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ATLANTA HOST TO 3000 MERCHANTS Storekeepers to Spend Three Days Seeing Best Wholesale Market in the South. Clerks and wives are running the country stores of Georgia today and will draw molasses and wrap up calico for the next three days, for the merchants themselves have packed their grip sacks and taken the train to Atlanta. Some of them arrived this morning, and others will he in tonight. The sec ond annual convention of the Southern Merchants association opens tomorrow morning, and 3.000 storekeepers are coming. There isn't much business on the pro gram for the week. The merchants have been invited to come to town, visit the big Made-in-Atlanta show at the Auditorium, take in the theaters and the baseball game, surround a barbecue and have Just as good a time as pos sible. Their attention has been espe cially called to the fact that the Tip pins bill did'NOT pass, and that cards to the clubs may be had for the ask ing The visitors represent almost every town in Georgia and several in adjoin ing states. They range from little fel lows from the crossroad’ to department store magnets of sister cities. The reason for bringing them here is to prove that Atlanta offers them the best wholesale market in their territory. They will attend the Forsyth theater tonight, the baseball game tomorrow afternoon, a reception at the Piedmont Driving club on Wednesday and a bar becue Thursday. They will have a sj>e cial night at the Made-in-Atlanta show Wednesday and are expected to spend all the rest of their spare time there. HE DIES AFTER GETTING FREE TO MARRY GIRL SACRAMENTO, CAI... Aug 5.—A shattered romance, in which Miss Isa belle. Garwood, of New York, reputed to be worth $2,000,000, and Dr. R. A. Ramos, a physician of Brooklyn, played the leading roles, has been brought to light by a civil suit filed in Sutter county by Miss Garwood against Schreiber Bros, to cancel the sale of t>oo acres *>f land valued at $96,000. According to Miss Garwood, she and Dr. Ramos were engaged to mary. Ramos left his home in Brooklyn and went to Reno to take up residence for the purpose of securing a divorce. Just after getting the divorce Ramos died. Miss Garwood says she learned he had been paid $1,500 for inducing her to buy the land. ILL HEALTH PROMPTS ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE CEDARTOWN. GA. Aug s—Elder N. A. Hamrick, a highly respected citi zen of Polk county. committed suicide at his home abouk four miles north of town. He had been ill and helpless for severe! weeks. His son. Grady, was about to shave him and he asked the young man to get some thing for him from another room On his return, he found his father slash ing his throat with the razor. Phy.-l eians were summoned at once, but no hope was entertained of his recovery. He died a few hours later. Mr. Hamrick was one of Polk coun ty’s commissioners, but resigned last winter on account of ill health. MAN ARRESTED AFTER A 2,000-MILE CHASE CALGARY. ALBERTA, Aug. 5. Pursued for four months through the wilds of northern Canada by members of the Northwest mounted police. Will Ropp, said-by the authorities to be the most notorious horse rustler and cattle thief in the Western country, has been apprehended and is in the barracks here today awaiting trial. The chase cov ered nearly 2,000 miles and was re markable for the persistency with which the police followed the trail of the fugitive through the trackless north country. Ropp. tired of being hunted, finally gave up. PARKER AND WALKER HOLD JOINT DEBATE AT DOUGLAS DOUGLAS, GA.. Aug. s.—Judge T. A. Parker and J. R. Walker met here to day in a joint debate in their cam paign for congress in the Eleventh dis trict. Coffee county is claimed by the friends of bolh candidates. Judge Parker has been judge of the superior court of this county for ten years and is very popular in the county. Mr. Walker is a prominent lawyer of Val dosta and has some close relatives of prominence in this county. They are both being actively supported. 9 STITCHES IN HEART TO SAVE DYING MAN’S LIFE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. s.—As the result of a delicate operation, when nine stitches v. i ■ taken to close a stab wound in hi.