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I j III 1 , \ I LAN 1 A UL.UKUIAN AM) AfJVVN. GIRL DIES IN FLAMES; HEROIC MOTHER HURT [ CAUSE TO HALT FRANK TRIAL 'PRETTY GIRL’ EXHIBIT AT CANAL FAIR URGED MISS (1EOR flE GKEEN. *entzen. rouncilman Claude L. Ash ley. chairman of the Sanitary Com mittee. and Orvld Poole, member of the Board of Health from the First Ward, touched fire to the bi« furnace simultaneously. There was much surprise when Mayor Woodward Joined the party of officials at the plant, located just back 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 4 er looking it over?” a member of the partv asked the Mayor. “1 haven't changed my opinion about it.” replied the Mayor. ’’It’s WOLFSHEIMER & GO. 114116 WHITEHALL ST. Special for Cash Only i i i I i i i • • i ill Stew Meat Brisket. Pot Roast. Rib Roast. Chuck Steak. Round Steak Loin Steak Porterhouse Steak iiii 8c 10c . 15c 17fe . 15c 171c 20c 20c iiii i • • l LAMB Stew Lamb Shoulder. , Lamb Hindquarter Lamb Cti. Lamb Leg VEAL Veal Roast Veal Stew. Veal Chops . Hens Dressed Hams, cltred Picnic. 141c Old Hickory. . . . 18c Hams, Star .... 21C Breakfast Bacon . . 21c , Fresh Country 1 8*c not worth what we are paying fur it. I knew all about what it was before I came down here. I saw thpir plants' in Milwaukee and Paterson, N. 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 Penitentiury he wanted to fvo 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 nounced that sfnee the Aldermanir Board had Joined the Council In over riding him and appropriating $5 for an option on the $100,000 proposal of the Destructor Company to build a 1,500 kllowat electric plant In con junction with the crematory, he would refuse to sign the $5 check. Electric Plant an Issue. The Aldermanh Board Thursday killed the $200 appropriation to send two delegates to the convention of the Deague 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 R. Warren. Mayor Woodward may be manda- mused and forced to slgti the check. “Just Say" HORLICK’S It Means Original and Genuine MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. More healthful than Tea or Coffee. Agrees with the weakest digestion. Delicious, invigorating and nutritious Rich milk, malted grain, powder form A Quick iunch prepared in a minuta Take no substitute. Ask foi HORLICK’S Others arc imitations. Cash Gro. Co., 118Whitehall iiii i i i ■ Fancy Fresh, Juicy, Ripe LEMONS No limit, buy all you wan! Cash Gro. Co.,118Whiiehall Young Woman’s Skirt Fired by Blaze in Grate—Parent Un able to Save Her. As a result of severe burns received when her skirts caught Are 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 night at the Georgian Hospital. She was the daughter of R. I.. 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 Moor, 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 down the stairs. Grabbing a blan ket. she ran after her. catching the terrified girl as she reached the first floor of the building, where Mr. and Mrs. B. Clein live. A struggle between the two women ensued before the blanket was placed about the younger one. In her ef- J forts to save her daughter. Mrs. Lyon ! let the flames catch in the sleeves of I her own dress, and for a time it ! looked as though both worfien would ! be burned to death. Pedestrians from the street rushed | in. Mrs. Clein 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 i lighter's dress, however, that It arned off of her before the Are was • ut 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 # have the blessing now," as he sat down at the breakfast table this morning, his head fell back and he died immediately. Dr. Kendrick was 83 years old. He re tired from medical practice last week. 1 after 58 years’ service. He had held many positions of honor, having rep resented Webster and Terrell Coun- i| ties in the Legislature. DOCTORS MEET IN ELBERTON. .. ELBERTON Physicians of the Eighth District will meet in Elberton on Au- j g ist 20. Chairman \V J. Mathews, of the visiting committee, is preparing to 1 entertain at least Roan Expects Case Will Be Called Monday—Deputies Serving on 144 Veniremen. Continued From Page 1. day morning to begin serving the 144 veniremen whose names were drawn Thursday afternoon by Judge John T. Pendleton. It will be late Saturday evening before the last man can served, according to Deputy Sheriff Plennle Miner, who had charge of the extra men. The fact that the Jury actually was drawn and several had been served Friday morning and that the State’s witnesses were already under sub- pena to be at the courtroom Mon day morning was the strongest assur ance that the trD.J 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 rather than Inconvenience the jury and witnesses, many of whom will make arrangements to absent them selves from work