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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
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Planter, Held as Slayer, Says
Neighbors Have Driven Off All
His Tenants by Threats.
MACON. <JA ., April 112. Forty-
residents of Wilcox County,
nearly 911 formers. have been tempo
rarily enjoined from interfering: with
or intimidating the croppers and ten
ants of W. A. Coleman, the wealthy
planter, who, together with his son.
.1 J. Coleman, and a neighbor, Peter
Sfpvetis", is iii tile Ben Hill County
jail, at Fitzgerald, onargeo with the
murder of seventeen-year-old Ijeon
Melvin.
On April (1 l.ecm Melvin was shot
to death lit the roadway near his fa
thers farm. The next day the two
Colemans and Stevens were arrested.
The coroner's jury ordered them held
for the crime.
Then croppers and tenants on the
Coleman farm received threatening
letters, advising them to leave the
State, within 48- hours. • Two of them.
Will Finch and Monroe Robinson,
were arrested, and while in an auto
»n route to Rochelle, were taken out,
whipped and instructed to go back
to the farm and advise all of the
other tenant,? to leave: As a result,
not a single hand fa'now.on the Cole
man farm, and crops estimated to be
worth $25,000 a-e going to ruin.
The foreman of the plantation.
Knoch. Meiilmore, has been arrested
on a warrant charging him with a
misdemeanor, and ' is Uti the Irwin
' ..itntv .fail, at Ocilla.
The defendants so nattied in Cole
man's petition are as 'fdllovfe: Rob-
List to the Tale of a Hoodoo Auto!
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Tried to Explore Cotton Patch
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Even Its Rescuers Came to Grief
•I B. Cleveland, who sells pianos tn
Atlanta, this week offers for sale one
little underslunff automobile, name
furnished upon application.
It's a good little automobile In its
way, but Mr. Cleveland thinks it's
hoodooed, so far as he is concerned,
and, as he is more or less supersti
tious, he is willing: to part with It for
a song-, not even necessarily a song
of the Caruso persuasion.
It is this way. Yesterday Mr. Cleve
land and his associate. Harold
Holmes, found it necessary to get from
Cedartown to Atlanta by early Mon
day morning, but they did not discov
er the necessity until after the last
train had left Cedartown for the day
In looking around for an automobile
Mr. Cleveland ran across one so at
tractive looking that he bought it,
right off the reel, and started motor
ing to Atlanta.
They used two good hours getting
to Rockmart. for one of the machine’s
lungs got wheezy pretty soon, and on
the way from Rockmart to Carters-
ville the lights went on the blink for
the evening. Between Carrersville
and Marietta something on Hie
thing's insides slipped its trolley, and
between Marietta and Atlanta the
fear axle broke down.
Rescuers Need Rescu : ng.
Fourteen miles from Atlanta, at
11:1. p. m.. Mr. Cleveland phoned to
Atlanta to A. L. Belle Isle, and asked
that a, machine be sent out to get him
and his crippled machine into the
city. Belle Isle said, “Sure. Mike.”
and started for the spot where the
Cedartown automobile was anugiy
stuck in the mud. Within 100 short
yards of the stranded ones Belle Isle’s
machine went “dippy” somehow and
undertook to expioie a nearby ex-co f -
ton pat< h. some fi feet down a sleep
embankment, and not worth explor
ing. anyway,
Throe yards of fencing were em
ployed from a neighboring farm, ob
tained surreptitiously, in nn effort to
get Belle Isle’s machine back up in
she ;oad. Finally It was pried back
up where it belonged, but refused to
May put. It immediately ambled down
the other side of the embankment and
into a vacant corn field, equally as
uninteresting as ihe cotton patch.
Tills is where the Belle Isle chauf
feur got mad. It was right at this
point t'nai he began saying ^things.
And he said some things that, can no’t
be printed in a family newspaper.
Suspects It’s “Hoodooed.”
Aihong other things, however, ho
inquired: “What sort of buzz cart is
that hii,g of yours, anyhow? Here I
have used three hours' good time un
dertaking to help von and I haven't
been able even to get to you yet. Is
tha< loose-jointed. erazy-heade 1.
know-kneed, bughouse machine of
yours hoodooed?”
Cleveland said he was blamed if
he didn’t believe it was. And right
then is when he determined. finally
and positively, to sell it—if he could
And somebody to buy it.
At 2:34 a. m. all hands started
walking to Atlanta—for Cleveland
had to make that Monday morning
engagement At 5:67 the procession,
minus anything like an automobile,
reported at the Piedmont Hotel.
