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JK THK A1LA.N J A UKOKULAN AM) JNKVVB, KKIDAY, MAY f>, VJVX SHRINERS OFF TO DM 10 nounced Friday detail of the pilgrimage to the con vention of the Imperial Council of Shriners at Dallas, Tex., was com plete and Atlanta’s delegation, nearly 200 strong, would leave in a special train over the Southern Railway at 10 o’clock Friday night. Reach Dallas Sunday. Early Sunday morning the Atlanta pilgrims will have crossed the hot sands and entered the Oasis of Dallas. I They will go into the city with their , coats on their arms, prepared to j drown out any discordant note, from Memphis, or anywhere for that mat ter, with the now familiar slogan: ‘Atlanta, 1914.’’ At Birmingham. Meridian. Shreve port and a score of points along the line, Atlanta boosters will board the train, and go with the delegation to Dallas to swell the total and bring the convention to the Southeast next year. Mr. Adajr and his official delega tion. \Y. A. Foster, John A. Hynds and Claude H. Hutcheson, of Jones boro, will extend the invitation. They will be fortified with official invitations from the Mayor and City Council and every trades organiza tion in the city, as well as open con tracts from every hotel in Atlanta, assuring accommodations for as many as 4,000 Shriners, the number ex pected here next year. No “Holdup” in Rates. The beauty of the hotel contracts, as explained by Mr. Adair, is that “inauguration rates” will not be charged. '“Only the regular rates." said Mr. Adair, “will be in force, and 1 have with the contracts a diagram of the floor space indicating the room and the regular rate. They won’t be able to go above the rate, even if the hotel men felt inclined to. “Memphis will not get the conven tion, because it hasn’t got the hotels «md the Shriners know it," said Mr. Adair. "They’re building one now. hut it won’t compare with ajiy of the nicer hotels already completed in Atlanta, and as for the best hotels there—Atlanta's'got better on the side streets. Mi: tin, J. B. Jacoway, Fred Patterson. Oraham Phelan. J. Lee Barnes, Ben Co cy, J. F. Carson, Fred Van der P< < * J. F. Waitt, George Beck, Jesse E. Couch and James Kempton. The delegation will leave Dallas, returning, the evening of May 15 at S o’clock and arrive in Atlanta the even ing of May 17. The Atlanta Lodge of Elks has pledged the Shriners its enthusiastic support in the effort to bring the Shrine here next year. Exalted Ruler Dunne has written the Shriners that the Elks’ home will be wide open to all visitors if the great meeting comes here. Miss C.H. Jones Dies; Set Church Record Member of Second Baptist Congre gation Never Missed Sunday School in 60 Years. Never having missed a Sunday school service for more than 60 years is the record of Miss Carrie H. .Jones, aged 81. who died early Friday morn ing at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Dawson, 120 Park Street. The deceased was a member of the Second Baptist Church and resided in Atlan ta 35 years. She came to Atlanta front Abbeville, S. C. The funeral will bp held from the Dawson residence at 3:30 o’clock Sat urday afternoon. Rev. Dr. John E. White and Rev. Dr. John F. Purser officiating. Deacons of the Second Baptist Thurch w ill act as - pallbear ers. Interment will be, in Oakland Cemetery. The deceased is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Homer Dawson, of Att ianta, and Mrs. C. T. Henderson, of Port Tampa, Fla.; a nephew. Bruce Jones, and a brother, Captain..I. Hill Jones, both of Port Tampa. OBITUARY NOTICES. Mrs. Catherine Kendrick, 71 Capitol Avenue, died Thursday niglu at a private sanitarium. Mrs. Kendrick is survived by her husband. E. L. Kendrick; a daughter, Miss Mary Kendrick; four sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Darden and Mrs. F. J. Sweeney, of Atlanta: Mrs. Mollie Ward, of Paducah, Ky„ and Mrs. T. J. Burke, of Birmingham, Ala. Funeral serv ices will be conducted Saturday morning at 6:15 o’clock in the Im maculate Conception Church. Bu rial will be at Sharon. Ga. ITALIANS AID JN STAMPING OUT CRIMINAL ELEMENT NEW YORK, May 9.