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, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. MAY 12.1913. i IS [NDED; PEACE Combatants Officially Promise to Cease Hostilities—Arbiters to Meet in London. / / Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ATHENS. May 12.—The war be tween Turkey and the state? of the Balkan Confederation is at an end. The only thing which remains to be done nov is the formulation of a treaty of peace. The reply of the Balkan allies to the recent representations of the powers was handed in to-day and it contains a definite promise on the part of the Balkan states and Greece to cease all hostilities until a peace treaty can be drawn up. Notification was sent to the powers from Sofia. Belgrade, Cettinje and Athens that peac£ plenipotentiaries will be dispatched intmed lately to London. It is expected that the peace nego tiations will be renewed in London within a fortnight. France Spain’s Ally In Proposed Treaty. / Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, May 12.—Formal announce ment of the inception of a treaty which v make Spain an ally of France is expected as soon as toe result of the visit of King Alfonso and Premier Romanson of Spain to Fran/e is known. It was learned to-day from an offi cial source that Alfonso made repre sentations to President Poincare to show that Spain is anxious to ent^r into negotiations without delay. The press believes the French For eign office views the offer favorably. WOMEN’S PAPER LOSES IN FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS WASHINGTON. May 12.—The long fight of the Lewis Publishing Com pany. of St. Louis, to have the Wo man's Magazine placed on a par and accorded similar privileges with other newspapers by the Post- office. Department, was lost to-day by K a final decision of the United States Supreme Court. COUNTESS HAS DANCED 15,000 MILES, SHE SAYS Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian ST. PETERSBURG/ May 12.— Countess Lamadorff declares she has danced 15,000 miles and claim? the world's record. All told, the countbs? has danced 7,934 times, with 1.700 different partners. Calls Persian Tunic Best Garb for Women Wife of Lecturer Who Has Visited All Lands Adopts That Costume. NEW YORK, May 12.—Mrs. R. G. Knowles, wife of the explorer and lecturer, is inclined to the belief af ter Visiting every country in the world that tor combination of art and comfort no dress excels that of the women of Persia. To back up her opinion Mrs. Knowles has appeared at some of her soiree? and afternoon receptions at tired in the unusual dress of th* grande dame of^ Persia. It consists of a draped divided tunic, which looks like, but is not exactly, the Eastern “bloomers." The garment is of heavy silken striped material in wonderful colors. Mrs Knowle? has added an Occidental touch to this costume by wearing silk stockings and satin slippers instead of sandals. Woman, 93, Races in Auto and Wins Defeats Woman of Twenty-five in Twenty Miles—Shopping Tour Expenses the Stake. DELMONT, PA., May 12.—As the result of some good-natured banter ing over the speed of their motor tars and their ability as drivers, Mrs. George Wallace. ninety-three, and Mrs. Harry' Leordon, twenty-five, rac ed twenty miles to Greensburg. the stakes being the expenses of a shop ping tour in the latter town. The start was made at 8:30 a. m.. and 53 minutes later the elder wom an drove her car into Greensburg. Two minutes later Mrs. Leordon ar rived. Mrs. Wallace had never once slackened speed, and according to Mr. and Mrs. William Blose, her passengers, she took the curves nnd corners with the daring of an Old field. FOUR HURT IN WRECK ON CENTRAL NEAR COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, GA„ May 12.—Wreca- ing crews this morning cleared the track, after working yesterday after noon and last night, near Columbus, where Central of Georgia passenger train No. 1 was wrecked at 4:05 o’clock yesterday. The combination baggage and smoking car was over turned and the engine and three steel coaches were derailed. Roy Williams, of Columbus, and three negroes were injured, Williams being seriously hu; c. U. D, C. RECORDS DAMAGED BY FLOODS IN KENTUCKY Members of the Atlanta Chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, have been sent the following notice by Mrs. W. S. Coleman, recording sec retary: “On account of the recent floods in Kentucky, thp home of Mrs. Roy McKinney, recording secretary gen eral, of Paducah. Ky., has been inun dated and her papers confused and damaged She will send out the cer tificates for membership .iust as soon as she is able to resume business.'' I -> 4** 4 I Until a short time ago, scarcely one person in a thousand had ever tasted a really good soda cracker—as it came fresh and crisp from the oven. Now everybody can know and enjoy the crisp goodness of fresh baked soda crackers with out going to the baker’s oven. Uneeda Biscuit bring the bak ery to you. A food to live on. Stamina for work ers. Strength for the delicate. Give them to the little folks. Five cents. national biscuit company • r I INSURE -YOUR FUTURE By opening a savings account and depositing your money in the STRONGEST STATE BANK IN THE SOUTH which pay s the highest savings rate— 4 PER CENT, COMPOUND ED SEMI-ANNUALLY. TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA CAPITAL and SURPLUS $1,8110.000 EQUITABLE Bl.DC, PRYOR ST. Delegates Here for Assemblies *1* o*l* *r*®*J* *!