- heart. John Thomp son, 59 years old, may live. The operation was performed by Dr. Joseph Mitchel at the Pennsylvania hospital. Thompson received his in jury during a quarrel with "British” Shaw, 33 years old. Shaw is alleged to have drawn a large knif ami plunged it into the breast of 'l it. nip son. penetrating the heart. NEW PASTOR AT DOUGLAS. Douglas, g Aug. 5. Rev. h, h. She! , the newl? < lei tefl minister of the First Baptist church, has arrived here with his family from Mobile, Ala., white M, S’-.- II has Ini n pastor for thiiti a . ears. ROBERT F. MADDOX TO BE DIRECTOR OF SEABOARD AIR L INE Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, and I several other Southern men will be directors of the reorganized Seaboard Air Line, according to impressions left by the visit to Atlanta of S. Davies I Warfield, president of the Continental ' Trust Company, of Baltimore, who was a guest at the Geoigian Te race. Mr. Warfield discussed the future of the Seaboard, of which he recently got control, and though he said the stock holders would elect the new directors he left the impression that Robert F. , 1 Maddox. A. H. \\ oodward of Birming | ham. Mills B. Lane of Savannah and . i George W. Watts of Durham, N. 1 would be chosen. Mr. Warfield reiterated the statement made by him some time ago that the Seaboard would b devoted more than ever Jo the upbuilding of the South and , would b<* kept a strictly Southern prop erty. OVERTAKEN BY POSSE. COLORADAN ENDS LIFE LAJI NI A, (’OLO.. Aug. s.—George » Ballew, who on Friday night shot four I people at South Platte, committed sui > cide three miles from here. He had been pursued by a sheriff and his posse, and took his life only after he had been wounded twice and brought to bay be ! hind a hay stack. Ballew was overtaken on foot near the village of Ormcga by Deputy Sher iff Devine, hut Ballew opened fire and forced Devine to retreat toward La- I junta for nearly a mile. When Devine | returned to a house where there was , a telephone he summoned assistance. ’ “HIST! I’M A DETECTIVE:” BORROWS WIG. DECAMPS CHICAGO, Aug 5.- "Hist!" said a : I tall. dark, mysterious young man. "1 am a detective. I need a disguise for a few minutes." Mrs. H. E. Deutscher. milliner. loaned him an < xpensive blond wig. He hasn’t returned. /.< \ ■ I ' / J '|\ I ? • * A ' ’ 7 ' / / ' / / i // ■ / z 7 ww./ Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, happy expectant mother. She hoprs tip little Astor heir will be a boy to perpetuate the name of John Jacob Astor. FLORIDA PLANS LOW FRUIT-VEGETABLE EXPRESS RATE SCALE ! TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 5- The Flori ! da railroad commission lias cited the Southern Express Company for a hear ing on September 3, to show cause why the commission should not order cer -1 tain proposed rates on fruits and vege ' tables between points in this state. 1 These rates would mean substantial reductions. Tlie-present rate on fruit for a 25- - mile haul is 25 cents per box, and on vegetables, 25 cents per crate. The 1 proposed rate on fruit for this distance is 20 cents per box, and on vegetables 15 cents per crate. For 100 miles, the present rate on fruit is 30 cents, and on vegetables 25 cents, while the pro posed rate on fruits is 27 cents and ■ vegetables 20 cents. For 200 miles, the 1 present rate on fruit is 40 cents and on ’ vegetables 30, while the proposed rate is. fruit 37 cents and vegetables 27 cents. Moving under the fruit rate are 'oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes and ■ I pineapples, in standard crates of 80 pounds. I'nder the vegetable rate are peaches, pears, guavas, persimmons, beans, beets, okra, cucumbers, lettuce, ■ onions, cabbage and like articles, in ’ standard crates of 50 pounds. If ship ped in barrels, the rate is double the ! crate rate. SIDNA ALLEN NEAR SEATTLE^ IS REPORT SEATTLE. WASH.. Aug. s.