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Three charming society girls snapped at (he spring opening of the Piedmont Driving Club Tuesday night,
nie Lee McKenzie and Miss Helen Hobbs.
Loft to right, Miss Mary Helen Moody, Miss An-
New and Charming Toilets Add to
Beauty of the Scene.
The annua] spring opening of the
Piedmont Driving Club was a bril
liant event last evening. As is tne
custom, members assembled for sup
per at the club, following the the an
nual election of officers. Dancing
followed supper and the entire even
ing was a round of gayety and light
and Informality. About 600 guests
were present. Porches, the terrace
and the entire house were crowded
with guests—married people, the
younger set, debutantes and all. *\ew
and charming summer toilets added
to the beauty of the occasion. The
club house and grounds were in gala
array with festoons of Japanese lan
terns outlining the terrace, on which
tables bearing great floral center-
pieces were placed. An orchestra
played througlffiut the evening.
The re-election of Mr. .Tames ri.
Nunnally as president met with pop
ular approval. Mr. Nunnally s regime
has been most successful, the past
year showing a remarkable series of
beautiful entertainments. Mr. Nun
nally has several times attempted . j
give up the presidency, but his ef-
jf forts have met with a united pro-
test. Other officers elected were
Brooks Morgan, vice president; J. J.
Spalding, George C. Walters. Jesse
Draper, John S. Cohen. Preston Ark
wright hoard of governors.
Many visitors from far and near
added to the pleasure of the evening.
Mrs James Hook Spratling, of Ma
con Mrs. Roy Collier’s guest, was
.the’central figure in a party comprls-
Jring Mr and Mrs. Collier and Mr.
I ao d Mrs. John Kiser. Mrs. Spratling
I wore shell pink batiste with draperies
of shadow lace. Her large white
French hat was adorned with pink
and blue plumes. Mrs ('oilier wore
white mull with coat of pink taffeta
and a large pink hat.
> Miss Mnrv Gaut, of Nashville, Mrs.
Vndrew Calhoun’s guest, was tender-
a parti hv Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun,
ahich inc luded Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Johnson. Miss Ellen Meeks, of Mem -
plvs and Mr. Joe Brown Connally.
Miss Gaut wore white Japanese silk,
embroidered in s design of chrysan
themums, and a large white hat laden
eith pink plum, >. Mrs. Calhoun
white crepe embroidered in pink
rosebuds, the skirt having a panel of
'ace with over-drapery of embroid
ered crepe, and sash and high girdle
Of pink chiffon. Hr hat was a large
leghorn, adorned with pink roses.
Miss Caroline Carr, of Arkansas,
and Miss Lorna Carr, of St. Louis,
guests of Mrs. Bates Block, were pop
ular visitors. Miss Carr wore a Lu-
cile model of blue embroidered chif
fon with lace draperies and a largo
black hat. Miss Scott was gowned in
accordion plaited chiffon combined
with lace, the toilet completed by an
old rose sash. A white hat was
adorned with rose colored plumes.
Mrs. Block wore net and lace with
lavender sash and girdle Her lav
ender hat was laden' with lavender
yd times. _ , ,. .
Miss Gwendolen Barnes, of Lmon-
town. Pa.. Miss Alice Vandivers
guest, was the central figure in a
party Miss Barnes was costumed in
a Lucile model of pink and blue chif
fon, worn with a large blue hat
adorned- with one large pink rose.
Miss Vandiver wore a Callot model
of white voile embroidered in rose
and green, with a large pink hat
trimmed in pink plumes.
Miss Helen Dargan’s guest, Miss
Ruth Wilson, of New York, wore
white satin with panels of lace, the
sash and girdle of black. Her hat
was of black tulle, trimmed with pink
roses. Miss Dargan’s dancing frock
was of ecru shadow lace, threaded
with pink ribbons caught with pink
rosebuds and belted with a eiel blue
girdle. She wore a hat of ffiue chif
fon edged in tiny ruffles.
