Suits; Children’s Wash Dresses; slzea 6 beautiful Styles, up mohairs and sere-es- AO to 15 y earß i U P Ofis* to $3.00 values WOO serges. $3.00 values 35 CO T -adies’ Corset Covers of fine Ladies’Rain Coats in good styles; Children's Rompers, well made of 1 nainsook, lace and em- real $4.00 values; OO K°°d wash materials; 1 Qw* CO QQ broidery-trimmed ■ *** j n this sale .. W■ •**€» this sale ■ Qf) Gowns. Petticoats, Combination Ladies’ Swiss-rllibed Lisle Vests One lot of Ladies’ Short Kimonos, CO Suits and Princess Slips; QQa with silk-taped neck ’7« to rlose out at, lAa 05 CO upto $3.00 values wOw an d arm holes A< V choice IVV < CO » From 3to 5 o’Clock Saturday - g Full double bed size Bleached IHuttdh length Silk Gloves in & Hemmed Sheets, 75c J" black and good. col= I" A ~ \< value,on sale Satur= J ors; on sale Satur=l%||ft > “ day, from 3to 5 day from 3 to 5 JMli o’clock only, at, each o’clock only, at, pair > g “> * % Ladies’ and Men's Furnishings » CQ One lot of Ladles’ Silk Hose, in UMBRELLAS AT 98c. I Men's Negligee Shirts, samples —■ black and colors; IQrt of regular SI.OO and A the 50c grade« WV One lot of Ladies ajrid Men s Um- ?1 ,jo grades; choice . ****<? (/) CO Ladies’ Silk Hose, extra fine and'l3 Maarad eV Men’s Elastic Seam Drawers, the < $l5O quality; in this QQq aU al, choice"’•. 98© 50c and 75e grades: ? CC sale at, only " w „ this sale, only Ladles’ White Hemstitched Ladies Patent Leather Belts; Men’s Balbriggan, Lisle and Handkerchiefs; tn this sale “I real 50c values; in Porous Knit Underwear. at, only thia sale at. only WV ( , grade; per garment Children’s and Babies' White and Lot of Ladies' Hat Pins that were Men’s Night Shirts, well made of . 5 Fancy Top Socks; 50c; to close out at, 1 lightweight cambric; ~ CQ 25c kind choice I SI.OO value ““U I New style Hair Switches of real Ladles’ Hand Bags In various Men’s White Hemstitched Hand- r/j Ico human hair; black. ’ st S |es; worth up to kerchiefs, worth 10c; ICO {/j brown, blond wwV $1.00; choice, tomorrow.. j n this sale at OO % Specials in Linens, Wash Goods, etc. 5 CO CO 68-lnch Bleached Table Damask. Big table of new Batistes. Lawns 18-inch Bleached Table Napkins. rr worth $1.00; in this and Organdies in the prettiest hemmed ready for use; | salt, pet \atc patterns of the season ; also new P er d°zein. ... ... ... . - CB t Stylish Dress Linens in white whlte Good , t 0 Extra fine 18-inch Double Satin > and all colors; real lA- 25c values; per yard *>C Faced Napkins; worth JQzj CO 50c value; per yard . . K J $1.50, at, per dozen. . * ’’A 20 pieces of vard-wide Curtain 40 pieces of new Linen Voiles In One lot of White Jap Silk; worth CQ Swiss to sell at. I Plain uolors and striped 1 50 c to sell tomorrow 1Q- I—J - per yard WW patterns; per yardlvv at. per yardl Saturday Bargains in Furniture Department % ro r Fancv (’enter Table, as Tomorrow onlv, we will 5° yj illust rated. Golden Oak V ._., v sell regular 50-eent co <>r Early English: IS KV |« quality Linen Window inches tall, 12-inch top; £ | V Shades, on best spring extra special, at Oranrd, B rollers, at, onlv 1 39 c rn 19c I co > We Give A M 18 West % 60 Green * Mitchell, ~ Trading Itjb w Near S' g Stamps ’MMF R * Whitehall (/) BASS j BASS I BASS ! BASS |BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS f BASS BASS BASS 3