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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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SLAIN ENGINEER P
CALLED VICTIM
W. D. Porter Pleads Self-Defense
for Killing Samuel Jackson in
Georgia Road Roundhouse.
Investigation by detectives Tues
day morning bared a sensational story
of the alleged cause of the killing ot
Samuel Jackson. 40 years old. an en
gineer in the employ of the Georgia
Railroad, who was shot by W. D.
Partee. a fellow engineer, in the
roundhouse of the road late Mondav
afternoon.
1 According to information obtained
by Detectives Sturdivant and Davis,
the shooting of Jackson was the di
rect result of charges made by Par-
tee that Jackson had been intimate
with the wife of another engineer on
the same road. Partee and Jackson
both ran engines on the main line
of the Georgia.
Monday the tale came to the ears
• of the husband of the woman, and
he asked Jackson about it. Jackson,
it is said, denied the accusation, and
suggested that both confront Partee
and make him retract the statements.
Carried Coat Over Arm.
Jackson and ti*e husband, accord
ing to the evidence secured by the
detectives waited until Partee came
in from his run, and then entered the
roundhouse to ask hi** about the
statements he is said to have made.
Partee was standing in about the
center of the roundhouse when Jack-
son entered. The latter had his coat
thrown over his arm.
"Partee/’ said Jackson, "I ”
As Jackson spoke, according to the
police, Pardee turned quickly, drew a
revolver, and fired. The bullet struck
Jackson in the neck and ranged up
ward, penetrating the brain. Jack-
son was hurried to Grady Hospital,
where he died on the operating table
fifteen minutes after the shot was
fired. Partee surrendered to the po
lice and is still locked up in police
headquarters on a charge of murder.
He probably will be given a prelimi
nary hearing Tuesday.
Claims Self-Defense.
Partee declared, after his arrest,
that he shot Jackson because he
thought Jackson was going to shoot
him. He admitted there had been
bad blood between them for some
time, but declined to give any cause
for the trouble.
"Jackson has been gunning for me
for some time,” said Partee. “He
has been making threats to kill me.
and I have been told of these threats
I have gone armed for the past
, week, and was determined to take
no chances when he attacked me.
When I alighted from my engine
Monday afternoon and turned to
walk into the roundhouse, I turned
and saw Jackson walking toward
me. He had his coat thrown over
his arm, and I thought he had a re
volver concealed in it. I called to
him several times to halt, and when
he refused to do so, I drew my gun
and fired. I did it to save my own
life.”
No weapon was found on Jackson
when his clothing was searched by
the police.
Jackson and Partee boarded to
gether at Mrs. j. R. Murden’s, 896
DeKalb avenue, until about a month
ago, when Jackson left. Partee for
merly lived in Smyrna, while Partee
came to Atlanta from Augusta.
Saloon Men Unite
To Resist Closing
MACON, July 29.—The saloon men
of Macon have united to resist the
effort of the Law Enforcement League
to put them out of business. The lo
cal association has raised a sum suf
ficient to insure ample and able legal
representation.
Attorneys Joe Hill Hall and John R.
Cooper have been employed to defend
the four men who have been singled
out for test cases and who are also
charged with contempt of cour.. Their
trials take place Thursday.
BALTIMORE, MD.
$20.85 Round Trip $20.85
Tickets on sale August 1,
2 and 3. Return limit Au
gust 15. Through electric
lighted steel sleeping cars.
Dining cars on most con
venient schedules.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
FREE VOTES
Final Offer About to End—Con
test P/Ian Again Warns Against
Overconfidence.
Red Letter Rallots, the sort that
yield 2,000 votes for $2. must be
turned in by The Georgian and Amer
ican pony contestants before Tuesday
night. From indications close to the
hour of closing, thousands upon thou-
Out-of-Town Boys
Hustle for Votes
DENIES SHE PUT
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Willie Finley, Troy, Ala.
