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Preparations Are Made to Begin
Trial Monday Despite Talk
of Delay.
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day night, according to Judge Pendle
ton.
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold stated
Tuesday morning that he probably
would ask Judge Pendleton to draw
the venire from the Grand Jury box.
and that he felt confident he could
cite enough law the subject to eus-
taln his point.
Solicitor to Fight Move.
Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey stated
that the procedure was altogether Ir
regular. if not Illegal, and that he
would oppose such a move as strongly
as he fought the attempt on the part
of the Grand Jury to Indict Jim Con
ley over his protest.
The attorneys on both sides will be
notified by telephone when Judge
Pendleton begins to draw the venire,
and he will allow them to be heard.
Judge L. 8. Roan, who will preside
at the Frank trial, will not return to
Atlanta from Covington until Friday.
He announced to a correspondent of
The Georgian in Covington that the
Frank trial would be called next Mon
day sure, but he would not commit
himself as to whether he would con**
aider any move for postponement aft
er the case was called.
Before leaving for Covington he re
marked that if the weather whj as
hot next Monday as it was last week
he would welcome some sufficient
ground for postponement.
Both Sides Are Ready.
Attorneys Arnold and Rosser admit
they would like to se the trial post
poned to escape the ordeal of a hard
fight in torrid weather, but state they
will be reluctant to ask for delay un
less there is some very excellent rea
son why the case should not go to
trial.
Both sides are ready. All the wit
nesses who will be used are within
the jurisdiction of the court and able
to attend. The inability of any one
of the more than 10ft to be in court
on the day the case 1b called would
sustain a request for postponement,
but the attorneys for the defense
made it clear that if any move for
postponement for any other reason
than the absence of a witness was
made, it would come from the other
Bide, or the Judge.
Attorney Arnold stated that the
failure of the Grand .Jury to Indict
Conley had made little difference to
their case, because it bad been built
before any known move was made to
bring about the indictment.
"It made absolutely no difference to
ns." he said. "It was purely a tech
nical point in the trial that would
have been in our favor. As to the
negro's character and standing, it
■would make little difference to a fair-
minded jury whether he were in-
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Police Attempt to Prove Pair That
Nearly Killed Clerk Committed
Series of Crimes.
dieted.'
Bacon, Unopposed,
Gets 29,529 Votes
In Senate Election
A total of 29.529 votes were cast
for Augustus O. Bacon for United
States Senator in the special election
held July 15. No one opposed Sena
tor Bacon, but more than one-eighth
of the State's electorate turned out to
give him a complimentary vote
The election was unique in that it
was the first to be held under the
new law requiring United States Sen
ators to be elected by direct vote of
the people.
The returns were canvassed before
the House and .Senate in a Joint
meeting Tuesday by a committee of
five Senators and five Representa
tives. The senatorial committee was
compose i of Senators Jones. Tarver,
Tyler. Turner and Bush. The House
committee consisted of Representa
tives Miller. MeCrory, Smith, Ed
mondson and Culpepper.
DELLA FOX LEFT $1(X000.
NEW YORK. July 22.—In her will
filed to-day Mrs. Della Fox Levy known
on the stage as Della Fox, left her en
tire estate, said to amount to between
*10,000 and $15,000, to her father, An
drew J. Fox, of St. Louis.
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Half a taaspoooful In -valor before meals will
be found a grateful relic.* from distress after
eating. Ad*.
ATLANTA BUTTLE
RECALLED IT
Construction Head Gives Inter
esting Reminiscences on 49th
Anniversary.
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Wednesday and Thursday
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Cheese I SC
Swift's Premium OOf*
Large Jar of Qrtr*
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24 lbs. Almixt QQr*
Almixt Self-Rising Flour In
sures light biscuit, bread, pastry
and cake, even in the hands of
an inexperienced cook.
A full line of fresh fruits and
vegetables received daily.
