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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. IS ENDED; PEKE Calls Persian Tunic Best Garb for Women Wife of Lecturer Who Has Visited All Lards Adopts That Costume. Combatants Officially Promise to' Cease Hostilities—Arbiters to Meet in London, Special Cable to Th© Atlanta Georgian. ATHENS, May 12.—The war be tween Turkey and the states of the Balkan Confederation Is at an end. The only thing which remains to be done now 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 peace plenipotentiaries will be dispatched immediately 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 w ijiake Spain an ally of France is expected as soon as the 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 enter 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 privil^es with other newspapers by the Post- office Department, was lost to-day by a final decision of the United States Supreme Court. • NEW YORK. May 12.-Mrs R G. | Knowles.' wife of the explorer and j 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 soirees and afternoon receptions at tired in the unusual dress of the 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 Knowles has added an Occidental touch to this costume by wearing silk stockings and safln 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 cars 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 expanses 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 ^lrs. Leordon ar rived. Mrs. Wallace had never once slackened speed, and according to Mr. and Mrs. William Blose, her passengers, she took the curves and corners with the daring of an Old field. Delegates Here for Assemblies ART GEM MAKES •!•*•!• +•* +•+ +•+ +•+ « +•+ Come From All Parts of World Missionary Conference Is First 'Widow in White for Titanic-LostHusband < j Material Still Crepe—Black Given Up on Anniversary of Disaster. Top- Dr. W. S. Kendrick, meaipal adviser. Below Dr. Marion M. Hull, chairman of the hospitality committee of the Presbvterian Assemblies of Atlanta. FOUR HURT IN WRECK ON CENTRAL NEAR’COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, OA„ 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 hurt. 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 claims' the world’s record. All told, the countess has danced 7,934 times, w-ith 1,700 different partners. U, D. C. RECORDS DAMAGEC BY FLOODS IN KENTUCKY Members of the Atlanta Chapter, United Dairghters 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, the 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 but the cer tificates for membership just as soon as she is able to resume business*" 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 INSURE YOUR FUTURE By opening a savings account and depositing your money in the STRONGEST STATE BANK IN THE SOUTH which pays the highest savings rate— 4 PER CENT, COMPOUND ED SEMI-ANNUALLY. TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA CAPITAL and SURPLUS $1.8(10.000 EQUITABLE BLDG - - - PR'VOR ST. 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. ('ba bas, to be "highly indecent and total ly unfit for public exhibition." While strolling along West Forty- sixth Street this morning, the guar dian of New York's morals glanced in the window of a prominent art store. The first and only thing Mr. Comstock’s eye could see was the famous painting of the nude girl splashing in the cool shadows of a mountain lake "Take it out immediately.” ordered Mr. Comstock. "But that is 'September Morn.’ ” 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 I shall confiscate your entire stock." The picture came out, but was re turned a few hours later In the meantime, art critios are weighing the combined judgment of Anthony Comstock and "Bathhouse" John against that of the judges 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 SHOULO HEED WASHINGTON. May 12. "White Widow of the Titanic" is the title Mrs. Lucien D. Smith, the bereaved girl wife of one of the heroes of the 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 white 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 loss of its father. The widow is pop ular socially, and forms a picturesque figure at the quiet events she attends MISTAKES NEIGHBOR FOR BURGLAR AND SHOOTS HIM MOBILE, ALA.. May 12. August Retting, member of a prominent fam ily here, while attempting to enter a front window of the home of Charles White City Park Now Open Scheuermann on fashionable Govern ment Street, was mistaken for a bur glar and shot three times. He scream ed and Scheuermann, on going to him. 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 w as out $o late. He had mistaken the house. Scheuermann was not ar rested. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought of Bears th# Signature ■ P-R-I-N-T-O-R-I-A-L-S ■ No. 117 How and When to Advertise— WHEN to advertise i» TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, the day following and the 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 we’ll pick out. pne 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. 1560-2608-2014. Printing Co. 46:48-50 W. Alabama, Atlanta. SEE OUR OTHER AD ON PAGE 3 I 1 mors ECONOMY Prudent Housewives Should Share in This Sale of 35 £ H5 Canvass Shows “Elect Infant Clause” Change Has Been De feated by Presbyterians. naan ' From every State in'the Union 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 U. S. A. Church in the South, has arrived and is par ticularly busy arranging for the Pre- Assembly Missionary Conference, which will take up Hie 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 I Presbyterian Church, while the even- 1 ing session will be held in the First j Presbyterian Church at 8 o’clock, Notables to Give Talks. Several world-famous missionaries and clergymen will make addresses at j this conference. Two of the most j noted are the Rev. Henry Sloane (.’of- I fin. of New York, and the Rev. S. ! Hall Young, of Alaska. Of particu lar discussion will be the simulta neons church-wide every-member campaign which the representatives of the United Presbyterian Church will present Among other prominent arrivals this morning was Rev. E. It. Sterretts. , of Philadelphia, treasurer of the board j of education. Like Dr. Fullerton, he found himself a busy man as soon I as’he reached Atlanta. Real work of the joint assembly ; I begins Thursday. There wall be three distinct conventions with joint meet- j ings in the evenings at the Audito- j Hum. Meetings of*he U. S. A. Church j will be held in the Baptist Taberna- j cle; the Southern Presbyterians will gather in the North Avenue Presby- . terian Church, while the United Pres- | byterians will meet in the Central ; Presbvterian