Joe Tinker May Give
Blood to Save Wife
CINCINNATI, July 29.—In order
to save the life of his wife, Joseph
Tinker, manager of the Cincinnati
Reds, may be compelled to submit to
an operation for transfusion of blood
at a Kansas City hospital.
Mrs. Tinker, who was, until recent
ly, in a Chicago hospital, haa suf
fered a decided change for the worse
and a telegram summoned the Reds’
leader to her side.
He left the team in Brooklyn and
started immediately for Kansas City.
J. D. Tucker, Decatur, H. No. 1.1 Winnipeg Entertains
U. S. Realty Dealers
sands of votes will be earned in Just
this way by the boys and girls trying
to win one of the beautiful Shetlandp.
Thursday night the contest comes
to a close. All the struggle and ex
citement will be over then, and noth
ing will remain but to count the votes
and announce the winners.
Between now and Thursday night,
though, the tale will be told. There is
not a contestant who has his pla *e
“clinched”—not one who can not be
beaten. Some of the contestants will
dispute this. They believe themselves
safe. They are not. Overconfidence
Is going to bring grief to many a
youngster.
B'- way of diversion, however, there
will be a parade of the 22 ponies Wed*
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA. July 29.
One thousand real estate dealers In
the United States arrived here to-day
to take part in the National Real
Estate Convention. The Government
and the railroad are entertaining the
visitors with the idea of counteract
ing the unfavorable Impressions being
exore-ssed regarding Canadian real
estate speculation.
nesday morning at 10 o’clock, in which
all the contestants are invited to par
ticipate. It will be a last glimpse of
the ponies before they pass into f hc
hands of new owners.
Mrs. Blanche Sweat Declares the
Relatives of Mate Incited
Him to Make Charge.
Emphatic denial of her husband’s
charges that she tried to kill him by
putting particles of broken gluss in
his coffee cup are made in the cross
bill filed by Mrs. Blanch Sweat in
answer to the petition for divorce
riled recently by her husband, E. R.
Sweat. The husband bases his plea
for divorce on the assertion that his
wife had tried to kill him by placing
the glass in his cup.
In her cross bill Mrs. Sweat de
clares that Sweat himself had,
through accident and while drunk,
placed the broken glass In the oup.
The Incident occurred at supper time
on July 15, 1913, Mrs. Sweat says.
She asserts that Sweat had broken
the covering of the sugar bowl- of
which he had sweetened his coffee,
and that some of the glass had drop
ped Into the cup. Mrs. Sweat de
clares that when she learned the
glass was In the cup she had asked
her husband to secure medical at
tention, which he refused to do.
Mrs. Sweat also charges her hue-
band’s parents with prejudicing him
against her, and declares that they
induced him to accuse her of placing
the glass in the cup. At first, she
says, her husband told her he had
dropped the glass in the cup, but that
later, after he had conferred with his
parents, accused her of trying to kill
him.
Mrs. Sweat asserts also that she
has been assaulted and brutally
treated by her husband’s father, for
w'hich, she says, he is now under
bond in the Superior Court. She also
charges her husband with drunken
ness and failure to support her.
Movie Theater Files
Bankruptcy Petition
Oren Alonzo Farrar, doing business
as the Elite Theater Company on
Peachtree street, has filed a volun
tary petition in bankruptcy In the
United States District Court.
He admits liabilities of $14,097.72
and declares assets of $22,613.60. Of
the assets as set forth In the petition
over $20,000 is designated as “stock
in trade.” W. A. Fuller was named
receiver.
T, N. Page Delays
Arrival at Rome
Special Cable to The Georgian.
ROME, July 29.—Although Thomas
Nelson Page, the new Ambassador to
Italy, will leave the United States on
September 3, he will not be at his
post by the middle of the month, as
he has decided to go first to England
and stay some time there. By so
doing he will avoid arriving in Italy
long before the time when he can
present his credentials to the King,
who generally does not return to th#
Capital until the reopening of Parlia
ment, usually the second fortnight in
November.
