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Hixon-Searcy Bill Merely Goes
Over Until Next Year, Awaiting
Decision on U. S. Statute.
That the Hixon-Searoey bill, pro
posing to extend the Webb bill pro
visions to Georgia, was not killed
outright in the House Temperance
Qommittee, rather than sent over to
next session in charge of a sub
committee, is due to the work of Mr.
Ennis, of Baldwin.
When the question of this bill’s
probable unconstitutionality was
raised 1 the committee, it was
pointed out that the Webb law is
being tested In the United States
courts, and that by this time next
year it will be ruled upon finally. If
the law is upheld, it was contended,
Georgia might extend its laws to
meet the Federal statute. If ruled
unconstitutional, however, Georgia
would lose nothing by waiting.
In addition to this, it was shown
that to pass the law now simply
would shut off approximately $300,-
000 revenue to accrue within a year,
which, with the $750,000 shortage al
ready on hand, would pile up a total
deficit to the appalling extent of over
$1,000,000.
When these things were made
clear to the committee, a disposition
was evident upon the part of several
members to kill the bill outright,
with the idea that it might be rein
troduced in the next Legislature, if
it then seemed advisable, tax reform
having been enacted in the mean
time and the present deficit wiped
out.
Mr. Ennis, vice chairman of the
committee, strenuously objected to
the bill’s slaughter in the commit
tee, however, and prevailed upon his
colleagues to refer the entire mat
ter to a sub-committee for a report
next session, rather than let the bill
go to its death in this Legislature.
The bill was given that direction,
and Mr. Ennis was made vice chair
man of the committee having the
measure in charge.
Turks Defy Powers
To Force Them to
Give Up Adrianople
Special Cable to The Georgian.
ADRIANOPLE, July 30.—Er.ver
Bey, chief representative of Turkey
in the recaptured city of Adrianople,
to-day threw down .he gauntlet 1o
Europe.
"We will not evacuate the city we
have recaptured,” he said. "Europe
can not drive us out. The quicker
the powers understand this the bet
ter it will be for the peace of Eu
rope.”
This was his reply to the
templated move by the powers
drive the Porte out of Adrianople.
con-
to
BELGRADE, July 30.—Despite the
overtures among the Balkan allies
heavy fighting is still going on. A
dispatch from Sofia says that the
Bulgarians forced the Greeks to re
treat from Mehomia and Nevrokop
Divorce Refused by
Greene County Jury
GREENSBORO, July 30—W. L
Branch, a prominent citizen of Bish
op, Oconee County, was refused a
divorce in his suit against his wife,
Mrs. Ethel Branch, of Woodvllle,
Greene' County, by a jury in Greene
Superior Court.
Mrs. Branch received a verdict for
alimony in Oconee County, and
Branch then instituted divorce pro
ceedings in Greene County. Mrs.
, Branch alleged that her husband
treated her cruelly and often drank.
Branch alleged that his wife willfully
deserted him.
SALEM, MASS., July 30.—A fly
ing machine Are department for Sa
lem was predicted by J, F. Hurley,
Mayor of this city.
Fire engines, hook and ladders, hose
wagons and aerial water towers of
the future will go through the air
on the wings of aeroplanes, accord
ing to Hurley’s Ideas.
Knife Makes Little
Town Appendixless
MOUNT PLEASANT, N. H.. July
30.—Colebrook. near here, has gained
the name of the "appendixless town.”
More than 200 of the 2.000 inhabi
tants have undergone operations for
appendicitis. p
MACON, July 30.—A delegation
from Macon will confer with the
Georgia Railroad Commission and
officials of the Central of Georgia
Railroad in Atlanta Thursday in re
gard to the proposition that the
claims for damages arising from the
closing of Cherry street, where the
new passenger depot wll be built,
shall be settled by arbitration.
All but one of the property own
ers have agreed to arbitration and
the proposition is now up to the
Central of Georgia and the Railroad
Commission.
