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THE ATLANTA HEUKHIA.N AM) NEWS.
US CITY PLANT
GIRL DIES IN FLAMES;
HEROIC MOTHER HURT
Looks on When Fire .s Lighted,
but Refuses to Take Part
in Ceremony.
Mayor James G. Woodward
present at the “firing up” of ttm new
crematory at noon Friday. hut ae h*-
f hlmself expressed It he absolutely
refused to take any part In any origi
nal exercises.
Accordingly Sanitary Chief John
Miss Bessie
Lyon, who was
fatally injured
when her dress
was ignited
by the fire in an
open grate.
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Jentzen. Councilman Claude L. Ash
ley. chairman of the Sanitary Com
mittee, and Orvid Poole, member of
the Board of Health from the First
Ward, touched fire to the big furnace
simultaneously.
There was much surprise when
Mayor Woodward joined the party of
officials at the plant, located Just hack
of the Terminal station.
Was His First Visit.
It was his first visit, and it was due
only to the persuasive efforts of City
Clerk Walter Taylor and Councilman
Ashley that he went.
“Well, what do you think it’s .worth
af*er looking It over?” a member of
the party asked the Mayor.
"1 haven’t changed my opinion
about it.” replied the Mayor. “It’s
WOLFSHEIMER & CO.
114116 WHITEHALL ST.
Special for Cash Only
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Stew Meat
Brisket
Pot Roast.
Rib Roast, .
Chuck Steak.
Round Steak
Loin Steak
Porterhouse Steak
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10c
15c
. 17fc
. 15c
17fc
20c
20c
not worth what we are paying for it.
I knew nil about what it was before I
came down here I saw’ their plant*
in Milwaukee and Paterson, X. J.”
Joseph Shearer, custodian of the
City Hall, said a stranger from South
Georgia who had come to Atlanta on
an excursion asked him where the
crematory was.
Mayor Opposes Option.
The stranger said he had come to
Atlanta to see the sights and that
after viewing the Capitol and the
Federal Penitentiary he wanted to pee
that crematory he had heard so much
about.
But deeper than the Joking was a
seriousness among the officials Fri
day. Mayor Woodward had an-
nouneed that since the Aldermanic
Board had joined the Council in over
riding him and appropriating IS for
an option on the $100,000 proposal of
the Destructor Company to build a
1,600 kilowat electric plant in con
junction with the crematory, he would
refuse to sign the $5 check.
Electric Plant an Issue.
The Aldermanic Board Thursday
killed the $200 appropriation to send
two delegates to the convention of
the League of American Municipali
ties at Winnipeg, Canada. Mayor
Woodward had intimated that he
might.go himself and pay his own ex
penses. But Friday he announced
that h" would continue to deny him
self a vacation, even on such a trip as
that, for if he left town he knew that
$5 option check would be signed by
Mayor Pro Tern James E. Warren.
Mayor Woodward may be manda-
mused and forced to sign the chock.
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LAMB
Lamb Stew .... 10c
Lamb Shoulder... 125c
Lamb Hindquarter . 15c
Lamb Chops.... 28c
Lamb Leg 20c
VEAL
Veal Roast . . .
Veal Stew....
Veal Chops . . .
Hens Dressed . .
Hams, cUfed Picnic
Old Hickory. . .
Hams, Star . . .
Breakfast Bacon .
;s, Fresh Country 165c
'Just Say”
HORLICK’S
It Means
Original and Genuine
MALTED MILK
The Food-drink for All Age*.
More healthful than Tea or Coffee.
Agrees with the weakest digestion.
Delicious, invigorating and nutrltloua
Rich milk, malted grain, powdei
form.
A Quick lunch prepared in a minute
Take nosubstitute.Ask foiHORLICK’5
Others are imitations.
Cash Gro. Co., 118 Whitehall
Fancy Fresh, Juicy, Ripe
LEMONS
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No limit, buy all you want
Cash Gro. Co.,118 Whitehall
Young Woman’s Skirt Fired by
Blaze in Grate—Parent Un
able to Save Her.
Asa result of severe burns received
when her skirts caught fire from a
grate in which she was burning some
trash at her home, No. 349 Capitol
avenue. Miss Bessie Lyon. 19 years
old, died Thursday nlglvt at the
Georgian Hospital. She was the
daughter of R. L. Lyon, superintend
ent of the Austell Building.
In the room next to the one in
which the girl succumbed, her heroic
mother Friday lay, suffering from se
rious burns received while trying to
extinguish the flames which envel
oped the daughter.
The accident occurred Wednesday
afternoon. Miss Lyon had swept
some light trash into the grate In the
front room on the second floor, and,
after applying a match to it, turned
to leave. A tongue of flame leaped up
to the hem of her skirt as it swished
over the fire, and immediately the
filmy cloth blazed.