Mr. Page, even more than his pre
decessors, will be confronted by the
difficulty of finding a suitable resi
dence, as nearly all the apartments
in the Roman palaces arc occupied by
tenants who have no desire to va
cate.
West Virginia Gets
Portia Who Couldn’t
Practice in Georgia
Prevented by the lew of Georgia
from practicing In the courts here,
Mrs. G. McIntyre-Weaver ha» gone to
Berkeley Springs. W. Va., and hung
out her shingle. In a letter to friends
she writes that she Is doing splendid*
ly, and berates Georgia for being so
slow' as to refuse to allow women to
practice la»v.
"It Is time Georgia was sitting up
and taking notice In this regard,” site
writes. “Other States are progress
ing, so why can’t the old Empire
State? I notice the woman lawyer
bill Is again before the State of Geor
gia, and I hope the present Legisla
ture will be fair enough to pass It.”
Griffin Pastor Called
To Northern Church
GRIFFIN, July 39.—The Rev. Clay
ton E. Wheat has tendered his resig
nation as rector of St. George’s Epis
copal Church to accept a call from the
Church of St. John the Evangelist at
Hinghain, Mass.
The Rev. Mr. Wheat has been In
charge of St. George’s Church two and
a half years and is one of Griffin’s
ablest and most popular ministers. His
resignation is regretted by people here
of all denominations and would not be
accepted by his Parish were it not for
the fact that he goes to a larger field.
His resignation Is effective August 17.
WITNESS ACCUSED OF PERJURY
DUBLIN.—Raymond Blash, a
negro, one of the most important wit
nesses for the prosecution in the
Lynn murder case, has been arrested
and lodged In jail on the charge of
perjury. He will be tried probably
at the term of court now in session.
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$3-98
July Clearance Sales
Of
$3-98
Dress
Suits and Dresses
At
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j^EELY (JOMPANY
Sale
July Sales will end with a most striking offering
Of Cool Summer Dresses and Suits
The next two days will furnish a striking climax to our notable
July Summer Clearance Sales. Wednesday and Thursday we shall
dispose of more than two hundred suits and dresses which were formerly
priced at $5, $6. $6 1-2, $7 1-2, $8 1-2. To clear them out before Aug.,
1st we have disregarded former figures and have grouped them into one
great lot for final clearance.
Three Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents
Linen and Crash Coat Suits Tunic Dresses Voile Dresses
Black and White C otton D resses Navy—-T an Brown White
Black Fancies.
A Strong Line of Mourning Batiste Dresses
About fifteen distinct styles in the collection.
You 11 find every style representative best of fashion. Sale begins
Wed nesday morning on second floor.
$3.98
Wkerc any of tkese are ckarged tkey
$3.98
go as August purckase
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Dress
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Sale
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PROVES SELF
IF
Keeps Her Eyes Open and Gets
the Business—Opportunity
Open for All Contestants.
There’s at least one girl worker in
The Georgian’s Want Ad Contest who
is going to be a real business woman
some day. She is a live wire.
She walked up Oak street In West
End, planning a call on a friend. As
she passed Ashby street she saw a
negro woman with a telescope grip
in one hand and a bundle In the other,
leaving a house. Miss Contestant
walked In, rang the bell, and the mis
tress of the house came to the door.
“I want to find you a new cook to
take the place of the one Just quit,”
said Mlse Contestant.
The housewife looked puzzled.
"A Georgian Want Ad will do It,"
explained Miss Contestant. “The
cook will be here -tomorrow ”
And the next morning the house
wife had a choice of four would-be
servants*, brought by one little ad
which cost 20 cents.
A Want Ad in The Sunday Ameri
can or The Georgian will find almost
any want, as Atlanta readers have
learned by experience. Contestants
in the race for an automobile, a piano,
a trip to Caliafornla and other prizes
are learning how to suggest want ads,
and almost every person they ap
proach finds a need he hadn’t thought
of before. And the Want Ad way is
the quickest way on earth to get re
mits.