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Detectives Tuesday searched the
home of R. W. Miller, at Red Oak,
near Atlanta, in an attempt to un
earth more evidence that Miller and
T. W. Reeves, who were caught after
they had knocked senseless an em
ployee in the store of R. A. Gober,
No. 3ft Carroll street, and were trying
to open the safe Monday night, per
petrated a series of daring and clev
erly-planned burglaries covering a
period of several months.
During the afternoon the two men
were again cross-examined by the po
lice.
Their alleged attempt to loot the
Gober store came near to being fatal
to Eugene M. Davis, 18 years old, for
merly residing in Bishopville, S. C.
Davis, who occasionally worked at
night for his employer, was sitting on
the steps to the store about 11 o'clock
when four men approached him.
“Boy,” one of them said, “can you
let us into the store? We are mighty
thirsty and want a dop' around.”
Thrown Into loe Box.
“Sure," replied Davis without hesi
tation as he pulled a bunch of keys
from his pocket and unlocked the
store door.
Entering the store, he was followed
by the men. The small Ice box where
soft drinks are kept is just inside
the door. As Davis raised the lid of
the ice box he was rudely seized from
the rear by the nape of the neck and
a rough hand was clapped over his
mouth.
He was bumped against the side of
the wall into near insensibility and
dragged to the rear of the store,
which is used as a butcher shop. Back
of the butcher shop counter is an ice
closet about nine feet high and four
feet deep.
His captors opened the ice box door
and thrust Davis in. bolting the heavy
door upon him. Davis was unable to
rise to his feet and lay in a cramped
position, with 300 pounds of ice not
two inches from his head.
Thought He Would Die.
“The air was stuffy.” said Davis.
”1 could hardly get my breath, and 1
thought several times I would die. It
was terribly cold, and a sickening
sensation came over me as I felt the
drops of water trickle down on mjrt
back."
”1 couldn’t hear a sound. The men
had taken the keys from me, and l
didn’t know whether anyone would
ever get me out. The keyring taken
from me contained the key to the
safe which I had heard Mr. Gober say
contained several hundred dollars.
Finally I could stand it no longer; my
breath was gone and I felt I was lost.
1 remembered no more until I awoke
to find men standing all around me
and someone giving me a taste of
something which felt warm and good.
"I must have been in there fifteen
minutes at least, but I don’t know.
Mr. Gober says it was more than
twenty minutes before they found me.’
Defy Police to Prove Guilt.
Despite the assertion of the detec
tives that they have connected the
men with a chain of robberies and
suit case thefts extending over a con
siderable time, both Reeves and Mill
er *'mphatically denied Tuesday that
they had had anything to do with
them and defied the police to prove
their charges
The detectives went to the home of
Reeves, 13 Stonewall street, and there
found three suit rases, which, they
say, are stolen property. Another suit
case was found in a woman’s room at
No. 153 1-2 Whitehall street.
Chief Lanford Tuesday morning
said that Reeves and Miller had stolen
more than 40 suit cases at the depots
In the recent weeks, and also had
participated in attempts at safe
cracking and burglary. Detectives
Chewning, Davis, Sturdivant and
Rosser have taken turns in trailing
the men in the last six weeks.
Captain Robert M. Clayton, well-
known Atlantan who was in charge
of a company and was much under
fire during the siege of Atlanta, Tues
day, the forty-ninth anniversary of
the Battle of Atlanta, talked Inter
estingly to a Georgian reporter of the
events that made this day famous in
history.
“A strong movement is on foot to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
this battle next year with ostenta
tious ceremonies,” said Captain Clay
ton.
Technicality Delays Pardon Until
Too Late—Career Here Sen
sational—Jailed in Boston.
Cardenio F. King, Roston newspa
per publisher and financier, who died
a convict on the State farm at
Bridgewater, Mass., Monday just be
fore Governor Foss was ready to sign
his pardon, had an Atlanta career al
most as interesting as his pathetic
death, according to Atlantans who
knew him during his residence here
more than ten years ago.