to be at the court room Monday. Jim Conley was questioned again late Thursday and was made to re hearse his movements on the day of the .tragedy, being taken to the va 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 bending every effort either to discredit or es tablish definitely the Mincey affidavit was made evident by the number of persons they interviewed, with the purpose of ascertaining if anyone had seen Conley at the place and at the 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 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 U 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 cept to ftay that nothing had devel oped to change his theory of the crime. Rope Also Found. It became known Friday that a I iece of rope was among the finds made on the first floor of the National Pencil Factory after the murder of Mary Phagan. It 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 lack of definite informa tion is said to exist in respect to ths club and the piece of rope. The rope was found wedged In the ladiator 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. i OH IS Sill USE THIEF FIRST PRIZE EH LOOT TD F Friends of Contestants Can Help by Sending in Want Ads for Contest Votes. Say, that first prize automobile in The Georgian's Want Ad Contest is a beauty—the first one of Us kind ever sold in the South and a model that promises to be a winner all over the country. It’s a Maxwell 26-4, 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 hew 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 prize* for contestants who 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. 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’sstore on West Hunter street. Harris denies participating in any of the robberies. Both Williams and Harris will be placed on trial before . Recorder Broyles Friday afternoon. Woman in the Case. 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 c^ses from the • Terminal Station. Mrs. Ruby McGinty of 153 1-2 Whitehall Street has entered the case in a unique w r 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 Accounts. Mrs. McGinity 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 Jier 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 cents of the account had been withdrawn. Reeves has advised the officers that he has another account, but declined to tell in w'hich bank it was deposited. He says the $58 w r as deposited in this ac count. CANTON DEPOT SAFE BLOWN. CANTON.—The Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot at this place was burglarized at 3:30 o’clock this morning. The safe was blown, but the burglars got no money. 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 was peaceably walking along Peachtree when Ware came up and without a word began 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. Hearst s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian’s Popular Ball Player Contest 1 VOX E My Favorite Player in the Empire League is: of the Team. Booster Club Probably Will Send Pictures of Ten Leaders in Beauty Contest. 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 for 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 be selected, the nomination and voting coupons being published each day. 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 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. MOTHER'S FRIEND IN EVER! HOME: Comfort and Safety Assured Before the Arrival of the j| 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 anji American. The old saying—what U borne without a mother—eh out d add "Moth of* a Friend." In thoueands of American homes there la a | bottle of thin splendid and famous remedy that has aided many a woman through the trying or deal. saved her from suffering and pain, kept her ^ In health of mind and body In advance of baby’s ^ coming and had a moat wonderful Influence In developing a wealthy, lovely disposition In the child. There ta no other remedy so truly a h«dp to nature as Mother's Friend It relieves the pain and discomfort caused by the strain on the liga ments. makes pliant those fibers and roseolas which nature la expanding and soothee the In flammation of breast glands Mother’s Friend is an axternal remedy, acts 1 quickly and not only banishes ail distress in ad- | vance, but assures a speedy snd complete recov- j ery for the mother. Thus she becomes a healthy , woman with all her strength preserved to thor- i oughly enjoy the rearing of her child. Mother's j Friend can be had at any drug store at $1.00 a bottle, and Is really one at the greatest blessings , ever discovered for expectant mothers. Write to A 1 Bradfleld Regulator Co., 12# Lamar Bldg.. At | lanta. Os . for their free book. Writs to-day. It is must Instructive. 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.