Girl Flees in Terror,
When the girl discovered her plight,
all presence of mind left her. Scream
ing, she burst open the door and leap
ed down the stairway. Her body by
this time was enveloped in flames.
Mrs. Lyon, emerging from a back
room, saw’ her daughter as she bound
ed dow n the stairs. Grabbing a blan
ket, she ran after her, catching the
terrified giti as she reached the first
floor of the building, where Mr. and
Mrs. B. Olein live.
A struggle between the two women
ensued before the blanket was placed
about the younger one. In her ef
forts to save her daughter, Mrs. Lyon
let the flames catch in the sleeves of
her own dress, and for a time it
loo Wed as though both women would
be burned to death.
Pedestrians from the street rushed
in. Mrs. Olein had picked up a rug
from the floor and was endeavoring to
throw’ it over the mother and daugh
ter.
Mrs. Lyon was separated from the
burning girl and the flames in her
dress were quickly extinguished.
Girl’s Dress Burned Off.
So filmy was the material of the
daughter’s dress, however, that it
urned off of her before the fire w T as
•tit out. The girl was unconscious
ind her body blackened.
An ambulance was called and the
two women were taken to the Geor
gian Hospital. The daughter never
regained consciousness.
The mother received burns about
the face and arms, from which she
will recover.
Aged Doctor Dies as
He Asks for Blessing
DAWSON, July 25.—When Dr. W.
C. Kendrick said “let's have the
blessing now,” as he sat down at the
breakfast table this morning, his head
fell back and he died immediately.
Dr. Kendrick w as 83 years old. He re
tired from medical practice last week,
after 68 years’ service. He had held
many positions of honor, having rep
resented Webster and Terrell Coun
ties In the Legislature.
DOCTORS MEET IN ELBERTON,
ELBERTON.— Physicians of the Eighth
District will meet in Elberton on Au
gust 20. Chairman XV. J Mathews, of
the visiting committee, is preparing lo
entertain at least 200.
CAUSE TO
'PRETTY GIRL' EXHIBIT
AT CANAL FAIR URGED
MAXWELL Ell IS SUIT CASE THIEF
MISS GEORGE GREEN.
T PRIZE
Roan Expects Case Will Be Called
Monday—Deputies Serving
on 144 Veniremen.
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day morning to begin serving the 144
veniremen whose names were drawn
Thursday afternoon by Judge John T.
Pendleton. It will be late Saturday j
evening before the last man can ** )
served, according to Deputy Sheriff .
Plennie Miner, who had charge of the j
extra men.
Th« fact that the jury actually was
d^awn and several had been served
Friday morning and that the State’s j
witne«ses were already under sub-
pena to be at the courtroom Mon
day morning was the strongest assur
ance that the trial would actually
begin.
Judge Roan had been averse to put
ting the State to the expense of serv
ing the Jury until it was reasonably
certain the trial would begin, and he
will urge that both sides go to trial i
rather than inconvenience the jury I
and witnesses, many of whom will
make arrangements to absent them- j
selves from work to be at the court
room Monday.
Jim Conley was questioned again j
Jate Thursday and w’as made io re
hearse his movements on the day of ;
the tragedy, being taken to the va- j
rious places he asserted he visited
the forenoon and afternoon of April ;
26.
Chief Beavers assumed charge of;
the negro, and was assisted by De
tectives Starnes and Campbell, who
had taken Conley to the Tower the
day before without the Chief’s per
mission.
Conley was taken from the station
secretly, and the four were in the
Chief’s automobile and out of sight
before the officers’ intentions were
known. The negro was taken to Car
ter street and Electric avenue, the
point where William H. Mincey swears
he saw Conley the afternoon of April
26. and heard him boast of killing a
girl. ,
That the detectives are binding
every effort either to discredit or es- 1
tablish definitely the Mincey affidavit j
was made evident by the number ofj
persons they Interviewed, with the j
purpose of ascertaining if anyone had .
seen Conley at the place and at the j
time Mincey says he had his conver- |
sation with the negro.
Conley also was taken to the office
of Solicitor Dorsey, where he was
quizzed closely in regard to his re- l
ported remark when crowds began to
gather near the factory that he “would ;
give a million dollars if he were a
white man.” The remark was said ti.
have been overheard by another ne
gro, and this negro was in the Solici
tor’s office to confront Conley.
Chief Beavers would not divulge the
results of the afternoon’s work ex j
cept to say that nothing had devel j
oped to change his theory of the
crime.
Rope Also Found.
It became known Friday that a
rlece of rope was among the finds
made on the first ftr.or of the National
Pencil Factory after the murder of
Mary Phagan. Tt was found by the
Pinkerton operatives at the same
time the torn envelope purporting to
be Mary. Phagan’s and the blood
stained club were discovered.
