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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SSYS HIS BRIDE
PUT BUSS IN
E. R. Sweat, Seeking Divorce,
Bares What He Declares Was
Attempt on His Life.
That hif» bride nf six months placed
pulverized glass in his coffee with the
evident purpose of killing him is one
of the sensational charges made in a
suit for divorce filed Wednesday by
E. R. Sweat, of No. 33 Gresham street,
through his attorney, S. A Roorstin
Sweat claims that persecutions at
the hands of his wife, of which the
alleged attempt to administer the
ground glass was the climax, havo
left him a nervous wreck and unfit
for work.
They were wed February 8. after a
romantic courtship. Married life Boon
palled on the wife, according to
Sweat. Her ill treatment of him
began before a month had passed, he
says. She reproved him one day. he
recites, by slapping him in the face
in the presence of strangers Then
she grew more persistent.
Sweat swears that she would sleep
the whole day for the sole purpose
of keeping him awake and tormenting
him when he returned home tired
from work at night.
They separated after an incident
of July 15. Sweat’s story Is that he
came home from work that night and
sat down at the supper table. He
drank one cup of coffee and asked
for another. He says that the second
cup tasted peculiar and that when he
stirred It and got some of the grounds
on his spoon he discovered a quan
tity of pulverized glass.
He declares that he charged her
with an attempt to kill him and that
she replied by hurling the sugar bowl
out of the window and snatching the
coffee cup from his grasp and de
stroying it. She left the saucer on
the table and in this, Sweat claims,
there remained seme of the glass
which he had removed from the cup.
J. Ham Lewis Martyr
To Senatorial Dignity
WASHINGTON, July 21.—J. Ham
Lewis, Senator from Illinois, to-da?
answered a query anent semi-win try
raiment, consisting of buckskin
gloves, felt hat, dark gray suit »t
heavy texture and parti-colored
woolen vest, within which he braved
the sweltering weather.
“Misconceived Senatorial dignity
decrees that we shall wear a ves , ’
explained Senator Lewis, fingering
the garment in question, "when wo
would fain di-vest ourselves of the
encumbrance.”
House Bill Requires
Seed Cotton Record
A bill requiring all purchasers of
seed cotton to keep a complete rec
ord of the same has been Introduced
in the House by Representatives
Hine.s and Moon, of Troup County.
In the last few weeks many com
plaints have been filed with the Com
missioner of Agriculture by farmers
who stated that seed cotton which
they had purchased under the highest
recommendations had proved to he
either of inferior quality or absolutely
worthless.
Moose and G, 0. P. in
Battle in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, KY., July 23 —The ele
phant and the bull moose in I^ouisville
are engaged in a fight which threatens
to eliminate both.
Following attacks by Republicans on
Progressive nominations for the August
primary, the Progressives have attacked
the Republican list, starting with tie or go
T. Wood, candidate for mayor Invalid
nominating papers are the chief
grounds.
PROTECT YOUR EYES.
What will you take for your eyes?
Are they not entitled to the best
glasses?
We strive for the best in skill, In
material, In workmanship.
Oculist service at optician prices.
L*. N. Huff Optical Co., two stores,
70 Whitehall, 52 W. Mitchell. Adv.
Little Captains of
Industry
The Georgian "Want
Ad" is a little cap
tain of industry work
ing night and day,
bringing together
thousands for mutual
benefit who otherwise
might never meet.
Read for Profit
Georgian "Want Ads”
Use for Results
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Yellowjackets
Rout Soldiers of
Second Regiment;
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, July 23 —
After having crowned themselves
with glory by routing the "enemy,"
composed of another battalion of the
regiment, a detachment of the Second
Georgia infantry to-day was put to
ignominious flight by a swarm of yel-
lowjackets, encountered on the battle
field. Several of the soldiers were
stung, hut the majority escaped by
a hasty and disorganized retreat.
Wlille to-day’s "battle” was In
progress a squad of soldiers digging
intrenchrnents unearthed a human
skeleton.
