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THE ATLANTA UEOKU1AN AND NEWS.
Assailant of Bodiford Family
Near Cairo Surrenders—Safe
in Albany Jail.
CAIRO, Aug. 4.—Ed LeConte, the
negro who attempted to kill George
Bodiford, his wife and five children
at their home eight miles from Cairo
In Grady County, on Friday night, is
to-day safe in the Dougherty County
Jail at Albany. He gave himself up
Sunday at Whigham and was rushed
to the Decatur County Jail at Bain-
bridge. Later he was spirited to
Albany by Sheriff Emanuel, of De
catur County, to prevent mob vio
lence. LeConte’s wife is in jail here
being held as an accessory.
All members of the Bodiford fam
ily are still alive and hopes to-day are
Entertained for their recovery.
Member of Posse Killed.
Hardy Rawls, a member of the
posse that searched for LeConte, was
mistaken for the negro by Leonard
Singletary, another posseman, who
shot and instantly killed him. Sin
gletary then ran and was also mis
taken for the fugitive. Another posse-
man shot him down, but he is not
seriously wounded.
LeConte gave no reason for his at
tempted assassination of the Bodi
ford family, nor did he explain why
he surrendered. Posses scoured Grady
and Decatur counties all of Sunday
afternoon searching for Sheriff
Emanuel and LeConte, but he safely
eluded them and made his way to
Albany. Sentiment ran high here
Sunday night and there were threats
of the jail being stormed to get Le
Conte’s wife. She is said to have
been in the yard at the Bodiford home
when the negro brained the seven
members of the family with an ax.
She denies this.
Garden Causes Trouble.
LeConte, employed by a turpentine
firm, lived near the house to which
Bodiford had moved a few days ago.
He claimed a fialf interest in the gar
den on the place and visited the gar
den several times for vegetables.
When Bodiford refused him further
admittance he became enraged. The
attack on the family followed.
The last girl hit, not being ren
dered entirely unconscious, begun
screaming and the negro returned to
the house and choked her into insen-
V sibility and probably would have
completed the killing of the whole
family, had it not been for the fact
that he saw a light approaching along
the road.
A neighbor named Simms had been
attracted by the screams of the girl.
,As he approached the house the ne
gro ran. Simms seeing him by the
light of his lantern, but not having a
we upon of any kind, was unable to
give chase. He immediately gave the
ajarm and aid was sent for.
The negro spent the balance of the
night at a negro cabin, the home of
his mother-in-law, and left there
about daylight Saturday. The negro
woman was found washing blood
spots from the shirt he had worn.
County to Give Cook
Books to Newlyweds
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Coupty Clerk
Sweitzer to-day presented to the
county board a proposition to present
a cook book with every marriage li
cense issued at his office. The scheme
was primarily for the benefit of new
lyweds, but incidentally 4 would
make Cook County $10,000 richer ev
ery year.
Advertising men approached Clerk
Sweitzer with scheme, offering to
pay him 25 centFfor every cook book
presented to newly married couples,
and the advertising men wouid fur
nish the books.
New Plan To Spend
V. Astor's Money
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 4.—A London papor
makes the following novel sugges
tion:
/•Why does not Vincent Astor strike
a new note in philanthropy? All phil-
anthropiKs think they have earned
praise when they have helped the dt
serving. They have merely doae their
bare duty.
"Real charity begins onlv when we
have helped the undeserving.
‘ Here is a chance for Vincent Astor
to be genuinely original, and at tne
same time a benefactor of the human
race by aiding the undeserving."
‘Only Rich Will Know
Meat’s Taste In 1923'
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—There is to be
no reduction in the price of meat in
the United States within the next
five years. On the contrary, in 1923
meat of all kinds will cost so much
that none but the very wealthy can
eat even beef. So says* J. T. Russell,
president of the National Master
Butchers’ Association.
“Meat sales over the nation have
dropped from 35 to 50 per cent within
the last three years. In ten years
hardly any one will eat meat."
•HEADS VETERANS 14TH TERM.