—lnfor mation that Sidna Allen and , Wesley ■ Edwards, the Virginia outlaws, were I believed to be hiding In the vicinity of Seattle caused the Federal and county authorities to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding country for the men. but neither was found. Al len is said to have been seen in Bal lard. a Seattle suburb, two weeks ago, ■ but since that time no tra< e of him or : of Edwards has been found. The local authorities kept the fact es lhei s arch secret and it has just 1 become know n IIK ATLANTA GEORGIA* AND N KWB.JIOXDA Y, AUGUST 5, 19iz. Young Widow Yearns for a Son READY FOR ASTOR HEIR 1 Il HF* ■f W KEESBhteL ■IP li / /i « " Ji upm ... Colonel's Will Gives $3,000.- 000 to Posthumous Child. $6,000,000 if Twins. NEW YORK. A:;a. 5.--Colonel John Jacob Ats- s ' ostT'.itnous heir, a highly important babv. who will in herit S3,no 1,0011, is ( tpected within a week at the Astor residence, No. 840 Fifth avenue. Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, the hap py, expectant mother, c earns for a son , to perpetuate the name of John Jacob Astor. But, boy or girl, site is determined that the infant shall first see the light in the family mansion which her hus band bequeathed to her. She returned to her home a few days ago after a long visit to her father and mother, Mr. and Mis. William H. , Force, at Bernardsville. N. J. Doctors and Nurses Watch. Dr. Cragin, an expert, and Dr. Reuel B. Kimball, her family physician, are ! visiting Mrs. Astor. Her health, which ! was shaken by her anguish when her husband was lost with the Titanic, is greatly improved. She is youthful. ’ healthy and strong. Her physician* ’ are convinced that no complications will attend tlie truly interesting event. The nursery in the Astor house is ready, having reverted to its original use. In this nursery Vincent Astor was bathed and powdered and dressed. As he grew older the great room was di vided into a suite for him. Now the partitions have vanished, the room is again a nursery, the perfection of ven tilation and sanitation. Two nurses, 1 one selected by Dr. Cragin for the mother, are in waiting. Mrs. Force has been with Mrs. Astor > since her return to New York. Her Father in New York. Mr. Force, who is an invalid, mo tored in from Bernardsville yesterday , and hastened to his daughter’s home. ' They have the most profound affection for each other. His presence incited the false report that he had come to embrace his first grandchild. Mrs. As. tors sister, Miss Katherine Emmons Force, is at the Bradley cottage, Ber nardsville, which her father has leased for the season. Miss Fol ee w ill come to town lite latter part of this week. \ incent Astor is abroad with his moth er. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. As h'is been said, the highly impor tant baby awal:> I on Fifth avenue will inherit $3,000,000 from its father s vast estate. But suppose Mrs. .Madeline Force As tor be doubly blessed? Or, to further stretch the imagina i tion. suppose a triple or even a quad ruple crown of motherhood be placed on her fair brow . Each Child Will Get $3,000,000. Wil! each child inherit $3,000,000? I his thought struck the executors of tile John Jacob Astor estate only a few days ago. They were not long in doubt. Each child will inherit $3,000,000. Colonel John Jacob Astor’s will or ders distinctly: Eighth. I give and bequeath to the executors of this, my last will, such numbei of separate sums of $3,000,000 each, or property in the judgment of such executors of that i value, to be selected by them, as shall be equal to the number of my children who shall survive me, oth er than my son, Vincent Astor, and my daughter, Ava Alice. Muriel As tor. As everybody knows. Vincent Astor , and Muriel Astor are children by Colo nel Astor's first marriage. Might Go to Mother. The same eighth sec tion of the will, stripped of legal verbiage, directs that $3,000,000, os as many such sums as need be. according to the number of I children by his second maryiage sur viving him. be held in trust until each ’ child is 21 years old and then be paid over absolutely. And if a child should die before reaching the age of 21 he or she has the right to bequeath in turn the inheritance of $3,000,000. For Colo nel Astor ordered that his minor child's will shall stand. Suppose the baby Ilves no longer ’ than to utter a cry, to breathe, to look I into its mother's fond eyes, in that i case the $3,000,000 willed by Colonel Astor to his posthumous child would go to the next of kin of the child—tis > mother OSCAR STICKS TO OPERA IN LONDON I I Hammerstein, Back in New! York. Says He’ll Grin and Bear It Another Season. NEW YORK. Aug. s.