—Prominent Italians of this city are banding to- This alone makes it doubly j gether to aid the police in stamping sure we’ll got the convention, hut if there’s any doubt the size of our thelr countrymen, delegation removes it. The Arab Patrol of Yaarab Temple, the crack drum corps, 40 strong, will he a valuable asset of the Atlanta del egation. It. is an independent organ ization formed by the temple for con vention work and occasions that de mand public .appearance. It has at tracted much attention at conventions throughout the country. Members of the Patrol. The patrol is as follows: Captain J. O. Seamons, First Lieu tenant H. C. Ashford, Second Lieuten ant F. E. Van der Veer, First Ser geant C. W. Ferguson. Quartermaster H. H. Milner and Patrolmen Albert Akers, C. E, Barber, J. J.'Barnes, Jr . W. D. Benson, F. M. Brotherton. George E. Argard, R. A. Burnett, G. I. Butler. A. B. Chapman. R. E. Church. Frank Cundell. E, E. Cunning ham. J <\ Deavours. George Freeman, L. H. Geiger, H. H. Green. J. L. Grice, J. C. Jones. M. E. McGee. M. N. Mi : on; T. A. Mixon and R. S. Osborn. Some unofficial delegates who will go are Fred Houser. J. C. Greenfield, S L. Dickey, W. R. Joyner, H. G. out the criminal element among They are already at work searching for Oresto Shllli- toni, an Italian suspected of the mur der of two policemen last Saturday night. At their own expense, it is said, they have employed a former mem ber of the police department who has the reputation of knowing more about criminal Italians than any de tective in this city. SHERIFF OF DOOLY DIES FROM BLOW’S BULLETS VIENNA. GA., May 9.—Sheriff C. I. Bennett, of Dooly County, died early to-day from pistol wounds re ceived Wednesday when he attempt ed to arrest Oscar Blow for killing M ISS KATHERINE VICKERS, one of the most popular girls in West End, who will be crowned Queen of the May Festival at the Joel Chandler Harris home on May 24. y aarab Temple Boosters, 200 Strong, Leave Friday Night for Conven tion-Confident of Success. I want to again express my appreciation for the assistance of Mr. Ilearst and his newspapers throughout the country. If Atlanta get3 the 1914 meeting Mr. Hearst and his papers will be largely responsible.—POTENTATE FORREST ADAIR. Ilic Imperial Council will meet in Atlanta In 11* 14. Per sonally I have no doubt of it. We have hotel accommodations; Memphis has not- and we have made a remarkable record in raising a fund of $76,000 in one day that every Shriuer in America knows about. “And we leave to-night for Dal las better equipped to extend an invitation of this kind than any city or Temple that has extended a like invitation in a great num ber of years.” With this statement Forrest Adair, potentate of Yaarab Temple, an- morning that every Photo by Stephenson. P. P. gangster, a prominent farmer. Bennett’s body was burled here to day. Judge \Y F. George, of the Supe rior (’curt of Dooly County, has ad journed the session until August be cause of the Sheriff’s death. ' Recent Reports Show Hundreds Suffer With Kidney Troubles and Donit Know It. There are scores of nervous, tired, run-down people throughout the city suffering with pains in the back and sides, dizzy spells, weaknesses of the bladder (fre quently causing annoyance at night), who fail to realize the se riousness of their troubles until such conditions as chronic rheumatism, bladder troubles, dropsy, diabetes or even Bright's disease result. All this is due to weak, inactive kidneys. The kidneys are the fil- terem of the blood, and no One can he well and healthy unless the kid neys work properly. It is even more important than that the bow els move regular^ If you suffer with such symp toms don't neglect yourself anoth er day and run the risk of serious complications. Secure an original package of the new discovery. (,’roxone. which costs but a trifle, and commence its use at once! When you have taken a few doses, you will he surprised how differ ently you will feel. Croxone cures the worst cases of kidney, bladder trouble, and rheu matism. because it removes the cause. ft cleans out the kidneys, and makes them filter out all the poisonous waste matter and uric acid that lodge in the joints and muscles. causing rheumatism; soothes and heals the bladder, and quickly relieves you of all your misery. You will find Croxone different from all other remedies. It mat ters not how old you are or how long you have sViffered. it is so fire- pared that it is practically impos sible to take it into the human sys tem without results. An’ original package of Crox one costs hut a trifle, and all drug gists -are authorized to return the purchase price if it fails to give the desired results the very tvrst time you use it. Employs Poetry to Define Tariff Stand M Ohio Statesman Mounts Pegasus to Declare Lower Cost of Living Promises Are Vain. WASHINGTON, May 9.