He came to Atlanta from North
Carolina and was known as "Kodak-
er” Kink because of a column he ran
In various Atlanta newspapers which
was headed by a photograph of him
self with a camera. His personal ap
pearance marked him an unusual
man, for he Weighed about 30ft
pounds, had bright red hair and mus
tache and a rosy complexion.
His column was indicative of his
character. It always began with a
few breezy paragraphs of choice gos
sip, but a reader would not peruse
far before he discovered himself bu
ried in alluring advertisements.
Hoaxed by Walter Taylor.
‘The old Moseley house on the Ma
rietta road, Just beyond the city lim
its. marks the headquarters of Gen
eral John B. Hood, the commander of
the Confederate army. It was on this
spot that General Joseph E. Johnston
was ordered to surrender his com
mand to Hood July 18, 1864. General
Johnston had refused to fight, re
treating from Tennessee. On the day
the change was made all the soldiers
wore crepe on their arms.
Memorial Park.
“A proposition has been made to
sell 37 acres of this property to the
city for a memorial park. It is about
the only battleground around here
available for such a purpose.”
Captain Clayton explained that the
first fighting begun around Atlanta
was on July 2ft, along the old Collier
road, north of the city. During that
battle he was struck for the first and
only time during the war with a bul
let. Rut it was a spent bullet and
did not break the skin. Night found
both divisions undisturbed in their
positions.
Firing was resumed again on the
morning of July 22, east of the city
between the Georgia railroad and the
old Koch house. Hood had sent Har
dee with his corps around north of
the city to make the attack. The Con
federates charged from the south and
east toward the city, but the city was
held against them.
Where McPehrson Fell.
The fighting was the fiercest of any
of the battles around Atlanta. Of
it there is a vivid picture in Cyclo-
rama at Grant Park.
General McPherson fell at a spot
on McPherson avenue now marked
by a marble column. He was suc
ceeded in command of the Federals by
General Frank A. Logan. It was the
day of the death of General W. H. C.
Walker, of the Confederates.
Colonel Albert Howell, well known
in Atlanta, and the late Colonel L. P.
Thomas commanded two regiments
that took a battery that charged and
took a Federal battery which was sta
tioned at the present comer of More
land and DeKalb avenues.
Night came again without any
change In the relative positions of the
two armies.
Under Constant Fire.
The next fight was on July 28. on
the Moseley place, west of the city.
That day did not mark a victory, but
it began the siege of Atlanta that did
not let up until September 8, when
the city was taken by General Sher
man and burned to the ground.
Captain Clayton said the city was
constantly under fire during all those
days, although many of the people re
mained and business was carried on
as well as possible.
One day a barber, sitting in front
of his shop at the corner of Whitehall
and Alabama streets, was struck and
killed by a shell. The shell also struck
an iron street lamp post and pierced
a hole in it. The post stands there
yet. one of the many interesting
marks of those terrible days.
High Cost of Dying
Cut by Funeral Bus
CHICAGO. July 22.—The high cost
of dying is to be lowered in Chicago
with the advent of motor ’buses. The
funeral ’bus will have a compartment
to the right of the chauffeur's seat
for the cofftn. and above It a place
for flowers. Near the driver will sit
the minister and the undertaker, and
there will be accommodations for
twenty-seven mourners.
The funeral ’bu*\ it is said, will re
duce the transportation cost by $30.
Ten of^he ’busee are to be in opera
tion 3Q 0 ^L
Occasionally when advertisers re
fused to be convinced of the value
of this column he would be sent out
on regular assignments. It so hap
pened that one day he was sent to the
police station, the "beat" of Walter
Taylor, the present City Clerk, but
then a bright young reporter. "Ko-
daker” King was unfamiliar with the
assignment, so he decided the best
policy was to follow close on the heels
of Walter Taylor. And thereby hangs
a tale.
Walter Taylor "framed” with De
tective Billy Crim, the famous police
man who passed aawy several years
ago, to call him suddenly as though
something startling had happened.