DALTON.—For the fourteenth con
secutive time. Judge S. B- Felker has
been elected commander of Camp
Joseph E. Johnston, U. C. V. In the
annual elections all of the other of
ficers were re-elected.
Accident Starts a
Church Move for
Fount for Animals
As the result of an accident near
the First Congregational Church,
negro, Sunday morning, in whicli ji
horse was badly injured, the members
of the congregation have started a
movement to install a public water
ing fountain for animals in front of
the edifice. Hearing the crash of the
accident and the groans of the injured
horse, the members rushed to the
aid of the animal, and experienced
considerable difficulty in getting
water to relieve its sufferings. At
the suggestion of Rev. H. H. Proctor,
pastor of the church, the taking of
subscriptions started at once.
The accident interrupted th e dedi
catory services of a drinking foun
tain donated to the church by J. O.
Connally. The services were in
Louisville, and the pastor, who chris
tened the fountain by breaking over
it a bottle of water from" the River
Jordan.
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Expect Repairs Will Be Com
pleted Wednesday and Reser
voir Raised to Position.
Negro Thief, Roped,
Gets Scare of Life
COLUMBUS, Aug. 4.—Thinking he
was going to be lynched when C. B.
Grimes, a merchant of Columbus, tied
a rope around his neck to prevent
him from getting away, Georgt
Thomas, a negro, created a scene in
front of Grimes’ store, where he had
stolen a pair of trousers.
The negro had entered the store,
stolen the trousers and started out
hurriedly when he attracted Grimes’
attention. The merchant started aft
er him, and after a short chase cap
tured the negro, tying the rope around
his neck.
Kiss Causes Wreck
Which Injures Forty
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Forty persons
are nursing bruises to-day—some of
them are seriously hurt—but all are
silent on tlje subject on which ev
ery outsider wants information. They
will not tell the name of the girl Roy
Martin kissed.
They were going to Cedar Lake
Ind.. to spend the day. The girl was
sitting beside Martin on the front seat
of the big auto truck. He leaned over
and kissed her. The front wheels
struck a bump. Martin whirled the
steering wheel to keep from failing
off the seat.
The truck went into the ditch.
SPANISH MINERS STRIKE.
MADRID. Aug. 4.—A general strike
of miners went into effect through
out Catalonia to-day. The Govern
ment is placing heavy bodies'of troops
throughout the mining district in
contemplation of trouble.
According to Manager of the Wat-
| er Department Smith, the most critl-
1 cal period in the history of Atlanta
has just been passed, so far as the
water supply is concerned.
The 18.000.00-gallon pump at the
river station has been out of commis
sion for the past four weeks, and the
reservoir is now over three feet off
from the usual amount contained,
this covering a water surface of 50
acres.
The break occurred July 7, and
from that tim e until Monday twenty
men have been at work on the pump
every minute of the time. Three ex
perts from the plant were sent to
Atlanta to aid in th© work, and these
men have assisted materially in the
completion of the job in this time.
"Atlanta has been on the verge of
a water famine since the big pump
broke down,” said Manager Smith,
"and but for the fact that the news
papers have given the splendid as
sistance to the department in the
matter of publicity, declining to alarm
the citizens and the curtailment of
many large concerns that use vast
amounts of water, the conditions
would have been serious Indeed. If
either of the other pumps had broken
down nothing could have averted a
water famine.
"The menace of health and prop
erty has been great, but the depart
ment has taken the responsibility and
has pushed the work as rapidly as
possible. By Wednesday the big pump
will be in operation, and the loss to
the big pond will be made up. I feel
relieved, for the responsibility was
great.”
Full-Blooded Indian
Gets Treasury Post
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—For the
first time in its history the Treasury
Department will have a full-bloode 1
Indian for a department chief. The
name of Gabe E. Turner, a Choctaw
I Indian from Oklahoma, was sent to
the Senate to be Register of the
! Treasury. Both Senators Gore an 3
Owen of Oklahoma are agreed upon
him and no opposition will develop.
