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MORE EVIDENCE TAKEN IN
COPPER FUMES LITIGATION
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Nov. L
Tltaking of <hq> --itions in th. suit of
the Shipper) Brothers Lumber Company,
of Ellijay. Ga.. igainst iho Ducktown
Copjr r Company. of Ducktown. Tenn.,
was continues In re today under Depu
ty United Slates Court Clerk R. M
Watkins.
The basis of tin suit is that copper
fume- ..tv injur, d timber.
RECORD POSTAL RECEIPTS.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Not. 1.
Th< report of Postmaster Scott Raul
ston. issued today, shows that thepostai
reel ipts for October, which totaled s.'>(),-
572 <l. were the largest in the history
of th. local postofllee.
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RUBBERS \ Ladies’ S’
? Z Misses’ S-
xsWWI Boy®’ I
£ Childs’
*5 You iii;i\ not need a pair of Rubbers today £ ’
or tomorrow, but it will only be a short while
"rij before von do need a pair. Bv buying our
tai taT" J
Rubbers in imnieii.se quantities we have se-
' W cured them at radicallv reduced prices. I’hev ML
tai tar
1 are fresh from the factor} (it is a well-known
fact that rubber deteriorates from age), and
' i* other dealt is sell them for from <>()<• to 75c. So
• when von need a pair, whether now or later in
the season, we have them for you at 49e a pair, gj.'
55 A Savtng of Si .oo a pair.
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15 BUTTON BOOTS 5H J;
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-J You need shoes; we have them
at lower prices than elsewhere. JJ=d
Ji RICH'S ECONOMY BASEMENT |
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tv» “The Shoj Bargain Center of Atlanta’* JJJ
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THE MENTER CO.
Your New
Fall Clothing
Cf Surely you know the company that owns nearly 100 stores
can give you better clothing for the money than the ordi
nary dealer.
<F Because we buy such great quantities of clothing for men, women and
children we get it at a much lower price.
([. Because we sell so much we can afford to make a smaller profit on
each sale.
dL Because our buyers are necessarily experts, you can be sure that what
has passed their inspection is pretty near perfect.
<L Because we have one price to all, and because THE MENTER CO.
stands fearlessly back of every garment, you can have absolute confi
dence in what you buy.
<f Because our stock is continually moving you will be offered only up
to-date styles.
C. Because of courteous treatment and the privilege of dividing all bills
into .mall payments if desired, you should at once become acquainted with
THE MENTER CO.
Cl It is a pleasure to do business with a large, reliable firm. No matter
where you have been buying, come here tor your next suit or coat. It
is positively to your interest to do so.
Splendid Fall Suits. Coats. Millinery for ladies, misses and girls, also dresses, skirts,
waists, petticoats, shoes. For men, overcoats, suits, separate trousers, hats, shoes.
THE MENTER CO.
7iq Whitehall Street— UPSTAlflS
First Stairway Below J M High Co.
FATHER TRIES TO END LIFE
! WHEN SON BURNS TO DEATH
CoI.rjIHI’S. GA. Nov. 1. —George
f Cummins, a negro man living on what
, Is known as the Poor House road, six
1 miles from Columbus, tried to commit
, suicide upon learning that his son, Sam
Cummins, aged nine years, had been
burned to death when a barn was de
stroy'd. His father, in his efforts to
■ commit -uicide, missed the spot where
li. limed and shot himself through the
hand.
MORE POSTAL CLERKS.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Nov. 1. —Owing to
the rapid ln< ’.ease in receipts of the 10.. Ti
..Ti pustoffice, the government authori
ties have notified Postmaster Pierce
that the office will be given two addi
tional clerks, the appointment of which
will b. made within the next few days
IDE ATLANTA GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS.FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1912.
Girls Wear New
Fall Gowns at
Luncheon
At the luncheon given by Mrs. J. K
On and Miss Harriett Orr in honor of
Misses Passie May Ottley and Marjo
rie Brown, many handsome fall cos
tumes were noted.
Among the beautifully gowned guests
was Miss Margaret Hawkins, wearing
brown corduroy and a brown hat. Miss
Elizabeth Morgan wore brown marqui
sette embroidered with a gray hat
adorned with pink roses. Miss Laura
Cowles wore black satin trimmed in
shadow lace, with a black plumed hat.