The Macon Volunteers last night
entertained f'olonel Thomas and other
officers at supper, followed by a "had
ger” fight. Lieutenant Whittaker, of
the Floyd Rifles, held the "badger.”
Captain J. A. Fort, of Arnericus,
was to-day’s officer of the day.
Republican Regime
In Portugal Totters
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MADRID, July 23.—The Portuguese
Republic Is tottering. The country
seethes with the revolutionary spirit
to overthrow the Republican Govern
ment and re-establish a monarchy.
Travelers from Portugal arriving here
to-day say the movement is the best
organized since King Manuel was de
throned.
Troops are being rushed to i all
points in an effort to check the re
bellion. which Government officials
consider the most serious since the
new form of government was estab
lished.
Noted Sleuth Trails
Warship Plans Thief
NEW YORK, July 23.—Declaring
that he had bepn commissioned to
work with United States Government
operators in rounding up a band of
international spies. Captain Marian
Herrmann, nominally head* of the
Trieste police, but officially known as
one of the cleverest secret service op
eratives of Austria, arrived here to
day.
Captain Herrmann is believed to
have important Information bearing
on the recent disappearance from the
naval officers at Washington of plans
for the construction of a new dread
nought.
Strike Shuts World’s
Biggest Copper Mine
CALUMET, MICH., July 23— Be
tween 15,000 and 20,000 copper min
ers of the upper peninsula w'ent on a
strike this morning, completely tying
up twenty mines in four counties.
The men demand shorter hours and
an increase in wages. The Calumet
and Hecla, the biggest copper pro
ducer in the world, hiis been shut
down.
The men ware organized recently by
the Western Federation of Miners.
There has been no disorder.
N. P. Head Is'Slated
For Mellen’s Place
NEW YORK, July 23.—Howard El
liott, president of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad, probably will succeed
Charles S. Mellen as president of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad. This report came to-day
from a reliable source.
It was said that Mr. Elliott has been
in consultation with J. P. Morgan &
Co., financial agents for the New Ha
ven, and the official announcement of
his appointment may come at any
time.
Government Agent
Goes to LaFayette
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Milton E.
Elliott, counsel for the Comptroller of
the Currency, left Washington to-day
for LaFayette, Ga., to examine the
First National Rank, which was
dosed Saturday when a shortage of
$30,000 W'as discovered.
The mystery surrounding the
shortage has not been cleared.
'Y
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OBITUARY
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The funeral of Mrs. Nettie Regensteln,
who died at the home. No. 457 Wash
ington street, was held from the home
Wednesday morning. Interment ut
Oakland.
The funeral of Mrs. Rachel C. Harland,
who died at her home Tuesday morn
ing. was held from the residence Wed
nesday morning. Interment at West
view.
The funeral of Melvin Nesbitt, fifteen-
month-old child of Mr and Mrs. R. H
Nesbitt, who died Tuesday, was held
from the residence in Capitol View.
Wednesday morning Interment at
Westview.
The body of W. L. Golden, who died at a
private sanitarium Tuesday morning,
was sent to Cordele, Ga., Wednesday
for funeral and interment. He was
fifty-two years old, and Is survived
by a wife and one son.
The funeral of Mary M. Mapes, thlrteen-
month-old daughter of the Rev and
Mrs. A. L Mapes, who died Tuesday,
will be held from Poole’s chapel Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Inter
ment at Westview.
The funeral of Mrs. Camella Joyner, who
died at a private sanitarium at noon
Tuesday, was held from the residence
at No. 249 Hill street. Wednesday, and
the body was sent to Rlairs, S. C., for
interment. Mrs. Joyner was twenty-
one years old, and is survived by her
husband and i>arents.
The body of Roger Hendrix Mott, who
died at a local sanitarium Tuesday,
was sent to his old home at States
ville, N. C., Wednesday for funeral
and interment Mr Mott was thirty-
one years old, and is survived bv one
sister. Mrs. C. H Mills, of Statesville,
and one brother, Dr. C. B Mott.
| The funeral of Alfred E. Harwell, two-
vear-old son of Mr. ami Mrs. R L.
