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List to the Tale of a Hoodoo Auto! *•+ +•+ •{••+ .-.a.;. Tried to Explore Cotton Patch *•+ Even Its Rescuers Came to Grief Rainless Week for Opera Is Promised Write ‘Atlanta, 1914,’ [ When You Register ■npmp^ioRgBn Weather Man Will Not Predict Tern perature, but Says Okies Will Be Clear. Convention Bureau Asks Travelers to Aid in Attempt to Get Shrirers Here. Atlantans may wear their satins ami their silks, their plug hats and their open-face Coats to the opera without toting an umbrella or rain coat. for the weather pi an declared this morning on his honor as a prophet that there is not a drop of rain in sight for the whole 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 47 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. 19H," is the way Fred Ilouner. ?rctar> of the Atlanta Convention Bureau, is endeavoring to get every Atlanta traveling man t-» register at hotels as a boost for too Shriners’ convention Atlanta is at tempting to land. “We feel sure Atlanta will get the convention and we want to advertise it as much as possible.” said Mr. Houser. "l r every Atlantan \v, reg ister 'Atlanta. 1914,' it will arous cu riosity and start people to talking. That ip-what we want. ‘‘Request;-: will be made to tra\ol- ing men’s organizations to adopt the style of registering.” The Kind You flmc Always Bought lias borne the sign*, tiire ot'Chas. U. Fletcher, and has been made under his persona) supervision for over :?<► years. Allow no on* to deeeive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations an4 •- .liisi-as-gnnd ’’ are but Experiments, and endanger th* health of Children—Experience against Experiment. J. B. Cleveland, who sells pianos in Atlanta, this week offers for sale one little underslung automobile, name furnished upon application. It's a good little automobile In Its way, but Mr. Cleveland thinks it’s hoodooed, and, Thousands of Children Out Protest Against Retention of Superintendent. Planter, Held as Slayer, Say Neighbors Have Driven Off All His Tenants by Threats. What is CASTORIA so far as he is concerned, 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 Ceaartown 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 ofT the reel, and started motor ing to Atlanta. They used two good hours getting to Roekmart, for one of the machine's lungs got wheezy pretty soon, and on the way from Roekmart to Carters- ville the lights went on the blink for the evening. Between Cartersvllle and Marietta something on the thing's Insides slipped Its trolley, and between Marietta and Atlanta the rear axle broke down. Rescuers Need Rescuing, Fourteen miles from Atlanta, at 11:17 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 snugly stuck in the mud. Within 100 short Castoriu is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pirn- gorit. Drops anti .Soothing Syrups. It i» Pleasant. It Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm* ami allays Eevorisnness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind. Colic. It rein ves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates 1h* Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy ami natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. PITTSBURG, April 2J. The school children's strike, against the reten tion of L., Hffter as superintend ent of ,the Pittsburg public schools continued to. spread to-day. Reports from nearly every i>art of the city told of boy and girl students refusing to .re-enter the school buildings. The situation was admittedly serious. .Superintendent Heeter last week a as acquitted of charges made against him by Ethel 1. Fisher, a for mer domestic in his home, but tile trial created much feeling against MAl'ON. (* A „ April 22.— Forty- seven residents of Wiloox County, nearly all farmers, have been tempo- rarilv enjoined from interfering with nr intimidating the croppers and ten ants ofW A. Coleman, the wealthy planter, who, together with his son, ,i ,1. Coleman, and a neighbor, Peter Stevens,’is in the Ben' Hill'County mil. el Fitngeralrt, cnargea with the. murder of seventeen-year-old Leon Melvin. On April 6 Leon Melvin was shot m death in 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 Slate wiihjn 48 hours. Two of them, Will Finch and Monroe Robinson, were arrested, and while In an auto en route to Rochelle, were taken out, whipped and instructed to go hack to the farm and advise all of the other tenants to leave. ’As a result, rot a single hand is noW on the Cole man farm, and crops estimated to be worth $25,000 are going to ruin. The foreman of the plantation, Enoch McEImohe. has’ beeh arrested ■ n a warrant charging him with a misdemeanor, and is in the Irwin County ja.il, at Ocilla. The .defendants so named in Cote- m.m's petition are as follows: Rob- PLANTER BEATEN BY NEGRO FARM TENANT HE HAD SHOT TALBOTTO.V. C.A . April *2. -S. 8. Spear, a prominent Talbot Count: planter, i in « critical condition, while Jim StevenHon. a negro form 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. Bears the Signature of MAYSVILLE CAPITALIST BREAKS TINNER'S SKULL rraccgtr MAYSVILLE, GA.. April ”2.—In a dispute over, an account, W. F. Mor ris. Jr., a local capitalist, struck C. L. Bradshaw, n tinner, with an iron rod, fracturing the skull. Morris was charged with assault with attempt to murder. Bradshaw is in a precarious condition. Over 30 Years Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it I THE CCNTAUR COMPANY. 7T MURRAY EIRffT, NTW YORK CITY. U SE THE PARCEL POST-ORDER BY MAIL. lYmiWviYlYfir -^■Hammocks Are Long Gloves Ready to Swing. Ed McDuffie. Tobe Martin, J. F. Nance, Joe Noble. T. Hady Owens, Lonnie Pierce. P. G. Pilgrim, Dan Revals, Leon Hevals, Hugh Rodgers. E. G. Smith, Cleve Strickland. John Tyson, P. P. Tyson and William Ty son. ert Brazeal. Harry Bussell, H. J. Brow r n, 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. W. Holliday, Frank Jones, W. E. Knox, J. W. Lacey, ,T. R. Lacey, Wil liam Lacey, W. Harry Lee, Joe Mel vin, John McDuffie, Jr., Fred Miller. COLUMBUS.