—The muse struck her lyre in the House again to-day. when Representative Simeon D. Fess of Yellow Springs, O., closed a sarcastic speech on the tariff bill with some verses on “The Things We Buy and Tnose We Sell.” Here they are: I ain’t uo statesman who can talk of protection or free trade; My han's too stiff to hoi’ a pen—that was made to hoi’ a spade; Them ten-foot, eddicated word*? my tongue can't wallop roun’. But I’ll make things you sell go up, an’ things you buy come down. I can’t talk on the currency, nor on the revenue, An' on the laws an’ statoots I’m as ignorant as you; An’ 1 jest simply promise you, sure’s 1 am Silas Brown. I’ll make things you sell go up, an things you buy come down. The fair ground echoed wide with cheers and loud huzzas thereat. For who can make a better scheme of statesmanship than that? An' next week at the polls he beat his rival high and dry— But things we sell continue low, and things we buy are high. City Sells Its Bonds Over the Counter Philadelphia's Experiment Proves Greater Success Than Mayor Expected. PHILADELPHIA. Mas 9. The ' hae withdrawn from public sale the i.“sue of municipal bonds that have been offered over the counter. The total amount taken by Individuals was $4,602,000, or $300,000 more than Mayor Blankenbtirg \yanted offered for "sale at 4 per cent. The last day’s sales amounted to $209,000. and it was one of the most motley gatherings ever attending the office of the City Treasurer. one old man brought his savings that hr hfld hrrorderi in an old stock ing. fearing to trust the banks. An elderly woman brought $1,000 in tin and twenty dollar gold pieces of the early '80 coinage that had never been in a hank. PANIC IN DINER AS WAITER SHOOTS COOK PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 9—As a Pennsylvania Railroad train bound for St Louis pulled out of the North Philadelphia station last night, pas sengers in the dining car were thrown into a panic when Vaudeigrift Thomas, a waiter, shot John E. Dyer, the cook attached to the ear. • Two shots were fired, and one took, effect in Dyer's leg. SEVEN MEN GIVE PATCHES OF SKIN TO SAVE BOY NEW YORK. May 9.—If 10-year- old William Caldwell, of Nutley, N. J., survives the burns which lie re ceived when he fell into a bonfire several weeks ago, it will be through the aid of patches of skin, from, no less than seven men, who have v0l- unh*f»rt’d for the ^sacrifice. The sur geons figure that he needs 180 square inches of skin grafted upon his body to save his life. Year in Prison for Four Ex-Inspectors New York Policemen, Caught in Graft Campaign, Also Fined $500— Will Not Appeal. NEW YORK, * May 9 Dennis Sweeney. John J. iMurlha. James F Thompson anil .larnes E. lluss**y. the four former policti inspectors found guilty of obstructing justic* in keep ing George A. $ipp, a Common- wealth's witness in the police graft cases, out of this State, were sen tenced to-day to one year each and fined $500. This was the maximum punishment under the law. It was understood that they agreed to take the punishment without ap pealing. in consideration of which the district attorney agreed to drop extortion and bribery indictments. Straw Hats Due at Harvard Saturday Student Council Opens the Season Two Weeks Earlier. This Year. BOSTON, May 9.—The closed sea son on straw hats at Harvard will expire Saturday. This was the official pronounce ment to-day of the student council which, taking upon'itself the function jf arbiter of fashion, declared prop er the wearing of the straw two weeks earlier than custom has before decreed. The terraces of the stadium ar«- ex pected to bloom with Panamas 'and common straw's to-morrow when the athletic meet between Cornell and Harvard will be held. Minister Does From Pulpit to Theater Philadelphia Playwright Will Direct Production of His Work in New York. PHILADELPHIA. May 9.