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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 7 7 4 s - 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 i. ■ ■' *■ . • u m 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. ■ .1 Are You Sick, Diseased, Nervous, Ruu Down? Hava You Blood Poison, Kldnay, Blad. dsr and Urinary TroublaaT IF SO. CONSULT (FREB) Dr. Hughes, Atlanta’* Long Estab lished. Most Reliable Specialist. I cure to »tay cured NERVE. BLOOD and Skin Diseases STRICTURE. Prostatlc Troubles, varicocele, HYDROCELE, Kidney, Blad der and Uri nary Diseases, Pller and all Chronic and Private Diseases of Men and Women. I give 606. the celebrated German preparation, for Blood Poison, and Guarantee results. Everything abso lutely confidential. If you oan*t oall, write. Free Consultation and Advlos to All. HOURS—9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 9 to 1. DR. J. D. HUGHES Opposite Third National Bank. 1tl4 North Bnaad St., Atlanta, Ga. $3-98 July Clearance Sales Of $3-98 Dress Suits and Dresses At Suit Sale 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 o July Clearance Sale Dress Suit of Suits and Dresses! Sale l^EELY C ompany Sale 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 ChamberlifpJohnsoipDuBose Co.