Turner's nomination took the place
of that of Adam E. Patterson, a ne
gro.
3 Sunday Schools in
Hot Attendance Race
The First Christian, the Second
Baptist and the First Methodist Sun
day Schools ran a close race Sunday
for first honors in increased attend
ance. Each more than doubled last
year’s record.
Twenty schools showed an average
gain over last year of 102, which is
the highest gain in several weeks.
I The total attendance was 6,714 as
I compared with 4,670 last year.
Among the leader* Sunday were the
1 St. Paul's Methodist with 558; Cen-
| tral Presbyterian, 566; First Chris
tian, 573, and Second Baptist 495.
Three Lines in Lost and Found
Column Bring Shirtwaist,
Chum and Happiness.
This is the story of a shirt waist,
a want ad and a friendship. It goes
to show one thing brings on anothei
and you can’t tell what will happen
next.
Mrs. Jones lives on Brown street
Just around the corner on White
street lives Mrs. Robin-on. No.
they’re real names, but the story is
true, just the same.
Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Jones had
never met, though they’d seen each
other frequently on the street car or
walking ir. the evening, and each had
remarked to her husband:
"That’s an attractive woman, isn’t
she. I’d like to know h#r."
Mrs. Robirson came to town and
purchased a shirt, waist at a bargain
sale. It was a beauty, all lace and
stuff with holes in it and little ding
bats worked in it, and Mrs. Robinson
planned to wear it to a bridge party
that week. But she lost it before
she reached home, and was discon
solate. It looked like the party
wouldn't have Airs. Robirscn as a
guest after all.
The dcor bell rang. It was one
of the contestant in The Georgian’s
Want AI Competition. He wanted a
want ad. and made several sugges
tions
"Perhaps you’ve lost something," he
suggested. Mrs. Rcbinson’s face light
ed up.
"I certainly have” she replied. "You
can advertise for my shirt waist.”
That afternoon The Georgian pub
lished a little three line want ad In
the Lost and Found Column. The
Royalty Gathers to
See Cowes Regatta
Special Cable to The Georgian.
COWES, ENGLAND, Aug. 4.—
Simultaneously with the opening of
the Cowes regatta to-day announce
ment was made that Sir Thomas Lip-
ton, the famous yachtsman, had do
nated a magnificent silver trophy for
the winner of the hydro-aeroplano
race Wednesday. The trophy is three
feet high and of splendid workman
ship.
King George and Queen Mary, ax
well as other royal personages, are
on hand for the events of the great
yachting festival.
26 Swept From Dock
By Wash From Liner
Special Cable to The Georgian.
HAMBURG, Aug. 4.—Two persons
were drowned and 24 others were se
riously injured at Wlttenburg to-day
when they were swept from a dock
into the Elbe River by the wash from
the great liner Augusta Victoria. The
liner was traveling at a fast rate of
speed which caused the accident.
Find Rich Man Dying
In Home of Woman
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—An autopsy
was ordeieci held to-day by Coroner
Hoffman to determine how J. Wiley
Dumm, millionaire president of th»
National FruK Company, of Kansas
City, came to his death.
Dumm was found unconscious on
th© floor of Mrs. C. Brown’s apart
ments here and died without making
a statement. His skull was fractured
and on© of his ribs broken. His
widow insisted that he died of pneu
monia.
Georgian carrier reached Brown
street at 4:30 o’clock. At 5:10 o’clock
the door bell rang again. Mrs. Rob
inson answered k.
And there was "that attractive little
woman from around the corner.”
”1 have your shirt waist,” she said.
"I’m Mrs. Jones, und I pickea It up by
mistake with my bundles on the coun
ter where you left it."
And next day Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Robinson went to the party together
and they have become close chums.
So a want ad brought back the lost,
won a new friendship, filled up the
bridge tables, an 1 gave a contestant
300 voces toward winning that auto
mobile in The Georgian's contest.