—The Rev. Henry W. Lambert, of the Thir ty-fourth Street Baptist Church in this city, has resigned his pulpit in order tlvat he may direct the produc tion of his first "play in New York next fall. Dr. Lambert has written "For Love of Her." a moral play, which has been accepted. Dr. Lambert says that he was spurred on in his playwriting by the Rev. J. Wilbur I’hapman. the Presby terian evangelist. In one of his ser mons on the stage Dr. Chapman said if any playwright could write a play that had not one improper thought, word or action, then he would be conferring a favor on the human race. New Downs Shock ‘Bath House’ John ‘And It Takes Some Shock to Get Me,’ Admits Famous Chicago Alderman. CHICAGO, May 9. Alderman “Bathhouse” John Coughlin is so shocked at the gowns he sees on the streets that he has drafted an ordi nance to regulate women's dress, sole ly. he says, on moral grounds. "We must pass an ordinance pro hibiting women from wearing vulgar and suggestive dresses," he told the Judiciary Committee. "Some of the dresses I see on the street shock my moral senses, and it takes some shock to get me. Tile gowns are awful. No wonder there is business for a vice commission." Dranite State Honors Pierce After 40 Years New Hampshire Democratic Legis lature Favors Statue of One- Time President. CONCORD, May 9. — Franklin Pierce, the only President from New Hampshire, seems .assured, at last, of a statute by his native State. The I Senate ha- passed a House bill pro- ' vlding for a $15,000 appropriation. Governor Felker is expected to sign the measure. The fact that Pierce was a Demo crat and pro-slavery man has hith erto aroused strong opposition to a statue The Legislature is l^mo- cratic for the first tilde in forty years. Shoots at Gat, but Hits Wife; Kills Dog Woman Turns Corner Just in Time to Get Shot Intended for Feline Chicken Thief. BBLLEFONTAINE. OHIO. May 9. William Newland. of Russylvania, ly ing in wait with a shotgun for the cat that had been killing his chick ens. shot his wife. Mrs. Newland had been to a neigh bor’s and was turning the corner of an alley when her husband fired, ten of the shot striking her. peppering her body from her face to her feet. It is not thought she is fatally hurt. The cat escaped, but a dog was shot. HEROINE FAINTS, VILLAIN SHOOTS SELF, SHOW ENDS SHARON, PA.. May 9.—During the presentation by amateurs of a drama here last night the heroine, Miss Nina Shaffer, while heaping invectives on the head of the villain, suddenly faint ed and Frederick McIntyre, the vil lain. accidentally shot himself in the left hand with a revolver. The show ended aoruptly. A Happy Child In a Few Hours When Cross, Sick, Feverish, Tongue Coated or Bilious Give Delicious ‘‘Syrup of Figs. ” Mother! look at the tongue! see if it is coated. If your child is listless, drooping, isn’t sleeping well, is restless, doesn’t eat hearti ly or Is cross, irritable, out of sorts with everybody, stomach sour, feverish, breath bad; has stomach ache. diarrhoea, sore throat, or is full of cold, it means the little one’s stomach, liver and 30 feet of bowels are filled with poisons and clogged up waste and need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. Give a teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs, and in a few hours the foul, decaying constipated matter, un digested food and sour bile will gently move on and out of its lit tle bowels without nausea, grip ing or weakness, and you will surely have a well and smiling child shortly. With Syrup of Figs you are not drugging your children. Being composed entirely of luscious figs, senna and aromatics it can not be harmful, besides thev dearly love its delicious taste. Mothers should always keep Syrup of Figs handy. It is th«- only stomach, liver and * bowel cleanser and regulator needed- a little given to-day will save a sick child to-morrow. Full directions for children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the package. Ask your druggist for the full name, “Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna.” prepared by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. This is the delicious tasting, genuine old re liable. Refuse anything else of- | fered. < Sava Time! Time lost because of headaches, lassitude and depressions of bil iousness, is worse than wasted. ) Biliousness yields quickly to the i safe, certain home remedy— I BEECHAM’S PILLS Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25c. % CO BASS.. BASS. BASS. BASS. ; BASS. ftASS. BASS. BASS BASS BASS BASS 5 - Extra For Saturday Open Saturday Nights Until 10 o’Clock Extra Specials From 6 to 10 o’Clock Sale of Bnirimmed Hats 98c An Immense Collection of New Styles Real Values Range From $3 to $5 The great May Sale of a big millinery