*••!• *1*o*l* Come From Ail Parts of World +•+ *S+ - +•+ 4/+ +•+ +•+ Missionary Conference Is First Top—Dr. W. S. Kendrick, medical adviser. Below—Dr. Marion M. Hull, chairman of the hospitality committee of the Presbyterian Assemblies of Atlanta. I Garbless Girl Wader in “Septem ber Morn'” Shocks Guardian of New York Morals. NEW YORK, May 12.—Anthony Comstock, head of the New York So ciety for the Suppression of Vice, to day concurred with “Bathhouse" John Coughlin, of Chicago, and op posed Judgment passed by the French Academy, by declaring “September Morn,’’ the masterpiece of M. Cha- bas. to be “highly indecent and total ly unfit for public exhibition.” .While strolling along West Forty- sixth Street this mdrning. the guar dian of New York'? morals glanced in the window of a prominent art store. The first and only thing Mr. Comstock's eye could see was the famous palming or the nude girl splashing in the cool shadows of a mountain lake. “Take it out immediately," ordered Mr. Comstock. “But that is September Morn.' M declared the art dealer. “It should be pitch dark for a girl to go in wading in that undressed condition," announced Mr. Comstock. "Take it away immediately or 1 shall confiscate your entire stock." The picture came out, hut was re turned a few hours later. In the meantime, art critics are weighing the combined judgment of Anthony Comstock and "Bathhouse" John p gainst thai of the judge* of the French Academy, who are on record as saying that “September Morn" is one of the world's art treasures. BACKACHE A WARNING ! ALL SHOULD HEED Widow in White for Titanic-Lost Husband Material Still Crepe—Black Given Up on Anniversary of Disaster. WASHINGTON. May 12. While Widow of I he Titanic" Is the title Mrs. t.uolen D. Smith, the bereaved girl w ife of one of the heroes of thf disaster, has earned through wearing white mourning instead of black. On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Mrs. Smith put aside her black clothes and appeared in while crepe from head to foot. The pocketbook she carried is of the same material, and her shoes are also white. Mrs. Smith has an Infant daughter born several months after the tragic toss of its father. The widow is pop ular socially, and forms s picturesque figure at the quiet events she attends. MISTAKES NEIGHBOR FOR BURGLAR AND SHOOTS HIM MOBILE. ALA.. May 12. August Ratting, member of a prominent fam ily here, while attempting to enter a front w indow of tbe home of Charles ~~A— 1 White City Park Now Open Scheuermann on fashionable Govern ment Street, wai mistaken for a bur glar and shot three times. He scream ed and Scheuermann, on going to hint recognized who he was. The Retting home was two blocks away from the shooting. The wound ed man had his shoes off and said he did not want his father to know he was out so late. He had mistaken the house. Scheuermann was not ar- rt-el mi CASTOR IA For Infante and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought of Bears the Signature ■ P-R-I-N-T-O-R-I-A-L-S ■ No. 117 How and Wken to Advertise-- WHEN to advertise is TO-DA^ TO-MORROW, the day following and ihe next and the next, and so on ad infinitum. ADVERTISING pays only those who advertise REGULARLY. HOW TO ADVER TISE would fill a volume: hut well pick out one luminary In the fixed firmament of advertising facts and say “GOOD PRINTING" We have a hundred suggestions to offer in GOOD ADVERTISING PRINTING that will boost sales and increase business Phone for our Represen tative to call and put a few of these suggestions before you for your con sideration and approval. No obligations incurred. BYRD Phones M. 1560-2603-2614. Printing Co. 46-43-50 W. Alabama, Atlanta. It Is One of the First Signs of Kidney Trou bles, if Neglected Seri ous Diseases Follow. Canvass Shows “Elect Infant Clause” Change Has Been De feated by Presbyterians. From every State in the I'njon and practically every country in the world delegates are arriving in Atlanta to attend the great joint Presbyterian Assembly. The first “long distance" delegate reached here Monday in the person of Rev. Thomas G. Albert, commissioner from Salem, Oreg* Be fore night the number is expected to swell to several hundred, and from now until Thursday morning every train will bring in its quota. Dr. B. P. Fullerton, of Philadelphia, field secretary of the 1'. S. A. Church in the South, has arrived and is par ticularly busy arranging for the Pre- Assembly Missionary Conference, which will take up the entire day Wednesday. This will