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10 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. 'xjnsFif «r<« 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. ■J l.adic-' I SIJ 15 BUTTON BOOTS 5H J; ' 5 * v J!Z / 3 ' 5 ... . T '■!' |“ 1 ' >7 «. Jta Black j./ // HV taV I “Tta A 111 ll * in 1 55 t'nif .'nd I -E -J You need shoes; we have them at lower prices than elsewhere. JJ=d Ji RICH'S ECONOMY BASEMENT | ■ J" *l, tv» “The Shoj Bargain Center of Atlanta’* JJJ IM MW* M ■ Ml;» • 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 /nftnt 4 cuhe» I Oc, J Ocabrt 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.