importer's entire stock of Untrimmed Hat Shapes, which we secured at about one-fourth of usual wholesale cost, will continue to-morrow* In cluded are the season's best styles and colore in untrimmed shapes of fine Hemp. IVfUan, Panamette, Chip. Ajoufs and dth'er p6piJar straws. Black, white, blues, reds, pinks, tan and various combinations. |-arge shapes, irh'sffl shapes, medium shapes—a style to suit every face. These shapes were made to retail at from $3.50 to $5, and can not be dupli cated in Atlanta at less than those prices. In this great May sale you can take your choice for 98 cents. It is the greatest millinery bargain of the season. New Dresses $4.95 Values up to $15.00 Another great line of lovely Summer Dresses, including' plain and fancy silks, sat in messalines, ratines, white embroidered voiles and cream serges; every one a new model; values up to $15.00; all to go in this May sale at, choice $4.95 o’clock only, at Other Bargains in Ready-to-Wear Dept. New Skirts of light weight all-wool fabrics, in black, white, plain colors and Clft fancies: $5.00 values 200 new White Pique Skirts: made to,, sell at $2 50; May Sale pr'ce. . Ladies' House Dresses of good madras and percale; $1.00 values, only. One lot of Misses' and Children's Dresses; up to $1.50 values, choice.... SOc Siik Specials in the May Sale les and 69c Yard-wide All Silk Satin Messalines and Foulards; plain and fancy; yard New Silk-Striped Voiles in all the most fashionable shades; 50c JJ*_ value kOC Ladies’ 50-cent Silk black, white and colors; May Sale Hose in (fChildren's S'lk and colors: 50c . Rvalue: pair*. Socks in white 25o R. & G. make Corsets in, new I Ladies' White Hemstitched Men's White Hemstitched Hand Summer models; Handkerchiefs; very 1 g* kerchiefs: in this . , . . ““w | special, to - morrow ... ■ May Sale price May Sale at. We have just secured 687 Porch Chairs and Rockers at LESS THAN AC TUAL COST OF MANUFACTURE. They go on sale to-morrow at $1.98 for choice. They are just the same as you will see priced elsewhere at $4.00 and $5.00. Come early! Porch Chairs Solid Oak Porch Chair, as « illustrated, Early English, p Flemish or green finish; extra strongly made .... Porch Rockers 1.98 Solid Oak Porch Rocker, * as illustrated, Early Eng- \ lish, Flemish or green V finish; extra strongly made Solid Oak Porch Swing, Mi sion Oak style; complete wit chains and hooks; f* <t ft l May Sale price 9 iwt 9xl2-foot Jap Matting Art Squares; worth $5.00; May CO M Sale Babies’ Go-Carts; ail steel and leather; one- motion c o 11 a p s i b le “style;” $10.00 value; K $4.95 Full double bed size 120-co.il All-Steel Spring; sold elsewhere at $2.50; our price ftft* only ...->■ ,.. .. Good Linen Opaque Window Shades on Best Spring Rol- le i s; ic&e only I vvr We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS. BASS, BASS" BASS. PASS. BASS. BASS. BASS. &ASS. BASS BASS 18 West Mitchell Near Whitehall New Waists, 44c From 9 to 12 o’Clock Only 500 dozen new white Lingerie Waists in/this big Saturday sale. All are brand-new atyles, tastefully trimmed with pretty embroideries and laces. Real values are $1.00 a a and more, on sale from 9 to 12 &/L|: 031 >■ c/o C/O 15 I OO i »-l c <n , oo; j OD > GO CjO GO GO All-silk Satin Messaline Petticoats wit!h under dust ruffles.; black and all Qg colors; $4.00 values. ... Ladies' Muslin Gowns and Petticoat*, worth up to $1.00, at, choice Ladies’ Corset Covers and Drawers; 1 Kjgk up to 50c values; only... ■ Lot of Ladies’ Undervests, lisle-finished; usual 19c grade; only....... 39® 19® 5c 27-inch Dress Silks in black, white and ail i the new shades; #10. ! 75c value Special sale of White China Silks, worth up | to 50c; to-morrow, | yard 19s May Sale White and Wash Goods 100 pieces of White Checked New Linen Ratines in most pop- I Yard-wide French Percale in Nainsook; this sale, I vdar colors; May 1 O l_7#* new light and ft j 1 n per yard J Sale, per yard ■ ^ ■ *** | dark patterns V \ LO Ladies’and Men’s Furnishings, Etc. Men’s Balbriggan and Porous- Knit Underwear; per garment, only ... 3c May Sale, Specials in Domestics Full double-bed size Bleached | Good size, well made Bleached I Yard-wide Bleaching and Sea Is- Hemmed Sheets; Pfflr Pillcw Cases; May Oasiland; in this sale this sale. . Sale pnoe 00 i at. yard ‘♦/gC In OtiF Furniture Dept. Great Purchase and Sale of PORCH OO 3> i GO 'S> C/> j oo! D> \ OO OO CO GO GO CO