Harwell, who died at the home. No.
153 Oglethorpe avenue, Tuesday night
at 7:30 o’clock, will be held from the
residence at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. S H Hall will of
ficiate. Interment at Greenwood.
The funeral service* for Joseph A. John
son, a pioneer Atlantan who died Tues
day morning, will be conducted from
the residence, No. 302 Luckie street, at
4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Pall
bearers will be Captain Henry Jen
nings. Frank Whitley. A. CJ Adams.
George H Sims. James Hudson and
Andrew Klassett. Interment in Oak
land.
7 DAYS LEFT AND
FAST PONY VOTE
Sharpest Competition Due in
Home Stretch—Extra Ballots
Only on American.
Just one week from Thursday The
Georgian and American pony contest
closes! Think what this means to
the contestants. Just seven days in
which to hustle in votes!
Nothing counts now save subscrip
tions to The Georgian and Sunday
American, and there are no bonus
votes except for subscriptions to The
Sunday American.
On The Sunday American, there-
Two Hustlers in
Shetland Contest
Vivian Broom. 493 Woodward
avenue.
fore, the contestants should concen
trate their efforts. The "Red Letter
Ballots" may save the day for any
hoy or girl. Red letter ballots are
good for 4,500 votes, in addition to
the regular schedule, when accom
panied by a two-year paid-in-ad
vance subscription to The Sunday
American; 2,000 votes when accom
panied by a year’s subscription and
800 votes when accompanied by a
six months’ subscription.
No matter wnat new'spaper. or how
many newspapers, the resident of
Atlanta or the South reads during
the week, every one wants The Sun
day American. Therefore, while this
bonus offer is nht as liberal as those
which have gone before, it should be
#? great assistance In piling up votes.
And how the votes will roll up dur
ing the week! The standings will be
published every day, for a time.
Watch them, and see how keen is the
race for the ponies.
It is a safe prediction that every
day will see startling changes in the
standings. This last week of the
contest Is not going to be pleasant
for the over-confident, for the easy
going. or for the faint-hearted. It
will be a cruel pace set by the leaders,
with every one guessing, and every
one in the dark.
There is not a boy or a girl In any
district who can be sure of success,
not a one but needs every possible
vote that can be solicited, entreated,
or cajoled from relatives, friends, or
strangers.
It is the home stretch which the
contestants are entering now, and the
going will be swift.
Divers’ Heads Crash;
1 Dying, Other Hurt
CONNERSVILLE. IND., July 23 —
Edward Voltz was fatally hurt and
Frank Davis may die of Injuries re
ceived in diving at a beach here.
Davis dived from a high spring
board and was followed Immediately
by Voltz. Just as Voltz reached the
water Davis bobbed up and the-*'
heads met with a crack. Davis was
under water two minutes.
VETERAN EDITORS
GIVE UP OFFICES
Georgia Weekly Press Associa
tion Names New Recording
Secretary and Treasurer,
J.AORANOK, July 23.—Two offl-
cera who have served the Georgia
Weekly F’ress Association for twenty
or more years retired to-day when
the annual election was held. B. T.
Mosely, of The Danielsville Monitor,
for twenty years treasurer, Is suc
ceeded by J. J. Howell, of The Outh-
bert Leader. W. A. Shackelford, of
The Oglethorpe Echo, Lexington, re
cording secretary since the associa
tion was formed 27 years ago, is suc
ceeded by C. E. Uenns, of The Butler
Herald.
H. M. Stanley, of The Dublin Cour
ier-Dispatch, was re-elected corre
sponding secretary. P* T. MeCutch-
eon. of The Franklin News-Banner,
was elected president; J. C. McAul-
iffe, of The Milledgeville News, first
vice president, and J. A. Perry, of The
LaG range Reporter, second vice
president.