The defense has not hastened to
an assumption that any of this evi-
case. The attorneys have insisted
dence is of vital importance in the
that the evidence be proved genuine
beyond a doubt. It is understood
that no absolute proof has been found
that the envelope was that in which
Mary Phagan received her money
The same lark of definite informa
tion is Said to exist in respect to the
club and the piece of rope.
The rope was found wedged in the
radiator near the spot where the club
and the envelope were discovered and
only a few’ feet from the box on
which Jim Conley was sitting Satur
day afternoon.
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Friends of Contestants Can Help
by Sending in Want Ads for
Contest Votes.
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Trial Fails to Clear
Stabbing Mystery
The trial in Recorder Broyles’ court
Friday morning of M. B. Ware, a real
estate dealer of No. 30 Highland ave
nue. for cutting Burnett Goodman
about the face with a knife on
Peachtree street Thursday morning,
failed to disclose the reason for the
cutting.
Goodman stated in court that he
did not know why Ware assaulted
him. He declared he w’as peaceably
walking along Peachtree when Ware
came up and without a word begat*
striking his face with a knife.
Ware declined to make any state
ment. He was fined $25.75 for dis
orderly conduct and was bound over
to a higher court under $500 bond
for assault with a deadly weapon.
Say, that first prize automobile in
The Georgian’s Want Ad Contest is a
beauty—the first one of its kind ever
sold in the South and a model that
promises to be a winner all over the
country.
It’s a Maxwell 25-4, the newest
thing from the Maxwell plant, and a
crackerjack. Wright Gillies, of the
Maxwell Company, has just complet
ed an 1,100-mile drive in one of them
from Detroit to New York City, stop
ping at every Maxwell branch city to
show what the new' car would do.
And- he writes that its performance
opened the eyes of motorists, espe
cially on the hills.
And that’s just one of many prize3
for contestants w’ho bring the paid
want ads to the Want Ad Man. But
you have all seen the list—a piano, a
trip to California, motorcycles and bi
cycles, watches and diamonds. Every
body has a chance.
Friends Can Help.
In another part of this issue ap
pears a list of the want ad contestants
up to date. Freinds of the con
testants can help them by giving
them their want ads or by sending
the ads to The Georgian or Sunday
American with the request that a cer
tain contestant be credited with the
votes. Read the list, see your friend’s
name, and remember that he or she
is in the race to win a prize and you
can help.
The contestants are hard at work
to-day under the direction of the dis
trict managers. They are calling on
their friends and acquaintances, sug
gesting the use of want ads. If you’ll
stop to consider a moment, you’ll re
member something you need. Per
haps it is a cook or a better washer
woman. Maybe you’d like to trade
your vacant lot for an automobile, or
your automobile for a lot. Perhaps
you’d like to rent that vacant room,
or take in a few boarders, or maybe
you’re looking for an apartment.
There are hundreds of things which a
want ad will bring you.
GAVE LOOT TO
Confessions Rapidly Bring Police
to Solution of Series of Bur
glaries, They Say.
By the confessions of H. B. Wil
liams. a weaver, Implicating George
Harris, driver of an automobile truck
for Kelley Bros.; T. W. Reese and R.
W. Miller, the police claim they are
rapidly solving many recent burglaries
In Atlanta. Williams, they say, has
confessed to robbing Kelley Bros.’
place and an attempt at Byfleld’s store
on West Hunter street..
Harris denies participating in any
of the robberies. Both Williams and
Harris w’lll be placed on trial before
Recorder Broyles Friday afternoon.
Woman in the C®*e.
Miller and Reese have been bound
over to the Grand Jury in bonds of
$6,000 each, the charges against them
being one for burglary, one for rob
bery, one for attempted burglary and
two for larceny. The latter charges
cover thefts of suit cases from the
Terminal Station.
Mrs. Ruby McGinty of 153 1-2
Whitehall Street has entered the case
in a unique w*ay. It was in her room
that one of the stolen suit cases was
found. She has insisted that' the
suit case was presented to her by
Reeves and denies any knowledge of
It having been stolen. Reeves ad
mitted that he gave her the suit case.
Tangle In Bank Aocounts.
Mrs. McGlnity has appealed to
Chief Beavers to assit her in the re
covery of $58, which she charges she
gave to Reeves to deposit for her.
Instead of placing the money on de
posit to her account she charges that
Reeves deposited It in his own name.
Reves also admits this.
An examination of a bank book
which Reeves had on his person at
the time of his arrest revealed that
fact that all but four c^nts of the
account had been withdrawn. Reeves
has advised the officers that he has
another account, but declined to tell
In which bank it was deposited. He
says the $58 was deposited in this ac
count.