be one'of the. most important meetings of the joint gathering. The morning session be gins at 9 o'clock and the afternoon meeting at 2:15 o’clock. Both meet ings will be held in the Harris Street Presbyterian Church, while the even ing session will lie held in the First Presbyterian Church at 8 o’clock. Notables to Give Talks • Several world-famous missionaries and clergymen will make addresses at this conference. Two of the most noted are the Rev. Henry Sloane Cof fin. of New York, and the Rev. S. Hall Young, of Alaska. Of particu lar discussion will be the simulta neous chu r ch-wide every-member campaign which the • representatives of the United Presbyterian Church will present. Among other prominent arrivals this morning was Rev. F. R. Sterretts. of Philadelphia, treasurer of the hoard of education. Like Dr. Fullerton, in- found himself a busy man as soon as he reached* Atlanta. Real work of the joint assembly begins Thursday. .There will be three distinct conventions with joint meet ings in the evenings at the Audito rium. Meetings of the U. S. A. Church will he held in the Baptist Taberna cle: the Southern Presbyterians will gather in the North Avenue Presby terian Church, while the United Pres byterians will meet in the Central Presbyterian Church. B»g Meeting Wednesday. Special interest attaches to th'e ad- day conference of the Permanent Committees of Foreign Mission^ from she various Presbyteries, including the committees of the Laymen's Mission ary Movement, which is to ho held on’ Wednesday, the day preceding the opening of the General Assembly of ihe Southern Presbyterian Churcn. This conference will ho held in the First Presbyterian Church. The meeting of the /tenoral Com-. | mittee of the Laymen's Missionary | Movement Wednesday will be one of j marked importance from moj-o tha i nno point of view. This fiu-oting wn! mark tho sixth anniversary of tb« Laymen's Movement in the Southern Presbyterian .Church. Business sessions will ho held dur- ring • th< morning ami-afternoon, toe Levmen's Movement joining with the pre-assembly conference on foreign missions; and in the evening fro.m 6 a banquet will beheld in connection with the closing business session. An inspirational meeting will follow the banquet and -lose the all-day conference. Facts on Southern Church. North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, will he the meeting place of the General Assembly of the South ern Presbyterian Church, which will convene Thursday morning. Every thing is in readiness in this church for the entertainment of the highest court of Southern Presbyterians. There are fourteen synods in the territory of the Southern FJresbyte- rian churc h, 83 Presbyteries. 465 can didates for the piinistry, 41 licen tiates. 1,734 ministers, 3,392 churches, 61 licensures. During last year there were 50 ordinations, 231 installa tions. 231 ministers died, the pastoral relations between 186 ministers and churches were dissolved. 31 ministers ! were received front other donomina- ! tions and 11 ministers were dismiss- ' ed to other denominations. No one ran be well and healthy unless the kidney? work properly and keep the blood pure. When \ they become clogged up and inac tive, nature ha.» a way of warning you. Backache is one of the first symptoms. You may aisn be troubled with disagreeable, annoying bladder disorders; have attacks of lumbag" or rheumatism, become Hfcrvous, tired, and feel all worn nuf; fluffy swellings ahow under the eyes or in tbe feet and ankles, and many other symptoms are noticed. If they are neglected, dropsy. diabetes, or Bright's disease. which so often prove fatal, may result. It Is not only dangerous, but need less. for you to suffer and endure the tortures of those troubles, for the new discovery, Croxone. quick ly and surely end? all such misery. There is no more effective rem edy known for the prompt cure of all such troubles than this new scientific ; preparation, because it removes the , cause. It soaks right into the kid neys. through Ihe walls and linings; cleans out the clogged-up pores: ! neutralizes and dissolves the poison ous uric acid and waste matter that lodge in the joints and muscle? and cause those terrible rheumatic pains, and makes the kidneys filter and sift the poison out of the blood and drive it from the system. You will find Croxone different from all other remedies. It is so prepared that it is practically impossible to take it into the human system with out results. An original package of Croxone costs but a trifle, and all druggists are authorized to personally return the purchase price If Croxone should fail in a single case Three doses a day for a few days is often all that is ever needed to cure the worst backache, relieve rheumatic pains, or overcome urinary disorders. see our other ad on page 3 WtfWWWtfWWift HOIS ECONOMY H9HHF Prudent Housewives Should Share in This Sale of Imported German Enamel Ware at Savings of a Third to a Half We don’t usually handle