—Mrs. Harry Curtis, wife of Secretary Harry Curtis, of the Columbus Y. M. C. A., created much comment at the session of the Woman’s Missionary Conference In session at St. Luke Methodist Church, when she discussed the “Fatal Flams in Our Society,” appealing for a standard of equal purity for men ano women. More Than 10 Times tHe Usual Stock of Real Laces Shown at a Third to a Half Less the Prices You Expected to Pay Now then! The most lavish sale of real laces Atlanta has ever experi- — enced. . The sale is belated. Though originally planned for early April, and post- jj^ poned. it has been well worth waiting for. It includes: Our Own Special Importations: jm Jjf// ,f Importers’ Surplus Stocks iUAI ' Laces that aggregate at retail twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars '// ($22,300) are offered at about fourteen thousand eight hundred and fifty \ . t ; /<' L/ dollars ($14,850). Savings Are a Third to a H Another big feature is the unusual assortments the sale p times the stock usually shown by any local firm. It no real fillet, Duchess, Hose Point. Boheme, Liene, l'rin and Irish Laces. All Offered to the Public at These Savings: Irish Laces: Edges and Bands, !. to :>Va inches,! Princess Laces Bands. Edges and Galloons, 15c up to $1.19; values 35c up to $3.50. $1.50 up !<> $13.50; values $2.50 up to $25. Motifs or Medallions Boheme Laces Edges and Insertings, 2 to 12 in, 15c, 20c, 25c, 98c; values 35c. 45c, 50c, $2. $2.65 up to $10; values $4.50 up to $17.50. Filet Edges and Bauds. I Vs to 12 inches, Novelties i n fi’ i 1 e t E d g e s a n d B a n d s, $1.25 up to $18.50; values $2.50 up to $25. $4.35 up to $15; values $8 up to $30. Real Duchess Edges and Bands, 2 to 12 inches, Allovers in Duchess, Bose Point, Princess, Binge'. $2.50 up to $37.50; values $5 up to $75. I $U,75 to $17.50; .values $20 up to $35. Rose Point Edges and Bands, 2 to 12 indies,| R ea J Irish Neckwear in the Sale $15 to $45; values $25 Up to $io. j Real hand-made Irish Crochet Lace Collars, yokes ant / nnoe v,i„ M *iml Rand* 2 to 12 iuclies.l <‘»ff «ets. All new, shown to-morrow for the first time. Sav Maysville Woman Dead. MAYSVILLE—Mrs. Maud Dead- weiler, wife of A. Paul ! >ead\veiler, a planter near Maysville. is dead, after an illness of several week?. 43-45 Whitehall Street Southern Suit & Skirt Co. 43-45 Whitehall Street Southern Suit 6r Skirt Co Beginning Tomorrow at 9 oXlock=--=Positively the Greatest Sait=Buying Opportunities of the Season more That Will Crowd Our Store To-morrow! The greatest suit selling of the season is sched uled to begin here to-morrow morning—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—but SEE THEM! There’s inimitable grace and A collection of charming refined elegance in every line Tailored Suits—absolutely of these Suits—featuring the the latest styles—a variety tremendously popular Bal- j of handsome new materials kan Blouse models, draped arid lovely spring shades, skirts, beautifully trimmed The quality of tailoring, the styles and smart tailored pretty peau de cygne lin- Suits — shepherd cheeks, ings, the refined grace and Bedford cords, etc. beauty of these Suits, which Silk Stockings in Many Shades New.shipments .just in. Wom en who have found it 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 (3 shades), pink, light blue, champagne, canary, gold, silver, black and white, $ 1.00 and $1.30. ALE of Sample Suits at $29,50 Values $39.50 to $45 M His season over, one cf our best makers tor- wards his sample line. Duplicates of these very suits have sold in stock at $39.50 and $45. so we are not guessing when we say these suits are actually worth $39.50 and $45. They are individual models that you won t find everywhere; exclusive examples of the custom tailor's art; distinguished by clever style touches that proclaim the artist-tailor. Models of merit that will at tract favorable attention in any fashionable gatlieiing. To this lot of samples we have added some suits from regular stock—styles too fine for the popular taste, and the "ones and iwos” of broken lines. Some sixty suits in all in failles, serges, eponge, Bedford cord, checks, suitings and novelties. Bulgarian and Russian blouses, cutaway and straight front coats, plain and draped skirts. Gray, navy, Copenhagen, tan. white and black novelties, etc. Values $35 to $45; choice eponge, —lovely spring colorings— lined with peau de cygne. Suits for which you would cheerfully pay $29.50 to $35 in this Special Purchase Sale, as long as (1 Q CA they last . . $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, Figured Crepe KIMONOS Lovelv Lingerie SHIRTWAISTS MESSALINE Silk Petticoats Main Floor, Dainty Neckfix- £ ings for Fair p Feminine Throats S This has been a busy neckwear season. Practically sold out two weeks ago. Buyer made a flying Sr- trip to New York, and his pur- J, chases are .just in. Every new ag conceit is shown—ihe very neck- wear that fashionable New York raves over is here at 50c to $15. Sj (Main Floor. Right.) ag' M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICH A BROS. CO. With medallions and oilier lovely trimmings, extra ordinary a A values at l«vv In all shades—ex cellent $2.50 to $3.00 values to Z . .. *1.98 A rem arkablt Wednesday offer Usual Credit Courtesies extended to those desiring goods charged. VISITORS to At lanta will find a warm welcome at this store. Madame Grace Corset Demonstration Vliss Barrington, a woman who knows i H g, choice 43-45 Whitehall Street Atlanta’s Exclusive Women’s Apparel Store, Ilea QAoa WMiehan /