Governor and Mrs. John M. Slaton
arrived this afternoon from Atlanta
to attend the barbecue given , the
editors by Fuller E. Callaway and to
be. honor guests at the banquet to
night by the citizens of LaGrange.
Members of the association leave
on a special train at 9 o’clock Thurs
day morning for Brunswick and St.
Simons * Island, where several days
will be spent.
The members of the association re
turned to LaGrange from West Point
late Tuesday afternoon, after a re
ception at the home of W. Trox
Bankston, editor of The West Point-
Lanett News, and an old-fashioned
Georgia barbecue served on the banks
of the Chattahoochee River by the
citizens of that city.
A session of the convention was
held in the courthouse Tuesday night.
Besides routine matters there were
interesting papers from a number of
the leading members of the associa
tion on subjects of live interest to the
weekly press of the State.
Pass the Medals to
These Heroes, Please!
TRENTON, N. J., July 23.—A test
meal of eggs three years old was
made by the State Board of Health
here.
If the board survives, $4,000 worth
of ancient eggs will be released from
cold storage.
Why is the soda cracker today
such a universal food?
People ate soda crackers in the
old days, it is true—but they
bought them from a barrel or
box and took them home in a
paper bag, their crispness and
flavor all gone.
Uneeda Biscuit—soda crackers
better than any ever made before
—made in the greatest bakeries
in the world—baked to perfection
—packed to perfection—kept to
perfection until you take them,
oven-fresh and crisp, from their
protecting package. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
DEAD IN RUINS OF ANSFEY PARK TO
FID IT 58
Probe Begun of Binghamton Hol
ocaust as Death List Grows.
Girls Trapped at Benches.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y„ July 23.—
Searching parties to-day worked in
the ruins of the building of the Bing
hamton Clothing Company seeking
bodies believed to be buried there.
Streams of water were played on
the building all night to cool them
enough to allow the rescue work to
begin. Workmen at daylight began
digging at the tons of charred timber,
brick and mortar. In an effort to reach
the bodies still known to be buried in
the debris
At noon on Wednesday twenty-one
bodies had been recovered. The death
list will reach 58, it was estimated.
Ten injured are in a hospital. Of the
111 persons In the building at the
time the fire broke out only 38 es
caped. Thirty-seven are missing.
Girls Mistake Alarm.
Belief that the alarm was sounded
only as a fire drill, caused the great
loss of life. When the girls and wom
en working in the factory realized
that the building was burning the
main avenue of escape had already
been cut off. Instantly the other ex
its were choked with panic-stricken
girls.
Many reached the windows but the
firemen and others bent on rescuing
inmates were powerless to aid them,
owing to the rapidity with w-hich the
flames licked up the inflammable
mill material.
Eighteen minutes elapsed from the
time the fire broke out until the
v^alls fell and the building was in
ruins.
Fire Laid to Smoker.
Reed B. Freeman, president of the !
company, attributes the fire to the
carelessness of an employee in throw
ing a cigarette butt under a stair
way. where inflammable material was
stored.
Smoking was prohibited in the
building, but many employees were
Residents Will Demand Reason
for Delay—Quest Vain De
clares Mayor.
seven months of the year, with the
exception of one short block on Lom
bardy street.
Mayor Woodward declared Wed
nesday that little relief from such
conditions could be expected so long
as our present system of government
was In effect. He said he had been
trying to tell the people all the year
that they could not trace responsi
bility in matters of such gross incom
petency and negligence.
"This new charter of Council*# the
Legislature is about to submit to the
people is far worse,” he said. "It
provides for a board to supervise the
construction department, which will
be about as satisfactory as the re
mainder of our boards.
"The Ansley Park citizens will have
to frighten the whole city government
Into action to get any real results.”
A delegation of Ansley Park citi
zens will go before the Streets Com
mittee of Council at its meeting a
week from Friday to protest against
the lack of work in Ansley Park and
to Insist that Peachtree Circle and
South Prado, for which money has
been appropriated, be paved at once.