Miss Hariret Calhoun’s guest, Miss
Marion Phinizy, of Augusta, wor*
white lace draped with pink chiffon
and a big hat of blue chiffon trimmed
with pink roses. Miss Nelson Cham
bliss. of Chattanooga, Miss Lula
I^an Jones’ guest, wore white lin
gerie and a big white hat adorned
with pink roses. Miss Jones was
gowned in white lingerie, worn with
a flower-laden hat.
Miss Robyn Young, of Washington.
Mrs. W. C. Humphries’ guest, wore
a French gown of apricot taffeta,
with tunic of yellow chiffon. Her hat
of yellow straw' was adorned with a
cluster of yellow aigrettes.
Miss Margaret McPheeters, of
Raleigh, N. C., Mrs. Samuel Inman’s
guest, wore pink satin combined with
pink chiffon. A large hat of white
lace was adorned with pink roses.
Miss Anne Selden, of "Washington.
Mrs. George K. Selden’s guest, wore
pink chiffon and lace, with a large
white hat.
Miss Maude Arthur Weir, of To
ronto. Canada, Mrs. Charles Godfrey’s
guest, wore white satin and shadow
lace, with sash of pink chiffon. Her
Leghorn hat was adorned with pink
roses.
Besides the visitors, many of At
lanta’s most prominent people were
noted in the assemblage. Among
them were Mr. and Mrs. .lames H.
Nunnally, Mr. and Mrs. Winship
Nunnally, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Spald
ing, Mr. and Mrs. George Calhoun
Walters, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Cohen.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Arkw’right, Col
onel and Mrs. William Lawson Peel,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foster Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs John W. Grant. Mr. and
Mrs. James L. Dickey, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Dickey, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Sri pie, Mr. and Mrs. George Dexter,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Peters. Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence May, Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Speer, Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
Cowles, Judge and Mrs. William T.
Newman. Judge and Mrs. Percy
Adams. Dr. and Mrs. Bates Block, Dr.
and Mrs. Phinizy Calhoun, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Calhoun. Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas Philip Hinman, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Donnals, Mr. and Mrs. James
T. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. George
Crandall, Mr. and Mrs. Junius G.
Oglesby, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sis
son, Mr. and Mrs. George Hurt, Mr
and Mrs. Thornton May re, Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Wimbish, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Elliott Miller, Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Remsen, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Bancker. Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Dargan, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Newell
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Porter. Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Huverty, Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam S. Owens.
Among the popular dangers were
Misses Annie Lee McKenzie, Mary
Helen Moody, Helen Hobbs, Con
stance Knowles, Nina Gentry, Emily
Cassiri. Gladys LeVin, Mamie Ansley.
Jennie D. Harris, Sara Rawson,
Charles Owens, Laura Cowles, Caro
line Muse, Carolyn King, Katherine
Ellis, Mary Hawkins. Helen Hawkins,
Marian Goldsmith, Rebokah Divine,
Emily Winship, May Atkinson, Mar
garet Hawkins. Esther Smith, Mar
garet* Northen, Laura Ansley and
Cabbie Vaughan.
FOUR DIE INBLAST ON WARSHIP.
HAMBURG, GERMANY, May 14.—
Four men were killed and three mor
tally hurt to-day by the explosion of a
cylinder aboard the German torpedo
boat destroyer S-149, during maneu
vers off Heligoland.
ing damage estimated at $3,0fto. Sand-
gate Is two miles from Folkstone,
overlooking the English Channel.
Puncturing of motor car tires is
another freak of the militants. Fre
quented highways are being strewn
with pieces of leather tilled with
small, sharp nails. ‘Votes for Wom
en" is stamped on the leather.
Special guards were placed on pas
senger trains on the Midland Rail
road as the result of threats by mem
bers of the Women’s Social and Po
litical Union. Precautionary meas
ures now taken throughout England,
including guarding railway trains
Rolf links, cathedrals, government
buildings and cabinet ministers, are
costing $r»0,ft00 a week.
A death threat accompanied by a
bomb was delivered at the chambers
of Bow Street Court to-day ad
dressed to Magistrate Curtis. The
death threat was signed •Suffra
gette." The bomb, which w&s turned
over to the police, consisted of a
tube filled with dynamite cartridges.
Magistrate Curtis has sentenced a
number of militant suffragettes.