Friends of the contestants may
send their want ads direct to the of
fice if they like, requesting that their
votes be cast for any contestant they
desire to name. Somebody is going
to win a handsome prize, and your
friend might as well be the winner.
Burglars Make Two
Attempts to Break
Into Home of Juror
Two negro burglars made two at
tempts Monday night to enter the
home of F. V. L. Smith, No. 481
Cherokee avenue, one of the Jurors In
the Frank trial. They were fright
ened away by Mrs. Smith, who was
alone in the house with her 4-week-
old child.
Mrs. Smith saw the negroes on the
porch the first time and succeeded in
frightening them away by making a
noise in the house. She had hardly
taken her seat, however, when the
would-be burglars returned. Mrs.
Smith calmly walked to the phone
and telephoned the police.
When Officers Shumate and Coch
ran, who answered the call, arrived
five minutes later, the burglars were
gone.
Old Marshal to Give
Successor Pointers
JUST WED; 16 CHILDREN.
CUMBERLAND. MD., July S9.—Six-
children make up the famJly of a
couple Just married here. The hue-
band haa nine children and his wife
seven by former marriages.
18 HURT IN WINDSTORM.
BALTIMORE, July 2».—Terrific
wind*, sharp lightning and a heavy
downpour of rain, which swept Bal
timore late yesterday, injured eight
een persons.
SEASHORE
EXCURSION
AUGUST 7.
Jacksonville, Brunswick,
St. Simon, Cumberland, At
lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit
ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8
—Limited 8 days.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS.
10 p. m. solid Pullman train.
10:15 p. m. Coach train.
Make Reservations Now.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Howard Thompson Is expected to
arrive in Atlanta from Gainesville to
day to confer with Walter Johnson
regarding the transfer of the office of
United States marshal, to which Mr.
Thompson has been appointed. Two
conferences have been held by them
since Mr. Thompson's appointment
was confirmed, and it is expected the
formal transfer of th© office will take
place Friday.
While of different political faiths
Messrs. Thompson and Johnson have
been life-long friends, which adds a
unique touch to the transfer of the
office, which Mr. Johnson has held for
sixteen years.
Want to Buy ot
Sell? “Want Ada”
will do either well.
Read for Profit
“Georgian Want Ads”
Use for Results
CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
Hundreds of New Suits Have
Arrived, That the Women of
Atlanta May See and Know
The Fashions for Fall.
The woman whose vacation will take her
to the cool mountains or northern resorts will
find in these new fall models the weight and
style of suit that will serve her best. They are
not too heavy, and yet they are, in line, in ma
terial, in trimming, the style that will be best
for fall.
There are literally hundreds of new suits now lined up
in the big crystal cases, bringing their message of new styles,
new fabrics, new colors, new fashion-turns.
We emphasize the quantity merely to impress that the
announcement of this display is based upon the fact that the
display is indeed worthy of the attention of every woman
who would off with the old and on w r ith the new.
The suits are ready!
And they are novel and interesting.
Novel and interesting from many viewpoints.
There are draped cutaway coats; there are cutaway
coats that button close up to the neck, and there are others
that have the semblance of a blouse—all different from styles
we have known.
And coats are to be longer this fall, they measure 38 to
42 inches.
Many of the skirts are slashed, many are draped in one
way and another.
Materials show the new scheme of things. Soft finished
fabrics are prominent, velour cloths self-striped, crepons,
ratine striped fabrics, bayadere poplins, trimmings often
take a contrasting shade, and again the use of embroidered
velvet is pronounced on collars, on cuffs, on skirts.
What are the colors?
See with your own eyes! Naming the mahogany, cinna
mon, prune, amethyst, Copenhagen and navy shades is but
poor apology for their richness and beauty.
This is a worthy display of the new suit fashions, one
that a woman may approach with the confidence that the suit
she selects will be an authentic style.
Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications
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