Miss Clifford West was gowned in
American Beauty chiffon, veiling satin,
bordered In fur, and worn with a fur
trimmed hat.
Miss Nellie Kiser Stewart wore old
rose charmeuse satin, her black hat
adorned with a paradise. Miss Aimee
Hunnicutt was gowned in golden brown
satin, with hat to match. Miss Mil
dred Harman's costume of gray crepe
de chine was completed by a hat to
match. Miss Lula Dean Jones wore
brown crepe de chine, with a brown
plumed hat.
Miss Adrienne Battey wore brown
chiffon, with hat of brown velvet. Miss
Carolyn King was gowned in white sat
in combined with shadow lace, worn
with a black velvet hat adorned with
a white aigrette. Miss Helen Dar
gan's gown of gray crepe de chine was
worn with a gray hat trimmed in white
wings. Miss Annie Lee McKenzie wore
white satin draped in black marquisette,
w ith hat to match.
Miss Mary Traylor wore black satin,
with a picture hat of black Miss Helen
Payne was gowned in black charmeuse
satin, with a black plumed hat. Miss
Laura Ansley's costume of pale green
satin was completed by a hat of taupe,
colored velvet. Miss Harriet Calhoun
wore black satin, lace trimmed, and
worn with a hat of black velvet adorned
w ith aigrettes. Miss Anne < trine w ore
brown charmeuse satin with a plumed
hat.
Bto a Cupful
Save
Waste
B Add flavor and
zest to any meal,
Delightful In soups,
gravies and sauces. Wk
FRFF sample
■ nLU f l>r your dealer s
name and address.
Corneillw David A Oo , Bole Agents
Dept. F 2 0N Moora Street. N. Y
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FUTURE EVENTS
Mis. R. D. Spalding will open her
home on Peachtree street for a silve
tea next Wednesday afternoon, given
under the auspices of the Ladies Aid
committee of the Altar society of the
Sacred Heart church. The hours for
the tea are from 4 to 6 o'clock and all
friends of the church are invited.
Mrs. Philip Alston will give a lunch
eon at her residence in Ansley Park
Saturday of next week in honor of Miss
Elizabeth Rawson.
Miss Elizabeth Morgan will enter
tain at bridge Tuesday morning, her
guests to include the Pinch girls and
their visitors.
Miss Jennie Sue Beil will entertain
the members of her bridge club and a
few extra guests next Tuesday In honor
of Mrs. Perry Blackshear, a bride.
Miss Helen Ferguson, of New Or
leans. who arrives Monday to visit
Miss Rosabel Chapman, will be delight
fully entertained. In addition to Miss
Chapman’s tea, which has been an
nounced, Miss Ferguson will be ten
dered parties by Misses Gladys Catch
ings, Ruth Tanner, Maury Lee Cowles,
Lucy Stockard and Marian Perdue and
Mrs. Caldwell Thompson, the dates to
be arranged upon the arrival of Miss
Ferguson.
Miss Helen Dargan, a debutante, will
be tendered a small afternoon recep
tion on November 15, when Mr. and
Mis. George Dexter entertain in her
honor.
The afternoon tea to be given by the
members of the Finch Girls club at the
Georgian Terrace tomorrow afternoon
will be an occasion of social interest.
The young women will act as hostesses
and they invite the patronage of their
friends.
MACON READY TO AID
MERCER ONLY WHEN
REMOVAL TALK ENDS
MACON, GA.. Nov. 1.- The various
committees appointed last year by lo
cal bodies, when the proposal to move
Mercer university to another city was
rife, will hold a general meeting on
Friday for the purpose of preparing a
report for the Georgia Baptist conven
tion. which will meet this month.
The citizens of Macon raised $40,000
last year, and arranged to purchase
more land for the university, and when
the convention refused to accept this
offer, they returned the money and
called off further negotiations. That
this is the temper of the Macon people
now will be the subject of the report io I
be presented to the 1912 convention. It '
will also be stated, however, that Ma- !
con will assist Mercer in every way I
possible whenever the project to move
the college elsewhere Is definitely aban
doned.
SOCIETY WOMAN OF
ROME DROPS DEAD
AT A BRIDGE PARTY
ROME. GA.. Nov. I.—While at a
game of auction bridge at the home of
Mrs. Walter Cothran. Mrs. B. T.