—Oscar Ham-; ntersti in was simply bubbling w ith joy w hen he arrived on the liner Lusitania. Glad to get back to New York and legretting the time he had spent in London. "This is indeed a joyful moment,” he i s lid. beaming as friends greeted him. I "1 would rather be d,ead in New York I than alive in London." But he intends to remain in New York only a few weeks and then to re turn to London. "I nfortunately. I own an opera house over i here—a veritable w hite elephant," he said, "but I’m going to grin and bear it. I’ve given them one season of good opera and I’m going to give them another, anyway. Some of the English pew spapi i s say I did not deliver the goods. They don’t know the goods when they see it. "My second season of opera will last from October to January. I’m going to j charge popular prices—perhaps the! high -'l priced seats will lie only $2.30 I Or s3.‘tO. It’s the middle class that makes opera pay, I want to eater to litem. I’ovent Garden is simply a < lull for the wealthy classes." He’s F°r Suffrage! Oh, Yes. He (lowed to Inez Mulholland, the suffragette leader, w ho also returned on the Lusitania, "We had some great talks on woman suffrage on the way over." he said. "Am j I in favor of votes for the fair sex? Sure thing. When the husbands are out ‘ of work the woman can make money by selling her vote. Great scheme, eh?” I And the impresario laughed heartily, tit bis own joke. Questioned regarding! new musical talent he had discovered, j the impresario aid: “The biggest discovery I’ve made is a ; dog that leads an orchestra. I call him. Wagner.’ He’s an astonishingly clever I dog. He wags his tail, you know, in- ! stead of waving a baton, and the or- i ehestra keeps time to it. 1 shall bring him over with me next time." Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastingly at ' i' ar. joy and piles. But Bucklen’s Ar- , ni< a Salve will banish piles In any form. It soon subdues the Itching, irritation,, inflammation or -welling. It gives com. I fort, invites joy. Greatest healer of I burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, ecze- I ma. scalds, pimples, skin eruptions- : 1 < inly 25 cts at all druggists. ♦** | A vast amount of ill health is due to I impaired digestion. When the stom i ach fails to perform its functions prop erly. the whole system becomes de anged. A few doses of Chamberlain - Tablets Is all you need. They will i strengthen your digestion, invigoralt , i your liver, and regulate your bowels. < ntirely doing away with that miser i a >le feeling due to faulty digestion. ’ Try it. Many others have been per- ' manently cured —why not you? For -ale by all dealers. USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY STOPPED i For Bilious Attacks, Constipation and All Liver Troubles. Dangerous Calo mel Gives Way to Dodson's Liver Tone. i Every druggist in the state has no ' lived a gn at falling off in the sale of calomel. They all give the same rea- I son. Dodson’s Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel is often dangerous and peo ple know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re sults.” say all Atlanta druggists. Dodson's Liver Tone is personal!, guaranteed by all Atlanta druggists who sell it. A large botte costs 50 cent-, and if it falls to give easy relief in every case of sluggishness, you have only to ask for your money back. It | will be promptly returned. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant- I tasting, purely vegetable remedy harmless to both childretf and adults, A i bottle in the house may save you a day's work or keep your children from miss- ; ing school Keep your liver working and your liver will not keep you from w orking. AN INVITATION TO PHYSICIANS (Following appeared in every San Fran cisco daily on Feb 13, 1911.) We invite you to inspe< t a recovery that I is now in process on (’lay street, in al < ase of chronic Parenchymatous Nephritis ’ involving chronic albumenurla and gen- ; oral dropsy. This case will interest you because it ■ was carefully diagnosed by specialists at ; <»ne of our best hospitals Patient had been tapped twice and parents notified that recoverj was impossible. An oper«'i-| tion (ilecapsullng the kidney) was ad vised, but as no assurance could be given j that any results could he hoped for the [ parents accepted the inevitable and took ' the patient home to die. Before leaving; the city they decided to make one more effort. A physician was called in who put the patient on Fulton s Renal Compound, aid ing it with heart, tonic and eliminative treatment. The sixth day results began tn show. At this writing. 