And when Cleveland reported for
his engagement at 9 o’clock he found
a wire telling him that the other par
ty to it would not reach Atlanta until
next Friday. *
Rainless Week for
Opera Is Promised
Weather Man Will Not Predict Tem
perature, but Says Skies
Will Be Clear.
Write ‘Atlanta, i914/
When You Register
Convention Bureau Asks Travelers to
Aid in Attempt to Get
Shriners Here.
Thousands of Children Out
Protest Against Retention of
Superintendent.
ert Brazeal. Harry Bussell. H. J.
Brown. Ed Blalock, Grover Carr, D. J.
Christmas, Jr., Adie Christmas, W. H.
Collins, J. H. Crumney, Brice Crow,
Bill Conner. C. W. Doster, Tom Fenn,
John A. Gordon. Duff Gordon, Jr.,
Harvey Gordon. John Hendricks.
James Hendricks. George Helms. G.
Holliday. Frank Jones. W. E.
W.
Knox. J. W. Lacey, .T. R. Lacey, Wil
liam Lacey. W. Harry Lee. Joe Mel
vin. John McDuffie, Jr.. Fred Miller,
Ed McDuffie. . Tobe Martin. J. F.
Nance, Joe Noble. T. Hady Owens.
Lonnie Pierce. P. G. Pilgrim, Dan
Revals. Leon Revals. Hugh Rodgers,
E. G. Smith, Oleve Strickland, John
Tyson. P. P. Tyson and William Ty
son.
Maysville Woman Dead.
M AYSVILLE.—*Mrs. Maud Deud-
weiier. wife of A. Paul Deadweller. a
planter near Maysville. is dead, after
an illness of several weeks*.
PITTSBURG. April 22. The school
children's strike against the reten
tion of S. L. Heeter as superintend
ent of the Pittsburg public schools
continued to spread to-day. Reports
from nearly every part of the city
told of boy and girl students refusing
to ft -|nter the school buildings. The
situation was admittedly serious.
.Superintendent Heeter last week
.vas acquitted of charges made
against him by Ethel I. Fisher, a for
mer domestic in his home, bi t the
trial created much feeling ug8inst
him. and public demands have been
made that he resign.
Thirty boys at the Forbes School
to-day refused to return to their stu
dies. and. carrying signs, paraded
through the downtown streets. Oth
ers at the Miller Street and North
Side Schools, including a large num
ber of girls, also paraded.
Superintendent Heeter last night
was burned in effigy. Around the
flaming straw-stuffed figure of the
pedagogue marched a hooting, jeer
ing crowd of boys with red ligh-
torches.
An unidentified boy striker was run
down and killed by a street car In
front of the Ralston School to-day
dbring a demonstration.
On the South Side mothers .stood
on the street corners and urged their
children to strike and cheered other
children who made demonstrations
against the superintendent.
Atlantans may wear their satins |
| and their silks, their plug hats and
i their open-face coats to the opera
without toting an umbrella or rain
coat. for the weather man declared
this morning on his honor as a
prophet that there is not a drop of
| fain in sight for the w hole week.
No predictions as to what height
! the mercury would climb during the
week would be made by the weather
man, but to-day, he said, will be al
most as balmy and beautiful as a
day in Italy. The thermometer reg
istered 17 degrees at 6 o’clock this
morning, and three hours later had
climbed to 60.
By late afternoon it will be roam
ing around in the seventies, but at no
time will the mercury reach the
eighties of last week.
"Atlanta. 1014 is the way Fred
Houver. Secretary of the Atlanta
Convention Bureau, is endeavoring to
get every At'an^a traveling man to
register at hotels as a boosl for the
Shriners* convention Atlanta is ut
tempting to land.
"Wo feel sure Atlanta will get the
convention and we want to advertise
tt as much as possible.” said Mr
Houser “If every Atlantan will reg
ister 'Atlanta. 1914.' it will arouse cu
riosity and start people to talking.
That i? what we want.
“Requests will be made to travel
ing men's organizations to adopt this
style of registering ”
The Kind You Have Always Bought has b<*rne the (dgti*-
tiire of Clias. ll. Fletcher, and lias been made uixder bis
»ersona) supervision for over 250 years. Allow no on*
Counterfei
MAYSVILLE CAPITALIST
BREAKS TINNER'S SKULL
MAYSVILLE, UA. April 22—In a
dispute over an account. W. F. Mor
ris. Jr., a local capitalist, struck C.
