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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
The dinner -dance at the Capital
City Country Club on Thursday even,
ing is becoming very popular. Last
week there were l&O people present
and already quite a number of parties
have been arranged for Thursday
evening of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ottlev will have
a party of ten or twelve; Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Dickey. Jr . have invited nix
of their married friends to be their
guests, and Mr. William Cox Dickey
will have a party of six young people
to meeWiis guest, Mr. Paul Nelson, of
Chicagcy
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hatcher will
have as their guests Mrs. Will Spald
ing and Mr. McDonough, of Dallas,
Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. B. Allan will en
tertain for their guests. Miss Dorothy
Robbins, of Birmingham, and Mis*
Margaret Bransford. of Nashville, and
for Dr. and Mrs. Charles Dowman. of
Birmingham, who are the guests of
Mrs. Dowmun’s parents, Judge and
Mrs. George Westmoreland In this
party will be MlsseR Robbins, Mar
garet Bransford, Clifford West. Nellis
Kiser 8tewart, Lillian Logan. Messrs.
Winter Alfriejid. Ben Daniel. Charles
Montgomery, James B. Worthey, Dr
C. P. Pierson. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Rushton, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Prade
and Dr. and Mrs. Dowman
Other parties of two and three cou
ples are to be entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Hunt Chipley. Messrs. A. S. Wat
son and Willard McBurney.
Dinner at Piedmont Club.
Mr. McDonough, of Dallas, Tex.,
will have a? his guests at the dinner-
dance at the Piedmont Club Saturday
evening Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hatch
er Mr and Mrs. William Spalding
and Mr. and Mrs. James T. Williams.
A Swimming Party.
On Wednesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Turner entertained a num
ber of friends at a swimming pafly
at their country home, “Whitehall."
Those in the party were Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Turner. Mrs. Gerald Hanle. Misses
Kate Collier, Ellanora Collier, Eva
Hanie. Marie Bledsoe, Pearl Bledsoe,
May Evans, Annie Turner and Ade-
laid Turner; Messrs. Guy Turner.
Ernest Turner. Jr., Henry and Charles
Turner and Edgar Seaeord. After a
delightful plunge a picnic supper was
served by the light of a camp Are.
Box Party for Visitors.
Mrs. Campbell Wooldridge gavp a
box party at the Forsyth Wednesday
afternoon for Mrs, J. P. B. Allan'*
guests. Miss Dorothy Robbins, of Bir
mingham. and Miss Margaret Brans
ford. of Nashville.
The party included Miss Robbins.
Miss Bransford. Miss Helen Taylor.
Mrs. McMahan and Mrs. J. P. B. Al
lan.
After the matinee the party had tee
at Hotel Ansley.
Mrs. Austin Hostess.
Mrs. James IV. Austin gave a lunch
eon Thursday for Mrs. Hughes Spald
ing's guest*, Miss Mattie SVilson Du-
Bose. Mrs. Edgeworth Lampkin of
Athens, and for her guest, Mtr. W. B
Fender, of Valdosta.
The table held three quaint baskets
of old-fashioned flowers, zinnias and
marigold, and all the details of the
table were carried out in the yellow
shades. The place cards were hund-
painted with little baskets of flowers.
Mrs. Austin wore a hand-embroiu-
ered lingerie gown, and Mrs. Fender
was garbed in tan crepe with touches
of blue.
Miss L’Engle Entertains.
Miss Tracy L’Engle entertained at
bridge Thursday morning at her home
on Peachtree Road for her guest, Miss
Clara Bonney Lllley, of Lowell. Mass.
The decorations were vases of
black-eyed susans and yellow snap
dragons.
The prizes were silk hose, a bridge
*et, and a book, Miss L’Engle wore
white embroidered crepe with a sash
of green chiffon and Miss Lilley was
gowned in white crepe and Irish lace.
Webster-Hodges Wedding.
Miss Eva Louise Webster and Dr
James Harvey Hodges will be mar
ried Thursday evening, at the home
of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Burns Webster, in Richardson street.
The Rev. L. O. Brirker will per
form-the ceremony. Miss Katherine
• Lancastand Miss Genevieve Web
ster will be bridesmaids, and Miss
Lila Webster will be maid of honor.