A dummy bomb was found near
Westminster Abbey and confiscated
by the police. Attached to it was a
card upon which was written: "Votes
for women. This is only a warning.
Duath to men who oppose us.”
Gets Term Commuted
To Nurse Dying Wife
Jim Henry, one of the Floyd Coun
ty "blind tiger” operators sentenced
to twelve months in the chaingang
and six months in jail, with an alter
native fine of $500, was granted a
commutation of sentence to a $150
fine by Governor Brow n Wednesday.
Henry told the Prison Commission
his wife was suffering from cancer
and was regarded by the physicians
as incurable. He said his imprison
ment was hastening her death and
asked that he might be allowed to go
home and assist in caring for her.
Another case of interest was the
appeal of,Steve Tompkins to be al
lowed to (attend the funeral of his
wife, who had just died at Alamo.
Wheeler County. The request was
granted.
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Grands, $650 to $1,250. We have your choice in woods,
such as Oak, Mission, Walnut, Rosewood, Circassian and
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Special bargains in used instruments at nominal prices.
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Established 1857. At
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Pryor Street, H. R. Calef,
Manager.
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REMODELING
of Our Store
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We have just received from HIRSH. WICK-
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els in •
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The material is of very fine quality, and the
garments exquisitely finished, quarter lined with
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every cent of it. There’ll he a stampede to get it here to-morrow at 29c. Choice
of some 40 patterns.
$ 1.50 Tussah Crepe de Chine $1,00 Taffetas
49c
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2,280 yards of plain
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■S $1 & $1.25 Fancy Silks $1.25 to $2 Taffetas
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Stylish silks for eVerv purpose. 24 and 26
inches wide. 1,280 yards in all. Choice 59c.
65c to $1.50
Trimmings at
Out-clearing at a next-
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ally worthy and pretty
trimmings. Variously in em
broidered bands, chenille and
ribbon fringes, appliques, etc.
One big lot; choice 10c.
(Main Floor, Right.)
h irst time we ever heard of yard- f* /v
wide taffetas of this quality for 69c. nMr
Fine chiffon taffetas, splendid quali- W
ties, but in broken lines and colors. Don’t
miss ’em.
$35 Silk Dress Patterns
Just 20 women can share fills snap. We have that Cm /\ P -
many silk dress patterns in Faint, satins, Jac- / U*%
<juar<l crepes, gold and silver fabrics, embroider- • • a %J
od chiffons, etc. Chiefly one of a kind. All now at
$7.95, formerly $20 to $45
Also at $3.49, formerly $16 to $20
are thirteen fine silk dress patterns. The only unlucky
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- - $45
Eiseman Bros.,
Just hints of what we shall do to-morrow.
10c
Inc.
11-13-15-17 Whitehall
Entire Building
All 18c to 25c printed dimities,
flaxons, etc., at
Handkerchiefs at half and less.
Royal Society goods at half.
39c to 75c stamped goods at 19c
50c stamped wa ists at :. 25c
Sale of Sample Parasols. Save a third to
a half.
Sale of Neckwear. All kinds.
19c; values to 50c. 49c; worth to $1.
$1 and $1.25 black silk stockings,
“seconds’’ only
Be sure and come
13c
Women’s 25c lisle pants,
brella, lace trimmed
Boys’ 25o mesh shirts, athletic 4 4.
styles, at I OC
Embroider}’ bands, many kinds, all at
half price.
$40 Neverbreak wardrobe
trunks, now at only
$45 to $65 fitted bags and
suit cases art.,.,
Curtains at half price.
Cretonnes at half price.
$24.75
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lance of the guard.*?. Three bomba
were found in a crowded carriage of
a passenger train. If an explosion had
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Occurred, scores of lives would have
been lost. „
Militant women burned The High
lands, a mansion at Sandgate, eaus-
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Opening of Piedmont
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and Terrace 1 bronged With Guests
Scores of Lives Saved When!
Explosives Are Discovered.
Another Mansion Burned.
pedal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. May 14. —Train wreck
ing is the latest form of violence at
tempted by the militant suffragettes.
An attempt to-day was made by
women to blow up a train on the
London and Southwestern Railway,
hut the plot failed owing to the vigi-
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