Crim sprang the trick one hot August
day while Taylor and King were
walking down the street, and Taylor,
lithe and young, darted up the steps.
He did not stop until he had gained
the roof of the cupola of the police
station. He did not even stop to look
around, for he knew that King, 300
pounds net, was following him with
all his might and main.
King Reached Top—Purple.
Several minutes later King, puffing
and blowing, stuck his head through
the manhole on the roof. His red face
had turned purple and the perspiraJ
tion streamed down his cheeks.
Soon afterward “Kodaker” King left
Atlanta. He was flat broke and his
friends did not know what would be
come of him. But a few years later
he returned with his name changed
to “Oil” King; and it was remarked
that if his oil flowed as much as his
money, he would be a second John D
Rockefeller.
As "Kodaker” he had gone to Bos
ton. But he dropped that title toith
the discovery of oil at Beaumont,
Texas. He went out there as an ad
vertising man and soon owned a num
ber of acres of rocky land.
Train Attached for Debt.
Back East he hurried and organized
an oil company. When he struck
Atlanta he was traveling in a special
train. He advertised his stock in
two-page spreads in each of the At
lanta papers. Sam W. Small, evan
gelist and newspaper man, was en
gaged as his press agent.
The only reminder of his former
days of poverty and gloom was when
all his possessions in the train were
attached by a Justice of the peace
bailiff for an old debt of $40. But he
paid that and was on his way.
The next Atlantans heard of King
was that he was in the penitentiary
in Massachusetts. eH had been the
owner of a daily paper. The Boston
Daily Tribune. His financial career
was ended when he was convicted of
obtaining $22,000 under false pre
tenses.
Died in Sight of Liberty.
Only a technicality prevented his
last words being those of a free man.
His wife and four sons were at his
bedside. Governor Foss had been
wired that his condition was hope
less. The Governor has canvassed
his counsel and decided to grant a
pardon. But the council could not be
called together to take formal action
until Tuesday.
When Dr. Emerson, medical head
of the State Farm, went to announce
that a pardon would be granted Tues
day be found King dead. Chronic in
testinal trouble was the cause.
BIEL IS
PASSED AFTER
HOT FIGHT
Provides for Damage Suits in
Homicide Cases—Was Issue
in Senate Several Years.
Thomas Protested
As Crawford Case
Solicitor Pro Tem
Reuben R. Arnold, one of the at-
Following a two-hour debate, in
which charges of being in league with
the railroads and counter charges of
seeking to increase the earnings of
damage suit lawyers were made, the
Georgia Senate Tuesday morning, by
vote of 27 to 10, passed Senator
Tarver's bill, as amended, providing
for recovery by certain parties in
cases of homicide. The bill has been
before the Senate several years.
Snator Miller, of the Twenty-fourth
District, who ooened the fight on the
bill in an hour's speech, declared the
authors of the bill could not have
drawn a better thing for the damage
suit lawyers. He offered a substi
tute bill omitting the alleged drastic
features, which was voted down.
Judge Allen, of the Twentieth, also
opposed the bill.
In rebuttal Senator Tarver declared
the opposition had the interests of
the railroads at heart. Following the
vote Senator Miller gave notice of re
questing reconsideration of the bill.
One Other Bill Passed.
In addition to Senator Tarver’s bill,
the Senate passed one other, a local
measureo ffered by Senator Smith, of
the Ninth, amending the charter in
corporating the town of Edison.
The Senate passed a resolution, of
fered by Judge Allen, extending sym
pathy to Speaker Burwell upon the
death of his sister, Miss Rosa Bur-
well.
The General Judiciary Committee of
the Senate reported adversely the bill
for an amendment to the Code pro
viding that the only grounds for total
divorce shall be adultery. It is un
derstood a minority report on this
measure will be filed with the Presi
dent of the Senate.
The committee also reported in the
negative on the bill providing for the
rotation of Judges of Superior courts.
