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* \ r The dinner-dance, at the Capital City Country Club on Thursday even, lay !j» becoming very popular. Last week there were 150 people present and already quite a number of parties have been arranged for Thursday evening of this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ottley win have a party of ten or twelve; Mr. and Mrs. James 1*. Dickey, Jr., have invited aix of their married friends to be their guests, and Mr. William Cox Dickey will have a party of six young people to meet his gueK, Mr. Paul Nelson, of Chicago. 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. R. Allan will en tertain for their guests. Miss Dorothy Robbins, of Birmingham, and Mite Margaret Brantford, of Nashville, and for Dr and Mrs. Charles Dowman, of Birmingham, who are the guests of Mrs. Dowman’s parents, Judge and Mrs. George Westmoreland In this party will be Misses Bobbins. Mar garet Bransford, Clifford West, Nellis Kiser Stewart, Lillian Logan, Meters Winter Alfriend. Ben Daniel. Charles Montgomery, James B. Worthev, 1 »r C. P. Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. W W. Rushton, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Prado 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- eon and Willard McBurney. Dinner at Piedmont Club. Mr. McDonough, of Dallas. Tex., will have as 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 party at their country home, “Whitehall.*’ Those in the party were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Krnest Turner. Mrs. Gerald Hanle, Misses Kate Collier, KUanora 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 Seacord. After a delightful plunge a picnic supper was served by the light of a camp fire. Box Party for Visitors. Mrs. Campbell Wooldridge gave 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 Bobbin*. Miss Bransford. Mis* Helen Taylor. Mrs. McMahan and Mrs. J. P. B. Al lan. After the matinee the party had tee it Hotel Ansley. Mrs. Austin Hosta*s. Mrs. James W. Austin gave a lunch eon Thursday for Mrs. Hughe*. K pa Id Ing's guests. Miss Mattie Wilson Du- Bose. Mrs. Edgeworth Lampkln of Athens, and for her guest, Mrs. W. B Pender, of Valdosta. The table held three quaint baskets of oldrfashloned flowers, zinnias and marigold, and all the details of the table were carried out in the yellow shade*. The place cards were hand- painted with little bap^k^ts of flowers. Mrs. Austin wore a hnnd-embrotu ered lingerie gown, and Mrs. Pender was garbed In tan crepe with touches of blue. Miss L’EngU Entertains. Miss Tracy L’Englo entertained at bridge Thursday morning at her home on Peachtree Road for her guest, Miss Clara Bonney Lilley, of Dowell. Mass. The decorations were vases of black-eyed susans and yellow snap dragons. The prizes were silk hose, a bridge net, 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 I^ouise 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. D. O. Bricker will per form the ceremony. Miss Katherine L*ancast and 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 wiH 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 Hettle 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 guest of Mrs. Claude Shewmake. at tea at the Piedmont Club. Miss Margaret Wade will gi\> an * informal dinner at the East l^ake din ner dance Saturday evening for Miss Rice’s guests. A Charming Visitor. Captain and Mrs. John .1. Ryan have as their guest their daughter. Mrs. Joseph Choate King of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., who will spend sev eral months in Atlanta, while her husband, Lieutenant King, of the Tenth Calvary, with his regiment will remain in Winchester. Va. Mra. 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. Mis* 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, Vlrgtnia RibbD. Ruth Tanner. Pearl Parks, Caro Sharpe, Jennilu Lindsey, Ber nice S' hmsfder and Mrs. Everett Gif- fen. Resides Miss Chapman had as her guests Miss I>ebie Ewing. Mrs. Frank WinecofT, Mrs. Blnxham Dell, of Gainesville. Fla., and Mrs. George Rowbotham. of New Orleans. Mr*. Ottley to Entertain. Mrs. John K. Ottley will entei-tain at luncheon Friday for several of her friends who will leave the city soon. For Mi*s Pike. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. W. Nix entertained her bridge club, in com pliment to Miss Mildred Pike, of Thomaeville, the guest of Mrs Hal Morrison, Jr, Misses Louise Gibson, Mildred Pike and Mrs. Richardson won the prizes, gold anti white < hina. The gu**Htjn were Mrs. Hairy Baker. Mrs. J. H. Nunnally, Mrs. Jack Pot ter, Mrs. John Reese. Mrs. Richard son. Mrs. Fred Jeter, Mrs. Lincoln Morrison, Mrs. Hal Morrison. Jr., Ml«ses Mildred Pike. Louise Gllsson, Edith Cole, Corinne Gunyera and Miss Harris. Tuesday evening Mr. ami Mrs. Hal Morrison. ,Ir., 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 Crosswalfe. Tuesday evening. August 5, Mr. and Mrs. <1. R. Massengale will entertain at a bridge party fur Miss Pike. Mrs. Warren Powell will also give a bridge party some afternoon next week for Mrs. Morrison’s guest. Dan-ce 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 Mis. W. II. Patterson left Tuesday for New York. Mrs. Porter King remains ill at her home in Peachtree street. Misses Eddie Lee and Ixmlse Ter rell will return home Thursday after a visit in Columbus. Mr. Eugene V. Haynes has returned from a trip to New York and In dianapolis. Miss Georgia Rice returned Wed nesday from Jackson and Indian Springs, where she spent a few weeks. Miss Oetavia Roddey has leased the Ellis home, No. 547 Peachtree, and will be at home there after the flrst 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. K. Sheehan, of Augusta, re turned hom* 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. Ru*.«eir* mother Mrs Heisell, have returned from Ha- luda. N. C. Mr. and MrR. Herbert Blair Han ger. of Rt. T^ouls, announce the birth of a daughter, on July 30. Mrs. Han ger whk Miss Ellle Dargan, of At lanta. . Mrs. Mark Palmer will entertain at bridge Thursday evening for Mrs. C«, G. Ayers’ guest. Mrs. Ethel Tye l Wright, of McDonough, and Miss I Gertrud© Jones, of Selma, Ala. Miss Florence Beihl. 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 I/Engle and h^r guest. Mi*** ^lara Bonney Lilley, of Lowell, Mass.; Miss John Bowie and Mrs. C. S. L’Engle will spend the week-end at Tallulah Falls. Miss Daisy LeCraw and Miss Helen Sibley, of Birmingham, arrived Thursday to be the guests of Miss Annie Skyes Rice. Miss Sibley 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 Shewmake 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. Mr*. Alva Kiser, in Innian Park. Dr. Mob ley will join Mrs. Mobley here about August 5, and they will remain with Mrs. Kiser for several weeks. Miss Mae Crichton leaves Saturday for the mountains of North Carolina, where she will be with her grand mother, Mrs. C. V. Irvin, at Graham. Later she will go to Morehcad for several weeks, returning home about September 1. Mrs. Walter Middleton and chi! dren, of Macon, are the guests of Mrs. E. L. Connallv for several day*. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton will come to At lanta September 1 to reside, but until then they will be in their country place near Tallulah Fall*. Mrs. Edward Charbonnier returned home Thursday from Cautauqua. N. Y.. where ‘*he spent the past mont.i. Miss Louise Sisson leaves Thursday to visit Mrs. Alfred Gordon Lloyd in Detroit. Miss Mary Algood Jones has recov ered from ner recent illness and is the guest of Mrs. Lester Crane In Ansley Park. Mr. and Mra. J. Ashley and Miss Alary Algood Jones will leave early next week for a sojourn of two or three weeks at their country place at Trion, near Rome Miss Jones will again be the guest of Mrs. Grace be fore she goes to be with her parencs at their home on fourteenth street for the winter. England Not to Join In the Panama Fair Special Cable to The Georgian. LONDON. July 31.—The foreign office to-day announced that England would not participate in the Panama Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. There is 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 NEWPORT, R. I.. July 31.—Kneel ing in the duet of John Street yes r terday, Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt held in her lap the head of 4-year-old Edward Oannell. 