CANTON DEPOT SAFE BLOWN.
CANTON.—The Louisville an<?
Nashville Railroad depot at this plac*
was burglarized at 3:30 o’clock thi$
morning. The safe was blown, bui
the burglars got no money.
TRAIL OF SUICIDES
LEFT BY ELOPERS
NEW YORK. July 25.—The tragedy
of suicides which followed the elope
ment of Elsa Sehroeder with “Baron'’
Richard Arkovy, a Hungarian adven
turer, culminated, to-day when Rob
ert W. Sehroeder, a retired stock
broker, ended his life by gas in the
same room where his wife, heart
broken over their daughter’s mar
riage, also committed suicide with the
same gas jet.
In 1909 the “Baron” captivated Elsa,
then a 19-year-old girl. She had in
herited $200,000 from her grandfa
ther. Jacob Hoffman, a brewer. De
spite her parents’ opposition. Elsa
eloped. The “Baron” went through
the girl’s fortune in a few months.
She left him to return to her par
ents, but in the interval, her mother
had taken her life.
Arkovy continued in the limelight
for a time after his wife had sued
him for separation. He was heard of
in Monte Carlo and other gambling
resorts. Then came the news that in
April last he had killed himself with
morphine in a London hotel.
The suicide of the father came as a
climax to the disasters which fol
lowed on the heels of the elopement.
Booster Club Probably Will Send
Pictures of Ten Leaders in
Beauty Contest.
SUMMER SCHOOL TO CLOSE.
ATHENS.—The summer school which
has been in session since June 30 will
close next Friday after possibly the best
session in its history.
NOMINATION BLANK
I hereby nominate as the most beautiful girl in Atlanta:
Name
Address
Only one of these blanks will be credited to any one
contestant.
A reader suggests that the pictures
of the ten leading beauties in the
booster button contest be Included in
he Georgia exhibit at the Panama Ex
position in San Francisco.
It is not unlikely this suggestion
will be carried out by the Booster
Club.
When the prettiest girl finally is se
lected foi^ the “500,000 Club” booster
button her face will become the em
blem of that organization, but her
name will not be on the buttons. The
only words under the pretty face will
be the slogan: “Watch Atlanta—She’ll
Get You Yet.”
Miss George Green, of No. 223
North Jackson street, is one of the
entrants to-day. She Is another bru
nette and makes the number of bru
nettes equal to the blondes in the con
test. At first It seemed that the
blondes would predominate.
Nominations still are invited. Girls
nominated now’ will have practically
as good an opportunity from the
standpoint of time as those suggested
at the first. It is with The Georgian
readers who is to l|e selected, the
nomination and voting coupons being
published each day.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
IN EVERY HOME!
' Comfort and Safety Assured
Before the Arrival of the
Stork.
VOTING COUPON
For any regularly nominated Candidate in the
BEAUTY CONTEST
Name of Candidate.
Address
Fill out this Coupon and send it to "Booster Button” Editor of
The Georgian and American.
The oM «aying—■what to home without a
mother—should add "Mother's Friend."
In thousands of American homes there to ■
bottle of Ills splendid and famous remedy that
> has aided many a woman through ihe trying or-
| deal, saved her from suffering and pain, kept her
| in health of mind and body In advance of baby s
l coming and had a most wonderful influence in
> developing a healthy, lovely diapoeitlon in the
) child.
£ There it no other remedy so truly a help to
s nature as Mother's Friend. It relieve* the pain
\ and dtoccmfort caused by the strain on the 11/a -
menu, makes pliant those fibers and mueoee
which nature Is expanding and soothes the In
flammation of breaat /lands
Mother's Friend is an external remedy, acts
quickly and not only bantohea all distress in ad
vance. but assures a speedy and complete recov
ery for the mother. Thus she becomes a healthy
woman with all her strength preserved to thor
oughly enjoy the rearing of her child. Mother's
Friend can be had at any d-ug store at $1.00 a
bottle, and to really one of the greatest EYs-lage
ever dlsr- ’vered for expectant mothers. Writ* to
Bradfleld Regulator Co.. 128 Lamar Bldg., At-'
lanta. Ga.. for their free book. Write to-day. It
la most instructive.
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
Special Sale of
EYEGLASSES
Commencing on Saturday morning at our West Mitch
ell street store we will conduct a special sale of eyeglasses
at exceedingly low prices.
We wish to impress on the public that now is the best
time to purchase glasses.
Those which we have heretofore sold for
$2.50 Only $1.00
$5.00 Only $2.50
We are equipped to properly examine the eyes and guar
antee absolute satisfaction. We have employed an expe
rienced aculist whose duty it is to see that your eyes are
properly fitted.
L. N. HUFF OPTICAL CO.
52 W. Mitchell St.