Haynes, one of the most prominent so
ciety women of Rome, suddenly gave a
scream and dropped dead.
The Cothran home was filled with
the laughter and merry voices of a
shore or more of beautifully gowned
women seated around the card tables,
when all at once the scream of a
woman was heard. Startled, the par
ticipants in the card game rushed over
to the corner of the room from whence
the scream came and there they beheld
Mrs. Haynes' limp form.
Mrs. Haynes was the wife of B. T.
Haynes, president of the Rome Hard
ware Company, and was a leading
member of the social set of Rome, Her
death was attributed to heart failure.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
ALLEGED WHITE SLAVER
COLUMBUS. GA.. Nov. L—Charged
with violating the Federal white slave
traffic act of June 25, 1910, V. C. Mc-
Kenzie. a distillery gauger, in the em
ployment of the government, with
headquarters in Columbus, has been
released on a bond of SSOO, after a hear
ing before Clerk N. A. Brown, of the
United States court.
Etta Long, the woman in the case, is
about nineteen years of age. It is
claimed that McKenzie became ac
quainted with her in Chattanooga, from
which place they went to St. Louis and
from there to Birmingham. The Fed
eral authorities arc endeavoring to lo
cate her.
DOUGLAS COUNTY’FAIR .
SHOWS PRIZE EXHIBITS
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.. Nov. I.—The
Douglas County fair, now in progress
here, is drawing large crowds from this
and adjoining counties.
The annual singing contest \estcrdax
was participated in by a dozen singing
classes. representing schools or
churches in the county.
The agiicultu al and live stock ex
hibits contain many prize winners at
both Georgia and Alabama state faits
BANK IS CLOSED WHEN
, CASHIER STEALS $60,000
WASHINGTON, Nov. I.—Comptrol
ler of the Currency Murray today was
advised of the closing of the First Na
tional bank of Welburton, Okla., be
cause of the defalcation of the cashier.
The amount of the shortage is reported
to be $60,000. The cashier is said to
have confessed.
THREE GEORGIA PATENTS.
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—Davis X
Davis, patent attorneys. report the
grant this week to citizens of Georgia
of the following patents:
W. H. Hornsby. Milltown, railwaj tie
and fastening: W T MeDonulii. Pot
terdale, fendvi . R. V Tute. \tlanta.
p'oj< Ctll"
LIFE IN BALANCE AFTER
FIGHT OVER NEW SHOES
ST. LOUIS. Nov. I. A dispute about i
half the price of a pair of shoes caused a
fight in which Thomas Rawl shot and
probably fatally wounded his former
chum, George Hasan, according to Has
san's ante-mortem statement at Alton.
Hassan Is in St. Josephs hospital in
Alton with a bullet hole through his ab
domen and is sinking rapidly.
BANKER DIES IN AUTO CRASH.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS., Nov. I.—One
man was killed and another seriously
injured in an automobile accident here
today. The dead man is Walter P.
Weston, banker, of 17 Milk street. Bos
ton.
Climate Failed; |
Medicine Effecitve
It has been absolutely shown that rest. |
fresh air and good food do help many
persons suffering from tuberculosis. But
it must be admitted that the disease ts
seldom more than "arrested." Something
more Is needed.
Eckman s Alterative is a medicine made
tor the treatment of tuberculosis, it itas
conquered tills disease again and again,
often these benefits have been effected
where the surroundings were not ideal
yet recoveries resulted. Now we argue
that Eckman's Alterative should be used
in every case of tuberculosis, in addition
to good, nourishing food ami fresh air,
which we all need. A remarkable case
follows:
, Weldon. 111,
Gentlemen: Through Eckman's Altera
tive 1 have been saved from a premature
grave. On December 14, 1904. I was taken
with typhoid pneumonia My lungs be
came. very much affected: my sputum was
examined ami tuberculosis bacilli were
found. On February 21. 1905, I was ad- i
vised to go to Fort Worth, Tex. While 1
there an abscess in my right lung broke ’
and discharged. I grew worse, and be- i
came very much emaciated. Mv phvsieianl
informed me that I must go to <Colorado |
as quickly as possible. 1 left Texas June
1 and arrived in Canon City June 3. verv I
feeble. After being there two weeks, my i
physician informed me that my ease was ,
hopeless. Three weeks later I returned'
home, weighing 103 pounds, the doctor •
having given me no assurance of reaching '
there alive.