Mr. Clifford Hodges will be his
brother’s best man, and the bride will
be given away by her brother. Dr.
James B. Webster.
The close friends and relatives are
invited to be present at the wedding.
For Visitors.
In compliment to Miss Annie Sykes
Rice’s guests, Miss Daisy LeCraw and
Miss Hettie Sibley, of Birmingham,
who arrived Thursday morning from
Clayton, Miss Lucy Stockard will give
an informal party Thursday evening
at her home in Inman Park. Friday
afternoon Miss Rice has invited
twenty girls to meet her guests. Miss
LeCraw and Miss Sibley, and Miss
Louise Alexander, of Augusta, the
J- guest of Mrs. Claude Shewmuke. at
tea at the Piedmont Club.
Miss Margaret Wade will give an
informal dinner at the East Lake din
ner dance Saturday evening for Miss
Rice's guests.
A Charming Visitor.
Captain and Mrs. John J. Ryan
have as their guest their daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Choate King, of Fort
Ethan Allen, Vt., w'ho will spend sev
eral months in Atlanta, while her
husband. Lieutenant King, of the
Tenth Calvary, with his regiment will
remain in Winchester, Vu.
Mrs. King has many friends in At
lanta. where she Is remembered as a
favorite in the younger set of society
until her marriage, which occurred
several years ago. Since her marriage
to Lieutenant King Mrs. King has
been recognized as one of the most
popular young matrons in army cir
cles.
During her visit to Atlanta a num
ber of entertainments will be given
for her.
Miss Chapman Hostess.
Miss Rosa Belle Chapman enter
tained her bridge club Thursday
morning at her home in Inman Park.
Cut flowers were used in decorating
and the prizes were silk hose. The
members of the club are Misses Lucy
Stockard. Gladys Catchings, Virginia
Kibble. Ruth Tanner, Pearl Parks.
Caro Sharpe. Jennilu Lindsey. Ber
nice Schuessler and Mrs. Everett Gif-
fen. Besides Miss Chapman had as
her guests Miss Lebie Ewing, Mrs.
Frank WinecofT. Mrs. Bloxham Dell,
of Gainesville. Fla., and Mrs. George
Rowbotham. of New’ Orleans.
Mrs. Ottley to Entertain.
Mrs. John K. Ottley will entertain
at luncheon Friday for several of
her friends who will leave the city
soon.
For Miss Pike.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. W. Nix
entertained her bridge club, in com
pliment to Miss Mildred Pike, of
Thomasville, the guest of Mrs. Hal
Morrison, Jr. Misses Louise Gibson,
Mildred Pike and Mrs. Richardson
won the prizes, gold and white china.
The guest* were Mrs. Harry Baker,
Mrs J H. Nunnally, Mrs. Jack Por
ter. Mrs. John Reese. Mrs. Richard
son. Mrs. Fred Jeter, Mrs. Lincoln
Morrison, Mrs. Hal Morrison. Jr.,
Misses Mildred Pike. Louise Gibson,
Edith Cole, Corlnne Gunyers and Miss
Harris.
Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Morrison, Jr., complimented their
guest with a "danseuse" at their home
on Boulevard Circle. The guests were
Misses Christine Nelson. Rhea King,
Olive Alice Lemmond, Messrs. Owens,
Montford Morrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
McFail and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Crosswait*.
Tuesday evening. August 5, Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Massengale will entertain
at a bridge party for Miss Pike.
Mrs. Warren Powell will also give
a bridge party some afternoon next
week for Mrs. Morrison’s guest.
Dance at Piedmont Club.
There will be the usual dinner
dance at the Piedmont Club this Sat
urday evening Reservations are be
ing made and the occasion will be a
very pleasant one.
PERSONAL
Mrs. L. M. Harris and Mr*. \V. H.
Patterson left Tuesday for New York.
Mr*. Porter Kin* remain* 111 at
her home In Peachtree street.
Misses Eddie Lee and Louis* Ter
rell will return home Thuraday after
a visit In Columbus.
Mr. Eugene V. Haynee has returned
from a trip to New York and In
dianapolis
Miss Georgia Rlee returned Wed
nesday from Jackson and Indian
Springe, where she spent a few week*.