CHATTANOOGA. July 30.—After
felling his Jailer with his bare fists,
Charles Goodlake. charged with the
murder of his wife, escaped from the
county jail at Decatur, Tenn., late last
night only to return to his cell after
an hour of freedom. Another pris
oner who escaped with him has not
been located.
Goodlake Is prominently connected
here. He killed his wife at their sum
mer home at Decatur while In a
drunken frenzy.
SPARKS STORE ROBBED.
TIFTON.—Studstill’s general mer
chandise store at Sparks was entered
by burglars and eight watches, a suit
of clothing and a lot of underwear
stolen. ,
COLUMBUS VETERAN DEAD.
COLUMBUS.—John H. Farr, a Con
federate veteran, died at his home
here yesterday. His funeral took
place this afternoon.
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OFFICER’S SLAYER
Albany Wins First
New Cotton Bale
Postmaster Baker
Offers Resignation
SAVANNAH, July 30.—Marcus S.
Baker, Jr., postmaster at Savannah,
has returned from Washington, where
die went last w^ek to confer with FMrst
Assistant Postmaster General Roper
about the recent investigation of the
Savannah postofflee by Inspector
Frank Frayser.
Baker offered while in Washington
to resign in case the report is adverse
to him, and he has been given as-
stating that ne^ was j surance3 that he will be allowed this
privilege.
Hooray! Baby to
Rule tbo House
No Longer Do Women Fear
the Greatest of All Human
Blessings.
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that those much-talkefl-of pains ,
ami other distresses that aie said to
precede ohlld-bearing may easily be j
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filShtest discomfort If she will fortify j
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subjecte—motherhood
DALTON, July ^30.—Clem Poole,
charged with the murder of Police
man Harry Cook, was brought here
from Chattanooga at 4:15 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, a crowd of sev
eral hundred people being at the de
pot awaiting his arrival. Police Chief
White, Policeman Duckworth and
John P. Elrod had him in custody.
The prisoner was In no way molested
by the large crowd.
From the train he was taken to the
Whitfield County jail and locked up,
being immediately in consultation
with his attorney, Judge G. G. Glenn.
Acting upon his attorney's instruc
tions, he refused to discuss the crime
with which he is charged.
Shortly after 5 o’clock Tuesday aft
ernoon tne Grand Jury returned an
indictment against Poole. Dan Hat
field, and John and Tom Ntcodemu3,
charged with the murder of Will Par
rish, were also indicted.
The four prisoners were taken be
fore Judge Fite late Tuesday after
noon and announced they would be
ready for trial. To-day Hatfield will
be arraigned,
unable to employ an attorney, Judge
Fite appointed Colonel W. E. Mann
to represent him. Colonel Mann has
been retained by the Nicodemus
brothers and is familiar with the case.
The Poole murder trial will, in all
probability, be the first matter taken
up when court meets Thursday morn
ing. Judge Glenn states that he was
employed only Tuesday and had been
busv through the day in preparing
a defense, but added that he saw no
reason at present why the defendant
would not be ready by Thursday. He
also added that he didn’t fear the ver-
diet
To-day It was alleged that the
trouble which led Policeman Cook to
go after Poole grew out of Poole's
anger when his wife, converted at a
revival In progress In North Dalton,
was baptized and admitted Into the
church Sunday afternoon. It Is al
leged that his anger caused him to
shoot twice at his wife.
Negro Lad Catches
Two 9-Foot Sharks
CHARLESTON, July 30.—”1 got
one!” exclaimed Son Brown, a negro
boy fishing for sharks off the Charles
ton waterfront, and he had a hard
time to keep from being dragged Into
the Cooper River by the fish that
his mullet-batted hook had caught.
Sixteen men helped him pull the vic
tim In. It was a man-eating shark,
9 feet 4 inches long, weighing 500
pounds.
a half hour later the boy caught
another, only two Inches shorter.
These two sharks are the larges*
caught here this season.
Gulf Stream Speedy;
Seaman Fears Storm
CHARLESTON. July 30.—Sea
captains coming into Charleston con
tinue to report an unusual speed tor
the Gulf Stream, which is raging
along, according to more than one
mariner, at a rate of two or three
knots faster than usual.