Mother’s Advice
To Her Daughter
A Real Live Doll to Fondle la
Woman's Greatest Happiness.
at tb« moat Important matters afeawt
wbbwb ooaccra thwaaslvea to th«tr fotnre
itatua aa a rrandmatfMr An4 «h« to wisdom
ltoalf who knowt ot i» tooma #f that fanout
tomady. Mather** Fttowd. TWa to on wrWmol
application for tba abdrateal nruaoln* and
brraata. It certainly has a wonderful influence,
allay* all fear, bantohm all paAn. la a most
grateful encouragement to the young, expectant
mother, and permit* her to go through the
period heppy in mind, free In body and thua
destined to anticipate woman s greotcat happi
ness as nature intended the should.
The action of Mother’s Friend makes the
muscles free, pliant and responsive to expan
stoii. Thus all strain and tension upon the
nerves and Ugamenta 1s avoided, and. In place
of a period of discomfort and consequent dread.
It Is a season of calm repose and Joyful ex
pec*at lou
There Is no nausea, no morning sickness, no
nervous twitching, none of that constant strain
known to so many women, hence Mother's
Friend Is really one of the greatest blessings
that could he devised.
This splendid and certain remedy can he
had of any druggist at fl.00 a bottle, and is
sure to prove of inestimable value, not only
upon (he mother, but upon the health and
future of the child. Write to Bradfleld Regu
lator Co., ISt Lamar Bldg., Atlanta. Oa.. for
their book to expectant mother*.
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Dental Work
GOOD WORK means
more practice and
■ower prices.
We tiave reduced onr
prices on all Dental
work, but the quality
of our work remains
the same.
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Atlanta Dental Parlors
Cor. Peachtree & Decatur Sts.
tatrano* IS M Peachtr*© St.
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The Calendar of Events Shows That Now During
The “Blue Tag” Furniture Sale
Is the Time of the Whole Year to Buy Furniture
“How fine it would be,” remarked a customer the other
day, who was evidently much pleased with her purchases,
“if we could always buy furniture as we can in this ‘Blue
Tag’ Sale.” It was more of a wish than anything else, the
futility of which she had appreciated, and so had acted
accordingly.
No store could sell furniture regularly as we are during
this “Blue Tag” season, so, following the logic of the
Mahomet-and-mountain episode, those who need furniture
will go to this sale.
Its opportunities are those of the South’s greatest st'oek
of furniture offered at prices that, in view of, in SPITE of
the upward tendency of furniture prices, are. reduced in a
fashion typical of Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. clear-
aways. It leaves nothing wanting. One might travel far
and wide to find such a variety of furniture to choose from
—it takes a big, five-storv store to house it—and still, mere
quantity is not the point we would emphasize—it’s the
KIND of furniture with which we have filled this store
(which you may now own at healthy savings) that we are
proudest of. It is all
Honest, True-Blue Furniture
whose life will be the long life of seasoned woods properly
treated and finished by men who know how, the worthiest
at every price that we could find in the big markets of
America. No specially bought sale stuff, with screws of
glue and grain of varnish, has entered here.
THIS IS A SALE OF SAFE FURNITURE!
So, whether it be furniture for
The Bedroom (Brass Beds Included), Dining Room, Living Room or Porch
or for all of these that you need, the way to safe economy
lies in the “Blue Tag” Sale.
Take this, then, as an invitation to explore the “Blue
Tag” Sale, to make whatever comparisons you might like,
to satisfy yourself upon all points of the furniture you are
going to take into your home, that you are going to make
a part and parcel of it. For soon you will be turning
about to live indoors, and doubtless many changes in
furnishings will be made.
/ Foresight spells huge savings.
Period Furniture
It is worthy of particular note in this noteworthy event that,
although every little separate chair, rocker, desk, table, chiffonier,
and the like in stock (excepting contract-price pieces) is included,
some of the healthiest reductions are on the rich and true sets of
Period Furniture and reproductions of antique pieces—Sheraton,
Jacobean, William and Mary, Chippendale and others. Sets for bed
room, dining room and living room.
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