A favorable report was made on the
bill providing for the appointment of
a Notary Public for the State at large,
as well as a bill providing for an
amendment to the Penal Code mak
ing husband and wife competent is
witnesses in criminal proceedings, but
not compelled to testify one against
the other.
Other Committees Report.
The Senate Finance Committee,
headed by Senator Miller, recom
mended the bill forcing foreign fire
insurance companies that have rein
sured all policies to show cause for
withdrawal from the State.
The Penitentiary Committee re
ported favorably the measure making
it unlawful for any person with au
thority to deliver a prisoner to an
other.
torneys for Mrs. Mary Bplle Crawfor^,
under heavy bail on the charge of
poisoning her husband, Joshua Craw
ford, filed a protest Tuesday against
the appointment of Attorney Lewis
Thomas, former City Solicitor, as So
licitor Pro Tem in the prosecution of
Mrs. Crawford.
The appointment was made by
Judge W D. Ellis because of the dis
qualification of Solicitor Dorsey. At
torney Arnolds based his objection on
the ground that Thomas already had
been one of the attorneys in the case
and therefore also was disqualified.
Attorney James said Tuesday he
would go before Thomas and seek to
have him indict Fred Lumb so that
extradition papers might be obtained.
He* said he also would urge the im
mediate indictment of Mrs. Crawford.
Joseph E, Johnson
Dies in Sanitarium
F
DEBATE
Speakers to Determine Difference
in Meaning of “Suffragette”
and “Suffragist.”
Joseph E. Johnson, 86 years old,
father of George E. Johnson, the Po
lice Commissioner, of No. 302 Luckle
street, died Tuesday morning at 5
o’clock at a private sanitarium. He is
survived by three sons, George E.,
Orle and W. L. Johnson.
For several years Mr. oJhnson was
active in various lines and well known
by business men of Atlanta.
The funeral will be held from the
residence Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock. Interment will be in Oak
land Cemetery.
OBITUARY
The double funeral of Casey Daniels
and Jerry* Moles, who were drowned
in the Chattahoochee River Satur
day while on a fishing trip, was held
from the Congregational Church on
McDaniel and Hightower streets
Tuesday morning. The body of Ca
sey Daniels was interred at Sardis
churchyard, that of Jerry Moles at
Westview.
Mrs. Rachel Harland, twenty-eight
years old, wife of John H. Harland,
cashier at the Putt & Davies Com
pany, died Tuesday morning at 2
o’clock at their home. No. 196 Juni
per street. The funeral will be
held from the residence at 1ft o’clock
Wednesday morning. Interment in
Westview.
Woman suffrage In all its phases
will be discussed Tuesday night in
Taft Hall. One of the important
questions to be settled will be the dis
tinction between a suffragist and a
suffragette. Speakers who will take
up this angle of the argument declare
there is a wider gap in the meaning
of the words than there is between
sanitarium and sanatorium.
The debate will be under the aus
pices of the Habersham Chapter, D.
A. R„ and is the last of a series of en
tertainments arranged by the chapter
to aid in raising funds for the new
building which will be erected in
Peachtree street.
"This will be an open discussion on
the suffrage question, as one of the
leading thoughts of the day,” said
Mrs. William Lawson Peel, outlining
the plans. "It must not be thought
for a moment, however, that the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion are taking part in this discussion
as an organization or even as indi
viduals.
"For instance, our last entertain
ment was a Mother Goose affair, but
it was not intended that the public
suppose we were all geese.
"Our next venture will be the pres
entation of beautiful Indian legends,
but it can not be inferred that we are
Indians.”
Mrs. Peel, who is vice president
general, N. S. D. A. R., and promi
nently connected with Habersham
Chapter, will preside.
The meeting will be called at 7:45
o’clock. Among the speakers will be
Miss Rosa Woodberry, Mrs. M. C.
Hardin. Mrs. M. T. McWhorter, Mrs.
S. E. Cunningham, Mrs. W. H. Fei-
ton. Mrs. M. L. McLendon, Mrs.