“On July 14. 1905, I began taking Eck- I
man's wonderful remedy for consumption. J
Today I weigh 158 pounds. I am stout 1
and well ami can do any kiml of work I
about my grain elevator. I have not an
ache nor pain in my lungs, eat well, sleep I
well, and never felt better."
(Sworn affidavit) ARTHUR WEBB. I
Eckman's Alterative is effective in bron- I
chitls, asthma, hay fever, throat and lung
troubles, ami in upbuilding the system, i
Does not contain poisons, opiates or hab
it-forming drugs. For sale by all Ja
cobs' drug stores and other leading drug- !
gists. Ask for booklet telling of recov- I
cries, ami write to Eckman Laboratory,
Philadelphia, t’a., for additional evidence. ’
(Advt.)
Chamberlin Johnsoii Dußose Company
Atlanta New York Paris
Right Now, With a Fall Season Ahead, We Are
Obliged and Pleased to Announce
Women’s $22.50 and $25.00 Coats at $18.50
Obliged, because if we did not tell you of the good news
we would not be living up to our principle of giving you the
benefit of the unusual purchases we now and then are able to
make: pleased, because we are doing you a good service—
s22.so and $25 coats at $18.50! And they show their worth
--it takes no persuasion on our part. You see it in the mate
rials, the soft boucles, the velour striped cloths, in rich
browns, in tans, in greys, in blues, lined with silks, often of
contrasting shade, that show in the re vers. The cuffs and
collars are of black velvet or black crushed silk.
Newer models have not been made.
Isn’t it an opportunity that you may buy them now at a
real worth-while saving?
And While Sneaking of Coats-
The brilliancy of the above value must not blind you to
the worthiness of this stock of coats at every price. It is
a stock that brings to you, every feminine you in At
lanta, a coat that you will like, a stock that is broader than
any that has ever been brought to Atlanta. We say this be
cause we know it. as a fact.
Among the novelties distinctive this season are what are
called the “Johnny” Coats, short, smart in every detail. These
in rough mixture weaves, often two-faced with plaid backs, in
“fuzzy” wide welt diagonals, the stripes sometimes very bold
and distinctive and again shadowy. Some of these are plain
edged, others show the black braid edges. Some of these have
the close-fitting collars, buttoning light around the iuT(tath
ers, the wide revers and the large collars Then *re are
many novel astrakhan cloth coats in lull and three-quarter
lcngths---and the colorings---your choice.
Prices go slowly from $12.50 to $35 for these
Black Coats, that seemingly will always be the most ser
viceable of all coats. Here they are in a range of sizes that
spells satisfaction for the woman who requires a sixteen
misses’ size or forty-four, the plain black coats of broad
cloth. of serge, of cheviot, or the “dressed up” black coats,
those with broad velvet collars, with rich silk braids or em
broidery embellishing collars and cuffs, or, mayhap, forming a
belt across the back.
These are priced from S2O through $21.75, $25 to $37 50.
ChamberlinJohnson=Dußose Company
AGED HARLEM WOMAN DIES.
HARLEM. GA.. N,,v. I.—Mrs. S E.
Mercer, aged 84 years, died at her home
in Harlem, after an illness of several
Weathers Cool! Are Your Clothes
Warm and Stylish?
“You Can Have a Charge Account Here!"
VT lIS. we understand! We appreciate the fact that
-*• it s might}' hard to sometimes make both ends
meet when you re having heavy living expenses.
That’s why we gladly offer
charge accounts to all nice
peo»>le, irrespective of their
cwealth. Remember, YOUR
> credit is good here.
Come in and see our styl
ish. ready-to-wear apparel
» and milliner}’ for Women!
You'll be just delighted
with the prettv COAT
SUITS, DRESSES. COATS
and HATS!
During the past five days, we
got in some extra good values in
COAT SUITS at sls. $lB, S2O.
$22 and up to $35 —and in
COATS at $lO, $12.50. sls. $lB
and up to $35.
We're also showing excellent
values in CHILDREN’S COATS
and HATS. Bring your little
gir's with vou !
THE
FAIR
93 Whitehall St.
months. She was the widow of the late
Robert Mercer, who died several years
ago. Th< body was interred in the Har
em cemetery, the funeral being con
ducted by Rev. L. M. Twiggs.