Captain Pennington, a well-known
coast sailing master, believes that the
.peed of the Gulf Stream forecast* a
big storm, this being his experience
in the past when the stream was un
ruly.
NEW BANK CASHIER.
JACKSON.—W. H. Wilson, City
Tax Collector, has succeeded XF.
Ball as assistant tashier of the First
Farmers’ Bank; of this city, the lat
ter having accepted a position as
cashier of the Farmers' Bank of
Bronvvood. * •
SAVANNAH, July 30.—In a race to
market in Savannah the first bale of up
land cotton for the seaBon. Albany won
by a narrow margin over McRae. Both
bales were ginned yesterday afternoon.
The bale capturing the prize was
grown by Frank Thomas, a negro. It
was consigned to Hunter & Co. It
graded good middling, weighed 410
pounds and was bought by the Brown-
Cramer Cotton Company, of Albany, at
17 cents. It was sold at auction In front
of the cotton exchange this morning.
The new bale this year arrived two
days ahead of the first bale last year.
Whitfield Tax Increase.
DALTON.—Whitfield County tax
values Increased $25,962 during the
past year, according to the report of
Tax Receiver Broadrlek, Just forward
ed to the Comptraller General, the
total valuation being returned at $4,-
687,070.
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The genera] Insurance law of Geor
gia will be amended in at least one
particular if legislation now proposed
in that body is placed on the statute
books. It is intended to change cer
tain features which discriminate
against and work to the detriment of
Georgia home companies In the mat
ter of making investments
Two similar measures, House Bill
No. 260, introduced by Representative
Meador of Oconee, and Senate Bill
No. 99. by Senator McNeil of Macon,
are before the Assembly committees.
These measures change the law so a3
to allow home companies to make in
vestments. under statutory right, in
stocks and other stable securities.
At present, while foreign companies
are, of course, free to do this, Georgia
companies are restricted. \Georgia’3
life and fire companies are all inter
ested in the proposed reform. These
companies have done a great deal to
create a market for bank stocks in
Georgia.
Both of the bills are modeled after
the New York law, which is conceded
to be the best in the Union. The pres
ent Georgia law allows home compa
nies to make investments only at the
discretion of the Insurance Commis
sioner.
Georgia companies, it Is declared,
write 10 per cent of the premiums
written in this State, while in other
States home companies, not hampered
by this investment law, write 65 per
cent.
LEARNSTO WRITE
N PRISON. AGE 53
BAXLEY, July 30.—It was not un
til after he had been given a life sen
tence in the State penitentiary that
William H. Chancy, a white man. 53
years of age, learned to write his
name. Chancy is now confined in the
Appling County jail, pending an ap
peal to the State Supreme Court. He
was convicted in Jeff Davis County
for killing a man named Carter last
Februafy. As Jeff Davis has no Jail,
he wrs brought here for confinement
until his appeal is disposed of.
Chancy was reared in the country,
without the advantages of schools,
and never learned to write. In order
to pass the weary hours in Jail, he
asked his attorney, W. W. Bennett, to
set him copies on an old-fashioned
copybook. From these copies he has
learned to write a legible hand. He
wrote his wife his first love letter by
his own hand a few days ago.
As Mr. Bennett was formerly a
school teacher—one of the pioneef
masters of the little log schoolhouses
in the pine forests of Appling—he
has tak*n a keen interest in teaching
his client-pupil.
Chancy confidently believes that he
will ultimately be acquitted. He says
that he did not receive a fair trial
and that the killing was in self-de
fense. He says he was put upon trial
thirteen days after the killing, while
the public mind was in a high state
of prejudice. He has been an exem
plary prisoner in every way. Some
days ago. when another prisoner es
caped, he was the first to give the
alarm to the officers.