Frances Whiteside, Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black, J. R. Smith, R. H. Hardeman/
Dr. A. M. Hughlett. H. H. Swift, J.
L. Hope. W. L. Converse, Louis Wis
dom and R. A. Broyles.
Council Serenaded
After Aiding Police
Council Monday had Just increased
the salaries of six roundsmen $5 by
changing their names to sergeants
and the leaders in the fight were
leaning back in satisfaction when the
air suddenly was filled with lively
dance music.
Custodian Joe Shearer had a phon
ograph in the adjoining committee
room and someone had started it.
The councilmen heard all the records
before they stopped the machine.
LOW RATES EAST VIA
SEABOARD.
$20.85 Baltimore and return on
sale August 1-2-3. Through Steel
Trains, new Dining Cars. Ticket
Office, 88 Peachtree.
Mary M. Mapes, two-year-old daugh
ter of the Rev. and Mrs. A. L.
Mapes, No. 210 Winthrop street,
died Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held from
Poole’s chapel at 2 o’clock Wednes
day. Interment in Westview.
Melvin Nesbitt, 15-month-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Nesbitt, died
Tuesday morning at the home. No.
25 Dill avenue. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock. Interment In Westview.
The funeral of Mrs. Clara Holt, who
died Sunday, will take place at 2
o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the
residence, No. 720 East Fair street.
Interment at Hollywood.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company,
456 EAST FAIR STREET.
PICTURES THEY FELL IN LOVE
WITH.—The surprising romances
that followed three paintings, for
which Cupid mixed the colors, will
be revealed in next Sunday’s Ameri
can.
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Cash Grocery Co, whifeha 2 .! 5
Combination Sale
To Introduce our Red Ribbon Tea*
splendid for Ice Tea. CHr
lb.
With every Psund of Tea we
will sell—
25-lb. Bag Granulated QQn
Sugar for
20 ibs. Sugar, with CQn
Tea
10 lbs. Sugar, with 25c
NO. 10
Snowdrift
With Tea
59c
1 lb. Barrington Hall or Luzianne
Coffee, with IOC
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THE SCENIC WAY
WITH DINING CARS
Saves $10,000 in 27
Years as Hired Girl
BALTIMORE, July 22.—With $10,-
000 saved during the 27 years she has
been a servant in the family of Philip
Joseph, Clara Rentschler, 50 years old,
will return to Germany, where she
will marry Christian Fisher, to whom
she became engaged three years ago.
DOLLAR BOOSTER DINNER.
MACON.—Plans for the promotion of
Macon’s varied interests will be dis
cussed Thursday night at the "dollar |
booster dinner" at the Dempsey Hotel i
under the auspices of the Chamber of I
Commerce. An attendance of 500 is ■
forecast.
NEGRO CHAUFFEURS MEET.
The first meeting of the newly organ
ized Negro Chauffers’ Association will
be held at the Negro Congregational
Church Tuesday evening. Dr. R. H.
Butler will deliver an address.
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CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK
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GOLD CROWN (22-K) $3.00
BRIDGE WORK,PER TOOTH 3.00
SILVER FILLINGS 25
GOLD FILINGS .60
CLEANING TEETH . 60
TWENTY-YEAR GUARANTEE.
Eastern Painless Dentists
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Our Time Is Limited
Compelled to Vacate Soon
ALL OUR STOCK MUST BE SOLD
BIG REDUCTION IN CLOTHING
THE ATTRACTIVE WAY NORTH & WEST
$20 and $22.50 Priestley’s Mohair Suits
Reduced to $11.90
All $2 and $3 Straw Hats
Reduced to $1.25
Neckwear Reduced from 50c, 75c and $1.00
Your Choice 35c or 3 for $i
Wash Ties Reduced from 50c to 30c
White Flannel Trousers, Were $5 and $6,
Reduced to $3.45
A. E. MARCUS CLOTHING CO.
57 PEACHTREE STREET
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