Ml** Octavla Roddey ha* leased the
Ellis home. No. S47 Peachtree, and
will be at home there after the first
week In August.
Mrs. George Coates has returned
from New York and leaves In a few
days for Macon to visit her daughter.
Mrs. Robert Barnes.
Mr. J. E. Sheehan, of Augusta, re
turned home to-day after a visit to
his nieces, Mrs. Philip Noonon and
Mrs. J. C. Allen.
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Warren,
who are on a trip through the West,
recently spent several days at the Em
press Hotel. Victoria, B C.
Mrs. Gadsden Russell and little son,
Gadsden, with Mrs. Russell's mothec
Mrs. Heisell, have returned from Sa
luda. N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blair Han
ger, of St. Louis, announce the birth
of a daughter, on July 80. Mrs. Han
ger was Miss Ellle Dargan, of At
lanta.
Mrs. Mark Palmer will entertain at
bridge Thursday evening for Mrs. C.
G. Ayers’ guest, Mrs. Ethel Tye
Wright, of McDonough, and Miss
Gertrude Jones, of Selma, Ala.
Miss Florence Bethl, who recently
underwent an operation for appendi
citis at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Is con
valescent and Is now at home to her
friends at 436 Central avenue.
Miss Tracy L’Engle and her guest,
Mlse Clara Bonney Lllley, of Lowell,
Mass.; Miss John Bowie and Mrs. C.
S. L’Engle will spend the week-end at
Tallulah Falls,
Miss Daisv LeCraw and Miss Helen
Sibley. of Birmingham. arrived
Thursday to be the guests of Miss
Annie Skyes Rice. Miss Blbley and
Miss Rice have been the guests of
Miss LeCraw at her summer home at
Clayton
Miss Louise Alexander, of Augusta,
came Thursday morning from Clay
ton, where she has been visiting Miss
Daisy LeCraw and Is with Mrs.
Claude Hhewmake for a week, after
which she will visit Miss Mary Rice
at her home on West Peachtree.
Mrs. Herman Mobley, of Borden,
Ala.. Is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Alva Kiser, In Inman Park. Dr. Mob
ley will join Mrs. Mobley here about
August B, and they will remain with
Mrs. Kiser for several weeks.
Miss Mae Crichton leaves Saturday
for the mountains of North Carolina,
where she will he with her grand
mother, Mrs. C. V. Irvin, at Graham,
latter she will go to Morehead for
several weeks, returning home about
September 1.
Mrs. Walter Middleton and chil
dren, of Macon, are the guests of Mrs.
E. L. Connally for several days. Mr.
and Mrs. Middleton will come to At
lanta September 1 to reside, hut until
then they will he In their coilntry
place near Tallulah Falls.
Mrs Edward Churbonnler returned
home Thursday from Cautaugua. N.
Y. where *»he spent the past mont.i.
Miss Louise Sisson leavrs Thursday
to visit Mrs Alfred Gordon Lloyd In
Detroit.
Mis* Mary Algood Jones has recov
ered from ner recent Illness and Is the
guest of Mrs. Lester Crane In Ansle.v
Park. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ashley and
Miss Mary Algood Jones will leave
early next wpek for a sojourn of two
or three weeks at their country P*ace
at Trton, near Rome. Miss Jones will
again be the guest of Mrs. Grace be
fore she goes to be with her parents
at their home on Fourteenth street for
the winter.
England Not to Join
In the Panama Fair
Special Cable to Tha Georgian.
LONDON, July 31.—The foreign
office to-da.y announced that England
would not participate in the Panama
Exposition in San Francisco in 1916.
There ia considerable mystery in
diplomatic circles over England’s re
fusal, but outside of the bare an
nouncement made by the foreign
office, no further statement was is
sued.
It is generally believed, however,
that England adopted this attitude
because she still resents the treat
ment accorded her by the United
States in the Panama Canal tolls con
troversy.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Aids
Child Her Auto Hit
Fate Drags Major Francis Walker
to Vagrant’s Cell—Career
Reads Like Novel.