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 etreet, 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 Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Arrangements for return passage for the runaways will be made at once. Fate Drags Major Francis Walker to Vagrant's Ceil—Career Reads Like Novel. COLUMBIA, S. C.. July 31.—Major Francis Douglass Walker, 72 years old, is deed 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. Tn 1908, after a series of financial losses, he was sent to Blackwell’s. Island .vs a vagTant. 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 fir»<l at Fort Sumter. He jumpoi fr<yn 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 helpel batter the Federal fortress into sub mission. Flogs Rival on Stage. in the winter of 1377 Walker was the chief actor in ten event that stirred Brooklyn's society folk and became a national sensation. One night in the old Academy of Music, where the Amaranth Society wr.s 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 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 a 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. He ti„vpled for , many years and then •'overt.9 overtook him. Asks Shelter: Sent to Jail. One night in the fail of 1908 a tail 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 title Con federate Veteran Camp of New York, and the U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., of Brooklyn, the Major was trans 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 oositlon for him. Major Walker had outlived s’l his relatives. 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 which the Secre tary was offered one-half. Mr. Bryan replied that he was speaking "during a limited period, and then only at Chautauquas.” ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 31,— After an exciting chase off the Inlet this morning, as they were returning from the daily 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 Conn-' 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 or 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 neer the hundred mark by a visit to this cool and delight ful little theater. Dependable Kingsbury Piano makea extravagance in piano buying unneceeaary And especially is this true during 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. ft 300 $10 Doum $7 a Month Think a Moment The l,rIM 9 " t,l,lwl i nuiH. a lriomeni ^ maat inrRly C0D _ vey this thought—“It is a simple matter to bay a well made standard piano and buy it from a reliable concern. ** fjahie piano firnipunij GEORGE W. WILKINS. Pr.ud.nt Southern Suit & Skirl Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. PORCELAIN—NO GOLD CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK OUR SPECIALTY lswtowt Wbal.bone; ^suction Set, $3.00 No More. No Less. GOLD CROWN (22-K) $3.00 BRIDGE WORK,PER TOOTH 3.00 SILVER FILLINGS 25 GOLD FILINGS 50 CLEANING TEETH 50 TWENTY-YEAR GUARANTEE. Eastern Painless Dentists ay, P*achtre* 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 LI ITLE 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 Skills, in all the latest styles, including the popular draped effect, regular $3.50 values at, choice *.. $1.98 Southern Suit & Skirt Co. "Atlanta's Exclusive Women's Apparel Store"—43-45 Whitehall Street THE SHOE SALE of the Season ai : will start to-morrow (Friday) morning Ot Jft r.f j .'loj-'vtn/i ' ! | The best Shoes—the best Styles—the best Values and the largest stock of Footwear to select from. ■ 7 r| (v - bnlrrt ; - y . __ We will sell SUMMER SHOES for Men & Boys Ladies, Misses and Children, at prices lower than we can buy them for to-day fi i Johnston & Murphy’s and Stacy Adams’ Men’s Shoes are included $7.00 $0.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 $3.00 Low Shoes now only. Low Shoes now only. Low Shoes now only. Low Shoes now only. Low Shoes now only. Low Shoes now only. $5.35 $4-85 $3.95 $3.15 $2-85 $2-45 All Ladies’ Fancy Slippers for Evening or Street are included $2-50 $2-oo $!- 75 $2.50 $1.25 $1-°° Low Shoes now only.... Low Shoes now only.... Low Shoes now only.... Low Shoes now only.... Low Shoes now only.... Low Shoes now only.... $£.95 $£.65 $£.45 $£.20 95 c 85 c 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 jFOOrCOYMEHSnmMAMgM&, 27-29 Whitehall Street MAILORDERS Receive immediate and careful attention Cable Budding 82-84 North Broad Street ATLANTA, GA.