L. Bradshaw, a tinner, with an iron
rod, fracturing the skull. Morris was
charged with assault with attempt to
murder. Bradshaw Is in a precarious
condition.
PLANTER BEATEN BY NEGRO
FARM TENANT HE HAD SHOTi
peri . __
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits* Imitations an4
40 .Inst-a8-groo<l ’* are hut Experiments, and endanger th*
health of Children—Experience against Experiment*
What is CASTORIA
Ctestoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pan-
gorie, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant, ffc
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotta
substance. Its ape is Its guarantee. It. destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It reli< Vcs Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates th
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TA I.BUTTON, CIA.. April 22 S. S.
Spear, a prominent Talbol County
planter, 1 in a critical condition,
while Jim Stevenson, a negro farm
tenant, is expected to die from two
pistol wounds as the result of an al
tercation over a labor contract. After
Spear had shot the negro. Stevenson
got him down and beat him over the
head with a large rock.
Stomach and Bowels, giving’ healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panucea—The Mother’s Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads \
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell |
goods. Try it!
Use
THE CINTMJB COMPANY, TT MURRAY STRCfT. NtW YORK CITY.
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USE THE PARCEL POST-ORDER BY MAIL. WMVMWYWtfWWW
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Ready to Swing.
Long Gloves
For the Opera.
WOMAN RAPS SOCIETY.
COLUMBUS.—Mrs. Harry c'urtls
wife of Secretary Harry Curtis, of I
the Columbus Y. M. C. A., created
much comment at the session of the
Woman's Missionary Conference in
session al St. Luke Methodist Church,
when she discussed the "Fatal Flams
in Our Society," appealing for a
standard of eQual purity for men and
women.
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Southern Suit& Skirt Co.
43-45 Whitehall Street
Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
43-45 Whitehall Street
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Great Special Purchase Sale! f
Beginning Tomorrow at 4 oXlock===Positively the Greatest SuiLBuying Opportunities of the Season
Two Suit Offers
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$22,300 of Real Laces to Sell for $14,850
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More Than 10 Times the Usual Stock of Real Laces Shown
at a Third to a Half Less the Prices You Expected to Pay
ow then! 7 he most lavish sale O' real laces Atlanta has ever
expen-
» enced.
£ The sale is belated. Though originally planned for early April, and post-
poned, it his been well worth waiting for. It includes:
That Will Crowd Our Store To-morrow!
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greatest suit selling of the season is sched
uled to begin here
to-morrow morniug—and you'll
want to be on hand!—asale made possible only by
a mighty purchasing power. Our always alert
New York connection secured these beautiful suits
at a wonderful price concession—of course we'll
make a profit on these Suits—hut SEE THEM!
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For Regular $2*1.511
lo $35.00 SUITS
There’s inimitable grace and
refined elegance in every line
of these Suits—featuring (lie
tremendously popular Bal
kan Blouse models, draped
skirts, beautifully trimmed
styles and smart tailored
Suits — shepherd cheeks,
eponge. Bedford cords, etc.
-lovely spring colorings
lined with peau de cygne.
Sjuits for which you would
cheerfully pay $29.50 to $35
in this Special Purchase Sale,
as long as
they last .
$14.50
For Regular $10,511
to $22.50 SUITS
i anored
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of
ollection of charming
Suits—absolutely
latest styles—a variety
handsome new materials
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j and lovely spring shades.
The quality of tailoring, the
pretty peau lie cygne lin
ings. the refined grace and
beauty of these Suits, which
are. of course, guaranteed
for two seasons’ satisfactory
will captivate you.
$19.50
service,
Regular
values at
choice . .
$19.50 to $22.50
$14.50
VISITORS to At
lanta will find a warm
welcome at this store.
MESSAUNE
Silk
Petticoats
In all
shades—ex-
cedent
$2.50 to
$3.00
values to-
mor
row .
. *1.98
Lo\elv Lingerie
SHIRTWAISTS
With medallion*
and other lovelj
trimmings, extra
ordinary
values at
Figured
Creoe
KIM 0
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A re m a
k a b 1 p
Wednesds
iv offer
i n ii .
choice . ,
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Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
‘Atlanta’s Exclusive Women’s Apparel Store.” 43-45 Whitehall Street
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£ Our Own Special Importations:
S Importers’ Surplus Stocks
5 Laces tWat aggregate at retail twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars
a; ($22,300) are offered at about fourteen thousand eight hundred and fifty
J dollars ($ I 4.850).
Savings Are a Third to a Half
Another big feature is the unusual assortments the sale provides-—more than
times the stock usually shown l>v ahv local firm. It comprises the choicest
real
and
Filet,
Irish
I hiclicss,
.act's.