enamel ware. This im porter thinks that we should. He had some ," 800 pieces left after tilling orders. Offered us the whole lot at an underprice. Was willing to lake a loss to get us to put the enamel ware in. Says he will make it up on future orders. Perhaps he will. Anyway, there’s a shorthand report of why the Keonomy Basement is in the hardware business for a day or two. One thing we insisted on was that the importer Guarantee Every Piece to Be Perfect 1st Quality it is. Examine the enamel ware. Hard glazed surface inside and out. Imported quality that will not chip. ' Pure and sanitary. Don’t let the little prjees mislead yon. Not granite Mare, mind you, hut real im ported enamel ware. See the window water pails, stew pans, tea pots, ladles, vege table spoons, eups, dippers, stew pots, chambers, preserving kettles, sauce pans, boilers, with and without covers. All sizes up to 8 and 10 rpiartw. Sold without limit -delivered to any part of the city. Choose at these little prices: . r i 1800 pieces enamel ware, white lining. Values 1000 pieces enamel ware, white lining. Values 39c 1000 pieces enamel ware, white lining. Values 50c 2000 pieces enamel ware. . blue and white. Values $1 No limit. Delivered anywhere. See window display. Blue with to 25c at Blue with to 50c at Blue with to 75c at All white or to $1.25 at DECATUR Has Fairly Earned the Reputation of Being THE BEST RESIDENCE TOWN IN GEORGIA BECAUSE of its altitude of 1,050 feet above sea level. BECAUSE of its PURE WATER supply and excellent SEW ERAGE SYSTEM. BECAUSE of its splendid EDUCATIONAL facilities, in cluding a modern Public School System, a PUBLIC HICII SCHOOL, and AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. BECAUSE of its miles and miles of MODERN SIDE WALKS, MACADAM STREETS and ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM. BECAUSE of THOUSANDS OK SHADY TREES in every part of the town, and the beautiful green lawns of its many homes. BECAUSE of its excellent stores, hanks, and other business institutions. BECAUSE of its CHURCHES and its CHURCH-GOING People. BECAUSE of the splendid PUBLIC SPIRIT of its citizens. BECAUSE these public-spirited citizens are determined to make Decatur NOT ONLY the “Best Residence Town in Georgia’’—BUT the VERY BEST RESIDENCE TOWN ON EARTH. AND BECAUSE these PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS have the GLAD HAND for every NEW-COMER who wishes to make his home in our midst if lie is in sympathy with DECATUR’S HIGH IDEALS DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE DECATUR, GA. WEEKES BUILDING. BELL PHONE DECATUR 143. $1.25 Bolt Longcloth 98c 200 bolts fine chamois finish yard wide longcloth for underwear, etc. Snow white, of soft spun cotton. 12 yards to bolt. 15c Linene Suiting 10c Yard wide linene suiting in natural color only. Soft finish. Ideal for ladieR’ suits and ch 11- dren’s dresses. Fine, even texture. -jm 5 25c Curtain Etamine 15c M ■ m One solid caRe on sale Attractive curtain styles 5* Plain renters with double border. Yard wide ; Sale of Linen Remnants ; »■ " 1 1 ■■■ 3J Table damask In various lengths and napkins 3! In half-dozen tot.s. Save a third. : 5 S 3 Cakes of Octagon 1 A or Buttermilk Soap*^^ Every woman knows the Octagon as the best of the 5c laundry soaps, and the Buttermilk is the equal of any of the 5c toilet soaps. 3 cakes of either 10c. Always sells for more, hut these are mill lengths of 2 to 12 yards. All new patterns, in dress and seersucker styles. •in dozen on sale at 89c Pull 18x18 inch, hem med. ready for use. High luster finish, Choice designs. 1 69c to $1 Middy Blouses at Just 41 middies that have become slightly mussed and counter soiled. White galatea and linene with red, blue or Bulgarian trimming. 8, 10 and 12- year sizes. 39 5 $L25 Lace Curtains at 89c i i 100 pairs in white or ecru. Nottingham patterns, plain or all-over centers with heavy, deep borders. 3 yards. Genuine 18c Serpentine Crepe» at 10 to 20 yard mill lengths just in. All the new attractive floral and kimono pat terns. About all colors and combinations. 12z c 300 Pairs of Muslin Curtains at Muslin curtains, ready to bang. 2Vo yards long Fine sheer v r hite mus lin with dainty ruffled border. Rooming housekeepers should ley in a sup ply at this little price of 25c a pair. WWM M. RICH & BROS. CO. MWMM *1. RICH & BROS. 00. 10c Plain Chambrays 65c Full yard wide plain ehambray in blue, grey, pink and red. Mercerized Poplins 15c the scarce new mercerized poplins in white and all Ihe leading shades First colors. 28 inches. Genuine Bates Gingham 10c $1 Mercerized Napkins 89c 12 l-2c Cheviot 10c Best wearing fabric for men's shirt*, hoys' waists and rompers. Stripes, checks and plain colors. Apron Ginghams 7c Firm, sturdy quality In alt size brown and blue apron checks. Silk Hose 19c Ladies' pure thread silk hose Root, of stlk; rest of cotton. Black only. 25c Linen 15c Natural browu linen In the right weave and texture for suits, chil dren's dresses, etc. 27 inches.