No More Headaches
Coffee drinking induces headache, indigestion, nervousness, heart trou
ble, and many other ills. This because coffee contains the poisonous drug,
caffeine. •
A prominent business man of Memphis, Tenn., writes under date of April 21, 1913,
of his experience in quitting coffee. He says:
“For a number of years I had been a great sufferer from headaches and indigestion.
“About January first of this year I left off coffee and began the use of Instant Pos-
tum. Since getting from under the influence of coffee, headaches have ceased. I can
eat anything I want to, and have no indigestion. In addition to this I have gained In
weight.
“I attribute It all to the stopping of coffee and the use of Postum.
“I write this letter simply to add my testimony tp the many you already have, and
to induce some fellow sufferer to get relief by quitting coffee and turnings to Instant
Postum as a morning beverage.” (Name given on request.)
Instant Postum
is a pure food-drink, made only of clean, roasted whole -wheat and a small
quantity of molasses. It contains no drug whatever, but does contain the
vital phosphates of the grain which are essential for the upbuilding of brain
and nerve and muscle tissue.
If something interferes with your comfort, suppose you try leaving off
coffee and use Instant Postum.
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum (must be boiled.)
Instant Postum doesn’t require boiling, but is prepared instantly by stirring a level
teaspoonful in an ordinary cup of hot water and adding cream and sugar to taste.
A level teaspoonful makes it right for most people. Some use a heaping teaspoonful
and temper it with plenty of cream, and it has a delightfully snappy flavor that is won
derfully pleasing. Find out how you like it and always have it served that way.
“There’s a Reason” for POSTUM
Prices Are Greatly Changed For Tomorrow On
Girls’ and Misses’ Dresses
Junior Department, Third Floor
Dainty lingerie dresses, sturdy linen dresses and gingham
and percale dresses that will wash beautifully—all have their
prices changed in substantial fashion for to-morrow.
It is a Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. clearaway—a right
ing of stocks and so a time of savings for mothers, of savings so
big that none but the most extravagant can afford to miss the
opportunity.
At $4.95 At $1.59
Girls’ $7.50 and $8.50 Lingerie
Dresses
Sizes six to fourteen years.
They are white and dainty and
charming, made so by the use of
hand embroidery, Valenciennes and
Cluny laces, some even have Irish
crochet laces in yokes and sleeves—
long waisted with plaited skirts.
With these are a scattering few of
white linen dresses.
At $3.98
$6.50 Junior Dresses
$6.50 junior dresses and suits of
linen in white and blue.
Not many of these, so time your
visit to early in the morning.
The dresses are trimmed in con
trasting shades, the little suits are
piped, the blue with white, the
white with blue. >
Girls’ $2.25 and $2.50 Wash
Dresses
Sizes six to fourteen years.
Neatly figured and flowered
lawns, ginghams in plaids and
stripes and percales in stripes, dots
and figures—such a variety as you
would like to choose from at regu
lar prices. Buy for now, buy for
the soon to come school days—long-
waisted effects.
$5.00 and $6.00 Junicr Dresses
The clearance of the better
grades of Junior wash dresses.
The materials are fine ginghams
and percales, usually the imported
kinds, of choicest patterns. Then
they are so prettily trimmed—with
braids, pipings and buttons—all
one-piece dresses.
A Sale of Women’s Gowns
The savings warrant an early morning trip to town for these.
Here are the reductions:
$1.25and $1.50 QCp
Gowns are y
05c and $1.10 *7 C
Gowns are *
Priced so merely because they are an odd surplus. They were splen
did, unusual values at regular prices.
Among those now 95c arc nainsook and cotton crepe gowns, Empire
and kimono styles, made pretty with laees and sheer embroideries.
Among those now 75c are nainsook and crepe gowns. The nainsook is
exceptionally sheer and soft. The crepe is in c o 1 o r s, slip-over style,
touched with laces and embroideries.
New Models of Warner Corsets
Just in the house are several models of Warner corsets that
women will want for these hot days. Perhaps the lightest and most
comfortable corsets that women could find at these prices. They
are of ventilated batiste with low and medium-low bust, four and
six hose supporters.
Priced at $1.00 and $1.50
Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications
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