Ixisc
Fnuf, Bohpuie, Lierre, Princess, Heal Point, Venist
AH Offered to the Public at These Savings:
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to un
to i.
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to
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n-, 50c, $’2,
12 inches.
banns.
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> to 1
2 indie
Irish Laces: Edges and Bands,
15c up to $1.19; values 35c
j5 Motifs or Medallions
5 —15c, 20c, 25c, 98c; values
JE Filet Edges and Bauds. 1 1 2
,=2 $1.25 up to $18.50; values $1
Real Duchess Edges and
-5 $2.50 up to $37.50;
» Rose Point Edges ;uu
5»j $15 to $45; values $25 up to *
rS Bruge Laces— Edges and Bands
* $4.50 up to 821; values $8 u
Real Point Venise— Edges an
$10.50 up 1o $60; values $20 up to $100.
jg Real Lierre Edges add Bauds. I to 1H indu
$1.50 up to $9; values $2.50 ip
ics.
values $5 up to $75.
Bands. 2 to 12
111<-
. 2 to
lo $35.
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liuTirs,
Princess Laces Bands. Edges and GalLocms;
$1.50 up to $13.50; values $2.50 up to $25.
Boheme Laces Edges and Inset-tings, 2 to 12 in.
$2.65 up to $10; values $4.50 up to $17.50.
Novelties i n F i I <■ t E d g e s a u d B a n d s,;
$4.35 ii)i to $15; values $8 up to $30.
Allcvers in Duchess. Hose Point, Princess, Bruge,
$11.75 to $17.50; values $20 up to $35.
Real Irish Neckwear in the Sale**
'land-made Irish Crochet Lace Collars, yokes and-!
new, shown to-morrow for the first time. Sav-
lical
miti' sets. All
ings a third:
$3.50 vokes
baud
$5.50 vokes $3.50.
$2.75.
>3.
yokes $4.
cuff sets $2.
to $!•>.
(L?.ces.
Sal* at 9 a. m.
Main Floor, Right.)
•uff sets $3.50.
$5 collars $3.50.
87 collars $4.95.
$8.50 collars $5.
$13.50 collars $9.50.
ALE of Sample Suits at $29.50
Values $39.50 to $45
His
wards
suits have sold in
season over-, one <5 our oe
his sample line. Duplicate
tock at
$30.50
~1 maker-
sof these
and $45.
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rery
,o we
are not guessing when we say
actualiv worth $39.50 and $45.
these suits are
They are individual models that you
find everywhere: exclusive examples of t lie
tailor's art: distinguished by clever style
proclaim the artist-tailor. Models of merit
woll t
the custom-
touches dun
that will at
tract favorable attention in any fashionable gathering.
To this lot of samples we have added some suits from
lesular stock—slyles loo fine tor the popular taste, ami ihe
"ones and twos” of brok en lines. Some sixtj' suits in all in
failles, serges, eponge, Bedford cold, checks, suitings and
novelties. Bulgarian and Russian blouses, cutaway and straight
front coats, plain and draped skirts. Gray, navy, Copenhagen,
tan. rt’h'te and black novelties, etr. Values to $45; choice
$29.50.
(Ready-to Wear. Second Fioor)
Usual Credit Courtesies
extended to those desiring
goods charged.
I A Madame Grace Corset
S Demonstration
knows
2 By Miss Barrington, a woman who
j corsets, became she designs them. If you
5 wou'd know complete corset satisfaction hr
Z fitted this week hy Miss Barrington.
'Second Flo
Silk Stockings
in Many Shades
New shipments .just in. Worn-,
en who have found il difficult
lo match certain shades will find*
all the popular colors here, and
many of the odd shades. We
could have had the same liberal
color assortment before, but
only by waiting could we get
our regular qualities.
Navy, gray 13 shades), pink, light
blue, champagne, canary, gold, silver,
black and white. $1.00 and $L50.
$1 to $1.50 Silk
Stockings 73c
Broken lines and odd lots from for
mer sales. All silk or with lisle feet
and tops. About all sizes in the va-
! rious numbers.
(Hosiery, Main Floor, Right.)
Dainty Neckfix-
ings for Fair
Feminine Throats
This has b«en a busy neckwear
season. Practically sold out two
weeks ago. Buyer made a flying
trip lo New York, and his pur-
eliases are jitsi in. Every new
conceit is shown—ihe very neck--
wear that fashionable Xew York
raves over is here at oOe tn $15.
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