Church. B'g Meeting Wednesday Special interest attaches to the all - J day conference of the Permanent j Committees of Foreign Missions from j the vat ious Presbyteries, including the committees of tlm Laymen’s Mission- j ary Movement, which is to be held j on Wednesday, the day preceding: the opening of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Churcn. This conference will he held in the | First Presbyterian Church , The meeting of the .General Com - ; j mittee of the Laymen's Missionary, Movement Wednesday will be on^ of \ marked importance from more than I one point of view. This meeting wii! mark the sixth anniversary of th® Laymen's Movement in the Southern Presbyterian Church. Business sessions will be held dur- . ing the morning and afternoon, the 1 Laymen’s Movement joining with the j pre-assembly conference on foreign J missions; and in the evening from 6 to 8 ftp clock a banquet will bt held in i conduction with the closing business I £ session. An inspirational meeting will follow the banquet and close the all-day conference. Facts on Southern Church. North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, will be 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 Presbyte rian church, 83 Presbyteries. 465 can didates for the ministry. 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 i were received from other denomina- 1 tions and 11 ministers were dismiss ed to other denominations. It Is One of the First Signs of Kidney Trou bles, if Neglected Seri ous Diseases Follow. No one can be well and healthy unless the kidneys work properly and keep the blood pure. When they become clogged up and inac tive, nature hao a way of warning you. Backache is one of the first symptoms. You may also be troubled with disagreeable, annoying bladder disorders; have attacks of lumbago or rheumatism, become nervous, tired, and feel all worn out, puffy swellings show under the eyes or in the. feet and ankles, and many other symptoms are noticed. If they are neglected, dropsy, diabetes, ot 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 these troubles, for the new discovery, Croxone, quick ly and surely ends 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 the 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 muscles 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 tha* 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. i 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 hnrl some 5.800 pieces left after filling orders. Offered us the whole lot at an underprice. Was willing to take 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 Economy Basement is in the hardware business for a day or two. One tiling 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, lei the little priees mislead you. Not granite ware, minrl you. hut real im ported enamel ware. See the window water pailR, stew pans, tea pots, ladles, vege table spoons, cups, dippers, stew pots, chambers, preserving kettles, sauce pans, boilers, with and without covers. All sizes up to 8 and 10 quarts. Sold without limit -delivered to any part of the city. Choose at thesp little priees: . 35 1 2 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 Nn 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 10c 25c 39c 69c D ECATUR lias Fairly Earned the Reputation of Being THE BEST R ESIDENCE TOWN IN GEORGIA BECAUSE of its altitude of 1,050 feet above sea level. BECAUSE of its PURE WATER supply and excellent SEW ERACK SYSTEM. BECAUSE of its splendid EDUCATIONAL facilities, in cluding a modern Public School System, a PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, and AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. BECAUSE of its miles and miles of MODERN SIDE WALKS. MACADAM STREETS and ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM. BECAUSE of 'THOUSANDS OF 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 Die 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. 4ND BECAUSE these PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS have the GLAD HAND for every NEW-COMER who wishes to make his home in our midst if he is in sympathy with DECATUR’S HIGH IDEALS DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE 2 $1.25 Bolt Longcloth 98c e ' "■ - "> 3* 200 holts fine chamois finish yard wide tongrloth for underwear, etc. Snow white, of soft spun -j* cotton 12 yards to bolt. 35 2 15c Linene Suiting 10c '-m i 1 . J* Yard wide linene suiting In natural color only. -j» Soft finish. Ideal for ladies' suits and ehll- dren's dresses. Pine, even texture 3 25c Curtain Etamine 15c 2 One solid case on sale Attractive curtain atyles. Plain centers with double border. Yard wide rw S Sale of Linen Remnants ■— i.». -A* Table damask In various lengths and napkins 3J tn half-dozen lots. Save a third. 3 Cakes of Octagon 1 A or Buttermilk Soap^vC .Every woman knows thp Octagon as the best of the 5c laundry soaps, arid the Buttermilk is the equal of any of the 5c toilet soaps. 3 eakes of either 10c. 10c Plain Chambrays 61c Full yard wide plain c ham bray in blue, grey, pink slid red Mercerized Poplins 15c The scarce new mercerized poplins tn white and all the leading shades. Fast colors. 28 inches. 5 Genuine Bates Gingham 10c $1 Mercerized Napkins 89c Always sells for more. but. these are mill lengths of 2 to 12 yards. All new patterns, in dress 35 and seersucker styles 50 dozen on sale at 80c Full 18x18 inch, hem med. ready for use High luster finish. Choice designs. 39 5 69c to $1 Middy Blouses at ' r ~BP :«e Just 41 middies that have becomt 45 slightly mussed and counter soiled Sjj White galatea and linene wiiI) red, blue or Bulgarian trimming. 8, 10 and 12 ; y year sizes. | $1.25 Lace Curtains at 89c • 5 100 pairs in white or ecru. Nottingham patterns, S plain or a0 over centers with heavy, deep borders. .»» 3 vards. Genuine 18c Serpentine Crepes at i • 35 5 to to 20 yard mill lengths just fh. All the new attractive floral and kimono pat terns. About all colors and combinations 12^ 12 l-2c Cheviot 10c Best wearing fabrto for men s shirts, hoys’ waists and rompers. Stripes, checks and plain colors. Apron Ginghams 7c Firm, sturdy quality In all size brown snd blue apron checks. Silk Hose 19c Ladles' pure thread sltk hose Boot of silk; rest of cotton. Black only. 25c Linen 15c Natural brown linen In the right weave and texture for suits, ehfl- dren’s dressee. etc. 27 Inches. DECATUR. GA. WEEKES BUILDING BELL PHONE DECATUR 143. 300 Pairs of Muslin Curtains at Muslin curtains, ready to hang. 2by yards long. Fine,sheer white mus lin with dainty ruffled border. Rooming housekeepers should lay in a sup ply at this little price of 25e a pair. • | M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICH & BROS. CO.