These citizens declare they will de- |
mand to know who is responsible for
the delay. The money was appro
priated January 1 The property own
ers are to pay a greater proportion
than the city. Yet not a pick has
been stuck in the park, during the
addicted to the habit, according to
Freeman, and often went to th e alley |
near the building to smoke.
Rigid investigation of the fire will
be made by the authorities. They j
will investigate the charges made i
that gasoline was stored in the build-
ing, dangerously near the stairway
from the upper floors and that the |
fire escapes were so exposed that I
many victims were burned while try- ‘
ing to descend.
SEEKING SHERIFF’S PLACE.
SAVANNAH.—Robert Saussy has
qualified as a candidate for Sheriff of
Chatham County in the primary elec
tion of July 30. The time for qualifying
has expired, leaving the race between
Mr. Saussy and Colonel Merrett W.
Dixon.
Operation
Threatened?
Postpone it until you have tried
Nuxcara. Many serious conditions
are caused by indigestion and con
sequent mal-nutrijjon.
TAKE
NUXCARA
3 Times a Day
One-half hour before each meal.
Mr. J. F. Adams, of Atlanta, took
Nuxcara and this is what he says:
"Nuxcara has been a boon to me.
The first bottle that I bought I was
hardly able to reach the drug store.
I had suffered for twenty-five years
with dyspepsia, part of the time in
bed. Kept away from my business
for days at a time. I regard Nux
cara as the only cure for indiges
tion and mal-nutrition and always
recommend it to any one suffering
that way. I can not say too much
for this great medicine and am glad
of an opportunity to bring it to the
notice of some one suffering with
indigestion and dyspepsia, knowing
that it will cure them.”
Ask Your Druggist—
$1.00 a Bottle
Lamar-Rankin Drug Co.
Distributors,
69 S. Forsyth Street
EDMONDSON DRUG CO.,
Special Atlanta Agents,
11 N. Broad St.
Manufactured by the Nuxcara Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
EXTRAORDINARY RARGAINS
During the hot summer days we are
offering some splendid bargains in house
hold necessities. Listen to these prices:
$2.00 White Enameled
Chamber Pail
$1.20
(Just like cut, except pure white).
$1.50 White Enameled
Chamber Pail
98c
Handsome Brass Cuspidors
50c to $3.50 Each
Enameled Cuspidors
20c to $1.00 Each
$3.00 Hand-Hammered
Brass Jardinieres
$1.98
$3.00 Hand-Hammered
Umbrella Stands
$1.98
Don’t fail to see our beautiful window display.
We are still offering special prices on tennis
and outdoor goods.
KING HARDWARE CO.
53 Peachtree
87 Whitehall
EISEMAN BROS., Inc.
Have You Seen Those New
ENGLISH
LOUNGE SUITS
We Have Just Gotten In?
A belated shipment that now necessarily includes them in the clearance prices our ~f ; |g
REBUILDING
DISCOUNT
SALE
is offering. These Suits were made up especially to our order of high class flannels, tropical
worsteds---domestic and Canadian Crashes---and are very exceptional values! They are the strict
ly authoritative English cut, splendidly tailored and exquisitely finished. The collection includes
both two and three-piece models; coats quarter lined with either fine, soft finished silk or alpaca.
Three-piece suits have skeleton vests. These suits were bought to sell and are brilliant values at
$16.50 to $35.00.
Clearance Price
$12.50 to $26.50
They are fashionable, cool and serviceable. Real bargains you'll be glad to profit by.
The extensive improvements being made on our building are not interfering with the custo
mary business and service of the store, and you ”11 find your best interests thoroughly well cared
for as usual.
All Departments of the Big Store are brimful of bountiful bargains!
Clearance prices on Clothing, Furnishings, Children’s Wear, Hats, Shoes
and Leather Goods.
Eiseman Bros. Inc.
Store closes each Wednes
day at One o’Clock during
July and August.
11-13-15-17 Whitehall