NEWPORT. R. I.. July 31.—Kneel
ing in the dust of John Street yes
terday, Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt
held In her lap the head of 4-year-old
Edward Cannell. who had been struck
and knocked unconscious by her
heavy touring car. It was with the
greatest difficulty that John Flynn,
her chauffeur and bystanders Induced
her to let them carry the boy Into a
nearby drug store.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was being driven
up John street, when the boy ran In
front of the car. He suffered con
cussion of the brain, and is on the
dangerous list at the Newport hos
pital.
Columbus Runaways
Found in Rio Janeiro
COLUMBUS. July 31^-McClarken
Clarke and Emmett Smith, boys who
disappeared from their homes here
about April and who were thought
to have “shanghaied” on an Italian
bark In Mobile a few days later, have
been located by the United States
authorities in Hio Janeiro, Brasil.
Arrangements for return passage
for the runaways will be made at
once.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ July 31—Major
Francis Douglass Walker, 72 years
old, is dead at the Home for Confed
erate Soldiers here. He was a mem
ber of the Pinckney family and
fought In many big battles of the war
between the states.
After the war he went to New York
City to enter business and was for a
time prominent In social circles. In
1908, after a series of financial losses,
he was sent to Blackwell’s Island as
a vagrant.
Major Walker was sent here by a
group of wealthy New York women of
Southern birth, who arranged a ba
zaar In his benefit at the Waldorf-As
toria.
Major Walker was a cadet at the
Military Academy in Charleston when
the first Confederate gun was fired
at Fort Sumter. He Jumped, frggn the
classroom and ran to the water’s edge,
four classmates with him.'There was
no boat, so they swam half a mile
to the Ironclad Battery which helped
batter the Federal fortress into sub
mission.
Flogs Rival on Stage.
In the winter of 1877 Walker was
the chief actor In ap event that
stirred Brooklyn’s society folk and
became a national sensation. One
night in the old Academy of Music,
where the Amaranth Society was giv
ing an amateur performance, Walker
jumped on the stage and horsewhip
ped a player who was his rival for
the love of a young widow. Walker
had warned him not to appear in the
same cast with the woman. The man
Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
PORCELAIN—NO GOLD
CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK
OUR SPECIALTY.
■Krrr ^Ehalebone;
enow Best Bat.
$3.00
No More. No
Less
GOLD CROWN (22-K) $3.00
BRIDGE WORK,PER TOOTH 3.00
SILVER FILLINGS 25
GOLD FILINGS 60
CLEANING TEETH 60
TWENTY-YEAR GUARANTEE.
^Eastern Painless Dentists
38'/* Peachtree Street
Final Clearaway===To=morrow and Saturday We’ll Say Good-bye to
All $4 to $6 Dresses
At Choice $1.98
While They Last---and They’ll Go Quickly
We have arranged for the most rapid dress
selling in the history of this business to-morrow—
and well we may—for these are the BETTER
GRADES, the very LATEST and loveliest styles
and the BEST SELLERS of the season.
The line includes practically ALL the popular
materials—Dainty White Lingeries, Lovely Striped
Voiles, Beautiful Linens, Etc., charmingly trim
med; in fact, everything you could ask or hope for
in REGULAR $4 to $6 Dresses.
On sale to-morrow, and while they last, at the
LITTLE PRICE OF, choice, $1.98. '
Draped Ratine Skirts REDUCED
The store closes Saturday at 1 p. m.—to-morrow,
and for a half day Saturday, we will sell those much
wanted White Ratine Skirts, in all the latest styles,
including the popular draped effect, regular $3.50
values at, choice
Southern Suit&SkirtCo.
“Atlanta's Exclusive Women’s Apparel Store’—43-45 Whitehall Street
Walker whipped later became vice
president of one of the most impor
tant corporations in the world and
the husband of the young woman.
Walker was arrested for assault.
After a trial he was sentenced to 60
davs in the penitentiary on Crow
Hill. His lawyers soon got him out
of Jail and a petition was started q
his behalf, which was signed by Hen
ry Ward Beecher. A letter from Gov
ernor Hampden to Governor Robinson
turned the tide in his favor. He did
not return to the penitentiary. II*
traveled for many years and then
poverty overtook him.
Asks Shelter; Sent to Jail.