60 days later, I the albumen is nearly gone, the dropsy I completely so the patient is playing about the room and the attending physician be lieves he will be ready to be taken home in another month. This ua.se having been carefully diag nosed by some of the best professional talent in this city and in one of the best hospitals and recovery being theoretically impossible, the actual recovery that is now in process should interest those who still believe in the incurability of chronic Bright’s disease and particularly physi cians and hospitals who have patients slowly succumbing under the old methods. The physician in charge will make an ap pointment with and meet physicians who may be interested. JOHN J. FULTON CO., 645 Battery St., San Francisco. Frank Fdmomlson &• Bro., 14 South Broad st., and 106 North Pryor st., are |o<al agents for Fulton’s Renal Compound. Sr nd sot literature to our San Francisco address Price of Rags and Bottles Drops JUNK DEALERS IN TRUST The junk dealers of Atlanta have or ganized a union and the price of empty bottles, old rags and bits of iron has flopped. The housewives who have been treasuring this flotsam and jetsam with a view of selling out for enough to buy a fall hat must be content with mak ing over the old ones. There is an or ganization, alleged to be in restrain of trade. The Junk dealers, between fifty and sixty of them, took out a charter under the corporate cognomen of "The Junk Gatherers Association," with the fol lowing incorporators: J, Meltzer, Mitch ell Mi nd. Samuel Gordon, F. Gelman, J. t'ohen. Hyman VVaskovitz, M. Butler, j I’. Kaplan. Samuel J iss, H. Rice, Israel | Striker Louis Meltzer, F. Clein. Samuel ■ Delman. Jacob Morris, and H. Smith, | issued by the superior court and “with out capital stock and organized for so cial and benevolent purposes.” But their weekly meetings have lasted from 3 o’clock in the afternoons until 10 o’clock at nights, and ill Capitol avenue has been kept awake. The meetings have nut been harmo nious, according to members. The prin cipal requirement of the organization is Indian Killed On Track. Near Rochelle. 111., an Indian went to sleep on a railroad track and was killed Iby the fast express. He paid for his 1 carelessness with his life. Often it's I that way when people neglect coughs 1 and colds. Don't risk your life when prompt use of Dr. King’s New Discov ery will cjure them and so prevent a dangerous throat or lung trouble. "It completely cured me, in a short time, of a terrible cough that followed a se vere attack of Grip." writes J. R. Watts. Floydada. Tex., "and I regained 15 pounds in weight that I had lost.” Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free at all druggists. The delicious flavors of the best fruit I and more economical. SAUER’S EN- I TRACTS ALI. FLAVORS. Thirte-n i’lehest awards and medals. , Violent Cathartics Injure Health i Side step purgatives—their harsh action h ■ liable to injure the bowels. Why not use CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS a purely vegetable remedy I that has been successfully used by mullions for half a century. Acts gently but surely •nd not only quickly relieves W ms It I but forever ends the misery of " 1 constipation. Use them for dizziness, indigea hoa, sick headache and all liver trouble*. Small PiH. Small Doae. Small Price, The GENUINE must bear signature DIAMONDS A SPLENDID INVESTMENT The purchaser of diamonds has the satisfaction of posess ing in tangible, useful form, an amount of genuine wealth. Aside from the favorable attraction. commercially, by those wearing diamonds, they form an investment that is sec ond to few inded. They have successfully weathered every de pression without a single brea k in price. The constant increase in value has been remarkable. Ten years ago you could have bought them for half, or less, of what they cost today. Our partial payment plan enables one to own this splen did property and pay for it wit'll absolutely no inconvenience. Write or call for the plan in dtail. «jeweuei£ - 57 srr. fl)r. E. G. Griffin’s Dental Over BROWN & ALLEN’S DRUG STORE, 24'/ 2 WHITEHALL ST. Ji $5 Set of Tee,h S 5 I r COMPLETED DAY ORDERED I 22k Gold Crowns, S 3 I Special Bridge Work, $4 All Dental Work Lowest Prices. I W PHONE 1708. Hours —8 to 7. Lady Attendant. AUGUST EXCURSIONS 5,000 Mile Circle Tour By Rail and Steamer Grand collection of travel feature*?, vis iting Cincinnati. Detroit, Buffalo. Niagara I Fal's. Toronto, Canada. Thousand Islands. Xlbany, New York, Boston, and steamer ;to Savannah. We pay all living expense for nineteen days for only $87.00. Same tour without Boston, and including Wash ington and Baltimore, with steamer to Savannah, fifteen days, all expenses paid, only $75 One week in Canada and Nl- Hfor SALE 1 I 111,1 Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar> IMMEDIATE eos I °„ e ' Road Bind n er .’ Metal Preservative Paints, DELIVERY Roofing Paint and Shingle Stain. II Atlanta Gas Light Co. pi»w494s e . that members shall not pay above cer tain fixed prices for old bottles or rags. They believe that six cents a dozen is enough for beer bottles, while the mar ket has been twelve cents for years. And the union has ordered that cer tain junk gatherers shall sell their cob-| lections to certain prescribed junk buy ers only. For instance, Meltzer. Mend., Gordon and Gelman shall sell their junk' only to Stein & Co.; Cohen. Waskovitz and others may sell only to Smith & Johnson. No peddler shall encroach upon a rival's territory; no gatherer shall purchase from a rival's street or intrude upon a rival's dump pile. The junk gatherers find their wares in the back yards of Atlanta citizens, where they haggle with housewives over the purchase of various wreckage from the household. They find their market in the dozen regular junk houses, which they are endeavoring to divide among themselves. They meet every Sunday afternoon, and sometimes between times. And just now. there is threat ened a split in the organization because there is a movement to have the min utes kept in English instead of Yid dish. “Were all medicines as meritorious as chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the world would be much better off and the percentage of suffering greatly decreased.” writes Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind. For sale by all dealers. •»» The highest point of woman’s hap piness is reached only through moth erhood, in the clasping of her child within her arms. Yet the mother-to be is often fearful of nature’s ordeal and shrinks from the suffering Inci dent to its consummation. But for nature’s ills and discomforts nature provides remedies, and in Mother's Friend is to be found medicine of : great value to every expectant mother. It is an emulsion for external I application, composed of ingredients I which act with beneficial and sooth ’ Ing effect on those portions of the system involved. It is intended to prepare the system for the crisis, and 1 I thus relieve, in great part, the suffer ! ing through which the mother usually; passes. The regular use of Mother’s , Friend will repay any mother in the i comfort it affords before, and the help ful restoration to health and strength it brings about after baby comes. Mother’s Friend is for sale at mm , . ? 0 ? r o" free book for ** 1 expectant moth- ers which contains much valuable information, and many suggestions of a helpful nature. j BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. agara Falls, all expenses paid, only $55. Special Pullman train leaves Atlanta Au gust 17th. Steamer trips on I-akes Erie ■ and Ontario. Hudson river and Atlantic ■ ocean Exclusive use of ship. AH sea- ■ tures high class. The official tour with a record of 4,751 patrons—lso already ' booked. Room for a few more. Further Information from J F. McFarland, Mgr , 41*6 Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. 3