One night in the fall of 1908 a tall
man with snow white hair stood be-,
fore Magistrate Tighe in the Adams
police court in Brooklyn and asked
for a night’s lodging. It was Major
Walker. The Magistrate could do
nothing but commit him to the pen
itentiary for six months. Then,
through the co-operation of the Con
federate Veteran Camp of New York,
and the U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R.,
of Brooklyn, the Major was trana-
j ferred to the King’s County Alms
house.
Wealthy women of Southern birth
heard of Walker's troubles. They or
ganized a bazaar at the Waldorf-As
toria on January 14, 1909, and $3,000
was raised for his benefit. With this
money he was sent to the Soldiers’
Home at Columbia, where friends got
a clerical position for him. Major
Walker had outlived rH his relatives.
Bryan Rejects Offer
For a $3,000 Speech
ST. LOUIS. July 31— Secretary
Bryan, in a message received to-day,
declined an offer to .speak at the
Coliseum in this city.
Spearmen Lewie, the promoter, had
arranged to "play the Secretary of
State at popular prices.”
It was estimated that house would
be worth |6,000, of tvhlch the Secre
tary was offered one-half. Mr. Bryan
replied that he waf speaking "during
a limited period, and then only at
Chautauquas.”
Jersey Fishers Get
1,300-lb, Mackerel
ATLANTIC CITY, N.^J.^July 31.—
After an exciting chase oft the Inlet
this morning, as they were returning
from the dally trip to the fishing
banks, the crew of the fishing smack
Nettle R. captured the largest horse
mackerel ever caught along this sec
tion of the coast.
After It had been brought ashore
and placed on the scales, It was found
that the fish weighed a little more
than 1,300 pounds. It was harpooned.
TO VOTE ON SCHOOL TAX.
VALDOSTA.—An election to decide
whether the voters of Lowndes Coun
ty desire a special tax for rural
schools will be held on August 20.
A SHOW OF THE
BETTER CLASS
AT THE BONITA
"The New Office Girl,” the bill
of the J. W. Kennedy Company at
the Bonita, is one of the best and
most laughable shows seen in
Atlanta in some time. The come
dians are unusually good, and the
(.beauty chorus is of the best qual
ity. The girls can sing and dance,
and they are beauties, too, every
one of them. Shake off dull care
and forget that the thermometer
is standing near the hundred mark
by a visit to this cool and delight
ful little theater.
Dependable Kingsbury Piano
makes extravagance in piano buying unnecessary
And especially is this true daring
the progress of this sale, for we
are offering our leader style at
This price covers extras of every
nature including freight, cartage,
scarf and stool. Only simple interest
is asked, the same as the Bank
charges for the loan of money, de
pending on the time you take to pay.
S300
$10 Down
$7 m Month
Think a Moment The term5 outlined
i ninn a inomeni above rau8t surply con _
vey this thought—*Tt is a simple matter to buy a well
made standard piano and buy it from a reliable concern. ”
fjLble piana Fjrmfumit
GEORGE W. WILKINS, President
Cable Building
82-84 North Broad Street
ATLANTA, GA.
SHOE SALE
of the Season
• \
will start to-morrow (Friday) morning
The best Shoes—the best Styles—the best Values and the
largest stock of Footwear to select from.
We will sell SUMMER SHOES for Men & Boys
Ladies, Misses and Children, at prices lower
than we can buy them for to-day
Johnston & Murphy’s and Stacy
Adams’ Men’s Shoes are included
$7.00
$0.00
$5.00
$4.00
$3.50
53.00
Low Shoes
now only.
Low Shoes
now only.
Low Shoes
now only.
Low Shoes
now only.
Low Shoes
now only.
Low Shoes
now only.
All Ladies’ Fancy Slippers for
Evening or Street are included
Low Shoes
now only...
Low Shoes
now only...
Low Shoes
now only...
Low Shoes
now only...
Low Shoes
now only...
Low Shoes
now only...
These prices apply to both our main floor and downstairs department.
Sale continues through month of August
Goods sent C. 0. D—Exchanged, or charged, if you have an account.
All Summer
Hosiery
Reduced
jrOOTCOVMUtSnM&AMKBM.
27-29 Whitehall Street
MAILORDERS
Receive immediate
and careful
attention